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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.
T OST.

sundry pieces Of Machinery belonging To- Printing
PYess-supposed 10 have been lost y Affin the psst
few weeks from the Building on Fifth street. betty
Main and Johnson. The fader will be literally re-
warded, upon leaving ali any or them nj this office
Bep73t
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PIc-NIc RsIoN.-Arrangements

have been made for the excursion party Il
Burlington on Monday to return the same
evening.
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The friends Of The ticket 10 be sted nj the said
Convention Will meei at their respective places of
voting la the several 10 nships, Oh Saturday til inst
three O'Clock, for lie election VI the DelegA
aforesaid.
Fellow Citxens--N hen traitors with in their
hands are mar, hug against the Federal Capital for
tne overthrow Of the American Union; when rebe 4
syupaihlyers la our midst under shc prestige oil
~ name, To all they 10 disparage the patriotic
sentiments o. the eoantr, and coserty .xye aid
confort 10 the enemy" when our 10y brethren
battle held uskinE life and all for their love
the Union; when the Union men OF the South daily
being robbed and buichered for their adhe the
Government " our Fathers, tits no time Tor true men
10 engage In partisan strie over old party asues for
truthful. did the patriot douglas on his dying bed,
declare There are ionger an! parties save these
tWo-PATKlDIs and IRAITOkS.se
Is, order OF ths Iuioh Executive Committee Of
Lee County, Iowa. PHILIP VILE.
scp4dit President
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IskESS HOOPS. TRESS HOOPS,
Il new supply of Tress Hoops Of the sizes nsu.
ally wanted, together with a general assortment or
Cocper's Tools just received and for sale Low, by
mchsdaw ). W. II. TUCKER
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09
UNION CONVENTION

Iha 10y 81 citizens or Lee County. who Approx. "a
the Union platform adoplea hy tie NAka Union Con-
venuon held ia FL NAdson, z5d uit., viii lae
and send Delegates 10 iEiun Cow - be- held
q Charleston Monday, the 9th inst.. al clock
r. ~, 10 nousnate candidates er The follow ing
10 b. voted for ~ the unsuin9 October election
Two Senators, four haprvscnt Of The I@ gsl
tive Assembly. sheriff Loroneri heeoTder4 Treasu-
rcr; County Judge; County saper de Of schools,
and County surveyor.
The ratio OF representation for delegates In sA4d
Convention will be one delegate for each h uEdred
cAsi Ia th.s couaty THE las Presidential elee.
HON. vote 10 each frGctoA Of tiny Inc
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NEW YORK MILLINERY STORE,

Main 10 between second and ThaFd.
MRS. y. >. M'rhRTNFY mas Just received APPENDED
stock Of Millinery Goods, Of spring and hummer
styles. whsh she will sell very cheap for CASA. cali
and examiDc bsfore purchasing slsewkcre.
Stamping done on MI kinda 81 Goods f0s kmbsUtA~
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07
THE THEasURY REPORT.

We learn that the report of Secretary Chase
may be withheld several days yet. 1t will be
looked for with the deepest interest. 1t will,
AZ we are assured, be a thorough exposition OF
the financial condition and prospects of the
country and will recommend measures of the
gravest Importance. Ii is understood that the
leading feature of his report will be recon-
mendation of q tax upon bank notes, which
will have the effect 10 remove them from cir
culatlon, aud to supply in their place the cur
reDcy of the United States. The plan Of the
Secretary meets, as we are assured, with the
cordial appreciation Of the banks and capital
lists 30 that DO difficulty with the moneyed in
terest will grow out of the substitution. II is
probable that the question will be raised as to
the constitutionalty Of banks created under
State laws and their right to affect the value
of gold and silver. The advantages of q
currency for which the faith Of the nation,
with all its resources, stands pledged, over one
which depends upon the laws of tbirty-tour
different States, and upon the faith of more
than sixteen hsndred corporations, will be urged.
Secretary Chase will take ground in favor Of
the conGscatiou of the property of Rebels as a
means of revenue but will hold that slaves
must form an exception, inasmuch as the Ma
tional Government cannot become the owner
of slaves. He favors their release from the
authority of Rebel masters however, and their
employment in various useful occupations,
with compensation, which shall render them
,.I.4,n h.
are in their present condition as slaves.
We are informed that an additional duty
upon tea, sugar, and coffee viii be recon-
mended, aud also nn excise duty upon all dis
titled liquors, stills, &C., and upon tobacco
A tax upon bank. notes, evidences Of debt, and
upon conyeysuces will alec be recommended.
The Secretary estimates that the public debt
will amount, in 1868, at the present rate OF
expenditure, TO about $sOO,OCO,CCo.
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THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

