Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-01
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, May 30.--Business in tho
Departments lie generally suspended to-day
Gen. Townsend is still in charge Of the War
Department.
Judge Cartier, OF the Supreme Court. to
1ay dismissed the petition for mandamus
to have stricken from the registration rolls
the names OF all soldiers except those who
have resided here for certain time and
have families with them. The Judge said
there was no evidence Of fraud or corrur-
ton ON the part Of the Board.
The term Of Col. Cooper, Assistant Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, expired to-day. No
successor has yet been fixed on by the Pres.
idcnt.
Rear Admiral Turner has been ordered to
relieve Dahlpren as commander OF the South
Pacific squadron.
Among nominations sent to the Senate
to-day was Colby Knapp for Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Eigth District Of
| Illinois.
Gen Schnficld, the new Secretary of
War, arrived here this evening from Rich
mond. and will enter upon the duties of
the War office on Monday. 1t is not his
| ntcntion to resign his position in the reg
ular army, but leave Of absence will be
granted him for the time he remains in
the war office.
+ b. Washburne, chairman of the COM
mi:tee on appropriations dissents from his
associates on the committee in the matter
of appropriating money this year for in
ternal improvements. His bill gives bat
one million SIX hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, while theirs gives six million one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
MIR. Washburne eoncurs with the COM
mittee in their recommendation of ninety
| six thousand dollars for dredges and snag
boats ON the upper Mississippi; thirty
| thousand dollars for the improvement of
the Missouri rapids, and one hundred
thousand dollars for the mouth Of the Mis-.
sissippi. He says the improvement Of the
Des Molnes and Rock Island rivers is also
| work Of great national importance, and
Of vast interest TO the people of the Upper
Mississippi. Congress has already appro-
priated one million Of dollars toward these
two works, and public interest requires
that they shall be completed ~ early a.
| practicable.
A majority Of the committee recommend
an appropriation Of 5000, 900 for the Des
Moines Rapids. am sorry to cay that in
the present condition of the treasury
| cannot coincide in their recommendation /;
though have the strongest possible de-
sire q ZEE these Improvements completed
q the earliest practicable period. shall
recommend an appropriation Of 100000
for the Des Moines Rapids, and 100000
for the Rock Island Rapids.
The entire number Of soldiers registered
| in this city Il 27e. Parties who applied for
. writ of mandomss on the judges Of elec-
lions, to show cause why their names
shold not be stricken from the list of reg.
Uttered voters of this city, which applica-
ticn was to-day refused BY the Court in
general term, have sent copy Of Che de-
cision to Gen. Grant, with an application
for the issuing of an order by him to re-
strain all soldiers in the city from leaving
their barracks on Monday, while the cleo.
ton is in progress.
WASHINGTON, May 31.-The Impeach
ment Managers intend to examine to-mor-
row, Gen. Adame, whose name appears in
connection with testimony heretofore taken.