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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

NEGROES IN WEST TESNEssEE.-A corre-
spondent from West Tennessee SAYS that the
negroes there are worse off than before the
war, and the black who claims his freedom
has given the signs for his murder. Not a
dav passes but one or more freedmen are thus
disposed Of by armed bands Of maranders.
who are harbored in the neighborhood for
that purpose. The negroes as a class. are
disposed to work bat the prejudice i so
strong against them, that it Is almost impossi-
BILE TO get remuneration. How completely
such conduct refltes the old shareholders lie
that the people of the South so loved the
negroes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
Sunday Night Report.


New York, July 16.
Z The Heralds Washington special states
that during the month of June three thousand
three hundred and fifty-one acres of public
lands were taken up for active settlement un-
der the homestead law at Brownsville, Ne
braska. A corrected map has inst been re-
ceived at the General Land Office, showing
the progress of the surveys of public land in
Kansas and Nebraska during the present year,
indicating also the tiefs OF townships intend
ed to be subdisisienally surveyed along the
proposed lines of the Paei6c railroad routes
and along the Butterfeld overland mail and
express route These contemplated subdi-
visions and other surveys will sweep along the
railroad distance of some 10 miles in the
northern part of Kansas and an edual distance
in the southern part of Nebraska
The following postmasters haFe been ap-
pointed: Dixon, ILL.,, j. s. Camp Indiana
polls, Al. H. Connor ColdwateF Mich, d.
b. Bronton Akron, O., r. S. Elkins; Ma
riette. o.. s. Bosworth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
The Seyen.Thirfy Loan.

PHIIADELPHiA. July TO.
Jay Cooke reports subscriptions to the 7:s0
Loan on Saturday at SO, ,331 200. Total for
the week. sS5,63s, 700. Sales of the third
and last series of the 7:s0 Loan draws to a
close, only about fifty millions of the notes re-
manning unsold Adding to the sales regular
ly reported by Jay Cooke, the amount OF
sales in California and at the regular deposi-
tories which have not been included in the re-
ports from Philadelphia, at the present rate
Of subscription the balance of the loan will be
disposed Of within two weeks, and probably
In less time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
Negro Suffrage in the Southern
SsafnS


To the objection that negro suffrage implies
negro social equality the Frankfort { Ky. J
Comm on redhh promptly responds
Negroes have voted in the South and vet
We're In no sense advanced to an equality
with the whites. In every Southern State,
except South Carolina, the right of suffrage
was originally exercised BY all .sfreemen.' =
The original constitutions Of Delaware Ma
ryland Virginia, North Carolina and Geor-
gia, make no mention of color, or distinction
between white and black. III their provisions
as to who may vote. Til within comparative
ly few years, negroes voted in Tennessee In
Maryland they voted until 1898, and in North
Carolina as late as 1885. Now, did this adj
vance them at all in the scale of equality :?
Were the schools in those States thrown open
to them Did they visit in gentlemen's bar.
lors2 Was amalgamation any more common
in those days than it is now? lFe hope not ,
Was there, IN any sense, the equality of
which the opposition is now so Extensively
talking, and with which they are so pertina
ciously insulting the common sense and de-
cency of the people. Not Il biz of it.
In PeGnsylvanla eolored people voted till
1888. Yet in that State negro has not the
same privileges that he has here in Kentucky.
zkn Connecticut the negro voted till 1877. and
et he had not attained an equality sufficient to
preserve for himself the privilege. In New
York the negro, if he had the requisite prop
erty qualifications, may vote now, but he has
scarcely advanced one step in the scale OF
equality. Not even near enough to have the
property restrictions removed in his case,
when it was removed in 1926, Is far Is It ap-
piled to the white voter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
WASHINGTON. July Is.

