Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-19


On he sans subject the Tribune has the
following: Choss's tifst interview Win she
Psssi4eat Wos msesly 70 give the latter some
opiniea In iudieial mattsrS; the second ins
'ervieW Was merely . friendly one, nc
Judgo Chase took occasion 10 advise Mr.
johnson 70 depart from his present policy
and urge the Southern Legislatures to sdopt
the Constitutional Amendment, Is . hnal
settlement Of the present difficulties; that
il eass they objected 70 the I'd and Sd claus
q Of the amendment, TO compromise by
substituting universal amnesty. and Impair
t,al suffrage. Not only has Judge ChAse
urged this course on the President, but SO,
also, have several prominent men Of his own
party. from both North and SOUTH. Z.
Clay among the latter Whether these arr
guments and The facts on which they are
6osed Will change the course Of the Presi
dont ssu.oi - - sen.
A oouplp u Dumoeestic Congreosmen Who
lately eoovessed with Nr. Johnson, state
Ghas be he'd no ides q altering his present
policy. end claims that the elections havs
bad no effect except u make him more De
tssuined In his old plon. They claim, With
what truth il uncsstain, that BE- insists that
the people were heodwinksd and deludsd,
ed win $3.50 begia TO zee their mistake ana
adopt bic views.
The ~iuss has ths following: NJ. John.
con hos ct indiealed his purpose relating
70 the amnesty su6tsgs plan mentioned IN
their dispaaches On Friday last though The
gentlemen who advocate the proposition
represent thst the President hes given them
encousrgemsnt 70 expees that hs will adopt
their suggsstiens substantially, it not exact
" in the form they odviss.
Several nswspapes correspondents have
endeavossd to excite doubt Of the exist>
euee Of such . ceUbinasion Of leading men
for the purpose u inducing the President to
accept The proposition AID adviss the South
esn people, q st forth in my dispatch, in
order . put q rest such doubts. lam en-
ablsd 10 ny from personal knowledge that
such . cOmbinatica does exist. A number
Of the gentlemen cooperating in e have
he'd Interview with NJ. johnson, and they
have beea hboring in the matter for about
month, visiting and corresponding with
influential men Of the North and South.
A TT bune Washington special says: Not
the least important part Of the approaching
Congress may be looked for from the special
committee on retrenchment, appointed to-
wards the close Of the last session, with
leave to sit and take testimony during the
recess. The committee have been hard At
work during portion Of the cacation peri
Cd add ID now in session in New York.
The number Of patents to b issued for
the wssk ending Novembss II, 10 1S9. This
10 the smallest number issued in any week
for some time.
A sidieuloss report has been tslsgraphed
70 New York paper and reiterated, Of the
abstraction Of the theft of thousand stand
Of arms from the government srmory In this
city. The absurdity Of the sunasd will bs
appreciated when The fact % stated that
there ere no arms in the armory nor has
there been foe some time, il being used fol
tie stoerge Of Old tents and ether military
debris belsaging the the govssnmsnt.
The Hesald's Caracas correspondent
Gays: vsnesusla i in . most wretched
state, and b actually without government
when NJ. james Wilson, the American
Ministss. assived, there was No one 20 pre-
sent bic credentials 70. President Falcon
had never acted - President; he kept away
The psrsoo rspressnting him Was also absent
when Mr.. Wilson srrived ct the capital
Considerable discussion il going on here
lust nov - to the best means Of Improving
the financial condition Of the State. In tn,
meantime. business is in . very bad way
We hear Of some dissstroes failures by
which Puerto Sallo suffers heavily.