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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-10-29

The recent battle has proved, by a
fiery ordeal, the qualities of General
Rosecrans's subordinates. 1t has
shown the wisdom of the commanding
general in selecting as bis trustiest ad-
wiser Major General George H. Thomas.
So long ago as before the battle of MUIR
freesboro' it was noticed that Rosecrans,
who is not given to consulting with his
generals, constantly advised with
Thomas and he has continued on
relations of the closest intimacy with
this officer, for, whom he had, indeed,
cherished feelings of admiration long
before the war. He said one day last
winter: George HI. Thomas is a
man of extraordinary character. Years
ago, at the Military Academy, l con-
ceived there were points of strong re.
semblance between his character and
that of Washington. was in the
habit of calling him General Washing
ton" Events have justified all the
confidence of Rosecrans. Pap
Thomas" as the soldiers (who love
him) call him, saved the army in the
late desperate battle his iron deter
mination and pertinaeity threw back
the enemy when all seemed lost.
What Rosecrans himself did at Stone
river, that Thomas did on the Chicka.
manga after his chief had been swept
: from the field. 1t is not every army
which has two such men as Rosecrans
and Thomas as its leaders. When the
chief was carried away, in the flight of
McCook's corps, Thomas, who re-.
NAMED in command on the field was
fully aware of ali the plans and homes
!, of Rosecrans, and was thus able to toll.
low out without interruption what
Rosecrans bad been forced to leave
~ Y Zoe. Post.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-10-29
Ayers sarsaparflla

Is compounded from the most efectual anti
dotes that medical science has discovered fef
this affecting distemper and for the cure Of tie
disorders it entails That it is far superior t.
any other remedy yet devised. is known by al
who have given il a trial. That it does COM
bine virtues truly extraordinary in their effect
upon this class of complaints, is indisputahly
proven by the great multitude of publicly
known and remarkable cures it has made of
the following diseases Kings Evil or
Glandular Swellings, Tumors, Erup-
lions, Pimples, Blotches and Sores, Ery-
sipelas, Rose or st. Anthony's Fire, Salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Coughs from tu-
berculous deposits in the lungs, White
Swellings, Debility, Dropsy, Neuralgia,
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Syphilis and
Syphilitic Infections, Mercurial Diseases,
Female Weaknesses, and, indeed, the whole
series of complaints that arise from -impurity
of the blood Minute reports of individual
cases may be found in AYERS AMERICAN
ALMANAC, which is furnished to the druggists
for gratuitous distribution, wherein may be
learned the directions for its use, and some Of
the remarkable cures which it has made when
all other remedies had failed to afford relief.
Those cases are purposely taken from all sec
tons of the country, in order that every reader
may have access TO some one who can speak %
him of its benefits from personal experience.
Scrofula depresses the vital energies, and thus
leaves its victims far more subject to disease
and its fatal results than are healthy constlfu-
tons. Hence it tends to shorten, and does
greatly shorten, the average duration of human
life. The vast importance of these considers
tons has led us TO spend years in perfecting 9
remedy which is adequate to its cure. This
we now offer to the public under the name of
AYERS SARsAPARILLA, although it is COM
posed of ingredients, some of which exceed the
best of SmsapariHd in alternative power. BY
its aid you may protect yourself from the suffer-
ing and danger of these disorders. Purge out
the foul corruptions that rot and tester in the
blood; purge out the causes of disease, and
vigorous health will follow. By its peculiar
virtues this remedy stimulates the vital func-
tons, and thus cxpels the distempers which
Turk within the system or burst out on any
part of it.
We know the public have been deceived BY
many compounds of !Sarsaparilla, that promised
much and did nothing but they will neither be
deceived nor disappointed in this. Its virtues
have been proven by abundant trial, and there
remains no question of its surprising excellence
for the cure of the affecting diseases it is in
tended to reach Although under the same
e name, it is a very different medicine from any
| other which has been before the people, and
5 far more efectual than any other which hal
,, ever been available to them
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-10-29
From All the Year Round.
Twilight Dosing.


