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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
Engine aud Market House.

We hope our citizens Who have taxes t.
nav. property to burn down. or mouths Il
be filled, will not forget that on Saturday
next very important election is to b. held
in this city TO decide the questions, whether
the City Council Of Davenport shall b.
authorized TO borrow $4,000 for the pur-
chase of Fire Engine, Hose, etc, and
whether they shall borrow the same sum t.
be expended in the building of a Market
House.
The decrease ia the rates of insurance
that would follow the possession Of good
fire apparatus, would alone more than can,
eel the additional taxation to which each
property holder would be subjected in this
particular. while the convenience OF having
Il stated place to which to repair for the
purchase Of meats, veg tables, etc, and the
decrease in the price of the latter OF these
articles from the present haP-hazard rates.
wcula more than compensate for the small
additional tax to which each person would
be subjected These arguments alone
should be conclusive in favor of the above
propositions.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
Lumber Seizures.

Our co.emporary of the Burlington Tee
| araph. thus gives vent to his just Indignation
in regard to the seizure Of lumber, and the
Inconvenience and expense to which every
town on the Mississippi is subjected Dy
the unwarrantable course pursued by the
timber Agents, Estes, and his subs, some
,r whom. there is reason to beli2ye, are self
appointed
1t is to be regretted that these unjust per-
secutions have been revved-an " IS 10 US
a matter of surprise that i've man, hhe
John Wilson. the worthy Commissioner oi
the General Land Office, who is generally
IN to the times, and keeps ho!h eyes wtdc
open. should permit any of his antIquated
clerks to revive these obsolete, old-logylsll,
Ianti"sauatter sovereignty regulations
They will run the administration INTO the
Ground from one end of the valley to the
other, ana the sooner they shall be dispense ed
with. the Agents dismissed, and the Piratieai
steamer scuttled and sent to the bottom OF
Lake pepn. the better will it be tor all
concerned.
Iumber was never SO scarce as II Is al
the present time all along the r'vcr' Every
town and city is sending up its complaint
on this head, because each and all OF them
are seriously retarded in their march oil lm,
proyenent Prices have already advanced
bevond all former precedent, and st'll
Greater rise is anticipated,-hnd all in con-
Sequence of the i'll timed, unjust, and uh-
fortunate interference on the part OF the
General Government. Commissioners Ml-
son! we respectfully cali your attention to
the subject, confident in the belief that your
hraus and breadth of sympathies VIII al
once find means to put Il stop to these an
noyanees, and at the same time put an eho
to the miserable farce which is now beihg
anacted all along the Father Of Floods al al
the expense of pretty nearly every oooy
! in Washington.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
4 Temperance Court,

The court recently convened in this place
WAS n Temperance court, at least we have
the authority Of 10. Knox for The assertIcn'
and hs knows. When the liquor question
came up, we understand that Mr., *. made
the remark to the Judge, that he believed
this was a Temperance court. Ills hohor
replied to him in substance that it "as a
cold water court us it had been whiskey
lone enough His cx-honor LeitlngWell sat
under bis nose, bat whether he intended
the remark as personal this dePonent saith
NOT. We thank his excellency, stephen
Henpstead. that though 10 practical adFo-
cate Of Temperance, yet he has appointed a
Temperance man Judge of this District
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
County Poor House.

1t was a mooted question, before the
erection of a Poor House IN TINS county
whether such an establishment would really
prove advantageous. The question Is no"
satisfactorily decided by the fact, that the
same number of poor that cost ne county
800 to maintain last year, Will THIS year
cost it but $500. At this rate, ana allow
;,., ror the increase Of pauperage from ad-
ditjonal inhabitants, the establishment WA
soon nav tie expense Of its erection. 1t Is
,bc impression of the Directors, that the
building Of this House has bad tendency
to decrease pauperage, from the we'll known
fact that there is repugnahce aS9oe'"'o" ''
in every mind with the idea OF beng sent 10
the Poor House.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
"Negross before Germa 8.

