Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-12-13
exceed s4.oO as compared with last

L
II, then, Europe took 100000, 900 lbs. 8
from last years crop, when tue cost was
high, wha, may be expected IN 1862,
prices rulng low, and the wants OF Eng
and promising 10 be much greater than
they were in 1861 From the scale
upon which provisions arc being pre- :
pared at present ~ this market, and al
50 On the eastern seaboard, for the Eng
lish market, It is safe to estimate thein-
crea Tor the current season at my /,
Der cent. This would give an aggregate
export OF 10000 600 It's. Laige as
tn would he compared with former
years, it would not make up for the loss
OF the Southern trade. But the army
consumption is large item ESTIMATED
at eanal to i0,000,0Oo lbs. for the year.
Incle vii be falling of in domestic
consumption giowing out Of the pros
tration OF mining and some branches OF
manufactures TIT, as on offset TO th's,
the shipping business Is active ard prot
table, and low prices will encourage a
more liberal use Of meat then tie tade
csperienced under u high currency.
Calculating the hog crop the same as
last year, and it is doubtful whether the
hacking at the West will be 80 large
bu the eastern seat oard will increase |
nrocly-aud assuming thattheSouthtra
market will remain closed, we gather
from the foregoing figures tie following
estimate Of tie years business
ogcTOp, ffs.... ..................o Z5,Juo,ooo
Surplus, u.s.. .................... Zlooo,oVo
Total 100000
Eastern AMI foreign consumption, lbs. .2li, o0ouOO
| Army cCEsum ption. .............. 4c,JoV,oo"
Total consumption. ...... 20 900 Oeo
! Suf ply. ....... 'ef"'ooo,Vo0
In the event, then, Of the Southern
markets remaining closed, there would
| be a surplus to 90 over to the next year
OF, say, 9O,OOO,OOO lbs.--being 10000
900 lbs. more than the stock of Old pro-
duets now on hand. Il, however, dur
ing the year, the Southern markets
should be opened in part or in whole,
the supply would not be equal TO the
wants OF the country. What this would
lead to in the way of prices, We need
not stop to point out. Undoubtedly 4
large amount Of pork will be purchased
and held in anticipation of this event.
The Only Way.
The New York Journal Of Commerce
very properly remarks:
"Thc slave property Of rebels is I'M
questlonably the subject of confiscation
as much as their horses or their cotton.
No one desires coafsc0ted slopes to b.
returned to Slavery. Tile Government
Should nuke precision for Mdt /; and i
~ tie e,d 1t shoN be .1ound MM erer.u
slace IN tie reJeili>u States has &C.
qu,red trecdon,..in tbs manner. no rea'
souaJl, man, North or South, can Oh
: jet to the effects Of tie administration
of constitutional lar.
"Ths is the course of law and order
It is the course provided in the Constl'
. tuition, aud BY pursuing it the Govern
= mcIt will carry the telrors OF the Law
. with them into the heart OF the rebel
= lion"
The Government will adopt thi
i s,tion 'nat was promu ged by Gen. Ere
% mont and which cost him lis officia
Il head. Allowing rebels the right t
y ho,d any kind of property gives then
e the right to hold all kinds, and reduce
i the right of confiscation to a nullity
;, Let the slaves Of rebels be confscat
and loyal citizens be protected in thei
, right to hold them.
-ANO.HER OPINION. - The Halifa
(Nova SCOTIA Sun, jGstiics the takir!
OF Mason and Slidell from the Britsl
: mail steamer Trent, and argues that th
:. act was strictly in accordance with III
law of nations. 1t also publishes
i long communication from James Viii,
q man, who takes the same ground. ]
will very soon be demonstrated that a
y opinions and predictions that Britai
would raise row over the capture Q
MdSOU anu CllUcll Will come 10 nOugH
G We believe that power will soon admi
: that Capt. Wilkes did only half hi
, duty; that he should have taken tn
Trent when he took the rebel cmissaries
% The MILITARY RAlLRoAD.-Th Ken
= lucky Legislature has passed resolution
% cordially approving of tho suggestion G
y the Presidents message for the construc
ton of railroad from some northern
e terminus in Kentucky, to the State !
o Tennessee, go as to unite Kentucky wit,
: East Tennessee and Western Mort
Carolina, and declaring that the Legis
lature of that State will cooperate wit
the General Government in the selection
of said road, and in preparations for it
y speedy completion by all suitable enact
ments necessary to the accomplishment
. of the great end proposed.
ALTON VOTES $l,OOO.-The Cit
y Council of Alton have voted $1,000 t.
n be paid out of the city treasury to dc