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The daily Gate City., 1861-10-14

Never since the day the first house was
fuilt in Washington has it been in more
prosperous condition; on Pennsylvania
avenue new stores are going up on ey-
cry vacant lot; every building is rented
at exhorbitant rates hundreds of mill
tary stores have been opened, and more are
wanted; they all continue to charge enor-
nous profits, and keep crowd around
their counters the whole time, during the
day There is fine opening here for a
number Of saddlers, opticians, and in fact
for every want Of soldier. Several hun
dred thousand men have gathered here at
few day warning, and scarcely single
man has complete outfit for camp life
It is very strange that merchants have not
flocked hete to reap rich harvest instead
of moplng over shelves full of goods in
Northern cities.
The Washington theatre is in full blast,
Miss Susan Denim drawing crowded hous-
es nightly, to witness the mimic represen-
tatlons oi war. * stranger would not i'm
agine from what he would see here, that
in less than ten miles the scenes depicted
on the board are to be viewed with the
grim. stern realities Of war for the pre-.
seryation of the greatest Government on
earth. The s,ene Mt Bull Run, aud the
heroism Of our troops there, is produced
for the benefit of the masses. Our vol
unteers OF to-day are making the history
from which the writers Of the future will
draw all the popular PLAYS.
The daily Gate City., 1861-10-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.
aoaWealh

sT.rr or Iowa An3'r G.srRAl's 0rvtcy.t
DAVENPORT. Oct. y, 1861.
To 0heers Of nbapanies aHd Recruiting 0resrss
To meet the rean.sitons OF the General Govern
ment this Department wishes te raise 1000 men foi
Western service.
At least zoo will be needed for Forts Lcayen.
worth aud Randall, and 70 meet this call II is hoped
that officers and men Will make prompt response
N. II. BAKER, Adi't Geni of Iowa.
pctl0fta State papers plea copy
The daily Gate City., 1861-10-14

EE The following passage occurs in a
Richmond papers Manassas letter, of re-
cent date
The night was dark and stormy, and the
poor fellows had a hard time Of it,; for
Watching for Yankees on dark night with
every thread Of ones clothes saturated
with water, with chilled body, and with
small streams triekling down into one !
boots, IL By no means a cheerful occupa-
ipn
The daily Gate City., 1861-10-14
DnMlNG nnUst ARRIVALS.
I tOAL. COAL!! COAL.!.
The KeOkME COSsI COnsD0,,u

tsnecessors TO the N, y. d Pennington Coal Col
Are operating their mines under n mauagement that
viii secure. ut All times, mn abundant sunni, Of Coal
OF a quality hitherto unsurp passed In this market
RATES.
~ tho Yard, or by the Car
Load. Observation-Disclosures. n cents uer hu n
DeliFered. within the old City
limits when the quantity la
full wagon load. lotherwlse,
extra hauling charged.l. % cents per bus n
,a received ~ the once, opposite the Coal Yard
w sAe Lesfe y +. FRANKLIN, rresst,
-. Nv CIRKiER, sec'y.
No. f,r,n, En. Com.
keokuA, 0ei Il, 'dl-dtf
The daily Gate City., 1861-10-14

Two Daily Connections from Harrisburg
To Baltimore and Wassinstom
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

Southern Fear OF Servile I-nsurreotIonp
The assertions continually made by the
people and newspapers Of the South, that
they stand in no fears Of servile insurrec-
tons, is as continually belied BY the panic
which they exhibit whenever . rumor pre-
walls that Al insurreetion has broken out.
Such rumors they seem implicitly 10 believe
spon the slightest possible foundation and
the cruelties which they practice upon all
who fall under suspicion, is evidence Of
what their observation and experience
teaches them 10 expect whenever such events
shall occur. II Is this involuntary testimony
which they bear to their W sense Of dan
ger, that has encouraged all the attempts
that have been made by fanatics from the
North to excite insurrectionary feeling
among the negro population Of the slave
States and John Brown, and men of his
class, are, in fact, the offspring Of Southern,
and not Of Northern conditions.
The negro of the South is educated for
instruction not abroad, nor through foreign
agencies, but at home-not by "incendiary
documents or secret missionaries" but by the
conversation which he hears from his master
and those with whom his master associates.
These prepare the way for the missionary;
and the suspicion which he knows he is I'M
der, and the danger which be feels constantly
hangs over him, and against which inuo-
cence is no defense, makes him more prone
to think sedition and listen TO its sugges-
lions than he could be made by all the argu-
ments against slavery that were ever printed.
The negro knows hat he has every thing to
dread from the fears of his master; and this
knowledge is constantly at work to trans
form him into either a fugitive or a rebel.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

