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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
MORTGAGE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made in the payment Of
~ acertain mortgage (by which the power to sell
therein contained has become operatve) executed by
John Wooding, and Erma A. Wooding, his wife, to
Ira Davenport dated October twenty-sixth A. ID
eighteen hundred and fifty eight and recorded Nc
vember third A. ID. 1858, in the Saginaw county
Registers Office in record Il, of Mortgages on pages
564 and 565, upon which Mortgage there is claimed
TO be due at the date of this notice the of three
hundred and seventy dollars and thirteen cents and
no suit proceedings at law having boen instituted
torecover any part thereof notice is therefore hereby
given that Friday the thirteenth day Of April
A. ID. 1860 at two o'clock in the afternoon Of that
day, at the front door Of the Saginaw County Circuit
Court House in Saginaw City, shall sell at public
auction to the highest bidder the premises described
in such Mortgage (or so much shall be necessary
10 satisfy the amount due on such Mortgage, with
ten per cent interest and legal COSTS and attor-
ney fee stipulated for) that is 10 say the following
land in Saginaw County Michigan: The south hall
of the north quarter of section four 4 also the
northwest quarter Of the Southeast quarter Of see
tion five (5) all in Township ten north of range six
east containing one hundred and twenty acres,
or less. Dated, Detroit Jan. l3, 1860.
IRA DAVENPORT, Mortgagoe.
WM. j. WATERMAN, Attorney.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
phe Fable of the Wandering Jew.

Thelegend of jew ever wandering
and neve- dying, even from the crucifix-
ION OF Jesln to this day, has spread over
many European countries. The accounts,
however, as In all fables, do not agree
One version is Ills: When Jesus was led
to death, oppressed by the weight of the
cross, he wished to r,st himself near the
gate at the house of shoemaker named
Ahasuerus. This man, 4awever, spran @
forth and thrust him away. Jesus turn
ed towards him saying, 81 shall rest, but
thou shalt move on till | return" And
from that time he has had no rest, and is
obliged necessarily to wander abolt.-
Another version is that given by Matthias
Parisiensis, monk Of the thirteenth cen.
tury: When Jesus was led from the tri.
bunal of Pilatus to death, the doorkeeper
named Cartaillious, pushed him from be.
hind with his foot, saying, "Walk on,
Jesus, quickly; why dost thou tarry"-
Jesus looked at him gravely, and said, al
walk on but thou shalt tarry till come. "
And this man, still alive, wanders from
place to place, in constant dread of the
wrath to come. A third legend adds that
this wandering jew falls sick every hun
dred years, but RECEIVERS, and renews his
strength; hence it is that, even after so
many centuries, he does not look much
older than Septuagenarian. Thus much
for the legends. Not one of the ancient
authors makes even mention of such an
account. The first who reports some
such thing is monk Of the 18th century,
when, as is known, the world was filled
with pious fiction, even to disgust
However, the story has spread far, SO
that it has become a proverb, "He runs
about like wandering jew" There
are not persons wanting who assert to
have seen the wandering Jew. But when
their evidence is examined by the test
of historical credibility, it is found that
some impostor had made use of this fable
to impose upon simple-minded people for
some purpose of his own. However, the
legend is not altogether untrue; there is
a wandering jew who roves about Eu
rope, throughout every century. This
being is-prgad!ce against
the JeCS.-JeWiSh Chronicle.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

SINGULAR MoNoMANIAc-A friend who
writes to the Home Journal from Lake
Ontario, gives an account of singular
monomaniac:
awe have some originals about here
who would have been perfect nuggets
to Cooper. Among them is an old with
cred mummy whom we call Commodore,
from the fact of his being the best fisher
man on the lake. At sometime in early
life he must have become deranged, and
on his recovery of mind began life as a
new creature - his recollection Of what
passed before his lunacy is entirely
obliterated.
"His theory of advent into this world
is that he was, at about the age of seven
hundred years, elected from the planet
Jupiter for some violation of the laws in
that orb, and, on recovering from the
effects of that tremendous fall, found
himself on the shore of this lake. At
first, he says, the food of this earth did
not suit him, he having subsisted, before
his fall entirely on electricity - the only
food known in Jupiterl However, after
having nearly perished from starvation,
he discovered that whiskey and gin so
nearly resembled electricity in their
effects on his system, that he has made
shift to support nature by using pleuti-
full admixture of them with fish, flesh,
fowl, vegetables and tobacco, which latter
article, he thinks, is sufficient to render
life in this miserable, raw, cold, new
world tolorablc - even pleasant. The
man has received good English educa-
ton, as can be discovered in his speech,
quotations, &c. He disappears at times,
and is absent for months, hidden in the
forests of Pennsylvania; his dislike for
the habitations of man is so strong that
he sleeps, when night overtakcs him,
under the lee of log, or more common
ly in his boat lie is-mentally, morally
and physically-a fragment suggestive to
philosopher"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
NUMBER 80.

