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Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20
Mansfield Ady,f.-
Moulton 6 Kings

g" LILY eooCLD
AND CAklET STORE. - ~
No 6. Commercial Row. Mansfield, o.
TINE subscribers have established themselves
Il in the new Briek Block. Commercial ReE.l
Mansfield. Ohio, and have in store an IMMENSE
STOCK Of fMERCHANDIZR-every corner from
cellar to garrett is positively overaorinE, and
the PRICES actually amaze everybody. Our
stock consists in part
100 pes CarPetings, OIL Cloths, &C.. .ff
% pcs Chinese Ma;tnss, aIl widths,
80 Tufted and chCililie Rug,
100 Door Mats, 40 doI. Stair ROD, 81
200 Lancaster Quilts, all sizes. EuL ..r
200 yards DraPery MUs,ins, beautiful styles.
80 Embossed Table Towers, and sn endless
quantity Of brown sheetihgs, Pillow Case Lin
ems. brown Table Damasks, Napkins, etc. We
ask particular attention TO this department., for
these goods are bought in such n manner as TO
enable Us to sell them LOWER than any concern
I in the State o. Ohio. Stick pin there. Our
stock of everyday Domestic Dry Goods, we are
/ determined shall advertise for us. So all you
who want anything in the line of Brown Sheet
/ ing or Summer Stuff for Van or Boy, walk up,
aud buy them CHEAPER AND BETTER lhan
ever YOU heard Of You should see our elegant
stock of SPRING and ST INNER DRESS GOODS.
Ladies We mean you now, andif you will take n
look and hear the prices, we rest perfectly con-
6dcut in your usual good taste and judgment,
that the cause of truth shall triumph. Call and
see us-'twili do you good, whether you buy or
not. Remember the No. on the column.
MOULTON & KING.
| WANTED-s10,000 worth of whatever pro-
ductions you have for sale. no matter what, bring
il on Look ont for trade. april29-2m
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

A M E. RICAN Ell GUS E
North of Public Square,
PLY MOU TIL, o II o.

q. ". JINhS, FF0pfiet0f.
nsa. In connection with this house is fine
LIVERY S7,IBLE, where horses aud carri-
ages can be had at all times.
neap The above property is offered for sale.
The house is new, barns and sheds commodious
and in good repair, and will be sold on most .fa-
vorable terms. 1t is in a most excellent location
and any one desirous of going in to the business
will find this an opporl unity rarely offered.
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

PR VATE DlSEASES.--rr
, Brown, No. A. Diamond Alley.
deyotes his whole attention to
an vfice practice His bus ness
: is II o.lIy confined to Priva'e
NVenere 1t Diseases, and such
, painful afe tians, brought on
w inprudence, youthful indul-
gense and excess. Syphilis,
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

HORTON & cos MELO-PEAN.
NOR PARLOR INSTRUMENT, the Melo-
L Pean is truly the finest and most desirable
ever invented 1t combines the separate quali-
tiles of the Organ, Piano Forte and Violin, and
as an accompaniment to the human voice it has
no equal. Prices from 500 to $3.50, viz:
n..,..o, ,o4t ,o,1, C.1nn
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20
Hardware ut VIII oicsaic 81 Retail
w. v, MOSS,

Csrsrr # Water 81, and CoiuRsHs-dr. Smdvsky.
uuIE subscriber has just received his spring
L and summer supply OF goods. and invites
the attention Of country merchants, Railroad
companies anil contractors on public works. ia
TO his extensive stock of American ntid
3 Earcign Hardware. Plelsing himself at
III time, / r,.rizh ever: ta..s - !-w as any
establishment v'st # Buffalo. liis stock con-
sists in part as 10. vs.;
Nails, Spikes. Auy..s. Vices, Bellows, Axes
Chains, Crow-bays. Shcycls, Saws, Joncrs
Tools, Coopers' Tools. Spike Mauls, Chiscis
Hand Axes. Augers. Hammers, Files, Braces
and Ritts, Door Trimmings. Mattocks, 'ics
! Axes. Drills, Cutlery, Butts Screws, Wrenches
1 &c, MI of which will be sold low for cash o.
/ approved credit. Aprill-tf
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

