The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-02

Rev. Charles Beecher has rsigns4
the psstorats Of the Georgetown Mass.
Church.
There u = project On foot in New
York to erect monument to Robet Ful-
ton in Trinity Church yard.
According to recent Parliamentary
exhibit. the debt of Canada amounts tb
SAT, ,485,016.
Professor John N. Putnam, Of Dart
mouth College, died on board the steam
ship Alpha while on her way from Hall
fax to Boston.
N. P. Willis 10 preparing history
of his literary life, which the public will
look for with interest
The cup and chest Of Alexander Sell
kirk. the world-famed Robinson Cruso of
Defoe, have recently been sold in Lon
don.
"A youth Of sixty years has been at
rested in Rhode Island for whipping bis
mother. He said the old lAdy's morals
were bad
Gen. Green Clay Smith is now re-
cruiting in Covington, KY, With the
sanction of the War and State Depart
ments, . veteran regiment of heavy artil-
lsry for the three years service.
Gen. G. w. Thomas, the new com
mander of the Army of the Cumberland,
is said by the Philadelphia Press to have
beensfn the regular army twelve years
without being absent . day from his
post.
The general health Of New York
city is good, just At this time, but report
from the City Inspector protests against
the slaughter house system, and prp.
nounces some of the markets, particularly
Fulton, Washington and West Washing
ton. dangerous nuisances.
The English papers are not always cor
rect. For instance, the London Examin-
er devotes column Of criticism to an ad-
dress of Henry Ward Beecber at Glascov,
but is SO iguorsnt Of its subject that il
calls him the "Kev. Mr.. Stowe" through
out.
Mr.. Beecher had narrow escape at
Free Trade Hall. Manchester, England, at
the close OF his address. Every one pres
ent sas anxious to take him BY the hand.
To save him from being shaken to pieces,
be vas taken up bodily BY some friends
and carried Of the Stage.
A regular line of sailing vessels be-
tween Cleveland and Liverpool kas been
established. 1t is intended, also, by per-
screw steamers 10 sail from that port to
Cleveland and Chicago direct. The
steamers will be Of IS large capacity for
cargo as the Welland Canal and locks
| will admit Of The vessels will be Of
iron, Of the first class, and to occupy not
over twenty-one days in the passage from
port to port.
The whole number Of soldiers OBJ
tanned under the late draft in Massachu-
setts was one thousand eight hundred
and thirty, all of whom we're sent to the
Army of the Potomac. The quota cal led
| for was about seven thousand.
The corner stone of the new Aca9e-
my OF Design, in New York, was laid on
| Wednesday last, on which occasion ad-
dresses were delivered by Parke Goodwin,
Wm. c. Bryant, Geo. Bancroft, Rev. Or.
Bellows and others. The new building is
an unusually fine one, and is situated on
the corner oil 23i street and 4th avenue.
1t is built of white marble, barred with
grsywacke stone, and will cost 5000, 900.
The police OF Montreal recently nj 4de
a descent upon honee in that city kip,
By female calling herself Madame Bis 30.
nette, where they discovered number Of
women in an absolute condition Of slav ery
and most shockingIy illused. They v ere
confined in close rooms and kept hard al
work, and were not allowed to see their
friends or TO communicate with persons
outside. The house was broken open
and the women set at liberty.
i Col. Gowan, who has won 30 homes
fame by his successful execution Of tht
great enterprise Of clearing the harbor o
Sebastopol of the sunken war vessels, ha
been in Paris, on his return from St. Pc
tersburg. A district has been discovers
! in Russia Of similar formation to that 0
the oil producing region of Pennsylvania
! and other parts Of America. Col. Gowa
has obtained concession from the Rus
j sian Government of o tract Of 5000
acres. upon which he is to carry on hi
: explorations. He is on his way to Auel
@ lea to obtain the necessary machiner.
. and will commence the prosecution of hi
o enterprise at once.
o Evansville. Ind, had a regular sel
o sation on Wednesday, by the discovery
II the skeleton of woman, BY some worl
1t men engaged in excavsting street.
y is not known how the skeleton got thsr
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n EFFECTS OF COMPOUND lNTEREsT.-l
j. California any stipulated rate Of intere
ID is lawful, and the current rates are Oft
ID fearful. In January, 1861. mot yet thr
ID years ago,) Daniel X. Vance borrow
ty 81 800 Of Morris Wise, payable on d
mand, with compound interest at eig
per cent. per month. Not being pal
ad Wise sued it and Obtained . verdict