Another delegation arrived here from Flor
ida this morning, to oppose the appointment
of Judge Mason as Provisional Governor of
that State, but the appointment had already
been made.
The President has re-appointed III. W. Hof-
man Collector of Gus ON John W. Mckil-
ton, Surveyor, and .. P. Cochran. naval
officer at Baltimore. Also, H. Beckwiek,
captain OF the Hartford; n. ii. Storer, pur-
ser; and g. Goldbury, naval officer at New
buryport, Mass
The President, on the unanimous recon-
mendation of the Court which tried Edward
Wilmer, Captain and Provost Marshal for
Delaware, has remitted the unexpired portion
of the sentence against.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
New Orleans and Texas News

NEW ORLEANS, July H.
The steamer Guiding Star. from New \ 1ork,
arrived:
Cotton rather quiet at 47c. Sugar and
molasses quiet with small demand
The elaborate and interesting argument IN
regard to the test oath is under discussion in
the United States District Court
Texas dates of the 1st state that State lsan-
tested with jayhawkers and thieves of the
worst character, especially in the interior
where the federal forces have not penetrated.
The sugar and cotton crop will be short on
account of the disordered condition of labor.
Gen. Mejia, by command of Gen. Breckin-
ridge, delivered up the battery and other
property received from the Confederacy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

New YoRK, July 16.
The steamers Fung Schung and United
States, from New Orleans July Sth, have ar
rived No news IL.
The steamer Montezuma, from Jamaica 9th
kas asyivsd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. /

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, :.
Cosrp;y Of -Nesr London,
Amos W. Prentice, President, and r. p. Whittemore,
Secretary Of the Thames Fire Insurance Company Of
Norwich being seyerniay duly sw.rn dtpo-e and say,
and each himself says, that the foregoing 10 true,
full and of the affairs of the ssid
Corpor alton that they the above named cers
thereof part of the capital earnings Of
sald Company has been depoited any Terri
tory as security Tor lesfes therein.
An W PRENTICE, President.
n. whIrTkMhRR, Ssertta-y.
Subscribed and 10 before BY the above named
A. Prentice Presisrnt, and II II Whittemore, Seere-
tary this iith day of June, A d 1885
W a. BREWER,
Clerk of the Superior Court New London o.
AUTHORS 0TrIcx iowa,
Drs Mofxis, Jaly tth, 1855. !
Ills hereby certified the 2lst day Of Jane, Isl
sworn statement WIS fled In this pce, showing he
PaSy s.ted ut Norwich, II the state OF CoEnertisht
a. tls .as Jsntars A. ID. So, IN accordance with
i,e nr, sa> q of the General Assembly OF the
sst F H. a. tntiiied AN Aci in relation IL insurance
,nn-riss apl,tossd JstnaYy 18th, isS5. and -
an,. a 10, thereto prov ieisuafy 9th lass, and
Aet In r. lstian TO life Insurance Cofnpanie, apprpv -
N.rcA Eth 1852; that said statement shows that said
l. of the telnisitc amount of capital
and invested a reqnTf hg law s4$
many 10 transact their appropriate Of Insuranc
4, th- State in with the laws thereof nnt
the 3lxt day Of january, A. d. One Thousand Eight ha
dred and Sixty-six.
- In testimony whereof hare hersunso -
II lmy hand and an xrd my s~al Of ofHce the ~
,-| and year first above written
wildly JN0. A. ELLIOTT. Aufitor OF sfass-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

The steamer Edinburg for Liverpool, an q
the America, for Bremen. sailed to- day, Ia
king s3o,0o in specie.
The Commercial $ Washington special saws
Reserdy Johnson has gone TO Richmond rs
counsel for the rebels whose property has been
confscated.
Gov. Pierpont estimates that ten thousand
Virginians are entitled to pardon under Pres
ident Lincoln proclamation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

our hand annoys me exceedingly,
said nobleman to talkatiye person who was
sitting near him at dinner and who was con
stantly suiting the action TO the word. I'm
deed. my lord, replied the gabhier. I'VE are
so crowded at the table that | do not know
where 10 put my hand. ''Put il in your
mouth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
Dry Goods.

NEw YoRK, July Is.
The dry goods market shows general
buoyancy of prices. There has been "A GER
tain amount Of speculative demand sinA the
opening of this month. which has helped to
strengthen prices. The total shipments Fl ON
this port since January lst, are only 1T
packages
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

DTA AT recent catechising, held in Paris,
the rector asked little GIL, How many
sacraments are there 'sThere are none now
.sWhat-none 2 mo, none for cousin
Francois died Saturday, and ma told me they
nv him the last. y saaa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
NEW YogK. july Is.

The Times Mexican correspondent SAYS
the Imperial government has announced that
II never entered into any negotiations with
DIR. Gwinn. and never contemplated making
him DIXIE, nor Governor, nor Niceroy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
From Fort Monroe.

