The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-12-01


Hon. Thos. Corwin lectured at Leb-
anon, Ohio, last weekon "The American
Christian Citizen-His duties.''
Gov. Wise is to have one thousand
armed men at Charleston the day of
the execution.
Col. John c. Fremont has headed a
subst iption list to the Broderick mon
ument with the liberal sum of $500.
TRUE ENOUGH. = Fred. Douglass
says, "down South they keep dogs to
catch niggers, but up North Democrats
do it. e
In Springfield Mass, John Brown
had one vote for Governor, and Lidia
Maria Child one for Lieutenant Cover
nor.
A prominent railroad official says the
resolutions passed by the Cleveland
Convention against giving free passes
shave no more binding effect upon him
than dose of salts.'
Yale College now has Ill students
in the senior class, l01 juniors, III So
phomores, l73 freshmen-5O2 students
in all. Of these 81 are devoted to the
olegy, % to law, As to medicine, and
40 to philosophy and arts.
Gen. Tom Thumb will be % years
old in January next. He resides in
Bridgeport, Conn.,, where he owns
fine house on the main steet, valued at
over $4,000. He drives pony which
he says will travel mile in three min
utes.
A CHANCE FOR THE PoETs.-The
Rochester Union offers premium
of fifty dollars for a carriers New
Years Address for 1860. The adj
dress must contain about two hundred
and seventy lines, and should be in the
publishers hands by the 18th of De-
cember:
Gov. Hunt, of New York, and his
estimable wife, celebrated their Golden
Wedding on Monday last. A large
number Of personal friends from differ
ent parts of the State were present.
The Ceremonies of the occasion ware
conducted in excellent taste by Rev.
DR.. Shelton, of Buffalo.
The valet of Hon. GRAVITY Berkeley,
the modern mighty hunter, passed
through Pittsburgh, Pa, last week on
his way eastward, and being a comely
man, gave himself out for his master.
Several Pittsburghers politely called
upon him, and paid profound Difference
to his remarks.
Gen. Thomas Thumb, who, although
barely knee high to grasshopper,
made large fortune for P. T. Barnum,
and snug one for himself, is reported
to be about to unite himself in wedlock
with lady of youth and beauty. The
authorities differ about her height, and
it is variously stated as three feet six,
and six feet three.
A well dressed gentlemanly looking
individual called upon tho principal of
fashionable Seminary in New York
to arrange for the accommodation of his
children. When requested to pay
in advance, he gave a worthless draft,
received SIS in money in change, and
departed, forgetting to send the chill
dren or his address.
There is rumor that Dan Sickles
and his wife will take up their residence
in Washington after the opening of
the next session. The impudence of
such movement would be exceedingly
refreshing. But it would be interest
ing to observe the effect upon the fash
ionables at Washington of the reap
pearance there of this famous couple
Mr.. Marble, of Lynn, Massachusetts
has been blasting at Dungeon Rock for
eight years, hoping to obtain the treas
ure of Capt. Kidd. Guided in his la
bors by clairvoyants and spiritualists,
he has, with the assistance of his son,
blasted passage way, about eight feet
in height and breadth, nearly an hun
dred feet into the solid rock. The last
blast developed fissure, from which
issued current of foul air that will
extinguish flame held over it. Mr..
Marble believes he has less than 10 feet
to go to reach the long-sought cave.
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