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ODDS AND ENDS.

- The New York Day Book says !:
IS a startling fact that there are ten
land vagrant children in that city;
ar in eleven wards over three thousand
.ri3ren, Of whom two thousand are girls
1-.., en- eight and sixteen years old, are
r-li rly trained to theft; that out of six.
=ea thousand criminals arrested during
past year, one fourth were under
Ity-one, and eight hundred under fit:
.-- years of age.
AN intelligent little girl of eleven
j SIS was brought before the police court
9oston last week, on complaint of her
father, for stealing money. She con-
ID the theft, but said she committed
"a prevent her parents spending the
Gaaey for rum. Rather to remove her
-onl the influence by which she was sur
aided than as punishment for crime,
ae was sent to the house of reformation.
? The suspicion is gaining ground
--dC the mails from England undergo a
r'ltiny at the Black Closet of the Paris
st Office. The irregularity and delay
% he deliveries can no longer be att1i-
ed 10 the frosts and the thaws. One
s ne London papers has mentioned the
ewing suspicion, and one Paris journal
copied it. The American papers are
ributed Sc hours after they reach the
= 1t was announced at the War
ice, London, January 10Th, that Queen
Gloria, has been graciously pleased to
rove of the Twenty-first ROYAL North
ISL Fusilsers, bearing on the regi-
tai color and appointments the word
tensburg, in cOmmemoration of the
ices Of the Regiment in the action on
heights above Bladensburg, fought in
american war, on the 9th of August,
i.
lioDEST.--"I hav'nt seen your wife
~ y, said one gentleman to another in
innibus. mo, was the reply, "she
retired from society for a while, for
purpose of attending to one of those
g affairs which add to the duties OF
census taker." The color of the face
II old maid, who CHANGED to be in the
G. libls, looked very much like that of a
ID beet, when the gentleman made his
aiy.
JIt is stated that vessels are much
uted at Norfolk, and the merchants art
lpeiled to store large quantity Of
until they can procure conveyance
q, to Northern markets. There are
N $4,000 bushels of corn afloat there.
- The engrayers have nearly finished
lie for the French gold dollar. Ths
u IS working hard at the recasting O
copper currency, and has issued some
a.aS like eighty million pieces since the
rec. The effect thus far upon tn,
nah change In circulation is almos
fereeptible.
= \ good mans heaven commences
20 The same may be said of thu
-s,ed maids hell. To taste of paradise
hats necessary is to taste of virtue
s'efe IS more Sunshine in one good &C
-...a all the solar systems ever invented
- The web of our life is a mingled
s~- Our virtues would be proud if oul
li5s whipped them not and our crime
-s.i despair if not redeemed by ou
IRE.
1.-The Scotchman's Prayer :-Kee,
= purse from the lawyer, my body iron
&C doctor, and my soul from the devil.
~ The Custom House valuation O
-e cigars imported in the United States
;, year was S3,3I1 1875.
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REMARKABLE F2FAKs OF FORTUNE
4 RE daily being observed and VOL dered at by
n the unnitiated. Men with small incomes and
large families growing wealthy and becoming men
OF means and influence. change which their
friends only account for by supposfng they have
found come money saving money making opera
ton, a machise which is kept from the knowl-
edge of the public. Such is the fact, and we will
briefly expose the easy and honorable means 10y
which they accumulate wealth. The secret which
is hereafter to be public is ths-they at least
one-fourth Of their incomes by purchasing their
whole supplies of the Model Crocers,
McGRAW JACOBS,
Corner Penna. avenue and 18th streets.
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UND ON THE Law OF Patents,