Il Tha sentiment thus uttered in Congress
i by Senator Butler, Of S. Carolina, endorse
i by Senators Dodge and Jones, of iowa, an
exposed through the we'll meant, thong
shallow, artiiice Of the last named honor
ables to bring a serious charge agalns
| Hon. ]. W. Grimes, seems to be an insur
mountable mpedimeEt to the quiet progres:
of the anonymous gentleman who make.
another personal attack upon Us from unde
the narrow skirts Of '.father" Eagal.
By the way, we would just remark, tina
Mr.. Eagal presumcs too much upon the
Ignorance Of his readers when he has his
tmouth-p piece to assert, that the paragraph
entitled "ATurder,' in the Banner Of las
week. and the articles attempting to shie.e
Mr.. Butler, were the productions Of tllc
same mind The former Mr.. Eagal die
write, the latter he is incapable Of writing
and the man who will make an assertion
to the contrary with the expectation of re.
ceiving credencc in this community. may
like the ostrich, run and hide his head, bal
he never can succeed in concealiHg his
ears!
We do not anticipate bringing ths Bon
aer around to an acknowledgement Of But.
ler's ayoWal and our Senators endorsement
that slavery is "innocent enough aud useful
enough," and that it is "a population which
Iowa tomorrow would prefer to an ifiunda-
ton Of those men coming as enigfants from
a foreign land" but we can keep it before
the people and show them the h3lloWness
Of that Democratic love for foreigners which
for SO many years they hase loudly profess,
ed. We can show them and prove II
them, that much as they love foreigner:
they prefer as citizens, "weil governed
slaves
"If,o inquiries the Bmnsr, "the santimen nj
attributed to Senator Butler was that ol
himself or his constituents, why did he feel
called upon to explain it away in the same
speech in which the sentiment was an
nounccd.n The Era has already answer,
ed this question, as indeed it very trium-
phantly threw back the charge preferred
by our Senator'S against Mr.. Grimes, upon
their own shoulders and fastened it thsre
like the shirt Of Nessus, forever.
"Their silence under such circumstances,
says the Era, speaking of our Senators up,
on the utterance Of the incendiary express
sion by Mr.. Batler, "was disgraeetul te
themselves and disloyal to their State; anc
the lame explanation of Senator Butler OF
the 25th, aaale, doujtLess, at tier ilStancs
cannot extenuate their conduct" That
language is plain and direct reply to the
query Of the Ra1lner, which, as it was thu
only point in the article, we are satisfied il
answering until Mr.. Eagal again loads hi
wooden gun.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
THE GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS, Enron.
CITY OF DAVENPORT.
saturday, NAY 81, 1854.
THE NEBRASKA BILL PASSED,

We publish in full this afternoon the
proceedings Of the House in relation to the
iconsummation OF that iniquitous measure,
which is calculated to bound our beautiful
State on another side with slave territory,
and make it the theater Of continued and
harassing disturbances growing out of slave
hunts Instead Of having a people on our
west to sympathize with our institutions and
aid US in advancing the interests of the
north, we will have reflection of the an
tagonistic sentiment existing in the State
Iof Missouri. With these influences sur
rounding lis, our power for good will be
crippled, willie the extension Of our public
Improvements westward, vii! have to sup
port an incubus that weighs down with
paralyzing effect every work with which it
comes in contact.
There is no evil, however, without its
eoncomitant good The passage of this
bill places the Wing party upon high ground.
1t eleyates it from that depression and
gloom which seem to have settled upon it
since the Presidential election, and infuses
into it animation and vigor. We had
thought there was sufficient independence
among the Democracy to have prohibited
it, passage; in chronicling our error we pro-
claim the strictly party character Of the
measure, and at the same time glory in
siding with the little Spartan band who SO
maHfully opposed at every phase this nefa-
riaus bill
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

The Rock Island Advertiser terms Mr.
Wjght's EXPLANATION of the manner in which
n,,,m.,o,t island came to receive its cog-
nomon of "Rock Island an dMehlae' ana
thinks that it would be highly improper TO
chance the prefix to that beautiful islano'
inosmuch as the corporate limits OF the low
of Rock Island have been extended over
nortion of it, There is "but one step from
,,a n,hrme to the ridiculous and we don't
know anybody who takes it o'tenef 'h'"
the iuyenile and ancient editors OF the Aa-
rariiSfr.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
The Ward Trial

