Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-04
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FoaE MoHnon, Sept. 4
Je6 Davis he's bcen attacked with the
erydpe1as foe the second ti0s slnce hi CO.
fnement The first attack was vefy slieht
but this one h m0p severe, although mot
looked upon - seriouss
The health Of Mr.. Clay il improving.
BY direction Of The Secretary Of War. q
board Of inquiry IL 10 commence ct Fort
Monroe, to investigate the facts pertaining 70
the management OF the hospitals at Camp
Hamilton. The board consists Of Major L.
8. Baker, Surgeon F. L. Bancroft and Ca6t.
s. II. Coorless. They have authority 70
send for persOns and papers that may cid
them 70 make thorough investigation.
Gen. Miles, having ascertsincd that the
late rebel Capt. WindeT, son Of the deceased
General Of that name, and whose name Is
among those appearing in the Wertx indict-
ment, was in Drummondtown, on the East
ern Shore, issued an order for his arrest
Capt. Hitchcock, Provost Marshal, made
the arrest this morning, and the prisoner
was to-day sent TO Washington 70 await
such disposal Of him q the military author
ity may direct
ST.. LOUIS, Sept 2.
The Rocky Mountain Nescs Of late date
says that gentleman just from Elpasso, New
Mexico, reports the French marching on
all the transportation he could and was rap.
| idly falling back on Elpasso
| II is said that the lmperialists have occu-
pied Hcrmassclle, in the interior Of the
State of Sonora, and have undisputed posses
| sion'o the surrounding country for some
distance in all directions; that the principal
portion Of the Republican forces in the
State-about 3,O0O-had joined the Imperi
| alists, and that PcsQuirna, the Republican
Governor, was deserted by all but two hun
dred Of his men and had fed
The impcrialists still hold Zuaymus, and
no Republican troops 0elconseauencc were
| in the vicinity.
New YORK, Sept. 2.
The coroner's Jury, in the case of the col
lision on the Long Island railroad, have
rendered verdict, in substance, as follows:
That the collision was produced by the care
lessness Of r. J. Race. conductor OF the mail
train, and Jas. White, engineer OF the ex.
press train that s. g. Sands and Daniel
f.. Chase are not considered responsible;
ccnsuring Oliver Chsrlick, President Of the
railroad company for the irregular manner
in which trains are run, and Cauder I'LL IN
directly responsible for the catastrophe
pinccr of the mail train also guilty of care
lcssness Another Of the jurors finds Louis
g. Sands, conductor OF the express train,
also guilty of carclessness. Three other
jurors find Il. |. Race, conductor, and Daniel
r. Chase, engineer Of the mail train, guilty
of carelessness and inattentiOn to their
duties, and recommend that more definite
rules be adopted for running irregular trains
Sheriff Sudker, who was one Of the jury,
declined voting on the question of the gen
eral Encouragement of the running of
trains and accommodation Of passengers, on
the ground that it is an improper question
for the jury to dctermine-thc only proper
question being was the road mismanaged
that day, and il so, by whom. q. &. Mckee
another juror concurrcd, in this opinion.
The Posts Washington special says:
The President has restored to his com
mand Col Preston, Of the 18th L. s. color.
cd troops, heretofore dismissed.
A large number Of postotfices aud mail
routes have just been opened in South Car
DINA.
A number Of quartermastcrs and other
government employees have just been dis
charged.
Horace Greeley arrived in Washington to-
day.
The Xralds Washington special says:
nc tptaI lIOuI sdCs VI Sostiu-
mcnt buildings at Fairfax Court House,
Flint Hill. Beach Grove and Prospect I'LL,
Virginia amounted to 1881 1925 The most
valuable buildings ut Fairfax Court House
and Flint Hill were reserved and turned
over to the Frcedmcn's Bureau.
Applications has been made to the Freed
mems Bureau to employ ut fair wages 900
freedmen in coal mining on the James river,
by stock company OF northern capitalists.
New YORK, Sept. 2.
The .Saxonia, from Southampton 23d ult.,
arrived this Z. NJ.
The Great Eastern had arrived at Shear
ness Capt. Anderson fully believes in be
ing able to lay the Atlantic cable lie urges
the manufacture of new cable and proper
picking up appliances by May, then lay
new cable and afterwards pick up the old
one and continue laying the sane.
The Atlantic TELEGRAPH Company resolved
to lay {. new cable next June and pick up
the old one.
MIR Mason writing to the Times says:
Orders were at once forwarded to stop
the Shcnandoah's cruise on the termination
Of the war.
The cattle plague continued.
FRANCE-'rhe Emperor and Empress are
in Switzerland.
TuRKEy.-The cholera is disappearing in
COnstantin"ple.
SpAIN-Thc cholera at Gil,ralter, BARGE
Iona and Valencia is disappearing.
The Sucz Canal flood gates were opened
OH the 18th and vessel laden with Goals
passed through direct from the Mediterran-
can to The Red sea.
lTALY.-Thc Italia denies that financial
arrangement exist between the Italian gov
eminent and the Holy See for the settlement
of the Roman debt.
NEW YoRK, Sept. g.
The HemIs Richmond correspondence
says: ..
Gen Lee has, within few day 9, practical.
" set about the task of writing the history
of the war. The forthcoming work will he
written from the rebel stand point, and IN
this view will constitute an exceedingly val
liable contribution to the historical litera-
turc OF the century. Gen. Lee is living in
great quiet and humility on an obscure and
well nigh inaccessible farm, the property Of
q friend in Cumberland county, Virginia.
His sons and a nephew, with slight aid, com.
parativcly have raised a magnificent crop of