TIM B~LocKADH ADVANTAGEOUS TO vR-
enIA.-Tbe editor Of the Richmond (va)
Examiner must BE- an optimiut; atleast he
seems TO think what he can't help the thing
most TO be desired. He says ia a late issue :
We beard that some one remarked that
!" we ought 20 send vessels 10 Lincoln 10 help
him blockade our coast" There was a spice
Of truth in The remark. A four years block
ade would increase our wealth and %intelli-
gence four fold, because we should spend our
money at home in erecting fixed capital,
such as constituted the late wealth Of the
North; ard become four times as enlightened,
because we should learn TO practice all the
useful and mechanic arts which pertain to
and constitute civilization.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

.~Dfederate 81 stem Southern Practice,
The first speech made in the Legislature Of
|nth Carolina on the commencing by that
BY, the consideration of the Federal Con-
button, with a view to determine whether
should be accepted, was in favor of the
.ional system which it was intended to es-
lish, and TO show the defects of the Con-
erate system which it was intended to
|ersede.
he speech was made by the Hon. Charles
tchney, one Of the delegates to the Federal
Rvention, and embodies all the arguments
considerations that have since been 80
q repeated by writers and orators upon
subject. 1t is to be found in the fourth
hme of Elliot's Debates upon the Adop-
of the Federal Constitution"-a work
iaipiDg much information upon that
coming from men who spoke from a
onal experience of the faults of a plan
Ga had shown itself insufficient to Sc
the national unity.
be seeding States are thought by many
hye returned to the confederate system.
II this is the case, it is not by virtue of
distinct declaration to that effect in their
mic law. While their Constitution, in
B material points, differs little from that
rs, their administration is in the exer-
of powers in every respect equal to those
BRED upon the President of the United
b by that instrument. The difference
ais to be principally in the name, and in
i of recognition of the Calhoun doctrine
be right of SecessiOn-s thing rendered
ssary in order to justify their recent
ices. They hold that the Government
be United States is a C~onfederacy, and
fore admit that their own is the same;
this is the sum of the change that
occurred. That they have not returned
10 administrative principles of the old
Iteration is apparent. Their Govern
has all the authority, and performs all
nnctiOns of ours, and by the same agen-
lese facts do not seem TO be understood.
potion appears to be general that the
ed States have gone back to the old
of Confederation, and will therefore
be liable to inherit all the weaknesses
nfer all the Inconvenience which be-
ID to it. Men make speeches, and write
es, and utter predictions upon this
shesiS. Even Mr.. Douglas-who ought
pow b~etter-takes occasion to become
lately eloquent in favor Of the system
y, as If there was a question here or
here Of its superiority over that by
II was preceded, or danger that we
De tempted TO discard the present in
OF an abandoned and exploded past.
South WIN have, while it lasts, a
fnment no weaker than ours: Of 50
we may be assured. 1t can afford to
the abstract right to seeade, when IL
II rid of the tendency to seoeds, by the
msnt and exhaustion of all It's AdvAn-
Is social ~homogenity and common
ia will be sufficient to counteraet the
Of q mere dOetrina error, not written
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

in its lew, but constructive, and adopted for
a temporary purpose which it has answered.
and we may be pretty certain that however
faithfully the Confederate Government adj
heres 10 the doctrine of the right Of Soces-
sion, Il will take excellent care to guard
against the practice, il a tendency to thas
end should happen TO be manifested.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15
DIED.

