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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15

The KInA Of Men Fremont Hangs.
1t has already been announced that
Gen. Fremont has approved the verdict Of
the Court Martial sentencing to be hung
two Secession marauders, Henry Kuhl
and Hamilton W. Windon, for the muir
der of young man, not soldier, attached
to one Of our camps in Braxton County,
Virginia. The Kanawha Republican
says:
Their victim had been working for 4
farmer for few weeks, and Was on his
return to camp, and on his way stopped 1t
Kuhls house to rest. Mrs. Kuhl went to
the meadow. where her husband and son
and Windon we're moving, and told them
that there was q Union soldier at the
house. (The murdered man was not !
soldier.) The elder Kuhl iold her 10 90
back and tell the soldier to coma out TO
the meadow to them. In the mean time
his murder was decided upon BY the elder
Kuhl and Windon, the young Kuhl not
consenting When the young man came
out 70 the meadow the old man Kuhl ap-
preached him scythe 10 hand and with .
single blow severed his head from his
body. He and Windon then ripped open
his bowels and thrust 10 the head and
then threw the body into . ditch near BY
and covered it up. This is the substance
of the old mans confession, as to the
murder. When asked by Provost Mar
shall what induced him 70 murder the in
offensive young man. he replied: II do
not knew ! suppose the Devil made me
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15

i The hrst year OF INC hepuDncan al
ministrstion was brought to close Q,
Monday last, and We propose to ''post th'
book" and see how matters stand. 10
stead Of the .good times" promised th'
people by the Republicans, as the result
of Lincoln's election, we have:
0A divided Union
~A bloody and devastating Civil
| War.
| E A Bankrupt Treasury.
~A daily expenditure of $685..
900.
IA National Debt of $500, 000. 000.
~ Direct Taxation.
1~A National Bank:
~The prices Of all kinds Of produce
down.
ETThe prices of everything we have
to buy up.
~. These are Lincoln times--yea
Black Republican s.-[Falls City
Register.
The above account against the Rcpub-
lican party is going the rounds ~ the Val
landigham press Of the North.
Now, to say nothing Of the palpable err
rors III the account, there is only one side
Of it given. The country has been ruled
half century, more or less, by the Dem
ocratic party, and on the 4th Of March,
1861, the Republican President found
that during the Administration Of the
last Democratic President slavery propa-
gandism and doaghface subserviency, uns
der the name Of Democracy, and by the
aid Of Locofoco Cabinet and Senate,
had precipitated the South into rebellion.
The Cotton States we're gone. with the
Forts, Arsenals. Navy Yards. Custom
Houses, Minis, Armories, DC, unto them
appcrsaining. Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and other Border States, we're
plunging headlong into rebellion. Aplot
to assassinate the President elect was
barely ,hwar,ed by an unexpected move.
ment, and the city of Washington and
the Government established by our faith
ers we're saved BY the patriotism Of our
aroused people, who repudiated the lead
ers Of the Democratic party North and
South, and rushed to arms in defence Of
their imperilled Government.
II, therefore, any party is responsible
for the bill Of expenses which the Vallan-
digham press parade as the cost of the
salvation Of the Government during one
year Of Republican rule, it is the party
which had charge of the Government
when the rebellion commenced and had
controlled it for many years prior to that
time. That party, large proportion Of
which is now in arms against the Govern.
ment, is fairly entitled not only to be
charged with the rebellion, but with the
expense Of crushing it out And the Re-
publican party desire to make the guilty
portion Of that party pay the expense by
con6scating their property; but tho Val
landigham wing Of the Northern Democ-
racy resist this righteous course, and in
sist that the people of the North shall pay
the expense of crushing the rebellion. ex-
clusively out Of their own pockets.--
Hence the startling figures which they
display as the cost Of the war during the
first year Of the patriotic Republican Ad-
mi Illustration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
ssill FER Administration.

