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Short but Goud.

When man owns himself TO be in error,
he docs hut tell YOU in other words, that he j.
wiser than he was.
A man that does the best he can, does all
;hat he should do.
If man can not find easc in himself it
will be of little purpose for linn to seek it
elsewhere
Choose the course Of lie that is most OK.
cellent, and custom will render it the most
delightful.
BE always at leisure to do good and never
make business an excuse for declining TO per.
forp Il e Offices Of humanity.
Defer not charities till death; he that drth
so is liberal rather Cf another mans wealth
than his own.
In the morning think what thou hast to do,
and at night ask ,hyself what thou hast done
Spend the day well aud thou wilt rejoice
at night.
Avoid as much as you can the company Of
all vicious persons whatsoever, iol no vice i,
alone, and all are infectious.
There are but few who know how to be
idly indolcnt. BY doing nothing we learn tc
do i'll.
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GENERAL MCCLELLAN TO Ills vICTO.
RIOUS TROOPS.

HEADQUARTERS,
Arm v Of Occupation. Western Virginia,
Beverly, Va, July l6, 1861.
Soldiers of the Army Of the West
/ am more than satisfied with you.
You have aunihilated two armies, comman
dcd by educated and experienced soldiers land
enterenchcd in mountain businesses fortified
at their leisure. You have taken five guns
twelve colors. fifteen hundred stand of arm
one thousand prisoners, including more than
! forty oflicers-one Of the two commanders OF
the rebels is a prisoner, the other lost his
life on the field of battle. You have killed
moro than two hundred and fifty Of the ene-
my, who has lost all his bagg age and camp
equippago. All this has been accomplished
with the loss Of twenty brave men killed, and
sixty wounded Oh your part.
You have proved that Union men, fighting
| for the preservation Of our Government, are
more than n match for our misguided and or.
ring brethren; more than this: YOU have
shown mercy 10 the vanquished. You have
made long and arduous marches, often with
insufficient food frequently exposed to the in
cemency Of the weather. have not hesita-
ted to demand this of you, feeling that | cod
rely on your endurance, patriotism aud cour,
age.
In the future, may have still grcaler de-
mands to make Of you; still greater sacrifices
for you to offer; it s. all be my care to provide
for you to the extent Of my ability, but |
know, that by your valor and endurance, you
will accomp sh all that is asked.
Soldiers. have confidence IN you, and
trust YOU have learned to confide in me. Re-
member that discipline and subordinatiou are
qualities of equal value with courage.
| am proud TO say that you have gained
the highest reward that American troops can
recevc-tho thanks Of Congress, and the ap-
plause of vour fellow citizens.
GEO. b. MCCLELLAN,
Maj. Gen. U. S. A., Com.
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story Of a Connecticut Soldier from the Rebel
Army.
,ondence of ,he Boston Chronicle.
CENTREvILLE, July 90, \