at which the rocks are to be pierced is
less as we approach the lake.
He also says, "By reference to map
of the State it will be apparent that the
strongest brine springs, make their APP
pearance along line which will be form
edIto correspond with the "synclinalaxis,"
or axis of the dip of the rocks comprising
the great peninsular basin; circum-
stance which would be looked for from
the fact that the ordinary law of gravit-
alton would conduct the strong brine to
the lowest depths of the rock Strata
While therefore the depth to which the
boring must be carried in order to reach
the salt bearing STRATA, would be great
or than would be the case in some por-
tions of the State, the comparative
strength of the brine attained may be ex-
pected to be proportionately increased"
In the same report he further says
"There no longer exists any doubt that
this mineral may be obtained at cheap
rate and in any required quantity, for
supplying the great and increasing de-
mand of our State" annoi trIsul08
The result Of the boringsin our vicini-
ty verify this assertion, and we have no
hesitancy in predicting that in short
time the manufacture of salt is to be one
of the great features of the Saginaw
Valley.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

How DRUGGIsT SOLD PURE LIouoR.-
A story is told of a druggist in Chicago
to this effect
He had the reputation of keeping most
elegant brandy, imported expressly for
himself all the way from France. OF
course he was supposed to keep it solely
for family purposes, and for ''nothin' else"
There was, however, caslx kept on tap
in the back room, and it was really aston
ishing what lot of favorites went into
the back room daily, and how much sick
ness there was in the city while that cask,
like the 'widow's cruse," was always full.
One day, swapping cold day-about
lunch time, several thirsty heads of fami-
lies might have been seen in that back
room, anxiously waiting for the druggist,
who was dealing out boluses in the front
shop, to come in and draw some of the
genuine unadulterated Cogniac. Drug
gist comes in, turns the tap with a know
ing wink and grin, but stands petrifed
to find that the thing won't run. Drug
gist is sure that the cask is full "Some-
thing is the matter with the faucet,
gentlemen guess I'll take it off. "
Druggist takes it of, but although the
orifce is thus enlarged, the thing won't
run. His customers propose to take out
the bung and see what the matter is
Bung is taken out and cask turned to the
light, when the horrifying fact presents
itself to the naked eye that this unadul.
terated brandy, imported from France is
frozen solid. Too much water had killed
the brandy.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
A BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.

1t was night. Jerusalem slept as quietly
amid her hills as a child upon the breast
of its mother. The noisless sentinel
stood like statue at his post, and the
philosophers lamp burned dimly in the
recesses of his chamber.
But a moral darkness involved the
nations in its unlighted shadows. Reason
shed faint glimmering over the minds
of men, like the cold and insufficient
shining of distant star. The immortality
Of mans spiritual nature was unknown,
his relations unto heaven undiscovered,
and his future destiny obscured in cloud
of mystery.
1t was at this period that two forms of
ETHEREAL mould lowered about the land of
Gods chosen people. They seemed like
sister angels sent to earth on some en-
bassy of love. The one of majestic
stature and well formed limb, which her
snowy drapery hardly concealed, in her
erect bearing and steady eye, exhibited
the highest degree of strength and con
fidence. Her right arm was extended in
an impressive gesture upward where night
appeared to have placed her darkest pavil-
ion, while on the left reclned her delicate
companion, in form and countenance the
contrast of the other, for she was droop-
ing like flower when moistened with
refreshing dews, and her bright but
troubled eyes scanned the air with ardent
but varying glances. Suddenly a light
like the sun flashed out from the heavens
and Faith and Hope hailed with exulting
songs the ascending star of Bethlehem.
Years rolled away, and the stranger
was seen in Jerusalem. He was a meek
unassuming man, whose happiness seemed
to consist in acts of benevolence to the
human race. There were deep traces of
sorrow on his countenance, though no
one knew why he grieved, for he lived in
the practice of every virtue, and was
loved by all the good and wise BY and
by it was rumored that the stranger
worked miracles; that the blind, saw, that
the dumb, spake, the dead leaped, and
ocean moderated its chatting tide; and the
very thunders articulated, he is the Son
of God. Envy assailed him to DEATH
Slowly and thickly girded, he ascended
the hill of Calvary. a heavy cross bent
him to the earth But Faith leaned on
arms, and Hope dipping her pinions in his
blood mounted to the skies.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23


