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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-15

Our contemporary affects to justify his
failure to notice aud commend General
Curtis and our Iowa troops for their con-
duct and bravery in the achievement Of
the recent great victory with which The
country resounds, on the ground that Gen.
Curtis had not been assailed, and Gen.
Mcclellan had been. Oh, deary!
Other journals 1t distance from Keo-
kuk have not been restrained by any such
consideration from awarding due need
Of praise to our felllow-to wnsman, Gen.
Curtis, and to the Iowa troops and they
have even had the bad judgment to differ
With our neighbor and to regard the bloody
victory Of Pea Ridge as more brilliant
than "the victory Of Manassas
The ST. Louis Democrat has the follow
ing article:
The BLooDIEsT BATTLE YET, AND
THE MOBT DECISIVE FICTOKY.-fhe brief
intelligence Of the great battle and most
important victory over the rebels in the
Southwest viii cause thrill Of mingled
emotion among tens of thousands Of our
Icountrymen to-day-of patriotic exnita-
ton and JOY at this magnificent victory of
our arms over the rebel hordas-of sorrow
1t the sacrifice Of so inany brave and mo-
bic hearts upon the altr4r Of our country
and to not few, torturing, unspeaka.
BILE anxiety for loved ones exposed in that
fearfnl peril who may be among the. fall
en-killed outright, or lingering in agony
from death wounds. What painful sus-
pense to be endured until relieved by some
certainty. agitate,s thrice a thousand
bosons, for the stay, the hope, the solace
Of the family. WHO may be Of that thous-
and victims. III
The combir ed hordes Of Price, Vnn
Dorm and Me- Culloch, with their scarcely
more barbsr GUS Indian allies under Mcln-
tosh, are y tterly routed and disparsed-a
defeat 20 thorough that it may b. counted
fnal-eq ,aiyalent to annihilation a. an
army: This is, perhaps, tho greatest bat
tie Viii ID has bean fought, it not IN the
aggreP ate Of nnmbers engaged, in the
numb or killed and wounded. The dis
paAp j says latter three days hard fight
rag" This indicates the resolute and
deh ,rminod fortitude which must have
, cha racterized the struggle on both sides.
Very rarely has the event OF battle In
the field remained so long in oquipoise
and undecided.
General Curtis, his officers and men,
have won imperishable laurels, and grate-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-15
ror CITY MARSHAL.

kOE NNy moEshals
Ep. GATE CiTr: Please announ &C the mar OF W.
A. ADAlR. ~ . candidate for City Marshal III tie
ensuing charter election.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-15

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For sale by SAML POLLOCK.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-15

but while am little inclined to pay much re-
gard p the feelings Of the Rcbcis. Who would de-
light in cutting our throats, deem It our duty 70
treat with respect the opinions Of the loyal men or
the South. on whose fidelity the whirl Of Rebellion
raring round them had NO power. have heard Il
said that any measure touching Slavery would drye
them over to our common enemy. Il this possiblef
i their loyalty Of So uncertain complexion thai
they will remain true to the Union only 8 long =
the Union dos nothing which they do not fancy I
What, then. woald distinguish them from the trsi.
ton l-tor the traitors too would have adhered -
the Union il they had been permitted 70 rule Il. -
| Checu II u impossiblel Whatevcr they m;~h,
feel inclined to do their rights we're attacked in
m unconstitutional msnucr TO cousttstiouaI me...
ures ccasttutioually enacted and carried out trpe
mon man will never Offer resistance fAppl.use.
A We listen with respect to their opinious 20 vii
they listen respectfully TO our advice II we sneak
10 them . friends, they will not turn away from
US as enemies. would say 10 them: You. Union
.asa 9. iAsa lAiiAi4ii. -essax 10 tnu
cause OF our common country, although your edu.
cation, the circumstances in which You lived. and
the voice OF your neghbors were iii calculated e.
esia yuu u the other side. You have resisted .
temptation which to many proved fatal. For this
We honor you. We labor and fight side by aide 10
restore the Union to ito ancient greatness and -
their purity the eternal principles upon which i can
| safely aud permanently rest. What win you have.
Union continually lettering upon its foundation
o. > Union Of truly United people I Ua;on 81
common priDcipln, common interests. ! on.rns.
honor and = common destiny We do net VOL
ior ourselves aicnn, ue are not rcsponsible to our
selves Alone. but 70 postsrity. What isgacy will
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-25
Gen. Joseph E. Johnst on.

