Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-18
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER Is. 1867
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Rev. Dr.. Chester Dewey, Professor d
Chem STR and Natural Sciences in th,
Rochester University. died on Sauda,
aisht, in the seth year Of his age.
The Dry Goods Reporter says tia. ,h,
suspensions ia the mercantile line in Nes
York, during the past few weeks. aserssat,
nearly sao, 900, 900. No failures have bee,
reported Tor two or three days.
A Northern negro. named Shorter. hs,
been arrested ia Alabasa, charged with BE-
ing st the head Of movement to establisl
. negro government in that s'ase.
The lecen. great snow storm extended
all over New England, Ntr York and Penn
sylvanis Good sleighirg is the order oi
the day in many parts o. those States.
TIE steamer / L.Claire. from Cincinnati
for Nashville, struck lo., near Braudeas.
burg, Ky, on sa.uriay night. broke in two.
and will prove a total wreck. She had
about 900 tons assorted frsi1ht, which will
be entirely ruined. The bcst WAS valued 1t
from Gle 900 to $500, whereof about
two-thirds is insured. The cargo vas valued
At A25o,ooo No lives were lost
-Ex- -Governor rord, ot OHIO, man Of
rare gifts, who had dcbssed himself very
greatly by evil habits, 10 among tue conver-
sions at The sweeping revival at Wesley
Chapel, Methodist Episcopsl. Church. Wash
ington City.
The British government proposes to
submit the pirate Alabama claims to arbi-
tration, and I'll other claims growing out Of
the war to mixed commission. Mr.. Sew.
ard insists, however, that the matter of re-
cognising bslligerents shall be included
among the matters 70 be decided, which
John Bull refuses.
There is = report that the Hudson
River, the New York Central, the New
York and Erie, and the Pennsylvania Cen.
tral Railroad Companies ase about TO repa-
diate their contracts with The Express com.
panies, with view Of Themselves carrying
the packages Of goods now carried BY the
express companies.
Ethan Allen, IN American, claiming to
bs dsscendent Of the evolutionary soldier
vas hung in Montreal, last Wednesday, for
the murder in that city, last September, Of
privat, vatchmen Driscoll. On ascending
the scadold Allen said II will die with .
smile on my face and he did About three
thousand spectators were present.
The schooner O. G. Alv5,l, Of Detroit
With $1,000 bushels Of wheN, bound for
Oswego. when near that port, was caught
in the snow storm Of Thursd,y last, sprung
. leak, became unmanagcabe, drifted the
entrc length of Lako Ontaric, and beachsd
near Hamilton. c. W.. on Fl Jay morning.
She will prove total loss. lhe crew were
all saved in frozen and exhausted conii-
ton.
-Speahing Of the extreno severity Of
the weather on Friiay lat, lilo Utica (N.
w. Observer says: "On AsTum Hill, this
morning, the mercury was fifteen degrees
below zero. In iIol.anl Patent 4
was twenty-five degrees bely, carly tbs
morning At Auburn, Fr!iaT morning,
the thermometer Was thirteen ;csrees below
zero. In Syracuse. at 7:3O in the m orning,
it was ten degrees below.
The Boston Board Of T.aic has de-
e:ded TO call Commercial Convention, 70
consist Of delegates from oil the Boards Of
Trade aud Charhb.rs Of Commerce in the
United States, to meet in Boston on the
9TH of February next. The acton was IA
ken at the suggestion cf severa Boards Of
Trade in the West and elsewhere. The
Convention will be requested 70 consider
the great transportation interests of the
country the present depressed condition n
Of our ocenns commerce the question Of
currency; Of the proposal FOR a uniform
measurment Of grain. ana the organization
Of National Chamber Of Commerce.