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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23

Az AMUSING MIsrAKE.-Ihe Hart
ford Times of August IL, gives the
particulars of quite on amusing Incl
dent which occurred in one Of the
Hartford churches last Sunday after
noon:
The Rev. Mr.. Parker, pastor of the
South Congregational Church, being
absent, engaged with minister from
the rural districts" TO supply his
place, said Clergyman never before
having occupied Mr.. Parker's pulpit.
In walking down Main street. when
opposite the South Baptist Church he
inquired of a passcr-by if that was the
South Church Being answered in
the affirmative he walked gravely up
the centre aisle, and took his seat in
the pulpit Presently the Rev. Mr..
Cushman, who was to preach, came
in, and seeing stranger in his place
asked one of the deacons who he was.
Nobody knew; so Mr.. Cushman as
cending the steps, took his seat along
side the stranger. The compliments
Of the day were passed, the organ
meanwhile playing the voluntary
The stranger takes up tho hymn book
to select hymn, but not recognizing
the book, asked Mr.. Cushman if that
was the book used in that church
Mr.. c. replied "Yes." The stranger
then asked Mr. c. if he was to preach,
and receiving an affirmative answer,
said, "Thele must be some mistake
here, as Mr.. Parker requested me TO
fill his place this afternoon" "Bless
you" replied Mr.. Cushman, i" "this is
the South Baptist Church; tho South
Congregational Church is just below"
With many apologies for the mistake,
the stranger took his hat and retired
gracefully, though somewhat in haste,
down tho aisle, amid the half sup
pressed smiles of the congregation,
reaching Mr.. Parker's church Just in
time to allay the fears Of the congre-
cation assembled there, that they
were not going to have any minister
that afternoon.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
DIR. NEWLAN

FORMERLY of Detroit, has established his
Il office permanently IN East Saginaw, over
Frizelle Bros, Drug Store, opposite the Bancroft
III ouse
The DR.. may be consulted in diseases Of the
Abdomen, Apoplexy, Asthma, Bies, Bladder,
Fleedng, Bcnnorrhoca, Bones, Bowels Breast,
Bruises, Burns, Cancer, Cataract, Catarrh. Chalk
stoner. Cholera. Collie, Congestion, Consumption,
Contractions, Cough, Cramp, Deafness, Debility,
Delerium. Diarrhea, Digestive, Discharges Drop
sy, Drunkenness, Dysentery, Exhaustion, Expec-
Gout, Hair, Head. Heart lIernmorrhoids, Hoop
ing cough, Impotence, insanity, irritable, Kid
neys, Liver, Lungs, Measles, Mouth, Nose, 0ph-
thalmia, Paralysis, Periodical Pimples, kheu-
matism, Ringworm, ST. Vitns' Dance, Scrofulous,
Skin, sleepleseness, spasms Stomach, Throat,
Teeth, Tongue, Typhus, Ulcer, Vomiting, Worms.
Ndhnbs, etc, etc 2U9yl
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
THE SHELTER TENT.

Ihe French shelter tent was INTRO
duced, not without determined oppo-
sition on the part Of the men, who
could not reconcile themselves to think
ing that ''piece of rag" as they
termed it, could replace, with good re-
suits, their canvass houses, although,
during rapid movement, these latter
rarely came up, and the troops bivou-
acked in the open air. The forced
marches of Buell's army to Shiloh,
left tents far bach on the read, and for
week after the men were huddled
under trees, i'll the drenching rains
that followed that battle Again, on
the retreat of the same general TO
Louisville, tents were discarded, and
for month his army laid out in the
frosty dews Of fall.
Notwithstanding all this, however,
the shelter tents We're received with
reluctance. But the boys soon learn
ed how to handle them, and now they
are the most popular institution in the
army. Each man carries half Of one,
the half being a mere piece Of can
vass, five feet square, and they are
buttoncd together when pitched
Sometimes they are thrown together
by whole company, and one long
tent made. During the summer, or
when the army is stationary for long
time, arbors, constructed of forked
poles, and matched with branches of
trees, arc erected over them, and they
are then really the coolest and most
pleasant of retreats. These brush pa
villions are now scattered throughout
middle Tennessee, marking the pass
age of the army i'll all directions.
When the bugle sounds for break
ing up camp the soldier whips up the
pegs that secure his tents, divides it
with his comrade, rolls up his blanket,
envelopes that in the canvass to secure
it from the rain, and sings the useful
cylinder around his shoulder. In ten
minutes, or less time, if haste is de-
sired, his regiment is standing III line
with their lodgings on their backs.
aIfV ~ - AZ
days march is over, is no longer
matter OF anxious speculation. The
ranks are hardly broken before, as if
by magic, the miniature white Gotta
ges arise on the camping ground
When large body OF troops halt for
the day, this operation is a wonderful
sight, from the rarid.ty with which it
is completed. The soldier is no longer
sub ected to the ~ hours exposure
on picket, for his tent goes with him
if he chooses.
But the advantage, next TO prescrv-
ing the health Of the soldier, lies in
the fact that army transportation has
been greatly reduced. General Rose
Grams army now moves with seven
wagon in the regiment, and much
of the space is taken up by the extra
company rations, which are, as is well
known, another great requisite in
rapid marching of more than three
days duration, the three GAYS repre-
senting the quantity of cooked rations
that can be carried in the haversacks
according to the military standard, al
though i have seen many, of robust
appetite, who found the bottom of
theirs in half the time.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23

