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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-02-17

sg- Say, Mr Clerk, have you a good
strong porter, about the hotel 7"
81 es. sir, we have the strongest one
in the State
"Is he intelligent for a porter ?"
"Do You consider him fearless-that
is, bold, courageous ?"
II know he is; lie wouldn't be afraid
OF Satan himself"
"Now, Mr.. Clerk, if your porter is in
telligent enough to find room No. l07,
fearless enough to enter, and strong
enough TO rescue my trunk from the bed
bugs, | would like to have him bring it
down."
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GEO. c. DIXON, Sec'y

GEN. GRANT NOT A CANDIDATE roR
THE PREsIDEScr.-The Cincinnati Com
mereial of the 10th says:
1--WE have authentic occasion for saying
that unGer no circumstances will General
Grant be candidate for the Presidency,
or permit his name to come before a ma
tional convention for such purpose, If his
positive declination of the honor will pre-
Vent 1t; and, SO far as his opinions are
known, he is in favor OF the nomination
aud reelection of Mr.. Lincoln"
Gen. Grant is in favor Of a thorough
work, and the peace men will find him
quite averse to lending the endorsement
of his name and fame TO their schemes.
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LATER From THE NlIRTH.

We have received copies ofzNew York
papers of Tuesday, the 18th instant
The news is not important.
sHERIDAN's MOVEMENTS IN THE VALLEY.
The correspondents from Sheridan's
army merely mention the strategic re.
connoisssnce by which Custar and
Merritt lost two or three hundred men on
Thursday by attacking Rosser, and go
on to dress up victory for Powell. A
letter, dated at Martinsburg the 18th,
says:
The strategic reconnaissance by our
cavalry on Friday caused the enemy's
cavalry, under Lomax, to advance against
our lines OH Saturday morning. Consid-
cradle lighting ensued, during which the
enemy were repulsed with great loss
General Sheridan then ordered Colonel
Powell to pursue them in their flight.
This he did with the greatest vigor and
success. lie drove them through and
beyond Front Royal, and captured two
guns, one hundred and fifty prisoners,
several wagons and large number of
horses. Our losses are said to have been
considerable, as the fighting. was ex-
tremcly warm for short time. No in
fantry was engaged, but Generals Sheri-
dan and Torbert were both at the front
in person with the cavalry, and made
very short work Of the fighting
The escort which came in with dis
patches from General Sheridan last night
was fred on by guerrllas when gust be-
yond Bunker Hill, but He'd when the fire
was returned by our cavalry. The cs-
cort was composed of some twenty five
OF the Seventeenth Pennsylvania cavalry,
under command of Lieutenant Corse.
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struction OF the railroad northwest of
Atlanta proves that he has cut loose from
the Chattanooga base. He must, then,
be looking to some point on the Atlantic
or the Gulf We are disposed, for seve-
raj reasons, to believe that Pensacola is
the selected point; this, not because of
its greater proximity than any other
post to his present field of operations,
but because 1t is ascertained that for
more than month very large supplies
have been accumulated there. If he fail
to take Macon at the first dash, he will
probably run for Pensacola, and make it
new base of operations. 1t is not to
be presumed that he carries with him
supplies sufficient to enable him to enter
upon a siege which shall occupy any
considerable length of time.
We have ventured the opinion that
Sherman had Pensacola in view as new
base OF supplies; but it is proper to say
there are reasons why he might select
some.pont on the Atlantic as being
nearer at hand. Savannah, for instance,
offers advantages, did its approach not
involve the certainty of great deal of
heavy fighting.
We look with intense interest to full
and authentic news from. Georgia,
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Gold was quoted in New York on
Tuesday at 244 -.
The gunboat Tulip hurst her boiler in
the Potomac on Monday, killing dead
sixty persons, including ". II. Smith,
her commander.
Major.General Candy, while on a
steamer in White river, Arkansas, was
shot from the shore and mortally wound
ed. lie was carried back to Eicksburg.
General Burnside is about returning
to his command in the Army of the po,
t0rnac
The Russian Minister at Washington
has been ordered by the Car to 20 to
Mexico to congratulate Maximilian upon
his quiet accession to the throne. The
Yankee papers do not like this.
The Orange and Alexandria railroad
is being taken by the Yankees to within
sixteen miles of Alexandria.
In the trial of the St. Albans' raiders
at Montreal, Young produced his com
mission, signed by Mr.. Sadlon, Secretary
of War -n
Andrew j Biddison, four years at
hard labor; William ReeSide, two wears ;
and Richard Thompson, a tine oi one
thousand dollars, are the sentences Just
passed i'll Baltimore ior running the
blockade.
a telegram from City Point on Sun
day says the Confederates were massire
near Petersburg on Friday. and an at
tack was expected
Mr.. Jacob, Lieutenant q overnor O
kentucky, has been arrested by the Go
vernment, and is now on his way t.
Washington as political prisoner.
The United States steamer Wachusett
Captain Collins, arrived at Fortress Mon
roe on Friday last with the captured re
mel rIiyateer Florida III tow The Wa
"hnsett brought as paasengerMr Thomas
Wilson, the Yankee Consul at Bahia
Brazil
The draft wa; to BIZ resumed ia Wash
ington on Tuesday for three hundred
and fifty men, to till the deficiency in tn,
quota Of that city
a meeting Of the hotel-kecpers anC
master bakers was held at the Aston
House On Saturday to make arrange
ments for roasting, baking and preparing
the ten thousand turkeys, innumerabl,
pumpkin pies and other luxurics which
the people of New York city propose t.
send to the Armies Of the Potomac
James and Shenandoah, and the sailor,
Of the North Atlantic squadron, for THEN
Thanksgiving dinners.
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SnEEMAN'S ARMY.

