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ord.ay. MiddIns Mid. Air Fully fair Fair.
toFccd ord. 70 good mid 70 fair. 70 fair.
SSss No lSS..iiA ia:il11 na:na 'a'a

The stock In the city is n 600 bales Wool contn-
ues very hrm and low and medium grades suitable for
coarse goods. are very Fine wool Is not
sales are some 10000 lbs say fleece. Is ~ cents full
blood, ID IL cents half to hree-quarer, % 80
sales No ], pulled, s2l extra. ss Flour western,
for export has boon scve at ~ 80 81 g. straight Indi.
ana, Michigan. and Ohio; pure Genesee, IS; Alexsn-
dra, ss Rye -four, % IS. Corn meal, % s7i Wheat,
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II will be observed that Mexican dollars have advanced
under the export demand nearly per February,
and II IA per higher than the same time
last year F,yefranc pieces also per Higher but
foreign god-that is to say, Napoleons have fallen
eachsay per cent.at the that silver has
advanced In thSwe observe not the effect of
cia exchange but the changing value of the metals
Influenced partly by the California supplies OF gold, and
by tho of Europe. The demand silver has
produced exports follows in the last three weeks as
compared with the same weeks last year,
ErDoyfs specis. Dcf,be s 10 from Mem York
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rTTY TAXES FOR ls50Ihs period Of for prompt
payment win 6 Of November, until which time
deducon OF I cent win be allowed upon ell payments for
said year.
All persons notified advertisement Of den
A. ROTHwELL,
Oct te-eoQw Collector
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n OWEN n SON would respectfully inform their
T. friends and the public generally that they have jus, received d.
partner, which they recommend inferior
city Thankful for past vos they would thor friends
call examine for yourselves.
a few good pantaloon and vest hands wanted.
Oct 15-3awlm
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OcroBkR ", 1850.

MORE Please accept the above reply your of
the 18th OF October, 1885, herewith returned, relative to
To-
Washington, ID. G.
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present business, offers his large and pub
the Immediate vicinity de GsnsI. Pos. Once and Patent
The stand "resanrnnt 10 100 well known 70 require an,
si door either or sosessr bat as thai
deous Of renting the premises viii examine them for them
si,chen furniture which Is nearly new,
dating the house, but should such
ngement be entered will be disposed Of public sale
Oct asmdT - j. H. EBERBACH.
WE have just received the style Nightingale
Also dne 70, Of French worked Jenny habits
thread lace and musn cuffs lace and muslin Sleeves aud lot Of
To which we ladies generally,
customers In particular.
Don't forget the place y A.. ThIE
oct9s-N At Kings Lace store-the old iiand.
goods, which will sell cheap Call and before pur
chasing
emned close considerably less than consisting Of
Worsted coats and hoods
mits and gloves.for children
j. D. d <. TATE,
oct29-a AZ Kings old stand.
WIN. J. sroNE, Jr,
covrsHLLoR
Office on r, the Of lfth
Oct Io-d3m
ISOR Insurance OF Aves and survivorships.-Brius
Commercial Life Insurance Company established IN 1890 and
endowment children &C. London, New York. and washington
city. Capital S3,o00,006
Peansyvsnia avenue door Of Jackson Hail.
octo4-dim Agent
CHARLES ALBERT.
And agent for claims In genera
=, OvvrN n sON wanna r~speesfuIlv inform. tk~,r
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02
NEW GOODS

Our merchants are rcplcnshing their
stocks this spring on a scale that .ii ena-
bic them 10 supply farmers in tai. and ad-
joining counties on terms as reasonable as
they can be purchased al Rock Island, Mus
catine, or any other neighbofing town
So soon as they shall have surmounted the
hurry Of opening and shelving their goods,
they will replace their advertisements with
newer ones thai will tell our subscribers
just where 10 60 10 obtain such articles as
they need On The most favorable terms.
Messrs. Ten Tuyl 4, Cook have JUS,
opened with full stock Of new goods. well
adapted to this market. Mr. Billion has an
assortment Of such articles as are always
needed aud set seldom 70 be obtained. See
advertisements.
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CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS.

