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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-09
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The Copperhead Press, since it has ~
gently taken the = loyal Brigadisr dodge"
is in the habit Of complaining that the
Copperheads are charged unjnstly with
disafsction TO the Government, and dis
loyal sympsthies. The Peace and Armis-
tice Resolutions which constituted the
chief pabulum Of the party six months
ago, the bitter denunciations Of the war
and the Government, the resistance to
the draft and the revenue laws, the secret
aud general arming Of their partisans,
aud the open outbreaks in New York,
Illinois and Iowa, evince too clearly the
spirit Of the Party to leave any doubt up
on the subject
But aside from this we have high and
direct testimony from the leaders Of the
party, that there exists = violent ani dan
gerous element whrch is likely to en-
bsrrass the Government BY armed resis-
ance, and is almost in open revolt. Such
is not the fact as regards the supporters
Of the Administration certainly, and it
must therefore apply to its opponents,
the party represented by Tuttle, Dun
combe and Mason. Moreover, the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee has off,
cially advised its partisans to arm them
selves, and Charles Mason, their candidate
for Judge, is reported to have written
private letters to the same purport.
Tuttle says in his address concocted
by Judge Knapp:
l am informed b. men of both political
parties, since my arrival at home, that
the public mind has been 50 inhamed By
demagoeues, on both sides, that there Is
danger of collision at any time. 50 much
% as to seriously embarrsss the Govern
ment.
But clearer and more unequrocal
proof of the position of the Copperheads.
is found in the Address of their State
Central Committee, to the people Of Iowa.
In that. the distinguished Copperheads
who speak officially for the party says:
"This monstrous pervcrs:on of the war
to the hehests of political aboli.ionism,
which cpntemplates servile insurrection
and wholesale murder, rape, arson, 10
fantieide and robbery, has involved the
Administration in thousand coutradic-
tions has cost US the lives Of two hun
died thousand brave men and will cost
million more--has squandered thousand
millions of dollars, and viii demand other
billions--has needlessly prolonged the
contest by years, and if persisted in will
pro,ract it beyond the life OF this genera
tion-has consolidated the South to irwin
chile desperation, AND DISTRACTED
THE NORTH, ALMOST TO OPEN
REVOLT.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-09
Repuatase, she Feui Party.

Jacob Frank requests u to say to the
public that his name was put on the Cop
perhead Township Committee without his
consent. He does not train in that crowd,
but belongs to the noble band of uncon-
ditional Union men who hold their coun-
try above party, and who stand BY their
Government in tine of war, let who will
join the traitors to embarrass and oppose it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-09

sHEEP.-T. W. Fawcett. who passed
through our city some two weeks ago
with six hundred sheep from Belmont
county, Ohio. to place upon his farm near
Charlton. returned yesterday, and left on
the afternoon train for Ohio, whittier he
IS goicg for more sheep. It is estimated
that twenty thousand head Of sheep have
been brought into Central Iowa the pres
ent season. on railroads alone, besides
large numbers which have bsen driven
III on foot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-09
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I. HI At cRoToN,

Saturday, Sept. l2th, at ! s'slssk, p. -
CAPT. GALLAND, candidate for the
Legiklature; DR.. R. L. MoGuol lN JoHu
II. SULLIVAN, Esq, will address the peo-
pie at Croton on Saturday next
Let all the people round about rally to
hear the Union speakers and have good
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-09

Since the Coppeaheads entered into the
thimble rigging game of running loyal
Brigadier on an Anti-War platform, with
two original Anti War and peace propa-
eating traitor candidates they are attempt
ing to ignore their anteceden,s. But the
danuing record of their vllainy is be-
fore the world. They passed Peace Res
olutions aud insisted on an immedis te
Armistice, all through the State Of Iowa,
at their meetings last spring. And in
Illinois. the great Copperhead State Con-
vention Resolved against the "further Of
fensive prosecution of the war; demand
ed that our armies should be withdrawn
from rebel soil, appointed Peace Com
missioners to visit the rebel States and
Recommended Peace Convention Of all
the States.
Now let the rascals face the music, and
stand by the Record they have made, or
else repent their reasonable course, cease
to rail against the Government. ground
the weapons of their rebellion, forego
their lying ofice-seekips clanor, and turn
out manfully in the support Of the Union
cause, and the Union Ticket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-09

CANADIANS that have passed then-
selves, Of in Nsrnosk lhfss different
tinsa = Substitutes, are riding abost the
srssts Of Moasssat wis4 r. hones, and
eioFl u their aouths. ''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-09

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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07
A LADY STUMP SPEAKER.