The New York Tribune insists that the
Confederates delivered a serious assault
at Atlanta on Wednesday, the 10th, but
were repulSed. This assault" has al
ready been noticed from Southern sources.
1t was skirmsh by Young's cavalry
brigade. A Washington telegram says
News from General Sherman is
anXiously awaited; but it may be several
days before anything definite is heard
from him. Perhaps it may come first
from rebel sources. The calculations OF
the rebels, founded on General Hood ;
brilliant strategic movement, will I'M
doubtedly soon come to grief, and he will
have good reason to regret his strategy.
y telegram from Washington on the
lith says that no dispatch has been re
ceived from Sherman for several days
1t adds
1t is not known how long our forces
may continue to occupy Atlanta. This
wlll depend OF circumstances soon to be
developed. Whatever may be General
Shernan's programme, gentlemen v ho
are good judges of military matters anti
clPate damaging results to the enemy
The Cincinnati CoDomeycial of the eth
says:
The air is filed with rnmor, and more
than runor, that the most remarkable,
critical and promising offensive move
mcnt OF the war is being madc-oc course
by our conQaering heroes Of the West,
under the intrepid and adventurous Sher-
man. Seine Of the recent sayings of the
Generai throw light or 'his subject In
a letter to sanitary agent, few days
since, he says he eXpec s he will have to
go in person to relieve he wants oi our
prisoners who are penned up in lower
Georgia and South Carolina. Speaking
of Hood the other day, when it was not
certain what that individual was about,
he said that General Johnston being 4
sensible man, he could generally divine
his movements; but Hood not being a
sensible man, he could not tell anything
about him. lie also said Of Hood III
ne will go to the Ohio river | will give
him ratons :" and let him 20 North
my business is down South"
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TIE CAPTURE OF TIE FLORIDA.


The following account of the seizure
Of the Florida in the port of Bahia is
taken from Brazilian journal. 1t APP
pears the Florida had run under the guns
of a fort for protection
The vessel was seized by the Wachu-
sett, and the report Of her capture was
quickly spread through the city.
The next day an officer Of the Fioi ida
notified the commander Of the Wachu-
sett that he had no right to capture the
Florida in that port, and that the Brazil
ian Government would demand an ex
planation OF his course that the port
was free to all vessels, and that the cap
ture Of such vessels should be made out
side. The seizure caused great excite
mcnt among the people of Bahia. The
American consul, Mr. Wilson, hearing Of
the action of the President of the Pro
vince, sent to the representative Of the
Brazilian Government in order to pro
test against it or to effect change III
the decision. The whole fault lay in the
Wachusett, as she had violated the laws
of the Province.
After seizing the vessel, she was tied
to the Wachusett, whose commander at
once prepared for sea. The small guns of
the Florida and the crew were removed
to the Wachusett, and portion of the
engines were takon away in order to
prevent her escaping As she was 60
ing out, the people gathered on the shore,
and batteries were levelcd at the vessel
Some of the men on the Wachusctt then
fired reyolvers at the spectators, which
increased the excitement, but the vessels
left the port.
When the Florida was boarded by the
officers of the Wachusett, the crew acted
very quietly, but the men of the Wachu-
sett endeavored in vain to make them
act otherwise. They declared that if they
had the arms Of their opponents and
their whole crew On board, they would
not let themselves be captured. A fire
was then lit in the Florida, but the
sailors extinguished it. Before the cap
ture, the two vessels mace signs to fight,
but they were stopped by the officers of
the Province. Previous to the seizure,
four sailors of the Florida reached the
shore, and fifteen jumped into the water
but they were rescued by several vessels
When the American Consul heard the
report of the firing from the Wadusett,
he got up III the night time and had it
stopped
The officer of the Florida, when asked
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~.~"\-rANAbLE BONDS, FIVE


