Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-06-05

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si6ssh 64 4asip the iscent festival
ocexsio6 e(yS the following .aecount Of
the 6sut tip msds ~ : locomotive On
this continent:
"When wss it, Who was i'll And
who awakened its energies and directed
its movsmeutsf It wa in the year
1928, on the banks Of the Lackswaxeo,
vt the commencement of the railroad
connecting the canal of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company with their
coal mines-and he who addresses you
vas the only person on that locomotive.
The circumstances which led to my be-
ing alone OIL the engine were these !:
The road had been built in the.summer :;
the structure was Of hemlock timber, and
rails Of large dimensions notcbed on
caps placed far apart. The timber had
cracked and warped from exposure to
the sun. After about 800 feet of
straight line, the road crossed the Lack
AWAKEN creek on trestle work about 80
feet high, with q curve of 355 to 400
feet radius. The impression was very
general that this iron monster would
either break down the road or it would
leave the track at the curve and plunge
into the creek. My reply to such app1e-
tensions was that it was too late to con.
slider the probability Of such occur
rences there was no other course than
to have the trial made of the strange
animal, which had been brought here at
great expense; but that it was not
necessary that more than one should be
involved in its fate; that / would take
the first ride alone, aud the time would
come when l should look back to the in
cident with great interest. As placed
my hand on the throttle valve handle, l
was undecided whether should move
slowly or with fair degree of speed ;
but believing that the road would prove
safe, and pretering, if we did go down,
to 60 handsomely, and without any evil
dence of timidity, | started with consid
cradle velocity, passed the curve over
the creek safely, and was soon out Of
hearing of the vast assemblage. At the
end Of two or three miles, l reversed the
valve and returned without accident to
the place Of landing, having thus made
the first railroad trip by locomotive on
the Western hemisphere
LincOlnss Boots.
The Chicago Times is moving Lincoln's
boots. 1t Gays when in Congress he
thought he would make shine, fash.
ionabIe boots were high, even at figure
rather above the Springfield rates. At
ter studying the case for long time, he
worked out how he could supply himself
with boots; and vet not pay for them out
Of his pocket. He first thought Of de-
livering lecture, but no one could be
found who would come down with the
5000. lie then thought Of making
speeches and charging twenty-five cents
head just as he did recently in New
England, but he could not get persons
to come to hear him. In this extremity
his futile genius suggested that be would
buy the boots and have them paid tor
out Of the public money. He, therefore,
ordered pair at eight dollars; they
we're sent up, by Abe's orders, to the
stationary clerk ef the capitol, and Abe
drew them as stationery. At the next
session he drew another pair Of boots in
the same manner-they being paid for
out Of the public money. When he was
leaving for home-quitting Congress, he
ordered an extra fine pair at NINE DOL
LAPS, and they were boxed up with his
books, aud ranked to "Hon. Abraham
Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois,
The record Of this boot transaction
stands thus on the books of the Clerk
of the House of Representatives, and in
his vouchers in the treasury at Wash
ington:
"Hon. Abraham Lincoln:
Three pair OF boots. $A
The idea that "this government can
not permanently endure half free and
half slave" when members of Congress
can provide themselves with boots
NINE DOLLAR Boors,-at the expense
Of the people, is preposterous. Just
think of Honest Abe" having his boot.
sent up to the capitol to be drawn out
by him as stationery" Just think Of
the simplicity of the honest man, who
taxed the people to pay for his boots
when he was drawing eight dollars per
day and milage.
Another Irish Exodus.
The emigration from ireland this seas.
on promises to be the larges: that has
taken place since 1857. The numbers
that are arriving by the Galway and
other lines show that the movement ia
almost the character of a pan
ic. Considering the favorable accounts
tina: We have been receiving for some
time past of the prospects of the Irish Ia
borers At home, it is difficult to explain
the fresh start which emigration has Ia
ken in this direction. That there has
been great deal Of destitution in Con-
naught and in some portions Of the
South we know by the reports thst have
lately reached us; but these localities
are periodically visited by distress, aud a
depressed condition OF things there
would not account for the general char