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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

[ Special to the Missouri Democrat. I
Jefferson City, Oct. >


General Fremont j. quietly engaged in
organizing his forces and getting them in
readiness TO make forward movement.
This, OF course, takes time, and the coun
try should not be impatient lie Will
move when he is ready and not before.
The city Is very quiet, the troops being
kept AZ work drilling in their camps, and
those that are sent forward being shipped
without unnecessary show or delay.
Thessteamers Sam Gaty and New War
Eagle have gone up TO Glasgow, and will
bring down Col. Worthington's Fifth
Iowa regiment, TO Bonneville.
We have still quite fleet of boats with
us, consisting of the Post Boy, Northern.
er. u. q. Taylor, Emile, w. l.. Ewing
and White Cloud.
The flag OF truce boat cot away at last
this afternoon
No sign as yet of the gun boat said to
have left St Louis
johnsons rebel horse continue Ia
sconr the country in small bands w The
Usage, stealing cattle, horses, and eyerv-
thing which they can lay their hands on.
They make quite business Of stealing ne
groes and running them South, selling
them
/ have this information from gentle
man from the region Of country which has
suffered most severely. There are no less
than eleven ministers in this band, in
Guiding johnson, who was himself former
" distinguished member of the Metho-
dist persuasion.
Gov. Gamble is now in town attending
to executive business.
Col T. Cooke, of the Second Dungeons,
arrived On the train from St. Louis this
afternoon.
Lieut.. Col. Totten, of the First Mis-
souri, artillery, is also here actively en-
gagged in the duties of his position as chief
OF the artillery.
Doth Tottcn's and Dubois's batteries
are among the artillery force here
Gen. Pope leaves again for Boonville
tomorrow morning.
We have no news whatever tonight
from General Sigel S aud Dtsiss divi-
sions. There are rumors even in regard
to operations IN their vicinity, the gos-
SIPS being bnsily employed ia retailing
Munchausen tales concerning allie ged fed
eral rcyerscs i'll the east.
Gen. Iremont's telegraph wire extend
ing TO Camp Lille was cut this evening
about dark, and about l50 feet Of it car
red some distance, The eutta percha
covering was jammed and damaged to !
considerable extent. q. W. b.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

res The majority of the convention,
with tlnacity that admitted of no
compromise, insisted on the adoption
substantially of the Mahony platform,
upon which rehgiously believe the
brand not of treason, but of doubtful
loyalty at least, is indelibly stamped
by the just verdict of the public mind
t~at6au9h az has dttcr eeac,rn,ay tie
Dam Conrent,oa ~ Apg 29h.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
From the Richmond UispHtch, 2Ulh
o. ntlsl \ n nr,s on lhe Potomac

The President has confirmed the impor-
tant commission Of Maj Gen. upon Maj
c. VI. Smith, late Sup't Of Streets Of y.
Y. Gen Smith il a native of Ky, aud
was one of the distinguished class Of Ca
diets that graduated at West Point IN '46
He graduated at the head of his class and
beat Mcclellan for the highest honors Of
the institution. lie went into the engineer
corps Of the army, and in that capacity he
served through the Mexican wnr, winning
higher reputation in army circles than
any officer If his grade i'll the seryic, and
was breycted Major. BY the universal
attestation of al the old army he i man
Of extraordinary abilities.
Gen Smith goes to Manassas to-day to
take command of the army commanded by
Cen. johnson, Beauregard retaining Iii
own command. Johnston will aseum.
general command Of the two columns. +
may ho safely said these three General
present an array of talent not to loequalet
on the continent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

The Goldsboro y. c. Tribune, under
the head Of affairs in Beaufort, says:
Rev. Mr.. Van Antwerp, Episcopal Min
lister at Beaufort, we are reliably informed,
treated the fast day, recommended BY
President Davis, on the 18th of last June,
with contempt, by not opening his church
on that occasion. Alike insulting to the
State and Confederate authorities and to
the general Southern sentiment. was the
conduct Of this preacher, in reference to
Thanksgiving day, on the Sunday after
the Manassas battle and victory. He did
not say anything about it or make any al
fusion TO II la any part of the services of
his church on that day. Weare gratitied
IN being able to state that some Of his
church members, good and patriotic cit-
zelis, have ceased 10 attend his preaching.
His street talk indicates that he is Lin
coi,lito in heart and feeling; and this inan-
ifest traitor is a preacher and school
teacher IN Beaufort ON the seacoast Of
North Carolina.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

