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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

FpIroR OF GArE Cirr: Without conde-
scending to notice the slang and vitnperation
of the mhelp of the Consultations, | desire
your indulgence to correct one of the many
tie, found in the columns Of that sheet Of this
morning, to wit: | am charged with being
opposed to the construction Of bridge over
the river at this especially highrcy
bridge.
This is not true. On the contrary!II am
anxious for the early construction of bridge
both raii,cay and Aighnoy- and there is nc
conflict Of interest because Of the ferry. Tbs,
conflict has been long since arranged by
written agreement made and duly executed
between the Ferry and Bridge Companies
/ therefore repeat that am heartily in favor
OF the building bridge-raiiscay and high
way--,he assertions Of the Constifation, OF
anybody else, to the contrary notwithstand'
ing. And should l be elected Alderman, o.
in any other capacity, | shall exert my bes
efforts 10 accomplish that object.
April 4th, 1868. Fl. W. SAMPLE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05


LIMITS or THE WARDS. The Ordinance
establishing the Ward Divisions of the city,
provides that--The division of the city into
yards shall be as follows: The Fret Ward
shall be bounded north easterly by Orleans
street, north-wes.erly by Fifth street, south
westerly by Main street, and on the east by
the Mississippi River.
The Second Ward shall be bounded north
easterly by Main street. north westerly b.
Fifth street, south-westerly by Cedar street,
and on the south and south-eas.erly by the
Mississippi River.
All that portion of the city lying north or
north easterly Of Main street and the Plank
Road, and not included in the First Ward,
shall be the Third Ward.
And all that portion Of the city lying wess
or south westerly q Main street or the Plank
Road, and not included in the Second Ward,
shall be the Fourth Ward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

THE Democracy ask those poor lsboring
men who were robbed Of their hard earnings
by the fraud of the Democratic City Treasu.
rer. TO vote the Democratic ticket to-mor-
row, and so reward and keep in Office the
corrupt Ring that has plundsred them. Be
not deceived. Lock out for your own in
terests. Don't trust the Democratic Ring.
The protection it will give you is such pro-
lection o. the wolf gave the lambs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

The editor Of the ConsfitsfioH, With his
usual reckless and brazen villainy, charges
all the swindling corruption Of the defunes
National Bank upon the dead Cashier. 1t u
safer to villify the dead than the living, iof
the dead cannot appear to defend his char.
acter.
We know not what share of guilt attaches
to different parties connected with that very
rotten institution but We have heard enough
Of loves operations to satisfy anybody that
there was no rasca1Ny too Infamous for him
to perpetrate. Take for this for instance
Love was Treasurer Of the Fire and Marine
Insurance Company. They doubted the
safety of their money 10 his bands, and had
it converted into bonds of the United States.
He sold them the bonds; they marked them,
sealed them up. and handed them to him to
be kept for safety in the want Of the Bank.
After the Agent Of the Insurance Company
left. Love took the bonds out Of the envelope
and put them back again into the packages
from which he had distracted them long
enough to humbug the Insurance Company.
A man that would do tha. is capable OF
doing anything, and scores Of people know
that be did that very thing, and other things
Of like swindling character equally mean and
criminal.
Some people, in view of all they know OF
such transactions. have some suspicious that
Love has hribed some Of the Democrstic
leaders of the Ring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

THE Hank Eye ssys: "The sales of resi-
estate 10 Des Moines county, outside the city
during the yesr 1867, amounted TO Ss2l. 1898.
The sales in Burlington footed up S5l5 $50,
making . total, for the year, of one million
Two hundred snd thirty seven Thousand two
hundred aud tweniy-eigh, dollars. The rev.
enue stamps used on deeds. during the same
period, amounted to 81 4es 90. For the
months OF February and March Of this year,
the sales were about twenty per cent. greater
than ever before in two months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

