The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-02

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! entire Republican ticket for msnici-
! RS Of Hartford, Conn.,, was elected
i gram. from r.... .;.lI that l.rrs
+ of emigrants are arriving in that
4sEA 81
Iuaisas eost;ase@ xsoblesons N
a'rtioks of Tsxass I'D Il stased that
soldiers are also pillaging the il 4
pipeome sections, WkpheisUu1s
ab,ia. n. ~ EA
nth American advices state that spir-
sunion has been manifested among the
of ~ Saisl forces nov coneAlAi1
araguay. Under such circumstances,
antual triumph of Paraguay need not
bted.
he Georgia Legislature have propo,
before them 70 repeal the alien laws 81
tate, and, also, resolutions inviting en-
IN. A bill passed the Legislature pro-
for the education of every MANNED SOL
that State free, providing he will teach
rmfres sftsr leaving the uaiFersitv.
1n she lsth, 4 she sitting Of the saasny
nber of Duputies, the Minister positively
Ared that Saxonys had concluded no alii
with Austria before or during the war,
that Saxony had faithfully observed her
aises to that effect.
The Washington Star, heretofore favor.
he Presidents peculiar views, now strong.
ommends the terms of settlement offered
Congress to the Southern States.
"A Toronto dispatch states that the entire
.uiar force now in Canada will soon be dis.
,uted u points on the frontier between Ms
ara and Windsor.
There is at present reserve fund Of oue
ndred million dollars in the public Treasu>
eighty millions of which is in gold, and
balance in coin certificates.
General Thomas who has just returned
ON Southern trip, states that almost every
orthern man engaged in cotton planting has
,st monty. F8
The Commission formed to provote the
ltroduction of the metricsl system into Aus
ria has resumed its sitting at Vienna. under
he presidency Of Baron de Burg. The re-
'orter, N. de Parmentier, concluded BY rec.
the complete adoption of the
ystem which exists In France without change, /
n order to thus join the great metrical family
f Italy, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Holland, |
Russia, portion of Switzerland, ard the
United States. /
1t is now said that the English Cabinet, |
citing upon the imperative demand from Mr.. |
eward in regard to the Alabama claims, has
onsented to reconsider its former decision,
nd that the matter now stands open for far |
her discussion between the two Govern
aents
The Boston Trareler says the trade of
hat city the present year will reach the larg-
st figures ever known in the commercial
istory of the port. In ,the coastwise trade
he receipts by steamers surpass those Of any
revious years.
In Boston the demand for dwellings 10
0 great that mnlttades 6ock at any notice I
{ . vacant tenement and q bargain is quick /
: closed, IN the hope of selling out at . still
1rther adyancesto to soueslsss favesed phrtes.
"A dispatch from Boston says "Consid>
rabie excitement exists among the Lynn
hoe manufactures in consequence Of the
iscovery of detective from the Internal
evenue Office Asnong them. A number of
rms have already been overhanled for non.
ompliance of the law
The herring fisheries Of Eastern Maine
ave proved highly profitable the present
eason, and the demand for lsbor 10 them is
O great as to cause agriculture in the vicini-
y to be much neglected Eassport, Lubsc,
,u.ler and thp neighboring islauds reap :
eavy harvest from the fisheries.
1T is reported that the cattle disease i
aging with singular tasality In al those coun-
les Of Kentucky vAses the Texas cattle, i'm
orted there during Tie samner, have hseu
erd-d. Thousands Of native caatle have
lied, and ths citizens are signing petitions to
he Legislature to pass law preventing the
Importation of Texas cattle into the State.
IN some farms in Shelby County every head
4 cattle has died.
The statement that sMessrs. Scott, Thomp-
on, Perry, and other parties associated 10 the
OF the Kansas branch of the
Union Pacl6c railroad, have just paid George
francis Tram fifty thousand dsllars OF the
hree hundred and 6fty Thousand due him as
commissions in earlier negotiations Of that
is incorrect in every particular.
yot uns dollar has ever been1eid TO George I
francis Train by the gentleman referred to.
The Richmond Exumassr says the gid
tove made in England in the year ITO, and
vkich has warmed The assembled wisdom of
virginia, together with venders Of peanuts
md apples for To- these many years, has
,een stationed in the vestibule east Of the ro>
unda, and made presentable by . coating of
black paint and varnish. 1t will remain here,
Ne understand, relic of old colonial times,
Ind viii, in future years, be the observed Of
III observers. The Capitol Is nov warmed
With new fashioned apparatus, which, with
lue respect to the old, we mustsacknowledge /