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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-09-03
First Arrival.

IT u. WOODWARD 4 co. have commenced re-
L. eoivins their Fall stock. We shall have the
largest aud most varied stock If Goods ever brought
70 this market, consisting in part II Dry Good-, No
tom, Boots and Shoes Hats, Caps and Bonncts, sud
Bonnet Trimmings Of every kind. In fact, We can
say TO the Ladies that we have everything that is
necessary for their toilet from cent prints to the
finest Brocade Silks Sha~s Of every hue and pa
tern, from the cheapest Blanket to the best doabe
Brocha- Embroidercs, Laces, Fiouncing., &C., &c.
To the Gentlemen say that we con at you
from top TO toe with the finest Broacloth Or cheap
est Blanket We have few left Of those beauti-
full Shanghai Coats, with Vest and Pants 10 match.
II you want to be in the top OF the fashion just
step into No IS, and bc fitted from head TO heels.
For the little have just the Goods Elan
nes Of every description, Dcaines. Ca-hmeret,., Ca
simere, Challics, Lustra and Lnssys, dc.
We still attend to sell goods isefif lower than
any other house in the city, although ii Is not
sary to state fact so universally understood.
We had almost forgotten TO mention about those
fin. Clocks All We deem it necessary to say is that
we have a "few more Of the ssme sort left
All TO be had at wholesale and retail Of
H. d. WOODWARD h CO.,
Ang. II, ls55.--d&wly. No. IS Main street.
Fresh Butter IN Ice.
( 'UsIoMEks can be supplied until further notice,
~ with choice Butter in Ice nj Is cents per pound,
by WIN. c. FuNKHOuSER,
Jnne 20. 1850 9S Main Street.
L,REsfi oYsTERs-Just received . email lot Of
Cove Oysters Of this sp,Tiny's soyins, BY
Coel.
I HAVE on hand one dozen Ice Chests and Rcfrig-
l. orators, embracing several different aixes and
styles, which will be sold al the lowest priccs and
warranted to please, by W. c. FUNkH0USER.
June 2, 1856
Pork and means.
T HAVE Ticrce picked pork we'll cured also n
1 few bushels white Beans to accompany. For sale
cheap. VIC FuNkliOUSER.
Flourl
I,STOMERS from this data al nth
" Quincy Eagle Flour, which Is warranted TO be
$. pcrior to any made in the MissMippi Valley,
b W.. c. FUNKHOUsER.
Ok BONES choice Sicily Lemons, just received and
Z.) for sale low by &C. FuNkHOUSEK.
june 80
GIRL to do house n S.lDw Fn2'EEv Evans IS 'c,
August 30, 1s55--itf
Tax Notice. save Cost.
vTIIE time for advertising tho lots for sale in the
i city OF keokuk is the first Of September.
Those that have not paid their Tax will please
call al my ofice Thus. MARTIN.
Aug. 70, lSJ3.-dbt City Collector.
NTESSRs. EDITORS Please inform the Lades
wi that have received the largest stock Of
bruideries Collars from cents to 81 90; Maltese,
onctt and Swiss Collars Corscts. Ribbons, MORE An
tiqae and Ribbon Trimmings, e. 4e;
Ill. ID. WOODWARD %,
Aug. IS, Is55.-l6w
Wooden ware.
125 dozen buckets, 2 and hoops,
100 nests tubs, q and 8 in.)
10 dozen well buckets,
10 do half bushcl.,
do churns,
do tar buckets.
50 do broomS.
100 do wash boards,
so gross clothes pins, patent and plain,
20 DOZEN wood FAUCETS,
40 do shoe brusbes.
do large tubs, home manufacture.
For sale by CLE0NORN i HARRISON.
