Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-18

RICHARDSON. WEST
VOLUME 6.
&emsfrat aud 9ews.
MONDAY MORNING .... FEB. IS, 1851
C.H. ScnIvsx, -, Dsarbors street, Chicago, i,
authorised 70 receive Advertisements for this -
pr.
koUNDs i LAN0Dos, 1sS Randolph street, Chi
eago are ssthsrissd to receive sdvsst ssmsnts fos
this paper.
THE CITY.
THERE we're some loads Of wheat in
town on Saturday. bot the roads are too bad
TO admit Of lively timss 10 the grain market
TWELVE FsRr DsEP.-A farmer Il ON
Winfield tells 10 that be ksovs Of drifts ol
ssev out that Wy twelve feet deep. That
vail Do for Scott soussy.
DuCKs.-Ws are told that there are
large quantiss Of this sort Of fowl hsngiug
about the rapids above town. Sportsmsn.
nov 10 ysar time 70 bag few.
War BAD.-We saw several farmes
in from the country - Saturday. all Of whom
had much somplsiss 10 msks Of the condition
the rosds They ssy they never before sav
them 20 badly ehoksd up With snow drifts.
SIGNIFICANT QuEsrI0s.-A test ques-
tisa in The Aiaaisaippi Csnvsntios, dsslasiog
reconstruction Of che Union impraeucsble and
unsdvisabls. vas moved the other day aud laid
ON the tablets TO 80.
Aunt LRrrY.-This steamer seems
= Be alnost constantly in bad luck. From the
st. Louis papers ws lssrs that she sunk ON the
night Of the llth st Sheep Island near Cairo.
With foil cargo sbosrd, which vas insured.
OuR dispatches will be found interest
ing this morning. The line 10 again in good
working order. aud vs may assure our readers
that The country cant "bust up" much without
eur knowing something about the dttaila
Scorr HousE.-The public, both local
and travelling. should keep in mind the advan.
tsgss to be derived from stopping st the Scott
House. 1t is kept in the most approv ed styls.
and vill merit the patronage Of old and new
customers. Call and zee us
TnE Old Settlers are making all need
full preparations for having good time on the
22d. We zee that the parlors Of the LsClairs
House hive. been thrown open for their use and
benefit. which will add greatly 70 The sonven
iencs Of the participants in the Festival
QUsRY.-What has become of that
course Of lectures ws heard 90 much about .
few weeks since? We had ,nsorw..;.-, &C.,.
what vs had reason 10 believe TO Be an au-
thorissd source, that foil course vas insvita.
BILE. What has become Of it,
RUNAwAr.-On Saturday Judge Grants
team became frightened Near Rovss Elevator
blocks. then turned to the right and went into
the ravins and brooght up In . snov bank. No
particular damage done.
A FEMALE EnBAssY.-Mrs. Willard,
the veil koeva preceptrsss Of the Troy IN. W
Female Seminary, reached Washington oo
Monday. bearing . petition 70 Congress. siensd
BY several hundred ladies. collecting . ssttls.
msnt Of the present nstionsl difioultiss
Tn. RIVER or RlsR.-We under
stand that in consequence OF the late rains the
river has raissd from one foot to fifteen inches
during the past few days. The ice is very
fast. At some places on the rapids. the lee 10
giving away fast. and shows signs Of dissolu.
tion.
PI."-Ths Chicago Journal comes
10 us printed on one side only. in cosssqusses
Of the outsids "torm" having been ''pisd" while
hoisting It from the press room. This 10 one
Of the disagrsssbls little spisodss which sous-
VWoo occur IN sho oees tS8ososOo VsuVOSs w
wish TO be excused.
A PRRDIorION.-An old settler pre-
diets that when il comss there will be such
"brsakinv up" Of the river - has not before
been known for years in tl,s place. He thioks
that the hssvisst spring riss ~ill threw TIE
watsr OF the river over the eurbstons on Dss.
dy stvsst a. far up - Brewster 4 DsWitt's
store. We think that 10 pretty strong. and
feel disposed to sonproaiss on The fret door
Of Rvans, Chew / Coz Elsvases.
RAILRoADING uNpER DlvTIcULTI1s-
Saturday morning about half pest two osleek
the western train arrived from narsngo fsss-
tss~ s~d As!f Aosss ess We lesrn from
Eb. Ihsysr. Who vss sbesrd. that it va .
very tough ssigs In getting through 10 that
time. He says the tsais started out st neon
on Friday, and made the 6rst ten miles 10 pre-
cissly ten and half hoursl Tie drifts we're
imreuss. One in psrtieular. vss over three
fourths Of mile long. and from four - six
feet dep oil The vay. Others were pretty
bad. The gentlsnen passsagers turned out