You sang the olden songs, and sadly dreaming,
1 lay and listened, while you thought slept;
And if the tears from my eyelids streaming
You saw them not--and so freely wept.
Round us the silent. shadowy night was stealing
You we're q voice alone within the dark
And from life's hardened crust a tender feeling
Broke, like blossom through the rugged bar<.
You were again young, blushing maiden,
: Who leaned upon my breast and breafhed OIL
q sssi love;
And I, no more with disappointments laden,
Seemed as of yore beside you in the grove.
The sky above us was serenely tender,
The moon shone softly, cleaning thro' the trees
Clasped heart to heart in Loves complete surren
~ 81 der, tii thfyIJ
Life seemed an island in enchanted seas.
Dim longings. vague desires, like breath from
Heaven, .st s..i,
Thrilled ell our being with strsnge unrest,
And all the finest things tina. God hath given,
Trembled TO voiceless music in the breast.
Your hands electric fire again ran through me;
l breathed the hyacinth ordor of your hair:
Your soul in long, sweet kisses chung unto me,
Till Loves full rapture we could scarcely BEAR
Your voice had ceased. ct still around me flui
tered
The visions that your songs had raised in me
When Jones ?" cried James; "Curse Jones
muttered;
And you. Bring in the lights tits time fc
teaY
Iwas again an old, hard hearted sinner, -
And you were fifty, and you wore acap;
Laughing, you said to Jones, AFTER his dinner,
You see, the old man liks to take his nap
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BOOE AGENTS W ANTER

W Sell by subscription an excellent ILLusrRA
a TED History OF THE REBELLION, which is al
ready brought down 10 the fall of Vicksburg and
Port Hudson 1t is in both English and German.
Samples now ready. Every family wants such a
work, and industrious men do an excellent business
with it. Also agents for OTHER teautifslv iVus.
trated and rapid selling works For ciTculars.
Main ST., Cincinnati Ohio. =,
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FARM FOR SALE.

CITUATED two miles east and one mile south
- of KELLER CENTER, Van Buren, county
containing so Acres, 40 improved, Including Il
acres of meadow.
Upon the Farm is an apple orchard of $50 trees
and fifty bearing Peach Trees.
The above farm will be so sold at bargain pos
session given at any time. For further particu
lars enquire of the Subscriber on the premises.
CYRUS TUTHILL.
Keller, ApriEth, 1868. apr9-5Itf
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Attachment Notice,

NOTICE is hereby gwen, that a writ of attach
IN ment issued from the Circuit Court for the
County Of Cass on the fourtet nth day of July, A.
ID. 1868. against the goods, chaitels lands and ten
ements of Henry ID Fletcher, returnable on the sew
enteenth day of August of the same year, in which
Lucy A. Fletcher Plaintiff and Henry d. Fletcf
err was Defendant for the sum of six hundred dol
lars.
Dated this Slst day of August, A. d. 1868.
seplO-2lw6
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-10-29

W Chickamanga, the name of the
creek on which the bloody battles were
{ fought, means, in the Cherokee tongue,
Dead Mans River
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-10-29

contamination is variously caused by mercurial
disease, low living, disordered digestion from
unhealthy food, impure air, filth and filthy
habits. the depressing vices, and, above all, BY
the venereal infection. Whatever be its Origin,
II is hereditary in the constitution, descending
" from parents to children unto the third and
nod of Him who saws, " will visit the iniqui.
ties Of the fathers upon their children" fha
diseases which it originates take various nance,
according to the organs it attacks. In the
lungs, Scrofula produces fubercless ana nnaatk
Consumption in the glands, swellings wnlch
suppurate and become ulcerous sores IN tne
stomach and bowels, arrangements which pro-
duce indigestion, dyspepsia, and liver com
plants; on the skin, eruptive and cufaneoas
affections. These ali having the same origin,
require the same remedy, viz publication and
inauguration of the blood. Purify the blood
and these dangerous distempers leave you
With feeble, foul, or corrupted blood, you csn.
not have health; with that life of the flesh ~
healthy, you cannot have scrofulous disease.
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FOR SALEl

THE Subscribers offer for sale, their
Steam . q W.MiJlL
situated in Berrien Township, 10 miles from Niles.
~ from Dowagiac, and from Pokagon.
The premises consist of six acres of land, held
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The Engine is VERY SUPERIOR one OF
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Inc Mil is geared and so arranged as to accom-
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sible economy of
TIME, LABOR, AND EXPENSE.
Attached is convenient and effective
Lath~ Machineryy
.oi unere are two dwellings, with well, cisterp
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The location is unsurpassed. being in finely
to three markets. e4""''y 'on'e nien'
The property will be sold low on a.co,o,,
terms. or exchanged for other property
A. VANUXEN. IA RApNpv
Dowagiac, Oct. Is, 1868. esws
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THE peculiar faint or
infection which we call
ScRoFULA Turks in
the constitutions Of
multitudcs of men.
either produces or 10
produced by an en-
feebled, vitiated state
of the blood, wherein
that fluid becomes IN
competent to sustain
1.-THE vital forces in their
! vigorous action, and
leaves the system TO
fall into disorder and
decay. The ecrofi1I0u8
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The Right to Speak.