Miss Anna Dickinson, who made
speeches for the Republican side in
New Hampshire and Connecticut, is
no mere ordinary woman ranter and
exhorter. She is a young Quakeress
from Philadelphia, having" a call to
speak )" slight and compact in figure;
under 20 years, graceful and pretty |;
with the "brow and eye of Evangcl-
inc !" of the highest cultivation in
manner and education, and with the
purest and trucst gifts of genius.
She fairly electrified her first Hartford
audience they began to listen, ques-
tioningly and doubtful, but soon lost
themselves under witchery Of spell
rarely felt. Says the Press:
As she went on mingling argument,
pathos, sarcasm in irresist.
ible appeal. we felt that she had the
passion of the South and the brain OF
the North on fire with inspiration.
1t was Portia making statement !;
1t was a Pythia prophesying it was
better than either, an American wo-
man cultivated, trained, endowed, de-
voted to the noblest canse since the
era began. In certain pow
ers as speaker we have never heard
her excelied. Only one man whom
we have heard, George Thompson, at
all equals her in the ability to carry a
climax successfully to the dizzy nights
where born orators alone walk with
step firm and eye serene. Her peror-
alton we have never heard eqnalled.
With figure dilating, face impassion-
ed, eye flashing, she poured forth that
wonderful illustration and appeal, and
the audience, breathless, almost trans
lated hung upon her words, and when
her voice ceased, but slowly regained
their self-possession, and broke forth
into cheering and the most extrav-
agant demonstrations of delight,
which continued several minutes"
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07
THE SABBATH.

Take away from the Sabbath its
sacredness, and it is still a welcome
day. Hundreds meet each other face
to face aud unite in pleasant exercise
whom we should not otherwise see,
perhaps, for whole year. 1t is like
meeting familiar friends to attend
church and commune one with anoth-
er. Destroy the Sabbath and you not
only take away the Christians enjoy.
ment but you deprive men of business
of much needed relaxation and enjoy.
meht. Man was formed for society,
and occasional meeting, even when
nothing is said, contributes to his hap
piness. We trust that the day will
never come when the holy Sabbath
will lose its sacredness and its puri.
flying and sanctifying influence. Ger
tain we are that SO long as a drop of
Pilgrim blood flows in the veins Of
their children, the Sabbath will be
kept and honored wherever they are.
We quote the following reflections
from contemporary
Many and thrilling are the associ-
ations which the weekly recurrence of
the Sabbath brings. The sun of the
Sabbath morn first shed light on fin
ished creation. When the globe we
tread upon stood out complete and
lovely thing before it's Maker when
Eden blooming little heaven below,
and man with his pure and lofty spirit
lived in its bowers, ere yet the trail
of the serpent was over all "God
blessed the Sabbath day and sancti-
fed it." The beams Of the Sabbath
morning first shed light on a ransom
ed creation. Then it was that the
Captain Of our salvation, having bat
tied with death in his own dark do
main, shivcrcd his letters, rose a VIC
tim from the tomb, led captivity cap
tive, and gave gifts to men SO that
now, instead Of the wo and shame sin
had entailed upon the fallen, there is
proffercd to them the beauty. the
brightness Of . purchased immortali-
ty. Tho Sabbath is type, and tells
of that rest which remaineth to the
people Of God--of an hour when the
Christian pilgrim shall terminate his
long and toilsome march through the
wilderness. and cross the Threshold
of his Fathers home--when the Chris
tian mariner shall heave over the last
ocean billow aud enter the desired ha-
ven-when the soldier Of the cross
shall lay off his panoply, and wear the
rich robe aud the bright crown. In.
dependently too of these grander as
sociations, there is much, much Of pi.
ETY., much Of poetry. to make the Sab.
bath day to the Christians soul, the
very /" best Of all the seven"
/ The image Of gray-haired sire,
the family shrine, the domestic Sun
day school, the "big ha' Bible, once
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07
Qoetrp.
... . . For the Charles City Inteiligencer.
SONG OF THE SHELLROCK BOYS,
Tt,as-Don Tucker

