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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-26
WHOLE NUMBER 1887.


II any man still dcubls Of ~ e..
trsmity % vhIsh he ruGzasisu = fks
Border Is ready 70 60, ,--or Of 'ths e.
tent 10 which The Fedenl Adminis(rs-
ton is ready 70 ssst>ia h it,-lss hin
read the sworn statenenls Of vhss ~
been done 10 Leavenvorth. vhish ue
published yesterday. In that soun.
|--she head -Quarters of the U1It@
States troops u Kansas. .-at : {ovo
Election. the Boshsnieru eook uuuo.-
sion Of the polIs. .--vGned ~ p1se-
State men 70 keep away. - shot e two
or three who came up TO vofe.-mur-
dered tuo men ID cold blood. ga
then drove out at the mossls Of the
musket every man in tie town Who
would not promise to lola then II e.
tsrmiuatiag the did Abolisiouists b
There . no prsesnce Of provoc af;on:
not whisper Of any vioIsnee hsrinc
been offered on the other side. TkS.
whole thing Was . cool. drliherofe.
movement Of the Buchanan partr -
the town Of Lesvsn worth. The 90.
and avowed object Vas 70 prevent ~.
man voting IN favor of n .kisx
kansss Free State. No seftler h
that Territory is allowed 70 hold or
express any euch opinien. The laws
OF kansss forbid Il. Those laws
make IL felony to deny the leesEfv of'
Slavery, ,-ov to advocate its proki-I :
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-26

or Jacob, vs,o Dc yankees, mean
der seefowt"
9f"vat,you not vers,and da, tPl
"No.yat he msanIy . "a
Ivy, II mean twsniy hinehes below
cant get any eoldef'"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-26

20 Au Asceteaty. Gov. Gsoyy:
DsAR Sra The undersiRsed, ois.
issns Of Lsavenworth City. K. r.
hereby make known 10 you lhst shsv
have been peaceable snd lav-sbsdinc
citisens Of Leavcn worth. and a. suc6
were engaged in their lawful business
until Tuesday. the Cd inst. when they
we're called on BY certain Capt. En-.
ory, With an armed posse undsr his
command. and ordered to leave the
city forthwith. Many Of us have iea
large stocks Of goods, and our hon,
ses and furniture all at the mercy a
our prosecutors.
We have committed no crime
against the laws Of the United States.
or those OF Kansas Territory. 4, ~
We now petition you solProseot oar
property. and 10 give us assurance Of
your protection. 30 that We may re-
turn peaceably 10 our homes In Leav
enworth. A We are here without
means. anil on heavy expenses. wish
our families. we would urgs ron %
give us an answer 10 this ct your ear
liest convenience. We are your obe-
dent servants. st7
s. Norton. N. D.. N. Z. ClArk. w.
HAller, E. Eaglishnsnn. Nslson Ne
Cracken. John Kendall. ]. A. Davies.
w. Englishmann. r. s. Leavitt.
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lFron the - .Lonts DeoosatJ
Lesvsnworth L Hen Appealing 20 Gov.
ossry.

Annexed you will 6nd copy Of .
letter which we have forwarded 20
the Governor Of Kansas Territory.
and do hope for speedy and s.tIs-
factory answer to the same If Alter
claiming protection from oar govern
nent: and II should b DENIED. or ae-
knowledged insufficient, and no charge
exists against as. what treasure 4 sSc
We ia our glorious independsnce? -
We await with patience The answer,
receipt. r
We are. yours. Is below.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-26
! rf1t boa lfPson ~ Balunoss rssrsok
4 Ratieaal Visw ef the lpisunloz
Threat