1t is understood that this distinguished officer has
sufficiently recovered to take the field and that he
has been assigned the highly responsible general
command of our forces in the West east Of the
Mississippi. Gen. Bragg will enjoy the position
of second in command as heretofore, under Beaure-
gard
Gen. j., therefore, returns to active duty at
most critical period, and in position of the most
delicate and difficult nature. The forces Of the cne-
my in the West, will be- perhaps, three to one.
They commanded by Rosencranz, the shrewdest
and most successful of the Yankee generals. The
command Of our forces badly provided for as they
are requires not only great skill in strategy, which
Gen. Johnston possesses in a high degree but
dashng, daring ntrepdity and quckncss of move
ment, which we fear he lacks. He has shown
proclivity, which, in every case nay have been Sd
solutey necessary to abandon positions where great
have been expended to destroy large army
stores, and thus disappoint and damage the enemy,
rather than to defeat his combinations, cut off his
resources and reinforcements by piece meal drive
him to the wall. We have thought and believed
and SHALL until convinced to the contrary that
the abandonment of Norfolk under the circum-
stances, illjudged, and most unfortunate
event, and that Gen. Johnston was mainly response
BILE for that affair. similar piece of strategy in
the West will lose Tennessee to us and lead to the
overrunning of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
We hope far otherwise, but the history Of the war
proves that the policy of jackson, Price, Morgan,
and Forrest has damaged far less, and the enemy
much greater than that which has characterized the
policy of generals considered ADLER and more scien-
tfc. Nevertheless, we rely greatly under Provi-
dence and our brave soldiers in the West, on the
high abilities of Gen. Johnston.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-25
The Resignation of the Secretary of War.

The resignation of Gen. Randolph has very nat
urally excited surprise and regret. He had shown
himself so far the public knew, officer of abil-
ity, and his department had evidently exhibited far
more energy under his management than that of
his predecessors. 1t was therefore, hoped by the
country at this critical period of the war, unless he
was unequal TO the duties Of his department from
declining health other incapacity, that nothing
should occur to force him to abandon his position.
The causes of his resignation are charged to the
disposition of the President to embarTaSs him in
the appointment of Subordnates or otherwise to re-
duce his high position to Of ready subserviency
to his will The Wing abiding to it says, 1.-The
Secretary felt himself so fetIered and hampered in
his office to he forced TO the conclusion that he
could be more useful in some other service. He
therefore resigned, and reported for duty in the
field" This is not the first instance in which it
has been indicated, that under the present admin
istration Cabinet officers made to feel that no
responsibility attaches to their position above that
of Chief Clerk and although technically and in
the practice of the old government they are the
counsellors of the President sharing in his respon-
sibiities and claiming to have some hand in the
management OF the government, they are only in
fact to sanction his plans and schemes, execute his
will, f1tter and fawn, or leave If this he so, it is
not to be wondered at that man of Mr.. Randolph's
character could not long brook the indignIty and
abectness of such position.
The appointment of Hon. Mr.. Sedden to fill the
vacancy, seems TO give rise to some comment by the
press Mr. Sedden is no doubt man Of ability as
an orator and politician He belongs to the Prcsi-
dents school of politics, and Yrginian, of course,
but is considered unequal to the task. The Eram-
liner endorses the appointment very stronghold
course the Enquirer thinks it the thng-the Wing
is evidently in doubt ard the Petersburg Express
unhesitatingly pronounces him unqualified for the
post We are willing that he shall be tried, but
this not a time to risk experiments.
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The News.

