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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

Some additional particulars incident to the
fitting out Of the steamship Continental, with
female emigrants for Washington Territory,
have been furnished by Mr.. Meyer. The full
complement is now nearly obtained, and the
vessel will be ready for sea between the 14th
and 10th of the current month. Males re-
quiring berths from the present dates win
have to pay $500. A limited number Of fe-
males can yet obtain passage at half fare,
500. Most Of the female passengers to
whom berths have been appropriated were
charged nothing A few paid 500. The
route is through the Straits Of Magelane, and
not round Cape Horn, as had been previously
intimated, to the detriment of the enterprise.
Substantial diet, but nothing luxurious, will
be plentifully provided. Washington Terri
tory possesses many advantages for employ
ment.
The quarantine commissioners this after
noon passed resolutions enforcing rigid quar-
antine over all vessels arriving from Havre,
London and Southampton ports, Mediterra
mean and ell other cholera ports
No deaths have occurred on board the At
lants since yesterday. All the sick are to be
removed to the hospital The disease is of q
mild character.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

No nation can be powerful enough to dis
regard this sacred bond. Character. fame.
and prosperity itself are all dependent upon
its observance. But the national faith is
solemnly engaged, first TO the national freed
men, and secondly to the national creditors.
No undertaking can be more complete and
inviolable because il constituted the consider
alton for those services and supplies by which
the life of the republic has been prevented.
The national faith is pledged to the national
freedmen, not only by the act of emancpa
ton, which in its very essence and from the
very nature of the case is -" wArrantee of ii.
tie. but also by the plain and positive prom
ises of the Proclamation, that the Execu-
tive Government Of the United States. in
cluding the military and naval authority there
of, will recognize and maintain the freetiom
Of such persons. Words could not be more
binding, and the history of their significance
and efficacy. They were not in the original
draft by President Lincoln. but were inserted,
at the suggestion of Mr. Seward, when the
Proclamation was read to the Cabinet: and
there they stand without any limitation of
place or time, binding this republic in its
national character, through its Executive, in
cluding the military and naval authority mo-,
only TO recognize, but to maintain the freedom
Of the emancipated slave; and this is to be
done, not IN any special locailty- but every
where, and not for day or year, bu, for all
time. Our obligation to the national credit
ors is of the same validity, approved by sue
cessive acts of Congress, ratified by the pop
ular WILL and fixed beyond recall by the nc
tual enjoyment of these precious fruits for
which the debt was incurred. Repudiarion
Of our bonds, whether to the national credit
or to the national freedmen, would bea shame
and a crime and the national faith is ire
vocably plighted to the two alike. Here is
the Proclamation. and here is the Treasury
note. Look at the signatures and look at the
terms. The former is signed by the President
himself, Abraham Lincoln the latter is sign
ed by an unknown clerk, whose name can
not decipher. The former is stronger, and
more positive in its terms, than the latter
The Treasury note simply says that "this
debt is authorized by Act of Congress-" The
binding terms of the Proclamation, which /
have already read, are solemnly enforced by
that memorable invocation at the close =
"And upon this act, sincerely believed to be
an act of justice warranted hy the Coue6su-
ton upon military necessity, invoke the gra.
cious favor of the Almighty God Thus re-
lgion comes to confirm the pledge with sane
tions Of its own. That pledge is as eternal
as the republic itself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

NS~ AUnAf NV. n
The Baltimore Americdn of yesterday says
we were last teyeningfnformedlby d gentleman
from Princess Anna, Somerset comfy, Nd,
that very excited state Of feeling exists in
that town and vicinity relative to {he coming
election on Thnfsdsy next Trouble is ap-
pretended in conss4sence, and out informant
states that the commissioners of the county,
have been noted for their dislbyalty, two
of the three being unqualified and nnregister-
ed voters. They have appointed men for
judges at the coming election Who are all dis
qualified voters, except in one district, with q
view ofviolaaiag the registry law And allow
ing all po1onD 10 ve1e, unqualified ~ well as
qualified 80 info eaant also says il is i'm.
possible . dplay the onaiional fad in that To-
caiity, ~ halyaris have been repeatedly cut
1t is thought by Union men GENERALLY that
there will be noting st the polls, - those op
posed to the registry Law have threatened TO
seize the ballot boxes il they are not allowed
to vote.
At Deals Island there is also con ideable
excitement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05
An English View ofthe American
Pulpit and OF DeecheF.
From Fraser's Maxasine.

