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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-03-02


gIyHE keekuk and Illinois Bridg, Company noti-
i ~ the public Of the complete ovsanisatien 81
said Company. The principal plass Of Aasinsss r.
Ksokul, lows. The object IL the construction u
Bridge seross the Mississippi River ~ KcokSks
for railroad and other purposes.
The capital stock Of said Company 10 u 80 geo.
Five per cent Of the capital stock 10 to b paid In
within ave ycan, and twenty per cent nay -
called In annually after that time.
The corporation commenced ON the 3oth day 81
Jannsry, is37, and 10 to continue Afty yean.
The oaicen u said Company shall eeaaist Of nias
Directors, and from the Directors Pesident, SEQ
rotary, and Treasurer shall be elected, Who shall
conduct the business Of said corporation, snd the
election shall take place On the Ast Monday iu
April Of each year.
Ths highest amount Of indebtedness h 16so 49,.
The private property u the stockholders shall -
exempt from execution.
J. b. Howell, h. p. CYeel,
VIM. Patterson, John A. Duskse,
Oh. Perry, Jno. ". Rankin,
WIN. Timbsrnan, b. r. Brigham,
Jno. w. Cleghorn. NJ. p. 6hsrta,
John H. Sullivan, Jas. n. billings,
samuel X. Curtis, les. n. Lave.
Ksokuk, Jan. 20, lS37-tfsb6-d4v
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-03-02
shall she Manu 4acssrsss ~ KsokUk
DO SwssalnoAl

L THf FUTURE INTERESTS OF OUR CITY.
Citisens are invited 10 call 1T the wsEerooms Of
the ksokuk Furniture Mandatory, 1876 ksin-st.,
and examine our stock Of psrlor, Chamber, and
Dining Room Furniture. Our assortment 10 nov
com Iete, and We n,anufaat turing . variety Of
articles entirely new the trade which for styls,
workmanship and finish cannot be sxeeilsd hy eny
house, East or West.
decl7-d klLBOUkNE DAVIS.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

SONNET TO THE CoMEr.-Spectacles indites
the following for the Cleveland Herald, and the
Editors invite such as have not the autograph
Of the firm at the foot of documents issued from
that office, to pay particular attention to the
last line.
Last night had vision ofthe Comet,
That vasrant Of the sky that frights US so,
And which, if some good luck don't save Us
from it,
Will make smash up Of all things below,
| shrank in terror from his urid head;
shuddered at his most portentous tail;
Thoughts OF the dread collision made me pale,
And horrid scenes iancied round my bed;
Banks "bust" and other institutions "gone to
pot"
Cities and States gone under in the smash
| could not stand it, SO sh,ieked, "Can nought
BE done to avert this universal smash:"
laundering noise seemed all the air to Gil,
And thena deep voice muttered "PAf THE PRlN-
TIERS RlLIn
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

HARDsnIrs OF CoLoRRp TAX-PAYER.-Rob-
ers Purvis, OF Pennsylvania, the Eight complex
Toned niulatto," has special reason to feel ag.
gricved by oppressive legislation and prejudice
against the colored race. 1t appears that Mr..
Parsis, who enjoys the advantages of wealth and
foreign education, land who once received
from James Forsyth, Secretary OF State, pass.
port recognizing his citizenship is the larges.
scaool-tax payer but one in the county where
he resides, and yet the law ferhids his children
from attending the very schools be does so much
to support,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

I4HEN IN AND Did FOR By A WIDow-The
last Wapello 1ntel!igencer has the following,
which it properly classes as case of
SHARP PRAcTlcE.-An elderly gentleman liv.
ing three or four miles from Town, was slightly
taken in" last week, by buxom widow. The
old gentleman held mortgage for a small
amount upon piece Of land owned by the wild.
ow, who also owed him fifteen dollars on book
account The old gentleman feeling matrimo-
maiIy inclined, made Il proposal to the lady, who
agreed to accept him if he would cancel the
mortgage held by him and forgive her the other
debt. de accordinsp came to town, cancelled
the mortgage On the record, and DESTROYED all
evidence OF his pccuniary claims upon her
When he returned home, she refused to marry
him, denying any agreement to that effect be-.
tween them, and declared that she had paid
him, in cash, I'll claims against her. The
last we heard of the matter, the disappointed
man1waS IN town, in search Of legal advice as to
whether he could sue out a writ of attachment
and take her nolens aoisns. 81.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

