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" To THE PUBLIC

~ TO THE PUBLIC
~: LINNES Has taken the store lately occupied
by :. y. Quii!ot. opposite HIS old stand. n.
where IN keeps constantly on hand an as
s9rtmsnt OF hne French and English M
iNGS, which he viii make up IN tho most --s-2-
fssh,onable and improved styles. He would solicit
laO Pa avenue. between nth and 18th fts., north
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-19

GNUAL AND WOOD.
" AT REDUCED PRICES,
Our stock Of WOOD and COAL is nov yc,,
large IL O. mpTIscs all the various Kinds
we purchase our stock exclusively for cash
which eEahlcs us 20 sell at reduc ID prices
Persons IN want of fuel will do well 10 see pur
prices before purchasing
WARDER STEWART
Once, corner II ard 18th streets
an lo-lw Yard I9sh street /. ~ Co.
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The WEArHER.-The following report Of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution.
The time of observation is about O'Clock:
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NOTICE TO PLEASURE SEEKERS The
~ Potomac Steamboat Company
IN :dditlon 70 the semi weekly trips Ee(
Of their steamer POwhatan 70 Nor-enEm6M1sa1
folk, offer the public Of " sshington and vic nitv an
opRortanity Of enyoyng trip on the beautiful Po-
daily duNng the hot weather
&c parties OF three or more excursion tickets will
De issued At one dollar 81 each for Glymont with
pTlvege OF remaining there all mig hi aud Tetu Int
next Gay; $50 Tor Aqua Creek, at two dollars Al
VIII privilege OF remaining one or two days
.. Tne angler can enjoy fine sport with hook and
me ~ either 81 the above places, white perch and
game being plentiful.
places. ~ " ~ ~ N"''e
Boats leave foot Of 9Th stree: at eH g. m. and 6,<
p IN. Returning, "a ?. m. snd 81 a.
for lurther Information inquire st the Companv.s
office, No: 372 Pennsylvs nis avenue. next door 20
Brovn's Hotel. GEO r MATTiNGIV
Ticket Agent Potomac Steamboat COMPANY,
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LAND BUSINESS The following is statement
Of the business of the General Land Office for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-19
c T q A l. L.
Western Hose Company, No, /,
WILL GIVE THEIR
SECOND ANNUAL PIC MIC
AT ARLINGTON SPRINGS, ArGUSr sd. ASA

nc Monbers oi Western Hose Company, No .,
VII ave IN ~ Second Annual Pic r.
Nc At Arlington. on TUESDAY. EaE3tS
Au ust 81, where they PLEDGE 60 enlAt1r7<6-A-s
teItaln thelr numerous visitors aEreeably. that
nothing sh>l mar the pleasures of sll present "a
stTlct order and deco nm sha and IN be preserved
PToi. Hayss Band has been engaged for the oc
Omneuses will leave 9TH street and Pa avanue
noutiE rom O'Clock g. IN. Co p. m. The STEAMER
the day. Omnibuses " likewise leave = n ftreet
and Pa avenue 81 O'Clock q. m and O'Clock .. m.
Tickets FIFTY CENTS, admitting gentleman
and ladies.
COMMITTEE.
W;RigEles, Thos. MeNsrhany,
r. N. Hoffman, w II Ieisuay
A. l. Parker. au9 NJ W,SF IA
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

