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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16
LATE NEWS.

LATE NEWS.
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Confirmation of Lees be-
ing Wounded and at
Richmond.
General Me:,de Cougratu-
lates tho Army.
Another Severe Battle
On tho 18th, 80 Guns
Captured.
TIC Euemy Still Falling Back.
Gem. Grants e0hsfe Army
South Of 70 Kirer...As
engages the Rebel .arnsy
ins:ne Of their aCOrks
artCisg them back.
NigeL breAEs Conn 5sy mica.
ton LctaCeeM LynchOMrS
tsua xrlOitesUitfP.
She man AL iSiSlSi:.!
Ten. Thomas 'Eo53ics % ," 5000
IL beis. Capturing 4. Cul~.
L. utter Ec>trOying aSniirOads ind
Bridge. over Post fSOlds.
Shcrid l.a Reinforce Hin
/ Gems Gilmore and smith with
18Th Corps take a y art Of the
Work, mt Urury's Bls,E
Fort Dagl:n. invested.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16

IALTiM )kE, Nay IF
The Governor OF Maryiaud las called for
two or shr ,e regiments VI one bundi cd days
men, to relieve all tho regular troops now
ON duty in this State.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16
Z. NJ SrAsT.N N,

sccretary 1t War.
HALF WAY IltU L, May II !
. O'clock A. ~
To II u. Z. ". S.anloh: We are before the
base OF the eLeny's ~o.ks at D. ur,'s Bluff
aud F.rs Darling. The enemy are here IL
force.
Gen. GILMORE, by Il INK movement with @
portion OF his corps aud a Olyade OF lie
Is n corps as ,aui ed AID took the enemy,
work Oh lhs hight. itw,s .1ilsa Is due
The troops behaved iiA,iy AID hold oue pos-
ton lr..s TIE uikh., aad slal nv. lh il
i.orIlug.
Sisitc EKxI E KrTIRp
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16

heaviest Of all, lasting from daylight siil alter
dark, and was renewed sboue = ~. 49,
49, 1Col1D-6o4s
tending dssing Us slght ~ she possession q
line Of ribs pts from which our men had
driven the enemy in the morning. n ~4se.
TIE rohoIs Stll bsck early 4is nosoIng.
Skisniskiag u now going or, our troops
following thom Up through 20 tho woods.
The seese presented 70 q. = 1. entirely be.
You'd description. The dead AMI dying be.
hind md in front Of the breastWorks sc
lying in soma place. 10 pile. three and Tour
deep, IN ny Of THIN wounded in seversi
parts e tho DO ~. The enemy had &c
moved large number Of their dead and
wounded duri' x the night from portions g!
tie line, bus sherc were places where they
could not be reached, and they lay as thick
as ouI own.
IL was Gen. Birney's division Of the q
corps which charged On the position and
lost about 100 mcn Every regiment in
the division distinguished itself, and no
olc bore = more nobic part than the vjd
y. Y. volunteers. Col. CAROLS brigstc
al led this division in this charge, and as
usual performed their share OF the work
with marked gallaatry. CT. Carroll was
wounded second time, but still keeps on
duty.
S,ne Of the guns are now being brought
in, which could not be done before. The
number Of guas captured ia So Many
colors have been tax III, bat the captors sti!
retain them as trophies. C,l. Carroli's
brigade took number Of prisoners and .
stand q colors, this morning, from a rebel
General, whom they surprised in piece OF
woods.
LATER.
IIHaparAsrEgs, May l3-2 p. II.
The enemy are ioaad to have fallen back
to new line abandoaag thelr works Oh
their right AID apparently getting into p,-
siti0n for another contest.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16
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DEALER IN
China Ware,
Earthan Ware.
Glass Ware, a
Cutlery, &c..
j. LORENZEN.

west Of Chicago. Call anAe xamine my stocL -.
S".S'"s e'se"nere mvl3-d3m
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16
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Mas l4-lv Clock \. Vi.
Hor. N. s.a,,n q i. s nj h Carried
tie ehtm, > IL s. HE Oh lie light this NOM
Ing at I'll IL. &c Jck. he los, IS ,ma l.
Ihe ensuy has retired into three suuiiere
d.u'.s. upon ~hch We are nov bril- .lug u.
art | Fay % bear wi b tN G..
,igheol u. r. BurLeR.
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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16
WASHINGTON, Nav IL.