4 correspondent of the ST. Louis Union.
.riiing from St. Joseph under date Of A.
pril l4tb, sts,es, that when he passed indie.
pendence tho number of persons there con.
gregated and bound for Caliiornis, vas es.
siEas,,d at 1000; at Kansas, 1000; st
Weston, 1900; al ST. Joseph, no, less than
5000, and teams arriving hourly. Tao
thirds Of the emigrants have horses. On
the 10th April about seventy hye teams
from OHIO started out On the plains. taking
horse feed with them. On the l2ih com.
Pany Of tweEty-one men started from St.
Joseph on foot. "They expected to 60
through on 'Shaak's nsre,'" says this cor
respondent, ''except sn Irisbmsn, ~he had
a ,rheelbarroU to haul his luggage With
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AN EDITOR.

\ A friend, who has had experience in The
subject upon which be treats, wrote osapr'
ate letter from which we take the liberty
Of making the following extract
Friend SANpERs:--Permit me to wei
come you hack 10 your post, md consra'a'
late you upon your pleasant. trip ana sa's
return.
Those who imagine that any blockhead
who has received liberal education OF
been expelled from college is admirably
fitted to be on editor; are mistaken. Lei
them try il. A CT derant sophomore thai
has not the ability to earn a subsistence IN
either Of the learned professions, VIII hnd
himself ne much out .f his element IN the
editorial chair as a pillow boy on slack
wire. It is rs much distinct business e
edit newspaper as it is to make watch
Suppose you are compelled TO tlil q GER
tain space with new, important or interest
ing matter when there is nothing OF the
kind to be hsd? Suppose you wish e
write an interesting essay and having decI-
ded on the title, find yonr ideas flow as re-
uc.anty as repcntant drops from the eye
Of hardened sinner? Suppose niche oil
Just one inch in height must be instantane-
ously occupied? VIVA, would literary
Top or sophomore, what would scientific
ass do in such case? Give you an elabo-
rate di.quisi,ion on the hieroglyphlcs Of
Babylonian brckbnts after months re.
Election, or elee 30 many inches Of pompous
verbally.
Tact, editorial tact-that is the thing
~anted,-a something that is acquired BY
intuition or experience-gye me the ed-
torial tact Which is much sooner found Ia
the practical man lhan in the visionary
scholar. The editor who is only able to
strut in one character though il bs ever go
dignifed and exalted. will SON have his
tediousness to himself. To be popular he
must be kind Of Mathews at home, able
to personify every variety Of character, to
speak on every possible subject, sometimes
on two subjects at once and oiiener on n
subject at ALL The fact is. an editor must
be made for 40 editor You must take the
material md grind and hammer il until you
make an editor"
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TIE RICHARDSON RESOLUTIONS.


In the telcgraphic report Of Congression.
al proceedings we published lass week,
we're certain resolutions offered by Mr.
Richardson, Of Ill.,, rejecting upon Mr.. E~-
ing, Secretary of tho Interior They we're
introduced by Mr. Richardson at time
when he knew they would no! be received,
ho accomplishing his object when he made
public string Of iDucndoes, containing no
shadow Of truth. They we're vile ISLANDERS,
originating in the spleen Of par,yism aud
but calculated to flow back upon the cor
rupt source whence they emanated. II
Mr.. r. desire to rescue his character from
the obloquy oflrsducer Of the worthy, he
must urge these resolutions in a proper
manner before Congress and allow Mr..
Ewing to yindica,e himself from The char
ges preferred against him.
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Ene Gazette.
ALFRED SANDERS, EpIroR.
DAVENPORT:
THURSDAY MORNING, NAY 2, 1850.
rN,IYs, EMrGR ALTON TO IOWA.

