The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-15

DrArx OF 4 Sox OF RoBme BURxs.-Leut.
Col. james 0lsncairu Dofns, the youngest
- Of Bobert Barns, Scottish poet, died =
Cheltenham, England, on Saturday, Noyem'
ber Is. Although not inheritinesany OF the
poetic fenius Of his father, he wa9an agreea.
Bic and accomplished man, naturally proud O.
the name he bore, and which carried With
q happy prestige wherever he went. D1fns
later years he resided chiefly at CheltennamI
but he paid occasional visits to Scctaanes ana
Was held in much esteem by intimate friends
in Dumfries. Edinbure and Glasgow. The
poet Bur,,s died l7s8, and The living links
which connect him with the present generation
are becoming fewer and fewer every year.
Col. Burns had no recollection of his father,
he being \ mere infant when the poet died. s.
A shooting ARRAY occurred lately in
Liberty, Casey county, Kentucky. Delveen
resulted in tho instant death Of both parties,
the former received Eve woudds, either OF
which was fatal Bowman fred the first shot
which took effect in the left breast of Smith,
who returned the fire, the ball striking Bow
man under the left breast, and as he was
falling Smith fred four other shots, Gil OF
which lodged in Bowman's body. -
The Macon ga Telegraph, of the 10th,
steamer Commercial. few miles from Hawk
insyille, on Friday evening. Her passengers
and crew were all saved. The greater portion
of the cotton, Of which $50 bales we're on
board, will be saved in good condition. 1t 10
thought that the boat can be raised. She IS
valued at $4,000.
Chattahoochie river, short distance below
u he frotU " cotton.
She can be saved. i
Mr.. Pierson was robbed of eight thousand
dollars at Canton Bend, Alabama A man
named Hoyle was arrested and committed to
await an examination. Two thousand nine
hundred dollars of the money vas foundunder
q door step.
| Mr.. James R. Crew, distinguished citi-
zen of Atlanta and candidate for Mayor, was
recently murdered by some unknown person.
| The City Council has offered a reward of one
thousand dollars for the apprehension Of the
murderer
The railroad from Augusta 10 Savannah
| will probably be repaired and in running
order about the first Of January next.
Two men named Williams and Wilson
were assaulted and robbed in the neighbor-
hood of Selma, on Saturday night They
! were said to have been agents or detectives
in the service Of john Hardy, [. 5. Marshal
at Montgomery.
A correspondent Of the Mobile Timel
/ saws negroes are beginning to appreciate then
condition and are rapidly making contracts
for the coming season.
A locomotive xploded at Carrolton, Lot
isians, BIZ which NJ Marks, q brakesman, hac
his leg broken and was severely scalded
August Willis, freight clerk, was scaided.
The wife Of Brigadier General Barton
Provost Marshal Of the District of Wes
Tennessee, was robbed at Memphis of severa
thousand dollars; most OF the money va
counterfeit postage currency.
MIR. Cowsll, Of Mcyicker's theatre
Chicago, challenged De. Hat6efd to pplli'
discussion Of the pulpit vs. the stage.
1t appears from the report Of the Secre
tary of the Int rior, thar only two survivors
J remain of the Revolutionary army. The &C
f of last February, which made an annua
allowance of three hundred dollars for life 70
, FIVE OF the old veterans, was extended TO only
!, four. Two of these died since the appropra
ton. William Hutchings, Of PenobscGi
Maine, aged one hundred and one years, an
Samuel COOK, oil CLARENDON, New 1ofhf sse'
t ninety nine years, are the only person
!, among the living. known to the department
who participated in the heroic struggle whic
achieved our National Independence.
q The Sec ,etary of The Navy Recommend
the removal of the Naval Academy fr2I
Annapolis to some eligible location on tn
Chesapeake Bay. The present academi
grounds include only twenty one acres whic
are wholly insufficient for the school
least two thousand acres are required. II
/ proposed to convert the present site ut AnnaI
oils into home for disabled sailors.
Secretary Welles states that the numbe
Of vessels, nearly all British, captured an
i sent to the courts for adjudication during th
3 war, as blockade runners, was no less tha
< one thousand one hundred and fifty one, an
/, the number destroyed three hundred and fl
: FIVE. The proceeds of the former. with
nnpber Of important cases yet unsettled, W.
e nearly twenty-five millions of dollars. and Ii
\ value of the vessels destroyed at least seye
millions