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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
nercial speaks thus Of Senator Wade, Of
Ohio, ali out spoken gentleman, With the grit
OF old Jackson in him:
Ii is quite refreshing to hear Senator Wade
on the absorbing topic. He s~ears in good
round Anglo Saxon, with characteristic We
hemence, rounding off bis rericis with ring
of tabooed cxpietives which woad startle
the ,iesy OF To. old fashioned psalm singers.
He SAYS ..shs Republican party won its tri-
nmps upoa distinct principles, openly and
clearly announced from every stump 10 the
country, and id II they shalt bulge an
inch.n lie afrsigns the President for gen
eral imheciliiy-u the secession question
particularly. lie saws: elf the President
denied the righ. Of sscession, why didn't he
hold his tongue and quietly transfer troops
to Charleston, where, If it should have proved
necessary, he could have ~Hked them without
disturbing the nation? would have been
merely changing the soldiers boarding house:
and il South Csrsiina had been nquisitive,
IN answer must have been gwen which she
would have readily comprehended." lie 10
bitter upon the course Of tho South toward
Northern men in her Jurisprudence, saying
that III the British should hang Yankee
bscaus. he Is a Yankee, there would be va,
| in two hours but the S,uth hangs scores o,
men, and they beg Us to conciliate them
lie IL willing to do everything that is right
bu. will submit to nothing wrong. When
secession comes up in the Senate, cold Bez
Wadeo will "talk out in mcetin'.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
NEW YoRK, Dec. II.

The Herald's Washington dispatches say
that Attorney General Black has receive ed the
appointment Of Seo'y of State.
IL is reported that Mr.. Edwin Stanton,
formerly a resident Of Pennsylvania, but
now q resident Of Washington, will be up
pointed Airy Gener,l.
There is an impression to-day upon the
minds Of men Of high and responsible posi-
tiCns in tho Government, that although some
one or two States may commit overt acts
against the Union, il they are not iBtsrfered
with or menaced, they will find II unoom-
Portable to remain long out, and will retrace
their steps.
The President saws he will defend the for
tiications OF the country against all attempts
to take than.
MIR. FLOYD Of Ga, expresses himself warm
lv in favor OF Upior, ard 10 very decided in
the course be will take in opposing any at
tempt made TO siezs the property OF tho
Government
A messenger was dispatched to Baltimore
to- day to ascertain II Reverdy Johnson vii
accept The place If Attorney General in thu
| Cabinet.
Tha crisis committee are not making muci
/ Roadway. Mr.. Cor~in reported series Of
resolutions. which, il 10 understood, are in
tended 10 meet the Crisis. Ii 10 said they ar,
approx. "a by majority Of the Republicans q
the committee.
/ Leading men OF NJ ssouri are privately dis
GUESSING the question of separate inIepen
dsnce IL Missouri rather than be involve
In the extreme secession movement.
i Urittepden declare 10 day THAT he coul
perceive no evidence of compromise Or con
cpssinn on the part on tho Republican lead
ers. and unless some guarantee 10 given X %
lucky will 20 with III South.
Senator Slidel has had an interview Wit
the Presiden4 said - have been very bitter
that he taunlci Mr.. buchanan with imbscil
! ~, charging him vita tho responsibility /
! the crisis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

A Democratic Administration has re-
duced the United States Government to
bankruptcy The Democratic Secretary OF
the Treasury, after exhausting the treasury
and destroying the credit Of the Govern
ment, ia now browning his treason by open.
IL advocating the secession which be had
secretly aided and abetted as sworn officer
al the uaitsd States Government The
Democratic Secretary of War, instead OF
strengthening the exposed posts OF our
Government. leaves them in an almost de-
fencelesss condition, and turns his whole
attention 10 supplying the Southern seces-
sionists and traitors with arms to oppose
the United States Government, OF which
he is a sworn counsellor and administrator.
President Buchanan himself has made
barr ain with the secessionists, in which be
agrees not to put the country in state
or defence, nor to throw any other ohstruc-
tious in the way OF treason, provided the
traitors viii not make open war upon the
United States Government until the 4th OF
March next.
Such is the present position OF the Adj
ministration OF the party which has been
in power SO long that il prefers to plunge
the whole country into anarchy and civil
war rather than peaceably surrender the
power to the choeen favorites OF the people.
Had the present Administration manifested
little Of the patriotism. the wisdom and
frmness which marked the rule OF Wash.
ington, jackson or Taylor, the country
might have beon saved from many OF the
evils which new seem inevitable. Imbecil-
" and treason 10 the President and hia
Cabinet have encouraged and stimulated
the spirit Of secession, and assured the
traitors to the Union of peaceable aud
successful issue to all their reasonable
Vaccinations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
from ssutn carolina.