BFRLEY.- On Monday, May 10, Ellen F., daugh-
ter Of william and Elizabeth Builey, aged / year
aud 2 months.
BROWN On Sunday afternoon, May u, at her
residence, No. l35 LoDgworth. sire ct, Mrs. Eliz abeth
Brown, in her 7g'h year.
THE funeral win take place from Norris Chanel,
on Thur day afternoon, at 2 O'Clock. Tho friends OF
the family ate invited TO attend the funeral
MARTIN;-4t Dayton, on Monday morning last,
MIS- Mary Martin,
Her remains will be brought to this city for inter-
ment, from the residence of her son. in law, John
\. Dair, No 90 Seventh. street. this afternoon at 2
O'Clock, Friends Of the family are invited to attend.
HOJAN.-May 10, 1851, at half. past 10 O'cllck,
after q short illness of three hours, Miss Kate Mo-
Ian, Youngest daughter Of Mrs. Amelia Nolan, of
this city, aged Is ears
Due notice Of The funeral will be given.
SHORTEN May IL, Sunday night at IL o'clock,
Mrs. @ Shorten. aged 50 years
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

INTEREST OF THE WAR News IN ENGLAND
Sympathy Nth the South.-The English
papers brought by the last steamer testify
TO the startled interest with which the news
Of the bombardment of Fort Sumter was
received. The European (Liverpool) Times
says in it's monetary article:
The American news received to day, of
the collision between the United States and
the Seeessionists, has created a feeling of
profound grief in this country. Although,
by previous arrivals from the Western Con-
tinent, such an unhappy event as the COM
mencement of civil war in America was
strongly foreshadowed, and deemed not i'm.
probable, the wish, father to the thought,
was strong that the threatened collision
nigh: be avoided. The effect of the South
ampton's steamers distressing news on the
market for British Securities was 10 cause a
fall Of u per cent. in Consols, and in the
Share Market Of from u TO = per cent, and
il can hardly be doubted that the trade of
the manufacturing districts will be equally
affected The Liverpool Share Market to-
day was much excited by the American ad-
vices. Many holders withdrew their Cotton,
and prices rose fully I'd. per pound.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

TIE ADVANTAGE OF STUPIDITY.-A Ger
man in one of the Pennsylvania regiments,
who was told that the fact that nobody was
killed on either side at the bombardment of
Fort Sumter was owing to the wonderful
his eyes wide, and said grayely HDen, by
tam, dey had peter not pring town our
Dutchmans, for dey are so tam stupid NIT
science, dat dey could not 60 into fight nit
out killing somebody.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

ASHREwD CHmD.-Freddy is less than four
years old. His sister, who is not quite a year
old, was sitting in her fathers lap, crying
the most earnest manner possible "There,
Alice, you've cried enough; there's nc use
fretting any more; mothers gone away, and
father don't keep the article you s'aRtP'
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15
Cutting IL Rather Eat.

A few weeks ago Mr.. Royse, Clerk of the
Police Court obtai ned leave of absence to
60 soldering, upon an agreement to furnish
and pay a substitute to perform the duties Of
the Office while he was away. He put his
father in the place, obtained a Lieutenant's
commission and pay for himself and made a
good thing of ii and as to go soldering is
esteemed patriotic, no body complained.
At a recent meeting of the City Council,
however, a resolution was offered by Mr..
Bosley, providing to pay the substitute at
the rate Of $500 per annum for his services,
which was adopted and thus, as we are in-
formed, the case stands at present. The city
pays both the clerk and the substitute, and
the State pays the Lieutenant, and all part
les are content. But is it not cutting it a
little too fat2 s1t
nka 7 = nI.-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

No CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING IN SoUrH
0ABoIINA.-A number Of citizens of South
Carolina having suggested the propriety of
the appointment of a day of thanksgiving
for the late bloodless victory, the Charleston
Courier replies, in behalf Of the Governor,
that he would be glad TO appoint a day of
thanksgiving, were 1t not for the critical and
distressing state of thing. in Maryland and
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

LOUISVILLE, May l4-P. M.-The river is
falling slowly with eleven feet water in the
Canal Weather clear. Mercury 600.
PITTsRURG, May l4--River eight feet six
inches by the pier-mark. Weather clear and
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15
MARRTHD.

ORFGAR-MILLER.-0n the 18th inst, In Lock.
land, By Rev, yW D Clark, James o.: Cregar, of
sprin gdale, and Miss Viola V. Miller, of Reading.
SIBBET-Ta0MAS.-On the 9th inst by Rev. n.
e.. VayloT, Mr.. John w, Sibbet and Miss Lizzie L,
Thomas, both Of this city.
BAILEY-HARLAN- On May 8, by Rev. 8. A,
Brewster, Mr.. David II. Bailey, of Leavenworth,
Kansas, 10 Miss Clara Il. Harla1, daughter Of Judge
x. ID. Harlan, of Wilmington, ..
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15
Interesting from Secessia-The Arms of
the n ebeis-C Condition Of Affairs There.
Saturdays New York EVeninq Post OBJ.