Brigadier General Potter arrived at Norfolk
this morning.
The steamer Gen. Ways. from Morehead
City, with detachment discharged soldiers
bousp1 home, has arrived here.
y The steamer Thos. a. Morgan, from DTn,
rvs Bluff, with troops for Washington, ~
also arrived here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

M= Alcibiades wishingto TO divert the popu-
pular tonge from other deeds Of his. cut off the
| tail of his favorite dog. He found this an eff
fectual cure for tale-bearers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
Found Dead.
WASHINGTON. ,Julv !

Mr.. Craine, artist for Hnper's Weekly, was
found dead in his bed, at the National Hotel.
this morning. He retired IN usual hesith last
night. S
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

CINCINNATI, July Is.
General Sherman and staff passed through
indianapolis yesterday, en- route for St. Louis
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

yNYAETED-A gentleman with 500 or
w xso0 70 rsake profitable investment in bnsi
ness .,eh shosz sr itself Call at the Gate City ONCE
immediately. 15-u@'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17
Territorial Expansion.

Governor Morton, in the course Of his 4tA
Of July oration on the Tippecanoe battle
ground, spoke of the annexation of additional
TERRITORY as follows:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-17

TORNADO on LAKE HuRoN-Thc tornado
which lately swept over Lake Huron in the
locality of Point au Basque, was attended
with serious results, and is pronounced by
captains who encountered it as the most vio-
lent experienced for many years. Within the
brief of space Of twenty minutes, and without
any visible warning Of its approach, vessels
within reach of its fury were instantly stripped
Of their light spars, top hamper, and great
er portion of their canvas, notwithstanding
the usual precsutions had been carried out
in taking most of them in and getting them
furled m s
sA-The ST. 10. Herald says the Copper
heads are disappointed. President johnson
will not recede an inch from the position that
Mr. Lincoln took on the slavery question.
Mr.. johnson says most emphatically that the
ploclamations abolishing slavery must stand,
and that the accursed institution which has
commanded the affections of the Democratic
party, and which has murdered thousands oi
our people and heaped mountains Of debt
upon the nation, must no more be 9 political
power in the land. On this great question,
President Johnson leaves no room for doubt
! - - IN peaition, 80
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-07-28

counted in forming the basis of Congress
ional represeniati The proclamation OF
emancipation adds the other two. fiftbs.
which at tho next decade will be more thar
two millions. Ii tho uogro be deprived of
the franchise. wo shall have fifteen addi.
tional members of Congress from the States
lately in rebellion, without tho addition OF
a single citizen 10 thoir population, and, the
number of representatives being fixed, we
shall have fifteen less in the loyal States
This will not only give six Members of Con-
gress to South Carolina, four .seven,bs Of
whose people are negroes, but will place
the Influence and power of tho State, US
well as the destiny of 4l2 600 black men. in
The hands of the 10000 white men. (less
than the number of voters in our own Con.
gressional District) who, under tho restrict.
cd suffrage of that undomocratic State, OK.
ercso tho franchise. Such an unjust aud
unequal distribution Of power would breed
perpetual mischief. Tho evils OF the rot,
ten borough system of England would be
upon us.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-07-28
Henry Winter Davis on Negro Suffrage

Mr.. Davis was the orator at Chicago on
the Fourth. From an abstract of his ora
ton found in the Chicago Journal wo ex
tract the following, which treats of negro
suffrage:
There was yet au alarming amount of dis.
loyalty in the South, aud in tho policy of
reconstruction our government should care.
fully guard against it's usurpation, and so
distribute tho rights of citizens as that Low.
al men. OF whatever color, should have at
least an equal chance with the disloyal. /,
would not do to trust the whO,e matter of
reorganization to men of doubtful LOYALTY
and strong secession proclivities. Peace
aud its blessings has been purchased at too
great price to be bartered away by
blind confidence in those who we're not
trustworthy. There are to-day but very
ttw genuine white Union men in the South,
II Gen. Robert E. Loe were to become
candidate for President of the United States
tomorrow, he would receive every electoral
vote o; the Southern States, and possibly of
one or two in the North.
There iods numerous class of men in the
South who were always loyal aud true--the
colored population. They should have the
privilege OF throwing their votes into the
scale; and 1t this we're allowed them. no
Fears need be entertained of the result
We have made SUCCESSFUL soldiers of the
blacks. 1t they were fit to fight for us they
are fiji to vcte for us. They were equal to
white rebels on tho battle fold; they should
be equal to them at the ballot-box. Wbsth,
we look at this question in the huma n ita-
rian light or otherwise. the safety aud per,
petuity o: our free institutions require thai
the elective franchise should be extended
to all men regardless of color, who wer.
loyal to the Government aud the grea
principle Of human liberty.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-07-28
Preside ent Johnson to Gov. Brownlow.


