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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26

of Jeff. Davis. We fully assent to tho plopo-
stion that Gold ought not to command pro-
MUM of fifty per cent, and we heartily wish
il did not. All this, however, does not Z" ar
one the seal off the bond" The fact that SlOO
in gold will buy $3.50 in illegal tender" re-
mains and il is a very ugly one. We greatly
desire that Congress should devise means Of
furnishing the SPECTATORS in gold by making
the price fall steadily hencsforth to 40, 30, 20
10. S per cent, and, so soon as may be- to
nothing at all. Who is the Neckar destined
TO achieve this grand cOnsummationl
Union victories will, Of course, be great helps
toward it, and these cannot be too conclusive
nor too soon. But, even though they were never
TO be realized, we insist that our country vii
pay her debts--that U. S. Skies ought to bt
worth par--and that $3.50 in "legal-tender
ought to buy more than 800 in gold. " Il
you are the great general your friends boast
come down from your stronghold and fight me,
said a warrior ii the olden time. "If you arr
great general compel me to come down ant
fight you," was the fit response. The mora
we commend to the doctors of finance In boti
Houses Of Congress.
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against the Constitution, for which we should
l.

against the Constitution, for which we snouid
humbly beg to be forgiven. Every Northern
Democratic victory, every semi-rebellious
speech made to our conventions, every whining
resolution adopted by shaking and shiveriog
delegates, puts the North into marrow'bone
position dscreditable to our manlnen. and
damaging to our reputation for common sense.
What has been has been, and what is, is.
Let the dead past bury its dead The fact OF
the present is, that We are fighting as much
against Slavery as agains: treason--that we
cannot wound the last without wounding the
6rst--that the institution which could possibly
lead its admirers into such inefable crimes and
sbaues, must be forever, and under all posi-
bic circumstances dangerous to the Liberties o.
the people-that the revolters having made uT
the issue, the loyal have no choice but to ac'
cept it. There were those who detested Slav
cry because it was unjust; and Others because
it was beastly; and still others, because 1t wa
cruel; but while these counts in the great IN
dictment against it still remain on file, the
patriotic citizen will now hate it for the fresi
enormty which it has Developed for thu
damning proof which it has afforded that it il
inconsistent with social stability, aud tina
very supremacy of the law in which it has
heretofore protested to find it's surest safe
guard. This fuel, we respectfully submit, tht
Shareholder has also kindly furnished us. OPP
position to Slavery from this point of view,
has nothing to do with any possible or pre-
tended provocations of which Shareholder
may have been the recipients. There is not
Northern man, who has not good reason tC
hate the institution for its malisu influence
upon society, for the reckless disregard Of
moral and political obligations which it gen.
erates, and for that system oil brute force
upon which, in default Of religious and philO-
sophical support, it must, in the nature OF
things, rely. If the Confederacy shall be
established, it will DO victory OF Slavery.
But it ia not less true that if the Union shall
be restored, upon the Wood-Seynour basis,
with an outworn system rejuvenated, and
formally and soemnly recognized as the corner
stone OF the Republic, the victory of Slavery
will be quite as decisive and quite as danger
GUS. Men who insist upon lapsing still back
ward, and upon the resurrection OF dead and
buried barbarsm, will not DO remarkable Tor
an amicable nature, nor for the inTio!abiiiiy OF
their alliances. We are satisfied that the great
Era of Makeshift, upon which we are so pa
thetically invited to enter, would but null
tiply the Fuel without extiHgUishing the Fire.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26
GROUNDS OF COyFLyCr,


