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Nomination. In Polk County.

| NOm1m0t10mS In FOLK CO0mey.
The Union nominatioss in Polk couaty sre
invincible as may be inferred from the follow.
| ing list: F4
For SENATOR Hoa. JoHx ". CAsrE,s.s lsts
SmSe Auditof snd sories IF the sbess Nh !;
Iowa.
For Representatives - HoYr SIBERIAN,
brother Of General and Sena4or SHERMAN,
and one who honors the relstionship and
COL G. L. GODFREY, who distinguished him
self In the late war for the salvation of the
Union. ~, s. t~s.
Colonel BEvrEr, for County Judge. and
Lieut.. Col. McCALIA for Sheriff. b 81
We don't think the White Livered Party
Mil stand fire in Polkcounty.
The following very sensible resolution was
quietly adopted on the occasion;
Resolred, That the fourth resolution of the
Platform adopted by the State Convention of
the 14th of June, is, practically, arecommen-
datlou thnt the question of elective franchise
of the colored citizens Of this State, be sub
mitted to the people in 1868; and we recog-
nixe the right of every Union elector to vote
upon the question, il then submitted as his
judgment aud conscience may dictate, with
out regard to party organization,s and we are
further in favor of the members of the Legis-
latnre submitting amendments to the
Consultation 90 as to cover the whole ground
of the elective franchise as the may think
best
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EAerts 70 Abolish Slavery In
Brazil.
NU-

Encouraged By the progress of events in
different parts Of the world, and especially t,v
the abolition Of slavery throughout nearly the
whole Of the United States. and the prospect
of q total prohibition of it in this country a,
a very early day, by Constitutional amend
ment. the friends Of emaacipation in Brazil
are actively at work in efforts looking TO its
extinction in that Empire. Already proposi-
tions for a partial emancipation there have
been introduced in the Brazilian Senate, with
a good prospect Of bccnning legal enact.
ments. If successful in those measures their
advocates intend to continue their efforts for
further concessions in the matter. and hope,
before many years, they viii be able to effect
the complete abolition of slavery in their
country.
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HE people of the United Safes have in q
ety of ways acknowledged the hand OF
\ in the recent great events in this coun-
and have distinctly marked the overrul.
power of the Almighty in the final cul.
nation of the rebellion in the emancipation
our millions Of slaves.
Well, If God interposed to overrule human
|sions and secure the freedom of four mit
hs of human beings at cost of one mil
a of human lives and many billions OF dol
:, in the brief period of four years, may He
! in some mysterious way interpose and
eure the enfranchisement of these sable
Filions in spite Of the pride and prejudices Of
bite men, who would deny them equal 20.
zeal rights.
The people oft Notrh might do we'll to
Alk softly in this matter "lest haply they be
und fighting against Cod as their South
n brethren have recently discovered to their
'st that they were doing, in the matter of
avery. sr ~
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Nrw Yosx. Aug 1

l.
The decline of 5-2Os in London h.,
stfsnksheaed tlss rsmium On gold. Tn
market, however, is weak and unsettled nm.
der the apprehension. that the sub-treasury
may throw more gold on the market.
The Poa's special says that ex- Senator
Preston King has been appointed Collector q
the port Of New York, In place Of simon
Draper. Several important appointments
were alse msde to-day.
The President hAs been urged to consider
the question Of perdoning several prominent
rebel citixens Of Richmond, now here to make
ipal election il inst taeity.
The CSmmesring says that IN. operator i.
gold, named P. X. Mumford, has failed to
provide for his checks to q considerable
amount. On Saturday he met large amounts
OF gold, stated at Sl5o. 600, giving his checks
for payment. None Of the checks have been
honored up to noon to-day. The party him
self has not been found.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15
The Great Hail storm.
Terrible Destr actien An Grant Qount,
Wise0nsim.

