Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-18

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trestnent Of IT, psi6soSFs and. IN IMPORTS
AZ their haxsh u6age asd starvati6a. His
ssory. = told By hia svn rs1atives, Slows !
dsensr intention than hss bsen. generally
snnooped. and iastsns ppon JET Davis and
his Cabinet Crime bob ikaztling andape
calling b IL details. ~
m. Foots, u b sid, states that ~ inves.
t;c,tious showed conclusive evidence thatit
~ decided 10 CAbieet 'meeeihk 10 reduces
IT, rations served out to prisonsss. that Il
shoud 90 weaken their constitution. ii con-
uection with their confinement, that Il would
destroy them % adder, Or make mem when
exchanged worthless. Senator Esots deter.
mined to report these Acts to the Senate.
but the balance Of the COMMITTEES overruled
him and suppressed the facts. ''l'
Nv informant further states that Il vaa
on this point that the quarrel between Davis
and Foote broke ont aifesh, which resulted
in the lstter leaving Richno0a and seekine
some secluded spoG where such horrid deeds
were not committeds-
Here, then, u The evidenco coocluhive az
jolt Davis and associates guilt in To al.
bolical deed Of starving our prisoners. 4.
deed which makes the most stocial 6erson
shuddsr to contemplate. Men vko viii
coolIy and deliberately plan : scheme like
that will conspire TO assassinate President
or any other pssson. II il . fitting SEQUEL
that authors Of such deeds should end Their
courses in . cowardly manner, drsssed in
petticosts. No wonder Jefr Davis cloven
foot revealed who he vas.
One Of the Herald's correspondents. wit.
ing from Gen. kilpatrick's camp, near Lex.
ington, N. O., says the planters Of the sur.
rounding country ore greatly troubled r.
garding an anticipated scarcity Of hands to
perform necessary agricultural labors. and
design visiting the north to procure labor.
ers.
They say that tho negroes, now that they
are free, are unreliable, and that their poor
whites Of the State are too Axy to work.
The dissolution Of the rebel armies threw
loose upon North Carolina, - well q other
States, thousands Of discrdefly characters
who roamed through the country plumber.
ing from friends and foes indiscrimiuatoly.
and causing reign Of terror and anarchy.
This condition Of things has been to 4 great
extent terminated BY the judicious distrihu
ton at various points through the State Of
detachmcnts Of national tro 5ps,
The Tribure's dispatch from Raleigh Of
the l2th says:
The number Of Johnston's army, which
were paroled at Greensboro. has been swell
ed by the addition Of large portion of
Wheeler's command, and others received by
Maj. Wolcott at Charlotte, N. G., and now
amounts to 36,97l. Among these arc Al
general officers.
The Tribune's Washington dispatch saws
the Presidents forthcoming amnesty pro-
clamation is already in type, and the proof
several days by the Cabinet.
IL 10 understood that It will profFer the
oath Of allegiance to those who have served
in the rebel armies up to a certain grade.
and when accepted to constitute 4 full
change and pardon. 1t is also stated that
the full scope and the limitations of Gems.
Grant and Sherman's terms Of amnesty Ar
to be deferred, while those officers who shall
nave been convicted ofthe horrible cruel.
ties perpetrated upon our prisoners win be
tried, and il convicted, punished. lie pub
location is momentarily expected.
An officer upfr0m Fort Monroe states that
Prvparations are making there for combining
'en: Davis uatil Such time ~ his presence
shall be required for trial here.