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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18
MEMPHIS INSTITUTE.
Medical Department.

HNHE regular course Of Lectures in this In.
Il stitute will commence on the First of No
yember, and continue until the last Of February.
The Anatomical Department viii be opened
and ready 10 receive students by the lst OF Oc.
tober. The Medical Department will be under
the direction of the following
PROFESSORS.
2. FREEMAN, M d Professor OF Anatomy.
R NEWTON, M d Professor Of Surgery.
H HUcLE, NJ D Professor Of Theory and
Practice Of Medicine.
W Byrd POWELL, M D Professor Of Physiolo-
gy, Pathology, Mineralogy and Geology,
KING, M d Professor Of Materia Medica,
Therapeutics and Medical Jurisprudence,
MlLToN AN DERs, A M M D Professor Of
Chemistry and Pharmacy,
IA WILSON, M D Professor Of Obstetrics
and Diseases Of Women and Children.
CLINIQUE LECTURES:
Medicine-Prof H HucLE.
Surgcal-Prof r NKwToN.
2 FREEMAN, M D Anatomical Demonstration.
The fees for full course Of fLectures amount
to $lO5. Each Professors Ticket SIS. Ma.
Gieulntor's, e5.-Domonstrator' Fec. a 9IU.
Graduation, $40
Those desiring further information will please
address their letters (post paid) to the Dean;
and students arriving in the city will please
call on him ut the Commercial Hotel.
r. s. NEWTON, N. D.,
Dean Of the Faculty,
Law Department.
Hon, w M KIN0, Professor Of Theory and
Practice Of Law.
JoMN DELAFIELD, Esq, Professor Of CONNER
cial Jurisprudence.
Terms-$50 per session. All communion
'tions pertaining to this department must be ad-
dressed TO E. w. N. KING, Esq.
Memphis, Tenn, March, 1850.
~ The Faculties, for intellectual abilities,
moral worth and professional requirements,
will compare fayorably with the most distin.
guished in our country.-The Medical FncuIty
constitutes an anomaly in this or any other
country all Of them are able lecturers and
the best Of teachers.
Those who will contemplate our peograpbi.
cal position and the extent OF our population.
can have no doubt as 70 the eligibility Of our
situation for an enterprise Of the kind. Az 10
health, including ull seasons Of ne year, wa
deny that ANY OTHER CITY mas MORE.
A common error exists in the minds of manv
students relative 10 the place Of studying mad.
icine: those who intend practicinp among thel
diseases Of tho west and south should certainly
educate themselves at school whose Facuity
are practically acquainted with these diseaaes.
That the public may be satisfied of the per.
manency ofthis school, we feel Il our dutv 10
state, that the Trustees and Faculty form
UNIT in action, which auRurs well for ia m.
ture success, and that the peculiar internal or.
ganIzation which connects them, cannot be in.
lsrrupted. ,a E.W. M, KING.
yae President OF the Memphis Institute.
April !, lSS0,-S9tC.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18
Dreadful Steamboat Accident---Four-
teen Lives Lost.

.,t. PHILApELpHIA, Nov. o.
Tho steam propeller Telegraph, hence
for Baltimore, collapsed a Hue Thursday
night when opposite New Castle, about
k,rty miles below this city. There were
about forty on board at The time. Six
dead bodies were brought 10 this city yes.
terday, and most Of whom died coming up.
Nine were loN at New Castle dead and E,.
tally scaldod. Eight or Ten Of the surviv-
ors are at the Hospital here, some Of whom
are badly scalded among the hitter is a
woman who lost her four children by tho
catastrophe. Fourteen persons were killed.
Some diod Immediately, others subsequent
ly. The boat is not materially injured.
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FROM THE STATE or MA1Nr

