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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-05

1t has always been the boosted pride of the
Democratic leaders. that they were not afraid
to trust the intelligence and virtue of the
American people. This has been the burthen
of their song for the last four and forty years
With this as their war song, they went in on
the annexation of Texas, relying upon the
people to whip Mexico and vote the Demo
cratic ticket and still later, in 1856. after
getting up the most deceptive and hypocritai
platform ever invented-nicknamed popular
sovereignty-they succeeded in electing Blu
chanan and ruiuing the country. Ever since
that time they have echoed and re-echoed
their stereotyped song of premature peace
to be established at the ballot-box. through
the virtue and intelligence ofthe people. Well,
what of that2 or, in other words, what 5
to pay. now, on ''the virtue and intelligence
of the people?" Well. to be plain. there is
another niger in the wood-pile. An Ameri-
can citizen of African descent, polite, loyal,
and of full age, though not free born, is
knocking at the door yes, sir, the very
front door of the temple of liberty at that,
and what does he want-but bark what
alarm is that we hear at the back doorl That
is another individual altogether; not mig
ger, but real live unwashed rebel, and not
very polite either, yet upon the same GRAND
as the darkie. Mr.. Reb has been fighting for
his rights and lost them. The Negro has
been fighting for his liberty and secured it.
and now they are both on the same Grand
asking the right to rotci The darkie saws.
'syou trusted me with the bayonet, please to
arm me with the ballot Mr.. Reb walks in
and says, 81 couldn't whip you and your mig
gers too, with the bayonet, but think can
knock you whites endways with the ballot
particularly with the Copps to help
The Republican party says we will submit
this proposition to the people of Iowa we
are not afraid Of the intelligence and virtue
of the loyal masses but our copperhead
friends hold up their hands in holy horror;
0, dear! it wont do to let the people pass
upon these issues. 1t is unlawful and de-
grading to rhite men to allow loyal black
men to vote, but perfectly lawful and eleva-
ting to allow disloydl white man to do so.
Now who's afraid TO trust the people with
this issue? This is a strange argument, in
deed-that the people will be degraded by
negro sutfrage-and yet before the negro can
have that privilege every voter in the State
Radicals, Conservatives. Cops and Rebs-
must vote directly for or against the Consti.
tutional amendment to strike the word white
out. For one, we say, let her rip, who's
atraid2 If the people, or majority, will
arm the darkie in Iowa with the ballot and
disarm and disfranchse the Rebs and knights
of the Circus and drive them into - Can
ada. we say, let it come you can't hurt a
Christian by such talk. Who's afraid
Bloomfield Guard
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-05

MY WHOLE LIFE SHALL BE DIRECTED
TOWARDS PRESERVING THE UNION, AND
MAKING IT, IN THE PROPER AND FULL
EST SENSE OF THE TERN, PERMANENT
LY FREE.-ANDREw JOHNSON Washington,
April goth, 1885.
ssIT Is TIME THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT TREASON Is A CRIME-N0T IN
REvENGE--N0T IN ANGER-BUT THAT
TREASON is A CRIME, AND SHOULD BE
ESTEEMED AS. SUCH AND PUNISHED AS
SUCH."-AxDREw JOHNSON, Presidem Of III.
United States-April goth, 1855.
"sHow NE WHO HAS BEEN ENGAGED
IN THESE CoNSPIRACIES, WHO HAS
FIRED UPON OUR FLAG, WHO HAS GIVEN
INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE OUR FORTS,
AND CUSTOM HOUSES, AND .ARSBNALS,
AND DOCK YARDS, AND / WILL SHOW
YOU A TRAITOR. WERE I PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, WOULD DO AS
THOMAS JEFFERSON DID IN 1905, WITH
AARON BURR. 1 WOULD HAVE THEM
ARRESTED, AND, IF CONVICTED WITHIN
THE MRANING AND SCOPE OF THE con-
STITUTIoN, BY THE Eternal GOD !
WOULD EXECUTE THEN."-ASDREw JoHs-
son, in the United States Senate March I'd, 1861.
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DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT OF President JOHN
soN.-The Brooklyn Eagle, discoursing upor
the arrest of Emerson Etheridge, serves the
following notice on the President:
President johnson has warmly recommend
ed himself by his reconstruction policy to the
conservative men of the country, because I'M
der it the States of the South will govern
themselves, but between the President ant
the conservative men of the country there ii
an impossible gulf, so long as he gives his
countenance to the defiance, on the part Of
bis subordinates, of the laws of the land. II
the President is ambitious of serving another
term in the White House, he might as well
understand first as last that there never was
and never will be Democratic Convention
in which he could get vote for the Office of
constable, so long as he justi6es defiance to
the civil laws of his country, and transfers
the lives and liberties of its citizens to the ten
der mercies of military satraps
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General Palmer.r Order.

