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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
PROBATE ORDER.

STATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass:-ss
- AT session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office in
Cassapolis, ON Tuesday, the sixteenth day of
JuLe, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixly-three. Present, Clifford Shanahan, Judge
Of Probate. In the matter of the estate of George
Pierce deceased On reading and filing the peti-
tion duly verified, of Martha Pierce, praying for
letters OF Administration, on the estate of said
deceased, to be granted to Andrew j. Smith,
Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
eleventh day of July, next at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said
petition and the heirs at law of said deceased, and
all other persons interested in said estate, are re-
quired to appear at session of said court then to
be holden at the Probate Office in Cassapolis, and
show cause if any there be, why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the pendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished in the Cass County Republican, a newspaper
printed undertaking in said County of Cass, for
three successive weeks previous to said day of
hearing. G. SHANAHAN,
A true copy. Judge of Pref Gate.
June 18th, 1868. junel8-9w3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18

GEN. BENJAMIN f. BUTLER, the FIRST
to declare the slaves. of rebels contra
band property; Gen. David Hunter,
who anticipated the Emancipation
Proclamation; Edwin M. Stanton, the
pricipal operator in" Arbitrary Arrests, D
and the radical par excellence of Mr..
Linsoln's Cabinet; Gen. Burnside, the
great suppresser of disloyalty, are all
Democrats, and the men concerning
whose acts the Democatic presses and
orators make the greatest cutlery.
Make note of it.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18

Advices have been received here to-
day that squad of $50 mounted rebels
entered the town of MaysvilIe yesterday
and after taking possession of the place
and robbing the inhabitants of every
thing valuable, they evacuated the
place last evening, promising to return
shortly.
THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
CHAMBERsBURG, June Is. = Lieut.
faimer, just returned from Greencastle,
had to fight his way out tive miles this
SIDE OF that place. He reports that the
enemy are advancing in three columns,
one towards Waynesboro and Getteys.
burg, one direct to Chambersburp. and
one towards Mercersburg and Cove
Mountain. 1t is not known whether
they will proceed in short columns or
concentrate.
GOVERNOR cURTIN's PROCLAMATION.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Is. = The Gov
erner has issued a proclamation, say
ing: 'The State is again threatened
with invasion, and the President ha.
issued his proclamation for $4,000 men
from Pennsylvania. | now appeal ia
all citizens of Pennsylvania, willing to
defend their homes, to rush in their
might in this hour of peril. The issue
is one of preservation of destruction.
That it is the purpose of the enemy to
invade our border with all the strength
he can command, is apparent. | there
fore call upon all capable of bearing
arms to enroll themselves, and to give
aid to the efforts to be put forth for the
salvation of our common country"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
Startling News.

The news which we publish THU
week is of the most startling char.
acter.
1t is to the effect that the rebels in
large force have passed the northern
boundary of Maryland, and having oc-
cupied important points in southern
Pennsylvania, are passing on towards
Harrisburg. Lee has moved with bis
whole army and is front of General
Hooker, who is following rapidly after
him. 1t is repetition of: the move
ment of last year.
How critical is the situation i,
shown by the call of the President for
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND men for i'm
mediate service, apportioning them to
the several States Threatened. The
Governors of these States respond
promptly, and under the spur of excite
ment and danger at hand these men
will be speedily in the field,
The design of the rebels is a matter
of surmise. In Western Pennsylvania
the opinion is that the movement is
aimed against Pittsburg, the principal
Government ordnance foundry, while
in other quarters it is believed the
rebels intend to make a slashing raid
through the States of Pennsylvania
and Ohio, doing all the damage posi-
BILE. Others believe that the design is
to cut off the communications of w ash.
ington and of Hooker.
Lees movement 10 evidently one oil
desperation, designed more as bold
stroke of military daring, which will
have an inspiration effect South and
furnish capital to the secession agents
abroad, than as an achievement that
will be attended by permanent military
advantage. But even this is attended
with risk so great, that it threatens
the safety of the entire rebel army.
With the heavy massing of troops be.
fore them as they advance, and the
presence of General Hooker's force on
their rear, no very transcendent endow.
ment of military ability would seem
necessary to make the attempt fatal
one for the rebels.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
Unconditional Loyalty.

