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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-06
NOTICES.

Votes On Iosco, sCith o neW and beautiful easrared
Mop, sho'cing The Stasr, county and tcrnsh,r
lines, public roads, contemplated Railroads, ana
ineludine the most receni settlements and Improve
ments, BY George B. SARGENT.
Tho above work has JUS, been issued from IN.
New York Prcss. 1t should be in the hands o.
every resident Of the State, and OF all those whe
desire to make themselves acquainted with the
counties, soil, improvements, etc. Of Iowa, wish
the view Of locating here. The work 10 beau,
fully got up and may be purchased low q, tn.
Drug Store adjoining the Printing Office.
The GRrAr WEST, il the title Of large and
handsome literary paper recently issued from tn.
Cincinnati press. II is to be published week.,
and is equal to the very hes, literary paper in
the East. We will take pleasure in extending
the circulation ola newspaper devoted to the
encouragement and fostering of Western litera.
ture Terms $500 per annum. sample
number may be seen At this Office.
JUBILEE Pictorial BROTHER JoSAruAx.-Thi.
great sem-annuai publication has reached U.S.
II is the ne plus ultra OF pictorial sheets. Among
so or 90 other engravingsit contains . Mexican
battle piece covering surface Of nearly seven
square feet. Also fac smile Of the original
rough draft Of the Declaration Of Indepen dence.
A letter directed to Wilson e. Co. publishers,
New York, enclosing . one dollar bill will
bring by return mail, ten copies Of this Pic,ori.
al sheet.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-06
NEW YORK FOR GEN. TAYLOR.
The ST. Louis New Era thus discourse.

NEW YORK FOR GEN. TAYLOR.
The ST. Louis New Era thus discourses
Of the prospects Of Old Zach in the Empire
Stnie:--
"Take for instance the State Of New York !:
Al the last election, when a smaller Wing rote
was polled than on previous occasions, the ma
jorty for Willard Fillmore, AZ Comptroller Of the
State, over his Locofoco opponent, was THIRTY
EicHr iorsAxp! This was no. done BY any ac-
ccsslcn Of Locofoco votes, but through the dis
sension Of our opponents in that Stat, then in
its incipient stage. Then il was believed that
the breach could be healed now, il 10 decla.-
ed by themselves that il is irremediablc. A. low,
then, for the dissention Of the Whigs in the city
Of New York-which in no other part of the
State exisis-snd what sensible mind will doub,
but what New York. ~ Mr.. Cambrelinq, the
New York Evening Post, and other Locofoco
persons and papers have declared, will csss her
vote for Gen. Taylor. Then, again, ou, Of nine
ty-seven Locotoco papers in that State. thirty
nine OF them have avowed unyieldins hostility
70 the nominations Of Cass and Butler: while
6fty-eighs support the nominees. though some
Of them very reluctantly. To 10 il looks ike a.
certain an event ~ any that possibly can trans
pire. that Gen. Taylor is as sure Of New York q
he 10 Of any State in the Union"
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JoHx VAN BuRESs SrEEcu!-.-The N.
Y. Tribune reports this speech more ia Do.
tail than any that previously has fallen
under our observation. Van Buren, IRE.
quen.Iy convulsed the mass he was address,
ing with bis humorous and palpable hits.
The following, 10 which he alludss TO the Old
bunker delegation At Baltimore, is admira.
ble:-
"The speaker then alluded TO the Albany
Delegation. whose first man wss Edwin
Croswell, and whose last was Benismin
Brandreth. OF such body il was Ct tina,
the head should be "a assassin and The
tail . qusck, (laugh.er). He went on Il
say that some twenty gentlemen Of Tam.
manv Hall had endorsed tho nomination Of
the Convention, but candor compelled him
to say that il their endorsement o. candi.
date was no better than their sndorsemen,
Of promissory note they would do little
toward increasing the circule ton II Lewis
Cass. Laughter and spplause.y"
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TIMOTHY DAVIS.

The Dubuque Express, . Locofoco sheet,
thus speaks Of Timothy Davis, the Wing
nominee for Congress
The Wings Of this District have nomina.
ted Timothy Davis, ESQ.,, Of this place as
their candidate for Congress. We are hap
~ to hear Of this, for we are certain tina,
Mr.. D. will conduct the canvass in fair
and honorable manner. That he will fich.
upon principle and will never resort "a
abuse or villifica,ioo for the purpose Of ef.
(ecting HE election.
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LThc Locofocos accuse the Wings Of
s',ruckling 10 the South" in nominating
Gen. Taylor, and in the mex, breath OF
trucking to the North" by opposing Sla-
very. What would they have Of thcm?.
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For he Gesette.
FIRE! FIRE.!