The order of General Palmer in relation to
the election, which / spoke of some days
since as forthcoming, will be issued this
week. Its object will be to preserve peace at
the polls, and prevent the enemies of the
government from participating in the elections.
There IS . State law, denying the right Of
franchise to those who have been in the mill
tary or civil service Of the late Confederacy
or who have aided and abetted the rebej
cause. General Palmer proposes to define
what "aiding and abettingn means, and his
definition viii meet the hearty approval of ev.
cry loyal man in the State. There are thon.
sands throughout the State whose sympathy
for the rebellion extended to the voluntary
display OF insurgent flags, during the inyas;os
of 1862 who furnished the materials of war
TO Kirby Smith and Braxton Bragg. Ms free.
will offering, and who did all in their pove,
to contribute to the success of the recently
vanquished foe. Sach persons ,eiu moi BE- al.
lOred to rote can tell them this mncb
without violating any secret: The State being
under martial law, General Palmer has bot6
right and precedent for the course he intends
to pursue and if the rebels feel aerr;eyed
about 1t, am at a loss to know where they
are to find redress. Men who have bean
lighting for slavery for four years, and have
been sbjugated, whipped, kicked and cuffed
from one extreme OF the South to the other,
have no right to interfere now in question
which involves no other Issue but slavery.
They must take back seat in the synagogue,
ana let honest men have control Of Affairs I'M
I'll this relic of barbarism is removed II !.
majority of the loyal men of Kentucky wa. ~
perpetuatc the national disgrace. wan and
good. They can have it and hold i until
al i is constitutionally blotted out, by the
voice Of other States; but the idea Of men vho
have given aid and comfort to the murdere =,
OF the bravest and best sons of the North a..
summing to say anything ON the subject Is rr,e.
p0eterouo, and will nat h tnlernSad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-05
Gov. stones Appointments.

Governor STONE is already on the stump, ant
win address the people at the following times ant
places:
Abba, Monday, August, at ~ pm.
Centreville, Tuesday, August 8, at .. IN.
Corydon, Wednesday, August 9, 2 pm.
Leon, Thursday, August TO- p m.
Oeceola, Friday, August IL, pm.
Alton, Saturday, August IL, Up m.
Bedford, Monday August IA, Up. m.
Csrinda, Tuesday, August Is, Bpm
Sidney, "Wednesday. August To- 2 p. m.
Glenwood, Thursd nv, August IL 81 In.
Council Bluffs, Friday August Is, pm.
Lewis, Monday, August q, 2 D. m.
Fontsnele, Tuesday, August p Bpm.
Wintersett, Wednesday, August %, Bpm
Indianola, Thursday, August "a, Q p. N.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-05

