Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-06-15
DAVENPORT. IOWA. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE Is, 1850
From Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, June l3
The japanese spert the p. NJ visiting Gerard
College. Penitentiary, the circus. and other in
stitui,ons in detachni ent All we're very much
plessed with the sights.
II 10 stated that An assay was not made at
the mint this A. N. The japanese insisted
upon having whole Cobong sssayed. ard
gold. silver and copper given in seperate por-
uons. which the ecales are TO- delicate to ad
mt Of. The Superintendent proposed hat sew
eral be melted to-. ether, an . sample anslixed
This was objected to. A settlement may yet
be reached this evening. The japanese are
receiving v'eitore
The sui tjoined i. Mr.. Greeley's letter to Mr..
Seward:
Ngw YoRK, Nov. IL, 1854
Gov. SEWARD The election is over and its
rasu!ts sufficiently asce-tsinel 1t seems to
me fitting tim to announce to you the disso-
luton Of the political firm Of Seward, Weed d
Greedy. by the withdrawal Of the Junior part
ner-said Withdrawal to take effect on the
morning after the first Tuesday in February
next; and - 1t may seem q great presumption
in me to assume that any snch firm exists, es
pecialiy since tn. public was advised prior
than year ago by an editorial in the Evenin:
journal, formally reading me out Of the Whig
party; that l was esteemed no longer either
useful or ornamental in the concern, you will,
| am sure. Indulge me in some "reminiscences
which seem to beft the occasion
l was POOR young printer, an editor Of a
literary journal . very active and bitter Whig
in . small way. but not seeking to be known
out OF my own ward committee. When after
the great political revol tion Of 1887, / vas
one day called to the City Hotel, where two
strangers introduced themselves as Thurlow
Weed aud Lewis Benedict, Of Albany. They
told me that cheap campaign paper OF pc.
and tn L had been selected to edit it. The
announcement might we'll be deemed fl,ttering
by one who had never even sought the notice
Of the great and who was not KIN ,wn as par
tisan hunter. and | eagerly en- braced their
proposals They askei me to fix NY salary
for y year. named 900 dollars. which they
agreed to. and did the work required to the
best Of my ability; 1t was work that made no
figure aud created no sensation, but loved it
and did it WELL When it was done, you
were Governor, dispensing Offices worth
from 3 900 to 10000 dollars per year to your
friends and compatriots. and returned to rny
garret and my crust and a desperate battle
with pecuniary obligations, heaped upon me oy
bad partners in business and the disasterous
events Of 1887. believe it did not then occur
to me that some Of these abundant places
might have been offered TO mo without injns-
,ice. now think i. should have occurred to
you. Ii it did occur to me. | was not the man
to ask you for it. | think that should not ave
been necessary. only remember thai no
friend at all inquired as to my pecuniary cir
cumstances; that your fri. nds but not mine,
Robert Z. WetMore was one IT the then chief
Dispensers of your patronage here. and that
such devo ed compatriots as II. Wells and John
Hooks were lifted by you out OF paupelis ism
into independence. "a am glad was not. ani
yet one inquiry from you at that time woul i,
have been timely aid held ever in grateful re-
membrance.
In the Harrison campaign Of 1910. was
again designated to edit campaign paper.
published it as we'll aud ought TO have made
something of it spite its ex remely low price
Ny extreme poverty WAS the main reason why
did not it compelled me to hire press work.
mailing dc done by the job. and high charg S
for extr. work nearly ate the up A. the c ose
was still without property and in debt !;
but the paper had rather improved nv posi-
tion. Now came the great scramble Of the
small fry, Of coon minstrels and cedar suckers
at Warrington not being counted on Sew
eral regiments Of them went on from this
city, but 10 one Of the whole crowd (thoagh
say it-who should rot) had done 80 much
towards Gen. Harrisons nomination and elec.
tion, as yours, respectfully. asked nothing,
expected nothing; but you, GOV Seward
Master Of New York-your asking would have
been in vain, but it would have been an act If
grace neither wasted nor underrated
soon after started the ~. bune. because
was urged to do so bv certain Of your friends,
and because such pager was needed here
was promised certain pecuniary aid 10 80 do
ing; 1t might have been given me without
cost or risk to any one. All that | ever had
wac the loan-by piece-neal-of 900 d. liars
from Jae Coghshall God bles his lonored
memory; / did not ask for this ] think il
is the one sole case in which | ever re
ceived . pecuniary favor from = p1l,ticsl aseo-
c,ate. am very thankful that he did not die
ill he Wa. fully repaid, and let me here honor
one ereatful recollection: when the Wing
,arty under Your rule had Offices to give. my
name was never thought Of, but when in 1923
We were hopelessly out of power | was hon.
or-d with the party nomination for State
Printer When we came again to have State
Printer to elect, as well as nominated. the
place went TO Weed as il ought, vet it
was worth something to know that there
was once q time when it was not deemed too
great q sacrifice to recognize me as belonging
to your household. II new Office had n. since
been created on purpose to give its valuable
patronage to Il. J. Raymond and enatle ~.
John to shove forth its Tines a. the organ Of
the Whig State administration, ! should have
been still more grateful. 10 4S your star
again ro.e, and New York's warmest hopes
were realized in your election to the Senate l
was no longer needy, and had no more claims
than desire to be recognized by Gen. Tsy lor.
think had some claims to forbearance from
you. What ! received thereupon was moat
humilisting lecture in the shape Of = decislen
10 the libel case Of Redfeld and Pring,e, ard
an obligation to publish it 10 New York pa
pers and other journals OF your supp ,sed firm :.
thought, and still think this lecture eedess-
ly cruel and mortifying. The plaintiff after
using my columns to the extent Of their needs
or uesiree, stopped writing, and called on me
for the name Of their sss.ilsnts. l nroffersd
it to them, thoroughly responsible name
They refused t. accept 1t unlers 1t should prove
to be one of the four or five fret m. n IN Bala-
via, when they had known from the first who
it was, and that it was neither OF them, they
would not accept that which they had de-
mended They sued me instead for money and
money you we're st liberty to give them to
your hearts content.
XXXVIth Congress..First session.
WASHINGTON. June Is.
The House resumed at r. NJ, When this
last In he series Of resolutions Va. adopted by
90 against 81. The Las: resolution 10 - fol-
lows: