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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-24
xXXVII Congress First Session
Washington, Jan. %.
SENATE.

| Mr.. Harris offered an amendment that
the Law shall not be so construed rs to
require any witness to testify to any fact
which will tend to criminaie himself
Lost by yeas 10, nays u. The original
bill then passed.
Mr.. Wade, from the Committee on
| Conduct of the War, reported a bill
authorizing the President to take possess
sion of certain Railroads and telegraph
lines. Referred
Mr.. Bright's case came up.
Mr.. Davis spoke on the rebellion in
strong terms, calling it stupendous
wickedness. In conclusion he argued
that the Senate had right to expel any
member, for good cause.
The subject was not concluded. Af-
ter executive session, adjourned.
Washington, Jan. %.
HousK.-Mr. Blake from the Postoffice
ComWlttee, reported bill 10 establish a
postal money order system. The consid-
Grafton was postponed.
Mr.. Stevens, from the Committee of
Ways and Means, reported the naval APP
preparation bill.
Mr.. Elliott, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported bin authorizing the
President to appoint Light House Inspect
ors for any Of the Light Houses on the
coast, during and for one year after the
continuance Of the present rebellion
Passed
Mr.. Kellogg. of Illinois, from the Com
mittee on Judiciary, reported bill author
sizing the Secretary of the Treasury 10
settle with States for supplies furnished
their troops called out to aid in the sup.
preston of the rebellion. The considera-
ton of this was postponed
Mr.. Mallory, from the Committee on
Roads and Canals, reported bill for
military and mail Railroad from Kentucky
to Tennessee.
Tha House went into Committee of the
Whole and took up the military academy
bill. -
SENATE.-Mr. Howard presented a
joint resolution from the Legislature Of
Michigan, in fator Of an exchange of
prisoners, with special reference to COL
Wilcox. Referred.
Mr.. Wilson presented a remonstrance
from the underwriters, ship owners and
Others Of BostoO against any measure.
which will impair the efficiency of the
coast survey. -
Mr.. Hale called uptbe resolution in re-
gard to Ward Fl. Lamtn, Marshal Of the
District of Columbia, declaring that in
the order he (Iamon) transmitted to the
Senate he is guilty Of contempt of the
Senate, and thst the Secretary Of the
Senate report the resolution to the Presi
dent. The resolution was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Wilson, the bill for
the completion of the defences of Wash
ingtep -was taken up. The question be-
ing on the amendment, providing that the
forcing of safeguards be punished with
death. it was agreed to. The bill was
then SO amended as to provide that no
work shall hereafter be commenced on the
deiences, when it was passed
On motion Of Mr. Wilson the bin to
increase the clerical force of the War and
Navy Departments, with the amendment
sss me 4, from n,. the House. TO-
The case of Mr.. Bright was 1hen taken
up.
Mr.. Davis concluded his remarks Of
yesterday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-24
EHO N KANSAS.

Leayepworth, Jan. 81.
The 18th Wisconsin Infantry, Colonel
Mordency, arrived here to-day for Lanes
column. Other regiments are expected
soon. Uhothihala, Chief of the Union
Indians, is here to confer with General
Hunter. Col. Jennison's Regiment of
Cavalry is ordered TO the Indian country.
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From Port Royal.
New York. Jan. %.

When the Atlantic left Port Royal 10th
inst, military affnirs we're II sfdta quo
No forward movement had taken place.
The British gunboat Racer arrived
here this morning from Bermuda states
that the Rinaldo arrived there on the Ilth
and sailed for St. Thomas with Mason
and Hlidell on board. The Atlantic
brings 1926 bales nnginued, and 63
bales Of ginned cotton on board and b
large number Of passengers.
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Washington, Jan. %.

The following named Consuls have
ceen confirmed:
Daniel Evans, of Illinois, at Bilboa
Richard G. Hanna, Of Indiana, at Santan-
der H MeGhesney, Of Illinois, at
Newcastle; Isaiah Thomas, Of Illinois, at
Algiers Geo Fisher, of California, at
Kanagahwa; VIM. R.::Williams, Of Chic,
Mt Para Jas. Van Dor, of Wisconsin, at
Tahiti ; Carl J. Grady, Of Wisconsin, at
Porsyund Hiram Tuttle, of Wisconsin, a,
Montevideo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-24
MISSOURI TROOPS.

st. Louis, Jan. Y
A report by Adjutant General Hard
ing TO Gov. Gamble, shows that thirty
three thousand eight hundred and eighty
TWO Missouri troops have entered the fed
eral service for three years or the war,
Of which 20, 900 are Infantry, 800 artil-
lery and 600 cavalry. The number of
militia organized under the Governors
call for six months men was upwards of
5000.
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BurnsIde,s Fleet.
Fort Monroe. Jan. 2(

