Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-11-12

'WesoS ~ W. W. A~uoOS SoA'ooH~"~
II the Chicago Times, arrested some
time since on . charge of publiahing
false and injurious statements.
GEN. WApswoaTn AED THs Re-
suLr.-Tbe Washington correspondent
Of the N. Y. Commercial says: "Gen.
Wadsworth bears his defeat very philo-
and has been surrounded at
headquarters all the morning by per-
sonal friends, many Of whom refuse to
admit that be can have lost the State.
THE ALABAMA.-It has come out
that the depredations Of this vessel IN.
volve the rights Of no lees than three
European governments England, Italy
aud Portugal, and are likely to become
a subject of special interest to all for.
eign nations.
VIOLATING THE LAw.-Postage cur
rency is selling at eight per cent. pre-
MUM ia New York. This is in direct
violation Of the law.
General Banks. in a few remarks
which he made from the platform Of a
rail road car 10 Boston, said that the
approaching winter was not to be lost
j. inactioD. The government was de-
now to put forth its strength.
Numerous expeditions were on foot
that could not, if vigorously pressed,
but be fatal to the revolted States.
CoNTRABANDs.-The Boston Psi
states on the 3Oth nit. that five hundred
families of contrabands we're to be sent
to Massachusetts; but the Transcript
says: ''Governor Andrew promptly re-
fused the application"
There are symptoms of trouble in
Milwaukee on account of the draft,
which is to commence there today. A
crowd of men parsocd the streets on
Saturday evening with a banner in
scribed, $40 Dratt! No. No" 10
the Fifth Ward a meeting of the resi-
dents was held, at which q resolution
was passed asking the Governor to post.
pone the draft for twenty days. There
are lO,8S8 men in the county who are
subject to draft. There are l,722 ex.
emptp. The number to be drafted is
7Os. The I'd, Sd, 4th and eth wards
will escape The draft, having furnished
their full quota by enlistment. The
draft will fill heaviest in the 9th Ward,
which is de6c .eut lGS.
In Alabama the people are making
tea of blackberry leaves.
The Prince of Wales arrives "of age
on Sunday, he oh inst. The even,
will be celebrated 10 the principal cities
of Canada, as well as throughout Her
Majesty's dominiors.
Toledo is big grain mart, and an
addition is being made to its Elevators
of one with capacity for sto wing 100000
bushels Of grain. 1t will require three
million five bundled thousand feet oil
timber to build it.
The Japanese ambassadors contracted
a bill of $4,000 at their hotel in Lon.
don. Thew sent it to Lord John Russell,
hoping England would pay it as other
countries had done, but Lord John re.
fused.
Apples are among the few things
that are cheap and plenty this year.
They arc selliog in some of the cities at
$l.OO a barrel and less.
Any amount OF American silver coin
is said to be circulating in Canada
three cent pieces, five cent pieces, dimes,
&c.
Harper's Ferry must be tough place
for people with lean purses. A friend
writing from that place conveys to us
the startling information that bread is
25 cents per loaf, fresh beef s7l-2 cents
per pound, soda crackers 3 C nts each,
candles 10 cents each, cheese 50 cents
per pound, and other delicacies to
IN atch.
Manufacturers of fine cut tobacco in
Pennsylvania have put up the price 33
per cent, and cut down the quality OF
the article in like proportion. Tobacco
chewers assert that the fine cut now
in market is made Of old mattress satur-
ated in tobacco juice. The pleasant fic.
tons sold under fancy names as genuine
Havanas make serious hole 10 smokers
pocket books, and materially disturb the
of his stomach.
The great Suez canal, which is being
cut through the lsthmus, to connect the
Mediterranean with the Red Sea, will be
"a miles in length, 26O feet in width, and
26 feet deep.
Persons familiar with the politics of
Europe regard the resignation Of Louis
Napoleon's ministers. Including Thou
verc', Fould and Pe'signy, as indicative
Of a victory of the Empress Eugene,
the great leader of the party which sup.
ports the Pope in his undistnrbed pos
SESSION of Rome. 1t is also believed that
this change of the cabinet will lead to, if
It does not spring from, a modification
Of the Anglo-Freuch policy, of which
Count Pe's'gny is the most ardent apos-
lie. NJ. Druyn derHuys, successor to
NJ. Thouvcnel, is more strongly inclined
toward q close alliance with Russia and