Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-27
rssE NEWS.

The Shenandoah, the famous rebel cruis>
CT recently sold BY the United States Consul
at Liverpool, is said to have been since pur
chased by the Sultan Of Zanzibar
The managers of the Atlantic Tclc-
graph Company are busily engaged in the
the thorough reconstruction o. he telegraph
lines running through the swamrs OF New
t,nndland, and expect to have one line in
perfect readiness for use by the LIST of No
vember ncst.
II is estimated by the Detroit papers that
over three hundred emigrants arrive in that
city every week. They consist mos " Of
Germans and Pru slams, who have escaped
from the battle fields Of Europe.
On Saturday last, meeting Of railroad
officers was held at Washington, for the
purpose Of consultation upon esta ,lishing
uniform rate Of freight and fare for the
transportation Of goods and passenger from
the North ~ far South a. Atlantis, Georgia,
by Oh uninterrupted line. The meeting.
without concluding its deliberations, ad
journcd to meet in New York.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
report that the messages received over their
wires and transmitted to Europe by the At
lantic Telegraph cable. have averaged res
Gently about $4,000 in gold per week.
The tirst week in October they ian up to
$20,300. Tho receipts a, the British end of
the line are in advance Of these figures.
In thirty.six years, the rate Of taxation in
the city and county Of New York has in.
creased from t2.5o to $40 per inhabitant.
In 1880 the city was governed for half
million Of dollars. In 1883, the entire gov
ernment Of the island, including assess
ments on private property for public i'm
provemeuts, cost moro than forty millions
Of dollars. In 1880, the population Of the
city MAS little Lore than 100000. Il is
nov about 100000 Thus, while the pop
ulation Of the souniy is d.. times greater
than Il vac in 1880, the cost Of governing is
sixteen times greater.
There % some Of Msximilian's new gold
coin to be seen 1t New Orleans. One who
hss sesn dollar piece Of Il, says that On
the o6verss ID protile Of Macmillan, sur>
rounded b. the words ".Nar,m il;ano En-
peradsr," With small scroll, on which AZ
engraved In microscopic and BY no means
~ eel esssssed ehssactsrs, the words, sp-
parsnty. "Ocampo-Macalem -Spiriex. ~
On the reverse the design seems to be .
combiasticn q European and Mexican
arms. Without referring to misutia, il
may 10 described ~ ahicld surrounded by
crown. supported BY grifins. bearing in
the center the eagle Of Anahuac on cactus,
with . ssrpeat in bic mouth, and bearing
beneath scron with the legend, "E9sidad
~ a. sst6eta'' while il rests on crossed
ssosds behind II. The words "lmperio
NexiteSA" snrround the whole. II evi>
IDENTIFY lacks one motto-"Sic transit 10
ria." etc.
They have bed tsOO,Ooo firs 1t Nash :
vile, Tenn.
The Texas House Of Representatives has
rejected The reconstruction constitutional
amendment BY 4 decided vote.
TIE o0cial returns FROM The late election
in indiana pre- al in. The Republican ma.
jority in the Stats Is l4.6l6
Turks Island, in the West Indies, wal
visited By . tesribls hurriease On the sOsh
ultioo, destroying 600 hosses. killing 81
persons and injuring many others. rendering
5000 vsotls homeless s6a d st;tute, and
sinking eighteen vessels with 20 Of their
co~s.' yf
There 70 rumor in Cincinnati that the
Eleventh wssa vssS At ~ late slsct:oa,
which gave upward Of thousand nsiosit,
iOt Eeslestea, will b thrown out on &C
count Of fraud. there being in the box goo
eore vo,ss thaa we're registered on the polI
ooees. Hsueai 10 The fact, Pendc.on ID
elected to Corsr~s.
no new caees Of cholera wsee reportej in
Chicago yesterday. The msladv hs. lisap.
pea1U4Wt1A ths change of n. ve.ths,