/ The Board of Trustees of the State Uni
yersity, which was appointed BY the Board Of
| Education, at it's late session IN Dss Moines,
assembled in the University building, form
erlv the State House, ut Iowa City, Wednes-
dav morning of last week, and remained In
session till Friday noon. The following gen.
tlemen, composing the Board, were present
NJ. l.. Fisher, Of Clayton; 7. S. Parvin. Of
Muscatne; Hugh d. Downey, of Johnson
Tbos. H. Benton, of Pottawattomie; j. M.
Griffith, of Polk L. +. Parker, Of Poweshiek;
G. pomeroy, of Boone. Hon. Thos. ii. Ben
ton presided, and A. Hart acted as Secretary.
II. w. Lathrop. Of Iowa City, was elected
Treasurer, and 7. s. Parvin, Of Muscatine,
Librarian and Curator. Mr.. Parvin resigned
his place as Trustee, and DR.. Chas. o. Wat
ers was elected to fill the vacancy.
From reports made to the Board, it appears
that, while the last Legislature appropriated
$4,000 for "the building and completing"
Of building for the use Of the University, a
building has been commenced, on which there
has already been expended $4,000, and the
architects estimate that further sum of
$4,000 at least will be required TO complete
it. The University library contains 483 vol
umes, procured at q cost Of $576.8I. The
apparatus belonging to the various depart
ments Of the University has cost $l.097 .26.
The principal of the University fund at the
present time is Sill ,865.98, to which is to be
added $3,905.27, due from certain parties,
making n total Of $ll5, 1923. The Univer-
sity owns Ia, LA acres Of land, and has yet
to select l22 acres. This real estate has been
appraised at SOC, 949.38.
The Board adopted resolutions confirming
the appointment Of ID. +. Wells as Professor
of the Normal Department; appointing
Janitor of the University; directing the Treas
urer to discontinue the further loaning of
the University funds, and to deposit the same
in one of the city banks; also, a resolution
calling upon the Treasurer to prepare de-
tailed report, for the annual meeting OF the
Board in June next.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

The closing passage of Prof. Mitchell's
lecture, after speaking of the unfathomable
distances which no telescope can penetrate,
living far beyond the system in which the earth
revoyes, and yet filled with independent sys-
TENS of worlds Of infinite numbers, was as
follows:
Light traverses space at the rate Of mil
lion miles a minute, yet the light from the
nearest star requires ten years to reach the
earth, and HerschePs telescope revealed stars
two thousand three hundred times further
distant. The great telescope Of Lord Ross
pursued these crextions Of God still deeper
into space, and having resolved the nebula
of the Milky Way into stars, discovered other
systems OF stars-beautiful diamond points
glitterlng through the black darkness beyond.
When he beheld this amazing abyss-when
be saw these systems scattered profusely
throughout space-when he reflected upon
their immense distance, their enormous mag
nitude, and the countless millions of worlds
that belonged to them, it seemed to him as
though the wild dream of the German poet
was more than realized.
.God called man in dreams into to the ves-
thule OF heaven, saying, scome up hither and
will show thee the glory Of my house. And
to his angels who stood about his throne he
bhlu, lake MUS strip hiIH VI DIS rODeb OF uesn,
cleanse him Of his affections, put new breath
into his nostrils, but touch not his human
heart'-the heart that fears and hopes and
trembes. A moment, and it was done, and
the man stood ready for his unknown voyage.
Under the guidance OF a mighty angel, with
sounds of flying pinions, they sped away from
the battlements Of heaven. Some time on
the mighty angels wings they fed through
Saharas of darkness, wilderness OF death. =
At length, from distance not counted save
in the arithmetic of Heaven, and light bsamed
upon them-a sleepy flame as seen through a
hazy cloud. In a moment the blazing of
suns around them,-a moment the wheeling
Of planets then came long eternites Of twi-
/ light; then again on the right hand and the
left appeared more consultations. At last
the man sunk down, crying, angel, can 20
no further; let me lie down in the grave, and
hide myself from the infnitude Of the uni.
verse, for end there is none.' END is there
none p demanded the angel. And from the
giittering stars that shone around there came
u choral shout, END there is none!' END is
there nonei' demanded the angel again
'and Ia it this that awes the soul2 answer
end there is none to the universe Of God -
Lo, also, there is no beginning r,'
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Bu.INEss NOTICE.

Subscriptions for the DAILY GATE Cry and
WEEKLY Valley WHiG, must he accompanied by
the cash in all cases.
Daily subscri bers pay the carrier II they pre-
fer, once in two weeks. The carrier il advised 10
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.
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Rather Mtxed.-.Fiour G0ing 10th
WAYS,

Ways.
On Sasurday last two houses i'm this city
received a part Of u purchase Of thousand
barrels Of -four from tho East, over the Great
Western Railway. A part Of this flour was
purchased in Buffalo, and the balance in New
York City. Another house has also ordered
a lot from the East. These facts indicate a
scarcity OF this Indispensable staple in the
West. Such an occurrence has not taken
place before in twenty years. We also learn
direct, few days ago Ave hundred barrels
of -four were carried to Grand Rapids, over
the ID. 4 M. Railway, for retail trade in that
city, the purchase having been made here.-
While our merchants are bringing -four from
the East, which can be sold here at profit,
Milwaukee sends on a lot of -four, pork, but
ter, &c., for the New York market. This is
truly great change in the current of the
flour trade, and results from the fact that
there must have been great falling of in the
wheat crop last season. Detroit Advert
ser, 7th.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

