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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-08-13
TUE DAILY EVENING POST.

Which IL printed oa largs folio sheet, contains
full account OF the occurrences Of the day, the 10
test foreign int llrencecxc usivec.rres poudence
public documents Of interest and inportance-
ProcesdisEs of Coneress and II The SsAie Lsgisla-
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and the fAtsst nevs, ~ telegraph and nails, up
to the hour u Iuhlication.
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Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21
wbatCau we mol

In the great reaction that is taking place
throughout the North, in regard to the miserable
attempt at arraying one part of this country to
"subdue" the other part, we hear it asked on ev-
cry side: "What would you have us to dor
"Must we give up to the South?" "Must we sur
render to them?" We wish to meet this state of
the public mind Were it a question of the
North surrendering to the South, were it ques-
ton of the sovereign State of New York surren-
dering to any combination of other States, we
would say NEVER Were it indeed n question OF
the honor of New York or of the North, there
would be no such thing seen as ignorant and loaf
ing politicians becoming Colonels, Majors, and
Adjutants, in the army of defense. The real
fighting material of the State would be in arms,
and men of far other military education and
capacity would appear at the head of our forces
"What would you have us DOR A near fu-
ture is about to reply Let the Black Republi-
can hucksters take note of it, Lincoln must de-
clare himself national not sectional-his Cabinet
must become national, or give place to Cabinet
representing the country, and not an accursed mi
nority-or there will not be found for money
any more than for affection, enough of men to
keep Lincoln aud his Administration safe in Wash
ington.
1t is just as we'll to be plain-spoken, and a
great deal better. The sentiment has undergone
prodgious change since the flag epidemic that
ragged some few months ago. We have had to
face realities, instead of silk or bunting. The
gallant Sixty Ninth deepest in the fight al
Bulls Run, and first to rally in the ntrenchments
that protect Washington When in acknowledg
menL of that fact President Lincoln and Secre
tary Seward visited their encampment, and ask
ed if thew would not re enlist, those high off
cials no doubt remember the reply they receiv
ed-not the pretended reply that was telegraphed
to the papers, but the scorehing words that was
addressed to them by the gallant officer who wa:
requested by others to reply for the regiment.
1t is utterly idle to deal in justification Con
gress may increase the nominal pay of the sol
diers. and trust to General Starvation to turn re
cruiting sergeant for the army of the North, bu
IL uiH not do We must know That re ar
fighting for, If it be to destroy the domestic In
stitutions of the South. and to turn loose upor
the country horde of negroes utterly unfit fo
liberty, then Major General Greeley, with hisdea
friend, Henry j. Raymond. of the running Brig
ade, and the rest of the abctionists, must do th'
fighting. Loyal Americana, who love the ole
Constitution of the United States, will do nothing
of the kind. If it be to set at defiance the mos
sacred and permanent branch OF the United State
Government the Judiciary, and 70 annul the mos
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21

ing defeat could have come upon US. with troops
as brave and patriotic as our noble volunteers,
had they been efficiently oficered and properly
cared for.
8. That the privilege of the writ of ha6eds
corpus is one of the great bulwarks of freedom,
and that no citizen can be legally deprived of the
benefit thereof except by Congress. and then only
in case of rebellion or invasion when the public
safety NAV require it.
10. That the present administration has all our
sympathy and support in all its constitutional
and legal acts in endeavoring to suppress the re-
bellion. But whereas, and in so far as il NAV
have for its objects, in the prosecution of the
destruction of the institutions of the South, or
an unwarrantable interference with the institution
of slavery, we are most decidedly and emphat-
ically opposed to it.
ii. That We regard free speech, and the right
to fully, freely and temperately discuss all the
acts of the Government, among the most
sacred rights of American citizens. This is a
right which we expect TO enjoy, and it behooves
every citizen to that il is not destroyed either
: through the forms of law, or by attempted vio-
lence.
On motion, the Committee proceeded to the
nomination of Auditor for Alien county, and
there being no opposition, George +. Stinchcomb
nominated by aeclamation.
b. ID. Miner, having received a majority of the
votes cast, was, on motion, declared unanimously
elected the candidate for County Commits
sioner.
On motion, the Chair appointed Central Com
mittee for the ensuing year, as follows:
Charles Z. Sturgis, Chairman; Nelson McLain,
John A. Robson, ID. b. Litchfeld, Jesse Coles,
Morris Cody, W II. Mcdonald.
On motion of |. ID. G. Nelson, it was ordered
that the proceedings of this Convention be signed
by the officers, and published in the Fort Wayne
Sentine,, and that the State Sentinel and Fort
Wayne Times be requested to copy.
After eloquent address by ID. III. Colerick,
Esq, the Convention adjourned sine die, with
three rousing cheers for the Union.
j. L. WORDEN, Chairman.
N. LADIG, =
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21

