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The Copperhead press, generally, have
howled over the execution of the assassius,
who have suffered from the sentence of the
court organized at Washington for their trial,
under the sanction Of President JosxsoI
And now the same party is beginning to howl
m anticipation of the sentence of Captain
WEEfz, the fehdish torturer Of our prisonsrv
at Andersonvilre. The Chicago Times, the
recognized organ of the party in the North
west, says by its Washington correspondent
in its issue of the 7th of August:
The most desperate efforts ase being made to get
up . strong public sentiment against Capt. wertz.
who is ssoa to bs tried before military court for
alleged crueties to prisoners 1T Andersonville If
testimony on both sides is received it will nst be
difficult to prove that Capt. Werts acted towards
the prisoners in the most humane manner, and did
everything for their comfort that laid in his DOW
But the probability is that the unfortunate man
is condemned already" !" and will be made the
victim to appease the anger caused by the barbar-
ity Of certain high officials, in refusing to ex-
change prisoners. $s
How do the returned soldiers, who propose
to act in concert With the party Of which the
Times is the organ, like to stand up to its
defense Of the monster WERrz in his fiendish
treatment of their comrades, who have re-
turned from Andersonvile, or now lie moul-
dering in the pit to which they were consigned
by Capt WERrzf
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Pacific Railroad.

The Pacific Railroad bonds amounting to
81, 25S 900, mentioned in last official state
ment Of the public debt, were issued to the
Central Pacific Railroad Of California. instead
Of Union Pacific Railroad. The word Union
was inserted in the statement by mistake in
stead of Central. The correction is made by
authority.
There are about 1900 applications for par
don under the proclamation of the President,
which have been favorabiy acted on By the
Attorney General, bnt not more than one
fourth have been sent out by the State De-
partment to interested parties; the remainder
await the signature ofthe President aud Secre-
tary Seward.
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The following is an incident Of General
Grants reception at Brunswick, Maine, as
related by correspondent of the New York
Herald:
"One eyentwhich transpired at Brunswick,
inst ~ the General was about to depart, and
whish p1sased the party nightly, was the pre-
seutatiOn - him OF a monster cigar. An old
maqa4 inyp1eratc smoker-hadle learned that
the Qsnsrsl eoneti9es, in fact frequently,
smokes, ct bis genius to work to obtain an
interxisw Nth him. A cigar occurred to him
~ ~ be9 pess within the guarded circle,
and y, efore, upon hearing that he was
comiaG lined one upward of foot in
lene1k hen the General came in, the old
fsll0e ~ pellmell into the crowd, and
disp "a all forms Of etiquette, drew
~ Havana, and politely but rogu-
i1Aly = it to the General, expressing
- he might enjoy . long and
l9e9 Be. This act was, Of course, the
~ nat laughter ON the part Of the
eloe ~ none joined in ii more heartily
t4 General" -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-14

A WRITER in the New York World euloeizes
General Robert E. Lee. He is tan illustri-
ous leader whose sword 'shas never been
stained by bad faith or dishonor.''
This writer is apparently not aware that
Lee deliberately violated his oath of alle-
glance to the United States, by which he had
been educated and honored; that he is guilty
Of treason as we'll Is of perjury and that he
is responsible for more useless and criminal
bloodshed than any other living man, except
it is Jefferson Davis.
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NEw YoRK, Aug. Ii

. 4eeN 1900. NEW IORA, aug. 10.
Concerning removal from and the restora-
ton to command Of Gen. Torbett, by Gen.
Emery, the former has. sent to the Times the
following soldierly explanation
Gen. Emsry's standing in the army render
ed II impossible for him TO overlook any
breach, however slight, Of military propFie.
ty, and he took the shortest method ii the
case to bring matters to the notice Of the
proper authorities. Gen. Hancock did not
return to my command till Emery had 3D.
vised il, which be did in tha MOI esneroua
manner, = eoca = ~ tsue Gxcuunu eancos 4
hamoe ~ - III beGn1p -
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CHRISTTAN FREDERICK HAGEL-
NOTICE FOR SUPPLIES.
WAsDEs's oSyIcs Iowa Pm1xxryIA1Y,l
FoAr MApHsos. Aug. ,, A. D. 1895
SEALED PROPOSALS win be received
~ at my ONCE until neon Of the