The plotting traitors Of the South in
the inception of the rebellion were foiled
in their design to assassinate the Presi-
dent elect on his way to Washington
The scheme which failed then has never
been abandoned, md it is now plainly
limited Al BY one of the sympathizing
crew, who should find > permanent rather
than temporary residence 1t Fort War
rem.
Col. James w. Wall has published a
long and bitter article, over his own sig
nature, stacking '.the man Cameron, !"
dictator Lincoln and Secretary Sew.
ard. for the course which they have taken
in the case Of Mr.. Pierce Butler. The
following is the concluding paragraph Of
this remarkable document:
If this effort (stos shelter the man Cam
cron for his illegal acts behind tho robes
of the Dictator Lincoln") prevails, then
all | have TO say is, that il there be low
or depth Of infamy not yet attained in
these times of political prostitution and
reckless subserviency TO arbitrary power,
such Congressional action win plumb that
depth. Then, with ! subservient Con-
gross, With m obedient army, with anact-
ing assistant corps Of hundreds Of thous-
anda Of hungry seekers Of patronage, with
a muzzled press and powsrless judiciary,
Abraham Lincoln becomes the master of
this nation. It WAS Corbin, the bosom
friend Of Patrick Henry, who, when Vir-
ginia was overrun by the foe. and every
exigency seemed to call for the measure,
and member proposed in the Legislature
10 make Henry dictator, exclaimed, with
the zeal Of sn old Roman: Your dicta-
torial crown TO his brow, my dagger to
his heart" The Corbins are not all dead
yet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
1ePsrss frsm the ssusA.
Especial to Tribune.
New York. Nav

New York, May "a.
Monterey, Tenn, Nay l2.-To-day on,
troops took possession Of an evacuated
rebel camp, three and q half miles from
Corinth, and rebel pickets were driven
In.
The Mobile Register Of the 9th states
that 5 Federal gunboats appeared or DOL
phin Island.
The New Orleans Delta Of the 4th re-
cords m interview between Gen. Butler.
and the Mayor and Council, and that they
continue their functions except upon poi
teal and military offenses. No oath Of
allegiance has been required.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15


EThe Herald, a secesh sheet at Du-
buqus. has recently been trying to depre-
ciate the credit q the Goyrnment by its
filings about Government Ashinplasters. !"
Here Is paragraph from another Her.
aid, not much more patriotic than that Of
Dubuque. which puts different face on
the matter:
Mr.. Chase may we'll te congratulated
on the vindication. Of his financial policy
by the present condition Of Government
securities We understand that he has
determined to issue no more Treasury
notes ut present, and not to extend the
limit for deposits at the sub-treasuries. -
His certificates of indebtedness. having
one year to run, are now selling 1t par |;
and, al he is authorized to issue any
amount Of these, he may consider the
financial problem of the war completely
solved. The working Of the money mar
ket j. likewise going to assist him in an
other way. Many people believe that the
Eve year bonds, Of which Mr.. Chase is
authorized to issue e50O, O0O, 600, snd
into which the legal te.der currency is
convertible, will, in reality, prove ten,
fifteen or twenty year bonds, % they are
only rcdcemabls Eat the pleasure Of Gov
eminent, sitter Eve years, and il seems
unlikely that the Government will be able
10 1867 to pay of 10 large dsbt - $780,
600, 600. Hence the advance Of the other
skies 70 : premium il leading many indi-
viduals % think about converting them
into these Ave year bonds. Mr.. Cisco had
several inquiries on the subject to-day
BY way Of completing the triumph Of Mr..
Chase's financial policy, the advance in
I 80 notes is enabling him to provide the
gold for the payment Of this interest on
the public debt without paying premium.
Last wssk Mr.. Cisco exchanged e2, 100, !
600 Of 7.3O notes for gold 1t par. To-
day he made further exchange Of 81
$1,000. So that already large proper
ton Of the golc required for the payment
of the July interest il on hand in the sub
treasury.-[New York Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15

- Both wings Of the Democracy vo-
ted for one or more traitors Il the Presi-
DENTAL election fess than two years sgo.
They voted thus altar they had bssn
warned Of the fact for months before
hand. Aud the same il also true Of The
esa Everett: :ns1 q :hns: asy. tas oa..JJ
thoroughly loyal Presidential ticket was
that containing the nanss Of Lincoln and
Hamlin.
LIT past experience afFord warning
for the future. and let every HONEST man
and trus patriot beware Of The candidates
Who viii - foisted upon ths public 81
shs n 49, ghaansn - I'll, il thia
State and elsewhere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
Fron Washington.
Washington. Nav Ia.

