The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-09


Of Buohanan's Administration, which is with
out parallel in EnglandP
Ronancsin Real Life.
We condense from the Howkeys the fol-
lowing most remarkable particulars OF the
separation Of man and wife and their re-
union after forty-ssvsn years. In February
last, Msssrs. Shepard 4 Uverton, attorneys
ut iHw in Burlington, wsrs applied 70 by q
son Of Mrs. Crull, Of Louisa county, Iowa, to
obtain her dowry in certain lands in the Mil
itary Tract in Illinois. This tract Was set
apart BY Congress as part compensation to
the soldiers Of the war Of 1872. Mrs. Crull's
husband WAS soldier in that war, having
enlisted while on visi. TO Philadelphia, his
residence being q few miles ont Of thst city.
From that time on, Mrs. Crull heard nothing
from him, except rumor that he Was killed
near Lake 6hsmpiain. Mrs. 0ruii never
married again, and therefore - his widow
would be entitled to dowry in any lands which
he was entitled to ~ such soldier.
Messrs. Shepard and Overton went to work,
and after . long and thorough search among
Government, State and County records, they
sscertainsd that the land in question was sit
uatsd in Hancock county, Illinois, that it had
been entered with land warrant BY Mr..
Crull himself, in the year 1918, and that, du-
ring the same year, be sold his certificate Of
entry to man living in the northern part of
the State Of New York. Thus it appeared he
was not killed during the war. Was he still
living? The fact Of his death not being sufi-
GENTLY established, Shepard 4 Overton ad-
dressed numerous letters to persons in New
York and Vermont, near where Crulps COM
pany was probably stationed during the war,
making enquiries for him. Among the many
answers received by them, Was one from lr-
win w. Near, Esq, of Clayton, Jefferson
county, N. T., containing letter from the
long lost man, stating that he was yet alive
and in good health, and was surprised and
nearly overcome with JOY TO learn that his
wife and children were still alive.
After this discovery, their reunion was ca
silly brought about, and the mystery Of their
separation was cleared up.
II seems that soon after the enlistment Of
Mr.. Crull, Mrs. Crull finding it difficult to
support herself and her two small children,
one babe, removed to another part OF the
State, aud there hearing that her husband
was killed, made no further efforts to learn
OF him. And he, after his discharge, re-
turned to the town whore he formerly reai-
ded, and was there told that his wife and
children had moved away and since died. Be-
lieving himself alone 10 the world, be left
forever his old residence and associates, and
took up his abode in Jefferson county, N. T.,
where he has since resided, ever ohcrishing
in fond remembrance, his lost family. After
years OF hard toll and successful effort, and
marriage OF her only daughter, Mrs. Crull, in
to this State and settled in Wapello, Louisa
county, where she has since resided in tbs
family Of her daughter.
A few days since MIR. Crull arrived In Wa
pelio, eager to sec her whom he had mournes
as dead, and once again behold his chiidrep
But what o change forty-sevcn years ha.
brought about. Himself and wife then young
now old his children, whom he only recol
lected ~ mere playthings, now looking oil
most ~ old ~ himself. And when brough
into each others presence the old man locke,
in vain for some familiar mark or tone b,
which to distinguish the early partner Of h
bosom, whose sacred memory half centur,
had failed to extinguish. formal intro
ductioq was need to acQnaint those VIII
should have spent their lives together
Times efacing fingers had pressed less haavi
]. ly upon the old man, and the dim'cyes Of hi
wife could family discern some traces OF tn
manly bearing Of him she wed long year
ago.
PAssroRrs.--A Mississippi paper insist
that the Southern States shall pass laws re
curing the free men u the North to procur
PASSPORTS before they are hereafter permits
to travel through the Southern States.
bright suggestion; but Of piece vi.
the usual supercillious tone Of the Sonther
press. Free niggers are required to sho
their "pass" in the South, and why not fre
whites from the North2
8TCapt. Cook, Browns Lieutenant an
Gov. Willard's brothsr-i law, avows him
self Democrat, who never voted any 9th,
ticket. His Democracy and his oonnecsio
with Willard, il backed up by confessio
Offering fair show of political capital wi
be sure to secure his pardon.
VorH or KAKsAs.-- The vote ut the recel
election il Kansas numbered about u. so
which indicates population amply large
justify its admission ~ = State upon ar
theory.