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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-05-11

HsHE Annual Meeting Of tho Stockholders OF
/ the ksokuk Mt. Pleasant and Muscatine Rail-
road Company will be held at the Office Of the Com
pany in Mt Pleasant, Iowa, 1t 2 clock ? n. Of
purpose Of elscting . Boaid Of Directors for the
ensuing year, and ransac Ting snch other business
may properly como before the meeting.
JOHN W. OGDEN, Ssc'y.
May s, ls56-atd
TTri-Wsekiy st. Louis Republican copy till day
and ssnA bill II TO this ONCE
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spring and summer - 1855.
SUPPLIES sTREcRIvRD.
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MUTC1gINAON 4 DEWEY,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
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uAvEjustrsosivsd II their Fsshioaable Tailor
excellent supply Of Broadeioths Cassinssss, vsst-
ines, and snt's Farnishing 0soAs, Of ell dsssrip
tions and guarantee that their wsfk shall ~ dose
In the most approved and satisfsstesy naasss.-
They sYesonstAatly receiving the New YORK. aad
and rsspestfully solicit Ill
Who desire good work and the bsst material give
them call.
Nays, 'ts-dly HUTCHINSON ADBwRY.
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NAN always be obtained 1t the COa.LEGE
~ DRUG S1 OR T.. corner Of Fifth and Con-
cert streets. Also Rne Toilet articles and PERU
| merry. Particular attention 10 given to Com
pounding Physicians' Prescriptions with naArnsss
and pIsPArcH, at ali hours, Day and Night.
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- our ALTO Christ; not only
ouf talents, and our tilns, but
1 V66{rS6, Dur feelings, our aims, our as
piFations, On plans of hfe-yss, oil. And
because We give up III, We give up self-de-
pendsnce for perseverance, in the Christian
course; and, with self dependence, We re-
sign self confidence on the ono hand, and
fears on the other. Ee has said,
slor oar admonition, "WibhOut mo 70 can do
,aothing !" and, again, Tor our encourage
ment, MY grace u suf6eieut for thee, for my
strength il mads perfsst in weakness" We
believe these declarations, and rely on the
Holy Spirit, sent BY him in answer TO prayer,
for strength to overcome the world, our
great adversary, and ourselves.
Reader, do ron know ysurself 70 be sin.
ncrf Then you may como 70 Christ, and
may cou1AeW. You believe that you need
. SAviegs ~ that Christ y ths Savior you
need aGgUK your belief By making him your
Savior. The Maynard 49, I'D, Who has
stood obstinately refua3ng ~ fashef's GALL
to comes ~ him, finds ns9 very simple thing
. lsss ~ lvsup MS o0ss,nacy ana tell INTO
his fA1 b asms. So simple 10 Il 70 ceAse
spfn1 - Saviorse invitation, and humbly,
3t tsustingly, to accept il. viii
Ri ~ do COZ And, will you not, With
psaD for Divine forgiveness and praise for
D. msrciss, say
"a guilty, weak, and helpless wosa,
On thy kind Arms fall;
Be thou my strength and n shtesusnsss,
Ny Savior, and my all.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

NovELs.-At this time of day, it is
idle to discuss the utility of Novels, or
combat the notion entertained by some,
that they are done, as indictments declare
murders are committed: cat the instiga-
ton of the devil, and not having the fear
of God before their eyes," and it may be
asserted, with little fear of contradiction,
that those condemn Novels most, who
have read them least, and who could not
from the peculiar oak and granite struc-
ture of their minds, understand them if
they did. You cannot, though you let
Heavens rain and sun upon it, for ever SO
many summers, persuade the "big beam"
in the barn to put forth leaves or to bear
acorns. We rather think that minds are
spun, woven and colored, and not, as
many imagine, cast like cauldron; and
this may account, perhaps, for the Won
derful difference in texture, ranging from
Dacea Lace to mainsail. A good many
people are as much afraid of fiction. as
the Puritans were of being happy after a
human and fallible fashion. We think
of Novels as we do of amusements, that
both their nature and necessity have been
sadly misunderstood.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

