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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07
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Savs on osv terms, zoe eas accent no
peace i1Adssrer, srd must Aght till dooms-
day rather than yisld IN iota Of them
and our terms are
Recognition BY the enemy of the inde-
P endence Of the Confederate States.
Withdrawal Of the Yankee forces from
every foot Of Confederate ground, inclu,
ding Kentucky and Missouri. ~ -
Withdrawal of the Yankee soldiers
from Maryland, until that State shall de-
eide by free vots whether she shall re.
main in the old Union or ask admission
into the Coofsderacy.
Consent on the part of the Federal gov.
srnment to give up to the Confederacy
its proportion Of she navy ~ il stood aa
the time OF secession, or to pay for the
same.
Yielding up Of all pretensious on the
part of the Federal government to that
portion Of the old territories which lies
west ofthe Gopfsdssats States. sssssg
An equitable settlement, on the basis
Of our absolute independence and equal
-0"Wt " COOVuSo VI U0p V0Uil0 ueQb
and public lands, and the advantages
accruing from foreign treaties.
These provisions, We apprehend. COM
promise the minimum Of what We must
require before We lay down our arms !:
that is to say, the North must yield sll-+
We nothing.
It is fair to conclude that the advocates
of peace in the North undsntand the
terms upon which it can be negotiated,
and that in their insane sympathy for
traitor Shareholders, they. arc ready to
grant these terms. But it would not do
to say % in 70 many words nov, and 50
they try to deceive the people BY getting
up side issues, and charging all the mis-.
fortunes of war upon the Administration.
Should they succeed in overthroving the
Administration they would be ready to
accsde to the terms Of the leaders Of the
rebellion,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07

ksrOnr old friend, Bishop. has fne.
supply OF poultry. some excellent cider
and some genuine cider vinegar on hand,
and Tor sale at his establishment, on the
west side of Main street near the levee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07

STEAMER EAoLE.-It is surprising the
amount of business that 10 done BY this
packet between here and Warsaw. Each
day. and every trip, she is loaded with
passen gers and freight. ss.1 - fsss i !
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07

CONE IN Our OF THE DARBY en-
listing in the gallant Sd lows Cavalry, OF
any other regiment, you viii get sso1,
with s75 in advance or If you have been
in tho service and honcnbly discharged,
by ealisting you viii get s4o2 bounty. =.
Delays are dangerous, ~ shs draft will
certaiuly take plass'ifa . sslisieat peubsu
of neu ara not obssissd bsfoss tbs 'tsh- oi
January. Cali on Adjutant Glenn Love,
in Humes' Office. under Provost Nanhal's .
sAse. r.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07

~ Of the collections taken up in the
churches on thanksgiving day, the follow
ing amounts have been paid over to the
Soldiers Aid Society, for the benefit of
soldiers families
Chatham Square Church, $1,000
Episcopal 4i.s5t
Montrose Presbyterian Church, 525
United 400
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07

FURs, FuRs, FuRs.-Mes.rs. jonas 4
Co., at No. 5s Main street, Kilbourne's
old stand. will pay the highest cash prices
for all kinds OF furs; also for hides, wool
and rags. This 10 branch Of the old fur
establishment at Quincy, ILL.,, which has a
wide reputation throughoat the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07

-A1esg The victims Of the burning
OF tho Aempee and Cairo packst 6spsJ-
side. on the night Of Nov. iAsh. ves Nss.
Smith and ehild sfr Dubuque, wife and
daughter Of Dr.. P. A. Smith, Surgeon Of
the O6th Ioxs Infantr5; Mrs, g., Who Va
b. heiee Of Bishop Smyth. Of Dnbpaua,
he'd been 10 Helena on visit to her nus
rnA And accompanied BY him - a her
return 70 Iowa when the fatal affair 90.
cuntias D.! 81 ittsdsdds svssy sGSia q
ave his wife and child, andsisieks4 ~
shore insensible With the li(slsss body Of
TIE lattss.-lDav. Gas.
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Mrs SMITH HAMrLL, Treas.
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FRAVD In SgRsTIrU1xs.-The Naristta
lGa.J Confederate says: 60, u. q -s-s1 ! ~
General Pillow has. in the progress OF
bis investigations, dete cted systsuaic
Organization Ior the fraudulent sale 81
substitute and-esenption papers. 1t con-
sise ia 40 arnhgement between ! substi.
tuts .hroksr, . st.adise substitute, asd "a
officer iu Missiasippi, "a appointse Of the
Chief Barssn, ct Richmond. The pro-
dacts Of the frandulent transactions ID The
hands q the guilty psrti ., As far - dis
covered, amounts to over SIS, 900. is....A
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07

