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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22

A YOUNG PRENTICE MARkIEp.-C Clearance
j. Prentice, second son of George ID. Prem
tice, OF the Louisville Journal, was married
Mt the American Legation in Paris, on the
l4sh of July last, to Mademoiselle Amilie,
second daughter of Henri de Falksnstein, OF
Strasbourg.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22

sulcIpE.- William Ii. Carpenter, who re.
sided twelve miles south OF Iowa City, in
washington county, committed suicide by
taking stryehnine, on the 7th inst, az WI
lsarn from the Republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22

Rev. I'll. B. Swift, OF Keokuk, 10 the mis-
sionary appointed by that time honored So
ciety, The American Sunday School Union
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22
III. =. TEN EYCK,
General Insurance Agent,
COR. CD AND MAIN -sTs.,
Keokuk, Iowa,

LyIHE. LAKE. RIVER AND LIFEIN
l. SuRANGE promptly attended TO at this Odhce.
Better and more iSDKMsiTy can be given II this
Agency than any other in this city and lesstroube
after loss.
Htna ms Co., Of Hartford, Conn, $2,l94. 100
Home Tnsuvance Company, Of NeU Pork, 1,457,83s
North American In. Co., Hartford, Conn, 3e0, go
CITY Fire Insurance o., Of Neu Haven, 270.6bs
ph9rir Fire InsH,ance Co., o( Nesc Pork, 400 900
LeviuaYd Fire Insurance Co., Ner Fork, 16a 200
Connecticut MutaaiLfe In. Co., Hartford, 5000, 533
DR. J. w. Bosp, Medical Examiner.
EB-A. w. GRIFFITH is authorised to receive
applications for all shove Companies.
~ Buiidings, Merchandise, Mills, Factories,
Household Furniture and Dwellings insured at ~
low rates as other Companies who pay their losses
IL. b. TEN-EYCk, Agent,
Office corner I'd and MAR sts., Keokuk, Iowa.
Aug. Z. dim
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

r osT-Y Yesterday morning about o'clock, OF
L. High. seventh, or Main street, white liner
pocket handkerchief. The finder would con fer
favor by leaving the same at this Office. fltl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22

In addition to drouth and famine, the
westward settlements in Kansas are threat
ened by hostile Indians. Many families have
left the frontier for the eastern settlements,
abandoning everything they could not carry,
and companies are forming at Manhattan
and Junction City 10 pursue and ohastise
the Indians who have committed many depre-
CATIONS. There was an Indian fight recently,
about hundred miles from Fort Riley, in
which abont 300 Potawattomies and Dele
wsres were killed by Cbeyennes and Arspa-
hoes. The fight was witnessed by couple
OF pioneers and was described by them as
being fearful scene. The combatants mum
bered some thousands, were all mounted
and kept constantly circling, lying down in
their saddles, and firing over their horses
necks as they approached the enemy. The
light lasted two hours and OF the end o,
that time the Pawnees broke and run, witt
the Cheyennes after them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22

e. State elections are yet to be held be-
fore the Presidential election in November,
as follows:
In Vermont, on Tuesday, Sept. A.
In California, on Wednesday. Sept. 5.
10 Maine, on Monday, Sept. l0a
La Georgia, on Monday, Oct. /.
In Mississippi, on Monday, Got. l.
10 Florida, on Monday, Oct. |.
10 South Carolina, Oh Monday, Oct. 8.
In Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
In Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
In Indiana, on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
10 Minnesota, on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Presidential election in all the States, oil
Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22

DEGENERATE Soss. james b. CLAW ia an
ardent Locofooo and an active supporter oil
Breckenridge; and Thomas CLAWS out in be.
half OF Bell. They are sons Of Henry Clay
and furnish lamentable instance of tbs
common degeneracy Of the sons Of noble
sires.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-22
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30 coils inch Manila Rope,
10 !
80 dox Manila and Hemp Bed-cords,
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100 reams Letter Paper,
rs do Foolscap g
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such articles OF produce will preserve their natur
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Juivl3d
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BANKERS,
Corpcrsof mann ana socond sts..
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Nov. I'D
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