Very much of that kind of ability which in
England appears in leading editorials and
monthly magazines goes in America into the
Sundays discourse. The churches are nearly
all large and crowded-for crowd is their
sine qua non. The pulpits of a great ma
jority of them have come down, little by lit
tie, until they are but platforms even with the
the foreheads of the seated congregation.
The old pulpit tone has died out of the min
ister's voice both in his reading and speaking;
the white cravat is rare, and the gown is be-
coming so. Much of this, which is true Of
the majority of American cities, is attribute
BILE to the immense growth Of the lecture sys-
tenn, which, bringing forward to the people
the powerful essays of Emerson, Agassiz,
Holmes, Curtis, and others, and not hesitat-
ing to deal with religious questions, has be-
come Q formidable rival of the pulpit, and
some have declared that it is destined to su-
persede all pulpits which will not become
popular platforms. Henry Ward Beecher is
a separate institution in New York, where it
has beome proverbial that in the beginning
God made men, women, and the Beechers.
He is preacher, editor, lecturer, stump ora
tor, humorist, politician, orthodox believer,
and heretical minister all rolled in one. To
Mr.. Beecher, the dogmstic theology in which
he was trained, and for which his church was
built, has been always solemn joke. When
sitting under his fathers lectures in Lane
Seminary, he was only able to remain through
the hour by whiting on the benches and
the old Doctor had at last to compromise by
permitting his son to take with him stick to
whittle during the lecture, in order to save
the benches. And when, at later period, .
venerable council was examining him previ-
Gus to his settlement as a minister, he could
scarcely believe them in earnest; and, being
asked if he believed in the perseverance, OF
saints, he replied that he had so believed,
until he went out West and saw how Chris
tians lived out there. The society in Brook
lyn, over which Mr. Beecher has so long pre-
sided, was not particularly radical in former
years and when some of the older members
asked him why he had not announced his rad.
ical views before his election As their minis
ter, he is said to have declared that it was
because he did mt know them himself then,
and that he was glad that he did not, for they
never would have elected him." That con-
servative would be O daring innoyator who
should attempt to dismiss Beecher now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

Troy, \. T., Nov. 4.
To Hon. John Van Buren,, n u:
The undersigned, who were with yon from
the close of your address to the Democratic
meeting in Troy, until you retired to bed that
night, pronounce the statement in the New
York Tribune of the End inst, in relation to
yourself, Gov. Seymour and the Chicago Con-
vention, TO be altogether untrue. This state
ment is made without solicitation.
THoxAs B. CARROLL.
Jxo. B. PERRlsoS,
GEo b. WARREN. Jr.,
Isaac MAcosIpA, Jr.
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NEw YORK, Nov. 1.

NkW loRK, NOV. 4.
At the trotting on the Fashion course yes
terday, Lucy to $50 pound wagon against
heats, best three in FIVE, the mare won Gil the
heats easily. The time was 2:47, 2.45 and
2:45. xts.A
The sweepstakesfor $40, 600, FIVE mile dash
in harness, was won by Young Woful.
The horses George Wilkes and Commodore
Vanderbilt are announced to trot their post
poned match this afternoon on the Union
course.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05
NEW YoRK. Nov. 4.

NEw YoRK, Nov. T.
The steamship Europa from Havre is still
detained at lower quarantine.
Quarantine Surgeon Burdett states that all
are still on board, and that no cases Of cholera
were known in Havre prior to the sailing of
the Europa. She stopped at Brest but three
hours, which port Is represented = perfectly
healthy. Most Of her passenger are from
Paris, and Bishop Lynch, Of Charleston,
states that the cholera prevails in Paris, but
not Is an epidemic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05
FoRr MAprsoS. Nov. ga, 1865.


