The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-15
FROn WASHINGTON.

CHICAGO, April IA.
The Journals Washington special says
The Presidents counsel were in consultations
fora long time this morning and discussed 1t
length the proposal Of summoning General
Grant - witness,
WASHINGTON. April IA.
Sergeant Bates, carving the Gni1ed States
Tag, arrived here this forenoon, and uas met
at Long Bridge By : committee of citizens
and escorted By : large crowd TO the Execu.
tive Mansion. He was met as the portico By
President johnson, who invited him isto he
Eaa room, where be gAvs him hearty vel
come No speech making Wa iadalxed in,
the occasion being totally devoid of formalI-
~. After few moments conversation the
sergeant, accom- panied BY large eoncourses
left on the line of march down Pennsylvania
avenue. At the Metropolitan Hotel an ad.
dress was delivered from the portico BY the
Hon. Charles Eldridge, Of Wisconsin. Next
on the programme was standing the flag On
the dome OF the Capitol, bat difficulty Of ac-
cess TO the Capitol. and tired of the delay,
Bates, with has friends, left the Capitol 10
plant the flag on Washington Monument.
Bates was escorted to hotel, the proprietor
Of which entertained him gratuitously.
The dedication of the Lincoln monument
erected by the citizens Of Washington, in
front of the City Hall, will take place to-
morow. Mayor Wallzcs addressed . com
munication to each member of the Cabinet,
asking that tha departments be closed in time
to allow the clerks and other employees sn
opportunity to attend the ceremonies of the
dedication, which takes place u 2P. \. The
monument will be unveiled By the President
and dedicated ty the Masonic frstsrsiiy Of
the District.
For the week ending on the 2ist instant,
294 patents were issaed from the Patent 0t~
fce. In the past week 495 applications we're
iied and So caveats catered.
The Board OF Managers had General Sher.
man before them to-day. IL il understood
the managers have come TO the coHclusion
that General Sherman is shout = good , Wit
ness fR the prosecution Is for the defensa.
The Com mpsroller of Currency has informa-
ton that 5000 savings banks in the New
England sta,es and in New York, hsying
I,77o,0O0 depositors, hold Sl0o, 900 600 IN
United States bonds and $l5, goo 600 in Ma.
tional hank stock q an investment.
There has been prepared At the General
Land Once, hnder instructions from the
Secretary Of the Interior, patent in favor of
Robert Myers Shoemaker, trustee, embracing
19. SIS acres Of the Delaware Indian laads ia
Ransns. aa;d lands accruing to the Union
Pacific RAiisoaa Company, Eastern Division,
or It's assigns, under the treaty of May s0th,
1860, and July I'd, 1861, with the Delaware
Indians.
Official reports from the United States Mint
at Philadeiphia show the amount Of money
coined dar,ng the month Of March TO be
1854 ,69l, Of which there were gold coin to
the amount Of $40, $50, and silver to the
amount OF 81. SCI, and the balance in cop
per coinage.
The following letter vas Addressed, by
Eeeretary staatpn, TO aenatos Cameron, TO-
day:
Wa DErARTAKxr,
WASHINGTON, April Il. ]
To Hon. Simon Cameron
DEAR SIR-Perceiving in this morning .
Chronicle that communication has been
signed BY the Governor of your State, the
Republican members OF the Legislature and
otLes persona. asking your Recommendation
for my transfer, upon certain contingency.
10 the head Of the Treasury Department. |
hasten TO request. earnestly, that no such re-
commendasion be made. Enough of my Bic
has been devoted to public duties- No con.
sidenlion can induce me to aasume those Of
the Treasury Department., Or continue longer
than may b rxqaifed for the sppointnen,
and con&rmAtion ci succeasor-
Yours. truly,
EbWgH NJ SfAyroy.