The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-23

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berland, which is about equally distant
from Chattanooga on the.right that Knox
vile il on the left, discovers the Second
Division of Cavalry, commanded BY Gen.
George Crook, with headquarters At this
pssce. The Memphis 4 Charleston Rail-
road. west from Stevenson to this point
is being rebuilt as fast as force can be
spared from the more immediate and
pressing wants in front. The cam from
Stevenson are nov running to Aaysville,
ten miles east of here. The completion
Of bridge across Flint river and few
culvers repaired viii bring this point in
communication with the rest OF the
world.
Gen. Dodge with large force at Pu-
laski is reconstructing the Railroad from
Nashville to this point by way Of Colum.
bia, Pulaski and Decatur, SO that in few
months there will be regular circle Of
communication BY rail.
This truly beautiful place. famous for
its wealth, refinement and beautiful resi-
dences, and its immense natural spring,
remains quite fresh and intact during the
ravages Of war. This spring gushes ont
from the very centre of the city, and is
so large that yean ago canal was cut
and supplied With water from it, and used
to carry of ia boats to the Tennessee
river the products of the country, until
facilities by rail rendered it useless as a
highway. The volume of water is so
great that it is used as s..power, and with
the aid of some simple machinery supplies
the city with an abundance of the purest
spring water.
The men here, as elsewhere In the
south, are in the war. OF the few left
the majority of them are undoubtedly
Union men, conditional and uncondi-
tidnal. Jerry Clemens, the brilliant, po-
etIc and talented compeer and colleague
of Yancey in the United States Senate !;
once the iriest of the fiery and the most
southern of southerners next the con-
vert Of Clay, bursting with the eIoquence
of cppservs,ism aud eomprurniso, .h..
the enDsen representative Of this district.
elected BY = vote Of 1900 to 800, to op-
pose the secession of the State of Alaba-
ma, and when by what was thought the
tardy action of the authorities At Wash
in8ton, the friends OF the Union gave out
to hope that coercion BY force. Of arms
would be used to bring back the re-
belious sovereigns; the captive Of se-
cessionists, sweeping along with the tor
rent Of events, striving only to avert the
civil war which threatened northern with
southern Alabama. tie is now living here
quietly. except an occasional jeer from
secessionists, though much broken By
the vicissitudes he has undergone.
Poor Clement G. Clay, since lie was
beaten as Yancey's successor to the Con-
fsderats Senate last week BY Bob Jemi-
son, an ultra-conservative e ion. man,
or in plain English, Union man without
ifs or ands, and by the significant vote Of
81 to 23, swears he'll be - if he ever
sets foot in Madison county again. So l
presume there will soon be another house
vacant to shelter our brave boys here
and make them comfortable this winter.
May the peace and qaietude of ten thous-
and widows and orphans wretchedness
attend him wherever he goes.
S. NJ. Curry, the secesh caadidats to
the Confederate Congress for this Dis
trict. who was beaten by Cobb, conser.
vative Union man, some six weeks since.
has just been beaten again for the Senate
by Richard w. w alker, conservative.
Andrew Figors, an editor of this place
who has been tabooed by the secesh fol
having done the printing for our forces
under both Mitchell and Buell., has jus
been elected BY the Conservative Union
party State Printer by six majority on
strict party vote.
A prominent man Of this place, wealthy
and Of great influence, and formerly rep
resentative, said to-day in public, "ths
masses Of this State will never forget no.
forgive the men who brought on this wal
and exempted themselves from it BY theil
niggers; and the only way these monar
chists can retain in their hands the ,povel
they now have, is never to let il conn
back to the people. The fate of SLAYER,
as ; populsr political power il foreve
sealed.'' -
Our boys here seem to Aavea genuiu'
respect for private property, and listl'
guarding is necessary to retain intact th'
surrounding fences and hen-roosts. 4
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