Mai II General DIX: TIE following t-ie-
graphic dispatches have jas. rcac. ed this
Deia acnt from Gen. Bauer. No o.her Ie.
po,!s have been received siuce by dispatch OF
this AFTERNOON.
lS.g"ecl f. NJ SrAST.N,
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16
Relief OF Soldiers Families.


our GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEVIED TWO
~ mills ia. on al taxable property for 1894
and 1860. for the relief Of Soldiers Families. and
makes il the duty Of the assessors 10 rcport q
list Of all soldiers and Marines priyatcs nan
commissioned officers and musicians now In tho
service. disabled or dead, having families. The
word family under this act means the wife do.
pendent children. brothers or sisters under lo
years, aged and infirm dependent parents. The
COMPANY. regiment battery, battalion or oroan;.
cation must be marked. also the ages of the s,ra
children and parents. Please come ;,nmed;atci
and make your statements by
FRANCIS OCHS.
:. City Assessor,
Marshal's Once.
West side Of Brady between sth ond ca,
DAVENPORT. May 9TH, ls6t-d2w
aD =. NJ. DUNN,
Pepper Hanger
RAaneer, Olasler, anA Whitoner
rs - ssEast n st., bel. Brsdy ! Perry.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-16
RAIIR ROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA Central Railway.

Pennsylvania Central Railway.
Doubie 2raet-7Ae .shortest Eyut. to Mar yorl
A 7 PI1TSBURG, TRAINS FROM THE
IL West run direct to the Union Depot, where
Passengers for Harrisburg. Baltimore, Philadel
phia, Washington New York, Boston, all the
New England towns, are transferred to the Cars
Of the PENNSYLVANIA Central Railway The night
Express runs daily, other trains daily, except
Complete equipments Of new and elegantly
furnished
State Room Sleeping Cars,
OH night trains, and on the Fast Line to New York
via Allentown, without change, and landing in
New York
ONE HOUR ADVANCE OF ALL OTHER
TRAINS
To Boston aud New Englsnd Passengers. tAis
Route IL especially desirable A. Il 9ives thsln ~
opportunity OF seeing the finest views amons The
Alcghany Mountains, besides visiting Pitts6are,
Philadelphia and New York without extra cose. !
All New Engisnd Passengers holding through
tickets, will be transferred, with their bswRaee1 %
rail aud boat connections, in New York, without
charge.
Three Daily Trains from Pittsburp
70 Philadelphia.
Nine Daily Trains Leave Philadelnh;. far N.~
York four daily trains frrn New York 70 boston
baggage Checked Through and transferred free
Transportation.
Merchandise, Produce and Live Stock carried
with Dispatch 1t the lowest rates.
w. II. HOLMES, Gen'I Pass. IA gent. Chican.
ENOCH LEwlS' Gen'i ,np't Altoona, Pa
\ a. 1n.>~A n.an-1
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FRANK PIN WEIR.
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GRANT - SMITH.

a IoKNEQS MD COT NSELOES At LAW
4 and N"iar.es Public. Oiicc. Main i ives,
80 "''"''" r'"h' ahi - is. sep dawtt
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Tra1lSnO1.faf1Om.

Merchandise, Produce and Live STOCK carried
with dispatch, Ut tie lowest rates.
w. II HOLMES, Gen'I Pass gent. Chicsna
ENOCH LEWIS. Gcn'I stunt. AItoona p.
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Three Daily Trains from Pittsbure
70 Philadelphia.

Vine Daily Trains Leave Philadelphia for New
York; four daily trains frHn New York 70 boston
baggage Checked Through and transferred free.
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26

been much surprised to find the deepest ST.
lence reigning everywhere, and, on peep.
ing in at window, to observe that the
inhabitants were all abed, while the sun
was blazing high in the heavens. Some
times, too, on returning from shooting
or fishing expedition, have seen bush
or tree full of small birds, each standing
on one leg, with its head thrust under its
wing and its little round body pulled up
to nearly twice its size, and having thus
been reminded that the hours for rest
have returned. OF course o little obser-
walton and reflection would at any time
have cleared up our minds as to whethe
day or night was on the wing never
theless state the simple truth when |
say We were often much perplexed, and
sometimes ludicrously. deceived, by the
conversion of night into day. ..
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26
The Magnitude Of the Earth.

According to recent authority, the cir
conference of the globe is twenty-five
thousand and twenty miles. 1t is not so
easy to comprehend so stupendous circle
as to put down its extent in figures. 1t
becomes more palpable, perhaps, by com
parison, such as this railway train trav-
cling necessarily night and day, at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour, would
require six weeks to 60 around it. The
cubical bulk of the earth is two hundred
and sixty thousand millions of cubic miles.
DR.. Lardner says, If the materials which
form the globe were built up in the form
of column, having pedestal of the mag
nitude of England aud Wales, the height
of the column would be nearly four and a
half millions of miles. A tunnel through
the earth, from England to New Zealand,
would be nearly eight thousand miles
long .,.,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26
Losses in Battle.

