Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-03-09
Davenport.

Davenport.
/ The following extracttrom letter writ
tonhy an intelligent correspondent of the
Cincinnati Timss. dated at this city, viii be
found Of interest
About 8 O'Clock in the afternoon We
reached Rocs l.iand, a brisk sillagelocated
Oh Tie bank of'he Mississippiriver, opposite
an island owned by Uncle Sam, and By him
once fortified This is the only feasible
= psat. ios a bridge.a1ross The mighty ''Fatii.
er OF Water" and a strong and handsome
enc is now being CONSTRUCTED Spending
but few moments in Rock Island, had no
opportunity to observe the character OF its
business houses, Or its general aspect.
remembered however. that in that ue!gh.
borhood once occurred bloody ARRAY
between the whites aud Black Hawks III
fated tribc--or course the former were VIC
torious.
II is two hundred and eighty years since a
conn . of akiycnsurons Frenchmen, after Ii
VOYAGE down the Fox river, IN Their bufs IN.
noes, entered the mighty Mississippi aud rs
their ffait vessels were rocked upon the
murky waves the explorers knelt and thans'
I'd God that he had allowed them the glory
OF such an amazing discovery. for they We're
iha fist white men who ever saw the Mis-.
sissppi river. Deserted by their compan-
ions, and givenup by them as lost, these IN
trepid men persevered, anu received iur their
tolls and dangers aglorious recafnPense--
These Two men were Joliet and Marquette,
and in the language 81 historian. they
We're the first y bite men that ever trod the
sell OF Iowa"
Thoughts liksthc ubale filled my mind
as / walked Down 10 the rivers bank, and
sanaht FOR Conveyance 10 take me across
10 Davenport The river was fru2en over,
and about half a mile in width. | found no
carriase ready, and not wishing to wait, re-
solved ID walk over. So seizing my carpet
bag, started otf, and stepping out on 10
the frozen bosom OF the broad stream, shap-
cd my course for the opposite shore Being
the only foot passenger crossing just then,
walked hriskly along and hafmate about
hall the distance. " hana LOUD hsloo arrest
ed NV steps, and turning around ! saw. "a
man coming towards me upon rua, and
! waving his hat in q frantic maner. o.
/. course I paused, expecting TO be warned Of
some dangerous place,o or gwen a message
from somebody. But on nearing me, the
individual said, wilh the sweetest Of a rich
Irish brogue;
sShure. sur, wad yees be after shopping
al any h5'hci across the river!"
"Yes, of course shall stop at hotel
was the answer.
.Weli, thin wouln'i yees be alther takin'
one Of these cards, they'll tell ye where to
st0p-ihe Scott HUuse-its and Elegant
place, SUR
If the Scott House is made ofwood isia-
cerely hope il viii never get into the hands
of the parsonage 10 whom thoughtiessiy
consigned il, because no Sire proof paint
could save il from ms tant conaagrat!on.--
And that Hterian, had there been AZ air
hole conyicnt, should nave felt duly justi-
fed in chuckiug him in. To have been kept
waiting FIVE minutes in tie cold evening AR
| Just to he importuned by an Irish hotsirun-
ner. was little too bad.
Davenport is situated in a similar manner
to Cincinnati, having behind il fine range
Of hills. and a short sloPing ietee. The
town was laid out in 1896, by Antoine lie
Claire, ESD, and that same year the first
sale Of lots was made. Now it possesses
some 900 inlabitants and there is no gov
efnmen land uueHtered within one hundred
great detriment to the pfsre, bat the railway
now in course Of construction will obyiate
That difficultyln a great measure By opening
coed ard sure lines Of communication 20
distant cities.
During the past year, in spite OF the "hard
times" Davenport has increased IN build
pgs and improvements very much. saw
many handsome business houses and beau
tifuE private dwellings that have been re-
Gently erected, and Oh a commanding e,ai.
nenee as fine stone building which some
body told me was q free school house. \
aentiem man also pointed out to me house.
which he said stood upon the precise spot
" here Gen. SCOTS tent was pitched when,
in 1888, he made great treaty with the Sue
and Fox Indians.
The State Of Iowa Offers manyYinduce-
meats TO emigrants. Her Soils wonderful
II fertl,, the climate excellent, and coal and
iron very ahundant. Aireads the State has
IN immense foreign opulation--pefhaps
the city ofDlvenport viii serve as a sPeci-
lneD--one half ofi,s population is OF foreign
birth, and mostly German inf lels, Hunga-
rams and NorW egfans. American settlers
are much needed all over the State, and
are warmly welcomed BY the native popu-
iation,
NAsucA, n H., March s. /
An immense public gathering Of the
Know Nothngs was held III the City Hall
last night. Hundreds who came to hear.
could not gain admittqnce. Addresses were
made by John p. Hale, John T. Swift aal
David Gross Of Manchester. The Admins
tration party we're thoroughly shown mp,