destroy Charleston, but compel the
enemy TO abandon any position hemay
take mile beyond it. Indeed, trial
was recently made of new piece of
ordnance called the Ferris gun, and
the report states that range of nine
miles was obtained. If this is the
case an enemies ship wW Be withm range
5cfore her hM IS IN sight aJore the horizon;
for on account of the curvature of the
earth, the hull of one ship does not
come in sight of a person ON the deck
of another until withina distance Of Z
miles.
Such is the range being obtained
that we may expect in Little while
to be bombarded successfully by guns
entirely removed from sight and out
of hearing; enabling us to obtain a
knowledge Of the enemy's position
only from the direction in which the
projectiles comes.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23

quickly pointed him out TO the noble
man. At the same moment a man
darted from the surrounding crowd.
ran up to the gentleman at the car
riage, raised his arm quickly and
struck, and then darted away. A
loud cry was raised, and the next mo-
ment all was confusion.
"Good heavens! what is il 2" excl
tedly demanded the boronet, who be-
gan TO have suspicion of the truth.
AT this moment the dukes carriage
was announced and taking the arm
Of Sir Arthur, his Highness hurried
him away to it, without deigning a
reply.
As the carriage whirled away from
the excited throng about the st. Carlo,
the duke, leaning back at his ease,
very quietly remarked:
Il think you asked me some ques-
ton p
"Was that an assassination / just
now witnessed Z"
"Well, / rather think your irritable
gentleman will not trouble you again. !"
May ] express the hope that your
Highness had no concern in the affair,
either directly or indirectly ?"
"ln Naples" replied the nobleman,
after brief pause, speakingin man
ner that the baronet could not fail to
understand, 'no gentleman ever puts
amy question that he believes will in
and degree touch the conscience of his
friend. trust your own life is safe
for the present. How were you pleas
ed with the opera tonight ~
The ignored subject was never again
mentioned between the parties; but
when the baronet left Naples, as soon
after that eventful night as he could
find reasonable excuse for getting
away, it was, as we have said, with
fixed determination never to set foot
in that ungodly place again.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23

ANTIQUITY OF MANN his last es-
say, in the Atlantic Monthly, Agassiz
throws out the following on this inter-
esting topic
81 do not offer any opinion respec-
ting the fossil human bones so much
discussed recently, because the evil
dence is at present too scanty to adj
NIT of any decisive judgment concern
ing them. 1t becomes, however, daily
more probable that facts will force us
sooner or later to admit that the crea-
ton of man lies far beyond any perio d
yet assigned to it, and that success
sion Of human races, as of animals,
have followed one another upon the
earth. 1t may be the inestimable
privilege of our young naturalists to
solve this problem, but the older men
of our generation must be content to
renounce this hope. We may have
some prophetic vision of its fulillment,
we may look from afar into the land
of promise, but we shall not enter in
and possess it."
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23

grasp that bound us together then is
still warm in our memory; but alas
there is gap in the ring that can
never be filed. Four faces are miss
ing, and four true hearts have gone
back to dust.
Shall the remainder ever meet again
this side eternity? Shall we ever sing
Aud Lang Syne again at the chapel
door9 Shall we ever stand again in
the halls of our Alma Mater Some
indeed will, but the class will not be
there, for beside the living that do as
semble, the tombstones of the dead
will even tell the sad and iireparable
bereavement that has fallen upon the
class Of 1S4--.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23

