The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-06-28
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Now let me PROFOUND 10 you this question, what
would you have done II you had been command
eS Of that boat, prepared with no articles OF grave
digging except scoop shovel for handling coal ?
You will doubtless say that you would bury him
in decency. But l ask, where? Not in town
for you could not get 10 land il il WINS known
that man on board had just died Of Cholera
And il you were q passenger on board, how long
would you be willing to have j, remain on the
boat! Now rs Captain or passenger suppose
you would &c. rid OF |, as soon as possible; ,hs
fact 10, this must be done or the boat loses hei
passengers, and to bury him in wilderness, he
never would be found cxcep, by wild beasts and
to throw him over board is not only inhuman bu
Unable. Now wha. would you do! | answer
rs he has done. think people ought to be q
little careful in their circumstances agains,
steamboats,, for what would this place be if there
were no boats 10 stop here. There 10 q better
st OF Boatmen now on the river than since lii
lire: navigation. hope the people Of this place
will think more seriously and talk more reason.
able. Tits think fortunate thing for the place
that the boat did no, stop here FOR understand
there was IN action ngains, her, and what would
you have got! A bad name from one end Of
this mighty stream 10 the other. Boatmen have
great influence over passengers and emigrnnis
aud the real loss would be on the part Of the
town. What say you Mr. Gazette! 1.-THE Cap
tain Of steamboat docs wrong there are passen-
gers who arc better acquainted with the wrong
than any one not knowing the circumstances,
his hands and officers would soon desert him N
lost 10 humanity. | hopo the city will dcsis,
from her wontci operations against her and tina,
tho intelligence OF snch process against the
boat will no, reach her and friendship remain
between the two as heretofore.
ULYSSES.
As our correspondent, is brief we publish
tho whole Of his communication, aud rs he
presumes to answer his questions tor US,
We assume the liberty Of ohjecsing to his
replies and answering for oursclf. In re.
ply TO the first question; had VIC been com
mander Of that boat we would have taken
the corpse TO his brother at Galcna were il
possible for haman being to accomplish
such an undertaking, and il not, then We
should have purchased spade while n, this
landing, buried him on IN island above,
marked the grave aud acquainted his broth
er with the facts Immediately upon landing
in Galcna. And this is tho course, VIC
venture 10 say, that my other captain in
the Upper Mississippi trade would have
pursued. We have no acquaintance with
Capt. Able, but wo know sufficient Of all
other Commanders Of boats in this trade,
10 hazard the remark Tint no one of them
woald have been guilty Of such M Outrage
for such we must still esteem il.
In reply 10 the second question, how long
VIC would have been willing to have ,la,
corpse remain on board; tho man who
would have objected 10 allowing it remain
on board few hours longer ,ha, j, might
be delivered into the hands Of his brother,
has heart more callons to tho ties Of kim
drcd, than We we'll know how 10 conceive.
In respect TO throwing corpse overheard
or leaving il to be dcvourcd by wild boasts,
that is oil nero verbisgc.
We acknowledge weekly the kindness
and gentlcmanly conduct Of tho steamboat
officers IN our trade, therefore, can readily
endorse the sentiment Of there being n bet
Ter set Of boatmen on the river now than al
any previous time, aud il is from the :aci
Of the nc, being perpc,ra.cd by one Of them
that has made ]. appear 10 US 70 ou,ra-
gcous.
In reply to the last question propoundod,
we say just the reverse Of our correspon-
dent. lssne the process, attach tho boa,
80 soon ns she lands nj our whsrf and teach
her officers TINT they cannot infringe upon
the rights Of others, the proprc,ics Of so.
ciety, common deccncy itaelf, without in
curing penalty.
FivE-fRANc PIECES Of American manu-
tacturo arc said 10 be in circulation IN tho
lower part Of this State. As the moral at-
mosphcrc is ienscr there il is possible they
may not rse higher, but still i, 10 we'll 10
examine before receiving tho coin Of tina,
denomination. Although the Americans
arc more skillul than tho French in the
manufacture Of such things, yc, in this 10.
stance from the largo quantity Of alloy the
former use, tho French coin is preferable.
DROWNED. james Grimes, miller,
from navf0n 0hio Was drnwrnl 1. - Co.