IN etch Cft6 IMPORTED 6xpFe1s1y county mef-
chants.
We are now Ing : larss number of Crates,
containing general rment, suitable for country
Trade, and viii seii ata smal the Sterling
price, We are eiso repaired 10 repAck goods at Low
rstes from ous open stock a. vs shali at all tmes
have on hand variety Of shapes of White Granite
Goods, u tfe most popular psterns ~
tbs best hcsortes In kneiAnd Our will embrace
4 fall axsor tmouSof
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
AUnlon Victory.

The telegraph brings the gratifying intelli'
gence that Gen. Burnside is making good his
promise to suppress disloyalty in the loyal
States as we'll as in the rebellious South, and
has sentenced the miscreant Vallandigham to
Tortugas, on the Gulf Of Mexico, at the
southern extremity of the Florida Keys-a
very delightful climate for sand feas and
Copperheads, during the summer months
He will find boon companions among Billy
Wilson's refractory Zouaves and will have
ample opportunity to learn the manly are OF
self-defence, garrotting, &c. But we hope
he may not live in solitude. Perhaps there
are others who would like to 60 to Tortugas;
if so, we hope their fond wishes will be graft
fed. If Mr.. Thayer, and some others we
might name, really wish to join Vallandig
ham, the Copperhead-patriot, saint, martyr
and evangelist, we trust Court Martial will
afford the facilities. That Mr.. Thayer is
whit better than Vallandigham, we do not
believe, and from the commencement of this
war, we have had no scruples at calling the
latter traitor. Let few more go to Tortu'
gas. We expect to find the Courier in
mourning, its Office closed, its editor going
about the streets mourning, and its devil
weeping this morning. Why not have Jolly
Blossom deliver an grafton?
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
A COpperhead Forgery.

The Courier, Dubuque Herald, Burlington
AYgus, and Democ, at g. Nescs of Davenport,
with sundry other small Coppers, have pub
lished with great flourish of trumpets, the
following paragraph, alleged by them to have
been taken from Stewards correspondence
with Lord Lyons. and therefore have grown
very eloquent over the expressions and tyran-
nv of the Lincoln Administration
"My lord, can touch bell on my right
hand and order the arrest of citizen in
Ohio can touch the bell again and order
the Imprisonment of citizen of New York !;
ard no power on earth but that Of the Presi-
dent can release them. Can the Queen of
England, in her dominions do as much ?"
That our readers may know what infamous
forgeries and lies are invented to bolster up
an opposition to the government, and policy
of its rulers, we publish the following:
The editor of the Lancaster Express wrote
to Secretary Seward in reference to it, and
received the following reply:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 49,
WASHINGTON, April "a. 1868.
J. N. W. 6EIsT-Dear SIR: Yours of 22d,
enclosing extract from the lntetligencer, has
been placed in my hands. No such passage
is to be found in Mr.. Seaoards correspondence.
That you may satisfy yourself, have sent
you the volumes by this days mail.
Your obedient servant,
GEO. E. BAKER.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

A FIENDIsH OUTRAGE.-The Nashville Union
gives the particulars Of one of those horrible
atrocities which stamp the character of the
Southern rebellion as villainous in the extreme.
On Monday last, James Smith, of Company
F, 18th Indiana Volunteers, was captured by
detachment of the Sd Kentucky rebel cav
airy, at Silver Spring, in Wilson county. and
carried off. He was subsequently paroled by
Captain Howard Anderson, of COMPANY +
of the same cavalry, and set at liberty. But
he was not to get off so easily. Three of the
rebel bandits seized him, took him to a suita-
BILE place, and shot him with as little com.
junction as if he had been brute. One Of
their balls entered his breast and passed out
at the left arm; another entered his back. and
also passed out at the left arm while the
third cut through his coat. He fell upon his
face, and his inhuman foes left him, as thew
thought, prey for the vultures, having pre-
viously robbed him of his money, watch,
clothes, and boots The unfortunate man had.
however, life enough left to enable him to
walk. and he succeeded IN making his way to
Lavergne, where he arrived on Tuesday
night, forlorn and pitiable object He states
that before he was paroled, and while his CAP
tors were bearing him away, women, stand
ing in the doors of number of houses, as
they passed, cried, xxi. the Yankeer' XII
him !' .sKiLl him!'' ~i
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
Where Has it Gone ?