A writer i'm the Banner, over the sigma
ture of e." has some very just reflections
in regard to the Ward trial Public senti-
ment, when in state of excitement, is not
the proper tribunal before which to try a
man, however hagitious his crime. Mob
law is to be reprobated, assume what phase
It may, and the silly custom of burning in
etliay, discountenanced by every man who
has tongue to express his indignation.
In one particular we think L. errs, viz:
sthat the public are not informed OF the
whole evidence brought out in the Ward
trial" The eyidenc: we read, as reported
in the Louisville Courier, was very cIrcum-
stantial, the slightest testimony appeared
to be reported in full.
Yet, even with all the facts elected before
them, we think the citizens Of Kentucky,
vino are an excitable people, have done
wrong in proceeding to such extreniites.- .-
The society of Ward should have been
Stunned by those who believed him guilty,
but not to the extent Of f1rcibly driving him
from the city and pursuing him from place
to place. Nor should a monument be erect
ed to Butler, less to commemorate his
worth than to inlamze his murderer. Tho
we publish the progress Of public senti-
ment in Kentucky, and elsewhere, il is not
with the view Of fendorsing it, as we are OPP
posd to eycery thing that sayors OF mob
Law
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
A Town Clock.

The plan of the Public School House at
the head Of Perry street includes baiustrsde
and cupola. At prescntit appears quite un-
finished and the funds on hand are not sui
fcient to complete it. Would a single
property owner in that ward object to a
slight additional tax for the purpose OF FUR
ishing it with town clock? We have
spoken to many on the subject and they all
heartily acquiesce in the suggestion.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

CHRISTIAN SalRITUALIsT, is the title OF Il
paper issued at New York, the frs number
ofwhich comes TO us soliciting an exchange
1t is large and beautiful paper and we re-
eret that so much good printing materials
should be devoted to so frivolous purpose
A communication in this number speaks OF
n hand that came as a medium and wrote
two pages Of foo!scap in minute and J"
half! What an able assistant to an edltoE
would that hand be, if it only had a modi-
cum of brains attached!
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

ANT PRonucER Mile. Rose raiser OF
ants earns 80 francs day at Paris. She
has correspondents in all the departments
ana npvar receives less than ten bags day.
She nj kes them lay when she likes, and can
.oet from them, as she says, ten times what
they would produce in state Of nature.
Size sells the eggs to the Garden Of Plants
as food for certain species of birds; to the
pheasant r1isers OF the enyirons and to apoth-
eearies for sundry medical purposes. Mile.
Rose lives and sleeps in the midst OF her
insects. and the skin of her whole body has
crown inscnsible to their bites. She u as
eaIlous all over as though she were un'ver-
sal corn. The police lstely made her remove
form Paris to an isolated house beyond the
barriers.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
The Eclipse,

Many persons, especially among the Ju'
yenles, were disappointed in the eclipse
Yesterday as they had supposed 1t would be
total. About three O'Clock smoked glass
was in demand and black noses common;
an hour later and the former was qulte 4
drug the supply being greater than the ae'
mand. -Tfi- Weekly Saturday.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

"Whv didn't you pocket some OF thoSe
,,ors1r said one boy to another, "hooooy
no, there to see"
ives there was-I was there to see my
,,,r md don't mean to see myself do Il
mean ,hing.'-Ee'han9e'
let every little boy who reads the above
remember it and resolve never to oe 'a"s"'
bv bimscilin in doing mean acton
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

Tur Ersr SHADE TREE,--The pra'r'e
Farmer thinks the Elm the best tree loF
shade in the city. 1t is right, it is not only
:, heoutilul tree. but one that VIII Wl'hs'ano
all of the hardships to which trees are eA-
posed in cities. The rubbing of cattle the
bite Of horses, nothing seems to disturb IT,
while from its toughness it is proof against
hioh winds.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
PASSAGE OF TIE NEBRASKA BILL.
AYES lI3; NAYS 100.
WASHINGTON,

" ASHINUTUN, HHT --u'
HousE.-Mr. Pringles motion was neg
atived, Is to la6: various motions 70 ADJOURN
were made and rejected by ayes and nays
Mr.. Walsh raised points OF order, that rules
Of the House were for the purpose q iaelli-
tatina, not returding public business 'ha'
the majority acted with great toroeafahce,
and that any further extension OF II Woaia
he subversion Of the public interest ana
would establish precedent enabling cap
tious minority to control legislation OF the
country.
Mr. Campbell objected to all arguments
and Mr.. Walsh withdrew his point. Mf'
Washburne of Maine, moved to lay the
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

