The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-24


and place, to carry out the decisions OF the
mass convention, and thnt each district be
entitled to twice the number Of delegates
they are entitled to Of senators and repre-
sentatives under the state apportonmcnt.
Judge Conway, from the committee on
business, reported the following, which was
adopted;
\ Whereas, we have reliable information
I that preparations are being made in some
parts of the state OF Missouri to control the
result Of the coming elections in Kansas +;
therefore be it
Resolved, That Gen. James ii. Lane be
appointed By this convention, and authorized
to organize the people in the several districts
to protect the ballot-box at the approaching
elections in Kansas.
WHERE rs THE GREAT PAsic A writer IN
the Dubuque Times. after coming down the
river and stopping al all the towns says ne
looked, but looked in vain for some eviden-
/ ces of the great crash that was to cover this
Western country and PROSTATE all our towns.
! And in fact there is no evidence of such
visitation. We lately looked on nearly cv-
cry town from Galena down, and we never
saw so much improvement, before, in the
aggregate. 1t might almost be said that no
one ever improved so fast IN any one year
before as it is improving now. Every city,
village and hamlet gives evidence of activity
! and thrift, in blissful ignorance of the terri
/ BILE financial calamity which must have fall
en- npon it ere this, in order to sustain the
prophecies of Eastern ravens. The bears OF
New York, and their great journals, have
not succeeded. BY months of labor, in break
| ing down the West, and we defy them to do
i it. Its prosperity is founded on surer ha-
sis than the slippery, subtle gold and fancy
stocks Of Wall street.
RAILROADS IN CANADA. - The Toronto
| Globe is afraid that the great extent of the
railroad system in Canada will bring ruin
upon the provinces. Canada has an area OF
/ 357 800 square miles. Illinois has an area
of 55,409 square miles. Yet Canada has
only ,G53 miles Of railroad in operations
with 344 miles building, while Illinois has
4 2,1Gl miles in operation, and an amount
building very much greater than that in Can
ada The comparison would be still more
striking If itwere made with Massachusetts,,
which has about or quite one half the amount
of Illinois, although she has only one-scventh
the area.
! SHOCKING MURDER. ON the Goth Mr.. Fer
dnand Durand, of McGregor, Iowa, settled
with clerk. The clerk demanded IS 90
4 which Mr.. Durand said was not his due. The
! clerk went away, bat soon returned. again
| demanded the So, which being refused,
he drew a knife and plunged it seven times
1 into Mr.. Durand's back, reaching nearly
through his body. Mr.. Durand went into
his wife's room. She, being near her con-
/ fnement, seeing her husbands condition,
went into commissions. At last accounts
neither were expected to recover. Mr.. Du-
rand was pcaceable man, and the affair has
caused great excitement in McGregor.
| ARCHBISHOP IluGuEs.-It ia reported that
the see Of this gentleman is TO be divided
I Thr New York Herald says the report is not
without foundation. 1t says, farther, that n
coadutor may be appointed, to share with
him the responsibility and dignity OF the Of
4 fee, and Influences are at work even with o
view to his being superseded. The influence
( operating against the Archbishop is said to
come from The ultramontanes, who have a
zeal for more fully restoring the forms, GER
emonies and practices of the middle ages,
and of pushing the work OF Cstholicisng
| the nation with greater vigor. The Herald
says that the ultramontanes comprise alarge
portion Of the Catholic clergy in this couu.
t-y, with the bulk Of the foreign-born Jes-
uits, but that their success against the Bishop
will greatly compromise their influence
and retard the success Of their cause.
FIRE AT GRgEScAsrLE.-A destructive fire
occurred at Greencastle, Ind, on Tuesday
last, before daylight. A large and well ar.
ranged carding factorywas totally consumed
together with all the stock on hand, valna-
BILE machinery, &c. The loss is q very heavy
one. The FIRE is supposed to have been thu
work of an incendiary.
PlrcKy.A couple of Cincinnati papers
announced tibet Mr.. Payne, the Republican
candidate for Congress in the Kentucky dis
trict opposite that city, had declined to run
He thereupon publishes card saving: s.
| shall run the race through, as my friends dc
! sire, If my pathway is paved with revolver
and bowie Knives
POISONED reA.~The London Times warn
people agalns, the use of Tea. 1t think
, that the destruction Of human life by POI
1 immense. When the cargoes OF tea now o
their way from China have been landed an
put into the retail market, it says consumer
) will regret that they had not hcedsd its warn
! ings.
!, ms MOWER TRi.L.-~At the great trial {
a moving machines, at Syracusc, Manny's III:
: chine, with Woods Improvement, eclipse
I nj, the rest IN respect Of speed. The speci
: test was by the dynamometer, showing Il
N greatest amount Of work TO given amour
!, 81 power. The result Of this test has n
It been announced.
RATHER Dis THAN WoRs.--Thos. Fry
'r week or so ago committed suicide at Cair
4 Ills. lie was one Of Walkers returned Il
. hbusters, was out Of money, said he wou
"a rather die than work, and SO killed himse
i 10 prevent starving To death.
i. CO Ihe wife Of 4. A. Hannegan died
Ne Covington, Ky, few DAYS ago. Of mn q