To "CoRpoRAL. AS expected, find you
trying to get away from our point in dispute.
never denied having, on election day, treat
ed number of my friends, both democratic
and republican--but do deny that it was i'm
mediately before that disgraceful row, that it
WAS in any way connected Herewith, or that
had in any manner started, encouraged or
took part in the fight.
Nov Corporal, !" sccocding to your request,
l have seen Judge Russell, but the Judge re-.
fuses to hold the stakes and have Deposited
the m sney {$l00, in Johnston h Bacon's 9
Banking House" in this city, subject to the
decision of three good men, of whom will
chose one, you another, and the two men 20
choosen. shall select the third man. Every
cent shall 90 to the Orphan Asylum Of the
State il can't sustain my allegations in last
Saturday's Gate City. But first give ~ your
name and don't ask any one to stand god.
father to your scribbling. Honest writer's need
not fer . fisak and bold signaEuss.
CGA11Ds DomD,
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The Outbreak n Jamaica.
Erv Y0Rx. Nov. 4.

The World has Kingston fJaDaics) letter
of the 18th ult., which states that the princi-
pal cause of the outbreak amongstIthe negroes
is owing to the response from the home gov
ernment in answer to Z petition fdk relief for
final grievances, virtually telling them TO 20
to work: also that several negroes from the
United States hare disseminated pernicious
ideas among the ignorant blacks, and the in
fuence Of large number Of brutal negroes
from ST. Domingo Several white men and
women in Sts EliEAbeth Parish have been
horribly m 1nthes u41sost terror
reigns in SSI1fty. There
will be an iadG Asse massacre If the up
rising is uniyeRsnl.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.
The Commercials special says nearly all
clerks in the Departments have gone home
TO vote,
Polls for soldiers win be opened here and
at Alexandra.
The President urged, upon the authorities
q reduction of estimates for the next fiscal
year to the lowest series. s4~e
Regulations are being prepared for the col
lection of tariff on the frontier after the ter
minaficn Of the reciprocity treaty The pros
poets for new treaty is doubtful.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05


Concerning the latest expres1on Of the
President on the vexed question Of suffrage
the Nashville Press and Tsmes says:
The President's statement of his views on
the suffrage question, revised and corrected
by his own hand, corresponds very closely
with the bill introduced in our Legislature,
q few days since, by Senator Trimble. Their
difference is in detail only; in principle they
are the same, as both reject the idea that color
is the proper basis of citizenship. Says the
President:
~ should try to introduce negro suffrage
gradually; first those who had served in the
army; those who could read, write, and per
or S256.
No one can now avoid the conclusion that
the President agrees in essentials, with Sec
retary Seward on the question Of suffrage;
thai he Is thorough Democrat, not in the
PaFtissn, but in the philanthropic and prima-
ry meaning of the term, The sentiment quo
ted above from his own statement is the very
same which We heard repeatedly from hislips
in private conversations, in this city, three
years ago. We affirm that the ideas which
we have quoted, and which appear to have
dumfounded some of onr scotemporsries, are
not new with the President He has only re-
affirmed what we have heard him often avow
before, when the nation was far less advanced
IN liberal ideas than il Is to-day. But We be
gan this paragraph for the purpose of sug-
gesting, respectfully, to our conservative
friends, who are desirous of restoring civil
government in this State on the PRINCIPLES
avowed by our honored fellow.citizen and
PresidNat, that An opportunity i nov offered
them of obtaining settlement Of the fran
chise law, which will give satisfaction to al
classes, and re establish good feeling nd
brotheriy love throughout the State.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

There is strong disposition amongst the
more advanced sympathizers of the South to
assume the rebel debt, while the regular old
line copperhead leaders are content to make
things square by repudating the debt of the
United States.
The Chicago Times, the organ of the Hi
nois Democracy, says:
"Tbere is no ground of justice upon which
we can expect the Southern people to submit
willingly to the situation, unless IRE recognize
the same ralue in their funded obligations as
our orn.''
The Buffalo Courier, the mouthpiece in
Western New York Of the Richmond Van
Buren Democracy, goes for the assumption
and payment of the rebel debt, quietly trust
ing its party TO slaughter the federal debt. 1t
says:
"We vote for the Union and the payment
of the war debt Of both the North and tie
South
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

