The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-04-20
MALICIOUS ROBBEHYu!


MALICIOUS ROBBEHYu!
Between III o'clock on Saturday nigh,
25th ult., aud O O'Clock on the suorning al
The following Monday, our Office was en-
tered by some person Or persons unk nown.
who carried OF three new MAI. BOOKS.
into which the names Of our Subscribers
had been lately transferred. The envelope ~
slresdy written for tho mex, number of our
paper, our old mail books, and rrcry thing
Tending to girc Us The slightest clue to TIC
rcsidcaccs of oar Subscribers, were also
CARRIED orri These were tho oSLv ar,i-
clcs taken, although there were mnuy valu-
able books, articles Of wearing apparel,
printers materials SC. sc. in. the rom
where she robbery was perpetra.ctl. as well
ms in the other rooms II our establishment.
We do not therefore attribute tho theft 10
professional thief, but 10 come villain who
was envioIs Of our success, or who, fancy
ing himself argricvcd by US. took this un-
lawful and malicious means Of rcvcnginy
himsclf-righlly imagining, that to cut rs
Of from all means Of communication with
our Subscribers, would be the next thing
to deathblow 10 us, and 10 the Immediate
progress VI the literary reform advocated
by us. . a
Under tho circumstances, we have done
oil that can be done. We have sent COPY
Of this "CARD" to every editor 10 tho L.
States and 3. North Amcrica. requesting
them to copy il. Our Subscribers ara re-
questcd to srritc to as Immediately, infosm-
ing 10 TO ,nhat number. or 70 abost WIN,
number, their subscriptions extend. VIC
will continue receiving these names until
May LIST. Until then, we will not publish
the next regular number Of the "ANelo.
SAXON" By this arrangement, none Of
tho articles on '.Phnnetics," by Z,bdicl
Hauritz, nor any other mnMer relating 10
the Immediate object Of tho paper, will 10
lost to our Subscribers. IN the meantime,
We shall strike Of several thousand copies,
containing interesting matter 10 beginners,
and circulate them gratuitously among
teachers, all over the country.
We trust that il il unnecessary to re.
quest our Subscribers, that ls this mislor-
tune Inns placed us entirely qt their mercy,
they will, if they do not remember the err
act number at which their subscription ex
pires, rather give as, than themselves, the
benefit Of thoir doubts. Il will be nccessa-
~ Tor them, al 0ny rate, To 81 ate slrGhiely,
uP TO WHAT NUMBER they IRE entitled, to
the best Of their belicf-ns il " i'll bc useless
for them to leave us 10 decide upon the mes-
it, of their respective cnscs-rc barring
lost all mcmOrGnda Of our Transactions miih
tkem. May we no, also ask them, under
these circumstances, topay their own post
egc."rr'
The Rly"EurIoNIsrs.- The French cor
respondent Of the London Times, Of the
llth inst, snys:-
The 2OO, 900 or 300, 600 armed, excited,
NIL but fcrocious men, who ihrcprcJ the
city ON tho 2ith of February, are now
peaceabIe, good hu,norcd Ial,orers or nr,i-
sans. Tho bands Of thieves and forca,s,
who rnvagcd the cnvirons, who attempted
outragcs on the capital, aud would have
committed them but for the summary i,s-
tice inflicted by a few indignant insurgents.
have disappeared. The ci.y-disfisurcd
by barricadcs at only tenor twelve yards
distance from cnch other. aud encountered
with fal!en trees, ..hc ruins Of temporary or
freil haildings, OF saher materials for prompt
dcfencc-lhe streets md L .nlcyar.is-prcs-
ent to-day tboir ordinary and orderly mp
pcnrancc. The shops mud warehouses.
which had been universally closed arc now
al open; tranquility order and industry
prevail. These nrc some IL The results q
. Gotcrnnncnt improrisc-for there arc
not dozen men in Franco more surprised
BY tho position they occupy, thnn the Min.
listers and other chiefs Of the Provisional
Government. !" ~ : = ' s''''n