SUPPRESSION OF PoLYGAMY-The
bill reported from the Judiciary Commit
tee, by Judge Nelson of Tennessee; for
the suppression Of polygamy in Utah, is
expected TO excite lively discussion in
Congress. The punishment inflicted for
the offence of polygamy is fine of $500,
and imprisonment for not less than two,
nor more than FIVE years. 1t is stated
that most of the Southern Opposition
members will unite with the Republicans
in securing its passage through the House
The Douglas men will hardly vote for it
on account of its conflict with their pop.
ular sovereignty theory; while the South
ern Democrats, in general, will resist i
from fear that the same principle may bt
made to work adversely to the Interest,"
of slavery in the Territories. Thus
somewhat new division of parties is like
ly to be produced by the measure. Blu
we see not why this bill may not be pu
on its own grounds, independently of an
general theories, or any policy which
may be desirable to adopt here-afte.
= The organic act Of Utah, adopted i
D 1850, expressly retained to Congress til
|. power of examining and overriding
b will the Legislation of the Territor
> This is full assertion of COMPRESSION
n sovereignty in all matters of lesislatio
and the people of Utah have pursue
J. their course consciously subject to
# That Congress has heretofore been ne
n ligent in exercising its rights, is no arg
/. ment against their resumption no
to except as to imposing the duty of gre
K caution and wisdom in dealing with
i crime which has become aggrayat
E. through Congressional neglect.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23
Maine Defalcation.

Mr.. Peck, late Treasurer of the State
of Maine, who has been arrested on a
charge Of defalcation, has made written
confession, in which he explains the in
fuences brought to bear upon him by his
bondsmen and others, 10 obtain the pub
lie money. Altogether it exhibits Gu
rious procedure. He says that from his
first connection with the Treasury, he
has been accustomed to loan the State
funds to his bondsmen and others, some
of whom paid him or endorsed his notes,
and others, one in particular, did not and
has not paid him. He says: :" / had not
got warm in my seat as Treasurer ofthis
State, before l was urgently importuned
by some Of my bondsmen and others, tt
loan the money of the State, and for thi,
reason-that / could in this way increas,
my income from the office, other trea
surers had done it, and it was general,
known that all treasurers would do it
This, at least, public men of all partie
knew full we'll"
AT the close of the first year OF his ser
vice in the office he was able, by borrow
ing small sum, TO make his accour
good. At the end Of the second year b
was short over $4,000, which be co,
cred by discounts at the banks. In Jul,
1858, be became partner in aspeculatio
in Canada, Of no less a magnitude ths
. the purchase of 226 square miles
timber land, with booms, mills, *,
thereon, and he being the moneyed ms
: in The transaction, furnished The fund
4 This speculation, instead of costing S4(
= 600, as was expected, has cost near S6t
- 600, and instead of netting 100000
n $4,000, before the first Of Januar
of 1860, as expected, il has not paid Gel
a. The amount of the defalcation is 50
023,99- Woodstock Standard.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

The DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Baltimore, March IA gentleman just
from Washington, says that the feeling
of the National Democratic Committee
strongly fayors having the National
Democratic Convention meet at Balti-
more, as it appears to- be impossible for
the large masses of people likely to attend
to get Accommodations at Charleston, even
at the most exorbitant prices. Promi-
nent citizens here offer to furnish the
Maryland, Washington, and several other
large halls, for the committee rooms, del.
egates, etc, free Of cost; and all the
hotels and eating houses have made &
pledge to make no advance in rates.
The citizens also, without distinction 0
party, will throw open their doors for thl
, accommodation of the vast crowd. As
further inducement, the Baltimore an
Ohio Road, and those connecting with
= from the West, will reduce the rates Q
: fare one-half
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

ca The Cleveland Plaindealer says
that the agent deputed to visit Charles
ton and engage quarters for the Ohio del
egation, has returned and made his re-
port. A hall large enough to accommodate
the delegations from the whole West, al
an assembly room, has been engaged fol
5000 per day for ten days-s2000
board and lodging for the forty-six Ohit
delegates at SIS per day-S2300.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23
The Haunted Homestead.

Those enterprising publishers, I. b.
Peterson & Brothers, 800 Chestnut st.,
Philadelphia, are about 10 present to the
American public another new and charm
ing work by the popular American Au-
thoress, Mrs. Emma d. Z. n. South
worth. She is excelled by no living
female writer in the world. Her style is
free from insipidity on the one hand and
bombast on the other /; and though we
meet with forcible, we are never startled
with inflated language. Her characters
are rarely under, but never 'overdrawn.
Her scenes are life pictures, her incidents
founded on facts, and her sentiments are
characterized by a singular purity both
Of conception and expression. She has
the rare faculty Of saying what she
means, and Of saying it in such manner
as that her meaning cannot be misinter
preted. In short, she possesses in ar
eminent degree those qualifications which
are the peculiar prerogatiyes Of a gooc
writer; while she delights the reader
Imagination with her descriptive beauty
she applies home truths TO their under
standing with the force Of rational con
viction. The Haunted Homestead
has been pronounced by those who hav
read the proof-sheets, to be her best work
This is sufficient TO commend it to pert
sal, and we anticipate for it a great popr
lsrity. For sale by all Booksellers.
Copies Of either edition of the worI
will be sent to any part Of the Unite
States free of postage, on renting II
price Of the edition they may wish, to Il
publishers, in a letter.
Complete in one large duodecimo vC
ame, neatly bound in cloth, for 81, 25;
in two volumes, paper cover, for $40
Ready this month.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

