The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-02
FROM WASHINGTON.s

WASHINGTON, Hov. |.
The Adams Express Agent for. the U. s.
Treasury Department to>day received orr
ders from China for supply Q. of.gpecimen
will be sent to the Chinese government at
once. This is the second order received
from foreign country for these specimens
within three months.
The receipts for custonl for the week
ending October Goth were S2,3o7 ,2a8.
The U. S. steamer Maumee, Lieut. Com.
Vim. Cushing, sailed last evening for the
China squadron. Her special busiuess is to
look after the pirates iniesting the China
Seas. Being light draugLt screw steamer,
tits thought she is pecula arly adapsed to the
pursuit OF piratical crafts up shal6w rivers,
wheret they are ia the habit Of tai4ng refuge
when pursued by men>of-war
There was full meeting of the Cabinet
to-day. lasting nearly three hours. The re-
ports OF heads of departments were the chief
subjects under consideration. 4.fs nndeFz
stood the Presidents message y saikd
over. E s.sssxs
Gen. Grant has issued an ord
. weeks leave of absence TO all cltfks con.
nected with the War Department who wish
to go home TO vote.
The National Democratic Executive Com
November election. The address appeals
to reason and Judgment, and says: aHe Who
refuses to heed the call is unworthy Of his
share in the rich heritage of an American
freeman 1t is signed by Thomas b. Flor
ence, Samuel j. Randall, Charles Mason, Of
Iowa, Cornelius Wendell, and others.
In the Supreme Court for the District OF
Columbia to- day Mr.. Merrick, IN behalf of
the defendants III the casee Of the q. s. rs
Cornelius Boylc-,he salt having been
brought to recover conGsoatA property-
submitted . motion to rpena the writ Of
error, by striking out the ham4of Chief Jus.
tice Chase, and inserting That I Chief Jus>
II r. = oesst sst,. denied tn. fed and over
The object of the writ1 was TO carry the
case from the Supreme C3urt of the District
Of Columbia to the District CoArt of the U.
s. for the District of CdlumeA. The case
Court of the United States. is probable
they may be disposed Of, in a bier forra be-
fore action can be takenby II Court, a. re.
/ Gently the original owners, DAo lost their
property by participated in@the rebellion,
have entered suits OF ejectment against the
purchasers ct, the coa6sea ahoE sales, which
suits have matured, Al res Anw ready for
trial, M
sCurAGo, Nov. l..
The Journals Washingtd SPECIAL Of to-
day says: Our Minister to lance writes Ly
the last mail that it is the impression of Eu,
ropean statesmen that geu1ta1 war in Eu-
rope is inevitable, and thatlths Roman ques.
ton is only a pretext on the part Of Louis
Napoleon to precipitats it. n
The Treasury Retrescliseut Committee
will resume their Investigations on the l4th
inst. They have discovered enough to satisfy
them that the clerks in the department where
the bonds, notes, and fractional currency are
printed ought to be entirely reorganized.
| A number of gentlemen are now here or
Ranising movement TO bsisg cut Chief Jus>
tice Chase as their Presidential candidate.
New YoRK, Nov. /.
The Express has q special stating that Sec.
retary Seward has sent Rev. Mr.. Hawley, Of
Auburn, to Rome on . secret mission, the
object Of which is to eiFsr the Pope an asy,
| lum 10 this country I and hopes are enter.
tanned that the misslAn Rill be successful.
1 An order has beenissued by the War De.
partment saying the practice which prevails
Of giving TO soldiersf 9hpse term Of service
Is nearly out, furlopf 81 the remainder d
their terra, is found3o BE attended with 90
much detriment to As interests of the SOL
dier, who is often d ebsissd Of arrears Of pay
for want of q certificate Of discharge, this
practice will cease.
Eorty-nine clerkekeee to- day discharged
from the PaimaHe8ss Department, 10 taks
effect from Nov. l8th, and up to that tips
they are allowed Z leave of absence.
There is also feduction Of the number al
clerks in the Qusrtermaater Generals Office
and Treasury Department.
W. d. Wallack has retired from the pro.
prietorship Of the Eveafno Star, having sold
the establishment to Crosby Noyes, the man
aging editor. and several other gentlemen.