Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-03

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orn fot hunt ) p kposc1 two y DAG,
Yat a'S6st Of nse less thau three ehodsszS1
francs each.
They intend to send half ton Of silver
| from Nevada to the Great Sanitary Fair al
st. Louis.
Great stories arc told Of the richness Of
the Windsor (Vt.) copper mine, recently
discovered near Norwich.
The. CaifoEpia papers express sf1ls sheps
that passengers win ride from San Francis
co to New York by rail within the next six
Iycars.ssss @ys- ~g~
~ A steam kr i,as been placed on the street
frsilroad Mt kpuis, and is said to be sue
1 eansful VI calEreadily climb hill on
grade Of one foot to seventeen.
The New York Post mentions forty five
honicides in that city since the first Of Jan
uary, and says that nearly all Of them oc-
Cured from shooting Or stabbing
The journeymcn tailors of st. Louis and
| Chicago arc still on q strike. They have
been holding out four weeks, and are still
as resolutc as ever
The temporary buildings for the philadcl-
phia Sanitary Fair are rapidly approaching
completion. The space enclosed will be far
larger than that taken up for the New York
display.
An English paper says: GA curious fea-
/ turefof the war IS The fact that a Confeder-
| ate merchant ship has taken freight at a
high rate from an East India port to Eng
land, while Federal merchantmen can get no
freight for fear of capture.
A CEMENT which is a good protection
| against weather, water, and fire, to a GER
tain extent, is Iaade.by mixing gallon Of
water with two gallons Of brine; then stir
in two and q half pounds of browns sugar
and three pounds of common. salt !;
PIT IL on with brush ike paint
Gen. Magrudcr has issued proclamation
to the effect that much necessary work for
the defense Of Texas remains yet unaccom-
plishcd; he therefore calls upon all patr-
ouc Southerncrs in the vicinity of Houston
to Forward at once one fourth of their male
slaves, between the ages of seventeen and
fifty years, to labor around the Notifications
of that place.
Phlanthropic Boston Stock Company
sent one Philbrick to Port ROYAL to work
confscated plantations, by means of the
freedmen. The result has been highly sat
isfactory. Philbrick thinks the golden age
draws on apace; hchas cleared $4,000 in
one season. The. negroes in the meantime
have been blessed with the receipt of 50
cents per day, whercwith to feed and clothe
themselves and families.
\ young man named Solomon, has spent
some timcin Mobile, Ala, and communicates
some interesting particulars in regard to the
state of things there, to the Providence
Jonrn0l He says that it has cost him fol
substitutes, since the war began, 50, 600
and yet, after al, he has been compelled &c
abandon the place to escape conscription.-
lie paid s 900 in confederate currency 70,
500 in gold. lie considers Mobile harbol
\imprcgnabe. There are two rams and fou]
'ro"e'a'is in the bay. There is no scarcit,
vi PROVISIONS, trade is brisk, and majorit,
/" the people hopeful Of ultimate success.
Mr.. Cisco, head Of the Treasury in New
York, swore upon the trial of Mr.. j. w
Hunter for forgery, that no man could Dos
sibly initiate Mr.. Hunters handwriting 5
closely as to deceive him; that lie could no
he mistaken in regard TO handwriting wit
which he was familiar 4 slip Of paper wa
; handed to him for inspection. and he was *
cd if he himself had written it, and he an
swered that he had When this declaration
was made the opposing counsel asserted tina
the pennanship was the work of :; clerk i
the city, done in the presence Of sewers
!, witnesses.