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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-27
Latest BY Telegraph
New Ruling Of the 0. S. Su-
preme Court---Bradley
still Debarred from
Practice.
Four Hundred Deaths from
Small Pox in Montreal.
Probable Pardoning Of DR..
Mudd by the Pres
ident
Another Extensive Fire in
Lynn, Mass.
Genq. Grant on the Alamama
Claims Treaty.
Attempt to Assassinate Captain
General Dulce.
Attempt to Assassinate Captain
General Dulce.
. Az RI RT.
FROM WASHINGTON.

New YORK, Jan. 26.
The Tribune's Washington dispatch has
the following:
General Grant is strongly opposed to the
pending Alabama claims treaty. The follow
ing 10 his position, nearly in his own words:
Tbs rpse9 is utSSt to the United States, be-
,canse i aSa1nae 70 msasnretheinjury intict.
ed upon this country BY the money value Of
the ships actually destroyed, whereas the
chief damage to our commerce was in our
ships being driven from the cess BY the An
glo- Rebel pirates. In addition to this, the
sympathy extended BY the English to the
South prolonged the war atleast q year, aud
for al the lives lost and money expended for
The treaty proposes to settle oil these things
by the payment Of the paltry value Of few
ships.
The LINES Washington dispatch has a
similar paragraph, and says this seems to in
dicate that Rsysrdy johnson will be recalled
at no very distant day, and that the entire
question will be re>opened on . totally diff
ferent basis under the new administration.
The Tribune's Washington spacsl gives m
analysis Of the vote on tabling the bill grant
ing an additional subsidy to the U. P. r. r.,
showing that the Affirmative was made up OF
1s Democrats and 81 Republicans. and the
negative of 10 Democrats and 50 Repuhh-
cans All Of the n Southern membess from
the States sdmitted last summer, except Sy-
pher and Vital of Louisiana, voted for the
bill.
The final referenceo Of tho bin 70 the Com
mittee on Public Lands 10 considered equiv
alent to its defeat.
The Times Washington special says the
Senate Pension Committee will report IN fa-
vor Of giving Mrs. Lincoln pension Of two
thousand doiisrs year
Il seems decided that the Supreme Court
has taken . BALLOT on the legal lender cases,
and II Is generally believed it sustains the
consttutionality Of the act by 8 to 3.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
The Supreme Court Of this district has, in
ODE dence to the order Of the United States
Supreme Court fescinded the order dsharring
Mr. Brady from practice n the court, but
held that this under ruling Supreme Court Of
the United States did not restore Mr.. Brady
to the Criminal Court whence Judge Fisher
expelled him. It now makes the rule that no
one suspended in one court in the district
shall practice in any of the branches of the
Supreme Court Of this district thus practic-
ally leaving Brady where be was before the
issue of the mandamus.
Among the nominations sent to the Senate
to-day was the following
Simon johnson, ofN. Y, Commissioner to
codify laws, in place Of Caleb Cushing re-
signed.
Wm. F. Keller, Postmaster, La Sale,
Illinois.
Edward D. Neal, of Mimi, for Commiss-
ioner of Education, in place Of DIR. Barnard.
Neal was until recently Barnard's chief
clerk.
The Republican Senators in caucus to-day
voted not to confirm any more nominations
BY President johnson, except in case of i'm
perative necessity.
The War Department received dispatches
from Gen. Sheridan, giving . detailed ac-
count Of his recent operations against the
Indians; also . letter from Gen. Hazed de-
clsting that Black Kettles band wns on .
hostile expedition when attacked BY Gen.
Custar.
Gen. Sheridan thinks theae will be ces-
aa.ion Of murders and ontrages by The In
dians hereafter.
This afternoon the Maryland delegation in
Congress proceeded from the Capitol to the
Executive Mansion to add their voices to the
petition before the President for the pardon
Of DR.. Mudd The President gave them en-
coursgement to hope that DR.. Mudd and 9TH
er political prisoners will be pardonsd before
the 4th OF March.
General Hancock to-day appeared before
the Military Committee of the House and
was questioned concerning the new army bill
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MIG HT RE p q r r.
XLth CON6RE6S--Third Session.
WAsHISoroS, Jan. 26.
HOUSE.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 20.
HOUSE.
The credentials OF Charles Sumner, Sena-
tor elect from Massachusetts, were present
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee Of FL
nance, reported by instruction . resolution
for the appointment at the begin
ing ofthe next session Joint Committee to
consist Of three Senators and fve Representa-.
tives, with leave to sit during recess of the
4lst Congress TO examine and report upon
