Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-27
SHARP GAME.-Chicago is noted for

in connection with the Armory question, that
shows how mean and unfairly community Of
rascal. can act when they set themselves
aboU, It.
Albert Dart is a brother OF the Darts who
ara engaged in the grocery business on Front
street. He is a Su,,er in one oftbe Illinois
Regiments He was at Chicago f. " days
since, and registered his name at the Natteson
Houae. lie left the city and went back again
in few days. At the same house he was
locking over ole Of the Armory Memorials
which hre kept at hotel. :or subscription, and
in scanning the columns of names. was eur.
prised TO find his own there-large as life ald
as natural as though lie had written it with
his own hand. he looked at the signature
closely, ard was fnrs that it was his Va, ye.
was morally an totally certain that /, never
signed any euch petition. He addi y the
person who seemed to have the ..iii in
charge. and inquired who put his ne here
He was told that he did it himself ay body
did. Mr.. ID. denied the imputatio:. and de
clared that be was not In favor Of Il contents
Of .be memorial-iha lie W en-. in i1r locating
the Arsenal at Rock Island, and could not,
under any circumstances, have signed any Chi
cago memorial II came into his mind that
there va- system of forging going on in the
matter. and examined Ls signature made on
the hotel register at his previous visit He
found that and the signature on The memorial
to he exactly alike. This furnished the key
the scamps who engineer the Armory question
at Chicago had made arrangements at the lo
tells t. have forge! upon tie memorials the
names of all the Illinois folks who arrived, and
for ought know, all without respect to
age, residence or condition. Mr. d. extend ed
his researches on the iist and found that the
game was rracticed ex en eively. Persons " no
would under DO crcuns' aucrs sign such doe
uinsnt, can find their SIGNATURES ulon the Chi.
cago tnemorials in perfect 81 lie. Men from
low !. Illinois, Minnescts, Wisconsin, Michigan
l. diana. Oaio. and the devil knows where, can
find their upon the Chicago emorials :!
II is Chicago trick all over-unprincipled,
unfair. and unrnanly in cry particular. Let
this not be forgotten.
WINTER AT HAND.-The Summer
has teen IN eyentful one ia the history Of Da.
veip = as it has also been in that Of the
whoe country. There have been mary dl,ap-
p intueI.is ID that time. On tie opening oi
summer busli y Tie proapects for good
br.iaoss f.. ihe a,ason looked gloomy enough
Toe war wa- iust then inauguraied, and with
it was expected to come s,aguation in al
ts branches ot business. Oar merchants were
alarmed at the prospect before them, and citi
zens generally imbibed the prevailing op niou
that if grass ever fourished in the streets oi
Davenport. it wouli be during the Summer Of
1851 But in this there has been great dis
appointment. Instead of tenaniless houses by
the hundred, our city seemed to attract peo
pie here by hundreds, and those vacated by
the hard times Of two aud three years ago
wese speedily reiilled. Stores whose shutters
had been up for months and years were opened
and in the place OF dust and vacuity appeared
good substantial stocks of merchand disc. In
the place of dullness and inactivity unon our
streets and in our markets the ears Of our cit.
liens have been greeted with the busy hum Of
business. Our manufactures have opened
without an exception. Machines which had
long been lying idle were again put in motion
anu lew impetus was given to all branches
OF trade. Our city, during the year now pass
ing, has increased in population to the extent
Of three thousand, and the aggregate increase
of trade and commerce can he set down az
hundreds Of thousands. The mercantile por
tion will bear witness to this. 1t was entirely
unexpected last Spring, aud our citizens
though greatly disappointed are not unhappi
ly SD.
The causes which have created this increase
Of business are various. Our sister cities as
sert that the gathering OF so many troops a,
this pon, has been the principal source Of our
Increased property. 1t would be idle to argue
tha. the ioc alton OF military headquarters q,
Davenport has nothing to do with this fav ora.
bis change, for it has done it's share. large
amount of money has been paid out here by
government, and portion Of it has lodged il
the ,ii,s Of our merchants and help swell the
bank cnts of our neighboring farmers A
half million of dollars makes perceptibe
difference in business at any point specially
when place is so destitute of funds as most
Iowa tow Us were at the comm encement Of the
present season. The soldiers located here have
paid and will pay considerable oney 10 our
merchants, and the profit OF finding such q
quantity of men, il any there be, has operat d
IN our favor.
But this is not the principal cause Of our
progress. The country at the end OF the last
lass year. had become pretty thoroughly
drained of goods. Stores had become few and
stocks had got pretty low. Eastern dealers
Immediately reduced their business to a cash
basis, hence those merchants which we're scat.
tered through the country. aud which were
running stores in every thickly settled farm.
ing neighborhood, aud who had been in the
habit Of buying their goods for the greater
pant on six and nine months time, were eud.
denly cut short by the each system, and they
were unable to replenish. 10 our State and
10 the country back and north oi
Davenport for a long distance, hundreds of he
above named class of merchants we're dealing.
They experienced the efforts Of the cash sya.
ten, and hattened out. while our merchants Of
heavy means went into the market and bought
for cash and filled their stores. Trade fiocked
IN from the country. Trade that had not been