For some days Fredericksburg Va, has been
threatened by large force of the enemy unoer
Burnside. A battle has been considered imminent
Large numbers of the women and children have
been removed, and the last account is that Burn
side had demanded the surrender of the place. IL
&c understood that Gen. Lee has refused the sur
render. The Herald of that place, however seems
to be of the opinion, from the number of Yankee
transports in the river, that Burnside is preparing
TO change his base The citizens are said to prefer
that the town be shclled, rather than surrendered
Shells have been thrown at the train, and also at
Port Royal, but none at fredericksburg yet.
President Davis has instructed Gen. Holiness
commanding in the west to investigate the facts OF
the ALLEGED murder of ten Confederate citizens by
Cen Mcneil of the Lincoln army and true, to de-
mand the surrender of Mcneil, and if not complied
with. Gen. Holmes is to inform the Yankee COM
mander that he, Gen. Holmes, is ordered by the
President to execute the first ten U. S. officers who
may be captured and fall into his hands.
Manassas and WarrentOn arc said to have been
evacuated by the enemy, he having burnt great
many of his stores.
We have nothing from the West Of much interest
Rosencranz and his army are near Nashville, Tenn.
Northern accounts indicate early attack upon
Charleston They concur also in opinion that
Fredericksburg is to be the base of operations to
move upon Richmond.
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The LawI The Law

We have heard it said, by persons who have had
an opportunity of knowing, that nearly all the con-
script deserers are those who have been forced into
companies or regiments against their will. The
conscrpt law secures to the conscrpt the right to
select his company or regiment 1t is cruel to re-
fuse him that right
We hold that every soldier and every conscript
should stand by his coors and do his duty, but we
hold Also thata cOnscript has rights we'll as &C.
neral, and he ought to insist on those rights When
these rights are denied him by the Confederate 60
vernment, let him sue out his ha6eas corpus. Let
him Insist on the law. The government asks for
his biood-let him ask for the law. Every lawyer
is sworn to make out the writ, and every Judge
is sworn to enforce it. If men are to be handcufed
to fight for liberty, let them at least have those
rights which the law secures to them. The law -
the law!! Let US have that, and nothing less. 1t
was dark day for the Southern Confederacy, when
the volunteering system was abandoned, and the
Consumption resorted to. We doubt very much
whether liberty can be achieved by despotc means.
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GENERAL ITEMS.

1t is said that the spectators asking $500 per sack
for salt in Petersburg Va.
Some unknown persons committed shocking murder
week or two ago person named Cornwel, Of South
Carona in Dallas CASTOR County, in this State, BY knock
ing him on the head with axe.
The Kate the blockade from Nassau to Will
mingon last week, but aground the distractions
near Smthvile and sunk, with valuable cargo.
The brig Fanny Lewis and a schooner attempted to
the blockade last Wednesday, grounded the reef New
Inlet and the Captain and eight Of the drowned
The schooner burned by boats flS from the
bockaders who captured by portion of Capt New.
kinks cavalry.
shoemaker in Knoxville, Tenn the other day, charged
$50 for pair of boOhe at conscrpted for
tortion.
The valuable salt works in louisiana Laurche river
have been recently captured by the enemy expedition
from New Orleans.
The Virginia Conference Of the NJ s. Church is in
session in Petersburg That body has expelled Rev. c. A.
Davis, chaplain in the U. S. Navy.
The first general Council of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Confederate States in session last week
at Augusta, Ga. We that Rev. Drs Mason and Hub
bard, Rev. Mr. Huske Judge Battle and DeRossett from
his State in attendance. 1t adjourned the 22d TO
IN eet in Mobile in 1865.
The Wilmington journal says that Cen. Whiting has
entered upon the defence of the Cape Fear with energy and
that the people feel the utmost confidence in him.
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The Stale Printing.

The Richmond Enquirer, noticing the election of
Public Printer by our Legislature, says, "Mr.
Palmer, Principal of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
proposed that the profits on the printing should go
to the State Treasury"
The Enquirer is mistaken. We learn that Mr..
Palmer did not desire the printing, and that he
made no such proposition. His name was used for
the office against his WISH by certain secessonists,
who ayailed themselves of the opportunity to vent
their malice on us.
Our contemporary of the Wilmington Journal
says:
Mr.. Holden. the Elitor of the Standard has
been elected State Printer, (which accounts for the
milk in the cocoanut'"
Our cOtemporary of the Journal has done us in.
justice. We dill not desire the printing. As for
the milk in the cocoanu5" that is also a mistake.
We are paying four prices for ink, our journeymen
twenty per cent. more than heretofore, and much
higher prices than heretofore for every thing used
in our business. Our contemporary will therefore,
perceive that the State printing prices established
ten years ago, is not at all profitable Will the
Journal do us the justice to copy letter on the
subject which was sent in and read to the two
Houses?
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Troop. for state Defence.