FLAX SEED.-We copy the following
article from e 81. Louis lnteligencer.
1t con aims information on a subject OF
interest to our farmers:
We wish to call attention Of our coun-
ury friends particularly to fe" iacts IN
relation TO few facts in relation to the
article that heads this notice. In the n l.
.merous list Of Western prodicts 1t has
not escaped our a,er ito that flax seed,
above all the rest, hi been most con.
s,antly and eagerly sought for, and that
for three successive years the article mas
been approaching, the demand being tar
ahead Of the supply, and the East aud
West both in the market, while the de-
.mand for linseed oil was partially sup
piled by large imporia'ions, both Of oil
and seed from abroad, tire price kept down
20 about ST. per bushel for Yves ern seed
in This city but of laie the immense
consumption of oil, the demand for oil
cake to ship 70 England, and the made"
qua,e increase in production Of American
seed; has given value and importance TO
the article, which makes it worthy OF the
attention Of on: largest producers. We
have no hesitation in saying that Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri can realize a million
of dollars this season from this article
(, more readily than from any other prodnc
of. our soil. &HH @.,n.
~ Flox seed has ranged for the last siA
mon hs from 81 80 to 81 80; the average
being 81 AS and the stock of seed is pref
'ly much exhausted all over the country.
= Farmers, we say now. if you wish te
make sure thing of it. there are respon
sible parties standing ready to contract fo
any quaint y at a high price; but al
Should at least put few acres in thi
article, to tests the fact Of its profitable
production, and we nre sure any one .h'nl
SO will realize remuneraling price TO
their care and attention.
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

T1EAS !--Good Young Hyson, at Soc
i very fine at 75c, and superb al 81 lso
a superior article of Black Tea. Sold BY AEi
oct15 s HIM. WoOSTE..
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

n B. Merchant Taors will do well to examine ouI
large sock ofcolhs
Cleveland, ADril, 1854. aprS 3m
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

WANTED-s10,000 worth of whatever pro-
ductions you have for sale,no matter what, bring
il on. Look ont for trade. april29-2m
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
Eastern IDEAS OF tie West-

! A friend writing us from Massachusetts
discourses as follows with regard to the ideas
that prevail at the east in respect to west
ern folks:--
Here the people stand just where they
did seventeen years ago, wrapped up in tht
good old fashions OF antiquity, with quite an
appreciable falling of in the love Of liberty
If my former impressions have been cor
rect The people Ihaye seen have always
lived here and always will, unless they are
translated. An old lady died a. Weymouth,
some eight or ten miles hence, short time
ago, aged 94 years, who, it is stated, had
never been beyond the limits Of the town
corporation.
"Outside of the large cities of New
England, the most prevalent idea is, that
the West is region Of country some two
or three times greater than N. York; that it
is inhabited by bears, backwoodsmen,
wolves, wild cats, mosquitoes, Indians and
fever and ague, and that there are no books
nor papers, except what our missionaries cas-
ually drop among them and under this idea
they are appealed to from Sabbath to Sab
bath to contribute their coppers towards
christanizing the West.
DAY before yesterday l fell in with a
man who asked me, how folks managed to
live away out west among the Indlans' |
told him briefly what kind Of a country il
wus. Wall, raly!' said he, that puts me
in mind OF my jJurne: to Ohio. The fur
ther got out into the country the bigger
and nicer the houses was, and SO l come
back"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
Dubuque Democracy

Our amiable eotenporary ofthe Dubuque
Express seems to be rather chagrined at the
meri,ed rebuke which the advocates of whis-
key received in that city at the election on
last Monday. He says very candidly in his
issue of Tuesday:
"We met the enemy yesterday and were
most soundly thrashed in our city election. "
Again he says:
"We find Col Booth beat, while those
democrats on the ticket who have an affinity
for the Dubuque Herald have received the
usual democratic majority"
From this admission we argue the popu-
larity of the Herald and, ergo, the want OF
popularity in the Express.
Again our contemporary says:
"The democracy of this city has had one
cleansing and it requires another"
True as preaching, and We hope it may
get it, time and again, until its breath is as
fragrant as bed of wild flowers.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
JOHN P. COOK,
A EattIa Ia the narl.


