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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23
"Jhes made hsr grace too cold, and damp.
For "a sori NO honest aud frue."

" uH1D.
For "a sori honest aud frue."
1t they bad been wise, the dire necessity oil
opening the grave for so lovely might have
bern averted. PLANTATION BIrrKRs, II timely
used, arc sure to the young and lovely, the
idle-sged and the ailing from the grave
Almost all diseases have their beginning in
some slight difficulty of the Stomach, which would
evsntuate in Dyspepsia, Headache. Liver Gen.
plsints, Night Sweats, Consumption, Death
PLANTATION BlrrEns will prevent these pr-noni.
tory symptoms, and keep the blood pure and the
health good. BIZ WARNED IN TINE.
dW-tue-thu-saf
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

The WOOL CLIP IN MIyyEsorA.-We cut from
the st. Paul Pioneer the following in regard to the
wool clip of Minnesota and the prospects, for tha
future:
The raising of wool in this State has spring,
within about four years, from an insigni6cs0t and
unnoticcd branch Of industry, to one ofouf leading
sources Of wealth and prosperity. While . few
years since a few grain sacks or burlaps would
have held all the wool exported from Minnerota;
the exports of wool this season will run into the
hundreds of tons, in addition to . similar quantity
consumed in the manufacture Of goods in our three
wooden factories, and the innumerable carding
mills springing up in every section Of the State.
While the census of 1850 showed only twelve thou
sand sheep in our State, scattered in ANAL nocks
here and there, there are not now less than l5O.-
600 sheep in Minnesota, while their number il in .
crsasing with astonishing rapidly, both By i'm
portation of large hocks and natural increase.
30 prolific is the tendency Of our climate that
6ocks almost double every year.
Reliable gentlemen in the wool business estimate
that this years clip will Be double that Of hast
year. We have no exact data from which to ssti-
mate the amount. bnt il Is thought that Il will
reach 100000 pounds. Wool buying has alsso1y
grown to Be q leading branch Of business in ints.
rior towns, while several houses in this city are
largely engaged in it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

AucrIoN.-Howe L Tyler will sell, this
morning, at auction at their store, large lo'
of second hand furniture and kitchen uten
sils
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

The latest and greatest discovery in Dental
Hygenic is SozoDosr. 1t has superseded all the
ordinary dentri6ces, and, for this reason; that
while it contains solvent principle injurious to
the enamel OF the teeth it obliterstcs tartar and
every other dental concretion, prevents canker of
the gums, removes blemishes, both from the
lars and incissors and leaves the breath pure and
sweet. d-tus-thu-eat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23
FOR SALE.
RY virtue Of decree of the Boyle County,
Ky- Cireait cesrt, At its Assuet tern, lSos.
shall,
On the It'll Day Of Octob4r Merit,

Sell ON the premises to the highest bidf Lot three "a
nsek tAirty1ns (Sl) n the city d 4soknk Iowa %
1Dehen4o se1sst, be8upsa Third on4 Ruth strcsfs
Also forty fsst ven 1s o. Lot ~ t block twenty
~ t1s) on Johnsoa ssrss4 bstess1 aessd ana Third
strcets.
The tesms OF sale ars onethird caeh - - hale,cs
n equal Payments ct six (6) asd twelve ny ooa
dAy Of se3s; purchaser give bonds With 80 ssrity
bearing intsrsst nom day d sale anA allies So U -
rsSAnsd upon the property 70 sscur4 The paynsu q
purchase naoaey.
0sJs - coaDsncs 1t o'clock :. =. - ~ JeADssa
ssst propsrty ana then prses:d e III
Ueupssty. w T40uIOON.
s;pi-6lv-ed Cosu.fs of Doyls o.. ~, CT. Oosrt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

tOR SALE.-The south half of the doutIl
= BRICK residence formerly occupied by n. McCr.a
containing rooms, good cellar, cfstern, stat lie
mea between seventh and Eighth streets and 10 very
dsiraoie residence, In good neigh borhood Pcsees,e
tne snt OF october next. Title good no sale Fr
qure Of Uylsl H. B. rEN-KyCK
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23
EOR SALE-Two Beautiful Lots. a,

