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Tlic Washington correspondent Of tilt: New
Torl; -dd,crtiwr says, The venerable Mr.. Wick
life Of Kentucky, who with Mr.. Critfendcn, J
hcrps alive rccoilccti"ns Of the ruf1lss and
dig1li1ied manners Of the statesmen Of the an
tedeluyian epoch, introduced :; resolution on
'eontrabantl'' catching in camps, which pro-
y"H"d i sharp discussion between him Mr..
Loyejoy, Of Illinois. It is very evident that
the negro is not yet banislcd from Congress
fio1.2l debate, and Mr. Loycjoy rather hit the
Kentuekia'' 1y parodying the description oi
Fat,ick Henry of The Tory sympathiz.r who
went around tic revolutionary camps shout
ing s'bcef! beef! beef!'' The soldiers of the
Northwest had hastcncd to protect Kentucky
from rebel hordes, aud were saluted by 1le
modern Tories with the cry Of ''negroes
negroes! ncgroes!''
, 1862-12-13

turn the merchants and bankers. have
realized enormous profits by :epeculation.
thanks to the blockade Of the Southern ports, which
blockade preserved Europe from general decline
Of raw cotton, which would havo been sti1l more
accelerated by an accumulation Of manufactured
cottons Intervention is not only useless, but to
be cayoidcd; for the very worst thing for England
would be the raising Of the blockade, and the free
importation Of more cotton. It il not the dearth,
but the abundance Of the article. which causes the
distress This truth is gradually coming to light
in EnGlaNd through the press.
So it appears that the rebellion, instead
Of being curse to English industry, has,
by cutting off the supply Of raw cotton,
saved the English manufacturers and bank
crs from The ruin with which they were
threatened. In the face of the excessive
supply, it las raised the price Of cotton
goods and preserved to mill-owners and
their bankers the means Of relieving the
destitution Of their operatives, who would
have been still worse off had peace beer
maintained. This, though an unexpected
and novel view Of the question, doubtless
embodics the truth.
, 1862-12-13


pruyiltltiali3 tho list excuse for the in
terycnlion by Great Britain in cur affairs
will be soon taken away, by the facts with
which the f1icnds Of the United States are
making the press Of Europe ring. They
will prove that the cotton famine ii Eng
land, the rcrutcd cause Of the distress in
the manufacturing districts, is no famine
at all; and they will be able TO show that,
had no! the American war broken out, the
scenes Of distress and suffering now un-
harl'ily the rule among English opera
tiycs, would have been just as certainly
enacted as tie consequence Of the stoppage
Of the mills by reason Of al excessive pro-
duction Of cotton goods during the two or
three years past In word, the manufac-
turcrs have exceeded tie capacity to alb
sorb their products; and there is not so
much a want Of cotton, as the lack of q
market in which cotton fabrics may be
sold. Woven cottons are, to-day, after
having paid heavy ocean transportation,
Increased commissions and exchange, tWen-
II per cent. lower in India than
in Manchester; the same is true
of the other. great markets Of the
world; and though. Speculation upon pros
pcctiye scarcity Of the raw material keeps
up the price in the manufacturing districts,
there is little probability that our war will
be long enough continued to enable the
EpcculatOrS to realize their exne4tsH 1,rnfits-
, 1862-12-13
Gl)tta9o Qribn1tt.
FORWARD THE WH0IE rvNE.

The splendid SUCCESS Of Gen. Burnside
al Fredericksburg in accomplishing that
which the great Frederick pronounced the
most delicate and difficult achievement in
crossing deep river in the face Of
an cneny-giyes promise Of an energetic
campaign in Virginia, simultaneously with
like movements in the departments of the
Cumberland and Tennessee "Forward
the whole 1ine' is now the order from the
Comn1ander-in-chicf Burnside, Rosccrans
and Grant, hold in their hands the des-
iinies Of tic country, and according as they
win OF lose does the country live OF die.
We have no fears Of the result, for we be-
1ieye that they are each and all fighting
Generals, and that their armies are the
embodiment Of yalor and endurance. The
hopes and prayers Of humanity go With
them, and the nation holds its breath for
tidings Of their grapple with the enemy.
Forward the whole Incl Give the rebels
no time to reinforce Virginia from the
West, or the West from Virginia Let not
Bragg transfer his columns to aid Van
Dom, or Van Dom move his army to help
Bragg out Of 3 bad scrape. Give each
rebel regiment something to do al the
time on its own ground, andthc results
will be q wonder to OUT day and genera
zion. Apart from military results, which
must be glorious and decisive in every
quarter, the political consequences Of such
strategy will be sudden and marvellous.
No set Of demagogues dare raise their
heads in Congress or the country TO hawk
at the Government, or clamor for peace,
while energy leads aud victory crowns our
armies in the fields Let the Mississippi
be opened, and Y Vailanlisha1n, Richardson,
N1ahony and the Chicago Times will be
ccWed to the condition and tone of sucking
doves Let Burnside defeat Lee in de-
cisiye engagement, and Fernando Woods
crest will fall fo1ty-tive degrees on the in
stant, Strike down the rebel armies, and
the Tory party in the oral viii be strick-
en- down by the sazAa4hotion. Smite the
head. anu tile tail Will drop. Forward the
whole linct
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fFrom Cur Own Correspondent
NEAR WATER WALLET, MISS.

