Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-05

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No ,,7hhkNdt6ci6A u ~ Sasntry has
hasa nar,, ,ast,vs and ssalous fsf dcefo
sCSaaii sSI thaa Gov. Stone (or tho past three
veers. wnsne~er IN opportunity has been
ps.s.Etsd 1T expressing his y'ev ?: p: has
KIn plaieAs pains tossts1 III tadtca'''
that he Vas with them, and that agitation
Of Ii. ssao question sSosld nss csase until
...,l men were made frs and equal before
n. hv"e At the lass convention in Dss
Noines. when the s4oro qualify plank was
formally Incorporated into tho Republican
Marty politics Of THE 6ssts, Gev. Stone
endorsed the same. Shortly atef, At Keo.
kuk, be inside speech, 10 which be gave
approval 70 that particular resolution. lie
came 70 Davenport to meet the returning
.'boys 10 blue" and dnds, TO his great sur
prise and indignation, thst they had had
"higgsr enough 1t had "piayed OUT with
them, and they respectfully requested him
TO dry up on the ''nigger question. y
Since then he has been quite busy button
holing the soldiers, and trying to convince
them that it il not tho real issue in the com
ing election, and if it Was be is q u commit
ted to IT,
The Gazette u quiet now, but was very
enthusiastic before the soldiers return and
Gov. Stones arrival At Davenport. Does
he Gasette sanction such hypocricy in its
candidate for Governor! In yesterday
morning's issue the GAZETTE attempted an
apology for the soldiers, intinsting that they
were in favor Of negro suffrage when sober,
but when drunk on copporhead whiskey,
they wcrs not responsible for what they
said or done on this question. tits n shame
TO insult the intelligence Of its hearers by
such Islander upon the soldicrs There is
not one in ten who is in favor Of negro suf
fragc, and neither the Gasette or uov.
Stone, or both, can whip them into il.
The Washington. correspondent of the n
Y. Mraid says A number Of persons have
commenced business ~ "pardon brokers"
and are receiving fees of various amounts,
according to the ability Of their clients to
pay for the services they are supposed 70
render. The fee usually demanded Is $3.50
and upwards, according to the prominence
and position Of the repentant rebels. II is
desired that it should be known that such
persons, whatever influence they may pre-
tend 10 have, cannot facilitate the procuring
Of such pardons. On the contrary, in cases
where it 10 known to the President that one
Of these brokers las employed, it delays
rather than hastens attention to the appli.
cation.
Letters from Gen. Sully's expedition to
July 4th have been received At st. Paul.
He was still At Fort Sully, but designed to
remove next day TO a Fort, near which it was
reported the Indians were concentrating
With the intention Of giving battle. The
expedition At last accounts had cost the
Government $1,000. 100 and had resulted in
The killing Of t@o Indians. This is more
expensive luxury than the Doubleday Court
Martial At Philadelphia, which, according to
the New York Tribune, has sentenced
two men in six months only to have them
released on hateds corpus by the civil au-
thorities.
A VALUABLE CoRxER.-The proprietor Of
the New York Herald has bought the lot
on which Barnum's Museum stood, 70,
e65O, 600 The lot measures 90 feet or
Broadway by 100 on Ann. and the fee sim
pie WAS in Mrs. II. W. Sargent Of New.
bureh, to whom 1850, 900 Of the purchase
money goes. Barnum held twelve year
lease, for which Bennett paid him 5000, 900
cash, which the Snowman instantly invested
in 1905. The lot is the finest and most val
liable corner in the United States. Bennett
intends to erect thereon . building for the
Herald. to cost $780, 200, making his whole
investment nearly . million Of dollars. No
Paper in the United States is rich enough
TO do that but the Herald
The Indian Bureau has received informa.
Zion from Gen. Heron, stating that recent>
ly grand council was held in tue Chicka
saw country, At which twenty tribes Of In
dams were represented. These Indians
took part in tho late rebellion, and now, like
their white neighbors, want restoration VI
their forfeited rights and privileges. They
have agrssd to call in representatives to an
other grand council which will probably be
held st Fort Smith, carly this month.
A number Of western officers who have
distinguished themselves during the late re
bellion are II Washington, Offering their
services, through Senior Romero, the Mexi-
dAn Minister, 10 the Liberal Government Of
Mexico. They pledge themselves, if any
chance is shown them. to raise ten thousand
Veteran Volunteers in Ohio, Indiana, III
inoia and Iowa, within six weeks, TO join
the Mexican army. They offer to 60 with
out bounty, asking only for the payment Of
their expenses AS far a. the Rio Grande.
So MANY New England ladies have been
''set up during the war Is sanitary COM
ntssiop agents, teachers to ccntraband
etAccls in tho South, and employees Ia the
Department It Washington, that female op
erAtives have become very scarcs in Masss,
ehusetts. Five thousand are wanted irahe
diately at Lowell, and the same pimber in
factories :; Lawrence q j, Manchester. The
mill owners h.;;s offered increased wages,
and seS'ss ,5ut iunncrs to other States and to
Canada.
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