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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11

Jeremiah Clemens, ex .Senator from Ala
bama. has written letter to friend since
the secession Of his State, expressing dolor-
Gus forebodings Of the.results Of revolution.
La the Secessio On G Convention, before the adop-
ton or the ordinances, Mr.. Clemens warned
his COLES CUES that tho act they were about
to commit was treason, and that, ii unsuc-
cessful, Il would ject them to oil the pains
and penalties OK thai highest OF I'll political
crimes. lie announced shat he voted for tho
ordinance under solemn protest. La his let
ter he INDUCES in these mournful reflections
after the deed il done:
Ivy --e ont: we hive bid alden to the
stars and stripes, AND abandoned the high
privilege OF calling ourselves American cti-
seus. am not ashamed 70 confess that |
could not restrain my tears when the old
banner which have followed through 90
MANY dangers VAS torn down, and the Dag OF
Alabama was raised in It's place; cannot
restrain ,hcm now when am writing; but
the deed 10 done--a new era has dAwned,
and all that can promise il that no effort
shall be spared on my part to prevent II from
becoming an era Of Disgrace. II We were
not already involved 10 war Ne soon will
be. There IL 10 hope OF peace, and bic il
but little better than mailman who dreams
OF 4 long exemption from invasion. shall
meet ii when il comes as soldier should,
and fight through it as long as hope re-
mains; when everything is lost, a. fear n
may be, unless wiser counsels should prevail
than those which have heretofore directed
~, shall drag my body 70 tho nearest bat
tic. field, and lay down = lifo which has los.
it, value.o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11

n II u ~ HEIV01 UWUs
Bio SPRINGS, Kansas,
fan IN 1871

Bio SPRINGS, Kansas,
Jan. 80, 1861.
@. F. CoSs, ESQ.,, Keokuk, Iowa-Dtar
Sir: Your letter OF the 18th ult. came duly
to hand, inclo.ing draft for proceeds Of COL
lec.ions for ssKansas Relief Fund" in your
CITY.
We are thankful for thi. am cunt Of money
and know that your people have done nobly
for the suffering in Kansas. We do not hope
for an opportunity like surs to repay you !;
but should Iowa ever be in condition to
ask assistance, you may rest assured that
thousands in Kansas viii rally and help you
with grain. money or anything thatwe have.
We are now neighboring States, and Kansas
feels released from Territorial dynasty
that has been nothing hut detriment to our
prosperity from the first.
We have had considerable snow. 1t COM
menced on the l4th and fell to the depth of
I6 inches. Hundreds OF teams were on the
road and were en- route to and from the Re-
lief Depot at Atchison. The suffering on
the road was very severe. was one OF the
teamsters and know how bad it was,-an
almost complete want Of hay and fodder for
cattle, teams gaze out, wagons broke down,
men froze their feet awfuly, whole trains Of
40 OK wagons wallowing through l6 inches
OF snow at the rate Of one mile per hour, and
some Of them going to the southern part OF
the State, $50 miles. We wero seven days
going so miles. fear that many team la
den with meal and -four will scarcely reach
their destination without at least consuming
the entire loads. We are getting some sup
plies of breadssuffs from Atchison, but we
are as yet not able to get sufficient warm
clothing, boots and shoes for our people.
This money sent Us from Keokuk will be
judiciously applied either for clothing or as
the exgencies Of tho times will demand.
With many thanks TO you and yours, We
remain truly,
u IT To~..~~-~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
From New Orleans.

NEW UKLKAN6, FeU. Z.
A motion was introduced in the Conven-
ton to-day to invite all States, except the
New England, to join the Southern Confed-
eracv. /. was ordered to be printed, and
made the special order for Saturday.
At the request of the Convention Collec-
tor Iiasch reported fully in regard to the
New Orleans customs, and also the States
capacity.
The e. s. revenue cutters, McClelland and
Washington, are now in possession Of the
State authorities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
Against tho New Tariff Bill.
Nrw YoRK. Feb.

