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Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-12-08

NO. l1-FlNE Farm of 100 Acres. n = or Sec Z, ST.
Y sc, well improved. arre amount Of wood and four
miles from ty. Price $50 per acre.
MOTOR sale 90 Acres, speculation. one mile
north city. can be laid into city lots: Price
500 PER acre. Apply TO GEO. l.. NICHOLS,
Nov -, Is5i-n Agent.
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
Sabbath Observance.

Our neighbors of Johntown lave set a noble ex-
ample to the citizens of this county, by the closing
OF their places of business the Sabbath In other
places in the county, meetings have been held and
resolutions passed. recommending the observance
of the Sabbath but in no place in the county as
far we cen learn, save in Johntown and Garden
Valley, has it resulted i'll anything but talk. In
those two places, prompt and efficient action follow
ed up resolve, and when the time arrived when they
agreed to suspend business on the Sabbath, every
shop and store was closed in the two places. This
fact speaks volumes for the sterling integrity of the
business mon Of those places and we should rejoice
to see their example followed by all engaged in bu-
sineSs in every town in the county.
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
Fugitive Slave Law.

Not long since shouts of appreciation were raised
blythe abol tonists from towns Of the great west
to Boston. And long and loud were thicr hosannas
through their organss soyera decision of Justice
Smith Of the Supreme Court ofaWisccnsin, who
ordered the discharge of an imprisoned rescuer Of
Fugitive Slaves and declared the law unconsti-
tutional This decision was lauded BY the New
York Tribune and other Journals, as something
superior to any thing ever enunciated by such ex-
Founders of American jurisprudence, as Marshall,
Kent and Story. Finally when the decision was
ratified by the entire bench of that State, every
traitor who could wag his tongue sang in frenzy
of delight. The courageous judges Of Wisconsin
had bearded the lion in his den and in the opinion
Of all agtators were fairly entitled to crowns of i'm
mortality am-lie g, at~
When three days after the rendition of their de-
cision, and in the midst of terrific storm of re-
j6lcng, this same set of judges practically reverse
their own decision, by refusing to grant n writ of
habeas corpus applied for by Mr. Booth, under
arrest on warrant issued out of the U. District
Court, and the very identical prisoner discharged
only three days before, and arrested now as then,
for a violation of the Fugitive Slave Law.
Verify, the consistency of this court is only
equaled by some of the recent legislation of Con-
nectcut Returning reason, however, is eyinecd,
by the revised conduct of the court, spreading at
the same time sore Disappointment among the hosts
who live and have their being in continual agita-
ton, and are ever ready to support the designs of
every ambitious demagoguc seeking ,notoriety by
applying the torch tor,every species of legislation
not in accordance with their crazed intcllects. =.
These Wisconsin jurists no doubt entertained the
opinion at first that their fiat would be clothed
with omnipotencey and their judicial thunder crush
at'bnce the law at which it was directed, but for
sooth they are tundeceived, or frightened by the
echo Of their own voices ard retrace their steps
with unexampled rapidity, excclling even a Cal
ifornia court in the ovorturning process. YAM
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
Correspondence of the Argus.
GEoReErowS, Aug. &C. 1854.


Mr. AMOS RArHBuRN, son ofiChares Rathhurn
Of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was suddenly killed on
the 2lst of August. He, was on his way from
Mamaluke Hill, to Fords Bar, on the Middle Fork
Of the American river and not being acquainted
with the trail down the HILL which is exceedingly
difficult for stranger TO fd, he unfortunately at
tempted to descend the slide for timber, which is
very steep, with fall in IT Of about one hundred
feet of almost perpendicular lodges of rock He
approached the falls before be was aware Of his
danger and in endeavoring togo ono,side of tho
slide his feet slipped and he was prsciFitatsd over
the fllls and instantly killed. o T z moil
During the last few months, many strangers have
mistaken ths shute for the trail TO- Fords Bar, and
hayo thus endangered their1iyes in attempting to
go dowa it. Cannot our Court Of Sessions afford a
faw dollars from the. Treasury to put up guide
boards in the county where the5. are needed, OF
must individual enterprise and priyate funds accon
plish every Necessary public improYS YSasusly %. q
s&s~New YorA and Michigan rspera pleuse copy
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

