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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
BENTON ON THE PRESIDENCY.

lion. THos. Il. BENTON has written a let.
Ter 70 one John Smith --rather an odd name
lat ST. Louis, in which he refuses in toto
10 be a candidate for the Presidency! Il is
astonishing with what pertinacity Benton
persists in his refusal to Gil this mportan nj
office! One would suppose ,hn, he would
wait until its acceptance had been profler.
ed him. before lie refused it. The fact Of
it is, Benton's ego.ism is SO enormous TIM,
he is pleased at any opportunity TO write
about himself, jus, as he is in Congress ID
speak Of himself. There is one passage IN
this letter, that is rich--it is mother Ben.
tons lament over father Rnchie-in these
Words
"6en. Jackson was never more right than
when he warned Mr.. Polk against bringing
Ritchie here; and oretold the ruin OF the party Il
he did. Every days experience since he was
brought, has confirmed the truth ofthat warning
and II he remains here we shall be ruined, and
shall again lose the Presidential election. and
shall deserve to lose it, because we know it,
We can pardon the hungIing manner in
which the passage is wof1ed, for the sake
Of the deep conmisseration it displays.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
Chc GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS, EDITOR.
DAVENPORT:
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER ), 1850.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

Last Tuesday morning as tue steamer
F;aascier, the regular packet between this
place and the Lower Rapids, was landing
at Andalusia, small town on the Illinois
side, q few miles below this place, she
struck log and broke her connecting pipe
bv which accident, We understand, tho pi
lot, 2nd engineer, and son Of Captain
King were killed and several pcrson'
scAlded.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

FURsITuRE.-Mr. Fearing has received
and opened, the last week, in the room ad
joining the Post Office, the largest assert
ment ofready made Furniture ever brought
to the place.
We expect TO be able 10 refer our read
ers to his advertisements next week; also
TO those Of Messrs. Buford g. Graham, who
have recently opened a stove store under
the lie Claire House.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
FROM SALT LAKE.

Tho Deseret News. published al Slll SHE
June ~, states that the public works were
rapidly progressis g-tho iiaors were being
was being quarrcd a, Utah Tor The roof;
brick were being laid lor The Church store
house; a storehousc, designed fur the occa.
pancy Of Messrs. Livingston s. Kincats,
was ready for the tiinhers, aud the wall. Of
large smith shop, intended for doing the
smithing Of the public works, we're compile.
ted, on Temple Block.
harvesting Of wheat commenced about
the LIST Of July, and the crops were repre-.
sen'ed as good. Potatoes were dug on The
4th, measuring six inches in circumference
and carrots measuring sixteen inches IN
length. On the morning Of June 9Th a
heavy frost destroyed many Of the nhder
vegetables.
Emigrants passing through The valley iOf
California we're possessed Of counterfeit
coin and gold dust, which they nt,cmpledo
dispose Of, bn, failed 10 succeed in doing
so.
A man, leading mich COW, with a small
pack, passed through Salt Lake City on the
Both June bound Calforniawards.
The Mormon religion is in a nonrishns
condition, if The accounts published IN inc
Deserst News may he relied upon, and they
are probably correct BIZ, whatever may
be said Of the Mormon religion, Mormon
morals and practical good sense in the nlnn,
agemen, of their social and civil relations
arc favorably developed in the following
"Ord!nanco cnncerning revenue, approves
July A, $780,
SEC. !. Be it ordained by the General Asenb.
ofthe State of Dessert, that all spiriiuoIs lquel
which are offered for sale. or disposal in any WAY,
within this State, the same shall be assessed and ,
at the rate i.y per cert upon the selling
Sec. 9. II is hereby made the duty Of the assessor
and collector to assess and collect the above aA' ~
and after the publication OF this ordinance, 10 INC
manner and under the same regulations and p'os',v
as rsauired in the ordinance concerning retehu''f
ed Jan. 10, 1850,
Thomas s. Williams. wholefl kanessIle,'
Iowa, on tho 9Th Of May, with the mails ana
company of Calitornians. reached -"
Lake on the 7ih Of June, or in 80 days, s'sn
horses, mules, &c. in good condition.
The Descret News is quarto sheet, pun
Iished weekly. aud edited by Willard Ken
ards. Price So per annum.
MuscArrNE SUSPENSION BRIDGE. The Lhfuh"
speaks thus Of the bridge now being eree's"
through the exeriions OF the citizens OF Mu:sr
tine, over Cedar river
The bridge, when completed, wiIlpresenl e..
an imposing appearance. The towers WI W.
nearly sixty feet in hegh,h- standing on .,
plain, apart from bluff or tree, TO destroy tns y
feet. On these towers the bridge will De sHs n
ded. II will be "a feet wide at the ends, anu a.,
y IN the centre. The tressle work i ~ =. II
bridge TO the ground at either end, VIII pe .sl
necessity ofconsiderahle extent, az there l'hV :"
10 land uron.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