One of the minor organs of Seymourism 10
our city thus frankly sets forth the basis oftas
Great RebelliOn:
"Who are they rather what Ia the South hybus fort
They are Gghts1 10 defend Sat0H' and 20 secsys pr
ration orsrer This ia The truth the whole truth and nothing
but The truth the South i.fgaag defsn6 Sarsyv and
nnsoys IT, Sidpsrv be wrong the SOah ia rronr and
Savc be right he North as part the North 'asis
ina the South wrong asd Of coarse viii be held sesgonbs
By vosterity for all the calsntes Involved"
We do not see it. Suppose Slavery to b
ever so benefcent and Divine, it remains to 10
proved that there was any need of 1.-The South
fiehting' for it. Suppose jeff Davis a. Co.
had seen fiji TO say: "The North ia infdel, az.
rarion, sociaist-we rebel and fight in favor Of
Christianity and Social Order'-would that
make out their case ? Would they not still b
required to prove that Christianity and Social
Order must have been overthrown had they 70.
manned loyal and peaceful citizens Of the
UDionl
In our Judgment, If Slavery we're ever 20
good thing, the Rebels would stand cOn.
demned; for they have done moro to undermine
and oyertuTn their 50 peculiar institution" than
all the avowed AbOlitionsts that ever lived.
The same oracle from which we have quoted
above, thus dilates on another aspect of tho
great controversy:
The socasd STAKEHOLDER prodn;sr In fact laborsf,
and therefore always has and asays viii Do the chan
n Of Dem racy The defender the interests Of Laosr
Men are the OF circumsnecs aud is possible ihss
Jefferson end Madison Calhoun Jackson, Psk kc at the
North nigh, have boon Akahdwdsr Dsrosrss' like most
II our northern poliicsns bat at the South psnteF po-
due.rs and representative. oil Labor and production, these
men were iadomABe aud immovAbIe for. while dstn dns
.he sboreu Of the land they also de!cEdet thsg 'va
interests"
There is one fact that rather initiates
against thi' view of the matter. The greatest
Shareholders Of the South have ever been op-
ponents or vehement supporters OF the violent
Pro-Slayery measures of the last twenty years
which have called the Republican party into
being. The heaviest slaveho,diug Counties Of
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana aud
even Missouri. voted for Clay against Polk
when the Annexation of Texas was at stake.
and were overborne by the votes OF the Coun.
ties wherein there were few slaves. Tho
blacklegs, slaye-tradets and runsellers OF the
South have ever been unanimous and areons
champions Of Annexation, the reputation OF
the Missouri compact, the PrO-Siayery raids
and election frauds in Kansas. the Leeompton
Constitution, &c., while the great shareholders
have rather held back and eyuced dsinclins-
ton to such highhanded measures, Out VI
Sonth Carolina il was much the same with
regard to Secession. 1t was not 30 much ths
slaye.breeiers az the blacklegs and negro
traders of Richmond that forced Virginia Oa:
of the Union. Are these the special "ebam-
pions of the interest of Labori'
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Republic, however, is, according 70 Al, s.c,r,..

Republic, however, is, according to ali account.
most deplorable. The Heraldo Of Merien
states that the General-in- Chief has bean a,
thorized to disburse the public revenue, n
several States, and even TO seize priya.s
property. In the capital there is pre,.
scarcity Of money and commerce has been
greatly injured by the infinite taxes. In Pus.
bla according to the French) decree b,y
been published imposing a monthly contr.bv.
ton of Else, 400, divided into CT. 900 to Ss0o.
and at Guanajuato, Gen. Doblado tried IA
raise loan, but has been unsuccessful.
1t is this wretched condition of the Mexie,,
finances which seems to be at present IN.
greatest danger TO the Republic. Still the "a.
ture of the country and tho climate may COZ,
the French enormous sacsifces. and it is at al
events fact worthy of consideration, thai
Gen. Prin, who is as competent Judge Of
the matter as any foreigner can be, still al.
heres TO his opinion that the French will nol
accomplish the object of their expedition.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26
FINANCE.

IL is not q favorable commentary Oh the
scheme OF National Finance now maturing in
Congress that Cod has pretty steadily appre.
ciated since this scheme was reported, and that
it on Saturday for the first time commanded a
premium of so per cent. In other words, 500
in gold bought $50 10 illegal tender" paper
(greenbacks), which $3.50 would buy some
sl57 in twenty-year bonds OF the United States
wherein interest ut six per cent is annually
payable in specie. Ii foreign capitalists should
choose TO send over Ten Millions of British
sovereigns, worth in ordinary times some
s4o, 100000, they could obtain for them at
current rates at least $75, 900, 900 in United
States bonds, drawing interest IN coin at the
rate Of SIX per cent per annum, and payable
at maturity in coin. In other words, whoever
chooses to invest his gold in the securities of
our Government may obtain more than nine
per cent interest per annum in gold for twenty
years, and more than fifty per cent beyond the
amount invested ut the redemption of his loan
Now we hear with due patience all that is
said about the price of Gold being Fictitious
inflated by speculation, &c.-aud we agree
taat q spsculst0s in gold 10 practically on oily
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26