EFroIn Our Own Correspondent
NEAR WATER WALLET, Mss.
December 4, 1852
An excellent supper and breakfast Of chick
en- and corn bread, how obtained, known only
to our Intelligent contraband, who caters for
the mess. Joined to capital nights rest, re-
freshcd and prepared us early in the morning
to resume the pursuit Of the enemy. We
were in the saddle little after daylight, and
winding our way over the hills and down into
the yal1ies, which here constitutes remarka-
BILE Typographical feature Of this portion Of
Mississippi.
Col. Lee had Despatched one company Of the
7th Kansas, in charge Of Lieut.. Woodburn, Of
company E, TO Paris, late in the evening, to
make reconnaissance Of the country and dis
cover if any portion Of the enemy's train had
passed that way. Lieut.. Woodburn reported
that he learned that a large number Of bag
gage wagons and several hundred carriages
belonging to citizens who were fleeing from
the wrath to come, passed through Paris a
little before daylight, guarded By a battalion
Of infantry and squadron Of cavalry. He
reached the village little after daylight, but
with his small force did not deem it prudent
to attack them, and prudently withdrew to
our old camping ground. He joined the
olumn soon after we had departed, and re-
ported result to Col. Lee. $50
MORE PRISONERS CAPTURED.
Two miles in front We captured two prison.
.ers belonging to Wallis Texas Legion, who
informed US that the rebel caYalry passed at
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1t" Tic Burlington {Vcrnont) Times is ill.,
formed that there are now collected at Rouse
Point about 14,su 1nuskets, ESQ swords, 500
large rcyolyefs, 100000 Of caps, and eleven
ions Of fpowdcT, (which were shipped from New
York city. a portion Of these arms were once
storpca by Provost Marshal Draper, while III
f'"'tsit', tnt very singularIy permitted to 60
forward They are now held at the Point by
Marshal Dun, by the order Of the Secretary Of
War. The weight Of these articles is over 100
tons, and their estimated value is 500, ,OO0.
The weapons will arm seventeen regiments.
4 Mr- ueydcckc came forward us the agent
having The commodities in charge, but, on ex-
animation, las been discharged lis gui'tlcss.
The owncrs or shippers have been discovered,
but their na1ncs arc mt made public.
, 1862-12-13

