The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-24

80 sASAsseany----.
We g,Fs oaF. Nslsssk ewNlys sgo.
an intersbting issssr from ssLiakssaals. =
.vritten IRON eNsSah. I w hoRs,ip
hear from him again shortly. Meantime
We salstke laldsisk, ~ Sosclslioa q pt
late letts,| Of hb to the Dee Hoines Re-.
eister & gtfAsl
You have heard Of tie 'loyslty" Of citi.
seas here -of thA big meeting they bad
Of the NIyo,'s spseeh-ot tho sessl1fioOs
that wer4 passed. IL fact, the people are /
the htmbiest lambs that ever blested
They extend to.stheP resident Of theL1nited
States" The mo6s ess1ese assuSAsees Of
their high consideration. They are viii
ing, nay hnxiosss - take .ali'the osnehfa
! OF the amnesty proclamation, and are keen |
| in their ,essgst stionst that Ay1iaak mo
I conquered city. This al sounds very
we'll, and seems to b sssy pretty state
Of affaire sl around. As mstter..of fact,
| il ia all forced work. Il II simply subju-
gation-bnly that and nothing mofe.-
And, strange - it may appear to those
itain-sxirned folks i hD shsse Snch . hOs-
ror Of thAt same ''subjugation, Il works
\ mot admirably. Day " dsy We sabjs-
gated be tome more and more conteuted,
more and more disgussed. nth aha Con-
federacy, more and more friendly to the
i Tnion, abd more and more fsspectful to
the dear old fag. L will not be long till
they win have developed into original,
died In the-wool Abolltionisis, and viii
deny stoully that they we're ever friendly
to secession. That is most evidently 60
ing 10 be the practical effect ofsuhjugatlon
/ at Savannah.
f Ii is but justice, however, to the cisi
CONS Of Savannah, to say that is is due to
laeu that the city came into our posses
sion so boon. JEFF Davis ordered the city
I to be held at all hazards, and promised
r 80, 900 reinforcemepss TO Hardss. Beau
regard was here. determined to bold out
/. 10 the last. The works about the city are
perfectly splendid, a. superior V the
: work. about W ashiDg ton City - Sebassi-
e pol to chicken coop. They wore admi-
}. rably supplied With heavy artillery. We
d captured not less than goo guns. To
: have carried the works by assault, upon
: the supposition tina. they could be car
y ried at all, would have required fearful
+ gard TO leave, ksow,ag that Hardes. wsl
Q willing to evacuats the place. Both hav
t ing gone, our army marched quietly in,
d aud occupied both wofksandcily One veal
n ago, the thing could not have been done
e because one year ago the citizens wouls
e have been as hostile 10 surrender SIS Davi.
" or Beauresard. During that period hey
b have leasoed something. They hav'
&c learned that the Coufedaracy is both va
ss nefable and eonquersble. and they fee
D disposed TO take the tact as it is. ane
= whistle their sbslracl notions down th,
a wind X will be found, too, think
10 that Savannah ia the type OF the whul'
y Coufederacy-thatit viii yield with whas
10 ever OF grace it may b. able to eommsns
re to the force of circumstances ard snrren
der at least 10 the Union with grow
Z from the heart but smilc on the face.
~ And it is certain that this course vii
IS be the wisest and best for the South. -
Southern society needs to be redeemed
Is regenerated, aud disenthrailed By the ir
r resisfible genius OF uasrersal cnanci2a
ts ,Ion. The helishness Il Slavery has mad
e. it utterly depraved aud corrupt | kno,
+ not how to express the terrible. swfd
" truth We have al read OF tho ,niserie
q, of the Middle psssage: We all know tn
,e desolat,ous that this Slavehoders' Rebel
+ lion has brought upon the country; "
are familiar, in general vay. with slave
g rvs deplorable workings, Is exhibited b.
" the ruff suisfn Of its defenders, and IT,
70 tears. and sorrows, and whippings, an
y scourgings. and exiles from home, an,
., ch aims, aud toEtures OF its victims: bn
8, OF its effects upon socisi ,, W Of the Mort
p have known. and do know, comparstivel
q little. 1t is the fact the South j. one vas
house Of prostitution. Our Generals know
re our soldiers know, that such as the truth
J The iicen,iousness OF Southern women
OF almost universal. In comparison, pari
De is puritanic. 1t is simply horrible. Moth
OF ing but the blacklist Of social crimes. III
20 sum of all villanies, the pride of bell an
the Infinite rvoru OF heaven, couid hav
te produced such state of society, the cor
ct TEN pl.tion Of which makes the blood ru
cold and The heart shiver.
st LlEKENsALE.
~ PRACTICAL EnASclPATros.-The 81
= Joseph Union gives the following in
;c stance of practical emancipation 10 tia
s. city:
=. The 6rst case that has come under on
10 observation of the orking Of the Eman
y cipation Proclamation, occurred yestes
day. It appears that Mr.. Northcnt, i
this. city, some time since sold coiore
wolhan but retained her child Hearin
the sound Of cannon, and Witnessing tn
IS general rejcicings, the womaa inquirs'
the cause Of SO much joy, when she wa
a. told that slavery Was hencefofih dead in
ty slitution in Missouri, and that all wer
q free. Immediately thinking Of her child
III she applied to Col Pinger, our Post Com
ID maDdsr, to know what 10 do. Hs cen
Il Capt. Macloon sitter the child, restored j