The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-03-16
TIE CAIRO DELTA.
SANDERS 4 PRINCE, rropris,or,,
q. II. SANDERS. ENRON.

! - 1AiEu, III s:'nnscd nj the junction Of tho
oho and Mississippi rivers, and the southern tar.
n's'as oi the ILLINOIS Central Railroad, conneot-
/ thg The Southwestern States with the | ak Ca !.
an enterprise which has been maturing with The
sr"winG wants OF the ncighbothood, till I,s real.
1iil'I aa 10 longer be postponed. There II
PROFANITY no other pace in the West, a, this par.
',o"''f tme, soliciting or receiving a greater
sn'to ~ Puosic attention, than Cairo; and cor
'a'iv no othcr port IA the country, from its won.
aeriu natural advantages, Offering more Antfor.
III" prospects "rspcrtliiy becoming q Great come
mrfr'a! and manufacturing mart. Nature has
" Ens'ea y seat 81 csrirc, aud nnn is now
aaina abroad has arms to fulfil her decree.
situated on "ciia formed b. the meeting Of the
Nv" ,niehtieht rivers ot the West with thousan dn
"i miles 81 navigation setting nj that point. in
position alone should command Tor Cairo proud
p''-eNiinthcc. Thus great centre, connected
~ ~ n ~ 81 rivers with tn. North, South East
anu the ''iar West" il might yet for years to
come resist The spirit of progress happily nurtl
| ing lhsa people and the age, were there nm Al.
| go, ~ 'hosn oiht- requisites essential to the
neaiihF growth anl ultimate greatness of n civ.
.ut Va nhisated stua.ion--midwny between
the t'nlI ana the Lakes and n, all SEASONS avail.
ao.c 10 Inc one ~ the largest steamers, md soon
70 te connected with the other bv railroad trs4
se'S"a lar wat interior al the Statc-t the rcship-
aing port Tor tho Ohio and other nn rivcr.-a, the
confluence OF three States. Illinois. Kentucky
ana hlissruri--sufroundod hy country Of un.
''uhaau agricultural and mineral resource lin
| : nhpbN metinm Ut cline between tho North
'ha '@a'h--t Vt possesses NJ hand timber aud
s''''v III noun aneo Tor building purposes, coal
unsurpassed by any IN the country. and the com.
nh' ~ lc Nthns'ihle quantities of iron al chcap.
or rat s than Il can be procured nj any other
fo'ht ao"se. The Central Railroad upon which
already million of dollars has been expended.
VIII a. Tins noirt connect with n line oi steam.
c'a 'of Tue trans .1eF'alien .. mails, freight and
passengers, to- the great southwestern emporium
Forty miles Q. this road. starting nj Cairo. ara
nav graded and read, for the iron. Dy tho con-
s'Ferilon OF this road, Cairo will be made the
great thofoaah;are ut trade and travel between
'he lahra, anu tne recipient os the vast rcsour.
ccs o the country
| Soeh, brt.fy, ARE few Of the more prominent
ausahsa8es oi that point a, which We purpose
WIN The coming spring TO establish large and
beautifully printed paper Nature has been so
eoantiiu. ~ her mnnIictnca 10 this place, TINT
nthc else rs ieIi tor man 10 accomplish, than bv
n ar ana Industry 10 appropriate and dcvclopc
thcsc wonderful advantages. And il is partially
70 rarc' this, 10 bring thrso things properly be.
'aF. tno minds OF men, that ~e have undertaken,
Wan every lrospcc, Of success, the establish
aisni OF newspaper nc Cairo.
| iHe ,aiao DELTA will be soluble mediums
sheet, anu printed with cl ar and beautiful tyne.
on an excellent quality o! paper. The Pfese,
types, anu all tho materials oi the estab slmens.
