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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-29

A supply Of Fancy Shrubbcry, EysYersens,
Roses, Ac., on hand.
Early Tomato, Cabbage and Sweet Potato Plants.
All for sale At customary prices.
Orders received on the grounds, Of . mile west
Of the old City limits, tbs Bluff Ferry rosd toths
Dies Moines, or By mail, addressed to-
Mch7-dAw. GEO. D. HILTON. Il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-29

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vlNHE attention " Picnic and Pleasure Parties.
- y called 70 the dsssttfui groves II IL nsieh-
eerAooa Of DseAlios The scenery Il tsastifsl, sAs
groves arr numerous and extensive, and 20 nege
plsasAnt place sas - founA 70 satey ! eummass
day. This Dscaiiea Laa6 ard Ferry C1mpoaS v11l
convoy PARTIES Of rleasuSs both % aalN1 D.
sshon, during tbs ssmusr montha, % noutnal
rates. On their nsw siseswhsel bat ssUeaaIjcn =
sD1 pa lao. uolnselsS vslh cs,aay henoe,s
will be convey I'd vaEK. J. H.kULLiVAN
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-29
Mississippi Valley Nursery,
kEOKUK, IOWA.

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OUCH Is Apple, Peach,
~ Pear, Plum, Cherry,
Ounce, &C.; and he small
fruits, Raspbsrries, Cur
rants, Strawberries Goose
berries, &c.
Also, . large quantityIf
CatAwba and IsAbella
Grape Roots.
A large quantity Of
DWARF Trees, partieu-
lariy Pear and Cherry ,
which are very desirable
for CITY plRnting,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-29

FAHRAn = IlA1NEs,
KEoRuK FLAMING AND FLOORING MILL,
Corner Of 4 asa Bl0fS sls.,
Sstr the Kcekuk n. lbs NsiAts y. n, Depot;
nEALERS IN LUMBER IN the rough. Mans.
~ &tacturcrs Of Doors, Shutters, Blipds. SSH
Door aad sWiAIeW Eysnss. Meslai 0gi 81 Svsry
size aaa pAttssa. Iln0ring, MsAA6eshessding 4,
shsislng, Nantes, Base. PIiasters aud Chain Pump
Tubing
inches in width.
lAfgs asser,ment II ths above named ar,i.
cles constantly on hand.
Ftaning snd saving done to order, 1t short mo-
tee, on reasonable terms, and warranted TO
please.
- Particular attention paid TO Cling orders
for country buildings mpiaie.
Keokuk ,July = dAw
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
A Great Country for the Ladies.

The time for marriage in Sparta was
fixed by statute-that of men at about
thirty or thirty-fve years. that of the women
at about twenty or little Younger. All
men who continued unmarried after the
appointed time were liable to prosecution;
and all old bachelors were prohibited from
being present at the public exercise Of the
Spartan madens, and were denied the usu-
al respect and honors paid to the aged.
"Why should l give you place." cried a
young man to an unmarried general, "when
you have no child to give place to me when
1 am old?" No marriage portions were
given with any Of the maidens, so that
neither poverty should prevent gallant,
nor riches tempt him, to marry contrary
to his incHnations. The parents Of three
children enjoyed considerable immunities,
and those with four children paid no taxes
whatever-a regulation which all married
men with large families will readily admit
to be most wise and equitable. It was Gus
tomary for the brides maids to cut all the
brides hair on the wedding-day, SO that, for
some time, At least, her personal attractions
should increase with her years
Life and troreS Of Herodotvs.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
What Newspaper Does for Nothing !