~ st my ofnce until noon of the
First Day Of October Nexf,.
For furnishing supplies for the Iev. r.nsntiasy r
1900 Ns No Boef in November and December. 1895.
50 Q 1s No. Bsef in sprins and summer. 1864. -
required.
9 Dbl. No; Pork, Is MS. and IS Ru.p, from Jan
11s tsis No. hns Flour. Is ibis per month,
quired.
2ao bushels No Corn Meal 10 bushels per m onsh, ~
900 bushels No Potatoes in October Eevss.ber and
Dscsmbsr, 1885, Bids viii be received for lots of 100
tusheis.
IS bushels No. white Beans, through the year, -
10 ebas No. Sorghum Holasses. part this PAIL and
L ssl. so. oder Vinegar. bbi per month. Or a.
lSoaes No. Star Candies, through th. ysar, re-
900 n. good common Chewing Tobacco, through the
Il bbas. No. Coal Oil, through ths ysar. or are
80 cords good Oak Wood, - required.
10 pairs No meus Brognns sssc-fed eixes, 10 pairs
Novenesr is 1861 100 pairs January l' 1858 ranging
i ds1en p.iu wool eosts, large .isa:, Is required
Ticking, - required
10 ." Prints ior comforts, 81 required.
$50 yards Kersey efripee for pants, - required
500 vlanasi o. Lnsey sor convict under shrts-
rs4uired-3tripes preferred.
75 pair heavy Wool BIankess, recnired-
lfS ns Ccaess " ool for eomforta. required.
2s sacks q. A. salt Eossnber 18TH, 1875.
10 I. Salt, November 18th, 1865.
Pepper, November 18th. lSet-
10 buahsls Hominy, November 18th. 1855.
knssaTd eeed, November 18th, 1sCS.
y b5l Salarafus, November 18th, 1885.
~ bushels Rye, required.
boxes Resin Bar Soap, - required
The night 70 reject all bSds which may be eoLsidsred
unreasonable, IL hereby reserved.
Coeractos qnired TO gv- bonds for the faithful
performance Of their CONTRACTS Payments be mace
In cash Auditors the expiration Of
each quarter tber eafrs he had
from the State Auditors ONCE bes Aofpes Io~a when
pfncticshls bidders will send samples with bids-
ausIl-d K.A LAY Tos, Warden
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Keokuk Healing Institute

EEELING it duty / owe to the public,
specially those suffering with chronic eise.ses.
wish to make . simple statement Of facts For more
than year bad been deaf 10 both could hear
sound shstever-sot the report of esnson By
my stA~. under the Of different PhysI
Clans but obtained no help T,ey were all of the opin
ion that there help for Ny friends thought
hopeleseiy incuFabie Finsy two Of ths principal
fofgcons of the 3. Hospitals at Keokuk made par
cnlar examination my having In nn-nf by
which they could look int They reported that
hs as 20 FAR in the centre o the head No med.
esl aid coaid reach u En- wing that I must on be
tome spe-ehi~ss witinat hearing. I ws induced to
cry the skill ana healing powers OF Mr. Mrs TT CAT
uos. And en.cr the Magnetic aud Botanic safneat.
much TO my nxtonish nett in tyo 1eeks cfuld hear
sounds, in three seeks could With ofhers ard
in forr weeks could hear veil I could Nv
cure 10 certainly veiou-. and reuid all
persons having diseases that teyond the ski -
csmmon p y~eisns 70 call on Mr. ~rs pr Galiioy.
the Healing In,itu coucert street. hstween fifth
JsEPH 8. REyFRo.
gady yviile, Iowa, July atth ises.
rs the uud. rsign-c are well .eausirted with NJ
Renfrp xnt that he entirety deaf eond hear
sonnf AID know that HE hearing perfectly
stored under the treatment Of Mr. Mrs DR.. GALLON
Mrs R-nfrc ths wife, Shaw
Mrs simmons, John Porter,
wn K.yes, nanl For.
nawid Bailey, Peter enmrG
David Rradshaw Arthur Wolcott
Charles penhAm. James 6ett
]. smith. Mrs Williamson,
Dsnie Emery wB williamson
tavst Inries
sugis-Giw4slt
NOTTCE.-Havings sold out our entire stock
l Of Groceri,s 10 M-.srs Rot--tscu Aib~rs,
vouii hereby shank Il public pact patronage and
recommend th .m TO Oh customers being honor
l. Z COCHRAN SONS
N. R.-AIl Who are indebted 20 l. x -Cochrap sors
viii pleas cn ard settle INN d'elr at the old stand
No 40 MAN street l. K COCHRAN SONS
Anklz
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I.emecxasic Pripciples Every
where the Same.

