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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

BoTH SIDEs.-The New York Tri
bune, in summing up the result of the
recent attack upon the city of Charles
ton, comes 20 the following conclusion
We have entered Charleston harbor;
made successful reconnaissance en-.
gagged the rebel forts for three hours
damaged Sumter pretty seriously; lost
one vessel, aud have had a GROWING
proof of the invulnerability of the Moni.
tor fleet
The Charleston Mercury, on the 9th.
or hand, decides that.
The Yankees attacked us with the
most powerful fleet ever collected to.
gether since the creation, of the world,
and after furious cannonade lasting,
without intermission, for half day,
they were compelled, disgracefully, to
back out, having one of their most
powerful vessels sunk and several 9th.
ers disabled. Our defences are already
In condition to successfully withstand
another attack, even though it should
be made 10y a fleet four times as power.
full" 9''
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

quence Of counsel nor the judges lu.
minous charge TO bring in verdict of
{" Not gully" And scarcely an effort
was made to suppress the cheers Of the
crowd when that verdict was announced,
and took Arthur Mellon by the hand,
and led him forth to life and liberty,
Our trials have not been in vain. If
Arthur wronged me, bitterly did he
atone for the wrong by sufferngs that
seem to have added many years to his
life. We seldom speak Of Isabel, and
Wa are more friends than ever.
Norah, well rewarded in feelings and
purse, with our best wishes, and what
she priced much more-the coveted
blessing of Father Donovan-went to
America in fast steamer; and when
tho packet.ship EmeraSFs passengers
were landed at the Battery at New
York, and Dennis walked out of Castle
Garden, he found his rosy and happy
wife waiting to welcome him to the
New World.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

KLLEp.--Lieut. Col. Gilbert Z.
Pratt; of the Twenty-third Michigan
Infantry, was thrown from his horse
and instantly killed, at Bowling Green,
Ky, on the 5th inst Col. Pratt was a
young man, less than thirty years of age,
but had already gained an envable re.
putation in the field. When the war
first broke out he, as Captain, raised a
company in Clinton county for the
Eighth Regiment, and with it went
through all the battles and skirmishes
in which tho regiment was engaged, un.
I'll the severe fight at James Island, near
Charleston, en- the 10th OF last June,
where he was badly wounded and taken
prisoner. Before he was released he
was promoted to the Lieutenan. Colonel.
cy OF the Twenty.third, and has been
with it since. Two years ago he was
member of tho Legislature, and was
quite well known throughout the State,
respected by oil and admired by those
who knew him intimately.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

TO Tow ON SAGINAW RIvER.-The
steamer j. p. Ward, which has hereto.
fore been engaged in towing on the
river, will this season be stationed at
Saginaw for the accommodation of
vessels DESTROYS Of being towed in and
out that river The Ward is well
adapted for the above purpose and is to
be commanded by Captain r M. Coon,
who is well acquainted with that local.
ty, and competent of plotting vessels in
and out without the hazard Of getting
aground, as has frequently been the
case beretofore.-E Free Press.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
General Mcclellan.
From the Providence p,

From the Providence Post.
"Where is Gen. Mcclellan ?"-Bos
ton Commonwealth.
Gen. Mcclellan is at home, in New
York. He has asked President Lin
coin score Of times, "When am | t.
be assigned to command ?" or "Wher
are my services TO be called for?" The
answer uniformly is, "By and b." A
short time ago he said to President Lin
coin. III must have something to do, OF
| must ask your acceptance of my res
ignation." The Presidents reply is un
derstood to have been, awe shall soon
need you; we really need you now; bide
your time"
General Hunter commands the expe.
dition against Charleston. He is famil
lar with the printed rules, but not with
the science Of war. He is not an eugin.
eer. He never won victory in his life.
We are much afraid he never will. The
abest engineer in the Union army should
be selected to attack city which the
ablest engineer in the rebel army has
had five months to fortify. Yet Gen.
Hunter is selected to outwit and defeat
Gen. Beauregard
But in one thing President Lincoln is
right. Gen. Nc Ciellan soiH be scanted.
If things go OH few weeks longer as
they are now going on, he ,oiU be ,oant.
ed TO SAFE Washington from Gen Lee.
if he is permitted to resign-and there
is rumor from Washington that he
has resigned, already-tbe Governor of
New York willinstantly appoint him to
the command Of the militia of that State.
and he will at once commence to i'm.
prove the defences of the greatest city
in the North--a city which jeff Davis
means to assail before four months have
gone by, with a feet Of iron. clads, some
of which are already afoat, and Others
Of which are being built in the ship
yards of England. ostonsibly for the
Emperor Of China"
One more "trsitorous prediction
While we believe that Gen. Halleck is
a very able General, and is being consult.
ed much more at present than he was
short time ago, we believe that to place
George b. Mcclellan in verv import.
ant command within very short time,
and to secure, also, greater concentra.
lion Of our fact diminishing forces by
he abandonment ofone or two of our
projects Of large dimentions but no rsa
value, can alone save us from utter ruin !
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