FIRE! FREE
10 answer to Hooks. will state there is
no disposition on my part to withhold the
funds Of said defanct company, that the
n, ter has been before tho town council
of Davenport, who alone have tho power d
wioding up the affairs Of that Giant associa.
ton and that presume, the duo bills for
"dry goode," 'posatoes" ''blsck smi,hing''
'labor" &c. will b returned ~ useless to
shs makers. the cash about go will be
equally divided, whom the subscription list
can b procured % 70 know among whom to
divide il that Ar, D. c. Eldridgs carried
said liss Of, this nancy 4 These due bills
sre sow 10 my hands subject entirely 10
tho order Of tho councii.
JAMES THoRiNGToN Treasurer
ofths Hook 4 Ladder Co. q Dsysopors.
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ALMOST DaowsED!-Last Monday .
German backed his horse into the river 10
oosa'a water. The animal continued 70
back until the man found himself immers-
d over head and ears, and being unable 10
swim, would inevitably have drowned he'd
b sos BEEN rescued BY byssandsr.
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SYMPATHY ron lRELANn.--Wc had some
thing more to shy Of Irish liberty and il.
noble advocate, John Mitchell, bu, the few
remarks with which We have preceded the
leading article on our first page mus, sui.
fee, in tho present crowded condition Of
our columns.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-06
From The Missouri Republican,
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHIS.


PHILADELPHIA, June 30.
Mr.. DODGE, Of Wisconsin, who was nom.
mated by the Barnburners Of New York
Tor the Vice Presidency, has published a
card in the Washington Union, declining
the nomination. He gives 10 his adhesion
to the Baltimore nominees. and pledges
himself To support CAss aud BUrrER.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-06
FOURTH OF JULY.


Our great National Holiday passed over
almost in silence in our unps,rio,ic town.
Our German citizens celebrated il in q
manner that conveyed the impression tina,
they cherished the remembrance Of the day
that gave independence to their adopted
country. They bad parade, salu,es, On
address, dinner, sorch-light procession
and terminated the day by screnading Eel.
low citizen, A. C. Fulton with some of their
best songs. Il wns tribute Of affection
springing from the heart towards one who
had given them constant emp loyment and
good wages from the time they had landed
in our beautiful town.
In the evening John F. Dillon-a young
gentleman raised smong us-delivered IN
Grafton at the Cour, House. For one 20
youthful il was mastery effor. and ex-
hibited powers Of mind that need bu. the
cultivation TO make tho possessor IN orna-
ment in society.
Many Of our citizens crossed to Rock Il.
lend to participate in the Odd Fellow and
Sons Of Temperance celebrations, which We
are informed passed of pleasantly and
sgrceably. The good steamers, CIcrmons
No. 2, Kentucky, and Uncle Toby oil
brought parties up to this point to unite in
the celebrations. They returned apps.
renily pleased with the novelty and pleas.
ant 1ess Of their excursion.
At lie Claire, in this county, there was
ageneral celebration, to which all were
invited. The day was passed as tina, dsy
only should be spent, not in strengthening
an arm Of divided society and widening the
breach which separates its elements, bu,
In blending together its discordant princl.
pies and uniting the whole 10 good feeling
and sentiment. Two tables profu.ely GOV.
cred with the choices, yiands the country
could afford, were spread, ., which We IN
derstand, nearly fire hundred persons par
took. When next such a celebration oc-
ours, "msy we be there to See"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-06
LIBERTY MEETING.

The msmbsss and friends Of tho Liberty
party mst It the Court House LIST Saturday
Sas the purpose of organizing. The pro.
cesdiags Il their mssting vill b found ia
aesehsr column but the {, solutions 70.
Uast efspacs, - have bsss creed to DE-
- uatl oexs wssk.
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WING TOWNSHIP mEETTNes.

The Wings Of Davenport, are requested to
NEE, at the Office Of E. Cook, on Saturday Ere
"'"g, July 18Th, ai o'clock to select Delegates
to attend the Wing County Convention.
July 5th, l848.
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MASONIC.