II go
1t is the ancient and undoubted prero-
gative of this people to canvass public
measures and the merits Of public men.
It is ''home bred right 6reside privi-
lege. 1t hath ever been enjoyed in every
house, cottage, and cabin in the nation.
1t is not to be drawn in controversy. II
is as undoubted as the right of breathing
the AIR or walking.on the earth. Belong
ing to private life as a right, it belongs to
public life as a duty, and it is the last
duty which those whose representative |
am shall find me to abandon. Aiming at
all times to be comteous and temperate in
its use, except when the rightitselfisques-
toned. ] shall place myselfon the.extreme
boundary Of my right, and bid defiance to
any arm that would move me from my
ground. 0 Ss3a
The high constitutional privilege shall
defend and exercise, within this Heuse,
and in all places; in times of peace, and at
all, times. Living, shall assert it; and
should leave no other inheritance to my
children. by the blessing of God I will
leave them the inheritance of free princi-
pies, and the example of a manly, indepen-
dent and constitutional defense Of them
DANIEL WEBSTER eaasa 9fe5 =
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The Trouble in Dayton-scy-
.ssNs eral Persons Killed az


We learn from gentleman who arrived
in the city at about half past nine o'clock
last evening, on the train direct from
Dayton. that the excitement in that city
still continued. No further destruction
Of property had taken place since Tues.
day night; but on that night and yesterday
morning some four or five persons had
been Killed and others wounded. All
ordinary business was suspended yester-
day, and general confusion and disorder
prevailed. People came into the city
from the, country, and crowds of men and
women were constantly upon the streets.
Fights and cmuetes of various kinds spread
constant terror and alarm.
The military were busy during the day
yesterday in making arrests. ltwas said
they had list of two hundred persons
who were marked for arrest. The persons
arrested were placed confinement in the
jail and market house. At the time oul
inif;ormsnt left sixty -oue persons had been
arrested, among whom were the Mayor o'
Dayton and Mr. Logan, editor of the
Empire. When Dayton would be restored
to her normal condition of quiet and good
order, we regret to add, seemed to oul
informant somewhat doubtful Ohit
Statesman.
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= Some fighting occurred above Freder-
icksburg, believed to have been an unsuc-
cessfar attempt to prevent Longstreet
moving up. @ ~ ~
Sedgwick was hotly engaged all Mon
day, the rebels pressing him at all points,
and his men were obliged to give way to
overwhelming masses of rebels, and his
discontinue seemed certain, whena YER
mont brigade made a ferocious charge,
them and securing the safety of
that portion of the army. The slaughter
of the enemy here near Banks ford was
horrible, whole brigadcs Of rebels being
wiped out. 'Sedgwick, however, recrossed
the river in the face of the enemy after
midnight, the enemy raking our brigades
with artillery, causing great loss of life.
He succeeded in getting across in COM
paratively good order, and marched i'm
mediately to the U. S. ford to join Hook
er's main army. e
Eongstreets forces are not with Lee,
but are between Richmond and Suffolk. q
Gen. Hooker, in answer to question
from the President Monday night, said
the matter of retaking Fredericksburg by
the rebels was Of no consequence. Gen.
Hooker keeps his lines of communication
clear; ammunition and rations 60 forward
freely, Notwithstanding the desperate at
tempts of the rebels to take Banks ford
to cut our line of supplies as
Beauregard reached Richmond with
some forces from Charleston, and had
taken command Of the defenses around
| Richmond. b3
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NEW YoRK, May 5.-The Post prints
the following. The following is the latest
from Gen. Hooker's army just received
from Washing gton:
The battle of Sunday was renewed
Monday morning. Tho enemy appeared
to have forces equal in. number to our own,
and his successive attacks were made with
desperate spirit.
- he destraetien-of the railroad bridges
over the Massaponox and Matapony creeks
south Of Fredericksburg, has certainly
been accomplished, and the road to Rich
mond is thus cut off from the enemy.
Eight hundred prisoners, including one
entire regiment (the 23d; Georgia. were
brought to Washington this morning and
marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to
Olda Capitol prison. Their appearance
was the subject Of universal comment and
remak. They were well and comfortably
clad, and not one looked as though he had
not had enough to eat. Two officers
Major General Evans, of South Carolina
and Brigadier General whose name was
not learned, were prominent among the
number. Evans was in command at Lees
burg during the Balls Bluff battle
There is a ,rumor current that Gen
Stoneman has captured Gordonsville. q
The Washington Republican, in post
script yesterday afternoon, says: Our ad
vices up to noon to day are that the vic
tory Of Gen. Hooker's army is more com
pletc than was at first supposed. All tha
the most sanguine could hope for has beer
realized. We congratulate the army ant
country upon this most important success
| There are facts connected with this move
ment which cannot at present be stated
but when it is completed they will develop
themselves and be appreciated
/ The Bulletin has issued an extra con
tanning news from to-day's Washington
papers. Gen Fitz Hugh Lee is a pris
oner in Washington. There is reported
I capture Of over FIVE thousand prisoners.
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Rebels Retake Fredericksburg
Arriuing for Hooker.