On the 18th February, conflict took
place by mistake bstween two columns Of
the Russian army. The Turkish positions
are extended in an easterly direction, as far
as the village Of Cuipefceni, which is about
q mile distant from Kalafa.. For several
days, Turkish corps, 1900 strong, under
the command of Col. Mirolai, had been
posted in front of this village, and in the di.
rection of the Russian outpos.s.
On this corps the Russians determine Ito
make an onslought during the night Of the
18th. For the purpose two Russian col
umn were brought up. each from 1900 to
5000 strong. one BY the road which leads
to Kalafat, from about the village of Scri-
beze, and the other from about the left side
Of it. FROM Poisno, prince Milosch's prop
erty) 10 advance unexpectedly upon the
Turks, to surprise, enclose them, and cut
them to pieces. The Russian columns
commenced the march al 8 O'Clock in the
morning, and by o'clock reached posi-.
ton from whence they were only half an
hours march from the Turkish pickets.-
The second column seems either to have
missed the direction by mistaking the road.
or to have come up long after its time. Be
this as it may, the latter column, in the OBJ.
security Of foggy night. concluded the for.
mer TO be body of hostile Tur.s, and ia.
.tantly opened upon them a terrific can.
nonade, which the others who labored under
the same mistake returned with ye: more
deadly effect. Pressing towards each 9th.
or it came ere long to a close fire Of small
arms.
This ill-omened combat lasted for Al
hour and half, until when day dawned. the
combatan,s saw with horror, the error they
had committed The loss in killed and
wounded, in the course cf the nights en-.
counter, is rcckoaed by the Russians them
selves, at several hundreds. The Turks
were naturally alarmed at every point; and
at Widdin which is but league and half
distant, o mer Pachn, on hearing the cannon.
ade, took al! the requisite measures for de-.
fence. The Turkish corps stationed at
Cuipercini stood to arms, in readiness for
action at any moment, but did not advance.
as it was alta loss to imagine Or compre-
bend wha, the Russians were about, mur-
dering one another in that style. II was
not till between and 5 A. NJ that the Rus
sian columns Withdrew to their respective
positions, carrying theis wounded slong with
them
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
WHOLE NUMBER 566
Letter from Hon. Jno. P Cook.

The following letter from onr Represen-
tatve IN Congress, which we find in the
Linn ca. Rs9ister, we regard as the best
ting that has ever ernanated from the pen
1 our fellow citizen. /; demonstrates to
ds constituents the uneuestionable position
Ihe occupies upon the Nebraska question.
and shows them that although the balance
Of the Iowa delegation may prove recreant
to the interests entrusted to them, yet We
have one upon whom We may rely with
certainty Of having the wishes of the people
Of Iowa truly reflected. We commend the
letter, with the remarks pre6xed, to the at
tention cfour readers:-
The following letter will set things right
in reference to the position Of OUT Repro
sentative in Congress on the Nebraska
Bill" It was written to a citizen of our
town in answer to the remonstrance against
the passage OF the Nebraska Bill recently
forwarded to him by near Ave hundred ci.i-
zcns Of this county:
House. OF RrenEsEsrATIvEs.l
March 90, 1854.
DEAR SIR:-I am in receipt of your favor
Of the 9Th inst, and also yours Of the 5th,
with the remonstrance against the repeal Of
the "Misscuri Compromise"
You are right in supposing that l shall!
oppose this vile scheme Of Northern treach.
cry; this unloly attemp: to triae with sacred
things.
Ere this reaches you the news of the
passage cf the Nebraska and Kansas Bill
through the Senate will have spread over
our prairie homes, and so far as the Senate
is concerned, proclaim to cur people that
the sacredness OF compact and compromises
are but playthings in the hands of dema-
gogues and presidential automat ns-
feel that if ever was right in any pub
lie act Of mine. it is in standing up alone,
as one Of the Iowa Delegation and protest.
ing against this act of bad faith, notwith-
standing my colleagues are pleased to aid
the treason BY their voice and votes.
am receiving remonstrances every day
from Iowa, and am thus assured that others
are awake to their rights. and dare maintain
them.
The fate Of the bill is uncertain in the
House, but yet hope the popular branch
will save the country from pending wrong.
The news from New Hampshire shows that
Pierce's own state spl'rns the treason.
The Legislature of that State proves to be
Anti Repeal, while a. the same time it is q
jus. rebuke to the fain:tng hero
Truly yours, &c.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
On Hogs.

