Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-09

An Ottawa dispatch reports that the mill.
TIA bill will be the irst messurs laid before
shs fsdsral legislature. The aevsrsosnt
will have Go majority in the federal 6esss
The receipts from customs fsr June vsss
Sll 100000, and from internal revenue
about s2l 100000. During The first thres
days Of the presen. moo.h the rscsipes from
these two sources are g. 5000
Two daughters of Rev. 0. c. Dake. for
merly Episcopal minister st Omaha. aged
i've and ten years, and three children o.
John Ray, Of fremont. Neb.. we're drowned
On Friday morning. in the Ellhern river
nees Omaha. A picnic party wess csossa
ing the stream in a b at when the latter
upset,
The japanese commissioners have q
ready paid esoo,0O0 on acccssst - the
rsm Stone~all and viii, on their return q
japan make arrangements for paving The
balance Of the purchase money, 100000.
The vessel viii leave the washington aavy>
ysrd for that country in August
The najcfi,y Of ths members q Con.
gress hope to finish their business early
next week, thus making two weeks SEES
sisn. The Secretary Of the Treasury dsss
not intend to make any recommesdssisna
to Congress regarding the finances, ths
laws nov in fore. being deemed sufisisat.
On Saturday, the last day Of the "Turt
week" q Dubuque, ths concluding raee,
that Of Kate Ruble and Crazy Dick. excited
no little interest. Dick won the 6fst heat
in s:0S 2>5, the mare being but . neck b.
hind. The mare won the secood heat By I
length in 2:04 The third heat was a"mis.
deal" aod ths mare made the fourth heat
very easily in 2:0S 80 At the start the
horse Was the favorits by 500 to tl6,
but after the second heat the mare Was she
favorite By tioo to elo
Information has been received from ths
department Of the interior showing that the
massacre at Fort Phil. Kearney was caused
BY . military order establishing military
| posts, without consent of the indians, or
the Montana road by Powder river and Dig
Horn. and mt the Cheyenne war grew out
of.the approach ofour troops The Indian.
is 10 stated, dese'ted tieir village, which
wasafterwards dcstroye fearing that the,
would be again treated as they were By
Capt. lrvingion in December, 1856. Al
official report will probably be communion
tea to Congress, At the present session, EN-,
bodying the above facts, and such recon,
mendations as the commission considers
necessary to bring about peace between sl
the Indians
The house committee on reconstruetios
and the senate judiciary committee hass
. joint meeting to>day, to argue on sub
elemental bill. The one generally accepta
BILE 10 the house committee on yesterday
previdesas follows: |. That militasyssom'
manders cannot be removed except by tria
Of court martial, on their own request. oI
by the consent o. the senate. 2. The COM
msndsss Of military districts should hav,
power to turn out oil civil officers, to max.
appointments in their places, and are no
70 be governed BY constructive opinions is.
sued by the executive. 8. They are also e
Be empowered to administer osths to .
third party to obtain evidence - TO th,
qualification ofsny one claiming TO register
The disfranchising sections Of the old &C
| pcsna;n s,nsl,eved