ENGLISH EMIGRATION TO IOWA.
Mr.. GEo. SHEPPARD, editor OF the kas-
tern Counties Herald, Hall, Eng, has been
lccturing Tor some months to perfect an or.
eaniza,ion for emigratng to the broad sno
fertile prairies ofIowa. Having made nm
self thoroughly conyersant with all the facts
desirable to those wishing 10 leave the old
country, when the labor Of a Lifetime Will
not suffice to secure homestead, Tor the
u. States where year or two OF active,
frugal industry, will accomplish that desld-
era,um, he was prepared 10 give each que
r;st the necessary Information, to lead h'm
to unite in the organization. Associated.
as comprehended by the plan Of Mr. Shep-
pard, each emigrant would reach Iowa at
an expense Of but :fs. A Distinguishing
feature Of the s.Iowa Society" is that Of
sending out few of their number this
spring to selec, a location and make prep
sratious for the main body Of the cmigrants
in the fall, by ,illing the lane. and erecting
suitable buildings for their reception.
Mr.. Sheppard, in lecture at Hull on
the 25th March, stated that The preferred
Iowa to any ether State, because i was AZ
beautiful as The most beautiful parts OF Wis
consin or Illinois; its climate was quite as
healthy-if differing at all, being more
healthy; while glance at map must ast-
isfy any one that Iowa was better watered.
and therefore better drained naturally,
than either of the neighboriag States
For his Qho lecturer's) part, he gave .
decided preference to Iowa ever Illinois or
Wisconsin, and, sooner or later, the State
Of Iowa would be his home. He bad found
tho western people kind, and hospitable;
and they did not suffer 10 his estimation
because they never lost sight Of the princi-
pie Of equality. They felt that they we're
men, irrespective of the possession Of
wealth, and they would never allow rich
man TO ride rough-shod over them!'
About the first Of June Mr.. Sheppard
and bis friends, the van Of this association,
viii reach Davenport, and we trust that
they will be pleased with the people ss
With the rich and fertile county Of Scott.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02
THE RUSH FOR CALIFORNIA.


Mr. a. Sullivan. who left this county for
California last month, returned within the
week. satisfied with having gone 50 Tar rs
Council Bluffs. lie left that place on the
10Th April. a, which time the smallest com
putaton Of those there awaiting the sproas-
ing &C the grass to star, upon the plains,
was sixteen hundred. He passed between
five and six hundred teams the first one
hundred and forty miles, aud as they are
still passing through this place on their
way to the Bluffs, not less than three thou
sand and possibly FIVE thousand, will cross
the Missouri for California at that point
this spring. Freed from the restraints OF
society, Mr.. S. informs us, that the emf.
grants gave loose to their passions BY In
dulging in drunkenness, profanity and vice
Of every description. Sons OF Temperance
and members Of churches alike Pasticlpa-
ted in drunken reyelries, and made day and
niaht hdeous with their bscchana!ian songs
and obscene language. Though the gold
OF California may prove benefit to our
common country, j: will prove the temporal
and eternal ruin of thousands of those ca
ger souls who separate themselves from all
that is worth living for, worth striving for,
to obtain il.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02
MAY DAY AND FLOWERS.

Yesterday was "Msy dayn-tte day Of
flowers, pic-nics, swings and juvenile pas
time. Whether our young friends avail
ed themselves OF the time honored custom
Of resor,ing to the woods and browning their
MAY Queen, we know not. Few flowers
would they have found TO have woven in a
garland to rest upon the fair brow of the
chosen one, and yet ia little rids up the
river we found number Of them. There
was the Ranuaculas fdscicularis, with its
bright yellow petals dotting the banks; the
Pulmonaria Tirginica with its rich clus-
tiers Of blue and purple flowers; the Hepat-
lea friloba, earliest TO spread its blossoms
TO the chilly air; Anemone ,halicieoides, its
Immediate successor and rival in de!icacy:
the beautiful little Anemone CaroliaianG,
side by side with the delicate Draba Caro-.
Aniana and bright little Hedyotis c9ralae
while all around the Gnaphalim rears its
woolly head. Then the beautiful Erythro
MUM, the curious Corydalis, the rich Clay.
tonia, the wel-known Viola, and we know
not how many others, that seek the shade
to expand their petals. Why, backward
a. is the season, we could gather flower.
to weave garland that in beauty would
surpass the diadem Of the little Queen who
sits upon the throne beyond the sss.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02
CALIFORNIA LETTER

