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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-08

~~'S ssa~ SFPsOHasssAVu "
$4,000 for their compensation. The
result thus far shows that IN excess Of
revenue therefrcm over the expenses has
accrued to the amount Of several thous-
and dollars.
The whole number Of Post Offices in
the United States remaining established
on the 3Oth Of June, 1862, was 20. 1856
of which there we're in the loyal States
and districts 1878, and in the insur-
rectionary States and districts there were
5000.
The net increase in the established Of
ices over last year was III. The mum
Der Of GASES acted upon BY the appoint
ment Office during the year was I, 7s5.-
The total hostages accrued on United
States and European mails during the
year amounts TO Sl.I44.O95 Sc, being !
reduction on the amount of the previous
year OF S2l7 $40 SO. Of tho total amount
collected the excess collected in the Uni
ted States was s2l2, 607 Sc, which con-
sn1utes the balances paid to the several
ioreign departments, the cost of exchange
| being betrayed by the United S.a.es.-
ine POSTMASTER densrsl objects 70 this
cost Is inequitable. and proposes. if pos
sible, to retrieve the Department from
this burden.
The Postmaster General has made sps.
cial efforts to retrieve the foreign CORES.
pondence of the country from its com
pieAlty now 80 embarrassing alike 70 cor
respondents and to postal officers. Sep
arate negotiations have been found alto
gcther inadequate to secure simple and
satisfactory arrangements. lie therefore
opened correspondence in August last
through the Department Of State with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-08

ways be for local advantage, and of course
always selfish. Travel from one part Of
the country to the other will always be
embarrassing. restricted By passports, per-
haps. and 1T every few miles in advance
1t will be through sections politically
unfriendly. Confidence in commercial
transactions will depart, for want Of agree
ment in interest, from uncertainty in coll
lections, and the costly necessity Of mp
pealing to foreign tribunals for the re-
covery of debts, for such the courts of the
States would then practically be. In
short, perfect choas would be produced
out OF these fragments of our ruined Re-
public.
"Nor would industry nor even capital
be protected 10 this condition of things
Every State. and every association of
States, -crld Be compelled. for SELF DC
Tense. to commence the construction of
forts on its borders, just ~ We have seen
them constructed already in the States
which have been the scat of war their
capitals would require Notifications, Just
- Washington and Richmond now do;
every pass in the mountains would have
to be guarded, and bristle with artillery;
every navigable river open to the SEA
would require batteries at its month, or
on its clifiss The whole country would
have 10 be trenched 70 protect the states
against each Other. And forts and M.
viss would require hundreds Of Thousands
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13
THE VERY LATEST !

just as we are going to press, the obllging
telegraph operator at this place, Mr.. John
Downer. furnishes us with the following ad
ditional Eastern uews
Marysville, l2th.-Dispatch from Cinein-
natl states that the rebels in force were ad-
vancing,on- that point.
From Maryland we. loarn+ that Mcclellan
has adsanned to within six miles of Pooles'
vile. the rebels falling back before him.
The rebels have entered Pennsylvania. as
reported, Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, has
ardered all able bodied men in Pennsylvania
to be ready for service at an hours notice.
Rebels yesterday were at IIaserstown. Md.
A party of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry rout-
ed a party of rebels near Holly Springs. Ky,
and captured eighty.
Later dates report LOO ,0o0 rehals at Fred
elick City, Md.
There was small fightas Denmark, Tenn.
Rebel loss 100 killed and wounded. They
claim to have taken 200 prisoners,
General Pcpes Official report of his opera
IlONS III ' 1T oOO'i PAb"' ~
blames Fitg John Porter and Gen. Griffin for
not supporting him when in the engagement,
and that he had telegraphed to Mcclellan
for support, and had not received it.
Washington. l0th.-An officer from Pools
vile, arrived yesterday, reports that large
party of Stewards cavalry came down to Ed
wards Ferry with the intention of recrossing
into Virginia, but the attempt was repelled
by the forces under Gen. Keyes. who occu-
pied the place. Tuesday night the rebels re-
treated towards Frederick, with the loss Of
so or 100.
Rockville, Nd, Sth.-Matters have assu
med warlike appearance. The corps Of
Banks and Sumner passed through here last
week. and this morning the commanding
General and his staff arrived. Following
Mcclellan was cavalry, artillery and infan-
try in great numbers, and they are still
coming. The whole army of the Peninsula
seems to bend its march in this direction
MeClellan's presence leads many to suppose
that he may assume the offensive at once
and attack the enemy in the rear.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13
TeIegraphic News.

