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New-York daily tribune., 1863-12-26
OF RuAN.
CIPATION,

I, j. granted tha, one Of the mighty results o.
ton Of the Slaves. To those who during nearly
thirty year. had learned to labor and 10 wait for
such a C, summation. II will be- deemed victory
enough. Bat forosceing and hun ane as these
ton wh.ch have escaped their notice, aud which
begin already 10 occupy the minds Of such as
have not been so wholly absorbed in the prose-
cu,ion Of u single idea. While the blacks were
b1ndman to The South. A. Emancipation covers
he former so will it knock of the tettcrs Of the
latter. The yassaage Of the Government Ia
the South has been humlliating in the extreme,
and but for the untamable energy Of the North
and West, it would have been u crushing one.
Whenever Slavery demanded treasure 10 ad-
vance the interests Of the S0uth. i gushcd forth
O.. did tho smitten rock al tho touch Of the
Mosaic staff. When the North demanded IT,
even for objects tAat were essentially national
il was either stulborilly refused, or granted only
with insulting reluctance. When asked for OBJ
Iects of "a more local character, il was almost
impossible to obtain it. Every Northern inter
e-t was a. eilcctually in bondage as the blacks
We know how fierce was the contest waged
by the Free States 10 secure their share OF the
Louisiana purchase. We remember The still
lloodicr one TO put them in posse ssion Of those
rights in Kansas which had been solemnly
secured to them by Congress. Whom British
bayonels confronted us on the Maine boundary,
wc were abandoned TO our own resources to
settle that dangerous dispute. But when the
South called for tho baptism Of blood through
which alone Texas could be dragged into the
Union church, the fountain was filled from
Northern veins. II was equally so when, in
cqualcd wickcdness against the Seminolcs was
undertaken and continued. When Texas did
come into Tire Union, tho first demand upon Us
was for SlO,000,OO0, and IL was promptly
granted. The South asked for 1t. and tina, was
cnough--her citizens were holders Of the Texas
debt. when it was found desirable H. have
two more votes in tho Senate. they were readily
bought by the 100000 paid for Florida. A
war with Mexico was forced upon tho North
because Slavery demanded moro extension of
area and more votes in Congress. Northern
blood was scduccd into that war to au extent
sufficient to secure victory for objects purely
slaveholding, while the millions Of money it re-
qured were principally drawn from Northern
sources The masses In the North thus un.
consciously. and for the twentieth time, poured
ont their blood and treasure for the extension Of
Slavery. They were themselves ignorant Of
thcir own humiliating bondage to the nsttu.
iion, until tho struggle over tho admission Of
California as Free State began. 1t was then
again seen that the South must have every
thing, the North no,hing. An tho war was made
New-York daily tribune., 1863-12-26
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nrTHSs ,S o i, Mcjude L. T. u ~
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~ ih.,eler ,nd wife of Absny yeefs sseov ma Of Te<od
loo. J. ianca.;sr aud wife OF Ner y9rs' " ''"''
Ar. AZ the Aspr H0lsa
New-York daily tribune., 1863-12-26

There is no mi taking this language. The
Enquiru admits that the Confederate Congress
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

~ Have gee CoegAl-Use Dr-J. 6.
Fsnimore's celebrated Cough Mixturs-is vim
solisve md cure you.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

BurrsaaUr The Vsucennes Gazette says
lLisis a peculiarly appropriate name, styled
and designated for that class Of men who
sympathize with rebellion but lack the nerve
20 aid in the battlefield. The wood, sofi.
green and worthls ss the fruit, shriveied and
neagre, and generally nouldy or worm eat
en-, and the peculiar color impaired By the
bark a dirty brown, sort Of mulatto with
dirt predominant. Verify, ii color be selec
led to represent principle or rather want Of
principle, the but,ernut is the one. IT'S the
garb in which nature clothes all things APP
preaching decay. We know. of no living
animal that affects the color except it be
yellow dog, and it is singular fact that in
natural history that dogs Of that color kill
sheep and suck eggs. In fact are the butter
nuts of the canine race OF a truth the
name as now used, is opriate and
sv mbolic
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