We have had SO many false rnmors and re.
ports from Mexico since the beginning of The
French invasion, that we receive tho state
ments of both the French and Mexican &C
counts with more than ordinary caution News
items in particular go important as that which
ia contained in the Havana letter, published
by US this morning. aud which announces The
complete defeat Of the vanguard of the Frsuch
army under Gen. Berthier, 4,O00 strong by
900 Mexican cavalry, near the town OF PerOte,
needs more weigkty confirmation than the state
ments of the officers of the Ossan, to be ac-
cepted as truth. As a general rule, we think
there can be hardly doubt that the French
arc better soldiers than the Mexcans and that
where equal numbers of both meet, there is
the greatest probability OF the Mexcans being
defeated. II therefore seems to us to be nearly
impossible that, as the report of the English
officer of tho Ossian says, four thousand
French were defeated by eight hundred Mexi-
cans. The French account, published in the
Opinion OF Jalapa, states that the greater part
of the French and Mexican troops stationed in
that city, had set ont in the direction OF Pc
rotc, leaving sufficient garrison and the
necessary artillery; also, that report was
circulated in Jaspa that the French troops
who left Perote bad had n combat with the guer-
rillas, but the 0Piaion denies tnat anything Of
tho sort Ind occurred. IL says that rs far as
San Miguel del Soldado the French troops lad
not met with any enemy or fired q single shot.
On the other hand, all the accounts, MeXi-
can as we'll "a French, contradict the rumor
which some days ago reached us, via San An
tonic, that the French had taken Puebla. IL
is certain, on the contrary, that Pueba is 10
be- defended with the utmost yigor. The BOle.
tin 0feiaI of that city declares that for no
cause whatever the escorts from Pucbla TO
Mexico would DO Withdrawn. The French
however, were inclined TO believe the report
that all the field artillery had been taken from
Puebla, leaving only the siege guns, and that n
part OF the troops had been Withdrawn for the
defense of the City of Mexico, which, it
seems, was threatened by the movements of
Gen. Mejia, one of the chef generals of the
Conservative party, which has adopted the in
terSentiOn of the French.
According to the Heraldo, of the City Of
Mexico, re.enforccments for the Mexican army
had arrived at Puebla aud at Mexico, and, on
Dec. 10, Gen. Doblado had Won decided
victory over u hostile force, numbering two
thousand men. On the other hand, the French
and their Mexican allies claim to have won
victories at Meddeln and at st. Andres. Mar
quez is reported to have, on Dec. l8, won o
victory in Cerro do Leon, and Gen. Mejia to
have, by successful raid, taken $500, O0o
Reports of discussions among the leading
Mexican Generals are repeated, but still lack
confirmation, The financial condition Of the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26
Tn n trial 80 long as that of Gen. T

Ii trial so long as that Of Gen. Fitz John
Porter the reports have been meager, while
the defendant has had the advantage of wide
publication of the able defense made on his be-
half by eminent counsel. The natural result
was that public opinion was, in measure,
forestalled, and ii was very generally supposed
that verdict Of /" not guilty" would be found,
not from any actual knowledge Of the evidence
given in support Of the charges against him,
but because his friends had taken care to give
publicity to all that could be said in his de-
tense. We publish this morning, however, the
review Of the observation-disclosures Mr..
Holt. From this able exposition Nf the whole
case the country will learn the grounds on
witch an impartial Court based conviction and
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26
STATE REGarso IN MARYLAND.