The Davenport Lodge meets on he FIRST Fri
day evening preceding each full moon, in the
Odd Fellows Hall.
BY order Of the Members.
III. GOLDSMITH, Sew.
July 9th, l848.
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Gen. Dodge, the war horse Of the Iowa De.
mocracy.-Burlneton Cas-
Eucephalus is champing the bits eager
Tor the field 20 soon a. his masters shall
give him the word.
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DlsAFcECTED WINGS,

0I0AcE ~ Ed WnldS.
There are few Wings 10 this, % 10 9th.
er communities, who are opposed to Gen
Taylor. Men who were 90 intent upon
the nomination Of that pure and elevated
statesman, Henry Clay, that they csnno
brook the idea Of Gen. Taylor having re
ceived the nomination. We would tina,
they were inbued with little more OF the
spirit Of the gallant Henry Clay. M
doubt that that eminent man was rs disop
pointed a. were sny Of his admirers in moi
receiving the nomins .ion, but If he were
no has had the foresight to conceal his cha
grin and to advocate the claims Of Genera
Taylor. Our friends forget the motto un.
der which our party long have bsttled, "A
union Of the Wings for the sake Of the Tn.
ion." Henry Clay knows too we'll the in
terests Of bis country to oppose them by
seeking division in the Wing party. lie
knows that in Union only is s,rength--,ha'
division ever insures defeat. Gen. Taylor
IL On honest man, what he says can be re.
lied upon, he has said emphatically that Ia
u Wing, shall VIC not believe him! Or
rather shall We believe those willy Locofo.
COS who are ever striving to SOW the seed
Of discord in the party, we'll knowing tina,
thus they can secure the election Of thei.
own candidates. Think Of these things
An opposition to Gen. Taylor will be pro.
life only Of eviI--no good can possibly en-.
sue from such course. Il 10 impossible
for Henry Clay now TO be elected. Either
Gen. Taylor or Gen. Cass, has to be our
President next term. II you prefer the
latter como out boldly and make known
your preference; il the former, express j,
and seek TO insure your preference. Blu.
do not, under the garb Of Wings, oppose
1e election Of that great man whom you
through Delegates, dcpu,ized TO speak for
you in tho National Commemorative
nominated Tor the highest and most rcspon.
sible Office 10 the gift Of the American PEG.
pie.
In the language Of Gov. Jones, Of Ten
nessee :--"ShalI we lay down our arms
while the enemy 10 still in the field? We
wsr against Locofocoism in oil its shapes, in
oil ito forms, in oil it, phases: and care
not whether Zachary Taylor be Wing or
what he 10, provided he is against Locoio-
coism, am with him. Ho was not my
first choice, but il is enough for me to
know that the great Wing party have cho.
sen him to be the bearer Of their standard
in their unccasing. undying, eternal war
against Locofocism."
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-06

FLorR mas Rlz.-Since the wings have gone
into the market to buy flour to make "DorsH "a.
cEs," there 10 quite risc.-Iore City Reporter.
Nature has saved the Locoiocos the ne
cessity Of rcsorting to artificial methods Of
manufacturing slough faces"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-06

GxS. TAYIoR.--The Boston Atlas is
publishing tho life Of Gen. TAYLOR, written
By BsS: PsaLEY PooaE. Il should be pub
lished in pamphlet form.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-06

4 Convention Of Delegates from The several
Townships Of Scott county will meet in Conven-
ton u the Court House in Davenport, On Tues
day tte l8lh inst, a, o'clock p. NJ. to nominate
a candidate for the House Of Representative.
Clerk Of the District Court, Prosecuting Anor-
ney, and to transact such other business - may
come before the Convention. The Delegates
are apPorsioned among the several Tow nships -
follows
Davenport 10 delegates. Winfield delegates.
Rockingham 2 do Princeton = DO
Buffalo 5 do L. Cls;,e : do
Aliens Grove } do ri. Valleys do
Liberty l do.
The several Townships are requested to call
primary meetings and send full delegations to
the Convention.
BY order Of the Cts fral Committee.
Davenport, July 5,h, ifs48.
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Gsssral Taylor 10 sc years old, Gen,
Cass ID 81.
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&Sl;'''s6EE
From The S. Lo,ns Reiselle.l
TELEGlSAPulC DI.SPATCllES
j u i O , = /!
STARTLING NEWSi
.4RRIT.4L or THE CAMBRIA.
KerOlutiOn in Paris!
1000 LIVES LOST:
Depression In Markets.
STARTLING NEWS.
7RRIT.4L or THE CAMBRIA.
Depression In Markets.
BosToN, July l.