The following choice a.oroeas We fad adrift
upon the sea OF literature. 1t win commend it.
self TO every lover of the beautiful:

Mother! watch the little feet
Climbing Ger the garden wall.
Bounding through the busy street,
Ranging cellar, shed and ball;
Never count the moments lost,
Never mind the time it cost,
Little feetwil 60 astray,
Guide them, mother, While you may.
Mother! watch the little hand,
Picking berries by the way,
Making houses in the sand,
Tossing up the fragrant hay;
Never dare the question ask,
"Why TO me this heavy task ?"
These same little hands may prove
Messengers of ligh, and love.
Mother watch the little tongue,
Prattlng eloquent and wild;
What is said and what is sung,
BY the happy, joyous child;
Catch the word while yet unspoken,
Stop the vow while yet unspoken;
This same tongue mEy yet proclaim,
Blessings in the Sasiour's name.
Mother watch the little heart,
Beating soft and warm for you;
Wholesome lessons how impart; 90.
Keep, o keep that young heart true.
Extricating every weed, .--
Sowing good and precious seed;
Harvest rich you then may see,
.Ripening for eternity. .ea.
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Truste es Sale of Real Est.ta

| )nrAo - having been made in the payment of a
DIV. plomissory note for $780, due April 2sib. 1881.
N ny T. r. Hendricks, and secured BY Deed OF Trust
bso property in the city of Burlington described
Deed os ne unaersgned, the Trustees named in said
vii VI Ut 1s BY virtue of the provisions Of the same
a On anesdoy, the 10tt day Of June 1857, at tn.
III o! me Court House. in Buriin gton O'Clock r. 81
al pup nc sale to the best and bidder for cash
;ie tohsh ty-ss and oHeJourM eot OF Lot No ,,iar
p q, and tacenty-ttco B., (9ssB) in Burlington
Men es County, lows fro nng 56 feet on seyentb
street. in said city, and running west on the soutb ns
,I SAID OF to the west line Of the same with the annnr.
to satisfy and pay the said note and nteIsxt
Ray2o-"sw +; ". NEWMAN, -.
LYMAN COOK, Frustees
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

A GRAND MOTHER AT TwENrr-NINE TrARs ov
AGE-A woman who was last Week brought be.
fore the magistrate of Wigau, for an assault
committed upon neigabor, affords a striking
instance of reckiessiy early MARRIAGES Sha
the wife at Patrick Casey, tailor They res;de
in Douglass Terrace, Wigan. He is forty wears
OF age, and she is tNenty-nine. They were mar.
ried before she had attained the age of fourteen
years. and she was mother at the age offourteen
years and seven months. Since that time che
has had eleven other children. Strange to saw
the eldest girl, who was fifteen years old on
Wednesday week, is the mother of two children
the elder one of whom is nearly two years Of
age, she having married earlier in life than her
mother. Mrs Casey is, therefore, at the are
OF twenty-nne years, the mother of twelve
and the grandmother Of two children.-Liyer.
pool paper.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

A'~>S >.-S 1tkAssiNS1Ypl Hn 4k1I!
lhats the question. Dr. Boynton takes the
affirmative and Horace Myn the negative Who
shall decide when doctors disagree9 1t is fact
that the Inquire OF the earth is an oblate spher-
old, having its equatorial diameter more than
26 miles longer than its polar diameter, and
consequently the equatorial regions are some
is miles farther ircEl the carth's centre than
the poles are. If the earth were at rest, the
water IN the tropical regions would flow with
great rapdity towards the poles, until the equi-
hbriuH, as tar as water is concerned, would be
restored. The Mississippi would flow from its
mouth to its source, the former being over tw 0
mics farther from the centre Of the earth than
the latter 1t is therefore evident that the wa
ter i'll this river it flows rises or recedes
from the earth's center between two and three
miles, IN passing from its source to the Gulf of
Mexico.
But how can water run up hl?" asks Horace
Mann and others. For the same reason that
water on grlndsone in motion will mount the
centre ridge instead of running off at the sides
The revolution of the earth round its axis give
all bodies on its surface, especially water, ten.
dency to the equator, and this tendency is lust
sufficient to counterhnlance the rise in the sur
lace III the same direction; in fact the one is the
cause OF the other. Water is therefore free to
How in any direction which inequalities on the
surface thus balanced may occasion If the
daily rotation OF the earth becomes slower. the
tendency or bodies TO the equator would dimin.
lsh, and the water would flow toward the poles
until another Surface Of equilibrium" were es.
tablished. If the rotation became more rand
the water would rush toward the equator. till
the equilibrium restored These opposite
forces, the centrifugal and centripetal, will al
ways balance each other. /.
How Mr.. Mann could be puzzled about so clear
matter, is singular One would imagine that
the mind which could originate the idea of mar
rying man to twenty fLe ladies of the modern
school without subjecting him to charge of
big"my, would be able to comprehend very
simple problem in natural philosophy.-Quincy
Republican.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

