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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08

o>e q re Washington sgoAd-
tl, ,4y sThc tide of Regiments SCI,
h fgty sttong towards the capital just
81. ~gPposc twenty five thousand
.oops cot into Washington last week,
ma they Keep stca iy streaming in this
seek"
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08

pHSlEas' EEGMAHr-TAe newspa-
crs in New York state ale proposing
!. printers i gimcnt aud Tie idea seems
% le Wei received among the boys.
Frederick folett, of New York city, al
original rIinter, and every way quail
atl 70 command, is talked Of for Colonel
the new regiment.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08

A. T.. n ID. KELLY,
DACKERS OF BEEF AND PORK. AND
i Shippers OF Live Stock, 81 Brady street.
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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08

iEAEMDEe IT. iihkwool has sent
or soldiers away il RAGS, while he has
seen .tanPing the state for lis own re-
e'eetion. 1t the result # this Day be
! severe rebuNc TO such unpatriotic ac-
tian.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08

NoTE FoE Cor. MEKrIrr.-WEile
Kirkwood was rowing over the State
.auding his own patriotism, and buying
ais way to reelection with money taken
rut Of tie peoples purse, Col. Merritt
was at the head of the Iowa First, brave
y fighting Tor his country. Choose yc,
which yc viii have for Your Governor.
let every honest man vote for Merritt :,
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08

j. L.. .HD.iA,
7 OG PUMP MAKER 0FFICE, OPPOSITE
IL Post Office, Davenport, Iowa.
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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08
EiUIlfIS HOUSE.
CLINTON II(DI{SI

I 'o.NER OF IOWA AND FIFTH STREETS
( Y IlANnuI0rt. Town. mel I'D
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08
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IGNAI.IiS LANCER,

DHI SICIAN. SURGEON Il ACCDCCHEUR.
OfFICg--south ga i corner Of Brady and Sec
ond streets. Office hours from 7 to Z A 81 and
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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-08
"a RIBS.
LOUIS A. MAJ kiOT.
5iNhEn II DEt. E.s IL EACHiNGE,
1ovOnIo olt, IOWA.

IE.ilE n BUTLER.
1 ITG.NEYS AT LAW. OFFICE 30. 4
AlkoI's iioci, south westcorner Brady and
second streets Davenport, Iowa. sf2l
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
From Washington.

Hon. John f. Potter, the gallant
Representative in Congress from Wis
consin, arrived in Chicago on Sunday
last. The Tribune learns from Mr.
Potter, who left Washington on Friday
night, that about $4,000 stand of arms
which had been stored at Harper's
Ferry, were removed safely to Wash
ington, some weeks since. Only Is,
900 stand of arms were at the Ferry
when the Armory was destroyed by
Lieut.. Jones, and all of them of in.
ferior character. Mr.. Potter says that
there are full 10000 troops in Wash
ington, many of them the flower of the
volunteer and regular army. No fears
are entertained of the ability of this
force to repel any attack which the re-
bells may make on the Capital.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
PROcLAMATION.

