The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-11-07

Nsw YoRK.--ln 50 counties FrsmooI -
$4,000 over Buchanan md "a, 900 over rill-.
more. His nsjorisy viii anqusssioaabH IL
very large. 1ksA hsle R4psbliaa state tiekt4
probably eIssssl. Aatesapn tnsp.) re-1ees.
ed to Consssss. Aoss (RSnO rs.slssssa
Burrows (Rep.) elected In Niagara distsiss
over Washinstss Hunt. Rep. elected in On
sida district.
ILLrsos.--lt appears very certain that
Illinois has gone for Fremont. In several
southern counties heard from Fremont and
Fillmore both gain. The northern part Of
the STATE goes Overwhelmingly for Fremont.
The last dispatch from Chicago says that in.
dications are that the Republican Presiden-
tial and State tickets are both elected.
NEw JIRskY. telegraph says that
New Jersey has probably Como for Buchanan,
but elected the Republican state ticket.
IowA.--Henry gives 1000 for Fremont,
jefferson 200, Louisa 400. Des Moines gives
100 instead Of 200 for Buchanan, Lee about
$50 for Buchanan.
LEE CouSrY.--Returns from oil the town
ships except Cedar and Pleasant Ridge rem
der il certain that Johnston and Patterson
are elected delegates to the Constitutional
Convention. Psttcrson's majority over Ran
kin will reach $50 in the county.
CT The vote in Pennington township, Van
Buren, county, including the Pennington and
Bonaparte precincts, Was 2S4 for Buchanan,
los for Fremont, and 100 for Fillmore.
| grDavis county 10 reported S45 majority
/ for Buchanan, and Van Buren, $50.
fTBanks and Burlingame are both re.
elected in spite Of powerful combinations
against them.
cTKennsth Raynor Of n. c. and John n
Bolts both wrote foreible and eloquent let
ters urging Pa. Americans to vote the Union
ticket. They were both from slave states,
and conspicuous men, but all the fear and
talk about disunion they declared to be ths
merest trumpery. Yet thefreinds Of Fill.
more in Pa. made that fear pretext for re.
fusing to vote for the Onion ticket.
G. The Philadelphia Ledger previous te
the election last Tuesday published an ad
vertissment that "stright.ous Fillmore tick
ets'' could be had in any quantity At the Dem
ocratic head quarters. A. the Yankee said
when he looked At the Sismsse twins, 81
guess them fellows is brothers."
cTMr. Sumner declines the propose,
banquet to him at Boston, being too III Il
take part in such demonstration.
CO The Times took down its rooster las
night. Has it ssclothes line" Telegraph
or has tho regular lightning line knocked it
Cook DOWN.
Kxoxuk, KANSAS CRY, AND CALrroRxII
RAlLgoAp.--A company has been formed
with the above title, to build road from
Kansas City to keokuk, under the genera
railroad Law Of Missouri. The Director.
chosen arc John C. Mccoy, j. c. Ransom, j
Riddlesbarger, Il. T. Peyer, X. Coats and J
Lyking, of Kansas City; L. NJ. Samuel, NJ
Arthur and A. Lightburne, Of Clay; Mr.
Rogers, Of Ray; II. wilcoxen, Of Carroll
W. Y. Slack, of Livingston, and A. w
Flournoy, of Linn. A Convention is callet
to meet at Linneus on tho 10Th AZ November
The road is 2lo miles long, and that piN o
It which has been surveyed lover ono half
found to be cheap and practicable. kansa
: City voted on the 18th $4,000 to the road
This il regarded ss an important road, and it
friends look forward confidently TO its earl
completion. After a President IL claosel
the people on the line will be called on Il
subscribe stock in The road st. Louis Eve
, ming News-
And more important line of railroad il
|. this region could hardly be designated.
opens to us and to the Northeast the shortes
and most direct and practicable route to tn
Southwestern country. Chicago, Keokuk an
Ramsay City are in direct line, and the lin
Of railroad will be very straight as propose
, between these points respectively, and it vii
, become the great highway of emigration an,
travel hither and thither,-a buster and NOR
. productive road, and, to Kansas City and tn
Southwest, to keokuk, Chicago, aud tn
I Northeast, more important aud useful roa
than would readily be imagined. The mex
thing which we should take earnestly in hanc
may very probably be the Keokuk, Kansa
City and California Railroad, which now ha
legal existence, and an able and inaueniis
! board Of managers.
Benton's Closing speech.
Col. Benton made . great speech to tn
Democracy OF st. Louis on Monday night
We quote this passage to show that his pos
!; ton on the question Of Slavery extension
: identical with the Republican party. W
9 call attention, too, to his testimony as to tb
$ position Of Henry Clay on the question,
any testimony be needed to add force to tn
!. emphatic declaration Of tina, illustriou
stafasman