a Charcoal Sketch q the Nogth
1 Caroline Rebel Ar1D3oo9o63.a
TIE 6sh-market joarnal, ftks Ralaigh
STANDARD, under the faxpnAge of de pa-
triots and property holdees,f and the court
organ of the Goldfish sziseocracy, = in most
thriving condition. Since tAe reinforcement
OF the Sketches ;, in which the whole
household pour their blHinsseste into the ears
Of q delighted people, We learn that several
accessions hAve hoea made, and that now an
edition of some four dozen copies is printed
There is tEo6abE NOT much coming in, as the
patriots and property holders" are gener-
ally down ct the heel and the time for black
mail in the way of forced contributions by
secret circulars having passed, many of them
are in q fair way to feel the pinchings Of that
poverty they have SO delighted to sheer at in
others.
We had rather make an honest living as
common scayenger for the town than drag 9
sinking carcass through the street, bloated
by whisky that had never paid for. Some OF
the patriots and property holders who
have sneered at us and others on account OF
obscure origin and humble employments, will
sell peanuts at the street corner, exhibit
their charms for so much week in beer
saloons, or do worse, before this generation
shall pass away.
The Northern people, who will soon have
the balance of power here, know very well
that honest labor of any kind stinks in the
nostrils of our refined slaveocracy, and hence
the court Journal need not be 50 particular to
enforce this idea upon them.
| But the great trouble is that the negro il
gone. The chosen people, in whose veins,
according to their oracles, courses a purer
| and better blood than in those of the poor
whites, can no longer revel and debauch upon
the labor of the slave, and there being moth
ing but the boarding house dodge, select
schools and suicide open to them, they are in
| bad way generally. The loyal whites Of
the South think the world is large enough for
| them and the negro too, and such of the
whites and blacks as work hard and walk
| uprightly, will prosper and grow rich, but all
| the charcoal and lime in the universe cannot
save the Goldfish from spelling. Truly mel,
ancholy "record" for those who affected
superiority, and looked down upon the bal
snce of mankind. -Raleigh Progress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-05

oriaal Chamber, A Essay Of Warn
ing ana Instruction Tor Young Men. Also, new and
for Diseases tho Urinary ana s.xu.
sysss"s-sent free. In sealed envelopes Addrssi. Dr.
J. sKILLIN HoudHroH. Howard Association. phfi.-
aeipnis' "A. ~ ApfSdswly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-05

GENERAL GRANT is said to have remarked
lately: ~ ANA small eater, but am huge
sleeper. To keep me in good working order
need nine hours good sleep out of the
twenty four. | can dispose of more. bnt
nine | must have. When out West l could
command but about seven, and nearly broke
down. Give me my quantum of sleep. and
can meet any amount of exposure and labor y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-05

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Special Notifies.


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tnuous health To what does the occasional invalid
attribute his uncertain condition, Not to himself OF
course. He lays the blame on the climate perhaps Ii
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variable But does be take the proper course to ort
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haps that only iron man could bear such great heat
such violent cotd such sudden vicisstudes why
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" ALL PAPERS--R Received this day
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the Spring trade large and the patterns Of the latest
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lcited Price Of goods shall be lower than thu retail
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The Concessions and Experience or an
Invalid; published for the benefit and CAUTION TO
YOUNG MEN and others, Who suffer from Nervous De-
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the same time TaE MzAxs or sKLv-CuRE. By one who
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ety. By enclosing postpaid addressed envelope single
copies may Y had of the author.
NATHANIEL MATFAIR, Esq,
1yAdAw5m Brooklyn. Kings Co., r.
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Notice or Incorporation.

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NOTICE IL hereby r;ven that nnrsuant tn
the rrov.sop. NJ IN: ,sv ~ low. ednc.rr,,- or
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The Placer herald., 1865-10-14
Law of Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give cx press notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing 10 con-
tinue the subscription.
2. If subscribers wish their papers discontnu.
ed, publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
g. Ifsubscribers neglect or refuse to AXE their
papers from the Office or place 10 which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their bills and give due notice to discontinue.
4. If subscribers move to other places withou.
informing the publisher. and the paper is sent TO
the former direction. they are held responsible.
Notice should always be given Of the removal.
S. The Courts have decided, that refusing to
take paper from the office. OF removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prima Jaeica evidence
ofintentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

