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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-27

get Summers. ". Margaret Kirk, vas con-
tinusd this afternoon Magistrate Dittos,
after bearing the case for some time, dis
missed the eholssic disputants with an ad-
mention 10 behave themselves, if possible,
in the future, and abandon the profession
Of scandal mongsrs for . more worthy &C.
oupatisn.
Joseph Disney, arrested BY officer Muel-
hosisr for vagrancy, brought up the nsney
and Was dismissed
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-27

O. 10 rHa B0s.-6o % the Bryaat 4 esrsftco
fova State business College TO get shoe0agh prsc
tieAl business education. to become good sound
telegraph operator. For cisculars and papers, ad-
dress. (enclosing stamp "Ths Bryant D SRatsOn
Oommsrc1A College, Daveu p0rt, Iowa.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-27

SrABBISG ArrRAr.-Twe negro deck
hands on the Key City had some
difficulty with each other on Monday,
which ended In . fight, and one OF
them got seundly thrashsd. The
conquered party went of, and arming him
selfwith large knife, returned and attack
% the other, giving him some terrible
wounds in the back, chest and stomach
The wounded man WAS brought down from
Hampton on the Addie johnson TO have his
wound, dressed and be pat under medical
treatment.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-27

lron and wagon Matorial.
Oun sNTIR. STOCK o. .nAR AND SHEET
Thi0bls eheins. fiow and Cst elsel. &C. Ac., has
bseo masked down 10 c0sfesrOad With the rsduccA
price ltsse oG the uanuhcsnvsu.
sICKi.Hs PRESTON,
lrcs and Wagon Maserisls, % West "a -.
yon5Am Harowsfs. ~ brady street.
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BIRIHDAY.-Ouf respected fellow-c citizen
Dr.. J. j. Burtis to day celebrated his 9th
birthday. Although nearly three score
years have passed over the Doctors head,
leaving their impress Of the mingled joys
and sorrows Of hstel life, yet the vandal,
Time, has but touched him lightly, for he
still enjoys vigorous health, keeps one Of
the best hotels in the State, and runs one
Of the finest opera houses in the United
States. May many succeeding annivsrsa-
riss still find him enjoying health. happi-
ness and prosperity, and still building up
our city, and contributing to its wealth.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-03
THE CONVENTION,
CONVENTION HELD BY AUTHORITY OF THE
RECONSTRUCTION LAWS OF CONGRESS,
TO FRAME A STATE CONSTITUTION
FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.