SINDAD THE SArLoR.-It is generally
conceded now that most Of the won
drous adventures of Sinbod, during
his seven voyages, as related in the
"Arabian Nights Entertainments, /"
are literally founded on facts. Sinbad
lived in the eighth century, and his
voyages, popularized in the "Arabian
Nights" are related in an Arabic
book, which was translated into French
by NJ. Langlis, and was published in
Paris in lo4S. In his third voyage,
as popularity told, Sinbad was attack
ed 10y hideous dwarfs, about two feet
high, and covered with red hair. 1t
turns out (as told in DIR. Mowat's
Adventures and Researches among
the Adaman Islands," just published
in London) that the inhabitants of the
Adaman Islands, in the Bay of Ben
gal, are dwarfs, whose full height is
four feet five inches, and their average
weight only seventy-six pounds
They are not covered with red hair,
but are painted over with red ochro
and oil. These aptly correspond with
the p't mi 5 octcribed by Sinbad.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
WILLIAM G. DIETZ
CARPENTER and BUILDER
WATER STREET BETWEEN GENESEE
AND GERMAN STREETS.

is NOW prepared to execute all kinds Of work
! apperaining 10 the trade Having long
and varied experience in all branches of the
business and good stock Of seasoned lumbci
on hand, am confident my work will please al
who may favor me with their patronage.
Plans and specifications drawn To- order.
ES5- Residence on Jefferson street, opposite
the Brewery
East Saginaw, December "a, 1861.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
L. W. wIGGINS,
LAND AND TAX AGENT,
EAST SAGINA W, MICHIGAN,

WILL attend to purchase and sale Of real
w estate, locating lands, survey ing invest
igating titles, paying taxes, &c, in Saginaw and
adjoining Counties Particular attention given
to sale and lease of City property. Tnforma-
tion given in regard to General Business OPP
crntiOns
ESFCnn he found at all times at his office.
over llough Ilerskclrs, or at the Bancroft
House.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
GAGE & BOYT

Authorized Agents for the same. In these cases
il is necessary that you should apply to office
that has had experience We are now receiving
daily returns from our extensive b siness, and
can obtain your claim sooner than any office in
the county.
All claims Of the kind promptly attended to,
and information given without charge. Any as-
sistance given 10 those who have charge Of the
effects Of persons who have died in the army let
ters written, and information obtained for small
fee.
Office in Post Office Block. 4-52tf
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
GROUSE, WIoKEIN & co.

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, Gro
ceries Provisions, Crockery, Hats Caps, Boots
and Shoes, Yankee Notions, etc Grouse Block,
East Store, East Saginaw.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
WAR CLAIM OFFICE.

WINDOWS and heirs of deceased Soldiers, and
w Soldiers that have been discharged for
wounds received in battle and wish to draw their
slOO bounty, back pay, and pensions, should ap-
ply immedintey 70
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
c. e. RosENBURY & CO..

Dealersin Groceries Provisions, Fruits, Vegeta-
bles Produce, Family Supplies, Stone and
Wooden Ware, Crockery, Glass, Paints Oils.
Carbon Oil, Flour, Feed, etc. Commercial
Block
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
Selected gortry.
SEPTEMBER.

o golden autumn morn thy balmy breath
(,ine freighted with the fields OF ripened grain
j. den with sweets 10 steal away my pain,
With whispered anthems Tor the summers death
There is n brenthless stiffness all around;
rare and wondrous silence, as waits
Some new horn angel by those pearlv gates
Where streets or gold and bowers Of bliss are
found
The great waves Of the grand old ocean swell,
hushed murmuring against the shore
And in my heart peace unknown before
ThinIs me with joy, whose depths may not tell
Tie light wind plays along the waving fields,
An the tall grasses bend to meet il therei
And l am happy fir-gone all my care
My soul 10 heaven its grateful homage yields.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
JACKSON a. SMITH.
g. HALL,

PHYSICIANS SURGEONS.
Office Buena Vista Block Cor. Genesee a Water
Siroet
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
Insurance Agency.

Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford, Fire and
Inland Assets, $2,500,000
Security Fire, N. Y, Assets, $4,000
Home Ins. Co. of New Heven,
Conn. Assets, 100000
Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co. As'ts s 100000
JOHN j. WHEELER, Agent
For above Companies, Exchange Block, East
Saginaw, Michigan 209y
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
n IT wIr,KIN A. co.

O. III. wILKIN & CO.,
Merchant Tailors, and dealers in Cloths, Cloth
ing, and Gcntlemen's Furnishing Goods Sd
store from corner, Exchangs Block,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23

O. w. wIsNER,
Attorney, Counselor and Solicitor.
onos in Grouse Ploek, Eatt sogina-
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
Il. J. MERsHoN.

Il. J. MERSHON.
Will attend promptly 10 the Purchase. Inspect
ing and Shipment of Lumber from any point
on Saginaw river; Post Office address
EAST SAGINAW.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23
Business Directory.

4 "A 3 T 5 "a G I N "A w :
w.L.P. LITTLE & CO.,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-23

WIN. H. soUTHwIcK,
United States assistant Assessor.
FOR SAGINAW. MIDLISD AND Iss ,BELLA COUNTIES.
Office at East Saginaw, c. b. Motifs Room in
Buena Vista Block.
The Shasta courier., 1863-08-29
Letter from Captain West.

The following is an extract from letter
Received by gentleman of this town from
Captain West. of the s Shasta Guards 1t
is interesting. Read it. In speaking of
Copperheads expecting the votes Of his COM
pany. Capt. West says:
What unblushing effrontery, By what right
claim votes of men that of their nominees so
grossly insulted two years ago? Have forgotten
the remark made by James D. Mix to a committee
of ladies' who asked him to subscribe towards a flag
for Company c.? He then would rather give two
and -a-half to buy rope TO hang us-to hang men
who were willing to stake their lives in defense of
their Government, and now he, the traitor, and his
party would make il appear that these men be in
suited will support him for Office. Never, for be
is a traitor in heart, and know it; neither will
his party fare any better-not vote will either
Copperhead candidate get.
One who is mean enough to live under flag he
would trample under foot. and give aid and com
fort to the enemy-all he dares-and yet prate
about democracy, is to be watched. and watched
closely you have some that you should keep
your eye on. These men make the word 90 democ-
raey' serve their purpose. They use it step
ping-stone to mount to power so they mouth it on
all occasions, and deceive many who dis osed
to do right !; but hone there are but few in Shasta
sounty who can be fooled into supporting the Cop
perhead nominees.
Democracy. Yes, South Carolina is democratic,
SO is Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and
Virginia-all democratic trying to carry out dom
oer 10 nriuc xrh ich is rrr1a ruip
their brothers and co-workers in iniquity in New
York. The same party would desolate onr own be-
loved State could they do it, because the leaders
would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven
Such men do not believe in democracy. The
people are tools to toll and labor-the hewers of
wood and drawers of water-it only to serve their
masters, the leaders of the beautiful Copperhead
Democrats. I am sick of their kind, and in Com
pany C, you can rest assured, not one will vote that
ticket.
1t is true we did not go East; it was not our
fault; but feel assured that presence in this
State aided in keeping down just such men as We
have to fight politically at the ballot box this fall
and, if they so elect, fight them in the field and
prove entered for the war, and both able and
willing to sustain the Stars and Stripes long
there is man left in Company C. This you can
bet on.
Vote for Copperheads, This is the richest piece
of impudence of the season. Well they know or
they are greater fools than 1 take them for, that
not will either nominee of theirs get but
the assertion that soldiers will vote their ticket
might induce some weak brother-some faint heart
ed traitor to pick up and swallow the pill prepared
for him.
B. R. WEST.
The Shasta courier., 1863-08-29
PUBLIC SPEAKING,
Freemcn, to the Rescue!