Es7Ef.
The New York 71smy, in an article conf
n,enting Oh Col. Websters report OIL the pro-
posed enlargement of 1l1c Illinois and MIchi-
gan Canal, says:
The proposed canal is Of great importance,
and will probably be ordered to be construct
at Chicago, Lake Micligan,) aud follow the
line Of tile Illinois and Michigan Canal SOUTH
ward to LaSaile, on the Illinois Riyer-:t dis
tance If ninety-six miles. The present canal
will be widened and deepcned, So rs to have Il
width Of 1G0 feet or the bottom, with slopiug
rock walls Of ten feet The depth Of the canal
is to be seven feet, 50 as to be easily nayigable
by vessels drawing six feet Of water From La
Salie the Illinois River is to be followed to its
Junction with tile Mississippi River, Il distance
Of ECO miles, in which there is Il total fall of2S
feet. II is c:lculated that seven d,uls and
locks on The Illinois River will afford Il sui1i
Gent depth Of wafer, the year through, to keep
the communication perfect The locks, both
ON canal and river, il is proposed to make $50
feet 1oug and sixty feet broad This is somc-
and thririmmense capacity :aay be understood
in the explanation that twelye
! IF our present ordinary canal
| boats could be put through on one
| lockagc, in from fifteen 10 twenty minutes
| The cutirc canal, when completed, i to be fed
frcm Lake ls7chigan, which Las an elevation
| sufficient TO pour I'LL unccasIn: s1rea.n of its
waters ttward Ill. Mexican Gulf. And its rise
aud fall in The course If the year is hardly
nerceptiblc to the closest guagers OF its tides,
% !liat the supply ~ The canal would be- never
falling.
The estimated cost Of this great work is
S1a.ee,i,:s2+ Tie entire length oft {:'lt miles)
vii: Il. in 4 country lis rich as the valley Of
the NIte, and siiuhEinlls and populols, witt.
Industry, rs That valley never was. Tic Erie
canl )1A miles long, received in tolls 1hn pres
| cnt year over S3,tN0, ,GtD. The great Illinois
canal, to co:,ntct the Mississippi valley witt.
| 1l,c Atlantic ;cahoard, wond he Il far NOR.
| imposing work il its beginning than the Erie
I cal,;tl ut its projection was supposed 1u be-
But il is only in its military s:,ec: and is
| means Of nai iional defense that Con.rrss can
| entertain the project. And there is reason on
these grounds to justify tho work. III case Of
| T;ir with England, that power could cover the
| lakes with gunoat$ and annihiate ihe lu1-
| l.,e!:se commerce Of our lake States aud the
| Northwest. It would be Of inesi Unable value
| to the United StAtcs in such contingency to
be able 10 turn through the ship canal III iron
! clad heet Of gunhults from the Mississippi
| River ard Transports filed with hardy West
crn soldiers The ability to do so would i'll
SURF tle sweeping "f every yestige IF English
| power from the borders of the lakes, down
the St. Lawrence 10 the ocean :ntl into it.
, 1862-12-13

ArPo1SIMEST.-The Lynn Reporter states
that Mrs. F. " Lander, of that city, widow
Of the lamcnted General Lander, has been ap-
pointed Lady Superintendent Of Hospitals in
the Department of the South, and will soon
proceed with her mother to Port Royal, s. c.,
where they will reside. She is said to be
emincptly fitted for the position
, 1862-12-13

RAISING CoTToN IN IowA.-Otis White
more, Esq, of Bowcn's Prairie, Jones county,
Iowa, raised some very handsome samples Of
cotton in his garden the past year. Mr.
Whittcmore says: For its culture would
recommend a sandy loan, where the ground
descends to the south It requires rich soil
and should be 1uanured,
, 1862-12-13

A greater quantity OF grain than was ever
embargocd at Albany before.
In addition there arc large quantities Of
aour, beef, pork, lumber, slaves, &c. Also, n
'leet Of Rondout boats not included in the
subjoincd list, and several vessels with lum
her
At Troy, there arc about sixty boats con-
taining produce.
, 1862-12-13
iowa Soldiers Vote

The official canvass Of tho votes Of the Iowa
soldiers foots up as follows: Republican,
1l,S74; Democratic, 4,ll5. Republican ma
iority, 10, $50.
, 1862-12-13

The Hudson River is closed. Owing
to this Fact, and the suddcnness with which it
was done there are nj Albany crowd Of canal
beats, having TN board the following amount
uf grain. which was OIL its way to New York:
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,

Tafe Banks Expefifffon-A Frustrated
Movement on the IKappahaunock--
Stewards and GuroyEsk1ss 1oiumes.-
Seward Defeating Republican Com
Ereakmcn-Secretnry Cftnkess Recom-
K1enlatfoEs--H'osftIo OF the Ways
E14d mcanS Committee.
, 1862-12-13

An AMERICAN UF FOR PARLIAatENT.-An ma
tive Philadelphian, Mr. Joseph Rodney Cros-
key, has offered himself as candidate for the
British Parliament from southampton. Mr..
Croskey was formerly an American Consul at
that port, and has been for some years en-
gagged III extensive business in London.
, 1862-12-13

a@ An attempt was made afew days since
10 arrest 1he editor Of the JcrseyVille Demo-
cratic Union, published at Jcrseyyillc, in this
State, for disloyal practices, but the scamp got
wind OF what was in store for him, and left
carly
, 1862-12-13

The New York Tines of Wednesday
has an editorial f:ayoring the projected enlarge
ment Of the Illinois and Michigan Canal
e The 1NTn'y C""nty Onion, published
at Woodstock, has 1een discontinued, and its
subscription list transferred to the .Sratiue1,
, 1862-12-13

