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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

The contractors on this Road are urging
j, forward with an energy that looks to d
speedy completion. Hundreds of hands, we
are informed, are al work between Lyons and
Upton grading the road site and building
eulverts. Is this Road, proposed at the last
hour, to be the first built in Iowa! The ac-
ton Of ous citizens in regard to the PROPOSE
ton made TO build Railroad hence to Iowa
City, will determine this question.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09
La Coss,rr, of the Musca,ine Enquire

La Coss'rr, OF the Musca,ine Enquirer,
speaks Of the Davenport Gazet,s as gassingl
well he knows, man should be- best ae-
quainted with the business he follows. We
he'd caught none of his infection, however.
when We said tina. the route hence To Iowa
City would be the one that the directors ot
the reconnaissance would eventually choose.
We spoke from the positive assurance 81
men who knew then how the matter would
be determined as well as our windy friend
nosr knows.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09
STEAMBOAT RAcrsG.-In defiance Of all

STEAMBOAT RAcIsG.-In defiance of all
statutes made and provided to restrain reck-
less captains of steamboats, from racing, they
continue TO indulge in that hazardous pas.
time. The Eclipse and Shotwell, have re-
Gently been racing between New Orleans
and Louisville Rosin, tar and all the com
bustible aids to rapid generation of steam
were freely used. The public should not
encourage racing BY patronizing those boats
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09
Good News! : The Passengers Of ths William
and Mary Saved.

The announcement, that the whole Of
the passengers, about 200 in number, were
lost by the sinking of the above ship, was
premature. BY the following it will be
seen, that all but two of them were saved.
SAVANNAH, May 20.
We learn from the officers Of the British mail
steamer Conway from Jamaica, shs, all bu, tuo of
The passenger on board the ship William and Mary,
urecked on the Great Isaacs. have br1n saved
They ~er. rescued b. SIecking schooner while
the ship az drift ng, just before she sunk.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

PERILoUs ALTERNArIvE.-On Tuesday
afternoon last, the Railroad bridge over
Salmon Falls River, caught fire little be-
fore the approach of the up passenger train,
which could not be stopped before reaching
the bridge. The Engineer therefore put
%, all steam and dashed across in safety! The
bridge was nearly destroyed; it was on the
Boston and Maine Railroad, and crosses a
ravine Mt terrific height, and is upwards OF
$50 feet in length.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

WnAr SHE Is GOING TO DO WIZ Nh
We have ascertained at last "n' u. =
Stowe is going to do with the am. Do.
ccives in Great Britain. The peu ,'a.dop
ocrat furnishes the following eSp S.aw, hi
ut should be known that MIS- o~ ,h,, ii
devoted all she may receive, apos' ,nJns,|
necessary to pay for her house ~ ,;,. , ID
TO the establishment of an insu.O', Anal
the education Of the colored race ~
ca" i,M
"Above what ia necessary 70 II o,s M
house in Andoyer!" Great guns. aV " MI
expect TO beg enough in Eng'a1npa .S Cf|
for that "house in Andover!'-lDw
ADJ.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

The will Of the late Gen. Jas Taylor, of
Newport, KY, covered twenty-one and a
half pages of royal octave closely written
and related to property valued at four mil
lions OF dollars. The Recorders fees were
50 so, and as the testator was the owner
of property in twenty-six counties of the
State, the viii has to be recorded in each of
them.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

A COW got her horn locked in crockery
crate, one night last week, in ST. Louis
The appearance of such an affair as u COW
running about with a crate upon her horns,
when it was too dark to distinguish clearly
what was, made terrible scattering in
those parts.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

A lcttsr from Oregon of Mlrch 33d,
says:-"Winter is over and all nature is in
the full blow Of spring. The last has been
the hardest winter ever known in Oregon.
The health has been bad during the winter
from various diseases Of the lungs, and ma
ny persons have died We are anticipating
great emigration in the fall
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

The following paragraph, we mt s,i.b~G|
is from California. It's Cali'orn' .,yle n
cry line of it. Sharp, curt IN Ito
substance: ar
SHor.-A negro, while attemp', ,sa 40
ter house in Sacramento s,reo1 .bCrsp e
in the head. The ball struck )uss ,bicknss
eve, and had il not been tor tne He \
Of the skull, might have been ia'a ,s,s gd'|
legged that he supposed that ns Mt stes
into his masters house, and dio ~ ;s,ol
mistake, till informed oft by tneP'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

New SEWING MAcusE.-The st. Louis
Inblltgancer states that citizen ofthat place
has invented sewing machine which is ca
pable Of working button holes, and executing
herring-bonc and whip stitching, as well as
plain sewing, and that it does all very neatly
and with great dispatch. If this be true
and the machines are not too expensive, they
will take the place Of hand sewing in IN any
private families.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

