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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

IL
The DEATH OF GES. CoRconAN.---
BY advices from Fairfax Court House
we have learned the causes of the
death of the late Brigadier Cen
eral Corcoran. On the afternoon of
the Odd inst. Gen. Meaghcr, who was
paying q visit to Gencarl Corcoran
an some members Of his staff conclu-
ded to accompany him. After leaving
General Meagher ut the station, it
was suggested to Gen. Corcoran to
ride General Meagher's horse, which
he did. When near the headquarters
of Gen. Corcoran, those who accom-
panied him held in their horses, whilo
he rode on. In short time his
friends came to a small gully near the
Generals headquarters, and found
that the horse had fallen upon him,
and that he lay there senseless.-
They Immediately conveyed him to
his headquarters, where lie was bled
by the doctors in attendance. He
gave sigh on being bled, but never
spoke after the accident occurred. +.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

THE pREsrpESr's PiAS.-It is re-
lated. Of tho eccentric despot, Peter
the Great of Russia, that in ono of
his whims he had, appointed COVER
nor of Moscow, md invested with all
the extcriors attributes of supreme
power, gross and fcrocious boyer,
who represented him during his fire.
quelit absences from the capital, and
even on solemn state occasions, when
Peter wished toeonfound himself with
the crowd. The governor kept in his
palacola great bear, dressed ms though
no performed the duties of steward
and chamberlain when any one pre-
scented himself to speak to his excclen-
cy, lie was frstObliged to pay his res
poets to the bear, who, advancing with
all the grace Of which his species is
susceptible, presented a large tumbler
of brandy, strongly peppered, to the
visitor; he was obliged to drink it 10
the last drop, otherwise the bear, very
sensitive on this point Of etiquette,
would hovc Rugged the unlucky citi-
zen and torn his clothes.
This incident fifty characterizes
President L.incoln's stupid within of
offering to the rebels an amnesty cou-
pied with conditions SO dcbasinS and
exasperating that every sense Of man
hood must revolt at the terms. Free
America is taking lessons of barbarous
Russia at so rapid rate in these
days, that we may expect soon to hear
all denounccd.as traitors and "copper"
heads" who dare to question the party
virtue or morality of the infamous en-
press Catherine tr
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Gen. Archer, Gen. Jones, two Cap
tuins and one civilian, prisoners on
Johnson's Island, attempted to escape
from the Island, few nights since,
by bribing the guard. The PROPOSE
ton was made to two of the guards
and communicated TO the officer of the
day in advance, so that the final mat
ter was anything but tragic. The
guard permitted the men to escape
from the inclosure, and TO reach Ger.
tain distance away, where they paid
over the agreed sum, 5000 to each of
tho guard. Greenbacks being short
the amount was eked out with two
gold watches. One of the guard ro-
ceived $3.50 and goldwatch, and the
othea about tho same As soon as
the prid pro quo was handed over, 9TH
or actors appeared on the stage, and
five Adventures were ordered back to
their quarters, minus the expenses.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

PnrsrDrSr LINCOLN oSrnh SUccrs-
sIoS.-Rocently a gentleman limited
! TO President Lincoln that it was
deemed quito settled among many
friends that hcN would accept a re-
nomination for the Proside1ey.eXh his
s.rsmindedp Rather abraham Of what
old Jessie Dubois, out in Illinois, once
Maid to an itinerant preacher. Jessie,
as,State Auditor, had charge of the
State House ATT Springfield Tho
preacher asked the use of it for lee
ture, YOn what subject y 7 psked
Jesse. g..0n the Millerite second com
ing Of the Savior" answered the
long-faced man. Oh, bosh," re-
turned uncle lessee, testify; 81 guess
if our Savior has ever been to Spring
field, and had got away with his life,
he'd be too everlasting smnrtto think
of coming heredagain.p This was
very much his case about the success
sion. -" '''' .-i' .'..' . a..'' s'o' '''.-
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Lizzie Compton, bright girl Of 16,
has just arrived at Louisville for the
purpose FLEEING mustered out oftheser-
vice, she having been for some months
O member of The 18th Kentucy Cav
airy. Her history during the last
eighteen months is strange and ro-
mantle. She has served in seven diff
fcrent regiments, and participated in
several battles. At fredericksburg
she was seriously wounded, but recovl
cred and followed the fortunes of war,
which cast her from the Army Of the
Potomac to the Army of the Cumber-
land. She fought in the battle OF
Green River bridge on the 4th Of
July last, and received a wound which
disabled her for short time. She
has been discovered and mustered out
of the service seven or eight times, but
Immediately re-enlisted in another
regiment. She states that her home
il in London, Canada West, and that
her parents are now living there,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

