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lot cash.
He is also Agent for Nc Creary's superior Prin-
ting Inks,
Which are put up in cans of various sizes,
common News and Book, and also Coiored Inks
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PEOPLE!

I1yuAT the subscribers will sell at the
Iowa. Clothing store,
20 per cent cheaper than any other Establish
-ment in the place.
They would also inform their numerous GUS
toners that they have JUS. received from Phil
adclphia large assortment Of Winter Clothing:
Drah, Grey, Blue. Mackinaw Blankets,
Ovcrcoats, Fine Dress, Frock,
Sncks and Coates, Black Striped,
Checked Cashmere Pants,
Satinett, Velvet ard various other kinds OF
Pan1aloons,. Satin, Silk Velincia Cloth, Gala
plaid-Shirts Of all descriptions,
Red and White Flannel,
Hickory Calico, White linen bosoms made
in the latest styles.
ALSO
Superfne French Black Cloths,
DO. Brown, Blue, Green,
Black Doe Skin and various other kinds OF
Cassimcres $, which will be made up according TO
the late New York and Philadelphia Fashions,
and good fits warranted in every instance.
POWER a. JORDAN,
At the Ioua Clothing Store opposite The
WHrs. Davenport.
November 9Th, 1919.
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MONEY SAVED.

FEV He fact is yon can save your money
III ifyon want Books or Paper, either
fancy. Standard, Miscellaneous or School Books,
by calling at CASTLE & COTHRINS Book
Store, Rock Island, I'll. Just try the experiment.
January Sd, 1850.
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SUPERIOR drawing needles. bodkins
- and silver thimblcs, just received by the
subscriber H. A. PORTER.
March 2ist, 1850.
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NEW SHOP AND
N e " PRICESt

HE subscriber would respectfully in
- form the citizens Of Davenport and The sur
rounding country that he is carrying on the
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FADIN. JAMES MAcEoy.
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A METHODIST MINISTER ON THE LAw.-The
improper introduction of politics into their pulpits
by few of the fanatcal Ministers at the North
has called forth patriotic responses from number
of their more considerae brethren, which frequent
ly fill columns of the Northern papers. The last
Poughkeepsie IN. W Telegraph contains a
Thanksgiving Sermon, preached by the Rev. g.
F. KErTELL, Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in which he nobly defends the Constitution and
the Laws. The following are the conclusions at
which he arrives: @
" We believe that any individual who, in any case and
for on ocby esists the laws of the United States
guilty Of crime in resisting the ordinance of God and must
be considered in the conscences of all good citizens
go. We believe that for American citizen to refuse
obedience the laws Of the United States on the ground OF
their unconsuona, upon the plea of conscience is
absurd, inconsistent, and fana,ical.
"3 We believe that if individual persists in refusing
obedience the laws of the United States on the plea Of
conscience, because he is required perform duties which
his ssnsibies feelings revolt at-as be hangman or
ailor-hei bound still to honor the law by submitting quietly
to the penalty" .... .s s#,..
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MARYLAND REFORM CONVENTION.

ANNAPOLIS, DECEMBER II, 1850.
The President of the Convention laid before the
Convention the following communications from the
President of the United States and the Secretary
of State of the United States, acknowledging the
receipt of the resolutions Of the Convention in re-
gard to the adjustment measures passed at the last
session Of Congress:
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER IA, 1850.
Mr DEAR SIR have the honor to acknowledge the re-
cept Of the report and resolutions the late acts Of Con-
gess forming the compromise &c. adopted by the Maryland
Reform Convention, which you forwarded to me, and beg
leave to express the high qualification which derived from
their perusal trust that my future conduct will Justify the
confidence expressed by the Convention that will faithfully
perform my duty in the present crisis and gra6ed with
the assurance ofthe cooperation Of the people of Maryland
in any emergency which may require it. in support Of the
Laws and Constitution Of our country. Truly yours,
WILLARD FILLMORE.
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visited the Representative Hall, as We did yester-
day, and with us beheld the tranquility, proprie-
ty, and order Of the proceedings Of that body and
the quiet department Of the Members who COM
pose it, in contrast with the scenes enacted, and
the intensity of feeling manifested in every look
and every action, in the same Hall just twelve
months ago, he would beyond doubt have been
satisfied that the settlement made at the las
session Of Congress is fnal SO far as concerns the
present generation; and that one might as wei
think to wake the dead with penny trumpet as tt
revive that agitation by any art-unless, were j
possible to do it in any way, by the success of sucf
proposition as that which the Governor ha'
just placed before the Legislature of the Ancien
Dominion.
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FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.

