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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

D@THE NEUrnALs. -Astonishing as
It is, 1t is nevertheless true that in these
times. when the lines arc so sharply dtfn-
ed, when, in the words If Douglas, there
can be only two CLASSES Of people-patri-
OTIS and traitors are still some men
who try to be on both sides of the fence
men who have belonged to the Knights
of the Golden Circle, and who would
like also to join the Union League
men who shout "good Lord" or"good Dew
IL as best Is the company in which
they happen for the moment to be-
THIS class is aptly described in Dryden's
Epitogue TO The Duke OF Guise, 1862,
which, slightly altered reads thus:
Damned neu.ers In the middle way Of steering
Are neither hsh nor fesh nor good red herring;
No Patriots nor Traitors neither this nor that
Nor birds nor beats buiJust kind Of bat
4 twilight animal true to neither cssse
WITH uaion wings, bat reoei teeth and claws"
--Erchaage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

LIrE's HAPPIEsr PERIoD.-Kingsley
gives his evidence on this disputed point.
He thus declares: There is no pleasure
that | have experienced like a child's
midsummer hoiiday-the time. mean,
when two or three of US used to 20 away
up the brooks, and take our dinners with
US, and come home at night tired, dirty,
happy, scratched beyond recognition,
with great nose gay, three little trout,
aud one shoe. the other having been used
fora boat, till it had gone down With ali
hands out Of soundings. How poor our
Derby days, our Greenwich dinners, our
evening parties. where there are plenty Of
nice girls, after that! Depend upon it,
man never experiences such pleasure or
grief after fourteen as he does before, un.
less, In some cases, 10 his frst love-
making, when the sensation is new Ia
him"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

The CRor PRosrxoT course II 10
too early to prospect much. there are 20
many chances Of failure yet, but all is
looking remarkably we'll thus far. The
spring has been favorable for doing all
the preparatory work, and the recent rains
are advancing all things rapidly. The
winter wheat never looked better. and the
spring wheat is coming finely. Corn 10
mostly planted, and large breadth of 20.
tatoes has been put in Freeport, { III.
Journal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

MA recent order issued by Gen. Ro-
secraus, reads thus:
"GEEEaAL: The General Commanding
directs me to call your attention to fla
grant outrage committed in your CON-
mand, person having been admitted in
side your lines without pass, and in Vi
oiat'on OF orders. The case is one which
calls Tor your personal attention, and the
1enerai Commanding directs that you deal
win the offending party or parties ac-
cording to law. The medical director re-
ports that an orderly sergeant 10 Briga-
der General 's division. vas IN.
day delivered of a baby-which is in vi
oistlon OF al lmilitary law. and OF the army
regulations. No such cass has been
known since the days Of Jupiter. You
Will apply the proper punishment 10 this
case and remedy to prevent repsti.
ton of the act"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

A MUSICAL Foreign journals
speak of an invention just produced in
Germany, namely, musical bed, SO con.
structcd that, by means of concealed
piece Of mechanism, the pressure Of the
body produces the softest harmony, which
lasts long enough to lull one to sleep.
At the head of the bed is . dial with q
hand which can be placed at whatever
hour the person wishes to awake and 1t
the time fixed the bed plays march of
Spontini, with drums ard oymbals, loud
enough to wake the soundest sleeper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

4-The New York Post says: "It
makes ones heart beat warmly to see the
brave boys Of our regiments Is they re-
turn from the war. Their faces are brown
and weather beaten: their flags riddled
with bullet marks and black with the
smoke Of conflict: but their eyes are
bright and their steps firm. The city
turns out to receive them, and continu.
Gus cheer rolls along the dense masses
gathered on the sidewalks to welcome
them home. 1t is a touching spectacle,
and honorable alike TO the yetersna vho
come from the battlefield and TO the peo.
J PIE who appreciate their value"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

LEARN TO CoNTKoL the VOICE TO
keep the lungs and voice in good condi-
tion. IL is necessary to give them plenty
of exercise. This is doubtless one reason
Why it is - natural for young people to
hugh, shopt, and sing. The Creator in
tended that their vocal organs should be
we'll developed in youth. and 90 it is
found impossible to keep child quiet
long II time. Blu. boys and girls, You
who are old enough to think about the
matter, do not let this natural impulse
make your company unpicas mt to older
people. Let the playground, or the fields,
ring with your happy shouts; there lie
plenty of room for noise there, and it will
do you good, bu, in the house, learn to
speak quietly. Keep the voice down to
. pleasant tone. Loud words are very
annoying to tired or nervous person
Am. Agriculturist.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23
unc.ne Tax for 1898.

