The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-17

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The Hevolfs Texas correspondent xiyes
some account Of the march Of Merritt cav.
airy through that Seate. The rood cou3uee
of the troops was highly spoken Of, and they
tants. 8 as - - q.
De. PEBBLE, IA newly Appo;stea Collector ef
Customs for Galssstoa, lad arrived q that
place, I'D snd shorty osen ~ Cuslom
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Two colored soldiers were executed At
Brownsville on the 10Th ult. for outraees On
females. An entire division of the 25th corps
(colored) paraded ON the occasion, and the
sppearancs, discipline and depoetment Of the
troops formed the theme Of enthusiastic COM
nendation On the part Of tie Texan and Mex
|iean spectators, great numbers 0f whom were
Neseut. E i. . 81.
Costinas v1th his korce Of repsh9icans siill
lowered sround Matamons, but had yet made
no further at1ack % the town, and It vss not
nppesea that - woald, his number bsine too
insigni6cant. s
a AstamQe~s paper revives the story that
ex Senator 0vynn = at The head Of Tie i'm
periAl 6orefument Of the Mexican State Of
Sonora, at an annual salary Of nxty thousand
title.
The Heralf Washington special saya. q
the result Of careful inquiry, it i bsiieyed
that thaae iean e4willinGaess .. tbs part Of .
portsen 49, cf1614 - ketoJeG DaSb 6isd
for tfeasaa while there is reason for asserting
that ~ ffeMdeat ~ pess1tent TO have hin
brought befprs : civil tribunal.
here IN the course q few dayu for eonsaits-
ton With the President ~ 70 the tuas, man
ner and place which shall be dcsignated.
The ahlest counsel IN the United States are
also hAinG consulted on the subject
There Ii . fixed determination on the part
Of the Executive that there shall be an i'm.
mesiats asd fair trial by q jury Of the countsy
for high treason.
kmAy,. in addition to this, " confidently
asserted that thA President has determined a.
soon g practicable 10 withdraw the orders
suspenaing the privileges of the kabeas corpxs
IS 20 detense With military courts
The President has pardoaed the follovins
named rebels to-day: 2. c. Betxell, Of L..
Jonathan Wirth, ". 8. Mason, B. F. Morse,
John L. Schoon and E. w. Nichols of Tenn;
J. Sonle, of New York city; Dr. Cook, Of
Memphis: Wm- Y. Bird, VIM Gilmer, C. N.
Lee, Frank W. Siddon and Vim. E. Clask, Of
Ala: X. H. Short, OF La; d A. tAordon. of
Va; Vim. Johnsos, af Charlotte, N. C., and
Besj. FitspAtrick, formerly rebel senator from
Alabama.
fcrd's Theatre il hcing converted into a re-
eeptaole Dor the archives Of the late rebel Con-
fedesNcy.
The Times special says the appointment of
Preston King 10 the Coli-ctorship Of New
York, though made Yesterday, was not per-
ed back here from New York
One cause of Mr.. Dafer's resisnation is
that he became aware of ,hs Presidents de-
sire to arpnins Mr.. King. and accepted it as
an indication that his resignation would be
very acceptable.
Major General Hooker has recently been
made Major General in the regular army.
His commission as Brigadier General in the
regular army dated from Antietam.