Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-13

compromised, adding interest. Ees oil The
amounts thus fas shown TO have been lost
BY creditors, he has given cheek in foil
The whole will bs about 100000.
The mortality report Of Chicago for Octo-
Der, just published. shows that the number
Of deaths there during the last month was
ITO. an increase over the month preceding
Of 43l. The cholera Was the case Of 67S-
or more than half Of the whole numbss.-
Thi. oificial statement knocks into cooked
hat the newspaper reports Of that city du-
ring that month-for according to their ten
or. there was scarcely no cholera at al in
that place.
A horrible occurrence y said 70 have ~
ken place few miles sase ef oaincy. A
Mrs. Mcclure. faras5s wife. go ssppessd
to have died on Sunday last, and on loa.
day was buried in . vault belonging to the
family. On Wednesday groans were heerd
from the vault, BY the children Of the buried
woman and an old lady vho Was With then.
Upon .ar,ng this, the husband and neigh
bors repaired TO the vault, broke open the
door, opened the coffin and found the woman
alive. She had torn her hair and wounded
her fingers in vain efforts to escape from
her narrow prison. She vas taken home,
and is said to be nov in fair way TO recov
er.
The following is tho dispatch already re-
ierred 10 - having been kept from tie
President by Secretary Stanton, during the
New Orleans excitement:
Nrw OnLEAxs, July 90.
10 Hon. +. n. Stanton, Secretary Of War:
"A Convention has been called. with the
sanction Of Governor Wells, to meet here on
Monday. The Lieutenant Governor and
the city authorizes think It unlawful, and
propose to break il up by arresting the del
egates. have given no orders on the subj
ject, but have warned the parties thss |
should not countenancc or permit such &C
ton without Instructions 10 that eiiec, from
the President. Please instruct me at once
by telegraph.
(Slsncd) A. BAIRD.
Brcvet Major General"
The National Inteiiiyencer SAYS: IF this
Dispatch had been shown to the President,
the riot would never have occurred
Southern papers from Charleston, Raleigh,
Petersburg and Lynchburg oil declare that
che South will not ratiiy the pending consti
tational amendment.
A call is published At Washington for q
and mass meeting Of colorcd people. "a
demand Of Congress the extension Of impair
tlal suffrage to tho district. The bill fos
universal suffrage there passed the HOUSE
last winter, and is now pending in the Sen
ate.
The artesian we'll q Madison, Wis. ha,
, come to grief again. It is down goo feet
and lower, so keys. filling up with SAN
from the upward pressure Of the elements.
Ttc,e was 100000 Ore in Chicago OF
Saturday morning Total insurance, t27,
900.
' The Chicago Driving Park property val
sold on Saturday. The original cost o
the lumber vas $4,000. which Was sole
for less than 10 per cent. Of that figure
The disbursements Of the treasury on &C
count Of the war, navy and interior de-
i par,men's during the past week. were a,
, follows: War department, &5l4, 942 navl
department. $l62,697; interior depart
mcnt, s295a7O total, $953, oO9.
| National Bank circulation was issued du
ring the week to the amount Of $7Sl $50
; making the total to date, t296. 0S6, lO4.-
The government holds securities a. follows
1 For circulating notes, $3.50 ,s5s, $50. and fo
3 deposits Of public moneys in designated de
I, posito,ies. $39.4ss, $50 f; total, 1878, 297,-
: 100.
Fractional currency was redeemed in Oh,
sum Of $23S, 800 received from the print
ing bureau. $500, 800; shipping to nation
81 banks and repositories, $336,535.
The amount Of funds in the vaults o.
the treasury is rs follows: United State.
notes, legal tenders, *45l 1923; fractions
currency, $657,sll; gold. e3l6,77l Gil
yer, $2.725 other coins, 1850.
Clark Durham Of Burlington. U. S. Col
lector for that port. has been removed, and
J. c. Abercrombie. appointed instead.
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