Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-10


vana gecial SHys Advice iron ECrts IL
90 ~ ths md have been received. a Terri +
Tie ea,thqlsse shock occurred ;.cse On tie
first inst. AZ one place the inhabitants
~efe at Church hear.ns mags, and The scene
winch ensuol was nos! pitiaD.e. The pso-
pie were dashed together IN CONSERVATION.
The terrible cries OF women and children
were hcartrending Tie panic a. santiago
about the cholera has s1bsidei, ana reports
from Havana no longer cause alarm.
The Times Richmond special ssys: There
will probably be 10000 delegates at the
Conservative Convention on Wedncsday.-
Ex-Congressman Thomas 5. W. flourney 10
. delegate from Halifax county lie is =
representative man, and says the Conven-
ton will be opposed to universal suHrags,
but favor impartial suffrage on educational
aud property qualifications. The Conven-
ton will also favor Grant for the President
on the New York platform, and will be lib
eral 10 every particular.
| A radical caucus will he held on Thursday
night to nominate . Governor and other
| State officers.
Senator Wilson " Ill be here t. morrow 10
look after Affairs.
The inquest on the nitro giycerirc explo
sion case In South Bergen, y. j, was CON
Guided yesterday. Tic jury rendered .
verdict that the explosion was caused by
the carelessncss Of Burns. one of the vic
TINS, and csnsuring the contractor, Colonel
Sbaifner, for employing hun.
In the U. :. Circuit Co1rt, Brooklyn,ye:-
terday, Judge Benedict sentenced Ed~ard
DaHey, who had been convicted Of Illicit
distilling, to tho Albany Penitentiary for
thirteeo months.
The Rising stas yesterday brought s76l.-
44o treasure from California.
A Washington special says. The conven-
ton to be held tomorrow, OF whisky dis
tlllers and commission men Interested IN
|, the business, will be the mOst important oi
the kind yet taken place. The call eIns
mated from q meeting held 10 New York On
A the I'D Of last month. An extensive dis
. ,iller, Of Quincy, H.. intends 70 prove that
Ii The internal revenue has failed 20 collect five
cents . gallon on the quantity OF whisky
consumed in his State during the past siy
r moalhs The bonded warehouses, it will
be shown, arc q great source Of prcvain Z
frauds, and the easy manner in which rcye
nue. collectors and brokers, acting in collu-
sion, manage TO hoodwink the Government,
. in taking whisky out Of bond, ostenslbly TO
! be sent to Europe, wlen 1t really finds its
way 10 California aud into rcctfying dis
.licries ia Eastern cities, will be exposed
I very clearly. IL will be urged upon Con-
: gross to tax all whisky before it leaves the
distilcries and reduce the tax to 20 cents.
A special says Another veto message
may soon lie expected from President John
son. The House TO day passed, Tor the sec
ond time, the bill to strike out the word
white from the laws Of this District regu
la,lng the selection Of Jurors. leaving col
ored laxpa, ers equally eligible with whites
This bin passed both branches Of Congress
=. in July last. but was subjected TO pocket
y veto by the President. should Congres,
d take it usual holiday recess, it will aga.I
.hsr like fate
y The National Republican Committee, whit
(" are Is sem hlng here, RAY postpone III, hold
sng OF tn National Iaay uaon til July
= @hen all the ouihefa Nt.fgs are to te ~
united. Kansas n ia favor OF Chicago he
ipg ,hr place OF meeting
The House Pust.l Committee have u
rs riacd to report q resolution requiring til,
II Postmaster General to perni, all MT NIB. r
go IT Congress To inspect papers on iilc IN hi
a apartment regarding the removal and ni
paiatment 81 postmastsrs in their districts
Heretofore the department has treated tina
clas Of papers \ contidcnta..
The WAYS and Means Committee ha.
' concluded examining reports from III,
Treasury Department regarding the collec
ton Of the whisky tax. 1t 10 probable thai
they will approve Of Commissioner Wells
Zee mmendssion to abolish the present sys
ten and lax the capacity Of stills.
Geo Grant aud u large number Of promi
I nent army officers have asked the Military
. Committee OF Congress TO enlarge the Sub
>i>tcnee Department of the army.
The House Military COMMITTEES are con
. sijerlng the matter, and will report on il
shortly.
The new Commissioners Of Agriculture
4 has given out that 10 persons need apply
tur appointments in his bureau, ss be is re-
ducing the force.
! Iron aud other manufacturers in conven
ton hc'e yesterday, approved the call for a
natlonsi convention AT Cleveland on tic
h, 10 propose = removai Of alltaxstion on
dtaesiIc manufactures except luxurles.-
they tlsc nj pied resolution iavorinc
galng taNes sufficient to pay the interest
on Tie pnblc debt aad current expenses Of
the Government.