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The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-02
NAVY BEEF AND PORK FOR Is5a.
Navy DEPARTMEST,

NAVY DEPARTMEST,
BUREAU OF Provisions AND CLorHIso,
August l5 1851.
StEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for
- Beef" and Proposals for Pork" as the case
NAV be- will be received at this office until twelve
o'clock m. on Saturday, the Goth day of September
next, for furnishing and delivering, free of all cost
and risk to the United States
Five thousand four hundred barrels of navy
beef and three thousand six hundred barrels of
navy pork
Each barrel to contain not less than two hundred
pounds nett weight of beef or pork; no excess OF
weight in either article will be paid for To be de-
livercd at the respective navy yards as follows:
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

ful expression :---slt is really unfortunate
ior Gen Sargent that he has not more dis
erect advocates How very solicilous!
Perhaps after all the secret Of the Erprcss
mans services il, that the General docs
40, employ him as a "discreet advocate"
Ii such DO the case, We can only say tina,
il Gen. Sargent, or any body else, would
be INDICATED before DISCERNING public.
they had better keep clear Of tho Erpr6ss
mans whitewash, as the abuse from bis
pen is far less to be feared than his praise.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

Mn. WEEsrER's SrEEcn.- concln-
sion OF this mastery effort will be found
upon our outside this week The Wash
ing,on Union, organ Of the Democratic
psrty, thus speaks Of 1.-THE East one
alluded to is the speech we have publish
ei:-
Mr.. WEBSTER We transfer to our col
umns to-day the two speeches delivered by
this distinguished man 10 the people OF
Buffalo. The las, has evidently been pre-.
pared with great care, and may be consid,
cred somewha, in the light Of a presidential
message. Alter careful perusal of it, we
are free to say that we have risen from our
seat with more favorable impressions ofthe
character Of Mr.. Webster than we have
ever had before. For candor, fairness q
statement, and the enthusiasm of honest
and patriotic conviction, we have seen no
document emanating from the leaders Of
any party more entitled 10 commentator
lie seeks to do no injustice 10 those who
have opposed and who now oppose his poll.
cy and the cherished principles Of his par
~. There is no accusation, no reproach,
no trick nothing set down in malice or
ex,enuated in the spirit otilliberality for the
purpose OF gaining power BY professions
which are not afterwards 10 be observed
lie does not say that he has no friends t.
reward or enemies TO punish. His plat
form is that of Whiggery aiming 10 impress
lis features on the Administration, and dis
dainng to chatter with those doubling
minds which hang around the position Of
the true parties OF our Union rs the camp
followers did the armies Of the great Fred
erick, not to assist in fighting the battles
ofthe country, but TO pick up the spois Of
victory. Although Mr.. Webster, in this
great speech, will not be able to overthrow
the organization on which the Democracy
of the land has maintained itself and has
conducted the ship OF State for about for
ty.fiye Of the sixty years Of our national
existence, yet he will have gained for him
self fame like that of Alexander Hami.
ton. which will command the respect Of the
whole country for the light it has shed up
on its best interests, and for the noble ex-
ample be exhibits Of unflincIIing fidelity 10
the convictions OF his mind.
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IEUF Ltt uU-ttIt
LIQUOR LICENSE.

Mr.. SANDERS: Sir, | was present at .
late meeting OF our City Council when an
application was made for license to retail
spiri,uous liquor. The proprieiy and impro-
pricty Of granting the request on the eve Of
change in the license law was debated,
one party con,ending that it was improper
to forestali the law and questioning the
legality Of the license after tho new code
took effect see that decision has been
given by the Court of Common Pleas, Of
Ross county. Ohio, in the case where, the
defendant held an unexpred license. The
decision | will give in substance: The de-
PENDANT was indicted for retailing liquor he
Sc, up and proved an uneSpired license
granted before tho prohibatory law took eli.
feet. The court held that the licensing
system, was police regulation which the
Legislature could establish or abolish at viii
and tina. license to sell liquor did not a.
mount, to the dignity of franchise. The
defendant was fined US violator OF the law
SECOND STREET.
n,varnort varo 18th 1871
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PLANK ROADS.