'ns NEW Use OF WoRps.--A correspondent tells the
following story of a witness upon liquortral:-L ~
How do you knoyIit ress. brandy" asked the
RI etpled tia ready witness Il smelledpf
1T at frst and then Iseecomed about glass of itn
ssfhe unexpected verb who'll y upset the gravity of
the court 1ry ana miscellaneous pebple ;and they
were not az al insisted III recoysi6g their squa-
nirnity by his further Testimony that the man who
bought the brandy drunk Of 10 himself ttiB he was
nuile ,rl,ll:riotis : Rrnttelarce.gb Eagle { :.
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

CAN ANY OF You GO BrTTER!"-Mr. MooX OF
this town, raised squash in his garden this season,
measuring seven feet and half an inch around it,
and weighing ono hundred and twenty pounds. 1t
is no uncommon thing to raise squashes here weigh
ing one hundred pounds. If our neghbors on the
''overhowed lands" can beat the mountain squashcs
they may consider themselves ''some pumpkins
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
sCntch, Molta.

In social and political circles, species of catch
words are brought into frequent repetition by those
who lack judgement in the conduct Of conyersa-
ton or argument. In the social circles especially,
in this State, has the practice become almost uni.
versal, much to the dehiment Of good morals and
the manifest injury Of the youth growing up in our
midst. a-sssss's '3s-sllasss'.asast
The almost universal prevalence of profanity in
every department Of life, is alserious complaint
against the mode of living and the reckless insanity
which seems to possess nearly every inhabitant Of
our State Doubtless this practice is measurably
owing to the continual excitement and fermentation
Of societythe absence of the restraints of refined
and cultivated associations, coupled with disap-
pointed hope in the accumulation of the wealth we
all SO fcndy anticipated while seeking the shores OF
California b tk # ass
There might perhaps, DO some palliation for the
looscness Of morals, and the profanity Of speech
some three four years since, while society was in
crude and unsettled state, and men naddened to
a species of insanity by the powerful excitement
which seized upon US all. But since then society
has emerged from its chrysalis state and assumed
a healthier and more permanent form; and where
wildress then reigned supreme, we now fndscvi-
dences Of civilization in the settlement of families
amongst us, and the happy voices of children
IN view Of the changes going on in the country
for tie Improvement Of our physical condition. it
is, or should be imperative upon to improve our
moral condition. not only in actions, but in speech.
We all owe this to ourselves and to those who sur.
round us. Especially do we owe it to the many
families who are settling around us-to the youth
who are rearing in cur midst, and to those who will
ere long be prominent actors in the affairs Of Cali
fornia. Whatever might have been the faults OF
Califomans in former days, and the extenuating
circumstances which surrounded them, it is evident
that new and healthier tone Of moralss begin
ming to exist in community, and in time. doubt
will revoutionize the whole social aspect of the
State. In this work of reform every good citizen is
interested and more particularly should those hav
ing families in this country be circumspect i'll their
language and depoi tment. The future welfare of
the people of this State demand this healthy re-
form--our present wants demand it, and it is due
to those from whom we receive the cheering smiles
of fapprobaton and urge to virtuous lives, those
who have left their homes in the East to eliven by
their presence the Pacific slope. In fact every con-
sderation of morals and the wellbeng of the State
requires that check should be put upon the loose
and profane mode of expression now 50 prevalent
in every department Of society.
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

Musk MELoN.--Mr Ranney brought large and
delicious sample of this description of melon to our
Office The largest and the best we have seen this
season. MIR L. has hundreds Of the same sort re-
naming in his garden. 5t .1.s;il 1d ,.1-.e
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

