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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03
From t'niifornia.

FokT kKAkNxT, April /. N
The Pony Express passed hcre q p. M,
with Ualifornia dates 10 suu Goth.
The announcement Of Linooln's Oabinss
gives general satisfaction.
All tho California telegraph lines have con-
solidated ~ one company, and tho now or,
ganiHation undertakes to extend . coed, sab
stantial line eastward TO Salt Lake in the
most expeditions manner possible. They
will strive to complete their lines before the
eastern company extends theirs westward to
Salt Lake TO join the California portion
Mr.. Wade, the general agent OF the eastern
company, who 10 now here, starts for New
York BY to-morrow's steamer, having COM
pleted Ill bis negotiations enthusiastically.
A dispatch from VcsaliA states that some
200 men have passed through that place du-
ring the last three days on their way to the
Case and Mono districts.
SAN Francisco, March 81.
j. A. McDougal Vas declared elected u. s.
Senator by the Legislature in joint session
last evening, receiving Sc Of Ill votes. He
was afterwards awarded the certificate Of
election By tho Governor. Subsequently the
clerks made afidavit OF lis votes being cast.
So, leaving Mr. McDougal one vote short, On
inv estigation ID proposed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

EddyvtIis and Its Reporter.
The Eddyville Reporter 10 tho title Of a
new Republican paper, Of fair appearance and
decided editorial ability, just established BY
J. T. Cook.
We clip the following notice Of the present
business condition Of the thriving town which
now constitutes the western terminus of the
Keokuk and Fort Dcs Moines road:
Our hotels are so crowded with travellers
and persons stopping with them, they Dan
takenc more. OF this we have the knowl
edge OF experience, being unable to obtain
boarding and lodging for ourselves on arri-
wing 10 town. The Railroad nov runs to the
depot grounds in the city. The Western
Stage Company has removed its head quar-.
ters from Ottumwa to this place. Busines
is lively. Our streets are thronged with
teams daily, coming from various points,
either to deliver produce, to trade with our
merchants or TO carry away goods to points
in the adjoining counties. A line OF steam.
boats runs on the Des Moines regularly be-
tween Eddyviilc and Des Moiues city. We
get the daily papers from the East, vet wet
from the press, go that re are never but 4
few hours behind the latest telegrsphic news.
Eddyvlie 10 now ct the head Of trade aud
news. By the way OF this place, all those
doing business in the great Valley OF the
Des Moines as high up ne the Capital Of the
State and west for seventy-fve miles, get
their goods and news the quickest. Az this
Is likely to remain 50 for some tune to come,
those especially interested in this state OF
things, will do well to form permanent bust.
ness connections with this point. Extensive
warehouse and forwarding and commission
facilities are being prepared BY reliable men
here sufficient to meet oil wants of shippers.
Eddyville has ever been the point Of trade
on the Des Moines River. This pre.emi-
nenee 10 now TO be enhanced, and TO continue,
Tor IN the remote prospect Of the railroad
passing here, our trade is still to remain and
to be but slightly Effected by that " hich usu.
ally kills all other towns, for our relations te
the country southwest, West and north wes
OF Us arc such ss to compel the vast trade oil
those rich counties 10 converge upon thi,
point. We say these things in no dispara
g'ng spirit toward any OF our sister towns
Tor these all are prosperous and successful
and have enough to be proud Of, but, as cit
liens OF Eddyville, we, o; course, are graft
fed at Eddyville's prosperity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

SArooLIxo We have received informa-
ton, from SOURCES deserving the fullest 70
hancr, that there are persons now doing busi-
ness IN this city who are making extensive
arrangements to cheat the Federal Govern.
ment out OF its revenue on foreign goods BY
importing them into Savannah, under the
low rates or the free list OF the present OF
the prospective tariff Of tho Southern Con.
feieracy, and smuggling them North, coast
wise and overland, TO compete With the goods
honestly imported BY honest merchants here,
under the higher rates Of the now tariff
which goes into operation on the nrst oil
April. There have been rnmors Of this sort
Heating about among our importers and mcf.
chants FOR several weeks, but We speak no,
upon rumor, but upon distincs knowledge
IN. 7. World.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

dFCouoHs.-The sudden changes OF our
climate are sources Of Pulmonary, Bronchial
and Asthmatic affections. Experience hav-
ing proved that simple remedies often act
speedily and certainly when taken in the car
~ stages of the disease, reoouree should Ut
once be bad TO ssBRowk's BRoNcBIAL 1Ro-
cHxs," or Losenges, let she Gold, Cough, or
Irritation OF the Throat be ever so slight, %
BY thie precaution more serious attack may
be efectually warded of. PUBLIc SPsAKERs
and SINGERS will find them effectual for clear
ing and strengthening the voice. See sd-
vertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03
Appoiname nis.