* Few QoEER TErNes.-We kno" .A1y'
shiftless, triiing devils. who never paid q
dollar of taxes in their lives, who are ho"i-
ing twelve out Of the twenfy-four hours
sbou. the enormous taxes we are burden
ed With"
looms display the flag of distress at hall
r,as, Who could not buy the toe-naii OF a
ni1oer if able bodied slaves were selling at
. dollar dozen. who fly into passion IT
thew hear of an - attack on slave property"
We know of men who never did day 5
work in their lives-save when borrowing
or stealing was possible-who are howl
ing Ike wolves against " niggers coming TO
The North to compete with the labor Of poor
white men"
We know OF men who never lad an
entire dollar in their lives, spend hours in
expaiiating upon The damages Of paper
currency.
There are queer people in he worli.-
Nine genths Of al the talk ca The above
topics is done by The classes mentioned.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

EsThe political hypocrites who object
70 the use of the colcred men in the army
TO help put down the rebellion are not
loyal. They Won't defend the country
themselves nor will they consent that others
shall do is. Their 81 mpathies are with the
rebels, hence they object to the emancipa
ton Of the slaves in the rebel States,
because it would weaken their strer 9Th to
carry on the war against the government.
and they object TO the use OF the negro IN
the army. because that would strengthen
the Union forces 10 putting down the rebel
lion, and save the Union Lebanon Ohio
Star
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

nsJ- In Jefferson township, Jay county
the butternuts are very strong. and have
recently been incensed because sermon
was delivered in their school house against
slavery and whisky. Reverencirg slavery
as the key stone of their liberties, and
whisky as the spiritual element Of their
religion, they held a meeting and voted
that the school house should not be desc
Grated by any further denuucia'ion of these
twin relics of the " butternu,s.'
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

By E. S. Buck, Co B. Third Battalion, Ponce
Brigade.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

The Agricultural products Of Illinois are great
er than those Of any other State. The Wheat
crop of 1861 was estimated At IS, 600 600 bushels
while the Corn crop yields not less than 40 Co.,
geo bushels, besides the crop OF Oats, Barley,
Rye. Buck wheat, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes,
Pumpkins. squashes, Flax. Hemp. Peas, Glover,
Cabbage, Beets, Tobacco, Cotton, Sorghum,
Grapes Peaches, Apples. &C., which 60 to swell
the vast aggregate o. production In this fertile
region. Over Four Millions tons of produce
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

A CINcINNATI paper says that under the
Congressional Stamp act it cost the executors
of the late Nicholas Longxorth $3.50 to pur-
chase stamp to put on bis will"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

In Central and Southern illinois uncommon
advantages are presented for the extension Of
Stock raising. All kinds OF Cattle, Horses Mules.
sheep, Hogs, &C., Of the best breeds yield hand
some profits; large fortunes have already besn
made. and the neld 10 open for Others 70 enter
with the fairest prospects of Hike results. DAInY
FARMING also presents Its Inducements 10 many.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03

And vegetables suited to the climate, are produ-
ced in great abundance. The northern portion
Of Illinois Is about the climate Of Pennsylvania,
while the southern pars has the climate Of Ken
tuoky and Virginia, giving . variety Of temper
sture In the State, suited to almost every produces
of the United Stat>s
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03
INDIANA AGENCY FOR
Sick and Wounded Soldiers

No. 49, Cherry Street tup sssirsA Nashville Tenn
uls AseacJ u established, ~ the Governor OF In
diana rof the r9rpese Of giving Information With
resefssee 70 lndsa1A kegDenss. serving Kentucky
fennessee and Alae.EA AIso for care Of sch and
soesdea setdiers ferfcns desiring are re-
gpecfsully Invited 70 call 70 All SERVICES Hrss -
Charge. Dr. d. HCfCHINSo ARuf,
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03
SIN Gil R,S
AENNEN 49, MAGMAME