L High street, (nDrth side). between 9th and Ieth
streets With small frame dwelling ON same Aso 3 4,
low bock ic9 near tbs corner Of lzth Asi,
street. south sde with frame store on 81 sl.o n
ess o. os block l6e, on Johnson street. sdjolnips D.
a "Hhsms f"andry. All this property viii be sole
cheap me utie good or no sale. Enquire Of
Junexz TRNRyCR
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

t'oR SALE-A two story Brick Dwelling.
With IL rooms cst-rn celIer good fr.ne stsbI. for
ur horses fun lot With considerable fruit tres ~
with or without the furniture nor in the houss mi.
property 10 located Morgan between 18th and IL
and .il De sold for the remark ably low pree Of
IN cash, balance In three equal an usi
seps H n rKyRycU
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

k>Ok SALE-The House and Land now
occupied ey Charles Ivins, on the biuf -tvo miles
and half above K kuk-20 acres OF land rs pndsr
high state Of eutvatDn ssd we'll fenced Fine growth
OF fruit trees small fruits and grapes brick house con-
tanning rooms. good cellar csfefn and out hou.es
Desirable country resi6er Possession the 6r,t of 90
tobef Title perfect inquire Of
auxs HB TEN. EYCy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

t'OK SALE-A Cottage Frame Dveiiiy 2
House, nov occupied by William vencill Nth s.y
rooms cistern, cellar, wood house fulI lot .rd -.u
fenced, with fruit trees &c situated on ui,h 49,.
Seventh and Eighth streets Keokuk Nil. ~nnd D.
session 1st OF October. ENQUIRE or "
jyn Hn rRNpycr
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

k'OR SALE-A desirable residence. The
= tso story Brick House occupied by G. g. Fuller
on Concert, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
property 10 in good repair and IL conveniently ar
rsng'd Title perfect Eaugl6l II. B. TEN-ETCK
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-23

'.--r-'------ -, o49,SSs II
Ancunf ofiosses during the year Ss40l5, 90 b~tps
one nandred and twenty seven Thousand dollar, J.ss
than tne interest on investments NumbeY OF p.Ji,s
tssued during the ISIS Total number Of noIri.s
Issues since s ofg.niastion ~ 600 Divid.nf.
made aas.ay. and average SO per cent Pe,jfi.s
i.sesd % tes and other plans Psnrhet
snd az Ior nAnon obtained on application &c the vd
may1e
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-11-16
True Friendship
RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO THE EDITOR.


5FziendsAip-the greatest bliss we mortals share,
1T heightens pleasure softens ev'ry care
Expands the heart-thought severe disarms,
And in the mind unfolds ten thousand charms.
How high in happiness the prospect stands.
When in Friendship sstrong, yet tender bands,
Two spirits kind in gentle union meet,
The bliss how great! how sublimely sweet
Or when, amid the varying turns of fate,
The mind bears some important secrets weight,
On which life, or lfes chief hopes depend,
It rests securely with the faithful friend;
The gen rous breast which ardent Friendship
fires,
Each lib raj, virtuous sentiment inspires;
For Friendship the mind exeites to noble deeds,
And to the path of spotless glory leads;
And when its Objects worthy of regard,
It will, like eirtue, prove its own reward
FAUsTUs,
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-11-16
Eust Tennessee and the DurAies.

President Johnson will remove all
troops from East Tennessee before Il
great while, and the colored people as
we'll as the whites will have to take care
of themselves. A portion of them |
know, and l feel assured they will be
industrious and quiet citizens, providing
for themselves and families. The great
majority of them will not, and they will
get into trouble-many Of them will
break into the penitentiary! They will
fail by their threats Of violence to ac-
complish any good, and he is their best
friend who advises them against this
course of conduct. Colored soldiers in
Federal uniform, with guns and pistols
in their hands, must suppose that East
Tennesseeans will not be inundated by
them, or suffer their families to be abus-
ed. / know these people, and | know
they will not submit to be run over by
negro soldiers. And knowing this, I
lesire to keep down any conflict between
the races. The East Tennessee troops,
who have fought three dreadful years
to free the negroes, and get the privi-
lege of coming back to their old and
cherished homes, are not the men to be
run over by colored soldiers who came
into the fight at the eleventh hour. And
chose who have the immediate control
If colored troops, and are in daily con-
versation with them, had as we'll under
stand this fact at Bro,c,aloW's
Knorciile Wig.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-11-16
--.z-A-t.----
U1sTER.#

