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THE ILLIIsrOIS FA-Il]MEIl. 



215 



Statistics of the State Prison. 



We have already given our rea'iers a8;eneral 

 pynophis of the report or the ^ arden cf the 

 Illinoie Penitentiary. Accompanying the re- 

 port, however, we find a number of tables, 

 giving intere-^ting statistics in reference to the 

 conviote. which are worth noticing as showing 

 by whom and from what places our prison is 

 filled. 



The following is a statement giving the na-* 

 tivity of the convicts in the Penitentiary, Jan. 

 Isf, 1849 : 



Ire'an'1 138 I Marjlacd , 4 



New York 129 North Carolina 1 



GerraHiiy 60 { Pnigsia....^..... 3 



JlDglaiid 34 



PeuiisyiTMiia 36 



Ohio 36 



Keut»»ky 19 



Yireiuia 16 



Illinois 22 



BcotlaD<] 16 



Conuecticut 8 



Ytrmoiit 7 



CmiailH 23 



Tennrsiie* 9 



Indiana 10 



MHinr 5 



M|t<><a>-biisett 11 



Mi«fOuii i 



N'-w Hanipehlre 3 



Wi-'Ciniin 3 



MicliiKHD 8 



Alabiinia 6 



liOuiiiiiina 2 



Haooyer 1 



Holland 2 



Hungary 9 



*'rai)ce „ 3 



Isle 01 Man 1 



Newfoundland 1 



Nova gcotia 2 



Britinli PossegsiouR 1 



Rhode Island 1 



Iowa 1 



Arkansas 1 



Wal B 2 



BHlgiiin. 1 



Denmark 1 



Norwa> 4 



Auitritt 2 



NeWiXersey 10 



Mississippi 2 



'I'olal. 



.661 



The fiiliowing is a statement exhibiting: the 

 crimes for which the convicts were committed 

 to the Illinois State Peidlentiary : 



Bobbery 30 



Larceny 378 



Muriler.. 38 



Incest 2 



Asfault to '«pe C 



" to kill 16 



Perjury « 2 



Forgery 28 



Burjrlary 69 



Mausluiignter 7 



Coiiuti'rfeitiug 7 



HHpe 10 



V'olatinp mail 2 



A'lsaulf to marde 17 



Steitlji.g mail 4 



Posting fictitious bills 1 



<^rime against nature 1 



ArsiiB 9 



Attemvtingto pass coun- 



terleit money 3 



Hobbioic post office 1 



Passing cmnterfeit mon- 

 ey 12 



Assault to rob 3 



Kidnapping 3 



Kmhezzliug letters 3 



Bigtnij 2 



Vagrancy 3 



Receiving stolen goods 2 



Obstructing railroad track 2 



Total., 



6C1 



The fo!l(jwio2 statement shows the occupa- 

 tion <>{ the convicts in the prison on the Ist of 

 January : 



Tailor 20 



Sailor 37 



Far uer 138 



School teacher 3 



B ncksuiitb 20 



Miner 4 



Tea»^Bter 22 



Clerk 19 



Painter 12 



Tanner. 2 



Co»k 14 



Harn-^ss-maKer 8 



Grocer 6 



LaKort-r 125 



Hope maker 1 



Shoe maker 10 



Printer 11 



Upholsterer. 7 



Merchant 3 



Barber 9 



Ph VKician R 



Bxatnian 25 



Trader 1 



Stone-cuiter... 4 



^te«'a^d 2 



Wait'ir 16 



' arpenter 22 



llasiiM 1 1 



.MHchini»t. 15 



Hntcher ]l 



PerMlr 4 



Gamtiler 1 



Pilot " 3 



Miller 1 



Jciiner 2 



P'lisher 1 



Hatter 3 



WagoB-maker 2 



Baker '. 5 



onper 6 



Porter 2 



Enu;raver 1 



Broom-maker. T. 



