Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-01-09

The sOllowing is from the Lyons City Id
sseass. u The "a inst:
We learn that one Of our citizens was
charged tseivs PEI es~s. in Davenport for
exchange on Chicago in place Of Florence
bank bills, and THE too ct the house Of
Cook 4 Sargent, the fathers OF the bank OF
Florence. No such price as this was de-
manded 10 Davenport Ut first, before the
pesple allowed themselves to get entirely
It the mercy of the shinplaster dealers.-
At first they could get any kind Of accom-.
modations for Florence" and "Burrows 4
Prettyman," but the tune Is changed now.
They are reaping the full benefits now Of
shinplastAr currency. and those secommO-
dating gentlemen who have forced it upon
them, are setting back upon their dignity
and pocketing fpeipe per cent upon q cur
rency which they have time and again assu-
red the people was as good as gold. The
only object . broker has in getting bad
money afoat il that he may be enabled to
buy it up afterwards At a discount. That
is their legitimate business and the people
who who will help them to do it ought to
suffer-
We quote from the Museatne Journal of
the Cd inst.
Tanning the "Wild Cats''-Voice Of the
People and the Press
There 10 general feeling of hostility in
this State and in Illinois against the vari
Gus species Of wild cat currency or Nebras
IA 'shinplasters We observe in the Chicago
Tribune, Of the Sit, a circular signed by
eighty-thyse business firms of that city,
which recommends all merchants and far
mers to hold their goods and products, and
not exchange them for what parpOrts to be
money. but in reality is of no more value
than the paper on which it is printed
The Tribune also publishes letters and
extracts from various papers of the North
west, which speak with one voice against
the entire menagerie Of Untamcd felines.
The Davenport Democrat deals another
home thrust with deadly purposes at the
'vermint' which Cook d Sargent are exhib-
iting for the purpose Of swindling the peo-
pie Of this region out Of their money. In its
issue Of the 3lst, we find manly leader of
more than q column in length denouncing
the imposition upon that community by the
circulation Of Florence
TheaGdzette Of the same date. on the 9TH
or hand, exhibits its servility by attempting a
defence Of Florence and Burrows d Pretty
mans checks. boasting that they have been
the means Of enivening business there, and
of 'skinning' the Muscatine merchants of
their country trade. How does this tally
with the declarations of the same paper
made q month or two ago, that Cook 4 Sar-
gent were anxious to retire Florence, and
that il would be very soon wholly with
drawn from circulation Why retire it, if
it is of such vast benefit to the trade of the
place7
FLoRENCE ON THE RAILRoAD.-As we have
been for some time expecting, the NJ 4 NJ.
r. X. Co. has commenced handling Florence
paper with caution. preparatory to refusing
it altogether. We learn that it - now re-
ceived fop. freight and passage on the
line of the road ONLY, and no change
returned. Heretofore, it was goo3 for fare
to any point between Iowa and New York.
A friend who left Iowa City yesterday,
states that he saw n man offer 50 Florence
bill to pay his fare to Davenport, which the
ticket agent refused unless the man would
forego the 80 cents due him as change. So
it goes! In a very short time the cat will
have to yield even its ninth lfe.-Muscatins
Jonrnoi