The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-15

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

ty-four young soldiers from our armies
now In the field to Cadetship at West
Point.
The receipts for the internal revenue
for August amount to s5,604 pol ,35, an
increase over the receipts for July.
Our wounded at Gettysburg are get
ting along admirably Only 800 still
remain in the hospital. OF these. some
600 are rebels.
Five children were drowned in Third
Lake, near Waukegan. ILL.,, on Wednes-
day OF last week, by the upsetling Of a
boat in which they had embarked for
SAIL
A secret political organization is said
to exist In several States. 1t is called
|"The Democratic Empire" and profess
es to be for the purpose of uniting the
whole American continent under one Gov
ernment.
The commerce of the world requires
o,oVo,ooV able Dodied men 10 be travers-
ing the sea- The amount of property
moved on the water is from 8 200 .OoO.-
900 or $4,000, 600, 600, and the average
animal loss is s25,006,00o.
-Crnnecticut boasts Of nearly 5000
industrial establishments and capital Of
SAG, 100000 invested in manufacturing
business, giving employment to 10000
hands.
Ned Buntline has been sentenced to
two months imprison ment at Fort Nor.
folk, Virginia, for tile crime OF deser
tioE.
The Washington Republican asserts
that our Government has mad. no ar |
rangemeut by which Consus Of the Uni |
led states abroad can display tie flag oi |
The Mexican Republic. TIE Ungel
States Consul at + fanktort, Germans,
mo displayed tie N kican H. DID il up
on Ms own iesponsIolIE y.
instructions have been issued 70 the |
effect that deserters ir. m regiments whose
term has already expired, shall IL com |
pelied to serve out tho remainder Of tic
term.
a man named Reuben Flanagan,
who had been drafted 10 the town of Os-
wego, hung himself because he didn't |
want to 90 soldering. The Coroner was
sent for, and the jury returned a verdict
Of exempt
III posterity con- Remn me, it will be
because l did not hang John c. Calhoun
as traitor. They may condemn me
more Tor this than any other act of NJ
administration. ."-ihRrele Jackson.
Il think the time u pt unlikely to come
when | shall be blamed for having made
t9o lew arrests, rather than too many.
L,ncola.
1t i believed that nearly fifty co.,
ored regiments will be ready for service
IN the Southwest by tile Ist of October.
during the months OF July ana Au-
gust, the winds on The Atlantic Ocean
were more moderate than during any sim
liar period within the memory of man.
Never before have such quick passages
oeen made across the ocean by steamers
Scotia-havin ng made the trip
between Ireland aud the coast of New
foundland, in about i've days. and be-
tween Ireland and New York in eight
days, two hours, inclu ding detention Of
twenty-four hours in a fog.
Nathaniel Ames, the sole surviving
revolutionary soldier of the Northwest,
died at Madison, Wise bnsin, on the eth
ult., aged l02 years, 4 months, and 2
days. He witnessed the execution Of
Andre, and was present at other historic
events OF the revolutionary war.
) IHE WEALTH OF MExIco.-In Mexico
there are over thousand silver mines,
yielding between thirty-fve and forty
millions OF dollars year. The value of
these mines is increased by the fact that
there are twenty-five mines of quicksil-
yer, which yield from two hundred and
fifty to three hundred thousand pounds
weight annually.
The friends of the Union must be no |
laggards I'D this contest. If they would |
win they must work. 1t is not an ordi.
nary election, tor upon its result incon-
ceivable consequences and interests de-
pend. Let US, then, make extraordinary
exertions
I An advertisement in the New York
papers states that several gentlemen. cap
italists and professional men. have re-