tEElIFICNTESO OF INDEBTEDNEsiS
Y Il. AkI&G SIX PER CENT. PER ANNUN
- REST AND IREE FROM TAXATION-By
''' ''I t'Thjh -giIon OF the act 10 reduce the car
I'm y "Ipf"5 II February l., lct:4 the Srcrrtarv Of
i!''~ufy is authorized u issue the above cerfi-
not rYth.e tyo ycurs after the ratification of
,~'t, 81 Ic'"' with the United States. They can
u. ~ SID. bat 0Elyto bc issued L, such crfli
f"r~ "l U G,trrhmeHt rs ;.Ia willing to r4iyc n.
-.hn. ln payment Of their demands They must Ist
h., gwen It par. though free from taxati5u
II" attention Of purchasing agents aud disbure.
lIc "i rsi~ u the Government called TO this class
ofruhlc securities a. Offering peculiar advantages
I" those from whom tn supplies Of the Government
az; bought aud facilitate the use If them checks
drawn ~ ilEbuI~IHg officers upon the depo,itarie
holding these funds, and marked across the face
." pay able ln crfc!cites OF Indebtedness" viii u
Iali III conformity herewith
Eepoolttr1oa arc hereby authorized and required
T. comply with this regulation ard to make appli,
o"ton I" the Register for supplies OF certificates as
required. Signed q. a. TRENHOLM
an It's Secretary Of Treasury.
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DIED.

On the Iith Nllcm5,r 1864, At the residence OF
his siaudiatder, ABkAM, son oI Peter e. War
wick, III lac NTH yc,ti Vi hIs age
On Ihu3>iay, the I7lh November, at his ftther'a
stcnlt, Seventeenth between trace aIiI I rank
In streets, EUGENE WAXING, only chld OF Jo-
scph l. ana Ellen Bdthns, aged SIX years and tel,
months.
The nursery was ddlkrped,
Though soft the sunlight fell,
And there were TITLES gathered
That mothers love Well,
For 1tlT hal becn the tt.w,r
That fricd III the spring,
And ioudiy 10 her d,uImg
mother heart viii ,iin4.
Family a. some soft echo
That low catr=-IHg nvto,
50 oft ht: ,hii,i- glad We l,uine,
Aruuni heg seemed t. tlptt.
All, no, the dItHry silence
With kecnrr pang W. felt,
And, bY the rUuch deserted,
III agcny sha !.uelt
Peace comes t. thee, young mother,
Peace TO thy bursting heart
Now even while Its TIN obblng5
Seemed Iendiua II apart;
'Tis true Deaths kiss tc!l ,"ldly
Upon thy c.Ilis ttir brow
Bur Ger thy pathway daily
4tIl angel w4tcArr NOW.
IIis funeral viii take place from Trinity Cnur,i
Holiday at oCiu,h. The tuvIldo and cutaIui
of the family respectfully invited 10 at
tend without further notice.
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THE CAPTURE OF pLyuorTH.

Commander Macomb's officiai report
of the Yankee reeapture of Plymouth,
North Carolina, claims that twenty two
cannon, many small arms, and large
amounts of ammunition, besides some
prisoners, were captured. An official
inspection Of the late rebel ram Abe
marie, blown up by Lieutenant Cushing
on the night of the 9th ultimo, shows
that her machinery is completely sub
merged and the entire top Of her case,
mate blown OFT. She lies on the bottom
of the Roanoke river at Plymouth. Her
armament is two 6-ineh rhed guns, one
of which was still above the water when
the forces took possession OF the town.
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TREAsURY DEPARTMENT, !

