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The Van Buren press., 1861-10-02
For Seuatcf-Coufederate Congress
ROBERT w. JOHNSON.
e. We wisA Il distinctty uDderstood hat
,ee esssr no seas name on oar subscriptions
list xsless accompanied wit.i the money. ~
For Congress-First District.
E1eefioH First Wsdnesday in November.

We are authorized to announce Hon. FELIX l..
BATSON. Of johnson County. as a candidate for
the Confederate Congress. from the LIST District. at
the election in November next.
We ara ssthOrized to announce the Hon. HUGH
r. THOMSON, a candidate to represent the first
District of Arkansas, the permanen. Congress of
the Confedeate States of America. Election first
Wednesday Of November next.
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~ Wesmin indeb,ea 81 M.i. s.. N

RI We are indebted to Maj: SAX Mar
I'm. tor : big lin anticipasipu) string of
TfeuL Il pnsslsd the old 6shermen. to
skaewEh de boys took oas Aonnss.ia
1rost. down II the sluioes IN tho bottom.
We have nething to say-only they were
: acsyy 9oe4 Troat.
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FROM MISSOURI.

OsCDOI.A BURHT BY THE KANSAS
DoBBEIeS.
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t~ We are authorized and requested to an
uounee Judge JOHN F. WHEELER, of Fort
smith, IS q candidate for Congress from the 2I
District.
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- ~ Gel. GlarIor, will confer favor
by sending rs. Of copy his report of the
battle st Oak Hills.
The Van Buren press., 1861-10-02
Urgent can Of Nc Culloch for Troops
Innell.te-ran Tor s,eee velantecrs
For IA AEOnth92

Below we publish the Proclamations OF
Gen. MeCulloch and Col. T. c. Hindma an.
1t will be readily seen. that men are needed
TO defend our frontier from the Kansas Ja-
haw kers, ssa tsas iasnsediatsly. Two Com
panies from this County-one of Cavalry
and one of. Infantry. will be ready to start
early next week.
Gen. McCulloch has telegraphed to have
Col. Province's ARTILLERY. to start immedi-
ately. Hs says. ..urge forward all the
men you ean.'
Let the people rally to the defense Of their
homes ~ 6resides. in response to the ap-
peal ~f Gen. McCulloch and Col. Hind
man.
Proclamation.
aagAnrnns. GAMP JACKscx,l
-ARKs., Sept. 25, 1861.
KansS4 fane .na SfunrgUnery have do
feated . Missouri regiment, under Colonel
Hunter. and have burned Osceolo. I need
three regiments OF infantry Immediately.
will accept them for twelve months. Let
all those who have arms bring them. as the
arms turned over by the State may fall into
the hands of those nearest to them. Let
those who wish to serve their State rally to
her defence at once.
BEN. McCULLOCH,
Brig. Gen. Com.
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@ Don't forget Friday night-only 31
for gentleman and lady. :. AL hands
round.''
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The Ladies Of Van Buren,

We are permitted to publish the follow
ing letter, addressed to the " Ladies Volun-
teer Aid Society,"" of Van Buren,, by Lieut.
L. CAsPARI. thanking them for their servi-
ces in preparing clothing for the Company
of which he is member
VAN BUREx. AK, October lst 1861
LADIES In the name of the g Pelican Rangers
No. l, and on my own part, tender you our
heartfelt thanks for the kindness YOU have shown
us, to-day. Well do you prove, to-day. by coming
to the relief Of the Lousianians that your cause
and theirs is one and the same Side by side have
they bravely fought-side by side have they shed
on the field of battle, the blood Of some Of their
noblest sons. And now, when our soldiers have te
undertake winter campaign, exposed to q severe
climate, where they far from their wives moth.
ers and children. they will bless YOU who have &C
generously contributed to their comfort And theil
sisters at home, when they raise up their voices t.
that God of Battles Sha has led US 50 far to maby
glorit Us victories, will remember in their prayers
the good ladies' Of Van Buren, who have acted her,
The part oi mothers and sisters to the Lousisps
volunteers.
With my kindest regards allow me to remain
Your humble servant
L. CASPARI,
LIKrr. 3D RkGT. La. Vol.
To THE PREsDESr AND NEAsERs OF THE
LADIES VoLrxTER AID SocIETY.
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Ra11yxi Ha1lyisi

