Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-21

mand the attention Of every person who has
= family to support. There must. Of neces-
sity, he much suffering among the poorer
classes during the winter months. and We
warn them now TO lose no time in procuring.
so far as their IN cans viii admit, the neccs
sarics Of life. Soliiers' families. who are
receiving the small pi.tancc Of sixteen dol
lars per month. can scarcely live dcccntly
now, at the present high rates FOR all a';.
clcs Of food. clothing. rcnt, fuel DC. II re
grcenbacks are TO bc pat in circulation by
the government to meet its current capen-
scs, and an increase Of pape. money ai
vanccs the price Of all articles cf ccnsump-
tive property. The finances Of the govern
ment thus far, under Honesf Old Abes
policy, have been 50 rnansced as to make
the rich man who uses his money rick.r,
and the poor man who depends upon his
labor for support pocrer-hoping that by
the aid Of the moncd influence Of the coun-
try and hi, immense military patronage, 10
force himself upon an unwilling people, a.
their Chief Executive, for four years longer
IF President Lincoln and his Cabinet had
resortcd to direct taxation a. the commence
mcnt Of the war. making those who were
able to pay the expenses do SO. instead o;
issuing shinplaster currency worth, at pres
ent rates Of gold less than 40 cents on the
dollar for the poor man. and gold interest
bearing bonds that pay an interest Of Is per
cent per annuin for rich man and CAPT
talist, we should not have had the present
high prices for al. the ncccs sar;cs OF life
But direct taxation would have destroyed
his prospects Of reelection. Again we say
to the poorer classes prepare fer winter.
From the ri'tsburc Daily Commercial
Encouraging Sirw oflic Sailiia-
~ Prospect.
zen ,,f,ai mas never III 'eIvel The nation
lie n.,s yer III, IDS his word god. There
nei.her hun iug nor cAag5sratlon IN wilat
he says, AMI Ia has Taught the nation to
con.id. IA his ab,ii,y to do wha ever he I'm
dcrtakcs. Keeping these things IN nm.
shall we reject the steady assurance h,
Grant hun ell t,la, he needs bu, the coop
Grafton OF I ,e nation to crush the rcb Hos.
and that, too. at All carly day. From iii
fcrcnt SQUIRE. We hear that he has unaba;c
cnnil.n :, AL ,ha ar knows whcrroi Il
spe,ks Il Nn.ws ,hc foundations he 1,
surcly-thoagh, peril. $, slowly under
mining. Like the Skillful ply si.-ian who
knows perfect, the condition d h patient,
he knows he is exhaustlng the rebels, am.
what and when the end must be. lie /,
trying no experiment, but Proceeding az
cOrd,ng to plan that works with ma,h,.-
NAUTICAL certainty. One Of the principal cl,
ments is time Another is the progress OF
cooperating movements chiefly Sher
mans in Georgia-which is as sure as fate
all partaken of this character, this grinding
Of tn mill slowly but surely towards the
last
There is one thing which ough. to encour-
age Us, and inspire the nation to courage and
patience. 1t is the unwavcring belief Of the
best informed men, those having the means
for knowing the inside as well rs the out
side, in the ultimate result. Military critics
abroad as we'll as at home, concede the thor
oughncss with which the work has thus far
been done, and the inevitable deduction from
the means in hand and the plan on which
Grant works.
The fact that everything Is stahed on the
result, SHOULD inspire us not only to be pa
tient but to yield whatever is required. The
grand example Of Gen. Gran, himself should
not be lost on the people. He keeps right
ahead, not blindly, but is all the while de-
veloping those things which haze already
caused him to be recognized throughout
Europe, rs well as this country, as amas,er
man Mt ois work 1t was weeks before
Vicksburg fell---but fall it did, and the time
was not long, considering what was won
lie was sanguine then. lie is no less san
gune now. The nation trusted and was no,
deceived. Let it trust him again, foyi will
not be deceived. But let it perform its
part. What greater induccment can it have
set before it. than the certain end of the
war, through the overthrow of the rebel
army in Virginia, and, as a consequence.
OF the rebel,iony This is a certain pros
pcct-the prospect which should move the
nation to bear and be patie..t-to dare and
do everything.
The men we arc now raising will be Of
immense value to Grant they will relieve
veterans, who viii join him. Let us, then.
send every man Of our quota; and then let
US keep rig.t on, a though W. really mean,
never t, let up till the work is donr-tin-
lshed, in the complete over;hrow Of the re-
bcllion and peace restored 10 our afflicted
country.
p,Dcr z Massachusetts, says tha. Jo.
seph Il. Colhurnc. color bearer OF the 10Th
Massachusetts regiment who cam. h,,.
re '.'n''y. has been almoS. an idiot for about
SIX weeks, having lost entirely tn pow r OF
speech from wound On til 18th o Ma.
a,' shell nu ! over h neal. pvicc Of
which s'ru k his cap.b intet d no apua-.
ent INJURY on his mead. Ever since thar
day ne mas not >ai,. word. There is wild
stare about hi YES, hit h cings to III.
colors with the utmost ten, ATTY. lie belongs
in Wi'lam,>l 3, and mas a vile aud ,w,
children.
TOrGn sToRY S u;h Troy * ms, now
agitatcd by tlae stories t.iid about chilli Tho,
talked at birth. 1t prophcsicd that a COM.
was soming ina few weeks and Was c,;nm -
give usa terrible drouth, and that in consc.
quence orits disarrangcmsnt Of atmospheric
laws, there would be FIVE years. famine
Inc war was to end next year according 10
tie inspired baby's prophecy. There are
numbers who have seen the talking child and
Insist upon the truth Of these storics.- Trov
N1i1. -''y
WAsHfxornx's 0RASD NiscE.-rf tho
Princesd Dc Talleyrsnd Perigord should mar.
~ Princess Anna Murat, which Louis IA.
po,sen desires should be done : grand niece