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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
From the Chicago Times.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1863. :
A REVIEW OF THE YEAR.

Every thing indicates that the cam
paign of 1863 has reached its end, and
that for the next four or five months
active operations will not be resumed
upon scale of any great magnitude.
Meade has desisted from the pursuit
of Lee and fallen back to the higher
bank of the friendly Rappahannock
Grant, owing to the necessity of accu.
mulating supplies, and the execrable
character of the mountain roads over
which his advance must necessarily
be made, will not be likely to leave
Chattanooga at preseut. Longstreet,
by the defeat of Bragg, had been com
PEELED to raise the siege of Knoxville
and abandon the project of capturing
East Tennessee; by which quiet pre-
walls at all the prominent points along
the line of Federal operations.
On the first day Of January of the
present year the Federal army, under
Gen. Rosecrans, was burying its dead
which had fallen the day previous in
the tremendous battle of Murfrees-
boro, or as generally termed Stone
River. That same night, Bragg, un-
der cover of darkness, Withdrew his
disheartened forces, and took up q
new line Of occupation upon the south
side of Duck River.
Thus, ut the opening of 1863, the
rebels held, west of the Mississippi all
the country south of the Arkansas riy-
er, and on the east ofthe Father of
Waters, nearly or all, south Of line
which commenced on the river at
Vicksburg, ran up the Yazoo River
to Yazoo City, then run off irregular
ly to tho northeast until it reached
Bragg in Tennessee on Duck river
From this point it continued eartward
including East Tennessee, until it
reached its terminus in the East some
whore not far from Fredericksburg
on the Potomac River. The States
held by the rebels were about one
half OF Arkansas, nearly all of Louisi-
ana, Texas, and Mississippi, all of AL
abama, Georgia, Florida, South and
North Carolina, with trihing excep-
tons, and the west part of Tennessee
and Virginia. The Federal forces
held two hostile southern States Mis-
souri, and Kentucky; held half of Ar
kansas, half Of Tennessee, one-third Of
Virginia, and had effected lodgments
on the coasts of all the othors.
How much have we gained during
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

From time immemorial Friday has
been frowned upon as a day of i'll
omen. And although the prejudice is
less prevalent now than it was of yore
when superstition had general sway,
yet there are many, even in this mat
ter of fact age of ours, who would hes.
itate, on day so inauspicious, to be-
gin an undertaking of momentous i'm
port. How many brave mariners,
whose hearts unmoved could meet the
widest fury Of their ocean home,
would blanch even to bend their sails
on Friday. But to show with how
little reason this feeling is indulged in
ct us note the following facts in our
own history as q nation, and observe
how little we Americans have TO dread
the fatal day:
On Friday, August 3, 1892, Christie
pher Columbus sailed on his great
voyage of discovery. On Friday, Oc-
tober II, 1892, he first discovered land.
On Friday, January 4, 1893. he
sailed on his return to Spain, which,
if he had not reached in safety the
happy result would never have been
known which led to the settlement of
this vast continent.
On Friday, March Is, 1893, he ar
rived at Palos in safety.
On Friday, Nov. 22, 1893, he ar
rived at Hispaniola, ON his second
voyage to America.
On Friday, Nov Z. 1855, Melen-
dez founded st. Augustine the oldest
settlement in the United States by
more than forty years.
On Friday, November 10, 1920, the
Mayhower, with the Pilgrims, made
the harbor of Provincetown and on
the same and signed that august COM
pact, the forerunner of the present
Constitution.
On Friday, December %, 1920, the
Pilgrims made their final landing at
Plymo nth Rock.
On Friday, February %, 1872,
George Washington the father of
American freemen was born.
On Friday, June 16, 1775, Bunker
Hill was siezed and fortified.
On Friday, October Z, 1776, the
surrender of Saratoga was made,
which had such power and influence
nj inducing France to declare for our
On Friday, Sept. -, ITSU, the trea-
son of Benedict Arnold was laid bare,
which saved us from destruction.
On Friday, October 10, 1871, the
surrender of Yorktown, the crowning
glory of American arms.
On Friday, June Z, 1775, the mo-
ton in. Congress was made by John
Adams, seconded by Richard Henry
Lee, that the United Colonies were
and of right ought to be free and in
dependant.
Thus, by numerous examples, we
see that, however it may be with other
nations, Americans need never dred to
begin on Friday any undertaking, no
matter how momentous it NAV be-
Puritan Recorder.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

