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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
An Honest English 10 urnaI.

Says the London Daily News--"It is
often lightly asked why the two sections
of the American Union cannot separate
and live peaceably, side by side? The
question may be met by another. If
nothing hinders them living peaceably,
side by side, why should they separate
and sacrifice the Union, which is their
common strength and glory? If Presi
dent Lincoln prevents the execution OF
the Sothern programme, preserving the
abundant constitutional rights of the
Southern States, as members of the Union
we shall say that he has defended the
cause of liberty, and not whit the less
because the dominant party in the South
has its own projects for rearing an empire
of Tyranny and oppression. Until the
millenial day comes, war can be waged
for no higher object than to maintain the
Constitution of the United States over
the length and breadth of the Union.--
If the vast majority Of the people decide
that the Union and its full Constitution
shall be northumberland the population
of the Free States is to that of the Slave
ptaloS oS ~ W V-thcy haNc 'ho hicaHo
of carrying out that decision without
trenching upon any rights in so doing,
and they will save this generation from
shame, and bequeath their children a
blessing instead of curse"
Such are the words, and such is tho
spirit of the London Daily News, by the
last mail. This is honest, intelligent,
just. 1t is what the great part OF the
people of Great Britain feel-it is what
the Derbyites, the high-bred aristocracy,
hate. Our cause is the cause of man
kind; and, in the language of the Daily
News, we candidly believe, and we be-
lieve that it will be the judgment of APP
preciative history--history written when
the winds of passion, of material interest,
and of partizan discord are still, that
"WAR CAN DE wAGED FOR NO HIGHER
OBJECT THAN TO MAINrAING THE CoYsrI-
TUITION OF THE UNITED STATES OVER THE
LENGTH AND BREATH OF THE UNION. -
Boston Post
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

"LEFT-LEFT-LEFT."-That's what
you hear in some portions of the city
every evening-''mark time-MARcHl"-
You see hall illuminated, figures of men
pass by the windows in regular order,
and you hear the measured tramp Of men
left-le(t-left. They are the Homo
Guards, and the new military companies
drilling. Conscious that their early ed
ucation has been neglected in an impor-
tant particular the young men of our
city, and many that have ceased to be
young, although they won't acknowledge
it, now that the Flag is insulted and the
Government threatened, are endeavoring
to make amends for that neglect, and are
devoting their evenings to learning mill
tary. Look in at tho Atheneum some
evening and witness the proficiency they
have acquired. See them march as one
man, and wheel with the precision of
well regulated gate, and right about face,
about right, and march by sections and
platoons like old soldiers, and then ask if
Northern men take to military naturally.
This morning we met on the street
young man who belongs to the Perry
Light Infantry. When several rods dis
tant we observed that his lips moved,
and that his left foot came down with
peculiar emphasis. He was so enwrapt
that he noticed no one whom he met, and
as he passed by we heard him articula-
ting-"left-left-left.' He was mark
ing time. When he reached Bank street
he turned military right angle with a
"file left--march"
Old men carry their canes at Should
er arms" stand upright in spite of rheu.
matte backs, and adopt quite military
tread as they walk the streets. The
school boys form by companies" at
every intermission, pass in review before
the school girls, give three times three
and tiger for the Stars and Stripes,
placed by their own hands on the school
house, and march into school single file,
marking Observation-Disclosures
We hope the military fever will not
be allowed to abate until there is not a
single secessionist or traitor left-left---
leftl "That's what's the matter."-. Clere-
land Plaiadealer.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, JUNE 20, 1861.