ENERGY We see il state d. that an Indian
who was ordained to preach the Gospel by
the Home Missionary Society in Troy,
short time since, walked six hundred miles
n snowsh3es, accompanied by his wife and
child, in order that he might attend the Con-
vention and receive his ordination
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

A PosEx.-It is said that pr,t.|
from Tennessee observed TO ueh. I'm u
few days since, that he came n ,;s;,e1 y
trict which had never held OF soo.m,u.>
office from the General Gove' .Ir "l
"Thcn," said Gen. Pierce, prompt ini|
to be hoped that it will never or'
such a beautiful custom!"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

THE papers along the line Of the Rock
Island and Chicago Railroad are down on
Mr., Gilmore, the Superintendent of the
Road, for not giving them advertisements,
and free passes. Officers Of Railroads w...
find il greatly conducive to their interests
TO retain tho good viii of,he press.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

JCDGE JESSE B. Thomas. Judge Thomas,
an old and we'll known citizen OF the west,
in tit Of insanity, committed suicide recent
ly at his residence in Mount Vernon, O.
Judge Thomas was of the first Senators in
Congress from Illinois, and long served his
State in that capacity.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

Our Locofoco contemporaries are returning
thanks to Judge Mason, the new Commission
er Of the Patent Office, for packages Of valu.
able seeds. Wonder if they wont grow in
Wing gardens
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

THE Muscatne Enquirer learns from Mr.
Haun, Vice President of the Lyons Central
Railroad Company, tina, the stock for the
road westward from Lyons is all taken and
the books closed-that a large quantity OF
Iron has been already purchased, and that
five hundred men will imned ately be put to
work upon the road.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

The entire Railroad from Mobile to the
Kentucky line in the direction of Cairo, is
under contract, distance OF 45S milcs-ex-
cepta few miles Of light work in Tennessee
and Mississippi, and can be constructed in
six months. Ninc-tcnths of the contracts
have been taken by planters on the road,
who in all cases have given bonds for the
performance OF the work before November
lst, 1854.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09
f1uHsDAY MORNING, JUNE ., 1858.
Hersenai.

We this week present the Gazette to our
readers somewhat enlarged and printed on
new type. By condensing our advertise
mcnis, putting our entire paper in smaller
type and leng,hening cur columns, we arc
enabled to give our patrons double the
quantity Of reading matter we have done
here;ofore, and at the same price.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

SEVERAL Of the persons who were killed
at Norwalk, had assurance policies on their
lives amounting in the aggregate to a
large sum Of money 1t is said that these
policies will be Immediately paid, and that
the insurance companies will look to the
railroad for reimbursement.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

NgscATlSE JouEa4L.-This excellent
paper comes to Us greatly enlarged and print
ed on new type. No paper in our State
displays greater amount Of industry in It's
editorial department than the Journal
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

Ex Senator Merriweather, of Kentucky,
has been appointed Governor of New Mex
leo, in the place of Gov. Lane, whose re-
cent warlike demonstration has brought
him into disrepute with the Administers
ton,
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

THE two men arrested in Burlington last
week for passing counterfeit bills ofthc bank
of New Haven, Conn, were tried and COM
mittcd.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

There are now in operation and building
in Alamakee and Winneshoik counties, Iowa,
NINETEEN grist and saw mills.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

GOLD IN TExAs.-The auriferous depos-
/ in Texas proves to be so meager as to
prese ut no inducements for working it.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

There are 55s gambling houses in the
city of Cincinnati, and about 1900 profess
sional gamblers.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

SAVE Your OLD RAGs!-The price of
printing paper has advanced fifteen per cent
within the past three months on account of
the scarcity Of rags, Save your old rags
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

Prof. WILSON Of Blackwood's Magazine
is past the hope of recovery from paraly-
tic stroke.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09

DRowsED.-A passenger, name unknown,
fell overheard from the Asia last trip down,
and was drowned before assistance could be
rendered.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09
Testimonial to Kossuth.

At very large meeting in London,
DOUGLASS JERRoLD presented KossuTH
copy Of Shakespeare. In presenting it, Mr..
JERRoLp remarked:
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