By way of Havana the New Orleans Picayune
has late news from Central America, from which
we extract the subjoined paragraphs:
cd. JOSE DE MARcoLErA, who has rendered great ser
vices in Europe Central America, has been appointed
Minister Spain solicit recognition of the independence
OF the State of San Salvador and to form treaty Of amity
commerce, and navigation The papers say they have
doubt that the Minister will be received at the Court of Spain
The official paper Of Honduras contains quotation from
discourse of President LuIpo in which he expresses
limited confidence in the protection Of the United States
president LUIDo has issued his proclamation, ordering
the national standard Of the Central American Conederacy
% be raised in the State. 1t is understood that the repre-
senation is TO be the basis of every thirty thousand
souls 1t is understood also that the States Of Costa RIGA
and Guatemala will come in"
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PROM THE LOUISVILLE PUBLIC JOURNAL.

FROM LOUISVILLE PUBLIC JOURNAL.
Bill has been introduced into the North Carolina Leeis-
atue providing that every merchant peddler factor and
trader Of whatsoever description in that State shall pay tax Of
ten per cent ad raIoe upon all the goods in his possession
after the LIST Of January 1882 unless he shall state on oath
that said goods are in part the growth manufacture Of
slave State. Another provision is as follows:
"Be further enacted, That if within three years from
the passage Of this act all the savehodng States shall not
have passed law or laws similar this then the exemp-
tons herein contained shall be held extend only the pro-
ducons OF such States as have adopted similar laws"
So if this bill becomes law, the productions of Kentucky
will after the specified time, be taxed ten per cent in North
Carolina, unless State shall have previously passed law
imposing similar tax upon the productions OF Indiana and
the other nonsaveholding States Well, North Carolina,
to the extent Of her constitutional power can do just as
pease but is very certain that long as Indiana keeps
her faith and discharges all her duties she now dis
posed to do Kentucky will be driven into system Of
with her by North Carolina or any other State
States whatever.
We do not believe that any such bill can pass the North
Carolins Legislature There reason for her attempting
to punish States merely for not holding slaves she wishes
to show her resentment at the opposition 10 the fugitive
law, might be wise for her expend her wrath upon those
States in which such opposition is manifested and rendered
effective.
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VIRGINIA is gathering now the fruits of free-trade
and right bitter are those fruits to many of our cit
zens. They come in the shape Of bankruptcy to
the individual, and the destruction of positive and
existing values to the State. Whilst it ruins the
one, it tends to impoverish the other. We see in
the Valley Wing of the 18th instant is advertised
to be sold, under deed of trust, the Etna Iron
Furnace, together with all the personal and real
estate attached to it. Another establishment Of the
same kind, we see from an advertisement in the
same paper, is about to close its operations. These
manufacturing and mining agencies sprung up un-
der the protecting wing Of the tariff Of ls42 and
have sunk under that Of ls46-they were nursed
by the one, and have been destroyed by the other.
The failure of these enterprises cannot be attributed
to the bad management of their owners for we
see the same effects elsewhere and their universal
ity points to as universal cause.-Rich. Whig.
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Hon. w. NJ. MEREDITH.-Over two hundred of
the most respectable citizens of Philadelphia lately
rendered to this gentleman the compliment of a
Public Dinner. He declined it on the ground that,
having with sincere pleasure retired from public
life, he did not desire in any way to re-enter it.
Some allusion being made to General TAYLOR in
the letter Of invitation, Mr.. nj. alluded to him in
the following feeling manner:
impossible for you to think speak too highly Of
the virtues and worth of the late President His loss is
truly great national calamity My conneIion with him
gave me opportunities Of viewing him clearly, and of forming
