The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-16
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The National Capitol is this mcsnin
covered with Me deepest snow over ga,
here. For two days and nights it ha
showed without one moments cessation
but few minutes age the wind choppe
lsuund from the Northeast to the South
! west, the sun came out grandly, and in Al
hour the snow will turn into slush /
seems like providential coincidence
that with the contest of the elements, tn,
contentious ofmen ningle, and that while
We seek shelter from the pitiless storm Of
heaven, (and which heaven, by the way,
is an awfuilong distance from Washing.
tom the armies of the rebels fee from
the leaden and iron storms which hail up
on them from the unconquerabls ranks
ofour Western troops. The Waterloo Of
America has been fought and won, and
won too by troops whose yaler sHrpasses
the valer of those before whose stoat-held
bayonets the Old Guard went down in a
sea OF blood. The crowded hotels Of Wash
ington are again filled with noisy men
whose chief topic is the praise of our
Western armies. From the Presidential
Mansion to the humblest hut of the poor
eat old negro, who has worked 10 unre-
munerated toll till for love nor money he
can work no more, this day 60 up praises
to God, and under him to Western valor,
for the great victory At Pittsburgh Land
ing. Not only here is it SO. As the great
news flashes across the continent, il brings
joy to millions Of households. BY to-
morrow the rough forester Of Aroostook
will for time spare the tree, aud listen
to the story Of the proud West, and be-
fore the sun goes down his rougher broth
or in the mines Of California will stop
looking for his gold, to rejoice in his coun-
try's glory. All that valor ever did, all
that valor may ever be expected to do, it
did on last Sunday and Monday
Now look on this picture, and then OH
this: At the very time these soul-stirring
dispatches are coming from the armies
under Halleck, what do we hear from the
late Grand Army of the Potomac under
Mcclellan ? Here is an extract from a
letter Of the very day Of the FIRST fight at
Pittsburg-only bear in mind it is desert
bing things before Yorktown, and not be-.
fore Johnston and Beauregard
"The most important feature Of the day
has been the balloon ascension, which, in
point ofinportancet to the Government,
has been one of the grandest balloon re-
connoisances ever made u
Lord, Lord, how Mel lellan is addicted
to gas. His Napoleonic Address, fol-
lowing so close on the heels Of his cap.
ture Of the wooden guns at Centreville,
was bully good thing in its way, but /
don't know but your regular balloon gas
is the better article after all. But to pro-
coed
During Sunday the Sharp-shooters
we're withdrawn, with the exception of q
few a. pickets. During heafternoon one
gun was depressed by the rebels, and
about dark one shot was fred at squad
of men who we're viewing the enemy with
q glass. 1t was a splendid line shot, but
did no damage. The enemy seem to have
the range of the whole field Of battle. 1t
was reported 1t dark on Sunday evening
that another Of the Sharp.shooters had
been killed"
There ! When you reflect that, in the
language Of the same correspondent, ssthe
roads. on account Of the severe rain on
Saturday, were almost impossible, (what
q knaek, by the way, Mcclellan has for
"almost impossible roads,; when you
reflect upon the mud question, say, you
can we'll judge Of the terrific work the
Young Napoleon" did on that day our
men we're falling by hundreds at Pitts
burg. But let it pass.
! think the Senate will not attempt ma
terially to alter the tax bill, as it has
passed the House. No doubt many q.
terations will be made, but they will not
be Of such nature as would prevent the
House from readily concurring. The
Senate bill abolishing slavery in this Dis
trict will undoubtedly pass the House. /
must confess, however, that just at this
time Congress does not amount to much.
When the high old time over the Pitts
burg victory in which the "gay and festive
cusses' are now engaged, to the great