and a sudden fall But the change was more than
he could bear. He gave way under it, and sought
relief from his troubles in the muddy waters of
the Mississippi. The act, under the circumstan-
ces, cowardly one, for by it wife, tenderly
reared, and an infant daughter were left wholly
unprovided for. But the wife loved him too well
to reproach him, and for his reckless deed she
found thousand excuses in his high spirit and
his noble nature, which were by no means appa-
rent TO common understandings.
Gradually the widow-so faithful to his mem
ory as to deem il fault to love again-began to
know and feel the stings of poverty. Time wore
on. She parted with everything that she could
sell save her bridal present-his pretty trihe, as
YOU call it--when her child, the gentle Annie,
took sick and-I will not dwell on the sad scene
--diedl 1t was to get coffin for little Annie
that the watch was pawned. The poor widow
had never thought of parting with it before, and
she was determined. soon possible. to
deem il and never part with it again. She cer-
tainly would not part with it for any of her own
necessities.
These facts came 10 the knowledge of charit-
ably disposed gentleman, who went quietly around
among his friends and raised means sufficient to
place the WIDOW above the reach of want, at least
for the present She is now the tenant Of a sick
room. The pawn ticket placed in NV hands
with money to relieve the watch and here it is.
Has it not hstoryp
We confessed that it had and thanked our
friend for the touching details of which this item is
composed Verify there are mysteries of the heart
which become connected with the history of com
mon things, and which are undreamed of in the
daily intercourse that characterizes social life
Ner Orleans True Delta.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21
The Confi.on1ion RiII.

The Washington Star, which has strongly sup
ported the war, has the following remarks on the
Act to turn loose the negroes in the Southern
States:
USTINELY othiDg could be
more unfortunate for the cause of the Union as
involved in the current war, than the enactment
of the confiscation bill now before Congress. As
sent back TO the Senate to the House, il seems TO
amount TO a scheme to take any and every mans
negroes from him, who choose to fancy 20 be
turned loose on society. Or, in other words, to a
virtual proclamation on the part of the Govern
ment that the end and the aim of the war is TO
abolish slavery throughout the South
So far as the hope of ending the contest speed
lily and at a reasonable pecuniary cost, is concern
ed, the enactment of such Law will be eminent
ly disastrous to the Union cause. Were Con
greSs to vote the oligarchy hundred thousand
soldiers and raise. equip and provision them for
a year, the latter would not be much strength
ened for prolonged contest, As by making the
bill in question, law.
More than half the population of the South
stand ready to side actively and earnestly against
the oligarchy, so soon as the United States Grip
pie their power by military means. Had we won
the battle AT Bulls Run instead Of losing il, not
one in ten Of the people of Fairfax. LOudoun
Jefferson, Frederick and Hampshire counties
who failed to follow the retreating Oligarchic ar
my, would have adhered twenty four hours after
wards to the Southern Confederacy With
this bill law, however. the effect will be 10 unite
most of the South as one man against the cause
of the Union, being in reality mere cover
for war for the determination of slavery from
the United States; and 10 engender throughout
the North widespread and embarrassing opposition
to its prosecution with energy likely to bring it
speedily to triumphant issue.
flaa nf fha Cow d
heart and soul, being the cause of the restora-
ton of the Union; and there are millions on mil
lions of the most reliable supporters of the Gov
ernment's war policy, who, with US, deprecate 4
resort on its (the Goyernmcnt's) part to unmista-
kable revolutionary means to checkmale the oil
garchy, as heartily as they deprecate the revolu-
tionary means to which the Oligarchy have re-
sorted to compass the revolutionary ends at which
they aim.
While We do not pretend 10 look TO the Consti-
tuition and laws they now exist, to furnish the
means through which alone the Union may be
restored, in the name of the millions of non
sympathizers with abolitionism now sustaining
the government with might and main, we protest
earnestly against the unnecessary apparent entire
change Of the purpose and character Of the war.
that bids fair TO be involved in the enactment of
the bill in question, as amended by the House.
The Government may get volunteers without
limit as to numbers, and money without stint, with
which to fight for the restoration of the Union
but not apparently to work out the mere purpose
of abolitionism
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21
SrIettr0 stllsteIlaap.
From the New York Herald.
Beecher ON the Slain in battle.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has just taken his
vacation till September, and his congregation may
do the best it can for spiritual food during the in
terval. On taking leave, he preached sermon
on the killed in the recent battle. The following
is an extract:
'More than one half of the human race die in
the cradle. More than one half of the other half
die before old age. Sudden death is not most to
be feared or dreaded. The most painful and the
slowest road to heaven is by disease. Looking at
it in its just view, commend me to sudden death
death by the lightning stroke, by the whistling
ball. To be sure, with sudden death there is a
violent shock; but a translation to pass through
the golden doors of heaven, violent deaths are to
be desired. For me. let Gods will be done; let
me die when and where He pIeases; but with my
WILL not with the long vacation furnished By sick
ness and disease, my body pirched with fever my
blood drying up, my brain stagnant, to go crawl
ing and creeping out of life, but rather in full
manhood and life full of vigor"
IL is very evident that the reverend gladiator
mstOok his profession, and that he ought to be
leading brigade. Instead of minister of peace,
he ought to be a man of war. He thinks the best
way a man can die is, not by disease; but by a
sudden death from ''whistling ball" 1t was,
no doubt, for this reason that in the Kansas
troubles he recommended Sharpe's rifles as better
medicine for soul and body than the Bible. Yet
it is remarkable that, like General Greeley, he
keeps out of the way of the whistling bullets,
which they think excellent music for other mems
ears Why did he not accompany the 9reat
Army to battle. even as Chaplain, if in other
wayI If Mr. Beecher's doctrine be sound, then
the PRAYER in the Liturgy of the Episcopal Church.
which deprecates 'sudden death" must be all
wrong, and men ought to commit suicide, if they
cannot find death in any other form. "Violent
delfhs" he says, "are to be desired" The worst
of this plan would be that it would soon bring
the human species to an end. Thus do the
fanatical clergy, cutting adrift from common
sense, run war and all other things into the
ground.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21
Loan OFFICE windows--Last PIeage.

