Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-13
STATE NEWS.

Tho city OF Muscstioe, 10 to be drecto-
riaed Immediately.
-Odbuqae brags On an agriculture,
warehouse. so by ll3 feet
Henry Clay Dean ard "Liukensale, )"
A young man named Strong, attempt.
ed suicide in Dubuque the other dsy-but
made bad failure.
The We'd Arntn, the Norwegian paper
81 DEBORAH, has changed from . monthly 10
. semi monthly.
Tho prisoners Of the Benton County
iail-two in number. and both horse
thsvss-made their escape one night last
week
An Oft married man has arrived In
Auscatins intent upon doing 90 some mere.
heJournal warns hi n OF.
An EnGlishman named John D,rch,
was recently found three miles from Nan.
chester hanging from the limb Of . tree.
He hal family in that place, and sno,hsp
down East, heucs the hanging.
-Dss Moines is to have large frst
clsss hotel next season to b. located nssr
the west aide depot Of the G. X. la p.
road, and isto have 100 rooms. Carroll. Of
the Des Moines TIouse is 10 build Il.
A little on Of Archy Wstson, Of Du
Moinss, aged years, go, hold Of some
matches last Monday, in the absence Of its
parents, and setting its clothes on Are,
came near burning to death.
A brakeman named VIM. Clifford, on
the G. r. l. a. p. road while uneouplicg
sems ears last Mondsy At Des Msinss
nisssd his footing. fell across the track
vbsn .he cars posed disgonally ever his
BODY. crushing cut life instantly. The
Register says 10 was . middle aged man.
aad leaves wife aud family in New IIamp-
shire.
TecamseDs's AAoaor.
A correspondent Of the Detroit Free
I'ress gives soms interesting anecdotes OF
the great Indian wsrrior and prophet,
Tsounssh.
While the enemy vas in possession .,
ths csuutry around Monroe aud Detroit.
Tecumsch, with . large band Of warriors,
Visited the river Rasin. The Inhabitants
had been stripped Of nearly every means Of
subsistence. Old Mr.. Rivers, q French
NAM who vas lame, and unable 10 earn
. living for himsslf aud family, had con.
trived tn keep out Of sight Of The wander
ing bands Of savsgsa . pair Of sxsn, with
which his sen was able 10 procure . scanty
support for his family. Itss happened that
whis at labor With the eIsn, Tecumssh,
Who had come over from Madon, met him
in the road. and walkln up 10 him sid
MY friend, | muss have those sxsn. Ny
young men are very hungry, aud they
have nothing TO sa.. We mpsi have the
Oxen"
Young Rivers demonstrated. lie told
the ohloi that II he took the oxen his father
would starve TO death.
.We.l,' said Tecumssh, I'VE are tho
conqusrers, and everything we want is ours
Unjust have tho oxen my people must not
s,sryc; but will not 10 90 mean as 70
rob you OF them. will pay you one hun.
cred dollars for them, and ,h.tis far mors
than they arc worth, but ws must have
them"
T,,umssh got white man 10 write an
order OIL he British Indian Agent. CO..
Eliot, who was on the river some distance
below, for the money. The oxen were xii
led, large fires built, and the for,st war
riors were soon feas,ing on their flesh.
Young Rivers took the order TO Coz. FL
hot who promptly refused to pay it, say
irg
Were entitled 10 support from the
country We conquered | will not pay
H."
The young man with q sorrowful heart,
returaed with the answer TO Tscumssh, " 40
said
ITO morrow ws will 60 and See"
In the morning he took young Rivers.
and went to the Colonel. On meeting him
he said
DO you refuse 10 pay for the oxen |
bought :"
"Yes." said The Colonel, and he reitsrat-
e The reason for refusal.
al bought them,' said tho CHIEF, "for
my Young men, who were hungry. |
promised to pay for them, and they shall
tie aid for. always hsnrd that white
NATIONS re to war VITA each her, and no,
wth peaceful, individuals; that they did
no. rob aud plumber poor people. | Will
not
."WeH," snid the Colonel. 81 will no, pay
fer them
"iou can do as you please, said the
Chef, but before iecurnseh and his war
iiors came 10 fight the battles Of the great
king, they had enough to eat, for which
they had only 10 thank the Master OF Life
aad Their good rifles. Their hunting
gsou"ds supplied them with feed enough
! 10 them We can return
| This threat produced . sudden change
ON the Colonel's mind. The detection OF
the great Chief, 10 we'll know, would i'm.
msdiatsly Withdraw oil tie nations Of the
red men from the British service and
without them they we're nearly powerlsss
on the frontier.
We'll. said the Colonel, "ifl must
pay, l WILL
GIVE me hard money" said Tscumseh,
mot rag money"-army bills.
The Colonel then counted out huadrsd
dollars in CON, and gave them to him. The
Chief handed shs money to young Rivers,
and then said to the Colonel
Give me one dollar mere"
1t was given: aud handing il also to
Rivers, he said
Take that, it will pay you for the time
you have lost in getting ysur money"
The Bev. DR.. II. w Beechs, has written
. horse letter to Bonner, in which be ex-
presses . hope that there is happy here
after for the horse, and. says he loves his
old "Charley" 30 much that he used to kiss
him. The doctor thus jescri bes an imaei
nary ride after Bonasr's famous Auburn
horse, lately deceased:
We nave been waking slowly up l.,tls
hill. The descent. TOO, 5 over. A long,
level plain stretches out, full half mile
before us. The great creature knows a.
we'll ~ you do what % coming. HIS eve
gets brighter. Ne 10 already excited. lie
IS frett ng 'or tee word He gets il, and,
quicker thaa an arrow leaves tae bow, he
is suoo.ing with prodig'o ls ST. des, low
croucn,ag Out bolt as 70 = feet Ike smit
ing hammers, and yet 90 e'sstc in his step
thst the ground is not no,u6od nor his
heofs battered. The nd is rising! YOU
neck ribbon whirs and arrows ~ The wind
Holi down rorr hS. Too late =, - = q I,