W1TER.
This, the most abundant, and the
commonest object on the globe, possesses
but little interest to the dull eye Of the
unedueated and the unrefecting.
But water is no less useful than album
dant as will be shown in the following.
Let us first, however. examine its chemi-
! cal composition.
Water is the product Of two gases:
Hydrogen and Oxygen; which, by
uniting in certain definite proportions,
form, at ordinary temperature, a fluid.
One Of these gases is, at the same time,
the lightest, and the most inflamable
substance known; and the other is, of
all substance, the most important in
creation. It's withdrawal, for a single
instant. by the Almighty hand, would
!, blast Creation, as the heat of furnace
would destroy thelightest fabric! Every
yestige of animal life would be instantly
annihilated! Every fire would be in
stantly eXtinguished! This vital sub
stance composes about one-tifth of the
air we breathe, and is no less indis-
pensable to life, than to combustion.
Water, at the temperature of 80 degrees
of the common thermometer in use, is
concealed, and becomes solid. At 2l2
degrees of the same thermometer, it
boils, and is converted into steam.
The almost universal law of nature,
that bodies expand with heat, and con-
tract with cold, has a most singular, and
as we shall presently show, a most inn
portant exception in the latter particu
lars, in the case of water; which sud-
denly expands with great force, as it
reaches the freezing point. An example
of the power of water in expanding at
the freezing point, has been exhibited
in cold ATTITUDES, by the bursting Of
bomb-shells filled with water, and left
out on a frosty night.
Among the many evidences OF design
in creation, which meet us at every step
in scientific investigations, constantly
rebuking the theory of chance, there is
none more striking than this special pro-
vision Of the Great Architect, by which
water is compelled to deviate from the
general law.
Letusexamine the consequences which
would ensue, were it otherwise.
If water continued contracting in
volume, and did not expand as it con-
gealed, ice being much heavier, than it
now is. would sink to the bottom Of our
lakes and rivers. The surface would
continue to CONCEAL, and soon, probably
in one season, the whole body of water
would become solid! The frigid zone
would envelop the globe in its icy arms!
and animal and vegetable life would
soon become extinct! Water covers, by
far, the greatest portion of the earth's
surface. 1t also forms the greatest por-
ton of the bodies of animals. 1t is the
greatest solvent in nature; and the cir
culating medium both in animals and
plants. The human blood is over IS
parts in 100, water; and the sap of trees
almost entirely so. 1t solvent powers
enables it to convey to every part OF a
plant, or animal, the various substance
required for their and growth,
as we'll rs to eliminate from the system,
efFete materials. 1t serves these pur-
poses in the anmalcul9, so minute as to
be invisible without the aid Of the mi
crOscope, and circulates on grander
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-11-16

III t!fe 10TH OF Slelt3U. Inc genius OF
man has made it available, as power
which he controls, at his will, and which
has produced the most stupendous
results, " 1t has extorted the secrets of
the universe, and trained its power into
myriad forms of use and beauty. From
the bosom of the old creation, it has de-
veloped anew the creation of industry
and of art. Mountains have been level
eel, and valleys exalted before it. Cup,
from sunless and hoary deeps, up from
the shapeless quarry, it drags its spotless
marbles. 1t marches steadily on over
the swelling flood, and through the
mountain'sclefts. Itfans it's way through
the winds Of ocean, tramples its hoarse
surges, and mingles with them flakes of
fire! Civilization follows in its path.
It achieves grander victories, it weaves
more durable trophies, it holds wider
sway than the conqueror. 1t sits crown
ed as queen in a thousand cities, and
sends up its roar of triumph from q
million wheels ~
Great and wonderful as are the uses
we here enumerated, a recent discovery
has added still another one. Strange
and paradoXical as it may appear, water
has already been introduced into use as
a fuel!
It has been discovered, that if a jet of
steam is thrown upon glowing GOALS, it
will be decomposed, and the resulting
gases will so much increase the heat as
to save 10 per cent. of fuel.
The value Of this discovery has been
successfully demonstrated, and it is now
in operation on one of the railroads in
this country. Ere long we may expect
that our stoves will be constructed with
an apparatus on this principle.
Water has many forms of beauty and
grandeur, as we'll as use. Behold the
rainbow! Howgrand! How beautiful!
Or thesunset's golden glory:
1sAt summer eve when heavens ethereal bow,
Spans with bright arch the gllttering hills
below,
How it sparlSles in the drop of dew;
rivalling the diamond in brilliancy. It
makes merry music in the dancing rivu-
let.
It displays its power in the raging
torrent, and the mighty cataract.
1t is lofty and majestic in the iceberg
and the glacier; but the home of its
grandeur is the ocean.
"Thou glorious mirror where the Almightyss
form,
Glasses itself in tempests; in all time
Calm or convulsed-n breeze or gale, or
storm,
Iceing the POLE or in the torrid cline
Dark heaying; boundless, endless, and sub
lime,
The image of cternity-thc throne
OF the Invsihlo: even from out thy slime
The monsters of the deep are made, each
obeys thee; thou goest FORTH dread, tathon-
less, alone"
II. w. g.
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You may outlaw the friend Of truth buty
remains; yon may humble the poet the artist
md the Christian, but you cannot debase poo
try. or art. or Chr istiaDty.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-18
Preaching vs.. Practice.

