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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
The Two Parties.

To those who are in the habit Of regarding
the Democratic as the dominant party in the
Union by numbers. as it is by apportionment Mt,
We commend the following table, COMPLIED
from the United States Census. The Repub-
lean States, with their respective white pop
ulasion, are placed in one eolumn-the Dem
ocra;Ic States, with their respective white
population, in thu otber. Il will BIO seen that
tbs white inhabitants ostae Republican States
outnumber those ef the Democratic States in
the grarDrttn,, az twn ~ eYtp.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
WINTER GOODM.

tss
nUKE'5 BOOT AND SHOE EMPORIUM rs
- WE'LL filled with all kinds Of goods In his liss
for the season.
ovefshoes, In quality, price and extent Of variety
decidedly the best stock in the city They must b
sold.
slippers Toilet, Dancing snd Common, for
Ladies', 0sntlcnen, Aissss, Boys, Youths aud
Children. Very cheap.
Waterproof Boots, hair lined, and csnpaigned.
with gum ~ leather soles.
Dress aDd common Boots Of avery description, %
hand snd made TO order. ALL CUSTOM WORK
WARRANTED.
In addition to the Boot ann Shoe busness Duke
10 Agent Tor two oil the hest sewing Machines az
tant--W eed . Patent and J. N. Singer = Go. s--of
which he keeps specimens constantly on hand
singers Family sewing MachtLss are now sold for
$40 Persons wanting good Boots, shoes or Sew.
tng Mschinss, viii ind this Just the place to ret
them. kemsmbsr tits no troabls 70 show goods
Machines at the "BIu BOOT" store, No. IS
Aain-sty Ksokuk. Iows.
novlDd
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l3,53O.65C
6,422,4ls

Democrats are fond Of applying to their
opponents the epi.het Of ssBlack Repuhli.
cans as II they, ~ some way, derived their
strength from the African race. Wesupgert
TO them u careful examination OF the above
figures, which show that the Republican Is
pre- semanenty The party OF the White Men of
the Union, while the Democratic only main
tains Us power Tt nil By three million blucks
held IN slavery, which ii represent&ein Con.
gress and Tho Electoral College, although il
will not allow them to vote either for Elect
ors OF Congressman Albany Evening j. ur
nal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

ca in the Z. s. Senate, on the 18th, MIR.
Stuart OF Mich, gave notice that at an early
day he would ask for the consideration Of the
bill OF the last session donating lands to the
several States and Territories, for the estab.
lishnent Of commercial colleges.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

Ca The stock of the horse railroads in
New York City sells above par, and that fact
has been urged to induce the construction Of
such roads in st. Louis, and contract was
recently made for the construction of eleven
miles Of horse railroads in that city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

All persons Indebted to this once are requested
70 call and settle on before the Let day Of
January. 1850. After that date ali unset tied sc.
counts VIII b put In process ef collection &c
eording TO Law. j. b. HOWELL 4 CO.
Dec 49, 1853.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
ConRressaonai votc.--Ofslciai.

AN ABSTRACT Of the Votes cast Tor Member of
Conaress in the several Counties posing the
Flint Congressional District OF Iowa. at The
General Election held October 12th, A. ID. 1858 !;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

GTRev. j. IL. Westfail, pastor Of the Uni-
versalist Church, Lafayette, Indiana, has
been fined three dollars and costs for shoot
Ing the COW Of his neighbor with duck shot
and beans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
OYsGkRA !

TTsH1 best Oyster Soup on record was got up ct
tho famous Oyster supper on the 33d inst,
given ~ the Ladies Of the First Baptist Church.
and y vss unanimously decided that tho FAIR
HAVEN OYSTER ID fhs Oyter.
=. She shove brand Of Oyster il received,
fresh from the Oyster bed. daily, and for saIe st
the smAllsum Of 90 csnts per Can. by
w. H.AuSTIN AGO,
nov2d No. ll9 Main-st
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

G1G~ II IL announced for the benefit Of those
persons who did not get sight Of the comet,
mat !. will appear again before the public,
Tor isx nights onis, in the autumn OF the
year 1i4'. "And when II next doth ride
about, may We be there TO see.n
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

DELINQUENT LIST OF LOTS,
an which Special Taxes are due and unpaid
~ for laying plank side walks on Bion deau-st. ,
18th street and Concert at.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

ArraorHIArH.-Mr. Hunter, Of Virginia, a
State whose financial condition 10 about at
the lowest ebb Of any State in the Union, il
chairman OF the Committee on Finance in
the United States Senate. Clay, from far
inland county Of Alabama, where commerce
10 known only BY name, 10 chairman OF the
COMMITTEE on Commerce. And Yuiee, from
the wiids OF Florida, where they get their
mails once week on pack mule, il chair
man OF the Committee on Postal Affairs, and
DO on to the end Of the chapter, there will
Dc found tho like appropriateness of sslec-
ton. The only qualification asked in the
chairmen OF the committees was that they
should be Shareholders.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
Prices Reduced.

