The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-10


he assnners City Of Boston and vi,sinis,
for Liverpool, and the Rorussia, tor Hamburg,
sailed to-day, taking 3 large number Of pas
seneers, but only SO, 900 in specie. '.' 'sss
The Exprcss states that some forty suit
against Baker, the Government detective, are
about being brought by ex-R Recorder Smyth.
prisoners were released, after hsving beer
sums ranging from $500 70 $4,000. On
aftdayit states that $40, 90 was divided
between one Stanley and otherS employed b
Baker. s,
The steamer Star Of the Union, from New
Orleans LIST, arrived tonight. Among hel
passengers is Paul Horphy. Z .
The Commercials Washingtoa special says
Gen. Sickles has reported the results of hii
secret mission to South America but its ma
ture viii not be divulged yet
The Post says:
1t is expec5ed that Gen. Hooker will no,
assume command of the Department Of the
East until the end Of July, fof orders hsye no,
yet been received relative to the supercedure
Of Gen. Dix. ~
4 Fort Monroe correspondent says:
The yellow fever prevails at Wilmington,
North Carolina, and strict quarantine ID
enforced in Hampton Roads on all vessels
arriving from there.
/ A dispatch says that the town of Mention,
Maryland, was nearly dssEoyed by fire on
the night of the 4th. Not . store, shop OF
hotel was left standing, asd many families
were rendered destitute. The day had been
enthusiastically celebrated, and FIRE took from
the explosion of rocket in the upper story Of
store.
The heat to-day has bees oppressive. Sew
erAl cases of sun-stroke are reported. The
thermometer ranged among the nineties.
Several thousand spectators assembled at
an early hour this morning to witness the
launch of the new screw corvette Maeafska,
built at the Brooklyn navy yard by Mr.. B. r.
Delano. naval contractor She is one Of the
new FIRST class speedy vessels ordered in 1858.
and from the appearance Of her hnes, il
seems as If she win make the promised speed
Of ffteen knots an hour. The launch was Q
complete success, and was presided over BY
Admiral Bell, assisted by Lieutenant Com.
mander Jonett The ceremony of christening
was performed BY Miss Delano.
NEw YoRK, July 8.
One of the correspondents of the Herald,
who has recently been travelling extensively
through South Carolina, is satisfied that the
amount of cotton still remaining in the inte-
rior Of the State is very large, exceeding anv
estimate that has yet been published there
is much difficulty in getting Il to the sea
board, owing to the slow progress which is
being made by the Railroad Companies in
repairing their lines. These roads were most
efectually destroyed BY Gen. Sherman The
iron TO relay the track has not vet been
bought, and the money to buy it with will
have TO be borrowed at the North, so greatly
has the collapse of the rebel currency shat
tered the faith of the South Carolina planters
in paper money Of all kinds. that they gener-
ally prefer ten cents per pound for their cot
ton in gold, TO fifteen cents in greenbacks.
The Herdlfs Vera Cruz correspondent
mentions rumor that the cession to France
of the Northern Mexican States of Sonora,
Sinaola and Durango, so long talked of, would
finally be consummased in decree to be
issued by Maximilian about the 1st instant
The Emperor was still on his tour in the
interior, and the Empress had left the capital
to meet him. They were both well received
by the people wherever they went.
The gnerriilas In different parts OF the coun-
try were still giving plenty of employment to
the Imperial troops. and over 10000 fresh
French troops had recently arrived at Vera
Cruz and passed into the interior, and more
we're to come.