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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-06
SPLENDID STORE PROPERTY.
The Property formerly known IS
4" Academy Of the Immaculate Conception
For Sale.

No. 7. "Academv Of the Immaculate Concep-
ton property for sale. This elegant estate com.
prises 10 acres with main building (which cost %.
too) and good barn; land in centre level and high
slopiug gradually south, east and north. Will Be
sold a. great bargain u applet for coon. II
not sold Il will be rebuilt rs an elegant country
villa. plans Of which may be seen at our oflics by
any party proposing to purchase. BrILDEss are
invited to cali and the same, as the work will
BE- let BY contract 10 the lowest bidder The land
borders upon the city limits, but being just out
side, Is not subject TO city taxes Beautiful In its
natural condition. this land is tastefully laid out
In garden and lawn, and 1000 shade and orna
pentsl trees are planted large forest trees stand
ing north Of the main building This place is vel
worth tho sttention Of purchasers.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-06

All Of which is respectfully submitted.
CaR. KAurFMANN,
City Clerk.
Davenport, April 1st, A. D., 1866.
TO his honor the Mayor and Council Of the
city Of Darsnport:
The undersigned would report to your
honorable body that he has collected DUR
the last year from April 18th 1854 to
March 81 st 1865
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-06

1Ot8S cow
All Of which has been paid to the Treas
urer, taking his receipt for the same.
NE WIN. POOL,
City Marshal.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-06

Total expenditures to March S1st
A. d. 1865. tA1 ,354 SO
All Of which 10 respectfully submitted.
DAvRNronr, March 3lst, A. d. 1866.
CHR. KAUFMAN,
City Clerk.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-06

ALI of which 70 respectfully submitted.
DAvRxronT, March 3lst, A. D. 1866.
CHR. KAUFrMANN,
City Clerk.
CITY rREAsrRER's REPORT.
DAvrSroR., April 1st, 1866.
10 HI Honor, the mayor and Gestlsssw Of
tho CITY Council:
The undersigned most respectfully bees
.eavs 70 report to your Honorable Body the
following list Of Recsipts and E4pemd,twree
from February to date:
RECEIPTS OF CONTINGENT rrxp.
Received from sale Of Cemetry lots 4 40
Police fees 441 TX
Rent Of Hosp'l ground ls *
" Taxes for 1864. 49,. am
1860. ~ a.,
1667..... 7M
1859. -. SIS
Is 1861. .....v / 30
Licenses. ..... j. SS4 "a
" Market House rents. IS 90
City Scales. 49,. 81 "a
" Wharfage and rent
ofLevee lots. s............ 665 90
Received on account Of ,iudemms
against Geo. l.. Davenport. =. 2so 90
Received on account Of judgement
against the Peoria Fire 1nsur.
ouC0 w.. yo1 70
Received on account Of side walks lie %
Amount brought from last rspset 1889 so
,ymsa ava.' ses 4s
CONTINGENT FUND sxrrxprfunss.
Paid on account Of In
ouro0ce. 20 %
Roi1 % account Of e)eo. s
tie0 expeuse6. .... 800 -se'@
Pad - aocount e Co.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-06
INSURANCE AGENCY
RICHARD b. HILL
AND
c. w. vERDER.

FARMS FOR RENT,
FROM - TO 1oo ACRES.
COUNTRY VILLA FOR SALE.
No. 50. On Jersey Ridge, . miles from post
Office, fine house, in COED repair rooms,
cellars barn worth $500, aud poultry house.
Is varieties of grapes, lbore 1000 lbs last year
ii kinds Of fruits; . bearing; soo THIS proper" e"
HOUSES FOR RENT.
No. Il. new house on Brady street, one Of
the most desirable residences in the city.
MOL. large elegant house. with ell modern
improvements, stable, we'll, cistern, fruit and
shade trees, fine river view,-centrally locased,
lone Of the finest residences in the city.
OFFICE FOR RENT.
East second Street, corner Of Brady with ante
soom if desired.
BAR. BILLIARD ( DINING ROOM
No. 1. Rar, Blizzard and Dining Rooms fol
rent CONNECTED, with kitchen and sleeping
voems atsached,) formerly occupied BY Z. u
FURNISHED ROOM,
No. s. Furnished room for rent. for gentle
man: also room unfnrnishcd--b0th good rooms
In the business part Of the city.
SPLENDID STORE PROPERTY.
No. 8. "Merwin's Block" Perry Street. for sale,
with present rental Of g. Loo paying good re
turn now, and prospective'y avery valuable prop.
erty. TO close a concern this property is offered
at = very low price and ON easy terms.
The Property formerly known IS
Academy Of the Immaculate Conception
2ADA
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20

