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The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-10
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The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-10

Snd grssta1a Powerful fsnie, purifying the
The medicine, though prepared At great expense
yetthe price 10 ModeySte, that all society may OBJ
niu il. THOMAS a. HUXLEY,
Asnufsetory, corner ofssvsnsh and G.esn u.s.,
tt+ ~ f.i- Louisv HE, Ky.
TTsFor sale at Wholesale or retail by
Apul d&wIy q. TWEBB, lie Claire Row.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-10

MUpIG MUSIC! MUsICn
TINE DAVENPORT INDEPENDENT BRASS
4 BAND having at great expense procured new
aud Inusle t0r nimoatanJ occasion, will an
noupce 10 the eitizsns OF this city aud the
lug s4tss and that they fully prep ared 10
attend calls and respectfully solicit The patronage
the public. a JAS. II. DUMONI,NSec.
ni Solam ~.
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11

lated his obligation in some OF its fea-
lures who has not acknowledged his
own membership, or The membership
Of another. Some indeed have viola
led il in every feature, and yet hold
their good standing with the party;
and with an assurance which no hu-
man need envy, assist in the defama.
ton Of those who from honest impul.
ses have quit the dirty concern, and de-
nOunced and published as they were
bound to do conspiracy against their
personal and political liberties.
We have ever held aud have prov
ed by The best authority, both human
and divine, that such al obligation eau
not be bInding; YET at the same time,
We hold il as a principle Of morals
that il man regard in his conscience
that an assumed.obigation is binding
upon him, although it may not really
be SO, he is none the less morally per-
jured if he violate il, laboring under
such belief.
But to return 10 Charlie we are
very far from congratulaiin9 him OF
our party on his reipsn. We nigh i
VIC Utrus,,-O, ,.6-uTaNe N1e Know
Nothing party on the occasion; but we
leave that 10 themselves. 10 90: His
popularity with the Democratic parry
was never as great as his own aspira'
lions; and, for the future, il will be
"beautifully less" By the party which
he has just lnfsaken, Of course he will
be denounced "a great "humbus
from The bcginnipg;' and this although
a declaration Of Know Nolhingism
we see nothing from which to desert
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11

Father OF his Country TO sanctify it,
and the exclusion Of Catholics from
Office. Henry Clay, the father and
embodiment Of the Wing party, in
reference TO Anti.Foreignism, contend.
ed in a speech delivered before the
American Colonization Society, in
1927 that
There is sort of instructive feeling
Of jealousy and distrust towards foreign.
ers which repeIs and rejects them in all
countries; and this feeling is in proper.
ton to the degree Of ignorance and bar.
barlsm which prevails"
This we think tclerably conclusive
Apart from special proof we might
assert in general terms, without the
fear Of contradiction, that The Whia
party have ever aided in denunciaiiol
Of the odious Alien Laws OF the eldeI
Adams; and this being true, how car
they now be said never TO have oppos
ed party whose purpose is 10 be SUI
9ercede in legislation ihe Laws aliud
ed1o.
The same high authority cordial,
acknowledges in letter 10 Gardne
Jones, President Of the University O
NOlre Dame Du Lac, that he "neve
saw anything in he creed of the Cath
Ollie which was hostile TO Republican
ISM" And yet they tell US that Wing
who have always endorsed every syl
liable and sound which fell from !h
lips Of Henry Clay, have never Tough
against The new party!
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11
The Late Congress - House of
Representatives