There has been no arrival from the
Burnside feet as yet. The Norfolk Day
book of Wednesday has a5dispatch dated
Goldsboro' Jan 2lst, 4 p. m. announc-
ing that 100 vessels of the Burnside ex-
dition are inside Pamlico Sound and &c
steamers outside. No attack had been
made, but the women and children were
leaving Newberne, where fight is ex.
paotau 10 take place.
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own story therewa no possible outrage
or indigni,y to which she was not SUBJ
jected.
The Norfolk papers make no mention
of any reports circulated by rebels that
some of Gen'l Burnside vessels had been
driven ashore
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r Fights

-
by this route, Froigh,s OF all descriptions be
forwarded from Philadelphia, New YORK, BeA,on ar
Baltimore, to or from any point on the Railroads
Of Ohio, Kentucky. Indiana. illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa or Missouri, BY RAILROAD DIRECT.
The Pennsylvania Railroad also connects at Pitts
burg with Steamers. BY which Goods can be 70 rward-
Cd TO ANY point on the Ohio. Muskingum, Kentucky
sppi, Missouri. Kansas, Arkansas. and Red Rixess;
and at Cleveland, Saudusky aud Chicago with steam
egs 10 alt ports the North-Western Lakes.
Merchants and Shippers entrusting the Transports
tion OF their Freight TO this Company rely with
confidence on its speedy transit.
The Rates of Freight
To and from ans point In the West BY the Peansyl-
vanta Central Railroad. are ut all times AS Pa
voRABLE AS ARE CHARGED BIZ OTHER RAIL-
ROAD COMPANIES.
III Be particular 10 mark packages, "vtA Penn.
X. H.nh
For Freight Contracts Shipping Directions. an-
ply address either OF the Agents the
X. r SASS. ST. Louis, Missouri
ID. A. STEWART Freight Agent, Pittsburgh
CLAhkEG CO, Transfer Agents. !"
II. W. Brown 4 Co, Cincinnati, o.
&c. MELDRUM CO. Madison, lad.
J. Il. MOORE. Louisville, NY.
WV. AIkMAN 4 CO., Evansville, Ind.
CLARK T. Co. Chicago, Ill.
w. II. n X. l.. LANGLEY Gaiipoiis, O.
& b. MAI, Parkersburg, Va.
HALL CO.. Marietta, %.
s. PIERCE T. CO., GAINESVILLE. o.
MCDOWELL X Al COLIN Portsmouth, o.
M'NEELY, Maysvlle, Ky.
j. p. JOHNSON, Ripley %.
JOHN TODD, Coyington, III.
G. L.. HEATON, Cleveland, O.
r. g. MKLpRuM, Gcnr Travelling Ag't for
the South and West.
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FORy PULASKI TAKEN.
New York, Jan. %.
A special correspondence of The Com
mercial has the following:

Hilton Head, S. c., Jan. 20.
A report just comes that Fort Pulaski
has been abandoned by the rebels. Pru
dence was considered on their part the bet
ter part Of valor, 1t was only question
of very short time. as the Fort was SO
roughly made, and would have been taken
in few days. A movement will soon be
made in another direction, and You will
hear enough to satisfy oil croakers, 80 far
at least as this Sherman's expedition is
concerned.
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nv orid' s bispatei

At no time since the army of the Pc
tomac has been organized have the roads
in Virginia been in such bad condition
in consequence Of rain and snow.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
MORTGAGE SALE.