E@ T,sne-Don Tucker. . ".
Let Union soldiers courage take,
Their friends at home are wide awake,
And Copperheads must hunt their holes
May God have mercy ON their souls!
horus-Shout for joy at every station,
ala. Welcome now emancipation,
Hail the dawn of our salvation,
Abraham shall save the nation.
The Union Leagues are rising round
I'm every neighborhood and town,
And treason rank, by instinct led,
VIII seek to hide its snakish head.
There's one Mahony Of Dubuque,
A regular secession puke, .
And loyal men would long u see
Such tories hanging to tree.
And many more of that same clasf
Who re blowing of secession gas,
Will, when our land has peace again,
Swear they were always Union men.
Well, let them blow now while they may,
Their time is short, the people say,
For they, like other polywogs, III
Must shed their tails before they're frogs
We know our boys will firmly stand
Who face secesh in Dixie land,
Aud we must stand whate' er may come,
And meet the traitors left at home.
There's Johny Bull, a. it appears,
Has built for jeff some privatcers,
For which, no doubt, he'll have to pay
A handsome pile some future day.
Though johnny likes to blow deal,
He breads the Yankee lead and steel:
He's tried his hand at that before,
And soon was glad to quit our shore.
And France, just now. can't help the foe;
She has her match with Mexico
And ere that little Job is done,
Will Freedoms battles all be won.
Then put jeff Davis minions through,
And shoot or hang tbe tory crew,
And when we're blcst with peace again,
Well fill the South with loyal men.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07

pressing demand. TIE cost of this
powder, in spite Of the costliness Of
saltpeter which has been introduced
through the blockade, is about four
cents pound, which is believed to be
about the same as its cost in England.
The mill has now been constantly at
work for many months, and conse-
quently, more powder than the Con-
federacy is likely to require for years
to come has already been produced.
There is another Government powder
mill at Columbia, in South Carolina,
working, ! believe, to supply the wants
(not very large as yeti Of the Confed-
crate navy. But all the gunpowder
issued for the service of Confederate
armies of Virginia and the West, and
also for the defence Of Charleston and
Vicksburg, has come out of the mill
at Augusta and it was stated to me
by an ordnance officer in Charleston,
that the powder which he had recent
ly received there and tested was very
nearly, if not entirely. up to the stand
ard OF the finest English manufac.
ture. .E'
The editor of the Scientific Ameri-
can, in commenting upon the above,
says:
The Col. Rains above referred to, is
an old patron of the Scientific Ameri.
can, aud has had frequent occasion to
employ our services in prosecuting
applications for patents in this coun-
try and Europe. He was for a long
time one of the proprietors of the
Washington Iron-works, at Ncwburg,
N. T., and was possessed Of consid-
cradle scientific and mechanical in
formation. He bears the honored name
of the father of his country" and is
a gentleman in bearing and manners.
We regret and are exceedingly sur
prised that, having been educated un-
der the paternal care and at the ex-
pense of the United States, he should
thus employ his talents for the benefit
of those who are doing their utmost
to overthrow the Government. We
have no confidence, however, in the
statement that he has succeeded in
making gunpowdcr at four cents per
pound. John Bull may believe it if
he chooses, but we decline to accept
the statement as true. ... g..
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07

On THE RAMPAGE. is prob
ably the most loyal State in the Union.
1t never fails to vote right in any and
every emergency. The few Copper
heads, however, who dwell there are
fully as vcnomous as the snake tribe
out West. We have before us num-
Der of the Rutland Courier, of date
April 10th. The whole paper is de-
voted to bitter and vindictive denun-
citation Of Union Leagues. It talks
in the following style:
"We call on all Democrats to sus.
pend trading with Union men. Will
Democrats continue to countenance
men who desire to continue the war
Is the object of the Abolition Leagues
to devise ways aud means to prolong
the war? We shall publish the names
Of the members Of the Abolition
League in this place, SO that the pub
lie may know them to avoid them.
These Leagues are dark. damnable and
dcvilish."
Thus the Rutland Courier vents its
petty spite on Union associations. A
Copperhead in Vermont bears gen,
eral aud particular resemblance to q
Copperhead in Iowa.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07
Qostrg.
For the Charles City Intelligenccr.
ACROSTIC,