On Sunday evening, February 18th, by the Rev.
Mr.. Decally, 4. Ill. O'CoNsoR to KATIE WIcKERsHAH
both Of keokuk, Iowa.
handsomely ornamcnted and delicious cake
for "The Gate City" was resolved with the above
announcement, and duly disposed in o1ace, with
wishes for the everlasting happiness of the welded
parties.]
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

EARNINGS OF AN AUTHoR.--Prescott's Phil
ip II. was published by Phillips, Sampson &
Co., of Boston, while bis former works were
issued by the Harpers. The reason for this
change is thus given in a letter from the
author to the latter house:
"You will have the candor to admit that
it would be too great sacrifice of my inter-
ests for me to decline proposals which Sc
cure to me the certain payment of fifty thou
sapd dollars, independent of the usual copy
right on the sales Of the octave editions OF
the old histories"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

T1E DIS MoIxRs vALLrr WING liz published
every Monday al this office, one ofthe oldest
papers In Iowa, ard has widely extended circu-
iation thronghoutthe pes hoines Valley N ORTIZ
ern Missouri, and W estern illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

Cleveland co., Herald says that the Hon. Mr..
Slade, Senator from Cuyahoga has lost two
children by scarlet fever within a week, and
the last child of family Of seven 10 now ly-
ing very low with the same disease. Upon
this weight of woe comes the news Of the
death of MIR. SIS father, Ex-Governor Slads
Of Vermont, and also the intelligence that .
brother, Hyram slade, ESQ.,, Of St. Paul,
Mimi, is lying dangerously i'll.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

Mr.. Bones of the firm Of Fossil Bones q Co.,
was ono Of those remarkable money making
men whose uninterrupted success in trade
has been the wonder, and afforded material
for the gossip Of the town, for seven years.
Being Of familiar turn of mind, he was FREE
quently interrogated on the subject, and in
variably gave, as the secret of his success,
that he minded his own business.
A gentleman met Mr.. Bones on the Assam
pink Bridge. He was gazing intently on the
dashng, foaming waters as they fell over the
dam. He was evidently in brown study.
The gentleman ventured to disturb his cogi
tatlons.
Mr.. Bones, tell me how to make thousand
dollars2
Bones continued to look at the water. At
last he ventured reply.
s'Do you see that dam %
"Certainly."
"Wall, here you may learn the secret OF
making money. The water would waste
away and be Of no practical use to anybody
but for the dam. That dam turns il to good
account, makes it perform some useful pur-
pose, and then suffers it to pass along. Thn,
Large paper mill is kept in constant motion
by this simple economy. Many mouths IRE
fed in the manufacture Of paper, and the in
telligenoe 10 scattered broadcast over the
land on the sheets that are daily turned of
and in the different processes through which
| it passes, money ia made. So it is in ths
living Of hundrede OF people. They ge
enough OF money. 1t passes through theil
hands every day, and ut the years. end they
are no better of. What is the reason They
want dam. Their expenditures are in
creasing and 10 practical good is attained -
They want them damned up, so that nothin,
will pass through their hands without bring
ing something back-without accomplishin,
some useful purpose. Dam up your ex
penses and you will soon have enough coca
sionally to spare little, just like that dam
Look at it, my iriend!''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15
GT-The Southern revolt against the Cuba

GT-The Southern revolt against the Cuba
programme, which seems to be the last resort
of the Administration, is becoming extensive
and formidable. The Democratic organs of
Louisiana and Virginia are generally out
against it. The sugar interest Of Louisiana
is opposed to the acquisition of Cuba, and
the slave sellers in Virginia are apprehensive
that their market would be ruined. The N.
0. True Delta predicts that the annexation
of Cuba, without the re-opening Of the slave
trade, would inevitably bring about the abo-
lition Of slavery in the South within twenty
years. The Bee opposes the scheme on the
ground of its prodigaoy and impracticabil-
ity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland National Democrat writes:
The Messrs. Gait, jewellers of this city,
have on exhibition ut their store, q beautiful
service of silver plate, and q massive gold
headed cane, which have been manufactured
by them to be presented to the Hon. Joshua
K. Gddings, on his retiring from his seat in
Congress, after twenty years service as q
easily be surpassed in beauty OF design and
ornamental finish. Each piece is inscribed
as follows:
presented by one hundred and four mem
bers of the 35th Congress to Joshua X. Gid
dings, as a token of their respect for his
moral worth and personal integrity"
The cane is of rosewood, with heavy and
tastefully wrought gold head, which likewise
bears the above inscription.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

