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The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

If we lack the sagacity to discriml-
nate nicely between our acquaintance
and our friends, misfortune will readily
do it for us. =
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

Melancholy sees the latter end of
things as they will be, and not as they
are. 1t looks at beautiful face and
it sees nothing but a grinning skull,
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

Tears are the magic blossoms of the
heart at parting, smiles at meeting
Sometimes they bloom at once then
Joy is sorrow, and sorrow is joy.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

We are oftener more cruelty robbed
by those that enter our hearts than by
those who break into our houses
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23
The Sgnses' golrer,
Rebellion and Freedom.
BY l.. P.L.
lFor the Lambertville Press. |

Friends of Freedom swell the song,
Young and old the notes prolong,
Make the Union army strong,
And on to victory!
! Lift you: banners, let them wave,
Onward march, your country save,
Who would fill tritors grave
And bear his infamy.
Shrink not when the foe appears,
Spurn a towards guilty fears,
Hear the shrieks, behold the ears
Of ruined families.
See how many bosoms bleed
For our assistance, hear them plead,
Patriots let us interceed,
And crush tEis treachery.
Then will be the happy day,
And beneath its gentle ray,
Union will our country sway,
And reign trinmphantly.
WoOdsvtAe. ". j. Oct. 17h 1861,
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23
9NistellaMents.
A New Yankee Doodle.
BY RALPH RANDOM.

BY RALPH RANDOM.
Yankee Doodle came to town.
To view the situation
And fOnnd the world all upside down.
A rumpus in the nation
He heard all Europe laugh in seorn,
And called him but a noodle;
Laugh ON, he cried, as sure's your born
still am Yankee Doodle
Chorus-Yankee Doodle, &c.
He found the ragged Southern looms
A training like tarnation,
They'd stolen all his silver spoons, ~
And rifed his plantation
I'm wait awhile, he quietly said,
They may restore the plunder;
But ifthey don't, I'll go aAead,
And thrash them well, by thunder 2
Chorus-Y Yankee Doodle, &c.
And then the lovely Queen of Spain
Told him in honeyed lingo,
That she had courted-not in vain
A darkey in Domingo
My dear, said he, if you will roam
With oil the male creation,
Pray, don't come here-I can't at home,
Allow amalgamation.'
ChOrus-Y Yankee Doodle, &c.
The British Lion slyly eyed
His bales of Southern cotton
Dear Yankee Doodle, soft he cried,
That stuff is slave begotten
A brothers. tears have bleached it white,
1t speaks your degradation,
But must have it wrong or right,
To keep away starvation
Chorus-Yankee Doodle, &c.
Hands off hands off good cousin John,
Said quiet Yankee Doodle,
am no braggart Don,
Who'll bear the system 1eudal:
I've heard you prate in Ex'ter Hall,
Of sin and slave pollution,
But now I see twas blarney all,
You Loue the institution
Chorus-Y Yankee Doodle, &c.
False words and deeds, to high and low,
Bring righteoue retribation;
And cousin John moyhap you know
The frigate Constitution
She now is but rotten boat
But l have half q notion,
To set her once again afoat
And drive you from the ocean.
Chorus-Yankee Doodle, &c.
And if, in league with her of Spain,
With all the past forgotten,
You dare to lift the hand of Cain
In aid of old King Cotton,
Be sure you guard those costly toys
You call your broad dominions,'
For I have lots Of Yankee boys
Can fog your hireling minions.
Chorus-Yankee Doodle, &c.
1 trust in God, and in the right,
And in the mighty nation
And in this cause would freely fight
The whole combined creation:
For when, in Times impartial gaze,
The nations are reviewed all,
know the need of honest praise
Will rest on Yankee Doodle
Chorus-Y ankee Doodle, &c.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

In all things be economical without
meanness, aud combine utility with
elegance.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

Be honest, upright, and good pay
masters if you wish the Printer to be
your friend
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

If you wish to sleep soundly when
you go to bed pay the printer.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

