The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-02-11

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widow in that city, last Friday night.
SAD AccipEsr.--We are panied to learn
Of melancholy mishap on the farm Of Will
liam /. Berry, Eaq., which resulted in the
death Of Miss Virginia Clagett, daughter
of Thomas Clagett, ESQ, near this village
She was living 10 the family Of Mr.. Berry, e
brother in-law,) and on Sunday afternoon,
during the snow storm, accompanied one OF
his negro girls to = quarter some distance
from the House. It is supposed that while
attempting to return at night, they were
overpowed by the snow and severe cold
Both were found the next morning ID the In.
tervening field, having been frozen TO death.
We clip the above from the Plomteys i'd
cocois, published at Upper Marlborough,
Md. Miss.yHginia Clagett was sister Of
| our fel'ow-citisen, Thos. W. Clagett, Esq.
ca Horace Greeley delivered two lectures
in Iowa City ON Monday and Tuesdspsve-
nings Of last week.
| His 6rst lecture was on his Travels in Eu-
rope, and the second on Educational Rsform.
| O. Cough has been making = pretty
thorough canvass Of northern and central
Illinois, but don't seem to have call from
Egypt yet. He was announced for . Tenn
perance lecture 1t Peoria last Saturday night.
T-The Anamosa Gazette notices the rob-
berry Of q jewelry store at that place Of some
$500 worth Of jewelry. Several other robbie
ries have been perpetrated there during the
winter, indicating that certain class Of
gentry have nest in that vicinity.
0TOur thanks to Judge Johnston for Va
rious reports Of committees and other mat
tiers relating to the proceedings Of the Con-
stitutional Convention.
TSince the cold weather Get in they
have been selling whisksy BY the pound in
Nebraska, II having assumed the form Of .
solid.
DAn appropriation Of $4,000 for the
further prosecution Of the Geological Survey
Of the State wss made It the recent session
Of our Legislature.
4 Fight i'm the nIssouri Legislature.
The question Of Slavery Emancipation in
Missouri has been under confederation in the
Missouri Legislature for several days, II hay
ing grown ont OF the election Of MI. Palm.
OF St. Louis, (who 10 AN avowed emancipa-
tionist) BY the Border Rufhan Democracy, a.
Director in the State Bank.
In the House, on the 9th ult., MI. Darnes.
Of Scott, introduced resolution, which had
been previously offered in joint session, Of
this tenor:
Resolved, BY the General Assembly Of the
State Of Missouri, that the emancipation OF
Slavery 10 the State Of Missouri. 10 imprac-
.ticable and unjust to the slavsholdeYs. and
ought not to be agitated.
Gen. Reid, the Border Ruisan hero OF the
Ossawatomie fight, move TO iay the resolu.
ton on the table. The Republican sketches
the ensuing scene ~ follows:
MIR. Darnes Of Scott, would 70 back to the
origin OF this discussion. He recoliected
that Mt the last session on bill coming from
the Senate, for the printing Of the Statutes
which he (Darnes) moved to strike out the
name Lusk and insert that OF Geo. Knapp.
Mr.. Reid had moved to lay that resolution
on the table, on the ground that the Demo-
cratic party had already paper, and did not
need Wing arristance.
Mr. Reid denied that position. lie had
made the motion mainly because of the sup
port Mr.. ID. gave to MIR. Knapp.
MIR. Darnes-Did not fear gnnpowder, and
begged to inform the gentleman that his
room was at No. IL, Newman's Hotel.
Mr.. Reid ] am not mistaken it may be
No. II, "A little lower down the river.
MIR. Darnes- Yours ought to be cell No.
IL, Penitentiary, where you ought to have
kpep hefnra ~ fansht ho knx ~
watomie.
MIR. Reid rose, and Mr.. barnes facing the
Speaker continued his remarks.
Mr.. Darnes--You powder has no terrors
, for me. am contending for principle.
Az this moment Mr.. Reid had stepped 70
the right side Of Mr.. barnes. He laid his
left hand upon his shoulder, and drawing Cd
! with his right, struck him (Darnes) q heavy
! blow on the right cheek, and knocked him
down. Mr.. Reid was then taken by his
friends to his seat
, MT. Darnes having recovered somewhat
: from the effects Of the blow, said say, sir,
that lao man but cownrdly assassin would
step up behind genteman's back and strike
him.
ilr. Hill, of st. Louis--I move that this
House now adjourn until nine O'Clock Thurs.
day.
Motion submitted and lost
MIR. Darnesl say, sir, that have been
assaulted in this House. ] say, sir, that an
assassin stepped up behind me when nv back
! was upon him, and struck me in the face.
pronounce him coward and a scoundrsl.
Mr.. Reid then stepped forward again, when
Mr. barnes raised tnmbler with the eyi-
dent intention of throwing il ut him. Mr..
: heid then drew knife, when Mr.. Allen Of
, Warren. and several other gentlemen stepn-
ed IN front OF Reid, and he retired to his seat
AIR. barnes was also prevented from throw.
ing the glass by gentlemen around him.
EsGLisaaaS AND FREScnuAS CoSrRAsrrp.
Mrs. ii. b. Stowe, in an article on the
French, in the last Independent, says:
, In coming from England, one 10 struck
with the manners OF the French common
people as entirely wanting in a sort OF obse-
qaipusness, and which obtains in m aristo-
cratic county. They are pleasant, good
! hamored and obhging but those downcast
! looks Of utter humiliation and self Abase.
ment which one sees in English lower CLASSES
IN the presence Of superiors in rank, does
d never appear. II would appear that the rev.
. oiations of France have made clean work