The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-12-23

E9y The great prize fight for the champiosbip
Of England between jim Mace and Tom King,
took place on the 29 b Of November. Arfter
fighting twenty one rounds, most of which
were in favor Of Mace, King put in one of bis
sedgehammer blows and knocked Mace insen.
sble. Mace could not come to time aud
King was declared the victor.
1t is reported that John c, Hecnau has
agreed TO fight King for the championship.
each man TO put up $500 per side.
EE- A young man named William Meiss.
uer, Of OH Ward in Milwaukee, generously
offered himself and vas accepted as substi-
tute for drafted German, whose wife recently
died, leaving him six small children to cared for
EE Minister Adams writes to Secretary
Seward. his belief that some Of the rebel es
capes from our b!okade have been effected by
oonnlvance and brides TO the officers in COM
mand OF Fedral vessels.
EE Adam Thunder was drafted in Frank
lin township, Penn, and Theo. Lightning in
The Sd Ward of Keuosha, Wisconsin. With
"thunder and lightning" en- our side, We
ought TO krock the rebellion TO flinders.
EF Now that the anti war papers are
abusing Gen. Halleck, and holden him re-
sponsible for Gen. Pope's disasterous campaign
we suggest tina. they republished their com
ments on the second battle OF the Bull Run,
substituting Halleck's name for that of Pope.
It would save editorial obor.
Eg While the Democratic paper arc cred.
itng Gen. Halleck to the radicals, one of our
Republican contemporaries complains that Of
the thirty names he has recommended to the
Senate for promotion, ''every man is a Breck-
inrdge Democrat"
Annother Of Secretary Jacob ThompsoI's 3
captured letters has been published, dated in
1856. 1t refers 10 the acquisition Of Cuba
by ftilbusters, aud says emphstically that Bu-
chapan's administration is favorable to it's
scheme. It enclose, $4,000, 10 be used in
buying up Southern editors, 10 behalf of the
fillbusters.
EE vol,aire. speaking Of law. said.
uevsr was but twice in my lfc completely on
tho verge Of ruin; first, when lost a lawsuit
and, secondly, when | gained one.
srRIKE.-The joucymen shoemakers Of
this city recently repeated thcir strike for
higher wages, and this time were successful
10 securing material adrance from the old
priccs.-Jackson Eagle Dseembea, 6M
The total expense Of enrolling tho n niita
and drifting in Indiana, al cunts to seventy.
two thousand dollars, averging seven hundr,
and fifty dollars to each county.
Henchel v. Johnson, candite for vice Pres
ident ou the Douglas lidket in 1860. has
been elected Senator to the rebel Congress
from Georgia
A special Washington despatch Of the 9th
to the Times says: Certificates of $4,000
each, TO The amount OF 81, 500, 900. have been
stolen from Treasurer Spnner's desk. For.
iupately they were unsigned. Measures were
tskeu to prevent engraving any moro Of the
Same issue.
EBThe Flint and Pere Marquette Rail-
way has been completed to Film, and pil
grims TO the Salt Il Dorado, Saginaw, now
have ouly ton miles o., staging TO DO, that j,
fiom FentonvilIe or Holly to Friut Siren
uvus efforts will 10 made 10 complete tho roa,
al AL early dsv Ton Fentouvilc