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The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-19
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CHANDLER's NEWS EXPRESS

t'KoM Magnolia, Pike county, to HoImesv,rIs
weekly. "SPpi' III
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sea- Au1ite county, Miss. tri weekly
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OF any station on the New Orleans Jarts ~ n III y
great Northern Railroad Southern RaiJroad an1
mlss1ssippI Central Railroad. and HolmesvilIe I.aI.
sonwood, Liberty, Centervi le Woodvi Is Mont;ceIo
county seat Pine Bluff etc. with the
new Orleans, Mobile, Vtcksbur1
Papers. weekly
Having agents as above, will attend to record,n.
deeds, collecting etc " iecOrong
Letters mailed GO cts enclosed) or packare, son. ..
asenI Cnandiers Express, Magnolia Miss +" will he
un.ii mail routes and post cces are re established
VIII man and pay postage letters from ,ha .h
places to Magnolia postoffce W TUG ABOVE
Tsssage from Magnolia to Liberty. 90
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Proposals for Forage and Wood.

DEPT MISS, OFFICE CHIEF QUARTER MASTER I
Vicksb0rg Miss Oct 19 1865
Proposals are invited by the undersigned the de
livery Al the posts Of icksburg Jackson and Natches
or at points easily accessible TO said posts of xoot
merchant able Corn, Oats, Hay and " God
The proposals for wood may be either Cord Wood
landing Timber. Merchantab!e hard VOID II
tandard
Proposals must be in tripicate-state plainly III
quantity, price and time of delivery.
Bids will be accepted from time to time TO meet III,
requiTments of the Government
Payment to b made on delivey soon thereaf
ter as funds for the purpose shall be received.
By order of the Qusrtermaster General
HENRY M. WHETTFLSEY.
oet@fdd Col and Chief Q NJ
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
OF THE AnCiEnrs IN OHIO

Occasionally the subject of the Aboriginal
Ethnography of America attracts attention by
accounts of relics of atleast = semi-civiliaation
which are found in the century nodded tombs in
Ohio and elsewhere throughout the Northern
Continent. The St. Louis Dispdtck says,
concerning some of these relics recently
{ .und in Ohio:
At different times within the past two or
three years, the citizens of Newark, O., and
vicinity, have unearthed from the mounds
which abound thereabouts, various relics in
the shape of curious stones, neatly carved or
sculptured, having on their surface Hebrew
characters or letters One of these stones,
supposed by some to be a Hebrew keystone,
was exhibited at the Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair,
in 1864. Two other stones, more recently
found, were submitted to the Presbyterian
Synod, in session at Newark, who confded
them to the care and examination of NJ. R.
Miller. the ablest Hebrew scholar of their
BODY who has published letter. giving the
result of partial examination of them. He
deciphers an inscription which he thinks equiv
alent to the words Jehovah, the Mighty
Another stone, taken from the same mounds,
is said to contain the Ten Commandments,
though the information on this point is not
satisfactory. If there be, indeed, deciphera-
able Hebrew inscriptions on these stones, the
discovery is one of the most remarkable of
the times, and gives additional interest to the
important, but hitherto unanswered question,
"Who were the mound builders of America?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
Free ~t LaAt--The Constitutions
al amendment Ratified.

The war practically destroyed slavery in
the United States, but up to tie present time
it had not been abrogsted by virtue of law,
and there was nothing, as the matter then
stood, TO prevent any State ffoni legalizing
slavery at some future time. But we are at
last able to make the gratifying announce
ment that slavery Is not only abolished, but
forever prohibited by the Federal Consti-
tuition, the proposed amendment having now
been ratified by the necessary "three- fourths
of all the States The Georgia Legislature,
following the example of South and North
Carolina and Alabama, has voted for it, ma
king the twenty seventh otate in It's favor, and
as that number is three-fourths of all the
States, SO soon as they shall respectively have
certified their Endorsement of the Amendment,
and transmitted the same to the State De-
psrtmeut at Washington, the fact will be
officially proclaimed, and slavery will then be
indeed, as it is now virtually, q thing Of the
past. Our great national sin will then be for
ever wiped out. AL men are now free, and
it will not be long before they are equal be-
fore the Springfield Journal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

