The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-09-17
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Sept. G. 1894

Hs"0' sster three weeks soloufn ia III
Crescent City, the svsnisg Of the Sd inst
on the good stsamer Sara.ogs, bound TO
White river. Ark. Captain Aldrich !
under orders to report at ths. point to es
tabhsh depot Of commissary supplies
Some - thousand troops are en- rout.
thithsr from below and eIsevhere--fo,
What exact purpose deponent knove,l
not, and wouldn't tell if no did. unleae
perhaps, the guerrilIas should ..gobble,
him, tbsn he might "divulRe" in the va,
of negotiating m exchsuge.
Nothing notable transpired on our tr;r
up this far, although We expected to BE-
fired into at seveai points along, but luck.
lily escaped unhsrmed. Il is : verv cur.
vALRous practice that, Of firing into nm.
armed boats thronged. 10 man instances
With innocent women and children. Still
you never heard reptile Of tho gems
CoPperheod object, did you?-no, nor You
never will any morel Would they seri-
ousiy object to such horrid massscres A
that perpesssted ut Fort Pillow? But
don't they howl when . traitor like Val.
iandiehsm gets sithe of HE Jus. deserts7
IL is "unconetitooshansl" But the ds..
tardiy Williams have no words of condem-
nation when cowardly murder is perr-.
trsted, If 1t only be On the persons Of Tn
Ion aen. But this is depression.
At Natchez, where we stopped a connie
OF hours, an asnnsing incident OCCURRED
which had i,s sequel here. a color. d
gentleman accompanied by a sprightly-
looking nulatto woman. came aboard at
Na'chez-the Woman decentIy clad, and
quite sharp, intelligent look. The man
vas past tbs middle age in life. and wore
. wooden leg. having lost--as be Lubse-
quen,ly staied-one of bis pedal extre,ni-
ties 81 the battle of Paio Alto in 1856
he carried huge pair of saddle -b.ge''
and large sa,chei Of s'yarbs." ne he
termed them, all dcoo,ing the profession
sl n ID which lie t.rofessed to be.
This man of medicine also h.d I'd rui,.
ing papers With authority to recrus, col
ored soldiers. KEEP. grocery and ice cream
saloon IA Memphis. and Vas in general
way hsppy and pro-perous. but NOV sick
add extremely unhappy. /. appear ,ha,
the DR. had realized something handsome
for him, from the practice Of medicine
and "yarbs" among his own people and
this woman. Who by the way VAS nI,t his
wife. but mere hapger-oa With ! a eve
ssossq sG sas Ra8 lgs Ffiff;ct'ss u Hos. b.ud
succeeded in vorming all his money ont
II him -some six hundred dollars as be
alleges Tie DR.. wanted 70 stay in Nsschez
unii, .uch time - he shosA recover, bu,
the woman having oil the money, wished
to Gu, adrft from him and go up the river,
aad the DR.. in the vain hope of realizing
something from this evidently bad invest.
ment bad to come along to this point and
some way. En- route hither,shs DIR SUD coed
81 in possessing himself Of small blscl
sa,cheI which he supposed contained tn.
covered greenbacks, and no sooner hae
the boat landed here. the plank hardl,
out, before the DR.. might be seen stump
| ing i, ashore, closely followed by tue wo
mao whose whole attitude vas belIigereut
evidently feeling chagrined to think sb
nsd been outraged. On reaching tn
shore she executed flank movement on sh
doctor and seized the satchel, the docto
however planted his leg (the wooden one
firmly on terra 6rms and successfully re
sisted the shock Of battle, and thiukin
the enemy might get reiuforcements, b
thought best to retire, which be did
J z ,od order, when the enemy. having r,
csised reinforcement Of two or three so
diers, again impetuously charged, him
the wooden leg. resisting stousIy an
~hile in the act of clubbing his leg
lieu Of . gan the enemy rushed in %
Isei.ed his Treasure. The enemy hurrie
into hack and started up town. and Il
last seen Of the doctor, be was on = DR.
: in hot pursuit Ever aud anon his ~oo
en- leg coming down upon the poor mule
bauk with vim that bespoke muscui
power If not success in capturigg Il
! tickle fair Que
: We received the news last night fro1
7 boat hound duxn, that the Dsmocrai
pow WOW at Chicago, had nominate
Little Mac, the grave digger Of the Caie
= ahominy for President, and Geo II Pc
, dleton Of Ohio. for Vice President. T
former TO represent the war Democra
y 8, csii.d, and the latter tho peace at a
: price sneaks, which constitutes by far |
!. much larger portion ,f the party.
= my part ! am glad that Mcclellan IS
= minated, sside from the great issues
= volvcd-the pending struggle vii! sh
- The world how the loyal people Of t
land estimate the two men. II is the
lustrious trio, MrCic!hn, Fig John P
Ter and Buell on the one side. backed
o. evory rebel iD the South ESQ far as N,
70 Influence goe~) and every trsitor aad &
by -ou-sy mpasLiser at the North. aud AL
'es ham Lincoln, GRAFT aud Sherman on,
ne other, lacked by the boys in blue
ne every loyal man, woman and child at
IN North, and the secret prayers of Tho
to asdsa A. The South, the audible uttera
bas of whose prayers for nur success VIC
envoivsr them 10 misery, uatold perst
zion aud death.
This is the character Of the stru,
/: We ara entering spon disxuise il y
her may. Il isliseraily the Uoion with A
ohs ham Lincoln. or death to all our hope
red ! nAiou with Mcclellan. OF - ! br
lua "a and waF-~oFu vetssaa rsmareed 4
xa 7 - - ~nrlnnt ISnnn1n .rt