The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-24

From tho Kansas Tribune, Extra, Jan. 10 ]
Cheering News from the kansas
Gold MINES.
No doubts can now be entertained OF tho
richness Of the gold mines OF Western Kan
sas.
Mr.. O'Donnell, resident and business
man or Lawrence, came into our city last
night direct from the gold mines He passed
through this place, in September last, on his
way out. Stayed about four weeks in the
mines. Brings upwards OF $40 Of the pre-
cious metal, besides quantities OF sand con-
tanning gold, which he intends washing on
reaching home. Reports six hundred per,
sons in the mines met and passed several
companies, going out, on his way coming in:
The grass along the route made very goou
feed for his cattle. Came by way OF South
Platte route, but says that this road Will DC
impossible in the spring, and that there 10
less wood and water on this route than on
the Southern. Both OF these routes are
round about, and thinks that he may 60 ID
the spring--as he stated to us that ne Ger
tainly would return-np the Republican FORK,
Mr.. O'Dopnell showed us about seventy
dollars in gold dust, some OF the specimen
Jumps being worth sixty cents cash. lie said
that he did not wish to influence any person
to go there, but that he should, by all means,
return to the diggings early in the SPRING
That he only went out on prospecting tour,
and had intended to reach this point by the
Let Of January, on his way 10. Only six
inches of snow on the Plains. The gold, says
Mr.. O'Donnell, is found all over the large
extent of country, and that he saw diggings
where they got eight feet Of paying SAND by
stripping off one foot of earth.
These items ia reference TO the Kansas
gold mines can be relied on as strictly true.
MIR. OsDonnell is a man OF integrity, and
cares not whether others so there or not
Free Love.
The Cleveland PlainIealer has u cores
pendent who rejoices in the business Of
Snowman" and who signs himself GA.
Ward.' He had occasion to go to Berlin
Heights, the Free Love den in North Ohio,
and below will be found an account of his
visit
'Here am at Berlin Hites amung the Free
Lovers. ] arrove hear last Toosday d bit
terly doc ouss the Day ever sot foot in
this retched place. hearn tell OF these Free
Lovers for sum time x thawt ide cum and
see what Kind of kritters they was. pitcht
my tent near the Love Cure, as they kali it
& nnfoalded my bannir to the Breese. Bimby
the people kommensed fur to pour into my
show Il begun to congratulate myself on
doing a stavn business. But they wur
onry lokoin set must say. The mems IA
ses was all kivered with hair and they looked
half starved to deth. The wimmen was wus
nor the men. They wore trowsis, short
gownds and straw hats, with faded green
ribbiDs onto them, Il and they all kerrid bloc
kotton umbrellas in their hands. Bimebv
perfekly orful lookin female presentid her
self to the dore. Hur gownd was ISLANDER
lousy short, d hur trowsis was shameful to
behold. Sec she. sAh, kin it bep yes It's
trou, o tbs troui y Sea /, IS SCENTS marm.'
/ Seq she, IL so i've found you at larst--at
larst, Q at larst.' SEE j, Eyes w has found
me 4 you wood have found me at fust if you
/ had cum sumner SEE she, AR you man p
Sea i, s think air, but if yer dowt 1t you
| may address Mrs. A. Ward, Baldinsville, In
! fanny. postage pade, d she will dowtliss
| Civ w the required informashun.' Sea she,
sThen va air what the wurid cawls marrid p
sed, Eyes marin, air. The eksentric fee
male then grabd me by the arm see she, in
wild vols, 'You air mine o you air mine ?
Scarcely ser j, as releaced myself frum
her iron grasp. She agane cluched me BY
the arm & sed, sYou air my afineriy. Sec i,
what upon arth is that - sDost tbow not
know p SEE she. 'No, marin, dosunt,' sez i.
Ser she, listen, man, & lie tell We. Fur
years i've yerned for thee. knowed thou
vast in the wurld sumwhares, altho kpowd
not thy name or place of residence. NV hart
sed he wood cum 4 TUX currige. lie has
eum-he is hear-yu air him-you air my
afinersy! tbs two mutch--two mulch =
and she bust out a cryin. Yes SEE i, si
think tbs darn site two muschp Hast
thow not yerned fur me- p she yelled, riugn'
her hans like a female play aoter. SEE i,
mary ysrn.' Bi this time a CRATE krowd OF
free-lovers had kollectid around us, & they
oil kommensed fur to heller shame, brute
beast e,settery, etsettery. was Jest as mad
as n Martch hair. Sec i, syu pack NV ornry
critters 20 away frum me 4 talk this retchid
woonun along with WI. My name is Ar,e-
mus Ward, q line in the sho bisnis pay nv
bills 4 mind my own fairs; ime marrid
man Il my children all look like me ef am
shoman l doant 20 in fur settin the lans
Of my countery at deGnnce. Amt in fayur
of privatearin or nuthn else illegal. think
yure afhnerty bisnes is cussed nonsense, be-
sides bein outrajously wicked lpored 4th
my indignation in this way until got out Nv
breth, when stopt. tuck down my tent Il
shall leeve town this evening.
A. WARD.
A HiT THAT TOLD One OF tho most s.pal-
pable hits" Of the winter, and one that com.
pletely upset the usually imperturbable self
conceit Of Democratic crowd, occurred on
Friday night at Hugs Saloon, where the Dem
ocrats were rejoicing over their victory. We
tell It ~ 1t was told to US, for we did not hear
it. The crowd were drinking toas,s and ma
king speeches in an irregular sort Of way,
when Mr.. Attorney General Mcdonald was
called up, and nude heavy, prosy Demo-
cratic speech, Of the regular stump pattern,
concluding with the sentiment, "l'he United
Democracy gates Of hell cannot prevail
against them" Mr.. Terrell, OF the Lafay-
cite Journal, was called next, and remarked
that he "thought McDonald's sentiment very
appropriate and just. When ths United De.
mocracy presented themselves Ct tho gates VI
hell, they would find that tho gates would
not only not prevail against them. bnt vould