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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-19
DAVENPORT IOWA. THURSDAY, MARCH 19. 1868

PAssiHo AwAY.-The magnificent ice
crop that Davenpor. 80 suddenly harvested
. few days sincs 10 fest melting away under
the subduisg influences Of sun, wind and
rain, Ill Of which have bssa making var
upon il By turas siacs he heur Of IL arrival
upsn eur SAosse. Sseh smother icsQusks
ws nay never hare, 20 for thss rsssoe ws
tssp nsiisg itsns abost Il even without
prsvoestiea sometimes. upon the principle
that IL 10 always best y mako the
NEST u goed thing. 0us nest OBJ
serving cstissns seem 70 think
that IL will last suly several days, aad net
not day longer. II hes been the subject
Of much criticism and thoughtlsss remark
even % 10 the case With the intredactios
Of svsry new fashion that 30 uncsssmons-
monsously obtrsdes itself upon city life.
Ice is good thing cooling in summer And
promosivs Of skating 10 the winter, but
when great chunks Of il crawl away Up
on usually dry land and pskss ito soss In.
to our business housss-plAying snach
with eur sidewalks, and cellar kitchens We
are down on il, aud glad whom it 10 gone.
Az OLD FasSD wSra BLACK EYs.-
Our friend Strauss. formerly merchant in
Davenport, and for few years pest Lake
street merchant in Chicago, cane down here
. dsy OF two ago to see the folks and get
some peaches, and that ws,a al right enough
and very good of him. Having some
business out at Blue Grass, procured horses
aud buggy to make the trip this morning,
bat before be had got out Of town some.
thing broke loose somewhere, and then the
team tried to break loose; The buggy VA
stitched shout sud Stsanss Vas pitched out,
and struck upoa his head, which bruised II
rather heavily, and produced the black sys
msneionsd il our text. Bot being man
Of plnsk, and NOT easily tsi6ed with By
dumb brutes, he squared himself in ths
mud and held the Aforesaid team still in
their tsacks, aad 90 No heavy damage VA
dsns, asd ws were provided with facy
lseal. May ws not suggest right hsss, that
others Vill Dc well y do no worse than did
eur friend Strauss.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-19

ANorBsn CASE o. OFrIcIAL lxPxRfrRDKcE
AnD lss PRonrr RsBuKs.-At the first efn
sial visit made to the Poor House BY ths
pssssat Dirsctors, several hsalty, abls-bod-
led. male paupsrs. Who vers found there
"wintsring" at the expense Of the county,
and fsfusisg 70 perform even the slightsst
manual labsr, we're summarily dismissed =
The dismissal bsing IN entirs new feature
caused much oatcsy, and the Directors wsss
20 psrsisssat!y bssieged BY Tie city friends
Of one Of the elected that in ths desire "a
avoid any appsaranes sf undss severity,
this particular paupse was permitted = ~
turn . the Psos House, thsss . rsaais un.
Ill the usual ssasen Of business activity
spsnsd. Yesterday, % ths sisis Of The Di.
rsctcrs, this psuper was god naturally in-
termed that laborsrs were nov in demand
in the city. and that be would vithis few
days, b again dismissed. To this s'oalsial
impertinsncs" the reply came promptly. III
won't 70, and I have friends in Devenrort
able to keep os hsss In spite Of you." itis
very gratifying -sspeeially 10 tar payer, to
sss that, thanks % the teachings Of the Ga
sstts, our panpsss, "know their rights, and
knowing, dare maintain them" II 10 to
Do expected that at the proper time the Co.
seess viii exert ils in6ueaes against the ~
election Of the. present ''posf difsetors," !"
eod Rooeee, and advoeooo sotnea - the
eosd 90 aystsA il which 'ae0oial i0pseti-
nence'' Was unknovn.
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Bishop COxe's opinion OF American
Women.

