Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-11

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After two weeks Of dis. |
agreeable. rainy. frosty weather the sun
shines ous sgsin. 20 clearly a. to make it /
matter ofsdoubt whether the .s.Indian sum /
ner" belon g 10 the past, presen, o. future.
W. hsve had, altogether, an unusually
pleasant autumn, and in spite Of leaaess
trees We can scarcely believe The winter
elise At hand. In New York, however. the
Seasons are regulated BY fashion a. much
by a. nature, and warn weather serves to
h aAte n, rather than rstard. In our winter sea
son lectures. parties. bale, concerts, shower
down 90 ,hickly upon - that We become
literally saturated with them. Even the
spirits srrear tc grevi,a,e more toward the
earth in winter Than At any other season.
In almost every block in Broadway are
three or four places, where the mosi extra
o rdinary mediums hold forth the most extra.
Ordinary inducements for the investigation
Of the most extraordinary mysteries OF the
spirit world. Some there are that heal the
sick, lo.er the left) others confne them
selves to finding lost treasures, few deal
only in prophesies. but the majority claim
to be mere operators on the line who send
communications to friends and receive their
answers 1t is rumored thst convention
of spiritual mediums will shortly meet in
this city TO regslate the prices Of transmit
,ing messages from one sphere to another
Al present. q message does not cost more
from the seventh than the second heaven;
the justice Of an increase Of tariff for great
er distance will, it 10 hoped, be admitted by
an induleent public.
The trial Of Lewis Baker. for the murder
Of William Poole ellis our daily papers. The
prosecution closed on Saturday. The de-
fence is now progressing. Any trial for
murder should excite interest among pco-
| pie; but from the circumstances under
which Poole met his death, the excitement
attendant upon his funeral, the pursuit and
capture of the assassin and the party spirit
manifested in connection with the affair, it
| has created more than usual interest. The
age 10 passed. however. when society would
elamor for the blood Of one, who sheds the
blood of brother; SO without intending to
cast any doubt upon the Integrity of every
/ person connected with the trial. l am
strongly under the impression that Lewis
Baker will be acquitted upon the grou n
that the murder of Poole was Unsuitable
homicide.
New books are flowing in upon us with a
strong current. Fanny Fern has contribu-
/ ted one under the title of Rose Clark-not
/ calculated in the eyes Of critics. to enhance
her reputation. A post Office official is Civ
ing 10 his experience an ong the mail bags,
ard, in fact, from appearances, it will take
several years to read the books published
in this. Nor are our literary novelties con.
fined to books. Newspapers are springing
up like mushrooms. Sad to relate they are
of the funny cast, and therefore foFedoomed.
Three or four Of these things made their ap-
pearance in the streets last week. They
are mode lied after Punch" resembling il
in all things except wi, and ability The
only joke in these funny publications is the
confidence with which their publishers
speak OF their future success. There is
! however one exception to these banilings
siz, Frank Leslie's illustrated News
Thi. is indeed very beautiful paper, de-
signed after the London Illustrated News.
The wood-cu's are as fine specimens OF ar,
as can be found in any paper in the world,
and the general excellence of the matter
will no doubt. give it favorable reception
among persons oftaste Throughout, the coun-
try. The London paper lis here, in large
quantities, at 10 cents per copy. Frank
Lelie's paper is only 10 cts. Per copy, or five
dollars per year, and as it is in many respects
superior and infinitely more suited to thi.
country than any foreign publication, it
should meet with liberal patronage. Barnum
lost about forty thru sond dollar. in such
paper about three years ago, simply because
persons Of cultivation refused to ps,ronize
anything to which Barnum's name was at
tsehed. In the present instance there can
be no such olj ction.
Thackeray dehvereda lecture last evening
at the Me'ropolitanThea,re Subject, "Char.
ity and Humor." There were about fifteen
hundred persons present, the proceeds were
to be applied TO the st. Georges Benevolent
Society. The lecture was neither better,
nor worse than his previous efforts. While
We import lecturers from England for our
public societies, it appears that another art.
ieIe is brought over for purposes of more
private nature. II is fair to infer that the
Crimean VAR is committing sad havoc among
the men Of old Englan when its women are
obliged to GENE here for partners. The TO-.
owing advertisement has just appeared in
one of our mornjng papeYs Will IL moi find