The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-12
Sunday Night Report.
On account Of high winds and eonss-
queDt arrangement Of the lines We have
no further repor.



county, i one Of the handsomest cities 10
the South. and ranks above Macon and
nextro Savannah, in Georgis. II IL sit
. i,ed On the S,vsnash river, two hun
dred and thirty one mites from its mouth
The Georgia railroad. of which Augusta
10 the eastern terminus. extends 10 At
lanta, and the S ,uih carolina railroad con-
meets j. With Cnarles;sn. A large whole !.
sale business Is trausscfed At Augusts.-
The Aagn-ta canal. which vas construct
elm 1916 Is nineteen miles long, and
brings The saicrs Of the SssassAb river
some thirty eve or forty feet sbovc the
level Of the city. BJ the poser thus fur
nished, . number oi factories. machies
shops. Ac, are k.pt in successful opera
ton. The population Of Asgasta is from
twelve 10 6l.en thousand. The Cny
Hall cpst 8iOO,0l0. The place al1o con-
taios fifteen or sixteen churches, two or
three .cadsmiss. hoe spitnI, arsenal, 81.
There are soIe magnificent powde mills
st Angusts, pa. up daring tho vat, from
which much u the supplies Of the fuimi-
Mating material for the South are Obtained.
ems. assasseA Prisoners.
About twenty eight huadred of our men
lately imprisoned in Georgia have srrivei
ut Aonapolis. Their condition Is thu.
described By : correspondent of ihe Phi.
Iadclphia Inquirer:
F-f 4 maj ,r'ty Of the men look cSmpar-
ativeiy vel. int nearly all hate the
scurvy. Their Appearance il no eside nee
Of their real cosdition. Many Of them.
-re mere wrecks Of hale. hearty m4a. and,
no doubt, viii soon sink away. One man
whom saw when be came into ehS ward.
looked - though he could soDa 81 about
- veil - ever. yesterday a noon set up
and eat his dinne; sAs lively and chat.
ted abost the bogus Cooieasrasy bat q
Eve O'Clock in the aftsrnoon be 1as ear
ried out corpse.
One poOs fellow, Who ~ . fall of lif-
. though b had just come into ~ pos-
session q ! gold nise. had ssdsr9d ioae
from tbs ecsrvy. He ~as - happy o
bs oacs oofs smosg fritads shas, . he
expressed Is while ha 81 on the wharf
waiting 70 be removed, 4 think my mind
has all LEFT me, for NOW hsve stranQes
fancy that t'm 10 Gods country, and yet
I'm 10th to believe it, / askcd him
what kind Of ! country he hsd come from
or had been 10. Hs replied. 'Ah. and
Be sure. my friend, il the devil Ieigns
any where or owns foot Of silc in Gods
world, it's in the Confederacy. It's
surely : God -forsslsn territory
He showed me HE limbs. They we're
not larger to~ard the ankle than mans
thumb. 4 vas touching - we'll 70 anus
ing 70 tae bystAndsrs to hear their re-.
u,arks as they oame off the boat. One
mau. when be reschcd the wharf, coming
from the gangway, jumping up and
stamping his leet, uttered the exclama.
ton. ard IS though il came from his very
souI. God bles, the piece Of land hat 1 u
now on.' An .ther, Thank God Fun ia
his country once mosc.' Others would
nttsr the reclamation OF Joy sod gratitude,
such -. .0h, what blessed bouv 10 shia!!
sHurrsh for the Union. I'm once more
ia i'll fourteen months 10 Dixie. bat
never day norsI' An lfishnan, . hs
walksd %, said, tSare this is the happiess
day since iver I came to Ameriky.'
Wesxpsot many more to arriys every
| l.dss for several days, unless Sherman
should, By his onward movenlenta, % 10.
terfere that they will baslsn the prisoners
away % more secure pisces.
The inforu1A AtiD6 which theSo 1hee ~