Is the best Ma chine in the world Family
light man ufacurng purposes.
PRICE, with Hammer, and beautifully $50
We would ask for Letter A Machines the special
attention OF Vest Makers and Dress Makers all those
who want Machines for light purposes-
They enbody the principles OF the Manufacturing Ma
chimes, making, like them, the
destined to be celebrated for Family wing and light
manufacturing purposes Manufacturing Machines
for Manufacturing purposes in general.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24
Who is President.
From the Providence Pos

| FROM tne providence Post.
There is power behind the throne
The President is said to be a week man
and most people think there is no inius
tIce in the statement. ale lacks back
bone, say some Of the radicals. "Hc
lacks brains" say others, Backbone
and brains ought to be supplied by
his friends" say the aboItionists, and
stral lghtway they mark out his course,
and commence pressure. They hedge
him about on all sides save in the par.
tIcular direction they would give to his
travels.
They praise him, kick him, abuse him,
spit at him, coax him, and beckon him.
If he complains that their prescriptions
renker him uncomfortable, they will tell
hlm as the quack told his patient who
had swallow ed three boxes of Brand.
reth's pills 10 single night, aud felt no
better, that hasn't gone quite far enough.
They keep constantly ahead of him
are constantly grumbling that he does
not travel faster-and they succeed, un.
doubtedly, in making honest people be.
lleve that they have notmuch faith in him
But the great fact, after all, is, that
he follows them. He is generally lit.
tie way bchind-sometimes almost out
OF slght-but on the track, somewhere,
he can almost always be found; haltrng
and hesitatiDg it may be, but still on
the track; facing the rear, possibly
arguing with his drivers perhaps-eat
ing peanuts and telling anecdotes, now
aud then-but always, or almost ALWAYS.
on The track. Ha
We are in the habit of saying that
this is the result of pressure. But is
not 1t remarkable that only the pressure
from this simple source should ever have
any influence upon the President? The
democratic and conservative presses ofI
The country have warned the President
igains. following the radical policy
lhurlow Weed, and other republicans.
have implored him to turn back and
stand by the constitution and tho old |
lag. The November elections were
warning which even deaf man might
rave noted.
But not all this has moved him from
us path. He has halted, and argued,
md stammered, and implored to be lot
Ilone; but he has not, after all, changed
lis course. Down, down, he has trav-
led, until oil his original pledges and
ven the creed of his party which he so
everently worshipped in the start are
nut ofsight. How shall we account for il.
We think the National Intciligsnccy
ccounts for it. / its words moan any.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24
Our Best PARLons-Don't ksen /,

Our Best PARLoRs.-Don't keep .
solemn parlor, into which you go but
once month, with your parson or sew
ing society Hang around your walls
pictures, which shall tell stories Of
mercy, hope, courage, faith and charity.
Make your living room the largest and
most cheerful in the house. Let the
place be such that when your boy has
gone to distant lands; or even whom,
perhaps, he clings to a single plank in
the lone waters of the wide ocean, the
thought of the still homestead shall
come across the desolation, bringing al
ways light, hope and love. Have no .
dungeon about your house--no room
you never open--no blinds that are a.
ways shut.-Lke Maruel. .tsla
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24


The use Of the letter of General Scott
concerning McClellan's not reporting To
hun, by Thad. Stevens, in the House OF
Representatives, the other day, is fair
indication Of the abolition idea of decen.
cy. 1t formed only part of a state ol
facts upon the subject, and was if we
are rightly informed, the only part
which could in any measure effect Nc
Clellan. If the whole record had beer
given, he would have appeared, as he
always does, after an abolition attack up.
on hun, in better light than before. II
now turns out that he did not report to
and communicate with General Scott,
because he was ordered to report to
aud communicate directly with the
resident. Of this fact Gen. Scott was
convinced, and long after be wrote this
letter expressed his confidence in, and
esteem for, Mcclellan. But Thad. Ste
vens, as representative of the call DC.
cency" party, acts upon tho principle
That "the end justiies the means" and
ialslhes by announcing one circumstance
while he suppresses all the others, which
explain 1T and exculpate Mcclellan
Free Press. ......... Ed,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24
A Louisville paper has some answers