hEFAULT having been made in the condition
L. of a certain indenture of Mortgage, payable
bv installments, executed by Emil Michael, of the
village of Dowagiuc, County of Cass and State of
Michigan, to Daniel NJ Mc0mber, of said village,
County and State, on the fourth day Of May,
A. ID. 1865, and recorded on the thirtieth day of
June in the same year, in the Office of the Register
of Deeds of said County of Cass, in Liber III of
Mortgages pages 592 and 593, on which, said
Mortgage, two installments being now due and
unpaid together with interest on the whole amount
to date there is claimed to be due at the date of
this notice. the sum of one hundred and forty y-four
dollars and sixty eight cents, and suit at law or
in Chancery having been instituted to recover the
same or any part thereof. Therefore, notice is
hereby given, that by virtue of a power of sale
contained in said Mortgage, now become operative,
and in pursuance of the statute in such case made
and provided. the premises therein described, to
wit: All those certain pieces parcels of land
situate, lying aud being in the County of Cass and
State of Michigan, and known and described as
village lots numbers ninety-two (92) and ninty-
three (9S,) in McOmber's addition to the village of
h"wagiac, will be sold at public vendue, at the
west door of tue ..--, Ia O"Ss"Pons, y.
said Com, of Cass, on Saturday, the twen,i
day of April next, aI vIc O'Clock IN the afternoon
of said day, to satisfy the amount then due on
said Mortgage, together with costs OF iorec'os'ns
DANIEL McOMBER, Mortgage.
JAMES SULLIVAN, Attorney for Mortgage.
Dated, january 18th, A. ID. 1862. janl6-39wl4
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MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the payment
IL of one hundred and four dollars and seventy
three cents, claimed to be due at the date OF tins
notice, on Mortgage dated September eleventh,
A. ID. 1860, executed by Edward Simmons and
Anna, his wife, to Perez A. Lee, and recorded
November seventeenth, A. ID. 1860, in the office OF
the Register of Deeds of Cass County, Michigan.
in Liber X of Mortgages, on pages one hundred
and twenty and one hundred twenty-one There
fore notice is hereby given, that the premises
therein described, to wit The north half of the
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter o
section six, in township seven, south OF range
fifteen west containing twenty acres more or less,
and piece of land in section thirteen in township
seven, south of range sixteen west, commencing
six and four onehundreth chains east of the south
west corner of the northwest quarter OF the north
west quarter of said section, thence east along the
line Of said lot eighteen and sixty one-hundreth
chains, thence north eight and sixty one-hundreth
chains to the centre of highway, thence south
sixty-seven degrees west nthe centre.of said high
way twenty and fifty one-hundredth chains to the
place of beginning, including eight acres, in the
County and State aforesaid, will be sold at the
Court House, in Cassapolis in said County, on the
twenty sixth day of May next, at one O'Clock r. NJ
PEREZ A. LEE, Mortgagee.
CHARLES w. CLIspEE, Attorney for Mortgagee
Dated, March 4. 1862. marc 46wl2
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. Tho fo,,ow;no extract ia from

w The following extract is from
Artemus Wards lecture on "the Chill
dren in the Woods:" '.''''
Advertising for wife is about an
absurd as getting measured for an um-
brelIa. 1t is absurd-it is mean-and
suspect that the most of those fell
lows who adopt that method of sc.
curing domestic bliss ought to hammer
stone in some well-regulated peniten-
tiary. Once in while, however, there
may be a simple-minded but unfortu-
nate young man among these adver-
Users, and to him the lecturer would
say, why advertise ? There is proba-
bly, some young lady of your acquaint-
ance, for whom you have a certain re-
gard. Why not 60 to her boldly and
tell her there is a commodious apart.
ment TO let in your heart, with board.
If you get the mitten do not despair,
but charge elsewhere for another nit.
ten. You may as well have a pair of
mittens. One mitten is of no possible
use. / know of young man out
West who has got mittens enough to
go peddling, and he is yet healthy,
"Don't be bashful young man. Don't
be like the young person who rode ten
miles in a sleigh with pretty girl one
bright moonlight night, with the intep-
tion of popping the question, bat all he
said was: at is quite moony tonight" !"
Yes." she replied, "muehly." And
there wasn't another word said,
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the condition
IL of certain indcnture of Mortgage, executed
by Charles w. Russey, of Cass County, Michigan,
to Azel A. Fuller, of said County, on the second
dav of March, A. ID. 1859. and recorded March Sd,
1859, in the office Of the Register of Deeds of Cass
County, Michigan, in l.iber FL of Mortgages, on
pages 363 and 364, on which said Mortgage there
Is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, the
sum of one hundred and nineteen dollars and
twenty cents and no suit at law having been in
stituted to recover the same or any part thereof:
Therefore, notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of power of sale contained in said Mortgage now
become operative, aud in pursuance of the statute
in such case made and provided, the premises
therein described, to wit Lot number thirty, in
the first survey Of the village of Vandalia, Cass
County. Michigan. will be scid ut public veno9e al
the west door of the Court House in Cassapoiis IN
said County of Cass, Monday, the twenty eighth
day of April next. at the hour OF one O'Clock IN
the Afternoon, to satisfy the amount then due on
said Mortgage, together with the costs OF fore
closing the same.
.. -ffe AZEL A. FULLER, Mortgage
AxDREu J. SMITH, Attorney for Mortgagee
Dated February, 8 1862. febS-42wl2
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
MORTGAGE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made in the condition
IL of Mortgage, executed by Frank Powell and
Mary POWELL his wife, to Samuel G. Vary, since
deceased bearing date the 23d day of April, A. ID.
1861, and recorded in the office of the Register OF
Deeds for the County of Cass and State of Michi.
gan, in Liber Ii of Mortgages, on pages 4S9 and
400, on the 27th day of April aforesaid, on which
there is claimed be due ut the date of this notice
the sam of (s33s.29,) three hundred and thirty
eight dollars and twenty mine cents, to recover
which no suit or proceedings at law have beer
instituted: Now therefore by virtue of power
of sale contained in said Mortgage now operative
the premises described therein, to wit: All thai
certain piece parcel of land situate, lying and
being in the village of Cassapolis. in the County
and State aforesaid, viz: Lot tl5) fifteen, in bloch
) one north and range ) one east. in said village
will be sold at public vendue, at the Court House
in said Cassapois, on Saturday the l4th day o
June A. d. 1862, at the hour of one O'Clock in th'
afternoon, to satisfy the amount due on salt
Mortgage and costs. 81.
w. G. BECKWlTH, Administrator, ant
SARAH VARY, Administrative of
SAMUEL VARY, Deceased.
| d. BLAcKNAS, Attorney.
| Dated, March llth, 1862. marlS-41wl3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
MORTGAGE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made in the conditions
IL of a certain Mortgage, executed by FOrdyce
f. Benjamin, and Harriet NJ, his wife, to Norman
Sage, on the thirteenth day of January, eighteen
hundred and ffty-eight, and recorded May eighth
eighteen hundred and ffty-eight, in the office oi
the Register of Deeds of Cass County, Michigan,
in Liber G of Mortgages, on page five hundred and
seventy five, and the amount claimed to be due on
said Mortgage at this date, being four hundred and
twenty seven dollars and ffty-two cents Therefore
notice is hereby given, that the premises IN said
Mortgage described, to w.t. The north half Of
the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter
of section eight, in township eight south OF range
sold at public vendue, at the front door of the
Court House of said County, on Monday, May
twelfth next, at one o'clock in the afternoon. tt
satisfy the amount then due ON said Mortgage
together with the costs of foreclosure.
| ~ NORMAN SAGE Mortgage
CHARLES w. CLIsBEE, Attorney for Mortgagee.
| Dated, February 18th, 1862 feb2z-44w12
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24

