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The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

The DYING FATHER AND HIS CHnp.-He
laid his pale hands upon her head, and as the
flower folds itself beneath the night t-shadow
Mary sunk to her knees. She clasped her
little hands, and dropping them upon her
fathers, buried her face there then the lips
of the dying man parted and the last pulses
OF his life glowed out in a prayer 80 feryent,
so powerful in its faith, that the very am
gels in Heaven must have veiled their faces
Us they listened to that blending Of eternal
faith and human sorrow.
I Mary listened at first tremblingly, and with
strange awe; then the burning words began
to thrill her. heart aud bind, and yielding to
I the might Of spirit which his prayer had
/ drawn down from Heaven broke forth with a
cry Of the same holy anguish and the voice
of father and child rose and swelled together
up to the throne Of God.
/ As he prayed, the face of the sick man
grew sublime in it's paleness, and the death
sweat rolled over it like rain, while that of
the child grew strangely luminous. Gradu-
ally, mouth, eyes and forehead kindled with
glorious JOY, and instead of that heart -rend-
ing petition that broke from her at first, her
voice mellowed into soft throes and murmurs
of peace.
The sick man hushed his soul and listened ;
his exhausted voice broke into sighs, and
thus, after a little time, they sunk into ST.
lence-the child filed with strange ecstacy--
the father bowing with calm JOY beneath the
hand of death.
''Let me lie down, am very, very weak, -
he said, attempting to rise.
Mary stood up and helped him. She had
grown maryelously strong within the last
hour, and her soul, better than that slight
I form taI {. baf3 low
lie lay down. She placed the pillow un-
der his head, and knelt again. 1t seemed oas
if her heart could give forth its silent graft
| tude to God best in that position.
lie laid his hand upon her head. 1t was
growing cold.
''Are YOU willing now that should die -
''Yes, my father, only -" and here a
human throb broke in her voice, ''if / could
but 90 with you"
'sNo, my child, it is but little time at
most. For her sake be content to wait"
''Father, am content
''And happy"
''Very, very happy father
The dying man closed his eyes faint
murmur rose to his lips.
'Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart
in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy saliva
4 tion.''
His hand was still uponher head, and there
ii rested till the purple shadows died off into
cold gray tints, and upon his still face there
rose smile pure as moonlight, luminous as
waters that gush from the throne of Heaven.
The same holy spirit must have touched the
living and the dead, for when the little CIR
lifted her face, the pale, pinched features
were radiant as those of angel She had
gone close to the gate of Heaven with her
father, soul and body. She was bathed in
the holy light that had gushed through the
portals.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

WASHINGTON, Jan. .

WASHINGTON, Jan 1.
HousK.--Mr. Dunn appealed to the Massa-
chusetts men TO surrender their personal feel
ings, which stood in the way of an election,
their great end, and unite on Mr. Lester, whom
he recognized as emincntly fitted for the
Speakership.
Mr.. knowlton replied that Massachusetts
alone does not ask the election Of Mr.. Banks
but the great spirit Of freedom had hand
upon him, He said that Mr.. Dunn and 81
few other gentlemen on the Anti-Nebraska
Issue could, if they would, relieve the House
from its ENHANCEMENT.
Messrs. Jones of Tenn, and Houston, re-
garded Mr.. Banks resolution declaring Mr..
Lester Speaker, as nothing more than a nom
nation, and denied the right to thus nomi-
nate, and required the House to vote for or
against the resolution, which was tabled by q
vote of l60 TO 80.
Mr.. Underwood offered q resolution which
he said must necessarily result in an election,
viz: That the first gentleman named on the
list of members be put in nomination, and
failing to receive the majority of quorum,
the next one be voted for, and so on till an
election be effected. This was also tabled.
The ninetv-second ballot was then taken
with precisely the same result as the previous
one Adjourned.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

