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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-12-09
DOST OFFICE DIRECTORY
Arrival " the Mails.

ArTfvAl VI tnG N ais.
Eastern Mall arrives daily Sundays eaeepted) via
Plymouth, ats o'clock. p M.
st. LonH and Southern Mail arrives daily Mondays
excepted at OPP
Western Mail arrives daily Gesc.yt -, ,a
O'Clock
Burlington Mail arrives dais (eas.p ssa &
p. III.
Carthage and Plymouth Mail arrive iAly saaiAy1
escepted) at SPIN.
Charleston Mail "a tri-weeiiyl arrives fasisys,
Thnrsaays and Saturdays, al pm.
Davenport and Rock Island Aal tsri-w sekiy arrives
on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturday. ats. am.
Closing ~ the N aIls.
Eastern Mail eloses daily tsaeeTt Saturdays sp.
'si. Louis and Southern Mail closes daily Monday
excertedJ ats pm.
Burlington Mail closes daily fescept saturda,s) at
epm.
Western Mail closes daily (sacept satsraaysl ate
o'clock p. III.
csrhss~ and Plymouth Mail closes daily tssturdsys
excepted al r.
Davenport sna Rock Island Mail ttr weelis1 closes
Mondays, ednesdass and Fridays, al ,,
Charleston Mail tsri.seeslsl closes Mondays. " ed
ne2aAJs and Fridays. atoa m.
II N The Post bfhse Sifl he open on Sundays from
sto 9o'clpek, 8. J.B HuNELL.P r. Nj.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-12-09
4 RRINALS AND DEPARTURES
BOATS AND TRAINS.

The 81 Louis Packet arrives daily al from to 10
O'clock p. aud departs daily at M
The Quincy Packet runs lrfegnlArty, nearly daily
a. pDssibie
The keokek ard Aiexpnasia Paeis ct arrives daily.
except saudsss al about II n. ard p. and de-
paris coon after each arrival.
The Northern iane Packets. during good stage of
water. leave kt. Ionseyery Tussday, Thursday aud
Saturday evening. AID arrive here about - hour
sfieY; 30 that there generally up down Loat
every day.
EAlLhOAD TRAINS.
Northern Train arrises daily I21a o'clock !.
and p M, and departs aaiil o'eloes. M and
3.sopsm.
Nvsiern Train arrives daily. eNcept Sundays, al
TO 4. m. and 40 p. and neIarts at 80 o'eock
n4- Ala 100 y. M.
Al Aamilten Ielot. Trains on the Nattth Vnre
EAatreaa arrive call. except safas1s st5 clStk T.
~, and dsfHst daily, snndhss excepted 1T ssso
Buses trnnees With this cits
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-12-09

Zion heard glad; daughters Of Judah rejoid
judgments, "-f.atm 4esI
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18
Massachusetts, Legislature.
SPECIAL SESSION.


BosroN, May lathe Legislature met
at noon, in special session.
Gov. Andrews message gives detailed
statement of the action of the Common
wealth, and says this is no war of sections,
no war of the North upon the South. It
is waged to avenge no former wrongs; but
it is struggle of the people to vindicate
their own rights.
To retain and invigorate the Constitution
of their fathers in the majestic effort of a
National Government, to vIndicate its pow.
ers, and execute its functions, for the vel.
fare and happiness of the people. His
exhibit shows that over 1867 900 have
been expended by the State for the troops
He announces having sent Commissioner
to Europe for the purchase Of Minnie rifles
and other arms, to the amount Of $3.50 900
The Governor recommends the appoint
ment of Commissionary General, reg.
ular medical bureau, and the establishment
of a State encampment for military in
struction. Also, permanent loan, and
suggests the issue of small scrip, in order
that small capitalists may have the privil
ego of investing. He concludes as follows
"Senators and Representatives-Gravc
responsibilities have fallen upon the Gov
ernment and the people, and they are
welcome. They could not have been safely
postponed They have not arrived tot
soon. They will sift and try this people
and all who lead and all who follow. Blu
this trial, in giving us heroic present tc
revive our past, will breathe the inspira-
ton of new life into our national char
acter, and reassure the destiny of the Re
public"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18
The Unconstitutional Union
Candidate.

