Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-02
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NV Yonx, Nov. 9.-Dy eeisf Of ths
6sesstary Il War The State Of Wiseensiu
b. 6esn taken from ths military depart
msot q Misseuri and sddsd b the dep6rt.
medt Of the Ohio.
The rsceipts from Internal revenue yes
terday ansunsed = oa,l00, 6sS.7l. r.
csipts Of customs for Oeeobee, 90, 0OO. 0OO
10 gold.
The papers in Tho ease Of Wirz vsse res.
terday evening plsssd in the hasds Of the
President for his eppseval q dinpproval
Of the Andings and judgment Of the militia
" sommission. Up to The present moment
il is net known that the President has dis
posed Of NE ease. The Worlds special
says the great pressure Of public business
on the Pre- ident has prevented him from
doing ssy thisg IN the Vim 60. The
brief u the records mado b. ~ j6dss "a
voeate general hes not bsen laid 6efofo TIE
executive.
Rev. Henry Ward Beschsr had IN inter.
view With the President yesterday, and
again this A. n. He 10 now more than ever
pleased with the Presidents policy.
A special meeting Of the Cabinet was
held 1t noon to-day. There is little or no
doubt but that the Adams Russell core.
spondence Of the Alabama piracies, under
consideration, and the reply Of Mr.. Seward
to Earl Russell, will be read Il the meeting
and duly considered, though in some quar-
tiers it is declared that the dispatch to Min
lister Adams went out in to-dsy's steamer.
wAsu,soros, Nov. The Tribuns's
SPECIAL says: ~.
The GeSssamsnt has inst received from
Charleston, 8. O., quantity Of letters writ.
ten in the spring Of 1851 BY the more hon.
est postmssters Of places south Of Charles.
ton, containing money and postage stamps,
but oil seized 1t that city by the Confeder-
atee. The stamps being useless to them
they were allowed to accumulate there.
The Government has also received Sc, 400
for postage due from Charleston before the
war.
: Ex-Commissioncr Orion received the fare
well greetings Of the clerks Of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, and left for New York last
evening.
Commissioner Rollins, who returned last
evening, assumed his new duties today.
Sixty one million dollars in certificates Of
Indebtedness we're passed ct the treasury to
the credit Of the various purchasing quar-
termasters throughout the country, to Ii.
4uidate the outstanding claims Of Govern
mcnt contractors.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Herald's spec
ial says:
The 500 counterfeit grecnback is such Z
successful piece Of workmanship that about
dozen copies oft have been paid over the
counter at the Treasury. The veteran Treas.
urcr, Gen. Skinner acknowledges himself
puzzled to distinguish good from bad in this
case.
Capt. Woodruff of the Veteran Reserve
Corps has been charged with making out
the rolls and Major Sameite is to muster
out those veterans who wish it as soon Is
the rolls are made. Two or three days will
elapse before the men Of the Veteran Reserve
Corps in this Department will have an op-
portunity to vote in the question Of the case
OF Capt. Petit, the Alexandria jalor charg-
etl with cruclties o prisoners will come up
before n military committee to morrow.
Evidence will be adduced to prove Pettill
guilty Of oulrages but little inferior to those
Of Andersonville barring the destructson Of
life. At the latter place he pas = Veteran
Reserve Captain and was arrested by order
of the Secretary Of War for inhumanities
to citizens Of Alexandria Is we'll as Union
soldiers.