Vallandlgham in his speech at Mt. Vernon,
Ohio, declared that, i" if the plans he had pro-
posed himself had been adopted, peace would
have been restored, the Union saved by re-
construction, the NORTH WON BACK, and the
South guaranteed her rights"
The plans proposed, were the return of
Southern Senators-the exile or death ofthose
who favored war. These would have restored
the Union-won back the North and guaran-
teed the South her rights. Where has the
North been? One would suppose that the
North was in rebellion against the govern
ment and the South had thereby lost some Of
its rights. Peace would win back the North
where has the North gone? Vallandigham
(and he is endorsed by Thayer, Wallace & Co..
makes the North the aggressors in the war.
1t is what we have always said, that the Cop
perheads of the North saw nothing right in
the North-nothing wrong in the South
The coming Copperhead candidate for Presi
dent says the North is wrong, perverse, re-
bellious, gone estray, and must be won back
that by seeding from the Union, firing up
on the notions flag, trampling under foot its
Constitution, robbing the treasury. and rum
ming riot in treason, has given to the South
rights that must be guaranteed by the nation.
Fresh guarantees to the chivalrous Southern
ers-exile and death to the Northeners. As the
Democratic organ Of this county is the special
champion of this man vallandigham, will it
tell us where the North has gone, that it must
be won back
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

Stonewall jackson is dead. A brave soldier
engaged in bad cause. One of the mos
prominent, popular, energetic and daring
Generals of the rebel army. A man who
false to his country, yet adhered to his reli'
gious teachings and instincts. He fought the
wicked and pernicious doctrine of secession,
until he was over slaughed, and when the is
sue was made between the Federal Govern
ment and his own State, he adhered to the
doctrine of States Rights, and took the field
for Virginia. He was a bold, daring, dashing
General, whose men would follow into the
eternal pit if necessary. The rebellion has
lost one of its greatest defenders, whose place
cannot be filled He has gone to the judg-
ment seat with treason on his soul, and his
hands red with the blood of his unoffending
countrymep. But it is to the government q
gain. Providence favors the loyal cause,
and removes in one week two of its most ca
pable and formidable enemies-Jackson and
Van Dorm.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

BADLY FRIGHTENED.-The Judge is bad
ly frightened at the supposed arming of Union
men. Almost every issue of his paper con-
tains warning against the practice of carry
ing concealed weapons, and appeals to loyal
men to desist from the supposed general arm
ing. 1t is needless to add that the alarm is
a false one, existing only in the brain of that
frightened individual. Only a few days
since passing breeze threw open the coat Of
our worthy District Assessor, disclosing the
bows of pair of spectacles," wherenpon
our neighbor gets greatly excited, and in
forms the public that even Mr.. Fay carries a
pistol. Now this continual raving about con-
cealed weapons comes with bad grace from
man who has, for long time, carried one
of the largest sized Colts revolvers. 1t is
known that he has carried this weapon for
months past, and yet he is always exhorting
loyal men not to arm. The Judge need not
be frightened. Loyal men do not find it
necessary to carry firearms for their defense,
relying solely on the strong arm of Govern
ment for protection. Although assailed in
front and rear by murderous and treacherous
enemies. the old Government is still strong
enough to triumph over all its enemies, at
home and abroad, and afford to its loyal citi-
Gems ample protection from all dangers
Only the guilty need have fears.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

Two LITTLE GIRLS DROWNED AT Rock Is.
LAND.-On Saturday last, two little girls,
Julia, aged 6 years, and Mary Ann, aged 6
years, daughters of Andrew Quinlan, a black.
smith in Buford's pillow factory at Rock Island
were playing in skiff, in the river at the
lower part of the town, when another older
girl, step-daughter of Mr.. Quinlan, standing
on the shore, pulled the skiff suddenly to-
wards the shore, and the little girls, who
were standing in the stern of the skiff, were
jerked out into the water and were both
drowned. The body Of little Julia was found
on Pettifer Island. At last accounts the other
had not been found.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

