Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-14
WASHINGTON.


TO- day sent to the Senate the name OF Lieut..
General w. T. Sherman as General by bre-
| vet. This gives him the same rank as Gen
eral Grant when in command. The Prcsi
| dent has already made new department
here to which he is TO be assigned. This
| looks o. though he intended to ignore Gen
eral Grant entirely.
At the meeting Of the Reconstruction
Committee this morning, Representative
Stevens, of Pepnsy lvanis, submitted reso
| luton the substance Of which was that it
| appeared from the late correspondence be
tween the President and Gen. Grant, that
the President had violated, or had intended
to violate, the provisions of the tenure of
office bill. and tina, consequently he 10 guilty
of high crimes and misdemeanors for which
he ought to be impeached by the House.
| This resolution was discussed with much
spirit The point Of debate was as to wheth-
| er the President had violated the bill by his
effort to induce General Grant to hold the
Secretaryship of War at the disposal of the
President after the Senate, by its resolution,
had restored Mr.. stanton. Finally the RS
oluton was tabled by the following vote
| lEAs-Messrs. Bingha p, Beamap. Payne,
! Hubbsr'', Republicans; and Brooks and
| Beck. Democrats.
| NAys-Messrs. Stevens, Farnsworth and
| Boutwell,.
Alter the vote, whic, created considerable
excitement, the Commiticc adjourned. when
| Nj Stevens invited iessr boutwell, and
| iarnswofth To meet with HIM. in order TO
take ether steps on the subject.
ihc ncw tx bill wall be reported to the
House. i; Is thonga., in about three weeks
The President has approved and signed
the bill allowing taxation by States oI the
shares OF National Banks
The receipts Of customs for the week
ending Feb Sin, were &3.l1S..59.
The funds IN the vaults Of the Treasury
this morning were. CON- sl02 $4,000; cur
rcncy. $3.50 $4,000.
The United States bonds of lS41, which
matureJ on the 3lst OF December. will, it Is
understood, he paid on presentation at
the Treasury Department, or y, the office OF
the Assistant Treasurer at New York, in
terest being allowed to the LIST of January
last.
The following telegram was read in the
Senate to-day by Mr.. Pa,terson
MONTGOMERY, ALA Feb. -.
Hon. ID. T. PArTERsoN:-Th ratifica-
ton Of the Constitution is defeated by over
1900 majority. What ia the prospect OF
the passage OF Shermans bill respe citing
Alabama?
Signed 40. d DALTON.
Governors Secretary"
letter received here from an American
citizen Mt Beirut, Syria, dated Jan. "a, says
John {. Breckenridge was there making in
qnrios in regard To travelling through Syria
lie denied all claims to the privileges OF
citizen OF the L. S, and appeared much
affected While conversing on affairs in his
country. " hen asked ii he intended 10 re-
turn he eaid he had no wish to become a
martyr, and should not return until he
could do so in personal safety but no other
country could be his home. He said in ref
ererce TO political affairs, that as the war
was over and the appeal to tie sword had
decided against those with whom he had
been associated, he was willing to shoulder
gun like any man in defence of his Coun-
try. lie however spoke of matters here in
the tone OF foreigner. The same letter
says: Jacob Thompson, and other parties of
the South during the late war; were wan
dering about Turkey.
The Monthly Report of Agriculture for
January contains table of average yield per
acre OF the principal farm crops OF 1867. The
latter show with average prices at present
time about same range in January. 1867, in
New England. A slight reduction West
and decrease IN the south. except in Missis-
sippi, Louisiana and Texas. There is marked
reduction in Georgia, the Carolinss and
Virginia in wheat The range of potatoes
Is higher in all the Atlantic States and gen
orally in the west. except in Kansas and
Nebraska. the greatest western increase
being noted in Illinois, where the average
yield but sixty bushels per acre, and the av-
erage price is one dollar per bushel. The |
reports concerning the average of winter |
wheat indicates no change compared with |
last year. In Pennsylvania. New York,
Ohio and Indiana there appears to be
slight decrease. and an increase in Michi- |
gan and in some of the Southern S,taes, |
amounting in North Carolina to 40 per |
cent. lu the beginning of winter the appear |
apce OF crops was not generally quite so
favorable rs usual