The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-02-07

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The Alexandra Gazette says there
is colored child in Prince George county,
lew miles below that city. only three
moaths old. which has already six teeth, and
caa sala qsiss plainly. The child was born
with two teeth
The Savannah RYseliesa, in an ar,i-
Gle upon The recent dedication 81 Richard
patten, late Agent Of the Marine Bank. In
Columbus, Georgia, states the amount at
the enormous ssum OF three hundred aud If.
" thousand aollars
An excitement about bribery has
been created In the Louisiana Legislature.
A member Of the Senate was offered ifty
dollars to vote for . bill Incorporating Dol
bears Commercial College at New Orleans.
The Senate ordered the bill to be burnt
The ST. Louis Democrat, the able or
gan Of the Benton party in Missouri, has a
long leader in favor Of smancipatins the
slaves of that State, and closes by saying
that hencsforth "ws trust our fortune and
our fate to the great cause OF xNAxctfA-
TON"
The N, Y. Mirror says tbs staE peds
10 getrid Of spanish quarters in that city is
prodigious, One refreshment saloon on
Nassau ST. which sonunues to receive them
took in $40 worth one morning before
noon,
"A bill has been introduced into the
New York Legislature abolishing days Of
grace on bills Of exchange and drafts paya'
BILE at 8 subsequent day, il drawn upon q
bank or banker
The river Merrinac 10 frozen sole
nearly to its mouth. A boy who started ts
go to work 10 the kethuen Mill on Friday
morning, was found frozen to death, lean.
ing against tree.
Many OF the fruit growers in the VI
cinity Of Louisville, KY, are aprshsnsiv'
that the recent severe weather has killet
the fruit buds of most of the peaches AM
pears,
in 1855 there were s,66s,672 hog
in Indiana, and in 1856 I,277,l2A, being
decrease OF 39l ASS, or one seventh.
"A negro man was frozen to dealt
nesr vicksburgh on the 10th inst. W.
may Judge from this fact Of the intensity Q
the cold term down South.
- woman has just been condemne
by the tribunal correctional II Rousn, I
the penalty Of fine of 1000 francs, for tn
offence of sticking a postage stamp, whic
had been used before, upon her letter.
This extraordinary sentence was becaus
the woman had set up 9 fraudulent de
. fence.
The pubic schools OF New Jerse
contain 17e.s5o pupils, the cost of who's
,, education, including sxpen SEES Of schoo
houses, was last year s5l4.2 4s. Their
are nearly two thousand teachers in b
State.
The proprietors ofthe Peoples lin
Of steamboats, of New York were somewha
surprised short time since, at the receip
Of SIS 600, without further explsnstio thai
statement thst.it was the amount of whici
former employee Of tine company ha
wronsfully deprived them, and which hi
conscience and his after prosperity prompt
ed him to return
The Paris correspondent OF the Lon
don Post says:-"I sm able to assure you
that the Government of England, France
and America are united in their policy tow
ards China. Il is expected that their join
action will have the effect Of Imposing
new relations with the Celestial Empire
calculation to improve ths comm srcial in.
,eresls of Europe and America"
The New Orleans Crescent says
that the free negroes of that city are pose
essed Of four millions of property-that they
are generally Industrious and honest; tha
they srs not ''objects of dread and apathy.
On the contrary, they are objects upor
which sympathy and encouragement hay
been bestowed.
The Californisns are talking Of get
ting up another f'ibs,sring expedition +
seize Sonora.
The whole number OF the militia IL
the United States, in 1856, is given as 2, All
1853