the expediency Of reorganizing civil service
in the several departments of the governs
ment the examination extending to the clsr.
cal force necessary in each Department. rates
Of compensation and such rules and regulA-
tons - may be required to increase the Elf
cheney Of the service.
Mr.. Grimes introduced bill for the orr
ganization Of the navy. Referred to the
Committee on Naval Affairs.
The bill provides for reduction Of the
number Of certain higher grades Of officers,
medical, engineer and pay corps.
Mr. Morrill,, from the Committee on Ap.
preparations, reported back the Pension Ar
preparation Bill, with amendments reducing
the appropriations from ten to nine millions,
and other army appropriations from thirteen
to ten millions.
Mr.. kellogg introduced bill to aid in the
construction Of the Pacific Transit Railway
and Telegraph, from New Orissns to some
point on the Rio Grande, in the direction Of
San Bias, on tho Pacific. 1t proposes that
the United States guarantee paying the inter
ess on the bonds Of the company 70 the
amount Of ninety thousand dollars, and
grants eight sections Of public lands per
mile.
The morning hour sxpinng. the Senate
took mp, - the basinesa in order, the bill
in relation to the central branch Of the Union
Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. Corbett said the debate had satisfied
him that tho bill was not required by any To-
gal or equitable obligations Of the Govern
ment to the Central Branch Company. BE
therefore withdrew sAs amendmsnt offered BY
him yesterday.
Mr.. Conkling then offered an amendment
in the nature Of substitute, providing that
nothing contained in the oct Of July Sd,
1865, relating 70 the Eastern Divisiou Of the
Union Pacific Railroad, shall deprive the
Csstaal branch from continuing its road and
telegraph ines from the tssmina&ion a thl
ions kpsared miles menfionsd il The - ia
leespQsasias ths Conpaay, 70 sonases wisa
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the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Divis-
ION. as branch of that road; but requiring
. continuation Of the Central branch road to
be made to q point at or near Fort Riley,
Kansas, upon the same terms in ell respects
az are now provided BY law for the cnnstruc-
ton Of the Eastern Division of the Union
Pacific Railroad; and providing, further. that
no subsidy shall be allowed the Central
branch company for any greater length OF
road than forty miles from the termination
of the one hundred miles On which bonds
are already authorized to be issued.
Mr. Morton opposed the amendment and
affirmed the equity Of the bill.
Further discussion was had by Messrs.
Edmunds and Conkling.
Without action on the amendment the Sen
ate adjourned.
The Speaker presented the petition of Mrs.
Lincolp. Referred.
Mr.. Berham from the Committee on Inva-
lid Pensions, reported q bill relating to the
pension law.
1st. 1t provides that no pension, pay or
bounty shall be paid to widow not . resi-
dent Of the United States when she has been
living separste and apart from her husband
for Eve consecutive years Immediately pre-
ceeding his death without receiving from him
any support.
I'd. Ii deprives of her pension q woman
who leads . life Of prostitution or eoncubi-
mage.
to the widows Of Americas soldiers
4 The remaining IA sections relate 70 the de-
tails, applications, proofs kc.
After Opposing Of Z variety Of bills, chiefly
.nno.tnA frN1n thA CoswvnSftAa M
Niblack moved that the bill should be recon-
mitted with instructions to make the second
section apply to male as we'll IS female per-
soDs.
Mr.. Psrham declined to yield for that mo-
ton.
Mr.. Ingersoll desired to know the purport
of the second section.
The Speaker remsrk Cd that the second
section was not before the House, the ques>
tion being on the last amendment reported
by Mr.. Perham.
Without disposing Of the last amendment
the morning hour expired and the bill went
over till tomorrow.
Mr.. Rashburne, of Illinois, moved to 20
into CON mittee Of the Whole on The Legisla.
tive Appropriation bill, which was negatived
20 against Ill.
NJ. Lyach, Of Maine, made speesh in
laver Of his bill, to provide for general re.
of specie payment.
Mr.. Barnes, of New York, spoke on the
ssme subject.
Speeches were also made, on the same sub
ect BY Mr.. Smith, and on the subject Of
power BY Mr.. Lawrence, OF
Ohio.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Ohio, offered resolution
the Com mmiues on Roads and
Canals to take testimony on the subject of
bridging the Ohio river. Adopted.
Adiourned
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS,

TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 26.
John H. Stockton was elected U. s. Sena.
tor to-day.
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FROM HAVANA.