HAVING msds arrangements With Eastern
L i Manufacturers 70 furnish me with Kerosene
Lainps, wish those Who are not supplied would
a. cheap any house in this city. Those not
Wishing TO lay aside their old Lamps, can, By
leaving them II Brsdess Drug STORED, Nos 81 and
2l2 Main-st., have them chan god, at TRIyLIxe
Exrxsss, ~ ~ 70 barn Coal OIL
deeSdzW II. C.. MERRELL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
A Golden Needle.

ION that the needle business 10 . sstuppennyo
affair, the following statement will produce
an entire revolution in their sentiments.
One Elias Howe, Jr., 10 the inventor Of the
patent needle used in the sewing machines.
manufactured by Wheeler 4 Wilson, Grover
Baker, and Singer & Co., and be receives
- compensation for the privilege OF using
The needle ten dollars on each machine sold
oy them. Now the sales of these three ma.
chimes average about $500 per mouth, which
gives Mr. Howe al income Of $500. COG a
year, according to the statement OF our in
formant.
The Late Mrs. Anne clark Hickman.
1.-The following biographical notice OF the
lase Mrs. belknap, written BY one who en-
joyce ner acquaintance and friendship, will
De interesting to all who respect truly est.
nable qualities of character or take an inter.
est IN The early history Of the West.l
Mrs. Anne Clark Belknap was no ordinary
person. Her character approached as near
perhaps to perfection as any that one eve,
meets with; and her life was one of yicirsi-
tudes such as but few women encounter
WITH advantages OF early education. and as.
soeia'ion among the most intelligent and ac-
co"plished society, she possessed, in a
marked degree, that delicate reEnem emit OF
manner which ever characterires the we'll.
nrea lazy. As such she was at once recog
ad tnkt
hizea, whether at the Capitol OF our coun,ry
or ID The most remote Western wilds. Their,
was about her, At all times, and under All
circumstances, that rare blending OF perfec,
sweetness Of temper and pleasing dignity Of
appointment that immediately won the respec
aud esteem OF all who came within her ineu
sentiments which grew daily in strengtl
upon continued acquaintance.
Ever cheerful, yet never frivolous. il wa
!: .csss : ss4. pleasure 90 meet Mrs. n.
KNAPP, especially when welcomed At her -,
door OF under her own mos, hospi,.ble RIO,
Who that was often favored with th., -. :;
lese can forget The kindly greeting With .h;ol
they were ever metz And vet how u,,.r,
free from the slightest tngs Of ossen,a,,on
dnpias, were the receptions under that roo,
The wife Of gallant and distinguish.
toidisr--sos late Brigadier General w lila,
v. beiknap-wiih whom she united her 10,
tunes ers be bad yet attained high rank an
distinction, Mrs. b. came with her husba =
10 the then far West, more than the third 80
century ago, 70 load . frontier life nj vh,
were, = that time, the ouspo.,s Of our li,tI
army. Crossing from Green Bay, one .
those ousposss, 70 the AiSsissippi. and prc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

lT Two hundred and thirty years ago,
pa purchased the entire city and county OF
New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

"a The 81. Louis Republican approves
Senator Wilson's proposition for the con-
struction Of the Pacific Railroad between the
the 35th and 42i parallels of latitude, and
thinks that Congress will accomplish much
for the promotion Of the object simply by
agreeing upon such q route at the present
session.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
Two WEEKS LATER
From Pixies Peak F!

Juss In Time GOv tho ~ oitAaysl
A FINE lot Of Jevelry Silver Ware, Hair Or
"A nsments, &c, DC, suitable for the Holidays
Just received. Also, another lot Of those
GOTHIC AND ALARM CLOCKS,
And a fresh supply OF those pure ITALIAN vI0-
LIN STRINGS, '.besl imported" by
pAHNRLE A BRO,
dee2id2w 57l Main-st
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

THm Das Aoisrs yAlLfs Snie il published
every Monday nj this cfice, Is one ofthe Oldest
papers In Iowa, and has a widely extended circu-
iation tAruuRhoutthe pes Moines Valley, North
srn Missouri, and Western Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22
CAPITOL HE~TAUMANT,

