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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

asulhrlon, sept. I.
The following order has been issued by
Gen. Mcclellan
HxApouARErRs ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, 1
Washington, September 6.
General Order No. II
The Commanding General requests and
desires that, in future, there may be a
more perfect regard for the Sabbath on
the part of his command. We are fight
ing in Il holy cause, and should endeavor
to deserve the benign favor Of the Creator
llssase-a ~, case Of an attack by the enemy,
or some other extreme military necessity,
1T is commended to commanding officers
that all work shall be suspended on the
Sabbath, that no unnecessary movements
shall be made on that day, that the men,
as far as possible, shall be permitted to
rest from their labors, that they shall at
tend divine service after the customary
morning inspection, and that officers and
men alike use their influence to insure the
utmost decorum and quiet on that day.
The General Commanding regards this as
no idle form. One days rest is neces-
sary for men and ani-.als. More than
this, the observance of the holy day of the
God Of Mercy and Of battles is our sacred
duty. GEO. b. MCCLELLAN,
Maj Gent Commanding
$. THOMAS, Adj't Gen'l.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

We notice that the immaculate Jairus
T. Neal, candidate for Congress in this
District, is to.speak at Keosauqua on the
18th, and at this place on the 18th. We
hope jim Wilson will be on hand to ex.
pose the vile hypocrisy Of the anti-war,
mpathising, defunct banker and
renegade abolitionist, whom the tories
have attempted to foist upon the people
AZ the representative of the Democracy
and the exponent of the public sentiment
of Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

The Mahoney Masonocracy of Iowa make
great ado about the suspension of the
h1teas corpus. in eases Of treason. These
fellows would have damned the memory of
Washington, had he refused to surrender
Andre, on writ issued BY some tory judge
of the revolution.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

~ Mahoney endorses Jairus Il. Neal
and commends him to the confidence Of
the Democracy of this District. They are
twin tories. Neal voted against appropri.
ating money to arm the State and pay the
volunteers, and Mahoney has been writing
and plotting against all war measures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

Fare always as low as by any other
route
BUY TICKETS VIA PITTSBTRG
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

Cor. MooRE.-The Quincy Herald has
report that Coils Smith and Moore,
on Thursday last, came suddenly upon the
rebel forces, routed them and rescued q
lot Of prisoners. Il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

We are pleased 20 see call, numeroasly
signed BY patriotic Democrats and Repub-
iicans, for Union Convention in Van
Buren, county to nominate candidates for
the Legislature and county offices. We
Infer from the signatures to the call tina,
the movement will prove grand success,
and teach the plotting tories of Var
Buren, lesson that neither they nor thei
children will forget, however much the,
may desire it.
The Convention is to be held in tn
Court House at keosauqua, on the lit
instant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

On Monday next, the 9th OF September. will bns
Horses Mt Charleston. Lee Co, for Col Busscy Reg.
imeni OF Cavalry.
On Wednesday, the 18th. Mt Fairfield, JoKerson Co
And on Friday, the l3th. at Bloomfield, Van Buren,
County. Bring your Horscs.
j. w. RANKIN.
L. S. Asst Quarter Master
VIZ. TfaBrRMAS, Inspector. sept7d3
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

Gov. Wright, of Indiana, must feel his
inslgni6cance now in a way that it was new
er brought home to him before. He has
incurred the contempt of James Shepherd
editor of the keosauqua Ne,cs, who abss-
lutely ignores the fact that the Governor,
upon invitation, made a speech at the
Democratic County Convention held in
keosauqua, last Saturday week
The Governor is no peace-traitor, but a
true war patriot, earnest in his support OF
the war measures of the Administration
and enthusiastic in his devotion to the
union-hence the contemplate course of
the yanBurcn Vallandigham- dam -tuden-
hammer peace organ, at kcosauqua.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09
III Tickets fer AAIe ~ all the MAR
Ticket offices.