IL lVol, 1851
Wordsworth on do, vol, London, 1853.
Spence on do, do 1852
Spence on Specifications of Law of Patents, vol
London, 1S47
Rankin's Analysis of Law of Patents, vol, Lon
don, 1924
Turner on Law Of Patents and Registration, 1 vol
London, 1851
Turner on Copyright in Design in Art and Manu-
facture, l vol, London, I849
Csrpmael ON the Law of Patents, vol, London
.lS46
Johnson's Patentees Manual, l vol, London, 1858
Smiths Epitone of Patent Law, vol, London
1886
Webster on Patent Law, vol, London, 1S41
Godson on do, vol, and Burke's Supplement to
do, l vol, London, 1851.
Collier on d. i vol, Tendon, 1903
David's Collection Of Patent Cases, vol, London,
1916
Tsnneat on the Copyright of Designs, l vol, Lon
don, 1S4l
nindmarch on the Law Of Patents, / vol, London,
1916
Princes Record of Patent Inventions, vol, Lon.
don, 1913
Pritohard's English Patents, 1900 to 1s4s, vol,
London, 1S47
Law Of Patents and Registration, by Billing and
Prince, vol, London, 1S45
a as',Gyd' Law Of 81 Patents vol London 1873
just imported by the undersigned, only single
copies being to be found by many Of them
Also, Philips on Patents, Curtis en- Patents
Curtis on Copyright, Curtis Inventors Manual, !
vol each, Boston
American reprint of Hindmarch and Norman on
Patent Law. FRANCK TAYLOR.
ian Off -.--H .-#--
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GEORGETOWN, February l. 1854.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December ~, 1858.
John l.. Kidwell Dear Sir-This is to certify that
my daughter, aged years, affected with Scrof
In of very aggravated form the disease had so
undermined her health, that lif, was entirely de
spared Of Hearing of the eicaciou effects Of your
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neigh bors and friends who her condition prior
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remedy the credit of her recorery.
Very respectfully yours. VILLAIN X. MCLEAN.
To John l.. kdwell, Georgetown
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Drank LEsLIE's Gazette ofParis
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subscriptions received or single numbers for sale at
SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore.
Braithwaite's Retrospect of Practical Medicine and
Surger for January t
The New York Monthly Magazine; the publisher
promises 1t will take precedence Of Hsrper's
Magazine
The Chinese Revolution, with manners and customs
Of the Chinese, by Charles Mscfarlans
New Books and Newspapers ie,eived daily and for
g. JOE sHILLINGTON's Bookstore,
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feb 1T u =, Fh-'ssl 7i ...tz.
DIAPER, &c-We have recently opened variety
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ping, & oil red, Note and Fancy Paper Also, Pens,
Pencils, Ink, Inkstands Pass Books, Drawing Books
and numerous small articles pertaining to the Sta
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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-23
Democratic Nominations.

Tire .s!, Stat ticket just nominated ~ Il, dem
erc convention !. perfectly anesceptionable IN res
re. IL tte great 81 temperance reform. A.
gains; OF them any disraYlg ng lDIpL-
tytions he brought. Ksokak Dispatch.
Rg,, glad ofn Lit the Wing Convention the
g! - Feb. make similar nominations. and tn casnse
II temperance will b. greatly suhsrryei hy Ie
sass for STAT: ofieers.--fora State Joaraat.
We selected the above paragraph with
the intention Of making some remarks inre
la,ion to il. and especially Of citing its too
credulous editor to the wretchedly inconsis-
ten, and ant-temperance course pursued as
Il member Of tie Legislature by the present
candidate for Auditor, Mr. J l.. Sharp-for
on account Of whose course we refer 10 the
Davenport Gazette Of the goth ut. We
have no more confidence in the temperance
principles Of the other nominees than We
have ia those Of Mr.. Sharp, as taereis moth
ing either in the principles or the course Of
the Democratic party to warrant any tenn
perance man in being satisfied with their
nominations. On the contrary the antece-
dents Of that party and the ground occupied
by its leaders on this question, force Us
the conclusion that they will continue to &C.
cupf position antagonistical to the ten
perance cause. But we designed "out Of their
own mouths" TO prove to our Contemporary
that in making these nominations tie Dem
ocratic party had no reference 10 that ques-
ton. hich he, IS d temperance editor
should regard a. paramount to all others.
He will please read the following Democrat,
C testimony and observe II the point be
not clearly established
The Iowa Democratic convention have nominated
Maine Law Democratic ticket--iH our Judgement
b iIjHdie0gs observation-disclosures Dem.
4 iHislzke. Mr. Demsctai. The convention did 80
.uch r. iAinr DID il pr0Dabiy fhtRk ~ doing so.
Ihs nominees tueu who teuIPcrai. IL their
habits. but teir opinion ~ me Maine Ian has newer
been asked, dat TIA public 81 arse know II. nor have
they psf In Domination sitb Fhe tsast r,fsrsaer
10 tie question par in issae ~ the iaH.-Dgt-qat
Her0ia De8s
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-23
The ga;l-oad Celebration,

