The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-10-13

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thst amounts to little else than pleasure
| trip, to criticize labors of which they can
know little or nothing.
left Corinth just before the battle of
luka-returned very soon afterwards
met soMe.ot the committee at .IacLsaa and
talked tciM them.
The lnslnuations that 90 to visit
friends, Is without the least foundation
l have three brothers in the army. bat 7
nave seen but one of them i'm the last
etght months. There is sense in which
the charge is true; every soldier who is
nghang for my country is my friend. +
never "pass by the other side"
| !" heh they are sick, 1 visit them when
hungry and thirsty, / minister to them:
Sheh east down and troubled, comfort
lhem; when they are abused, | defend
thcm; all OF which thousap ds can attest
l am not Ignorant of the ns,irator nor
OF the causes which have led t. t,,,;S ~,
tack and should it be necessary boreaf.
ter, | will exhibit facts and figures nd
show these causes Should il be necesss-
~ Tor my defense can procure the At
testations of ten thousand witnesses to
substantiate the leading facts contained in
TINS communication. The general Gov
eminent recognized my labors long ago,
ana nave nobly sustained me, giving me
transportation myself and goods snb-
slstence for myself transportation for MUIR.
SEES and every facility in their power, to
eha y, HE to prosecut. my plans.
ihe telegraph companies allow me to
telegraph free, and otner states have ex
tented to me their confidence.
Col. |. M. Clifford, aid to the Governor
and sent out by him, has been laborine
most efficiently for several months past.
Col. Clifford stands very high with the
officers and men of the Western Depart
nent as a gentleman and philanthropist.
and Is received with confidence every.
where We could not have a more eff
clent and earnest agent. He is heartily
cooperating with me. and has equal con-
troll OF sanitary matters.
Hoping that the circumstances NAV be
sufficient apology for this rehearsal of
my abors, am
Very respectfully yours,
ANNIE WrnrTEnEYER
DAVENPORT, Oct sth iCjl.
Man Killed by the Eirphat Hanni-
bni---The Monster DisarmeA.
The notorious elephant, "Hannibal,"
belonging to Van Amburg & Co.'s Men.
agerie, whose numerous exploits, when
enrased, have furnished SO many newspa-
per paragraphs, has, we learn, been shorn
as efiectualiy as was Sampson. of his pow
err for mischief. A few weeks since. at
Caldwell, in this State, be killed an nm
fortunate man who was partially deraneed,
and who, in the momcntary absence of
Hannibals keeper, was foolish enough to
lrritate the huge beast, as he was stand
ing upon the show lot, previous to his
departure for the next town No blame
was attached to the keeper, as the act of
the victim was as suicidal as If he had
thrown himself under the wheels of To-
connective; but, in order to prevent the
mischief OF any further accidents from
the dangerous temper Of the elephant, Mr.
Van Amhurgh bad his enormous tusks
sawn of, few inches from his jaw, thus
reducing him to the position of non
IN tire future. The tusks be-
ing the weapons, offensive and defensive,
OF the elephat, we may expect to hear no
further Instances of destructive operations
on the part of this noted animal.-TCin.
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