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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-09-10
SHERIFF SALE-Henry Paret Us.

~ Vim. Woodhouse, Charles W. Batter, and William
Hinman-By virtue OF writ OF execution issued out Of
and under the Circuit Court for the county
Ingham directed and delivered, against the goods
ana chaites, lands and tenements, OF William Wood
on the 2lst day OF june A. D. 1867 levy upon seze
all the right title and interest of William Human in
the following described lands and tenements, to
lot nineteen s block i've (S) lot five (s) block
one ID lot six (6) i'll block eight (s) lots o.
eight -, nine o. and ten QV) In block twenty-five
60 lot three 90 BLOCK 3, o,s three SSS,ou,
three (3, four a. and five (5 n block nifty seven (a)
all of pieces parcels Of Land lying anu be
ing the city lansing Michigan, according 10 the
recorded map plat said city OF Lansing. All Of
which shall expose for sale at public auction at the
front door OF the Ingham county Court House, the
village of Mason saturday the eleventh day OF Octo
Der next O'Clock the afternoon OF said day.
Mason, August 20th, 1852.
2s.w1 TRUMAN SPENCER. Sheriff
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-09-10

fioar sells IN the cotton States proper q pei.
ses ranging from SIS. 600 70 CSC, 600 per barrel.
Sugar re,ai!ed At 81 per poaad. Wafer ueloos
ere worth IS apiece.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-09-10
CTATE OF WISCONSIN, Cir

CTATE OF WISCONSIN, Circuit
~ Court, Milwaukee County .-Insolvent Proceedings.
In the matter Of the application Of John w. Medberry
10 be discharged from his debts.
hereby Ordered, That all the creditors Of John W.
Medberry, insolvent debtor, be required to show
cause, any they have, before the (5th) twenty
fifth day Of October 1862 at II O'Clock in the forenoon
Of that day. at the Court House. in the city Of Mwau
kee, in the State of WISCONSIN, why assignment of
SAID nsovent estate should not made and he be
debts.
Milwaukee, July 18th, 1852
ARTHUR NcARTHCR,
Circuit Judge.
PlrUy DAVIS Attorneys for the petitioner. 3slwlO
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-09-10

e. A few weeks since farmer in ulino;a
Graded three acres Of wheat. and that uieht III
vile. not to be outdoae BY him, ended three
oeo'es. $3.50
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MORTGAGE SALE.-Default having

MOKIOAUE SALE.-Ueiauf having
XV1 been made In the con1ilious Of a certain mort
gage executed by Lester Miner and Jane, his wife, Of
ingham county Michigan 10 Ira davenport OF the State
New York, dated the twenty ninth DAY Of October A.
D. eighteen hundred and fifty nine and recorded Novem
Der A d. 1850 In the Office the Register Of Deeds
the county Of lngham the State vi Michigan, ia
ber II of mortgages on pages 463 and 464 upon which
there claimed TO be DUE the date of this
notice the sum oil seven hundred and twenty seven DOL
and eighty cents, and suit or proceedings at
law having instituted 10 recover part thereof
therefore hereby given that on "Wednesday the
seventeenth day OF september next, AT twelve O'Clock
noon shall sell at public auction To the highest bidder
sae place the front door Of the lngham county
Circuit Court House. IN the village Of Mason the prem
contained In such mortgage or 50 much thereof
shall be necessary TO satisfy the amount due on such
mortgage with ten per cent interest," and legal costs
together with attorney fee Of nfty dollars
for therein that Is " say, the following piece or
parcel OF hand situate in lngham county, Michigan viz
south half OF the north quarter Of thr
" four in north Of range west being the
premises occupied by mortgagors at date Of mortgage
Dated Detroit, June Is, A. ID. 1862
IRA DAVENPORT, Mortgage.
WV J. WATERMAN Attorney. l3w5a3
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-09-10

g The Great Eastern, which arrived We'd.
.csd.y. ssossht ever fssrssen hsadssa 800
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REGISTERS.