A REGULAR BRICK.--There is an editor
away out in the Northwest, who rather sur.
passes in the way Of force and originality OF
expression almost any individual who occu
pies an editorial sanctun. HIS name is
Pomeroy. and he s popularity known as
"Brick' Pomeroy. Not long since, in com
menling upon the probabilities of the course
Of the Government in disposing of the Presi
dent of the late Confederacy, he says:
ut is not known when the trial of Jeff.r-
son Davis will commence. When it does il
will be before Chase. Justice Chase, who is
now too busy kissing ngger schoomarms,
palting the heads of ltle niggers, and eec.
tioneering in the South for the next Presm
dency, to attend to his duties. What a
spertare! The head Of the Supreme Court
of the United States out electioneering! lie
is to all former Judges, and to all true men
and patriots, what thousands of women are
in Washington, who I'll the streets and de-
partmens, and glory in their shame and de-
bauchery.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

Inc SEVEN OLD AND THE SEVEN Nav
The seven wonders o! the world were: lst
the Egyptian Pyramids; the largest of these
is 69S feet square and Ago feet high, and its
base covers IL 4 acres of ground 2nd
the Mausoleum, erected to Mausolus, king
of Caria, by his widow Arlemisia; it was G3
feet long and 35 feet high. 3d. the Temple
of Diana at Ephesus; this was 425 feet in
length and 22O feet in breadth. 4th, the
Walls and Hanging Gardens of Babylon
these walls are stated by Herodotus to have
been 81 feet thick, $50 feet high, and 60
miles in length, and the statement is deemed
credible 10y modern anlqnaries. 5th, the
Colossus of Rhodes; this was brazen statue
of Apollo, los feet in hight. standing at the
entrance of the harbor of Rhodes. 9th, the
Statue of Jupiter Olympus, at Athens, which
was made of ivory and gold, and was won
derful for its beauty rather than for its size
7lh, the Pharos of Ptoleny PhiadeIphus
this was lighthouse, 500 feet high. on the
Island of Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt: a
wood fire was kept burning On its summit
during The night to guide ships to the harbor.
The seven wonders of the world ARE-1he
Steam Engine, the Electric Telegraph, the
Printing Press, the Telescope, the Micros.
cope, the Chemical Laboratory, and the
Photograph.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

The DoLLAR.-The word dollar is derived
from the German word which means valley,
aud was first applied to coins in consequence
of this circumstance: In the mining region
of Bohemia at place called Joach install
(Joachim's valey) silver pieces of one ounce
weight were coined and came into ciAula'
'ion about the year 1880 as Joachimsaer,
and then for shortness thaler; this became
dolera in Spanish. and in English dollar.
The thaler is still the German money of ac,
count, and the Spanish miled dollar became
so famous in the world of commerce, and SO
familiar to our fathers in their dealings with
the West Indies and the Spanish American
colonies, that our Congress adopted it as the
best known and most convenient unit of
money. The word dime is a corruption of
The Latin decem, ten; cent contraction
OF the Latin cen,nm, hundred; and mill 4
contraction Of the Latin mile, thousand; so
that our denominations are philosophical as
well as conver 'ent, each one in order being
designated n tenth part of the one above.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

The PLACERvILLE RAILRoAp.-Somen ne.
cessary lsveIing and surveying on the Pa'
cervile and Sacramento Valley Railroad
route, which has been going on for the past
two months, being about completed, work
on the enterprise will shortly be pushed for
ward with greater vigor than ever. Twelve
hundred hands are the number stated which
will he set at work in the course of couple
of weeks, and in three months from that
time the whistle of the locomotive will sa.
lutte the ears of our citizens
PlacerviUe Mirror.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

ships lying in the harbor were twisted and
turned about like corks.
Several other shocks were felt at San
francisco through Sunday night, and one
other on Monday about eleven o'clock, which
caused SO much fright at several Of the pub.
lie schools that it became necessary to dis
miss them for the day.
The shocks of Sunday were felt more or
less at Pealuma, Sacramento, Stockton, San
Jose, Wasonvle, and Santa Cruz, but with,
out causing serious damage except at the
latter place. In Santa Cruz the shake caused
general demolition Of chimneys; a number
of brick buildings were seriously damaged,
and many wells were choked up with sand
The shocks were not felt as far south as Los
Angeles.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