II . q Z n - - . NJ.
INHE Prcprietors having re-.pened and refur.
l furnished The Capitol Kest nj in
the most thorough mAnner, are prepared 10 furnish
meals at all hosrs and at low rates. They wHl al.
ways have the best the market affords. Oysters
ami Game served up Ia Every style.
Dty Boa,d per week, S. 90.
Rooms suitable for Uhioes OF Lodgings, In the
same building, for rent very low, by the week.
month or year.
II. N. BROOKS, p,..
LOWELL HOWE, r'0p'is'of'
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s-a=7ss H--.---s5 l.-d'.s
NE " HOOkxI

NEW hOOkkI
Women ~ Bcauty ana HeroIsm.
4 PORTRAIT Gallery Of female loneliness
"A achievement and inhacnes, elegantly bound
and beautifully illustrated By Frank b. Good
rich. author II "Court Of Napoleon
Price $l1 50.
Josephine Gallery,
One Of the most attractive books for presenta-
tion ever published. Price s..
The Atlantic souvenir.
Richly illustrated, superbiy bound, and full o!
the choicest reading matter. Price IS.
Future Life, or scenes In Another W orld, by
Geo. Wood, author Vt Peter schlemihi, &C.
White IL was Morning, by Virginia r.
Townsend.
MILES STAkDTSH
ILLUSTRATED BEAUTIES OF IRVING.
Also, y good assortment Of Family aud Pocket
Bibles, LYNN Books, Pra er Books, Albums Port
folios Juvenile Books, Toy Books, &C., for sale BY
dec2ld NJ. W. WESTCOTT.
No. ~ Main-st.
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BOOKS
FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
WE are now In receipt Of cur stock Of
w HOLIDAY HOOKS,
To which weinvite attention. Our stock compri.
sea, In part, the following works.
SPLENDlDLY ILLUSTRATED $40. EDITIONS OF
Shakespeare,
Byron,
Burns,
Moore,
6emans,
Scott,
Dryden,
Pope,
Homer, ETC.,
Bound In Elegant Turkey Morroeo Bindiap
3emo. EDITIONS or
Longfellow.
Tennyson,
Leigh Hunt,
Whittier.
Mrs. ia meson,
SAKE,
Holmes,
IN BIZ UE AMI 90 Id,
LIBRARY EDITIONS OF
AAdissu's Wsrks, O vets.
Go,Asmtth's works, = vets.
FieDAing,s works. veis.
Aterness works, 2vels.
Dean Swift's W srk . q vets.
Marryatt's Werks, Iavois.
ITving's works. tSvo1s.
In uniform slse and style, boand in elegant Ia II
Calf or Antique.
CoURr or NAPoLros,
ksIcKERBocKER GALLERY,
LEArLErs or MEMORY,
CRiENTAL Annual,
BOOK or BEAUTY,
GEN or tbs nRAsoss.
ALSO.
A nne assortment Of JUVENILE BOOKS, AL
BUNS, PRAYER BOOKS, BIBLES,
TOY BOOKS, ETC.,
Suitable for the coming Holidays, at the
Cirr Book SToaK,
DeclS OGDEN, BROW NELL CO.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

AN ABSTRACT OF the Votes cast for Member OF
Congress in the several Counties composing the
Second Congressional District IT Iowa, ~ the
General Election held October I2th, A. ID. 1858 .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

eHMr. Bassett, the Congregational cler-
gyman Of Washington City, has not been in
vited to take his turn in officiating rs Chap
lain to Congress. The matter is 10 the hands
OF the Speaker, and be holds that slavery is
the cardinal principle Of religion in Wash
ington City, snd Mr.. Bassett docs not preach
il, and 10 not, therefore, regarded ~ chris
tian.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

Ca The South have concluded to put a
stop to agitation" by q practical revival Of
the slave trade. OF course the President
can't "interfere" to prevent this mode of
suppressng "sgitasion" without becoming
an "agitator'' himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

LIVERY STABLE,
ON Elvst.st.. Bet. Main 4 johnson.
I loRkEs, BU0diES and CAkkfAaksA
! of the best class always ready for
hire. NJ.
Horses boarded by the day or week, IT prices to
suit the times.
Transient customers accommodated.
decld .VANORSDAL
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NOTICE.
HAVE this day placed In the hands Of sample
Rankin my bpoks, meter and accounts. Per
soss knowing themselves Indebted will please call
81 their once on 1 a., between Main and John
son, and cancel the same, or any pcrsonx having
business With me will call on them.
dee1 6dlet NJ H. FOSTER,
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OvevcoannWs ~ Uosll
FnsHE subscriber will sell the balance Of hii
! OvsseoAsAngs ~ cost, until January Let.
DoeIod E.H. SMITH.
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- = N 3 = = 3 ~ q
hR. l.. G. lN0ER5OLL will be pi eaaed TO con-
- ssit With any who have diseased and failing
teeth and desire " preserve them, promising the
most sucoessfsl and sAtsfsstoYy operations IN Den
stry 10 those who con6As 70 him the care Of their
tsett--would urge that IN early examination asd
prompt and thorough treatment of decay will
prxssrsethe tssth permanently In the mouth. =
The best ARTIFICIAL TEETH that dental skill
sdofds may be procured 1T his rooms, corner II Sd
aud Main sis., over Rix, uaie Y Co.'s Bank, Kso-
kuk, Iowa. fdecI 4dtoian2O
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-24

