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:
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j. W. aIAURY & CO., MANAGERS.
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Saturday, May 8, 1851.
rs Number Lottcry-l3 Drawn Ballots.
PRIZES 600 $4,000 ooS $4,000, $1,000
40 of $1,000, &C.
Whole Tickets sl0-Halves ss5-Quarters - 90.
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Saturday, May 10, 1851
10 drawn numbers ont of 7s
5000, $4,000, $4,000, $4,000.
3 of $4,000, 10 Of 81 200
10 of $1,000, &C.
Whole Tickets SIS - Halves 81 80 - Quarters
SO 75--Eighths 81 81.
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Saturday, May IL, 1851
66 Number Lottery u Drawn Ballots.
rnlzEs $500 $4,000; .aS, Sl'sas' ss:on' sl1""
lSof $1,000 bsl $500
Class f, to be drawn at Alexandria, VA, on Sat-
urday, May -, 1851.
rs Number Lottery-l2 Drawn Ballots.
sVSV 20 Of 81 90. S,''' 40 Of r 81 u go s.oo
I25 of 81 900. &c.
Whole Tickets only $20-Iialvcs Sl0--Quartcrs
S5-Eighths 50 80.
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rs Number Lottery-l3 Drawn Ballots.
PRIZES: $4,000, s30,O0o, $4,000
.a} $4,000, $4,000, $2,Se,
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MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE AND FIRE IN
SURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA.
INCORPORATED IN APRIL l649, AND DECLARED A
DIVIDEND OF rs PEI CENT. ON IL MONTHS BUSINESS.
Business Of the Company confined to Life
.L'a[' Insurance only.
Permanent Fund by Act or Incorporation,
"a ShN efAN pl 100000.
O6ee No S6 Camp Street, ,bet,osen Grsrier and Com
mon streets, Neto Orleans.
This permanent fund to be invested as per char
ter for the benefit of the policy holders, in bonds
and mortgages on uninCumbered real estate valued
at double the amount loaned thereon and in stocks
Of the State and of the United States government.
s This company, being organized solely for the
protection of the policy holders and their families
against want and poverty, is in its operations
great national benevolent institution, conducted
upon the most secure and solid principles, and af-
fording, for small annual sum, paid during life,
q large and handsome legacy to widows and chill
dren after death.
All policy holders, whether for life or shorter
terms, who continue the insurance till death, par
tcipate in the whole of the profits of the company
Creditors can insure the lives of debtors. "A
married woman effect insurance on the life Of
her husband, for the sole benefit and of herself
and children, fir zee from the claims ofcrcditors.
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Orders for tickets and shares and certificates Of
packages in the above splendid lotteries will receive
the most prompt attention, and an ofhcial account
Of each drawing will be sent Immediately after il
IL over 10 all who order from 1q. Ti Iaaa
p Address J. h G.. MAURY, agents,
Apl6 Alrandris, Va.
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45a SPLENDID SCHEMES
OF THE
VIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTTERIES,
For May, 1851.
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medium size
56 4 dozen ivory handle erasers, in cases
. 81 400 fancy glass weights, various sizes
IS 500 pounds Of black eand, best quality, in
pound packages
t" So % dozen oi cocoa sand boxes
+" 60 l5 gross of beat quality black lead pencils
81 do do read lead do
90 62 90 pounds beet black scaling wax
I" 6S 100000 self sealing letter envelopes, best
quality, white and blue
" 81 20, 900 self scaling note envelopes, bcst quail
ity, white and blue
Go 800 rcams tlat-cap folding paper, white.
BY the act approved June II, 1874, the Clerk Of
the House of Representatives is directed to con-
fine his purchases exclusively to articles the growth
and manufacture of the United States, provided
the same be procured OF such growth and man.
ufacturc of suitable quality and mt reasonable
prices, upon good terms as to quality and price
can be obtained Of foreign growth and manu-
facture." preference will therefore be given TO
the productions of American industry; and all per-
sons making proposals TO supply any article will
state whether the same is OF the growth and manu-
facture Of the United States.
The articles arc to be delivered at the Office of tho
Clerk on or before the 10Th day of October next,
and to be paid for as soon the Committee on Ac-
counts shall audit the bill.
Each bidder, though he may desire to propose for
the whole Of the articles above enumerated, will be
required to make a separate and disfincf proposui
for soch Glaze; and proposal or paper embracing
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Form Of Certificate.

