The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-20

By .ssy; 9ostmaster, ~itboss,ths fpsopsr
postage being prepaid By, postage stamps,
will be considered good cause for reno
val. = Alex. w. RANDALL,
sfoea i ssso! list Asst Dr. N. Gen.
How the Rrscaa1aasasn works In
virginia.
l~sshinston Dispatch y the n. r. Trfsuns.l
Washington, Jan. IL.
Gen. Clusseret has written to Sena-
tor, uuder date Of January 7, at Winches-
ter. letter that wlll give that perfect
soldier stronger claim upon The admira-
ton of his adopted countrymen. He
says:
1--WE have received-Gen. Milroy and
myself--the Presidents proclamation OF
freedom. In consequence, We yesterday
posted on all the walls Of Winchester, and
scattered throughout the country, from
farm TO farm. an order from Gen. Milroy
notifying all slaves that they are free. be-
ginning from the list Of January, and have
the right to claim wages from masters, or
quit them, and that 10 that case the
troops will protect their rights precisely
Is they will those of all other citizens"
The northern neck OF Virginia, the
heart Of aristocratic and wealthy slavery,
is alive with vas: hegira Of bondmcn
and bondwomen, travelling under Pres
ident Lincolu's pass. The proclamation
is depopulating the whole region between
thu. Rappahannock and the Potomac. In
farm wagons, in coaches, on horseback
afoos rnd 10 buggies with valuable prop
erty, in every case, this second move .neni
from Egypt to the promised land flls the
highways and the woods.
The freed slaves come straight to our
lines. On the other side, rebel raids dai-
ly snatch valuable slaves and hurry them
southwark and westward to the mountain
Businesses for security. 1t was 80 that
masters hid away their perlous property
in the mountains of San Domingo. liz
Baltimore, the proclamation daily strikes
the letters of the large number Of slave.
sent for safety to that city from the Shen.
nndoah Valley. They claim their free.
dom, and--for reasons that colonization.
lists understand-their masters and mis-
tresses make no resistance TO the claim.
Liberal Conlriburi ON from . Hind 90
Richard H. Dana, jr., announces, thro
the Boston Advertiser, that he has re-
reived, through Messrs. Stearns, Hobart
X o., of Bombay, the sum of 8 j 900, the
rift of a Hindoo gentleman of that city
ksrsondas Madhavadas, with .eauesi
that it may be given for the re lief Of some
family which has suffered in this war
In announcing the donation, Mr.. Dana
says: 1
| had the pleasure of making the &C.
quain,ance OF Karsondas Madhavadas al
Bombay, in 1860, at the house of Mr.
Stearnes, and received from him kind
attentions. | found him a student o.
English and American history and lite
nature, and deeply interested in the ad
vsncemcnt of liberal Institutions and free
dom in the social Systems Of mankind. -
Feeling deeply that our contest is one Of
the cli1ratric struggles for the preserva
ton and dignity Of free popular socia
systsms among the dynastiss Of the world
he has desired to testify his feelings BY
this contribution, which he very moderate
" rates. m s
After consultation with Governor An
drew and others, Mr.. Dana concluded to
divide the gift between two families. -
One is the family Of teacher who sent
his two sons-and they were his only son.
TO the war, educated and promising
youths, officers in Massachusetts, regi
ments, one of whom was killed At Ante
tam and the other died OF fever, leaving
their father with family Of ak daugh
ters. The other family is the widow nnt
very young children Of a major Of artille
ny, 6sld aud staff officer, who have los
in him their only means Of support Mr.
Dana, in calling attention 70 this trans
action, very properly says:
cit is certainly something to arrest oul
attention, and worthy our serious reaec.
tion, that for people - antipodal to n
in everything else n in geographical pc
silion, there should come out Of this &C
Of sympathy and encouragement. Il
seems - if the tide Of philanthropic mis-
sions were flowing backwards. An Oh
vious lesson is one Of stimulus to us ans
Of reproach 70 al who allow themselvs,
to sympathixe with political system foun
ded on tho compelled and permanent de-
graduation Of race; bat 1t is no less
rebuke to slowness in apprecistag AK
dallness in feeling the dignity and para
mount claims Of this contest, whe,he
manifested in Europe Or among our
selves" 1