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Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14
White Goods, etc.
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TaYNEYs FAMILY MEDICINES: large supply
j of these truly valuable Medicines, just received
and for sale wholesale and retail by ~ BURNAF
doc 90. ,sae only agent for Burlington
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14

- ROUND SPICES, consisting of Mustard, Pep
II per, Ginger, Cloves, etc.. ETC., just received by
mch Z, $50 s L BuRNAP
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14

SHOULDER BRACES: an excellent article for
opersons with weak lungs, just received at
inch I, so BURNAP'S
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14

DLANKET and Cloth Over coats. just the thing
I } for the plains, for sale cheaphy
feb II, $50 JIG LAUMAN & BRO
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14

TATS: super beaver. Moieshin and satin Hats,
| ! etc. etc, large assortment, just received oy
oe,a,.s d GILcHRisr CO
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14
Administrators Notice.

TIME undersigned has been appointedby the Court
Il ofPr0bate Of Desmoines county, Iowa, Admin
stratrix on the Estate Of James Paul, dec'd late of
said county. All persons indebted to said estate,
are notified to make immediate payment to me, and
those having claims will present the same for set
tlenent. ELIZA ANN PAUL,
Benton Town ship march n S50-3t Admr'x
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14

pOOTS AND SHOES: 100 cases Of boots and
- shoes, comprising one ofthe largest and best
ASSIGNMENTS ever brought 10 the market, for sale by
oct1I,3s WE CooLBAudH CO
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14


THE subscribers want to purchase Ten thousand
: Mxskrat Skins, for which liberal prices will be
Siven-also, Deer skins, and all kinds OF Furs, as
Raccoon, Otter, Mink, Wildcat and Fox.
march II, 1850 J. STURGIS & SON
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14

17ANBRiC. jaconct, null Swiss and book musIins,
h;xhons lawn linen lawn, just reed and for sale
oct IS. 40. by bLcHRisT w"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

who has not subscribed from 500 to $1,000 !,
The stock Of this Road, thus demonstrating. th,,
they believe money thus applied will ben.6,
themselves and others.
The ding ut our County Commissioners, in IL.
sixth resolution, is as ungentlemanly as il |, IN.
direct fruit Of ignorance. The Commissioner
in submitting this matter to the people are IN,
fulfilling their duty, BY complying with the r..
quest OF the citizens OF the county, assembled, !,
public meeting. They are the servant, Of u.
people, not like those who passed the resolu ,oD,
under consideration, the people themselves. IN
this, and in the following resolution, we rccop.
nize the reyengeful spirit Of one who has reason
Tor hostility 10 Illinois, and hostility without
reason to ourselE He is marked
With respect to the very deep compliment paid
ourself in the last rcsolution-in common with
those citizens OF lie Claire who do not endorse
the foregoing resolutions-ail that We have 10
say a, present, while we thus yield TO you Ii.
right to act for yourselves, is,-if the cap 6t Won
may wear il!
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

FoRrr-yrsE, or rIrTy!-The friend who writes
SO tartly upon our arithmetic, (because We said
that person born January l., 1909, was only
thiry-nine years old on January |, l849. forgets
thar he rsckons child to be one year old the day
heis born. To be sure, Wordsworth says
ssThe soul that rises in us, our LIES star,
Hath had elsewhere its sitting,
And cometh from affair.""
but, with what preceded the strising,s our cacn.
latisn had nothing to do. We date, respectfully
from this side the horizon-the child born January
|, 1909, not being one year odtil January 1901,
nor forty years old til January ], 1850. Even
with the most liberal allowance, however, our
friends blunderis, still, "beyond conceplion!'
The above is from the HOME JOURNAL.
We have seen similar paragraphs 10 several
Of our exchange papers. Messrs. Morris
s. Willis, and all who maintain the same
opinion are wrong, and very little refec-
ton will prove It them. The child born
Jan. !, 1909 was forty-one years old on
Jan. !, 1850.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

HoMEwARD BoUND.-We have letter
before Us written by brother from which
% make the following extract. As the
young man mentioned vas formerly resi-
dent Of this place and is known 10 many Of
our citizens, No give his name: Il saw
Charles Shays on q bost on his way home
Of Evansville last night. He went 10 CAL
ifornia with Jas. Crane, has been sick and
unable 10 do much; dug gold enough to
bring him home. He says he expects
James will soon follow, as he is unable to
work hard. The goods they sent out
(drugs) are worth less there than here
lie says nne-tenths Of the people there
find il humbug. Thus fully corrobora-
ting The accounts Of all the Cincinnatian rs
I have heard FROM
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07
Fire-Loss Of Life-Ddily Champion
and Register Office completely destroyed
and in ruins!
Peoria, Jan. 81.

