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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-31
Iowa and the Rebellion.

IN PRESS OF ]. B. LIPPINCOTT &
Il CO, phadeiphis, history Of Iowa Troops In the
wsr OF the Union Against felelhon 1851. s. BY l. D. In
This work embraces historical accounts Of all the RCD
ments eent nto the field from the State of Iexx With
general descripti OF sttles in which thess troops
have borne prominent part Among item may ie
named: Wilson's Cre-s. blue wills Bemont rort Con
elrop New Madrid shiloh, Pea idg@s s.x. OF eeysntn
lukn, crinth. ptairfetrove. hichasaw Bayou Port m
son, Jaeksn Champio Mills the 8s RiAch Assault Of
fcksburg th- ~iegs. He rns Cherokee, Ch sttanooea
th- principal tngagt ments al the canagu of AilsitA
OF ts Red kiser Enpsiition nkin- Terry and other
nts in Genrxiz AiabAn Ms ssipri Arkansaa
Nj souri, and yrgujA several CAsAiry Maids ~ ai.o
desc,ib with considerable deta aheut tsa pans
Of hattie illustrate the trxt.
The wors been pr-pa I'd With lttie dilfrencs
and pains with fes--d lave of the subject d o.
hcial accounts THE narratives Of ese-wie1ea and
other entitled 70 credit, a.d IL b. p~d ~ eoa-
tain accnnat " the oar tyceee IN
the which they did much - brirg to tSiu nna
close @s4 tsA
70 lar ~ the author cstid Ne hss made the NsoS 80
representation cf th4 honrsbie the .Ior - 81 - Il
the volunteer s,lavry of Iowa ard enss hshas( Ssno
1y Jailed In his der iGn, II be without sosa
of infere-t to those ~ho Ano~ ~hst bright aeaF -
enldiery m1de, rs m WilsoE's tsk, Ia Aax ~ ~.
Hoifls and Columbus IN AIfil, 1895
fAe price o. the ~osk ~hirh will be = lsrnp
sheat zoo ea9ee, will bc o9.6Os ~ ss
liberal deductie sfe 10 ths traae fhrI(
the wofk will be prinepaiiy sold. Add6s4 III l.
s8Sf u b hAf3
dsras r. Q. BOX ~, wa4Asn
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THERE was, as appesreth from the Star, a
general melee at Eddyvile the other day. 1t
arose upon this wise:

THERE was, as appeareth from the Star, a
general melee at Eddyville the OF her day. 1t
arose upon this wise:
One James Johnson, who is the keeper of
livery stable, who generally bears the repu-
tation of bully, and libertine. had been
paying his addresses to very respectable
young lady. whose father knowing the bad
character of the man. becoming cognizant of
the fact, denied him the privilege of seeing
her again; whereupon Johnson writes her u
note asking for her company on a certain oc
casion, away from home. The Young lady.
possessing more than usual discretion, shows
the letter to her father, who answers it, as an
indignant father would, denouncing him in
indignant terms, and again forbidding him to
address his daughter ass saeh q course wonld
be at HIS peril. Matters we're at this stage on
Thursday morning, when Johnson. in compa-
nv with several of his ffieads, after assem-
bling in one of the drinking saloons on See
ond St, and imbibing sufficient ''tangle- foot
to make them belligerent, sought the father
Of the girl and assaulted him, pounding him
numerically until others interfered and he
was allowed to escape From that time until
afternoon the friends Of both parties were be-
ted in riot Fists, clubs, rocks and bricks
we're used by both parties; the street was
soon crowded with citizens, many of whom
soon found themselves engaged on the side Of
the injured party, and it only abated by John
sou taking fight-the crowd followed hnr--
he secretes himself in the bed room Of
hpuse--is found, and suffers the vengeance Of
An infnriated public; and the only wonder is
that be came out with anything short of
Iynching. We learn that his injuries are not
serious, and he viii soon recover. Much as
we deprecate demonstrations Of this charac-
ter, we cannot but join in with the sentiment
sof the great body of our citizens in saying the
punishment meted out to johnson was richly
deserved So
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will be more useful to the country and to the
State Of Iowa, than two years in the 0abinet,
even il he were sure Of remaining there, is
beyond doubt.
In short. every consideration Of the public
good, and indeed every other Consideration,
except the wishes of aspiring rivais, seems
to require the election OF Nj. .HAaLAx for the
long term at their approachine Asssion
~ !, 90. B. c,
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SITUATED one and half miles from
~ Cvet Lee county. lows containing 100 serss ssA
Aret-rats improvements; fns lsrge Houss Hank Ba n
Shops snd other buildiugs Also s0) Fruit Trees
c hoce varieties Of different fruits Plenty wafer all
he time Land good. and perfect title. win s-If all
together, In thrvs lots One II 20 acres
coed small bouse % Of eplssdi6 near th
Railroad The sttef pay any person doubls the
eost clear Of sll expenses m sere wood wagon and
barrel stud win give time on part OF the pu chase
money. Call and So Z bargain. X C. PYLE
dec5i-dkwu On the place. East or Crbfdn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-31