One ENcouRAa1Na WoRD.-An ambitious
boy, at the age of ten years, had become so
depressed with fault finding and reproof, not
duly mingled with encouraging words, that
at an early age, he longed for death to take
him out Of the world, in which he conceived
he had no ability to RISE But while all thus
appeared so dark around him, and he had
been so often told Of his faults and defcien-
cies that he seemed to himself the dullest
and worst Of boys and while none of his good
qualities or scapabili les had been mentioned,
and he believed he had none, a single word Of
praise and appreciation, carelessly dropped in
his hearing, changed his whole course of
thought. He was often heard to say, ''that
word saved me-" The moment he thought
he could do well he resolved that he would
and he has done well. Parents and teachers,
these are important considerations.-6 S.
Times. Il fEH lsfs Z .l4et. %, a.~ 41tli+r
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
COnscriptiOn Act.

The Washington Chronicle of the 9th
inst. contains the following announcement OF
officers under this act for Iowa, being official :
First District Capt. R. B. Rutedge, Pro-
vost Marshal; johnson Pierson, Enrolling
Commissioner; DR.. J. M. Shaffer, Surgeon.
Second District-Capt. Philo E. Hall, Pro-
vost Marshal; W. F. Davis, Enrolling Com
missioner; DR.. Egbert S. Barrows, Surgeon.
Third District Capt. S. P. Adams, Pro
vost Marshal; D. B. Henderson, Enrolling
Commissioner; DR.. E. A. Guilbert, Surgeon.
Fourth .District-Cspt. James Matthews,
Provost Marshal; E. A. Gates, Enrolling
Commissioner; DR.. J. c. Hinsey, Surgeon.
Fifth Dist,ict-Capt. S. G. Brownell, Pro-
vost Marshal; ]. N. Cornish, Enrolling Com
missioner; DR.. John P. Finley, Surgeon.
SirtA District-Capt W. H. Curtiss, Pro
vost Marshal; Woolsey Wells, Enrolling
Commissioner; DR.. VIM. E. Smith, Surgeon
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
Republicau State Convention.

The Republicans Of Iowa requested to send dele.
gates to State to be held IN the CITY OF
Des Moinss Wednesday. the 18th Of June, 1875 to
commence at 10 o'clock for the purpose OF pac-
ing In nomination, to be voted for at the ensuing
October cleo lion, candidates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Judge of the Supreme Con and for
the Transaction of such other business may properly
come before the Con vention.
The ratio Of will the same - at the
last Republican State Convention, viz One delegate
to each organized county. and delegate additional
for each 100 at the last election
for Abraham Lincoln President Of the United States
Fractional Of fifty will be entitled to AN
add tona delegate ALI citizens without distinction Of
party. who heartily In favor Of sustaining the Gov
eminent in the use OF all Constitutional and neces
sary War for the speedy and complete sup.
preston OF the Rebellion, and the punish nent Of
Treason who are opposed to the schemes designed to
bring anarchy and bloodshed to our own nresdes BY
dividing the Free States into hostile and petty Coned
sracies and who still believe in the good old doctrine
of General Jackson "Ths UNios-I Sssst asd shall Be
preserved " are cordially invited to unite in sending
delegates.
County Central Committees are requested to take
such steps will insure full attendance at the Con-
vention and thorough and eniceut organisation in
their respective counties. JAMES 7. LANE,
Chm State Executive Con.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
THOSE s.MYsrERroUs" FrRrs.--.''Tr be ,uvs

THOSE MYSTERIOUS" Frnrs.-The myste.
rious fires in Rush township, Shiawassee
county, Michigan, are now universally attri.
buted to Olive Rush, an :. artless and innocent
child'' of twelve years. She has indeed con-
fessed herself to be the sole operator Of the
"magic shows" got up for her amusement
alone, and those who went far and near to
witness them. Mrs. Stearns, whose name has
figured in the matter, is fully exonerated bv
public opinien. The Corunna An,erican saws
that, at one time, since the discovery Of the
imposition, the arrest Of Miss Olive, on the
charge of arson, was seriously contemplated,
but sympathy for her extreme youth and the
cleverness Of the girl protected her.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

GREENBACKs CoNsTrTUT,oNAL.-The Supe-
rior Court OF Cincinnati has just decided u
s. Treasury notes legal tender on notes and
mortgages. The mortgage holder refused to
receive payment ola note and release the
mortgage, on the ground that gold and silver
only were legal tender, and Treasury notes
were not money. The court decided that the
tender was good-the Treasury note law Con.
stitutional, and ordered the surrender of the
note and mortgage. A similar decision has
been made by the Supreme court of New
York.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
what the Copperheads Propose.

