The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-06-12
KEOKUK IOWA: THURSDAY, JUNE L. 1862.

able act for the many acts Of kindness /
had rendered. him from his infancy up to
the present, NJ could repay me for all
by changing his name before the act was
perpetrated, all of which with his usual
waywardness he promised Yet he left
with d. o. Roulett, started from home
10 cross ut kemps Ferry to join Price,
and from some cause or other diverged
to the right, went 10 Garnet,'s stayed
three days, forged an order or draft by.
signing my name TO it for forty dollars
more, D. q. Roulett getting the money,
and then left whsrefor know not, having
heard nothing from him since three aays
after leaving Garnetts. /, to BE- hoped
that his future viii exist and terminate
under biiahtof auspices, could pardon
and look over many errors, but crime,
never. d. o. Roulett is probably more
to blame than he is, for II was b3 his
persuasion that the act was perpstrated,
and the money received by him. paid it
to save criminal prosecution but it willbe
thc last; hereafter let the law have its VIC
tim. D. O. Roulett was Of age last
January, ut which time settled with him
and turned over his property 10 him
His habits, since that time, have been very
extnyagant. He assumed the guardian
ship Of his brother, and left him without
clothes or means OF support, and ~ :
mere act Of charity ! have taken him
back, which, in the present state Of the
money market, find somewhat burden,
some. The Legislature last winter passed
law stopping the collection Of debts for
two years, and you may be sure that al
Texans are sufficiently honest and patri-
otic to avail themselves Of it, There is
no money, no dry goods. no groceries, no
virtue nor honesty left; there is not yard
Of domestic calico or summer cloth in the
place. Alexander closed up and will not
risk any more. The Confederate scrip
IL down TO fifty cents on the dollar, and
can not be cashed for that. There il no
sale for land or stock, unless On credit,
20 that the purchaser can lu,n back the
land on your hands when he pieases, and
run off with the stock. All confidence is
lost. ] will not engage in the army; they
are suspicious Of my patriotism and zeal
is the cause, and have good reason to
look with doubt, apathy and contempt
upon them. So far the most worthless
men are the best beloved of the Davis
| have been offered rssi-
ment OF infantry, but would not accept,
and ut the present time / would not en-
gage underany circumstances, hssisg )
knowledge of the material they make their
Generals out of. There in not positively
moral virtue enough among those arogat-
ing to themselves the right to govern, to
sustain Government built on much
purer basis than this possesses. Pride
goeth before destruction and naughty
spirit before fall. go she good book in
forms US. And again, when the wicked
rule the people mourn. The South has
its quantum sufficient of mourning, at
least. All the old secession portion are H.
ready complaining that their xtraordinary
merits have been overlooked. I.tell them
that undoubtedly because old JEFF. has
but one eye and two cars, consequently he
must be SLOWED the privilege of hearing
twice as much 40 he sees; in. other words,
his aatterers must present the claims of
their friends At his levse, aud he hears
and takes their ipsi dirit for fact. How
does the righttake the promotion Of money.
The people Of Texas viii give him higher
promotion BY ten feet, ii they evsr find
him Within its limits. 10 Dixon must
have come from Richmond rather chap
fallen, for he ~ privstes in his company
better qualified than he j. for high Office,
but hs does not seem 10 know it. !,
Your mother and the few OF the family
that are'left arc Is wellas usual. Write
the price Of negroes in Tennessee, Missis-
sippi and Alabama, -
trHopr sffactionate father,
i alEAI.AL CARD.
~. =. -. HICKS,