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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

-~Ayy,mrxv. xrisssd, ~ Asadosn, depEssBs
Cd, sorrowfal, ooh hoy delsfal" Such 10
the condition Of oar oompodtoes over tAs pre-
mature departnrs from ct ls ofths fline pct
of this insisntion. Sophroaia, TIE qsadfupe-
dal delight Of this jcsEsalist;e household, Is
defancted, externinatsd, dead. Dead = .
der nails q Neah's dom, q Jobs tsTfsy,
or Nimrod, OF the Southern Confsderacy, or
Gen. Buell. Of the. Copperhsad Democracy.
She died Of boot heed accidentally applied to
her head BY ! gentleman who was visiting our
sancsum, sndSas tolally unconscious that .
cat was under that stray exchange upon the
floor, under which, however, Sophronia, IN
sportive mood, had crept. There was catas-
trophe, however, and with caterwaul that
cat reouies.cat-ed. That heeling wasn't heal
ing and she died. That is 'sbad spell' for
. pun, but it Was = '.bad spelr' that Sophro.
MIA died of. sSich is lifel' That kitten haa
shunaed of its mortal black coat. and en-
reaching cathood has goue to the feline land
Of shades. Grieved within them are the heartl
Of our boys, and the chronological maxim VI
named some time ago, as having gained cur
rency among compositors, that "cats csnno
live in printing Office il singularly con
frmed
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Chicago market.

Chicago MaYkee.
~ fsSsgrsph.1 CaIoAse, Jan. 10.
fhsrs 10 considsrshis activity In the prodscs asks
- price, are we'll aainsAinsA-
Proviaoss-xty pack = mAss pork selling Il e1
oN - cousty pacasd II q co. asd nsss ordinary =
1s There acsivs ssquiry for svsss psckisd haoa
end ~ Doss salss At isl1D EsEthh meats quist but
Arn. Ssiss Of cunbsesaA niddsss II S and Of short
nh ~ lsN. Packed bulk sAsgA1DsS in good rsqs~s
II IL, packed for present Asiis~ Il lo140l1 iooss
fos delivery Arss to tays Ia fow~sty. Rough sa~
slsy ssrss lsA loose. Green ps.t ia .etive
saSt asd note saiss Of ha.s Al AZ from drsssd
and 10 Cor slaughtered hogs VI for Sheuidsrs. end -
f2< Sbr dess tbs block los Of sides rubbed In
salt aiso sod l2I< Lard In acivs Demand and 6ro
q xDisH for cisAa kettle rendered No material
change 70 notice In nAket Tor Dressed Hogg saiss At
10 sa1ll v 100 ,. SD prizes eiossd sssadJ - II
for good lots
hsvs 70 ssrMb y . eesceauses Of lsoAr = ~
ossss-16hsa xsaLpss s1nsriai sAske - - I1pdns
selling II i2aoi3s 80 xe zspring d ssoss-s tbs
cisss nasAst ~ As l. Arn a t3t11o12s rejected
Csss = 10 AsAAs1f~ sAposaa - r.ilrasA u ss16osi
Coz No .sd No z and dull Al - lad s-1< oass-so,
mech Aosag - pss.s saalss; sos No 3t1feSr4. and
for No H. There h activity In Eye Nth In
pssAsaaS.afs ries u lo4 bash- - soss ssl-s =
s0esa for l. and ~ i1r no z harley s%gisesse
and entirely nominal
HxA ~in~-Msskes ezist & ]. free. and at &c Ia
bod.
s-sds-Insctive and eoninsIiy unchanged.
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asastary Skaters.
By Telegraph SEw YoRK, Jan. Is.
The co~~ereiai says the Stock market eonsisues
unsettled. At the Morning Board prices took an
other downward turn Spssalations for Fise lick
the support Of spectators Dot loaded with stock
and And thst operations for fall best suit The
temper Of the market The operations this morn
ing indicate ths starting Of = Bear novsmest
Of sone strength The misceiIaneo0s list syn-
pathses With the prev ailipg duness, prices being
generally lower. After the Board prices showed
more strength, and some Of the roads there Wa
slight recovery in prices.
Government Stocks are quiet. There Ii . steady
investment demand from the public for 7.3e's, not
withstanding the strong Effort OF morning eotem-
porary TO produce the impression that the secre-
tary Of the Treasury has no idss VI attempting the
eonversi"n Of. these securities before maturity.
Statements upon this point from parties professinr
to be ofeially inspired diversified that they
will contradict each other and leave the public
to operate in the DARK TO the future vaIue OF the
$3.50 200, 600 Of this class Of securities The pub
lie, however, are buying them = steadily advanc-
ing prices tn First series rose 1e, and the third
series ac. Gold interest bonds are dull and barely
hold their own. Old sos closed ac lower
TheeItreme ease in money continues Loans on
call offered in large amounts nj 5 to per cent
in the snxiety for temporary employment Of large
idle balances, bat the reeui 2 street demand is
supplied mostly at per cent, excepting on
Government collateral, which the rate 10 gener-
ally per cent.
Gold has taken slight downward tarp. partly
owing TO . cessation Of the demand for covering
short contraets, and partly from reports that the
adoption Of the clause of the loan bill author
iIing foreign loan will be strongly urged upon
Congress, and that there is some prospect of its
being passed into Law. The price fuctuated dur
ing the morning between 1891 and 1884,.
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- TDas1se.
s,---fks 81. Losis 1G.sssas II IL 17tA nSS:
re-, s ~ s. ~ = ! :. 81:
leo SD q hsavy hsSs st - -; 1,eee - q =
& g. - - q do - - - PEI ~ -
d. 1aelisds b<Ssht sly TO ~ seeqG1n
lots.
Tho Cinsinnat1 gassA1 Of ~ letA Nys:
There were sales u hogs 4 I'll n 70 II % NJ,
and - IS 70 10 - gres1 end the dsnaad yas
ectiss Il tbess pries ths narke dsine br =
a. ipside rafe. RI rjbsstsA sa5sb eSnpslltd
about 5000 head. PrissiPsiiy = 4l1 % TO y ~.
There wers also saSs St0ntvy 1Essssd and frossn
hoes 1t GIL Is and il 50 Pct, to the amount Of
A6oehsad. 8S@s0@1 GSEs%yEs ssS
The Chicago k;tsne Of the l7th says:
The reported 6Iev to-day foot up 500 head
ranging in price from - % to 10 90.
With the liberal receipts and the prospects Of !
"rush," which seems not unlikely, buyers show NJ
no Disposition y ep~ate. Ssch psruAasss - have
been made to-day, have been rather from necessity
to keep their houses going-than from choice
They are generally Aesaiag Cd, scarcely making
bids while sellers very sti6 in their veWs, Ans
do mot push their stock on. the market g
Should We have ths lAsgs iaaux Of hegs IL
many expect, Il = hardly possible that prssss
prices could be sustained.
The day closed With about zee hogs awaiting
ssls. -
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Z iNaueial.