BEAuTIruL SoTr AND GLossY HAlR.---
Those wanting fine and glossy hair please
read the card Of George Cabus, in another
part OF this paper. Cabus' Tonic is perma-
nent cnre Tor the dsndruf; cures scurf, erup-
tons, and oil hediseases Of the skin; restores
grey hair 70 its original color deel0.2m..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-31

II il reported that Messrs. Bsriag Bros.
have taken two milliops. Of the fvc per cent.
a.s.scl - sola e. se bonds at ninety
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-31
DIED,

This evening, De sesh, u ~ s'cleek ElnAsHs L.
Wiz - Che 10 Iyns, IL the o6sA ysar Of hsr ags
Ihs fieaAs Of the ssiit respectfully invited to
attend the fune'A from her late resdsne. which will
take place Monday Morning, Jannsry l, lssa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-31

TIE cholera is raging with great severity At
Guadsloupe.
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IOWA COLLEGE.

THE SPRING TERM-In all Depart
n~ris, Csaisgr, scientanc, Ladies' and Prspsra'ory
Commences January 20, 1866.
Ths>e Wishing enter cf~sses In the College Depart
ment particularly reqssted to lie present at the
opening.
Accommodations for eighty more additional stu
d~nts provided In the bni nss and in tine
GE0KGk =. MAGowN President.
Grinnei Jan. l. Ice. dec3l
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utmost capacity, and everv farmer seeking for
stock to consume it. All! it wUald have
been we'll If he had needed our earnest ap-
peals during the last two years 10 increase
every kind Of farm stock. How much does
tins nation now lose for wsnt Of IN abundant
hog crop to supply The dsnaDds foe provisions
that, ct reasonable prices, would have come
from E1rope, now suffering from tbs cattle
plague!
But look at that crop. An increase over
hst years. Of lis, ,s46, $50 husAels--nearly g
per cent. Indiana and Illinois, under IA
vorable season, have shown the character OF
their lands and Of their industry. More than
a third of this great crop has been raised by
those States: Illinois makes gain of 81, 7s9,.
III bushels and Indiana, which has suffered
SO much from unfavorable seasons the past
two years. now gains 4l,7S4.s5S bushels,
The gain of these two States is e0,524, ,670
bushels-an amount equal to the entire corn
production Of Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont Massachusetts,. Rhode Island, Connec-
ticut, New York, New Jersey, and Penn
sylvania.
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] :; = ). : - ~ !
, 1865-10-20
From the Weekly Dispatch, October ~
DENMARK.

