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The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-05

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. 0n Sunday morning the appear
ance of hat shawl and coat the wharf, foot OF Third
street east led to search in the water which resulted in
the discovery of body believed from papers found to be
that of Charles A. Appleton who had evidently commit
ted suicide few hours previously. From testimony Civ
before the coroners jury appears that the deceased
native of Maine, resided recently in New
York, and was aged about thirty years Unknown to
bis friends he had recently arrived in this city Although
temperate in his habits he subject to mental abera
ons, under the influence Of which doubtless he commit
ted self-desruction His knsman, Hon. John Appleton
took charge of the remains. National heil,gsnesr
The funeral took place last evening from the residence
Of Hon. John Appleton.
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-05
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

CRY CouRcns Board Of Aldermen. Communications
received from the Mayor enclosing poorhonse and
work house reports, and announcing that he had APP
proved certain acts
ALSO; an Invitation from the city councils OF Brooklyn,
New York to attend the celabation OF the opening OF
the water there on tile 9th Of April The invita-
ton was accepted, p- a
The petitions of G.. T. McGlue. W. NJ. Ives and j. r.
Browne presented and referred.
Mr. THos MILLER reported bill from the lower board
for casual repairs Of streets and alleys In the First Sec
ond, Fifth, and Seventh wards passed
Also bill for paving the 'front.' side OF square 4S5 De-
tween Four half and Sixth streets west passed
Also bill for paving the alleys In the east half Of
square AS passed.
Also bill for the repair Of oisiens and pumps in the
Second Ward passed.
Mr. DUSNISerol offered a bill appropriating twelve
thousand dollars for the erection OF a watch-house
After long discussion the bill ruled out Of order
And after the transaction OF some further business
the board adjourned
Board Of Common Council The petition OF f. s. Allen
and Others read and referred.
Mr.. HARE offered a resolution, which was adopted
authorizing the committee of ways and means 10 inquire
into the expediency of reducing the commissions allowed
10 the collector Of taxes.
communication from the corporation attorney sta
ting as his opinion that the establishment of the pro
posed board of appeals from the decisions of the
unauthorized by law, was received and read
Mr. LLOYD presented joint resolutions in relation TO the
responsive address to the people of Wakefield, England
adopted.
Mr. TuRToS reported bill for the relief of the Metro
politan Hook and Ladder Company passed
Also, bill making appropriation for grading and
travelling street north, between Ninth and Eleventh
streets west passed.
Mr. oHARE reported bill for the improvement OF It'll
street west from New York avenue to street north
passed.
joint resolution from the Board of Aldermen author
zing the Mayor TO sell the old mud machine taken
up and passed
An act for the repair of Seventh street west from
afr fG fal md
passed.
The Board then took up the subject Of the watch
house. and after long discussion, 1t laid the
table. Adjourned
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ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
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LNOR RENT, either furnished unfinished and
by the for shorter period house.
and Third streets occupied
Hon M Hammond United States from South Carolina
quire Of DAVID A. HALL,
Nov 6--eodu Ns los @ Etreet
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The regular panel being called
Jo'h b. Bryan Intercepted by the court with the
usual formula, whether he had formed expressed
opinion in regard to the guilt innocence of The accused
He replied that he had.
Mr. Phillips for defence desired TO ask the juror il his
opinion had been formed from facts either gained from
personal knowledge from any witnesses to the trans
action. He contcnded that opinions formed from com
mon rumor did not dsquafy juror from serving in
such case.
The Court objection TO the juror being thus
questioned
Mr. Phillips then asked Mr. Bryan II he had formed
opinions from rumor, and he replied that he had, and
that his mind was biased in favor of the prisoner
MI, Bryan rejected
Samuel H. HorsH was called, questioned and pro-
nounced competent but peremptoriy challenged by
Mr.. Radcliffe
Chos M Shipper biased rejected.
Jooph L. Sgrnge called Had expressed opinions.
Mr. Carlisle asked leave make a suggestion II had
always been held that when Juror had formed or ex-
pressed opinion that he disqualified When
man had formed expressed m opinion, Justice would
seem to require that any further interrogation
necessary.
The Court said that when . man had formed or OK
pressed opinion II was, in his opinion disqualified
ton.
The Juror. {" have both formed and expressed an
opinion"
The juror rejected.
Henry NJ Hurdle was rejected by the counsel Tor the
prosecution the of not having the property quail
ifcation, (ssO0)
yosr Scrisn~ biased rejected.
han'~ Ar'cd called Had formed opinion Had
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18

