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The southern press., 1851-12-25
BOUNTY LAND.

For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
rem of deceased officers and privates, who served
in the war of 1872 with Great Britain, the Mexi-
war, or in any of the Indian wars, since 1880.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
othe,ioise no charge.
The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
District of Columbia tor the British Commercial
Life Insurance Company established in 1920, and
empowered by act of Parliament, for the insurance
of lives and the endowment of children, in Lon
don, New York and Washington city. Capital
100000
Communications addressed TO the subscriber,
Washington, ID. c., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
Attorney and Counsellor al La,c, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Carolina.
WAsHINToN CITY. October 81, 1851 -6tsw--
The southern press., 1851-12-25

SAFETY on RAILRoADs--Tbe Vermont legis-
lature, ut its late session, passed capital act,
designed TO protect the lives of travellers on
railroads. 1t forbids the employ ment of con-
ductvrs, engineers, brakesmen, or swircbrnen,
"who shall make use of intoxicating liquors as
a beverage" and the employment of such per.
son, with the knowledge Of the president, super
intendent, or any of the directors, exposes the
company to prosecution, and TO fine of $500
to $4,000, besides being liable for all damages
that may result. The same act contains strin-
gent provision against one train running upon
the time Of another.
The southern press., 1851-12-25
STEELE'S HAT HALL.

CHARLESTON, sc.
IN introducing the new style of HAT
for this season, would remark that
there is an entire change in every par
- tIcJlar.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09
THE GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS, EDrToR.
CITY OF DAVENPORT:
fuussDlY MORNING, OCTOBER ., 1851
HORSE THIEVES.

About tortaight since span Of horses
wss stolen from farmer 10 this vicinity
md sbs o(icers Immediately left in pur.
suit of The thieves. After = nine dsys'
sacs MI. L. J. Center oysrhsulsd the young
fellows 1t Peoria, Hl., Interrupted them
while very pleasantly engaged in shooting
at : mark With revolver, rugged them
out with bracelets on their wrists, and
brought them ia safety to this place
They plead guilty and were sent to jail q
await their trial 1T the ensuing session o.
The District Court, when in oil probability
they will b sent to the Penitensiary e
sbids their own good pleasure" They
implicated citizen 10 the affair, but seon
exsminslion be was acquitted. These
two youag gentlemen answer to tho rather
common cognomens Of Smith and Brown.
Tho horses viii Be recovered. Scott coun-
~ 10 The last spot Tor hosse thieves and
counserieiters to practice the secrets o!
their srts-ihey are sure 10 BE- made pub
lie
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09
LOWER DAVENPORT.

We took business walk through the
lower part q the city yesterday morning,
sud wsse almost vsxed to End ourselfcom-
parstively stranger AMI yet 10 Davcn-
pat. Net scarcely 4 man we knew, and
ssv houses, scsres Of them, that we never
bad seen before. That portion Of the cit,
j. improving beyond our most sanguine ex.
pectstions. More than one hundred hous-
%. ws should presume, will be erected be.
Low Msin street this season. Among them
We were pleased to see large building,
erected for saw and grist mill, which vii.
son b 10 operation. It bslongs to one o.
our enterprising German citizens.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

"THE MEDICAL Era, AND IoME jour
NAL OF lIEaLTH."-We have received NJ
|, Of the above publication, Issued a, Louis
vile, Ky. lis design is to teach peopl,
bow TO avoid the necessity Of tho physician
and his crugS, rather than to be their owl
ioctors; TO teach people to discriminate be
tween safe, innocent and salu,ary agents
and those that are injurious, useless, O
dangerous. We welcome il as aoo,heI
ink in the chain Of progress that is encir
cling tie world.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

