The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-03-10


plantation business ont Of the Ehssds q
: the commissioners sppcintsd By sAe Wa
Department, under whom the leasees ha,
some chance Of success. But no soone
had this taken place than all military al,
and protection were removed, aad all MI
Mellen's promises. of succor have as ye
been false prophecies. True, Mr.. Mellel
said the Marine Brigade had been ordered
} here to make this their headquarters
they came, remained one night and kill
ed an innocent negro, and set sail mex,
morning not to return yet, for which we
are very thankful, and it has been two
weeks since. Meantime the Confede.
rate soldiers, in squads, 90 and come as
they please through the neighborhood,
only being little shy of certain locali-
ties Only yesterday DR.. Martin, in
charge of the sick left by the brigade,
mounted 80 men (convalescent) and went
in search Of Mat. Johnson, who was
known to have been in the neigL borhood
during the previous night After ride of
some four miles the party came upon the
Major and his men posted in the ruins of
an old negro quarter, behind chimneys:
Out no sooner had the half sick darkies
got sight of the "secesh" than with
yell as if forty devils had broke forth
they rushed at them, regardless Of their
superior position. The Major could not
stand this. Here was chance to test
The relative merits of negro and rebel
troops with about equal bers, but the
Major hurriedly declined the proffer.-
Mounting his men. and the boys say they
fairly hew away towards the cane break.
The doctor urged his men forward but
1t was no use, mules after horses must
be left in the distance-and these rebels
we're all well mounted while the negroes
had only mules.
They captured mule, gun, saddle,
bride and hat, which was identified "a
hat stolen . few nights before from q
iarky on the Blackburn plantation near
here. This and other circumstances point
trongly to this as the band who have J
'een robbing recently under the name of !
! part of CARROTS or Quantrel's band, the /,
majority OF whom, if not all. are known
o have gone back across Red River some
ims ago.
Another keokukian, Mr.. O. H. Brewer,
las just arrived here, and is about to
tart trade-store at this point if any pro-
ection arrives, which, as yet, rests in ,
'reat uncertainty. Mr. Duke is also here .
waiting the same hopeful result, to make d
mother attempt at planting.
Mr.. Mellen, in changing the whole =
ysiem OF plantation business, and With a
rawing it from the War 10 the Treasury b
department.. has ief, it very much in the .
OF the man. whose epitaph every doc
or is familiar with, being kind of ,rib- p
te to quackery-
4 sick,
Would ie iet,ered- ~
Took rhysic, ).
And here am io
cad as Julius Cesar after the ides ofl =
farch. =
| cannot help believing Mr.. Mellcn' = in :
'ntions were for the very best results. but 4
lie man shot through the head by bad r
with good intentions, would be j
bout as dead as If he had been shot in 50
le same spot BY good marksman with P
Id intentions. r
Mr. Mellen aimed we'll enough. but un- (
rtunately was jostled by MIR. james E. u,
eatman and Gen. Hawkins. = !
The fact is, this may be considered the o.
enerai's FIRST victory-he made war on 4
practicable system under potent aus pices, ii
I'd succeeded in introducing Impractical g
lity and impotency. The man il dead, sss
I'd the General is the victor. =
Whether common sense will ever get sa
ntrol of our rulers, know not; but 2
rs | do know, to my sorrow, that the s
Itch bad larger hole in it than the :
'ot 1t was intended to mend. A. ID,
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MARRIED, ~
IN Tuesday, sth inst by Rev danes Brown Mr. Dawn III
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