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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

A Prayer In the Now York HsrAId.
Last Sabbath the reportere OF W. Herald
Were sen4to various ssehuc1DDa u New Y ork
Nn4 Bro otlyn, ~ mote whnt was sid about
~ insurfSet ~ Hsp1ree Ferry. On Mon
Day mor1lng skste of III. Bsscherss SCR
WON WA exported, eGd also. among others, q
report OF the services in the Shiloh Colored
Presbyterian church. We quote from that
report the following prayer from the respect
90 pastor Of that church, and Ne doubt not
than tho stAdntAnds Ok onr readers who PEE
ruse II Will BE affected, as we have been, with
its simplicity, sincerity, and touching earn.
estness: s0
sob Father, va long to put before thee
this afternoon tho melancholy condition Of
the millions az oar brethren now in chains.
OIL dothou always protect them. Oh ]! give
them thy help and assistance, SO that they
may coma forth and worship according to
| their consciencesl May the day soon ooms
when slavery shall be no longer on the earth
when the principles OF humanity shall be
established when Justice shall reign SUI
preme, and slavery having passed away, ~
may meet together happy people improved
in knowledge and goodness. Father, We pray
for mercy upon tho thousands and tens Of
thousands Of brok en- hearted mothers, Who
mourn because their darling little ones have
been snatohsd from their blossoms. We should
remember, 20 We look around upon our own
happiness and domestic comforts, and pray
earnestly that it will not be long before an
the people OF this land shall enjoy similar
blessings Father, remember them "a their
tears have fallen upon this soil % blood drops
upon the earth, and enable them without tho
| shedding Of blood, oh Lord, to walk in the
path Of duty break the hsart Of the oppres-
sor, and palsy his arm, that be may be COM
PEELED TO let tho imprisoned 20 free. MAY
cur friends stand arm in this hour Of trial.
and may tnsy prove avrois sud be- ,nuisipiisd
in numbers th0usand-fold, until this foul
system and curse Of tho land, and the shame
of it's people, shall be 10 longer among 10 /
Father, we would also remember oar breth-
rem in certain portion Of the land now sur
fering in prison, and who ars destined to an
| ignoninions death because they hsve been the
| friends Of humanity and liberty. Hurl con-
fusion into the connsels Of their oppressors,
and, IL thoy must perish, grant that Tor every
drop of blood which shall fow thousands and
hundreds Of thousands may rise up to the
cause of bleeding and down-trntdcn human.
ity, and the great jubilee be hastsnsd when
not slave shall burthen our land or any 9TH
| er land under tho sun. Grant, Our Father.
that oil new 10 suffering circumstances may
be prepare cd to meet them, and when we come
to die, take US home to heaven, where We
shall praise the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Amen ~ sgr
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10
Permanent Invcstm en- ~.


We find the following commercial disser-
tation in the financial column of the Inde-
pendent:
Investing in champagne, at - a bottle
an acre Of good government land costs 81 Is.
Investing in tobacco and cigars, daily,
one year, $5O--seven barrels Of good -four
will cost $40.
Investing in "drinks" one year, 800
800 will pay for ten daily and fifteen month
ly periodicals.
Investing ia theatrical amusements. one
year, $20O-$2O0 viii purchase an excellent
library.
Investing in fast horse $500-$400 acres
good wild land costs $500.
Investing in a yacht, including bettipgs
and drinkings for the season, SIS, 0OO--$5,-
600 will buy good improved country farm.
Panics, hard times, loss of time, red faces,
bad temper; poor health, ruin Of character,
misery, starvation, death and q terrible flu
ture may be avoided by looking OF the above
square 10 the face.
majority OF "fnancisrs," in making cal
culations for the future, watch the importa-
tons, exports of specie, the ups and downs
OF stocks, and the movements Of the Wall
| street bulls and bears. All that 10 very we'll
but let them, at the same time, estimate the
loss of gold in the maelstrom Of extraya.
gance."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