gentleman of Philadelphia, who has ,usk
returned sron, soiourn Of some weeks ih
the Southern States, during which time he
paid visit to the parish Of st. Mary's, in
Louisana, at which place he saw the island
or mountain Of salt, which has been before
noticed as one Of the resources of the supply
of the Southern Confederacy during the last
part of the late gar, gives the following
tael}i 90
and consists of q hill. at some points one hun
dred and sixty feet high containing about 3
$40 acres of land. surrounded by the waters
of Bayou Nermilion, situated about nine
miles from Vermillion Bay in the above nam
ed parish.
"Although salt has been manufactured
upon the island for many years, YET the dis
oossry o. mines was notmade until 1868. and
they were only worked by the Confederates
for period of about three months previous
to its occupancy by our troops, and during
this short space Of time il was es.in.ated that
the ousptitf taken out was not less than ~,
06Q, 900 pounds, by rude machinery.
The quality of the article is very superior
(90-10Ol pure salt, and so far rs tests have
been made, the deposit seems inexhaustible,
and promises to be one of the greatest dever
opments of The age, and consequently Of great
benefit to the nation: for. although the pro-
duction of salt in the United States in 1850
was nearly thirteen milEcns Of bushels, yet
tie importatiens OF this article from foreign
ports were very large" !.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

MIDNIGHT REPORT.


seutAsSA CenGrsssAsn---Ths MsxisaA
I - H~ff QOss4Aon.
NEW YoRK, Dec 15.
! The Posfs Washington dispatch says of the
question of admission Of the Southern claim
ants 70 seats in the House Of Representatives,
it is now considered that it has been fully de-
termined by the vote in the House adopting
the Stevens resolution by two-thirds, being
regarded as conclusive evidence that they win
not be admitted this winter
1t Is understood that the House of Repre-
sentatives will take action early in January
upon the case Of the contested election in the
9Th District of New York. The evidence has
been sent to the printers, and will make a
volume of over one thousand pages
The Commercidrs Washington special saws
the departure for Europe on Wednesday of
the Chief Secretary Of the French Legation
is connected with recent developments Of the
Mexican question. The temper Of Congress,
and the growing popular sympathy with the
Liberals cause in Mexico, together with the
appointment of Gen. Logan, has led to com.
munications between Count Monthalon and
the State Department, which resulted in
sending message to the French Emperor for
definite instructions
1t ID said that the withdrawal Of the French
Legation from Washington will take place in
case Of the formal appointment Of an Amer
can Minister to the Mexican Republic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
The Agassiz Expedition.

Prof AGassIz, now engaged in an explor-
ing expedition up the Amazon river, writes on
the 2Oth of August:
Tie result of our inquiries, above all re-
specting fish, goes beyond the most extrava-
giant dreams ever had. Not only do know
that all the locations we visit nourish different
faunas, but foresee also that the intermedi-
ate localities will furnish still new and distinct
species, so great are the differences of those
we have already studied.
have in view to solve the problem Of the
geographical distribution of the fishes by
making four or FIVE different collections be-
tween Para and Manaos, but now | know not
.Lat l.l4iss xe should preserve, SO that It is
hest to multiply the collections so far as cir
eumstances Will permit.
In another letter of the same date he says
1t is equally interesting to discover the man
ncr of inter-association of the species 1t Is
evident, for example, that the fishes assem-
bled at Para are not the same as those united
at Mauaos or in the great affiuents of the
Amazonas. have already certainty OF this
nom the eoitect,ou ! nave Msqe ct ara.
Turing the eight days spent in your hospitabie
CITY. where so many courtesles and such deh
cate attentions were showered on me, col
lected sixty-three species of fishes. OF this
number nearly dozen are known and,
notwithstanding, about forty-iye species are
already described as peculiar to the Amazon.
Consequently those that are knora wpieh l
did not discover at Para must DWELL in Some
other region of the great river. You see now
that the work merely of this great basin must
have collections of different species, fact
that science was completely ignorant of until
now.
Besides. if the species of different regions
differ one from the other In the same river.
and if marine fishes ascend the river in a Inn
tied number to an ineonsiderabIe distance
from the sea, shortly it Will become improba-
bic that the auvial species can proceed from
the marine species, above all, If the different
shoals are found in similar regions OF the
river, and at o short distance ffom one an
ether.
Well, you see what results this ought to give
in time; and in the meantime can only indi-
cate the track that | count on following in my
researches. All can say to you as yet Is,
that of the sixty ythree species found at Para,
not less than forty nine are lnedlted, which
viii require the establishment of eighteen new
genera to give them place IN the system oi
iishes. Besides this, perceive the necessity
of distinguishing five families that have bee n
confounded with others to the present time.
Under date Of September 8, Agassiz writes
that he had then obtained more than thYee
hundred species of fish, although he had, 'tc
that time, only examined onethird Of the
Amazon, without trenehing on its affluents.
lie had only counted on, al most, two hgIdred &
and fifty or three hundred species, and he says
that not third of those he ctl ected belong
to known ones.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
Say ings end D0ln9s or Josh Bill
linGn.

