Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-11

era 1t Havsc.
The Fenian Congress have resolved them.
selves into court martial to try the seced.
ing Senators.
! Orders have been received ct Savannah
to proceed with the trial Of General Mercer,
under arrest upon the charge Of shooting
Uuion prisoners.
The New York Fenians have minors Of
hostilities in Ireland, and that the Irish
we're victorious IN the FIRST battle. As the
Canada brought no var news, the rumor 10
evidently sensation.
| A Petition for the speedy trial Of JED.
Davis has been stnt (, Washington, signed
by 10000 citizens Of Indiana. headed by
the Governor and State officers.
road vas thrown of . trestle near Nashville
day before yesterday, killing one man,
wounding several aud burning several ne
groes.
A memorial from St. Louis merchants,
presented to Congress yesterday, states
that there are $40 registered steamboats, in
western waters, valued 1t ga ,556. 900.
The Wisconsin Legislature meets to-day.
| Mr.. w. G. Willard, who, for some months
past, has had the chief editorial charge Of
the Milwaukee Sentinel, has terminated his
connection with that paper, and is about to
return to his home in Vermont.
Robert B. Minturn, Of the well known
shipping frnl Of Grlnnell & Minturn. and
Elijah F. Purdy, an equally we'll known
Democratic politician, both citizens Of New
York, died in that city yesterday.
Important official correspondence called
for by Congress, upon the relations our
Cover ment sustains with France and Max
imiian, is published. The correspondence
shows that the Government has taken
firm stand against recognizing Macmillan
or any Of his agents.
Boston has turned Fanueil Hall into ba-
zaar for charitable fair, and the Rev. Bar
on Stowe, who is Superintendent, offers
10 marry couples in the old Cradle Of Liber
i ty las low aselscwhere, the proceeds to 50
to the fund" Already one marriage has
been celehrated-,he first, it is said, ever
soemnixed in the Hall.
Hon VIM. b.: Hubbard, q prominent cit.
izen Of Ohio, died ut Columbus on the 9th
aged II years He was Speaker Of the Leg
stature in 1881, Masonic Grand Master from
$50 to 1853, and President Of the First Ma
tional Bank of Columbus He was struck
by apoplexy few days before his death, as
the result OF overwork VI on financial es.
say, and never again recovered conscious
| ness.
The Legislature of Nebraska organized
on the 9th by the election OF James q. Me .
gesth, Of Douglas county, Speaker Of the
House. The Coun, il still remained unor.
ganized, the parties standing six and six in
that body. The seat Of Gen. Heath, mem-
Der Of the House from Kearney District. is
in contest, mainly on the ground Of his be
ing in the military service. The question
has been referred to committee for re-
port
The Baltimore american states its actual
cash receipts for the year 1865 as having
been $l74,SlO, Us follows: Subscription,
$lOG, 1873 advertising, $Gs.427. The in
crease is $l,242 over the previous year, and
sos, SCI over the year 1860. In 1874 the
price was four cents a copy, in 1865 three
cents, which accounts for there being
no increase of revenue upon the year.
The New Jersey Legislature met at Trer.
ton on tuesday, the 9th. and organized by
the election o! James NJ. Scovill, of amden
President Of the Senate. and John Hill. OF
Morris, Speaker of ne House. Hon. Mrrcus
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led ,cxt Tuesday, 10Th, and preparations
are making for grand celebration at Tren
ton in honor of;hc event.
Tie new daily paper at Detroit will IL
issued March kt, and will bc called the
Post A company has been formed on 8
basis Of 5000, 900 capital, and the official ar
ticcs fled in court.
The Canada, from Liverpool. brings ar
interesting budget of news. The French
government has announced its intention Of
Withdrawing from the cx,radtion TT atywitl
Enel md. VII CHI expires in June. Sir Henry
Storke has been formally gazetted as Gov
enor of Jamaica. The steamer hex was
wrecked off Cork, ard two hundred lives
|, were lost. Further correspondence between
MIR. Adams and Earl Clarendon on the
Shenandoah question, Is published. The
question remains unsettled.
In the Senate yesterday, the principal
business Of interest was the presentation Of
a memorial freu. merchants Of st. Louis,
asking for the improvement Of the Missis-
sippi, and a resolution from Mr.. Sumner,
calling for an investi. alton into the report
that negroes arc kidnapped in the South
and sold as slaves in Cuba and Brazil In
the House the day was principally occupied
with personal issue between Messrs.
Washburne, Of Illinois, and Baldwin, oil
Massachusetts, and q speech by Mr.. Voor
hecs, Of Indiana, on reconstruction. aud the
reply thereto by'Mr. Bingham, Of Ohio.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The receipts fol
internal revenue, to day. were $725, 200.
The receipts Of internal revenue froT
July LIST up till date are $l67 500, OOO The
Commissioner is confident that the rece ipt,
will reach $4,000, 900 for the fiscal year
The distilleries are beginning to be heard
from. Twenty eight names are now on the
Speakers list, for speeches on reconstruc
ton in Committee Of the Whole, and three
or four are added for every one that has YET
come off
The order recently issued ordering ths
muster out Of the t, oops on duty in Virgin
= ia, was to day revoked by the Secretary o.
War. Similar orders, it is understood, ~i
be issued in regard to troops in the Other
Southern States.
The Commissary General Of Subsistence
is having prepared statement show ing the
quantity and price Of every article purchas
ed by the Subsistence Department from the
beginning to the close of the rebellion.
Collector Grannis, Of Cleveland, is among
the custom officers now here in consultation
with the Commissioner Of Customs relative
! to the p' opposed amendments to the revenue
law Tor the prevention Of smuggling on the
northern frontier. The Collectors held an
other consultation with Mr.. Sargent TO-
day.
A report received At the Freedmen's Blu
reau to day, shows that in Missouri there
arc in operation nineteen colored schools
with twenty three teachers and 1,3As
scholars; in Arkansas there are ten schools
with seventeen teachers and ,478 scholars
The Secretary Of the Treasury has deci.
ded that canal boats only enrolled and Ii
censed. on which tonnage has been paid
arc not liable to the internal revenue tax.
Major Thos. w. Sweeney. 10th U. S. In.
fantry, Brevet Colonel u. s. Army. has
been dismissed the service for absence
without leave.
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