Sp1R1rUALIsM.-An arti:lc in the Au-
gust No. of the Nev Highlander has the
following passage -" The religion of
SpirituaIism is in our view, its most assail-
able point. Be that religion from finite
spirits only-and it pretends to be from
no othcrs-it is plainly as system of
faith, an awful blnnder and delusion-the
spasnodic grasping of drowning men at
straws-the anxious choosing Of will-o'the-
wisps for light and guidance. by minds
self-exiled from the light of heaven, and
lost in the darkness and doubt Legions of
such finite human spirits might counsel
us, and all their teachings would no more
bind the conscience, Or be to us a religion,
than any like means of communications,
raped out to us, in bad grammar and
worse sense, through the walls of our
dwelling, by the very miscellaneous throng
of everyday passers i'll the street-their
character and identity,all the while, utter
ly beyond our ken"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

A Coon THING BY WEBsTER.-When
Daniel Webster was delivering his memo
rable speech at the dedication of Bunker
Hill Monument, the crowd pressed for
ward to such an extent that some were
fainting and some being crushed. Off
GERS tried in vain to make the crowd
stand back; they said it could not be
done. Some one asked Mr.. Webster to
make an appeal to them. The great ora
tor came forward stretched ferth his hand,
and said in his deep, stentorian tone,-
Gentlemen, stand back" "It cannot
be DONE" they shouted. Gentlemen,
stand backw he said, without a change
of voice.
cit is impossible, Mr.. Webster, impos-
sible."
Impossible?" repeated Mr.. Webster
"impossible Nothing is impossible on
Bunker Hill p and the vast crowd swayed
and rolled back like a mighty wave of the
ocean.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

e A LEGAL LOTHARIO IN A PREDICA-
MENT. "A limb Of the law and amateur
actor, who has for some months been
desperately enarmored of the lovely spouse
of another lawyer, and had his passion
reciprocated, was placed in an unenviable
position last Monday afternoon by the
husbands unexpected return. The lover
suddenly retreated to the garnet, leaving
his hat and boots, and pistol lying on
the shelf, which the husband found, and
in company with a stout Dutchman, he
started on a voyage of discovery, with
C.'s pistol in hand, his dear wife not being
able to give him any information. He
found him in the garnet, minus his hat
and boots, and threatened to shoot him.
C. opened his vest and told him to fire
away if his life was any more valuable to
him than it was to its owner. But c.
both the lawyers names begin with c.
did not shoot, and Mrs. G. put herself
again and again between the pistol and
her lover, and retired only at the instance
of her paramour, who stated that he was
unable to express himself as man should
in such circumstances, while she was pres
ent. Finally the intruder was persuaded
out the back way, demonstrating against
the loss of bis hat and boots, which the
indignant husband refused to give him.
But instead, he fired some three shots at
him and missed him every time. Mr..
G. jumped over the fence into the alley,
where he found bis hat and boots had
proceeded him, and he forthwith put them
on and walked off. The liason thus
suddenly terminated, has been continued,
we are informed, nearly a year. The
husband left this morning for the East
with his truant wife to take her to her
mamma MslaUaukee Free Democrat.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

WEBSTER had an anccdote of old father
Scarf, the minister of his boyhood, which
has never been in print, and which is too
good to be lost. 1t was customary t. wear
buck-skin brooches in cold weather. One
Sunday morning in the autumn, Father
Scarf brought down his from the garnet !;
but the wasps had taken possession Of
them during the summer, and were hay
ing nice time of it in them. BY dint of
effort he got out the intruders and dressed
for meeting. But while reading the scrip
lures to the congregation he felt dagger
from one of the enraged small-wsisted
fellows, and jumped around the pulpit slap
ping his thighs. But the more he slapped
and danced, the more they stung. The
people thought him crazy, and were in
commotion as to what to do; but he ex-
planned the matter by saying, Brethren,
don't be alarmed; the word of the Lord
is in my mouth, and the Devil is in my
breeches!" Webster always told it with
glce to the ministers. = Boston Cor.
Times.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

