The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-08-15

TnE INDIAN DIyvIcuLTIRs-fnx HALF-BRHED
CONVENTION BACKING DOWN.


tab, having found his camp and dispatched
four Of the murderers. Little Grow brsagat
the scalps Of the slain to the Superintendent
Of the Lower Sioux Agency.
A band Of fifteen or sixteen disadected
Chippewas are plundering the settlers shout
City miles north Of this city.
4 In the Democratic Constitutional Oouven-
ton, yesterday, Judge Sherburne offered q
resolution providing for the appointment Of
a committee Of conference to wait upon q
similar committee to be appointed by the
Republican Constitutional Convention, for
! the purpose Of making compromise for the
submission Of but one Constitution to the
/ people. After an animated debate it was
voted down by majority. II is expected
that the subject will come up again on Mon
day, when the resolution will probably be
adopted. If so. . reconciliation will, it Is
believed, be easy.
Breach - Promise Case.
Quite an interest has recently existed in
/ South. Eastern Indiana, says the New Alba
ny Tribune, on account Of an alleged breach
Of promise charged against the Rev. 7. b.
Geary Of Liberty Circuit, by respectable
young lady Of Madison. According to the
Indiana American, the circumstances OF tho
case were about ~ follows:
Mr.. Geary was entertained during the late
! session Of Conference by the family OF which
this young lady was part. Az an acknowl-
edgment Of the kindness showed him during
his soiourn, he sent her The Ladies' Reposi-
tory for the current year. On it's receipt,
she wrote him letter, inclosing him book
mark, which letter was answered, with
thanks for the token, and there he thought
the correspondence ended. Not 90 with the
young lady. She alleges TINT she received
some fourteen letters from Mr.. Geary, all
of which she answered in due time, in which
on his part, proposals Of matrmony were
made, which were accepted by her, and the
time Of the marriage fixed at about the mid
die Of April. A few days before the time
fixed, she alleges that she received another
! from the same hand, informing her that he
was dead, inclosing lock Of hair and CIV
ing his dying words, &c. She soon asoer-
tanned that he was not dead, and her friends
believing that he had been playing false, had
charges preferred nsainst him before the
Presiding Elder. Upon an investigation,
only six letters were produced, and these
were proved to be forgeries. OF course MIR.
Geary was acquitted. II is believed that the
young lady is innocent Of any completely in
the forgery.
c. The last number Of the Revue des
Deux Mondes contains an article on Profess
sor Henry W. Longfellow's "Hiawatha,"
remarkable for subtle insight into the pecu.
liar character Of the poem, and genial ortiz
cism Of Its special merits. The writer, NJ.
Emile Montegut, shows . thorough appreei-
alton Of the poetic substance end form OF
Longfellow's Indian legend, soarcsly TO be
expected in foreigner, and least Of oil in
Frsnchman. lie pronoVpcss "Hiawatha'
to be the most finished poem Longfellow has
produced. OF the metre he says: "Ths mex
oey Of the verse, rapid and monotonous, is
like the voice Of Nature, which never 10
tigues us, though continually repeating the
same sound. Two or three notes compose
the whole music Of the poem, melodious and
limited IS the song Of bird" Describing
the general character Of "Hiawatha," he
says: 'sThe feeling for nature that pervades
the poem is ut once most rehned and most
familiar. The poet knows how to give, -
modern, voices TO all the inanimate objects
Of Nature; he knows the language Of the
birds, he understands tbs murmur OF the
wind amongst the leaves, he intsrprsts the
voices of the running streams; and yet, not
outstanding this poetic subtilty, he never
turns 0sluc W uluutc 0cUSTtpstout NV Nv
tempts to prolong, by reflection, the emotion
excited. His poem, made with exquisite art,
has thus double character it is H0merio
from the precision, simplicity, and familiar
ity Of its images, and modern from the Vi
vacity Of it's Impressions, and from the lyri-
cal spirit that breathes in every page"
Mas. CuxSixaaAs's Boops BABY.-New
York 10 in one broad grin y. the tArcipal ter
mination Of the Burdell tragedy, The pa
pers are filed with the particulars Of Mrs.
Cunningham's attempt to furnish = fictitious
posthumous heir to the estate Of DR.. Harvey
Burdcll. The Tribune says:
The excitement consequent on the astoun-
ding disclosures in regard to Mrs. Cunning
hams Bellevue baby has seldom been paral-
leled in this excitablc city. The tragedy OF
the earlier acts has now been relieved by
situations as purely comic a. any that ever
brought house down. The Spring street
apothecary personating parturient widow,
with night-cap, fter-birth, and correspond
ing groans; while the plotting woman re-
ceives the baby in the District Attorneys
fish, basket, and the same lsdy's ssnctimoni-
Gus remark to DIR. Uni, three hours later, 81
have put nay trust in the Lord, and be has
brought me through con hardly be sur
passed.
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