Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-08

sent FORWARD to the 9Th Infantry 49,. LAS
NOW Vi camp. ....04l
/ Nea .ly all the drafted men in this district
have now reported. Some hare not, and
some don't intend to. probably, but the
number is limited. As general thing. the
holders Of tickets have met the emergency
promptly.
Substitutes were selling to-day from
$3.50 to 81, 900, though the trade is rather
dull The great scare is over, and the fe-
yer will be apt to cool off. to rage more
fierccly when the next draft shall take
place, which will probably be within six or
eight months We would advise all able
bodied inen liable to be drafted, TO watch
their chance and put in q substitute at
the first opportunity. Don't go to cheating
yourselves into the idea that this is the last
call, and that the rebellion is almost at an
end, for it is not So When the men now
drafted shall have arrived in the field, the
army will not be numerically stronger than
it was at the time when this call was made.
Act like sensible men, and take no stock in
cock and bull stories gnt up for political cap
ital only. Watch your opportunity and
provide your substitute for the next draft
GoLD. What brings gold down ten,
twenty, thirty, Or any per cent! Great
Federal victories" We arc told sheridan S
victories, Sherlnan's victories, or some 9TH
or Generals victories bring it down." But
what sends gold up again? is it Federal re
verses-victories Of the rebel Generals? "Uh
no; those cursed Wall Street spectators,
they ought to be hung"
This is what we hear day after day among
the street takers, and it only goes to show
how eager people are to deceive them selves.
If the fluctuations in gold depend upon mill
tary operations, then victories woull reduce
and diasters increase the premium. If all
depends upon Wall street then the bulls
would toss it up and the bears crowd it
| down. The probability is, however, that
just SO long as the mcnstrous volume Of
currancy floats the country, gold. when con-
trolled by compa' atively lew mer, will
| continue to fiuctuate whether there is peace
or war.
A DAvENPoRrER IN LuCK.-AfOst Of our
readers are acquainted with our fellow citi-
zen, Jacob Cartright the Anglo-ltallan who
for several years past has kept shop on
Brady street, between 18th and oth, for the
m .nufacture and repair Of umbrellas and
parasos. Well, this man has been in luck.
He is a native of the city of Genoa, Italy,
and to that place he starts week after next,
to enjoy fortune Of 100000, which has
Just been left to him and his brother Anto-
MO Cartwright, by the will Of his uncle, a
month of July last. Mr.. Cartwright would
rather rea,aln in this country and enjoy his
fortune, but the terms Of the will are such
.nat he is obliged to remove to Italy in or
der to come into possession. This is surely
streak Of good fortune that seldom hefalls
any man more than once IN n lifetime
hardly that some think.
In taking leave we wish Mr. c. and wife
prosperous voyage to their future home.
AS citizen Of Davenport Mr. G. ha- borne
spotless reputation, and it is TO be regret
ted that the terms upon which he receives
his fortune arc not such as to permit him to
remain with us.