Robert Morris, Esq, ChiefClerk Of the
House Of Representatives, left here to-day
for the headquarters of Gen. Mcclellan,
bearing With him a handsomely engrossed
copy Of the resolution Of thanks passed by
the House on Friday last. Mr.. Morris,
BY the direction Of the Clerk Of the House,
will deliver these 70 the General in per
son.
The Military Department n recently
restored includes the State Of Kansas, the
Indian Territory vest Of Arkansas, and
the Tsrriksies Of Nabnska, Celosado and
Nevada, With the headquarters 1t Fort
Leavsnworth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
Majsr n. c. CalAwsll.

We learn that Major Caldwell, of the
Sd lows Cavalry, has besn put 10 COM
mand Of district composed Of Galloway,
Audain, and Mearoe Cousties, with
headausrses u Mexico, Missouri. Il il
supposed that he viii remain there, with
his battalion for some time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
FROM WASHINGTON.

Washington, May Is.
F. P. Trott, of the Contract Post Office
Department, left Washington to-day for
Norfolk, to open the Post Office at that
place. The mails will be sent by the old
route, via Fort Monroe.
Representative Lovejoy's bill has pass
ed both Houses, and establishes Depart
ment Of Agriculture, with Commits
sioner's salary Of $1,000 per annum, as
chief executive officer. 1t is separate and
distinct from all other departments devot-
ed exclusively to agriculture.
The recent act of the Legislature of
New York, placing its Canals at the service
Of the Government, 80 far as to allow the
enlargement Of its Canal locks to size
adequate to the passage Of vessels able to
defend the lakes from hostile attack, was
placed on the table Of Congress this FORE
noon. accompanied by letter from Capt.
Erickson, and also by evidence furnished
by extracts from the London Times, show
ing the defcnceless condition OF Ameri-
can commerce on the lakes, and the abili-
ty Of England at any time to take imme.
date and complete control of them.
A meeting Of the conservative members
of Congress from all tho States, to defeat
the schemes of the Abolitionists and Sc
cessionists, was held this evening in the
Hall OF Representatives, Mr.. Criltsnden
in the chair and Mr.. Cox Secretary.
Mr.. Richardson, to test the sense oil
the meeting, moved that the Chairman
have power to call them togelher when.
everit shall agaia become necessary In order
that they nigh, make arrangements for
defeating Objectionable measures. There
Was no legislation pending Of which they
knew enough 70 determine what course "a
take. They we're in the midst Of shifting
scenes. He therefore suggested TINT the
report prepared Be not submitted, for
when report Was adopted there vas no
recalling it, They should hold themselves
in readiness TO act on all measures "a
policy might dictate.
Mr.. Kellogg concurred In the suggcs-
tions. He thought the results Of the
meeting on Saturday highly beneficial
He referred to the modification Of the bill
rendered TO secure freedom to the person.
within the territories Of the United States,
it having been stripped ofits other features
Mr.. Cox said We had not killed the
abolition business yJst. All conservative
man ought to consult upon what action
should be pursued 1t al times. The com
mittee TO be appointed ought to see thai
their friends are 10 their seats 10 dsfeal
mischievous legislation. and acme plan fol
converting and combining At any tims
Mhan necessary.
Mr.. Mallory concurred in the viewl
Just expressed.
Il was finally concluded to appoint
committee Of seven members. for the pur
!, pose suggested
Mr. Crittenden said il was desirabl.
that Congress should adjourn at m early
day.
| Mr.. WickliEe said il appeared the Sen
Ste determined not TO adjourn, and haf
rejected the House resolution fixing IL,
/ time.
MI. Mallory said that he had CONVEX
sation with Senator Fesaenden, and va,
informed 'by him that they wonld be read,
30 Adjonrh ~ tho middle Of .June.
S4nAior Poxsll aid he had heard som,
sxtrsms nsn rsnark that they wosld nol
e6joarn during the war.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
Runners Frsm Ters monroe.