GEN. LoPEz.--Instead Of being hung. the
reputed ins,igaior Of the attempted Cuban
insurreclion has been presented with ban
ner and sword. by committee on the
part Of Cuban ladies and gentlemen in
New York, Philadelphia and Boston. The
General heroically declares tina, the flag
shall "wave above the Moro, or be his wind
ing sheet in a Cuban grave!'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
THE DRuNKARp.

A drunken man lay in the middle OF
Front street last week and crowd Of boys
amused themselves in dashing cold water
UPON him. Men stood around and smiled
and the boys, encouraged, renewed their
sport. The druukard regarded them not,
he had long since ceased to care for cold
water-he had thirst within him that
oceans of il could not assuage. What
cared he, the immortal part Of him was
drowned in whiskey, how then could water
reach il? There lay the body and because
it presented the semblance to man the
bows spor.ed with it. Ii breathed, but mo-
tion was denied it, and no voice proceed
ed from il. Ii was dead, AS completely
dead to all outward things, as though the
spirit Of The living God had never been
brcathed into its nostrils.
We passed on, until a hsnd.was laid up
on our shoulder, and glazed eye, bIoated
face, and idiotic expression Of a friends
countenance met our gaze, while with STAN.
mering tongue be faltered, "H-how dye
DO? IL called tito see you, b-but d-didn'
find you. H-how are you, a-anshow. You
YOU arc DID, -derced he might have
added, bu. We interrupted him and again
proceeded.
Oh. who would be drunkard' Who
would steep his senses in alcohol until his
finer sensibil,ies are blunted, page after
page Of his memory obliterated, bis healt!
destroyed, aud his soul lost? Beware Of
the golden bowl, touch not the poisoned
chalice, in total abstinence alone is safety
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

Whatever may be said at railroad conventions
and in railroad journals, north and south OF this
place, Burlington is destined at no distant day
to have railroad reaching eastward to the Hi
nois and the lakes, and westward to the Nilsson.
ri.-Haukeyr.
Wonders never cease, it may be So
Our neighbors certainly need something Of
the kind to revive them, as we arc inform
ed Burlington is the dulles, town this sea.
son on the upper Mississippi. Energies
all expended on plank roads, perhaps
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

NATIVE WlNE.--In a single county in
The State Of Missouri (Gasconale) there
are four hundred acres in vines. /, is es.
,imated that from 10000 TO 10000 gallons
Of wine will be their yield this season.
The wine IS sold at the press q, from 81
to ST. 80 per gallon.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

HAYsAu, the butcher, is said TO have
slipped out Of London by nigh, for fear Of
receiving second chastisemen,. There
would not be virtue enough in world of
such men 10 save sinking ship nor
doomed city. Their presence is leprosy.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

THE wooden inventions Of plank road.
and bridges, appear so to absorb the a,ten-
ton Of the citizens Of Burlington and Mus
ca,ine that they imagine the people north
of them to be incapable Of constructing an
"iron highway" We shall see wha, We
shall see, and if that isn't locomotive
there is no use staring!
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

CousTERFET TEsrs.-We have examined the
tests submitted by Mess,.. Denslow e. Dwigans
to enable one to detect counterfeit note, and al
though perceiving no peculiar merit in the mode
prescribed, think lesson from them richly worth
dollar TO any business man;if for no other rea.
son to give him haoit of observing paper money
more closely.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
LINCOLN CLARKE.