IL is highly important that when q man
makes up his mind tew become a raskal. that
he would examine hisself closely, and see if
he ain I better knonsiituted for fool
l argy in this way, if man is right he kant
be too radkal, If he is rong he kandbe too
conservatiH
.Tell the truth and shame the devil
kno lots OF people who can shame the devil
easy enui, but the other thing bothert en.
1t is very delikate job tew forgivf man
without lowering him sn nix own esahsshnn,
and ynres ,oa-
Ar gineral thing. when q woman wares
the britches she has a good rite tew them.
Ii is admitted now by everybody, that the
man who kan git tat ON berlony sassdee, has
got good deal of dors in him.
Woman ihtioenze IS powerful-fpecilla
when she wants ennythmg.
Sticking up your noze don't PROVE emmy
thing, for soap biler. when he is ava from
hiz hum, smells ennything.
No man luvs tew get beat, but it il better
to be bored with an inch orger than with a
gimblet-
Il IL sed that hoss don kno his ssreagth
and | don rely suppose skunk does
nuther.
BE snre you are rite then 60 ah4d, but
in case w dou't then go ahed emmy va.
Woman viii sometimes confess Her sins,
bat never knue one to confess her faults
Don Z mistake arrogance for wisdom: men
ny peple thought they wuz wize but they wuz
only windy.
Men ain apt To be kicked out Oh good so,
CITY for being rich
The rode 70 ruin is always kept in good re-
par. and the taverns pay the expense ov it.
Ii a man begins life b bein fust llutenant
in his famllee, he need never tew lux for pro-
moshan. 80
The onla profit there is in keeping more
than one dorg is, what you can make on the
board
Young man, study Difference; it is the best
card in the pack.
Honesta is the poor mans pork and the
rich man ) pudding.
There is a luxury in sometimes feeling lone
sum.
There is only one advantage that | ken see
in going tew the devil, and that is the rode is
easy aud you are sure to git there.
LASTLY am Violently opposed tew ardent
spirits as beverage, but for manufacturing
purposes think > lsetle Nv j, tastes good.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

New YoRK, Dec. Is.
Before the Union League Club in this city
last night, Senior Benz. Vicuna Mackinni, of
Chilli, speaking ofthe telegraph of his country,
said that Chill was the first country in South
America to offer its cordial support to the
great idea of encircling the world with the
telegraph. Chill had its FIRST line Of telegraph
between Santiago and Valparaiso in 1850.
and now there are two lines connecting those
cities. Chill is now building nine hundred
miles Of inland telegraph. When Spain
began a wanton and unjnsti6able war, Chill
ordered some nine hundred miles Of Telegraph,
TO be immediately made to protect the eoan
try, and Immediately sent her soldiers tc the
place threatened BY the Saaa,ards. The
speaker said THAI sle only practicable tele-
graph route in South America from ocean 10
ocean was through Chill,
He thought that line would soon be com
pleted on plan similar to that OF the Over.
land route TO Behring straits. There are
two routes prophesied. in beth os waich
Americans are Interested. One is 10 follow
the Ane of Q proposed railroad. two hundred
miles in length, and the other is to Law q sub.
marine wire from Panama to Valparaiso, fol-
lowing the route pursued BY steamers. This
tine will connect at nearly all the ports, so
that the stations will be from ten to one hun
dred miles apart. There is a project for
Mexican telegraph to Panama, by which news
can be conveyed from the Un;,s.i states and
Europe to Bunoes Ayres, at the expense of 8
few .uEdred thousand dollars South of
Panama there is not . single commercial
steamer that bears the American tag that
commerce has been entirely monopolized by
a fleet OF English steamers. ~ rot mind
Spain nor her old Admiral. Go there. and
80 u1lt md IN, he 1onr far.
In conclusion, the speaker said that he was in
favor of the Monroe doctrine, and he hoped
the United States would adhere 10 il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

