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QT OD AR E. -4THE HOLIDAYS.-
THEA VRE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL.

HJ. an I D. NICOLL, Tailors to the
• Queen, Royal Family, and Courts of Europe.—
For GENTLEMEN the FASHIONS for the SEASONS,
for the promenade or demi-dress—Superfine frock coats,
with rich silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine
Melton cloths, the charge for the former being 31 to 4t
guineas; for the latter 2-1,- to 3f guineas. For neglige
purposes, morning coats with pocket flaps at the waist,
also the neglige jackets ; these are of Melton, fancy coat-
ings, Angola and Cheviots, the prices from 255. to 4
guineas. The Angolas and Cheviots are also made in
suits, at prices from 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black
cloth of the finest quality. For Overcoats—Melton,
Beaver, and Witney cloths, from 2 to 8 guineas. For
young gentlemen from eight years of ago—The morning
coat and negligd jacket ; also suits of Angola and Cheviot,
the prices according to size, commencing at 31s. 6d. the
suit. For boys from four years of age—The Knicker-
bocker and Highland costume of black velvet, or fine
cloth for dress, and of Angolas and Cheviots for morning,
the price of the first size Knickerbocker, 1 guinea the suit.
For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from
Ito 2 guineas each. Foreigners and visitors to London,
Manchester, and Liverpool will find at Messrs. Nicholl's
garments ready for immediate use, or made at a few hours'
notice.—H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
street; 22, Cornhill, London; . 10, Mosley-street, Man-
chester; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

fornia. It is said that he went into the thing reluctantly,
but yielded to state pride.
Major-General Robert Toombs is—no one
knows where. He is a fugitive, and is supposed to be in
Cuba. _

MARVELS in MAGIC and VENTRILOQUISM, as per-
formed by command before her Majesty tne Queen and
the Royal Family at Windsor Castle, Tuesday Evening,
Nov. 2;, 1865. The marvellous SPHINX, the BIRTH of
FLOWER TREES, and STODARE'S onlebrated INDIAN
BASKET FEAT, as only performed by him.

Among the on-dits in political circles there is
one that Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin, will probably
take the place of Secretary Harlin in the Cabinet in a
very short time. Mr. Harlin's intention to retiro is well
known.

Every evening•at 8 ; Wednesday and Saturday at 3. Stalls
at Mitchell's, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian
Bali. Admission, is. and 2s. ;. stalls, 38.
"Almost miraculous."—Vide the Times, April 18,1865.

Major-General Howell Cobb, Selretary of the
Treasury under James Buchanan, was at Ma"on, Georgia,
at the last dates.

Lieutenant-General John B. Gordon, another
Confederate, a lawyer of ability, is practising his profes-
sion in Atlanta.

Brigadier-General Brian M. Thomas, late acting
under General Lee, a graduate of West Point, and a jolly,
goon-natured fellow, is acting as chief clerk on board the
steamer Clara Dunning, which runs between Mobile and
Montgomery. He is a native of Georgia.
Major-General Joseph E. Wheeler, the distin-
guished rebel cavalry officer, is in the commission business
at Augusta. He was a graduate of West Point, and was
in command at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a short time before
the war. He is considerably under 30 years of age.

Brigadier-General George F. Anderson is in
the auction and commission business at Atlanta. Imme-
diately after the war he tried the butchering business,
but it didn't pay. He went into the field as Colonel of
the Eleventh, Georgia, and was promoted for gallant con-
duct. From the time of his promotion up to the close of
the war he commanded a brigade in Lee's army. Ander-
son was all through the Mexican war.

The New Orleans Times of the 16th January
notices the arrival in that city of Gen. Wade Hampton and
the wife of Robert Toombs, of Georgia.
A. T. Stewart, of New York, owns three theatres
—Niblo's, the Olympic, and the New York Theatre—the
last of which is Rev. Dr. Osgood's old church on Broad-
way, which has recently been remodelled. He also owns
the St. Nicholas and Metropolitan Hotels in Broadway,
New York.

