The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-05

1USINEsS NOTICE.



Pixies Peak specuIations.
We see il stAted that there 10 lively bust
ness done in Chicago, St. Louis and other
places in the sale Of s'clAims, J" town lots, TO-,
ct Pixies Peak.
From oil We see, lately, We are more
and moro inclined to suspect that most that
We hear about the abundance of gold at Pixies
Peak, has been set adoat by spectators there
and elsewhere. And when our readers re-
member what worldwide celebrity the gold
diggings Of Iowa obtained in q few weeks,
they will probably be inclined to hesitate,
ccnslder and re-examine the matter before
they "go their pile'' on finding fortunes at
tho Pixies Peak diggings.
/. GT"Mean enough to steal the coppers of
. dead niggsr's eyes," used to be pro-
verbal expression for the lowest depth Of
human meanness. For our part, we think
the scheme now in vogue in many OF the slave
holding StAtes. and recently introduced into
the Legislature OF Missouri, for confscating
the property Of free negroes and driving them
out of the State or selling them into slavery,
h equally mean and far more reprehensible.
The Wholesale robbery committed by legisla-
tors does not en.itle them to the respect which
We might feel for bold pirates who risk their
own lives to rob others, and considering their
position as legislators, does not elevate their
act in the comparison above that standard of
meanness which d private man In the CON-
mon walks of life would be guilty Of, in sstesl-
Ing coppers from dead niggcr's eyes"
Ca We publish paragraph going the
rounds, and purporting to come from the st.
Louis Republican Of the 3lst ult., stating
that the North Missouri Railroad 10 comple-
ted to the Hannibal and st. 10 road.
And We see the following in the Eysasno
Ners OF the 29th, which would imply th at
the road requires further appropriation to
complete it to the connection:
A portion Of the 46, 900 900 remaining un-
appropriated, may be judiciously and prop
sriy applied to the North Missouri Railroad.
to give It connection with the Hannibal
and ST. Joseph Railroad. Such connection
viii enable that road to pay interest Oh its
State Bonds. There the State NAV safely
pause.
BaAscH OF SrArn BANK At FIR. MADISON
Our neighbors Of Ft. Madison have gu bscribed
Fifty thousand dollars to the stock OF Q Branch
OF the State Bank to be located at that place.
~. Madison, We are happy to say, 10 just the
place that can do that thing up = il should
be done They have the capital there and
the men who own it know how 70 use it,
We presume there is no place in the State
which has as much home cash capital in pro.
portion 10 population and busiasss ~ Fl
Madison.
tiRE.-Early on Wednesday mornine The
dwelling Of our publisher, Mr.. L. Shields
took Are and was entirely consumed. his fam.
lily barely escaping with their iivee. Total
LOSE Glenvood (Iowa) Thought, January
22d.
Lem. used to be one of sour boys" and
We regret very much TO hear that he has suf-
fered 20 serious q misfortune. But IL ".he
boy Was father TO the man. the man will
bear il With q brave heart and never surren
der 10 the "hattle OF life'' but make the mis-
fortunes OF the present, occasion for pressing
forward With more determined and rapid
tread 20 = prosperous future.
--4u-r.u.4a..... HrMenAend- Nall Rasssa .,aa.
MIR. Grow failed in his effort to extend th,
term Of presumption, but Homestead bill
introduced by him which was, on the 3ls,
! sent 70 the Committee OF the Whole, on Tia
lst instant, on his motion, was brought bac
to the House, and passed, by vote Of IL
TO 70. The following is the tenor OF the bill
The bill provides that any one who il th
head Of family, over twenty. one years q
age, and citizen Of the United States, Q
who has fled bis intention to become such d,
! cordipg to the naturalization laws, shall i
- entitled TO enter quarter section Of any vi
cant or unappropriated land, and hold II
same on condition Of actual settlement an
cultivation.
CT The Western Christian Advooo
charac'erzes the following from the Cincil
natl Enquirer as the greatest lie OF Il
season -
"of the three thousand Republican clerg
men who petltioned Congr ess against ii
Nebraska bill, in the name Of Almighty Go
ever one-third, or one thousand, OF thet
have been deposcd from the ministry for in
moral and icen,ious practices
MARRIED AT HALr-PAsT SEvES 7. NJ, A,
Dad Al NINE r. M.-The former took MA
as 9 O'Clock on the evening Of the 10th ms
and at = o'clock on the same evening,
an hour and bali afterward, the husbai
wept beside the ''bride Of death" Here
SD record from the n. Y. E1press:
Af0rried-in Prattsviile, ON the 10Th ms
by ~. h. Salisbury, Esq, John Biyens,
MijdlstowD, Delaware county, TO Miss nj.
Turk, Of PrAttsyille, Greene county.
: Disd-In Prasssville, on the 10th inst.
asthma and hemmorhage Of the Lungs, M
N. A. Bivens, wife Of John Bivens, 10 /
10Th year Of her age.
Desas - Less aaa Land. mnss b
made Separately.
Such il nov the law OF Iowa. The
oerdar ii required to record deeds Of to
S lots in books by themselves, separate II,
tie deeds Of lands. Therefore Lots a
~uat mt ~ nnnysved in the satoa daaa