The above Is one delegate for every seventy
votes, and one for every fraction Of forty or
over, cast for Fremont in 1856. 1t gives the
nineteen Townships 46 delegates, and the elev-
en- Wards of Cleveland 4S. The majority of 4s,
80 long enjoyed and never abused BY the Town
ships, is reduced 70 BY this basis; and any
other vote that may be adopted as the basis will
greatly increase the power Of numbers in the
City delegation, as compared with the present
rule Will this be satisfactory to the Town
ships, eonduce to harmony, strengthen party or
ganization, and swell Republican majOTities in
Cuyahogai
Dissect the above table for moment. The
strong and reliable Republican Townships Of
Euclid and ChagriR Falls have SiI delegates
the First Ward, usually Democratic, seven.--
East Cleveland and Bresksville, always strong
" Republican have siK-the steady Locofoco
Third Ward weighs them down in convention
into one delegate, and fully balances steadfast
Republican Royalton and ROekPOrt- 1t takes
four such noble Republican Townships as
Brooklyn, Brecksville, Chagrin Falls, and Eu-
cid to counterbaIance in Convention two Loco
foco Wards in Cleveland. viii such basis be
cheerfully acquieseed in by those Townships
The Townships now have the matter IN their
their own keeping; and by turning out in force
to the primary meetings, discussing the subject
adopting resolutions, and appointing backbone
delegates. the prOpriety of the proposed change
will be settled in Convention 70 the satisfaction
of the great mass of the Republican electors in
town and country, who vote upon principle, and
have no other end to subserve but the common
veal of the County, the State, and the RePub-
liz
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-24
New Rife Cannon.

Small arms have been 80 perfected that xii
ling has become as easy as shooting, and in
ventors who have taste for making war as an
initiating as possible have turned their atten-
ton to improvement of field and fort thunder
ers. A series Of experiments recently made
with the new rife cannon of Sylvanus Sawyer,
of Fitchburg, Mass, under the direction of the
Ordnance Department, has demonstrated q
precision and execution that establish a new
era in guunery. At the distance Of q mile the
body of an ordinary tree would not be missed
once in fifty times, SO exact are its line shots
In seventeen shots at one mile, supeTintended
By Mr.. Sawyer, the farthest was not over three
feet from the centre.
The new cannon has groove like rIasr
which forms a circle in twenty feet The ball
Is shaped like the Minnie rife ball, and is filed
with powder, which e1plOdes after striking and
entering an object. The ball is timed, ther
covered with lead, the ridges formed on the sur
face fitting exactly the grooves of the bore Ac
cording to the official report The rife cannon
stands without riTsl.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-24
nnnrlna ni.henrtcned.

The Chicago Herald, Buchanan Democrat,
states that the Little Giant" and his friends
are frightened, and that committee of Douglas
men have gone to Washington to endeayOr to
effect compromise for the sake Of their cham
pion, whose defeat, without Democratic sup
port, the Herald says has become an absolute
certainty.
The Herald predicts that the committee viii
fail of accomplishing their mission, aud viii
return convinced that the Democratic party of
the Union was not made for Mr.. Douglas or
any other mere individual, that the motto Of
the Administration is that -the plank must be
bent to the ship-nOt the ship to the plank !"
1t is fully evident that the Buchanan DemOc-
racy of Illinois will not yield an iota to Doug
las, and that 1nless he surrenders the fight
must 90 on.
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For the Leader
Liquor Case at Chngrin Falls.