COLUMBIA, Lac. IL.
A heavy and almost ebscuring log hangs
like pail over Columbia, creating a general
gloom.
The smallpox panic is intense among the
citizens and strangers.
Many members Of the Legislature have
gone heme. A stFeng effort will be made
to-day to adjourn the Legislature and Con-
vcntion to Charleston. and ii not, the Con-
veDtion will probably pass Secession Or
dinanoe and ajourn to-day.
LArRR.- The Convention met ut Il ~,
Gen. Jameson temporary chairman. The
call is now progressing for delegates to en-
roll their names. written invitation from
the Legislature to the Convention to partici-
pate at the Inauguration OF the Governor, at
o'clock, was laid on the table till the Con-
vention organised. The en- olling Of names
was then continued.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

The Providence journal calls attention to
the fact that the Persona Liberty law in that
State now in force, was passed in ls4o, sew
en- years before the Republican party was ar
ganizcil 1t says:
sit passed the Senate without a call. 10
the House the ayes and noes we're ordered
There were Is Democrats. How did they
record their votes against this outrage Of
Northern fanaticsmf' With what solid
strength they sindicate the rights 81 the South
and repudiate this sincendiary legislation.'-
Thirteen of them voted for tbs Till, and only
two against 1t. Had these thirteen voted
against it the bill would have been lost. The
vote stood, ayes 26 Wings, IL Democrats
nays IA Wh,rs, 2 Democrats. More than
one third IL the Wings voted against it, and
1 less than d seventh or the Democrats,
| The Bolton Journal also says, the first Ia y
| of this kind in Massachusetts,, was passed un.
der the administration Of Marcus Morton. a
| Democrat, ana the second one by Know.
| Nothing Legislature, the ruling spirits 81
which are now Bell Everett men2 How d.
4 Democrats like the record?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

Forney's paper, the Philadelphia Press,
gives an able review OF the Presidents mes.
sage, and thus closes:
The sum and substance of this message,
able ~ il Is, amounts to a recommendation
70 the Southern States, who believe them
selves TO be aggrieved, to leave the Union,
and an encouragement that, in tho event OF
their doing 50, there is no authority to be
found either in the Constitution, or the laws
under il, TO punish them or call than hack.
We repeat that secession must end ia civil
war, aud the sooner the public mind settles
itself apon this idea the better. A thousand
events will precipitate conflict between thu
States that 20 out and those that remain in
and it's this apprehension daily thickeninG
and darkcning upon Congress and the coun
try, that should induce tho Cotton States u
pause and rally the border 6tstes around tn
Union,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
Ivcrson on Slavery Extension.

Senator lver.on OF Georgia, who doubt
less expresses the sentiments Of the Cotton
States, in bis recent speech in the Senate,
said:
81 tell Senator'S here to -dav that the South
ern people will never be satisfied with any
thing short Of Congressional protection 20
Slavery in the Territories. We know our
rights, under the Constitution. We stand
as equal States 10 this confederacy, and we
are entitled to equal participation 10 the
common property. We know we'll that We
never can enjoy equal possession OF the Ter
rltorles without protection to our property.
know well where the Wilmot Proviso and
Non Intervention Squatter Sovereignty would
lead. II would lead to the total exclusion
oil the Southern States from any Territory
which IL now possessed or may be hereafter
acquired. We will never submit. 10 anv such
dicsation as that. We are entitled to the
protection CT our property, and We intend to
have IL, in the Union If we can get il, and out
OF the Onion II We cannot get it in.
Gentlemen neei not mistake tho feeling Of
Southern Stascs. that is, the Cotton States.
1t il in favor ~ Congressional protection,
and no amendments Of the tnnstirutiop.-
Whatever will fall short Of that VI I'LL not be
OF any weight, or even DO accepted by tbs
Cotton States.''
They scout the Squaster Sovereignty doc
trine with as much bitterness as they Co III,
prohibitory doctrine, ard Douglas received
Ia, some thirty odd thousand votes IN ali tn
Cotton States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
The Corpse OF the Late Czarlna OF
Russia Lying In state.