The citizens OF Rock Island arc making
laGdable exertions to get up celebration
thu, viii do honor TO their city ~ We
have before remarked, the Council has ap-
propriated 81 600 towards elecisng that
object
There Vas one resolution passed hy the
meeting which sguints towards exclusive
ness. II, however. the imitation 70 the
citizens or Davenport Is to be general, We
presume il viii lie 50 announced and We
wsuld suggest the Gazette OF Tuesday as a
good medium through which the fact might
BE enunciated. IfE regular dinner OF any.
thing mourning unusual expense be cen
templated. We presume our citizens would
have no objections 10 bear their proportion
OF the burihcn. The resolution TO which
We refer reads as follows
s. Resolved, That a committee Of three
lie appointed By this meeting TO act with
ike number, appointed BY the City Council,
&c extend 10 persons from othsr places, and
10 the corporate authorities Of other cities
and towns, Invitations tc join in such cele-
brtticn.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-23

SYLVESTER, Of the Iowa Rerortsr, is terri
Div -ils9 because we called in his help az Q
pos,erior aid 10 assis; rs iuto the gubernato-
rial chair. Really we did no, think that
Richard was 50 sensitive, or We should not
have alluded to the subject and thus have
given him the opportunity We did, Of e&itib-
ting TO his readers What flow Of gentle
manly and chaste language be has at his
command. However, We shall accept Mr..
Clark's apology for the "acsing editors
malfeasance, thai in the hurry TO leave a
tripod made too hot for him, he had INDUCED
in some e1pietiyes which under cooler cir
cumstslces he would regret.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-23
The Dubuque Express

We observe by the Dubuqe Hsrald Of
Tuesday that the ErPre.s Of Monday CON
tanned another lengthy attack Oh the Rev,
Henry Clay Dean. As By remarkable co.
incidence the Express Of that date failed to
reach ~ we car bat conjecture the nature
Of the article We presumed that the reply
Of Nr Dean would bring out the editor Of the
Erprefs in htter recrimination. There were
just two reasons which Influenced cur &C.
Temporary in making the onslaught he did
upon Mr, Dean, and these are, first, Mr..
Dement'S hatred Of anything and anybody
that savers OF temperance, and secondly,
he presumed that Mr.. Dean would be the
nominee Of the Wing convention for Guy-
ernot With regard 70 the arst Of these
reasons We cannot reform our contemporary
taste, though it be peculiar. In respect to
the second, Mr. Dean stated in conversation
with Us. that h. had no political aspirations
10 pratfv. nor identified himself with nuy
party, as he was already engaged in better
business which commands his time and at
teptiua,
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-23
The End Of Ear.h. =

