The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-08-11
DusueuE, Aug. 9th, 1859.


LeClaire is going ahead with increased
energy and rapidity. Lots are daily chang
ing hands and always at an increased price.
The new Touring Mill. belonging to A. II.
Davenport & Co., will 60 into operation in
two or three weeks, when new and SEN
sible impetus viii be given to every branch
. of business. Some fifty houses are now be-
ing built and contracts for as many more
entered into, to be built this season.
On Thursday morning last took the New
ST. Paul for Galena and found on board this
noble steamer her usual number Of passen.
gers, all happy with smiling faces At their
good fortune in becoming inmates, though
for brief time, Of this safe, speedy, and
well conducted floating palace" Capt.
Bissell is quiet, gentlemanly, efficient
commander and the clerk-what shall say
of the clerk!
.That auld cApdroas carlen-nasure,
To make amends for scrmpet stature,
Has cast" him .on human creature
4 On her first plan.
But in her freaks on every feature,
Has writ the man.
/ | have not been above Cordovia, Ills,
since ls4l. Camanche, Lyons, Sabula and
Bellevue, are all quite flourishing towns and
bound to 60 ahead of towns OF similar size
on the Illinois side of the river. could
give nv reasons for this beliefwould the limits
Of this sheet permit.
Just after dark we arrived at the mouth of
the little crooked Galena river, or rather,
4 canal, or rather yet creek, and such ringing
OF the engineers bell no mortal ever heard
before, for some three hours, that being
about the time it occupied to get up to the
CITY of lead. Now lick back and now tw Q
ticks ahead The pilot did his duty, his
whole duty. The night was dark and with
a heavy ladened barge in tow, | only wonder
that we got upat all.
/ Next morning found our steamer safely
cabled to the wharf between two bridges
that span this little eurrentless brook /
made my way early to the stage office to
secure a sea, in the Dubuque stage, no boat
being up for that city and the stage being
the only alternative.
NV short stay in Ga,ena deprived me of
the pleasure Of looking at her curiosities, her
improvements, and forming some opinion Of
her future prospects. left at 4 past 7
A. NJ in the stage for Dubuque in company
with two estmable ladies', each the mother
of a beautiful boy OF years age, two maid
servants, two gentlemen and barber.
We ascended at the start long, rough,
steep hill, on many places Of which houses
stood upon the very brink of precipices of a
giddy height, and others almost covered with
the contents ofrecent grading, lots standing
upon their ends as il prepared to take last
leap into the little pure, gurgling brook that
4 washed their base.
/ What money and what labor has been
expended 10 make streets not more than
possable in this city of hills. Who knows
i now that all her wealth, all her cherished
i hopes Of greatness, may not soon be absorb
ed and transferred 10 the giant young city of
} Dubuque!
j In the vicinity Of Galena are many beau
/ tifu and comfortable residences, highly or
namented with shrubbery, trees, &c, PROV
! ing that many gentlemen of taste are here.
4 A plank road extends some miles out Of
the city in the direction Of Dubuque, after
leaving which road ':comes the tug Of war;"
On arriving at the foot of the first formidable
Hill the driver politely invited all the "male
passengers to get out and walk up the hill. I"
To this request pleaded mon est factum."
I That was, in fact" did not chose to walk. ;"
T He insisted, after all the "males" had got
out, save the two little year old boys and
myself, but could not be convinced that to
one who weighs over 200 it would be more
agreeable and safe to walk up so long, Sc
high, 50 rough a hill, than sit quietly seated
in the presence Of two intelligent ladies, and
! then too vertical sun was darting his
warmest rays on all around. The ladies'
much to my qualification, and the drivers
modification, demonstrated in gentle words
+ TO the large, though not uncourteous, driver,
when he shut the door, mounted his seat,
cracked his whip and drove off at the railroad
! speed Of at least mile to the hour
After many ups and downs, we at length
arrived in safety and good humor at the door
of the City Hotel in the very heart Of the
beautiful young city Of Dubuque. This ex-
cellent House is kept by Mr.. Hewett, who
originally hailed from the cold Dominion"
which is Q sure guarantee ofgood living and
civil treatment We all stopped at this
wei! kept House, where we have comfortable
well furnished rooms, and a table supplied
with every delicacy, among which, and not
the least acceptable, are quail and grouse in
abundance. Wehave all agreed that should
any Of US visit Dubuque again not to forget
friend Hewett.
] It now only remains to me to say some
thing about Dubuque. In 1914 attended
the land sales for our District in this small
village, then numbering scarce thousand
inhabitants, since which time, till Yesterday.