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Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-29
TALLMAN & POWERS.


TALLMAN T. POWERS,
LAND AGENTS.
Office south side Of Second Street, bstsceen
Brady and Main.
Improved Farms, cry property and unimprovsd
land for sis commission.
Forty acres oft4nd situated on the blur one lad Q
half miles Of Court Houss, having upon IL
q dne viewsot river. Tho cheapest property In the
vrinity ofDAvenport. Can be bought very low BY
applying coon.
several esfable houses IN the city for sae cheap.
Improved farms 10 Scott coy unity ,near Davenport.
Aiargs quantity ofunimprove cd land in Scott, Clin-
ton, Cedar and Muscatine counties.
May Is, lass. TALLMAN 4 POWERS.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-29

LNRUlT and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, DC, Far.
I mers and others in this vicinity may depend up.
genuine article. By applying to the subscriber,
the PropretOfs have locsted grounds In this city
and OuraMt for future operations, and will, In few
days. make large shipments this city from their old
grounds at Geneva, n r, and have irresponsible
Agents.
orders respectfully solicited.
Once, in ID 81 in Atkinson's building, between
Brady and Main sts. and opposite Le Claire Row.
Davenport. Oct edwin JEO. D. WALDO.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-29

Interior and Atlanta 0eak.
N 0tes OF the above banks win BE- re2efyeA - -,
hankinG Houses saDe raies 6 o(lssv ssst~sS.~
Oct 2. IS. - 3
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-29

Great 1xcitemsnt in the Fruit Traae
THE undersigned prepared 10 sell Applet and
other fruit - the lowest hgures and deliver free
Of charge. Families wishing nice rui, for winter use
are invited TO ca'i and leave their ORDERS 5pF
Sept l9-dtf HULL Z PARISH.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-29
xianappsr Arrested.

Harrisburg, Oct. II.
Great excite ment was csused here Satur-
day by the attempt Of ! man from Virginia
TO kidnap negro whom ne claimed to be
his slave aud TO take him TO Virginia
Several Of our citizens interfered aud res
eued the negro. and had the kidnapper ar.
rested and bound over. The man profess
ed to be acting under the laws Of Congress.
xesieuatien Of Gen Simpson.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-29

30 Lists fox oo1o.
TIE undersEned offer for sale 50 desirable lotel
I tneif additicnsto Cry Of Davenport. - Hbea
.enms-a credit oils snd4 Year, will - efven
PctHes who will build this season.
June 18th. leSS COOK = ARaRnr
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16
NUMBER 32.

WAR-ITs HoRRoRs.-A recent num-
Der of the London 7Ifsss lays before its
readers the particulars Of I horrible af-
fair, which recently occurred near the
Dutch settlement Of Transvaal, at the
Cape of Good Hope, and which can only
be paralleled in atrocity among the a.
chieVements of modern times by the ex-
plot Of Marshal ST. Arnaud in Algiers,
when be smoked aud burned to death
thousands of his barbarian opponents
who had sought refuge in deep and
spacious cave In the case at the Capa.
of Good Hope, the Caffre Indians had
murdered, in October last, under circum-
stances of great barbarity, ten or twelve
men and women of the Dutch settle
ment. Immediately General Pretorious
raised an army Of fvehund, ed men, and,
aecommapanied by Commander General
Potgietter, proceeded on an expedition
to revenge the blood of the victims.-
After an absence of several weeks, they
reached some remarkable subterranean
ca7erns, half a mile in length, and from
three to FIVE hundred in width. where
the Cafres had entrenched themselves.
Upon his arrival at this spot, General
Pretorious attempted to blast the rocks
above the caverns, and thus crush the
savages beneath the ruins. The peeu.
liar character of the stone, however,
rendered this scheme impracticable, and
he then stationed his men around the
mouths of the caves, and built UP walls
in front of them. After a few days,
many of the women and children were
driven by hunger from their hiding pla-
ces, and were allowed to escape but
every man who came forth was shot dead
by their rifles. On the 18th of Novem-
Der, at the close of siege of three
weeks, the besigers, seeing no signs of
life, entered the eaverns, and the silence
within, together with the horrible odor
arising from the bodies of the dead, told
how efectually their otj ct had been
accomplished More than nine hundred
Cafres had been shot down at the
mouths Of the caverns, and much great
er number had perished by slow degrees,
suffering all the horrors Of starvation in
the gloomy recesses within.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