PLANK ROADS.
We have ardently desired TO zee plank road
constructed from Maqnoketa via Andrew to Du-
ouque, hoping when that should be accomplished,
that Davenport would meet il on the South.
jackson Go. Democrat.
We cannot promise that Davenport will
meet i, on the South. The people here sp-
pear to solaco themselves with the idea that
Dur city is improving SO ias, that il nil
furnish sufiicien, trade TO support itself
without any dependence upon the farming
community! We like to see independence,
that kind Of independence, however, that
will carry man straigh, onward and up
ward to prosperity.
Davenport, is languishing for want Of
intcr-comman;cation with the towns and
people OF the interior. A teamster can
scarcely 60 twenty miles in any direction
from the place without meeting with al
most insurmoun,able obstacles in the way
Of rivers. sloughs and wsser-worn streams
A plaok road to Maquoketa, Upton or Ro-
chester, would 10 toll alone, pay heavy
rate Of interest on The sum invested IN It's
construction, while at the same time il
would be OF ncalculahie interest to our
town. How can we expect TO thrive with
impossible roads and Unabridged streams
when the citizens Of Mascatine and Du-
huque are constructing plank roads to ra-
date from their respective towns and at
,rac, and absorb the trade from our yer,
doors? We have talked Of this subject
long enough, il is now time to act. We
have displayed spirit in the construction
II the r. |. & Chicago Railroad ,hs, has
reflected credit upon US. Let little Of
the same enthusiasm now be manifested in
reference TO roads and bridges and we shall
secure to ourselves the trade Of q scope o!
country that is rapidly concentrating its
trafIic at other points.
Our Railroad viii induce heavy immi-
grafton, but when tho stranger observes
interior facilities for trade at other points
md none here, is it to be presumed he will
settle himself down ia this vicinity? No.
unless we construct good plank roads lead
ing into the interior, it is use less to speak
Of the grea, advantages that will iuure 10
Davenport from the completion Of this road
Even the farmers of the interior viii run
their grain into Muscaiine upon the plank
roads diverging from that place, in prefer
ence to hauling i, through the mud short
er distance to Davenport. The only way
fer Us then to secure to this place an a.
mount Of trade commensurate with it,
growing importance, is, By means Of plank
roads. 70 lessen the apparent distance 10
the many towns and farms of the interior.
Il is useless 10 urge the plea that the nsiu-
raj roads on the prairies are good enough.
10 wet weather they are abo.ninable and
10 the dryesi of weather not one-half the
load can be hauled upon them that can be
conveyed upon plank road. No farmer
will ever object p pay small toll to travel
upon plank road 10 preference 10 the best
prairie roads that this, the garden spo, Of
Iowa, can produce.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

To THE Cry CouNcIL--We signed E
petition. already nomeroosly signed, last
week 10 the City Council, requesting tia,
setion be Immediately taken 10 regard to
Sling up our Front street, that high wa
,sr may be defed in future We would al
sosuggesi that sanitary measures be adopt
cd by the Council 10 guard against cholera.
Az yet not single case has occurred III
Davenport this season, but as the streets
and lots, are left filthy BY the retiring Of
The high waters We Cannot hope for con
iinaation ossach exemption unless cleanli
ness be enforced.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

This road has no organized opposition 10 con
tend with. TIE Rock Island and Lasale road
has The late effort b. The owners of The Auro-
"a Branch Of the Chicago road. 70 cripple and re-
lard The construction or the Rock Island read
may be successful. Ifitbe he necessity ofhaY-
ing or road pushed forward. viii be the more
apparent. Tie Directors who may be elected on
Friday. will doubtless see The vantage ground
they occupy, and viii profit b. the favorable cir
eums'ances into which they have been thrown,
By this aisempt'o tessy The construction OF TIE
Rock Island road. -Haagkeye.
We have no objections whatever 10 The
progress Of The Peoria railroad, nor have
we ever iuterfersi with its construction.
The country is wide enongh and rich abun-
dainty TO support both; hu, if the effort is
TO be made 10 build up that road o, the ex-
pense Of the r. Island aud Lasalle Road, we
shall oppose it at esery turn. The above
paragraph is sufficient 10 show in what
channel the carrent Of popular opinion
flows at Burlington, bot too late 10 the day
to accomplish anything. Ere this time The
Directors of The lock Island Road hare
met at Chicago and. We presume, deter
mined conelusively in regard TO the pro
gress Of this road. The Directors Of the
Peoria Railroad, may 'see the vantage
ground they Occupy and lend the might
af their influence 10 aid .shones." John
Wentworth in the consammstion Of bis pri-
sate schemes, but they, as be, will soon be
led to disclaim all interference with the
progress Of Ibis Road. II the Directors
ihst met at Chicago on Tuesday las, are
true to themselves and true TO their con
siituenis, twenty-four rnoaths hence our
trend q The Harkeye can register his
name in Davenport for through trip to
New York IN eight and forty hours.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