THE SONORA FILLlsusrERs.-Col. Crabbe's
company of tilIibusters, who were recently cap
tured in Sonora by the Mexican forces, and who
were reported to have been shot on the 9th inst,
were sixty in number. They may be said to
have fallen victims tSWalker's insane passion
for conquest. 1t was in Sonora that he made
his first abortiye attempt to found iillibuster-
ing empire, whence he was driven ignominiously
after having shamefully ravaged the country,
and murdered many of its people. The memory
Of those outrages no doubt fastened the fate OF
Col. Crabbe and his company.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

HIGH WATER IN TIE WIsCoNsIN.-Owing to
the high water IN the Wisconsin river, the RATS
men have much difficulty in gettieg their RATS
under the railroad bridges. Quite number
have been destroyed at the, bridge near Bosco-
bell. On Tuesday last a raft, upon which were
two men struck the bridge and went to pieces,
One Of the men who could not swim, foated
against tree in the river and climbed into it.
There he remained during the night clinging to
the branches, and was rescued by the steamer
Ocean Wave which was sent by the railroad
to carry the passengers around the
break in the track. His comrade has not been
heared from, though j: is probable he reached
the shore in safety.-Janesyiile Gazette O. ~
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

A VENERABLE VICTIM OF THE TENDER Pas
sloN.-A man Of sixty years woed y damsel OF
forty,fve, who did not favor his suit The dis
appointed swim on Tuesday last, at Louisville,
KY, shutilcd off this mortal coil by taking
s,rychnne His name was Norman, aud he re.
cendy lived not on the Grampan hills, but at
Pleasnreville, Ky. The coroners jury found
yerdict-died of poison self administered.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

az We gave some days ago, from the WASH
ington Press, an interesting article upon the
population, production, soil, &c., Of Washing
ton County, Iowa, and neglected to give proper
credit The editor reminds us OF it and we
stand corrected But II friend Wiekersiaam
will pay little attention to the matter be will
discover that, in this regard, we are oftenor
ninned against than sinning.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27
Threshing Machines! Threshine Ma.
chimes

II. spE NCER & CO.'S NEW syDE1s.
FEOx I'D FEB ES31 ER & CIEaSEK
X sfkNCER CO., are glad to announce that thew
80. nave now ready new and Improved Thresher
SiIaner, winch they are confident will meet with
''eo IL mas Deem prom ounced the iighest running
au si'h lest Machine In use, while in capacity and
tured in this city. " '"o-
they also manufacture the New York Horse Power.
al 9d ron the BEST In the market and the first sv
ihaae III The West. 81
nose nose IN want Of machines will do well to send
az an early day so as not to be dsappo- N their
Ihty also have patterns of all the rs ted.
and will repair any OF Their " NV ~ 1hines In use
Orders solicited hano Corn Sheller
may 21-w3m. ~ SPENCER 4 co
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

HrDsorATsr.--The editor Of the Washington
Press ssya lie was recently called upon by Miss
3. y. Hurd, graduate Of DR.. Tkrsll's Hydro.
ps,bic School, N. T., and an interesting LADY
who has prscticed tho Water Cure successfully
ons year ia New Jersey and new comes hunting
location and patients in Iowa. She proposes,
II properly encouraged, to stick out her single
In Washington. II there be any system or
practice lesa Objectionable and less injurious
than another, Il 10 the Hydropa,hic, and If any
kind OF Doctor was to be tolerated at all by
~ IL would be lady Physician. Success TO
Miss Hurd and Hydropathy.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

