Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-12-31
Every Nun 10 his Business.
From tho Louisville Journal.

fain would impress deeply on ese'yoody
a, this particular time. Let ns'ftfdry
men attend to military business, and let
c,uilians attend to their Darn. The ne.
plec, of this maxim cost us Bu'i Kun,
and the neglect OF this maxim hereafter
may cost us infinitely more. II mus,
not be neglected hereafter. An indig.
nant public opinion should vigorously
compel the observance OF the maxim.
The clamor now rising from civilians OF
certain description tor the instant ad-
vance Of our armies is nothing short oil
criminal impertinence. Let 1t cease.
At all events let not our Generals take
The smallest heed Of it. They should
know the country trusts implicitly 10
their discretion as well as In their salor.
We hope aud believe they will allow
the military cries of the populace, Il the
ropulacc shall still raise military cries,
to pass by as the idle wind.
What the country wants, above all
other things, is the speedy re-establish
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
vicissitude, fighting, and IN general the
thrilling incidents Of active warfare, re-
oardlcss Of their hearing on the object
Of the struggle. Now, If we have put
an army OF half a million and upwards
iuto the field, not to preserve the nation
but simply to amuse the populace, the
cries Of &" On 10 Kichmond." " On 10
Nashville % "ON-no naatter 'chere -
NAV be all very well. If not, this loud
clalnor is, what We have called it, crlml-
nal irnpertnence, and should be indlg.
nan,ly frowned upon by public opinion
AZ we are sure it will be spurned by our
Generals in command. 1t unqucstlona-
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 IN
some very noble and captivating ones,
and this elamor 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 Co. 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 .On.
PRISrIHG OFFICE TuRNED INTO An
! ARMopy.-Iarson BrowHlow' S newspa
per oilice, with its arpurtenances, has
been turned to a very different purpose
than that of its former bold issues. Tht
! building is now used as rebel armory
and the steam press turns the machine
nv that repairs and renovatcs the M
mer9us guns that have been taken iron
! The Y mon men III Tue NICIuIt1 vi AAhoA
vile.
NEGRO BEcGAks.-1he New Yorl
Eoening Post states that, OF the flftee'
negroes at Fort Monroe, six hundred arr
women and children, and these are dcs
ti'ute of clothing. We trust that thu
abolltionlsts VIII respond to the appea
of the Post in behalf Of their favorltes
They have melted these negroes to ruI
away from home now let them provide
for their black brcthren's wants out 0
their own pockets.
TEA, COFFEE AND SUGAR.-A bill ha!
passed both Houses of Congress, and
has been signed by the President, pro
viding for an increase of the duties or
tea, sugar molasses and coffee
The duty on tea is to be twenty cent,
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 FnoNT.-Experiments
are being made, so the Boston Herald
says, at the Washington Navy Yard
with an apparatus for the election Q
i" liquid fire." At recent trial steady
stream OF the burning fluid was project
ed fifty yards from force-pump con
,rived for the purpose. The localit!
where the experiment was made wa
covered with perfect sheet of flame.
A MELANCHOLY story is related o
Miss Bowles, Of Belfast, Ne, who, las
week, sent to boarding school by he
highly respectable parents, preferred t.
run away to Milwaukee, made an i'm
proper acquaintance in the cars, and II
now an inmate Of brothel in Spring
field. She is only l6 years of age, ant
speaks French, German and English too
| Bull Run PANIC.-Col. Boone, 0
Mississippi, taken prisoner at Bull Run
says of the rebel troops at that battle
| UT never in my life SAW a act Of men Al