WHEN the final or amended contract (which
was the big svindle) was made with Franklin
10 1866, the Mayor, Patterson, invited citi-
zens to meet with the Council and give ex-
preston to their views in reference to the
matter. Some, opposed to the arrangement.
availed themselves Of the invitation, but were
brovbeaten BY the Ring" especially Clageit
who made speech before the Council in the
interests Of Franklin & Co., denounced the
opposition to the arrangement and urged the
Council to disresard it and 90 on at once and
perfect the contract, asserting that citizens
himself one1 had no business Tiers interior
ipg With the action and business Of the
Coancit
Whether paid for it or not, c. and his
paper were for the time entirely snbservien.
TO the wishes and interests Of Franklin Co.
A DExocRAr.
The Co,stitation says, in order to tell On
immense falsehood, a against Hugh W. Sam
pie, that Keokuk owns six hundred thousand
dollars Of railroad stock. That isn't true.
Keoknk owns only about one hundred and
6fiy-six thousand dollars Of railroad stock
And in The railroad across the river Keokul
does nj nor own one cent Of stock. Frankli,
| so4 eieh,, thousand dsliArs Of thai; II csn 5,
considered den0entis swindling fund. Il
iact, under the democratic ring administration
FnnEiin has prstsy nearly, 10 soldier rhrase
q eobbled ~" I'll the railroad bosds, aat
Keokuk's annual revenue, and unless iii
Aisg nalsfsaisd, 4 sseusIsnay i qsesislo
time = 10 when the Ring and Frsnklin vii
ls.esssls up" III the money shat our psopl'
ca rpiss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

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Hy Telegraph D.. Lesrs. April
TloarDai ios srsdss sasss. hrs qaotabis chan &,
wnns-Lsvsf and Irregular, sncsyf fcf ehcfes.
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Cats Dali and dropping. closing .iSTs.
Bsrisy-yefy daii.
Eys-UseAasss1.
Provssoas-Aetise snd higher; Pork 60 So4.s
H.rd-ls esnts.
Rscon-sAcalders i2ls; clear aides isifai-l
Cstsie-searos and hisher. $50 .gro.s cdumon 70
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thss7 -stssdys s3I gross
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

asw Hors asnsy mar&sl.
BIZ Telegraph Hsv YcHx. April 4.
Tho seek cioaes ith snddea change Ia a dn@y hon
great striagsney conpa ssive b.fore O'Clock
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| exotpt
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

MnWaukss Marhes.
By Telegraph MLyArEls. a prll l.
yorr-rirm; 20 as 4; SECOND evHie spring sxlrss.
VI eat--7- better, % No !. 10 20 so2
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Rye-steafy. ITO.
Barley Quiet. At 2 20.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

Chtesge Live sseeh aarhas.
D. fsiewrs2h.I cHreaso Ap-fix
Hoes-kscslsts 5Iea. Mnrkt arti,s snd sAsAs bvsr
Hight hog; sales Of 1000 81 n SIZES IS br
common TO txtrs
osttis-Rerspts iss There we're saiss Ithis morn
Ing except iss Odds ard ends /, city bzfrhss Mar.
ass noniray Unchanged prices rsbss 1t 4os for H.
fsrior 10 common mixed lots; 81 20 % for 4cmmon
GOOD but ID sss stock 30 logs 90 for esamon ehosS
shipping tran6s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05
D.m.sr.ts Dyed i. N. woel.


Is Tho Co1ssfsntiox denies that DR.. Seaton 10
Democrat. The Doctor has that reputa-
ton, and Was before the Dernocraaic Nomi-
Mating Convention Of the Second Ward only
! few days ago for Alderman, and was beaten,
. We understand. BY Irishm en- imported from
the Canal.
If the Conaifution 10 so nice in regard to
Democratic antecedents, Why does it not give
the genealogy of Col Mcdowell. 1t is not
great while, as We remember, since Col.
Mcdowell was more radical than ouEsslf.
And il i within the memory Of very Young
children that Col. Mcdowell held the ap-
pointment Of Treasury Agent under Radi-
cal Administration. And it is within the
memory Of al Of us that within two years he
attended Radical Convention. and in few
weeks after went into Randalfs q Bread and
Butter Brigade, and 90. the appointment
OF Postmaster from A. johnson. Having
been rejected by the Senate. he now " turns
up ~ leader of the Democratic party, an
ex martyr Of the johnson Conservative Bns-
ode, and Democratic candidate for Mayor.
The Const,fution repudiates Seaton as no
Democrat. How long before its editor may
take short turn on Us and deny that Nc
Dowell is Democrat, and with far better
grounds for The denial than in the case Of
SeAton.
How long does it take to make dyed in
the-wool Democratic leader ont Of an Adolf
ton Radical who walks out Of the Republi-
can party on the bread and butter plank?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

stoek markey.
ay Telegraph Sss You. Apr:i4
Government IT cks hiiher closing strong and active.
Coup. Of o. 1u>aaA do ga iiaoioh4. do "a iaslfo
~ d. s. 1875 do new ios5z do 81 ie55S&&;
1910. locjsEh I-sas 1885.
R,iisay stocks opened AK and about y lower, and
At secoad board stronger improvement mort
ma, ked on Western shar.s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