WHAT WE HAvE.-The following
from the n. Y. Herald, is an excellent
specimen of how good feeling and
genuinely good-natured Yankee talk
er when inclined TO boasting. 1t con-
tains about as much truth rs it lacks
s poetry:
Our discoveries and inventions in
the art of war are changing military
and naval systems of all Europe. We
have guns, against which Notifications
are as fragile as paper, and ships
which are almost inpregnable to the
heaviest shot Pulaski and Sumpter
are battered down off hand and our
monitors shed shot as duck sheds
rain. No European navy is any ac-
count in comparison with our own, and
no European fortress is secure if we
choose to attack it. To take Gibral-
tar would be child's play to the army
and navy which have taken Vicks-
burg. Our first move in a war with
England would be too anchor Dun
dorburg opposite London, and pro
claim our ultimatum of Greek fire OF
instant capitulation.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Sans HooPs. 1t is exceedingly nat
ural for the human species to run to
extremes in everything. 1t is partic-
ularly SO in the matter of fashions
The paraphernalia with which we in
vest these earthly bodies has been got
up in such a variety of shapes that it
must now be exceedingly difficult to
originate anything new. In the des-
perate effort of fertile minds, however,
to accomplish this, themo ridiculous
and fantastic gear has been contrived,
and the fashionable portion of the
community put it on and go into &C.
stacies over its beauties. We speak
particularly of female fashions. AS
the head occupies the place of honor
in the physical system, so the bonnet
has been the crowding glory Of fash
ionable ingenuity. 1t has gone up
and down, stuck in front and tack
ed on behind, gorgeously squashed
out at the sides, and painfully pressed
in from the same quarter. 1t has
been made of every conceivable mate
rial from straw and sheet iron to alli-
gator skin and bark, and has been
"ornamented" with everything to the
latest new sensation of bugs and bull
finches. The time was within our
recollection when all fcmaledom went
mad on the subject of crinolines.-
They expanded fcarfully. No lady of
quality would have the temerity to
venture abroad with diameter any
less than double her height. Now
there is a sudden collapse and decid-
ed tendency toward the other extreme
The gracefully expanded folds of the
skirt ksve shrunk to insignificance
and clung lovingly around the lower
extremities, or flap spitefully at tho
heels. Visions of bean poles attenua-
tod by a persistent course of starvation
rise up like the ghosts of murdered
scarecrows. OF all the styles in which
the "female form divine has been got
up, the fashion of skirts of the scant-
est dimensions is decidedly the latest.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

IN. -Nrssss.-ete I I-e.sss~s- L.~<--,s -,
published, defending the suspension
Of all exchangez until tho rebels give
up their negro prisoners. The only
point he makes is that if we consent
to exchange oil other prisoners, and
defer for the present the question as
to negroes, the rebels ''would not only
be relieved of the burden of maintain
ing our troops, but they would get
back their own men, retaining their
power over the very persons whom we
are solemnly bound to rescue; and
upon whom they could then without
fear of retaliation, carry into execu-
ton the inhuman cruelties they have
so basoly threatened" Solicitor Will
ting knows better than this, and this
is not u matter to play pettifogger in.
If we retain rebel officers and men III
equal numbers to the officers and
men Of our negro regiments now in
their hands, we shall have tho power
of retaliation, and can exercise itwhen-
ever we think best. 1t is not worth
while to muddle so plain case. The
detention of negro troopsby the rebels
is not good reason for refusing to
exchange the thousands of others not
involved in thai question, and no spe-
cial pleading can make it appear SO.
Springfield Republican. r
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