The Boston EOeniug Traveller, in no.
ticing some exaggerated statements which
are afqat, making the losses in the battle
of Waterloo average 4 per cent. of those
engaged, or 10000 killed-coupIed with
the remark that there have been as many
engaged in some Of the recent battles in
Virginia, says:
The whole number of men on both
sides at the battle of Waterloo was 19l,-
546, of whom "about' 10000 (to be
exact, lis, $500 were on the side of the
Allies, including all the Prussian troops
effectively engaged. The French loss
was never ascertained, but it is not I'M
likely that it was about SO per cent. of
their number, if it include killed, wound
ed, prisoners and runaways, as some of
the fugitives went to their homes, and did
not rejoin the army. The loss of the Al
lies was "about" $4,000, not killed, but
killed, wounded aud missing The killed
of the Allies was 4, 1913, fair proportion
Of their whole loss, as the wea pons en-
ployed in 1915 we're hot so destructive as
those which arc now in usv. If the
French lost half their army, or "about''
$4,000 men, their killed must have been
in the neighborhood of 1000; so that
the dead in all three of the armies of Ma
poleon, Wellington and Butcher may have
alittle exceeded II, 0O0-and big enough
slaughter to satisfy even the most bloody
minded of men. War is bad enough at
the best, and why magnify its horrors
Eleven thousand dead men, scattered over
few miles of ground, must make most
horrible spectacle; and if there be added
to them some 10000 wounded men, the
CHASTITY attraction will be complete. Yet
twice as many men die of illnesses in long
wars as fall in battle, and their deaths do
not strike the mind impressively. In our
war, death has been more busy off the
field of battle than on it.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26
VOL. VIII.---NO. 80.

PICTURES IN Observation-Disclosures
ness in sick room is not an unessential
element for the comfort and even the re-
covery of the patient. In some of tho
hospitals in London the walls of the wards
arc adorned with pictures. This has been
found, from experience, to have benei-
cial effect The example has been follow
ed in several of the provincial hospitals.
Mr.. Grundy, of Manchester, has lately
presented to the Royal Infrmary of that
city valuable collection of first-class en-.
cravings, plainly but appropriately franz
ed. Mr.. Gilbert Moss, the banker of Liv.
erpoOl, has made similar donation to tho
Royal in6rmary of that town. The selec-
ton Of the pictures was intristcd to the
Messrs. ,Vokins, of London. The selec-
ton was most judicous, and contains
twenty specimens CT the most choice en-
cravings. Mr.. Stubs, the senior sur
gcon Of the infrmary, has we understand,
given very gratifying report of the effect
of the pic ures on the patients. They ara
highly appreciated by the poor people ly-
ing in their beds, and afford topic of con-
versation and interest to those who can
move about. He considers it decided
success, and attributes the increased cheer.
fulness in the wards TO this cause. In
stances of this mode of adding to the COM
fort Of those who so much require it are
worthy of record, not so much perhaps for
the benefcence they display on the part
of the donors, as illustrative of that pro-
gressve improvement in the aspect and
management Of wards for the sick which
has of late been SO manifest. Lancet.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26
1flstelIaneous.
Perpetual Daylight.

