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


Minute. read and approved.
| Communication read from the Recorder and
Treasurer. stating that some fnller provision
l. necessary II III office for the con-
vsGient transaction 0! business and safe keep.
ing Of records, was referred to committee on
Public buildings and Grounds
! Official bonds of job a B. Purcell, Townsbip
j Clerk Of Princeton, John &. q. Cavendish.
Township Clerk OF Hickory Grove, and Henry
! Oatstorf. Constable Of Liberty, were referred
1 TO Committee Public Oficers.
Petition oil Samuel iiiTschel in relation TO
damage By location Of road, was referred TO
! Committee on Bridges ard Highways.
| several maiters OF unfinished business OF
previous sessions were presented and referred
1 to Committee on elaine.
The pe,itiyn OF Mrs. Catharine NJ. Vieths for
remission OF tayea was received and referred
to Committee on Poor and Poor ouse.
The report Of th . Committee on Finance on
several bills, received and approved.
| Dir. shaw, from Committee on Roads and
! Highways, reported in favor OF granting The
petition Of C.roli1. B. parkhnrst OF Prince
ton township, for license for ferry across
the Wapsle ut that place. for a term OF ten
years. frotn April next. Report received ana
adopted.
| Tho Committee on Public Officers reported
approving the official bonds If g. W Emen
| Constable for Rockingham; Chas. a. Bicale
Constable for lie Claire aui r. Meyer. Con.,a
b!e for Hickory Grove, which was received
and adopted.
The same Committee reported, approving
the Annual Statements Of Francis Datnel
Tovt ship Clerk Q; Winfield VIZ. wilson
Cle'k OF Pleasant Valley. aud j. II. Tucker,
Clerk ol Rockingham. Report approved.
The consideration Of th +, port Of the Com
ml,ee on Bridge ard Highways, appropriate
ing 1850 for the building Of a bridge over Mud
Creek, was postponed until to morrow moru.
ing, after tLe regular order Of business.
The Newcomb road case taken up.
GA tie motion, ''ohall the claims for dam
age. he dis uissed, the yeas and Eays were
taken-yeas ), nays Q. 10 which decision the
counsel OF Newcomb took exception.
This case arises iro'- application of Danie.
| T. Newcou.b, for The vacation oi al es; sbi.hed
road running GU the east and noi lii line OF see
ton u. III Blue erase township, which n?rii
cation is opposed by 'o!ir A. Deak;nan The
matter has been in litigation fer several years.
and occupies a Considerable portion oi the
,irae of the Board
Tue Boali eJioGyaei un.. 9 T. "
| AFTERNOON SESSION
The Board was occupied, during the after
noon session, with the Newcomb r, al case
DAvENroRr. Jan. 10. 1862.
MrssRs EDIroKs ~ hle the masses Of the
American people of the Northern States are
loyal patriotic. al aglow with purpose ire
vocable TO put down treason, preserve the
national existence and perpeiua,e the bless.
ings Of liberty to themselves and posterity !;
there is Ito shame be it said) another class
of heaItess, dishonest treasury leeches who
cover, with loud outhed denunciations OF
treason, the most selfi-h schemes Of robbery
and plunder Of the peoples money, to their
own ag grandisenent. A traitor is TO be re.
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treason.) in comparison with that man, who.
prof eesirg 10y atty ,devses and executes schemes
for deirauding the people Of money intend ed
for legal uses.
Ihis morning the citizens read with amaze
ment, that the City Council Of Davenport, at
Special Meeting. had appropriated $3.50 in
addition to the appropriation already made, for
feeding and paying the .xpe's ses Of the Arnory
Committee. to secure the National Armory a.,
Rock Island.
OF this Committee are james Harrington,
Sheriff, aud W. II +. Gurley. L. $ Dist rict
Attorney. The innocent public have 60 often
been fseced, guied, and betrayed. that Bar
mum has adopted the maxim THAT the peo, lie
love to b !, humbugged" | do not think the
remark is true, but DO believe the people are
nevertheless humbugged, whether they love it
or not. The Hon W. II. F. Gurley 10 in
Washington. going to bed at IL, (niinight)
and rising at II NJ. Of each day, with the
same wonderful perseverance which has en-.
abied him to succeed N Da .enpor,, tut wha,
does it amount to!
The Hon. James Thoring ION. with the ap.
pointment Of Gen. jan. Lane in his pocket as
Suter, would like to visit Washington again
and have his expenses paid. previous to his
re,lr!ng from the ttfice Of Sheriff and beco,n.
ing store keeper for Lane 3 Brigade.
But do the people not know, what every
we'll informed person does know that these
J men can do nothing for q National Armory, in
the face Of the the fact that our army, 20, 600
strong, are now nearly fully armed, and after
the war is over there will Le arms enough be-
longing to the nation. for all purposes. Tor the
next hundred years.
But admit that Rock Island can secure the
+. Armory, ought our city to sxpen money fol
, the purpose with debt Of SsJ0.0o aud rspu
diatior staring US in the face! while citizen:
have been compelled to procure ipjunc.ions
agsirs' taxation, and the " hole East has Joined
6 in u,ited howl over our prohiga.e expen.
, ditures aud cur resistance OF payment
Ii men are to be cent to Washington, and
j. their billie paid, would it rot be we'll to inquire
? whether they have not q number Of axes to
. grind for themselves and are urging and pro
/. curing these public appropriations with view
Of getting their expenses paid by the public
with no other thought than of serving them
I selves? II it be true that Mr. Thoriugton
I. went to Washington to get the post of Sullel
. to jim Lane. and has got it. at the expense o
our city. and that MIR. Gurlsy is there to secure
pereonal appointment. TO q profitable Office al
J, IL alleged, and that others rish to 60 for the
Q came purpose, at the public expense, would il
not be we'll to let the people know how they
are being fseced. that the experience may
5 prove sAiutsry as a future guide:
D The thousand and one schemes gotten I'D 10
these times Of commo,'on, ~ intividr ais FOL
selfish purposes, ought to be exposed, and the
public fanJs preserved for the sacred purpose
OF carrying on holy war. II the people once
9 learn that the leaders are utterly selfish and
. wi.h to make money only out Of the nation,
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