The best and strongest exhibition
and definition of that spirit Of entirs
loyalty the spread of which over the
North would make the speedy crush
ing of the rebellion perfectly certain,
we find in Baltimore. A leading
Union man of that city, being ques-
toned as TO certain acts of the Govern.
ment known to be different from what
he would have advised or preferred
replied in the following noble spirit
"Sir l not only sustain all that the
Government has done, but also al
that it Is going to do"
This is the spirit of genuine patriot
ism. 1t shows that its possessor i,
willing to make any sacrifices o
opinion, or of convenience, or of alb
stract political rights, even the right o
Safeguarding the constitutional au
thorities, for the time being, for the
sake of preserving the Union. 1t is 3
spirit in marked contrast to that of the
Copperheads. When the question il
presented to the Democrats, of the
ruling stripe in the North, whether
they will surrender the Union forever
or surrender their Fright" to abuse the
administration aud to indulge in the
"free speech" OF. calling the President
usurper" and the soldiers "abolitior
hirelings" for little while, some prefer
TO lose the Union forever to losing
their precious right" for few
months.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18

VALUABLE DONATIoN.-We have
the pleasure of announcing that Mrs.
G. Babbett, of Washington, Maoomb
county, has donated to the State Agri-
cultural College the valuable Herbari-
um of her late husband, DR.. d. Cooley.
This collection of plants is probably
the largest and most valuable in the
West, and has but few equals in this
country. 1t is especially rich in our
indigenous fora, and contains large
collection of tropical, California, and
Australian species. Several exceed
ingly rare plants are represented, few
OF which are the only known speci-
mems. DIR. Cooley devoted to its col
lection large portion of his time for
upwards of tw enty years. Many of the
plants were obtained by exchanges
with DR.. Tory, w. s. Sullivant, DR..
Dewey, John Carey, and many other
celebrated Botanists, by whom they
were classified and labeled.
The value Of such Hsrbarium can
hardly be .overestimated. Added to
other advantages already possessed, il
enables the College to afford unsur-
passed, if not unequallsd opportunities
for the thorough study of the science
Of Botany. AS the advantages it al
ready possesses are beginning to
awaken the attention of people OF
other States, we hope the time will
speedily como when it will be properly
appreciated at homs.-Lansing Re
publican.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
Later from the Pennsylvania Raid.
4 RaI.11ored Rattle at Bull Rnaa


HARR1sBURG, June 16-1 y. m.-The
operator at London, Franklin county,
reports that our pickets captured reb-
el, who says the enemy is in full force
in the Cumberland Valley.
The Bendtord operator reports 5000
rebel cavalry in Cumberland. There
are no Union troops there. The citi-
zens are flying.
NEW York, June ia Baltimore
dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer
states All is safe at Harper's Ferry,
and Milroy has reached there. The
place will be held.
The Baltimore correspondent OF the
Inquirer, dated p. M, 18th, says -.
learn from high authority that battle
has been progressing to- day on the old
Bull Run battle ground, betwee Lee
and Hooker, the latter doing good SER
vice.
The train from Baltimore, on Mon
day, went only to Elliott Mills. The
rebels are also reported in force at
Point of Rocks.
HARRISBURG, Pa, juno 16 a. m.-
Everything is gloomy Fere. The indi-
cations are that the rebels will be in
sight of here by tomorrow. In the
absence of troops to stop the advance
of the rebels, the destruction of all the
bridges OF the Susquehanna is inevita.
BILE
AS fast as troops reach here they are
sent to the different fords on the river,
where works are being constructed.
The attempts to get troops from
Washington have failed, and all the
energies of the State must be directed
towards arresting the progress OF the
rebels. There is no hope ofsaving the
country south of the SusQuehanna.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
Letter from Gen. Hunter to JEFF. Davis.

