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The daily republic., 1853-08-24

= the ara # war and pestlence." 1t warns
''ths workingmen of tho North and West they
: sAould resist this tropical annexation with
: swamps and slavery" and jooosely illustrates
the consequences by cuts representing slave
carpenters and blacksmiths offered for sale, and
intimates that hereafter we may anticipate
lawyers, doctors, and merchants offered in like
manner. The cOnnexion we do not however
perceive, as it wanders off into general declama-
tion, but the mallgnity of selecting the vis-
tation of dreadful mortality for an unfeeling
and unfounded intimation that such are the
consequences Of annexation of slave territory, is
worthy Of all condemnation; it certainly never
emanated from heart that would relieve woe
or resent indignity.
In the meantime will no aspiring demon
arise who, in the absence of the Lucifer of the
Satanic Press, will come forward and peril him
self in an issue with the Czar of Niggerdom?
Adopting the Socratic method Of our Satanic
contemporary, we may ask, shall the parties
resort to the streets of New York after the next
rain, and, with the assent Of the fathers, throw
mud ad nauseam? Or shall we order black om
nibus, and collins for two, to Bladensburg2 We
can place pair Of DERRINGER's and a copy Of
MILLIrGEr's History Of Duelling at therdispo-
sal. The book contains the best code for adjusting
an affair of honor in any manner, from cow
skin to cannon. 1t also contains three choice
precedents Of duels fought by clergymen; these
are calculated to quiet the scruples of pious and
peaceful MAcGRAwLER. We note also new
edition Of Sir JONAH HARRINGTON, in which the
code of "Irish fire-eaters" is copied as be-
queathed by the father of the author.
Let US hear. Shall we send the tools and the
authorities2
Shall we order the hearse and the sarcophagi?
Shall we lose our philosopher "who teaches
US the proverbs and the noverbs2" Shall we
lose our Satanic contemporaries who bring us
the news from the uttermost parts Of the
earth, besides a great deal which has no as
signable origin2 Shall we await the return Of
the Satanic chief, who is now abroad on his
walk, and who from his antecedents we fear
would, ad eremplum magni n,agistri, instead
of cooking his pistol" much rather ''cock
his tail?
What say the representative imps? What
says the commander of all the cuffees?
Lastly, what says Colonel WEBs, the grea,
New York Sir Jonah in all matters of the du-
clio, upon this moral proposition2 Ought a
circulation of fifty thousand, only limited by
the incapacity Of American genius to print a
larger number, to fight on equal terms smaller
circulation? What says Colonel WEBB2
Seriously, if editors cannot differ like gen
tlemen, they should not offend the moral senti-
ment of the country and degrade the American
press by quarrelling like blackguards.
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

SNUG GGIMG.-The New Haven Palladium says:
Mr.. Smell, pilot Of New London, has been fined
twelve thousand dollars for aiding and abettng in
the smuggling transaction at the lower end Of the
Sound, last fall. He was tried before the United
States district court now in session in that city.
The facts are substantially as follows:
The British schooner "Mischief" came into
New London, with. cargo of wine, fruit, &c.,
from Malaga, where, under pretence Of wanting
a pilot for New York. Mr.. Smell was taken on
board; that the "Mischief' was followed out of
port by two three "smacks,' . and when off
Huntington, Long Island, got aground, and was
COM and the "Consolation." What became Of
the "Mischief," after that, has never been ascer-
tanned. The property, or portion, was afterwards
discovered, and we believe forfeited to the Gov
ernment. sR5
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

A "REMINISCENCES OF TRAvELLING.-We yes
terday visited the Crystal Palace with friend
from St. Louis, who complained Of fatigue, occa-
stoned by his journey from that city to this of four
days and three nights, eighty -four hours. When
we, the writer, were youth, we accomplished
journey from New York to St. Louis. Travelling
with all the speed practicable at that day, we
reached the latter point in one day over five
weeks. There are now lines of railroads forming
a continuous track from this city to st. Louis,
with the exception of thirty miles between Bloom
ington and Springfield, in Illinois. The hiatus
will be filled up within two months. The route
pursued by these lines is crcutous, being through
Dunkirk, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Lasal1e,
and Alton There is in course of construction
line of road from Cleveland to St. Louis, which
will reduce the time between New York and st.
Louis twenty-four hours. But it is in contempla-
ton to build an air line through New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the other States, which
will enable the traveller to pass from the CONNER
cial metropolis to the Mississippi in forty-eight
hours.--N Y. Courier and Enquirer, 22d Il
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