pRovfpRncT. n. Il. r

PROVIDENCE, Il. l., Feb. Is.
The Republicans held convention here
to-day for the purpose of nominating candi
dates for State officers and members of Con
gress. Thomas q. Turner, now Lieut.. Gov
ernor, was nominated for Governor The
present Executive declining to be n cand
date for reelection. Mr.. b. Brayton, no " in
| Congress, from the western district, was re-
nominated. Thomas Davis from Harsago, a
Democratic Representative, was nominated
In the place of Ben. ID. Durfee.
HARTFORD, Feb. l5.--Dr. l.. p. Brockett,
formerly of the firm Of Brockett & Hutchin :
son, booksellers, of this city, was arreste d
this P. Nj. for forgery. The paper forged is
mostly held by several banks and individuals
of this city. The amount of paper now out
is from Sl5,0 900 to $4,000. DR.. Brockett
has heretofore been looked upon as a man of
sterling integrity.
Indianapolis, Feb. ia collision oc-
CURED in the Senate to-day between Sena-
tors Gooding, of Hancock, and Hebron Of
Washington, in consequence of personal re-
marks made in the Senate some days ago.
After some fighting between the two Sena-
tors brother Of Gooding interfered and
struck Hebron on, the head with a cane,
wounding him severely, otherwise but little
injury was done to either party. Gooding
was armed with a revolver but had no chance
to use it. Hebron drew a knife after being
struck with the cane, but others interfering
prevented him from using it. The greatest
excitement prevailed in the chamber during
the difficulty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
TA Kansas corresnondent az tha Ma

IN A Kansas correspondent Of the New
York Evening Post gives the following pen
portrait Of Gov. Sammedary:
"Sam Medary, Governor Of Kansas, viii
lom Democratic editor in Ohio for the period
OF thirty years, anon Governor of Minnesota.
and postmaster ut Columbus, is pursuing a
very polite and sagacious course, by keeping
his mouth closed. Socially he 10 extremely
affable and suave; deferential almost to a
fault; Affirmative to friend and foe. In per-
son nc is short and inclined to corpulency,
somewhat like Thompson's
Round, fat oily man Of God.
His chronological developments do not indi
cate the possession Of very large intellectual
endowments. His forehead, though not will
lninonsly low is not expansive, and is rem
dered still more insignificant by the constant
~ raised eyebrows, which give him the ap-
pearnnce Of being in q state of perpetual Il,
terrogation or amazement. The lines OF his
mouth are decidedly weak, concave rather
than prominent, continually 10 motion by the
mastication of tobacco, of which he chews
immense quantities; sharp, quick eyes, Ro.
manish nose, hair sandy gray, and modes,
dress, always scrupulously neat and exact
complete the personnel Of this last candidate
Tor Kansas apotheosis. There 10 mild
flavor OF old fogyism about him--an appear
ance OF Democratic dry rot, which the air Of
ta~~ +N~.- = ~.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
The vote on the Admission or ore.
gOn.

