Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-06

Journal ssys that on Saturday lsse, The
ficgTan aiSk III brry bost Dse9 81,
Viii : mooa4 70 the railroad aet
n1sf 81 and pushed her oat into ths
rislr cone distance, thereby displaoies
tho track BY several inches. At the
ssms time, the Eastern train rounded
the curve, but . few rods Distant It .
good speed. People standiag near BY,
however, succeeded in attracting the 1t
tentiou ofthe engineer, who stopped biz
train, thus saving j. from being upset
into the river. After considerable dif6-
GUILTY the track vas replaced, and the
cars proceeded in safety.
SAD AcclDssr At LYos&-Ws learn
from the Aasosdts that little daughter
Of Csspar Limbach, residing on Pearl
street, fell back ward into tub 81 seald-
ing bot water, on Monday afternoon of
last week, and vs. % badly scsldsdthat
she died on Thundsy from the ei5eets Of
it. The little sufferer was about three
years Of age.
DusuauE CousrY FA,s.-The Agri-
cultural Society 1t Dubuque offer . pre-
MUM of 126 for the best horse sxhibi-
ted ct it, next Annual Fair. Scott
county offers 800 for the best and $50
for the second bssA A side prsmiam Of
$50 has been offered BY some Dubuque
gentleman for the bsst female eques-
txianism.
The Dubuque HSrald speaks Of the
supposed murder Of = man named Flynn,
Of that city.
The Herald advocates . telegraph
line from Dubuque TO Cedar Rapids and
Marion.
what Pres. DscAssan Proposes = d.
"E. B." writes to the New York En-
press. from Washington, ~ follows, Of
the closing days Of Mr.. Buchanan's i'd
ministration, the reflections in which be
INDUCES, and bis determination to see
his successor inaugurated, and his pur-
pose to return Immediately thereafter to
the shades Of Lancaster
1t is popular to abuse Mr.. Buchanan.
for he has now no power and but few
friends. The Republicans delight to
call him tyraot. knAve aud rogue, and
Democrats denounce him - an idiot,
rogue and imbec,le. But in sober truth
be is none Of these, but one who, after
forty years Of public service, hes made
and lost more friends than perhaps any
man who ever held public Office in the
country. In six months after his elee-
ton he quarreled with some Of his best
personal and political frlesds, and later
with thousands more. Of party Of
thirty FIVE lie long and attached men
with whom he dined in Phila telphis al.
ter bis election and before his inaugurs-
ton, not one nov remains to call him
friend, or to feel M interest in his future.
The genius of the President seems to
have been rather IN ,epulsion than IT.
traction, and hence no QUO honors the
setting sun. Mr.. Buchanan has-and
TO his credit be it spoken-felt all these
changes OF personal fortune, much less
than the sad condition OF the country,
which distinguishes bis administration
from all which ever preceded it. Init
mate acquaintance have seen for three
months past that real sorrow has been
wearing upon the mind and heart Of the
President. He has declared for many
weeks here, that he should see the Pres
ldent elect insugu, ated, herr HE oath to
support the constitution, and then 90 to
his h.m
In the midst Of this great excitement
and threatened danger, he said: 81 shall
ride beside Mr.. Lincoln from the White
Honse to the Capitol, even il it rains
bullets. shall then 90 to Lancaster,
pass my dave in retirement, and seek to
fiud consolation and religion in the
church. Bitter sorrow has taught me
that happiness can be found nowhere
else" Mr.. Buchanan, therefore, pro-
poses st orce upon his return TO his old
homestead to become = member of the
Presbyterian Church, in which he has
usually woIshipped. He feels, and let
vs. rather attribute it to good than bad
impression, a. deeply sorro~ful for the
condition ofthe country a. the rest Of us.
| The RAILROADS AND rHE CRlsls.-
The receipts Of most, il not oil, of the
New England railroads land We presume
the same is true of railroads in other
parts OF the United States,) have been
seriously diminished by the effects Of the
crisia, Those have suffered most whose
income arises most largely from freights
connected with manufacturing establish
mcnts. All interests will eventually suf
fer. and that seriously, unless effectual
measures shall be adopted for the res-
toration of friendly relations between
the North and the South. -Journal Of
! Commerce.
NAVY AND AnAl INrRLLleENcR.-
The Naval Register for 1861 is out. It
contains on the men of war list 10 line
oi-bat,le ships. 10 SIZZLING frigates, 81
sailing soops-of-war, 8 sailing brigr, l
schooner. and 8 storeships total, 81
| sailinu vrssnla apd !, 60 L..