EE While We are strongly in favor o,
extending every ueedful and proper priv.
le1e to volunteers, VI canuot but admit
that there seems to lie at present much
abuse Of tie Is.ss system. Soldiers Oh
furlOngh, OF otherwise travelling Oh busi-
ness, are not allowed to travel at the Gov
erEment's expense, but'we learn that vast
numbers q applications arc daily made
for passes III this kind, and that, though
refused at this place, they are granted ut
others Ia an excessive extent If they
extended to prisates only, whose pay is a
good excuse for every economy, we might
let the matter pass in silence; but those
who receive passes arc generally officers
whose pay is enough for all such expenses
We don't believe in sponging on Uncle
Sam Just now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

Et | believe, from the bottom of
my heart, that the election Of any man
Tor Governor of a loyal ssate at the
present time, occupying the position
which Judge Mason does on this great
question Of the preservation Of the
Government, would be as disastrous to
the cause Of the MON as the loss of a
great battle w. +, Co0tjough.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

We We're not mistaken, ii seems. II our
lmpre asinn that Neal got his baptisnlal
natle from the Mormons His name and
character arc alike peculiar to that sect.
and his character is only paralicled by the
worst specimens of that Church.
Ed. GArE CRY: | see that YOU ask in
this mornings paper if the notorious
Jarins Neal Is not Of Mormon extraction
| will answer that he was. though he j.
not by any means an average Of that sect
In character. lie is an ouly son. lis
mother, clever, good woman, lived ana
died in the Mormon faith Ills father.
Titus was a good Whig--cleyerer than
most Yankees; but Jarius was always a
hard boy, and ready for anything that
would pay, and has been of all shades of
politics, and of several religious sects,
tut alpays ruth a sharp look out lor The
almighty dollar without any regard to
the means. Oh SETTLER.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
RasAges sf Disease Ia the Confcd.
crate Army.


The Charleston Mercury says:
The terrible sanitary condition of our
army On the Potomac il a matter Of pain.
ful interest to the whole people OF the
Confederate States There are few in the
Confederacy who have not near relatives
at Manassas or on the Mississippi; and
those who have not should be there them.
selves. The frichtful condition Of the
camp is a subject Of universal interest and
alarm. In the spirit of Spartan fortitudo,
we are willing that our troops should be
sacrificed, ii need be, in the cause of our
country, but that they should fall victims
" the mlsmanagcment OF an inefficient de-
partment, is utterly uncomfortable. 1t is
not our business TO depose and reform;
but it is our duty to expose that inefficient
cy which Is disastrous to the public well
fare 10000 lives are now IN jeopardy
through this folly. The fruits Of the bat
tle OF Manassas Lave been sacrificed to
this almost criminal faulty II is time
70 be done with it. The country must be
served, and personal predictions on the
part Of our authorities must no longer
control our destinles aud mar our pro-
ceodings The State fsshot to be saeri.
heed 10 fancics How much longer is ia
vouteism and folly to sacrifice lives and
obsruct ctr arms! Mothers, fathers and
widows all cry aloud, and plead for those
they love
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

rea-IIogs still flourish in the streets
promiscuously. Is there no ordinance
against this I? If the grunting nuisances
keep ON increasing at the presen; rate
an lrishman might say--eyery other man
on Main street will be u hog.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

TT A Southern traitor has ambi-
ton and whisky for excuses, but a
Northern traitor is natural tory and
toady. The New York News, the New
York Day look, the Cincinnati En-
quirer, and few other northern papers
OF that stripe, are doing more to fos-
ter and proiong the rebellion than all
the southern fanatics and disunion pa
pers combined Frankfort ny. Gone
a1t1...are.nlsL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