TaR Ring have invented procsas by
which Radical Aboiitionist and johnson
oficeholder is converted into democratic
leader and candidate so quick that it makes
an old time democrats head swim just 70
witness the operation. The beauty OF the
thing 10 that democrats manufactured b. this
process End greater favor has the oid-fash
Toned, dyed-in-the-wool democrats who are
now played out
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

Usro what base uses the Dsnocfacy hays
come at last. There Hssa Time, alas! brsth-
rem. when the Democracy wnuld oniy ssp-
port Democrats dyed-in-,he-wool" Thst
was their boast Nov they take any kind Of
material. renegade Abolitionisss, baek-slid
den Republicans, apostatized Union men,
every species OF political miscegenationis,s.
bapiizs them, without probation, into full
Democratic membership, and run them ~
Democratic candidates. How are the mighty
fallen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

skf
aoinsa, introdncsd Ii he Ho4a de Other
day mpplsmental bill eheneipg thsss, cir.
cuiW . ~ Lesyaid HSssy s1ould = -
eslhs asd Des Monies dnd Louiaa. / con-
fen thak for eers.iu rsasens snneoasaary 10
bors sispshlieyisA, IL ~ wass II. Adj
ams's NH 70 pAss. But b pus Il through
the Hesss % the double quick, ard 10 the
Senate made the best and most successful
eight, achieving the greatest victory Of the
sss1aon. The bill IN aesuaIly ds5sa,sd tviees
but Adams knew no snch word % fail, and
having no let mp IN him, unearthsd the mea-
SURE md 1t last got ii passed by constitu-
.ional majority. For the energy, and pluck,
and skill displayed By Mr. Adams u this
heated contes. he deserves the hearty thanks
Of his constituency. Mr.. HOLMAN fought
the bill long. and manfully, and admirably,
bat without success, though not without great
credit fos bis 6ne fight.
The House Is nov holding Rightly SEASONS,
and there is q fair chance Of final sdjourn-
ment On next Wednesday. About two dozen
bills 60 through every day, being eithe,
passed or Knocked into the middle Of king.
dom come. The general appropriation bill b.,
not ret been fully matured. but will be in I
day o. two. Il Will chow : Vie and sc0nom
| icsl administration Of the affairs Of the State
Think Tho House will pass the Senate bill
FOR the estsblishment Of new hospital 70
4 k~t 2. ~ -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-05

Doud, Of Van Buren,, is man greatly like,
and whom nearly everybody greatly likes.
He is always in his seat, and has fine fore
head and badness over pair of spectacles.
He is clear and very pleasing speaker Mr..
Powers, Of Black Hawk. man about the
size Of Napoleon Bonaparte, the able Chair
man Of the Judiciary Committee, Powers,
and not Napoleon has had as much to do
With the most important lekislation Of the
session ~ any other Senator, and has done
all his duties as well as any. He is one Of
The leading minds OF the General Assembly,
and glorious gnod fsiiow personally all
around. Mr.. Griffith, Of Warren, Who has
recently become the editor Of the Indianola
Visitor. is man to whom one is irresistibiy
attracted By his extraordinarily good natured
countenance In moral qualities he seems
to be brother Of the whole blood to Mr. Fat
well. Mr.. Griffith is very effective speaker,
talking always to the point, and never al
tempting to tell what be does not know and
understand clearly. He ii Aairaiehtoat fadi.
cal Of the highest type, and . faithful, con.
scientious. efficient Senstor. Asto Mr. Den
mani Of Bscbanan, ~ho looks inst like The
Hon. VIM. Hale, Of Mills county, be Is I
brilliant success bath = man and leeislator,
- worker and speaker. Mr. Holluan, 81 Lee,
hsst A 80 az .wp "sip-ssssa;ss'' demo.
eratie spsscles, saA MAJ ~ ~ dovn a.
nay old democrat, hut he ~ ~ofA sc..t ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-08
THE NORTHERN SYREM