To Arms! 70 Arms !
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b. Williams--Texas, Geo. U. pu'h'~
Virginia, Henry Il. Garnet. -
A report is current here thai iouI Nv.
rod fede-als were shot recently, IN or u
Washington for instruction. a,
New ORLEASs, Sept. q
Three officers from the French eOT's
Lavassier, arrived here this evening 0'-:
ing a mail bag. An immense crew. v
gregatcd at the landing to greet tneu.
1t is understood that the prisone,
war, from Richmond, will arrive 'VD
row. a
RICHMOND, Sept. .
A lady who arrived here. to-day, 'sp S,,l
that the Baltimore Exchange ana *
Republican have been Suppressed Inc :"
soon will be.
The Peabody Institute is htiins ~,
prison for secession ladies. nc 40
train, to-day. brought 40 Yankee P'i''''
Nothing new from the camps: :,,;,,s
The Examiner, this morning. il i
q long cabinet session. yesterday; "
policy Of pushing the war oeyonu ~ I;ris,
lederacy. 1t says tho Cabinet Is u, s;,s
Some prefer ordering the army in'T mot moi
quarters. Others favor an on"afa
ment. IL. n.
A we'll informed gentleman recently ;,iO,
New York, gives it as his decided y Op prnis
from facts communicated by well W., =.
stood interested circles there ;ha INV Pan
kee proprietors of large interests ~ u :, S .
wick, Ga, have induced Lincoln " a. d
an expensive expedition with aO0a. ..5I;,s nd
men. TO take brunswick. and es,s .s
navy yard. and open the port Tor .us a,s. % ..
ment Of cotton, naval stores and NV sp b
Sagacious men here think there 20
reason to believe this. as the ie'e, i,,.,
ernment is almost wholly con1'0'''N
schemers and spectators,
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Ill
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VAN BuRKx. AK, October LIST. 1861.
washington Coanay.

To TIE PREsIDESr AND AEMsERs OF THE
LADIES VoLrxrKEz AD SocIxrY.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01
SWAMP LAND.

The following contribution to the
GreenriRe Independent is worthy the atten-
ton of those wishing to procure license
for Swamp Land under the Act approved
March 7th, 1861:
THE applicant must enter into imme-
date possession and occupancy of the
land and continue to reside upon the same
for five continuous years, at tho end of
which time, if he shall have complied with
the act of the Legislature in all respects,
he will be entitled to certificate Of pur-
chase Of the Land and Patent from the
State. The applicant must within three
months from the date of his license, file
with the Commissioner of tho State Land
Office, certificate from the Supervisor
of the township in which the land is To-
Gated, together with his own affidavit,
that he is in the actual possession and &C.
cupancy ofthe land. In caseit shall appear
that he was at the date of his application,
the owner in law or equity of forty acres
of land in any State or Territory Of the
United States, and that his application
was in this respect knowingly false, the
license will be deemed void from the be-
ginning, and all his claims to the land will
cease. The applicant must not directly
or indirectly have had the benefit of a Ii.
cense under this or any other Act of this
State-The applicant must not cut, take
and carry away from the land any pine OF
any other valuable timber, except for ths
sole purpose of clearing the land for act
ual cultivation, and no more than 10 nee.
essary for the purpose, and if he does il
he will beliable as trespasser upon State
Lands. On the breach of either one o.
the above conditions, the license will be-
come void and of no effect in favor of the
applicant.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

prove itself possessed of''sweet uses"l
The people are true, devoted, self sacri-
ficing. They are undaunted, and give
them but confidence in their rulers, are
indomitable. Thus far the administration
has proved itself unworthy Of generous
people. The Chicago Platform, the in
triguers who shared its chances, the spoils
attendant on its success, have absorbed
its thoughts and its sympathies. This
will no longer do. 1t must discard party
and ally itself to the popular heart, by
the exhibition of generosity and self.sac'
rifce. Let it take heart. Twenty mil
lions Of people stand ready to second it.
Let it turn towards them broad aud
generous confidence, and the response il
will receive will be its strength and our
salvation.-Albmy Atlas g. Aryas.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01
RECRUITING, goes on briskly in thi