We respectfully suggest to the aidern Ell
of the city Of Davenport, that the peautllul
location and clean appearance OF the streets
Of this city, and the efforts that our citizens
are making to enclose their premises w'ih
neat fences, as well as common decency'
enjoin upon them that our city no longer Dc
converted into vast hog pen. II people
residing within the limits Of the CITY muS'
indulge in the luxury of keeping hogs, let
them keen them at home and not allow
them to seek precarious livelihood ny root
nr m the fences or breaking into the gar
dens of quiet citizens, who see no need o'
keeping bulldogs to protect those r'ght'
guaranteed them by the laws. During the
winter, when everything favors the Tree
ronre of this animal--especially the con
,enience and active operations of the PORK
bopses-and when he could do comparative
| " no damage to property, he Is securely
nenued. But no sooner does spring aa"i
upon us, than an ordnance made ana pro-
videJ for the occasion, says, throw open your
hog ne ms and give the quadrupeds a carte
blanche to every garden whose gate hap
nena 20 stand aiar through the negligence
Of ,me urchin; let them undermine fences
dir around trees, stir up the refuse OF the
kitchen and offend more senses than one "
the prosecution of the rights guaranteed
"a them. We are no friend Of the hog IN
loss well cured, and if our city authorities
will but cure these animals of Their depre-
dating propensitie-, we shall cease tc com
nlaip of them as the worst nuisance "hich
now infests our otherwise well ofoc'e'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13

MRs. SrowE aNu THE CoLoaEp AMER
IcAss.-Ata a late meeting of the Massa.
chusetts State Council OF Colored Amcri.
cans, the following resolutions were adopt.
ed-a few protesting against them, on tho
ground that no definite promise of such .
donation was ever made, and consequently
there had been no violation.
Resolution, That when Mrs. Stowe prom
ised the colo-ed people of this country 3
large.donaton, from the funds collected from
her friends and ours in Europe, for the es-
tablshment of School adapted to our
wants. we rejoiced in the hope Of great and
lasting good to our people.
Resolution, That her lato refusal to make
that contribution in aid Of ovr elevation,
has filled US with regret and modification,
and compelled Us to believe that she has
been acted upon by other Influences tSas
the dictates of her own good heart.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
THE GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS, Error.
CITY OF DAVENPORT.
SATt RDAY, APRIL X ,f5l
The upilgr;m Fathers. y

The Pilgrim Fathers
But further than this. say Of this race as have sal,
of the African, il Is the decree Of Almighty God tn h
Indian shall give way to the Anglo Saxon and tha
philanthropy which b!abb,rs il is sieky indeed
IN onward course but pursuing the cyamll
set before by the Pilgrim fthers Those pions ana
most excellent old gcn,lenen resolved. have read
Alright some portion OF their history, that
wss Gods country thst His couiatry was the inherit
ance Of His children, ard that they were the Lord,
eh'dren aud acting upan that principle nation has
been peopled.
The above is an extract from speech re-
Gently made in the u S. Senate by Hon.
A. c. Dodge. 1t is the sentiment Of land
pirate, and We regret that man represent
ing our State in 50 august body should
have been guilty Of so vile declaration.
IL was f2r advocating and practising pre-
cisely that same sentiment by Jo. Smith
and hig deluded followers, which SO incen-
sad the people Of Illinois against them, and
which resulted in his death and the expu-
sion Of the Mormons from that State
While the conduct fthe "pilgrim fathers"
lin seizing upon and wrestling from the In
elans the soil to which they had laid claim,
finds an occasional admirer in one whose
motto is, an ght mikes right" the peace
able, just and christian manner in which
Wm. Penn acquired possession OF the soil
that yet bears his name, will live in the
memory of all good men so long as time en-
dures.
We never could see anything to applaud
in the course of these same "pilgrim fa-
thers," in se.zing upon lands already in the
possession of others and forcibly ejecting
them from the homes to which long resi-
dence and the bones of their ancestors had
attached them and given them stronger
claim than the "pious old gentlemen,
could possibly assume.
With the fanatcsm Of the Mahomedan
the "plgrim fathers assumed the name Of
cd 10 perpetrate wrong and, as though
in His wrath, death was visited upon them
at the hands Of those whose rights they had
rcconeiled the red men TO the peaceable sur
render of their soil; and follow cd up BY the
spirit which characterized VIM. Penn, have
prevented those scenes Of blood, the bare
recital ur which fills the mind with horror.
OF course we feel indebted TO the "pil-
grim fathers for having secured to Us a
home, and esteem them for having put m
train those circumstances that gave TO Us
being, or in other words, for having consu-
tuted themselves cur ancestors, neVershe-
less we cannot endorse their 10. Smith man
ncr of seizing upon the possessions OF the
barbarians and in the name of God erect
ing their standard Of liberty upon LANDS
wrcnched from the hands Of men who were
entitled to them both by the right OF dts
covery and possession. Gen Dodge may
/ find men to endorse the sentiment he mas
broached, but we are not of the number.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
The whig Ticke. Triumphant!