The editor of the Madison Capital, whc
was at Lone Rock, Grant county, Wisconsin,
on the occasion of the recent severe hal
storm in that vicinity, gives the following &C.
count Of its effects:
:" A few miles from Lone Rock We came
upon the track where last night stof fm tray-
eied and exhibited the ferceness of itk power
The desolation was complete. No green
thing was left standing except the bad stalks
of corn and their sioutcst ears. The oats
were not only beaten down, but we're beaten
into the ground. There was nothing left OF
buckw heat or potatoes, the tender vines oi
both being mashed into pulp. The fruit
trees, and even some oak trees that we. saw,
were stripped bare Of leaves. And the ground
had been flooded everywhere. Much of the
grain standing in shocks was washed away,
add lodged at distance against the fences OF
the fields Ofcourse, the seed wa al thresh-
ed our, and there was nothing left worth
gathering We do not expect to be believed,
but we state what is true.
"At eleven O'Clock n the forenoon, the
day after the storm, hundreds Of wagon loads
of hailstones could have been g4ahered in the
fence cosners and in the hollows b. the road
side, where they lay in frozen masses, like
SNOW W&MG4S IIOm uAik u IOOt 10 EUOt ana q
half il dspth. OF course, many pindows
were naaahed in, and many $780, Arried
away.
aWenx h IL. toed ! dead fsx With a
ribbo4 1bont IL neck. h kad.besn the pet
of fAee near By, and vas E1le1 BY the
hail an nd IOne di1leaeo II the food.
Several 80 Werp oonGht ID the road
were obi - akan6OA &1 ennons and seek
refuge whst 10y esul4 @ One who
thought to So ~ I'd Acesae ~ in the wag.
on box till it - lAlf 1kof hailstones, and
the skin beaten from the exposed parts Of his
body, including the face and hands. He was
senseless, nearly frozen, snd supposed to be
dead when found BY ! farhier returning sftel
"The extent of the hail storm, 50 far As We
heard, was about six miles long and two mile:
broad. Over one hundred farms within il
radius were despoifed, the damage TO each
averaging from 800 10 3 1000, or perhap:
more. The hop fields, Of which there are
many, ans made worthless 0ne farmer had
l28 acres Of oats destroyed. The entire dam
age can hardly be estimated, but il can hardly
be less than $500, 900. II is sad, indeed
passing along, to see the farmers With theil
families wandering over the nov raiutd
farms, weeping q the deeOlAtion, visiting
Held after field where the destroyer had psss
ed, ! and distressed to know what they woulS
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From Petersburg.

NEw 1oRx. August IA.
The Petersburg (ya- Express of Saturday
sayss The first through train on the Peters.
burg railroad, since the 10th Of August last,
came inio Petersburg on Friday evening.
The railroad communication between Peter.
burg, Raleigh, Wilmington and points further
South, is nov completed.
The Express says that the war on the race,
ihithat eity chnunues finely !! there being con
slant fights between soldiers and negroes, and
citizens and negroes. ssg A.
Planters are sending large quantities Of
cotf94 - - 5m9 naakst. sales
were making At~ sh60gh prime axsscie
&esHsiiing q 40c.
The Weldon / Petersburg railroad. which
will be opened in . day or two, win bring in
much larger stocks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

In would have seemed rather strange to our
Fathers, who regarded treason as the highest
crime in the catalogue, had they walked up
some morning and read in the papers that
President JEFFERSON yesterday pnedcned
AAsos 1uRR, and Immediately, ase tckea 81
his ePreciaton of'tAe traitsr, sppsinted
him % = Nigh Official position. Yet President
JOHNSON il pasdoning traitors of worse char,
acter than Aaron BURR, and commissioning
them to important and lucrative positions in
the South. And it seems mere matter of
eearse, eDui1t neither indignation, aston
ishment a 8omnAnt, good or bad.
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NV ioRK, Aug. IA.
By The arrival of the Bremen from South
ampton. We have the following news:
A Warsaw journal announces that the plan
for telegraphic lines between Russia and
America has been approved and signed BY
the Gar. The Russian Government under
takes 10 complete the line as far as Nicola.
Jewsk, the remaining portion from Nicola
Jewsk to San Francisco being at the charge
Of the American Company. The capital ~
the latter amoants to SO. 900. 900. and bonds
representing So, sos hare already been
issued. It is intended that this route shall be
finished In FIVE years.
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i "a aJn5T ENEv fosK,. Aag. II. !
The Richmond Whig of Saturday last, in a
leading article deprecating ths position as
sumed BY those at the North who demand pc
Etical Punishment for the treason Of the reh,
els, claims that the punishment of the South
is sufficient already. 1t SAYS the sun does not
look upm eirlixed people whose lot p -
deplorsble IS theirs. In the first place they
had to sustain the shock. Of disappointment
ana humiliation second, some Of the wealth.
est people in thss world, they beearne the
poorest third, bred and reared to perfect
political liberty, they find themselves withUu,
selfgovernment and degraded into leaal
equality with their own former slaves. 2 a.
In addition to these is vague yet deep So
licitude growing out Of the new condition ol
the race, which, while servile, was protec
ton, but which, freed and played upon BY In
fuepces to which it Is now liable, cannot but
bSseg gardsd - ! danger in thsir AiAsk Il
closes by saying there is scarcely household
in the South IA which there ara not eyes ye,
red from weeping for loved ones that will be
seen no. more. II argues that. from the dsy
the President resolved upon giving the South
self govesnaseAts the sAflioMa6S sAdsabolition
ist. determined npon- -thwarting his efforts, the
pith of its cosh paaiht being that tkese people
GlhlRA lu4 Fi4us VI euuI iOE lfc HGxIOcS.. =,
|connseis the people Of TIE South 10 keep theil
temper, ~ they hare in the President friend
firmly, determined to see that these rights art
accorded them. 80
81 The C0Msserriul Advertiser says:
ICaladiaa eentlemans furnishes MS Tie fol
lewmg sestealsnta in regard to the crops =
upper Canada .af
The crops this gear will prove TO be hi
largest ever harvested in Cana6n.s Tia vfNaf
able M spring m m with rains ms ssd ths fns hsrves
weather, have dones NQn1( = did sslson, anS
the general .tnpAdel - bpsiuces have -
81 II 1sSs: N croSa ~ NJ
spsing ~ vinAw uhsa1 = u11llT hzoe 4
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NEw Yosx, Aug IA,