The Titusville (Pennyslvania) Herald says Mr.
G. R. Chittenden, one of the principal proprietors of the
Holmden Farm (formerly of Chicago), is about visiting
Europe upon business connected with the wonderful oil
developments of that section.
Governor Brownlow was slightly injured re-
cently by a railroad accident near Knoxville, Tennessee.
The injury was caused by a car which had become un-
coupled from the train and was thrown off the track.
A special from Columbus, Ohio, to the
Cincinnati Gazette says:—" General Sherman has written a
private letter to a prominent gentleman now in this city,
in which he takes strong grounds against any inter-
ference in the Mexican imbroglio."

Aaron A. Bradley, the-coloured preacher, con-
victed by a military commission at. Savannah for seditious
language and inciting the freedmen to disorder, and sen-
tenced to a year's hard labour at Fort Pulaski, has' been
released on parole by order of Secretary Stanton.
Robert B. Minturn, of the well known-shipping
firm of Grinnell and Minturn, and'Elijah F. Purdy, an
equally well-known Democratic politician, both citizens
of New York, recently died in that city.

A marble statue of Andrew Jackson is to be
erected at Nashville.

Many Northerners are buying lands near
Augusta, Georgia.

The late Colonel O'Fallon, of St. Louis, gave
8100,000 in charity.

A despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette, from
Washington, says that there is reason to believe that
several Mexican privateer; carrying formidable arma-
ments, will shortly sail from certain ports on the Atlan-1
tic and Pacific coasts to prey on French commerce.

Pennyslvania asks Congress for $900,000 to-
repay the cost of repelling the rebel invasion of the State .h
An attempt was made in the House to refer this claim
to the Committee of which,Mr. Stevens is chairman.

A modest young girl, having visited the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York, very frequently with a band-
box, bringing home, as she said, bonnets to the ladies
stopping there, suspicion was aroused, and her box being
opened was found to contain a pair of mea's boots. The
mystery of many robberies from the rooms of the guests
was thus explained, and the girl was arreste 1. Her de-
predations, so far as has been ascertained, consist of about
forty pairs of boots, a number of pillow casts, half a dozen
tidies, a dozen towels, a large amount of jewellery, and
many other articles of value.

. A company has been organised in Detroit for
the manufacture of coarse linen goods, such as crash
towelling, burlaps, twine, &c. There are only two similar
manufactories in the United States, ono at Delaware, Ohio
and one at Massachusetts.

Front 31 essrs. E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular

January 31.)

Our advises from New York, per the Canada, are to the
16th inst., and report a steady demand for all Government
Bonds at slightly improved quotations.
In Railroad Shares there was also a recovery from the
depression noticed in our previous advices ; the disposi-
tion to "sell short" having considerably subsided, and a
slight reaction being noticeable on the entire list with the
exception of Eries, which at one time fell to 89, but were
last quoted 92 to 93.
Railroad Bonds and State Stocks were inactive, Vir-
ginia Sixes alone being in request at an advance of five
dollars.

Money continued abundant, and gold steady.
Via "Greencastle," we have received the following
quotations, being to the 20th inst.
United States 5.20's WI I Erie Common B9l
Illinois Central 125 I Gold 139
The following is the return of the New York Banks :
Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits.
8
Tan. 6, 233,185,459 15,778,471 18,588,428 195,482,254
Jan. 13, 234,9313,193 16,852,568 19,162,917 197,766,999

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
The following notice has this day been posted in the
Stock Exchange:—

London, January 30.

The Consolidated Bank (Limited) has received the sum
of £28,120 from the earnings of the month of December of
the Atlantic and Great Western Railway for the credit of
Trustees' Coupon account.

To M. Slaughter, Esq., Stock Exchange.
TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR DECEMBER.
Miles Open. 1865. 1864. Increase.
Atlantic and Great
Western

DIVIDENDS.
Cleve. Columb. 3c Cinc., 5 p. et., free of tax, payable Feb. 1.
Erie Common 4 do. subj. to tax do. do. 5.
Do. Preferred 31., do. do. do. do. 5.
Rome, Watertown, and
Ogdensburgh
The following official return shows the amount of gold
received by the United States Government for customs
duties since the Ist July, the beginning of current fiscal
year, and the amount paid during same period on gold
bearing bonds.
Customs Gold
Received. Interest Paid.
8
July 9,9 08,190 July 5,7184,867
August
September l3, 637, 062 September 4,117,419
October
November 10,138,601 November 4,243,786
December
January 6
January 18 2,334,695 January 13 1,130,789
Total...' $70,159,033 Total $72,927,663

There has been little activity in the London market for
American Securities during the past week, but on the
whole prices have been fairly maintained, especially when
the fall of other securities is taken into account. United
States 5.20 Bonds are last quoted 661 to -I, being a frac-
tional improvement.