The following article should be read and
pondered well by every one who takes a
newspaper without paying for it:
The result of my observation enables me
to state, as fact that the publishers of news
papers are more poorly rewarded than any
class of men in the United States who invest
an equal amount of labor, capital and thought.
They are expected to do more service for less
pay, to stand more spongihg and dead
heading" to puff and defend more people
without fee or hope of reward, than any
other class.
They credit wider and longer; get oftener
cheated; suffer more pecunary loss; are often
er the victims If misplaced confidence than
any other calling in the community. People
pay printers bill more reluctantly than any
other 1t goes harder with them to spend
dollar on a valuable newspaper, than ten
upon a needless gewgaw; yet, everybody
avails himself of the use of the editors pen
and the printers ink.
How many professional and political repu-
tations and fortunes have been made and sus-
tanned by the friendly, though unrequited pen
of the editor? How many embryo towns
and cities have been brought into notice,
and putfed into prosperity by the press?-
How many railroads now in successful opera
ton, would have foundered but for the assist
ance Of that clever that moves the world!"
In short, what branch of industry or activity
has not been promoted, stimulated and de-
Tended by the press?
And who has rendered it more than mis-
cradle pittance for its mighty services' The
bazaar of fashion and the haunts of appetite
and dissipation, are thronged with an eager
crowd bearing gold in their palms, and the
commodities there needed are sold at enor-
nous profits, though intrnsicaly worthless,
and paid for with scrupulous punctualty;
while the counting room of the newspapers
IS the seat of jewing, cLeapening trade or
ders, and pennies. 1t is made a point of
honor to liquidate grog bill, but not Of dis,
honor to repudiate printers bill.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
A Just Contrast.

The Lynchburg (Va) Republican, in speak
ing of existing parties, draws the following
contrast: "There is just the contrast between
the democratic party and the party by which
it is opposed, that there is between an army
of United States regulars and band of Mex
lean guerias. The one is permanent or
ganization founded on principle and necessity
with one common flag and uniform, of which
they are ever proud, and the coIors of which
they never change without experiencing an
instructive sense of shame and disgrace.
When summoned to battle in the cause of
their country, its legions are formed in mas
sive columns upon the open plain, and they
march to battle with flags flying and drums
beating to conquer or die. The guerilla is a
different animal. His mode of warfare is
fixed by no principle-hs flag, he has none,
except now and then, when he assumes a
false one, with which to deceive and decoy
his adversary-his uniform is changed to suit
the change Of circumstances-he conceals
himself in the chapparal instead of meeting
his adversary in the open feld--he fights for
plunder and the spois, instead of for God
and liberty-and when fairly driven from his
hiding place, instead of honorably capitula-
ting, he skulks to the rear of the army, and
when opportunity offers, falls upon the bag
gage wagons and plumbers them of their
contentsn
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

A REMINIsoENcE.-A writer Of court re-
collections for an Indiana paper, mentions a
curious incident with in his own experience.
Happening to stroll into the United States
courtroom at Baltimore, in 1928, he found
"a venerable Judge on the bench, lawyer
addressing the court, and another taking
notes of his speech. These three, and the
marshal composed every person but myself,
in the ROOM They were all strangers
asked the marshal who they were. "The
Judge" said he, sis Chief Justice Marshall,
the gentleman addressing the Court is Will
liam Writ, and the one taking notes is Rog-
er B, Taney, three Of the most distinguished
men in the United States; and yet, in city
with a population of then fifty thousand souls
they were unable to draw an audience to the
courtroom"
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
What is the matter with the Hens.

"Have not had an egg for q week, and
the corn they eat is a caution in these
hard times" They are shut up in yard, Of
course, and cannot have access to the green
grass, and to the insects, which Providence
have provided for them in Summer. "Man
shall not live by bread alone" And the
proverb is true of fowls. What could you
expect of sensible hens but that they would
stop LAYING when you cut off the supplies2
Now get liver from the butchers stall,
or any other cheap meat, and see with what
avidity they will devour it, and almost quar-
rel for the last morsel Ohal from the fish
market, or any animal food, will answer
quite rs well. If at distance from mar
kets, upon the farm, and you conine your
hens, mix course meal with whey, or skim
med milk, to satisfy their craving for an
imal food. Supply them also with clear
water, aud grass or weeds daily, and ash
es and oyster shes.-Look also a. the roosts
aud keep the droppngs well sprinkled with
plaster and muck.--Attend to these things,
and you and the hens will soon sing a
new song over fresh laid eggs.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
An Indian Adventure.

The following incident was narrated to It.
Beckwith, of the Pacific Rail Road Expedi-
ton party, by Delaware Indian guide, as
they were traversing a mountain pass which
was marked by numerous gulies and ravines
"He was traversing this path at midnight
accompanied by his squaw only, both noun
ted upon the same horse, and the night so
dark that he could not see the outline of the
horses head, when he heard a sound (Which
he imitated) SO slight as to be scarcely per-
ceptibe to an Indians ear, Of an arrow car
ried in the hand, striking with only slight
tick against bow.
stopping, he could hear nothing, but iu-
stanty dismounted- squaw leaning down
upon the horse, that she might by no posi-
bility be seen-and placed his ear to the
ground, when he heard the same sound re-
peated but a few feet distant, and was there
fore satisfied that however imminent the dan
ger, he had not been seen or heard, for no
Indian would make such noise at night in
approaching bis foe; be therefore instantly
arose and took his horse by the bride close
to his mouth, to lessen the chances Of his
moving or whinnying, and one hundred and
sevonty Of his deadliest enemies, the Sioux,
on war party, filed past him within arm's
length, while he remained unohserved.'
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
Indian Republics.

