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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

i 1t is asserted that the Loyal Unio
Leagues Of the North now number be
tween eight hundred thousand and on
million voters.
Henry w. Longfellow and Charlie
Sumner sat for a photograph lately a
Washington. New Englsnd's poet ant
politician on a single card will be I
novelty. 9
The widow of Senator Douglas is a,
present in Washington City, engaged BY
Secretary Chase as clerk in the Treasu.
~ Department. She is seldom seen In
public.
Senator Conness will leave Washing.
ton for Chattanooga soon 70 present Gen
Hooker the splendid sword tend ered him
by the State Of California.
"A war meeting was held al Lincoln,
Logan county, on Saturday, and pnc hum
dred dollars additional bounty offered to
men who may enlist in new company to
be organized in that county.
The Missouri Democrat states that
100000 hogs have already been packed
10 ST. Louis. with fair prospect that the
number viii reach that packed last eea-
son-185, 900. 81
During the late siege of Knoxville,
the rebels fought as with = battaiiou of
Cherokee Indians, several Of whom are
rvieon avs in oup ha pds
In Saginaw Valley, Michigan, where
In 1860 no salt was made, they now man
ufacture ,5oo, 900 barrels per anhum.
An order has been issued brobibit-
ing all boats not laden with gov srnmens
freight, or in the government employ,
from going up the Cumberland river.
This has been found necessary owing to
the close proximity of rowing guerrillas.
The La Crosse Democrat st4tes that
few days since lady in that city whose
husband vas intent upon going to the
German Theater and dance, gave him .
dose of morphine, supposing thai little
would make him drowsy and keep him at
home. By some means she gave him too
muchs and he expired from the effects of
the dose.
THE CoNTRABAsp's PRopHEcY.-A
correspondent informs US that there is an
old female contraband following the Ar
my of the Po,omac, who has the rsputa-
ton Of being half crarod. She repeats
the following doggerel verse:
fIn sixty one the war was begun;
In sixty.two 1t was half through
In sixty-three the niggers were free;
La si1ty-four the war will be Ger
It is more than probable that the dar-
keys prediction will prove correct.
From the English papers We learn
that the Duke of Newcastle i SO seriously
ill that he has been unable to attend the
numerous cabinet councils that have been
held of late, and his illness has assumed
such chronic form that he will have to
give up, it is feared, the seals OF the
Colonial Office.
The enormous business done in
canned provisions appears from the fact,
that single establishment in New Jer-
sey puts up 500 cans per day, and often
turns out six tons of jellies in glass per
week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

PoLICE CouRT.-The weather for the
past few days has been too cold for any
thing exciting to occur in this depart
ment.
There was but one case yesterday be-
fore the Recorder. Mrs. Laura Parker,
for committing assault and battery on
Eliza Triplet, a colored woman, was fined
$40 and costs.
This case has been the only one before
his Honor for more than week past
and 1T follows that the "cold snap" has
had very salutary effect on the morals
of our city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

THE RICHMOND PRIsoHs.-There were
yesterday in the Libby prison and its de-
Tendencies over ten thousand abolition
captives. In this number are included
nine hundred and eighty.three commits
stoned officers, domicied at the Libby,
under the immediate supervision Of Major
Thomas P. Turner. BY the record it
appears that nine were received on the
l4th inst. Twelve died the same day
The arrivals for several days past have
not been very numerous. On last Friday
night Captain Anderson, of the City. 6rst
Indiana cavalry lStreight's command,
and Lieutenant Shelton, of the nineteenth
Iowa regiment, "a red headed. builetreyed,
pestilential abolitionist,) escaped from the
hospital of the Libby prison by bribing
the sentinel. one Mack, member Of the
Tenth Virginia battalion Of heavy artil-
lery. This person was purchased for
forty dollars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

IcE.-Messrs. Collier d Bro. and
Messrs. Baughman & Hiner have already
commenced cutting ice for summer use in
the large slough opposite the city. The
ice there. is now frozen to the depth of
six inches.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
Nem ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IOWA
1V1 UNIVERSITY, KEOKUK.
regular coarse OF Medical Lectures will be de-
hveted In this restitution, commepctug March lst,
1854 and continue sixteen weeks six Lectures daily
FEES for slltbe Lectures, $50 Matricnistion, e5;
Demonstrationss e5; Graduation $50; good Bosrd
~ 70 TO per week Clinical Instruction fn United
States Hospitals sraiuitous. No charge for Surgical
operations before the Class.
ian6-d&w2m J. c. HUGHES Dean.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

CoRREcTIoN.-Tbere was a mistake in
our last police report in the name of Zugg,
which SHOULD not have appeared, as he
was not fined as was stated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
keOkuk Library A tiOn
SPECIAL NOTICE.

