Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-19
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10 THE BALM DEMOCRAT.
HEW YORK.

ing on dispatch 10 the H,raii states that
there IS little doub: that the sl6asvits pub
hsnec puTporting 70 reveal the plot TO black
On tie reputation Of Judge Holt, were q
huge hoax. Il appears the documents are
on file in the law Office of Stewart Il Rid
die, in this CITY, and were left there simply
10 remain on file. as Riddle states, by q per
son whose name he declines 10 give lie
further states that he WAS unaware.ot the
nature of the papers until they were given
10 the newspapers which published them.
The coroner assefts tha. the body OF the
man found on the steamer Virginia, which
sunk in North liver, died OF consumption.
NEw Yoag, August l9.-Times' special
publishes correspondence between Generals
Grant. Schoiicld. Pope, Ord and Sheridan,
in which the former siiirms the power Of
removal A. existing in the District Com
m~snders, and repudis,es the statement that
ne has approved Of it's exercise In the case of
Gov. Wells. He suggests conditions touch
ing the registration which are a; variance
| with the lax |no,ions % the Attorney Cen
eral.
4 Times special says thst about thirty
members of the bar OF this city
wh, held that the oar have
no right to review the orders Of the Court.
they have united in n call for n meeting On
Tuesday o. next week. in opposition to the
course Of the meeting held last week in the
interest Of Bradley. These gents hold that
members ot the bar have no bus ness to ln>
%terlere lrresglar'y with the orders Of the
Court. aud that any member 30 deinufr,ng
pims.li rs to secure dismissal, must rest
his ease upon its own merits.
1t ls asccrtsined tina Of the issue of :, sos
which insured on the 10th, Just 2sO. O0e,>
900 have been converted leaving $2S, 900,
still standing .out. These vii probably all
be converted by the time the extension OF
one month given by the Secretary sxpire,.
The Iribunc's special sa,s: The PRESS
dent has prepared and sent - General
Grant instructionst TO Issue an order assign.
ing Gen. Sheridan % the command Of the
Department Of the Missouri, Gen. Hancock
10 the Department Of the Cumberland, and
Gen. Thomas to the Fifth (Sheridsn's) Mil,
'tary Dis,rict. The order will probably be
promulgated TO, morrow. IL is understood
that until Friday last il was the purpose of
the President 20 assign Hancock to the
command Of the Fifth District, but ~conclu>
ded yesterday TO give that position to Gen.
Thomas.
The letter Of Gen. Pope to Gen. Grant
has occasionsd . good deal Of comment. here,
and il is generally believed that the latter
officer will order the arrest OF X. IL Hill
And other discontented persons under the
reconstruction bill. He has a right 10 do
so. Some time ago Gen. Grant couuseled
the arrest Of Gov. Jenkins for doing exact>
ly what liiil is now guilty of. This
strengthens The opinion that Grant will act
in Hills case as he advised Pope TO do in
jenkins.
Mr.. Plumb. Secretary OF Legation to
Mexico, who has been here for several days,
yesterday received authorization and in>
structious from the State Department to
rspresent our Government at the city Of
Mexico. and leaves here to morrow for that
cty. The recent commission of Mr.. 0tta,
burg, 20 act rs our representative in Mexico
Is cancelled aud Mr.. Plumb succeeds n
with powers in the nature of a Charge dc
Affairs.
Judge Holt has written a card, which
viii tc pull shed Tn Mondav, stating thai
he did no. furnish the aiiidavits recently
published that .hcy were not CT file in
u $ office that his endorsement Of the ap-
ptlcatlcn for the pardon OF Conover, vas
made a, his bouse as a private citiz-n
ard tina; /; hsd no connection with the
Bureau of Military Jus,ice that
II Was not recommended and did not
contain any expressions Of confidence in
the integrity Of Cunoyer. lie closes by
ssyinG all sverrnents or intimstiens, no
matter by whom made or however sup |
ported. which seek to connec. me in any
degree or IN any way with the alleged con
spiracy against the President are wholly
faisc, as are all insinusiions that the step
took in concert with Mr.. Riddle | either
aimed or desired 10 qualify Conover as Wit
ness Tor any purpose whatever.
The Worlds special saws: Cenersl Grant
has urged the President to dismiss every
member Of his cabinet in order to create
harmony between Mr.. Johnson and his ads
vlsers. The General is known to be para
~,cnlatly hostile 10 Mr.. Seward, whom he
regard as too adroit and dangerous.
The top Of the pi OF house and other por-
Ii ms of the steam tug Adclia were picked
mp yesterday morning, If Coney Island.
1t is feared, from the appearance o. the
fragments, tLat the vessel has been blown
mp
The lloralds special says that General
Grant has = really made several changes il
The War office. by con>igmnC a lumber of
Secretary Stanton, favorltes 10 active duty. I
The Heads special saws: A dispatch
from Galveston. dated to-day, SAYS yellow
fever is racing there more than eyer o. fore
haown. TIE total deaths lat week reached
Isl. he same rates of mortality in New
York would give nearly lo,0Ot deaths for
the CORRESPONDING period.