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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-05
NEW FIRM.
PRICES REDUCED!

IJAVING bought out the Stock Of Goods oil
L i l.. A. Mackloi on very favorable terms, we
now otter the same al snch reduced prices, as we
feel confident will be pleasing to purchasers. II
would be impossible 10 enumeraie in an ADVERTISE
nent our large and varied stock; we Cab there
fore only call attention 10 few leading articles.
We particularly invite the attention oil the Ladies
TO the following
Rich changeable Popln, blue, Green, Moroon,
stone color, ard black Germanea's; French.
English. and Domestic Ginghams; black aud
eo.ored Alpacca's; shawls-B Blue and Green Ba-
rege-Hook ana swiss, Jaconet and bar Musih;
Bishops Lawn.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-05

m SPOR rSMtN->hot pouches, powder
/ flask, game bags, gun wade, and pe'enssi: y
caps Also, Hazards splendid rte no@aer, IN
Is. canisters, for sala by H. A. foai EN-
Nov 81 1850
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-05
\ large vallety o;
ENGLISH Il DOMESTIC P.lSEs:

Black Gro de Rhine SILK, Florence silks, white
silk Lace; Fig.d and plain Cap do--L'nen am
hdkis. Black lace Eiging Thread, Lisie and lac-
onp, Edging and insertings; French lid. black
and Peall six Gloves; Cashmere Lisle Thread
and Cotton do--Twist, Tuck, Shell, Redding,
and Ivory Combs; black and colored sewing silk;
stick and spool purse twist, steel Rings and Tas-
sells.
Every variety of Ladies and Childrens Hosiery
Coates, spool cotton, Milu ard: Eng isil and Ames
Needles; Zephyr worsted, wooden and Cotton
Carpets; Ladies and Chidrens Shoes in grea: va-
rey; Gmps--Trimmlnss &c. &c.
in the Gehtieunen,s line will be found sureFior
Molesk Hats, FnrI-ilk, Plush, Cloth, Nlohair
and Glazed sps; Fine blue and tis Broad Cioth;
Gold Mixed and Blue Beaver do Black French
Cashmere, very low plain and fancy DO
heavy and fine Satinsts; Coarse, medium and
Calf B ,ots and Shoes; Red, white, green and ell
low Flannels. Indian Head SheetIng, Eleached
and unb,eached Shifting; Mtts, Gloves, s''s-
nenaer-, Coniorts, super black and fancy Graz
vats; silk Pocket do. Wooden and Cotton Socks,
&c. &c. ,
In addition TO the above we have on hand and
intend keepingl a large assortment of
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-05

!. Cist Is famed Tor the accuracy OF ms
lies bu, nc Is certainly incorrect wnen
ties Tia, Mr.. Avery obtained one DOT
Er buahel for his wheat.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-05

TirST received a fine assortment OF TOYS at Inc
j Family Grocery of A. F. MAST, opposite
the Ferr. Landing.
Davenport, tlct. 30th, 1850. o-sm
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-05
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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
NOTES ABOUT rowN.
Low Water Arrangemant

Inc light.draught steamer ZACHARY
TAYLoR' has been purchased BY our en-.
terprlslng river men, KrpNnR and HuRp.
officers and part owners of the scioto. and
HANsHELI, late ofthe Resort, three a. fine
fellows as ever trod the deck Of a ste0m.
boat. She is side wheel boat Of oreo,
power for one Of her class, and we learn.
can run in almost any water. Her cabin
and accommodations are excellent. and un.
dor the direction Of Hurd as Captain, Han.
shell as pilot, and other experienced men,
the public may rest INSURED that the
Zachary Taylor is all that can be desired,
either for freight or passengers. She takes
the place of the Scioto as n regular pack.
ct between Portsmouth and Cincinnati.
during the low water season. The Inter
boat, in the meantime, will be laid up and
undergo a process Of renovation.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
Serenaders.