This body has at length adjourned, !
and the members are returning home.
We might now pause to enquire, If i,
were worth the candle, what were the
great measures Of publ" policy which
have, for the last ten months, employ
ed lis deliberations? We know OF
none really which should legiimateIy
have consumed more than one or two
| out OF the ten months devoted 10 he
late session. The last four or five
months have been almost exclu.ively
devoted to that business which devol-
yes upon the masses. and not the mem.
bers oF Congress-President making.
The House of Representatives com
menced its session in contest, which
might rather be called row, for Speak
er, prolracied over nine weeks; and
during which time we've witnessed
mersridiculous scenes, more treasou-
able declarations, &c, than have ever
before been publicly INDUCED in this
government. From such beginning.
lust such session as we have had,
might have been, and was everywhere
anticipated. We need hardly rerpind
orr readers that Aboliiionisln, throu9l
the timely assistance OF Know Noih-
ingi~m, had for the first time in The
history Of the government, gained al
ascendency in the Representative
Branch Of our national legislature
Until The birth of this political abor
, lion, Know NOlhingism, the fires o
Aboliionism from a succession Of de-
leafs, had become nearly DORMANT
But Immediately after Ihe perform.
ance OF few legerdemanic tricks by
The young "giant," his services were
laid under contribution by the fanatics
Of the North; and straighiway com
mcnced the March of AbolirioniSn
and Know Nolhingism TO the tune o
"Come, haste TO the wedding"
Nearly the whole proceedings Of rh'
House, from The frs, day Of lis session
to lis close, have through Northern
Know NoIhings and Abolitioni~ts
been one series Of rows, broils, Skin
mishes, buildings, and braggadociO
1t kept boiling perpelualIy cauldron
from which were radia,ing in ever,
direction over the land those noxiou
vapors, which poisoned the senses @
every one who would suffer himself L
come in contact with them: tnrnini
f1urSa- SvUtInNoeSl tnnktt ses-hesseSs
lent feelings of the human heart, lighl
ing The torch Of the incendiary, am
unshealhing the sword Of civil wal
Nor can we even rejoice thai legs
" Iative assembly of such cnaracte
Z has al last adjourned; unless we pc;
e sessed some guarantee that the turbr
= lent spirit of its members would no'
G for time be at rest. But this we Cal
8 not dareto hope. On the contrary, "
y apprehend an increase Of the evil il
'e fnence complained of, when eac
eF member shall have reached his Di
~ iric,, carrying TO the very bosom OF b
IS, constituents, the peslilential spir
8 which controlled him in Congress-
:. Every stump where The fear of gat
I'd psrchG will nol be felt, will from th
'te time To the Presidential election be o
y cupied by these spirits in the propag
!. ton ofshe seeds Of sectional ssriI
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
Cares of Know NOthiDgism.

The first obstacle which the Know
Nothing parry met il their high road
10 success, in this aud the other South
ern States, was from their pssn mem
bers. A certain class, fiadiag tina, a
freud had been prac,iced nPon their
confidence, and that the new party Oh
legations come in collision with fheir
personal and political liberties, had
the boldness and independence totend
the chains thai bound them snf de-
nounce The petty iyran's who would
inhici them. These were called Dol
lerS'" and were dealt with by the par
- which they exposed, with any sor,
of feeling bu' tenderness, Thy for
moment forgot the dangers of Popery
aud Foreigni>m, 10 detame The charac
.er of all such, TO squeak the ".Rogue'S
March" at his heels, by way Of terror
10 any who nigh, contemplate follow.
ing such examples. Finding, how i.
ever, that their drfamoiions had no lrr-
rors for homes, and independent men,
aud that "broihers' pow csSAlssei,cesI
boiling by pla'GYns, eir next care
was, letting The olieEs BASS, ITO give
undivided auenrionSig-<. $50 vet
remained with them, by clucking mos!
aGIeclionareiy and encOutagiLgIy over
them. CIucking and gakering their
brood about their wings, ny persuad'
ed them, aud tried 10 PERSUADE The
public, that their party was daily
growing in purity and popularity; and
that for every deser,cr, there were lei
good and true members Ike ihemselve,
gained. This system was persevered
in with degree Of counlenance and
assurance which, in viewof lis known
fraudulence, was truly astOnishing.-
None bnt The "faiher Of lies" himself
could surpass them in heir discern
blance. Blu! il this conduct elected
the ridicule of all intelligent men out
side that party at The tinSAhow over
whelming the contempt which they
!. thus brought on themselves, after the
result OF the first general State cleo
, ton was known?
AT the present time, thebcares seem
to originate in he circunsi hnce tina
: most of the Old. Line Wigs of any
prominence in the Union, are rapidly
enrolling themselves wilhlhe Democ
:, racv, rather than with the new party
D Such, Of course, are deldunced a.
e "humbug< from the beginnak. "Dem
e sgogues a, best" This c'ufse Of con
duet seems 10 u most suprenely ridic
ulous, and convicts the paEV Of con
4 riyance at itAoos;lionk - sd
Have they known thu char
: acter Of this or that man, Fdnot onl
forborne to inform tic public off, bu
recommended him iolheir suPport,an
- sang hnsannas al his success? Ihes
Old-Line Wings are frequenly-bu
We think inadvcrtenly-sligm &c
= as "traiiors 10 their party" e'fene 80
:. Wings" &c. This, twill be remem
II bered, is done in face Of heir indie
IF nant denial Of Know Nolhingism b
l. ing a "Whig trick" But they tell
that Wings have never fought again
10 the new party. as they have again
.. The Democratic parry This we en-
a. pha,ically deny. Ii Day be true tn
= Wings have not fought against It
new party under lis presenl name al
~ guise;yui if we understand the lea
~ ing objects OF the party, they are 9
1e extension Of the present nasnraliz
ftiOn Law which ha, the approval Oft
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11
Charlie Fontaine-Told We So.

