The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-01-07
IOWA CITY cErEsRATleN

"A uout y O'CLOCK on iANfasaf AtSi Aii's 80
ears iea Davenpor, fer lows CITY laden
8 wgh rentieGcn ami ladies' iron. this saty
Rork Island, Chicago and farthereast. The
msscury. stood 5; IS dogs below zero esriS
In the r.oraiae, but this did rot proven, the
invited saests, fnm ssai,iag themselves Of
he hospitality e Aieading b. their friends IN
Iowa CITY ana uniting in the exoursion 70
that city. The cars were romforiablS
warmed aad aihou, accident MADE lie
transit in the tine specified reaching NE
.ss ssaus / X o'ciock. THE junction an
additional csF flied with Peo?ie tsaia Aus
Satine was taken inio 'he train. making ses.
"a passenger cars, al t1iit1, The tap bon
West Liberty 10 Iowa CITY was performed
very Slowly. the tracs beng ienf"tor,s
rid p-s.ioa ol,le asy and YET quite rough
A, lows Civ We were welcomed by the a.
r;ss o! tbs cannon aud shouts OF the ciii-
ssps hundreds OF whom, notwithstanding
the extr~ me severity Of the weather, G,e
the cars ssonta ha lt-nl.le out and followed
them into tie city. Vehicles of every de-
serip,ion we're brought into r,quisition. but
ds,e all. the men generally however, pre-
ierring 10 walk. A procession WIS formed
and in company with three bands Of musie.
the nearest route TO the State House was
pursued,
We remember to have read IN our young
er days in the verilable Life OF Baron Mum
caausen. OF the stage driver who blew
upon bis horn, but the extreme cold troge
up the sound as tasi as il entered the instru-
ineni, so that il made no noise. bat when
he hung the horn up by the ire so soon as i
began to thsw, The notes rolled out besuti-
fully! We have always mad a disposition to
doubt the statement until on The present
occasion, when We saw at least portion of
il verified. Before the brass band reached
the Capitol their breath had so condensed
and frozen in their instruments tha, ,hey
had TO cease playing and arrived 81 that
building they had TO ihss them out before
they couid. use them.
Al the State House the guests assembled
n the Representatives Hall and were vel.
coined by Letirand Byinglon. President Of
she day, n 81 spprc pirate and witty speech,
which vas responded TO by DR. Maxwell. Of
Chicago, in an effort equally happy The
guests then proceeded 10 the houses sever
ally assigned them, To meet again 81 The
firing Of the cannon in The evening.
AT SIX o'riock @e left thu residence u
Prof IozSsos, whose kind invitation We
tad accepted 10 make his house our home
while II the city. and eat 10 thu Capitol.
That building. as indeed al OF the houses
surrounding the square on which il is situs-
ted, were in blaze Of light. being iilumins.
red from turrei TO foundation stone
II the Senate Chamber eight tables were
spreao, sufficient 10 accommodate neari, FIVE
hnndree persons, ard crowded with The
ehoicest siaRds. In the centre of each tnw.
cred up pyramidal cake, rom three to four
re: riyh, iced aad covered with devices
Easi. o. THESE cakes, re would remark,
.ssrf cut during The repas, and every laay
snd gentleman allowed to psr!ake Of them.
We earnot SPECIFY Tue contents ofthase IL.
v-es, nat re never SAT down 10 any mere
Ffeiliy cf pFriaseiy furnished After 8 ssr-
end End third table had seen filled, eaongh
% re kspstsa!i2ls gere lefi 70 have fed y
sae poor n Iowa City. and sufficient con.
dictionary = have made every child there
asP7y- We hsge understood thar IBIS sup.
per was gptsenup exclusively by the ladies'
o. iowa CITY, ana 70 them belongs the en-
tiFe credit, and much praise truly they de-
rsF lof iheiF exertions, as more splendid
analr has never come off IN our State.
30 soon as the guests were seated at the
n'si table, the lively notes of the violin be.
2sn 70 sound in the Representatives Han.
which was soon ali alive with the merry
dancers Who, we learn. kept il pp until 2
O'Clock next morning. About 10 osclock
alter ailhad partaken of the supper, as many
~ could assembled in th e Senate cbs,bar
10 listen TO the toasts and speeches. Some
seven or eight regular toasts were read
winch were responded to by Messrs. Div
ogden, Judd, Boone, Maxwell, Gran. and
Dillon After which Tie irregular toasts
were read aud responded 10 ia ex,empore
speeches, which constituted the more pleas.
ing texture Of the entertainment Fsugued
we zen about o'clock and .ong before the
speaking bad conc luded.
Inc next morning aboat bal past 10 o,clk
she care irft the Capital for Dayepoort
where we arrived IN sa Cety about stz O'Clock
81 seiipieased " ,h onr jaunt and aatteriny
ourselves that We should be enabled 10 g,aet
oar Iowa City friends before the termina,;o,
the year upon - 4ich re haze en,e,ad
with similar celebration.
tAFAciTY or THE EsIg R4uEaso ron
fRf'csT.- The closing Of navigation has
eel The N J Journal Of Commerce to cal.
eoiatin2 'ie capscity of the Erie Railroad