Some Fate and important news, received by
telegraph from the seat Of war, will be found
on the fourth page of to-day's paper. In
these stirring times men care but little for
detail Results are only looked for. Briefly,
then, il may be said that the result of tie
fighting about the-ffr Of the month, is that
the Federal forces did not for some reason,
perhaps because of inability, check the ad
vance of the rebel hordes into Maryland,
where they now are in force, numbering per-
Laps two hundred thousand men, under COM
mand of jackson. In these fights alluded to
the carnage and slaughter on botL sides were
terrific, preponderating in prisoners and kill
ed against the rebels From such material
as the chopped up, discordant and ambiguous
kilograms which come to hand, it is irapossi--
BILE to give any special description of the bat,
ties This much is clear enough. Efforts
were made to cut off Pope's command from
Ysinforcements and supplies at Washington
city. Befnre it could be accomplished Pope
and Burnside both Withdrew inside of the
lines of defense of Washington. There being
then no opposition, the rebel army, under
jackson, commenced crossing into Maryland
on the 7th and at the time of writing have
taken position on the north bank of the Po
toniac; and now menace from the north both
are set down to The credit of the rebels by
many persons who have certainly shown their
powers of astonishing endurance in the alb
sence Of any solacng victory to the traitor
arms, for long time. We think differently.
OF those who cross the Potomac but few will
ever return, and we firmly believe that they
have been permitted to cross by our troops,
that they may be the more certainly destroy
ed. They have to procure their supplies
from Richmond and the Shenandoah Valley,
and it is perfectly easy to, render that re-
source unreliable, by pushing out small
force beyond Fairfax (look at the map.) The
certain destruction of that whole rebel army
is as good as recorded already. There is one
other consideration. This movement of the
rebels solidifys the loyal States into one vast
eneampment of loyal soldiery. No want of
soldiers now need be felt. The Government
will soon have a million of men in the field.
Nearly that number will go on. their own ac-
count. Guerrilla warfare can be carried on
by one as well as another, and for the first
time in the history Of this contest, the rebels
will feel the weight of the loyal arm. The
great mass of loyal men who
like a long swept wave ABOUT to break,
And on the curl hangs pausing,
will now make the final. fatal swoop. The
people rise with tho tide of the war. upon
which opens q new and more sanguinary
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

IL A QUANDARY-The secesh of Missouri
are in quandary. Both the State and Fed
eral governments have ordered drafts in that
State. Disloyalty exempts person from
the State draft, says an exchange, but not
from the National draft If seeesh escapes
one draft he may not the other. But the
worst is, the secesh fear that if they pro-
claim their disloyalty to avoid the State
draft, the State will mulct them in heavy
fines for their reasonable propensities.-
They are in q bad fix all round
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

Az IMPoRrANT CoNFEssIoN.-A writer in
the Grenada Appeal, who has recently trav-
elcd through Mississippi, makes the follow
ing confession: - To my sorrow. found
numbers Of men, and even some of our no.
aeartensd, saying: We're whipped we're
whipped and some going so far as to in
sinuatetLat it would be best, upon the whole,
eroakers,' continues the writer, g is rapidly
on the increase. Our President and leading
Generals are censured, and our civil ard
military leaders are blamed for not accom-
plishing what is. from the very nature of
the case impossible"
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

BEvENeING MuRDER.-A Nashville cor
respondent writes as follows of the murder
ofGen. McCook, by guerrillas, in Tennessee !;
g At the time of his murdez hs was tray-
cling in an ambulance. and suffering from a
wound, The guerrilla leader ordered the
ambulance TO stop. the assasxins at the same
time surrounding it, fhe vehicle was then
upset, and the sick ofEcer turned into the
road. While ON his knees-helpless, sick
and pleading for quarter-he was fred at by
a rufian and shot through the side. When
the news IF the murder became known
among the camps. the excitement was in.
tense, The Ninth Ohio, McCook's own regi.
ment, on learning of the assassination,
marched back to the scene of the occurrence,
burned every house in the neighborhood and
laid waste the lands. Several mon who
were implicated in the murder were taken
out aud hung to trees by the infuriated sol
diery,"
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13
Latest from the Seat of War.