IEoNIAs JSu' =.
Last night about s o'clock, fire brOk'
out in the large 3story brick building, cor
ner Of Main street and Printers ALLEY
The lower story occupied BY Vim. A. Her
ron, druggist. Second story by the Peoria
Daily Champion and Register, and the re''
buildings and Sd story by the N. York TEN
pernnce House, kept by Mr.. Decker. !
a few minutes from the first alarm, h
whole building fell, burying everything 10
the building in ruins. Mr.. WIN. Picket.
brother OF Mr.. Thos. J. Pickett, 81. editor q
the Champion, having stepped back Al ID
first alarm TO recover the books ofthe Office |
wns buried ia the ruins and killed. h'
body vas taken out two hours sfterwala
From appearances, he had sufIocated. NJ
james Kirkpatrick, editor Of the PeOs.
American, 10 attempting 10 run throus'
Printers alley, was crushed by the falling
building, and is supposed 10 have died 10.
stantly. No others have been discover!
up to this date. The office Of the DAY.
Champion and Register, with two sPlendn'
presses, all the type which were new, %
recently purchased, and fixtures complies
" destroyed. All the books, papers ~
accounts belonging to the printing otilss'
with records Of the Masonic Grand Lodc
Of the State Of Illinois, were destro!ssss
Loss Of Champion and Register Sow
$500 Of which is insured. VIM. A. Hers
lost all his books, papers and memorsndunl
together with the greater part Of bis s'oa
Of Drugs. Decker lost everything. ~
engagements hive bccn made TO issue '"k
Daily Champion rs usual.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07
PERU IN THE FIELD!

Jestingly, yet more in earnest than in jest, we
alluded TO Peru, III, last week asa sleepy town.
Weare happy TO be informed by Judge Grant tina:
the people there are ,cide arake, and .haiso soon
as they were informed ofwhat Scott county had
done, Immediately resolved-aside from ndivid-
ual subscr. ptions-to subscribe S25. 600 to the
stock in the name ofthe town corporation! We
judged the citizens by the languid tone assumed
by our contemporary in that place in alludng to
the subject. May this stir up his mind BY way
Of remembrance
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07
WAsnrssroy, Jan. "a.

Numerous petitions presented.
One by Clay, asking Congress to purchase the
Mount Vernon estate.
The Senate then proceeded to the considera-
ton Of joint resolution submitted BY Clay, yes
,erday for the purchase Of the original manuscript
Of Washington's farewell address. Clay ell
oquently advocated the resolu,lon-he referred
to the universal love for the memory Of Wash
ington, and the interest every American felt in
contemplating everything belonging TO the Faith
er OF his Country. The stated Ms was IN the
hands OF the descendants Of Ciaypcoi, the Editor
Of the "Dally Advertiser formerly published
| in Phila, which was gelecicd by Washington to
publish his "farewcli address"
| These descendants have recently offered j, for
sale. He thought il proper to make this efor,
70 secure for the liorary Of Congress
l. A'tersons interesting conversation, the reselu.
ton passed.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

THE FERRIEs.-The different ferries
make on average per day rs follows: the
jamestown ferry $50; the Newpor, ferry
$50; the Newport aud Covington ferry SIS;
the Covington ferry $l25; the Covinp,on
snd Western Row ferry $50; the Fifth
street ferry $25; the Licking packet ferry
$50; the whole amounting to tvo hundred
and ninety. fire dollars.-Cin. Com.
Will not Capt. Wilson furnish us with
the profits per diem Of the Davenport and
Rock Island ferry? We want 10 beat som,
oflhose city ferries.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

Ross IN FoRT MADISON. visit ofthis
man 70 Fort Madison resulted 10 a row.
He succeeding 10 arousing the passions Of
the liquor sellers TO such pitch that they
made an attack upon him at his Hotel
We regret to see It stated that in repeIing
them, G. Il. Perry, Esq., was struck on the
head with . club which inflicted severe
though not dangerous wound. Violence
Of words is antagoois,ical to the propaga-
ton Of truth, conciIiatory course can
alone be successful.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