April II, 1856. Z
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= An eastern tourist recently passed over
the Rock Island Railroad, and records his
''fcelings" az follows in the Democratic
Press
left Chicago under the conviction that
along the line of this road should find but
little diversity of scencry-that my sight
would be panied by the continued monotony
of prairies wide and destitute Of timber-that
the streams were dark and sluggish, and that
the country must present appearances of new-
ness, somewhat corresponding to the late pc
Rod of its settlement. But none of the emu
merated anticipations have been realized. ]
find the country sufficiently uneven to con-
stantly crafty and charm the eye, and give a
gay, lively and healthy impulse to the streams.
The open spots of prairie are constantly al
ternating with groves of unusual richness and
beauty of foliage. The residences which
adoSn so many Of the rich and highly cult
waited farms-often smiling out from amidst
the green luxuriance of inviting groves-are
generally large and commanding, and fire.
quently splendid--indecd it would be dficul,
to find, in any of the eastern States, so large
district OF country, with SO many indica-
tons of comfort and convenience, and the
appear lnce of such vast resources for human
happiness and mental and moral develop
ments.
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me "ArkLLo couNrr FAIR is TO be held on
the 9th and 2sth days Of September, at OF
fumwa.
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TO THE FAN HEIRS.
rs steel plows, deep filters,
Is expanding harr0ws,
10 corn and cob crHslsrs, little giant,
IL pAiTs platform scales,
100 sahssTs cutters and fliers.
Also Pttkins OsAgc Orange seal, de-, &c.
A. the Agricultural and seed sLors of
Aug. - 1853. !. III, SULLIVAN 4 co,
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WEST POINT COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

FINiiiS Institution il beautifully situated in the
village Of West Point, LIE county, Iowa, which
is dcscrvcdy noted for its hsalthfuiness. indu'try
and Who'll som, moral and rcli gious inHuenc =.
The course u instruction is similar to that purs "A
in our bcst Institutions, and designed to qualify both
young gentlemen and ladies for any station life
which they may b, called. The government will b.
mild and parental Particular care will be given Ia
the health and moral welfare # the pupils.
The Ri bic will be stated text book. Although
the charter and constitution require the teachers
be members OF the Presbyterian Church. vet the
course of instruction will not be sectarian.
There will be three sessions Of l3 weeks in each
year, The first will comm Monday October
sth 1855.
Terms per session. paid promptly in advance un
less by special arrangement with the prn,ipa
English Elementary Branches, 81 90
Natural Sciences and History, , 20
Languages and higher Math ematics, 90
Incidental fee, 30
No student received for less than one half Of any
term-and tho highest branch studied determines the
grade of tuition. IT i very important for those IN
tending TO enter TO be present at the opening Of the
term.
Boarding in respectable families can bc had for
from 81 30 10 500 per weekn clubs il can be had
much lower, and If any prefsF boarding then.elsc g.
rooms can be had in the college building TO limit
/ extent
The principal will he aided by we'll qualified as
sistan's, and he attcrs himslf that from his past
experience Of several yeats in aching, and bling
graduate Of Miami University, Oaio that he will b
able to give futi satisia ton those who may -
runEst thu Institution, and render il one Of u high
order
For further particulars enquire of
W. c. HOLLYDAY, Principal
West Point, Lee county Iowa,
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CV-Harper for September has been rcceiy-
ea and laid upon our table by J. T, Cave 4
Son. II IL hrsi-rste number of psriodi-
cal which We could not veil AFFORD 70 spsxe,
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MEN WANTED.

MEN WANTED.
ME hundred u,en wanted imm sdntely at the
~ Lock and Dam Pennington.
Carpenters, Quarrymcn and Laiorcrs
For information apply at the Office of
Il. r. 4 ID. w. FORD.
Aug. 30--df No. Sc Main street up srn;rs
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FOOTE & CO..

FOOTE & CO.,
Forwarding ind Commission Mer-
chants.
AT Burlington Iowa, and East Burlington Ill.