! A Louisville paper has somo answers
to correspondents =. -....I. t,.,.,
''Jenny-Minister are not more ed.
dicted to dissipation than men of other
professions. A few Of the Kallock typc
take gin-toddies and liberties with To-
males, but the great majority of them
are as good as lawyers and doctors. IL
you want true Christian, marry an
editor" :. i,
SINGULAR FAcrs. Little mon love
tall women, and little women love tall
men; talkative people prefer those Of
taclturn character; gourmands nsks 3
better dinner IN the society of those who
cat but little; the strong ally themselves
with tho weak; men of genius choose
domestic wives, and authoresscs 90.
pouse fools. - p
Typographical crrors come in very
odd sometimes. The other day we
were reading description Of cnthusi. Z
astic demonstrations at a political gath.
crlng, when the type went on with
. The air was rent with the .sasnts of
three thousand people" aa.-4s'
"A man lately made application for in.
surance on building situated in a vii.
age where thero was DO fire--enqine.
lie was asked, "What are the facilities
IN your village for extinguishing fires?"
We'll, 1t rains sometimes" he replied.
with great simplicity. =
EEPrinter's apprentice says thst.at
the office they charge him with nj thew
do lind, and at the house thoy charge
him with all they don't find. He dcss
not understand that kind of logic. = ~
An Irishman being asked whether ne =
did not frequently CONVERGE with = 81
friend in Irish, replied, mo, indeed: =.
Jenny always speaks to me in Irish.
but always answer him in English
"Why SOP" because you see, / don't
want Jenny to know that understand d
lrish.p
The Michigan Legislature has in.
creased our War Loan to 81, ESQ 900.
and has also fixed the State tax for is8s
and 1864 at mills on the dollar. q .C
There are now only 375 conviots In
the State Prison at Jackson. Before
the war commenced there were over
COO.
Ono good decd cannot compensate
Tor HE OF crime; single ounce of T.
gum is not enough to cmbalm 4 whole
catacomb OF raummies.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24

thing, they mean lha: Weplall Phillip:
IS really the power behind the throne.--
lie is President. He abuses the Presi
dent, it is truc but that is evidently by
arrangement, He says the President Is
weak, is partially blind-is at best only
a Kentuckian. But he is "honest, . saws
Mr.. Phillips. Mr.. Phillips visits him
as though they were-(we do not doubt
they are)-warm friends. And then lac
goes out into the lecture field and tells
the people what TO do aud what they
will get if they do it. ihIa =
His predictions are almost always
verified. He calls for proclamation
and it comes lie denounces Buell. and
Mcclellan, and they are removed. He
praises Butler, and Butler is caresscd
az the White House. He denounces
Seward, aud gets promise, from some
body, that he shall be dismissed. He
asks for negro regiments, and they are
authorized. He demands that the South
be colonized with Puritans; and Eli
Ihayer is straightway told to execute
his plan.
He says: "Take away the commits.
sion OF every democratic officer.n and
the "weeding out" process at once com.
menccs. Right on his track follows
Mr.. Lincoln. Who wonders that peo.
pie say Philips as President? Appar.
emily, even Summer himself does not ex
ercise half his influence at the White
House.
We acknowledge our conviction that
Wendell Philips, the impracticabIe ab.
stractlonist and theorist is the great man
of the administration. He is the man
behind the throne. His counsels are
more invariably followed than those ofl
any member of the Cabinet. He com. |
plains that the President is stupid and
slow, but admits that he comes along.
at last. He indorses what lie has done. |
since he started on the negro track
lie tells us what is to come. Fremont
is to he Governor of North Carolina, in |
place of Stanly, who doesn't medde
with negroes. .lat lgs.- haa
Butler is to- go back to New Orleans.
or to Texas. Democratic officers are to
be removed. The screws are to be nut
on again at the North Abolitionsm is
to reign at Washington. The machine
is to be run on Garrisonian principles;
and the people are to submit. -'i
All this may be realized, or may not
be. 1t is possible that Phillips may, as
a matter of policy, and as q blind to
those who have no faith in his patri
otlsm. predict some thing. whi-L 80.
not TO come off. But that he is in the
Presidents confidence and Is intrusted
with his secrets-nay, that he exercises
controlling influence in his counses
We do not doubt. Nor do we much
doubt that the President will follow him.
rs he has followed him, and is now fol.
owing him, until the cause of the Union
$ hopelessly lost. ...
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24
.NUMBERu34
lie MOUNTAINS on LIFE.
ny JAMES CLARK.

