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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16
ARREST OF MAILRORRERs

For some time past, sums Of money have
been lost IN their passage through the mai
between Chicago, Peoria, Lewistown and
other points south, and in spite of continued
efforts to discover the thief, until now. they
have proved Intellectual. Mr. Sloan, the new
ly appointed and indefatigable post Office
agent, at last took the matter in hand and
laid bis plans for the detection Of the offender
which eventually proved successful. On
Wednesday last Mr.. Wilkinson, the Postmas.
ter at Pennington, chanced to be in Elm
wood, when he learned that the suspicious
excited were directed at the Office in the la,.
ter town, a d communicated the facts To
Hon. George G. Bestor, Postmaster of this
city. In company with officer Grouse. Mr..
B.stor went to EImwood on the afternoon Of
the 3D. and that evening they succeeded in
arrcsting n clerk in the Elmwool Postofice.
named Albert Clark, who, with the evden
ces of his crmlnaIity around him, finally con.
tesSed his guilt. Clark was clerk in the
PoStotiice under It's former administration. and
remained in the office after the appointment
of the present incumbent, Mr.. Bowers
Clark was examined yesterday before George
5. Blakely, Esq, United States Commission
cr and held to bail in the sum of two ,hous.
ud dollars. In default Of obtaining it he
was committed to Jail. Officer Grouse will
probably start for Chicago with him to-day or
Monday Peoria Union, 9th.
Il. Blakesy Williams, lately clerk in the
PoStoilice, in this city. was arrested Yesterday
on complaint Of United States Nail agent
GrinnclI, on charge of purloinirg ani secret.
ing money and vaIuabcs at various times
from the mail His examination is set at
eight O'Clock this morning, before Justice
- Muscantine Journal, 9Th.
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y special to the Post says: at is believ-
cd on the authority Of our best scouts tha,
the whole number Of armed Confederate
troops in Virginia is not over 5000, $4,000
of them are in and around Manassas June
lion.
"Dr. Hurley, late editor Of the Nashville
Democrat addresses letter to the National
Republican, protesting against any compro-
mise or peace until the rebels acknowledge
the authority of the Government.
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IIIIIsnAIE nnISE.

J. s. LEE, PROPRIETOR THIS WEIL-KNOWN HOTEL
centrally located be easily accessible from he
Depot, and 20 sll tie business portions ot the town
Is open Tor public patronage. Within the past
months IL has been entirely rrtei and furnished with
out regard Co expense, and is believed 90 otter
duc"mrn's "a all who appreciate quiet house airy wei
furnished an ccaulv-kopt rooms. and last. but
least, houn'u 'e prepared hv the most experienced
and successful catercs, In Southern Michigan. To say
that the Iogs" shares the ,.irnt surcry Of Ms
Lee so long and iavorally known Mrs. Browusur o
the "ililsdae House." in is earlier and ra mir lavs
subsequently Of the "R. Il. Eating House" M White
Pigeon, viii ioubt he all the guarantee the pul'ic
will require. iullm}
Hillslale' june 10th, 1s6l.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

A PATRIOTIC OTTER Benjamin S. Wal
colt, of New York Mills, Oneida CO., n. Y,
lately wrote TO Gon.Preutiss, stating that he
owned good steamboat at st. Louis which
he would be happy to give the government
If It was needed. In reply Gen. Prentiss
thanked Mr.. Walcott for his patriotic offer,
and accepted the steamboat on behalf Of the
government.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

-Advices from Texas regarding he supo
nor condition of the crops continue to como
from all sections of the State. Sugar and
cotton were in excellent order. Beeves werc
to be driven from Western Texas TO New Or.
leans. The United States troops prisoners at
San Antonio were soon to be moved ten miles
out Of town.
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E4y In one of the Hon. Mr.. vinton's

EfT In one of the Hon. Mr.. Vinton's
speeches in New York, that gentleman said
the throat Of secession rcminlcd him Of the
man in Buffalo who attacked his old scow to
the stern of n lake steamer 10 be ,owed up the
lake. After the boat had got under head.
way, the wheels Of the steamer threw water
into the old scow and she was in danger Of
sinking. The owner cried out TO the cap
tain Of the steamer, Hold on q ere il you
don I stop throwing water m my craft III
make You. well, says the captain, ,"whar
will YOU d. DO" shouted the onrared
man, "iH cvt tie rope here and let your old
steamer 90 to thunder" 4"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