CRUEL TREATMENT OF EmIGRANr PAssEN-
cERs.-An inquest was held in New York on
Thursday upon the body of a child named Fred
erika Kleinert, native of Germany, aged four
years. 1t appears from the testimony of the mo-
ther of the deceased that they came passengers to
this country, and while on the voyage there was
great deal of sickness on board; that the captain
treated them very badly, not giving them proper
food, and there being no physician attached to
the vessel, that there eighteen deaths on the
voyage, mostly children. They were made to
drink coffee made of salt water, and to do all their
own cooking
The daily republic., 1853-08-24
MagaZines.

We are indebted to the publishers for No. 483
of LitelPs Liuing .fge, excellent number of
a valuable publication; and to BUCKINGHAM, of
the National Hotel Literary Depot, for Godey's
Ladys Book for September.
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

The St. John (Newfoundland) Post says Miss
Dix has made an offer to pay El 500 towards
lunatic asylum in Newfoundland, provided the
citizens of st. John and vicinity subscribed
e2,000 subscription paper was opened. on
which the Governor and two leading merchants
subscribed 9100 each
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

We sec it stated that moths will not go into a
drawer, or trunk, where piece OF pa
per or linen, with turpentine, is deposited This,
if cffectual, is convenient remedy against these
d destructive insects,
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

DAVID JEWELL, under sentence Of death n,
Pittsburgh, has had his case taken before the Su.
preme Court for revision, which will delay the
execution
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

RuMoREp Posr OrrIcE RoBBERY.-There were
rumors on Monday that large robbery had been
committed in the New York city post Office One
clerk was missing, and it was supposed he had
left for foreign parts H r|a
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

The New York Courier says: "The negotia-
tions for the establishment Of an Administration
morning paper in this city have resulted in raising
fund, said to amount to $6O, 900, for that pur-
pose, and the engagement of John W. Forney,
now Clerk Of the House, to edit the same"
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

The amount of assessment in Montgomery
county, Maryland, is As, 600, and the county
levy thirty-one cents on the hundred dollars
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

MAIL RoBBERY.-The mail between Atalanta
and Montgomery, Alabama, has been robbed of
letters for Mobile and New Orleans From twenty
to thirty thousand dollars are said to have been
distracted.
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

FORGERY IN RICHMOND, VIRGNIA.--Otway
Smith has been arrested in Richmond for forging
the names Of several merchants to promissory
notes, and after examination on Monday last
was committed for trial.
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

The Rev. HENRY W. HILLIARD, formerly an
accomplished representative in Congress from Al
ALBANIA, preached on Sunday last at the reopening
of the Second Wesleyan Chapel, Brooklyn, New
York
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

The ST. Louis papers state that the Postmaster
General has decided to send the mails for that
point by the way of the lakes, instead of the Ohio
river
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

fine new schooner, called the Bloomfield,
was launched at Easton, Maryland, on Tuesday
of last week. s-y1 +. p.
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

INCIDENTS OF THE EPrpuMrc We were In
formed yesterday Of the followtAg eixcumssance,
which, if true, should mmediatsiy u aemedled
An old lady living in the upper part Of 10 city
lost her husband, who fell victim to the rrevail-
ing epidemic. Being very poor, she sent IN the
authorities to have him inferred. A cart was
driven up to the door of the house, in tho upper
story of which she resided, by negro boy. In
the cart was rough corporation cofin-which,
of course considering the times, was all that could
be expected, though in this progressive age Of
planning machines &c, the collins might be less
rough and more comely. The corpse was in the
second story Of the building, and the old lady
could find no one to assist the driver to carry it
down and place it in the cart, so she was forced
to perform that duty herself When they got to
the foot of the stairs she tainted from weakness
and exhaustion.-.N. o. Delta l7th.
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