OswEGo, Dec. Is.
The steam saw mill owned by Chandler 4
Wilburt, situated on the east side of the
river, was consumed by FIRE last night; also
the machinery connected with the shipyard,
together with q considerable amount Of lum
Der, shingles, bolts. &c. All belonged to the
same frm. 4 strong northwest wind was
blowing and the FIRE spread to the rigging of
several vessels along the dock, but the flames
were soon extnguished. The schooner j. L.
Crocker had her masts and bowsprit de-
stroyed. Total loss estimated at 100000
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

B. F. Taylor thus describes race between
two railroad trains. The incident 10 not much
of wonder, but the description Isl
The tracts ofthe Michigan Southern and
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago roads
lie, for few miles, within haiIipg sdistsnce.
They are smooth, straight and tempting. The
other night was on board the Michigan
Southern, eastward bound, and looking out
Of window into the darkness, saw light
projectedupon the blank prairie, and kindIing
the Httsburg rails - if its cars ran upon q
silver track. 1t was the fash Of An eye that
| saw, and, - our speed was checked at .
crossing sthe train bond for the Iron City
pulled up, and for minute We stood neck
aud neck. Like the hammers Of Vulean' 8
one-eyed strikers, the trains clattered over
the crossing, and away we went The ana
pestic ssclank-te clank- Of the wheels short
ened up; the motion of the train grew steady;
there was an angry hum, little like spin
die; the train thrilled like a nerve, and it
was all as graceful and easy as flying. Up
burst the sparks from the Pittsburg engine.
like the chaff from threshing floor; the pol
ished shafts flashed in the light, and 'buckled
to- like rover naked arms when he comes
down upon the home stretch; the furnace
door upon few open with a great glare; ev-
cry twinkling window was full of faces.
The long train looked as if one street had
eloped from Chicago under cover of the night
and had gone a gipsying with another. Sam
son was outdone. He bore away Gaza's gates;
but 10 ! here was Caza's self
You heard the clang Of iron: you saw the
trail of FIRE; it was as if the train were being
fashioned out of midnight upon an anvil. So,
for while, side by side. At last our Pitts
burg neighbor began to draw in; to slide
back into the darkness; to shut together like
a telescope. BY and by we caught glance
at its eye again it had neither lid nor lashes,
and its expression was not loving, we had it
fairly astern and just then it wheeled away
on great curve our ''parting was well
made . we Jared on our way rejoicing, and
every drowsy passenger that had been bright
ened into quick sympathy with the train, a.
much part Of it rs wheels and axles, drew in,
coiled up, fell into heap of indistinguishable
garments. Let nobody think there has been
a race; possibly, the iron thoroughbreds had
pulled an extra ounce or 50 upon tie bit. But
It Was only bringing two ofa tribe together ;
it was steam and its brother side by side.
Nov, bring ON your classes and let US make
a match oft. Do this heat Of the flying tea
kettles into Greek for us, and you may stable
your war-chariots with the wheel -barrows.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

The Tennessee Legislature has postponed
the further consideration of the negro ,esti-
mony bill, till the 10Th of January next, fol-
lowing g recess. This was done at the in
stance of the friends Of the measure. They
judge, and rightly. too, that every days delay
gives them strength. A number of East Ten
nessee members would willingly vote for the
bill, bat are afraid to risk their standing at
home upon such vote Their constituents
are isolated from the world, and have not
kept pace with the progress of public senti-
ment on this subject Let their representa-
nes,ly nresen, this matter to them IN its true
light, and all viii see its necessity and justice.
The prejudices Of a generation will speedily
pass away, and the people will manfully come
up to the requirements of justice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

STYLE REpoRroRtAL.-The following is .
specimen of the style reportorial from the
Chicago Republicans. 1t is taken from an &C.
count of an attack upon a gay young physi-
clan by q jealous husband a~
The leave taking over, the young medical
stadent started go. But at this moment the
infuriated husband rushed upon him with the
fury of madman. Seizing a fat iron from
the stove of an adjoining room, he buried it
In his skull, inflichng horrible wound, which
sent him reeling out Of the door, upon the
walk. Pulling his wife into the house, the
husband closed the door, and left the wound
el man leaning against the fence, with the
Aat-iron buried in his skull, apparently in an
unconscious state. Recovering somewhat, he
staggered to saloon near by, with the svi
dent hope Of getting relief, and Of procuring
surgical aid, with the Hat-iron still buried as
aforesaid
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

