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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-08

Royal 1Balxasa Powder.
Light bread makes sht hearts. Royal
Baking Powdsr'does it. Ask your grocer
or it, aud take no other. It is Z asdecidsd
Improvement over..any other.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-08

OuR MAYeR.-Whsn last heard from eur
worthy Mayor was At Naples. en- route 70
Rome. He had been to venics-prebably
to catch glimpse Of the extensive water
works Of that city over to Pisa, 70 examine
the famous leaning tsvsr. and was sosn 10
take : view u the Eternal City. He and
his party arc having . Rss time, and enjoying
themselves greatly. After visiting Rome,
Mayer Donahss intends wssking his way
back through the noted places in Central
Europe, aud back to Glssgsv, aad sail fss
nome 10 April.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-08
LOST.

A SMALL BLACK DOG NAMED "CHIPPIE,"
"A had ON red leather collar with lock, and plate
oesf -ng 80 name. ns ears had jnet been cut, and
were little sore. The finder viii he suitably re-
wardsd BY leavisg the ssms At this ofice fsbs-u
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-08
To.0av's Advertisements. 4
Are Always Reliable, Being a. Rep
resented.
Fresh and Genuine.

Gardeners and planters will fnd II to tner adyan.
age send their orders for seed direct to the grow
sr which can be forwarded by mail or express at
tfihing cost. To make your selection send for
Drser's Garden Calender for 1859, which contains
directions for the cultivation OF Vegetables and
Flowers. with description list Of all the newest and
hat fxas sinA Tia
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-08

0Ivs Hsso IA cold is often thought to
be toe triding matter to claim immediate
or serious attention until it gets such hold
on the lungs % to impetil the life Of the
consumptivs patient-then and not Till then
do many thing seriously of relief, when It
often comes too late what foolish negli-
gsnce we say We say when % cents will 60
30 far a. to cure Cold, Cough. Sore Throat
Hoarssness, Asthma, &C.. hesitate not to
60 to druggist and invest that in a bottle
OF MADAME PJrter's Couch B0(sdm.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-08

HUSs OFT HIS SHixoLf. = nstics
elsewhere It will be seen that eur young
friend. DR.. Thos. F. Glynn. has decided to
settle down in Davenport. and practice
medicine and surgery. and, for oil ws know,
got married. The do tor 10 . graduate Of
the Ksokuk Medical College, an old student
Of Dr.. Maxwell, and has had csnsidsrabls
sxpsrisnce.in his profession. for . young
man, and, especially in surgery, with Drs.
Graham and Irwin, who are nov out Wsst,
among the mountains along the line Of the
Pacific Road. We wish the doctor an
abundant success.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-08

PsaseSAL.-Ws understand that eur
esteemed fellow citizen b. s. Glaspsll. ESQ.,,
has leased the FIGURING mills at Marshall
town, in company with George Ault, and
leaves for that place this week. MARSHALL
town 10 . good point TO land 10, aud W
trust our friends will .nnd it good to be
there, though right ssrry are ws 10 have
them 60. Bart. has been . future of
this city ever since hs vas big enough 70
play marbles, and il will be like missing
one Of the household Good luck 10 ysu,
boy.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-08

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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17
Political.

There will be an election in West Virginia
October 2S, for new Legislature. The issue
at the polls will be the enfranchisement of the
eX-Confederates The Wheeling IatelLigeRcer,
the leading Republican organ, takes the afiima-
tive side.
1t is said that the Hon, A. o. p. Nicholson, of
Columbia Tenn, is a candidate for United States
Senator in that State. Mr. Nicholson was q distin-
guished member of the old Democratic party. 1t
was to him that Mr.. Cass wrote his famous "NichO-
son letter." in 1S4S. He the editor OF the Wash
ngton Union, the organ OF the Pierce administration
fro 1858 to 1851, when he elected to the United
States Senate from Tennessee.
"A special from Little Rock Ark, says the Re-
publican members of the Legislature held meeting
at which resolutions were adopted for the formation
OF liberal Republican party on the basis OF unyer-
sal Suffrage and universal amnesty. committee
was appointed to solicit subscriptions and take other
The committee have published call for State Con-
Venton 10 meet on the 18th of October 10 carry out
the purposes Of the meeting.
Senator BroWnow published a card at Nash
Ve, stating that he had disposed OF his interest in
the Knoxville Whig but that paper will continue to
support the Republican cause He says so many
Union men in Tennessee have gone astray that he
would advise his Northern friends TO accept the
tennessee Republicans only for what they are worth
at present The Press and Times, the SenterOrgan
at Nashville, is advertised for sale.
--Ihe Executive Committee OF the Democratic
party OF Georgia deem 1t ineNpedient 10 recommend
an election for members OF Congress this year. there
Delng no law authorizing such an election TIL NO
Velnper 1870 The right OF the members elected
apr, 1895, 10 be admitted to seats in the Forty-nrs
Congress, is question to be determined by the
rouse OF representatives when said members pre-
unnecessary.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17
OUR FTRESTDE BTTCHERTES.

