Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-01-11

bly, adj )nrn lhs evening.
New CIDER and good variety Of ap
pies at Biatt Il Cos
What has become Of the Chicago
Times lately. Can. get along without the
Times any how.
EXTRA copies Of our second edition
can bs obtained at S:arr's or at the counting
room in Grizg's Block.
OS THE RrsE.-Wheat is looking up
little. Yesterday a good article readily
brought a8 cen,s
No reliable traces Of DIR. Parkers
horse had bee.l found up to late last night.
lie offers tio reward Tor his recovery.
Doc Thieves AnoIT. See advertise
ment Of stolen dog in another column. a
liberal reward il offered.
A SPAN of horses attached to wagon
loaded with coal. roke through :hs ice on
the II iuois eide yesterday afterboon. They
were rescued with considerable difficulty
WHISPER has now arranged things 80
that it ,s possible TO move round in his store.
thing heretofore almo.t impossible for the i'm
mense plies Of goods.
TnE terrible cold wind yesterday
kept large cla . OF our farmers from town
crossing the par being an undertaking It
con iderable msgi itude.
SUDDEN CHASGE.-At o'clock yes
terday the nercary stood at Is derrees above
zero and at 5 o'clock it was oniy degrees
above. a fall of l6 degrees in tour hours.
OrR Mr.. Richardson left yesterday
morning for De, Moin,s where he Will lems n
during the session OF the Legislature, ard will
keep our readers posted up on tho do,ngs OF
that body.
DECISIONS The cases Of Davenport
ard the Co OF Scott vs. the NJ. ii. X. X and
the case Of I. :. Fsxton vs. Jas McCosh. ap
~ aled from the District Court Of Scott county
have been affirmed 10 the Supreme Court.
IYJUNcrIoS. estcrday Geo. +. Hub.
bell, Esq. attorney for a number o: Taxpayers,
procured an iriunction against the Mayor,
Council, Treasurer and Clerk Of the city, re.
straining them from issuing any order or pay
ing any muney to defrsy expenses Of the Ar
mory Committee. Il part OF whom are in
Washington. We learn that the ground If is
suing the injunction IS that the money arpro
p,iated ia for works 10 lie built cut Of this
State.
SroPPED.-Last evenings train, from
the West. brought Marshal Hoxle with the
alleged traitor Hill. At Walcott the prisoner
was taken from the Marshal. under . writ OF
Habeas Corpus Issued rom the County Court,
upon application Of Judge Grant. The writ
will probably be argned ,ha morning before
Judge Lindermau. ana we hope Mr.. Hill.
through his attorney, may be able to clear
himself honorahly. As We understand 1t. the
arrest was entirely unwarranted by the evi
dencs in the case.
A SEsEsu TRopuY.-Wc received
yesterday by the hand. Of Mr.. Stevens. from
Capt. r. NJ. Li,tler. of the I'd Regiment. a
sesesh bowie knife, taken from the person o
one Of the prisoners captured at Black Water
Capt Littler says the plunder taken on that
occasion was 500 rifles and shot guns. 50 re-
yolvers, 200 bowie knives and a lot Of trash
of not much account. The bowie knives o.
which the one sent us is sample. must have
been rather expensive weapons. The blade i
made Of an old rssp, the handle piece Of hard
wood, roughly Whitfield out. and the eheatf
got up in a manner altogether original Th
is made Of two pieces Of leather fastened to
gether with lead nails, and heavily jewellet
inlaid with the came brilliant material, tn
whole tirished off at the point with piece o
tin. Capt Lit.ler, with his company, are nov
guarding some 900 sesesh prisoners confne,
in the military prison. (McDowelis College,
st Louis His command 10 " ell and gettiDl
along finely. The bowie can be seen at ou
office
MILITARY CENSORSHIP OF THE Pass
der requiring all newspaper publishers i
Missouri to send copy Of each issue 10 hi
office, on pain Of being suppressed. fire
and untrammellsd press has always be en- tn
boast Of our country. aud it is humilistin
to ua that necessity (if indeed such . nece,
sity exists) should require such a CENSORSHIP
as that indicated bv Gen. Hal.ck's orde
In this order is an intimation that any put
licAtioo which Gen IIalleck thinks imprope
will be a cause Of suppression. An officer {
the army Of the United States is the sci
constituted Judge Of what o ne wspaper ha
the right to publish. Censorship. even in th
most absolute OF the European Government
never went 50 far a, this. Tie laws Of th
eountr, pro'ide for the punishment Of in
proper publications, and surely il is reposin
too much power in a single mans hands, I
permit him at will TO suppress the entir
prcss OF State G:n. Hslleck is the seryan
-aot the raastes oi the people The peopl
have right to be Informed through th
press OF the action Of Gen, Helleck. "
would not like to guarantee the continuance q
any Missouri paper which should presume {
comment ucfavorsbly on Gen. Halleck's a.
tious This order is an unwarrantsble exc,
ciee Of arbitrary power. and should be at ono
rsseiodsd by the President in case Gen, Ha
isck refuses 10 msdiiy Il, .31