The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-05


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The Worlds K..hipgtoe slasial dispatches
say the conservative Senators pronoance the
! seresident's Message sound 10 the core he
argues at cossidssaAls 1eagths IN favor of his
posscy OF reconstruction He snys our rela.
lions with England and Ffxnce were never
more satisfactory. He eailsapecial attention
! 70 the Recommendation of Secretary NcCul
ioch to convert the 80 bonds At aHv stisoc
before their mnturity, at the Hecressyy. !
option. into six per cent. bonds, Interest psy
able in gold. ~ mss' tsss sss -
. The He1dsf & Washington dispatch ssys
!set xesk fa7S, 100 untile led caffsaey = = ~
ssso ths aireasaEy, asd aiae handred and lhy.
| one thCnsand sight hundred and eiehty dol
lars, in certificates Of Indebtedness we're
redeemed. s
The Tribune Washington special says the
! Senate will convene to-day, at II o'clock.
and await the ersanizsGieR III Ne House and
adjoarn. ...a s.,.s.
A Senatorial caucus will then be held, b.
prepare lists Of committees.
With what temper the resolve of the Hons
cascus raising joint standing committee
upon the admission OF the Southern members
will e receivei, is not yet entirely assurrpd.
Some Approving the spirit and intent sbf the
resoief.ou. AZ jealoss q any infisgnent of
the rights Of the two bodies under fla Cons,i
.tssibo,s TO regulate the admissions 70 thnir
respective organizations. There is no doubt
of concurrent action, but the passage Of a
resolution by the House afixing the condi-
tons to membership in the Senate. and rice
rerse, Is 20 suggestive Of irregularity, if not
inconsistency, that it is Thought possible by
influential persons in both branches of the
National legislature that similar though sepe.
rate committees may be raised in hen of The
joint committee.
The House will meet at the usual hour. and
60 through with. the form of organization
xithont delay.
The severalcaucns nominees, and especisIly
door keepers, have had but little time for their
devotion to-day, so necessarily and impor.
tunate have been the plsee-seekers. These
candidates are from The heroes of many
battles, down to the widows son. who wants
70 be page, and their name i legion.
Afer organizing, the Hsuss viii adjourn To
Tuesday. when the message and aecomrany
ing reports will be received.
Bat one National Bank wss established last
week. There are new in operation l.Bla.
Gen. Howard, OF the Freedmen's Bureau.
Yesterday issued . circplas stating tint namer.
ous cases have heen reported Of the summary
expulsion OF freedmen and refugees from
their tenaments on the plantations restored.
and ordering that hereafter al officers and
agents OF the bureau will prevent the reeur.
renee OF such ejectment in the futnre. In
cases of doubt, the Assistant Commissioner
OF the State is decided TO forward his oninion
to the Commissioner OF the Bureau before apv
order of restoration is issued.
the HeruAfs Washington dispatch uys
Mr.. Harlan, Secretary of the Interior, has
commenced has preparations to secure his
election to the Senate. This indicates tha, he
intends toleave the CAbiset aa no dli ssast a.:
II has been the impression here for sosae ai.e e
past that Mr.. Harlan is the osly memskcr cf
the present Cabinet not1 fhrl accord with TIE
President. !.
: Collectors on the frontier report that sru.p.
giers, who have been so active. are becaminy
alarmed at the preparations fer their appre.
henslosI, and that the busiuess il falling of.
Merchants along the line both I'll ne State
and Canada, are shutting up their shops and
saspendmg utefaionA Since the grsveuhe
officers inaagurated the system Of CLOSELY ex.
amining the clothing Of E.snales who cross
the frcntIers. that class cftrnveiis fflknr off.
Not one woman crosses the St Lawreu.
where twenty did before.
During The month Of November. ,bs. second
Comptroller Of the TrAsnr, rev iced try,
hundred and seventy three prize claims. and
SIX thousand four hundred claims OF heirs of
deceased soldiers. fss
The Second Comptroller has decided that
IN case OF a soldier detailed as u clerk in the
War DsRa}seA9Tp66ae4G IF tanW ma,ur-
ing ~hiie IN such service cannot he made rs
extra pay, is received for detached duty of
this kind. 1t is also Ascided under the same
authority that soldiers who enlisted in the
Veteran Reserve Corps, under provision OF
Gsnersi orde! Nos f9I, Of june INK 1854,
isnot entitled to any instalimen,s ossbodhfy
maturing when serving as clerk in any depart
ment, but il discharged With all the men of
his regiment, because the Government no
longer requires the service of their entire
term of ealistmens he smaintaisssahs same
footing and rights in regard to bounty claims
As pertain to the balance of the members of
he same regiment.