A Washington correspondent OF the
Newark 4drertiSer relates the following:
Speaking of horse cars reminds me OF
an incident that occurred in one some
since in which colored people were ad-
mitted The car was filled, and among
the passengers we're Senator Sumner, the
champion of contraband rights III the
cars, and Lazarus w Powell the pro-
slavery peace Senator from Kentucky
Two colored ladies entered Mr. Sum
ner did not see them Mr. Powell, with
great courtesy, arose and surrendered his
seat to one of the ladies in behalf OF
whose rights Mr. S. had been so eloquent
in the Scuate Mr. S retained his seat
with the lady standing by his side. FL
nally. Mr.. Powell suggested the proper
course for him to pursue, saying, Sum
ner. why don't you give that lady your
seatl" Mr. s began to squirm, and f.
nally replied that he did not resign his
seat to anybody, But Powell was unre-
lenting, and the distinguished defender
of equal rights was forced to give way
to his ebony fellow passenger. He tails
admirably
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-18
The Trial OF Gen. Paine.

Fora number years we have thought
exceedingly we'll of the Hon. Joseph
Holt, now Advocate General of the Uni
ted States. He has seemed to lis to be
eminently patriotic He has, notwlth-
standing a pretty strong tendency to
radicalism, given his energy and elo-
unence to the cause of the Union. We
have thought that the country owed him
much
But we can't seethe propriety of Mr.
Holt's action in the case OF Gen. Paine,
on the trial before cOurt-martial at Pa
ducah We mentioned this matter the
other day. and we would again call at
tentiOn to it, General Paine's case was
before an examining court several
months ago. A very large number of
sworn witnesses were examined. The
court, after the examination, made out u
list of such charges against Paine as it
considered established by the testimony,
and forwarded it to the United States
Advocate General at Washington
Among the charges thus forwarded, there
was one that Gen Paine upon his own
responsibility, had ordered and enforced
the execution of two men. citizen and
a soldier, without trial or examination,
and another that he had, without even
a shadow of authority, levied heavy pc
cuniary contributions upon snch men
and women in Paducah as he chose TO
select for his purpose: and compelled
them to pay as the only means OF es-
Gaping far severer punishment-proba-
bly, death But the Advocate General,
in instructing in the court martial as to
what charges Paine should be tried on,
not only omitted altogether those two
very startling ones, the proof OF which
is said to have been unquestionable, but
gave to the Judge Advocate written in
structions that are represented to have
been the most plausible and Jealous ar
gument for Paine that could have been
urged. 4,
Now why was all this2 What is the
explanation ofthe part acted by the dis
tingushed Advocate General! Fvrwhat
reason or semblance Of reason did he re-
fuse to let Paine be tried upon the two
most important of all the charges that
the Examining Court had represented as
established And for what reason did he
depart SO far from all usage as to argue
PaIne's case for him to the Judge Advo-
catel We shall sincerely and heartily
rejoice if satisfactory answers can be
made to these questions.
The friends of the Advocate General
need not think that We would willingly
do him a wrong Certainly we would
not We expect General Paine's dishon
orable dismission from the service, but
not upon the worst charges proved on
him -L0misrilIe Journal
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-18
IT,. Plot 10 Assassinate President
Lincoln.