APPARENTLY not content with the frequency
of the murderous assaults to which the citi-
zens of this city have been given over during
the past fortnight, our State authorities seem
supinely content to fold their hands and allow
a series of more fiendish butcheries to be per-
petrated from day to day in our own peaceful
family circles under the sanction of prosti-
tuted law. 1t is a matter of common noto-
riety that explosions of coal oil lamps are of
frequent occurrence, resulting in lamentable
injuries to life and limb; and in The
TELEGRAPH, a few days since,
conscientious expose was made OF the
manner in which the law is constantly
violated, and the removal of Robert nj.
Evans, Inspector of Coal Oils, was demanded
of Governor Geary, upon the ground that
instead of enforcing the provisions of the
law to protect the community, the said Evans
strove only to fill his own purse.
In another column of to-day's issue is pre-
sented plain communication, to which we
invite the attention of our readers. The
writer tells how he, through the mercy of his
Creator, saved his family from the disastrous
consequences of an explosion; but there are
many heads of families in this city who could
tell sadder tales of how loved ones in their homes
were slaughtered by like criminal acts of their
neighbors. With shrewd common sense, the
gentleman urges the public to inspect their
oils before burning, and at present this pre-
caution is the only safeguard the public have.
Governor Geary neglects to interpose his
authority for the protection of our citizens,
that he may sustain the perquisites of an in
competent politician of his own party. If the
people begin in earnest to apply the remedies
they hold in their own hands, they will teach
their rulers that they have certain rights
which must be respected, and that the pro-
lection of life must be secured by all the
power of their Executive.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17

HAVE WE A MCKNIGHT AMONG Us?-McKnipht is
GOthamite, Deputy Sheriff, who recently arrested
one Conkln on suspicion that he was party to the
recent robbery of the Merchants Union Express
Company, and under the pretence of getting a con-
fession from him detained him at his (McKnight's)
house, instead of taxing the prisoner before the
magistrate who issued the warrant for his arrest.
BY some means COnklin managed to send word to
his friends Of the private confinement he was under
going, and so was released on habeaS corpus Nc
Knight being required to produce his captive before
Judge Clerke, when he was admonished that it was
not in his power to constitute himself Judge of
what the police magistrate should do in the premises
Now we are not surprised at anything done in New
York city, but this procedure The part of Deputy
Sheriff Mcknight, in view Of what has transpred of
late and is daily transpirng in city, raises the
grave question, Is it not possible that have one
or more Meningitis among us? That is the query,
and pertinent one. Rewards nowadays, amount
to nothing when criminals and their friends can
outbid those offered by the constituted authorities
Had COnklin during his Imprisonment in Mcknight
Ded-chamber, clothes closet or cellar confessed and
given the names of the parties to the robbery the
Deputy Sheriff would have come in for large share
of the reward, and everybody will suspect that it
was with this view that he kept his prisoner at his
house. Having made confession, if guilty, q moety
or even modicum OF the spoils would in all proba-
bty, have effected the prisoners release and en-
sured the arrest OF his confederates. The heavy
reward offered by Commissioner Delano for the
arrest OF the villains who attempted the murder OF
Mr. Brooks has failed in its AIM 1t may be that their
friends have 'gone $4,000 better" and that those who
have their eyes upon the rulans waiting for the
Government to go $4,000 more. This being the case it
is difficult to imagine when, or whether ever the
would-be assassins will be brought to justice. But
the question will also find place upon the lips of
thousands OF our law-abiding, law-lovng citizens,
Is it not just possible that we have a Mcknight
among us?
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17

