The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-21
New YoRK, Sept. 20.


There were eight new cases Of cholera and
three deaths from the same disease reported
in this city yesterday. Three new cases and
four deaths from the disease were reported in
Brooklyn. Four fresh cases and one death
from the disease we're reported from the
quarantine.
Mr.. II. NJ. Stewart, . respectable merchant
on Washington street, has instituted proceed.
ings for divorce against his wife, whom he
accuses Of being too affectionate to q Mr.. A.
c. kneeland, while her husband was stricken
with typhoid fever. Mr.. Stewart has also
commenced suit in the Supreme Court for
Grim. con. placing the damages at $4,000.
An inquest was held before Coroner Gro
Rayesb, a victim of the disaster near the
Derbosses street ferry ON Saturday last, when
the ferry boat d. S, Gregory collided with
the steamer George Washington The
amplest testimony was elected, showing great
culpability on the part of the pilot OF the
ferry boat. A verdict was rendered in ac-
cordance with the facts, on which . csnsure
on the pilot was embodied.
The Phoenix Bank defalcation has come
up in our courts in a new shape. Il suit has
been commenced by the bank against the
sureties Of James Earle. the Assistant Teller,
who was implicated with Jenkins in the de>
being arrested. Messrs. Hunt l. Sayer, the
defendants, were bondsmen for Earle in the
sum of $4,000. A motion was yesterday
made before Judge Sutherland, by the de-
PENDANTS, for an order compelling the bank
to file further bill of particulars TO their
claim. This motion was denied.
A meeting of Fenians was held in Troy
last night and was addressed by Gen. Glea-
son, Of the Stepheas wing. Oonsidsrshle
excitement prevails among the circles in this
city relative TO the expected invasion Of Can,
ada. II is supposed, considering the REIN
forcemen,s arriving in the provinces, that the
movement would prove n disastrous failure.
A picnic wi Il be given at Jones' Wood Mon
day next, under the auspices Of the Stephens
wing.
The opinion Of the Attorney General Of the
United States, Mr.. Stansbery, in regard to
the power OF the President, where appoint
ments to office have been made, ip the States,
prior to the last session ot the Senate, and
there was failure during the session to make
q permanent appointment, either by the re-
fusal Of the Senate to confirm the nominee,
or failure to act in the nomination, or other
cause, to make q temporary appointment in
the present recess, 10 Published. Ia his dis
cussion Of the subject, the Attorney General
takes up the general question whether the
4Iestuctt tai uit up Nhchfcy Ia the receSe
which existed in the prior session. After
review of the precedents established since thu
foundation of the Government, and an exam>
ination of the constitution and existing laws
on the subject, he arrives at the affirmative Of
the proposition, and consequently Of the orig
inal question submitted to him.
The Heralds Washington special says:
Although there is . large number of applica-
tions on file, the pardon seekers Who apply
personally have returned to Washington in
augmented force since the arrival Of the
President. But few cases have been acted
upon since the return of the President. The
following are the cnlI persons whose par
dons have been ordered to ssue under the
petty offense of the $2O. 900 clause Of the am
nesty proclamation. Francis I. Dunbar, of
South Carolina Charles W.. Butter, of vir-
ginia; Thomas P. Dockey, Of Arkansas: Rob
ert Lowring, of Mississippi; VIM. Hall, OF
Mississippi; Thos. s. Galloway, of North Car
olina,