NOVEL ARITHNErIc.--An Ohio correspon-
dent becomes sponsor for the following,
which, as a matter of fact, he wishes TO
put on record:
Whitaker is one of the richest men in
these parts, and has made his money by driv
ing sharp bargains. His hired man was one
day going along with load Of hay, when he
overturned it upon a COW. The poor thing
was smothered TO death before they could
get her out. Her owner, Jones, called upon
Mr. Whitaker next day, and demanded pay
ment for the loss of his COW.
sCertainly," said Mr.. Whitaker, "what
do you think she is worth 2''
swell, about ten dollnrs,o said Jones.
GLOW much did you get for the hide and
tallow ~
.sTen dollars and half, sir.''
so, well, then you owe me just fifty
cents
Jones was mystifed, and Whitaker very
fierce in his demand, and before Jones could
get the thing straight in his head, he forked
over the money New York Tribune.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

FRoN CHISA.-The Rev. Mr.. Maclay, Su-
perntendent of the Methodist Mission in
China, writes to the Corresponding Secrcta-
ry, under date Of Fuh-Chaw, Sept. 25th, rs
follows
sour information during the year with re-
gard to the character and movements of the
insurgents, has been meagre and unsatisfac-
tory. The attempts made by the officers OF
foreign governments TO open friendly IN
tercourse at Nankin with the insurgents have
been unsuccessful. 1t would seem that the
! leaders of the insurrection have no desire to
secure the aid or favor Of foreigners in their
struggle with the present Government of Chi
ma indeed they seem adverse to any inter
course (wisa foreigners. They possess on
this point all the hauteur and exclusiveness of
the relgnlng dynasty, without any OF its
dearly bought experience.
II successful in establishing their author-
ty over China, it is apprehended that the en-
thusasm of victory may inclte them to try
their strength against foreigners, and conse-
quently, that their first intercourse with for
eigners will be less peaceable than we could
desire. Snch an event, however, will not
fail to impress the insurgents with u proper
respect for foreigners, and will eAable our
Government to secure at once those enlarged
and desirable facilities for intercourse with
China, which might otherwise be the result
of tedious and complicated diplomacy.
The REBELS GIVE SANNoS a SUPPER. - Af-
ter Shannon had issued his orders TO have
the troops disbanded and the munitions of
war returned to Liberty barracks, (from
which they had been stolen,) he went into
Lawrence where sumptuous feast had been
prepared for him. He ate heartily, drank
freely, and signed every writing they saw fit
to draw up; appointed them to all stations in
the militia of Kansas Territory; declared
himself in favor Of making Kansas Free
State, and his intention 10 vote for the CON
stitution; and instructed the newly appointed
officers To protect their homes and tiresides,
their persons, property and the ballot box
from foreign invaders. lie finally went
home to Shawnee Mission with better opin-
ion Of at least one thousand of the actual
settlers of Kansas Territory.
THIS LEAyES AT WoRK.--There is in circu-
lation in Virginia, petition to the Lcgisla-
ture about to convene, praying for an altera-
ton in the Slave Code of that State, which
shall put an end to the separation Of families
| by sale or grant-shall recognize marriage
between Slaves and make it lawful to teach
persons Of color to read and write. The
world moves, including the Old Dominion.
She no more than any other community can
resist the spirit Of the age. II is one Of
/ Freedom and of progress.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
Excuse for NEatrimO mOny.

! There is some excuse 10 be made for girls
who enter into matrimony merely from IN
terested motives. Many of the poor things
know perfectly well that, unless they marry
and effect settlement for life. the may be
left in utter indigence; for papa is terribly
extravagant, drowned in debt, and unable TO
face his bills mt Christmas. Others are not
happy under the parental roof, from which
they would be glad TO escape on almost any
condition. Others are weak In volitlon. or
have been so educated in the article Of duty
that they dare not express repugnance To any
proposals which may have found favor IN
the eyes of their mammas. ct every one
or these may have her secret attachment
Always in the background there appears a
vision of that slim and curly youth who
danced the polka 50 delightfully."-, and whose
attentions at the picnic were so gratifying. -
But then Clara is painfully aware that the
annual income of unhappy Julius is short of
one hundred pounds, and that he has no pros
pect of making any more. If, indeed, it
were five hundred pounds But the age Of
fairies is gone and julius is man without
expectations, and, what is worse, without an
ordinary average of brains. So poor Clara,
with heavy sigh, takes farewell of her
day dreams; and in due course of time appears
covered with lace, at the hymeneal altar, to
give her troth to a course, elderly savage,
with sandy whiskers, who has cleared an
enormous fortune by a successful speculation
III cotton.
., As for men who marry solely for money,
we cannot find terms strong enough in which
to express our contempt. They at all events
have no excuse to protfer for an act Of base
hypocrisy and degrading sel6shness. If for
tune BY inheritance has been denied them,
they can exert their brains; if brains are
wanting, they have hands and can earn their
daily bread. The sense of independence is
among the first of manly virtues, and the be-
ing who barters it for gold, is shortly and
emphatically serf.--[ Rev. Charles Kings
ley.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
To THE CITIZENS OF IOWA.