FlNHE only Forwarding House connected With the
L Railroad Depot thus Offering superior ndvauta
ges for the transbpping IF Freight
The patronage of the kcokuk merchants and ship
pcrs II respectfully solicited.
Please address us at Burlington, Iowa.
Aug. 30--dlm IOOTE co
TOany Gentleman
NIlSHlNG n new Hat We have just received per
w Express IL dozen Soft Hats Of Superior DUAL
ny nj the Greet Western Emporium"
ID. r. HUMPHREY GAGE.
August II. 1855.
kEOkUk FEMALE SEMINARY
THE FALL TERM
N the ksokuk Female Seminary will Commence
~ on Monday September 10th.
X v. VIM. ii. Williams, Principal and I ,acher Of
English Grammar and Gritei OF Intelle ctual and
Moral Philosophy dc.
Mrs. A. l.. Williams, TEACHER on Piano Forte and
Of the French Language.
Miss Mary c. IIaft, Teacher of the var irs branch
Is Of Mathematics and Natural Science, History DC
Miss Julia Benedict, Teacher in the Primary D.
partmcnt
TUITION PEGS rgns.
Primary Department., 81 90
Advanc d ID lrarimcnt, 6 90
Fuel, Ink Chalk. &c. 30
Lessons Piano Forte, 10 90
90 on Guitar, 90
4" in French Latin 3 90
:" Drawing Painting. 3 90
kcokuk, Aug 30, ls55-d&wGw
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SIDE-LIGHT AND SkY-LIGliT
D. e u II II H Il a y q l. l. T. H u .

ID \ & u h h r A n q Ill T. H Y.
T ii. EMERSON, Artist, would respectfully in
- wife the inhabitants Of Keokuk and vicinity 10
give him call be is fitted up to accomm,s
date all those who may favor him with call, either
TO get Picture, To look at his specimens, to Fit
down and rest themselves in his cool rooms from the
heat of the sun.
va Dark attire is in all ca ses preferred.
Gallery, No. 3, Third Street.
Sept. !, lS55.-dly J. ii. EMERSON, Artist.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.
q torres and their contents, Dwellings, Manufactu-
- ring Establishments and Household Furniture
inSnfcd. Goods in transit insured against the p,rils
Of navigation in the ErSA, STAR AND HAnTroRp IL
suRaxcE COMPANIES, which are safe and reliable.
Lives injured in the .ErSA LIPE INSURANCE Con-
PANY
Pamphlets Furnished information given and Poll
cics issu,d by WIN. w. BELKNAP, Agent,
Corner of Main and Second Streets.
Sept. : lS55.-ilmo
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4 COMPLETE assortment of Swiss and Book
Mousiins, Bishop Lawns, Clrcen.t Cambrcs
Linens Iace, White Curtnins 4c., for sale cheap at
Sept. J, 1898. j. ID. MINCHELL cos.
4 FULL -sortmcnt Of Ladies Kid Silk and Lisel
y Gloves, all colors, very cheap mt
sept |. 1888. MINCHEiL cos.
Fresh Arrivals
4 I the Nimbie Sixpcnee, just from the Auction
I \ Rooms, large lot of Goods. Come and SIC what
bargains. 5. :. d -. e. BILLINGS,
: pit. |, 1s55.--ddw
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Carpets & OiIClOthS /!

y. 4. DTRkEE CO.. s3 Main street.
Lave just received the largest and most varied
stock of Carpets and Oil Cloths ever brought To
Iowa.
This stock comprises one hundred different styles
and having been bought before the recent advance
We will Fell them al present Wholesale eastern pri-
We would respectfully invite those who are fur
nishing thairsfouses, TO examination of these
Carpets and Oil Cloth, feeling satisfied tina, the
qualities styles, and prices, such that they
not fail to please all who may favor with call
August 10, 1885, ddwtf
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Act to be in force after Sept. Is, 1855.
