The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-23
mr. CoMrsoarsE COMMITTEES REponr.

rur C,,MrRoM1sr Committees REpoHT.
We have received copy Of this Report,
ich we fluid too long Iar our ca'umns.-
following is the reorganization Of the
hsures recommended by :hc committee
epor,ed TO the Senate:
The admission Of nuy new State or
,e, formed out o! Texas 10 be pos,poncd
il they shall hereafter present themselves
e received into the Union, when il will
he duty Of Congress fairly aud faith
to execute the compact with Texas, by
hitting such now State or States.
The admission forthwith Of California
The Union, with tho boundaries which
has proposed.
The establishment. oe territorial gov.
ment,, without, the Wilmot Prosiso, for
Mexiro and Utah, embracing all the
iofy recently acquired by tic United
es from Mexico, no, contained in the
rdaries Of C,IIlornla.
The combination OF these two last men
e measures in the snme bill.
The establishment of.he western and
htsrn boundary Of Texas, aud the cxc!u.
Iran her jurisdiction ofa!l New Mexico,
grant to Texas fla pecuniary equiv
Int. Aud the section fr that pnri o.c
DC incorporated in the bill admitting Cali
ia aud establishing territorial govern
hts for Utah and New Mexico.
More etiec,ual cnac,mcnis Of Law 10
urc The promp, delivery OF persons bound
Service or labor in any one State, under
laws thereof who ESCAPE into an cher
lie.
Md I Abs:aining from abolishng slave
but, under heavy penalty prohibiting
slave trade 10 the District Of Columbia.
EcARcIyy OF FRElGmrs.-Doats from all
upper rivers come down now with yer,
lie freight. Tho regular traders in the
ssoari bring bu. little, and Those from
Upper Mississippi comparatively moth
The Illinois boa,s, too, arc falling oil
The size oflheir cnrgoes. aud every thing
Is TO show that there will be speed,
pc Of the produce business tor tho pres
season, unless our neighhors Of the
kes take it into their heads to send for.
nd more -four mud wheat. The Tob,c-
and Hemp business Of the Missouri will
pay alone, and az there is nothing else
come out Of that river, great many OF
boats belonging to the trade will go in
summer quarters after the present trip.
ready FIVE or six have gone 10 the docks.
Upper Mississippi packets are com.
Eiely out Of heart, and il is settled beyond
Fouh', that no boat, unless engaged in
|ghllng lead. can earn her sal, for the
II two months in that trade.
The Keokuk packets nfc doing bat little
she way Of freigh,inc, and the same may
said ofevery other line.
The scarcity Of produce is tho cry from
Fry quarter, and but few in this city re-
mher 10 hive ever seen receipts so light
this season OF the year. Five steamers
|red from the Upper Mississippi day he
Yesterday, two OF three Yesterday. sew.
from tho Missouri md Illinois, and n,'
had half . cargo.
Isl. Louis Repub. 18th.
ILLNESS or rnE PoEr WoRDswoRTH.-A
waite letter from Amblesidc, Of March
informs the New York Literary World,
the dangerous illness Of the poet Words
Pnh. "Before you receive this is the
hsnagc Of the letter, "Mr. Wordsworth
u have recovered or died-he is very III
fdsy, aud il is my impression that we are
lose him soon.' The poet was born on
+ III Of April, ITO. consequently he
Puld complete his eighiieth yenr last
(on,h.
is estimated on the principle Of past
lcrcnsc, AS determined BY the census, viii
y addition Of statistics Of emigration, that
Z population Of the United States ia 1851
III reach $25 900, O60.--N J. Mirror.
About how much head would that be-