The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-10

|ltAs rebel Congtsss to repeal 6xsmptiop,
lot gil ciassss, and vest in him the discre
tion 70 zach psnens = he may thisk 81
to parsus exempted professions. H,
shows that 20 msa could carry on any
Ibaslnan uhalsNss withont ~ sousens 81
Davis, and the liberty Of tie press 4 would
DO entirely Destroyed.
eigaA - eAs TlnAss.
tsrs1 - s1saA.aA r.psla,s.n. Nov. n y
/" Silence" says the ChaJsssou Ner.
cuEy Of yesterday, s'hss rsiRasd u oar
||city for seveTal days. Bst ths eaemv
have now in position on Norris Island
some forty pieces Of heavy ordnance, bdAr-
/ ing a 6slijSsa's lslasd 1sd Fort Hume4r.
They are busy in mortar mounting and
preparations, and have brigade drilIs.-
They have bsoysd cot Bulls Hay. not
faf to the nosthwsrd. They have ! feet
OF some dozen monitors at Port Royal.
and somswhsr6 On the A4lantic COST !
dozen and half more, including sbips
like the Ironsidss and Dictator These
preparations indicate sa attack on Charlesr
ton By the watsr approach. The siens
are confirmed BY the Northern p.pen
that Qharlsstoa i shs point desired and
aimed At. And the rapid msrch Of
Sherman upon Aagusts, which is only
some six days march from here. tsliiss
With oil tbs rest,s sad safss Us shae no
time i to bs lost in preparing, to the
best Of our ability, to meet the Issue that
appears to b spoh rs. Are we readv !
for an attack and for siegel The peo.
pie Of Charleston have seen danger more
than oaoe before. and ara not sabiscs 10
psnies. Let the situation be calmly scrc.
tinised now. With view to the 6nai 70.
cult. +"
To the above magnificent preparations
eel forth by the Mercury, We may add
that large fleets sre nov assembled :,
Port Roysl, Tybss sod Doboy, 10 doubt
in preparation for gAesmsu's arrival.-
Thus are they prepared to meet him Il
all points, showing perfect confidence in
the success Of his expedition.
And, with The Mercury, We v, aid call
upon our people to avoid everything like
undue excisens eat, md With calm dsjiher-
alton bring their minds to thc gre i. work
before them Ii 10 time for manhood.
not indecision and cowardiy fear. We
may have valuable use for al of the good
Judgment aud courage that we pos SEAS
Let them not be neutralised by any
thought or act unbecoming fr~emsu en-.
gagged in . great struggle for liberty.
ParoR.-Roger A. Pryor, Who Vas
picked up by our pictets the other day
near Petersburg. 10 specimen of ihs class
Of Southern politicians Who we're very pro-
minent during the dissensioos pre-. edine
the war, and Who have bccome irsigni
6cant since the storm they raised he's bsrst
upon the country. Without going trough
with tie liss Of failures Of So6li,ern no.
litioians or military men, lsnd it 10 10
large and general as like failures is de
North il may be renasksd thst Bseck-
inridge lis the only one Of the .lcmaeo-
CUES who made the war, Who has a,,aiced
even respeetabiliiy - an officer, and he
has been repeatedly snubbed.
Pryor Was familiar With the ground
where i,s vas captured. 1t VS. tie Pc-
tersbarg district that be formerly repre-
senied 10 the Congress Of the United
States. Hs was one Of The asssmblnxe q
hstshadsa yosng ueu of Virgina. vbo
surrounded the s. ts Convention in the
spring Of 1861 With ths purpose Of in.
t.midsting that body into the adoption Of
au ordin.nce Of sscessios. The process
Of Intimidation not giag 81 % rapidly %
desired, Pryor procssdsd to Charleston
- mis- sionary, and in speech al the
CharIeston Hotel few nights before the
bombardmsot Of Fort Sumter, announced
hrs messUu. E
Il was to urge South Csrolina 10 strike
blow.'' in order that Virgins might be
forced By an act Of war, 70 follow the lead
Of South Caroline. Pryor secom panied
Wigfull TO Fort Sum .er, and there dis
singuished himself by drinking ! glass ii
liqaos that h>s sspPessd = b whiskey,
but which vi highly ofIsasive; aud he
bad the pleasure, for : ffus of thiokine
hGmself poisoned. He servsd asa Brig
adler General 10 Longstseet's corps, for :
time aud 10 that ospaciiy, vas ia the ~.
en- days 6sht before <Rich.noad. aud the
battle Of Astjstam. He ~as os 9 biered
and discharged from tho service ia ali .
grace, - some Of the papers say, but
there we're charges Of cowArdice OF inca-
pssitys ~ bothlrsf5fsd sgainst him. md
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