The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-11-24

MesSfS. SANDERS u &DAVIS:-Gentlemen
Yesterday being All Saints Day, and quit,
a holiday with the Roman Catholics, an,
my vocation affording me leisure Oh all hol
idays, | took a stroll in the city and in thu
different Cemeteries, and assure you tha
/ | was well paid for my visit among the
tombs. To see the splendid monuments
representing all nations, beautifully decora
ted with the choicest flowers, and the rich
lest drapery, and wreaths Of all kinds, was
,indeedsa beautiful sight At the entrance
iof each Cemetery, there sat row Of little
orphan girls, and on a table before them
was u silver basket, which they kept rap.
ping to excite attention and receive dona.
tions from the passers-by. Each Cemetery
was densely thronged, mostly with females
who were attired in black; they did not ap-
pear sad but generally cheerful. The day
wound up with grand fireworks on Lafayette
Square.
The health Of the city is now considered
good; there were but fifteen deaths reported
last week from yellow fever. There seems
to be great strife here between Jack Frost
and Yellow Jack, and there is no doubt, but
that the veritable Frost will gain the ascen-
daney. He has been seen within three
miles of the city, and it is expected nightly
that he will make his grand entree. and
"spread himself throughout the entire coun-
try. We have had variable weather for the
last ten days, sometimes heavy rains, and
searching every tenement TO find the De-
stroyer that has made such havoc here du-
ring the past season. But Jack Frost is in
the field, there is no mistake about that,
and for the present is just fitting from point
to point, by way of not wasting time on his
errand Of mercy; he will soon be here and
thousands of warm hearts will greet him.
l must not neglect to mention my visit to
a splendid ship now in port, called the Re-
porter. She is entirely new, and right from
Boston and has the largest cargo Of notions
that was ever brought to this city by
any one vessel. She has one hundred and
eighty consignees and her freight amounts
to $500 She measures ,475 tons, her
length is 225 feet, breadth 40 feet, actual
depth "a, feet. and is three-deckcr. She
was named in compliment to the reporters
of the press--a class Of men who we'll de-
serve a compliment. Her tigure-head is q
reporter, large as life, note book in hand,
'takin' notes" Her stern is beautifully
carved, and has in the centre mans hand
tracing with a pencil on "A scroll. She
draws seventeen feet of water with a full
cargo, and sixty tons of ballast. | think
the next one ought to be named the Com
postor.
There appears to be some mismanage-
ment here in the Post Office, (particularly
ia the newspaper delvery,) | have heard
several complaints already, and as an eyi-
dcnce, I have only received the Davenport
Gazette of the 9th of Oct. since my rcturn.*
Not much in the way of news here. Bu-
siness is getting to be brisk. Vessels ar
rying daily, some with their top-masts gone,
which indicate that old Borcas has been
busy at sea.
The markets are we'll supplied, oranges
will be very plentiful this season. have
noticed the limbs of trees bowing low with
their weight They will be about as abun-
dant as peaches were few weeks ago at
Davenport.
Yours, &c, &. +. +.