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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
Absentees from the Army.

The number of men and officers
absent from their regiments in the field
is alarming. Every city, town and
village is swarming with them all over
the country. The people who are now
being so urgently called upon to pro-
vide additional men to Gil up the army
to the required standard, are loudly de-
handing that those who already be.
long to the service should remain
there, and not be idling away the time
which belongs to the country.
1t is question as to how so many
men get furloughs. If the armies
were kept flo biting, those in command
would not be likely to weaken their
regiments by granting SO many leaves
of absence.
No man already in service should
be permitted to resign, to join the army
anew with the idea that he will be pro
noted in consequence of experience
in military affairs.
The Governor should Immediately
issue an order requiring all absent
without leave, or whose furloughs have
expired, to return to camp, in pain of
being treated as deserters.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
DIR. DoDGE,s RETURN VISITS.

DIR. d. will call at Edwardsburg at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, and remain one hour, May 10Th, June SOth,
August 18th. and September 22d.
AT yandala, from 8 to p. NJ, on the above
days.
At Cassapolis. Tuesdays, until 10 A. ~, May
Goth, July LIST, August 18th, and September 2sd
At Dowasiac. Wednesdays. until II A. NJ. May
2lst, July I'd, August 18th, and September 93d
At Paw Paw, Wednesdays, afternoon, until six
o'clock, May 2lst, July I'd, August 18th, and
September oath.
AT Decatur, Thursdays, forenoon. May 22d, July
Sd, August 14th, and September 18th.
AT Michigan City, Fridays, until A. NJ, May
Esd, July 4th, August 10Th, and September 25th
AT Niles, Bond House,) Saturdays, forenoon
May oath, July 9Th, August 18th, and Sept 2Ith
1t will be seen that the Doctors time is so mucl
| abridged that he only makes calls of two or tire,
hours in some places. His patients will receive
prescriptions far time will permit other pres
criptions will be forwarded from Chicago Patients
should call at the specified time at the principal
Hotel, and wait the Doctors arrival, for he will
certainly arrive
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
List of Prisoners Of the 18th Mich. Regi-
meut taken at Shiloh.

ment taken at Shiloh.
A letter from Willard S. Bostwick,
of Niles, dated, Macon, Georgia, July
9Th, 1862, contains the following list
of prisoners of the 18th Michigan Reg
iment, held at that place, who were
captured at the battle of Shiloh:
Ofcers.--Lieut. Charles A. Van Ri.
per, Co. A /; Lient. A. P. Collins, Co.
X /; Lie ut. John Graham, Go. 1; Lieut.
ID. Flanagan. Co. X; Drum.Maj. w.
S. Bostwick, Co, E.
Priuates. A.-Ed. L. Hartzel
q. B. Langley; Victor Odell; George
Lephart; ]. p. Hibray, died; Benz. F.
Higgins, died; John Higgins; Milton
Hagard, died.
Co. B.-Rosa Winslow, died; Jas.
Mills; Henry Harris; John Adams
VIM. Becker; II. NJ. Sweet.
Co. C.-Albert Steinback; John
StilIwell; Samuel Potter; Frank Hurd
Francis Conroy; Benz. Wynn John
Gathergood; John Paterson; George
Smith, Eli G. Smith, Isaac Marks,
Chas. Haines, Ruben Stratton; Daniel
Beatry.
Co. D.-Chas. A. Owen ; Edward
Kelley; Peters Borns James Failing
John Sadler; Isaac Baily; John Bald
win; Cozer; D. Whitman; Thomas
Fitzgerald.
Co. E.-Wm. c. Williams Elijah
Warner; Edgar Durand; Robert
Bloom.
Co. F.-J. B. Martin, died: ]. D.
Taggart; Charles Morgan, Ephram
Lame A. p. Austin VIM. Anderson ;
Abraham Spears; VIM. Snow; B. F.
Delaplain.
Co. G.-Sergeant S. w. Grennell ;
J. b. Lafferty; T. c. Kenyon; VIM.
Otely VIM. Belcher; T. D. Irish !;
Asal Parker, died.
Co. H.-Lyman Sylvester, William
Waters, Chas. Dabble, VIM. Vanadin;
VIM. Minich, died /; r. Vanhise; Isaac
Lansing; H. Harper; M. Shipey A.
d. Hicks. died Forest Woodland, VIM
Miller; James Boughton James Kline
Co. I.-Wm. Horton Chas. Reese
died; Chas. Willard Jasper Willis
died; Jasper Murphy, G. II. Davidson
Sam. Davis.
Co. K,-Sergeant o. H. Fields; Ser
geant James A. Parish VIM. Parish
Isaac Rosa, died; S. H. Rosa Henri,
Teesdell VIM. Hemmer; Sam. O.
Cary, died; Edwin Dunning; N. N
Weber; F. Gregg; VIM. Higgins
died; Addison Mccoy, VIM. LON
bard.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
More Guerrilla Depredations.