VISA eh' sob ''iFlCf, are new and OF Eastern
manufacture, selected bv, and to he under the
sufeiy sion oi an experienced and excellent prin.
tor In appearance tho pGLrA will be unsur-
passed ny any paper in the West: and its me.
chamsai department will he conducted i,h that
energy and industry. which will nlwava insure
aqnsek PRONUNCIATION of news by extras. slips,
OF III" ocular issue, and despatch in tho cxecu.
ton 81 al lsts, The nr,Ta wi be issued ewes
| ~ Thursday morning
IN accordance with 10 Editors private opina
/ tons, and III support of what he cone.ivcs tho
ruhiie Judgment. ifom the popular d,,n.nstrn-
tans ~ svtsy quarter oI ,hc eountry, the CAIRO
l'rtrs wl'l advocate the Peoples cause. in sus.
| 'ain'n" the Fcorl.s candidate ipr the ~. siden.
= --tstAFaai. Eaeu ~ fAyleS, t;,c Hero and
Patriot. Establishing orr paper IN STATE, whose
nn. ant sons were among the first In shoulder
III usHsttt and draw the sword nj the call of
ihel. country, IN the present war, and who will
he NJ The last t. las down their arms while foe
u ~ iare thein, va would feel ourselves traitors
m hetr ennp - refuse he.na:,ar the follower
al So Easlan, leader IN u cambaisn If Peace.
While uhIef him they have 90 hfayel, shed their
aland IL In mofe terrible striles of War Re.
ha'A IA .el'!s ~. M mare gulens ling thnn thnt
~ cur conhtry ia We wish III Il lht-st4rc' tim.
country over, We can lind no worthy STAN
/ GARD bearer than hlm whose ba,ne shall bc mil.
! Cd aionf mast head, Ills patriotism is mol of tho
.nanta,--ss - Of The hand, OF the whole body.
! Illinois has upheld him in war, she will sustain
| ntm ~ Itaee--ani 30 will ih. whole country,
We are tn much the friends If Ciay, too much
tho friends oi thusc distinguished statcsmen
whose haiaes have hecn mo ntioned as Dcmocrut-
&c cannihat.s .or The Presidency, TO support any
| % q! them IN strife which must result in an
| ing'erions defeat. when opposed 10 man whose
rsa' lhtnfe are only 10 lc connected with
t.eiFs. The course OF the nEira, however, will
he rnrei independent, nuconfned by party
traniiieis, arllodgra to party bchcsts. We may
support "onr country, right or wrcnq,r bur no
larf8 can have such Chains q, our hands On all
subjects the columns Of the DELTA will ever be
optn - ireo discassloE-hui ne or to abuse and
/ ylfuneraiion on any.
| IL w,sl bo the design Of tho Editor 10 vea2eY
The Delta family paper, incorporating its col
nmhs with Wei selected and original Tales, POI
| eny,it 81 News md Gossip, aud oil that W.
rte,y q, matter e lcn.ated 10 render the sheet a
faithful chrnnlc.ov Of the people, the times and
the country. Particularly will the affairs, social,
political and statistical, OF illinois, receive nten.
tom The peculiar situation of Caro will give
the oiIiA every advantage in the receipt of news
nom ~ quarters ~ tie country; and the expert
cnce ot both Editor and Printer in their rcspcc.
tive vacations, Will ensure is faithful md speedy
/ PRONUNCIATION. A correct LIS, oi steamboat ar,i-
walls and departures viii he publ he'd weekly, in.
iac regular issue. aud occasional slips struck Of
| aud forwarded To those Insurance Offices SUBJ
sctib.rs 10 the paper
u ADVERTISERS. the CAIRO DELTA will offer
peculiar aud strong inducements. II will circu.
late iargclr IN many small towns Tire river and
/ ~ TIC interior which have no papcTs If their
| own. and among country merchants and families
] who are not reached bv the food Of city sheets.
1 STEAMBOATS, rom the Upper and Lower Msss.
i sippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland
/ Illinois, md other river trades, are every hour
in the das stopping at Cairo, all OF winch will
carry ava, more or Ices Of our papers, 10 be read
aud rearcad by passengers from every district Of
country and Of all occupations. The hcrchan.s
ofCincinna:i, Louisville, ST. Louis and Tie East
can address the iradcsmen in the region Of the