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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-10-22
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rare as low as BY any other Routel
f. r . = h { -
by This Route Freights can be forwarded with dis.
patch to New ysrk, Boston, Philadelphia baltimore
anu points North, East and Southeast. Merchants
Will find IL to their advantage 10 ship frciphts from
the East BY this route. Over Chatges aud Damages
promptly settled RATES AS LOW AS THE Low.
Es1
U = Ask for Ticketsby way of the Great Wabash
Valley Route and be sure you getthem.
II u Newand Elegant Sleeping Cars are runfrom
Quincyto Lafayette GEO mlcs,l 80 that passengers
can get good nighrsrest, lille pursuin
ney.
IP Baggage Checked from Ksokuk toallimpsr.
tant places, Eastand South.
N. N.H.--Ticketk for Sale at the corner Of
Main aud Second streets.
N. d. MUNSON,
Freight and Ticket Agent
Juue2l-d KEokuk. IONA
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
ACTIVITY OF THE REBELS.

Let us do the rebels Justice. They cx
hibit al energy worthy better cause
They prove themselves endowed with many
of those stern qualities that fit q people
for dominion. Their activity is marvellous.
The clerity with which their movements
are conduc,ed-thc facility with which they
move vast masses of meu between distant
parts-,he combination Of dash and dis
crction that charac,eri their generalship
-extort our wonder, if not our admira-
ton.
Take the history OF the past few weeks
Is it not surprising the work we have ac
complshed They had hardly recovered
from the bruises they had received in the
"seveh days fight" The bulk of their ar
my was holding watch and ward over Gen.
Mcclellan on the Peninsula. They moved
northward travelled faster by laud than
did our forces 10y water met Gen. Pope
on his southern march forced him to
change front ! pursued him with the feet.
ness of bloodhouDds partially turned his
left made dash upon his headquarters,
and bore off his personal effects worried
confused, put him out whipped him in
every encounter turned his retreat into a
rout aud drove our discounted Squadrous
like sheep toward Washington.
Nor did they pause here. Before we
had time TO recove from our confusion aud
chagrin, the Rebels moved rapidly toward
the northwest, crossed the Potomac in
large force, planted the standard of Re.
belliou in Maryland, occupied Frederick
aud :other towns of stragetic Importance,
and made bold dash toward Peunsylva-
MIA. 1t is true, they did not succeed iu the
grand object of their enterprise. 1t is true
they were disappointed in the reception
given them by the MarylanderS. 1t is true
they have been met and repulSed but
where, in the annals Of warfare, have we
seen greater clerity of movement, combined
with more precision and method?
Their stay on this side Of the Potomac
was short but how eventfu ! They were
virtually in the 'enemy's country They
were in measure isolated from their owl
friends,-cut off from their Gown friends
and cut off from the hope of succor Be
tween them and theirs rolled river that
the rains of a single night might render
impossible.
And yet how doggedly they held their
own They seized Harper'S Ferry and cap,
tured its garrison of eleven Thousand men
They met the flower of our army-under
our most cherished leader-fought SO des'
perately that the result was considered
| doubtful at the close of the second day
stealthily abandoned dangerous position
-extricated themselves from what we be
lieved to be an effectual trap-'retreateC
in good order transported most of thei
artillery and stores in safety-planteC
themselves on the opposite bank
This uncommon activity is of couse
proof of their desperation; but it is
proof also of how hard they will die.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
WHOLE NUMBER 667.



