The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-27

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Tha Hoass Conmittss o. slssaieas have
3seided tie confessed election = the Dearth
District of nissonri il isof of IL sitsine
Qom1a, Ks1oo.
The argument IN The case q Kohnts and
49,, ~ conelsdsd q day bsAbfe tie Com
nittee, and the indications ars that tho Com
missss will report in favor sf giving the ssa4
10 Nr. Kohnts.
The friends Of JeG Davis have not given
up the idea Of getting him released on parole.
Il i alleged b the counsel .of 1r. Davis,
that his health 10 very poor, and that change
Of cir viii b moro beneficial than Ill the
medicines IN Christendom. Mr.. Greedy i very
urgent IN the matter, and has put on record :
strong letter to that end. The President,
however, has given no indication that be will
interfere, urless i 10 put on the groand OF
Of Davis feeble condition. The report Of tho
surgeoa, which il received every week, 10
that he 10 gradually improving:
The Senate Military COMMITTEES have Dc.
cided to substitute their bill for IN increase OF
the army, for the one which passed the House
the other day. The Senate COMMITTEE are
opposed to nearly ell OF the House Dill. There
Q60Dk OA0R6H
tees recede from their determination. the bill
will be defeated. Gen. Grant advises them
to refer the bill 10 : conference committee,
and let them arrange . satisfactory measure.
The Heru16 gashineton special says it 10
stated by prominent Senators in Warrington
that M. Seward HIS concluded : secret treaty
With Napoleon, BY which the United States u
debarred from interfering with the movements
of the foreign troops now supporting Maxi
milan. After the withdnwalof the French,
Macmillan, it is UNDERWOOD, will offer him
.elf Is candidate for the Presidency Of the
Mexican Republic. Having secured that po-
sition. he 10 to take advantage Of any small
revolution, Of which Mexico affords 10 many.
and declare himself Emperor, thereby flank
ing the Monroe doctrine, and having 6rmer
imperial throne than at present. II is proba-
able the Senate will solicit information from
Mr. Seward concerning this. The same spe-
cial also says . dispatch from Sheridan to
Grant states that nine-tenths Of the Mexican
,,eople are opposed to the longer reign Of
Macmillan, and that when the French. Aus.
srian and Belgian troops are Withdrawn he
will have few supporters in oil Mexico. The
dispatch also states that Santa Anna IL un-
1erstood to be here in the interest of both
Macmillan and the church party. and should
We closely watched By the United States su.
;horities.
The mornine papers contain the following
special dispatches from Washington:
Governors Swan. Cox and Morton are un-
lerstood to be in no haste in converting their
respective Legislatures TO act on the consti-
utional amendments. and to have signi6ed
the same to the President.
Tennessee men now here are in doubt - to
whether Governor Brownlow can get together
q quorum IN any reasonable time.
The prize money on account OF the cap
tnred steamer Pet BY the United States ship
Montgomery, amounts TO about SO 900. and
will be ready for distribution, BY the 4th Au-
ditor, about the lst Of August
James Anderson has been appointed CON-
missioner 10 audit the claims of the State Of
Missouri for expenses incurred in arming,
equippine and supporting her troops At the
outset of the war.
Gen. Howard, of the Freedmen's Bureau,
has just received 4 report from Capt. s. n.
Clark, an inspector of Buresu, Of its opera
tons in St. Marys and Calvert counties;
Maryland. Capt. Clark reports matters in
very unsettled condition. The most encour
aging feature is felt that considerable number
cplored people, residing in the above named
counties, are owners and lesees OF lands.
Wages paid laborers are, for ~omen S. per
niOnth, TOT men : 10 ana SiZ worm OF fAtion6
and quarters. The negroes work we'll yet.
Better feelings still exists between the two
races. No schools for the Freedmen have
yet been established, the white citizens being
unwilling to countenance them. The general
complaint among the freed people is con-
corning the loose manner in which they are
bound out. Over 500 children have been
apprenticed since last November. and some
planters have az many as ten children bound
to them. A Mrs. K. d. Sallars, living in
Calvert county, has three children bound to
her, one of whom she hires out to Doctor,
receiving compensation for its services. The
provisions of the Civil Rights bill are entirely
disregArded.
Vim. Fl. Tuck, at the May term Of criminal
court of Calvert county, sentenced FIVE men
to be sold into slavery for periods ranging
from six to eighteen months. The ofense Of
which these Freedmen were guilty was petty
larceny.
Secretary Hart is 40 far recovered from his
recent illness ~ to be able to return to the
War Department and resume his duties.