The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-08

msnt, and only keeps alive the horrors o
border strife, which tsborder rufaians
commenced, and which has 30 long If
hictsd unhappy Kansas. The pressn
District commander has pretty eifectuall,
puta stop to oil such acts of retaliation
and private property receives all possibl,
protection. Owning property along tn.
border, particularly stock, has been here
tofcre very unhealthy condition of the
citizen. When visited by Federal sol.
diers his stock, and especially his ne.
groes, if he had any, (this latter with
some show of reason) we're pretty conclu.
sive evidence of his being disloyal. II
visited by BUSH whsckes, 1t did not mat
ter what he was-they took ell they
wanted.
RECRUITING.
Kansas is Whist thcy term Intensely
loyal" No Copperhsads here, or if any
they keep prominently before the public
q garb OF loyalty and are so expert in de-
ception as to pass for what they SEEM
By reason Of its loyalty recruiting has al
ways been comparatively easy, and the
18th Regular Regiment viii soon be CON-
pleted, and the I'd Kansas colored sent
from the shackles Of slavery to maintain
the standard of freedom. 1t is almost re-
markabls with what anthnsiasm these Gig
norant and degraded bondmen' enter into
the service. They are evidently not SO
ignorant as not to know where the inter
ests of their race lie, and not SO degraded
that they will not fight with even Mace
DOMAIN valor for cause so sacred as ever
heroic Greece espoused. The hypocrit-
ical pretenoe of "Vice President Sseph-
ems that the Coufsderacy has kept back
$50. 900 blacks, which it could put into
the field against the armies of the Union
for reasons of humanity, is too transparent
to need an snswer. Nine hundred and
City thousand blacks from the planta-
tons of the South armed would need no
help to put down the rebellion, if put
ting down rebels would do it, which they
we'll know. They may vapor all they
choose about the love and fidelity of the
slave. Their arguments might have
some weight if they will produce the first
slave who, liberty and sIavery-rcbellion
being set before him, will reject the for
mer and adopt the latter Missouri's sa-
BILE sons may fill up number more of
Kansas regiments, and that they will do
good service no one here seems to doubt.
A large proportion of Kansas troops are
'avalry, which are greatly preferable to
infantry for the service they are called
lpon to perform. The 18th Infantry,
now at Kansas City, have recently been
and the 14th, which is being
raised, are to be cavalry.
Recruiting is going on for number of
The old regiments, and if the Commits
''oners do not hurry up no draft can be
made in Kansas under the Presidents
ast call. Already the 18th Kansas Vol.
nnteers is being talked OF, and Gen. Ew-
ng is about to raise another battery of
artillery. B.
P. S.-Since writing the foregoing we
lave heard that Capt Harvey has found
us way back to his camp at Westpor.,
minus his pistol and one shoe, having in
he darkness of the night, while rallying
lis.msn. been endorsed in deep ditch,
md coming out with few slight ipju.
les. One of the 9th Kansas, however.
reported killed, and several missing
rom the Ninth