The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-02-07
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Afternoon Report.
Spectacle fFom WasAington.
Herald Correspondence.

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Washington, Feb. s.
The only event yesterday was the as
sumption Of his command BY Gen. T. F.
Meagher, who, accompanied by General
Shields, took command of the Irish brig
ade amidst great enthusiasm. General
Shields addressed the troops in most ef-
fective terms.
Col Grif6n's battery did some splendid
shooting to-day 1t Minors Hill. They
fired dozen rounds with schrapnel she'll,
from two r. FOUNDER Parrot guns. At a
tree sixteen hundred yards distant. All
the shells but one exploded, and every
shot struck within few feet Of the tree.
Tribune Correspondence.
Runner grows into belief that Sec y
Stanton will speedily take in fact, as he
has commenced in form, the conduct Of
the war which usage and Departmental
law give him the right to do.
The scene at the close Of the expulsion
of Senator Bright was dramatic There
was desperate decisiveness in the ssno'
with which Bayard answered to hi. name
When Garlic, of Va, voted s'no'' the
futter was significant and loud. He had
been counted only among the doubtful -
The Californian. McDoneal and Mr.. Sim
mons were at First absent, but not q mo-
lnent too soon they came in, and thirty
two votes decreed the law that in the
American Senate hereafter no traitor shall
have seat. When the result was an
nounced the gallery burst into Applause,
but was checked Instantly. Bright then
bundled up the portable property on his
desk, turned his back upon the court
which had tried him, went to Sec'y For
ney's room and drew his pay to the last
cent, then, with defiant stride, passed
into the Public land Committee Rooms
where his wife awaited him. In her
presence the actors costume fell. The
ruined politician sat down. and haggard
and crashed, contemplated the wreck he
had made Of his fortunes.
Mr.. Arnold was authorized, to-day, to
report fully the views OF the Lake and
River Defense Committee, on che frtif-
cations Of the frontier and the arming and
equipping OF vessels for the lakes Their
recommendations will be thorough.
1t is said that Gov. Morgan's nomina-
ton as Major General will be rejected by
the Senate II it is confirmed it is appre-
hended every Governor OF every free
State will claim the same rank and emol-
uments.
The N Y. Times Paris correspondence
states that a secret document from jeff.
Davis had been furnished the govern
ments of France and England which gives
full details of the commercial and military
resources Of the Confederacy, and which
points out in detail the advantages which
France would derive by aiding in the es
adjustment of the new government. In
its details of military resources France is
to see that the Confedency is
able to resist the North forever, which
entities them to q recognition while in
its commercial details is seen the enticing
phantom of free trade and commercial
riches.
The Times Washington correspond
ence reports that Vallandigham, Pcndle-
ton AMI Corning with Morrill,, both Conk.
lings, Morton ana few others held eau
Gus this afternoon, and agreed to compro
mise all the proposed amendments Of the
demand treasury note scheme in one bill
~I.s1 . Vic" - sllassiask 5.S.s
nation against the bill Of the Committee
Of Ways and Means which the Admins
tration has endorsed as indispensable to
the Government and carrying
on the war. The vote may be close, but
the chances are decidedly in favor Of the
legal tender clause
Hon. Jno. A. Parker, u. S. Consul at
Honolulu, has arrived here with important
for the Govt. He says
apents have been sent to England to hy-
pothecate the entire group of the Sand
witch Islands to Great Britain.