The daily Gate City., 1861-08-31
From the Burlington Hawkeye. ]
Hox IL Was DunN.

Our enteFprttthg heVAuk bcfkuooIe ou@ok
cd the place OF rendezvous Of the 9th Regi-
mens from Davenport TO keokuk 10 the fol-
lowing manner. We cut from the Daven.
port Gasette OF Wednesday
A SuppsN GAIL ron Aip- 500 So, DIR.
COM TO KsoxuK.-Gov.. kirkwood returned
from Iowa City Monday evening, and yester
day morning the following letter was placed
in bis hands:
Keoknk, Iowa, Aug. o5, 1861.
Adj. Gen. BAKEx-Dear Sir: A formid
able fore is approaching COL Moore at
Athens, NORTHEAST Missouri. Harris and
Green have united. Moore will be cut off in
less than week. Send regiment here at
once and do not fail. Gen. Hurlburt has
sent dispatch to the above effect. To leave
Moore, q gallant officer. in hie present IN
aided condition, will be disgracc TO our
arms and to our country. Do not fail TO
comply at the earliest possible moment.
Yours, &C.,
J. w. RANKIN,
CHAs. E. SIXTH, Cspt. 18th infantry.
Judge r. P. Lowe writes on the enoveIope
81 endorse tho Within"
We need not explain that Col. Moore was
| not cut of, and that there Vas no light at
| Athens. But whenever the Keok uksrs see .
chance OF getting snotlsr regiment quar-
tered there, thsre win BE-.
We suggest - shs lssst expensive way Of
giving peace to the borders that ratoDs bs
issusd by tho Governmsnt to Keokukers.--
Perhaps they can be thss beaebt OF. H
P.S.-The Bth 10 TO return to Davenport
Friday. Look ont for another fight At
Athens.
We have no intention OF defending the
| writers OF the above letter, and had they
telegrsrhed the next morning that the imne-
disse danger to Moore Was pact they would
have needed no defense. But We have
word or two to say 10 response to the sneers
at Keokuk, spurted forth BY the editor Of
the Ha~keys. The editor Of the Hawkeye
| ignores the fact that there has been any dis
turbaucs on the border, and informs the
public, by contemplate and false insinoa-
tions, that The reports OF troubles ere oripi.
mated 10 Kcokok for the purpose Of getting
troops rebde1voused here.
Nov for tho fncts: For months past q
large accession force has ranged ever North
Eastern Missouri, committing depredations
and driving out Union oitsens. A few
/ weeks ago, that force, Numbering some
two thousand, attacked Moore's force 1t
Athena, and would have defeated him had il
not been for the aid furnished him BY the
citizens Of Keokuk, Pennington and other
points. Afew days later portion OF Grcen's
| forces had a fight with the Canton Home
/ Guards, and then Green made q teint, rs it
now appears, OF marching against Moore at
Athens. Moore's scouts brought him such
information, on Sunday last, rs led bim TO
send to this place and other points for rein
forcemen.s. Two or three hundred of our
citizens went Up again, the third time, to the
defence Of Moore. Citizens OF Van Buren,
1T n.-ss ...a -! :! b $ ssi
and again left their busine.s-and buried 20
the dsfsnse Of the border. And they, ~ well
- we, think thss while We have cavalry
Irseiment - Burlington, under pay Of tbs
United States, and three or four Thousand
infantry q other points, some OF them ougb
TO be removed to point nearer tho scene o
hoslilities, N order to afford defense wher
needed, and tbus prevent the necessity ol
the farmers, mechanics, and merchants o.
the southern counties leaving their business
to take up arms.
/ Il is foul slander that Keokuk ever 70,
up any reports Of arrrehended fighting a
Athens. Such reports came to us, ~ they
went to Pennington, keosauqua and Salem
and ell did what they could TO furnish as
sistance. Had troops been rcndexvouset
. here, ~ they should have been, oil tho time
these troubles ia Northeast Missouri voul'
not have arisen, nor would tho sixty or sev
enty lives have been sacrificed at Athens. Tn
Secretary OF War eaw that shs was the prop
: Or point for rendezvous and ordered the FIRE
r three regiments here, and while they 70
, N aimed the seoessionists Of Nortbsast Mis
: souri did not "pesp." Tben Col. wsrrs'
obtained % order for three regimsnts 9
/ rendezvous at Burlington; Col. Vandsve
another for rssdssvous ss Dabsqus, ~
Dissris. Attorney Gurlsy Influenced Ar. Cam
sron TO send couple TO Davenport.
I When General Fremont assumsd coOman
: as S.. Louis, the exerciss Of common sens
on bis part originated an order for ell th
: lowe troops 20 rendezvous q Keokuk. Bu
D Col Warren and Adjutant Baker oyssruie
|. tho Major General and his orders we're eoun
!. sermnnded. AND ihs Tss1!: i, H.: Hc-:h
!, east Missouri has been secsshised, and nov
If tho report from Missouri bs true, Green
: force is in : position TO destroy the rollin
!. stock OF the Hannibal and S.. Jo., Mort
Missouri, aud Palmyra and Quincy road'
y which have cost The Government hundred
!, OF thoasand. Of dollars to protect already.
y We sssert, in conclusion, What every ma
,. in the border counties believes TO be tru,
y that II regiment or two had been rendez