The Chamber Of Commerce, this P. NJ,
agreed on a protest against the new tariff
bill, on the ground that IL abolishes the
warehouse system, which is intended to pro-
mote foreign commerce; also system Of
double duties; thus auymensing the cost Of
collecting revenue, by exercising depres.
sive influence on foreign commerce, and its
passage, when part Of the Southern States
are not represented, would present serious
obstacle to reconciliation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
MnnfGesI0 from Gov. Letcher.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Z.
Gov. Letcher, OF Va, was on tho floor Of
the House to-day. and vas greeted By mem
bers from both North and South. lie ex-
presses tba opinion that Virginia will accept
no plan Il compromise guaranteeing les.
than the Crit.enden proposition, and adds
that the Vrginia Convention will recommend
secession A. their ultimate action unless this
is complied with.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
Later From Warrington.

ARLINGTON, FeO. B.
Col. Hayne had Lieut.. Hall left this morn
ing for Charleston. They came here to-
gether BY agreement, ard 30 return.
The postmaster Ut Mobile denies to the p.
o. Department that letters passing through
his office have been violated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
the Palmetto EInE aHecognixed.'
al Havana.

The fret attempt u q vessel to enter a
foreign port under he aeg Of the .sInaenen.
dent Republic Of South Carolina, - wasmade
II Havana By y brigantine from Charleston.
Sac sailed in rast he Moro Castle with her
"Paimest5" flag asng aioft. BIT immedi
asets. b; order VI the officer In command If
tie forsrsys, she WAS brought to anchor IN
Der its gant, aud kept there until the flag IL
TIE Tinted States VAS displayed at her mast
hes, when she WAS permitted to proceed M
ss@ s#rh0r. We wonder that they are going
- ~ ia Palmetto dom about. this Outrage
sp5n their aag in foreign port. 1his 10.
s4js saghtIo be avenged tor.h~ifh. A ne..
born nationality cannot Afford ID permit ito
<nL.4mAtic ensign 10 be thus dishonored.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
Dull IN Prospect.

NEW IUkK. CD. D.
A Washington depatcb Gays il il rumored
that Senators johnson and Wiefall arc ar
ranging preliminaries for Q duel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11

The above property has been stored In tho ware
house Of A. Brown fur six months Ind upwards
and il ndared Mt public sale above to satisfy fAa
freight and charges due and unpaid, including
charges for advertising and selling tho same.
Il. Ii. ROCKEFELLER,
Marshal Of the City OF Keokuk.
Keokuk, Feb. I'll, 1861 dltw6t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
DII ~

On Friday, Feb. Sth, 1861, KAxr ELLA, daugh-
tyr IL Daaiai aud Mary j. LIAM, Vt scarlet Fever.
sgsd about . years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11

As it regards my nativity, was born and
raised 10 Wyths county, Virginia, and my
parents we're both natives OF the same State.
have lived 10 East Tennessee for thirty
wears; ant, although am now fifty live
years Of age, | walk erect, have bG few gray
hairs, and look to Be younger than any whis-
Nv drinking, tobacco hewing, profanc-
swearing secessionst in any of the Cotton
States Of fifty years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
MASONIC SUHOOI. or INsTRUC.

A MASONIC SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION win
n be begun at keokuk, 1t clock p. m, on the
10th of February ensuing, aad will continue ~
least three days. The School will be conducted by
Custodians Scorr and GuiLBERr.
Per order, w. d. LANGRIDGE,
Feb. Ill, '6l-w2s Sec'y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
Douglas for the TINT on ~ itis.

Douglas for the linton ~ tits.
Stephen A. Douglas made speech 10 Nof-
folk, Va, in October last, in which Was con.
tanned the following:
Antwer emphdftcaiiy, that it 10 the duty
OF the President OF the United States and oil
in authority under him, TO enforce the lars
offhe United States passed by Congress, and
as the Courts expound them; and l, as 10
duty bound BY my oath and fidelity TO the
Constitution, would do ali in my power TO
aid the Government of the United States 10
maintaining the supremacy of the lava
0gdinsf oil resistance to them, come from
uhdt quarter 1t might.
In other words, think the President Of
the United States should treat all attempts
TO break ZIP the Union By resistance TO its
lars as Old Hickory treated the nullifiers in
1882.
In the Senate OF the United States, q few
days since, MIR. Douglas said:
Iappeal to the people everywhere to rise
in their might and put down the disunon
party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
THE Parsons CREED.