The Richmond papers Of Thursday contain
a dispatch, dated Savannah, the 4th inst,
which says that sixteen Of the Union vessels
were inside of the bar, and that an attack on
Fort Pulaski wab hourly expected If this is
so, we must be on the watch for news Of the
most stirring nature.
BY the arrival of the Vanderbilt yesterday
we have later news from Port Royal. The
letter Of our special correspondent, published
on another page, will be read with much
interest. The troops under Gen. Sherman
have been engaged III the most severe labor
since they reached Hilton Head, labor which
might have been performed by the slaves If
the policy Of the Commanding General bad
allowed him to take advantage OF the aid
within his reach. Hilton Head leland is
nOw in course of thorough intrenchment,
storebOuses are building, and fine
wharf VIII soon be finished. Beaufort has not
been occupied, and it appears that it is not
likely to be occupied for some time. Important
Reconnaissance have been made; an account of
one of these is given by our correspondent.
Il CpmpOtNu Nh'i'iy auouuVHtu
Notifications were found. The expedition
which mas recently been fitting out from Port
Royal was to sail within three or four days of
the date Of our correspondents letter. Much
impotence is felt by the troops because they
are not allowed to take Savannah and Charles
ton. The destruction of cotton by the rebels,
in order TO prevent it from falling into our
hands, is wide spread.
Our latest adyices from Missouri relative to
Ben McCul.och ore to the effect that he has
gone into Winter quarters on Pear Ridge, near
Bentonville, Benton County, Ark. This gives
the lie to the mani'eslly improbable story that
he bad surrounded Gen. Sigd at Sedalia. TIE
Rebel Hays, with 800 men, made dash into
Independence, Mo, on Monday, and seized all
the horses belonging to the Pacific Stage Com.
pany, beside mskiog general couiseatiOn Of
all property belonging TO Union citizens.
Do Friday party Of exasperatcd citizens Of
seoalia, Mo-, attacked a gang Of returned Reb-
els from Prices army, under Capts. Young and
Wheailey, at place about twenty miles west of
TIE Place mentioned. Ten Of nc Gcbcls W.Gc
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07
Bnsmess Notices.
IMPORTANT FACTS.

Constant writing for six months Ia done cheaper with
Gold Pens with Steel Fepi therefore, 1t Is economy to
uss Gold Pens.
The Gold Pen remain, unchanged by years OF continued
use while the Steel Pen is changing by coroon and
wear Therefore perfect uniformity Of writing is obtained only
b. the use Of the Gold Pen.
The Gold Pen h always ready and reliable while the Steel
Pen he often condemned aud seleeedi there
there great saving Of time in the otle Gold Pen
Colds capable Of receiving any degree Of elasticity SO that
the Gold Pen is exactly adapted to the hand OF the winter
therefore the OF the bend and ann are not Injured a.
known to be the case by the use Of Steel PENS
See The Pen is mightier than the Sword in another
column.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

the copfscation of the slave property Of Rebels,
can we not bit upon some expedient whereby
we may prevent their being shot and burnt to
death by their ovners' If we can do nothing
else, it is at least to be hoped that Congress or
the Administration may hit upon some expe-
dent whereby the war may be prevented from
being one of mere wanton waste and permitted
cruelty. But let us nevertheless rejoice in the
one redeemiug point of this news-that we
have put q stop at the outset to the opening OF
the slave-trsde between such places as we may
take at the South and Cuba.
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY DECEMBER T. 1861