DIED IN THE CARs.-We learn from the Ham.
ilton Spectator that Mrs. Goldman, formerly
of Cambridgeshire, England, had come to this
country, at the instance of her daughter, who
lives near Toronto, bringing with her another
daughter with family. She had passed the
usual limit of human existence and in her 10Th
year had dared to cross the ocean and seek that
home among her kindred which we are sure
must have been fondly offered. She had cross
ed the broad Atlantic and endured the tossing
of the ship. She had undergone the long travel
across the United States. and had safely enter.
ed the cars, which should carry her to her an1.
ious friend, when just before arriving at Hamil-
ton Monday night her wearied frame sunk under
her exhaustion, and almost in sight of home.
without apparent pain, she died.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

l.. B. LENr's MAMMOTH ClRCUs.-Our read
ers should bear in mind, that on Friday, May
goth, this great establishment performs in this
city. We have often heard of L. B. Lent's Cir
Gus, Gate Welch 4 Lent,) that it invariably
performs what they advertise, and tina. their bill
is more to their performance than any other
company that travels. The double ascension in
the afternoon previous to the performance, all
should witness. The long team of horses at
sached to the band chariot is enough itself, to
draw large crowd
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

Oh, gentle mune, that shines afar,
In yonder hevin5s hi,
Like sum bright twinklIn' lectle star,
UP in the lofty skis!
Tew the dew | prescc this strane,
Tew the strike the Lire,
An swell thi praise onct and again,
With bright pocktic FIRE.
Role on, gentil mune SO brite, .
An shed ore erih around
Thi gorgis and bedazzalin lite,
While l thi praZc will sound.
An'as the notes | sofy swell, 8A.
AS none bat poicks can,
lie think wv hur llv so vel,
Ny hansum Sary An!
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27
New Orleans, May %.

Cotton slightly dearer. 1900 bales sold at
1909, receipts to-day 400 bales; -four advanc-
ing Z, lea7,30 white corn 924; lard in key 10;
Exchange OH London 10 premium.
. The captain and owner Of the steamer Nc
Lean was seized few days since on Suspicion
of being engaged in filling on. SLAYER. He was
put under bonds of $4,000. --.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27
minnesota Indian war.


Effective measures have been taken by Gov.
Medary and the Indian Agent, for the rescue of
the four white women now IN the hands OF the
Savages. We learn that company of Cavalry
has been ordered to Minnesota, and that the
United States Government has directed that
companies of troops be stationed on the frontier
to protect the settlers. This is right and we
can safely say there is now no further dam
ger.
The amount of property destroyed by these
Indians cannot be less than $4,000, for which
Government should by all means make the set
tiers remuneration. AT least 100 head of cat
tie have been killed; from 40 to so horses and
mules carried away, considerable number of
hogs killed, aid even the cats and dogs were
destroyed, exhibiting fendish spirit which is
characteristic of the Indian. A large amount
OF merchandise, arms, ammunition and furs
were obtained from the trading houses. Stoves
and other household furniture of no earthly use
to the Indians, were recklessly broken into a
thousand pieces.
AS regards the Spirit Lake affair, from which
point Mr. Wardlaw has ust returned, where he
has been acting in the capacity of Administra-
tor on the estate of the Messrs. Wood, one of
whom came to the Territory with him, he in
forms us, that the story of the murder of the
settlers at that place is too sad and too true. 1t
Seeihs tilAC tNc uiihcuity orislhaleu Ut place
called Grass Lake, in Iowa, where how many
were killed it is impossible to tell. The Indi-
ans then moved to Spirit Lake, the largest pro-
portion of the settlement of which lies in Mime
sofa Territory. Here all were killed Thir-
ty.nne bodies were buried by the troops. None
was spared neither TIE stalwart man, the vigor-
Gus youth, the feeble child Or the inotfensive
woman, all with the exception Of the four fc-
males in captivity fell beneath the relentless
weapon of the savage.-St. Paul Times, 18th
inst.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

The Navy Department has received advices
that Dr. Caldwell, of the Z. S. ship lndepen-
denee, has made a successful! exploration of a
canal route by the lsthmus of Darien. reg
ularly organized party will be required to com.
plete this exploration Lieut.. Strain, in his per-
ilous expedition, pronounced the route imprac.
ticahle
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27
PROFESSOR. MOTIFS
+ q B R I F GE VINE,

AN VSHiVALLED MEDICINE FOR TIDE cURxoy
E'EVER and Ague, Chill Fever. D,r, ..
car heaaache, Loss of Appetite and everx dIssa.e
an in6,r U ganized condition Of the Liver or
:" 'D'puie VI de'tetiye state of the Blood.
Tho me Is Tut up in Quart Bottles and offered to
KENNEDY for the nbove Diseases. JOHN WINsR H.
ou Sole Proprietor.
Office 81 Maiden Lane, New York
- - 10 WnorH all orders must be addressed
sae mol sale and Retail in Burlipg ton by Hes.r,
streets. " 'sAeisph ano Main
'>'-........5 lapr 81.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Washington, May %.