THE SALE OF MOUNT VERNoN.-ln
reference to the rumored intention of the
owner of Mount Vernon to remove the
remains of Washington, on the plea they
were not included in the sale of the estate,
the " Y. Courier and Enquirer says
"This is no imaginary contingency
We consider it demonstrated fact, that
the present owner Of Mount Washington
is bent upon putting money in his purse
from a sale of Washington's Bones; and
if Americans refuse to give him his price,
he will most assuredly ship them to Eu-
rope for market"
We should ad mire to see this unworthy
inheritor of the name Of WAsHINaToN
putting up the bones Of bis great ancestor
at auction, and undertaking to send them
across The ocean to some foreign dealer
in rare relies. We imagine that he would
be shipped" instead Of the bones.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

The London Times, in leading arti-
Gle, calls the attention of the British pub
lie to the wonderful expansion and pro-
digious development of the American
Union. In reality says the Times, mot
even the marvels of American nature are
comparable in magnitude to the recent
features of the American progress. The
new State of Minnesota contains an area
exceeding that of France, and Kansas is
larger than Great Britain. The mighty
process of colonization, which goes on
there with such rapidity, is without a par
alell il the history Of the race
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

A STRONG DEFENCE.-Thcre was q
fellow in a certain neighborhood in Ar
kansas, who was suspected of sheep steal
ing. AT last planter riding through
the woods, perceived the suspected indi-
vidual emerge from the woods, and after
looking around to see that no one was
near, walked up to flock of sheep and
knocked over the largest and latest
At this moment the planter rode up, and
confronting the thief, Indignantly exclai-
med:
Snow sir, have got you. You can
not get off; you are caught in the act"
"What act!' Indignantly inquired the
thief.
"sheep stealing" was the promp. re-
ply
'sSir, you had better mind how you
charge respectable American citizen with
such crime as sheep stealing" replied
the gentleman with a penchant for NUT
ton.
Nov viii you deny that | saw you
kill that sheepa" asked the planter.
eNo, sir" was the answer; II did kill
it, and I'll do it again under the same
circumstances-I'll kill anybody's sheep
that bites me as I'm going peaceably a.
long the road"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

afternoon, and the "town beau carried
Nellie homo in a light cart, the only We
hicle to be hired within five miles of Tow
erville. And in little while Nellie
changed her name and ohome, leaving
Farmer Greyson and bis good dame to
anticipate many pleasant summers when
Nellie and George should come to spend
the warm months at the farm house, and
renew these chats at the OLD sTILE.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

THERE seems to us, even at this far
remove of the editorial chair, no office SO
grand as that he fills, who stands, in the
old but unworn stereotype of Sabbath
phrase, between two worlds wherein
dwell those we love, AID those we hare
loved; nothing so beautiful as the robing
of a truth that cont ,ins no element ofhu-
man frailty; but unsullied by the breath
of passion, unsoiled by the fingers Of
mortality, is held aloft to the gaze Of the
great congregation, pure as the Southern
Cross that bends in holy sign over the
humblest sailor upon the sea.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

SHOCKING SERvANTGALISM.--A lady
of Dubuque, boarding at the fremont
House was the happy owner Of dress
of unusual magnlfcence and value. 1t
had been her wedding robe, and cost
$500. The lace of which it was partly
composed and decorated was of the nest
point, and most delicate finish, while the
fabric Of the dress itself was matchless for
its elegance. Although number of
months had elapsed since her wedding
the lady never had worn this beautiful
dress but once, but had. kept it carefully
laid away in one of her trunks. On the
4th of July, servant girl belonging to
the hotel, went clahdestinely to the lady's
room, and opened her trunk, and selec-
ted this $500 dress as the one which
pleased her fancy most Taking it to her
own room, she arrayed herself therein,
and proceeded to the National Garden,
where she spent the entire day. .gi1a
She returned at night, slipped up to
the lady's room again, replaced the dress
in the trunk, and skulked away again.
No discovery was made of tho fact I'M
til day or two since, when tho lady O.
pened the trunk containing the dress, ha-
wing made up Eer m nd to wear it to a
wedding party that evening. What was
her surprise on taking out the beautiful
dress, to find the skirt Of it all bedraggled
with mud; the front stained with drip
pings of lager beer: the breast bearing
the impress of the dirty hands of the ann
orous swains with whom the girl had
whired through the mazes of the waltz;
and the lace torn and soiled beyond re-
demption.
An examination soon brought out the
facts in the case and the ambitious maid
will receive her punishment Dubuque
Times.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18
The English Classics.

