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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

From the Boston Courier.
No one will suspect the New York
Post of propogating falsehoods preju-
dicial TO the abolitionism of which it
is SO INSCRIPTIONS an organ. The
following is an extract from letter
which it publishes, dated
VrcKsBURe, Miss Oct. Is.
/ notice in New York paper of
the issue of September 25th, letter
ON the ''Freedmen of the Mississippi, :"
in which the writer speaks in high
terms of the plan proposed by Mr..
Fields, and adopted by the President
of leasing the abandoned plantations
along the river TO loyal parties, under
control of Commissioners appointed
by government.
l wish to make some statements in
regard to the workings of that plan
during the past season, having been
in a position to observe its manage
ment and It's results. Having visited
nearly all the leased plantations in the
district of Northeastern louisiana,
whore the plan has been tried, / know
whereof i affirm, and j set down the
management of these plantations and
Of the freedmen on them as an unmit-
gated piece of villainy, in which the
capitalist reaps all the profits at the
expense of the negro whom he hires ;
and have no hesitancy in saying that
the negro in this district has suffered
more priyations, and has been far
more in a state of servitude, if that
were possible, during the past six
months, than when under the rule Of
his Southern master"
The writer adds:
"The care which these people have
received is amply shown by one look
at the burial grounds of the planta-
tons, in any of which can be found
from twenty to two hundred graves of
the victims of this humane system"
OF course the abolitionists will say
this is all TO be remedied. But it new
on ought to have occurred they told
us it would not occur that the negro
was ready and fit for freedom now
We say, as we have often said, that it
will occur wherever negroes are
emancipated in large numbers. They
will be the prey of the white man,
without interest in their welfare,
OF in them, save to exact the last pos
sible stroke of work from their miser-
able bodies, and then turn them out
to die. Could this war result i'll eman-
cipation of the negro, it would result,
also, in his determination by series
of miseries terrifying to the world,
and infamous TO those responsible for
the act. The abolitionists would then
not only have ruined the country, but
have destroyed, also, the poor object
of their pretended sympathies, and
blaclSened the American name with
undying disgrace.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

and may be source Of injustice here
after. Proof of marriage by registra-
ton in the County Clerks office, or a
certificate of the same, is necessary in
order that the widow of the deceased
soldier may obtain back pay, pension
bounty, ctc.-free Press.
This neglect is by no means confn-
ed to any particular locality, and the
item should be read and needed by
Ministers and Magistrates throughout
the State. The liberal consideration
rendered for the cite" and the extat-
ic associations incident thereto, IL is
suspected in many instances SO intoxi-
Gates the "hnppy recipient" as 10 pre-
clude the probability of any rational
after consideration. ~
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

Mr.. LINcoLN's LErTERs.-The Chris
tan Intelligencer, in noticing vol
ume just issued containing the letters
of President Lincoln on various mat
ters pertaining to the war, remarks
1t must be confessed, however,
that the first one of the present collec-
ton cuts very sorry figure. It's
the note to Gen. Mcclellan in which
the President compares his plan of APP
preaching the rebel capital with Little
Macs Everybody now knows that by
the latter our armies got within sight
of the spires of Richmond, while by
the former, tried under several differ
cut leaders, the Union troops never
came within fifty miles of their aim.
President Lincoln is apcrsonage whom
everybody does OF may respect Gese-
raj Lincoln is one whom it is hard to
think of with patience"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09
LOST OPPORTUNITIES