ARMY RASE,-The head Of the army il
President LincoIn-thcn Winfield Scott, then
should Scott die, Mcclellan would be the
General commanding, unless civilian should
be appointed in that place, and then the pc.
cular spectacle woul be prosente i, Of an
army directed by two young officers who years
ago resigned, and have not since been in good
favor with army people. In Fremont's case.
the appointment is great moral victory
\. Y. Sun.
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nF The Buffalo Commercial nri

EJ- The Buffalo Commercial prints let.
ter iron thief now in Jail, which contains
the following advice to merchants: "When
you lock and unlock your doors, don't hang
your keys in sight very often see young
men goitg through tho streets, swinging
their store keys in their hands. This they
ought not to do. Many is tho time that
stores arc robbed merely by their getting
sight at the key on the street or hanging in
the store"
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Milwaukee Sentinel.
Is there a heart Tint meyer sie,hod

Is there a heart that never sighed?
is there u tongue that never lied?
Is there an eve that ever blinked?
Is there n man that ever drinked?
Is there n lady that ever tainted?
i there n woman that never paintcd2
II So, then heart. cheek, tongue and eve,
Must tell most oonfoundcd lie.
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fS-A man from tho country applied to
respectable lawyer for advice. Alcr stating
bis case, the lawyer said: Have vou stated
the fact exactly as they occuredi YES"
replied the client" | thought it best to tell
the plain truth--you can put the lies to it
yourself.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

AS INDIANA company, which had Joined
the Sickle's Brigade at Staten Island, attmp-
ted to leave il last week, claiming that they
hae been induced to join hy f.,o representa-
tions. They were compelled to remain, how.
ever
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

Er Sheridan said beautifully: women
govern Us; let us render ;bom perfect The
more they are enlightened, so much the
more shall we be. On the cultivation Of the
mind of women dopealf the wisdom of men.
1t is by woman that Nature writes on the
hearts Of men,"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

- A man in st. ouis, out Of love to the
benighted men of the South, takes all the
Norihern papers he can get, puts them into
bottles with a little flag in the cork, aud
sends them down the river, to be picked up
and read by the rebels below. lie calls this
bis floating Telegraph.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

- The Constitution Of the United States
is wanted in Virginia. \ book peldlcr WAS
arrested iu Jeiiersonyillo, the other day, who
had some for sale, and tho magistrate before
whom he wac taken invested ten cents hon.
est currency in two copie, and discharged the
prisoner.
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ES-The following candidates for Congress
ire elected in Kentucky:

"rv VIVVIcu III heulucky:
Ii. G. Burnett, secesh; James S. Jackson
union; Henry Grider, union; Aaron Harding,
union; c. \. Wicklitfe, union Geo. w. Dun
lap, union; Robert Mallory, union, J. }. Crit.
tenden, union; w. II. Wadsworth, union ].
w. Menzies, union.
The city Of Lexington, Kentucky, the resi-
dencs Of John G. Breckenridge, gave five
hundred and fifty Union majority, and the
county rebuked secession by over thousand
majority.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

When Colonel Dav les, of the New York
10th Regiment, was marching though Balti.
moro, without drums, some of the lockers on
sneeringly askol. "Where's your music"
"ln our cartridge boxes" said the grim Col.
onel. That man must not GO into Virginia.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

A brother.in-law Of jeff Davis still holds
an $500 clerkship in the War Department.
His son is in the rebel army, aad correspon.
dence is kept up between them. Off with
his head!
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

New York State now has forty three regi-
men,s IN service, distributed as follows: Wash
ington, %; Virginia, 8; Fortress Monroe,
o; Annapolis, / /; Annapolis Junction, I Bal.
timotc y
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

A surgical Journal tells of man who
lived five years with ball in bis bead. We
have known ladies to live twi'o rs long with
nothing but balls in thcir beads.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

