The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-09

- 0sscH Al suC OOotOu A0vOKtloeIy -
ted 0airo, egypt, J Fsb. It'll, sivss these
interesting Particular;
Among those who have lately passed
through TIM placs ON their way up The
Nile have been Aessrs. William Van Rem
salaer, Watts Sherman, Frederick Bron-
son. and Egertoh Winthrop Of New York;
Mr.. Charles Hale Of Boston: Rev. Mr..
Bosworth Of Portland; DR.. Brownell Of
Connecticut; Rev. Mr.. Longacre Of Phil
adelphia.
M. Buckle, the distinguished author Of
the History Of Civilization, has lately re-
turned from m expedition Of several weeks
up the Nile, in search Of rest and health,
and ID now bare, making arrangements for
tour to Syria. He proposes to visit
America. and would have gone thither
this summer but for the war. His next
volume viii treat Of the United 6tates.-
Last week Mr.. Thayer, our excellent Con-
sui General hsrs, entertained Mr.. Buckle
At dinaes. The company included two
ladies well known in the literary and So
cial circles Of England, besides several
English and American gentlemen who
happsned to be in Cairo. Mr.. Buckle, ~
I hsar, expressed . strong feeling Of graf
i6cation ut the peaceful solution Of the
Trent complication, and said that war
between the two kindred nations of Eng
land and the United States would be .
calamity to mankind; he had, however, an.
ticipatsd from the beginning no other
than pacific settlement. In his CONVEX
sation, - in his writings, be shows him
self favorably Disposed 70 our institutions,
and veil prepared 70 judge dispassioaatelJ
Ut their practical workings. He says the
subject i too vast to be discussed, except
after careful personal examination. Al
though approaching the value Of tho great
work Of De Tocqueville. be complains Of
the general inadequAcy Of European criti-
cism upon Ansrica.
Mr.. Buckle ia bachelor Of thirty-eight
years Of age, althssgh appearing ssnsid-
ersbly older. He Is in independent cir
cumstancss and possesses private library
OF about twenty-five thousand volumes,
which 10 accounted the second in excel
lencs in London; the first being that of
NJ. Van d WJsr. the Belgian Minister.
His education was conducted without the
aid Of schools or universities and almost
without masters, although his father and
grandfather were graduates Of Cambridge.
He has studied in several Of the literary
capitals Of the continent. His figure ID
tall and slender, slightly STOPPING; his
head, we'll shaped, is partly bald, and n
Though his features are not stiking in
themselves they are rendered SO by their
animated expression. His conversation
Is lively, varied and frequently profound !;
but, like his book, always intelligible.-
His range of illustration 10 immense and
his memory is singularly retsntive.
MASSACHUSETTS SoLDIr.s.-Col. For
ney, in his last latter to the Philadelphia
Press, has the following handsome tribute !:
"To return to Massachusetts,. Her
sons are worthy Of all praise. Like the
other soldiers Of New England, thas be.
long to class which have been ms1e the
objects of the ridicule Of the South for
many years. They have been accused OF
COW ardice and fanaticisn charged with
sympathy with the abolitionists, it was >
common thing to say that they would fail
in the hour Of trial. Independent enough
TO refuse to resent the insult of the slave
bulliss on the door Of Congress, their
chivalry was misunderstood and under
rated. But, when the hour Of peril ap-
preached, they were among the FIRST 10
the field, and from the day that their soas
were shot down h Baltimore to thu
present time, when their beloved Banks
Is leading on his victorious legions in
Westsrn Virgisia, thsy havs nsysr been
found wanting. Their blood haa been
poured eut On more then one fatal field.
From Great Rethel, vhsre Wiuthrop fell,
70 Ball's Blud, from the Potomac 70 No
Neuas, from, the ohssspsAke to Galveston
Bay. they hare distinguished themselves
bya esascisntiom md selfsacri6cing spirit,
which viii maka THAR names in1ortal In
the Aislesy = 49, - and stirring
times.