The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-11-05

pears to like the people Of Ne west, and the
grsst.west itself .Jude1ag from the following
extract, she must haye bsen fortunate in her
acquaintances. We could show her some
people who are NOT quite SO grand and mag
nifcent and free from "pettyness" as are our
rivers and prairies. But, as our friend, the
Engineer, says, her remarks are pretty
good" and here they are, as written to the
Rhode Island schoolmaster:
s.The Western man has none Of the vices Of
thrift. He carries on operations on 30 vast
scale, that he casts out pettyness and mean
ness wherever he goes. He does not higgle
and barter in bargain. He measures dis
tances by miles, not feet. He counts money
! by the dollar, not by the pence. He buys
dress for his wife and gets few yards over.
His own coat and his shoes are all too large,
and his hat is slouched for the same reason.
Ii is as if the imagination of the man was
akin to the vastness of the rivers and pral
| ries of the region-the soul gets quite out
side Of the body. He must have elbow-room
he must Observation-Disclosures his house il
large the room is large, and sometimes un-
comfortable. The bed is high and wide
the teacup ample, and heavy, and like the
lakes--flled to the brim.''
y The following is taken from q letter
from gentleman at Paris, which we find in
the National lntelligencer
1.-THE coming winter is looked forward to
wit much dread, not only by the army in the
the Crimea, but also on account of the gen
eral position Of affairs in Europe. The
funds are falling money is becoming very
scarce new loans must soon be made, both
BIZ France and England, which will shake the
money market. | thought third, and even
fourth, heavy loan could be readily obtain
ed in this country; but you will notice how
stocks all over Europe are falling, which
must also have its effect on you at home
You must not be surprised if you have a
money crisis in the United States, for the ad-
vanced rate Of interest in Europe will cause
large amounts of American securities to be
sent home to be sold for account Of the pres
ent European stockholders, and the remit
tanees for which must be made in specie
You will probably have large export of
breadstuffs, but not sufficient to pay the pro-
ceeds of the stocks that will be sent back for
sale in the United States, and also for your
wild lmportations, which no doubt will be
continued, as we Americans never profit by
the experience of the past.''
MAGAZINE UNDER THE REpAS.-An extract
of letter from Sebastopol, processes to show
no the Redan escaped being blown up by the
Russians, like other forts: "A sapper who
was exploring the batteries of the Redan, just
as the Russians were evacuating the town,
discovered a large cable, which he cut in two
by u blow of the axe, and then called the at
tention of the officers to it, On further e1
animation it was found to be a thick metallic
~ r~nfr, AZ.
This wire led to very large powder maya
zine dug under the Redan, the discovery of
which made the boldest tremble, when they
thought of the frightful explosion from which |
they had escaped. The wire came from
across the town as far as the sea, which it |
crossed to the other shore, from whence the |
electric spark was to be dispatched to set fire
TO that volcano. 1t was discovered Just ut |
the nick Of time, as the last soldiers had not
vet evacuated the town when the forts blew
up, one after another, filing the trenches
with their ruins. The Careening Fort, the
Flag Staff Battery, the Central Bastion, the
forts of the bay, the arsenals and all of the
principal editces, crumbled TO the ground be-
meath the combined action of shells, fire and
mines. The Redan and Malakof alone re-
manned outstanding, the former saved by u
sappee as just mentioned, and the latter saw
ed by shell, which directed by providence,
had cut the electric wire in two"
LuSArrc DocroK SETTING A BROKEN ARM !
Recently, while one Of the patients of the |
State Lunatic Asylum, who was formerly a
doctor was taking his accustomed stroll for
air and exercise, he was attracted to house
not fur from the Asylum by the cries of a
young girl, who, in climbing over a fence,
had fallen and broken her arm. On entering
the door he asoertained that the poor, decrep- |
id, bed ridden mother and the unfortunate
girl, whose labor was the only support Of the
two, were the only occupants. A boy had
been sent for and was then absent in quest OF
a physician or surgeon. The doctor could
not witness the young girls distress, so he
instantly went to work and set and splinter
cd the broken limb. The old lady, with tears
of JOY and gratitude exclaimed, "doctor,
what's to pay ~ 'sOh nothing he replied,
liam amply repaid in the satisfaction this
opportunity has afforded me to relieve YOUR
daughters distress" s'Thank you, dear
doctor, and God bless you'll But when the
doctor we have sent for arrives, who shall we
say set the arIn--what name and residence, |
doctor p'' "Tell him." said our doctor, ssthat !
patient from the Few York State Lunatic
ASYLUM, did it."-[U Utica Telegraph.
CONVENTION OF HusBASDs.-The papers
state that convention of husbands is to be
called shortly at Syracuse n. Y, to adopt
some measures in regard to fashion. They
say that since they have to support the expen-
ses of fashion they have right to regulate its
caprices. 1t is also said that q proposition
to raise boys only, in future is to come be-
fore the convention. The members are to
resolve themselves into a husbands Rights
party.