Louise Parro t, OF Boston, has been ar
rested and held for trial for allowing her fem.
mime curiosity to persuade her to open letters
addressed TO another ladv.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-16

THE VoTE OF TENSEssEE.-Gov. UARRIs.
o? Tennessee, has proclaimed the vote of that
State on the ordinance of secession. 1t will
be seen that East Tennessee gavc majority
Cf over seventeen thousand aroinst eoc,s.;,,.
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EE- \ tippIer who had his load OF. .ufe,nb

Es y tipplcr who had his load on, ,"fe,ch.
I'd up against the side Of house which bad
bean newly painted, Showing himself clear
y vigorous effort. he took n glimpse at his
shoulder, another at the house, third at bis
iand, and exclaimed, swell that is n care.
ess trick in whoever painted that house, TO
cave it standing out all night for people to
un against
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Take Notice.

NO RESPECTER OF PERSON-RICH
or P"or-lc0rne' or uulrlln.l. vi lie oI h'1r bono
or ircerom" on aud speak pr Euurvc. Freeu,u
tou shall be pToyidedior. We shall continue the
TAILORING BUSINESS
hnicr the Grm Of MCQUEEN Coz AZ my residence on
West street. Our Old customers will hr welcomed. su new
onesat all times. Cutting and making done 10 order.
~" Flour, Grain, Wood And CASH for work. NJ
MCQUEEN & CO.'S.
Hill'lale, sept. l3. 1850. sort20m3
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CLARENDON HOUSE.

JONESNILLE, MItH., J. ". COE, IROPNFTOR. THE
above House, formerly known As the sherman House,
has been placed in thorough repair and furnished
throughout Its share of the public Is respectfully
lictcd. !uc1tm3
Dec lsF1.
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DENTISTRY.
JEWELRY STORE.

Watch. Clock nsa Jcwciry Rcpniring.
TlE SUBSCRIBER HAS REMOVED
hisj"velrv store east side Of Broad treo' op-
psste his old stand. whore he be fDuud at all rona
Bile hoursready 70 DO wor his line ur business on hro
notice.
IT. He also keeps Watches, Clocks Spectacle Jevery
and At the most res ssouahlo prices. '''
Hnlsdale, ,Oct.l3th, lsjI. T. DRYAS
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Military Sketches from shnLcSpenre.

Shakcspcarcs descriptions Of soldiers are wort
re-producng for their aptncss. Thus, who doe
not see the likeness of the following picture of
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l.. g. NNIiNIAT.

PRACTICAL WATCIN AKER AND JEWEILER. W
ter experience Of Fourteen Years in Eastern cities l.
now permanently located IN Hlslale, at Faruau's Drug
StoreneSt door 60 Bostwcts. All work warranted 10
give entire satisfaction. Sign OF the Big Watch.
WESTERN uOTEL.
ALLEN 4 SMITH, PROPRlEIORS. A GOOD LIVERY
connected with tho Unnsn.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

MITCHELL, WtIDRON ~ 60.
EXCHANGE AND BANKING 0FflCE-OFFlCE IN WAL
dron's Block.
o. r.NrCHKLL, wALDRoN, JOHN COOK
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MERCER ~ WEAVER.
ATTORNEYS AND COTNSETI.O ORS At LAW, SOLICITORS
in Chauecrv. and Sotnr"- runlir. AN legal hu~nesa
promptly attended to- OGce in Boes' Block, Main -
Hudson, Mich,
ANDREW C.. CLEMENT +. WEAVER,
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4. &. WEIR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. SOLICITOR IN CHANCFRY AND
Notary Public All legal busiu promptly attended 70.
KALAMAZOO, Mich.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW ANp SOLICITORS ~ OHANCFGY
Hillsdale Michigan. viii attend promptly toa kinds %
legal business anywhere Ia the State Of Michigan North
Indiana and Ohio.
bHRIsTOPHER J niCErEsON, I. ROON
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LAND AGENT AND NoIAkl PlBLlC-llllSDAIE,
Mich. viii attend to the purchase aud sale of Real Es
tate percctiny of Titles and or Taxes, Pacu
lar attention paid 20 the settlement OF Tax Titles Office
In the Court House. noy2bdG
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-08-30
Treason.

