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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

We don't wonder that copperheads oppose
negro suffrage here and elsewhere, for every
negro vote will kill copperhead or traitor
vote dead as mackerel." And We confess
we rather like it on that account, for we know
it would make us feel good every time, to see
this. that and the other copperhead leader of
our town, who belonged to the -" fire in the
rear" force, and adopted armistiee resolu-
tions, and sustained the Chicago peace plat
form. killed off by some one OF our Union
friends of the "colored persuasion, and to
hear the erati6ed laugh with which sambo
would deposit his ballot, right upon the heels
of one of those distinguished characters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

DeplOrable State Of Society I'm
Richmond.

NEW YORK, August 3.
The Tribune's Richmond correspondent
says: The evil spirits of men have been lei
loose upon us since the unceremonious and
justly deserved fate of the late election was
pronounced. Young men seem to feel it q
duty incumbent upon them to assault and
Naylay every colored man, while the older
heads universally have adopted the plan OF
lighting our soldiers, at the same time kissing
in their ears the bitterest denunciations of the
negro. The most stringent orders of General
Terry are inadequate to meet the case oil
growing abuse, executed as they are, by sol
diers utterly devoid of every principle of pa
triotism and morals.
Among the volunteers the greatest dissatis-
faction exists consequent upon poor rations,
proyerbially worse than such as were issued
in the trenches, and less wholesome than
those distributed TO the citizens. In not be-
ing paid off, six and eight months pay due.
no quartermaster' stores to draw and dubious
expectation in not being mustered out, they
are found willing in the bands of bad and dis
loyal men, who ply the whisky freely, to m-
dertake and execute most any job.
On the night of August ID, four soldiers
broke into Nelson Vandevoort house, and
while he lay abed one stood over him and his
wife threatening to blow out their brains If
they moved, the three others pillaging the
house of money, watches, under clothing, &c.
The same night the guard at the New Market
conhxed Ed. Webster in the cage, and in the
next cell he could hear the guard abusing
and maitreating women, hearing them scream
frghtfully almost every night.
Washington Brown and Peter Watson we're
ruthlessly beaten by the police on Franklin
stree, on the mourning Of August 1st, and left
on the street for dead.
The co,ored citizens have held meeting
and adopted a petition TO Gen. Terry.
Among the abuses they complain Of was
the following:
Samuel kanney was attacked on the street
by two soldiers, and in defending himself he
knocked them down and was arrcstrd, taken
TO New Market Cage and locked up in the
adjoining cell, and could hear the guard scuf
fling with, abusing and prostituting colored
females confined therein.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

The Charlottesville VA Chronicle, of the
Doth ultimo. has the following:


29th ultimo, has the following:
"The contest between the North apd the
South, in one of its main aspects, was a con-
test between the principles of ohgarchy and
democracy The South sought TO arrest. the
North to advance, the Liberalism Of the age.
The South fought for slavery, the North for
emancipation. The theory Of the South Car
olina school was to repress the activities and
tendencies of the age; the theory of the
Massachusetts school was to break down all
barriers. and give the widest license to moral,
social and political reform. The South cher
ished the idea of torpid civilization, resting
on the pursuits of agriculture the North
believed in noisy and uproarious world,
where the hammer, and tue forge, and the
loom, and the steam whistle still herald ever
new and fresh developments in the progress
of social life. The idea of the South was the
midieyal age with its proprietors and its
peasants, its mental repose, ITS sunshine and
shadow, its pomp and its.squalor, its unqaes-
tioning faith, the supremacy of authority, its
superstitions, its prejudices, its aversion to
change. The ideal Of the Ncrth was the
| Observation-Disclosures and Schafer-Paacel-
sus and Copernicus-Roger Ascham and Co
lumbus7-it was Jack Cade and Oliver Crom-
| well-John Owen and John of Deydon-
| Praise God Barebones and Colonel Pride.
| Not Sparta, but Athens with its artisans, its
| ships, It's gods, its letters, its sophists, its
philosophers. Not Sparta, with its contempt
of labor, and its sordid narrowness; but
Rome, with its bump of order, its calculating
ambition. its patient endurance, its power OF
organization. It's reverence for law, Its hard
practical sense, its capacity for war, its spirit
Of progress, its adaptability 70 circumstances.
Tie contest between the North and the
South was a contest between such principles,
We stood up for the past they represented
the present. They are the champions OF the
great Democratic idea of the nineteenth cen
tury. We fought for the principles of Rich
ard Ceur de Lion. Excellent in their day
but out of place now. We fought for glory
the Yankees for empire. We were crusaders
they had the relentless method of the Romans
who always sought q practical result.
| There was no chance for us in the encoun
ter. We fought against doom. This Demo
cratic wave is on It's mission in this present
century. The age belongs TO it, King nol
chivalry cannot balk it. Its great tide roll'
not only over this continent. 1t heaves ant
swells under the traditions and systems o
Europe. The throne of the Imperial master
of France rocks upon its billowg, Russia ha
felt ana yielded to It's power. Austria, in he
stubbornness, will resist it until it rends he
to fragments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09
German up at Burlington hid thirtee