A traveller passed along a smooth, level
road, which wound through beautiful farms,
by the side of quiet streams over hill aud
streams, over hill and through dale His
attention was entirely engrossed with The
new and lovely scenes which burst upon his
view, not once thinki-g wither he was
going and the shades Of evening found
guide.
We are travellers and many--maDy,
Ike this person pass along through life.
never thinking Of thelr journeys end, or
stopping to ask the solemn question:
"What are we living for p Are we placed
in this beautiful world merely to pass away
time as we cbhose, not casting a thought Of
the yelled FUTURE way beyond No, in.
deed, we oil have a mission TO perfDim--a
great high and holy work to accomplish
A few glide smoothly adown the stream
Of Lite in fairy barks, enjoying the golden
sunshine, tue fragment breeze, and the
music of each singing bird, and do not try
10 help the poor shipwrcked beings around
them. Oh, what a selfish life How wide
y different from what He intended 1T is
not all of Life to live" As we journey we
should scatter flowers along the pathway,
pIpce cooling drinks in view, arrange
shodowy arbors, that those following may
be regaiued by the sight Of beauties, re.
freshed by cooling drinks, and strengthened
by rest. We can do Mas Are not en-.
couraging smiles and kind, sympnthzng
glances, flowers which bud aud blossom 10
the genial soil of Love aud Hope And
do not gentle words often refresh the heart
Of the sad and despairing, even like
cooling druk to the weary heated traveller?
And do not acts of kindness aud deeds of
mercy strengthen US all
mot mighty deeds make up the sum
OF happiness below,
But little acts of kindness,
Which any child may show"
We may think it but little we can do to
make the world wiser or better, but
who can tell the influence OF kind deeds
and words
A word of hope was spoken to a poor,
sorrowing one, oil sad and discouraged, and
like ray of sunshine penetrated the de-
sparing heart and looking through the
eafless boughs of shattered hopes she
caught glimpse of blue sky and shining
stars, and thankfully joyfullY, a hymn of
thanksgiving und praise assembled on high
from lips used to murmur and complain.
The influences of word may be felt for
ages, aye, through all eternity.
"Oh, thoughts at random cast,
We were but little at the first,
But mighty at the last"
, Let us, then with hopeful hearts, aud
8 calm earnest souls. pass on through Life
trying at all times to do good, leaving the
result in the hands of Him who ''doeth all
things we'll"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
THE CROWDED STREET
ny BRYANT.

BRYANT.
Let me move slowly through the street,
Filled with ever shifting train,
Amid the sound OF steps that beat
The murmuring walks like autumn rain.
How fast the fitting figures come
The mild, the fierce, the stony face
Some bright with thoughtless smiles, nd some
Where secret tears have left their trace.
They pass TO toll, to strife, to rest
To halls in which the feast is spread
To chambers where the funeral gusst
In silence sits beside the dead.
And some to happy homes repair,
Where children, pressing cheek 10 cheek,
With mute caresses shall declare
The tenderness they cannot speak.
And some who walk in calmness here,
Shall shudder as they reach the door
Where one who made their dwelling dear
Its flower, its light, is seen no more.
Youth, with pale cheek and slender frame,
And dreams of greatness in thine eye
Cost thou to build an early name,
Or early in the task to die !
Keen son of trade, with eager brow
Who is now futtering 10 thy snare
Thy golden fortunes--tower they now,
Or melt the glittering spires in air 7
Who of this crowd, tonight shall tread
The dance, till daylight CLEAN again
Who sorrow o'er'the untimely dead I
Who wiithe in throes of mortal pain .
Some, famine-struck, shall think how long
The cold, dark hOur-how slow the light
And some who tiaunt amid the throng,
Shall hide 10 dens Of shame tonight
Each. where his tasks or pleasures call,
They pass, and heed each other not
There Is who heeds, who holds them all
In his large love and boundless thought.
These struggling tides of life that seem
In wayward, aimless course 10 tend,
Are eddies to the mighty stream
That rolls to its appointed end.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
Horrors Of the Indian MassScres In Min.
nesOta.

The message of Gov. RAMSEY, Of Minnesota,
TO the Legislature contains the following pas
sage describing the late 6endish atrocities of
the indians
Nothing which the brutal lust and wan
ton cruelty of these savages could wreak
upon their helpless and innocent victims,
was omitted from the category OF their
crimes, HelpleSsness aud innocence, in
deed, which move pity in any breast but
theirs, seemed to inspire them only with a
more 6endish rage Infants hewn into
bloody chips of ae b, or nailed alive to
door,posts to linger out their life in mort al
agony, or torn untimely from the womb of
the murdered mother, and in cruel mockery
cast in fragments on her pulseess aud bleed
ing breast rape joined to murder 10 one
awful tragedy young girls, even children
of tender years, outraged by brutal raylsh'
| ers till death ended their shame aud sui
fering women 10 captivity TO undergo the
horrors of living death whole families
burued alive and as If their devilish fury
could not glut itself sitn outrages on th'
living, its last efforts exhausted in mutilat
ing the bodies of The dead such are thu
spectacles, aud thousand nameless hor
rors besides, which their FIRST experience
of Indian war has burned in 10 the brain
aud hearts of our frontier people ans
such the enemy with whom We have l.
Ideal.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
An IRipossibiIity.

