The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-25
THE Ne w y.


Dispatches of the 2lst, which woulc
have been in our issue of yesterday. bul
for the failure Of the telegraph line show
that another severe fight to,k place OF
that day for the ssession of the Weldur
railroad, in which our success was yer,
decided.
Later dispatches show that havins
found all Efforts to drive Hancock from
hi~ position on this road Intellectual, the
Iebels have fallen back to Peters burg
leaving our forces masters of the position
and the latter have destroyed about forty
miles Of the road.
Sme skirinishing at Harper's Ferry.
There is report that in the sht on
Sunday the rebel Gen. A. P. Hill! was
wounded, and Gena. Heath and Fl,zhueb
Lee killed.
Gov. Brough proposes to have no re-
sistauce To the draft in Ohio, and he is-
sues preliminary warning to parties
who may feel disposed to create trouble
on this score.
Fernando Wood says that "peace men
on peace platform" will be the result OF
operations at the Chicago Conveo'ion.-
fernando way be prophet. We shall see.
There are uncun6rmei reports that
the rebels have crossed the upper Poto-
mac
Forrest made raid into Memphis on
the morning of the olst, having euded
Gen. Smith. He occupied III. place, and
tnok some prisoners, but did no pa,ticu
lar dsmage, nor made much by his sue
ccssfui entrance into the city
News iiom Sherman is very satisfsc
tory
Hooker is 10 have an important com.
mand.
We have rumors of Peace Commis-
sioners.
For " ire than rumors we must wait.
THE PEACEPL1TFoR RM.-DTSUNiON
The traitor George w ] mes. OF Du.
buque. as c airman of The Peace Com
mtiee Of that District, has recently re
ceived a letter from Senator B4,ard, in
ansSer 10 an invitation 10 address the
peop'e on that OCCASION The letter is
published in the Dabuque Herald, and
the writer il endorsed as an able and hor
es; map. From the out-spoken charact-,
OF BlgsrJ ani the boldness aud direct
ness 4 his expressions the people nsY
grad ally learn the real aud .nly iagicd
programme of the Pea e men of the
coun,fy. The great majority of these
Peace leaders are mere arr.nt hypocrltes
who are seeking ofiiee aud power and
have no ds6aite programme, bat ali tn
leaders wh1 hiv- any nalte aims or
are controlled by either principles or logic
agree with B yard aud are prepar,
t. make peace Oh the only terms JEFF
Davis will accspt-the complete inde-
pendence of the r bel States.
MIR. Bsyard says:
| cannot doabt thst by Cancellation, we
mis b, in the ,utset before the sword wse
dtawn have restored the Gulf Stltes,
but war has IN its necessary effect sun
de ed the people Of the \ nth and South,
that, ri iced as shouii b. 10 see the
Union. of our fathers restored. | do not
be'ieve it nov possible. Deeply there
fore, a. | regret the necessity eau SEE
no relief or remedy now, but 10 peaceful
separ,,iun.
Pc cefal Separstion,' is the real plat
form oi tho an'i war faction of the coun
try, aud it is time the people we're awake
TO the hct. D.suaion il the remedy til, J
prescribe and the alternative they chuoss
in preference TO the msnta nance of tie
Union formed by our ia hers aud pre-
servei in former pc ia by tue s;roog
wiiei patriotism OF Andrew jackson
"P ace And D.sunion,' with all the ign
m ~ and all lhe ru waiea attenI, an /
must result from it, is openly advocate
by Bsyard, one of the able.t and rpvsr
oitsp ken II the leaders of the orp .si,ion
and now YER they mas blink the ques
tiou :" peace AMI disuoion" is n-epafaols
on 'heir p hey, aad is involved in lhei,
triu nph at Caicssn aud in the Presiden
tai election.
But the people are not prepared to ae
ce II such platform. and ere long the
" i arouse TO clear apprehension Of th
aims II hese peace mso, and bury iheu
81 i sep uedsr the weight Of their over
whelmins iodgnition that '.the hand o
resurr,cuun' w,.l uevtr reach tnsn.
GF q n pAsne Is the recently ap
pointed allltary com naader of the DIS
tr.ct OF Illinois. He distinguished him
self in the csmpiso in Louisiana, an,
WAS severely wound d in the sureessfa