The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-10

suddenly as Byron said his lordship had
become famous. Gurowski is Pole, an
| aged gentleman who had fought for the
nationality of his people in Europe, and
is not altogether unknown to the world of
letters. He has now published his Diary,
from March 4, 1861. to November l2,
1862. 1t embraces the unstudied obser-
vations of this experienced man on passing
events during that period, and on the
principal men engaged in our national
struggle for existence. The style Of the
writer has q constant twang of the deep
German accent, and the book may be
otherwise critically Objectionable to men,
like John w. Forney, for instance, who
think it their duty to believe that every
thing said or done by those in power is
Just tho same as thus saith -the-Lord but
it is mighty readable volume notwith-
standing, and has had more of q run here
than even Hugo's Les Miserablcs.
The old count handles men and things
without gloves. "And SO Davis" he
says, "is making history and Lincoln is
telling stories. Beauregard gets inspired
by the fumes Of bivouacs Mcclellan by
the fumes Of flatterers. Beauregard
frightens us; Mcclellan rocks his baby"
And again, ''The rebels extend on an i'm
mense bow, nearly one hundred miles
from the upper to the lower Potomac.
Our army, two to one, is on the span Of
the arc, and we do nothing. A French
sergeant would be better inspired than is
Mcclellan" And then little further
on: Mcclellan acts as if he had taken
the oath TO some hidden and yelled deity
or combination, by all means not to ascer-
tain anything about the condition of the
enemy. Any European if not American
old woman in pants long ago would have
pierced the veil by Strong reconnois-
sance on Centreville." And so he goes
on, rapping Little Mac over the knuckles
every few days, meanwhile rapping
plenty of other incapables over their
knuckles in the same unceremonious
fashion. Blu. he at first speaks well Of
Mcclellan, and herein he simply reflects
the course of those who got disguised with
the Ditch Digger long before his head
came of. l think there were no more
ardent friends Of Mcclellan for the first
two or three months after he was assigned
to the chief command than the Radicals !"
II they became prejudiced against him, it
was only with that ''venial prejudice, !"
spoken of by one of the best of English
writer's in similar case, (which mutually
results from the having hoped proudly of
any individual, and the having been
miserable disappointed
Your readers will be glad to learn that
John A. Graham, Esq, of your city. has
been appointed Register of the Treasury,
with salary of So, Oo0a year, in place of
l.. +. Chittenden, who has temporarily
resigned on account of i'll health. Mr..
Graham has. indeed, performed the duties
of the Office for weeks at time frequently
during the past eighteen months, for the
reason that his ailments kept the Register
from the office 50 much. We all rejoice
at "Onele Johnny's" good fortune most
heartily, and the more because he is we'll
capable of filling the station TO which he
had been called with fine success. The
hne-voiced Chittenden. being an able
man and clever fellow, ought to get well
OF the rheumatism pretty soon, and / hope
he may. but wish also something good
may turn up for him outside of the Re-
gister's ofice-for Uncle Johnny's sake.
Captain Morrison, Of Keokuk, is now in
this city. He has received patent for
his steering apparatus and has good hopes
that the government will place the ma
chimes on all the gunboats, as it certainly
ought to.
Maj. L. H. Stanton and wife are stop
ping at Joys. The Major looks finely
We gave him warm welcome back to tn
, city.
N ! have said nothing about the grea
sensation created by the Proclamation 0
Freedom, because supposed that sub
ject would be much talked ofby the tele
), graph. HAwKEyE.
Z XashINaToN, D. c., Jan. Cd, '63.
J. B. HOWELL, ESQ,
!, Dear Sir Il had intended giving yo
. description Of New Y ears in Washington
but gentleman who is much better a ual