=
.osst sustc,;,s-s,, g g, ',ss -" -<sn,. Z as.s =
| & becomes ~ dufv Of srck sorfksrs -,
lbsrs of ne Confsderocv a. re,rd;etsr an
ideu of din<nisr to icelcr> fis;, f.-I<., Z.
ks sriiciSs ef cosfslsrofjos q Ieno:soe
pkick csnsot bs misfnkes. So far - re-
pects the ia.eRrity Of the Fede>al bond.
it matters not who II elected President
--MorvIsnd pi1l sfond bv kke Un;on. -
She has her preferences, ana viii indi-
cate them BY her vote; but, Il the ststss-
'Esn whom she regards most worthy Of
being chosen Chief Mseistrste, should
unfortunately be supplsntsd By . more
popular candidate. chs. will imitsts The
example Of thar 6ne old English Admi-
raj. Blske, who had no love lor the pro-
.ectorats Of Comwsli. yet felt Il 70 Be
bic duty % serve his country, no matter
who held the reins Of the Government.
Msrytand viA stssd firmly By oe
Union. Not that her citizens arc inseu-
sible to the perils BY which It ;s sncom-
passed. bot because a. member Of the
coniedesscys Whatever power she poss-
esses may still be exerted to promote
the ends OF good government, and re-
esteoiisn peace and fratesnal concord;
and because, also. when once the South
seParstes from the North, tne process OF
OF disinteeration between the several
States will have commenced, and win
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| ken at onee and AZ a h;oh premium-
Recently, the State of Virginia. bv
merely threatening disunion, found her
bonds unsaleable in foreign markets.
and II she was capable of csrryine out
her threat, they would not com mand
purchasers Al snv price.,
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d.runc;a,;ons acainst ali who diner from
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~ There have hssn some sIeh.
teen or twsaty desshs In RashvIlls
within ths last ok weeks. aiifa
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05
Iowa Republican Platform.

Uni ted in = common resolve to maintain Right
against Wrong. and believing in the determin alton
Of virtuous and intelligent people to sustain JUS
tce, We declare
l.. That Governments are instituted among mon
to secure the inaiienabie rights of Life Liberty and
the Pursuit of Happiness.
z. That the mission of the Republican Party is
10 maintain tho Liberties Of the People, the Soverr
eighty Of the States, and the perpetuty of the
Union.
8. That under the Constitution and by right.
Freedom alone Is National
4. That the Federal Government being one of
limited powers, derived wholly from the Constitu-
ton, its agents should eonstrue thos powers strictly
and never exercise doubtful authority,--always
inexpedent and dangerous.
). That if this plain Jeticrsonian and early pol
Icy were carried out, the Federal Government won Id
relieve itself If all responsibility for the existence
OF Slavery, which Republeanism insists that it
should. aud means that il shall do and that re-
garding Slavery in the States local institution
beyond our reach and above authority, but rec
ognizlng it Of vital concern 10 every citizen in It's
relation to the Nation, will oppose its spread
and demand that all National Territory ShaA BE- free
G, That the Repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
and the refusal of the Slave Power to abide by the
principles which that repeal professedy
based, make the National Domain the battle ground
between Freedom and Slavery, and while Repubh
cans stand on a national basis and will mani
fest and maintain national spirit, they will shrink
from conflict and shirk resp0nsi bility this
issue.
I. That the Slave Power and the present national
Administration and its adherents having violated
this policy aud the principles which it IL based
by disregard of law and its own profession, by an
invasion of the State and personal rights, and by
breaking solemn covenants, has forced upon the
country the Issue whether Freedom shall be limited
to the Free States, Slavery to the Slave States
and made that isSne absorbing and paramount.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05
For the Gate Etty
Newton and the Convent Tax.