The Vote on the Admission or ore.
g0n.
The Journal, the other evening, published
black list of those who voted against thu
admission OF Oregon, which it heads "Tht
Names Of the Traitors to Freedom, and Their
declares that not a single Democrat voted
against the admission.
Here is the actual vote on that question
YxAs--hessrs. Adrian, ALL, Arnold, At.
kins, Avery, Barksdale, Barr, Billnghurst,
Bocock, Bowie, Branch, Burnett, Barnes,
Carnthers, Case, Caskie, Cavanaugh, Chap
man, Clark, of Mo-, Clay, John Cochrans,
Cockeril, Oolfax, Comins, Corning, Cox,
Cragin, Craige Of N. G., Craig Of Mo-, Cur
tis, Davidson, Davis of Ind, Davis Of Miss,
Dewart, Dimmock Edmondson, Elliott, Eng.
lish, Florence, Foley, Foster, Gartrell, ellis,
Greenwood, Gregg, Groesbeck, Hall Of O.,
Hatch, Hawkins, Hodges, Hopkins, Horton,
Hughes, Huyler, Hewett, jackson, Jenkins,
Jones of Tenn, Owen Jones, kilgore, Kun
kle Of Penn, Lamar, Landy, Lawrence, Lei
dy, Letter, Letcher, Maclay, McKibben, Mo-
kee, Marshall Of Illinois, Mason, Miller,
Montgomery, Morris Of H., Niblack, Nichols,
Pendieton, Petit, Peyton, Phelps of Mo-,
Phelps Of Mn, Phillips, Powell, Regan, Rei-
y, Ruf6u, Russell, Sandige, Savage, Scott,
Soaring, Seward, Shaw Of H., Singleton,
Smith Of H., Smith Of Tenn, Stevens, Ste
venson, Stewart of Nd, Talbot, Geo. Taylor
Taylor of La, Thayer, Vallandingham, Ward,
Watkins, White, Whitley, Winslow, Wood,
Wortendyke, Wright Of Ga, Wright Of Ten.
nessee.-ll4.
NAYs-Abbott, Andrews, Bingham, Blair
Bonham, Boyce, Brayton, Bryan, Burlington
Burlingame, Burroughs, Chaffee, CLARK OF
Conn, Clark of n. Y, Clawson, Cobb, C. b
Cochrane, Covode, Crawford, Curry, Dayi.
Of Nd, Davis of Ind, Dawes; Dan, Dick
bod, Dowdell, Durfee, Eide, Farnsworth
Fenton, Giddings, Gilman, Gilmer, uooch
Goodwin, Granger, Grow, Hall of Miss, Har.
Ian, Harris, Haskin, Hill, Hoard, Houston,
Howard, Keim, keitt, kellogg, Knapp, Kel.
sey, Leach, Lovejoy, Mcqueen, Marshall Of
ky.,. Matteson, Miles, Millson, Moore, Nor.
gan, Morrell, Morris of Pa, Morse of Me-.
Morse Of n. Y, Mott, Murray, DIN, Palmer
Parker, Pike, Potter, Pottle, Puryiance, Ri.
caud, Richie, Robbins, Roberts, Royce
Scales, Shaw Of s. G., Sherman, Shorter
Smith of Va, Spinner, Staltworth, Stanton
Stewart OF Pa, Tappan, Thompson, Temp.
kins, 1rippe, Underwood, Vance, Wade, Wal.
bridge, Waldron, Walton, Wsshburne of Wis.
Washburne Of ILL.,, Washburne of Me-, Viii,
son, Woodson. zollicoffer.-l03.
Thus it viii be seen that instead of 6s
votes only against the bill, as represented By
the Journal, there were l03, and amongs
these s'traitors to freedom were quite !,
number of prominent Democrats, includ inl
Smith, Of Virginia; Shaw, of South Carroll
ma; Shorter and Dowden, Of Alabama
Irippe, of Georgia; Hall, Of Mississippi
and SO ON.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
The EVIL OF a Bad Temper.

A bad temper is curse to the posseSsor r,
and ito influence is most deadly wherever j,
10 found. It is allied to martyrdom to be
obliged to live with one Of a complaining
temper. To hear one eternal round Of COM
plant and murmuring, to have every pleas.
ant thought scared away BY their evil spirit,
pion--a perpetual nettle, destroying your
peace, rendering life burden. lts influence
10 deadly and the purest and sweetest atmos-
phere is contaminated into deadly miasma
wherever this evil genius prevails. 1t has
been said truly, that while We ought not to
lot the bad temper Of others influence ia. Il
would DO - reasonable to spread blister
upon the skin, and not expect it to draw, az
70 think q family not suffer because OF
the bad temper Of any one 81 il inmates,
One string ont Of time will destroy the mu-
$40 OF "a instrument Otherwise perfect, SO
II all the members Of . church, neighbor-
hood and family, do not cultivate kind and
affeotionate temper, there will be discord and
every evil work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18

The lecture Of Mr.. Leighton, night before
last, was we'll attended, the house being full
The receipts to the benefit Of the charitable
association under whose auspices it was de-
livcred, must have been large. The lecture
itself was exceedingly well received, but was
too long to be sketched, especially in the
crowded state of our columns to- day. The
following poem, by Mr.. Rentgen, read on the
occasion, was received with much gratifca-
tion, and we take pleasure in presenting it
to our readers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
For the Gate City.
school Tx ADDITION nj Nashvtno.