a - HA "a filr fHfil y
There's land far away mid stars, we are told. 4
Where they know not the sorrows Of time;
Who're the pure waters wander thro valleys Of gold
And life Is a treasure sublme;
It's the land Of God, tits the home Of oar souL
Where the ages Of splenjor eternally roll, ~
Where the wny-weary traveller reaches his gosi
On the evergreen mountain of life. - sfs1
Our gaze cannot soar TO that beautiful land,
But our visions have told Of its bliss;
Andour souls by the gale from its gardens fannsd
When we faint in the desert Of this;
And we sometimes have longed for holy repose,
When our spirits are torn with temptation aud woes
And we've drank from the tide OF the river that dows
From the evergreen mountain Of life. dfA
OH the stars tread tho blue heavens at night
But we think where the ransomed have trod;
And the day never smiles from his palace Of light
But we feel tho bright smile of our God.
We are travelling homeward, thro' changes and gloom
To king dom where pleasures unchangingiy bloom
Ard our guide is the glory that shines through the
From the evergreen mountain of life. ltomb.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24
THE LEAFLEss MOODS.

have known how beautiful il Il
Where the forest leaves are green, -'~iA
And little silvcr-throated birds fiirsua
To music turn the scene, s-.f. e.,-ff
With poet wings that in their Joy -
Make every bough Tyre,
Whose harmony is sweeter far rIa.
Than Arts diyincst wire.
o. what an ecstacy is his .rur1i
Who hears that music roll,
If a true love Of Nature makes 80
An altar of his soul,
From which perpetual incense scars N
In praise and prayer above, u. s.. "a
To Him who sits the Father-Lord :
Of Wisdom, Light, and Love
But, mighty woods! is't only when
Your robes are on that We
Can TO the true, religious heart egiuy ~
Give glorious ministry f 80 hi-s
For it must birds forever sing2
And winds weave delicate tunes
beneath the proud uncloudcd suns fu1gTf
And azure tinted moonsl f -t..5ag
No. mighty woods, though bare ye wave, =
Though all your crowns are lost, 81
And round ye, like o'erturned souls,
The writhing clouds are tost--
Yet still ye have mystery,
And still We slake the heart
With feelings beautiful and grand
Beyond the touch Of Art.
What lessons in yoar leafless boughs
Though bare, they wrestle still er gad
With all the stern IMPLYING storms,
Nor sink beneath the i'll; ui Yj.rTri
So when misfortune strikes the soul,
If truth and courage reign, i.f21it i.la
He nobly takes each iron blow, a..
And smiles at all the pain.
..5-.l tlaas8 90
Yes, winter woods! tits yours TO roll 49,.
Grand music for us still,
III a true love Of Nature makes ~
An altar Of the will, 3e9g IN III 4ag
From whence perpetual incense soaSA
In praise and prayer above,
To Him who sits the Fathay-Lord ~ e 40
vi wisdom, Light and Love. tt.Dr
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24
NGERCHANTS'
Insurance Companv,
.ar OF HARTFORD, CONN.
CASH CAPITAL, --- 100000.

E.THoMAs LopDELL, See'y
ia- A ~ ',''A MARK HOWARD, Pres't.
N Office is hereby given that the agency Of the
~ Merchants Insurance Company of Hartford
for Saginaw county, has this day been transferred
to the undersigned, who will hereafter promptly at
tend to and conduct the business of that company
This company stands A No. |, as will be seen by
referring to the statements Of the Troy fire. which
occurred a few weeks since; $50, 900 was paid
promptly by this company at that time. Those de
string risks taken do better than 10 insure in
this company ii. @. BURT; Agent.
East Saginaw, june "a, 1862.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24

The stone fleet sunk off Charleston
on which so many plumed themselves
as a success, aud over which John Bull
bebame so indignant at the time and
alter, has actually improved the harbor
of Charleston. 1t is now deeper than
ever in tho channel and much better gen.
erally.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24

AT a young ladies seminary few
days since, during an examination in his.
tory one OF the most promising pupils
was interogated: Mary, did Martin
Luther die natural death I? "No.p
was the prompt reply che was excom
municated by a bulIr'
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24

Ten thousand bottles of whiskey were
captured at Acqua Landing, Virginia,
somc days since. 1t belonged to suit.
lers, who had the stuff reached the
army, would have realized from its sale
81 $4,000, in profits. At Winchester
Va, whisky is selling at $40 dollars
per gallon, while flour is only $40 bar.
rel.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24

The Springfield Republican quotes
the following lines, and the editor SAYS
he finds consolation" in them. They
seem to meet his case dreciseIy;
"The right 10 be a cussed fool
Is safe from all devices human.
It's common (as ginr'l rue)
Toeyery crltor born Of woman.