The undersigned, postmaster Of --, certities
that he Is well acquainted with the guarantors
above named and their property, and that they
are sufficient and able to make good their guar.
anty. tSignedl
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
ADVERTISING.

We notice several new stores have beer
opened ia our city within few weeks
1t is folly for man to come stranger lnl'
a place Of the size Of Davenport, 81, him
self quietly down with a stock Of goods
and expec, the people to run to him and In
quire what he has for sale. II might do in
little village, but 10 a town where there
is as much competition as exists here, pco-
pie cannot be expected 10 patronize new
concerns, unless greater induceniepts be
rendered them, or they have articles that
cannot be obtained elsewhere. AS the
people will not come to them they must 60
to the people, and this is done through the
medium Of advertising.
The Gazette has large, circulation
than any paper in this region Of country,
and therefore presents greater inducements
TO the advertiser. We invite new corners
ss well as old citizens, mechanics as well
as merchants, to avail themselves Of the
superior opportunity thus presented, Of ma.
king known 10 the people the kind Of avo-
cation they pursue and their facilities for
doing business. A few dollars per annum
jadiciousiy expended 10 advertising, is the
best investment ! proprietor can make,
and will frequently lay the foundation Of
an extensive business.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
IMPROVEMENT OF THE RAPIDS.


The SLOW but sure press Of ST. Louis is
at length awakening to the Importance Of
an immadilte improvement Of the Lower
Rapids. BY removing the distractions pre-.
scented TO steamboat navigation in tie stra-
tun Of big rocks which there seeksihe sur
face Of tho water. We hsrped upon ihi,
subject many years, a Convention was a
length held in this place but nothing was Ell
fecied. II is now proposed BY the ST. Lou
is press that Convention be held at Bur
lington to take decisive measures relaiis,
10 this important subject. Ii is not To-
late, and il the effor, be unanimous anon:
the State. most interested, Congress ma,
be induced the approaching session, /,
make an appropriation that will enable u
10 SO improve The Rapids as will max
them nayigable for the larger class Of Ug
per Mississippi steamers at the loves
stage Of water.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25

TIE RAILRoAD.--The prosecution OF the
Rock island and Chicago Railroad, is put
ting spurs to the heels oil those advocating
The building Of other Roads connecting
with the Mississippi, as witness the follow
ing from the Burlington Gazette:-
The Rock Island road is no longer a
paper projeet-lts construction has been
contracted for with responsible men. The
building Of that road is TO commence with
out delay, and tie pursued until completed.
'.ire VIC Of Burlington, and the adjacent
country, willing that the central and ives
tern counties should look to Davenport as
lha 6rs, po.at On The Mississippi, from
which an uabroken railroad connection
with the eastern markets is likely to exist
Arc we willing that such an expectation
should ripen unto "fized facr?' Ii not
then there is no time 10 pause. The add
lional stock required, must be mad. Thc
sinews Of war must be supplied-and il
this war Of enterprise, we must labor viii
such determination and steady progress
thu, the eye Of the western and inierio
country shall not be diverted from Burling
ton, as The future depot Of their produc'
and merchandise"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
THE GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS, EDITOR.
CITY OF DAVENPORT;
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER Is, 1851
APaLnGETlC.

We have issued this number Of the Ga
zettc amid much tribulaiion.' Our boy
are all sick and VIC have found j, impossible
10 obtain help. We have had 10 forsakt
the editorial Cor the mechanical department
aud in that capacity work almost night ant
day to issue our paper on the usual publ
cation day.
Our readers must bear with Us, and il any
one Of them has good boy Of about IA O
u years of age, whom he desires TO b
made man Of; to he turned out at the sg'
Of twenty one with good common Englisi
education and an excellent trade, instcat
Of with an empty head to seek employment
as a dry-goods clerk. be will please send
him n Immediately.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
THE ROCK ISLAND AND CHICAGO RAIL
ROAD UNDER CONTRACT.-IHE BE-
GINNING OF THE END.

