The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-07
AFTERNOON DISPATCHES.



New YORK, March 6.
The Tribunes Washington special- says
Chas. Fl. Russell and Moses Taylor Of New
York have been added to the Commission to
select and report on a new post Office in that
CITY. = =
The statement is in general circulation and
published IL the evening papers here, that
the President has ordered the discharge of
the pirate Semmes. Counter to this. the
Navy Department, by whose authority he was
arrested and held, have no information on
the subject, beyond the general rumor; and
dicredit its truth 1t is certain that a strong
pressure fms been brought to bear on the
President, and that he has not declined to
lnterpose his executive authority
The naval commanders have received com
munications from Admiral Porter, insisting
that our iron-clad vessels should be taken out
of water while not in use, for the purpose of
preservation. This necessity was urged by
an official Board as early 1852, and is of
interest IN settling the vexed question as TO
the relative merits of salt or fresh water in
which TO lay up lron-clad vessels.
The third Auditor ofthe Treasury has issued
q circular concerning extra duty paw TO
non-commssioned officers and soldiers of the
army. on which he SAYS q misapprehension
exists relative to the legality of paying the
per diem authorized by the army regulations
OF 1861. The Auditor therefore decides that
extra duty pay cannot be allowed except to
enlisted men employed rs clerks in military
offices IN Washington, at several geographi-
cal division and department headquarters,
and al the West Point Military Academy. to
whom such payment is not prohibited. With
the exceptions mentioned, no soldier will
hereafter receive extra duty pay; and pay
ments made by discussing officers, in viola
ton OF this decision. will not be allowed TO
their credit on the settlement oftheir accounts
the Treasury.
The Herald Washington special says d.
rections have been given department com
manders TO vacate all rented buildings as rap.
idly as the exigencles of the service will per-
NIT, and collect the troops remaining in their
command into the regular military posts of
the United States.
Two regiments of colored cavalry and one
battery of heavy artillery are to be mustered (
out at City Point this week
The Secretary of the Treasury has been |
asked whether British vessels are sold under |
decree in admiralty for seamen wages and /
other causes. are, If purchased by a citizen Of
the United States, entitled TO an American |
register. He decides that foreign vessels so
sold are not thereby entitled to registering.
Lieutenant General Grant passed through .
this city last night, en- route for West Point.
Miss Fannie NJ. Dayton. who was shot by (
William kuss, in a fit Of jealousy, is recover
ing. The three bullets which penetrated her .
skull have been extracted.
The Times Washington special says intel
hgence has been received by tie Government
to the effect that Thomas Francis Meagher.
Secretary and acting Governor of Montana
Territory, has issued q proclamation tor a
ufn { N, To, ha hol1
March 2>th to form State Government.
The Tribune Washington special also saws
General Asboth who came to this country as
the Adiutant of Kossuth has been appointed
Minister to the Argentine Republic instead
OF at Nenezuela, as first renorled