The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-29
FROM WASHINGTON.

NEw YORK, Sept. %.
The Herdlds Washington special says: A.
plan has been transmitted to the Secretary
OF the Treasury, which it is understood
meets the approval Of bankers and financial
men who have conferred on the subject, by
means Of which il will be practicable to ac>
complish the resumption of specie payments
in FIVE years. retire all National Bank cur.
rency notes within ninety days and substitute
greenbacks as the sole currency of the coun-
try, and give TO commerce and the West $780,
600. 600 increased circulation reduce the
coin interest debt $500, ,O0O, 900, and all in
manner satisfactory to the banking and inan-
cial interest Of all sections.
An INSPECTOR, who has just returned to
make his report to Commissioner Rollins,
after a six months tour west and southwest,
represents that frauds upon the revenue in
the tobacco business is scarcely inferior in
extent aud enormity to whisky frauds His
attention was directed to the tobacco trade
exclusively, aud he states that in the brief
time he has been away he has discovered
frauds to the extent of $500, 900. These
were mostly in st. Louis, Cincinnati. Louis.
vile, Cairo and Memphis. Stencil marks
used by Tobacco Inspectors Of the several
revenue Districts are frequently counterfeited
and used. The tobacco thus marked is sent
out of the district ana sold elsewhere, thus
escaping the attention of the regular In
spectofs.
Judge Underwood, L. Fl. Chandler, u. S.
District Attorney for Virginia, are here in
consultation with the Attorney General in
relation to the trial of JET. Davis in Noyem-
Der. Mr.. Chandler, who is prosecuting of
ficer in the case, will, it is understood, be
governed in his action entirely by the advice
&c NJ. Cfnu.bovv Io1ya IIoIaruooI ocJ
Mr.. Chandler are both of the opinion that
sufficient testimony can be produced to con.
yict Davis, provided the case is allowed to
take its regular course without any interfer>
ence from the authorities here.
The friends of Davis, including his bonds
men, assert he will put in his appearance at
court, when granted, and that he is not only
willing, but anxious, to 20 through regular
trial
The Heralds Washington special, referring
to the test case under the Amnesty Proc>
lamation in Alabama recently, that was set
on foot by the Hon. S. F.. Rice, an ex-
Judge Of that State, rays: Similar move
ments will be made in all Of the Southern
States where registration is not closed, and
if legal redress fails before Judges Bussel
and Underwood, in Alabama and Virginia
His Honor, Chief Justice Chase, can look at
his presidential prospects over the decision
on the military act, in his Circuit Court, in
North Carolina. This important movement
is exciting deep interest in official circles
here.
CHICAGO, Sept. %.
Geo. ". Cory and Wm. H. Letter, of III
inois and B. s. Scott, of Iowa, have passed
probationary examination for admission to
the Naval service.
Hon. E. b. Washburne left Washington
last evening for his home in Illinois
! The Navy Department is preparing for the
| sale Of thirty six vessels between the lst and
|, lth of October, three o! which are iron
clads and twenty>eight steamers. Ten will
be sold at Philadelphia, seventeen at New
| York, and the others at various points.
Fifty Clerks have been discharged from the
! Quar,ermaster Generals Office at Washing.
ton, and further discharges will be made in a
! few days.
| S. f. Rice, once member Of the Ala.
bama Legislature, sought to register in Mont
gomery under the Amnesty Proclamation OF
the President. Being refused, by General
Pope's instructions to the Board, Rice pro
poses to take the case into Court,