The INVENTOR OF RAnRoADs.-T Thomas Gray,
the inventor of railroads who not longer ago than
1920, was laughed at for even mentioning theidea,
still lives in Exeter England, in the full realization
of his grand and noble railroad schemes, for which
he was declared insane. How much has the world
been benefited by his insanity 9lGssEObW
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
Public, No. 26.1.

hIl 10 authorize tne Selecton OF SCn0Oj IN
lieu of the sixteenth sections within the twelve miles
square reservation State of Alabama. s. 4. .ti a...f
Be enacted By the Ssne and House Of Representatives
Of the Uned State Of An,erica in Congress assembled
That the school commissioners of township six SOUTH
range east townships five and six south, range
east and townships five and six south range three east
authorized to select respectively by legal Subdivisions
from any Of the surveyed public lands the quantity
townships within the twelve miles square reservation !;
which selections upon being approved by the Secretary
Of the Interior shall be holden BY the same tenure and
townships the sections numbered sixteen. within the
said reservation would have been had treaty stpula
ton made other disposition thereof.
Approved g2d Jnre, 1854
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

$50 RfcH AND Poor The rich live in fear Reduce
man II, one pair of breechee, and his view OF fu-
turity win be as buoyant as a cork Make him a
millionaire, and he will worry from year end ia
year end Every gale of wind not only sinks his
vessel, but spirits and the same conhagration that
only breaks the nap Of shirtless loafer, fills the
mind of the rich man with fear and trembling for
the s.ock he own. in some iuauranea company.
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

MAN FOUND DEAD.--JAMEs KENNEDY, who emf
grated to California in 1852 from Pennsylvania,
native place supposed to be at or near the town of
Florence Washington county about "a years Of
age was found dead on Monday morning last,
Sept 4th, near the town of Cold Springs, in this
county, suspended by the neck with wthe JUS
tce sceya held an inquest upon the body, and the
jury say by their verdict, that the deceased came
to his death by hanging himself while in state Of
mental alteration. The body was decently inferred
in the grave yard at Cold Springs.
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

Two Men FOUND DEAp.-On the lst instant, two
men, names unknown, were found dead near the
trail leading from Volcanoville to the river. They
were lying side by side covered up with blankets
and had probably been dead some three OF four
weeks We did not learn that there were any
marks Of violence upon them. --l--- IN
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

Mr. FULLER, who mas for sometime past been
connected with this paper, will leave for theA lsn-
tic states by the next Steamer on short visit to
his friends, and return with his family to reside
permanently in California Our readers may ex-
pect 2 regular correspondence from BIZ F during
h.s hbsoIce,
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

Miss GooDENow gave concerts in Coloma on
Friday and Saturday e:enings last. The largest
and most fashionable audiences greeted her we
have ever seen in attendance in this town upon
any occasion. Miss Goodenow has host Of warm
admirers in Coloma aud vicinity. .dfH
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

CALIFORNIA ON CANvAs.--T These paintings will
be on exhibition here on Monday and Tuesday cve'
nings next. Go aud see them. . 9 ~ isv,sex
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

Eighteen thousand men belonging to the Russian
army are said to have been swept eff by typhoid
fever in the Dobrud5oha. Disease has killed more
soldiers since he commencement Of hostilities than
lead and steel. ....+-. ...l--
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
Public. No. q.
AN ACT confirming certain land claims in Louisiana in
the Bastrop grant.

