The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-04-15

RIVER NEws.-The river at this point is
still rising. A narrow strip of land divides
the overcharged slonghs" from the main
channel. The . Father is asserting his an
cient glories.
From the Erening .Neus we gather river
items at St. Louis and elsewhere.
The river at this point is very nearly sta.
| tionary. with water plenty on every bar be-
tween here aud Cairo.
The upper and lower rivers are all full too,
in fact the 6 water crop has been a success
this season, and from the look of the GelGs
overhead this morning, has not all been har-
vested yet.
Business IS growing worse and freights
more scant every day. There will be a little
spurge Of grain in as soon as the upper Mis-
sissippi is open to St. Paul
LAKE PEPIy-The latest advices from this
imrregnable fortress of the Frost King state
that the ice is still Solid three feet thick, hard
and blue as Connecticut Deacon, and GOV.
cred all over with three feet of miserably cold
| water.
In As hours last weekthe Arkansas river
rose p feet and flooded all the low surround.
ing country, carrying away saw-logs, RATS,
lumber. fences. out-buildings. wood chopper $
u l..
Up to last accounts the water was still rising,
and further mischief is feared.
GRAIN CoAIsG-The Petrol and her barges
has been heard from. She passed Prairie du
Chen yesterday for this port with all her
barges loaded to OVERLOOKING with wheat
II St. Paul is not at the polar regions I" its
thar or tharabouts" or might as well be- The
last number of the ST. Paul Press says the
only effect the late rains and melting of the
snow has had upon the river has been to raise
the ice about three feet, but it does not yet give
any signs of going out.
indiana Divorces-A Notable Decision
by the Supreme Court.
The District Of Columbia Supreme Court
in the case of Annie j. Worcester formerly
Cheever. VS.. Ii. b. Cheever, has decided
that wife who leaves her husband for the
purpose of residing in Indiana, and obtains q
divorce there, is not thereby relieved from
the marriage contract. The following is the
decision:
Judge Wylie held that during the cover
ture the wife has no power to change her
residence, and cites several authorities. and
closes by remarking that after the marriage
has been solemnized the contract is thence
| forth fulcfas o6icio. The parties have then
become subjects of the marriage state, and
institution whose obligations and duties are
Independent of contract, and Of the will OF
the parties, and imposed by law for the vel
fare Of society; an institution established in
the beginning by the Almighty Lawgiver, and
recognized in every age as the foundation Of
civilization, prosperity and virtue, without
which the human race itself must perish from
its own vices the re6ner of manners, the
parent of knowledge, thriftiness and indus
try the promoter Of decorum, order and
decency in private life; the strength and
bulwark of the State, the secure basis OF so
ciety, and the ornament Of all its institutions !;
'principium robis, d quasi scminarin,a rel
public. An institution so established IN the
laws, and bound up with the structure OF So
ciety, the State cannot allow to be made the
subject of traffic like chattle. So long,
therefore, IS the parties retain their domici
under its jurisdiction, the State will not per-
init its policy to be thwarted and its laws
evaded by the interference Of any foreign
tribunal. As well might the Legislature as
sumo to dissolve the marriage bonds between
the citizens Of different State BY an imme-
diate act, as to attempt to accomplish the
same purpose by means of authority confer
red upon its courts