l.
Wo haze the high qualification oil beng
.ble to announce, upon the most fc'iao'e
private and public authority, that con
tract 10 construct aud equip ID hfst rae
STYLE, the Rock Island and Chicago Rail-
road, throughout its whole extent, by or
lhelore July /. 1853. has been taken b. .
New York company, oiihc most undnuoled
capacity! This is a splendid reality and
We nov promise tho people Of central Iowa
ltAat two years will mol clapso Gre they eau
| ik. in all seasons, and with or without
their marketable productions, from Daven'
port to the Atlantic scaboard upon an IN
broken track Of iron, ippellcd by the unit
ring sinows Of the locomotive, and occupy
ling scarcely double the time, in the transit,
| that is now required 10 70 irem one county
seat to another. Nor is this all. The
great ceatral artery Of travel and traffic,
stretching through twelve hundred miles OF
country unsurpassed 10 all the elements 81
greatness, OF which the Rock Island road
is part, mast, incritably, e.r.ead hself across
Tic State of Ioua. This last proposition
IS now, more than ever before, resolved in
to mere question Of time. Whether II
shall be speedily Or tardily accomplished,
greatly depends upon the temper Of the
people of this part Of The state. With ex-
eriions al all commensurate with the I'm
portance nf the enterprise, il may be eN-
tended to Iowa City within thirty months
from this day, over a track (alrcady traced
by scientific hands) remarkable Tor It's CON
binailon Of prcponderating advantages. =
We cannot let such an occasion so appro-
pirate pass, without again urging upon our
citizens the policy, nay, the necessity, Of
moving enersetically, uni'edly, nnremli-
Ilingly, in behalf Of tho immensely impor
tant project Of rsilroad connection with
Davenport and Rock Island. A single
glance al the subject is surely sufficient 10
.asten conviction Of lis import snce upon
the most stolid apprehension; whilst the
brilIan, results which have been achieved
by the forecast and energy Of our neigh
hors ut Davenport, in the contamination Of
this extensive contract, should silence the
most lethsrgic cayiler, and nerve every
man in the interior Of Iowa to constant ex.
erton in behalf oil the worl.-Iowa Capt.
tol Reporter.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25

SuBTERRANEAN LAKE IN ILLINOIS.
The editor OF the Chicago Tribune late
Iy made an excursion upon the Chicago
nd Galena r ilraad. From his descrip
ton Of The incidents ef The trip, No extract
he following account Of Sabterranean
Lake:
Eight miles beyond Elsin we como to a
na,ional cnrioslts--a suttcfranean Like,
situated upon the very summit level be
tween the lno rivers. 4 circular area OF
from three TO four hnudred acres, perfectly
leyoi, and forming complete basin With q
bordering Of hilocks ornamentcd viii, .
growth OF oaks, marks the place aud ian
parts the popularity which il possesses
over the general features Of tho country be
fore reaching il. The direct line Of the
rond lay across this level space, a distance
4 sixty rods, and during the winter an EN-.
bankmen; OF some five or six feet was
Thrown across il on which 10 place The
track. Upon the approach Of warm wealh-
er il was observed that the cmba nkmcnl
began to settle, aud By the time the frost
had entirely given way the road for tho
whole distance across had disappe =
| The company were compelled then 10 coa-
struct temporary track around the edge
IL The basin upon which the cars now run,
while strong force Of hands was detailed
10 ill up the original track This has prov
ed to be no small jib. Ga taking sound
ings, j, was found tina, the depth Of the bed
oi the lake varied from twenty TO thirty
seven feet, and upon computation il roquir-
ed fifty thousand cubic yards Of earth To
build up an embanl;ment TO the surface,
the COS, Of which vii! not fall much, ifany,
,hort Of $1,000.
Ga reaching this place The cars halted
and the company walked across upon the
crus, Of the lake. The turf yielded aud
shook beneath our feet Tor the distance 81
several yards around, On each side Of the
track, as far as the filing in had been com
iple,ed, the crust has bccu elevated several
feet, caused by the lateral pressure upon
The tllid mass beneath, presenting here and
there huge iissarcs strlkngly suggestive to
the observer Of the profound depths oLscur-
ed from sight by this film Of vegetable
mould. Mr. Van Nortwick informed US
that few days previous some Of the hands
had caught a pickerel, several inches III
length, 10 The water which stands where
the track went down. Whether a native
Of the depths below. or whether il had mi
grated from tho ncighboring river during
| the late floods is a question set undecided.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25