BelievIng that large majority Of the citizens Of
Iowa are opposed IN the political principles of the
present Administration and 10 the introduction OF
slavery into territory free and also that made
free by the Compromise of 1920; and that the par
ty styling itself the democratic Party " are strv
ing 10 make slavery great national institution con
trary to the principles laid down in the Declaration
of independence and the Constitution as taught By
the Fathers of the Republic; would call upon All
such free citizens TO meet in Convention, at Iowa
CITY, on the 22d day of February for the purpose
organizing Republican Party. to make common
cause with similar party already formed in several
OF the other States Of the MON.
January 3, 1856. MANY CITIZENS
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
Keokuk Gymnas.nn,.

rNHE UNDERSIGNED would respectfully an
Il notInee 10 the citizens Of keokua, that he has
opened his rooms for the reception Of gentlemen.
Suitable and ample preparations have been made
to preserve and promote the health, ygor and men
tai elasticity of all who may des participate in
the manly exercises and healthy sports of gymnas-
tics Pure air and cold water, judicously used in
the manner prescribed by him. cannot fail to make
the most weakly healthy. strong and robust.
&s- Rooms over Carey kilbourne = store, Kill
bourne Block, Main street, in the 4th story. En-
trance FROM the rear OF the building.
decl sitf o. MANCHESTER s
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
New Furniture.

y ECEIVED by late shipments af the 'Gate City
IL Furniture Rooms
IL pair socables, and elegant styles various pat
terms I'd prices.
d9z upholstered Lounges
pair Sofas fas shionable patterns
marble top dressing Bureaus, various patterns.
10 plain do.
marble top Frieze leg Center Tables.
Rosewood Hat stands, gilt and ivory mounted, new
and elegant patterns.
e Gothic do. cherry and walnut
Turneddo
80 doz cane scat Chairs, all patterns and qualities
do arm Rockers. cane scat and back.
do sewing Rockers, do.
Also some beautiful upholstered ottomans, Gothic
Reception Chairs Quartette Tables, Fancy Towe
Stands, and large assortment of all kinds of fash
ionable furniture, which the public invited to ca
and examine C. s. ABBOTT.
dec l9d 1876 Main st.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

WABASH & MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD. - The
County Court Of MDonough county has or
dercd an election to be held on the Goth day
Of January current, for the purpose of vo-
ting for or against the county's subscribing
$75 200 to the capital stock of the Wabash
4 Mississippi Railroad Company. Agreeable
to the provisions of the statute, the County
Court will be required TO issue bonds, run
ming twenty years, and bearing interest at
rate of eight per cent. per annum, payable
semi-annually. The above is an enterprise
deeply involved in the destiny Of McDon-
ough, and we trust her citizens will earnestly
investigate, and reflect upon its Importance
before rashly deciding either pro or con-
Examples are not wanting from which TO
make deductions.-[ McDonough (lll.) Inde-
pendent.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
william W. ffeIknnp

| Ageni for the following substantial Insurance
i Companies
Commercial Ins Co.. Saint Loais Mo
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Etna ins. CO.
Star ms co.
Etna Life ins. Co.
The attention of merchants and torwarders If
called to the fact, tina, the Commercial ms Co.. of
81, Louis, issues open Marine Poiies their Agen-
cy here. The premiums are retained here and loan-
ed 10 the customers of the Company.
Office Second Street, near Main
I'm
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
kEOKUK MARINE INSURANCE co

