The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-17

fFrom the 81. Louis Democrat /.

Kansas, Tor the following authentic inio Iiu"-
ton in regard to the election. II will be
seen that we were right in discredit'ng the
despatch published yesterday morning from
Boonyille, announcing pro-slavery victory.
The free State men have swept the Territory
by an overwhelming majority, and II remains
to be seen whether the disgraced minions OF
Federal authority, who have stopped ALREADY
to every species Of villainy will now again
attempt further frauds in order to set aside
the will Of the people and force slavery upon
free Kansas. The summary which We give
was made up BY official or reliable returns,
on Saturday, at Quindaro, and is the latest
advices from the Territory
QuiSpARo, Saturday, II O'Clock.
For the Council the free State party have
carried 4th district, 2; 9Th district, 9th
district, 8; 9th district, 2; 10th district, l.
making in all councilmen.
The pro- slavery Democrats have carried .
LIST district, 8; md district, making In all
4 counclmen.
For representatives the Republicans have
carried Doniphan, Jefferson, =; Calhoun,
/ I; Douglass and Johnson, s; Shawnee, ;
Anderson and Franklin. Lykins, ma
king in all twenty-five representatives.
The pro slavery Democracy have carried
Leavenworth, (by fraud,l s; Atchison, ) !,
Lynn reported as gone for the Democrats,
2-making 10 all l3.
Counties sending four representatiyes-to
hear from. All probably Republican.
parrott's majority between 5000 and 1000.
Most probably the latter.
CO The following exquisite bit OF deserip-
ton shows that whatever may have befallen
Bavard Taylor's subjective powers, his fac
uty OF word painting is as fresh and vital as
ever:
We sailed, in the lovely nocturnal sum
shine, through the long, river-like channel
the Rasksund i believe, it is called -oetween
the islands Of East Vaagoe and iiindoe, the
largest of the Lofodens. For distance OF
fifteen miles the strait was in no place more
than mile in breadth, while it was frequent
v less than u quarter. The smooth water
was a perfect mirror, rejecting ON one side
the giant cliffs, with their gorges choked with
snow. their arrowy pinnacles and white lines
of falling water--on thu other, bills turici
to the summit with cmerai velvet, sprihkled
with pale groves of birch and alder, and dot
ted along their bases, WIKI the dwellings, OF
he fishermen. Ii was Impossible to believe
that we were lca'ins on an arm OF the At
lantic-it WAS some unknown river, or lake
high up among The Alpine peaks. The ST.
lence of these shores added to the impres-
SION. Now and then white seagull hutter-
ed about the cliffs, or an elder dack padded
across some CLASSY cove, but no sound was
heard: there was no sail on the water, no hui
man being on the shore. Emerging at last
from this ail1 and enchanting strait, We
stood across bay, opening southwark TO the
Atlantic. 10 the port of Steilo, on one % the
outer islands Here the broad front Of the
island, rising against the roseate sky, was
one swell of the most glorious green, down
to the very edge of the sea, while the hills Of
East Vaague, across the bay, showed only
naked and defiant rock, with summit helds
Of purple tinted snow. In splendor Of col
oring, the tropics were again surpassed, bat
the keen north wind obliged US to enjoy it in
an ovcrcont.
And here is another, albeit We respectful
~ protest against the syntax of the last SEN
tence:
As we crossed the mouth Of the Ulvshord,
that evening, we had an open sea-horizon to-
ward the north, a clear sky and so much sun
shine at j O'Clock that it was evident the
Polar Day had dawned upon US at last. The
Illumination of the shores was unaarthly in
its glory, and the wonderful effects of the
orange Sunlight, playing upon the dark hues
Of the island cliffs, can neither be told nor
painted. The sun hung low between Fugloe,
rising like double dome from the sea and
the tall mountains Of Arnoe, both of which
islands resemblei immense masses Of trans
parent purble glass, gradually melting into
crimson fire at their bases. The CLASSY, lead
en- eolored sea was powdered with a golden
bloom. and the tremendous precipices at the
mouth Of the Lyngen Ford, behind us, were
stepped in dark-red, mellow flush, and
touched with pencilings of pure, rose color
ed light, until their naked ribs seemed to be
clothed in imperial velvet. As we turned
into the Fiord and ran southwark along their
bases, waterfall, struck By the sun, fell in
fiery orange foam down the red walls and
the blue ce-pillars Of beautiful glacier ill
ed up the rayne beyond il. We were all on
deck, and nil faces, excited by the divine
splenior Of the scene, and tinged by the same
wonderful aureole, shone ms il TRANSPORTED.
In my whole life have never seen specta-
Gle so ulearihiy beautiful.