Az AMUSING SToRy.-A letter from an
officer of the fleet, dated 18th, tells the fol-
lowing rather good story:
One morning, a few days since, we saw
a vessel eight or ten miles ahead, which We
fully believed to BE- Russian man-of-war,
as She made all sail to get away, and showed
no colors. Asw rapidly came up with her,
she took in sail until she was under reefed
topsaiI-tighting trin-so we beat to quar-
ters. and the pipe sounded loudly. Islands,
bring the ship into action" For some three
minutes everything was bustle-casting the
guns loose, clearing the deck, sc. Five
minutes more, and every gun was shotted
and printed, and the men standing with the
match lines in there hands, waiting Tor the
word to fire. Just as we got within good
distance, the blackguard ran up American
colors, and coolly told us that he would have
hoisted them sooner, bnt he aranted to see ho'o
smart nee tsouH clea, for action. Ii our tars
did not bless him to the wrong side Of heav-
en-, never believe me.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

STRAWBERRIES. A Chicago paper oil a
recent date speaks of Strawberries imported
into that city from St. Louis and selling al
$3.50 per quart. We had the satisfaction
yesterday of eating them fresh from our own
vines.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

The Rev. Geo w. Burnap, Of Baltimore
has been on visit to the South. In letter
to the Christian Inquirer, he says; "on one
sabbath otficiated in Savannah, amid the
heat and splendor of midsummer; the next
sabbath in my own pulpit, surrounded by the
fast falling fakes OF a snowstorm,whoh con-
tinued fer two days,
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

SINGULAR CuALLENGE.--A celebrated
sporting gentleman in Mobile, Alabama, has
offered to bet five hundred dollars that there
is not a man in the State who can drive SIX
cats in harness-the meeting TO take place
when and where the parties may agree up
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

Our RELATIONS WITH SPA1S.--The " asst
fnatnn Toi3a in an article on our relations
with Spain, remarks:
We are quite free to state' ana ~ 'eti'9
so emphatic and unequyocal a. 70 aeilil. oi
no misinterpretation, that i ample sats'as
ton is not allowed for the piratieai seizure 81
the Black w Warrior, we shall advocate an thi-
mediate blockad, OF the island
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

The Peru Chroaie!a comes to Us meta
morphosed into six-eo'umn paper under
the title Of the Daily Inioa city. We
are pleased to see this evidence of success
and trust the people ofthe hourishing towns
of Peru and Lasalle may generously ap-
preciate friend Linton's efforts to advance
their interests
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

During the late thirty-four hour session
in the house, on the Nebraska bill, Hon.
T.. r. WAsHBuRNE, answered to his name
eigAhJ times in succession, never leaving 'or a
single meal or closing his eyes in sleep'-
Gatan1 GRe,
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

VEaY WELL NAMEp.-The Hon.
Wm. Cullom, Of Tennessee, when
speaking on the Nebraska bill, said
that inasmnch rs the measure benefit
ted neither North nor South, and no
one but politicians, it should BY rights
be placed upon the private calendar,
and the title lie amended so as to read,
"a bill to make great men out OF
small ones, and to sacrifice the public
peace upon the altar Of political ambi-
Ition.a
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

uaderstandthat E2-Jalge LefingWeIl,
who was here as legal counsel for the
liquor shop keepers Of Davenport, met with
quite a mishap few evenings since; having
the misfortune to be knocked down with "a
stick Of wood in the hands OF some one Of
his belligerent clients. He was badly,
though not dangerously hurt. This hap
pened, we learn, at one Of those pesti!erous
sinks known as beer shops, 50 numerous in
this place, and where the first lessons are
9:ven in the art Of drunkenness.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

A stern-wheel boat with six engines is
being finished at Plttsburg. She is l55 IT,
long with Al #. beam. Throughout She is
constructed on new principle andis appro-
priately called the ''Chailenge,'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

BRlDGlxG THE MfssIsslPrE.-TA City
Council of Burlington, Iowa, on last N Lon
day evening passed bill 'tauthorzing the
city attorney to take legal steps to enjoin
the Rock Island Bridge Company from
building bridge across the Mississippi al
said place."
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
The Eclipse of the Sun,