=.
PHILADELPHIA May 6.-The Enquirer
contains the following from Washington:
News from Hooker is conflicting and
'meagre. Government is not permitting
news to be divu1ged regarding operations
about Fredericksburg. It is generally
agreed that the rebels have re-occupied
Fredericksburg and hold the town. The
heights below are jointly occupied by us
and the rebels. The portion Of the heights
occupied by us Sunday morning, were re-
taken after desperate resistance, by fresh
reinforcements from Longstreets corps.
The fighting Monday was not general
or sanguinary, as anticipated. 1t was
thought Tuesdays battle would be decis-
i've. The impression among passengers
from Aqua creek was, that Hooker would
hold his own,
News very indefinite up to Tuesday 9
o'clock P. NJ, beyond the fact that many
thousands on both sides were killed and
wounded, and the fight had been in pro-
gress since last Wednesday, 1t was also
thought that although the rebels re-occu.
py Fredericksburg, it was part of Hook.
er's plaa-they'd either be bagged or an
nihilated. el
New York, May The Tribune.
correspondent from Falmouth Tuesday
morning says: The rebels have regainec
Fredericksburg. but cannot hold it. The
rebels are thought to have pontoons, bu
measures have been taken to prevent /;
raid across the river. 90 ~ -s5s
o. News from the extreme right is salts
factory. Heintzelman is said to be nea
with reinforcements from Washington.
h A Washington correspondent say
|. Hooker took from six to fifteen thousant
prisoners, and lost about six thousand
Hooker reports in good position.
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New Yonk, May e.-The following

NEW YoRK, May 6.-The following
is from the Herald's extra: 81
Our messengers from Hooker's army
bring details Of his movements to Monday
night, and Of the movements of Sedgwick
to two clock Tuesday morning. Hooker
maintailied his new line at the edge of the
woods short distance north of Chancel-
loryille, crossing the main road leading
to the U. s. Ford, without important
change. There was no fighting there
until late Monday afternoon, when a di
vision of the 9th corps advanced toward
fredericksburg, meeting the rebel skir-
mishers in the woods and driving them
back. The main body pushed on, meet
ing large bodies of rebels in double line
of battle. "A half hours heavy fighting
ensued, our batteries compelling the reb-
els to fall back in disorder. The division
then returned to our main line and rested,
having ascertained the eneny's position.
Hooker on Sunday night and Monday
intrenched. himself, and is abundantly
able to resist any rebel attack. s -"
From Gen. Sedgwick s corps the Herald
prints the followaNg dn Substance: 1T APP
pears after the great struggle of Sunday,
Zee detached a large body'to meet Sedg-
wick. Itswas known Longstreet was rap
/ idlygetting in Sedgwick rear atthe same
time. EARLY Monday morning large mas
ses of rebels appeared on the heights east
of Fredericksburg, where Hooker had but
small force, having sent large portion
to strengthen Sedgwick. The position
mo- g rnli nuuishod altar a short re sista nca
having first removed all the guns. says
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From IaOOkerss Army.