am for my country, and 90 the side Of
the General Government, and 10 every con-
test at sen or on land, fshali rejoice in the
triumph Of the Government troops fighting
under the stars and stripes. Should Ten
nessec 90 out Of the Union, shall continue
to dennunce secessionism, and war against
the storms OF fanaticism at the North, and
the assaults Of demagnguea and traitors at
the South, though their numbers be legion
In all candor, believe that in Southern
Confedcracy the freedom Of speech and Of
the press will be denied, and for the exercise
Of them | will be hung. But, como what
may, through veal or woe, 10 peace or war,
no earthly power shall keep me from denoun-
cling the enemies OF my country, until my
tongue and pen are paralyzed in death! Once
destroyed, this Union can never be recon
structed And, with others. have resolved
that no earthly power shall prevail against
il; TINT it shall be perpetual, a. our fathers
intended it-"one and indivisible, now and
forever" w. 9. BRowsLow,
Ed. Knoxville Wing.
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Not DissoIution. but Kcconstruc-
lion.

Tint thu sympathirers with secession in
the Border States do not look te secession
Is an end, but to Demonstration, il shown
BY the recent address OF the Virginia Con.
gressional delegation to the people of that
State- We quote the concluding rar.-
graph:
We conclude by expressing our solemn
conviction that prompt and decided action
by the people OF Virginia in Convention, vii
AFFORD the surest means, under the Provi.
dence Of God, Of aversing an impending eivi
war, and preserve the hope Of reconstr uctins
Union already dissolved.
J. NJ. Mason, X. ". I. HusrsR, &C., &c.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
Whatthe English Think ~ the .. q.
Ord nance Of Secession.

The London Times closes an able review
OF the secession ordinance Of South Carolina
in The following words:
Without law, without justice, without de-
lay, she 10 treading in the path that leads to
the downfall Of nations and the misery Of
families. The hollowness of her cause is
seen beneath all the pomp Of her labUred de
nuncia'ion, and surely to her, il to my DOM
munsy OF modern days, may be applied the
words OF the Hebrew prophet, "A wonderful
and horrible thing is committed in the land
The prophets prophesy falsely, and my PEG.
PIE love to have il so.n
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
MAMMALS SALE ATAUCrsON

DY virtue Of an Act passed March I'D, 1858,
- L will, on Monday, March 25th, 1861, 1t y
o'clock q. m, at the corner OK johnson and 5th
streets, Ia thecity II Ksokuk, Lac county, Iowa,
sell largs lot Of Flint and Earthsn Ware, viz:
cases, marked m1," containing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
Frank hair ON the Union Ticket.

Frank HAIR ON the Union Ticket.
Frank Blair, Jr., made speech at the
nominating convention held by the uncondi-
tional Union men At St. Louis, from the
brief abstract Of which, in the St. Louis pa
pers, We make the following extract:
lie would like to see this :icket receive
10000 majority 10 this county. Give it that
number aud the State can't 90 out. Such O
majority will be notice to the State and the
world that St. Louis is not going out, and
the State can't 20 out without this city any
more than q man can walk without his head.
For his part, he was not only unwilling TO
go out himself, but would prevent anybody
else from going out. There was q deal Of
sickly sentiment prevailing iust now abou,
coercion and fighting for the Union. Men
stand BY and see their snb. treasures robbed,
the United States property seized and Gag
trampled on, and yet, when it is proposed
70 stop this thing there are some who affect
. horror of coercion. We didn't buy Loui-
sana OF Bonaparte to let those fellows run
of with it. nor did we conquer South Carolina
from the British and Tories to let secession
lists, who, by their avn confession, have been
meditating treason for thirty years, tear her
asunder from the Union.
These secessionists have shown more dis
erection, however, in their frenzy than was to
have been expected. They seized empty
forts and full treasures, instead OF empty
treasures and armed forts. should argue
from this that these fellows are better at
stealing than fighting. | am for maintain
ing the honor OF the aag, the honor Of the
nation, and the integrity Of the Union
throughout all IFS limits. Let the traitors
60 II they wish, we shall be clearer and bet
Ser by the loss; but We will not let them take
away single dust Of the nations soil-not
as much as they can carry away under their
dirty finger nails.
A Voice-WLat abou. Wendell Phillips?
Mr.. Blnir-Well, he's ABOUT on o par with
Yaneey. They are both on the same plat.
form. This question must be met here in
ST. Louis as become patriots. Where do We
find our enemies but IN the Federal othces.-
The ranks Of the Minute men are recruited
from the Custom llouse. There was one
man at Jefferson City who Was born in South
Carolina, and had been transplanset to Mis-
souri, TO propagate treason in our midst
lie urged his friends to 90 hence to work
for the ticket selected by this meeting and
give II not one vote less than 10000 ma.
jority.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ! CO
TI.U~wour rnrrrv Z 6os

