The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-21

NEWS SUMMARY.
Gold closed at $l.s4i in New York yes.
terday.
The glass mandatory of Scott, Fry L
Co.; at Pittsburgh. was burned on Saturday
night. The loss was over $4,000.
A young man in Boston tried the exper,
iment of taking nitrous oxide gas last week,
and has suffered permanent physical and
mental injuries therefrom.
On Saturday night the Smithsonian Ho.
tel at Smith City, Missouri, was burned The
house was built by the Pacific Railroad Com>
pany. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
"A confidence man mar, calling himself DR..
Hewett, OF Montreal, was arrested at Boston
on Friday. He has operated quite extensive>
b among physicians and the leading citizens
OF Boston, Portland, Lowell and other parts
OF New England and stole numerous cases
Of surgical instruments. He has circulated
in the best society, and was popular with the
fair sex. Some of his adventures are said to
be Of character to create sensation if
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Englishman.
An accident occurred on the Terre
Haute d Alton railroad near Pana on Suns
day morning, in which the ladies' car and
sleeping car were thrown off the track. and
the latter burned. The sleepers in the car,
who were not numerous, were compelled to
leave the car hastily, with only such clothing
as they retired in. The rest of their clothing
and parcels were burned, and several of them
were left in rather awkward predicament,
being en- dishdbiile, out of doors IN the cold,
and with fifteen inches of snow on the
ground. Only one person was seriously injured
by the accident.
The sbipwreck Of a cargo of rum near
the mouth of the Mersey, England, few
days ago, led to hidious consequences. The
cargo was heached at New Brighton, a well
known bathing place. As the barrels were
washed ashore, they were broached on the |
beach, and the bystanders drank till they
dropped. One young man died on the spot |
Nearly hundred others suffered desperate
ly from the effects of their debauch. A scene
Of violence and debau cherry ensued such AZ |
has never blotted the annals Of civilzation |
and even as described in the most respec,a-
bic English papers, utterly unfit for publica-
ton in detail
The steamship Cuba, which arrived at /
New York on Thursday afternoon. saw one |
Of the yatchts about 260 miles fSom Sandy /
Hook, going rapidly to the eastward, with all
sails set. The crowds of anxious people |
who thronged the wharves when this was
announced. were greatly disappointed when
they learned that the people on the Cuba
could not distinguish which yacht i, was.
The New England Society held regu.
lar annual meeting at New York Friday
night Senator Morgan was chosen Presi-
dent. with full list of officers Governors
Bullock, Of Massachusetts,, Hawley, of Con-
necticut, Burnside, of Rhode Island, Smith,
of New Hampshire, John Minor Bolts. May>
or Hoffman, Henry Ward Beecher, General.
Logan, Howard and Garfield, have signiied
their intention to be present at the annual
dinner on the 22d.
The Montreal Aiaerre, likely to be well
informed denies. in its issue of the l4th in
stant, some Of the statements that have been
made respecting Surratt. Il says that he
was on his way from Montreal to Washington
when he heard OF the assassination, and i'm.
mediately returned to Canada. His friends
advised him to 60 to England, which he did
BY the first steamer from Quebec. He re-
maned al Birkenhead till Cameron joined
him in the autumn. 1t says that the reports
Of conversations on the passage in which
be avowed the plot to assassinate
Lincoln are quite improbable, as he freqnent-
ly spoke Of the affair to friends here, and al.
ways told the same story-that President
Lincoln was to be earned of to Richmond
as hostage for Southern prisoners He
knew nothing of the change of plan. and con
stantly affirmed that his mother was ignoran
Of the conspiracy. Cameron sent him to Pa
ris, and another protector to Rome. It WAS
only in August last that he joined the Zouayes.
La Miaerre closes by saying that Surratt was
too ntelligeutno to know that Lincoln death
would do his side more harm than good, and
too honest TO plot an assassination. The Nj
neyre does not tell why he went so far from
home.
The robbery of Cen Lyon Of Idaho, who
was robbed Of s47 900 in the ears between
Philadelphia and Washington, was singular
affair He took the cars at Philadelphia, oc-
cupying the lower berth, and at once retired
Mr.. Mccall occupied the berth above him,
nobody else being in the section. Both gen.
tlemen slept soundly until morning A pc
culiar feeling about the mead, producing
dull. heavy sensation, which Mr.. Lyons ex
parienced upon awakening IN the morning,
induces him to believe that he had been
drugged Neither Of the gentlemen has any
idea by whom the robbery was perpetrated,
or the hour of the occurrence. The detec
tives are at work upon the case.
"A Boston paper states that tnotwithstand>
ing the large numbers OF foreign immigrants
who have arrived in this country during the
current year, considerable numbers are leav-
ing every week for theirold European homes. |
Most of those returning are Irish, who are
unable to find satisfactory and remuneratiye |
employment in the large cities where theF |
land, and are unwilling to go into the Interior
The German immigrants are of better class. |
and generally have some money, SO that they
are able to take time in looking for place |
TO settle. Taey mostly seek the agricultural
regions of the far West, and foreigners who
choose to do that will be under no necessity
of returning 10 Europe.
A fight took place at Lexington, No,
on Friday, between Gov. Fletoher's militia
and band OF bushwhackers. The latter
came into Lexington, where Col Montgomery
was stationed with small force, and an af
fray ensued from his demand for the surren-
der of Clemens, one of their leaders. In the
fight, Clemens was killed and other bush
whackers mortality wounded. The rebels
having made threats AGAINST Union men,