WASHINGTON. pso. Is.
In the United States Supreme Court to day,
Mr.. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, argned in favor
Of readmitting Garland to practice without
requiring him to take the oath of allegiance,
he having been engaged in the rebellion. He
contended that the pardon restored Garland
to all his civil rights.
Attorney General Speed combatted the
gentleman's positions arguing the right to
prescribe qualifications by Law. and the latter
was ofthis character and not penalty The
argument is to be resumed next Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
II " = KNEW.

II we knew the cares and crosses
II CrovdiBg round or neighbsr,s vsy,
II we knew the little losses =
sorely grievous, day by day;
Would we then so often chide him
For his lack Of thrift and gain,
Leaving on his heart shadow,
Leaving on our life stain7
III We knew the cloud above us
Held but gentle blessings there,
Would We tarn sway I'll trsohAag
In our blind and weak despair
Would we shrink from little shadows,
Lying on the dewy grass,
While 'tis only birds Of Eden
just in mercy flying past'
If We knew the silent story,
Qnirering through the heart Of pain,
Would our manhood dare to doom hem
Back to haants Of guilt again
Life hath many . tangled crossing,
Joy hath many . break Of voc,
And the cheek tear stained il whifts4t--
This the blessed angels know.
Let as reach into our bosoms,
For the key 10 others lives,
And With love toward erring nature
Cherished good that stiIi survives
SO thss when our disrobed spirits
Soar to realms Of light sGAin.
We may say, '.Iiear Father judge as
as ~s judged cur fellow men"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

The Heralfs Washington dispatch says:
b = Essens decision e fh4 0evesnAsst au-
thorities, soldiers who re. enlisted IN the regu-
lar army~ahiattirv dAys .s1ter their dis
charge from the volunteer service, will be en-
titlsa ~ the additional pay Of tWo anjhmper
month, provided by Congressional enactment
in 1854, when their service in the army, il
connection with theeefm they have continu-
oasy served in the volunteers, shall amount
TO m aggregate TO Ave years. - go
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
BUFFALO, Dec. Is

- HUFFAIO, Dec. To.
The Courier denies the rumor that the Ex-
press Company had leased the New York
Central Railroad, for the purpose OF cutting
OF the National BankerA The Express
Compeay proaounces tho statement H1icu-
1oas and malicious, 10 far - the American
Expsess 0oapAny b concerned, and o0e Of .
series pf fel65hpda % prejudics the ComJ
pahy md bolltsf up the fortunes Of f1valin-
teresa
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FT. NoSRor, Dec. Is. !
r. Henpesey, formerly Major ofthe 9th Penn
sylvania cavslry, and Judge Advocate of
Norfolk District, has been appointed Associ-
ate United States Attorney ct Richmond.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
Nw YoRr. Dec. Is

The number of vessels sailing from New
York to the ports South Of Baltimore, Wash
ington, Alexandra &C., average at present
more than fifty in each week, and thus com.
prise about thirds Of al the vessels going
to same ports IN the week ending December
9Th, 1866, ives 81.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
NEw foRk. Dec. I5

The London Telegraph states that the Rus
sian Government sent oat two telegraph off,
GERS to ascertain whether it were possible to
obtain permission Of the Chinese governnent
to establish telegraph line from Kiacnta to
Pekin. The Chinese showed themselves
averse to the scheme and the officers have re-
tureed. :
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l6

At meeting of Fenians at Wilmington,
Delaware, last night, resolutions were pas
red. endorsing O. Mahony.
The Union Circle of the Fenians of Glou.
cester City n. j., has also endorsed the &C.
tion of O'Mahoney.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-16

notwithstanding the fact that the gli,
tering issues of the Mint but rarely dazzle the
eyes of the general public in these days, it Is
stated in the late repert of the Director, that
from the organization Of the institution and
its branches, in 1893, up to the sOth Of hast
copper and nickel, nearly nine hundred and
six million pieces, Of the total value Of over
Eve hundred and twenty three and half mil
lion Of dollars.