A I 4 MEETING OF THE KEO-
\ kCK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, Deeember Id
its9 a n sofutlaa ~ss adopted that eormittee ts
appointed - receive Donstisns of Bsoxx de-.
tne citizens OF kenkak sna Vicinity ossfd com men
one tn Library.
lac foiewing aAmed gentlemen compose the Com
migtss:
Rd.F. Brovnen. N. ". Wcstco;i, Hswsrd Tucker
Il. B. Ogden, s. 4. Carey, A. j. NilkiEson.
The knovn fhersitsy and public spirit fthe citizens
ot heokaE J. eosadentiy apfesied hshau thls
"otrrt DraitoHs be cit al the places ef bu sineSs
ss either 0; the gentlemen nsmei or parties viii be
called on BY leaving ther with ANY q The Com
mites. 6ec&g-dr
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

UNION SocIAL.-There was buta small
number in attendance at this entertain
ment last evening, owing to the extreme
cold, which prevented a great many from
attendng-nevertheless, the small mum
Der did not interfere with the enjoyment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
NEW BOOK OF CHURCH MUSIC.

THE HARP OF JUDAH; A Collection Of Sacred
and Secular Nnsic for Ca9lrs, Schools, Aasscal Con-
venfinns, Societies snd the Home Circle; BY L. o.
EaKRsos. Auiasr Of tie "GSidss Hrsztk," ~Sak5otk
Hs-ross," ht.
book embracing every variety of choice music
sasptef 70 ih- capscities Of all grsies of sngerF-
Though p1biisbe nut few mouths sioee has already
been Used By twelve Musical Cunventieas ard reariy
all the lesding yenioRs in the TINTED Stsses
eseritas arrangements 10 10 ihe coming
ChoArs and Teachers are rapidly sdrpting because
they can mad no book eGaGi h. it In every require
msni desirabis In such work Specimen pages 20
iunes1 will be sent free to any appiicriien.
Price OF the HARP jupAu" 81 per copy. - per
dozen. OLIVER ptTSoS Co, Publishers 977
Washington SS5xe,, Bo ton dsc5l-dtf
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

T The Montauk nation of Indians,
once one of the most powerful in America,
has dwindled down to five persons. The
monarch, or tie monarch of four of them
Sylvester pharo. keeps no standing army,
the smallness of his revenue obliging
him to dispense with that kingly luxury
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

sa- Wanted, Immediately, by Seal d
Waterman, blacksmith that can shoe
horses and iron wagons. IF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
REAT BARGAIN IN LANDS.

900 Acre Of land for sale considerable portion ef
which is under eutivati IN the central part OF Lee
County, and within thirty minutes by Raiiroad from
Keokuk. This lsndie admi rasy ntied for sheep or
stock farm, an will be sold at low price. An op-
pestmuiy snch as rarely Is here offered for
making most desirable Investment. Title perfect.
Enquire Of u. ,. InN-EICAt.
Keokuk, Eov. -. 1AA Estsas AgsnA
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
4 DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

So,lee is hereby given that The 9th a.y Of p~
one>r, A. Il 1883 vas appointed Adminis,r.,ar
Of The ssIate Of Hm. ~. q. Torrspcs, decreased. Al
those indebted 70 said estate hsrebv notified to
mase tmneaiste payment to me, and those having
Claims against eal1 esxte present them accordins
TO iaw. j W. JOHNSTON AdxiniSralar
D~cl64v
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

H Phillip Snyder retires from the
editorial chair of the Quincy Wing to
assume the same position in connection
with new paper in Springfield, Massa-
chusetts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

ORA number of recruits leave this
morning for Burlington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