Washington, May %.
II Is estimated that the troops now moving N
the direction Of Utah comprise about 1000 men.
There are two vacant federal Judicial Judge
ships in the Territory, which will soon be filled,
and probably another Marshal appointed, as
preliminary to enforcing civil process, and in
the event of opposition on the part OF the Nor
mons to this the military viii DO employed to
enforce the laws and protect citizens OF the y
S. from Mormon oppression. II is supposed,
however, that no necessity for extreme measures
will arise.
The governorship of Utah Is still unsettled,
although several gentlemen are sol'eitous tor the
position.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27
SwGH ring.

''Trust not to the promise of 4 common swear
er," says Francis Quar!cs, in his Enchirdon,
"for he that dare sin against his God for neither
profit nor pleasure Will irespass against thee for
his own advantage. lie that dare break the
preccpts of his father will easily be persuaded
to violate the promise unto his brother" There
is good common sense in this advice, and it
would be well if it were generally acted OIL
There are no doubt many great scOundrels who
never swear, and perhaps a few men of other
wise good conduct who sometimes transgress
the commandment, but Of the common swear
er"-the man whose every other word is an
oath, and who cannot perform the most trivial
or even dsgraceful act without profanely invoh
ing the name of the Supreme Being but little
good can be said. He may be successful in bus
mess shrewd in worldly dealings, and coura-
geous in facing danger, out in The qualities that
make up the true gentleman and the Christian,
he is woefully deficient. Take the man who is
well read in good literature, who is agreeable to
those III whose society he is thrown, and whose
name is but another word for honor and prob
ity, and he will never he found one who
"Unpacks his heart with words,
And falls to cursing like very drab"
Unhappiiy too many of our young men think
it a mark of good breeding and social dignity
to interlard their discourse with oaths and
curses, wishing to appear, SAYS quaint old
writer; that they are on familiar terlls with the
Ruler of the Universe, if they are not with the
aristocracy of the land How mistaken an idea
this is may be seen by The dislike men of real
ly good breeding evinee to the society OF these
swearing pretenae,s. Our rising generation,
with the human failing Of learning that which is
bad before that which is good, are sadly tainted
with the vice of profane swearing lie who
doubts the fact has only to pass gronp of boys
at play in the street to be convinced. Nor is
the practice confined TO the children of the moor
or the degraded ; the sell dressed sons Of the
better classes" are very apt to be those who
swear the Ioudest and The most pertinaciously.
Are the parents ofsucl boys not aware that
"hard swearing" is frequently pioneer to more
haSrant vices and crimes = We wish those adj
dicted to this vice would heed the advice of.ho.
ly George Herbert"
Take not his name, who made thy mouth in vain.
Ii gets thee nothing, and hath no excuse
Lust and wine plead a pleasure, avarice gain;
But the cheap swearer though his common sluice
Let his soul run for nought."
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

STREET FIGHr IN BARDsTowN, KY.-1n Bards-
town en- Mondoy last terrible fight took place
between VIM. Hardin (grand son of Hon. Ben.
Harding and John Robertson. They fought
with bowie knives and both fell dangerously
wounded, when their friends conveyed them to
hotels to care for their CHASTITY and dangerous
wounds. The parties have been at enmity for
long time, and have had previous fight.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27

WHAT Is 4 NEGRO! is defined by statute in
Kentucky. He Is one who has one fourth part
or more negro blood IN his veins He is also, il
slave, personal property, but cannot be sold
by personal representative, or for debt, until
all the other personal estate Of the late master
has been sold To import slave as inerchan-
dis into Kentucky incurs penalty of 5000
Persons removing into the State may bring their
slaves, but they are required to take an oath and
record ii in the county clerks Office, that they
have not brought them with The intention of
4
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SPIRITUAL FAsAriCIsM IN La SALLE.-We
learn by the La Sale papers that spiritual cir
Giles are held almost nightly in that city, and
that many have become converts to the delusion
through the means OF the strange sights and
sounds produced at the meetings OF the medi.
,