Bay One Patrick Foley became violent.
Is excited, and assaulted some other man
with force aud violence, being not spar
ing of his fist for which cause he was
taken before the Recorder aud fined S.
and costs. And that's about the only
business Of that Kind Tor several days.
The fact is, times are ton hard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

h-as@ u pom tour of exploration and in.
curry up IN Catalaugus yesterday we could
not discover that anything had happened
anywhere in-that region, forsthe last short
dog sage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

The twelfth annual circular and an
noaneeinent Of the Medical Department %
the Iowa State University mas been pub
lished. The College il located in this
city aud thc next regular course of in
strnotion will open on Thursday, the .th
day Of November next Al letters NAV
be addressed to ] C. Hughes, VI. D..
Dean Of the Faculty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

EF- Al the last information from the
two detailed companies from Camp Ram
kin, they were at Canton, Mo but did
not expect to stay there long Nothing
special had transpired lately
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

DIED. Two prominent citizens OF
Memphis Tennessee--Hon. Il G.. PAYNE.
State senator from Shelby county. and
Capt Jonas Hamilton, Of the rebel arm,
died last week, the former of congest,y,
chills, aud the latter Of sun-strols.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

Esgs- The gentleman who accidentally
left hat AT No Burrows Block, on 9th
street, il offered quarter to tome and
take il away. Same sum if he brings
back the hat he mistook for his own.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

nsar Companies d, Ii and all that
remained here Of the First Iowa Cavalry
Reglment-wcnt down To St. Louis on the
lie Vernon yesterday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

h~as." Compromise, word which can
now be uttered only by those speaking
openly and directly in the interests Of
the rebellion. 60 long as the Rebels
have arms in their hands, there is moth
ing to compromises nothing but the
honor of the country and the integrity
OF the Government; and who, but he
who is ready to fill towards grave,
IS prepared for submission to such hui
initiation as this 2"-[ Josgh Hoh, ot
hcntucku.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

fyConsidcrations of business have
also had their Influence in determining my
course on this occasion Should | aban-
don the military service my attention must
be gwen to private business, which is in
very unsettled State W. IL. Merritt.
And as you, Colonel, have abandoned
the military service" why not attend to
your unsettled business r You cannot
DC ooycrnor ihia year, and WY sui, ,ouI
name BY coquctting with sccessionists.-
Your old political friends here Of the Union
stamp, now that you have sold ont to Geo.
IL. Todd 4 Co, Rattlesnakes, think no
better Of You than they did before the
battle OF Springfield Dubuque Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

ren-The river now has about thirty -four
inches Of water on the rapids, and is near
iy stationary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

T.NNEFURNlTURE At AUCTION

Attae auesi room, on SATURDAY morning Oct sh
al l0 o ,sck ~ y. sId sofas, Bureaus, hea.teals
Narir bes, Chairs Tables. stands stoves, Sc sale
Iottife. /. Rowe,
ocsfala Aa.,a near
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

Enthus Msm OF Fremont troops.
We hear on all hands That the troops
under General Fremont are full Of eathu-
siasm, and have unbounded confidence ii
their General, and are painting for a chance
to meet the enemy under his lead The
st. Louis Democrat of Thursday, says:
4 gentleman of close observation who
has freely intermingled with the troops
for the past week assures us that they are
enthusiastic to wonderful degree, have
confidence in their commanding officers.
have a interpretation of the superiority
Of their means Of fighting and only ask to
be led forward.
All these things augur well for General
Fremont and the couutry's precious cause.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
Arrival OF ihe Chaptain oh the Irish
r.

Tie Chaplain of-the Irish Brigade came
down on the railroad the latter part Of last
week from Lexington, which place he lett
Wednesday,. Up to that time all was
quiet at that place Price aud Claibs
Jackson were both there, with 81, 000men,
and were making extensive fortiiications.
No Federal troops had arrived up to that
time Price had declared Martial law, and
bad appointed l.. \. Findell, Of Paris,
Provost Marshal Jackson had also n
proclamation In type oonsening m extra
session Of the Legislature, it is supposed
to ratify his declaring the State an indie
pendent Republic.
Price very courteously, not to say kind
", gave the Chaplain horse, saddle and
bride. set him across the river, and fur
nishei him pass that he might - on lis
way rejoicing - Hannibal Messenger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
IDELIGIot ) NOTICE.

