Ever since the influx of the white population commenced,Davenport has been noted for the healthiness of its location.  Situatied inlatitude 41 1/2' north it has a climate which partakes neither of the extremeseverity of the higher regions, nor of the lassitude incident to more southernsituations.  At appropriate seasons of the year it is decidedly cold orwarm, and is not subject to such intermediate weather as characterizes so muchof the country near the seaboard, and which is so prolific in the elimination ofdisease in its various forms.  The country on both sides of theMississippi, at the commencement of the Upper Rapids and where the great Bridgespans the stream, is marked by high bluffs of gradual ascent.  Below, theseelevations recede from the river, and above they hug it more closely.  Onthe Iowa side a large fan-like plateau is formed, varying from a few hundredyards to perhaps a mile in width, gradually rising to the base of the hills,none of it subject to inundation, and every foot of which is susceptible of themost complete drainage.  Upon this the business portion of the city issituated.  It is rarely, if ever, the case that stagnant pools are to befound anywhere upon this surface.  Hence, miasmatic diseases are seldomencountered in their epidemic form.  Added to this, on account of the citybeing situated on an east and west reach of the river which soon inclines to thesouthward after leaving the town, the prevailing winds come from a dry andhealthy quarter, in fact, almost directly from the rolling prairie.  Havingreached the crest of the bluffs, the country northward gently undulates to astream called Duck Creek, about one and a half or two miles from the river, andrunning parallel with it the length of the city bounds.  This creek empliesinto the Mississippi about five miles above the bridge, and possesses thepeculiarity of seeking its estuary up the Rapids.  That portion of thepromontory (if it may be so called,) formed by the streams, and which isenclosed within the municipal limits, is being rapidly covered with handsomeresidences, more than one hundred feet above the water, and made accessible bymeans of streets.  Some of the finest and healthiest spots which the loverof ease and retirement could desire, are to be found between LeClaire'sresidence and East Davenport, spread over the sloping hill-sides.  Inwinter shielded from the blast of the north, and in summer accessible to therefreshing breezes of the west, with no marshes or superabundance of decayingvegetable matter to inspire dread, with a full view of th busy river andoverlooking, withal, the Twin-Cities, this portion of Davenport has alwaysseemed as though calculated to satisfy the most fastidious, and is destined tobecome the resort of many seeking a permanent, desirable, and beautiful home. Irregularities in living, unnecessary exposure, or any want of proper careas regards health, will, in the very best climate, produce disease.  Hence,medical men are in demand the world over.  But, the fact is asserted, that Davenport during the probation of a full generation, has proved its claimto being situated in one of the most salubrious atmospheres of which our countrycan boast.  The mortality of the place is uncommonly small, and the type ofdisease in its development, undergoes such modification as is agreeable alike topatient and practitioner.  And accomplished physician, of long standing,has been known to state, that he never knew of an origianl case of phthisispulmonalis in the city, and that all persons affected in that way, by residingin this locality, have had their unpleasant symptoms mitigated and their livesprolonged.  The population is composed of persons of regular habits, as ageneral rule; and this fact assist materially in giving to Davenport itswide-spread reputation for healthiness.  In former times, when only a ruralvillage on the Upper Mississippi, the place would be crowded throughout thesummer months by families from St Louis, seeking relaxation and enjoyment. The advent of a dense population had deprived the spot of a certain charmfor sportsmen, but has in nowise diminished the invigorating breezes which gaveso much zest to their expeditions in fishing and fowling, and which, after all,contributed the most to the enjoyment of life.