New York, May Ia.
A Fsrt Monroe letter ofthe 18th states
that McClellan's pickess wers. rithin 16
miles Of Richmond, that the Monitor and
Naugatuck had passed City Point towards
Richmond, the Galena following. The
rebel steamers Yorktown and jamestown
we're 1t Rockets near Richmond. These
are only rumors.
The Champion from -Aspinwall brings
S4S4 900 specie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15

The execution was fixed for May o.
Here il another outrage on the Consti-
tuition for sympathiEers TO howl over.
What business hsd the Abolition General
Fremont to hang brace Of Virginiaas
tor pursuing their sports in their own
6eld.y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
FROM wASMINGrON.
Tribune's Dispatch.
Washington. Nav l0.

The Judiciary Committee Of tho Housu
have agreed 70 report in favor Of the I'd.
mission Of three members fron California.
Tho delegation from Colunbks, Ohio,
urged the claims Of that place Is site
for national armory before the Military
Committee Of the House to-day.
Acting Provost Marshall, Col Gates,
yesterday took charge Of the post ONCE at
Fredericksburg, ousting The rsbels post
master who has held the samc ofiee fol
20 years under the Federal Governnsnl
and grown rich upon il. Horn had The
effrontery to demand $45 which he said
the U. g. Post Office Department owed,
and which hs hoped would be paid il
gold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
From General Fremont.
Times Correspondence

Tine 8 C0rresp0hdence.
Franklin, via Green Springs and
Baltimore, May l3:
Gen. Fremont arrived here early to- day
at the head of his army, having come BY
forced marches to the relief of Schenck
and Ailroy. He Immediately reviewed
the troops here stationed, and rode lii
tie beyond town. The enemy dscamped
last night and are now retreating.
In the late battle at Mcdowell our loss
was 30 killed and about goo wounded,
many slightly. The troops are all in high
spirits and full Of expectation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15

awaks 81 nights on purpose to study how
to play the fool and the traitor, without
exposing his precious life to peril
Estate kcgister.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15

@0ov. Gamble i ! candidate for -
slsslisa \ Missouri.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15

~Hoa. John Hickman, Of Pennsy |.
vania, declines hsing ! candidate for Re.
slsstioa = Ooaglsas:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15

Extn Pine Imperial;
= Yeang Tyson;
Colour.
Parties h want Of choice Teas viii Esd tAen 1t
KOBkR1SON Mc0UEkN'S.
arrl6-A 70 Main street !.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-15
lU1NBY ON THE BEE,

jlst received and forsais At the City Book slnr
Apr94-d r. w. OGDE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-12-13
United States Navy-Report of Secretary
WelIes.

The material portion OF Secretary
Welles' annual report is his account of the
growth and present strength of the navy,
and the effectiveness of it in enforcing the
blockade and keeping the ocean clear of
privateers. When Mr.. Welles assumed
charge of the Navy Department in March,
1861, there were but ~ vessels then in
commission, and most of them abroad.
There were only 1900 seamen then in the
pay of the Government, and on the 10th of
March, only 207 in all the ports and re-
ceiving-ships Of the Atlantic coast, to man
our ships and protect the Navy-yards and
depots, and aid in SURPRISING the rising
instruction. At the present time, by pur-
chase and by construction, the Govern
ment has atloat, or progressing to COM
pletion, . naval force of 427 vessels, and
carrying 3,266 guns. So sudden and so
vast naval armament has not been wit
messed in modern times. OF the 427 yes
sells in service, 1O4 only are sailing YES
sells, 1913 are steam vessels, and 1913 of
these latter have been added by cOnStruc
ton. This speaks more than almost any
other fact of the great energy and prodig
ious achievements of the Navy Depart
ment. These new vessels of war are of no
mean capacity and calbre, as the follow
ing description of them will show:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-12-13
Old Words with New Applications.


