The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-08

NEWS SUMMARY.
Gold closed at 147I in New York last
night.
1T is reported that Maximillian will leave
Mexico in November.
There i no abatement of the cholera in
New York.
The cholsn is iscreasing frightfaly in
Cincinnatti.
Colonel /. b. Elliot, Who came home as
Colonel Of the sd Illinois, has been made
Breret Brigsdier General
No lsss than twelve Methodist camp
meetings are 70 be held in Massachusetts,
during the present month. :.
Hall J. Kelley, of Palmer, Mass, has
made over his title to $500 acres Of land in
Vanccuvsr's Island, Oregon, to the New
York Central College.
The President has appointed A., J.
Faulk, Of Pennsylvanaa, to be Governor of
Dacotah, pScs Niniaa Edwards.
-Col. J3hn RsAhesford, for several years
LieutsaG1G Governor Of the Stats of Viz
sinia. d. = A;ahnsad - FEidsy night
The iron roof Of the new freight depot
of the Central railroad, at Detroit, fell in On
Saturday, burying number of workmen in
the debris, and severely injuring Eve.
Gen. Geary will speak at the great Re-
publican Mass Convention at Reading Pa,
Aug. %.
The Cincinnati Commercial warns the
Ohio Republicans that they cannot be sure
of victory al,cays, because yallandigham
cannot live forever.
The amonnt Of the public debt on the
1st of August was S,6S3, ,099, ,276 3s. Dur
ing the year ending the same date the debt
was reduced Sl24. l5o, ,999 SO.
The schooner Minnesota, from Chicago,
on her way to Buffalo, ran on rock in the
Detroit river, near Maiden, yesterday morn
ing, and instantly sunk.
Lieutenant Colonel c. C, Parsons has
been detailed by President johnson to take
charge of the Military Department of the
Wisconsin State University.
The bill for the renewal Of the suspen-
sion of the writ of Aabeas corpus, in Ireland,
was defeated, in the British House of Com
mons, on Friday night.
The amount of direct tax received by
Government from the Southern States, from
the first of January to June 30th, of the
present year, is stated at 1878, s62.
There was grand Union rally at Knox
vile, Tennessee, on Saturday. Speeches
were made by Colonel Fletcher, Hon. Horace
Maynard, General Cooper, Colonel Doughty
and others.
sin delegates to the Philadelphia Convention
are repudiating the thing. General Mills de-
clines the appointment, and others Of the
same class will do the same
The peace conference is to be held at
Prague. The conditions Of peace, as agreed
upon that Austria shall withdraw from the
German Confederation and to loose Venetia
and her part of Schleswig and Holstein,
and pay $4,000, 900 to her sdversaries for
war expenses.
Mr. Horace B. Clafin the New York
merchant, and rival Of A. T. Stewart, re-
turns the comfortable income for the year of
1865 OF one million two hundred and ninety
thousand dollars, cents not counted, or four
thousand dollars per day,
Henry NJ. Field, a brother of Cyras W.
Field, has written. aud Scribner will very
|oon publish, full and graphic account of
he telegraphie cable enterprise, made up
rom his brother's diaries and papers.
The Horticultural Society of Philadel-
phia have decided to build public hall, in
hat city, which will outvie any other in the
United States, in point of attractiveness and
ze.
ALABAxA-The delegates at large to Phil
aelphia are (. Parsons George S. Houston,
B. Cooper, John Forsyth, r. b. LINDSEY,
lmes W. Taylor. Four delegates were ap-
binted for each district.
Col, James Taylor and Hon. John W.
evenson were appointed as delegates to the
hildelphia Convention by the Democracy Of
Sixth Congressional District of Ken
cky.
Nor HoPErrL-A Copperhead letter from
lshington says: observing men, who
Re mixed with the people in the West
ely, are not very hopeful of thorough
hnge in the character of the House at the
ming fall elections
I'm Ohio the Democrats have nominated
Congress in the Fifth District Colonel
liam Munger, in the Sixth w. 81. How
in the Ninth T. P: Finnefrock, in the
th Gen. H. J. Commagor, and in the
teenth Chas. H. Kitchener.
John E. Naill, ESQ.,, of Jonesboro, re-
iaa positive manner TO be the Copper
candidate for Senator in the Cairo Dis
This is the fourth man that has de-
ed the same honor. The 9Th and proba-
the last victim is Captain E. K. Davis.
understood that he is "willin.'
Virginia delegates to Philadelphia are
ly rebel The New York Times says:
list also, unfortunately, contains the
e. Of some of the worst reconstructed
in the State. The only Congressman
cent is A. II. Fl. Stewart, the others,
q Chandler aud Barbour, being ignored.
as it is, however, the Convention must
e best it cam
The American Dental Association closed
ird days sitting at Boston on the Sd, and
ompleted its business. DR.. d. K. Me-
of St. Louis, ]. NJ. Riggs of Hart
Asa Hill of Norwalk, E. c. each Of
N, and A. W. Morgan Of Naallllle, were
1ted Commissioners ip the matter Of
asent olaims of the Goodyear Vulcan
Rubber Company. A pleasure excur-
Pas made among the islands Of the har-
ia Fort Warren by about one hundred
procession. The next meeting viii bs
4 Cincinnati
Gnssal Dick Taylor, brother-in-law Of