Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-21
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20,-The following
order was issued to-day
HEAD QUARTERS ARMY L. s.,
ADG'T. GENL's OFFICE,
WASHINGTON d. G.. Aug. 90, 1917
General Order No. "a.
The following orders has been received
from the President;
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Aug. 20. 1867.
First. Major General Thomas is hereby
assigned TO the command OF the Fifth Mill.
tary District, created by act of Congress,
passed March 2nd, 1867.
Major General L. II. Sheridan is hereby
assigned to the command Of the Department
OF the Missouri.
Major General Winfield S. Hancock is
hereby assigned to the command Of the De
parmen, OF the Cumberland.
The Secretary Of War al interim will
give all necessary instructions TO carry this
order into effect.
(signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
Second. In pursuance of the foregoing or.
der Of the President of the United States,
Major General Geo. ii. Thomas will, on
receipt of this order, turn over his com
man1 to the officer next in rank 10 himself,
and proceed to New Orleans, to relieve
M-jor General p. ii. Sheridan Of command
OF the Fifth Military District.
Third. Major General l.. Ii. Sheridan, on
Deing relieved from the command of the
Fifth Military District By Major General
g. II. Thomas, will proceed 10 Fort Leav
enworth, Kansas, and relieve Major General
W. ;. Hancock, In command Of the DcpG.
ment of Missouri.
Fourth. Major General ". 5 Hancock on
being relieved from tie command al The
Department Of Missouri by Major Genera!
- ii Sheridan, VIII proceed ~ Louisville,
Nv, and assume command OF the Depart
ment OF the Cumberland.
tlith. Major General q II. Thomas will
continue 70 execute all orders he NAV fluid
IN force IN TIE Fiilh Military District ut the
tine OF bis assuming command OF il, unless
authorize by the General pt The army 10
anna! .lt,f ar modify tllc5l.
S}xFh. ,IaiDr General =. II Sheridan, be
tore relieving Major General Hancock, vii
report ~ person 81 these Headquarters.
~ command Of General Griut
Dthcigl l.. ID. townsend, A A G
y meeting OF about thir,y menters of The
Bar was held to-day. +. l.. Stanton pre- l.
ding, and adopted resolutions disapnrovlnc
the l%rreeulaiit, of the method oil reyiemir.
the ordcrs OF courts, end asserting that lt
WINS u grave ttfbI W suppose tDAt the rights
Of attorneys could be mainisined BY person
al vitupeTation or violence: and also assert.
ing The proprieiy Of the courts Furnishing
i"r contempt This action refers TO the
Bradley Fisher difficulty.
General Slckles, on the 18th, approved
tie senteucc OF the court martial in the case
OF Capt. AcNsliy, of The steamer Pilot Boy,
for refusing 10 grant a first-class cabin pass
age To Miss francis Rollin, from Charleston
To beaufort, on his steamer, on account OF
caste or color. The sentence was Il fine OF
two hundred ana fifty dollars.
Gel. La '~ding,on has been ordered to
New Mexico.
Col. Ii. Cay Wood has been ordered 10
Russian America with Gen. Rousseau.
Secretary Browning is better to-day, hu,
is unable to leave his bed.
The Turkish minister had an interview
with Secretary Seward to-day, and will be
presented TO the President tomorrow.
ten. Tomkins has been ordered 10 Omaha.
An order of Gen Sickles was received
here to-day with the details of the trial.
conviction and sentence of certain parties
for taking a colore1 girl from a school house
10 the woods and iailiciing one hundred
and forty lashes upon her because she re
sisted being whipped by the daughter of one
VI tue pdltltS, the EtATD ElFI successfully
whipping the hi,e one.
Abraham Jenkins, q Justice of The Peace.
was sentenced to be removed from office,
fined SO. and imprisoned at hard labor for
one mont Six other parties concerned
were llkewlse fined and imprisoned.
a man by the name OF Saunders, for
whipping q negro boy and girl, was fined
$50 and imprisoned one month.
The above occurred at Plymouth, n. c..
and tie commanding officer the re- is ordered
10 see the sentence executed.
ALBANr, Aug. 20.-The Constitutional
Convention prohibits the consolidation OF
railroad corporations where their capital ex-
ceeds $50 ,000, 200.