Leonardtown, the capital OF ST. Marys
County. Maryland, is probably one Of the BIT
terest and most unanimous Secession holes in
the Border States. The county. though
strongly Wing in old times, gave in go Breok-
inriGge go votes to 45l for Bel and Douglas
together, and in 81 for Bradford (Union)
2O7 Howard (Secesb) l,l4i. Calvert (Union
Congressman had but i0l votes. In short.
the County is "a disloyal as any in South Car
dina, and as anxious to aid the SiaVeholders'
Rebellion.
At Point Lookout in this County, there ia .
Union hospital and there fugitiyes from Slav.
cry to Rebels sometimes find refuge. One be-
longing to a widow in that County is said
recently 10 have been harbOred there; where
upon a stakeholder of the vicipage writes 70
Gov Bradford bullying letter. whereof tho
following is a specimen:
felca usupaon has only been whore It feels tho
he Governor OF The state to De The II
Nesi orr and Boston opened because T. 70 Tho
nowedse OF the President the Governor elec aud he
people VI New orS would aitend 70 This o matter ibis
must be fact FOX rom the papen lately under
aard that the prisoners who in thesc foesses
ed A. guilty as they were the day they were cos'sad
" confident that when these fact, are proenedt yous
ticg hs tuNeIlOft you VIZ uaihain the
nifty Of your State and psoecs the property Of those cfen'
oyo whom you rule
The people Of the county and viii protect ,homseVes
against Point Lookout, u the Governor will MAINTAIN he
nights By the power Of tho -,ite'
Gov. Bradford replies with dignity and spirit.
refusing TO call ont the militia, and adding:
trust Sir tia, ,hall be wanting IN aproper ap
probation OF the position STATE. her 1cf
dignity Ia the purpose advance her pTospsrity aud az
ler laws by al available meas AID, Viii out ent-aS
into discussion II the doug Of other States OF hw iI
Fedora usurpston depends upon 'tse wsak OF ms
Governors Of the States,' hope shs always hays lly
enough 20 do precisely what believe 90 be ny dny
Tht duty present paramount 10 al others ana otca oy
sic egaJ f0r the best interest. and wishes 81 tns
poo po tho aid the Government bdDgDg 'b
TO end, Ia the only way Ia winch II eyer .A
be permanently ended, by putting down he ht,r','ss
Whistler slwsys approve not the policy when u Au
muistT-ton aoopt, long 6esN" a. Hs -
pursuit Of thi IA les principal Obectthougo y hs o
only may have In commonit shall ne hy suft's
M believe Is will Of all our loyal people ~ ,ha' ~
worth any thing, wlllas, via s.on ~ 49,,
view 10 subtract nom is valuo BY Eaisih, az =.
Ing Ia uenunc atoms subordinate issues oslya
cOnIsed ~ divide <he insuds % iuo Union auu
the hopes Of the Rebellion by weakening ut hAha' =" '"'
on power charrod with the duty oil suppfeshnsN
''Stil ess AN inclined 70 course that 70 many hiRn' P
peAr mot less ridiculous gaeoaoo Oh cAha upon
militia OF the state 10 compel the army Of the nacn engaged
I'M t wag for national salvation TO disregard sue 1aws s'tso-
h.d for s aud abide by tfose precroedoT
cur code Yoers very respectfully, ,o.o,nor
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26

we shall soon have au extension Of THOUSAND
mil.s or more OF Pacific Telegraph. Posts ara so'
from the California border to Vancouver. aud the
wires will DO put on In few weeks,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

Thu Arkansas River Expedition is doing good
work. Rear.Admiral Porter telegraphs on the goth,
that he has "tsken st. Charles, Duvslls Bluff and
Des Arc, and the light gunbOats are over 800 miles
above the mouth of White River The DeKalb,
Lieut.. Commander Wake, captured at DuvalPs
Bluff two 8-inch guns with carriages, ammunition
and 200 Enfed rifles and three platform cars and al
Des Arc we captured 80 prisoners, and quantity Of
arms and ammunition" st. Charles is a small post
village Of Arkansas County, Ark. Duvals Bluff
10 small post village Of Prairie County Ark. Des
Are was thriving post village also in Prairie
County, on White River 50 miles N. Z: of Little
Rock. Ii 10 situated in q rich cotton and corn-grow-
ing district and had active trade prior to the re-
bellion. The river is navigabe from this point to
its mouth at all stages of water.
-Brig.-G Ben Loan publishes in The Missouri
Dsmocrat letter from Col. Penick, commanding at
Independence, which states that Private johnson
was brought in dead on the 18th Of January, and
that he is the fifth one murdered there in week by
Rebel guerrilIss They were all wounded ard killed
sfterward All Of them were shot in the head, and
several Of them had their faces cut 10 pieces with
bootheels. Powder was exploded in one mans
ear, and both ears were cut off close to the head
Guerrillas are threatening Union women in the
county. They have also levied an assessment upon
the loyal men OF the county and are collecting 1t.
-Adyices from New Orleans state that on Thurs
day afternoon, Jan. sth. there a rumor at New
Orleans that the WinODa, one of our gunboats, had
been sunk by the South battery at Port Hudson. 1t
is also reported that Stonewall Jackson with 40 600
men, had REINFORCED Vicksburg. There was moth.
ing from Galveston up to noon Of Jan. Sth.
The Philadelphia Press says, that Gen. Grant
has pacedhs Army of the Tennessee upon transports
at Memphis, and is now, in all probability engaging
the enemy about Yicksburg The third siege Of this
stronghold lie in progress and there is but little
doubt that it will fall.
"A Nashville dispatch says that the fleet of sup.
ply transports; we presumed which left there on Fri
day was attacked by the Rebels few miles below.
The gunbOat drove the enemy of, and the feet
passed on safely to GAINESVILLE.
The United States steam transport Illinois
sailed on Saturday afternoon with the remaining
forces Of the Banks expedition The Illinois will
touch at Fortress Monroe on her way to New-Or-
leans.
Sunday quietly kept in the Army of the
Potomac. no unnecessary work being permitted
There have been no changes observed in the camps
Of the enemy.
Two schooners and two soops were captured
from the Rebels on Thursday night in james River
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-10-23