We Are prepared faroi-h BEG .: the Aanufae
turers prices Catalogues Of styes aed Prices By
nail. without charge JAS. TURNER BB0e-
Lansing, Octoser. 1850 3Sl0
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-09-10
I ,HANCERY SALE-By virtue of a

PrTuy DAVIS Attorneys for the petitioner 3siw1O
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-09-10

EORD L WELLS WOULD INFORM THE
l. citizens of Lansing and vicinity, tina: they
have bought the Stock in Trade of l. H. 4 Il. d.
Bartholomew, and having recently received
new Stock of
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-05
Wendell Phillips Defines his Position.

Wendell Phillips has addressed a letter
to the New York Tribune protesting
against the representation that he has, in
his speeches, discouraged enIistments,
and that he desires dissolution Of the
Union. He says:
You msrepresent me when you say
that ! discourage eIlistmenls in the
Union armies" though, for aught know,
The garbIed extracts and lying versions Of
New York papers may make me do that
and many other things Of which never
thought. You know, by experience, that
the American Press, in general, neither
tries nor means TO speak truth about Alb
olitionists Of any types | have never dis.
couraged enlistments. In the Union army
are my kindred and some Of my dearest
friends. Others rest in fresh and honor.
able graves. No one Of these ever heard
word from me 10 discourage his enlist.
ing. | had the honor, last March, to ad.
dress the l4h Massachusetts, at Fort Al.
bany, and, this very week, the 33 Massa.
chusetts at Camp Cameron. No man 10
either regiment heard anything from m y
lips TO discourage his whole-souied service
of The Union.
Allow me TO stale my own position
From l843 TO 1861. was q Disunionist,
and sought to break this Union, convinced
that disuuion was the only righteous path.
aud the best Que for the white man and
the black. sought disunion, not through
conspiracy and violence, but by means
which the Constitution itself warranted
anS protected. rejoice in these efforts.
They were wise and useful. Sumter
changed the whole question. After that,
peace and justice Doth forbade disunion.
l now believe three things:
L. The destruction Of Slavery is inev-
table, whichever section conquers in this
struggle.
2, There never can be peace or union
| till slavery is destroyed.
| 8. There never can be peace till one
| Government rules from the Gulf 10 the
Lakes and having wrorged the negro
for Two centuries, we owe him the preser-
walton OF the Union to guard his transition
from slavery TO freedom, and make it
short. easy and perfect.
Believing these three things, accept
Webster's sentiment, "Liberty and Union
now and forever, one and inseparable."
Gladly would sever that Union-giving
it musket, sword, voice, pen-the best |
have. But the Union, which has for
twenty five years barred me from its
highest privileges by demanding sn oath
10 Pro-Slavery Constitution. still shuts
that door in my face and this Admins
lration clings to a policy which | think,
makes every life now lost in Virginia, and
every dollar now spent there, utter waste.
cannot conscientiousy support such a
Union and Administration. But there is
room for honest difference, of opinion.
Others can support it. To such l say
Go; give to the Union your best blood,
your hear!iest support.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-05
Gathering Sponges.

The sponge business is largely pursued al
the Bahama Islands. The exports of this,
article now amount annually to about $500,
900. II is slmOst entirely the growth Of
tho last twenty years During that period
the article has nearly qusdrupled IN value.
and has been applied to great variety OF
new purposes, especially in France.
The sponge is compressed in powerful
presses and sacked ike cotton. Il is assort-
ed end graded, samples being fastened to
each package to show the quality.
/ is ished or raked or grappled up from
the clean, sandy bottom at the depth Of
twenty. forty, and even sixty feet, and often
far out from the shore. The water is SO
transparent that tho growing sponge Is vis-
ible on the bottom.
The sponge when hrst taken from the
" ater, iS black, and at once becomes otfen-
sive to the smell. II will almost cause the
flesh il touches to blister.
The first process 10 to bury It In the sand,
where il remains for two or three weeks.
when the geIatInous animal matter seems to
be absorbed aud destroyed, or eaten by ths
insects that swarm in the sand.
The boatmen who obtain II Rro paid Ia
shares by the owners Of the boats. This,
therefore, becomes a precarious and semi
gambling pursuit. highly abrasive 70 the
VOlored population.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-05
skylark Preaching A Sermon.

