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EDGAR HOUSE,

sasing Michigan-N. ". Edgar Proprietor. The Edgar
House Is new having been just completed, and is rt-
ted up throughout in the best style and with new fur
niture- On Washington Avenue near the site OF the
old Lansing House Stages leave this House daily. 974
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR at Law and Solicitor in
Caaacery, agent for prosecuting claims Of soldiers sne
soldiers widows against the Government, for Bounty
Money. Pensions, and arrears Of pay-Lansing, Mich
Once il Beebe's Block, up stairs, Washington Ave
uue AGA
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ODE
BoR rHz EIGHrYsEvESTH ASNIvEEsARY OF AEnEIcAS II
DKPESDKScE
sY H. ". ROCKWELL.

Sad were the times when mid tie smoke
OF gathering IN days Of yore,
Our sres the tyrant's thralcom broke
Resolved 10 wear his chains no more
Hard Was their lot but they are gone
Who stood 50 well the battle fray
Yet their good fame, though dim AZ dawn
Hath wsIed into the perfect day.
III
And must their glory nov be hurled
By traitorous hands, all macly driven
Until the scorE d all the world,
We also stand accgrsed Of Heaven
Where breAthes the coward that would yield
HIS lineage from 50 far line;
La Monmouth answer, and thy field
or blood oh deathless BrandywiDe
On Bunker --Sarstoga's height
hear the cannon ) rumbing Jar,
And deep moan floats through ths L igL;
From Thy cold bosom, Delaware
VI
There's stony Point, and Eutaw Springs,
And fair Long Island By the sea:
While sharp the fatal rife rings
IL Thy green woods, Oriskany
Nor mute old Yorktown, where uprose
Men brave az e'er IL battle stood,
Or Valley Forge whose wintry snOws
wero wet with tears, and tracked with blood
II this be not enough 10 stir
The blood until II bOils again,
DisOwn your race i-ye never were;
Nor was It meant ye should be, Daen
TX
Unsheath the sword, and hand 70 hand
shoulder 10 shoulder-hilt 70 hnt-
Drive Treason naked through the land
And cancel its arrears Of gult
Will ye look on and see him trail
Low II the dust our flag Of starsr
Rise, Freemen give her 70 the gale
And the loud thunders Of the wars,
The rockets glare bursting bomb,
Tue muttering cannon's : opening roar -
The stormy music Of the drum
Ha hA there. let her wave once more
XII
Loose give her 20 the battle-storm,
While rauk on rank goes hurrying past
Her bzldrc dyes with light warm,
And all her hues we're made 10 Last
XIII
For never will We sheath our swords
Til Treason stalks no more the land,
And Truth and Right, as equal lords,
Go heart in heart and hand in hand
Albany Evesin0 Journal
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AMERICAN HOUSE.

n HUDSON, Proprietor, Lansing, Michigan, opposite
Capitol building General stage Once kept in cOnnec-
ton With the House
lansing, Mich, April 20 1858. All
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Co-OPEEATIOS.-The Convention which nomi-
mated Vallsndigham passed resolution stating
that they would " cooperate with people Of
the rebel States in their efo ts 20 secure peace.
That defines the position OF the Northern Cop
perheads exactly; cooperation With the rebels,
and war against those who are fighting 70 sub.
due them.
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NGen. Meade, being asked Sn.' .s wo.I5 -O.I5
have done If beaten, ansEereo '-~'
have fallen back on bis Couch
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EThe Richmond Wing, speaks Of the New
York riot as one Of the fruiEs Of the recent
meetings" held in that city.
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~ Keep in good hunOri anger is poor
waste Of vitality.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-08-05

tE A light heart makes nimble hass, and
keeps the body healthy and the mind free.
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S..-,,rr, Of Stats-WILIIAM H. SEWARD, Of New YORK.
Sssrstary Of TIE Irsdsry-9ALAON =. IaA5EI o. ono
sscrs,1ry u ne inerl0r-tAl.Eb IS 5AIIh oi InnAIA
Sscr1Ty of the NGgy-0DEON Ei4rs3 OF Conhsc'lcu'-
S.-,,trry Sf W1r-ED. ~ STANTON, u Pennsylvania
par,a zsier erGssSral-MONIGOMERY BLAIR Of Maryland
,,,,a,y Gsn>rat-EDWARD BATES, Of Missouri
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VOL. 9, NO. WHOLE NO. 432.
Fron The y. ! Tribune, July ..
The Grand Opportunity and the Remain
Ing Peril OF the Union.