We learn from a clriZen of Lafayette
Springs, that on the occasion Of the
appointment Of Hons. ]. Thompson
and l.. @. Z. Lamar, 10 address their
ielIow-ci;Izens at that place, on Mon
day last, that Hon. e. d. Fouiaine,
who happened on a visit TO the
Springs, was called upon by the as
sembly 10 define his position. He re-
sponded IN an OM-Gnd-Ouier for Ruch-
anan and Breckenridge, against The
nominee of his party. "Et In Brute"
But who expected il otherwise? A
man who could desert the Democratic
party, and fall in with as arrant a
humbug as Know Nolhingi>m, simply
because il gave him The assurance u
OF Office, might certainly be expected
90 retnrsls lathe more powerful party,
after beaEnialg how cheaplx hs ezxa.
sold. Such a man, too, may again be
expected To qdit, unless paid 10 TetnaiU
with US, and mount The very next don.
key Of party which passes along
provided an inducement of something
like "lhIrty pieces" be held out.
! We have a great curiosity 10 know
how Charlie sets aside some of his owr
reasoning during the canvass of las
year. lie acknowledged that he wa,
a member Of the Order and tool
great pains TO prove the obligation
binding. That obligation binds it,
members to "vo,e for The nominee o
The party" How can Charlie consis
tently with this obligation, and hi,
own weighlv argumen mis- in proof of il
binding character, now carry out hi,
declared intention Of voting for Buch
anan and Breckenridge? All, but h,
will say, 81 have Withdrawn from tn,
order" Have you? You cannot show
by The obligation that you have any
such power. The nature of your OBJ
legation puts it beyond human pOwe
10 absoIve you. Ii it binds you 70
one moment, il binds you Tor life
There is no condition in that obliga
ton except, "NEvER." 81 will neve
. reveal" &C., IL will vOle," &c. as
) help me God" You have no righ
: whether the obligation be binding Of
: not, if you think it so, 10 deviatc il
: tone jol or tittle,"-not even TO "revea
the name of any person whom 20
: see there . In corncill isshiellnizcnurs
includes your own name, otherwis
the whole Thing, including your argU
nents on this subject in the Guberna
J torial canvass, is a batch of the viles
E humbuggery, aud PROCLAMATION
I things which should ever be, and al
by all conscientious and honorabl
e men held sacred. No man of any il
: teiIigence can put any other conslFu'
: ton than .his upon the Know Nothin
: obligation, on the suppOsilioiIthat It
IS binding. How ridiculous then Il
81 tears and rawlings Of K. Nothings ov
u those who have boiled, while lhe
l. themselves deviatef from such portion
1t aud hold to such as they think prop
Ie -adhering only 10 that part whi'
a binds the member TO "vo,e for the nor
! imee;" and some Of them even preleI
: to claim and exercise The .ighl 10 "
n for sckom they please We venture q
a. assertion that there is not a Know N
le thing in the Union, who hes not. Vi
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11
Dying Words ofNoted Persons,