% Whereas, The President of the Uni
ted States has made requisition upon
the State of Michigan for military aid
in enforcing the laws; and upholding
the Constitution and the Union of the
United States: A',a ''-9'- = t =
Ind aohereds, The laws of this State
already authorize. the raising of two
regiments of Militia for, the service of
the Federal Government; -
And aohereas, Said laws contemplate
that the uniformed volunteers shall first
be called in such exigencies ;sE cs
Now, therefore, the Adiutant Gene
raj Of this State is hereby authorized
to accept the services ~.
LIST. Of ten Companies of Infantry,
to be mustered into the service of the
United States for three months, fun
less sooner dissolved.) uas4 I'd. $50
To this end, the Companies of the
uniformed volunteer Militia that may
desire to tender their services,
will forthwith report, through their
Company commanders, to the Adju.
tant- General at Detroit, the names of
Company officers, and the number of
their rank and file, ready for service
the number, kind and condition of their
arms; and the number of officers and
men already in uniform, the kind of uni
form, and the number in want of uni
form.
Out of the whole number of compa.
MES, the Adjutant- General will first Sc
lect ten companies for immediate
service. The companies which may
be accepted viii be required to fill up,
according to the following schedule
For each Cornpany-one Captain,
one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieu
tenant, four Sergeants, four Corporals
two musicians and sixty-five privates.
All Companies formed, and to be
formed, will be instructed and put in a
serviceable condition as soon as posi-
BILE, and will at once begin drilling &C
cording to " Hardee's Tactics
Those not Immediately required will
be formed into one, or more additional
regiments, as the exigencies of the
service may demand. - Z sie .etsos
1t is confidently expected that the
patriotic citizen soldiery of Michigan
will promptly come forward and enlist
in the cause of the Union, against
which an extensive rebellion in arms
exists, threatening the integrity and
perpss<6y Of the government.
The Adjutant- Gen r|ahA VIII issue and
Enforce the necessary orders to carry
Iout the objects of this Proclamation.
Given at Detroit, this 10th day of April A. D. 1851
| AUSTIN BLAIR,
| Governor and Commander-in- Chief
JOHN ROBERTSON,
| - Adjutant- General
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25

sYThe Governor of South Caro-.
lima has submitted report that the
State has already run in debt 1927 200
and there is no money as yet to meet
it. The loan advertised for three
months, for six hundred thousand dol
lars, has not been touched as yet. No.
body looks at it that has any money to
lend. Of course the Governor is not
yet posted as to the amount of private
claims for services and damages that
the State is to be held liable for. The
last six months has put Palmettodom
in debt some two millions. 1t is very
strange that the money kings don't
sympathize in a practical way with
their royal brother King Cotton.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
The Empire State has Spoken.

The Empire State has spoken, and
in a voice of thunder, as she always
does when the public welfare demands
it, The Legislature has passed bill
to raise Mirty-taoo thousand yozunteers,
with only six negatives in the House
and two in the Senate. They have
also passed the bill appropriating three
millions Of dollars to meet the expense
mastering them into the service of the
Government. We suspect such acts
as this will convince the traitors that
the North is in earnest.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
A New Theory about Fort Sumter.

The New Y ork Post has its own the.
DRY about the surrender and feeble de.
fence of Fort Sumter. 1t thinks that
the whole affair was one of military
strategy planned by Gen. Scott, who
did not think Fort Sumter worth hold.
ing at the loss of life it would cost.
1t is of the opinion that the whole de-
sign of the movement at Sumter was
to gain time to strengthen Washing.
ton and drew attention away from Fort
Pickens, which commands the com
merce of all the Gulf States, so that
it could be provisioned and reinforced,
which we know has been done. There
is certain plausibility about this view.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
READ THE EVIDENCE. 81

RACINE, Wis, Nov. I'd, 1858.
To DIR. HERRIcK, Albany, N. Y.-Dear sir:
cannot refrain from informing you of the wonder
full effects of your SUGAR COATED PILLS on 6
boy living with me. While hard at work drawing
cord wood, he fell to the earth if in fit, was
insensible and partially cold. We carried him tc
the house and sent for doctor, who bled him and
gave him some medicine. He remained all nigh
in the same situation. The doctor said he would
die, and left him. My wife insisted upon giving
him some of your Pills. We administered four il
five hours, and shortly after two more, rubbing
him with hot brandy and mustard The Pill:
operated powerfully. At four o'clock in the after
noon he opened his eyes and spoke, commenced
getting better, and in three days went to work
More than fifty of our citizens saw the boy, ant
will testify to what have said. You are stranger
to me, but thought would write. la
Yours, 2a-e ALEXANDER MORTON.
See advertisement on Sd page. iaa
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
Constitutional Amendments.

The only amendments proposed to
the Constitution by the Legislature
was one in regard to the election OF
Regents of the University, and that au
thorizing the creation of State Bank
with branches. If this last amend.
ment be adopted by the people, the
Legislature may, by a two-thirds vote.
create a State Bank, with certain
number of branches. This proposition
cannot be submitted to the people I'M
til the general election in 1862, nor a
law passed in accordance with its pro.
visions before the session of 1868.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
The Wonders of A Week.