: A wretch sends the following parody
part Of an Log" to tho Chicago Times
written on an observation made in q mud
dy street on q rainy day - IS. ..issaao
The rustled slk--the knell of parted gold.
With W aving ease, floats by me like sea, u
Wheti rising. lot from many lovely fold.
Mr.h grace appears to sunshine and to me.
From out the ample hoops invulnerable shade
Where heavc IL yards in many graceful heap
Each in its place, and as if half afraid -
Feet like to mice from out their lair do peep
Full many an ankle hid from eve teyTene. d'
The deep recess OF crinoline doth bear ;sah1u
Full many charm is born to blush unseeo.
And waste its graces in the darkened ali.
Let not grim prudery, with useless toll.
Hide all these charms in over anxious care
Nor cynics hear with disdainful smile.
Of the dear witching legends ofthe fair.
For them indeed doth busy commerce strive
The bleating kid parts with his outward wear
And Lynn on Massachusetts, Bay doth thrive.
Where Yankee Cr's. in pics his thrifty care.
Who not to dumb torpidity a prey. 49,.
At once pleasing vision eer resigned "a
Passed trim ankle on muddy way.
Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind !
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

NEVER DEsrA1R.-True hope is based
on energy of character. A strong mind
always hopes, because it knows the muta-
bility of human affairs, and how slight
a circumstance may change the whole
course of events. Such a spirit, too, rests
upon itself; and it is not confined to par
tial views, or to one particular object.
And if at last all should be lost, it has
saved itsef-its own integrity and worth.
Hope awakens courage, while desponder-
cy is the last of all evils; it is the aban-
donment of good-the giving up of the
battle of life with dead nothingness. He
who can irnplant courage in the human
soul is its best physician. a ISIS
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

WATER AND CoMFoRT.-Bc careful
how yoa use it as q drink. Be careful
and use it on your body. Few farmers
we speak from observation-seem to
know how much it may add to both COM
fort and health. Do not sleep in the gar
mcnt you have worn through the day,
but wash yourself all over and put on It
clean one. Do not sit down to spend the
evening with the accumulated perspired
matter producing stencil that is exceed
ingly disagrceable to your family, and
ought to be to you. Do not say it is too
much trouble. The added comfort to
say nothing of your own feeling Of rospec-
liability, will soon cause YOU to anticipate
the clean shirt and quiet happy evening
hour Emery's Journal. ~.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

Of truth, 'there is a Providence that
shapes our ends;" Power that notes tho
sinking sparrow and the rising sun; that,
from all the noises that men call confusion,
and all the changes that fools call chance,
and all the forces that philosophers de-
nominate antagonistic, shall eduee the
sweetest of harmonies, the grandest of re-
suits, and the noblest of flights, even ad
astra; forever teaching the immutable
lesson, that triumph eventual and sun
shine eternal, shall be the part and lot Of
all soulful courage, sincerity. fortitude,
faith and truth.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18
HYMN OF THE MARSEELL.
AiSE.

