Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-15

THE NEWS.
There has been great ial! Of snow in l'e-
land.
Navigation Of che Hudson will 6s resusn
ed this week.
Samuel Bonport, Of East Dee Aoines. in
this State. is en- trial for whipping little
nephew osasly to dsash.
Three duels were fought near New Or
lsaos during the wssk bsfors last. In one
Of then both parties we're killed.
: Hss. n. L. psluer, Of Milwaukee. has
bssa elected to 6ll the vacancy in the Sen
ass caused BY the death Of Senator hadIey.
Three hundred Thousand dollars worth Of
cpium has been seissd at San Francisco for
- sstsmpt 10 dsiraud the revenue.
4. n. Rice. Esq, Of Detroit, has been
elected Preaident Of the Michigan Central
Railssad. and Is about to remove 70 Bos>
ton.
Aaximilan has taken thc feld against
the Liberals in; Mexico. snd hattie was
sxr scted abou, the sth ior 9th instant. At
Puebla.
Col. L. G. Taylor, the Judge Advocate o.
tho War Department, is dangerously III At
Washington ha,irg had stroke OF spo>
plexy.
At Salt Lake City, gambler being un-
lucky at cards, took OIL bis coat. pants and
vest, end stooi in his drawers while he bee
the rest. Fortune smiled upon him. En-
terprise.
During . suit for breach Of promise in
Liverpool. England. the fair plaintiff pre-.
duced nine hundred and eighty y>four letters
written to her BY the defendant IN two
years. The woman's counsel thrsetensd to
rssd The whole Of them. when che defendant
compounded the matter.
An exchange says we understand
that recent decision Of the Supreme Court
Of our State dsniss the right Of cor.
porate towns to TAI the lots adjoining. for
the purpose Of building sidewalks. Couss.
qusntly oil sidewalks must hereafter Be
built BY diree. tax upon the whole csrposa>
ten.
General:F. J. Heron, formerly Of this
State, but for year pest citizen Of New
Orleans. has been appointed United States
Marshal ef the Eastern District Of Iouisi.
ana, In place Of Mckee. whose name he's res
Gently bssn rejected BY the Senate.
The Governor Of Wisconsin, has
appointed General II. c. Hobart, Re>
gent Of the State University, to fll he w.
cancy caused BY tho death Of Hon. Jsckson
Hadlsy.
The Iowa division Of the and Chicago
Northwestern, II. r. west OF Boone, is come
pietely blockaded BY snow, and il will proba
bly, be several days before trains will be abe
to get through from or TO the Missouri.
The COMMITTEE on Foreign Affairs, in the
House Of Representatives, will, probably,
report resolution to Congress-, extending
sympathy to Ireland in her present effort TO
gain her independence.
The amount Of 1b, GOO, 900 has been ap-
priatsd Tor carrying into effect the military
bill. This is cheap. Il furnishes each
white man in the South with . military
chain and handcuifs st An expense Of less
than ffty cents hsad
The Comnit,es on Territories, in the
present Congress, will again report in favor
Of the admission Of Colorado - State, and
il 10 believed the measure could now be car
risd over the Presdsnts veto.
The recent act changing the time Of a..
ssssing annual taxes from Nay TO MsSch,
does not affect the time for which the spec
ial taxes are due which commences and ends
Nay lss, = heretofore, although the return
and assessment 10 made earlier.
Diepatches from Dublin last evening
state that Ireland il quiet. No new Fenisn
dsa.onstsations we're reported. A number
Of Fenians were arrested At Limerick. The
prisoners, Will. on their way TO the police
barracks, wore chssred BY the people. PIa.
cards, emansting from the euissariss Of
the Irish Republican Brotherhood, are post
I'd in lhe streets Of Clonmel. fosbiddins shs
people paying tsxss.
The foods in the South continue to in
crease, asd the rsporte Of dasage sustained
are fearful. Reports from below Cincinnati
represent great destruction Of property BY
the fleod. In many places between New
Albany and Evansville the river is thirty
miles vide. Thousands Of e,ttls, sheep
and hsss have bssn drowned, and hundreds
Of Thousands Of bushels Of grain have been
lose. The country is covered With 6oatiug
stacks Of hay, wheat and sats. Nearly I'll
ths stssnboas landisgs sss usdss wsssr, ,ssd
boats cannot make Tie lasding. Shawnee
town 10 completely iouadatsd. II The lew.
er part Of Cincinnati and Covington han
dreds Of houses are under wster. The KEN
tucky river il on . rampage, carrying away
houses and barns. drownioe cattle and
sveeniue OF fences.