Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-26
LATEST NEWS
By TELEQR.aFA.

Iron new York.
NEw Yosk, April 50.
The Tribune's special says:-The Senate
was the theatre Of intense interest again 70
day, the Colorado bill being further discuss
sed and put upon it, passage. The vote
stood ~ 10 l3; one more majority than
would have been obtained for i yesterday,
although Senator Dixon come 70 day and
passed his vote Of the 14th abssGtuHs. When
the vote was taken Messrs. Cowsn. Dixon.
Fessendcr. Harris, johnson and Salisbury
were passed, with Messrs. Wade, Lane, Of
Kansas, Henderson, Yates, Morton and Viii
lia,ns. Mason, Anthony Morrill, and Brown
arc claimed to have been in favor ofthe bill,
and Mr.. Nessmith againt It. A full Senate
would doubtless have resulted in vote Of
- to 81. The success Of the measure in
the House is assured. The flap over Of Mr..
Doolittlc from his previous vote for it to
his vote to>day against il; the appearance
Of Mr.. Dixcn from his sick room, and the
excessive OPPOSITION Of those claiming to
nonopolize The Presidents wishes, lead to
apprehension Of . veto, though the Presi-
dent is upon the record in its favor by .
m sssage urging his admission. Senators
Foster, Sumner, Eimonds, Crimes and Po>
land voted With the opposition, to the dis
appointment. and regret Of those who re-
gard the integrity and unity Of the Repub
lican party ~ OF special consequence at this
juncture.
Mr.. Wright has been conveyed to his
home again, in New York.
The Treasury Department intinates that
the national income for the present year
will reach 5000, 900, 900. The balances Ut
present at he command Of the Secretary
ON all sources are believed to be fully
| 81 &c, 600. go.
Col. NiAM, who to-day received his par
don, Is publisher Of the New Orleans Ores
cent. The paper is edited by Gen S,mon
Uni'n army after two months service tenn
pord 6etH in 1861, the most atrocious rebel
sheet publ shed anywhere IN the south>
west; paper which, in April, 1862, while
under NixM's management, invoked the
terrors Of yellow fever agar INST Ben Butler
army, then besieging Fort ST. Philip.
There aIpeass to be . general misunder>
standing ~ to the result arrived at BY the
Supreme Curt in the case Of Milligan and
the other Golden Circle conspirators. The
line Of argument on the constitutional ques-
ti0n put ioth BY Gen. Butler was not ob>
jected to seriously, but the case went of on
The hobeas corpus act Of 1868. The court
stood five for the discharge ofthe petition !
ers and -four against, and it il well under
stood that 10 two judges agree on any line
Of reasoning, but each will deliver an opin>
len Of his oen.
A petition is in circulation here praying
Congress t, enact . civil code and gen
eral corporation law, and allow the dis
,rict delegate in Congress.
A canvas VI the different departments
Of the Government is 1t present being
made to rs ertain the number Of employees
who honorsbly served in the Union army,
with a view to the discharge Of incoppe-
tent clerks. and the appointment Of ex
soldiers ant sailors.
An important decision materially affects
ing brokers sales will shortly be issued
by the Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue., in view OF the immense amount Of
mutilated and redeemed paper money daily
destroyed a. the Treasury Department. =
Tho Secretary has determined to Adopt the
suggestion d the Superintendent Of the
Printing Division, made two years ago,
Recommending, instead Of burning, tho
conversion Of al such currency in pulp
for the manufacture Of stationery for the
department. Gen. Spinner estimates that
the entire department can by this process
DC supplied with envelopes, thereby saving
the Government an expense Of from S.
900 to $1,000 per year.
The l7tb regiment New York volunteers
is en- route home via OF Savannah and is ex.
pected At Hsrts Island on the 2Sth inst. to
be paid oil and discharged. Only 100 men
and the following officers return with the
regiment: Col. Charles Lewis, Lieut.. Col.
Vim. W. Bodger, Major James Entwistle.
Captain Geo. +. Howe. Edwin N. Ketchum.
Ethan G. Locke, Sprague g. Wood, and
Vim. W. Smithson. Lleutcnants Feeder
* Gill, Adjt. Samuel Gage, Alfred Ha.>
steid, Morris y. Donaldson, Joseph D. Small.
Charles Davis, Leonard w. K,ngs1ey. Ink.
Casey aud J. j.. Why. This regiment w.
all through the. Louisiana camps ens. With
Sheridan in the Shenandoah Vsllev md
then ven. to meet Sherman in Ga. whcre !,
has since been doing hard service. They
bring back three stands Of colors presented
to them by the State of New York.
A.VsneT Doiu sOooery was conf itted in
this city yesterday, to to the amount Of
$4,000. The paym of the bonds has
been stopped A reward Of $1,000 is offer
cd for the return Of the property.
Another meeting Of rent payers va held
.ast night in Houston Stand IN ASSOCIATION
formed 70 resist extortion BY landlord and
house agents.
The mass meeting in Brooklyn last niyht.
to give expression to the Presidents recon
struction policy was very large one
Among The speakers were Mai. Gen Ros.
sean FIX. John vsndever, Mr.. Dawson ~
0eorga, Post Master Cleveland Of Conn.
A letter from General Dix wa read endor.
ing the subjects Of the meetings and exg
pressiAg his regret that prior eneaeeuene.
prevented his attendance, ifSs0' ~
The Hssald's Hsvsiiia letter sava III -
Spanish men-of war which lately arrived 4
Hasaua, he'd again put 10 -. Their a.
tinatian IL unknown. =
Gen. Dulee had received peremptorv orr
ders 70 have The Afrioaas Who "a ~,
seized b private iudividsals q slavrs. "a
be delivered up and removed % Ysresndo.
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