The Income Tax is imposed upon a
certain proportion Of the income of these
two classes, viz:
l. Every person residing in the Uni.
ted States; aud every citizen residing
abroad who is in the employment Of the
Government Of the United States.
e. Every citizen OF the United States
residing abroad. and not in the employ
ment of the Government of the United
States.
Every person in the first class will be
taxed nj the rate Of three per cent. when
his or her annual gains. rrttits,or Income
exceed $500, and do not exceed $4,000
Eyery person in the first class will be
taxed at the rate of five per cent. when
the annual gains, profits, or income ex-
ceeded $40, 900. attor the following de-
ductions are made from the gross amount
retsrned, las per table, page 2, viz;
/. The 5000 allowed by law.
5 Other national, State, and local tax
cs assessed for 1862, and paid.
8 Rent annually paid for the dwelling
house or estate occupied as the residence
of the person assessed
4. Necessary property yielding the in
come; or insurance thereon or pay for
hired labors, and their subsistence, EN-
ploysd 10 conducting his business; or in
terest on membranes upon the proper
ty; or all as the case may be.
Every person in the second class will
be taxed at the rate of five per cent.
whatever may be bis or her annual gains,
profits or income from property, securities
and stocks owned in the United States,
without other deductions than numbers
2 and above stated
Whenever the taxable income of re.
silent in the United States, ascerlained
as above, exceeds ten thousand dol
lars. and upon portion of said amount
three per cent. has been withheld
by the officers of companies. corpora
tons and associations. from interest or
dividends therein due him, such Income
will be subject TO tax of two per cent
additional upon SO much thereof ~ may
have been previously subjected 10 duty
of three per cent. by the officers OF the
companies, corNrations or associations
aforesaid
But In no case, whether person is
subject 10 a tax Of three OF FIVE per cent,
is higher rate OF tax than per cent
to be collected from that portion of In
come derived from interest upon notes.
bonds or other securities of the United
States.
Where q husband ard wife live to-
gether, and their taxable income ia in
excess of $500, they will be entitled to
but one deduction of S60O, that being the
average fixed by la~ as an estimated
communication for the expenses Of maintain
ing family. Where they live apart, BY
divorce or under contract Of separation.
they will be taxed separately, aud be
each entitled to a deduction of 1910.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILAbEL
rniA.-several military organizations are
forming in Philadelphia, with the obiec.
OF Offering their services to the govern
ment for the purpose Of protecting it
sgalnss the traitors and sympathizers with
rebellion who disgrace portions of the
loyal North.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

The Atihhs
foorres pondence Of ths Richmoad Gxaminer.]
A gentleman just from Spring Hill, in
Mawry county, gives me some particulars
in regard to the death Of Van Dorm
The lsose ore siogalsrly tragic, and In
time Of peace would create national flu
rore. The crowded condition of the
gres. war canvass, however, will distract
the public eye from quiet domestic
melo. drama.
Since taking up his quarters at Sprine
Hill. Van Dorm has been upon tcrms O
criminal intimacy with Mrs, DIR. Peters
She was Miss Mckissick--young, hand
some and intelligent. Her family is one
of the highest responsibility and cOnside-
rable wealth. Her husband has been one
of the most esteemed ci,ixsns--sn anna
bic man, a member of the State Senate,
and heavy planter. A brother, Major
Peters, is Chief Quartermaster to Gen
Polk. The pair have been married (sec-
oud marriage on the part OF the gentle
mani for about FIVE years.
On the day Of the occurrence, DIR. Pc
tiers called upon Van Dorm and obtained
a pass TO go to Nashville. Van Dorm
gave it readily, doubtless feeling glad to
get rid OF dingreeable and dangerous
incumbrance. They were alone together
in an upper room, and it 10 supposed that
Peters shot from back Of Van Dorn's
head, which Was spli, in twain BY the bul.
let. The report was not heard, however,
and Peters mounted his horse, rode away,
crossed the lines with the pass previously
obtained, and entered Nashville. He has
been, l learn, received with marks of dis
tinguished welcome.
The body OF Van Dorm was eoffined
and sent off for interment. Mrs. Peters
has returned to her own family.
These are facts bard and dry. Rumors
of the conduct of Van Dorm, not only in
this one instance, but in others near CO.
lumbla, Lave been prevalent for some
time. Without doubt he has acted very
badly. My informant tells me that he
has degraded the cause and disguised
every one by his iuattention to his duties
and his constant devotion to the ladies,
and that TO the exclusion Of all else.-
Wine and women have ruined him, as
they have ruined many brilliant bat
reckless man. That Van Dorm Was man
of daring genius there can be no doubt.
Being handsome. with dark flashing eyes,
magnificent moustsche, superb rider,
SNOWY Address, quick witted and graceful,
he was also . man Of sagacsess foresight,
keen, Intelligent. but WAS wholly and
thoroughly unreliable. He always sscri
feed his business to his pleasure. He
was never at his post when he ought 10
be. He was either tied to q womau's
apron-strings or heated with wine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