A fact O. some significance marked the
last sitting of the Danish Rigsraad, By
a majority of 40 votes ag INST II the
Second Chamber (FoIkething) has carried
a resolution, which Ministers vainly OPP
posed, to The effect that "htnceforward
.titular nobility is not to be transmlssible,
nor is The Crown to create any fresh title"
bv the terms Of which motion all distlnc-
tions of conventional rank are to exist no
longer after their extinction in the pre-
sent posseSsors. The propoSer of this
change is Deputy JesperSeu, and his adj
vocacy Of such a measure is construed
into a protest on the part of the Scandi-
navian race against the feudallsm which
has fostered the German onslaught on
their territory, and which constitutes an
inherent incompalibiIity between the
two nationalities.
, 1865-10-20

honS, and who would 60 out to swelter away his life in Jamaica. There
is no reason to blame the landlords for being abentees There is no
reason to blame them for employing the only agents they could fud.
But this system could only end in bankruptcy and ruin.
That an absentee landlord, deep in debt, plundered, deceived, and
neglected by his agent was i'll a very precarious position, even while
sugar was selling Tor a splendid price, will readily be allowed. What
then was his inevitable fate when sugar sank from 49s, in 1910, to 2s
sd in 1913!
The reader will naturally think that The planter was ruined because,
not only must bis profits have tern swept away, but he must have been
producing at great loss. That was true. But that was not the real
y there to The heart "a not the mere loss of profit, nor the mere loss o.
the years transactions, but that hence arose a total loss of credit, and.
without credit, there ~os a end Of the supply Of capital
One of the main features IN the conduct of West India affairs had
been tmS-that the vast capital requisite for the production of the SUGAR
crops "a capital of not less than some milions) had been annually ad-
vanced by the West Indian merchants in London, on the security of the
crops which were then consigned to them. But, of course, when it vas
tnght-the credit of the planter was gone. He was embar kd in trans.
actions ~ which a vast capital had been already laid out, and which
required a vast capital 20 carry them on and capital he could not obtain Z
Every other circumstance in the state of The w st Indies-the indebted
les OF the planters, their absenteeism, the lack of labourers. AID SO
FORTH may, more or less, have aggravated their difficulties, but here Law
agricqltursts and manufacturers of these islands Qor such planters were)
found themselves bereft of capital.
And what added to the dreadful pinch for means, to the impos5bli.
~ OF procuring 1T O almost any terms, was that 1t this very period the
great crisis of 1647 fell on the commercial world and, as though tho
west Indians we're TO drink the cup of destruction to the dregs, the West
Indian Bank failed for a vast sum.
Such, then, was the state Of things when the competition of Cuba
and Brazil was let in upon the planters. Dep in ebt-absentees-de
pendent on loans for their supplies of caphal-never did a great change
fall on men so lVtle prepared. The results were terrible. The reader
would hardly thank us if we describe them nor does it lie within our
province to do so. All we have wished has been to point out how u-
justly these events have been charged upon emancipation, when they
were clearly due to the great fall in the price of sugar, and the coll ahrs
, 1865-10-20
From the Spectator, September, 3O.J

Very little information has transpired
this week about the Fenians. The Co.
vernment continues 10 make arrests, but
no one of any importance has yet been
found connected with the movement. A
man named Archdeacon has been seized
at Liverpool, supposed to be a great
s'centre,'' bat he was only a news-ag+nt,
and the stories Of Fenian feeling in the
garrison of Cork are probably myths, the
men accused being evidently only FrnI-
ans when drunk. The Americans laugh
at the idea of the Fenian organization on
their side being formidable, and there is
disposition among some Irish journals to
condemn the arrests as precipitate. On
the other hand the evidence points to a
genuine plot for q rising, during which
all Orangemen were TO be killed, TO ideas
, 1865-10-20

