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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-27

HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
VEG ETABLE Elk TRACT
A PURE TONIC.
DOCTOR HOOFLAND'S
C e r M AN BITTERS s,
rRErAaEp rr
DIR. @ M. JACKSON, PhtIa d'., Pa.
WILL RESPECTFULLY cURR
LIVER COMPLAINT.
JAUNDuCE,
Chronic and Nervous Debility, Diseases OF the Kid.
neys. and ell diseases arising from q dis.
ordered Liver or stomach, such ~
Csnstipa-
tioD, Inward
piles, Foiness
"a Biood to the
HEAD, AGILITY OF the
stom sch, Heartburn,
Nauses, pissas. for
Food, Fumes, or weight
In the stomach Sour Eruc-
tail Ms 3 ting or fiatter-
ing al The PA OF the stomach,
swimming Of the Head. Husrt@d
and Dinncuit Breathing, Plnttering
at the Heart, Choking or sunocxnng
Sensations when in a lying posture,
Dlmness Of Vision. Dots o. Webs before
the sight Feyer sud Dull Pain In the
Head, Deficiency OF Perspirsiiun, Vel.
iowne of the Skin aud Eyes,
Pain Ia the side, back ces.t
Of Heal sarnlar In .hs
Fle.h' Constant nat, lmssn-
Depression OF spirits
a aIax s'a r rs,,n
= Fsyss, B,L,ioos
~
They contain no Alcohol or bad Whisky
They WILL cuHs the above diseases In ninsy-nine
~. :. ~
Induced nv tho extensive sale and universal popu-
iarity Hoonsnd's e-msn bitters purelsv sstxbiel
hosts OF isaorcnt oaaeas and unscrupuoos dveptures
have opened upon suffering Humanity the nocd yates OF
Sosrums In the shape of poor vhisA~s. viieiy CON
Stomachies and Riiters
Beware OF The innumerabls array OF Alcoholic pre-
psrasions in pie,herc bottles, snd big bst,,vd e.
under The aoest appsllatlon OF bies which instead
~ curing only sTravste disease and leave the disap
pointed sufferer In despair.
-
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a.s nos s, ssa ans'ea a'ue's. %. oavs 1000 ,
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hanseci., rscts sua meac., ,y,a.s "a th.., Hi,,rys
49,. :,
DO You want something 10 strengthen you
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~ Jou "a"'o pooa "a PPoao
do YOU want to build up YOUR Constitution.
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no von want IN oct rid of Neryou suess
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10 YOU want Energy
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Do Won want a brisk and VIGOROUS feeling
YOU do use uooPLAyD'S GERMAN BITTERs.
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Although net disposed 70 favor reconmeud $stens
Medicines Ia general through distras Of their ingre
dents and enseSs yes Know OF M sudeicut reasons
Why msn may not tssif, 10 tho ernedts he believes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-30
THE GATE CITY.
Can. Cu.ter.. Peace story Refutea.
From The Richmond Sentinel, Sept. IT,
Letter FROM col. HILL. ~

Gen. Cu,ter.s Peace story Refutea.
From The Richmond Sentinel, Sept. 49,
Letter FROM COL. HILL.
TArLoRsvILME, VA, Sept. 8.
EDITOR OF THE SENTINEL:
observe in your issds Of Saturday an
extract from the New York Tribune, IN
which the correspondents of that villaiH-
GUS sheet represent Col. R. c. HUI as
telling them, under flag OF truce, at FRED
ericksburg. that ..there would soon be
peace" The whole of this statement is
false. On the 18th of August | held an
interview with Brigadier General Custer,
of the Michigan Cavalry, with reference to
picket firing opposite fredericksburg, my
design being to spare the inhabitants of
that ill-fated city the annoyance of being
fred at, whenever they made their APP
pearance, and, perhaps, the more serious
Inconvenience OF being shelled. This was
accomplished. Much was said that had
no connection with the business which
caused the meeting; some of the officers
accompanying Gen. Custer said much
that they had better retain all of which
was noted and preserved for future use.
The officers of my staff, as well as my
self, were very re,icent, and observed I'M
usual caution in our conversation. On
the contrary, General Custer staff, ail
mere youths, branched out extensively,
and tried TO show us how much they
knew. | must request that you will not
copy extracts concerning me from the pa
per which represents Beauregsrd as fran
tic on the retreat from Corinth I; Price as
having resigned with view to taking the
oath Holmes as having died of delirium
tremens, and JEFF Davis as being under
guard in Richmond, to prevent him from
running away and, last Of all, represent
ing uie as entertaining "peace sentiments.
! had not intended before to make dec
laration Of nv sentiments on this subject,
but this occurrence forces me to declare
myself.
| am opposed to peace on any terms
short OF submission of the Federas to
such terms as we may dictate; which, IN
my opinion, should be Mason and DixoD's
Line boundary, the exclusive navigation
of the Mississippi below Cairo, full in
Identification for all the negroes stolen
. and property destroyed, the restoration of
Fortress Monroe, Jefferson, Key West,
and all other strongholds which may have
falldn into their possession during the war |
Ii they are unwilling to accede to these
terms, propose an indefinite continuance
OF the war until the now existing frsg- !
ment of the old Union breaks to pieces
from mere rottenness and want of cohe-
sion, when we will step in, as the only
frst-class power on the Western Hemls- [
phere, and take possession of the pieces
as subiugated and conquered provinces.
Very resp ~, your ohediept servt,
Ropr. G. HILL,
Col. 48lh n. G. Reg.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-30