W - An Englishman had heard Of the
h. .a.ee aabl, Of Dragging and thought
u. " cut the comb Of that propensity.
~ sas some large water mellons on =
h ~oman's stand, aud walking no
~ A1d poiating to them with q look
~ u'ss ppp,n'meai, said: .Whst, don't
you Ie'.e bigger hspples than these in
America p The woman ianlaa :, T.. = :
moment, and retortsd: "Annls.i A.
- Tsey night know you was an Englishman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-23

- a correspondent of the New York
Tribune. describing the duels Of the
snarpshooiers on the Rappahannock, pre-
Vious to Hooker's advance, says:
AT one time during the day, in pit
near at hand, heard rebel snap bis
gun several times but it missed fire,
niuch 70 his disgust. for l could hear him
swear when It failed to 60 off. One of our
a men amused at his perplexity, called
percussion capsr'
i. "Iheyi Northern Copperheads," was
his quiet response"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19

The most profitable lie pays a rainous tax.
The nasrowest mind has room for a pre-
JUDGE.
It is easier to see small faults than large
virtues.
How many peas are there in 3 pint? One
(p.l
We quarrel with the unfortunate to avoid pity.
ing them.
Men are like wagons they rattle most when
there's nothing in them.
A man never goes straight to his object unless
he's bent upon it.
Suspension bridges mayauswer a good purposei
suspension banks don't.
Use pitch to keep water out and a pitcher to
keep it in
Daily Evening MALL a lover calling on his
sweetheart.
If an egg could speak, what preserve would
it mention. Ma me laid (Marmelade)
She that can compose a cross baby is greater
than he who cOnposes books
A woman fascinates us quite as often by what
she overlooks as by what she sees.
In general, he only can patiently endure the
fame of others who deserves fame himself.
That society where hattery is acted is much
more agreeable than that where it is spoken.
Luncheon, says Thackeray,is base iDgratitude
to breakfast and permeditated insult to dinner.
He who loves only himself dislikes nothing SO
much as TO be aloae with the object of his affec-
tions.
The world. like Isaac the patriot, often refuses
to recall the blessing it has pronounced by mis-
take.
DO you want your audience attentive?" said
DR.. Emmons; then give them something to at
tend to"
Grumbling is all very well in its place 1t is the
deep bass that is needed to make mp the full har.
mony.
Beauty has its privileges; a woman who has
plainness of face must not indulge in the luxury of
plaipness of speech.
Why are Boston born people mostly Unitarians?
Because those who are born in Boston do not need
to be born again.
The eaglet must have time. The leak that in
due serson will cleave a skull, at first has merely
power to chip the egg,
1t is better to meet danger than to wait for it. A
ship on a lee shore stands out to sea in a storm TO
escape shipwreck.
How much does he known" "A ell almost MOTH
ing, not much more than you do The witness was
allowed to retire, without further question, amidst
the most uproarous screams of laughter
young ledy of eighteen was engaged to be
married 10 a gentlemen of thirty>six. Her mother
having noticed her low spirits for some time in
CURED the reason. ''Oh dear, mamma, replied
she pettishly, 4 was thinking about my husband
being twice my age" ,,That'S very true but he is
only thirty-six.' Hes only t~hirty-six now, but,
when l am sixty "WeIl?" "Oh deal! why
then ne will be a hundrd and ~trenty!.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19
For TIE KENosHA TELEGRAPH
Recovery from sickness.

