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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-07

DuPREz & GRaEN's MI~sTR.Ls. s.-Ths IA
vorite AMI world renowned troupe gave their
first entertainment before large audience
at Metropolitan Hall last evening" to the de-
light of ali present. 1t Will he remembered
that the Company was here about one wear
ago. and was then considered one of high
rank, and, in fact. the best travelling min
strel show ii existence Since then, how
ever. il has received many important acccs-
sion, which. added to their ori- iaai strength.
fairly took our citizens by surprise fhoy
were expecting a rich treat, but found that
their expectations had been several degrees
too low Sig i:ideux, the great French
halladist, fully satisfied every one that ne
had 10 superior. and the Mockin- B.vd.
brought forth astounding applause. Lew.
benedict is hard mant to beat on The gag"
or comic dance
This evening they viii appear for the last
time with an entire change Of programme.
upon which occasion GuStavo Bida,ly will
produce several Of his original songs, bal
lads, &c, which have been received with so
much favor in New York, Boston, and other
large cities.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-07

GERMAN InEATEE. Last Saturday even
ing Mrs. kcnkel made her appearance AT
this establishment in the great character Of
Katherine Howard in the play Of that
name. Mrs. Nenhcl appeared to great ad-
vantage in this rail-, and throughout the
play va, repeatedly applauded ~ an ap-
prec'aiiNe audience. She was very ably 81,
tanned by Mcs>rs. Schreibcr, Hei,lcrhccher er
Spilznas, and other members Of the com
panN. Mr.. Schroeder deserves especial men
ton for the excellent manner in which he
gave the character Of "E,lelwood,' an,l,
together with Ms. kcnkel. was called be-
fore the curlain at the end Of the pertorul-
ance.
Mrs.. kcnkcl viii again appear on next
Sunday evening, il the sublime drama of
= \ Mother Blessing, on which occasion
her talented daughter, Miss Cara kcnhcl,
viii make her first appearance
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
4 Sensible English Speech.

Mr. r. Miner Gibson, President of the
British Board OF Trade, addressed crowd
cd meeting Of his parliamentary constit-
uency at AshtUn-undcr-Lyn on the 10th
of January, speaking warmly in favor OF
our Government and against Intervention
in our affairs Briefly ailuding, at the out
set to the condition Of the manufacturing
districts OF England, he expressed con
vic,ion that the period Of greatest distress
has passed and that there is reasonable
prospect Of returning prosperity. lie held
that slavery was the whole cause OF the
rebellion. and that the South was fighting
to pcrpetuatc slavery. lie had never made
up his mind that the Union would not be
restored. He could not tell what the fu-
ture might bring forth. lie c0ntcudcd that
the fitting out Of rebel prvatccrs in Eng
lish ports WAS Il violation OF law, and more
over very bad precedent On this point
he said
" We might with our great navy for in
stance if we were AT war with some coun-
try, blockade il. ports. and we might pre-
vent vessels from sailing forth from its
harbOrs; but if that nation with whom we
were at war is to be at liberty to go 70
some distant region. some country friendly
TO ourselves. and there be furnished with
these armed privatcer, to cruise about the
ocean should like to know what possible
protection the great navy of England and
the great expenditure upon which it rests
will be able to give the commerce Oi this
country Hear and cheers
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Common ADsHrditieS.

To ask tradesman if the commodity
which he offers to sell YOU is Of the first
quality,
To suppose you please your visitor by
showing your infant child to him.
To tell man of whom you wish to Dor.
row that YOU are in great want of it,
To suppose that all criticisms nre written
by critics,
To ask market woman if her eggs arc
fresh
TO immurc man in prison who owes you
money and has no means Of paying it, ex-
ccpt by his industry,
To suppose the cider which you buy at
TWO uUIiurs bottle IS cnampaBne.
For monkey to suppose when he returns
from his foreign travels sensible people will
take him for a lion.
For an author to denounce the ago as IL
iteratc because his book is unsaleable,
To occupy the attention Of dinner
party with anecdotes relating to yourself.
TO advise Il sef-conceitcd friend to aban.
don foolish undertaking.
TO expect to retain the friendship of a
man after having asked him to return Dor.
rowcd money to you
10 suppose that distinguished authors
have too much dignity to puff their own
writings.
For man to have pockets made in his
clothes when ho has nothing to put in
them.
TO suppose all those who style them
selves professors to be great and learned
mon
TO commence dunnng letter with my
dear sir and end it with "your most obe-
dicnt humble servant"
When in hurry, to get into Now York
omnibus.
70 ask for "a second joint when you want
the leg Of turkey.
To eat four courses in seven minutes and
complain OF indigestion afterwards
Telling your wife when you 90 home at
one o'clock in the morning that you have
been at your Office writing.
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Camp Scenes.

