The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-09

The grandest affair of the present season,
or any other season, came off at the Dem.
ling House last evening in the shape Of .
splendid ball, given by the Young Amer
lea Fire Company. This was their Sew.
enth Annual Ball, and it was said by
many Of those present that It far exceeded
any previous one. For several weeks
this party had been in the course of act
i've preparation, and the arrangements
were all made on the grandest scale. The
supper prepared for the ocsasion, and
| which taxed the skill of "mine hoet, "
and his accomplished clerk, was du tait,
and to be appreciated should have been
seen and discussed. The dance continued
until late hour, when the party broke
up, having enjoyed most delightful
evening not soon to be forgotten.
~ Our ice dealers are determined
that there shall be good supply of ice on
hand for the coming summer, and are
now busily engaged in cutting and haul
ing it from the opposite side Of the river.
We notice that the cakes are unusually
thick this season, measuring fifteen inches
and is also very clear.
DRAFT PosTPoNED-Wele learn from .
dispatch sent to Capt. r. B. RutledRe,
Provost Marshal of the First Congress
sional District, that no steps are to be
taken towards the draft until further or
ders. This extension of time will give
our county another opportunity to 6ll its
quota, which no doubt will be done if il
is postponed month.
\ Geop ExAMPLE.-The Oxford Ne J
Democrat relates the following incident
which occurred few days ago in the
town of Stoneham. How many thousands
of young men there are all through the
country, barely earning living, who
might by following this example provide
themselves a comfortable home for the
remainder of their lives. We commend
the example of the Stoneham young men
| to their consideration
"Since the last call, twenty.seven men
have enlisted from the town of Stone
ham. Last Monday seventeen of her young
men were engaged in shaving red oak
slaves for shocks. They held brief con-
sultation, in which it was decided thai
while it would be no harder to carry a
gun than to shave red oak staves, the
former employment wonld give them
money enough to buy comfortable farm
and the latter barely afforded living
Accordingly, the whole number threw
down their slaves, and enrolled themselve:
in the national service
n&g- We extract the following from q
soldiers letter. descriptive of the battle
of Mission Ridge:
During the rout If the rebels on Look
out Mountain, large numbers Of then
crouched behind the huge rocks. and Al
our men came rushing up to them, hell
up their hands, imploring-"Don't xii
us, we give up" "Kill you the ID
no Got any tobacco ?-Shell out.
And grabbing hastily their large plugs o
tobacco, our boys rushed on, many o
them holding plug between their teeth
nn-A new process is said to have beer
discovered by which all the infammabl
: material of the hydrocarbons used fo
, light may be made serviceable for ilumi
mating purposes. Hydrogen is added 70
the purpose. This the inventor produce
by heating zinc and steam together. Th
hydrogen of the water is thus set free
t and passing into the retorts containing
heated hydrocarbon, the two gases unite
The result is carburet of hydrogen pos
sessing several times the illuminating
power, volume for volume, of the gas not
employed-an improvement now great
t needed in this city. The oxygen of tn
steam, which is disengaged by the hea,
ing with zinc. combines, while in th
e nasceut state, with that metal, forming
I. pure oxide or zine white.
" Tuv ApCup1suop OF RATTruopr -Th