MEDICAL SOCKS.
BARTLETT ON FEvKRs,
- Budd on Disease VI The Liver,
Stomach.
Churchill on Children,
System Of Midwifery,
on Diseases Of Women,
Carpentsr's Comparative Anatomy,
Condie on Disease OF Children,
Dunglison's Medical Dictionary,
Dalton's Human Physiology,
Erickson Surgery,
Foun's Chemistry,
Gross System of Surgery,
Grayis Anatomy--descriptiv and surgical,
Grifith's Foomulary,
6srdasT,s Medical Dictionary,
Kirk,s Manual of Physiology,
Ludlow's Manual Of Medical Rxamin ations.
Meigs Treatise on Obstetrics,
Diseases Of Woman,
Miller's Principles Of surgery,
Practice -
Neil Smiths Compend Of Medicine,
Pirrie's System Of Surgery,
Ramsbotbom' = Obstetrics
kokitansky Z Pathological anatomy,
Tayior's Medical Jurisprudsuos.
Woods Practice Of Medicine.
Therapeutics aud Pharmaeology.
Wntson's Practice Of Medicine,
Wood HAch,s 81. s.. DispNnaatory,
Wilson Human Anatomy,
Wiliiams' Principles Of Medicine,
Wilson's Diseases Of the Skin, &c.
Tor sale by NJ. w. WKSTCOTT.
novl0d ~ Main-st.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10
The Slave States will be entitled TO vote,
in the ELECTORAL College as follows:
October ana NAV.

October 10 the matured year--it is the Pc
Rod that has attained ssthe philosophic
mind" We dream Of the blossoms and use
the fruit; We think OF the green spring
the autumnal. We dream of being Young
and are growing old. In May We are flush
cd as everything 10 with the earth's fresh
blood in May We dream OF October ia
fruits 4of the ssasons--with the garnered
store Of the harvest--the hope OF the year is
completed or blasted snd 80 with our lives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

eT-The late James N. Brown, OF Iberville,
Miss, who died few days ago at the age Of
54, left an estate vAriously estimated u from
$3.50, 900 " 81 600, 900, oil accumulated in
is years, from small inyestmsnt in sugar
planting.
gTMiss Sarah Jane johnson 10 under ar
rest in Detroit for stealing Eve dollars from
one loyer TO pay the ministers charge for
| marrying her 10 another.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10
Ntiil They como l

Still They Come !
Pear, Peach, Cherry. Plum and Quine1
Trees also, Cherry CurrAnts, common Orr
rants, Gooseberries, &c.. &cY in grsat vaxi.
ETY. and abundance.
N. H. Biz grapes not III g0nA.
VIM. BARNES, No. 4, Estes House,
Oct. 81, 1859.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

GV Somebody says that ignoring is the
spontaneous escape Of those malignant feel
ings which the sleeper has no time to vent
when awake
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

U Manners are the shadows OF virtues !;
the momentary display Of those qualities
which cur feilow-creatures love and respect.
II we strive to become, then, what we strive
10 appear, manners may often be rendered
useful guides to the performance Of eur du.
ties.--ISidney Smith.
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Postscai nan

A Frenehman down on the ST. Lawrence,
who keeps q one-horse grocery, writes q
follows
All those people what owes,
IL rot AK 'em for dat
But all dose people what owes me,
Must pay me do l'ashong immediate.
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4 Hint 10 Lovers OF F,owers.

A most beautiful and easily attained sho v
OF evergreens may be had by very simple
plan, which has been found to answer re-.
markably we'll on small scale. III gerani.
um branches, taken from luxuriant and
healthy trees, just before tine winter sets in,
be cut as for slips, and immersed in soap
water, they will, after dropping for . fe1
days, shed their leaves, put forth fresh ones,
and continue in the finest vigor oil the winter.
By placing number Of bottles thus filed in
= HOVER basket, with moss to conceal the
bottles, show Of evergreen is easily insured
Tor the whole winter. All the different va
rietles OF tho plant being used, the various
shapes and colors OF the leaves will blend
INTO beautiful effect. They require no
fresh water.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, or NEW YORK.
CASH Ga pilai III, 600, 900.
CASH SURPLUS, JULY In, 1850. t457.8D
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

LoRILLARD FIRE ms. CO., OF NEW YORK
Caritai and surplas e8eA ,38l 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10
To Keep Cabbage.

