The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-05-28

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CITY az DAVENPORT:
THURSDAY. .................-....,x May y. 1881.
Tbs o. Leats Republican and \. !. Bridge.
The St. Louis Republican has a, les, con.
tescsnded to publish.net reply to the Gn'
1stte article 10 reference 10 the bridge, 10
which we called It's slten,ion, but an e.say
on the influence OF winds and currents in
the steering of steamboats,, &c, a pleasant
essay which though good and sensible
enough IN itself, we can scsreely recognize
o. having much 10 do with the subiec, under
discussion This article commences wi,h
refreshing cheerfulness by s,igmatzing the
Davenport Gazette a. :" hired and deter
m ned supporter o, the bridge nuisance a.
Rock Island" u this language be ef'.ciiyr
either IN soothing the irritah it'y 1T the vdl
tors OF the Republican o. ii strengthening
IL position as All enemy OF Tie bridge, 81
have no objection to Il ye' Sc may bc a..
lowed 10 utter mild pr0ter' sgsInst thr
word hired 10 lie apple i,i1H u the Gazette
in this connection, 4 delerntssd supporter
" the Rock Island bridge, tIic Republican
has had OCCASION more than nace 10 acknoN.
ledge the Gazette, and the acknowledgment,
now 10 perhaps slight to whs, il sllail 81
Jeel 10 due this paper, however fee ~ the
obiigaton may be expressed but that d.
rectly or indirectly the Gazette has been
aired 10 uphold interests Of The hiph.s, in-
portance 10 this community BY lighting Tor
this bridge. and repsiing anu exposing the
thousands OF infamous islsehon1. propogat-
cd BY its enemies, we moe, emphsticall,
deny. Such denial - not .Y.ired where
the Gssstte and its publishers are KNOWN
no. do we know that IL will have sny efe c,
where We are not known. As To that, we ere
perfectly Indifferent. But We respectfully
sugsest to the Republican. that ii woulJ
perhsps be well to take .ur word on tho
subject. and letting Us and our motives
alone. endeavor to reply TO our facts. figures
and Tsasonings. II has not yet copied d
single article from the Gsseue in defence
OF THE bridge, Tor sent Us q single copy ci
ito paper containing attacks upon the bridge
and animsdversions against us.
1.-the Republicans last article contained
any Saess OF pretended facts calculated tc
prove THE bridge q serious obstruction q
navigation, We should repubish il 80 tho,
no charge OF uniairness nigh, be made
against us Blu, after INDUCING in he ami
able allusion 20 the Gazette slrcaay notice..
the Republican speaks of the 0sxe,,e's
''slanderous attack upon the Mississippi
river pilots" 10 pronouncing il either ignUr-
snce. csrelessness or mal.ciou. design Oh
sseir part, in permitting boais under their
charge 10 strike the piers OF the bridge. -
We said THE must have been the case II,
certain instances ~1ich came under Oh,
notice, at the srme time admitting accidents
might occur At this bridge. As ., other place.
On the river. where no skill! of the pi,o,
could prevent their happening Blu, when
We notice some hive or elk hundred passages
OF THE bridge made IN entire safety, in nil
stages Of tn river. at oil hours OF the nigh,
- we'll as day, and Ia times ~ storm a.
well % cain, are We not justified In impu,.
sng either Error OF design on the par, Of the
iour or i've pilots who have permitted fA.ir
boats IN this Interval TO strike the tsers Of
the bridge such are the facts Cat o.
some hve Or ak hundred passages made by
boats, probsbly no, six Of tue number have
struck the piers. Why ,eas /, the pi lots o,
these lea boats met with accident, and the
pilots os the other five or sis hundred were
successful :
The Republican argues that 40 tso boat.
steer or handle exactly ahAc-e.en IN,
same boat will handle differently at differ
ent times-pio,s are continually changing
boats-winds affect The boz, the wind.
here are particularly subject tu aaMs, 81
Admiited--and admitted Hoasease /, is a,
objections 10 the safe navigation OF Thu
bridge. |, has been pretended but in one
case. that boats striking the piers was
occssioned by the wind Tha, was the
Rescue. which narrowly escaped sink,np
BY the wind before che reaehe1 the bridge
and whose commander should never have
sensnfed INTO the open rivei. = IN 40 deeply
laden q boat in suth hurricane Why, ,he
only newspaper opponcn, ~ The bridge IN
the region. mskes il his strong arsumeu "a
against the bridge In the CO. I ,liese ace,
dehts, that they happened "a. n the wina
could In ~ manner have 4 auenced the
boats AZ regards the diii rence in the
handling Of dill rent boats !. night reason-
ably be supposed pilots after running Z lev
hupdfsds Of miles befvre rsachins the
bridge, might become somewi n accustomed
% the peculiar s,eerage Of der boats. Al
oil events, ahy should only fsur, 6se or half
dessn boats, strike the per. GU Of the
hundreds psssing between thsml Tn, re-
hss been no complaint Of br 4ksge Of ma
ehlncry, Of i'll setisn on th- par, az ma
shins'y, tiller ropes Or rudd 2. IL mus,
shsn have been the fault ei the pilots. O.
ohsis "ill.lsek." as the Repub can a.eribe.
he escape Of the hundreds o. boats safely
nasigsting the bridge +" ies. % .k,ll Than
good luck Such uniuck, pilot. .huuls
not b entrusted with The charge OF live,
and valuable properly. Probably the rub
liz should know their nance. - az 10 avid
eueh unluciy folks. This IS the whole Q,
of the Aspaoiican's article, and il doe. mo-,
6oeerve half the notice We have given 4,
1sslly II 90 lsr0s a. enemy Of the bridge
. The Missouri Republican .annot eoneoct
eeneshing more formidable 'aan il has yct
published sgsiu-t tins structure, the public
osss believe the bridge no, 20 great moi
- nee a last.
usaH clays District.
The Democratic Congressional Copyep.
lion Tor the Ashland Dis,.sc,, Ken,ucky
0et q cynthiana on Friday lest and nom
oated Hon. james B. Clay. Of Ashland. lur
Coaessss. By exclamation Mr. Clay IA.