The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-11-07

DOES 1T Par TO FAIL ?-The Independent,
says thousands are taking advantage of the
panic" and suspending, when with efTor,
they could go on, and do their duty to theil
creditors and pay in full. 1t requires only a
will and perseverance to accomplish it,
! but they consider they can make more by
stopping, 80 they hold up and compromise
/ ana the sight one witnesses is the same men
I in market buying for cash. In the crash of
80, Mrs. Snuggins was moaning over the
desperate fortunes of her husband who ex-
pected every day to ssgo," and stepped into
the house Of her friend, Mrs. Gigeer. for a
little private ontpouring Of her feelings, and
! to get little sympathy. 81 believe snug
gins will make bust up OF it fore long
don't b'lieve he'll stand it, and Pm most
crazy about it," "Lor, we'll, Mrs. Snugpins.
lwoald not take on SO; don'tfail then, that's
my advice, don't fail; Giggers, he failed for
Atty thousand last spring, and we've figured
IT up since, and come TO reckon it oil up, and
take the trouble of the thing, and the abuse
OF dirty creditors, and oil the false swearing
no had to do, Giggers and made up our
minds upon the whole, what we made out Of
the operation didn't more than pay, in fact
hardly that"
gVThe Chicago Tribune SAYS: "IIepry
Ward Beechcr says that the march Of civil.
zation bears hell on its outer edge. We are
reminded Of THE by the vote cast ut the rs-
cent elections on the confines Of Town ard
Minnesota. Throughout. the undiscovered
portion OF Iowa, and along the outskirts Of
Minnesota, where the Indians prevail over
the country, and whisky prevails over the In ).
dams, the Sham Democracy have achieved
signal triumph. frontier town, made IN
"a htlnd md
white men, whose occupa ion is TO keen thu
natives dead drunk, md themselves mod !.
erntey so. will not fsil to bring in Demo-
cratic majority equal TO the emergency. in
any important elcction,S
ANOTHER SwINDLE or THE PEoPLR,-The
". Paul papers state that the Government
Reservation at Fort Ripley was sold for sew.
en- cents an acre, including the pre- -emp,ions.
IL IS thus that the Administration Of pres;.
dent Buchanan, which places government
snip at the disposal Of TX .President Pierce
TO enable him to take pleasure trims. and
turns OF the workmen from its Navy Yard,
~ winter Is coming on, defrauds the people
Oh Their property, and puts money into the
pockets OF the favored pimps Of the Govern.
ment. --Dubaque Trib.
WARDS OwN, Of Bloomfield. Davis county.
Iowa, says:
"The first horse ever offered for sa,e !,
this place by the Sheriff, on execution. was
on Wednesday last. Two old Crews were
sold, one for S29 and the other for 500. be-
ing not more than half their value. IL this
IS sample OF the way debts are to be paid
on, debtors will find it to their interest 10
hegn to make sales without the old OF An
officer.
MORE GoLD.--The Canada arrived Mt Nav
York Yesterday, bringing one million in gold
from England.
The Star Of the West arrived about tho
same time from California with a million
and quarter Of gold. These large receipts
OF the precious metals must have relaxing
ehect on the n. Y. money market.
Exchange sold in this city yesterday at 5
por cent, and some nj per cent. Ii was
plenty at among produce men.-Chicago
frib., Nov. 5.
CoSrRAcTISG.--lt is not alone the Banks
that are contracting, but the larger sized
newspapers are also ''contractinc'' their
SIZE. The Cleveland Leader and Plaindealsr
nave both been reduced one column to a page.
! ne Journal OF this city has taken off one
QUINN the other large sized papers are
about following sait.-[Chicago frib.
90 Tho will Of Miss Lucy Fine, of I,ouis. /
Vil!e, who liberated all her slaves. nine in
number, was registered on Monday. She
gave to each Of them SlOO in cash, and made
hem equal heirs to her real estate in Jefror-
ION street on the death Of an aged brother.
The slaves are to be sent to Ohio.
FINED. Several members Of the Petit in.
Y were hned $3.50 each, by his Honor Judge
Jlagett, Tor being little behind time, day
before Yesterday. Be prompt, gentlemen, If
ette.
GT"What makes the milk SO warm 81
aia Betty to the milkman, when he bronoht
rs PAL to the door one morning. .sPlease
nun, The pump handles broke, and missus
'oS the water from the biIer.',
CARD.
We desire to resasa our grateful acknowledge
isAts 70 the many fritnas and citizens VINO 20
omptiy and stbccaily contributed ,Aeir val..aule
efNiess IN sssins our goods ami property from en-
'le aessfuefseR by the frs, on the morning Of the
9 INST We shall net hafari The ATTEMPT 10 ;rai.
idaaAxe, as we would no, know where to begin oy