r r. + G. HTS.
by this route. Freighis OF all descriptions can be
forwarded from Philadelphia. New York, Boston or
BALTIMORE, 10 or from any point the the Railroads
Of Ohio, Kentucky. Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin,,
lows or Missouri BY RAILROAD DIRECT.
The Pennsylyania Railroad also connects at Pitts
burg with steamer, by which Goods can be foYw
Oh 10 any point on The Ohio. Musk ugum, Kentucky
Tennessee Cumberland. Illinois, W seonsin, INSISTS.
sipps, Aasouri. Kansas, Arkansas and Ked Rivers
ass ~ Bsb -1i - = aiisss tiap-r IN .rsp
ere 10 alt ports on the North Western Lakes.
merchants and Shippers -ntrusting the transports
tion OF their Freight to ts Company can RELY with
confidence on It's speedy HAnsit.
The Rates - Freight
To any point In the West by the Pennsy Rail
Road, are nj all times As FAVORABLE AS ARE
CHARGED BY OTHER COMPANIES.
IL BE particular 70 mark pack ages, "viA Pxss
X. XIII
Ed SrEspKn, Philadelphia.
MACRAw Il kooss. 70 North St. Baltimore.
LkkeA 4 Co., No. Astor House, or No. i. n,
William street. u.
LHscn Co, No. - State street. Boston
II. h. HOUSTON, GENT Freight Agt., Philadelphia
T. l, HOuPT, Gen. Ticket Agt. Philadelphia.
ENoCH LEWIS, General supt, Altoona, IA.
suRYd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-09

aianonty abuses Lincoln Clark, Dave
Wilson and Dorr, the leading Douglas
Union and war men for everything that is
mean and unprincipled. It would seem
that Mahoney has been long time finding
them out, for he has been in close business
friendly and political relations with them,
until, like Arnold he turned traitor to his
country
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31

orr S-RiSGs IN CASApA.-In bering
for oil a few days since at Sombria,
Canada, on reaching down ffty-seven
feet, the gas rushed up with great. force
throwing up dry sand for An hour. It
then ceased, and the boring was resusn-
ed; but as soon as this was done, the
gas again rushed up with such violence
Is to throw the drill--a piece Of iron
one and half inches in diameter, eight
feet long, and weighing fifty pounds
clean out Of the hole; and it continued
to discharge gravel, water and stone
some Of tho latter weighing twenty-five
pounds up into the air : distance OF
one hundred feet. The stream widen.
I'd out to the diameter Of barrel, after
leaving the hole, and the quantity was
such as to raise the creek considerably
above the ordinary level, though it !,
here twenty five f.et wide. After ths
,ow Of water subsidized, the gas VA
fred, and an explosion took place
which shook the ground for half 4 mill
and then continued to scnd up shee
Of fame as high as the water had pre-
viously gone. The flame could b
seen for miles, and was ultimately e.
.inguished with great difficulty.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
Longevity.

Rev. DR.. lIawes, Of Hartford, in a
discourse upon . Well-Spcnt Life, has
the following very jast remarks:
'.Let any one rightly understand the
laws Of his being, physical, moral and
social, and study carefully to conform
to them, aud life in all its parts, would
be likely to be healthy, cheerful and
happy it would pass away as . long.
bright summers day, bringing sweet
music to cheer him in its morning, noon
and evening, and closing, not in clouds
and darkness, but in clear sunshine and
light. That high authority, the Regis
trar Of England, remarks: Man does
not pass through all the stages Of his
physiological and intellectual develop
nent in less than seventy years. Tha,
is. he ought, as a general rule, to live SO
long, and 10 enjoy health and vigor
and if it be asked why he does not, the
answer is found in snna:sral modes Q,
Hciaq." II
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
Little Acts Great.

Little acts are the clements Of true
greatness. They raise hfe's value like
the little figures over the larger ones in
Arithmetic, to its highest power. They
are tests, Of character and disintcrcsted-
ness. They are the straws upon lifc's
deceitful current, and show the currant's s
way. The heart comes all out in them.
They move on the dial Of character and
responsibility significantly. They help
to make the immortal man. It matters
not so much where we are as what We
are. It is seldom THAT acts Of moral
hcroism are called for. Rather the real
heroism OF life is, to do all its little du.
ties promptly and faithfully.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
The Tlarone q Grace.

