The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-05

liberslity, the Board Of Dlfecsoss are nevin8
lie portrait taken 70 b placed IN u Library.
.sThs Hon. jos. F. Wilson, II. c., from
Iowa, deserves special notice and thanks toe
his very frequent and valuable donations q
Congressional end public documents; and ~
earnestly hone and request thst oil public
officers, and especially members Of Congress,
will initiate his example.
"we nov number altogether 6ol2 volumes
Of Books, Pamphlets and Magazines. or
.heee a48o volumes were bought u an ex.
peuse Of %, e7l IS, and l525 volames were
donated BY the friends Of the Association.
We have also is Engsavings and Drawings,
viz: Trial Of Efie Deans FalstAff Drilling
his Recruits; Shakespeare and his Friends
Village Blacksmith: Washington; Edward
Everett; Presentation Of the Magma Char
tn; Andrew jackson, and also . colored
Li.hograph of "Peale'a Court Of Death :
colored Photograph ofKeokuk; !" Drawing
of the Mormon Temple a plan Of keokuk,
showing the original drawers Of the halt
Breed Tract Secession Ordinance Of South
Carolina; two old Newspapers, tsal framsd;)
four Maps, Of Ksoknk, 1857, Warrington
Map Of the United States, 1858; Lewis
Map of the United States, 1919; official
Man Of Sherman's March Middleton'a Oil
Portrait OF Gen. Grant framed six Plaster
Busts, viz Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Sir Wal
ter Scott, Hon. Ralph p. Lowe, and two Of
President Abraham Lincoln and Staiuette
of Terpsichore. The value Of the same, in
cluding furniture, fixtures, &C., We estimate
At $40. 600, on which We have an insurance
Of $4,000. We also number IA life Members,
$50 Stockholders and l02 Subscribers"
1.-THE Library is now beginning 10 be ap-
preciated, and the numbers Of its visitors At
tests its popularity. In Jnne. 1864, the first
month the Library was opened, there were
drawn II volumes, and in April, 1866, the
last month of the first year, 7sl volumes. In
May, 1865, the FIRST month Of the second
year, there we're drawn 62l volumes during
the month Of September following. when our
Library was re-opened in the new Hall, l54
volumes, and during April, 1865, the last
month of the said year, SOS, volumes. OAR
ing May, 1866, the first month Of the third
/ year, there were drawn ITO volumes. Thii
IS very gratifying, and we would further state
that the taste for reading has veIy much i'm.
| proved, and the demand now is for . better
class of books"
Our Lectures, SO far, have not resulted Al
we'll as was anticipated, but it is hoped tina
the next season will prove more successful
We have cleared to date, free Of all expenses
about $3.50. The following is list. of thos'
who have lectured for US, together with thei
subjects.
The first season, ls64.5 Mortimer Tbomp
son, (Doesticks) Cheek" Rev. r. s. Eos
ter, d. D., Progress Of Reform" Rev
John S. c. Abbott, France and her Empe
rors;" and Prof. A. J. Epson, tof Hamilto,
College, N. y GLORY and Shame Of Actor
and Actresses.
The second season, 1866, Bayard Tay
Tor, Russia and the Russians n DIR. E. A
Duncan, SHERMAN Campaigns !" William
Leighton, Esq. Genius and Poetry Of Burns
Surgeon NJ X. Taylor. "Storms Of this Lasi
tude; !" John G. SAKE, Esq, q Lectures
Yankee Land" and Love-" Capt J. N
Reid. ''Shermans March to the Sea, /" BEN
+. Taylor. ESQ.,, ED. Chicago Journaly
English v ords their L Sc, Abuse and Bsau
y; aud Miss Anna E. Dickinson, 9Th
Assassination and the Suicide
1--WE wish to make our Association NOR
valuable and interesting by giving il n His
, torical character and making it : depositor
, for specimens of Mineralogy, Geology an
. Natural History-old rare and valu
able Books, Pamphlets. Magazine
{ Papers, Manuscripts, Maps, Engraving
Paintings, Bus,s, Coins, Curiosiaes, Relic
&c, but more particularly Of things relatin
r 10 the early History of our country, the lal
civil war, and matters Immediately afec,is
0 the industrial interests of the Stase. Man
6 articles have been already donated, and 9th
J en left With US, which make our Hall We,
l attractive.
"Our income having been found inadequa,
/ to meet our increased and growing expense
and as the fee to stockholders and subscr
+ bers was less than that charged by most
/ the Libraries 10 the United Sta,es, our Col
j stitution was amended at the last annu
/ meeting Of the stockholders, MAY Z, 1856,
and the annual dues and subscription. wei
increased. The annual dues to stockholde
now is 50. sud subscribers pay 81 per annuu
! z T>xt H.. 4.
copy of the Constitution and b Laws 8.
= pages 80 and SO. 1t is thought that our il
:, come this year will pay oil Of our current e.
. pcnses, magazines and papers, enable us
: do some binding and purchase the best
the current literature Of the day.
"a. J. Wilkinson, X. F. Bower and
Henry Westcott, we're appointed 4 commit
e to publish Catalogue, and h. F. Bower v
"a appointed to write Historical Sketch for h
e same. To j. Henry Westcott tie prepar
ie ton Of this Catalogue is principally due
classified and arranged the same, and but |
his unremiting exertions it would have be
: impossible .. present tc have published
As testimonial Of their appreciation of
services, the Association voted him L
Membership.
sIn CONCLUSION We have only 10 add Il
~ : our Library is > complete success, far beyo
= the anticipaiious of its most sangpine frien
:" 1t is an Institution tina, our citizens all f
~ proud Of. May We indulge the hope tina.
~ same Iiberality and interest which have
:. ready been manifested toward the Assoc
= ton BY its friends, will be continued"
"a The Library is no longer an sxperime
:, Let our people maintain in its success an
~ terest unabated. Speaking we'll for the
:. telligence of our people and the good ia
Of Keokuk, it is IN institution in which
y. our citizens can feel . just pride.
Military History Of Iowa-An Exp
T.. nation.
up EDiroRs OF GATE CRY" KEoKrK:
ass Genttemea. Ny attention has been cal
to somewhat lengthy article, contained
'ok your daily, of the 9th inst, which
devoted to ridiculing my project of Mlit