Let it not be forgotten that ii has been the
boast of the leaders of the Democratic party
in years past, that its principles are everywhere
the SANG, North, South, East and West.
That all the members of the party believe in
the same doctrines, subscribe to the same
faith, and stand upon the same platform. It
used to be, indeed, one of the chief excellen-
cies of that old party in its own eyes, and
the Republicans were often twtted with the
fact that they could not proclaim their doc
trines IN the South and a Mississippi Sena-
tor swore on the Senate floor that if any Re-
publican dared to come into that State to ad
rocate his pestllent principles, lie would be
hung higher than HAMAS, without Judge or
jury.
1t continued to be true during the war that
the principles of the Democratic party were
the same North and South. Our soldiers in
the field realized the fact as they met the fire
in front and heard the " fire in the rear;''
and as they witnessed the sympathy in JOY OF
grief between the Oopperheads of the North
and the Rebels of the South Our bows in
blue were accustomed to hold regimental
meetings. and to adopt resolutions denounc-
ing the Copperheads. who, by their opposi-
tlon to the war and their armistice and peace
platforms, were giving aid and comfort to the
enemy And, we remember, that not a single
paper of that persuasion" new SO s'sveet
gpon'' the soldiers, aud aspiring to be the
ergan Of soldier movements, ever published
the proceedings of regiment in the field.
On the contrary they denounced those pro-
ceedings as emsnations of " Abolitionists, -
LINCOLN hirelings,' and such like epithets,
copied from the BEArREGARD rebel vocabu-
iary.
The Democracy still sympathize, since the
war is over, and stand on the same platform
North and South. The Democracy is the
same in feeling and In principle in Iowa, in
Kentucky and in South Carolina. And
hence we find the Democracy of the North
insisting upon rebel suffrage in the late rebel
States; and hence we find them too here in
Iowa sympathizing with the opponents of the
emancipation amendment in Kentucky, and
denouncing and villifying "the military OF
that department, just as they used to de-
nounce "the military for enforcing the draft,
and for arres.iag such cattle as VALLAxDIGHAn
and MAHoyEy.
The emancipation amendment was the only
issue in Kentucky, and everywhere through
out the North the Democracy sympathize
with the party in Kentucky opposed to the
emancipation amendment; jast - he party
in New Jersey opposed The passaee Of the
amendment by that State. ID it not cleal
.hen thst the party, in the Nortn ss we'll q
in the South, which sustained slavery before
the war, and opposed emancipation during
the war, and now proclaims emancipation a
"a great wrong to the South, is determined
"to right that wrong if the party ever gets
into power. And for that reason the party
resists the emancipation amendment in New
Jersey, Kentucky and Delaware, and would
reject it in Iowa if it had the power.
Let soldiers and loyal men beware of the
Reactionists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-14

NEW ALBAEY, ND, Aug. II.
A very destructive ERE broke out in this city
last night, supposed to be the work Of incerl-
di1fies. Wayley's yawlworks, Alfred d Co. q
ship chandlery establishment, Wnfthipgton's
corn mill factory, j. Newberry's ship chan
dlery and B. j. Lemons brass and copper:
foundry we're destroyed. The total loss ex-
ceeds SIS, 900. Insurance $4,000; princi-
pally in Cincinnati Offices. D.
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lHg New York Iimes stall wages vigorously
its battle with the bntcherr, and Gxss the 9TH
Of August =. the day from which fortnight's 8
meat fast shall begin s.in the homes of thoss
who wish well to their humber fellow.
citizens
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NEW YORK, Aug. II. 2
A man named Wiseman has been arrested
with a large amonnt of postal counterfeit so
cent stamps and counterfeit bills on the Wey.
possett Bank of Providence in his possession.
The arrest was mnue while he was neso-
tiating for their sale. sfs g go
E. II. Eastman, lawyer Of Nashville, has
been invited BY the President 10 becutne his
confidential secretary, in order to facilitate
the transaction Of public business.
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Nem Advertisements

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
- The pertEsrship hsrssofors exissiag under the
ssyls q p suN Marks has thb Day beeo dissoivsd
~ nstaal consent. l. DROnN
ksoknk, Asg. IL 10e6. n. L. MARKS.
The Csofkips business viii be Co Unasi 1t the old
stsnd By faugl&-Aesl II. l. MARKS.
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WASHINGTON. Ars ]

N#F8 = FfH1NukVNf <k2&. -
Chas. H. Cardwell, convicted in the crimi.
nal court Of this district Of abstracIing public
records, and sentenced to pay fine Of two
thousand dollars, has been pardoned by the
President.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Orton.
having partially recovered from sickness, has
returned to dut,es Of his bureau.
The President to-day granted special par
don to B. F. McDonough, Of Texas, and W.
J. Hawkins, Of North Carolina, under the
amnesty proclamation.
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Grant ~ Detroit.
DKraoff. Aur. 12.

