The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-06-10
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lob Press Ser sale.
We have for sale Job Press Of Mon
tagus's patent, manufactured ut Hartford,
Conn. We used i, . year or more, until il
vas superseded by other machinery, and
have now no further occasion for it. II
could be made very serviceable in country
ONCE, and We viii sell 1t at bsrgain.
New Impetus 80 Keskak.
Five or six years ago, at the most, there
we're mot half dozen substantial and re-
spectacle buildings in Keokuk, no street inn
provements, and nothing in the appearance
Of the city itself to commend il to stranger
or indicate future Of any special promise. -
Tie unsettled condition of the titles to real
est tie and the squatter reputation Of the
p ople on the sstrnc,," deferred the ordinary
mass Of emigrants from stopping in our
midst to buy or build an uncertain home.
But we had commanding point, and were
doing large and increasing business, and
enterprising and sagacious persons from ev
cry direction Hocked in and suck down their
stakes. Titles were settled directly by the
Sapreme Court Of the United States, and the
city progressed rapidly with its public and
private improvements. 1t has already sur
passed every city Of the State in the extent
and value Of these, and is behind but one in
population to-day.
This rapid growth has taken place and
this proud position in the van Of the cities Of
the State mas been achieved under q very
great variety Of temporary draw backs and
disadvantages, and without railroad, or
scarce reasonable prospect Of one, till with
in brief period, to aid in extending our bus
iness or enhancing the advantages aud i'm
portsnce OF our city in the eyes Of the public
But this summer trains Of cara commence
running on two railroads, which are under
process Of construction, into the interior Of
the State. and arrangements are in such .
state Of forwarincss as will secure Us an
eastern connection by railway through lii
nois 10 the course Of year. A point pos
sessing such controlling advantages as to Sc
cure % large population. SO extensive q
Wholesale business, and such rapid upbuild-
ing Of city structures, in the way of business
houses and dwellings,, in spite Of unsettled
titles and general bad reputation, in the
face Of bitter and wide extended rivalry and
hostility, and without thoroughfares, east or
west, must have strength to avail itself OF
the utmost benefits resulting from railroads.
What keokuk has done, therefore, without
railroads, may be safely considered as but
1.-THE Of what she will accomplish with all
their manifold advantages rolling in ever 10
creas'ng volume into her lap.
The financial pressure that is now felt
throughout the country, and the effects Of
which have not rs yet developed themselves,
will prove IN advantage instead Of detr-
men, TO keokuk. Ii will burst many hub
bles IN the way Of the newly laid out cities
and unnecessary additions to old ones, and
check any further inastion of prices Of real
estate. Blu, with the inherent strength pos
sessed by keokuk and the additional impe-
tus which il will now receive from the open
ing Of our Railroads, prices Of the substan-
tial property of the city \ i'll not recede.-
And in a few months we shall attract the
population and the means Of hundreds OF
new towns and old ones which will fat out
under the pressure, and remain so, not hav-
ing elasticity to resume their former position.
keokuk will demonstrate her vitality by
fourishing amidst the surrounding dulness
and decay, and stand ont more prominently
than ever rs the lire city of the West.
Thus, as We have already in.ima,ed, the
inherent power Of keokuk rs business point,
with the impetus which she will receive from
the fact OF our Railroads going into opera
tion this summer, will carry her harmless
through the temporary financial pressure and
hard times which are settling down on the
country, and will make her only more bril-
liant and prominent poin, Of attraction TO
men OF sagacity, enterprise and capital,
throughout the land.
CO Baltimore, which has been notorious
for more thsn half century for its riotous
spirit and bloody mobs, has lately extended
the area ofits operations in that department.
One OF their numerous gangs Of organized
rutians, enrolled under tho cuphonious cog
nomen Of "Piug Uglies,o went over to
Washington City TO 'sregulate" the recent
election. They soon got up row Of course,
and when the authorities undertook TO ouell
the disturbance, the "PIng uglies' mounted
their cannon and fred away, killing ten or q
dozen men, and wounding many others.
We Simply note this fact to ask the public
- observe the result. We predict tina, al.
though every man that engaged in that mur-
derous scene Of carnage'is known, and many
OF them are now under arrest, thsy will es.
cape UNPUBLISHED, and tha, the spirit of law.
iessness aud blood thirsty violence will thus
receive sanction and encouragement from ,he
public.
Let every one Of them be hung for tho
murders committed that day, and it vii
prove the dawn OF new era for Baltimor,
and the country.
HOLD Tnix 10 IT,. The Locofocos contend
that the people Of Territory have right
to mould their own institutions and regalat,
iaeir own domestic affairs. Aud they insi !,
further, that Congress has no RICH, to reiec
State applying for admission with Con
sttu'ion securing Republican government.
These dogmas were manufactured an,
adopted as of the Democratic creed for III,
fPecial aid and comfort Of the slayehoId
ere, Dat DOW Brigham Young and the poly
1ifnisfs of Tifah aaraaa Il