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of him. He familiar with the history
OF the country and Of psreswise in councgenerous in
feelng-prompt in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in actionrm in his
endshppure and unsefsh in all bis moves-liberal and
national in his views and purposes. There
who more dessrvedy the and confidence of
his fellow. citizens than Gen. TAYLOR"
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FRENCH SPoLIATIoN CLAMs.-The Philadelphia
Ledger says that the merchants of that city, who
are proprietors of large proportion Of the French
claims prior to 1900, have again presented their
longdeferred demands to the consideration Of Con-
gress, with firm belief Of obtaining final Justice,
and the face of many weather.beaten old sea cap
tain lights up with joy at the thought that debt
assumed by !" our own Government" fifty wears
ago will yet be paid OF all contracts, treaty stipu-
laons are the most sacred and this claim is doubly
guaranteed, first, by the faith Of treaties, which
secured US peace with France at most eventful
period Of our history and, secondly. by the Con-
suson, which provides indemnity for all private
property taken for the public use. More than half
the Legislatures Of the States have adopted resou-
tons invoking the payment of these claims by
Congress, and Congress has PASSED 90, 10 pey
them, which was vetoed by President Polk. As
tardy justice is better than its total denial the pre-
sent Congress will no doubt terminate this long
postponed indemnity for domestic spoliatiou
<.,@ Baltimore American.
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LATER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Telegraph committed an error in stating the
vote in the House of Representatives of SOUTH
CAROLINA on Tuesday, by which was rejected the
Senate's bill for calling State Convention in De-
cember next. The vote was, yeas rs, nays 40 /;
but, as it required twohrds vote to pass the bill,
il was lost. This result it seems probable, was in
part influenced by the disposition Of majority Of
the House favorable to some action of a character
more decisive or more immediate. The rejected
bill passed the Senate by vote Of 81 to 6, two
members being absent.
LATER.-After this bill had been disposed of by
the House, motion was made that another bill for
calling Convention, which had been previously in
roduced, be made the special order for the second
Monday in November next. This motion was laid
on the table-ayes 60, noes 40.
The House then reconsidered the vote of Mon.
day, by which was indefinitely postponed the bill
for appointing Delegates to Southern Congress
and motion was made to amend it by adding ;
provision for a Convention of the People on tn,
fourth Monday in February, 1852, to consider sucl
action as might be taken by the said Southern Con
gress. Both the amendment and the bill wer
passed in the House on Wednesday, yeas 100
nays IL and, with some amendment, passed tn,
Senate the next day, yeas 40, nays 8. The Dele
gates to the State Convention are to be elected in
February, and those to the Southern Congress in
next October. No time is fixed for the meeting OF
either of those bodies.
The first ballot for United States Senator was
taken on Tuesday, and resulted as follows: R. B.
RHETT, Sc; J. H. HAMMOND So; R. w. BARN
WELL 81; JAMES CHEsNUT Is; Mr.. WOODWARD /;
scattering 4. On Wednesday three other ballots
were had, on the last of which Mr.. RHETT was
elected, he having received 81 votes, Mr. HAM.
MoND 46, and 10 scattering.
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The McDoSoeH EsrATE.-In the Fifth District Court,
at New Orleans, the lh Instant in the matter Of Gen.
BEsJAnIS c. Howard and Rev. R. r. GuRLEr, who ap.
piled to be in of the of John Nc
Donogh, without giving bond, the Court decided that the
third section Of the statute Of 1912 did apply 10 this case
as all the executors TO the will did reside abroad num-
Der of them resided here, and had been qualified, and who
were not required by law to give security II then the for
egn executors should be compelled give security as the,
are all bound in sokdo, the foreign security would be at,
for the executors residing here, which would be absurd
was therefore ordered that the applicants be duly qualified
without giving security.
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A VOICE FROM MAINE.