Tomorrow the greatest eclipse Of the
sun, according to astronomers, that has oc-
Cured within the two past generations will
take place. 1t will commence here a few
minutes after 3 o'clk. p NJ. and will reach
its greatest observation about half past 4
o'clk. Its last return was in May, 1886,
its next will b. June 5th, 1872. Smoked
glass will be in requsition tomorrow!
Speaking Of the above eclipse, the n. Y.
Eteainy Post says
"The effect Of an annular eclipse on the
earth and sky is less striking than that of
total eclipses, which are described by those
who have seen them as presenting on aw-
ful aspect during the short time that total
darkness prevails. The advance of the to-
tai shadow around the horizon can be seen
from an eminence, and as it comes on it
plunges the regions in its path into appal-
ling darkness, while Il gloom hangs over
the rest Of the country.
"But the appearances Of the earth and
the sky during an annular eclipse, though
worthy Of more notice than is often given,
are not the principal features, unless the
day be cloudy The formation of the ring
will be, where it can be seen, the great at
traction Of the oec sion, and viii, probably 7,
injure the eyes of many admirers. Opt
clans say that their business is never more
fl8urishiBg than after solar eclipse"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

The PROFESSIONS. There are tW1nty-
four lawyers in Davenport and we presume
about twenty doctors.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

A St. Louis paper says that that e''y
shes crown to be the modern Nineveh OF
Rome" Queer expression.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

Dead as Douglas" has come TO be one q
our most expressive proverbs
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

foreign EaXs

By the arrival Of the steamer Franklin ii
New York last Monday We have later news
but nothing Of Importance, save that the
City of Glasgow, the missing vessel, has
been heard from. The account SAYS she
was spoken on April 2lst, in latitude 45--3o,
with a bark alongside steering towards the
Azores. The information to u s seems very
unsatisfactory. No further news from the
seat Of war Breadstutfs yet on the rise.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01

U. Il
Attorney and Counselor at Law s. in chancery
eonyeyancar, Rotary Public, Loan ana Lane
Agent, Collector Of Rents. Accounts q olalms
tf7fe. Oh Brady st near Post oheei NliherN'N ,iosN
.,. .ra,t,. t,f pt.rtl wears III his rot.ssat
in t,. stt t S.w York. he deems hInssli GHaiAed
aUs,t ;It hasiuass entrusted t. lls charge - a! %
a. ab,.a branches af his proessiai--and NAY G fa-
tt.iti4 Aren't ai tia clts ot Washington VI" receive
p5 rnIl II Il inns against the General Government
---Refereacas.--
H., r o...onner. y. " Hon. II. J. Iugcf~dll, Ct,
James T. Brady, = . isaac ioeSSf ;.
q. C., Bronson. - " tfatnht, n,, ,5'lll.a' , %,
badge Norton. t'i. - snartcs Nat 1AaS'''' -
Bayanp ,rt, De, 2uth, lcj3
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NJ T M. WITHERWAX

>y,, i,s,ru hs old friends and the puplie s'i'.% s %
u , n WI, attend (s In former years. upon All "h'
may desire his services. ,,,, c.corl Resi-,
, ~ VA IN cnru.r Of Fourth aud Perry stfe"'s' VI
nestle the new and Baptist Church.
imycnnort, June 9TH 1853.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-01
Architecture and Civil Engineering
RUSSELL DOW,

A RCHITECruRE and civ'l EHE,nGsf Rriidings
Ms, far Bridges of Wood, stone or lroh' paft,eii'
tenton paid 10 Churches and ornaInenlIi huW ,S''
Onicc No ;, 2d Story ic claire a." h"'7
DAVENPORT, IOWA,
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PR0PRIEToRS' BUSINESS CARD.
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Published every Thursday Morning,

SANDERS IL DAVIS.
ckzErrE Brifptsas, CORNER sTsosp And HsAp.
STREETS, DAVENPORT, IOWA.
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nns lAritaop MsslEa haSq noS "tEge p.yrSponr
With Mess. Nj rGaE.eR " iAWtS' " laiy
,.I,xe office one Of them may he tohs"iteo n"t /.
frnmatn4P Nj All orders ief at eir oh,G W @ a,s =
Island or WIN -hs''N7 feb 2e--MtrWGn
LIut tt.lI
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MO. Maokerel in and ebls for sa,e q, q. aErr.s
N NH II