German up at Burlington hid thirteen
hundred dollars in greenbacks in some straw,
the other day. Short time after went to get
it couldn't fndit was excited; tore around
like mad; suspected some of his neighhors; ;
swore out search warrant and had their houses
searched found nothing took another search
in the straw; found the money delighted
Dutchman. Will learn him, maybe, not un-
justly to accuse his neighbors. Gather from
the Hatckeye-
Hon. Willis Drummond, of McGregor,
has been appointed U. S. Tax Commissioner
for South Carolina.
Mr.. ]. W. Smith, of darlington, has been
appointed Chief Clerk in the Second Comp
troller's Office at Washington. So says the
Ha,rksye.
A First National Bank has taken the
place of the Council Bluffs Branch of the
State Bank.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09
Orrnrc. Aug. s.


Parliament met this afternoon. In the
speech from the throne the Governor General
said he had called Parliament together at the
earliest convenient moment after the return OF
the Canadian delegation from England, in or
der to receive a report of their mission, and
to complete important business. The CORES
pondence referring to the mission will be laid
before Parliament for consideration. He
hopes that ere long the other provinces will
adopt scheme for federal nnion of all the
provinces. The happy termination of the
American civil war. which has lasted for four
years, cannot fail to exercise beneficial in
tiuence on the commercial and industrial
interests of the province, and we may trust
that the re-estabishment of peace will lead to
constantly increasing deyelopements of very
friendly relations between our people and the
citizens Of the United States. The circum-
stances which rendered IT necessary to place
a volunteer force on the frontier, having ceased
to exist, the force has been recalled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

NEW 1oRk9 Aug. Q.
The Times special has the follofing: The
Bureau Of freedmen's affairs are IN daily re-
ceipt of reports OF gross outrages berpetrated
on colored people by their torrter owners.
A man named lalop, in Stafford county, Nir-
ginia, recently armed himself, and threatened
his servants with instant death If they at
tempted TO leave him. He also dehed the
authorities TO take them. A guard OF soldiers
was necessary TO rescue the coloFed people.
In the interior of the State siakery is still
maintained with determination ON the part
Of planters TO make as much as possible out
of their servants before the authhrities reach
them.
Brigadier General Hassin has been assign.
I'D 10 the command of all the troops in the
forts about " ashington.
1t is reported that General Townsend S
visit TO Fort Monroe was in contection with
Davis approaching trial.
The commission to visit the Indians wili
leave for their destination on thel 18th. Col.
Parker Of Grant staff, and the Chief of the
Six Nations, will accompany the commission.
Col. Osborn, Commissioner OF freedmen S
affairs for Florida, has recovered from his
accident, and will soon start for his field OF
operations.
The 18th New York cavalry have turned
over thelr horses preparatory 20 gong nome.
Mrs. Surratt's counsel, who we're supposed
to have done service gratuitously, obtained
from her an acknowledgment for three thous-
land FIVE haadred dollars, previous to- her exc
esstioa. S ~ s =
The Heraids Washington special says thai
the Freedmen S Bureau is informed that, so
so far as the negroes arc under the direction
bof the Government authorities in Mississippi,
they are succeeding admirably, bat i'm remote
localities in the interior their old masters en-
deayor to impress the idea upou the negroes
that emancipation is ineffective.
The New York Pbsfs Washington special
says that the first regular Cabinet meeting
held for ten days, convened at noon to-day.
All the members were present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

NEW 1ORK, Aug. 9.
On Saturday night last party of several
Young men made an attack at Rocky Neck,
Conn, on the house occupied by colored
man named w. H. Davenport, who is married
to an Irish woman, with the avowed intention
of inficting punishment on the negro and his
wife, for their indulgence of matrimonial
amalgamation. After the young men had
been several times warned to leave, by the
mother Of Davenport, an old negro woman Of
SO or 60, who was also IN the house, she fred
on them and killed the leader, named Ludlam
Chord. A coroner Investigation took place
on Sunday, and yesterday the jury in their
verdict justified the shooting as having been
done in self-defence, and the old negro woman
and her son were discharged
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09
Indian Affairs.