The Pittsburgh Despatch, of August 10, stopped
the press to announce the commission Of horri-
BILE murder at Allegheny city. It occurred as
follows: At the fire ut Criswell's, on Rebecca
street, w. L. Gould accidentally splashed with
his foot some water on Hamilton Dawson. The
latter would not accept an apology, but drew a
knife which had been handed him by his brother,
and made thrust at Gould's heart. Gould re-
ceived the blow on the arm, and seeing his oppO-
nent about to attack him again, he drew pistol,
which he fred ut Dawson, lodging its contents in
his brain. He was conveyed to his home, where
he died after twelve o'clock. Gould received a
severe cut on the left arm, extending to the bone.
He gave himself up at the Mayors Office, and is
now in custody.
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

THE HoTTEsr.-A New Jersey paper says sit
was so hot during the late hot spell in Camden,
that woman was seen holding frying pan out
of second-story window, cooking ham and eggs
in the SUM-. -
On which the New York Tribune remarks:
ssWe have no doubt of it, knowing as we do
that certain railroad terminates in that town,
and if it is not hot there, somewhere else where
that road or it's owners will terminate, we have
forgotten our geography and orthodoxy too"
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

EXTINCTION OF MANoRIAL TITLE.-The Al
bany Frceholder states that Walter s. Church,
esq :, of Allegany county, and Oscar Tyler, late
sheriff of this county, have purchased the soil and
back rents in the town of Berne, together with a
portion of the town of Knox and Rensselaervlle.
They left the city Monday, for the town of
Bernc, with the intention of calling upon the ten
ants at their houses, and effecting settlements
with them
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

The Friend Of China states that DR.. Parker,
secretary of the United States legation, was u
passenger in the steamer Lauriston, Qost on the
northeast end of Formosa on the I'd of May,) in
charge of dispatches for the American Govern
ment, and that his official documents were all
lost DIR. Parker also lost his Chinese secretary
person of profound learning and research, who
was drowned in the attempt to land. The Euro
ncnn nassenrera were all saved.
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

THE DEATH OF CHILDREN have seen per-
sons gather for the parlor their choicest flowers,
lust as they begin to open into full bloom and fra
GRANGE, lest some passerby should tear them from
the bush and destroy them. Does not God some
times gather into Heaven young and innocent
children for the same reason, lest some rude hand
M. " dnanoil them of their hnnutVS
The daily republic., 1853-08-24

INTRODUCTION OF THE YELLOW FEVER INTO
New York AppREHENDED.-The New York Tsi-
b,ne of Monday has the following rather alarm
ing announcement:
'We have private advices from New Orleans
which reveal the astounding and alarming fact
that the clothes and soiled linen, sick chamber
rags, and so forth, of persons dying of the yellow
fever and black vomt, are shipped to this city by
rag spectators! Our authorities should imme-
dately be on the alert, or shall have the pesti
lence in the midst of us. Rag-men, Of whom there
is great number in New Orleans, on teng asked
what they did with these rags and clothes which
they were picking up, referred our informant to
several places where they were purchased With
some friends, he went to a rag-buyers depot, who
informed him that the rags were sent to New
York, and that a lot had been shipped the day
before Look out, therefore, for the pestilence
messengers sg X.
cat the Charity Hospital the bodies are put
into the cofins naked, and the clothing of the de-
ceased sold to the highest bidder. Such are our
private advices, and nineteen bodies 80 treated
came under our informant's notice. These sales
take place once a week. Our letter further re-
marks that when the rag-shippers learned of the
exposure likely to be made of their shipments,
they would put up their rags in casks to secrete
them the better. Most Of the clothing taken
from the deceased victims is corered acith black
pomiE Look out, we repeat to the authorities,
against the introduction of the pestlence among
US, Dy tnese shipments OF rags ana Ola clothes.
YELLOW FEVER IN MoBME.--The Mobile Tri-
bune of the 18th contains the following:
'sIt will be seen by notice of the board of
health in another column that the yellow fever
exists among us. It is, however, unlike the fever
that prevails in New Orleans, inasnuch us it
yields readily to proper treatment. We have been
expecting this, and to avoid it proposed quaran-
tine law, but the proposition came too late. 1t
ought to have been suggested fortnight ago. We
think it not unlikely from the manageable nature
of the disease that it will be limited in its effects
The board of health has taken the judcious course
in making known the condition of the city"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22
Fire at Dubuque.