As the telegraph wires have carried the news o
bur hard fought battles and glorious victories owe
he land, thrilling the heart of the nation there ha
been deep undertone of sorrow. Many a fon
mother has in mental agony inquired ref
WHERE Is Ny BOY TO-NlGHT'
o, where is my boy tonight;
The boy who was bravest of all,
He went to the battle of Right,
And said that he feared not to falll
., proud was his step when he went,
And deep was the CLEAN of his eye;
And knew what his young heart meant
When he, falteringly, said g GOODBYE"
o, where is my boy tonight
For know that the strife has begun
That many have fallen in fight,
And glorious victory won!
Does he sleep meath the sod of the slains
Has his proud form given its breath?
o, God is my boy with the slains
Who would only yield to deaths
Be it thus, I've no fears that he sought
To shelter himself from the lead;
For he d spring where it was falling most hot,
To rescue the dying and dead,
feel-but cannot tell why
That fallen he has in the fight;
That God has promoted my boy,
And tempered my soul tonight.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the payment
IL of the sum of one hundred and nineteen
dollars and ninety cents, claimed to be due at the
date of this notice, on Mortgage bearing date
the tenth day of September, A. ID. 1851, executed
by Welcome III. Scribner and Ann, his wife, to
Horace Furnhani, and recorded in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds at Cassapolis, in the County o
Cass and State of Michigan, in Liber of Mort
cages, on page 465, on the 4th DAY of December
A. ID. 1858. Notice is therefore gwen. that II
pursuance of power of sale contained in said
Mortgage and of the statute in such case made
and provided, the premises described in said
Mortgage, to wit: Lot number eighteen, and the
north half of lots fifteen and sixteen, in Edwards
burg, in said County of Cass, will be sold at the
Court House at Cassapolis, in said County of Cass
on the tenth day Of May, A. d. 1862, at IL o'clocl
noon.
:" '-a8sr HENRY II. COOLIDGE, Attorney.
Dated at Cassapols, the first day of February
A ID 1852 febS4 42w14
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Mother, Can i Go 2