Restoration OF Health i'm III omneld
We learn from citizen of Bloomfield, that
some twenty persons died there during the
prevalence of the cholera a few weeks ago
The health of the place is now however good
as usual, no cases of cholera having occurred
for some time past Business is quite lively,
and Improvements are going forward with ae-
celebrated rapiditv on account Of their tempo
rary suspension. Every thing bids fair for
prosperous season both in town and country
round about. A large accession to the pop
ulstion is confidently expected with the com
ing fall.
Bloomfield is very hourishing town, and
has improved quite as rapidly as any of the
interior towns of our acquaintance within
a few years past ASS the County seat, and
only town of Importance, in one of the
best counties in the State, the prospects Of
the place are very fair, but as the point Of
meeting for the Fort Madison and Bloomfield
Railroad, should they be completed, its adj
rior town of the State.
cT"The Boston Courier, journal which
deserted the Wing party in the last prcsden-
tial canvass, denounced the nominee of the
Wing National Convention, and urged the
Wings of Massachusetts to vote for the name
of dead man, rather than for the living
nominee of the party, insists now on preserv-
ing the integrity aud nationality of the Wing
party.
1t is perfectly natural tina, that journal
should support defunct party, AS il has al
ready advocated the claims of a ghostiy shad-
ow to the Presidential chair. And its pres
ent effort to resuscitate and re-organizc the
Wing party promises to be attended with
about as much success as It's former enter
prise Of clecting the shade of Webster for
President.
But the editor of the Courier is man of
mark, and his consistent folly points him out
as tit leader of the to be rcsuscitatcd Ma
tional Wing party. We trust that the diet
tamil of that party will appreciate the pecu-
liar merits of one who has so richly earned
the Presidential nomination ut their hands,
and for which he is so emncntly adapted
lie comes nearer a lineal and genuine DAM
phoole than any public man of the age.
The fact already stated ought to be perfect
ly satisfactory on that point, but our readers
readers will be doubly satisfied when they
learn that the editor is Matthew Hale Smith,
who has been preacher for almost every de-
nomination in New England, and finally be-
came so notorious that the Univcrsalsts shook
him off in very shame and left him to earn a
living as tho editor of a whiskey organ and
the pensioner of the liquor dealers, from
which he emerged into his present command
ing position at the head of the principal Ma
tlonal Wing journal Of the country.
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Bayard Taylor, who accompanied the Law
crs of the Newfoundland submarine telegraph,
dropped letter at Halifax for the New York
Tribune, which contains the following bril-
liant passage;
AS VIC steamed down the bay. passed the
glaring sand hills of Concy Island, the light
houses on Sandy Hook, and entered the open
Atlantic, there was no swell to disturb the
cheerfulness of our landsmen and landmaid-
ems. The sea was blue and tranquil. scarcely
rippled by the breeze, and stretching away on
the rightto far horizon. On the left ran
the iron beaches Of Long Island, not now loud
and terrible with tremendous breakers. but
cleaning as softly behind their fcatherv hem
Of surf az if they had never known wreck.
The hills of Nevcrsink gradually faded behind
us as we went eastward the white houses
OF Rockaway came and rcceded: and still the
ocean was as smooth as M inland lake. the
sky fair as dream in the tropics. and our
goodly company sparkling with smiles of self
congratualation. Even the broken hulk of
the Franklin, lying off Morichcs, which we
passed al sunset, did not excite the apprehen-
sions of the most timid. 4 cliff of crimson
cloud, which overhung the descended sun.
gradually fell and spread along the Long Is
land coast; heavy with electric heat, and for
two or three hours we had a superb display
of lightning pyrotechnics. Quivcring sheets
of golden flame, darling hither and thither.
seemed playing at hide and seek behind the
clouds; javellns Of white brilliance, were hurl-
ed from the loop-holes of their frowning bas-
tions; the rush, the assault, the retreat, the
dance Of triumph, followed each other in rap
id succession, until the bank of clouds rose.
rolled towards us and broke into sheets of
warm rain.