RECRUITING, goes on briskly in this
city, and by the time the new regiments
are ready to march at least four hundred
good men, and true, will have been en-
rolled in the "grand army" of the Union
from Saginaw Valley.
The SAGINAW VALLEY GUARD, Capt.
BEN. F. fishers Company, have been
assigned position in Col. SrocKroS's
indepenent regiment, and are now re-
cruiting at MAHAN's Photograph Rooms
Hoyt's New Brick Block Sd story
Their roll will undoubtedly be full by
Saturday next, at which time they ex
pect to leave for the rendezvous at De
troit.
THE HoYT LIGHT GUARD, Company
G. 9th Regiment, have established re
cruiting Station here, over the New Pos
o flee, in charge of Lieut.. CHARLES II
HUrcuINs, Recruiting Officer, and ther'
is but little doubt of his being able to fiji
the company to the requisite number
within a very few days. Capt. MILLER
of the Saginaw Company is recruiting a
Saginaw City.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01
ter been drawn. and Bannochburn been

ter been drawn, and Bannochburn been
fought, aud Switzerland been freed
"whAt time the hardy peasants state,
On Urris rock In close dvan
And wingd the arrow as fate,
That ascsrtained the rights Of man"
Loud cheers ---.American liberty is
the product Of the highest political intel
ligence of modern times, working in the
freest field, cast adrift from all European
ties, by the madness of an arbitrary Min
ister, blind TO all circumstances of time
aud place; if that fabric should be deemed
to fail--as fall l firmly believe it will not
in our day, nor at any early day,--.the
whole world must feel the shock, and all
the civilized parts of the earth, might
well be clothed in mourning, if they only
understood the value of what they had
lost. [Cheers.l / am told there are
several American citizens here present;
| was not before aware of the fact; but
if there are, beg them to take from me,
as one of the public men of this Province,
that so far as | am aware, with few and
uninauential exceptions, the press and
people of Canada, are anxiously and sim
cerely DESTROYS that they may be able
soon to settle their domestic troubles
and that the future course Of their Con
federation may be as free from anarchica
dangers, as it has been hitherto, since
the days of Washington. [Cheers.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01


From FoRT PIcKENs.~--The govern.
ment has intelligence from Fort Pickens,
with dates to the 2Uth inst. There was
little news of Importance. Affairs were
generally well. Considerable sickness
prevailed. Wilson's men were suffering
terribly with the heat. The defensiv works
and entertainments on Santa Rosa Island,
were progressing and nearly compl eted'
The fleet off the harbor had little to &C.
cupy them. No attempts has recently
been made by the rebel privateers or 9th
er vessels to attempt an entrance, nor
had they even made their appearance in
that direction. The rebel force at Pen
sacola was believed to be small, although
there were no means of ascertaining the
exact number.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

INDEPENDENT REGIMENT. --- Col Il
B. w. STOCKTON, of Flint, well known
to most of our readers, has been author
lied by the President to raise regiment
of Infantry for the War. We under
stand that within two days after his re-
turn from Washington, eight companies
had been rendered and more than can be
accepted have now been offered, and il
is expected not the least difficulty will be
found in filling the ranks within ten days
from the FIRST notice of his appointment
Col. STOCKTON, is graduate Of West
Point, class of men now invaluabl to
the government; entirely competent tc
command, and from the character of the
men who fill the other positions in the reg
iment, we have no question this will be
the crack regiment of the State. Fol-
Lieut.. Colonel, it is expected an old SOL
der of the Mexican war will be selected
il he can be induced to accept. The
Major will be gentleman of character and
efficiency. For Surgen, DIR. VIVIAN, Of
Argentine, acknowledged to be the most
heroic Of Surgeons, and man Of large
experience, has been selected. The peo-
pie of Northern Michigan have a large
interest in the success Of this regiment.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

TRooPs IN CANADA.-There are at
present in Canada the Canadian Rifles at
London the Thirtiety Infantry at Tor
onto, the seventy-third at Montreal, the
at Quebec and Sixteenth
Rihes.-Next October there will five
more additional regiments sent to Canada
as also several Arm strong batteries, there
being one at present in Montreal that
came out on the Great Eastern--One reg
iment will be divided between Chatham
Windsor and Amherstburg.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