/ No SABBATH.-Ina "Prize Essay on the
Sabbath" written by journeyman printer
In cotland, which for singular power Of ex-
preston has never been surpassed-there
occurs the following passage. Read il, and
then reflect for while what dreary aud
desolate page would this life present II the
Sabbath was botted from our calculations:
"Yokeiellow! think how the abstraction
Of the Sabbath would hopelessly onslave
the working classes, with whome we are
identified. Think Of labor thus going on in
one monotonous and continuous and etern-
al cycle-limbs forever on the rack,
the fingers forever playing, the eye
balls forever straining, the brow forever
sweating, the feet forever plodding, the
brain forever throbbing, the shoulders for
ever dropping, the l0ins forever aching and
the restless mind forever scheming.
Think OF the beauty it would efface, ofthe
merry heartedness it would extinguish; of
the giant strength that IL W. Md tame--of
the resources Of nature that il would exhaust
--of the aspiration Il would crush-of the
sickness it would breed-oi the projects il
would wveck-of the groans it would extort-
of the lives II would immolste-snd of the
cheerless graves that it would prematurely
dig! See them, toiling and molling, sweat
ing and fretting, grinding and chewing,
weaving and spinning, s'rewing and gath
ering, moving and reaping razing and build
ing, dig'ng and planting, unloading and
storing, striving and struggiag-in the gar
den and in the field and the granery and in
the barn. in the factory and in the mill, in
the ware house and in the shop,on the noun
tain and in the ditch, on the roadside and
in the wood, in the city and in the country,
on the sea and on the shore, on the earth in
days of brightness and days ofgloom. What
a sad picture would the world present if we
had no Sabbath"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29
Z LITTLE JANE. !

Two words, but, so it seemed to US. full
OF the simple, unaffected eloqueDce Of the
stricken heart.
Do they not conjure up little vision oi
a bue-ey ed, ,black-eyed treasure -somebody'S
treasure-that took hearts away with her
when sh wentl And is there not an emp
ty cradle and vacant chair, and tiny froek
and pair. of little shoes, laid away some
where in "till'' or drawer! And in years
to come, when the mother wish a smile in
her eye and song on her lip, shall open
that drawer or that till, and see the little
garment lying there, how will the eye grow
dim and the song be hushed, as she remem-
bers the wearer that has triumPhed over
time, and through all the changeful years
has remained child still, and never grown
old at all.
But there was more on that tablet over
the words, a rose-tree was sculPtured, aud
The only bud detached from lhe parent stem
vas-,chat do you thinkl Falling earth
kard! oh, BY ne means-drifting heaven
ward In some gen le breath, the sculptor
could not catch.
Il seemed to us beautiful expression oil
a beautiful thought. ~. Y. Tribune.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

TIE HOMESTEAD BILL, reported in Con-
gress, few dsys'ago, by DIr. Dawson, pro-
vides that any person who is the head OF
family and citizen of the United States
shall be entitled to eater, free Of cost, one
quarter section Of vacant and unappropria-
ted public lands, or quantity equal thsre-
to, to be located in body, in conformity
with the legal subdivisions OF the public
lands, and after the same shall have been
surveyed. Five years. residence is requir-
ed upon said land. after the date Of entry,
before patent shall issue therefor, and the
land is to be exempt from all liability for any
debt contracted prior to the issuing Of the
patent. Residents Of any State or Terrific
ry not naturaIised, are to be placed upon
the same footing as citizens, provided they
have filed their declaration Of intention, and
shall become citizens before the issuance of
the patent. No individual is to be permit
ted to make more than one entry, and ex-
listing pre-emption rights are to be in no
way interiered with.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

RAILROAD RtoT.-The Canal Dover Gil.
i.en, Of the 10Th, says, the hands orking on
some of the sections of the Steubenvilie and
Indiana Railroad, got into muss one day
last week, and went to the work of smash
ing the carts, and tearing down the shantes.
They came very near killing two oil the
Contractors. Some three or four were
thrown into the river to cool off their ardor
We understand that the cause Of the affray
was on account ofthe company giving them
to understand that they could not pay them
before February, as the late estimate had tc
be applied to paying the interest on certain
debts.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

RENTING MONEY BY MALTA very i'm
portant case has recently come before the
U. 8. district court at Richmond, Va. chief
justice fancy presiding, in which the ques-
ton arose whether money remitted by mail
from debtor to a creditor, such money be-
ing lost before it reached its destna ion,
was release Of the debtor from obligations
of the debt The chief justice decided that
the plaintiff having requested his debtor to
remit the money, without specifying or di-
recting how it was to be sent, and the de-
fendant having complied with the request by
remitting through the mail, as was the Gus
tom with others to do, the debtor would not
be obliged to make good the loss. The de-
cislon is in conflict with other cases involv-
ing the same principle. the chief-justice
holding that the former decisions were not
correct.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

SrIR1TUALrsrs AT LAw.-At trial for IL
bel in Massillen, Ohio. in which some Spi-
ritua!ists we're concerned, the plaintiffs at
totney offered to prove by a committee OF
Spiritualists that medium made raps in
voluntarily. This was objected to by the
defendant, who insisted that if the plaintiff
wished to prove that spirits made the rap
ping. they must obtain subpena from the
court and have the spirits brought upon the
stand, "disemboded and untrammelled by
tlesh, blood and stomach," TO testify to their
agency in the matter. The Court sustain
ed the objection.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