OF late, the stiffness of nights noon has
not been so frequently invaded by the bnr.
mony Of serenaders as it was wont to be
some two summers since. Whether the
sons of song have made their exit from the
musical stage, or whether the daughters
Of song have ceased their inspiration. we
need not say. But the soul of music exists
not in silence. During the "small hours,
of yesterday morning, we were awakened
from gentle slumber by the witching tones
OF two flutes and violincello, below the
window of our dormitory. The sounds
we're waited to our ears, like angel notes.
on the still air. The soft and spri.ehtIy
cadences of the flute were charming and
the mellow base of the violincello was nil
right The music, as well as the commit.
ment was highly appreciated, though the
particular time may have been due to the
nuptials of happy couple whose dreams
Of connubial happiness were, doubtless.
rendered more memorable by the same har.
monious accompaniment.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
Jamaica.

A correspondent Of the Courier des
Etats- Unis writes from Jamaica, under
the date of the 30th of June, that the Co.
lonial Assembly had contracted loan Of
two hundred and forty thousand pounds, in
order TO meet its expenses. That once
rich and commercial island is now no long
er either the one or the other, compared to
what she was some years ago ; and to live
by borrowing and other expedients. is des-
:ined to be her doom, most probably, dur
ing the whole of her future political ex-
istonce as dependency of Great Britain,
who would not unwiliugly cast her off,
but for the cruelty OF the abandonment
and the danger of the example.
The Jamaica Government had sustain.
ed defeat before the courts IN trial fol
libel against the Colonial Standard news
paper, the jury having found a verdict for
the journal, rigltcously, we doubt not
though the facts of The case are not given
But we infer so, because government pros
ecutions for libel are almost always perse
cutions.
The Despatch, paper established q
years ago, has ceased to exist, and news
paper printing in general seems to be OF
the decline--an infalble sign that tn
general prosperity is likewise on the de
cline. o.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
Banks Refusing to Redeem.

The New York Tribune, of the 9th, says:
"The Chester Co.. Bank, Pa, the Phenix
Bank, Westerly, R. L., and the Dorchester
and Milton Bank, Mass, refuse 10 redeem
their notes except on certain conditions, on
the plea that they have been robbed of large
amounts of notes. Remittances from re-
spectacle bankers in the street to these banks
for redemption, are returned without salts
faction" ifsr
1t is no new thing for Banks torefuse topay
their debts. OF all the paper money ever
put in circulation in Ohio, not 25 per cent.
of il has ever been redeemed; while in the
Western States, say Michigan and Illinois, a
much less per cent. of their paper money
has been redeemed by those who issued it.
Paper money banking, as system, as it has
existed, and as it does exist, in the Western
States, is only contrivance-a cunning and
fraudulent contrivance--to transfer proper
ty, without equivalent, from those who earn
it, to the idlers. 1t is legalized robbery that
it is that kind Of robbery that plumbers is
unsuspecting victims, without warning, and
after il has lulled them into security by false
and deceittul promises. The time will soon
come, when this kind of business will be re-
garded, as is all other kinds Of robbery. as g
crime against society. All honest men vii
denounce it as such, and the laws will in
flict as severe penalties against such practi-
ces, as it now does against counterfeiling
The time is not distant. - Toledo RepubR
can.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
A Strong Picture.

The Albany Atlas draws the following
truthful picture:
The health of the President had been
impaired by severe attack of the disease
in Mexico, from which he recovered, but
the effects Of which still fingered in his
constitution. An idle and imprudent ex-
posure 10 the fatigues Of Northern tour,
in midsummer, brought on an attack last
year, which came near proving fatal. Bad
gered and bulled by demagogues at Wash
ington, deserted by followers, betrayed by
a Cabinet officer into false position, and
stained with the censure due 10 the knav-
cry of others, it is no wonder that agta.
ton and anxiety brought on recurrence
Of the disense.
The campaign of Mexico made many
famous names, but how many untimely
gruvesl The seeds of glory were the
seeds of death, to the gallant Worth,
Gaines, Keorney, Duncan, Kirby, und tc
the illustrious Chief Of all, who has now
fallen. ~ n
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
The Nominee.

