Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-11-24


msnt and Capt Osborne, Of the same. az rived
at the Burtis House on Saturday evening
AUSTIN CoRBIN & Geo. S. c. DE- W, a
No Nickoll's Block. dealers In State. Count,
, and City Warrants. Coin. Demand Not es anc
Government Vouchers. Oct 2s- .lm.
GoLD, Silver, Demand Notes and
all knde Of securities purchased at be It rate.
by ocns. No l9 West I'd street, opy osi.,
City Drug Store.
| COUNTERFEIT CHECKS. - There ar,
several counterfeit Burtis Hou - che. Ks il
circulation about town. They con be easily
detected by looking at the igna,ure Per
sons having euch checks pre- eented to the N
will do favor by bringing .hem to ,his Office
WE call the at.entio n of our readers
to the advertisement Of Mr. John l. S~i,s.
Commercial and insurar .ce iroker. Mr.. Switr
+" one OF the most reli sbis aud trust " orlhy OF
our buslness men, and we beepeak for him a
liberal show Of the lnblc patronage.
NEW PoST OFFIcs TABLE.-We pub
iish In another column, Post Master dridge's
new time table, and it v i'll be seen that some
very important changes have been made.
lhe time Of opening the etice on Sunday
ha. been changed from morning 10 one o'clock
l.. H., c.osit & at two r. NJ
WRECkING. - Tia steamer Jennie
"hiPf'e ha,. been engs ged for several days
past 10 raising up the machinery in the hui
oi ne old steamer Gr ay Eage, that wen,
/ down at this point q year ago last spring
| We believe every thing of value has been re
moved or socn will be. The l,w stage OF
water 10 very favorable to the work.
EXCELLENT DEs,GN.--The new drop
curtain to the new German Theatre is to be a
perfect gem. The painting will be done in me
dsllion. three in number; one representing the
site OF Davenport, in it's native beauty before g
second will represent the city in it's very first
stages Of civilization, and the third, the city Of
D4osnport as it appears At the present time.
Il will be painted with great skill and will be
an object Of great admiration.
VIA PEoRlA.-Navigation on the
| Mississippi. at this point, having suspended
shippers are sending their freight over the
| Chicago & Rock leland road to Peori,, thence
down the Illinois River to st. Louis. By this
route barley goes for lie per bushel corn 8
l.2., potatoes tic. Considerable freight 10
going that way.
Pound frsighte are shipped South by rail
| via LaSalle. The rates are Ole per hundred
| for first class, S2c for second and Gle for
| third.
No DIsREsPECr INTENDED. - We
wish to state In the most emphatic manner,
that whatever might have been eaid in ou,
issue Of Saturday respecting the arrest Of
Capt. Yates recruits, nothing was said that
! was intended to be constr ucted into dsrespect
to wards Yates either on the part OF Gene raj
+ 'aker or ourselves. The Captain acted in the
p emiees as any other recruiting fiicer would
hs ve done, and as he had an undoubted right
ment.
CHEERFuLLY.-We have received a
| letter from our friend Charley Asmusseu, Of
! the ed vance army Of the Potomac. In which
he says We have placed his rank q trifs below
! what it really il. Charley has been recently
| promoted to the office Of Assistant Inspector
| shn wstk ha
rank Of L.. Colonel We are really glad to
hear of Cha.leys good fortune, and we are
still more pleased that he has Get his mind up,
on winning the "stars. - We now if be lays
himself out to .%rasp them. he is bound to win.
Your requests have already been attended TO-.
Colonel, and . ,od hing it : as.
NJ. & M. r. R.-i'de work Of ex.
tending this road is pro sressl rg - rapidly ss
possible. Sufficient iron has .Neen shipped
from New York 10 lay the track sbout ten
miles-more than half way from Bro. klyn to
Grinnell, aud the road.bed and bridges are
about completed.
The road is doing frst.rate business. better
than ever before. Take. fer instance, the
present month; the stock trains have been
heavy. For the pact three weeks the average
number Of loaded freight cars each day, going
East, has been tscenty.fve, making four hun.
dred and fifty cars during this month, Tho
general travel, saying nothing of soldier trav
el, is very fair and consssntly il cressiDg. All
tue cars Of the company are employ ed. and
more too. The road has eight or nine lccnmo.
tives constantly employed.
At the company's shops In this city all is
hustle and activity. There are about fifty
men employed in repairing cars and locomo.
tives. and other work appertsining to the road.
There are three locomotives being repaired.
and when they are completed. which will be
In few weeks. every engine on the road will
be just about - good ae when new. Mr..
kimball. the Assistant Superintendent in.
forms us that the prcspects Of the road are en-
eouraging' ltis being run on the most eeon-
omiesl basis. and only wants little lengthen-
iog out every month or 90 10 be ore Of the
leading institations Of the Western States.