DGATH OF AN AcrREss.-Mrs. Blanche
Shea, lady Of "hind!y disposition aud
much beloved by her acquaintances," the
wife Of printer and an actress Of some
notofiety, was killed instantly at The ST
Louis theatre during the performance Of
Monday evening Of las, week, by heavy
weight falling on her head. The audience
vas Immediately dismissed.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

The description, in its details, ola most
subcrb mansion about 10 be erected in Du
buque, is somewhat married by the editors
stating that it will cost $4,000. We have
several unpretendng dwellings in Burlng,
ton that cost twenty times that sum.-Bmi
ington Hdwk Eye.
Twenty times $4,000 arc $4,000
"Unpretending dwellingsr' Ahem! Did
you ever read Gulliyer's Trayels?--CM
cago Jour.
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Drarns By DRows1sc.-We can scare

DEATHS By DROWNING. We can scarce
" pick up an Iowa paper without meeting
one or more paragraphs titled as above
A young man named philo Dougherty was
drowned a, Musca,ine last Tuesday. A
highly respected citizen Of Jackson county
named E. p. Collins was drowned on the
North Fork Of the Msquoketa last week, al
so son Of Mrs. Guard. Mr.. Jno. M'kia
sey, Toolsboro', Iowa, was drowned recent
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Davenport, June 18th 1851.
CHOLERA.

Last week there we're reported in St.
Louis l22 deaths by cholera, the week pre-
vious 10 We presume this to hare been
perhaps about one half Of the deaths that
did actually occur.
The whole number Of deaths By cholera
that have occurred in Mount Pleasant and
vicinity up to our latest adyices, was TWEEN
ty.two.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

NEM YoRK. June 18th.

CALIFORNIA ARRtvAL.-Ncw Orleans Dispatch
cs announce the arrival Of tho ALABAMA from
San Francisco with IA days later news.
TERRIBLE FRE.-A terrible FIRE occurred in
san Francisco, laying The city in ashes, and dcs-
,roying Si6,00O,0oo Of property. Among the
buildings were the Custom House, Parher.s Ma
tional, New World, Delmonicos, and Exchange
Hotels; also the office Of tho steamship COM
pany.
The fire spread 10 the shipping, consuming a
large number of vessels lying at the wharf. u
was first discovered in Clay street, aud ran thro'
dozen blocks, quickly spreading ruin over all
parts OF the city.
Hunter, George, Centre, and FL Doradostreets
are burned out. Grea, CONSERVATION prevailed
during the fire. Ii is feared number Of lives
have been lost.
Fsoa Tnr MrNEs.--Thc news from the mines
ing made. Those working with quartz ma
chimes were richly paid. In some instances the
average per man was fifty dollars per day.
BosTuS, June r.
Daniel Webster has been invited by the eli-
Gems OF Lowell 10 visit that city.
Jenny Lind is to give two Concerts in this city,
next week.
NORFOLK, Va, June IL.
The Wings Of this District have nominated
Rober, ii. Whitfield, for Congress.
CONCORD, n. L., June II.
The Democratic Convention Yesterday, nom
mated Samuel Dinsmoor for Governor, on he 4i
ballot, and also passed resolutions unanimously
in favor OF Hon. Levi Woodbury., for Presi
dent
PHILADELPHIA, June, l6.
Jenny Lind pays Mr.. Barnum $4,000 as q
consideration for breaking off her engagement
with him. Barnum goes TO England to find 9th
er curios,ies. lie acknowledges making 800.
900, and says that Jenny has realized no less
than S35o,o0o. The nett proceeds Of ninety
three Concerts, in this country do not fall So.
900 short Of Sl,0oo,o0O.
By despatch from New York Of the
18th inst, we have the following confirm
alton:
FIRE IN SAN Francisco Nearly the
whole of San Francisco Is in ashes. The
site Of The fire, judging from the location
Of tho buildings reported to have been
burnt, must have included the banking
houses and other buildings Of value.
Every printing Office. except that Of the
Aha Californian, were destroyed The loss
as before stated, is estimated IL from IL 10
Sl6,000,000.
A grea, fire had also occurred at Stock
ton. Loss Sl,ooo,00.
Tho San Francisco Herald SAYS the
whole city is alive with workmen engaged
il rebuilding the burnt district.
The Alta California gives the following
astonishing incidents OF the recuperative
energies Of San Francisco: From Monday,
when the fire ceased, up TO Tie present
time, Nav 18th, an interval Of len DAYS.
357 buildings have been commenced, o.
which the maj part are finished and &C
cupied; this is exclusive of the many that
are going up in other parts ofthe city not
touched by the fire, including these, the
total number Of houses completed through
out the city will not fall short Of $50.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

