The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-02
LATEST NEWS nY CABLE.
FROM WASHINGTON.

! New YonK. Feb. /.
I The Worlds Washington tpeciaa makes
the following important statement: The ter
eivcrsatien of Secretary Seward can avail
| no more, and another and higher authority
| has been do ermined upon IN the course
which is to be parsued in respectfo the claims
OF the United States Government upon Great
| Britain am suthonzed to state most con-
fiaeptialy aud decisiyeiy that tAs. legitimate
demands which have been too meekiy urged
by the Secretary Of Stsss upon the Brush
csbinst are to De enforced q whatever ba1srd.
The new British Minister, Mr. Thornton.
will probably be presented 10 President JDhn-
scu on Tuesday. Although tn sddee sses that
are TO be exchanged between the President
and Minister Thornton may be guarded, and
since the fact yet remsirs shata speedy Ard
satisfactory response must be made BY the.
iirisish Gosernmeat 10 the sls.nsss04sf the
Executive Of the United States, or else
declaration Of war against Grea; Britait must
I Tie TssssT, wsadsipn syssifhl. the
following relsiive to the sAtne sahject All
he eosintione for q ee..iement Of the Alabara
CLAIMS having been closed by correspondence
between our Government and thai OF Great
Britain, the matter stands ss though nothing
mad been done By either Government tend
Jog to an adjustment. There Is authority
Tor saving that these claims will at once
be pushed to Gsslity with sieor, and that
the Government will demand inrm rdiate rep
aration for The wrongs suffered By Our esti-
zans. at the bands Of the Alabama and other
vessels fitted our in England under Ike cif-
cun stances dnring the rebellion.
The Trf5unes Washington special SAYS.
The mo,hsy exhibit OF the pobiic debt viii
| i TT Let~n Eth a
The large drafts from various sources and the
,.rsli receipiSfrosu customs. and the payment
during the month of about $50, ,o0e, Duo inter-
est on the S. 8 aud 81 bonds. On the 6rst
K January the Treasury held sizes. .4s0. 600
On the FIRST OF February tho-~ -iH be about
$50 600 osJ0. For the next two or three
months the prospect will be better, as there
will be but little demand for gold; and. BY q
resolution of Congress, the immense claims
for damages by the boraer States have been
stopped.
General Sherman leaves for the West on
Mcpday. lie goes from here to ClncinnHtisa
~bere he ~ili remain few days. and thence
go to St. Louis.
The receipts from internal revenue for last
month we're Si4.9ls,s47. twas expected to
raise SIS 5,o0aeoO. Ths receipts today
| reached slG0.54i.
Tie statement furnished through the As
sociased Press that the internal revenue re-
ceipts. during the past year. a. compared
with The previous year. had decreased nearly
s3s,, eco $50, and piher statement connected
thereto. are false and malicious. The seere-
tsry Of the Treasury kaoss nothing of the
statements although nsy we're attribo'sd To
him. =
XAsHlssTcs, Feb /.
In Sscretsry Seward sepopsttsnce TO ihs
Senate against the abolition Of secret agent.
states tha, sueh sesion vii greatly enubarrass.
foreign AFFAIRS and initiate ssainss the sues
eessfui negotiations of important public mat
Iters. Some Of the most important trraties
have been conceded by special agents, and
could not easily have been negotiated By
| eny other officers,