bs,d ont IA Office seeking. 1t Is idle, it is ab
surd. to iDve,gh against ofice-seekers so lonl
~ tbese bounties are continued. The intelli
gent journeyman mechanic, who, living in
great and dear city, can earn but So to $lS
Der week when he has full work, and who
must waste three months of each year 10
fruitless quest of employment, is no more
bInme worthy for seeking the birth OF Inspector
of Customs at $2l per week (and no lost tlme)
or of Policeman at $40 per week, than Is
the captain for wishing to be colonel. The
fault is in our vicious legislation and policy,
whereby the instant pecuDiary rewards OF Of
fce-holding are raised above those Of other and
not less useful pursuits requiring equal capacl-
ty and fidelity. In other words, the Govern
ment offers heavy premiums for despising and
stunning the ways of Productive Industry, and
then seems astonished that so many are mised
by them.
We trust the subject of retrenchment will
speedily attract the attention Of Congress, and
that it will be very thoroughly considered. If
anything more radical aud effective than Mr.
Conklipg's bill can be carried, let us have it
by all means; but if not, the provisions OF that
bill will commend themselves to very general
onnrohation
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07
FICTITIOUS PROPERTY AND THE
WAR.

Iuere IL Hioss VI PoPho."n ." III"
States amounting to about four millions, friendly
to the Government, and ready to fight for it,
from which the Government has not called for
nor accepted single soldier.
These people, it is true, are more or less
black. The Ango-SaxOn, Celtic, Germsn, or
other European blood in their veins is not pure,
being mixed with traction Of African blood
varying from 100 per cent to o. But black
men fought under Washington, and fought
well. They fought well under Jackson. They
are not prone to insurrection or ecession, but
will fight, if well armed and disciplined. They
have the best reason in the world to fight
well in this war; The same insolen, traitors
who have for so long insulted us have still
longer robbed them of every human right,
robbed them of liberty, although the second
President of the Continental Congress declared
in l77G tina. they were :" as well entitled to
I" freedom as ourselves. Those traitors would
now use them to fight against the Government
if they could trust them, but they cannot. by
the same token ps can. Why don't we?
The Ieas0n--a most unreasonable reasons
this: These four millions are held as property
by u few other people constituting small MI
nority Of the people Of the Southern States,
now mostly rebels. Out Of regard to this
property, end from the fear of spelling it en-
tirey, we abstain from enllstng black soldiers,
and thus throw away about one-iifth Of the
loyal fighting force OF the country, and what
is immensely worse, that part OF 1t which ID
the key of the situation. This We do that we
may not damage a species Of property that is
purely fictitious, which never enriched the
country one cent but, on the contrary, has
impoverished it more than 81 000, 900, 900.
At the very best, when you make labOrers
chattels personal, their market value is just 30
much taken from the land winch 10 to be cultivated
by them.
Let ia see. In 1850 the Slave States and
the Free States began their race together with
about equal populations. The Slave States
have had the advantage of about one-third more
Of as good or better land an s.a that land has
enioye I'd more sunshine, or thermal force, in the
ratio of about IA TO IL. (See Vol. TX of the
Publications Of the Smithsonian Institution. }
Tie average climate of the Save States APP
pears TO be little more favorable TO the life
of tho human race than that Of the Free
States, the ratio of deaths in 1850 to the free
population being 1873 per cent in the former,
while it was LAO in tie Inter. la spite OF
these advantages, the population of the Free
North has Outrn that Of the enslaved South,
~ we all know.
Here is the revelation made by the Census
of 1850, of the effect on.real estate of counting
the laborers themselves as property:
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ed or wounded. Among the killed was Capt.

killed or wounded. Among the killed was Capt.
Young.
Gen. Prentice at st. Joseph, Mo-, on
Wednesday addressed large crowd of the
citizens of that place, declaring i'll the most
solemn manner that he would compel every
Secessionist there to take an oath of allegiance
to the United States Government, or be would
set them at work in the trenches of Fort
Smith. The speech delighted the loyal, but
sent CONSERVATION into the ranks of the trators.
The latest news from Price is that lie has
moved short distance from Osceola with q
part of his force.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