To Rev. Mr.. 5ope. ~ So Louis, sil pr arh In 81
Johns tEFs'soi-.l tsuseh to-merrs~ fsanaAy morn
ins at II O'Clock Aisoin lhe evening al o'elock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

HfA~let Us not be too hard on the Gov
ernment at Washington. The people have
not responded with the alacrity which the
magnitude Of the crisis dem ands. Our
own great State was asked oyer 2 months
ago Tor 2o,V00 men, and yet not over
hall the quota has been raised We have
To-, l., many hre.side patriots. - i lbany
Eve. Jour
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
DtLiGIOt = NOTICE.

hes Orlando isrke y ~ preach ~ the Wvs.min.t.r
Church morrow msrtiag saAaAy, ocl 6th, al Ii
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

OoI.
Au"ar! pieces 81 Machinery belonging o Printing
Pfess-snpposed 10 have been lost within the past
few weeks, from the Building Fifth street. hctwe
hi IN and Johnson. The finder Viii be literally re
wsrded, upon leaving all any Of them this Office.
tnp1J
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
NOTICE.

NOTICE
Tie Subscribers having soidio CHARLES H. WIN
the goodwill Of their establishment, and all OF their
stock Of Goods and Merchandise, hereby solicit Tor
him the patronage their former customers.
Mr. ibn viii continue The business III The old stand,
No. - Main street. 1UMs1 CIK BRO.
sPuLI
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
r.3y-It is said that, in a recent CONVEX

rs3s@It is said that, in Il recent CONVEX
sation, Lord Lyons declared the letter of
Mr.. Seward relative to the London Times
sponaent, an insult 10 the latter gen
tlenan. Both his lordship and Rus sell
hob mob together quite frequently, and in
sentiment regarding our difficulties they
arc believed TO be identical.-l Washing
ton Cor p!ila. Press.
Lord Lyons is himself lnsoient, aud mas
for some time assumed tone III his inter-
course with our Government that should
not be tolerated 1t would be well for
him to receive his walking papers Let
England send gentleman TO represent
her Tt Washington Gin Com.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

Sd TURDAY, OCTOBER

IF Gentle showers and wprm weather
are now the meteorological order Of the
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
w AR! WAR;. WAR...

Nv AN " AK WAK..
All persons keeping Or having fer sale, AZ, all
kfods of Munitions Of War. such Guns Pistols he
voiyers and all kudso Ammunition are required no,
10 sell AZ. person without from the un
signed. 1hs order must be strittis complied with
under penalty "a lorieitihg all nnieies mfinnsd iu
their possession. JOHN nTANaIh.
Jisl3d surveyor Port of keokuk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

EvIhere is an or4anist in. Philadol-
phia named Thunder lie III ust be louL
player.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
GREAT sroRM.-A severe rain storm,

GREAT STORM severe rain storm,
of over two days continuance, did great
damage on the railroads and along the
streams in Southern New York, Eastern
Ohio, throughout Pennsylvania and IN Nir,
ginia, the latter part of last week. The
rain fell continuously IN perfect tor
rents, and high wind prevailed. The
damage is very great, especially 70 the
railroads.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05
w ATCII LOST.

heavy, hunting ease GOLD WATCH waa losi 8 ma
whore Oh Mein street, THURSDAY night a Liberia
reward wlli be paid for ts returi4 10 his Office.
tet2I-d
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-05

A LUCKY EplroR.--Mr. Bowman, the
editor OF the Washington Union, and for
time Senate printer during Mr.. bu-
ehanans reign, has subscribed thirty
I1ho,,sand dollars to the national loan.
The hydraulic press., 1861-01-19