EThe public lands are again becom-
ing source Of the revenue " the Gov
ernment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

~ Our fellow citizens, Joseph Col
Inns, John Fritz and Jesse Wickersham,
of the Second Iowa Infantry, have re-
turned home on furlough, and re-enlisted.
They report that nearly all the members
Of their company from this place have
re-enlisted.
These gallant veterans of the Second
Iowa have earned the gratitude Of their
country in the field, and will receive a
warm welcome from their fellow citizens
at home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

HIGH PRIcEs.-This is not the only
place where exorbitsat prices are asked
for hay and corn In Leavenworth and
St. 10. the former is selling at $sl per
ton and The latter ss el.25 per bushel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

~ Large quantities of tobacco have
been raised in Minnesota this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

The fact has recently been stated BY a
writer on modern novels and novelists,
that few authors OF fiction attempt to in
troduce into their works the character OF
mother. Dickens has very few in the
many volumes which lie has written
None Of Miss Bronte's heroines have a
mother; and even Sir Walter Scott and
Miss Edgeworth rarely introduce the
character. "The heroiBes of fiction have
no mothers"
There are. of course, exceptions, but
they are rare. The simple natural rela-
tons of life furnish small scope to the
inventive genius of writers who aim not
30 much to instruct as to star1e and
amaze. No one can have read novels
without having had the conviction forced
upon the mind that secrecy and misun-
derstandlns, not to say deception, under
lie nearly every work of fiction. By an
ouispoken word or candid avosal of the
truth, the ong-drawn tortufing array Of
circumstances would melt into air. and
the romance be turned into the reality Of
doubtless has much to do with tho expul-
sion Of mothers from the pages of novels.
The heroine must remain the victim of
attentions and sutTerings from which no
one has authority or power to set her
free.
But still stronger cause for the omis-
sion exists in the fact that heroine mus.
be suffered to act ou. without restraint
those natural impulses and wild passions
OF her heart which any mother. however
worldly, weuld grieve TO behold exempli.
fed in q daughter. Liberty Of speech
and liberty of action are inseparabie from
tue brilliant heroine of n sensation powell.
She could never be subjected ior = mo-
nlent to tie gentle cheek Of mother
presence and loving glance. Thus the
mother is dispensed with as an eiemeni
quite too dull and common place to be
compatible with popular taste.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

LAZY BoYs.-A lazy boy makes lazy
man. just as sure as crooked eapling
makes crooked tree. Who ever yet saw
a boy grow up in idleness, that did not
make shifiless vagabond when he be-
came man, unless he had fortune left
him 70 keep up appearances p The great
mass Of thieves, paupers, and criminals
have. come to what they are BY being
brought up in idieness. Those who cos-
stitute the business part of the commu-
nity-those who make our great and use.
full men-were taught to be industrious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

EE The pork season is about over in
this city. A few hundred hogs, however,
arrived last week for some Of our packers,
and It is thought the number slaughtered
will reach one hundred thousand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

a STRANGE CoiSCI John
Dome, dean of ST. Pau's, whose rough
but expressive saiirical hYmes even the
Pope condescsnded to retouca, accomps-
MED Sir Robert Drury, the brother of bis
wife. to Paris, leaving that lady in Lon
don. Having dined together, Donne re-
manned alone 10 the room in about an
hour afterward Sir Robert entered and
found his friend SO altered in his counte-
nance as to excite amazement. To the
anxious question what had befallen him
in the interval. the diuine replied, II
have seen dreadful vision have seen
my dear wife pass twice by Inc through
this room with her hair hanging about
her shoulders, and dead child in her
arm" sThis," said the baronet, "was
merely dream; forget it, for you now
are awake"
Donne answered, 81 cannot be more
sure that now live. than that have not
slept since saw you, and am as sure
that at her second appearing she stopped,
looked me in the face, and vanished"
This poets biographer, old Isaac Wal.
ton, informs us that messenger was at
once dispatched to Drury House, from
which Drury Lane derived its name. who
brought him Information that Mrs Dome
was very sad and sick in bed, after hav-
ing given birth to dead child on the
same day, and ut the same hour. that the
spectral impression occurred.-[All the
ear Round.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

p@W We yesterday received the Chica.
go papers of the 10Th, one week old
THIS reminds us very forcibly of the time
when we had to .stage it."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
THE CITY.