The farther north we go in voyaging
along the Norwegian coast during the
months of June and July, the brighter and
longer becomes the daylight, until at last
you arrive at the regions of perpetual day.
The exquisite charm of this novel state Of
things is utterly beyond the comprehen-
sion of those who have not experienced it.
Apart altogether from the gladdening in
fuence of sunshine, there is something de-
lightfuly reckless in the feeling that there
is no necessity whatever for taking note of
the flight of time-no fear lest we should
while wandering together, or perchance
alone, among the mountains, be overtaken
by night During several weeks we have
lived in the blaze of long nightless day
l do not use hypcrbolical language when
speaking of this perpetual daylight. Dur
ing several weeks, after we had crossed
the arctic circle, the sun descended little
more than its own diameter below the
horizon each night, 50 that it had scarcely
set when it rose again, aud the diminution
of the light was quite lnsigni6cant-it did
not approach in the slightest degree to a
twilight. If | had suddenly awakened
during any of the tweuty-four hours iD
the cabin OF the yacht, Or in any place
from which it was impossible to observe
the position of the sun, l could not have
told whetherit was night or day. Having
said that, it is almost superfuous to add
that we could, even in the cabin, read
the smallest print at midnight as easily as
at MONDAY. Moreover, a clear midnight
was absolutely brighter than a cloudy
forenoon.
Nevertheless, there was distinct differ.
ence between night and day-a difference
with which light had nothing to do.
am inclined to think that the incalculable
myriads of minute and invisible creatures
with which God has filed the Inhabited
parts, exercise much more powerful in
fuence on our senses than we suppose
During the daytime these teeming mill
lions, bustling about in the activity of
their tiny spheres, create an actual, though
unrecognizable noise. do not refer to
gnats and flies SO much as to those atomic
ihsecbs "hose iitIle persons are never seen,
and whose individual voices are never
heard, and whose collective hum is fact
that is best proved by the silence that fol-
lows its cessation In the evening these
all retire to rest, and night is marked by
a deep impressive stiffness, which we are
apt enormously to suppose is altogether the
result of that noisy giant man having be-
taken himself to his lair. Yet this differ
ence between night and day was only no.
ticeable when we were alone or very
quiet; the preponderating noises resulting
from conve rsation or walking, were more
than sufficient to dispel the sweet iuAu-
ence.
We were often very wrong in our ideas
Of time. Once or twice, on landing and
going into hamlet on the coast, We have
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26

A SoCIABLE GoyERNoR.-Gov. Pow
ell, of Kentucky, was never an orator, but
his conversational, storytelling and social
qualities were remarkable. His greatest
forte lay in establishing personal intima-
cy with every one he met, and in this way
he was powerful in electioneoring. Ho
chewed immense quantities of tobacco,
but never carried the weed himself, and
was always begging it of every one no
met. He resided in Henderson, and in
coming up the Ohio, past that place, |
overhead the following characteristic an
ecdote of him
A citizen of Henderson coming on
board fell into conversation with a passeu.
ger, who made inquiries about Powell
Gle lives in your place, | believe,
don't he ?"
ayes, one of our oldest citizens"
Every sociable man, amt he 2"
Remarkably So"
"Well, | thought SO. I think be is
one of the most sociable men ever met
with in my life. Wonderfully sociable.
| was introduced to him over at Grayson
Springs last summer, aud he hadn't been
with me ten minutes when he begged all
the tobacco | had, got his feet up in my
lapiand spit all over Mechanically So
ciable" .....
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26
The Colossal Bird Of Madagascar.

In the year 1850 French ship captain
named Abadie, being on the southeas
coast of Madagascar, observed in the hand
of native the she'll of a gigantic egg
which had been perforated at one of it
extremities and used for domestic purpos
es.
M. Abadie being attracted by the un
usual dimensions of the egg, set to worl
to procure specimens of it, and ultimately
succeeded in obtaining from the natives
besides the specimens first seen, two 9th
ers, one of them found in the debris of
recent land-slip; the other disinterrec
from recent alluvial formation, together
with some bones of apparently no less 81
gantic size.
Upon these objects, which we're shortly
afterwards forwarded to Paris, the lat
Professor Isidore Geoffroi Sts,.Nilair,
founded new genus and specfSSs6f ex
tinct struthious birds, allied to Donornis
for which he proposed the name Kpyornis
Maximus. The most striking characteristic,
of the eggs of the Apyornis is their enor.
nous size. The largest of the two recciv
ed at Paris measured lengthwise no less
than two feet and ten inches, and breadth
wise two feet four inches in circumference
Its extreme length in straight line was
twelve inches.
Professor Geoffroi Hlaire estimated
that it would contain l08 quarts, or near
ly as much as six ostrich eggs. A large
ostrich egg we may mention, measures
only about six inches in length, being lit
tie more than half that of the Eypornis
-Quartery Journalof Science.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26
Artemus Ward Returned.

