Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-15
Late News BY Last Nights Mails

The Louisville Democrat has suspend
cd on account Of the increased price Of
paper, the revenue tax, etc. Tie Jour
nal is now the only paper published in
the Falls City.
CAIRO NEws-l2th. Gen. Steele had
surrendered the command OF Helena to
Gen. German. 1t is understood that
Steele will take the field a. an ea,ly dav.
Gen. Tuttle has ordered Mai. Merrill,
Provost Marshal, to put every one who
has no lawful business in this city at gov
ernme Mt work. This excellent order, it
is hoped, Will clear Cairo of the thieves
who inicst it.
A TERRIBLE FArE.-Charles T. Hedges
citizen of Spencer, Roane county,
Western Virginia, and for some time
past prominent as the leader of guer-
Iila gang, met wi terrible fate q few
days since. Some Union dragoons rode
up to his house, called him out, and, 10
the presence of his wife and one or two
small children (the onl y members of the
family at home), shot him dead. They
then dlsmounted and set fire to his
clothes, actually burning his body to a
crisp.
A leading member of the Kentucky
Legislature says that if President Lincoln
insists upon carrying out his cmancipa-
ton proclamation, the Kentucky Lesis-
lature will, toa man, vote in favor of se-
ccssion from the Federal Union and 90
with the Southern Confcdcracy. The in
dgnation throughout the State against
the proclamation is very strong, and ex
citing events on the "Dark and Bloody
Grounl' are anticipated during the pres
ent winter.
POSTAL PAYMENrs.-Thc Toronto
Globe saws that a curious dispute has
arisen between the Canadian and Amer
lean Governments, in reference 10 the
payment Of the balance due for postal
ser yices by the department at Washing
ton 10 that at Quebec. The American
offers to pay in its deprecated currency,
contending that Canada is in the position
Of an ordinary contractor, and must &C
cept payment a. such in the currency of
the government which employs her
The Glnbe tnnks that the service, being
rendered in Cana Ia, ought to be paid
for in Canadian currency.
The CoLLEt TIoN OF DEFACtD Pos r.
AGE STAMPS. The Post office Dep ,rt.
mcnt has an eve upon the parties who
are so industriously engaged in the col
lection Of dcfaced postage sta,n ps, a,
they alege, for the manufac ture G
papier mache. A special agent recent
ly found in village in the Western
part Of New York State an accumulation
of between fifty ard sixt'y thousane
stamps, which have been removed from
letters to be sent to parties in New
York city who had contracted for them
Those who gathered them were in gooe
faith, but il is net so clear that this wa
the case with those to whom they wer'
to be sent.
WAsaINGToN NEws-12TH.-.In tn,
Porter court martial, the evidence to-da'
presented different phase. Gen. Heint
2elman testified, in answer to question
by the court as to the possibility AM
practicabihty Of marching on such
night as the 25th of August, aud wheth
er the railroad track could not havs bee
used as well as the dirt road, that it wa
not impossible to march troops on such
night, but il would be very difficult, an
there would be good many stragglcr'
1t wonli have been very difficult to marc
along the railroad in the night. Th
rails were torn up, ties piled up on til
road, culvcrts destroyed and bridge
burned. Whether it was practicable 10
Gen. Porter to march from Warrento
Junction to Bristow, on that night woul
depend on the wagons. There were pli
ces where wagons would have cntirel
obs ructcd the road.
Tn. evidence in the Mcdowell cou
Of inquiry was principally to the cffe'
that Gen. Mcdowell never drank an,
thing stronger than water.
To-day another delegation of Nortl
ern ministers called on the President
urge him to stand by the emancipatio
proclamation. He did not say he wcul
or would not, but thanked them e
their advice. Representative Bingham
of Ohio, introduced the crowd.
Representative Cox yesterday gave
dinner at Willard's to Gen. McClells
and delegation of gentlemen who a
now here from Kentucky. In the cour