Senators Foster, Doolittle and Ross, Com
mittee to investigate Indian affairs through
New Mexico and Colorado, have returned
from the Plains. While at Fort Lyon they
investigated the Sand Creek affair, and in.
formed the Indians interested that the govern,
ment disapproved of Col Chivington's action.
They invited the Indians to meet them id
council at Cow Creek, near Fort Larned, on
the l0thof September, to arrange terms ol
peace and favorable results are anticipated.
Colonel Samnel Tappan, Of the lstiColorado
cavalry, accompanied the Senatorial dele
cation. s#
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09
VOL. II.


Captain WERTz, the keeper Of the Ander-
sonville Prison-pen, is shortly to be brought
to trial. Journals that have educated mobs
and begat fearful violence and wrong, are
fostering high degree of the charity born of
love--for rebels and becoming speciAl advo
Gates for the brutal keeper of the Anderson
vile stockade. They join with the counsel of
the Captain in an "appeal to the newspaper
press not to bring its powerful influence to
bear to prejudice the public mind against
Captain VERT" All over the land are
witnesses against the prisoner arraigned !;
witnesses, who, as they remember their own
experience, can convict him of most fiend
ish inhumanity who, as their thoughts are
haunted by the memories of stark, starving,
crazed, dead comrades, can convict him of
murder-murder most foul and damning
Does it need trial to make DAVIS a traitor :?
or conviction to make BoorH an assassin
Justice give to the culprit, and God pity the
dead But shall a loyal press stultify itself
and sit with hushed lip in the presence of the
court until the verdict comes guilty and
then echo 'sguilty!' when all the time it
knew the man at the bar was q murderer?
Mayhap the award would be, q not guilty.
What then shall quiet the ghosts of the slain?
Let the press speak and pile up the convincing
mass of cumulative evidence that exists
against the assassin Of our soldiery. The
journal may ease its conscience as it can that
turns from tbs contemplation of the horrors
of the den over which WERTz had control,
and of the tortures of Union prisoners, to in-
dite leaders in his defense, but it is sorry
1o,-n3 v,ar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

LoolsslLLk,I mug. 4.
The city vote for Congress is, Rpsseau, ad-
ministration, 1902; Mallory, LISP; Mundy,
121. The election of Rousseau fAom the 9Th
District is conceded. All four Of the admin
istration candidates for the State Legislature
from the city are also elected.
Columbia-Harding, 20l; Tylef, II; Gar
rard, l02
CampbellssiIle-All precincts heard from,
give Harding 502; Tyler 1876.
Cave City-Grider, 141; Lower1, AZ.
Glasgow-Lowery, 115; Griderl 22S.
Colesburg-Tyler, 28; HardingI 30.
ussellville-Grider, ISL; Lovely, 81.
Franklin-The anti-amendmend ticket in
this county prevailed by about SOP majority.
Small vote polled.
vilie-Anti-amendment ticket in
this county $50 TO 300.
Covington-Approxima vote bf kenton
county, LOO Union majority.
Campbell county-s50 Union majority.
Pendleton-Bowling Green, Grider 261 !:
Lowery l66.
Hopkinsville-Y eatman, 1888 Ritter, 144
Mount Yernon-As far as heard from, Ran
dali (Union) 433 Garrard (opposltion} l53.
ichelsyille-Shankiin (eanserv4tivel l66 !:
Fry Union 81. PIaquemine district, 22o
majority for Fry.
hichmond-Ma3orlty IN Madison county Tor
amendment candidates from 400 to 500.
demonstrating, 249: Tyler, 7s.
Hopkinsvile-Ritter, 155; 1eatman, 202.
Somerset-About 700 majority Tor amend
ment candidate.
! Montgomery county-Conservatite majority
over 4O0.
Danrille-Boyle county. Fry, for Congress,
300; Shanklin, conservative. for Congress,
464.
Paris-Shanklin, 279: Fry, 13e.
Bourbon county viii go largely against the
constitutional amendment.
Fnnkfor--Conservatiy majority at noon
nearly 800.
Bagdad-Hariin, for Congress, 205: Tyler,
20
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09
Conflict Between Civil and Mill
tary Authorities.
New YoRK, Aug. 8.

