The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-10

CHICAGO, Dec. q.
The Nnsss' Washington special sayG II is
given out that committee will be appointed
IN the House to investigate the charges
against Mr.. Ashley, for Attempting to suboru
witnesses against President johnson.
There Is no truth in the report that Gene
raj Sherman il to be assigned to q new COM
mand. He will remain here about week
. The President has again tenderedthe Mex
lean mission to General McClernand, of
Illinois.
ga % New. York, Dec.s9.
Tho Ts1bunc's Washington special says:
The Senate Finance Committee will consider
The Currency bill during the coming week
and report as soon as possible. 1t is under
stood that the members of the committee are
only on account OF the large vote it received in
he House, but also on account Of the pres
sure brought to bear on them from outside
sources.
The treaty for the purchase Of the Islands
of st. Thomas and St. John will probably
not be taken up for consideration in the Sen,
ate until next week. In the meantime rec
concentrations for the purchase, from repre-
sentative commercial men, are coming in.
benAtors indicate purpose to delay action
in the Senate until further Indications of ap-
proval come in from influential quarters.
Information received here yesterday from
the Government of Spain discloses anxiety
about the purpose Of the United States Gov.
ernment, the report having reached the
Spanish authorities to the effect that it was
the intention of the Administration to get
possession of Porto Rico and four or five
other Islands, and even Cuba.
1t is understood that Mr.. Seward's answer
ho a1 nC ~
ish Government.
The Appropriation Committee have not yet
taken any action relative to the Russian
claim for the Territory of Alaska, but though
there is great desire to retrench as much as
possible, il is probable that an appropriation
will be voted at an early day.
The Times Washington special says: The
vote by which the Ways and Means anti.
contraction bill passed The House--127 ayes
to 81 nays--is significant of the feeling in
the House on the subject of the currency.
There is little doubt but the ne 1t thing passed
by the House will be bill for the reissue of
greenbacks to the original amount before
contraction began. The first of these meas
ures may get through the Senate, with GER
tam limitations, but the last will fail.
A considerable number of whisky distlll-
ers and dealers are here, and a convention is
10 De heiu on IueSuay, 10 CONSIDER what
measures shall be recommended to Congress
In regard to the tax and the method of COL
lecting it.
The Herdld's Washington special says !:
Mr.. Boutwell,, though not much astonished at
the late bill Of impeachment, feels sangnne
that before many months Andrew johnson
will be impeached in real earnest and re-
moved. He says it is possible that the
President, inflated with the notion that tn
people have at last endorsed his policy, and
forced their Representatives to overthrow
impeachment, can avoid committing sone
other outrageous act that will call downon
him the stern retribution of Congress.
1t 10 the belief. Of prominent Radicals in
the Senate that ex-Secretary Stanton will be
left untouched by the Senate; that at least
nothing will be done looking toward his res
toration to the position he was required to va