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ssPE EeEs
Hon. c. i. Vallandigham.
OF OHIO,
In tie HoHse ot RcpS,, Ja"uary Ii, 1868
TCONCLUsIoN |

And now, sir, can the GENITAL States,
New York, New jersey, and Pennsylya
mia, consent to separate ! Can New York
CITY? Sir, the trade of the South made
ller largely what she is. She was the
factor and banker of the South-cotton
6lled her harbor with shipping and her
hands with gold But in an evil hour
the foolish, will not say bad, "men OF
Gothem' persuaded her merchant princes
against their first lessons in business
that she could retain or force back the
southern trade by war. War, indeed has
given her, Just now, new business and
trade greater and more profitable than the
old. But with disunion that, too, must
perish. And let not Wall street, or any
other great interest, mercantile, manu-
featuring, or commercial, imagine that it
shall hvae power enough or wealth enough
60 stand in the way Of reunion through
peace Lei them learn, one and all that
a public man who has the people as his
support, is stronger than they, though he
may not be worth a million, nor even one
dollar. A lite while ago the banks said
that they were king, but President jack
son speedily taught them their mistake
Next, railroads assumed to be king, and
cotton once vaunted largely his kingship
Sir, these are only of the royal family
princes of the blood, There is but one
king on earth, Politics is king.
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VOLUME 26
A Horrible Spectacle.

