Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-02
!. DAVENPORT. IOWA, MONDAY, MAY ?, 1864.

went on board and heard RrOl. CnamDeriam
sing q patriotic song, in style hard to SUR
pass. During the singing lady % in the
cabin remarked that the 'singing was .
great nuisance. A gentleman on our right
replied to hur in the following laconic style
Madame, q patriotic song may seem
nuisance to you, but it's my opinion you
are nuisance to decent society" She
quietly subsded. May the Lord have mer-
cy on her, il she is worth saving.-Bsrling-
ton Haukxys. 29A alt.
That is one side. Of the story. Captain
Campbell, Of the Jennie, furnishes us with
the other. Prof. Chamberlain and several
other gentlemen % having hoisted them
selves outside Of much essence Of corn,
took seats in the ladies' cabin and COM
menced singing in boistcrous manner. 1t
happened that there was lady aboards the
wife Of Capt Robert H. Whitcnack, of Ce-
dar Rapids, commanding Company A Of the
18th Iowa 1nfcntry, who had just separated
from her husband the day before at Keokuk
he to go to the field and she to return to
her lonely home. She was very low in health
and spirits-in fact had been confined to
her state room nearly all day-too feeble to
partake Of any nourishment, but at the time
time mentioned had just come into the cab
in, and she it was that demonstrated against
such noise as was being Created noise,
as we are assured by the officers of the boat,
that was more like drunken brawl than
like music; and she it was who was insultsS
ed in the language above given, by one Mr..
Caffrey, who was then on his way to Daven-
port to obtain from Gen. Baker, recruiting
commission. Being lady-weak and out
of spirits, (which is much more than can be
said of the intoxicated local Of the Hark-
eye). she modestly desisted from asserting
her rights, or entering into any conversation
with men bereft Of feelings Of politeness or
decency, Of course she ''quietly subsided''
to the shame Of the intruders, be it said
It is very proper to sing patriotic songs,
but no gentleman will intrude with them
into the presence of the sick--much less will
they insult sick lady who demonstrates
against offensive noises. Such patriotism"
is but the result Of low breeding and whis-
XIV on the brain. 1t was this same crowd
who piled some soldiers aboard the boat
with whisky until they became uprorious,
and then blamed the officers of the boat be-
cause they did not keep them quiet.
stood that the last religious service to be
held in the Presbyterian Church edilice on
Sd street, was held yesterday. We believe
this church has been occupied for divine
worship about twelve years, having been
built during the season Of 1851. The
church organization is the oldest in Daven-
port, and dates from the spring of 1885,
The edifice-45 by 70 feet-has become too
small, hence its sale, and the purchase Of
the st. Luke's Church building, which &C.
commodities about 100 more
The pews of the old church have been
sold to society in Muscatine, and will soon
be taken out and removed thither.
This evening, the Pastor, the Rev. Mr..
Anderson, starts for Newark, N. j., to at
tend the General Conference. By the time
he returns-some five weeks-it is expec-
ted the new place will be ready for dedica-
ton. 1t is thought that it will cost about
one thousand dollars to make all the neces-
sary repairs and alterations, and when COM
plcted will be worth at least twice as much
as the old church on Sd street.
OUTRAGE.-Mr. Fulton informs us that
while away from home the other day some
soldiers entered his premises on the East
Davenport road, and committed some most
outrageous dcpradations upon his fruit
trees. One soldier would sieze q nice.
thrifty young tree, four or FIVE years old,
ana bend it down, while another would 90
leisurely to work with his knife and cut it
of close to the ground. Of these they
made walking sticks. Such conduct is
II is destruction Of property
that even meney will not Immediately re-
place. Cannot something be done to stop
the lawless acts that are perpetrrted by
few unprincipled, drunken rowdies, in the
respectable uniform of the United States
DIsrRIcT CouRr.-The May term of the
District Court opened this morning-the
Hon. J. Scott Richman on the bench. The
forenoon was principally occupied in impan-
elling Grand Jury. Two Of the mesnbers
originally drawn declined to serve and
others had to be selected to fill the vacan-
cies. The names Of the jurors are as fol
lows: .tsk*
E. Mead, 8. Brumbauph.
Robt. Wilson, j. L. Zimmerman.
J: s: Seymour, VIM. kigg,
W. Spear, 1ssc g. Thompson,
<; Mcintosh, r. Mccullough,
y: McHarg, Robt. Humphrey,
John Davis, jonathan Parker,
NJ. Phillips. sn
ship Canal Meeting.
The friends Of the Shin Canal project are
requested to meet at the office Of John +.
Coffin, in Davehport's Block, this evening at
precisely & o'clock, to choose delegates to
send to the Dubuque Convention to be held
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