The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-06-29

Inc st. Louis ~ SeCe oayo ~ nae no
doubt but that the Stringfsllow fassion OF
the Border RuAkaA Democracy In Kansas win
triumph over Walkss and his friends, and re-
fuse to submit the Coassitutioa 10 the people.
Neither have We. Nor have Ne any doubt
but that the Administration will sustain the
StriDgfellow faction, and allow Walker to
stink away in disgrace. And yet his chief
offence consists in having compromised the
Pro. Slavery cause BY such reasonable prop
osition. TO be sure tho Administration ap-
proved Of bis proposition when he was ma
king up his programme. But the Admins
tration will find it convenient to change its
position and make Walker it's scape- goat
II viii flourish but he will fade. The oues-
ton is concerning the spirit with which he
will bear the modification. Will he resist,
and be driven over to tho Free State party,
or will he consent to die quietly, without
struggle, as one Of the slaughtered for
Slayery's sake?
ABplcArEp.--The vigilance committee Of
jackson county have abdicated their power,
substantially, and the law is left again to
take It's usual course. We thing the expert
ence which the people have had under mob
rule will prevent the organization Of another
vigilance committeevsry soon. But We hope,
also, that the recent deplorable transactions
will teach the proper officers Of the law that
unless the criminal laws are faithfully and
promptly enforced, community, whose safety
depends upon their enforcement, and whose
feelings are outraged in the oasy sscspe Of
men who have committed hAtsful and horrid
crimes, maybe goaded into desperation un-
justi6able acts. II the ministers Of the law
failof their prompt and proper duty, the wild
Justice Of the mob win in the end be melted
out with unsparing vengeance.
A DIsusioSrsr IN Bosrox. the inaugu-
ration Of the Warren Monument on Bunker
Hi, Senator Mason, Of Virginia, was pres
ent as an invited CUES and made speech
The St. Louis InielHgenesr very sensibly re-
marks:
sWhat a lesson was this to the ultra Vir-
ginian? No committee Of citizens of Rich.
mond. preparing for the celebration Of a
Revolutionary event in Virginia, would ever
have invited Senator Sumner, or any other
noted anti Slavery man to be present; and
yet Senator Sumner is no less Objectionable
to the people Of Virginia than 10 Senator Ma
son to the people Of Massachusetts,. At Bunk
er Hill, the Virginia Senator received the
oourtasies and attentions Of his btterest SEQ
tional enemies. At Bunker Hill, we hope,
he learned to regard the people OF Massachu.
setts as countrymen to be respected, instead
Of as Abolitionists to be eternally denounc-
ed.''
HniIroad War mt Mac q nab "a 3 tca u, :.
boar War nt Quincy.
The Quincy Herald has racy article un-
der the above head. We give that portion OF
it relating to the "steamboat war at Quin-
ey."
While oil this is going on at Macomb and
IN the region around about, u similar war is
going on here in Quincy between a portion Of
our citizens and tho steamboat packet CON-
pany. At all the bars on board these boats.
it's ten cents drink, while II is claimed hv
some of our citizens who are well posted.
that better liquor eau be had ut 10. Lessag's
on the levce, at the more moderate price I've
cents "horn." This iniquitous species of
extorton has aroused the indignation of
portion or our citizens to the fighting point,
and they are down on the packet company
ike Thousand of brick" and ssnary' man
with "brick in his hat.' These, combined
with another portion of our citizens, who are
not so much interested in the price Of corn af.
ter it has been steamed in copper kettles and
stirred up with strychnine, as they are be-
fore, have united their forces against the
packet company, and together they are pros.
ecukng the war with decided vigor. 1t 10
charged by them that one Of our citizens who
ships extensively on the boats Of this line,
shipped two sacks Of oats and bushcl OF
potatoes, recently, to St. Louis, took pas
sage himself the same trip, paid fifteen cents
freight and three dollars passage. and the
latter is considered mn outrage, as it is said
to be customary when an "extensiye'' ship
per thus s'extensively'' freights q boat that
be shall have his hat chalked to st. Louis
and ba,k. The clerk Of the boat referred
to, refuses to 'spay the money bach, - and the
result is--the war goes on. On the part of
our citizens it has been determined to raise n
joint stock company, with our old friend.
Alf. Odsll, for President, who 10 understood
to signify his readiness to subscribe two
bushels OF turtle soup and yard and a half
of limeburgh cheese, TO purchase and man,
and equip and run between this CITY and ST,
Louis, an opposition line Of steamers: the
packet company, on the othcr hand, have de.
tcrmined to give Quincy the go-by and here
after run their boats round By PALMYRA to
kcokuk and back. The produce dealer re-.
ferred to above, who grnmbles q the scarci,v
OF chalk on board the packet boats, became
80 intensely enrnRed on rejecting over the
matter yesterday TINT he shipped all the rest
OF his immense stock Of corn and outa on
pine shingle, by way OF Sny Carly, last night.
And 80 We 60. The fact IL, there 10 no tell
ing where this thing is to end. II Mai. Hol.
ton doesn't interfere between the two hostile
parties there'll be any quantity Of blood-r red
gin-cocktails spilled between this and the
close Of navigation. Whatever the issue Of
this terrible aAair is to be, We shall eudeay or
to keep our readers pcsted, A. the 6ght goes
on. We hear this morning that ono Of these
gentlemen, known as an extensive patronizsr
Of the packets, has ordered an entire new
stock from St. Louis, consisting OF two cod
fish and a jar Of picklcs-and sent down
special and inexorable orders to have the
whole entire lot shipped BY some transient
boat. Il il supposed that MIR. McCune, when
he hears Of this, will come 70 terms. and
leave orders at Maj. Holton's bar on board
the new steamer Dos Moinas, for Capt. Haight
to stand the .'juleps" all round. n 60, an.
ticipatons may be reasonably INDUCED that
the war will be speedily brought to close
IN horn.
McCuLlocH's DEcLiSAiIoa.--Al late Wash.
ington correspondent says:
Maj. Ben McCulloch, who has been hero
Tor several days, was again strenuously