Loan offces-uulgO, pawn brokers' shops, -
are peculiar Institutions, and not of the South
only, but of all civilized countries We like to
look into their windows occasionally, for i'm them
we can read as in an open book, strange secrets
ofmisfortune and improvidepce. The true history
of a pawn-brokers' shop would be peculiarly in
teresting. Every article that finds its way there
has its own history-some of them written with
tears and some with blood.
"a pretty trille," we observed few days ago,
a kind hearted gentleman showed us lady 3
watch which bad just been redeemed with part of
the proceeds of charity fund raised for the ben
eft of widow
Would you like to know its historyf" he in
quired.
"Yes," was our answer. "if it has history
"Indeed il has, said he, and thereupon he pro-
ceeded to tell us the following story:
Mrs c., though now poor, very poor, was
once rich. That watch was bridal gift TO her
from loving husband, and she prizes it highly.
not so much for its intrinsic value as for the as
sociatons with which it is connected.
"How her husband was reduced from wealth to
poverty, and how he struggled against misfortune
need not here be repeated. His experience was
like that Of thousands of others brilliant rise
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21
Eccentric Hospitality.

During the American war of 1872 soldier
who had been wounded and honorably discharged
veing destitute and benighted, knocked at the
door of an Irish farmer, when the following dia-
| logue ensued:
! Patrick-And who the divil are YOU, now?
SOldier-My name is John Wilson.
Pat-And where the divil are you going from
John Wilson?
! Sol.-From the American Army at Erie sir
! Pat-And what do you want here?
/ Sol.-Wil you permit me to spread my blan-
ket on your floor and sleep to night?
Pat.-Divil take me if do, John Wilson.
/ Sol.-On your kitchen floor?
Pat.-Not l, by the Hill O. Howth.
Sol.-In your stable then?
] Pat.-I'll be be hanged if do that, either.
SOl.-l'm dying with hunger, give me but
bone and crust; ask no more?
! Pat.-Divil blow, me if ] do sir.
SOl.-Give me some water to quench my thirst,
4 beg of you?
/ Pat-Beg and be hanged, I'll do no such
thing.
SOIL have been fighting to secure the bless
ngs you enjoy Ran you so inhospitably reject
me from your home?
! Pat-Reiect your who the divil talked word
about rejecting YOU. Maybe | am not the sour
vey spapeen you take me to be, John Wilson
/ You asked me to let you lie on the floor, my
kitchen floor. or my stable; now, by the powers,
VI We JHlnk VI let perfect otfaIlgeF 40 Jnat when
Iye dozen soft beds all empty? No, by the
| Hill o. HOwth, John, that won't. In the second
place you told me you were dying with hunger,
and wanted bone and crust TO eat; now, hon.
ey, dye think I'd feed hungry man on bones
and crusts, when my yard is full of fat puets,
and turkeys and pigs? No, by the powers, not
I j. that's fiat. In the third place you asked me
for some simple water to quench your thirst now
as my water is none of the best, / never give it
to poor traveller without mixing it with plenty
of wine or something else wholesome and cool
! ing. Come into my house, my honey; divil blow
me but you shall sleep in the best feather bed |
have; you shall have the best supper and break
fast my farm can supply, which, thank Heaven,
is none of the worst; you shall drink as much as