CAIRO, July 25 1862.
All through the Mississippi Valley
guerrilla raids are becoming more fire.
quent. On Friday night last our pick
cts at Trenton were driven in and an
attack upon the town threatened.
Finding, however, too large force for
them, they wisely withdrew. The
same night bridge was burned on the
Memphis d Mobile railroad, and an at
tempt made to burn cotton near Mem.
phis and few miles below Fort Pillow.
1t is reported here also that Grand
junction is now occupied by rebels,
our forces having evacuated it three or
four days since.
Part of the 63d regiment arrived TO-
night from Henderson. They report a
lieutenant of Johnson's guerrilla band
shot, few days since, and six men
with him taken prisoners. They have
captured in all about forty rebels, who
are now in irons at Henderson. The
surgeon of the 18th Indiana had also
been shot through the shoulder, inflict-
ing dangerous but not necessarily ia
tdI WOuuu.
Reports telegraphed North of large
rebel force near Corintli, and a threat
ened attack upon that place are all un-
true.
Guerrillas arc committing depreda-
tons near Birds Point, having robbed
IA farmer ten miles from that place, on
Saturday night, of fire arms and horses.
1t is reliably reported here this after.
noon that the rebels have cut off our
communication with Corinth over the
Mobile aud Ohio railroad by seizing
Humboldt and tearing up the rails for
some ten or twelve miles this side OF
that place.
The town has been full of rumors of
disasters and defeats to-day-that two
regiments have been defeated and bad
'y cut up at Bolivar, Tenn; that one
company of the Cd Illinois cavalry has
been captured eight miles from Column
bus; aud that Humboldt and jackson
are now in possession of the rebels.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31

APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE TAX
LAw.-The Detroit Adcertiser Dc Iri
bune understands that "our Congress
sional Delegation have unanimously
agreed upon recommending the follow.
ing Assessors and Collectors, for Mich.
igan, under the United States Tax
Law:
1st Congressional District.-Asses
sor, ]. r. Bennett, Adrian; Collector,
G. A. Trobridge, Detroit.
Cd District.-Assessor, E. J. House.
Paw Paw; Collector, A. H. Morrison.
Berrien. -
Sd District. = Assessor, Whitney
Jones, Lansing; Collector, A. De For.
est, Ann Arbor.
4th District. A. Sessions,
Ionia Collector, A. B. Turner, Grand
Rapids.
5th District.-Assessor, Rufus Stan
lev, Birmingham; Collector, Giles
Hubbard, Mt. Clemens.
9Th District.-Assessor, VIM. B.
Bartlett, Vassar; Collector, S. War
rem, Flint.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
The New Postage Stamp Currency.
WASHINGToN. .InlY %.

There is very general misappre-
hension with regard to the act authoriz-
ing payment in stamps and to prohibit
the circulation of notes of less denom-
ination than one dollar, which was APP
proved July II, last. Under the pre-
vious act, the Secretary of the Treas
ury, and not the Postmaster General,
is directed to furnish postage and other
stamps to the Assistant Treasurer and
such designated depositaries of the
United States as the former may select,
to be exchanged by them on applica-
ton for United States notes. From
and after the first day of August next,
such stamps shall be received in pay
ment of all dues to the United States
less than FIVE dollars, and shall be re-
received in exchange for United States
notes when presented in sums not less
than IS to- any Assistant Treasurer or
designated depositary selected as afore-
said. Hence this law does not make
stamps legal tender, nor does it require
postmasters to receive them in ex
change for United States notes. 1t is
expected that the Secretary will furnish
postage stamps to be used as a crculat-
ing medium under the law i'm such form
that they cannot be attached to letters
or other mailable matter. Such stamps
will be exchanged by postmasters for
the regular postage stamps, besides be-
ing redeemable by Treasury Notes by
Assistant Treasurers and such desig
mated depositaries as the Secretary of
the Treasury may select. No postage
stamp can be exchanged at the post
Offices or rdeemed by the Treasury De-
partment unless furnished through the
agencies of the Department. Postage
stamps now sold by assistant post mas
tiers are not exchangeable or redeema-
bic by them, and if such stamps are
gummed to pasteboard or some other
paper which soils or renders them un-
fit to be used in the payment OF pos
tage, they will be rejected for postage,
because, when so soiled, they cannot
be distinguished from stamps which
have already been used for postage.
1t is understood that the postage stamps
will in no case be redeemed by the
Post Office Department or the Treas
ury if so altered or changed by past
ing on other paper, or otherwise so as
to render them unfit for postage use.
This is absolutely necessary to prevent
frauds. Already defaced postage
stamps are being bought up and passed
at their nominal value, after having the
defacing ink extracted and being pasted
on paper to conceal the loss of the gum.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
Who are the Exempts from Military
Service.

