The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-19


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uhes ~ vsrs seain psro,.a and forward
La = ~ "a & All. 80 e. =. 11Ia .
35EssnvuvTssgIsa 1i5675: "a rs Ssis
pretty san q eetsisr through. Bat,
| alssi on reaching Marshall " were haiti
~ asai. further ordsnN,
O. The road 80 las1 ~ a4sd,
- planters Z ~ - IL ~
III 'schastels, q Dses lsei1 -
- Liacols army - ds fs
Texas. L ~as shen our ssra e lassh
and Be merry; nos %, hossver, ~hss. %
f1hs1sr6uf3esys MsfS Tor ths s6ifd
time started - 31es ~ To NJ e
IN m ths .aahass -aide WisA ,dssasl
cososenspee4 long facas, AsA e3ssiss
| Banks a..sIsry step .fsr HI insc.pstssSy
- . &ehesal, gseFD60bed +, ier igii6 r
ter,a three daJ6' nafch. On reaching
that hell Oh Gfth, il .pyAlsHtea > gloomy,
dismal appearance; shs bfssh houses vsie
partly ~ ~ 'tsis iseeLdfhe clouds u
smoke. and my heart s6pk y the eight.
We seFe sent in With ths -rsst, apll, %
aeconnt;o Of scarcity Of room, shAdsto aAle
our qusrssrs within fifsy yas1l Of She tink
- very -dissgsseabie iocAtiOl, indsed. -
From three 70 I'VE death ocenYed daily,
bnt the cases we're malay aep6ae4 -
Esetsfp sreGisaelsss. vghas 3Qkha n sisS
lPasdculAfty fsuesse1 ssesefetyls The epr
fPssFsnte q sousskioes dsseasss ke fo0ks(
for daily. but happily bad net arrived
when We lett, a. s-s..ss s. srs assn1
| Tyler i = place 70 <aH fssth the doth
Of Yankee Ingenuity. 90 passing through
iis usssos smoky avenues you can per-
eeive hundreds Of groups, some convert
ing gut'a pefcha combs into risgs, .sons
making combs out OF the nsMnssh
horns ofrfsxas cattle. some mailing riugt
out OF the same msterisl, some Masking
sccth- picks, some dice hare il > bakery,
blackberry pies II 2 ,00s biscsi.si st Is
cents, and dosghaus fried id bull > tsI.
Low 1t prices accordingly. Here Il 1
turning lathe on which are msaufacsured
chessmsp, which sell At s4,0 per set,
and last, but not, least, We psrceiss pot
terry, the work OF an Ohioan, sho turus
,out excellent ware considering his limited
machinery.
/ The Ain Of July was celebrated 10 the
stoekade BY grand dinner. An e,atiou
and poem WINS delivered By Lisat CD
Dagsud of the u6.h n Y. Vols. which
vas highly spoken Of BY ell. Col. Lake
1 Col. Rose. Of the 2dth Indiana, and sew.
4 ersi others followed and made some spir-
tied remarks. e A's@ Z ffsa
j he following Iowa regimests vers
3fePresep'eo 81 emp Fvrd previous q
our 'easing; FIRST and third LAVA cayal-
~ ana i4h. 18TH 18Th. 9oih. R2d,
xod' xssh. Z7'h, ss'h, 2ssh. 3ed. SD
% = AND soth Iowa la:ansry.
=. 'ns on OF july wi. Leakes en-
A 'ose'her win some DUO o'hs'r,
'Os' uuns Inc o@ ola : IN ers, we're parole
aga'n' and on the 9th OF july. With hap
py hearts We bid farewell to the stockads.
We reached Shreveport on the lath, and
laid over until the l6sh, when " en-
oA1ked on three steamers and proceeded
down the river. On arriving at Aieias
ara, our boats would not venture below
the falls and We laid over .wo days want
ing Tor transportation. On the morning
Of JAY 2iss We marched around the fail.
asd re-embsrked on the steamers Cham
Pion No. 3 and Rslt, and we're soon M
der full headway down the river. We
reached she mouth Of Red river early on
the following rnoruirg when shot llDm
The u. S feet made us roapd to. Alter