Letter from Gen. Hunter to JEFF. Davis.
The following letter from General
Hunter to JEFF. Davis, is printed in the
Free South dated:
Headquarters Department the South,
Hilton Head, Port Royal, April 23d.
Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia:
The United State flag must protect
all its defenders, white black or yellow.
Several negroes in the employ of the
Government in the Western Depart
ment have been cruelty murdered by
your authorities, and others sold into
slavery. Every outrage of this kind
against the laws of humanity which
may take place in this Department
shall be followed by the immediate ex-
ecution Of the rebel of highest rank in
my possession, man for man. The ex-
,ecution will certainly take place for
every one murdered or sold into slave
~ lie worse than death.
On your authorities will rest the
responsibility of this barbarous policy,
and you will be held resp onsibie by the
world for all the blood thus shed. In
Abe month of August last, you declared
all those engaged in arming the negroes
- fight for their country to be felons,
and directed the immediate execution
Of all such as should be captured.
/ have given you long enough to re-
feet upon your folly. | now give you
notice that unless the order is immsdi
ately revoked, will at once cause the
execution of every rebel officer and
every rebel stakeholder in my posses
sion. The poor negro is fighting for
liberty in its truest sense, and Jefferson
has beautifully said:
"In such war there is no attribute
of the Almighty which will induce him
TO fight on the side of the oppressor.
Ysu say you are fighting for liberty,
to keep millions of your fellow beings
in ignorance and degradation. Liberty
to separate parents, and children, hus-
band and wife, brother and sister.
liberty to steal the products of their la
Dor, exacted with many a cruel lash and
bitter tear. Liberty to seduce their
wives and daughters, and to sell your
swn children into bondage. Liberty to
kill these children with impunity when
the murder cannot be proven by one of
pure white blood. This is the kind of
hbsrty-ths liberty to do wrong. which
Satan, chief of the fallen angels, was
sontsnding for when he was cast int
hell.
have the honor to be,
s Very respectfully.
Your most Obedient servant.
ID. HUNTER.
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
The Illinois Legislature Adjourned by
the C.ovaruor

The Illinois Legislature Adjourned by
the Governor.
On the 10th inst, seeing that there
was no prospect of anything useful be-
ing done by the Legislature, Governor
Yates closed up the concern in a very
summary, though constitutional, man
ner. The eopperheads were exceed
ingly wroth thsreat, and threatened to
continue In session, and pass such bills
as they pleased, but it was no use, dow
ernor Yates carried too many guns for
them, and with much swearing, they
retired.
The following is the Governors
Message, dissolving the Legislature
"To the General Assembly of the State ofIllinos !:
"W Whereas, on the 9Th day of June.
A. d. 1868, the Senate adopted joint
resolution to adjourn sine die on said
day, at 6 o'clock, p. m, which resolu-
ton, upon being submitted, on the same
day, to the House of Representatives,
was by them amended by substitu-
ting the 22d day of June and the hour
OF IL o'clock, in which amendment the
Senate thsreupon refuses to concur !;
and whereas the Constitution of this
State contains the following provisions,
TO wit: laa
SEC. lS ART. 4. ''In case of disagreement be-
tween the two houses with respect to the time of
adjournment, the Governor shall have power to
adjourn the General Assembly to such time as he
thinks proper, provided it be not to a period be-
yond the ext constitutional meeting of the same"
"And whereas, fully believe that tho
interest Of the people of the State will
be best subssrvsd by speedy adjourn
ment, the past history of the Assembly
holding out no reasonable hope of bens-
fetal results TO the citizens Of the State
or the army in the field from its further
continuance
"Now, therefore, in consideration of
the existing disagreement between the
two houses, with respect to the time of
adjournment, and by virtue of the pow
err vested in me by the Constitution, as
aforesaid, /, Richard Yates, Governor
of the State of Illinois, do hereby ad-
journ the General Assembly, now in
session, to the Saturday mex, preceding
the first Monday in January, A. d.
1868.
"Given at Springfield, this the 10th
day of June, A. d. 1863.
Signed) "RlCHARD YATES, Governor"
In the Senate the above message
was read by Governor Hoffman, who,
Immediately after reading the same.
adjourned the Senate and left tho chair.
In the House the message was read
by the private secretary. A great sen.
sation was created. The Republicans
left their seats, and the Democrats
threatened TO proceed, regardless of the
message. Finally the Speaker left the
chair in disgust.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
Administrator Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that BY virtue Of a
IN license granted by Clifford Shanahan, Judge
of Probate for the County of Cass, in the State Of
Michigan, shall offer for sale at public auction,
Village lot number two, in Block number two,
south of range number one east, in the village OF
Cnssapolis, in said County of Cass, on Saturday,
the first day of August next, between the hour OF
nine o'clock in the forenoon and the setting of the
sun the same day, on the premises above described
for the payment of the debts of Prentice E. Cham
berain, deceased, and the costs and charges O.
Administration, subject to the right of dover Of
Adaliue Chamberlain, widow of sa deceased
ADALINE CHAMBERLAIN
Administrative
June 10, 1853 juneIS-9we
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
The Siege of Vicksburg.