The following from the Germantown Tel
sgraph has timely and valuable hints:
The editor gives this mode OF having green
cabbage all winter. Indeed, 1t 10 sometimes
good up 10 may, and We repeat it again as
the season approaches 10 which it is "put
on" IL is this Dig shallow trenches 10 q
dry part of the garden-say two feet apart
in which plant the cabbages (Which must be
carefully taken from their beds with all the
roots,) pretty closely then erect over them q
low scaffolding, the posts being two feet from
the ground; let it be little higher in the
middle 10 carry of the water, and cover with
straw or corn-fodder, butts down. This costa
little labor or skill, and will give You cab
bage through the winter and spring, about as
fresh and good - In October.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

MEYER YIELD TO RrDIcULx.-Never let your
honest convictions be laughed down. You
can no more exercise your reason II you live
in the constant dread OF ridicule, than you
can enjoy your life II you are 10 constant tor
ror OF death. II you think it right to differ
from the times, and to make point Of NOR
ais, do il; however pedantic il may appear,
do it--not for insolence, but seriously and
grandly, 40 II . man wore big soul of his
own in bis bosom, and did not wait till il wsa
breathed into him by the breath OF fashion.
Be true to your msnhood's conviction, and
in the end you will not only be respected By
the world hrt have the arnrevel ~ cow or
conscience.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

Men, dying, make their wills,
Bat wives eecape fate 30 SD;
Why should they make what all their lives
lie gentle danes have Aadf
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

HTNA INSURANCE. COMPANY.
or HARTFORD, coNM.--CAPTTAL IL 900 900.
CASH SuRfLcs, JuLr 1sr, 1859, II ,030, 433.
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PaIrsles.

The system Of giving parties is too expen-
sive, and when the thing 10 pushed beyond
the power OF the purse, it becomes social
evil Of the greatest magnitude. No man or
woman seems to be lega1ixed in society nm
less cool thousand or two 10 spent every
season in giving the beau monde one Of those
eternal and never-to-b be- FORGOTTEN anaeexes.
The law must be remedied--it must be blown
up--it must be reformed. 1t has ruined its
thousands and tens Of thousands. How ma
ny husbands have to race about, day after
day, week after week, to meet the polite in
vita,ions which the banks issue, and much of
this hurry and trouble il in consequence OF
the very expensive system We have referred
TO. Of giving dinner parties, soirees, &C., do.
II has sweIled the list OF bankrupts-ruined
the hopes Of wives---driven the deserving up-
on mereiless woodland filled families with
misery.
GA tract OF land, about 200 by TOO feet
in Baton Rouge parish, La, recently sank "a
the depth Of rs or 80 feet, swallowing up 1
barn, from which the people had barely tim,
to escape. The catastrophe was produced b,
the action Of subterraDean springs.
gTLuck and Pluck are not one and the
same thing - supposed by some. Luck /,
the offspring OF Pluck. The pluckv man al
the present generation will be the Lucky one
OK the next.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

- Buildings, Merchandise, Mills, Factories
Household Furniture and Dwellings insured ct =
low rates o. other Companies who pay their losses
VI n. B. TEN-EYCK, Agent,
0f1ce corner 81 and Maif sts., Ksokuk Iowa.
Nov. Z, '6o-dlm
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

WEsrEks PArEHrs -Issued from the Uni
ted States Patent cfhce for the week ending
November l, 1859:
Vim. Hall, Of st. Louis, Mo-; for improve.
ment in bran dusters.
J. A. Duf6eld, Of McHenry, H.; for i'm.
provement in harvesters
j. E. Palmer, Of st. Louis, Mo-; for i'm
proved tackle block.
Saml F. Burdett, OF Keoknk, Iowa, and
Henry Still, Of Leavenworth City, Kansas
for improved scale for cutting boots and
shoes.
Levi Burnell, Of Milwaukee, Wis; for i'm
provement 10 water meters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

MONTAUK FIRE ms. 90. OF NEW YORK
CapitaI and surPlus el0l. sIS.79.
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Treassn An MsgA Psaess.

