The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-01-12

TeleHHoRn NeWws
yIscKSNKs, January 3.-There is great OK
citAment in this city, occasioned by Mrs.
Crawford of Cleveland, Ohio, claiming her
three children placed Ia the Catholic Orphaa
Asylum here, by her husband. The woman
visited the asylum, and requested leave to
take away her children; this the nuns
refused, when she clutched up one Of
the children, and fed with it 10 her arms
She was pursued by the nuns and others, and
scuifie ensued in the street, the mother
fighting desperately for her child; some OF the
citizens interfered in behalf of the mother,
and she took the child away. The matter is
now in Court, on writ OF habeas corpus.
The excitement runs high, the sympathies Of
the populace seem to be with the mother, and
should the Court give the children to the
nuns, a serious disturbance seems inevitable.
DISCOVERIES IN ArRIcA.-Dr. Livingston,
during his travels in Africa, has made dis
covcrv which sets Mt rest the much disputed
question az to what becomes OF the magnificent
river Sesheke, or Barotse, or Leombye dis
covered by him in the middle OF the interior
ia a5l--whether it is lost in the desert, like
the Tonga; as some believed-or whether it
reached the Indian Ocean, and at what point,
through what channel, Zambexa or not. This
is not only q most interesting geographical
problem, but it also depends upon the event
ual development Of that river whether the
countries explored by DIR. Livingston will be
accessible to Europeans by practicable wa
ter communication, which 10 SO essential for
effectual spreading civilization and commerce
into the benighted regions Of the interior OF
Africa. DIR. Livingston has found the river
4 ,hva IN ba NJ thu
| lambert. 1t now remains to be seen wheth-
er the Zambezi will be found navgable;
meanwhile the only considerable river in in
ner Africa, as yet proved to be navigable as
we'll as accessible from the sea, is the Benueh,
discovered BY DIR. Bath, and it is much to be
regretted that its successful navigation by
DR.. Baia, in Mr. McGregor Laird's esplor-
ing steamer Plead, was not continued; but
it is to be hored that it may soon be more
vigorously taken up.
/ A Miraculous EscApE.-The Rochester
/ Union gives an account OF Geo. Shale fall
| ing one hundred feet over the Great Genesee
Falls in Rochester, without killing himself:
sIt appears that the boys went down the
/ slope, towards the mill, perhaps to see how
/ far they might venture; one OF them, named
Geo. Shale, ventured too far, slipped upon
! tho crust and in an instant went over the
! great precipice, falling, over one hundred
/ feet, to the verge of the water, boiling up
! from the eddy under the Great Fall. Ali
| who heard the alarm concluded at once that
the lad was dead, but he was SO far from
| being dead that his cries attracted the at
tention of skaters on the river, some forty
rods distant, and they went to his relief. He
was found standing partly upright, in the
snow, about six feet from the edge Of the
water. One of his legs was badly shattered,
and some of his ribs were broken.
| The precise extent of his injuries could
\ not be at once ascertained. lie fell feet
foremost and was terribly Jared, though
striking in the soft snow may have, in some
measure lessened the shock"
| NoxrSArIxG a CnarLAiS.-When the ques-
ton of electing n Chaplain came mp in the
! House OF Representatives last week, many
nominations were made, and among them
/ the following:
| Mr.. Spinner, OF New York, nominated the
I Rev. Mrs. Antoinette Blackwell, formerly
i Miss Antoinctte Brown. lie remarked that
/ during the late canvass he was charged with
being an infdel, for having voted for Mrs.
Blackwell Mt the commencement Of the last
session. lie knew then, as others must have
known, that she was regularly ordained
clergyman of the Presbyterian Church.
A Member-Clergyman You mean eler-
gywoman. Laughter.
MIR. Smith, Of Virginia, wished to know
if il was in order to nominate woman for
I Chaplain
The Speaker was of the opinion that it
was question for the House TO decide.
H. Al. D.. 4
Morris. lie is (said Mr.. 4. regular mem
pious man, not of very eminent ability, ba,
just the man to pray for such crowd as this
Laughter.
A REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF FRIKSDsmIr.--
Bayard Taylor, the distinguished writer, lee.
turer and traveller, has started on his tout
through the north Of Europe. In his third
letter to the N. Y. Tribune, he speaks o.
his German home. n. y. Willis, in the HON.
Journal, reveals the secret Of that home:--
With German gentleman, who had been
his travelling companion in the East, Bayart
Taylor had formed one Of those friendship
. of which we had been speaking-an incxpli
cable interchange Of magnetic recognition
aud trust. They were together 10 scenes
far remote from both their homes; and thei
acquaintance, brief ms it was, was yet kni
by unusual associations and by = sympathy
that had been reciprocally complete. The,
parted--each to return to his own land, blu
without promise Of ;and it wa
some time before Bayard heard from hi
German friesd. The mssive when it came
was startling, however. 1t was forma
conveyance TO him of an estate, to beion,
to him and his heirs-a free gift, an,
given irreversibly, as pledge and token o
friendship. The grounds were complete, tn
house furnished.
LORD BxorcHAa AS LADr's MliD.--Mr
Goodrich, in his Court Of Napoleon, tell
the following story Of Lord Brougham as
ladv's maid:
.sPauline was still marvelously beautiful
though her health was delicate and her con.
siitution impaired. She was surrounded b,
admirers, the most ardent of whom wa.
Lord BroughaIn. lie WAS admitted to tn,
mysteries Of her toilet, and she allowed him
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