The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-30

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WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOH 30
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TIE Dns Mosxxs Valley Vine 10 pubiishsd
every Monday 81 this oi6ce, liz of the oldest p
psrs II Iowa, and has = widely extended circuiA-
tion thsossAou4 ~ Des Moinss Valley, Northern
Missouri, and Western Illinois.
4 Parallel.
A maa wss lasSly indicted in VirEinia, -
esilsy q sslision, for saying that John Brown
astsd liks N honest man, or words 70 that
xgsst. He was obliged to CLOSE bic plaas Of
bssinsss, and clear ont OF tho State. He
was psaessbis citizen, had nsvsr bssn
charged with any thing before, NOR suspected
Of being An improper Or unsafe person TO rs-
side in the Ancient Dominion. He had dsns
nothing, and not even said any thing ohen-
sive, bat that. That was his only offence.
The late arrivals bring ~ news Of : new
difficulty into which the famous Frsnch
statesman and controvarsialist, Montalem-
bert, has prssipitatsd hinsslf. He publish
Cd pamphlet ii which be speaks 81 both
England and France il m andignifed and
somewhat sontsnpsaous manner. He W.
immediately prosecuted therefor. The com
plant charges bin with "exoiting 30 hatred
and contenpt Of government"
Ii Frasss initiating Virginia, or Virginia
Francsp Or does the violation Of human
rights involve . necessity for tho samst yran-
nis.I sxsrsiss Of power every whsfs7
EJeroms BonapArts has rssurnsd to
Baltimore. he Was offered BY his father,
Prince Jerome, the dignity Of Senator, II b.
would remain in France. But he preferred
the simple title Of American sitisea. So the
papers say. But We could admire tho in
tenss patriotism Of Mr.. Benaparse great
deal more il We did not remember that for
the last Two or three years be has spent his
time in France in the the effort to got HE
family lsgitimsted and mads part Of the roy
al household, and has not succeeded. II
looks tso much like sssour grapes" to put
himself On the dignity Of his American citi.
ssnship, under sush circumstances.
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k%Jue. Clemens has has besn attempt
Ing 30 patch up trade % that the Dsmocra-
y and the South Americans could jointly or
gauise the House, take the control Of the
business Of the session into their own hands,
and divide tho patronags and profits between
then, -Jsrs. and Demooratic partner 70 b
prinasrs. He assumed TO speak for oil th,
South Americans, - having been sorres.
pended with and pledged to the arrange.
msnt, including Winter Davis among th.
nasabss. There 10 no probability thas, il
point Of fact, be had received carte blonch'
for any such kind Of trade, from any CON
siderable number OF South Americans Of in
huence and Winter Davis says, over his Owl
hand, that he will not combine With the Dem
ocracy, nor vote for Democrat, under an!
circumstances, for any oiace Whatever.
RHMrs. Harvey Cruden, Of Madison, Ma
haska county, who attempted TO oommit sui
eide By starvation, finally accomplished be
purpose on the Goth instant. She had besl
sixty-eighs days without food. During Il
that time her friends cay that she could no
have taken over two ounces Of food. Tb
Oskaloosa Herald says that every effort "a
made to prevail on her to take food, and tina
she had apparently every ordinary motive :
desire to live. Undoubtedly she Vas labor
ing under mental alteration; bnt the lengtl
Of time that her life VAS sustained withou
nutrimsnt was very remarkable.
The London T5Sss thinks that tho prepa
ration OF John Brown for his Virginia sxpe
dition wss about % curious and ludicrou
- that Of any famous man ever engaged il
public enterprise. Frederick the 0rsa
went into pitched battles with corrosive sub
Innate pills 10 one pocket and bad verses il
the other. Juvenal says Otho's eqaipmsn
for = great campaign was . pocket looking
glass. Sir Charles Napier defined an oi6csr'
outfit on hard duty 70 consist Of rasor,
piece OF soap, and one clean shirt. Johl
Brown took the field with Constitution!
u They used 10 oaii Gen. Scott ssFuss
and-F Gathers" There il scarcely Demo
cratic paper in the country that has not quo
ted the spithet in high glee 1t its piquanc,
and fancied propriety. But il tbere svel
was man in America more justly entitled
70 such : nickname than Gov. Wise, v,
don't know who it VAS. His whole eonduo
In connection with the John Brown AFFAIR ha,
sasorsd of the utmost parade, pomposity
and perpetual fass>,
0Jndge Terry has been indicted 1t Sal
Francisco for killing Brodsrick in . duel
They might about as properly have indicted
the Administration itself az the original par