The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-19

told closed Al i4Ss IN new 1ork iast
night.
Henry Sedley has become one Of the
proprietors and editors of The Round Table.
A Bavarian Colonel, named Pechmann,
committed suicide on account of the defeat Of
his regiment at Kissingen.
"A. Hepworth Dixon, the we'll known ed.
itor Of the London Athene,m, arrived from
Europe at New York on Wednesday.
&C. Henry Schroeder, citizen Of Cincin-
matt, and prominent man in the Masonic
fraternity of Ohio, died at Sigel, H., few
days since.
The heavy rains in Northern Iowa and
Southern Minnesota have caused very high
water in the Cedar river. Bridges have
been swept away, and much other damage
DONE The bridge at Cedar Falls has gone
down stream.
The Detroit Tribune states that the
amount secured by the Utica safe robbers has
been over stated. 1t does not exceed $l0,-
600. Jack Drennon, who was arrested on
before Commissioner on a writ of hsbeas
corpus, and admitted to bail in the sum Of
$4,000.
Ben Butler says that Mayor Monroe,
of New Orleans, in 1862, had pen in his
hand to sign the oath Of allegiance, but hear
in of McClellan's defeat he threw down the
quill and didn't reconstruct until after the
war.
Some pleasure seekers have discovered q
point at Pontoosuc Lake, in Pits6eld, that is
said to rival in many respects the celebrated
Echo Lake at the White Mountains. Ten
words spoken inj usual voice and rapidity
will echo back unbroken, and with perfect
distinctness.
Robert Bonner, of the New York Led
ger, it is alleged, offered to endow Washing
ton PA College with the sum of ten thous-
and dollars, if its President, the ex-rebel
General Lee, would contribute one article q
week to his paper. Lee sensibly declined
the proposition.
Hon Joshua Hill, of Georgia, having
declined the appointment of Collector Of
Customs at Savannah, the President has Of
fered the position to Hon. James johnson,
State Provisional Governor, and he has &C.
cepted it.
Henry Ward Beecher has lately been
pitching into the practice Of working railroad
conductors on Sunday. The other day, Mr..
Beecher, in his peculiar way, was making in>
quiries of conductor, to whom he was un>
known as to whether the Sunday riding could
not be broken up. II think it might. be, y
said the conductor, "but for that confounded
fellow, Beecher. So many fancy people from
all parts visit his establishment that it makes
the road profitable. If he would only shut
up, the thing could be done"
The Helena, Ark, riot is resolved into
pretty small thing, hardly sufficient to
justify any paper in claiming it to be equal to
the New Orleans massacre. A drunken
man white. staggering against two colored
soldiers. and as an alteration ensued, he
drew pistol to shoot them Very properly
aud very speedily they disarmed him, and
gave him and his weapon into the charge of
the police. He was soon released, and meet
ing the same two soldiers again, he repeated
his attempt upon their lives, firing two shots at
them, but be was still too drunk to shoot
straight, and both his shots failed Of the
mark. He was knocked down, however, by
the assailed soldiers, and then all three were
take into custody. This is the whole Of the
Helena riot.
The Detroi. Free Press says; We no.
tced few days ago the sale of Gen. Cass'
marsion, corner of Csss and Fort streets. to
Hon. H. p Baldwin, for S3l, 900. 1t has
since been rumored that the purchaser in.
tended to remove the old building and put up
q splendid residence in its plsce--a fact which
could not but cause much regret to many OF
our citizens, who remember the old mansion
as link connecting the present with the
early times Of Detroit. We are happy to an.
nounee however, that the property will re-
main as at present, and that when Mr.. Bald
win proceeds to the erection Of his contem
plated residence, he will build upon the pre-
misses purchased by him some months since,
in the next block below, on Fort street.