From the New York Herald.
Now, with tho rebellion on its last
legs, it is provoking to think of our
lost opportunities for bripgingit to an
end, in single desisive blow;
l.. The rebellion might have boon
crushed at the first Bull Run, had the
War Office in season moved down the
army of Gen. Patterson to a junction
with Gen Mcdowell.
2. Had the Port Poyal expedition,
while in front Of Norfolk, turned its
batteries against that place, we might
have captured it with single days
bombardment; and in securing its inn
mense stores of artillery and ammuni-
ton the rebellion would have been sub
stantially disarmed, and the way would
have boon opened to Richmond, and
Sherman's land force could have east
ly taken possession of the city, for the
rebel defensive army was then 100
miles off, at Manassas.
3. Had Gen. McDoweps column
from fredericksburg been moved, in
June, 1862, TO the support of McClel-
Ian, we have no doubt that Richmond
would have been ours by the Fourth
of July. 1n
4. Had Mcclellan boon properly
reinforced, as he could havo been, at
Harison's Landing, he might have TIA
ken Richmond, while the army Of Lee
was yet staggering from its terrible
repulse at Malvern Hill.
5. In recalling Gen. Mcclellan from
the Peninsula, had the War Office at
the same time recalled Gen. Pope from
the Rapidan to Centreville, with or
ders to avoid battle, the junction of
Mcclellan with Pope'sunbroken army
would have been the destruction of the
exhausted army Of Lee.
6. Had Gen. Hooker, after histhree
days battles on the south side Of the
Rappahannock, resolved upon still an
other days fighting, and with his
whole force, it is morally certain that
he could have demolished the rebel
army.
Z. Had Gen. Meade promptly at
tackled the army Of Lee when it was
hemed in between our victorious
army and the flooded Potomac, there
can be no doubt that the result would
have been the capture or destruction
Of the enemy's forces and collapse
of the rebellion.
s. Had the half OF the third of
Grants army been promptly moved to
junction with Rosecrans, Bragg
might have been pulverized at the
battle Of Chicamauga, and thus the
way TO Richmond from the Southwest
might have been opened two months
ago.
The prolongation of the war has
thus resulted from succession of hair
breadth escapes Of the main army of
the rebellion, due to a succession of
military blunders on our side, all of
which may be traced to Washington.
Grant, in fighting his own battles in
his own way, has achieved that decis-
i've blow which might have been given
to the rebellion in any one of seven,
eight or ten different opportunities in
Virginia and Maryland since the be-
ginning of the war, but for the blum
ders of the Washington Directory.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

"One of the most intelligent men,
bers of the last House, who had Just
returned from tour of observation in
Mississippi, represents to the admins
tration that not fifty thousand bales Of
cotton will be raised in the entire
South this year and that next year
not single bale will be raised unless
the government Immediately sets to
work to save the labor Of the slaves,
who are threatened with destruction
by starvation and exposure. Not less
than eighteen hundred thousand field
negroes are penncd in Georgia and AL
abama-driven from the outer slave
States. y Cincinnati paper.
The cotton exports annually before
before the war, had reached the then
enormous sum Of two hundred millions
of dollars. We think we may safely
say that no single product in any ma
ton in the world had ever reached
similar figures. Besides our exports
there was the vast quantity required
for home consumption. From tho
obove item it is seen that tho culture
of this crop is entirely destroyed
There is no prospect that it will be
resumed during the continuance of the
war, and years must elapse after the
return Of peace before there can be
such reorganization Of the labor
system Of the South, and reoccupation
of abandoned territory in which cot
ton was cultivated, that the aggregate
product will nearly approach the
amount raised before the commence
ment Of hostilities. Our home con-
sumption in 1860 reached 910, 900, or
nearly one million bales. The policy
which has destroyed this vast source
of wealth is before the people for
Judgment. Of course, in the conduct
of the war, it was unavoidable that
the territory upon which active hos
tilities were conducted should suffer
much blight and desolation. But in
warning against the labor system of
the South, and against unarmed citi-
zens, as well as the armies opposed,
we have increased ton fold the neces-
sary destruction of porperty, and have
destroyed our most fruitful source of
prosperity. The burden will fall most
heavily on the poor, for cotton was to
them the most economical article Of
clothing, and entered largely into tho
furnishing of every household.-Chi-
eago Times.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09
j. s 5-2OS.