Newton and the Convent Tax.
MEssRs. EpIroRs: NV attention has been
called TO an article in the Times OF Yesterday
in which it is said that I" Mr.. Newton was in
+" favor Of, and fought for, the release of the
" Convent from taxation, until his opposition
" was met by legal opinion, asked for by
:" the Council through Gen. Bridgman, one Of
" the Gates Black Republican associates"
The statement is untrue. The application
to have the Convent property exempted from
taxation by the city, was referred by the
Council to a committee Of which Mr. Ne vton
and myself were members. Mr.. N. expressed
the opinion from the first, that the property
was not legally exempt, and it was at his sug-
gestion that the opinion Of Mr.. Dixon was
asked. We went together to Mr.. DPS Office,
and he stated the question. agreed with
him that the Council could not exempt unless
it was exempt under the laws Of the state.
can very well afford to let the charge Of
Black Republcanism pass without comment,
and a. am not a candidate for office Ihave
no motive for denying my opinion or course
upon this or any other matter Of public in
| terest. A. BRIDGMAN.
April 4th, 1856.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

MEssRs. EDITORS Permit me to say to the pub
lie that am now In receipt Of general assortment
of Boots and Shoes and Brogans, comprising all
rieties and am prepared to give such bargains as
will compel the trade TO say that reap but little
advantage from the recent advance on goods; and,
as it Is already understood that 1t the Third Street
Boot and Shoe Store the best bargains are to be had
will only say to the trade call and see me before
purchasing elsewhere. w. +. THOMPSON.
.df
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

DEMOCRATIC DRors.-The Buchananites of
Pennsy lvania are forming keystone Clubs.
The Boston Atlas does not know what the
ceremony Of initiation is to be, but supposes
that letting out every drop of Democratic
blood in the veins Of the candidate will nat
urally be part Of it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05
The Gate City against the world
Keokuk Mattress Mandatory
A. C.. Orr

/ now mannfactnrlng MATTRESSES OF every descrlp-
ton, Spiral Spring, Cured Hair, Woolen Feltng,
Cotton, Moss, Birch, Shuek, and Straw Of the best
quality. Pillows and holsters Of MI kinds. Also,
Comforts and Feathers
Hotel and Steamboat orders promptly attended TO,
and all articles manufactured sold at my estab-
Iishment will be offered at fair terms, and warrant
ed. challenge the production Of superior work IT.
any establishment Of the kind in the Western coun-
try. You respectfully invited to call and exsna
inc specimens of my work. Wareroom corner u
Fourth street and Exchange.
have in operation newly invented and expensive
machinery, which enables me TO manufacture bet
ter work, at liberal rates. than inferior work
otherwise manufactured be afforded for. Aatc-
rial for Bedding etc prepared by machinery Is moro
uniformly and perfectly prepared, and the work
far superior In quality.
Wholesale and Retail.
March 10 1866 dAwly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

MORE DISCOVERIES OF Coal IN KANSAS
There has been discovered within the limits
of our city an immense coal field, which came
to light in rather singular manner. The
present thaw caused the dirt to slip from the
hill side, and it laid vein of coal open to
the light Of air, two feet thick, by thirty yards
in length. Several Of our citizens are al
ready preparing TO mine and deposit coal on
the bank, ready for the steamboats,, which
we look for shortly Kansas Pioneer, 5th.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05
Arrival Of the Atlantic.

The Atlantic is in. Peace is agreed upon.
Only the protocol is awaiting the signature
of the Russian deputy.
The Prince of Algiers, Napoleon ~. has
made his advent. Eugene and the baby are
doing we'll.
No other important news.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

Il. u. q. r.
fINHE members Of the kEoKuK LoDGR No. are
L notified to meet nj the Odd Fellows Hall on
sunday 1t one o'clock NJ, to attend the funeral Of
Bro. A. r. Thomas. All members Of the order are
invited to attend. 3. s. MERRIAM, N. G..
L. w. O'BRIEs, Secretary.
April 5, 1855
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

The DRs MONIES VALLEY WING is issued from
this office every Wednesday, has extensive and in
creasing circulation throughout the DesMones Val
ley, we'll in the rest OF the State and the Uni
ted states, and a medium of advertising is not
surpassed. Subscription price $3.50 per annum in
advance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