my reasons for believing that the Emancipation Actdid not cause, but only
precipua@d, a result which was inevitable. 1t compelled a balance to be
struck between the debtors and creditof7n which revealed, rather than
begat, the poverty, which now no effort can concealt (P. 4l5)
But far the worst feature in tho position Of the old propretors was
this, that scarcely any of them were residents; oXif they were, they had
not been trained TO the management Of their ESTATES. Merry the whole
of the sugar estates were owned by absentees, the greater humber Of
whom had never set foot in the islands. Every one knows how rare it
is to make a common English farm pay, when not let, bnt merely looked
after bya .salaried bahff. And besides these agricultural risks, there was
in the planters case The whole process of manufacture to be conduct d.,
involving a very large outlay and requiring nice care. All this was TO be
done by the proprietorhs agent. In not a few cases the agent va an
honest man, in spite of his great temptations; a sober man, in spite Of the
abundance of rum and the practices of West Indian softly; an energetic
man. in pit Of the enervating climate; and also a skIIul man in the
conduct of these large interests. But Ofener, he was ne: ely an attorney,
who lived in Jamaica for the express purpose Of getting all the pluuder
he could: he was much fonder of his bottle aud his brown girl, Dr. girls,
than his duty his vgour had prespired away, " had disappeared under
repeated attacks of fever, ague and drirum remens; he knew little of
the sound methods of management; and he had several properties to at
tend to, and often one of hB own, which of course took precedence of
other peoples. A. an illustration of tue last common occurrence, we
may mention that in 1852 a mem rial to Sir H ny B rkly was Signed BY
eleven gentlemen, staple producing reidents' and they expressly state
that they-these eleven men-are either owners or agents for one hun.
dred and twenty-hree estates!s Eleven men managing the agriculture
and manufacture of sugar upon one hundred and tweotythree estates,
under a tropical SUI In MontSerrat again, DIR Davy tells US, that out
Of thirty nine estates four OILY were in the hands OF resident poprRtos:
and tWenty three of the rest were managed by one and the same agent.
No wonder that nineteen of them were repued to be imperecly Gu IT,
vated' or 'abandoned.' In ST. Kits there were one buudred aud forty
three estates, and eight resident owners!t Mr.. Bgelow fell in with q
gentleman who had come over to make out for himself why he was al
ways sinking more aud more money on his estate. He found that bic
confession that he had never once seen it! But in truth the proprietose'
ter to find al Engishmau who knew anything at all about sugar plant
, 1865-10-20

Flores has gained a success in a colnpa-
ratively u%nimportant s%kirmish, commence
ed not to defend Brazil, bat Uruguay.
The American Government has agreed
to pay a subsidy Of 1O0,C0OI. a year for a
line of steamers from San Francisco to
China. The people of the Pacific States
have a great interest in this project, and
even in the North there is a strong belief
that the true route between Europe and
Asia is across the American Continent.
Mr.. Seward i~nstructs Mr.. Adams that
the United States must have the cotton
that reached England in the Prioleau, and
which Vice-Chancellor Stuart adjudged
to belong to the United States Govern
ment, but on principles, which, as we
pointed out at the time, would also make
the United States responsible for the Con-
federate debt. We have little doubt that
those principles are very unsound, but
this declaration of English law has irritat-
ed Mr.. Seward somewhat naturally, and
he declares the United States Govern
ment will not be responsible for the
Confederate debt, as no one (but Vice
Chancellor Stuart perhaps) ever dreamt
they would be. lie adds that the Unit
ed States never regarded the Confederate
Government as Il de facto Government.
This is absurd. II so, they had 10 "bel-
lsotenC rights against %neutrals at all.
Any power that can so carry on war as
to give It's opponent 'belIigerent rights
must be a de tacto Government. MIR.
Seward insists on probing by both the
alternatives Of the dilemma-which we
call logical rapacity. Either he had no
international enemy, in which case our
merchants have a right to compensation
for all they lost by the bIockade,-or he
hal an international enemy, and that enc
my q de fucto Government,
, 1865-10-20

