The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-04-04
AFTERNOON DIsPATCHEs.


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New YoRK April s.
The Tsibsme's special Washington despatch
says the President yesterday informed gen.
Wednesday the nomination for Collector
for New York city. -xa9
The House Committee on Foreign Rela.
tons are nearly unanimous against the pro.
position to endorse the Mexican bonds to
either $50. 900 or any other gMount. There
are in all probability less than twenty men,
bers in the House who dare vote for any
such measure; and all stories set afoat by
interested parties are emitted to very little
credit. The lobby engaged upon It are per-
sistent in their button holding Of members
and making huge promises, but u Of no avail.
The President yesterday sent q request to
the various departments to withhold all az
verifying patronage from the Chronicle. 1t Is
understood that all papers that fail to recog'
nize the. reconstruction. policy OF tne ffea'
dent, will be treated likewise, ana the aa'
vertising will be given to the Democrauc
papers. o-s -.....s. !,
N announcing the death Of Gems Heath,
Williams. and Col Theodore S. Bowers,
lately his Adiutant General, pays an eloquent
tribute to their memories as men and sol
diefs and directs that the officers Of the Ad-
iutant. Generals Department wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days. ~
Judge Ingraham has delivered his decis-
ion to the motion made before him to punish
Mr. E. A. Sansbazy, President of the Nor.
RS Insurance Company, for contempt OF
court, in not being sworn and producing hls
books before referees appointed by image
Bernard. The decision is averse to punish
ing Mr.. S. for contempt, as that gentleman
h. nd IN
two orders he was compelled to obey.
The action of Judge Bernard in appointing
Mr.. Racket referre in place of Mr.. SLAMS
bury. is laid down as perfectly valid. The
former gentleman, however, having resigned,
Mr.. Cyrus Curtis has been appointed to the
position.
A mass meeting of laboring people. COM
prised of men and women, was held In
Thompkin's Square yesterday afternoon, to
consider the rent question. Addresses were
delivered in German and English and reso-
lutions passed calling upon the Legislature
for remedy against extortionists-house
owners and their agents. sse
The Irish Fenians who had to fly to this
country. held meeting yesterday at No 267
Bowery. They were interrupted by officials
from Union. Square, who we're dispersed
bv the police The Convention sent Conn
1nittee to ask the William o Mahony leaders
what they are doing with the immense sums
of money sent to the War Department They
propose that the Senate meet on Aug 9th.
The Herald special says that the govern.
ment patronage of the Washington Chronicle
has been transferred to the Republican, an
ardent supporter of the Presidents policy,
which has just been transformed to morn
ing paper.
being made in the interest Of the delinquent
tax payers, to abolish the revenue detective
system. which has been so successful in dis
covering the frauds in the Government rev.
enue The fact that some of these parties
who had been detected by those officers in
trying to defrand the Government, were de-
ceived in the movement, has defeated the
scheme, and has not left any too good inn
preston in regard TO those, and collectors
who lent themselves to their scheme iii be-
half of the delinquent tax payers.
Nathan Sargent, Commissioner of Customs,
has been informed of the seizure few days
since OF seventy thousand valuable cigars by
the collector at New Orleans, which were
being smuggled into the New Orleans port.