FROM TURNER BROTHERS co. we have received
the following october magazines
The Atlantic Monthly has the following table of
contents -'"The City of Brass" "The Egotist in
Life" 'Parlor Singing" "The Foe in the House
hold" VIII. "Garibald." ''Hunting in the British
Islands German Songs, and few other Mat
ters." 'The Brick Moon" l. ''Earthquakes of the
American Continents San August Pastoral" a."
"Pennsylvana Dutch" ''Wettsten." "1'he In
crease of Human Life" |. "At Rydal." "a Dredg-
ing Excursion in the Gulf Stream" l.
Our Young Folts is handsomely illustrated, and
its pages, as usual, present rstrate selection of
juvenile magazine literature.
-GOdeyS Lddy'S Book. gives a steel engraving en-
titled ''Playing with Pussy" double page coored
fashion plate, anumber OF patterns Tor neede-work,
knitting, crochet, etc. and entertaining variety OF
reading matter music, etc.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17
THE PENSION AGENTS.

WASHINGTON telegram states that an appeal
rs about to be made from the decision of a
commissioner justifying the Government
pension agents Of Philadelphia in a refusal to
pay to attorneys the amount due to pensioners.
We are not apprized of the details of this
particular controversy, but it apparently in
wolves, to some extent, principle of no little
Importance. The nation appropriates large
sum annually to wounded soldiers, or the
dependent families of the martyrs of the war,
and every possible precaution should be taken
to insure the reception of this money by the
persons for whom it is really intended. Ex-
tortionate agents and avaricious attorneys
have absorbed by far too large
a portion of the legacies of MANNED heroes
and the generous provision for the support of
bereaved widows and orphans
1t is matter of record that thousands of
Union soldiers, especially those enlisted in
the South, have been cheated out Of the
whole amount of their bounties, and even in
the North a fearful aggregate of tolls have
been extracted on various pretences from
the Government pensions The further at
tornevs are thrown into the background in
these transactions, the better Wilt be for the
Government and the Legitimate objects OF
its bounty. In spite of al
that has been done by State agents, by the
Sanitary Commission, and by various public
officials to protect the soldiers, many have
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17
THE DEMAND FOR A NEW LEGLS-
LATIYE TICKET

The demand for the removal of the obnoxious
renominated legislators from the Republican
ticket has been greatly strengthened by the
late action of the Democracy. No measure
would add more to the strength of the Repub-
lican party than the election from its ranks
of Stokes, Davis, Bum, Adaire, Cloud, and
Hong 1t is impossible to rally the masses
cheerfully to the support of a ticket embrac-
ing such names, when the fact is well under
stood that they seek power only for the pur-
pose of profting by new betrayals of their
constituents. If party discipline is to be
strictly and stringently enforced, it should
have its court-martials as well
as its orders exacting implicit obe-
dience and under any well-organized court
martial system these candidates could be
indicted, tried, and convicted of such miscon-
duct at the last session of the Legislature as
would forever disqualify them from obtaining
honorable partisan distinction. If there are
anypossible means of inducing them to retire.
they should be employed; if they can be de-
posed OF driven from the tickets, they should
be unceremoniously stricken off. But if
these expedients fail, the Republicans should
take good care to defeat them by voting for
their opponents. Faithless representatives
do no possible good to party; they only reflect
back disgrace upon the men who elect them;
and while they plunder their constituents and
the State, they at the same time bring reproach
upon their supporters If we must send men
to Harrisburg only to revel in corruption, it is
better for the Republicans to permit Demo-
Gratis to monopolize such infamy; and they
can commit no graver error than to sanction
by their votes the reelection of candidates
who are irretrievably disgraced by tainted
records
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17

become the prey of the hungry sharks who
are perpetually seeking opportunities to en-
rich themselves at the expense of the tax
payers on the one hand and the defenders of
the country on the other Every step which
restricts such operations will receive the cor
dial approval of the country, while every
facility granted to those who trade upon the
sorrows and sufferings of the Union soldiers
is sure to be used for discreditable and dis
honest DTrDoses
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17
WOMAN AS A POLT7ICLAN.