"When see that thousands of Ameri-
can women read the most shameful ro-
mances and the most degrading news
papers; frequent the vilest dramatic
entertainments and join in dances too
shocking to be named among Chris
tians, feel that Christians are becom-
ing too few, and that civilized heathen-
ism Is returning to the fields we have
wrested from the Indians.
When read, daily, of the most un-
gOdly divorces, and of crimes against
social purity and against human life
itself, which are too gross to be men,
toned more particularly, 1 feel that too
many of our countrywomen are with
out God in the world, and that radical
reforms are necessary in the systems
of education on which the young wo.
men OF America are dependent for their
training.
When 1 see thousands OF households
in which young girls are reared for a
life of pleasure, without reference TO
duty, can not wonder at these results,
nor at the misery in which they involve
families and communities. Sow the
wind and reap the whirlwindl
AS Christian bishop, therefore, /
make my appeal to yeu, Christian wo-
men, and ask you to begin the re-
formation, by faithfully bearing your
testimony against all that tends 10 the
degradation of your sex, and the more
so, when such crimes are not only wink
ed at, but receive countenance in cir
Cles which ought to be exemplary"
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Legal Tender Question in the su.
pFeme COuRt.

WASHINGTON, February IA, 1868.
Attorney General Stanbery, in the
Supreme Court of the United States,
to-day, read letter from the;Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury, addressed to him,
stating in effect that that Department
understood the question OF the consti-
tutionality of the legal tender act had
arisen at this term, in several cases be.
tween private parties, and that they
had been discussed and were under
advisement. As the government had
no opportunity to present an argument
in support of the law, and as a deep
interest was felt on the subject by the
government and country at large, il
was hoped the Attorney General would
ask and obtain leave to present an ar
gument in support of the law before the
cases which had been discussed should
be decided by the Court.
The Attorney General said that
owing to his multiiariOus legal duties
he feared he would be unable to pre-.
pare an argument during the present
term, and therefore desired that the
Court would not deliver its opinion on
the cases until the next term.
The Court took the matter under ad-
visement.
One of the cases alluded to involves
purely question of ordinary debt,
whether party has right to discharge
an obligation in legal tender. Another
case, argued by Senators johnson and
Williams, presents the question
whether debtor can pay his taxes in
legal tenders, the State of Oregon hav-
ing declared all its taxes should be
paid in gold. And the third case, ar
Rued by Messrs. Carlisle and Wills, is
from California, which has a statute
declaring all hduciary taxes shall be
paid only in gold.
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Barbour County, February, 1858.


"A Pen Picture OF Brick POmerOy.
The editor of the Cory, Pennsylva-
mia, Republican, who claims to be per-
sonally acquainted with Brick Pome-
roy, gives his readers the extracts from
the La Crosse Democrat on General
Sherman and the clergy, which he GULL
ed some time ago, and then proceeds to
paint "Brlck" thus:
The author OF the above outrage was
born minus the moral attribute OF a
manly character. He Is thief, liar,
drunkard and wife beater, to our per-
sonal knowledge. We have known
him to beat his wife and children un-
merciGnlly without the show of provo
cation, and forbid the merchants to trust
them for the necessaries of lite while
carOusinR in dens of prostitution. And
such u thing is the leader OF the Demo-
cratic partyl We have known him to
sing bRwdy songs and crack obscene
jokes over the dead body of his friend
and companion who was strangIed to
death in an attempt to drink a gallon
of whisky on wager, in the city of
Milwaukee. And we have heard him
curse the sun and defy the power that
sustained 1t. We could chronicle a
thousand other instances, but il is use-
less, as the extract we present deline-
ates the moral degradation of the
wretch better than we are able to do.
In personal appearance, Pomeroy is
just what the Imagination of a decent
man naturally pictures after reading
the above characteristic OF his political
mind. He has red, bushy hair, wears
it long to hide his horns) whisky
bloated face, and red rum blossom
nose-in short, he looks like the per-
sonification of sin puked out, red hot
from the bowels of hell. He, sweet
scented japonica to prate of the imper-
fections of the church, whose mind
never entertained Christian thought,
has no conception OF virtue. He talk OF
damnable dreaLnI he, Mark NJ. Pome-
roy, the persOnificuIiOn of the displeas-
ure of heaven, and glory of hell,
wrapped in a nigger's stolen overcoat,
who was seen, sluggishly dragging
himself over the hallOwed sepulchres
of our brave soldiers, recently to de-
liver pusllanimous and inhuman leo
lures to Southern traitors-eulogizing
"the lost c-a-u-s-e."
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Josh billings on Chicago.

