The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-22

sdly the leaders q 10 party, hsreabonts and
elsewhere, wses hosliis y Thonpsoa and
turned 10 cold shoulder upon bio pfsss.--
Thsnpson has sunk some ssvsn thousand
dollars n ths oosssfa, aad = matters now
slaad somebody slss will havs TO sink I'll
much more before Il can b put upon pay
INK basis. In the meantime our old friend
Durham, with great deal Of hard work,
careful economy and good management, has
succeeded in placing the Hawksys upon :
safe and paying basis, and will now reap the
fruits o. his energy and perseverance,. In
deed, the business men Of Burlington have,
TO great extent for some time past, con-
osnsrated their custom upon the Hawksye,
and thus given II business that has snab-
led it to spread itself and 30 forth in rsspec-
table proportions with ample columns Of
business advertisements. Hence the world
at large forms it, opinion Of Burlington
business and Darlington prosperity from the
showing that it makes 10 the Hawkeye. The
people Of Keokuk, however, have managed
to divide their very economical patronage
upon three Daily papers, thus rendering it
impossible for any one Of them to indicate in
its appearance too favorable an ides Of tho
condition Of the city.
Speaking Of the Press reminds me that al
most the FIRST man met in Burlington WAS
that veteran Of the Iowa Press, the rsdoubt-
able Gen. Morgan, who - . writer for the
Press was very many years without rival
in Iowa, and whose BRILLIANT and slsshing
editorials rendered the brief career Of the
Burlington Telegraph notable ara in the
Newspapsrdom Of our State. He has been
laying on his oars for the last two years, or
rather has been out OF business and in tronb-
le-msde miserable by straitsnsd circum-
stances, bad health and partial blindness.--
He ID better now and 10 waiting with some.
what lingering hopes for An appointment
from the National Administration, but /
fear that the powers that be, have not suf-
6cient sagacity or generosity to appreciate
and reward one whose chief claim rests upon
his past unrequited services to the Demo-
cratic party Of tho country.
i 1t would hardly have been respectful for .
Republican Editor to have spent day in
Burlington without seeing she distinguished
Senator whose residence overlooks tho city.
And ] was impelled - we'll by good taste
and political sympathies - BY ancient friend
ship, TO call upon him, and was grati6sd to
6nd him enjoying the otivm cum dignisdie
J Of his present position with peculiar xest. !
cav him ID hiS fun 6Shxtortktt t0yu-ry, mud
in personal appearance and outward habili-
ments he has tho port and bearing Of man
! whose presence would we'll beAt tho High
Council Of the Nation and honor the young
State whose citizens are proud Of such a
Representative man." By the way, Grimes
10 almost the only man have met who APP
pears perfectly satisfied with his present con-
dition and easy a. to future prospects. He
seemed really s'fat and happy" personally
unaffected by the universal pressure in 6nan-
cial matters, and with no private snxieties or
plots on hand to disturb the perfect equa-
nimity Of his unbounded qualification in the
assured prospect Of the triumphant success
of the Republican cause in the State and the
Nation at large. But after all, while sitting
with the Senator and his amiable and intel
ligent wife, and rsalising that they we're de-
MED that blessing Of the Psalmist, "ohildren
! like olive plants round about the table,"
could not but feel that even the wealthies,
: and ablest man in Iowa lacked something
yet to complete his earthly felicity.
But ere lsave tho Senator let me call atten
ton to the extensive premises comprising soy
eral acres surrounding the house, in the high
est state Of tasteful and useful cultivation
with the choicest fruits, shrubbery an
plants Of every description. or these wa
> particularly attracted BY the abundant pro
. fusion Of pear and cherry trees, and ID
q large area Of strawberry plats. The exam
y pie Of the Senator in this regard 10 worthy .
d universal imitation.
FL lshould not forget to record an item fc
10 the information Of the folks at home in RI
~ lation to couple Of our townsmen. Soon al
ter ! got comfortably located at tho Barre
. House, Ex-Mayor Sample and Col. PER-
y arrived from Illinois, and remembering til
. remarks that passed between them 1t r.
:, cent public meeting in our city, limited
). caution that the landlord might not comm
: the mistake OF making them bed fellows. Th
y Col. however interposed, and showed that
WAS over careful, a. he and Sample had bee
:. slseping together ever since they left home
!. Something else than misery sonstims
makes strange bsd-fsllows, it would seem.
Everybody stops u the Barrett House il
Burlington, and everybody has done 90 TO