Quite an extensive fire occurred in Du-
buque last Wednesday morning It was
discovered about o'clk. in the cellar Of a
large building lately erected by Mr.. Nc
Clure, fronting so feet on Main st. and run.
ming back over 100 feet on Seventh st.
The corner room was occupied by Mr.. p.
NAPLES as dry good store. He had re-
Gently opened stock invoiced at $4,000,
on which was an insurance of $4,000. The
building was of wood and quickly with its
contents, fell prey to the flames, as also
two small frames adjoining.
The following extract from the account
of the fire contained in the Express, we COM
mend to the serious consideration of our
fellow citizens:
"Endeavors to save anything were almost
thrown away. So rapid indeed was the pro-
gress Of the fire, that it was with difficulty
that the clerk who was sleeping in the store,
was rescued. The Hook and Ladder Com
pany worked remarkably well and to their
exertions we owe it that the fire was not
more general"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22
THE GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS, EDITOR.
CITY OF DAVENPORT:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1853.
PUBLIC LANDS.

The Galena .Jefersoni0n says every acre
Iof government land along the line Of the
Illinois Central Railroad not claimel by the
Company, has been taken up by spectators
and settlers, at $3.50 per acre.
X. r. Record.
What wretchedly short-sighted policy
was that which refused to the State of Iowa
years ago, the donation of every alternate
section of land for the construction of a
Railroad across its centre. Had it been
done, the many thousands of acres Of wild
lands hence to the Missouri river, along the
proposed line, would have been settled and
their proceeds including the part donated
to our State, would have been pocketed at
Sl,25 per acre by our government. The
Mississippi and Missouri rivers would ere
this have been connected by an iron band,
Davenport would have been the largest city
in the west, and our glorious State many
hundred per cent further progressed.
Our State and our people have always
suffered, since we had an organization, by
the misfortune of having incompetent men
to represent our interests to the government
Had il been otherwise and men warmly ad-
vocatng internal improvements been cho-
sen, Iowa instead Of just now beginning to
awake up to the Importance Of inier-com-
munication, would have had railroads and
plank reads leading to and from every i'm
poltant city within her bounds.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22
A Fair Suggestion.

An effort is being made, by the "uncc
good and rgidly righteous" ones OF Clnc'n'
natl, to suppress the running of omnbuses
on Sunday. A cotemporary of that city
suggests that in virtue of them doing so, they
also prohibit the carriages of the wealthy
and aristocratic from travelling through the
streets on that day. He is old fashioned
enough to think the worship of the poor
man, who rides two miles in an omnibus fol
his three cent piece, is as acceptable to
God as that of the rich man who comes in
his ssthousand dollar turn out"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22
The Presidents Liveries

Greeley's exposure of our Democratic
President clothing his menials in livery, is
bringing down the anathemas of the more
INSCRIPTIONS portion of the Democratic
press. Instead of denying the statement.
which from its susceptibility to proof. they
dare not do, they commence an onslaught on
Greeley himself. Whenever an editor
leaves the subject at variance and begins
personal attack on his opponent, you may
invariably regard it as begging of the ques-
tion,' if not tacit acknowledgement of de-
feat
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22
Charges against Gov. Ramsay.

Our cotemporaries Of the Dubuque En-
press say, that "this year seems to be a good
year for charges against officials. Gov.
Ramsay has commission after him. nip
and tuck in Minnesota
The Phila. Inquirer made precisely the
same charge against the Governor in its
issue OF August llth. to which the Minne-
sofa papers, without respect to party, replied
and denounced as "unjustifable, vile and
malicious"
But we will give the testimony Of the
Minnesota Pioneer, a Democratic paper,
which, coming from that side of the house
we deem conclusive with regard to the Min
nesota Indian frauds, about which so much
has been said by our Democratic cotem-
poraries:-
The Inquirer must have received file Of
the Minnesota Democrat, published at st.
Paul, Minnesota Territory, during the last
winter, about the same time the news reia-
tive to the appointment Of this Especial
agent" reached Philadelphis. We will in
form the Inquirer that the "enormous Indian
frauds committed in Minnesota, may be
traced to the prolific imaginations, Of f:w
of that class Of politicians which may be
found in some communities, who are without
integrity or common honesty themselves.
and therefore cannot realize the existence
of such ingredients in the competition Of
others, and who are at all times prepared to
attack the reputation Of their fellow citizens.
il thereby their own personal interests can
be advanced. In Minnesota, the Indians
have received all the money that Govern
ment appropriated for them; the debts Of the
Indians. the payment Of which was provided
for by Government, have been paid pro rata
to every person entitled to payments under
the treaty, and the funds designed for the
Mixed Bloods have been paid according to
the wishes Of the Indians, the only party in
terested. We cannot conceive how fraud
can exist where the funds are paid in accor-
dance to treaty stipulations, for the purposes
BY Congress in making the
and according to the wishes
OF those interested. The Minnesota "Indi-
an Frauds are very much like the boy who
sheared the pig: he had much noise and little
wool.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22
Railroad Vote.