George IPpard, the romance writer, died
yesterday. in this city, after protracted
and painful illness, in MS 3lst year. lie
was the author of number of novels, which
may have been read probably rs ext usigely
rs those of any other writer in the country.
The last oil his productions. at this time, Is
now III course Of publication in tbs Sunday
VI arcury Of this city PiGaac,Ehiz Ls1g-
cr
We read the above paragraph from tn"
phladrIuhia LpiQr, w.tr emotions oi the
most painful intensity. The life of NJ. Lip
pard has been a more wonderful romance
than any which hes cnlanatca irom his yer
satIe pen, and his death was darker and
more maurnful tragedy than any which even
his sombrc imagination has produced. Born
in obscure and humble I'fe. he dreamed away
his earlier youth, amid the wild but charm
inu scenes Of the banks OF the NtSsatt.0n,
intensifying and rcdouCling all the idiosyn-
Grassy Of character naturally pensve and
transcendental. il il no wrong TO the dead
to say that his earlier works are far superior
to his litter productions. A his writings,
il is true breathe the same ennobling love OF
mankind, and hatred Of oppression and
Priestcraft but his earlier works are not
sonred with that bitter sarcasm aud nissan
,hrupy which the hard and Disseminating
struggles and disap pontments OF real life
commended to his spirit. He was well
known, and generally much beloved among
the literary circles OF Philadelphia, in and
near which city, the scenes Of many of his
romances are laid. lie was the originator
and for Il time the head of the secret order
of The Brotherhood Of the Union, III. 7. y"
a society which is widely spread over the
United States, and which numbers among
It's members large proportion Of the Mem
bers of the Congress Of 1850. This order
held grand cLnvoc ition at Cleveland, some
two wears ago. at which, in right of his rank
in the order, Mr.. Lippard presided. There
is branch Of this order in existence IN Chi
caeo. II the reports Of Mr.. Lipp@rd's drsti-
tuition, which have been published from time
10 time, are true, this order has suffered Il
stigma to attach to it which it viii be diff
cult TO efacr The principal works Of Mr.,
Lippurd are "Ladye Annabe' Legends of
the Revolution The Quaker City," ..Jc-
sus and the Poor" The Nazarenr," ''Le-
gands Of Mexico, "Thr White Banner" and
"Thc Upper Ten nd Lower Million"
Lhjcago Trt6.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-23

NtIeG5Cit LaE, or nal S@yGs --I'9s
l~t census dryeibpes soac curi Us iatt>.--
I, ii>ns the numerical law, Of the sex.
thus:
!. T4rre are ialrc mllss tlsn icmacs
Born by about prr cent.
:, - 20 years at ssn tls pre- ,nteFa0.@
!, entirely lost, aud tbere are mafs scma.s
Khan males.
B. ~ 10 years tie bslancc IS aga.o 'h'
wthc- way, ana theEc lra More males than
females.
/. At 10 tie sryas arr obau; even, fot
H., ultimate 90, III the human being B,
yy1chsI ~sthJut auy decided advantage u
either SIX
re'Wecn co ani 700 years Of aga tier"
are l5.ail m3rc white women than there
are nudes. tcia5 m3rr than per ceal q
the whole number. Beyond tn arc Of ~
ycars, tha probabilities Of longevity are
much greater for American women than i1'
men. This contrasts singularly with 'h'
fact, that the ptTsiqas (rclatiycly) Of Amer
ican women is inferior 70 tha, OF American
nlnn. Thq, fact, as i shown, however, tells
tremendously on women between the az
Of 30 and 40, when thrir mortality i ye-y
great.
Tn longevity Of some women IS very
extraordinary. There are four huHd'ca
and thirty American women above one hlh'
drcd wears ofare.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-23
llYenport.