ssa- Judge Bond, Of baltimore, has
addressed a letter to the War Depart
ment, urging change in the law upon
which negroes are now enlisted in Mary
land. At present the recruiting officers
are ordered to enlist only free blacks, the.
effect of which, Judge Bond contends, is
to diminish the competition of free with
slaye labor. and so to increase the value
of slave property. The Judge advises,
therefore, that black men Of any condition
should be enlisted, on the ground that
slaves are persons by the law of Mary
land that their service is due to the Gov
eminent if needed, aud that it may be
taken for military use without compen-
sation as properly as that of apprentices,
or of minors above eighteen years of age
He objects to compensating the owner OF
negro who enlsts, on toe ground that to
indemnify him and not the father whose
son is drafted, or the mechanic whose
apprentice is taken, would be unfair.
But if compensation is to be given, he
urges that it should be given only to the
loyal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-30
LIVE STOCK.

LIVE SIOUX.
Droversand Farmersw wi ian this tn mos II dvan-
tsgsous route for Live Stock. Capacioue Yards wen
wstered and supplied with every Convenience ,have
been opened d onnections every
attention il paid totheir wants. From Harysbur4h,
where viii oefound every convenience for feeding
and resting, achoice is offered OF the PHILADEL
PHIA, NEW Y0RKAnd BALTfAORB MARKET.
This wilialso be found the shortest quick est and
most directrouteforS Stock o New York-TviA Alien.
townl-and withfewerchangestha an any other.
ENOCH LEWIS ,GeneFalSupt., Altoona, Pa
I. L. HoupTs Gen .TicketA gt: Philadelphia
DIV p5t'4.iaip
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-30

+ r f / q HTS.
BY this route, Freights of all descriptlon.cap he
forwarded aud from Phiiadeirhis New YORK.
Bosto or Baltimore to sfsd from any point on tie
Railroads Of Ohio. Kentucky. Indiana. flIinots
Wisconsin. Iowa or Missouri, BY RAILROAD DI.
RECT.
Tho Pennsylvan Railroad aiso eonn Al pitts-
burg with Steamers by which Goods a n beforvard.
cd to any point on the Ohio. Maskingum x eutuekr
Tennessee Cumberland. Illinois, Mississippi wiz
consiB. Missouri. Kansas. Arkansas. aud Ned Rtt-
ers: and at Cleveland, ssndusky and Chicago with
steamers to all port. the North " ester n Lakes
NeFchahtsand shippers entrnsting tn transport
non of their freightto this Company can rely with
confidence oniis speedyiransit.
The Hates of Freight
Toandfrom any pointin he West blythe peunsyl.
vania Centrsl Railroad, are st all times AS F1 =
voRABLE AS ARE CHARGED BY oTHERRAIL.
ROAD COMPANIES.
II PBeparticularto mark packages, ssvIAPRHn.
CENTRAL X. R.'sLU
For Freight Contracts or Shipping Directions, ap-
ply to address either of the following gents Of
b. A.sTEwART, Freight Agent, Pittsburgh.
CLARKh& co, Transfer Agents, -
R.C. MKLDRUM 4 CO., Madison, Ina.
}. Z. MOORE. Louisville, KY.
W. NJ. A1KMAN CO.. Evansville, Ind.
K. F SASS, 81. louis, Nilsson
CLARKE CO., Chicago, Ill.
J. H. M'COLA Portsmouth o.
R.HNEELY, MONTGOMERY. MaysvRle
w. & Il. L. LANGLEY ,GaIlipolis, %.
S.PIERCE Il CO., Zanesvitfe. @.
n. H. HUDSON, Ripley, %.
b. MELDRUA, General Travelling Agen
for the South and west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-30

