The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-23


issm~ from washsnssen CsrlssPon-
0snts.
Below We give extraots from the Washing
ton correspondence OF tho papers East and
West:
GIN. SCOTT AND SENATOR roonBs.
The newspaper statements OF a quarrel be.
tween Gen. Scott ard Mr.. Toombs al pri-
yAte table here, and reference OF it to
friends afterward, are entirely unfounded.
Ii 10 true that. ut dinner party ct Mr.. Cor.
ooran's, Mr.. Toombs did say that be wished
tho Star Of the West might be sunk with oil
on board. Gen. SCOTT took no notice Of this
brutal remark, excepting privately to the
gentleman who sat next to him, and he GER
tainly bad no idea Of dignifying MIR. Toombs
with 4 personal controversy which he would
doubtless desire for his own consequence,
especially % nothing more could ensue from
il. When he bad opportunities with JEFF.
Davis and John Bell, he exhibited no partic.
ular anxiety 70 20 beyond words.
M. nocLERnAKD's SPEECH.
Mr.. MoClernand Of Illinois made an effect
i've and manly speech TO-DAY, declaring he
was ready to maintain tho Union at every
hazard. and to see the laws executed with all
the power conferred by the Constitution. II
vas in mark ed constant, both in spirit and
purpose, to the recent humilisting exhibition
made by Mr.. Douglas, who not only lowered
the standard he raised at Norfolk, but Was
among the very FIRST to congratulate Mr.
Toombs on bis secession harangue last week.
Mr.. McOlernand has been among his near
est friends, and this disagreement 10 signif
can't.
M. BRIcKINRID0B.
Mr.. Breokinridgc is nov fully in the coun
sells Of the conspirators, and 10 relied on by
them a. one Of the effective managers OF their
movement. lie is deluded with the ides Of
being President OF the new imaginary Con-
federacy, aud no longer Affects any sympathy
with tho friends Of Union.
rms HOUSE CON. ON TREASON.
There il no doubt that the House select
committee ON treason, OF which Mr.. Howard
OF Michigan 10 chairman, intend to execute
the duties assigned them in the most thor
ousb manner, and l have reason TO believe
that every man in tho Government, high or
low. Who is employed by and receiving .
salary from the United Statcs, and il aus
pected Of being disloyal to them, and giving
aid and comfort to trAitorous communities
or States, will be dealt with by the commits
tee, and reported 30 the House ~ Rs SUBJECTS
to be tried for the high crime OF treason.
Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President elect,
is believed BY the less intelligent people Of
the South to have . tingc OF African blood
in his veins. A Washington correspondent
Of the Richmond Dispatch writes:
hnyc sern letter from . gentleman Of
high character IN New Hampshire, giving the
pedigree OF Hamlin. His grandfather vas a
mulatto, and commanded mixed company
Of negroes and Indians during the Eevolu-
ton. He pocketed the pay Of his COMPANY,
cold the wine and o,he. luxurics provided
for the sick, and left the army 10 disgrace
One OF IIamlin's unclcs, or great uncles, was
named Africa. There 10 a legend 10 the
family, to the effect that when Hannibal was
an infant, in the cradle, his nurse overheard
one OF the relatives, who Was then casing on
| the boy, exclaim, s'For Gods sakel will this
| Id black blood never get out OF the veins
OF our family 2" Members OF Congress who
served with Hamlin, when he Was in ths
House, say they always knew hc had . streak
Of negro in him. This 10 pleasant.
| In answer to the above, the editors Of thu
N. Y. Express very promptly and credisabl,
make the following statement:
| The editors Of the Express we're born il
the came State that Mr.. Hamlin was. On,
Of them was Mt an academy 10 Buch6eld
near Paris (Oxford county, Hamlin's nativ,
town, there a, school with y brother Of Ham
! lin. Mr.. IIamiin him elf has been known I,
both Of Us for twenty years, and the famil,
lie quite we'll known TO one OF US. One Of Vi
served in Congress with him four years, and
suoh . thing was never heard Of, or eve,
brea.hed there. The whole story lie mon
strous lie.
Isow Fieyd Dlsa vmed Michigan.
The Dstroit Advertiser, after having 81
luded to the removal Of q. 8. arms frou
Northern nrmories and arsenals TO the Sout
says:
| In connection with these facts . circum
stance happened in this vicinity last summe
which bears q character almost 90 suspicious
Ii 10 known that large amount OF codemne
arms and other munitions we're sold ct Dear
bon BY order u the War Department.
Among the property eold Vas . quantity Q
scrap iron, much OF y hich appeared TO hav
passed through ERE. On inquiry is "
found that this iron had been the mounting
Of gan carriages, which had been burned 1
get the iron This process, is vas statet
bad been pursued in obedience to order
from Washing ton, it being claimed that th
iron was worth more Vt public sale thAs 81
; entire carriagss would bring. We are nt
prepared to say what the weight OF iron q
tacLed to each carriage would average; b,
estimating il st go pounds the product 4
: the iron At cents y pound (which We u
informed was the price obtained) woul
make each carriage yield to tho Governmel
So 90!
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