Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-11-29

FnoM rHK 2orH REGiugNT.-A letter
10 Mr.. Robt. Neely, from Mr. Clifford, gives us
some lev particulars regarding tho health and
cor i',ion of the regiment The letter 10 dated
Springfield. Mo. Nov zsd, 1862
Al the time the letter was written tie regi
ment was about 25 miles from Springfield, and
the roads were slmos, impossible. When the
regiment lett Fayetteville eight u IL. mem
bers ssEe LETT behind 10 the hospital The
names Of these soldier. were Crawford Nssly.
Fred helchirt. Sullivan HUT, Wm. Wstson.
Thomas Grant James Cunningham, Thomas
CranfeiI, and Griffith Hawley. The rebels
soon returned aud parolled all but Frei Mel.
chirt, who escaped in the night. When the
rebels lett they took oil the boy. South with
them except Wm. Watson, who At that time
was not expected TO live. They stripped Wat.
con Of all he clothing and left him to die. The
rect oi the to,e. IL is supposed. were taken 10
Corn Hill. Watson afterwards recovered and
returned on foot 10 Springfield, where he nov
/. dolng well. There are now In Springfield
ZOO sick men, and they are destitute Of all
the necessary comforts usually found about
hospitals A lat will he sent up In few
days. Of tn. uames OF those confined in the
bospltais Young Mclaughlin had a severe
bilious attack, but IL now getting along finely.
Young kincsit has also been quite eick, bu. ls
nov gettif y round again. All The sickness 10
the regiment has been caused by hard march
ing add exposure. since tho 18th OF oeptem-
Der the regiment has marched $50 milea,
enough TO kill any set Of men. Mr.. Clifford, at
the time he wrote. ~ss on his way home.
DEATH OF BLAcKBIRD.-From let
Ter from Joseph G. simpson, Of .Slbula, to
friend in this city, We learn that the ceIebra-
ted thoroughbred stallion Blackbird died at
hi siahie, % the premises Of his owner (Mr.
simpson, ore day last week This will be
very mscb regretted by the stock growers OF
TINS State. lie was probably the bee. horse
in The western states. and had q permanent
vsiue II not less than ten thousand dollars.
HIS style was magnificent aud his feats of en-
durauce upon the read were perfectly aston,
ishing. There is no .record, we believe, OF
any other horse making the distance that be
has made, as trotter, in the time he has
made lie went on the Abbey course in ST
Louis 10 $50 AGAINST Lilly Belle, one ten mile
heat, for $4,000, aud made the heat in 2l4s.
his antagonist having been Withdrawn on the
q IL J3r
the track In this city in 1850 with Prairie
Boy for $4,000. 5 mite heats, and won In The
remarkable time OF Ia 42l-l433-l511 Il His
ancestry were ameng the best horses of Eng.
Eastern part of the State, and is nearly all
Of the true Blackbird stamp The loss is
very serious ona t. Mr.. Simpson, and ire.
parable TO the horse interests Of Iowa. Those
Who have his coits estimate them very highly
Our citizens. for many years. have taken great
pleasure in his performances at the Scott
County Fair. and will very much regret that
he is under the cod
JUVENILE THIEF.-There has been in
our c'tS iof sohe 'itue past, young 1emaie
thief, who makes it business to way lay it
tie girls on their way 10 and from echool or
about the streets, and strip them Of such
clothing as could be easily taken and make
away with Several thefts OF this kind have
taken place, and no cue al bsen obtained of
the thief. Children would come home minus
portion OF their apparel, but could give no
information that would lead to detection
Yesterday afternoon = gentleman was pass
ing along the street near the Court House,
when he saw a girl apparently about fourteen
er fifteen years old stripping the clothes from
little girl much younger, who was on her
way to school. The little girl was crying bits
terly, and the gentleman interferred and soon
found out the reason Mr.. Strebling took the
thief in hand and went with her to her Ia
esuts house, on Harrison etreet. We did not
learn the name of the little culptit, bnt IN.
stand that she halls from the came locality
where the operator in the other thefts is cup.
posed TO live The case should be attended to
in such manner as to preclude a repetition
of the otfznse, otherwise it will be very IN
safe for parents TO let their children 90 out on
the streets at all
In TowN.-The man who don't take
a newspaper because he cant hardly afford it,
was in to wn on Thursday. He came in from
the back part Of the county, and made pur-
chsses at a we'll known grocery house on Bra
dy street, to the amount Of about twenty five
dollars. In payment of the same be handed
out twenty-five dollars in U. s. Demand
Treasury Notes, on which there is q premium
of 81 per cent, thus losing the sum Of IS 25
which would have forns he'd him the weekly
DEMOCRAT AND News, an 4 good etock Of gen
eral information for severel years. Served
him right; just what man deserves who is
too hide-tound to take a paper
SNow.-Winter is among US. On
Thursday there was a fall of esow which GOV.
cred the ground, and yesterday it was fol-
lowed up by another light fall. The ground
is in first rate condition for it, and most OF
the farmers are ready to see winter set in
in earnest
PKRsoNAL.-Lieut. Col. c. G. Keenev,
of the Medical Department Of the U. 8. A., vas
ut the Burtis House on Thursday. Maj. Kin.
ney and Capt. Osborne, Pay Department OF U.
s. A., and Col Byam, Of the S5th, were at the
came place yesterday.
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