Col, ALEXANDER P. MILLER, of this coun-
ty, who has been honored by the Democracy
of Ohio, il being selected as their candidate
for member of the board of Public Works,
is worthy Of the place for which he has been
chosen, and will ably assist our Chief Of the
North in bearing the standard of the De-
mocracy onward to glorious triumph on
the second Tuesday Of October next. After
a long course Of unainching and good ser.
vice in the democratic cause, CO... Miller
has received mark of the confidence and
appreciation of his party, of which any man
might be proud He is in the true sense of
the word progressive democrat. Honest,
faithful, and capable. Without single act
in his life for which 10 blush--ever making
his personal interest subesrvient to the in
terests of the people--he is presented to the
democracy Of Ohio, as candidate worthy of
their suffrages, es,--Butler Co. Telegraph.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

The following correct sentiments. are
from Washington letter to the New Or
leans Picnyune
"The present Congress does moi repre-
sent the people Of these United STATES; il
usurps the power Of a constituent assembly,
capable of framing new laws for the gov
ernment of the country. Many consider
the federal compact already as dissolved,
and are making preparations for new one,
They are simply mudmen. and their con-
stituents will prove it. The Union is
stronger than all the mudcaps in Congress.
Twenty such conventions as the Nashville
Convention could not shake il; and the dis-
unlonists per Sc will only dig their own
graves, and not that Of the glory Of their
country. A great people like ours, in the
full vigor of adolescence, are not likely to
shake themselves TO pieces as with fit OF
the fever and ague. There is no distress
any where, & no such agitation is dreompI
Of except in the diseased brains and NOR
bid hearts of those who would conspirt
against the best interests oftheir country
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
Cincinnati Market.
CINCINNATI, July 10.

CINCINNATI, July ~.
Flour and Grain-The demand for -four
continues fair, without change in prices.
The sales this morning were 200 bis for store
at $4 ,25, SO do at same, so do new wheat
from canal at $3.50, 36 do at 3,95, and 100
do from river at $40. Nothing done in
Grain.
Provisions-The only sale heard of was
$50 lbs bacon hams uncovered and country
cured at 6sc loose.
Whiskey-We notice further decline in
the market this morning. Sales Of 100 bis
in lots from river at 2ls.
Groceries-The market generally contin-
ues exceedingly dull, and with the exception
in Sugar which continues in good demand.
The transactions are on the most limited
scale. Sales Of Is hhds sugar at Ct, and 20
do fine at 81, and of so bags coffee in lots at
l0s Nothing done in Molasses.
Tobacco--After our report yesterday, we
heard Of sale of 6l boxes No. 5, Virginia
at l5c.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
IRnmors from KashinKton.


The uneonfirped budget Of nominations
beforethe u. s. Senate, says q dispatch
from Washington, all go back for the con-
sider0tion Of the President. There is con-
sequcntly great concern among the nomi-
nees.
DR.. Thomas NJ. Foote, it is rumored'
formerly of the Buffalo Advertiser, now
Charge to Bogota, will be the editor Of the
official organ.
Daniel Webster will bo Secretary Of
State, unless he changes his mind.
Chas. Gibbons, of Philadelphia, has
somo chance 10 be in the Cabinet.
An entire new Cabinet will be formed,
as the President could not retain part Of
the Cabinet without apparent censure OF
those whose designations he accepted.
The "contruct'' system of printing, ii
seems, does not do well, the work being So
badly executed that the Government has
refused TO accept it.
Strenuous efforts are made for the re-
tention of Ewing and Collamer in the Cabi-
net.
Mr.. Ewing thinks, doubtless, that it is
hard case to be thrown out of office twice
by the death of the Executive.
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The opening of the Nicaragua route will
shorten the passage 10 San Francisco six
days.
The Captain General of Cuba receives
$50 for every slave landed in that island
On two cargoes recently landed he receiv
ed $4,000.
The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
is under contract throughout its whole ex
tent.
Mr.. James, the English novelist, is on
visit to Washington Irving, at Sunny Side
near Tarrytown, N. Y.
The number of President Filmore's orI
nal friends and supporters has increased
wonderfully, within week past.
The revenue of the Baltimore and Ohi
| Railroad for the month of June is $l39,
49,97-an increase over the correspond
ing month of lS49 of 800, ,52S,56.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

