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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21
he maj rity are Wings.

INDIANA ELEcTloN IT Lockbart is elect
ed in the LIT District, the delegation will
stand 5 Democrats TO ? Wings. The Legi,.
lature il largely Democratic. The new
Constitution is adopted BY at leas, 10000
majority, and the negro exclusive clause
in the new constitution, which was voted
on separately, has carried by over $4,000
malpfity.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21
THE GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS, EDlros.
CITY OF DAVENPORT:
THURSDAY MORNING, lIeuST 81, 1851.
WESTERN MEN.

Little doubt many OF YOU eastern men
would be pleased to know what We arc
aboa, IN this far western portion Of Uncle
SANS dominions. As a general thing We
are building up cities and bringing under
cultivation The immense meadows God has
scattered with unsparing baud over this
favored portion Of His toaas,oo. The stur-
DIV oak is here too bowling beneath the
quick stroke Of the woodlands axe, and the
curling smoke marks here and there the
home Of the pioneer.
That, is away IN the backwooas, but
here We live ia the city, and il does seem
TO us very Oft when some Of the people
como among US from the big cities Of the
east, tall specimens Of eastern Intelligence
and gentiii,y, aud We. take them up int
oar cozy, little sanctum aud listen to them
converse. i, does seem as though the an
Gent tables were reversed End tia, al. the
swise men do not come from The east
The very best way for those in the east
to satisfy themselves with regard 10 wha'
we ia the west are about, is to visit US
Should we attempt description
BY the way we have no idea Of doing--ahd
draw from the Imagination for much Of The
material, still to visit US they would be
sgreeably disappointed.
The eastern man is cool, calculating,
perseyeriag, penafious in bis disposition.
The southern man is impetuous, rash, gen,
eroas to a degree. The western man com
bines the elements Of the two-ho is push.
ing, energetic, liberal, thriving. Tothrise
is = part Of bis nature. Dependency is
no ingredient Of bis composition.
10 proof Of all this, We point TO The glofi-
Gus west--,he sunset of orr Republic, r.
bed in The last RAYS Of Oh Sol, who, Ike
the expiring dolphin, emils his most beau,
tiiul colors 10 death. Here i a,testation
Of bis thrift. Upon every side you see the
one trait developed. You cannot go amiss
bu, in the prosperous towns of the Upper
Mississippi, especially is ii exemplitisd.
We have work perfo;m-,he vas; prai-
ries beyond us, millions OF acres in extent,
are all to be brought in subsection 10 man,
We have 10 build great cities as shipping
points fer the produce of these immense
fields. Numerous and extensive mills are
10 be erected-as i, is a pari of cur thrift
not to allow The raw material 10 leave u
when we have tue means Of manufacturing
il within ourselves. These fields are to Be
stocked with hundreds Of thousands Ct
sheep, and the wo9i must all be sent off
manufactured. And then the interior far.
mers are 10 have The facilities given them
TO reach our western maFts. Plank roads
will answer for those in The vicinity, but
railroads must be bull, for those away of
hundreds of miles. We hsve bat common
ced the work and il requires the elements
OF man TO prosecute ii. and We are the
men who can do IT.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

f'I0s. Nj. liAMER, son Of the late Gen
Hamcr, died Of cholera, a few days since
N the steamer Editor, and was buried neal
he mouth Of the Wabash. He was on bis
way to New Orleans to join the Cuban OK
5edition.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21
ENGLISH oRTHOGRApHY.

