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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-10-21

DAVENPORT POST OFFICE.
.4rrirai and Departure oT Mails.
Arrivals. Departures.
NORTHERN.
Tuesday, Thursdays | Mondays, Wednesdays
q Saturday " ~. Fridays6 a. ~.
ria Rirer Route.
wednesdays aud sun Mondays and Fridays
daysai Bpm at2pm
SOUTHERN.
Tues. Thurs. e. Sat. Mon. Wed. e. Fri.
nj Up. N. Mt u. m.
EASTERN.
Tuesdays, Thursdays | Mondays, Wednesdays
e. Saturdays at o m & Fridays ut 4 pm
WESTERN.
Iipton Route.
Every Saturday u m Every Saturday p m
Marion Route.
Every 9th. Fri. 6pm Every 9th. Tues. 6 m
JOHN FORREST, p. NJ.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-10-21

01eThe steamer Mail last week in her
passage " the Mississippi was spi'tcd up
On formidable Polk stalk. Il struck her
on tho lsrboasd side, pissed through her
cook house end blacksmith shop, broke of
The lower escapemens pipe, and continued
iss way through the aoor Of the gcn,lcmcn's
cabin, which il entered midway beneath
the dining table, leaving breach several
fcot in extent.
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LIST OF LETTERS.

Remaining IN the Post Office a, Davenport on
the LIST day Of Oct, l8i7. which it not taken
out before the ist day Of December, will be sen,
to the General Post Office as dead letters
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LANDS FOR SALE,

EVERAL trncis III Land Of good quail
- ity and well located, near Davenport, for
sale nj bargain. One tract Of I6O acres; one
OF loo acres; Of 70 acres; and Two OF 90 acres
each.
Now is the time to purchase, for lands are
now ut their lowest possible rates, ms the im-
provemenis now going on in this vicinity, and
those 10 he commenced the coming spring, will
have tendency to enhance the price Of lands
and town lots from 20 TO 30 per cent. within "a
will be created for grain by the erection OF the
two extensive Steam Mills, now about being COM
plcted, will and has already materially advan-
ced the price Of adjacent lands and town prop
erty; and healthy and confidential feeling
now prevails amongst proprictors Of real estate,
We need not look for nor fear relapse, but on
the contrary expect steady advance and rapid
Improvement throughout Scott county.
A. C.. FULTON.
Davenport, October 2ist, l847. 9-tf
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DE WITT HOUSE.

Davenport, October 2ist, l847.
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FLOUR.
~ BBI.S. 8. F. Flour pr Barrel or re.
~ tnil BY Z. LESLIE.
December 81, GAG.
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saavEussMlrasaNl:.

! 0tlE undersigned hcgs leave to inform
- the citizens OF Davenport, and the surround
ing country, ihat he has established himself in
the Watch-repalring business, and that he is
now prepared TO execute orders, with which n
kind public may favor him, in work ina mike
manner. BY strict attention to his business nc
hopes 10 gain the confidence and a liberal pm
tronage Of the public in general.
Old gold and silver Dough, or exchanged.
T.. N. II. JESSEN.
Davenport. July 22d, i8a7. 48-tf
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Fms IN PmILADELPmIA.-Abbdtt's Old
Brewery, occupied BY extensive saw mills,
ETC., was Consumed on the LIST inst. Loss
estimated At 100000. Nearly onc-half
insured.
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II OCULAR PACKETS.



