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

Fremont will not come before th'
court-martial under six weeks.
Trimblc, democrat, is elected Judge
in the First judicial District by 400
majority.
The apple crop in southern lllinoi'
has been almost totally destroyed by
the early and seycre frost.
McKinstry has become a politician
He makes speeches for Bogy and against
both wings Of the Republicans.
Gen. Crocker, Of the First lows
Brigade, recently promoted. is at De,
Moines, and leaves for Chicago mex
Monday.
About thirty Of the members Of the
39th are confined in the hospital at Des
Moines. The prevailing complaint IL
measles.
Tue wife of Col. Belknap, Of the 18th
Iowa Regiment, died recently, of con :
sumption. Col. Beknao is from Keo.
kuk.
Fifty four rebel prisoners have been
released from the Gratlot Street Prison
They were Missourlans mostly, and
were required to enroll in the militia.
John c. Turk has been appointed
clerk of the United States District
court for the Western division Of Iowa,
vice T,chenor, resigned, gone to the ar
my, and left the party.
Tue National Arsenal, at 1ndianapo-
lie, is located west of the city, near the
Deaf and Damb Asylum. Gen. Buck
ingham purchased fifty acres OF land to
place the bulldogs upon.
John c. Booth, Captain in the Con
federate army, VIII lately died at Fayc,te-
vile, n. G., being in command at that
point, was former citizen OF Des Molncs
and has many personal itiends there.
Returns have been received from
over forty regiments of Iowa troops in
the field. The aggregaye vote will not
exceed l5,OOO-an average of about 800
to regiment. The Republican ma Jor-
ities arc easily accounted for.
Tns farmers of Dubuque county,
Gays the Herald, are again refusing all
paper trash for produce other thap 10
wa money, which they believe to be
good, and screen Backs" because they
dare not do otherwise.
After the lst of November the bank
ers of Dubuque will refuse to pay checks
unless properly stamped. A large sup
ply of the stamps has been received in
the city. What is to be done in Da-
venport
The election returns ircm our State
continue to come in better. The Re-
publican majority on the State ticket
will probably not exceed twelve hund
red, and the majority may fall below
one thousand. The Democratic gain
In tue SldtC ONcl liuCSlu NOtC ID IOn
ten to twelve thousand.
UNITED STATES LICENSES, &c.-The
Tax Commi; ;siouer has receutly decided
!. That the license Of q lawyer must
be taken out at tho place where the
business or occup Ation is to be carried
on.
2. Persons requiring licenses may
wait until they are called upon or no,i,
fled by the Assistant Assessor without
incurri, & any risk.
2. The license Of lawyer only ap-
plies TO the place or p.emises oescribs I'd
therein. Ii lawyer wishes to remove
cease. unless he avaiIs himself OF the
provisions Of section So. ard practices
his profession under the un. xpired IL
cense of the former occupant Of the
.rsmices to which be removes.
/ a. This office has 10 course of prep.
aration a seiics Of decisions on cues.
tions arising under the Excise Law.
which will be published for general in
formation.
s. A stamp is required both on bond
and mortgage, under the head Of Mort
cage Schedule b.; and secondly the
stamp on either instrument must cores
pond to the valuo Of the property con-
yeyed.
Bond and mortgaged stamps, are not
yet ready for delivery, but will be short
ly. An order, when received, will 10
placed on file, and fled in regular
coarse.
CERTIFIED BANK CHECKS AND THE
STAMP Acr.-The National Iutelligen-
Ger Gays that '.hc certi6ca,ion ot bank
check By the teller's marking it or
writing his name across it, does not
come within the meaning Of this law,
relating to certificates, and is not, there.
fore. subject to stamp.
"Wheo, however, the clerk of court
certfies paper to be copy by mark.
ing the same copy and signed his
pame thereto, it will be necessary tor
him to afix ten cent stamp.
"a power Of attorney to sell stock,
to Vote st an election, to COLLECT rept,
and to sell real estate, requires one
dollar and sixty cent stamp"