A London correspondent. writes to tho N.
Y. Times
Yonaer. n the Alexander Palace, at Czars.
ko Seo, lies the 'sproud" corps ridiculous
expression-of Alexander Teodorovna, the
naughty but exemplary and suitable partner
Of the late Gear Nicholas, the jack booted,
six-fset-two-inches high grenadsr Emperor
Of all the Russias, whose ill-weaved amb-
ton to be lord Of more territory cost human
ity so much in the shape Of the sanguinary
Crlmesn dramatic great "tragedy" Of err
rors,, now some Eve or six years passed
away. corpse in white saiiu, cioaked in
purple velvet, with q diadem encircling the
sunk en temples. Behold! Imperial majesty
living, and weeping, TOO, steps forward with
imperial brethren ~ his side, and reverently
arranges the last cloak around the clay cold
form 10 the gorgeous coffin, as il she who
Law silent there were about 10 go forth into q
still colder atmosphere 10 the pale regions OF
the unknown shore.
Then came 10 the grand onchessess and
ladies in "black mourning dresses, with
double wells flowing TO their feet" copacbs
Of the guard, crimson imperial soldiers, the
archpriest with painting Of a saint lowered
from sole, the hesrse and eight horses, and
all the concomitants, living and dead, OF a
pr procession which would do good to the hear,
| OF Bond street undertaker--all this moves
through fakes OF falling snow seven mile.
across wintry landscape to the Church Of
| ST. Nicholas, at Tchesme. kneeling serfs
or MoDiieks line the road.
Then there are prayers al night, and
watching and praying for ! don't know how
many other nights and days, and mourning
| frst all black AZ u raven for so many weeks
and then magpie like for so many more, ant
then gray; and at last all will be finished
and one more empress fairly buried and dis
posed OF in this world.
or this lady pretty anecdote il told
which WOO d furnish a..niee:story fJr Reynold'
Miscellany or the Family Herald. Wher
verv young she had q gosefness, Madam
wilicrmott, who gave her ring. Tn
Grand Duke Nicholas came counting ID,
Young beauty, and asked Der for this ring II
the royal dinner table Of Russia. She CAV
i, to him in a piece Of bread. In ii, il i
said, he found the inscription, in French, o
Empress Of Russia.' lie wore it All BIZ
life, &c, &C., and doubtless had it on whe
he received the news Of the burning OF Cir
cassian villages, and massacre Of all tn
women and children. lie muss have dnngle
that charming toy from bis wnschguard whe
the nuns Of Minsk were logged, and whe
: the news arrived Of the sinking Of bis feet .
Ssbastopol.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

rTJohn u. Kimball, OF Mass, eradu
ate OF Yale College, bad rendered himself
very popular as teacher near Louisville,
Ky. On election day, however, he voted for
Lincoln and Ilamlin. His was the only vote
Of the kind in the precinct, and when be An
nounced il las they oil DO in that State) he
was Missed from toe polls, and IN a few days,
unier threats Of violence, he was compelled
80 leave, although the pass Of the reopl,
we're muoh attached 10 him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
sl,77l,47o,2ll 1869, o75,3o4 liz, 1894, 1881

II ought to be written up IN every mer-
chants counting room in New York city, il
it cannot be remembered otherwise, and Ger
tainly until the present baseless financial
panic exhausts itself-that ire hare sent
abroad in the iast fire years, one hundred
and fpelce n, l'ion three hundred and nine
~ four thousand nine hundred and thirty
sevsn dollars more than Ue haze received,
and this in addition TO the shipping charges
which our own msrchants's ships have earned
and received upon exports and imports
Since the 30th Of June last, everybody knows
that our canals and railroads have been en-
ployed to their utmos. capacity in transport
ing our cereals to the seaboard, to feed the
people OF Europe. True, to purchase sour
over abundant crop, an increased volume OF
discounts and currency has been required,
which 10 coon to be released by gold, which
10 in transitu, which nov remains here, or
which will arrive from foreign sources
Nothing but unreasonable feAr--mere seces-
sion panic-has depressed values upon our
stock exchange, and 10 our merchants' ware-
houses. The fact 10, either the drays are al
ready ordered to the work OF carting the
gold from - -ofers Of the Bank Of England
to rail, and on ship board, bound for Man
haitian island, or else We shsll be permitted
to retain our Californis receipts for several
months to coma. The price of exchange
here, on Lombard street, must tell every
thinking man that the bullion has 90, to come
from London and Liverpool, or We shall
cease shipping it, and thereby create another
plethora 10 Wall street.
This done, and the slight indications OF
returning reason which have appeared at the
South being developed and fulfilled, corf-
dsnce will suecsed to doubt, order to confu-
sion, and We shall return TO the enjoyment Of
the fruits Of our great prosperity. For what
alarm can be created 10 Great Britain, SIM
ply because she IL called upon to remit to us
in specie, rs We have heretofore done to
her, to paw the legitimate balance OF trade
And as to our Southern eounsrymen, they
will soon 6nd out WHAT they have already
begun TO suspecl) that We all, from CONNER
cial interest, il for no higher reason, mus,
stay 10 the Union; and no one shoud know
this truth better than the very people OF
South Carolioa themselves. Ii they d. not
they will yet learn il to their mortihcation
and to their cost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

