Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-20
The Dubuque Times sets up tie fol-
loving mourn ful growi st mstt-rs and things
connected with military and other local mat.
ters connected with this city:
Camp Mcclellan. etc.

ters connected with this city:
Camp Mcclellan, etc.
1t is q good tning TO take u steambost ride
oucs 10 q while, especially ii . fellow is .
dead h, ad.' through the polteLess OF Mr.
Wellington. the agent Of the Northern Line at
tn ., ct, We obt.iDed passage Que day last
week on the fast calling packet NOrtherGer
to ID veDport and Rock I-iani. with the ex'
lr.ssed in ention OF seel, & the folks and get
tiGg some peaches. The tel boy at the Ju-
lien routed Us out at three in the morning,
whereupon started out in the cold and
dark III pursuit Of pleasure under difficulties
We we're delighted with the Trip down. Of
course. When We take . pleasure trip We
always make it point to be delighted with
every thing, even thugs thtt inrpire the op-
rosit- feelings in lees perseverlng tourists
Arriving In due time al our journeys end
we immediately set about the business of the
expedition. VIZ: seeing the folks, etc.
One one side of the river was Davenport,
Camp Mcclellan, Camp 10 Holt. Guriey, and
a lot of other fellows whom we wished TO
see while on the other was Rock Island and
u Duu Der Of friends AMI relatives This state
of affairs caused US to o-ciate from one
snore OF the Mississippi to the oth~r with OF,
repeated vibrations, like some Restless prhdu-
lum, for four days. and involved the outlay Of
much cash 10 the way OF ferrIage.
Camp Mcclellan Is just nor b OF the city on
grove covered hill aud is not in one single re-
-p.ct equal to Camp Unlon in hi. city. The
grounds are very uneven,a great distance from
water, not extensive enough for the number OF
men there, aud Of u bad sor, OF soil for rainy
we ,ther. There are 1000 10, q in this camp,
belng th. 18th and q portion OF tbs l4th and
Ilih regiments, besides two companies Of the
German regiment and several squads that
iont telOng any where 10 particular. The men
are ali uniformed, and the arms were being
siven out when We visited them. The men are
A. No fellows. probably not having their
shy yscal superors in any state OF the Union
We greeted Dr. Watson, the Surgeon Of the
18th. with ,nuch pleasure. He wished be
remembered kindly 10 HE ~ merous friends
here IN Dubuque. Col. Shaw, Of the l4th, We
found. was esteemed as highly 10 Davenpor,
and among the military as here IN our Vi
entity.
Camp 10 Holt is the name applied to the
camp occupied by the I'd Iowa cavalry. and is
located upon the grounds used hy the Scott
County Agricultural Society as a Fair Ground
There aIe lsO men In this reg lfn-nt ufak ng
!. total aggregate Of 600 soldiers now
eans ed in the city OF Davenport Col. Elliot,
ne commander Of tue cavalry r-giment, Is u
regular ara officer, having been formerly at.
tached 10 Gen S,urgis' command He has
instituted rigld system It discipline, and
strictly enforced il, until nov the % cavalr,
may be called the beet drilled regiment in the
State. There several officers 10 subordi
nate pCsltiots in this regiment who have seen
several years s.rv'ce in the regular United
states Army. which doubtless accounts IN part
for i,s remarkable proficiency. Tney have re
- & 81 k.,, ~.
uniforms aud equipments for the men but none
tor the horses. The horses are many Of them
the sorrie.t Rosinsntes that ever lived though
there is n slight l.aven Of GO d animals; jutt
enough perhaps to mount the officers. such
hide- bound, ew.-neck ID ring boned. spawned
wind CALLED. sweenisd, raw-honed. inaIgv,
cribbed cheap ooking beasts as come Of thea,
are IT would he hard TO tind any " here elee
There was come complaint made that hor-es
were cent TO bHsenp'sI Guan I.s.-,.-.p, Z.
coed men tell Us that the Pttshurg horses ar.
about the only good ones In the regiment The
cavalry u ay possibly winter In Camp 10 Holt
There is come prospect Of it. The barracks
are being shlngled and made comfortable for
winter. which looks as il they intended to make
long stay.
Davenport and Rock Island are nice little
towns but of c ,urse too far from Dubuque to
amount to much. Ia some respects they re
s-mhle Dubuque, !. o, they have any quantity
# monster hotels and store blocks more that
are needed. Corner lots have dspreciateo
prodigiously, population has fallen IF consider
ably, about every second business man has
gone up tHe spout within the last four years
hey have any amount of city Indebtedness
and have taken the idea OF reputation into
consideration ; nine. t-nths OF the population
manifest military tastes in various wave, mostly
n the wearing Of the little bob allied fsligG.
cap, and they have their regular
-prinking Of >ec.ssioniste. fast horses an"
pretty girls. We might a'so mention the
pecnliaritles they possess differ ut from
Dubuque. they've railroad bridge which,
makes then more trouble than it is worth. !,
is like the mans .ephant; hey wish nov the,
have get it they didn't have it. They don,
charge as much for ferriage, and they dou',
re.d to, bee use more folks cross the river
They are both Of them as smoky as PIttsbIrg,
or any other burg. 1t may be healtay to in
hale snch a carbolized atmosphere, but il IL
very dirty. Tie way they know a stranger is
by his cieaDer ASPECT. Coal is only seven
cents a bushel VIII ch accounts for 1t ali.
From coal dust they are and TO coal dust the,
will return Anoth peculi.tity Of this vicn
age is its onions. When you sec q farmer de.
voting fifty acres OF HE farm to the raising OF
oniens. and quantities Of those sw-et.scented
vegetables going beg ging at four c. nts = bushel
you Will agree that onions are plenty. They
haven't good lager there as we have. a.
near we could Judge
Rock leland aud Davenport are making
great effort to secure the location Of the Ma
tional Armory upon Rock Island. q fine bod
OF several hundred acres Of land belonging to
the Cove nmtn mt and lying in the RIVER b.
tween 'he two cities There is no place perhaps
in the Whole Northwest off-rlng the induce.
ments for euch q selection that this one does
1t ls accessible from all points of the compass
by the means of the river aud numerous raj
r0a!s. 1t Is contiguous to immense coal fields,
stone qusrries. water power, lumber, and 1000
pr oducing country. and is in the very heart OF
q great territory that thus would be placed in
easy reach Oi arms. It would be a hig thing
for those towns ii they could have the armory
there, and W. hope they will ge. il. 1t . for
the interest OF all Iowans 10 advocate tha,
location. Chicago and P,ttsburg are the other
with the i, fuencs rather tending
in favor Of the latter named city.
After short but pleasant Welt to the "Tw'n
Cities. ss they are sometimes called, We en-.
barked on the natty little steamer Ad Hine 70,
home, and were glad enough to see the dear
Did familiar face of Dubuque again. Captain
5aIt OF tne al H'ne Is i've man. and keeps
things moving around him. We rather sus |
osct he is making money. and are certain that |
he knows how TO run . steamboat. We are
'nder many obligations to Mr.. Dalseli. :ae
'lerk. for fsvors aud attentions ehowa dnrino
'nr brief trip We don't know Of any better
way to chow our appreciation OF their kind. |
'ess than to Recommend them to the travelling |
,uhIic.
w. +. ROSS, AaENr.