A COMPLIMENT TO PRESIDENT LIN
coLN.-The New York Commercial Ad
vertiser says it is fact well worth know
ing that, for the first time In many years,
the Congress coming into life in the mid
die of'a Presidential term is, in its poiti'
cal aspect friendly to the President. For
= n1,rter of a century, if we are not mis-
tassn. an opposition Speaker has been
elected in every last Congress Of Presi
Dental term. That the next Congress /:
not merely Union, but Republican, Is
strong testimony to the popular estimate
of the fidelity, honesty and patriotism o
Abraham Lincoln and his advisers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-30

Patti was paid cool ten thousand
dollars for singing once before the Ger
man monarchs, in Frankfort.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
COLUMBUS. March 16.

Among the late promotions are the follow
ing: Seventh Infantry = Major Orrin J.
Crane to Lieutenant Colonel, vice Asper. dis
charged; Captain VIM. R. Sterling to Major
vice Crane.
This announcement last week caused no
little surprise in this vicinity-from the fact
that Capt. F. A. Seymour, whose home is
here, was the Senior Captain in the Regiment,
and both from seniority and desert. was en-
titled to promotion to the post of Major
VIM. r. Sterling has not been with the Reoi
ment for many months, having been on some
body's staff, and unless we are incorrectly in
formed, neither by service, by desert, or char
aeter, is entitled to the promotion Last fall,
when Major Asper resigned, Gov. Tod gave
Capt. Seymour Majors commission to fill
the vacancy, and when Asper. was reinstated,
Seymour fell back upon his Captaincy. That
commission for Major is still'in his possession,
never having been revoked.
The conduct of Gov. Tod in thus super.
ceding meritorious senior officer, who has
seen service, by the appointment of junior
officer (whose private habits, if report speaks
truth. might be improved, is certainly indie
fensible. YET all who know Gov. Tod, know
how susceptible he is apt to be to present in.
fuences, and hence is liable to just sucf
freaks. This is not the first time in the ex
ercise of the powers of mis- Gubernatorial of
fee, that Gov. Tod has shown himself wor
thy to be classed among the unreliable rezia
bles of the present day. One would think h
might do an act of simple justice in a case $,
plain. We can tell Gov. Tod, that viciou
practices like these, contemplate favoritisn
like this, adisregard of meritorious and hon
orable service in promotions, that dispirits tn
bravest and manifest of our soldiers, and tend
largely to demoralize the army.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
Postal Enactnnents.

Holbrook's United States Mail has an alb
stract of the provisions of the new postal law,
from which we quote few paragraphs:
LETTER PosTAGE-Postage on local or
drop letters - will hereafter be two cents,
when not exceeding half ounce, and an atl-
ditional rate for each half ounce or fraction of
an ounce-in all cases to be prepaid by pos
tage stamps. No charge will lie made either
for the delivery or collection of any class of
letters, whether local or from or intended to
be sent by the mails.
The regulations respecting soldiers letters
remain the same as heretofore.
The amendment of the House, establishing
a money order system, was rejected in the
Senate, and finally abandoned.
On all mail matter required by law to be
prepaid, and which shall reach its destination
unpaid, double the usual rates must be col
lected on delivery, and insufficient payment
is to be wholly disregarded.
The fee for the registration of letters is left
optional with the Postmaster General; but II
is not to exceed twenty cents per letter.
Unsealed circulars, not exceeding three, to
one address, are to be charged with two cents
postage, and in that proportion for a greater
number.
NEWSPAPER PosTAGE-Week papers five
cents per quarter, semi-weekly ten cents, tri-
weekly fifteen cents, six times per week Jthir-
ty cents, seven times per week thirty-fve
cents. At these rates the weight must moi
exceed four ounces-in each case payable IL
advance per quarter or year, either at the
mailing or delivery office. ... r.
No extra charge is to be made for a caro-
printed or impressed upon circular or letter
envelope or wrapper. Circulars to be prepaic
by stamps.
The Postmaster General may from time tc
time provide by order the rates and terms up
on which route agents may receive and deliv
er at the mail car, or steamer, packages o
newspapers and periodicals delivered to then
for that purpose by the publishers or new
agents in charge thereof, and not received
from or designed for delivery at any post of
| fee.
Observation-Disclosures can only frank of
| fetal letters to other officials--the former Ii
cense to the smaller class of officers heretofor
enjoyed, of franking on their own private bus
mess, having been abolished.
We regret our inability to state in detail al
the changes authorized by Congress in its fna
action; but as they are not to go into effect til
the 1st of July next, sufficient time will b
afforded postmasters and the public for becem
ing acquainted with all that is new in thes
important legal enactments.
Com FOR FOREIGN LETTERs-The join
resolution giving the Postmaster General
authority to collect the postage on unpai
foreign letters in specie was also passed. !.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
Poland VS.. s. C.

