Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-21

special SAYS tie wavs and means committee
VIII probably introduce u rev demand loan
I'LL within two or taree Gays covering The
ground f that sent 20 the banking COMMIT
tee last night.
The sits, annual me. ting o. the National
Beard Of FIRE Cnderwvi,e.s c,mmcnc, d to-
day About two hundred and Il " delegates
were present, representing two hundred
N i,oiis Of capital
Tie r.p.tt vi the rxecu've committee
f.voimg inrrea,ed IA e. va accepted. The
ft,ver ti.cL was ven IL that commit &c
= CHI wa, :ic;eisri 10 i'y members The
SUBJECT "i &c quarter &c value rule IT,
INSURANCE VII. be eouside. ed to morrow. =
Some unimportant bu sinsss vas trans.
acted.
The subject Of insuring o building in
which petroleum is stored Was briefly dis
cuesed, but no action was taken.
committee Of tn Was appointed to
nominate officers fog the ensuing year.
Adjourned till to morrow.
A con mittee Of conference is looking to
the union Of the old and new Prssby :crian
Church.
They hold their first session in New York
tomorrow.
New YoKx, Feb. 2l.-The Hcrald's Frank.
fort, (Ky,,) special says: The rebels in
Boyle county have recently sen, letters 70
General Speed s. Frey. Captain Goodlaca,
relative OF James I. Bell, Wellington liar
Ian and the other officers of the freedmens'
bureau, to leave the county ..undcr penalty
Of DEATH Appl cation TO Gen. Thomas has
been made for the protection of Union men
against these rebel regulators.
General Frey is the officer VINO is believed
10 have killed Zoiiicoiier; and Wellington
Harlan recruited the first company Of Union
troops raised "a Kentucky during the war.
Neither ot them are extreme Radicals polls
t'caliy. and their most probable offence is
their record during the var.
The rebels hold caucus tomorrow to
atienp, TO coptrol the democratic corven
ton. IL is expected they will cause spill,
IN he Convention between the cor servatlve
Unionists and themselves aud wili nominate
u separate ticket with the Rebel General
for Governor. II there IS no spit, OK Gov.
Hahn, = stay at home rebel, will bs the
nominee.
The Times special says there is no hope
that the President will approve of ths mill
tary reconstruction bill.
The committee on ways and means will
report today or to morrow the bill suspend
ing the contraction Of greenbacks for one
year, in accordance with instructions of the
House. But they will accompany it with
substitute which they will recommend ijen-
tica! with the Senate loan certificate bill.
The Herald's special says it is understood
that +. =. Blair, ST., has gone to Boston to
induce Gov. Andrews to accept the position
Of Secretary of State. The visit is by
authority aud in the interest Of those who
favor universal suffrage and universal am.
nesty.
A Tribune's special says that the action
Of the House in referring the loan resolution
to the Committee on Banking was intended
TO defeat that measure rs there is no posi-
bili,y OF that Committee being called again
| this session.
The Ways and Means Committee will
bring in new bill which will be moved as
a substitute for the bill relative to the con
traction Of greenbacks.
The Worlds special says: The indict-
ment found az inst Surratt has proved so
| defective that it is said that it would have
been qnashsd on the first day Of the trial
and the prisoner released, but under il .
new one will be drawn up representing him
as an accessory and not . principal IN tho
murder Of President Lincoln.
Surratt has spent his first day in Jail very
comfortably He told his keeper that he
should give him no trouble lie was al
lowed the use of tobacco nj his own request.
The Heraid's Southern correspondence,
dated Richmond, Charleston and Macon,
| represents that some excitement existed in
West Virginia on account Of the murder Of
two members of the Red String Association
"A Radical organization for electioneer ng
/ Purposes, in South Carolinn.
! The grea restitution among the people is
believed to be mainly due to the disorgan>
ization of the labor system.
A case testing the validity Of powers Of
attorney held during the war, on which
property was sold for confederate money, is
pending in the United States Court nj
Char esion. Mrs. Caroline Carson, dsugh-
ter Of late James l.. Pitugrew, and who is
now residing in New York, is the plaintiff.
Mr. Johnson Adams, paymaster Of the
Harlem Railroad. has nysteriousIy disap-
pcarcd with, it is said, deficiency Of from
twenty to thirty thousand dollars in his ac>
| counts
N'f'titi'i VII Uttii fcVtTIsy ucufuuCcu
for.'he d. ntmen.s he expresse at the Cham
Der Of Commerce banquet, and in his adj
I dress TO the freedmen. lie said that forty
million dollars worth Of property had been
bansIed from Charleston by the refusal OIL
the people 10 associate with Northern ner
chants. lie also announced that ne was in
favor of giving the negro who could read
the right of suffrage.
In Macon high hopes 81 successful bust
ness this year are entertained by the ner.
! chsns.
The action Of New York in reference tc
the relief e Southern restitution is locked
to with lively emotion.
BUrFALo. Feb. 21.-A destructive FIRE a,
Warsaw, New York, commenced on Tues
day night. Fourteen stores were destroyed
in the business portion Of the village