FROM THE STATE OF MAINE.
The attention Of the reader is called 10 the
following cert ficate of remarkable cure of.
fected by using only FIVE bottles Of Sands sar-
saparilla.
SIDNEY, (Maine,) April Is, 1850.
MEssRs. A. B. & D. SANDS :--Geutlemen-
This is to certify that the subscriber of Sid
iney, County of Kennebec, State Of Maine, has
been afflicted more or less ever since nv birth,
with scrofula, which continued 10 increase un-
I'll last February. In January. my legs were
30 swollen could not get on my Boot or stock
ing, and bad several large sores on me all The
time. In this situation was about 10 give IN
in despair, when ! was advised 10 try Sands
sarsaparilla. had not much faith in il, but /
sent TO your agents in Augusta, Me-, and pro-
cured one bottle, which did me so much good.
sent and got another, and continued until /
had taken five bottles. l am now perfectly
well, II any person who may read this letter
is afflicted with any disease Of scrofula, would
most sincerely recommend and advise them 10
make use Of Sands sarsaparilla. II any per.
son wishes further Information about my case
by calling upon mo can convince them of the
healing power OF this medicine. ~
(signed,) STEPHEN C. HAYWOOD.
Augusta, April l6, 1850, N
p. S.-We are personally acquainted with
Mr.. Haywood. and believe his statement above
TO be true. (sgned,)
DILLINGHAM; & TITCoMB.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail. bv
Abb & ID. SANDS, druggist and chomists. 100
Fulton street, corner Of William, New York.
Sold also by druggists generally throughont
the United States and Canada. Price "a psr
bottle six bottles for S..
For sale BY shackleford & Crichton, Ports.
mouth, o. Price 81 per bottle. -,
September %, lSS0--2o
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$40 REWARD.

GTRAYED'or or s ToLEN from the pasture Of
- George Kirker, near West Union, about
the 9th inst, Bay Mare, about Is hands high,
years old, with white spot on her nose and
one white hind foot. She is very good look
ing animal, and one which every person would
be likely to notice. Any person finding her
and sending word to the subscriber at Benton-
vile, Ohio, Fields Marlatt, West Union, or
William Graham, Gallipols, will receive the
above reward. REUBEN F. GRAHAM.
( Oct 90, IS50--3Ow3s
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Great Fire at Lookport, N. r.

LOCkPoRT, NOV. Q.
About II o'clock last evening. very
destructive fro broke out in the large four
story block, known as the "Merchants
Block" nt the corner OF Main and College
street, which was entirely consumed.
The printing Office Of the Democrat was
nlso destroyed, with oil the books and pa
.pers of tbe estabIishrnent. The loss Is
roughly estimated at S30,L00.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

How Is 1T TO BE DoSE '--An Irishman,
who was very near sighted, about to fight
duel, insisted that he should stand six
PAGES nearer to his antagonist than the
other did to him. and that they were both
to fire at the same time! This bents
Sheridan's telling Of fat man who was go.
ing 10 fight thin one that the latter's slim
figure ought 10 be chalked on the others
portly person, and if the bullet hit him
outside the chalk line i. was to go for moth.
ng.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

THEM's UM! III says, captain said lit
tie keen eyed man, as he landed from the
steamer Potomac at Natchez, 4 say, captain,
these ere amt all. | have left some thing
on bord that's fact That's all the plum
der you brought on board. any how well,
see now, grant its on according TO list
four boxes, three chests, two ban boxes, a
portmanty, two hams, one part cut, three
ropes o'inyans and tea kettle but you
you see, captain, I'm dubersome l feel
there's something short. Tho I've counted
them over nine times an never took my
eyes off 'em while on board, there's some
thin not right somehow well, stranger,
times up; them's all l known on, SO Just
fetch your wife and five children out of the
cabin, as I'm off, 'Them's EN- darn it,
themsem lknowed I'd forgot somethin.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

A singular discovery has been mnde in
Madagascar. Fossil eggs Of an enormous
size have 5een found in the bed of tor.
rent. Tho shells are an eighth Of nn inch
thick, and the circumference Of the egg it.
self is2 feet 8 inches lengthwise, and 2
ieet 2 inches round the middle.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18
Attempt at Bank Robbery

ALBANY, ". T., Nov. 8.
y An attempt was made last Wednesday
evening 10 rob tho Black River Bank, NJ
Proctorsville, near Ludlow, Vermont.
The robbers forced hole through the
vault but did not succeed in removing the
deposits. LM.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

or The Albany KnickerbOcker tells Of
a young man who recently died ia thai
city, Of disappointed ambition, as abe
wanted TO owsar high shirt collars, and bis
mother wouldn't let him" f.'s
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

The Scientific American says TINT
Mr.. Joel Houghton, Of Ogden, N. ",
has invented amachine for washing dishes,
50 as 10 save the women deal Of
troublc."' s q aii.e
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

" II is curious lact." say some ento-
mologisis, :" that il is only the female mus
quito that torments us.' A.bochelor friend
snys il is not all /" curious"
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18
BOOK BINDING.

g WELLS respectfully informs his friends
kCs and the public generally that he has re.
sumed the Book Binding business, and will be
happy to attend toanything in that line. Every
thing will be done in the best manner, and nj
very short notice. Bindery in No. 10, Book
Store in overturfs building, doors above
Oakes & Bnskirk's.
Portsmouth,, Oct 81, 1850.
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or The Cabinet have decided that the
appointing power In the General Land
Office belongs to the Secretary Of the In
terror, and not TO the Commissioners.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

The population of Hartford, Ct.,i IL.
ISL. Ia 1910 i was 1883 increase
4,95S, OF about 40 per cent.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

The Indiana Convention have rejected
the proposition to allow negroes the cleo
tive franchise, by vote Of ayes l, noes
1874.
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NOTICE.
NOtice in AffacIrmenf.