past, hoary with the grossest tyranny
over the bodies and the souls of men,
looks pretty evenly, and very composedly
on the contest, as between the United
States and the Confederate States. 1t
is with this class, the old case over again,
precisely; the battle between the hus-
band and the bear, and the don't-care-
which. beats woman looking on. Their
hope and belief is, that provided both
sides fight long and hard, the National
power that has successfully combatted
monopoly in commerce and compelled an
acceptance of reciprocity, and that has
gloriously disputed the arrogant claim OF
the dominion of the seas, viii be hum
bled. There is not one of these shallow
articles that does not speak with the ut
most contempt of "the vaunted Federal
tie" or OF Republicanism; while they lay
the insurrection to the door of Republi-
canism as sort of natural fruit. No
doubt the whole of this oigarchal class
expect to see Democratic institutions 90
down, and expect that the hereditary
principle, in all its phases, just as it was
about giving up the ghost, will rise and
get new lease of life. That's about the
lump Of tho talk of the oligarchy. Its
ruling passion is to put its heel Oh Re-
publicanism.
Ia all this, the oligarchy who rule Eng
gland are acting out their nature. 1t is
they who have made other nations hate
her. 1t is they who have never ceased
to demand that other nations shall have
allowed to them only such rights as are
consistent with her interests. 1t is they
who hate the very name of Republicanism.
One of the profoundest an1 fairest of
modern men was DeTocqueville--the
grand author of that wonderful book
The Old Regime. In one of his letters
to Mr.. Senior, he attributes the dislike OF
England everywhere "to a conviction
felt by all people in the world that Eng
land never considers others except from
the selfish point Of view of her own gran
deur that all sympathetic sentiment for
Ohat is not herself, is more absent in her
than in any nation of modern times; that
she never notices what passes among
foreigners, what they think, feel, suffer-
er or do, except in reference to the ad-
vantage that England may draw there
from-occupied in reality only with her
self, even when she seems most occupied
with them. There is certainly some ex.
aggeration in this notion" adds NJ De
Toqueville, "Jm / cannot sag there is not
much truth IN 10"
The blunder England is committing
is in the nature of crime. She is act
ing the part of an unfriendly power, when
we are but going through the ordeal
through which she has had to pass on to
greatness. 1t is impossible to conjecture
where she will bring up, if she goes on
in the course marked out by her infamous
proclamation Of neutrality and by the
disgracefui utterances of her Tory-heart.
ed press.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
NUMBER AZ.
The Seizure Of Telegraph Dis
patches.

VIII some Constitutions! lawyer tell
us how well the recent reported seizure
of the files in the telegraph offices,
squares with the following clause of the
Constitution of the United States?
CART. A. The right of the people to be
secure in their persons, houses papers and
effects, against unreasonable searches and
seizures, shall not be violated, and no
warrants shall issue but upon probable
cause, supported by oath or affirmation,
and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be
seized"
The Constitution was originally adopt.
ed with considerable reluctance by some
of the States, on account of a lack ofpro-
visions which they deemed necessary
and this was one Of them. 1t may be
reasonably supposed that such proce-
dure, will be looked upon with some sus-
picion, and in telegraphic circles, it must
occasion some alarm; for the same evil
dence which would affix the crime of
treason upon any individual, would make
every telegraph operator on the line over
which it passed, a traitor also, by giving
"aid and comfort" to treason.
But this questionable method Of pro.
curing evidence, opens SO large field for
abuse, that we will not now pursue it.
We defer the subject more readily be-
cause the announcement of the fact, is
entirely unofficial, and the truth may diff
fer widely from published account -
Ypsilanti Sentinel
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

STEALING VS.. AccUMULATING.----W H.
RUSSELL, writing from Charleston to the
London Times, says---"The State Of South
Carolina has for a lsng time been accu-
mulating arms and munitions of war;"
SC. Accommodating is good. We wonder
how long the Times man studied on the
subject before he settled upon some term
for stealing that would be sufficiently
delicate and would give no offence to the
honorable and chiralric South Carolinians.
If a thief is caught with some other in
dividuals' spoons in his unlawful posses
ion, people call it stealing, but the emf
nent RUSSELL, Of Crimean notoriety, calls
it "accumulating" whea State obtains
unlawful possession of property belong
ing to the Government of the United
States. Thieves take notice. In follow
ing your arduous and precarious calling
you are no longer Stealing" you are
"accumulating." Thanks to RUSSELL,
you may now lay aside the low-lived
title of thieves, and take the moro refined
one of cumulators.-Phindealr.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
DouoLAs.--He was truly a great ma

