Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-12-31
From the Louisville Journal

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men attend to military business, and let
ciuilians attend TO their Oacn. The ne.
elect of this maxim cost us Bu'1 Kun,
and the neglect OF this maxim hereafter
may cos, Us infinitely more. 1t must
not be neglected hereafter. An indig.
nant public opinion should vigorously
compel The observance Of the maxim.
The cIamor now rising from civilians Of
a certain description tor the instant adj
vance OF our armies is nothing short OF
criminal impertnencc. Let 1t cease.
At all events let not our Generals take
the smallest heed of it. They should
know the country trusts implicitly IN
their discretion as well as in their valor
We hope and believe they will allow
the military cries of the populace, II the
ropulacc shall still raise military crles,
to pass by as the idle wind. :.
What the country wants, above all
other things, is the speedy re-establsA
ment of the Government, not advances,
battles, or even victories, except as these
NAV contribute to the great end Of the
war. The want Of the populace is diff
ferent. The populace wants movement,
vicssitude, fighting, and in general the
thrilling incidents Of active warfare, re-
oardless Of their bearing on the object
OF the struggle. Now, if we have put
an army OF half million and upwards
Into the field, not to preserve the nation
but simply to amuse the popnlace, the
cries of " On 10 Richmond" " On to
NashviUe :" "OS-n no naatter 'chere ~
may be all very well. If not, this loud
clainor is. what We have called it, crImi-
nal irnpertinence, and should be indig-
nantly frowned upon by public opinion,
as we arc sure it will be spurned by our
Generals in command. 1t unquestlona-
bly, deserves to be spurned by them.
Human nature, in the course OF the war,
has exhibited itself in some very weak
and disgusting aspects as well as 10
some very noble and captivating ones,
and this clamor is certainly not amongst
the latter.
WHAT were supposed to be the re-
mains Of the son Of Capt. Jewett, OF
Vienna, Ia, were carefully sent home
for burial. The family and friends, with
the local military, assembled to bury
the dead, wien the fin was opened,
and the face was that OF stranger. The
funeral ceremonies, however, proceeded,
and the strange young soldier was
buried in the grave prepared by loving
parents for their own son.
PRIsTING OFFICE TURNED INTO AN
ARMoRy.-Parson Brownlow' newspa
per ofice, with its arpurtenances, has
been turned to very different purpose
than that OF its former bold issues. The
building is now used as rebel armory,
and the steam press turns the machine
nv that repairs and renovates the nn-
merous guns that have been taken from
the Union men in the vicinity Of Knox
Vile.
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NEGRO BEGGAks.-1he New York
Eceniny Post statcs that, OF the fifteen
negroes at Fort Monroe, six hundred are
women and children, and these are des-
titule Of clothing. Wet trust that the
abolllionlsts Will respond TO the appeal
Of the Post in behalf Of their favorItes.
They have melted these negroes to run
away from home now let them provide
for their black brethren's wants out Of
their own pockets.
TEA, COFFEE AND SUGAR.-A bill has
passed both Houses of Congress, and
has been signed by the President, pro-
vidng for an increase Of the duties on
tea, sugar molasses and coffee.
The duty on tea is to be twenty cents
per pound, on coffee five cents, on su-
gar two and half three, FIVE and eight
cents, and on molasses six cents per gal
Ion.
FIRE IN THE neutrality-suspicious.
are being made, SO the Boston Herald
says, at the Washington Navy Yard,
with an apparatus for the election of
liquid fire." AT recent trial steady
stream OF the burning fluid was project
ed fifty yards from force-pump con-
trived for the purpose. The locality
where the experiment was made was
covered with a perfect sheet of flame.
A MELANCHOLY story is related OF
Miss Bowles, Of Belfast, Me-, who, last
week, sent to boarding school by her
highly respectable parents, preferred to
run away to Milwaukee, made an i'm.
proper acquaintance in the cars, and is
now an inmate of brothel in Spring
field. She is only l6 years of age, and
speaks French, German and English too
BULL Run PANIC.-Col. Boone, Of
Mississippi, taken prisoner at Bull Run,
says of the rebel troops at that battle,
81 never in my life saw a set Of men as
badly scared as yours were on that oc-
sion-ercept ours!
II is stated that Mr. Lewis Tappen
takes the place Of Mr.. Bowen IN the
publishing department Of the IndepenQ-