Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-22

wr ter in the Dubuque Herald. in sps asns
VI this rad says:
1T need not be argued to the business
portion Of the comiuinty tat rs''road
would he a useful mems Of transporting
the surplus products OF : portion Of Iowa
to the South through the port Of ST Louis
for. with all the advantages t. lo~a "f IN.
llinols Cenral railroad as means oil such
importation, it Is used 10 = very great
degree in conveying the productions Of oui
! State southwark Hence, II "a railroad
through another State be fonnd Of such
utility To a large "rtIon of the producing
n d business classes Of our State as to com
mend itself to their pssr"u-ge. is this. OF
Itself. not Al argument in favor Of the con
| struction ofa railroad through Iowa whics
| will not commend itsch - the pstronsge Oi
our people. but hring home the profits ~
III. enterprise instead of bestowi such
profits on the St.te VI Illinois and on the
foreign stos:k and bond holders Of the LII
nois Central company"
In speaking Of the most proper route
from their city TO the northern terminus OF
this road he continues.
From Dubuque TO Cedar Rapids, q dis
tance Of seventy miles, We have railroad
as good as constructed; ther. being but
few mile~ leit, Oh which the iron is not yet
laid What is remaining 10 be done Of this
work is expected TO be finished bv the first
| of September. Between Cedar Rapids aud
Ottunwa and the northern terminus Of the
st. Louis and Missouri railroad, thy dis
tance as surveyed for the contemplated
railroad is twenty eight and half miles
making the whole distance from Dubuque
to the connecting point with the North
Missouri road at our State line, one hun
dred and sixty eight and half miles.
Or Course The Gdzette man calls me
"Copp,rhead," this u ornng. expected
as much. 1t is his favorite argument
We'll, four generations Of my race have
fought to found a-.l sustain the Govern
sment + the United States. From l776 to
1888 uln mother father served in the Con.
t'nonial army, most OF the time under Gen.
Stuben. ~ fa,h.r's f'thcr served be
tween three and tour years III the same ar
my. | don't think the Gazette man comes
ola fighting race, but il his ancestors were
soldiers in that war, the colO- of their coats
was redi My father vas . soldier in the
war Of 1879, aud in the war just closed his
only son. whom age and intirrnity did not
exempt from military service. (nyself) was
\ member Ol an Iowa regiment; while his
only grand son, Of the proper age, served
in the army Of tho Potomac. II the Gdsette
man can tell the Of a man who has bet
ter right to call himself lovai man. let
him name hun Hc does well to call me
"Copperh.ad Well, every Iowa regiment
was tuli ofiust such coppcrhcad>. ! am a Re
publican by every test the patty dare apply
I voted for Douglas in 1860 in 1861 !
did mt vote; in 1862 | enlisted for three
years, and ! can prove from the Gazette
that | did my duty wc,i The same year ]
vo',d tho Republican ti,kc' straiyht; N ~
d,i the sam thing aud in '6t repca ed
the operation. vou'd again in 65-"niy
| woet swallow The negro Err Q am =
"roprerhead, pump thief, aud the rest
Of II! Oh wise Gaseife
MINNIE RIFLE
RIVER NEWS.
Tho New Boston, Capt. 4. Baf"rd, viii
depart for Fl. Madison, to-,norrvw m, rnirv,
making close connect ms f,r ~. Louis -
I.emuel Parkhurst IN the office X. H.
Prct,.man Agent.
The Jas. Means. Gait Wood. will depart
for Dubuque and way points. to morrow
morning. r. NJ Pretty tnan, Agent.
FALLihG.- The water is fall ng slowly al
this point,
Half Of the steamer D. 3. Campbell was
sold at New Orleans last month for 81, ,Ooo,
to Genrgc Pierce and u. W 'ands
The late trial trip of the steamer Magnolia.
on the lower trade, demonstrated her ma
chincry as perfect.
CApt. Hugh Campbell. so badly injured
on the cumberland, by the falling Of spar,
Is recovering.
The steamer Jcwess was lately sold At
Cincinnati fpr e2s,OoO. Capt. Shietto was
the purchaser.
The steamer Annie Z was lately sold in
New Orleans, to A. Bruin 4 Co., for Sl5,-
900.
J.. The steamer Saratoga mas been raised.
l. A great sale Of steamboats, took place
yesterday At Cairo. :
The steamer Brilliant will be detained Al
St Louis from her regular trips for a (, v
days, caused by placing another boiler
aboard Of her
RAPIDS PACKETS. The popular little craft
Keithsburg. was crowded with passengers,
this morning for the lower points There
is not better managed line Of steamers on
l the river Than the Rapids Packets.