SEcrIos 5. And be 1t fur her cna~ted, That TO-
Lists of Letters remainiEg uncallcd for in anV
Post Office in any city, town or village vhere Z
Newspaper is printed, shall hereafter be publshsd>
once only, in tn, newspaper which, being isss6a
weekly or oftener, shall have the largest circula
tion within range OF delivery VI said office, to be
decided BY tho Post Master III said Post Office.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Ofice
at Keokuk, Iowa, February 18th, 1859.
Persons calling for letters Will please say, adyer
tised. VIM. PATIEkSDN,P r. NJ
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

All kinds Of Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
Grapes and small fruits, at No. SO Main-st.,
keokuk, Iowa. WV. BARNES, Agent.
fb3d2m
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

ca Banvard, the panorama man, says the
Home Journal, can trace his pedigree to
downward, who was imprisoned in Chillon
Castle, on Lake Geneva, and whose sufferings
suggested to Byron his poem, the "Prisoner
of Chillonc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

GT-A good story is told of Mrs. Douglas
when asked recently regarding her politics.
Her reply was--'sI am m Old Line Wing,
with pretty strong DOUGLAS PRocLIvlTIEs.o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15
VIRGIL II. SULLIVAN 4 CO.,

V1NG4I II. OU IGIVAN q CO.,
(sUCcHssoRs TO J. L. HOBBS co.,)
Fourthstreet, between Main and johnson,
KEOKUK ........IOWA.
I N q IL r II HS AN - ID ALE d
i In QUEENSWARE,0 GLASS and CHINA, Kero-
sene Lamps, Solar and Hanging Lamps, Looking
Glasses, Tea Trays, &c. &c-
Having purchased the Large and we'll selected
stock 1t tho old stand of G.. b. Griffith Co.. will
be pleased to have . call from one and oil. We
intend to keep constantly on hand complete stock
both for
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.
Reviewing our Goods direct from the manufactu-
rers, in England, France and America, We will be
able 10 sell low regular house In the West
v. ii. SULLIVAN 4 co.
Jan. 10, l85a-d1w
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

Ca The n. 7. Tribune's Washington cor
respondent, writing on the It'll, says that q
Democrat high in Office remarked on that
day that the party was 50 hard up that there
was nothing left for it but to make an as.
slngment and 60 into liquidation. The
States says that the Democratic caucus was
marked by that confusion Of counsel and
languor IN action which always foreshadow
defeat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

The following conversation occurred at
the White House the other day:
Said Southern gentleman present, sswe
can't 60 for revision Of the tariff-it's out
Of the question:" The President drew up
fercely and replied very fercely, "Gcntle-
men Congress will do as it pleases about the
tariff, but some provision must be made for
an increased revenue. If this Congress will
no. make that provision, l shall most GER
tainly call upon another next summer to do
it. II Democrats will not see to it that we
have change upon the revenue principle,
| then will take from the Republicans a
change upon the protective principle!" You
can rely upon the truth Of the above state
ment.--f Wash. Cor. OF the Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15
Y ours, as ev'

For the Gate City.
In the ''Gate' of this morning my atten-
ton was called to an article taken from q
Cleveland paper headed, "What batch of
pies cost u. S. Senator" The writer of
such scurrilous piece should have headed
it, "a batch Of les" First, to my certain
knowledge, Senator Thompson is "bach-
elor," having thus no Mistress for his slaves
when at Washington to whom peculiar ties
should prove an annoyance. Secondly, also
know that Senator Thompson has no mulat-
to boy Of the age mentioned, or of any age
his property of that kind being limited to AT
interest in an old servant Of his father, far
older than the Senator himself.
Feb. ID, 1859. w. Ii. WoRrHINGroS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