Away upon the head waters of the Min
nesota some 40 miles above Ridoely. in a
corner of the mserly strip of territory of
which the usufruct was reserved to the
Dakotas, all that remains to them now of
the magnificent heritage in which they were
born, in the wilderness home of 900 savages,
the very hades of Indian barbarism, yet dim
with ghostly songs and legends, the phloso-
piers of France and the poets of European
regeneration have been outstripped by the
Dakota hunter, and veritable Republic
organized, representative, free, with a written
Constitution and code of laws, has been
established on the banks of the Yellow
Medicine.
A community of Dakota Indians, includ-
ing some 25 families, renouncing the tribal
system and habits, the superstitions and cos
tune of their race, leaping, at a single vault
across centuries of barbarsm, have adopted
at once, by unanimous consent, the customs,
the dress, and at last the elementary ideas
Of civilized society.
The traditional principle of the community
Of property has been abandoned, the whole
tribal fabric dissolved, and society recon
structed on the basis Of justice to the indi-
vidual, and its relations adjusted on the prin-
ciple of individual responsibility. For this
new order Of things, "a methodcal organiza-
tlon has been effected, in which all male
adults are represented, and in which all
directly participate. A President and Sec
retary are regularly elected A constitution
and code of bylaws are written, and the
rights Of property recognized and defined.
This is an abrupt transition, certainly, and
presents the phenomena not Of growth but
of transformation.
One finds that savage hunter Of a year
since dressed to-day in the costume of the
white man, the hair cut short, and the paint
and ornaments discarded, living in neat
houses, of the simple but comfortable archi-
lecture usual in frontier settlements with
an enclosed field of four or five acres around
him TILED with the implements Of modern
husbandry. The Indian woman, released
from the despotism Of tribal prescriptions,
is no longer a beast of burden, but attends
to the gentle duties of the household, while
the husband accepts with pride the toll hs
recent pride disdained.
The interior of these little houses, usually
built of logs, reminds one of TIE simple and
innocent cottage life of the exied Acapans.
The rude furniture, fashioned by their un-
educated skill, is in everything an imitation
Of civilization. The idea Of comfort proceIes
the idea Of elegance IN the growth Of mind,
and ordinary comforts are sill novelties in
Indian life, TO which the sentiment of pro
perty, itself novelty, gives new charm
The rough bench or chair the bed or bunk,
curtained with mosquito gauze, the iron
stove the various utensils Of cookery, the set
of table ware upon the Ligh, clean shelf, the
lock and trunk, the suspended picture, the
well filled larder, and the cultivated garden
outside, enclosed with neat fences, all attest
the gradual development Of the principle of
acquisition, and the remuneration of the lazy
doctrines of community-St. Pauls 1dp.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

Now, it will be seen by this, that Jefferson
was born just eight years after his predeces.
sor, John Adams; Madison eight years after
his predecessor Jefferson; Monroe eight years
after Madison, and John @. Adams eight
years after Monroe. Another curious fact to
be observed is that Adams was just sxty-six
years old when he retired; Jefferson was sixty
six, Madison was sixtysix, Monroe was sixty
six, and John Q. Adams, had he been elected
to a second term, would have been sixty
Adams, Jefferson and Monroe, all died on
the Fourth of July.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

EMIGRATION FROM MIssoURI.-A cores
pondent writing from Fort Laramie to the
St. Louis Republican, says:
There is an immense emigration on the
Plains this summer mostly from Missouri
Thousands are leaveing the States to fnd 3
morei genial climate, the winters hav-
ing been so cold lately. | once asked Mis-
sourian why he was going to California
lie replied, "l'll be doqgone if I'll stay in s
country where the cold weather freezes the
shucks off the catile's feet" The road is fill
cd with covered wagons and stock. 1t is es
timsted that 10000 head Of cattle are on the
road from Missouri alone.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
Coincidence.

