Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-04

running otIcSns Suu bcucIOub people OF
tho State, and Of one who loves oil her
infirmities with oil the Affection OF
son.
Here aad There aad Everywhere.
Geo W. Cas- has been appointed supsrin.
tendent Of the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chi
cago railroad.
A bill abolishing public executions has
passed both houses Of the Georgia Legislature.
Judge fancy was seized on Friday night.
at Washington, with one Of his dangerous a.
tacks. and il still greatly prostrsted.
A young lady, when told to exercise for
her health. said che would jump at IN offer and
run her own risk.
So long - men are imprudent in their diet
and their business. doctors and lawyers will
ride In in their carriages.
An Irish coachmsn, driving past some
harvest felds, addressing smart girl engaged
in sbeaving. exclaimed, Arrah. my dsrling
wish was in jail for stealing yer
There was 3,l4e steamboat arrivals at st,
Louis during the present year, whose tonnage
was ga, e5l. This 10 more than last year, but
less than 1857
- The Iowa State Reporter gives q fact
which has come to it's knowledge. Of a man six.
ty years Of sge being united in matrimony to .
lady of thirteen-all oil johnson county,
Iowa
- The fame Of John s. Rarey has travelled
to Egypt and fred the zeal and ambition Of the
equestrian lords Of the desert. The Viceroy
has sent Mr.. Rarey an offer Of twenty five
blooded horses. ae good ~ esn be bought in
Egypt and Arabia, II he will come to Cairo
and give instruction in his art to him, his min.
isters and army officers.
The bill for the prohibition Of slavery in
Nebraska, which passed the lower branch Of
their territorial Legislature by . vote Of IL to
II, has been defeated by the Council by vote
of to 6. 1t was introduced chiefly for bun
comb, it is said. as there are not over half
dozen slaves in the territory, and these are al
house servants
- An Alabama paper gives circulation to
story that by the recent death of . rich Cuban
creole, developments have been made, showing
that Lopez WAS not garroted in 1851. That be
was rescued by bribery. Gen. Concha conniv-
ing. and died 10 his bed in the house of friend
near Matauzas in 1857. A criminal was exc
cuted and pass ID off for Lopez.
There 10 a beautiful and touching custom
observed by the people of France, when fun
eral ia passing. As the hearse moves slowly
by, the men raise their hats and the women
bow, in token of respect to the dead. A beau.
tful custom which should be every~ here OBJ
served.
- The Boston Courier, abiding to the
polished but emphatic treason OF Wendell
Phillips, and bis !audation Of John Brown, al
ludes to tho fact, (well known to Boston cir.
cles,) of his being one of the greatest towards
of the age. Whilst advising others to "go and
do likewise," the Courier says that nothing
would send Wendell out Of the country quicker
than to hear that Virginia constable was
after him.
- Gen. bennington has nearly ready for
publication, . work on Washington 10 . cap.
tain, written from original investigation Of the
battles and strategic movements Of the Ameri
can Revolutionary war. Though tho author
commenced his labors with but little esteem
for Washington's military talents, he has been
led to the conviction that he was one Of great
est Of strategisls The book will occupy a
single volume
- The Secretary Of the Appanoose county
Agricultural Society, in his report just publish
ed, states that the wheat crop Of that county
the paat season averaged between ons-third
and half . crop, but what was Of it was Of ex
cellent quality. The average yield Of corn hal
been forty bushels to the acre, and oats forty
bushela
The Mobile Reyister whose editor vast the
| Minister to Mexico previous to Mr. McLane,
appoi ntmsnt, expresses the following opinion
of the new treaty:
The ratification Of the treaty at this stage
Of Mexican affairs and BY a government which
has just lost battle. which is reduced to a
single city, threatened every moment with
capture; q government which seems in thu
very act Of sharing the fate Of long list o
eIhemsral pre- lee sors, affords but little prom
lee Of practical ability.
"A good story is told Of an Irish hostler
who was sent to the stable to bring forth
trave lsrs horse. Not knowing which of tn.
two strange horses In the stalls belonging t
the traveller. and wishing to avoid the appear
ance OF ignorance in his business, he saddlec
both snimals and brought them to the door,
The traveller pointed out his own horse, sayins
That's my nag" Certainly. yer honor,
know that very we'll hut didn't know which
was the other gentlemans"
The Presidents statement of the legal
doctrine a. respects slavery in the territories
is a reaffirmatioD, in a more decided form, o
opinions hereafter expressed by him. Ofthes'
opinions, we can say only that, il they are up
held by the decision Of the highest legal tri
bunal they must be respected as sound. Thu
position is not an uncoDtested one. But any
question raised out OF it is of practical inter
eat, and oe an abstraction should not be suffer
ed to distract the great conservative party o
the country.-!S. Louis Republican.
| There were sent or Tuesday over tn,
wires of the Atlantic and Ohio telegraph
(Morse) lines. extending between this cit,
and Pittsburg. FIVE hundred and sew enty -eigh
private Dispatches, over five thousand word
of news for the Associated Press, and an en-
tire copy Of the Presidents Message. contain
ing over fifteen thousand words. and all dur
ing the regular business hours of the day
The Presidents Message was transmitted, OF
two wiree, in FIVE hours and fifteen minutes-
Two thousand and eighty three words wer'
transmitted by one opsrator-Mr. Zegler-iI
an hour, Mr.. Fleming. Of Plttsburg. taking i
down by 1.-The tick"