BAND ToURNAMENT.-For the purpose
Of encouraging the Amateur Brass Bands,
of this State and that Musicians from diff
ferent sections my be brought together and
become acquainted with each other, ana
interchange views Of the popular branch
of music, it is proposed to hold Musical
Festival Of Brass Bands, at the county
Fair Grounds, II, the city of Mashall, on
the 18th day Of September next, to which
all the Amateur Brass Bands of the State
Of Michigan are respectfully invited.
AS further inducement the citizens of
Marshall through their committe, will Of
fer the following premiums to be award
to the 1st, End and Sd best Bands, in at
tendence on that occasion.
LIST premium--1 silver L. fat Cornet
and Purse of $4,000.
End premium-Purse OF $4,000.
Sd Purse of 1000.
Three judges, skilled in music, will be
appointed by the Mayor of the city of
Marshall, in no manner connected with
any band in this State, and we trust free
from any prejudice for or against any
Band. Each Band will be called upon to
perform three pieces of harmony of their
own selection. The Marshall Cornet
Band will not compete for premiums
Democratic Erpouader, Marshall.
We copy the above for the purpose of
ca ling the attention Of OsMoSD's CoRsEr
BAND Of this city, thereto. We believe,
with proper practice for few weeks, no
band, out Of Detroit, in the State, can
make better music than ours, and GER
tainly the pleasure Of trip to Marshal,
and the prospect Of a liberal prize, is
something worth taking into consider.
alton.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01
Aumle Skaters.
QUESTIONS OF THE STARS.

In Charles Levers new novel occurs the following
Through the barred window of my cell could see
the clear blue sky the great consultations and there
was Orion slowly sloping to the West, and actually
throwing sheet of Offering light on tho low roofs
Of the peasants houses "Are there worlds up there
thought /, "human hives of work and toll and care
and sorrow like our own1' Aud l found myself at
last grooming like ballad, in this wise
wish Iknew in the stars above
What sort of life they lead
Whether they know the pangs Of love,
What are the books they read
Can any one say II that twinkling lamp
Is revolving upon an axisl
What kind of thing is a lunar scamp
Do the people up there pay taxesl
Have they their tides to ebb and flow,
Salt seas TO wash their shoros1
And whenever out to dine they 60
Are they plagued like US with boresl
When for ball they open their house,
How do the siderials caper7
Who perform the part Of Strauss?
Have they q Times newspaper
conclude they have their own aches and ills,
And feel presentiment sinister,
That even they have their Holoway's pills,
And q sham of one for a minister.
feel, if look through a telescope,
Volcanic remains to see;
That my heart would thrill with secret hop
Some Lunar was looking at me.
And whence does the telegraph bring the news
Who is the great penny a-lnerl
Do they worry themselves on the fate of the jew
Or the state of the toa-orop in Chinal
Do they speculate, too, how old We are
Whether we're square or round2
I'd like to know do they really care
Whether vel be burned or drownedl
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

The REVOLUTION IN THE TIMBER
Trade Another movement we learn, Of
a more extensive character, has been en-
tered into in regard to the forwarding Of
timber eastward from points above, to
Port Colborne, Lake Erie, by Messrs.
Farmer, DeBlaquiere g. Co., who have
chartered the tugs Magnet and Oswego,
to proceed to Saginaw and take from that
point large raft of pine and oak timber
to the above place. This move, if sue
cessfully accomplished, is to be followed
up by several more the present season.
BY the above extract from the Detroit
Adcwtiser, it appears that the pincries of
the Western States are now contributing
to our Quebec timber trade. The parties
referred to, Farmer & DeBlaquiere are
well-known Upper Canada firm, and
their operations are on very extensive
scale. The deals that have reached Que
bee this season from the district of coun-
try known as the Saginaw Valley, in
Michigan, are allowed to be the finest
quality that has been placed on the mar
ket Such specimens of Canadian enter
prise are very praiseworthy. Some par
ties in Upper Canada who have recently
depended on the American markets for
the sale of their sawed lumber, can take
hint from the above; and see if Canadi
an deals from the neighbourhood of Pc
terboro, might not with equal advantage
be sent to a home market, since the
American demand has entirely ceased
Montreal Gazette, July 22.
The above is only one of many testi-
monials from all parts of this continent
in favor of Saginaw lumber. 1t is fact,
which none now venture to dispute, that
some of the pine exported from this Sec
ton is of a quality unequalled in the
world 1t does seem to us that cutting
such timber when it will bring no more
in market than it does at this time, j:
suicidal to all concerned, and downright
waste of the legitimate capital of the
soil, 1t is to be supposed, however, thai
lumbermen know their own business best
and as we don't own AIRY stick, we shall
not make much of fuss at present.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

