The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-05-28

0soseo snes the exeCotivs oepaStneuu u
gsvsrnmsas profssssdly founded upon .
ssssgaition Of individual rights shoald en-
paoy shssssl slaves to perform their labor;
and also, that Il was injarioasly limiting the
Aslds and The rewards Of industry TO free Ia
berers. But Why i the policy any more OBJ
fashionable in the District Of Columbia than
IN the Territories q tha nation around the
halls Of the oapitol than over the whole area
Of wide snpires
BDaseopal CSnvsasion.
This body, consisting Of The rscsofs and
lay dsIsgatss Of some twenty-six churches,
sosstitstiag the Diocese Of Iowa, assenblsd
= q. Jehn's Church, yesterday, the Bishop
efiovs having been pressat and administered
he rite u confirmation 10 eight persons on
~ prsvioss svsniag.
~ 10 o'clock yesterday, in pursnanes Of
aspoias.snt, the Bishop delivered the pri-
mary charge TO the clerical nembers Of the
Cssvsatiea. The subject Of this address
was oassti6sation - doctrine Of the
ChsrsA asd = practical personal duty.
TAs pssitioas assumed were we'll consid-
sssd asd admirably enforced, and could not
fail 70 secure The ready and cordial consent
Of every ssadid mind. II would afford "
great pleasure soald " present report Of
the Bishcp's charge TO the public, and W
dosbs not IL perusal would afford some
thing better thsa mere EratiAoasion 10 our
readers. It was certainly the vsry best i'd
drsss ws have heard from the pulpit IN Iowa,
and admirably adapted 70 the occasion and
times, but IL length prseludes the appear
aacs Of anything like . fair report in the
brief space left in our columns.
After the conclusion Of the charge, the
Sacrament Of the Communion was admins
tered.
In the afternoon the Bishop read an inter-
esting statement Of his lsbors during the
past yesr, in organizing congregations, con-
secrating churches, administering the right
Of confirmation, and attending the various
dusies Of his once.
4 report vas then read from the Commit
Tee on the Fund Of the Episcopats, from
which W learned that, that fund, amountiug
70 sons seven thousand dollars, had been
invested in lands, couple Of years OF %
ago, and that the lands thus purchased we're
nov estimated to be worth about thirty
three thousand dollars.
The remainder Of yesterdays session was
occupied With the ordinary routine Of bus
insss.
The Convention meets again to-day, and
will adjourn sine die this evening.
The Mssseusi SLOPE.
We make An extract from the letter Of .
friend in the western part Of the State
inAissting the general condition Of az
fsirs and the state Of public sentiment in
that remote region.
"Sesrcity Of food for maa and boat il
the most distinctive feature in the socisl
arrangements Of this region. The late frosts
keep back vegetation, and wsnrs only now
beginning to see the foliage Of the groves
and the lowers Of the prairiss, which ia
former years have adorned the scenery 10
the 6rst week Of April.
There 10 great increase this year in the
commerce Of the Missouri, and tho Western
Slope Of Iowa il being more settled BY this
channel Of communication than 10 former
years. Boats arrive here almost daily, and
freishts and passengers are carried II res
sonabls rates. Yet the people I'll rely %
early railroad approaches, and among the
many that are nov pressing forward from
tbs Mississippi, they hope soon 70 hear the
notes OF the lomotivs. No line will BE- more
3avorably received thaa connscsion with
the Gate City, through the Ksoknk, Fort Dss
Moines and Minnesota b. r.
Political matters are mot much talked Of,
bat the Republican ranks are al Arn. Our
partial failure st the recent election 10 en-.
tirsly owing to the Indifference fel. for the
oahees which we're 70 be filed. The Repub-
cans are like voluatesrs in the service they
DO not turn ont only on important occasions,
whsn the occasion calls them, while the Demo
ersts, like old regulars, always run to ths
ranks st the first tap Of the drum. hops
our frisnds will learn the necessity Of drill.
Il i the only way TO meet the eternal pre-
peratiors and readiness Of the sham Democ-
racy."
PoisosiSG X PExxsYLvAsiA.-T There 10 1t
present great excitement existing 1t Dan
vile, Monsour county, Penn, growing GU,
Of horrible case Of poisoning. Ii seems
that Mrs. Mary Tviggs, : married lady,
and Mr.. VIM. J. Clark, were suspected oi
improper intimacy. Lately the wife Of Mr..
Clark died. Postmortsla examination 20.
tablished the fact that she had been poisoned.
The husband Of Mrs. Twiggs had died 4
short time sincs, and it was rsmembsssd that
his - mptoms ware similar TO those Of Ms,
Clark. His body was accordingly exhumed
for the purpose Of chemical examination
This examination had not bssn nAds at thu
last accounts hut the public opinion va
that the husband Of one and the wife Of the
other Of the existing parties had bssu pois.
ened BY mutual agreement. Mrs. Twixss
ard Mr.. Clark are both under arrest, and the
excitement Of the popalAce i intenss.
FoCEp DADA man was found 10 the
river q Darlington on the 18th. A steam