DoUGLAs.--He was truly great man.
/ have known, and sometimes intimately,
within the last few years, most of the
leading statesmen of Congress. l have
sat for hours and hours listening to Gen.
Houston talk of Texas, while he whitfield
his little block of wrod, in his own room.
/ have heard Mr.. Seward on national law
in his own library. l have taken moon
light drives alone with that singular ge-
MUS, Alexander II. Stephens. But new
err have felt the consciousness of being
in the presence of supreme genius so fully,
as when in that plain little sitting-room
/ have heard, for an entire half day, the
sagacity, the wisdom, and the learning
which flowed in broad, powerful stream
from the lips of Stephen A. Douglass.
He was truly immense. 1t was the ire
pressible vigor of a gigantic mind, cloth
ed in all the destinations of genial
manner. He was not sermonizcr, still
less pedant, in his speech. 1t was give
and take with each and every one.--
Phil Press.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
Jackson "a Type"
From the South Carolinian.

The howl of rage and excitement rails
ed through the North over the death of
their chief bully of the Zouaves, is second
only to the uproar which they raised
when they tried to intmidate Virginia
from hanging that eminent Ohio saint,
the late John Brown. What an exceed.
ing moderate, modest and rational idea,
that they should invade our country,
with the most horrible threats against
all we hold dear, and that if we raise a
weapon in self-defence, it is the most in
fernal outrage upon these excellent peo-
pie ever recorded in the annals Of man.
kind. They expect their men to 60 to
war, and if one of the "lambs" gets kill
ed, it is an unheard of brutality. They
expect to come on Virginia soil and pro-
fame it with their accursed presence, and
not be "wclcomed with bloody hands to
a hospitable grave" We can tell them
that jackson, who fell at the Threshold,
avenging nobly the infamous act of q
piratical invader, is but type of South
ern millions, who are ready to die, if
need be, for their flag, and who would
count death a JOY and triumph at any
time rather than be subject to such a
people. But, dying, they will make their
enemies pay the full cost of every life
On that certainty the invaders may as
well base their calculations from the start.
Our unerring marksmen will take down
the leaders and officers at every crack of
the rifle.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

EE A probable truthful story of one
Of Ben. Buffers shrewd professional freaks
is told by young factory girl formerly
in one of the Lowell mills. She had been
discharged, and the corporation refusing
to pay her. she sought legal redress and
retained Mr.. Butler for her counsel He
listened to her case with much interest,
and afterwards consulted the representa-
tive of the corporation who still refused
to pay the girl her wages Butler then
issued writ, and attached the main wa
ter-wheel of the establishment, and by
bringing the whole manufactory to a stop,
the corporation rather than allow their
mills to remain idle and wait the laws
delay, paid the girl her wages, and resum-
ed operation.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

The Toronto, Canada, Leader, accuses
the "Grits," the opposition to the Gov
ernment, with "relying mainly on the
power of well seasoned abuse and the
force of artistically fabricated lies, dis
seminated at the moment of action, when
there will be no time to contradict them,
to carry the approaching election. Such
is the plan of campaign about to be car
ried into effect by the Grits. The literary
scavengers are to be set to work to rake
up all the filth of the last four years out
Of the common sewer Of the party into
which it has been thrown The calcula-
tion is that some of the dirt thrown must
stick. The experienced political arithme-
ticiaus of the party profess to be able. to
tell how many votes startling lie, strung
together with artistic reference ito allsts
parts, and seasonably promulgated, will
nett" We don't see but this is as bad as
any thing in the States.-Boston Post.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

NEWPORT News PoINT.-The name OF
this Point, lately made notorious by the
advance of Gen. Buffers force, had its
origin as follows: "The early colony on
James River was at one time reduced to
a straitened condition, and some of it's
members started down the James river,
with the intention of proceeding to Eng
land.-They reached bend in the river,
which is at present an object of interest,
and paused for some days. When they
were about to sail, they saw ship com
up the Roads, bearing the British ensign.
They delayed until it should arrivc.-It
proved to be Lord Newport's ship, with
his Lordship on board, who brought the
intelligence that the ship which the
colony had long before despatched to
England for supplies, and which was
many months overdue, was near at hand,
bringing much needed relief. Meantime
his Lordship distributed provisions among
the colonists, who from these circumstan-
ces, jnamed the place Viewpoints News
on account of the good tidings which his
Lordship brought to them"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
Selected 9oetru.
THE LOVE KNOT.
BY NORA PERRY.


Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied the raven ringets In
But not alone In the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
For tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied young mans heart within.
They were strolllng together up tho hill,
Where the wind comes blowing merry and chill
And II blew the curls frollcsome race,
All over the happy pcaeh.colored faco,
Til, scolding and'laughing, sho tied them in,
Under her beautiful, dimpled chin.
Aud II blew color, bright as the bloom
or the pnkcst fuschia's tossing plume,
All over the checks Of the prettlest girl
That ever imprisoned a romping curl,
Or, IN tying her bonnet under her chin,
Tied young mans heart within.
Sleeper and sleeper grew the hill
Madder, merrier, chlller stlll
The western wind blew down and played
The widest tricks with the little maid
And tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied young mans heart within.
oh, western wind, do you think IL was fair
To play such tricks with her flowing hairi
To gladfully glecfully do your best
To throw her against the young mans breast,
Where he as gladly folded her In,
And kissed her mouth and dimpled ehini
Oh, Ellory Vane, you little thought
An hour ago, when you besought
This country lass TO walk with you,
After the sun had dried the dew,
What perilous danger you'd be In,
As sho tied her bonnet under her chin.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

A GLoRroUs EpITApH.- On a grave
stone in New London appears the follow
ing inscription. The records of ancient
Greece or Rome do not exhibit nobler
instance of patriotic heroism
"On the 10th of October, 1871, 1000
Englishmen fell on the town with fire
and sword. A line of powder was then
laid from the magazine of the fort to the
sea, there to be lighted-thus to blow the
fort into the air. William Hoffman, who
lay not far distant, beheld it, and said to
one of his wounded friends, who was still
alive, 'We will endeavor to crawl to this
line. We will completely wet the pow
der with our blood. Thus will we, with
the little life that remains to US, save the
fort and magazine, and perhaps few of
our comrades who are only wounded.
He alone had strength to accomplish
this noble design. In his Both year
he died on the powder he had overhowed
with his blood His friends, and seven
of his wounded companions, by that
means had their lives preserved"
After this simple narrtive are the fol-
lowing words, in large characters:
"HERE RESTS WILLIAM HOFFMAN"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

EXTENT OF GEN. TwIGGs TREASON
The severest blow which the United
States government has received since the
commencement our troubles was that
given by the treason of Gen. Twiggs in
Texas. It's Importance has hardly been
estimated in the North. 1t was sur
render of 5000 splendid regular soldiers,
of thirteen forts, of 80, 900 stand of arms,
of so pieces of ordnance, of $4,000 in
money, of horses for a regiment of cav
airy, mules, wagons, tents, provisions,
ammunition and munitions of war, to the
estimated value of from Sl,500,000 to
S3,000,000! Had it not been for Twiggs
and Floyd, the rebels would have but few
arms or few fortified places in their pos
session. They gave them, from their
positions, more material assistance than
all the world besides.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

Hrs LAST MURMURINas.-To one stand
ing by his bedside not long before his
death, Senator Douglas in a wandering
moment said: i: "I station you at the Re.
lay House. Move onl" OF another he
asked "Why do we stand stillP let us
press onl Let us to Alexandria quickl''
To still another he said, Telegraph to
the President, and lot the column move
on |" And so, throughout the progress
of the disease, which struck him down
he was thinking of his country and her
peril. At Washington, in his imaginings
and in the command for which nature had
fitted him, end which would have beer
bestowed had he lived, he seemed to di
rect events aud dictate victory. Ant
when the lucid intervals camc, he was, il
not so emphatic, not less sincere.--Det
Tribune.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

EL Senator Chandler, Of Michigan,
it is said, declared he would resign his
seat if Winans was not hung. As Wi
mans has now been discharged, VIC pre-
sums Mr.. Chandler's seat may as well be
considered vacant.--Ne,o H1sea (Ct)
Register.
1t might as we'll be "considercd va.
can't" whether W;nans is hung or not,
and whether Chandler Ysigns not
Providence Or. L. Post.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
Post Office Notice.

