Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-14

debted to NJ y Vogel, ON OF the otficers
Of The far ajErcfl steamer Fl brids, who has
lust retur1ed home on brj ef furlough, for
the folofine INTERESTING particulars con-
eerninst %o,J nent' Of ur little navy on
The tFlori3, two mohths ago, was a,
Brest, n F26ce, undergoing repairs: The
ofiici, So6(hat city and 7of the French gov
ernnlEnt rendered eye1 facility to the au-
thorifes Of the ship, ind for two months
she occupied the gogsrnment dock, while,
her officers and menjwere the recipients Of
the Inequalities Of Tie people Of the city.
An indication ogthe sympathes Of the
French govgnme4 may be found in the
fact thst The cq(hmander Of the United
States gunboat kesrsarge made similar
application to hat Of the Florida, but was
refused. Thif vessel attempted to block
ade the FloqHa, but the latter evaded her
with ease Three weeks ago. the latter
touched Al the Island of Bermuda, to land
Lieut.. E1erett, her Executive officer, who
was seJ6usly i'll. 2d Lieut. Lingard Hoole
was Id At Martinique for the same cause
Just ono year ago, the Florida, while at
Bermuda, NNs received with a royal salute
Of q guns. he's officer in the evening be-
ing entertained II the house Of the Colonel
commanding the Arces on the Island. The
only ship burned siSce leaving Brest is the
Avon, 1900 tons, bound to Cork from the
Chncha Islands, loaded with guano.
The discipline on boyd is like that Of :
man of-wsr.f Her complement is 1870 men
and IS officers. All live well, clothe well,
and feed we'll. Oysters, Turkeys, and deli
cacies Of every description, eaptured on the
prizes, supply their larder, and these are
served in the commonest mes(es Of the ship,
with silver knives and forks. Think of that,
ye hungry landsmen! Captk N4fit, the
former commander Of the Florida, is now in
Confederate port, in command Of = steam
or owned by the State ofGeorgt, one Of the
fastest vcsse)4 aAcat, and in severy way
adapted to We purb bosses Of a bl6ckade-run-
ner. LieYf. Mang}ult Morr;s, u this State,
is now III ebmmanIcf the Florida.
The total nuln5(r Of prises captured and
burned ~ this sip is %. iIet tender the
IaconyS Lieut. Fed commanding, took 81
before being bu1hed oil the harbor Of Port
land, Ne. Hal Jof the value Of zach Of these
prizes Is d.striULt among the officers ana
crew Of the caftor The othsf half is plac-
ed in the account Of the Confederate gov
lSSEly mail Ou DYAIu Is, tncIe-
fore, well DIDO in the world !"
The arnamen; Of the Flodda has not been
altered since she first wcntinto commission,
and consists of . l20-ponnd Blakeley rife
gun amidsGps, same metal on the bow, and
six broadsIds. IS pound Blakeley rifles.
STATE ITEMS. +
Some fields Of ttat in Dubuq ie county,
have been entirely 4 estroyed byl the chinch
bug n
Rev. NJ. B. wyman, chsulain of the
third Iowa Cavalry, died at XIV London,
Henry county, la4 Saturday,,
A horse and 81 of eilver,lh4ted harness,
was lately stolfn from NJ Crapper, Of
Hamilton counY "
On last Salty day night III b barn offs. N.
Louis, in Cas- up, was stricl by lightning
and consume4, together ~,<R-}k6 horses in
it. Farmersl&hould nave lightning rods at
tached to th1ir barns as well as to their
dwellings. 4Aaquoketa Excelsior, sotA.
We lear5 from the Hank Hye that Rev.
P. P. Ingalls,, agent Of the State Orphan
Asylum, kas returned to th9State, having
Obtained from the soldiers j. money and
pledges $4,000 for the In]ition. If the
army arm dsss so well, bat ou} int civilians to
/ ! Benson of Eden township. Marshal,
county, was found dad a faw DAYS since.
lying upon his back bot far from hrs resi-
denfe The day bepre he bad started out
on horseback to huft his DIVA and II r.
supposed that. hisfdeath Vas caused by
besae <mown from lis hors9
The Cedar Falls t9asette, dfthe LIST inst
says that Charles ersc, Horse thief, for
| some time past an innate Of &ur county Jail,
succeeded in makitg his esclpe last Wed
nesday night. Thursday mkrning all the
doors OF the Jail Tcre found unlocked, and
the superstition sIthat the prisoner had as
sistance from the outside. At last accounts
he was still OUTSIDE
Yesterday afternoon mihor named Pat.
rick McEvoy mel with a calamity at Kar-
rick 8 diggins. neg Dubuque. He was oil.
ing the machinery which f,oists the dirt
from the bottoml Of the shaft, when his
SHIRT sleeve was taught by the cog wheels,
and his right arp was drawn in between
them, and crush I'D to pieces from the elbow
to the hand. r Lay was called, and am
putated the inj1red arm just fellow the el.
bow ubuQut Times eih-~k-
A brute Of man named Welch, who re-
sides in Dubuque, got DRINK the other
night, and abJsed his wife il most brutal
manner-knod ked her down, whipped and
kicked her, ui till she was compelled to fee
for safety, AID her life. The scound. q
was arragnedI before the NJ gistrate. and his
wife summode ed as wit3ess against him
when she begged for his/acquital in plee
that 10 ~o' q ~ drunk, finch was complied
wool.-Tfe New York Tribune quotes
wool rs follows: Ct5tce saxony fleece, 81
@a9Psr h.; three fourth merino, lso@s4
comts9p 75@7S Sktra pulled, s0NSS. Tn,
follayjng are ~ latest St. Lo1is Quota
ions; CnwashSd, 45@5O fleece washed
1880 tub tashed 5000 It is estima
ed that the CLIP ofwool the presentyear viii
yield about 6 millions ofpo1nd4 while the
fousumption}s expected to rcadb, fnll l6t
mf5ons. Itwas supposed in tnatarly par
the year mat a considerable portion of tn.
CHIP 1868 fould be carried into the mex
season, brt from present appersnces it i
potable TIN + it will all6e diSposeA Of belor.
q Se ss clip is aiIly in farkst TIT quantity
~ way hIther froh DIFFERENT para Of tn h.
world is estlpated ,ll1Gs than 90 m4ipns Q
pound: &kzz::...:-=..e.A
| IAN Ieditor i1 the xuaun J6s7 sdsroev
fqpPlfins bitterly Of the mishenagemen
~ ! permitted 4ajor Gs6tal Sher
anf3advancy sqfar and sfy3that if For
rcsy tere aQlM6to takk~nand. b,
nv make sd havoc with Sherman