Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-18

with fine display. Thirteen guns will bt
fred at day break. and thirteen at sunset Ths
City Artillery. the Davenport Guards. the
this city and Rock Island will parade together
through the principal streets of this city and
Rock Island. The line will be formed on the
lsvee, at Q o'clock, A. NJ, the right resting on
Brady street We trust they may have fine
time, and pleasant weather.
FIRE, FIRE, FIRE The Lamar Fire
Insurance Company Of New York city through
John L. Swits, it's agent in this city, yesterday
paid Franklin Wood 81 900. being the amount
insured 10 that company on his stock Of con-
feetionery and fancy goods destroyed by FIRE
Jan. 2lst, ult
TIE promptness and fairness with which
losses are adjusted and paid by this company is
the best testimony Of its responsibility and OF
the integrity of its officers
THE APPROACHING CIrY ELEcrroS.-
Though We are about on the eve of another
city election, it's approach ha. not been pre-
ceded 10y those usual announcement Of q
willingness to serve the country which seems
at certain periods, 10 attack whole hosts OF
worthy men, like the influenza in a raw win
ter. Not a single Advertisement in the Gazette
has informed the Helpers" of this city-tha.
Mr. A. or Mr.. 3 was willing to immediate him
self upon the alter Of his country, If the Re-
publican Con vention should desirs the sacri>
fice This state Of facts leads us to this con-
cusion Either the nature of the Republi.
cans has suddenly changed, or the city has
become poor that the;pickings and setalings
have got to be Of no more account than Bob
Littler. Although it is humilia,ing to confess
it, we avow our belief that the latter is the
case When offices are desirable, what shifts are
made 20 obtain the il We once heard Of q
poor chicken, who in order to obtain he cap.
his patronymic, and exhibited as proof of his
Irish birth letter addressed to some one Of
his name stamped with the Dublin post mark;
that was to get u military office; 20 get civil
J
to be born again in Germany. and if
any office in this city promised fair harvest,
we would doubtless see etaunch Know Moth,
ngs, exploring Dutchtown, jabbering broken
ously enquiring the latest news from the rater
land Now when W. are down in the dust,
offices 90 begging" In these wretched
times We have nothing to but ponder the past
last three years has . moral, it were certainly
blind, wrong wilfully wrong, in US, not to
profit by it. We see the moral and it is this,
cease man vorship This city become involved
in debt, bankrupt and undone. through it's
worship Of George b. Sargent and Ebenezer
Cook In 1851, our debt was nothing, our
credit was great; after three years worship
OF the Golden calves, our credit is nothing, our
debt is great. In 1857 Geo. 3. Sargent was
chosen Mayor Of this city by large ma jority,
what particular merit Sargent ever had We
have never been able to ascertain, and yet the
opinion is fast gaining ground that hsis by far
however, has but liitls to do with adoretion.-
The nativ,s Of India worship blocks and
ston es, and their white brethren on the west
side OF the Mississippi exhibit but little more
taste in the selection of the objects of their al
Grafton So wild were the people Of this city
in their devotion to Sargent, that one OF the
small fry, Add Sanders, actually hoasted in
the columns Of hi. paper, that he lived at
Geo Sargeats rear" When Sargent, desir-
ing to improve his own property, directed the
city to run in debt far beyond lis means the
people said Amen" " ith q loud voice. and in
debt we soon were up to our necks. The city
debt by the end Of the year had becSYe an
object to be nursed and he the control Of the
city funds, with commissions for paying inter
est &c dc. .ltc., became quite profitable item
quite too choice tit bit to pass out OF the
family-so Mr. Ebenezer Cook determined to
be his partners successor. 1t was but an
easy transition from God Sargent to God Cook
and the people elected their second divinity to
put the finishing touch upon the job commenced
bp the first Eb. Cook, if report speaks trnely.
has put on the finishing strokes. We know
that the Finance Committee say that the books
are call right" so did the books Of Scnuy Ter in
Wall stree, appear to be until they we're exam
ined with the most rigid d..scruti v. Entries are
easily made Pen and ink can balance any.
thing 1t is not what csty's books show, but
what do the holders Of the coupons show ? If
everything is "all right" why lie the city sued
for interest There is a colored person in the
woodpile SOM where and he must come out -
Tell Us not that it is ''all right" Messrs. Com
mitteemen until you have shown why tba:
suit is still pending The man worshipping
Gasetse will say. Mr.. Cook eo"ldm't, no he
couldn't do any thing wrong. Just as in Eng
land, they ssy the King can do mo wrong
Those who have gotten over man worshirping
consider that what Sir John Dean Paul did,
what Robert Schuyler did. what Joel A Mat
tersUn did. - that other might do. The
day has gone by when the shadow Of q name
can terrify the people INTO silence
Mr.. Hiram Price, the new mayor, is q man
of vigorous intellect, and when not blinded by
bigotry and prejudice, disposed to be fair, hon
est and trustworthy. He is emphaticallv a
man Of bu siness, ard can, If he chooses, make
his mark in the council. We think him above
the ordinary ccrruptions Of petty placen.sn,
and he is in better pecuniary condition than
Eb. Cook has been for the past two years-he
has fever feUnntafiona ia nisannlr mill.