Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-27

JHR OuOuQ00 CUtOU says "ss
Vaudeyer has arrived 1t Dubuque pre-
pafatory TO taking his departure to Con-
gress.
The ladies Of Dubuque arc furnishing
much aid and comfort to the soldiers
in the way Of under garments, m'tten''
etc.
THE Jackson county Journal Of the
goth saw that the ladies Of Bellevue
have filed two large boxes with articles
for hospital use, and forwarded them to
the address Of Rev. A. }. kynette,
Corresponding Secretary and General
Agent OF the Sanitary Commission, Ly'
ons, Iowa.
Two boilers Of Aliens saw mill, at
Fort Madison, exploded on the goth
lost, destroying the building and scaId-
ing Andrew Fulcher, engineer, Van
Hall, firemep, Wirder, NJ. Kirk, Q. Q.
R.cey and his son. No one was killed,
however.
Mas. ANNIE WITTENMEYER reports
to the Ladies' Aid Society, of Keokuk,
many things Of interest to the public
with reference to the Iowa soldiers. She
thinks that some of the surgeons would
.sbost secure the interest of themselves
and their men by resigning Immediate
IT,"
Dir. JRwE1r is lecturing on temper
ance at Dubuque. No place in the
State has greater need Of temperance
teaching.
The Desmoines Times denies that
there have been any indictments for
treason found against any person at the
present term 4 the U. S. District Court
at that place, as stated in the Register.
A CORRESPONDENT on board the ship
Great Republic, describes, with graphic
pen, the suffering Of the horses during
the great storm of the North Carolina
coast:
At p. NJ, for some reason, the Van.
derbilt let 90 our bawsers. 1t made
a fearful commotion among our horses
for few minutes. Then the ship rolled
fearlully, the decks at every roll stand
ing at an angle Of As degrees. The
horses plung d madly, as il they would
set everything loose. Many of them
gave Inference to most mortal groans,
while othe,s,ln their desperation., buried
their teeth in the wood OF their stalls and
managers. was below through the
whole Of it, keeping my men to their
duty as well as l could, which was hot
very we'll, for they ran for ,fetv every
chance they could get. One horse, as |
stood by him, turned complete sum-
merse,, his heels striking where his
eeis styo:. When ne came down the
horse next to him kicked him in the
head, almost killing him. l could do
nothing but let him struggle till morn
,ng. ~hen had him killed and thrown
overheard. Another horse dropped
dead without a Struggle, and two others
were SO badly Injured that l had item
killed and thrown overheard, making
the loss, in all that night, four horses.
WHEAT TRADE OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
The aggregate receipts of wheat and
-four at Lake Michigan ports for the
yer 1861, are so vast as to be absolute
y beyond comprehension. By reduc-
ing flour to bushels, We have the follow
ing totals:
Milwaukee, do ....................7 .0oA,66O
Other ports, do .................... S,UUO,OUU
This is l3,OoO,O 900 bushels more than
the entire receipts Of wheat and -four at
tide water for the same period, the latter
amounting to abou; 81, OoO,o00.
TIE Independent Press, published at
Madison. Ind, Gays that it is believed
that lion. Jesse D. Bright will take s
seat, at the proper time, as one Of the
Senatorial Representatives Of Indiana.
A WRITER in the Neu England
Farmer, speaking of dogs, says: As
curse to the commonwealth, they
stand, in an economical point Of view,
next to rum"
THE Philadelphia Press counts up
| that there has been ]oss of 1857 900
in the destruction of mills near that city
engaged on contracts.