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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-08-14
McNeIll and Porter,

Miles,, Iowa, Aug. IL.
DEAR GATK;-At the battle at Kinks
vile, No., on the 7th inst, only six Union
men were killed and twenty wounded. -
Capt. Z. Mayne, Of the Sd Iowa cavalry,
was amongst the dead. One hundred
and eight rebels we're killed. 10 wound
ed, and 400 stand Of arms and goo horses
captured. and 30 or 60 prisoners taken,
Is of whom had taken the oath some two
or three times. and given bonds, were
shot. Porter stopped his men in the town
and sent messenger to our commander
to inform him that he bad gone on, but
it didn't take. McNeill sent scouts in
advance, and found the rebels hid in the
houses, SO he opened his artillery (six
pieces on the town and riddled them
badly. Porter retreated in confusion to-
wards Charlton river, the Black Horse
cavalry after him. They are still finding
dead rebels in the fields and brush, to the
amour. rs or 100. The following day,
ten miles west OF kirksvills, another bat
tie occurred between the same parties
About 90 rebels were killed, 200 or 800
guns and large number Of horses we're
taken. Our loss is not known, though it
is small. Porter is on the retreat. He
says his object is recruiting mep and
horses. In the last twenty days he col,
lected 1000 men, and mounted them.
have procured thisinformation from
as reliable sources as could, from men
who were on the field. NILES.
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leo County war Mo0sAng NJ Fort
Madison. ThuRsday. Ang. Ilth.
Arrangements have been made with
the railroad company 10 carry passengers
at the following rates: a
From Keokuk to TT. Madison and re-
turn, 80 cts; from Montroso to Fl. Madi-
son and return, Is cts; from Charleston
Station to II. Madison and return, Is cts.
The train will leave from foot Of Main
street It ten o'clock IN, and Fl. Madi-
son, ON return, At Eve o'clock p. "a.
4. BRIDGMAN, Ch' q. Com.
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New York, Aug. Is.
stoeks--AeIise and higher and closed weaA.
Mvney-Pienty on cali, at per cent
Sterling Exchange l25eYl25t
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

ATTENTION, COMPANY C.--The mem
n OF Com.Dy c, Of the Sd Ward, are requested Il
NJ on Friday evening, at their rendezvous on Main
strd between eth and 9th, at halfpsst seven o'clock
Evef nsmber of the company is expected TO bc pres
emit. order Of the Captain.
THOMAS PADGET, o.s
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fs days, after many years Of great So neriBg IL
willing to assist others by sending {free) on recsipt
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scription used. Direct to The REV. JOHN M DAG
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~ Geo. Washington Jones. Of Iowa.
ex-Minister to Bogota, &c., who recently
illustrated the proverb of live ass kick
Ing dead lion. BY insinuating that Doug
las vas not a statesman, last winter used
the following language in a letter to
Southern rebel. Jones is full of sympa-
thy with Vallandieham, DIR. Ods, Voor-
hoes, Carlile and Richardson. And this
il the language of Jones, who claims to
be a patriot and loyalist, and wakes in
dignant when called ira tor:
81 am exceedingly anxious to return
home to my family, my sons having left
them to come down South to fight for the
maintenance of the Constitution, the laws,
and the rights of the people South, as
intend to do, if required To fight ut all,
and it be possible for ne to leafs my
family aud my private affairs. which IRE
ncarl y in u ruined condition, in conse
quence of the crisis
The fellow who writes this is for "the
Constitution as it is, and the Union as it
was. ''-PittsbuIg Gazette.
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Ii Ii Treason


10 be for the Constitution that Washing
ton and his co-patriots formed and be-
queathcd To postcrty; to be for the sys-
tenn OF Government emanating from that
Constitution; to be for the Union under
whose fostering ngi State after State be-
come knit togo ther. Is this treason p
[ Dubuque Herald.
Certainly not. But it is treason to give
aid and comfort to those in arms against
that Constitution and Government, by
nisrepresenting the motives of the Adj
mlnlstration sworn to sustain them; by
assuring the rebels that they are justified
in their rebellion, because the war is no,
waged with a view 10 preserve the Con-
stitution and Government, but to abolish
slavery. Il is treason to do as the Herald
is doing-to weaken confidence in the
Government, impa'r lis financial credit
discourage enlisiments, and stir up sedi.
ton among the people. All its prattle
about devotion TO tie Constitution and
the Union is himsy veil put on to con-
cea the worst purposes, and the most afro
cious sentiments. No man can read an
issue Of the Herald without being con
WINGED that all its sympathies are with the
enemies OF our country--fCin. Com.
The New York herald., 1862-01-01

