Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-22
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The Chicago Tribsse Of the l7th reviews
ehe cass Of Harlan 10 he sale Of the Chero
kss lasds, and closes its article by dsnounc.
Ing him 10 the sellswisg terms. And the
1si1sse srtisle was written in ignorance Of
ths fact that the parties 70 whom he sold
the land had been tried and convicted BY
the Legislature Of swindlng the people Of
Iowa out Of more than half a million dollars.
How much more severe would the 7,'bn"e
have been had il known this fact. II says:
Without mpu.ing dishonest motives to
gentleman who has borne the highest chars
assss through long public life, We must
nav that the haste with which the business
vss communicated, on the eve Of his retire.
ment from office, was highly ndiscreet, and
cell calculated TO arouse suspicion. II Is
not unlikely be yielded 20 the over pers0as-
ion Of friends. without the time or opportu. |
nifty for Reighine the matter with The care
fnl coesj1ssssion its iopostasce demanded. |
He deoteo any personal interest h Tie trans. |
sceien. and ~ have 10 doubt whatever his |
hsede ass elson ~ any personal reward or |
eoia: but he owed Il % himself and bis par |
q. that, h retiring from . Cabinet whose |
pelicy il loathseme . him and to the coun- |
Try, he should give no plausible prstext for
suspicious changes Of this nature
Il seems to 10, cleo, that NJ. Harlan fails
% give satisfactory explanatien Of the rate
Of interest deuandsd 81 he purchasers. Il
may b true that 0vs pr esnt. hes been the
rate flxed By most treaties with the Indian
Tribes; but is 10 alse true that il va the du
y q ths Oecsslary 70 invest the money in
The msanes most advantageous to the Cher
okse NaAion; end Ave per cent. 10 certainly
below the prevailing rate. II he could have
obtained seven per cent. or eight per cent,
the Iase that ave bed bess fixed in other
cases. would have been no justification for
accepting It in this instance.
New 0allroe1 DrsaGe Across the
M!eslssiPpi ne Minneapolis.
I. 4 neg railroad bridge 70 span the Mi
sissippi and unite with the two cities Of St.
Anthony ard Minneapolis. has been COM
menesd. Il will I've constructed in accord
ancs With plans and specification. drawn BY
james D. Skinner, Eco, engineer Of the st.
Paul and Pacific railroad. The masonry
work, piers and abutmcnts wiIl be built un.
der the direction Of Nassn. Reynolds 4 Co i,
Of Rock Island. The building supesstruct-
ure he's been let 10 the famous bridge build>
ing arm Of. Boomer, Boyington & Co, Of
Chicago.
The following description Of the bridge
ws sak9 from shs Minneapolis Chronicle:
"Ths bridge vii: b in two sections; one
from st Antheoy seross the mill pond "a
Nisolst Island, and the other from the main
channel 10 the Minneapolis side, near the
terminus Of Dacolah street. The section on
The st. Anthony side will be 800 feet long
, having one pier In the stream The one
acseos the main channsl will b 6l5 feet long
with four piers, besides abutments. Eacl
of thsos pisss y b. built % feet above high
water mark. The superstructure is to be
"Howe's patent improved truss" and vii
cost e6O. 900. This road west Of Minneapo
, lis. as far a. wayxstta bridge, will be pre-
pared during the winter for the IRON. which
will b laid % soen a. the cara can cross IN,
; bridge. Aud so miles Of road beyond thai
} point will be finished ~ fast as money and
I labor can complete the grade. So that b,
, next June the people Of Minneapolis mai
calculate to sse the road completed to Way
zetta. anu hourly trains running between
Minneapolis and St. Paul.
y 'che New Work. Central Railroad
b .-leacseso0 81 che 0sresldency.
: Albany correspondence Of the N. Y. Herald.
: In Buffalo Mr.. VIM g. Fargo will prob
1 ably take the place a. director, vacated b,
4 the late Dean Richmond Mr. Whitney, o
! Rochester, who replaced Mr.. Gould, Of tina
. city, will probably be removed. Mr. Che
e dell, Of Auburn, may he retained. Nj
Y Alonxo G. Paige, Of Schenectady, and Liy
{ ingston Speaker OF Montgomery, will yer,
n probably give way to new men. Mr. Erns
!. tus Corning, will probably insist upon su
l. preceding Mr.. Henry II. Martin, and it
= suggested will present his son. Mr.. Erastu
3 Corning. Jr., for the place. Mr.. Corneliu
j. l.. Tracy, OF Troy, and Chss II. Russell G
4 New Yosk, will, ! am satisfied, be force
4 to yield u succeasors. Nathaniel Thayel
j of Boston. who personally holds, as we'll Q
d represents, . large amount Of stock in Ne,
, England. will. undoubtedly be retained. :
' As already intir sted, Mr.. Clark and Bank
Ct will hold over.
Il W. q. Fargo, Of Buffalo, would undoub
I eddy be chosen president on account of hi
1 practical knowledge and hia situation i
: connection with the west; but large In
. terest In express companies 10 nov cOnsid
. cred BY many disqualification. NJ. Chs
|. pin. Of Aass.. president Of The western roe
). will not accept that positiou. Ssmue
J. Sloan, In spite Of bis cUuoeded aualiiica
tiOne, will have to encounter the DO verfu
hostility Of Vanderbilt, who, having ono
removed him from The Hudson River road
will never consent 10 his re-appssrauce a
: head Of the Central. Two other names
. therefore suggest themselves-Mr. J. W
' Keep. and Mr.. Body, formerly Of Roches
. tor, nov Of New York. who is practica
! man Of large experience and entirely in tn
confidence Of the South Shore interest. =
The otiics Of president Of the Central roa,
. has always been an unsalaried one. Nj
boodv he's this in his favor, and he is re-
. publican, and Gov. rsuton. il Is said, ha
intimated that II this road is put under re.
! publican control, he may relinquish hi
! hostility 70 u and assent to moderate in.
crosse u passenger fare.
rheee y aeoosingsncy in which John V
L. Rruyn's nams may be brought up. Il,
, hae 6sso with the road from the com
I 0snssmsat, and was indeed in the old No
! hawk and Hudeou direction long before ID,
] csssslidasioo, NJ. Pruyn, who hes jus
essn elected to Congress, is, 10 understand
i not 70 b . candidase.
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TAe western Unaon Daanroaa.
tFron ~ Rssk Island (Ill.) Argus, Nov. IL.
A0eae ~ assisols q Islond Ctr Hotel
q SATURDAY,. wses Mssan. Henry Dunlap
1anss y. Hall, end 8. L. Amy, Of Ecoelsud
0ese8s 4. Ths0ssa, q Racins, (presiden
q eAs Weoesm Union Railroad COMPANY.
: y. 7. Eulles. nd Naahaniel Baill,e, Of r.,
= cine; D. u. DAaA q IAnArk, fsns Of q,
!. diseetess q he Western Uaion Railroad.
= and X A. knapps Of Savannah, (supesin-
tsodeos Of u western division Of The W a
tssa Uaiea Raesss1). Meeers. Dunlap ani
. He'll have juee 9grivsd from Scotland M
Amy hes besn in THE country about year
: These esneleasn 90 80 Of wealth, aad.
With otAef European capitalists. ere deepl,
Interested 10 the success Of the Westerr
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