Daily Davenport Democrat., 1866-01-09

ExnsoaAsso While thousands Of lhs
iuhabitants Of the states east II % ere pre-
pairing to eons 70 Iowa during the sp-
preaching spsing, Ired BY the fame oS eus
productive prair;ss, and not iaaoderate
climate, not few Of our people propose
seeking their fortunes in the gold fields ol
Idaho and Meotsna. From Pleasaas Valley
Township slone, over . dozen teams will
start for Virginia City on the 10Th Of next
month. The expedition is to carry out .
stood Of goods. and fetsrn Sons tisss during
next fall. We learn, howsvsr, and II b The In.
teation Of many who 10 out With Il, to r.
main in the gold country. Giving sdvies ID
thaaklsss piees Of business at best, but ws
think that when 1900 per annum can Be
reslis ID from one acre set out in Craps
vines. after few years Of cultivation, more
money can bs made in our own state than
in Idaho or elsewhere in digging for gold
For driving teams At the gold regions. men
are nov being paid At tho rate Of 500 per
month, and for harder labor ct the rate oi
five dollars per day. To Offset this. how-
ever, any kind Of board is worth from ten
to fifteen dollars per week. and
dry goods in the same pr portion.
The Indians are also becoming very trouble.
some and dangerous. and from late advices
w also learn. that owing to their Being die
appointed in an early muster out the troops
are Of very little account. As letter writer
expresses it, ''thc officers prefer to sit in
comfortable quarters playing poker, and
slipping whiskey toddies, to facing cold
Rocky Mountain breczes in the pursuit ol
light footed redskins" The prospects Of q
visit from the cholera should also be taken
into consideration. Judging BY its rasa-
ges in that quarter during its previous visits,
the geld regions would not make . desir.
able residence, should it come next sum
mer, aud ws have every reason to suppose
that it will.
Thar EvrnLAsrrSo SuBJrcr AoA,s.-We
had supposed that Mr.. Russell hal become
disgusted with his insane rawlings about the
Post Off ICE question. and had for the benefit
Of his readers. and the patiently suffering
public. laid the worn out hobby" aside
Such, unfortunately, is not the case. More
paper and ink is to be prostitutcd to SATISFY
his Unsuitable craving for notoricty.
"'ris pleassut, sure, to see ones name
in print" Thus undoubtedly he unused, u
he thrust column and half Of pointlcs.
reprint bef"re his readers this morning.
lie explains I" the cause" Of his removal
aud We doubt il he could lnterpet his leader
himself. We fear Mr. Russell will come 4
bad end in investigating this Post OfRc,
question" We recollect Of reading ST ~
several years ago. o. . plump and rosy.
checked Frenchman, who landed on ous
shores to investigate the Ksnsas ques-
tion." A day after day. and week afte,
week rolled away. the Frenchman grew
TANNER and thinner, and weaker and weak.
er. The fnal result of these frui,les!
efforts in the pursuit Of knowledge VI.
then graphically represented by . picture o
the hsg,ard foreigner in lunatic cell
chained to the floor. and nscribing on tn,
wall wi'h . piece Of charcoal" Vira l.
K.nss, question ~ Imagine yourself, Mr.
Russell, chained 10 the floor Of the Acklcy
House, and
with wrnklcd brow. aud eyes aiamc.
And stiifeniny hair, and quiyering frame,'
inscrib,ng in living characters on tn,
wall. with the stub end Of a five cent pencil
= ipa Ia Post Office quettion ~
Sous over confident wise acre at our state
capita! sends telegram to the Chicago
Tribune, assuring that journal that the
people of this state will sustain the radicals
in congress.
1t Was the general impression in this
state, about election time, that, had the rad.
icals riskcd the contest on the issue raised
b. the Iowa republican state convention,
and new boldly put forth By the radicals in
Congress-. Stone would not again have been
govern.r OF the state, nor would the radicals
have been in a majority in the legislature.
So largely did republicans share in this i'm
preston. that they found it convenient ia
dodge" the very issue Of which we arc
now told the radicals in congress will be
sustained bv the people Of Iowa The elec
tions nex: year will furnish much better
answer to that question, than can possibly
be given at the present mcu.ent by the De-
Aoines correspondent Of the Tribune.
WINTER Srock.-Remington Co., near
the corner Of Brady and Second, invite the
attention Of the public TO their large and
we'll selected stock OF gents furnishing goods
for winter wear, aud to the reasonatleness
# the terms At which they are manufactur.
ing it TO u-dcr.