The election OF Judge Clarke is an evidence Of The
liberality and sagacity of the Democracy OF Iowa.
IN. Y. Globe.
Bah. SO was Ansel Briggs. sagacity, how
profound! Liberaiity, co-extensive.
His election shows that no sectional narrow pr.i,.
dices operate the minds Of the ems OF his adon,
ed State.-Giobe. 'P
"Democracy" was the ail-po,ent word. with.
out reference to principles or prejudices, that in.
fueEced them.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

A "New Drug Store Parker. Langley
d Co. Those arc shrewd men who under.
stand, that, IT you wan, business, you mus,
go where business is done- Galeaa Gas.
Shall we conclude from tho above tha, the
firm is about 10 leave Galena?
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

MAP OF Davenport. G. H. SToD-
DARD, Civil Engineer, is now engaged a,
the Gazette office in drafting map of Day-
export and Rock Island with the intention
of having it autographed. II 10 an enter.
prise in which we hope no may be liberal
jy encouraged.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

VisEcAR.-We have received sample
Of Vinegar from the mandatory Of !. A.
F. WEYnE, Davenport, Iowa, that we
should Judge had been distilled from the
face Of Locofocoism, upon receipt of the
news Of the election in the lower district
Of Iowa.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

'sThe citizens OF Davenport hang their hope.
of the prosperity and growth Of their town upon
railroads: those Of Muscatine upon bridges; and
those Of Burlington upon plank roads. Which
is the best peg to hang ones hopes upon.''
Davenport Gazette.
Why hang your hopes upon bridges and plank
roads TO be sure Muscatine is not only build
ing bridges, but she is also making plank roads
and when the time arrives she will build rail
roads too.-.Nuscatinc Journal
Glad to hear il and hope the Davenport
and Council Bluff, via Musca,ine, may be
the first Railroad she builds. We need a
bridge over Cedar river badly and must
have il, but as for plank roads, within the
fortnight gentleman, who had quite re
Gently rode upon the beautiful plank roae
leading gu. Of Racine, declared our road.
we're equal to it. There is this difference
however, while our roads are free 10 all
on the above road the toll was one cen
per mile.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

RusAwAr.-A frightened horse with o
cart st his tail, utter having dumped bis
owner, sped down Perry street last Thurs
day as though the cars were after him, and
brought up all standing in front Of our Office
over the ruins Of the Elegant hitching-rack
erected there for the good Of the public.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

SaUAsIlEs.-The very best swee. -potatoc
s1nashes we have had for year, were pre-
scented US few days since by cur old friend
Z. w. II. WINFIELD.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

PICKED uP.-Four persons, blown overheard
by the recent explosion on board the steamc,
Kate kearney, have been taken from the rive,
within few days Three bodies most horribly
mangled were picked up at Canton, and In.
fourth was found floating in the river near quincy
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

New SronE.-See advertisement Of
Mes.rs. Uibelesen a. Schricker, under the
lie Claire House, and give them a call.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

The New England No 2, 81. Louis and
keokuk packet, came in collision last week
with 81. Louis Ferry Boat, and was con-
siderabIy damaged.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
STATE SABBATH AND TEMPEA1
CONVENTIONS.

STATE oADDA1u ANp AtSs"A I
CONVENTIONS.
Thesc Conventions met nj Iowa City on
the 18th and 10Th nl,, and were numerous
" attended. A number Of interesting 9ues-
tons in connection with correct observ-
ance Of the Sabbath, were discussed at the
former Convention. A committee was mp
pointed to memorialize the General Assem-
bly,, to so arrange the sessions Of the court
AZ TO relieve Judges and parties interested
from the necessity Of travelling on the Sab
bath. BY resolution tho Sabbath docn-
ments published by American and Foreign
Sabbath Union, were recommended to be
circulated so Gar as possible. The clergy
were requested TO preach sermon, relative
to the scriptural observance Of the Lords
day, on the fret Sabbath in December next.
Il was also recommended to hold Sabbath
Conventions in one or more counties az
often as practicable, and committee was
appointed to take measures 10 call another
convention.
The principal, and about the only thing
effected by the Temperance Convention,
was the organization Of State Temper
ance Society, having for its object the sup
pressing ofthe traffic in intoxicating liquors
as beverage throughout the State. The
mode Of efiecting this is to be in part
through the agency Of Temperance lectures,
but mainly BY the enactment Of stringent
laws by the Legislature. A bill was draft
ed to be presented 10 the Commissioners,
who arc now engaged in revising the laws,
the principal provisions Of which, we asccr-
tain from the Hawkeye, are the following:
LIST, the abolition Of all license laws; I'd,
regulations for the sale of .pirituous liquors
for mechanical and medicinal purposes; Sd,
6nes the vendors Of intoxicating drinks as
a beverage $50, for first offence, $50 for
the second, aud inficts for subseqncn, Of
fences Imprisonment; 4th, makes the ven
der responsible tor damages done by those
to whom he sells, md declares him an ac-
cessory 10 all the crimes they may commit,
Qhis is the present law in Wisconsn;) 9Th,
submits the question Of ssale," or mo sale"
to the people at the April election.
This is striking at the root Of the eyif and
if such bill can become the law of our
State and be enforced, much good may lie
effected.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