Hon. HENRY WILSON, of Massachusetts,,
celebrated his silver wedding on the 9th Of
September, upon which occasion large and
distinguished party-including Sumner, Ham
lin, Burlingame, etc., were entertainod It
Natick. The citizens of Natick presssted the
Senator and his lady silver services valned
at $500, and during the eveaing pssse e
5000 was made up By tAs esssts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05
WAsHINsrovI Nov. 4

NAsHiNGToNJ Nov. 4.
Where colonies of freedmen existing south
at such points as the relief system Of the Freed
mems Bureau has not reached. the mortality
ssnong the freed people, as shown by Official
returns to the Bureau, has so extended as to
take in number Of these colonies. The
mortality has been speedily reduded to four
per cent. by the medicaiassistance of the Bu.
reau.
'hw Oaicisl advices from Cataionia, Spain, say
the cholera there is diminishing rapidly, and
hopes are entertained that it viii soon disap.
pear.
Our Consul at Nurenburg states that the
reports of cholera having appeared in that
city are untrue. Not single case had occur
red, nor was it believed that the Asiatic chol
era had appeared in Germany at all, with the
exception of few cases reported in Alien
burg.
A delegation Of Sac and Fox Indians are
here to-day and are soon to have an interview
with the President on affairs connected with
ther tribes.
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NEw YoRK, Nov. 4.
The Posfs Washington dispatch says the
estimates for the next fiscal year will be about
xloO,0O,OOO. The expenses at the present
ducing.
Gen. 8wayne, Assistant Commissioner Of
Free1men in Alabama, is here to consult With
IL President in reference to colored schools
IN Mobile which some of the white inhabitants
determined to break up.
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Statement OF the Surteom I'm
ChArxe.ef the Atlslta

NEw oRK Nov. 4.
The officer in charge of the stearn rner Allan
ta reports the vessel in filthy condition, over
500 passengers, and seven cases Of cholera
and FIVE cases Of smallpox ON board. The
lists of lnnehs show the victims TO have been
nearly = 8ermans, including sir children.
The following is reported by Dd. Waiter,
deputy health officer in charge Of the lower
quarantine:
The vessel was in London seven days; all
were well on board: city healthy as usual;
received 40 passengers from the London;
steamed for Havre where she lay two days
and received the remainder of her passengers,
more than 500. According to the statement
of the Atlanta surgeon, seven deaths had
occurred previous to their embaF Fkaion at
Havre. The passengers who had the small
pox are al convalescent and viii remain on
board the Atlanta. She will be detained q
month or two in quarantine
Nke is no panic about cholera in the city.
II is general subjeca Of conversation. Great
indignation is felt against the authorities that
the streets are permitted to be so filthy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05
FORr NoHReRNov. 4

The Pacific feet sailed to-day for San Fran
cisco, Ii consisted Of the steamers VAndsr-
bilt, Tuscarora, Powhattan, and the double-
turreted monitor Monadnock. They will 20
via ST. Thomas
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

NEw York, Nov. 4.
The Washington Republican says over 80
witnesses hsve been subpGnaed by the gov
ernment in the case of Capt. Pettet. Most
Of them have arrived in Washington.
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NO. all.
NV YoRK. Nov. 1

The week closes with dull and heavy
market with prospects, Of goods going lower.
Jobbers say the bottom is not yet reached.
Importers and commission houses have little
70 Gay, and seem to be awaiting results. They
are not, however, willing to make much con.
cession. Prices of domestic goods for the
next few months will depend upon the fact in
regard to actual amount Of cotton in the coun-
try. Of this and the former crops there il
much speculation and guessing. Some say
the present crops will be half q million bales,
while others contend there will not be over :
. quarter million bales.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05
Slavery and Wages.