The Dubuque Herald has an article up
on this subject. in which the editors pro-
pose certain changes IN the photography Of
peculiar words. We are not in favor Of
the present eti.rt being made to change
entirely the or,hagraphy of words--to spell
them exactly as they are pronounced. Our
friends have really much assurance to pro
pose an innovation so marked, when the
last echo Of the .war Of words" That follow
ed llarpers' re-prin, of Macaulay's Histor,
of England in the Websterian photography,
has scarcely died away!
Our contemporaries commence with their
changes thus: present photography, length
proposed change, lenth. We fairly abomi-
nate to hear n man glide over the good, old
fashioned, stern word length, rs though al
tec,edly pronounced Icnth. Give it the
full sound friends, as though spelled lenk'h,
and so OF strength, and all kindred words
There is but one branch Of English edu-
cation in which we are pcriect--DanIel
Webster cannot say more-and that is or
biography. Now for US to couatenance a
radical alteration in this branch, so that we
will be obliged 10 go back and learn over
what we already SO well know, and that
too when we are convinced that the ardn-
Gus study Of lifetime will but bring us 10
The portals Of knowledge, we never can
consent 10 if. Therefore, we respectfully
decline 10 become an editorial pedagogae
for the beneti. Of those who have no dosire
to pass through similar file Of teachers 10
he one tia, licked excellence into us.
The above was ..crowded out" of last
weeks paper. We since notice an excel
Ien, and witty article upon the subject in
the Burlington Telegraph, in which the
General takes similar grounds TO the above.
lie goes rather deeper into the merits of
the case and concludes his treatise upon the
above horn Of his subject thus
.lhe truth il, 10 put this part of the sub.
jet in nutshell, having acquired our lin
ted stock Of "laroin,' as the blacksmith
got his money. "by the hardest Kind Of
licas" (at the hands of Mr. McMurtry. who
ran away with the cooper's wife, Charley
Cfsnch. who .'went crazy" and old Ora
hsm-res, his ou!.-who was drowned in
the Ohio, as be ought 10 have been) we in
tend to bod on 10 it in revenge for their
COMPOUNDED memories"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21
OF CLINTON COUNTY.

. STATISTICS OF CLINTON COUNTY.
We wish to give few statistics Of thi,
county, furnished Us BY one Of its Oldest
Inhabitants, for the purpose Of showing its
progress 10 population and wealth.
Clinton county i one Of the best water.
ed and timbcred counties in the State. u
is settled by class Of farmers who are &C
quan,ed with the business which they fol
low. and understand the art O., making the
soil repay the laborer for his toll. Its
town. are in flourishing condition md
the farming community generally, having
their lands now paid for, are beginning d
realize profit from their industry.
The lands Of this county, as indeed may
be said Of all the counties Of Iowa contign-
Gus 10 the river, are annually increasing in
value, so thu, the longer the emigrans de-
lays seeking home in the Harvest the
|dearer he must pay Tor the boon, or the
further interior be must locate.
OF the progress oil this county, no better
| Illustration need be desired than the ARA,
Of facts that we give here:
Population in ls4o-8l6.
Do do i850-28oo, increase, 1881.
Do do l85I-So0o, do 200.
Mortality within the pas, year so, enc
hall of whom were Of the age Of ? years,
and under. This was not two per cent,
On the whole population; proving the re-
marhatle heal,hiness Of the climate. Oar
informant added, and il may be credited 10
the knowledge Of the farming community
that these townships most remote from
physicians were the most healthy!
In 1880 there were upwards Of 100 cul-
tivated farms in the county.
During the year ending March, 1851,
$4,000 acres we're entered.
Rapidly as the immense State OF Illinois
i settling, under the impetus given il BY
the Central and other Railroads. yet j, is
sHaec thS o11st AJAX 4ast Vasttot dfsopp
acres Of land we're entered there, 900 Of
which were claimed on Mexican land war
rants. Here, in the small county Of Gin
ton, with area Of TO square miles, more
Than one half that amount has been enter
cd in twavemonih, or proporIi1nabiy-
this too being the best quarter in Illinois
Clinton county entered last year oae-
seventh the qnantity that was claimed liz
the entire State Of Illinois.
About one-sixth Of the county is timber
ed.
Tweaty,one miles border the river
Few counties 10 our State can give
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

