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

New YoRk, Aug. 5.-The Times W..h.
ington special has the following:
The In,ernal Revenue receipts since our
last report foot up $2,603, 163. SO, viz: YES.
terday's receipts 81, vS6, 4O7. 10, TO- day re-.
ceipts 81, 7O6, 1851.
It has been announced in some of the NJ.
pers that the President would leave here 10.
day for Cape Nay. We understand that
the: President has no such. intention. His
health is improving.
The German societies in this city are pre.
pairing for an entertainment for the benefit
Of the Lincoln National monument to ~.
erected in this city. The Baltimore German
societies are preparing to take action to the
same end. The monument association have
. handsome sum on b nd.
II is reported that "a officers recentlv
discharged from our army have profFer.d
their services to the Mexican Minister hero
and propose to join the Mexican army.
Mr. Robert Brown. who was present At
the JEFF. Davis meeting in this city the 9th
er day, makes an affidavit to the following
statement The meeting was first compos
ed Of citizens Of New York, when, at the
suggestion Of some one, several southern
gentlemen were invited. When the doors
we're closed there were thirteen men present
The object Of the meeting was to raise
money to pay tn expenses of defending
Davis. A committee wa appointed for that
purpose consisting Of Mayor Gunther, who
was not present, Carlos Butterfield, Thos.
Martin, = Douglas, and - Clancy.
general conversation ensued and they
oil agreed that the Davis trial was tho most
important in the history of the world. Mr..
Cutter quoted from the Declaration Of Indc
pendence to show that the Southern States
had right to seccde. Other New Workers
took the same ground citing the action 10
the action and opinions Of the citizens OF
New York and Massachusetts, when the
Constitution WAS framed.
Mr.. Livingston Of Alabama read from sew.
eral free State Constitutions the expressed
right to secede.
1t was said that the effect Of the trial OF
Davis would be a r,volutl,n Of sentiment
everywhere in favor Of the South. 1t would
be proved on trial that the secession cause
was right and entitled to the sympathies Of
the world
Mr.. Livingston declared that i, 20 years
the man that now accuses the South of hav
ing committed treason will be looked upon
as mailman and fool One New Yorker
denounced the execution OF Mrs. Surratt as
cool and deliberate murder.
Mr.. Martin said the court had no legal
jurisdiction, and that the execution was dc
libcrate murder
Mr.. Livingston said several Englishmen
had told him that this cruel murder would
send thrill Of horror through Europe, and
that the howl would so terriiy the American
Government that it will be afraid to bring
Davis to trial. He believed that the intcn
,ion was to keep him lingering in prison.
WASHINGTON, August 5.-The Postmas-
ter Geneia al has jus. ordered the renew
al Of mail service on the Mobile 4 Ohio
Railroad from Mobile, Alabama, to Column
bus. Kentcky, including Macon and other
important points.
Capt. II. Dayton, Chief Of the Bureau Of
Washington, said last night that he had
been i'll. Only two says he participated
with Admiral Dupont IN the taking Of Port
Royal and other important places.
CAIRO, August 5.-Over 1900 bales Of
cotton passed here yesterday for st. Louis
$50 bales for Cincinnati.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad is compile
ted from Columbus, KY, toTrenton, Tenn,
and the cars are running through.
MONTREAL, August A.
The attempted abduction of George n.
Sanders, is pronounced by Judge Armitagc,
an unmitigated hoax, got up to create sym
pathy for the broken down seccssiOnsts rcsid-