you choose, provided you mix it with plenty Of
good wine, and provided also you preferit Come
in, my hearty, come in, and feel yourself at
home. 1t shall never be said that Patrick o.
Flaherty treated scurvily who had been
fighting for the dear country which gave him a
free room.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21
qoetrg.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
birdie.

/ awoke one morning in midwinter time,
And thought I'd awak'd in another cline:
For the ground which was bare the night before,
And as black and hard iron ore,
Had disappeared-could be seen no more,
And now as far as the eye could go,
Lay vast expanse of new fallen snow,
My pulses bounded with rapturous flow,
And my heart with pleasure was all aglow
At winters trst poetic effusion.
(For the cold and gloom have thought its prose !;
While the soft white snow in its pure repose;
The pearly fringing along the caves,
And the delicate work which the Frost king
weaves,
Are, l take it, its pOetry.)
Twas day of rare beauty, and proved yet more
blest,
A tiny, rosy, lovely thing,
Came with the snowfiakes on angel wing,
And we called her our "Snowbird''
The winter passed, and it was not long
Ere our birdlng's voice tuned to song,
Our slumbers were broken at dawn of day,
BY the carong sweet of her matn lay,
And then she became our Lark"
So some sped onward, and she grew apace,
Learning to warbIe with rarsst grace,
All of our simple household songs,
And of Others she heard u countless thrung
Then we termed her Mockng Bird
She did not act us other birds do,
Flying away when the summer was through;
But she staid in the winter so dull and drear,
Our homes to brighten-our hearts to cheer;
And then she Canary"
And when her young heart began to expand,
Taking in all OF the household band,
With love SO innocent, deep and pure,
OF lifelong duration, constant and sure,
Oh. then she was our sweet Dove"
/ have prov'n, think, her inaienable claim,
To this sweetest and dearest of baby names,
Even the patter of her little feet,
As she runs down the walk her papa to meet,
There is one more title she has not claimed:
(Our hearts grow faint whene er 1t is named.)
She has become to all so very dear,
There sometimes comes Ger us a sick ming fear,
Lest she should grow weary of earthly things,
Should unfold TO our vision some hidden wings;
And, leaving our nest all dark and drear,
Soar away to another, purer sphere
A Bird of Paradise"
Indianapolis, 1861. S. NJ. H.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-21
WHOLE NO. l,154.

the stars, it must, ike the vapors Of the earth,
pass away. Milton has lkened the early contests
of the Heptarchy to the skirmishes of the crows
and kites; but God and the exalted Christianity
of the future shall regard all the bloody fueds of
men in the same likeness; and Napoleon and Al
ander, so tar as they were engaged in war, shall
seem 10 be monster crows and kites. Thus shall
it be, mankind ascend from the thrall of bru-
tish passions by which they are vet degraded.
Nobler aims, by nobler means, shall gil the soul.
A new standard of excellence shall prevail; and
honor divorced from all deeds of blood, shall be
come the inseparable attendant Of good works
alone Far better, then shall it be- even In the
judgment of this world, to have been doorkeep-
er in the house Of Peace, than the proudeSt dwell
Ter i'm the tents of War