+. The secrs tnry Of theTreasury, has not
yet given notice If any intention to withdraw
this.popular Loan from the Sale at Par, and I'M
iii ten days notice Is given, the undersigned, as,
" General Subscription Agent" will con-
linue to supply ths.public.
The whole amount Of the Loan authorized Is
Five Hundred Millions Of dollars. Nearly Four
Hundred Millions have deem already sub
scribed for and paid into the Treasury,
mostly within the last seven months. The large
demand from abroad, and the rapidly increasing
homo demand for use as the basis for circulation
by National Banking Associations now orgapiz-
ing in all parts Of the country, will in very
short period, absorb the balance. Sales have
lately ranged from ten to fifteen millions weekly,
frequently exceeding three millions daily, and as
il is well known that the Secretary ofthe Treasury
has ample and unfaiIing resources in the Duties
on Imports and Internal revenues, and in tho is
sue Of the Interest bearing Legal Tender Treasu-
ry Notes, it is almost certainty that he win not
find it necessary, for long time to come, to seek
market for any other long or permanent Loans,
THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF
WHICH ARE PAYABLE IN GOLD.
Prudence md sclfintcrest must force the minds
Of those contemplating tho formation Of National
Banking Associations, as well as the minds of all
who have idle money in their hands, to the
prompt conclusion that they should lose no time
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a sovo, rh;r,vn Lean xh.n :, was ali ,o,a and
could no longer be subscribed for at par
LISA Six per Cent Loan, the Interest
and Principle payable I'm Coin, thus
Welding over Nine per Cent per annum
at the present rate of premium on coin.
The Government requires all duties on i'm
ports to be paid in Coin; thos, duties have for a
LONG time pasi amounted TO over Quarter of a
Million Of Do,,ar, dailv. n sum NEARLY three times
greater than that REQUIRED in the paymcnt of the
In,ero.t ON al, tho s-2o,. md other nsrmanent
Ioans ca I'm, n !. bonod that tbe surnlus Co;n
in the Treasury. at no distant day. will enable tho
United States to resume specie payments upon
ali liabilities.
The Loan 1. called 500 from the fact that
whilst the Bonds may run for 20 years, yet the
Government has n right TO pay them of in Gold
Mt par at any time after years
The Interest IL paid haIf-ycarIy, vi. : on
,bs frat DAVIS Of November and NAV.
Subscriber, can have Coupon Bonds, which are
PAYABLE to bearer, and are $50, 500, $500
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09


THE FOUNDATION OF LIDERTY.-The
Norman conquest of England, intro
ducing feudalism, not only attempt
ed to obliterate the language and
modify the customs of the people, but
also to destroy the spirit of Anglo
liberty which prevailed through
out the island. Tyranny at last reach
ed point which could no longer be
endured. The barons and people rose
in arms against King John, and in
the year l2l5, on the meadow of Run
nymede, compelled him to grant the
Magma Charta, in favor Of the liber-
ties of his subjects. This charter pro-
vided for trials by jury and for the
writ of habeas corpus, and is regard
ed as the foundation Of English lib
erty. Speaking of the provisions of
this charter, Blackstone says:
at protected every individual of the
nation in the free enjoyment of his
life, liberty and his property, unless
declared to be forfeited by the Judge
ment of his peers, or the law of the
land"
The historian Halman, alluding to
this charter, says
GAS this was the first effort towards
legal government, so it is, beyond
all comparison, the most important
event in our history. 1t is still tho
key stone of English liberty. All that
has since been obtained is little more
than confirmation or commentary !;
and if every subsequent law were
swept away, there would still remain
the bold features that distinguish q
free from a despotic monarchy
Free Press.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

Rev. A. s. Fiske, Superintendent
of Contrabands," in an address to the
Frecdman's Relief Association" in
New York, after narrating some of
the horrors attending the condition of
tho negroes within our lines, said:
"The sufferings of these people was
a national dishonor. If they were not
rescued, history would write some
thing like this: The American peo-
pie onticed within their lines tens of
thousands of slaves, alluring them
thither with promise of liberty, took
from among them all able bodied mon
to reinforce their armies, huddled the
rest together in great camps, and left
them to perish of nakedness by the
hundred" How, he asked, would
that page Of history road 2"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

The Supreme Court of Pennsylva-
MIA has decided the CONSUMPTION act
To be unconstitutional. The Boston
Transcript calls the learned Judges Of
the Court "Pettycggers." Jeremiah
Mason, confessedly the greatest law
yer that New England ever produced,
and Mr.. Webster, the ablest expound-
er of the Constitution, pronounced a
proposed act in similar terms, to DO
unconstitutional. Querry-Wcre they
'pettycggers 2
That the neutral Transcript should
use such language towards the Judges
of the highest Court of State, shows
how malignant party passions have
become, and how dangerous is the po-
sition of the country governed by par
ties animated by such fcrocious ami
mosities. EsseS Statesman.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09
The Philadelphia -Agc thus speaks of