DncoMeosrrrov OF DEAD BODIES. -lnpe-
rusiae Capt. Basil Halls description OF the
f,mine in India during 1912, when thou
sands Of dead bodies were consigned to the
flames, and which il appears to have been
his peculiar delight daily to wander out a
mong The funeral pyres and watch with
morbid curiosity the gradual decomp ostlon
~ ERE Of the frail tenements, so recently
The receptacle Of immortal souls, We we're
struck With single remark, which coming
from source 50 experienced, must have
unusual weight. He says, Sew people
know. probably, how soon and how readily
! dead body may be consumed" We re-
marked i. moro particularly from the fact Of
perusing sentence precisely sn,ipodal,
cmana,ing from an Eastern press, IN. \.
cour. T. Eng and now circulating through
out the Union, used in juxtsposition with
ths,case Of Prof. Webster and manifes'ly
intended to have bearing against him
From Capt. Halls description few hours
active heat Is sufficient to decompose the
elements Of mans earthly tabernacle and
reduce it to i,s original ashes. The jurors
il tho case Of DR.. Webster will have
weight Of responsibility resting upon them
thai fev mon under similar circumstances
have had to support and we hope that such
men will b selected As are duly impressed
With the accountability Of the station.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

FIRE IN MUscATINE.-On Monday afternoon
the extensive pork packing establishment Of
Messrs. Green & Stone. in Muscaline, was de-
stroyed by FIRE. From 10000 to $4,000 pieces
Of meat were consumed. The entire loss was
from $4,000 to $1,000, abou. one-half in
sured. Although without fire department. the
citizens succeeded in saving the extensive pork
house, only 30 feet distant.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

INDIAN HosrILTrIEs.-A large number Of Win
nebagoes have abandoned their new country on
Grow Wing river and sought refuge from s.arya-
ton in northern Wisconsin. They are said to
be very hostile and declare they will kill every
white man in the country sooner than again
forsake their old hunting grounds.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07
chr Gazette.
ALFRED SANDERS, Eorroa.
DAVENPORT:
~ lIorning, Feb. =. 1850
ROCK GLAND 4 LAsALLE RAILROAD

ROCK GLAND & LASALLE RAILROAD
TsE Srook AL scsscRnsD!
The committee consisting OF jugs
Grant of Davenport, and Alessrs. osoo'n,
Busora, Bailey, vandever and D.ckef'on'
sfRsck.I.lsod, appointed BY public meet.
i,sshsla in tho respective towns. returned
last week from an expedition along the
rou,e of the above Railroad, having sue
ceeded 10 obssining subscriptions to ito
s,tock % tho amount Of one hundred and
s<sesty.fse thousand dollars! The whole
amount now certainly subscribed IS $751;
600. II Henry county do not take the bal
euce Rock Island stands pledged for lar
..r amount, 90 that the $500, 600 may be
considered as subscribed and the work will
b commenced 10 the spring.
Tho expenses Of building the Road has
generally been estimated 1t $4,000 per
mile, bu. Mr.. Buford, after an examination
Of he route a. practical engineer and Of
The Chicago and Elgin Railroad, thinks
that Il can be Constructed for an average
hess than $4,000 per mile-thc cast Of the
Chicago Road twenty-five miles out from
that city having cost only 5000 per mile.
So level Is The ground between Rock leland
and Peru that the greatest ascent per mile
does not exceed fifteen feet and generally
ranges at from four to Eve feet. Il pre-.
sumed that the company will DO organized
and The first instalment be levied during
the latter part Of the ensuing month.
Since writing The above, We learn that
the town council Of Rock Island have pro-
,posed 10 subscribe $4,000 to the above
s,ock. The proposition will be submitted
10 The ci.izen., but We he assured. 1t least
four-6fths Of them are in favor Of the pro-
posal.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

GJDo moi the people Of Clinton county
feel sufficient interest in the Davenport,
and Council Bluffs Railroad TO send up a
large Delegation to the Convention 10 be
held at Iowa City on the ooh inst?
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

A PIE-ous EpIroR.-vhe editor Of the N. o
Geseent City acknowledges the receipt Of a
pumpkin plea good plea glorious pie-n fact,
Southern pie with Northern principles!
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

HARD TO BEAT.-Messrs. Burrows g.
Prsttyman, We are informed by their miller,
ground in 9 hours and 80 minutes 76 bar.
rels Of Flour on one run of stone. Can hi.
be excelled?
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

n-Another erevaae is reported at New Or
leans. The sugar plantations above the city are
said TO be overlooked.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

FRAsKIxs PRIVILEGE OF PosrMAsTERs-M Much
difference of opinion has existed among post
masters throughout the country, relative to frank
ing remittances for newspaper subscriptions
The following letter from the Assistant Post
master General, in reply 10 an inquiry made BY
Mr.. Fuller ofthe N York Mirror, settles the ques-
ton:
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07
STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION.
ISAAC THOMAS.
ST.. LOUIS, Jan. %.