A Nav Husr FOR 0rsicE.--The n. o. True
Delta of the 18th says:
A fe~ days ago, We learn, an em,ssary Of
Yanoey's made his appearance IN this place
elec,ioneering for hat worthy for President
Of the new Southern Confederacy. and our
scrnpulous. learned and prophetic friend,
Slid.ll- fnr Nies President, thus taking timu
by the forelock, aud eGectually slamming
the door VI eagerly desired preferment in
the longing face Of JEFF. Davis, Gov. Brown,
Wigfall, POOR old Fitzpatrick, Khett, Cobb,
Toombs, Nise, and the Four or eve hundred
othtr,, who arc crusadng against the Union
IN the expectation Of being the fortunate
individuals for the chief places 10 the new
| systern.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

chicago, Dec. H.
The jusy in the CASE against Bissell, based
their verdict Of not guilty, on the ground
that the bridge WAS erroneously described
in the Indictment. Bisscil MAS re.arfested
last night, for conspiracy 70 burn that part
Of the bridge belonging 70 the Rock ls-
land Railroad Comrany, and WAS held TO
bail, which he refused 70 give. Hs went to
Jail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

ST. Louis, Dec. II.
Tbs st. Louis Brigade returned from the
Southwestern border yesterday morning, and
were received with attachments OF National
Guards, who remained at home.
Gen. Frost dismissed the troops in brief
complimentary address, after which they
partook Of sumptuous dinners AZ National
Guards Armory, Barnum's Hotel, and other
places.
The occasion was repete with expressions
Of friendship and congratuiation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
ExtsEditisn Case Decided.

IUK0NTO, DEC. TO.
The Cour. Of Queens Bench decision in
the cxtraditlon case of the fugitive slave
Jones alias Anderson, was rendered TO. day
ia favor OF giving up the prisoner to the
United States authorities, one Of the Judges
dissenting. Anappeal has been made. The
prisoner is strongly guarded. No attempt at
rescue was made, but much excitement pre-
walls.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
from tho World !

Mnch nonsense has been lately talked about
the capitalists OF Europe sending back to us
their American stocks and bonds. 10 de dis
possd Of hero at any sacrifice. The people
Of the other continent, who have Informed
themselves sufficiently TO purchase any Of our
business securities, will not be apt to submit
TO uncalled for losses any sooner than our
selves. The fact il, We do not owe England,
or any other foreign country, at this juno
ture, because tho balance OF trade 10 in our
favor; nor is very large amount Of our Sc
curitss held abroad at the present time. In
deed, every port, whether home or foreign,
with which we now have commercial inter-
course, is in debt to us, and therefore ex-
change-created by tho hitherto very large
export Of coin, and also the continued ex-
port of our cotton and corn-falls below par,
simply because the importer has paid his
debts, and has no need Of exchange until his
demand for foreign fabrics again revivss.
The following are the figures of tho SEQ
rotary Of the Treasury, as given in his last
Eve annual reports, exhibiting the magnitude
OF our foreign trade each year, closing with
the seth June:
Exports. Imports Ex over Imp's.
$50, $500, o64, 9l8 S3l4,639 ,9i2 $l2, 1924, 976
'57, 362,94a,I44 36O,s90,l4l 2,059,00
'58, 324 ,644,42 292.6l3.l50 42.03l ,27l
$50. 356. 7H0, 462 33R,7Gs,l3U 1902. 1872
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

Douglas not In favor 81 Coercion.
A telegram Of the 10th says that Douglas
will no. IN ike coercion speech. lie ia
yors the exhaustion Of oil reuceahle means,
and will await events. This 10 aushorita-
tive, saws the telegram.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
q he Oatc City.
X T. O X II X:
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, DEC. 10

THx Dxs sforSEs tAIrKT WING IL Tuatishea
avery MonJa VS., bis efcc, y ere OF inc oi0es pa
pers In Iowa, ano i&sa wildly tstfroea circus
tion throughout the pes hoines Valley, Northern
"A; ssonri and Western Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19

