The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-14

iuoW. one u % yeofS oto.
1T is thought that Congress will adjourn
he lst Of August.
The expulsion Of Gen. Rousseau i,
ked upon A. exceedingly doubtful
The President yesterday sent long liz,
the Senate of decapitated country Post.
stern.
One Of the most prominent citizens Of
seh. Mass, Horace Howard, died in that
on the 4th inst, aged 6S years.
Mr.. Littell, of Latelrs Living age, will
IN retire, having reached the age Of SO
ara
"A boy named Bernard Brady was
owned last evening BY falling through the
lroad bridge at Lake Monona.
"A fight between Sioux and Chippewas
Ok place at Fort Geary on the 22d ult The
rmer had six killed and many wounded.
Judge r. P. Spalding was, On the 10th,
nominated for Congress by the Unionists Of
e 18th District Of Ohio
Mr.. Sylvester Marsh is engaged upon
Ujectcd railroad up the side Of Mount Wash.
gton.
A Boston brokers' Office was robbed,
ooday night, of $1,000. No arrest has
y been made.
Five cases Of cholera, all Of which proved
tal, we're reported in Brooklyn on the llsh
q.
Secretary Seward is announced - . mr. :.
hte candidate for Ira Harris place in th,. n
Senate
Gen. Hancock has been furlo. ,ebed e.,
xty days and intends making a trim v,a
ith his family.
ID. ". Van Buren, oft'ae WA;o. h.. b.en
pp''nsed Collector of the Port Of Troy. in
lace Of A. G. Johnso.,, removed.
The steamer Virginia from LIVERPOOL h..
rived in New FORK. Interesting foreign
hews anticipate d.
a duel y as fought at Memphis on the 18th
nst. between A. Greenlow and A. II. Tay-
Or 10 e latter was killed the first ere.
= ne common walking stick used by Ar.
L'r.coln has been given BY Mrs. Lincoln to
Frederick Douglass.
The tragedian Forrest made 500, 600
in gold by his FIRST ten nights in San Francis
co.
-General Joe Johnston has become q rail.
rosd President and taken mp his residence at
8 lima, Ark.
"A number of claim agents have been
debarred from doing business with the Pay.
master Generals Office.
"A disastrous Gre occurred in Cincinnati
on the night Of the 18th inst, By which $780,.
600 worth OF property was destroyed-very
little insurance.
Some Of the Baltimore friends of General
Hancock have caused life size portrait OF
the General to be painted 1t will decorate
the walls Of ore of the public buildings in that
city.
Head Center Stephens ia preparing an
address to the Fenian Brotherhood Of Ameri-
and TO all friends Of the brotherhood here.
10 constantly receiving Invitations to leo
in different portions Of the country.
I'd. G. Rumsey was tried yesterday for
forging his brothers r.ame H. T. Rumsey. Of
Lacrosse. and securing 5000 from the First
National Bank Of st. Paul He was sent to
Jail in default Of q ,cnrity.
Gen. Robert Rodner has been appointed
Consul at Cape. Town, Africa, and r. E.
rates, of New York, Consul at Ascension,
paraguay.
Major General VIM. Belknar. Of our city,
has been appointed collector Of internal Rev
enue for this district-the First See dis
patches
The esult of the conference between the
Heads Of the different Bureaus in the Treas
sry Depa rtment and the Congressional com.
mittee is the DRAFT Of bin increasing their
elaries 25 per cent.
The, commissioner of the Freedmen q
yborssu in North Carolina reports $780, ,00O
negroes in the State. and 1924 receiving n.
lions. A decrease Of 4,7S7 rations 10 report.
cd since the month of May.
- One hundred and nineteen schools are
now IL, operation in North Carolina, with lss
teachers. Tae aversge attendance of. pupil
is 3,USt.
There is an item Of $2Oo, 900 in an rp
preparation bill before Congress to build I
special fre proof edifce for the Currenc1
Printing Bureau ofthe Treasury Department
1his indicates that Mr. McCulloch expects Il
c,ntinue permanently in the paper none.
making business.
Two New York johnson papers simnl
taneously announce that under no circnm
stances would Gen. Grant be candidate 70
the Presidency in 1868. These statement
are graiuitous. and We have authority 70
stating that il the people call on him in tint
of peace to serve the country, he would res
pond as quickly as in time Of war. He une
Quivocslly expresses his earnest desire for III
immediate passage Of the Constitutions
amendments.
-Cassias NJ. Clay. q. S. Minister st St
Petersburg. has recently taken out patents il
Russia for Brusdwell's breech loading gun
and at Carlsruhc, in Baden, = company ha
been formed for the manufacture Of the arm
1t is said that Secretary Harlan, inse
upon the Presidential suggestion that sol
-liers should be given al the clerkships possi
: Die in the various departments, has turne,
out over forty civilians. Who are reported y
!. mainly belong to the Johnson Departments
Club.