The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-11

write about.a You hive. 10 doubt. long
ago hoard Of the can made hare ,npon 10y
i citixena tp pews ost and form IN in
iantry ssginsnt to serve daIhg the war.
That regissus y no~ full 70 he mini
mum. and IN ! few days thsrs VIII b the
ID Infantry started, and i viii - Alled
u six vsska Recrsits do sot come in
here = th4y do in your esase, hut they
have to come out Of the mosntains, where
they have bsen hid in squads of from sve
TO twsnty Eve, and whsa ltbsy gather
forss sssugAso take We chAscss Of an
attack from the provling bands Of secesh
and bushwhaohsrs, thsy start on the eau
.ious and dsaesreas ulAash for shis city,
and gensnily whom they - hero they
Aavs company Of from tvssty I've to
seventy Eve men, but Il is very seldoo I
that they rsseh here yi.h all thsir men.
The bushvhsekes are ~ thick now -
bhekbsrsiss, and - dare not 20 outside
u our picksts without strong escort
and even then they Frequently FIRE into
d from ths weeds. Ysssssday nnA Of
uurwu wss shse within = miis of the
pickles. sSlaaAa, OF n<il carrier from
here - Cassviiie, ,was chased BY them sew
l4()Sya soNx1 "a. tEtsksu or
killed il he had not fortunately met ~
escort coming this way. -~
weshsvs teeu ksa Ensv ~sra frss
months At this extreme outpost, and have
- 10y lulYtiAes bat now W. begin
to feel better over il, for We have some
exci.emsn. every day. We have scouts
eat Ia every direction al tho time, and
hardly . dsy passes that " don's hssr Of
. Sght--a.d always avicsory-with ssws
that few more Of the gentry called, iD
tbs cosatry, buttsr.un. are ont Of the
way.
The command Of Col Phillips. (the
K,ns.s jayhawken ana Pin indians) are
within reach Of ~. II anything turns
mp, - has besA asticipassa fox some days,
and II they come - they have promised
their friends here they would do, to de-
liyse then est Of their bsaiaee, they will
probably b somswhst ss.onishsd. There
is one thing very certain We will have
to fight if they come. for We have no means
Of, getting away. TAsrs ass two regi.
ments nos hsre. he lst Iowa cavalry and
Ist Arkansas Infantry, and, had nearly
forgotten. the lst ArkAnsas light artille-
ry, bat ~ they have not received their
guns yet, they woald Be Of no nss. We
are informed to-day that Col. Carroll has
.rrrA = Van Hslsa ffyrty-6vs miles
I south with his regiment. and il is said
his destiuation II this place and We
cay to him come on, but are afraid b
son' L dDn o Where il the army Of The
Frontier that's the question with u.s.
Are We al that i left Of it! Perhaps
you might give ursiight on that subjec
They we're at Prairie Grove. no doubt
Tint Asatg amt the sequsssirx; @hat have
itheydons' since thxt great 6g III :! Think
bear echo answers, what? The coz
.rabands in this Segion are lexviag p
lrcse., the hrger part u thsM gong g
bleeding Kansas" and some to lissou-
lri, but few are wiling, y lak ths cold
winters u Isws. The hmiiiesikihg here,
(some Of them called rich) are entirely
dependent on whss Federal officers pay
them for board, and if the army should
move fron here thsy will cons very near,
iipt sas,al ljitg They ~ Aevsry
vsssIness 81 ssss9k IASd doo.t hssisaas ~
express It on every occasion to theil
lboarden, and acssspf than have in th.
true spirit Qflasesssioa md rebellion. ex
pressed the wish that the secesh would
cone in and ont, all ops thrgaik On
yesssrday borrowed toy dag from ! littl,
boy and then tore il 70 pieces and burnt
it. ToFy eos Her5os ID n3g hois
ted oh her house. and he now grits be-
teeth under the glorious old banner 9
Freedom: sffdaAef tltihE no wodet "a
.. that one oosis down. Z 's'.'l .'s
We have the principal phyaiciau of th'
place, Or. Stevenson J ip the guard hons
III sarr3ife 1ssssfs South, althoueh i
had taken the parole and given hssv,
i bonds. Thsrs may BE- honor amonl
i thieves, but I have found precious it'll
i among sscsah. Or lNeil fseilitiAe 4 -
rasthf fifMtsed, = kh6 u y carried :
! Ca.svills b .reesusss n1SlI suppo'
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