The Bohemian, with dates to the 9th, ar
rived a1 81. Johns On the 10Th.
The London Times has another articie on
the political spill. 10 the United States, and
expresses the hope that the quarrel may give
wav TO calm in which the real difficulties Of
the slavery question maybe met and quietly
answered.
lrALY.-Twen,y of the principal merchants
Of Traiona had been killed by the MALTA
during disturbance. The Archbishop and
President of the Council had been arrested
at Jassev.
King Victor Emanuel still continued at
Palermo, where be was received with great
enthusiasm.
There were rumors Of increasing insur-
rec,ionarv movements ia AbruIzi
Unimportant DEMONSTRATIONS in Naples and
elsewhere were put down.
Ii vas reported that Napoleon bad intima-
ted to Francis ii the inability OF further re-
sistaBce.
There wrru vngur rumors that enrdinat
Antone'l had resigned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
"a NOrsEevn uan win southern
Principles -,

HAWKINS, the member 81 Congress from
Florida, who declined to serve on the com
mittee OF thirty -thtee, because he has been i
secess!onist for twenty years. it IN said re.
moved from Neeburgh, N. r., TO Florida
only ten years sgo.
Newburgh il famous Az the scene Of on'
oil the most dangerous schemes Of treason
dufing the Revolutionary var.
C. PickeIs has been elected Governor Of
South Carolina.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
Henry clay on the Extension OF IN
Missouri Line.

Missouri Line
There is some talk of q compromise OF the
slavery question BY the extension OF the Mis-
souri Compromise line to the Pacific. That
nroposision has been before Congress sew
eral times in the days ofthe old Wing party,
and in every instance every Wing from the
North, and majority of the Democrats from
that section, voted against it. In 1850,
when the compromise measures were before
Congress, Henry Clay, in replying to JEFF.
Davis, made the following remarks, which
va commend TO the attention Of ell Who
charge us with sectionalism for opposing
slavery extension.
Mr.. Clay said:
mam extremely sorry to hear the Senator
from Mississippi say that he requires, hrst,
the extension Of the Missouri Compromise
line 10 the Pacific, and, also, that he is not
satisfied with that, but requires, IT under
sto Cd him correctly, positive provision for
the admission OF slavery south OF that line.
And now, sir, coming from slave State AZ
da. lowe it to mvself; owe it TO truth;
owe it 10 the subject, to say that DO earthly
mower could induce me to vote for specific
measure for the introduction of slavery where
il had not before existed. either south or
north of tha. line. Coming as | do from a
slave State, it Ia my solemn, deliberate and
weli.matured determination that no power
no earthly power-shall compel me to vote
for the positive introduction Of slavery either
south or north OF that line. Sir, while you
reproach, ard justly, too, our British ances-
tors for the introduction OF this institution
40 on the continent OF North America, ! am,
for one, unwilling that the posterity OF the
present inhabitants Of California and of New
Mcxiso shall reproach US for doing just what
| we reproach G-ea. Britain for doing to u.s.
| If the citizens OF these Territories choose to
establish slavery, and II they come here with
Constitutions establishing slavery, | am for
admitting them with sueh provisions in their
Constitutions but then it will be their owe
work and not ours, and their posterity will
have 20 reproach them, and not Us, for form
/ ing Constitutions allowing the institution ol
slavery to exs, among them. These are my
views, sir, and choose to express ihem--ant
III care not how extensively or universally
than ara knawH ,,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-19
CARPETS!

Inthis Department can always be foundt be lead
ing styles VI
ADMINISTER VELVET,
TAPESTRY DRThskILs,
IMPERIAL THREE PLY,
PATENT TAPESTRY INGRAM,
COTTON WARP iAaRAINS.1
VESEIlANs HEMPs,
RUGS, DRnO5EIs,
Floor DILLL0IIIS.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-02-22

kW- Mr.. SToNEMAN's lecture, Tuesday
evening, was capital affair every way. It
was biographical, philosophical, anecdotal
founder of the Mormon religion; gave his
biography, together with that of his princi-
pal co-laborers; detailed the manner Of the
origin Of the Mormon Bible, together with
rapid but comprehensive glance at the
history of the church through all its vicis-
STUDIES, from its origin to the present time.
We have no space to.speak of it at length,
but would inform those of our readers here
in town who were rot so fortunate as to at
tend the meeting last Tuesday night, that
they will soon have the opportunity OF
hearing it, as Mr.. S. has kindly consented
to repeat it some evening at Lower Town
Prairie du Chien Leader.