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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-25

Excuss,os.-lt baAat length been deci.
ded that the excakionIto Clinton and Lyons
on the elegant lie.ml y Reserve. viii t.k.
plaeson wednsSdAy nen. str.sser's brass
band has beea engaged for the occasion,
and ws predit that thu szcursionists Will
see no end y snjoymedf. Hs:tnov capt.
Lamont sobs just tn. man 70 make such
an ezcurjbn .sr'e.bl and his assistant
officers ~ undoubtedly as hospitsble q
himself Reireshmenti will be provided By
the ladies in ck1Ryvse asGais. far all Who
need them. Families, ewsver. who prefer
to do 50, can take thsid baskets along, apd
enjoy themselves in th9f own way.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-25

KENDAl4's Axpouxs-Hsir dressing il
an art, but i saly aFsashes perfection when
the Amboline is used. For this article, be-
sides giving strength and increased vitality
to the hair, adds greatly to ito beauty and
lustre. The Amboline can b purchased at
any Of the Druggists.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-25

THs TnsArRs.-Mr@ Wyatt's company
drew large hosss od Saturday night. in
the repetition Of Uocle Toms Cabin"
This evening, the star kctress, Mrs. Frank
Graham, makes her fivet appearance before
tho Davenport public, ,ln the character Of
Leah, the Jewess, 10 Il play Of Leah, the
Forsaken." In The Irce that closes the
evenings entertaipmerf entitled. the "Pet
Of the Public" Ma Praham viii sustain
ave different chasactes& Her reputation In
the East - widely spre9d, and ws hope to
see her talents and Nrl wyatt's enterprise
fully appreciated BY ou( citizens.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-25

BEEF AND Poax.-Ths~@Fkst is un-
usually, if not yps Sntably high at this
time-quite ~, Of the figures Of the
sharpest figqsG TGoQj besf is now SELL
ing at 81 cent &oo and pork ~ high -
1oa cents grok. Tina is full double the
price calculated upon lasA Pprins. There is
firm belief arnons dtaletS thAsthere must
be . heavy IAN before ID pg. They are
handling goods very carsfalf just now
keeping in mind thu fate those who
bought heavily snI ma Pet last seas.
on. Now is the line pr faqh hers who can
do .o'e r'~dtAsf pJt .ad s'sf int
market. q
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-25
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WOOL SACK 4 SEWING TWINBS
/, ,nr. An enrfon (, nun Il On
, 1865-04-10

Progress. cf tho SIcxc.-Spaufsh Fort In.
xcated...Nnrrpw Escape or AdmirAf
Thatcher.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunel
NEAR SPANISH BArxrRy, MoBuE BA1,l
March %, via CA1Eo, April Q.
A bEttk fire has been kept up all day. Our lo.s
yesterday and today amounts to forty Killed The
fort is surrounded By forces on the land side.
At midday the aeet got over the bank and cut the
enemy's retreat of By; tho bay. Orders we're sent
to the feet not to fire, as our men are around up
to within 500 yards OF the fort.
The iron-clnd U. $. gunboat Milwaukee sunk
soon atfeE arriving by the explosion Of torpedo.
were loet. The rebel rams ind transno.ts. sinee e
the arrival Of the fleet, have LAID In shnre quiet
6. Ths snsmy Destroyed all the bridges between
Gen. Steele, with his iorce from Pensacola, arc
eFPsctsd 70 arrive at Blaktly on the 1ss Or april
a. tar as Pollard with reservez.
= : MOBILE, Ala, March 40, via CAIRO, I
-: Apr1I .. {
Especial Di,patch to the Chicago Tr1bune,i
Mri2g ceased yesterday afternoon, and Up to 10
eharpehoo. ets On tho south sfdc keep tho rcte:
heads down.: They canno: nsa those gnns. All
communication with Spanish FIR is n. W1ut OF,
aeet On tie bay. Five torpedoes w were picked 10 10
last hight by Cspt Or. Boys, near Blakoly river
our tranep9rt4 r 7 IN above towards ,he landing
near Spanish Fort with supplies, Ali tie coast
:o1th fs now IN out Possession. One man died
Os1ge-
4 AHeyere storm ret in last evening. with thun-
der and lightning. It ra1ned fncsss.ntiy for six
hours. Several Of our eunboats were driven
from their anchorage, but no great damage was
done.
Admiral Thatcher had fottunste escape yester-
d1y. torpedo was found few dHys ago by one
Of our gunboata floating down the bay and picked
up. The powder was ,emptled out, as Wa4sap-
potcd, before bein9 sent oD the flagship. Two
men we're ttnt to take the percussion cap OF 1t,
when 1t exploded, the percussion tube striking
tho deck. Tho two men we're badly wounded.
The Admiral WIS sitting not more than five yards
OIL, large pieces ofeheli dying all around more
damage would have been done. 1t muat have
been all nearly emptied out, though the ltue left
caused great explosion.
, 1865-04-10