New Messrs. Brown &
Mumford who are erecting a large
wooden tenement on Franklin street, in
this city, which they at first designed
for commercial purposes, have changed
the plan thereof into a hotel, of pleasa mt
and convenient construction, which they
have leased to party who proposes to
be in full occupation and operation by
the LIST of July. 1t will be just such an
institution as is greatly headed here
and will pay, beyond peradventure.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

THE BRIDGE.-The contract for the
swing bridge across the Saginaw from
the foot of Genesee street in this city
has been let, and work thereon is now
rapidly progressing. The two banks,
which nonsensical local jealousy tries to
make so thoroughly antagonistic, will
soon be SO thoroughly tied and bolted
together that it will be difficult to dis.
cover the grounds even for rivalry, much
less for hostility, jealousy or envy. A
proper spirit of emulation and honora.
BILE competition will not fail to be mu-
tually beneficial.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
EAST SAGINAW COURIER.
CHARLESTON,

Is not taken. and the attempt if de.
signed as serious effort to reduce that
city as it is believed it was, can be con
sidered as little else than an act of
downright madness. The correspond.
ent Of the n. Y. Tribune characterizes
it as tho "ecstacy of of folly" With
eleven hundred men and thirty-two
guns, it was proposed to take and hold
dozen forts mounting moro than ten
times as many guns as the monitors aud
manned by between fifty and sixty thou.
sand men. No attempt was made to
remove the Instructions in the channel,
known To have been placed there, no
land force was at hand to cooperate to
any extent with the feet the only re.
lance was upon new and yet virtu.
ally untried engines of war, and the only
satisfactory result is that they proved
themselves, as we believe, equal to the
emergency. Their inventor, Captain
Ericsson, who ought to be a competent
Judge, says everything connected with
our new fighting machines worked pre-.
cisely as intended, not single change
of plan being called for"
One significant fact, is observable amid
all the "noise and confusion" of contend.
ing opinions; to make any naval at
tempt successful, it must be supported
by an adequate land force, and by this
means, or some other, the channel must
be rid of the instructions by which the
progress of the feet was so effectually
stopped. When more attention is paid
to established facts in military science
by the managers of the Southern De.
partment and less to crazy theories re-.
garding negro equality we may expect
to hear of some satisfactory results from
that quarter, and not till then.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
SHADE TREES.

We have again and again urged upon
our readers the proprety ofgiving more
attention to setting out shade trees
not locusts, poplars, or other temporary
substitutes, but trees, such as give
promise OF life measured by years rath.
er than weeks, and will be an ornament
to the city hereafter, when in other par.
ticulars it shall begin to assume the ap.
pearance of settled design and systa.
matte advancement. We deem it un.
necessary to say much upon this sub
ject, but cannot forbear the pleasure OF
reproducing, in this connection, the
views of correspondent ofthe Lansing
Republican, who "hits the nail' or, the
subject ION the head"
II is fact which all should under.
stand and appreciate, that every dollar
Judiciously invested in shade trees will
add very many dollars to the value of
the lot in front of which they are plant.
ed hence, as matter of pecunary in
terest, this subject is forcibly commend.
ed to our consideration. Indeed, there
is no small investment which real estate
owners can make, that will pay as large
ly as this.
But there is another view OF the mat.
ter, besides the pecunary one. All
men, whether they know it or not, ad.
mire trees. No man but would choose
a dwelling with trees around it, in pref
erence to one destitute of these natural
ornaments. No housewife but loves
the shadow the adjoining tree casts on
her grass plat, and listens joyfully'to the
breeze murmuring among its foliage
If you would make your home pleasant,
plant trees. If you would make your
wife and children happy, plant trees.
If you would help to beautify your city
and give it good name and fair fame
abroad, plant trees.
Take our main street, Washington
Street, for an example. Suppose all
owners of lots on this street were to do
as some have already dsne, and plant
row of trees on each side of the walk,
making four rows on the street. How
marvellous the effect would be in even
two or three years And in ten years,
every stranger that passed up or down
that avenue in "the leafy month of
une," or whenever the trees were clad
in their native green, would be forced
to exclaim, show charming how de.
lightfulp'
Reader, will you plant at least one
tree? Ify you are the owner of one or
more city lots, will you enhance their
value and contribute to the beauty OF
the town, by planting in their front a
row or two of elms, naples, and bass
woods from the forests around abou.
US lfyou will, God bless you! IfI
you will not, may the sun scorch you
\ little the coming summer, and, to
your pate gyow hotter and hate, every
year, until sense enough is burned into
you to lead you to act wisely in this
matter.
The season for planting them has
low come; it will last but few weeks,
md those who would act must do so
without delay.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