Be it enaetl5ytFe Senate and House Of Representative
Of the United StateS Of -4Erca Congress assembled,
That such of the claims entered in the report dated thir-
iieh of July, eighteen hundred and y-iwo: Of the reg
lister and receiver Monroe Louisiana in their opinion
ought TO be confirmed, according to the principles recog
Missed in the act OF Congress of the third March, eighteen
hundred and pursuant to which the said report
made, be, and the hereby confirmed for the
extent and under the limitations referred to in the opn
ions OF the said officers. ~
SEC .. And5s Ht4rher eaaced, That the confirmation
by this act shall only operate REIMBURSEMENT the
part of the United States and shall not affect the right of
adverse claimants to the lands, prevent judi
ca decision in regard 10 the and upon the rendi
ton to the General Land Office of proper plat of survey
duly approved by the surveyor general for any confrma
tio by this act the Commissioner shall patent to
be issued if satisfied that the s confirmed and
ye ed according The true intent Of this act Procda
That if in any claim confirmed by this act not
actually located prior to the third of March, eighteen
hundred and ffty-ope location of the shall be
made The prejudice of ctua settler but such float
ing claim may be located on any public lands in the
Ouachita district TO Which there be existing pre-.
empon other valid claim, under such regulations
may be prescribed by The Commissioner Of the General
Land Office. s1n- --- j. ial IR
Approved 29 June, 1854.
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
TuoIGnnne County

AS far as heard from Mandoville (Custom
House,) leads Whitman l65 votes The Whie
candidates for congress lead Herbert and Denver
rs votes.
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
Nevada County.

So far as returned, Nevada county stands thus
Bowie l405 Benbam, 767; Churchman, 994; MIC
Dougal, 253 Denver, 962; Herbert, 1910 Clerk
Supreme Cour--.-Beard 1915 Woodside, oS3
Leak, 1865. State Senator---Burton 1850 Dawley,
1872. Assem5y-Know Nothinga, 1880; anti.
Know Nothings, 1915, Know Nothing candidates
two Wings and three Democrats. Nevada will
give Know Nothing majority Of about 400. Beard
will get 500 majority at this precinct, and Bowie
$780,. Union. L/t.lF4 Lf-
The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

thsDE ATHs ON IHE,4ANKEErB Francisco
Sept Sd l854-Messrs. Frets and Ralaon dgentS
| lIhaependen Line GEN1IEMEN:--T The following is
a list of deaths on board the Steamship Yankee
Blades on her last passage from Panama to San
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01
Living upon others. "

JOB Greenfield was one Of those Who make
it's point to live uPoa others To the cIien, Of
their ingenuity, and that ia Jobs ease va,
no, By any means inconsiter.hle.
Among Job, tastes he had a great liking
for eigar. Do, h. never bought any. NO,
he Nobody knew batter iha, thew we're an
expensive luxury, and the thought q how
mu,h they eo,,, would have destroyed airy
qualification which they might Afford him
when. however. be eCuld srorre one oct Of
some one else, no One smoked With greater
ls,'.
Ju.i opposite JOB, GU ih, other side n the
wsy lived LAWYER PsuIhoDe The squire
liked cicars as well as JOB. and ALWAYS ker,
them on hand. One morning ~hen job
CHANGED to call into the Office be offered him
one. Tbi, vas enough for Job. Hencsiorh
he made 3, p,ae,iee To call on Squire Peui-
hone once a day. Jus, after dinner, when the
lavycr usual, smoked. and thus secured the
invitation to Join him.
Lawyers are provrrb.slly sharp, sni It was
no, lonr bsfor, Squire Pc,uhooe saw Jobs
drin. Resolved tn foil him, he procured
frr-craeker, and making a slit in a cigar,
neatly inserted il, and then closed the aPer.
cure.
The ncI, time Job presented hmsslf,he ca
rar va. rendered him. The squire h,d I'm
ished his.
"Tbe-e are mighty nice cigars Of yonr'n,"
said JOB TOT The fortsth time, having fairly
commenced proceedings.
"Fur--fz-.whir1--ban.'" wen, the
cracker, hl,lc,ur the cigar to pieces, and
literally s,revins - content, over job,
h-s.
"wha,-.ha,', tia, '''rra'p,d JOB in ter.
rOr.
"Oh." said The squire, coolly, 81 fcrco, to
tell YOU. a., new kind Of cigar. They
call il the explosive cigar like d, for INV
psr'. anil 'h,u't use any ether hsucrior,h.
JOB Green6rld's visit. 10 Squire Pel,bone's
oGice ,uijenly terminated. n, don't see for
his Par, how the squr, can like ''thsm ,arnal
eisar, that ~ in a feller's face 50.
True Flag,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
Frvm FEW Leaves,
Yisiakcn Philanthropy.