Saturday last having been set apart as pay
day, the delegates, it is to be presumed, were
not in frame of mind suitable for the grave
business Of constitutional legislation. "Bills
receivable" were the only subject under discus
sion. eleven dollars day. the ever recur-
ring refrain. We learn that considerable
amount; of the commodity was sold at eighty
cents, and some at eighty-fve cents, in green
backs, purchased mostly by persons who de-
sire to pay their taxes in this currency. The
probability, as far as we can judge, is that this
is the highest price the conventionists will get
for their per dienl as the bills will certainly de-
preciate as more of them are thrown upon the
markei. At eighty cents in the dollar, the
members netted $3.50, which will serve as a
margin for future depreciation.
The convention to-day will doubtless enter
upon its more serious work-reports Of COM
mittees and what pertains more especially to
it's functions, the making Of a new Constitution
for the State. The ordinance in regard to the
validity of 'negro bonds will also be again
discussed to-day; and although many think
with Sim. Corley, that the subject is one for
the courts rather than for the convention,
there are many Of the parties interested who
look to this latter body for relief.
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INDIAN BATTLE IN TExAs-ONE THOUSAND
SAyAaEs ATTACK CAMP LANoAsTER.-A letter
dated San Antonio, Texas, January 14th, says
Dispatches just received hero state that a
severe Indian battle was fought OF Camp Lam
caster on the 9th of December. Camp Lam
caster is two hundred and forty miles north
west of this place, on the Rio Pecos, and is
garrisoned by company of colored cavalry
belonging to the command of General Hatch.
The Indians, about che thousand strong,
attacked the camp at o'clock p. NJ, while the
company were watering their horses. In the
dash three men were killed, o number wound
ed, and thirty horses captured; but the colored
soldiers retreated in good order to the post,
where, getting their Spencer carbines, they
furiously assaulted the savages, driving them
into the old post works near the camp, where
the fight lasted until late in the night, when
the Indians gave way in confusion. On the
night of the 28th the Indians removed the
attack, but were repulsed with great slaughter,
leaving the ground strewed with bows, arrows,
guns, blankets, coats, pistols and knives, but
CARRYING off all their dead and wounded.
This is the first pitched engagement the
colored troops have had with the Indians, and
it is not likely the savages will bother them
soon again. Tho negroes fought with savage
desperation that astonished tho red men, who
no doubt, thought they could easily capture
the post and its small garrison.
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PASSENGER CARS BURNED ON THE ERIE RAIL-
RoAD.--On Saturday evening, just after the
second Suferns train had passed out OF the
tunnel q kerosene lamp exploded in tho last
car, which happened to be thesmoking car ofthe
Hackensack line attached, and which was about
half filed with passengers. The whole front
OF the car was instantly in flames, and the
passengers crowded TO the rear IN terror, being
unable to pass through into the other cars in
front. The flames spread so rapidly that, be-
fore the train could be stopped, half the yehi
Gle was enveloped, and the gentlemen tum-
bled pell-mell from the platform not an instant
too soon, as the fire followed the varnish as
though it had been burning fluid. By the
time the train came to stand, it was on tho
meadows, and the front OF the car was burn
ing 80 iercely that difficulty was experienced
in uncoupling it from the train. The heat was
intense, and the burning mass could not be
readily removed firm the track. The later
trains were delayed, and the night express
was an hour behind, the passengers watch
ing the workman, who at last tumbled the
trucks from the track, the car itself being eli
tirely consumed. Two gentlemen, who were
near the forward end Of the car, where the
mass of the fluid was thrown by the explosion,
were burned about their faces, and had their
whiskers singed.-New York Tribune.
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THE BANKRUPT LAw.-The Bankrupt law has
now been III operation over six months. The
first case Of o final discharge Of bankrupt
which wo have seen noticed. took place the
other day in strict in another State. Thus
far, in Pennsylvania, We believe no bankrupt
has been discharged. How long the proceed
ings are to last, upon an average, and what will
be the general cost to the bankrupt and to the
estate are yet, We presume, to be ascertained.
One Of the most oppressive features in this act
will be it's slowness, which is loss to debtors,
creditors, and to the community. Very few
bankrupts will be able to do much work while
waiting the slow progress Of the law, and the
time which they lose in enduring the laws de-
lay is generally sacrifice Of industry. Under
these circumstances, it is not strange that, in
the constitutional convention Of Arkansas, the
other day, resolution was offered to the effect
that the Bankrupt low ought to be amended, 80
that it should be only necessary to file sohed-
ule, &C., in the clerks Office to get o release.
This would be short and easy process in the
new way to pay old debts. The only wonder
is what the convention of Arkansas has to do
with the subject, unless, indeed, we reflect
that the members truly represent the interests
of the people Of the State, who are all bank
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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RENTS IN New YoRK.-A New York letter
says: Rents on Broadway are coming down. I
Aar told, and owners Of stores on other streets
wilrfEsve to lower their figures before May, if
they do 2ot want their property on their hands.
Broadway 1usts have been outrageously high
for four years, aud while business was lively,
the high figures were paid without grumble.
But the prospect this year is gloomy, and mer-
chants will not pay lin fact cannot. pay the e1
orbitant rents that landlords have been get
ting for some years past. Several vacant
stores are to be seen on Broadway now, and
there will be moe before March. Union
Square is filing up fast with business houses,
but it will be five years before paying trade
gathers around that neighborhood. A new
building at the corner of University Place and
Fourteenth-street has been leased for ten
years.. at yearly rent OF s24 900, by dry
goods firm; and it is rumored that Lord &
Taylor have leased the Maison Doree, the
scene Of the great dry goods failure q few
weeks ago, and will soon open it, and start On
uptown opposition to Stewart. They will find
it uphill work to compete with the great mil
ionaire who has stock valued at $40, 600, 900
in his two establishments.
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n. om the West.

ST LOUIS, February 2.-Governor 2. Fletcher is
about to seize the Missouri and Pacific Rail
road on behalf of the State.
Abill has been introduced into the legislature
abolishing capital punishment, and for the
establishment Of a pardon board Of commits
sioners.
NASHVILLE, February 2.-The employees on
the Memphis, Louisville and Gainesville Rail-
road have struck for non payment OF wages.
The permitting of negroes to hold Office and
ait ON juries has caused q number Of them to
offer as candidates to important county Offices.
Able lawyers pronounce the law unconstitu-
tionaL
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Affairs In the state.