- sc vi
the Rebels Condition of Affairs There.
Saturdays New York EVening Post OBJ.
serves:
A gentleman and his wife, of the highest
re~spectability, have just arrived in this city
from North Carolina Via Richmond, having
been allowed to proceed by a pass signed by
Mr.. Mayo, as Mayor, without which they
could not have come on. The gentleman
referred TO has for years been largely in
business at Wilmington, North Carolina.
he says that the Southern troops, 80 far as
his observation permitted him to Judge,
were better provided with small arms, such
as knives, pistols, and dirks, than the North
ern troops, evidently showing a disposition
to have a hand-to-hand encounter.
He thinks the first blow will be struck at
Harpers Ferry, and they are confident Of
success. The troops seemed to be four thou
sand at Richmond, and he was assured up to
this time they had not been paid.
Flour was $40 per barrel and pork $50.
The people are very poor, the banks are
broken down, business is Frustrated, and
money is not to be had.
He thinks the bonds Of Virginia and North
Carolina are not worth twenty cents on the
dollar.
Our informant states that an efficient
blockade will, in his opinion, render the
Southern States utterly p werless.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15


Apparently Feasible Plan for B%ecoverIug
The Vessels sunk at the GOspOrt Navy
Yard.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin observes:
Colonel Haupt, the distinguished engineer
and contractor for building the HoOsac Tun-
mel, bias made proposals to the War Depart
ment for raising the sunken vessels at the
Gosport Navy yard. He proposes to fur
reasonable compensation, and to superintend
and give direction to the engineering depart.
ment in person, free of charge. All beyond
this that he stipulates is, that the Govern
ment shall furnish a sufficient force TO pro-
tect the men in their operations. He informs
us that the work can be done in SiIty days.
The general plan of the operation is by
means of divers, who are to cover the holes
with canvas, and where the portions are
burned, to insert timbers to support the can
vas, and to eject the water by means o fpumps
worked by common locomotives.
Colonel Haupt also proposes another plan,
by way of suggestion to the Government.
This is, to place powerful locomotive engines
in the bottom of sailing ships for the purpose
of propulsion, and by the process which he
proposes, an additional speed of five miles
will be gained, the whole machinery to be
arranged so as to leave no part exposed. The
principle is, by means of pumps, to force a
body Of water from the bows of the ship to
the stern. A copjunctive advantage will be,
in case shot take effect under the water-line,
the first valve may be closed, and the water
which comes in through the shot-holes can
be elected, thus converting the means of
destruction into that of service. We think
the plan highly feasible.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15
Correspondence If the New York Tribune
Highly IUlDOrtRnt frOm virginia.

RICHMOND, VA, May 6.-The city resembles
q camp now more than anything else, so
numerous are the soldiers now located here.
Every available space suitable for barracks,
beside the various public buildings, is occu-
pied by the troops at present encamped in
thisc city. ] can not tell you the exact number,
hut should think that there could not be
less than fifteen thousand troops in and
around Richmond. The South Carolina con-
tingent are located on the old Fair Grounds
at the end of Franklin and Grace. streets.
The smallpox has broken out among them,
and should it spread, which is much feared,
there wilt be a perfect STAN pede from the
camp. The Baptist College. at the head of
Broad street, and thenew Aims House build.
ings, back of the old burying ground on
Third street, are both crowded with country
troops from the southwest and Carolina
border counties. AT the new Fair Ground,
on the line Of the Richmond and Fredericks-
burg Railroad, the newly organized regi-
ments are quartered, and they have a parade
there every fine afternoon, and the grounds
have been quite a resort of the Secession
ladies of the city in consequence. At Ash
land, too, there is a large force encamped.
The churches OF the city are open every day,
and occupied by ladies, who nave formed
extensive Sewing. circles" to make up cloth
ing for the troops, large numbers of whom
NAS NApASJ NhN4uAPPONs NNOiJ OONlhk MA
chine in the city is at work almost night and
day.
| attended st. James's Church last Sunday,
on which occasion the Rev. Mr.. Dashiei
offered up a prayer for the President of the
Confederate States. Mr.. PeterkiD, the rector
of the church, has been a Secessiouist for
some time; indeed, most of the ministers
Of this city are in favor of Secession now.
Business is at a complete stand still. In the
retail trade articles of all kinds are daily
rising in price. Especially is this the case ia
reference TO provisions.
Every Northern paper that gets here seems
to disappear rapidly the moment it arrives.
None have been for sale at the Ninth-street
news depot, or on that of Main-street. for
eight days past. Papers directed to parties
here, and sent through the p~ost.ofice, reach
their destination only once in a while, as
they are appropriated either in the Office
here or in Washington. The last Tribune |
saw was dated Wednesday, April "a, so | am
in complete darkness as to any true knowl-
edge OF affairs transpiring North since that
date.
Some of the troops here behave themselves
well, but others, again, are exceedingly over
bearing in their conduct, aud as for discipline
or ~order-why there is none at all. They
seem TO act as if perfectly independent of
those placed in command of them. They
are fighting fellows, though, and eager for
the fray, as they look upon success as
certain, even against twice their numerical
force. All think that every thing going on
is in preparation for q march on Washington.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15