John Bell, the candidate of the party
who took the Constitution as its platform,
during the recent Presidential canvass, is
reported to have come out in favor of Sc
cession. This is "Constituton" with
vengeance, and shows how much sincerity
there usually is in party which attempts
to move into power on popular "catch."
The Constitution was the very "bone of
contention," about which the American
people were wrangling; and this new
fedged party, thinking the American peo-
pie were as blind as themselves, expected
that men Of all political stripes would
flock to their platform, Sc e'ecting such por-
tions of the same as happened to meet their
views to stand upon spurning the rest
BY this nice arrangement they expected to
concentrate and unite the antipodes of
American politics The whole concern
was originally scheme to disorganize po
litical parties, and tickle the fancy of the
people. But Mr.. Bell soon found that his
party was organized upon mistaken idea
He found that the great mass of the people
had rather fail in a good cause than suc-
ceed in bad one.
OF course the end of the campaign was
the death of his party and he was left hi gh
and dry. Actuated by no principle of
love for Constitutional law, he is prone to
60 with the party that promises the most.
Hence we find this Constitutional" gen.
tleman repudiatirg the Constitution for
which he recently profassed so much love
and devotion, and advocating the cause of
its enemies. Indeed, "love of the Consti
tuition" and "greed for office" appear to
be convertible terms when applied to him
The detection Of John Bell is certainly
more to be remarked than that of any of
the prominent men who have gone with the
South, lie was supposed to embody the
very essence Of devotion and loyalty to the
''Constituton and the enforcement of the
Laws His name was a watchword for
the self-made sentinels who were to guard
the Constitution and the laws with a jeal-
Gus eye. But, behold ! he is one of the
first in his State to repudiatc the Consti-
tuition and the laws, and enlist in the
Southern host who are intent upon their
destruction. Carbon Democrat.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

Our nsighbor of the Republican, per-
vsrts the truth, when he charges that we
are either uneasy, or that seyen.tenths Of
our soldiers, now on duty, are not Demo-
Gratis. We can easily establish the fact that
about that proportion of our brave enlisted
soldiers are now and always have been
Union Democrats. We are willing to
compare notes with him, at home and
abroad, if he wants comparisons, and give
the world incontrovertible evidence of the
truth of our assertion, and when that is
accomplished, we will show from the
record, that every bold move thus far
made in this campaign has been done by
Democrats, and then, we will prove from
history, that THE DEMOCRATS are the only
party, that erer offended the honor of the
Country from the dawn Of the Revolution.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18
Pennsylvania.

No State has more nobly responded in
men and money to the call of the govern,
ment than the noble old keystone State.
The troops which she has already equipped
and furnished, and those which she propo-
ses to equip, will fall little short of fifty
thousand Most of these troops are the
very best fighting material of the State.
The people of Pennsylvania are both a
military and patriotic people, and vii!
acquit themselves on the field with distin-
gulshed honor We doubt whether any
State in the Union will furnish more or
better soldiers for this war than the cod
Keystone State"
We cut the above from the Chicago
Times as evidence that the exertions OF
Pennsylvania in this crisis are appreciated
by the people of other States. 1t is only
in trying times that the nation learns the
great worth of the Keystone State. With
out Disagreement to our sister loyal States
which have one and all given the most am
pie evidence of their devotion to the Union
it may be truthfully affirmed that Pennsyl-
vania the most mod derate and forbearing in
time of peace and willing to go farthcst to
avoid war, is correspondingly active and
efficient in support of the Government
against armed rebellion.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18
General Election.

The Electors of Columbia county, have
to fill the following Offices, at the coming
October Election. The nominees mus
be good men, and moreover, they must be
sound Union Democrats. Such, and such
only, shall we be willing to support viz
One Member of Congress.
Two Members of the Legislature,
Two Associate Judges.
One Sheriff, for three years.
One Treasurer for two years.
One Commissioner for three years.
And one Auditor for three years.
The Member of Congress may be elect
cd at special Election. Certainly it
ought so 10 be if we are to be represented
in the Extra Session of Congress which is
to meet upon the Fourth of next July
We think it about time that there was
some attention paid to this extra question.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

