Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-23
FIxAScrAL.-Th following is from tht


Banks only. All other currency is placed
at discount OF tM5 per cent The bankers
Of this city who were appointed agents for
the redemption Of the notes Of the Illinois
banks, the State Banks Of Iowa and India
ma, found it very inconvenient to be con
stantly called upon TO redeem this money.
and so they wisely concluded to pitch it
overheard, and, as noted in Onr last report.
they have signficd their intention TO pay all
their balances in par funds. This win prob
ablp compel the Illinois bankers to withdraw
their currency from circulation which is
now about one and quarter million Of dol
lars The Iowa State Banks Of course will
follow suit. No one need be alarmed nj any
very great degree of stringcncy in the
money market on this count.
This makes little or no difference as far as
this locality is concerned. The State Bank
here has made an arrangement to redeem in
grecnbacks, each day, all the State Bank
money taken in at the National Bank
Consequently the National Bank will con
tinuc to take State Bank currency at par,
but will pay out none on checks.
| TnE PolST ExAcTLY.-A correspondent
of the Gozette who signs himself = \ loyal
man who voted for Gov. Stone says ho
understood Coy. Stone to say i'll his ad-
dress in front of the LeClairc House. some
evenings since, that Scott county was be
hind in supplying her quota, under all the
calls of the President and not only 50.
lat hat hul.t..I
populous county in the State, not trcepfing
tho county of UaLuqas." The correspon-
dent then expresses a wish to know here
the Governor got his figures, and if wrong.
to have them corrected. THIS IS the ro3.d
eractly Gov Stone will not deny that he
so stated at the place mentioned; neither
will Gen. Baker, and Of course they knew
just what they were talking about, and are
prepared to make their statements good
If they wcF. not postcd-were talking at
random making positive Leclar.it. .:iih
out knowledge Of the facts whereof they
spoke. re must sa.: thot such conduct was
inappropriate .n.i.i. more so, il. as the
& ,zsu a'lcgc,. S ;ott county's quota " ..s a.
complete as that Of the other popuous
counties. an:} ~ per cent. more complete
than that Of the ccun.y o. dubuque.
But the Governor has not yet had till,esa
prov. his statements good, as both he and
zen. Baker wtii Do, else make the proper
amenof. They have no dcsira to indre
Scott county, and we feel assured that ticy
will take the necessary measures to have
the truth brought to light, no matter which
county suffers by the comparison.
1--WE trus; our ncighborly Gozetc i, not
unduly excited when II charges Us with
"scurrilous abuse of Scott county What
W. have previously published has been the
free and untra,nu,eled expression of opinion
made by the Governor, his Adjutant sicner-
ri and other official disnitaries 9Ea,tereI III
Davenport The charges made by 4o,.
Stone, while at our lcvce, had been previ
ously made at a public meeting from The
Nv the Adiutant General at the SAINT time
and place. 1t WAS then and there Mr. Ga
zeste, that your people were told Tie, were
way behind every county in the State, mol
excepting Dubuque that you were fatten-
ing on government pap, and doing nothing
in return. 1t was then and there that our
Governor told your people that he colld re-
cruit more women in your county than he
could mcn--the latter were so cold and un |
patriotic.
The above is an extract from the Musca |
tine Journal. That paper gives its authoii
ty. Il it to be blamed for pitching into
Scott county upon such representations from
such a source Were the tables turned
and Mnscatinc county the alleged dciii.
quent. we are Of the opinion that We should
feel authorized to give her fits on the
strength Of like authority. We hardly be-
licyc that Gov. Stone would wliuly u.srcp-
resent the facts; neither would Gen Baker !
However they are both in town, and have
the record here and can speak for them
selves.
QuoTING HIsroRY.--He who incorrectly |
quotes history, or otherwise gables by |
culing such sentences and parts of SEN |
tcnces as may suit the sinister purposes of
the writer, is thief and a liar, in a literary |
point of view The Gasstte of this morn-
ing publishes an extract from an article pub
lishcd II the DEMOCRAT, eighteen months |
since, which docs not reflect the spirit of the !
article, but from which it would attempt to |
convict us with having attempted to disconr |
age enlistmcnts in Scott county. Now as a
matter Of honor and honesty between the |
editor of this paper and Of the Gasttte, We
ask him to republish the article entire. We
are willing to stand by it to this day, and as
principle, shall SO stand there to the day |
Of our death. Will the editor Of the Ga
setts do US the justice to reproduce that ar
ticle entire ? II it has not the copy at hand |
we will furnish it with pleasure; and If the
crowded state Of your columns is likely to
furnish any excuse, we will pay for it as an
advertisement. Will you do us the justice !
to publish it, Mr. Russell
SELLING FAsT.-E. 4. McNair, Esq, the
energetic General Agent Of Mccormick 4
Bro, manufacturers of the far-famcd Nc
Corlnick Reaper and Mower, informs us that
the machines are going off rapidly. He has
been ont about three weeks, and during that