OANN On TIE SECURITY OF THE
Z ! FIVE HUNDRED MILLION SIX PER
tI.>I /. NOE-TAH BILE BONDS, UNDER TIIB
SEVENTH SECTION OF THE CURRENCY
l-AW.-hcposits On call will be received hy the
Treasurer IN this city, Assistant 1r"asurers at
nah 1ni Montgomery, and cerlt, ate- Will be issued
for Tho sane, bearing interest a: the rate ot fur pen
cent Vtt aHnUtn, and secured blythe lypothecaliob
Ui an amount of the above bonds equal to the
a thesr loans. The bonds to"ge Ret apart by the
Treasurer, and the proceeds, when sold, applied
dH-iyciy 10 the payment OF the SAID certificates
The security ari convenience afforded TO banks
ami other corporations and to the public generally,
hy this mode of temporary investment, and the ef~
teCt q the measure, If generally adoT.ed III keep
ine the currency within moderate boli a. it is hoped
T1l npVend II to the Favorable cousj ~, III oi rls4
community and their prompt g >, 7tioll is
c'rrylIg 1t into effect. q. a TRENHOLM,
a. 22-:s Secretary OF the Treasury.
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to surrender, at once threw his sword
into the water. .
Commander Morris, ofthe Florida has
sent communication to the President
of the Province thanking him for the
efforts he made to prevent her capture
in neutral port and protesting against
her seizure.
fhe matter isa serious one, and may
be SO regarded By the Brazilian Govern
ment.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
R1DLrrLL.rnl Am, L
u EQUATIONS FOR CARRYING

ID EQUATIONS FOR CARRYING
ii INTO EFFECT TIE ACT OF CONGRESS
APPROVED JUNE Is, 1864, AUTHORIZING
OWNERS OF REGISTERED EIGHT PER CENT
PONDS, ISSU ED UNDER TIE PROVISIONS OF
Tue ACT APPROVED MAY IT, 1861 TO EX.
CHANGE THE SAME FOR COUPON BONDS
fa't tcs owning registered eight per cent bonds
them tor coupon bonds, will assign them, in the
manner pointed Out in the printed endorsement on
the ha k Of the certificate, 10 the Confederate
State Of AmcIlct, III exchange for coupon bonds, -
Uut cause them 10 be presented: TO the Deinstcr OF
the Treasury Department, who will thereupon, i'll
compliance with the provisions Of the act OF June
l3 1854 Issue coupon bonds for the amount Specified
in the registered bonds 30 assigned.
@ A. TRENHOLM,
au 21-tS Secretary Of the Treasury.
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P4kOLEU OFFYCEBS