The stoodtnt and connyseer must have
noticed and admired in varis parts Of the
United States of America, large yaller han
bills, which not only air gems of art in
themselves, but they troothfully sit forth
the attractions of my show-a show, let
me here obsarve, that contains many livin
wild animiles, every one of which has got
Beautiful Moral.
But | have time to look round sum &
how do | find things? I return to the
Atlantic States after absence of ten
months, u what State do | find the coun-
try in? Why don't know what State
find it in. Suffice it to say that do not
find it in the State of New Jersey.
l find some things that is cheerin', par
tic'ly the resolve on the part of the VIM
min of America to stop wearin Turin
goods
l never. NEEDLE with my wife's things.
She may wear muslin from Greenland s
icy mountains, and bombazeen from Injys
coral strands, if she wants to; but I'm
glad to state that that superior woman has
peeled off all her Turin clothes and jumpt
into fabrics of domestic manufactur.
But, says sum folks, if you stop import
in things, you stop the Revenoo That's
all right. We can stand it if the Reyeuoo
can. Gu the same principle, young men
should continer to drink French brandy,
aud to make their livers as dry as corn
cobs with Cuby cigars, because, 4sooth, il
they don't it will hurt the Revcnoo-
This talk about the Revcnoo, is of the
bosh, boshy. One thing is tol'bly certain
If we don't send gold out of the ccun-
try, we shall have the consolation of know
in that it is in the country. So I say
great credit is doc the wimmin for this
patriotic move-and to tell the truth win.
min generally know what they're bout
Of all the blossoms they're the soothinist
If there'd never bin any wimin, where
would my children be to-day?
But hope this move will lead to other
moves that air Just as much needed, one
of which is gen'ral and thurrer curtail.
ment of expense, all round The fact is,
We air gittin terribly extravagant, & onless
we paws in our career, in less than two
years the Goddess of Liberty will be seen
dodgin into a Pawn-Broker's shop, with
her gown done up in bundle, even if she
don't have to spout the gold stars in her
headband. Let US take hold Justly, aud
live and dress centsibly, like our forefath-
ers, who know'd more n We do, if they
wasn't quite so honest.
There air other cberrin signs We
don't, for instuns, lack great Gen rails, aud
we certainly don't lack. brave soldiers
but there's one thing | wish we did lack,
and that is our present Congress.
At special Congressional lection in
my District, the other day, l delib'ritly
voted for Henry Clay. | admit that
Henry is dead, but inasmuch as we dom
seem to have live statesmen in our Ma.
tional Congress, let us by all means have
a first-class corps. -"
And now, with genuine hurrar for
the wimin who air goin to abandon Turin
goods, and another for the patriotic every
where's, I'll leave public matters.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26

WITTY MEN.-Without the subordinate
qualities of natural good sense, good nature
and discretion, man of wit aud learning
would be painful to the generality Of man.
kind, instead Of being pleasing, Witty
men are apt to imagine they are agreeable
as such, and by that means grow the worst
companions imaginable. They deride the
absent, or rally the present, in a wrong
manner; not knowing that if you pinch
or tickle a man till he is uneasy in his seat,
or ungfacefuly distinguished from the
rest OF the company, you equally hurt
him. -Adolisoa.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-08-26

"A GREAT COMET PPEDIoTED.-The
following, says an English paper, is an
extract Of letter just received from Mel
bourne:
professor Newmager, on three years
scientific visit from Bavaria, tells us that
in 1866 a comet shall come SO close as to
endanger this our earth; and should il
not attach itself Gas one globule Of quick.
silver to another) nor annihilate US, the
sight will be most beautiful to behold
During three nights we shall have nc
darkness, but be batbed in the brilliant
light of the blazing train"
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4oetitaI.
For The Agis and htelligsncer.
GODS ANVIL,


Tribulation means threshing and Trench il
lis excellent treatise on words, has carried GU
he figure, showing that it is ouly by threshin,
God separates the wheat from the chatf.
1885,. i hold still
Pains furnace heat within me quivers,
Gods breath upon the fame doth blow,
And all my heart with anguish shivers,
And trcmbles at the fiery glow;
And yet ! whisper-7-as God will
And in His hottest fire hold still.
He comes and lays my heart, all heated,
On the hard anvil-minded so
Into His own fair shape TO beat it, -
With His great hammer, blow on blow
And yet whisper-aS God will
And at His heaviest blows hold still.
He takes my softened heart and beats it, d
The sparks fly off at every blow;
He turns it Der and DER and heats it,
And lets it cool, and makes it glow;
And yet | whisper-as God will
And in His mighty hand hold STILL.
Why should I murmur for the sorrow
Thus only longer-lived would be;
Its end may come, and will, Tomorrow
When God has done His work in me.
So say, trustng-as God will
And trusting to the end hold still.
He kindes for my profit purely,
Ailliction's glowing, fiery brand
And all His heaviest blows are surely
Inflicted by Master hand;
So | say, praying-as God will
And hope in Him. and suffer still.
This precious little morsel Mr.. Editor, whic
speaks SO touchingly to many q heart in the fur
1ace, is credited to the German of Julius Sturm
o. .. A. MI