The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-07-04

il was time we publicly expressed our mind
Had We been at that meeting in all pfooao'''y
we shouk, have united with those better lnu'slau
al.. whom we esteem as friends, MISUNDERSTANDING
with the Council for not raising the license 70
saso, rs, we repeat, that would not have amounted
10 prohibition, although Il was doubtless OIL una.
wa. .isnified BY nine-tenths Of those capable Of
judging, who signed that petition.
Now, We ask in oil candor, would single ~
dividu.l in this town, capable Of judging and
knowing the State law upon the subject, have
signed petition 10 the Council requesting them
10 raise the license to $1,000! No, not one, - oy
prohibiting entirely the retail OF ardent spir'',
throws the cofiee-house keepers back upon the
State law whichis only calculated to make drunk
ards BY the ,oholesaie We observe its effects daily
there /, more uhiskey drank IN Davenport ''nee
Met ordnance seent iato effect and more drunkord'
in our streets, than nnce TIE to,rn ras first organ-
ised. Men accustomed 10 drink buy liquor BY
the gallon, get drunk themselves and make their
neighbors drunk; Is it is peculiarly in the hu-
man mind, that that class Of people are OF all the
most liberal. No, we repeat, commence a. the
root 10 destroy this evil, send temperance men to
your State Legislature who will enact such laws
as will protect consistent Temperance men IN their
effort. to sap this spreading curse, and not seek
by Topping off branch here and there to destroy
tree whose roots are in every corner OF the State
ROCK ISLAND & LASALLE RAILROAD
Owing 10 the tardincss Of the mail communi-
cation between Peru and this place, we did not
receive the following letter in time for pubIlca-
ton last week.
PERU, Lssalle Co., ILL.,, June Gath, 1850.
Mr.. SANDERS I'm compliance with my prom
Use TO furnish you with soma account OF our ope-
rations and progress while surveying the K. !.
and L. s. r. Road, catch few moments,
while waiting breakfast this morning, to say we
commenced at this place on Tuesday last, o.
rather between this and Lasalle, about midway
between the two towns, and opposite the basin
to the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Thence
west through the town of Peru under the bluff,
and have surveyed little over FIVE miles along
under the bluff bordering the Illinois river. The
grade SO far is OF the most favorable nature and
most Of the way might be perfect level, our
greatest difficulty arises from the almost impen-
e,rable thickets through which line has to be
cut before distance can be taken and lcveling
perf9med with any accuracy. Our course will
lay down the river in nearly west direction for
10 miles from this town 10 where il bends to the
south. Thence to the Bureau Creek. up ,hn,
same to Indian tow q, at about 90 miles west from
this place. From the latter place up west Blu
reau to the Prairie, until we reach the latter;
There is much billing and cooling among the RI
val towns in this vicinity. The leading men in
LasaIle are wishing to divert the road allogeth-
CT from Peru, and have the Central Road and
this connect at Lasalle, and divert the r. l. and
L. S. r. to more northern route. Hitherto Mr..
Morgan has been averss to the measure from the
impossibili,y Of the route, and believe he is
not a man to be swayed from the true interests
Of the road by any influence that may be brought
to bear, however potent.
On Saturday we went TO Lasa lie and surveyed
short route northerly, in order to test the prac
,cabity Of the route contsnded for BY the citi-
zens Of that town. The fact established by this
survey -, mat LOT Two miles the grade would
have to be &c ascent feet to the mile and on the
most favorable construction could il be made
less than between so ard 60 #. 10 the mile at an
enormous expense Of filling up and deep cutting
For The week past we have been boarding at
q house owned BY CD. II. L. Kinney, Of Texan
celebrity, who 10 now residing al Corpus Ch,sti
The Col, am credibly informed, made $780,
600 on the sale of Government Stores at Vera
Cruz on the evacuation Of Mexico by the Amer
lean army. Oar road crosses lands Of the Hon.
DanI -Msbste. below this town, presented 10
him BY the aforesaid Col. in 1887, together with
a splendid span of horses and handsome carriage.
Fletcher Webster was residen, of the house
where now write, for some time.
Respectfully, P.