The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-06-20

Tnn SoSoaA ExrxprTIox.-Thefs are now
no fllibusters in The Centred American or
Mexican territory. Walkers crew have al
been driven ont, and The gray-eyed man y
perambulasing the country in search Of syn-
pathy and material for new expcditisA.--
The defeat Of Crabb's expedition to Sonora
has already been announced. His career
was short indeed, and ito termination was
bloody. He went down from California with
some hundred men, we'll armed. They made
their first attack upon the town Of Caovora.
The Nexicans surrounded them, drove them
into house, set it on fire over their heads,
and they came out under a Gag ok truce, sur
rendering themselves up Internationally
The Mexicans had previously offered to let
them retire II they would surrender. They
refused. And now, when they surrendered
without condition, the Mexicsns refused to
grant them mercy. They we're bound, taken
OF in small companies, and shot. Crabb
was the only one who was reserved for SOL
itary death. He was permitted TO write q
letter to his wife, then tied to stake, . hum
dred balls penetrated his body at the COM
mand "fre," and his head was cut on and
exposed to the jeers Of the populaoe. Only
ono of the fated band escaped. Their end
was A. terrible as it Was summary. Crabb
had been man Of much influence in Califor-
nia,--a scheming political manager. He
took pattern from Walker, turned his atten-
ton to the inviting field Of Mexico, and a
hundred Americans more sleep under alien
soil, leavingt TO their friends and families how
much consolation 2-to their country how
much of honori
They were shot, and brutal indignities were
put upon their lifcless bodies. Brutality is
inexcusablc under eli circumstances, but no
one will deny that their lives were justly for
feitsd. They put themselves out Of the pale
Of alllaw They invaded afriendly territory
for the purpose Of conquest and plunder.--
By the laws Of nations they had nothing but
death to expect in case Of failure. No gov
eminent with ordinary self-respect would
have permitted them to escape with their
lives. Whoever invades our territory with
the same motives, must anticipate the same
fate, and we are afraid that speedy justice
| would be meted out to them with as little
mercy.
And now we hope we have recorded the
issue Of the last 6llibustering expedition upon
our neighbors that will leave American soil
fer long time to come, though it is doubt
full il such prove the case. Six thousand
men left to rot under a tropical sun by Walk
er, and the bloody fate of Crabb, may still
prove insufficient to deter the reckless and the
desperate.
FRox KANSAS. day after Jim Lane re-
piled to Gov. Walkers speech at Big Springs,
his steam sawmill on the Kansas River was
destroyed BY FIRE. 1t is supposed to be the
work Of the pro-slaveryitcs. 1t is thought,
if such prove to be the case, that the saw
mills of the Border Rufians, in the same
neighborhood, will not be very desirable
property to insure.
NJ. Hall, now Of Columbus City, Iowa, wants
information concerning her brother, Francis
N. Hcnnen, about Is years Of age, and
carpenter by trade. She was formerly of
Morgantowr, Va, and about year ago re-
ceived letter from him there, mailed ut
keokuk, but since her removal to Iowa she
can obtain no trace Of him. Any one who
knew him here win confer favor by giving
her any information concerning his where
abouts.
CO A new Republican paper is to be es-
tablished in Washington by G. NJ. Weston,
OF Maine, and ID. X. Goodloe, Of North
Carolina, realizing the idea which Mr.. Blu
chanan originally entertained concerning his
"organ," one editor from the North and one
from the South.
GREAT AeE.--A slave of Capt. Lewis Bis
sci, living near st. Louis, died on the 9Th.
aged 1870 years. This, we believe, is the
mast remarkable instance Of longevity re-
corded in modern times.
ca The st. Paul Times makes objection
to the department Of contemporary, that
he IL punster. 1t says, eve don't zee why
man should play upon words, when jews
harps are only ten cents dozen.'
GA new and dangerous % note On the
Bank Of Middletown, Conn.,, has lately been
put in circulation.
E1Col. Richardson has declined the M.