The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-03-19

athe, Senators were insoxieassd. ] eeas
Enev Rim 70 be 20, never heard o. ~ b1e&
=. never sav hin natural, hearty lns
NY appyeciable degrees affected An
rafsly esen him join ii drinkiak 49,
he eoun,ry, alarmed q his II leslisa
apptvhsnd from the prospect Of NJ. weoe =
becoming President, il may d lsasl a
de sar that ws shall again be dissfe
sot 10 The White House. -. - z
I AlfrNtu1tEesyeS ]. - y
were those Of the pionesr. On these ne me-
tsadiIy i, Nd thsojeks long life OF tneeliecs-
M sr,;vity. There are few batter read men
ii pnut 1il6sNeosSs6tne
s ,sr s;.,oI 'shiss s. 49, & Is.
ekiuming OF bis Immense Newspaper mail 10
M wife; aud one climbing the two flights Of
s.airs that lead from ihe floor Of the Wash
Iingson House 70 the parlor, Is very likely TO
find the Senator deep in some new book. ana
the good matronIy woman by his side, In.
is~rllaag DIP hep size stotlas z -
an, domestic picture; and the American peo-
/ pie will no. Do sorry to learn that !. = rom
such . scene thst their next ffesoen! = :"
| come.
I.rrreR rnuM wA.HtsaTOA TEn-
asMlyORY.r Id m ~
The .athor of the following letter ifh't,
evidently. greatly used 10 nevst aper cores
poudeuee. Yet bis letter MAY interest many !;
hence we publish IL
UNION Rui,r, Clarke Co, W. T., 4
/ Is.h t6fk
NE, EDi7oR -Four ys.f,s ase .a*x = MAJ
left your city 70 Try my forfune on the Pacific
coast. NV an ifvidg On me banks Of the
mighty Columbia, o..ly second to the Miss's
sippi shisL. aoy.rttSeur = Gate CIV.
By your lesse, a propose to give descrlp-
ton Of this country and some 81 ito men.
And, FIRST. there is year isllo~-townsman the
gallant T. l. MeKeanay, ~ho il nov residing
in this territory, Is Superintendent Of indian
Affairs spent Two months At Olympia,
where he now resIGes, snd passed many plea.
SAINT .AosA Nth hin.g 10 sssns 70 carry
rebel lead very easily, aud hardly any Of the
citizens of that capital are aware that re has
three rebel bullets m his body. He has won
msny frseads since he came here. and no - an
honest and faithful officer, carefully looking
after the warts OF the poor Indian, and fDr
the frs, time in the history of this country,
tbs Iodisal On shs re-srssa'oos sodsr sn
charge are On The incresss. Cards and whs-
by have followed the missionary TO tbs eoun-
try in an early day. That's - gosk on
the missionaries, evidently unin.ep tionAlly
psspsksfea by our cosrespcadeHs. - kp.
GATE.l Usdep his administration these are
! fast being done away with. The pillow is be-
ginning to take their places. aud in him they
hare lonnd friend, whom they win long re-
member. es
Olympus il situated on the head Of Puget
Sound, and has about fifteen hundred inhabi
,au,s. paget Sound aud lhs Ssr.iis of Fues
are about two hundred mica le.g. aud proba
| i,ly the finest harbor in the world. 1t vii
soon be The terminus Of the North Pacifi'
| Railroad. ard bids fci. 10 rival San Francisco
The Columbia epp,ies lis mighty waters init
the Pacific Ocean about one hundred ant
twenty nine miles south Of Puget Sound
| The hr., place OF any note is AstoriA, hfiee'
miles above rs mouth; St. helens eight.
| miles. Then il is twenty miles BY the Colum
bia and eighteen miles UP the Wilikmei, 4
Portlura A line Of steamers run from Port
| land to San Francisco weekly. Portland ha
about six thousand inhabitants. and il subjec
TO inunda,iens during the mouth q Juhs
| Y spcea yer h situated on the Columbia. 81
| miles above the mouth of the Willamet. OF
the Washington Territory side. and lsys o.
high ground IS The military headquarters Q
the Depart ment of the -Gsaera
Rousseau the commanding General. Th
! Town has about two thousand inhabitants, ana
/ il second in size, wallah Wallah being th'
| largest town in the Territory. Vancouver il
the most handsomely situated town that
have seen on this coast, and the largest towr
on the Columbia. suppose that some o
your readers would ike 10 know something
about the large timber on this coast Tbs
timber consists mostly Of FIR. although there
is some ash, oak, maple, pine, cottonwood,
alder. yew and mountsia mshpssny. The FL
tire. att.ins =, size Of eight feet in diameter,
and hight II three hundred feet Fine
place for Numbering. Columb ia river aboundi
with salmon. smelt, sturgeon, and other vari-
lies Of fish. salmon are now worth eight dol
lars per barrel. The lands on this coast are
the mos, productive ai any in America
Wheat grows veil, andthe berry is douhleths
size that it is 10 Iowa and produces double tbs
quantity TO the acre. The -four is superior to
any wheat grown in the Atlantic States. Pota-
toes are an abundant CROP oats produce we'll
Indian corn is = fine crop; al kinds of vege.
tables do well, and it ism old saying that this
Is an easy country to make : living in. have
found /. 30. There is scarcity Of women
here, and it would be good place for widows
and manageable girls TO en.igrste to. Soci-
ETY. is good for new eountry, and want isno,
known. In fact it Is good place FOR any
one unless be expects to make his living BY
tie practice OF medicine. This is too health
= climate for Doctors 70 thrive in. Abov.
all cur ~anss, schoolmarms are hrst. We need
few thousand Of them 10 teach children and
marry the bachelors. 0. P. HEsRY.
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fHE nOsr UxKINDEsr cUr0S ALL,
Here is an editorial from the Chicago
Times, which We copy entire. Andrew mus,
be % y indeed since the Tines refuses % do
him reverence II writes Of anA Terrible
| Threat" and ina spasmodic attack Of fsa,
| lays:
There bias been 4 further teiving from the
white house. The pre- siden,. il convicted, y
such is the predication Of this new diabol.
i ical threat. will 20 on a speaking tour
3hropgh The county. commencing st New
H6rE md <stendinI 10 the far vsss, during
phicA he viii sta<npt his own vindicaiion.
What great sin hss The country committed
that liz inhabitants should be tire atened with
this dire indicsiuu Why shouid they be con-
demned again to stand ~ Witnesses TO behold
1the aJacobn Noes 'swingin' round The
Have they not read their bibles? Have
they not kept tho lss? HAYS they hot rnl
awsy sinful lusts, and studiousl, observed
the requirements iuenicased in the lessons
l.of lhisl.e nten seascn? HAYS they wandered
in forbidden paths, and ss. up images 10
IAifh piacea, Aad made taeir hearts perverse
| 10 works Of iniquity, that, like the old
children Of Israel, they should be ''smit.en
IN their 'hindsr parts BY Mr.. johnson !
Whatever the country may have done to
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