The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-01-11
No Mails YET.

No Mails ket.
We are still without an Eastern mail, We
presume the cars have not Yet got through
from Chicago to Burlington. making three or
four days that they have been DELAYED They
had, II last accounts, about Il foot Of snow
~ the region of Chicago, and We infer that
II must have drifted so as to delay the trains.
~ The Times has miserable ana futile
reJoinder to our last. 1t meets no point with
single fact, but il ignores facts in the points
which It meets BY mere assertion. For in
stance, y says that we take advantage Of
sentiments uttered by him webster Ii re-
" ference to slavery, which, ia endorsinr the
compromise measures Of 1850. he suisse
quently dsayowed." Wedono such thine.
as the Tines had evidence Or before its eyes.
The very quotation which it alluded to was
iFom speech made the year after he gave in
ms adhesion to the Compromise. as the date
itself showed, and he nercr diSfro,rcd, but
took every proper occasion to confirm, Tie
sentiments Of that speech.
II says again that we deny that he Web
ster) made speeches ia favor Of the doc.
trlnes Of the compromise Of 1850, ma
thereby attempt 70 justify its (our) oppo-
sition 10 these same doctrines" Ncneysr
denied any such thing, f0rw know very well
that be made speeches in favor Of the com
promise. We simply affirmed tha, Mr..
Webster was opposed to the Introduction Of
any more slave States. to the extension Of
Slavery over the new territories. and tho
augmentation of slave representation in the
national councils. And we prortd it. And
"a public speech delivered not many months
before his death,--one of the last he ever
made,--he said that any body who represent
ed him as ever departing from those senti-
menta was "hypocrite and falsiier.'
The Times asks = Does il dare il make
" the charge openly and squarely that Alr. |
Clay was an aboltionistf" We never
sad any thing about Mr.. Clay being an Abo- /
htionlst, We arc not to b. drawn from
point by any such queries, either. We said
that he was opposed 10 the spread Of Slavery
over the new territories, just as we are, and
we proved it.. Aud If that makes us an Abo-
htionist, It makes him one too. We suppose
that Is evident enough, except 10 those who
front see.
ANOTHER NEW PkiNrINe FNGl>E.-We have
just received from Boston and cot ii opera
ton one of Ruggles' celebrated Diamond
Card Presses. This is one Of the most per
feet things Of its kind in the country, simple
yet ingenious in it's construction. doing its
work with astonishing rapdity and excel
lence.
We are enabled, BY this means, to do all
work Of this kind Cheaper, Quicker. and
Better, than can be done elsewhere in this
region Of country, and we solicit the atten-
ton Of the public % this fact
We have now in our Office three Power
Presses, and we contemplate adding another
ia tho spring. Our Office has greater
amount and variety 81 material than any
other office in this region. comprising nearly
~ the later aud most fashinable STYLES OF
type, and il viii be our aim to keep the lead
~ nj the facilities for printing Of oyer,
character and quality, that we NAV be able Ii
HI orders IN cur linc in a style ana at price
more satisfactory than any competitor can
live by
The operation u oar ard Press i well
worth observing ty any man Who like. l.
witness the movement of beautiful ana ef
feetiye machinery.
DER TAolIcnE DEAokRAr. such i .he IL
he Of a new German daily, issued from the
ofee Of the Old weekly Dsmohrat, at DaYen-
port. Il is Of the same size with our own
paper, AM makes very croditahle appear
tnee II the German population u Daven-
port are attic Y sustain Il daily Of this size.
u certainly indicates that good proportion
y the ctzeNs ara from the I4therland and
ar possessed u . 4ommendabe degree of
enterprise.
MR. BEERs Iai, gentleman has accented
IT, reetorsAip If new church at LYONS.
The church was rgan1e1 on TIL 22d. on
the declaration II al association If seven
teen persons for that purpose. Bishop Lee
was present On the occasion. The new
church over which our friend has been called
10 preside, il called .Graee charch., and
the parish proposes to erect house u wor-
ship during The coming season
CO An attempt was made by al incenlia.
ry TO burn the depot Of the CentraI Road at
Kankakee City. lis, few DAYS since, but
the lighted pile Of combustibles was diseoy-
cred IN time 70 prevent a conaagration. 50
says the Democrat Of that place