Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-10
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If Mexico were ti unTolea'.o. fr9 were
ava ing 'e'.t. If IA t1eir respectye gov
eftussa,s.
TIE diplomatic c5frcseordcnee between
Secfctart Seward atd Minister " ngefO Is
.puaish&d. IN which Seward ackuow edges
Tire receipt of fsttet signe4 by santa Anna,
stating tuat h. went ashore at sisai vo,un
ta,iy
In the Hay,ian constitution. recently
adopted, the punishment Of death for rcliti-
cal oflenses has been abolished.
Jeremiah OBrisD. was executed TO-
day.
The Catholic community in New York.
are erecting a new male Orphans Asy
lln on the corner of 52i street and Madi
son square The building Is TO cost in the
vicinity o. $4,000
Clara Luuisa Kellogg. the opera singer,
purchased her old homestead al New Hart
ford last week and after her return from
! Europe this fail, will retire from the stage
Ia private HE.
Thala.u. stew. rs writes that he will offer
q bill Al the next session of Congress, pro
vldii e for the ccpfiscation of the estates Of
those rebels and slave holders who discharge
n, gros tor Voting the republican ticket.
The CONSTITUTIONS Convention has refused
t. extend the Gubnsturial term 10 four
years
committee from tennessee and .One
from Alabama are nov in Cincinnati sole
ping aid for those stats.
JGdIe Schiugan, OF the Supreme Court
Of tins 5, u. did to day.
SARATOGA, Aug y-rhe first race Of
| thfcr-l ear ODDS, mile aud y hall heats, wn>
~on by Mechanics Lexington colt; time
2:ilt; last IN his country for three-yeaI
olds with 10 roun,ls up. Sleety and Bon
ny Doom were competitors. The Lexington
colt and tieety ran almost head TO bend
throughout, but the iorIntr ut last won by
four lengths.
In the Saratoga stakes for Htwo-year ODDS,
distance three lourihs of a mile, Morris
tiiey sister 10 Ruthless, won in u splendid
Face by \ head, beating Northumberland
and four Others; time Leo.
The third race. two and a half mile heat,
was won by Capt. Morris horse Beacon,
beating Earring; time 5.4s!.
NEW foaK, Au.. 10.-A Tines special
says: Among the documents on file in the
war department relative to the assassination
conspiracy is the confession OF A,zcrot who
WAS executed. in which he states that Booth
told him on the day Of the assassination that
Johnny (meaning Surratt.) was in town,
aud occupied soons at the Herndon House.
The financial troubles in New Orleans
which have been partially settle by the
judicial management Of General Sheridan
new board Of councilmen. resulting in the
appreciation Of money issued by the city &c
that il Is now received 1t only four per cent
discount below greenbacks, will proba-
hly be reviewed very soon. 80 speculstors
mere and in New York, As veil ss in New
Orleans, are making preparations to deprs>
cato the currency again by threatening t.
commence proceedings againat the corpora>
ton for a violation of the national banking
law in the issuing Of the notes.
Col. Thomas Ada .s, removed yesterday
from the otlicc OF chief Of Police in New
Orleans, is one Of the city officers inculpa
ted hy the report Of the Military Commis
sion and Congressional Committee, Which
invest gated the riots OF 1866, a. leader OF
the rioters. 1t is stated that, at the head o.
the police force Of one Of tho precincts, he
made a most murderous charge aga nst III.
members of tho Convention, bu, he received
The credit OF having saved ths life OF Elk,
CIV. Hahn, and one or two other prominen'
uniori>ts Who were threatened by the mob
Postmaster Randall received q Telegram
10 dsy. announcing the serious linus o
Mrs Raj DAN. who is now in Scotland, anC
started Immediately TO Join her. lie vii
sal from New York to.mnrrov.
Hon. VIZ ". Schoushan, one Of To,
Judges Of the Court Of Appeals, Lied yes.
terdaS afternoon at his residence in Ionker.
Albert +. Der n,son. a clerk in the Frs
National Bank Of BROOKLYN, made n rom
plant ut the Ton bs police court yeste d ~
.gainst Harriet She man and julia Judd im
r"bbing him Of $1,000, il a house Of i'll
fsiac.
John lIoyt and Theodore II. Shulz wer,
Locked up for tri.l yesterday By Jus,ic,
Doling at Tombs Cour on charge of com
plici,y in the robbery OF Porter OF Exchange
Place in January last, when $l0,lso in goi,
c rtitica,cs we're carried off in ol Ell day.
hight. Both tho accused had possession O
some Of the certificates and negotiated tn
sale Of the same.
Tribune's .pecial says The cabinet hsv,
decided that the President has power TO us
pend Stanton.
The President denies that Grant has op
posed the removal Of Sheridan.
iiersld's Nlmenta, l. tug Island specia
caps :-Ex Alderman Fox. Prcsiien, Of th
Southside Rail,oad, who was injured on t.
railroad here last Monday is still in . pre-
3 catious condition. Hopes are enterta,ne,
OF bis recovery. Tie accident was an un
: fortunate one for TIE Soutbside Railroad
which was about commencing operations
Mr. Fox being chief msnsger Il TIE enter
rise.