On Thursday the house of Mr.. Stockman, ct
Georgetown S. c., vas broken into and bas-
ket OF silver stolen.
The barn and carriage house of Mr.. NOVEL;
at the DeKalb Mills, Camden District, were &C.
cidentally burned on Friday evening.
The Laurens railroad is improving under
the management Of MIR. Jacob Bowers, and the
Herald says that the trains now run with some
regularity.
broken into on Sunday the 26th ultimo, and
robbed of large quantity Of goods. So says
the Keoweo Courier.
The Camden Journal says that there is in
that District freedman who last year planted
three acres of thin land in cotton, and actually
sold six bales as the produce Of the three acres
planted.
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Am interesting debate occurred on Wedn

An interesting debate occurred on Wednes-
day in the French Corps Legislatif. The new
project of law for the government Of the press
was the subject Of discussion. NJ. Theirs, in G.
speech Of great power in opposition to the law,
urged the importance Of allowing entire free
dom to the press, except only in cases where
the sanctity of private Life or the acts Of foreign
magnates are concerned. In eloquent term,
he warned the government not to allow the
opportunity to pass of bestowing privileges
upon the press, the neglect of which has cost
the ruin Of 30 many dynasties. II. Pinard, III
reply, deprecated the granting Of any further
remarks said that since concessions we're pro-
posed a year ago, the French journals have
proved Enthusiastically their entire unftness for
the liberty which their advocates profess to do
sire to secure.
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Crumbs.

ST. LOUIS, February Twenty prominent
merchants have ieft. for the Boston Convention.
Railroad, steamboat, hotel men and the citi-
zens generally will hold meeting to secure
Democratic Convention here.
DETROIT, Me-, February Ia steam saw
mill boiler exploded to-day. Two persons were
killed and two slightly injured.
CroNNAT1, February Murray, Eddy &
Co., have been enjoined from the drawing in
Shelby College Lottery, Francis Smith q Co.,
only being entitled to draw under that grant.
Y, PmIADRnpBiA, Px., February 4.-Isaao Lee
ser, prominent Isras'';te, and editor OF the
occident, is dead. Aged SIKH years.
New YORK, February John Sitchel, Saw
age, Nichols, and others, addressed the Brook
lyn Societies last night, for the benefit OF The
families of the Manchester martyrs.
party of Revenue officials were robbed in
Brooklyn, and some Of them seriously injured.
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Our Washington Dispatches.

THE RoN-OIAD sALEs-THE wH1sKEY BILL.
WASHINGTON, February la bill was sent to
the President to-day authorizing the sale OF
thirty-five Of one hundred and four iron-clads.
The Ways and Means committee have agreed
to the Senate amendments to the whiskey me-
tire bill and it will doubtless pass the House.
It authorizes five commissioners to act with
President Henry and Professor Henry Of the
Smithsonian Institute.
WASHINGTON, February 2.-Lesie Coombs
will probably be rejected by the Senate as q.
8. Marshal for Kentucky.
John Young Brown will receive many votes
in the House, but there is no probability of his
being seated.
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The Paris Entr'acte publishes the details

The Paris Enh'acte publishes the details
of the new engagement of Mile. Patti. She is
to sing at the Theatre-Italien during the
months Of October and November next, when
she will go to Germany, where she is to re-
main until the 18th of December. From that
timo until the 1st of March, 1869, she will sing
will again resume her place at the Italen, aad
sing until the LIST of May. Having concluded
this engagement, she will sail for America and
hold the position of prima donna in troupe
under the joint management of Messrs. Jl-
mann and Strakosch. Her stay in this counrry
will be limited to four months.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-03
Market Reports.

New YORK, February 1.-Sterling Exchange
1OsS. Gold 14O2. Old bonds 111l. virginis's
40s; Tennessee's ex-coupons, So; new 6Os.
Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat quiet and
steady. Corn steady. Bye dull and quiet, but
steady. Mess Pork steady at $22.62. Lard
quiet at 1Sta14tc. Cotton firm at 1sac. Freights
firm. Spirits Turpentine irregular at 5sas5sc.
Rosin firm and quiet; strained common s..
New YORK, February 1-P. M.-Money easy
at 4a6 per cent. Sterling Exchange 1092a110.
Gold 14Ols14Oz. Governments strong and in
good demand. Five-twenties Of 80, coupons,
111sa112; do. of '64, 1O9sa 1904. Stocks lower
but steady.
Cotton very firm but less actiye-sales ol
5000 bales at 1sac. Flour dull and unchanged
Whiskey nominal. Pork frmer-new mess
s2S. Lard firm at 134a14t cents. Groceries
and Naval Stores firm. Freights dull and
dropping.
BALTIMORE, February 1-P. M.-Cotton buoy
ant at 10 cents. Flour steady and unchanged
Wheat dull but steady; prime to choice South.
ern red 81 sOa2s5. Corn dull and lower; yellow
81 14a1 IL. Oats dull at 74a75c. Rye unchang.
ed. Provisions quiet and unchanged.
AUGUSTA, February 1-P. M.-Cotton-mar-
ket dull and prices irregular, closing at 17la17l
cents for Middling.
SAVANNAH, February 1-P. M.-Cotton quiet
and unchanged-sales Of 5O3 bales; receipts Of
2224.
NEW ORLEANS, January s1.-Sterling 52as
55A. York Sight Exchange discount. Colo
39a893.
WILMINGTON, February 1.-Turpentine 6Sc
Rosin advanced strained and No. 2 50 so; No
1 So; pale $3.50. Cotton steady-Middling Ito
Tar firm at 50 10.
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The Reconstruction Conventions.

VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, February 1.-The Committee on
Banks reported in favor of prohibiting the
Legislature from granting charters to corpo-
rations that discount paper at an unlawful
rate Of interest; also prohibiting persons who
do 80 from holding State offices.
NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEIGH, N. c., February 1.-The convention
WAS engaged almost the entire session to-day
in discussing the relief clause which is pro-
nosed to be attached to the ertlcle in the new
constitution on the Judiciary. No conclusion
WAS reached, the dominant party not being
united on any scheme.
GEORGIA.
ATLANTA. Ga, February 1.-The convention
TO-DAY adopted the foil owing resolutions
Reso,oed. That the Congress of the United
States be respectfully petitioned to appropriate
thirty millions of dollars in United States cur
rency to be loaned under proper regulations,
to aid the developing of the agricultural inter-
ests Of the needy Southern planters.
Resolued, That copies of the foregoing pre-
amble and resolutions be transmitted 10 tne
President of the Senate and Speaker OF the
House of Representatives of the United States
with request that they e'laid before those
bodies, and that copies be also transmitted 10
the Presidents of the constitutional Conyen-
tions in the Southern States, and that We IN
vite the cooperation Of such conventions on
this application to Congress.
Nothing else was done Of interest.
LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS, January s1.-The convention
to-day adopted the articles Of the constitution
as far az No. 181. They are still under the title
of General Privileges"
FLORIDA.
TALLAHASSEE, February Ia resolution was
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offered in the convention to-day that no dele
gate now in the convention be eligible to the
Office of Governor, Lieutenant-Goyernor, Sec
retary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, or Regis
trar of Public Lands, for the space OF ten years
from this date. Went over under the rules.
A resolution was also offered asking Congress
to repeal the cotton tax. Laid over under the
rules.
The excitement on the question Of eligibility
continues. No work has been done Tor which
the convention was assembled. But little
order and no harmony prevails.
The convention adjourned before noon till
the 4th instant.
ARKANSAS.
LITTLE ROCK, February "A resolution was
offered, disfranchising all who opposed recon-
struction, and declaring voting against the
constitution sufficient ground for disfranchise-
ment. 1t was referred. A memorial request
ing the contiuuancs,of the Freedmen's Bureau
was adopted.
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%N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH
oARoLINA-TN THE MATTER OF FERDINAND
CHRIsrMAN, BANKRUPT--1N BANKRUPTCY.
To whom 1t may concern: The undersigned hereby
gives notice Of his appointment as Assignee Of
FERDINAND CHRIsTMAN, Of Charleston, in the
District of Charleston and State Of South Carolina,
within said District, who hal been adjudgsd Bank
rupt upon his own petition ty the District Court Of
said District. NATHANIEL HUNT, Assignee.
Dated January 20. 1853.
January ~ ian A. feb 8, 10
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as- YOUNG AMERICA STEAM FIRE EN-
CINE COMPANY.-The thanks Of this Company are
returned to DR.. ]. B. PATRICK and Mr.. NJ. GOLD
SMITH, for refreshments furnished at the fire on
the night of the LIST inst JAS. a. GUINNANE,
February Secretary.
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@ IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH
CARoLINA-N THE MATTER OF ADAM zoI-
LER. BANKRUPr.-IN BANKRUPTCY whom
It may concern:-The undersigned hereby gives no
tcs Of his appointment as Assignee Of ADAM ZoL-
LER, Of Charleston, in the District Of Charleston,
and State Of South Carolina within said District who
has been adjudged Bankrupt, upon his own pet.
ton, by the District Court Of Iaid District.
NATHANIEL HUNT, Assignee.
Dated Goth January, 1853.
JANUARY 21 ian o. feb g. 10