Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-10-17
STATE lTE MS.

STATE ITEMS.
The Muscatine Herald (Rep.)
thus lectures some of it's Republican
friends for voting for Democratic
candidates:
Against the gentlemen who
have been elected we have nothing
to say personally. Whatever may
be their merits, we had men at least
equally as deserving and competent
On our side. Messrs. Thayer, Lucas
and Gordon have won for them
selves highly fattering expression
Of personal esteem from our Repub
lican friends. We accord them that
admiration which always belongs
to success, but we could desire that
Republicans would have chosen a
slightly less suicidal mode ofexpress-
ing their esteem for these gentlemen.
This has been a mistake on your
part, fellow Republicans, and when
you come next fall to fight in very
important election, against a power
of your own raising up, you will see
it. AS it is now, you will just have
to fight the harder then, and see
that you do not repeat such a dose
to your straight out Republican
friends.
TIE free bridge at Iowa City will
be finished for teams by the first Of
next month.
Mr.. RICHARD MYARs-otherwise
known as Lick"-one of the oldest
and most faithful employees of the
Western Stage Company, got "le~ve
of absence" on Election Day, and
came out with a 'buss and six horse
team, in tip-top style, to do yeo-
mans service for his party and his
friends.
We are well assured he did eff
cient duty, stuck to his post the
live-long day, and if he didn't bring
up quite Democratic voters enough,
it is only because he couldn't find
them to bring. Pass him round as
an honest, working Democrat.
EF- Onchard-fsted, ,oorking Demo
Graf like Myers, is worth a hundred
talking leaders. His example is one
to he cmulated.-ED.
CENSUS OF IowA.-A census of
the State Of Iowa has just been COM
plcted, according to which the popu-
lation of the State is 633,549, Of
which 332,sO6 arc males, and 3OO,>
.43 females. There are l3G,457 lc-
gal voters in the State. There are
3,lO9,436 acres Of improved land, and
7,335,G57 unimproved,
PnoIIFIc.-Mr. Bidwcll, postmas-
ter at Brighton, in this county, sends
us a stalk of corn raised by Solomon
letters, of Clay township, Oh which
are six perfect ears, all Of good size,
and are the product of one single
grain. This is a pretty good sam
pie of what Iowa soil can do in the
way of getting UP corn Washing
ton Press.
ELoCUTIoNARY.-Prof. Griffith, Of
Davenport, opened a series of ora
torica; lessons with class at the
College in this place on Monday eve-
ming last, Mr.. G. has q reputation |
for being a fine reader and good ell |
and we are pleased to |
learn that his services have been So
cured by the students and others,
who will, we feel assured, find him
able to fulfil all his promises in this,
the most important Of oil rhetorical |
arts Washington Press.
RETRosPECTIvE.-Well, the bat
tie is over-the dense smoke has
lifted itself, and we are able to know
who are the victors and who among
the slain = sorrowfully among the
latter do we recognize the Inca
nents of the gallant Mahony. From
earliest life he has stood in the
ranks - now he has
borne aloft the banner in Legisla-
i've halls, anon in county, and al
ways where the fight was thickest.
Not merely was he a veteran, scar
ed in a hundred battles, but never
has there been found q man mean
enough to question his fame, or to
,harge aught against his honesty
But he fell-he, the honest old vet
ran; the grey standard-bearer of
Democracy-fell, not in . fair fight
With an honorable foe, but stabbed
n the back by pretended friends-
Cain, Heath, and Hayden. Gal
antly fighting this opposition he fell
truck to the earth by assassins who
Jared not face their victim-struck
" men who were unworthy to nm.
Dose the sslatchets Of his shooe."-
Dubuque Hevnld.