Additional important developments, in con-
nsction with the Phoenix Bank deIalcation,
are constantly being made. II appears that
Mrs. Brewer was not the only woman, Who re
ceived the avors of Jenkins. In the BOSSES.
sion of one Of the noted female boarding
houses in Crosby street, has been found q Eve
cluster dimOnd ring, worth $500, which the
girl says was given her By the alleged defaals.
ing teuer She also says that Ne frequently
presented her with large snms Of money, al
one time q high ~ $500. -
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n of the Copperhead papers who con
deaouAced. Nj. LrKcoIN - tyran
surper during his life, now keep extracts
bis old speeches standing at the head o.
columns ssl &eass8
~ would have the public infer that be-
Mr.. Lucols expressed himself against
suffrage in 1858, he was against negro
Age to the day of his death.
bt Mr.. LINCOLN expressed himselfin 1860,
even later than that against interfering
slavery in the South, and yet he SUBJ
|ently issued a proclamation of emanci-
bn.
esides, it is well known that President
boLN in letter to Governor Hahn oil
isiana, expressed himself unequivocally in
Z, of negro suffrage, and suggested to the
ernor the propriety oftrying the expert
t to certain extent in that State.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

GMrSA, Hls., Aug. IA. y
Gen. Grant tesegraphs Mr.. Washburne from
Detroit to-day, that he will positively reach
here on Friday next the 18th inst. The North
western Rsilroad Company have generously
rendered him d special train and he viii ar.
rive here at o. clock p. N. on that day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15
BY TECEcR4PH.
THE ATLANTIC Il CABLE.
Everything Going Well.
1,QS0 Miles Laid, Successfully
- Is # #S9
NEWS To THE fsT.

