Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-24

IN blishers Luce. Lane d Co. II is good mum
Der and very readable.
a LINCOLN FUNERAL PROCESSION,
numbering some ten or twelve teame. and
band, left town yeyterdsy about noon TO 20 out
to All ne Grove. where fanerai &c. vics were
hnld over the defunct Abraham. We b We not
often more do o 10 til e. mouth looking Gro W. d
than that one. The Republican mourners
~hich came about to SEE them Of seemed o.
though they were ready to silk down in their
boots and subside. Give rs sor3e mere OF
those turn ou.s. They please US.
THE MUscATINE DAILY REVIEW
We are in receipt Of the initial nums er Of the
above named paper, published At Musca.ine.b .bs
John T. King E-q formerly Of tn city. The
Review starts out with spirit. and bids fair ev. u
now to become an able advocate Of Democrat
ic principles, and the welfare of Muscatine ci y
and county. 1t is ever the case that the first
paper issued is the poorest one, and ii this
holds true with the Rsview. we can readily see
that it will be . valuable sheet For years
the press Of Muscatine has been note1 for its
insni,y. bu' We think we shall now witness
the dawn Of better things The oil 4, quiver
h flickered out. and not much light was lost;
the Journal has been plodding a 'ong for years
without saying or doing anything for anybody
or anything-a kind OF non -ntit, -or in
Dutch, nix cum arous We 'hiDk the X view
will rub it so close that it will do better in fu-
ture. The RepieW starts out with our best
wishes for its success. 1t has an able corps OF
editors it has chance to make . u.ark, and
it will do it. Democrats Of Muscstine, encour-
age and support your paper
We HAVE received \ copy Of speech
delivered by Jacob Weaver, Jr., to the Wide
Awakes. We think it . brilliant. effective and
n,asterly effort Of a man whose full brain pow
er-whose total mental caliber has either been
underrated or entirely overlooked among tn,
more fl shy yet less intense lights Of the Re.
p1bl.can party Of his ION. We ars no Re-
publican that we are aware Of, but at the same
time we can't read q really trilliInt speech
and not epeak work in Its praise-come from
where it uay. We sometimes find fault with
SswArds spe.cte.; sometimes Object to what
Lovely, Patton, Chase. Leake. Giddngs. Price
or Garrison say in support Of their dogmas, but
with the speech before us We have not q w.rd
Of ut to find, and what is more. We challenge
any Democrat 10 Christendom to lay any well
took cslliDg-ever got upon the wrong track.
it is the author Of the great speech. He should
quit merchandising Immediately and run for
Congress, where, WIN triumphantly elected
s"ud have llsrty Of opportunity to cultivate
and envelope those dormant faculties which
have until quite recently been slumbering
10 obscurity.
Ia conc usiOn, let US recommend this speech
to the perusal Of every voter in the country
Re-. it and r. fect over it, and we will venture
the assertion that at the November election
every soul of you will vote the straight
Democratic cket.
ACCIDENT ON THE CHICAGO AND L.
|. r. k.-CAHs OFF THE Track ANB SMASHED -
Tn Saturday morning as the morping train
from Chicago, due here al 6 4oA. N was with
in about one mile and halt Of Bureau Juhc.
tion and running at about ten or twelve miles
per hour, met with an acci lent. the PARTICULARS
of which We learn from Col. Weston, who was
a passenger. and the conductor, Capt. Wil-on.
In the place mention ed q ove ~ miles the
other side Of Bureau. where there Is q heavy
"till," which is some 20 or 80 feet IN height,
the locomotive ran upon rail- supposed to be
defsclive, breaking it in several pieces. Tne
locomotive, tender and four empty freight cars
psssed over the breach. The coupling then
broke and two empty freight cars turned over
down the embsnkment, and were followed b,
the baggage AID exp-ess car. a, two pass
eng-r cars. completely filled with people. The
first passenger car was considerably smashed
in and broken by the coueussion. 1t was
tipped more than hall over. The second car
was turned over 90 the side and was not So
badly damaged. The couplings which con-
nected it with the sleeping car did not part.
uor was the sieeping car thrown entirely from
the track. As may be easily im.gnei. there
was not q little astonsbment and surprise ou
the part Of the passengers At being thus pitched
about and thrown from their seats pell nell 10
to coruer. The Colonel Informs rs that it
vas dark as night could be. and as soon as pos-
sitle be began to cast about to find some means
of getting out Of the scrspe. He clambere'
along over the wreck and got to the doo.
which he fonud vas not 10 be opened. He
then crawled up to the side 10 the window.
which he raised, and succeeded ia Gro v ding
through, and commenced assisting others to
perform the same exit After . while, the
passengers were all taken out. aud wonderful
enough not a limb was broken or q head
smashed in either car. Some we're holding on
to bloody noses and others employed their
spare tine in rubbing down their limbs, where
on we're some slight abrasions. II was truly .
wonderful escape. The same thing could not
be done once again 10 Q thou and trials.
Capt Wheeler, the conductor. the express.
man. baggage master and ano her rsrson was
in the baggage car when 1t went over the
bank. but with the exceptions Of some slight
bruises and burns occas,oned by car full OF
trunks. express freight and hot stove rafting
about their persons they escaped without in.
jnry.
The Engineer knew that som athing vas
wrong when be passed over the rail, and knew