If you want y ,ur spiritual life 70 be
more healthy and vigorous, you must
just come more boldly to the throne Of
grace. The secret Of your weakness Is
you little faith and little prayer. The
fountain is unse.led, but you only sip ;
few drops. The, bread Of life Is before
you, yet you only eat . few crumbs
The treasury Of heaven Is open, but you
oaly take few pence. @! man Of lit
lie faith, wherefore do you doubt p
Awake to know your privilegcs awake
and sleep NO longer. u ,h#
Tell me not Of spiritual hunger, and
thirst, and poverty, so long - the throne
Of grace is before you. Say rather you
are proud, and will not come to it as >
poor sinner; say rather you arc slothfnl
and will not::take pains to get more
Cast aside the. grave-clothcs Of pride
that still hang around you. Throw of
that Egyptian garment Of Incidence
which onght not to have been brought
through the Red Sea.
Away with that unbclief which ties
and par.lyses your tongue. You arc
not straitened in God, but in you self
Come boldly to the throne Of grace
where the Father is ever waiting to give
and Jesus stands by Him to intercede
Come boldly, for You may, all sinful .
you are, If you come in the name Of tn
great High Priest m
Come boldly and ask largely, ant
you shall have abundant answers mer
cy like river, and grace and strength
! like mighty stream. Come boldly, an
you shall have supplies exceeding a
You can ask or think. Hitherto yo'
have aksed nothing; ask and receive
that your Joy may be fnll-[J. {
Ryle.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31

An OLrGARcHv.-The State of South
Carolina contains 2e,o67 plantations,
containing 4,o42,55l acre Of improved,
and l2,l45,O49 acres Of improved land,
valued at $s2,43l ,c34; averaging to
each SAL acres nd All
The government is based on the Con-
stitution Of 1890, and the amendments
added to it at various periods The
right to vote requires freehold Of so
acres in ordinary cases. The lcgisla-
turc is elected annually. A senator must
be so years old, a resident citizen five
years, and If resident in the district
must own a freehold worth e3OO, If
nonresident worth $1,000. Reprcscn-
tatives must have resided in the State
three years; ii resident in the district
must own freehold of 500 acres and
10 negroes, or real estate worth fl5O;
If nonresident must own real estate
worth f50O. The governor is chosen
BY the Legislature, and must have rcsid-
cd in the state 10 years, and possessed
Of . settled estate worth 500. The
lieutenant governor is chosen and must
be qualified in like manner.
The people do not vote directly fo1
governor or for President.
There is no middle class in S. Caro-
lima. The population consist tout Q
the towns, which are fcw) Of planter
and sort Of pcasantry. The delegate
| 10 the Legislature are frequently electet
by a dozen voters, Qarge iand-holdcrs)
and the affair is not uncommonly set
tied at the dinner table.
I Trade is considered as not exactl,
suitable to gentlemen. Merchant
(retaiD are called "shopkeepers," an
are not upon social equality with tn
planter.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31

80 95L sAs+5sk - -. -4.t = H. .@.'Sf - -
II wish I-wss rteh,- hnaln5s obiiees
to learn trade. / have to " so punc
tual-always It the shop IN season, :
said John Hawkins, in q grumbling dis
contented tone to his mother. "There',
Sam Meade; his father is 20 rich he
doesn't have to work; and there's Icho,
bod Sampson-he doesn't do any thing
unless he has mind to. But have to
work" josa @ a.as 8
John talked a. if he thought it was !
great hardship; and have known 9TH
er boys who seemed to regard working
in the same light. It IL false light,
boys, and it is sure to mislead and ruin
You. Of the COS convicts now in the
Ohio Penitentiary, 400, or nearly 60
per cent, have no trades; and ESQ can
not read or write. t "
What lesson does this teach US !?
That education and regular occupation
are two great elements Of success Nor
al training is Of course important. But
without habits Of industry, grated on
a regular occupation, the perils Of the
young are fearful. Some trade, calling
or profession, should be thoroughly
learned. 1t occupies the mind, curb.
the passions, and tasks the faculties Of
youth. It prevents your running to-
waste, or, what is worse, running to
ruin. A good education, habits Of in
dustry, and useful calling, are Of far
greater price than the greatest fortune
without those qualities, for it is these
which make the man.-(Child's Pa
per. aas t ta
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
Coarse Bread.