Father MATHEW administered about one
thousand temperance pledges 10 ST. Louis
last week.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
ARRIVAL or THE OHIO.

The Z. S. mail steamer Ohio from New 0llean.
TO Havana, arrived at her dock al O'Clock last
night. She left Havana on the 18Th, and bring,
300 passengers from California and about half
million in gold dust in freight and 10 the hands Of
passengers. The Falcon from Chagres arrived
at Havana on the 18th with 400 passengers and
large amount Of gold dust. There were num-
Der ofcases OF cholera on board the Falcon, during
her trip from Chaeres, but few fatal. There were
some deaths on The Ohio between Havana and
New York. There is nothing late from Calilor.
MIA
The cholera is raging al Panama, but confined
almost exclusively 10 California emigrans and
American residents
From HavsSA.-The officers o The two Amei-
can vessels taken during the invasion, have been
condemned TO eight years confinement aud bird
labor in chains; they are to be transported 10
Spain, in a few days.
A great tire broke out in Cardenas on the night
Of the 18th inst; several stores were consumed
and the loss is very great.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
NEw YoRK. SEN,

NEW YORK, Sept %
The steamer Philadelphia arrived al4p A.
with 81 ,OOO, 900 in gold and 100 passengers ~
IT Is verbally reported that dreadfu ii ro, L.,
occurred al Sacramento City, growing on az ~,
land troubles. Tie Mayor and otLor ne :, ."e
were wounded. The squatlers threatened ~
burn the city, which threat, it is said, ,hev ~.
cutcd.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The Philadelphia brings 5000 900 ia ooll H.,
and from to 8C0 900 in lie hands uf passonass'
The mails from Sun Francisco by The Carol;,.
had not arrived when the Philadelphia lel .''''a
Panama, Sept. 6.--There have been fyc =, =.
OF cholera, but the port-warden now gives elsss
bills OF health.
San Francisco .7ugust l5.--Thc dry se,.o,
prevents any working al tho mines, and 10 nm
men are expected TO be employed and large
mounts OF gold will be taken. Those n, H.
mines are now doing we'll. Three Chilians ,o" "o
out in a fortnight 1900 from the puleh =,
jamestown, and three Frcnchmen twelve ponnl,
on las, Thursday afternoon. The northern ola.
GERS arc doing well.
Goods from the States are paying well Mes,
| pork El8a2 "a. Liquors are very firm. Lamhss
is IN demand. Flour 81 ls, rice &8 10.
anthracite coal $50 30 per tory coffee 400 4,
per bag. Money is in demand and scarce.
/ On the 18th OF August, riot, al ended viii,
/ loss fife, took place at Sacramento CITY. si,,s
/ squatters proceeded to the prison, which i .,
board a ship 10 release their comrades. when
| they were confronted by the MAYOR. An ajfraS
ensured, and Mayor Bigelow was killed: al,o
/ Woodland. the CITY Assessor. MANY Other,
/ were killed and wounded. Two leaders Of ,ls
squatiers were killed aud several Others w,,s
shot. The steamers Mekim and S na,or we,s
! dispatched 70 San Francisco aud Renlcia far,
j force OF 800 men. The sqaatters were fs, IN.
/ creasing in numbers, aud Lieut. Coy. McDursl
/. had proclaimed martial law.
/ r. S. TIE riots al Sacramento c ty have been
/ queiled.
NEw YoRK, Sept 81
The U. S mail Pacific, Capt. Nye was tee,
! graphed OFF Sandy Hook al 3aP. NJ, on Saturdar'
and arrived at her wharfat 81 =. NJ having made
the passage from wharfso wharf in 10 days A
hours and d minutes. This beats the ereate.t
passage of the Asia (he quickest ever made be.
tween Liverpool and New York BY CanaId
steamer) 10 hours, after making proper allowance
for her detention OF Halifax. II also surpasse.
relatively, the quickest trip made by the Canada
between Liverpool and Boston.
The steamer Niagara from New York arrived
at Liverpool on Monday night. The Pacific
brings 81 passengers
There is no additional newso OF sufficient impor.
| lance To telegram
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