.st4
The following, compiled from an Off
cial source, will serve to answer very
many questions tina: are being pro-
pounded just at this time:
1. Physical disability is a good
ground of exemption, and should, in
all cases of doubt, be established Ia
the satisfaction of the enrolling officer,
by physicians certificate as well as
the affidavit of the party.
The following imperfections are
proper causes of disability. Wounds
of the head, which impair the faculties
or cause commissions serious impair
ment of hearing, speech, or vision
anchy losis, or active disease of any OF
the larger joints; the presence of pull
mOnarv disease ar organic disease oil
the heart; irreducible hernia; fistuls
in ano large hemorrhoids large and
painful variscell or varicose veins which
extend above the knee; the loss of 9
limb, of the thumb and fore finger OF
the the right hand, or of any two fin
gers on either hand the loss of the
great toe any marked physical imper
lection which would unfit for active
service.
II. The following persons are ex
empt under the laws of the United
States, BY reason of taeir Office o.
employment: "The vice president o
the United States, the officers, judicia
and executive, of the government ofth'
United States, the members of boil
Houses of Congress and their respec
tive officers, all custom house officer
with their clerks, all post officers ant
stage drivers who are employed in tn,
care and conveyance of the mail of thu
post office of the United States, al
ferrymen employed ut any ferry on TIT
post road, all Inspectors of exports, al
pilots, all mariners actually employed
in the sea service of any citizens o
merchant within the United States.
III. Firemen in active service anC
those who have served their time a
firemen, are exempt, exempt in case o
insurrection or invasion. go
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31

A NEW PonCY.-No more grass.
sods are to be thrown at the thieves
who rob Uncle Sans Apple trees. /,
is to be tried" what virtue there is in
stones" as the old spelling book hath
it. War that is war is to be levied
from henceforth. Our troops are not
to protect rebel property or tickle trait
ors any longer, but the most summary
measures will be resorted to crush this
rebellion. The new war orders of Gen.
Pope are up to the public pulse and
the reported assurances of the Presi.
dent indicate vigorous policy and that
we are not going to "play war" any
more.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
MORTGAGE SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that on the eighth day
IN OF August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty, William Serb
ner. made, executed and delivered. to the under
signed Reuben Town. mol gage bearing date ON
that day. on the following described real estate. "
ing and being in the County of Cass, and State OF
Michigan, to wit: The south half oftlie southeast
quarter OF section eight Also the south half of the
southwest fractional quarter of section nine, all in
township seven south of range fifteen west, which
description conforms substantially with that con-
tanned i'll the mortgage which mortgage was con-
ditOned for the payment of tie sum of one hundred
and ninety eight dollars and fifty EIGHT CENTS to be
paid in six months from the date of said mortgage
with interest
Aud that said mortgage contained a power OF
sale IN case OF the non pavment of the said princi
pal or OF the interest thereon any part the eof
the time limited for the payment thereof.
+ And that said mortgage was duly received for
record, in the Office of the Register Of deeds of the
County of Cass, in the State of Michigan, on the
fifteenth day of August a. ID. 1850, at O'Clock, p.
NJ. and was recorded in liber J of mortgages on
pages COG and Go. Aud that default in the condi-
ton of said mortgage has occurred, (by which the
said power TO Sell has become operalive) by the
nonpayment OF the whole of said principal and
The interest thereon, which now amounts 10 the sum
of two hundred aud TWEEN dollars and seventy
two cents which is the amount claimed TO be due
by the said Reuben Town at The date OF this notice
Aud that no suit proceeding at law or in
eqrtv, has been instituted to recover the said
debt, now remaining secured BY the said mort gage
or any part thereof. Aud further notice is hereby
given that in pursuance of the. power of sale con-
tanned IN said mortgage and Of the statute in such
case made and provided the said mortgaged prem
ses above described will be sold at public vendue
at the hour of one oceck in The afternoon of Sat
urday the twenty fifth dav of October A. ID. 1862.
at the front door of the Court House in the viii
lage OF Cassapclis 10 said county of Cass (the
said Court House being the place of holding the
circuit court within said county in which said
premises TO be sold are wholly situated) by the
Sheriff of said County to the highest bidder, to
SATISFY the amount due on such mortgage at the
date of this notice with amount and costs al
lowed by law, and the attorney fee mentioned
REUBEN TOWN, Mortgage.
T. CHuBB Attorney.
Dated July 80, 1862. juy3l-15w13
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
stringent Order from Gen. Pope.
GENERAL ORDER No. 3.-hEADoUARTeRs
ARMY OF VIRGINIA, July esd, 1862.