Laughter is not altogether fool !.
thing. Sometimes there is even wi
dom in it. Solomon himself admit:
there IS a time to laugh, rs vel! as :.
time to mourn. Man only lau CHS
man, the highest organized being; ard
hence the definition that has been pro.
posed of Man, laughing animal.
Certainly, it defines him as we'll as :.
cooking ANIMAL tool making
animal 'money making ANIMAL :.
'poitica! animal, or such like. Laugh.
ter very often shows the bright side
OF a man. It brings out his happie;.
nature, and shows of what sort Of stuff
he is really male. Somehow We feel
as if we never thoroughly know 4 mai.
until we hear him laugh. We do not
feel at home with him till then. We
do not mean mere snigger, bur :.
good, round, hearty laugh. The
solemn, sober visage, like Sundays
dress, tells nothing Of the real man.
He may be very silly, or very profound;
very cross, or very jolly. Let US hear
him laugh, and we can dcclpher him
at once, and tell how his hear. beats.
We are disposed to suspect the man
who never. laughs. At all events,
there is repu]sion about him which
we cannot get. over. Lavater says:
'Shun that man who never laughs, who
dislikes music or the glad face of a
child. This IS what everybody feels,
and none more than children, who are
quick at reading characters; and their
strong instincts rarely deceive them.
T [Bluck,cood
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20
JEFF. Davis Coffee Set.

- We examined on Saturday the ma.
chinerv of one Of those curious souve-
Mrs of the war, that, like their recipi-
ents, cannot escape history We
allude to a fancy coffee or tea set-we
do not know which-which formerly
gracea the mansion Of President Jef-
ferson Davis, but which was disposed
Of at auction with silverware, &C., by
Messrs. Bell, Elliott & Co., Pearl
street, few days before the evacu-
alton, when Mr.. Davis concluded to
decline housekeeping and make a
tour for his health. The coffee or tea
set in question is perfect miniature or
tac sinai!e Of a railroad locomotive,
with tender attached. The locomotive
boiler receives the coffee or tea, makes
and discharges it through spiggot, a
steam whistle indicating when the tea
or coffee is ready.
The boiler Of the locomotive is Of
porcelain, and the figure OF the fire
man, Of the same material, appears on
the locomotive vigorously ringing the
bell, which, we suppose, means the
breakfast, dinner, or supper-bell. The
tender which is an admixture Of brass
and other metal, carries the sugar in an
elegant sugar caisson, with goblet for
cognac and stunning small cut glasses
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20

MARRIAGE LovE.-Marriage with
out love is lite without health. There
is no need to exhort a wo,nat to love
her husband, she is sure to DO
it, she cannot help it; even if her
heart be pre-occupatel, the sacred tie
disposes it to respond to husband.
unless want Of affection and kindness
on his part prevents it. Her first
sensation is sort Of wonder at the
good fortune that has given her to the
man of her choice; her second sort
Of fear that she is not worthy of him,
and her third strange desire to
become so; and thus justify his pene-
tratlon that enabled him to distinguish
her among SO many, that in her hu-
mility she seemed so superior
Obi that woman's nature was more
studied by those who are destined to
become her masters and guardians.
that they con,d understand her deep
trusting tenderness; her perceptions Of
change and indifference, her unbound>
ed capacity OF beng loved. and the
immeasurable gratitude when this
essential love and tenderness are &C
corded. All a woman asks is love.
For that she will resign self-wilI,
opinion, long formed habits, every
thing. Withhold that, heap on her
wealth, splendor, pleasure in every
form, and you fail to satisfy her.
Many a woman languishes amid
abundance, and envies the very beg
gars IN the streets, if the latter possess
the blessing Of connubial love.
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20

