The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-03-07

sr. Looms, Mo-, Msrsh I'd. 1853.


=. B. HO,esA; News no. very start
ling here, still enough to show Chat
~ - Eight and we'll. and matters work
Ing satisfactorily Az l have nothing
new 70 write you, / win give you and
I your intelligent rsadsn short history Of
the hoFls and mule trade, :. conducted
~ the Goysrnnenl hare. Non sad horses
aar ihost IN dns offtat; aud TO see the
anoAht 81 hcfsss and mules thai ere re-
Quilted for ths' Gossrnmsnt, ono must -
the opsptipp = appreciate their masni-
tsda. For the Wsstera Department this
business is transacted here, and q visit by
any one to the Government corral will
enable him to form some idea upon the
subject.
The Govsrn~sut cerral is piece of
ground, fsn@d in. conssining between
ssn and t*ensy sores. principally covered
with sheds to protect the horses and
mules from inclemsnt weather. This,
then, il the great depot for horses and
mulea. aaa here tho Government buys
inspects and condenss, ~ the case may
b. Hess, a,so, Ars al the captured
and con6scased horsss, mules, ponies.
mustangs. jacks and jennies. Here they
are crowded togethes-c covering iasrss
- -
% oil sises, shapes and colors; some fas
and sleek. othsrs poor and rough some
u. halt nd mAimsd. Aa1y dis avery
I'D 10y ~ killed. Yoask. do
they kill horsesf. sYsf, they iFii them BY
q score. The Inspsesor, Harry Gould,
twao, By the way, Is very Sne fellow
s1d 1aed Gessgnpent oGrer,D sxamines
asssa1 elssse II the horse 10 a6ftsen
lands and one inch high. 81 dark color,
'oand limbs, wind. de-, good eyes, Ard
ravels VEL, be passes. He is then
Irandsd, y. s.. On the shoulder. and put
INTO stall and Ven taken cass u until .
equisition Is nads on the Department
sees 6r horsse. Whenehusessrs NEEDED
I Springfield, Rplla. Pilot Knob. or any
lace else IN the Department Of the West,
hey draw o. -ths Department here for
hen. They are then shipped imnedi-
tely. in droves from one 70 6ve hundred
y carr, river, or BY land, - the eass may
70 sssrsll shis going On Il the same
5u.s. IL the curiosity Of the thing You
" a large drove coming-yoa ask,
Where are these horses going to 7" O.
bis drove IL going to the corral to be in.
pseted.
"Whsrs are these two hundred going
81"
o, these are going to Springfield, t.
Il reputation. rs
r Where are these going 30
o, these are condemned horses. Don,
on see the brand on the hip-the letter
! They are going down to Morgan
ock yard, to b. sold to the highes
oder. q auction.
so. whore are these miserable crea
rss going tot"
Why, don't ycu Sc that Ill that drove
I'VE the glandsrs? They are taking
IN o1t y the bocs-yard. to be shot.
AYES, zee. When they are shot il
It the last Of them ="
q mol Then comes the skinasr, xh.
ins them for the hides. Than come tn.
up maker, for the fat, which is quite /,
siness. Many havs, ~ fit, and many
" but little. After this, the carcas'
consigned to the earth, there 70 rsmais
till ths 6nal horse judgment comes
ever that happens there viii big pill
horses come up from this region.
o, here comes ! number Of teams haul
K,oA dead horses aud mules. The
" died during the night, Many o
en- sre poor and weak. Thu lob an
trAmpsd up, and in vet westhsr th,
I'D il knee deep. 20 those weak mule
4 horses stick fast in the mud, fal
I'm and die, or are trampied to death
: mortality among then i great
less must b. hssled away e the bone
I'd by teams.
Mcrgan's stock yard is the place to bu,
ssp hoses and mules. They g :
|m Is cents 70 S65. Thess sales n
n, and Uncle Samuel has one Of tn
xsst vsndues going On here thu
~ Of your readers svsrsaw.
Dend some of the lows lhrnen dow
/ invest 10 these condemned horses
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