The Rebel forces are or every side retrestng
or standing strictly on the defensive before the
victorious, exulting, advancing armies Of the
Union
There Is scarcely scrviceable brigade in the r
array which has lot been compelled 10 turn its
back or ground its arms 10 our Triumphant
heroes within the last three weeks.
During those weeks, the aggregate Rebel loss
in killed, wounded and prisoners has been very
nearly as follows
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G.. W. TOPPING, VI. I
GEO. 4. PARSONS,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Once at his residence, on
Main street IN Dewitt Clinton County, Michigan. AL
calls promptly attended 70. 377y1s
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sad were the times when mid the smoks
OF gathering war IL days OF yOre,
Our sires the tyrant's thraldom broke,
Resolved 10 wear his chains no more
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Bmdges OF the Circuit Courts.

ist Dist. EDWARD II. C. WILSON.
"a NATHANIEL BACON.
"a A." BENJAMIN p. II. WiTHERELL-
4tn " EDWIN LAWRENCE
bth " BENJAMIN +. GRAVES
Gth SANFORD N GREES
eth " JOSIAH TURNER.
sth 90 LOUIS = LOWELL.
sth .t FLAEIUs J. LllfLEJOHN
10th 90 JANE, BiKNEY.
Upper PeniBfuld DANIEL GOODWIN
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@6tial 9irettOrp.
NATIONAL OFFICERS.
The EXECUTIVE.
The CABINET

Prssident-ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF Illinois
~, Pr>stdeat-HANNlBAL HAAI1N, Of Maine
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4" II the Black Republicans bad their way, the
niggers would al come North and deprive the
laboring man Of employment"
The Internal niggers won't work If they are
il a condition Of freedom"
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Regents OF the University.

DANIEL + BROWN WITIER j. BAXTER,
EDWIN WILLIS.
Regents OF the University.
Jet Dist BENJAMIN J.. BAXTER
"a " EASTMAN JOHNSON
81 " LEVI BISHOP.
4ll DONALD MCINTYRE.
5th T. LAklN BROWN.
Gth " HENRY WHITING.
7th LUKE II PARSONS
sth OLIVER L. SPAULDlSG.
uh WILLIAM NJ FERRY ia.
10Th GEORGE BRADLEY.
Trustees of Dear, Dumb & Blind
Asylum.
JAMES A WALKER. BENJAMIN PIERsON,
''''--' - J. p. LEROY
REV. B. NJ FAY, Principal.
Asvluu for Deaf Dumb and Bind-Fint
Trustees Insane Asylum.
WILSON C. EDSEL ZINA PITCHER,
WILL AM BROOKS, CHAS- W PENNY,
LUTHER II TRASK DANIEL. L. PRATT.
DR. II van DEUsEN, Medical superintendent.
Asylum Tor the Insane-KaamaIOO.
Board OF Control OF the Reform
SchGol.
GEORGE W LEE THEODORE FOSTER,
JAMES l. MEAD.
Railroad Commissioners.
CHARLES TRIP, OMAR D CoSGER,
HOVFY K CLARKE HORACE NJ PECK,
PERLEY BILLS WILDER d. FOSTER
inspectors Of the state Prison.
AMOS ROOT HENRY M BOIEs, JOHN NORRIS
WM l.. sEArON, Agent OF the state Prison.
J. EUGENE TENSEY, state Librarian.
GEO " BROWN, Supt. 81. Mary's Falls ship Canal
j. B. CRIPPEN, President State Agricultural Society.
state Board Of Agriculture.
DAVID CARPENTER HEZEKIAH G. WELLS,
U-STUS GAGE SILAS A. YERKES,
A. ; WEIGH, CHARLES RICH
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GEORGE MARLIN, Chief Justice.
ISAAC p. CdRlsTiANCY, Associate Justice
JAdrs v CAMPBELL, 90 "
RANDOLPH NAMING, q" d"
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WAGON AND CARRIAGE MAKER, foot Of Washington
Street, below the Lansing House. wagons con.
staotly on hand, at reasonable prices.
Lansing, April 10, 1851. ly3ll
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STATE OFFICERS.