We condense the following from the Union's
dispatches which bear date the 9th and lotl,
inst. ::
Rebels continue to cross into Maryland,
and rumors are in circulation that some oi
them are now in twenty two miles of Balti-
more, and it is believed that they design at
tacking that place, after they have destroyed
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
A detachment of four hundred rebel caval-
ry attacked the Federal troops at Martins,
burg, Va, but were repulsed with great loss.
About fifty prisoners were taken. How ma,
ny killed is not known. Our loss was slight
Mcclellan, on the 5th, was placed in COM
mand of the armies Of Potomac and Virginia.
1t seems that he still retains the confidence
of the Government. An order was Issued
that the army be provided with three days
rations.
The startling information comes to hand
that Mcdowell has been arrested for treason.
He has demanded Court of Inquiry.
Gen. Mitchell is to take command ID place
of Hunter, who is probably called to service
near the capitol.
All we have learned about New Orleans
being in an unsafe condition is contained in
the announcement that 'the Federals are
perfectly confident of their ability to hold the
city against Breckenridge"
General Pope has been assigned to the
command of the Department of the North
west, to operate against Indians in Minneso-
ia.
The only European news Of Importance is
that Garibafdi has been captured and is now
held prisoner by the kingdom which he
created. 1t is plausible supposition that
this capture will not terminate the difficulties
in Italy.
Clarksville, Tenn, has been captured by
the Federal forces.
The Richmond Examiner of the 9th says
that it the rebel intention to capture Wash
ington city.
jeff. Davis has appointed day of fasting
and prayer.
1t is said that the new Merrimac is a fail
ure.
The Federal forces won q small victory
near Cumberland Gap, and look a General
Aston prisoner.
The rebels have advanced no further than
Frankfort, XIV.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

SArIsFiED.-rhe Nevada Democrat pro-
nounces the position of President Lincoln,
as set down in his recent letter TO Horace
Greely . entirely satisfactory to every enc
who thinks the Union is of more Importance
than the niger The Democrat supported
Stevenson, and was one of the few Union
Democratic papers in this State, that pre-
served its consistency and decency in doing
q.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

HEsrERIAN MAGAzINE.--We welcome no
magazine to our table with more pleasure
than the above monthly. 1t is the duty of
all to give encourag cement to efforts that are
made to create a healthful literature On the
Pacific coast The periodical in question is
filled with we'll written essays, stories and
miscellanes of character which should
make it welcome in every family. To the
ladies, from its fashions, patterns andhints at
housewifery, it is specially valuable.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

A LErrER.-A letter from niece of JEFF
Davis has found its way into the papers, We
give an extract:
ooh, mother, Uncle JEFF. is miserable. He
tries to be cheerful and bear up against such
q continuation of troubles, but, oh fear he
cannot live long enough if he does not get
some rest and quiet. Our reverses distress
him so much. and he is so weak and feehle,
it makes my heart ache to look at him, Va
rina and | had a cry about it to-day" In
another place she says "Uncle JEFF. was
confirmed, last Tuesday, in St. Paul's Church,
by Bishop Johns" And concludes her epis-
tie thus. May God, in his mercy, protect
aud deliver us from the misery and atfietion
which now surround us"
That about his joining the church is good,
He is trying to repudiate the debt he owes
the devil, just as he did the State bonds in
Mississippi few years ago,
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

RELIEF FUND.-We see that in San Fran
cisco, and elsewhere in this State, fnnds are
being raised for the purpose of purchasing
comforts for our sick and wounded soldiers,
and for the relief of their families. Why can
not the people of this vicinity do something
in this good work? If efforts are made.
sum coald be raised in Shasta which would
do great deal of good, Let a start be made
at once
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

THE terms of the following United State
Senators expires on tho fourth of March
next: Latham. California Dixon, Conn. :;
Summer. Mass. Kennedy, Nd. Morrill,,
Me. ; Bayard, Delaware; Wright. Ind. ;
Chandler, Mich. i. Rice, Mimi. King. n.
Y. Thompson, N. j.; Wilmot, Pa; Sim
mons, r. l.. Johnson. Tenn. Foote, Vt;
Wiley, Va. Doolittle. Wis. Wade. Ohio.
Dixon. Morrill,, Summer, Chandler, Sim
mons, Foote, johnson, and Wade will proba-
bly, be returned to their seats.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

II OUGHT TO BE DoNE.-It is said that
Gen. sutter, the noble. hearted pioneer, is in
want, 1t is proposed to raise means for
him. There are thousands of men now veal
thy who owe their rise in life to him and his
assistance. His hand.was open to all in want
in California il early days, and he should
not be forgotteE now.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