IMPORTANT TO THE UP. MISSISSIPPI
4 /" Ten Strike" for Keokuk!--7 The Con.
tract for the Improvement Of The Rapids
closed.
Edward Kilbonrne, Esq, Secretary Of
The II, draulic Company tor the improve.
.aen, Of tho Mississippi Rapids, received
from New York by las, nights mail. copy
II the con,rnc. jus. completed with Banps.
Brothers g. Co, for the Improvement, Of
the Rapids BY embankmcn,, Canal, Dams,
and Locks.
We have little time or space to dwell
apon the matter, and the simple announce.
ment Of the fact, that the contract is ,aken
By a company Of such substantial wealth
unlimited credit and great experience 10
conducting Works Of Internal Improve.
ment, is ample guarantee that the work
will go on.
This contract secures in the first place.
The improvement, in the navigation of the
river, whether the Government renders
my assistance or not, and thus saves in
great measure tho immense loss which has
been heretofore sustained BY the people a.
hove the Rapids. Aud it secures the i'm.
provement OF The navigation too, in the
very best mode in which tho improvement,
can lie made. Such is The opinion express.
ed to Mr.. Bangs BY Col. Albert, Chief Of
The Typographical Corps, who totally re.
jects The plan Of Col. Lee as imprac,icabe
But while this improvement, will confer
rrea, and general benefits upon the entire
Upper Mississippi country, its advantages
viii lie more especially reaped By the Gill
zeus Of Keokuk. The expenditure Of sew
eral hundred thousand dollars in our midst
Tor labor rnd ma,erial, and the gtca, rush,
Il Iaborcrs and emigrants which tho prose.
rution 81 this work, together with tina, Of
he Des Mones River. will concentrate 10.
wards this place, must build our city up
With rapidity unparalleled, save IN Cali.
tornia.
Aud then The immense Water Power for
nut'actufing purposes, which will be de.
s.loped by The completion Of this Improve
neni, will draw anu.acturers not ouy
from The Eas, but from Europe. In ten
Years time we may expect more nmp'c
Concentration al manufacturing capital in
his sicini.y than in any other section Of
the West.
Mcs-r. ID. W. Kilboarnc. II W. Sam.
NE and p w. Potter, who have been E'st
some months in eiiectiug arrangements
With capitalists for this object, have nches-
cd a great work Cor Keokuk. and while they
are advancing their own interests thereby,
they merit the gratitude Of the COMMUNITY
fnr the henefi,s which their esertions have
secured to the public keokuk Register.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09
RAIr1MnRr. Sent c6.

pAliiAohe, p ~
LrxcHISe. Vigilance Committe Of Gray
san county, Va, on the 23i, arrested John Cor
nell, friend of the Rev. Mr.. Bacon, the Oaio
abol,ionis,. The committee requested that he
should renounce his abolition sentiments, but he
refused. They then stripped him, and tying
him to tree, administered about sixteen lashes;
when be agreed to renounce bis abolition views,
sell his lands and negroes, and leave the State
Tic occurrence has caused great excitement.
The committee are said TO be npursult Of others
There is something 50 peculiarly revolt
ing in the idea Of whipping one kind ofopin-
ions out Of mans mind aud another into
il, in this boosted free and enlightened
land where all religious and political views
are guaranteed the citizen, that we can
no, allow .he above ,elegraphic despatch To
pass without giving j, our condemnation,
and expressing a wish tina, every man
who was thus engaged in placing the laws
Of his country at defiance, may be brought
to speedy and condgn punishmen,.-ED
GAz.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

"NEw York EVENING TINES" is the
title of daily paper recently established
in New York, the second number of which
we have received. One Of its feature,
commends il so highly TO US. that we are
induced to place it upon our exchange list,
and to do what we can to extend lis clrcula.
lion; that is, series Of papers entitled
"Limnings Of Literary People, by the
author Of 81 Pen and Ink Sketches Of Poets
Preachers and Politicians" These sketch
es we're published in the Boston Atlas, and
subsequently issued 10 a volume, which.
after running through several editions. was
reprinted in England, and proved equal,
successful.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

The SURVEYOR GENERAL AND THE Car
irAL REp, RTER.--ln m article in las,
weeks Reporter, the editor, BY base ard
ingenllemanl, inuendces cndeavors 10 cast
ndium upon the official cnnduc, Of the Sur
veynr General, Mr.. SARGENT. So far az
he Reporters remarks relative 10 .,he
ylhring abuses that sign,lized Mr.. SAR-
GENT's induction into the office Of Surveyor
General" IRE concerned, wc have in this
place but word or two TO saw.
Mr.. SARGENT's appoia'men, we believe
vas m,de in March last, md Immediately
hereafter. before he had hsd time 10 begin
% ascertain The condition the Office WINS 10,
he whole pack e blopdhounds ia the State
Nas nnkrnneled nd turned loose upon him,
he sniveling Office of the Reporter taking
The lend 10 the great ANNOYANCE OF the more
,looded Of tho pack. This vindictiveness,
which WINS only equnlled on the part ofthe
Reporter by iis maniias, want Of sense aud
lecencv, accomplished bnt little. The Sur.
veyor General, unheeding the "noise and
confusion" that followed his 'induc,ion'
into Office, Immediately commenced in a
mastery manner his official duties, and he
has been most sedulousy engaged therein
up the present time, accomplishing We
venture to say, more work, and nj less
expense, in the five months he has been in
office than perhaps was ever accomplished
in that office in tho same length Of time
before. The Reporters base charges and
insinualions have become stale. He is
behind the times. We can intern him that
in Dubuque, where Mr.. Ssrgen,'s official
acts nre test known, MI, irrespective of
party, spenE of him aud his official conduct
n the strongest terms Of commendntion.
What folly, then, on the part Of the Repor-
Ter. 10 expose himself to the scorn aud con
tempt of evry honorable man in tho coun-
Republican.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