PURCHASE OF SILVER Com AT THE MrNr.-
The director Of the United States mint At
Philadelphia, has given notice that purchases
of silver for coinage will be made on the fol-
lowing terms, payable in silver coins of the
new issues. Five franc pieces at 90 cents |;
old Spanish dollars at los cents; Mexican
and South American dollars at lO63 cents
half dollars of the United States coined be-
fore 1887, at 52i cents; the same, from 1873
to 1853, at 52A cents; German, Swedish,
Danish, Norwegian and old French crowns,
at | IA cents each; German forms 4 cents
Prussian and Hanoverian thalers at SO cents
American plate, best manufacture, at 20 and
~ cents per ounce, and genuine British
plate at | 25 cents per ounce.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

SEVEN PERSONS DRowsEp.-The Rock Is
lander Of the 18th learns from gentleman
just from Lyons that on last Monday, a man
with a two-horse wagon in which besides
himself there were two women and four chill
dren, attempted to cross the river on the ice
above Lyons, but the wagon broke through
and oil seven persons were drowned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

At his residence in this city, the 4th inst, of
eongestiye chilIs, Mr. A. P. Thomas, in the forty
fourth year of his age.
The funeral will be~ttended from the residence of
the family Mt o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

To Watchmakers and Jewellers.
WE are new receiving our Spring stock Of
w Jules Jurgensen's splendid Watches,
Vacheron 4 Cons tantncs
Lewis Richards :"
Jules Suer's g
James 6toddarts
X. F. Cowcroys !"
Z. ID. Johnsons /"
r. Perys
and other celebrated makers, in Gold and Silver Gel
ses. Also large stock Of cheaper Watches. Of the
best styles Also every description Of Jewelry, d
he latest styles Of the finest to the cheapest quality
Also Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plated Spoons an
Forks, Clocks, Watch Materials, Spectacles Pistols
Accordeons, DC.
Dealers will find it to their advantage to examinG
our stock As we can sell cheap any EASTERN
house. and no has good an assortment to selec
from DUHME CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers, No 1870 Main 81.
Cincinnati, o.
mchyl DIV.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05


To the Stockholders OF the kGOk INK
M. Pleasant 4 MuscatiMe H. H. .. !,
NOTICE Is hereby given, that in accordance with
y the conditions Of the subscription for the LIST
Division Of said road, the eighth instalment Of 81
per cent will be due and payable April 4th 1856, al
the banking house Of Charles Parsons Treasurer ke-
okuk, or to the undersigned, General Agent.
j. X. H0KNISH,
General Agent X Mt. p. 4 NJ r. K. Co.
Mar. 6, IS56.-td dAw
keokuk Times AID Mt Pleasant Obsei yer copyl
kEOkUk INSURANCE AGENCY,
~ fFICE corner of Main and Second Streets, up
~ stairs.
CArITAL:
Commercial Insurance Company, $lo0,000.
Ktna Insurance Company. $500 900.
Star Insurance Company, $4,000.
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, $300,00o
Htna Life Insurance Company, $3.50 900.
Policies issued on dwellings, stores and merchRn-
die. in city and country. Marine and Life Insur-
ance effected reasonable terms.
apr4dim w. w. BELKNAp, Agent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05
ATOKE TO LET.

I HAVE on Main street, adjoining Messrs. Csdy,
Jones q Peck, an xceilent store room for rent.
Its eighty feet deep, twenty feet wide, and three
stories high above the basement, and an eligible
house for heavy business. For terms inquire Of
eady, Jones 4 Peck, Of the undersigned.
Apr5-dfW c. III PERRY
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

G1T Judge Breckenridge, in roprimanding
criminal, was answered by him: "Sir, am
not 80 great scoundrel as your honor -
takes me to be-" "Put your words closer
together" replied the Judge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

MsssRs. EprroRs MANY of the citizens of kso-
kuk desire TO propose WV II. MCPHERSON Al a candi-
date for Constable. Mr.. Mcpherson has been
tried and tested by the citizens Of the place, and
found 10 be prompt, faithful and efficient officer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