The Mankato (Minncsota) Recoydbrip
us full details of the execution of the ,bir-
ty eight Indians at that place on Friday.
Dec. 26, by order of President Lincoln.
80 great was the excitement in the vicinity
and so large the crowd of spectator flock
ing to the scene, that martial law was
declared as early as Wednesday. On
Monday before the execution, Colonel
Miller read to The condemned Indians the
death warrant of the President
The day before the execution. the Indi-
ans were conversed with as to their past
crimes and coming death. Some of them
ware much affected, and many of them
protested their innocense, claiming that
they had been falsely accused, or misin-
terprcted when on trial. They said that
the guilty had generally escaped, while
they relying on their innocence, had
been left to die
The general justification urged by them
was that they were compelled, in order to
save their own lives, to accompany their
chief in his attacks upon the whites, ana
OF this there seems to be no doubt,
AT ten o'clock the condemned were
marshaed in procession and maracbed
through files Of soldiers to the gallows.
which had been so constructed that all the
culprlts could be hung at once. They
marched eagerly and cheerfully to the
fatal spot As assembled the scafiold thew
changed a death song, which was truly
hldeous, although it seemed to inspire
them with fresh courage. One young
fellow, who had been given cigar by one
OF the reporter, just before marching from
their quarters, was smoking it on the stand,
pulling away very cody, during the inter
vals of the hideous "Hi-yi, hi-yi-yi," and
even after the cap was drawn over his
face, he managed to get it up TO his mouth
and smoke. Ano her was smoking his
pipo. The moose having been promptly
adjusted over the necks of each, all was
ready for the fatal signal. The scene at
this juncture was one of awful interest
a painful and breathless suspense held the
vast crowd which has assembled from all
quarters in witness the execution. Three
slow, measured, and distinct beats of the
drum, and the rope was cut, the scaaold
fell, and thirty-eight lifeless bodies were
dang ling between heaven and earth One
OF the ropes was broken, and Rafting
Runner fell to the ground. The neck had
probably been broken, as but little signs
of life were observed, but he was immedi-
ately hung up again.
The bodies were then cut down placed
IN four army wagons, and taken to the
grave prepared for them, among the will
lows on the sand bar, nearly in front of
the town. They were all deposited in one
grave, thirty feet in length by twenty in
width and four in depth, being laid on the
bottom in two rows, with their feet togeth.
er and their heads to the outside. Thew
were simply covered with their blankets,
and the earth thrown over them.
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BY Il. I. II.
At Frcdriics, that direruI day,
n day t. be rememb red long;
A day of deeds heroic brave,
Worthy to be cnshrinld in 5 ong.
How brav"ly fought our gallant men.
What during deeds by them were wrought
Conttsting with over wh"lming foes,
What battle c'er was better fought!
On1 thosslnd men gave mp tn, Ghu.t.
Aud On thi fl Id Of battle died.
Ten thousand more, wcltcri ~ in gore,
lay badly wounded side by side.
All many of these gallant men,
Have lived a While to suil't pain;
Though in tn list Of fwounieI found,
Th.y truly are among th3 slaln
Aud thJu, james pcarcc vert one of thcscl
Thy dreadful death we all lament
Though sorrow shogld our anger melt
wen On thy foes, our clrsls vent.
And oh thy melancholy death
In dep st sorrow we dcplutc
We weep that thou art gna from Earth
'Paat We shan never sec tn more.
Bnt though thy fri 'ndS shall never meet
Th'e here In kindness ana iLl love,
Thy spirit slll tn 'ir spirits greet,
Ia thY bl st nom, with Goal LGbpve.
lu. from thy lips no murm'rs come,
Aai as death seals !hy sight' eyes
Thou sayrst that for thy country good.
THy !iIis willing sLcrGcc.
Al noble youth ah pat 'iot brave!
Thy mampry W. will rcvrri!
Wal love tn flr thy Countries sake,
I'd Ger thy grave viii 81 ID a t'ar.
Yes. we will she'd paarly tar,
\ tar Of sorrow on thy grave,
Waite muurning thy untImaiy end
oh hero ira, aud good, ana brave,
81 rsville Pa.
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es1-A Washington dispatch to the New
Aork Times says one hundred officers,
absent without leave, were Oh Thursday
stricken from the rolls.
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n5-Tho Rebellion has diminished our
exports the past year one hundred and
lhiay four millions of dollars compared
with ls6J.
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THE LErTER--A father wrote to his
son at boarding school, the following let
ter:
"MY DEAR SoN-If you are well, then
we are also well, l ssnd you with th is
letter my old coat-get new suit made
of it.
"Your dear mother sends you, without
my knowledge, five dollars Spend the
money for some useful purpose then it
will please me- But if you don't, you a"e
an ASS, and | your most aifectionate FA-
TIER. w. s.
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The MARCH TO THE GRAvE.-What a
mighty procession has been marching to.
ward the grave during the past year,
more that $500 O)O of the worlds pop
ulalion has gone down to the cath again.
Place them in long array. and they will
give moving column of thirteen hun.
dred TO every mile OF the globes crcum.
ferance Only think of it; ponder and
look upon these astounding computation
What spectacle, as they "moye on"
tramp, tramp, forward upon this snpen,
dous dead march
Lille is short and time is Aeetlng, ~
And our hearts though strong and brave
Still like mutlled drums are beating
Funeral marches to the grave
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nsS-"LOok out for paint" as the girl
said when the fellow went to kiss her.
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Since the removal of Mcclellan the Ar.
may Of the Potomac has moved, accord.
ing to the Venango Spectator, on an ay.
erage about twenty-five inches and half
per week.
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ses-zeal without knowledge, is are
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ANEcDoTE OF Pops.-One day, as
Pope was engaged in translating the ell
Had, he came to passage which Meth.
or he nor his assistant could interpret. A
stranger, who stood by, in his humble garb,
very modeStly suggested that ae he had
some little knowledge of Greek, perhaps
he could assist them.
"Try it, try it !" said Pope, with the
air of a boy who is encouraging a monkey
20 eat red pepper.
There is an error in the print" said
the stranger looking at the text. "Rcad
as II there was no interrogation point t
the end of the line, and you have the
meaning at once"
POpe's assistant at once improved upon
this hint, and rendered the passage with
out difficulty. Pope was chagrned-be
could never endure to be surpassed in any.
thing Turning to the stranger he said.
l n sarcastic tones
"Will you please to tell me what an
interrogation is p
"Why, sir sa'd the stranger scanning
the i'll shaped poet, "it is a little crooked
contemplate thing that asks questions"
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, 1863-02-24

to whom our civilization and our religion
are hateful, and who, on the battlefield,
will not be sustained in their bloody work
by any code save that which gives such
sangui,fary character to all contests in
which savages engage. Such of them as
are not Mahometans are heathens or idol
ators, and nil alike are scarce one degree
removed from the moral and social status
ofthe subjects Of His Majesty, the other
Emperor or King-hc Of Dahomcy. Let
loose in a Mexican town, no possible re-
straints could prevent them from cnacting,
with new forms of diabolism, all the hor-
rors that ba1barism and ferocity, quickcned
By the shrieks Of women and children and
the blood Of men, have ever been able to
invent.
These are the allies that the friend of the
Confedc1ates has called to his aid And
the usages Of warfare aud the enlightened
opinion of all Europe will justify their en-
ployment Only IN this country have We
the maudlin scntimentality that eniff1es
over the: enlistment Of Christian men
because they happen to be black.
, 1863-02-24


