The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-21
Occasional Correspondence OF ths Gate CITY,
Little mnC Gone to Trent0n, and
how they take liz al " a h n ri on
Personal Matters.

WAsHSaror, Nov. IL, 1869.
was not little oomforted, going t,
the Avenue on Sunday morning, on learn
ing that Little Mae was just at that tim,
fiuttering around, with his head in bias
ket. The breeze blew strong from III.
North west, and, in short, twas com.
Portable day, refreshing as lemonade in
dog-days. or the army vote in general -
The good feeling here was not universal
but II was we'll nigh SO. | speak adyis
eddy, for visited all the crowded hotels
and heard not so many rs ten complain
ing. The story in the New York Herald
was simply lie made out of whole cloth
In the first place, Mr.. Lincoln is almost
universally popular here Those who like
him least are the very ones who, having
eyes TO see withal. and ears to hear, have
most condemned and despised the young
Napoleon, and have complained Of the
President for not long ago chopping of
his official head These, of course, were
vociferous in their plaudits Of the strate-
gist's retirement to the classic shades of
Trenton, and the pleasant allurements Of
domestic fecility. Those who liked Me.
Clelan liked the President more, or, if
they did not, fears of others taking their
places in The graphic pages Of the Blue
Book kept their mouths Theoretically seal
ed. A few beso,ted fellows with straps
on their shoulders swore about it, and that
was all. Things went on the next day
just as if nothing more had happened than
that some army horse had died and been
buried out Of sight. So it was at Wash
ing'on SO It was in the Army of the Po-
tomac.
The result of the elections is still much
talked about here. 1t is conceded bv
most mon that they will teach the Gov
ernment the absolute necessity of deter
mined, relentless vigor in the prosecution
IF the war. The removal of Mcclellan
md the displacement of Fitz John Por-
er, by fighting Joe Hooker, are indca-
ions worth something as showing the
say the wind blows already. have heard
distinguished conservative admit
hat McGlellan,s delays were the cause of /
aeh results as we have in Illinois and |
sew York, and that Buell. was the man
'ho really defeated us in Ohio and Indi
ma. Perhaps this is not more true than
Is that we were in many instances de-
Gated by our own want of pluck. See
low uncompromising Iowa, Massachusetts,,
Kansas Minnesota and Michigan have
'ome out Illinois might have done as
veil but for the distracting course of such
man as Browning, and tco Ben. Wade
in Ohio might have saved half dozen
more Districts to the Administration in
the buckeye State. The New Jersey Re
publicans always were afraid to claim their
own souls, and can expect, naturally
enough, Waterloo defeats. We needed
both results in the field and courage In
council. The latter alone is what saved
us where we won, though we would have
swept the country like tornado had not
~ many Of our friends been away from
ZONE, 10 save the country, our opponents
'taying back to save their party.
Since | last wrote 10 the Gate City.
ieo. Cowie, Esq, of Iowa, has been pro-
noted from $l4Oo to $1,000 position
n the Treasury Department, and Chas.
4. Page, Esq, from a $1,000 to a sl4oo
'lace in the same Bureau. Mr.. Cowie is
rom Poweshiek County, and was former
y Assistant Secretary of our Iowa House
II Representatives. Mr.. Page used to be
The spicy editor of the Mt. Vernon News
Linn County. Both promotions were
vell deserved. Mr.. Richards, Of your
''ty, has comfortable position in Gov.
Boutwell's Bureau, and is particularly
busy just now. Mr.. Watkins, of Mills
county, has just been appointed to a
Clerkship in the I'd Auditors Office.
Maj. I. II. Sheppard. of the 9th Iowa
Cavalry, is in the City on military bust
,ess
Hon. John A. Kssson is temporarily
'eting as First Assistant Quartermaster
General.
Steward and Mahony were released