MAILS ARRIVE.
Eastern Mails daily at IL NJ and :! p. NJ.
Portsmouth 4 Bay City mail daily at p, NJ.
Vassar a Tuscola. mail seni-weekly,
Tuesday and Fridays.
Saginaw City mail daily at 2, p. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Eastern mails daily at p. M.
Portsmouth & Bay City daily at A. NJ.
Way mail TO Flint dailyat p. NJ
Vassar a Tuscola Semi-weekly mail Mondays and
Thursdays nt =. NJ.
Saginaw City Mail daily at IL NJ
Office hours from A. NJ. to l2i p. NJ, and from
=. M. TO 81 =. M.
ID. W. C. GAGE, p. NJ.
East Saginaw, May |, 1861.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

No PARTIES Now.--It has been sup
posed by all the pablo journals and
speakers that there are no longer any
parties in the country. An inoredulous
wag yesterday on tho street corner sug-
gested that this was decided mistake,
that there were still two parties-one to
fight the battles and the other TO hold
the offices and make the money. Wheth.
or the scamp was Democrat or no., we
were unable to lcarn,- Chicago Tines.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
A VISIT TO KrYDERHooK.-T of on

A VISIT TO KINDERHo0K. Two of our
prominent citizens few days since find.
ing themselves in the vicinity of Kinder
hook, took the opportunity to call on the
eighth President of the United States,
Martin Van Buren,. They found him at
home and glad to see them. After the
Introductory scene, one of the visitors
explained to the seer of Kinderhook that
he had long cherished desire to see the
man for whom he had cast his first vote
for President of the United States. The
conversation naturally turned in the dl-
rection of the present unsettled state Of
the country. Mr.. Van Buren, remarked
he had recently an interview with ex-
President Pierce, and that neither could
see anything hopeful or indicating
prospect of an immediate settlement Of
our national difficulties. GAS for myself,
said he, 81 do not expect to see it, but
our government must be sustained at
whatever cost" Mr.. Van Buren is 7S
years of age, and although his step indi-
Gates TINT he has considerably passed the
zenith of life, and his round and well de-
veloped head is frosted where the hair is
left, his eyes retain the fire and twinkle
that has always told of busy active
brain. The grounds around his hand
some residence are finely laid out, and
highly ornamented with shrubbery and
flowers. Our citizens were charmed with
the easy grace aud manner, the rare con-
versational powers, and the hearty wei
come they received from the ex-Presi.
dent.-Dmbuy, (G) Times.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

Mn. CLAWS LErrER.--The Tri6me's
Washington correspondent "has good
reason to believe" that the publication
by CAssIUs NJ. CLAY of a letter on the
subject Of our foreign relations not only
fails to bo approved by the Administra-
tion, but is in insubordination to the law
of 1856 which expressly forbids any such
public communication from diplomatic
or consular officer.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
Travellers Directory.
GOING EAST.

GOING EAST.
yoss Durroll's Stage leaves daily for Flint and
Holly, at A. NJ, and p. NJ connecting with
D.& NJ. r. w. to Detroit
Steamer Forest Queen leaves Curtis Bliss Co S
dock Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 2 o'clock
=. NJ, for Detroit and intermediate ports.
RIVER ROUTES.
Steamer Ariei leaves Curtis, Bliss sdOck daily
att A. NJ and p. NJ, for Bay City.
Steamer Bel Seymour leaves Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, at o'clock a. NJ, for Midaud
City.
Propeller Star leaves Curtis, Bliss & Co.'S, dock
hourly, each day from A. NJ, TO 10 y. NJ, for
Saginaw City and intermediate ports.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

The Ohio Legislature has adopted, by
the constitution al majority, the joint ro-
solution of Congress, passed at the last
session; proposing an amendment to the
United States guaranteeing slavery in
the States in which it now exists,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
STAvE MACHINEsl

CAPABLE Of planiag all kinds Of Slaves outside
Osnd inside, and doing the work in the very best
nanner and at the rate Of Eve thousand daily.
R4 Price only one hundred and fifty Dollars.
FOR saleby HESS BRO.
Bsst Saginaw, February 5, 1866
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20

E The Montgomery (Ala.) Adperti-
ser boasts that that State has turned ont
$4,000 volunteers for the war, and the
Mississippian claims that Mississippi has
enrolled $4,000.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-20
II. MARKS.

Dealer In Hats, Caps Furs and Skins, Ready Made
Clothing, Cloves, &c. Opposite Brick Hotel
EAST SAGINAW