Who does not see thai this is impossible {?
The Union can never be restored as it was.
The rebels are fighting for an aristoeracy,
or monarchy. at the basis of which slavery
is to stand immutable aud eternal. They
hate equal rights, aud hate the North be-
cause democratic ideas are prevalent amoug
the Northern people. They have no af,
lection for a republie, no sympathy with
labor, no tolerance of poor mans iude-
pendenee. If, then, they are conquered,
these notions Of theirs must be resisted, and
supplanted by democratic ideas. To res.
tore the Union, with slavery in il, sill in
| tolerant of restraint. naughty, imperious
domincering, IL IS TO be beaten ia The contest.
| care not what may be the fortunes of the
field, unless slavery receives its death-blow
in this war. The rebels iriH claim thai they
hare been rict0riOus and no man can denv
their eiaim, This is what they fought for.
so they have repeatedly aud in terms de.
clared, and this they will have saved I'M
harmed. Even If they should not obtain
the form of separate government, they would
secnre the spirit aud faith Of what they
had contended for. And we, .the patriotic
and democratic forces of the free North,
filed with the sublime inspirations of liber-
ty, justice. and the Constitution, shall have
bed and aud died in vain. CAalain .Jtlmes.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
Naturally Hard to Tell the Truth.

Timothy Titcomb has q scalpel and he
thus dissects men on the subject of truth
telling IL have known eminent men who
had not the power to state fact, in it
whole volume and outline, because, first
they could not comprehend it perfectly,
aud second because, their power of ex
preston was limited The lenses by hich
they apprehended their facts were not
adjusted properly, so they saw everything
with blur Defuite outline, clearly cut
edges, exact apprehension of volume and
weight, nice measurement Of relations, were
matters outside Of their observation and
exper ence. They had broad minds, but
bunging and their language was no
better than their apprehensiouS- usually it
was worse, because language is rarely as
definite as apprehension. Men rarely do
their work to suit them, because their tools
are imperfect. There are men in all com.
muuilies who are believed 10 be honest,
yet whose word is never authority upon
any slhjcct. There is flaw or warp
somewhere in their perceptions, which
prevents them from receiving truthful i'm.
presions. Everything comes TO them dis
torlei, as natural objects are distorted by
reaching the eye through wrinkled window.
glass Some are able to apprehend fact
anl state it correctly, if it have no direct
relation to themselves but the moment
their personality, or their personal interest
it involved, the fact assumes false proper,
tions aud false colors. l know physician
whose patients are always alarmingIY sick
when he is first called to them. AS they
usually get well, am bound to believe that
he is a good physician but | am not
bound % believe that they are all as sick
ut the beginning as be supposeS them to
be- The first violent symptoms operate
apon his Imagination and excite bis fear,
aud his opinion as to the degree of dan
ger attaching to the diseases Of his patients
is not worth half SO much as that of any
sensible old nurse. In fact, nobody thinks
of talking it at all and those who know
him, and who hear his sad representation:
of the condition Of his patients, show equal
dstrust of his word and faith in his skill
by taking it for granted that they ure in a
fair way TO get well.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
Revenue stamps.

On and after the 6rst of Oetober tho
Tax Law required that stamps shall be
put upon every Agreement or Contract
Bank Check or Sight Draft exceeding
twenty dollars, Bills of Exchange, (for.
eign, Bills of Lading Express Recent
Certificate Of Stock, Profit, Damage OF
Deposit. Charter Party, Contract or Bro
ker's Note or Memorandum of sale, Con
veyance, Telegrsphic Dispatch EItry oI
Goods, Fire, Marine, and Life Insurance
Policy, Lease, Manifest, Mortgage, Pas
senger Tichcts to foreign countries, Power
Of Attorney, Wills, Protest, Warehouse
Receipt Writ, Summon or other process
emanting frt IN a higher Court than that oi
Justice Court, Package of Medicines or
Perfumery and Playing Cards.
The value of the Stamps varies accord
ing TO the instruments for which it is intend
ed and The value thereof, RAINING from one
cent to twenty dollars.
The penalty for signing and using any of
the above documents without affixing a
stamp isa Gue Of 6fty dollars.
The penalty for accepting a bill of ex.
change without stamp being affixed there.
to, is fine of two hundred dollars.
The penalty for negotiating any check
draft or bills of exchange without stamp
being affixed thereto, is fine Of one hun
dred dollars
The stamps arc to be cancelled by the
party signing the documents, by writing bis
initials across the face of the stamp, and
the date when signed
The penalty for not cancelling q stamp
when used, is fftY dollars.
All the above described documents issued
and signed after the first of next October,
will be void and Of no effect, unless the
proper stamp is affixed
These stamps will be kept for sale at
the Posofice as soon as they are received.
They are expected to be issued by the
TraAury department sometime this week.
Our Postmaster will issue pamphlet
to morrow containing the part CT the Tax
law referring to the stamps, and full tar.
if of he rates, which will be supplied gratn.
itousIy to the public Parties abroad wish.
ing copy Of this pamphlet, can be sup
piled by mail by enclosing penny stamp
to prepay the postage
All orders by mail for stamps, accompanied
by the cash, will be promptly attended to,
10y addressing L. CoWLEs, p. NJ, Cleve
laud, o aud enclosing stamps to pre- pay
postage on the package sent by mail
Specie, Treasury Notes, Bankable Cur
rency or Postage Stamps received in pay
ment.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
A Novel Rat Trap.
From the Sunday Times.