Some of the defenders of their +" wayward
brethren, ,''being crowded for an argument upon
the topic, attempting to justify their slave
driving lords, SAY that Poland is another South
and Russia another North, and that the SYM
pathy we bestow upon the Pole, struggling
against the Gear, should be bestowed upon
the Southerner struggling against the Union.
No comparison could be more unjust. Poland
is endeavoring to rectify a crime; the South
is endeavoring to commit crime. Poland
has been the victim of Russian tyranny; the
South has bssn The petted child of this Re-
public. Poland has suffered all the woes and
griefs that serfdom could feel; the South
for century has been the master of this Re
public. Poland is in insurection in obedience
to a high and holy inspiration, the South is
in insurrection to perpetuate a great wrong
The triumph of Poland will be the triumph
of liberty : the triumph of the South woulc
be the triumph of slavery. Therefore, al
our instincts are with Poland, and we canno
help wishing her every successin the presen
trying time.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
Features of tho oonscriptIon Act.


The former military laws established the
age of those liable to military service at
eighteen. The recent act of Congress estab-
lished the age at twenty, and as this will con-
sideraly diminish the number to be drafted
from, This provision is considered mistake.
The committee who prepared the bill seem to
have supposed that young men are not able
to bear the hardships of the service before
they reach the age of 20. But the statistics
of the British army show that those under
20 have the highest power of endurance,
probably because of the excess of vitality at
that age, and the greater ease with which the
young adapt themselves to changed mode
of life. In certain specified portions of the
British army the average annual mortality Of
those under 20 is 1872 in each 1000 men,
while of those above that age the average is
18 8, or more than SO per cent. higher. And
we think the experience of our own yolun-
teer will show that those under 18 even-oi
whom we have had many thousands-bave
stood the hardships and fatigues of soldiers
life quite as well, on the average, as those
who are older.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
Diminishment of private Debts.

It is notable offset to the increase of our
lublic debts are generally decreasing. They
are easily paid off, currency being SO flush
In the annual report of the Commissioner of
Statistics to the Legislature of Ohio, there is
fact bearing on this point. The annual
mortgage debt, put upon record, is $5,OOooOO
less than usual. The usual average is about
$89.000,000, so that the falling off in 1862
was about Is per cent. in other words, that
is the diminution of individual debts of that
description. Admitting this ratio to prove
correct throughout the Loyal States, the re-
duction OF debt generally in I661-62 was
$36o,00O,ooO. And it may be said, in refer
ence TO money, that its capacity to pay debts
is far better test of its real value than gold
Can possibly be, simply because there is a far
greater demand for money to pay debts than
to buy gold, and the foreign debts are COM
paratively small. The Government notes
pay debts and gold can Go no more.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
A Voice from the Ditch.
DITCH OPPOSITE VIcKsBURG,l
MARCH 9th, 1868, {

Editor Portage County Democrat:
That you may have little tone to your
columns, is sent this voice from the ditch. !"
And in order that the "voice" may have tone,
l powerfully affirm for your many intelligent
readers information, that this ditch, so long
talked of, hoped for, and expected, is no Ion
ger myth; but substantial verify This
affirmation is assured by much that my "gum
tree fine" and the misty moonlight all around
me discloses. Here are long rows of weary,
drowsy men, wrapped in their blankets, with
boots protruding, begrimmed with mud from
the ditch; scores of wheelbarrows " in park, :"
with stacks of shovels and spades while
there is the " hole in the ground,' elongated,
narrow, shallow. and quaggy, 1anked by long
lines of greasy clay and sand that once filed
it, reminding one of those heretofore days
when canal building was in its prime. Be-
sides this, up the ditch near the river, at any
time during the night or day, may be heard
the click and-clatter of busy, untiring dredg-
es, as they, like creatures of volition, thrust
their huge proboscises far down into the mud
dy sediment, and scooping them full of what
they search for, eject it upon the adjacent
banks, and busily search for more. Honora-
Bile :" mud eaters,'' these; and, but for the i'm
piled stigma upon them, it would be well to
send down here to labor along side of them a
few thousand Northern mud eaters. wish,
Mr.. Democrat, that by way of echo, you
would inform that class of gentry that the
army here desire very much to see them
and, if they'll come. we'll try and reconcile
any well grounded objection these dredges
can have at being compelled to labor in SO in
famous company. And the idea suggested is
as there are a thousand or more negroes al
work On the ditch, they can work beside the
dredges, and the Northern mud eaters "jus
out one side.' 4at-....s
To the end that your readers may under
stand the lay of things here, and more espe
cally the ditch, will say that the river a
this stage-5 feet of high water marks now
one mile in width, and from little below
Milliken's Bend oabout one-third of a mile
of the entrance of the ditch, distance of a
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25