AUSTIN BLAIR, Governor.
CHARLES : NAY, Lieutenant Governor
JAdEs g. 'Okllk, secretary Of state
GEJssE a House, Deputy do
EAlL ANNEKE, Auditor General
EZRA JONES, Deputy DO.
yJdS OWEN tate treasurer
yAdEs TURNER, Dsp1ty do.
JJdS n 1krGORT, superintendent Pub Instr uctlon-
CJHrLASD b sIEBBlN-, Deputy DO
sAa.EL . Lacy, C0mmlssIonsr state Land ONCE.
CYkCs HEWITT, Deputy 90.
ALBERT WILLIAMS Attorney General.
JDds RJB1kr,ON, AdJ1tant General.
WILLIAM HAMMOND, Quarter Master General
WILLIAM T. PllAAS, Inspector General
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Loose give her 20 the battls-storm,
While RANK on rank goes hurrying past
Her baldric dyes with light are warm.
And all her hues we're made 10 Last
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XIII

For never will sheath our swords
Till Treason stalks no more the land,
And Truth and Right, as equal lords
Go heart in heart, and hand in hand
Albany Eresin0 Journal
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Board Of Education.
DANIEL T. Brown, WITiEk J. BAXTER
EDWIN WILLIS
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"This il a war for the niger, and let them do
their Own fighting"
at is an outrage to put arms in the hands Of
the blacks"
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Hard was their lot, but they are gone
Who stood 50 well the battle fray,
Yet their good fame, though din Al dawn
Hath wsIed into the perfect day.
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There is rumor that test on the constitution
aty Of the draft IS TO be made before the Common Pleas
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The rockets glare the bursting bomb,
Tue muttering cannon's 5 opening roar -
The stormy music Of the drum
Ha ! hA there. let her wave once more
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Business Direltorp.
R. THAYER.
=. q. SPRANG.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ONCE At the Drug Store
OF Z. Thayer * son corner OF Washington and Achi
gan Avenues. All calls promptly attended 10. 4ls
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1--WE hold these truths 10 be self evident, that
al men are created equal
" The negro has no rights which the white
man Is bound 70 respect"
H.
q BY the Eternal, the Union must and shall
be preserved
mo coercion
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18

REMARKABLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-An
employee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
mentions the following remarkable accident
and escape: As a train was going east over
the above road, and was moving along at q
pretty rapid rate near Harper's Ferry, the en-
gineer observed twohorse ambulance crossing
the track short distance ahead. The engine
had just turned curve, and was so close upon
the vehicle that the train could not be stopped
The horses had crossed the track, but the am
bulance was just fairly upon it, when the pilot
struck the vehicle between the front and hind
most wheels. As strange as it may seem, the
horses were instantly separated from the ambu.
lance, and vehicle was lifted up and squarely
seated upon the bumpers of the engine, where
it remained until the train was stopped. The
ambulance contained a sick soldier and four or
FIVE officers, none of whom were injured in the
least degree. The horses also escaped unhurt.
1t was regarded as one Of the most remarkable
escapes on record.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18
NO. 40

ABSiSTus,-We have mentioned the word
absinihe, famiIiarly called abs in speaking Of
the Cabaret Njquet. Widely as the custom
has prevailed lately Of drinking the pernicious
spirit. It's consumption is nowhere 50 steadily
persevered 10 as at 4 certain dram shop in the
Quarter 81. Jacques, where from four TO six
o'clock every afternoon, no matter whether i.
be wet or fine, twenty young men, the mem-
bers OF society called he Club des Absinth-
eurs." assemble TO drink as much absin,he as
their heads will carry. On entering the clab.
which is restricted to twenty. who cause va
caneies only by dea'h--a condition, probably,
Of frequent occurrence-each new member
swearS. as his co-mates have doUe, never 10
drink or ge; drunk on anything but absinthe,
and this oath they strictly keep. We have
heard much of this fatal liquor VI. Delvau
describes its effects in these words: The
drunkenness caused by absiathe resembles no
other drunkenness known. 1t is not the heavy
intoxication Of beer. the fierce madness caused
by brandy, or the jovial humor produced by
wine. No. II takes you of your legs at the
first glass, it fastens on your shoulders wings
Of the widest sweep. and You sail of into q
country without limit or horizon, bat, at the
same time. without limit or poetry. You
think, like all great dreamers, that you are
stretching away towards the infinite, and like
all great rumiuants you are only tending to
the incoherent. Great dreamers are great ex-
plorers, and bring back some treasures from
these excursions in the land of the ideal, but
the absinthe drinker returns from his Journey
into the Sahara laden only with imbecility. if
not with madness" There are FIVE hundred
of these gulis of perdtion in Paris Al the
Year Round
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18
0~~-A

