The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-28

New York, March 27.
| The Times Washington special says the
committee on banks and currency have unan.
imously agreed to report the joint resolution
directing the withdrawal Of the issue offs cent
! fractional currency upon which appears the
head of private individual, and amendment
thereto provides that hereafter no head OF
device of any kind shall be put on the curren.
cy, except by the express direction Of the Sec.
retary of the Treasury.
| The Herald this morning says the central
council of the Fenian brotherhood. at Union
square, continue their mysterious sessions.
None OF the business under consideration
have been made public.
The receipts in funds and arms continue as
usual.
Several meetings to organize new circles
were held last evening with great success
The Tribune's Washington special says the
board for the examination Of candidates for
admission into the medical corps Of the navy
are still in session at the navy hospital in New
! ork and the. naval asylum at Philadelphia
and will SO continue until all the vacancies
are filled
The Senate military committee yesterday
passed upon large number of promotions
and assignment of West Point cadets to the
regular army which shall be acted upon at
the next executive session OF the Senate.
The sum of S5s. 900 in fractional currency
was Yesterday delivered by the printing divis-
ZION of the treasury department
The following statement exhibits the amoun,
ofvacant public lands in FIVE of the late insur
rectionary States:
Alabama, 6, 132, ,05S acres: Louisiana. c.
22s lo2 acres; Florida, s32, 100; Mississippi
\, $50, 136 ACRES; Arkansas, Az, sol acres.
The case ofth Meteor, the alleged Chilian
pr,vaeer, was up Yesterday in the United
States District Court The case comes on
again this morning.
An exhibition of the game of billiards took
place last evening at the Cooper Institute.
The players were Roberts the English chal.,-
pion, Kavanaugh, Deery, Cahall, Geary and
Foster. There were four games played, two
OF which Roberts was victorious against KAY
anaugh respectively. Cahill beat him on the
french carom game.
The Worlds Washington special says the
Ways and Means committee are preparing
another tax bill in which they propose to put
such articles as ought to 60 on the free list.
The only measure that is ready to report is
the one putting tax Of FIVE cents pound on
cotton. To day, however, they expect to set.
tie some OF the other matters, and next week
report the bill to the House.
The Senate Military committee yesterday
authorized Mr.. Nesmith in favor Of rcimburs-
ing the State Of West Virginia for moneys
expended in raising and transporting troops
during the rebellion, to the amount of some
$3.50, 600.
The bill increasing the number OF cadets TO
West Point will be reported in few days.
The World says the flying squadron which
is to be fitted out for cruise on the British
North American coast, viii. it il said, con-
sis, Of seved vessels. In all probability the
vessels selected will be the Chattanooga,
Pensacola, Ansholot, Augusta, Monacacy,
| Ocela and Galena.
The above named vessels mount in the ag.
gregate, sc guns.
| the present time there are over twenty
vessels belonging to the English on these
waters. and they are nearly all large vessels
mounting in the aggregate 500 guns and csf
! rying over 1000 men.
i Frarce has also quite number of vessels
cruising amond the West India Islands and
in the Gulf Of Mexico.
CINCINNATI, March 81
| The Ohio Senate yesterday passed bill
authorizing the city of Cincinnati to issue
bonds to the amount Of two and half millions
for the purchase of gas works.
The Enquirer company have purchased al
Fthe property on Vine street, between the gas
office and Mozart Garden. on which they vii
erect magnificent opera house with printing
Office ia the rear. IN