Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-15

Tn. ph,lsislphis Ledger says: The great
......,,, 90 .,nase in te-est In . double-trsck,
ehsap freight railway system IN this
.cro,,v Ia Que that must more and nitro gss
: mid upon public attention. At present,
-hJs ,hs ilrad interest Of the country
hss succeeded in obtaining grants OF ls4
0ou 900 acres of public land in aid II con-
s,ruc,,ng the various lines. on toe strength I
Of tie great flci'.sies il VAS preparing !or /
tfaf,.c aid commerce. in fac, the combined I
and combining m Inopolies of the ersat
transporting iiues have arranged INN oi
rates ~hich unfairly Discriminate gains, !
our erortesi exporting in.efest-the cereals
aad farm proeuc s. sach measures must
increase the dem and for cheaper tr.nspor-
taiior. Ano whether il take she form OF
grand ship canal 10 TIE lakes. or Of n freight
railway, open alike to every kind Of freight
and supported BY an equitable ard evenly
adjusted toiltariff, 10 = matter Of iuturc
consideration. Not far in the future. how
ever, for our agricultural interests are
growing to colossal proportions, and must
be duly accommodated.
IT 10 related that about the year 100 one
Abraham Darby, the proprietor OF . bras
foundry at Bristol. England, experimsnted
in trying to substitute cast iron for brass,
but without success, until ths following In
cident occurred. A Welsh shepherd boy
named John Thomas, to prevent being itn
pressed a. a soldier, requested his master TO
recommend him as an apprentice TO rela-
tive, who was one Of the partners OF Abra-
ham Darby, and he was accordingly sent
into the brass works As he was looking
k,l ba rvk pan tyvl tg eAnk
mor, he said to Darby he thought he saw
how they had mi ,sed it, and begged 20 try
| method Of his own. lie and Mr.. Darby
remained alone in the shop that night, and
before morning they had cast On IRON pot.
| He was at once engaged to remain ana
keep the secret, which he did faithfully, al
though double wages were offered him by
other parties. For moro than hundred
years after that night, the process Of pro-
ducng iron castings in q mould OF fine sand
With two wooden frames and ar holes, was
practiced and kept secret at that factory,
with plugged key holes and barred doors.
SPEAKING OF the shamelessness with
which stanton is prosecuting his calm for
reinstatement in the war department, un-
der tho tenure Of office act, which he him
self declared constitutional, the National
Lnseliigeneer says:
! Mr.. Stanton claims his seat in The Cab:
net by virtue Of law which he declares un-
constitutional. The moral OF this claim 10
exquisite. The Law 10 void. but its form
10 enough for Mr.. Stanton. who declares it
void, when he acts up his righ, under il to
L III. in IN CaItnat Ho n nj h.
Or words, that his title to the estate 10 based
on q forged deed, but declines to surrender
because the real owner has not proved in
court the forgery which he in proper PEI.
; con ADMITS. The like Of such moral obi
guilty hath not been seen, except, possibly
, b. the mrrored Holt.
PAfExrs.--Boyd : Co., Solicitors Of Pa
tents, 2O8 Pine street, ST. Louis, No.
officially report to the DRnocRAr the fol
lowing Patents granted Iowa and Aissour
inventors for the week ending Decsmbs
I. 1868:
F. w. Crosby, Toledo-roasting srss ;
P. McIsaae, Waterloo-comb'd pillow m,
corn planter r. J. Msrinus, Independ
/, sncs-curtsin fixtures; J N. Dowd. For
!, sstvills--cultivator G. Kennedy, Clarks
vile patent crimp press.
MISSOURI.
Pascal p. Child, 81. Louis-combine'
latch and bolt.
GENERAL NEWS.
William Il. Astor pays 100000 Cit
|, tax, and A. r. Stewart follows with $3.50,
!, 900.
, A female dentist is the last Partisan nov
, eltv.
ltslisns die younger than any other Eu
ropean people.
Nexada miner had hia Loo CAUGHT m