The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-02-01
mrs. Annie wiss.nmyer.

By request of Governor Stone, and By
special invitation Of the Christian Com
mission, Mrs. Annie Wittepmysr has
gone to Philadelphia to attend the annual
meeting of the Commission, which will
BE- held on the 2Sth instant. An impor-
tant object OF the meeting is to establish
special diet kitchens for the benefit Of low
diet patents. Among the official duties
assigned to Mrs. w. are the establish.
ment and supervision of Soldiers Homes,
the employment Of female nurses, the
welfare OF low diet patients and the plan
OF special diet Kitchens. The Board of
Control of the Iowa Sanitary Commission
has appointed Mrs. w. special Army
Agent. The duties connected With this
agency, and the other duties which have
been enumerated in this paragraph, will
be faithfully and successfully executed.
Since the war began, Mrs. Wittenmyer
has been q noble aud disinterested friend
of the soldier. She has repeatedly ex-
posed her life to peril and disease by her
practical devotion to the interests Of cur
volunteers. Many poor soldier, suffer
ing from wounds or disease, or both, has
been relieved BY the kindly minis.rstions
of Mrs. W.. and We know that she is re-
vered among The soldiers from Iowa Is an
Angel of Mercy. We are glad that Ter
sphere of usefulness 10 the army has been
enlarged rather than circumscrlbed.
As IN illustration Of the effectiveness
of Mrs. W., We will mention one incident.
A gentlemen living in Warren county
was in the Office few days since Mrs.
Wittonmyer's name was incidentally men,
toned. Said he:
81 have son in the army who writes
to me that Mrs. Wittenmyer has accom-
plished great good for the relief of the
soldiers. He says that she is worth half
a dozen Brlgadiers; and the mention Of
even her name will kindle an enthusiasm
among the boys. Ny son was sick in
the Hospital, and he writes TO me that his
life, and that of many Of his comrades,
we're saved by her intelligent and active
kindness. "-[Des Aoines Reg;stSr.
FOURTEEN LADIES Work ALL DAY
WITHOUT SPEAKISo.-Hon. Ezra Cornell, |
of ithaca, having conceived the idea that
the ladies Of the Hospital Aid Society of
that village could progress faster In their
noble work of sewing for the benefit of
the soldiers, if they would talk less, ac.
cordingly offered to contribute City dollars
to the Society if twelve ladies' could be
found who would sew all day without
speaking. The task was entered upon BY
fifteen self-sacri6eing women OF that vii
lage, and fourteen Of them actually accom-
pllshed this very difficult feat of self-de-
NAL, although tempted in various WAYS BY
a large number of visitors and interlopers.
One of the number failed in the under
taking. having been tempted. like Eve of
old, by the offer of m apple, into slip
of the tongue Rochester On. " Dem
ocrat.
How BAYARD TOOK THE OArH.-A
Washington dispatch describes the man.
nsr in which Bayard, of Delaware, took
the oath, as follows:
"Mr. Bayard's defense protrac ted the
ceremony of taking the oath to a laugh
able extent. Pronouncing several of the
words wrongly, be was obliged to repeat
them, and was recslled by the Vice Pres
ident, after he had nearly re4ched his
seat, to sign the vote. He afterwards
read written personal explanation, an
nounclng his purpose to resign on the
grounds of the oath.
he thought the precedent SO danger
Gus that be could not acquiesce by re-
naming. He ALEC stated that he found
himself almost alone in the belief that
the best course vas, 10 let the rebel
States 60, establishing commercial inter-
course with them. He ended with q
protest over the pretended loss of public
liberty"
let this avowed advocate Of recession
. recognised as Ccpperhead, and de-
tended By the Copperhead preas.