THE BALTIMORE STEAM-GuN.-A gen.
tleman who has seen the steam gun operate
at Baltimore, gives the following dcscrip-
ton of it,
at is on four wheels; the boiler is like
that of an ordinary steam fire engine, the
cylinder being upright There is but one
barrel which is of steel, on pivot, and
otherwise is like an ordinary musket bar.
rel 1t is fed or loaded through hopper
entering the barrel directly over the pivot.
I he barrel has a rotary motion, and per-
forms the circumference by machinery
attached, at the rate of about sixteen hun.
dred times minute. The balls are let
into the barrel through valve at will
and every time the barrel comes round to
a certain point, another valve, self operated
lets out a bal which is propelled solely by
the velocity of the barrel in revolving. 1t
will discharge two-ounce ball three hun
dred times minutes. The range is ac-
curate up and down, but the balls are lia-
bic to hit wide of the mark on one side OF
the other. The barrel revolves inside oi
a drum, made of boiler iron, between five
and six feet in circumference, with ar
opening where the balls are discharged
Its range is not over one hundred yards al
best, and the gun can be worked SO as tc
discharge in any direction, The whole
thing weighs 600 pounds, and is abou
the size of steam fire engine. 1t is th'
opinion of our informant that the gun doe
not warrant the expectations of the il
ycntor.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

Major Anderson passed through
philadelphia, on Friday week, on his way
0 Washington. He was enthusiastically
received along the route, and was most
cordially welcomed at Washington by the
President and his Cabinet.
BY the Philadelphia papers of Saturday,
we learn that Colonel (a'e Maj.) Ander-
son, returned to that city on Friday eve
ming last, on his way to New Jersey to
visit his daughters He was met at the
Railroad Depot by committee ofthe city
Councils, and escorted to his Hotel, where
he was welcomed to the city, in short
speech by Mr.. Cuyler, Presidet of Select
Council, and arrangements were made to
give him a public welcome and reception at
Independence Hall, on Saturday From
New Jersey it is said Col Anderson, will
proceed to Kentucky, to take command ol
the Union forces in that State.
Mrs. Lincoln, wife of President, came
with Col. Anderson, from Washington, Oh
her way to Boston to visit her son.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18
Surrender Of the Missouri Mil
itia to the q. S. Troops.

ST. Louis, May l0.-Gen. Frost's bri
gada of Missouri militia, encampod at
Camp Jackson, on the Western outskirts
of the city, surrendered Internationally
this afternoon, on the demand of Captain
Lyon, commander of the U. S. forces in
this city.
Capt. Lyon marched on Camp Jackson
with some thousand volunteers, surrounded
it, and planted eight field pieces on the
adjoining cminences. The troops laid down
their arms and were escorted to the city as
prisoners of war.
Laty.-ST. LOUIS, May 10,-Mid-
night,-Just before the troops started for
the city, and while the State troops were
drawn up between two lines of U. States
volunteers, Crooks were thrown at the
volunteers, and few pistol shots fred by
excited parties in the surrounding crowd
which was composed of large number oi
citizens, including many women,
One shot took effect in the leg of Capt
Blanlawsky, and as he fell, he gave the
word to fire which was obeyed by somt
two or three companies, resulting in thC
death of upwards of twenty persons, in
Guiding two women, and badly woundine
several others.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

SUITABLE MATERIALS FOR ARMY
CLoTHINd.-The following is from grad
uate Of West Poiut--one who has been il
service and whose opinion is entitled to
consideration -
Gas many mistakes have been made in
the selection Of materials for clothin our
volunteers, few suggestions from au at,c Y
officer will not be amiss. The clothing
prescribed for the soldiers Of the regular
army, after long experience, is undoubted-
ly the best for volunteers. The overcoat,
uniform coat, sack coat blouse, trowsers
and blankets, should DC ofwool, without
any mixing of cotton, and should conform
in cut and make, to those used in the reg
ular army. The stockings should be {
coarse wool--no cotton flannel shit
wool and cotton, the less cotton the bct
drawers of cotton flannel. Clothing is
ually issued twice a year, in quantitiel
follows: To each soldier, one hat,
forage cap, one uniform coat, two S,
coats, two pair drawers, three fan
shirts, four pair stockings, in one ye
two blankets, two leather stocks in
years; three pair of trowsers the first
two pair the second year"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

