Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-10
WHO ISJOHN r DUNCOMBE5

I}ng artEH, winch We ma IN the AamItoH
County Freeman
He is a man who possesses very little abili.
! ty, except that which arises from his superb.
tive bluster and unblushing ;mpudencc In
the way of Dragging and Boosting Of hfs own
exploits, what he has done, and Row tnuciT
he knows, he probably has no equal in the
State. Just here his ability begins and enfs
When he came ia. Iowa, he fell into the hxr.s
kofIIcnn, Williams & Co. ,aIId Geo. w. Jones',
and these gentlemen moulded him into just
such 'man Friday politically and per.
sonally-as eAited theirpnrPoscs, Politicall
| ", he has always been the toady and lick
/ spttle of ,Brigadicr Jones, and the slandcrer
of Stephen A. Douglas In nearly every
Democratic CONFERENCE.-The rad big-thati
| Duncombe has attended during the past FIVE
years. he has introduced resolutions ehyf6rsi,
| ing Jones and lauding him to the skies Az
| ter the firing upon Fort Sumter, and down.
to his nomination in July, he continued to de-
nounce the Republicans rs an "Aboliticrr
party" and published articles, and introduces
resolutions at the First Extra Session, urging:
/" peace "and " compromise " with the rebels.
while that foul insult to our flag was una
yenged The next week after our defeat ct:
Bull Run, he Published ar article containing
such consoling utterances to the patriot ~
these: ave feel that this but one of \ series
Of unhappy events that will darken the pages
Of our history. The South can never b. SUBJ
ducd if united. The sooner we know this
the better. The same insanity that caused
the war, now drives it on" &c. Speaking Of
men who were encouraging enlistments he
exclaimed" Look at the cowardly Abolition
scamps in this County who have Kissed on
brave men until the whole land mourns." y
We could quote much more Of similar pur-
port, but we have given enough to indicate
his g STYLE" at the time we were smarting
under the Bull Run defeat. AT the Demo-
cratic, State Convention last July, he was
member Of the Committee on Resolutions,
with d. A. Mahony, and assisted IN fabrics-
ting the platform on which Jones, Dodge and
Mallory now stand His course has been
an endorsement Of Jones, Dodge, Mahony and
Vallandingham. During the past year he
has been publishing paper, following in the
wake and echoing the Dubuque Herald, Chi
cago Times, and other ratue-snake. organs
But since he received nomination at the
hands of a Democratic Convention composed
of fifteen or twenty men, he has claimed to
be very loyal, and goes about declaring that
all the patriotic legislation Of the State is due
to his efforts Suppose him elected, where
will we find his political associations-with
the Administration. and the loyal men who
have struggled to put down the rebellion. Or
with the compromises" who will seek to
punish the North rather than the South, for
the consequences Of the rebellion? 1t is
settled fact that the rebellion " II be crushed
out, and that speedily, and the great and over.
shadowing peril which hangs ever the couR-
try lies in the effort now making by the VAL
landinghammers to get semi loyal men enough
into Congress to patch up peace which
! shall restore tho traitors to power and utterly
ruin the North In view Of this dread re-
sponsibility. the votershould rely on no mans
present asscverations. but should look to
candidates record and his past associations.
If he has cohabitcd with unclcan birds in tho
past, he will "roost" with them hereafter
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GEN. DAVIS KILLS GEN. NELSON.
In, Louisville, Ky, on the goth ult., Major
General Nelson was shot by Brigadisr Gen.
eral Davis. The following is the Geographic
account of the affair: 90 '@
| About week ago Nelson placed Davis in
city. At night Davis reported to Nelson the
ments and enrolled for service. Nelson ours
ed him for not having more Davis replied
that he was general officer and demanded
the treatment Of a gentleman. Nelson, in An
insulting manner, ordered him to report at
Cincinnati, and told him he would order .
provost marshal to eject him from the city.
This morning Governor Morton and General
Nelson were standing in the rear Of the desk
of the Gait House, when Gen. Davis approach
ed and requested Gov Morton to witness tho
conversation between himself aud Nielsen
He demanded of Nelson an apology for the
rude treatment he had received last week.
Nelson, being little deaf, asked him to speak
louder. Davis demanded an apology Nell
son denounced him and slapped him on the
face. Davis stepped back, clcnchcd his fist
and again demanded an apology. Nelson
slapped him in the face again and denounced
him as a coward. Davis turned away, pro-
cured a pistol from a friend and followed
Nelson, who was going up stairs. Davis told
Nelson to defend himself, and Immediately
fired. The ball penetrated the left breast
Nelson died III about twenty minutes. :
From all accounts Gen. Nelson was one Of
the most brutal and inhuman officers that ev-
er wore the uniform Of . Major General His
cruelty and brutality to those in his command
have long beena subject Of remark. What
the consequences to Gen. Davis will be have
not yet been made known. Il
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WE seen statement Of the official trial in
one Of the principal counties in this State.
Of twenty 1--we Grain and Stock Scales. They
were the ordinary outdoor Wagon Scales,
and were tested just as they were found in
common use, thus making il one Of the best
practical tests. Sixteen II them were of
Fairbanks make, and nine Of various other
kinds The result showed remarkable de-
gree Of accuracy in those of Fairbanks make.
while all the others were condemned a not
sufficiently accurate for use. The ;mpor-
lance of this fact vii! be appreciated without
comment. We publish it because it is ono
in which the public are interested. Chicago
7riJune WEI 12Ef
So CooL.-The North West Democrat mr.
ges the people to vote for Mr.. Packard; the
Democratic nominee for District Clerk-the
main qualifications being that he is "gsn-
tleman," and published the first paper that
was ever printed in Blackhawk county! No
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