Our readers may think this language, ex-
sggerating, but the words We utter We
Know to DO The words Of truth and sober
ness. For our services, for the last year
end half 40 editor we have received no
thing but the burden Of debt OF over q
thousand dollars. This debt is increasing
every week, and no man cares Tor u, ~
man thinks oft.
The above is from the Iona Tue DsMp
craft Tho conclusion we draw from II.
admitting Mr.. Howeto publish the truth, IS
that he is pursuing very unwise policy
No man is jus,ifable in following an avo'
cation that involves him. Mr.. Howe owes
duty to bis famiIy-if he have not got
one he ought TO havc-and to himself, that
is superior to all other claims, whether the!
be political or religious. We are com
mandcd to provide for our own household,
and in no portion Of the divine word do we
fiud it enjened upon us to do evil that good
may come-and Mr.. Howe will certainly
ADM. he is doing evil in contracting debt
which, even though he may have the means
to cancel, must inpoyerish him. The ben
eft you are seeking to confer upon society,
Mr.. Howe, is questionable at best, and
even though il were admitted, your con-
duct under the above circumstances, would
be inexcusable. Truth never was subserv
ed BY falsehood, nor the cause OF virtue
promoted by resort TO low and vulgar
abuse. Why then publish such On article
against Daniel Webster as the one you cop
led into your paper Of last week? People
expec, something better ofa man assuming
high ground and working for glory. than
they DO from Us poor editors wrestling IN
the slough Of politics fer our daily bread
and butter.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

BOOKS OF THE YEAR.-We learn from
he Book Trnde"--a monthly publication
ssued at New York at The low price Of %
rts. per annum--that during the last year
there have been polished, By the regular
publishing houses 10 the U. States, l,lT6
distinct works, or l,20S volumes; 10 the
aggregate 2l3.049 pages. Of,hese, 249
were fictitious works; 10 religious; l2l
travels, ETC.; so scientific, &c.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09
AUTUMN.

That delightful season Of tho year, dis.
iinguisbec 10 Indian summer, which ushers
in tbe frosts and chilly winds Of Novem-
Der. 10 upon Us. Soon the imbrowned leaf
will loose ito fragile hold and come float
ing, borne downward by invisible agency,
to earth, where eommingling with it's many
colored fellows, it vill undergo tina. change
10 ito mission, required 10 the great cycle
Of Nature. Soon can we exclsim with the
poet Thomson:
Flied 10 the blasted verdure Of the fields:
And, shfunk into their beds, the fowery race
Their sunny robes resign. Even what remsin'd
OF stronger fruits falls from the naked tree;
And wooda, fields, gardens, orchards, all asount
Ihs dsselated prospect thrills the soul.'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

Tue ONO RIVER is almost dried up
The boats have a terrible scuffle 10 gel
over Scufiie,own. bar-frequently dozer
scufIling there at one time. The lasl
Evansville Journal says, that there is i
Circus, Magician, and man with Cana
~ birds, all aground there, and that j, ii
!" hes, fellow first down" The passengers
in their starved condition, have laid the
surrounding country under contribution
:. Those on one boat issued search irar.
rant for cold vic,uals, but it didut turn up
even turnip."
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

ILLINOIS DASKs--Four new banks have
sprung up n the Democratic State Of lii
nois within tue last few months-the last
II Peru, 10 be known as the .'lliinois River
Bank" The Chicago Journal says:
"This will make four, which have been
added TO the four other local Banking otii
ces (Which furnish us with home curren-
cyl in the last few months. How many
more there are to follow, we do not know,
but since il is so palpably demonstrated
that the community ,rill have Banks among
them, We submit TO the opponents OF the
General Banking Law, whether il would
not 10 better to have their issues secured
than to have them res, on individual honor
and responsibility"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

