The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-08-22
TeiegrapAlc news.

4 the Moluavian 0toctiOno were NOS Got mae
/ Mustapha Pasha 10 now grand vixisr.
/ A dispatch from Paris ssys shs emperor
and empress leave st. Cloud to-day to visit
queen Victoria at Osborn.
/ Her majesty yesterday reviewed the 34tt
and 42nd regiments, previous to their depar.
ture for India.
The steamer Colombo arrived st South.
ampton on Tuesday, with tho China and In.
dian mails. Her passengers firmly believe
that Delhi has fallen. They state Basar in.
telllgence outstrips government dispatches
When the Madras passengers left, an out
break was fully expected, and the Europeans
were under arms.
/ Seventeen hundred armed men were found
about the residence of king Dude, although,
according to treaty, he Is not entitled to
one.
| Colin Campbell's passage through Egyp,
was An ovation. He intends dividing the
army into six flying divisions.
! The plumber Of the Indian treasury 10 es.
timated at two million pounds sterling.
| WAsnINGroH, Aug. l7.-Sumner Il. Chase
has been appointed register Of the land Office
at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
1t is reported that Mr.. Sherman, of Mich
igan, has been rendered the Office Of Com
missioner Of Patents.
Although the jury in the case of Doren,
one Of the alleged election rioters, were con
fined in their room four days, they were this
morning discharged, having been unable to
agree upon . verdict.
DxrRolr,~ Aug. lq.-S. M. Holden, lum-
herman, formerly Of Saginaw, was shot and
robbed Of $500 at Ann Arbor, Michigan, last
night, while on his way from the depot to his
residence. The wounds are considered NOR
tai.
PLArTsRuRo, Mo-, Aug. 8, l857.--On the
30th of July our Land Office opened with a
crowd of about 500 persons in waiting to en-
ter land. Theresult Of which is, that to day
person cannot find tract A. large a. an
eighty in the district, except the few that are
pre-empted. There arc probably about TO-
GOO acres yet vacant, entirely Of 40 acre
tracts.
WAsHINoroN, Aug. o0.-The General Land
Office to-day decided against the prcsen,
claims Of a colored man to $50 acres Of land
in Wisconsin, taking the ground Of the Su-
preme Court in the bred Scott case that a
free negro whose ancestors were brought to
this country and sold as slaves is not citi-
zen within the borders of the Constitution oil
the U. S. This decision Of the Land Office
applies to all other similar cases now pend
ing.
Kansas city and It's proposed Rail
read 10 Chicago.
Missouri has Free State towns rs we'll as
Kansas. One place, notorious in the history
Of Kansas invasions, viz: Kansas City, is
now substantially Free State town. A,
the recent election, it gave majority of
votes to Rollins.
Almighty change has come o'er the spir-
il of the dreams'' Of many Pro-Slavery
| 6llibuster in Kansas City. When the negro
breeders had full control, and had essablish-
ed reign Of terror, real estate could be
sold at NO price. Business was perfectly
! stagnant; tho place looked a. il cholera or
some other plague had scourged it. But ore
long . reaction set in; signs Of commercial
| life began to be manifest; men were heard
to condemn the rufians publicly; free speech
| was no longer repressed; . portion Of the
swarm OF Free State settlers, en- route for
Kansas, struck with the natural advantages
Of the place, settled there; others focked
/ 10 after them; each week added to that class
Of emigrants, until now there Is probably .
majority Of Free State population in Kansas
City. fireplace contains about 9, 500 inhab-
itants at the present time. A gentleman
| just from there, informs us that be counted
i one hundred now houses erected since May,
and more going up this season. A brother
OF the notorious Kansas 6llibuster, Notice,
is now ia Chicago purchasing lumber to the
amount Of $4,000, to finish OF eighteen
brick buildings, which company are put
ting up. As a matter Of course, the prices
of real estate and rents have been enhanced
very greatly within year; but there are
first rate chances for speculation, and will
4 be for some time to come. Kansas City,
besides large Missouri trade, sweeps much
/ of the business south Of the kaw river, and
draws business far back into the interior
along the route OF the Santa Fe Road. Ons
frm, that OF Northrup 4 Chick, sold $780,.
600 worth Of goods within the past lively,
months.
The question of railroad connection
with the "Abolition" city Of Chicago 10 tn.
! great topic Of public interest at Kansas City
at this time. ! 10 proposed to run m ail
line from there to Keokuk; thence to con.
meet with the Chicago and Burlington Rail
road, 1t or near Galesburg. The route ha,
been carefully surveyed. The ground was
found to be admirably adapted for building
a railroad ct cheap cost, and on an almos
air line; the distance between Kansas Cit,
and keokuk is 2l0 miles, and to Chicago
430 miles. 1t is 256 miles from Kansas City
to st. Louis, via the Pacific road. Conse.
quently the same length OF road in the direc
ton of Chicago would reach about to Gales.
burg.
The construction Of the road would oper
an immense market for the consumption Of
Chicago lumber and shingles, and goods Of
many kinds that are now purchased at St
Louis.
The people Of Kansas City and vicinity
have subscribed half million towards build.
Ing the road, ns nm earnest Of their deter.
mination: The route passes through = SEQ.
ton OF Missouri into which food Of North
ern emigrants will soon pour itself. A larg,
emigration from the Free States has gon,
there this season o. the fore runner Of thous
ands that will soon follow.
IL has become certain that, in q very few
years black servile labor will give place 4
free white labor. The great Northern hiy,
will send out swarms of sturdy self support
ing white workers, who will give the omar
cipation sentiment the prepondcranoc .,
strongly and solidly that some means vii
quickly be devised to rid that naturally mag
Difcent State Of its present incubus an,
shame, and place il in the galaxy OF Ere
Labor Statcs.-lChicago Tribune.
MORAL CouRACE.-Sidney Smith, in hi
work on moral philosophy, speaks ia thi
wise OF what men lose for want Of littl
moral courage or independence OF mind ~
great deal OF talent 10 lost in the world TO
the want OF little courage. Every do,
sends to the grave number Of obscure men
who have only remained in obscurity be
cause their timidity has prevented them frou
making first effort; and who, IL they coul
have been induced TO begin, would, in al
probability, have gone great lengths in tn,