The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-09

Z,Z55 miles.
! "A large number Of refugees from IL,
South reached Nashville on Sat- trday.-
Many Of them were in wagons, removing
to Northern States.
A ball is in contemplation in To
ronto, under distinguished patronage, t,
commemorate the Prince Of Wales birth
day, Monday, November 9th.
A drunken quarrel recently occurred
in Buffalo, between Lieut. Wn. Ew.
ing and Joshua Durham, Of Cincinnati
In which the latter was thrown from .
three story window, aud was fatally in
jured.
Letters from DR.. Livingstone, the
well known African explorer, date U Muir
Gibson Cataracts, interior of Africa, April
18th, announce the death Of Mr. Richard
Thornton, Geologist of the Exp edition,
of fever.
The Richmond Examiner SAYS Ros-
ecrans is undoubtedly the greatesk Cap
tain the Yankee nation has yet produceI
The people around Marquette, Lake
Superior, are wild over the rich deposits
or silver 10 their neighborhood. In oae
locality it was believed that fifty IONS Of
ore could be got out in . week. The
veins are usually well defined, and of a
character to be easily mined.
New playing cards are spoken Of. the
pictures on which are to be taken from
the forms aud faces Of men who hsye dis
unguished themselves ia the war. Emil.
neDt contractors will sit for knayes.
1t is said that the prairie fires. du.
ring the wisds Of Saturday, October IL,
did more damage in Kansas by burning
fences, crops and hay, than all the taxes
levied in tue State during the last year
will amount to. The fences on the road
between Big Spring and Lawrence are
mostly destroyed. A large amour. of
corn in the fields, hay in the stacks,
sheds, barns, &c, were burned up
Most OF the farmers lost from $500 to
5000.
a Pennsylvania Democrat being ask
nor, wisely said: ''To send my son to the
war to kill rebels. and 10 stay at home my
self TO vote against the Government, is
like hitching a yoke of oxen to one end Of
a wagon and team of horses to the other,
when the only result will be pulling the
wagon to pieces"
Affairs on the the other side of the
water begin to assume wariike shape
again. Persons well posted up pretend
to see trouble growing out of the Polish
question and predict that dipl5metic
rupture between Russia and the WI estern
Powers win take place before Chr iktmas
A profound feeling of horror and re
sentiment has been excited by the discoy-
cry that resurrectionists have disturbed
the dead soldiers in the military grave
yard near the Soldiers Home, at Wash
ington Many have been disinterred and
removed. Their empty collins are in the
adjoining woods.
"A correspondent of the Boston Trav-
eler states that among the officers oh Gen.
eral Grants staff is Capt. Eli S. Parker,
full blooded Indian. being the chief Of
the tribe known As the Six Nations. Cap
tain Parker is the Grandson Of the Indian
chief, Red Jacket, and is large. noble
looking man, good specimen Of the In
diau, and perfect gentleman in hiB man
ners.
"A shooting aff4ir occurred in Lafay.
ette, Ind, last Thursday night. between
Lewis W. Fagin, United Srates detec
tive. and John w. Mullany, coal mer
chant, both Of Danville, Ill. The trouble
grew out of the arrest of deserter, both
claiming the custody of the runaway
| A number of shots were fred on both
sides, but no one was hurt, aud in the
melee the deserter escaped.
| A serious affray occurred last Satur-
day, near Lebanon, Ind, between Mr.
John Hendricks and soldier. Hendrick'
drew a revolver and fred, nipping th'
soldiers ear, whereupon the latter dealt |
few such heavy blows upon Hendrick' 7
head that he died soon afterward.
| A fatal affray occurred in Piercetowr
Kosciusko county, Ind, on the 22d ult
A Man named Clark, boss on the railroad
while intoxicated. tried to break in tn
front door of liqour shop kept BY Beas
Ter, when Mr.. James Ritchie rushed u
behind and struck him so hard blov
with billet Of wood that he died tn
next day.