Occupation is Il grand thing, and quito
rs important to the tone and heart OF an
army as hard bread and bacon. Tho mon
stcr against which DR.. Kane fought 50 sue
cesSiully in the Arctic night, with theatre
and troic wandcrs listtully up and down
our camps Would you believe and yet
it is true--that many poor fellow in this
army Of the Cumberland has literally dici
10 % A1mc died Of tho terrible, unsatisiicd
longing home sickness. 1t is langour, de-
bility, low fever, loss Of appetite, slccpcss
ness death, and yet, through all, it is that
sad thing they call Nestagia. Who shall
dare to say that the boy who lays him
down and dies, Il hungorod and starving
for home, does not fall rs well and truly
for his countrys sake as if rebel bullet
had found his heart out? Against it the
surgeon combats in vain, for who can
minister to the mind discascdY
The loved ones at home have something
to answer for in this business, and it pains
me to think that moro than one man has
let his life slip out of grasp too weak to
hold it lust because his dearest friends did
not send him prescription once Il week
price three ccnts-a letter from home. ].
some poor fellow sinking at hcart--bccau>c
yoU do not write him? If there is, lay my
letter down at once and write your own
and may He who sent a messenger all the
way from heaven to earth with glad IL
dings, forgive you for dcicrring hope to
some soldier boy You would not wonder
at my warmth had you seen that boy wait.
ing and waiting as | have, for one little
word from some body. Too proud to own
and yet too sincere to quite conceal il, hc
trio, to ,tranglc the thought OF home, aud
goes into the battle, whence he never comes
forth. Let me relate ono incident An
Indiana soldier was struck in the breast at
Chiciamauga and FELL The bullets crrand
was about done when it reached him; it
pierced the coat and Undertaking. and
there was force enough lcil in It TO wound.
it not to kill him but it had to work its
way through Il precious package of nine
letters inditcd by one dear heart and trac-
ed by one dear hand that done. the bul-
lets power expendcd-thcrc it lay asleep
against the soldiers breast, Have yuu
been making such II shield. dear Iajy. for
anybody? take care that it docs not lack
one letter of being bullot-pr0of
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Dog Meat for Union Prisoners. :

The Richmond Examiner, OF tho Sth ult,
contains the ollowno.
oW,p>,xo ro Dons Aooordi,o b. a.,
.,,t,,',t n"t'"S - I','" 'yoo'icGofulng 10 'ho
] ,, ,s,,ii,o, MI '''"o,' Io,- Tno "Ii.Gs Us Oh
Gno nrigyonors =; p,'I, ,"o 1t ~ sIJ an.
Joo. osnnoioI, .l iI'''o "''Ip"''"y % ,or
J |''',Ii''o'eu uos' ino
o'' ",'" ,'''' oui ooirosPon'
IN ~" rnn,,IoJ, "NS, ,""a va, tTn'o VIZ,
,b.t J,an La,.na5,, ;l,, 'ie,"' ta, fo.''oiion on
tho cyo,,ito brJ ,' oan,na,,ionS " Vs. a 'eUen.y'
,,,.,,.,,l,t ,ei,,n. ,"i :, & n'u oun oo''
Lc ord at ,h. m Y"no.s % ~ 20 ooht mU, n"T%n G';a. "
60 wv ""S"' ''''N"'
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Interesting Extracts.