rs WAsHISoroN, April l.
The PRECEDENT appointed Geo. Little ~
Marshal for North Caroline; David Phillips,
Marshal, and Lawrence Weldon, Attorney for
the Southern District Of Illinois. Also, the
following named Postmssters for Missouri:
P. L. Fay, st. Louis; J. B. Alexandsr, Lex
ington; Allen P. Richardson. Jefferson City;
Chas. L. Miller Hannibal; VIM. L. Pynch-
iron, Independence; Stephen Haslett, KaDsae
City; Jno. L. Beltinger, St. Joseph; also. n.
Smith, Rockford, H.; Chas. II. JudsoD, Free
port, H.; A. Williams, Richmond, Ind; and
Geo. Wilson, Steubenville, Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03
virginia COnvcnsIsn.

KICHN 0ND, April /.
In tho Convention, to-day, Jas. Baker IN
ished his secession speech. Mr.. Treadway
followed, favoriDg a ultimatum by Virginia.
Mr.. Montague commenced ! speech for &C.
cession. Mr.. Southall presented the rssolu.
lions Of the peopis OF AIbemarle county, In
structinR him TO vote for secession. he said
be Vas aware Of change 10 the sentiments
Of the people Of tho county, and ~, whom con.
would shape his course to their views. Res
olutions were presented from Bedford, Ams.
lie and Madison counties in favor Of .imme-
date secession.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

MoNr0onHRY, April l

M0N6OOnkAIs April /.
Active forts ass being made TO finish the
gap OF railroad heDcs 10 Pensacola, to fAcil-
itats thenansportaslon Of troops 70 tho Gull,
and il will BE- completed 10 few days.
Nothing important has been received from
PENSACOLA. Tho supply Of provisions, it 10
believed, is getting short q Fort Pickens.- -
Troops, provisions and ammunition are fow-
Jog into tho Confederate 6satcs. A quantity
Of troops are expected u Montgomery this
week. Tho reported reimbursement OF Fort
Piokens il pronounced By reliable authority
- unfoundsd.
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a new Dab omey..An English Opin-
ION 81 DavlA a. Co.

The London Daily News Of the 9Th inst.
has this sharp criticism Of JEFF Davis 4 Com.
pany:
The Southern agitators have keen sense
OF the Residences Of their position. Az long
~ the excitement OF secession lasted they
were tolerably sure OF their ground. But
now u Is ever, and people are asking what
next; they perceive their danger. For what
have they done? They have, as far as their
acts are worth anything, voluntarily cut OF
their States from tho only connection which
gave them political dignity or credit. Az
long ns they were confounded in the grand
total oil American nationality they shared the
high and noble place which ito vigor, free.
dom, and enlightenment eecured il in the
regard OF the world. All this the South has
lost. 1t has not only isolated itself, but IN
the madness Of fanaticsm has founded its
Constitution on that very social featare which
IL most odious in the eyes Of the civilized
world.
Ii has abused the name OF Republic to Get
op Confederation which men are already
calling New Dahomey, with a Mississippi
repndiator for ito chief, and b and OF pro
fessei duelists, adventures, sharks, and
pubic T'undcrers for ito leaders. Bad as
the South - proved TO be by the fact Of it's
slavery, we may be quite sure that the Wig
falls, Siidels, Yauceys and Berjamins can
not fairly represent either its morality or ito
craftsmanship. These men only condeseend
TO lead the South because they arc not per-
united 50 iead tne north any longer, ana, il
time given them, they will exhaust and
disgust the slave States, Just aerohey have
vearied and Angered the free. Thsif name,
and antecedents are pledge that while they
are at the head Of aHnirs, the career Of tht
Confederacy VIII be one Of turbulence, bad
faith and intrigue or conquest for the exten
sion OF slavery. Their language is that o,
men Who feel that the very principle Of thei
association outs them OF from : noble fl
ture. From being part OF . glorious natiou
they have become joint stock corporatio,
for uphoiding and extending the enrlavemen
OF their fellow man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

The Davenport News states that Judge
Wright OF the Supreme Court has resigned,
and that Gov. kirkwood has appointed Mr..
Williams in his place.
ment. Judge Wrightis detained ct home on
account OF the condition OF another member
Of his family. lie expects to be in Daven-
pert, however, in a few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03
fFr m tho Atlantic Monthly for Marrh.1
HEnERD THE MASK.