the Gettysburg ceremony:
We hope that we have no reader
who will be able to read the official
dispatches sent from Gettysburg with
out a blush of shame. The Governor,
il seems, did not reach there in time
to participate in the proceedings of
Tuesday evening, which were of ga
lively character" Mr.. Lincoln made
a Joke or two Mr.. Seward, who has
become nervously anxious as to his
fame as a prophet, indicated his pre-
tensions by tho assertion that forty
years ago he had anticipated that the
battle Of freedom would be fought up
on the field of Gettysburg; and MIR.
Forney referred to the political aspect
of the campaign. 1t is thus that the
President Of the United States and his
confidential advisers disportthemselves
in the presence of the historic field
where two hundred thousand of their
countrymsn, four months ago, met in
deadly conflict. It is thus that they
render homage to the heroic dead
With the groans Of the wounded still
resounding in the air-tho corpses of
the slain unburied--the bercaved still
clad in tho omblems Of mourning, and
their tears still fowing--these men
meet to laugh and joke and electioneer.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

At this moment the Democrats Of
the country, without noticeable excep-
tons, stand on the same platform
which the men Of all parties in tho
North, barring handful of fanatics,
stood upon, or professod to stand upon
in July, 1861. They are uncondition-
ally Unionists. Yetit has become the
policy of tho Republican leaders to
denouneo them every whore as sym
pathizers with the rebellion and enc
mics of the government, Do these
Republicans remember that the war
is not yet ended, and that the needs of
the government to-day, are precisely
what they were two years ago, when
they assented to the declaration
Of William Sprague, that the work
before us was far too large work
for any single political party to ac-
complish ? Arc they showing them
selves friends of tho country by con-
stanhy ondeayoring TO place the Dem
ocratic party in an attitude of hostih-
ty to its interests ? If it is true, sthey
assert, that tho rebels of the South
rest their last hope of success on the
possibility of Northern sympathy and
support, is it not true that they are
daily guilty Of oncours g.ng This hope
and delaying submission to the gov
eminent in representing the Demo
cratic party as disloyal in its spmpa-
thies and sentiments ? Nay, are not
their labors tending to secure pre-
cisely the state Of things which they
assert already exists ? And are they
not, to this extent at least, false to
the cause which they are protesting to
support ?
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09
A RECOMMENDATIONS
EXECUTIVE MANSION,

Reliable information having been
received that the insurgent force is re-
treating from East Tennessee under
circumstances rendering it probable
that the Union forces cannot hereaf-
ter be dislodged from that important
point, and esteeming this to be of high
national consequence, 1 recommend
that all loyal people do, on the receipt
of this information, assemble at their
places of worship and render special
homage and gratitude to Almighty
God for this great advancement of the
national cause. 1er5,
(Signed,) A. LINCOLN b
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

A NrcLEcrED DUrY.--The law
makes it the duty Of Clcrgymen and
Justices Of the Peace to forward rec
ord of all marriages to tho County
Clerk. There has heretofore been
great remissncss of duty in neglecting
this plain injunction of tho law, which
has already been a source Of .rouble,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

Macaulay, the historian, will GER
tainly never be suspected of hostility
to freedom. He thus explains even
the horrors Of the reign Of torror.--
His apology carries with it an awful
warning against the election of incom-
petent persons to Office. He says:
Unhappily, the republic was SUBJ
lect to men who were mere dema-
gogues, and i'll no sense statesmen
They could declaim at club. They
could lead rabblc to mischief. But
they had no skill to conduct the affairs
of an empire. The want of skill they
supplied by atrocity and blind vio-
lence. For Legislative ability, fiscal
ability, diplomatic ability, they had
one substitute, the guillotine. Indeed,
their exceeding ignorance, and the
barrenness of their invention, are the
best excuse for their murders and rob
berries. We really believe that they
would not have cut off so many throats,
and picked so many pockets, if they
had known how to govern in any 9TH
er way"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

Tn this City, Nov 30th, Of consumption MRs
ASsETTA p, aged 26 years wife Of S. j Rey-
Dolds, Esq, Of the firm of Shaw, Reynolds a
Spencer.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

NEws.-The Army of tho Potomac
has finally been heard from authenti-
cally 1t has made another failure
quite as discouraging if not as disas-
trous as those under Pope, Burnside
and Hooker, lost between one and
two thousand in killed, wounded and
missing, an immense wagon train,
mules stores, ambulances, &c, and re-
tired preparatory to going into winter
quarters. 1t is officially announced
that Longstreet has retired from East
ern Tennessee, and Burnside no longer
invested by the rebel forces. The
customary rumors are i'll circulation
in regard to change of commanders
for the Army OF the Potomac.
Congress is already in running or
dor, the House having organized by
the election of Colfax for Speaker;
McPhurson, Clerk; Goodenough, Door
keeper; Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms.
The message is do doubt delivered ere
this.
No material progress is apparent at
Charleston. The Texas expedition
seems to be succeeding well. Nothing
of Importance from the vicinity of
Chattanooga since the recent battle
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09
Dress Goods
CHARLES TURNER,
Furs OF All Kinds.