Kditor 1 



Wood-chopper 1 



Thief. 2 



Tinfmifb 3 



Weaver 3 



Gliiss-liiower 1 



IFouselieeper 5 



lirewer. 1 



'iilder I 



Lather 1 



Fireman 3 



Srtilmaker ». 1 



'lurne 2 



Gardenei 1 



Poor-keeper. 1 



Caulker 1 



Jeweler 2 



Fancy woman 1 



.Sawyer 5 



Anclior-niaker 1 



Ooiifj ctionor 1 



G:'H fitter 1 



Segar-maker 1 



Lawyer 1 



Newsboy 2 



Tumbli-r 1 



SeamstrfSE.' 1 



Reporter 1 



Paper-maker 1 



Total 661 



Driignist. 1 



The following is a statement, designating 

 the counties from which the convicts werecom- 

 miftei to the prison : 



Peoria 21 



Li SalU 12 



St Clair 27 



Clay 1 



Jo Daviess 29 



Monroe ' 



Tazewell 7 



Cook 236 



Montgomery ...„ 1 



Sott 1 



Kdgar 4 



Pntnam 4 



Macoupin 2 



Hanc' ck 9 



Gallatin 4 



Moultrie 2 



T'nion 3 



AlexTinder 4 



B)nd 1 



Coles 1 



M.-rrer 2 



Warren - 1 



Woodford 1 



Hardin 1 



Henr> 5 



K'lox 8 



Sangamon 8 



Menard ...„ 2 



Henderson 2 



McLean 2 



Wabash 2 



Osl* 2 



Boore 10 



Adams 11 



Mndison 31 



Logan 3 



-Marshall 3 



Randolph 4 



Jercey 3 



M:iBSac.... S 



Will ,. 1.^ 



Hock I.slaiid 17 



Vcllenry 5 



White 1 



M rion 6 



Greene 4 



Pulaski 3 



Lawrence S 



JelTerson 1 



Shvlby 1 



Du Page „ 3 



Champaign 3 



Masuii 6 



Stepbetifion 9 



VViDuebago 11 



Kane 14 



Clark 1 



Jasper 2 



Cass 4 



Of the 661 convicts in the prison, 406 can 



read and writ<; 154 can read and 101 can 



neitlier read or writ?. Five are sentenced for 



life; one is se fenced for 25 y^a'n; one f»r 20 



years; two (or 18 year ; two for 17 yea'-s; four 



fir 14 years; two Jor 12 years; twenty three for 



10 years; all the others are for a less term. 



Kankakee 2 



Crawlord 2 



Oe Witt 2 



Whiteside 5 



McDonough 4 



Miicon 2 



Jackson 2 



Bureau 5 



Vermilion 3 



Ciiuton „... 1 



Lee ; 6 



■lohnsou 1 



Williaicsou 1 



I'erry. 1 



t'fflngham 2 



runiherlauU;.... 1 



Christian 1 



lliclilaud 1 



Washington 1 



De Kalb 6 



Morgan 1 



thuyler 1 



-tark 1 



IlaDiittun 3 



Kiiltoti 2 



Calhoun 4 



U. S Court, N'rtUTDliist. 7 



U S. Court, S^'tbern Dist.. 1 



Total. 



.661 



Sugar Trade of the United Stales iu 1858. 



The editors of the New York Sh>j)pi}i(/ and 

 Commercial List have published their annual 

 htutement of the Sugar Trade of the Ur»iied 

 Sta'e.s, (exclusively of Culiroruia and Oregon.) 

 f r 1858: "The total receiptfi .jf Fo'eij^n Uure- 

 fioeLl Suijar nto the United Stiites for the year 

 ending Dec 31, 1858.were 255,100 tons, against 

 receipts in 1857 of 269,180 tons; and in 1856, 

 215,662 tons; and in 1855, 205,064 tons ; and 

 the quantity of this description wiich passed 

 into Consumption in 1858 was 244,758 tons, 

 against a cunsumption iu 1857 of 251,705 tons; 

