The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-24
FROM NEW YORK.

Wa New YoRK, May %.
The steamer Europa, from Havana and
Brest llth, has arrived.
Tne Pennsylvania, from Liverpool, brought
l,eO0 bags pf wheat as freight.
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, Bish-
ops Rosecrans, Junker, Quinlan, Lougbtea
and Domick, Vicar General STAIRS. of the
Catholic church. and Dawson, the actor,
sailed for Europe in the New York to day
The Government Life Saving Commission
has concluded its lsbors. 1t has been in ses
sion thirty nine days, and has examined a55
different devices. 1t is believed that their
report will 10 much toward decreasing des-
titution. "a
A duel was fought in Hudson county New
York, yesterday. about woman. One Of
the parties WAS slightly wounded.
In the case argued in the Supreme Court of
Rufus Hatch for msndamus, to compel the
N. W. r. H to allow him to examine the
books, futther hearing was granted next
Monday.
In the General Synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church yesterday, resolution
was adopted that the action of the Synod in
favor of orfanixing = anion should be tele-
graphed TO khe General Assemblies now In
session The Old School Presbyterians st Gin
cinna,i, the United Presbyterisns at Xenis,
and the New School Presbyterians st Roch-
ester. !,
The Copmittee on Foreign Missions re-
ported the total receipts to be SO, ,985, ex>
penditures SO, Three native Indian stu
dents have been licensed to preach.
Rev. K. P. Smith, of the American Mis-
sionary Association, an organization for the
dissemination of the Gospel among the COL
ored race, stated that there we're 5000 teach
ers employed.
| DR., b. II. Brown, of the Second i'resby-
fterian Synod, spoke in favor Of q union of
the Presbyterians of every grade in one Gen .
eral Assembly. The delegates of the Old
School Genesol "a ssembly, though invited,
declined 10 SPEAK. There was no delegate
| from the New School Assembly.
A Havana letter says Gen. Duicea and family
sailed for Spain.
| About two hundred passengers Of the San.
tiago de Cuba's passengers arrived this even
| ing. Their statements vary as TO the action
| of the officers of the ship. One passenger, q
seaman, Ays that ct two o'clock yesterday
morning. the Captain went below and left the
third mate ID charge. The mate left the
lookout and went to work washing down the
ideaks, and it 10 alleged that this il the reason
that land vas not discovered until the ship
1struek. Ass soon as the shock va felt, oil
Wa com motion On board, bot The passengers
acted vert we'll, aud no panic Was occasioned.
The officers tried to.get the ship OF, and then
An arrxnRemeut Wis made for the passengers
I to gut ashore There wefe fhirty-6ye or
forty ladies on board, and these we're taken
OF 6rst. Captain Kelly took the irst boat
ashore in safety, and returned for the second
! load, when, unfortunstely, she swsmped
With the sad result, already published. in
THE meantime, Captain Bolton had taken two
boat loads ashore. and went to the asaistance
OF those in the watsr. Two women were
taken in, and one vas supposed to be dead,
but restosstivss were applied, and she val
4 restored.
4 The wrsclers, under Captain Townsend
acted nohly, aAa did mech - ~ tAs passen
gers ana pfuperty. The passepgess found
themselves fve and half miles from A.
lantic City. The peopls immsdistely ven
: dowats aehssek VIII their tsazA NJ