TURKEY ARMISG--The firm Of Losh,
Wilson & Bell, whose works are at Wal
ker, on the Tyne, have received an order
from the Turkish Government to manu-
facture 35, 900 shells and some mortars
of the largest calibre. Previously to
being forwarded to Turkey, the shells
will have to pass an examination at
Woolwich, where they viii be filed with
their combustible material, and made
ready for use. The firm are manufac-
turing 500 shells day and large guam
tity awaits shipment.-Engtish paper.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

TIE French EMPERoR's VISIT TO THE
CRlMEA--While many people are yet
doubling a fact which has never, from
the first, been moment doubtful-the
Emperor's fixed intention to 60 to the
Crimea-there appears in the Coastitw-
tionnel the following very conclusive an
nouncement :-''The camp equipage of
the Emperor was sent off yesterday to
the south, by the Lyons Railway, in
charge Of several employees OF the Menus
Plaisirs, who, before their departure,
were provided with a complete uniform,
and an ample cloak These men, Sc
lected from the best upholsters Of the
garde- -meuble, will have the care of the
Emperor's tent, and all'its accessories,
during his Majesty's progress, and it
will be their duty TO see that the En-
peror is properly lodged, wherever he
may be-" This is the first positive init
nation that has appeared in any French
paper that the Emperor was going to
take the field in person. For long
time the journals were prohibited from
abiding to the subject, and later they
were only permitted to speak of the pro-
ject as a contingency. | believe it to be
not doubtful that the Emperor will leave
Paris on the 10th May, "a day already
frequently mentioned if not--which is
very probable-sooner. l understand
that his Majesty, as Generalissimo of the
allied forces, will have staff composed
of officers of the four armies, English,
French, Turkish and PicdmOntese.-
Letter from Paris.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

RAPID WmTERs.-Speed in compost
tion is a questionable advantage. Poetic
history records two names which may
represent the swift and thoutful pen
Lope de Vega and Milton. We see one
pouring out verses more rapidly than a
secretary could write them: the other
building up in the watches of the dark,
a few majestic lines: one leaving his
treasures to be easily compressed into
single volume the other to be spread
abundantly over forty>siz quartos one
gained fifteen pounds; the other hun
dred thousand ducats ore sitting at the
door Of his house, when the sun shone,
in coarse coat OF gray cloth, and visi-
ted only by admiring strangers from for
eign countries the other followed by
crowds wherever he appeared, while
even the children shouted after him with
delight. 1t is onl ly since the earth has
fallen on both, that the fame and honors
of the Spaniard and the Englishman have
been changed. He who nearly finished
a comedy before breakfast, now lies mo-
tionless in his small niche of monument
tai biography; and he who long cboos-
ing, began late, is walking up and down
in his shining robes, and with the laurel
round his head, in the cities of many
lands; having no home and his welcome
in every devout heart, and upon every
learned tongue of the Christian world.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

NIGHT SCENE BEFORE SEBAsToPoI -
10 P. N. The night is dark and tenn
pestuous; the wind continues TO blow
strongly from the southwest, and the
rain, though less continuous, passes by
in heavy ftful showers. No stars are
visible. The fire from the batteries
continues. Flashes of light from the
guns, and the reflected glare in the sky,
burst through the dyrkness at frequent
intervals, and appear among the mists
and the clouds with the sudden effect and
yiyidness Of lightning while the roar
of the guns and the roll Of the echoes
among the mountains not inaptly COM
plete the Illusion Of an Alpine storm, by
their close resemblance TO the crash and
stunning sound of thunder. The hori-
zcntal flight through the air of some of
the larger shot and shell, with their pe>
culiar rushing noise, contrasts strongly
with the deep booming of the guns, and
adds TO the confusion Of sounds which
strike the ear. The report from each
piece at the instant of explosion is so
modified by the weight of metal, amount
Of charge, position and distance, that no
two sounds appear alike either in tone
or intensity. Sometimes the explosion
and discharge are made with such force
that even at a considerable distance the
conclusion of the air strikes the specta-
tor forcibly; and he experiences the SEN
sation Of having received bow on the
chest. The noise would be much in
creased if the wind blew from an oppo-
site direction even On these open heights;
what must be the roar in the streets and
buildings Of the town below The shells
rise thickly and brightly from the Eng
lish batteries, and in less number from
the French works on the right, but be-
come DINNER as they travel through the
misty atmosphere towards the Russian
side. The Russians are replying CON-
paratively feebly Letter from ths camp,
APra 9.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