rsbnays in
fug stsem
4 las Is Assets o the Comps true
II. ,Comns o seds fol the Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11

SKSArE.-A vote was taken on the Tariff
bill, which stood % to %, but the telegram
does not state which was which. There was
some debate on the novel question Of slavery.
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hrebyce fsd din Ge a
d
ich lis heehyco ntn IN rcd o
10 .
a and
III J CArTELL Q State.
February III,
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ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
III. II. TEN-EYCI

q A r. owA
sTATEMENT COMPANY
On January 1861 BY the
The Capital padhp
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11

tbs DIS NoisEs VALLEY WBIs is published
every Monday atthif Office Ii one OF the oides pa
pers in Iowa, nd hasa widely extended cireuls
tfpn hruug hurt he Fer Muirrr u HEY, Mort Trn
Missouri and Western Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
Congress.

HousE.--In the evening session on the It'll,
Mr.. Corwin gave notice that he would move
TO close the debate week from Friday. Mr..
Davis, Of Md, made glorious Union speech.
On the 9Th, the message OF the President
enclosing bis correspondence with Colonel
Havne, OF S. O., for the surrender OF Fort
Sumter, Was received aHa ordered to be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-11
ASSETS.

Real Estate unincumbored
Money due the Company secured BY
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-08
More GOngss

The Northern papers announce that Major Doubleday
has battery Of rHed seige guns the range OF which
il amos. interminable and the accuracy astonishing
These suppose, Ike the monster guns taken At
Manassas. They escaped the same fate by being With
that prudent Pennsylvania General PATTERSON whom il
Is uOu much the fashion to tecTy. Major Doubleday
hAs been astonishing the Yankee attorney, Banks, by
display OF their marvellous powers. He is whsttins the
appetite Of Awless Rebels who viii be conten
IN these are sith their felOw-gGnts captured at Ma
AAssaS.
Yankee has also been amusing old Abe in Wash.
iagton with machine, which will discharge eight hun
decd shots In hour and With the agency Of one ma
do the work Of battery Of dozen guns. Old Ate
immensely gr.tsed sy the exhibition, called CAbi-
net council, at which /. unanimously resolved that
the Rebels should be sItermnAed in fOrtysght hours.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-08
Appropriate tribute of Thnns..

The following resolutions we're yesterday unanimously
adopted by Congress, and ordered to be published:
R,solp,d Bv the Congress Of the Confederate States
Of America that the thanks Of Congress emuenty
due and are hereby cordially given to General Joseph
T. Johnston and General Gussve 7. Beauregsrd, and to
the officers and troops sEder their command for the
great and signal victory obtained b. them over forces OF
the United States far exceeding them II number in the
battle of the twentysrst of July Manassas snd for
the galntry courage and endurance evinced by them
in protracteG and continuous struggle Of more than
hourI-a victory the great results Of which will be
real I'D in the future Of the war and which
in the judgment Of Congress- entities All VEo contributed
to it. to the gratitude of their country.
Rssolvsd, That the foregoing resolution be made
known in spproprae General Orders by the Generals 10
command to the officers and troops to whom they are
addressed
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-08

