The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-06-23
TsisgrapA news.

TsisgSapA News.
wAsnIxorox, june f9.--A telsGsaphic dis
patch has been received iso1 Ene&y Postef,
accepting one Of hevscant Utah 9odgsslips.
He 10 member Of CoDgress froo Ohio
The other has been offered 70 ~. Excl, Of
Indiana, who will probably accept. Its UNI
certain whether Judge Stiles, now here, will
return to the Territory. A we'll founded re-
port assigns Thos. II. Dunn, Of Mississippi,
again be rendered the Governorship, and his
acceptance 10 considered certain.
CHICAGO, juno I9.-JAckson, convicted OF
the murder Of Morris, in Lake county, last
fall, was executed this morning, three miles
from the city. lie confessed the murder
some days since. 1t 10 estimated that come
IS 900 persons were present. The crowd
broke down the platform but NO one was in
jured. The military was out In force and the
execution passed OF quietly.
The magnetic Telegraph EerssAaA-
wsA.
Ma. Eprroa: In Bailey's Dictionary, edi-
ton Of l730-l27 years ago-under the
word s.Loadstone," find the following fore
shadowing Of the electric telegraph:
"Some authorities write, that BY the help
Of the magnet .or loadstone, persons may
communicate their minds to friend at a
great distance; ~ suppose one to be in Lon
don, and the other 1t Paris; II each Of them
have circular alphsbet like the dial plate
Of clock, and . needle touched with one
magnet, thcn at the Same time that the needle
At London was moved, that at Paris would
move in like manner, provided each party
had secret notes for dividing words, and the
observation was made ct set hour, either
of tho day or Of the night; and when one
party would inform the other OF any matter,
he 10 TO move the needle to those letters that
will form the words; that will declare what
be would have the other know, and the other
needle will move in the Same manner. This
may b done reciprocally."
| When We reflect that, at the time this book
was printed, magnetism was derived solely
from the loadstone that electricity was
only known Gas power or property where
| by amber and . few other substances, At
tracted straws and similar light bodies !"
that IL was mot till % years afterwards that
Franklin raised electricity to the dignity OF
Of science, BY proving it identity with the
terrible thunder bolt; that galvanism was
unknown until 1890; that the next great step,
| the discovery Of electro. magnetism, was mot
made till 1890, and that the final triumph,
the invention Of the o-telegraph, wss
not made till 1887 when We conside. oil the
above facts, this extract from old Bailey
seems indeed prophetic and inspired. 1t 10,
| IL possible, yet more wonderful, that the pro-
cess 80 infinitely described by Bailey is al
most identical with that pursued in the man :
ipulation OF Wheatstone's tslegrsph-ths
telegraph generally used in England.
|
1 TUE Way Coop L,oUoRs ARR MApx.-Dr.
Hiram Cox, appointed under the law of Ohio,
Chemical Inspector Of Liquors in Cincinnati,
has published facts which should be engraved
around the rim Of every drinking glass. He
states that during two years he has made 24e
inspections Of various kinds Of liquors, and
has found more than nine -tenths Of them i'm.
itations, and greater portion OF them pois-
onous connections. OF brandy he has no,
found one gallon OF pure in hundred, the
limitations having been whisky for basis
and various poisonous acids for the condi
ments. OF wines not gallon in thousand
purporting to DO Sherry, Port, Sweet Malaga
10 pure, but they are made OF water, sulphu.
RIG acid, alum, Guinea pepper, horse radish
and many OF them without single drop Of
alcoholic spirit. DR.. Cox warrants there are
not ten gallons OF genuine Port vino in Gin
cinnnti. He also states that ia HE inspec.
ton Of whisky he has found only from II to
20 per cent. OF alcoholic spirit, whom it should
have been As 70 so, and some Of it contain,
sulphuric acid enough in quart to cat q
hole through mans stomach.
TMr. Brooks, Of the N. 7. Express, thus
writes about the Rock leland bridge:
The bridge 10 both convenience and d
nuisance--a blessing and . plague. The
raftsmen dread it, and within few days past
RATS laden with lumber have been broken in
pieces, and the boards, COLLECTED from the
upper NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in al direc-
lions. Several lives have also boon lost,
which makes the river mon fierce in their de.
nunciations Of the bridge. The current il
very strong here, and at certain seasons no
amount Of care can avoid these accidents
The steamboat men also hold the bridge 10 q
sort Of horror, and would il they could, abats
it as Q nuisance.
| cTIt 10 reported that David c.. Broder-
lick, U. S. Senator from California, il 90 dis
satisfied with the course Of President Blu
chanan, that be 10 about to take the lead OF
the Republican party in the Golden State
He 10 now lying i'll 1t Sacramento, and re-
fuses ill medical attendance.
RECEIVER HIS RawARp.--The Rev. A. n
Fitch, OF Mich, has been appointed Indian
Agent for the Indians Of Northern Michigan
The NJ. e. Conference Of that State, las
fall, passed resolutions, with but one dissent
ing vote, condemning the buying and selling
Of men, ~ being anti-scsiptural and un
christian. That one dissentsr was the Rev
Mr.. Fitch.
i eIMajor General McNair, one Of the vet
Grams Who distinguished themselves in tn,
) war with Great Britain, died ct Washington
City, ON Friday morning, from effects Of |
disease contracted ct the National Hotel
whore he dinsd ON the 9Th Of January.
|
Col. RIcnAaDsok.-Ths Hon. w. A. Rich
Ardson arrived in Chicago on Saturday even
ing, and stopped It the Richmond House.
} We understand that be has declined the posi-
tion Of Governor Of Nsbraska, TO which b.
has been appointed BY tho President.- Chi
,, cago Tribune, 18th.
TAt . railway station IN old lady salt
; to very pompous-looking gentleman, VII
WAS talking about steam communication
"Pray, cir, what 10 stsamp"