An officer in an East Tennessee regiment
furnishes us with tho following article, ta-
ken from Il Nashville paper, and request,
its insertion in our columns We call at
tcntion to the case of j W. PumJticr, who
is still Spying around in Knoxville and is OF
the same faith he was when under pay by
the rebels AS a scout and spy:
TO THE EAST TENNESSEE REGIMENTS.
Gentlemen You are now on your way to Eas.
Tennessee, as l understand it, under the command
of one Of the very best Gcncr4s in the United
States Army Major-General RosrcHANs, lie will
be able to land you in your own country this win
ter and deem ii proper to give You few items Of
information, which may DO Of service to you on
your arrival there,
have been at our State Capitol, where | have
pcru,ed large pile Of letters written 10y Brgadier-
General v. Il. Caswoll, Col. d. H. Cumming, and
others, to idjutant-Gcncral Whitthornc and in the
cowardly flight Of EShg0. GScrrilla Ha,riS and
his associates these letters were left behind.
Gen. Caswcll, in . letter dated Camp Cumming,
Knoxville, June IL, 1861, says: "I have engaged
w. " ,''f 'V'' ~ "'9t NV ~ l''''ih "''''N "'''
reliable men to serve MS scouts upon the Kentucky
and Virginia borders | have now ". 1 Hl,k-
barn, Esq, ?. h. Rogers, q. y. Day. i. Ramsey,
r. W. McPhc,yoA and James H. Carter on duty, at
"nd about Cumberland Gap and Tazcwcll, ON the
IL rnnie including the BIC Crcrl, Gap,
Ri,hdrd JarhI7da, Joscp" ,,. i : II D,,,,,,t;.,.
10 extend their reconno,sancc into KENTUCKY, .,.,
also through Morgan County in th, State. Col,
John Batcr ir on duty in Greene county and JEFF
felsun. f. w. Rogers will repair to cambridge to-
borrow
Tho East Tennessee volunteers will bear in mind
that these men were hlrcd spies, and not fail to
treat them accordingly.
la letter signed by Darid H. Com,ng. ad-
dressed to Gen Caswcll, and dated Eagle Bend,
June 20, 1861, the following paragraph appears; -
James Nccmlu informs me that company (of
Lincolnitcsl is forming at Woods, on Beaver
Creek, and he hear, Of companies forming in Camp
bell and Anderson counties. / think it important
for Middle Tennessee troops to be thrown into East
Tennessee. Ii would have a much better effect for
Middle Tennessee men to erctHtc feilows here than
for US to have it to do"
Middle Tennessee men were called for to shoot
and hang East Tcnncssoe Union men, SO as to savs
Fast Tennessee Gssqs'iHS from death when our East
Tennessee regiments should get it!
AY EAST TENNEssEEAS.
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AlWayS q Wise Reason,

From pleasant volume recently pub.
l'shed by Carter Il Son, New York, entitled
Able to Save we take the following
word, Of comfort:
"God does not send trouble or sickness,
or poverty, mcrcI ) to fret and annoy his
hi, childrcn--tO render them unhappy and
discontcntcd No; but forasmuch as our
natures are sinful and must be sanctifcd--
lyrasmuch as we arc willtul and must bo
brought to Obcdiencc--forasmuc as every
remnant of the evil principle must be re.
moved ere we can enter tho kingdom Of
hcavcn-God tries his children, not by
long continued aud uniform adversely, but
by transition from the one to the other
He knows that the grace which might bo
sufficient for the day OF sunshine. will not
bear us up amid darkness and tempest
that the virtues which appear in the Chris
'.an when all is serene and tranquil, might
be crushed and dcadcned amid reverses and
disappointmcnts. And as it is his purpose
30 strengthen the Christian character-to
develop it moro and more, until it is fitted
for his own immediate presence-he makes
the believers path one of varied experience,
OF joy and sorrow, of health and sickness
Of prosperity and adversely. But then, new
grace is impaired for every. new form Of
trial and new trats of character come into
view in these rapid transitions of life. For
as the gold or the diamond, UNSOLICITED to
the crucblc and 70 other agencies might
have continue to shine with steady beauty
and brilliancy, but not with the peculiar
beauty effected by chemical changes; so, in
Christian life. many beautiful trait Of
character would have remained undlscov-
cred throughout unbroken prosperity, or
continued adversity There might have
been always the redity of religion but not
that peculiar manifestation which is pro-
duced in transition from ne one to the
other
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Letter from General Carroll.

Here follows an original letter from Gen.
CARROLL, the murderer who was in authori-
ty here when IIAUN and the two llARMoNs
were hung This mean, drunken tool Of
tho Confcderacy is now at the North, with
letter in his pocket giving him the free
dom Of the United States. This litter
throws some light upon the rebel move
mcnts here in 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Knoxville, Nov. 20, 1861.
Captain Gor1nd,-You are hereby ordered to pro-
cccd with your command to Newport Cooke county,
Tenn. You are directed to sec that all contracts
mado with the agents Of the Confederate STATE, for
hogs or cattle shall be faithfully complied with and
that the cattle and hogs shall be delivered rs per
contract.
You are to arrest all suspicious persons and for
ward them here. You are to impress all arni,--
rifles shot guns or mu-kc.s-found in the hands Of
Unonis,s, labelling each gun So taken with the name
of the owner and giving to them your receipts for
the same. Such arms thu, impressed are to BE- for
wardci Immediately to the ordnance department at
this place You are to guard all public property
Iou will report TO these headquarters often us
circumstances may require. The names of those
who are authorized by the Confederate Government
arc as follows;
J. II. Craigmilc.
Williams Il Lancaster. Of Bristol.
d. Morris n Co.. Of Morristown.
Wilson Il johnson, Of Loudon.
Wilson X Armstrong, of Nashville and Clarks-
yill..
McCarcv, Cummings & Co, Of shclhyyille and
Chattanooga.
BY order. W Ii. CARROLL
Brig. Gen. Comdg.
q. II. MossARRA1, Actg Asst Adjt Gen.
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Gray'S Elegy In u Country Church.
yard,