We were struck the other day in looking
at a work entitled, "The Lives of the Presi-
dents" with few coincdents Of numbers
which relate to the line of five Presidents,
beginning and ending with Adams. Here is
a table for instance, of the periods in which
they were born and went out of office:
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

HAY CnoP.-The Chicago papers say thai
the hay crop in that section Of illinois is i'm
mense. 1t is expected it will sell as low as
81 ton in Chicago. II is now offered on
the ground in the neighborhood Of that city,
at 81 50 ana 32 PEI ton.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
Quartz Mountain" in Eariposa County.

A company WAS recently established al
Coulteryille, to prospect what is called Quartz
Mountain lying to the northwest of that
town, upon the border of and partly in Tuo-
lumne county. This mountain, says the
Mariposa Gazette, is little less than a mass of
quartz and talcose slate; the main vein of
which, running through the mountain, is
fifty feet wide. Besides this, irregular veins
appear in every direction. The company,
consisting of ten persons, who are men of
means, was formed to prospect thoroughly,
and if prospects should be satisfactory, to
erect works. A drift has been run into the
northern end of the mountain to conside.
rable distance, aud quartz of an excellent
quality has been struck, and in ineXhaustible
quantities. The company are now com.
mencing Il drift at the southern end of the
mountain, and should prospects prove as
good as those obtained in the first drift, works,
more extensive than any now existing in
Mariposa county, or perhaps in the State,
Will Immediately be erected. There is an
excellent site for mills near the mountain,
with wood and water in abundance. The
company is known as the "Pmo Blanco
Quartz Mining Company;' the members of
which reside in tie vicinity. with the excep-
ton Of the firm Of r. Mckee & Co, of San
Francisco, who are interested
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

a PRINTER IN Luck - The Chcllasaw
(Miss.) Advertiser says that Jas T. Balance,
formerly Of that place, and the publisher
Of the first paper ever issued thore, has re.
gently inherited fortune Of 100000
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

A NEW SOUTHERN STATE.-Ihe Memphis
Inqiyer calls for the formation Of a new South
eru State out Of the Indian territory west Of
Arkansas, inhabited by tho Chocktaws and
Cherokees. The Inquirer says:
ave think such a step absolutely necessary
for the protection of the South. The Chock-
taws and Cherokees arc shareholders and
would add another slaveholding State to the
Confederacy. These Indians are better citi
zens, more advanced in the principles Of our
government and laws than the people of New
Mexico.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
Married bY Chance.

The Count de NJ, lived in state of
single and independent blessedness. lie was
yet young and very rich, and surrounded
by everything that could give enjoyment to
life, except wife. He had frequently
thought of becoming a husband, but had al
ways declared off before the knot was tied
Once he found himself nearly committing
the folly Of matrmony. A young person,
the daughter Of one of his friends pleased
him; her fortune pleased him not less, per
haps than her person and accomplishments
and there were other reasons for convenience
to justify the union.
The Count, who had so frequently made
the first step towards matrimony but as fire.
qucntly drew back had not yet decided upon
the course he should adopt in this caso--he
had promised the friends Of the lady but had
made no outward sign of performance. His
future mother-in-law, however, knowing his
weakness in this respect resolved to bring
matters to a termination, and, therefore,
demanded of the Count whether he would
not marry her daughter, and requested an
immediate reply. At this moment his fears
and hest alton returned with more force than
ever; he trembled for the consequence.
TO give up his cherished habits of bache-
lorhood, he found was hard--it was almost
impossible to abandon them. In this emer-
gency he resolved to appeal to chance. lie
wrote two letters; in the one he accepted
the hand of the lady, in the other refused it,
He then put them in his hat, and called the
servant.
Take one of these letters" said he, "and
carry it to the Chateau de -"
(Which, sir3"
(Which you please"
The servant chose a letter. The Count
burnt the other without opening it.
A distance Of ten leagues separated the
two chateaus. The domestic must be absent
twenty-four hours; twenty,four hours must
elapse before the Count knew bis fate. His
situation is anything but agreeable; he knows
not, during that time, whether he is a mar
ried man or single one-whether he has
still the power to dispose of himself, or
whether he is already disposed of. The
domestic returned. He had carried the let
ter Of acceptance and NJ. de NJ is, even
at this time, the happiest husband in that
part Of the country.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