The following officers have been pa
rolled at Savannah, and most of them
have arrived here: Colonels Withers,
Forty-sccond Virginia; Edgar, Twenty
sixth Virginia battalion. Lieutenant
Colonels Nclligan, First Louisiana !;
Hodges, Eighth Louisiana. Major King,
Sixty second Virginia. Captains Thorpe,
Cole, Heftncr, Sturdiyant, c. r. Skinkcr
W. G, Nicholas, b. johnson. Lieutcn-
ants Miller, Tenth Virginia II. l.. Opic,
Twentysixth Virginia cavalry White,
Twenty y-scventh South Carolina.
. The exchange which has been inangu
rated at Savannah will be transferred to
City Point, about one hundred Contedc-
rates having died on their passage South.
We have so far received ab0at three
thousand prisoners, and have Just com
mcnccd the delivery of Yankee prisoners.
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On motion of Mr.. Walker, of Alabama
the Senate resolved into secret session
The doors being re-opcned, adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENI IAIlN ES.
The House was opened with prayer 10y
Rev. DIR. Peterkin.
On motion of Mr. Chiffon, of Alabama
the House proceeded to consider the re
solution concerning the disloyalty Of
Hon. Williamson r. W. Cobb.
One OF the witnesses against Mr.. Cobb
deposed: that when the Yankee troops
passed up the Chattanooga river, just be
fore the Chattanooga battle, Mr.. Cobb
came to his door and said he wanted to
see the United States flag once more un-
furled to the breeze. He took the flag
and embraced and kissed it.
The resolution eXpelling Mr. Cobb was
| adopted-yeas, rs; nays, O.
The Speaker laid before the House a
| communication from the President CO.
vering reports of General G. T. Beaure
gard Of battles round Morris island du-
ring the months of August and Septem-
Der, 1868. Ordered to be printed.
Mr.. j. NJ Leach, of North Carolina,
offered resolution instructing the Com
nittee on the Quartermaster and Com
missary Departments to ascertain why
the hospitals for sick and wounded sol
..crs are not better supplied with wood
and coal Adopted.
On motion, the House resolved into
secret session and having re:opened,
adjourned.
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MI HIlOIlu1 July ., I5bf- J
E'AAED TREASURY NOTES-In or
der 10 promote, tar practicable, the early
liquidation by IT," Treasury OF the OUTSTANDING
TAXED NOTES, the Treasurer, Assistant Tleas,t-
and Pay DoposltaTcs i'll the different States are
hereby authorized to receive the said notes except
the 800 notes, at sos per ccntum, deposit issu.
Ing Tor same certificates of loan, upon hyp0tLecy
t"f' "f non-taxabiy bonds. The said certificate, t
be payable on demand after the expiration Of ,unetv
DAYS. -
Aud all agents for the sale of the abn-e bonss ar.
ter'hy authorized 10 receive The ted nnres with
the eAtePtion above named: III payment Of bonds
when soId' at the rate CT 50 rer cent.an
40 . u. A. TRENHOLM,
"u Secretary OF the Treasury
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SEVERE .AcasDtNT On Wednesday
afternoon, Mr.. Lawrence Minnetree,
machinist employed at the Fredericks
burg Railroad depot, was accldentlly shot
while out cunning. He was about eight
miles from the city, when, OH sitting his
gun down by stump, it exploded, the
load taking effect in his right hand, blow
ing eff the thumb and two first fingers.
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8mbmono 9ispattt.
FRIDAY MORNING ........ NOVEMBER Is, 1864.

The DfrY brsPATCH is furnished TO Nrv- DIAL
FRs and CARRIERS at Twenty poLLAB@ per oSE
bEfR toFUS.
SUBSCRIBERS sending to the Office for their papers
will be charged FIyF DoLtAn~ per month
Si$.LE COPIES 0; the Dispatch rwEyTy-rrvE
trNT~.
tAnR1FR- ar" authorized 10 charge o~E DOLLAR
sNn sTVtSry-rtyE CENTS PR wTFk to their sub
sctIhcIs.
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NUTiCE.-BOOkS OF SUBSCRIp-
Y TlON TO TIE STOCK OF THE RICH
MDND STEAM CUTTING COMPANY will he
opened THIS DAY at the Banking House OF Har-
il,1n, GoddiH q Apperson, and rensin open for one
|'~-k unless the balance of the capital stock shall
IN -Uhs, rIbcd and paid for sooner. This company
tSIttt 10 render great service to the country by
he operations Of the Cutting Machine, ANA the
rf"tk oilers unusual Inducements to capitalists
Only limited amount thereof is for sale.
SAMUEL J. HARRISON,
no ll-lw President
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n EW AUCTION AND COMMISSION
|

EDIING & co, ,AUCTIONEERs,
Having taken that large and coumodious house
stice have opened II q T. y f. RA |. AUCTION
\ Nd COM MISSION lou s +, and pledze
themselves 30 every eXeron to procure the btt
prices and to make prompt retns for all goods con-
,gncd.
They Will have auctioneer in attendance 1T the
Hose Auction Lot ON Saturdays.
HouSekeepeFs selling out will find their terms
moderate. EDLING Il co, AuCtioneers,
no IJ-5ts No. 2G2 Main street,
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y OF Z E-A gentleman proposes to
i leave for Europe IN about thirty days, and so
I-it~ orders tor the purchase of supplies and the.
= i4h0i1ton Of business generally, having a large
Ltfopctn mercantile acquaintance. This il an ex-
',ieht opportunity for those who may have business
h uftoac. the Continent. lie viii return IN tur
o. tive months. The best Of references gwen Ad-
if.ha 8 box 100, Salisbury. North Carolina" or
- IL MoC.," care w. Il. Price, Esq, Richmond,
NhFlI.ia. S-30t
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MARRIED.

On the evening Of The 18th Instant, IV the Rev.
} .mes1 ..GItoS, Mr.. JAMES SPENCE 10 Mis5
nOREIHA +. WIrr. all OF HenIico county