The sides of the tender are embelIishad
with racks for segars. The most GU
rious contrivance of all is music box.
located somewhere in the tender, which,
being set, plays eight popular airs,
sufficient in length to entertain a
supper, dinner, or breakfast party. 1t
got obstreperous on Saturday and
refused to play Dixie
The whole establishment, engine and
tender, rests upon two beautiful en-
amelled walters. AS we have said
before, the article was disposed of at
auction, and purchased by an Italian,
A. Barratti, who, several days ago,
disposed of the same to Col. Friedman,
Of Philadelphia, gentleman we'll
known in and out Of the army. Col.
Friedman purchased the souvenir with
a view of presenting the same to Pre-
sident Lincoln; and to save the public
the trouble of an effort Of inspecting
the mechanism we nave described, we
may as well state that the rare article
Is on ltS way 10 w ashlnStOc ana the
White House:
1t may not be inappropriate to men
tion that upon the side Of the loco~
motive, in miniature, is emblazoned
president Jefferson Davis showing
that the testimonial, locomotive and
tender, were built expressly for his use,
or pleasure. Upon the front, just
where the 'cow-catcher' ought to be,
appears the Confederate banner and
the battleflag, entwined with the ma
tlenal ensign of France. Wonder if
the whole affair wasn't present from
Little Nap as a testimonial Of his
Sincere regard and sympathy
Richnao,ad Whig, Ahrl II.
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Scotland in the Sixteenth Century.

The following graphic picture. of
Scotland in the Sixteenth Century is
from a work by Robert Chambers,
recently issued in Scotland, entitled
domestic Annals Of Scotland from the
Reformation to the Revolution:'
Our attention lights, few years
after the middle Of the Sixteenth Cens
tury, on little independent kingdom in
the Northern part Of the British Island.
"a tract Of country how thought
beautiful and romantic, then hard
favored and sterile, chiefly mountain
Gus, penetrated by deep in,ets Of the
sea, and suffering under a climate not
so Objectionable on account Of cold as
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20
Modern Jerusalem.

a French gentleman, who delights
10 frequent the spots on which cele>
brated poets have dwelt, or whence
they derived their inspiration, has pub
lished in the Moniteur an account Of
his visit to the Gardens Of Solomon
First, he visited the sealed tountaias'-
large suhterranean reservoirs, wherein
the waters springing from the noun.
tain are collected, and whence the
water is. conducted to Jerusalem by
pipes:
AT short distance from the rcser>
volrs are the celebrated gardens. They
extend along a valley which runs from
FL Bourach to Bethlehem. 1t is the
most charming spot in all Palestine.
Solomon was good judge in more
senses than one. There are murmur.
ing streams winding through verdant
lawns; there are the choicest fruits and
flowers, the hyacinsh, the anemoue.
the fig tree and the pine. TOWERING
high above the garden, and contrastin9
grandly with its soft aspect, are the
dark, precipitous rocks Of the neigh.
boring mountain, around whose sum
NIT vultures and eagles necessarily
scream and describe spiral circles in the
ar. 1he rare plants and flowers
which the great enchanter of the past
collected within these gardens were
protected from Tie North wind by the
mountain. Every gust of South wind
was loaded with perfumes. With The
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20
[Original.

Roar and reveI, revel and roar,
Winds that rsye Oh the rock. bound shore,
i hear, but fear, your wrath no more.
e are powers that wait on q mortal fate,
But your roar and your wrath are all too
late,
She you would harm lies in sovereign
state.
She is guarded by hands of sovereign
might
BY the lightning dart of the pallid knight,
Whose very stare is doom to sight.
Break the cold earth, lay bare the mound.
Where she takes her state in sleep pro-
found
OH would that yotr roar could break her
swound!
Could break those fctters of icy state,
Where. watched by the spells of despot
fate,
She lies, nor dreams of the weeping who
wait.
Why will ye thus yonr revels keep,
When would share i'll that kindred sleep
Laying me down in the mansion deep.
viz.
Methinks there are shapes that rise, of trees
Houses and homes, of ali degrees,
And hear the chanting Of mysteries.
And the children glide by In play, nor
hear
The bowling that pierces my inward ear,
Nor See the state She is keeping there.
, IN.
how rude the laugh, and the shout how
high!
Tearing its way to the very sky,
AS If there were no such word as die
>Eoar apd revel, revei and roar,
le make the fit >'ug for the silent shore
there the sea sings desolate evermore.
NJ.
Would We for her that music make!
Through the gre at palace of prisons break,
And bid my own beautiful sleeper wake!
Ay, drive her forth with despot hand,
And send her in exile. with dread com
mand,
Into my keeping, and out of the lanh
Nil.
SO roar, so revel. 81 revel and roar,
Along the great deep, by THE rock-bound
shore.
singing tor me of the nevermore-
ne dread, unreturung-the nevermore!
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20
Furniture, &c., for Sale.