II was an old distorted face
An ncouth visage rough and Wild;
Yet from behind, with laughing grace,
Peepad the fresh beauty OF = child.
And so contrasting, fair and bright,
1t made me If my fancy AK
II half earth's wrinkled gtimness might
BIS hut the baby In the mask.
Behind gray hairs and furrowed brow
And withered look that life puts on,
Each. as he wears it, comes to know
How the child hides, and IL not gone.
For, willis the inexorable years
To ca ideBed features At their mould,
Beneath the work Of time and tears
Waits something that will not grow old!
And pain and petulance and care
And wasted hope and sinful stain
Shape the strange guise the soul doth wear,
Till her young life looks forth again.
The b,auty Of his boy hood = smile
What human faith could find 1t now
In yond " man Of grief and guile
A very Cain, with branded brow?
Yet, ovcrlaid and hidden, still
1t lingers-of his life part;
As the scathed pine uron the hill
Holds the young fibrss 1t his heart.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03
The 81. Louis Election.

We learn from the Clerk OF the Packet
that dispatch was received in Quincy at
O'Clock yesterday, stating that Capt. Taylor
was elected Mayor OF ST. Louis by MAORI.
~ Of 5000 over How.
Taylor VAS supported BY the Republican
-aad Jaasaaly and headed \ kind Of half and.
half conditional secession ticket, while How
was supported by the Democrat and News on
IN unconditional Union platform.
tits . triumph Ia behalf OF Governor Claib
Jackson d Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

EYrsCr OF Anxiety ABOUT COLLEGE Hon.
oRs A yCang gentleman graduated at Y le
College FeeeDtly, With white head and
vhisksrs, who entered With auburn locks
and no bssfl. The change took place in one
might, % account Of the anxiety incident to
= bienaial examinasion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

SCHOOL In fIKaT WARD.
kHISS MARIA A. KELLEY will open . Select
WI School In the buildipg now occupied by the
Public Schools 1t the corner Of "a and Concert Its ),
on Monday, April lst, for Session Of IL Weeks.
TKRMS % %;
Payable 1t the middle Of the ssssion. No dsduc.
ton for absence, except on Account Of protractsd
aicknees. fmcb3OdAt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

CO :. J. Chase Of Lockport, New York,
brother Of the Sec'y Of the Treasury, has
been appointed Marshal OF tho Northern
Dietrict OF New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

NOTICE.
r1vHE copArtnsrship heretofore existing between
i J. A. Duncan and Philip Adleta under the
frm name OF J. A. Duncan d Co., IL this day dis
solced by mutual consent. The business will here.
after be continued by ]. A. Duncan, Who IL alone
authorized TO collect oil credits dus the said frm
J. A. DUNCAN.
April i, IHB1-ap2d3t r. AULETA.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

SPRINoTlELD, April /.
The Auditor reports that the Lancaster
Bank has TO-. day given full and ample sccuri-
for I'll ito circulation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03
X go X u X:

THs nxs Morxna VALLEY VINO Ii published
every Monday at this Office, In enc of the oldest
papers In lows, and has widely extended circu-
lstion throu ghcut The Des Moines Valley, North
err Missouri, and Western Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

Connccttcut Election.
HARrSoRD, April l.
The election 10 proceeding quietly, with
indications Of = Republican triumph in the
State.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

A00ESN NJ ENT NOTICE.
THERE viii Be Special Meeting Of the City
Council Of the City Of Keokuk held on w ednes
day, April 10th, 1851. 81 o'clock :. n, for the
purpose Of 1qualising the Assessment List Of the
current year. B. 8. MERRIAM,
Clerk Of the Council Of the City Of Ksckuk.
Keokuk. March -, 1861 DIV
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

16rsat distress prevails amongst the
muslin Wsevsfs il sons parts Of Ulster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03
RasIfted

JACKSON, Miss, March 30.
The Convention to-day ratified tho Consti
tutlon-78 to I.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

And haply round the Eternal Throne,
Heavy ms plying angels shall not ask
For that Last look the world hath known
But for the face behind the mask
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03
EFFECTS OF SECESSION.