"A ! my instance an attachment was
"A this day issued by George Pollock, q
Justice Of the Peace Of Union Township,
Scioto County against the property and efe ff
fects OF Carrie w. Flower, an abscopdinE
debtor ofsaid county.-Dated Sept. 20. SOY
GEORGE SYLVESTER.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

There is as much truth as poetry in the
following: I'D
Oh! there's not in this wide world pleasure
half SO sweet,
AS to sit near the wind ow and tilt up your
feet;
Pull away at "a Regalia whose flavor just suits,
And gaze at the world 'twixt the toes of your
boots.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

A man is taller in the morning by hall
an inch than no is ut night .-Er.
Except when he is high at night.
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lIRNBR'E N|)IiHL.

ON SECOND STREET, BrTwEEH MARKET AND COURT,
One square from The Steamboat Landing,
aR Portsmouth, o.
The subscriber respectfully informs her friends
and the public generally, that she will contihue
In the above named, well known
House OF Entertainment
heretofore kept by hcr late husband, Thomas
Coney, where she will be happy to wait upon all
who may favor her with their pu tronage. The
house was moi long since enlarged and furnish.
ediin a'style 10 make every guest comfortable.
The table will al all times be well supplied with
The best that the markets afford and the bedding
will be clean and neat.
A commodious Stable, Carriage honse and
Wagon yard adjoins the house, in charge of a
careful Hosiler, where single horses or teams
will be well attended and supplied with an a.
bundance Of the best Hay and Grain. In short,
the subscriber intends that her house shall be
comfortable home for her guests. The charges
rs heretofore will be reasonable.
The Coaches for the North and East pass the
house daily, morning and evening.
= ANN CONEY.
Portsmouth. October %, ls49. 9.--2syl.
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Furniture Ware-ROOm.

THE subscriber especially informs the pub
lie, that he has opened
Furniture " N9'e-rOOssa.
ON THE EAST sDE OF MARKET STREET ONE DOOR
ABOVE DAVIS & sMTn's
where will be found large and weIl assorted
stock OF
Chairs aIG Cabinet & w @pko
of every variety Of modern style suited to this
market, which will be sold us low as can be
found in any Establishment in this place. He
would call the attention of the public to the fact
that, he is manufacturing all kinds of
CHAIRS,
which he will sell as low as the Cincinnati
Chairs, kept in this place.
MIGGe$$eS
Of all sizes, constantly on hand. All of which
will be warranted good.
W. E. WILLIAMS.
Portsmouth, September 25, IS49.--25wtf.
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JACOB BURKEL & co..
Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer

Corner Of Chillicothe and Fifth.sts.,
PORTSMOUTH, ONO,
Manufacture and keep constantly on hand
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Carts and PIows,
Of as good workmanship, and at us low prices.
as the same article can be bought for any place
IN the west. The public are respectfully inyi.
Ted to call and examine their stock Of carriages
May l3, ls50.-Iy
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NEw1-FlRM.
BERTRAM & PREDIGAR.

HAvING entered into partnership in the
IL BOOT and SHOE business, at tlle estab-
lishment near the corner OF Cd and Market
streets, next door to PcttIs' grocery store, are
prepared 10 sell of their own manufacture for
lash, anything in their line Us cheap az 4 can
be purchased west Of the mountains. All or.
ders promptly attended to. Work done with
neatness and dispatch, and warranted.
Mechanics.
Portsmouth, January 90, ls5O--43yl
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18
TJEAg EJEAqQ TIEAVQQ

I'd I'd THE finest favored Y. Hyson, Imperial
lsEEN and Gun Powder Teas, in half Chests,
'1i~ Catties and Canisters, may be found con
stantly on hand and for sale lower than ever,
in quantities to suit, by S. R. ROSS.
Sept. 4, 49.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

