Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-01


D. n. RICHARDSON. Editor.
MONDAY kvLNiEe. JULY l.
DvsrsaAs Iowa NAsoSs.-Das. iie""'
Dodge. who Gisd short time s'nef - 80, 80.
hncton. was 4 de Mason ~ 'he !.a,o,c
A, the tine Of his dealt he bad ms
80, .ocrhe- r. TIE frstcrn''F siN'' 80
80 announced some time ago.
,b.t NJ. u. was ;hc o'des' -""'0" - 10
va w.-,,,ws-t. THIS has pro'en 10 oe
49,. a. ,be fo.lowinr. ~hica We c"P
s.,a, ~ Dubuque Tine, vi. show. nat
r.per. in speaking Of the Ma.o",' oe'.",
&c., =, paLuous On 81. Johns Day states
n.,,n old Patriarch, three score ana ten
o,d IL Masonry. participated In the
It,. az that occasion. II says;
We were pleased to meet one OF me olo
ps,,i,rchs Of the Order. Mr.. David SUES,
no !. over one hundred and one years u
Ne has been q member Of the MAsohic
eternity for over seyen'y years. lie hAs
- memory, and converses freely o.
:. ,'9Jsn time. of the time when wash
,,,,on was President Of the United States.
a.. r,s,n utics, New York, when there was
40, ase,llng there. His was the brst
ho,.e haiti NJ Ann Artor, Michigan. II
,,e not ,ni.taken be came to Iowa tween
az ,.,en wears ago and twcniy five years
ago wAs one Of the Charter Members oil Ma
ron Lolse Although Of such advanced
ase IL looks Younger than some men
a,.npc "a Who are 10, more than seventy.
We nope he mag live many years yet.
rhc (.rnsshoppers.
The Kansas City Adrahser OF the 10th
snst. Las the following in reference to the
yrassaop2ers
The grasshoppsrs have taken up their
line Of mach. Yesterday afternoon they
were passing over the city in such m'ilions
that Il looked az If . furious snow storm was
raging ia the heavens. They seemed TO be
at various heights-somc only seemed rs
white masses against the blue sky, and 9th.
.rs yer. low down. lighting on the house
tops. They were gong northeast.
The Lcavenwor.h Baiiesin Of the 2Gth
has the following on the same subject
The grasshoppers are making cles'
sweep Of every green thing in the garden
throughout the southern and western por
tions Of the city, aud on the country farm
beyond, 40 far as We have been able to heal
Millions filled the AIR yesterday, from
o'clock A. NJ. till sundoan, without any az
parent dminution Of the numbers on sth
ground IA fast IS their wings are deve
oped. they take fight and their course
steadily southeast I, will require a coup
of weeks for all of them to become ia
Hedged, az those nov here vary in grow
from the size Of very small fly TO that
the ma,urcd hopper. In the meantime.
this vicinity, the devastation Of crops nj
vegetables ia general and complete.
The whipping Case ~ "a. sod
wick oDnrbarOms sssnlsD D. en-
The Omaha Republican, 81 the 22d, hl
the details OF the late outrage at II. Sedl
wick We copy as follows:
A gentleman who was an eye-witnes
writes US al account, which il too length
for us TO publish in full, Of the barbaro
punishment by h,gging inflicted 10y = mil
tary official upon n citizen at FL. Sedgwic
on the 10Th inst. a man named HeodrIch
in state Of great debility from ioathsor
disease, who had arrived ia that vici.it '
few DAYS before from New Ynvk was il
duced by some soldiers dressed in cilizor
clothes. and who represented themselves
DO oitizens,to buy for them a bottle Of VIII
XIV. Thc case came TO the kno wledge
one I.ient I.n'z, OF Company +, o. d
Thirteenth Infantry. who reported il
Lieutenant Colonel H. |. Dodge, cominan,
ing the regiment
Cp. Dodge ordered Hen tricks TO be a
'c-'-d, ani ii,sein, Of one hundred ash,
70 be administered TO him. lieutena
L,ntz took charge Of the execution Of Il
order. Hendricks was stripped and IL,
fastened g. tough cros which had be-
constructed and placed upright in 4
ground. a private soldier was then plac
on each ado Of him. each armed with
plated knotted rope. Hendricks hero SC
emmy Asserted thar he did not know I
men foe whom he bought to be sol lisrs, b
believed them to be citizens ~ they rcpr
scented themselves to b.. Lieut.. Lantz O
dercd the punishment 10 proceed, and ~,
fcw blows (llrst one Of the soldiers al
then the other bringing the kno,ted TO
down 9Th ell his might upon the quiveri
flesh). the blood pour,d down the body
the victim in streams, aud his Hssh hu
down in shreds. At length spectators, u
on whom poor Hendricks blood had spa
tered during the logging, and who clio.
thev eyes and ears to shut out the horr
sight and nakc themselves deaf to
piercing cries Of pain. appealed 10 The Lis,
cnnnt - stop the punishment, and he d
30, snd Hendricks was permitted to dr.,
himself away as best he could to the nears
xsrd hull, where he was found an hour
two hlicrward. suffering the most insen
agony Of body aud spirit.