- New YoRK, Aug. H.
The steamship Bremen, from Southampton
I'd, arrived this noon, bringing the following
additional concerning the Atlantic Cable:
A telegram from Valencia from the Great
Eastern 10th ult. says an accident to the cable,
cause unknown, total of insulation. Ne
communication with the Great Eastern 700
miles paid out.
Telegram Of the 3Oth:
"All going on veil fault removed insula.
ton perfect"
Telegram from Great Eastern, slst, p. IN.
"Nine hundred miles paid out 700 run by
Great Eastern all going ON well 1850
miles Aid successfully ~
August 1st.-"Au going on wen"
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fnost Of ne dfstf7cts, With ths sxcesk Il IN !,
some tracts which have been effected by
nidge peas. A large breadth Of land Ras
been sovn this year, and the sample = v1ry
line With more than an average yien. Orns
to the high prices paid for barley the phsi
three years, the farmers have given their at.
tentiont 70 caatiyatiaAi q the eraia, md hive
sOwn larger area than in any previous yehr,
whieK ~ beea harvested In zfns eouj1iiti(c'.
In referenee 70 the crop it Is something w1n-
derful, % regards the quantity and qusksyl &
such yield per acre has never been knu}rn
before, either ia Upper or Lower Canada. II
is estimated by the best judees that Il viii
exceed SOC, 600 bushels, as compared WITH
any previous season. The rye crop IL Rod
and the sample fine with average area sotn,
Oats is also very fine crop, more than an
average, while the grain is Of an excelent
quality.
The Press says that correspondent ofhhe
Tribune, who has criticised Gen. Canky' .
administration rather sharply, reached the
city under arrest to-day, and was put under
charge Of Gen. Hooker.
TO Editors As the best answer can live
to numerous inquiries in relation to Southern
news by telegraph, send you the following
private letter from Maj. Eckart, Assistant
Secretary of War and Superintendent of|ths
military lines south Of Washington
Respectfully, DC, ID. H. Craig,
Agt. e. s. Military Telegap1
WAR DEpARTxExr, WASHINGTON, d. O., |
August IL, 1866, I
To d. Fl. Craig, agent Associated ri fes,.
New l0rk- DEAR SIR Your Communication
of the 9th instant is received By an order
OF the War Department., no press REPORTS
whatever are allowed TO be forwarded bver
the lines south Of Washington until farther
orders. The necessity for this order lies in
the tact that the lines are already ovetbur
dened with Government business. whichhas
and shoaid have, preference at all times, with
the important private and commercial busi
ness that is permitted to be sent
Lime failed
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.1MsaOMsa ceneents.

kJ-FOR SHERiFF.-At the request of
mary friends announce Tnyse candidate ior reelec
tion kherf of Lee county az the ensuing eiection
To prevent que tions being ssked declare now that
in favor of supporting President Johnson, am
eains Negro Suffrage anywhere in sror Of judcious
Liquor License Law and subscribe to the re,olutions
passed "soldiers' and sa Citizens Convention
hsrieson Lee oountv, Iowa the 2pfh day of July
1855, of which Capt Banger Chairman.
augo ISRAEL ANDERSON.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

A WEALTHY Old man Just deceased in Paris
left 100, ,OO9 cranes 10 ayouag mau who politely
gave up his seat to him one night ct the
crowded opera
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

WHEY II spointernot pcinter7 When he
won't point at bird in that case is not .
pointer disappointer?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

ouG1dna In RafAls, g. O., under
tooet - hornets nest he found ia
= e house, His triumph was com
g< &oU( sthe destruction Of the build,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

szssEt.s xss u HALIFAX. Aug. IA.
The steamship China, from Liverpool 9Th,
via Queenstoyn 9Th, has arrived.
sCsnmsnidkion<sitk d. a.slnskip Grs6t
Eastern remained suspended. Nothing had
been heard from her since noon CI be I'd inst,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

"I AN going to kiss you, Araminta, !" 4
don't believe you, Josh, you hayn't got the
face to do it,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

oo ssIagsa8r. Lou Is, August II.
Gen. Sherman arrived here tst6fdsy
nssning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

AHexcellent cure for dlAsrhoce Il the fol
lowing army recipes Eq1Sl pasts ofcApsicusn,
caDphe1 cad opiuu. ii sssns.ssa ! : s ! - d
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15
KeOkuk Healing Institute
Remarkable Cure OF Deafness:


EEELING ii duty owe to the public,
especially those suffering with chronic diseases
than year had heen deaf both carr could hear
no sound whatevsrsot the report Of a Cannon by
my ride was under the tratr emit of different Physi
cisns, but obtain I'd help They the ofip-
Inn thai thtre help for My friends ihought
me hopeessly ineurahie. Fnsfly the PRINCIPAL
Surgeons Of the T. s. Hospitals keokrk made par
tica4ar animation Of having in.t by
hscn they could look into They that
the trouble far in the Of the no ned
cal Aid cou'd reach IT, Knowing that 1 must seen be-
tome speechless without hearing. indeed to
cry the skill and healing powers Of Mr. Ars Ir GAI-
LIos and under the Magnetic aud Botanic treatment
much 10 nv establishment in ~ weeks could hear
sounds in three weeks could with Others and
in forr weeks could hear well / could. Ny
cure Is certainly marvellous and would nd all
persons having diseases that beyond the ski OF
csmDon ph hysicans 20 call Mr.. Mrs. DR. GliIrcs
the Healing Institute Concert street. between rh
and Sixth In Keckuk, Iowa
EDDY willie Iowa, Jaly aeth. 1896.
We, the Undersigned. well acqusirted with Mr
Renfro ami know that he enti~ey deaf could hear
sound ard that his hearing s persectIy
stored under the treatment ns Mr. Mrs Dr. AAIoS.
Nts Renfro (hs wife), II Shay
Mrs j simmcns, John Porter
wm Ksyes, panl Fox
Isvid Bailey. Peter SumEer
David Bradshaw, Arthur olcott,
Charles Dunhsm, James Gill@tf,
Id smith- Mrs G Wiiliarsoa,
Dsnel knsery, WB Williamson.
David Ingies,
e~vl4-dlwkw1t
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440 school examination lately when
tt4l ~ asked: "Why did the chill
Il, ! tsld& alfe' a little
= hoov.'.xf Ass ri zS szfsss
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dp~tisr complains bittssly of
~ neglect Of many returned
N kA& city, Who srS H.
half Sourved Is well = honae.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-15

