The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-01-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
The following remarks in relation 10 the
Foreign News, published lust week, urs
from the Chicago Journal. How true !, j..
that home market is our only dependence
Farmers should bear il in mind
The news BY the Caledonia, Of which,
We give synopsis today, will command
general attention. Tho Government, o:
England have again rcsoried 10 a change
of policy, aud brcadstufs &c, from the
United States and other countries, are
again to be taxed with restrictive duty
With a large portion the people Of lrclnnd
still liable to suffering for food, the "sliding
scsle" Of Government is 10 be intcrposed,
and the Utopian scheme Of Free Trnde i
scattered 10 the winds, before a twelve
month has witnessed Its triumph.
This measure is Of groat Importance IL
this country. While il almost cilectuall.
closes the ports Of England to our produce,
il teaches ns the salutary lesson, too often
forgnltcn, that home market alter oil, il
our only dependence, and the only ono up
on which we can rely with safe,y.
The tendency 10 look abroad Tor . mnr-
ket for the surplus in our grnunries, has
been productive Of injury. Whenever the
crops Of Great Britain fni!, and BY the ope-
ration Of this sliding scale, duties nre bu,
nominal, The surplus from The continent
the Baltic, ond the Mediterranean supply
the deficiency, long before shipments ofany
great amount can be sent from here.
By the operation ofthis lcvying Of duties,
the boosted tariff Of 1876 will be shurh Of
lts glorics.
The large increase Of exports the pas,
season. brought in return corresponding
increase Of imports, and the revenue was
considerably augmented. The champions
Of this thrift pointed to this increase, while
wisely conccaling its cause, as a strong
proof Of the beneficial working oi that meas
ure, but we npprchcnd tho present seasons
receipts Of customs will show far differ
cnt result.
From the tenor Of these ndviccs, we mn.
tlcipatc a decline in the prices of produce
Of oil kinds, and with the war still upon
our hands, with the expenses Of il incren-
sing In proportion as j, is pro,ractcd, aud
the revenue decreasing, we see nh approach
ofa crisis in commercial af.irs, which will
be felt from one end al the country to the
other.
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
On the 18th inst, Elisha Cutler Jr,
Secretary Of State, submitted to the Gen
eral Assembly the following report
In reply to a resolution Of the Senate If
yesterday, ] have the homer 10 iransmi. Ia
you an abstract Of the returns Of the Gen.
sus Of this State for the year lS47, show
ing the counties arranged according To The
number VI inhabitants in each, and the
time when said returns were filed in this
office. BY which /. will be perceived TIM,
the counties Of Van Barren, Jefferson, Jack
son, Dubuque. Benton, Marion, Scot, and
Winneshiek, were not filed in his .iiice un.
Ill after the Time prescribed by the 3dsec-
ton II the 9Th chapter Of tho laws of luwn
Of lS4O-7.
No returns have yet been received from
the county Of Buchanan. aud il may he
proper TO state that il is doubtful il this
county and that ot Winneshek were orgnn.
lied in time to render the assessors and
clerks Of the same linblc for the forfeiture
oceasioned by the neglect Of duty in the
premises.
IN ABSTRACT af the returns Of the Genius
of Ibis State for the rear i847.