A Herald correspondent writing
from the Army of the Potomac says
Gangs of guerrillns are 10 DO found
prowling about the country on both
of the railroads between here and AL
exandria. Their operations have been
frequently the subject of dispatches.
II is now pretty satisfactdfially nseers
tanned that these gangs are not rebels,
but outlaws. Mosby and White are
still operating in our rear, but the
former is known to be on the south
side of the Rappahannock having
made his appearance in the vicinity Of
Culpepper within few duys, and
White is supposed to be not far away.
The depredations that are making so
much noise of late, are committed be-
tween Warrenton Junction and Man
assas, and artiescommitting them
came from the south side of the track,
where Mosby or White never GO
The impression now prevails among
those best informed, that these depre-
dations are simply desvtrs from oar
o~n arn,y--rascas ,eho hare enlisted SIM
ply for ral'dnos purposes, and now find
an open field for their operations.-
They are well mounted, and roam the
country with impunity, readily scat
tering at the approach of danger, and
rallying at given signals. Knowing
fully the organization of our armies,
and being dressed in Union uniforms,
they enter our lines with impunity as
Union cavalry men. They never de-
stroy property or damage the railroad
but seize any unlucky person who ap-
pears to have money about him and
carry him off. When at a safe dis
tance from our lines, the prisoner is
stripped and robbed of his clothing
and valuables, and then turned loose,
sometimes with, but oftener without
the exaction of parole. Suffers,
purveyors, and that class of men, are
the coveted prizes of these highway
men, because they are known usually
to carry considerable sums Of money.
But let Mosby and White be relieved
from the odium Of this business. The
gangs infesting the railroad are sim
ply bandits and highwaymeu of the
worst description and most reckless
character.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

The OPERA IN 16S0.-An idea Of
the splendor of ancient operas may te
conceived from the miss en- scene OF
"Berenice," first brought on the stage
at Padua in 1850. 1t had three cho-
rusos The first consisted Of one hun
dred girls, the second of one hundred
soldiers, the third of one hundred
knights on horseback In the trium-
phal eortcge were forty huntsmen with
horns, sixty trumpeters on foot, six
tambours, together with twonty-four
other musicians, great number OF
flag bearers, pages, Luntsmen, grooms
&c, two lions with Turkish, and two
elephants with Moorish grooms.-
Berenice's triumphal car was drawn
by six white horses; six other carria
ges for Generals were drawn by four
horses each six others for the booty
and the prisoners, by twelve. Tho
transformation scenes represented
forest in which were being hunted
boars, deer and bears, an endless
plain with triumphal arches; Ber-
nicc's rooms; the royal dining saloon
picture gallery, and the royal sta
bles, with 100 living horses. Toward
the end great goldengl appeared
from the sky, which opened OF itself,
and threw eight other blue globes,
upon which sat Viatue, Generosity,
Fortitude, Heroic Love, Victory, Cour-
ags, Honor, and Immortality, floating
in mid air, and ending in chorus.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

DIPrnERIA--We have received a
recipe for the cure of diptheria from q
physician who says that of 1000 cases
in which it has been used, not sin
gle patient has been lost. The treat
ment consists in thoroughly swabbing
the back Of the mouth and throat
with wash made thus; Table salt,
two drachins, black rcpper, golden
seal, nitrate of potosh, alum, one
drachm each. Mix and pulverize, put
into toacup, which half fill with
boiling water, stir well, and then Fill
up with good vinegar. Use every
half hour, ono, two, and four hours,
as recovery progresses. The patient
may swallow little each time. APP
ply one ounce each of spirits of tur-
pcntino, sweet oil, and aquaammmG,
Mixed to the whole Of tho throat and
to the breast bone overy four hours,
keeping flannel to the part. ". J.
TgJIHnp
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

No SoNG, NO SUPPER---No PENcE, 10
PIPER.- The following incident is re-
corded as having occurred on Thanks
giving day in one of the churches in
Chicago, where the people had assem-
bled to hear political sermon:
"Dr. Clarkson said that if when
the plates were all handed in, tho
amount seemed to be generous and
sufficient, they would conclude the SER
mon by singing "Praiso God from
whom all blessings flow; if not, he
would pronounce the benediction and
let the audiance retire unhonored
and unsung." On inspection of the
plates-the sum having been deemed
satisfactory-the whole congregation
joined heartily in singing "the Old
Hundred Doxology" and were dis
missed"
There have been many strikes late-
ly for higher wages but the Albany
Argus thinks that this refusal to sing
praises to god unless the plate is full,
is the most novel.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL JoKE.-A
characteristic story of the President is
narrated in letter from Washington.
When the telegram from Cumberland
Gap reached Mr.. Lincoln chat ''6ring
Was board in the direction of Knox
VILE" he remarked that he was "glad
of it," Some person present, who had
tho perils of Burnsidc's position up
pcrinost in his mind, could not SEQ
,ehy Mr., Lincoln was '.glad Of it, and
so expressed himself. Why, you
see," responded tho President, |" it re-
minds me of Mistress Sallis Ward, "a
neighbor of mine, who had very
large family. Occasionally one Of her
numeroSs progeny would be heard
crying in n'somc out-ot-the-way place,
upon which Mistress Sallie would ex-
exclaifn, "fheres ono of my children
that isn't deW get.""
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
Sslettrd Yostsa,
WE ARE GROWING OLD.