D,,,, ,,.,ol,., 70 a rpaa on NJ hact, hep
b;,s 40. -, him fr.pl, o. has feet, aud thea
ere GIm sJr,os and E'sdr'.
Thai,n old.hshion 4 'srdan, piece Ofwis-
DIN. altogether unsui,ed for the enlightened
ace We live in 6sbed up probably, from
some nus,y cd newspaper, edited sy some
eccentric man troubled with tha, ine"nyenieni
appendsre called heart Don't pay any
s,icniUn ic H. n poor wretch-male OF
fsnale-eOmes To YOU tor charity, whether
allied to YOU Nv ycur Own mother or me'her
Eve. pot on the most stoiral "ret-,hs 'bshlnd-
me" expression Won can muster. Listen to
him with the air of man Who "thsnks God
he Is not a. other men are II the story
carry conviction With L., and truth and sor
row co hand in hand, button your coat uP
tighter over your pocks,-book, and give him
a piece ot-gOod advice lfyou know any
thing abo0t him, try to rake Up some lmPrud'
snee or mistake he may have made 10 the
course ofhis life. and bring ,ha, uP as r-a'
,on ~hy you can't give him anything more
substantial and tell him that hrs PrSsen, con-
Si,ion Is probably a salu,ary discipline for
thOse same pcccadiiloes ask him more ques-
ton, that there are IN the Ca,eeh'sm, about
h., private history aud when you've pump
81 him high and dry, Try TO teach hIm-on
IN empty stomach-,hs "duiy Of submission
lfths lear o. wounded ,eusibility begins To
food the eve, aud hopeless look Of dis
eourasemen, settle, down uPon hiA taco, "Ni'h
them vel. e and turn your back upon him a.
quick a, possible.
Should YOU At any time be seiIed with an
unexpected srsSm q generosity, and make
up your mind 10 be,,ow some ~Orn-ouI Old
Carmen, ths, will hardly hold together ull
the recipient gets u home, you've sought him
bCdy ,ud .oul, Of eours,, Ini are su,iIled to
to the rrati'ud, 81 lifetime II hs ever
pre,umes To lhtnk differently from YOU that
he d, an "uDgra,efal wretch, 90 and "ouch, 'o
suffer" Asto the golden rule, Sc ,hl, ~s'
made in Oh time, everything Is changed now
lit IS not suited 10 our m,rdlan.
People shouI- not get poor ,-if ,hey DO,
YOU don't van, 10 De bothered with u It j.
hinjers your digestion. You
would rs,her Sc Dives than laIaru. and It
IN uy opinion your taste will he Crau6eJ IN
that pariicular-in the other world II no, in
ihis. FlSSY FE,S.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01