1t is one brief week, says the Chica-
go Tribune, since the lightning
brought the sad news of the fall of
Sumter, and the grevious insult to the
national flag. The blow that felled
the stars and stripes, blotted out par
tisanship, and united twenty million of
freemen into solid phalanx. A cry
of vengeance rose over the land, to be
placated only by the utter subjugation
of the Constitution and the nation.
A solemn vow to Heaven was taken
by three millions of fighting men, that
the PARTICLES must be stricken down,
and the damning insult atoned in
blood. ---s -
What history has been made between
two Sabbaths One week ago the
people seemed sunk in indifference,
absorbed in pursuit of mammon, divid-
ed into partisan factions.
Behold the marvellous change seven
days hath wrought? Could miracle
do more? The worlds history fur
nishes no sublimer manifestation of
exalted patriotism, or. more fervent de-
votion toliberty.
A war has begun, not of conquest
and acquisition, but to defend the life
of American Nationality, the suprema-
cy of the law over anarchy, and the
existence ofour benifcent Government.
Loyalty and treason will measure arms.
The strength of Liberty and Union
will be tried against despotism and
secession. One or the other must per-
ish by the sword, The Constitution
of George w ashington or the Consti-
tuition of jeff. Davis must be the SUI
preme law of the land. sa
We war not against the people OF
the South but against the enemies OF
the Union, wherever they may be
Ifound-whether in Chicago, Charles
ton, New Orleans, or San Francisco.
The place is nothing; it is the overt
act, the deed of treason, the attempt
at violent subversion of a peaceful and
righteous government, that causes 10y
al men. to put on their armor and 60
forth to smite the parricidal foe.
If week has wrought such won
ders, what will year accomplish? Voc
populs, eon Del. colo b sa e-ai @rf
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25

We understand that there are now
in Cassapolis, in this county, persons
who are so far lost to every considera
ton Of loyalty, of patriotism: Of hon
or, of truth, of madness, of indepen
dence, who openly sympathize with the
cotton rebellion cohen they dare, and
secretly gloat over and rejoice at the
surrender of Sumter = things who
would prefer to see the triumph of this
squad of traitors to the successful adj
ministration Of the Government under
its present head. In fact, it is said that
one person openly stated, when called
upon to assist in some Union demon.
stration,. sssthat he would do nothing to
sustain, an ABOLITION government; that
the war belonged to the Republicans
and they might fight it out" Anoth-
er man-we beg the readers pardon,
he is not man-is reported to have
said ''that he hoped every man who
joined the company of volunteers, now
being organized in this county, would
be the first to meet death at the hands
of the South" -. ',.... s...'-.l ~
If these reports are true; if treason
is thus openly preached in our very
midst, is it not time that it was put
down and rooted out? Had not these
traitors better be informed that it is
time for them to emigrate south and
join their tory brethren in South Caro-
lima, or at once and forever stop their
reasonable talk. We do not wish
these persons any harm, but while
every man suspected of the crime of
loyalty is driven out of the seven rebel
lious States, under penalty of the hal
ter, it is high time that no avowed and
active sympathizers with treason should
be allowed to corrupt the air of our
loyal county with their pestiferous
breath.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
Pirates to be Let Loose.

We publish to-day the Abysenian
Proclamation of JEFF. Davis, inviting
pirates to prey upon Northern Com
merce. The letters of marque of the
Southern Confederacy can carry no au-
thority whatever, and all privateers.
men sailing under them, if caught, will
be hung as pirates. 1t is not strange
that men who began by robbery and
treason should end in piracy-and we
hope at the yard arm.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
Volume -Four.
Adjutant- General.