A wiseacre in the New York Globe, has
discovered that Henry M. Paine would not
set the river on fire; but we see by the Bos-
ton Transcript, some scoundrel down east
has been trying an experiment to see whe.-
ther Mr.. P's face could be set on fire. A
small package Of segors was recently sent
TO him in Worcester, with an accompanying
note. stating tina. they were from we'll
known dealer, and were sent to him as a
specimen for trial. Mr.. Paine lighted one
of them, but had not smoked il longer than
a minute when il exploded, scattering sui
phur and Illuminating powder in his face.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
ny TELEGRAPH.
WAsuiNeroN, July 10.
Editors Dispatch :

Editors Dispatch:
The National Iptclligencer Of this morn
ing, states that information has been receiv-
ed from Cuba, which promises most happy
and immediate termination Of all difficult
ty, between the authorities of that Island
and our Government, growing out Of the
Lopez expedition.
Nothing is definitely known about the
Cabinet, except that all the present mem
bers will go out.
The city is full Of strangers, all doing their
best to get favorites into Office.
The chances Of the passage Of the Com
promise bill with some amendments, are
improving.
Mr.. Clay has received numerous letters
from South Carolina, imploring him to save
the Union.
The Rev. DR.. Gurley, chaplain of the
Senate, is very sick, and there is good deal
of sickness in the city. This fact, together
with accounts Of the progress OF cholera in
the west makes it probable that an imme-
diate adjournment Of Congress will be In
sisted upon.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

Mrs. Taylor, the widow Of the deceased
President, and her bereaved family, have
accepted the hospitable invitation of Mrs.
Meredith, wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury, TO become inmates of her house
hoId,' temporarily, after the obsequies -
After spending afew days with Mrs. NJ,
they will take up their abode with their
friends in Baltimore.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
American Railway Guide.

The July number, or 4th ofthis valuable
little work is before us. 1t contains d vast
amount of matter useful to the traveller as
well as the man at home. The minute
details of railroad and steamboat routes
must have been obtained at great trouble
and expense. Published at the Pathfinder
office, New York. Price l22 cts single
number or 81 90 year.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
DIR. S. d. HOWE,S
Shaker sarsaparilIa.
. Quart BoNLes.

AN efficient and certain remedy for the cure
Of Jaundice, Palpitation Of the heart, Impurity
of the blood, Scrofu!a, cutaneous eruptions,
Langor, pmples and pestules on the face, sick
headache, habtual ccstiveness, loss Of appetite,
dyspepsia, chronic rheumatism, syphiload dis
eases, debilitated stomach, depression Of spir-
its, old sores, and diseases of the blood and in
judicious use of Mercury.
A signal cure Of an obstinate case of letter
Of IA years standing, BY tho use Of DR.. Howe's
sarsaParilla'
ClNoINNANI, March 10.
Dr. howe-Dear sir: Having witnessed the
controlling influence Of your preparation Of
shaker sarsaParllla over Diseases which often
pane tne skili Of me best physicians, u is my
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
Death of Adam Ramage.

The inventor of the Ramage Press, died
at his residence in Philadelphia, on the 9th
inst, aged rs years. The deceased was a
Scotchman, but had resided in this country
over half century. At one time he was
the only press manufacturer in this country,
and his presses were greatly in vogue. He
continued The business Of press making. at
his factory in Library street, up to his
death,
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
Cuba Indictments.

The Mississippi Free Trader asserts that
it is authorized to say that the proceedings
Of the New Orleans Grand Jury, as far as
Gov. Quitman is concerned, are an infamous
assumption on the part of that body. Neither
Gov. Quitman nor Judge Smith, says the
Free Trader, could have had anything more
to do with the Cuban expedition than The
man in the moon.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

A VALUABLE DisCovERY.--The Pitts.
burgh Gazette announces the discovery,
by Mr.. James Sims, painter, of an earth
similar to BIake's fire and water proof
paint. 1t is found on the property Of Mr.
George Ledlie, near Allegheny. The
vein was brought to view in excavating
for plank road. This body Of earth is
formed of eleven different colors, oil o
them neutral tints. There are thousands
of tons apparently in the mine, and il Is
contemplated to erect works to prepare j
for the market.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

The powder mill OF MIR. WhippIe, in
Exeter, New Hampshire. recently blew
up with terrific explosion. Only one
man was in it at The time, whose remains
we're found in scattered fragments-some
at the distance of u hundred yards from
where the mill stood, which was entirely
demolished.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
Affairs at Washington.