General Averiil's Late Expedition.
Fmm the New York Herald a q.
The lato expedition Of Gsneral Az
Grill into southwestern virginia, Fcon-
silcring TIC ,inclemont season a the
the year, the wild, ragged, inhoppita-
bio mountainous region traversed, and
the numerous detachments of the en-,
envy operating to capture or destroy
his column, we think may be set down
as the most delicate, difficult and dan
gerous, and yet the most skillfully ex-
ecuted raid Of all hcdpring ones of
The ftsults achieved may also be
considered Of the very highest impor-
lance. Tho destruction Of three well
filed depots of supplies of all kinds,
intended for the rebel army, will be
felt by the half-rationed soldiers of
Gonerall-eo |; but the destruction of
fifteen miles of the Tennessee and
Virginia railroad, midway between
Lee and Longstreot, including the de-
molition of five bridges and several
cnlverts, will be optic prove fatal
disaster to Longstreet. The rebels
will DO occupied several weeks in re-
pairing these damages, and in tho
meantime the only line of communi-
ton between I.ongstreet and Lee, is
completely broken. In the interval,
supplies to Lee on the one hand, and
reiiiforeemcnts to Longstrcct, If he
has not made the best possible use of
his time since last heard from, is at
the mercy of the pursuing legions, of
General Grant. Even If beyond i'm
mediate danger this cutting of his
only remaining line of communication
with Richmond, will admonish him of
the necessity of abandoning the last
corner of East Tennessee in order to
save his army. hocai-eT anra
p Tho importance of that section, in
GLIDING the intorlocking corner of
Southwe stern Virginia, to tho rebel
lion al this stage of the war, was very
frankly disclosed by several leading
rebel journals after the. failure, of
Bragg to demolish Gen. Rosecrans or
TO dislodge him from Chattanooga
Thus it was confessed that the grain,
cattle, sheep and swine of East Ton
nesscc were indispensable TO the sub
sistance, of the army of Bragg; that
the nitro caves Of those ihountains
werc just MS necessary for the powder
mills of Augusta, Rome and Atlanta I;
while the salt springs in these noun
tain valleys, extending into Southwes-
tern Virginia, had become the main
dependence Of the Davis confederacy,
arusy aud people, for the essential arr
ticle of salt The holding of the coun-
try and the sources Of all those inval-
liable supplies now depends upon
Longstreet. Bragg's late army has
been driven too far down into Geor-,
gia to DO able to help him. Thus
Longstreet is much in the same posi-
ton as was Joe Johnston after the fall
of yicksburg. He is detached from
! his supports, his lines of travel are in
terruptcd, and he is envelopel by
combinations from which hcica hards
~ escape. rs i2 III l.ds b
IN this view, the strategic value of
Gen. Averill's mastery raid upon tho
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad will
be really comprehendod. As move
meht against Longstroet it is as valu-
able to Gen. Grant as was the famous
Grierson Mississippi raid in reference
TO tho campaign against Viclksburg.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Bliss, JANIS & Co. - Nothing more
astonishes outsiders who visit us than
the extent of the wholesale trade of
our city, and in this respect the firm
above mentioned is undoubtedly the
leading concern Of tho valley. Hay
ing wide spread acquaintance through
all Of the river towns and interior
country, materially tributary to our
city, they send out weekly bills of
goods, the aggregate of which is cal
culatcd to staggor the credulity OF
those who judge of the place only BY
its present population, and their trade
Notwithstanding the peculiar disad-
vqntages Of mercantile operations in
the present feverish and unsettled
state Of the market, isdaily on the in
crease,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
A Cand.dato by Authority.

Tho chiefs of the unkempt divisions
OF tho abolition host East and West,
Horace Greeley and Perry Joslin hav-
ing authoritiycly announced their
preference for Solomon p. Chase as
the candidate Of the Republican pnr-
ty in tho approaching Presidential
contest. It only remains for the other
leaders to ''fnll in" and ratify the III
tra radical programme both as regards
mca and measures. As between
Chase and Lincoln there is force in the
ne ;utneRt presented in favor of the
former. While both entertain the
sane revolutionary ideas. Chase is
boil, ouispokon and unequivocal in
hi, enanoiation nnd possessed OF q
record in this respect not a whit be-
hind that Of Lloyd Garrison or Wen
dell Phillips; Lincoln is timid, time
serving, contradictory, pusillanimous
With no record "to speak of" and .
muddle of idOas ''as imperative as the
Popc's bull against tho comet" TC
i'hold the word Of promise to the oa'
and break il TO the sense" to all Others
while yielding an nbjcct but limp anc
cowardly submission to tho dictates
Of abolitionists'has been his practice
from the first, and the Tom Iidlars o
that faction have done reil 10 kicl
hi,n OVERHEARD.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
tEhe Parolled Texas Prisoners.