FRANKLtN PIERcE.-Colonel Forney,
in letter from New York to tho Phila-
delphia Press, says: Who do you
think / met last night ? Franklin
Pierce, neither more nor less. And
looking like bridegroom--fat, friend.
ly, aud (pardon me, GENERALLY fifty.four.
/ had not seen him for three years
Remembering his kindness to me in
days gone 10y, and his genial nature and
generous heart, felt glad once more
to take him by the hand. We spoke
no politics, for we differ much, am
sorry to feel, on these troubles; but
soon saw that we did not differ on one
point, viz that there pas TO BE- no separa.
fion Of this Republic" Yet this same
Forney and the Evening Post from
which we take this extract denounced
Pierce as "copperhoad" and "traitor"
during the late New Hampshire cleo.
ton. 0f
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
REMOVAL.

b. 3. BUckHour has removed his
Hardware Store and Copper, Tin and
Sheet Iron.ware Mandatory to his
New Store in Saginaw Block, North
Water Street, where he has on hand a.
usual full and complete assortment Of,
everything in his line of trade. See
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

LIVELY TINES ON THE RIvER.-With.
in the past week the propeller Edith
and Globe from Buffalo have been in
port, and of vessels there has been an
array which lined the wharfs on both
sides Of the river as far as the eve
could reach, up and down, and still they
come. The up freights have been
mostly stone; outgoing freight, lumber
and shingles. Salt moves a, yet out
slowly, owing to limited demand and
low prices.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

CONCERT HALL.-We have now in
this city permanently established in
stitution of the above style, la Beller,
of Detroit. 1t is located on Genesee
street. John N. Schmidt, Proprietor,
and we have no doubt will in time &C
qulre a celebrity not second, even, to
the classic temple Of Jacob, or the in.
comparable Varieties" of the "City of
the Straits.n
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

The atmosphere of New Orleans does
not SOON to be morally wholesome.-
Gen. Neal Dow, who when he was at
home, was one Of tho most moral men
alivo. got up the Maine liquor law, and
was busy. in all sorts Of reforms, has
been accused Of 'appropriating" tho
private property Of q rebel planter; aud
the Court has found him guilty aud
septenced him 10 make restitution to
the tune ofsI454. Twelve bogsheads
Of sugar which he had taken, have been
4 returned.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

MnLINERY-.NEw Goops.-Attention
is invited to the advertisement of Miss
Il. Nicholson, 10 this paper. Miss N.
has a very fine assortment Of New and
Fashionable Goods, which will be open.
cd for inspection on Thursday of next
week, April 3oth.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

ANOTHER FIRE ENGINE, Will soon be
added to the number in Saginaw Val.
ley. A Fire Company has been organ.
lied in Saginaw City, and an agent dis
patched by the authorities to purchase
for their use one of the first class ma.
chimes now offered Tor sale by the City
of Detroit.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

GLEE CLUB REHEARsAL.-Independ
ent Glee Club, of this City, gave com.
pllmentary rehearsal to full audience
of invited friends, last Thursday eve.
ming, at Buena Vista Hall, on which
occasion they acquitted themselves with
great credit, winning by their lberality
the good wishes, and their excellent
performance the applause, of all present.
We congratulate the Club on the
splendid progress they have m ade thus
far, and hope when the time arrives
that such demonstration shall be de.
sired by themselves, our citizens will
show such substantial appreciation of
their efforts and merits, as will convince
them of the interest so freely expressed
at the late rehearsal.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