A death beds n detecter ofthe heart,
tiere tired dcs>imi alton drops her mask,
Tmo' lies grimace. that mistress OF the
scene.
dere real ami apparent are tho same
Head of The army.'-Napo'eon
Il must sleep nnw.'-Byron
: Matters Ii tie bow he head lie h
Sir Waller Rahigh.
Kiss ne, Hardy .'-L7rd Nelson.
"Doni give up the ship Laurence
lin shot If / don't believe I'm dy-
ing Charceiior Thuyiow.
as his your fidelity Nero.
CLASP my hand, my dear friend; l
iie.'-AHeri.
Give DayrnIes q CHAIR Chester.
feid.
''GRd preserve The EmPeror.'-Hs.
dyn.
"fhe artery ceases 10 beai.'-Hai'ef
''IJrr rnr iictr cnfrr.'- Goefhr.
"All my posSrs,inn for a moment O
iimc.'--QHeca Eiizabatb.
"Whal is there no bribing death?
--CdrdiRdi Beapfori.
II have loved God, my father, and
IiberIy'-Madam de T0eI.
Be sCrlonS -GrOtiuS.
"ln'o thy hands, o Lord Tasso.
at j. small, very small, indeed
cIasping her neck Anne Boieyn.
IL pray You see me safe up, aud 70
Gay coming Town let me shif for ms
seIt.' descending the sca(fJid)-Sir
Thomas More.
"Dun'l let that awkward squad 81
over my grave.-BaraS.
81 icel as IL ! were myself again. =
Sir Water Scott.
III resign my soul TO God, and m
daughter 10 my country Thomas JeJ
(eTS0n.
ali il welI.'- Washington.
independence lorever.'-AdamS.
"rhiS is the last Of esr;h.-J {
adams.
, II wish you 10 Understand The iru
principles OF government wish iheE
carried Oui. ask nothing more.'-HaI
! riSon.
81 have endeavorcd 10 do my duty.
p taylor.
! There IS mol a drop of blood ON m
, hands Frederick Y. Of Denmark.
, "You spoke of Trfreshmeni, m
. Amelia take my laSl NOTES; SIT down
my piano here, sing them with ii
! uy mn OF your sainted mother; lei u
! hear onre more Hose notes which TIA,
: - long bceu my solacemen! aud d
' ligm.'--A 1s=arts- -.
y "A dying man can 60 noihiug cas-,
u Franklin.
e Let not poor Nelly siarvr.'-
> Charles II
o "Lel me die to the sounds Of deliC
II Gus muse Mira6eaH.
a IL expected Thu. but not so >oon.'-
u O. @. Aiherion, of New HAMPSHIRE.
II Il still i've Daniel i1e6Sier.
Is An exchange which publishes I,
2, above, says that lis memory runs shC
G. here, aud wishes to know If any of
re- coiemr orarics can add 10 the list.
al seems strange that it did not think
A. -"Oh! I'm most drad-pn most dea
~ Hon. Charles Sumner.
ne -~-~-~-~~~-~~~-~-~-~-
q Sidney Smith saws, The Ane
e Saxon race was made for two DnTu
~ se,, 10 manufacture calico and sic
,r Iarl-A hard hit, aud, we fear, d
!, naue>ervcd
Z, IL tie newspaper Is a ser,non
G. the lhOughlul, LID airy for the pa
~ and blessing 10 everybody. II y
a. doubt II. subscribe for iheHSiono 10 :
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11

