Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-22
News


ial says:
Col. Ward, late Colonel Of the 40 Ohio
has been brevetted Brig. Gen. for gallant and
meritorious conduct at Chickamauga.
Gen. Grant has changed the transporta
ton post and it is gariisoned by one compa
ny, and for every two companies ut the pos,
one four mule wagon or equivalent, wher
needed Tor public service
The officers Of the Quartermastcr's De
partment have been ordered to make q
special report of military cemeteries known
to them. and rec m,nending means Of pre-
serving intcrments from being desecrated.
The Tribune's SPECIAL says
letter from an Alabama postmaster
says Union men rigldly excluded from
the rec, Instruction conventions and official
positions.
The Worlds special says:
1t is quite certain that Gen. Logan will
decline the mission to Mexico. 1t is bcliev
ed that new appointment will be made re.
fore the meeting OF Congress.
DR.. Coraven, from Fort Monroe. arrive
this A. NJ. and reports jeff Davis in fair
health and serene mind. Nothing was
known ut Fort Monroe regarding his
trial.
Chief Justice Chase's interview with the
President yesterday related almost wholly
to the trial.
The supposed object Of the concentration
of II military force IN the vicinity Of San An.
tonic, Texas, is for the purpose Of looking
after French troops.
All etf'rts to secure the parole ofClemen,
c. Clay are unsuccessful. Several personal
appeals have been made by Mrs. Clay
Much stress is LAID upon the fact that Clay
voluntarily surrendered himself on hearing
that he was charged with completely in the
Assassination Of President Lincoln.
The Heralds special says:
The revenue inspector of Philadelphia,
and his brother, assistant assessor, Of the
same city, are charged with fraud in not
having returned more than on twentieth
Of the tobacco manufactured by them
selves.
New YORK, Nov 22-Gcn. Grant and
party left for Washington on the o'clock
train last evening, in the elegant car, Presi
dent Lincoln.
At Mozart Hall last night Fernando
Wood was nominated for Mayor, but de-
clined. Mr.. John Hickox was then ncmi-
mated, and Richard .. German As . candi.
date for the Council Corporation. The
latter nomination was also made by the
Tammany Democracy, whose candidate for
Mayor is John T. Hoffman.
The meeting At the Brooklyn Academy Of
Music last night, in aid Of the Southern PEG
pie, was well attended, notwithstanding the
inclemency Of the weather. Addresses and
appeals were made by Gen. Fiske, He nv
Ward Beecher, DR.. Bellows, and Others. A
letter Of sympathy was read from Chief
Justice Chase.
The New York Historical Society held its
sixty-first anniversary in this city last
night.
The Times special says:
The Treasurer Of the United States. Gen.
Teshimer, issued s, pplement to regnla-
tiOns respecting semi annual returns and
pay ment Of duties ty the National Bank
ing AS ociations. He says numerous errors
have been made by recently organized
Banks in estimating semi-annual duties and
causes the supposlt'on that the regulations
respecting the statements furnished by the
Treasurer are not read or understood by the
officers making the estimates. The method
| OF making statements as contained in the
regula ions is legally correct and the books
in the Treasurers office are SO made A "a
| admit Of their record in no other method
There must, therefore, be no alterations oi
the printed forms BY UNDERLYING, eras ure
or otherwise. Statements will be returned
to Banks for correction until they are made
to conform to the method contained in the
regulations aud forms.