NuTItspoHutnceo oi ilc lONtOn chronicle.
CENTREvILLE, July 20, NJ.
You will remember tEe capture Of a brave
private Of the 2d Connecticut regiment some
weeks ego bv the reb.ls. He succeeded yes
terday in escaping. lie had been placed il
the ranks, and had always devoted himself 70
duty. He was Yesterday put on picket duty
and succeeded in escaping. He threw Of
his coat, and ran for life. On reaching our
pickeis, he threw mp both his hands, and
clapped them repeatedly and rapidly above
his head to impress the picket with know
ledge f his position. The picket received
him aud passed him TO officer. quarters. He
gives a very intelligent account Of himself
and his experience. He says the enemy cor
tinued to he reinforced all day Yesterday, bv
every train that arrived. Among the arri-
walls was Gen. Johnston, with 1900 men.
He saws that the strength Of the army ycsler
day, including arrivals during the day, was
n less than 10000 to 10000 men, and
that NOR, arrivals were expected.
When our troops were attackel on Thurs.
day. he says the Massachusetts first were cx
tended around to the left, and came upon
some entertainments Of the enemy, away II
the left Of their battery, before either patty
discovered the other. The rebels Immediately
sprang TO their aims, when our men cried
hold! The rebels inquired who are you
massachusetts, F.rst." "D--n you. you a,e
just the men we want to shoot; aud with
the word they fired. One man received n
number OF balls, and falling dead rolled into
their eu:renchmonts, where they cut him up
with sabres. They battered one or two 9th.
era over their beads and faces with the butts of
their muskcts, and we have now in hospital
one Of these poor fellows whose face was cut
and bruised to pieces in this way.
Tie Connecticut soldier who escaped saws
that one of the shells fired by our men explo
dcd near Lee and Bcaurcgar1. killing mum.
Der Of officers and men. A retreat was pro.
proceed, but ovcruled by Lee. They then
brougl ritled cannon to bear upon our
ranks.
Lieutenant Tompkins. with seven cavalry,
west round to-day until, with his glass, be
counted twcnty-sevcn cavalry companies.
eighty men each, with splendidly matched
horses. 10 addition to the above, have il
from reliable sources that jeff Davis was a,
Manassas, and that his language to his officers
is to fight to the last, as this engagement will
decide their fa.c.
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such flightl Could tie retreat at Borodino
have exceeded it in confusion and tumult -
/ think not. 1t did not slack in the least un.
I'll Ceatervile was reached. There the sight
Of the reservo--Miko's Brgade-formsd ia
order on the hill, seemed somewhstto reassure
the van. But still the teams and foot soldiers
pushed on, passing their own camps aud
heading swiftly for the distant Potomac, until
for ten miles the road over which the grand
army had so lately passed soutward, gay with
unstained banners and flushed with surety
of strength, was covered with the fragments
of its relreatiug forces, shattered and panic
stricken IN n single day.
From the branch route the trains attached
to Hunters Division had caught the coutag.
ion OF the fight, and poured into its already
swollen current another tubii freshet of con.
fusion and dismay. Who ever saw more
shameful Abandonment Of nunition gathered
at such vast expensel Tho tcamstors, many
OF them, cut the traces Of their horses, and
galloped from the wagons. Others threw
out their loads 10 accelerate their flight, and
grain, picks and showes, and provision Of ev.
cry kind lay trsmplel in the dust for leagues.
Thousands Of muskals strewed the route;
when some OF us succeeded in rallying a body
o1 IosiI''eS, ana forming tn,m IN iino ac-
Ioss tno fo"G' hsrdly Ole Dut nad thrown
""ry "I' u-u'"et' II tnS o"etny hnd ofougn'
uP us ea'"lrE "hG served II upon tue retreat
los ''a,u, or n"a intercepted our progress
wiz 'oo o' MS cavalry, ne might nave cap.
Si ,urea euouSn 'upP'ies for weeks leas, Q!
,'nn"S9 wing; As II was, enough was U le't
oeu,na = 'e4 tIe story OF Inc Paoc' lne
fou'e o' Tue red''Sl army seemed conP'e'e-
~, CHECK 10 TIE RETREAT.
ms ms S'S"Ir rI, o' "'''e1 reserve uraNn Ip Oh
."o mus ~ N'''''''I'e snPPonins luli Ss'-
'Gry o nr'd piec[', ana 'ne ellof'' OF tue 'ew
o,''o.' ,'' I.'..G % ,Ig.f .'us'' oneIu'aSea
,.,,"y Iii 'I .''o ,"7.'N' i",'"uy 70 seek .oe!'
o.H mp '.''i - 10 'u'tner' pu' '.e o'aj'
",'tt i'1''" WI u y '''L. "1f "a ''s7 siS"s
o' ''ethaG'o"n' %"eIs Lieut. bF!soane had
formed inc OF hunts wIHleH'is across the
ioai' ana ropo,se1 a'I who attempted TO
nf'aA through particularly request atten'
uon tAc the service thus rendered by TINS
loya. young oiIi-er'
NhH' ne was thus engaged courier ar
nYod with The news That Col. Montgomery
was &dy'0InS ,|lAa Ne" Jersey 'n3ade
rom Falls tUg,CH. and lLat The retreat must
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-30
How the Grand Army Matched to Battle.
GENERAL ORDER-Eo. 10.
HEADQUARTERS DEP'r }
Arlington, July 3, 1861.