vices oi baptism" ] think. if anybody
could DO that, he might; but ! am not
going Ia take the water al all, and 1
want TO illustrate my position by an
aneCdo'e which my friend told. There
was Baptist preacher in South Car
oIiuA by the name of Carilin, an hon
est good man; aud gentleman, by the
name ct Jack Craw lord, sought ad.
mission inio the Church. You Know
'he Baptist Church is a real Demo
cra'sc c"ncern; they. take q man just
az ne l., big or Iijle; and when Jack
came up they considered his right,
aud the old man Curilin voted against
hun. He would not take Jack al all,
TOR he was a terrible fellow, but the
church ovCrruled him jnst a. General
'Tay Cabinel Ovprruled him, and
out voted him;lnd they decided 10 take
Jack IN. Oh course The duly oi Ad-
min'Siering baptism devolvcd up N
the old man Cuuin. When ne wont
10 aapiizr him. be said To him, sack
l vo,ed against this thing, but the
| ChOrCh Las ovFTrucd me, aud il is my
duty 10 bAp'.Zr you; bni will tell you
w,hdi - :ur': { ,fN uat believe yOu
arr Il "a he btp',Z.d. ard YOU ought
mol 10 be hap,izrd; ou h. finally con
! clnjrd 'la' he was obliged lO do il; he
bjpliz'd him. Nov, YOU see, Jack
you are bnp;izrt, and il you can GEE
religion, there Is no sinner on rarlt
tia; need fear hcrtaitrr" Great
hus h'er ! think that If ! eau vote
lnr Mr.. buchanan, nobody need far
Tor | believe | have been. ard am slii
As good a Wing as amy in the world
and itink ] am better one thar
hose who would chide me Cor th,
course ! Icel il my du'y 10 pursue.
At least have never lnrsarru il. elm.
to il sill; and. should lis banner ev'
igain be- given 10 the breeZa, shal
or found standing beneath IL.
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11

and thus 80 far from their turbulence
being allayed by the adjournment OF
Congrass, we may expect it TO be m
creased. I'm
There can be bui little doubt that
there was, in their continued adhesion
for time 10 the Kansas restriction ap.
pended 10 The Army Bill, an under
standing between the Black Republic
cans in The House Of Representatives
and Gen. Lane in his movements in
BAnsas. The introduction Of the Kan
sas restriction and the simultaneous
march Of this officer into Kansas at
the head Of armed troops, were Ger.
tainly suspicious ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ly comp d'etat 10 prevent any obsta-
Giles being thrown in the way of Lanes
forces-,hus insur:ng them an easy
time Of il, in The accomplishment OF
their primary purpose, to root =
of, or run of, while yet they reiai0c,;~
a little brief authority, the pro>siavel-
men inlhat ierrilorY.. NopyNksland.>
ing their boldness and ingenuity sney
have so far been defeated in sectional
Legislation by the united National De-
nocracy.
Altogether the last session OF Con-
gress has been The most extraordinary
the most fruitful of the evidences Of
treason among lis members, which Our
country has ever witnessed. Another
such, and we might soon expect 10 be
called 10 witness the holocaust of the
Constitution and the Union. We have
an abiding confidence, however, that
the result OF the Presidential canvass
will be so crushing 10 the spirit of IA
nalicism, thai the mex. session will be
marked by moderaton--a peaceful .
: ness in lis councils, which will con-
,rasl widely with The lale one.
-~-~-~~'-~---~ -~~-~-~~ ->~~>-~>~~-
syCel. J. r Cu~h,nan, Democrat
E.tectar TOR this Dl-iric, retained
: ONE day ortw" g., having me,
G his competitor MIR. Majors, al about
' half o: their INST ill., OF appointments
!. Col. CuShnn1n vii, rc-cn'er the can,
vas- on Tm'al!ay nrxl, as viii be seen
rs The i,t which We publi>t to-day.
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Our dew! says, times are aI-fiFca
!, tight about here, be only gels frpt
F" drinks = dav, ani uof ii dean nl milk.
/. uEzzszs-asszAzzzEsS@a
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11
TIE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Al Office Rules, Cd Monday Of august
4. d. 1856,
Catharinc Purner,) In the 7th judicial
No. 1927, Us District Chancery