We make the following extracts from .
letter published in the Dubuque Ey,,,
written by MIR. Merritt, formerly eai,a, :
that sheet and dated Al San Fr,,c;..,
Jan. 18th. Such perseverance Is Mr. II
displays will cct';inly NICE, with po1,.
reward:
"You are aware was detained rpon III, J.,
mus for nearly three months. This was W. 10y"
pcnsivc, so that after paying my passage (s5o
landed in SIN Francisco with but SIX sh,ilnna.'
no. enough By ten shllings 10 procure mol !;
victuals. As soon ne landed, offered m,. 81
service, and obtained job Of turning g,; ,.'
stone for two hours at one o.lai per hon, NV
soon found another job OF repackirg bottI". = :
liquor which lasted TWO days III ten dale
da Al The end ofthis service, me-, ao' a.,
who voluntarily psoflered me sslOo, which I :
eepted, and Disguised with my bad fortune !; IT,
mcdnlely started for the mines. ~
MY bad luck appeared 10 follow mc H..
and while some, with moderate work, made ~,
well, labored necessarily, and made bn, En W.
Irciurned from the mines the other DIV ,;,,
seven hundred dollars which was Obtained i ~
the hardest labor man ever endured. I, cns ~
800, 10 reach this place from the mines ~. ~,
after paying ny deb, had $500, lcG. Tk; sia
small amount Tor The city Of SIN Cfanc;s..
but still shall remain here, or a, Scraincr,ai.
preference to going to the mines again. A.
ing is dec:ds dly the poorest business in The CON-
try.
Il lhinh shall 10 70 merchandising in II.
spring, al Sacramento Cry. ! have made 4,
engagements with u friend with Ina, view l.
is an cxcellen, business, and many fortunes h,rs
been madc.
XII is said tha, 1lLse Hastings has made l.,
or fifteen thousand dollars in real estate :
since he arrived in the country. Large fo.,,on,.
have been mad in THE business, and ,hns
from the vast immigration that is repoded nhs
coming, property VIII advance very much. for i
yenr to come
81 have never passed dny since lief, Dabp.
que tina, ! have not been homesick, and | cou1
pray will, the fervancy Of saint iha, my punish.
ment was ~ an end. YET my mission is nnfn.
shed, and While that remains, mus, remain Ia
suffer. Thousands are leaving disguised Win
California, end thousands more oi poor ofIorn
creatures would Il ayeha they tic means 70 o..
away. Blu, This thank GID, il not my case
have s'destiny 10 fuitil,'' mud until that Is &C.
coniplished, or the means for accomplishing /,
eNhaps CT, must remain. Although had ba,
few ours 10 reflect upon The Importance Of 4
tip to California. yet flttor myself III " con
sdcrcd the vas, responsibility Of the under. (.
ing. True have no, met with that success
anticipated, on the contrary have been pierced
on every hand By The trowns OF fortune. Bal
am determined not TO give up the chase
will not forsakc my patron saint. VII s,it
continue 10 worship her crow dcd ultar. ID n,
| fond hope thai b. and by, my devotion viii b
honorcd with gracious snile.''
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02

HUNGARIAN EAILEs.-Ex-Gov. Uihazi.
family and friends, arrived at Chic.so la.,
Thursday, were welcomed by the citizens
Of that place in speech from the Mayor,
and took passage NIX, day BY railroad to
their future home in Iowa. Al Chicago
they were presented with a "handsome
sum OF money!" as a, ST. Louis with $500.
Ujhazi is endeaycring to obtain from Con.
gross grant Of land for his unfortunate
brethren to cultivate, ss they arris. in this
land Of liberty from Turkey.
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r. ]. AID l.. S. RAILROAD the
people nlong the line Of the above Road
meet in Convention at Weathersfeld, 10
make arrangements for the immediate or
ganization Of the company aud the rapid
prosecution Of the work.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02

@speaking of Davenport deIinquen's,
the Muscatine Enquirer queries, "What
will Br. Sanders charge US to advertise
them few weeks?" Do as we did, friend
Cossitt, with one Of Your citizens, appoint
a Justice Of the Peace your agent.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02

M.UST VfauvIus--A letter f,om.Nnplcs
under date Of February II, published 10
the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce, says
am sorry ! did not come here few
days sooner to witness one Of Vesuyius'
grand erup,inns - which has been The larg.
est ever known. We have been to-day 10
see the lava. &C., aud il is most wonderful.
A new crater has been formed, and The
emission OF lava was SO immense, that II
has extended distance Of seven miles, by
one and half to three miles wide and
about thirty feet high. Alter descending
the mountain il has gone forward one and
half miles wide, and thirty feet high for
distance Of FIVE miles at least, aud forms
an cmbankmcnt like that OF rail road
raised over plain, covering thriyIwo
houses and one or two churches,n mud destroy"
ing Of course M immense number Of vino
yards and farms. The direction was onths
side opposite Naples. The sight must have
been most grand; and while il lasted-say
five days--ihe rail road cars run all night
to cnrrv people 10 sec it. Although tho
trembling of houses at Naples was sensbly
felt during the eruption there was not tho
least apprehension Of danger.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02