Our readers will find interesting the fol-
lowing brief summary of the two Finance
measures respectively originating in the
House and Senate, upon which Commit
tee Of Conference from both Houses is now
in session.
HOUSE BILL
!. $oooooo,ooo Of tuenfv years bonds. bearing
not orer6 per cent interest," to be sold at the mar
ket'pricc.
bearing not over G per cent. interest, payable in
coin the notes to be aledys erehan9eade for Uni-
ted States noiea.
8. $500 ,O00, ,0O6 legal tender notcs.
4. $4,000 600 fractional currency
s. Coupons on bonds and notes to be receivable
for dutIes.
6. Bank circulation to be taxed per cent, &C
cording to sliding scale.
Z. The Secretary to keep accounts in solvent
banks.
I. $500 ,00o, ,oo. Of bonds, achieh may run forty
years, with interest at per cent. to be sold at
market price.
T. t4f0,ooo.ooo Of three years Treasury notes,
bearing not over per cent. interest, payaNs In
euT7enf'7soney eafd notes to be legal tender for
their face.
g. Only $5o,0oo,0oo more orlegal tender notes in
addition to the 500 000 authorized JAN II, to
pay the army.
4. Fractional currency unlimited.
s. Coupons not to be receivable Tor duties.
6. Bank circulation to be taxed per cent, i; per
cent. payable every six months.
7. The Secretary to keep accounts exclusively ii,
the Sub Treasury.
, 1863-02-24

his original position near the constitution
Two loaded d1ays passing on Main street at
about this time, the soldiers dctailad twelve
Of their number to take possession Of them,
up liz fragments Of the broken press, pro.
cecd to the river and threw them in.
The military commander again appeared,
with the provost guard, and ordered the
soldiers to disperae; but they not obeylng his
commands, he brought the guard to "aim." :"
preparatory to firing. This brought out their
Teyolycrs, to the number Of nearly hundred
and twenty, and the officer, seeing that it was
notprudent to proceed further, and that the
soldiers were disposed to go back to their
quarters, having completed their work, and
feeling That IT was better not to cause unncc-
eseafy hloodshed, desisted from any further
action than that Of posting few sen1inels to
protect what was left when the men retired.
As the soldiers formed in line Of battle
again In the street in front Of the office, pre-
paratory to marching back to their quarters,
they gare three rousing cheers for the Union,
three equally loud cheers for the President,
and three unearthly groans for the editor and
his Constellation "as Il is.''
The friends Of Thos. Claggett arc feeling
quite sore at this outbnrst Of indignation Of
the soldiers, and tonight have been threaten
ing the Gate City Office with similar fate. It
Is not probable, however, that any thing will
grow ont Off. A little reflection must satisfy
them, that, IN the presence Of l 500 soldiers,
one halt Of whom can carry musket if needs
be, it will not be we'll to push the matter any
further. Not only that; any man with the
least grain Of common sense, ought to know
that the course hitherto pursued By Judge
C1aggett, will inevitably lead to such results
In times Ike these, and that the whole re-
sponsibility Of the outbreak rests upon his
own head entirely. Loyalty cannot tolerate
treason or the sympathisers with treason, nor
will patriotism stand day after day, and be
traduced without some show Of Indignation
in the present state Of things. UNION
, 1863-02-24

~ The worst opponent of reduction
Of the duty on paper, Of the Committee OF
Ways and Means, is Hon. Justin Morrill, Of
Vermont. The reason Of his fixed hostil-
ity is now explained: he Is said to be a
shareholder in q paper mill
Twenty millions Of people are interested
in having the paper duties reduced, and a
score or two Of Eastern paper manufacture
crs are interested in retaining the high pro-
hibitozy. tariff on the article, that they may
be able to ovcrcharge publishers and estab-
lieh grinding and oppressive monopoly.
Morrill, goes for the interests of the few
against the many, and cares nothing for
great masses provided a few Eastern mo-
pepolists are protected. Is such man fit
for member Of the Committee of Ways
and Mcans9
, 1863-02-24

