The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-12
THE oeEAr EXHIBITION.

3rsslsy Of the N. x. Tribune y gsspec, to
% "Wosld's Fair" but We must confess 70
His first letter Is lengthy
md mainly descriptive q the common
,lace subject Of sea sickness. He letters
iucs are % wrapped up in reflections up
u .workiag mems associations" and 9th
y sphsmera Of bis brain, that il would be
J work Of some labor, more than we feel
disposed to undertake, to separate the do
'crip,iss aud real, from the theoretical aud
deal. Upon the outside Of todays paper
re publish the pi,h Of bis most interesting
s,ser. Il 10 supposed that not lep thaa
lon thousand persons visit the Chryslelspal-
scs daily. The European Times speaks
rather more favorabiy Of the contributions
from this country than does our fsllow-cis-
issn Mr.. Greeley. Il says:-
II Was prepared to 6nd that shs articles from
The United States would fall short Of the other
parts Of the Exhibition, from the statsmsats put
forth that they had demanded more room than
they could adequately Gil. Through the sxsr-
lions Of Nj. Riddle, the vacant space has been
filled up, and although this divisisn u not %
crowded % the Brifish side, il contains . nation
Il collection highly interesting. Their cereals
and raw materials are very striking. Theft min
esal department. i also very full. The carIiAess
were not the less, honorable part Of their col
lection. A series OF NAM -pzaPssad for certain
n aka nNlc - AAfSn al
rable, pnd greatly surpassed those Of Sin,iisr
character II our national and public schools.
The exhibition Of DagnsgKsotypes l. excellent"
From tho same paper We make the fol-
lowing extract:--
"Almoss the 6nt object which arrests your
attention, 10 the Koh-i-noor diamond, secured in
: strong cage Of iron. richly gilded: and BY 4
this precious jewel, which 10 placed
on small pedestal, sinks at night down into the
strong iron chest upon which tho cage rests, 20
haiti is sass and secure night and day, Crowds
Hooked round this jewel to admire ito sizs and
brillianey.n
SroRN AND WHlRLwISD.-A heavy
storm accompanied BY whirlwind visited
Mount Pleasant, Fairfield, and that region
II our State recently. Fence boards, rails
md roofs q houses were seen whiriing in
Tho cir hundred feet high, says the True
Democrat. Houses were unroofed, and
some Of them demolished, and the mischief
played generally. "Timbers and planks
were crushed by itstremendous power, and
their fragments scattered 10 every direction
over the fields and prairies." The State
University at Fairfield which was almost
was entirely demolished. The
Court House was much damaged and many
were unrooted. The high water
Is bad enough, high winds are worse, but
save Us from the fearful effects Of opposing
winds.
In the latest published Russian Official docn-
ments concerning Poland, The lsftsr name has
been dropped, and the appellation Of New Russia
instituted in lieu Of it.-Chieago jour.
Alas! for Poland! Unhappy nation!
Conquered and oppressed, The tyrannical
power that overcame you would blot even
POUR name from existence. History will
10 you justice. You were a brave and
nagnanimous people. In the great sirug.
gle for liberty you displayed spirit thai,
granny. though il may Cypress, can never
'ubdue. Kosciusko yet lives in his de-
'cendan,s. The same spiri. Of freedom
hat animated him nerves you, and the
orch Of liberty will yet burn,
1Ye though destruction sweep those lovely pl.insn
aNSrEAMsoAr ACcIDENrs-On the Goth
alt. the steamer Ohio was run into by the
Com: S.ock.oa below Philadelphia, Pa.
md sunk 10 20 minutes. Several persons
we're drowned.
On the 10Th the steamer Echo burst her
boiler at Bayou Sara l,oding killing two
persons tantaneously and scalding four
others 50 badly that they died few hours
after the occurrence Of the accident. o.
sight others who had been wounded two
we're expected TO die.
TnE Dubuque Tribune says: ave re.
greet TO learn, that Grimes and Archie 3
saw mills, both situated on Elk creek, Clay
Ton CO., were destroyed by the late Aood.''
Also, that "Not the least AZ the dana
ges from the food. is that which has befal-
len the mining interest. Nearly all the
Diggings are filled with water, aud the mi.
ners idle"
SENrENcED.-Gardner, the boy who rob.
bed the mail at West Buffalo in this coua
~, has been sentenced to len years i'm.
prisonment in the peniten.iary. That il
too cruel!
AMONG those visiting our city within the
last two days, were Miss ANNA C. LYNCH,
The Poetess; Mr.. BurLER, Of N. y, ono oil
the Directors Of tho Central Railroad, and
Hon. g. w. JONES.
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