There Is no such thing as q song bird
natural 10 Australia; there are birdswhich
chatter, birds which shrek, but no birds
that sing. Well. there was young man
out from England as a gold digger, abd
was lucky enough 10 make some money,
and prudent enough TO keep il. Ils
opened a "store"--R kind OF rough shop
where everything from candles to collins
are sold-at place called "the Ovens. "
celebrated gold field, about 200 miles
from Melbourne. Still continuing to
prosper, he, like duliful son, wrote
home TO his father and mother TO come
out TO him, end il they possibly could, to
bring with them a lark. SO a lark was
procured, and in due lime the old folks
and their feathered charge took ship and
departed from England. The old man.
however, took the voyage 80 much to
heart that he died but the old woman
and the lark landed in sound health, at
Melbourne, and were speedily forwarded
10 Mr.. Wilsted's store at the Ovens.
1t was on Tuesday when they ar.
rived, and the next morning the lark vas
hung outside the tent, and commenced
piping up. The effect was electric
Sturdy diggers-big men, with hairy
faces, and great brown hands-raused in
the midst of their work and listened rev.
erenlly. Drunken, brutal Giggers left un
finished the blasphemous sentence, and
looked bewiltered and ashamed. Far
and near. The news spread like lightning
"Have you heard the lark % as i: true.
mate, that there is a real English skylark
up at Jack Wilsied ?" So it went on Tor
three days, and then came Sunday morn.
ing. Such sight had not been seen
since The first spadelul OF the golden earth
had been turned From every quarter
east, west, north and south, from far hills
and from creeks twenty miles away, came
steady concourse OF great, rough En-
glshmeD, ali brushed and washed a.
decent as possible. The movement wa.
by no means preconcerted, as was evident
from the half-sshsmed expression OF every
mans face. There they were, however,
and their errand was TO hear the lark
Nor were they disappointed. There,
percbed in his wood and iron pulpit, was
the little minister; and, as though aware
Of the importance OF the task before him
he pIumed his crest, and lifting up hil
voice, sung them sermon.
| 1t was wonderful sight to see, that
three or four hundred men; some re-
cliring on the ground ; some sitting with
their arms on their knees, and their heads
on their hands /; some leaning against the
trees with their eyes closed, SO that they
might the better fancy themselves at
home and in the midst Of Englsh corn.
tields once more; but sitting, standing
or lying, all were equally quiet and at
tentive (; and when, alter an hours stead,
preaching, the lark left off, his sudienc,
slowly started off. little low spirited
perhaps, but on the whole much happier
than when they came.-Beeton's Hon.
Pets.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-05
MOTHER, CAN I COZ