~ The struggle for the nomination.ior
Mayor Of this city, at the hands Of the
Democratic party, is likely to develop a
schlsm that no diplomacy can heal. The
War Democrats are so alarmed and in
censed by the undisglised treason of the
Times, that they have resolved to give their
sufrages to no man who reflects the tenn
per and policy Of that secesh concern
while the veritablc coprerheads, compris-
ing nearly all the c1nigrants from the slave
States, are equally determined that no man
who believes In shooting the rebels for the
sake Of preserving the Union, shall sue
coed. The fight is q pretty one us it
stands. :
, 1863-02-24

OuE 1Se4a11o4H With France.
F. We trust the House Of Representatives will
lose no time in completing the bill Just passed
by the Senate, authorizing the Issue Of letters
OF marque and rcprisal. We hope thai Con
gress will not adjourn without having made
full provision for strengthening our navy and
for putting our seaport towns in a condition
for defence. In a word, VIC expect them to
make preparations. for foreign 'car,-snch
preparations as shall at once beflt our dignity
and consult our safety.
We hike come with great reluctance to the
conclusion, which the current Of events has
nevertheless forced upon US, that the French
Emperor is seriously contemplating tho Idea
Of breaking our blockade Of the rebel ports,
between now and the first Of April, and that
he will welcome rather than dcprccatc war as
the consequence Of that act, if events can be
90 shaped as to give him the prospective con-
tfol OF cotton. growing district on the bord-
ess ot the Gulf Of Mexico. 1t is we'll known
e41 ses5 large purchases Of cotton on French
un1 nave been made In the Southern
-..e. ano We have already been distinctly
not.aS IN a. curing the coming spring this
sol'on nus' DC delivered. The lanenare of
.,'s spssi" and Immediate organs IN p,r;a-
| tue oeelatalaonso Of the newest an,onn .1.s..,
La Adf'o''' the tenor Of the Nonit<ur H. '' Na-
efa1 tone Of the Ministerial Journal. 49, 49,. gu
recently changed language Of the liherss ~ S sae
combine TO show that this Is tho policy ah,rh
the French Emperor has resolved to carr
out. "Ihere remains nothing for US TO do. /"
| EayS recent number Of Tr Hnflor M,,,t . .
, 1863-02-24

to buy the cotton which they only consent to
deliver into ourhands, and with the certitudc
that it will not fall into those of the Fcdera1s.
To ,prest't ourselves citA money and eannoa !;
the money to pay, and TIE cannon to force our
.ray, if ang one should pretend to bar Tie passage
that Is the solution" We hare no doubt,
whatever, that our people will, without dis
tinction Of party, meet that hostile out
rage upon our Independence and our
honor by the most rcsolute defiance; and VIC
trust Congress will put the country In 'po-
sition to make that resistance eflectual.
The Coppcrhend Retreat in I'LL
fnofH.
The New York Tribune says 1t Is reported
upon apparently trustworthy authority that
the Copperhcad Legislature of Illinois, which
adjourned on Monday without passing the
bills by which 1t was hoped to wrest the mill
tary power Of the State from the hands Of its
Governor and to send Commissioners In the
name Of the State TO treat for peace with JEFF.
Davis, received the Instructions, under which
it finally acted, from Gov. Seymour Of New
York. It is said he sent message to Spring
field to the general effect, that the Copper
heads there were running the prospects Of the
party for the next election, and that in order
to insure future triumphs 1t was necessary to
he more cautious now
, 1863-02-24
WHAT THE BOYS SAY.

In another column NC print at length
the proceedings Of many regimental meet
ings Of the soldiers in the field, from
which, as they are so reliable an index Of
the temper Of the whole army, the Copper
heads who have been begging for IN in
famous peace at the cost Of the Union and
the national honor, may learn what fate
awaits them when our brave boys, more
than one hundred thousand strong, and
almost every man an Abolitionist and a
voter, returns flushed with the glory of VIC
tory. We trust that not one Of our read
ers will lay down this paper until he sees
what the gallant fellows in front Of the
enemy have to saw,
, 1863-02-24
UbitoQo Grib11l1t.