ST.. LOUIS, Jan. %.
The steam boat 81. Josephs, on her upward
"trip from New Orleans, when within few miles
III Plaquemir es, was burnt and then blew up-Il
pessons killed, and 81 wounded. 'rhe boat was
freiuhted for ST. Louis. All officers escaped un-
hun except one Of the engineers. Names not
given.
FROM SANTA FE.
Intelligence from Santa Fe has been received
up 10 2sth Nov. Five days previous Mai. Green,
with d military force, went in pursuit OF the Eu-
taw Indians, who had Mrs. White as prisoner.
When they came in sight Of the camp the Indi-
ans sho, Mrs. w. and fed, leaving the camp e.
quipage and two Indian children. Maj. G. re-
covered the body, but no trace Of her child was
found II will be secoilected that her husband
and eight Others were killed when she and child
were taken prisoners.
TIE Santa Fe mines were reported very sue.
ccssful. A newspaper has been started at Santa
Re, called the New Mexico Advocate. 1t advo.
cafes the claim of Texas.
FIGURING MILL BURNT.
Park Touring mills, on Market and 18th
streets, were totally destroyed by fire yesterday
morning, at 2 O'Clock. Mil and stock valued al
GO. OOO--insured ut $1,000. Owners +. A
Bncklnnd s. Co.--Supposed to be.,he work ofar
incendary.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

The first year Of the Christian Era is completed
when we put it down one. Then the one hun
dreth year is completed when we put il down 100.
That Is, the date begins at the eadOf the year.
Thus we did not write down 800 until 1900 years
had expired, and the first OF January was in fact,
though not thus written the frs. day Of the year
l8Ol--the beginning ofthe nineteenthcentury. o.
course, then, when we first put down 1850, the
fifty years had elapsed-and We have actually
commenced on the year 1851.
The above, by correspondent OF the
Alton Telegraph, is waveringly endorsed
BY its editor. It is the mos, plausible ar.
gunent we have seen upon the subject,
still it is not true. In the beginning ofthe
Christian era they dated the year ] and so
soon as the second year dawned upon them
they begun to write il the year 2, SO that
1850 years will not 10 reality have expired
until the present year shall have closed
We date days, weeks, months and years
from their beginning, not at their expra-
ton.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

NrTYTLER, the Scotch historian is dead
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07
Posr OrFIcE Dep.RrNryr /,

Appointment Office, Dec. 81, 40.
SIR: The Postmaster General, after careful con-
sideraton of the question to the right OF post
masters, that have the privilege Of ranking, to
frank letters to publishers of newspape covering
money for subscriptions or the names Of subscri-
bers, has decided, that when the postmaster is
agent for the publisher, be has the power 10 frank
such letters, and his agency wilt be presumed
from the fact that he franks them As no post.
master has any authority ,ofrank these communi-
cations but when he is such an agent, il Is proper
TO regard him as acting in that capacity when he
90 conducts, until information is received 10 the
contrary. In doing this business, the postmaster
must be regarded as entirely the agent Of the pub
Usher and not Of the department.
very respectfully, &C.,
FITZ HENRY WARREN.
Ia accordance with the above, all Post.
masters wishing to remit W money viii
consider themselves a. our Agents, and
this acknowledgment will be their cer,ifi.
cate Of the same.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07
NoTTCEs OF NEW BOOKS.