BosToN, July l.
The steamer Cambria arrived last night.
bringing one week later intelligence from
Europe. She brings news Of the mos, start.
ling character from France. A revolution
broke out on the llth, in Paris, headed b,
Louis Blanc, and over ono thousand lives
were lost.
There is great excitement and alarm
prevailing among all cIasscs. Hopes are
entertained, that the Moderate party will
be defeated by the party advocating the
establishments If m empire.
Commercial.
LIVERPOOL, June 18th.
The Commercial news 10 unfavorab lc.-
Cotton is still declining, with no prospec,
ofan Improvement. Upland and Mobile
- quoted at ID; Orleans at AID per ID.
Wheat is quoted At Is a 10 Sd pc 70
pounds.
Corn is dull, and prices aro barely sus.
tanned. Il is quoted at Bis q 32s Cd Cor
prime white, and Tor prime yellow at 33s,
per $50 lbs.
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GEN. TAYLOR AND Free TERRrroRY.-
The Boston Atlas contains the following
very important announcement:
Col. Johnson, Of Upper Piqua Ohio, WIN
was selected by the Wings Of Miami a. their
delegate to the Convention staunch, un-
doubted Whig-who has, in long life de.
voted to the cause, done i, grent service
= delegate to Harrisburg 10 1889, and 10
Baltimore in lS4l, and who has known
Gen. Taylor long and intimately, writes
IN letter before Us, TINT he il all we could
desire upon this very point, He writes
that he has heard him declare, with much
force, that he regarded slavery - a erea.
evil to the country, and expressed strong
hope that the time might arrive when We
could get rid Of il altogether; and CO...
johnson declares his firmest conviction that
Gen. TAYLOR sis The last man 70 co.utc.
nance its being extended to any nep terri
tory that may be brought into the Unioa.''
Even their candidate, Gen. Taylor, on read
ing 'whig' papers in his camp .. Monterey
threw them down in disgust, declaring tina, the,
wero 'worse than the Mathematician. Cos.
We pronounce the above q most outra
gsous elongstion Of veracity-a double.and
twisted. ingrained, iib, manufactured on. o
whole cloth. Our contemporary mus. hav,
more ears than experience to suppose tina
tho people can Be made TO swallow sucI
nonsense. after Old Zach having repeated
" said, u am Wing"
TUE SENAToRsHIr DECLINED ~ Mn
CLAy.--The Louisville yosrnal d The 24l
inst., ssys:-
On Wednesday last, A. 8. Mitchell, Eco.
assistant Secretary Of State, went froo
Frankfort to Lsxinetan 70 bear 70 The Hon
Henry Clay, from Gov. Owslsy the Gle
Of the ssat il the y. s. Senate, msde n
cant By tho rssignstion Of NJ. Crisseojep
Mr.. Clay declined the appointment.
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PITT HENRY WARREN, Of Dcs Moines County.
Jesse Bowen, Of Johnson County.
WILLIAM n. WALLACE, Of Henry County.
s1HrHEN .. sHELLApAy, Of Mshaska County.
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Commercial.

"HARRY OF THE ."--There is some.
thing exceedingly touching in the tone Of
farewell which prevails among the old and
staunch friends Of Henry Clay. Surely
no man alive can rejoice more in the pos
session Of devoted hearts than he can
Hear the ,roil Of Gen. Leslie Coombe, ol
Kentucky il must thrill the feelings Of the
bluntest political opponent:
"Oh! If you had seen him NJ have seen
him-heard him NJ ] have heard him
when pressed BY unre!enting enemies and
grieved by ungrateful friends--you would
not wonder At my devotion to him. Old
No he was he avowsd himself not too old 10
vindicate his principles-to STAND bv bis
friends. or TO defend himself; no Is the same
brave and great-hearted Henry Clay.
"Gsllant old stag! you have long been
coursed by the hunters and tho hounds,
through brake and briar, and have, At last,
returned to your ancient lair. to lay your.
self down and die. A Nations tears shall
bedew your memory. History, 1t least,
will do you jus.ice.''
Horace Greedy, with equal enthusiasm
and solemnity, exclsims:
"Thank God, that the day has At length
come in which no man can hope to advance
his own interests BY dcfaming and Islander.
ing Henry CLAY! After forty years Of almost
constant and distinguished public service
after m active, energetic career, brilliant,
stormy, and Of alternate good and evil tor.
tnne-hhving ouslived the appointed age Of
man, and with it the rivalrics and hatreds
Of his cotemporaries-yet still vigorous in
mind and in frame, still nrdent in feeling
and in pa.ioiism, surrounded by the partner
OF his lot and their remaining children;-
cheered by the revcrent love Of innumerable
personal friends. and enjoying adegres Of
popular affection and admiration conceded
to no other man since Washington, Mr..
Clay, on his quiet farm at Ashland, calmly
and in Christian faith and hope, awaits his
summons from the shndowy and psrishable
to the perfect and eternal. His has been
long, eventiul day, Of mingled sun and
storm; but tho tranquil evening has come
at last, and il il sercnely glorious With al
the stars Of heaven"
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w HIG TICK EFT
Eleetion serenM Nouember.1