The relntegraslou Of the Union N mpoibity, and
the sooner the statesmen of Europe and Of the United
States understand this and appreciate the power Of the
Confederate States to assert physically and morally, and
forever to maintain their Independence and sovereignty,
the sooner they will be mpsed to yield To the necessity
Of securing peace and the restoration Of Affairs TO their
natural condition. This is growing sentiment amongst
conservative men in the North and West outside the
walls Of Washington Persistence In an opposite course
by the Federal Executive and Congress- cannot long be
maintained nor be acquesced in by France and Eng
land for the process would be too exhaustive Of the vital
interests Of the former and too damaging to the com.
merce and manufactures Of the latter.
France and EngGnd cannot remain neutral IN The var,
and the very moment they pass from state Of neura
ty they must assume, by inevitable consequence, one
Of hostility toward the United States the power wsgng
war Of conquest alike in its intent and nature mpoi-
tic unjust aud damaging to the interest Of the world
Lpolitc because impossible of subjugation aud
for refrigeration. Unjust. because opposing the indie
feasible right of people to change their government
and political relations right acknowledged by Eng
land in the case Of the Thirteen Colonies acknow-
lodged by Europe in the Of France, Naples and
Rome. right, indeed old that Of civil govern
ment and without which the change from despotio to
free government could never have been made and with
out which the latter could not be maintained They who
deny these propositions aim at at the ubvsrson Of
civil government for which they would substitute tho
government Of the sword.
That persistence in the by the North must be
damaging to the great commercial and manufacturing in
teress Of the world one think will deny. Ordinary
wars would produce this effect but how much greater
must the disastrous effects be- when trade manufactures
agriculture and navigation p,rayzed and reaction
prevented by the South acting in sedefenoe and hod
leg firmly in its grasp the great material basis upon
which, in great degree, all those interests founded
aud where the paralysis threatens especially to be fatal
TO the cotton manufacturers Of England France Spain
aud the United Ststes'
The crops everywhere beginning to gush forth In
abundance-corn cotton, sugar and the minor products
were never more promising. Never were people more
blessed on this score and they will gratefully offer the
fruits for the support Of the great cause Of freedom and
right in which they engaged The people through
on. the land have an abiding faith In the wisdom Of the
Confederate Congress and in the eminent ability pari
osm and 6rmness Of President Davis bis Cabinet and
Gansrals Our cause must triumph, and such people
deserve that it should
Yours, truly, WIN. II. CHASE.
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THE LINCOLN DESPOrIsN.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Northern pfper, whish has
tt.orgy supported the war sgaitst the South has BE-.
come alarmed at The repeated and aggressive usurpaons
Of the President and thus calls upon the people 70 take
care that they lose not their liberties:
All Who have read that vivid picture Of life In The
dark and feuda ages embodied in the splendid noye Of
Sir Walter Scott, called Ivanhoe, will remember one o,
s most interesting cheftans in the seizure By tho rob-
Der Baron, Front de Bout Of Isaac the Jew Cedric the
Saxon, and the PERSONS in their train bearing them Of
to his castle in the most approved ard holdest style Of
Kidnapping and abduction where DO psrpsrstsd or A.
Aw could sioh them. No writ Of haSsas epss then
known In those dark and barbArous age. Nothing but
force could release them from the clutches Of ths ro,
clad Norman nobb. The peops we're Of ~ nesey Of
as :pe: .S: : y. = ':s.I.s s;sa uRss y - M
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Geo. G. T. BrAUREsiRD, ETC., etc.
COTTON AND THE WAR.

NEw ORLKAN5, July rs. 1881
Hon. j. Norton, Of Florida, Richmond Va:
Ny Dear General-You viii see by the papers that the
letors and insurance Offices Of this city, well as their
constituents the planters in favor of holding back
their crops from market long the and block
ads continues The planters riH burn their cotton IL =
serious invasion Of the cotton should take pacs-
think Il would be well for the Conf derzte Government
to purchase the entire crop Of cotton, aud pay for in
Treasury notes Of denominations Of Eve dollars and up
wards The cotton could be held back ct the pants-
tio1s-the planter receiving from the Government half
the amount Of city storage The staple could thus be
held by the Government at small risk and charge, with
ou the Intervention Of agents ocs holders; and the
treasury notes thus issued would at eater into gen.
sal circulation; the banks well individuals receive
Ing them in payment Of debts aud in the general opera
lions of trade This, for obvious reasons, would be
powerful means for bringing the to cose and the
cotton afterwards sold would be the basis Of redemption
of the treasury notes At all events the universal sen;i
ment is that not bale Of cotton should b, susre to
be sent TO markets outside Of the Confederate Safes
until their sovereignty and independence has been receg-
missed by France Engand SPAIN and the United States
and peace restored upon jus, and honorable lsrnA