officer of the Harriet Lane, dated
at Vicksburg q fortnight since, on
tho 10th of Nov, stated that orders
came up to Camp Grove, Texas, for
tho parolling Of the Union prisoners
there, who were TO join similar par
ty from another place of durance, and
be marched on foct TO Shreveport on
their route, to the Mississippi River.
Tho distance from Camp Grove to
Shreveport is about 250 miles-Camp
Grove being near Austin.
But two Edays Afterwards an order
came from Gen. McGruder, directing
that tho four officers of the Harriet
Lane, viz Acting Master Chas. III.
Hamilton, the Lieutenant and the
two engineers, should be detached
from the rest, allowed sixty pounds of
baggage each, and be sent to Vicxs-
burg by themselves by another and
more direct route. This was done,
and they babe adieu to the other pris-
oners, 300 in number, and travelling
partly on foot and partly by rail,
reached Monroe, a hundred miles
from Vicksburg. Here they waited
four days for an escort, and finally ar
rived safely at Vicksburg. On the
latter section Of their route they found
tho bridges down, having been de-
stroyed by the Union troops some
time ago. 1t is uncertain whether
they would come east by way of Cal
70, or by New Orleans and ocean stea-
mers A''.
Nothing is said Of the prisoners left
behind. At last accounts, several
months ago, the prisoners in Austin
county, incluing Col. Burrill, and ten
officers and nine men of the Forty-sec-.
ord, tho later of whom had been una
bic to travel when tho other privates
were sent in September or October
eighty men of the gunboat Harriet
Lane, captured at Galveston; one hun
drcd and one men and officers of the
gunboat Morning Light, captured off
Sabine Pass men and officers of the
gunboats Sachcm and Clinton and
many others of whose place of surren-
der we are not cognizant.
The three hundred prisoners mem
toned viii have altogether a march
of between five and six hundred miles
probably more, unless the rebels
choose to dispatch them by rail part
of tho way. 1t is uncertain, too,
atwhat point they will arrive, SO that
tidings of them could hardly be ex-
pected before this time, and may not
reach US for week or two to come.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

CURIoUs CLAIMS A Paris letter
says: "a curious lawsuit is on tho to
piS here, and l doubt if there has over
been a precedent for it before the
American Bar. Mr. Erlangcr, the
Paris banker, who engineered the
Confederate cotton loan, and who it is
said, is about to marry a belle rebelie,
has been sued 10y couple Of English
men, who claim no less than SIS, 200.
Prepbsterous as the claim may seem,
there is serious legal trial to cstab-
lish it now in progress Another
similar case-charging commission for
an introduction is also in dispute in
London. Mr. s., of well-known
commercial house, charges 81, 900 for
introducing Mr.. III. TO Mr.. c., between
WHOM there followed sale and pur-
chase of 10000 Enfield rifles If these
claims are established, introducing
business men To each other in Europe
will be about tho most profitable and
agreeable vocation a poor man can
adopt" oH 1oi4roi.i .T"a9 a.Ii q
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
The london post Of tho al instant

The London Post Of the ID instant
speaks of tho enormous increase Of
emigration as follows: robin r
"Tho total number of emigrants
which loft Liverpool last year was CT
3l4; and on q comparison of the fig
ures the increase for eleven months
of the present year over the whole of
last year amounts to 7l,6e7; tho in
crease itself being double and nearly
1000 more than tho total exodus from
the Merscy for 1862. Nor does the
approach Of winter appear to check
the tide Of emigration Vessels CON
tinually leave tho port laden with liv-
ing freight for the United States, the
country which above all appears to
swallow up tho majority of the emf
grants" a
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

The Paris correspondent of the n.
Y. Times says that tho French writer's,
in the blindness Of their egotisn, at
tribute the change which has taken
place in the Press and in the govern
mental circles at Paris, in favor of the
Union cause in America, to the cold
ness which has spriing up between
the governments of France and Eng
land since the latter refused so alb
ruptly the Congress of Sovereigns.-
Hatred Of England they say, is throw
ing Franco on the side of tho Union,
because England is on the side Of the
Confederates. But the fact is that
Bragg's defeat at Chattanooga and
Banks occupation of the Rio Grandc,
are the real keys to the change which
has taken place 1t is tho Success of
the national arms and nothing else,
and the same cause will propably soon
drag England into tho support of the
Union.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

SUReLRY.-Dr. Hall, whom wo have
had occasion TO notice in several in
stances, in connection with casualties
and accidents wherein his skill has
been called into requisition, makes
the source of surgery q speciality in
his practice, and having had wide
experience in the army and elsewhere
in that particular line, is eminently
qualified at the same time that he is
prepared with all requisite instru-
ments and apparatus, to perform any
class of operations required in a sec
ton peculiarly prolific Of this class of
unfortunates.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

