Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-20
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uojy Oh TX toy VI night has not gone %
Indiana, but the funeral will take place here
on Thursday.
There were three cases Of cholera here
to day.
Dan. Noble, a Well known sporting man
was arrested st Eimira To day, charged with
having received about $500. 900 of the sto-
len bonds from the Royal Insurance Com
pany. last December. The accused wss liy-
irg IN one of the fiuest homesteads in the
state.
Several companies Of colored troops have
been organized in this city for the purp )se
OF forming u regiment, TO be attached 10
the National Guards.
Judge Blatchford, to-day, In q case before
the District Court, decided that a debt from
deialcatiop, or while acting in q judiciary
capacity, could not be discharged by any
proceedings in bankruptcy.
Mrs. Benz Wood died on Saturday Of q
disease If the heart.
Three Germans. named FriK Young, W.
Eliried and VIM. Weaver, lost their lives in
a mash tub, in a distillery, to-day,
The boiler o. the steamer Palisade, with
the Londen excursionist on board, exploded
Sunday, IN while lying ut the wharf. No
lives we're lost.
A duel was fought at Wehauken, New
jersey, between two men who had quarrel
- sR.t - ts oltAA ~ ht NilG dhuV l u
OF a millionaire. Three shots were fired n,
20 pacts but NJ one was hurt.
A destructive fire occurred on Front e.,
~ 4 building occupied as a commission
store. Three thousand barrels ol il0ur held
10 store was destroyed. Loss fully covered
by Insurance.
TIE Austrian bark Nieman arrived a,
Barbados with i30 coolies on board. They
shortly became mutinous. Capt. Beckwl,h
armed his crew and caused "a yolley TO be
hred into the coolies. Three were killed
aud several wounded. The rest were driven
below when they set fire TO the vessel, cx
peciipg the crew To follow them to extin-
| guish the flames, when they would have
murdered them. But the captain had the
matches closed and water poured down one
Of The ventilators. raising such a steam and
smoke that the coolies soon volunteered TO
put out the fire themselves.
The reported destruction of the steam tug
AdeliA in The lower bay, and the loss of all
on board, proves To be unfounded.
NEw YoRE, Aug 20.-l ,G39 new builds
ings have been erected in Brooklyn during
the year ending the lst Of the present
month.
The commissioned for building q new
Harlem bridge, promise it shall be complet-
ed and thrown open for public use within
thirty days.
One thousand eight hundred and eleven
emigRants arrived here yesterday.
there were 290 deaths in Brooklyn last
week.
\ Tines special says The President
has sent to Gen. Grant q positive order ~
lev ng Gen. Sheridan, which he directs him
to transmit The order relieves Sheridan
and orders him to the command OF the De
partmont OF Missouri in place Of ten. Hans
cock who goes t. the Department Of Ten
nessec TO rel, We General Thomas, who has
been ordered TO relieve Sheridan. This
Presidential oTccr was received by General
Grant tts III rniug. aud was positive IN its
Icrn.S, leaving 10 alternative tut %coInpli>
anc.; nevertheless it Is known that Grant
visited the President to,day and en,ereih :
earnest protest tgainst tie m~oveMent.-
tut the President was ifnmovable, and tn
order wall be Transmitted, with instruction
through the Adjliant Generals .~iic.. to
morrow. The change of Sheridan inr
Thomas VIII not change the character #
the execution OF the laws, unless the after
sheald b. %hanpcred bs new Instructions.
iterc Is NJ probability tina, the opposi,
,ion 10 McCnlioch will effect anything, al,
ti9'kh ItUCSteS iIpiH luttiriS generally
claimed t. be friendly 10 the administration.
The story that Judge Holt has been
granted leave ot absence unsil the 9th Of
September, preparatory 10 hi, removal, has
no i1undsu N, further than that on tho 9TH
he WAS granted a months leave by Secre.
tary Stanton, which he was enjoying when
the late assault on him was made.
Sc ,retsIy Browning has been taken i'll
with congestiyc chill D. his office to>day.
be preparing an .ther statement in the Ash.
ey~Butler-C onoves matter. Another one
will probably bring Mr.. Stsnberry back.
Gen Pelouse. Of the War Department.
goes TO the Department Of Dakotah, on
special duty, and will return here on it's
completion.
Detective Barker arrested a mar named
Dan Noble on a warrant issued BY Justice
Hogan Sunday afternoon at + myra, on
charge Of having participated in the rob
berry OF bonds from the eli &c of the Reval
lnsurance Company, on Wall street, iii De
ccmber 1866.
The ileFald's Mosile special says: Old
factors here who are in correspondence with
mast q the cotton States, put the cotton
crop tie resent year at from tive a5d n hcll
to two and three fourth million of bales
The Alahana crop IS doing finely. Re
ce'pts OF cotton at this port during the
coming year Out of the new crop is estlma>
ted q, tour hundred Thousand bales. The
grain crop of the South this year will be
more than suificien; for its wants.