Chicago IL the Jerusalem, the Mecca
ov the West. Everybody tells you
what an awful city she il, and that
there will be million of live beings in
her in few days.
The growth of this city has been live
ly; knew all about it when it didn't
have II hundred soules, nor boddy's in
il, and presume Its populashnn is
now nearly 200 thousands; dare not
ask the amount Ov her folks, for the
same rea8On named above, didn't
want to strain the imaginashun out
here; every boldly haz as much as they
kan do now tew keep from shouting.
While In Chicago had sevral talks
with soules, and gathered from what
they told me, that New York would soon
be second klass place, il 1t didn't
have emmy pull backs.
Chicago already exceeds New York
in the amount of her divorce tunnaEe,
and in the number NV her play-cards
advizing strangers tew beware NV
confidence men,"
Yew kan read this cheerful reminder
every 80 feet, awl over the city; 1t al
most makes one think that there is
"bunCome" in 1t.
If Chicago owns herself, or one half
NV herself, she is truly big thing, but
yum IL, that the day will cum, when
sumbody will have elephants to aell
and few buyers.
What relashun she may sustane, in
the fewter, tew other citys in the Un-
ion, don't intend to tell, but I will bet
some 80 dollars that Saint Louis,
40 years from hence, will be the most
city NV the two, and over times as
mutch as herself.
l don't serpOse that there IL a single
soul in Chicago, ifhe should ever rend
this prophesy, but what would be anx-
ious tew send me bottle of "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" but if
they do it, certainly should see them,
and go package Nv worm lOzZinsers
better
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Aim High.

With all earnestness would impress
this injunction upon every one. Aim
high, let no miserable mediocrity salts.
fy you. Endeavor to excel In a nobleI
career. Emulation is worthy and am.
bition in a good cause always com.
mendable. You 90 not know what
you can accomplish until you make
an effort. Energy, industry and ap-
plicatiOn are almost, if not quite, in
vincible. The worlds proud positions
OF honor and usefulness must be filled
by somebody and why not by you.
Aim high, and you VIII be astonished
at the result. An old writer has said
in substance, "he who aims at the
stars shoots higher than he who aims
at the tree tops" Aim high, and even
should you fail to accomplish your
highest aspirations, you will be more
than satisfied with your reward. Bet
ter to fail of the highest mark than
without an effort to sink into an un.
known and unhonored destiny.
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QheGttteltiqetrcer.
DON'T MARRY A MAN IF he
DRINKS.

Young ladies, prRy listen TO me-
And keep Just as quiet as m ice.
While sing you II SOng-iL Is not Very long
winch contains piece OF advice:
NO matter what people may say,
o matter what somebody thinks:
II you wish to be happy tile rest OF your laws
DON'T marry man that drinks
Don't marry q man that drinks
He may be handsome and CAV.
And have such beautiful voice.
And may dance SO divInely, you'll feel In
your heart " "
That he must bc the man oryour choice;
II ms accents are tender and low
ANA SweeteT than roses and pinkE
may know }
Your exquisite gentleman drinks:
Your exquisite gentleman drinks.
Just think of the sorrov and careS
The heRrt-rending sIghs and fears:
VI the words and blows anu crue est woes
Aud then think OF the ocean or tears:
1nlnk OF ToodleS, the druukeSt OF men
hlS ATTITUDES, his coughs and winkS
ana Lhen think what dIgnitled pair you
Will make,
1fyou marry a man that drinks
Iyou marry man that drinks.
Young ladies look we'll to your hearts
Don't throw them away on n aOt.
OF a man who Is given to treating his frienda
" nat er be his station or lot,
dnOngn his pride may uphold him nWhile
Yet sooner or later he sinks;
days,
Don't marry a man II he drinks:
Don't marry man II he drinks.
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LIOuisVIlIe's Bid for the Democratic
National Convention.

LOUISVILLE, February 14.-At meet
ing, to-day, the committees appointed
by the Democratic Executive Commit
tee, the General Council and the Board
of Trade, paper was prepared and
addressed to the National Democratic
Executive Committee, urging the Sc
!ection @ OF LoulsEli!e f Az ioT % the place for
ocratic Convention. The Committee
propose to erect a suitable building for
the Convention, to pay all expenses OF
holding it, and in addition to our
abundant hotel accommodations, to
open the houses of the people to their
guests, and extend to them the genuine
old Kentucky hospitality.
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n t NIbNO TO AK 7 La =
BeGtty'S Mills, ". Va, Feb. 10, '6s.
StOneWaII .JacksOn...The "ChrIstiau
sOIdier.'