There Were Giants I'm those Days.
Goliath of Gath was tall specimen Of
the genus homo. Since the period in which
he lived, men have physically degenerated ];
but still occasional examples are found Of
bodily eloDgation which exotic the wonder Of
the popuiucr. Inc aggregate length OF nine
Of our State officers is just FIYrY-rouR feet,
giving the neat average Of six feet to the
officer. The Auditor, MIR. Cattell, is 6 feet
Al inches in height, and the Treasurer, MIR.
Jones, rejoices in the wholesome length Of 6
feet Al inches.
We venture that no other State in the
Union can present such 'slcng drawn out''
array Of State officers. II 10 . blessed con-
sideration, too, that the Sd feet Of official
elongation, il electrified from one terminus
to tho other, by healthy current of Re.
publicanism.--LDes Moines Citizen.
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MEssRs. EpIroRs The statement in the
Gate of this morning, copied from the Clcve-
land Herald, in relation to Senator Thomp-
son, of Kentucky, is, am sure, erroneous in
part, as the Senator has no wife; and l be-
leve it is wrong in the other respect, because
from my personal knowledge of Senator
Thompson firmly believe if he had such a
son as the said article intimates, he would
not only save him from the necessity of run
ming for his freedom, but would start him
well to do in the world. Having received the
personal and political friendship of Senator
Thompson at time when / much needed
friends, feel that it is my duty to correct an
error which is calculated to do his reputa-
ton so much wrong.
Yours, as ever,
d. F. MILLER.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15

srUFFs FOR l659.-The London Mark Lane
Express has an article specializing upon the
quantity of breadstufIs England will need,
the present year, and from whom she expects
to obtain the supply. The following are the
figures:
COUNTRIES. QUARTERS.
Northern Russia, 1876 900
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out the country have been and many of them
still are unable to pay their liabilities as they
become due.
OF course there 10 no use in setting forth
the facts, except for future reference, foI
while lying sensation item beaded "Keoku k
Repudiates," or "The Mayor Of keokuk i'm
| prisoned in the Tombs for swind.ing," will
travel the rounds of the newspapers, not one
In thousand will ever contradict the lie.
fT-It is we'll known that while the free
State of Minnesota was seeking admission in
to the Union, they opposed her admittance,
and had it not been for the Demo cracy, Min
nesota would to-day, occupy position the
same as that of Oregon. But through their
efforts Minnesota, although opposed by all
the power and means the Republicans could
com mand, is one of the States of the Union.
We clip the above from the Journal Of
last evening. That paper has repeated the
charge, a score Of times, that the Republic
cans opposed the admssion of Minnesota into
the Union.
Now the truth is, that there were only three
SottS III eue oeIlhto uEaiuss WIG huMiSstoH VI
Minnesota, md those were, Clay, of Alaba-
bama; Yulee, of Florida; and Kennedy, of
Maryland. Not Republican amongst them,
and not single Republican Senator against
the admission Of Minnesota.
In the House the vote stood las for admis-
sion to 36, and 20 out Of the SO were Repub-
licans.
Thus we brand this oft repeated falsehood
by reference to the actual vote by yeas and
nays on this bill.
We can't take the pains to contradict all
the statements Of the Journal, but they are
not often entitled to any greater credit than
this one which they have repeated so often,
knowing its falsehood as we'll as we did.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-15
On 2rlrord fare Insurance Company,
OF HARTFORD, CONN.

ASSETS, JANUARY i, 1850.
I2uAnrs PAR VALUE. kARK'T VAL
Isi1 Hartford Bank Stock ISL 100 90 $65, 1850
400 Ptnnix - 40,000.O0 4o,0O0uU
100 Conn. River Banking COM
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NUkIH AMEKIUAN INsU KANEE COMPANY,
or HARTFORD, CONN.
CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
or new HAVEN, CONN.
MAssASoIT INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF sPRISGYiELD, MASS.
cuu u Mtcd Gas h sscss, "a. 600, 600.
~ Buildings, Merchandise, Factories, DWELL
ings and contents insured At rates a. low q other
Companies who pay their losses.
II. b. TEN-EYCE, Agent,
Office corner "a and Main sts., Keokak, lows
Feb4dlm
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INSURE YOUR PROPERTY !


LAS been paid, AT THIS AGENCY, for property
i destroyed by fire in this city, within the past
eighteen months. "Proof Of the PUDDING II II
TRYING IL" This is the place to get your money
back.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
or HARTFORD, CONN.