THE town of Cairo, at the junction
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, hrs
come point of considerable impor'
in the West. There is a force of
Federal troops now stationed there
Gen. Swift. Strong batteries are er
on and behind the levees which conn
both rivers, and the difficulty of la
troops on the swampy ground aroun.
post is so great that Cairo may be CO
cred safe from any attack by the Sout
troops. Heretofore steamers laden
provisions were permitted to pass dow
Mississippi; but VIC learn from Was
ton that Secretary Chase has issued o.
to all the Western collectors to graz.
more clearances to steamboats, goinq :.
rebel States, and to search every w
going South and to seize all munitior
war and provisions intended for any s
on the Mississippi, except Kentucky
Missouri.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18
"Let the Demagegues be Watched"

DR.. John has written another of his tip
top slang effusions, under the above caption
With brazen impudence, he admonishe'
Democrats to lay aside party predictions
and like himself, 'think Of nothing but the
salvation(!) of his C) country (l)" and
immediately adds, that "no paddock shall
Be pIacea on o'sr lips, by any one" Any
person who supposes that DR.. John cares
more for his country than his party, is
even greener than he is, and the Lord
knows he is green enough.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

s6- We are in receipt of the MAY
"Fdrmer e. Gardener" 1t is neat ag
ricultural monthly, in Pamphlet form
comprising diversified assortment of Ed.
itorial and selected reading, enriched by
the contributions of scientific correspon
dents. Address, A. NJ. SPANGLER, Phil
adelphia, 81 90 per annum. '
Will the Editors send us the February
and March Nos?
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

GENERAL TICKET AGENT We under.
stand that Mr.. j. G. Wells takes the place
of the late Judge Pcttebonc, as General
Ticket Agent Of the Lackawanna and
Bloomsbury Railroad. Mr.. Wells is a
young man of energy and capacity, and
from lis acquaintance with the affairs Of
the Company (haying for long time been
a clerk in the ofice) we doubt not he will
discharge the duties of his new station sat.
isfactorilv .--LNsWAe UntoA.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18
ye Power Of the North
and South.

The relative forces Of this Government
and of the Southern Confederacy in men
and means, form just now very interest.
ing question. Avoiding details, we give
the general result in form brief and easy
to remember. We include Delaware with
the North, and omit N Maryland, Kentucky
and Missouri altogether, as at present un.
decided and likely to give little aid to
either side. T..
The cash valuation Of the nineteen Free
States, with Delaware and the Territories,
is about 81 500 900, ,O0O that of the elev-
en- Slave States is nearly SO 500, 900, 900.
But of this latter sum nearly one half is
represented by some three and half mil
lion slaves, worth from two thousand mil =
lion to FIVE hundred million dollars, ac.
cording to events. They were worth only
two or three hundred dollars apiece some
years ago, and may easily again 60 down
to that price, or a lower one, or be worth
nothing at all. 1t is variable property
under any circumstances, and if insecure,
is valueless. Again: with their insecurity
absconsion or insurrection, the value of the
cotton, sugar and rice lands, which they
are the ones to cultivate, would proportion
ately fall. On the other hand, great
increase of the negro population would
beggar the owners by requiring most of a
WORKOUT soil for their support. The real
productive property of those States cannot
be rated at over SO, 5000, 900, 900. The
North, on the contrary, is eminently re-
productive, has the art and the industry to
renew its lands when impoverished, pos.
sesses the skill and the viii to improve all
its advantages and develope all its wealth,
and, in all ways, swells its capital by a
sort of daily compound interest.
The white males between the ages of
eighteen and forty-fve, in twenty Free
States Delaware included are 3 ,s54 900 ;
in the eleven rebelliOus States, 1,1l6,OO0,
and in the three doubtful States, 514 900.
Ii these last be added to the Free States
it will make them 4,36S,000; if to the
rebels, they will be $3.50, 900. In the first
case, our men of the military age are three
and-a-half times those of the rebels in
the second, four times as many, and in the
last, two -and-three-eighths times as many
Besides, our population increases rateably
much faster than theirs, and, in addition
to white fugitives from Southern oppression
we shall have, more exclusively than ever
the full flow of foreign immigration.
Our vast superiority in ships, manufac'
lures, invontitiveness, knowledge, enter
prise, ready money-all that makes a
people strong and wealthy-is quite too
obvious to dwell upon. That such great
preponderance of weight must in the end
crush the rebels, admits only to this doubt
whether we may not weary Of the cost
and labor of "putting down the screws"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18
PENNSX.EAViA iEGISLAl IRE.
EXTRA SESSION
HARRISBURG, May IL.

