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II The Senior editor this paper has gone 10 the Pa
ei6c Rail Road Convention. st Louis is the place Of
Ooavenne.
Davenport Convention.

the proceedings and other sources, that the Con-
vention was respectable in numbers and ability
Some difference of opinion existed amongst few
Of the members in regard to the best mode OF re-
Moving the distractions, and discussion sprung
up In which several gentlemen took part. H. w.
starr, Esq, of this city is said to havemade very
able speech in favor OF the plan recommend by Maj.
LEE. The plan OF Mai. L. is to excavate and WI
ded the channel. Judge Mason, also Of this place,
having disobeyed the known wish Of his constitu-
ents in the matter, led of in long speech in OPP
position to this plan. The Judge seemed to think
other modes OF improvement might do-was in ia
vor Of csnal-thought the plan Of excavating and
widening the channel an obsolete idea. It is ru-
mored that the Judge probably intended to repre-
sent Keokuk in the the Convention. He was fol.
lowed by D. Rorcr, Esq. who Il Is said, made the
notions and opinions Of Mason appear very ridicu-
lous. The Convention, finally passed resolutions
unanimously adopting the plan Of ssexcavating and
widening the channel.n
We regret, however to observe the indifference
manifested the part OF t Louis, and in fact of
the wAols country below the Lower Rapids. If this
indifference is still persisted in, but very short
time will pass until other channels Of trade will be
UVcu ~ pcUptC III lTaue OF all
Iowa, Of northern Illinois, the western portion of
Wisconsin, lying on the Mississippi, and the whole
Of Minnesota, will be almost, If not entirely lost to
= Louis. That the distractions in the Mississippi
will be removed, we hare doubt. They must
be removed. would be contrary to the march
Of mind and the Improvement in commercial facil-
tiles, and doing violence to the well known ener-
~, perseverance and intelligence Of the people in
the Northern Valley Of the Mississippi, to suppose
that they would suffer such distractions to remain.
We are not, however, among those who can suf-
Ter ourselves to imagine that st Louis, New Or
leans, any point south east is to finally COM
mand any considerable portion or the trade Of this
Great Northern Valley. That they may be great
outlets and thoroughfares for commercial men and
business, We may not deny. But we may deny their
being the future residence Of all the wealth and
commerce Of this Valley.
We believe that one more cities will spring
up in this Valley, which in point Of commerce and
manufacture, St Louis and New Orleans will be
mere pignys, especially in point of manufacturing.
II requires not the foresight Of prophet to fore
tell such an event. Fifty years, yes, we may say
twenty years, cannot pass away before swarmng
millions will be the happy residents Of this great
Northern Valley, whose immense manufacturing
city, Tor aught We know may be the seat OF Empire
for this vast Republic. The past twenty years We
think, Is sufficient to prove our position.
The Editor Of the Gazette is wonderfully troubled
about Gen. Taylor's trip up north-sneers terribly
1t tbs Gen. speeches-thnks they are illiterate-is
afraid that the General will have the title of l..
l. D., conferred upon him, and that he, he editor)
Won't receive title. Well, well, Mr. Editor, don't
mike up such doleful tale about the matter. Be
spunky, Gen. Van Antwerp, alias, Capt. Van Squirt
OF tho Keokuk despatch, says you can probably
shnd shelter under the coat tail of Gen. Dodge,
and he has title. is very wrong in the Captain
to be making such speeches, we know. But il he
don't choose to take any of it back, he can just let
It alone. As these gentlemen are both tarred with
aioco foco stick, they are at liberty to settle this
aair ~ they choose. AS far az coa tails, are con-
cerned, rumor has il that the Captain has been for
along time safely housed under Senator Benton,
scost tail.'