A young man from Lyme, Connecticut, employed
in New York, wrote to his mother for permission
to enlist He now belongs TO the Signal Corps in
the Tenth Connecticut Regiment, with Burnside's
Expedition. A friend in New York has thus beau
tifully put his request into verse:
I am writing to you, mother, knowing we'll what
you will say,
When you read with fearful fondness what write
G to you to-day 1ol
part, 5f la iaf ae
That will kindlc with each impulse, with each
throbbiDg of the heart
have heard the country calling for her sons that
still are true; anr ~.
l have loved that country, mother. only next to
God and you
And my soul is sprngng forward to resist her bit
ter foe;
Can go, my dearest mother' tell me, mother,
! can l go?
From the battered walls Of Sumter. from the wild
waves of the sea,
have heard her cry for succor as the voice Of God
In prosperity / loved her-in her days Of dark
distress.
With your spirit in me, mother, could love that
country less?
They have pierced her heart with treason, they
have caused her sons to bleed,
They have robbed her in her kindness, they have
triumphed in her need
They have trampled on her standard, and she call,
me in her woe
Can go, my dearest mothers tell me, mother
can go?
am young and slender, mother,-they would cal
me yet boy,
But know the land live in, and the blessings
enjoy;
I am old enough, my mother, to be loyal, proue
| and true -i
from you.
We must conquer this rebellion; let the doubling
hearts be still
We must conquer it or perish. We must conquer
| and we will
But the faithful must not falter and shall be want
ing! No!
Bid me 60, my dearest mother tell me. mother
| can go?
He who led his chosen people. in their efforts t.
| be free
From the tyranny of Egypt, will be merciful to me
Will protect me by His power, whatso'er under
Will return me home in safety, dearest mother, 70
your sake.
Or should this my bleeding country need yictir
/ such as me,
| am nothing more than others who have perishe
to be free,
On her bosom let me slumber, on her alter let m
die;
| am not afraid, my mother, in so good cause t
die.
There will come day of gladness, when the pee
pie of the Lord
Shall look proudly on their banner, which ii
/ mercy has restored;
When the stars in perfect number, on their azur
field of blue
Shall be clustered into Union, then and ever hrl
may live to see it, mother when the patriots wor
is done,
And your heart, so full of kindness, will bea
: | proudly lot your son;
Or through tears your eyes may see it with sadl.
: thoughtful view,
, And may love it still more dearly for the cost
won from you.
have written to you, mother, with consciou
ness of right
! am thinking of you fondly, with loyal heart t.
night;
5 When have your noble noble bidding which sha
|, tell me to pass on,
l | / will come and kiss you, mother-come and XII
a you, and be gone,
In the sacred name of Freedom, and my Countr
as her due
;. In the name Of Law and Justice, have write
this to you.
am eager, anxious longing to resist my country
foe;
q Shall 10, my dearest mother? tell me, mothe
q shall I Ooe
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
PROBATE NOTICE.

OTATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass Pro
- bate Court,-Notice is hereby given, that aP
plication has been made to said Court, by Elizabeth
Paine, for Dover out of the estate OF Windsor
Paine, deceased 1t is therefor hereby ordered
that the second Saturday in May next be, and the
..:me is hereby appointed for hearing said applica
TO. u ut the Probate office, in Cassapolis, of sait
count, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which
Ilne anu :ace all persons interested in the mattel
may appear nd be heard
IL Is nerepy ordered that the above notice ant
newspaper printed and Circulating IN said Count,
Of Cass. once IN each week for three successiy,
weeks previous to said day of hearing
c. SHANAHAN. Judge Of Probate.
April ii 1852 aplf s2wa
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24

A SARCASTIC WFE.-A husband,
who arrived home at a late hour in the
night, and said to his wife: Don't
look SO cross, love; 1 have been de.
tanned on committee" Wife-"I
don't like those committees / suspect
that" Husband-Gnterrupting her)
-'.just hear that internal catawauling!"
Wite-(sarcastically) -" "Oh. that is
our tom-cat; he's out on committees
l guess" The husband remained
silent the rest of the night.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
SABBATH EVENING.
rw In France the society for tn

gV In France the society Tor tnc
protection of animals does not enjoy
the popular respect which it deserves,
the 'swits" of the capital indulging in
an endless variety Of jokes at its expense.
The last club, presents himself be-
fore the president of the society and
claims the first prize. He is asked to
describe the act of humanity on which
he founded his claim. 81 have saved
the life of a wolf," replied the country
man. 81 might easily have killed him
with this bludgeon and he SWING his
weapon In the air, to the immense dis
comfort of the president. "Rut where
was the wolf ?" inquired the latter
"what had he done to you?" "He had
just devoured my wife," was the quick
reply, The president reflects an in
stant, and then says, "My friend,
am of the opinion that yon have beer
sufficiently rewarded. Frs -