The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal.
The select committee in the Ohio Legisla-
tnre, to whom was referred the duty of in
vestigating the pretended sale of the canal by
Auditor Tayler, to the Mahoning Rail Road,
so far as we are informed, have not yet re-
ported. But we are informed that Mr. Au-
ditor Tayler is made very unhappy by the
proposed investigation, and that he is hugely
incensed, yea, mad, at Senator Bierce and
Others, who propose to present to the people
OF the State this sample of his financial STRAIT
egy. Mr.. Tayler, backed by Gov. Tod, may
try to crush those who try to make revela-
ton of this transaction for the benefit of the
public, and may endeavor to hush enquiry,
but will hardly be able.
We are told that the facts are these: The
Canal was sold by Auditor Tayler, represent
ing the Fund Commissioners, to Charles L.
Rhodes, the Agent of the Mahoning Road,
for $35, 900. There was on hand at the time
of the sale 1918, ,23, one-third of which,
$37, 1914, belonged to the State. The sale
was made on the 18th of last November, the
money paid in thirty days thereafter, Dec. Is,
and on the 7th of February last a dividend
was declared of $4,000, the one-third of
which belonged to the State This was de-
clared and paid to the Cleveland & Mahoning
Rail Road Company, as purchasers of the
stock of the State. This gives the State
stock of $4,000 to the Rail Road for moth
ing. and $2,379,74 as bonus for taking it
Will not the people of the State hold Mr..
Auditor Tayler to strict accountability for
such strange financial transaction as this!
Can he satisfactorily explain and vindicate
himself? If nay, then, if the Unionists oil
Ohio want Yallandgham elected Governor
let them put Robert w. Tayler in nomina-
ton to run against him
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
Lay Renresentaflon.

A meeting Of Methodists was held in n. Z.
the 19th inst, to consider the subject of Lay
Representation. Strongly worded resolutions
urging the speedy adoption of the system Of
Law Representations, were passed unanimous
ly, and convention of Methodist Laynen
called for May 18th in the city of New York
The action Of The meeting was entirely har
monious, and no dissenting voice was heard
as to the propriety or expediency of the steE
proposed to be taken.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
!. .ScHMUoKER's HIsroRY OF THE REBELLIoN.

SCHMUcKER's HISTORY OF THE REBELLIoN.l
The first volume of the history of the re-
bellion prepared by Samuel NJ. Schmucker,
LID. has been issued from the press of j.
w. Bradley, Philadelphia,in aneat and hand
some style, embellished with beautiful steel
plates, and fine wood engravings. Itcontains
512 pages, and is entitled thus: A History
of the Civil War in the United States, with
preliminary view of its causes and biograph-
ical sketches of its heroes" The author has
brought to his task learning, ability, patient
research, and power of condensation highly
character. From the cursory examination
which. we have been able to give it, we feel
that it is worthy to be commended to all who
would possess reliable and comprehensive
history of the rebellion, its causes and its
progress. This volume will be followed by
another, and perhaps a third, the last, how
ever, depending upon the duration of the war,
and the accumulation of materials for perma-
nent history. a.-as ..,. e.
Frederick Williams, Esq, of this village,
is the sole agent for this popular work for the
County of Portage, and will endeayor to give
large number of the citizens of the County
an opportunity to examine and subscribe fol
it. We like the book so well, we have sub
scribed for it, ard recommend it to Others
Price, $3.50.
Mr.. Williams is also agent for lrving's Life
of Washington, five volumes in one, making
a superb volume, illustrated with engravings
/ This volume is offered at the low price of SIS
thus bringing this great and valuable histor.
of the immortal Father of his country within
the reach of many, who could not posses
themselves of the more expensive five vol
fume edition.