NJ. LIITL.roS, master, will ply regularly be.
tween The above places, leaving Monirosc cvcrv
Monday and Thursday nj y o'clock, A. NJ. Re-
turning, leave Rock Island and Davenport, every
Tuesday and Friday at u o'clock, A. NJ. taking
Passengers and height ihrou III from Rock Island
tn -. LOUIS ON the steamer Ocean Uarr from
keoknk, having made arrangements with her
10 do So. The public NAV rrN On the punctuul-
ny oil his boat; having been purchased expressly
tof this trade md determination Ia te,nain per
mnncnil,, il is hoped the public will feel intcrcs-
ted enough 10 sustain the Undertaking
All attention shall be given Ia the comfort and
accommodation Ut Passengers and Shippers, and
hope hy stric, attention 10 merit liberal share
oi patronage.
012'For particulars apply to the Captain ON
board.
N, u. People from the country can always
depend on THIS boat To the hour, unavoidable
accidents excepted passing all the Towns going
up ~ daytime and the lore part OF the night, and
returning will pass all the principal places in
dny light, arriving ~ Bloomington, New Boston,
oguawka and Darlington before night.
Sept ?.
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AVlNG becn appointed Administra-
tor Of the estate OF B. h. WRIGHT, late or
Scot, county deceased, with the will annexed,
by the Judge Of Probate Of Scott county, in the
stend Of Il. Wright Executor resigned, persons
indebted to said estate will pay up and those
having claims against said estate will present
them Immediately for settlement, Ms said estate
will be closed as soon Ms the law will allow.
A II MILLER, Administrator
Of said Estate with the will annexed.
Scott county, October l4th, 1877 B-4w
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REGULAR PACKETS.
a - WAR EAGLE A-
49, e. e3a
MONTAUK,

FoR GALESA, DuBuRur, PorosI, AND ALL
INTERMEDIATES PORTS.
DtlE new and splendid. Iigh,-draught
- stcame. SWAN EasLEj'' X. A. Reilly mas
ter, and "MoNrAux,'' John Lee master, will ply
rs regular packets between St. Louis, Galcna,
Dubuque, Potosi, and all intermediate ports du-
ring the low water season; meeting nj the Low
or Rapids regularly once q week and cxchnng-
ing bargcs, thereby avoiding all damage to goods
attending rc-shipping. Their bargcs are ne,r
and superior and have the certificates requisite 10
afford insurance in any Of the Offices in 81. Louis.
These boats prepared riUt erery facility to for
rard their freight riA the greatest despatch Ev-
cry excrton will be used to give satisfaction to
those who may favor them with their business.
A liberal share Of the public patronage 10 res
pcctfully solicited. For freight or passage aP-
ply IN board.
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AVING been appointed administrator
- OF the Estate OF Joseph Wilson deceased
by the Judge Of Probate OF Scott County, Iowa,
oil persons having claims against said Estate will
present them and those owing the same will
come forward and settle with the undersigned.
THOMAS YARWOOD, Admir-
Davenport eih October 1877 73t
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-24


This institution was organized, August, le46
The faculty Of the Law Department consists Of.
Hon. HENRI PIRTLE, Professor of Constitu.
,ional Law. Equity and Equity Pieadings, and
Commercial Law.
GARxErT DUNCAN, ESQ.,, Professor Of the Sci-
ence Of Law, including Common Law and its
History, and Criminal Law.
Passion S. LouGHBoRoUGH, Professor Of Real
Property, of the Practice Of the Law, including
Pleading and Evidence, and of the Laws Of Ma
tons.
These gentlemen are well known for theiI
ability and learning. The young man who
cannot improve under their tuition cannot i'm
prove any where. The Louisville Law School
indeed, offers every inducement to young mel
who intend studying the law. No men stan'
higher than Judge PIRrLr and his associates
as scholars and gentlemen; and they will omi
no means, spare no time, in making the Louis
Vile Law School one of the best inthe country
There were ,hirty-two students at the frs
term which began November, 1886. Tn
second commences next November, when W
hope to hear of still larger class.
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Dea IL.