From the Chicago Tribune of the 18th:
The light receipts Of hogs during the past two
or three days, has rendered business generally
quiet, and there il less pressure felt IN monetary
circles. MeanuhiIe, the demand for Eastern Ex-
change 10 more active, and under limited supply,
the tendency in rates is upward. The demand for
money, on the other hand, il less urgent and
the bankers generally are accommodating their
best customers 1t 10 per cent per annum !; but the
market, generally, is still very close Street rates
are firm At IA to per cent per month.
From the Cincinnati Gazette of the 18th
The demand for loans wAs steady. and in
some degree pressing, but there is not that strn-
gency which results IN rery great nconyenisnce to
borrowerf The cIoseness affects operations look
ing to new engagements than Aay other class of
business. People are therefore some hat cautious
about embarking in new enterprises Collections
were again very ned9ate to-day, and there was
no increase in the deposit line, while individual
accounts keep pretty well drawn down.
In Boston money il in fair demand 1t the
banks and in the open market, and the supply of
loose capital seeking temporary employment con-
tines sufficiently large TO satisfy the immediate
wants Of borrowers satisfactory collatsrals ct
and per cent rstasnahls On call. Not much IL
done on time, except for short periods ct the full
legal rate Of seven and threc-t enths.
The g. Louis Dsssocrus Of the lsth says:
We continue to note . tight money market. The
demand for money d0es not abAte materially, and
the supply does not increase. The rates for the
bsst paper are 10 70 II per cent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

JuDas OHRr, of Burlington, has disap-
peared with money that others more properly
own than himself. The Hdrkeye says "We
learn from the agent of the Phoenix Insurance
Company, sent from Keokuk 70 look after the
affairs of that Company, for which Judge
Ohrt was the Local Agent, that the Judge
wss also in arrears with the Phoenix to aeon
siderable amount. Nothing positive con.
corning his whereabouts has yet been ascer-
tanned. but it is generally supposed that he
has gone to Europe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

ouR friend .Dickey, of Pennington, tells M
that grocery establishment at Pennington was
totally destroyed BY fire upon Tuesday night.
supposed to be the work of an incendiary. As
the owner had insurance covering the entire
loss, and the Farmingtonians had, . few days
previously, issued popular edict against the
continuance in ahat place of the "spra" traf:
nc which was, we lean, feature of the insti
tuition destroyed, the owner of the ".hebang'
Is not greatly sufferer by the ineendiary's
work
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