Illinois Shares have been steady, and close 75 I. Erie
Shares are to-day dealt in ex dividend, the closing price
53f to I, being relatively the same as on this day week.

For Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, which
remain steady at 84 to 85, there continues to be a
demand.

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

It is a source cf no little gratification to those who have
the construction and management of this great undertak-
ing that it has now, when barely completed, taken its
place as one of the first and best conducted railroads in the
United States. Notwithstanding the ignorant prejudice
which has existed and the interested opposition which has
been experienced from its commencement, we now see by
the energy, perseverance, and wisdom with which its
affairs have been managed, that alliance with it is desired
by some of the leading railway companies in America.
The Philadelphia and Reading is undeniably one of the
most prosperous, earning, as it has done, during the past
two years, upwards of 20 per cent. per annum on its share
capital; and we think, when the terms of agreowent be-
tween it and the Atlantic and Great Western are read, the
share and bond holders of the latter company must be more
than ever convinced of the value of their property, seeing
that a connection with it is sought and prized by an old-
established and successful neighbour.
It is also pleasing to notice, that while the traffic receipts
on many other linos exhibit a considerable falling off, that
of the Atlantic and Great Western, for the month of
December, shows an increase over the same month of

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announcement with apparent pleasure. About the
same time his wife had an interview with him, dur-
ing which his conduct and expressions were of the
most heartless and callous nature.
During Friday afternoon the ball fired at Super-
intendent Barnden was brought to the police-station.
When discharged it must have struck the ground,
rebounded thence to the wall of the house against
which prisoner was standing, and thence rebounded
again with such force as to cut through the
coat and trousers of a bystander. This man at the
moment of the discharge felt a sensation in the
back of his leg as if he had been stabbed, but in the
excitement of the occasion he took no further heed.
When he got home and was undressing for bed he
saw he had been cut, and found the flattened bul-
let in the lower part of his clothes. Barnden's
escape was one of the narrowest possible, for the
people around prisoner formed a semicircle at toler-
ably safe distance, and the superintendent walked
through it towards prisoner without the least hesi-
tation.
The inquest was opened on Saturday afternoon.
Only two witnesses--Dr. Stephens and the man.
Hastings—were examined, but some fresh parti-
culars were elicited from the latter. When he
came back from calling the doctor he found
ILeigh standing in the roadway with the pistol in
hie hand and directed the attention of the police
to him, saying he was the man who had shot Mrs.
Harton. Prisoner presented the pistol at them,
and exclaimed, " Come on you ; lam ready
for you." It further appeared that there was a
cause of quarrel between Mrs. Harton and Leigh.
Last April he had advanced her husband £5O to
take the Jolly Fisherman Tavern, and had suddenly
called in the loan, taking out a county-court sum-
mons for the balance. This was paid, but Mrs.
Harton had afterwards made a claim against
Leigh for the maintenance of his wife and her
child. This was not paid by Leigh. Wit-
ness further explained, that although he went to
the Bedford Tap on Tuesday to meet Leigh, at
his wife's desire, lie afterwards found that the
wife had been there before him, and had
seen her husband. lle had been told that while in
the tap Leigh had pointed a pistol to his wife's back.
It is thought that his object in standing in the street
after shooting Mrs. Harton was to wait his wife's
approach in order to shoot her too. She, however,
kept out of his way. Leigh received a severe skull
wound during his service in China. The statement
taken from and signed by the deceased woman at
Thursday midnight was produced and read. The
only new circumstance it alluded to was that on the
Tuesday night previous Leigh attempted to force
his way into the tavern, but Mrs. Harton shut and
locked the door in his face. Hastings said the de-
ceased and Leigh then had a very angry quarrel,
during which she called him a pirate, murderer, and
thief. His wife was with him, and was also locked
out by the deceased. The inquest was adj Durned
to Friday next.