Our dispatches from Richmond arc full aud
interesting. The good work Of order out oi
cl2os goes on rapidly. The President, ac-
companied by bis wife and some fiends, has
again gone to Richmond.
Latest adyfces from the cavalry expedition
under Stoneman, report his arrival at, and
capture Of the town Of Boone, in western
North Carolina. The force was eFidentl3
en- route for Salisbury, about sixty miles dis
tant, which place hns ere this probably been
reached.
Our advices from the front OF Mobile inii-
cate active work. Candy is working his way
up 10 that doomed city. The capture OF
Spanish Fort, which Is how making stub
born resistance, with all It's garrison, Will
surely be accomplished. When done, the
road to Mobile will be I'M eas5 and pleasant
one.
The repor. TINT the rebels had captured
Fort Smith, Arkansas, is untrue. It. Was oc-
-crpfed By Union troops as late as the Sd
instant.
Selma, Ala, is reported to have been ocru-
pied and burned BY portion Of thu ~sa..
=alry forces undo. Nit--%lAi thn- not oulr dr.
sroys-- - iu,Yaeusc r<eourres Of the rebels bu,
cutting Of Tic II pfEfiae Efts gasxikon 1t
Mobile.
Gen. Hancock is moving his troops, recent
1y at Winchester, up the shenandoah Valley,
towards Lynchbu1E, to cooperate with Grant
and Sheridan.
We publish full and very interesting de-
tails Of the events preceding and following
the evacuation .of Richmond. Many addi-
tional and important facts are continually
leaking out.
The excursion party for Fort Sumter, head
ed by Gen. Anderson, sailed from New York
yesterday, In the steamer Arago. II will re-
cciye considerable accession at Fortress Mon
roe, made from q party which left Washing
Ion yesterday with the same intent.
, 1865-04-10
UHICAGO. MONDAY. APRIL 10, ls

prisoners and p1rt Of tde.r supply train. Onz
loss was comparatively small, very 1lttie rcs-
tance was made by the renelato our onset. Reg
lments and hrigates Would form In line, fra one
OF TWO rounds, a1d then throw down their arms
ar run to the rear OF deliyed themselves up.
Prisoners and desertsrs SAP that the army IS for
sak1ng It's ranks hy thousands, the men scattering
10 H. 7 homes Ia every direction.
A tfusee from Danrtl1e, who came In today,
says 7 ct gil the property the rebels could get
out Of Richmond in their hurried exit from that
place Is stored at Dauyille. On Aonily trains
were C enstahttV arriving laden With provisions
ard sores. DaY1s and several Of his cabnet reach-
cd therein the afternoon, and was guest Of NJ,
Southern, Who conveyed him from the depot to
his Residence; tn private earziase. which had
been waiting JEFF arrival for several hours He
a!sq says that On Tuesday, Beauresard telegraph
Ed Davis that Stoneman was enE1gcd destroying
tas t, Fstroad at high Point between Greensboro
Sheridan, in a dispatch to Gen. Grant to-day,
says ftum reliable information in hts poss .ssion,
Lee cannot have more than 20 soO or Is O3I troops
LEFT, aDd that hts army is 20 aemoratzed as to he
capable OF making n further resistance.
, 1865-04-10