NorIcE is hereby given, that John G. SAKE,
the celebrated Wit and Poet, will deliver his
two new poems before the Keokuk Library
Association, at the Chatham Square Church,
on Friday evening, the 18th inst, and Satur-
day evening, the 10Th inst
Subject for Friday evening Land
"A poem.
Subject for Saturday evening
poem.
The lecture each evening will commence at
u o'clock.
Tickets so cents; for sale at the Bookstores,
Literary Depot, and Bailey's and Bridges
jewelry stores, and at the door.
By order of the Lecture Committee.
January IL, 1S66-4t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

MB. CANNON of this city, showed us yester.
day very ineeniously prepared model of q
machine for digging potatoes, and for which
he purposes to apply for patent. To our
optics, unskilled, however, in mechanics, the
"masheen" appears as if it would work. He
proposes to construct one of sufficient size to
gather his next years crop of the Hibernian
stsf OF life. His invention will then be prac-
tcaliy tested and its availability established
or disproved
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

REvKsuK DEcrsioS.-The following decision Of
the Commissioner OF Internal Rerenss has bsen
received by q. II. Ashton, Of Philadelphia 1t 10
Of great importance 70 the Drag trade, for whose
bese6t We are 1t liberty TO publish it
"Your letter Of the "a inst, inquiring whether
powdered articles in the Drug bssisess, such n
Opiam, Rhabarh. Jalsp. sse.. are subject to . tax
of per cent, when not combined with other arti-
cle, has been received. In answer, have 10 say
that if the above articles are simply ground or
powdered, without going through any process OF
NAM fassure, and without adding - nubtracting
anything therefrom, they are not regarded - =
taxable manufacture. d. c. WHrnAs
Deputy Commissioner."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

The CLOSING SAFE of marked down
stock is still progressing with undated yieor
ct the one price New FORK Store. 200 cloeks
marked down to half price; 5000 fast colored
Prints, at 70 cents yard 200 pieces Elan.
nsls, marked down to panic prices; 800 rem.
nants Deaainss, at % cents yard ; 600 yards
French Thibet Cloth, double, with . decided
bargain, at 40 cents yard, importers prices
W cents We are selling a superior linen
handkerchief for 25 cents-last wears nr;ces
eo cents; lo-ll oil WOOL Blankets, very heavy.
eight dollars pair. Several large double
shawls at six dollars each We are determined
70 close out our winter goods without
reference to cost, to prepare for . vigorous
spring campaign.
The public most smphatically acknowledge
the One Price New York ''the cheap store Of
nsoAnk' N. GREce, Agent.
Am A.. Nos 8 and 8, Estes House.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

SHE shouldn't have done it, but a young
LADY In the up couuEy has established dan.
aerous precedent. Gaping has been consid-
cred safe exercise hitherto Goddess NOR
tails INDUCED in it at church when the minis
ter was prosy. Jerusha Ann gaped "audibly"
when David Isaac wouldn't 90 home at q
proper hour Sunday nights. but would insist
on being stupid. Weary and fatigued, indi
viduals thought it harmless and yielded to the
impulse to do it at all convenient times. They
must reform. The Cedar Falls Gazstte SAWS
ayoung lady in Butler county dislocated her
jaw last Saturday by gaping. She was about
thirty hours with her mouth open, and it
was finally closed by surgeon Young lady
promises not TO cape again for year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

Nav York, Jan. Is.
The Stock market has taken another spasmodie
upward turn The Balls hope to realise an in
provemeht upon the covering Of short contracts,
and therefore sustain the market At the same
time the Bears think the market sufficiently short
to give their opponents advantage, and are putting
out few options. The outside public stand aloof
from speculation, and brokers operating for rise
have to carry the whole burthen Of the market
At the morning Bosrd prices shout recovered Ill
they lost yesterday afternoon, but the market was
not sctive. II continued strong during the day
but weakened somewhat toward the close. At the
last Board there was great excitement and larr,
business on Pittsburgh.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

OuR friend, J. B. Thomas. Postmaster at
Granville, Mahaska county, places us under
obligations for handsome club of subscribers
to the GATE CIrY. Proud of these indications
OF public appreciation and appreciation of our
Journalistic labors, as we'll as of personal in
terest on the part of our friends, in the GATE
success, we shall spare no endeavor to make
our paper worthy Of constantly increasing
popular patronage
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

