The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-13

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one of,iASiealtAt GL1hQik li1lA( -
local aad general. Wstre oftse soastied
by the sseount II some tekribos estne. and
scarcely gss ossr he hsstpe uhish = o.
easioas Vhsa anothsr end another 81 -
same kiud = bgpnGAt teheges. IT, 49,
few months have 6eea pseli6e Il great ~
rences both ia England I'D Anerisa.-
The psp6ss chr6ni5ls = 4xnsa4i 1vubesa
of maraess, and some d then Of The
most lsasfal and appalling kind. The
public mind il 70 much Occupied with the
war ard var news that they do not pro.
ducs the elleSts which inia6csAef ststs OF
affairs would be naturally caused BY sucn
occurrences. "-[New York Journal Of
Commerce.
Crime ID kind Of epidemic. II seems
to depend upon cond,tions Of atmosphere
and locations = much as cholera or 'syel.'
low isck." There are times and places
When and where the very sirsis full Of i.
Mem "take" il as naturally as they take
the mumps or the smallpox. "A whole
community becomes tainted with it.
Nor issthis the most curious feature
thst distinguishes it. Certain kinda Of
crime atflict certain localities ct certain
specific times A lev yesrs ago arson BE-
c4ns Suddenly fashionable among > css-
tain class Of young men ia Utica. The
sons of some Of the most respectable citi-
gems we're Connected in what seemed to
be deliberate purpose to destroy the
city. Fires occurred at certain hours Of
the night and, 90 certain aigAm Of she
week with q uniformity that showed that
the horrid work had been reduced 10 q
system. Ore young man--the son of one
of the wealtaiest men Of the tows--vas
proved to have deliberately applied the
torch of the incend,ary to his fathers
premises. And the only apparent motive
that could be discovered-indeed, the only
excuse given BY those who we're brought
to justice-wss that seeing people = nous.
and barns burn up wss "fun u The city
was clearly under the influence Of sn ep
idemic. o.
Some years since The new crime Of gar
roting sndd My made 8 appearance. Il
short time it became silths rage sup
planted the bludgeon and the dagger, ast
wAs the fashi,nobls crime of the hour
The "profession OF thieves and 6ut-throat,
hailed it as > new discovery ID the reali1
of criminal science. Breaking out il
London, it crossed the ocean, spread pvel
this country and established itself will
the arrogan, confidence of despot. in on,
larger citie-. Raging with frigh,ful ssio
lence for q season, itFaa its course. lost it
epidemic clafscter and gradually disap
psareds Na' long since vitrel throwing
came into sudden vogue. Men and wo
men made il their curiress to attack PEG
pie In the crowded ,horoughfares aud de-
stroy their lothing and mutilate their per
sons. In snms CAGES the motive VA.
doubtless private vengeance: but in tit
great major;sv VI instances there was nt
motive at si.l Virious.minded peopl.
did it because others did it.. The Grim
had obtained the virulence Of an epidem
10. Some forty years ago the crime .
"Burking." snich broke out in Glasgow
Scotland spread over England and raget
with the vtlence OF an epidemic in Lon
don and Other large cities But like 9th
er epidemics, it ran it's course and disap
peared.
Man is an initiative creature. He ha
morbid love Of doing wicked things
simply from seeing others 40 them 1t j
notorious that capital crimes greatly in
crease in number and atrociousness afte
apublicexecasion;n Englaud. Many year,
ago man took il into his headAto jumt
down from tlse top of London Monu msni
So many peopieimitated him by going ane
doing likewise" that the authoritie,
had to enclose The platform on the top, o
the structure with an iron railing. PEG
pie have beer known to become So fasci.
mated with the spectacle of the dead sui
cldes exposed 81 the Noygae, il Paris,
chat they walked out and straight way
threw themselves into the Seine: while
Mrs. Trollope, in her entertaining book on
Lille in the French Capital, states it is q
fact abundantly verified, that young bows
and maideus have been known to commit
suicide from reading accounts of fe,o de
sc in the papers and with sole view 10
ges INTO PRINT and be talked about Il Al
bany Evening Journal.
A-"Break those lines, boys" saws
Hood, q be was urging his men forward
at franklin, "and there is nothing to pre-
vent you from marching from Nashville
70 the Ohio river" Yet Hood had in
big front no. ths whole nor the half Of
Thomas' army. But he didu't know il.
Equally mistaken was be, when in spe.
cial order 10 his troops he annou need
that Shsrman's army had been reduced 10
thirty-6ve thousand men. Yst Sherman
moved into Georgia with more than ,h;r-
~ i've thousand men and l. # suficiap,
force behind TO take care of Hood. Th;,
Hood is Desperate fighter. and an exec .
lent Genersl-for ue.