EDITOR ISTELLIGENcER Sr--On a recent
visit to your city my muse was so pleased to
find that she could trip across a bridge into
town, instead of gathering up her skirts 10
an indecent hight and plunging her neither
limbs into the cold waters of the Cedar, that
she actually shook off u portion Of her coyness
and gave expression to the following, which,
ii published in your excellent journal, will
doubtless crafty her vanity:
r Oddly thou spanest bright Cc,iar's crystal food
II oIIipg through howery plain and waving wood
IMPOSING structure framed with art an skRi:
ID esigned useful purpose to fnlhl.
G realty Is changed the picture now, deem,
L rst thou reflected from thy silvery stream.
oh, gently winding river when around
, ierce Indian warriors grouped upon the ground,
ung their wild war song meath the forest shade
Trod their rude war dance on the moon lit glade.
C hanged is the picture now-see proudly swung
II Ugh o'er thy wave, across thy channel flung
A pathway broad, devised with stadious art,
X cared where 50 late all was a wild desert;
l. ong may lts planks and solid tmbers strong
Echo thy flowing waters murmuring song,
VIII gliding meath its spacious arch along,
Cast back from thy clear waters as they DOW,
| quick succession rising, now wevew
he image fair Of mansion, spire and dome,
GU mirror now cultured peoples home.
To You, proud bridge, and flowing river fair,
Permit me W address my earnest prayer,
That YOU 10 my rough rhyme no heed viii take,
But still flow and wonted music make.
You, noble bridge, stand stauneh and firmly ever
On your abutments You, most beautcous river,
With graceful swell in sunbeams dance and shine
Flow On your course while roll the wheels Of time
FRANK.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07
Scientific.
The Gunpowder of the Confederates.

A special correspondent of the Lon
don Times, writing from Augusta. Ca.
gives the following interesting partic-
ulars respecting the development Of
a most essential manufacture in the
South:
When upon the 18th of April, 1861,
Fort Sumpter surrendered to General
Bcauregard and the Confederates, not
one single pound of gunpowder was
manufactured in the Confedcracy. A
rigorous blockade of the seaports of
the South was Immediately commenc-
ed, through which the principal ingre-
dient of gunpowder (saltpeter) had
to bc largely sucked in. At this juno
ture it seemed advisable to President
Davis to intrnst to Col. q. w. Rains,
formerly an officer in the United States
Army, the responsibility Of planning
and building u large Government mill
for tho manufacture Of gunpowder.
For this post Col. Rains possessed en-
inent qualifications. He had been pro.
fessor of chemistry at West Point,
and, for some years since leaving the
army, he has been at the head Of some
large iron-works at Newburgh, on the
Hudson. Augusta, in Georgia, was
selected as the site of the intended
mill aud never. both as regards the
person and the situation pitched upon,
was happier sagacity cvinced by
the President. Following, SO far as
he was acquainted with il. the plan
upon which the gunpowder mill at
Wal,han Abbey belonging to the
English Government) is built, Col
Rains proceeded to construct the
works necessary for his purpose and
the success which has attended bis
efforts has been such as could never
have been believed before the press
ure Of war and privation had awak
ened Southern ingenuity and enter
prise. The result is that at the cos
of about 100000, one Of the mos
perfect gunpowder mills in the worlt
has been produced, which turns ou
5000 pounds Of powder day, ant
could produce double that quantity j
worked day and night, and much NOR,
lif worked under the exigency Of ;
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07
Tbe Jnteuigenttr.
Charles City, Iowa, May 7, 1868.


