Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-24
DAVENPORT, IOWA SATURDAY MORNING MARCH a. $780,
M. PACE the Dou flor Nayor). and to him

/ Ma PACE lathe naa flor Mayor, and to him
the people Of Davenport look for it's rescu.
from present financial sn bara ssmenk- Gsxsese
We sincerely trust the republican conven.
tion ~iH nominate Mr. Price. for we think he
10 the easiest man to beat in the party. We do
not think, however that in view Of the cir.
cums,ances." Mr. Price will allow his name to
! 60 before the people % candidate fer Mayor
orany other Office His position on the iuteres,
question 10 too well known He would insis,
on the paymeat Of our interest 10 full, and that
is something our citizens do not propose at
tempting. 1t cannet be done.
PiKEs PEAKERs.-Several Of our citizens
started for Pixies Peak the pact week s.
Chsmberlin. W. H. Hewitt L. Mccoy. George
Chamberlin. Jas. II. Davenport. and . host Of
others left yesterdsy. That they may meet
with the success their enterprise and energy
deserve, and come home with their pockets full
Of "rocks," will be the prayer Of numerous
friends and acquaintances. l. $. Chsmberln,
Esq. will correspond regularly with the Regis
ter, and what he writes may be relied upon.
He is an old settler here and one who stands
high in the estimation Of our citizens-Le-
Claire Reyssser
DUST.-The subtle essence Of mala-
ria, with i,s insinuating power Of generating
III health, is nothing compared with the orien-
tai simoons and sand blasts which have visited
our city for few days past fierce gust of
air will lick up the pulverizsd mixture Of dirt
and dust from our streets, and bear the vii
lainous compound on the feetest wings into
stores and dwellings to the great disgust of
housewives and shopkeepers. and the damage
Of goods and fsrniture Your eyes ieel the un-
welcome visitant, and your ears are in pretty
much the same condition they would be If
they were filled with cotton. Ones appetite is
utterly ruined from carrying the heavy I'd of
dust. There is but one class Of citizens that
are benefited by this state of things. and that
class is saloon keepers The rush for liquids
to wash down the dust is tremendous and our
saloon men are rapidly acqu ring fortunes.
TIE ESCAPE OF JOHN ULAM.-Yes-
terdays Gazstte contains a communication
signed by Geo, E Hubbell, Esq which az
pears to have for it's object the removal of all
blame from M Thorington in allowing Ulam
to escape. Now, the truth OF the Il after is
that Thorington arrested Ulam and brought
him before Justice Mckown. making return
of the warrant. Ulsm asked permission to 90
ut and hunt up counsel. which request the jus
tice granted, placing the prisoner in Mr. Thor
ugton's charge. Uiam went to Hubbell, who
the prisoner should be kept safe. Ulam and
his attorney then went before McKown and
took change of venue to Justice Blood, into
whose charge Mr. Hubbeli says the papers and
prisoner were delivered MIR. Hutbell had
given his wcrd to the Sheriff that am should
be delivered into his custody, as soon as he
had finished consulting with him-at least Mr..
Ihorington says such was the understanding
Sir. IIubbel did not keep his word in this
respect, or the prisoner would have been
boarding with Mr.. Ackley. at his stone tavern
near the Court House. The delivering of the
prisoner into the hands OF the Justice was no,
the correct course to pursue. 1t is not the duty
of Justice TO take charge OF prisoners, and it
is the duty Of the Sheriff to do so. weto not
think Judge Dillon would he willing to assume
the responsibility of looking out for prisoners
brought before him for trial.
Mr. Thoington thinks Mr. Hubbell acted
very shabbily in thi. matter The communi.
cation in the Gazette was written without the
Sherff's knowledge or consent and it1is in NJ
wise endorsed by him.
The editor of the LIE Claire Reqistey
is getting his dander up, and speaks to his
patron. in a very plain manner Hear him :
To OUR PATRoNs.-Wh hen we spoke of starting
a paper in LIE Claire. hue and cry was made,
that it would not pay, that tn e people had no
confidence, dc, DC. So to obviaie the lack Of !
confidence, we determined to ask no man for
a dollar until it was due-not even for sub
Sci ption. We put $3.50 into the concern to |
pay expenses, paid our hands every Saturday
night from :13 to $50, while the money !astei, |
" hich with some little we got for Job work, |
carried us alorg pretty smoothly until the mid |
die Of January, when we we were left to sink |
or swim. No rerson seemed to care which and |
IN fact il was q matter Of indifference with US |
Oa due reflection, however, we concluded to |
keep it UP till spring ont OF our own resources
hoping business would then be be. ter. and |
we have done so Since that time We have not |
received FIVE dollars in cash. Our expenses |
are from ninety to one hundred dollars per |
month, consequently we must adopt some |
mode by which must at least get our mou- |
ev when due. The lack of confidence will be |
on our eide if We do not soon get material aid
Our bills will be made out to the fret Of April,
and if not paid the will be sued forth with; and |
no man will get the Register after that date
without paying for 1t in advance. We are de-
iermined hereafter to publish nothing gratis but
the notices Of deaths and marriages. All local
notices will be charged for at the rate of fifteen
cents per line. Our advertising rates will also |
be raised to correspond with other country
papera We have heretofore asked only $50 . |
column, while other weekly papers in the
S ate ge. SIS. To those merchants who have
kindly helped US along through the winter
We return our heartfelt thanks; and to those |
who withdrew their advertisements, "in q |
horn"
We think it about time the landholders were |
making move toward supporting q home pa
per. To the merchants. 60 far, we are in
debted for the assistance we have received
We have not received one single dollar from |
any prominent laDdholders since C ime here |
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