A MODEL JuRoR.--On Saturday afternoon,
says the Pacific, telegraphic dispatch
from Sacramento requested the San Fran
cisco police to arrest man who went by
the name Of George Tule, alias Jackson alias
Bush, alias Dolen, on charge Of stealing
horses at Rich Bar, in Sacramento county.
The officers found the fellow splurging
about at great rate in the Bay "Sodom"
and on examining his person they found
in his pocket subpoena directing him to
appear and serve as a juror in the U. s.
Circuit Court. On further examination it
appeared that this model juror had also
served out term in the State Prison for
horse stealing.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

SAN DIEGO MAIL WAylAID.-1he San
Antonio and San Diego mail train, under
charge Of Capt. Wallace, was attacked by
party of about 100 Apaches on the 25th of
July last, near the upper crossing of Devils
River, The mail party consisted of Capt.
Wallace and five men, one six mule coach
and twenty two head Of horses. One of the
mail boys was killed, Wallace was himself
wounded. w. Clifford of New Orleans was
killed. The mail party fought for abent two
hours, but the Indians were to nuemerous:
they took all the mules, coach, saddles, and
ia tact all the mail party had. Only five of
The men escaped with their lives, and camo
back on foot to where company of soldiers
were encamped within about sixteen miles Of
the scene Of action.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

WATER AT LAsr.-lt seems that water
has been Mt length strnck by the work
men engaged in boring the artesian well
in Stockton. The -4'gaS Of September 9Th
saws:
The workmen on the artesian we'll struck
a new stream of water on Thursday, which
is at present running over the pipe at
the rate Of about 200 gallons per minute
The water can be raised over an addition
al pipe Of about five feet. 1t now re-
mains for the Aresian Wei Board to
determine whether the well shall be car
ried down farther, risling the loss of the
present stream, with the hope Of obtaining
larger one at greater depth. The we'll
is now $40 feet deep, and the present
cost of boring is nearly $l5 per foot. The
water that issues from it is soft and clear,
although of a quality at first taste not
altogether palateable.
The Placer herald., 1857-09-26

A DEAcoN EXPELLED FROM THE CnuRcn
FOR NorNG FOR BucnANAN.-Mr G. p.
Stibbins, a Deacon in the Free Will Baptist
Church, in Alpine, Michigan, has been ex-
PEELED from that church for the oilense Of
voting for Buchanan. A good SIGN for that
church. 1t looks as though its anti-saycry
meant something, .1nti-siape,y B2gle.
The above is true, although it hardly
appears possible. 1t shows the fanaticism
ami intolerance Of black republican bigots.
In this county, last fall, one preacher Of
the gospel declared that those who voted
for Buchanan would 90 to hell, while an
other said that "no Democrats should be
allowed to partake of the Communion!" Not
withstanding the "Julis' of these self right
eous d. D's the Democracy carried the
county, and "Old Buck" graces the Pres
idential chair Seneca (Ohi0) ARrertiSer.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-10-31

Beauties Of the System. We see it sta
ted that the Rhode Island Banks have ff-
teen dollars in paper promises in circula-
ton, to ono of specie in their vaults the
New Hampshire Banks have thirteen stcrc-
otyped falsehoods with picture engraved
apongthem, promising to pay for every one
they have to pay with the Banks in Con-
neetieut have nine paper promises to pay
dollars, for every dollar they own :. fta;ne,
Massachusetts and Vermont Banks owe
four dollars and a half for every dollar they
are worth the Banks in New York have
ten dollars in liabilities, for each dollar they
possess-and so on to the end of the chapter
of fraud, deception and dishonesty.
Is not this a beautiful system? Here are
institutions owing ten Or fifteen times as
much as they are worth, fraudulent, bank
rupt shaving shops, and yet are receiving
interest on all they owe growing rich on
the debts they are unable to pay-upon
debts they never intended to pay whom con-
tractcd-npon promises that were made to
deceive-issued as deliberate lie. and
never intended to be redeemed. A simultan-
eous call upon the Banks to redeem their
lying promises, would break every Bank in
the -tshited States in twenty four hours
And yet we are told that paper money is
equal to specie. -PhH A1gus.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-10-31

las ienmaHy years devoted his ulmle attention
y to the Fei -lnelit1t PRIV ~ Hula ats, ii all
III IN VI iatf IL, LHlOlnl ic In 4 FINN.