NoRTACAsTEES Va,
Arlington, July 5, 1851.
Whom troops are parallel in light march.
iug order, they will be equipped as follows:-
Their arms, accout'emcnts and ammupi.
tion--the cartridge boxes filed
Their hayersacks with three days cooked
rations.
Their blankets in roll-with the ends
tied to each othor-across the shoulder; and
where it is possible, a pair Of stockings INSIDE
tho blanket,
Their cauteens and cura
knarsacks will be packed and left in the
tents under guard Of the regiment, consist.
ING Of those men least able to march, and the
number to be specially designated for each
corps.
knapsachs should he numbered or marked
in such way as viii enable Jhem to he read :
y claimed 10y their owaars.
Comm mnlns ..ii:ers Of ld-sdcs will take
measures to diminish as quickly as possible,
the baggage Of the regiments under their
comUanl, by sanliag everything not abso.
1le'y necessary.
Tbs will rPpIy to lha personal effects Of
the officers and we1. as wei. as to military
property. By ..mmag. Of
Bdgo Yer Cen. MCDOWELL.
JAS. B. FEY, Asst Adit Gen.
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TURNED Lieutenant Maury, the trai
tor, has turned up. The Richmond Erom
iner has letter from a corrcspon ent at Nor
folk, dated July 9th, which says: Captain
Maury late OF The " asbingtou Observatory
left here this morning. 1t is understood that
be has been planting in the approaches tc
this city, some OF the mos; formidable sub
marine batteries. They will be quite match
for any iron plated ships that the enemy can
bring. The like are to b, planted in all our
rivers, so as TO render our cities and people
perfectly secure against any approaches by
water"
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ES' At the levee on Tuesday evening, the
President, during the promenade, met with
several introductions. One man, from the in
teritor Of Pennsylvania. said. "Well, Mr.. Pres.
ident went TO Chicago determined to have
you come here, and voted for you from first
to last, and here you are" The President,
retain ng Lis hand, as hc bent his head down.
PECULIARLY said, "Yes, and pretty scrape you
have got me into" awe have got the right
man in the right place. replied The delegate
as he passed along.
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A Voice from the Ultima Thu'e.

Shall the Star Spangled Bannerbe trailcd in the dust
And the emblem of slavery float in its stead
Shall the wall and the cry Of the bondsman be heard
In the land for whose freedom our Fathers have bled
No not while one son of Columbia lives,
To fight for her Honor, her Rights, and her Laws
Not while one arm unfettered there is,
The Sabre to sway in her glorious cause.
Our bosoms we'll bare for the strife,
For oaths are recorded ON high,
To prevail in a cause that is dearer than life,
Orat once for our country to die
Then arouse TO the battle ye freemen
To the South send your shouts Of defiance;
United as Que, in the great cause Of Freedom,
We seek for no other alliance.
Forward! Forward ye sons Of the brave,
BE determined to conquer or die;
With the Star Spangled Banner let victory wave,
Or stern death in its tctory lie.
Ontonagon, June 10, 1851. A.
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Editor Of The Miner:-Shoud the following ad'
ditonal s'anza to the Star Spanglcd Banner meet
your appreciation, please publish:
Should troubles arise in our own native land,
And traitors combine to diminish her glory,
Round the Star Spangled Banner united we'll stand,
And shed new light DER the page of her story;
Forthe millions unclaimed when it first was unfurd
Shal own it's proud sway till the end of the world ;
And lhe Star Spanglcd Banner forever shall wave,
cr the land Of the free and the home of the brave
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IIIISDAIE IIni IL

J. s. LEE, PROPRIETOR. THIS WEtI-KNOWN HOTEL
centrally located TO he easily accessible from the
y. Depot aud TO all the business portions of ~" town
is now open for public patronage Within the past two
months IL has been entirely ottsi and furnished with
out regard 20 expense, and is believed so offer rare In
dueemenis 10 all who appreciate quiet house, airy well
furnished AMI cleany rooms, and last, but not
least bouniifu table, prepared y the most experienced
and successful catcrcss IN Southern Michigan. To say
that the House shares the efficient supervision oi Mis
lee. 30 long and 'ayorahly known Mrs BrownSon, Of
the "Hillsdale House. in its earlier and pamest davs,
subsequently Of the "R. Il. Eating House." at White
Pigeon, viii no doubt lie all the guaranise the public
will require. jollm3
Hill.dale. June lOth, lSGl.
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~ The following National Patriotic Songs we
copy from the Lake Superior Miner; written
by Judge ALAN, formerly a citizen Of this place,
readers who are acquainted with the Judges writ
ings, will observe that they are of the same spirit as
in years past
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Rhode Island Wide Awake.