WHILE at St. Louis citizen requested
rs TO call up early in the morning and see
what an extensive market they had. W.
lid SO and, having formerly been accustom
ed to the Cincinnati markets, were disap
pointed by the msagreness Of the show
All the tomatoes there exhibited, could have
been hauled away in a cart. Read wha
The Gin. Com. says of the quantities of,hi.
staple vegetable displayed in single mar
ket Of that city:
"Market Master JONES estimated tht
number Of tomatoes in SIKH street market
Yesterday morning, at near three thousand
5ashels, oil Of which were disposed Of be-
fore IL o'clock"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

The Ohio S,a,esman's admirable Euro
pesn correspondent says, tina, If Americans
will only travel 10 Europe, ten to one they
will return home, (if they have been
Whigs,) good democrats; and il Democrats,
unwavering and firm.
The above we find copied in most Of the
opposition papers Of this country.
If all the fools in America would only
travel out Of the country 10 get such i'm
pressions' "ten to oben on a whig victory
every ,ime.--Chicago Journal.
And yet, Mr.. Journal, there is some ,rutt
in what the admirable correspondent
says, as generally when they return the,
try to ape the customs and views Of III,
people among whom they have travelled
There is a notable illustration 10 Horac,
Greedy, as it is said he comes back opposed
10 Peace Societies, practical smoker, etc
Those foreign aristocracies are good school
ia which to educate Whist is termed in mo
dern parlance, that most abused and ill-uset
word--a Democrat.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

Col. Benton is at Washington, engaged
upon his book--his thirty years. observa.
tons as Senator. The ST. Louis Repub
lican says, that he has taken up bis resi-.
dence ct Washington City for the fall and
winter, looking forward now, for he has no,
thing else 10 hope for, 10 the mischief which
he may do in the coming Presidential con
test.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

HEAVY PRorERrY HoLDERs citizen
remarked the other day that Mr.. Church
Ill and himself uoitedly were the two lsrg
sst land holders 10 Scott county. A friend
knowing the gentlemsn not to posses,
much real estate, 1t this present time, 10
quirsd. how be made that out? "Why
you see" vas the reply, .Mr. Churchill
owns IL, 900 acres and own so, which
make l2,OSO, and no two men besides il,
this county own 20 much!' That's logic
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09
GLORIOUS NEWS,-THE ROAD ClN-
TRAcTED FOR, AND TO BE COMPLG-
TED IN TWO YEARSa

TRACTED FOR, AND TO BE COMPLG-
TED IN TWO YEARS..
We have the qualification 10 announce 10
aur readers that The Ra.ss"od from sh'~~Tv
eastward for twelve mites beyond Knox
vile has been put under contract, aud vii
be completed in two years. The con,rac,
tor the remaining thirty miles is left - tho
discretion aud mansgemeni q, the Presi
dent Of the Company --ihe proposals n3rea-
iv made not being deemed satisfactory.
Contractors Tor the building ii the Rgal
rom Burlington to Knoxville, are Mcssrs
Hardin and Qulmhy, who have entered into
bond. Tor tho faithful periormsnco ot The
contract by the time stipulated. The Con
tractors for the twelve miles extending
eastward FROM Knoxville, have entered in.
80 like obligations. Tie road. according
- the terms Of the agreement. is 10 be put
II good and perfect running order in Two
Years from the completion Of The survey,
which is now going on. The price to be
paid Is size per mile. The contrac.
tors from Burlington to Peoria, take 10 pay
he public and private subscriptions Of
Burlington City and Warren County, and
$4,000 IN stock, aud the balance in tho
bonds If the Company bearing per cent.
interest. The contractors frnm Knoxville
eastward, take 100000 stock, the public
sud private subscriptions Of Knox County,
snd the balance ic bonds Of the Company
as above. The balance Of the route will
doubtless soon be contracted for on similar
terms. The completion Of the road, there
fore, within The short space Of two years,
nay be regarded rs settled, and from this
momcn, forward our city may look with
confidence 10 constantly increasing
growth and prosperity.
The above intelligence WINS brought here
Yesterday morning by the Burlington Di-
rectors, Messrs. Grimes and Mason, TO
whose eii9rls our citizens are largely in
debtcd for this suspicious resnlt-nnd we
think we bn, anticipate the public voice in
rendering them the hearty thanks of this
ri,v, county. mud surrounding county,
burlington Telegraph.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION,
The notice which follows, from the New
York Herald. prccedes call for the above
Convention to meet Mt Baltimore on the
tirst Monday in June, 1852, to nominate
candidates for President aud Vice Pres'-
dent Of the United States. The call j.
signed BY one name for each State, TINT
for Iowa is N. Greer. Has this gentle
mans Identity yet been established
New York, Sept II, 1851.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
A, the suggestion Of Mr.. Richie. Of Viz
yinia, whose letter has been laid before the
public, although surrep,itously obtained,
but as it has been published, the call for the
Democratic National Convention must now
be issued. You will confer n great favor
upon the National democracy, by publish
ing the enclosed call, as we have no paper
in this city 10 give il a general circulation
All the delegates who have been elected to
the National Convention, thus far. by con
yentions in New Hampshire, Massachu-
sets, and Wisconsin, are, assure you, ut
terly Informal. and they can never take
their seats. The men who have thus early
chosen delegates TO Baltimore, hive done
50 without the least authority from the cen
trail organization Of tho democratic party
Every one knows that the democracy OF
these States could not move in the choice
of delegates, before the regularly suthori-
zed call was issued. As we have now
beard from every State in the Union, as to
the suitable time and place for the Conyen-
,ion, knowing as we do the extensive cir
cula,inn the Herald has throughout the
country, we are DESTROYS Of having this call
appear in yonr columns.
Respectfully yours.
JAMES SANBoRN.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