With this number, the REPUBLICAN
enters upon its fourth year. In enter
ing upon a new volume we have no
other pledge to make or assurances to
give than those found in our course
during the past three years. We are
grateful for all the encouragement we
have received, for the numerous acts
of courtesy and kindness that have
been bestowed upon us both by political
friends and opponents, and shall en-
deavor to merit the confidence of our
friends in future more fully than we
have in the past.
Although we have had, perhaps,
quite as much patronage as we had any
reason to expect, yet the receipts for
advertising and subscription have not
been enough to pay the expenses of the
paper. To obviate this difficulty,
and it is a serious one to us-we need
an increase of circulation, which will
enable us to make our paper what the
interests of the county demand. To
receive this we must have the co-opera-
ton of our friends in the several towns.
The expense of sending an agent into
the county to canvass will more than
absorb the profits of subscriptions he
would obtain, and unless there are par
ties sufficiently interested in sustaining
and improving. their county papers to
secure them good circulation, without
the expense of an agency to the pub,
Usher, these papers must, from sheer
necessity, fail fully to meet the wants
of the county, We therefore say to
our friends, you shall have in the RE
PUBLICAN just such a paper as you
choose. We will expend upon it one,
two or three thousand dollars per an
mum, as you will give us the means; not
being favored with a large. surplus of
capital, we cannot exceed the limits you
fix for us. The subscription price of
the Repubfca,a will be, as heretofore,
81 90 year, to be paid in all cases, in
advance. This places the paper within
the reach OF. all s.4Ai
Our position upon the great ques-
tons that now agitate the country at
this time can be summed up in few
words: We are for maintaining the
Constitution and Union as it is-as our
fathers gave it to. u.s.. We were early
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
Death of Rufus Hosmer.

The news of the death of Rufus
Hosmer, which was received on Satur-
day, created feeling of deep regret
amongst bis large circle of acquaint-
ances in this city. He died in Lansing
on that day, Of apoplexy, and though
he had been prostrated by it for some
days.. the intelligence came upon his
friends here with startling suddenness.
Mr.. Hosmer had for many years been
connected with the press of this State,
most of the time with the -Advertiser,
For the last three. years, however, he
: has been part owner and editor of the
Lansing Republican, from which he
withdrew but few days since TO ac-
cept the positions of Consul at Frank
fort-on-the- Main. Mr.. Hosmer was a
gentleman of education and ability,
and had he possessed equal industry
and tact, would have taken position
at the very head of his profession in
the West. As it was, he had very few
superiors-none as an agreeable fin
ished writer. But it was for his high
social qualities, his keen wit, his ready
repartee, and his powers of conversa-
ton, that he was best known and most
admired in the various communities in
which he has resided. Mr.. II. studied
law in Pontiac with the late Geo. Wis
Ber, we believe-at any rate, he was
for while in company with him, and
abandoned the legal profession to take
charge Of the editorial department of
81 - A <7,.x..<so<. r ylsox, a. =.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
MOTHERS, READ THIS.

The following is an extrasDfrom letter written
by the pastor of Baptist Church to the "Journal
and Messenger" Cincinnati Ohio, and speaks
volumes in favor of that world-renowned medicine
-MRs. WINsLow's SoorHING STRUT FOR CHILDREN
TEETHNG: =,
''We see advertisement in yosr columns OF
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Now we never
said a word in favor of patent medicine before
in our life, but we feel compelled to say to your
1T, AND KNOW 1T TO BE ALL CLAIMS. 1t is, proba-
bly,, one of the most successful medicines of the
day, because II is one of the best And those OF
your readers who have babies can't do better than
to lay in supply" oct25-27y1
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
Special Notices.
A REWARD is OFFERED!

For the detection of any person counterfeiting,
initiating. the vender of any such counterfeit OF
imitation of BGRHAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS.
The genuine, highly concentrated Holland Bitters
is put up in half pint bottles only having the
of the proprietor b. PAGE, Jr., blown in Them and
his signature around the neck of each and every
bottle.
This delightful 1roma has been received by
Americans, with that favor which is only extended
to really scientific preparations. When we con.
slider the marked success attending its administers
ton, in the most stubborn of Fever and Ague,
Weakness of any kind, Dyspepsia, Heartburn,
Acidity of the Stomach, Sick and Nervous Head
ache, Indigestion Costiveness and Piles, together
with the complete control it exercises over all
Nervous, Rheumatic, and Neuralgia Affections, we
cannot wonder at its popularity. Well may the
invalid value this remedy. ap4-5Oml 49,
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25