Providence, July %.
Lieut.. Governor Arnold has issued pro.
clamatiou paying a tribute to our dead sol
dicrs, aud calling for the enlistment Of more
men,
A large and spirited meeting has been held
this morning, TO express the determination Of
Rhode Island TO redoublc her exertions in
support Of the Govern ment.
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rS- 4 correspondent Of the New \ ork
ErcajUg Post says that the rutnor tn"'
place on the bench Of The supreme 'vu.t
will ta offered TO the Hon. Jo'ph Hot II
correct, but it is not certain that ne will ac'
csp, the position IIo is now perft rming a
natlo work in Kentucky in fighting for the
Union in the election campaign which termi
raics in Ancnst.
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Our St. Louis dispatch brings the crafty.
ing intelligence that quorum Of the Missouri
State Convention viii be present at Jefferson
City on Monday, and that there will be n de-
cidel Union majority. The Hon. John b.
Henderson is prominently mentioned for Pro-
yisional Governor Chicago Tribune.
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BENTON HOUSE.

LANSING, MICH. WILLIAM HlNMAN, PHorRlETOR
She Benton Fouse" has recently been rtnirl'Lr ~
tn substantial manner. aud the proprietor eel.
confident that prepared to meet the wants Of those
visiting the Capitol who desire the comforts of FIRST
class Hotel The building i Of brick rooms large and
airy, and situated in the most pleasant part of the city
Lansing June 90 lsCl.
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NE,y IIyErN sr,uIE-

THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVING OPENED a LIVERY STA
bio at Peek's old stand east or the Post or so.
now prepar to let Horses aud Carriages Also, IA
rypasengers any point they wish reasonable terms
STRONG DOUD, Propuetors.
Hi sdaIe Mich Dec. 10 1850,
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WESTERN HOTEL.
CL,RENDON HOUSE.
IONESNUl.

JONESN1LLF, Moi J, ", COE, pEO'NF1ON. ME
above House formprlv known - the sherman House,
has been placed in thorough repair, .ni furnished new
throughout Its share Of the public il respectfully so
licitrt. decljn3
Dec. IL, 1850.
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hs- Mr.. Breckenridge, perhaps inadyert.
anly, yet very naturally and truthiully, spoke
Of the rebel forces 10 Virginia as 'our troops
lie used this term twice almost in the same
breath, yet he profe,ses to deprccate the
charge Of disloyalty to the Union.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-07-30

IT, When young man complains that n
ycu1g lady has no heart, il is pretty certain
sign that she at least has his.
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A Missouri paper thinks that Gen. Price
j, bound down tho Mississippi. lie certainly
seems not TO be "bound up"
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Gen Price, system Of warfare is really
worse than a skunk's.
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TAILORING BUSINESS

nder the new firm of MCQUEEN Coz AZ NV residence
West Street. Our old customers will be welcomed new
ut all times. Cutting and making done 20 order.
fT Flour, Grain, Wood. and CASH for work, at
MCQUEEN 4 CO.'S.
Hillsdale, Sept. l3. 1859. sept2Om3
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PRACTICAL MATCHMAKER AND JEWELIFR. AZ
experience uf Fourteen Yeqrs IN Eastern cities, l.
now permanently locnte1i IN Hlsdale. Fsrn-u's Drug
Store-next door TO Bostwicks. All work warranted To
give entire satisfaction. Sign Of the Big Watch
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DICI<ERSOS & KOON

ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IN oHANCERY
Hlsdale Michigan. Will attend promptly toall kinds OF
legal business anywhere in the State OF Michigan, North
Indiana and Ohio.
sHRIsroPHER J. DICKERsoN, EZRA l. KooS
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q. q. WEBB.
ATTORNEY At LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY AND
Notary Public All legal business PROMPTLY attended TO-
KALAMAZOO, Mich.
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PHYSICIANS ANn SURGEONS, HAVE OPENED AN OF
fec oppnosite Western Hotel Will .end all calls Of
their profession. both night and day. Dr. r. A. Everett
lodges In tho ofrce.
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MEKIEK N WENN EK,
ATTORNEYS AND COTNSFIIORS At LAW, SOllCTOES
Chnncerv. aud Eotsr-- pubiic. Az i"esi huS'ne-s
promptly attended to- Office in Boies Block Nam ~
Hudson, Much.
c. MERCER. CLEMENT u WEAVER
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STACY Il EDWARDS.