A Union meeting was held at Bath, in the State
of Maine, on Monday last, which was the largest
held in the place, and enthusiastic in the highest
degree. WILLIAM D. SEwELL presided, and there
were many Vice Presidents. Governor HUBBARD
attended and addressed the meeting. Speeches
were also made by GEO. I. CURTIS, Of Boston
NATHAN CLIFFORD, E. w. FARLEY, CHARLES AN.
DREws, MANAssEH SIXTH, and DAVID Bronson
Letters were read from Senator BRADBURY, Hon
LEWIS CAss, GEORGE EVANS, DANIEL GooDENow
RuFus CHoATE, and Judges TENNEY and SHrPLEY
all in favor of the object of the meeting series
of resolutions were unanimously adopted, which
are for the Constitution, the Union, and Peace,
without agitation. That in reference to the Fugi-
tive Slave Law is as follows:
Resolped, That hold the late law in relation to the
fugitive fromsevic be constitutional that Of the
peace should be fully tested and that resistance
to le al enforcement Of that law, any cry Of "repea
would call for the indignant own Of every true friend Of bis
country, it would be in entire disregard Of the political
rights and interests of the whole people"
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THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOVEMENT.

Whatever bitterness of heart and violence of Ian.
guage may have characterized the public journals
almost without exception) and the Legislative
speeches within the State of South Carolina, we
gather from recent limitations, even on the part Of
professed Disunonists, that the day for the pro-
posed rising Of the State against the General Gov.
eminent will be postponed for future action, and in
the hope that some other of the Southern States
will yet lead off," There is no installing the
clear indications to that effect in the following para
graph, from the Charleston News of December IL
estate AcrIos.-The indications are plainly visible
now that precipitation will not characterize the councils Of
South Caona whatever might have been the fears of her
friends and the hopes and predictions of her enemies The
Legislature ,cH ,oait for the cooperation of her sister
MATES Of the South Having interests in common having
sense OF honor not less sensitive having perception of
danger not less ACUTE they will be found no doubt ready
or the encounter which to stay wrong and aggression
"No State take the tiatre without jealousy and
fear Of divided councils and distracted efrs Let the ag-
geved States march in line in their policy of defence
Let them place the North unequivocaly in the wrong
that history shall pronounce her verdict n their favor that
posteity shall honor their fobesnce and their conempo
rares acqu them Of precipitation and rashness United
action among those who bound in sympathy for
wrong is therefore, the suggestion Of prudence Of fear
Of deferentia regard not Of calculating patriotism"
We place confidence in this prediction Of the
News" notwithstanding the belligerent aspect of
the following information Of still later date from
the seat Of government Of the State:
"coIUMBIA, Is. G. DECEMBER IA, 1850
LOOKS LIKE BUsIsEss.-The Senate yesterday took
one strde which has placed it in advance of the House.
They seem to have postponed discussion the subject of
Federal Relations because their minds made up and they
preferred acting to talking. The military committee report
ed bill appropnatiDg $500 900 to the purchase of arms
for State desnce and creating officer, lieutenant of
ordnance with salary Of $4,000. The bill was adopted
without dissenting voice. and motion Of Gen. Adams
of Rchland entered the journals having passed
unanimously This is but the "6eginning of the end"
The subsequent taken will indicate clearly ,chy
those arms may be needed-Iesgraph
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NEW HAVEN UNION MEETNG.-The New Ha-
ven papers of Wednesday contain the names Of
about two thousand signers to the call for Union
meeting to be held in that city next Tuesday even
ing. The call goes for sustaining the compromise
in all its parts. The New Haven Register accom-
panies the list with the following remarks:
GAS citizens of New Haven, feel proud of the goody
array which appear in todays paper favor Of the
Union meeing-a list of Democrats and Wings comprising
large majority Of all the legal voters of the town and city,
and constituting the main portion of the mercantile and
chanic interests and the learned professions evnces the
soundness of this community the great political question
Of the day, and determination to stand by the
misses Of the Constitution at any and every hazard The
pie right this subject; for have known
general desire to participate in public movement this
occasion though is probable that many have been az
foded opportunity who would gladly have put their names
the CALL More than hundred persons signed the call
in our Office last evening"" n.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