To all men the best friend is virtue !;
the best companies are high endeavors
and honorable sentiments.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

A good many men are in the best
health when they are out of spirits.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

When is lover like tailor? When
he presses his suit.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

Men wounded by the explosion of
bon b-shells are wounded nlorsarly.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

Mr. Grow, / bonght yard Of nice
pork. to-day"
How oan you buy pork by the yard
Why, buy three feet-pigs' feet.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

Cultivate thy mind carefully-it will
he store of pleasing reflection.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

Lay thy plans with prudence, and
be prepared for emergencies.
The Lambertville press., 1861-10-23

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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

HIGHLY PROMISING ASSURANCES
In speech made the other day before
the Bank Managers of the Metropolis,
Secretary Chase gave very strong and
pointed assurances that the government
now saw their way clearly to quell the
rebellion that it had information which
warranted him in saying that the pub
lie would soon hear glad tidings of sue
cess, more startling and more effective
in their results than those from Port
Royal and the west; that neither the
government nor Gen. Mcclellan ever
had the least idea of placing the arm y
In winter quarters, but, on the contra
ry, the military plans all contemplated
regular, systematic and energetic activ-
ity in pushing forward upon the rebels
as prudence and judgment dictated !;
that government had ample funds to
supply every liability until February
LIST, and that all the machinery of the
departments was gradually working
into a very satisfactory state of eff
cheney. % aa 9sd# las
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
No more Slaves to be Allowed to Enter
''t' -'- the Camp. b"le 1ns5.iti

rT . ar % - ..
No more Slaves to be Allowed to Enter
''i' -'H the Camp. H"ls 7u-'5tii
= A despatch from st. Louis saws: Gen.
Halleck has issued ordersthat in con-
sequence of the important information
respecting the numbers and condition
of our forces being conveyed to the
enemy by fugitive slaves, no such per-
sons shall hereafter be permitted to enter
the lines of any camp or any forces on
the march, and any within such lines
be Immediately excluded therefrom.
The General also calls particular at
tention of all officers commanding
posts or troops in the field, to the i'm
portance of preventing unauthorized
persons of every description from en-
tering or leaving our lines, and of OBJ
serving the greatest precaution in the
of agents or clerks in con-
fidential positions. The General also
directs all staff officers of this De-
whose staff duties have
ceased under the recent special orders
from Washington, but who still hold
commissions in the regular army, or
mustered into the service of
the U. s., to Immediately report in
person if in st. Louis, or by letter if
elsewhere, to these headquarters.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
From Missouri.

The rebel Legislature of Missouri has
chosen Senators and Representatives
to the Confederate Congress. Prices
army has crossed the Usage River
The fleet for the Mississippi expedition
is rapidly progressing towards compile
ton. The committee of investigation
of Government claims have already al
lowed claims amounting to upwards oil
six millions, and still have several
weeks work before them. Many wit
nesses are examined daily. The Com
mittee have now been in session over
two weeks. 1t is said that Gen. Ere
mont is busily engaged preparing, in
his own defense a document of great
length and immense force. es
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
The Threat of Retaliation.

The barbarous proposition of the
South to put to death innocent prison
ers taken in war, in retaliation for men,
who after formal trial, have been con-
victed of a violation Of the laws OF
their country and sentenced to death,
is commented upon with much feeling.
To acknowledge privateersmen as pris-
oners of war, is to confess that our own
laws should not be obeyed, and to re.
cognize the rebel confederacy. Speak.
ing on this subject the New York Times
says:
eve claim that these men have VIC
lated certain laws of the United States.
knowing perfectly well what those laws
are, and deliberate contempt of their
authority. We propose to give them
the benefit of fair trial, -of full de.
fence by counsel of their own selection,
and every advantage which parties &C.
cused of crime ever enjoy. If they are
convicted we propose to infict upon
them the penalty which the law pre-.
scribes. We cannot do less than this
without acknowledging the right oil
somebody other than the Government,
of the United States to nullify those
laws-to declare them void and of nc
effect. The rebel authorities of the
South demand that we shall make thi.
acknowledgment. If we refuse, they
threaten to put to death certain per
sons who are still loyal to the United
States-who are in their power, but &C
cused of ne crime, even against theil
laws, who are to have no trial becaus,
charged with no offense-but who are
to be killed in cold blood, merely fo
the purpose of compelling the Govern
ment of the United States to purchase
their lives by surrendering its authorit,
and abandoning all attempts to execute
its own laws" 1fo ~ -
The New York Post adds the follow
ing on the same subject:
The Confederates forget that pirate
is not soldier. Soldiers march. agains
the enemy, taking their chance of dan
ger and death /; they fight for the at
tainment of great public and nationa
purpose. But these pirates are mer
private robbers, who skulk in the out
ofthe-way corners of the earth, and lii
in wait for defenceless merchantmen
to rob for their own benefit. They ar
not warriors, but assassins; not soldiers
but thieves. The Government canno
stand between these wretched pirate
and the law.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