Philadelphia paper the other dag
attained dispatch (Which Mr. Craig
took the trouble to repeat all over the
upntry) stating that a man named
Clemens, had been arrested in Washing
ION for concocting plan to assassinate
Mr. Lincoln. The probable origin OF
! this Philadelphia story was this A man
named Thomas Clements-somewhat In
tbe condition that Vice President John
son was in when he made his Inaugural
stion speech-occupied the sidewalk in
front of Wizards hotel, and expressed
|an inclination to whip any one who
should interfere with him A big SIX
footer from the country approached and
laid his hand on Clemens arm, when he
was instantly knocked down blythe latter.
A heavy-built policeman then attempted
to arrest Clemens, who dealt the police
man couple of blows and kicked him
into the gutter. Another policeman came
to his assistance, hut was seized by Glenn
ems aud pitched over an iron railing
Some soldiers then interfered and after a
short battle succeeded in capturing
Clemens and taking him to a guard house
where he knocked down the ofhcer IN
charge and kicked the stove over lhe
not unnatural inference OF those VINO
witnessed his performance was that II ne
kept on knocking people down he would
beach Old Abe at Last, and kick MN int'
the middle of the Potomac. Ont OF tins
the imaginative Philadelphia reporter
cOnCocted plot to assasslnate the Pres
dent"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-18
General Oil News.

1t is stated that telegraphie dispatch
has been received in New York from San
Francisco. announcing that an oil well
has been struck flowing two hnndre,l
barrels per day, on the northern coast OF
California, the territory spoken of by
Professor Sillman The surface oil dis
covered is described as of the consist
ence of good sperm oil; in color greenish
yellow and opalescent, almost without
odor, what it has being rather agreeable
than otherwise, and somewhat resem-
bling turpentineITF gG FFT9 al!
A gas we'll has been discovered at Ap
pleton. Wisconsin, which has created a
great sensation in that State. The well
is about sixty feet deep, the bottom rest
ing upon stone bed, in which there
seems to he crevice through which the
gas escapes. The gas makes brilliant
light, and escapes with rumbling noise
that can be heard considerable dis
tance. The we'll needs to be pumped
out every few hours, or 1T rises to such
depth as to stop the flow OF gas. A COM
pany has been organized to bore tor OIL.
The interest in discoveries OF petrole-
um in Mexico continues unabated.-
Springs of undoubted value have been
found at the Huaeteca, and at several
points in the Department OF San Luis
Potosi and Oh the TanpicO river as we'll
as in several places i'm the valley of Mex
leo. and even on the Pacific side, on the
coast of Jalisco, the unctuOns inid is
said to abound. Where it will next turn
mp is yet to be known, but prospecting
parties" are OH the alert for every shadow
of an indication. Messrs. Covert, Nc
Cune and Poole, American residents of
Mexico, havo comsinto possession of some
valuable springs, and Mr.. VIM. II. Ar
noux, representing a number Of New
York capitalists, has returned to the
United States with important title pa
pers relative to petroleum almost under
the very walls OF the Halls of the Mon
teZumaS"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-18
GEN. SHERMAN,
Progress 5 t. Of the Campaign. amp
The Latest from GOldsboro.
Arrival of Prisoners from Newbern-
General schofeld Reinforced by
Couch.

Pres DApahhl L ; hf9 ~
FORTRESS MoNRoE, March 1.-THE
steamer Rebecca Clyde, with $50 rebel
prisoners, captured near Kinston, North
Carolina, during the. battle, arrived here
this morning from Newbern The latest
advices from Gen Schofeld represented
him as still advancing towards KinstOn,
and there were rumors in Newbern when
the Rebecca Clyde sailed, on the 18th, to
the effect that Bragg had evacuated the
town and that our forces had taken pos
session of the place. The prisoners who
came up on the Rebecca Clyde were a
fine looking set of men and belonged to
Gen Hoke's division. having been sent
from Lee'sarmy only week since with
a view of operating against our forces
in North Carolina. .....
Alltheavailable poutoon trains atNew,
bern had been sent to General SchOfeld,
and even if Gen. Bragg had not evacua.
ted Kinston, no doubt was entertained
but that our forces could easily cross the
Neuse river aud give battle to the enemy
before he could get away. Ess,f. s.
Major Gen. COUGHS forces from Will
mington had reached Gen. Schotield, and
his army thus reinforced was deemed
amply sufficient to defeat Braggs army,
which was judged to be abont % 900
strong