The SHIRT TIVE. - The accounts of
travellers have mace us well acquainted
with the bread tree, but it remains for
the indefatigable Humboldt to discover
in the wilds of South America tree
which produces ready-made shirts. We
copy this account of the tree:
'NVe saw on the slope of the Cerra
Dulda,' says M. Humboldt, shirt trees
80 feet high. The Indians cut off cylin-
drical pieces 2 feet in diameter, from
which they peel the red and fibrous bark,
without making any longitudinal incision.
The bark affords sort of garment,
which resembles sacks of a coarse texture,
and without seam. The upper opening
serves for the head, and two lateral holes
are cut to admit the arms.
The natives wear these shirts of marina
in the rainy season. AS in these regions
tie benefcence of nature are regarded
as the primary cause of the Incidence of
the inhabitants, the missionaries do not
fail to in showing the shirts of marina:
In the forest of the Orookoko garments
are found ready made on the trees.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
EAST SAGINAW MICHIGAN, FEBRUARY g. 1860.
POstings.

Whenyou attend the Episcopla Church
keep look out for the main chants.
That man lacks moral courage who
treats when he should retreat.
Some Irishmen proposes to have a
wake over the "dead of night"
Poverty is, in some countries, merely
an inability to make ones mark.
Prize-fghters are unreliable workmen,
being always OF strike.
Tallow-chandlersa are sympathetic set,
for they are frequently in the melting
mood.
Cobblers war sensible to the last a'ol-
ways.
There is a lady in New York so igno-
ralt of all domestic work that she can
not e7en knit her brows.
Profaae men take a curse ory view of
things.
NoR'wEsTER
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

THE CnApIoN SwIMMER.-A Sandwich
Island boy recently deserted the whale
ship Franklin when twenty miles at sea,
jumping overheard about eight o'clock
at night, and swimming all night for the
land. BY daylight he was within half a
mile of shore, but there encountered a
strong opposing current, and after buff
citing the waves in vain effort to reach
the beach, he saw sail several miles to
the leeward changed his course for the
vessel, striking out to sea again, and was
on her deck by nine o'clock Friday morn
ing, nothing harmed by his fourteen
hours swim.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

SOME Hoss.-Once on time, a Yankee
who was travelling through Kentucky
had fine horse, and no money. He had
taught the animal to lie down or sit on
his launches when the bride was pulled
pretty hard. Our traveller saw no way of
replenishing his purse but by selling his
horse, and this he resolved to do at the
first opportunity. AS he was going
along he saw hunter at some distance
from the road, whom he rodeu p to and
accosted. In the course of the CONVEX
sation he told the latter that he had an
invaluable horse to sell-a horse that
would act precisely like a setter when
he was in the vicinity of game. Casting
his eyes around at the same time discov-
ering some fresh rabbit tracks, he gave
the bride jerk. The docilc quadruped
Immediately lay down. "There are some
rabbits here" said the rider; 81 know by
his ears" The Kentuckian, curious to
test the reputed sagacity of the horse,
rearched around, and sure enough started
three or four rabbits He was greatly
surprised, but the Yankee took the affair
as a matter of course. To make a long
story short, the wonderful horse changed
hands on the spot, three hundred dollars
being the consideration. His new owner
mounted him, and, with characteristic
hospitality, the Yankee agreed to accom-
pany him home. They soon came to a
stream, which they had to cross, and
which was rather deep for horseman
Judge of the Kentuckian's dismay, when
on pulling the bride in the middle of tho
river, his steed subsided in the running
waters as if he was hippopotamus.-
"How is this?" he roared out, nothing
but his head visible The Yankee who
was mounted on the hunters other horse
was not Disconnected i'll the least, bu
replied cody, "Oh, forgot to tell yor
he is as good for fish as he is for rabbits?
-7snnessee Herald.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