Ablie ]. Smith Of Davenport, Iowa,
Committed suicide by taking poison, on the
sti inst. A Coronrr's jury brought in {: YER
diet that Dr. ]. c. Parker, who had abducted,
seduced, and abandoned the deceased, was
guilty. lie should be arrested and punished
| to the utmost extent Of the law.
, 1862-12-13

- The New York papers state, that in
answer to their advertisement for proposal
for furnishing 500, GOO pounds Of printing pa
per per week. Il proposal las already been re-
criycd from 4 party to supply the amount at
Il large reduction from current rates
, 1862-12-13

During Thursday night, 4 plantation road
was discovered leading. south Of the farm,
where we were cneamred, and connecting
neglected to destroy. This bridge was pick
cted heavily, ;,B were also all tile roads and
paths leading to it, and Instructions given to
prevent any rebel demonstration against it.
4 large detail was employed during the night
i'll filing sllc ruts and Eoics in the road, and
making it passuble for our wagons and alrtil-
ltry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-21
KEOKUK IOWA: MONDAY, APRIL q, 1862

experiment has failed, as fail it always
will and always must. 1t is not consti-
tutional government, it is not Rcpubli-
canism, - some Of our European friends
pretend, that has failed but the attempt
cd union of freedom and sfavcry, pf two
essentially hostile and mutually repcllant
systems in the same State"
The claims Of slavery on the Union, DR.,
Brownson maintains, are nulli6zd by the
act of secession.
1--WE have no patience with those poll,
ticians, denlagogues, and pettifoggers,
who labor TO restore the old Union OF
slavery and freedom, who believe or pro-
fess to believes, in the possibility OF its
restoration, and who try to persuade US
that on that union depend the future
greatness and glory Of the republic. The
slave interest had always the right 10 Sc
cede from the Union, if it chose, and in
this sense we recognize the alleged right
of secession; for the United States never
made saveholding obligatory upon any
particular State, or on any Of their citi-
, xefs.
'fThe slave interes. had always the right,
Lii it chose, to 60 out of tho Uaion, TO
cease to be an interest in to the nation
II had the perfect right Of self destruc-
tion /, but having gone out OF the Union,
and ceased to be an interest in the Union
we deny the obligation of tho United
States to force it back, or even to permit
Its voluntary retura. 1t has gone out :
and, we say, let it stay out. But Il !,
right Of slavery to seeede by 40 means
involves the right Of the slaveholding
States themselves TO seeede. Slavery
might secede, but it could not carry with
it any portion Of the national territory,
the national properly, or the. national pop
NATION and as the slave has DO rights
and 40 property Of his own, it could garry
no rights and no property with it. Ita
secession, therefore, leaves to the United
States alI the territory previously occu.
pied by it, and the plenary right of sov-
ereignty over THAT territory and the popu.
lation occupying it. The cecession could
only dissolve the Union, between slavery
and freedom; il could not abroeate the
rights Of freedom. 1t, by seeding, ne.
cesssrily left to freedom the whole nation
,, al territory, none Of which could ever
rightfully again become slave territory
Rightly and legally considered, the ques-
ton of slavery in the seeding States ID
not whether it shall or shall not be abol-
ished, but whether it shall or shall not be
re-established BY the act of secession
slavery has no longer legal status in whsI
was the territory of the seeding States,
and the population held to service are
freed, because there is now in that terri
tory no law by which they can be SO
held, What we demand is--not an ac,
Of Government abolishing slavery, but a
refusal on the part Of the United States
TO allow the success of their arms over
the rebels TO be ssed to Ie-establish it, OF
to remand to slavery population made
free by the secession of their masters
Here is the position Of the slave question
to-day-a position far in advance of its
position yesterday"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-21
From Brownson's Qaarteriy Review
Dr. Drownsoa on slavery.