NASHVILLE. July % Tho following dis
patch was received by Gov. BrOwnlow from
tho President:
WASHINGTON, July 20.
To Hon. w. G. Brownlow:
l bopo. and have no doubt, you will soc
that tho recent amendments TO the Consti.
tuition of the State, as adopted by the poo.
plc, and all laws passed by tho last Legisla
sure in pursuance thereof. are faithfully
aud fairly executed, and that all illegal
votes in tho approaching election bs ex
cluded from tho polls aud the eit ction for
Mcmbors Of Congress be legally and fairly
conducted. When and wherever it may
seem necessary to employ force in the ex
ecution Of the laws and the otection o
the baliot-box from violence and fraud
You are authorized to call upon Major. Cen
eral Thomas for a sufficient military force
TO sustain the civil authorities of the State
l have received your receut address to the
people. and think it we'll timed, und hope
il will do much good 10 reconciing tho op
position to she amendment of the Constitu
ton. and the laws passed by tho late Legs
lature. The law must be executed and the
civil authority sustained. In your efforts
to do this, if necessary. General Thomas
will afford sufficient military force.
You are at liberty to make what use YOU
think proper of this dispuicb.
lSiguCdJ ANDREW JOHNSON,
President u. s.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-07-28
The Provisional Governors.

The appointment Of Judge Marvin makes
complete the reorganization of the South
ern States according to the Presidents
plan. Tho Provisional Governors who
have been appointed by the President are
as follows:
North Carolina, William W. Holden.
South Carolina, Benjamin F. Perry.
Georgia, James Jobnston.
Florida, Richard +. Marvin.
Alabama, Lewis NJ. Parsons.
Mississippi, William L. Sbarkey.
To1as. Andrew J. Hamilton.
The remaining Southern States are pro.
vlded with civil Governors, elected in ac
cordance with legal forms.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-07-28
Reorganization of the Rebel States.

Tho following extract from letter writ.
ton by Con. d. F. Butler recently, presents
few striking suggestions upon the all.im.
portaut subject of Roorganiz a.ion:--
Il most Hrmly believe that President
johnson will do in this matter what ia right
snd best. know he will do all that a pat.
riot aided by tho best light he has, may do.
Himself, risen by his own exertons from
tho people to tho highest place in tho State,
in spite OF all tho opposition and rivalry Of
the aristocratic power of slavery, not by ac.
cident, but by tho slow degrees OF SUCCESS.
tul ondeavors; in State, too. where there
ls no dearth OF strong mon; with q loyalty
to tho Union which shone out with bright
ness that made him the man of men South
and shamed thousands North. The Presi
dent surely can bo trusted, at lenst for tn,
timo being, to experiment upon reducing t.
3 order state OF society of which no mus
personally know as much as any man living
without provoking tho opposition of th,
earnest and true men who, In the end, it il
to bo hoped. will agree with him or hc will
them; for understand the Presidents pol
> icy as yet to be only experimental.
Q For the rest. when l do rebuild, prefe
TO make tho edifico of straight black wal
,, nut, rather than of cross. grained white oak
! especially it tho sticks of the latter are O.
S crooked that they will not lie still.
Upon another point involved in tho re
construction of the Southern States, thin
history gives us an example which point
D the path of duty as we'll as policy. Ate
the revolution in one State. tho bulk OF tn
property of the tories and enemies of tn
, country was confscuted to tho use of tn
loyal, and the owners went out. In anothe
State tho tories were received into fellow
, ship. and their property largely given bac
to them. Tho result has been that tn
country has had two States with dissimila
t institutions, Massa chusetts and South Cal
olina. Which do you prefer as pattor
, TOR the regenerato South? Without confis
: cation, South Carolina2 With confscatior
|. Massachusetts
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-07-28