Of a division of property, and to the con-
seqnent prevalence among the lowest
classes particularly of farm servants, OF
great sympathy with Fenianism. The
Government appears quite determined to
bring the p@lotters TO trial.
Indian journals of the 23rd August an
nounce that final orders have been issued
for the invasion of Bootan, and capture
Of It's capital, Poonakha The Rajah, it
is stated, seems still willing to come to
terms, bat as Toungso PenIow, the only
real authority in the country, has with
drawn to eastern Bootan, his submission
would make no difference. Seven thou
sand men and some fifteen Thousand fol-
lowers are therefore to enter the coun-
try, march 1870 miles over rocks, amid
snow, and through defles in which two
men cannot walk abreast, to PoonakhA
aud then-march Jack again. There IS
nothing to be done at Poonakha unless
we annex, the Penlow caring no more
tor the loss Of the capital than for the
taking Of >ebastopol. Sir John Lawrence
is right in not despising his foes, but
there is a difference between adequate
preparation and the despatch Of an army
like this. The campaign opens in Octo-
Der.
, 1865-10-20

A bulletin, dated Rio Janeiro, Septem-
Der s, informs us that the "%ailies under
Flores had defeated the ~Paragaay.ns at
Yentang, on the Uruguay, taking 100
prisoners, som cannon, and some flags
This "dcfral is considered to have struck
a decisive blow at the ~Paraguayan inva-
sion of Brazil" TrIegrams from Rio are
never very trustworthy, and in this IN
stance it is quite certain that the main
body of the Paroguayans was not near
the place named, though a smaller col
unn was. The fact probably is that
, 1865-10-20

. Return Sugar-growing Colonies, jamaica p. I4I.
I DR.. DSvy, West Indies p. 469.
, 1865-10-20

Flores has gained a success in a colnpa-
ratively unimportant skirmish, commence
ed not to defend Brazil, bat Uruguay.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-05
CENTRAL LrNlTIc AsrLUlL

We made the statement, day or two since,
that DR.. Francis I. Strbliug, superintendent
of the Insane asylum in stanton, Virginia,
known as the Central Lunatic Asylom, bad
arrived in this city and waited on Governor
PeirpOint, to report to him the condition OF
the institution.
During the past four years, DR.. Stribling
has devOted all bis time and energy to the
conduct Of the asylum and the welfare Of its
Inmates. He laid up large stores Of pro-
visions, and was in that respect beyond the
reach of-gant, but some time during the
Spring, some soldiers, acting without au-
thOrity, and from mere wontonDess, entered
the asylum and destroyed three-iourths OF
the supplies. Dr.. Stribling, by individual
efforts and appeals, obtained from farmers
enough to feed the inmates Of his institution,
and by his energy and praisewortby efforts,
has supported the asylum aud subsisted the
patients, numbering four hundred and twenty
i've, up TO the present time. The Governor,
on Saturday, appointed the following gentle
men, prominent citizens Of Augusta county,
q Board of Directors for the current year -
Hon. A. H. Il. Stuart, Messrs. y. X. Trout,
James C. Wheat, VIM. c. Eskridge, Henry
Il. Peck, Benjamin Points, Benjamin Craw.
ford, Edwin N. Taylor, Il NJ. Bell, and John
Newton.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-05
TIE ALABAMA-LlIPORTANF IF


The Memorial DiplOmdtique, of the 4th
ultimo, makes the important announcement
that President johnson has instructed our
Minister at London to " require OF the Eng
lish Government prompt decision a to the
iDdemnities due the United States for losses
caused to Federal citizens by Confederate
cruisers, such as the Alabama and others,
constructed aud equipped in English ports
since the beginning of the war;
The Memorial adds that this demand has
been several times made by the United
States, but that ITS justice has never been
conceded by the British Government, which
has rested its refusal upon the opinions
given by the law officers Of the crown that
. Mr.. Lincoln had nevertheless persisted in
the demand, renewing it a short time before
his death and that Mr.. johnson, far from
abandoning this demand, has revived it, ac-
centing it with more yigor and energy than
ever" 1t is the opinion that the demands
will be acceded to by the English Govern
ment
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-05
TRATELLERS GUIDE.