HARRISBURG, May IL.
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at |
O'Clock, by the Speaker.
Fgnal adjournment.
Mr.. Heistand read in place joint reso-
luton for an adjournment of Legislature
sine die on Tuesday next, the 18th inst.
The Loan Bill.
On motion of Mr.. Finney, the Senate
proceeded, in Committee of the Whole, to
the consideration of the bill from the
House creating loan of three millions,
and providing for the arming of the State.
Several amendments we're made, which
do not, however, materially alter the bill,
and number of others were discussed and
rejected.
The Committee finally rose, and repor-
ted the bill to the Senate, when the Senate
adjourned until Monday at II clock.
HARRISBURG, May Ia,
SENATr.--Mr Smith called up the joint
resolution to purchase ten thousand copies
of Baxter's Infantry Drill, at ten cents per
copy, for the use of the volunteers, which
passed finally.
Mr.. Connell called up the supplement
to the act Incorporating the Mahony and
Broad Top Mountain Railroad Company.
Mr.. Clymer moved an amendment that
the MinohilI Railroad Company shall pay
the sum of three thousand dollaas yearly,
for period Of five years, for the supp or,
of the families of volunteers.
lhe amendment was negatived-yeas
0 nays 10; and the bill then passed final
ly-yeas 90, nays4.
The Governor veto of the bill abolish
ing the Court of Mist Pruis, was taken up
ard the veto was sustained.
The Senate then resumed the consider
alton of the bill creating the Home Guard
of Philadelphia, and the bill passed final
ly.
Mr.. Smith called up the joint resolution
directing that the State supply Col Elm
STEMS Philadelphia Artillery Regimen
with rations until mustered into the servic,
which passed finally,
Mr.. Parker called up the bill to incor
porate the Reserve Division of Philadelphia
Grays, which passed finally.
The joint resolution for a final adjourn
mcnt on Thursday next, the 10th inst pas
sed.
Adjourned.
HousE.-The bill from the Senate t.
repeal charter of the Mahoney and Broa,
Top Mountain Railroad, was taken VI
and passed finally.
Two vetoes by the Governor, one vaca
ting French street, Philadelphia, and th
other an alley near the new Cath edral
we're taken up, and the bills passed ov G
the vetoes.
Mr.. Randall obtained leave to recort
his vote on the resolutions relative to tn
Philadelphia Police bill. He stated tina
his absence was owing to being called HON
for the purpose of being mustered into til
service of the United States.
The House resumed the consideration G
the Senate amendments to the loan bill
many of which were non-concurrcd in an,
the bill returned to the Senate.
Mr.. Seller offered a resolution directin
the Judiciary Cammittee 10 report bill
allowing the volunteers the elective fran
chise.
The resolution lies over.
The House then adjourned until thre
clock.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18


A WHALE CAPTURED IN THE della
wARE,-One day last week hugh whale,
measuring about twenty-five feet in length,
made his appearance in the Delaware, at
Philadelphia. He was first observed at
Spruce street wharf but gradually worked
his was up the river, until opposite Ken
sington, where he got entanglcd in log
raft, and while splurging around in that
condition was killed by ball shot from
musket. He was hauled out on the
marine railway, at that point, and has
since been on exhibition. Who can salts.
factorily account for his appearance in that
locality!
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

We last week, inadvertently christened
Capt Rimbys Hotel, in Jcrseytown, the
".Montour INSTEAD of the Madison House,
1t lis now corrected. The MADISON Houss, ,
is certainly more appropriate name, for
Hotel in MADISON township, than that of
Montour, and SO we thought, when read
ing the Gard.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

The gentleman who last week furnished
US the list of names of the Volunteers, and
the Committee who escorted them to Har-
risburg, omitted from the list, the names of
Messrs, A. j. q NJ. G. Sloan.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-05-18

THE first troops on the march for the
defence of the Capitol and Old Abe, were
under the charge of Gen, B. T. Butler, a
Breckenridge Democrat, and late candi'
date for Governor of Massachusetts,, and
Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, who
was elected by the Democrats in opposition
to Lincoln's party.