,ss,e ,eqqaRlsss,
a1ivsa Ths net Eb5 I'll An
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-04-27

LANES PATENT SELr- ADJUSTING HAM
Loex This wonderful invention which ha,
beer exhibited at Burlington for some time
is now 10 be seen Il Dsrgc,t & Ed ,erly ;.
Hardware store. Never has, there been in
troduced among the people Of the West an
invention which has met with such ready
sale, and given such entire satisfaction, ms
this loorn. BY the simple turning Of ar
easy crank, the whole process ofweav ng
ia performed. Il lets of the warp, winds up
the cloth, throws the shuttle and treads the
trcaddie. IN By the one motion. 1t viii
weave either cotton OF wooden warp. ANY
one who bss ever used the old fashioned
hard loom woul require no Instructions to
enable them to usa Il. It is so simple and
easily operated that even child can weave
on Il without the least liability Of getting
out Of order. ~ gF9fl
- Inducements to tie Fir.t Purchaser -
To enable the proprietors to introduce this
great invention quickly through the coun-
Try, they propose 70 make the first purchas-
er OF loom in each-~township their agent
for the sale Of The loom in the township in
which they live, and to furnish them all tn
looms they order after the firsl one, at the
regular agents prices.
An ordinary days weaving with the loom
is from. 10 to 20 yards, twill be easily
seen that by the use Of the loom and the
profits of the agency will soon enable the
purchaser to pay back the price paid for
their own loom. Price Of the loom com.
plete including SO yard Of cotton warp
drawn through the reed and harness $3.50.
County rights will also be sold and tho
looms furnished the purchaser At the
manufacturers price giving to parties with
spare capitol rare chance to make money.
For further particulars call and see the
loom 10 operation.
BRANSON 4 HARLAN,
Proprie.ors and Manufacturers. ~;
West 5th St Cincinnati Ohio.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-04-27

The Sit,.sHlsr lToduetisn SssrPesasas to be
letter OF Booth, the murderer Of Prrsid, MT
i.incaln, published tysu< last evening, will
be read with interest. as aff'rd az q ci>ae 2
iato The inner mind AMI character Of the
genuine ssceSsicnist. Where, in al annals.
can be found n samp'e Of esEes. more dc
lberate wicaedaess, aud darker, bitterer,
more unp'xcd dersavity. Row uneaaeern.
ediy the monster discnurscs q q crime at
which universal huma"ity Is shaddering.
Booth ia truly the embodiment If the fell
spirit of the monster rebellion AMI treason
It struck ut the vitals of the Republic, but
snissrd 1T next sacks to confuse ana par
Alize the Aiatirn by assaS>nafine the Fres.
.AeM and the heads of r ,,artments II
succeeds in taking one frail life. and nearly
in taking ansther. and eniv failed in the ul
climate design because the President is not
She nation. and because the a'lmiraA, pro :.
visions Of oar Con. ti'ution provide in
ssiantlv successor, and the people. without
confusion or panic. at or c. a"1ncscei.
II will he rel fr the Goyernnent and
the people to p'nder these things. We
iearn fram this terrible tragedy, and the
spirit which prompted It, that the fell
monster. the spirit OF slavery. the parent Of
murder. AFeaspn sni all crimes. is imraaca.
bic; that 1t can be prnp;tated by no kind
slsss, C be bound by no human compacts.
10 Influenced by nole Of the ordinary moliyes
Of human action. Neither Is il confined
80 the South. Both has social position,
wealth and distinction. lie had no person.
al reason TO dislike Mr. Lincoln He was
a Marylander. lie was simply an emhodi
nent Of the spirit of secession, rebellion
and slavery