The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-10
THE GATE CITY.
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MONDAY, ARCH 10.


rebel prisoners Is entirely destitute of ed
ucation and wofully ignorant, deluded and
prejudiced upon al matters relating to
the Nsrth and Northern people. The
Yankees, whom they detest are conceived
by these ignorant creatures to be horrible
monsters, with little of ordinary human
characteristics. Aud these with the Ger
mans and negroes all included in the term
abolitionist, the vilest of all creatures in
the eyes Of The. masses Of the South, are
supposed to constitute our armies. And
they are taught to believe that they viii
receive no mercy from our troops, but will
be subjected to nameless humiliation and
torture, to be terminated only by = linger.
ing or horrid death.
It might BE- hoped that intercourse With
our troops in the South would correct the
false impressions and mitigate the bitter
prejudices Of the rebels But the expert
ence and observation of our troops In
Missouri do not seem to justify any such
expectations. for, to al outward seeming,
the notions Of the rebels Of Missouri are
just as erroneous and their prejudices and
hatred just as unreasonable and intense
now rs they were on the first entrance Of
the troops upon that SACRED SOIL
The only remedy for this, is the eman-
eipation of the slaves and the establish.
ment and support Of Common Schools for
the whites. This, Of course, would be
very offensive to our conservative neigh
bors who look upon slavery - wrong and
great evil, both to blacks and whites,''
but whose denunciations are oil reserved
for the opponents Of this great wrong and
unmitigated evil. Still We cannot SEQ
how any man Of ordinary common sense
and average humanity can object to the
adoption Of the Presidents recommends
ton, both BY Congress and the Border
States. Emancipation, relief for the slave
and the freeman from the crushing weight
OF this dreadful evil. presents the only
hope of the salvation of the Border
States, and the sooner it come. the better
for them and the country
SCOUTING.
Company A, Capt. Mcqueen, of the
First Iowa Cavalry returned to Sedalia
on the LIST Of March from two days
scout, during which they took and brought
In some twenty prisoners, among Them
some important and notorious ring. leaders.
One OF these was pestiverous secessionist
named Claycomb, who had eluded all at.
tsnpts made by..Fremont and others too
catch him. But Capt. Mcqueen was to
sharp for him. Arriving within mile
Of the rebels house, the Captain directed
his boys to leave their horses in the
woods, and go to the house on foot. They
got there about 4 o'clock in the morning
and caught the fellow. He was very sick
Just then, and could not possibly get out
Of bed. He played "possum" 80 well thal
Capt. Mcqueen was about leaving him
but suspecting something wrong he wen
back and requested his prisoner to ris,
and 80 With him. The Captain had tx.
Of Claycomb's horses hitched to his sprin,
wagon, made him bed Of hay and pu
him in. Then the wife and daughte
piteously, tried to get into the wagon, an,
followed on foot for half mile. Tn,
Captains feelings were much moved;
was hard for him to resistthe entreaties O
the women. But he persevered, and ha,
the qualification Of seeing his prisoner RI
stored to perfect health after riding abou
four miles, and from that on to Sedalis
seme forty miles, be Was o. lively Us OH
other man.
The company was out two days and ~
nights on this scout, and had no sleep z,
cept what they could catch ON horseback
or while the horses were eating. III
boys have learned to sleep while ridin,
and from long pnctics in this way the
cas even sleep on y pole or on fent
when the ground is wet, which is yer
convenient, you know. OF course tho
90 a-nod-nod -nodding sometimes, AZ
their somnolent motions are graceful.
On the Sd Of March, Company A -
under marching orders for smother SEQ
with ten days rations. If We hear tn
they caught Gen. Frost and his me
then We will know where they went TO-.
They had four cannon, and Eve comr
nias of the Rth Tov. inf.ntr~ -;4h ~.