A Connecticut lad, employed in New York,
wrote home Tor his mothers perm ission to enlist.
lie is now with tho Burnside Expedition.
am writing to you, mother, knowing we'll what
you will say,
When you read with fearful fondnoss all write
to you to-day;
Knowing well the flame of ardor on a loyal moth
er's part,
That will knJle with eoch impulse, with each
hrobbng ol your heart
nave henrd my country calling for her sons that
still are true;
have loved that country, mother, only mex, 10
God and you;
And my soul is springing forward 10 resist her
Can 90, ny dearest motheri tell me, mother,
eau gol
From the battered walls Of Sumter, from the wild
waves Of The sea,
/ have heard her cry lor succor, as the voice of
God TO me;
In prosperity loved ter--in her days Of dark dis
trcss,
With your spirit in, me, mother, could love that
They have pierced her heart with treason, they
have caused her sons to bleed
They have pierced her heart with treason, they
have rlumphed in her ueed;
They have rnmpied on her standard and she calls
me in hei woe
Can l go, my dearest mother tell me- mother
can got
am young and slender, mother-they would call
me ye, boy,
Yet know the land live in, and the blessings
enjoy;
l am old enough my mother, to be loyal. proud
and true
To the faithful sense Of duty have ever learned
from you
We must conquer this rebellion let the doubling
heart be slll;
We must conquer i, or peri-h. We must conquer,
and We will
But the faithful must not faller, nnd thall be
Bid me 60, my dearest mother tell me, mother
can got
He who led His chosen people, in their effort to be
From the tyranny of Egypt, will be mercilul to
me;
VIII protect me by his power, whatso'er under
take;
Will return me home in ssle,y, deures, mother,
tor your snke.
Or, should this my bleeding country need victim
such M me,
| am nothing more than others who have perished
lie,
! uw not afraid, my mother in 80 good cause
to die.
There will come day Of gludness, when the peo.
pie Of the ord
Shall look proudly on their banner, which His
mercy has restored;
When the stars, in perfect number, on their azure
field OF blue,
Shall be clustered in Union. and then and ever
firm and true.
| may live to see it, mother, when the patriots
work is done,
And your heart, so full Of kindness, will beat
proudly for your son;
Or through earsyour eyes may see it with sadly
thoughtful view,
And may love it still more dearly for the cost it
won from you
l have written to you, mother, with a conscious.
ness OF right
I am thinking Of you fondly, with loyal heart,
to-nighi;
When have your noble bidding, which shall tell
me tn press on,
will come and see you, mother come and kiss
you, and be gone
In the sncred name of Freedom and my Country
as, her due
In the name Of Law and Justice, have written
this TO you.
am eager. anxious, longing 10 resist my coun.
trys Zoe;
Shall go, my dearest mother tell me, mother
shall ] got
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-05
The Truth.

The following extract from letter
from the Hon. D. S. Dickinson, is to the
point !:
My views are, to-day, what they we're
when this hell born rebellion assaulted
this glorious flag OF our country's pride
and hope at Sumter-that it must be put
down without regard to cost OF blood or
treasure put down by the strong arm Of
government sustained by the material
power and cheered by the moral energy
OF great, free people put down upon
the tbeater it selected for the Inauguration
OF its diabolical treason, the field of blood 4;
and put down. too. by severing the head
OF the losthsome serpent from its body
1t is not mere rebellion or outbreak. 1t
is the result of a dark and malign conspir.
ncy. conceived and prosecuted by worse
combination Of evil spirits than assembled
at Mll'on's "lnfernal Conference" 1t
will never relax nor yield until it has
oVerthrown the government or been
crushed into the earth beyond hope or
prospect OF resurrection and not only to
its OverthrOW, but its annihi(aGon, should
we. as people, address ourselves.
There can be, there should be, but two
parties to this contest in the loyal States.
The first embracing those who, regardless
Of all other considerations or conse-
quences, will prosecute the war and sus.
tain the administration for the purpose Of
punlshing treason andsvindicating the su.
premacy of the Constitution and the
other, those who sympathiIe with re-
bellion and either justify it by open sd-
vocacy or lend it aid and comfor; and en-
couragement by mods and wiuks and
stolen glsnces of appreciation by ILL
concealed apologies for it's course, and by
assaults upon the government for prose-
cutting the war against ii. And in the
second division should be classed all Of
any and every political party, sect or fac
ton, who cannot at such time rise above
President-making or office-hunting ma
ehinery Of every description, abstain from
partaking in the unclean dripping of the
contract department, or withstand the
odor OF the suffers stewpans.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-05

My Lecture Is ended, my thoughts are
now your thoughts and let liborty burn
within your breasts. Remember tho les.
sons Of history How the oppressed Ro.
mans bust asunder their bonds under ri.
onzi, tho tribune Of tho people. How the
TyrOlese sprang to arms whom Andreas
Uofor sounded tho alarm boil for liberty !!
How the Republican mouniaineers grosped
their crossbows when Tell hurled defiance
to the tyrant Gesler [Chcers How the
North rose up to protect their national flag,
and fight the battle Of man! Cheers So
Ireland must fiud some Garibaldi TO retnom.
Der Wolf. Tone. EmTot and Daniel O'Con.
nell, and cry Union in America and Liberty
in Ireland. Tremendous cheers and great
sensation, the audience escorting Mr.. Train,
with loud cheers, somo half way into tho
street
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-05
Sidney Smith on Slavery.