prosperity may feel istse IN suaaiaig a." d no.
ie to add TO the good feeling of negAbors for
NOrfh5w government That government having already
far on its hands than it manage seems madly
bent upon irritating all the world and driving IT, whether
it will or no. TO espouse the Southern quarrel
These statements Incorrect, and these nfereDces
are unfair We do not believe that the South
has petitioned for the aid 'of any foreign ma
tl.ion. Mr. ravs has stated the contrary, and
he knows that unless the North should deter
mine on going to war with England France any trust
In either would be hopeless. For ourselves early de-
ciared our neutral position, and If in any respect
have departed from our programme has been in favor
OF the North. We have recognized ineffective block
ale, which has crippled Southern recogni.
tonat vasance with the law of nations Immense guam
titles OF rifles and munitions Of have been shipped
from England TO tao North while similar supplies to the
South have been seized upon by federal cruisers We
have not recognized the government Of TIE Southern
states, although as de foco Souernmeft has had fair
claim 10 0ckneuldsent The SOuthener might argue
that we have departed from neutrality whore
II vas difficult to maintain it, Generally government
has acted up to its light and been impartial it
the James Adger has been allowed reGt in ports
so in its turn has the Nashville II the Confederate cap
tain had seized upon General Scott while passenger in
the Dover packet OF course should have demanded his
Immediate restitution. No other open to
fogciby abducted from the mail steamer Trent News
paper articles votes OF Congress- reports the Navy
Department Notwithstanding Mr. Lincoln will have to
choose between prompt surrender OF his captves and
the alternative Of which will annhilate America
the ana do her mischief the land and this
same time settle forever the question Of the great
sion,
The New York herald., 1862-01-01
Opinion OF the Aristocrats and OIL
garchists.
IErom the London He

[From the London Herald (Derby oTgan) Dec. Is.
AZ the commencement OF the Message the President re-
cannot regard dign1ed and which appear to mex
cusable. II IL FIRST inmnted that the dsloya citizens
OF the Union may have invoked foreign aid and merven
ton The term "disloydt mdnvesfy indppcoble 10 anu
~ the uen,.rs 9 eonfedsrdhoS Of xates II begs the
whole constitutional question at issue between North and
South. We have next - oracular statement Of the pro-
babe motives and conduct OF foreign nations that might
be thus invoked Nations thus tempted to interfere are
always able 10 resist the counses Of seeming expsd
sncy and ngensrous ambition, although adopted
nate and injurious TO them Adopting them" Mr. Lincoln
makes Jump from the supposton that such assist
may have been asked to the statement that has
been asked "The disoyal citizens Of the United States
who have offered the ruin Of country In for
aid and comfort which they have invoked abroad have
received less patronage and encourage ment than they
probably expected" And why not2 No feeling of JUS
tce sense OF international obligations, seems,
possibly influence the decision OF these foreign courts
All that they think OF s their own Immediate interest,"
To that they may be expected TO throw overheard
an moral and social obligations. What else can
possibly be implied In thes following sentence. in
which 1t s amely sought TO transfer to the South the
odm OF the slur that upon the honor Of the great
European Powers ''n were Just TO assume that 70.
reign nations IN this case discarding all moral social
ahd treaty obligations would act solely and scshy for
the speedy restoration Of commerce, including
pecay the acquisition Of cotton those nations appear
roctly clearly through the destruction than through
tho preservation OF the Uhion"
This sneer,ng, If not insulting, language only be
understood 10 uTply 10 Pdnce and England. They
may divide the compliment between them, and
we ere not, therefore, surprised at the indg-
the press Paris by the passages which have quoted
from Mr.. Iincons message The intntion disclosed w
me Oore,nne,p o,gqn in N,w Fork 10 PIT a heavy dmy
vpon imporfron France, 'ot tie proViders Of Amercan
The New York herald., 1862-01-01

