The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-01-26
AN EXPOSE.
From the 81. Lonis Republican Jan. IL
" Circulation four Thousandi-. I'm po-tapt


ST. Loets MEsrn,srs.-THE DAyENP 'RT WEEK
IN ZEE. has the rses circulation Of any paper nostl
ofst. iouis and west Of Chicago. Published wask,s
n Davenport, Iowa, at WI containing 1900 inhab
tants ard is taken in Rock Island BY every botiy-ir
al the towns within forty miles Of either p ,ce ana
throughout Iowa. Illinois and Wisconsin. Il afford.
IN treh tnts the best chance west to make known tiei
businessit being generally conceded thar pay .npor i
and Rock Island a'one espend arnially aycr ore
Million Of Dollars in st. Louis; consequently mer.
chant. will perceive the necessity of adversinsi in the
Davenport Bee. The Bee is independent in y litics
and is The only paper issued in that seci n Of the
try.
We viii, through gent in ST. Louis. Mr. ,ramp
T. Floyd, contract fer few mure bushes, trds no.
exceed SIX uL,hs Insertion.
r. b.. .NAcAULlFF5 & c., Proprietors
Twin wait upon the fci,ants Of ST. Louis in lev
lays; or they, by addressn. ,,r ,asl Post Ollie.
will he rromItl offended to.
li"n II IL IA T. FLOYD
We love modest man, one who speaks
the truth on all occasions. 50 long as Mr.
Macaulifi confined has yarns to the city and
reported that the "Bee' bad larger circu-
Iation than the Gazette and Banner united
i effected our interests only and we were
silent. But since he comes out in the above
public manner, in way calculated to dis
parage cur city, and as self-constituted
mouth-piece conveying the Impression a
broad thai we are all parcel Of knaves, we
feel it our duty to expose him.
In the first place the Bee is printed at this
office and is only published semi-monthly
having originated with Mr.. Carey of the
Reading Room some nine months since,
merely to get his exchanges free Of postage.
Three months ago it fell into the hands of
its present proprietor, since which time it
has steadily declined in circulation, until
from about 1900 copies, which number we
formerly printed for Mr. Carey, who circu-
lated the most of them gratu;ously, it has
now reached IS quires or 3S4 copies, which
was the number printed of the last issue.
A small mistake. it will be observed of 36l6
as advertised in the st. Louis Republican
Whether the above number be the "largest
circulation of any paper north of st. Louis
and vest of Chicago" we leave the reader
to conjecture.
Davenport contains population of less
than one-half the number above stated
this however Is an relongation of truth
scarcely worthy of notice in dealing with
such statements as the above. Rock Island
is nearly e-fourths as large as Daven-
port, while there is a considerable sprink-
ling of towns within forty miles of here.
As comparatively small portion of the
trade of Davenport seeks st. Louis. from
the above item it may be comectured that
we are considerable of u people-f not
more.
But here is the p-sheaf:-The Bee sis
the only paper issued in that section o.
country" Any one to get glance at the
columns of the "Bee" and learn that We
have population and business commensurate
with the statements in its advertisement
must conclude that this people is SO absorb
ed in the love of the "almighty dollar" tina
they never can spare the time for anything
else: 1t is great mistake, we have three
papers in Davenport, one of which, the ia
.ette, is published both weekly and tri-week
". There are two in Rock Island, one Q
which is also tri-weekly.
In a pecuniary point of view, we wis
Mr.. Macaulitf success, as we have htt'
personal interest there, but as an editor W
have learned to hold our individual interest
in subjection to the prosperity OF the CIT
with which we are identified; therefore
when he attacks the latter, with US the to
mer succumbs, ard We expose his ialsehooo
though it be at the expense OF our pocket
The st. Louis Republican Will confer
favor upon its many subscribers in this Il
cality by noticing the above facts ana
the same time protect its citizens from
attempted imposition.
THE SAN FRANclsco, The New io
H.. ,apers estimate the total loss of life by
,a,r;ble disaster on the San Francisco, TO