school Ex ADDITION mt Nashvine.
On Friday evening, Feb. 18th, the scholars
of Sub-District No. 6, Montrose Townships
closed the winter term of the school by q
public exhibition. It was the first Of the
kind they had ever given, and certainly did
themselyes great honor. 1t was generally
admitted to be equal, if not superior, TO
many Of our Academic exhibitions. The
exercises consisted Of Essays by the girls,
and orations and Dialogues by the boys
The beautiful appearance Of these children
on the stage, the perfect order they observed,
and the able manner in which they acquitted
themselves, was truly admirable, and reflects
great credit upon our system of common
school education. The scene was enlivened
by an original song by the school girls
MIR. Reeves, Lamott and others delighted the
audience, at frequent intervals, by those
melodious strains from the violin and
guitar, for which they are 50 justly celebra-
ted. Too much praise cannot be given to
the teacher, Mr.. VIM. Anderson, for the able
manner in which ne conducted sae school,
and thus happily closed it.
! SpCrTATnp
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
SPECTATOR.



Yesterday morning, at one OF the series Of
daily prayer meetings now being held in the
hall occupied by Father Mason's c0ngrega-
ton, at the corner Of North and Ferry sts.,
the confidence game was practised upon 4
we'll known and highly respectable deacon
OF this city, under the following oircum-
stances; A young man came to Mr.. Lewis
Wilder, protesting to be in deep concern
about his past life, and asking for spiritual
advice and guidance. The good man gladly
took him aside, and was trying to pave for
him the entrance to the ssnarrow way.''--
Suddenly, the rascal, forgetting his pcni-
tence, seized tho deaeon's silver watch and
chain and fled down the street. The injured
man pursued, but was unable to overtake the
thief, who has thus added one moro ofFense
to his crimes committed on carth.-( Boston
Courier, 9Th.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
HuyINExs NOTICE.

Subscriptions for the DAILY GATE CRY, and
WEEKLY VALLEY WHro, must be accompanied by
the cash in all eases.
Daily subscr bers pay the carrier, If they're
fer, once In two weeks The carrier In advised to
require payment in advance, in all cases.
No job Work delivered until paid for.
All advertisements must be paid for in advance,
except in the case Of customers with whom we have
mutual accounts. With such, settlements will be
made quarterly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
Prescott. ana wins.

We lind the following in the Idlewild letter
OF Mr.. Willis, in tho Home Journal OF this
week:
With little except a boyhood passed in Bos-
ton, ! have never been so happy AZ even to
see MF. Prescott, to my knowledge. Curl.
ousiy enough, stood upon his door step, the
DAY before ne died, hesitating whether could
intrude at SO early an hour, to thank him for
KIND message had received from him; but
i was still the students privileged hour, and
deferred until another visit to Boston. On
reaching New Bedford, | made it the happi
ness OF my leisure morning to write to him
Tor the first time in my life--a letter which
was probably left unopened by the fingers
touched that day with death--and 90 falls a
shading OF more personal sorrow upon my
share in the national lose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
CO. The Louisville Journal sava

Douglas has Individually subsidized. A
month since he entered the capital with great
flourish, and now we seldom hear his name
mentioned. He is evidently under COW, and
afraid to take the bull by the horns, 90 that
his career has been most emphatically
Like snow fake on the river,
A moment white, then gone forever!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18

THs DIS MONIES VALLEY WHIG is published
svsry Monday atthis Office, is one Of the oldest
papersin Iewa, and has widely EXTENDED circu-
lation thrcA ghont the Dies Moines Valley, North
ern Missouri, and Western Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
hobby BURNS.