ca The mineral productions Of the
United States, inclusive of the immense
gold productions of California, amount
to yearly average Of Sl20,000,000
giving employment 10 about twenty thous
and people. According to statistics jus
published in London, the mineral produc,
of the United Kingdom amounted il
1858 to sl55,000,OO0. France in 1885,
employed more than three hundre,
thousand persons in the production q
about slO0,000.o00 of mineral results.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

G. The Washington correspondent
of Philadelphia Press says that state
ment Is current in that city, to the effect
that the Administration has advised and
will support the secession of the South
ern delegates from the Charleston. Con-
vention, should Douglas be nominated.
A member Of the Cabinet has recently
told a distinguished Northern Democrat
that this scheme was arranged, and be
did not hesitate TO add that it was very
far from improbable that the South woult
take possession Of the Union Constilu
tionsl Convention, which is to assemble
at Baltimore on the 9th Of May, in orde
to array the Southern people agains
Douglas, should be succeed in oyercom
ing his opponents at the National Con
vention.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

TUsCANY.-For the first time in CEN
turtles, Protestant schools are opened in
Tuscany. The Rev. Mr.. Maedougall.
pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church
in Florence, is actively engaged in pro-
noting them, and desires, the cooperation
of all who are willing TO "lend hand"
Tuscany has abolished the death pen
atty for crime, substituting imprisonment
for life in the Island Of Elba. Even
this may be mitigated by the criminal
For the first ten years he is confined tC
solitary labor; then he is allowed to worn
with others, under the restriction of 81
ience. After a long period Of good be
havior, other material alleyiations are ad
mitted.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

e. Plus TX, has a bull all ready 10
launch at Victor Emanuel. Papal bulls
are not very frightful animals nowadays.
They have lost their horns, and won't
gore; and from their lowing, they APP
pear to be converted into oxen. From
the manner in which men laugh at them
we should say they were of the Irish
breed. The latest accounts state thai
the bull is to be permanently muzzled,-
| a hard lot for SO harmless a beast.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23
Village Built upon a Lake.

Rev. w. c. Smith, Presiding Elderof
one OF the Indiana Conferences, gives the
following account of Morgantown, in that
State, one Of the peculiarities Of which IS
that il is built on a Lake:
I'VE read Of a city set upon a hill"
Morgantown, in my district, stands upon
a lake! This was not known for nrm
Der OF years after the town was settled.
The discovery was made by digging wells
to procure a full supply Of water. The
supply Of water 10 the wells which had
been used falling u the dry season, a few
years since, one Of the citizens concluded
to sink a well deeper, and see if he could
not strike stronger vein. When some
thirty-five or forty feet below the surface
lof the earth, the man at work in the well
suddenly struck his pick through a crust /;
the water gushed up with such rapidity
that it was with difficulty he was saved
by the man at the windlass. In few
moments the water was some fifteen feet
deep in the well. In two or three in
stances afterwards, men were near being
lost by coming suddenly upon this mex.
haustable fountain Of wafer. Wells have
been sunk in different parts of the towr
from each other, and, | believe, forty fee
!. is the greatest depth to reach this lake
., Lead lines have been dropped into sew
e eral Of these wells, but no bottom ha
i been found. In digging down TO thi
J. lake, they invariably pass through STRAIT
l. Of sand, leaves and timber, resemblin
z drift-wood. This is some twenty feet be
is low the surface Of the earth. After pa
ID sing through these strata, stratum {
re clay is found, and when within some
d inches Of the lake hard crust is reache
rs which is a sure indication that they al
n. near water. When they reach this cru
Is they commence a wall thereon, carryir
re it to the top Of the well, then put down
til large augur and bore a hole to the W
as ter, which gushes up with great fore
be filing the well from Is to 20 feet in
er few minutes. When the augur strik
sr- the lake, the atmosphere bursts up for
an few seconds, producing a sound We
oh much resembling the blowing off of ste'
'od from an engine. have. not given
RS the particulars of what has been disco
~ cred Of this mysterious lake. Enough
er- known to settle it beyond doubt, Il
on the whole town stands upon lake unC
I'd ground"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23
Charleston.