Union Movements in East Tennessee.
The Memphis Aualanche issues an
extra containing the following intelli-
gence received by telegraph from
Nashville: slpIsa -
. "a most reliable gentleman fron
East Tennessee arrived here this morn,
ing, and reports that Chickam ogo
Creek, the Charleston, Dick Greek,
and the Upper Holston bridges were
burned at precisely one o'clock on Fri
day night. Other bridges were fred
at the same time. Dan Trewhit is At
home leading the insurreetiop. Hon.
Josiah Anderson was assassinna ted at
the polls on election day.
q thorough organization exists
among the Unionists in East Tennes-
see. s. ca
"Grand preparations are making to
receive Andy johnson in Green coun-
ty, his homestead.
Mcdowell is standing firm and true
but cannot stem the current. A nor
ton of the East Tennessee member.
of the Legislature are at home maxine
insurrectionary speeches, &c. :
Eight thousand Federals are rsport.
cd at Red Springs, Macon Co., where
they havo burned the town.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

The Detroit Tribune understands I'M
officially, that Gov. Blair will convene
the Legislature of this State to extra
session on the I'd day of January.
The two most important subjects
claiming the attention of the Legisla-
ture, will be the election of a o.. S.
Senator 30 fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Gov. Bingham, and
provision for meeting the direct tax
ordered by Congress. 1t is generally
thought the session will be short one.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

THE REBELS ATTEMPT ANOTHER
SURPRISE AND FARE BADLY.-The reb-
els who attempted second surprise on
Col. Billy Wilson, met a terrible pun
ishment. They had landed unobserved
by night on Santa Rosa Island and
were thought to be some 1900 strong.
They were fortunately discovered by a
patrol as they were almost ready to
commence an attack. Information was
dispatched to Fort Pickens without de-
lay, and the commander resolved to
send the fleet down to the secret camp,
and give the unsuspecting soldiers of
Secessia good drubbing while in a
position where they could do no harm
to the National forces. Accordingly,
sevearl vessels were ordered to quietly
proceed to the designated place, and,
after getting within range, open fire.
The order was executed with complete
success. The ships, at night, anchored
off the Island, and within easy shooting
distance of the rebel camp, waiting I'M
til morning before opening the enter
tainment. At the first approach of
morning, the various batteries opened
a sudden and murderous fire, striking,
it seemed the very heart of the rebel
camp, and scattering confusion and
death among its occupants. Aprecip-
itate rush was made BY the surprised
troops to their boats. They were soon
crowded, and several capsized, all the
while shot and shell being poured
among them, indicting, it is believed,
terrible loss. .r1
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