The Board Of Aldermen yesterday canyassed
the XVIII and two thirds of the IXth Ward,
and the net result was n gain of ten votes to
DIR. Opdyde. Not single vote for "Guntbe'
OF "Gunth" or "Grunter" was found: if any
such were cast they were given to C. Godfrey
Gunther by the poll-district canvassers. There
were a sufficiency of Aldermen ready to pro-
coed with the canvass; but Mr.. Henry w.
Genet insisted on an adjournment, and it was
carried of course.
1t is thus morally certain that, though the
resolution to cheat Mr.. Opdyke out of bis elec.
tion may have passed, the means have not yet
been devised if they had been, tho conspiriDg
majority would have been ready enough to so
on with the canvass and finish it at the esrli-
est moment. 1t is one thing to resolve to
faleify the result of an election and another to
do it, as the sequel will show.
We presume the Board win content itself
with canvassing two Wards or 30 to-day. That
will allow Sunday for the perfection of any
little arrangement that may have been devised
and then We shall ask AID. Genet to 20 on
with the canvass diligently and resolutely till
it is completed. DO no. keep the City in this
disquieuiug ,uspcu-1; put 40 What you have
resolved on forthwith. If it 10 villsinOus, do
not set about it with a hang.dog, sbeep-steal-
log air, "lettiDg Il dare not wait upon
l woud,'" but put it through jauntily, pluckiIy,
ar though it were only Hackley.street Con-
tract or japanese Swindle. The longer you
hold off, the more eyes will be sterny fixed
upon you. What must BIO done, cannot be done
too quickly.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

Adriatic is fitting ont ostensibly for the
West Indies, but that she is destined
for the rebels. Mason and Sdell were anx-
iously looked for, being expected by the
steamer La Platte; it was also said that tbs
James Adger was cruising to intercept the
steamer and capture her as having contraband
Of war on board. The North Briton and the
Anglo Saxon, both over due, had not been heard
from when the North America sailed. On the
former the insurance had been advanced to 80
guineas; on the latter to SO guineas. The war
risks on American vessels are about rising.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

The arrest Of Col. Serrell, Of the Engineer
Corps at Port Royal, is reported, but M par.
tculars are given. 1t is to be remembered
that arrests OF this sort do not neces sarily
imply more than the omission of some military
form or transgressing some technical rule.
Offenders so arrested are very often at once
bonorsby discharged. Col. Serrell was not
aware on what grounds he was arrested, mol
was be conscious of having done any thipe
calling for punishment.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

Once more--and We trust for the last time
our Legislature will DO asked this Winter to
reduce the emoluments OF the Sheriff and
County Clerk of this County. They are ex-
orbitant beyond reason, and lead to all man.
ner of corruption. as is shown in the return Of
Three Thousand Votes for Sheriff above the
vote for any other oficor supported at our re-
49,. .-.~.s -.ss...a. A.v-s ,s.ss Ssis uvI
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Tie Herald stands mute before our PROPOSE
ton to have the relative clrculstiOn OF the
two papers scruiiuized-we to pay $500 to the
Poor of our city aud tho sick soldiers 10 the
Union hospitals if ours does not exceed The
Heratd's by at least Fifty Thousand copies.
We shall repeat it in day or two.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

A quantity of United States COmmssary
stores, consisting of twentyone tierces of bacon,
aud several more of other smoked and salt
meats, were seized yesterday, by the United
States Marshal, at No. 10 Greenwich street. in
this city, on suspicion that they had been stolen
from the Government. Most Of the original
marks on the packages were erased, but
enough remained to show that they had once
belonged to the Government. The broker, IN
whose hands they were found, claims that
they had been consigned to bis clerk, by order
of a high official in the army, at Washington
to be exchanged for rye -four. This explana.
ton may prove to be the correct one, as 1t is
known that some of the regiments are in the
habt of exchanging their surplus stores for
more palatable food. But it ia strange if such
should prove TO be the fact that the exchange
was rot effected in Washington, where it GER
tainly could have been done to as good, if not
better advantage than here. On the other
hand, it is alleged that this is only one OF nu-
merOus instances which, when the examination
which is now in progress is completed, will
show a system of astounding frauds upon the
Government. 1t is to be hoped that the mat
ter will be thoroughly Investigated, in order
that the grave suspicious which are now enter
tanned may be confirmed or refuted.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