NJ Office is hereby given that the KEoxUK Ma
~ RIsE INSURANCE co. has been organized TO dc
Il marine insurance business. Its place Of transact
ing business is keokuk Lee County lowa,--with o
capital stock Of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars,
1920 .000)
One hundred thous dollars of said capital
stock to b subscribed and secured and the first in
stalment Of ten per cent TO be paid in cash before
tie company commences business.
The directors are authorized to make pro rata as
easements On The stoC notes not exceed five per
cent. cYeTy thirty days. hs said corporation was
otEar ~ ot. The 28th day Of December 1905, and
VIA nae for the term Of twenty years, and may
be renewed FROM time to time under The provisions Of
the Code ol Iowa.
The business Of the company is TO BE- managed by
a board OF eleven directors to be elected annually,
on the second Wednesday Of JaAuafy.
The liability of the corporation Is limited 70 one
million delars, and the private property Of the
stockholders is exempt from the payment Of the
corporate debts.
A. BRIDGMAN, President
W + TURNER, Secretary.
janlddw
Evening Times eopy.l
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

cT~The p rotic Frenchmen who do not
particularly admire Louis Napoeon's strong
government, have an ingenious method OF
expressing their dissatisfaction. They affix
the post stamps, which bear Napoleon's head.
on their letters head downward. So extern
sively has this become the sign Of opposition,
that four-ifths Of the letters posted have the
head inverted.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

REPUBLICAN VIcroRY IN MIcuIoAN.---T
Republicans in the st. Joseph judicial dis
trict have just achieved a signal victory in
the election Of their candidate for Jua re,
defeating Ex- Governor Ransom by a hand
some majority. Ransom was imported into
the district as the strongest man in that
hitherto locofoco hole. but the Just senti-
ments Of the people were too strong, and
they laid him to the lard.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
sT. JOHNS HOUSE.

CHARLTON, 0N,.................. LUCAS co, IOWA.
II X. 81. JOHN begs leave to inform his old
-. friends and the travelling public generally
that he has removed from Lbertysillc to Charlton,
whore he has taken the Hotel formerly known as the
United States, which he has completely repaired and
refurnished IN the most comfortable manner and of
ters as good odations aS be found in the
country.
Connected with the house is good and commedi.
oes stable, always well supplied with feed
Dee. Is, 1S55.-d3w-wly
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
Franklin Fire and Marine
INSURANCE. COuPANY.
BUILDINGS
FVNU Do LAt y d


Especial attention gwen to Insurance ~
FARM PROPERTY, DWELLINGS AND OFT
BUILDINGS.
TNSC kEe such bui idiugs contents favorable
l. terms. for or years. Insurcs Stores, Ware
houses, Buildings or Contents, ana Personal Proper
y & g1nerally.
LOSSES EQCITABLY ADJUSTED AND PROMPT
Ll PAID N CASH.
This Company - Joint stock Association. organ
ized under special charter granted by the Legis la
turs of Wisconsin, with authorized capital of
$500 0b0 One hundred thousand dollars II which
is paid 10. anI securely in vested in bonds aud aart
Cages. The Company being thus securely organized
upon g hrln basis the directors take pleasure in
commenting il to public favor, worthy of conf
denee aud support with the that nj luss
shall be promptly anu honorably adjusted. As
ths is purely stock Company mutual business
Will be tnne, premium notes taken.
OFFICERS
y. VI. Donaldson, Pres Z. ". T. Gibsc u, Sec'y
j " Eddy, Vice prest 4, Gibson, g en-. Agent
dec 24d3m ". i. TURNER, Agent.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

~ 81 feel that there is nothing which
the civilized world, if they take notice of so
humble an individual as myself. will reproach
tne with, Wien say, as | said tne other day,
hAd made up my mind, for one, that under
no circumstances would consent to the fur
ther extension Of the area Of Slavery in the
tinted States oIto the further increase of
Slave repsesenid dDbn in the House Of Repre-.
sentatiyes. Speech Of Daniel Webster on
tho Oregon Bill, l64s.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