For Electors of President and Vice Presid
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-10
by the President of tho United States.

TN pursuance of law l. JAMES X. POLK, President OF
the United States Of America, do hereby declare and
make known, that public sales will be held the under
mentioned land Offices in the State OF INDIANA, the
RODS hereinafter designated. for the sale of the following
described lands situated in the late Miami cession in said
State, to wit:
AT the land office at INDIANAPOLIS, commencing on
Monday the fourth day of September next for the disposal
of the public lands within the aforementioned townships
and fractional townships, to witi
North of the base hns and of the second principal
dian.
Fractional townships twenty one, Twenty-Five and TWEEN
tv,hrce in the former "Grcat Miami Reserve, of range
Fractional township twenty and townships twenty
two and twenty three, in the former Great Miami Re
serve" of ranges two, three, four, hve and SIX. !,
Fractional townships twenty-five and twenfy-three IN the
former "Great Miami Reserve" OF range seven
Fractional township twentyhree, in the former reserve
of two miles square the Salamanie river, Oh ranges
thirteen and fourteen.
AT the land office FORT WAYNE commencing on
Monday the eighteenth day of September next loI ne ai
posa OF the public lands within the undermentloned 'o"
ships and fractional townships, to wits
North of the base ns and of the second prtreids me-
ridtdn.
Townships twenty four, twenty five, and twcnty-sx ana
fractional township tweny-seven in the former Great
Miami Reserve" Of ranges five and six.
Fractional townships twenty four, twenty-five twenty
SIX, and twenyseven, in the former Great Miami Ne
serve and fractional townships thirtythrss and thirty
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RICHARD M. YOUNG, Commissioner.
TO THE PUBLIC.


The mineral lands" included in the foregoing Jooai,a
ton embrace the greater portion of keweena Point ana
the southern shore of Lake SUPERIOR In the northern PEI
nnsua of Michigan and rendered immensely valuable
by the exhaustess mines oil copper ana ooi ocs ioho
therein.
considerable number of those mines have already been
discove trap ranges bordering ON Lake SUPERIOR
and within few miles of II and from the geological char
cannot doubted that others equally if not valua
BILE will be found throughout this whole mineral REGION
In of the mines now worked, copper is found almost
pure and in fact most of tho native copper and yield
greater cennge than other yet discovered in the
world Silver also found in considerable quantities
All the necessary materials for the construction of fur
naces and fuel for smelling found in abundance in the
immediate neghborhood OF the mineral and the lace Of
the country is such that the mines require but little, if
artificial drainage, and therefore worked great adj
vantage
The climate in the winter though cold, does inter-
rupt the operations OF the nner in fact that season is
considered the most favorable for their operations.
The proximity of these mineral lands to the shore OF Lake
Superior which several safe and excellent harbors
and the water communication herefrom 10y the Sault Ste
Marie, Lakes Huron, Erie &C., furnish ready OF
markets of the United States very trihing cost.
likewise appears from the reports to this office that
the agricultural lands OF fair quality producing the
usual culinary vegetables and grass in abundance and no
Tor grain crops Timber sufficient for the usual purposes
and in many places very abundant white and yellow pine,
sugar mape yellow BIRCH &c and by their thrifty grow tn
give evidence of the richness of the SOIL the product of
which will command fair price from their vicinity to the
mlnes which will always furnish good market
Maps showing the localities OF the mines and other vau
BILE information relating thereto, derived from the geoogi
cal survey, &c, which be embraced in this brief
notice. will be prepared and deposited with the land Off
the Sault Ste Marie early practicable before
the commencement of the public sales for inspection.
RICHARD M. YOUNG,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
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