The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-02-12

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The advance In sugar In New York sisca
January ! hes bssa 4 cent on raw aud 4
on rs0nsd.
Tsss have risen In New York 4 to cents
per pouad since the bombsFdmsns Of Can.
tor.
The English revenue from duties on su-
ga last year exceeded 11o 900.
The duties on tobacco in England las,
year amounted to o34.Oo0.O00.
The bank capital Of Georges amounts T.
Gil 10000
II 10 estimated that there are Il 900 In
dsns In New Mexico.
The Trinity Church property II again be
fore the New York Legislature.
The number Of pension applications re-
seived 10 December was 1900.
The railroad capital Of Georgia 10 put
down at el7. 0o0. 600.
The value Of the real property owaed By
Trinity Church, 10 New York city. 10 o.
AL ,993.
A law 10 before the Senate Of New York
to make divorce easy By extending the
causes.
The receipts Of the Milwaukee and Mis.
sissippi Railroad ere less this year than
last. This 10 something singular in q
Wsstern road.
The election Of Judge Doolittle q Sena.
tor from Wisconsin, meets with . hearty
endorsement in oil parts of the North
There are $4,000 Indians Ia Utah.
Over $4,000. 900 worth Of paper 10 manu-
featured annually in Lee. MASSACHUSETTS.
There are 20 Orphan Asylums in the
State Of New York.
The Missouri swamp lsuds appear to be
quite valuable. Saline county recently
sold I've thousand acres ct Ave dollars per
acre.
Mr. Appleton, the new editor Of the
Washington Union, was formerly ~ "abo-
lltionist" Look out for ultra pro.slavery.
ism.
A "country blacksmith" wss recently
sold at York. 3. c., for ol,eo5. A slave Of
course.
There are $500 psrsons in j.ils in New
York.
The population Of the Upper Psni nsuie
Of Michigan, which 10 seeking 10 be enter
ed into new State, II estimated at IN,
600.
The entire valuation Of property in Geor-
gle 10 e514,bl62ll.
There are s016 children In the orphan
asylums Of New York, S.a2A Of whom are
Of foreign parsntags.
The Barstow, or "Forty Thieves" party,
sre to have State Convention in Wise con-
sin, March 9Th. to nominate . candidate for
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court,
The Tower Of Babel, recently discover
ed, was described BY J. 3. Buckingham
some 25 years ago.
A horse was found struggling 10 the va .
ter near Laprairis, Cana1s, . few nights
since. and ON being dragged from the air
hole, into which he had gone In the DARK.
ness, cutter was found attached 70 hin,
and in it was the dead body Of Joseph Bour.
don.
The Border Rutiians are to have State
Convention In Missouri Feb. -, to nomi.
nate candidate for Governor, In the place
Of Polk.
Forty thousand dollars worth Of diamonds
were seized for smuggling" In New York
last week.
Alfred Mcconnell had to fork over "a
500 to Margaret Knidin, At Bath. New fsrs'
for not marrying her, ashs had agreed
There are living in Gardnsr, Mess. Il
farmers between 90 and 90 yesrs Of ags.
The Presbyterians Of Scotland are In the
midst Of an excited controversy, on the
question OF the introduction Of organs into
their churches.
The Boston lumber trade amounts to ISL
100000.
The expenses Of the railroads 10 the UAi'
ted States last year were 81. 100000.
The Erie canal 10 to bs excavated % -
to contain five feet water west Of Syracuse,
by the opening Of navigation in the spring.
The duties accruing to the U. 8. on i'm
ports for the past thirty ysars, are put down
at $1,000. 100000.
On the Let OF January, Louisiana had q
balance in the State Treasury Of oS09, ala.
The numbsr Of passengers carried BY
the railroads Of the United States last year
was 7],0OO,000.