A FALLEN NoBLE-A man committed sui.
eide in San Francisco, the other day. who
has followed the occupation, for some time,
of rag picker CT ch.fonier. who was Cor
man Raron Of the Rhine,
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

A TEST PRoPosEp.-Certain Democratic
t?) and semi-secession papers persist in af-
frming that the emancipation of the slaves
Of rebels strengthens tho cause of rebellion,
whereupon the Tribune proposes thus to test
4 point sc If there he single person wsD
hestly doubts that an open. bold, vigor-
Gus, defiant emancipation policy would tend
to strenhthen and to save the Union, let him
test that point by an infallible ordeal. He
can hardly fail to know some one who SYM
pathizes, more or less thoroughly, with the
rebels. Let him enquire aud ascertain acheth'
er this sympattizer with this red handed treas
on farors an emancipation policy, and 'eishes
10 see it adobted. If it is calculated to
strengthen the rebellion, he will want it
adopted if not, not. Readnr if you have
a shadow of doubt in the premises, be good
enough to apply the touchstone.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

tbs LEcIsLATuRE.-The Appeal thinks
that the Union party will haye 81 out of the
40 Senators, and 20 out of the so Assembly,
men in the next Legislature, A wholesome
working majority,
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

TnE Grenada tNiississippi) Appeal says !:
yallandisham, Wood. Pierce and Sey-
mour. of Connecticut, with soEe half doz-
en- other prominen, men, are the only true
friends the South can count up in the North. !"
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

OuR VERY BEsT-We know of . conser
yatiye' paper which. about once in three
months, illuminates its columns with quota
tions from the speeches and letters of Gid
dings. Hale, Radpath and Phillips, delivered
and written from ten to twenty years ago,
to prove that Lincoln to-day is an Abolition
ist. We tender him to Government as Cali
fornia's quoter fer the war.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

LOST An ARx.-Gea. Geary, formerly
Mayor of San Francisco. and nov Briga.
dier in Banks division, was wounded in the
arm at the battle of Cedar Mountain, on the
9th ult., and as consequence the limb was
ampGtated.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

,OLD kENTucKY.-This gallant State is up
and doing. Her Legislature appropriatss
five millions of dollars. to be used by the
Governor to clear the State of she predatory
bands of robbers now attempting to g coerce"
her into Davisdom.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

GREAT YIELD-The Farmer AYERS that j.
E. Stevens, who resides on the bank of the
Feather, near its junction with the Yuba.
sowed wheat on the 18th of April, upon land
which had been overhowed and was covered
o foot OF more with drift sand, and the yield
was seventy.fve bushels per acre and this
was planted late.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

DEATH OF AN EnIroR.-L. A. Holmes, ed
tor of the Mariposa Gazette, died on the
Sth inst, at Stockton. Mr.. Holmes was a
firm, unhinching Union man, a forcible rath-
er than an elegant writer, and true man.
We shall miss his pointed thrusts at disloy-
atty and his kindly, genial humor. He had ve-
ry many friends, who will mourn his death.
Peace be with him.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

WHAT TO WRITE About That's the ques-
ton. says the Sierra Democrat. Elsetios is
over, SWEET hopelessly ahead, and the back
counties coming in worse thaa Fever. We
pity Fitzgerald-h must fsel ery badly,
running so behind, "IfaN uegroes been
taught and classed ON termsds pality in a
public school under the cha<ke ' Mr.. John
Swetts'' That did we'll for an article before
election but it's gone by-va dead issue, )"
We don't see anything going on that's worth
mentioning. Last weeks live things are all
dead--some of thsn very dead. 1t must be
rough on Secessionists. Pity them, some
But if any of them-Linthieam or Gel~ieks,
or any other of them-is at less for some
thing to write about, we'll tell him, in the
language of our army people !" Right about
FACET It's bad year for elections. We're
in favor of all biennial business hereafter
It won't strike so often.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

CLosED-The Mining and Scientific Press
has lately closed its fifth volume, The
Press IL conducted with more than ordinary
ability :. is devoted to the scientific interests
of this coast, and deserves to be well patron
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

W. H. RApGELY has been elected Judge
of the Sixteenth (Hardy's) District, by
unanimous vote. there being no other candi.
date. He is Union Democrat, and is Judge
of that District now by appointment of Gov.
Stanford. The Dixieites made no nomina-
tion DENYING the existence of vacancy.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

