The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-12-14

foos1sspoadsnce Of the Daily Gate City.l -.
TIE NasA ma ReaAeut Cases, 80.
/ FcRr MADISON, Dec. 13th.
Gn1iEnn1H: Ooars II dragging its slow
lsnrtA Dlnnk. No criminal sases $ vet have
6oln tfisd. The case Of Stass against Had
don6 NIL not come up probably bsfors next
wesk have just seen . letter from tho
Clerk Of the Supreme Court, Mr.. Kinsey.
saying that the case Of State vs.. Nash has
been reversed. He also encloses the follow
ing postscript:
"Ths case 10 affirmed ia oil essential or
material points, except upon the one ak
eluding Reddout A. witness. He 10 held
competent. Stockton dissenting"
| Judge Springer has disposed Of large
amount of business, with bis usual prompts
ness, and il winning the reputation OF :
first rate Judge, and he i entitled to it,
The Grand Jury, also, in their report, paid
merited compliment 70 Mr.. Tracy, our very
energetic and able Ditriot Attorney. Further
deponsnt saith not.
Yours in haste, l..
N ore .sIrreguiarIty,, Among the Dc
aocracy.
MILLEDoEvILLE, Ga, Dec. 10.
The Democratic State Convention now in
session here has adopted resolution recon-
mending the claims Of Hon. Howell Cobb for
the Presidency. A number Of the members
of the Convention have Withdrawn. urging
that the Convention 10 irregular and unau.
thorixed.
Arrest ~ n MILITIA OfSicsr.--An Tn
dignant virginian.
One Of the persons arrested ct Charles
town on Friday, for venturing within the
lines, turned out to be Col. BAYLOR, the man
who commanded the HArper's Ferry militia
10 the attack against Brown. He was highly
incensed at the indignity, and when the or
Ger OF the guard learned who he was, and
directed that he should be set at liberty, be
declined to take his liberty, and insisted upon
being brought to headquarters, and on re-
csiving from the General written order Of
discharge, bis indignation found vent in .
very free and open expression Of his private
sentiments in regard to the whole military
array. He denounced 1t a. disunion move.
ment, got up BY Eenry A. Wire, who want.
ed to be President Of Southern Confed-
eracy. Said he: "It is vile political
scheme to destroy this Union. The command
is given 70 \ near relative Of Wise's; many
Of the officers are related to him, and nine
out OF every ten men here are bis political
supporters. The object 10 to increase the
excitement.
"After was superseded In command, he
told me TO hold myself in readin ess for or
ders. told him | would hold myself in
readiness to obey Gov. Letcher's orders, bat
not his. He could not deprive me of my
commission without court martialing me,
and that hc dare not do"
| do not pretend to give Col. Baylor's sx-
act language, but give the substance Of it.
He appeared to be considerably excited, and
said that though there were more slaves
owned by his family than BY any other fami-
ly in Virginia, be would rather the slaves
and John Brown should oil escape, than that
this Union should be destroyed. His grand
father had fought and bled in the Rsvolu-
ton, and he was not willing to see the gov
eminent overthrown for the political sd-
vancement OF any man. He saw nothing but
treason in oil this movement. He had heard
that white haired old man Edmund RufRn,
make reasonable harangue in the street
to-day, and had gone up and told him that he
was protected by his white hairs and by the
military but il he came here month hence
and made similar speech, be would be Ia
ken TO sstne run" and we'll dacked, and then
driven out of town.
Conservaaasm OF the Tcnuessec CD.
position.
/ The Tennessee Legislature, in which the
Democrats have the majority, has adopted
some fiery resolutions, evoked BY the recent
events in Virginia. The Opposition menu
bers, who seem TO retain the same modera-
ton that characterised the movements OF
their party in the last gubernatorial canvass,
vRin1y offered TO substitute . series in which
the Republican party, - q body, are exon.
Grated from all responsibility and participa-
| ton in the Harpsr's Ferry affair, which they
consider to be tho result OF the fanatieism
OF ultra abolition leaders.
GA rumor Is now rife that Presiden.
tial programme il being arranged, BY which
Gen. Lane 10 to receive in the Charleston
Convention complimentary vots from The
South, with view 70 having Il returned on
the Hon. John Slidell, the Buchanan candi-
date for the succession.
naso just isSIneQ from roiiADio authority
that the Commissioners Of Indian Affairs, ia
his annai report, will take strong ground In
regard TO Utah and the Indian service there
in. He il perfectly satisfied that there i but
one sure method OF arresting the nurdsrs
and assassinations now 10 reSoltine ia that
Territory that ID by establishing smar.
tial Law" over the Territory. This policy. ID
urged upon Congress, - oil others had failed
to afford security for life and property
What viii the 6sints say to this
The Sioux City Register gives par.
ticuisrs OF the shooting Of Barsy Rory By