Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-20

QUArLs.--These beautiful birds are
Just now becoming very abundant in the vi.
eli i'y Of our city. The young and old MIN.
rods bave opened The csmpaigo against them,
and the stsrp crack Of their fowlirg
pieces can be heard at ali hours of the day.
Ne have noticed but very few brought to
ma ket this season. the reason being. We sup.
poee, that most OF our Professional hunters are
! engaged in the cause of their eountry. Speak
| iag ofihsss luscious birds writer 10 the Da.
| buqus Times saye:
"Qo.i!s inhabit almost al parts Of tho Uni
| ted States from the Canada iiue to the Calf
but, like traitors, are more plentiful 10 sone
parts Of the country than others. A very ee-
we're " Dter has q destructive eff ct upon them
--as II does upon potatoes iB poor cellar
| More Of them, however, ia this local ty, are
killed with "villainous sAitpgrs' than with
fros.
q iails build their nests il ths spring, and
tie ismals usually lsys from fifteen to twenty
tour eggs. The male bird doe. nothing OF the
kind. Nss. haze been found with less than
fifteen eggs in them We once found . he th ),
had nore IN it--in the month OF Aupust.
"Qanils' eggs are com etines hatched by the
domestic hen. but the youuy are apt to be.
come, in the loig run. wild. like many lads
hey usuaiiy take to the fei and g God ands
before they are year Old With their winge
Gro, ped III y cannot fy, tut they beat ali
other birds of their sixe-.t q foot race
LESS BY DgGREEs. Every day makes
a reduction in the quantity Of silver change
There is scarcely any circulating among ouI
business men. There Is just as nuch in town
kind of currency is worth more than rs ceuts
on the d 'liar. it 10 not to be supposed that
either gold or silver will keep its company
Precious netais have great pride-they are ar
with anything not on par with them, coLse.
quently when paper money fails to meet its
| engagements. or to pay lie debts. gold and ell.
yer stand aloof. We see 40 reGnei iy excep. to
change is made to allow the percentage On the
change. We are fast drifting TO the poin.
when We shall have to do it. No merchant
can afford to purchase fi.ver cha ge at 80 per
cent. AMI pay II oot at par with paper money
!. would b. a ru!nous operation. We see 10
better way 10 manage the matter than to sllo "
the percentage. 1t vas expected at one time
I at the postal decimal carrency would soon
We hope the sm Al chin plaster business will
be avoided. We have seen enough of it.
CAHTER's Zouave ch!ldfen have ar
rived and will hold o leves at metropolitan
Hall this. Monday, evening Go AMI zee them
ty all means
COUNCIL MEETING.-Therc will be
special session Of tie City Cornell this { Nor.
day ev ening tthe usual place.
sharp Legal Practice OF an Iowa Law.
yer ana Merchant.
We have oeen informed of place Of chies
merry approaching to fsuuj. praciiced upon q
merchant Of tins city, the like Of which We DO
nst Remember to have heard, aud, for the
warning which it may give to others, we re-
late the same:
"Asout year or SO since a merchant from
Keokuk lowa. called at 3 wholesale hquor es.
tAblishnIeni ia Cineihna j. and pnrchasei u
bill Of goods emouniing to abo..t :l,100, On
credit, receiving the goods him self Ia ,hs city
and then shipping them to Iowa. where he
cold then1 aud realiz d the benefit thereof at
The expiration Of the term of credit, our Ciu-
cinnati merchant, snilugly called upon the
keokuk man Ter his lhy. "Oh J" said he,
''"ur la Ne in lows will not permit me 10 pay
Tor liquors cold, and YOU cannot colec. IL from
me-" Bat the Cincinnati house, fiadIng lot
of merchandise belonging to the X okuk u.er-
chant, at Quincy, n Illinois, In trsust 10 him
attached the the, and had his debt vel! Sc.
cnred The debtor at X sok uk finding b ou',
Sc, about to zee how he could get hi. goods
released and yet DO the Cincinnati merchant
out of bis pay fer the good, he bal rece we'd,
and this Is the way the attorney did IL: He
wrote 10 the house hers To seDd detailed b Ii
OF their cl i'm to their attorney ct Ksckuk, re-.
cepted and also order to dismiss this suit
at Q,iney, Illinois and that he wou'i pay the
amount OF their claim III keokuk u, sufpect.
ingly, they did this and when it arrived the
debtor, together wit HE lawyer paid over
the money to the plaintiff : attorney, and, ef-
ter receiving bis full receipt aud papers. in,
mediately entered The Office Of the attorney
and garnisheed the money. having brough.
euit to recov-r back money paid. the consi der
alton whereof wac liquors and wines, the SINE
being recoverable back under tue lave oi
Iowa.
We do rot think that the money can be re
covered. bscsuse the goods were sod and de-
iivered in Ohio. Bat We are promised a re
port Of this case, when tried, which We will
give to our readers and which may serve as
a caution how to deal with some person. in
Iowa hereafter - Cincinnati Enquirer.
Phoenix Insurance Company Of Hart
ford assete, lat Nav. 1852. S527 z6O 90 lia.
biiitiea. $2l. 500. HKNRY B. HOFFMAN, Agt.
THE Continental, Security, Lorillard
and Mstr ol oitan Fire Insurance Companies. of