Census RETuRss.--In England the,
have different method Of taking the ecu
sus from that pursued ia this county,
They have blanks to be filled up by the
head of the family, which are afterwards
called for. A householder at Stamford.
who rece ntIy filled up bis census schedule,
under the column headed where born, de-
scribed one Of bis children as born in the
paror,' and the other up s,airs!'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

CuEaP PosraeE.--I is the last mum.
ber Of the Gazette that will be published
Under the present rates oi postage. Here
after our subscribers will receive their pa
PER without being obliged TO pay quite 50
much towards deiraying the Transmission
q overgrown cheap eastern publications.
~ every subscriber 10 Scot, county, will
receive our paper free ct postage we shall
expect almost every man in the county 10
heDme subscriber. As those within 30
niies viii receive it for ) Cts. per quarter,
~ shall anticipate large accession to cur
ri from Clinton, Cedar, Jackson and their
adjoining counties.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

A MORMON PRopnET's DEcREE.-'us
editor oflhe Frontier Guardian thus P'0
nounces merciloss judgment upon sO% W..
aux nown scamp who SC, fire to the h""''
vile Jail: =, IL
"lfhe will pay for the jail, OF cause : a \
be done, within reasonable time wen a a"I
good! If not, that guilty incendiary .' Il
be burn, to death BY fire. IN the na"o !
the God of Israel we say it, and let all ''''''
say, AMENm
SICK HEApAcuE.--It is said that 'ooA,
ing at anything green, steadily ior f..
moments, will cure the sick headache'
change paper. -.,,d.
The author Of tina, paragraph IS ue'''
y ii subject FIR observation.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

Judge MuLLAsrnY, Of St. Louis, died re-
Gently IN that city and was buried on Mon
day Of last week. lie leaves an estate
valued at 5000, 900, one third Of which to
The city Of ST. Louis, in trust, as fund for
The benefit Of foreign emigran,s to the
West.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

The editor Of the Iowa Reporter, speaks
favorsbly Of the Haukeyc's new ri-weekly
and adds, that its good appearance is easily
accounted for as Mr. Edwards Tired aphile
rih him. Very true, Mr.. Edwards replies,
"for the editor was formerly an apprentice
Of ours,,''
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

RAix.-Alter SIX weeks rain sin the
month Of June.n The clouds have 1T length
concluded TO bold Up, and old Sol once more
deishs TO show us The broad glare Of hi.
beautiful coanienanca.
THE rain is O'eE-IiOw densely brigh,
fonpeaily clouds reposng lie.
eoaG above cloud, a glorious sight,
contrasting with .he deep blue kkyr, :.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

WoNDERruL.-h is reported that The
musk,rats in the mississippi bottom, in
Of the late food, constructed
their houses several feet higher than usual
Their mounds are an astonishment to all
who behold them
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

dreadful RoAps.-The stage for Du-
ooque stuck in the mud and water al Duck
creek Monday evening las, until two o'clk.
neAt morning, "Len By means Of aid sum
'i'ofiea ifatn loan, the horses and vehicle
were exirlestea. For three hours one Of
me horses lay with lis nose jas, above
wafer.
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THE GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS. EDires.
CITY or DAVENPORT:
qauRSDaY MoRAIhG, June q, 1851,
TAKE NOTICE.

Mr. rpwgs CoonaS i tue authorized General
ana,, ~ rollect bills ana receive subscriptions
!, tba Davenport Gazette, He is now Oh tour
,hroueh this and adjacent counties.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26
NEW MILLS.

