The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-01
the state mu., pay the untcrcst.


the state Mus, PAY the Interest.
We find in the jefferson Erdmi'aer the fol-
lowing brief notice of a very important fact:
aThe State Treasurer has been officially
notified that the North Missouri and tho Iron
Mountain Railroad Companies will not be
able to meet their January interest on State
bonds. Judge Morrison has therefore taken
steps to provide for its payment"
The above item OF news possesses much
significance, and is Of special interest and
Importance to the people of Iowa at the pres
ent juncture. If the Iron Mountain and
North Missouri Railroads fail to pay the in
terest on the State bonds advanced to them,
and leave the people of the State to foot the
amount by taxation, can 1t be expected that
Iowa railroads would do any betterf And
10 it no. best, If the people of our State adopt
any system of State aid to railroads, that
they should do il with the understanding that
The State may have to pay the interest as 1t
accrues.
A MgRRY CnRIsrMAs,-Ten of.the convicts
in the Ohio pcnitontiary made their escape
on Christmas. If they intended it as q
Christmas rrolie they are lengthenins their
stay out beyond reasonable limits.
Mount vernon Fund, TaDieau, &c.
Miss Susan rcnimore Cooper has written a
Christmas gift called "Monnt Vernon; a Let
ter to the Children of America" The prof
| its are devoted by Miss Cooper to the fund
for the purchase OF Mount Vernon, towards
which she has already given time and ntu-
ence. Anything from the pen OF this gifted
lady will be eagerly sought for, and this 1T.
tie book will find it's way into the hands OF
every child in the country.-lEx. paper.
In speech recently delivered by James
w. Gerard, of New York, upon this subject,
he 10 reported to have said
In our own city, the work goes bravely on;
and most fttidgiy is it that descendant OF
the Hamilton, the Schuyler, and the Morris
Of the Revolution, has been placed at the
bend OF that powerful body Of ladies, who
have pledged themselves that the Empire
State shall raise it's full share OF the necessa-
nv funds, and earn full share OF the glory
Of the enterprise.
A letter dated Yarmouth Port, Massachu-
setts, under date Of Dec. Is, and published
in the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce, says:
just now the ladies Of Cape Cod are secu-
ring subscriptions from patriotic females to
advance the same noble work. The ladies OF
| all the towns in the State are moving quietly
but actively in the same manner.
And, says Connecticut paper
| Mrs. Sigourney and Mrs Senator Dixon
propose to get up series OF tableaux at Hart
ford. Conn.,, representing scenes in the life
of Washington, beginning with his childhood,
the story Of the Ratchet and the cherry tree,
| in which the children could take part, lit will
be for Christmas entertainment, with 9th.
er scenes from his youth. Proceeding on te
more romantic and sentimental affairs, they
will represent his wooing OF the fair widow
Curtis, while his steed stood waiting at tn
gate. His wedding and his court, and Lad,
Washington's court, would make some stated,
scenes. The receipts will! be given to tn
Mount Vernon Association, and Mrs. Dixie,
says "Connecticut was distinguished in th
days OF Washington; no other State was be
fore her; let her not be behind the others il
, the procession to Mount Vernon to redeem
the grave Of the noble sleeper there--but le
her lay her wreath of immortal, woven OF he
wealth, on his tomb, and let it DO as beauti
full as that OF any other State"
We hear it intinated that something 0
the sort Indicated above, the representation
Of tehlenu, Is to be gotten up here also, 70
the benefit of the Mount Vernon Fund. N
doubt it will prove popular and successfu
method of aiding the enterprise. 1t has pro
ven eminently SO at several places in til
East. The Home Journal, in recent arti
Gle upon the subject, says:
. 1t il such an easy and pretty way Of earn
ing money! Besides this, too, it is such
, rational way of passing the time II exer
cises taste, memory, patience, industry, read
mess, imagination, and the gay world passe
an instructive and agreeable evening, and t
, some purpose. Private houses are larg
enough, OF public houses can be hired, an
} there 10 no community Of educated peopl
where there are not persons amply qualiie
and willing to do the labor before the soenel
by all means let us have the tabieaux.
= X.
: Nebraska and soath Iowa Kaiirons
At . meeting Of that portion of the citixe,
Of Van Buren, county residing west Of d.
aluau1N ItNSI} bclu Nv Luu0hoh uh tnG
inst, TO take into consideration the best al
: most speedy means Of building the N. 4 s.
. X. r., the meeting was called to order by a
It pointing d. A. Hit, Esq, Chairman, and
0 A. Humphrey, Esq, Sec'y.
% The meeting was addressed by q. II. Tod
Esq, of keokuk, Iowa.
On motion Of ID. A. Humphrey, ESQ.,, b
following resoluti on was adopted:
4 Resolved, That we, the citizens of V,
1t Buren, county west Of the Des Moines rive
: fully appreciate the offer OF the Board of u
rectors Of the keokuk, Fl. Des MONIES al
= Minnesota Railroad Co., to build their 70,
u to Pittsburgh. That We will do oil in o
L power TO accept of their offer and take q
!. Nebraska and South Iowa Railroad at Pitt
: burgh and lay the same through our coun
y to the Davis county line and that the Re
u kuk, keosauqna aud Bloomfield papers be r
II quested to publish the proceedings Of Ii
meeting. ID. A. HIT, Chm.
ID. A. HUMPHREY, Sec'y.
II Dec. "a, 1858.
Foreign Items.
New YoRx, Dee. 2S.--.The Paris CORE
:. pondence Of the Commercial Advertiser sa
= the Journal des Debates afirms positive
- that King Victor Emanuel did declare to