General Robert E. Lee las surrendered hfo
sword 10 the Lieutenant General command
ing the armies of the United States! The
rebel army Of Northern Virginia, tue most
powerful force ever opposed to the au.hor;tv
OF the government, has ceased to exist, Thc
feoelhon has ended. The sun In his course
on this blessed tenth Of April, 1866, beholds
Union restored, inseparablc, indiyisib1e,
ctefnall The news received in this city at.
ter 10 O'Clock Sunday evening aEoke the
widest enthusiasm. Crowds Of peo-
ple throngcd the streets in front
Of the TRIBUNE Office ana fremont
House, shouting the glad tidings, which
were caught up by 1he Court House bell
and borne to distant parts of the city
while rockets sped aloft conveying the intel.
1gence that great victory had been
achieved for the cause Of Freedom and the
Union. Mi1tam's hymn Was charted with
1ervent joy By thousands Of loyal hearts
" Sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed
gloriously; the horse and the rider &c hath
thrown into the sea.'
So long as Gen. Lees army had collective
-exlstence, VIC could not say that The war Was
ended. This fact was impressed on every
mind, aud on none so strongly us on that of
Lieut.. Gen. Grant. Hence the splendid move
ments at Petersburg were preceded By IN
equally brilliant flank march by the cavalry
and the 5th corps, under Major General sher-
idan, cutting off the remnant Of the rebel
army from Danyille and the South. Hernmea
in by Sheridan and the Appomattox river
on the one side, by Meade on
another, BY Hancock on another, and. by
Thomas on the fourth, The destruction Of that
amy was only question Of time. Tie &C.
lc1Ity Of Gen. Grants movements has merely
precipitated the surrender. Johnston's army,
with Sherman in his front and Grant in his
rear, must now dissolve like The baseless
fabric Of vision, or surrender to the yicto-
rious armies Of the Union. The great rebel
lion has ended! Glory to God in the high
est; peace on earth and good will toward
mcni
, 1865-04-10
THE ALABAMA CAVALRY
EEPfsEbl EION-
selma, Alabama, Reported Captured and
4urnrd,

Especial Dispatch 10 the Chicago Tribune.].
CAno+ April9. :,
The steamer Belle St. Louis furnishes Memphis
dates OF the evening Of the 6,h The Bufketin FIVE
shcrc are We'll authenticated reports IN circulation
IN the city, that Selma. Ala, Was captured and
burned ecscral days ago by force Of on. cay..rv
trom Gen. Thomas, command. One report ema-
1iates from merchant on From, Row. liz w,,
some distance out in the country cay OF two
s,uce, and met and held conversation viii, a 7chcl
soldier. The soldier re e1asked In courte Of con.
rezsation: ~ suppose you damned Memphis
IanEces haven't henrd yet that Sclm. wat
.captutcd and buraed the otLer daE.n The msr:
chsut replied tbat he had not. "Wtu, IT'S So"
safd he soldier, and the interview ended.
Cotnr1natory OF this Is the report ,eeciyca
4rm 6rpatobts, Mississippi, that H.. Hunt. su-
nc,intepdrnt M Of Confederate fonndries Selma,
had reached the form place. having IN narfoS,y ~
kd qnd Inrasd s,l9, h1g ae 'ef f1 his a%n1 is
Ientcmsn Famed Williams. from the country,
ss,vs hat laree cavalry fotce e! teoerais }; P3ss
Il tlEhlx or IUU m1lue norfh OF t1mA.
, 1865-04-10
WORKING CAPITAL,

The Company has set apart 49, oO0 Gifts ltock for
WofI!uS capital. which is to be ko1d =: hat tts paF
value. fnsGgh Of snts stock WAS sold IN alyancs ok
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, 1865-04-10
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, 1865-04-10

Grant MT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., NJ. Vtetorv..
poSeu1chse OF the Army--Lce Ibeumeu In.
Especial Dispatch To the Chicsgo Trlbupe.l
WASHINGTON, April ..
A1etter from our correspondent with Grants
army contsins the following:
BuEKEsv1L1E, April 8-1op p. m..
Yesterday afternoon Gen. Grant arrived At
Burkesstlle Junction. and bis headquarters arc
now cttabfffhed here During the night conziers
brought the glorious intelligence that Sheridan
and the 9Th and I'd corps had routed the remnant
Of Lees army capturing 5000 prisoners, eons1d.
ersbls nrullesy and (aras number of battle naes.
Among the prisoners were eight gcueral officers,
Tiz: l!eut. Gen EWe4, Maj. Gen. kershaw. Brig,
Gene Bartoe, Curse, pefoe, Cusus Lee, Hunter
Gen. Grant expresses himee1f confident that
Lee cannot escape with any considerable number
of nGn. HIS nrmy by the Losses yesterday la Fc-
dcecd to le.s than e01D. and Ii almost destitute
0i artillery. He also lost most Of his auppy tru runa
and bis army Is consequently without ptO7isfpus
lie Ia falling back In tue direction OF LyEchbute.
III the endeaYor to rass around our columns and
get 10 DanEll]s. Lis attempt, however. to reach
The latter place viii tai, a. Ord BY forced marches
y going out eouth Df tho Lynehbarg road to head
him OF. Al the end Of another week the army of
Ncrthen Virginia Will have passed into history,
and the troops competing 1t scattered to the
winds.
The weather is 1ne and the roads In excellent
:onaasioa. Headquarters will b. In the saddle at
daylight tomorrow morning. Cars commenced
running to Wilson's St9tton Today. Supplies are
abundant, and the troops are Wild With enthusiasm
over the news from Sheridan.
, 1865-04-10

