The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-06-12
Washington, June 6, 1862.

latt0n, that the bAttlmofe ana Ohio nali-
! road is open from the Monumental City
to the Ohio riyer. Our Western people
can nov reach the National Capital At
great saving Of time and distance. The
rebels ssem y hys had a s4vage spite
against this magnificent thoroughfare,
and have rnercilesfly gut.cd il At every
oppostuni.y--a fact which seems to- be
sufficient, Of issslf, to knock into cooked
hat the charge of rival companies that
it, masagen we're ssoessionists. The
Baltimore Clipper. certainly the most
earnestly loyal paper Of that city, not
long since so irrefngibly proved the
fdlsity Of the charge that it, supporters
have been ashamed Of themselves ever
since. The losses Of the road have been
enormoua-almost frightful. Looomo-
tives by the score, bridges by the dozen,
depo.s know no. how many, have been
burned, destroyed, scattered to the. winds.
The track has been torn up for miles q. a
stretch, and the rails hauled of to
build roads for rebel uses. Hundreds OF
cars have been Knocked into srlinters.
| And yet, in spite of all this. loss, invol-
wing several millions Of dollars, the roar
Of S.onewall Jackson's guns has scarcely
died sway from the Valley Of the Poto-
mac, before the iron hsrae il snorting in
to Wheeling, just - if no terrific scare
had taken place. The Company gives
through bills Of lading this day. / most
freely and gladly give my mite Of praise
- the Baltims.e and Ohio Company. and
submit that the indomitable eaergy and
perseverance Of its managers arc entitled
to unmixed commendation. They have
done = most valuable service mot only to
commerce with the great West, not only
70 Baltimore, where secesh no longer
struts, nor fumes nor rules, but to the
country at large. AT such time ms this,
SO importan. thoroughiare is Of meal
culabls service TO the Government.
/ But hasn't Mr.. Secretary Stanton
knocked the pins from under Mr.. Mill
tary Governor Stanley with vengeance,
though! RevokiDg his very FIRST act /!
Trampling it under foot with ecorn. and
indignation, and strong sym ptoms of ire
preslIe contempt! Why, cir. said
the S50l harry Of War, to statesman no
less distinguished than Charles Summer,
would not remain one hour ia an ad
ministration which would tolerate this
act Of barharity !" And forthwith thst
order Of infamy closing the schools for
blacks in North Carolina was revoked.
Stanley Is said to be . vain, naughty
man, pfiding himself upon his ablood, =
something after the manner in which our
Western farmers take pride 10 the blood
Of their sheep and cattle, and il 10 not
improbable that he will take Stanton'a
order in high dadgeou, a.d indignantly
throw up his commission. However
that may be, it 10 certain that his orde,
,fcNassu more isuignat zion here sAaas my.
thing that has yet taken place during the
war, unless it be the removal Of Fremont
from command. with this difference that,
in Stanley's case, the indignation VI.
far more general. If he doesn't resign,
there viii b strong pressure for his r..
noval.
Gen. Casey, part Of whose division
behaved 20 badly in front Of Richmond
on Saturday last, is the theme Of much
animated discussion just now. He il "a
old officer Of the Regular Army, bot.
like n0st Of that Glass now hoIding i'm.
portrait commands, he has no enthusiasm
for the success Of the Union arms. Il i
with him, ~ | fear it il with HAlleck, i
: cold game Of pure military skill. and moi
noble contest whinA sho1ld arouse q
i the high feelings Of oar bettsr naturs
! Casey, however, i indolsnt, fond Of hi
D ease, and utterly carelesa q 70 the com.
!. fort Of his troops. If he had the splsn
did enthusiasm, part military, part pA
triotic, Of Hsintzslman. he could whiI
the rebels every tins. = Heintselma.
has done, with the odds two to On.
against him. Il i shame that rsall,
: brave troops should suffer disgrace on 40
4 count Of the slothfulness and hsartless
/ mess of . mere scientific leader.
II The vote on Mr.. Porter's motion TO re
B consider the, vote whereby the smancipa
! ton Of The slaves Of rebels vas defeated