ARlsroCRATIc IGNoRANcE.-The follow.
ing, for which the "tall son Of York" is res.
ponshlc, and which he can bear as well as
any other Portor, caps the climax:
slave YOU said al enquiring minded
and slightly worldly gentleman recently
to an evangelical bookseller in Broadway,
have you 'Christ's Sermon on the Mount!
'Chrisl's Sermon on the Nom! oxclaim
ed the bookseller, with not little surprise
Yes said the other; iii was mentioned
in very charming discourse at our church
as an admirable thing: but perhaps it ISM
ont yet.
The anxious inquirer was not corrected
| Ut was permitted to 60 his way, for lie
had great possessions
= We used 10 think the question proposed
tous on steamboat few years since, hy
a lady just from Mrs. Wizards school Al
Troy -stpray, sir, is thero water the other
side Of that isIand?"-wos ''so,ne'' We
are now convinced it was not "circum-
stance.n
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

GARlRALpI.- notices Of GaribaldI
say. that hunted ont OF Italy, where his pres.
ence was regarded MS dangerous by those
who have the ienr Of revolutions and popu-
lar movements before their eyes, he wen,
10 Gibraltar, where he has relatives; but
that the British commander Of that town
and fortress would suffer him to remain on
u four days; and the Spanish authorities
ia the neighborhood have refused TO permit
him Ia enter the Spanish territory, he resol-
we'd to go TO Africa, hoping 10 find among
The semi-barbarous heathens more sympn-
thy aud hospitality thsn he found among
the civilized Christians Of Europe. Accor-
DINGHY lie went 10 Tangiers; aud the En-
peror Of Morocco hearing ofhis arrival, sent
him an order to repair 10 Fee, the capital.
This order he obeyed, and forthwith his
Morocco Majesty gave him the command
Of a division "f his army which is destined
10 net against the Spapi,rds, with whom
he is at war. 81, bold and adventurous
chief is ngnin in the element that seems
mos, congenilto his nrture-war.
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TO woox. oAaDnas.

oHE subscriber Inns been appointed sole
- Agent for the State Of Iowa, for Smiths
Machine Cards and will con;tanty keep or hand
a large supply. such as
DanGer Cards,
Fileting do
Fancy do
Together with every thrg belonging 10 the Wool
Carding and Pulling business, su.h as
Comb Plates,
Card Cleaners,
Press Papers, &c.
Emory; with full assortment Of Dye Stuffs,
&c, which will be sold at st. Louis Prices.
F.. f. GAY.
Burlington, Iowa, Feb. %, l350.-25-lf.
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FROM CALIFORNIA.

va mako the following extracts from II
.hor, letter furnished tho Dubuque Trihuae,
written BY Loring Wheeler, Esq, Of Gin
ton Coz
II arrived nj Lasson's, in the Valley d
.h. Sacramento river, on The 22I OF Octo-
h.r in good health, but completely worn
nu,' IN consequence Of the bad roads over
The mountains, which we had 10 pass during
,he last week Of our journey. i was q
desperate trial for our stock. owing to the
scarcity Of grass aud water. We succeed
"a. howevcr, in getting a!l d our cattle and
mules through alive, except one OK Ye, a
oreat many of the cmigran,s lost every
hing. and were compelled 10 abandon their
wagons, clothing and provisions (exccp,
vha, they could pack on their backs, and
,,ayel the lialancc Of the way on foot. n y
think i, a very good country for labor
inc man, if he will mind his own business.
and work as he does In the States. Blu,
,he great fortunes yuu frequently hear Of
being made in few days by finding large
Jumps Of gold, are not heard Of IN Califor-
nia. Yet there are instances where men
have made $4,000 or $4,000 in one or two
weeks"
81 believe all the Clinton county folks
ore in SAFE Cotton and Oaks lost all their
co,,le but three, and Ham and Bourne los,
nlI but one yoke. Barber, who married
Almira Burton, lost everything, and have
been informed BY Bourne that Almira had
10 walk through mud md snow about so
miles; and part ofthe way through snow q
feet deep. l. is snid several old persons
have been lef. in the mount aims sick, they
no, being abIc to travel, consequently they
must perish"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

HIGHWAY RonBERy.--A An elderly man,
named Nathaniel Mccullough. from Iowa,
and Who states that he is IN his way 10
California. was found by officer Dawson,
nbout 2 o'clock Yesterday nnrning, IN a
state Of in,oAicalion, l,ing upon Second
street, above Cherry. The old man had
evidently been Knocked down. and when
lie came to his sober senses, Yesterday. dis
covered that he was robbed of $500. One
hall Of his vest lin one Of the pockets Of
which his money had been scwed up for
safe keepins) had been cut ofrwhcn he wns
discovered, aud he was bleeding prolnsely
n, the face from the effect of n severe blow
There is no donb, but what he has been
made the victim Of some daring scoundrel
and from his own indiscfetion has been sud
denly stopped in his California expectations
Mo. Republican,
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SELLING orr AT COST.

