Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-14

10 preparing articles Of impeachment against
Mr. johnson, viii charge him with aiding
and abetling in the assassination Of Mr..
Lincoln.
Il 10 usdesstood that NJ. Mccullough
win in his report urge upon Congress the
necessity for the passage Of law looking
towasds an e.r.y resumption OF specie pay
ments. The report will be q ate volumn'ous
and will be one Of the most interesting ever
Issued from that department.
Gen. Sicklcs, commander Of the Depart
msne Of South Carolina, has been called to
Washington, the precise import OF the order
10 state secret.
The following is . list Of some ofthe most
severely wounded by the Buffalo Erie
Railroad accident yesterday j..
Mr.. n. Brown, Of Rochester, bruised
about The head add breast his son, aged
u ysasas right Gsot badly spraised Fran.
es Moro, Gem Austris, head cut Patrick
Rome, from New York, very badly hurt
shout the head-supposed separation Of tho
frontal bone W. B. Grafton, from Worth
ineton, Ohio, scalp cut and right foot Sc
versly sprainsd Jno. Oakeaone, Clemny,
Ind, collar bone broken and side injured !;
Robert Lynch, New York, scalp cut and
face badly mutilated; John Donahue. New
York, face cut and badly injured Margaret
0efrynot, Rochester, injured in the hand,
and her little son has his scalp cut badly
One man, nam unknown, had his right
arm injured Chas. Bocherch, Plymouth,
Ohio, leg hurt.
The Heraid's Washington special says
On the meeting Of Congress resolution will
be introduced calling TOR all information on
the subject Of the action Of Prussia against
American citixees. The whole matter will
be thoroughly investigated.
In the opinion Of many prominent gentle
men our Minister ut the seat Of the Pruss m
government has pursued an Interior cours
highly reprehensible. 1t is understood that
the government is not particularly xell sat
listed With bis conduct.
There are . nun Der OF candidates for the
vacancy in the Judgeship Of the United
States District Court for the Northern Dis
trict Of Ohio, occasioned by the death oI
Judge Wilson. Among the number Of ap'
plicants are Frank j. Dickman. G. 8
Backus. Sherlock j. Andrews. and others
The case IL the banker Smithson, again :,
the Secretary Of War has gone through al
the pleadings, and is now ready to 50 to Z
jury. 1t is understood t. be test case and
great interest is iclt in the result.
Last week 900 stands Of arms were alb
stracted from the nrmory in this city and
are now concealed near by. This was don,
while the guards we're on duty around it =
The United States Marshal and Capt Shi 4,
ington are bunting up the parties.
The Cabinet to-day, among other matter.
considered the appointment Of successor
to VIM. Dart. District Attorney for North
ern New York and Judge Geo. G. Menger'i
appointment Was determined u oon.
r. N. I. Hunter. Of Virginia, had an in
tesview with the President this afternoon
He desires to have certain property Of his II
Western Va, barred from con6scatiOn, b..
% II hes already been under previous decis'
sion Of the Federal authority, there is n,
doubt that action will be sustai within
the last few days.
The President has d rected pardons I, b.
Issued to the following persons, one o
whom sought for pardon under the first ex
ception Of the amnesty proclamation, havinI
held petty Office under the Contederacy
and the remainder applied under the $50,
900 clause: WIN. Benham, Of Georgia, W m
A. Psgram Of Louisiana, D II. Reynolds, o
Arkansas, J. D. Epper, Of Missouri. W. A
Henderson, VIM. Jones and Jno. NJ. Brown
OF Tennessee.
The Tsibune's st. Louis special Gays
The Conservative canvassers have been in
duced to throw out all the votes 10 Clinic,
county, except those cast in one town, there
BY endangering the election Of Vanhorn. !
claim has been made by Knox to votes cas-
after shutdown. as the polls had not bee
closed. II allowed, lair is defeated. Noe
has about 40 majority.