Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-01-23
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Sharp muekctry firing, contintine sew
anal minutes, wss heard ct g O'clock on |
Thprsday morning among the rebels over |
ne Rsridss, neas ElyT Ford. Il il
supposed 10 b oecasiessd by = Uunssn-
trsted attempt 70 desert eli u once By |
. considerable body Of mon.
Report. that Richmond n being grad |
uslly eyacnsted by the rebcl govero ment
continue 10 he brought here BY persens
from that plics. I n ~ !
l. is positively stated that the removal
Of the gun making machinery from the |
Tridger iron works to Columbia, has
been going on for weeks.
The Uniopiss of Tcnne.see are trying
- have the Ststo elections postponed By |
the President ohtil after 4 convention OF
the psople.is-hsDd, 70 adopt new con-
sti.u.ion and regulate the old stsae lsws
recognising slavery.
Gov. Piert6nt and thc ,Alcxandyis. |
Va, Legislature have protested against
Gen. Buffers vigorous standardization At
Norfolk. .v4s... ......
Colonel states that the President of
the Chesapsaks and Ohio Canal, Who
Vas sent TO Fort Lafayette by General
SchsDek, wss to-day discharged by the
Secretary Of War. ! -R
Six deserte,s from tho rebel army
came into paes lines on w ednesday.
Two Of them have been placed on picket.
The number coming 10 for a day or two
past have been unusually light.
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Mr.. Cox, Of Ohio, will Introduce bill
in the House Rext week taxing holders
of gold and bills Of exchange. foreign
ANA otherwise, two per cent. per month.
II is not positively decided that Gen.
Rosecrans goes to Missouri, though every
indication points to that ocnclnsiou now.
Gen. SchofeId left yesterday fo'
Knoxville. sss.a}g -. =
The Senate Finance Cor .,
bill before them rec-' .'"''es nas .
transfer Of gold ~ ling =. IA ;a av.""
~ = margin.
Attorney Gen. Black has resigned
the law reportcrship OF the Supreme
Court.
Tue Wsys and Means Committee hss
reported 100000 to supply the delcien-
cy ia the spp'opri 'ion 10 facilitate the
telegraph communication with the Pa
cifc States.
lTribuns's Epecial.l
Tho statements Is to reduction II
tho navy appropriation are likely to b'
misint erprcted. Tie Ways and Mean
Committee took The ground that The
navy bill should only cover the estimate
for current expenses and work on hand
and likely 10 be completed during tn
year. The building Of iron-clads or ad
ditionsl steamers is to be made tbs sub
ject Of special appropriation.
Tho nonse Military Committee vii
report bill to amend the enrolmeu
xct, differing somewhat from that sdop,
ed by the Senate. 1t psoYides thst en-
rolled persons NAV previous to the drsi
furnish substitutes who are not liable t
draft. Aoy person now in the miitar
or naval service. no. specially disquaIi
He'd, who has served more than one yea
and whose term Of expired service sha
not at the time ofsubsttu,ion exceed 81
months, may be employed as subst
tute in the troops OF the State in whic
nc enlisted. Drafted persons who pa
their Communication by substitutes, sbs
only be relieved from draft in filing thu
quota, and the names shall be retaiue
on the roll for future draft. Drafted per
sons exempt BY physical disabilit,
whose income exceeds 81 200, ehall pa
$3.50 Communication money to the ioter
nal revenue.
Hsrald's Special
Navigation on the Potomac has bee
resumed, vessels have arrived which hav
been ice-bound for the last two weeks.
The six desertcrs who came iuto on
lines we're from the Let North Carolin
cavalry. they report many others anxiou
to leavo their regiment which is station
Cd 10 miles from fredericksburg.
The Presidents amnesty proclamalio
10 creating state Of feeling in the rebs
army which indicates its utter demorai
cation.
Recruits and oonyalesceuts are dali
swelling the rauks Of orr army, which
they continue to rush up, will be mato
rally enlarged. e
A Havana letter TO the Tribune re
ports the arrival Of the side vince
steamer Raphael at Matauzas from N
T., intended for blockade runner.
Tho Worlds N. O. Correspondent
writes that light draft river feet
hitting for active duty, and thinks the
and troops returning from Attakapas ar
intended for combined advance up Re,
River.
C1NcrSHxrI, Jan. %.
The Kentucky Legislature took tw,
ballots for U. S. Senator Yesterday
without result. Specials from Indiana
pois say recently pub isaed statemen
that one hnndredsand fity Indiana Al,
months soldier died OF expo ure Will,
enroute from Tazwel, Tennessee. proye,
false. They have arrived in Ind,anapo
lis
The G5lh New York veterans arrived
In 10 i.napoIis Yesterday.
From two to three regiments pass
through indianapolis daily.
The 44th Ohio regiment arrived here
yesterday. Over 664 have reinlis,cd.
Two hundred thousand dollars ha,
been paid o. or to the sanitary cornmi.-
sion BY officers of che fair. Funds s,iII
coming in II il Ahorr,l% t&h> 49, 49,