Deer Skins, Tan'd Buckskin Hides, Sheep pelts
&c. Highest Price Paid, in Cash, 1.-THE Store Of
y. W Clark Y Co, East Saginaw.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

Women. can keep o secret, but il
generally takes good many Of them
to do II.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09
CHANcERY SALE.

TN pursuance ard ty virtue Of decree Of the
i CircuitCourt for the County Of Saginaw, In
Chnncery, mndc on tho 10th dny Of December,
1862 in n certain cause, therein pending where
In Jeremiah II. 1lsscail IL Complainant, and
James Litchfeld, Abigail ID. Litohfeld and james
A. Preston are Defendants,
Notice is hereby given TINT shall sell at pub
lic auction, TO The highest bidder, at twelve
o'clock noon, on wednesday. the third day Of
February next, at the front door Of the Saginaw
County Court House, in the City and County Of
Saginaw, Michigan, all that certain piece or par
eel Of land situated In said County Of Saginaw,
described as follows, via The south east quar-
ter (t) Of section nineteen, (l0) In township
ten (l0) north Of range three (3b east containing
one hundred and sixty acres Of land, be the same
moro or less
Dated at Saginaw, Dec 10, 1863
VIM. J. L0vELAND,
Circuit Court Commissioner,
Saginaw County Michigan.
SUTHERLAND d MILLER, Comp'ts Sorrs 226
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09
Lease for Sale.

lease FOR SNkC.
THE subscriber will soil the lease Of the prem
A Uses now occupied by the Courier 0fioe,
(that establishment having rented a room in
Grants New Brick Biock,) having four yenrs
from next May to run, for n fair price. Possession
given next April.
GEO. F. LEWIS.
East Saginaw Dec. 9, 1868
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-09

The largest stock Of Hall Paper ever offered
for sale in this market, of new styles and patterns,
Window Curtain Paper, Oil Shades, large varis-
ty, Curtain fixtures, he, dc, all Of which will be
sold Low FOR CASH, as my motto is quick
sales and small profits. 2ley T. e. ID.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-22
]..)lle0.

In Berlin, Mar. 25th, Lyman NJ. Pollard in the 9th
year of his age. -r.
I" asleep in Jesus blessed sleep. F."
In Berlin, Apr 10Th of Diptherd, Edith A. aged
years and Is days Apr LIST of the disease, Oliver
aged 10 years and months Apr. 30th of the dis
ease, Henry ed year and six months, children of
Daniel and Helen Goodhue.
Sof ly sound the notes Of sorrow
Tune the harps to God above;
We rays fromheaven borrow,
For tho Father comes in love.
In Londonderry, Apr 18th, of scarlet and lung fever
Frank Henry, n of Henry K. and Hannah A. Ben
son, aged months and IL days.
" Lent,-not given,
To fade on earth,
And bloom in Heaven
In Moretown, May 4th Josiah w, eldest son of S. H.
and NJ A. Seaver aged years ii months, and Is days
In Fathers house above,
Are hans ons brig and fair,
Prepared by heavenly love =
Our little son is there.
In Dane Wisconsin, April I'd, of consump on, Mrs. FL
mira Bacon, wife of Carlos Bacon and daughter of Ne
hemiah and Martha lowell, formerly of Cornth, Vt.
In fillmore, MAJ g. Miron X. 0rmsbee, aged % years.
He son Of Hosea X. Orms zee, who removed from
East Montpelier during the winter, having had eight
in The army, sewn of whom there still The de-
cea ed was discharged from service in March Mr.. o.
has given all his the service of his country The
ELI thirty the Youngest sixteen. Who in the State
has done more Than this
In Chicago, May 4h, Roy Paul, only child of Marcus
A. and Lucia d. Farwell, aged year, II months and
Is days.