TI7see advertisement fer Spring Course of Medical
Lectures,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
Loyal Newspapers

ought to be increased. The character and the
principles of the GATE CITY well enough
known in Iowa to obyiate the necessity of any
special exposition, and appear before the coun-
try a candidate for public favor the record
we have already made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

T Eighty thousand bales of cotton
were raised in the southern part of Italy
this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
State aud General News, Army Corre-
spondencc and Local News

Thus making the DAILY GATE CITY ofinvalu-
able interest TO every reading man woman, who
is at all interested in the Of our Country in
this Recoect that loyal newspapers are ac-
eompiishing much in suppressing the rebellion,
and that person is generally judged by the tone
OF the paper which be reads.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
THE GATE CITY.
For 1864.

In conformity with very general custom of
the Press, call the attention of the public to
the merits and advantages of paper at the
close Of the present year, and present
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
MISS A. KING,
YOUNG AMERICA
FIRE COMPANY BALL

The Seventh Annual Bal pf tac Yonng Amcrican
Fire Company will beg.ven at he
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

.Eas EMPLOYMENT.
GsA = A MONTH.-Aeents wanted to cell Sewing
d. - Machines. We will sive commits eion on
al Machines sold, employ agents VINO Will work Tor
the above wages and all expenses paid.
For particulars addross
HOYLAN CO., GensEat Agent ),
ian6-d1v DETRvIr, MICS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

1t will be the object to furnish the latest news
that can be obtained by Telegraph, in addition to
giving summary Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
Closing Battles of the Great Rebellion;

shall pass through another Presidential Campaign,
and shall enter upon the policy for the pacfcation
Of the Country, and the re-estabshment of the
authority of the Government over the Rebellious
States.
The news and the political discussions of the
coming year promise TO be more interesting and
exciting than ever before and the demand for
sound
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

GIVE HIM A TRADE.-If education is
the great buckler and shield Of liberty,
well developed industry is equally the
buckler and shieli Of individual indepen-
dence. AS an unfailing resource through
life give your son, equal with an educa-
ton, good honest trade. Better any
trade than none, though there is ample
room for the adoption of any inclination
in this respect. Learned professions and
speculative employments may fail man /;
but an honest handcrait trade seldom or
never--f its possessor chooses to exer-
else it. Let him feel, too, that honest
labor crafts are honorable and noble
The men of trades--the real creator Of
whatever is most essential to the necessi-
ties and welfare of mankind, above all
others, in whatever repute they have been
held by their most fastidious fellows, must
work at the ore of human progress, or all
is lost. But few brown handed trade
workers think Of this, or appreciate the
real power and position they com pass
Give your son trade, no matter what
fortune he may have, or seem likely ito
inherit. Give him trade, for he can al.
Ways battle With temporal wants with this
and can always be Independent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
Inducements to Subscribe

for It during the coming year. We need not at
tempt 70 enlighten readers in regard to the
influence exerted by the Newspaper Press of the
country upon public opinion. We hail with un-
mingled satisfaction the improved tone of public
sentiment in own vicinity during the past
season, and the verdict Of the people Of cur own
County at the late election in favor OF the War and
the policy of the Government and we are proud
Of the part which the CAT. CRY bore in the
contest.
The coming year viii be distinguished by great
and important events,-political and military
for we shall have to record the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
pa- GIorify a lie, legaiige lie. Q

m- Glorify lie, legalize a lie, and
equip a lie, consecrate a lie with solemn
forms and awful penalties, and after all
it is nothing but lie. 1t rots land aud
corrupts people like any other lie, and
by and by the white light of Gods truth
shines clear through it, and shows it to be
a lie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

The enormous business done in
canned provisions appears from the fact,
that single establishment in New Jer-
sey puts up 500 cans per day, and often
turns out six tons of jellies in glass per
week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06
STOVES.