The Cape Girardeau affair is over,
and the rebels, soundly thrashed by
Gen. Mcneil, are following their lead
er, Marmaduke, in hot haste to es.
cape. They have "come, seen and
concurred" in the opinion that speed
was all that would save them. II is
one OF the best little affairs that has
befalien the Union cause in Missouri
for a long time. 1t has tested the
temper Of our troops, and found it of
the best proof. s. ...a. ..
After the rebels were defeated at
Cape Girardeau they fell back to
Jackson, and encamped for the night
about midnight. Gen. Vandever sue.
ceeded in surprising them. He cap
tured some 600 prisoners, and killed
and wounded number more. The
rebels were cooking their meal and
lettering around their camp fires.
Two small howitzers loaded with
musket balls, hauled by hand within
thirty yards of them, were simulta-
nously discharged, killing and wound
ing a large number at the same time
the lst Iowa Calvary charged them,
and not a man of their entire regi-
ment, it is supposed, escaped. All
who were not killed were taken pris-
oners. All their horses and camp
equipage and several thousand dollars
worth of stolen property were cap
tured.
Early the next morning Gen. Van
dever advanced and saw the main body
of the enemy in full retreat. He i'm
mediately followed, keeping up a con-
stant artillery fire on their rear.
At two o'clock Gen. Mcneil joined
Gen. Vandever, and the combined
force continued the pursuit. The fly.
ing rebels were overtaken the next
day, and another battle ensued, in
which the rebels were again worstcd.
They number 1000 to 5000, and are
composed entirely of cavalry and ar
tillery.
Gen. Marmaduke's command con-
sists of Missourians, Arkansans and
Texans. They left Powhattan, Ark,
on the 18th, ostensibly to occupy Pr
lot Knob and Cape Girardeau as
base of operations for projected ex-
pedition under Gen. Price this sum-
mer, but really for plunder. The force
was composed of four brigades under
Gen. Shelby. They had ten pieces of
artillery. ...
McNeil's forces were all mounted.
The principal object of the rebels
was to gather supplies, and they have
completely stripped the counties thro'
which they have passed, making no
difference between friend and foe. The
soldiers would enter houses and take
whatever was wanted, exchanging
their old clothes for the best they
could find. The roads are strewn with
fragments of their booty, telegraph
poles we're cut down, and the wires
broken up and carried away.
Mcneil intended to send force
in the enemy's rear for the purpose Of
destroying bridge over White Wa
ter, thus cutting off their retreat.
Should he succeed in this, most Of the
rebel force must be captured.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-05-07
Misttllanu.


We notice that the London Times
the Jupiter Jecms," as Mr.. Thack.
cray once called it, of the Cockney
Prcss-continucs to make the most
astounding discoveries in internation-
al and maritime law. 1t has this ad-
vantage over most investigators
that it invariably finds exactly the
most convenient doctrine to be the
true one and although it may like
precedents for its favorite novelties,
it announces them with the decisive
dignity Of an inventor. The Puffen-
dorf Of Printing House square would
be the despair of Lord Stowell, we're
that luminary still in a condition to
be ex,inguished and if he yet walks
the earth, we don't know that even
his spiritual philosophy would not be
put to the severcst test. The Times
holds that the Rebel Privateers are
not Pirates, and that it is perversion
Of language to call them 50. Why
then does not the English Government
make haste to acknowledge the na-
tionality of :" the Confederacy ?"-as
yet most decidedly unacknowledged
by any Christian or Heather Power
in the world. A Government with
out flag, without diplomatic rela-
TOMS. and without any recognized ex-
istcnce in the family of States, has
fitted out armed cruisers, after fash
ion which English Ministers admit to
be in violation Of English law | Well
if they get upon the sea in that way,
and stay upon the sea in that way,
why does not the illegality Of their
outfit taint all their doings. and make
them Pirates1 Does the mere fact
that they were able to escape the Wig
ilance of British Custom House. rem
der them fair aud honest traders. or
any the less sea-thieves and water
rats Are they Pirates only while
escaping from English waters, and
are they redeemed and regenerated
| by the mere fact of getting off sound
ings {! Then why not an African sla.
yer? Suppose. for instance, that a
dozen merchants in Dublin should
first renounce their allegiance to the
British throne-aud Heaven knows
that it sits very lightly upon come OF
them---and should purchase and fl
out few frigates in New-York
to prey upon London and Liverpool
commerce-would not the genera
opinion at Lloyd's be that these cruisers
were Pirates. and worthy Of being
sunk wherever caught? The general
Law Of the Seas utterly condemns
this Pirate War-no States while I'M
recognized can be allowed to infesl
the ocean-if they could we should
have the old Algerino Piracy ovel
again. But how much better are tht
Confederates than the Algerines were
before the world united to teacl
them good manners? We insist tina
the world has NO right " disrcSar'