taught to honor and revere the glorious
stars and stripes, and we shall follow
the good old flag wherever it may go
and rejoice over any victory that may
be won under its folds. While we be-
lieve civil war to be an evil, still we
think it is not the part Of manliness tc
chant jeremaids over it when it is &C,
tually upon MS. 1t has been certain
from the beginning, that the secession
of several States from the Union could
not be consummated peaceably. The
governmenthas forborne while it could:
but acts of war perpetrated against il
by the rebels render longer forbearance
impossible, The, die is cast--the war
between Order and Rebellion has be-
gun. There is now no retreat short Of
disgrace and destruction. 1t is now to
be determined once for all, whether
the government of our fathers is to be
ever at the mercy of conspiracy and
treason-whether its supposed authori-
ty is serious reality or a worthless
sham. The only course now left for
the government is to make its power
felt. The public voice demands that,
since we are in a state of war, the con-
test shall be sharp and terrible in order
that it may be short. sdl b. aa
Happily, the imbecility and treache-
ry in men of power no longer menace
us. We have now sound rulers. The
noblest Roman is at the head of our
Army The energy and wisdom of the
Administration are rallying friends and
enemies alike to its support. Good
and our Country" will be now the
watchword of all patriot hearts. All
selfish or party aims will now be sacri-
feed to the restoration of the peace,
and the vindication of the honor of the
Republic. ar al3H.a. ots ri
Hoping that all our old friends may
feel it to be for their interestto continue
with us during the year we are now
entering upon, and that they will rem
der us such aid in procuring new SUBJ
scribers, as we in their opinion deserve,
without further remarks, we lay before
you No. l, Vol. 4, of the REPUBLICAN.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
The Presidents Proclamation.
WASHINGTON, April

~. - p w ASHINGTON, APfH To-
The President has issued a proclam-
alton, stating there was instruction
against the government in several
States. That laws for the collection OF
the revenue cannot be executed there
in, conformably to the constitution,
which required that duties throughout
the country be uniform. They have
further threatened to grant pretended
letters of marque. He says: ~
&C therefore deem it advisable to set
on foot blockade; therefore, compe-
tent force will be posted to prevent the
entrance and exit of vessels from ports
of the seeded States" els
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25

rounded by fissnaes and It's door closed
from the effects OF heat, four barrels
and three cartridges of powder only be.
ing available, and no provision but
pork remaining, I accepted terms d
evacuation offered by Gen. Beauregard
being the same offered by him on the
18th inst, prior to the eommencemen1'
of hostiIities, and marched out of the
fort on Sunday p. M, the 4th inst
with colors flying and drums beating
bringing away the company and pri
vate property, and saluting my flag
with fifty guns.
,(Signed) "ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Major LIST Artillery"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25

THE RIGHT PLATFORM. = Henry
Winter Davis announces himself as a
candidate for reelection TO Congress,
from Baltimore, "upon the basis of the
unconditional maintenance of the
Union." This is bold and characteris-
tic. Mr.. Davis takes the right stand,
and will, we trust, be sustained in it
by his constituents
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-25
PROBATE ORDER.

STATE OF MICHIGAN--County of Cass.-ss.
- At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office. in
Cassapolis. on Wednesday the seventeenth day Of
April, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one. Present, Clifford Shanshan. Judge
OF Probate. In the matter of the estate of Harlin
Loomis, deceased. On reading and filing the.
petition duly verified, of Charlotte LOOMS. prayng
for proof of will of said deceased and for letters
Of Administration. -.tts7 = =
( Thereupon it is ordered, that SATURDAY.. the.
eighteenth day of May next at ten O'Clock in the,
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said DC.
tlton and that the heirs at law of said deceased,
ana al other persons interested in said estate are
required to appear at session of said court the
TO be holden at the Probate Office in Cassarn.iss,
and show cause, if any there be- why the prayer OF
the petitioner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said
OF the pendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
iished IN the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass for
hearing. C. SHzNAHIN
IA true copyl Judge Of Probate.
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