When man is wanted for any special pur-
nose. it is astonishing in what mysterious ways
the proper person is raised up in the very nick
of time. For example, when Mr.. Seward
thought of buying st. Thomas, he wanted
pastoral poet, and Immediately Admiral Porter,
the very last man anybody would have thought
of, burst into song. Now money is needed to
nav for Alaska, and quickly the voice of the
syren is heard on the icy rocks of Kodiack, and
the telegraph wires culver with the melody OF
another descriptive poem, only inferior to For
ter's celebrated eclogue. We have no idea
who the singer is on this occasion. Perhaps
it is Gen. Rousseau, who would probably look
as well in the character of syren as any
other military man we know OF except Ma
grIder. But whoever it is, the poetry is lovely.
The orange trees are in full flower, straw
berries are ripe, the corn crop is nearly all IN,
the ethereal mdness of the polar January,
only rvaled by the ethereal mildness OF the
polar bear bathes the ice-fioes and the
blooming fields in an atmosphere of balmy
softness, and the sleighing is magnificent.
Everybody is rich. The soldiers have been
paid off, and are mostly drunk. The
Indians are quiet, being no doubt entirely
drunk. Postal Agent Truman has arrived.
The sun has recently been seen seen several
times. The citizens are in good health. Cod
fish are plenty Every face is wreathed in
smiles, and the people ask for monthly mail"
Upon the whole, though snow, and ice and
chilling blasts afilict our more Southern cline,
there seems to be, away off in the frozen
North, the sunniest, richest happiest, most al
together delightful and vrtuous Arcadia upon
which the zephyrs ever breathed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-08
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.

Our State Constitutional Convention has very
nearly concluded its labOrs. They have been
protracted uncOnsconably, and prejudice has
thus been created which lis very likely to de-
priye the State of the good which has been
matured. There is danger that majority VIII
saw. down with the new Constitution We
% are sick of the Convention and its doings-
" or rather, its interminable sayings" But this
would be childish, weak, unworthy. We
presume the Constitution will be completed
next week and we hope ample time will be
accorded for its careful consideration and dis
CUSTOM If the people do but scrutinHe IL
without prejudice, we are confident that
they will conclude that they cannot
afford to vote it down. The provisions against
corruption at the polls and in legislative bodies;
the reforms in the constitution OF our Judlcl-
ary, and in the duration of the terms OF judges;
the immense improvement certain to be wrought
by the new provisions for the management ana
control of our State Prisons, the changes dc
tated by experience in the administration OF
our Canals-these, and many other cardihai
features of the New Constitution, must insure
it the approval of at least two-thirds OF all
those who scrutinize and consider it. III over
borne at the polls, the State will owe that
calamity to the votes of those who never read
it. But we trust that it may be generally
scanned in which case, we feel confident that
it cannot be voted down.
A strong Committee, headed by the Hon.
Ira Harris, reported plan of Municipal Gov
eminent which swept away all the State Com
missions-M Metropolitan, Police, Health, Water,
Fire, &c. &c. The change thus inhuentlally
proposed was fairly met in argument by Messrs.
Hutchins and Opdyke of this City, Curtis OF
Richmond, Francis of Troy, and others, and thor
ouehly vanquished by an exhibition of facts and
statistics, proving that the most efficient and
least prodigal portion of our Municipal admin
istration is that directed by these Commissions
Mr.. Hutchinss speech was especially cogent
and convincing but all were admirable. That
life and property are toerably safe in this en-
porum, and that "the Ring" does not abso-
lutely bankrupt our taxpayers, are due mainly
to our Commissions; and the intelligence, the
sober sense of this community. rejolces that
they are to be preserved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-08
TIE CASE OF LIEUT.. BEANIE.