QUINCY CITY,
NEW WEsTERN,
NEW ARCTIC,
HOT AIR PREMIUM
CO N ST TOCK's COAL OOOh.
HAWK.EYR+BTATE
LILLE BELLE,
JUNO OYEN,
CRATOk,
ECONOMX,
JUNO COTTAGE,
sfLVER STAR,
JUNO COAL,
&C. &c
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-06

1t is asserted that the Loyal Union
Leagues Of the North now number be-
tween eight hundred thousand and one
million voters. .
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-09-28

has, by these splendid blows, proved him.
self worthy to be ranked along side III.
best generals in the war.
The disastrous effects of these victori,,
upon the rebels must be very great and
will be felt at once in Richmond. II.
Shenandoah Valley is now open to Lynch.
burgh to Sheridan's victorious army, and
nothing can prevent them from rushing
down upon almost the only railroad left
to Lee to bring supplies to Richmond. uD.
less Lee sends an army to take the plac,
of the one just destroyed in the Valley
and this be cannot do while Grant stand,
readyto fall upon Richmond as soon as any
rebels are withdrawn from its defences
The rebellion in Virginia is to-day in
more desperate circumstances than ever
before, and has received the most staeger.
ing blow yet dealt it; and that too in
the Shenandoah Valley, which has
been, hitherto, a valley of humiliation to
US.
All who love the Union have right
to be exultant at these splendid triumphs
of our arms,--for it is only through such
achievements that Union is again posi-.
Bile. The rebels must be beaten, tho.
roughly beaten, before they will respect
or obey any national laws, and as far as
Early and his army are concerned they
hare been thoroughly beaten--and Sheri.
dams tactics will win in the end. Blow
after blow, will crush the rebel armies;
and the work then is done. The time
for mercy and peace is when the rebels
ask for them, not when they spurn them
And as they feel the rope tightening about
their necks, they will begin to beg. The
Chicago platform and the rebels are to,
gether being trampled under the feet Of
our victorious armies; and because they
are both being crushed there is hope Of
an honorable. and lasting peace and In.
ion. God bless our gallant soldiers, and
may their arms be ncrved for the swift
and successive blows which shall conquer
"a peace, and establish our nationality.
Freeman.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-09-28

GoLD.-We notice with much good
feeling that the price of gold is steadily
by jerks" coming down. Within short
time it has fallen from $50 to l,9l.
Farmers that held on to their butter got
"nipped," which all their own fault.
so cents for pound of butter, with gold
at 2,64 is large price, and is equal to
25 cents with gold at par, as greenbacks
will pay debts as well as gold would 2
years ago. Prices will have to come down
instead of going up. as has been their
custom for the last three years.
This fall in the price of gold is
probably owing to the recent victories
of Farragut, Sherman and Sheridan.
and the bright prospect of the re-elec-
ton of Abraham Lincoln to the next
Presidency. ,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-09-28
sHERIDAN's VICTORIES.

We give our readers this week the glo-
rious news of the grand victories won by
the Union troops under Phil. Sheridan,
in the Shenandoah valley, last week.
The battles commenced Monday and blow
after blow was delivered against the reb-
els under Early until. at last accounts.
they were flying, routed and democrat
lied rabble, up the the valley. The bat
tie of Monday was one of the hardest
contested fields of the war. but magnifi-
cent charge of cavalry at its close decided
the fortunes Of the day. and swept the
,rebls like chaff before our gallant and
resistless onslaught. Six or eight cannon
and thousands of small arms, many bat.
tie Gags, most of the rebel wounded aud
all of their dead. fell into our hands.
and we captured many thousand prison.
ers But Sheridan did not stop here,
He pressed as rapidly and resistlessly as
thunderbolt upon the flying rebels, and
overtaking them in an almost impresna-
BILE position at Fishers Hill. again swept
down upon them, with an overwhelming
and crushing force, driviugthem pell nell
from their positions. and sending them
flying toward Richmond. Sixteen guns
and thousands more of prisoners attest
the decisiveness and completeness Of this
last victory, and rem Ter it certain that
Early's army is beaten, broken, utterly
demoralized, and shattered. no longer an
army. but raLble running for life.
Sheridan's capture Of prisoners numbers
more than 10000 aud half as many reb-
els must have been put hors du combat
during the weeks fighting. No more
brilliant or decisive fighting has been done
Sncs the war opened. aud Phil. Sheridan