Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-03

The population Of Detroit is 53.2l7-an
;rrr..se ~ q 400 in the last ten years.

c,l.,;o,, tho object Of which Is to tender the
,,,s,,ts of the nation to Gen. Grant
~. p..bax the last Revolutionist sol
;. re.s' r1rrcssee. died on the goth insts at
the age Of 10l years.
nj supposed that 10000 mechanics
,;ners and laborers have left New York city
cnr The great West since January last.
Dickens publishers pay him f12, 900 for
:. our Mutual Friend" 10000 on the publ
ca,;on Of the first number. and the remain
Ter when the work is completed.
New York city has borne its present maine
for almost 900 years. The bicentenary Of
its capture by the English occurs on the Sd
Of next September
Mai. Gen. Carl Shurz is appointed to the
command Of the convalescent command at
Nashyillc-an institution that exists on pa
per mainly HIS predecessor was captain.
The PRESBYTERIAN General Assembly (Old
SCHOOL,. in session at Newark, y. D., nave
adopted the anti-slavery report made Wy
Stanley Matthews.
The Thames tunnel which cost some
1865 900 sterling, has been sold to the East
London Railway for ll13,oob. 1t was com
plcted in ls45, and has never paid cent Of
income.
The Imprisonment Of kohnstamm. the
Government swinder, is perfect farce. lie
is occupying an elegant suit Of apartments IN
Ludlow stree; Jail. instead of being lodged
like common malefactor in the lombs.
4 TriJuae correspondent with Gen. But
Ter mentions. that after the recent fighting,
j, was noticed that some Shells, fired by the
| "a New York Artillery failed to cxplode,
and on opening them they were found to Dc
filled with harmless plaster.
| 4 bill has been reported to the Legislature
of Massachusetts providing Tor line OF ~.
upon railroad csmpanics that neglect TO car
nv quantity Of good drnking water IN then
| passenger cars.
| The new cents recently authorized to be
issued have made their appearance. They
are made almost entirely Of copper. The
circumference Of the new coin is the san'
as that Of the nickel coats, but they arr
thinner and lighter.
The Pope has transmitted, through Bish
% Timon, of Buffalo, y. Y, the sum o
$500, Ia aid of the Sanitary Commission o
tina, ciy The money has been hal.dcd owe
to Mrs. lIoratio Seymour, the president 0
the Commission.
\ few DAYS after the battles Of the Wilder
ness, dispatch from san Francisco WAS rc
cciyed by the President, i'll which he was re
uuestcd to say to Lieut. Gen. Grant that
bet Of ten thousand dolars in gold had bcel
made that Grant would capture Rirhmon
within five days from the date Of the battles
In case raising the consltutionality G
the game laws of ls62. which was argued OF
appeal at the general term of the Court G
Common Pleas OF New York, that court hcl
that, where parties expose birds for sale j
that city out Of season. which were killed i
Illinos, in order TO avoid the penalty OF tn
Law, they must show that the birds wei
killed in Illinois at time when it was nc
Illegal to Kill them.
Judge Davis, OF thc Supreme Bench, 4 fc'
days ago, at indianapolis, decided, in Il cas-
under the con!iscaticn act, that when tn
property Of TN alleged rebel was l.beled.
was competent for him or his assignees ,
set up the defen OF his loyalty; and if NJ
tice OF the pcndcncy Of the suit was gigenh
publication in newspaper, a default Goa
not BE taken, but the Government must PR
duce proof of the diSloyaltv Of the dctcndan
though resident of rebel State
\ duel nearly came off at A.arscilles, b,
tween two members of the japanese Emba'
sy, now on their journey. The parties i
the quarrel placed two ballots in Int, 0
one Of which was written, death" II
who drew this was bound to retire 10 a roul
and commit suicide This was gatisfactio
TO the survivor. The affair was. however
nipped in the bud by the interference
some French gentlemen. who could not sc
tlc propri, t. of such an arrangement