HAVANA, Jan. 26.
Many Cuban families Who have been prom.
inent revolutionists are preparing TO emigrate,
fearing . renewal Of bloodshed.
The remains Of Cohemer, the American
killed by the volunteers, was buried yester-
day.
The protest of Americans against outrages
is being extensively signed u tho q. s. Con.
sulate.
A man vas discovered attempting to enter
the apartments of Captain General Dulce.
He vas arrested, aud dagger found. con.
cealed upon his person. It is believed that
be intended to attempt the assassination OF
tho Captain General.
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FROM HAVANA.

HAVANA, Jan. &C.
The U. 8. Consul formally demanded the
body of Samuel Cohemer, an American pho
tognpher, killed by some armed men be-
longing 70 he volunteer foIca He wished
to Sc informed whether the Government waa
able to protect American citizens, and told
the Captain General if they we're not the
United States would be compelled to protect
them.
General Dulce anaosnced his regret at the
bloodshed, and expsssed hope that no
further tfoablAA pouad occur. He .lse re-
quested the Consul to send him = list OF
Americans, and authorized the body of Co
hemer to be. immediasely delivered up.
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FKOM CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, Jan. %.
A negro woman died in this city yesterday,
was 120yeArs. s
In an alteration between two boys, only 10
or II years old, one of them drew knife,
and stabbed the other in the side. inAicting
serious wound. The slancing Of the knife
off one of the ribs only prevented q fatal re-
suit,
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CABLE DISPATCHES.

CoSsrANTISoPLE, Jan. 20.
The Sublime Porte, in circular, DEGREES
the reports which haves been. extensively
circulated, that Turkey is heavily arming.
The Sultan confidently expects peace, ~
the result Of the Paris Conference.
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DIED.

1AKRR-on the 10th lest, Clarence 4. Baker, Sgd
seven months.
1sssral services at the rssdsncs OF Dr. g. r Bakse
Sse~sa iseA aaA llfA strsses Hish to-day at p.
=. IrissAs u ths AAily srs invited 70 attend
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FROM THE SUuTH.

MEMPHIS, Jan. 2e.
Governor Clayton, of Arkansas. and staff
arrived here last night, and left this morn
ing, il 10 said, for the purpose Of investiga.
ting the execution Of Tyler, McAllister and
Harvey BY the militia. The latter was .
Major in the Federal army during the war.
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FROM NEW lUKk.

New YoRK, Jan. 20.
Thos. McGibbons, escaped convict, sus>
pected Of completely in the Roger murder,
was ARRESTED to-day at Patterson, N. J.
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TRON CANADA.

OTTAWA, Jan. 20.
Hon. j. b. Cameron has advised the Min
lister Justice Of his intention to apply for q
reprieve for Whalen.
MONTREAL, Jan. 90.
The English press strongly protest against
free grants of lands BY the Quebec Legisla-
ture to the French Canadians who want to
return to Canada from the United States.
Over four hundred deaths have occurred
here from small pox in the last Eve weeks.
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lISCELLANEuUS ITEMS.

LINN, Masst Jan. &c.
A FIRE on Monroe street entirely destroyed
Ave large shoe stores and partially destroyed
six more. Total loss 500, 600.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-18