HE Woman's Rights movement, as perverted
| by Susan b. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, Anna E. Dickinson, George Francis
Train, Theodore Tilton, and the rest of the
crazy agitators of the day, has found deter
mined and formidable opponent in DIR. Horace
Bushnell, one of the most eminent divines of
the country. While he believes that the con-
dition of the workingwomen should be
materially bettered, he does not look with
much favor upon the female suffrage project.
DIR. Bushnell quotes, with apparent satisfac-
ton, an incident which will not go far towards
reconciling the masculine portion of humanity
to the scheme. 1t is generally known that
the maids and matrons of New Jersey, in
consequence of the ambiguity of the original
Constitution of the State, were suffered on
several occasions to deposit their votes On
one occasion they voted mot only once, but
as often as by change of dress OF completely
of the inspectors they might be able to repeat
the process" Here is fine specimen of ''the
beauty and sentiment, the bloom and sweet
ness of womanhood," which inspired the
pen of the great Quaker poet when he
espoused the cause of the disfranchised SEX
just think of it for a moment, men and
brethren, especially ye who have enlisted
with us in the crusade against ballot-box
stuffing and all the other villainies by which
the will of the people is now perverted.
One of McMullins patriotic crowd marches
up to the polls before he has taken his early
morning bitters, and votes the straight ticket.
After the bitters, he persuades some genial
and congenial companion to knock a dent in
his hat, and thus disguised presents another
ballot and defes Identification. Then an
other draught another dent, and another bal
lot and so on through the day, until sunset
winds up the process. This is bad enough,
of a verify; but it is mere child's play in COM
parison with the roguery of those naughty
Jersey women. A Democratic politicians
hat is capable of bearing the impress
of a multitude of dents, but woman's
dress of the present day has
the capacity of infnityfor sustaining discerni-
BILE modification. "The beauty and sentiment,
the bloom and sweetness of womanhood, are
very good things in theirway and in their place;
but it is possible, as history has recorded, to
of the ballot in the hands of our wives and
sisters is to be followed by the preparation
of such unblushing frauds as are portended
it would be better for us to hang millstones
about our necks and be swamped at once,
than thus to place our lives, our fortunes,
and our sacred honor at the mercy of such
unscrNpulous demagogues.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17
C. n a nj PI ON 9 AFE s.

PHILADELPHIA, August 27, 1862
MEssRs. FARREL, HERRING d co.
Gentlemen:-In che year 1856 unfortunately was
IN business in The Artisan Building, which was de-
stroyed by fire on the 10th OF April. 1 had then in
use what supposed was Fire Proof Safe but upon
opening it 1 found everything destroyed, and nre
burning therein.
You Will recolect, gentlemen, there was several
OF your Safes in that fire. also several in the fire at
sixth and Commerce streets, the next May, five
weeks afterwards, all OF which upon being opened
proved they were 1re-proof indeed, for witnessed
the opening of the most Of them, and in every case
the contents were preserved, while Safes of ether
makers were partially or entirely DESTROYED l at
once concluded to have something that could de-
pend upon, and purchased one OF your Safes.
The safe purchased OF you at that time was SUBJ
Jected to white heat (Which was wtne by sew
eral gentlemen that reside in the neighborhood) at
the destruction OF my Marble Paper factory, 921
wallace street, on the afternoon and evening OF the
24th INST After digging the safe from the ruins,
and opening 1t this morning, 1 was much pleased to
ma everything, consisting Of books, papers, money
and sllverware, all right I shall want another OF
your safes as soon as can get a place to continue
my business in could not rest contented with any
other make OF safes.
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
Marble Paper Manufacturer
HRRRINGs PATENT CHAMPION SAFES. the
most reliable protection from fire now known HER
RINGS NEW PATENT BANKERS SAFES, COM
bning hardened steel and iron with the tatent FfanK
Unite or sPlEGEL Essen, furnishes a resistant
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17