what the COpperheadS Propose.
The arrest and trial of that villainous tory
of the North, Clement Vallandigham, has
disclosed to the world bold and wicked plot
conceived by the peace party of the loya
States, and intended to be carried into execu-
ton. One of the witnesses for the government
stated that he was present and heard the de-
livery Of Vallandigham's speech at Mt. Yer
non-that he took written notes Of that
speech-that among other sentiments uttered
by the speaker, was the following: "That a
day or two before the battle of Fredericksburg,
proposition had been made for the re ad-
mission of Southern Senators into the United
States Congress, the President refusing over
his own signature. That the Union could
have been saved if the plan proposed by the
speaker had been adopted-that the Union
could have been saved upon the basis of re-
construction; but THAT IT WOULD HAVE ENDED
IN THE EXILE OR DEATH OF THOSE WHO ADvo-
GATED CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR;"
There it is reader, in all its wickedness. The
peace party of the north, in the ranks Of
which may be found every Democrat in Mus
catine county, though Fernando Wood and
vallandigham proposed a reconstruction Of
the Union that should end in the EXILE Or
death of every man in favor of war. Val
landigham and Wood were the commission
ers on the part of the Northern Democracy
to propose and accept these humiliating,
damnable terms. And these are the men
who are SO Mortified over military orders that
punish spies with death, and rebel sympathi-
zers with exile. Democrats of Muscatine,
of Iowa, and of the West, the hellish conspi-
racy of your leaders is made public. You
must repudiate those leaders and desert your
piratical ship, or 60 down to posterity loaded
with infamy and diabolical wickedness. Your
plans and purposes are revealed, and the
Union men of the North-those who have
favored continuation of the war until the
Union was restored, and the Constitution re-
cognized as the supreme law, owe it to them
selves, their patriotism and their posterity,
that they deal with you as enemies. With
such disclosure how can we do otherwise
than hold the leaders of the Copperhead De-
mocracy-the followers and admirers of VAL
landigham and Wood, the Thayers, Wallaces,
Chambers up to public scorn and contempt?
Every man and woman who still cling to the
vile traitor, whose trial has just been conclu-
ded, should be beneath the notice of every
man, whether white or black. The terms of
peace are EXILE or DEATH to those who favor
continuation of the war. Rather let that
be the doom of all traitors and their sympa-
thizers. The sooner fixed the better. There
is no crime in loyalty, but there is punish
ment for treason-let it be inflicted.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
TIE CASE OF THE INFAMOUS VALLAND1N

TEE CASE OF THE INFAMOUS VALLAND1NG
HAM.-It is announced in special dispatch
to the Chicago Tribune from Cincinnati that
the court martial has found Vallandingham
guilty of the charge at disloyel practices, in
violation of order No. 3s, and that Burnside
has referred to the authorities at Washington,
the question Of the authority of the court
martial to try and convict person not in
the land or naval forces Of the United States
This is the only point that Vallanlingham
raises in his protest. Gen. Burnside is await
ing this decision. Mr.. Vallandingham is still
in custody at the Burnett House.
P. S. Since the above was written, news
has been received of Vallandingham's sen.
tence.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

A F1aHr1Na CoNNANDER.-A correspond
ent of the Tribune, writing while the contest
between Hooker and Lee was fiercely raging,
thus records the gallantry of the General who
so nobly commands the Army of the Poto-
mac:
"Hooker is omnipresent upon the field
Wherever there is disposition to shrink
from the fearful work, he appears in the midst
of the faltering troops, and never fails to in
spire them with his own determined zeal and
bravery. In several instances he has led the
charging columns in personr"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

3 W Col. Durham, in an excellent speech
at Lafayette, few days since, said that op,
position to the Government on account Of
dislike to the Administration, and attempting
to destroy it, is like mans burning his barn
to cat get rid Of the rats.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

~ When the squad Of soldiers arrived
at Vallandigham's house, and informed him
of their mission, he cried out "Asa'' several
times. A. S. A., it is believed, means "As-
socisted States of America," and is the watch
word and signal Of alarm Of those who are in
favor of Northwestern Confederacy, as q
dependency on the Cotton States. tA