Great Panic in the Southern Cities
The Battle in Progress at Pensacolsi

Great Panic IN the Southern Cities
The Battle in Progress at Pensacolsi
New YORK, Nov. 26.
The Charleston Mercury, of the 2lst,
publishes dispatch from New Orleans
OF the Goth, which states that intense
excitement prevails there relative to
the threate ned attack on Columbus.
Commodore Hollins had gone there
with his fleet and he has telegraphed
for the steam ram Manassas. A fioat-
ing battery of twenty guns was going 7
up that night. All the river pilot had
been impressed I; 1900 troops and 10
cannon are at Columbus. ss
Government has adyises that Rich.
mond as well as Savannah, Charleston,
Memphis and New Orleans are in a
panic. Families were packing up to
be in readiness to leave when the YAM
KEGS approached.
1t was the general belief that the
rebel government had already CONF
menced moving its archives to NASH
vile, SO suddenly was the capital ex.'
cited.
iAfoft5f sirea BALTIMORE, Nov. %. q
Passengers by the Old Point boat
say that the Norfolk Day Book has a.
dispatch from Richmond to the effect
that an engagement was going on at
Pensacola.
Parties who have read the paper say
the Niagara and Colorado engaged
Fort McRae, which briskly replied,
and that the vessels were damaged.
and had to haul off, and that Fort
Pickens was firing on the hayward.
Different versions of the affair at
Pensacola say that on Friday Pickens
opened on the Navy Yard and Baran-
cas- that the Colorado and Niagara
participated, and had to haul off very
much damaged. r.
The news all comes from secession
sources, and must be received with
due allowances. 80 -
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
Very respectfully,

@ Brig. Gen. T. w. Sherman.
commander of the Union army now in
oouth Carolina, was a New England
Tau Oh limited pecuniary means. When
ne hrst visited Washington to obtain
admission to West Point, he walked
the whole distance from his fathers
house in Rhode Island to the nation a,
capital. The long, tedious march re-
vealed qualities which ensured his sue
cess, with Gen. Jackson, who was then
President. fega ere a
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
wThere is said to be a genera

SS Ihere Is sdiu W De general
impression at Fortress Monroe, among
officers and men, that they were to
have active employment very soon.
The same thing is true on board our
ships. Precisely what has given rise
this belief is not stated. Men long
familiar With the shop and machinery
are able to judge well what sort of work
is going to be done from the character
of the preparation. There is an i'm
mense movement of munitions, stores
and equipments. The commissary and
quartermaster storehouses are being
filed to their utmost; while in ordi-
nance there is corresponding move
ment.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
The Great Stone Fleet.
the Now York World Dad

From the New York World, 23d.
For some weeks it has been whis-
pered that the Navy Department was
preparing feet of vessels, stone laden,
to be sunk in one or perhaps several
harbors of the Southern coast. The
fleet sailed on the goth inst, and We
give below a list of the vessels COM
posing it, with their tonnage. They
are all old but substantial whaling
vessels, double-decked to give them
greater 6rmness. They were stripped
of their copper and other fittings which
were not necessary for so short voy-
age as they will make, and loaded with
picked stone as deeply as was safe.
In the bottom Of each ship hole
was bored, into which was fitted lead
pipe five inches in diameter, with -
valve SO fixed that, though perfectly
safe even for long voyage, it can be
very quickly removed. 1t is calculated
that the ship will be filed and sunk to-
the bottom in twenty minutes after'the-
removal of this valve. ss1o
To provide against accidental jam
ming of the valves, each vessel is furn-
ished with two augurs of the proper
size. 49, -. 40.
The crews consisted of six men each
These will be returned by the men, of
war, who viii assist in the work of
sinking. Each ship will be anchored
in the place chosen for her, and will
then be sprung round broadside to the
channel, thus effecting as great stop
page as is possible. When this is done,
and she is in position, the valve will
be withdrawn, and when the~~essels
is nearly level with the Waters edge
the men will leaye-in small boat. It is
reported that an enterprising rigger
has gone down with the fleet, with the
intention to take off what pieces of
spars and rigging may remain above
the waters edge after the ships have
sunk. o'l i. f1s7aaa3
The captains of the ships are all well
acquainted with our coast, first-rate
seamen, and good pilots. Each captain
received on the day he sailed sealed
orders, not to be opened till after the
pilot left his vessel.
The following is the list of vessels to
he SINK -snn-l -.7r.4-.-.f .-..5r
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
Important If Tr ne.