DR.. Tucker, in the Maryland Medical
Journal, denies that coarse bread isuse-
full in dyspepsia. On the contrary, he
says it relieves the constipation at risk
Of aggravating the real difficulty. He
believes cold and stale wheat bread to
be most digcstiblc, and therefore the
best for dyspeptics. How arc we igno-
rant, common people ever to know what
to eat, if the doctors can't agree them.
selves about it?
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31

From the abcvs official returns it will
be seen that the four Nortllern States
Of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and
Massachusetts had military force Of
7ss, ,034 officers and men in 1850, while
the whole fifteen Southern States had
only 1864 officers and men. The
late census returns will materially in
crease the majority in the free States,
~ these States have increased in popu-
lation compa: at.vely more than slave
States, and in the above returns no re-
turns are included from four free States
-Eorney's lress.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
-eIIJ1zSU 6oa t7NEW3s
. .,-,.,...G mo. l2..se


.*9e Mes 1850 sEGge4A MtMses -.
Ep,:Tlss gisS:ahA::spnulastro4 lhiles-
1Eis,s ~ nsletheu ati>A, ,An&ncomisiK~s
able place to work in. Let the eggless
say what they win, We speak what vs
know, when We assert that it Il pefsctly
feasible TO keep the hens laying al vim
ter. Give them animal-food to supply
the place ofinsecss they catch 10 ssn-
mer, and then let them have Z warm
place to run into, with plenty ofunfro.en
water, not snow, and > frequent taste
ofgreen food such IS cabbage lsaves
potatoes, etc, and remember 10 supply
some gravel for their grinding min, and
and lime to make shells ont Of, and ws
win warrant the animals to repay ali
the care and foood, in nice plump eggs
no matter what the particular breed !
may be. Try it. s-.l.s4 J. ~ 4
A hen without some kind Of meat,
and gravel, and lime, compelled to eat
snow for water or go without, can not
make eggs. If she has to keep con-
stantly changing from standing on oos
foot to the other to keep both from
freezing: she can't stop to think shout
getting up eggs. # all she cats and
can digest, must be expended in keep
ing up the heat Of the body, she has
nothing left to turn into eggs. II her
body il AL shrunk up with cold, she
hasn't room inside for an egg ofrespec-
table size, and though her instincts
may sometimes induce her to produce
thin shelled pullet's egg" at the expense
of the lime in her bones, her pride re-
volts against sucba dwarf product on,
and she seldom furnishes beyond two or
three.
Give MADAM hen the odd bits of fresh
meat, and she other fxings named
above, not forgetting the water, and
make her quarters 50 free From cold
tha. she is comfortable, and
she cant help giving attention to her
natural occupation Of manufacturing
eggs, much to her own satisfaction, and
the profit of her owner.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31

a. AL the important forts At the
South, except part Of the works at
Pensacola, Fort Sumter, Fort Monroe
Fort Washington on the Potomac, and
Fort McHenry, are now in possession
Of the rsvolutionists. This condition oi
things ~ preeopssflad byNr. Floyd.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
DE- p. L, BALDY

.Agaisr s6srs his services. to theinhabi-
I antf sf TsleAo, and vicinity,) - Practice
ing Rhysiciao e1d Obststricien,
Special attention given " Diseasss sf Fe-
males sxd Oli.arAns s- II
Chrenls diseases viii receive special sttsn-
tien. Y. sgsgols s{t ss4ss
Those whoss fssrsAa xsosAp sxcjtsd against
.thssxcessive use oes Cslonei; or Mercury, in
any form; Nay rest SsAdtsd they will
Ne sinjury--dnriAx treatment.
Evesyspersen will Be sxpeeted 70 settlsiheir
indehtednsss eyery
SIX AoAEJ'Hk.s 4Y:4CASH, Pro
DUl.E OK N01ES.s
Pol1tavo1y, present indebt
edneo0 "a s. baid Immediately 70 i. ,. Mar
4A ~ 8 DR., T. L. BALDY.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
Uslssl sealss Military Fsree.

