The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-15

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Total for Philadelphia and vicinity 81 ,s4s ,7ss
The Capital employed in Manufactures in Phiia-
delphia Is S72,5t0, 600. Number OF hands en-
ployed, $4,000.
QTThe London Times suggests that the
arguments used by our President for the ac-
QUESTION Of Cuba are such ~ Haman might
have used to justify him in taking the Vine
yard that was convenient to his Palace.
Werather suspect the Thunderer has fall
len into Some confusion OF ideas here. 1t
was Ahab, the wicked King Of Israel that
wanted NAboth's Vineyard, and he refused to
sell the inheritance Of bis fathers, whereupon
Ahab Was sorely grieved, and Jesebel his
wife, for his comfort, caused Naboth to be
massacred and his Vineyard to be forfeited to
the King. Wepresume that the writer in
the Times alluding to this incident, and
thinking that Buchanan deserved the fate OF
Haman, inadvertently mixed that distin- |
guished individual up with this transaction. !
Aside from that. the case is in point, anu
II is singular that wicked as Ahab was, ne
gave up in despair when Naboth refused to
sell the coveted Vineyard, and il was that
name Of oil cruelty and wickedness, the black
hearted Jexebel, that prompted the diaboli-
cal plot by which both life and Vineyard
were taken. So, now, it 10 the dark bride
Slavery, more cruel than death. that prompts
and plots the monstrous crime upon which
our President and his manifest destiny sup
porsers are intent.
GTThe speech OF Mr.. Iverson, Of Geor-
gia, the other day, in the United States SEN
ate, shows with what view Southern route
for the Pacific Railroad has boon urged upon
the country, and why the mail routes to the
Pacific have been located on an extreme
| Southern line, seven hundred miles longer
| than the Central route. These things have
been accomplished through the influence of
Southern men. And Mr.. lverson said that
he was opposed to a Central route for the
Pacific Railroad, because in the division Of
the country, which would soon occur, that
road would fall to the lot of the North. He
would, however, favor two roads-one for
the Southern and the other for the Northern
portion OF the divided Union.
There is just the secre. Of all the opera
lions of our Government, directed and con-
trolled by the Democratic party, which is,
to oil intents, q Southern party.
Il BoSKs.-An Eastern Lecturer on Egypt
gives an account OF the natives near the
Capital, boiling coffee with fuel consisting
, OF ssthe bones, cerements and skulls" which
J are found in great abundance about the cost
ly Mausoleums built by the s'frst families
9 in the days Of their pride and power. Moth.
ing more clearly indicates the superior civil.
lixation Of our country over Egypt than thu
"" mercantile value Of bones. There the bonei
OF the once great men Of the earth are %
! worthless that they are used for fuel here
0 90 the contrary, in the vicinity Of our CAPT
h oil, one Of the "frst families" has sold tn,
0 bones of his ancestor and will realize splen
\ \ did fortune out Of the single transaction.
Q burns . highlander.
Donald Ross, OF Toronto, correspondent
|" y Of the Montreal Pilot, says:
O Although il may be known to some OF you
. readers, think as We are on the eve Of cele
o brAting the centennial anniversary Of ia
y birthday Of the Poet Burns, that il should b
" made known to the public generally tbs
10 Robert Burns vas really and truly of High
% land descent; that his grandfather and great
10 grandfather were Campbslls, resident i
D. Glenorchy, Argyleshire, but on account {
~ their attachment to the Stuart family, the
% became obnoxious to the Argyle family, VIII
20 offered q reward for their heads, "dead {
90 alive" Walter Campbell, the poets grea
90 grandfather, consequently aed from the pa
oo ish Of Glenorchy and settled IN the Lowlend
90 10 the parish Of Glenbervie, on the estate
90 noblsman who Was decidedly favorable
100 the Royal Stuarta. Rewards, however, b
aS Campbell and his son changed their nam
- FROM Campbellto "Burness, - by which lat.
100 name they were known in Glenbervie. Is
statistical account of Scotland, late edtio
=. vol. ii. p. ll9.1 Burns, the poet, in q lett
w w 10 Lady Winifred Max6eld Constable, dat
~ 10th December, 1889, admits that his pred
% osssors were Of Highland descent, and
10 boasts that they took the part Of the Stuar
v He says: although my fathers bad not ill.,
~ fri0us names and vast properties to hazard
y tho ooutsss, though they left their hunt
80 cottage only 20 add % many suits more
the unnotsd crowd, yet what they could th
. . did, and what thsy had they lost; with U
NJ M shaken 6rmness they shook hands with RI
20 for what they esteemed the cause OF tn,
100 king and country. See Chambers' Life
100 Burns, 1852. vol. !. p. 33S.
Ooo A GxEAr WoHk.--A person cau be abo
40 no greater work than that Of sndsasoring
COO enlarge the spiritual kingdom Of the Rsdee
er. And when any one would divert b
o ooo from this to some other employment, be =
S Soo not give more appropriate answer than u
oou OF Nehemiah to Sanballst-aI N doing
0os great work, 30 that cannot come down y
900 should the work cease, whilst leave 4 !
ivy oVo come down to you?
~ Il ives dcep-seatcd conviction 0f q
SEQ truth which moved the venerable Will,
600 Carey TO exclaim--when the Kanxoon Ga
900 eminent placed his son Felix in 5 dieni6
,o ooo and important ofhce--"My SON 10 shrivel
's's' from Missionary into an Ambassador"
500
geo CT Sheriff Iiillhouse went to Fort Ma,
son, yesterday, having In charge one Ksl
wy wy convicted OF grand larceny 10 stealing