The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-22
News nr.~ All parts.
NEw YoRK, March n,

NV oRk, March Il
The Ir'bunes Raleigh correspondent tele-
graphs that the Gee case will last till June.
4 citizen. convicted by tie military com.
mission n. Richmond, ofthe murder Of some
Cnion soldiers, has been released by the Sec.
retary OF War. in consequence Of a clerical
error in the record
The Freedrnen's Burea. In Virginia and
North Carolina have ,uruet, criminal cases
over 10 civil courts.
Senators Dixon aud Foote are daily growing
worse. with little hope of the recovery OF The
latter
Ike Cook. Of Chicago. who was sued hy the
Auditor Of the Post Office. for balance due
the Department from hi.a - postmaster q,
thai city IN 1852. has paid ap the amonnt of
$500, and the case has heen dismissed
Comptroller Clark states that swenty-seven
million dollars OF the ten .nry loan was not
issaed; but ,la. recently, however SIS. ~
have been quietly issued Of this old loan, aud
at Elk per cent interest.
Another contribution. amounting to nearly
ten thousand dollars in value, from the Bir-
nIngham. England. Freedmen s Association.
has just been received by Gen. Howard. and
will be appropriated to the use Of the desti
tute colored people in the South.
II appears from official data That the Ar
lingfon estate. formerly the property Of Gen.
Lee, belongs TO the Government. it having
been purchased at a sale for non. payment OF
taxes.
\ Louisville dispatch says the remains Of
the confederate Gen. Hatten are to be in.
tered at Lebanon BY Odd Fellows, whereof
he was Grand Master in Tennessee.
Several regiments oiFen,ans are organizing
at Louisville.
General Spinner publishes a letter In the
Washington Chronicle, in which he maintains
tie correctness of Comptroller Clarke stale
ments regarding the aulount of Government
fund on hand.
A Washington special Gays it was currently
reported last night that the President has
signified his determination to veto the civil
rights bill.
The Herald special says the counterfeiting
Of Government coupons has been carried on
to such an extent that the Treasury Depart
ment has decided to engrave yignettes on the
proper size, TO be printed upon all future
issues, and thereby render engraving as
necessary to counterfeit coupon ss to the
note or bonds. The portraits OF the Presi.
dent, McCulloch, Grant, Sherman aad others
are executed for this purpose.
Richard c. Mccormick has been appointed
Governor of Arizona, and not Of Idaho, as
previously stated. r. +. Carter, Of Tennes-
see. is made Secretary Of Arizona
The Heralds special Yucatan correspondent
Of the 10th instant, gives an account Of the
seizure ard confiscation In that port Of the
Mexican imperial authorities, of the Ameri-
can schooner,- Wilson Crawford, and the
fining and Imprisonment Of her master because
some powder was found on board the vessel
The masters sentence was ten years hard
labor, but he was psrdaned BY the Empress.
Immediately AFTER regaining his liberty he
was onoe more arrested and sentenced to pay
fine Of Eve hundred dollars, which he avoid
ed liquidating by secretly leaving the country.
Among the passengers for Europe BY the
Java, to day, was President w. L. Banning,
Of St. Paul, Mimi, President Of the Lake
Superior and Mississippi railroad company,
who takes out bonds TO the amount OF four
and half millions Of dollars, for sale in the
European capitols.
The Central Council Of the Fenians re-
mained III secrss session At the Union Square
Headquarters yesterday, bot nothing Gould
be learned Of ther proceedings
Preparations on an extensive scale were
made last evening by the Fenian Sisterh0od
at meeting in the Moffat mansion, for the
relief OF the Irish State prisoners.
Times special says several collectors Of Gus.
toms have sent COMMUNICATIONS to the Secre.
tary Of the Treasury, sskiag instructions n
regard to transportation Of crude and refined
petroleum. They ASK II the penalties Of the
law Of August 3i)th 1862 shall be enforced
against steamboats, for trsaaBosting cnade,and
refined petroleum. without special license In
otheF ~ofds dos e1f0leum come under the
class ofpthsF exptoiye burn a. fluids?
Tie Secretary rtplles that the Departmen,
hss hot decided tt ttsle aha tsined petro.