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COLLECTOR,S SALE.

GOLLECTOR5S SALE.
CITY Of Keokuk, Lee County, State of Io,ca
IlY virtue Of the Charter and Ordinances Of the
ID city Of Kcokuk, will offer nj public sale, (uh
less the amount Of tax and cost hereafter speciicd
is previously paid) at the Mayors Office in snid city
of keokuk, ON Saturday, the LIST day of September
A. d. 1855, between the hours Of Q clock A. NJ .
and o'clock r M. of said day, the lots parts Of
lots hereafter described TO pay the special tax and
costs levied and assessed against such lots by tn.
City Council of said city, for Matchmaking Main
and Second Streets IN front Of said lots, viz:
Lot. Block Tax. Cost
D. j. Rudd, 5 $3I4 10 81 IL
n. A. Franklin, II ~ lI470 ] IL
Eicher Peter 10 81 ia 10 ! IL
Runner NJ. ii. 80 feet
front on Main ST. by
100 feet deep, com
100 #. from 10th st., I55 lI47o 10
unknown, 10 *. front
on Main st. by 1871
deep, com. $40 feet
from 10th street, II 155 2295 i IL
Unknown, 10 feet on
Main ct. by $50 feet
deep, west side of IL l5J 1926 ! lo
Day ID. A. 20 IT, front
Second st. by so
f.. deep, com. 30 feet
from Main street, 20 2467 j 10
THOS. MARTIN,
Collector Of the City of keok uk
August 10th. 1885. dtd
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Truth from an Honest SOurce---
Wharton,s Valedictory.

The Wheeling Tones of the 18th instant,
contaiped the valedictory of James f. Whsr-
ton, who, for trenty years has been its able
and faithful editor. No man has done SO
much to build up the best interests of Wheel
ing and Western Virginia, as the people in
due time will freely confess. The retiring
editor tells the people some plain truths that
ought to be remembered. We cannot refrain
from quoting the following bold and manly
talk. Would that more of the spirit of JEFF
fcrson and the old Virginia philosophy per-
vaded her people of the present day.!
"By the enactment of the fugitive slavS
law and the Nebraska kanzas bill, the gene
ral government became responsible for slave
ry, rs il was made to adopt it as national
measure. Opposed to slavery as an institu-
ton; believing it detrimental and disgrace
full to every government, knowing it paraly-
zes the energies Of every people who retain
it, that it has dragged Virginia down from
the first to the fourth State in the Union in
violation of nature, that it established an
aristocracy Of birth. idleness and power, to
the detriment of the masses, that under it
general education, political purity and equal
ity could not exist, that the few must and
would govern the many, while the impelling
powers of the human mind were suffered to
stagnate, and enterprise find few objects to
stimulate it, we have opposed all efforts to
make the general government the protector
and fosterer Of the institution, and have
urged upon our readers the sentiments enter
tanned by the leading spirits Of Virginia, in
her paimfest days, wherein they denounced
the institution, and called earnestly upon the
people to provide for it's eradication ut an
early day. That one who uttered such senti-
ments in Virginia should meet with nothing
but opprobrium from those presses Of the
State which are the timid tools of petty ty-
rants, or are prostituted to the advancement
OF political factions, is to be expected. That
mouth that spoke freely upon such SUBJ
Ject, should feel the power Of those who
would perpetuate the supremacy of the few
over the many, was to be expected; that he
would suffer many forms of persecution is no
more than he ought to consider the necessary
result; but thank God we have found thou
sands OF noble hearted friends, who held our
position as the dawning Of brighter day.
That day has already dawned in the public
schools, and the commencement of internal
improvements in the State, before which
slavery will slowly but inevitably fade away
as the mists of the night before the morning
sun. We may not live TO see Virginia n free
State; but fifteen years will not eiapse before
the necessary legislation is had to produce
that result"
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of persons to hold slaves in this territory,
such person shall be deemed guilty of fclo-
ny, and punished by Imprisonment at hard
labor for term not less than two years.