The working men of the country organize
Trades Unions on the theory that the price
oflabor IN any one place affects the price OF
labor in every other; that working man can
not have his wages cut down ten cents per
day in Cincinnati without ultimately affecting
the price of labor in Chicago. On this fact
the Detroit Tribune bases the following per-
tinent remarks:
GAS affecting the question of wages only, .
slave may be considered person compelled
to labor for half or two thirds the wages that
free laborers would ask for the same work.
The number of slaves in the United States in
1860 was about four millions. Letus suppose
that these slaves received on an average only
twenty cents day less than would have been
paid to free laborers. The daily wages of
the four millions would have been $500, 900
per day less than would have been paid to an
equal number of free laborers. These four
millions slaves would have received then for
years labor, excluding Sundays, more than
$3.50, 600, 600 less than the same number of
free laborers would have received. If the
Democracy regard this estimate Of the saving
slave labor, and Of the loss in wages Of the Ia
them to point out the inaccuracy, and to make
an estimate themselves of the amount thus
gained by capital and lost to labor. We do
not believe that they will make any such at
tempt. ~
"Did this sum of $3.50, ,O0O, 900 per annum
saved by the shareholders affect their slaves
alone? Did it not reduce the wages of all
the free lsborers Of the South, and of the
North also? If four millions Of working men
at the North were to receive ten cents q day,
each, less than they now receive, would not
the wages of all other working men through
out the North be diminished also.
The result has proved the correctness of
the point, for the abolition of slavery has
made labor dearer at the South than before; !;
and hence many colored laborers who recent
ly worked in Chicago have left for Louisville,
Nashville and St. Louis, thereby reducing
competition and raising wages at the North.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

i HAVE just opened Night School, from
to hAltpest O'Clock every evening, in the Kso-
ksk Classical School Buidin Seventh and Blon-
dsan for the parpose Of sccommodatBg young men Of
the city 10 searifisg thorough kpovlsdGs Of Book
KeeptaE. Penmsnship and Co Smercial Calculation.
will BE- asaisted BY Mr.. Q. ". krefxinser graduate
Of the Iron CITY Commercial College, Rttsburs Pa
w. ". JAMESON
nov&-A Principal Ksokuk Classical School.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

.sa CIEcNHAr1. Now ~
Gov. Anderson, Of Ohio, has appointed
Thursday November seth . . day Of Thanks
giving.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

To DAVE AWAY RArs.-A correspondent
of the Canada Farmer succeeded in expelling
rats from his barn by depositing small bun
dies of wild peppermint along with his grain
as put away in the NOV. he thinks it will
have this effect every time. @
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English, Roman and Greek
Union.

A singular religious movement was begun
in England a few weeks ago. 1t is proposed
to unite the members of the English, Roman
Catholic and Greek churches in friendly COM
munon, and the public journals report that
three hundred churches in England have as
sented to the measure. From statement
made by Rev. F. g. Hall, formerly of St.
Edmund Hall. Oxford, we gather the following
indications of the character and purpose OF
this movement: {" An institution has been
formed, entitled The Association for the
Promotion Of the Unity of Christendom, to
unite in bond of intercessary prayer mem
bers both Of the clergy and laity of the Ro-
man Catholic, Greek and Anglican commu
mons. TO ALL it is said, who, while they
lament the divisions amongst Christians look
forward for their healing mainly to a cbrpo-
rate reunion of those three great bodies which
claim for themselves the inheritance of the
priesthood and the name of Catholic, an ap-
peal is made. They are not asked to COM
promise any principle which they, rightly or
wrongly, hold dear; they are simply asked
to unite for the promotion of high and holy
end" The names of members are to be
kept strictly private, and the only obligation
imposed on those who join the association is
the daily use of short prayer. TO which is
added, in the case of priests, the offering, at
least once in three months, of the Holy Sac
rifce.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

NOTICE.

THE members of Union Fire Company
u No. requested to ~ the Engine House ss
10 O'Clock TO-DAY 70 attend the funeral of rotsr
HMRy AcxL1T. rhe nsnbers OF Young America No. |
and ROla No. 2 are respectfully invited to sttesd.
BY order Of tbs President. ~ Far Sec'y.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

New York, Nov. 4.
The World gives the number of voters reg
istered in this city up to last evening at IS,
685. The figures are not entirely correct, but
viii be corrected to-day. Ag a =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-05

The Green Bay Wis., Adrocate, a paper
that opposes copperheadism and supports the
copperhesd ticket, has strong leader in IA
vor Of negro suffrage. 1t says: ii
"They (the negroes) have risked their lives
for us in our time of need. They are friend.
less and helpless They staked their own
future in serving US. II, in our haste to clasp
hands with their old masters, we tread upon
them now, this fair and victorious North will
be blacker and fouler than the cities which God
whelmed in fires of wrath"
We commend this to liberal democrats and
weak kneed republicans.