Last fall, just when our people began TO feel
confident hopes Of better times, In consequence Of
the large crops raised In the West Secession raised
its Obstructive head and At once blasted all such
hopes. Instead Of sising, the pries Of I'll kinds Of
merchandise went down, which was only the be-
ginniag Of . declining scale, and 81 this time
Duke Barrett are actually selling Boots and
Shoes for less than they cost year ago. And un-
der the influence Of such times they 10th work an
the bench, ~ at once 10 insure good fits, good
work and reduce the expenses and consequently
the prices Of their goods.
They haveths best sclsetion Of raw materials
ever brought this city, and invite oil persona de-
sirous Of having Boots aud Shoes made to esIl and
examine their stock before leaving their orders
elsewhere, 1t the sign II the "Big Boot" No. 81
MAin-st- [nch0dl
AELEUT 1UnO OI..
L. G. HAMILL will commence Select school
LIE In the Third Room Of the Central Bniiding,
on Monday, April lss; for 6ession Of 10 weeks.
TERMS - 90.
No deduction made except IN case Of sickness :
withdrawal. mch2sd3ts
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

Ahssract OF the Mentally ssatGm0nt
or rnK
KEOk UK BRANCH BANKs
i APRIL T. 1891.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

PRIVATE 0CMOOE.
AIRS. L. n. NORTON will opsn : Private 6cho
WI Room, corner Of 18th AMI High-sts., On Mon
day, April LIT, 1861, for . Session OF ten weeks.
TERMS, - 90.
No deduction will BE- made, while pupil Ia .
member Of the school, excspti in Of ptotractsd
illness. Payment weekly, or in three payments.
mch95-d3t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

=. h. HARRISON, Prss't.
NV. McMiLLEx, Cashier.
Apr3dlt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-03

FIGURE FLOUR
quincy CASTLE MILLS xxx FLOUR;
~ Trace Mills Double Extra Flour, for sale b
mehl4d ROBERTSON i BRO.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-10

WHILE the Seventh Regiment was in
Philadelphia, a 6ne old Quaker lady OBJ
serving that one of the band was in a state
of great embarrassment for the lack of a
string with which to secure the mouth of
his bag of provisions observed quietly,
Friend, I would not give thee an imPle-
ment of war, but thee shall have a string to
preserve thy foodn Then she turned part
iv away for an instant, and stopped down,
to unite her shoe, apparently, but when she
rose up she handed to the blushing blower
of brass neat green band, that moment
before had been doing duty as a-a-a-
well, garter.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-10

Advertisements published in both the
Daily and the Weekly JOURNAL will be
charged the full Daily rates, with one half
the Weekly rates added.
Business notices published in the local
columns, will be charged for each insertion
ten cents per line.
Charges will be made for inserting the
notices of the following Orders, Societies
and Associations at the rates named, to be
paid in advance
Military Companies, Order of Odd Eel
lows, Masonic Orders, benevolent Societies
and Singing Societies
For each notice not exceeding 8 lines 25
cents for each insertion; over eight lines at
this rate.
Announcing deaths with funeral notice
attached, ST. without notice, free.
Marriage notices so cents.
Notices of Festivals, Picnics and Excur-
sions, gotten up by individuals or assOcia-
tions, or by churches, at regular prices.
Advertisements loaded and placed under
the head Of Special Notices, if ten lines or
over, will be charged double the usual
rates.
Advertisements making less than three
lines, inserted once in the Daily, will be
charged fifty cents.
Yearly advertisers to pay quarterly.
Announcing candidates of every descrip-
ton TO be charged at the rate of 81 SO for
each name 10 the Daily, and 81 in the Daily
and Weekly, the same to be, in all cases,
paid in advance
EVANSVILLE JOURNAL co.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-10

HAPPY FAMILY.-John and Bridget
Leonard; two little children of eight years
of age, and the youngest representatives of
a remarkable family, were yesterday taken
up in the street by the police, and sent to
the House of Refuge. The family has be-
come notorious for its devotion to the State
service, the father having for an indefinite
period exerted his mechanical skill in the
penitentiary, and the mother hers in the
workhouse. Two older brothers, being too
lazy for labor, took up their residence some
time ago in the Jail The police are at
present engaged in hunting up the remain
ing scions of the family, to prevail upon
them to accept occupations.-.St Louis Rep.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-10
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A Card 10 the Public.