A recent private letter frem the rear
of Vicksburg says:
eve have got them (the rebels in
a tight place, and they can't skedaddle
this time. Grant knows his advan.
tages, and it is only question OF a
week or two, before city, spoils and
men will be ours.
"Grant has received thirty inch
land mortars, and large number oil
columbiads, and, take them together
with the large number of cannon we
already have, and the combined fire oil
these and the mortar and gunboats will
destroy the CITY, men, forts, and every
thing else"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
PROBATE NOTiCE.

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass Pro-
- bate COurt.-Whereas application has been
made 10 said Court by Henry c. Allen, admin
istrator of the estate of Gideon Allen, deceased,
for the final settisment of his Administration ac-
counts in said estate.
And, whereas, no commissioners have been ap-
pointed to examine and adjust the claims against
said estate: Notice is therefore hereby given that
the third Saturday in July next, has been appointed
by said court for examining and adjusting the
claims against said estate, and for the final settle
ment of the same, at the Probate Office in Cassap-
oils, OF said county, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
at which time and place all persons having claims
against said estate will present them to said court
for final settlement.
And it is hereby ordered that the above notice
be published in the Cass County Republican once
i'll each week for four weeks in succession. imme-
diately preceding said settlement
G. SHANAHAN, Judge of Probate.
June 10, 1868. junelS-ew4
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18

az Col. Thomas Clark, of the 9th
Michigan Infantry-whose reported
death in battle is contradicted by our
latest Geographic news-has earned
his promotion from the Lieut.. Coloneloy.
He was a printer by trade, acted as
foreman of the Adrian EapOsitor and
published the Monroe Commercial for
several years. He has discharged the
duties of every position faithfully.
Long may he live to serve the sold flag.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
Vailandigham Nominated for Governor
of Ohio.


of Ohio.
The Democratic State Convention.
which met at Columbus, Ohio, on the
llth inst, disgracsd that State, and
placed the Democratic in open antago
nism to the cause of the Union and the
Government, by nominating the con
victed and bsnished traitor, Vallandig
ham for Governor. The Convention
cast for him 354 votes, being the whole
vote Of the convention, with the excep
tion of Z only, which went for Hugh J
Jewett. The nomination of Vallan
digham was afterwards declared unan
imous.
1t was altogether in keeping with the
character of such a convention thai
they should also nominate that unprin
ciplsd demagogue, Geo. E. Pugh, fol
Lieutenant Governor. William Hub
bard, of Muskingham, was then nomi
mated for Auditor of State; H. S
Knapp, of Ashland, for State Treasur
er; p. Van Trump, for Judge of thu
Supreme Court; and John II. Heater
for member of the State Board of Pub
lie Works.
The whole proc ceilings of the Con
vention, during and after the nomina
ton OF this regular out-and .out copper
head ticket, were characterized by /;
spirit more becoming the rebels a
Richmond or Charleston, than the De
mocracy Of the State of Ohio.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
loo. GOO TROOPS sailed For.