h that In which he touches the relations OF his govern
ment with foreign countries Tho fact seems his
showing 10 be- that all foreign countries have hitherto
preser sed strict neutrality that they have resisted all
applications from the South 10 make common cause with
il against the North and thai they hare quietly submitted 10
blockade phsch gievoslsiy Ssyues her and
rrnnoyes These facts would have called forth from
the c eso other in the world republican
monarchcaa gracious and courteous cwledgment
Of the pect and forbearaDce with which nation not
remarkable for carrying either OF these qualities 10
bas been treated by all other nations Ia Its hour
OF trial. Nothing be ungracious more CONTRARY
10 the usual conditions Of international courtesy than
the language with which President Lincoln repays the
consideration extended 70 him. These nations, he
says appear yet not to have their way TO their
obects-ihat is the restoration of commerce." more
directly clearly through the destruction than through
the preservation of the Union" This broad insinua
est and most selfish motives ard Mr.. Lincoln Is
right 10 express suspicion that did for
notice offUregn relations begun in this spirit should
end with the exhortotion with which are already
familiar in the circular of Mr. Seward TO fortiy the
coast the great lakes and rivers After ALL says Mr.
Lincoln, "thc safety and stability Of the republic depend,
not on foreign nations, but upon ourselves" That is
perfectly true at this moment because oreign nations
earnestly desire peace and 10 avoid all occasion OF quar-
rel; but will cease to be true the moment that Anne
rca has forced into for of the many evils Of
is that nation is deprived by it Of the control OF
its desnies, and forced TO shape its course not by
its own will, but by the decision OF war itself.
The New York herald., 1862-01-01
THE MAS0 N-Sul0fll AFFAIR.


Dificu ulties of the Washington Cabinet.
ITS COMMERCIAL AND ABOLITIONfsT ENEMIES.
[From the London Times, Dec. IL.
The condition Of the federal In America that Of
the who has just suffered the ampuation Of limb,
only TO reveal the terrible fact that the disease lay
higher than where the knife and the tried to intercept
H. Against greater odds and with less vitality the work
has be done again. and the gangrene followed upwards
10 its mysterious The Southern States with all
their Institutions and appears, without much break
in reir history and social character have separated
themselves from the Northern and the Potomac di
vides countries distnc, almost as different, and
far more antagonstic than those divided by the Straits
Of Dover. We all this here and the commones school
Atlas would hardly fall 10 distinguish BY different hues
the Northern and Southern federations But 1t Is
evident the mischief stops not here. while statesmen,
merchants and bankers laboring to carry sui.
cidal conservative spirit and to spare the in
tcrests and preudices Of tho foe, more numerous
class from the Atlantic 10 the Mississippi have such
scruple and 60 TO the root Of the evil Sdpery hsydrs
toliJy Of The most eloquent of the dtotms-himsef
martyr in the cduseis the original sin Of the Union the
Of every subsequent dissension the occasion Of
this war and what IL more the strength Of the wrong
CO and the weakness Of the right Mr. Sumner refers
slavery every misery, every mishap, every dculty
Of the federal cause and tells listening thousands that all
they do the sacrifices they make their taxation their
life blood their commercial interostsevcryhiug they
have suffer do hope, all Gung into that maesrom.
to reappear The whoL American nation 10Th all
is ain and all ,s glory, d flung as hoocauH bJrt
the strine Of s hideous idol. Tho remedy he proclsms
Is " give up theweak scruple which paAlyzes righte
Gus arm. Mr. sumner sees In this var, not merely
The New York herald., 1862-01-01
The Financial Aspect.

[From the London Post Getty Artcle) Dec. IA.
Tho English funds have been quiet to-day 13th), and
the market hes been free from the
prevalent during the week, and which II Is unnecessary
10 particularly advert, they die theD
born. The sudden departure Of General Scott from Paris
for America, To which some importance at first at
tached said to be connected with any political
movement the veteran Generals object being only TO
turn TO his country from Of duty The reported
mediation cf King Leopold In the American difficulty also
failed 70 produce any effect II being pretty well under
stood that nothing wSu satisfy e gorwment and the nation
at largs bat the surrender of Messrs SideI and Mason
though other matters might b. taken into consideration here
after II Is satisfactory that the various speeches do
livercd by members Of Parliament OF both parties 70
their constituents IN upholdng tho policy Of tho
government In this matter Tho message OF President
Lincoln anxiously awaited as may perhaps tend to
enlightsn the public the absorbing subject which al
present exces attention Indeed such the anxiety for
Information that the Stock Exchange is 10 kept cpn TO-
norTow until pda tsco In tho meantime the British
government Fastening with all possible despatch the
reinforcemeuts for Canada.
The New York herald., 1862-01-01
Our Berlin Correspondence

