The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-14


number Of old colonnadcs This treas.
ara was collected by one of the ancestors
" til M.rqais, who filed the highest
p,st, at the Court of Spain, under the
Emperor Charles Y.
Tho Temperature 90 the Earth.
In Asia, said Prof. Guyot, in q recent
lecture, the greatest mass Of land on the
surface OF the globe, there is the most
rapid reception and radiation Of solar heat.
There is difference of los degrees be-
tween the mean of August and July tenn
pernture in the northeastern part of the
continent. The winter of this region is
the coolest on the globe, blu. the summer
is the warmest in that latitude. The
mean bsrometical heights in this part Of
Asia, if interpreted as in insular localities,
would indicate, in summer, depression
Of the surface of the country below the
level of the ocean, in winter, an elevation
TO the table lands. The capital of Siberia
has a mean annual temperature 90 degrees
below freezing point, bat the mean heat
1 of It's short summer, which seldom ex-
ceede two months in length, lie So or GO
degrees above zero The earth is frozen,
in some places. to the depth of 600 feet
Ia summer this frozen soil, tliawcd to tie
f.!ep,L Of about three feet, produces barley,
'1a otter varieties of the cereal grains
Tha et3wth Of vegetation Is so rapid when
it begins, as to justify aging of the Rus
SLAMS, that you can hear the grass grow
LIN region so inhospitable, are built three
hundred cities and villages. That this
soil was frozen Tor ages, was long since
shown by beautiful geological discovery.
La the frozen grave. winch coInposes the
banks of the Lena, there are tound the
remains Of mastodon { Elephas plemiye-
mus even the flesh of which is 80 well
preserved that when thawed dogs devour
il with avidity. Europe, on account of its
pcninsularscharacter, experiences no great
extremes of climate In wipterthe Amer.
lean climate is continental, in summer,
maratime
/ The coolest summer temperature OBJ
served is near the mouth of Bafin's Bay.
where the cebergs of the North are drlv-
err down by the currents of the Asetis
ie- ions-
lsT We have seen 1t stntel that fell.
low ma med Turk has been appointed De-
putty Clerk OF the District Court of the
United States Court at Des Moines We
understand that this same individual is
the Des Moines correspondent Of the Chi
cago Secession Times. In his letters he
plainly proves himself fitting companion
Of the traitors to whom his lies are con-
signed In his last vomit he speaks Of
the Administration As ''despotism, as
guilty censpirators" against the peoples
liberties, &c.. 60. But in, all his letters
We do not remember to have seen one
word in condemnation of the rebels and
traitors who have imperilied the existence
of our Republic. Now If Turk be s.Dcs
Moines," and "Des MONIES" be Turk, we
are anxious 10 discover whether he was
made Clerk because his feelings and SYM
palhies are all with the rebels, or whether
the appointment Was made in ignorance of
his traiiorious inclinAtions. Ii the lat
ter he ought to be kicked out. If the
former, the person who appointed him
ought to have the same treatment. We
want no one who sympathizes with trai.
tors in our courts. in any capacity. NOR
would any loyal man appoint such -
Hawk-Eyc.
| SPAIN AND CHrsA.--'The Seicle draws
comparison between the conduct of the
barbarian Government Of China relative
to religious liberation, and the late decis-
ion against Protestants In civilized Spain.
II recommends Queen Isabella to take .
lesson from the Emperor Of China on the
subject: /" At the moment Git observes
when liberty Of conscience receives such
heavy blows in Spain it trlumphs in Chr
ma. In virtue of an imperial eriiet OF tho
i tenth day Of the third moon Of tho first
year Of the reign Of the Emperor Toung-
Tche, Christians are authorized to per
form worship and preach their religion
throughout the whole extent Of the &c.
lestial Empire. The decree In question
appsals ~ Tie pssin Gazette SIX months
before the insertion Of the condemnation
of the Andalusian Protestants in the
Madrid Gazette. Toung-Tche. therefore,
sets great example to Isabella III. Le
us hope TINT Spain will not any longer re
main i'm the rear Of China"
. i s i se
II E A military commission has beer
, appointed, and will soon be commenced
+ To investigate certain alleged acts OF Gen
! Curtis while ia Arkansas. The commits
| sion will meet at Memphis OF ~. Louis
i--IS4. Louis Union.