The President has issued Procla-
nation, stating that the rebels are
threatening to invade Maryland and
Western Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Ohio. He therefore calls into immedi-
ate service 100000 mon from the fol.
lowing States: sc, 1000 from Psnnsylva-
MIA; 10000 from Ohio; 10000; from
Mary land; 10000 from Western Vir-
glnia to be mustered into the service
forthwith, and to serve six months from
date of mastering in, unless sooner dis
charged.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
- Cen Schefield. the new Uni

a. Gen Schefield, the new Union
commander in Missouri, has been
charged with pro-slayery notions: but
he pargss himself neatly of the shame,
by a published letter, dated at st.
Louis, June LIST. He regards universal
emancipation as one of the necessary
consequences of the rebellion, OF rather
as one of the means absolutely necss-
sary TO a complete restoration of the
Union and this because slavery was
tho great cause of the. rebellion, and
the only obstacle in the way of per.
feet Union"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18

az President Lincoln has granted
an unconditional pardon to Albert
Horn. who was undergoing sentence
of imprisonment for FIVE years, on con-
yiction of being engaged in tho slave
trade. He was said to be in the last
stages of consumption, but will now
probably recover aud engage in poll
ties ~ Cepperhsad.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
The New Policy of the War.

4" gsca's Freedom to the Slaues ace ensure Free
dom to the Free honorable alike in schat spe gice
and what zoe rscsire WeMaH molly SAGE or mean
~ lose the last best hope Of earth. Other means
may succeed this could not fail TAstoay plain,
peaceful, generous, Just A acay schich foloacsd,
the World sciH oreser applaud. and God mast for
sUsr 6less.-PresidentL incolns Message, December
lst, 1862
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
Startling Intelligence.
4 Heavy Rebel Force in Psnnsyl-
UdniQ.

Il Heavy Rebel Force in Pennsyl-
Udnio.
NEW YORK, June 15.-The New
York Times says, editorially: elm
formation reached this city yesterday,
from w ashington, that Lees army 80
600 strong, was on this side of the
Rappahannock, marching northward
and that Hooker's army was Fastening
north to prevent the rebel advance.
Lee, before the close of last week
crossed by the fords above Fredericks
burg, and was apparently pushing for
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.
BY Friday, Hooker's whole army was
on the northward march, following
that day a line between Warrenton
and Callett's station. All our commits
sary stores have been embarked from
Aqua Creek.
Lee has been joined by large de-
tachments from North Carolina and
the Blackwater, and all his cava airy has
been massed on the north fork of the
Rappahannock. Longstreet's corps,
lately at Culpepper, has doubtless been
Joined to Lee.
Rockers force cannot be inferior to
Lees, and our army has been heavily
reinforced from the Nansemond, the
Peninsula and elsewhere.
No official or semi official indications
efthese movements have been received
from Washington, and the Times SAYS:
"These accounts we have obtained
from other sources, but there seems to
be an agreement that our army and
that of the rebels are both on the
move, and SO closely together that they
can hardly avoid a collision soon"
A dispatch dated the morning of the
18th at headquarters of the 5th Arm,
Corps, states that troops and wagons
had been passing there ali night. The
troops of the 5th Corps are still guard
ing the fords, with orders to be in
readiness to move at moments
notice.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, June Is, 1868.
1t is now known that Longstreet and
Ewell passed through Culpepper early
last week, towards the Shenandoah
Valley, marching by different routes.
Ewell's corps attacked Gen. Milroy at
Winchester, and after a severe fight
was repulsed with heavy loss. A state
ment in the Philadelphia papers that
our forces at Winchester have been
captured, is not true.
simultaneously with the attack Oh
Miroy, Gen. McReynolds was attacked
at Perryville. He made brave fight
and effected junction with Milroy at
Winchester.
Gen. Hooker is in the place and will
be heard from at the proper time.
All sick and wounded in the hospi-
tails at Falmouth and Aqua, about
seven or eight thousand, were brought