THE undersigned offers for sale the
i tire lot Of HOUSEHOLD FGRN :
TURE of family removing from the cay,
including not only the usual complement
of the parlor, dining room, chambers ar
kitchen, but Crockery, Glassware, Ca,ie:S-
for comfort. Liberal conditions as TO :;,e
time Of payment will be given Is :.sir":.
to party purchasing the VIII ole or sre1 =
part of the lot. WIN. SHEPHERD,
Wnn street, near Charlotte DeNo:.
may 20 p
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20

uuinldlty. lt cODlalnS scattered
population of probably seTen hundred
thousand; the Scots-thought to be a
verv ancient nation, descended from q
daughter Of Pharaoh, King Of Egypt,
and, living under monarchy, believed
to have originated about the time that
Alexander conquered lndia. A very
poor, rude country it is, as it well
might be at that ace, and seeing that
it lay so far to the North, and SO much
out Of The highway Of civilization.
No we'll formed roads in it-no posts
for letters or for travelling. There was
printing press in the head town.,
Edinburgh, but not another anywhere.
A regular localized court Of law had
not yet existed in it for thirty years.
No stated tneans Of education, except
ing few grammar schools in the prin-
cipal towns, and three small 'universi-
ties. Society consisted mainly of a
large agricultural class, half enslaved
to the lords Of the soil; above all,
obi 'iged to follow them IN war. Other
agricultural pursuits to be found only
in the burghs, the chief Of which were
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth,
Dundee and Aberdeen.
In reality, though it was not known
then, tho bulk of The people Of Scots
land were a branch OF the great Teu-
tonic race which possesses Germany
and some other countries in the. North
west Of Europe. Precisely the same
people they were with the bulk Of the
English, and speaking essentially the
same language, though for ages they
had been almost necessarily at war
with that richer and more advanced
community. AS England, however,
was neighbored by Wales, with a
Celtic people, SO did Scotland contain
III its Northern and more mountainous
districts Celtic people, also rude,
poor, proud, and of fiery temper, but
brave, and possessed Of virtues Of their
own. These Highland clansmeu-
whom the English Of that time cons
temptuously called Rcdshanks, with
reference to their naked hirsute limbs
were tie relics of a greater nation,
who once occupied all Scotland, and
of whose blood some portion was
mingled wit! that of the Scots of the
Lowlands, producing a certain fervor
Of character 4peyerviduna in enium
Scotore.na'-which is not found in
purely Teutonic natures. Tbs mo
nnrchy had originated with them early
IN the sixth century Of the Christian
era, and had gradually absorbed the
rest of Scotland, even while its origi-
nal subjects we're hemmcd more and
more within the hilly North. But,
by the marriages Of female heirs, this
thorn-encircled crown had come, in
the fourteenth century, iuto a family
of Norman English extraction, bearing
the name Of Stuart.
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20

HooD's FE.-My whole course Of
existence up to the present moment
would hardly furnish materials for one
of those bald biographies that coptert
the old gentle,nanly pages Of Sylvanus
Urban. Lamb, on being applied to
fora memoir of himself made answer
that it would 60 into an epigram, and
| really believe that could compress
my own into that bakers dozen Of
lires called a sonnet. Montgomery,
indeed, has forestalled the greater part
of it in his striking poem on the Com
mon Lot. but in prose nobody could
ever make anything Of. it except Mr..
George Robbins. Ny birth was
neither SO humble that, like John
Jones, I have been obliged among my
lays to lay the cloth, and to court the
cook and the muses. at the same time:
nor yet so lofty that, with certain
lady of title. could not write without
letting myself down. Then for edu-
cation, though, on the one hand, I
have not taken my degree. with
Blucher, yet, OH the other, I have
rust;cated at the open air school, like
the poet Of Helpstone. AS for incidents
of Importance, l remember none, except
being drawn for soldier, whicl, was
hoax, and having the opportunity Of
giving a casting vote on a great
parocilial question, only l didn't at
tend. / have never been third in a
duel or crossed in love. The stream
Of time las flowed on with me very
like that of the New River, which
everybody knows has so little romance
about it that its head has never trou-
bled US with tale. My own story,
then, to possess any interest, must be
a fb. Truly given with its egotism
and its barrenness, it would look too
like the chalked advertisements on a
dead wall. Moreover, Pope has read
letter to self-importauce in the
Memoirs Of P. p, the. parish clerk,
who was only notable, after all, amongst
his relghhors, As a swallower of
loaches. To conclude, my life-upon
my life-is not worth giving, or
taking. The principal just suffices for
me to live upon; and, Of course, would
afford little interest to any one else.
Besides, have bad memory, and a
personal history would assuredly be
but middling one, Of which l have
forgotten the beginning and cannot
foresee the end. l must, therefore
respectfully decline giving my life to
The world-at least till | have doue
with it.
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20
Provisions for Sale.