Rev. Thomas Andas Of Burlington, lee
tured at Fort Madison Tuesday evening.
The proposition which he discussed afirma-
lively may be stated thus
"That Ill the fundamental principles of
Science, Philosophy and Morals, were known
by the ancients, having been communicated to
mankind in the infancy Of the race, by reve.
lation.r
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"THE Apostle" said the Elder, twas moved by
many kinds of doctrine" yes, replied Ms.
Mrs. Psrtington. looking over her spectscles ut the
Elder, "there's where he was wrong What did he
want to try 80 many kinds Of doctrine for Pink@-
tons Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters would have kept
him perfectly regular" The Elder confessed the
thing had never struck him in that light before,
and the old lady was going on TO elucidate further
when her attention was attracted by Ike who was
trying to pour some Bittes down the cats throa.
with tunnel. jAn7- DIV
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Dresn 0srn.

The Cincinnati Gazette Of the 18th says:
Thsre i NO change TO note. We quote eomuos
rcd 1t $e6 90 to l15 90 per ton, and good to prime
green, 3l65 90 TO 200 % per ton, in bales.
Tho Chicago Trit~ss Of the 18th says:
The market IL dali, and We hear Of no sales.
The lower grades sre especially dull aad very diff
hcult to dispose Of 1t any thing like fair prices.
Tbs salss nsking are nostly in . qnist way, and
ranged all the way from $50 to 700 per ton. Com
mon to fair qsses at SO to 80 per ton; good
to prime st so to l1o; and prime to extra ii
$l35 to 200 per tor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

A meeting is to be held at Fort Madison
this evening favorable to the erection Of Grain
Elevators At that place. SO says the P1cfn
dealer. We have q powerful elevator" (of
grain, too, in this municipality. 1t is va
riously styled rye and 'sod-corn." Saw
an instance of its successful operation yester-
day. Wouldn't recommend this kind to the
use of our neighbors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

ADvERTIsE.-We cannot censure Z man in
buainess who does not advertise if he has
nothing worth advertising; but readers uust
know that the business man Who throws ont
his eign in Newspaper, and i mot ashamed
OF his stock Of goods, can always furniah .
bsttse quality . lower prices than those Who,
either through shame or penpriousnsss, never
let the public know what they have or what
they are doing. Davenport Gesays.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

Pn.soNAL.-Major General Curtis and Gen.
T. /. McKsnny arrived in town yesterday.
h. Scott Howell, Esq, returned from
Washington . couple Of days ago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

TIE water in the nver is still rising. The
ice is being piled "multitudinously" upon the
Rapids. Our bridge is still substantial and
promises to continue on that line for an in
definite time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

-.Aaw Ysxk 06I1v 0Ashss.
- fstaunpA.l M vsea. ia. 10.
Maoe1 49, = \ ssae.
ssaAg uAsnD-D1n = 3a1ko1a.
oos1-Lssss; 4ng = ~. - eiosfas = IssJ<.
0ovsEnnsae sosshD Sfs1p1 10000 sAanss
YrAoAA = LvssDssl - - sssaAy.
Socks Asasy.
use s1Csspess II lssa rex; 10 ~ lc& dol ~,
lo3; 20 u, rsg'd, 1ol.
100 coupo0 ~.
Treasury Notss 80 - ssriss %.
7-sos, tkifd sssts6, ~. .sssss4
UDk Tear Cuss11nlss ~ Aa 49,
MariyeA II o 4 II eas 80 WasTa q q; n c
~ HsAssa ios1E Hss 1855 Ass1lAg 1905 y Q ~
sBssAs ~ ~ bss6s 4 - ~ Raloll& Az pa
10; Alt 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

Iowa CoLLEGE.-We have received the cat.
slogue of this institution. The college is To-
Gated at Grinnell, Iowa, and is we infer in
dourishing condition. The number Of students
In attendance during the past year was 2lo.
The course of studies is full and judiciously
chosen. The faculty is an able one. Rev.
Mr.. Thacher of this place is one of the trus.
tees.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

All SPEAK WELL Of Dr. c. L. Spcnccr's FIR.
grant odouselane for the teeth. Warranted IN
ssnes'n no acids, makes psariy white teeth, p.ri-
- the breath, and Is al claim, IL psrsstaad
nosf fragrantly sesatiy dsatziass ever sG,e~a %
u Pablie, For sale By wilkinson 1 Bartlett "a
I'll druggists. ,ovs,aA--s-
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We arc indebted to our friend, Fraak Gre
dy, the efficient express agent ON the Dies
Moines Valley road, for the recovery of fur
tippet recently lost ss the upper. end Of the
r0ute s--a - - - p
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

