Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-09
NEW YORK.

| NEW YORK, Dec. The steamship City
OF Paris was sc.zcd today charged Will
carving an excess of passengers. She wa.
released on bends and sailed 10 day
NEw lonK, Dee The design of III. Il
Browne a. teen accepted Tor the Lincoln
monument in Union Square. II is to be a
perfectly simple full length statue Of Mr.
Lincoln OF colossal size, and to be support
ed by base twenty feet in hight. The
statue will be cast IN bronze and the case
will contain several emblematic and his or
ical designs illustrating Mr. Lincoln's ca.
rtor. Enough money is already subscribed
To pay Browne for the statue Twenty
thousand dollars or as much more as will
be- needed To complete the monument will
be raised at once
English mail advices Of the 26th state all
the particulars known about the safety 81
DR. Livingstone. 1t says that trader ar
rived at Zanzibar reported that it met n
white man accompanied by thirty blacks
carrying double barrelled guns. The bite
man SAID he was not trader, and declined
substantial gifts from the chiefs at Sanzibof
| The trader did not recognize portrait OF
| Dr. Livingstone, bui picked out carrica
ture sketch from many portraits, and said
that's the man.
A special from San Francisco Of the eth
says the members OF the Legislature and
| others were taken on special excursion to
day over the Central Pacific railroad beyond
the summit Of the Sierrss, through the
great tunnel, 7,042 feet above the sea.
a Philadelphia sr,ecisl says the rinder-
pest is prevailing very fatally in Baltimore
county and portions OF the adjacent coun-
try.
The conspiracy in the New York State
MP lks.A ssxe <sf -
victs. Eight were recaplured aftera hot
pursuit
In the case of Spencer, at Newark.
charged with CONTRIBUTING legal tender
notes Col. Woods only witness for the
prosecution testified yesterday. He had
no evidence against the prisoner and the
case was dismissed as we'll rs the charge
against Spencers wife who was implicated
With him.
1ae uerali's Richmond special says that
the Radical members of the Consti; ution0l
Convention have decided TO subject the
members of The Convention t. the Con ,rcs-
sional test ga b OF 1862. aud il is probable if
thn cath is demanded that the Conservative
u leg-tes will retire
An Havana special TO the Herald reports
i''" q. ihornas, on the authority rf q
person on board the schooner Apdalusiau
that the isiaha OF 81 Martin has nearly dis
appeared, and tina. Of ST. Bar,hnlomev IL
almost destroyed by an volcano.
Additional Mexican sdvices say Consrese
held its second session on November 2tst
when 100 members were present; next ses-'
sion on the 90, when 1870 members wers In
their seats. The open session would com
meuce On December LIST. The salary Of
President Jusrsz is 5000 per annum.
Several State Legislatures have convened.
Senior Romero is elected to Congress from
Guanajuato. The excessive tolls heretofore
received throughout Mexico have been
abolished. Destructive foundations in the
State of Oaxaca have done much dan age
Rumors say that Romero would replace
Lcdry In the Cabinet.
BUFFALO, Dec. 8 Canal frozen over and
weather intensely cold.
UrlCA. n. u, Dec. S-The canal il lipAt
~ frozen over with no prospec. OF shaw
at present.
SCHENECTADY, n. Y, Dec. S-Tbe Their.
mometer at half past 4 o'clock this o. ~
Indicated sixteen degrees above zero. and
WAS freezing rapidly. There 10 no proepec.
oil hoais reaching tide water
oswMoo, Fec. "A terrible accident Or
curfed on the Uswego & Rome railroad last
uisht An extra train with empty cars ran
MO Tree which had blown across The
Tack The engine was thrown from the
rack anu the wood work destroyed. Five
freight cars were also burned. The enei.
neer, neemAn and another man vna hiIlsd