The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-14

Iady, asking If they belonged to the Yankss
parsy stating that ~ did. Gho& Of the
Lost Cansel You should have seen ner toif
have realized how she has become recon.
Btractsd under the my Policy Of The latter Il
day Noses. The lady replied, with the Bit:
terness Of bittern, and the eye Of tioe:
"No, sirl We belong 70 the Rebel parry
We soliloquized: "Ye Gods and MY Policy
she il badly reconstructed
The country i fully Gfsy YEAR behind the
ags; the peopse Irs MI opposed to nsw inven.
tions. 1adAys stiA working in the wake Of
their grandmothers. The remnant Of :
burned depot, the chsrred remsins d ! MI.
r6aeaAis-Aae and sthess -sisihla. showing
The iibafks u s6e .ersibie fsbenioh ~ have
tscenslyl 'pas.eA tsroush, Aus vheA ! an
sorry to see the people hsvs lsszned 80 little.
and sre still disposed to treasurs up Wrath,
until the day Of wrath"
Fsoa the effects Of he W, wSnt tofim>
provement, and proper cultivation, the coun.
tn iooks iesolate; while the trees, eses in
their beauty, bytheir varied kues look like
flower garden. Tbermaiss,ic pine, the sturdy
oak, the towering cypress, and the beautiful
magnolia. impress the beholder that Nature
has, been lsyisA in her gifs to this people.
Yet Through the curss Of slsyeN sil this
itJd inprotsmen., .Asii sonptV ~ gpne
partially to waists.
fThs Crescent CITY il ths great city - the
Soa4h, even now, slskoush 'the a~ss has
vrsssht many changes The most nArked
10 the bankruptcy Of her old and prosperous
citizens, the destruction Of her banks-whose
stocks formerly were the most valuable Of
Fany in the country land the entire foss Of her
immense banking capital, which censersd
here almost the entire cotton and sugar crop
of the Mississippi Valley, causing her trade
to become diversified between st. Louis,
Louisville, Cincinnati. Memphis aud New
York, and changes that time will mot wholly
heal. Northern capital is centering here in
\ National Banks, and now aggrsgsses fully
fifteen million dollars yet it is not at all ade'
quate to the wants of the city and country
J ~ the great Southern staples, sugar and
i cotton in their growth, transit to market and
! sale, require great banking facilities. Hei
steamboat and shipping interests have also
greatly fallen of. Formerly her wharvei
were lined with shipping and steamboats, fo
, miles, and covered with cotton, sugar ane
other Southern productions, besides the pro
: ducts and wares Of our own and other coun
tries, while now one mile of shipping ant
, steamboats, would compass the craft lying a
E her wbsrves, and very little sugar, cotton
9 products and wares upon the $ame. TIT
, city is well built, remarkable for elegan
stores and dwelling houses, the latter sur
+ rounded with grounds ornamental with or
! ange groves, and filed with rare shrubs
, towers and tropical plants, all pleasing ii
sight to the Northerner, as their growth here
. the climate being so mild, gives them gres
) maturity. For instance, oleanders grow L
!, be large trees. The cemeteries of the cit
are objects Of interest TO the stranger, ~ tn
e vaults are all above ground, water being s.
+. near the surface that graves cannot be duI
any depth; and as you pass through the silen
city Of the dead, by the number of the tomb
/ you are sadly reminded of the sitkly summe
J months in this Latitude. as the bmbers con
tanned in the different cemeteries can be mum
, bered as legion, among whom are man
: Federal soldiers, whose graves need carin
for. The Confederate dead have been care
for.
A Northern man feels lonesome here
there being no common feeling of sympsth.
between him and the people here, only will
the Northerners who have located here, ant
they have only come to make money, and d.
not make Loyalty 20 the Government yer,
prominent in their conversation and actions
for fear of injuring their business. You ma
look in vain 10 see the pictures Of our grea
! heroes, Grant. Sherman, and Farrsgut, fra
med and hanging in public places. while TIL
: pictures of Lee. Beauregard, and Stonewal
, jackson, are prominent in both public an
private places. Among the prominent North
ern merchants here are Gems. c. Bussey an
Heron, who are both building up larg
business.
The grea, drive here is the she'll road, sew
en- miles in length, down to Lake Ponehar
train, and is the finest drive on the Cont,
nent.
! As the length OF my epistle warns me tbs
will weary you and your readers, wi
close. Yours, truly. Iowa.
IOWA ITEMS.