A FEW. barrels of FLOUR, \ lev
n bushels of RICE and small guam :.
ty of SORGHUM can be had in lots 10
suit purchasers by applying to the under
signed, at his residence. Winn street, near
the Charlotte Railroad Depot, between 8
and 10 o'clock in the morning.
may 2n 2* VIM SHEPHERD
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20

DR.. johnson, in his most prosperous
period, contendcd that school-days we're
the happiest days Of life. 'Ah! SIR
he said, "a boys being flogged is not
80 severe as a mans having the hiss
Of the world against him.
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-20

first breeze in Spring the fig tree put
forth its fruits and the vines began to
blossom. 1t was, in the words Of
Scripture, "a garden of delights The
negotiations of the North and South
were intermingled. One part Of the
garden was called the Walnut-tree
walk. '(or, as the English Scripture
translation has it, the Garden of Nuts,)
another is the Beds of Spices The
writer's guide was a we'll, educated
Italian, who informed him that the
gardens of Solomon are now let to an
Englishman. The present tenant he
said, is Mr.. Goldsmith, of the house
OF Goldsmith & Son. He is under-
draining the gardens Of Solomon on
the aorkshire system. You will be
astonished to see how successful he has
beeh. Here is the house I per-
ceived bright brass knob shining in
the centre Of a small square of por-
celaln let into a white wall. Over
this knob was the following superscrip-
ton IN the English language, Ring
the bell.' This bell seemed to my
imagination rather an anomaly in the
gardens of Solomon-but that is "a trjhe.
We did ring the bell, and we went in.
The first thing that struck my eyes
were red draining pipes lying about,
and bearing the mark Of the manufac.
turers, Samuel & Co., No. l3G Strand.
Mr.. Goldsmith was draining that Bibl-
cal valley, the dew Of which was so
often brushed away by the naked feet
OF the Shulami:e. 1t was in the month
OF September. An American moving
machine was cutting second crop of
artificial grass on the very spot where
the daughters of Jerusalem gathered
those, lilies Of the field which were
more beautiful than Solomon in all his
glory. A patent reaping machine was.
rapidly garnering the crop of that
glebe in which the sisters Of Ruth and
the daughters Of Naomi were wont to
CLEAN. I asked to see Solomoa's pa
vilon, but, alas! the cypress tlmhers
and the cedar waInscoatin, had been
taken down, and in their place is a,
brick built cottage, with roof of red
and green tiles. The entrance hall is
whitewashed; there is little parlor
with a Birmingham carpet, and
drawing room papered with red bor-
dered y-llow paper, purchased in Paris,
Rue des Moineaux. The chimney is
Prussian, and the curtains are Of Swiss
muslin. Instead of the servants of the
spouse, l found two nursery maids
one from Paris and the other from
Florence. The slave who prepares
the tents of cedar is now called John
He las red whiskers, blacks his mas
ter's shoes, scrubs the floor every day,
and varnishes it on Sundays; and if
some romantic person should inquire,
as l had the naivete to do, about the
dark Shulamitc, he will be shown Ave
sweet little English children, redolent
Of cold cream and Windsor soap, as
fair as floss silk, with their hair in
corkscrew curls, and wearing prunella
boots, blue capes, and green parasols.
The cinnamon trees have been cut
down for fire wood and the aromatic
canes grubbed up, but the five little
misses do crochet work under the
shade of a bon. Ch'etien pear tree.
Since the Eastern war, Mr.. Goldsmith
has obtained the custom of the Pasha
Of Jerusalem for vegetables. Last
year he had seven crops Of potatoes,
thanks to his wonderful drainage.