Lewis Netteton, of this place, who has been
keeping one of the IOtsssf kind of "dOggeriss"
for number of years past, was arrested yes
terday Cthe lsthj for selling liquor contrary to
the law. He was tired before I. Evans, Esq /,
and cited up to your city to be dealt with by
your Judges according to law and testimony
and it is truly hoped he viii get his just deserts
and that only He is an old oifender-he has
been labored with by citizens Of both sexes Of
this village, to stop his dGmRGble trafhc-but all
to no avail We fOrbore with him until a. for
bearance ceased to be a virtue" and finally It
was thought best TO try the virtue Of the law
The citizens Of this place have come to a full
determination to put stop TO the liquor traffic,
and are bound to carry that determination out,
let it cost what 1t will A Carson League"
has been formed, and is composed Of men Of
wealth and influence who have put shoulder to
shoulder together and are bound to disPel this
abominable pest out of this place We think by
the time you feed two OF three Of our l0ie-lired,
contemptible and polluted citizens for month
or so in the old castle" In your city, that they
will be brought to their senses, and if they sell
their "a Rot Gu.," they viii do it within the
law. q. l..
CHAGRIS FALLS, Aug. l9, 1858.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-24
Indiana Consrr.sIorsI Nominatiops.

The Congressional contest in Indiana is sPir-
tied, and the issues are mainly LecomPton and
Anti-Lecompton. The Opposition Candidates
are able men, and they are dong good work in
the canvass The Anti-LecomPtoa nominations
are-lst District, Alvin P. HOveyi %, J, NJ
Wilson 81, William Mckee Dunn 4th, P. A
Hackleman 5th, David KilgOre 9th, A. G.
Porter 9Th, J. G. Davis sth, James Wilson
9Th, Schuyler Colfa1: 10th, Charles Case; llth,
John u Petit. In the Sd district, Geo. W.
Carr, nti-LecOmptOn Democrat, is also in the
field. Strong confidence Of an Anti -LecOmPton
gain in the Indiana delegation is entertained
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-24
4 NEW INSECT EMMY.

Mr. KLIPPAEr notices at some length new
insect enemy, a species of Canker Worm that
has made its appearance and committed sad
ravages on the apple trees in a number ofcoun-
ties in the central and western parts Of the
State, during the past few years. We Learn
from the Report, that it was first noticed about
five or six years ago, and has rapidly spread,
so that the past season it was found in fifteen
or twenty counties of this State. as appears
from information given to the Office Of the Sec
retary Of the Board, and from notices in the pa
pers It Is also found in parts of Indiana, Illi-
nois, and Iowa 1t is thus described:
This worm or csterpiIlaris is about an inch in
length, of grayish variable color, smaller than
the common orchard caterpillar, and differs
from It in being smoother, and having but ten
feet instead o. sixteen, also in its mode Of trav
cling, which is by looping up the body, then
Strengthening itself, progressing its length at
time-hence It Is commonly called the sPGn-
lrOrrn or measuring norm
These worms make their appearance upon
apple trees, (and sometimes the etm,) as early in
spring the young leaves will afford them
food They DO not live in web or nest like
the COulluOu carer piAldl HlhS yOAnEt kuCHSS
they cannot be readily seen or destroyed,) but
distribute themselves singly and uniformly over
the branches. and soon devour the young leaves
and tender shoots, leaving the trees bare and
rusty as though scorched with fire. After feed
I ing for about four weeks the worms let them
selves down BY a silken thread from the tree,
and enter the ground where they change to the
chrysalis state and finally appear as whitish
moths, early the following spring. sr during
open weather in winter. The male moths have
wings, but hs feaales none, hence II Is nEyS-
terv which is not yet explained, how these In
sects become so rapidly diffused over the coun-
try.
On sending some of these worms to Dr. Asa
Fitch, of Albany, the Entomologist Of the N.
/ Y. State Agricultural Society, he expressed the
belief that they were probably identical with the
eaaker norm Of the Eastern States, or closely
allied species, but he could not determine fully
without specimens of the perfect insect. 1t was
the first intimation he had had Of any species
of canker worm being found in the western
country, and he thought there was reason to
apprehend it would prove very troublesome to
fruit growers; though as many kinds Of insect
tribes come and go" often very suddenly and
without visible cause, we may hope that this
pest will some day take its departure as sudden
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-24

E1PREsIDESr TTLER.-A letter frem Old
Point, Va, says
Ex-President Tyler, having purchased farm
only two miles from the hotel, spends most OF
his time here in social communication with the
guests, all Of whom express for him the highest
consideration. The old gentleman eschews pol
ities, and deyotes his attention to agriculture,
not scientifically, but according to the old Vir-
ginia principle Of making all you can this year
and letting the next take care of itself His
family attend religious worship at the chapel
within the fort, where Mrs. Tyler has her own
pew John Tyler is now in his 69th year, but
looks as young as when he occupied the Presi-
Dental chair, aud is quite as jOcular and full Of
fun He expresses the greatest confidence IN
in posterity doing his administration justice,
and says that time and reflection but satisfies
him the more with every act of his official life,
not one of which would he now change had he
the power