THE London Times has sent q special re-
porter to the great Fair now being held in
Cincinnati.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

Father MATHEW, the Apostle of Ten
perance, - now snJourning in 81 Louis.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
rREE SOIL AND GEN. DODGE.

Thokiends Of free soil who relolced o.
The failure of Mr.. Clay's Compromise bill,
certainly have no reason 70 congratulate
themselves upon tho subsequent action OF
Congress. The joint bill Of Mr.. Clay was
mere coinclcn,al with their sentiments
than nre the several bills into which i was
divided before being passed. The Texas
Boundary, for instance, in the Clay Com
promise bill, extended only tothe 34th par
nllel Of latitude, but as amended and pass
cd ia a separate bill, !, extends 70 3oA de-
grees. illustrating over to the South "a
degrees for slave territory, or converting
%, 900 square miles Of free into slave soil.
The vote 70 convert this free into Slave
territory was very close, ayes %, nays "a
Among the six northern men who voted tor
this secession, was linn. A. c. DODGE, Of
Iowa. Had he voted nay the motion would
not have prevailed and the north would
hive contained $4,000 square miles more
Of free territory at this day than it does
In the language ofthe N. Y. Tribune THAT
vote secures the ultimate erection Of two
more Slave States out OF Texas, when, bu,
for il, one Of them would have been formed
from New Mexico and been Free This
vote alone ought to condemn Gen. Dodge
forever, in the estimation OF the Free Soil
party Of Iowa, but another election donbt-
less vii. again behold them his auAiiaries
in the eff,r, to divide his opponents by a
separate organization.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03

Our contemporary of the Davenport Gaeefie,
has the following squib in his last:
"Thc citizens Of Davenport hang their hopes
Of the prosperity and growth Of their town upon
Railroads; those of Muscatine upon bridges: and
those OF burlington upon plank roads. Which
is the best peg TO hang one's.hopes on.
Which is the best! WAY, the Plank Roads
and bridges, for new country, to- be-sure. and
II you don't want your sshopes to hang, until
ga!vansn can't revive them, give up your reli-
ance on Rail Roads at Uncle Sans expense, and
go to work for yourselves, as your neighbors
have done and are doing. There is the differ
cnce--whlle you are seltshly impor,uning Con-
gross for exclusive donations, Muscatine and
Burlington are literally spending their thou
sands, earned BY hard toll, in improving the
country, and extending their trade and iniu NICE
SEQ thou, and do iikewse.-and don't content
yourselves with subscribing ire e-mendo,.siy 10 a
Railroad stock, in the secret belief that You will
neref DC called on to pay Such sham work won,
do--it's too well understood in this day OF gas
and engraving. -.vusrataae Enquirer.
The above savors OF a bad spirit, still as
j, IS calculated to produce an impression n,
variance with facts, il demands reply.
We do no, rely upon Railroads. a, Uncle
Sans expense; We are no, selishly impor-
tuning Congress for exclusive donations;
nor are we subscribing to Railroad stock
in the secret belief that we will never be
called on TO pay. We emphalcally deny
each and all Of these assertions. The cit
liens of Scott county have subscribed
$4,000 to aid in building Railroad hence
to Peru. They did it with the expectation
and ardent desire that The Road would pro-
gress. They hare moi been disappointed
as fast as possible the work is progressing
The survey has been co,npeted--a des-
cripton OF which will be found on the first
pnge OF our paper to-day-a map has been
drafted and the sum Of 1925 been appro-
printed By this place TO have i, engraved
and printed in conjunction with the report.
Seriously, we doubt if there will be that
difficulty in collecting instalments when
due, tina. our ncighbors Of Muscatine ar
pear 70 experience in worrying them gu, Of
the subscribers to the Cedar river bridge.
There appears to have been some gas there,
wIthou, the engravings.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-03
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