At Washington, D, c., Sept. q. of typhoid fe.
days.
The deceased was born in Lyman. N. H.. in
1880; he was the Sd of IA children, all of which
were spared to have families of their own. He
married and moved to Concord, Vt. where he
pursued the humble, but honest and useful voca
ton of "tilling the SOIL" 1.-THE farm of which
now bears his name) until 1874, when, with his
family he moved to New York, and after remain
ing there a term of 3years, he turned his atten-
ton to the Sunny South" hoping to tind some
Garden of Eden, that would afford him pleasure
and happiness during his remaining stay on
earth. He selected fertile spot in Fairfax, Va,
where he lived until the breaking out of the
psesent rebellion, when he was driven from his
home. for cinging to the old flag that had so
long protected him. Indeed, so firm were his
Union principles, that, at times, before taking
his final leave, nothing but his gray hairs saved
him from the traitors bullet or dangling from
the limb of the neares: tree. After an absence
of years that were spent in the East, he re-
turned to Washington to look after his property
in Virginia. There he has since resided, until
one beautiful Sabbath morning when all nature
was hushed and the labor of the week were Ger,
an angel called him to live in the world above
He was living with his second wife, and the father
of Is children, having buried one wife and FIVE
children, and having, at the time of his death,
two sons and one grandson fighting for freedom
and constitutional liberty. Although his suffer
ings were great, he bore them with pat fence and
fortitude. finally relying upon Providence, Who
doeth all things we'll full in the faith of glorious
Immortality. He has large circle of friends to
mourn his death, sad in respect to his mer ony -
May they cherish his virtues, and never disgrace
but ever remember his fidelity to the Union.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-10-23
100000 MORE!

1t viii be seen by the Proclamation of the
President which w publish today that there
is a cali for 100000 more nen by volunteer
ing. bat il the quotas assigned the states are
not filed by the first of January next draft
will be ordered to ill up tie deficiency. The
men to be raised are to be placed in old
regiments, and are enlisted for three years if
the wer lasts so long
We DO not know the quota of Vermont,
but in Massachusetts It is a tr;he over Is 600.
In that state they will make strenuous efforts
10 raise the required number by volunteer
ing; and The same should BE- done IN our
own st ,tr, II no Stale Or country in the
world. Is the government SO liberal towards
ia soldiers as is our own. The inducements
ileEed to soldiers enstirg are un ,,rece lel.-
ed IN history. Those who have been in SER
vice no, less than nine mouths, p. listing in
the veteran corps, will receive Dount, of
Si02 in addition TO th.ir no,thN pav. t.
recruits, not veterats, a bounty t 1902 in
hu' lti0u 70 wages IS ",,--.(l
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-10-23

In Barnet, Sept 2S. Angie c.. daughter of Geo
anu Mary A. hinne. aged & years and months
In Lyndon, Oct. ,, Ellen c.. wife of Philemon
Il. HaItwe!l, aged - years.
y, At Bliss, -Four Corners. r. T., Nav %. Josept
L. aquln, aged "a Years, formerly of Newark.
In Dewitt. Iowa, Sept 10. Mary FL. Bowker
aged ~ formerly of Lunenburg.
NJ In Lyndon, Nept. "a, Mrs. john Sylvester. aged
fo years. Sept: 26, Mrs Julia Locking, wife Of
Jonathan Locking, aged "a years Oct, 9. Mary
Severance, formerly of st. Johnsburv. aged q
years.
In Newark, Sept. 6. of diptheria, Franklin 1
aged6 years; also Sept. IL. Jason d.. aged ID
years. children Of Darwin D and Eliza A. Hall
In Bradford, July 10, Benjamin T. Blodpet,
Esq, Cashier of the Bradford Bank, AGED "a
years. Oct. 2, c. Throop Bodgett, Assistant
Cashier and son of the above, aged % years.
At West Corinth, Sept. 7. of diptheria, Katie
A., daughter Of Daniel Chamberlin, formerly of
Danvllle, aged years.
In Mclndoes Falls. Oct. :, of bilious fever,
Agnes A, daughter of Peter and Margaret Blu.
chanan, aged % years and 81 months
=, ana though dead, yet speaketh. Blessed are
the d ad that die in the Lord they rest from their
laoors and their works do follow them.