Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-12

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1ecsase. 10 Tie fnst'oe Aeafuliso. 49, n.
given - HssaDd cossesysodewe r. -.
esws, writing a The 1pth of last month a
This plocs wls ~ occupied b. The Inn,
lall6ts o. the 1Ith a Septsm6ss. A ~,
squadren arrived il the hss6es, and hnl..s
40 troops, IL native MsxieAn, under 1ss
MsntsuSsro. Alvarex. the Republican -
mander, who held the place on their sr,,v.i
retired With his force Of SOC shout "a m,..,
INTO the iatsgioe, md tbsse Remained. cut~
ting OF alisupslies from tie lmperis,ist.
The latter did not dare to venture bevo.I
The limits Of The town in the dAytine. NJ
had shut themselves sp h TIE fsft, end a.
wares asd his osA bed it pretty much ths;r
own var.
TIE greater portion sfahs pepsialiss IA
with Alseres, but thsse who seaened m
not tssp opsn theie GheA ~ hshhy -.
chmAtion icfSiddsn th0n 46do16 SnsX
qssosly busisess was e complete stand
still. ~
Nsximilian's clscers could gst none Of IN.
inlnbitsnta % do anything for them. and
outside Of the fort IN Impssialist could NOT
obtain glass Of water.
The Hersld's Richmond correspondent
says:
The following order has been Issued:
All district, su6-district and post com.
msnders in this department viii take Ell T
lent measures 70 prsvsat any il reference
by the officers and men Of their commands
with the election which take place on the
18Th inst. To this end they will on !
day Of the election remove III troops from
the vicinity ofths polliag plvcss. aad suffer
no oGRcoe q man 70 approsch them sxcen4
in eases II disturbance Of d. psase, when \
Absolutely :secssary. s,li.ssy feres may b.
By command Of d. II. TEssY.
Major General.
WAsnrxoron, Oct. 1.-THE Tines spse.
ial says:
Ad.legation from South Carolina appoint.
ed BY an immense vote Of the late Conven.
ton 10 that State to 70 consent . petition e
the President for the pardon Of JEFF. Davis
has arrived here end expect to have IN "a.
dience at the Executive Mansion to morrow
The delegation consists Of Alfred Hunter
Judge Wordiow, and Mr.. Datkins. The
first named Vas the second Postmaster Of
Charleston.
Citizens Of South Carolina who arrived
here to day, direct from that State represent
that the canvass for United States Senator
IL exceedingly lively, and that the prospect
for the election Of Gov. Perry is unfavor
able. The President this morning made
the following appointments:
D. X. Henderson. Collector Of Iuternal
Revenue for the Sd District Of the State Of
Ohio; WIN. Price, Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the State Of Aiseoasi; Mont
gomery Moses, Collector Of laauenal Rsvsu
ne for the LIST District, State 1t South Oar
olins.
The Herald's special says:
Information has been received from
Washington that six hundred Spencer rifles
in boxes were seized by the Canadian au-
thoritics At Niagara city, yesterday. The
contents of the boxes were accidentally dis
covered in overhauling the railroad eight.
The auth"ities report it o Case Of Fen
ian smuggling.
It is well known that combinations e.i.s
in several OF the principal cities osene cvun
try. for the gu, chase Of arms from disct ar
gcd soldiers, many Of whom on leaving the
service avail thems elves of the privilege Of
purchasing their guns At greatly reduced
prices,
As the purchase Of guns from dischar--
ged soldiers who have the government re-
ceipt for it is perfectly legitimate business
SecretarylSewardw will not attempt to break
up the traffic.
The Eighth U. S. cavalry is ordered to
Gen. Sheridan and the Second to General
Sherman, both regiments will be dismount
ed and their horses turned in ct CumbeT-
land Head.
The Tribune's Special says:
1t is estimated that the Wirz trial will
cost the government At least 500, 900.
Col. w God late Surgeon General in the
rebel army is here and will appear before
tho Wirz military court Is witness for the
defence.
The Times syecisl says:
A great cotton swindle has Just been
dnravelled at Augusta, Ga. The volume Of
facts. concerning the transaction 10 very
great, but briefly are % follows:
During the rebel occupation Of Georgia,
three parties, named Thos. s. Metcalf, W.
A. Beal and Jeremiah Beal. became the
Joint owners Of 9,794 bales Of cotton, vari-
ously stored at Eufala, Ala, Albany and
lawson. Ga. One Of the parties, Metcalf
owned 70 r thousand bales on bis own &C
count, which the rebel Gen. Hill, at Angus
Ia, throwed into the street in damaged
condition. Aetcalf gave person nam
Geo. Scobey one bird Of the cotton to re-
bale and put it in shipping order. Thi,
cotton Metcalf sold in July last, through
Scobey, to John Everett, Of Philadelphia
The defendants in this case, Everett ant
Scobey. also claim that Metcalf also sold I,
them 9,7OO bales, owned jointly by himsel
and the two Beals, this Metcslf denied .
first, claiming that he only gave the price i
could be bought for on certain day TO
cash, 2Oc per pound. Here begins the in
terest in the case. Everett and Scobey, il
appears. then went to work upon the mill
tary authorities to manipulate the matter g
as to get certain orders from Gen. Stedmal
which frightened Metcalf, who is an Of,
man, to sell the cotton for two hundre,
Thousand dollars. The Beals, however, or
posed the safe, and applied for an injunct-
ion.