EsGLIsH CONTRACT FOR RrFEs, SxAL1
ARMS, &c.-Goyerment has entered
into new and extensive contract for
Mimic rifles, plain bore muskets, rifed
cavalry carbines, and revolvers. Tho
number of rifles and muskets is stated
to be 10000, and 5000 revolvers. The
supply viii be at the rate of 5000 per
week at the leaat, until the number is
completed. A great portion Of the con-
tract for rifles, and the whole Of the re-
volvers, have been taken by an eminent
American firm, and the remainder by the
manufacturers of Licge Belgium, Bir-
mingham, and London English paper.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

Ministers>are in high feather at the
success of the Maine Law They say
that marriages will increase, and half
eagles flow 70 their purses ike wine from
the press. They base their premises
upon the fact, that but one kind Of gin
can be obtained in five gallon quantities
Virgin; and that is sold by the gallon
Evidence offriendship--kissing a mar
ried lady out of pure love for her hus-
band.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

KANSAS LEGIsLATURE.--It is stated
that most Of the members of the Kansas
Legislature recently assembled in secret
session at Westport, Mo-, and fully or
ganized by choosing officers. 1t is furth-
er stated that they manifested strong
disposition TO set the Governor at def
ance, and to legislate rather independtly.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16
OH DIGKlE LEE.

OH DlGkIE LEE.
Oh. pickie Lee Oh, Dieke Lee,
OF the sunny days gone by;
The bonny lad called my lover,
The bonpy lad that loved no other,
No other lass but me
Oh. we were in love when our years were few,
And cur hearts we're fresh as the morning dew
Six years was l, and seven was he;
And since those days long years have passed
Long years OF bolssom and Of blast;
But in them all, there never grew
A love more sweet, a love more true,
Than that Of Dickie Lee
often think Of Dickie Lee,
Aud the summers long ago
OF the old school house and the little brook,
With its messy banks in the shady nook,
Where We would fish. TIL the bell did ring,
With our home made line of bonnet string,
And a crooked pin that served for a hook,
Aud learned more joy taan the spelling book.
But if we we're late and the teacher croes,
The blow aud rebuke counted as dross,"
Aud during il all, only could see
The sparkling dark eyes Of nay D.ckie Lee!
l wonder now If Dic&ie Ice
Looks back across the ysars.
Smiling. perhaps, Mt the thought of ne,
And the funny times We used to see,
In that school house dim Of yore
Ga the little bench that would hold bat four
jamie Lois, Diekie and nc
And the lambs Of the fl rex we're We,
. wonder nov if be ever thinks
OF the dreadful time he stole the pink.
And roses rare to give to me
And what befell poor Dickie Leel
They tell me that M D.ckic Lee
Is man Of wealth and pride;
That he has ships upon the sea,
Titles too Of high degree,
And tha; lady became his bride.
Very we'll, 20 let il be,
Fickle have been as he.
lis many year since he was my lover,
Loving me we'll, and loving no other;
'Tis many year since the barcfoosel lad glad.
Rouped closed by my side. making merry and
'Tis many year, It's many year,
That seals up the past and brings down q tear
Ba; think of him yet as laughing hoy,
knowing or dreaming Of nAughs but joy,
Unless be dreampt Of me.
And l would not see the man Of care
That calls himself Richard Lee;
That has wasted cheeks and thin gray hair.
For oh he would steal from me
Something | love ami cherish well,
An image shrined in secret cell,
And il is dear 10 me-
Though the face is freckled, and plain md lean,
Yet memory calls it bright and serene;
And keepth the spot Of its dwelling green
For the sake of Dickie Lee,
The little boy that long ago
Was really in love with me
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

READ rms, GiaLs !-,-Suppose young
man Of good sense, and Of course good
prospects, to be looking for wife---what
chance have you to be chosen You may
dccoy him, or trap him, or catch him !;
but how much better TO make it an OBJ.
ject for him to catch YOU Render your-
self worthy of catching, and you will
need no shrewd mother or mana ging
brothers TO help you to 6nd market.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