The following statement shows the
number Of the militia in each State, from
the latest returns made TO the United
States Adjutant Generals Office, in
1850:
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
RAa,T SO SM0EMAKER

would reapectfnlly announce to the clti-
sens Of rama County, that am now fully
prepared te,dsi all kinds u work II my line
10 the sntire sAtisfastinnuf al eMsto.nsrf,
whom ~ favor me with their work. Shop
ne doorSonth Of J. II. Van Horn 'srcsi 1ence
~ Corn aud Wheat. taken ~ pay.
-s.t... -. MAX REUSCH.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
oLEDo. TAMA COUNTY. IOWA, THRsDAY 8R 31 1861


! The M0nsh - LoeAon.
f. DR.. Wynter, in his Curiosities o
Civilization," gives some most marvel
ous but truthful statements respecting
the mode in which civilization has per
fected the means Of supplying .Londor
and its suburbs with food and drink
Take the article Of fish, for instance.
Tn the proper season one hundred tun.
Of herrings. are sent from Yarmouth
every day to London by railroad, max
ing $4,000 tuns yearly. -Four thousand
TINS of1nackcrel and other fish are sent
annually to Billing<gate by railroad
from the sonth coast Of England. The
South Western railway sends UP, ,annu-
ally four thousand tuns Of mackerel and
other fsh, the gatherings of the south
coast; the North Western collects over
night the "catch'' from Ireland, Scot
land, and northeast coast OF England,
three thousand five hundred and seven
ty-five tnns, principally Of salmon,
while the Great Northern delivers three
thousand two hundred and forty-eight
tuns Of like sea produce. The Great
Western takes up the harvest Of the
Cornish and Dcvonshire coasts, chiefly
mackcrel and pilchar1s, to the amount
Of one thousand FIVE hundred and sixty
tuns in the year; and the Brighton and
South Coast railway conveys fifteen
thousand bushels of oysters, beside
four thousand tuns Of other fish.
Smelts and eels are brought in Dutch
boats. 'Dutch ecls,'' DR.. Wynder
says, CONSTITUTES much of the soup
which people too hungry to be critical
mistake for ox.,ail or calves head.
Thirty thousand Holsters are received
in London every night during the sea-
son.
70 provide a1l the cocknevs with =
cut at n .ioint," million and half Of
sheep, more than a quarter Of = million
of oxen, aud calves aud pigs in pref,or-
tion, are sold il Smi,hfiekl during the
year, and Shattered in London; and
about thirty-eight thousand tuns Of
country killed meat are brought ur in
by railroad, to metropolis.
The quantities Of ga'rc and wild
birds which there find market are
equally surprising. After a few snc.
ccssful battucs i'll the Highlands, it is
not at Ill unusual for one London firm
10 receive five thousand head Of game,
.nl as many as twenty to thirty thous.
and larks are often sent up to the mar.
kct together. Dstcnd sends annually
,ix hundred thousand rabbits. Ireland
sends large focks Of llovers, and quails
are brought from Egypt and the South
Df Europe. Some seventeen thousand
qmails on one occasion descended upon
London vis Liverpool, whittier they had
been brought from the Roman Cam.
paign. OF the two million fowls that
every year flank the bold tongues on
the tables Of the residents of London,
By far the greater number are drawn |
from the counties of Snrry and Sussex.
Ireland also sends much po,,ltrie> MOI
less than fourteen hundred tnns Of
geese and ducks are taken to
London annually by the Great Western
railway.
In washing these cdibles down their
throats the Londoners consume, in ad-
dition to wine, nearly thousand million
Of ale aud porter :-Ffiater. 1
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31

TUE reason why the whales frequent
the Arctic seas, is, probably, because
they supply the '.Northerp lights" with
oil.
SENATOR TruMnrLL.-The Legisla-
tnrc Of Illinois, on 9th inst, reelected
Judge Trumbnll the L. s.. Senate, for
six years from the 4th Of march next,
POPULATION OF NEW MExlco.-Mr.
Whiting, Postmaster at Santa Fe, New
Mexico, has arrived at w ashington, with
the official return Of census Of New Mex
leo. The total population, including
the Pueblo towns, is set down at so,-
900. Great difficulty has been cxrer-
fenced in taking the census the native
inhabitants not understanding the OBJ
| ject and sstspecting that il was for some
purpose of taxation.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31

ex-governor Morrill,, of Maine, has
been elected United States SEN
ator from that State to succeed Hon.
Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President
elect
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31

A TRAprsMAN often loses his custom
and field sportsman his fngcrs-by
high charges.