We are growing old--,,ow the thought will ris
When a glance Is backward cast r.
On some long remembered spot that lies
! In the silerce of the past
II may be the shrine Of our early VOWS,
Or the tomb Of carly tears
But II seems to be a far-of isle 10 us,
In the stormy sea Of years.
Oh, wide and wild are the waves that part
Our steps from its greenness now n
And we miss the joy of many heart,
And the light Of many brow;
For deep DER many a stately bark,
Have the whelmng billows rolled,
That steercd with ms from that early mark !.
Oh, friends, we are growing old.
Old in the dimness and the dust
or our daily tolls and cares,
Old in the wrecks Of love and trust
Which our burdened memory bears.
Each form may wear 10 the passing gaze
The bloom Of lifc's freshness yet,
And beams may brighten our latter days,
which the morning nevor met,
But oh the changes we have seen,
In the far and winding way;
The graves in our path that have grown green,
And the locks that have grown gray!
The winters still on our own may spare
The sable or the gold;
But We saw their SHOWS upon brighter hair
And, friends, we are growing old.
We have gained the worlds cold wisdom now,
We have learned TO pause and fear;
But where are the living founts whose flow
Was a joy Of heart to heart
We have won the wealth Of many q cline,
And the lore Of many page;
But where Is the hope that saw in time
But its houndless heritagel
Will IL come again when the violet wakes,
And the woods their youth renew 2
We have stood in the lignt Of sunny brakes,
Where the bloom was deep and blue;
And our souls might joy in the spring time then,
But they was faint and cold
For 1t ne'er could give us the youth again
OF hearts that are growing old.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

A Physician of Wheeling has for
some time past been attending young
girl who has been sadly derangcd. :
The other day, to see what effect it
would have, no poured about pint
of water upon her head. The girl
was then permitted to go into another
room, whore she conducted herself
very quietly. The Doctor was about
leaving the house, when the girl (who
was standing in the door of the room)
beckoned for him to come to her. She
stepped back into the room, and as tho
Doctor was about to come in, sho
threw bucket Of water on him, re-
marking that his face nocdod washing
as much as hers did.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Chickamagua was a greater contest
than Chattanooga, but was not de-
cisive; it effected no important results
and left the respective armies not ma
terially different from what they were
before the engagement.
Champion Hills was decisive, for il
decided the fate of Vicksburg, and
gave us material advantage in the
cutting off Of Texas from the Confed-
eracy. Chattanooga was also decisive
for it gave us East Tennessee, and has
thrown the rebels back on their last
line Of defense. ea
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

An insurrection may be suppressed
by force, but belief is not 10 be thus
subdued. An intelligent and just adj
ministration could a hundred years
ago have made Ireland as loyal di-
vision Of the British kingdom as Scot
land or Wales. Fasaticism and ty-
ranny have ingrained the hatred that
Cromwelps troopers first made hath.
raj and universal. The radicals talk
about peace with the South. We had
peace once--we had more, we had ge-
nial intercourse, acommon pride, CONF
mon interests, and common loyalty
to the nat tonal flag. All thejo, radi-
Gals for twenty years have done their
best to destroy. Their work has had
the fearful consequences which now
surround us, but which we are yet far
from realizing or feeling as we shall.
Could we thoroughly over-run the
South, depopulate and make howl
ing wilderness of half our national
territory, yet so long as man is man
we can never reconstitnte the nation
upon radical principles. Not until
the radicals are hurled from power,
and their doctrines are repudiated for
ever by the North, shall we have re-
union with the South. Then it may
be not impossible. That the mania of
radicalism is a self-limited disease We
fully believe; but the question now is
whether its course will be run ere the
country is ruined. d.-BoStoR Courier.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