THE DAcoTA, the destruction Of which
will be found mentioned in our telegraphie
dispatches, was built OIL St. JoseplIs river,
Michigan, and iowed by canal and river il
Peoria, where she received her machinery,
She was bound for 81. Paul, there to have
her boiler aud machinery transferred to d
saw mill.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

LIBERIA EMICRANIs.-- "A ia VA rOpp.
rom Baltimore says thai INC w. ooora,Ioa
iaiion of that city are making :, lbet
far grand supper, 10 10 give" .s 60 %
brethren who are abpn, 70 lake r. 4 ,hd,
the Liberia Packet, fer the laha o,psrr
orcfa,hers. They number aDou' s os,gs,
i've, and comprise the most 1espi |, hi
,sefll and influential Of their ciass can|
city. Their departure w'l, ne IN. ;ar emf
mencement of a new era IN L'oe' Gyor
grafton: and should they MAKE
Bile report, thousands will iolo" 'H'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

LocaFocoIsM DISEASED The Dubuque
Express says that the Democratic patty,
so styled, in this State is affected with e
political disease which has almost assumed
the character Of contagian." 1t cannot
to that be has reference 10 tbs, morbid
principle which allows he manufactures Of
fareiga countries 10 enter our ports free Of
duty, while at the same time tic fruits Of
the industry Of our fellow citizens have q
tax, almost amounting TO an embargo, laid
upon them in all foreign countries. Oh.
90, that is too far distant. He must Ger,
tainly allnde to that principle which oppo-
ses itself TO all internal improvements, es.
pecially TO that Of cleaning out harbors.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

The TYPES HAD niI THERE. A phiIa
lelphIa paper, in giving glowing descrip
ion of public dinner in that city, says
Tho wines were all pure, and Of celebra
ted yln,agcs, having been furnished by d
celebrated imp0ster -
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

lr Is estimated that not less than six
thousand Indians, among tho various North.
Western tribes, have died this season from
small pox. Thus they fade away, soot.
ii ! their history be coupled with that ofthe
past.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

SCANDAL once read Of pious OLE
lady, who, whenever she was told of m,
hing that neighbor had said or don,
'niss, instantly put Oh her bonnet anf
seat at once to The person, and told villa
had been said, and who had said it, AM
tsked If i, were true. This is az elfectua
method Of checking SANDER.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

RAILROAD TIEs The Chicsgo Journal
Of last Wednesday says:-"I'he Rock l..
land Railroad Company have contracted
for l2,o0oii ono or two cargoes Of which
have already been delivered Al their depot
groanas on The South Branch" This pre-
SCENTS The appearaace Of tangibiiity, Ell?
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

SEVENTEEN additional clerks have been
employed IN the Pension Office at Wash
ington 10 facilitate business. This will be
good news to bounty land claimants.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

T. u. CUMIsG Of The keolnk Dispatch
has Leon sent TO the Penilentiary -
BY The Governor as committee man L.
examine it. We hope he will report in "a.
yor of immediate and substantial repairs.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

The name Of the family drowned Al
Muscstine BY the food Of the 10Th inst.
vas Lafery. The body Of one Of the chi.
drcn has since been found eight miles be-
low the city.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

THANEs.--The kind officers of lie regu.
lar Upper Mississippi packets, Lamariine,
Fleetwood, Bon Accord, Wisconsin,, and
Or. Fraaklin, No. 2, viii accep, our thank.
for late 81. Louis papers.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

PoTAroEs. indications OF ''o .pore d
70, have already made their Hppea';a;, d
hc district of country about ! oI,cs
Chen, Dubuque, and many QUE. . ,,er
le,ow ia on The river. AS lv,nctl
course the price Of potatoes has Az. and G.,
nearly 100 per cent. at ~ Lou .sr locbe
tena, The pola'oe crop mas W. ,;ses pm
better 10 this vicinity. and pro,..'ls n
table yield to our TURNER'S M'""'
Duepr
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