A TIMELY WARNING Louisville
Journal, of the 9th inst, says We warn
the ultras North that when they lose sight
of the plain guarantees of the Constitu-
ton, when they propose to abate one jot
or title of what is honestly due all South
ern men, they not only paralyze the arm
of the Federal Government to that ex-
tent, but at the same time they strike a
deadly blow at all Union sentiment in the
South, upon which our wisest statesmen
must hereafter rely for reconstruction.
There is another point for the considera-
ton Of the Free States. Let them repel
the last shred Of unconstitutional legisla-
ton hostile to the spirit of Cancellation,
let them leave nothing undone to set
themselves right, whilst they are asking
of the civilized world verdict in favor OF
Constitutional Government.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01
E-A series of fine showers With

e. series OF fine showers within
the past week has started vegetation pro-
digously, and corn, as also root and vine
crops are thriving beyond all account.
The weather for day or two has been
most insufferably hot-thermometer at
1000 in the shade-and but for the re-
freshing breezes of the afternoon, there
would not be saint or a sinner among
us able TO catch an honest breath, Gas
you could perceive Of" 1t is "all right, "
however, the rain was needed and the hot
weather is needed, and the discontinue
Of the crowd is more than recompensed
by the exhuberance Of the crops and
the increasing popularity of our friend,
the Ice Merchant.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

Fam Loo.--A 16 foot log was sawed
at Glasby's Mill in this city, yesterday,
which cut 1924 feet first clear, one Of
the planks cut therefrom, A inches in
thickness, measured 80 feet. The log
W as taken from raft of Flint river tim.
her among which are several still better
than the one noticed.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

zone Of the most repulsive features Of
the late advance of our army into Virgin
ia was the large number of civilians who
accompanied it. We arc told that no less
than thousand persons having no militia
ry employment went from the the city OF
Washington in the wake of the troops to
witness the expected battle. Only few
of them, who were connected with leading
journals as correspondents, had any bust.
ness or call to be there, and went purely
from motives of curiosity.-M y Post.
This expresses our own sentiments ex-
actly. These men did not pretend that
they could be. of any use. They merely
went out to look on while our fellow
countrymon were suffering the extreme
fate of war. 1t was q disgusting and
and brutal curiosity. The only compen-
sation is that some Of them were carried
off by the rebels, and few wounded
Detroit Tribune
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01
II E A ID Il III l S!

All parties indebted to the firm of
CURTIS, BLISS co.
Are notified that unless they call Immediately Mt our
Office in the new warehouse on the dock, settle up,
and make arrangements 10 satisfy the claims we hold
against them, said claims and accounts will be put
in process of collection by legal means,
WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE..
We are determined TO have n full settlement at
this tine with everybody, and respectfully call at
tention to the fact that in regard 10 enforcing II by
legal means, if needs be,
WE ARE IN EARNEST
And this is positively the LAST CALL
CURTIS, BLISS Co.
East Saginaw August l, 1861.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

A PROMPT AND RELIABLE INsTIT UTIoN
Yesterday the Etna, Insurance Com
pany of Hartford Conn, paid the full
amount of their policy on CURTIS Bliss
s. Co.'S, stock of merchandise, which was
destroyed by fire some four weeks since
In less than twenty days after the prop
err proofs had been made, they closed the
matter up by paying the sum noted, hon
orably, and without wrangling or delay
1t is not to be WONDERED at that the
Etna with o record of thousands Of in
stances like this, is popular with its Gus
toners everywhere.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

WINcHELL, Ever radiant WINcHELL,
will open his budget Of fun here soon, so
we are Informed. Winchell is trump,
a complete success. An institution most
salutiferous in these beautifully blue"
times. He was always welcome here, and
never more so than at this time.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

The RAFT, which we noticed last week
reached Detroit in safety on Tuesday,
after NEE ting with some slight obstrnc'
ton on the ST. Clair Flats. An error
in our figures last week made the cubic
feet Of solid timber in the raft, $4,000; it
should have been 10000.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01

A SINGULAR PERFoRMANoE.-The edi.
tor of the New York Times states that the
government censor at Washington, entir-
ely suppressed despatch that he rode
twenty-six miles to send to his paper, an.
nouncing the defeat of our army, and
which should have appeared on Monday.
This "censor" had better be turned out to
grass. Had the despatch been forwarded,
the shock of the whole country, intensif.
ed by the sudden transition from suppos-
ed victory to ruinous defeat, would have
been much less. There is an increasing
disposition of people when put in respon.
sible public positions to turn fools.-De-
troH Tribune.