y
With all their joy and woe,
Since "Bobby Burns" first saw the sun
Shine on the AYRSHIRE snow.
That mother then held In her arms
The BARN NIL nations claim;
MASON and Dixon have no line
Drawn cross the Chart Of Fame.)
Like scotis's air, his genius swept,
And every nation kneels~
BY every tongue his songs are sung,
And every heart now feels
The witch 'ry Of his thrillin muse,
The pathos Of his Tyre,
The gus Kings Of his warm, true heart,
His truth, his love, his fire.
And every mind and soul and heart,
Tonight in worship turns,
And drops it's twig Of cypress on
The peasant tomb Of Burns.
o. Mother ponder when thy boy
Reclines upon thy breast;
The god-like spark may slumber there,
Taking its infant rest.
0! watch thy boy with oil thy love,
For whilst no grows, he learns
And shoald thy doating heart grow faint,
Then think of "Bobby Burns !"
Oh Father, watch thy truant boy,
Who roams the fields along;
Speak kindly, for pcrchance he's heard
The distant voice OF song,
That echoed TO his bounding heart,
As through the woods he ram
Those sounds may grow TO deafness words
He'll utter when a man.
Perhaps an hundred years from now,
For Life has many turns,1
Thy dreaming boys immortal name
Nav iya--li tRnhhv Ruyux -
Cold blew the bleak and chilly blast
Ger wintry Allowsy;
The frozen Doom with icy smile
Glared on his natal day; e
But colder than the frost and snow
And ice--which manhood spurns-
Was the cold frown OF pinching want
That glared on sBobby Burns
Cold were the winds that moane above
Ills mud-cot's humble mound
But not as chilling rs the sneers
Of Laifds that owned the ground.
Cold were his infancy and youth;
Ills manhood had It's snow;
Perennial winter could not chill
His warm hearts genial glow!
Its every throb impaired warmth
To scotia's Lairds and Kerns
And all caught inspiration from
The lips of "Bobby Burns
Forget his faults, if faults they were;
Think of Llfe's hidden springs;
Angels upon This earth might catch
Some dust rpon Their trings.
In wants dark night, nstead of tread,
They profered naught but stones;
The tributes they denied to life,
They thrust upon his bones.
Down with their columns, shafts and wreaths,
And cold sepulehral urns;
The universal heart uf man
monument for Burns.
Fame needs no lordling's jeweled hand
10 set her yotary free;
Gold is the iceberg that the bard
Meets on lite's Arctic sea.
His compass is the starry sky,
Ills charts his native ferns
The sea may lash bat cannot wreck
sSuch barques as "Bobby Burns"
Let Avon boast; her boy has left
name mankind reveres
we give to Shakespeare, laurels, FAME
To Burns, our hearts and tears.
The one could ruls The passions wild.
And guide their mountain flood,
And with his tragic sceptre cool
A Hotspnr's boiling blood.
The other ruled tue human heart,
land played upon its strings -
lie gave 10 Love It's charms its tears,
Its smiles, It's angel wings
Now every land and cline and tongue
In true devotion turns,
And drops it's twig of Cypress on
The tomb Of Bobby eurns.''
An hundred years--but still he lives
And every bosom yearns;
And we to night will pledge anew
Our love TO ''Bobby burns
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18
Nj A lt K lie ID.

At the residence Of Mr.. p. W. Potter on Wednss-
Mr.. Jso. UNDERWOOD TO Miss ALMEpIA BALDWIN.
All of Kcukuk, Iowa.
Tile cake was good, as a matter Of course, hav-
ing come from the laboratory Of Raplse, duly
frosted, ornamented and Handsomely lettsre1,--
Pleasant days and many Of them to tho -
coupled ss# @ A,s ssSN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18

ETCol. L. Ii. kickard, Of Dubuque, has
D. offered the secretaryship Of Kansas
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18

I All kinds OF Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
Grapes and small fruits. at No. 88 Main.st.,
keokuh, Iowa. WIZ. BARNES, Agent.
4 fb0d0m
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-18

rT- In the admission Of Oregon the Dem
ocrasic party violated the principle which it
enacted IN the rejection Of Kansas. AS an
excuse for their opposition to the admission
OF Kansas, they insisted that no State ought
to be admitted with less than SO, 500 votes,
and upon that ground they rested their JUS
tlhcaiion before the people. But within a
lew months Oregon, with population OF
only 43,00o, but with two Democratic Sena-
tors, sworn friends Of the slayeocracy. an
Plies for admission and this new Democratic
principle manufactured for Kansas is repu-
dated.
Such 10 Democratic honesty, consistenc,
and fairness, and such is the subserviency Of
the party to the slaveocracy.
We are rather pleased ut the result. 1t i
refreshing to see Delaxon Smith enter tn,
Senate of the United States from Orepo,
just as the last, lone Locofoco from low,
leaves that body. And it must be special,
gratifying to Delazon to witness the ute
overthrow IN our State Of that clique OF Lo
cofoco politicians headed by Dodge ane
Jones, who conspired to throttle him while
he remained in Iowa.
Prefers TO Wnit--on CONTINGENCY
That staunch old Dem ocratic sheet, Tn,
Dubuque Herald, says il the next State Con
yention OF the Democracy IL to endorse tn.
Administration SIT had better be deferred
until about July 4th, 1900"