Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-22

any other in the country except one at
Harvard. The chapel Of the University Will
be dedicated next week. 1t is said to be
the finest audience room in Iowa.
Only s64 feet Of the Chicago Lake tun'
mel remains unfinished SO With good for
tune, which viii no doubt attend its com
pletion the two parties Of workmen in the
tube will shake hands before the end oi
three weeks.
The radical majority in Ohio 10 over 4s,
09o; in Pennsylvania about lo.7oo.
Sufficient inquiry develops the fact that
there is no chance whatever for Thomas r.
Sp,oner, Of Ohio, becoming Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue riee Rollins. Secreta-
~ McCulloch very plainly told the Presi-
dent short time siace that the retention
oi Assistant Secretary Chandler and Com;
missioner Rollins was essential 10 the man
agsment Of his department. At the present
time, and that he (McCulloch) should not
head the political pressure for their remov'
al.
The question Of procuring steam engine
for the city Of Burlington has been agitated
and motion in council to call meeting ol
the citizens to consider the question We.
voted down.
There will be . railroad convention ut Fl
Madison on Tuesday, the 23d, for the pur>
pose Of forming a company to build rail.
road from Burlington ria Fort Madison 4
Pennington to connect with the Estate Line
Railroad"
Allamakcc county comes out Of the cleo
tion right side up IS usual. The Lansing
Journal publishes the official vote by which
it appears that Noble had 30 majority in
the county; Clark, for prosecuting attorney
over Hatch. Radicals 5s5; Ellis, Democrat
for Clerk of the District Court, eli; Ryder
Democrat, for Recorder, 276.
The Yale Banner, for the new colleg,
year, 10 out. Its catalogue Of studenti
shows CSC members Of the college, Of which
there are q theological students, % Law
81 medical, ll3 scientific. 100 seniors, III
juniors, 1876 sophomorcs, and 149 freshmen
The L'onian Society has 249 members, an,
the Brothers in Unity 243.
The London Times makes the speech o
Lord Stanley at the Liverpool Atlantic Cabl
| Nelcgs anh ban0uet tha tevt of f,,ether -
marks concerning the pending Alabama in
demnity claims, in which il says:
Let . joint commission be appointed, nc
to adjudicate upon the claims preferre
against Great Britain BY American shin
owners, or to review the transactions con
nected with the equipment Of the Alsbam
and her consorts, but to deliberate on tn
rights and duties Of neutrals in time of wa
as hitherto determined by international Ii,
or usage, and to devise il possible set
rules which all maritime nations should b
invited to adopt, and to carry out by legisl,
tive measures. A committee Of this kin
should not be composed exclusively Of Br
ish and American subjects, but should IL
clude eminent continental jurists. and shoul
be invested with the amplest possible libe
ty OF Recommendation. If upon perus,
Of their report, her majesty's governmeI
shall be Of the opinion that, under the Cl
cumstances, some reparatioR is due either
international Law or in international equit
to the United States, in respect to the ra
ages Of the Alabama, it will not be to lea
to make it; and no false pride should pr
vent our doing SO with good grace