The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-08-24

10 he hobbllng over my lat crs ciaret IN
my grandfa,hsr's house, with the black
guard attorney Who ruined rs all, 10 be
listening to the unnistakable refusal tn
marry me of the only Girl ever loved.
or to be arrested by dirty tailor on thc
eve Of steeple chase, in which was the
favorite gentlemin rider DON'T fancy
that tEou.ht Of all tn ,sc things at that
inc, though never thought 20 mu,h il
d wear as did in those few IN IN ents.
The u-ly Jewish features Of the man
approlchcd me with the fascination of
serpent twisted myself round to meet
the still more lsndsh glatce of the wo-
m II. They nearei me- The clutch Of
thu ing i already at my thro1t. The knife
Of the MN Is upraiscd Suddenly the
cords Of speech WAS loo ened and scream
ed ->creamed ike a horse in he agony of
the bttile field. sha!i never forget The
sound If my own voice IN dat uncar.hiy
cry. The monsters drew back bui it was
only TO q k at esch other and lnlg4 in
chuokIe of CHASTITY mfrriment. At that in
5 ant thought OF something with my
right hand / drew forth my Coils revolv
er remembered distinctly during the
instant it took to pluck it forth, all The in
ci lents . the TIVE days previous eich
time | bad fired 1t, and that there were
two charges left when | was shot dowt
from my horse. To snatch IT lorIh--to
cock ito level ito pull the trigger
was The work OF second. Down went
the man . filthy corpse upoa TIE ground
| remember seeing the shadowy forms Of
the obscene birds grouped cropiu in the
solitary tree near me lazily extend their
wings as the s1arp report rang out. The
hag lied a half dozen paces, Ike a started
ghaul, but she VAS burdensd with spoil,
aud her foot caught againstt c very corpse
OF him who she had last assisted 10 muir
der Before she could rise had covered
I her with my pistol One, two' three! she
has ! cried. But il vas not fated that
she should elJoy The privilege Of instant
death. She tell wounded and crippled
Her moans and niaIedlc,uns were horrible
ha sirick her, | believe, in The hip
n.
At lerg h conceived the ida Of drag
ging myself ON that appalling vicinity;
70 tn, Sc TWO wretches had m .ie the &c
+
I field familiar and cndurab'c by comparison
with their neighborhood either in life Or
death. was not disturbed again that
night, and indeed d not rememb much
more until found myself IN litter, and
among friendly faces. Looking forth, a,
| was borne away, saw only one sight in
all that CHASTITY field Of death. 1t was the
Old Ilngara's corpse. Plundered In turn
by my soldiers, il lay nakeI, stripped Of
hal selected it fer his Prey, as something
more corrupt than all that lay around.
4 NV faithful Achmst told me chat for
hours af er they found me he could not sue
coed in getting me 10 relax my gripe on
my Colt's pis 81. II ! survive these wars,
and ever bee me respectable citizen IN
oald lreacd a,aIn, That weapon shall be
precious heir loom 20 hand down 10 my
chilrca's children, as the instrument Of
ms PROV, leni1I escape from "a h a Death
UNsouND CuRRt sGY.-Ihe Augusta.
Geo, Ghronicle advises its readers against
tie following banks:
Atlanta Bank, at Allnta
Interior Bank, al Griffin.
|. G arge bank. at /. Grange
- NJ annlacurcrs x Mechanics Bauk, at
Columbus
Merchants Bank. at Macon
Inters' and Mechanics Bank, at Ddi
ton.
FAfLTp.
Bank Of MllcdgeyiIlc, at MiIiedgevllc
Cherokee Insurance and BAnkng Com
pany, at Dalton.
These banks are considered irrespon-
sible AMI worthless. and their manage
ment virtual fraud upon tie people, be-
c,use they are controlled by wildcat iinan.
cieIs out Of the State, men unknown to the
people; and there is, therefore, virtually no
guaranty for the re 'cmption of their bills.
/ They are IN our 81 inion, wholly unwor by
OF confidence or credit and the people
I should ret,se TO receive or circulate heir
4 bills"
CAIRO as Posr OFFICE DGsrRiBurINa
/ PoINr = The Alton correspondent Of the
81. Louis Repubi,can says:
+" Cairo is decidedly in the ascendant, II
We may Judge anything from the old saw
+ that ''straws TELL" &c. an Informed
that the Post Office Department has dee-
dcd to make Cairo or nd distributing o..
iicc for half a dozen of the Northwestern
States, and fer all the spondsnce Of
the Mlssissippi and lower Ohio Rivers
ltls furthermore rcporte that S. s. Brooks,
Esq, one of The pioneer Illinois public
mcn--and first rate man lie is-has been
offered the Office Mr. Braoks is an hon