Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-19


Nis III ~ vhsns~se 0sa. Early eaIna
: visoogy. hssiguslisss ~ svsat y re9ting
gierie0sly dEuuk - keeping - 81 several
days.
| On hundred and ninety ssvsn fhousnd
seven hundred and seventy-oix Ohio sol-
diess have hen disabled IN the United
States service during the war.
J. W. Marshall, the diseoveres Of gold
IN California, still lives ct Coloma, . poor
but respectable citizen.
The cost Of the Atlantic cable, now man.
ufac&uring, win b seven hundred thousand
pounds. Il viii b heavier than the old
one.
Mr.. Trenholm, the rebel Secretary Of the
Treasury, represents the funded and un-
funded debt Of the Confederacy, on the LIST
Of July last, It 81, ESQ, 900.
In the North Of England . lsborer recent
y rescued drowning child from the w.
ter, and his boss charged him for the time
lost.
London 10 now connected with Jerusalem
and Sidon by telegraph. How strange to
see the old Bible lands invaded By modern
inventions and improvements.
The population of San Francisco il one
hundred and twenty thousand. In Sep
TENDER, 1648, the number Of inhabitants
was four hundred and fifty.
A bed-plate for one Of the Government
engines was cast at Hartford, Conn.,, on
Thursday, which required twenty two tons
Of iEon. The time occupied was but sixty
five seconds.
A copper statue Of Buddha, seven feet in
height, which was discovered while excava-
ting for railway in India, has just reached
Birmingham. This statue is said BY anti
quarians to be two thousand five hundred
years old.
A Yankee editor, Of the saving class, who
stored away his exchanges for the past two
years, and accumulated about forty thous-
and Of 'em, now advertises to sell them at
three cents piece, and is receiving lots of
orders.
A Chaplain in Arkansas says that man
buying furs was conversing with woman
ct whose house he called, and asked her
III there were any Presbyterians around
there!" She hesitated moment, and said
she ''guessed not; her husband hadn't
killed any since they'd lived there"
''Papa, didn't you whip me once for BIZ
ting little Tommy ~ asked Charley. ayes,
my child; you hurt him much.' "Well,
then, papa, you ought to whip sisters
music master, too. He bit sister yesterday
right on the mouth; and know it hurt
her, because she put her arms around his
neck and tried to choke him."
Gen. Hooker arrived at Detroit, Michi.
gan, last Wednesday evening. A soldier
asked the General how long he was going
to stay in Detroit, and he replied Until
greenbacks are worth as much as gold.' I'll
Fighting Joe" intended that his expression
should be understood literally, he doubtless
means to make Detroit his permanent resi-
dcnce.
The subject Of universal language is
now commanding considerable attention in
England. A code Of symbols has been in
vented, which is declared infaliiblc. The
symbols are twenty-four in number, and
have been tried in most Of the European
and Oriental languages. It is said that
person OF common intelligence can learn
them in few days study.
The late Dean auckland is said to have
been SO intimately acquainted with the
properties Of all the geological formations Of
England, that having been on one occasion
benightcd, and not knowing where he was,
he alighted from his horse, took up clod
Of earth and tested it. lie Immediately ex-
claimed "Uxbridge," and proceeded on his
way.
Van Dusen Brothers, Of New York, have
Just built a beautiful yacht, ZIG feet long,
% feet inches beam, 10 feet depth Of hold,
and 243 tons burthen. She will spread 3
300 feet Of canvass, is named Alarm, will !
sail for the Mediterranean soon, and expects
to outsail all the famous English yachts on
that sea.