We urge upon every native born American voter
to come forth and vote the Union ticket on Wednes-
day next, and thereby perpetuate the form of gov
ernment handed down to us for our protection by
those who pledged their all for its preservation.
We urge upon every son of Erin's Isle, in the
name of a Meagher, Corcoran, and an O'Brien,
who so nobly offered their lives in iefense of gov
ernment which has protected and given them an
equal Inheritance in it, to come out and give it
their support at the ballot box by voting straight
Union ticket.
We call upon all those who have left Faderland
and cast their lot amongst US, receiving from the
best purest, and happiest Government that ever
existed equal benefits with native citizens to depo-
sit their votes for the Union ticket thereby show
ing their gratitude in a substantial manner, and
adding their testimony to the patriotism of Sigel
Shurz, Rosecrans and others of German descent
who have periled their lives that this Republic
should stand as fathers intended.
We urge upon every voter of foreign birth, let his
place of nativity be ever SO remote from his adopted
home, TO show his love Of liberty-to show his
right to be free and his gratitude for the name Of
American citizen, to come to the polls on Wednes-
day next and deposit his vote for the Union ticket
thereby perpetuating the government of the lend
of the free and the home of the brave
The Shasta courier., 1863-08-29
Let 1t be Remembered.

That the nominees on the so called Demo-
cratic ticket headed by J. G. Downey, for
governor advocates the policy of no more men
and no more money for carrying ON the war
to put down the rebellion
That they are in favor of acknowledging the
Independence of the Confederate States, and
submitting to dshonorable peace with trait
ors who are in arms to destroy the Govern
ment of the United States
That every traitor and sympathizer with
the cause of secession, calls himself " DEM
ocrat," and will vote for John G Downey
and the nominees of the bogus democratic
party;
That it is the design Of the q democratic"
party, if successful, to refuse all support of
men and money to the Government, and as
soon as they get the arms and military con.
troll of this State, the leaders intend to de-
clare for Pacific Republic;
That when John G. Downey was Cover.
nor of this State in 1859 and 1860, he involv-
ed this state in debt of over $500 900, which
the tax payers will have to pay;
That Tod Robinson, a notorious secession
ist, was nominated for the Office of Judge of
the Supreme Court by the same Convention
that placed John G. Downey in nomination
for Governor
That some of the nominees on the g Dem
ocratic' county ticket are open and avowed
secessiCnists;
That the leaders of the so.ealled Democrat
ic party in this county do not denounce OF
say anything against the rebellion, but de-
vote all their speeches against the Admins
tration which is seeking to put down rebel
lion.
The Shasta courier., 1863-08-29
From Horsetown.
HoRsETowN, August 81, 1868

HoRsETowN, August q, 1868.
MR. EDITOR The Copperhead candidate
for Tax Collector has been among us, and he
tells us he is good Union man: Bully for
him Right then ] advised him to keep still
about that, for if he succeeded in making peo
Pile believe it, he would hardly gets vote in
the county:
Skill, poor fellow has a hard row to hoe.
The Irish here have heard of his expressed
opinions as to his love for them and they
won't forget. Buy as much WHISKY IS he
pleases, soft soidar and blarney to matci:, we
remember too we'll what he said as to. our
status whan he thought he would not want
Irish votes, and though he said it in Shasta.
we often hear from there. 0, yes. lie 8 didn't
care damn for foreigners" Oh, no, of
course not. And ! guess he won't get 'em
either. So there will be nobody hurt. And
noY. sir. individually permit me to say that
| dpn't believe the man is loyal mana
true member of his government-a true low
er of his country-for in this matter there are
no complications that the simplest cannot un
derstand. Who will scratch name on the
Union ticket and substitute one from the
Copperhead ticket. l believe that more
straight tickets will be voted on the d Sep
tember next, in proportion to all cast. than
were ever voted before under this Government;
and my reason for so believing is that the
whole and all the question before us is. ,'are
you loyal and true to your Government ~
The man who, with flash in bis eye. and
an increased color in his face. responds Aye!
will vote the straight Union ticket. NoCop-
perhead can insinuate his name there. The
true man has no desire to hand down to pes
terity the doubtful reputation of having vo
ted for one Copperhead, even if be was per-
sonal friend of his. If had a personal friend
on that bissing Copperhead concern. | would
show that friendship. and at the same time
nv LOYALTY, by using every effort to induce
him to withdraw it and go with me for my
country. Failing in this. | would bid him
adieu. and-wouli try and pray for him.
Friend s.. doubt. not, will support the
whole ticket, recklesly Indifferent to the visit
Skill. made him two years ago; all forgotten
the smashing of that jug of whisky, and the
causes of it. Thereby hangs tale, but
leave Jack and Skill. to tell it when they may.
Yours. C.