Mr.. Gray had written his Elcgy in the
year 1890, and he communicated it TO his
friend Horace Walpolc, who showed it
about for some time in manuscript and il
was received with the applause it SO Justly
deserved. 1t found lis way into 81 maga
zine and this WAS the means Of FIRST max
ing him known to the public We may
fancy how his la~tidious and shrinking
mind would be annoyed by the circum-
stances which he thus relates in n loltor to
Nalpolc ,-" Cambridge, Feb II, l7jl,--
Yesterday ! had the misfortune OF receiving
a letter from certain gentlesen .as their
bookseller expresses it who have taken
the magazine Of magazines into their
hands They tell me that an ingenious
poem, called Reflections in n Country
Churchyard," has been communicated to
them, which they are printing forthwith ,
that they are informed the crcdloH author
Of it is |, by name and that they bog not
only his mdWJeucc but the honor Of his
correspondence, etc As | am not al all
disposed either to be ndugcnt or to cor
respond as they desire, have but one bad
way left TO escape the honor they would
iniiict upon me, and therefore am obliged
to desire You would make Dodsley print ii
Immediately from your copy, but with my
name, The title must be- Elegy written
in n Country Churchyard.'
Gray said, The stanzas have been 50
applaudcd, it is quite shame to repeat it.
mean not to be modest but it is shame
for those who have said such superIativc
things about them, that | cannot repeat
them.
An early tribute to the merits Of the
Elcgy occurs in an anccdote related by Pro.
icssor Robinson, Of Edinburgh then II mid
shipman ON board the Royal William,
one Of the fleet engaged in the taking Of
Quebec. He happened to be on duty in
the boat in which General Wolfe went to
visit some Of his posts the night before the
battle, which was expected to be decisive
of the fate Of the campaign, The evening
was fine and the scene considering the
work they were engaged in, and the morn
ing to which they were looking forward
sufficiently impressive, As they rowed
along, the General, with much feel
ing, repeated nearly the whole Of Gray's
EIcgy, (Which had appeared not long be-
fore, and was yet but little known to an
officer who sat with him in the stern Of tho
boat; adding, rs he concluded, that, ." he
'"-'ll nrqier being the author of that
poem to the glory ol beating inc r"a--...l-
tomorrow
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rsa. The Church Missionary Society have
Just published the following extract of a let
ter from that distinguished Christian officer.
Sir Herbert Edwards;
The Committee will he glad to hear that
since returning to India ! can perceive the
strongest indications of its people being on
the march from the stronghold of their old
ideas There is marked activity of thought
in the educated GLASSES. especially among
the Hindus sudden recognition of being
wrong, or not quite right. and a desire to
advance to new things under cover of old
names-a sort of shame-iiIced reformation.
tending away from idolatry. and towards
Christian belief. through the hallway house
of Christian morals. And all from native
exponents, declaring this is not Hinduism
nor that, and must be put away; but never
telling where they got the light-irom the
feeble tapers which your Society and others
have kept Pickering alive in scattered mis-
sion homes for sixty years. amid darkness
and Encouragement and scorn. Missions in
India have begun to tell. God grant that
we may see their triumph in our day!
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Th( Cotton Of Britain for 1864.

The Euglish Journals continue 10 discuss
the subject Of the cotton prospect for 1864
The lacs, and fullest paper ON .tho sub.
ice, appears in the Manchester Eramincr
in wh,d the writer after an exhaustive
v;r,y q, ,bo focts in fine casc presents tbc
t,lIovinr r,sults. First that the production
of cotto, in other countries than tbc South.
.,,...,;..; .,,,1;I,. ;no.,..;,.
- " ,''''' VI ,'''" - '''''',.'' NV
'"' imports ol loot exceeding 'Fooaol!
those Of 1852 by l,OOO0OO Of bales, thus
Ic.s,uiuo exclusive depcndonce upon one
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The London Times on American Dem.
ncralS,

The London Times reluctantly conftsscs
chagrin at the general political situation in
America. While it plainly admits that the
President has reason to congratulate himself
that his views on the subject Of emancipation
have made such progress in the past year, it
vents its wholesome anger upon the party
which has endcavored 10 deceive everybody,
and has at least succeeded in deceiving the
London Times and itself:
1T has pleased the Democratic party in
the North, by an amount of moral cowsrdice
TO which history furnishes no parallel, to
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Ii the sun Inhabited?