ARMY OF VIRGINIA, July esd, 1862. I r
Commanders of army corps, divis-
ions, brigades, and detached commands
will proceed Immediately to arrest dis
loyal male citizens, within their lines
or within their reach and within their
respective stations. Such as are will
ling to take the oath of allegiance to
the United States and will furnish suf-
ficient security for its observance, shall
be permitted to remain at their homes
and pursue in good faith their accus-
toned avocations. Those who refuse
shall be conducted to the South, be-
yond the extreme pickets of this army
and be notified if found again any
where within orr lines, or at any point
in the rear they will be considered as
spies, and subjected to the extreme
vigor of military law. If any person
having taken the oath of allegiance as
above specified shall be found to have
violated it, he shall be shot, and his
property seized and applied to the pnb-
lie use. All communication with any
person whatever living within the lines
of the enemy is positively prohibited,
except through the military authorities
and in the manner specified by military
law, and any person concerned in writ
| ing or carrying letters or messages in
any other way will be considered and
treated as a spy within the lines of the
United States army. BY command OF
Mai. GEN POPE. 20
GEO. ID. RUGGLEs, Col. A. A. G.
and Chief Of Staff.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
FFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY.
DOW a @:
The Present Crisis.

The present crisis demands some
thing more than words at this moment
to meet the emergency. 1t demands
MEN. The present hour calls for ac-
ton, energetic and immediate. We
must stop talking and go to doing.
The old ship of State is rocking fear.
fully amid the breakers-she reels and
plunges in the surging waves, with the
raving tempest, shrouded in darkness,
brooding over and around her. Her
cordage are swapping like reeds-her
timbers are strained, and their dismal
creaking is heard anon amid the crash
ing of the storm. 1t is in our power
TO save her. Shall it be done. Or,
shall we lay supinely on our backs and
allow this glorious Republic to totter
to its fall. Will patriots sleep, and al
low hostile, savage foes to destroy the
best Government on the face Of Gods
green earth? Shall we sleep on and
see these devils in human form invade
our capital, our cities, our villages, our
HOMES? God forbid. Men, patriots,
christians, let us sleep no longer.
The North with its immense resour-
ces of men and money has the power
to crush the rebellion, though it were
double its present proportions. Let us
then exhibit that power that the rebels
may see it-that all the world may see
it-and learn how hopeless is their
cause. Let the North be as earnest in
crushing the rebellion as the South is
in sustaining it, and The year 1862 will
witness the restoration of the country
to lasting peace.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31

SIXTY DAYS WARNING.-In pursn-
ance of the sixth section of the ICON
fiscation Act. recently passed by Con-
gress, the President, on Saturday last,
issued his proclamation warning all
traitors or active svmpatizers with or
abettors of the rebellion, that unless
they return to their allegiance to the
Government of the United States with,
in sixty days after date, their property
will be seized wherever found or when
ever within reach of its officers and
agents, and confiscated to the Govern.
ment.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
DETROIT AwAKE.-There was al

DETROIT AWAKE. was an
immense meeting of the citizens Of De-
troit, at Campus Martins, on Tuesday
evening the 18th. Mayor Duncan pre-
sided. Eloquent speeches were made
by Hon. William A. Howard, S. Romeyn
and Ii. A. Morrow. A series of patri-
otto resolutions was passed, .inclnding
one "that it be earnestly recommended
to the board of supervisors of Wayne
county to pay the families of volunteers
S15 month during the time such vol.
unteer may remain in the service also
that the citizens of Detroit should raise
a fund of SIS, 700, the same to be under
a committee appointed for that pur-
pose, to be given as bounty to the
families of the men who shall enlist.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
rw-There are now eight naval We

WThere are now eight naval yes
sells, modelled after the celebrated Mon
itor, in progress of construction for the
Government. One of these is at Har-
rison Loring's works, South Boston ;
one at the Atlantic works, East Boston:
three at Greenpoint, n. Y. !; two at
Chester, Pa, and one at Philadelphia.
The last six vessel are built under the
Ericsson contract, entered upon in
M arch. The Boston contracts were
made in May, and the vessels are to be
completed by the middle of September.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
War Bulletin.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON. July %.