|
star or compass, and Tom ID her
man was sitting upon the deck Itch
ing the mast with legs and arm and
"sighing like furnace" as very
wave swept over and nearly drowned
him. He begged for something to
eat and something to drink, andpray-
ed for some one to take him away
from the great peril that threatened
to defeat all his visions of Clam Chow
der, Oyster Pies, Lobster Salad, aud
sundry other phantoms of civilized
life that had continually haunted him
since shipping upon thisl certain road
to starvation. Had he been afoat in
the Atlantic upon sawlog his rescue
would not have been more difficult,
and we assured him that any sut5fef-
fort would be certain death. Ha de-
clined the sacrifice and became in a
manner resigned. But the vind
howled on, and the mad watersleapcd
up in terror, and the black night gave
no hope of the end of our journey r
The Captain, however, assured us
that the night was more than usually
calm, and that very soon we should
make the lea of the Island of Omate-
pc, from which we should not emerge
until we arrived at Virgin Bay. Hm
said an involuntary amenl and con-
tinued his cold-bath and starvation
complaints. m
There was no sleeping done upon
that craft that night, but every eye
was eagerly fixed in the direction
where wesupposcd the morning woifld
first show her approach, and gladly
the first faint streaks were hailed.--
AS soon as we could make out the
shore we discovered that we had
passed our destination, and that we
must go about Soon after sunrise
we ran as near the serf as was safe
and dropped anchor, and few mo-
ments later were carried ashore on
the shoulders of huge natives, for the
very moderate charge of one dollar
each. Once on dry land and we found
ourselves in busy little place built
up by the omnipresent Yankee, bat
full of Spaniards, mules and hotels.--
We did not pause here, but mounting
our mule spurred over the crag)y
mountains, cut into gorges by inp1
seasons the mountain streams foam
and dash along. Now through dreary,
scraggy woods, and now over rocks
and procipices we climed, until at last
the blue waters of the far rolling Pa
cific greeted our eyes, and at our very
feet lay the little town of San Juan
Del Nord. The splendid steamer
North America having just been
wrecked, there was nothing loft for
us but a sail vessel, which was then
lying inside the headlands with her
foresail shook out and her passengers
going aboard, We joined the crowd
and before s,mdown had sunk the
bold cliffs that form the harbor of San
Juan Del Nord, far out of sight.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

The sixth story Of the Sun Build
ing" in Now York, has been fitted up
as a lodging room for newsboys, where
for five cent greenback," ms they
call it, good bed is provided, and
for tho same amount good warm
meal. About two hundred are accom-.
modatcd nightly, and everything IL or
derry and quiet. .i
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Praise may be ashurtfulas censure.
1t is as well to be cast into a pit as
blown into the air.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

You cannot dream yourself into a
character you must hammer and
forge yourself one.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

He who gives up is soon given up
and to consider ourselves of no use is
tho almost certain way to become use
loss.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
f. W. wIGGINS,
LAND AND Tax AGENT,
EAST SAGINA MICHIGAN,

"ILl attend to purchase and sale of real
w estate, locating lands, surve, ing, invest
igating titles, paying taxes, &c., in Saginaw and
adjoining Counties Particular attention given
to sale and lease of City property. Informn-
tion given in regard to General Business OPP
erations.
RfJ~Can be found at all times at his Office,
over liough IlerskelPs, or at the bancroft
House.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
HOUGH q FOX


FRIzELLE BROTHERS,
Sus3cssors to NJ. b. Hess } Wholesale and Re-
till Druggists and Chemists, have full as
S)rtmeut of Drugs Medicines, Paints, Oils
Liquors, Dye Stuffs, etc. Gonesee street
opposite Bancroft House,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Insurance Agency.
Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford, Fire and
Inland Assets, So, 500, 900
Home Hi tns. co, OF New Hsven,
Conn. Assets, 25O, 900
Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co. As'ts 5,000,00
JOHN j. WHEELER, Agent
For above Companies, Exchange Block East
Saginaw, Michigan. 2O9y