The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-04
specials to New York Dailles.
NrH YoRY. Ian. :


New YoRx, Jan. 8.
Washington dispatch says application
having been made by q western National
Bank to the Secretary of the Treasury, asking
that deposits of disbursing officers of the
Government be exempt from taxation, Gen.
Spinner has given his opinion that deposits of
disbursing officers of the United States, with
National Banks designated as repositories,
are subject to tax like other deposits, which
are subject to taxation on the ground that the
banks have the benefit Of such deposits the
same as individual deposits
The Worlds dispatch says J. Webb is re.
covering.
Gen. Grant and staff, at Wilmington, at
tended the wedding of Gen. Wilson.
Gen. Terry is at Washington.
The Times Washington special says Col
Winthrop is examining documents relative to
the claims and reward for the capture of
Booth. 1t is expected the matter will be de-
cided about February LIST.
The Herald's Washington special gives
list of the amount of prize money paid differ
ent flag officers of squadrons and commanders
of vessels during the rebellion The largest
single amount of prize money paid was to
Lieut.. VIM. Budd, for the capture of the
Memphis, S3s,sls The capture of the Abe
marie, by Lieut.. Cushing picket boat, netted
the boats crew Sl,934 per man. Vice AID.
mlral Farragut receives 500, 443; Rear Ad-
mirals Lee and Porter receive over $50. 600
each, Dupont 58,476, and other Admirals
sums varying from $4,000 to S473. The
sums awarded TO other officers vary from
$54, 900 to $780, The enlisted men have been
paid sums varying from Is cents to 81, 800.
Nine and half million dollars prize
money have been paid thus far. Six hundred
captures remain unadjudcated, which will
swell the aggregate to about fifteen million
dollars.
The Worlds Washington special says there
is steady falling off in applications for pen
aons, both for widows and invalids. There
were about 1900 Of each last month, there
being decline of nearly per cent. . month
for few months past. When the army dis
banded last summer, the applications for
three or four months ranged from 1000 to
5000 pei month.
The End Comptroller announces that the
advertisements of claim agents. that soldiers,
other than veterans, are entitled to extra
bounty, are untrue. He adds, that no extra
bounties have been authorised, nor can they
be, without further legislation and it is very
important that soldiers should not part with
their discharge papers.
The Herald Washington special Jaws th.t
convention of Collectors of Customs is to
meet IN Washington City on Monday, the 9Th
inst, to deliberate concerning some necessary
change in the existing custom laws.
1t is reported that q military Board has
been constituted by the War Department to
investigate certain transactions of Govern
ment disbursing officers who have operated
10 Kansas during the last year or two, and
that immense frauds upon the public Treasu.
~ VIII be unearthed in the course of the IA
bors OF the Board. Certain prominent civil
authorities of the above State are said IN no
VIGOROUSLY and disreputably identified with
these speculations.
The records of Major Russell, Provost
Marshal Of Washington, show that since
june, 1865, to the present time, the cases of
some $500 prisoners have been reported to
that office. Out of this vast number. the Old
capitol Prison shows upon its records that it
has housed, for longer and shorter periods.
6.50O prisoners Of war, $500 real and fark
eied offenders against the State, and 1850
deserters and bounty Jumpers.
The contemplated increase of the Reyuhr
army grows daily in favor here, Those who
three months ago considered $4,000 too large
number, now favor augmenting It to nearly
twice that number. The Military Committee
VIII probably introduce bill for its increase.
early next week. ~ 8 TyTsz
The Tribune's special says the ram Stone.
wall will soon leave her mornings in the Po-
tomac and anchor at one of the wharfs of the
the city for the purpose of being Waited bv.
those desFous Of seeing her.
The Tribune's Washington dispatch den;s.
the report that Senior Romero was cut bv the
French and Austrian Ministers At the bra.;.
dents reception New Years, but rice ussa.,I
he turned a cold shoulder to them, and sSVs
he was cordially received by the Pres;dent
and by most of the diplomatists present. "a.
gecially by those from the South Amer;csn
The heralas Washington dispatch ssts N
oovlate the 66iculty now prevasline II 49,
local districtsi in the South, occass;oneT II
the loss of title and papers relating therato -
s e transfer Of lands the General LAad OF |
nee has ordered its SCENTS throughout IL +
Southern States to carefully collect sll veetrs
and remnants Of The records Of their osaaces
and furnlsh them to conmissiouere ~ 49,
ineton, TINT new plats and other archives -.
pertaining 70 the lands may b. supplied =
mr. as possible. New maps are beins rrs.sr
mp with all possible dispatch. Al ia ~ -
our invasion of the South, mauv adversr.--I
etssoaea 20 the army secured many valnesiS Il
papers and records relative to csftn;n 5ss;;ss
eeentee. y the hopes ofownsrs cGsr;s-s ~
rewards Tor their restosatiOn Afar thn el~s
me var = the hope Il H. Conn;s;c.,sf =
o. puolc lands 70 Be able to farnish p r~s1 Il
q q ne n,ss,ng data = to peeves1 Sea,e ~ ID
- eeeo ning By ~ 1o1onSnta ~ 80
withhold hsuvsstsSa OIL!