The general impression seems to be that the Leg
islature will adopt the Recommendation Gov. Vance
to raise ten thousand troops for State defence No
plan for raising them has yet been matured but it
is than probable that volunteers will be called
for between the ages of 1S and 40.
But this will interfere with the CONSUMPTION law
Granted-but we have 80, 900 troops already in Vir
ginia and we have sent more conscrpts to the field
than any other State. 1t will be time enough to
consider the proprety and the justice of permitting
the CONSUMPTION law to be extended to those who
are 40 years of age, when it is made apparent that
the other States have contributed as many men to
the in proportion to their population as North
Carolina.
Sel-preservation is the first law of nature If
the enemy should be allowed to occupy the Eastern
Counties as far west as the Wilmington and Wei.
don Railroad, the State soiH be ruined. Two hun
dred thousand slaves will be lost to us, with meal
culable quantities of corn and meat Such loss
would not only increase the danger of starvation
which now stares US in the face but it would cast
blight on the prosperity of our people from which
they would not recover in quarter of century.
Our brave boys have laid their bones on every bat
tie field, from Great Bethel 20 Sharpsburg; but
much of that which had been gained by their suf-
ferings and their valor, and the suerngs and vaor
of their comrades from other States, has been lost
to US by the illjudged but magnificent raids into
Maryland and Kentucky.
BY all means let the troops be raised. If they
should not be able to beat back the disciplined
troops Of the enemy at all points, they at least
annoy them and hold them in check while our East
ern brethren removing their property, and es-
pecally the means Of subsistence, to the interior
of the State. We would keep faith as long as pos
sible with the common government and with our
sister States; but faith depends on their sense
Of justice towards us, and their of it. Al
legiance and protection are reciprocal North-Car-
oliua is pledged to war which will desolate her
surface and extermirate her people, while at the
same time $4,000 of her veteran troops are in a
distant region defending others from the horrors
with which she is threatened
Let the troops be raised Call for volunteers, and
they will rush by thousands to the flag Of the State
We have Governor who can command them--one
who has seen service, and In whose hands that flag
will never be furnished.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-25

Coon MAN.-We learn that the Rev. John
Swicegood, Minister of the gospel in the Lutheran
Church. and citizen of Davidson County, is, in ad-
dton to his ministerial character, farmer and the
owner of grist mill. This gentleman, in defiance
of the wicked and hellish spirit Of speculation ha
btually refuses every offer to sell produce for a
greater amount than the old prices. Indeed, we
have it upon good authority, that he retains all his
surplus produce for the wives and children Of SOL
ders, and those who are bere(t and destitute.
By course of this kind this good man and true
patriot may not extend his fields or increase his
stores upon EARTH but verify he is winning i'll
heaven. And we reckon, with his small profits and
consciousness of doing right, he is far happier than
he who goats upon his thousands, wrenched by ex-
tort;on and speculation from the pockets of the des
titute.- Western Sentinel
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Saltpetre and Powder.

Mr.. HoLDEN:-You will please inform me and
the public in your next ISSUE the process of making
saltpetre and gun-powder. A FRIEND,
Our correspondent must excuse us. We assure
him that while we know some things, we do not
know every thing We have published every thing
We could on the subject but not having time 70
embark in the business, we are about as ignorant
as he is. Powder-making, however, we will advise
our friend, is too big business for man, unless
he has a long turse. Saltpetre can be made by any
one by very simple and cheap method, but we do
not recollect the process. He must consult DR..
Emmons, or some chemist
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-25
The LEGISLATURE,

We publish to-day in full the proceedings of
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
It will be seen that the two Houses, on Saturday,
passed a resolution authorizing the Governor to
prevent the expectation of articles Of prime neces
sity from the State. This is just and necessary
measure 1t will not only retain our own supplies
for our own people, but it will tend to repress the
spirit of speculation.
On Monday, the Rev. C. H. Wiley, of Guilford
was unanimously reelected Superintendent of Com
mon Schools. This was merited compliment to a
faithful and most useful public officer
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StanlY County.