Judge Catron of the U. S. Supreme Court
(recently expelled from his house in Tennes'
see for loyalty to the Union) gave charge
to the Grand Jury in the U S. District
Court ut st. Louis few weeks since. Lie
therein defined treason a. follows:
"If q citizen of the United States during
foreign war adhcrcs to the enemy, giving
him aid and comfort, he violates his ale
glance and il q traitor; and every act done
towards carrying on q domestic war, or an
instruction, raised by American citizens
against their own government, IL done by
one owing allegiance to the United States,
and with tho intent to further the treason.
able object, may fall within the definition OF
.levying war; and therefore the latter spe-
cies Of treason DO broad enough to cover
every such net during rebellion or insurrec-
ton. Whatever, during u foreign war
would amount TO adhering to the foreign
enemy, giving him aid and comfort, would,
generally, DO treason during an Instruction,
II done in aid of the insurrectionisis. Hence
II is rule Of law. that the joining with
rebels in the act OF rebellion, OF with enemies
in an act Of hostility, will make man
traitor Furnishing rebels or enemies
with money, arms, ammunition or other
ncccssaries will prima face make man
traitor"
Tried by this standard every supporter Of
John w. Dana is a traitor to his country
a few, the leaders, willully and naliciOusly,
the great mass blindly and ignorantIy.
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lProm the Bangor Times, Democratie.
What the Peace Party Mean.

A peace party In the North Is nothing moro
than the reserve forces OF Mr.. Jefferson Davis.
Both are animated by the same purpose. MIR.
Davis wishes the North Inundated; so does the
peace party. Mr.. Davis wishes the Union dis
solved; SO does the peace party. Mr.. Davis
wants Northern bacon and Northern arms; the
peace party have both to dispose OF ut reason
able terms. Mr.. Davis wishes 20 ruin the Adj
ministratiOn; the peace party IL laboring TO
the same end. The only difference seems 10 ho
that Davis has armed his Virginia "peaes par
ty," and stationed II nj Manassas, under tho
command Of Beauregard and Johnston, two
very distinguished members, while his peace
party" in the North il commanded BY Breck-
inridge, Bayard, yallandigham, and Wood
The whole six Of them are very faithful officers.
and Mr.. Davis Is rs efficiently represented by
his Northern servants as he 10 by bis soath-
cru.
n these men in the North can show rs, by IL
lustration or argument, that the North can
possibly enter into an honorable pesee, Nc
shall willingly entertain the proposition. But
we oil know that peace means disunion. and q
separation; and In the face Of
we see those who profess to be pat
riots earnestly laboring TO build mp n party
which seeks to accomplish this inflmy. And
so considering u, We take II TO be the elearest
duty Of every one loving his country. to OPP
pose the organization Of such party BY every
means In his power.
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Prom the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
How q Union Man was Treated in
Virginia.

We heard q statement to-day Of Mr.. ii.
@. Strunk, recently resident Of Bath county,
Virginia, but now living in Olive Street IN
this city. in which he graphically sketched
his exit from the old Dominion, last May.
Mr.. Strunk is "a Chester county man by birth,
but removed to Bath county, Virginia, for
the sake Of his wile's health, the mineral
springs in that region being quite famous.
lie had resided there several years, and was
doing very well up to the 23d OF last May.
On that day ut the election he voted for Viz.
GINA to stay In the Union, bis vote being
the only one for the Union out OF from one
hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and
fifty generally given at that poll. There
wcro about fifty men who would have liked
TO voted for the Union in his district, but
they had no backing and were afraid to do
no. As soon rs Mr.. Strunk had deposited
his vote, q esquire" exclaimed, that's
the only Union vote here to-day" where
upon Mr.. Strunk was assailed by two per-
sons-aung down rocky bank, and brutal.
" maltrcated. His forehead yet bears the
marks Of the cuts then received. lie was
then threatened with shooting; but, on
motion of New Yorker who resided there,
he was given three hours to leave the county
and the state-the threats being endorsed by
a crowd of secessionists. Mr.. Strunk had
just time to get his wife ready and hurry
away, leaving his house and farm OF one
hundred and seyenty.fye acres, with the
crops in the ground aud his blooded stock in
the fields and the stable The results Of
years of toll were thus dissipated, and he
left his homo $4,000 poorer than he had
been before depositing his vote. In personal
property his loss is $1,000. This he will
hardly ever see again, though he expects to
get his farm back when the rebellion is
crushed out.
Mr.. Strunk, on his way towards Alexan-
dria. became acquainted with Mr.. W. II.
Frear, who has been living in Virginia for
seventeen years, but who had been driven
from his home on the North Carolina border,
leaving 100000 worth OF property behind.
lie was Union man and northcrncr. Mr.:
Strunk also met other refugees, and described
their flight.
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The Direct Tax In Maine Already
Pad.