II this is gloomy view of "the situa.
ton, we will only say. il is the best " Q
can offer. We may add, however that
1t is the view which is already entertain.
ed by two members Of the Presidents
Cabinet, and is beginning TO be enter
tanned by Abraham Lincoln. God help
our honest President to DO his duty aud
save the nation
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
ARMY CORRESPONDENTS.
From the 23d Regt.-Sharp Sktrmisj

From the 23d Regt.-iMarp Sktrmish
BowLrNc GREEN April IL, 1868.
The extreme left wing of the 23d
consisting Of twenty-five men of ON.
pany B, under Lieut.. Wellington, has
smelt gun powder, at tho same timo re-
minding hundred and fifty or two
hundred Guerrilas that Michigan men
arc the same yesterday to-day and al
ways. On the 10th instant, they left
this place at 10 o'clock A. NJ, with a
long train loaded with horses about 4
p. M. reached the right bank Of the
Cumberland, along which the track
runs under lofty precipice. Here the
Guerrillas threw shell and round shot
from two field pieces into the locoao.
tive, until it was disabled, then directed
their FIRE upon the guard, which was
in the car next the tender. Several of
the men were sleeping, having been on
picket the night previous. and being
then beyond all points of previous at.
tack upon the road. One shell PASSED
through the side of the car and two in
at the door. The second one took off
the arm Of Edwin Worden, Of Birch
Run, who was just raising his piece to
return their fire: The Lieutenant i'm.
nediatsly tied his handkerchief tightly
around his arm, thus preventing the
oss OF blood. For some time during
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

EE"Excuse Inc, sir, but / would
liks to inquire Why you look at me SO
savagely9" "Ohl beg pardon, my dear
brother Jerry Rescuerr / mistook
you for rebel sympathisor, who ar
CUES against paying $500 per head for
negroes, that we don't want"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

ANOTHER ARRIvAL.-The scow fer
ry steamer which formerly piled be.
tween Bay City and the opposite shore,
arrived here on Monday last, after a
psrilous voyage Of three days. She is
to run between Saliua and Saginaw
City.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
NOTICE

HEREBY GIVEN, That pursuant 10 a reso-
Il luton adopted by the Board of Supervisors NJ
Saginaw County, on the 18th day Of October A d.
1868, and by virtue Il the authority conferred by
Act No. l64, Of the Laws Of 1861, n contract ba,
been entered into by said Board Of Supervisors with
the Hon VIM @. Duncan, Mayor Of Detroit, and
q H. Brockway superintendent Of the Detroit
House Of Correction authorized Agents In bebaf Of
said City, to receive and keep in the Detroit House
OF correction, any person or persons who may be
sentenced to confinement by any Court or Maeis-
trate IN the County Of Saginaw, for any term not
less than sixty days and that such contract will re-
man IN force for FIVE years from and after the first
day Of April A. d., 1863.
A. s. GAYLORD.
Chairman Of the Board Of Supervisors Of Saginaw
County.
Gro scBnrz, Clerk
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

A BT OF ADVICE Never make ur
a 'poor mouth but if you are wise you
will affect Independence though you
may indeed be really as poor as jobs
turkey. If you are poor don't let folks
show 1t, or they will discover in you a
thousand blemishes "a host of defects
which would never be discovered, or at
least never talked about if you kept a
stiff upper lip, and carried yourself as il
you had ten thousand dollars instead of
but ten cents, at your command. 1t is
as natural for the world 10 hold poor
folks in costempt, as it is for rats to
steal cheese.
Men talk as if it were sin to write,
unless the writing be Of the very highest
order. But are all preachers Pauls?
All statesmen Washngtons? Shall a
woman not dance unless she has the
heels of an Ellsler, or sing without the
voice of a Lind, or paint without the
pencil Of an Angelo? Would 1t even
be better SO? Is there not many n
man whose pulses thrill to the notes of
" ankee Doodle who would set calm
and impassive under 'Casta Diva?'
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
E@-The State Of Texas has furnis

