The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-24
WASHINGTON. Nov. "a.

In dispatch to the late Minister Dayton,
the Secretary Of State said he might not i'm
properly improve the occasion by renarking
that the Executive Government Of this coun-
try has no organ in the press, and its views
and sentiments in regard 10 France and to all
other countries can be known always bv the
language of its diplomatic repres cntatiyes, for
it instructs them minutely, and directs them to
speak always frankly and sincerely. A short
time before this communication was sent to
Minister Dayton, Mr.. Seward wrote TO him
the statements made to you by NJ. Drouyu DE
L'Huys, concerning the Emperor's intentions,
to assume them as having been authorized to
be made by the Emperor in view Of the pres
ent condition of affairs in Mexico. 1t is true,
as | have before remarked, that the Emperor s
purposes may hereafter change with changing
circumstances. We ourselves, however, are
not unobseryant 10 the progress of events at
home and abroad, and in no case are We like
ly TO neglect such provisions for our own safe
~, as every sovereign State must always be
prepared TO fall back upon when nations
with they have lived in friendship, cease to
respect their moral and treaty obligations
Your own discretion will be your guide as 10
how far and IN what way the public interests
will be promoted by submitting these views to
the consideration of Mr.. Droayn De Huyss
The rumors industrionsly circulated CON
corning the resignation of Judge Otto. Asst
Secretary of the Interior, and the appoint
ment IN his place Of Judge Norton of Illinois,
is without foundation. Judge Otto is under
stood to enjoy to the fullest extent the conf
dence and esteem OF the Secretary Of the In
terror, as we'll as chief of that department.
There is no prospect of his removal from that
position.
Capt. l.. ID. Beckwith. I'D regiment vete
ran reserve corps, who was sentenced by
court martial at Baltimore TO be cashiered
and imprisoned for alleged false musters, has
been to-day restored to rank and pay by the
President upon the recommendation Of the
Judge Advocate General, who reviewed the
proceedings of the court-mariial and the ar
gument of Capt. Beckwith counsel
X. l.. Mathews, the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue, to-day decided rs to the amount
of stamp duty on a deed OF trust or mortgage
given by the Atlantic and Great Western r.
X. Co. to John X. Penn, Trustee af the City
Bank, IN answer to an enquiry if $1.01 in
internal revenue stamps was sufficient TO
cover the same. the entire amount OF the
mortgage being 50. coo, ,OOn. shaa il would re.
quire internal revenue stamps 10 the amount
of 5000, and if said stamps were not affi xed
thereto the bonds Of said railway company
would be invalid.
An impression injurious TO Messrs. Brown
Bros Co., was created by dispatch u the
Boston Daily 1drertiser, in regard to the pay
ment OF $1,000 draft by tina, house, represented
as having been drawn by the rebel govern
ment. II is understood that the draft was
drawn by Brown Bros d Co. 10 their own or
der and by them endorsed. and that there i
nothing in the fact that it came into the hand
OF the Government, as captured property az
the South. which would indicate any connec.
ton between the firm and the rebel Govern
ment.