There is something beautiful IN the death Of
the young. We know not why they should die.
We never yet saw the infant, as its spirit wing
ed its flight to another world, that its silent sleep
did not seem TO us a mystery. That the old
man should 90 to his rest, seems Il matter of
chill. bu; JOY rather, creeps over us, as we gaze
upon his cold, stiff form-,he worn out fleshy
garment which the soul has put of for one of
heavenly mould. Still the infant in death, so
calm, so pure in look, an emblem at once of in
nocence and truth, seems TO roled in beauty,
and full Of loneliness.
We were called the other day TO minister to a
friend who had lost his only child. He spoke
il had: for then his stern mastered grief had
found vent in a natural channel. But as We
gazed upon the sleeping beauty before us, and
turned 10 the rigid, hard eok of the Father. a
more terror in that look, than in the death-ex-
PRESTON of the child. We spoke no word of
comfort. We knew il VIEW vain in that hour
TO do il. Yet we bent over the body Of the little
one, and felt as il it were plant OF earth, ia
kea up in early spring, TO be grated on the
Heavenly tree in our Fathers garden above.
One whom We know in spirit, speaks of a
sisters departure as of the flower transplanted.
he express it. He says:
alt was a short time since that our Father,
on one Of our brightest spring DAYS, before the
light had dawned, removed u fair, young plant
from this earth 10 the upper garden. that i,
might open its petals in that safe land where no
frost can chill, and where his own smile :mparts
perennial life. Itwas fitting that one who left
us al the early age # seventeen, and before care,
or grief, sin had dimmed her pure spirit,
should 20 al this season, and he accompanied BY
the fresh breathings of nature, and the first song
Of the birds. There was that in the life and
| character of our sister which imaged forth a
beautiful mingling of the JOY and purity of ere
alton, with the graces, the faith ard the virtues
Of the Gospel. Few ever felt Il deeper sympa-
thy than she did with the loneliness of the outer
world, and few have exhibited at her age more
Of the attractions, and the sustaining power OF
the cross of Christ
Mourn not Father and Friend The spirit
Of thy child has gone up to its fair home. Ii
will bud there, and when the hour comes, with
its summons for thee, thou wilt find it, with
other kindred, ready to bear thee up, and make
glad thy welcome. The best requiem 10 be sung
over its deserted body will be life of purity.
The surest way to halow its death, is, to be like
it, prepared to die. Look up. then, and long for
the time when we may rejoice together. with
the lost and loved, in the purified circle of
Heaven.
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Isshusus Of lsaaaoa.

Michael Chevalier's examination OF the isth-
mus Of Panama shows the distance from the
Atlantic to the Pacific to be upward Of seventy
miles. From the gulf of PaPagaya, ON the Pa
ci6c. to Lake Nicaragua. is seventeen miles,
This lake is one hundred and thirty-one feet
above the ocean; the summit Of the intervening
ridge one hundred and forty-three feet above
the lake.
Several surveys terminate canal from The
gulf at a point near the town Of Nicaragua on
the lake: ST. Juan is believed TO be the fit end
ing on the Atlantic side. The distance, by the
route proposed on this line, is seventy-hve
miles
An easier though longer route is by Lake
Leon. No deep cutting would be required on
this route. Lake Leon is twenty-six feet high
er than Lake Nicaragua. and discharges its waters
into it. A canal. using the waters of the former,
would require only thirty locks-suPPosing the
waters of the Pacific to be used the summit
level. The passage from ocean to ocean is one
hundred and eighty three miles, including the
lake distance, if the canal went by way Of Mica
ragua, and terminated at st. Juan; two hundred
and eighty-two miles, if by way Of Lake Leon;
twenty five miles longer if by Realego.
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RlSrence and RreeAou.

On the 9Th June, a deputation of lawyers,
mobiles, &c. offered the Grand Duke of Tuscany
their congratulations for his reforms. Liberty
of the Press and freedom in trade, about TO be
guaranteed. Three papers are started; treaty
made between Lucca and Tuscany. In reply to
the congratulations Of the deputation; the Grand
Duke said:
81 receive with pleasure the deputation which
has just expressed the thanks of my people.
Every man is subject to error. and | among 9TH
ers, but my intentions have always been direct
ed to the good Of the country.
'The reforms which have undertaken TO in
troduce. have for long time. been the object OF
my thoughts. l hope to accomplish them en-.
tirely, with the concurrence of the citizens, ano
with the support of public opinion. hope the
populations will receive my words as the profess
sions of sincere loyal faith
These words excited the most lively enthusi-
assn in all classes of citizens.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-24

