Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-11-19

SOuvUns gives tbs account 0i tn. con-
di,ios Of sffsirs in Nashville. Tenn.
SrsrrAArrc ExroRTlos.--t seems TO
be the order Of tho day in this newly
Peorlsd city, and how veil it 10 ob.erved
every traveller ~ho stops here--and ev-
cry one vic'imizcd-nsy attest. Tue
simplest necessities AID conveniences If
lie command the most extravagant pri-
ce., and competitor, which directed TO
the rsaliz.tions Of the greatest profits,
rather than to decrying and REFRESHING
extortations. only feeds sxtoton.
The money mania possesses all who
traffic here, and trade regulated By svar
ice, makes NshvilIe he speculatpr's FL
Dor ado. Unfor,unaes, financially, of
every cha sctei aock to this Mecca Of
wealth, like the Primitive Christians to
Palestine, or modern inyalids 10 q wa
tcring place. Adventures with exhaust
cd pulses come here - replenish.
Sportsman With invisible means of sup
port are abundant. Ganestes. retrieve
their fortunes here, and peii hunters
thron g.insuch Numbers one can inter tia.
Mamnon, in form corpora, had reared
here a throne TO receive the homage Of
his sorshipera Trsdesmen dc not CON-
pete IN cbeapness. That man 10 most
successful WHO sictlmizes the greatest
number OF customers. He is most for
iuua,e who needs and buys the least.
Exorb,ant prices do not deter men frcm
buying. Money seems plenty. Abun-
dance bsgets extravaganza, and eDcoui
age, exorbitances.
Mob ,dy complains Of prices, unlcs, it
- the poor, and they are indeed suffer
ers,dazz!cd ), the glitter OF riches, IL the
midst of plenty, luxury, and scbsusIi.y
that laughs at national calamity and iii
dividual poverty, endure in silence, sui
feri,g. that nobody care t. alleviate, that |
the fortunate witness only to reprosch
the sufferers with.
Here iudeed are The extremes of for
tune. Never have seen them in such |
deplorab g contrast
Refugees, who hefcrs the torch Of
var lii up 9Th devastating glare the
S ou,hern country, enjoyed the ease and
comfort CT quiet bones, glajdcned BY |
tn. smiles Of plenty, are now asking
aim, on the steps o the splendid Capitol.
that their wealth in better days contribu
Ted {, bear.
Cold and hunger sit on hundred
hearths, aud desti,u,ieD stalks with bag
gard fo,m 10 the midst Of luxury and
.lh.
Here on one side II the street, sbiv-
pring With cold and punched ty hunger,
iwei.s the virtuous poor. The is pal
a'iai bagnio, .pampered debanchcey,
ev.ling 10 the prluceIv splendor OF a.
Ea,tern barren, teasls lceused court
san AZ queen.
Another step, and the corruption Of
hat age tina, witnessed the disgusting
orgies Of the Roman wcrll shall have
Itself on us
Little Rock, Arkansas, IS fast resum-
oy its oid hab {, OF business, and it's IN
iabitart., we are glad to note, are re
'uming their cid feai'y 10 the Union
Many Of them, ws Judge, have renamed
nnsh ken under the "pressure' which
has been brought TO bear on them. We
IRE led to this conclusion from the re
port ola meeting held there on the 3 lat
lit mo, published in the National Dem
,crat, = true Union, because trde dtmo.
,ratic newspaper, revived since the oc
Of The city By cur forces. We
append ore the resolutions OF the meet
no, which is as honorable to tho head
and hear, Of ts author AS we doubt not
= is deservodiy complimentary TO oar
army:
Resolced, That a. Kindness and con-
iirmness and ability, a'e Deces-
'ary ingrediments in the character OF
Of suci' military rulers as would win our
people hack to he folds Of Uo;on, that
we congratulate the country and the
people of Arkansas on their good fortune
n having such officers as commanders
n their midst.
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