A certain petty thief 10 town NAV look
OIL, Tor the Marshal pretty soon. He has
been about our office-his tracks have been
seen at our desk One more track will
seal his fate.-Dubuque Express.
The above may be termed the narrow
est escape on record" Had the thief
taken short steps and made one more track.
his fate would have been sealed, unques-
sionabIy. What a proyidential circum.
stance!
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09

AxcTHER BIG APPLE.--Mr. p. Follmer,
Of ibis county, has placed upon our table an
apple measuring - inches. I, is not 50
large - some others sent us, but lie Of a va
rieiy that would keep until next summer.
His orchard produced eighty bushels this
season.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09
EDITORIAL CONVENTION.

We hastily indicted 4 few remarks last
week upon the importance Of the ffaiernis.
meeting in Convention, for the purpose o.
.dvancing their pecuniary interests and
removing the asperity Of feeling which o.
largely prevails among them. We touched
he subjec, but lightly, hoping that some Of
,ur Contemporaries would dwell moro a.
length upon its advantages.
The sys,cm Of newspapse subscription
now adopted ia our S,aic, il one that calls
loudly for reform. Itrests upon the moral
responsibility Of tho people and opens an
avenue for fraud. Men can take paper
cor several ysars, claiming all tho distlnc-
lion usually awarded BY the press TO pa
iron. and then, il % inclined, leave for parts
aaknovs, With legacy to the man who
has a;sed, mayhap for ycsrs. to furnish him
viii mental aIimenf, ofa little official note
from the P. NJ, saying, !" Mr.. - pa
per is refused" This 10 an almost week.,
occurrence with the larger circulating pa
pers Of tbs State, and il is an evil Of a
character so vcxatious as to call for speedy
reform.
Mr.. Topper, noticing the bitterness OF
feeling existing among American editors,
hes sent over a few reflections upon the
subject, which, for their intrinsic ynlue. we
publish on our frs, page. When the edit.
,r reflects, that his paper to many families
constitutes their only reading, that il shapes
he minds Of the children aud exerts its in
iaence upon the parents, he should be care
III Of the terms he uses. Or If disposed to
REV tho evil in more selfish light, il he
soad reflect tina, the too frequent use OF
xple,ives tends 10 weaken ,hcir force, be
would soon consider milder course not
,aly no5,er but more jadicious. But we
xill not occupy more space with the sub,
ect, satisfied that if The remarks already
made do no. meet with favorable res
,onse from our coiemporaries, further sgi-
alton 10 needless.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09
BURLrSoToS e. PEORIA RA1LRoAp.-W

BURLINGTON g. PEORIA RAILRoAD.-We
publish 10 another column the taking o. the
contract Of the above Road, to be finished
10 two years. Our Contractors will have
to "hump" themselves il they intend TO be
the first to tap the Mississippi with Rail
road. Our Harkfye contemporaries e1pec'
70 hear The locomotive whistle next sum
mer aud TO take Railroad ride to Peorit
sbe succeeding year. Well, We hope ,hey
may not be disappointed.