MIRACLE IN KESTucxY.-A strange story
is current among the colored people, and is eI-
ciung some of them quite too much for their
own happiness. 1t is as follows: Some time
ago (not long however,) a child died, and its
body was duly coffined and taken to the burying
ground. There it was deposited alongside of
the newly-opened grave. After the service at
the grave, negro man took hold Of the coffin
to hand 1t down into the grave, but, to his as
constituent, he could not move it. He called
to his assistance another stout fellow, and the
two tried but failed to bulge the coffin. Two
more came to their help, and the four had no
more power over it than they would over
mountain of granite The coffin clung tight
to the ground rs if glued. This astonishing
turn Of affairs called for an explanation, and
1t was determined TO open the coffin and see
what was inside of it. 1t was done, and be-
hold the child was found to be alive. Fur
ther examination developed the fact that there
was printed upon the bottom of his feet these
words: There has been no preacher in
Heaven for !, 100 years" The negroes say
that the Lord did not intend TO let that child
be buried alive, and so took this method of
preventing 1t. Ii is our opinion that some
designing scamp has been playing upon the
credulity OF these people for sinister pur-
poses.-Leth'gton (Fy.) Statesman, Nor. 2Gh.
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FoREIGS INSURANCE. COMPANIES The Legis-
lature of Virginia passed AN Act (lSGG) to the
effect that insurance companies not incOrpo-
rated under the laws of that State shall not
carry on business there without license and
a deposit with the State Treasury III bonds
from $50, 900 to S50,OO0 The penalty is "a
heavy fine. In May, 1866, a case came before
the Court at Petersburg, under this law. The
defendant was the agent of New York com
pnuy, who sold policies for fire insurance in
disregard of the Virginia law. For this he was
indicted, convicted and fined. He took the
case on error 10 the Supreme Court Of Appeals,
where the judgment of the Petersburg Court
was affirmed. He then appealed Ia the Su-
preme Court of the United States where the
cause was adiudged, Field rendering the de-
cision. Defendant rested on the plea that by
the Constitution ''the citizens Of each State
shall be entitled tO all the privileges and i'm
munities of citizens in the several States" and,
secondly, on the clause which gives Congress
power Ito regulate commerce with foreign ma
tons and among the several States" The
Court held that corporations are not citizens
in the meaning Of the Constitution. and can
not claim tbe,''pnyileges and immunitics'' of
such, and that il wOuld hc against public poll
cy not to allow each State the night in this re-
spcct asserted i'll the law of Virginia. On the
second plea, the Court nd nittcd the right of
Congress Ia pass laws regulating commerce
between the States, but held that the insurance
business Ii not of y commercial character. SO
the judgment of the Virginia Courts AZ
frmed. --SdcrumrIGO Union.
The above decision is OF some Importance
here us at the last session of the Nevada Lcgis-
laturc similar biIi was passed. This dccis-
ion settles any doubts which might have arisen
here as to the coustitutionality Of the require
ments of the Nevada act.
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ScHEScK.-lt is u fine thing to he loyal
Congressman and chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means" In proof Of this we
call attention to the following, clipped from
the loyal Republican Ohio State journal of n
recent date:
THE Washington correspondent of the
New York. Times says that Gen. Schenck has
purchased one of the elegant brown stone
front houses on the corner of Fourteenth
street and Massachusetts Avenue, in the most
fashionable quarter Of the city. The price
paid was S32, 900"
The Columbus, (ohio,) Crisis, referring to
this says:
when Schenck entered Congress. some
four years ago. ho was known TO be AS Door
as Jobs turkey. The flowing oil wells Of
Congressional corruption hnve fioated the
General into S32. 900 mansion"
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WHERE TEEY ARK.--Iolin c. Breckiuridge
is pTacticimg law in Lexington Ky; James
VI. Mason is on his farm in Winchester, Va.
John Slldell was, at last accounts, living with
his son-in-lnw, the great banker. ErlanGer.
near Paris; Judah L. Benjamin is in full prac.
tice at the London bar; Pierre Soule was. at
last accounts, "A hopeless invalid; Il. VI. r.
Hunter is At his farm i'll Virginia; Robert
Toombs, Of Georgia, is practicing law with
great success; his colleague, Ivcrson. is pros
porous wood merchant III Macon: ex-Gover-
nor Vance Is practicing law in North Carolina
ex-senator Wigfall, of Texas, is in Paris; Geo
\. Saunders is in London; Beverly Tucker.
in Canada; Henry 4. Wise, Thos. S. Babcock,
J. A. Seddou, II. A. Edmundson md Charles
James Faulkner are still living in Virginia.
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The TICKEr SELLISG NUISANCE IL THE
WEsT.-The Springfield (Mass) Republican
says:
"Any one who has travelled in the West can.
not fail io be annoyed by the plentiful huck.
tiers Of railway tickets. At the hotels, every
one Of the attaches from proprietor to boot
black, seems To make ii his business TO find
out where "A traveller is going and try to sell
him n railway ticket. Even in Chicago. a
stranger cannot walk the business streets look.
ing up the corners for the names of said streets
which are not thcro-without being Rccost-
ed with, looking for a railway Office, sirY"
WANT 10 buy tickoti' where ARE You 90
ingi" and other similar naive questions look
ing to the sale of ticket over some one of
the ''main lines entering the young metrop-
oils of the West And although Chicago has
an excellent system Of transfer omnibuscs,
the drivers are evidently tmpercd with. and
II is not unfrequcntly that they direct n stran-
ger to depot and n road that he is not trying
to find, and probably get commission for
so doing. What does nll this jobbing and ped
ding of railway tickets mean? The passen-
ger who purchases ticket at the station or
the authorized Office of railway ought 10 get
II Mt the bottom price" But il tx evident
that some one gets them cheaper, or that
large commissions are paid 10 runners To sell
tickets. 1T competition among the "maih
lines is 40 brisk as to compel them 10 resort
to such industrious drumming, We would sug-
gest soIue of the other and more pleasing
ways of inviting patronage, such as prize
package or gTcenbnck to every passenger.
The plan of the rival steamboats, on the CLYDE
some yonrs ago, when competition was lively
between the Cunnrders aud McIyors, of a
free passage and n bottle Of beer" il more
dignihed than this system of following n trav-
eIer INTO the privacy Of his hotel and quiet
Walks to sell him railway ticket"
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Esteem your brother TO be good. and he is
go. Con6do in the half virtuous. Encourage
your pupil by the assumption that ho pos.
sessos certain faculties, and they will be tlcyel.
oped to him; look on him as incapable of cul-
uVauon, and he continues 80. Pronounce
yourself in health, and YOU may become so
All nature is but the echo of the mind. ond
from iron her VIC learn the highest Of laws that
,ne real springs from the ideal; that the ideal
ny degrees roniodels tho world
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A DrsoUsrED DUrcHM,S.-A California pa,
per rclntcs the following:

