The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-06-27
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THE ROSE BUG,

For tie Gasettel
THE ROSE BUG.
Friend Sanders :-Csnnot some OF your cores
nonlen,s give some Information with regard 70
lie character, habits, &c. Of this destructive IN.
sect!
suppose the Rose Dug to belong to the .'ielo.
ionfta family and that its general habits cores
pond with the others.
The Rose Bug usually makes its appearanceIn
this section OF country about the second weeG IN
June. II is most omnlvorous ieedcr, aeVoui-
ng the foliage and fruit OF mos. cultivated vines
or plants. It a, pfesen, threatens general de-
yos,o,;on. The life Of the individual rarely ex-
ceedsa week, and the time occupied o. me en-
tire species during The season, is about moh'h.
The suddenncss Of the appearance OF me hose
Bug is one of the sngularities OF the insect. one
day perhaps not one can be seen: the next per-
hans they are found in countless numbers, busi-
ly engaged in stripping whatever plant or tree
they have fixed upon, OF its iologe. They eat
with the greatest voracty, pcrpeiuaie their spe-
cies quickly, and disappear as unaccoun'ae'y as
they came. My opinion is that they dsposite
their eggs in tho earth, and that the larv9 ma
lures lis growth in the ground. That the per-
feet insect also energies from the earth iuii
grown, ready to fulfil a, once every condition OF
its being.
I have made many attempts 10 destroy the
Rose Bug BY applications OF substances to 1t,
hu, have failed 10 discover any agent that
would accomplish that object. c..
In private note accompany ing the coul-
munica,iun below, in which the author fur
nishes US with his name aud gives us tbs
privilege Of masking it public, he says, "ln
the name Of the Germans Of this place !
ask YOU to give the enclosed few lines o
place in your valuable paper, teeliGg ecu
WINGED. thai for the sake of honor and truth,
Won will ho so kind rs TO oblige US. Admir-.
ing yonr Independent, course ia The matter
in question, we have not gone to the "ban-
ner," for independence is and shall tc our
motto in this blessed free country" Is
there are no personal reflections ia the iol
lowing article, to obliga Our German friends
We give /; m insertion, though We are Ell
tisoly nnacqaain,ed With the nature and
e1ten; oG the sandcr:-
Tor The Gazette.
DAVENPORT, June s5ili, 1850.
Mr.. f.Dlros the manly and noble course you
OF late have taken In relation 10 the license ones
ton, gives me occasion TO ask in the name OF the
German population of this place the privilege Of
your columns for saying few words concerning
in our town.
Having been bora and bred. all OF us, III mo-
narchica couatries, we are therefore probably the
more apt to fully appreciate the value ofyour lib
era institutions, and have come 10 the conviction,
that it would hardly do in country less free, and
is akin to outrage in repablie, il few individ-
uals, comparative minority, make an attempt to
impose upon an intelligent community Of free.
men their own individual sentiments as a rule.
and it they attempt, using the law as an engine
TO break down an individual, to whose name no,
ble;nish attaches, only and solely because his
trade is odious in their eyes.
We respect Dir. Sleinhiber as a man, and mol
yet being American citizens, and unwilling 10
do any anlaafu! act, we have mol had an oppor-
iunity 10 manifest our friendly feelings towards
him in any other way, than by frequenting his
house just as freely now as formerly.
Certain -pefhaps pereeivirg that Mr.
s. keeps within the limits OF the law, and that
they cannot break him down by his committing
himself--haye vented their wrath in chialike
passion against Us in general, and pu. story in
circulation, which in itself is too absurd and II
dicnlous TO fna belief, aud bears too openly The
stamp or malicious invention 10 deserve vindi-
catcn Of the charge. But as il indicates an in
cIinaiion on the part Of our enemies to do US
harm, and as i particularly attacks certain as
soelalion amongst US OF an ndspuiabiy Iandable
character, we have thought it due TO the public
and ourselves to say just few words
We instituted one year and half ago certain
association or society, the object OF which is, to
afford mn,nal relief in cases Of sickness. We
hiber, mot secretly within locked up doors) our
books and regulations may be looked into by any
body, and we invite those who do not wish ,.s
well, TO come at any time into any one Of our
meetings and convince themselves if we are doing
anything improper and accIsabie.
In conclusion would say to our enemies, that
re challenge them 10 bring charge against us,
but TO bring il in respectable shape, so that
man may not feel ashamed in answering il, 10
bring il openly and publicly and no, by mean
SANDER, which will moi be answered in future.
5lt treated with con,emptuons silence.
ONE GERMAN
IN Tna NAME OF ALL.
Iowa CONTESTED ELECTION Horace
Greedy writing 10 the Tribune from Wash