The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-30
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Midnight Report.
FROM NEW YORK.

New YoRK, May 20.
Judge Sutherland to-day granted q mands-
mus to compel the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad to exhibit their books.
The International Ocean Telegraph Com
pany expects to open the line 10 the public as
far as the island Of Cuba during the month of
July.
Dispatches from. Florida report the land
line will be completed by the lst of June.
The cable. manufactured in England, is
com pleted, and the new steamer, Nora, char
tered TO lay it.
The Treasurer of the Board Of Excise re.
ceyed one million dollars for licenses grants
ed since the lst Of April.
The Japanese Commissioners have pur>
chased the ex-rebel ram Stonewall, now in
the Washington Navy Yard. They are to
take her with her present armament, our
Government putting her in sea going con-
dition. The price paid is said TO be $780,
600
A sporadic case of cholera is reported in
Delaney street. No fatal result.
The yacht Vests, from England, while out
at sea, encountered heavy winds. and the
crew attempted mutiny, having demanded,
in vain, of the commander, Captain Low. to
return to England to escape the storm. The
Captain succeeded in restoring order by very
vigorous measures.
President Roberts, of the Fenian Brother
hood, sails for Europe On Saturday.
The steamer Santiago de Cuba will be
saved.
Nathan Sargent, Commissioner OF Gus.
toms, has received news from the agent sta
! toned on the northern frontier, at York
town, Dakotah, which represents that SNUG.
+, Cling is carried on to q surprising extent, and
4 a l. Il
| at their command, are poverless to prevent
! it. Fire arms, ammunition, blankets, cut.
! lery and all varieties of goods used by the
! Indians, are introduced from Canada, and
sold to the Indian tribes in Dakotah, FREQ OF
duty.
To-day the match for $1,000, mile heats
best three in Eve, to wagon, between Ethan
Allen and Running Mate, and Brown George
and Running Mate, came off on the Fashion
Course Ethan Allen and Running Mate
won the first heat in 1929; second 2:21, ant
the third, after a magnificent race, in ths
i unprecedented time of 2:l9
\ Several men-ef war will leave Havana fo
Santa Martha, and others, including iron
clads, are preparing TO follow, the determi
nation being TO bring the r. h. Cuyler to Hs
vsns as prize.
The commercial houses Of Havana are L
be taxed $40, 900 yearly under law
4 Secretary McCuloch has declined an invi
) tssion TO public dinner, rendered by leadinI
citizens of Boston. Speaking of the iinancia
condition OF the country, be says: "Yol
must not expect our monthly statements. fo
the rest Of the present year and the early par
of the next fiscal year, will be as satisfactor
as for many months past. The donations o
bounties to soldiers, the preparations for 81
Indian war, even if the war itself should b.
avoided, and the very liberal appropriation
of . miscellaneous character, will cause un
usual drafts on the Treasury. While on th
other hand, the general failure of the whea
crop, and the partial failure OF the corn crol
!, last year, and the slow progress in the resto
! ration OF the Southern States to their prope
! relations with the Federal Government, AM
the dullness Of trade throughout the coun
: try is partly the result of the decrease o
production, and partly the natural reaction
which always follows periods Of excitemen
and speculation, together with reduced taxes
which will very considerably affect the reve
nues. This combination of adverse circum
stances may retard the return to specie pay
msnts and, with large issues of bonds TO b
made to the Pacific Railroad and its branch
es and divisions, will prevent, for brief sea
son, the reduction of the public debt, an
even render temporary increase unavoid
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