We have no doubt but that there are
many men in England who are now as
sincere in their hatred to slavery, as was
Sidney Smith, who wrote on the subject
forty. FIVE years ago. II is tie wealthy
manufacturers and politicians of England,
who, being devoid of moral principle, ad =
vocate the cause of the Southern Confed.
eracy. This is the natural result OF selfish
ness, when it is allowed to gain possession
Of the mind. In 1917, Sidney Smith
said of slavery in the United States:
every American who loves his coun.
try should dedicate his whole life, and
every faculty of his soul, 10 efface this
foul stain from its character. II nations
rank according to their wisdom and their
virtue, what right has the American, a
scourger and murderer Of slaves, TO com
pare himself with the least and lowest ol
the European nation ?-much more with
this great and humane country, where
the greatest lord dare not lay finge,
upon the meanest peasant What is
freedom where all are not free ? where
the greatest OF Gods blessings is limited
with impious caprice, to the color OF the
body? And these are the men who
taunt the English with their corrupt par.
lament, with their buying and seliing
votes.
Let The world judge which is mos
liable to censurc-we who, in the mids
of rottenness, have torn off the manacles
of the slaves all over the world, or they
who, with their idle purity and useless
perfection, have remained mute and care
less, while groans echoed and whip:
clanked round the very walls o! theil
spolless congress? We wish well tc
America, we rejoice at her prosperity. and
are delighted TO resistth absurd imper,
tinence with which the character of hel
people is often treated in this country
but the existence of slavery in Americs
is an alrocious crime. with which nc
measures can be kept-lor which her sit
uation affords no sort of apology-whicf
makes liberty itself distrusted, and the
bosstng OF it disgusting"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-05
Exempt by Reason Of Physical Disa-
bility,


A few days ago great stalwart fellow
was bantered into an enlistment office not q
thousand miles from Wisconsin street. He
presented as complete picture of health az
nature (who has had SO much practice at
the work. can get up. In answer to the
inquiries of the Surgeon. he proved to ba
flesh is heir too.
"Have you ever had ftS!" asked the Eur
geUn.
"Yes SIR"
"What kind:"
"All kinds"
"Have you ever had the itehr
"Yes sir"
"The piles"
"Yes sir"
"a bad cough,'
"Yes sir"
"Horrors"
"Yes sir"
Troubled with the Asthma, little are
you?"
Yes SIR"
Sand the liver complaint
"Yes sir"
"And do vou sometimes faint from weak
ness;"
"Yes sometimes"
swell, said the Surgeon, with his ear to
the giants breast, where the great heart
ard longs could be heard like a mighty
forge Welding health aud turning out blood
and vitality, well sir. you are just the man
we want. thenl Here's your certificate!"
The lock of well.mixed horror apd aston
ishmeut that followed would have baffled an
artist 10 paint!
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A PIoUs WIFE's PRAYER. there is
any thing that comes nearer to the i'm
ploration Of Naomi than the subjoined,
then we have not seen it.
Lord. bless and preserve the dear per.
son whom thou hast chosen to be my
husband, let his life be long and blessed,
comfortable and holy; and let me also
become great blessing and comfort unto
him, a sharer in all his sorrows; NEE,
helper in all his accidents and changes in
the world make me amiablo forever in
his eyes, and forever dear TO him. Unite
his heart to me In the dearest love and
holiness, and mine TO him in all sweetness,
charity and compliance. Keep me from
ungentleness, all discontentedness, and
unreason abieness Of passion and humor,
and make me humble and obedient, useful
and observant, that we may delight in
each other according to Thy tINssed word,
and both Of US rejoice in Rhse, having
our portion in the love and service Of God
forever. Amen.