 in 1856, 255,292 t .ns; and in 1855, 192,607 

 tons, being an increiise in the consumption of 

 Foreign in 1858, over 1857, of 903 t(ms, or 1} 

 ^oent., wh le tiie. total consumption vi Fureijin 

 and Domestic Cane Sugar in 1858, was 388.482 

 tons, (ijirrtinHt a total consuiiir>iion in 1857 • f 

 280 735 tons; in J856, 378 160 tons; in 1855, 

 377,752 tons; in 1854, 3-85.298 tons; in 1853, 

 372 9h9 tons ; in 1852 315,217 tons; and in 

 1851, 288,485 tons, making an increase in the 

 totHJ consumption of foreign and domesiic in 

 1858 as compared with 1857, of 107,727 tons, 



or over 3« ^ cent., beinjj; tue large.^t quantity 

 ever taken lor oonsumrtion in the histiiry of 

 the country. We slightly increape our estimate 

 of tilt- quantity of su, ur made from molasses 

 during the past year ; the trade having I een 

 generally more prospeious, the businet^s has 

 been on a somewhat larger 8 ale, thoujih in this 

 connection we would remark that notwith- 

 standing the quaiitity of molasses cnn.^unied 

 for this purpose exceeds that taken last year, 

 snd is nearly equal to that manufactured in 

 1856, and about the same as that boiled in 

 1855, \ tf the quantity of .^u^jar obtained fails 

 considerably below that yielded in the t^*o la- 

 ter years, owing to the introduction into Cuta 

 within that period of cer.trifugiil machinery, 

 extractinjj more cljsely the saccharine matter 

 contained in the molasses, and consequently 

 rendering it less productive and not sodesiral le 

 lor refiniog pjrp>.se.-i. We are informed that the 

 quantity of su 'ar made from molasses in th^ 

 ountry in 1858 ay be placed at 25 O0il,000 



increased the previous consumption) would 

 make the total consomntion of raw sugar in the 

 United States in 1858 431.152 ton*, a-raiMst a 

 total consumption in 1857 of B32,065 ton«, 

 fih )wing th:^ increase in the consumption of all 

 kinds in 1858 of 99,087 tons, or nearly 30 per 

 cent. We may add here that this increased 

 would have been doubtloss still further enlar- 

 ged but for the partial failure of the fruit cr [is 

 m most of the Northern aod Western States 

 the past seiison, curtailing the amount, that it 

 is reasonable to suppose would have be«n 

 otherwisf consumed in the domestic manufac- 

 ture of preserves, jellies, &c. Trie C'nsumption 

 of 1857, haxvever, was greatly Ir-s.seiieJ by 

 causes Still fresh in the memory of all engaged 

 in the trade. The high and extravajrant rates 



whit'h theartiele eommandpil in the markets 



both of the Old and New World brou^jtu with 

 them its inevitaVile consequences — an astonish- 

 ingly dimin^^hed consumption — a severe re«. 

 vulsion, f.dlowed by, to many, a heavy disasn 

 te?. The average price durinc the fast year 

 having been reduced equal to about 25^^. cent, 

 as compared with those ruling in 1857, ha-* 

 apain j^iven an imrietus and vigor to the trade 

 which will doubtless be continued while it 

 retains its present henjtliful position. 



IlUQgariaii Crass. 



Editor of the Illinois Farmer : — In tlie 

 November number of the Farmer your cor- 

 respondent ''Enquirer" asks for the practiciU 

 experience of those who Lave grown the 

 Hungarian Grass the past season. Being 

 one of those who received a small package 

 of this seed in its first distribution by the 

 patent office in 1854, from your hands and 

 having grown it more or less for the last 

 four years I think I can speak experimcntaly 

 upon its merits. 



It has its advantages and objections in 

 common with olher farm crops. Our crop 

 the past season was very sati.sfactory. Parts 

 of it grew on laud that has been in cultiva- 

 tion twenty-two years and was considered 

 the thinest soil on our farm, [t grew rapid- 

 ly attaining three feet in highth and as thick 

 as it could stand — was entirely exempt from 

 rust or blight of all kinds (somcthin<r un- 

 common for the season) stood up .straiirht 

 and nice was free from weeds and when 

 harvested left the ground in the verv iiest 

 of order there being no after matt of weds 

 or worthless grass as in wheat or oats. We 

 cradled If acres of it and cured and bound 

 up juntas we would Oats. Off of this we 

 had one hundred and fifty dozen of superior 

 hay, and fifty bu.shels of seed. The reiuain- 

 der we mowed and cured as we would 

 Timothy. From four years experience I 

 think with ordinary cultivat'on ii \v,.l yield 

 thirty bushels of seed and three t«ns of 

 cured hay to the acre. On very wet or 

 muddy land with slovenly farming it may 

 not do so well. The seed'is rich and" oily— 

 the stalk sweet and nutritious and stock of 

 all kiuds are very fond of it, in fact preler- 

 riog it to Timothy or Clover eithtsr green or 

 cured My principal objection to it i,; the 

 difficulty of curing ^ind hnn'inng if cut w'th 



tbs, or ^ay 11,100 tors, obtained fr ni 50 OoO { a scythe, it should be turned before raking 



hos£she;idrt ot iliO 



ajrainst 10,300 tons, up, otherwise the bottoms of the swaths 



the maple tree the pa..t year, say 24 000 t.ms. j ^^^sting crop on the soll, but my experience 

 and the estima'ed consumption of California does not warrant, that con.ilusion I think 



and Or«g"n 7500 tons, {'he refineries recently 

 established iu San Francisco having somewhat 



that Oats are equally objectionable on that 

 score. J. E. YOUXG. 



