The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-07
A DISH Of ui,nots Ponies.

the square in Carlinville with . niger in the
buggy and two white men leading his hor-
SEES
The Washington correspondent of the
N. Y. Tribune, writing on the 29th Of Sep
TENDER, says:
The names of the Douglas Postmasters in
Illinois who have recently been beheaded, are
still kept in the dark.
ANOTHER HEAp.--The Bloomington Pant
agrdph says that McElhing, Postmaster Al
that place has had his official head cut Off
FOR being Douglasise. Mr.. V.D. Van Dru-
yer is his successor. lie isn National Dem
ocrat.
The Union, Of Peoria, has published au-
thentic copies Of mortgages recently made BY
Judge Douglas upon his property in Chicago
to tic amount of So 900. Fernando Wool,
the notorious Tammany Hall politician Of
New York, is the principal MORTGAGE. This
money is raised for the purpose of his re-
election.
The Republicans Of Edgar county met
in Convention at Paris on the 25th ult., and
nominated Robert Moseley for Representa-
tive and John G. Mears for Sheriff. The ut
most harmony and good feeling prevailed.
Tho Alton Telegraph, hitherto unpledged
to either political party, has run up the Re-
publican flag. The Telegraph is edited with
ability, and will do good service in the good
cause which it has so warmly espouscd.
Mr.. LINCOLN AT WMcHEsrgR.--Wc learn
there was very large turn out Of the people
OF Scott county, at Winchester on the 2Sth
to hear Abraham Lincoln. 1t was perfect
crusher on the hopes of the bogus Democra-
cy Of that county who saw the death-knell Of
their hopes in the spirit and enthusiasm Of
the thousands who were gathered together to
give hearty welcome to freedoms champi-
on. A delegation of 800 to 400, with music
and banners, was present from Jacksonville.
BANNERS AT TUE Rock ISLAND CONVENTION
Upon the Rock Island banners were the
| following notices The first exhibits Doug
| las bound for the White House by the North.
ern route, on white horse labelled "Popu-
| lar Sovereignty" The next, "For the White
House by the Southern route" Douglas il
bound for the White House on black horse
marked ssDred Scott.n The next is, Doug
las attempts it by both routes, one foot on
s'Dred Scott, and the other on popular Sow.
ereignty." The result is, he is thrown, and
in falling utters the exclamation, "My las
| Hope" On this banner are the words,
douglas, March 4th, 1882 Also, sDoug-
las Meets with Obstacles in his Equestrian
ism.o
The next shows Douglas with pair oil
shears, cutting the clause from the Toomb,
/ Bill, with the inscription, "For further par.
ticulars, see Trumbull's Chicago and Alton
speeches"
! Another motto, with considerable point
exhibits Douglas attempting to bring Lin
con to his milk, in his Ottawa speech. The
inscription is, .'Small Giant at Ottawa,
makes a slight mistake in the SEX"
| Another banner bears the words, "Smal
Giant at Jonesboro', discovers his mistake p
! wherein mad bull is chasing Douglas, when
he turns and yells at him, "You arc an Abo.
| litlonst."
Another motto describes GLOW Douglas
swallowed bred Scott at Chicago" the paint.
ing exhibiting Douglas trying to gulp dowr
a large pig.
AT Freeport he vomits up bred Scott, and
the pig, labelled "Dred Scott is doing his
best to get away from Douglas.
| There were quite numb er of other mot.
toes ON the Rock Island banners.