We have the unpleasant task of announ.
cling this week, that the Wings, at the cleo
tioD on Monday last. iriumphed in this
county by large majority. They elect
their School Fund Commissioner, and give
their candidate for Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction majority Of not less than
three hundred.-Bannsr.
From the above it will be observed that .
terrible revolution has been effected in
Scott county. From e Democratic district
giving Pierce some IT'S majority, it has
been revolutionised into Wing county
giving Price 625 majority. A clear change
according to our cotemporary, Of full s0e
votes. This is what we call progression
therefore clair, for old Scott the title Of .a'
banner county Of the West.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13

Nor QuALlflEp.-A young law student
VINO wrote good clear hand, and who was
lust abou, finishing up his studies, one day
handed an instrument which he had just
written out, to his uncle, dry wag who had
called IN to see him, and to inquire Of ms
progress in his profession lhe uncle I9ok
the MSS, and after reading few INES OF i
handed it bacl. to his nephew, stating wl'h
an arch smile peculiar to himself mYo are
not quite lawyer yet James" What do
YOU find out of the way in it, sir!, inquired
the student, in as,onishment. "Why'" re-
turned the waggish old critic, "Gny oedy can
reed ,hat r,itin2n- Boston Pot.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
New Stores,

Mr.. D. c. ELpR,pGE has fitted mp Dr.!
Goods store In city style, in his new build
ing at the corner of Sd and Brady SITS. On
Thursday morning he opened doors with an
extensive stock ofnew goods direct from the
eastern cities. We bespeak for him libe..
al share Of patronage.
Messrs. Blanding g. Richards have just
opened large and varied assortment Of
Dry Goods, etc. On Main St, east side, in
the room formerly occupied by McGrego.
g. Lawes. Call and see them.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13

The Dubuque Express don't like the let
,,r Of Hon. Jpo. P. Cook. which we puOl'sh
!, another column. Shouldn't wonder:
Out of spite Demcrit heaps column o'
abuse upon the devoted head OF our h0ho''
able Representative. and at length caps 'he
climax by calling him "a one-hor'e pom
ticiau with feast ofbreeches and fail'hs
of brains" Why sir, John 7. is a D'0''
tam he could put the little dancing nas'e'
1o,es into his breeches pocket, supply h'N
with enough brains to make him sens'o''
man and at the same time feel slightly III
commodcd by the operation
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13

SAD CALAMITY. shanty on the Gen.
tial Military tract Road in the western
part of Bureau County, occupied BY Dennis
Daily and family was burnt last week by
fire from the prairie. The Princeton Post
saws the FIRE cane upon them so suddenly
that Mr.. Daily, his vile and three children
and boarder in the house were unable to
make their escape and perished in tho
flames. A little girl, the only person es.
Gaping, gave the alarm, au before assistance
arrived, the bailding aud its inmates were
nearly consumed. The boatder had drag
ced himself from the ruins and lay upon
pile OF boards in great agony. He lived but
8 few hours.--- Chicago Jour.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13

A gentleman in Ohio given to speculation
in the structures Of legs and features, com
monty known as Shanghai chickens was
much annoyed by the rats, DetermI; cd to
endure it no longer, he constructed large
box trap, which he baited with a liberal sup
plv of grease, corn and other articles ior
which rats are supposed to have penchant.
The next morning, the boys ran in to him IN
state of excitement, announcing the laci
of tremendous ''bJbbery" being kicked up
in the trap, which proceeded from captured
rat. Ina few moments the box was care
fully lifted, and suddenly plunged into the
water.butt, where it was kept submerged
until long after the commotion bad subsided
Then the trap was triumphantly lifted, lis
closing to the nstonshed fancier the swol,
len body of-his tauorits fifteen dollar Sha'9
Raj rooster -Kn.clerbot'er.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13
Township Election.

The official returns of this election have
not vet been handed in to us. The follow
ing gentlemen, however, running on the
Temperance ticket, were elected by large
majori,ies:-
Tustsee.-Israel Hall, Thos. Rcbeson
Adam Wygan.
Justices of Peacs-J. D. Patton, c. 6
Blood.
Constahes-J. C. Teagsrden, D. B. Moss
man.
Asse.sc~.-Z. H. Goldsmith.
C!s-k.-B B. Woodward.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-04-13

SIass etc.-Every city and town in
New Hampshire, says the Chicago Journal
where newspaper is published, elected
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. members of the Legs
lature, either in whole or in part; eiectlng
in all sixty-six opposition TO seven admin
Iistration.