IT'S hard to give up all the hopes Of earth,
Fen for so sweet a thing as heaven but let
Those tell, whose weary feet have almost touched
The threshold of OF our Fathers home for whom
The heavenly music shut out all the sad
And lonely sounds Of earth,-whoss longing hssrtd
We're almost satisfied with perfect life
And ove,-for whom there bloomed the lovely hover
or Paradise,-and to whose eyes, each form
That foated softly near, e'er seemed to be
The angel messenger of God, from heaven,
Bearing TO them the blessed sommons, "Come-
Let those whose eager arms have been outstretched
To clasp heaven and its rest, and found instead
Life and its burdens,-let them tell which gives
The sharper pang, to lay down life for heaven
Or turn away from heaven to life again.
sand yet is life a thing to be beloved,
And honored holly, and bravely borne"
tits the Fathers gift and all His gifts
Are good. Then thankfully, yet fearfully,
l take Us burdens up, and waiting stand,
Until l hear His voice, in accents ow,
Whisper the guiding words, ''Tnis way my child"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19

AN INTERVIEW WITH SMALL, THE NEGRO Pr
from Beaufort S. c., says of an interview he
had with Small, the well known negro pilot:
Robert Small, the negro pilot, who brought
the gunboat Planter out of Charleston har-
bour, and delivered her into our possession, is
now a resident and engaged III business III
this city. Partly to crafty my curiosity to
see this colored hero, and also to hear his views
W it'll regard to negro soldiers and the Presi-
dents Proclamation of Freedom. | called up
on him this morning. Much to my surprise,
| found hInra young man not yet thirty-not
q pure African, but black enough rot to be
much indebted to his Anglo-Saxon blood for
his sagacity and shrewdness. Without hav-
ing any decided military tastes, he expressed
a desire to join the army, either in the ranks
or as an officer, the moment we obtained pos
session Of any Of the mainland in South Caro-
lima. Until then he thinks negro soldiers can
be of little service. White soldiers are as vet
too much p~rejudiced against them on account
of their color to fight by their side but the
moment we commence moving a column in
to the interior of the State, black soldiers can
act upon a separate field, can move in indie
pendent columns, and can assure those who
desire to join their ranks that they will not be
pelted with stones and beaten with clubs, and
compelled to endure insult upon insult for the
sake of the cause they have espoused. He
has not the least doubt that the negroes, by
thousands and tens of thousands, will flock to
our lines the moment we have taken Charles
ton and penetrated the interior a few miles,
Charleston, he thinks, cannot escape total
destruction in the approaching conflict. The
tremen are all negroes, are all members of q
secret organization, and are all pledged tc
strike for their freedom, the moment the first
good opportunity arrives. He himself desires
to be among the first to enter Charleston, anC
has asked permission to the land
forces of the expedition. He feels assured
that in less than ten days he can have ZOO
blacks fully armed, who will be of more ser
vice to US in this particular State at this par
tiCular moment than an equal number of white
soldiers. One cannot hear this brave and in
telligent negro give his opinions without be
ing satisfied that he himself believes he car
accomplish all he processes to be able to per
form.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19
Patterson (who RECENTLY had a newspa.