Treassn An HtgA Psacss.
The Losofose press and pelitisiAas Of the
country charge that Seward, Hale, Chase
and othsr prominent. Republicans were aiders
!. md Ahsttss in Brown's reasonable plot,
aad ~ thsJ have 10 docunents to prove
their guilt.
Why then does not the Administration,
which i solemnly pledged BY oath before
God and man to execute the laws, prosecute
these men for treason. They must do il, or
stand confessed libellers or perjurers. Will
the South quietly submit while the Admins
tration suffers scores Of traitors to 70 un-
punished, and even to mingle in our Nation
I'll Councils
Either the charge Is false and oowardly and
libsllous, or else the President 10 psrjured
traitor himself. How..can the knaves shuttle
out Of that dilenma3
GTUnder the Consultation Of Virginia
the Governor cannot pardon an individual
convicted Of treason, except by the advice
and consent Of the Legislature. The ques-
ton Of Browns pardon viii doubtless be
sFoaghss befoTs the Legislature, snd Govern
or Wise will be relieved Of the responsibility
in the premises.
lRox FousD. The Warsaw BMlistim says
that the iron worth $40 ,000) which Was lost
of barge last year, just above Quincy, has
been found, and that Messrs. Johnston and
Maple have gone down to make arrangements
for its recovery. When it is got up, II will
be used on the Warsaw and Carthage road
for switches, &c.
wflnsm Eawards, Esq, OF Ksokuk.
We have been furnished the following
statement 10 regard to the above named gem
tIeman who 10 in custody 10 our city upon .
charge Of shooting Shields on Second street,
Monday evening last.
Mr.. Edwards has long been citizen OF
Keokuk, Iowa, engaged In the practice Of
the law. As q lawyer he is amongst the
gentleman stands fairer in the community
where he lives.
Having voluntarily surrendered his person
for the purpose Of abiding trial according
TO the laws Of Missouri he deserves q fair and
impartial one. He utterly denies tho COR
rectness Of the Newspaper accounts which
have been published Of his difficulty with MIR.
Shields; and believing himself capable Of
making . complete and honorable defence, it
10 only asked on his behalf that the public
Judgment hs suspended until the matter shall
be inv cstigated and determined BY tho Judi
cial tribunals 10 which he has appealed.
We might add to the above from the st.
Louis Democrat, that the recent Locofoco
County Convention unanim ously recommend
ed Mr.. Edwards ~ their candidate for Mem
Der Of the Board Of Education for this Judi
cial District.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

Tnx DIS MONKS VALLEY WHIa is published
every Monday ut this occ, is Of the Oldest pA-
psrs in love-, and has widely extended ciroula-
ticn thrcusbest the Des Meines Valley, northern
Missouri and W sstsrn Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10


We understand from reliable authority that
the entire grading between Carthage and
Blandenville, 10 about ready for the ties and
iron. From Carthage to Blandinville, the
distance is % and half miles, which 10 now
ready to receive the iron. From Blandinville
to Bushnell, which connects with the Quincy
road, is l6t miles, and tho grading il OF that
character that the force now engaged on the
road can complete it ready for the iron 40 fast
as the track can be laid. From Bushnell to
Peoria the distance 10 81 miles, the grading
and bridging being mostly completed, and
most of the cross ties on the line. The iron
from Peoria TO Canton, distance Fl miles, 10
contracted and shipped, leaving only l6i
miles yet to grade and 10 miles to iron, to
give due east road. The grading 10 OF irst
class, and the only preventive OF an imme-
date extension Of the road il the iron, which
We further learn the company lie in negotia.
ton for, with every prospect Of an arrival
either this fall or early in the spring. Messrs.
Buell. 4 Co., have done nobly in preparing a.
much Of the road bed rs they have 80 early,
and that, too, when available funds are 80
scarce.-( Warsaw Bull.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10
1859. FALL AND WINTER lSo
SUPPLIES Just RECEIvEDi
!. ~ aUrcMso1. JAnss DEWEY
HUTCHINSON q DEWEY,
MERCHANT TAILORS.
THIRD-srREET, BET. MAIN JOHNSON,