EE The Tecumseh yesterday took
down family of six persons-mulattoes
-on their way to Helena, Arkansas, to
enter again the service of their old mas
ter. There was something remarkable
and unusally attractive in the appearance
of this group, who, despite the obvious
tingc of the African in their complex
ions, were fine looking men and women,
with graceful, well-rounded forms, and
eyes sparkling with intelligence. They
were mannumitted about six years ago
since which time they have been living
in New York, and now, strange as it may
seem, having tasted Of the sweets of lib
erty, voluntarily return to bondage
Cm Commercial, 1914.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

TN the matter Of the estate of George Solomon
Il deceased, Notice is hereby given TO creditors
and other persons interested in the estate of said de-
ceased that the commissioners appointed for the
purpose of examining and allowing claims will meet
at Seth Willey's Office in the city of East Saginaw
the last Wednesday in March, the first Wednesday
in May and first Wednesday in June next for the
purpose aforesaid and that the time for presenting
claims by creditors will expire the twelfth day of
June next
Dated City Of East Saginaw, Dec IL, 1859.
SETH WILEY, Commissioners.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
Post Office Notice.

MAILS ARRIVE.
Kastern Mails daily nj 6 =. NJ.
Portsmouth 4 Bay City mail daily at 6P. NJ
Way mail from Flint daily at l2t p. NJ.
Nassar & Tuscola. mail scmi-weckly,
Tuesday and Fridays.
Saginaw City mail daily at2 p NJ
MAILS CLOSE
Eastern mails daily at 8 p NJ
Portsmouth A Bay City daily at 7 A. NJ.
Way mail 10 Flint daily Mt p. NJ
Vassar 4 Tuscola, Scmi-woekly mail Mondays and
Thursdays at p
Saginaw City Mail daily at IL NJ.
Office hours from 7 A. NJ to l2t =. NJ, and from
T. NJ 10 81 p
q. G. HESS. p. NJ
East Saginaw, August 4, 1859.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

THE UNDERSIGNED having been appointed by
i the Judge of Probate Of the county of Saginaw
commissioners in the estate Of Edmund b. Bow, de-
ceased Of the township of bridgeport, give notice
that they will meet at the house of Lorenzo Ilodg-
man in the township Of bridgeport on Saturday, the
26th day Of January, on Saturday the 18th day of
February, on Saturday, the 18th of March, on Sat-
urday the Slst of March, the l4th of April and the
2Sth day of April, and the Goth day Of May, Mt
o'clock in the forenoon of each day. to examine all
accounts agninst said estate.
LORENZO HODGEMAN,
IIATTEN NJ. BEACH.
Bridgeport, Saginaw Co, Mich, Jan. l9, 1850.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

When the Salometer measured sc >
in the brine pumped up at East Saginaw,
Prof Wells, of New York, analysed it,
and stated, on 3rd of February, that it
would require one third less Of it to make
a bushcl of salt than of the Syracuse
water.
In 1S41, Mr.. Hubbard as assistant
State GeologIst, made report to Mr..
Houghton, as State Geologist, in which
he says: "All the rocks on the eastern
slopc of the peninsula south of Saginaw
Bay have a general dip north westerly"
From this we may infer that the depth
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
NOTICE.

OFFICE or THE f. sAGr SALT MIRO. Co.
East Saginaw, Feb. 18th, 1860.
T,HERE will be special meeting Of the Stockhold-
4 ers Of the East Saginaw Salt Manufacturing
Company in East Saginaw on Saturday, the 10th day
of March 1860 at o'clock, p NJ Of that day; which
meeting is called for the purpose of increasing the
capital stock Of the company.
By order of the Boaad of Directors.
WIN. L. WEBER, Sec'y.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

EH- 1t is said that out of a German
population Of fifty thousand in the State
Of Wisconsin, there is not an individual
from the Faderland confined in the Peni-
tentiary Of the State
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
CURTIS. BLISS & co.
WI. SHERMAN.

Wholesale and Retail dealers in Dry Goods, Groce
rics Crockcry Clothing, Hats, Caps, &c
FAST SAGINAW
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
w. II. p. LITTLE & co,

Bankers and Exchange Brokers, buy and sell FIX
change Bank Notes, Gold and Silver &c. win
give prompt attention 10 Collections, and romit
drafts at current rates, Taxes paid for non-rosi-
dents, and all matters connected with Land Agen-
cy promptly attondedto. EAST SAGINAW
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
IS 6Ss@M
>sssGA[-
NOT @ E .

rs hereby given that the Receivers Duplicate Re-
i ceipt, No 1925 issued from the Saginaw Land
Office Michigan, May 18th, 1853, for lot No. of fir
section n, T 10 N, II Il, containing thirty-fve
acres and thirty-nne ono hundredths, of which l
was the holder is lost and that | intend TO make
application for the rofundng Of the purchase money
Dated, East Saginaw, Jan. 81, 1860.
n27-6w ANDREW WILSON.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
Travellers Directory.
GOING EAST.