i is impossible to give our readers any
thing more than surmise and rumor as TO
tie course ofpolitical events under the ud-
ministration of Mr.. Fillmore. The best
opinions are that the cabine; will be entire
ly remodeled; that the new cabinet as well
ns Mr.. Fillmore himself, will favor the set.
tlemcOt of the slavery question on the ba.
sis Of the compromise bill; and that, as tc
other questions, the policy recommended
will be Of an old fashioned whig stamp
Many Of the nominations of Gen. Taylor
not having been acted upon, it is supposed
they will be replaced by new ones.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

General Santa Anna is still at Carthage
ma, occupied with cock fighting, an old and
ruling passion with him; and by way of di-
versifying his amusements, he writes for the
newspapers. go world, thy slippery turns !"
The man who, but the other day, was at the
head of an Empire, and measuring his
strength with Generals Taylor and Scott is
now a exile, and reduced, for want of better
occupation, to cock fighting and paragraph
writing. We never pitied him before.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
A survey of the Great Salt Lake by

A survey of the Great Salt Lake by a
corps Of tho U. s, Engineers has establish
cd the fact that il is very shallow. The
deepest part yet discovered does moi exceed
l6 feet, and the land around 1t is so Level
and low that rise Of one foot of its water
would double its area. The plains border.
ing on it are destitute Of vegetation, ant
covered in some places for miles, by o Goa,
of salt thick enough to bear horse.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

OF The last payment of three and a
half million Mexican indemnity, was made
in New York on The 5th inst. The amount
paid was $462, 1000, leaving only $780,
0C0 in coin in the Sub-Treasury.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
scioto Telegraph Company

At meeting Of the Directors of the
Scioto Telegraph Co. held at the Telegraph
Office in ChilIicothe, July 10Th, 1850, a
dividend ofthrce per cent. on the Stock in
the Southern portion, and dividend of
four and one-half per cent. on the Stock in
the Northern portion, we've ordered 10 be
paid. M
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

Orr THE TRAcKs--The locomotive and
tender Of tho downward train, run of the
track, and upset, few miles this side Of
sundusky, on Monday. By q miracle no
person received any injury,
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22
Movement in Texas.
PHILADELPHIA, July lS

Galveston papers state that large meet
ing to consider the recent action OF the peo-
Pile of New Mexico, has been held on the
battle ground Of San Jacinto, A. Smith,
President. Resolutions were passed to sup
port the government Of Texas, and enforce
the jurisdiction of the rebellious territory.
A letter from Austin, states that the leg
islature meets in August, thus early to give
the troops the advantage of Summer months
for marching. Steps are also being taken to
organize company Of volunteers for Santa
Fe.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

G A Monument to the memory of
Washington is to be erected at Fort Neces.
sity, in Fayette county, Pa. The spot is
memorable as Washington's first battle
ground. The structure is to be hollow, of
iron, and about fifty feet high.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

REoUIsITIoN FOR M. Y. BEAoH.-Gov.
johnson, of Pa, has demanded of Gov.
Fish. Qhe N. Y. Star says) the person Of
Moses Y. Beach, that he may be tried on
the Lehigh County Bank business. The
Pennsylvania officer is said to be in Alba.
ny, awaiting Gov Fish's decision.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

FWe have omitted to notice the i'll.
ness of Col. ] L. TAYLOR, our represen-
tative in Congress, who we learn has been
detained, in consequence, from his seat in
the House.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

A Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Journal, states that Hon. II. G.
Winthrop, the representative in Congress
from Boston, has determined to retire from
the House at the close Of his present term.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

EIn passing the Carriage Manufac.
tory of our townsmun. J. L. Ward, on JEFF.
ferson street day or two since. we saw
handsome Carriage, just finished in beau.
tiful style, having been ordered by S. R.
Ross, for one of his customers near Guy.
andotte, Va. If editors ever could find
time to ride, they would not ask better
turnout than this specimen of Wards.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-22

OF Two or three knock-downs occur
red across the river at Springville, on
Wednesday last. No serious damage. A
wcountenances ornamented with scratch
es, bumps, &c.