4 BnururL PIcrrRr A man who
stands above hi. own soil who feel, that by
IN. laws Of the land in which he lives-by
the laws of civilized naiion.-h. Is the right
ful AMI exclusive owner Of III, land vii he
till,, is By the constitution ofoui nature m.
Ger wholesome influence not EASILY imbibed
from any other source. lie Gels-olher
things being equal-more strongly than an
other. the character Of a man 3, the Lord Of
IN inauima,e world. Ofthis great and won.
dsrful sphere, which vas fashion by lihe
hand " Col, and upheld by hi, p,wer i roll
ing through the heavens, a part is his-hi'
from the center sky. ltisthe space On which
the ceneniion moved before in It's round Of
duties and he feel, himself connected by a
visible link with those Who follow him, and
ard to whom he !, 10 transmit home. Per
hap, his farm has come iowni him from his
nlhsrs. They have gone 10 their last home
buttc can trace their footsteps over the
scenes Of his dai'N labors The roof which
SHELTERS him was reared by those to whom
he owes his being. Some interesting domcs-
nc tradition is connected With every snclo'-
urc. Tie ravcri,e fruit tree was planted BY
his aiher's hand lie sportsd in boyhood
beside the brook shlch still winds through
the meadow. Through the field lies the
path to the village school Of earlier dave
lie still hears the 'oic. or the Sabbath
bell which called his father to the house u
God and near 4, hand is the spo, where his
parents laid down 10 rest, and where, when
hi, time las come, he shall be laid by his
children. Ths,c are the feelings OF the own
crs ofibe soil Words eanno, paint them
gold canno, buy them they flow out Of the
deepest fountains Of the heart, they are the
lie springs ola fresh healthy, and generous
national character, Edward Everett.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01
Mrs. wiEslOw's Soothing Syrup,
Read! Read!! Read!!!

One parent informs me that his child has 'uf
fred to al alarming eNirnt With Flatulcnce 90
Wind Choiic. Lately they have used the
Soothing syrup, and It always effects speedy
cure.
Another parrni saws his child has been exceed
ingly frsiiul. owing To the pain and soreness Of
Cutting Teeth. For a Few weeks they have
used the Soothing Surp, and Cad that IL remove.
the soreness and irritation iiO'n the Iooath anil
gums, and Improves the general health Of the
child. lie saws "h - lsgiA maTs than Il costs,
fos tis Increased good AHmoT aad eAssHi u a.,
ehili."
Sold by c, W. ATWELL, No. 4, under U. =.
Hotel. Portland, General Agent cor Maine.
Also sold by Druggist. and Dealers IN Medicine
everywhere. Prics Poets. ASssrws kBATIs.
Psrh RnArcar, "
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01
American and Foreign Agency
WASHINGTON, ID. q.

rI'IIE undersign.d offer, his services IN the pros
rcuiion u Chims l-ipre Congre.s ani Oh
,eyenl Departments, anil for the Transaction
any business rrquifing bu,iness a. the Cap'tul.
Persons having bu.ine.s 18th the Patent, lntIaH,
Land, ~ Pen.ion Ofbcss, o. any II The Depart.
meat, ~ the Government, or IN The supreme Court
II the United States, may rry 90 a prumpt anI
faithful attention 90 their Interests.
Enp,ing M extensive Foreign Acquaintance,
will undertake and H. respo-sihls ior the ale trns.
mis.ion of Stosks, ~ Mon~y, u ~ potion Il
Europe: and attention will H. paid 10 ne col0'c.
ton IL Foreign Claims.
Cous,pandsnts will h. furnished with .pssal
reference, IN whatever State thsy NAV reside, an
in the pTominsnt cities of Euupe.
JOSEPH G. q. kENNEDY,
Office on II street, Lstwecn Ninth and Ten,h.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01

4 SrrrA7ioS vAcANr. Some wears ago a
black man called on a clergyman in Western
New York, avowSd himselfa fugitive slave,
and asked Tor food and .hcl,sr whichwas free
" accorded. Two or three persons being
eOgniraut Of the fact, called IN to see the
runaway niger" when the following dia.
locue eusued
"S'Pose YOU had pretty hard times down
Souih-hekings plenty"
"No, never was WHIPPED"
"wasn't-wsll you had to work awful
hard"
"My work vas very light"
Guess YOUR clc,he, WASH, very nice 80
81 va, always well clothed wa, good
servant"
Reckon your ,ic,ual. wasn't uncommon
6rer"
"As good as | desired"
"well | should give it as nv opinion that
you Was a mighty big fol for running away
from such a place rs this, just for the sake Of
Sinking fot Yourself"
"Gendsmsn my place down South is va
cant. Asy Of you can have 1t by applying
for H."