Boss 4 Burrcll's Stage leaves daily for Flint and
Holly, nt A. NJ, and p. NJ, connecting with
ID. A NJ. X w. 20 Detroit
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
1860. BAKERY. 1860
y. .. wE14ER,

w 0ULD inform the inhabitants Of the City o
w East Saginaw and surrounding country, that
he is now engaged In the Baking business ut the
OLD STAND OF G. II. HARRIS,
Washington street. six doors north of the Post Office
where no is in hopes of supplying all the demands II
this limo that his friends and the public generally
may demand j. 8. W.
East Saginaw, Feb. ], 1860.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
MORTGAGE SALE.

nEFAULT having been mado in the condition Of
~ a certain mortgage bearing date on the ninth
day of December, 1858 executed by James Kear, of
Saginaw County, Michigan, TO William L. Webber
of the same County and State, which mortgage was
recorded in the Office of Register of Deeds for said
Saginaw County, ON the 10th daylof December, 1853,
in Liber "E" Of mortgages, on pages 627 and 62s,
on which mortgage there is claimed TO be due at the
date Of this notice the Of ninety dollars and
ninetyseven cents for principle and interest and
attorneys fee stipulated for in said mortgage and
no suit proceeding at law having been instituted
to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or
any part thereof Notice is therefore hereby given
that by virtue of power Of sale contained in said
mortgage, there will be sold by the Sheriff or Under
Sheriff Of Saginaw County, the 30th day Of
March A. ID. 1860, at two o'clock p. NJ of that day.
at the front door of the Court House in Saginaw
City, in Saginaw County, (that being the place for
holding the Circuit Court for said County of Sagnaw)
the premises described in said mortgage as follows
viz; "All that real estate known and described as
the southwest quarter Of the northwest quarter of
section number eight (S) in township number eleven
"Ql) north Of range four az east containing forty
"acres Of land, be the moro or less, together
"with the heredtaments and appurtenances there
unto belonging or in any wise appertaining" being
in the County of Saginaw and State of Michigan.
Dated, December 29th, 1859
WILLIAM l.. WEBER, Mortgngee.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
NOTICE.

OFFICE or f. SAG, SALT MFG. Co.
East Saginaw, Feb, 7th, 1860
T meeting of the Board of Directors Of this Com
n pany this day, further assessment Of three per
cent. made upon the entire capital Stock Of the
company, payable at the Office of the Secretary In
East Saginaw, on the 10th Of March a. ID 1850
w. T.. WEBBER. Secretary.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

Tho Regular meeting of the Board Of Education
will be held on Tuerday, December 9th at the Com
mon Ccuntii Rovne az o'clock, p NJ
JOHN IT, SPRINGER, Clerk
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
AMBROTYPES.

EASTMAN, HAVING FITTED UP ROOMS
IL over Sanborn fuckers Provision Store, is now
prepared TO take Amtrotypes in superior STYLE and
put them up in beautiful cases just received by Ex-
press Good pictures taken as low as FIFTY CENTS
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
DISSOLUTION


VNHB FIRM OF COPELAND BARLOW is
l. this day dissolved by mutual consent. The
business q said firm will be settled by VIM J. BAR
row, who alone is authorized 10 settle the same
SAMUEL COPELAND,
WILLIAM j. BARLOW.
Dated East Saginaw, January 8, 1860
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23
DISSOIUTION.

THE FIRM HERETOFORE DOING BUSINESS
i in this city under the name Of Hall Loomis
was this day dissolved by mutual consent. TIL
business matters of the firm will be settled by I.
Hall
ROYAL IT, LOOMS,
FRANCIS Il. HALL.
East Saginaw, Jan. IL, 1860.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

Exchange Oficc will buy and sell Notes, Mortgages
Drafts. &c, and mcurrent money All collections
promptly attended 10. Office ut Bay City; Bay
rnuntv MICHIGAN BAY CITY.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-23

The business of Painting, Glazing, &C. will be
continued for tho present by the Subscriber nt the
old stand Of Hall a Loomis. II. L. HALL