A nober band of patriots and conservatives can
not be found than we have in Stanly County. A
correspondent writing from that County says:
There is not Spectator in Stanly. There are
TWO tanyards, and the owners have refused to take
more than 81 per h. for leather, while they have
oeen offered $3.50. hope that you will quit abus-
ing the tanners as the chief of sinners"
Our correspondent is mistaken. We have said
no more about cxtortion in leather than in other
articles and if all the tanners of the State will do as
the Stanly tanners are doing, we shall only speak
OF them as mertins public confidence and approval
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-25
Valuable Estate for Sale near Greensboro, N.
c., on the 18th OF December, 1862.

RY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE COUNTY
- Count of Guilford, at November Term, 1862 as Ad-
mnstraor of Thomas r. Fentress deceased on the 18th
day of December 1852, will sell at public auction on
credit of six months 2l4 of valuable Land within
miles of Greensboro, the premises Said land is
valuable estate One halfs cleared and in good order
The other half well mbered. 1t includes the late resi-.
dence Of Thomas D. Fenress deceased and has on il one
Of the best in this State containing some Ten
thousand ruitbearng trees of the different varieties
choice and selected fruits The improvements are good
and new Purchasers are invited and for them
selves.
At the same time and place. will sell at auction one
hundred thousand choice grated FRUIT TREES ready
for transpantng, and an equal quantity grated and bud
ded for another years growth. Also choice Flowers in
pots. Also large collection of choice and desirable
Grape Vines for planting Among the large collection Of
Frutrees Shrubs and Flowers and Vines will be found
unusual quantity of fine fruits apricots nectarine
pears, plums, cherries, DC.
At the time and piece will sell all the personal
tate of the said Thomas Fentress decd. Sale
tnue from day to day until all is sold Terms made known
day Of sale.
JOS A. HOUSTON. AF.r.
November 90 1852. 95-td.
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CorroN CARDs.-"A manufacturer" says through
the Atlanta COntederdcy that he has visited the
Cotton Card Factory of Messrs. Divine Jones &
Lee, at Gainesville, Ca, and that it is complete
success. He thinks it of the utmost importance
that many other such factories be established under
State and Confederate athority, as individuals can
not control either machinery or workmen, for, be-
sides the common cotton cards. the Cotton Factories
will soon be stopped for the want of "card clothing"
and that would be a terrible calamity, as it would
cut off even the present inadequate supply of
clothing for the soldiers and the peope.-FSy. Obs.
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RocKFIsH sIIEErINcs.

1H\HE R0CKFISH MANUFACTURING COMPANY
having decided to comply with the terms of the "EI
passed BY the Congress Of the Confederate
In Nh sell their Goods to merchants in Nortb.Caro
o .pa' we PARTIES purchasing will enter to obOaton
se ane same BY the piece consumers at profit not
eteeeding nVe cents per yard f S'
Is intended to couf6e their sales to sne firm in o..
40 CHARLES T. HAIGH
No. ass,o,o, Prcst Rock6sh Mani Co.
x i'o-' 4S-wAt
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For the Standard.
IA FEW rMoREI WORDS ABOUT CHICoRY

1t may be worth inquiry why any commendatory
words are uttered upon this plant but such inquiry
will for the present be left to those interested
in the subject than | am. The writer Of this is as
familiar with ChicOry, (Cichorum lntybus,D as he
is with Jimson weed or dog fennel and is pre-
pared to make good, by every practical test, the
following assertions, viz:
Dandelion is not Chicory. Chicory is not to be
found, either native or naturazed, in North Caro-
lima, nor in any State of the Confedericy. Hence,
it cannot be obtained within these limits except by
importation from abroad. He will also add that he
does not believe that any has been thus imported;
and that il any has been imported it is most likely
adulterated, as it generally is in England when
prepared for SALE with red EARTH baked horseivers
and other like ingredients.
MASTIX.