Sir David Brewster makes the following
remarks relative to the sun:
80 strong has been the belief that the
sun cannot he habitabc world. that Il
scientific gentleman was pronounced by his
medical attendant insane. because he had
sent paper to the Royal Society, in which
lac maintained that the light of the sun pro-
cceded from dense and universal aura.
which may afford ample light TO the inhab-
tants beneath, and yet be at such distance
aoft as not to be among them that there
NAV be water and dry land there, hills and
light and the seasons may be eternal, the
sun may easily be conceived to be by far
the most blissful habitation of the whole
system. In less than ten wears after this
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part of Louisiana, of Mississippi, of North
Carolina and Virginia have been held or arC
now held by the enemy, and have boon eX
hsustcd lg the supplies drawn by the con,
tending iPrces, Nor can We regard Ala
bama Goorgia, South Carolina or Texas ex
ccpt from the march Of heavy armies now
organizing for purpose Of invasion,
We will say to Congrcs, and to President
Davis that careful study of the last Cen
sus Report OF the United States will cor
rect or destroy many pcrturbatons in their
minds rs well Ms our own. Let them lcgis-
late SO rs TO increase the number of cows
and think no moro Of the negro The land,
then, instead Of being dcsolatcd by war, and
the inhabitants gaunt with priyations and
misery, will flow literally with milk and
honey as in times Of yOrc.
\ census taken now, aS recommended by
his EX1olcncy Mr.. Davis in the same man
nor ae that Of 1860, over the districts whore
it might be Effected would show planNt the
waste OF war How many men between
the age, Of eighteen and fifty would be found
wanting How many peaceful, industrious
Inhabitants would be found absent, having.
through Il thousand channels found their
way into the free States, actually filing up
the houses in every part Of that land so that
mono are untcnautcd? How many Of the
houses in the regions passed over by the
coutrndmg armies would now be found Oc-
cupcd How many negroes would bc found
absent ready TO return with muSkets in their
hands How many horses, cattle, sheep
hogs, &c, would be found remaining? What
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Whisky and H. TrlbulatI0ns.

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"AIch '"e P"o''o '"" ''oN =" " ~" e'''"''
Moderate temperance men viii heartily
subscribe to The policy OF making the ire
water pay rs much toward the support OF
Of the war AS possible Ultra temperance
enthusiasts may object that by taxing The
"yilc distilauon the production Is ltgah%ed'
and whisky, the cause OF nnumeraoIo woes
will bc manufactured according to law bul
whisky has been taxed rom the inception
Of our excise system Twenty cents Il sal-
Ion II h,ors bv the laws of lsG2-G3; sixty
~, .,,a,.o l.,. l,o Iov, nf
V'''' S''''oN - - ~ N''"' = Wv
IoO1'
The increase IS looked upon as a matter
not to be resisted. but the grca, controversy
:. .os =. ,.bo,bor tbo imno.t sholl bc mt
SO n...'u.,, .l,.il,.
upon nc" ""'N~A' VI ""''nV' ''''' "''','''
on hand or waiting sale shall be hulc'eo'-
This is q matter which itmight be supposed
affect. ono,hor class. thc whisky drinkers.
.,l,.,o,,l, .rurrhasotb, old
=, -. D-l... ,..;a, ~.
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Death OF q Louisville Priest from In
temperance.
The New York Tribune saws :

Inc NOW Ork IrlDunt says
An inquest was, on Tuesday, held by
Coroner Naumann at Duryea's Hotel. No.
203 South street. on the body of John
BOYLE. Catholic Priest, who was found
dead in his room. Deceased had for some
time past been very intemperatc, and
death was undoubtedly the result of his
dissolutc habits. lie was for many years a
man of prominence in the Catholic Church
in Louisville, Ky. and at one time owned
large amount of real estate in that city
A verdict Of death from intcmpcrancc was
rondcrNd
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commit political suicide To narrow the
difference between themselves and their an
tugonists rs to the mere question of the
proper manner Of carrying on the war, was
to take up position by which everything
was 10 be lost.