TTPON opening and reading complain.
u ants bill of complaints zirerein.- and it
appearing upon due proof that the defen-
dant John Purner, was non resident Of
the State Of Mississippi. and resides be-
vond the limits thereof. so that the ordi-
nary process of this court cannot be ex.
ecuted on him. 1t is therefoxe ordered
that said defendant enter his appearance
herein on or before the first day OF the
next term of this court TO be holden AT
the court house in the town of Oxford,
on the fourth Monday after the fourth
Monday in SEPTEMBER, 1856, and plead.
answer or demur 20 compliments said
bill of complaint herein, otherwise the
several allegations thereof. will be taken
for confessed, set for hearing ex parte.
and the matters thereof decided accord
ingly. 1t is further ordered that copy
of this order be published in the Weekly
Oxford Signal, weekly newspaper, pub,
lished once week fpr two months.
Office Rules; I'd Monday Aug. 1885
| J. A. HICKMAN. Clerk.
e. r.. BelcheE. SOL Com.
August l4-2m.
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11

L. Inc newspaper Is a sermon for
the IhOughIlul, LID airy for the poor
and blessing 10 everybody. Ii YOU
doubt il, subscribe for lhe"Signal" one
year, by way Of experiment.
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11

q Sidney Smith saws, The Anglo
Saxon race was made for two purpo.
ses, Ia Manufacture calico and steal
laml-A hard hit, aud, we fear, MOI
nuae>ervcd
The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11

Our dew! says, times are ALFRED
tight about here, be ouly gels four
drinks dav, ani un' dr.D ni milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-21
Miscellaneous.
Proposals for Building Six schooners for the
United States Revenue servioe.
TnHAsuRr DnPAlrnssr, Sept 9, 1853.

TREASURY DEPAHTnHNr, Sept @, 1850
SEALED PROPOSALS, Distinctly EN-
~ dorsed "Propossls for Revenue Vessels, % and
addressed TO the Secretary Of the Treasury, Will
be received at this cce until u e'clock noon, OF
the 9th day Of November next. for Furnishing the
Materials, Constructing. kquirping, and Delfv-
ing shoat, Six Fore and Ant schooner, Of about
any tons burden each, 70, the United States reve
nue. ser vice on the northern lakes
The models aud plans to be furnished BY the
contractor, and the vessels to be completed within
three months from the sigoing OF the contract
No proposal viii be considered unless received
from persons engaged IN ship building. And
e. cfer must be accompanied by the signatures
Of two responsible persons as guarantees that the
contract will be catered into by the bidder In case
OF acceptance Of offer by the department
One half OF the amount Of contract VIII De paid
on presentation OF satisfactory evidence that the
vessels pl.nked up, celed ana the doc n LAID;
ard the balance on delivery OF the vesses COM
pleted
All the materials used to be Of the bsst quality,
and the work 10 be execu'ed In q fatthfal m1nner
and 10 tie satisfaction of the superintendent.
The vessels when received from the hands Of
the contractor. TO be fully rigge1, furnished and
equipped, and flushed to a c.eat, with the ereen-
tions chains, anchors, armament, nautical instu-
ments, camboose, cabin, and ward roomfaInitare
and boats.
Persons DESTROYS OF Bidding viii he furnished
with the required specifications on application TO
This department.
In case bidders should not desire 20 propose for
the whole number ofvessels, they are at liberty 10
on for one or more, as NAV suit their convent
Once. JAMES GUTHRIE,
ses-1awtNovs Secretary Of the Treasury.