General Grant and suite arrived at the Cen
trail depot in this city st 10: :8Oa M, to-day.
The party immediately. entered . carriage,
'And were driven to the Bddle House. ne
streets through which the General passed was
densely crowded With people Who greeted tie
distinguished visitor with loud and prolonged
cheers. ss - vt s@sE
:. General Grant gives reception It the Bid
die House tonight
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Boat Burned.

DkTh9iIt AuBuks I<s
The Meteor took fre on Friday morning
while in St. Mary shin aaaal haid, and VAS
iivSs loss. Passseeers lose III tbsir sascts.
No further particulars. The Meteor is the
same boat that colhded with the Petabie.
Both boats are owned by J. T. Whithey b
CO., Detroit
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DErRprr, Aug. IL.
At % sasiy hoar tAis evsutns : rees mum
Der Of citizens assembled in front Or the Bid
de Hope to welcome Grant 10 Detroit Brief
and eloquent speeches were made BY Hon
Ihos- kemAin and Senator Howard.
The General, after bowing to the crowd,
retired.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-14

The 1rarelcr states that the leadiue hotels
of the city have been visited by the United
States Internal Revenue oficera, whd seized
al the stock of cigars for alleged viol3tion Of
the revenue laws, and carried them 70 the
United States Courthouse. where they were
placed in custody of the United 6ht4s Mar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-14

GENERAL GRANT is said to have remarked
lately: sI am small eater, but am huge
sleeper. To keep me in good working order
twenty four. / can dispose Of more, but
nine must have. When ont West I could
command but about seven, and / nearly broke
down. Give me my quantum of sleep, and
can meet any amount Of exposure and labor. !"
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Treasury Department

oyrrcT or CcxprRoLIEa OF sHs CuRrxscY,t
WAsHIssfoS. July Is, 1863
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre-
w se1ted 20 the under-i ixnad 1t has been made
to appear that 1.-THE STATE NATIONAL
BANK OF KEOKUK,- - In the city Of keekak, IN
the ccenty Of Lee aud State Of Iowa. has Len duly
gsnEt under ard according to- he requirements Of the
Act Of Congress- entitled AN Act provide National
Currency, rrcured by pledge Of United States Bonds
provide for the circulation and redemption there
Of approved June I'd 1854, and has complied with all
provisions Of said Act required to l.. upied With
before commencing the business of Banking under ssj
Act
Nor, therefore, r. Freemsn Clarke. Comptroller OF
tae Carrency do hereby certify 'THs s-srr Na-
II 3.xK KxoEuxr in the city Of Eeokut. in the
couaty az Lee and State Of lows Is authorized to COM
Banking under the act aforesaid
In testimony whereof. witness my hand and
IL seal Of ofiice, this 18th dav Of Jcsy l-sS.
~ FREEMAN CLAkKk,
-N3. AL. Comptroller Of the Currency.
svgT
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GEw YuRK. Aux. 4

N. Parker, cashier Of the Phuaix Bank,
Publishes note this afternoon, saying tie
defalcation will NOS exceed three hundred
Thousand dollars, which exceeds the bank
surplus.
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A REMARKABLE fatality has attended many
Of the leading secessionists Of Virginia. The
Petersburg Inder thus states it: 81
g At the begianing Of. secession, Virginia
had one representative in the cabinet at
Washington. who was o secessionist-John B.
Floyd He is dead. She had two foreign
ministers who were eecessionists-Hons. r.
X. Meade and John NJ. Daniel. Both sre
dead. Both Of her Senators in Congress we're
ecessionists-Huntera and Mason. One is Q
prisoner, the other an exile. She had three
newspapers conspicuously devoted TO seees-
sion--the Richnond Eaqsein~, the Esnmiser
and the Norfolk Argas. The journals are
extinct, and all unrevived, and the leading
spirits Of all-Wise, Daniel snd Lamb--arei
dead. Her Oldest and most persistent among
her most influential citizens Who hed sup
ported secession, VAS Edmund RufRn. He 10
dead. The recognised lesden Of the seces-
si0nists in the State Convention, wers George
W. Randolph end Ex- President Tyler. Ran
dolpA y DYING abroad. Tyler is dead.
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PHIIADELrHIA, Aug. II.

