Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-05
NEWS

NEW I0RK, Dec. 0.-The Trihnnc,s
Washington special says:
The payment Of the Jsnuary Common.
will be anticipated owing to large accnmu.
lation Of coin in the Treasury.
| Disabled soldiers in various department.
Of the Government, will petition Conures.
to allow them some bounties, paid otheIs q
their class not in Government employ
| Quite . sensation VAS occasionad in
Washington yesterday, by . report of N.
prevalence Of Yellow Fever, on board tho
S,onewaIl She has been lowed into tho
stream, and is being thoroughly cleansed
preparatory to admission Of visitors
The Commissioner Of Customs il con,;n-
eel from the character of reports which he
is daily receiving from the Canadian from.
tier that his action in employing female
detectives there, was judicious and will ~
OF great benefit in the exposure and arrest
OF the female smugglers who have recentlv
been extensively engaged in the contrabana
trade betw een Canada and the T. S-not
one female smuggler now crosses the line
where twenty crossed it before, and mer
chants along the border are suspected az
having formerly been engaged in the con.
traband trade are closing their stores and
selling out.
Another smuggling dodge has just been
detected
An unusual number Of collins have been
brought across the line Of late, for the in
terment on American soil.
| Last week the L. s. Revenue officer in.
sisted upon seeing the corpse aft = the cot
fin was landed, against the earnest protest
Of the stricken relatives, when instead of
body, the coffin was filed with costly silks
Two per cent. of all the fractic nal currcn
cy received at the Treasury, is counterfeit
This comes to the department from bank
ers and others deemed expert in Judging
money, and two per cent. escaping the de-
lection Of such parties, gives some idea OF
extent Of this kind Of counterfeits,
| The Supreme Court met at 10 o'clock to
day. The judges being all present, they
proceed in a body to the White House to
pay their respects to the President They
then adj burned until tomorrow. when they
will enter upon the business of their term.
| l.. {. Durant, the Vice President and Gen
eral Manager Of tn Union Pacific Railroad
is now in Washington, making arrange
ments for the examination and acceptance
by Commissioners. the first forty miles Of
the main line west of Omaha Since the
decision of the President approving the
amended location Of the road, the work has
progressed very rapidly.
The Times Washington special contains
tie following:
\ motion has been filed in the Supreme
Court by A. II. Garland, Esq, Of Arkansas,
to be permitted to practice in that Court
without taking the oath as prescribed by
the act OF Congress of July Cd, 1862. and
January cath, 1868. The motion will be
argued probably, on Wednesday,
| Directly after the adjournment Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States yester
day. special meeting Of the mem
bers ct the bar was convened, for the pur
p Sc ofpaying proper respect to the memory
OF the late Judge Catron, who died since the
adjournment Of the Court last spring. =
Judge Black, formerly Attorney General,
presided. Speeches were made by the Hon.
Caleb Gushing, Hon Mont gomcry Blair, and
others. a committee was appointed to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense of
the meeting. The resolutions were prcpar-
cd and adopted, and the committee directed
to present copy thereof TO the Court to
day, to be spread upon the journal
INV York, Dec. "a further reduction
by the discharge of eighty six workmen
was made at the L ooklyn Navy Yard yes
| tcrday.
The leralds Charleston correspondent
| says:
commander Laueron, com handing the
Atlantic squadron has arrived in this city.
His squadron is already reduced to ten YES
sells, and will bo farther reduced BY the sale
Of two other vessels
The Worlds Jacksonville, Fla CORE
| spondcnt says:
| The two delegates elected to the late con-
vcntion were supposed to have been on
board the steamer ID. IT, Mount. Judge
Frozisr fJack sonville, and formerly Of Mai
Weeks command, ofthe 2d Florida Union
cavalry was also on board
Nfw YoHK, De 5.-TLe election for mu-
nlcipal officers takes place in this city to-
day
The lIcrald's WASHINGTON special says:
The GcHcral Land Olfice Yesterday re
ccivcd the following returns Of cash sales Of
public lands during the month %. October
AT Marysvillc, California, it amonnttd to
nearly 1000, accompanied with an actual
settlement Of ,059 acres under home stead
law.
In the same month at Vancouvers, Wash |
ington Territory, nearly 1900 acres were
taken up for actual settlement together with |
cash sales amounting to $3.50.
The Land Office in Iowa reports the Sc: |
Element under Hon steaG Law, of nearly |
900 acres Of public lands with cash re-
ceipts amounting to upwards Of $1,000.
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New York, Dec "a coll sion occurred |
asst evening between an Adams Express
freight car, of the Harlem and city railroad, |
and car of the Sd Avenue railroad. by |
which one passenger on the city car was in
stantly killed. A number of others were Sc
verely injured, and the car broken.
The llerald's special says:
Commissioners Cooley, OF the Irdian Bu
r7au. received this morning comruuica
ton from the Superintn ent Of The In
dian Agency in Kansas, giving decisive
information of the beiigerent state OF the
tribes in that section.
The report that has previously been Oh
tanned in regard to the burning of a sta e
coach by the Chcyennes and Apaches on
the Smoky Hill route, on the 18th OF No
vember, is fully snbstantiated, together
with the massacre of Frederick M,rsin. of
New York, with i've others, then travel
ing in the coach.
1t is also represented that after commit
ting this outrage and muroer, the whole
force attacked successfully five nail sta
tons along the ronfe, which they DESTROY
ed and taking possession OF the live stock
along the line of their devasta lons. ard de
parted in a southeasterly direction. The
official statement Of the above has also been
placed before Gov. Cummings.
New YORK, Dec. 5.-The Herald's special
says:
The joint commission to settle the claims
between the United States and the govern
M MT of Coll,nb ia has been submitted ~ |