The Bishop of London, Philpotts, is well
known the wsrld over. He is man Of resolute
purpose, and dauntless energy. Many suppose
him to be too much Of politician to suit the
sacred desk, but his position makes him such;
and we do not know that he is worse or as bad,
in this respect as his defamers.
The Bishop, the other day, had narrow
escape. Only think of his being roasted to
oinder in burning railway car That came
near being his fate. And the English Press,
Punch and all, inasmuch as he escaped unhurt'
lash him with satire, or ood-humored irony.
According to usage" begins one of them,
he made the place too hot to hold him, and he
flew along the road, as in the centre of fire
work. "This is his way" adds another "in
his diocese" This time" speaks third she
was nearly burnt down, and it was by mere
piece of luck that cinder was not found in
place of bishop" ''Some chahng in the car
rage continues one, land this smacks of
Punch-"every thing chafes and heats with our
Philpotts" had set it Oh fire, and the flames
under his feet gave the Bishop very ugly sort
of foretaste, which We hope will not be lost
upon him. doctor, said a wicked old nabob,
in fit of the govt, to his physician, IL feel
the ,orments of hell" what, already" was
the response.
His escape, notwithstanding, was a narrow
one. The Express Exeter train was flying
through the air at rapid rate. The Car in which
he was, caught on fire. The faster the train
flew the faster the fire fed on the freshening
breeze. mady with its Unsuitable and forky
tongue licking up the vital air as the breeze ran
by. The Bishop shouted. He was not man
to be roasted alive quietly. But no answer
came. On swept the train, and FIVE minutes
more, and the car would have been in a blaze.
The flames were already beneath his feet, the
thick smoke curling up. and dimmng his sight
and sitting his voice. Guard" "Guard -
The Bishop cries. The roar of the train browns
his call. But when about twenty miles from
Exeter, one of the guard, saw the difficulty. He
screwed down his break instantly. But this did
not check the iron horse; on, on, he went as
fast as ever, and the heated floor of the car be-
came too hot for human feet. The guard who
was around, passed on, at some peril. to his mate
ahead. He screwed down his break The en-.
gineer feeling the check of the two, turned 10
see the reason. and discovered the peril. In
stantly steam was shut Off and the engine re-
versed; and the Bishop released. The car was
cast aside.
The Bishop reached Exeter, says one of the
writers, safe and sound, d. b--.A .na,ehsd from
the burning"
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daub Of man, poor miserable show Of
humanity. from New York, passed through
our State, and received the hospitality of some
Of lite wealthy citizens. He thought it would
please his entertainers TO denounce the oppo-
nents of slavery, and exalt the pairiarchal in
stitution.
al am satisfied" sand he, that the slave is
happy, and believe the institution, as admins
tered here, neither harsh nor unjust If those
scoundrels-
'Parden me- Sir replied STAKEHOLDER as he
interrupted him. We want no such defence
III is enough for us that the law gives and Sc
cures US our rights, without asking freemen TO
oefend as bitter a curse ever afflicted society,
OF troubled mani would give for my children,
sake alone, all have, and he spoke not with
out reason( if Kentucky had been as New York
is-free"
The subject was dropped. The miserable
ositiH started new topics, and tried hard, We
learn, 10 Recover lost ground He failed OF
course. Every planter felt contempt for him
and one went so far TO shoic it. JOHN RAN
DoLPH expressed the Southern feeling. when des
cribing this class of Mediterranean. as SPAWN
Sir, Spawn" They are time-servers at home
aao lick-spitties abroad
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EoancipaliOn.
The world is waking up.

The world is waking up.
Turkey has taken the first step towards the
abolition Of slavery. The Sultan has abolished
the slave trade, and closed the slave marts at
Constantinople. The Pachas of Egypt, and of
Tripol, it is believed, will soon follow this ex-
ample. Already has the Bey of Tunis acted.
This general emancipation will destroy the
slave traffic in n orth Africa.
Wsllachia, too, is free! The emancipation of
the Bohemisns belonging TO the clergy, public
officers, and State, has been decreed by the
Wallachian diet! This sets free fourteen thou
sand families and sixty thousand slaves. There
are yet twelve hundred families and forty eight
thousand slaves held by private persons But u
small tax has been levied on the emancipated to
redeem these bond. All, then, are free. Prince
Bibesco urged forward this universal emancipa-
ton.
And Uruguay, in South America, has declar-
ed against all involuntary servitude. 1t is a
great move The other Republics cannot resist
the example. They will follow it.
Nor can despotsm Withstand the wide world
movement. Russia feels it. Prince w oronzoff,
Count Protasof, NJ. Kologrivoff, have set free
their bond. NJ. Rummin gave liberty to eight
thousand serfs Of both sexes whom he owned
he is one of the wealthiest men in Russia.
These serfs gathered round him; and with them
gathered twenty thousand Of the citizens of
Mil and Riazan, to give thanks for this deed of
humanity He wss called Tiheratort Father,
II is said the Gar favors this action. If his
nod is given for freedom, serfdom will fall quick
ly in Russia
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. Rev. Dr. Set. q. Ye..s'. Ds.os.r.e.