~ REAT Inducements to persons wish
II inc 10 buy READY MADE CLOTHING.
The undersigned DESTROYS Of closing their busi-
ness in this place, will sell their entire Stock OF
Clothing, Cloths and Cassimers, &c.,
NJ wholesale or retail at cost-And therefore de-
sires all persons who are in any way indebted to
them. 10 come forw ard and settle their accounts,
and those having claims against The subscribers
are requested to present them for payment.
POWER g. JORDAN.
Davenport, Jan. 3lst, 1850.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

GooD.-The Daily Sanduskian says,
',he fashion in lectures, in temperance So
ce,ics, or even in churches, Of relating ex-
perences, has become so popular, that the
man or woman who has been the greatest
rascal, and can tell the worst story becomes
lionizcd, and il looked upon as the greatest
saint Of the lot"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

Mr.. J. Rssseite. Of the American House
in this city, hrs just returned from New
York, where he has been engaged for the
las, two months in shipping to San Fran
cisco, California, large and commodious
house, TO be used there MS hotel. The
building is 95 feet long by 60 deep, and
three stories high, containing upwards ul ~
rooms. The Hotel is to be called the "Rds-
seNe House"
Mr.. r. now otiers the American House
here, with all its fixtures, for sale very low,
and We know not of better investment al
this ime.-Gdlena Gazette.
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THE LAST OF THE MOffICANs

THE LAST OF THE NIOMICANS
The last opportunity TO secure good Tim.
Der.
ATOW is the time, don't delay, as so ia
~ vorable on opportunity may never again
be offered. am selling out the timber irrc on
my Island situated on the Rapids above Dayen-
bort i is divided on INTO four and Eve acre lots
10 suit purchasers-thc growth Of this Island tim
Der is 50 rapid that four or five acres will insure
incl sufficient TO supply family for all time to
come. [ also offer for sale two, four and three
ten acre lots near town, the land of first quality
and well located for vegetable garden or pas
ruye A. C. FULTON.
Davenport, March eth, l850.-26-6w
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

uIMPORTANT TO FARNIERS!
VTIE subscriber having the exclusive Agency
III for the sale Of McCormick's Improved Pat
ent virginian Reapers, in the following named
counties to wit: Scott, Musca.ine, Louisa, Wash
ington, Johnson and Cedar; would respectfully
say TO the Wheat Growers thereof, that now ID
the time to send on their orderk An overwhelm-
ing demand is anticipated for the coming harvest
Of 1850; therefore all who are DESTROYS Of obtain
ing one of the above named Keepers should at
tend to il Immediately.
ANDREW J. HYDE, Agent.
N. B.-blank Orders will be left At the Store
of Burrows & Prettyman, in Davenpor's alao q,
the residence Of the subscriber in Peasant Val.
lev, for the accommodation of those whom she
Agent may not see. Other points will also Be
supplied and notice given thereof. A. J. H.
december Goth, 1919. l5-tf
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COOK Il SARGENT,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,

Davenport, iora.
GaEI.L Land Warrants for Cash or on
- time TO suit pnrchasers--at.end to purchase
and sale of Lands-payment of Taxes-make en-
tries OF Land at Iowa City Land Office and pay
particular attention 10 conveyancing and investi-
CATION Of titles
March 4, 1850.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

kNThe steamer L0martine has been sold TO
company on the upper Mississippi for
$4,000. She is to he put in the trade nc
tween the head Of the Lower Rapids and
St. Peters.-Mo. Repub.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

The locos in congress are in bad way.
We think they will eschew every thing that
is Brown after this. One had good din
ner entirely spoiled the other day, by get
ting into violent passion, because nc call
ed for piece Of meat well done, and the
servant, as il TO To sure, simply asked II nc
meant it to be 'sdonc brown" The loco
took il as great insult, and, 10 resent II,
attempted to throw his plate at the servant.
Instead Of hitting him--as the servant
dodged-it hit the top Of tho sidc-board,
smashing FIVE bottles Of champagne, two
dishes full Of jelly md several champagne
glasses, besides cnusing universal scream
from the ladies and general uprising a
thong the sitters.- Ha,ckcyc.