Early this morning, the Ocbeckship Iron
Works, on the Germantown road, were de-
stroyed BY Gre, the result of accident Loss
over $4,000,
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A New War MEAsuRE.-We see it stated
that the United States transport stsa4ee D.
Molay has been placed af The disposal ofGov,
Andrews, of MaseacAusstts, Who viii & once,
through the agency Of Mr.. Mercer, of WASH
ington Territory, send ont ! cargo Of some
three hundred mariageahle jedies to Aspin-
wall, from whence they wal be taken across
the 1sthmus and up the Pacific coast to Wash
ington Territory, the voyage to be entirely
free. The steamer will sail on the Doth Of
August. The last census showed that Msssa-
chusetts had an excess of 80 900 femaies, over
the males. The Pacific coast has an excess
the other way, and doubtless as it is wise
policy to prepare for war in TINS. peace, the
Government enters into this curious e1nigra-
ton scheme essentially as war measure.
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NAMED AT LAsr.-The party which called
State Convention through LAUREL SUMMERS
md other committee men, we are happy to
announce, has found name ct last.
A Fairfield soldier, at loss how to name
The concern, and determined to define it SO
fhat everybody would know just what kind of
men he meant, called it
THE wHITE-LIvERED PARTY,
And the name will stick like contraband" I"
TO the darkies, as long as the war and the
war failure party is remembered.
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boasts young man Who il seven
- u Heighs $40 poands s.
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HEAKr's CONTENT, n. F., Aug. 9,l
VIA NoRrH SIpsrr, Aug. II. !
At this hour 20 Of clock, "Wednesday even,
ing) . thick fog prevails. The Royal Isle re-
turned from Cslatis, 10 miles down the bay
this evening. The Royal Isle reports no
signs of the Great Eastern.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-14

Nxw YoRk il flooded with 6ay cent coun
tsrfeit notes.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-03-23

The export of gold is stopped by a
large increase in the amount Of our
exports, especially of cotton. Cotton
is coming to the rescue of the money
market, supplying exchange in SO
great abundance that the rates of for
eign exchange are much below specie
shipping point, that is the rate at which
gold can be shipped at a profit. The
actual par value Of gold between Lon
don and New York is 1891 per cent.
for sterling bills drawn there, on a
gold basis, and at present even the
best bankers sixty-days sterling bills
are selling at l07k1l0S per cent, pay
able in gold and good commercial
bills sell at lO60lO7. While this con-
dition of the exchange market exists
gold will not be shipped, and must ac-
cumulate here to be knocked down by
the premium. To add to this down
ward movement, comes the news Of
the taking of Columbia and Whining
ton by our troops, and the evacuation
of Charleston by the enemy. The ad-
vance Of onr armies in the cotton re-
gions will secure greater supplies Of
cotton, which is not only coming in
very large quantities from Savannah,
but also from New Orleans and Mem
phis in the Southwest. Provided al
ways no addition to our currency is
made, we look for very serious de-
cline in the premium Of gold, in q very
short period. Our receipts from Cali
fornia are on the increase, and the
forth coming payment in gold Of inter
est to the public debt will put on the
market still greater supplies.
With the overturn in the gold mar
ket effected by cotton comes that Of
the dry goods market, in which per-
manent revolution in prices is taking
place By serious lowering of the
cost of production, goods can be made
for less, and consequently will be sold
for less. The pinching economy rem,
dered necessary by high prices we
hope will thus be relieved, for it is be-
ginning to reduce very seriously the
amount of consumption. Consumers
are obliged to re-darn their old stock
ings and re-mend and re-dye their old
! clothes. This is the only way to over
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-03-23

Citizens of Floyd County BY the
above extensive Premium List you
are again invited to put forth renew
ed efforts in behalf of the varied inter-
ests of our County. The County
Agricultural Fair of 1864 was sue.
cess pecuniarily and in most respects.
People of neighboring Counties have
pointed to our past success as worthy
OF emulation. Can we afford to go
backward, or even stand still i'm 1865 I?
The future success and usefulness of
the Society depend largely upon the
success or failure of this year. To do
the most and the best we need perma.
nent Fair Grounds but if our people
will take hold of the subject with
right good will, we can have a highly
creditable Fair. War and patriotic
devotion to our country have thinned
the ranks of Agriculture and the Me-
chanic Arts, but let every man, woman
and child do something this gear for the
Society, and success of the most
gratifying character will crown our
efforts. While our absent brothers
are making so great sacrifices for US
and our institutions we ought to be
willing, if necessary. to make some
exertions to sustain what is valuabl
at home. 1t can and ought to be
done. Directors and other officers
are authorized and expected, at an
early day, to canvass their respective
townships to obtain the names of
members.