DEMOCRATIC CITY PROGRAMME
IT is now well understood in political circles
that the new Democratic ticket was formed in
the manner we announced yesterday; that is,
each retiring candidate named his successor.
Instead of the respectables gaining a clear
victory over the roughs, they formed coali-
ton for mutual advantage. The roughs,
seeing that their prospects of success were
perfectly desperate, withdrew to place more
reditable proxies or representatives on the
course. The contest now is to assume an
aspect similar to that of a trotting match or
horse race. The original nominees, instead
of being distanced on the track themselves,
have faint hope of winning through the
good running qualities of their substitutes
and the new programme may be fairly stated
in something like the language of the turf, as
follows
FOR THE TRASURY SWEEPSTAKES,
S. Gross Fry names William c. Patterson.
FOR THE CITY COMMISSIONERS PERQUIsITES,
Charles b. Duncan names John r. Coke
FOR THE HEAVY RECORDER OF DEEDS PLATE,
G. NJ. Hurley names John G. Brenner
FOR TIE PICKINGs OF THE PROTHONoTARY,
William +. Scheble names Washingto' j.. jackson.
FOR THE CRUMBS OF THE QUARTER SESSIONS CLERK
SHIP,
John p. Ahern names David w. Sellers
FOR THE PROFITS OF THE CORONER
James Stewart names Joseph NJ. Reichard
The pretense that the Executive Committee
nominated the new ticket was only fiction.
They simply ratified and gave sort of official
sanction to the selections of the retiring can
didates, who, instead of being animated by a
noble and disinterested spirit of self-sacrifice
acted on the sordid but common-sense maxim
that ''half a loaf is better than no bread" 1t
remains to be seen how the people will relish
the new bargain 1t has at least the charm of
novelty, for heretofore no set of partisan
leaders were sufficiently audacious to form
such glaring compact. 1t is usually left for
emperors and kings to nominate their success
sors, and since Johnny Ahern and his COM
peers have acquired this power if the party
submits to their dictation, they may we'll
boast that they are its absolute masters.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17

of the committee gets few glasses of choice
California wine under his waistcoat We
hope, however, that his friends will keep en-
eye on him, for the sake of his family; he
might do some injury by laughing at his own
inlrac
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-17
sREOlAL NOTICES.

BSs~ PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, NINTH
9. otreet, south of Locust. Medical Department.
session sts!O commences October at o'clock with
General Introductory by JOHN O'BYRNE, ESQ; Free
70 me public. Students desrous of attending College
Versity, from 2 to4, 9l3 imw lot
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-06

WINE AND WATER DRINKING IN EUROPE
DIR. Holland writes to the Springfield Repub
lican: 'One word as to the general subject.
Since writing my letters from Switzerland 1
have passed through winter Of Italian travel.
Those who are familiar with Italy will not
need to be told that, during that travel, 1 have
seen abundance of worse water and less harm
full wine than found in Switzerland The
Italian wines are very light, and the Italian
water, especially that of Naples and vicinity,
is very bad. In many parts of Italy one can
not choose but drink the wine of the country.
/ drank it and so did my companions, but re-
garded it there, as have learned to regard if
everywhere, as a choice Of evils. 1.-THE city of
Springfield, Mass, were environed by vine
yards ten miles deep, she would not be so rich
as she is to-day in her aqueduct of insurpass-
able pure spring water. The greatest trial
that Americans are subjected to here is con-
nected with the matter of drink. In Paris
Vichy water is now used quite extensively as a
table drink, by those who dare not drink Of the
water of that city, and will not drink the
wine. In the meantime, wherever one turns
in the ci,y-indeed, wherever one turns
throughout all these wine-growing and wine
drinking countries-he sees the evidence of
diseased or unhealthily excited kidneys. The
disgusting and indecent displays to which one
of my correspondents alludes are made every
where; and if they offend the sensibilities of an
American man, you can imagine their effect
upon an American woman. Apparently there
is less drunkenness in Italy than in France.
and less in France than in Switzerland: but
there is drunkenness wherever in the world
there is the article to get drunk upon. have
not yet found the place where cheap wine has
seemed TO work the cure of intemperance.