We have the satisfaction oiinforming our
Railroad friends at home and abroad, that
the vote of this county on last Monday was
in favor Of the county subscribing stock for
our Railroads.
This result was expected from the known
lberality of the citizens Of Scott county in
everything calculated to advance her inter
ests. We regret that our friends at lie
Claire did not. for their own interests, act
with more unanimity in favor of the propo-
stion. The vote was a very small one for
Scott county-not more than one-haii OF the
votes polled.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22

Rock ISLAND ApvERTIsER.-Our neigh
Dor appears this week with change of pro
prietors, Mr.. +. r. Bennett resigning tht
establishment to Messrs. Raymond &
Wharton. Personally acquainted with boti
of these gentlemen, we may con gratulatt
the citizens Of Rock Island, that in having
lost the long tried and faithful services o
Mr. Bennett, they have gained those of gen
tleman possessing the enterprise, ability ant
will to give them a newspaper worthy thu
city it represents.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22

MEYERS ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATIONS.
We are in receipt Of the third part of the
series of illustrated views in the East anc
West. now in course of publication by Mr.
II. ]. Meyer, of New York. Among the
views in the West here given is that o.
Nauyoo. With the above comes the Uniyer
sum, publication to which we have before
often alluded. These works are edited b,
Charles A. Dana, and are worthy of liberia
patronage.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-09-22
THE OCEAN.

So entirely western are we in our pcre-
grinations. or SO little a cosmopolitan, that
we can say what perhaps few of our readers
can repeat, that we never have looked upon
the broad ocean! A friend who has seen
and passed many an hour upon its unfath-
omable waters, and who has the mind to
appreciate and the language to describe its
beauties, thus depicts them:
81 know that you must have been pleased
with the grand sight of the lake, with its
waters stretching out so beautifully before
the eye. But if you wish to behold that
spectacle in all Of its grandeur, you should
so to the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico.
There you will experience the glorious ex-
liberation of the deep, blue ocean in all of
its force. | have spent weeks and months
upon its restless surface, or else on the san
10y beach within the hearing of its eternal
roar. Il can never tire of the ocean, for it
is the most effectual soother of the agtated
spirit on earth. Many time when my
mind was discomposed with the innumera-
BILE little disturbing things of this life, have
gone down to the beach, and there soon be-
came Gained into religious serenity; for
there is spirit in the solemn voice OF the
deep, blue waters, which inspires peace and
comfort to the wounled heart.
$50 mighty do the vast waves appear, as
they roll and break upon the beach, that we
feel ashamed of the puerile trifles which
agitate the spirit in ordinary life, and they
arouse in the breast feeling Of elevation,
of lofty pride, which drives out the little
troubles of the heart. All, there is no place
like the broad, the illimitable, the fathom-
less ocean! There all human pride is hum
waves, with their ccascless voice, are but
the enunciation of One SO very powerful
that our own little pride sinks into utter
insignifcanee.
Il always feel calm and happy whila on
the seashore, with no voice near me but the
hoarse voice of the waters, or the shrill,
wild, free cries of the sea-birds. | have
gazed out upon those restless waters for
hours at time, and with my head resting
on sandy pillow, have praised God that
he has given me the faculties to compre-
hend his goodness, wisdom and beniicence,
and to pcruse throughout nature the wise
laws which he has stamped there. Oft as
have looked upon the blue waters with
their ceaseless roar, have thought of the
lines Of Byron addressed to the ocean:
s'Timc writes no wrinkles thine azure brow.
Such Creations dawn beheld thee, thou rocs now.