We make the following extracts rem u
letter published in the Chicago JoaFadf. and
written from this place
"Standing near old Fort Armstrong upon
the lower end of the Island tina. here DIT
vides the Mississippi, ,he eye takes IN
wide and varied scene 81 mingled subllmlty
and beauty. From either shore OF the
Great Father OF Waters. the hum Oh thriving
industry rises. Civilization has taken the
place OF savage life, aud nature ard art we
! with each other in producing objects oil Won
der and admiration The Wood crowned
bluffs that rise on each side Of the valley
in which Rock Island il situated, are rem
dered douhly attractive BY the long rows OF
beautiful homes that are nestled - lovingly
along their base. speaking volumes for the
taste Of the inhabitants OF tais highly IA
vored region. In truth it Is lovely pie.
ture. and one upon which il seems 10 me,
Should never become weary OF gazing
Davenport is rapidly increasing in pop
ulation wealth and influence. en- here up
on either side Of the river cluster ettowns
are springing up, one in interest, prosperi-
" and feeling, destined at no distant day
t. rival ST. Louis in population, and com
pete successfully with her for the trade Of
the northwest.
Workmen are already engaged in laying
the foundations Of railroad bridge over the
Mississippi. and soon the shrill neigh Of the
iron horse will be heard awakening the
echoes among the blr.fs upon the Iowa
side. For him no ne pas Wtra" has been
written on the rocks, but mighty land is
looming up beyond The march Of the
Saxon. is still. onward, and still .urth-
er .westw ard the star Of empire takes its
way"
The all-absarbns political topic Of the
day in this region of the present is the Ne
braska Bill Of Judge Douglas. | hear but
one expression Of opinion concerning the
mcasnre-almost every one Is ready -
unite in eursing it. Throwinga consider
ations Of mere policy aside, il IS looked up
on IS brce~h OF faith. and an iusA.t t. the
north, and II one may Judge from the pres
ent feeling OF the community, his name is
bound to go down 10 posteri'y hand III
hand with Judas iscariot, Benedict Arnold
and John Tvler."
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CITY OF DAVENPORT
niess o, Eyealstugs

X NIL be observed, on reference Is cur
,e.egraphic columns, tina, the news 81 tie
srriva. Of the last steamer shows It'll
further decline in hreads.ufi>. We are i'm
clsned to the o,iniou that thase farmers aho
disposed of ihair wheat al : 90 per hnshel
did quite as we'll as they NAV expect t. d.
this season. /: is customary With our iarni-
ers to deliver their wheat and II receive
that price for i, which the article commands
when the money is demanded. We are Ia
formed by Messrs Burrows s Preiiyman
that 50 aeon as wheat had advanced to 81, zee
per hushe!, although then on the rise, about
.ne-hAH OF those who had delivered their
crops came and requested them to consider
their wheat - sold, get MANY Of them did
no, ask for psymen, before April. They
stated that they hoped wheat would advance
10 el,cc5 per bushel. bu; that, so long as
they obtained 81 90, they would be coi'en'-
cd Those who were more avnrieious hay"
the satisfaction nov OF seeing decline IN
the price.
While upon the subiec. We will give an
incident in poin, IS related Us BY 9 friend.
Some years since in Ohio whoa, advanced
until it reached the extraordinary price Of
Sl,s5 per hushel. 4 miller, 70 whom a
farmer had delivered urge quantity oil
wheat on tho same terms as those above
specified, advised his customer 10 draw his
money while the price was So favorable.
The farmer demurred and said that SO soon
as i reached Sl,5o per bushel he would do
90. The next time he came in town wheat
had fallen S cts per hnshel. The farmer
was then DESTROYS OF accepting ol,io, but
the miller would give no more than the mar
ket price, 40. Thus j, proceeded with
gradual decline and the farmer STIMULATING
for little more than the market price I'M
til finally the miller paid him the meagre
price Of so cts. per bushel for his wheat, al
which rate il reached about one ihous nd
dollars, the farmer thus losing nearly two
,aousand dollars BY his RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Now We Go not advise our farmers to sell
their wheat !, the presen, rates, as We know
net the prospects OF a continuation OF dis
turbsnces in the old world. upon which the
price will materially depend. But we do ad-
wise them to increase the extent OF the land
they pu; in wheat and corn another season,
ss there is now fine prospect Of both these
articles of produce commanding liberal
price. Wheat cannot possibly rate less
that's cts. nor corn lower than - cts. Per
hnshcl, a, which prices our farmers will
rendily realize one hundred per eentGm.