PRICE. 4d.
STAMPED sd.

previous year of $242,696 ; while for the whole of
1865 the earnings are $2,932,876 more than in 1864.
OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.—United States
6 per. Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 661 ; Friday,
661 1- 4 ; Monday, 661 1 ; Tuesday, 661 ; Wednesday,
661 ; Virginian 6 per Cent. Dollar Bonds : Thursday,
411; Friday, 41; Saturday, 41}; Monday, 41; Tuesday,
401. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (N. Y. Sect.) Ist. Mrt.
Bds. 1880: Thursday, 75; Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (N. Y.
Sect.) 2nd Mrt. Bds. 1881: Saturday, 741 ; Erie Shares,
$lOO, all paid : Thursday, 561 ; Friday, 561- 51 ; Mon-
day, 55 1 ; Tuesday, 56 1 ; Wednesday, 531 a ; Erie Shares,
6 per Cent. Convertible Bonds : Friday, 74 ; Monday,
751 ; Wednesday, 731; Illinois Central Shares, all paid :
Thursday, 741 4 ; Friday, 75 41 1 1 ; Saturday, 741 ; Mon-
day, 744 ; Tuesday, 75 ; Wednesday, 75.

The Alleged Capture of Bagdad in Mexico.

Tho following telegraphic despatches, referring to the
alleged capture of Bagdad on the Rio Grande by a band of
American filibusters, are published in the New York papers
of the 24th ult

New Orleans, Jan. 21, 1866.
Brownsville accounts of the 15th inst. give an impartial
and correct statement of the capture of Bagdad, which is
as follows :—A party of 123, mostly coloured soldiers, be-
longing to the One Hundred and Eighteenth United States
coloured infantry, under the command of Colonel Reed,
crossed the Rio Grande at Clarksville and divided into
three squads. At 4 o'clock on the morning of the sth inst.
the first squad entered Bagdad, which they surprised, cap-
turing about 400 prisoners and four pieces of artillery.
The second party proceeded to the ferry, where an imperial
guard of ten men were stationed. The officer command-
ing this guard held his post bravely, firing his revolver at
the attacking party, whereupon he was shot down, and
the others belonging to the guard surrendered. In this
affair ono imperialist was killed, and another wounded.
The third party proceeded to the quarters of Colonel Rice,
post commander at Bagdad, and took him and those with
him prisoners. Colonel Rice subsequently escaped, but
was retaken. A squad of ten men were then detailed to
take the imperial gunboat Antonio, and fired on her,
killing a sergeant and wounding several others. The
Antonio fired at the attacking party, killing two and
wounding one of them. The attacking party then fired
two shots from a howitzer at the Antonio, one of which
passed through her just above the water line. On the
morning of the Gth instant a French frigate lying out-
side shelled the place. Shots afterwards were freely
exchanged between the liberals' howitzers on the beach and
a howitzer boat from the frigate. No damage was done by
their firing beyond creating a panic among the citizens of
Bagdad,who crossed to the American side of the Rio Grande,
taking with them such of their valuables as they could
hurriedly carry off. A detachment of 200 men from the
118th Coloured Infantry was sent over to protect the Ame-
rican citizens remaining in the place. This detachment
continued on guard there until the evening of the 7th inst.,
when a detachment from the 46th Coloured Infantry re-
lieved them, with instructions, it is said, to withdraw in
case of an imperial attack. The French mail steamerlying
outside the bar left immediately after the affair, probably
for Vera Cruz. Bagdad was nearly deserted, and plunder
and pillage was uninterruptedly kept up by its captors. A
large amount of stolen goods was crossed over the river
to Clarkesville. Those which arrived at Brownsville were
seized and returned to the proper owners . After wrangling
for several days with General Escobedo regarding the
command of the liberal forces, General Crawford left for
New Orleans (where he has since arrived), seeking rein-
forcements and supplies. A small force of liberals are for-
tifying Bagdad with cotton bales. Three French transports
arrived at the bar on the 13th inst. General Mejia has
commenced building earthworks and mounting guns,
whereof two aro 61-pounders, between Matamoras and the
river, commanding Brownsville. He has notified Genera
Weitzel that if attacked from the American side of the Rio
Grande he will open fire, and that most likely some of the
shots will lodge in Brownsville. General Giles A. Smit
was immediately sent over to ascertain what the intentions
of General Mejia were. The result of the meeting between
the two is unknown. Is is believed that the ammunition
of the belligerents has been removed three miles from
Bronwsville. General Weitzel has ordered the rebuildingof
old Fortßrown, which is being mounted with 30-pounderPar-
rotts. A long pontoon train is also being rapidly put in
good order. General Mejia apprehends another attack, and
is making another forced loan. He betrays much uneasiness
of feeling. Several of his own guerillas, in attempting to
desert by crossing the river, were drowned. American
citizens visiting Matamoras are looked upon with suspicion
and distrust, and United States officers and men are not
allowed to cross the river. On the 14th instant General
Weitzel reviewed the United States troops in Brownsville,
all of whom were in excellent health and spirits. The
Galveston Bullttin of the sth instant says that an engineer
and pontoon train were embarking thence for the Rio
Grande.

