The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-03
.ATEsT NEWS BY CABLE.
TIE YACHT JOHN T. FORD LOST IN
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
THE CANADIAN WAR ENDED.
A GENERAL AMNESTY PROCLAIMED.
GOLD CLOSED 141 1-8,
FROn WASHINGTON.

WAsHIsGroN, Sept. 2.
Gen. Hancock, in his testimony before the
Indian Commissioners, is very decided in
his opinion that serious war exists, and
even declares his belief that, if the troops
were Withdrawn, not white man would re-
main in Colorado, and the great highways to
the Pacific would be closed. The Indians,
he says, are amply provided with the best
modern weapons, even making use Of field
glasses. The expenses of the Generals de-
par.ment have thus far been substantially
those OF peace enlistment. He places the
number Of hostile Indians engaged, between
the Arkansas and Platte rivers, at from 1900
to 1000.
The following internal revenue decisions
have been made: Any Person who distills
brandy from pure grape juice wine, or from
apple cider, is to be taxed the same in all
respects as though he distilled distilled d.
rectly from grapes or apples. The provis.
ion allowing manufacturers to deduct freight
from the place of manufacture to the place
of delivery is repealed BY act Of July 18th,
1866.
The employees in the Treasury Depart
ment, male and female, scattered through al
most all Bureaus of the Department, have
received notice that their services will no
longer be required after the 1stant inst. In
nearly every case the persons to vacate are
those who have within the past twelve months
sbsented themselves without leave, com,
mencing with those who lost most time with
out good and sufficient exsuse.
NEw YORK, Sept. 2.
The WorlTs special says: The returns
from internal revenue to the Department
here show falling off of fifteen million dol~
lars in revenue for two months past, as COM
pared with the returns for the corresponding
period of last year.
Notwi,hstanding the chronicled reticence
Of GENERAL Grant, an officer who has daily
intercourse with him has informed us that he
has expressed himself privately against un-
qualified negro suffrage. This fact is cors
roborated by leading Radicals, who declare
they will not take him for President unless
he comes out square on this question.
| A Times special says: In nutshell, Gen.
Sickies' violation of the laws was this He
issued an order which was in effect that the
stay laws and postponement of the collection
OF debts by action of the State Courts in this
district be suspended for a certain time. This
order was evaded very generally by means of
the transfer Of these debts from citizens of
North and South Carolina to citizens of other
States, thus throwing their causes Of action
into the jurisdiction of the U. s. Courts,
WHICH WtE6 Opcus oCus h,fShtCc Otoct W.
10 forbade the execution of judgments thus
obtained.
Gen. Grant has ordered the discharge of
one half CT the clerical force employed in the
Paymaster Generals office, the order to take
effect this week. The number thus thrown
out Of employment is twenty.
Nine surgeons in the U. S. service died
during the past month of cholera and yellow
fever.
@. z. Cutting, assistant examiner at the
Patent Office, died this morning. The de-
ceased was brother, in>law Of Senator Doo
li.tla.
CHICAGO, Sept. @
The Tribunes Washington specisl says:
Those engaged here in working up the Lou
isiana bond sale, and the reinstallment of
the I.evee Board removed by Sheridan, are
confidently asserting that the President Will
shortly revoke Grants last order. They had
expected that in case Hancock re-instated
Wells Grant would disapprove the order, but
that before his dsapproval would reach New
Orleans Wells would be able to sign their
bonds. Now they can only reach it through
the Presidents revocation of Grants order.
johnson now gives about two hours every
evening to correspondents who care only for
bis version Of the present troubles and espe
cially for his statement of General Grant .
letters and conversation. To all who do not
give the fullest confidence TO his version he
Ia verv vuncommunicative.