THIRD-snEET, BET. MAIN : JOHNSON,
IAvE just received At their Fashionable Taiios-
i L ing and Furnishing EstabIishment, choice
and extern sive supply OF BrsAAcaoshs. Cas-.
simeres, Vestings, AnA GENTS Ears
nlshtng 0SoAss ~ aII desert pa ons.
and guarantees that thsr work shail Be- dene In the
most approved - satisfaetegy aasnsf. 1hsy On
constantly ssssivins - Nsv FORA nd lAilnAs!-
phis fashions aDd rsspssuiy Seiist al Who desire
Nov.b. 'ss-Aiy HUTCHINSON DEWEY.
Insurance! Insurance Insurance
DOLICIE3 on Stores, Dwellinu, Asrchaadiss
Pork Houses, Public Buildings, Manufacturing
Establishments, Household Furniture, and all insu.
rable property issued IT the lowest rates In ths
following substantial Companies
PHOENIX ms CO., or HARTFORD, CONN
CAPITAL $4O0, 900.
CITY FIRE ms. CO., OF HARTFORD, CONN
CAPITAL 4l5O, 900.
HARTFORD FIRE ms. CO., or HARTFORD
CArrAL $500, 900.
MERCHANTS ms. co, or HARTFORD, CONN
CAPITAL 4200, 600.
This Agency always pays its losses promptly
Cash. :
Dwellings, with Furniture therein, insured at
vERY noDaRArn PhKAIUn, Tor ono, three or Nv,
years. CaIland lsArn tho rates.
n. ". DELKNAR. Ag,a.
hOyldlm Se0Qnd-st., near Main.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10
General Insurance Agency.
con. SECOND AND MAIN.

E'Il1 y, Ia = =, Is SassS X - l.5T 1. n.
= SURANGE promptly attended 10 1t this OfRce.
Agency than any other in this city and lees trouble
after less. g H
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PHENIx FIRE INSURANCE co. OF NEW YORK.
CapAfai ana suYpIus ee8O, 7fs.7O.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10

TROUGH EK EIGHT CONTR ACTS
10 AND FROM ALL EA6TERN CITIES can
! - maAe-at~ Lhla- nlsAca. damages and
ever charges settled promptly.
J.R. TEWKEBURY, Agt
Nov 9th. lRGo-d
The Nevada journal., 1859-09-09
The Discovery of the Pacific.

Although the Pacific was first seen
seven years after the death of Colum-
bus, by Vasco Nun ez de Balboa. from
the summit of the Sierra de Quarezua,
on the Isthmus of Panama, and a few
DAYS afterwards navigated in canoe
bv Don Alfonso Martin de Benito,
Columbus had obtained precise infor-
nation of its existence eleven years
before, in the year 1902, during his
fourth voyage, the one in which he
most displayed the vigor of his genius
He gained the information at Puerto
de Petrete, on the east coast of We
ragua; and he points out, in his carta
rarisima, of the 7th of July, 1903. in
the letter wherein he so POLITICALLY
describes his magnificent dreams, in
the clearest manner, the two opposite
lying oceans, or as his son says in the
biography of his fatherthe contraction
(estrechez) of the continent at that
part. The ocean whose existence
lad been revealed to him by the ma
tives of the country, must lead. he
thought, to the golden Chersonesus Of
Ptolemy and the East Asiatic land of
spices, whittier, some day, North
American fleets, built in San Francis
CO. will sail under the guidance of
the chronometor. The distance in a
straight line, from the Atlantic coast
to that of San Francisco, in California
is about 2,2OO miles; and there is a
knid of pleasure in looking back to
small beginning of our knowledge of
the Pacifc-to all that Columbus
could know of it on his deathbed-at
a time when such gigantic projects
are entertained of railways and ocean,
tic canals through the Narpi and Gu
pica through the Atrato and the Rio
Truardo the Guasacualco and the
Chimalapa; through the Rio San
Juan and Lake Nicaragua. That
great Columbus, half-forgotten. as l
have elsewhere shown, even by his
contemporaries, died at Valladolid,
goth of May, 1906. in the firm belief,
shared also by Americo Vespucci un-
til his death at Seville. FEB. 22d.
1922, (that they had discovered only
the coast of the continent of Asia, and
no new part of the world. Columbus
considered the sea that washed the
western part of Veragua, SO near the
gold Chersonesus. that he compares
the relative positions of the Province
of Ciguare, in West Veragua and Pu-
erto Petrete to those of Venice and
Pisa, or from Tortosa, at the mouth of
the Ebro, to Fuenterabia or the BIZ
dassoa, in Biscay; and he reckoned
from Ciguare to the Ganges only
nine days journey. 1t appears to me
worthy of consideration, too, that at
the present day, the gold fields, which
the carta rarisima of Columbus points
out as lying in the most eastern part
of Asia. are really to be found on the
western side of the new continent.
(Humboldt's Preface to "Mollhaus-
ems Journev to the Pacific" Lon
don ed, 1858, vol. !, PIP. xxx.
San Francisco Herald.