The strike for higher wages by the
hotel keepers Of Charleston, during the
meeting of the Democratic Convention,
beats anything yet attempted by our shoe
makers. We doub, if the Yankee mind
is capable Of quickly coutriving any such
grand scheme for fleeing our country
men Of every section, as appears to have
instinctiyely presented itself to the chival-
nv of Charleston, who are just on the
point Of retiring from this Union, because
they think it has been perverted to mer-
cenary views. We believe, however,
that they have now consented to wait til
after rhe dissolution Of the Democratic
J Convention, when, according to present
/ promises. they viii be provided with
means sufficient for the most hazardous
undertaking. We base this opinion on
/ such statements as the following, made
4 by Washington correspondent:
i "A gentleman showed me letter to
day, which he received from citizen o
Charleston, TO whom be applied for rooms
with board for himself, wife and son, in
. forming him as follows: / went to th'
: principal hotels to see what could do 70
you, but all refused positively to have an.
ladies in the house, as in each hoteI
f drawing rooms, parlors and halls, will b
: packed with beds and cots, and each oc
!. cupant will be charged ten dollars pc
0 day. ] went next to all the privat
1 boarding houses, and found them all en-
: gagged. Next / went TO several privat
o houses, and at last ! induced lady I
a say she would accommodate you, if you an
your wife will take bedroom, and Il
l. Charlie sleep in the parlor on a sofa
r. She will charge you eighteen dollars pr
Il day for the three. l assure you, yo
le cannot do better if you wish to come.
sr have never seen such an exciting tin
y here as there is about the Convention
le | boarded at the House, but hs
'y to give up my room last week until Il
d, lst of May, for the landlord told US /
i, that we must pay during April fifty DE-
be lars per week, and then allow him to P
n some one else in our room. This
CHI could not afford, and went to frienC
an house, and now find l must chan
u again, and God only knows where l sh
,rt 60. The reason why board will be
i'd enormous is that everything in market
No very high. Beef now sells for fifty Gel
lat per pound, and everything in that P
portion"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23
Republican State Convention.

The Republicans Of Vermont are here
by requested 10 meet in Mass Conven-
ton RI Mortified on Tuesday the third
day OF April next, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose OF selecting
fou. Delegates 10 the National Conven-
ton 10 be held at Chicago on the 18Th
day Of June, A. d. 1860, to nominate
candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency Of the United States.
Per order Of the Republican State
Committee,
l.. Z. CHITTENDEN, Chairman.
CHAs. CUMMINGS, Sec'y.
March J, 1860.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

e. The Town of Ferdinand, Essex
County, on the 9th inst, organized and
elected the following persons. Town Off
GERS: Elias Aldrich, Moderator H.
r. Fisher, Town Clerk; Selectmen, Ma
,haniel Motley, Elias Aldrich, Alpha AL
leyn Town Treasurer, N. Molly, Ella;
Aldrich, Alpha Alleyn; Listers, Nathan
iel Motley, Elias Aldrich, Alpha Alleyn
Town Auditors, VIM. Covel, James Doll
II. K. Fisher; Highway Surveyor, Ella
Aldrich.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

SroUGHToN's LISIAENT-Of all the
wonderful m e dicines known TO the
American public, Stoughton's Liniment
rs prepared by A. c. Randall of this
town, beats the whole lot. Its efficacy in
curing Rheumatism, weakness Of the
joints, Pains in the side, Back, and
Bruises, &c, is unparalleled. 1t cures
all sorts Of pain, even 10 one in a tgiH.
9ote.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

G8 The Washington correspondent
Of the New York Herald says the i'm
preston prevails there that the Bali
more Convention will nominate John Bell
Of Tennessee, with the hope that. Chicago
will follow suit.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

To cure a cough, to relieve all irrita.
tons of the throat, to prevent hoarseness,
to restore to perfect soundness and health,
the most delicate organization Of the hui
man frame-the Lungs,-use Wistar's
Balsam Of Wild Cherry.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

ca II is said that in case the Home
stead bill should pass both houses o.
Congress, the President will veto it. OF
the ground Of the necessities Of the pub
lie treasury, as well as upon high consti
tuiional and prudential objections.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

G. Il is stated that at Bloomington,
H., during the past winter, some four
hundred children have fallen victims 70
the scarlet fever. In Sieubenyille, Ohio,
TWO hundred children have succumbed to
ihe same disease
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-23

g. Frank Fowler, the noted New
York ticket swindler, has been sent to
Sing Sing prison. He is reported TO
have saved over $4,000 from his ticket
swindling operations during the past ten
years. California passengers were his
principal victims.