ThSfOllOwing is arranged from the ofieia
schedules:
From Manchester toppoSite Richmond "a
PetersblTg.-First tram leayfs Manchester at
5 AN; Temples 5:2S; Rice's 5:52; Halt
way 6:l5; Chester 6:3S; Walthall 6;44
, arrives az Petersburg 7:2O. Distance II
miles Second train leaves Manchester at
p. NJ, arrives at Petersburg at 5;45 2. M.
FF0m Petersburg 10 N1ReheSteT.-First
, train leaves Petersburg at \. NJ; Chester
.9:45 arrives at Manchester l0:4j. Second
train leaves Petersburg at 1925 P. NJ; Half
: way $50.
From Petersburg to B,TkeUiue.-Train
leaves Petersburg at 7.15 a. NJ; Sutherland's
Sis; Ford's 9:l5; Wilson's 10; MELVILLE
1925 :. Blacks and Whites N Nottoway n:
. 81 arrives at Burkevills 1885 p. NJ. Dis
. tanee 50 miles.
From B,ukerals to PetcrSJwg.-Train
leaves Burkeville atI.l5 p. NJ. Nottoway >:
iO5.; Blacks and Whites $40; MELVILLE sis
: Wilson's $685. Ford's 4:20; Sutherland's 3;
30; arrives al Petersburg $50 p. NJ.
From PeterSjtTg 90 Ci.y P0ut.-Trains
leave Petersburg ct 5;20 A. NJ, P. NJ, and
-7:l5 P. NJ. Arrives a, City Point at $50 A.
M; Gao Z. NJ, and p. NJ.
From .City Point 90 Petersburg.
leave City Poiat at A. ~, A. NJ, and
p. NJ. Arrive in Petersburg az \. N; S;45
A, NJ, and 4 p. N. Dist4uce 10 miles.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-05

blFsI ! dAaBrs 81 f8sF miss, lss lFSsk tsa
10 81 laid shlitsig sAs~i and .bs ebois iius
graded, as The grounds rendered. classic by so
many battles, Is thick with rias-pits, and
crossed and re-erossed with lines of earth
works and crowded with a5atlis. Besides
this, the bridge over Hazel River is to be re-
built. From Fredericksburg to Aqua Greek
there are eleven miles Of track to be laid
1t is expected that the section from Ham
ilton's Crossing to Fredericksburg will be
soonest completed, as Fredericksburg IS
connected with Baltimore by line of boats.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-05
ms FNy3s ETgsRfEIak

4 tsissfGh dated tefsftSs A5Brosi Isl
instant, says
The command of Maj or-General Godfrey
Weitgel, which has been fitting out in this
harbOr during the past week, is now fairly on
its way to its point Of destination, some
where along the coast Of that State. Pre-
paratory to its sailing orders were issued TO
the commanding officer on board each YES
sci to proceed first TO Mobile Bay, in the vi
ciuity of Forts Morgan and Gaines, as place
of rendezvous, where the steamers will coal.
The steam transports composing this expe-
dictionary feet are five large vessels, the best
adapted of any in the mercantile feet, having
been chartered expressly by the Quarter
masters in New York Philadelphia and else
where for this purpose. The larger portion
of the feet, comprising some fifteen of the
largest steamers, has already sailed. The
remainder, including the steamers Star Of
the South, Richmond, Western Metropolis,
Tonawanda, C. C. Leary, J. P. Newman,
Cambria, Empire City and Rebecca Barbor,
are now laying in the Roads, and will sail
either this evening or tomorrow. Every
thing seems suspicious for the safety and
success Of the various steamers, and the
troops will doubtless reach the rendezvous in
about a week.