bhhHN DOC III l5ol
Var on no wor--Hope Of a compvomiS--Coaon and Con-
sols--Poicy Of France-OTtnion Of Pr,sion States
psan-Resun Of the Elections-LoS Of ne Amason--
Trcay wiA France, &C.
will there bc war between England and America And
there s whit part will France take In ~ These
the questions which occupy the public mind and keep the
mercantile world, especially in state Of feverish ankle
ty and excitement. At arst the warlike tone Of the
English press caused complete panic; it seemed the
with the great Transatlantic republic, whose growing
prosperity they have long with alarm and
jealousy and the most dsasros results prognosti
Gated from the nature of such q collision upon
the interests Of Europe; but for the last day
or two more hopeful views have begun 10 pre-.
dominate which are confirmed By the sccounts from
the cotton market 10 Liverpool and the Stock Exchange In
London s argued that II war were considered immi.
nsnt and there certain prospect Of th southern
have been tremendous fall In the price Of cotton which
has all along been kept up rather by the fears Of future
scarcity than BY any actual Of that article seeing
that the stock hand 10 over 900 900 bales
quite as much or than this tmo last year bu
although there has certainly been q decline IL Ia by no
means equal 70 what might be expected from such con-
tingenoy, and 20 FAR from being maintained, last
reports announce considerable RISE which has almost
brought prices up 70 their former level. tonscs
tco which were much depressed, appear 10 be going
Up again and the signs Of fair weather exhibited by this
unerring barometer Of the political atmosphere have
greatly tended 10 relieve the spprshensions excited by
The New York herald., 1862-01-01
England Contcmplates . War In Any
[Iondon (Dec. 1a correspondence Of Manchester Guar

The conviction forces itself upon many that the day
not far distant phen the Southern confederation mast be
recoonised and that recognition may b. expected TO bring
about fresh difficulty, IN whch nust be prepared to
uaintoin our policy Is ,ch This piec and as denog,.
sraion Of intention hold poy that the 20
vcrnment are sending out 10 900 without
any reference tho reply Of the American Cabinet II
Messrs. Mason and Sde landed at Liverpool tomorrow
not soldier the less ,cod be sent If are 10 hare
wdr ,yih the North in connection with this United states
sism there c,od be more favorable time than ke pre-
snt. II would be short and decisive war, and would
have vital influence on the preservation Of peace aud
come without our having 20 pass through the ordeal Of
social and mercantile CONFUSION which wars, MS gene al
rule, entail. Our military departments are working
| at full work all Last night aud the preceding one
The New York herald., 1862-01-01

II Is o very common anticipation among persons q
Canadian experience, that war with this country
hkoer TO ent in acquisition of Portland than III
capture Of Montreal by the federal armies In any cas
there rectihcations of Canadian frontier whl3
can scarcely fail 10 follow upon The States front
as settled BY Tho Ashburt0n Treaty, closely hugs e p
fdse yoad-o,r Canadon kiqhaoay from the coa.falov
graf pat is length The United States have forl
ed ports close upon that road, which would have to 10
taken az the outbreak OF war, as we'll as Cape Rouse
lwhch they have been lately strengthoning), withh(
thirty miles or so OF Montreal
The London Observer the ed OF December (mniseriai
organ) says that England wishes for peace but that s
wdt Gain by wcr as IL viii enable her 10 recy he A,ae,i
can frontiers, oen the ports Of IN. South ana Gius lesson
the United States.
Latest Report or the Hostile IntcntIons
OF Great Britain.
In this connection we have the following importauY
despatch:--
HALIFAX, Dec. 81, 1861.
The steamships Adriatc and Persia have arrived Al
Halifax with troops. Passengers by tho Asia report
rumor that ae blocking up Of Charleston hayor WM one
likely 10 lead 10 difficulty NTH European Po,ors.
1t further rumored that England's arIie prepard
tons ,oiU continue in vieU here and ha. the srrend
Of Messr Maso, and Sdeu is not the iohole of E9land
demands.
The steamers Cleopatra and Parana are lkoy to be
hero to-day.
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A x z RS
Ague Cure,
PoR THE SPEEDY cuRE OF