RAILRoAps-The cost Of the construc.
lion Of the $40 miles OF Railroads in the
State Of New York was S27 1855, lid; in.
come from freight and passengers for the
year ls4s, S3,973.79l.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-02

Tar CArHoIics AND Mr. cLty.-The Bali.
more Clipper finds In the Philadelphia L'dger
the iu.aoNlng letter from the Faculty Of lie
Catholic University OF NJtre Dame, nj Suth
Bend, Indiana, addressed 10 the Hon, llGsRy
ChAy. IL is a beautiful tribute to the ,a'en.gand
patriotism Of that distinguished gentleman, and
may he r. garded as strong indication that the
Caiholc population of the United States ara u
favor OF compromising, on principles honorable
and just to all sections oil the uBion, the preser.
unhappy sectional controversy which ds'tsts
the country:
UNIVERSITY 0. y rgr DAVE n Ltr,}
Mar South nenl, Ind, Marcll II, 1859
HoSoRAgif Sa The Pre- dcni and face'Y
OF fhe Catholic institution, al unknown 10 yeus
they are, cannot rcss, the impulse created tY
the recent reading of yunr great compyonise
speech, in tie college rciectory, 10 address youa
briei leer OF thanks for hteir share, IN that rich
treat Prefcssnga creed widely diliercu. from
your own, and which is generally, though tas.-
~, supposed TO be anti-hmerican and hostile 70
civil liberty, they yet partake with you n al
those Just, wise and moderate views which yca
advance IN the noble document referred 70, and
in al! tina, patriotic and trembling solciIude iJr
HE continuance and petpetuiiy Of this glorious
Union weh Won 50 !audabig manifest. Il would
be Discrimination III those who address yop, to a.
firm else than that they GEEK the eItcatlcn
and glory oil tile Kingdom Oh lheIf muster. ATS,
before all other ear.hiy considerations; bu. be-
sides this reigning aim and desire, they kaow no
greater love and affection Than wha, they bear
towards the constitution and federal government
Of these States. With the integrity, stability
and unchecked progress Of this land OF religious
liberty. ihcy see identified the highes. Interests
Of the church Of Jesus Clris'. and the highest
hopes of humanity and greatly as they yene'ais
your exalted patriotism, cvinced no, only now N
this painful crisis, hut also through long and
ilustrious life OF unseltish and unrequi'ed deyo-
ton TO your country, they will not yield 10 you
in the alarm they feel IN view OF the dangers
now threatening Inc Union, orin earnest and con-
tinna! supplications 10 tie Ged Of Nations that
lie will lie pleased, for his chureh's sake, to
aver, from rs those imminent pers which now
menace us.
While you are assaulted BY the violent and IN
cane Of both sections Of the Union, we thought
it might be agreeable TO you to know that ma
secluded religious house, whose inmates have
their citizenship and conversation in Heaven,
who commune more with the mighty past 'hah
the present, and whose invisible compan'ons are
the noble army of saints, your kindling oraloIy
has warmed and cheered many heart intieAipiY
and altogether American.
In behalf Of the President ard Faculty, haze
the honor TO be, with the greatest consideration
your obediont servant, GARDNER JONES.
Hon. HENRY CAY, Washington, ID. G.
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By private despatch 10 the Missouri
Republican, we lenrn that tho steamer
Mount Vernon had on board one hundred
and fifty Mormons, from Philadelphia
bound for Iowa. Also, seventy Pennsyl.
vanians, IRON Lancaster comfy, cmigrating
to Iowa. --Uawkrye.
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Coeridge has said, Gone should never lie for
ward in offering spiritual consultations 10 these in
distress" Those, TO be Of any service, must be
self-evolyed in the first intance.- G,icago Jour.
Goldsmith has said, that "prenalurc
consolation is but the remembrance f.or.
row" Al best It is but the renewal of NO.
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eTThe Louisville Journal says that
Senator Foo.e has fought some twenty or
thirty duels; has been bit himself, but
never had the fortune to hit his oppone.t.