The Tribune's Raleigh correspondent says
q negro named Curry, who some years since
made his escape from slavery, few days ago
reappeared in his old neighborhood in search
of his family, to take them North. He was
set upon and beaten and nearly killed. He
related his treatment to Gen. Ames, who sent
a squad of cavalry out and had the assailants
brought to him. Gov. Holden then notified
Gen. Ames he had appointed Justices Of the
peace to attend to such cases and he had no
doubt justice would be done, but Gen. Ames
retains his prisoners. Meantime charge Of
assault and battery has been brought against
Curry. He, too, has been arrested and i'm
prisoned by Gov. Holden's officers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09
Change I'm Conduct Of Rebel Sol
Gfiers.

ssiG s RALEIGH, n. c., Aug. 8.
Parties arriving here from different parts Of
the State say that there is a great change in
the conduct Of the late rebel soldiers. Their
complete sabm;ssionand good intention tothe
Government for the first few weeks after the
collapse Of the rebellion challenged the admi-
ration of all loyal men, but since the whsle-
sale display OF clemency to the rebel leaders
Of wealth and influence, this treacherous
and arrogant class have poisoned the minds
of these soldiers against the Union and are
now organizing them for political conflict
with the Government and a war against the
Union men and negroes They are having
everything their own way, designate the dele
gates to the Convention, which they expect
will soon be called unless the Government in
terferes and excludes those leaders from par
sicipafing in this body. The true Union men
Will have nothing to do with its deliberation
which they claim will result in farce and ruin
all who are associated with it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

- Republican Union Convention of
no6 county, held at Leon on Saturday,
- 3 harmonious, thus Disappointing
N I'd sandry anxious Cops who we're
~ - split The nominations are for
m iative, R. G.. Mansfield; for Trea-
s c. Porter; for County Judge, Truman
Ns WI; for Sheriff, ]. 3 Ryan for Su-
- endent Of Commoa) Schools, Fred.
sfar. pninAge Cen nis1l6nss, 4. B.
u corsner, Jossph P1ehlA
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

The planters of Mississippi still maintain
slavery in every locality beyond our military
lines. and treat the negroes with ruthless Sc
verify. They denounce the Emancipation
Proclamation and make no secret OF their
defiant determination to maintain slavery IN
snite of the Government.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

Gov. PIERroNT, of Virginia, seems to be
very graceless scallawag, whose Chief pusi-
ness is to whitewash the chief traitors OF Nlr-
ginia and disgrace his official position, by
nsinp his influence to secure their pardon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09
Of Colored People.

NASHVILLE, mug. Z.
A convention of the colored people of
Tennessee was held to-day. Nelson Walker
was elected chairman, He stated the object
of the meeting to be. to petition the Legisla-
ture and send delegation to Washington
asking the privilege of the elective franchise,
and to lay their grievances before the people
Of the State. Several speeches we're made in
furtheranee of the object of the meeting
A committee on resolutions will be appointed
tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09
Hancock Recruiting Com mittee.

NEw YORK, Aug s.
At meeting of the Hancock Recruiting
Committee to-day il was resolved that the
sum Of $685., raised to furnish recruits to
Hancock's special corps, still remaining in
their hands, be divided between Gen. Han
cock and Col. Colyier, $1,000 to the former
and the balance to be used in receiving re-
turned soldiers by the latter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

Two Of the employees of McCord's show
got into . row at Leon, Decatur county, the
other day, and one of the men received a
dansepous pistol shot in the left side. So
saws - Ne,rs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

= - ~ -. .AhF1 DAT u u.i aug q
The steamer Clara Clarita has not been
here since Saturday night, and We hare no
later news from Newfoundland than WAS
brought by her. Nothing is known conse-
ouently as to whether the Great Eastcm has
arrived at Hearts Content with the Atlanfc
cable or otherwise. asIs
The lines to the point ofthe percent eastern
limit Of telegap cpmmaAie alton with the
sVpi>e3 G1sA1s N - kept open to midnight
n0halt - s1pestation a ssws ftond ~ 6al
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-09

Gen. Grant and party arrived asse 4hi6
norning from Qusbsc.
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DIED.

DIED.
In this city, yesterday, at 6x O'Clock An Harris MAJ
only darght-, NJ u and II. H. CoIIins sged year,
months and dsja
Funer. services tbs residence southeast corner Of
Tent and High s:rsets, at 10 o'clock n. to-day.
Friends Of the family invited attend without
further notice.
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Gold.

New YoRK, August s.
Gold tonight 142l.
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All orders and applications. whether By letter or
otherwise. must bc addressed TO tl 1I1if
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WILL BE PROMPTLY ATTENDED, TO UNTIL
THE STocK is ALL SOLD.

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