EEThe State of Texas has furnish.
ed 1000 troops for the rebel army, and
CONSUMPTION law, adopted by the Leg
stature, will add 81 900 thereto. Under
this law there are no exemptions; every
man who can stand upon his feet will be
forced into the army.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

REAL ESTATE IN CmcAGo.-The city
of Chicago makes 81 500 per week by
the tax on transfer of deeds-an evi.
dence of unusal activity in real estate.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
NM J. B. SEQ TT aM
SHIP MERCHAHUT AND SHIP BROKER
WILL ATTEND TO THE

PURCHASE AND SALE OF VESSELS,
WILL PROCURE CARGOES FOR VESSELS,
And Supply Vssseis for CargOes, Season Charters &C.
I eng Proprietor Of six good Vessels am prepared
- TO transport Produce, Lumber, Slaves, Timber,
Rail Road Iron, Pig Metal, Coal and Stone, to and
from any Of the Lake Ports on reasonable terms
Lumber delivered to Albany or New York, at cur
rent or special rates
Office on Atwater, between Randolph and Bates
Streets, with L. |. Price Co, coal doalers.)
The Stockholders Of the Empire Barrel Com
pany are required TO meet at the Office Of Gillet
Co, In Carrollton on Thursday the 18th day Of
March 1863 ut 10 o'clock A. M for the purpose Of
Electing Board Of Directors, and tiansactng such
other business as may come before said meeting.
c. Il. GILLETT,
j. H. POST.
East Saginaw, Feb. Path 1863.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
Dissolution of Copartnership.

THE C0PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
l. between the undersigned, under tho firm name
of Geo Crabbo a Co has expired by limitation
The business will be settled by Mary c. Disbrow,
who alone is authorized 10 settle tho same.
GEO CRABBE,
MARY c. DISBROW
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

Many good speculation has failed
for the same good reason that the old
Texan ranger gave when he was asked
why he didn't buy land when it was dog
cheap. swell | did come nigh on to
taking eight thousand acres 'onest, said
old Joe, mournfully. "You see two of
the boys came in one day from an In.
dian hunt, without any shoes, and offer
ed me their title to the two leagues Just
below here, for pair of boots" "For
a pair of boots ~ we exclaimed. Eyes,
for pair of boots, for each league"
But why on earth did did you not take
its They'd be worth one hundred thou.
sand to day. Why didn't you give
them the boots?" "Jest because did
not have the boots to give" said old
Joe, as he took another chew of tobac.
co quite as contented as if he owned
two hundred leagues Of land.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
FOR SALE.

Saw Mill with all its fixtures, belts &c, in good
order, together with fifteen acres of land with a
Blacksmith Shop on the premises. The above prop
erty is situated on the Flint Pere Marquette
Rail Road, at Smiths Station, IA miles from East
Saginaw, and be seen by applying to Caleb
Smith, Bridgeport A fine location for Salt Works
in connection with the mill. Persons wishing to
purchase can do SO by applying to William Binder,
Saginaw City, Michigan.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
ID ED.

In this City, April goth, GEORGE ELsIrER, Ii
the 6lst year Of his age
In this city, on the 18th inst, PETER A. BoGAR-
Dus, aged 20 years.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21

Gas CoMPAsr.-A gas company con.
sisting Of Thos. Edsell aud Hiram A.
Jones, of Goshen, N. Y, Jas. L. Ketch
am, John f. briggs and julius X. Rose
Of this city, has been partially organized
for the purpose of erecting permanent
gas works in this city, aud in considera
ton of their binding themselves to com.
mence operations by Sept. list, 1868, to
have the works in full operation and
II mile of pipe laid by Dec. LIST,
1864, to furnish gas at the same rates
as neighboring cities, and to fully and
legally organize within the next sixty
days the Council has g. anted them the
use Of the streets for laying pipe, under
direction of the city, and the usual
privileges of gas companies, for thirty
years. The proprietors of the company
are "solid men," and will give us gas.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
MARRIED.

In this city, April nth, by Rev. W. C. Smith,
Mr.. j. HIBBARD PARISH Of Detroit, to Mss SARAH
ABBIE QUIMBY, Of East Saginaw.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-21
JACKSON A. NTH

Dealers in Groceries Provisions, Family Supplies,
Flour, Feed, Grain, Fruit, Vegetables, Kerosene
Oil and Lamps, &c, &c, Washington Street,
East side, EAST SAGINAW