GFWe take the following from an ex'
change. 1t is not by any means the only
Inconvenience which has resulted from the
disgraceful proceedings at Erie:
"Last week $4,000 fat cattle and hogs had
congregated at and near Erie, awaiting rail
road facilities for transportation East. The
drovers had commenced driving them from
Erie to North East. The cattle and hog
dealers Of the West curse both deep and
loud the petty policy of the "sleepy Dor.
ough" which thus interrupts their business.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

tt~J-T The Board OF Equalization has about
closed IFS labors, aud will probably adjourn
tomorrow. But little remains 10 do after
the committee has made the estimate Of each
county by the standard adopted by the Board.
ms Is great matter that requires some
ume and care to arrange in full.
we think the Board hss erred in refuslnR
10 distribute the surplus fund, as they call il,
equally among the realty OF the State. -
ibis fund is cTeated by their raising the val.
uauon OF counties above their returns more
thah they have lowered them. or course
the theory Of equalization is. TO take some
one county asa standard. and TO raise or
lower the balance OF the State as compar-
ed with this standard. The ssme rule Is ap-
Piled TO cities, or should be. II the sggre-
gate shows that the total is iacreased mar
than It is diminished, and Il this increased
fund Is q. be deducted, then the plain JUS
tice OF 1t is, to give all the realty the bene-
NJ OF it. Hthe cities were returned so high
as to be near the STANDARD, aud thus to re-
qoire less raising than the counties, they
should very plainly be entitled TO the bene-
ht Of the general fund with all the rest Of
the State. Such, at least, is our judgment,
but such is not the action Of the Board
Ohio STATE Journal.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

SALE OF PIcTUREs OF THE AMERICAN ART
UNIoN.-The first annual sale of pictures,
under the direction of the committee at the
American Art Union Rooms, took place at
New York on Friday. "Washington upon
Dorchester Heights" and "News from Lex
ington," two paintings by e. Leuteze, were
sold to David Lsavitt, Esq the fret aam
ed for 5000, and the second for 5000. "The
Young Washington" by the same artist,
was sold to Mr. J II. Richards for $3.50
Itis said that one hundred aud thirty.eight
pictures catalogued were valued by the ex-
hibitors at $4,000, whereas they were sold
for $4,000.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

GTThe Government Of Baden, in Ger
many, has decided not to proceed harshly
against the priests who circulated the en-
cyclical letter of the archbishop of Erie.
burg They are to be fined 10 horins each
and be warned to respect the government
in future. This lenity will tend to alay the
great excitement that exists in the Duchy.
THE GREAT REPUBLIC. Forty boys viii
go outin this ship from New York to Liver.
pool aud thence to Australia, for the pur.
pose Of getting initiated into the art of be.
ing good seamen. Fifteen are engaged, a
mong whom, a Georgian, the owner Of a
plantation, and son Of Commodore Greg
ory have signed shipping articles.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

TAX ON PASSENGERS. The Philadelphia
Inquirer states that il is highly probable that
during the coming session of the Pennsyl.
yania Legislature, a law will be enacted i'm
posing a tax per capita upon all individuals
who pass through the State ofPennsylvan ania
by the Lake Shore Railroad. This road
extends from Buffilo westward, and passes
through Erie county, Pa. The travel is al.
ready immense-about thousand day
and is rapidly increasing.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29
WHOLE NO f47
TUErEL raa az i.oularnEE AnnI.NAsn.

TUsEEL ron THE ioUisvnEE kNnaNAsH.
VILE RAIEHoLD.-Ths owensboroughCRy.)
Gssstts describes tunsel that ls ,being cot
through the summit Of MuIdow's Hill, four
miles from EIizabeihiown, BY the s1soulsville
and Nashville Railroad comppy. It'll TO
be hreniy-oae huRared fsetSOag. ' Shs north
srn approach to the tunnel will oofOr,y-si1
feet deep. Ths operators are sinking the
shafts at different points on the tunnel, so
that greater number Of hsndS may be
worked. and different sets be WORKING at
different points at the same time. WiAst
two ssts Of hands working at the bottom Of
each shaft, and one set at the end Of the
tunnel. there would be eight sets Of hands
working al once. And yet II is estimated
the entire road can be done BY the time the
ItuBBeI Ia fnished. II wiz pass the entire
s,Ioo fest through solid limestone soct.---
The blasts that break up tons Of rock at
once. may be heard for E6ftesn or twenty
miles
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-29

CoUErREEETER ARRGsTED.-Loot Outi--
Marshal Springer. Of Toledo, arrested one
Felix Mcclure in that city on Saturday
morning, just after he had arrived from the
west. Mcclure had been suspected Of deal.
ing in counterfeit money for aOms time. and
on ssarching him twenty ten dollar eOun'
terfeit bills on the Rochester Bank, New
York, were found upon his person. They
are SO well executed that none but good
judges of money would be able to detect
them. They are evidently new batch and
It will be well to be on the look out for them.