Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-23

New Yonk, Nov. 22.-The Words sp..
,al says: ps'-
Twelve hundred men have been tnus,er.a
out of the veteran reserve corps, leav;r.
only 100 enlisted men in this department,
Two hundred officers are trying TO hold !,
10 their commissions until Congress au,ho,
ICES the continuance Of the corps.
Gen. Carl. Schurx, in his report IN ~
president, stated it to be his belief thu, g
negro suffrage be enforced At the South =,
present, 1t will require large standing
army.
The forthcoming report Of the Comm,ss
Toner Of Internal Revenue will recoume,.d
the adjustment Of proprietary revenue
stamps, and oil other stamps except ,ho.s
used for legal documents.
Tie testimony in the case of Cant.;n
Petit was concluded yesterday.
The Report Of the Commissary General
Of Prisoners, now nearly completed, con.
tains . vast amount Of matter relative to IN.
number Of prisoners taken BY each side dur
ing the war.
Secretary Stanton has determined not 10
publish the list Of officers to DO mustered
out until after congress meets.
The Tribune's SPECIAL says:
PAymaster Bosrdman Of New Hampshire
sent cut to the Stone~all, died with yellow
fever Ut Havana.
Several reconstructed rebels have filed
claims for the balance due them before their
participation in treason.
An application was made at the navy de
partment, yesterday, for the appointme,
of young Virginian secessionist % mid
shipmen.
The Times special says:
Numbers Of applications for pardons are
on file.
But few members Of Congress have vet
arrived.
The Hon. Schuyler Cofax has consents ed
to deliver lecture before the press Grub Of
Philadelphia ON lext Monday evening"
Subject, " Across the Continent"
The llerald's special says:
Gene-al Grant's r. port of mlit,ry opera
ton nee his appointment as Lieut. Cen.
is ready.
The feeling against England in Washing.
ton or allowing the officrs and crew Of the
Shenandoah to escape, is Que of undissuis-
ed disgust and hostility and all agree that
they must be given up to our authorities
under the ext,adition treaty. There is no
doubt cntertain, d Of our ability to prove
from her log book that she took many
prizes af.er she was informed of the close
Of the war;
The interior of the Capitol is being com
pletely and deliberately prepared Tor the
approaching session. Desks for Southern
members are being replaced
Surgeon Mary Walker having failed to
receive Majors commission in the Uni
ted States army, the President has direct.d
that She be presented with the usual III. dial
for mcritorious and faithful service. Her
friends will ask congress- for a more intrin-
sic tes tnmonial
All Executive and Miscellaneous docu
ments of the thirty seventh aud thirty
eighth congress have been printed.
A Military Commission is sa to be or
dercd for the investigation ofthe enlistment
Of Prus>an subjects by the State of Mass,
during the war, with power to sit in Wash
ington and Boston, to accommodate the
Prus sian Minister and Mass. officials, res.
pcctively.
1t is understood that the Prussian gov
ernment demanded an explanation from
the United States and the former expects
to establish the fact that frauds and com
pulsions have been prac,iced upon emil
grants. Commissioners. Major General
liltchcock. Mat. Smith and Seth Williams.
The Worlds SPECIAL says:
The Second Comptroller Of the Treasury
made the following decisions
Officers dschar led to take effect at par
tiCular period, and who do not receive
notice Of their dist barge till some time at
ter, and who in the meantime continue on
duty. Gene within the I'd Paragraph Of
General Orders, No lob, of 1854, relating
to commissioned officers, are ali entitled 70
pay to the date Of which such discharge or
notice was received An officer holding a
commission on the Sd Of March 1865, and
continuing !. in the service Of the United
States until August 10Th, 1865, was order
Ell supernumcrary by the consolidation OF
his regin cit with another, and in conse-
quencc, discharged, held that as he was
not discharged from the service under any
orders Of the War Depa, ,nent for the re
ductior Of the army. he is not entitled to
three months pay proper. provi cd by the
act Of Congress. March Sd, 1865. ina.muri
as he has not served tn t'e close Of the
war. within the meaning of the law
New YORK. Nov 23-The Savannah
Herald has information that a riot took
place among the negroes near Mariana,
West Florida. The rioters burned Gotten
gin house. A company Of regulators were
sent there to keep order.
There is no doubt of the election of Jen
kins as governor Of Georgia.