DR.. Brownson argues that slavery has
sproduced our present national crisis-that
the rebellion itself is only the armed
phase Of the slavery question-and tina,
unless this question is disposed Of SO tha,
1t can never come up again, all the efforts
OF our government and people will be
idle, and all our sacrifices of men aud
money will be worse than lost In his
view, the time has come when the slave
system and the free labor system can not
exist side by side in the same country.
1t is, We suppose, the object of the
United States iii the present civil war to
break up the Southern Confederacy, to
put down, aud utterly extnguish the
present rebellion, and, as far as human
foresight and human ability can go, TO
guard against any like rebellion in future.
The aim Of every nation should be, first
Of all, self-preservatioD, or the mainten-
Ance Of its own existence and the integ-
rity Of its territory. Our nation can DO
this only by rendering universal either
the slave system or the free labor system,
legalizing slavery everywhere in the land,
or permitting il nowhere. Were We to
beat, As We are beating the armies Of the
Confaderacy, and crush it's present midi
tary power, We should SO long as slavery
occupied its former position, 1t best gain
only truce for some few years, no solid
or durable peace. The embers of the re-
bellion would still slumber, ready to break
out and burn afresh on the first opportu-
nifty. The slaveholding interest might
consent again TO govern and use the Union
for its own ends, but it would not be ex-
tinguished, aud would break out in = still
more formidable rebellion, and again con-
vulse the nation, the moment that the in
terest Of free labor should show itself
able and determined to assert its own
rights and legitimacy" A
The attempt to combine the two sys-
TENS has been tried under the most favor
able circumstances, but without snccess.
The experience of the future, with the
same object in view, would only be repe-
tition Of tho past.
"It is useless to multiply words about
it. There can be no permanent union of
freedom with Slavery, no national unity
and integrity with slavery In one-half Of
the States and freedom in the other. We
have tried the experiment for the best
part Of . century, and it has failed, ut
terly failed. Freedom has made all con-
ceiyablc sacrifices to slavery. Compro
n,iss after compromise has been consented
to. We have suppressed the ut,erances
of our noblest convictions, done q. 10: ..t!aa:
wecould to stiAe the irrepressible instincts
Of humanity, lest by some word or deed
We might endanger the safety of ths
Union, and the result has bcen contempt
on the part Of the South for the Union
saving North, and the present rebellion.
A new trial Of the experiment can sue
coed no better, for the people Of the loyal
States, If they would retain the slightest
approach to aelf-respect. cannot possibly
make greater concessions, or do more
than they have alrsady done TO render
practical aud permanent that union. The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-21
FIR EIGHTS,


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forwarded from Phiiadslpbis, kew York, Boston Or
Baltimore. 10 or from amy point the Railroads
OF Ohio. kenioeky. Indiana, Illinois, Wiscoasin,
Iowa or Missouri, BY RAILROAD DIRECT.
The fennsyivanis Railrsad als0 connects at Pitts
basg with steamers. by whteh Goods can be forward
"a 70 say point on The Ohio, Musk fugun, Ksntueky
sippi, Missouri Kansas, Arkansas, md Bed ksysrr:
and o. Elssctand, Sandnsky and GhTtag0 withsteam-
ers alt ports o the North-Wes estern lakes. 44ys
Merchants and Shippers eEtrustng the trAnsp ortA-
tion OF their Freight this Company can rely with
condolences on its speedy ifansit.
The Mates - Ereighgs
To an from any point In he West by tie Pennsyt-
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WORKABLE AS AKE CHANGED BY OTHER RAIL
kOA COMPANIES.
II r Be particular to mark packages, ttviA PEHx.
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For Freight Contracts or Shipping Directions, ap-
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k. r. SASS, 81 Louis. Mfssourf.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-21
4 RRIVALS AND DEPARTUR
RAILROAD TRAINS.

Norhern Trs,n sa,es daily tsaGdsss eneepted} Il
e.Da a m. and arrives al 4 80 p NJ.
Western Train leaves dsiiy isnndays excepted) at
sso.A. N. snd 500 p. H snd arrives rso8 m. and
300 p. m.
AZ Hamilton Depot, Trains ON the NsbasA Valley
Railroad arrive daily, except Sum days, at4oeieek
M, aud depart dsiiy, nday excepted ats.30. 4. m
busses connect with IBIS city.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-21
LIVE STOCK.

:
Drovers aud Farmers will And this the most adv
tAEs0as route FOR Live Stock. caPacious Yards ell
HaieTed and applied with every seuieues, have
bsen opened this ine and its and every
atnsntt0n 10 paid 10 their wsnts From HarrsburEh,
whore will be found exerr couveBisRtn for feeding
aud reslinE choice is offered OF the PHlLADkL-
RHIA, NEW YORK aud BALTIMORE kAKKkTs.
This will siso be- found The ahortest quickest and
most direct route for Stock to New York Aien-
town. land With fewe changes than any other.
ENOCH LEWIS, General Supt. Altoona, ia.
l.. l.. HOUFT, Gen. Ticket Agt ,Phtadeiphia.
h. II. HOUSTON, Gsnr FrsighiAEt-, PAilsaalphia.
Iat@AdaN
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