/. According to the KsasAs "KEsraA Of
Freedom very large majority Of the
-etllers from Missouri. and many of the
people from Iowa, Indiana and Illinois,
have expressed themselves in favor Of
making Kansas free, provided free ne
groes can be excluded. But If negroes
are 10 be permitted to locate in the ter
rItory at all, say they, We are in favor of
bringing them in and retaining them as
slaves.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

1t has been satisfactorily ascertained
that ducks enter the water for divers
reasons, and come out for sun-dry pur-
poses.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

FINE PRovERBs.-A contributor to
"Godey' gives string of Turkish pro-
verbs, from which we extract three of
the best: Poverty is shirt of fire. %
's A letter written after dinner is read in
hell" +" "God keeps US from judge and
doctor, ;,
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

SIMPLIFYING SPELLING Lesson.
''Spell cat,' said little girl of FIVE years
of age the other day, to small ona of
only three.
Il can't, was the reply.
S.Well, them continued the youthful
mistress, IF you can't spell cat, spell
kitten"
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

A Persian adage says, ''ii knowledge
were virture, who would be more yirtu-
Gus than the DEVIL
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16
95uet's Cornr.
on. DIekie Lee.

.s0a the following well-timed and very ori
ginal verses remarked our friends Of the
Home Journnl, the other day, our fair cor
respondent, Jenny Marsh, Of Rochester, has
told a story delig ghtfully, which viii find many
admirers"
The effusion was called 10 our attention,
few days ago by lady-last Sunday afternoon
-goodaess gracious what will the dominic
say whilst We breathed the pure air Of the
country. amid the oaks aud elms Of Westches-
ter. 1t delightful eifusion indeed
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

offended his master that morning, and,
as he was preparing the trunks, Mr.
Randolph said to him:
Finish that trunk at once, John, and
take it down 10 the steamboat, and on
your return, take passage in the P6ila-
delphia j; call on Mr.. -. in Arch St.
and tell him that | have sailed then 60
to Baltimore, call on Mr.. -, in Monu-
ment Place, and say that l shall write to
him from London thence proceed to
Washington, pack up the trunks at my
lodging, take them with you to Roanoke,
and report yourself to my overseer."
After a1se, he added, in a sarcas-
tic tone:
'But YOU need not obey them, unless
you choose to do so. You can, if you
prefer it, when You arrive in Philadel-
phia, call on the Manumission Society,
and they will make you free and I sha l
never look after you. Do you hear, sir ?"
The unjust aspersion Of Johns love
was too much for the faithful fellow his
eyes filed, and he replied in great agita-
ton:
"A[assa John, this is too hard; don't
deserve it. You know that l love you
better than anybody else, and you know
you VIII find ne at Roanoke when you
come back"
felt my blood rising, said Mr.. Ran.
dolph's friend, and I could not avoid
saying:
"Well, Dir. Randolph, l could not
have believed this if l had not seen it.
| thought you had more compassion for
your slaves. Surely, you are unjust in
this case; you have punished him Sc
verely enough by leaving him behind
you, without hurting his feelings. You
have made the poor fellow cry, Mr.. Ran
dolph."
"What :" said he, with true emotion,
"does he shed tears ~
"He does,'' replied, "and you see
them yourself"
"Then," said Mr. Randolph, che shall
go with me. John, take down your
baggage, and let US forget what has pas
rsed-"
81 was irritated, sir" he added, turn
ing TO me, and I thank you for the re-
buke.o
Thus ended the singular scene between
Randolph and his servant John instantly
frightened up, soon forgot his masters
anger, and, in very few moments, was
on his way TO the boat perfectly happy.
Speaking of speed" said wag the
other day, 81 reckon they travel some
on the Hudson River Railroad I STEP
ped in the cars at Albany, got fairly
seated at Hudson, lighted my cigar at
Poughkeepsie, spit out of the window at
Peekskill, and hit a man at Sing Sing.
The telegraph poles looked ike close
picket fence, and going to the end of the
train, I found we had a rope-walk and
-pin-aliey in tow, each filed with
briek-both stuck straight out, ike the
tail of kite, without touching the track
and were used merely to steady the
cars
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