New YORK, May 6.-The Tribune's
correspondent with Hooker, writing Mon
day morning, says: The guns are already
laundering on our left. 1t is believed to
day will prove the most disastrous to the
rebels. over six thousand rebel prisoners
have been brought in. They report that
jackson is in command of the rebel army,
and that -reinforcements have been sent
them from North Carolina aud the Peui-
nsula. Our loss is heavy. Gen. Hill was
killed. ni9 4s 7o4.a4s
li Another correspondent with Sedgwick's S
division, dating Monday morning, says:
The battle opened at daylight and is still
going on, on. the hill at the extreme-lett.
Gibbons's division OF the second corps re-
turned to Falmouth last night, and Hill S
brigade has gone eyer.i All non combat
ants are leaving except surgeons. The
cracking OF musketry near US, and rife
pits are even being erected on our side of
the river to protect bridges. H.. r;s5
The Times correspondent with Hooker,
writing Sunday night, says: Gen. How
ard has been reorganizing the 11th corps,
which has been placed on duty again.
Gen.. Averill with his cavalry command,
reported to Hooker Sunday evening, hav-
ing been as far south as kapidan station,
where they destroyed bridge on the Or
ange and Alexandria railroad, and drove
Lee and Stuart oU of Culpepper. Aver
i'll has received instructions to perform
further important work ,ar
The Times correspondent with Sedg-
wick gives further details Of the Freder-
ieksburg fight, but nothing new except a
postscript of Monday forenoon, stating
that considerable body of rebels made
their appearance below Fredericksburg
marching on that place to gain position
in the rear OF Sedwick's 5 corps. This force
was judged to be Longstreets but his at
tempt to retake the hills was unsuccess-
full. .ts .sH 10
The Worlds correspondent, dating ten
o'clock Monday morning. says: Sedgwick
has pressed on ntoward Hooker. Gibbons
division isleft to- guard the heights in the
rear Of Fredericksburg. They have been
attackedeby the rebels in large force, and
are in danger of losing their position and
abandoning Fredericksburg altogether,
g The Herald correspondent Monday
night, says: Heavy firing in the direction
of Chancellorville has been continued all
day There has been great battle there.
Large reinforcements had arrived to the
enemy, apparently from Richmond.
The whereabouts Of Stoneman, is un-
known, but if any disaster happened, to
him we would have heard of it from the
enemy. 949 aH
q
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Hooker I'm Possession Q
Fredericksbul.g.

New YORK, May 4, Is:a0A. M.-Ths
Tribune has just isued an extra as fol-
Isws: M
Our news by mail from the Rappahan-
mock is up to Sunday morning. At that
time our lett wing was in possession OF
Fredericksburg aud Of the first line OF
redoubts on the hill behind it, and was
feeling its way to the second line. The
river was crossed, and the redoubts carried
with great ease and very slight loss of life.
The rebels had marched away in the dIrec-
ton OF Chancellorville to attack our right
wing there posted, leaving at first ten
Thousand, but subsequently, not more than
five to seven thousand in their works, as
was ascertained by reconnaissance from
Loves balloon. ,rf eo,-.gy 1.fq,
A great portion of our Falmouth batter
les were engaged on Sunday with rebel
batteries, firing across the river and city
| Firing both of musketry and cannonading
on the right. in the direction of Chancel-
loryille, was very heavy. The enemy had
been forced to fight on ground Of Hooker
choosing, as he promised his soldiers,
/ 1t was believed in both wings thai
Stoneman's expedition to cut the railroad
between the rebels and Richmond hao
proved successful, thus cutting off the only
path of retreat. ,fr5.,
So confident was Hooker at Falmouth
of success, that in conformity with his or
! ders a force had already commenced tt
rebuild bridge over the Rappahannook
Troops in finest spirits, and everything
looks propitious. $500 o,....
NEW YoRK, May 4.-The Herald ha
AN extra, giving dates to II A. NJ. Sunday
stating that rebel stores near Fredericks
burg and Stonemsn's station were burned
and giving rumors that our right captured
sixteen pieces of artillery; that the Irisl
Brigaed took three rebel batteries; tina
our cavalry were tearing up the railroad
track. and destroying rebel property, AM
that We advanced one mile yesterday ant
were still driving the rebels with grea
slaughter. At II heavy eannonading Wa
heard on the right.