INSECTS HURrFUL IN VEGErATIoN.-1he
Horticultural for August has the following
recipe for the destruction of insects which
attack vegetation, when the application can
be made on small scale. 1t perhaps is not
too late in the season for its trial in some
cases. At all events it is a method which it
is we'll to keep in view for another spring,
when, in order to protect tender plants II"
their infancy from the attacks Of the numer'
Gus destructive insects Of our climate, it will
be required:
"Dlscoverng my currant bushes covered
with worms, gave them a sprinkllng of
water, and then light dusling of Cayenne
pepper. The next morning found my bushes
free. Finding my squash and cucumber
vines infested by both the yellow bug and
the large black one, gave them slight
spruklng of water in which soaked some
Cayenne pepper pods. and my vines were
+ffectualIy cleared. They probably thought
the seasoning too high, and sought mder
diet. applied it to roses and other things
infested with lice, with the best results
Where the remedy can be applied deem it
one of the best"
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

WoRsE AND WoHsE.-Fifly million dol.
lars in Connecticut are locked against taxa.
ton in Government bonds. In addition, it
is ruled that all the banking capital of tho
State is exempt from taxation. And now
the State is going to issue 50, 900 900 of six
per cent. bonds, which are also to be free
from taxation. Labor is to bear all the bur.
dens and money none. The shoddy contrac
tors, who have swindled the Government and
coined money out of the war. pay no taxes.
while the honest laborng classes are forced
to pay exorbtant taxes. How long will the
laboring classes submit to such gross injus.
tce9 They can remedy the evil by placing
in power the Democratic party.
Mountain Democrat.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

A NEcRo's OpINIoN.-We were very much
amused. says the Petersburg News, few
days back, at hearing an old da,key (who
had been of the opinion that 10 be free was
the height of bliss) giving his opinion" Of
what he thought freedom was, after having
tried it for few weeks. He was giving ad.
vice to some of his colored brethren, and
said "stay wild your massa and work, he'll
feed and cIods you, but you cum to town
and gifts freedom. 'tis like confed. money, dc
more you hab, de wus it is."
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

New TowN.-A new town has been laid
out in Fordyce Valley, about half way be.
tween Summit City and the Enterprise claim.
F"rdyce Valley is a beautiful place, the North
Fork Of the South Yuba running through
the entire length, and picturesque mountains
walling it on either sde 1t affords splendid
pas,urage and is excellent land fer agricul.
tural purposes. Nevada Transcript
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

ABoLrsHeD.-The teIegrapbic news of this
morning. under head Of From San Domin.
60" informs us that "lhe death penalty for
political offences is abolished" Bv this it
would seem that the negroes of that island
are more humane and enlightened than our
'blood hounds Of Zion" who howl so Justify
and continuously for the execution Of poIiti'
cal offenders at the South.-S. f. Examiner.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

THREE STEAMERS. The Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company will soon begin running three
steamers per month as Of old. This would
indicate that travel is increasing between
New York and San Francisco. The steam
ers will leave San Francisco in the following
order: One on the 10th, goth, and 30th Of
everv month
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

OREGoN MAIL SERVICE RESUMED. - The
California Stage Company have at last con-
cluded to transport the mails to Oregon for
the sum Of 1925 900 per year, and have al
ready entered on the service. Oregonians
and Northern Californians have cause 10 re'
ioiee
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

CorroN.-It is computed that there are
800 acres in cotton in this State. this year
1t appears to thrive best in Tulare and Los
Angeles counties.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

California powder is coming into exten.
sive use in this State. It is found to be of a
superior quality, and put up in tighter pack.
ages than Eastern powder.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

Virginia CRY MINEs.-lhe Territorial
Enterprise says the number of tons Of ore
extracted during the quarter ending August
eth, 1865, was 32,347, valued at $l,l8s,'
2O6 sc.
The Placer herald., 1865-10-14

Justice of the Peace elect in Humboldt
county, Nevada, wants to know of the editor
of the Register if he is not entitled to "a
copy of the stachetsS" The editor thinks be
"a