The VERY LArEsr-Wby is a school
master ike chair maker because he
canes bottoms.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

4 very modest lady seut her very
M ID ST daughter pretty Young dauisel,
out one m"rning for some articles. A.
s"ens the many, she informed clerk in
one Of our stores thai her mother want, d
/" Get three yatds ef cloth .efar primitive
Triangular aPpendages for her inlant ?
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

G-,l Benoa is now IN Washington
aud Is preparing u r.ncu b lsbors with
-, pa with his aceu>'pto d assi4asv
lis = ls.A ~ esa4iA A-laly @,l
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

THE ship skidbladnir was the proper
tY of 0din. He could SAL IN il on the
most dangerous seas, and yet could fold
it up and carry it in his pocket.
falimir's head was always the compan-
ion of Odin When he desired to know
what was transpiring in distant countries,
he inquired of Mimir. and always re-
ceiv,d correct reply
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16

Was really in love with me =
Monmouth weekly herald., 1855-10-17
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
Of r cal E S t ate.

DY VIRTUE OF AN NORDER OF THE ORPHANS
ID Court of the County of Monmouth made in the
Term of September, 1855 the subscriber, admins
traitor of the estate of Joseph l. Ely, decd, will sell
at Public vendue on SATURDAY, tho 10th day OF
November next between the hours of II and D
o'clock p. NJ. of said day,
J. THE FARM
lately owned by said decd, and formerly by Simon
T. Pile situate in the township OF Atlantic, on the
old road leading from Freehold to Colts Neck about
miles from the former and from the latter place,
adiouing lands of VIM Bray, Garret Robbins, and
Snyder's SawMill property, This Farm contains
l23 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
is or 30 of which is Woodland with thrifty growth
III Pine Oak aud Chestnut Timber-elough OF the
latter for the use of the Farm-the remainder tia-
BILE land in good state of cultivation. The I'M
broyements are a new DWELLING HOUSE. Barn
new Wagon House, Hay-House, Stables, Smoke
House, SC. There is well of water at the House
and one at the Barn; never-faing stream runs
Through the centre of the Farm and another on the
~cst side. There is also on the premises, young
APPLE ORCHARD,
and small Peach Orchard.
The location of this property is delightful, It's sol
highly productive, and access to the markets OF N
York and Philadelphia, excellent, as it is within y
miles of Freehold from whence cars run daily to the
above cities.
Persons wishing further Information. or to view
the property previous to the day of sale can do SC
by calling the subscriber, ia Freehold or OF the
tenant on the Farm. Conditions made known OH
the day of sale.
JAMES P MILLER, Admir-.
Santen,bcr 10 1873 46-ts
Monmouth weekly herald., 1855-10-17
Notice.

TIME BOOKS OF ACCOUNT OF THE FIRM OF
j. CooPER g. CoNoyER, were this 18th day of Au
gust 1865 assigned to the subscribers and We have
placed them in the hands of CHAs A. BENNETT, fol
immediate collection. All persons indebted on saiG
books are forbid settling any of said accounts viii
any other person. except with the subscribers as
intend to hold all persons liable to us, who are in
debted on said books from that date.
D. M.& R. C. RUE.
August 90 1855. 44-tfl
Monmouth weekly herald., 1855-10-17
A CARD

e' D. VLIET, formerly of the firm 6f vliet &
Hummer having located himself withth6 above firm
Of g G. VOORHEES, & Son, would be happy to serve
his friends and customers OF the late firm at this es-
tablishmcn, assuring them that he is prepared to
furnish them with any aftic6in this line on as good
terms as heretofore, md at prices as low as any
Clothing House in this city, sil 27-1y
Monmouth weekly herald., 1855-10-17
READY MADE CLOTHING.

TIME BEST ASSORTMENT OF READY MADE
i Clothing in Freehold may be found at our Store.
on 1t was manufactured expressly for this market,
"a and comprises everything usually kept in this
M line. We deem an enumeration of articles un-
necessary ss4.x
The public are earnestly invited to call ard exam
inc this stock before purchasing elsewhere they
can get as good an article here and equally as cheap
as elsewhere.
5 oo+ohor OK 1874 l-tf