Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-02-08

he davenport 9aSette will undoubtedly
derive serene satisfaction from the following
remarks ofa Wing Contemporary. the Muscatine
Journal. When an editor, who plumes HIM.
self upon his pstrisrchal position among the
editorial fraternity Of Iowa, is not satisfied
with abusing his political opponents, but vents
his groundless malevoleuce upon the most re.
spectacle journals Of his own party. he may
we'll be suspected of having entered the last
scene Of all. Of second childishness and mere
oblivion;"-yet may We hope they have, his
Wasting lamp some fading g.immer left.
his dull, deaf ears little use to hear
The Gazette also says that the prices Of pork
in Davenport havs been "alcays IS cents
per hundred more than he Muscatine prices"
Now we defy the Gdzetts to prove this asser-
ton.
The Gazette itself never quoted pork high.
er than 81. while the article has sol / here a.
bove this figure. One issue Of that paper
on Thursday a few weeks ago, while pork
was advancing, quoted our prices of the Fri
DAY previous, csthouf dcing the date, and of
course, made astounding comparisons! Now
are such willful pervuSions and misrepresen
tations rightf Do tl9v reflect honor on the
man who may with q priety claim TO be the
patriarch of the lows &itorial fraternity? As
our contemporary Of Eck Island remarks, Mr..
Sanders looks through queer pair Of specta.
Giles.
u'Ths houas 81 Frsderich Cvolwine
has been destroyed 7 u ncas, Burliustcs. Is.
sisss 's i n g. ... =,
tanned. and The STATS sssts 3 ~ 80 49,. !.
intimate that tbe objeV!s Of suspicicS ,..n
known in that vicinity.
PonK TRADE Ar R ocKroRD.-3792 hogs. wsph-
ing e59a24 lbs. were forwarded from Rockl,d
20 Chicago. fom Dec. lst 1853, to Jan. 90 lss
exclusive ofnine car loads of live fat hog,
shipped during the same time.
rThe Nebraska Bill was postponed from
the ], st to the3d instant. on request of Mr..
Chase who intends replying to Senator Doug
las.
STMr Odds has reported bill to the Senate
to secure the safe transmission of the II 9
Mails on railroads in view of the Erie Difficult.
ties.
| pAbout $1,000, has been collected in New
York for the relief Of the San Francisco suf
ferers.
n-Dates Of Feb. 2nd report excitement still
high at Erie. the mob tearing up the track as
laid down by the railroad men.
TThe Parliament buildings at Quebec were
destroyed BY fire on the morning Of the LIST in
slant. Loss 100000
ETThe river at st. Louis continues frozen
and fears are apprehended of much injury to
the steamboats, lying along the Levee. in case
OF break up. Various plans are suggested
for removing the ice from the channel, among
others, that Of gunpovder, which it is thought
will prove successful.
n'A strong appeal against the Nebraska
Bill of Senator Douglas has been published bv
Senators Chase Of Ohio, and Sumner of Mass.
and Representative Giddings, Gerrett Smith
and Dewitt. We shall be in receipt of Mr.. Cha.
se's speech in few days. 1t was to have been
delivered on the 3d.
HThe Weekly Tribune has 10000 regular
subscribers. and an aggregate circulation OF
10000. So says it,
1.-the Aos'r1 piaes ssAtinue to be
worked to great advantage. Labor in great
demand.
TMrs, Sarah CornwelI, formally of Van
Buren, county, died At Olympia, Oregon. Nov
2lst, aged "a years.
UThe suffering among the emigrants al
Cairo is less severe thau at first represented.
Read the New Ordinances with care. and
look out for your stray horses and hogs, or the
Marshal will save you that trouble.