Take mackrel, barrel, for instance, and
fill it to about one third its hight with
water. Then place log endwise in the
water sc that one end of it will just remain
above the surface Make the head of the
barrel little too small 10 fit, and suspend
it By two pins to the inside of the top of
the barrel, so it will hang as ic on pivot.
and easily tip by touching on either side.
On this head, thus suspended, secure piece
of Savory meat.
The first rat that scents it will to get the
meat, leap on the barrel head. The head
will tip, or tilt, and precipitate him into
the water, aud resume lis former position.
The rat in the water will swim to the logs
get on the end it, and squeal vicifero 40
y. His cries will bring other rats, all of
whom will be tilted into the water. and
all of whom will fight for the only spot in
it-viz the end of the log. AS only one
rat can hold it, the victor will drown ell.
the rest, and can in the morning be drown
ed himself We have seen twenty rats
caught in one night by such trick
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

PUTF BALLS AS FooD Few persons are
aware what good, delicately favored, us
we'll as wholesome dish. they neglect in the
common put ball. The large ones taken
In the fresh growing state aud cut into slices
ana friend, as Badbsm recommends in egg
aud bread crumbs. have the favor of rich,
light omelette. have no apprehDnsions what
ever as TO its being the right
kind or not, as all the fungi Of the Lycoper
dan class, which are Of spherical form anC
have no stalk, are perfectly innocuous.
London Gardners' CArOniels
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

A SCENE IN WA,HINGToN. - Yesterday
witnessed rich scene ON the avenue short
distance west of the Capital. Some fifty
secesh prisoners were on their way 10 the
Old Capital building, and about the same
number of 'coltrabauds' were slowly weud'
Ing their way in the opposite direction to
enter the service of Uncle Sam AS the
two columns met one of the butlernut
gentry discovered his old trusty slave Caesar
in the line, with an enormous bundle elevated
on the top of bis head. He accosted Caesar
with-"Hallo, you id black rascal
You have got here have youy Caesar
recognizing his master as well as bis owr
peculiar situation, instantly unfolded an ex
tenlensiVe supply of worries, and responded
"Yes, massa, is come, when you gwiu
away you told this nigger, dat you's gwin
TO lilo 10 de Capital, aud you see. massa ,da
spected dat you'd want de household
'fects so just fotched em-ya-ya--y,
aud the whole eontraband column joined Il
the chorus, while the rebel master gnashe'
bis teeth with bitter curses and'the slave AM
master separated, perhaps forever;
Wash. Cor
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

y complimented in the following General
Order
HEAD QUARTBRs DEPARTMENT OF rHE ONO
LOUISVILLE, Ky. January 20th, 1852. 5
The @ eneral Commanding takes occasion
to thauk Colonel Garfield and his troops
for their successful campaign against the
rebel forces under Gen. Marshall on the
Big Sandy, and their gallant conduct in
battle. They have overcome formidable
difficulties in the character of the country
and the condition of the roads, aud the
inciemency Of the season aud, without
artillery, have in several engagements, ter
miuatiug with the battle on Mill Geek on
the llth inst, driven the enemy from his
entrenched positions, and forced him back
into the mountains with the loss of large
amount Of baggage and stores, and many
Of his men killed or captured
These services have called into action
the highest qualities Of a soldier-forlitude,
perseverance,. courage.
BY command of General Buell.
JAMES b. Fay, A. A. g., Chief of Staff.
In a few weeks afterwards, he agaiu,
by forced march, surprised and routed
the rebels at Pound GaP--the key between
Virginia aud Kentucky
For these signal services lie was com
misSioned Brigadier General--hs com.
mission bearing date January 10, 1862
Eastern Kentucky having been cleared
out, he was ordered to Nashville. BY rid
ing night aud day from there, he arrived
at Pttsburg Landing on the second day
ui the great battle lie was ordered to the
front with his brigade, aud was witness Of
the fual routing of the rebels.
From that time he labored in Northern
Alabama aud Mississippi, until early in
August last, when he unwillingly yielded
TO a chronic darrhG of three monts' stande
ing, and was ordered, if he wanted to saw
his life, to return home. He reached home
about month since, and by rest, freedom
from care and anxiety, and judicious medi,
cal treatment, he is slowly, but steadily
recovering, and will coon be ready 10 re,
port himself for duty.
Portage County Democrat
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