CHOLERA AT KEoKuK.-"This fearful
disease still fingers in our midst" says the
Register. From twenty TO twenty five
deaths have occurred during the season
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21
"Then kiss'd me hard,

e II ne pIaCA q UP kIsses Dy the Tools,
That grew upon my lips.'
Two men had a ligh, in Chicago las,
Thursday, in progress Of which their lip:
came in contact in no friendly salute
when ono seized the others lip and lii i
completely of! The brute was committed
in default Of FIVE hundred dollars bail
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

CHOLERA. The Board Of Health Of Chi
cago report SO deaths by cholera, from the
lst to The 10Th inst. inclusive. On thu
llth inst. there were 8 deaths from cho!
era.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

"T'uE PROGRESSIVE Era" is tho name Of
4 new democrn,ic paper established At Ce.
lar Rapids, Linn county, by d. o FfNcm
Tho paper is Of good size and makes res.
pectable appearance.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

FRocs.--Ihe Gin. Com. says that fash
ion 10 that city, has silehced all croak
against this reptile luxury.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

kENTUcKY.--The Louisville papers COP
csdo the election Of Powell, Dem, by /
email majority.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

VIZ insert the communication signed
HJuslice" without having given his author
lilies sufficient attealion 10 endorse his sen
iit1euis
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

Al every minor election, lin Dubuque coun-
ty,) no matter how unimporant, the selection 0,
candidates must be viewed through the medium
OF the United States Senate and their opinions IN
ysriably conform 10 the desires and hopes Of asp-
rants for higher stations Dubuque Erpress.
Now we believe our noighbor--Ae speaks
IS he is accustomed 10 think.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
The Secretary has been sick or absent a, least
one-half of the time he has had charge of the
Treasury Department Yet he takes his salary
regularly, Notwithstanding his enormous divi
deads as attorney for Mexican claimants.
Bufi Gas.
The Harkeye puts The above libel 10 rest
most efectua!iy. The editor gives the fig
lres 10 show that during the nineteen
months that elapsed from the time Mr. Cor
win took bis seat in the Senate at Wash
iagton until he visited his home in Ohio.
he was absent but sir days, and then was
Oh urgent official business 10 New York.
Daring the six weeks he vas sick, not
day passed in which all the more importan,
business Of the Treasury was not brought
before him. So crduous indeed were his
exertions that some relaxation was deemed
imperative, hence his visit to Ohio. In
respect to the latter assertion of the above
beautiful extract, the Haraeye SAYS:
s.Now this charge, or insnuation, or whatever
else the Gazette may choose 10 call il, is wholly
without foundation IN TACT or probability; it has
nothing 10 sas'ain is. Mr.. Cernin has not acted
as attorney for any Mexican claimant or claim
ants, since his appointment as Secretary OF the
Treasury. He has received no dividends as at
torney or otherwise from any claimants. He has
had no interest, immediate or remote, certain or
contingent. IN any claims. since his appoint nent
to seat in the Cabinet Of Mr.. Fillmoren
The editor concludes with the following
truthful sen,ence:--
at seems that when public man does as near
right as he knows how, and when he takes all
possible pains 10 free his conduct from censure
and his motives from suspicion, he is still liable
TO the captoas, illberal and disingen;ous com
menfs ola partisan newspaper press, which takes
every opportunity TO distort. exaggerate and mis-
represen. the actions Of public men, for the small
est purposes OF party"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

4 long head and a long nose always g.
together, 20 il reputed 10 have said Napo-
leon Donaparte.
Ergo, he who knows most must have the
most nose, Ell?
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

MARTIN P. SWEET, Esq, late candidate
for Congress IN the Rock Island District.
H., has received an appointment as Minis
ter ID the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
has removed from Freepon to Princeton.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21
TnE Pensacola correspondent Of the
Plcayune, writes:

PENSACOLA, Aug g, 1851,
Gentlemen: The United States soop- o(-war
Albany, and the United States steamer Vixen
went to sea yesterday afternoon, by orders from
Washington by the mornings. mail, The sup
POSITION is that they have slAed for Cuba
Yours, SC.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

Twenty. one miles border the river.
Few counties 10 our State can give
more favorable report than the above.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21

PEORIA, August 8.

