The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-05

NEv Yoax, Jan. 4
The steSHship Hsrusann, ffson Southamp.
ton on the 3otA Decs6bef ~ arrived, with
three days later neSsESon Europe.
TIE 3saia Of gold from Paris and Alexan
driA cpntinues, and thcrs u still N alncgl
tot9 aheence ofarrivals. .rssssfS 80. ss~
Coasals heavy st S74961f.
!. AZ the Dsnk the discount demand is in I
fali scale, but in the Stock Exchaseethe sup.
ply Of noney remains rather abundaat, shos,
advances being offered 1t 4G41 per cent.
eO.000 ~ taken from the Bankson Aonday.
The Kent and Great Britain are the only
gold ships announced 70 have sailed from Aus
tralia for England. The former had sc, ,OS4
ounces and the latter l24,555 oances The
Cornwall Is on her wy from Sidney with 61,
A06 ounces, the total BY these vessels being
665, $50 pounds.
The Imperial Otto~an Bank has issued the
prospectus Of the Turkish per cent Of 8, ,000,-
OOO pounds recently announced to have been
negotiated at Paris at 66.
United States 5-2Os iuproyed }c; Illinois
Central improved lc: Erie improved 3c.
The cattle disease is still spreading. The
number Al deatks may BE essinaied ct 20, 900.
Upward Of 8, 900 ara attacked every week.
There is IN extraordinary rise in the price
Of copper il France, in Consequence of the
Chilian blockade. ss
Flour declined in Paris, and is officially
qsutea q 8 70.
Paris Bourse, fat; rentes g. S0f 42c.
Sanders' News Latter SAYS it is rumored that
Mr., Marquis, Governor of Richmond. Bride
we'll, has been dismissed by order Of The Lord
Lieutenant
The Times correspondent Il Dublin be-
heves the ramon 70 be correct.
AusrRIA.-It is asserted that articles Of
treaty Of commerce between England and
Austria have been fully dnsn up and viii be
signed Immediately.
BEIGIrN.-The funeral obseqsies dr. the
late King Of Belgium took plaee On the l6&h.
King Leopold I'd took the oath 70 thd Con-
stitution before the Belgium Parliameh ht on
the 18th
letter says the Lord Lieutenant his re-
fused to appoint commission to inquide into
the escape Of Stephens
The London Morning Star says th4 first
Fenian put upon his trial 1t Cork vas aCapt-
McCaderty, who had served in the C4nfed.
crate army. and who was . subject df the
United States. He was arrested ON board
. steamer from America, and was brought
ashore in custody.
His counsel objected that he vas ~ kien,
who in his own country could not commit the
oifense with which he is charged, and who
had not set foot on our laud 80 as to become
guilty, when he was arrested.
The judges held that the objection val fatal
To she indictnent. and the jury under their
direction returned verdict of not guilty
On account Of the cattle plague, the Mayor
of Colchester has closed the market OF that
town for eighteen weeks.
The Daily News says Committee has been
formed under the Jamaica Commissibn in
order TO watch the progress Of the ofici3l in
quiry about to be instituted BY the Govern
ment into the recent events In Jamaica. TO
bring abouta searching PariiAmentary inquiry
into the past and present conditioa ofJamaica,
and provide Mr.. s. Gordon and others Who
may have suffered in Jamaica with competent
legal assistance TO conduct their several cases
before the Commission.
The London Times esteems Secretary
McCulloch's Report vesy able document
IL is remarkable among similar official docn-
ments OF the State - being gr0nnded on sound
financial pricniples We recognize in Mr..
McGalioch real inaseier, but the point in
Mr.. McOulioch's scheme, which muN strike
EngIishmen most forcibly, is the confidence
which he invites in the action Of the Execu.
tives. He asks fer ssnlmitsls power in the
way OF funding the paper currency, and he
asks that surplas commencins at ten mil
lion, and gradually increasing 10 forty million
may be entrusted to Government for the time
being.
SIR X. Stokes, the reeealy appointed Gov
ernor Of Jamaica, sailed for that place on
the 18th.
The Jamaica Commissioners were to sail by
the next steamer.
The Times Paris correspondent say& Gen.
Schotield hos feturaed to Pars aftef visit OF
nine days to Loudon. He has obtained a
wears ieave Of sbeence, and he purposes
spending the winter in Paris. He seems
much pleased with his first visit TO England
t@% Mexican News.
NEw York, Jan.,4.
The steamer Vera Cruz, from Vera Cruz
Path, has arrived. |k
The Herald's correspondent, under date.
Vera Cruz, Dec. oath, writes that the Empress
Charlotte reached Vera Cruz on the 2Osh on
her return from her visit to Yucatan, which
was pronounced to be very Satisfactory.
The lmperialists claim another victory Of
the Republicans under Parainano Diaz on the
4th; near C0mifio, in which the famous lead
err TonAaa 0anehes, was killed. -
Maximilian had appointed Don Lusis Ar
ray0 Assistant Secretary Of Foreign Affairs,
and Don Manual B. Canho Refs exclusive Su-
perintendent of the introduction into Mexico
of coolies rs laborers.
Gen. Qnintinellaa and his private Secretary
were assassinated on the 9th of November
on one Of the highways, by their military
escort, with the object of plumber.
The Republicans have taken possession of
the town Of Lopas, in Lower California
The announcement is made Of the fnal
prevalence Of peace in the departments of La
Siersa and Huastre
Eight hundred French troops, whose term
of service had expired, were to leave Vera
Cruz on the 24th. The arrival there Of others
from France Was daily looked for.
II Is reported that Maximilian's Foreign
Affairs Minister recently stated that the only
hope of the Imperial Government rested in
the success of It's loan in the London market
The Gniveraity Of Mexico had been sap
pressed. A public museum Of fnatural history
Of AfcheeloU hss been estahlished ID its
stead BY Maximilian.
81 s The PAna1o oennuAoeS Dssa
NEw YoRK, Jan. 4.
Judge Ha9hes one Of tAe Pirate Semmes'
counsel, yesterday made application to the
Ssessassy OF the Navy 70 6x day for the
trial Of the ace1se1. The 6pSaet4y declined
70 do 50, for tn ss1sSn tkat s6ee, 4 sufficient
number of officers Of ! proper rank are now
unemployed The counsel engaged for Mr..
Semmsaaare H1gheas Peck snd Ds4ver, a
WAsl1ndS Son, md Pendleton and Carleton, u
4 S;ss1sn1sh 81 ebaaA.a i. /. roon II q. Navy
Yard. guarded ~ sAatinsi. Hi nsels ass
brought from ! neig ghboring rsstaarsnt, and no
person, excepting one of 50 eosaesl, sllsys@