HiGHEsT PoINT IN IowA.-Coteau Des
praires, near the north western corner oil
the State, is represented by the Dubuque
Herald, and we suppose correctly, to be the
most elevated poin, ia Iowa. The Herald
dds:
''ll is only l1li feet above tide water.
From this point the country declines to the
). w. to the Missouri and 10 the S. L. &
Tic Mississippi. The Missouri river on an
average has n water level, at correspond
ing parallel Of latitude, Of almost Doubt
hat Of The Mississippi. This is favorable
for rail road purposes. rs vastly the lsrges'
burden Of freight will be eastward, which
will be ia The direction 81 the decinatiot
IF the country"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
DISSOLUTION.

T'HE Co-partnership heretofore existing under
i the name and style OF lie CLAIRE, DAY
EXPORT & CO., was dissolved on the 9Th day
Of Sept By mutual consent. The remaining part
ners having purchased the interest Of HARVEY }.
fiuGHrs in the above firm, they viii pay all labit-
tiles and receive all debts due the said firm.
A. LIE CLAIRE,
G.. l.. DAVENPORT,
II. J. HUGHES,
J. a. BOYD.
Sept 9Th, 1851
Inc undersigned will continue the business
under the name and style Of LIZ CLAIRE, DAyIN-
FORT & Co, as before
A. LIE CLAIRE,
G. l.. DAVENPORT,
\ A BOYD
SEPT 9Th, 1881 Q.Sw
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
THE PHILLIPS FIRE ANNluILAToR.


This invention we learn from the New
York Tribune, was to be tested in that cit,
.ast week, The following account OF tri
Ial IN Baltimore is from the B fillmore Sun
The probability a, present seems to be thai
this invention will supercede all the fire
engines now in use and pu, an end 10 con
!lagrations in cities:
A trial Ct the annihilator was had in thi.
city on Thursday afternoon, in the pres
ence OF number Of gen,lemen~ ia The
yard Of the Merchants shot-tower. The
machine is one Of several which have beer
imported by Messrs. Edwards, Sanford &
Co., Of Adams g. Co.'s Foreign Express
and is Of what is called tho house size, OF
the smalles, manufactured; its cost in Eng.
land, with number of charges, being f3
The experiments were under the superin.
tendence Of MIR. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker
Mr.. VIM. Peters, aud Mr.. George A. Raw
lings, and were witnessed by n number OF
gentemen who had been invited to be
present. Several barrels Of shavinps and
chips, saturated with lurpentiuc, and fully
'gnited, were easily cxtingnished by the
gas thrown from it into the barrel
further experiment was made ycstcr-
day afternoon by Messrs. Shoemaker and
Peters, ia an open lot adjoining the Vulcan
Iron Works Of Messrs. Murray and Halle
hurst, in presence of number of gentle
men anxious to test the utility and cnicicn
cy OF this important invention. A tar bar
rel, thoroughly saturated, and filed with
shavings and dry boards split up, the whole
we'll soaked with tnrpcnlinc, was set up
on end on an iron frame to admit of free
draught from below, and ignited; in an in
7ian', tho contents were developed H.
/ flames which rOsc vtIh TirIg,r. 800, -; Il ,
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
THE DEATH OF Mr.. POPE.

Rober, b. Pope, the talented and accom-.
pilshed editor Of the Iowa Sentinel. died
on the 9th inst, Of hux, disease he con
'racted in the Mexican war. The las
Sentinel contains Geographic notice q
Mr.. Pope, from which we extract the chic
incidents of his life.
Mr.. Pope was born on the 9th dav Of
June, 1928. lie served an apprenticeship
TO the printing business under Mr.. Pike
The venerable conductor Of the Kentuck,
Flag. After the termination Of his ap
premiership, he published the Go>p pei Her
aid, at Lcesburg, Ohio This lie soor
abandoned, and became the editor and pub
Usher Of sprightly democratic paper al
Springfield, OHIO. Soon Afterwards thu
Mexican war broke out, and he repaired Il
Cincinnati and joined corps Of volun
teors. He was elected Lieutenant il q
company Of the 2nd Ohio Regiment, and
in that capacity served during the war.
He was engaged in numerous skrmishes.
bnt IN only two general engagements
When this war closed he removed TO Fair.
field, in this Site, and in 1919 became the
editor and joint proprietor of the Scnli-
ncl
The deceased was man Of kind and
generous feelings. He was warmly be.
loved at tho place Of his residence, and res
pected throughout the State. As a polili,
cal writer he was racy, nervous. and radi
cal.--Iopa State Gazette, Sept. II.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
LANDS FOR SALE IN CLyN-
TON CO., IOWA.


