The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-02-08
FARMryGroY. Feb. s, IS

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FARMISeroS, Feb. s, 1864.
Mr. E,litor In your issue of yester-
day, under the head of General News
Items, you have the following: ." By a
law of the Purtans, which was in force
less than century ago, boys of l6 and
upwards, who would not mind their pas
aud mas, and who remained rebellious
after proper chastisement, should be put
10 DEATH"
This was undoubtedly clip from the
news column of an exchange, and then
inserted without 9 moments thought
If such law ever existed, it would have
been easy for the author Of the paragraph
to have cited it. 1t is news, TOO, that the
Puritans. as such, were ever a Legislative
body, and that, even within a century, 80
that they could keep such law upon the
statute book. The Puritans flourished
between the Reformation Of 15l7 and the
Revolution of 1858. The standard his
tory of them was written by Rev. Daniel
Neal, A. NJ, the preface of which is da-
ted. "London, Feb. I, 1872"
On first reading the paragraph, the
idea occurred that tho writer had found
copy of that fiction, "The Connecticut
Blue Laws and then had fallen into the
mistake of many others, in supposing
that that fiction was once a part of the
statute law in Connecticut. But if SO,
he was as much mistaken as the writer
would be who should make a quotation
from The New Gospel of Peace" sup
posing ii to be part Of the statutes of
New York. Perhaps, Mr.. Editor, you
can throw some light upon this paragraph;
but at present l should be obliged to
writer under it-questioued Its only
effect can be to foster a wicked prejudice
by means of falsehood.
Yours, truly, H. ADAMS.
Short paragraphs clipped from ex-
] changes often creep into the columns OF q
: newspaper without attracting the atten.
J ton of the editor. We aim to be more
than ordinarily careful In excluding eve
rything improper and calculated 70 pro
& duce wrong impressions, but such things
! do occasionally escape our obseryatio,
and appear in our columns.-ED. GATE.
il Arkansas Cerre.pondence.
HElDerAR-ERs FREEDMEN roR gHg SrAIE og Arkansas
Aeiena, Ark. January 9th, 1854.
Mr.. j. B. HoWELL-Dedr SIR: Earl
yesterday morning noticed two cut
! throat looking individuals, with each
load of cotton for. sale, and each WACO
= had a saddle horse attached to it, Tn
cotton was sold, and the two individual
J left for the north.
Within two hours the news came ths
= two teamsters had been murdered ont
: few miles, aud that the murderers ha
brought the cotton on to market. c
course the military we're on the alert, an
within few minutes the steamer Chez
was under weigh up stream, in pursuit {
the boat on which those two individna
had taken passage.
s. Just at sunset the good steamer Chez
ID returned with those two suspicious ind
al viduals under guard, and we have the
10 here. l think this clear case Of que
st rillas numbering their neighbors for co
as ton, but cotton will bring money, at
In they raised about three thousand dolIa
eo in the operation, and got ride on
"' steam boat, and will in all probabili
US soon be honored by having trial befo
he court martial. The leader in this di
mt bolical deed was raised near here, and
I'll known by the name Of Ferguson.
ad You are perhaps aware that tie 10y
Tor people of Arkansas have held Conve
IN ton and remodeled their Constitpti
me with view Of returning into the Fsde
'Iil Union as soon as possible.
the Messrs. Butler and Jacks, delega,
lily from. this vicinity, returned yesterds
and meeting VA called at r. n,