intermittent Fever, or Fever and Ague,
Remittent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb
tgue, Periodical Headache, or Bilious
Headache, and Bilious Fevers, inde ed
Tor the whole class of dis eases Originat-
ing In hillary arrangement, caused by
shc Malaria OF Missmatic Countries.
We are enabled here to offer the community
lnmedy which, while It cures the above complaints
tn certainty, is still perfectly harmless in any
4Gantity. Such remedy is invaluable in districts
"iere these affecting disorders prevail. This
CURE" expels the miasmatic poison of FEVER
AND AGuE from the system, and prevents the de-
veopment Of the disease, if taken on the first ap-
proach Of its premonitory symptoms. Itisnot only
the best remedy ever yet discovered for this class
Of complaints, but also the cheapest.s The large
uantity we supply for dollar brings it within the
each Of every body; and in bilious districts, where
FEVER AND AeUE prevails, every body should
ave it and use it freely both for cure and protec-
.nn. A great superiority of this remedy over airy
Hher ever discovered for the speedy and certain
are of lntermittents is that it contains no Qunino
II mineral, consequently it produces no quinism
ether injurious effects whatever upon the constitu
ZION. Those cured by it are left as healthy as il
they had never had the disease.
Fever and Ague is not alone the consequence Of
me miasmatic poison. A great variety Of disor-
!ers arise from its irritation, among which are
etudigia, Rheumatism, Gont, Headache, Blind
, IS, IOOthaehe, EdTUche, CdtdTTh, asthma, Pal
p.iqtioa, Painful Afection Of the Spleen, Hystey-
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isinatng in this cause, put on the Intermittent
2 pc, or become periodical. This CURE expels
poison from the blood, and consequently cures
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migrants and persons travelling or temporarily
'iding in the malaTious districts. If taken Occa-
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az will be excreted from the system, and cannot
eum'late in sufficient quantity to ripen into dis
. -. Hence it is even more valuable for protec-
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tcnta if they avail themselves Of the protection
3 s remedy affords. S
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;rofula, or Kings F,g;I.

=, constitutional disease, corupuon 0f he
Al. by which this fluid becoaes .v.ua,ed
,.,, and poor. Being in the circulation, it
adcs the whole body, and may burst out
.isease on any part of It. No organ is free
4 its attacks, nor isJthere one which it may
destroy. The scrofulous taint is variOusly
cd by mercurial disease, low living, dis
red or unhealthy food, impure air, filth
filthy habits, the depressing vices, and,
we all, by the vciiereal infection. What
be its origin, it is hereditary in the con-
.ution, descending " from parents to children
TO the third and fourth generation; indeed,
,cems to be the rod of Him who says, al
Il visit the iniqllities of the fathers upon
in children"
lis effects commence by deposition from the
nd of corrupt or ulcerous matter, which, in
lungs, liver, and internal organs, Is termed
relies; in the glands, swellings; and on
lrface, eruptions or sores. This foul cor
lon, which gendcrs in the blood, depresses
energies of life, 50 that scrofulous constitu-
rs not only suffer from scrotulous COM
nt5, but they have far less power to with
"a the attacks of other diseases; ccnse-
atty vast numbers perish by disorders
,,h, although not scrofulous III their nature,
still rendered fatal by this taint IN the
tom. Most of the consumption which dc
nates the human family has its origin directly
tis scrofulous contamination; and many
,tructiye diseases of the liver, kidneys, brain,
al, indeed, of all the organs, arise from or
.,c aggravated by the same cause.
One quarter of all our people are scrofulous;
.'air persons are invaded by this lurking in
lion, and their health is undermined by it.
% cleanse it from the system we must renovate
blood by an Alternative medicine, and in
Iorate it by healthy food and exercise.
such medicine we supply in
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AYERS
ompOund Extract Of SarSaparilla,

most effectual remedy which the medical
of our times can devise for this every
re prevailing and fatal malady. 1t is com
i from the most active remedials that have
a discovered for the expurgation of this foul
rider from the blood, and the rescue Of the
rem from its destructive consequences.
! nee it should be employed for the cure of
ut only Scrofula, but also those other afiec-
Ions which arise from it, such as ERuPTIvE
md SKIN DISEASES, ST.. ANTHoNY's FIRE,
.u;r, or ERYsPELAs, PpIPLEs, PusTUIEs,
rLorcHEs. BLAIEs and BoILs, TuMoRs, letter
and SALT RHEux, ScALD HEAD, RINowoRM,
SnLUMArIsN, SYPHILITIc and MERcuRIAL Dis
laEs, DRoPsY, DYSPEPSIA, DEBILITY, and,
diced, ALL COMPLAINTS ARISING FROM VITA-
.rn OR bIrURE BLOOD. The popular belief
'a " "a,spHity Of the blood" is founded in TRUTH
'lr scrofula is degeneration of the blood. The
,auticular purpose and virtue of this Sarsapa-
lila is to purify and regenerate this vital fluid,
ithout which sound health is impossible in
contaminated constitutions