Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-31

.tfN lnEA, Leg. Ola AtSAtai S~s
Tomorrow over l30 men, who were notified
On tuesday. last, will be discharged iTsm
their en plcJ mcnt in the Ordinance Bureau
Of the navy ya,d. The Bureau OF steam
Engineering will also discharge q large
number.
The general post office is now engaged In
revising the affairs Of large number Of
post offices throughout the country ADD
making anal settlements Of their accounts.
Il 10 discovered that in many Of the offices
the business hes greatly increased. which
being shown 70 the sstisfaosioa Of the De-
passmt ut, the salaries Of postinastsrs ~
such offices will be increased In other
Offices where the business has decreased, .
corresponding reduction will be made IN the
salary Of postmasters.
A Utica special says: A large meeting
Of the citizens o. Utica Vas held this eve :
ming 10 take into consideration the rights
of American citizens abroad. Mayor VI
son presided. Strong speeches were made
aud the resolutions adopted were bold ana
spirited. One Is to the effect thatif the *
ecutiye aud Congress fail 10 vindicaie the
right OF American citizenship they are
ca-ardlv and imbecils, and uBuortby to
Administer the ala IS OF the Government.
A speci.l says. A statement Of the pub
| lie debt viii be published on Tuesday. Jan
uary Tth It is expected that there will b
sboat $50, 900, 900 in gold ON hand At the
beginning Of the new year. Out Of this
ere to be paid about t3o,000,0O0 10 meet
the interest on the public debt on the prin-
cipal Of the bonds Of 81 maturiug On the
ist proxisno, the 24-year bonds Of 81, the
semi- annual interest on bonds OF 'Gl, and
The sent annual interest Of 5-2Os.
BY order OF the Secretary Of the Navy
| the salaries Of oil mechanics in the navy
yard here will be reduced IS per cent after
me Let Of January next. They will accept
this modification ~ they are afraid their
pisces will be filled BY other mechanics who
are now out Of employment. II 10 under
stood that reductions will be made in other
localities Of . similar kind.
The detective agents Of the treasury have
unearthcd another mode ofsmuggling goods
into the country from forsign ports. A
gentleman living in France notified the de-
psrtmsnt that . large quantity Of silks
were about being smuggled into the U. g.,
and stated the name Of the vessel carrying
the cargo. When the information was re-
ceivsd the vessel had discharged her cargo.
and on inspection il WAs found that the To-
bells had been removed rom . great portion
Of the silk goods. but ninety pieces were
discovered tiat were net manifested. which
were accordingly seized. The Investigation
proved that the firm in question had been
con Quoting this contrabsnd business for the
last year.
A question which seems to be diff
fcult to solve 10 now exercising ths
law officers Of the Government. -
The fsiends of prisoner confined q SIM
Sing. N. Y undergoing ssatencs for 90 Of
fence against the United States, have nod
q request 10 have him transferred to tht
Ludlow street Jail, N. Y. city. for the req
con that no is very i'll and in danger o
death, and they hope to secure o pardon fol
HIM in January next The grave part o
the question is, where Is the authority Il
order the transfer The President it il
said has no power but TO pardon, tho cour
having pronounced the sentence has no fur
ther jurisdiction, aud no other officer
whether State or National, can find author
ity OF law for Offering the transfer.
The adoption by the counciluen and al
dermen Of the ordinance empowering tn
Mayor TO grant licen es to tavern keepers il
for the purpose OF testing the constitution
Atty Of the excise law. They also concur
red in the adoption of the resolutions d
rccting the State aud city authorities to pro
tect naturalized citizens abroad.
At = meeting Of liquor dealers and mem
bers OF the Legislature at the Astor Hous,
yesterday, the draft Of bill 70 be submitted
to the Legislature was presented. Il pro
vides for the issue Of liquor licenses by th,
Mayor Of this city, and the establishment
under his supervision Of bureau Of excs
licenses.
Judge Clarke, Of the Supreme Court.
general term, In the case Of the Bank 0
the Commonwealth ". Jasper Vanvleck
ct al, in which the bank appeals from de
cision in the lower court, decided that golt
and silver are no longer lawful mo0cy Of tn,
country, but merchsntable commodities
and prcmissory notes may be payable il
gold, must be paid in gold OF currency o
an equivalent value.
LoSpov, Ontario, Dec. 81 Miss Adeled
Caps, while crossing the Thames river, yes
tcrdsy morning, fell through the ice ant
| was drowned
BaANrroRp, Ontario, Dee. 3l.-Tw.
young persons named Amelia Gocdyat ant
rhos. Shaw, aged IS years respectively
were drowned in the canal Saturday Will,
skating. Their bodies were recovered yes
terday.
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