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New Orleans, Jan. 22, 1866.

Colonel Lawrence Kip, of Sheridan's staff, who has been
investigating the Ilagdacl affair, returned on Sunday morn-
ing. About four companies of black soldiers were doing
provost duty in Bagdad at the solicitation of the American
citizens, and no one could leave the town without a pass
from the head-quarters of the United States forces in Bag-
dad, Mexico. The Times' Brownsville correspondent says:
—Cortina now occupies Bagdad with about 200 men. It is
understood that General Weitzel disapproves the action of
our officers in the recent capture of Bagdad and already
has arrested sours of them. A new party has sprung up
in Mexico called the Ortega faction, the leaders of which
hold commissions from Ortega, and refuse to recognise
Crawford, and Cortina is said to belong to the party. All
the heavy ordnance had been ordered from Brazos to
Brownsville. Preparations of a belligerent character con-
tinued Both at Brownsville andliatamoras. The Rancheros
says Canales had issued a proclamation to his soldiers, ad-
vising them to submit to the imperil authority rather than
unite in a filibustering expedition with the Yankees. Gen.
Crawford, Colonel Edgar, District Adjutant and Gover-
nor Leon, of Tamaulipas, have arrived here en route for
Washington.
Washington, Jan. 19.

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Telegraphic despatches of the 18th inst., from General
Sheridan, at New Orleans, disavow all knowledge on his
part of the filibustering attack on Bagdad, and state that
his orders to subordinate officers lrtve been to preserve a
strict neutrality. Re disbelieves the popular account of
the affair, and considers it a "sensational story."
The New York Times, in an article on the news received
from the Rio Grande, says

We are not surprised to hear that peremptory orders
have been sent by the Government to General Sheridan to
take instant steps to enforce the laws against Crawford and
his filibusters, wwo are attempting to get our country into
difficulty on the Rio Grande. It is strange that General
Sheridan should have needed directions about such a
matter. It i 3 singular that he should have permitted the
occurrence, repetition, and continuance of such things as
have been taking place along our Mexican frontier. [t
shows he regards his duties there in a very different light
from what he regarded his duties in the Shenandoah Valley
a year ago. Were it Early, the rebel, instead of Crawford,
the filibuster, who was in his department, we should
quickly see him sent "whirling down the valley " in a style
more amusing to spectators than to himself. And yet to
the true soldier or intelligent patriot the duty required by
the Government would be performed with as great alacrity
in the one case as in the other.
In the New Orleans news, telegraphed to us this morning,
there is what is called an "impartial and correct state-
ment" of the capture of Bagdad. According to this it ap-
pears the exploit was performed by negro troops wearing
our uniform ; and that it was really an affair got up for
the most discreditable purposed such as riots and plunder.
We have no doubt that the authorities will now see to the
prompt punishment of the offenders, for the coolness and
audacity with which Crawford continues to operate may
be seen by the following among other sentences in the
telegraphic despatch :—" After wrangling several days
with General Escobedo regarding the command of the
liberal forces, General Crawford left for New Orleans
(whore he has since arrived) after reinforcements and sup-
plies." It is evident that a man is needed in our service
on the Rio Grande who has the comprehension and skill of
a statesman as well as the vigour and courage of a soldier;
and the sooner we have such a man there the sooner will
these wretched troubles which are perturbing the country
be brought to an end.

