Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-22


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The Assoc;Atisn be- bssa Incorporated
usaw ~ Iaws of lswa, ana measnfss WI
iausdtaasly b. adopted tssseure . theroash
canvass Of The esanty for tho collection 81
funds. Let the project be met on al sides
With spisit sf tue libssalty. i4-"
Thus many assume, - the Dsmocrat has
distinctly stated, that acceptance ofbail is
equivalent 70 discharge of the prisonef and
. compouudiug Of the crime. This IL grew
ously erronsoass IS
We and the above interesting item q in-
tellikeaos IN the Gusstts Of this morning,
having coms directly o. indirectly fron
some one much interested, and not over
scrupulous about the truth. It i ''sriev-
ously'' false-got up for buncombe. The
DsnocpAf never said - but II it will 70
lievc any ones feelings in the least, We will
say that the bail fixed IN IT, three first
charges against PAncoast was insalRcient,
anil under the circumstances Wss equal to
discharge, upon payment of1l600 fine. Why
was the bail insufficient :. Because he was
abls temest II, and thus elods juslioe. Why
has he not met it ere this. then : some one
may ask. We can answer that. Pancoast's
bail was $1,000. He could control about
one thousand dollars in cash. His piano
and other household goods would readily
command an equal sum the bail could thus
h met4-and 10 any one green enough to
suppose that having obtained his liberty he
would return and beg for 4 trial N . COM
munity where II is clear he has robbed The
people Of thousands Of dollars, Not much.
why, then, vas the ..arrangement" not
mades Simply because Mr.. Garrett at
tachsd il, and nipped the "arrangement' in
the bud. The object Of bail - to secure re-
appearance, that justice may be done. Fif
teen hundred dollars bail would not insure
Mr.. Pancoast's reappearance for trial-and
the forfeiture Of 81 500 would not atone for
stealing Thousands Of dollars worth Of prop.
erty, therefore u WAS insufficient under the
circumstances IS they existed on the day
Of the tr,al How Il win be now that . por-
ton Of his assets are in duress remains to
be seen.
rfa thief steals horse worth $75 he is
often held in the sum Of one thousand dol.
lars, to appear for trial, even when be
couldn't rAiss half the sum were Il to save
his neck from the halter.
II another steals two or three thousand
dollars worth Of goods he II held In the sum
Of fifteen hundred dollars, even when there
is almost eestainty that b. can raise the
amont in hour.
The St. Paul Pioneer pays this troupe the
following coapaiusutary notice, adding thai
hundreds we're turned away unable 70 gain
admittance:
st. Paul hes seldom been fayored with Z
visit from first class circus company, but
yesterday We witnessed the performances o.
Geo. w. De HaSen & Co.'S tto9pe, and IL
all candor We think It the best we ever at
tended. Everything connected with 4 il
worthy Of commendation. The dresses
trappines and paraphernalia are new and
rich in appearance. The horses are ths
finest Ne ever saw perform and there i,
hardly single ct performed but Il worth
The peice q admission. De Haven need mol
tsars csnpsrison With any company travel
ing. The thou lands who attended Jester
Day wses mets than satis0ed and delighed
Twnn1lusn Iowa DONATION. follow
ing letter from Col. J. B. Leaks TO Col. II,
n. Clifford. explains, itssh. .Tbe soth low
has been doing noble thipg for the Orphan
Asylum cause. Let the citizens do - vel
By he entsfpriss - The soldisss have done
end there will be NO trouble - its endow
ment:
HsApeuAassns, 9orn Iowa voluxfssi,l
NosaLs, Nay eth, less.
Coz. I. n. 0upon.-DsSr S;r IL for
ward to-day by Exprsss, y your eere--s
package containing Tires tho6sand and nfty
iiye dollofs-ths Dirt installnsnt Of the con
t11bat1oo Of this regiment to The Iowa Stat,
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