Tn December, 1858, the young man now known
as Lieut.. Braine obtained passage for himself
and his accomplices on board the steamer
Chesapeake, at this port, for Portland. we
were then in the very crisis of the war. More
than half our great battles had been fought
large minority of the Northern people, nearly
the entire South, and the great majority OF the
civilized world outside of our own country
believed that the independence of the Con-
federacy would be acknowledged. Half year
after. the Democratic party OF the North de-
clared the war failure. Numerous parties,
both among the Rebels and the Union forces,
had won special distinction and applause by
deeds of individual daring in Selling vessels or
tbe enemy, and converting them to the use OF
tbe Union or the COnfederacy. The seizure
of q Rebel vessel by Robert Small col0red
Unionist, and his cOmpatriots, was specially
Landed.
Young Braine, though shipping as passenger,
and paying the fares OF his little band, de-
signed to seize the Chesapeake, and, when one
day out, did So Rising at night, they ironed
the captain, overawed the crew, and, in subdu-
ing the engineers, one of the latter was killed
by one of Braine's men. Braine then took pos
session of the vessel, and soon after delivered
il over to captain of the Rebel navy, under
whose orders he was acting. 1t was soon after
ward pursued by Federal gunboats, run into
Halifax, and captured its Confederate olflceS
and crew escaping. Braine, who was a resident
of the South accepted a commission as Lieu
tenant in the Rebel navy, and so continued
until the end Of the war. In 1866, he came TO
visit some friends in Brooklyn, ana, at
the instance of some of the sufferers by
the seizure of the Chesapeake, was indicted
for piracy and murder in the United States
Court for the Brooklyn District. before Judge
Benedict, and has since, for fifteen months,
remained in confinement, penniless and friend
less. We are informed that his trial is expected
daily.
The only question in the case IS whether
voung Braine is entitled to be regarded as a
belligerent, or whether he is to be classed as
pirate. This depends on whether he was serving
the Confederacy or himself. 1t is stated that he
had been previously acting in the Confederate
service, and that, Immediately upon seizlng the
Chesapeake, he turned over the vessel intact to
Confederate officers. We design to state the
facts merely, without other comment than that
the prosecution of individuals as criminals for
acts of service rendered to the Rebellion does
not seem to us called for by the present con-
dition of the country, nor cOnsOnant with the
rues of civilized war and the principles of JUS
tire
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-08
THE DEBT.

Secretary McCulloch reports the total Debt OF
the United States on the 1st inst, less the
amount of cash on hand, at S2,527 ,O69,3i3. This
is a very considerable increase during January,
caused in part by the payment during that
month of nearly Thirty Millions of interest on
the Public Debt-that is, about three months
interest were paid during that month We hope
to see the payments of interest so arranged as
to call for nearly equal amount during each
of the twelve months Apart from interest
aforesaid the payments for the month were
not quite Thirteen Millions, or at the rate of
Sl56O00,000 per annum.
The Seven Thirties are reduced below Two
Hundred and Seventeen Millions, and are fast
being converted into Fiye-Twenties. The Coin
in the Treasury was little below One Hundred
Millions on the 1st but we presume Twenty
Millions or thereabout have since been used IN
paving off the loan of 1Si7 (AIe1ican war;; re-
ducing the Debt and the Coin by that amount.
We heartily wish Mr. McCulloch could be in
duced to use Fifty Millions more in paying off
some form Of Debt but, as he will not do 1t,
and Congress will not make him, it were idle
to dwell on the point. We cannot help feeling,
however that the vast hoard of Coin in the
Il
of gold, and thus to aggravate the disparity
between Coin and Currency.
The Revenue, both Internal and for Imports,
has fallen off the Whisky makers continue to
defraud the Treasury with brazen impudence,
not paying tax on one gallon in every twenty
and there are similar though smaller leaks in
other quarters We heartily trust that the
Committee of Ways and Means will discover a
way to stop the worst of these waste gates.
Nearly Seven Millions of Compound Interest
Notes are held back, which are fully due, and
on which interest is no longer paid, as the
Treasury stands ready to redeem them. The
holders, we infer, fancy that they draw interest
till paid, which is a grave mistake.
We have Four Hundred and Eighteen Millions
of paper afoat that bears 20 interest less
Twenty five and Half Millions in the Treas
ury. Beside this, there are Three Hundred
Millions of National Bank notes - together
nearly Seven Hundred Millions of Paper Money
not redeemable in Coin. This is what our
| Western friends term Contraction and an in
adequate Currency We cannot agree with
them. Whoever has moneys worth can readily
| exchange it for money-not, perhaps at his
own valuation, but at a fair price. Believing
| that more Paper could not increase the number
making or tiling farms, but ,cOuid tend to in
crease the number living by betting on the ups
and downs of Gold and Stocks, we trust that
no more will be issued, but that the Govern
ment and Country will soon resume their steady
resolute advance toward Specie Payments.