GENERAL ORDER No. Thereafter
no guards will be placed over private
houses or private property of any de-
scription whatever. Commanding of
ficers are responsible for the conduct
of the troops under their command,
and the articles of war and regulations
of the army provide ample means for
restraining them to the full extent re-
quired for discipline and efficiency.
Soldiers were called into the field to
do battle against the enemy, and it is
not expected that their force and ener-
gy shall be wasted in the protection of
private property of those most hostile
to the government. =
No soldier serving in this army shall
hereafter be employed in such service.
By commando Maj. Gen. Pore.
(Signed) GEO. d. RUGGLEs. Col. A.
A. q. and Chief of Staff.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31
How Governor Yates Proposes to Treat


Traitors.
A few days ago Gov. Yates received
letter in which the writer complained
that traitors in his town had cut down
the American flag, and asking what
ought to be done in the premises. The
governor promptly wrote him to "shooi
such offenders down and / will pardon
you for the offense." We give the let
ter below:
STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVES DEPARTMENT,
SPRINGFIELD, July Is, 1862.
john w. BoswoRTH, Oskaloosa, Ill
Dear SRI have just received
yours of tn 10th July, in which you
say that the pole from which foated
the stars and stripes on the Fourth OF
July, was cut down by secessionists,
and that at a picnic which You are to
have it is threatened that the flag shall
be taken down, and you ask me wheth-
err you would he justi6able in defending
the flag with fire arms?
/ am astOnished at this question.
As much SO as if you were to ask me
whether you would have a right to de-
fend your property against robbers or
your life against murderers.
You ask me what you shall do? ]
reply do not raise the American flag
merely to provoke your secession neigh
bors-do not be on the aggressive
but whenever you raise it on your own
soil, or on the public property of the
State or county, or at any public cele-
bration, from honest love to that flag,
and patriotic devotion to the country
which it symbolizes, and any traitor
dares to lay his unhallowed hand upon
it to tear it down, then ! say shoot him
down as you would dog, and l will
pardon you for the offense.
RICHARD YATES, Governor.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31

Congress has perfected and passed a
most important bill, rccasting the judi
cial districts which are presided over
by different Justices of the Supreme
Court. These districts will hereafter
stand as follows:
In. England (mosD Justice N.
Clifford.
lin. York and Verm't Justice S.
Nelson,
IU...Penn'a and N. j., Justice r. c.
Grier.
IV...Del., Md, Va, and N. c. Ch
j. r. b. fancy.
VS.. c., Ca, Fla, Ala, Miss. JUS
]. M. Wayne.
Villa, Tex, Ark, KY, Tenn. Jus.
Jno. Catr0n.
VII. Ohio and Indiana. Just. N
II. Swayne.
WILL. Mich, Wis, illinois,
IX...Mo., Ia, Kan, MINI. Jus. \ S
F. Miller.
Nominated by President Lincoln.
1t is understood that Senator Brown
ing and Judge David Davis-both o
Illinois-are candidates for the Justice
ship for the With District. TIL,
names of William A. Howard of Mich
igan, and Senator DoOlittle of Wiscon
sin, will probably also receive consider
ton.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31

HARD.-It is said that the family of
Hon. Mr.. Wickliffe, the Union. mem
Der of Congress from Kentucky, has
entirely deserted him on account of his
adherence TO the Union cause. Three
of his sons are in the rebel army, his
two daughters, one married to Judge
Merrick, formerly of w Washington, and
the other to Senator Yulee, have given
him up, and even his wife declares that
she cannot side with him, and will new
er again cross the Ohio.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-31

@- Henderson, Kentucky, has been
re-occupied by Union troops. The
guerrillas, with two exceptions,
escaped.
A strong force, organized upon war
principles, have been advanced into
Kentucky to hunt down the marauders
in that section. Two prominent fea-
lures of this expedition are: l. The
troops are to subsist on the property OF
sympathizers. 2. No prisoners are to
be taken. Under these rules, the guer-
rilla bands will speedily disapper.