We commence, on the first page, Dr.. YoUSo's
discourse delivered at Danyille. in this State, be-
fore the Presbyterian Church of that place, and
published by the members thereof. OF this Di-
vine, nothing need be said in OF out of Ken
lucky. He is eminent for his pety, learning,
and truthfulness.
We have two objects in publishing this dis
course now. FIRST, to show what is thought by
religious men in Kentucky, as TO the duties OF
masters, and which may be found, also, on first
page, Second, to reply TO the charges made
in the American Missionary" for July as TO
the effect Of slavery in retarding the progress
Of the Gospel.
We shall recur to this subject in our next:
for while ready TO expose all the ills of Slavery
wesre not willing TO have the South represented
as being involved in one gloomy thrall of i'm.
Piety by mistaken or misjudging men.
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The U.aWVers,

We observe several notices of an important
case" in Massachusetts. We suppose il is made
no more from the fact, that Daniel Webster and
Rufus Choate were pit;ed against each other,
than from any new or difficult principles in
volved in il.
A rich man, noted for his avarce and his
wealth. dicd-making his will, and giving the
bulk of his property to various charities. The
will was contested on one ground-that one of
the witnesses to it was insane at the time of
signing, and, therefore, incompetent Had this
been proved-it was not-the dead mans dis
position of his property could not have been
carried out.
Mr. Webster examined this witness. He had
been insane. But he passed through the ordeal
satisfactorily. After three hours siege, the
examination began. Says one writer, de-
scrbing that:
"No shrewdness could entrap him, or bring
him into inconsistency; nothing could make
him ashamed to tell the whole truth about him
self, although some things must have been ex-
ceedingly painful; nor could any multitude OF
questions, or ingenuity Of interrogation confute
him. He saw every thing as clear as light, and
answered accordingly. His examination closed
at sunset, and the Court adjourned"
The object of justice is to get at truth; of the
cross Sc examination to prevent this. No body
seemed to doubt the testator's sanity: but the
law requires three witnesses to a will; if one OF
them could be proved insane, the will would be
set aside. So the lawyer (and, We suppose, we
should all of US do the same, as far as we could
tried to trap this poor fellow. to shame him into
some inconsistency, to drive him, by touching
on painful matters, to Standardization.
And we call the talent, tact, or cunning so
displayed by the professional man, "great."
" Mr.. Choate surpassed himself" :" His intel
lect never scared so high" Is it not strange
that usage should Sc blind us as to make us
overlook cruelty,-the ends of justice itself Is
it not most singular that we should Look on, and
praise conduct, which, If practised in private,
would shock every sensitive mind and honest
heart We trust the day will soon be, when
talent, at the bar, will be exercised in better
way for itself, and the community, and profess
sional contests look for something higher than
entrapping, confusing, or confounding poor
witnesses!
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\ ours with respect


$500.
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90 sha,! It be conducted hereafter. We have not
spariiole Of hostility towards Shareholders We
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ment, 70 their better nature, we shall constant
lyappeal against system fraught with as GER
tain injury to them TO any other class
The mistake 20 often committed, of believing
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oerstsRG their game. and, if at times thew use
the fellows who so act, they cast them ava,
with disgust, when their services are no longer
needed. Like all men, they like decision. calm
ness, magnanimity, discrimination, a business
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they agree with you or not. II is, always, the
most ezDeasiue economy. in any cause, so to al
10y truth, that the guinea is light Give it its
true weight, let the metal ring out clear and
sound, ana it will pass current with all classes,
snd be recognized, every where. as of standard
weight and value
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aging word. We have not undertaken the pub
licstion Of the Examiner without full fore
thought, and he will find in it nothing which
shall violate : Christian courtesy, or give Of
fence 20 the well-bred man, be he wha, he NAV