The following extract from an ora
ton by Demosthenes is in circulation
applicable to certain contemporary
contractors "Behold the despicable
creatures, raised all at once from the
dirt to opulance, from the lowest OBJ
security to the highest honors. Have
not,some of those upstairs built private
houses and seats viewing with the
most sumptuous of our public palaces?
And how have their fortunes and
their power increased, but as the COM
monwealth has been ruined and inn
poverisliod ~ a eln 3 "a af
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

AS Arr QuoTAT1oN.-At n recent
congratulatory entertainment in New
buryport, over the result of the recent
charter election in that city, III. Spot
ford, Jr., gave the following toast:
"od NoNbaryport, the only Democratic city
IN the State n
Her splcn lor hangs upon tho cheek ef light,
Like rich jewel in ON Euliops car"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

FAREWELL BALL.-The Farewell
Ball given by Hobbs Mt the Bancroft
House on Christmas Eve, was q fine
affair, and passed off in the most
pleasant manner possible. The house
was just comfortably filed, music and
refreshments excellent; result, a good
time. I..E
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

decrease or PorULATIoS.-Thcre is
something singular in the fact, wheth
er it betokens hard winter or not,
seems to be a disputed fact-that
large numbers of musk-rats have left
their haunts in the marshes and low
lands bordering the river and erected
for themselves and families tenements
of no mean proportions within the
between Washington and Jefferson
Streets. Some twenty or thirty of
this class Of habitations may be coun-
ted from a commanding point on any
of the upper cross-streets. The occu-
pants are quiet, orderly people, old
fashioned, particularly the old rats,
and if not demoralizod by the vagrant
rats of the city, or frightened away by
the high prices Of real estate in the
vicinity will, perhaps, conclude to Of
feet permanent residence there.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
=" CoPPBRHEAD THE New York

f" CoPPgRHEAD THE New York
Tribune says: ~., rr
The State Canvassers of Iowa have
just counted up tho soldiers vote for
Governor. Stone, the republican
Union nominee, gets 1861; 7pttF,
the CopYerltad, gets 3,279.
Tuttle, THE Coppcrhead," hos been
for the past two years and is now in
tho field under General Grant COM
handing a brigade, while Stone, "ro-.
political friends cursing his late oppo-
nent as q "traitor - rf0 ~ ~
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

II. &. J.. BALI, at Reigle's Bellevue
Hall on the evening Of the 10Th, was
success in all respects, and thereat
Fred Koohler established his rcputa-
ton as being one of the best caterers
to public taste in the Valley.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

OrsTEns.-Tho amount paid for
oysters by one concern in this city du-
ring the year 1868, was over five thou
sand dollars.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

The LESSON FOR THE CONSERVATIVES
The result of tho fall elections pre-
scented in our minds double aspect
of hopefullness. This aspect was the
probable tendency of the result to
make the radicals ineautious, beget-
ting audacity and divisions, and at the
same time to make the conservatives
cautious, begetting moderation and
union. The radical side of this ten
dcncy is partly realized, and in the
course of full realization. Now let
the conservative side of the tendency
DO fully realized, and the radical Ipnr-
ty will bite the dust in the Presiden-
tial election next year. Let tho CON
servatives but learn the true lesson Of
true harmony taught by tho result,
and they will pluck from defeat the
mightiest victory Of the time Com
seryatives of the country. wecall upon
you TO master this vital lesson, as you
hope to rescue the government from
the widespread jaws Of destruction
Louisville Journal
The above cannot be too highly
commended or too thoroughly acted
upon. Union and harmony must be
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Gen. ID. II Hill, Of the rebel army,
appended to u leave of absence this
explanatory note: approved upon
the ground that brave men Of the ar
my should be permitted to go home
whenever practicable otherwise all
the children to BIO born during the
war, and the usual period afterwards,
will DO the offspring of the towards
at home who have substitutes and are
otherwise exompt.p avun
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

The place TO boy your Goods Cheap is at
H. A. WALES Mart. fe
Good Black Dress Silks only 81 per yard at
Wales,
Bright Scarlet Merinos, new style, at Wales
French all Wool DcLaincs, in all shades, at
Wales. II -aIrtrf-rf T.f.-tt -s
Dalmoral Shirts very cheap, at walOs'.
FIR eneh Corsets, beautiful, at Wales.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

gz- The great secret of happiness
is to be on good terms with ones self.
As all external troubles throw us
back upon ourselves, II Is pleasant to
find there comfortable retreat.-FSn-
kfnelle.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

Rev. Jas. Pypor viii preach at IN
ion Hall, on Jefferson street, mex.
Sabbath, at 10! a. NJ. and 7 o'clock
- NJ.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

CARyIvAL.-Rcad a. Strussburg's
advertisement in thispaper of a Grand
Masquerade Ball, to como off Feb. 2,
1864. enc
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30

An observer of the female sex
thinks lady sometimes gets as much
intoxicated at her glass as topper
does Of his.