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSEILORS AT LAW, AND So
lctors In Chancery Office up stairs in Motifs new block
{. A. STACY, W.. EDWARDS
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, AND so
licitors in Chanrcry. An legal business promptly at
tended 60. Onice in Wa,dron's Block, Hlslae, Mich
GEORGE ", IrNpAGp. CHARLES 4. wITHERELI
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4. -. ttVI.NnT

PRACTICAL ENGRAvER Oh GOLD SILVER AND PLA
ted goods; orders left AZ l. Wllmots Jewelry Store
nr5O
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Take Notice.

MO RESPECTER OF PERSON-RICIl
Poor-Lear or unearned, white or black, bono
freecome and speak for yourselves Freemcn, an'
fou shall be proydelfor. We shall continue the
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OFFICE IN wALDRON's BLOCK. RESIDENCE, NORTH
sid. Of the River the of Hllsdale and River
streets iuly5
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

MITCHELL. wALDRON N 60.
EXCHANGE AND bANKING OFFICE-OFFlCE IN WAL
dron's Block.
{. r.. MITCHELL, HENRY wALnRoN, JOHN T. COOK
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PHYSICIANS Ann SURGEoNS-oFFlCE FIRST DOol
South of Methodist Church nr Parsons residence first
doot south OSce. Dr. Frenchs residence on Bacon
street west Of Strunk's Hotel. Junl
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-06

chief cause of al our public evils and disorders
On this basis well understood and agreed upon,
the Free States will undoubtedly consent to a
Convention, not OF The Border States alone, but
of all The States, called in regular and diSnl-
fed manner, to amend the Constitution. But
any attempt to amend that instrument solely in
the interests of Slavery, viii not only be utterly
futile, will not only be rejected by the Free
States with contempt and indignation, but will
work the political ruin of whoever proposes, or
advocates, or sanctions them. The shareholders
may as we'll understand first as last that their
scepter has departed that their power over the
North has been thrown away never to be re-
covered, and that in what way however they are
to escape from the pit into which they have
plunged themselves, they need not hope to be ex'
treated by any further concessions from tho Free
States
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-06

we aimed at for there is no madden folly in
these mad days than to suppose that the seeding
States are to be pacfed with anything that four
teen Republican States are willing to give them
on the first trial. Having gained one point by
gang cut, they will aim at another by keeping
out. We may not choose to give it them, and then
where are we? Secession is us much fixed fact
as ever. If the Government attempts to assert
the laws, collect the revenue, garrison the forts
now in the hands Of the rebels, and take any
other steps which two or three months continued
license at the South may render necessary-al OF
which President Lincoln viii certainly do-then
the Border States, which we thought we had
saved, will range themselves at once in opposition
to what they are pleased to call coercion. In
that case we have the alternative Of trying con-
illusions with the whole South, in civil war, at
a moment when we are physically weakened by
long months of waiting and eneryoted morally by
a yacillating weak, and timid policy, or else oil
unconditional submission to the South on what
ever terms she may choose to exact, strengthened
by the new constitutional pledges we may just
have given her, and by our impotence for set
tlement which will still seem a. distant US ever.
Now, is it worth while to go over again the
experiment Of signal aud lamentable failure
which has always attended any attempt at COM
promise with such results az these 80 near and
so obvious! We value the Border Slave States,
and should be glad to see them attached to the
Northern United States-if we are to have that
distinction. But we had infinitely rather see them
drop in one by one, or altogether, as the case
may be, as Free STATES, in the course oil the
next four or FIVE years, as they inevitably would,
than to hold them now with the weakness and
wrong Of Slavery fastened upon them and cher
ished, partly by our magnanimity, and parity by
their own pride of still continuing the Slave
States of the Union. Let us have the whole
Union, with oil the original States on the old
constitutional basis; or, if we must separate,
whether violently or peaceably let the cut be
sharp one and the gangrenous body OF chattel
Slavery be taken clean off from the body polite.
As we believe this TO be the only manly, honor
able and patriotic position for US to stand H.
We think that there is but one sensible thing lett
for the Virginia Conference az Washington TO
do: to adjourn as speedily US possible, and to
retire to the serene and peaceful shades OF PR
yste life whence they have so rashIy vcntured