ET The Iowa Conference Seminary, at
Mt' vernon, Linn county, has now one hun
dred and ftty students, male and female, and
every way IN fourishing condition. They
have good brick building, forty by seven
ty-two feet in size. The town has four hun
dred inhabitants, and is improving finely.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

Reilly DmEcr.-- Among the propositions
which Shannon offered 10 the citizens of
Lawrence, We're the following lst, that Mr.
Branson and his rescuers be delivered; I'd,
that the people of Lawrence should promise
to obey the laws; Sd, tnat they should sur
render their arms. TO the first OF these de-
mands they replied that the people he sought
were not in Lawrence therefore they could
not surrender them. To the second, that
they had always been law abiding people
and expected to continue TO deserve that
character. To the third, they said sour
him come and take them---if he cam
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

GROSS SuPERsrITIoN.-At tho execution of
Hubbard, few days ago, in Wabash county,
in this State. for the murder Of the French
family, after he was almost entirely dead, the
enclosure was taken down, and more than
five hundred persons went in and touched
him, giving as their reasons for SO doing that
1t would in the future protect them from
witchcraft. The rope that he was hung with,
the crowd afterwards took, cut ii up in small
pieces, and divided il out among them, to act
as charm IN protecting them in the future
from aguc ana all other diseases. Surely
this is the quintessence Of superstition.-
lerre iiaute Ind. ! Express.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08
7. J. ELLIOTT.
JNo. II. CARTER.
T. ]. CARTER.
.TS@ y fARTEp

Having purchased the entire stock Of s A. Duke
and having Furthermore secured the services OF Mr.
Dunlap, late Of ClDcnpati Ohio. widely nnd favors-
bly, known the prince of Boot Makers" we so.e-
IL the patronage Of the citizens Of keokuk. and the
surrounding country.
1t Is our intention to keep on hand complete as
sortment OF every description and price and are pre-
pared 10 finish order boots and shoes su the fan
cy. Il. j. ELLIOTT Il co.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

have sold my entire stock and trade TO T. j Eli
OFT Co, and checrfuily recommend them to my old
customers rs gentlemen fully competent and capable
of carrying the boot and shoe business in All its
branches. $. A. DUKE.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

NEW AND DANGEROUS CorxTERFEIT.-
Inc portsmouth, Tribune says " We have
seen within day or two several counterfeit
%o oilis on the Southern Bank Of Kentucky.
Inc counterfeit may be detected by the en-
CRAVING. which is lighter than the genuine
bill. The vignette on both genuine and SIM
rious IS farmer on horseback. overseeing
nands harvesting and loading wheat. one
mark VIII enable persons TO detect. In the
genuine bill the head Of the man receiving
the sheaf OF wheat on the wagon is not any V
uarAer ,nan ,he rest OF the picture. On the
counterfeit the head is let BLACK The nane~
Is rather lighter in color than the genuine
puf heavier III texture. The Cashiers name
on the genuine bin is NJ b. Morton. bnt on
The counterfeit bin the would be taken far
an sos
"A number of these bills have been oFer.
cd They look new, and no doubt ar !
fresh issaa, a. Thonpson's Reporter doss
not describe then -
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

The TRfBrSE ALAaxAc.---M -Messrs Greeley
d McElrath have changed the name Of the
Wing Almanac to the Tribune Almanac
The general character of the publication,
however, is preserved, and il has become the
most indispensable thing Of its kind in the
country.
The daily Gate City., 1856-01-08

eJ~ Iowa will bear of the palm for hogs
this season. Travellers from Burlington ard
kcoknk, represent the road alive with them.
on their way to those markets and ii il said
that there IL one universal squeal all along
the Mississippi, 50 much so, that eastern
dealers hsYe lost their reckoning, ana nctu-
ally beleye that hogs grow spontaneously in
Iowa, and tina, we can food the markets Of
The world at our PLEASURE Ottumwa Cour