Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-08
NEWS
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RF0o New York.
New YoRK, Oct. 8.
The Herald's Washington special eavs
that Lieut. E p. Docherty, Of Booth cap.
ture noeosiesy, has just returned from four
months residence in South Carolina, and
gives rather discouraging account Of the
crops and the general condition Of tn. coun
,ry. The corn crop In that State 10 almost
failure aimest oil the p ants ions Will
not yield over two bushels Il. the acre, and
very lev mere s',aa five. The cotton crop
Was maderntely god. which is-all that lne
pc. pie have ~ rely upon.
The Herald ssya, so>uay. Col. I. 4. fer-
niseas leaves this city for Mstamo' as, With
special instruction. ffcm Gen. Ortsga. One
Of the objects Of Gen. Fernis-ar's mission
is TO receive consignments Of arms ut
Brownsville, which hive been dispatched
from New York aud Philadelphia. lie v
also directed to announce the approaching
ARRIVAL IN that city OF Gen. Ort,ga, Who 1t "
stated will leave New Yosk for Mexco BY
the end OF this week.
The lines specia. says that b, direction
Of the President, Lieut. q. p. Cramer, 2lst
N. Y. cavalry, has been reinstat.d. with the
removal Of stoppag- Of pay aud alIosance:
Il viii be recollectcd tuat he was d s,nissed
in July, 1865. for allowi & the enlisted men
in his command to violate orders. lie has
satisfied the President Of the injustice of his
dismissal.
The Words special Gays: A Sunday
paper here announces that the President
vii write letter this month in reply to an
invitation y attend dinner TO Do given by
Gen. Wool, in which hc vii FULLY define
the future policy Of his admii suation.
The Hs,zld's special says: In the great
vault at the Arlington National Cemetery IN
Virginia, the plan VI the monument has d.
ready been prepased, and the wosk ID 70 be
on the top Of the huge vault which contains
the remains Of 2,lll Of our heroic dead,
gathered from the Virginia soil around Bull
Run, Chantiily. and the country bordering
on the Orange 4 Alexandra Railroad, from
Bull Run 10 the Rappahannock.
The Worlds Boston special says: The
fact vas developed on Friday m0rning that
The First Nat,on.l Bank Of Yarmou,hport
had been robbed Of SIS. 900 BY son Of the
cashle, Of the bank The facts, SO far as
they have transpired, are rs follows: II
has been the custom Of the cashier, Mr..
Ames OTIS, 10 keep the coupon interest
notes and u. S. bonds belonging to the in.
sti.ution in tin trunk. This trunk was
found missing on Friday morning last, and
with it the son Of the cashier, Geo. Olis.-
Tie father. on discovering the situation.
made all haste 10 apprchsnd the thief and
recover the goods. Word was dispatched
to detectives in distant cities, and 80
thorough vas the search that young Otis
found himselfs prisoner the next day at
Plymouth, having Travelled TO ttat place
during the night. lie made clean breast
Of the whole Transaction. The stolen funds
were found sccreted in the bank shed BY
the cashier. The prisoner 10 about 81 years
Of age. lie was employed in the bank
Mr.. Otis. the cashier, is . respected citizen
Of Yarmouthport. It j. probable tina
young Gus Will . held to bail.
Additional psr,icula.s Of the burning Of
ST: Patrick's cathedral have transpired. The
loss IL not 80 great AZ was supposed, not
exceeding 100000. on which there Is an IN
surance of ISL 900. All vsluaLles Of the
cathedral we're removed in tine, aud the
calls have escaped without serious damage
1t now Oppears that but tour lives werc
lost in the disaster to the steamer Santiago
de- Cuba. viz: Cornelius Carson. stccrage
steward Henry Brown, a waiter, and two
stcerage passengers, names not known.
The Hcralds New Orleans specisl Of the
9TH say.: This mornings Times announces
that President johnson, over his own sigma
ture. has authorized its editor to publish
the report Of the military commission rcla
tive to the New Orleans rc,, and it will .p
pear tomorrow
The Times severely attacks Mayor Non
roe and other city officials, and is evidently
preparing for a change ofpohcy iavoi able to
tue Cons itutional amendment.
II ~ believed that IN lev days more As.
founding swindles upon the Government
will be exposed.
Gen. ". II. King. who has made few
months tour Of Texas represents TIE people
remarkably well disposed ,oward the Gov
eminent. They are law-sbdins and indus
triOus.
The Herald's Buffalo special Of the 9Th
says:-A prize fight took place near Fort
Eric. c. w., yea. r'iay morning. between
Benz. Hogan and ThOs Donnclly. resulting