Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-06

/ NAfI. lLEk cblSibos
morning the many friends Of Capt. r. III. Lat
tier. Of the gallant Iowa Second, bad the
pleasure Of wecomirg Tim back to davenport
once more. arriving i'll town after al sbeence
oi about i've months, during which time be
ha. been almost CO =tantly viii he men and
a, various plsce.. Ddring his campaign cur
readers have from time TO tine been made
aware OF his whereabouts. Capt. L. comes
back OF a short leave Of sbsence, looking as
hale AID hearty ss In the most peaceful times.
He Informs US that he has no been sick an
hour, though it will be conceded that the reg
iment TO y hich he is attached has seen hard
service and been l,cated for a considerable
portion Of the time In that extremely unheal-
thy place Birds Point. II tells US bis com.
nand is in good condition, not having lo-s a
single man ty death of the number that let
! thi. place with him, and that now there are
bat t~o of Company b in the hospital {
their present quafte:s-Benton Rsrrack-. st
Louis. aud they ate convaleseent. On sunday
last his c. npany mustered 62 men at review
which is considerable more than any other
( Company in the Regiment could co There
! would have been abou. twenty more, but for
Their being d.iatched for other service. Only
one man il his Company has d.ed-durrg <
the campaign. Ihis speaks well for the man
nsr in which Company Z is cared for. He re
rnaius with Us bat couple Of days, and woulI
5e glad to take back come eight or ten men
for hls Company. He Will take many ss
will %, tut can rr mice only ten places IL
his Company. OF the Second Regiment there
are now about tvo hundred in the hospital
They have seen hard times in very hard ell.
mate.
4 Capt. Llttlsr was greeted by his numerous
friends Enthusiastically. All were glad to seo
him f; and doubt not many would like to
.-e hin get his deserts while here, in tie way
ofa promotion. This. however, j. matter /.
tie Governor u decide upon, and " leave Tia
Captain ia his hands. Let bun 90 his ner
is. That is all Ia at should be asked for him
or any other ma.
Those v ho wish to send any lite ackags
OF etters to their fren]s in the Secoud Reg
i
/ !eavil ( them at this office.
GEEMAE THEATRE. - On MondaY
evening, this pacs OF atnusemert was crowd
FL TO It's utmost, on the occas on oi The tet ett
OF ,dame kephe. The well known play Of
/ The Daughter Of the Regiment was tie
( programme of the evening, aid having oncr
Il
il me- acted in New York, We coDcludtd W.
might venture to attend with cone ;ro-pee
I u delyIlg Amusement trou- the peIiormance
6though our know ledge II The GeIuan il,
cay the essl, .Xt.eIe., liu4.ted tie audi
seemed 10 te highly Sppreciative, fiOu.
/ ts4e y.I!ols demonstfations Of applause thst
] uroAe forth as tie lal Proceeded, and IT,,
4 American ortlon O! he audlelc,, VITO were
present. in considerable force, seemed deriv,
much pleasure any Of the rest, al hough
( at son OF the comic cflsis o! the perfor;neuee
We, III eotuinon aitA many others filled to see
exactly where ths laugh came in. But then
We could not hcar very vell You know, which
vas probably the matter.
! The music, especially the vocal part OF it
! v.as one OF the chiei attractions oil the evening
| he various airs with which the piece is inter
speised were given with richness ami effect
hat quite surprised Us. Madame k-Lkel pos
! eess-r voice Of peculiar ,etuess, and capa
! dte OF much mo4uation. She sings with mucI
expression and appropriate postlring, and tof
t1is reason her soios never failed to brlns
down the house The lu=tt in which sLe
ned Mr.. Meyer OF D,buqie, VINO has al
! Toe voice, was one Of the gems OF toe
| tvening In lie giving Of the cnoruses re
coguizsi our welEknowa friends OF the Mana--
| Choir.
Ia short every part was well sustained
throughout the whole Iefformance, go that il
We're useless to e ter into a detail Of the
riocs exce.l,nces Of the evenings entertain-
aeut Good music and tina acting are matters
that no person Of Intelligence can tail to ap-
preciate even if lie does not understand TIL
language, and We have 10 doab; that those OF
our American friends. who were present, viii
be anxious TO rep.s their visit fr,Gueriy.
Mr.. aud Msjane keukel are to appear neat
| MonOaY IlSEt, We Unuefstdnu, IN some " ell
known play, after which they intend visiting
| Dubuque.
PLEAsANT-For "a few days past we
have teen e'joyirg what is usually termed
the "lndian Summer" The weather is de.
lightiul, and We hope there will be eon,in
uation Of the came. Farmers are making the
most Off by getting their grain threshed. and
into market as fast as possible. The trades
men are tusily eng ged in selling off their
large stocks OF goods. and preparing for the
winter campaign. The public generally is
reaping much benefit and profit from these
beautiful days.
PETIT JuIoRs.-The following are
the Petit Jurors drawn Tor the Decem er Term
Of the District Court 1851:
A. r. Lngao, Jacob IL. Eldridge, Geo. ".
Fenno. G. " Verder, l. Boies, Isaac Little.
Eiward Dasi-, u. Beckett. q. L. Ank-rs
L. Carroll. Ewari Poster A. CHM, Henry E
Brown, William Luederz and Thomas Hodge.