The Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Saturday Morning August 30, 1862 Last Day.-"Never or now" is the time to volunteer. To-day is the 1st day for volunteering in regiments, either old or new, unless perhaps it be in a nine month one, with small pay and no bounty. Then now is the hour. Several thousand men are yet wanted to fill our several quotas, and to0day only is left to do the work in. About eighteen or nineteen men of every thousand of the population of the State from the liability of a draft, and only one day for the work. Of course, however, every recruit taken in to-day is so much gained. The Second infantry has recruiting officers in this city from our companies, B. and C; and the Second cavalry, in which we have also two companies, has a recruiting officer here. A chance is thus offered of joining home companies, where our friends and neighbors already are, or any other companies in those regiments. Fighting a Constable.-Yesterday afternoon, Constable Teagarden disturbed a chap who was lying on the boxes by Mr. Kuhnen' store, corner of Second and Main streets, and requested him to go home, for which place he started in company with an acquaintance. After going a few steps, the drunken man turned on his companion, who was a small man, and commenced beating him with a club. Mr. Teagarden hastened to the rescue, and the fellow turned on him, and being a very large man, gave both of his antagonists trouble. Another Irishman who came along attempted to help the drunken man, but help arriving the Constable arrested both of them and took them to jail. Mr. Teagarden had his shirt torn off, and was otherwise roughly handled; but Jesse was bound the fellow should go to jail, and go he did. Self-Mutilation.-Daily we hear of self-mutilation in different parts of the country in order to escape the draft; the latest we have heard of is that of a fellow who had all his teeth taken out. Only one case has come to our knowledge in this vicinity, that of the man at Camp McClellan who cut off tow of his fingers a week or so ago. Are these men to escape service? They ought not. To be sure, they are not fit for soldiers, indeed they are not fit to associate with soldiers; but they should be made to suffer for their criminal folly. We would put the into the service and set them at menial duty-Make them camp scavengers or water carriers. Twentieth Regiment.-The Twentieth regiment will quit Clinton to day at one o'clock, and marched to this city by order of the Governor. They start with three day's rations. They will probably reach her Monday evening. This will be a novelty in this part of the country-a regiment marching to its place of rendezvous-a distance of forty miles. The Twentieth will stay here a couple of days probably, when our citizens will have an opportunity of seeing one of the finest regiments that ever left Iowa-indeed we heard a cavalry officer say the very best our State has yet turned out. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IAGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES