The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-07-03

lie squeezed my nngers, anu tnen taxing
his wife's miniature out, he forced it on me
saying, "keep that to remember me by"
and was gone before | could reply.
1have the miniature now. And each
day when | gaze on il a sweet smile seems
10 play upon the lovely countcnance Of fthat
Young bride, as though she thanked me for
helping the partner Of her bosom to escape
from such an ignoble death.
As for Morgan never heard Of him af-
terwards. Whether he is alive or dead, ]
cannot tell, and my object in writing this
sketch, was to obtain, if possible, some IL
dings Of him. w. Fl. T.
The GopHER.-An intelligent writer in
the Dubuque Herald upon the habits of this
singular little animal, says: "This animal
may properly be called native Of the
country bordering upon the west side ofthe
Mississippi river He is unknown in Wis
consin and Illinois," We have heard the
latter part of the above assertion before and
have seen it contradicted by Illinois editors.
Friend Houghton OF 'ihat Bay" can tell
something about it.--Darenpor it Gas.
We do profess to know something about
Gophcrs, as well as about Geography
They are occasionally met with on the
east side ofthe Mississippi, though they are
evidently more sat home' over west Of us,
They work underground, and have no eyes
to see anything Of consequence beyond
their own premises. They are great chaps
in small way, to dig. 1t has been es,im-
ated, that if a man was as spry ss flea.
in proportion to bis size, he would be able
10 clear full two hundred yards at a single
leap. We think, on careful estimate
made, if all the editors Of Dubuque were
emphatic MoIes ofthe Gopher kind, they
would be able, quality and size taken into
account, TO grade the Dubuque and Keokuk
Railroad sooner than i, will be as at pre-
sent. Indeed, we would suggest, tha, a
public meeting be called and committee
appointed to send for that Mr.. Codding, the
psychologist, to see if he could not prevail
on some of them, at least, to certify that
they srcrc Gophers, aud 60 a-rooting accord
ingly. But, to return TO the first part OK
the subject, we contend, that we do have
fGophers on this side of the river, though
| they are not so numerous as they are witt,
onr neighbors living farther west; indeed,
we have as many rs wo want Of them, anc
only insist, that others have not the entire
monopo!y.--Gasena Gas.
SEWING MAcHINEs-At the tailoring
Factory, No. 80, Gold St, New York, there
are thirty OF these machines in active op-
Grafton, making clothes and twenty sew
ing up bags. They are attended by girls.
and are driven by steam, turning out three
hundred pair Of pants daily, and are capa-
bic of doubling that number. In six months
sixty thousand capes were made in this
place. Fine coats are made by them ey-
ceptng the button hole stitching, in style
not to be surpassed. The work is strong.
er than done by hand; the articles are
better and bring higher price They
stitch elegantly and uniformly on both
sides Of the cloth.
There is machine too for turning bags
inside out Men do the pressing by ma
chine.
In Eleventh Street there nre fifty or
more in operation. In Boston one hundred
Of these machines are at work in one tacto-
ry. One girl viii sew six overcoats in q
day BY one ofthem and skllful hand will
turn out twenty pairs Of pants. The prof
its nre enormous.
By them, finally, the tailors and seam
stresses will be essentially sewed up.
BATTLE OF New ORLEANs.--The late
Major Davezac stated that. on the morning
after the battle of New Orleans, trelre
broled robbins were placed on the break
fast table, prepared for Gen. Jackson and
his suite, which had been shot with a rife,
through the head, by one Of the Kentucky
Riflemen, who had been in the contest; he
had fired thirteen times, and missed his bird
| in the head, only once! This circumstance
being soon knownin the neghborhood, a
certificate of the fact was requested and OBJ
tanned from General Jackson and his aids,
by the British officers, that, by such evi-
dence, on their return to England, they
might exhibit the character ofthe enemy at
New Orleans.
Heavy FLEEcE.--Mr. Johnson, the New
York Commissioner to the Worlds Fair,
writing from London under date Of May O..
mentions the following natural wonder:
In the British exhibition ! saw, to-day a
South Down sheep, years old, that had
never been sIeared. The wool was 26 in
ches long, and weighed so pounds-giving
more wool than any sheep of the flock
which had been shorn regularly. The
sheep was in fine health, and had not suffer
ed from heat. 1t was curious sight--be-
| ing as broad on the back as Durham OK,
and such a roll Of wool ! never saw be-
fore.
A few weeks ago, sweet little girl IN
New Haven, only three years old, was
promised one evening that she should ac-
company her parents to Boston the next
morning. She was much elated at the
prospect of the journey, and when she had
ins he'd repeating her little prayer, as she
laid down to sleep, she said with exquisite