1t is currently stated upon the au
thority of letter from Hatteras Inlet,
of the 18th inst, that North Carolina
by convention of delegates represent
ing forty-fve counties, has declared a
provisional government, and has en-
tirely repudiated the secession act of
the State, re-afirming her loyalty and
devotion to the United States. The
convention met at Hatteras, on Mon
day last. The act passed contained
several sections, the substance of which
is: The first declares vacant all the
offices of the State. The second
names Marble Nash Taylor Provisional
Governor. The third adopts the con-
stitution of the State with the statutes
and laws contained in the revised code
of 1856. The fourth repudiates the
ordinance of secession passed at
Raleigh on the goth of May, together
with all other acts then adopted. The
fifth directs the provisional govern
ment to order special election for
members of Congress. The sixth gives
to the Governor authority to make tenn
porary appointments to official vacan-
cies. The convention then adjourned,
subject to the call of the President.
Gov. Taylor has issued his proclama.
ton for an election in the I'd Congress
sional district, which was to have been
held on Wednesday last. ~ :"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

hENTUcKY.-We see it stated that
kentucky has now furnished to the
Government her full quota of the half
million of men called for the national
defence, and proposes to raise as many
more for State service, until the rebel
armies are driven from her soil.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

@ The following soldiers of Mich
igan regiment, have lately died in
Washington hospitals: D. G. Morrill,,
20. H, First Regiment; N. Carter,
Co. K, Stockton's Regiment; Jacob
Penstu, Brodhead's Cavalry.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

a. The Charleston. S. c., and
Augusta Railroad, which one year
ago used 100 locomotives, now usea
-four. fs-.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

W John Brown, Jr., is recruiting
for his company of sharpshooters at
Grand Rapids, in this State, a 9HA
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

So Six thousand stand of French
rified muskets have been received at
!" ashlngton, and are being distributed
to the troops, Ht
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28

sY The Eleventh Wisconsin Regi-
ment, fully armed and equipped, passed
through Chicago for St. Louis, on We'd
nesday. .35iva e8.oa si
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
Good News from Northamptsn Co., Va.
Eighteen Hundred Rebels Lay Down
Their Arms.
BALTIMORE, Wednesday, Nov.
BALTIMORE. Thursday. Nov. FL. 1861.

BALTIMORE, Thursday, Nov. 81, 1861.
dispatches just received from the
eastern shore ofsVirginia, bring the
gratifying intelligence that the Seces.
sionists of Northampton County. to
the number of 1900, have laid down
their arms, and the Onion troops have
now full possession of that county as
veu ~ Accomac. tx 10 $50
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
How Clothing may be Sent to the Federal
l.ff ou Prisoners. t....-..

How Clothing may be Sent to the Federal
lGf .ov Prisoners.
A few weeks ago the Secretary OF
War authorized Gen. Wool to ascer.
tain whether clothing and other articles
necessary to the comfort of United
States citizens now prisoners of war,
could be sent to them. The following
letter shows that consent for that pur,
pose has been given. 1888
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK
November 10, 1861.
SIR: ! consider myself fully author
ised to reply at once to the enquiry
made in your letter of the 9th of Nav.
Government will allow blankets and
articles of clothing necessary for the
comfort of prisoners of war, to be sent
to them. Any such articles you may
send to me will be promptly forwarded
by the Southern Express Company,
and money may be sent to pay the
freight here, or it may be paid on de-
livery.
Very respectfully,
Your obedent servant. c
= Signed) BENZ. HUGER,
u Malor-General Commanding Department.
To Gen. John Wool, Commanding Department of
Virginia.
The Quartermaster-G General of the
United States will provide blankets
and clothing for the prisoners of war,
and forward them through Gen. Wool,
in accordance with the terms of the
letter from Gen. Huger. 1t is further
ascertained that this arrangement has
been accomplished without compromis.
ing the Government in any respect
whatever.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
Union movements in East Tepue.,ee.

% vessels, average 395 tons, s,3'