The I'll Lands Of this Company are 'locsted IN tho
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Lawn, embracing ia0 scrrs. On the lands ara thlas
flowing Oh sp:iags. Samples Of tbs Gil can be eoe4
at the office OF tho Company No hetter or uo<
aoundant Indications. O. natural de7rlopmcnts OF
Petroleum be found any where In the world III IN
e11s. On tie LA sot tlts Company.
, 1865-04-10

The machinery fnr developing the property u pnr-
chased, and operasons will be commenced a. SION ~
1t eau be delivered upon tic grounds.
, 1865-04-10

NEW SKIRT

- FOR 1865.
"A new and EreAt invs1ion in Heop s1reA
THx DUPLEX ELLlPTic COR pors.g3 s-q11
sri:iS1.
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(Ltte ) !. 4 10. VEST
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ART the o7ners ot the paseat, sad exclusive mznu-
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, 1865-04-10

Bradle3's Duplex Elliptic Skirt
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made. For sale b.
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, 1865-04-10
HALLS HAIR REVIEWER

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apsp5A tn 1HA,Cu.su
, 1865-04-10

THE RIVER.
The river was being cleared Of distractions, and
there Was whole fleet Of suffers vessels at City
rtint, waiting for permit. to enable them to come
Hp to Richmuhd.
, 1865-04-10

1hn Rebel Treasury Observation-Disclosures cts
from 1fenholen'a Lrtt er. 45ook-The Uebei
trrreEurr shipped for Charlotte, n, C.
Cotton SpeculntIons, DC.
, 1865-04-10

~, March 5.
MT. Jno: Skinner, Third Auditors O1lce: aeaF
s1M: fou are hereby app0iuted a snecia, f.on
MISSIONER 70 accompany the records aud cIacts
tue Third Auditors Uf1re to Charlotte. n. c.
, 1865-04-10

PERSONAL
Vice PresidentJohnson md Preston King we're
III E!ehmond On Tliday, and the Secretary Of War
Kithmopd and Washington Malls arrive and de-
part regularly. Adams s. Co. are about to open
their office.
The weekly union record., 1865-02-11

WoMAN.-He cannot be an unhappy man
who has the love of woman to accompany
him in every department of life. The world may
look dark and cherries without, enemies may
gather 10 his path, but when be returns to the
ireside, aud feels the tender love of woman,
be forgets bis cares and troubles, and is com
paratively a happy man. He is but half pre-
pared for the journey Of life who takes not with
him that friend who will forsake him 10 DO
emergency, who will divide bis sorrows increase
bis joys, lift the veil from bis heart, and throw
sunshine amid the darkest scenes. No, that
man cannot be miserable who has such COM
panion, be be ever so poor, despised and trodden
upon by the world.
The weekly union record., 1865-02-11

A SPECIMEN OF LEGAL EloQUENcE.-The
following is from the Stockton Record:
We have often read of some funny attempts
at oratory on the part of some mustang" law.
yers in California, but burst of eloquence
made by a lawyer of an interior city, few
days since, was decidedly transcendental. He
was defending young man for stealing a
watch, and tried to prove an alibi for bis CLIENT
"Why, gentlemen of the jury" said he, this
attack on the honesty and probity Of my client
is shameful conspiracy to ruin bis reputation.
At the very moment when, as is alleged iu the
complaint, this robbery was perpetrated in
leafy grove, far from the busy haunts of men,
myself beheld this unsophstcated youth seated
on q moss grown bank, with his arm twined
lovingly around the waist of one OF the frail
daughters of the Montezumas Montezumas is
good and whispering the accents of youthful
love 10 her sun burnt ear" Sun burnt ear is
better.
The weekly union record., 1865-02-11