AlSE.
The Marseillaise was inspired by gen.
ius, patriotism, beauty, youth and cham
pagne. Robert de Lislc was an officer OF
the garrison at Strasburg, and native OF
Mount Jura. He was an unknown poet,
and composer. He had a peasant friend
named Deitrick, whose wife and daugh-
tiers were the only critics and admirers Of
the soldier-poet's songs. One night he
was at supper with his friends family,
and they had only coarse Tread and sill
ces of ham. Deitrick, looking sorrowful-
ly at De Lisle said: "Plenty is not our
FEAST but VIC have the courage of sol
dier's heart; have still one bottle left in
the cellar-bring it my daughter, and let
us drink to liberty and our country
The young girl brought the bottle; it
was soon exhausted, and De Lisle went
staggering to bed he could not sleep for
the cold, but his heart was warm and full
of the beatings of genius and patriotism.
He took q small clayicord and tried to
compose song; sometimes the words
were composed sometimes the air.
Directly he fell asleep over the instrument
and waking at daylight, wrote down what
he had conceived during the delirium of
the night Then he walked the family,
and sang his production: at first the wo-
men turned pale, then they wept, then
burst forth into cry of enthusiasm. 1t
was the song of the nation and of ter
ror. c @
Two months afterwards, Deitrick went
to the scaffold, listening to the self-same
music, composed under his own roof, and
by the inspiration of his last bottle of
wine. The people sang it everywhere !;
it flew from city to city; to every public
orchestra. Marseilles adopted the song
at the opening and close of its clubs
hence the name, "Hymn of the Marseill-
aise;" then it spread all over France
They sungi it in their houses, in public as
semblies, and in the stormy street convo-
cation. Dc Lisle's mother heard it, and
said to her son, ''what is this revolution
airy hymn, sung by bands of brigands, and
with which your name is mingled 81
De Lisle heard it, and shuddered as it
sounded through the streets of Paris, and
rang from the Alpine passes, while he,
a royalist, fled from the Infatuated peo-
pie, frenzed by his own words. France
was great amphitheatre of anarchy and
blood, and Dc Isles song was the battle
CRY.
There is no national air that will com
pare with the Marseillaise in sublimity
and power; it embraces the soft caden-
ces full of the PEASANTS home, and the
stormy claugor of silver and steel when
an empire is overthrown; it endcars the
memory of the vine-dresser's cottage, and
makes the Frenchman, in his exile, cry
ala belle Francew Forgetful of the
torch. and sword, guillotine, which have
made his country a spectre of blood in
the eyes of the nations. Nor can the
foreigner listen to it, sung by company
of exiles, or. executed by band of mu-
sicians, without feeling that it is the pi-
broch of battle and war.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

TIT For TAr.-At hotel, q yong and
fully mustached dandy, from a certain city.
WAS seated at the tea-table, at rather = late
hour, when bar-keeper came in and
took a seat opposite. The dandy drop
ped his knife and fork, tipped back his
chair, gazed at the bar-keeper, and ex-
claim: g,dfaszf IS ssass O haf2Hzf
Fellah, do servants sup with gentle
men in this housc!" too
mo. SIR was the rcplys
'.Arc not you tho bar-keeperl' J 4.
"Yes, sir" 7e.H,a .,a- saf
swell, a bar-keeper is help as much
as the scrub girl % a'oa als3
"True," replied the mau of the toddy-
stick" butt did not enter the hall until
I looked in and saw there Was no gentle.
man at the table"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

N Simplicity is an exact medium
between too much and too little. Grace
is the medium of motion: beauty is the
medium of form; and gentility is the
ued;um Of fashion.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

NEWSPAPER reporters should not drink.
Here is story handed in by ono
of the craft, which shows in very strong
colors the manner in which things become
distorted by viewing them through the
bottom Of a tumbler:
" Yesterday morning, about o'clock
p. NJ +, a man with heel in the hole of his
stocking, committed arsenic by swallowing
dose Of suicide. The verdict of the i'll
quest returned jury that the deceased
came to the facts in accordance with his
death. He leaves q child and six small
wives to lament the end of his uutinlely
loss. In death we are in the midst Of
life"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

PLUMP, COOP SIZED GIRLS. - The
Taunton Gazette says that there are four
sisters in that town weighing nine hundred
and thirty-five pounds. The shortest is
about six feet high, weighing two hun
dred and ffty-six.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

PsuDEST NIcGER.-A gentleman of
Norfolk Va, had fine negro, to whom
he gave the privilege Of hiring himself
out, and keeping one half the wages. A
short time since, the negro came home to
bis master to tell him Hat the man for
whom he had worked wished to buy
him, and he would give thirteen hundred
dollars for him. Ha1 saad
s"Well," said the master, "what of
that q don't wish to SELL"
" But YOU see massa," said Sam, "I' Sc
had cough some time, and specs I'm
gwine into de sumption. don't spec |
shall last more'nt two or three wears, and
L like to take dat man in y
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-18

/ ExpREssIoN.-A man, to be truly elo-
quent. must first possess some well defined
thought which he believes, feels. and with
which he is SO burdencd that he cannot
keep it. Then, if his soul is on fire, there
is no fear, provided lie diseards all affecta-
ton or article, that be will light up fame
in the minds of his audience, Of sparkling,
living thoughts which shall continue to
bum forever,