The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-02-10

nsnt nth mot, for ~ don't know. W. F.
Tsliord, Is in the catalogue; one Of the foun-
ders Of KsokIk, nd sincs dead. Grin
Baldwin and W. J. Cochran wsrs then in the
profession. James b. Cowlss, also, once
connected With Mr.. Howell in the Eoug
Wing, and Who went South and died at Mo-
bile. J. G. Wicksrsham practiced hsrethen;
he 10 now in California. Gen. Van. Antwerp
was associated with Geo. C. Dixsn in active
practice. Judge Clagett was Il the bar. he
has since taken 70 Democracy, bueternut
journalism, and the ways OF personal and
political unrighteousness. Il il expectsd'
however, that when he and Rev. L. l.. d.
Ineersoll, ofthe Muscatine Journal, who also
vent out of the law into Journalism, have
filled full the measure Of their ungodliness,
they will retire into some convent 10 spend
their declining years in repentance for the
sins of their past lives, and that they will
take Father Daniel F. Miller along with
them ~ Chaplain and their Spiritual Comics
sor. Charles Mason appears as one OF
6rm of winch the late lamented General S. X.
Curtis, and Judge J. w. Rankin, now of this
Bar, we're the other members. His Honor,
Justice :. F. Miller, Of the .. S. Supreme
Court was then practitioner. There were
doubtless others, but their names don't
appear in the list before Us of Attorneys
prac.icing here seventeen years ago.
Ok our editorial page we give synopsis OF
the recommendations of General Wilson
made in his report of the survey Of the Rock
Island and Des MONIES Rapids. Gen. W.
considers various plans for improving the
rapids at this place, and decides in favor OF
canal along the Iowa shore from Keokuk to
. point just below Nashville. That method
will necesstate through cut, 200 feet vide,
feet deep, and 2,4ai feet long Beyond
Nashville the natural channel at the upper
chain will be used. The cost of the canal,
as estimated, is So, 1870, 900. Ii the canal be
made only FIVE feet deep the cost will be 3d.
100000. It will be noticed that General
Humphreys, Chief Engineer, IN submitting
MS report. TtCUntbChao suC uuoPeaVh " WIG
Wilson plan as 10 the Rock Island rapids,
but doesn't say anything about the rapids at
this place. 1t is added that the House Com
mittee, to whom the subject was referred,
have agreed to recommend the whole appro-
pristion for the Rock Island rapids, and q
considerable portion Of that for the Des
MONIES rapids. We apprehend our people
have not taken sufficient interest in this matter.
1t largely concerns ourselves. If We do not
act, no other community will act for Us. The
most economical plan, the best for the Gov,
eminent and for us, is for Congress to make
the allowance necessary for the work Of im1
proving the rapids, and have the work done
at once. To commence with scanty appro7
priations, aud then continue them in drib-
let's, will be constant and protracted griev~
ance and nuisance it viii needlessly multi
ply the amount that is necessary to make the
canal, and be generally Improbable to every
body and everything but contractors. The
attention of our citizens should be given to
this matter at once, and Congress should be
urged to make the full appropriation necessa-
ry to complete the canal at an early date.
Good viii doubtless be done BY the conven-
ton at st. Louis, on Tuesday, but Keokuk
should not be content with what may be done
there. 1t is interested in the matter, and it
should evince its interest in positive man
ner.
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Strengthening the voice and remov ing any
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Kerr 4 Fuller, keokuk.