NOTICE TO SHlPPERs.-HereatferC Coal Oil
will be received for shipment Cd the Des
Moines Valley Railroad on Mondays only.
da1w JOHN GIVEN, Gen'l Fr't Ag't.
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The Festival announced at Chatham Square
N. E. Church on Friday night is postponed
on account Of the lecture Of Mr.. SAKE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

DR.. J. T. SAUNDERS, of Davenport, has
been appointed Clerk Of the Supreme Court
of the State, rice Lewis kinsey, resigned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

The LEcruER Our public win need no
second reminder to attend the lecture OF John
G. SAKE this evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

RALPH WALDO EMERSON lectures at Daven.
port this evening.
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NBw YoaK, Jan. H.
fhs following the price, Of Mining Stocks the
Doasdi DpsEsn ssdAy:
Copper Falls Ky Hrankiin s7L Hancock IA Huron
n; Is,s Royal ls1< Ahssss II; o.s.ey 7t3 Day sssss
q Wsvsriy 4.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

woman committed suicide in Butler
centre, last Saturday, BY hanging herself to :
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

NO. SIR 1T is true that the popular remedy
Known - co''' Cough Baisan does not dry up .
cough bat loosens it 50 that the patient can az.
PsctorAts freely. Give 1t to the children fr,.,v
and take Is yourself fer bed colds.
1t does not take . wssk to receive benea, fro,,
Soss Dyspepsia Cure. It win Immediately reliev.
pain in the stomach, soaring or rising Of food and
'sre the worst case. of Dyspssia,
dsclt-sun- we'd -fri-wlt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

NorIoh-On account of change in our
ousnsss, intending to- enlarge our store the
coming spying, for Wholesale and fetal pur.
poses We will sell the rsmaindss Of our Win.
YER Stock, regardless Of cosA Icok = these
pnes'' They viii compare with thoe, b.for.
the war:
Best French Aeuno, from 81 90 to 3, rs i.
Dslalns', 25 to Soc; best all wool Scotch
Llsaa' at eec, former price 81 90; . 6ne lot
o. Aipaccas, from SO to 75c, former nr;c.
81 w nice lot Of French Stripes and s...
ony riaids, from 10 to Soc, former pric, 7sc j:
flanneis, from 10 to soc, former prica * -
Is cents.
All persons in want of goods viii and !, -
their advantage to call, a. We iii o,,v -,
q these prices until February lst ". dorot
deceive the public. We viii positively ,.ll
those goods at the prices named.
}snl8det L n LEsEx / Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

The imports Of Dry Goods II New York last
week were "a, seI $50.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

GUHARS-60 Aids. New Orleans Saear,
- s's eros sos ~ By ns,Ak-o,n -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-19

On BARRELS Crushed, Powdered, Graa-
|asH F tslaslof ! 49,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-02

There il, doubtIsss, . large amount frebsl
inpudencs in the nastes, bsA4As chi~iry
seem - undaztand The itaatioa ua1srs he
"My Polisy ss6iae. CssCsM aad - 20.
III hsys demanded thaeths invalilitr e thi
iCbafbassaas deA4 b fsssysr sstsblfAsa u
jcol ea6onalks, but AsnsEv JohsseE safIs
Cossrsss md ~ psspls saitoss fer dsn1l-'
ipgalA Hence, ~ clai cfshss -
greshsacks for their Confederate n1sss i .
ssfssitw from AxpHrw's premise
very many letters are received 1t the
Unitsd Staass Treasury fean sisizAas u Tia
South inclosing Confederate money and ask.
ing that it be redeemed. The basis Of thsis
impudance i theis claim that the surrender
Of Lee and Johnson vas treaty with the
OSsfsd 1Fssv. Aud ia two ys7 a the
2la Of April, 1885, the date ofths Appohas.
tox susssn6ss. tAess notss an1 bonds, issusd
for the support Of treason, ass virtually
marketable, ~ they rad: "This note il ~
desmabls two yesrs-And ssene six months
after the ratification Of treaty Of peace be-
tween the Confederate States md United
Sta,es.' The latest application Of this kind
10 - follows:
GaEExssoRo, Ga, Oct. %, 1856. =
To Hon r. z. Spinner, United States
DEAa SlR. Inclosed please End one $500
| pote, which is payable two years after ths
ratification of peacs between the Confederate