Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-22

weeks since We had occasion To rahnke por-
tion of The 3oth Regiment for layhswking ard
rafcsliy. and for insulling the wives and
daughters Of our citizens upon tho streets For
thr, we were attacked In a most dastarily
manner through tho columns of the Gautte.
and as We were assured a squad OF soldiers
attempted 10 pass thu guard. with the ayowed
purpose OF coming down to clean out" our
establishment A soldier called Gu us ysstsr
day. and In the course Of conversation gave us
piece Of Information. which. II true-s We
have no doah. Il is-stamns one Il tho Gazette
editors as a.cnunlral too law 10 associate with
hrsts tsciaee horse thieves and bntglars. The
soldier assured ia thnt duting tho day rrcne.
ding the night the attack n,on our ufiica wac
attempted, ono OF the oa1eitc sdilorA was NOV.
ing round among the men, utierIng dolotul I
sentimouts oi pity at tho shameful way they
hal been treated by Va. telling th-m TINT II
his r4nef CHE Gasstte) had published such IN
article he should expect 10 find his oilice IN the
/ slresis In short order, and il ether waysexci-
ting the men 90 n degree that 1t was senfeely
possible to hold them in check nud the ras
cally purpose ot tho fellow would no doubt
have been accomplished had the guard not
fused TO let tie ,nen pas.
| And this Is your iiea. 81 honorable ilurnal-
lam. gentlemen OF the GQzeR We we're not
surprised to bear Of your a,agracrlal attempt
to ruin eotomporary, Your course since
you took poseesaion OF tho Ga tttc has been
snoh TO lead Us 10 expect auythite d yuur
hands. be 1t ever 40 mean. We eons.der our
selves. aud tho insurance companies who un
der.rite for Us. as exceedingly fortunate. iuHs
much as We aro lpoalcJ In tho same building
With yoursel.e es, other Wise one or both might
experience ssrious financial loss. When the
Gazette started out to aasisl IN destroy Ing the
Constitution Of oar fathers. ani endorsed the
.sntimen,- oi the radicals 10 their ,llainous
attack upon the heroes VI the Revolution /
when ~ set ny the ri-gef. aud required the
white man to low his bead snln,its'yely be-
fore bim when IL ,obbysd with Aldermen 10
induce them 20 vote against an h0nest debt oi
tho city when aith malignant hntrcd tt sn-
dsavored - undermine VA by accusing na VI
disloy alty--and ut what IL knew to b. a ic--
cl sympaths.ng with tho Rebellion, Wa then
thought tho Gazette had deseeuded to the
iowest possible speoias of jourualism. hut II
has 10 lhis outrageous not taken one lower step
and placed iiselt ina position whore 10 dc.
cent paper can follow II. We advise our
neiehbors to curb their Passlon. otherwise IN
their blind zeal to get rid Of US they may com
nit tomo crime recognized as punirhabe by
the law, Of the land.
BtFFAIo l,oEE InIEr CAuonr.-
Yesterday morning a man calling himself John
Furgurou called at benton Browns stable
corner Of gd and Perry streets, and offered
Tor sale a couple OF bnillo robes--one Of them
a very large new one, we'll lined, valued at
$50 and another worth - or sl0. Furguson
stated that he had been drlving stage over in
| lllinoie that he could not ret h,s pny hSd
sued his employers, attached thoss rohee. and
I bought them 10 There was someihing about
the story that nesers. j.. n chose not to
h.Iieye. Moreover, Mr. GontoD netieed that
the lining ol the beat robe was like tbe irnInp
If one oi iheir new sleighp, md he thought
that by going down 10 Coliinr & skeeps. where
the lining was bought he could get a elite to
the mystcrg. While Benton was gone. Mr..
Brown placed Fnrguson 10 charge oi come
bys,anders nu1 went for an officer. Mr. Ben.
!on coon ascertuned that tho larger robe be-
longed to Alinct skeel. Esq. II having been
stolen down on'I'font street. Furguson then
stated that he 20, the robes of Henry Nolan,
German, who keeps the Madison on Front St.
near l}urrows old mill. LIS was taken there.
and Nolan said he got ore OF the fobes oi John
Nytr. ealoon keeper. and the other Of a man
who had gone to Lyonr. This kind OF iSing
had played on. and the mtn we're both taken
to jail by officer Brown, 10 await trial.
There has been any quantity Of robes stolen
THE ysar, and 1T "a Fortunate the. hold has
been made upon at least tw, u the thieves
The value ol The property stolen u sufficient
20 send em down 10 Fort Mad son for a
couple Of yeare At leas,.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF TIE Non
/
eTs of this mpany held their annn'l meet
ing in ST Louis few days ago. at which they
elected the folio wing officers to serve for the
ensuing year
/ presi.ient-T. r. Rhodes.
I Scretwg-T, II. Griffith.
Direelo,s Ward, I II Griffith John
/ B Rhodes, X. G. Gray, 7. J. Baford. 1. B
/ Rho5a hos, Goi don.
/ The steamers which are 10 make up the
4 Northern Line for the approaching season are
the Hswkeye State. Sucker state. Northerner'
Canada. Pembina, VIM. l. Ewing aud two
!, 90 ones which are now under process OF cou-
struelion at Plttsburg. The regular line VIII
co sist OF eight magnifcen. sine.wheel pack
e,. and then, besides, there will be one or
two outside boats which can be put at work