WASHINGTON, DECEMBER IA, 1850.
Sir have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt
your letter Of the 18th instant enclosing report and resou
TONS unanimously adopted by the Maryland Reform Con
venon, in relation to the of compromise passed by
the Congress Of the United States its last session. for the
transmission of which am greatly obliged to you The
voice Of the State Of Maryland, expressed by numerous
and respectable Convention, recently chosen by the peo
pie cannot but produce great effect upon the public mind
and contribute to discounenance agaons produce
Citation and harmony, and thereby perpeua.e the union
the States
am, sir, with great respect your obedent servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
Hon. ]. G. CHAPMAN, ESQ.,. President Of Convention.
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The Rev. Mr.. Prrxry, Assistant Rector of Trim

The Rev. Mr.. PITxrN, Assistant Rector of Trim
ity Church, in Hartford, Connecticut, preached
yesterday afternoon powerful discourse on the
Supremacy of Lar, and the obedience of every
citizen TO those in authority in these trying times
for our country. The reverend gentleman dis
claimed all reference to political parties, but thought
the presen, crisis when every patriot should arouse
himself to the support of The laws of his country.
The discourse logical, vigorous, and patriotic.
Netc Haren Register, l6th INST
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AwfUL DIsAsTER.-Bya passenger on board the ship
Vandsa we learn that the barque Emily from San Francisco
70 Neaeo and Panama, was lost the Pacific the
Ao'n september last Out Of nearly hundred persons
ooard only two were saved passenger and the other
one OF 'ne ofhcers OF the vessel. No names given.
NetC Orleans Picnvuue,
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FROM HAYTI.

Advices from Port au Prince to the 1st instant
state that the crown and other insignia of royalty
for Emperor SoULoUauE had been received from
France, and he was to be crowned Emperor Of all
Hayti on Christmas day. He had appointed the
lst Of February for the movement Of the expedition
to subdue that portion of the island which does not
now acknowledge his authority. "
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Hon. PHILo e. FULLER has been appointed Comptroller
Of the State of New York. to fill the place vacated by the
election Of WAsHrscroS Hunt, Governor He entered
the duties Of the office Wednesday So far ability and
qualifications concerned better selection could scarcely
have been made t...
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The latest advices from Mexico, received via
Havana, state that D. ST. LUIS DE LA Rosa, at pre-
sent Mexican Minister at Washington, has been
elected Governor Of the State of San Luis.
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The trial of Lopez and others engaged in the
Cuba Expedition commenced in the United States
Circuit Court at New Orleans on the 18th instant.
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LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

The steamer Cherokee, from Chagres, arrived a,
New York yesterday. She brings three hundred
and sixty passengers and about million and hall
Of gold.
The dates from California are to the 5th utimo
The Pacific News :" says that nothing has occur.
ed since the previous accounts to mark the progress
of California The Cholera has made rapid strides
in some localities, consigning many to their graves
The number of deaths in San Francisco is stated
at one hundred and thirty-fve, and at Sacramento
city at one thousand. The scourge, however
is abating, and the deaths in either city at last ac
counts were averaging from eight to ten per day
Il had not spread rapidly at the mines. Governor
BURNETT has issued proclamation for thanksgiv.
ing on the 18th November.
San Francisco has been visited with another fire
which destroyed the Gayle hotel, the Galena house
and some twelve other buildings adjoining. The
total loss is estimated at $4,000.
The mails from San Francisco had not reached
Chagres when the Cherokee left that port.
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special election for member of Congress in the Lucerne
district Of Pennsylvania has been ordered on the sls of the
present month"; to ill vacancy in the present Congress occa
stoned by the death of the Hon. CHrsrrn BurLra.