Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-01-07
Our IOWA City Correspondence. -1Business
In Iowa City --PFospects. fOiitics etc.

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on hand. 1t is always welcome IN
this meridian. May its glory never
depart, nor its shadow grow less
Iowa City has a large amount Of bust
ness the past season, considering the
times. Thousands Of hogs have been
shipped from this point this winter, be-
sides any amount oiwheat at good prices
IN fact ranging at times aboveChlcago
rates and plenty of eastern funds was
found to pay with. In fact one would
hardly know. jndgng from our flush
times, that the country had been
affected with financial crash a. all
4 large number Of first class business
! houses have been erected during the
past season, among which is brick
block by your former fellow citizen T..
/ w. Wheeler, occupied IN part by the
| Branch Benk, an institution which is
circulating the ncedful among our citi-
zcns with an dnsparing hand. 1t has
already won the public confidence, the
known integrity Of its chief officer, +.
Clark, Esq, and his great business
| qualifications being the. Branch Bank
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few Idle hands in Iowa City. Every
! body seems to be doing something,
and there is, perhaps, no place in Iowa,
q the same population, which has SO
/ little suffering among her poor classes
The poor are working on the Railroad,
) miles Of this, III Iowa county and
/ also beyond IT, al in Powcshick county.
The probabilities now are that next
( SIMMER largo force will be placed
on the route between Iowa City and
I the points above mentioned when We
/ will have railroad - miles beyond
Iowa City, n a short tlac.
Such men As Dnrant aua Dye viii
lo t. # within tLe VERGE of human
nossiL.itv. These other consider
atoms Will no doubt induce \ large
emirr ..ion OF business men to Iowa
( CITY aud Johnson colnty the coming
/ SDriaa SlH we annot disonisc the
fact, that the people OF Iowa have
become sat-. lied that nothing but a
change in the affairs OF our State
Government. can restore Iowa 70 the
tide of prosperity and the confidence
of her friends abroad. It is true thu
the republicans beat us in the last
campaign, but we will give them a
lex backwards that will tell in the
next. You can see discomfort and dis
satisfaction manifested by the people in
every nook and corner Of the State, and
the deep settled conviction that Iowa
only hope is in a return TO Democrat
ic principles and Democratic measures.
see that Sir. Talnare. one of the
refined and ecntiemanv editors of the
Democrat. has bocn refused the priya-
lige of reporting the proceedings Of
the Davenport C1tv Council This II
my opinion. is the hiolest complimen,
they could have paid 10 him com;no
AS it does from a body who are restrain
ed alone from plunderine the treasury.
by one of JUDGE Grants never fail;no
sticking plasters. For his in;unctions
the neop,c Of Davennort owe that
noble old spartan a las,ino debt y,
Gratitude.
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ocr.,;c Nat;o,., Aln;,;..;
before tho convention uh;ah
ted lanes R,cb.nan NO.
al conversation with ono 90 -, az.
he declared 70 mo ,b.t &c III ~,
James Buchanan wac bic g., oho;
and tbouobont tho sovoro o.,,.o; :,
SO the influence of,ho Dsnao.l..t
,owo,f,l w.s oxo..al :: :.
From i h,s administration :
cd a beartv and rra;.;do1 s.
Far mv.elf horn ~ ,hoao. frc' y
claims !; i'm ~ all hou
ocrat from NV birth how a,.o :
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