The defcat Of the bill in Congress to en-
large the Illinois and Michigan and the
Erie Canals, has fixed the attention Of the
entire West upon the necessity Of greatly
increased facilities to transport her rapidly.
increasing products to the ocean. The
meeting to be held tonight is in no
sense, as charged by some Eastern papers,
political movement. It is simply con-
tinuation Of the efforts inaugurated in 1855
ly the Boards Of Chicago. Toronto, and
other cities upon the Lakes and tho st.
Lawrence, to call attention to the growth
Of the West, and to induce the opening Of
new and enlarged channels Of transit to
the ocean. Our commercial readers have
not forgotten thata convention of delegates
was held in Toronto on the 18th Of Sep
tember, 1855, from Oswego, Chicago,
Geo. Steele, and VIM. Bross, Esqs., dele
gates,) Toronto. Barre, the county Of
6imcoe, and other places, the result (which
was d survey Of the route between the
Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario, by Kiyas
fully, Esq, and Col. Mason Of this city,
showing the entire feasibility Of that route
for ship canal for vessels Of thousand
tons bu1then. The commercial crash Of
1878 and the depression that followed,
stopped the discussion Of this and similar
projects; but in the meantime the produc-
ton of the West has gone on increasing,
till the produce seeking transit to the ocean
has completely clogged up an our avenues,
and freights have become so enormous
that little or no profit is left to the pro-
ducing classes. To make this enormous
increase the more evident, We present the
following statistics taken from our CONNER
cial tables heretofore published:
, 1863-02-24
THAT ssNIGCER VC00 =,

~ nA1EER W0RSuIpPER,.
Ine policy Of Napoleon in the employ
ment Of blnck soldiers in his war viii,
Mexico, has not only astonished Int con l
founded the Coppesheads That he Of nj, ~,
rulers in Christendom-he who is ,,sin. ~,
his diplomatic efforts to secure from tho
principal European powers areco:nition Of
the confedcracy, and, to that extent, hiding
and comforting the Northern sympathizers
who are laboring to indirectly attain the
same result should not only theoretically
but practically endorse all that the most
advanced Of the Union men Of the
North contend for in relation to- the
black race, is O. rebuff for which his
allies here have only curses to give in re-
turn. And their wrath is exaggerated By
the fact that the men whom he has
taken into his service are in all
respects the interiors Of the Amer.
lean elaye: They are semi-barba.;aas
, 1863-02-24

WHAT DANIEL WEBSTER TuorGHr.-Dan.
iel Webster, in n speech delivered in. Wash
ington just thirteen years ago, gave it as his
oitionists ever get. the power into their
hands, they will override the Constitution,
set the Supreme Court at defiance, change and
make laws to snit themselves, 1ay violent
hands on those who differ from them In their
opinions or dare, question their infaliibilEty,
and finally bankrupt the country, and deluge
1t with blood.t'
The above extract is going the rounds oftlc
Coppcrhead journals. A more internal lie
and forgery was never started. Danid Web
ster never said anything Of the kind in n
speech ut Washington, or any other place.
We defy the Corperheads to produce the
speech.
, 1863-02-24

e.
The Conpcrheads Of Dubuque, Iowa, un-
dcrtook to get up reasonable manifestation
In that city that would be q "ter1or to the
tyrants Mt Washington not to the rebels in
the south-but the whole thing was COM
plete flzzle. The. only speaker that appeared
was Henry Clay Dean, better known as the
"Iowa pole-cat,'' and he howled treason for
three hours. Here arc SONIC "elcgant ex-
tracts" from his effort:
The unfon commenced with Government: it
has ended ae despotism-and such diepotism
never, neter, Ia how'll NEVER "a shriekl, NEVER
Ia equal!, before cursed the cartht
There is scarcely right ofmankina that has not
been violated by this Administration.
The great armies OF the Union arc fighting for
defpot,
The liberty Of the Press has been oycEthrown
tallndiuE to 1he-destructon of the Kcokuk Consfi.
tafion office by.a mob Of soldicrs] and cicM arar
has cohMknctdiH I0ied,
!, The n!ggcre Of the South arc fseer today than
the white men of the North.
The secret purpose Of all Nj. Linco1n's tyranny
Ia to make the negro the equal Of the wlits man