!. PSYCHOLOGY; on r4r ScisScE o. TIE oouL'
b jo,eph Haddoek NJ. y. Nav YORK Fowler
h Wells.
Tho above is physiological and PHILOSOPHERS q
dj,quisi,ion upon tina, part u Mesmer'sm which
ma niiests mental and supcr-ssnsual pnenomc"a'
I, is reprint Of the London edition OF course
Of lectures delivered under the auspices OF the
Bolton Mechanics Institute. Il . illustrated
with engravngs Of the brain and nervous system
and contains series Of experiments performed
by the author upon q sclairvoyant subject. The
Mesmeric and psychical experience Of the au'no'
is alone worth 25 cents, tho low price OF the
mail edition Of the work.
RAYS ALGEBRA, PART FIRST; on tAe .anG-
lyi;c and hduciirs methods Of Instruction; 'c'o'
nunerous Practical Exercises. By JOSEPH RAY,
MD. Cincinnati: Winthrop B. Smith q Go.
We welcome to our table anotherot the Eclec-
tic Educational, Series OF school books. From
swo wears instruc ion under Dr.. Ray we are pre-
pared to endorse mos. anything that emanatcs
from his pen. For fifteen years has Dr. Kay
been Professor Of Mathematics in woodward
College, the duties Of which station he has dis
charged with singular ability. During the in;e-
rim Of his labors in Colege-and mostly during
those hours usually devoted to slecp--has he
found time to prepare series Of class books on
Arithmetic, which have taken theirplace among
the first in the Eclectic Educational Series. Dr..
Raw carries with him into his text books the per-
spicuity which formerly marked his teachings
before the class. He possesses faculty Of de-
mons'ration which renders maihematicsso plain
and ineligible that students form taste for the
study. We commend the above work to teach
ers in this vicinity.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07

But me, not destined such delight to share,
NV prime OF life in wandering spent and care
lmpelpd with steps unceasing TO pursue
Some feeting good that n,ocks me with the view,
That, like the circle bounding earth and skies,
Alures from afar, and, as follow, flies
Me. Fortune leads to traverse realms slone,
And find no spot of all the world my own.
Democratic banner., 1850-09-02

.by him. He resorts to base subterfuge, and at
tempts 10 work upon the fears of the timid by a
false cry, applicable alone 10 himself and his CO.
adjutors.
The step once taken, must be followed up in
The spirit of desperation---by falsehood, trickery
and dece option. The chasm once made, must be
kept vpen--the storm once raised, must continue
to rage in lis violence, so that the agitator may
stand prominent, not by force Of merit, but BY
the blaze of excitement.
Every effort to settle this question then, that
can be opposed with any show Of honesty, will
be met with his contempt and his opposition
The compromise bill-.-a measure well calGula-
tied to put all end to strife and give quiet to all,
was attacked and derided, for the mere purpose
of keeping the question an open one, that excite
ment may reach its zenith about the time Of the
next presidential election.
The aboIitionists Of New York have already
given the watchword. The Herkimer meeting,
which received and applauded the letters Of
Chase, King, Wilmot, and other uvowed aboli-
gotten up 10y abolitionists, and addressed
by aSolitiOnists, passed the following resolution.
They know their mali; and act not in the dark:
Resolred, That the gratitude of this meeting,
and Of the public, is due to Thomas H. Benton,
Of Missouri, for his late powerful efforts in be-
half of the admission of California; and that we
recognize in him a republican statesman, morthy
IF the highest honors in the gift of a free people,
who contemporaneons with Jefferson and all Re.
publican Presidents. has grown gray in the SER
vice of a cause that he has never betrayed--who
iendeared himself to the democracy by his I'M
compromising hostility tothe United STATES Bank,
and his successful advocacy Of the independent
Treasury and the constitutional currency, end
Itrhose superior irisdom and statesman. like fore
cast, are demonstrated by the daily Development Of
erents.
Democratic banner., 1850-09-02

SLAVE I"NsuRREcTIoN IN ALABAMA.-The
Columbus Times learns by a telegraphic
despatch from Montgomery. Alabama, that
an insure ction, in which 100 negroe. were
engaged, had taken place in Lowndes CO.
IN that State. Fortunately the plot was
dlvuIged before the insurrectionists had
time to accomplish their plans; the rendez.
vous OF the negroes was discovered by the
whites, who fired upon the n, killing one
and w%ounding twenty oftheir number, when
the PARTY dispersed. A large number of
prisoners were taken.
The Savannah Morning Wws, Of the
18th inst. publishes the above, and adds:
A gentleman who arrived from the west,
IN the cars last night, confirms this report,
and informs us that great excitement pre-.
vailed in that section. The slaves had been
melted 10 insurrection by an abolitionist,
Tor whose apprehension q reward of $4,000
had been offered. A number of persons
were in pursuit Of him, and il was believed
ne would be taken. It was reported that
he had taken the route to Charleston BY way
Augusta.