The sutioined is from an address which
BEN JoNsoN, in his drama of Catiline
puts in the mouth of the Roman General,
PETREIUs, to his army as it marched forth
against the rebel legions of the arch con.
spirator. Much of it bears striking an
alogy to the sentiments which our Gene
rails in the present war to put down the
rebellion of JEFF. DAVIS, if earnest men,
must feel:
It is my fortune and my glory, soldiers,
This day, to lead you on:
And am proud to have so brave a cause
To exercise your arms in We not now
Fight for how long, how broad, how great and
large
TIL extent and bounds o. the people of Rome
shall be;
But to retain what our great ancestors,
With all their labor, counsels, arts, and actions
For US, purchasing so many years.
The quarrel is not now of fame, of tribute,
Or of wrongs done unto confederates,
For which the army of The people of Rome
Was wont to move : but for your own Republic,
For the raised temples of the immortal gods,
For all your fortunes, affairs, and your fires,
For the dear souls OF your loved wives and children,
Your parents tombs, your rites, laws, liberty,
And briefly for the safety of the world
Against such men as only by their crimes
Are known.
And who, in such a cause, and 'gainst such men
Would not wish himself all arm and weapon,
To cut such poisons from the earth?
Chiefly when this sure joy shall crown our side,
That the leasT man that falls upon our party
As some must give their
To fate, and that eternal memory
Of the best DEATH writ with it, for their country
Shall walk at pleasure in the tents of rest.
And see far off, beneath him, all their host
Tormented after life and Catiline there
Walking wretched and less ghost than he.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-12-13


THE BRINsMADE CAsE.-The New York
Board of Police Commissioners on Monday
afternoon rendered a decision in the cele-
brated Brinsmade case, whereby they cen.
sure Superintendent Kennedy for having
detained Mrs. Brinsmade without written
authority from the War Department. In
conclusion they passed q resolution ex-
pressive Of their continued confidence in
his zeal and ability as Police Superinten-
dent.
A New York correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Press says:
Mrs. Brinsmade came North on strong
minded tour. scraped acquaintance with
strangers in the cars, and was impudently
disloyal in her noisy remarks. Her own
friends demonstrated with her for this con-
duct; but she kept it up until the ponce
finally took her in charge. 81 That Is aooul
the sum and substance of the whole story
though it is so ostentatiousIY used Tor Po-
litical capital. Superintendent henneoy
has an unquestionable tendency 70 LanoJ
himself much greater man than ne Is
but stronger points might be made a9ai na
him than this " defenceless Wolhan noD
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-12-13

Mr.. Welles points to the work of his
immense improvised navy, and claims
practical success in its b1ockadiDg service
the most pr0dlgious ever undertaken by
any Government. The high price of cot
ton in our own and foreign countries,
when the South has millions of bales of it,
and the exorbitant price in the South OF
all articles of foreign manufacture, is con-
elusive proof of the efficiency OF the block
ade. Mr.. Welles thinks all the Southern
ports will be in our possession at an early
day, when, he suggests, part of the
blockading force may be spared to chase
retel pirates from the high seas-a not
very consoing prospect to American
commerce, it must be said.
The Secretary of the Navy speaks with
evident disgust of the action of England in
permitting the rebel privateer, the Ala
banaa, to leave her ports to barrass Amer
lean commerce, and suggests that the
British Government might justly be called
on to make up to American shippers and
ship,owners the losses inflicted on them
by the alabama. With regard to the
future of American (Southern) commerce,
the Secretary suggests that when all the
Southern coast and ports are safely in our
| possession, the blockade should be dis
solved and the ports opened to general
commerce, under such Limitations, condi.
lions and restrictions SIS it would clearly
be within the province of the Government
to impose, and without offence to the laws
of nations. This is an important sugges-
ton, aud probably foreshadoWs the adj
ministration policy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-12-13

GEN. FRANKLIN's MOVEMENTS Gen.
Franklln's grand division is now moving
to point on the Rappahannock, west Of
Fredericksburg 1--WE need not say where),
aud will cross that river, fanking the reb-
Ell position and maintaining his own. To
check this movement, Jackson and Hill
have been withdrawn from the Valley of
the Shenandoah, and probably ordered to
move east on the south bank of the Rap
pahannock, to check and flank Franklin,
while Lee falls upon him with large
force and annihilates -Philadelphiq
Press, 26th uzt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-12-13

ABsENTEEs FROM THE ARMY. - 1t is
stated on good auth ority that no less than
one hundred and eighty thousand of the
soldiers whose names now fill the muster
rolls are absent, with or without leave i
10 talk about discipline and organization
IN the face of facts like this, is nonsense
suollmated to the utmost attainable limit.
The President, too, is reported as having
lately mace the remark that the army is
less in numbers to-day than when the last
levy was made for three hundred thousand
meni