The amount of bodily ard mental misery arising
from neglect Of small complaints, Is incaculable,
and it is therefore Of the utmost Importance that
strict attention to tie least and most triing bodily
ailments should be had for disease of the body in
variably affects the mind. DR., AIOFFATT'S VEG
ETABLE LIFE MEDICINES, in every instance
where they have been thoroughly used, have TRI-
UMPHED OVER DISEASE in almost all its di-
versifed forms. The salutary effects Of the Life
Medicines have, in fact been so universally expe-
rienced, that they have become fully established
the most easy, safe and perfect mode of treatment
ever offered to the pubIic
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-10
Fight Between Texas Rangers and
mexfcams-
Correspondence Of de Picayuae.
C4RIsE, Zapata County, Texas,
Apr;I Is 1861

The first fandango of the campaign came
off this morning, fifteen miles below this
place, between a party of Capt. Mat. No
lan's Rangers and body of Mexicans, who
had armed themselves, and pronounced in
favor of Mexico, and in opposition to the
Confederation. An express reached Fort
Mcintosh on Saturday noon, and at noon
the next day scouting party of twenty
five men were at this place, a distance of
seventy-fve miles; here we rested until
midnight, when we again took the saddle
and reached the rebels camp just as the
day began to break, thus paying them an
unlocked for and unexpected visit Nine
Mexicans were killed in the charge, and
several wounded: the rest made good their
escape in the ehapparel. To the credit of
the Rangers, be it said, although there were
a large number of women and children on
the rancho, none were injured or molested
in any way, nor cents worth of property
carried off. This prompt sort of treatment
on the frontier, will, think, tend to check
this disease in its primary stages.
NrRrTAS
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-10

AUSTRIAN PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.-A
letter from Mantua of the 14th uIt., says ::
The measures taken in the town and fort
ress Mantua are such as precede a formida-
BILE war In the fortifications rifled cannon
have been substituted for the old pieces,
and the ports have been doubled Soldiers
have been placed in the houses and farms in
the suburbs; all the barracks have been
hastily put in repair. More than 200 car
penters are employed in making and repair
ing outer and inner gates, as well as win
dows. 1t is said that the garrison is to be
raised to more than 20, 600 men it already
consists of nine battalions of six companies
of 1876 men each, besides artillerymen, a
field battery, and troops of other arms in
proportion. The whole of the Raineri
regiment is expected, composed Of Germans,
from Saltzburg. Provisions arrive every
day it is said that orders have been given
for the purchase of :, 600 oxen. Nobody
doubts here that the Austrians will begin
the war the only question is whether the
attack will be made on the Po or the Min
clio, or both at once The distribution of
the Austrian forces is still from Mantua to
Peschera, from Pastrengo to Riva, and
further back between Bassono, Vicenza
Montebello, and Verona In a few days
the Austrians could concentrate all their
forces on the Pc. Twelve thousand cannon
balls for field batteries have been taken out
of the arsenal at Mantua and placed on
board two large vessels, which it is said are
destined for Santo Maria, opposite the
bridge of Lagocouro. The great entrench-
ed camp which the Austrians are forming
between Rovigo and Boaro will be consid-
erabIy enlarged. All the preparations
point to a war close at hand. 1t is sought
to disguise the real point of attack, in order
to ensnare US, but hope the Austrians will
find what they don't expect.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-10

Governor betcher of Virginia received,
on Wednesday last, $500 muskets from
Governor Ellis, of North Carolina. They
are a portion of the arms seized by the
North Carolina authorities at the Fayette-
vile Arsenal, which proves one of the rarest
prizes yet captured in the South. Nearly
all the arms seized at Fayetteville were of
the best description.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-10

BEThe Virginia Board of Public Works
have ordered the suspension of all work
upon the railroads of the State. The Board
concluded that TO put any more State bonds
upon the market while they were so per
cent. below par in New York, would be 10
PROSTATE the market for a long time to
come. They also felt it to be their duty to
reserve all the resources and credit of the
State for the exigencies of the war, the end
of which no man can now foresee.