Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-09-27

MEssgs. EDroRs.-1 hereby
rive motive that decline the nomination Is
Representative to the State Legislature from
this county. ISRAEL BARR.
Winfield, Sept. 27th, 1851.
The DAvEsPoRT ARTILLERY COMPANY.
-No.portion Of the military service presents
. finer opportunity for our young men than
the Artillery We learn with pleasure that
Capt. Fraser is progressing finely q recruiting
his company 1t 10 to be made up Of the very
best material. and officered by men who un.
dsrstsnd the duties devolvinR upon them. This
company will be furnished with battery AMI
oil the quipmsnts as soon Is practicable. and
will be attached to one Of the Iowa Regiment
Let it be made q leading feature Of the Iowa
military. As there is room for few more
good men. We advise our brave lads to give the
Artillery Company . call. The opportunities
there offered to distinguish yourselves are nu-
merous, and can but enlist your attention.
MEETING AT IuE COUhI lIOUSE.
There was a meeting Of citizens at the Court
House On 1hureday evening, called to explain
certain matters and things connected with the
apparent non performance Of duty among tic
powers that be. in the matter Of furnishing
necessary supplies to troops. Ih, meeting
was addressed by Gen. Baker, Hiram Price
and Geo. II. Parker, Esq. We were not pres
ent, but understand that the delinquency was
explained to the audience in the speeches made
The alleged reason why the troops have not
been better supplied was want Of money.
There are not patriotic men enough in the
State to take kbonds enough to clo,he a few
regiments. or:even SUPPLY them with blankets
or keep their bare feet off from the ground, or
rain from their hunks while asleep. The banks
show very heavy deposit accounts through
the State There is undoubtedly money enough
lying idle to fill the treasury, but even the
most fanat,cal aboitioni=ts Of the crew are
averse to investing in q bond.
This choppirg logic at meetings and pitching
into this man and the other al out vhat he
has done or has not done lie OF very little i'm
portance, and affords Very little comfort TO
shivering soldiers at Camp Mcclellan or else
where. We are told that Mr.. Price stated in
the meeting that most of this fault -fiBdI Q
putation, yet We can see very good reason
why such a state Of. fact. might exist II Mr.
Price is right, the complaints from Democratic
quarters ar.e IRON the fact that large ma
tering the effects Of this gross mismanaeement
are Democrats. This attack upon Democrats
was defended by Mr.. Parker, who was Of tn.
opinion that on the score OF ault.hnding th =
was not much difference between Democrat
and Republicans, and, illustrated his speech
with some instances which had co.e under
his notice.
We are not Of the .opinion that the soldiers
| slept any warmer last night or the night De
fore, cu account of the meeting. or that ary
body Is any better pleased with the present
state of facts. There has been talk and
and CANNON enough about it-let us see SC me
action
Person ADDED TO IS-
GsA1r1upE-The public will remember that OF
or about the l3th inst, little hoy picked W
near the gate Of the Scott County Fair Ground
q bundle Of bank notes, which was sfterward.
found to contain some 81 800 or 81 400. The
boy gave it up to an adult person, who dehv
rad -, Ice hx,-
stored to the proper owner. The public re
members the assertion at that time mac in tht
DEMocRAr AND News that "a reward of round
hundred was iustly due the honest finder.
The public never learned the finder, and henc'
the father Of Henry Ashermann, the same lit
tie boy that found the money makes the FOL
lowing statement: Being poor man, with a
large family, thought it proper to claim 70,
my son such reward rs Mr.. Deamon might fee
disposed to allow and little Henry (only ni:.,
years old) timid and bashful and myself una
ble to converse freely in the English languag
therefore l caused . statement to be draw
up with affidavit thereto, and presented it tt
Mr.. .Deamon-not doubling the least, that
would be treated kindly and receive Q due
compensation from him but to my surpri e.
! met with revenge. Mr.. Deamoa added insul
to ingratitude by remarking roughly: If an
other person had not seen your son pick up th'
money, he would most like " have retained i
for himself" grew dumb with smszcmen,
and Indignation at this remark, and turning
my back contemptuously to the offender
whom had until then considered to be mar
Of good breeding. and thought Evil to hin
who evil thinke e.h"-and further came TO tn
conclusion, that said Mr.. Deanon must be on,
Of those incarnate know nothngs who, in the
maria. hate all foreign born citizens and m
grounds for 50 thinking are these: Mr.. Des
week afterwards to my dwelling on Hsrriso,
| street, saying to me Il understand that you
son found the money lost, and If such be tn
case, shall make him fine reward" ! ad
vised Mr.. Deamou to 60 to the school, wher
be would see my boy, and have MIN privatel,
examined. Mr. Deamon went there, one o
his attendants remaining mean " bile with me
When he returned, he was intercepted by on
"a third person-and gestures, during thei
private talk. betrayed their unfair resolution
that the Dutchman need not receive sny
compensation-and he left me then with tn
remark. that the money belonged to his daugh
ter.
Now, let said Mr.. Deamon remember, tina