ARHEsrED.-The Iowa City RepubHc0ss
states that Teal, the man who robbed the
mail Of some Sc, 600 in Marion, last fall, and
whose little son dug a hole in the wall of the
old Jail and let him escape, has been arrested
in Mount Carroll, ILL.,, and is now confined in
jail in Davenport. MIR. Doty, Deputy U. s.
Marshall, has been interchangeable 10 his exer-
Teal was re- taken. He would have been tax
en- to Iowa City again, were it not that the
jail is not secure enough TO hold him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

Eos GATE CRY - Please anpounce CHARLES
Parsons q candidate for Alderman from the First
Ward
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

| MKssns. EprroRs Please annouyce G. =. Coss
az candidate for the Council from the First Ward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

MEssRs. EDlroRs Please announce G. G. STEW.
EMS and HAWKINS TAYLOR a. candidates for Alder
men for the Fourth Ward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

THOMAS MARTIN will be q candidate for reelection
to the Office of Justice of the Peace at the Apri
election.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

We requested to announce f. CoLF.
didate for reelection to the office of Justice of tn,
Peace at the Spring election.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05
CITY ELECTION.

ID. b. SMITH is announced o candidate for Al
derman in the Second Ward atthe coming election.
MANY VOTERS
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

We~are authorized to announce the name of X
J. Folsom, as acandidate for cit5 Marahal at III
ensuing election.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

CT The Times says we "charge" Mr..
Newton with being Methodist minister. If
It means to convey the idea that we urge that
MS an objection, it is untrue. That he has
been such, is the most creditable thing we
know of him, but it is not so much to his
credit that he has abandoned his profession
and gone to hunting Locofoco Offices.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

MEssRs. EpIroRs Please announce q. W. pIrT.
MAN and J. NJ. BILLINGS as candidates for Council
mon in the Third Ward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

CO few years ago Jim Woods of Bur-
lington appeared on the Half Breed Tract as
the herald and forerunner of every election.
1t was always and every where understood
that Jim Woods was the ssman that come
round to tell the people how to vote"
At that day nobody dreamed that there
could be meaner man found for the pur-
pose, but then the people had never seen DIR.
Eads, Superintendent Of Public Instruction
for the State OF Iowa.
DIDN'r Ksow.-The Times says that New
ton did not vote on the 81 500 claim Of Mr.
Graham, because he was'the acting President
of the Council and 6 thought he had no right
to vote" The benighted mani Thought he
had no right, Ell? A man 80 destitute of the
most common knowledge is incapable Of pro-
perly guarding the interests Of q ward as Al
iderman, much less the character of the city
as Mayor. We did not expect the Times TO
put in the plea Of non compos mentis for it's
candidate at this stage Of the canvass.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

Gyr The editors of the Times are excited,
mad, furious, and they are determined that
every body shall know it. They are in ter
rible stew. They squirm, and fume, and siss,
and sputter, most excrutiatingly. They plead
non compos for their candidate, and demon
strate their own imbecility. They charge
guilty completely and fraud upon the respec-
table gentleman whom the people of Indiana
recently elected State Auditor, and re-iterate
theibfuly disproved libel that Col. Curtis is
q swinder. They publish Mr.. Merriam, as
honest man as our city holds, and univer-
sally known to be such, with the forgery Of
public documents, and with changing and re-
moving landmarks. They charge us with
being in favor of Merriam for Mayor, and say
they can prove it, in the face Of all that we
out of seven of the candidates. on the Peo-
ple's ticket stand on the same PLATFORM
And TO crown the medley of fraud, fury,
falsehood and folly with which its columns
are crowded, the Times insinuates, rather by
implication to be sure, that DR.. Eads is down
here on business other than that Of the cleo
ton. The editors of that sheet are clearly
demented and dangerous, and ought not
longer to run at large. Let their friends
catch them, and put them in strait jack cts,
quick.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-04-05

We are requested to state that WM Srorrs will be
candidate for reelection to the Office Of j. p. at the
spring election.