We print an extended report of the work Of
the City CanvasseIs yesterday. Portions Of
the lXyb, XVIII, and the whole Of the XVIth
Wards we're canyasSed, showing a gain OF 10
votes for Opdyke over Gunther, as compared
with our figures.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

ca't-they were merely counted. n ssv n.
publican shall 60 up to Albany this wlnts, \,
lobby egafnst the reduction of these oppros,i,,
charges, he will need Mozart domination 4.
elect him to any City office hereafter.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

Lieut. Col. Reynolds has been appointed
Resident Agent at Port Royal, in accordance
with tho Instructions issued frOm the Treasury
Department.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

The Richmond papers mention correspond.
ence between Lieut.. Maary and the Grand
Duke Constantine Of Russia, in relation to ap
offer Of service made by the Grand Admiral Of
Russia to the runaway Director of the Wash
ington Observatory. Perhaps the precise date
Of such an oifer--if one was really made
would explain it's opportuneness; but at any
rate, we are sure that the correspondence
between the two parties went through some
secret and underground channel, as the Russian
legation In Washington faithfully avoids any
show OF sympathy and any contact with the
Secessonis.s
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07
Tie Philadelphia Inquirer has the following
from It's Washington correspondent:

from its Washington correspondent:
In our OF how had Reports from the WA
Depsrtuest erred slightly Gen. Cameron did not per
the substitute but me President it, and lgd 10 sui
6use(; but Gen Cameron cogzant Of tire fact
submitted IT, considered perfectly to say he d,C
It."
We said yesterday that this portion of the
document should rather be considered as ema.
mating from the President thaG us addressed 10
him; but we did not then imagine that the
remark was literally but only substantially
true.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07
SATURDAY. DECEMBER7. 1861.

Tue Presidents Message, sent by telegraph
to California, was Published IN San Francisco
on Thursday morning.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

BY the arrival at Portland of the North
American, from Liverpool and Londonderry
on the 2lst and 22d ult., we have one davis
later news from Europe. The case of the
Harvey Birch and the pirate Nashville is
exciting universal attention among the inteli
gent. The Nashville remained at SOUTHAMPTON
for repairs, and the captain Of the Harvey
Birch had gone to London to consult with
the American Minister. The crew Of that
vessel were violent against the rebels, as
wen they might be, since they were placed
IN irons because they refused to take the
oo'" OF allegiance to the South. 1t
y reported that the Galway s.ca1er
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-07

With their great advantage Of sunshine or
productive force, giving them valuable crops
impossible at the North, if the Southern States
had not insisted on counting their laborers as
property, they would have attracted and gen.
Grated population larger to the square mile
than that of the North, and their land would
have been worth in 1850 more dollars per acre
than that Of the North. Surprising it to have
been worth only as much, its value would have
been So, ACC, 400, 600. Thus the Slave States
in 1850 had lost by Slavery, on their real estate
alone, the enormous sum Of S2,3i7, 900, 600
Just about twice the market value of all their
slaves at that date. The figures Of 1860, if We
ever get them, will doubtless tell the same
story, only more 50.
Do sensible statesmen, in view Of these in
exorablc figures, think this species of property
worth saving at the expense of thousands OF
Northern lives and the risk Of entire ruin to
republican institutions Oh this continent They
have but to ignore this property and make the
most of the good will aud loyalty of humble
but human men, and they will not only save
the Republic ut the cheapest cost, but save 1t
such as Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Adams aud Franklin hoped and prayed it mie hl
be.
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STRANGE News FROM RICHMOND.-The

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