Ex.Gov. Brown, OF GEORGIA, ON SLA.
vERY.--The Savannah Herald contains an
address by Ex Gov. Brown to tho peo.
pie OF Georgia. in which he urges .hem
TO support no. only the government of the
United States, but the administration OF
the present Chief Magistrate. He appeals
to them to take the amnesty oath, and OBJ.
serve it in good faith. He argues that
slavery is now dead forever. As to his
own slavea, he will Immediately enamel.
pate and treat them as free. giving them
q part oil the crop or wages for labor
10 those who cannot support the consti.
tuition OF the government he suggests smi.
grafton from The country.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-07-28
UNION COUNTY CONVENTION

The Union Voters of Gesuga County
are invited TO meet in their respective
Townships, Oh Saturday, august 1911,
1864, at 7 O'Clock p M, TO elect dele.
gates TO Convention, 10 be held
At Burton, on Saturday, Aygust 2GM,
1865,
commencing at IL O'Clock A. NJ, for the
purpose OF putting in nomination Union
County Ticket, tc be elected in October
next. Said Convention will consist OF 40
delegates, to be apport;oned among the
several Townships according to the mum.
ber Of votes given for Abraham Lincoln,
at the Presidential Election in November,
1864, allowing one delegate for every 25,
anG an additional one Tor every fraction
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-07-28
Gen. Herron's Negro Order.

Gen Heron, commanding in tho North.
crn Division of Louisiana, has issued bru.
tai order compelling tho blacks of that sec.
ton to remain on the plantations, on the
ground that il they leave the crops will fail
and starvation and misery ensue. We
quote tho material portion of the order:
1t is therefore ordered that all persons
heretofore held as slaves remain for the
present With their former masters, and BY
their labor secure the crop of the presen,
season. The OOly place where they can oh.
tain living for themselves and their fam.
lilies 10 in tho fold, where thoy have been
accustomed to work. IT found wandering
about the country, or gathering at military
posts, they will bo arrested aud punished,
and all transports aud private steamboats, ts
running on Red River aro prohibited from
carrying this c lass of people, except upon
q written pass. which will DO given only 10
exceptional cases. II necessary Cor thcm
to leave home or visit any of the military
posts. they will be furnished with q PASS by
their employer to prevent their arrest as
vagrants. But while it 10 found necessary
during the preesnt unsettled state of the
country to make these orders relative to
the blacks, the planters are reminded that
the mattor depends largely on them. and
that only by fair treatment OF the hands can
they hope to mature and harvest their crops
and carry on tbelr plantations.
Definite contracts must bo made with
the negroes, which will be binding for tho
balance of tho present season"
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NOTICE.
WILLIAM d. WILSON, who resides in Tue

NJ LILLIAN II. WILSON,, who resides in Tue.
w cola county, Miehigan--Addison q. vii.
ny F. Briggs, John w. Briggs, Emmie +. Will
son. who reside in Allegan County, Michigan
and George S, Wilson. whose residence Is un-
known-are hereby notified, that on the 26th day
oil July, 1865, VIM NJ Briggs, Clarissa A. Briggs,
and D. w. Garfield as ndminstrao or oflhe es
:ate Of George Wilson, fled in the office OF The
Clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas within and
f'r the Comfy of Geauga and State of Ohio,
petition against them and their heirs at law of
Geo ge Wilson, deceased, setting forth. that on
the 5th day Of July A. D. 1855, said George Vii.
writing with VIM. NJ. Briggs for the sale and con-
veyance to him and said Clnrissa A. Crioos. Of
an undivided half of l291s acres OF land in Lots
NO. II and 10 in Tract No. Q in Newbury, Ge.
anga County; Ohio, and eing The same land on
which SAID Wilson resided at his de, else Which
petition alledges that said William NJ. Briggs
has performed all he conditions in said contrnct
mentioned and to be performed by him, and thew
The said VIM. M Briggs and Clarissa A Briggs
are entitled to deed Of said premises, subject to
the support and maintenance of Mary A. viii.
SON. as provided in said contract, which is lie
on said premises.
The object and prayer of said petition is 10 re.
quire the heirs ofsaid George Wilson To execnte
and deliver to said William M. Briggs and Clnr.
issa A. Briggs, deed of their respee tive inter.
est: In snid premises subject to said support and
said heirs to make such deed, said administrator
be authorized, for and on behalf Of said heirs TO
complete said conveyance, agreeably to the terms
OF said contract aforesaid.
The said defendants above named are further
notified, that unless they appear and answer said
Peii.ion on or before the 23d day of September,
1868, the same will be taken as confe ssed, and
judgment rendered accordingly.
SLOWS Attorney for plain tiff