We mentioned few weeks siace that a
s.x mill had jasl been completed and an
ether upon large scale commenced. Last
week some gentlemen purchased couple
Of lots near the lower corporation line and
aro making arrangements for erecting
thereon grist and saw mill. 1.-the num-
her and exten, of mills is any criterion Of
The prosperity Of place, then certainly
our Young city is progressing with speed
useoualled BY say town 10 The State.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

Ar the great fire in San Francisco ten
ives were lost aud twenty persons severe
y injured. Fifteen hundred houses were
burned.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

The steamer Jonathan Myers arrived here on
Thursday, from Pttsburgh, with one hundred
and nifty Swiss passengers, on their way to Iowa
TO form settlement--3,000 acres having been
purchased there about year ago, for their ex-
elusive use. The land is located in Wacous,a.
Tin. Ga9., J,ne IA.
No such county as ''Wacouata" in Iowa
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

o. The Davenport {Iopa) Gazette, has
Just been greatly enlarged and o,hcrwis
improved, and has very respectable ap
pearance. Success attend tt Alton an J
I'll
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

The Indian editors are getting into peI .a1t
mess about Jenny Limbs singing IN 'he pv
house One thinks il was prtn,e-aho'he' ,,hs,
Ties up and says il was only m,ddhnssI,a",abv
says he was always fond Of bacon PhiIasp4bss
but it never ran into music--nnother, peeau, sod
didn't get free ticket gives the Whole Soe
shoutder-w the Courier, a man o. wv MAJ.
arts, goes the ssuhole hosn with proper shAN''
asm. They are in a regular pickle ;,,r
Cincinnati Enquire
Who but Cincinnati editor could nav
written such paragraph!
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

In consideration that the editor of the Dayen-
port Gazette has enaeayored 10 create the impress
sion that we have sought by inuendo TO attack
the private character OF the Surveyor General,
which is absolutely false and ridiculous, and has
presumed TO denoIninate US "a low Backyard
for what we have said, we respectfully suggest
that he give the public the benefit OF his opinion
the writer of the above article.
Dubuque Express.
As the above request is candid and gen
ilemanly, in comparison with the course
Usually pursued by the editor Of the Err
press, we have no hesitation in expressing
our opinion-indeed, il il source OF pleas
ure TO US always, 10 express an opinion up
On given subject.
To give n opinion Of an individual we
know Of no Ls.;er, or palmer method than
by comparison. To give our opinion then.
Mr.. McCraney has published an article
against the Surveyor General. II appears
TO have been written hastily and without
torethought, The charges are made as d.
rectly as the circumstances Of the case
would admit. lie is laboring under mis-
take, which be appears 70 be DESTROYS may
prove to be such. On the contrary Mr..
Merritt has published several articles a.
gainst the same officer. They all seem 10
have been written premoditateIy, the char
yes preferred are thrown out in words Of
doub!e-entendre; insinuaiion and inuendo
are bis weapons, without an apparent de-
sire 10 be corrected if in error. Mr.. Nc
Craney is bold man battling In wrong
cause. Mr.. Merritt is an assassin striking
ia the dark.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

How industrious the Wing Journalists
are about this time. The Presden, has re-
Gently made visit to Buffalo, and whether
you believe it, or not, every little incident
movement, mark, smile, nod Of the head,
jerk ofthe foot, twis Of the eye, and blow
Of the nose, &c, &c, is infinitely noted b,
the Journalists. This we suppose will
settle the question Of the Presidency.
Dubuque Express.
Just so We have been thinking, friend
Express.-Banner.
Good! never was Presidential question
so easily settled. Daniel Webster thou
mayst retire. Gen. Scott return to tbs
privacy.
BY The way, the Democratic party is
ye; in travail, and like the mountain III
labor may bring forth mouse.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

oot MS DpEs an LAsr.-"Tom Tit"
supposed to be Fox, who vas concerned il
the murder q Col. Davenport, has been
sentenced to a term Of fourteen ) ears in the
penieniiafy alliiaois, for connection with
the murder Of Mr.. Hewitt
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

os Thursday If list week Mr.. Chas.
Dalion had fine horse killed by lightning.
Although unshod i.e was singled o., from
a droFe Of horses as victim.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

LRRATuM.--For silence lake read silrey
lake, 10 poetice srticle OF last week enti.
tied "Our Homes
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26

MuscatIne city and county is well repre-
scented in steamboat capital. There are now
eight persons who own or partly own steam
boats in the Upper Mississippi trade, who
arc residents of this place and vicinity.
Has. Journal
Fudge! there are about dozen men in
this county that own (or have owned) a
single boat.