PEoKIA, AUGUST y.
At hal-past O'clock, p. NJ, tho steamboat
Dacota, from Michigan, bound for Minnesota,
with some tweni, -seven families as passengers,
While rounding to for the purpose Of woodng
and testing hernew boiler, recently put IN burst
her boiler and instantly sank in eleven feet water
II is said, there were % persons On board ~ the
time, II Of whom We're brought ashore dreadful
y scalaed and otherwise wounded. Three dead
bodies have been recovered ard some are still
missing. The rest not morally injared. Boat,
freight and furniture total loss Insured from
$1,000 10 $4,000.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-09-18
INSURANCE.

Protection, Fire and Marine Insurance Company oj
Hartford, Conn.--Incorporated in 1925.
An"uai Premiums, Capital Stock, and Surplus Funds
SI,OOO,OOO.
VUilS old and responsible Company continues issue
n policies on the most favorable terms Dwelling
Houses Household Furniture, Stores, stocks of Goods
warehouses and their Contents, Mills and Manuac
&c, &c, against Loss OR DAMAGE BY FIRE.
AlsO on Goods, Wares and Merchandise against the
hazards OF Inland Trans ortaon and upon the CargOes
of vessels.
The Protection Insurance Company having in the
last p years paid millions of dollars their
raj agencies throughout the United and Brit
s Provinces, have established just reputation sol
vency and fair dealing, which challenges comparison
With any other Insurance Company the Continent of
America. The annexed extract from article the
subject OF Insurance Companies taken from the N. Y.
Day Book, exhibits briefly the standing and policy of this
Company:
''The moneyed Of this ancient and prosperous
city OF Hartford, have Tor half d century been famous
throughout the Union for the care, discretion rigid hon
esty, and unvaryiDg success, with which they have
formed and managed corporations of this description
No Hartford bank or Insurance Company has failed.
These Companies have for than whole gener
and have failed to pay the innumerable losses
which they have insured against"
All losses arising upon policies issued by the under
signed, viii be promptly adjusted and paid the
Agency Office, located at Cincinnati, o. large por-
ton OF the funds of the Company ncuding all premi-
ums received nj the western agences deposited with
the General Agent of the Company Cincinnati for
the payment OF Western and Southern losses. Apply 10
3S-tf H. L. MOSS Agent Stijlvater
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-09-18
CHURCH BELI.S.

CHURCB, FACTORY and STEAMBOAT BELLS
- constantly on hand, and Peals Chimes of Bells
(of any number) cast TO order. Improved cast-iron
Yokes, with movable arms, attached these Bells
that they be adjusted to ring easily and properly
and springs also which prevent the clapper from resting
on the Bell, thereby proonging the sound. Hangngs
complete ncluding Yoke, Frame ana Wheel) furnished
if desired. The horns by which the Bell is suspended
admit of the Yoke being changed to position and
thus bringing the blow of the capper in place ;
which desirable after years usage, il diminish
the probability OF the Bells breaking occssioned by
repeated blows of the clappcr in place.
An experience of 30 in the business, has given
the subscribers opportunity of ascertaning the best
form for Bells the various combinations of metals and
the degree of heat requisite for obtaining greatest
iidtv strength, and most meodious and en-
sbed them to for their Bells the highest awards
al the n Y State Agricultural Society and American
stue, at their Annual Fairs, for several years past
The Trinity Chimes of New York, completed at
this Foundry, Were also cast, Chimes for New Or
leans, La Cswego and Rochester, N Y, and King on
&. w. and also, the Fire Alarm Bells of New York-
the largest ever cast in this country.
Transit Instruments, Levels, surveyors Comprises
Improved Compasses for taking horizontal and vertical
angles without the needle.
ANDREW MENEELY & SON.
West Troy, Albany Co, N Y, July "a, 1851. IA