The CauRT OF SEssIoss.-This Court ad
journed on last Wednesday, Beyond en-
panneling Grand Jury. no business was
Transacted. The Jury found an indictment
against Hose Franco, alias "Spanish joe"
for murder. We gave last week some of the
particulars of this crime. The County Court
convened on Thursday. There is hut little
business refdre 1t.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

BADLY BeArEx.-Humphry Griffith. who
was the first to wabbie from the Democratic
ranks into secesh, has been beaten just two
hundred votes, in Yolo county. for The posi-
ton Of Assemblvman.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

TREAsURER's REPoRT.-We publish to-day
the Report of our County Treasurer. In the
last six months, or since the lst of March,
the fgce of the county Debt has decreased
s., 1928 y, but no decrease in fact has taken
place, as the interest, always running, will
more than offset the above amount. 1t is
about time that shis debt is placed where the
public mind will rest in the belief that it is
in course of ultimate extinction.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

SuBMIssIvE-The Marysville Express makes
its submission as follows. '.The people of
California have twice pledged the State to
the policy CT the Administration, With
their verdict we have no complaint to offer.
They have exercised their privileges as citi-
zens, and have given free expression to their
choice. We bow sahmissiyely to the ex-
pressed will of the majority, We think it is
in error, but there is no hope of repairing
the error until there is another election"
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

BRIc. GEN. JUDAH, formerly of Califnr-
MIA. is in Springfield, Ill. He is there un-
der instructions of Maj. Gen. Halleck, to
take charge of the inspection and mastering
of troous from Illinois.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

HORRIBLE, IF TRUs.-The Nevada Trans
crypt tells Of man recently arrived in this
State, who hoassed in Nevada that he had
poisoned a nlsaber Of Union soldiers in Mis-
souri, Such a man ought TO be shot down
as a wild beast. wherever found.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

SAN FRANcISco.-In San Francisco rhe
people had a recent rejoicing oser a suppos-
ed Federal victory Seyerul seccssionists
were knocked down On the same cceasion-
As far as the rejoicing was concerned twas
premature
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

MARITAL LAw.-The city of Cincinnati,
Ohio, Is under martial law, movement of
defense to repel one Kirby Smith, noted
bandit who is marching thither through
Kentucky, at the head Of thirty thousand
rnerrillas
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

WE SrGGEsT.-We suggest to Old Abe
that he commission j. D. Stevenson Brig,
adler General forthwith, He won't run
worth q d-n.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

GEN Franz SIGEL.-This distinguished
officer seems to be the only one of the Fede-
raj commanders who is always successful in
what he undertakes, He does better fighting
than any other General. and never loses a
contest. His powers of usefulness might be
advanta geouslv extended
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

that church 1.-THE first one) has been dedi-
Gated in Red Bluff In connection with the
election result at that place, this may be ta
ken as very strong evidence of the adyance:
ment of our neighbor town.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

A New 0RpER.-Gen. Wright, stationed
in San Francisco, the United States Marshal,
and Mr. Rnrke. the Chief of Police, have re-
ceived orders to arrest all men found pttering
reasonable language against the Govern
rnenf
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

SOMETHING WRoN6.-The Sierra Demo-
oat calls the Crisis, Niger worshipping
JEFF. Davis sheet, "a Democratic organ. >
I" Some mistake. probably"
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

MIlx OF GRAIN.-Recently, 2l0 vessels
freighted with 10000 bushels of grain
lay in the port of Buffalo. They lay six
deem and extended for nearly a mile,
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

U. S. SENAroR.-Lieut. Governor Arnold
has been elected Senator from Rhode Island
in the place of the thrifty Simmons.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

WELL DEsERvED.-Col. Corcoran has been
been made Brigadier General, his commits
sion dating from the day of his capture.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

NEW NAME.-The Spirit of the T,;.ysas says
that the Uuion Democracy (alias Coltcnites)
has been defeated by g. q confederation of
events" Bully for the concat.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

loMIcIss.-On Sunday last man named
Hanks shot and mortally wounded one Bull
lock. near Round Mountain, in this county.
1t is said that Hanks was justifable.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

:. REBEL NIcroRr.-The county Of Merced
has gone 70, the secesh ticket. 1t cast but
500 votes. San Mateo gladaeus the hearts
of the ColtoniteS alone.
The Shasta courier., 1862-09-13

Hon, ]. G. DoLL.-This gentleman, about
whose political course some of his friends In
this quarter were in doubt, voted sor the
Union nominees.