Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-01-11

ApouT Tlls TO sror IT-Davenport,
like inary other elite. Oh the river, is infested
by g gang Of h!scsless AMI scoundrss, who,
100 lazy to gain En honest living. are prepared
10 run Any risk AID take ell chances, il by go
doing they can procure tde II cans Tor subsis
terce without phys.esi labor. These chaps
q. dress we'll, sport huge quantities Of jewelry,
and always appear to be flush They have
soE fair hands. generally rather red nosea and
are round and jolly looking in their proper
.ons. lhey are !iters! fellows. as they can
we'll afford to be- live on the best the eoun-
try affords. sleep days and run nights and ss
many OF our citizens can testisy. often Tun OF!
with what ,hzy have uo legal claims TO. The
operations OF these gentlemen are becoming
decidedly bold. II IS dangerous fer . man TO
leave his borse hitched before bic tffice after
dask. Robe. are stolen iron. carriage. before
the owner has we'll alighted from them, and
IN fact every thing movable left out Of doors
after dsIk di.eppears, aud careful searching
fals TO bring the articles to light. Il will no
be long before these gentlemen OF le.ure turn
their attention to an Examination Of the houses
Of our ci.izen., and the sooner they are cleaned
out Of the city, the better i, will b. for al! oon
cernsd. Let watch be placed upon them
and when discovered in the act. use no great
sxer,ions TO capture the scsmps, but jus. ease
them Of their gizzArj-. Such a course will
ob:iate the necessity Of watching the sane
fellow second time
The Muscatinc journal is in bad
way because we have concluded to issue
second morhiny edition for the msils, con
tanning aIl tie lateet iut.liigence up TO that
hour. The Josupal say-:
Oar bavenpurt contemporaries show com
meDdable enterprise IN trying 10 head us off,
bot circumstances are against them. We have
till ! / o'clock to e. cur papers into he ma,ls;
they must have theirs iu at ten. Very often
the telegraph report il not all received ill
after ten but 9 are sure Of getting il all 10
aud having our pager printed in ample time
to go out in the ua.s bet the people Of The
interior remember ihis. The only paper 10
which they are certain Of getting the latest
news is the Mnsca,lne Daily Journoi.
Guess you lie Mahin. Our contract slipu-
iates that al the dispatches shall be delivered
at our office by g o'clock. A. NJ. Yon may no.
ct yours earlier than ten 0 clock, tut Musca.
tine is 4 slow town, any now, ard perhaps
your telegraph operator has lived lorg enough
in your antiquated village to become thorough
Iy accl.ms,ed. You are little Jealous and
pretty big mad, Mahiu--" that's what's the
matter.
DAvLNroRr, Jan. 10th 1852
Mtssns Fpuons - 1t wou1 seem tv a leader
in the Davenport Ga.ftte OF this morning that
senator Jir. l.ane, of Kansas, has been com
mis.ionei ty President Lict In as a Mai Gen.
tral OF the i'Gited States army, to be plsced in
command "f thirty-ihouaanl men, with Ilelar.
power, 10. only TO carry on wholesale Jay
hsukiog and marolding. bnl il seems he is iul.
~ Authorized to trent with aovereign conteyp:
, the absard orders that may ernanste from e IN.
.ral Halleck and i. se ems to be the understand.
ing that this Ma or General Jim Lane s to be
allowed, ard Is determined in his division OF
the United States army. to carry on the war
under The jlock Tag This ate of the case
: leaves IL = OeUAtaOle question Whetner tIeEel al
jim Lane or General daieck lie the superior in
command ia the Western Division ! is also
now seriously debatabls question. whether
after investing General Jim Lane with unr-
served plenary power. The President can (nn-
ii! the war lie ended) put any restraint on this
Major General. N.
Look TO YouR IsTERt sTs.-Wi,hin
the pact three months Mr.. l. W. Harrison has
cold fifteen farms, all lying in this comfy
Ibis land has for lthe mort part been sold 10
German residents. Mr. Harrison Low has .or
eae mprov ed farme in Scott county for Sc IS
per acre. and unimproved a, 81 so. He Will
contract for sorghum delivered iu Davenport.
and pay ten dollars per acre for it. Here is
chance to buy farm and pay for it with the
first crop. Har,isoD's office is in the old DEN
oCRAT h News coub,ing room Post Office Block.
Mr.. HUBBELL's effort" will be spoken
of In our next