Mr.. Patterson (who recently had a newspa-
iper controversy with Mr.. Spence, the 6nan-
IciaI agent of the rebels in LiverpooD made
1.-THE following point in the course Of his re-
marks at this meeting: %ala7..s e'.
81 must admit that, In common with other
men Of business in this kingdom, | looked
with dread to the shutting out of the great
cotton trade of the Southern States of Ameri-
Ca; but l appeal to facts and figures, and l
will appeal to the accounts of the dock estate,
land | assert that LiUerpooL aeUer had so good
la near as the gear 1861, aOhen she had 80 cot
tom" [Cheers.
In addition to the news ofthe emancipation
Injecting in Liverpool, the Arabia brings ac-
~Icounts of series of similar gatherings in
London, at which the most cordial sympathy
was expressed for our Government.
At Lambeth-baths Oondon,) on the 18th,
there was an immense demonstration, at
(which resolutions were adopted deprecating
''any attempts to recognize as a nation, the
I~revolted Southern States of America: whose
avowed intentions are to ignore the rights OF
the colored races and to p%erpetuate slavery,
and protesting against any act on the part OF
the Government of England compromising the
friends of the Slave in this country" q.
At another crowded meeting at Oldham
similar action was taken, and the resolutions
ordered to be sent to Minister Adams.
At a meeting at Farnsworth, a resolution
was offered: 'FThat, regarding slavery as a
crime against humanity and an offense against
God, and seeing that the American States
now in rebellion against the Federal Govern
ment avowedly desire to found a new constl-
tuition with the eternal perpetuity of slavery
as it's corner stone, this meeting hereby ex-
presses its conviction that the revolving States
are undeserving the sympathy Of freemen,a and
that their success would be a curse to the ne
gro race, and a calamity to the world at
large"
On being put to the vote, the resolution
was carried by an overwhelming majority,
followed by tremendous cheers and waving of
handkerchiefs. The meeting adjourned with
cheers for the George Griswold and President
Lincoln. In Manchester, on the 18th, New
man Hall addressed an immense meeting on
slavery this meeting also adjourned with
three cheers for the Griswold.
A great meeting was held on the 18th, in
Carlisle, to express approval Of the emanci-
patton policy, and to condemn the past career
and ultimate aims of the slave confederacy.
The meeting was most enthusiastic, and
the resolutions were carried with only three
dissenting votes. The conduct Of the Lord
Mayor in feting the author of the Fugitive
Slave Law was strongly reprobated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19

The STATE PRINTER refuses to do any more
work for the State under his contract. we
know of no good reason why the State should
not exact the pnaities in such cases made and
provided. The contractor has richly earned
them, and the future interests OF the State I'M
peratively demand that such an examPie
ssbould be made as would put a stop to TINS
snecies of deliberate trifing with those IN
terests -Htn Snttael.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19

HoS. A. B. JACKSON, Register of the U.S.Land
Office, at Menasha, but hitherto one of our
leading citizens has at length changed his res
idence to Menasha, as he intended doing some
time ago, the rapidly increasing business in
public lends at his Office compelling the re-
moval. His friends and neighbors here have
good reason for regretting their loss, and the
Menasha folks may well be congratulated up
on the desirable accession they have made to
their number. We hope he viii be turned out
and sent home again if the Co~pperheads get
into power.-APpLetOn Motor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19

PExs1oNs.-The question is often asked
seyYho are entitled to pensionsY y The act OF
Congress, passed July, 1862, made liberal pro
visions to disabled or invalid soldiers VINO
have served in the army OF the Union since
the 4th of March, 1861, and also to all wld-
ows and children (under sixteen years OF age
as well as mothers and dependent sisters OF
soldiers killed in battle, or who shall ole oy
reason of wounds received or disease contract
ed while in service and in the line OF duty,
The provisions as a whole, are much more nd
eral than the old pension laws for the fevoiu-
ton or the war of 1872. The amount OF pen
sions for total disability are fixed as follows;
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19
THE Nenosha Telegraph.
Is the Oldest Newspaper In the State Of Wiseonsin-haa
Double the circulation OF any Paper published In
Southern Wisconsin,, which makes II q very
daairahla madinm for Aduarkislnns
Rates Of Advertising.

Twelve lines Of this, NOnpariel type compact matter
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2 SOU. 80 $50 800 469 800 1000 1900
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4 Col. 500 500 600 800 1900 1900 9S0C
KCOl. 400 500 500 10 90 400 coo $500
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z COL 500 10 90 ~ 90 IS 90 1000 % 90 AS 90
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PROFESSIONAL AND BtsINEss CARDS, 81 a line, per year
| for the hrstfve lines, and fifty cents for each additional
line. - 1
EsfRAY NOTICES, published four weeks, $1,75 for a sim
gle animal, and fifty cents for each additional animal
in same notice. .af esfH a. III uI l-y' a....
LzaAL NOTICES, at Statute rates.
ADVERTISEMENTS not accompanied with directions will
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-19

@A New Hampshire soldier writes: Il
cannot go with the Democratic Convention OF
New Hampshire. l have carried their resolu-
tons IN my pocket, and have taken pains to
get the sentiments Of Democrats in the regi-
ment, but [ couldn't find one that endorses
them, or that would support them with their
votes