FRANCE Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS
AGo.-At the accession of Louis Kill to the
crown OF France, A. d. l6l0, France had not
a single ship. Paris at that period contained
less than 100000 inhabitants and only four
public edifces of note; the other cities of the
kingdom resembled poor villages. The nobility,
who almost all resided in the country, lived 10
donjons or castles, surrounded with deep
bitches. The peasants who cultivated the land
were greatly oppressed. The high roads were
almost impossible; the towns were destitute Of
police. and almost without any kind of govern
ment. For the space of nearly 100 years was
the genius, not only of the inhabitants of
France, but almost Of all Europe, retained un-
der Gothic thraldom, destitute OF laws fixed
customs, and unacquainted with almost every
thing but war and idleness. The clergy Of
these times lived 10 disorder a0d ignorance and
the common people without industry, stupefed
by their wretchedBess.
The weekly union record., 1865-02-11

THE TOWER OF BABEL.-A writer 10 q
recent issue of Blackwood's Magazine thus
describes the Tower Of Babel as 1t appears TO
travellers at the present day after ride of
nine miles, we were at the foot of the Bier
Nimrood Our horses feet were tramplDg
upon the remains of bricks, which showed here
aud there through the accumulated dust and
rubbish of ages. Before our eyes uprose q
great mound of earth, barren and bare. This
was Bier -Nimrood, the ruins of the Tower Of
Babel, by which the first builders of the earth
had vainy hoped TO scale high heaven. Here,
Also it was, that Nebuchadnezzar built, for
bricks bearing his name have been found in the
ruins. At the top OF the mound, great mass
Of brick work pierces the accumulated soil.
With your finger you touch the very bricks !;
large, square shaped and massive, that were
'throughly' burned; the very mortar-the
slime, now hard as granite-handled more
than four thousand years ago, by earth's impi
Gus people. From the summit of the mound,
far away over the plain, we could see gis,eniDg,
brilliant as star, the gided dome of mosque,
that caught and reflected the bright rays of the
morning sun. This gliiteriug speck was the
tomb of the holy Ali. To pray before this at
some period of bis fife, to kiss the sacred dust
of the earth around there, at some time or
other, TO bend bis body and count his beads
is the daily desire of every devout Mahomedan." "
The weekly union record., 1865-02-11

A NEw WEAPos.-M. Sieve Guilbert, of
New York, has invented formidable weapon
which combines the sabre and SIX shooter. The
sabre is of the regulation length, and contains
in the cap of the steel hilt the charging part
Of a six shooter, which revolves in the usual
manner, and discharges the balls through an
aperture bored iu front of the fat guard coming
opposite the thumb when the sabre is grasped
10 the hand. This combination enables the
person so armed to use the pistol and sword at
once. saving the necessity of looking after the
pistol and disposng of the sword at the
moment when suddenly attacked.
The weekly union record., 1865-02-11

A MAN brought into court on the charge Of
having stolen some ducks from farmer
How do you know they are your ducks p
asked the defendants counsel
"Oh, should know them anywhere" replied
the farmer, who proceeded to describe their
peculiarities.
why" said the prisoners counsel "those
ducks can't be such rare breed-I have some
very ike them in my yard"
That's not unlikely sir" said the farmer,
they are not the only ducks I've had stolen
lately"
Call the next witness"
The weekly union record., 1865-02-11

An HISTORICAL WoMAS.-Mrs. Sarah Van
degrif, who died in Trenton on the Goth of
November, a few months short of the age Of
ninety five, was one of the company OF young
maidens then Miss Moore) who sang the ode
of welcome to Washington when he passed
through Trenton to New ork, April 81, 1889.
This esiimable lady never lost the enthusiasm
of that day, and within two weeks of her death
recited With animation the song she had learned
seventy-fve years ago, in honor Of the hrst
President OF the United States.
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She tied the new cravat.
Which she 50 kindly made me,
Then smoothed with care ny hat,
And with her arms delayed me;
She brushed my glossy hair,
And said lit was 50 curly ?"
While going down the stairs
She cried, Come home, dear. early
How happy then was I,
With all ! ere desired;
| fortune could defy
While thus ! was admired,
We parted ST the door
Her smile deserved a sonnet
Dear love. but one thing more;
lwant-a Retc Spring bonnet -