"SroHEwALL" JACKSON jackson (Stone.
wall) is described us a man Of very peculiar
temper aud habits. lie dresses il the com.
INQUEST manner, wearing no badge that eau
indicate his rank. He lives entirely in the
6eld sharing the half-rations Of his men.
aud disdaining the effeminate luxury Of
house roof and good bed At one Of bis
recent STOPPING places he was induced 70
occupy as his headquarters. but be became
uneasy at such unwoRled comfort. and was
presently found sgain in bis old place
amongst his soldiers. Ills whole baggage ia
Bible aud few maps, and W hen not on the
/ march, be spends bis time reading the for
mer. or lying on the ground studying the
latter, He Is Of intensity religious habits,
and would keem more type Of she on
Puritan soldier, than any man ia eilheI
army.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

Trains do not stop atstatons where the time omitted
. the above tables.
All through Trains going Westward connect at Cleveland
with Trainsfor Toledo Chicago, COWmLus, HcNNGt In
diGHOpOlis, &c.
And all through Trains going Eastward, at Dunkirk
with the Trains EN- Y E. r. r. and at Bu with those
Of N. Y Central and Buffalo N Y City Rail- Dads for Ns
York, Albany, Boston, Niagara Fails, &c, &c.
A. G. HUBBARD Station Agent
CLEVELAND, Nov. 4. 1881.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

NJ G.. DICK, Bookseller, StatiOner and News
Dealer. Also, Dealer In sheet-Music Toys and General
Variety Goods, Main street, AHbtahua, Ohio, 46I
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

prejudice against the Blacks, the completely
of our Northern politics and politicians with
with the slaveholding interest, the mercan.
Tile prejndices, aristocratic traditions Of our
better classes, may post pone the iueyitible
solution Of the great promblem, but cannot
defeat it. 1t is written in the Book Of Ftae
that The conspiracy to extend and perpetu.
the domination Of the Slave Power on this
continent shall be signally defeated, and
aud that from the Lnkes to the Gulf, from
the SHOWS of Minnesota to the orange.
groves Of Florida, this shall be q land ui
Impartial Freedom.
NoTEThe abo'e article was written Just before Mr. Gree
les departure to attend the State Nominating Convention
Syracuse and before the Presidents proclamation was made
known From Syracuse he sends the following teegaphc
dispatch
SYRACUSE, Sept %.
To The INDEPENDENT
Let me add as postscript TO my article,
my heartiest approval of the President's
Proclamation Of Freedom.
HORACE GREELE.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

RANSOM & COBB, Manufacturers aud
Dealers in PlaDed Lumber, Window Sash, Blinds, Door
Mouldings, Fence PeketH, Packing BoHef' 6e &c FAC
esysiand Ohio s64s
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

bears the palm For this brilliant achieve
ment, he and his brave soldiers were warm.
y compimented in the following General
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
Clothing.
Agents.
Manufacturers.

GEORGE WILLARD, Manufacturer OF Sash
Blinds and Doors hand and made to order. Also, Plan
ing Matching etc. done to order in the best possible man
ner. Ashtabula, o. OO5
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

LINUS SAVAGE. Furniture Dealer and Man.
naotuer steam eaabshment NORTH Main rrset near tbs
sass Of Dr. FaFriuston zsh iAbuIs, o, Vi.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04

puoRO 4 BROTHERS, Manufacturers of 4
Dealers " Faaitate of shs hest descriptions and every
rely ALSO general UndertaksIa and fCof
aaa 10 order hain street. North Of south Public square