No STRYCHNINE IN WHIsKEY.-At meet
ing of the American Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation, of New York, a paper was read by
Mr.. Carney, of Boston, on the frands and
deception practised on the public by the adul-
teration of drugs In one popular idea,
however. says the report, there is great
error-in regard to the strychnne in whisky.
In large number of whisky analysis made
to detect, in single instance, the presence
of the least trace of strychnine, and we have
not been able to ascertain from any reliable
source that the practice of using strychnlne
in whisky is ever followed. The fact, also,
that one part of strychnine will impart a
sensible bitterness to 900, 900 parts of water
would seem to preclude its being used fer
that purpose.
The hydraulic press., 1861-01-19

A New AUTHoR.-A young scapegrace, who
bad seen out fortune and fallen into bad
habits, took up his residence in a country vii
lage, pretending to bean author His shabby
appearance was, therefore, accounted for;
and as his address was good, and marks of
personal beauty remained, many romantic
village maid sighed over the "cruel fate of
genius SighS wonld not pay his landlords s
BILL and when mouth was over he was
dunned in good earnest At lengththe land
lord told him he never saw any of his pro-
ductions, and wished to know what work he
had been the author of. Being thus pushed
he replied, "Why, sir, I call myself an author,
and so am-the author of nay own misfor-
tunes"
The hydraulic press., 1861-01-19
The Hydraulic gress.

CURIOUS STATIsTICs.-A series of articles,
on statistics, which originally appeared in
the Quarterly Review have recently been
republished. In one chapter, entitled ssThe
London Commissariat," the author shows
how that great city is fed We reprint
few of his marvellous, but truthful, state
ments:
''Take the article of fish for instance
In the proper season one hundred tons of
herrings are sent from Yarmouth every day
to London by railroad, making twelve
thousand tons yearly. Four thousand tons
of mackerel and other fish are sent annually
to Billingsgate by railroad from the south
cotst of England The South Western rail-
way sends up annually four thousand IONS
of mackerel and other fish, the gatherings
of the south coast. The North West collects
over night the "catch from Ireland, Scotland
and the northeast coast of England, three
thousand five hundred and seventy-eIght
tons, principally of salmon; while the Great
Northern delivers three thousand two hun
dred and seventy -eighttons of like sea pro-
duce The Great Western takes up the har-
vest of Cronish and Devonshire coasts, chiefly
mackerel and pilchards, TO the amount of
one thousand five hundred and sixty ton
year; and the Brighton and South Coast
railway conveys fifteen thousand tons of
other fish, Smelts and eels are brought in
Dutch boats. Dutch eels, are, DR.. Wynter
says, constitute much of the soup which
people, too hungry to be critical, mistake for
ox-tal or calves head" Thirty thousand
Holsters are received in London every night
during the season.
"To provide all the cockneys with cut at
"a Joint, million and a-half of sheep, more
than a quarter of a million of oxen, aud
calves and pigs in proportion, are sold in
Smithfeld during the year, and slaughtered
in London and about thirty eight thousand
tons of country killed meat are brought up
in addition, by railroad. to the metropolis.
The quantities of game and wild birds which
there find a market are equally surprising.
After few successful battnes in the High
lands, it is not at all unusual for one London
firm to receive FIVE thousand head of game
and as many as twenty thousand to thirty
thousand larks are often sent up to the
market together. Ostend sends annually
six hundred thousand rabbits. Ireland
sends large fiocks of plovers, and quals are
brought from Egypt and the South ofEurope.
"Some seventeen thousand quails on one
occasion descended upon London via Liver
pool, whittier they had been brought from
the Roman Campagna. OF the two million
fowls that every year flank the boiled tongues
on the tables of residents Of London, by far
the greater number are drawn from the coun-
ties of Surrey and Sussex. Ireland also
sends much poultry. No less than fourteen
hundred tons of chickens, geese and ducks
are taken to London annually by the Great
Western railway.
''In washing these edbles down their
throats, the Londoners consume, in addition
to wine, nearly a thousand million tumblers
of ale and porter. How much water is used
for the like purpose DR.. Wynter does not
inform u.s."