per relates the following:
A Dutchman left Austin for White Pine with
something less than mule load of provisions,
tools and blankets, carrying them on his back
On his arrival, not finding "A good claim come
and meet him. he took on big disgust, and left
for Austin, carrying with him his tools blan-
kcts and provisions. On his way home a man
driving nh empty wagon overlook him, and
seeing him so heavily loaded, asked him if he
would not get in and ride. mo, py got r.
was his answer. "But," says the teamster
'my wagon is empty and you are perfectly
welcome" "No, py got!'' replied he, II
learns dis DntchnHn some tingsl learns bin
to go to Vito Pines He carries tese blankets
nv tnml''
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AS an evidence Of the coldnoss of the wealth.
says: "An cstimnble young lady of this town
got choked two days ago while drinking glass
OF water, byapieco Of ice stickingin her throat,
where IL still remains. A council of eminent
physicians decided that nothing could be done
to remove the obstruction before next Spring. ="
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Az Irishman having accidentally broken q
pane of glass in a window, was making the
best OF his way to get ont Of sight as we'll M
mind, but unfortunately for Pat, the proprie-
tor stole n march on him, and having seized
him by the collar, exclaimed: You broke
my window, fellow, did You not2" "To be
sure did" said Pat, "and didn't you see
me running home for money sure, to pay for
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JOB rim TIN

Or EvEEr uEscmPEIos PROMPTLY DoSE, * THE n
STYLE THE ART.
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SPEAKING Of undCrtakors, n well known
member of the fraternity is established next
door 10 popular livery stable, and one day
"n individual popped in, and accosting the first
person he saw, who was not the proprietor, he
said: Can get an open buggy here?'
mo, sir, said the intcuogated, "we havn't
got buggy, but (pointing to hcarse which
stood mt the doOr)-we can accommodate you
with skeleton wagon"
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WIPE was undressing little three -year.old
Clarence the other evening. lIo silently felt
OF his chubby arms little while and then
looking mp into his mothers face he said:
Mamma, who made me?"
"Tho good man up in the sky" answered
mamma.
Clarence turned n steady, sober, searching
look through the tree tops up into Tho clonr'
beautiful, star.lit sky for n moment and then
innocently capped the climax with tho impor.
tant question; "H. '.r.E -.
"But mamma, who took me DOWN"
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is only authorized agent in san Frsacisco Cal.
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In New York City