n. y. IA Of N. w. Ia Sec. 10, T. 81 N. OF r. e.
=. /" $. w. Ia Sec. Is, T. ~ 50 :"
y. ". - >. =. IA Sec. IL, T.e3 8.
NJ. Ia 5. W. IA Sec. Is, T.s3 g
>. w. "A "n. e. Ia Sec. 10, 7. - &c 8.
The above land is situated on Elk River about
two miles from the Mississippi river, one mile
from The Elk river mills and eigh, miles above
Lyons. The following valuable improvements
ave situated thereon, TO wit: One saw mill, one
dwelling house, one harm, together with other ont
houses. About forty acres Of which is improved
AMI about one hundred acres Of valuable timber.
The Undersigned will sell the above described
premises on liberal terms. The above premises
wiil ne shown to any person wishing TO purchase,
by {. L. LANDLORD, who is now running the mill.
For further particulars apply 10 James Mccoy,
OF Fulton City, III, Doct. T.. Wood, Sabua
jackson county, Iowa, or BENZ. LAKE, my
Agent al Lyons, Iowa. who is authorized to make
a proper deed and convey ance for the same.
THOMAS CALDERWOOD.
LYONS, Iowa, Sept. 25th, 1851.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
III. NOTICE.

CHARLES GERDS has moved 10 the U. S.
~ Hotel Of Mr.. Walter.
He will pay attention TO every person that may
enquire at his Intelligence. Office.
Plenty farms on hand and for sale or rent. Al
so 40 acres timber near TO Aliens Grove for sale.
Sept 25,h, 1851. 3-3"
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RAIL ROAD CONVENTION.
s ss.ss Ssss So. So e.

The people of Lee, Henry, Jefferson, Washing
ton, johnson, Linn, Jones, Dubuque, Scott, ce-
dar, Iowa, Poweshiek, Benton, Jasper, Polk ami
Dallas counties, arc requested 10 send delegates
TO seenven,ion to be holden at Iowa City on the
third Wednesday (l5th day. OF October next, for
the purpose Of concerning and carrying forward
efficient measures to secure from Congress grant
Of land in aid ofthe construction Of the Dubuque
aud keoktA and the Davenport and Council Btga,
railroads.
LIZ GRAND BYrssroa, and l6 others.
August 5th, 1851.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-25
RAILROAD CONVENTION.

Oaitc q icryor exists among The cdttori
Il fraternity Of Iowa upon the subject Q
ailroads Leader follows leader IN sucl
auick succession that one would suppos
the subject 10 be either vital or solitary
Each editor has his own bantllug and tD'
interests ef the broad State OF Iowa,
would seem, depend upon the success @
each particular Road; fortunately, howev
err. ip tho estimation Of each editor. his owl
avorite is the only one tina, must be llnme
lately built.
In this state of things, with The feeling
fairly aroused, and only wanting concen
|tration OF action 10 effect an object, thf
call for a Railroad Convention 10 be het
at the Capital on the 18th prox is quite
appropriate. 1t is indeed in the very
!. nick of ,ime," I'D we trust will be warm.
~ responded 10 from all portions oil our
State. That the few individuals who call.
ed the Convention designated certain conn-
ties 10 send up representation, we DO not
think should preclude any county not thus
specified from Sending delegates, as the
whole State is interested. Every Railroad
in Iowa, ia proportion 10 It's
extent, enhances tho importance oil our
State and the value Of its lands. The
building Of two such important Roads as
those in contemplation, will do more 10
wards developing the resources and Sc,
Ting the fertile plains of Iowa, than the
Of the gre,t Illinois Central
Railroad can accomplish for that State
We hope the delegates who attend that
Convention will 60 prepared 10 make eve,
y concession that can be reasonably de-
handed TO secure the grand object coniem-
plated in the call for the meeting.