The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-17

A HoRRIBIE PlcrURs.-No words print.
ed in newspaper, or elswhere, will give
any man who has not seen il, . conception
Of the fallen condition Of the west and the
south oi Ireland. The famine nd the land
lords have actually created a neac race ia
Ireland. have seen on the streets Of Gal
way, crowds Of people more debased than
the Yaloos Of ofSwifi--crcatures having only
ndis,ant and hideous resemblance Of human
beings. Gray haired old men, whose idiot
faces had hardened into settled leef Of meu-
dicancy, simious and semi human; snd wo-
men fillhier and more frightfui than tho har-
pies, who, AT The jingle of coin on the pave
ment, swafmcd in miriads from unseen
places, struggling, screaming, shrieking Tot
their prey, like some .nonstrous and unclesn
animals. In Westport, the sight Of priest
on the street gathered 40. entire pauper
population, thick as vilisge market,
swnrming round him for relief BeRgat
children. beegar adults, beggars 10 white
hair, girls with faces grey and ehriveled,
the grave stamp upon them In degree
which could not he recalled; women with
the more touching and trsgical aspect Of
lingering shame and selfrcspect not yet
ef1aced; and among these terrible realities
imposture shaking in pretended fits, 10 add
the last touch of horrible grotesqueness to
the pictnre! lbave seen these sccurscd
sights and they nrc burned into memory for
ever. Away from the towns, other scenes
Of unimaginable horror disclose themselves
The traveller meets groops, and eventroops
Of wild, idle, lunatic looking paupers wan
dering over the country, each with some
tale Of examination 10 tell. If he pene.
trates into cabin and can distinguish OBJ
jec,s among filth and darkness, Of which sn
ordinary pig-sty affords but faint imsge,
he will propably discover from ds1en 10
twenty inmates 10 the hut--thc elected cot
tiers--clusterng together and breeding in
peetience. What kind of creatures men
and women become living in this dung hesp
what kind Of children are reated here to
grow up into new generation, have no
words to paint.-Dublin. Nation.
A REMARKABLE Doc SrnRy.--A writer
in the New York Evening Post, reInies tho
following almost incredible instance Of The
intelligence and affection Of a dog:
81 passed day ond q night, last week,
at friends house, under the Palisades, OPP
posi,e SptendeviI's Creek about nine miles
from this city. fine hound-like dog came
into the room where we were sittlng,oi whom
the family relsted the following instance
Of sagacity and CO nine affection, which had
occurred few days before. He and an
other dog were in the practice Of going out
togetherto hunt squirrels on the mountain.
His companion, in pursuit Of some game,
got his head fast between two rocks, from
which be could not extricate himself--he
remained in this situation eight dnys-dur-
ing this time, his associate, Watch, fed him
daily. Watch was observed 10 whine and
show great uneasiness, be would sei3e Upon
every bone and BIT Of meat hs could find,
and hasten up TO the mountain, reserving
for himself only the crumbs which were
shaken from the table cloth. He also went
often TO the master Of his friend, and by
signs cndeavorcd 10 induce him 10 follow
him. Al length the master began 10 M
iice the conduct Of The dog, aud ono day
said 10 him, "Wa,ch, do you know where
poor Alonzo is" the dog appearing TO un.
dere,and him, sprang upon him with 90
much force AZ 10 almost throw him down,
and BY other signs induced him 10 folIow
him. Watch, ela.ed beyond measure, con-
Quoted him 10 his Imprisoned companion.--
The poor dog was found to hsve suffered
greatly; 10 addition to his being nearly
starved, ia his ef1arts 10 extricate bimself
ne had worn the skin from HE neck md
shoulders. He wns soon liberated, and
with care is in a fair wny Of recnsery.--
Fragments of the bones which Watch had
brought him lay around the place Of his
confinement -
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENr.-The following
extract 10 taken from No,,'s address 10 young
men, II isa gem Of surprising briiiiancy
and beauty. We have seen the extract
published once ur twice before but 80 alter.
ed from the original rs to have lost much Of
its freshness and purity;
4 would frown on vice, ! would favor
virtue--favoY whatever would elevate.
would exuIt, would adorn character, and 'af.
Ieviate the miseres Of nv species, Or con-
tribute to render the world inhabited, like
the heavens to which lpcksd, place OF
innocence and felicity. Though ] were To-
exist no longer than those ephersera That