SEC. l3. No person who is conscientiously
opposed to holding slaves shall sit
as jnror,on the trial Of any prosecution for
any violation Of any Of the sections Of this act
Act to be in force after Sept. Is, 1855.
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Fresh Butter N Ice.
CUSTOMERS can be supplied until further notice,
~ with choice Butter in Ice nj Is cents per pound,
by WIN. G. FuNKHOuSER
Jnne 20. 1880 96 Main Street.
tNREsH OYsTERS-Just received email lot Of
l. Cove Oysters Of this Springs eoving, by
w. Z. FUNkHOESER.
June 2, 1858.
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Skc. .. IL any person in this territory shall
aid or harbor any escaped slave from another
state such person shall be punished
IN IKE manner as If such slave had escaped
from his master in this territory.
SEC. y. IT any person shall resist an Off
GER while attempting To arrest any slave that
may have escaped or shall rescnc
such slave, or aid such slave to escape from
the omcer--the person SO offending shall be
Imprisoned at hard labor for not less than
two years.
SEC. ~. If any marshal, sheriff. consta.
tie, or the deputy of any such officer. shall
when required, refuse to aid or assist in the
arrest or capture Of any slave that may have
escaped, such ofhcers shall be fined not less
than 500 dollars, nor more than $500.
okc. IL. II any person print, write, intro
duce into, publish, or circulate, or cause 10 he
brought into, printed, written, or published
or shall knowingly aid or assist in bringing
into, printing, publishing or circulating within
this territory, any book, paper, &C.. con-
tanning my statcmsnts, doctrines. &c. cir
caiatsd 70 produce disa6ection amono the
siayse 81 this tesritory-he shall be punished
y e1sOnment at hard labor for not less
t. : years. go
Nc. l2. If any free person by speak
~ - by writing assert or maintain, a a,
pAoons k1ye - right 10 hold siares in the
tse9toogys Ior ShaM intrsdacc into Kansas.
Prists pubIieh, vfite, cirealatss or cause 10 be
intsoG1oe6 ints To tessitery, written, prn-
ted, pabttahsd, or ciseslAtsd = this territsry,
any book, paper, maEAsins. panphiet, or cir
eo'as' containing any Aesisl o. the rights
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-28
M The Hon. Z. II. Stanton. {.

D6- The Hon. r. H. Stanton, formerly
a member of Congress from the Maysville
(Ky.) district, is editing a Democratic pa
per in MaySVille. In late impression he
says:
ave served two years in Congress with Mr..
Fuller, and no more decided Freesoi, anti-Ne-
brasks man had seat in that body"
The Hon. ex-member of Congress, we
arc sorry to say, Stoops to falsehood in
the above paragraph. When he served in
Congress with Mr.. Fuller, he found him
(Mr. F. a decided supporter of the Com
promise Of 1850, and, therefore, an anti
Freesoiler Mr.. Fuller was not member
of the Congress that enacted the Kansas
Nebraska act.
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-28
what Richard.on thinks.

It appears that Mr.. Richardson, the
nominee of the fortyeight for Speaker,
holds to the Northern construction of the
Kansas-Nebraska bill. The Washington
Organ, of the 21st inst, states his position
thus
alt lie well known that Mr.. Richardson has
justified his support Of the Kansas Nebraska
bill on the ground that the bill would make
Kansas and Nebraska, and all other Terrific
ries hereafter organized in accordance with
the principles of the Kansas Nebraska bill,
FRKE TERRITORY This is the ground upon
which he defended himself during the last
Congressional election in the State of Illinois,
and the press which advocated his reelection
defended him on the same ground, and boldly
asserted that the course Of Mr. Richardson
was in accordance with the wishes of the peo-
pie of the free States, because the Kansas and
Nebraska bill would make these territories
free"