Our farmers and property holders general
" will DO glad to learn that, though direct
tax il laid upon Maine. no levy Of the ans
will probably be made on the estates Of In.
dividual citiicns-Gs in fact the far Is already
paid. The whole amount OF the tax 10
$40 ,s62. and Is per cent. Is deducted u o
State will assume the payment. This takes
or some 500 900 and leaves about 1887 ,0OO
to be paid. Another provision Of the bill
allows advances made BY any State for the
General Government TO stand in oifsst as
payment Of the tax, and m Maine has oil.
ready advanced over 100000 In this way.
her portion Of the tax is moro than doubly
paid, eight months before It 10 due. Tho
entire burden, therefore, which will be plac-
ed on the people will be the interest on tho
tax, which will be some gal 900, or little
more than three cents to each inhabitant Of
tho State. II is very gratifying to know
that this great trial Of the nation, will, after
all. very lightly affect the people In the way
OF taxation. -Mdine Farmer.
The Farmer gives very candid and cor
rect statement Of this matter, and We trust
as the people come to understand II thorough
ly there will be no dread Of " direct tax. ="
The mode in which this tar will DO paid will
be so easy that nobody will over realize that
il has been assessed.
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THE GOVERNMENT &THE CONSTITUTION

Our paper to-day contains, in the column
for Special notices, call signed by many Of
our prominent citizens of different parties for
a meeting of the loyal citizens Of our city to
meet at the City Hall on Saturday night
next to select candidates for City Reprcsen-
tatiyes on the sole ground "of sustaining the
government and the Constitution against re-
bellion." The call is briefly worded, but 1t
cantains all that is necessary for the purpose.
All loyal men who are not in favor of SUBJ
mission to tho rebels, who think the govern
ment should be sustained, and the Consttu-
ton in its length and breadth naintaincd,
are invited-men who are opposed to this
war, and favor disgraceful concessions, are
not asked to be present. We cordially sup
port this movement. The only question be-
fore the country in its present iminent peril,
is the support of the government and the
constitution, and believing this we arc will
ing, SO far as it is practicable, to lay aside
partizan considerations and rally on a com.
mon platform Of devotion to the country.
We trust that the meeting will be large
one, and as We know that the movement, is
induced by the broadcast spirit of patriotism,
we can safely predict harmony of action in
the meeting and an ultimate result that will
cheer the hearts OF all in our midst who desire
the constitution maintained in its integrity,
and tho flag of the country borne aloft to
glorious victory.
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Kentucky.

In q speech which Hon. Joseph Holt made
at Niagara on Friday, he said :-"l avail
myself Of the occasion to say that the recent
attitude OF Kentucky cannot but have cloud
ed her reputation before her sisters OF the
Union. II is proper, however, to state that
this position was assumed for her. by her
public men, ut time when the popular sent
iment of the State was unknown, and under
the pressure Of patriotic approximations that
a more decided stand at the moment might
have disastrous, il not fatal, consequences.
The time with its apprehensions has passed
away, and believe the proof Of Kentucky's
loyalty is now complete. That this loyalty
will endure to the end Of the fearful strug-
Gle in which the Republic is engaged, ! can
not permit myself to doubt. Very soon
events will occur in that proud common
wealth which will show that she is full OF
brave men. who value far less their fortunes
and their lives than they do that blessed
Union, which, as 1t is common property, no
it is the common hope and glory of US all. !"