The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-05-21

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J. T. BALpwrx,
CALVIN TAYLOR,
Nay Is. 1883. Rep. Cong. Com.
startling Develspnens e. IN wise on
The devslopmsnts Of fri Asibery and
corruption which prevailed nensin in
connection with the distributig NE land
grant to the raiied sompasid - That State
Two years sinos q psrfsesl1 astounding. The
Tent Committee 81 IL nature have Civ
~ the matter pretty l lIvestig CATION, and
report that nearly ~ the members Of
branches who voted for the bill Of dis-
son that passed the Legislature resolved
therefor from 6vs thousand TO twenty FIVE
thousand d. lece in bonds and stock.
The whole hus far ascertained to
have been % " xl.,bs. to msnssss
Of the Legislature and pr0nahens politicians
10 near six hundred thousand dollars.
If the whole State Of Wisconsin was pur-
chased by small portion of moderate land
grant, English, Buchanan & Co. NAV have
reasonably expected to carry Kansas with
the enormous bride placed at the disposal Of
the chief men Of the Ter1l1Iily. ass. !
GO Isaiah Ryndei NICE " ssllssu,
rowdies, e. rAitters, ballot be31 eaers,
gamblsn Ist s~lllsss, has bssn con-
frmed = ~ the 0euthern District
Of New York.
Our President and Senate. IT, olevase
this notorious scoundrel u III hon,
and point the youth Of the Usil 1a
him ~ their model, Aoaing, ~
Isaiah Rynders if your lid obtaj1 ~ tne
vor Of your country and receivs high aps
pointment in her service in the discharge Of
executive duties. Just as the President and
Senate said to our young lawyers . short
time ago, imbibe !" like Gus Hall il you
want to be . Judge Of the United States
Court. Such are the models which the
youth OF America are constantly receiving
the most impressive and practical exhorta-
tations to initiate.
Law AND GOSPEL DowN THERr.-The St.
Louis Republican states that by order Of the
Criminal Court, three negroes received ten
lashss each for being found in tho State
1fAout license, contrary to law.
The ancestors Of these negroes we're stolen
from Africa and reduced to bondage; in
process Of time their owners emancipated
them, and now the Hell-prompted lower law
Of the South Furnishes them with stripes for
being free negroes. Aud professed christ
ian ministers are found TO justify man.
stealing and woman-whipping as in accord
arce With the teachings Of Jesus Christ and
his Apostles. And pretended Christian
tain the practice Of Furnishing men 4ound
free within the limits Of the State, - -
fulfilment of the great Law Of jse1f
Of love embodied = - precspt,
Others ~ 70 would have others 40 |
AsorHrs SrEAxsoAx DisAsrsa. - The
steamer Huntsville struck lsg While usler
full speed, just below ClarksEt|1a. -,
Cumberland river, Saturday a = VI e3 ~.
O'Clock, and sunk instantly. Thu ssneers'
had retired to their ber,hs, and ID - terror
u the sudden disaster ten of then, at least
perished in the engulphing waves. num-
Der oStthc passengers were saved by elinginv
70 planks and pieces Of furniture. II IL an.
pretended that the loss Of life is much great.
- than the ten names reported certainly
lost.
e-~ss wire IN rhsc.so--Ten pc~.on.
Burned.
Last Tuesday morning about three O'Clock
AIRS broke ont in two story dwelling in
Wells street, Chicago, which consumed sew
|seal baildings. The bodies Of ten persons,
- nsn and their wives, widow woman
snd her boy, and : Frenchman and three
children we're taken from the burnt ruins,
and it Il thought several others persisted.
The Are is supposed to have been caused
BY IN incendiary.