The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-10


BetD RossrxY.--A daring robbery wss
committed Il the Depot House, on the levee'
Monday night, the circumstances OF which, =
near a. We could ascertain, we're as io,'o
Two mep, one named William Fox anu ny
other John Kelley took lodgings 1t sara no. "a
They were suspicious looking !.
h -, decided to watch their movements
During the night they we're 'eea -. -
- ~ threa times, thelast OF
-, -. entered other apartments occu-
n;sd i, dodgers. The next morning Inc &C,
.,s az The rooms that had been entered
,bsse Two men, discovered that they had
been robbed sometime during the night. ona
man missed sixty four dollars IN money,
I another fifteen, smother seven and another
sh,r, and breaspin. Fox and Kelley we're at
! once arrested upon The charge OF having
committed the robbery, and were placed N
| irons. The shir. that was stolen had peen
| left at Lewis Barnasconi on the leree,oy 'he
alleged perpetrators, With instruc'iohs y ~
tain il till called FOR, ard npon examlha'ioh
!, vas fonnd that large amount oil counter
fei, money had been secreted IN H. Inc
| .h;r, and pin we're identified by the man from
vho,n they had been stolen, by means Of
stencil mark on the former article. The
alleged thieves and counterfeiters were before
the Recorder yesterday afternoon, at which
time preliminary examination was common
ced. 1t will probably continue for two or
three days. as the evidence is to De taken
from large number of Witnesses. Some OF
the money found IN possession OF the arrested
parties, has already been ideniihed One
man gave the plumber on two bank notes.
without ha7ing seen them since they were
stolen.
To Oulxcr AND Back The Banner Mis-
sion Sabbath School, under The superinten-
dence of Mr. Tacksberry, went on pleasure
excursion 10 Quincy yesterday on the hoo
Row. and returned on the Andy johnson IN
! The evening Business called US 10 that city,
and we took occasion 10 place ofrself 10
situation 10 enjoy our trip with the excur
sionisis. We did not gee single one OF The
entire party hnt that seemed TO be having
rood time. The Rob Roy lef, promptly at I
o clock, under command Of that popular and
efficient officer, Cap. ]. ". Gunn, With our
genial friend, Ed xorehouse, in the Office
The Rob Roy does well r being under
The charge of those officers Some OF
The excursion lists. after landing at Quincy.
gent on board The Andy johnson and quietly
partook OF their dinners, while others hrSt
ook stroll about town. AT 0 clock every
thing was IN readiness for the return trip.
That we'll known aud able officer, Capt. As
Jury commands the :. Andy" Mr.. Pene.
stoa is clerk, aud although he has but recently
t .eu assigned to thai position, he is fast win
ming popularity. The party arrived home
safely at abous clock in the evening
We are requested 10 tender the sincere
thank Of the Superintendent, teachers, sehol-
ara ana friends to Mr. o. II. Brewer, Agent
| nj the line, for the kindness and iiheraFiy
: xtended to them and 10 the officers Of both
| beats for the courteous and gentlemaniy at
,ention at III eir hands. They will also please
accept our iha1ks for maue favors.
| SoaE OF the neutral stsy-ai homes Of Ken
| iaaky. and other border States are just nov
| insisting that there must he was at races.
This war. in which they are already enlisted
aud waich they are rIepared to 60 their death
on, and die only in the last itch, il need be,
giyes ventilation 10 an immense amount Of
~ ,ta,t-
" iie mon OF the South assure the country
aid The world, in the Understanding phrase
. of Goiiah or Bombastes, that they can whip
niger and that there cannot be doubt as
to the Issue Of the confiic. between the whl.s
and black races Of the South.
These champions Of ia. chivalry ought not
10 forge. that only few years ago they
boosted ias' as confidently of their ability tn
whip the Yankees, and Of the uuqnestionable
issue of the war between the chiyasry of the
south and the smsll,fsted farmers and greasy
mechanics Of the North. and that their per.
fofmanee fell immensely short Of iheir proc
iamatiou.
The truth is, we are reived from any obi
cation to believe those doughty heroes now,
when they assert that they can whip mig.
ger. since they failed 50 miserably in their
raid upon the Yankees
/ IL response to those who insist on the
nomination Of Pendleton, on the ground tha,
he was true to The South, and opposed 10 the
gar through ont The entire struggle, the Mobile
| Register says: "Bnt there is another class
Of men, whom people appear TO forget, and
10 whom orr obligations are siili higher,
| III. ei.se iue,uaes Jefferson Davis, Robert
E. Lee, Joseph f. Johnston ,a1d few others
Of the same sort. ii we are to discard sill
considerations of policy or availability, why
not 60 to the fountain head Of principle or
sentiment and nominate one Of these 1t
once?''
That, to be sure, would be the consistent
course, and the leaders Of the party in tie
North, as we'll as in the South, would be glad
10 adopt ii, # they had any hope off snc>
cess before the people. But they are salts
led that Pendleton, with his sugar coating of
greenback Reputation, is about as strong a
dose as the Democracy of the Northscan
| stand in it's present weak condition.
.foHxsoy, who was elected as Vice President
OF the same ticket with Lincoln, 10 show his
utter renegaey recently nominated Geo. B.
Mcclellan, peace candidate for the Presi-
dency against Lincoln, as Minister to Erg-
| land. Mcclellan had no other qualification
for that position, nor no other claim to ii than
his utter failure as leader Of cur armies and
his shameful subseryiency to the peace wing
Of The party in becoming their candidate and
| standing on their platform in a disgraceful
| aud ridiculous contest With Abraham Lincoln
for The Presidency.
.tarsFMgSIS.-f here was rathr. a better
cadence at the Opera House last evening
than on the previous one to witness the renai-
ton Of The Ii.ile Treasare.a By De Bars
theatrical trnape That cnmedy, together