HARRI BURG, PENNA, May a. Western
VirRinisus say part Of the State will cer-
t.iGly folm aseparate State, and win include
fofty-ive, counties. AL Ohio Valley supplies
have been cut off from Virginia. Two
thousand Western Virginia troops have been
sworn into the United States service.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, May 4-Mr Oldham,
Of Texas, offered a resolution enquiring into
the expediency Of making Honstsn a port Of
entry and delivery.
Mr. Clingmsn presented the resolutions of
the House of Commons of North Carolina
placing that State in an independent posi-
ton, and in opposition TO the Lincoln Gsv-
eminent.
Thomas r. Cobb offered a resolution.
which was unanimously adopted, that the
President he requested to issue a proclama-
ton appointing a day of fasting and prayer,
in the observance of which all shall be in
dence.
rive are glad to perceive the @. s. A. has
fallen into a praying humor Spelled with an
e, they have been so troubled for a long
time) in this great j~uncture of their affairs.
Prayer availeth nuch-it may be, even from
the uurighteOus. When they quit cocktails
aud commence genufection Providence will
be more than ever on their side.-ED.
PREss.1
Anb iub ~ w OuHiGubIdbe ObuNeS winch
waved over Fort Moultrie during the bonn
bardmeut Of Fort Sumter, now hangs a. full
length in the rear of President Cobb's chair.
BALTIMORE, May l4.-General Butler has
issued proclamation, in which he says the
troops are here to enforce and support the
laws.
General Butler made a formal demand on
the authorities for the delivery of a lot Of
army stores in the warehouse of John s.
Cuttings. Marshal Kane refuses TO deliver
them without an order from the Mayor. An
order was procured, and the arms were
token out, amounting to fifteen dray loads;
they were taken to the fort.
Ross Winaus was arrested at the Relay
House, in the cars from Fredericksburg.
Governor Hicks was aboard, and endesvored
to have him released on security, which was
refused. Winans is now under guard at the
Relay House.
Last night the Maryland Guards stripped
the armory of six hundred Minnie muskets
and secreted them.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-15
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Wedding ana Visiting Cards.
MngpsVed and Printed. 81 ats and Presses; De Ia Bee
Stationery and Envelopes.
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LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAfH.
WAR MOVEMENTS.

Secession of Virginia Knights Tenplars from
the Grand Ehcanpment- Movements Of
Troops United states Troops FaIg e.
tdbhshed al Fedstdl HH-Seitse at Bald.
more Of War Implements for he Rebels,
Manufactured By Wfnans-T The Governors
Of Ohio and R~snnsylUania Pledge the
Unionists of Western Nrgiaia Their En-
tire Support against Sccsssioaists General
Wool to Take Command Of Fort Monroe
Military Affairs in Boston-Maters in Ms.
soUri-Ldter from CalJornia-TRe Union
lists Gaining Ground There-Proceedings Of
the Union Convention at Whesling-Ths
Mail Contract Betoeen 81. Louis and Mem
phis Annullsd-The Western Portion of
Virginia 10 be Formed Into a Separate
State-TtCo Thousand Western Virgiaidns
S,corn Into the United States SsrUioe-
General Butler Takes Possession Of a
Large Quantity Of Arms, &C., in baltimore.
Ross Wihdns a Prisoner of Var at the
Relax House,