Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-11

tr. m. editor al the N. Y. Tribune. /

bought in Europe we're Two thousand
rifles, 500 revolvers, 8 rifled cannon, y it'll
shot aud shell, and 1000, 900 percussion
capa. The rifles we.c new and Of the
precise pattern Of the best standard ri.
fc Id use in the French army, and we're
made q, Licec 10 Belgium. After Gen
Fremonts return 10 the United States,
the Secretary Of War, Mr.. Cameron,
sent an order to Mr.. Adams aud Mr..
Dayton to purchase 10000 more rifles
Of the same kind ~ those purchased by
Gen. Fremont. Still later, Mr.. Schuyle Ter
sent to Europe as special agent to pro.
core arms, offered 10 buy rifles OF the
same pattern to rhe number Of lOO, 600,
and a contract was made by him for
10000 rifles absolutely, and tor $4,000
more if they could be furnished. And
the rifle is the same in every respect as
the 1000 purchased by Gen. Fremont,
save that Gen. Fremont's were made 10
Belgium, aud the others in France.
The 500 rcvoIvcrs purchased by Gen.
Fremont were SO highly approved that
Mr.. Schuyler sought to buy 10000 more
Of the same kind.
The rifled cannon, eight In number,
were l2-pounde's, aed were made to or
der, and there is no better riiled cannon
Of it's SIZE in the service.
These were all the arms purchased by
Gen. Fremont in Europe. lie desired to
purchase larger quantity, At time
when arms could have been had at
peace prices; and if he had been furnish
ed the means, the very arms which Mr..
Schuyler ia contracting for now, TO be
here 1T some future time, would have
been already in the hands Of our soldiers.
Gen. Fremont paid for these new RI
fes $40 each. lie could have had So
900 or 100000 vt the same price, aud
one lot Of 10000 French rifles were Of
fered At 1880, which have since been
sold by other parties to the War De-
partment in Washington Tor s27
The above very handsomely squelches
the charges Of Adjutant Thomas in ref
erence to Gen. Fremont's purchase of
arms in Europe. We presume that il
tho truth were known large number OF
the charges, if not all OF them, could be
riddIed in the sa'ue way.
Camp Mcclellan, an d ~ hat ! Saw There.
Under this head correspondent OF
the Upton Advertiser thus speaks OF the
boys here:
In pursuance Of my calling, | spent a
night in camp last week, and ] hesitate
not to say that an assembIage Of 5000
men cannot ibe found between Maine
and Georgia with whom our boys would
not compare tavorabIy, both as to ap-
pesranccs and good morals. d'stribnt-
cd a number of the books printed for the
American Tract Society at Boston, and
circulated in the army under sanction Of
the President.
10 the barracks Of Company II Capt
McLoncy's) about 9 O'Clock in the eve
ming, large part Of the company as
sembled in the hall between the berths.
One of the soldiers read chapter in the
Bible, after which many voices joined
in singing the hymn
GLOW tedious and tastcless the hours, &c"
Next, one OF the soldiers offered fer
won't prayer to God tor His protecting
care, ADD the success of our arms, fOl
wisdom in our rulers and tor the rcmov.
al Of the cause Of our national trouble
after which most Of tho retired to rest.
In the morning aud during the day
when not on duty, you will zee the mos,
Of them reading the books aud papers
thoy had procured, and ] was glad te
find that little of the low, poisonon.
Ledger literature in camp.
They have prayer meetings twice in
the week, and preaching and praying on
the sabbath. Depend upon it the l 18th
will be heard from il called into service
Let the traitors stand ont OF the way.
ALTERATION.
The greatest triumph Of English allit
GRAFTON, according to the London Guar,
terly, is the following line, composed by
young lady in the year 1860, on the
occasion OF gentleman planting lane
with liIacs
Let lovely liiacs line Lees lonely lane,
10 which not only every word but every
syllable begging with the same letter.
This kind OF composition" allitera.
tons artfuI ADDS simple enough
"~hen you get the hang OF the scho Of
house" With leisure, We could string
together entire gorgics and bucolics at
ter the fashion OF Lees lovely, lipIisped
lively, lnll,ng line. For example:
Let lovely li!as line Lees lovely lane;
Plant poppies, peppers, pippins, puiPy purple
plums
Rarcst red roses rearing round itch rows;
Graft cages green group gorgeous grapes; grow
grass;
Craze grogal geese, get geld gilt. grain graoed
globes
Watch weeds with wains wheel wood whcr
winds Whit warm,
When witwais westward wend with whirrina
wing. louisville journal.
TaE English papers contain distress
ing accounts OF the damage by the inun
dation of Egypt, caused by the extraor
binary rise Of the waters Of the Nile
Many villages have been overwhelmed
with great loss of cattle, and even of hu.