The Times, in commenting on Mr. George Pea-
body's second gift of one hundred thousands pounds
to the poor of London, in addition to the one hun-
dred and fifty thousand pounds previously given by
that gentleman, thinks it will be pardonable if it is
unable to find adequate terms in which to express
its acknowledgments of this noble act of charity.
The mount of the gift, though not, perhaps, its
most admirable characteristic, is of itself 'sufficient
to render any expression of gratitude insignificant.
With the former endowment the donation now
amounts to a quarter of a million. Such a gift from
one person is, probably, the most splendid act of
munificence on record. But the manner of this
gift is even more admirable than its magnitude,
and is, in a still greater degree, beyond any ex-
pression of our thanks. It is not one of those
posthumous bequests in which, however praise-
worthy they may be, a man only surrenders his
property to the benefit of 'others when he can no
longer retain it for his own gratification. This
gift is made during the life of the donor, and, that
he may increase the happiness of others, Mr.
Peabody has denied to himself the use and the
pleasure of a quarter of a million of money. It is
true, indeed, that such charity brings with it a
satisfaction far greater than any pleasure which is
to be derived from the mere possession of riches,
and Mr. Peabody, we may be sure, will not be
without this recompense for his benevolence. But
it is not every man who is capable of appreciating
this generous pleasure ; and it is one of the highest
virtues of humanity deliberately to prefer the satis-
faction of such charity to the reasonable enjoy-
ments which attend the possession of great wealth.
When to these considerations it is added that the
boon is spontaneously conferred upon the poor of
this metropolis by one who, though he has resided
among us for many years, is not himself an Eng-
lishman, nor bound to us by any particular ties, we
appear to see every circumstance that could heighten
the benevolence of the gift and overpower our
gratitude. All England, moreover, rejoices in such
a benefit conferred upon the poor of London, and
it is the profound feeling of every Englishman which
will thus be moved by Mr. Peabody's generosity.

IMPORTANT
contract
RAILWAY CONTRACT. A very
important
been negotiated between
the Atlantic and Great Western, and the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway Companies, which
provides for laying a line in the narrow gauge upon
the Atlantic and Great Western Road to Cincinnati,
Cleveland, and other Western cities, and also the
immediate construction of a line of narrow-gauge
railroad through Clarion, Jefferson, Centre, Union,
and Northumberland counties, Pennyslvania, to
connect the Great Western with the Catawissa
Road, thus forming, by means of the latter road
and the Philadelphia and Reading Road, a continu-
ous line of narrow-guage railroad from all the
great cities West to Philadelphia and New York.
One immediate result of this contract will be the
establishment of a line of steamships between
Philadelphia and England, for the building and
equipment of which the two companies have
agreed to contribute half the amount necessary.

WHO is SENATOR CHANDLER ? The New
York correspondent of the London .Herald
thinks Englishmen may ask, who is this Chan-
dler that burns the candle at both ends—who
would plunge into another great war even before
our civil war is settled ? Well, Mr. Chandler is
popularly known as the " Great American Blood-
letter." Judge him not by his name ; he bath no
heart of tallow. It was Chandler, according to
this correspondent, who, when the friends of con-
ciliation and peace were endeavouring to avert the
disasters that seemed so imminent in the early
spring of 1861 (during the session of the Peace
Convention), declared in his place in the Senate
that " without a little blood-letting, the Union
would not be worth a —." 'Tis true, Chandler
has never spilled any of his own blood ; he
has never yet sniffed the battle-smoke, but he has
been and he is willing to sacrifice the lives of
any number of American citizens or foreigners—
like Artemus Ward, all his own and his wife's rela-
tions—to maintain the cause of freedom. So he
has clothed his neck with thunder (and filled
his epigastrium with cock-tails), and has de-
molished several thousand rebels (in debate) ;
having finished which little job, he is now pre-
pared to annihilate Great Britain. And by the
way, as the late President would say, that reminds
me of a little story. On the 27th of November,
1861, Chandler addressed a large number of his
brother Michiganders in Kalamazoo. In the
course of his speech he was interrupted by a call
from some one in the crowd, " How about England,
Zach ?" " England—England is disloyal to the
noiwokeby wicked Copper-
heads)proposed the
core—worse than the rebels." Doubtless it is to
punish this "disloyalty" (which was at the time
coolly
Chandler many
a
mad
ethethteatxtfor
withdrawal of our Minister and complete non-
intercourse.

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