oIOheHhIA .SACRbOnsSsIhe hChEI8tfan
SOLDIER
Editors InteIli9encer:
find that the clergy OF the "Episco-
pal Methodist Church, ;" alias the Metho-
dist Church South, (and not the vener-
ted methodist Episcopal Church" oi
the Wesleys,) are scattered over all this
country, whose mission it Is, to make
political capital in favor of the party
of the lost cause.
They particularly, are inclined to ad-
vance their mission, by expatiating
upon the religious character and vir-
tues of t. J. (GLidS Stonewall) jackson.
Whilst Governor Peirpoint failed TO
very properly recognize any special
admirable qualities in the man, it is
easily discoverable that he had some
military qualities, of a desperate and
marked character, that served to make
him noted man in the late rebellion.
HIS best historian, Dabney, has record
ed the fact, that he seriously proposed,
during the war. to raise the black flag,
as against the Union soldiers, and ex-
tend no quarter to prisoners. This
sufficiently denotes his maniacnl and
iRnatical zeal, and characterizes him as
u deluded and desperate wretch, enti-
tied to little consideration for christian
or manly virtues.
Yet, sirs, the adherents of the lost
capital by expatiating upon the
virtues of one, who seriously proposed,
after he become old-blooded trail
tor to his country, to extend no quar-
ter TO those captured in defense OF that
country, and who Sloried in recording
dShlSt0ry (see Pollard for that, the fact
that his own reckless followers were
accustomed to supply themselves with
clothing, by stripping the Federal
wounded and dead OF every vestige. 1
have thought it proper to write his
epltaph, such as It would be suitable
to have inscribed on his tomb at Lex
ington, Virginia. 1t certainly cannot
be excepted to for want of breVity.
EPlTAPH.
THOMAS JONATHAN JACKSON,
A traitor, died by traitors hands,
AS scorpion dies, begirt with fire,
And sleeps beneath his EatherIaud
AS sleep murderer of his sire.
GUY ROLAND.
Barbour County, February, 1858.
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HOME CORRESPONDENCE.
Bishop BaseOm on the Human AttrI.
butes OF the Negro.

GuttOTS 4HtetLtSeHCeT
Ifyou deem it proper you will please
publish the following extract from the
posthumuB works of the Rev. Henry B,
Bascom, d. D. L. L. D., of the NJ. E. O..
South, edited by Rev. Thomas N. Raj
ston, A. NJ, in 1855. The reverend au-
thor WAS advocating, in 1888, the eman-
cipatlon and colonization OF the Freed
men," as Ch 'istian statesman should
have done, In lecture on "The Claims
of Africa" The extract, when placed
In juxtaposition with the modern mun-
keyism of the African race of men, as
taught by political buffnons and rever-
end mountebAnks in this part of West
Virginia, as we'll as by the La Crosse
Democrat and some other kindred
papers, will bring up in the minds OF
thinking men the adage of the old poet,
"See devil with devil damned, nrm concord
Men only live to disagree"
Or of,
30, Lucifer. son OF the morning, how art
thou fallen."
and demonstrate the somersault the
the pretended followers of jefferson
and Wesley have turned.
In vol. 2, page 28S, sec. 10, on the
brotherhood of man, the Bishop says
"God has made of one blood all nations
OF the earth;-that is one man of his
II any difference exists, affecting the
rights of humanity, he disavows the
distinction. We are all alike descend
ants from Adam and Noah in the same
line, the same unbrOken succession OF
posterity. We are all children of the
same father. One God has made US all.
So says the Bible. Our nature and
physiology, our aptitudes and inclina-
tions are the same. Jesus Christ, by
the assumption of our nature, became
brother to every human being-oi
course the Africon. He tasted death
for every man, Africa, therefore, Is
the purchase of his blood, and is in.
cluded in the covenant of his promise
We think, therefore, that you must be
prepared to admit the indefensibility oil
the position we oppose. II then, we re.
fuse to assist them, we sin against oul
own nature, and insult the authsr oi
our redemption, in the bargainI AS
you hope, therefore,. for the succor Of
humanity and the mercy of heaven
you are bouRd to yield up the coop
GRAFTON asked"
A FRIEND TO FAIR PLAY,
BedttV'S Mills " Vu Feb TO- i6S
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