Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-11
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JHeNIYleA surbaa.- uNrht1rs VI,
eoersspondent says: ',
ny inlties bsfwss4 the, plaptsss ,aaA
The planters, it u said, are desirous of ri
ting rid Of the negroes Altogether and sun,
plyng tsse pleessvlA elits htBrers from
the North and from Europe. )
Tho eomoittee u mefchant men VA
visited Presidedt johnson 70 endeavor ~
induce him 70 rescind the o20,O0O escsp-
ton in his Amnesty Proclamation, have re-
turned without meeting whlfany success.
The old W. State banks, ~ nov in pro
cess Of liquidation, and it 10 thought that
holders q lAelr aot1b WtIl ~ rsAlj1e aver
twenty cents on the dollar.
Henry A. Wise has made application to
~ military assherities fG restn1tion Of
his tormer estate rear Norfolk, with rather
. poor prospect Of succeeding.
Some Of the Virginians propose to again
lat up Wise - candidate for Governor.
There ID great destitution among the in
habiiants Of Spottsylvania county, and it
has been proposed to send agents to the
cities Of Philadslphis and Baltimore to soil.
cit aid orthem.
The Tunes Washington special says:
Uef'. Hooker will at once assume com
pasd q the Dspastment Of the East, vice
Gen. Dix.
YhsrS were 70 pardons grantsd by the
President To- day, 70 persons ce0ins hnder
the go, 900 exception.
Seventy five petitions wsge Ale1 bat In.
cluded in then are NJ persons Of no.
tsSiety. xs M arr
Assistant Com. Fisk, Of the Freedmen .
Bureau, now At Nashville, writes that the
rebels returning from dsbanded armies
openly avow their intention TO re establish
slavery after the Federal forces are with
drawn from the town. In general no At
tempt is made ~ the white people to Is
sure the blacks that shvefy is abolished and
- consequence, the colored people, in
.lssge. numbers, hsss len and ate leavir. Q
their einpicyess and the latter make com
plants to the COmmi- sioDers, that the ne
groes would not fulfil their contracts for
labor.
Gen. Fisk attended convention ofabout
1000 colored people, where the subject Of
Emancipation was discussed. and he assur, d
the blacks that their freedom was beyond
doubt. The negroes were thus inspired
with confidence that they will not be again
made slaves, and they promised to return to
their late employers aud resume their labor.
Gen. Hancock and staff will remore the r
Headquarters from this city to Baltimore on
Friday or Saturday Of this week, when the
General will assume the command Of the
Middle Department
The troops Of the 1st Army Corps will be
returned from Camp Stoneman to some
point in Md, probably near Monocacy
In very short time there will be no
troops in the vicinity Of Washington, but
the bare garrisou Of 80. y~
Orders have been issued for nustcring
out the balancs Of the 9Th corps; but little
more than one division of the corps Is left
The regu A. corrs brigade whicl,,Le done
such efficient scrvi during the war will
probably be filled to It's maximusn strength.
keoimetts arc at present very much scat
tered. The LIST regiment is in Texas with
Sheridan, part Of it acting = his body
guard; the Cd is ut Winchester, Va; the Sd
u Little Rock, Ark; the 4&h With General
Willson, In Tenn; the 6ths At Cuinberland,
Md; and the 9Th at Frederick burg, Nd.
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wAssrSo1os, July 1A-Ths. Tribune 5
special says: s
One OF the prominent counsel engaged in
thslate conspiracy trial asserts spQeiiivel,
that spiritual attendants wers denled ad.
mission to Mrs. Surratts cell on the day Of
the execution until Secretary Stanton had
received q promise that they would not on
the scsflold proclaim their belief in her in
nocencc. ,1.....-.. -
A gentleman just from Fortress Monroe
reports the hes tn Of Jet. Davis much bet
ter than it had been At any time during Lis
incarceration. His meals are sent direct
from the table Of Dr. Craven, his attendant
physician, BY his daughter, and by her de
livered to The officer having immediate
charge over him. The doctor is keeping an
accurate journal Of his profcs sonal inter
views with Davis, which will hereafter throw
some interesting rays OF light on the i'm
pfisOnment OF the arch-traitor.
The following is a copy Of letter. ad-
dressed to his Lxc, llency, President Davis,
and recently received by the comnandant
ct Fort Monroe: $50 40.
my dear old friend, you must BY this
time be nearly out Of money. send you
the enclosed ; take it and pay your fare to
The enclosure ccnsitted' ofSi5 in Con
federate money. The writer Of the letter Is
an exrebel soldier. and If slightly hea,tl
and trifie profane, his letter serves to show
the feelings Of thousands Of JEFF. Davis
dupes aud victims. p s..a
The report that Davis and &C. CLAY
would be tried by the Military Commission
does not seem " be without confirmation,
1t 10 stated on good authority that at least
one Of the members Of the former court iia>
received orders assigning him rs one Of the
new commission. >, sias a., ssf5..s. Ia. ia !.
Maj. Gen. Hooker has received report
from y. b. Fisk, Assistant Commissioner lof
tie bQreap Df IT. odd defuHkB at
Tenn. lie says that insolcnsce
and III treatment from returning rebel sol.
diers has ssRr. much to do With the reluct.
ance with which the colored people continue
their labor on plantations. -
{ The Hsrald'ss Whdhih4toh special says ::
The receipts Of the Treasury from The In
ternal Bureau has fell . little below half
million dollars daily. The sale of.7-30s
cannot be expected to keep pace with the
expenditure. The Secretary
has therefore decided to- pay but IS per
cent. Of all allowed claims in currency, and
10 tender creditors Of the Government the
20 per cent. in certificates Of in
The operations Of this rule be-
gan this A. NJ.
: HI AenlfJ, pf ffie Tennessee reEa Lexis.
AZURE, sometimes styled the eagle orator.
sho cshtertldl tie. i0eyernttship 81 the
State with Andy johnson, in 1868. is re-
ported to be N the city, desiring pardon
'pong other rebels Of greater or lesser mag I
litude. a, 8.;,s,.f fsaslr4 gfsa
Senator Sarbourd and Congressman Roy
lton. Of Ark, and Gilmer and Bridges, of|
he Lower Lower House from North Caro-
mia, Mr.. Smith. mot Jumping Bill an
x.member Of the Federal Congress, and a
sember Of the rebel Congress from the be-
inning Of the war, and Col. Hunt, Of Shell