The CANPHoR TEEE.-It is something more
than wonder that tree, in itself so valuable.
in its productions a necessity so absolute, and
so entirely susceptible of successful cultivation
in the United States, should so long be totally
neglected by our agriculturalists. As the cam
phor tree is quite as hardy as any of our apple
trees, there is, perhaps, no good reason why it
should not succeed well wherever the apple
tree will grow. 1t is indigenous to all parts
of China, Japan, Formosa, Burmah, Chinese
Tartary, and 1ourishes even as far north as
the Amoor country but it is found in the
greatest abundance along the eastern coast of
China, between Annoy and Shanghae. In the
districts of kwang -tung and Fuchein il grows
in dense forests, the trunks attaining a size
equalling that of any of our North American
forest trees. The principal market for cam
phor lumber is Annoy, where some boards are
thirty inches in width. The camphor gum of
commerce does not in any case exude from the
tree, as has been so generally supposed, but is
obtained from the leaves, twigs and smaller
roots, by distiation.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18
The River of Death.

There is many holy and rapturous strain,
( Floating over the River Of Death,
/ To the weary who wait, ike the ripened grain.
1 For the touch of the Reapers breath.
There are flashes of light on each lifted wave.
! As il glides from the further shore,
; To the shadow borders our tear-drops lave.
1 In the lull OF the waters roar.
There are harpstrings stirred by the perfumed air
And gushing with melody sweet,
Like the whispered note of a child at prayer,
In the hush of the twilight deep.
They hear the low music so solemn and grand,
And heed not the eddying tide,
For they catch CLEAN of the forms that stand
By the stream on the other side.
And We see light on the calm white brow,
! Like the glow of the crimson morn;
But We see not the lips on the lids of snow,
All the night we deem so long,
And we only know when we hear no more,
As We watch for the passing breath.
That an angel is swiftly bearing them down
The banks of the River of Death
Only know that their footsteps pressingthe sands
OF the shore that their brightness laves;
And over their bosoms fresh garlands we lay,
And a lily we twine in their hair
Fit emblems CT beauty, now blighted they say,
Those garlands and lily buds are.
l call it not blighted-I deem them not dead
Who thus pass away in their bloom;
For they rest in their beauty where tears are not
shed,
Der the darkness and blight of the tomb.
And Oft as sit at the easement alone,
list if perchance | NAV hear
Through the stately pines as they sway and moan
Like a child at the shrouded bier,
The futter of sails and the rushing of waves,
And the fash of gilded oar,
As the reaper starts from his emerald cave
To carry me down to the shore;
And wait for the swoop of an angel wing.
And the clasp of an angel hand,
For the sound of harp and the chant of hymn,
And the light of the glory land
But alas listen and wait in vain;
Yet know that my weary feet
Shall wander ere long from the valley OF pain,
To the river solemn and sweet.
shall go with the Reaper, changelcss and pale,
And each woe that my heart has known,
Each agonized cry, each desoate wall,
Each fearful and piteous moan.
Shall be washed away by the numerous waves,
From my spirit so joyous and free,
When l see the smile of the lovely who wait
On the beautiful shore for me.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18

GETTING UP IN THE WoRLD.-Mr. James
Glaisher, the scientific eronaut took his first
Spring voyage in the upper air on the las; day
of March, setting out from Sydenham Chrys-
tal Palace, near London. He has communi
Gated to the English newspapers some account
of the journey He ascended 10 the hight OF
four and half miles, where he found the tenn
perature Just at zero of Fahrenhet's scale In
rising, the balloon made the first mile in nine
minutes, the second in ten, the third in nine
As ballooning, may presently become 4 fash
ionable way of getting little fresh air, few
notes of Mr.. Glaisher's experience will not be
uuwelcome to the enterprising reader. It is in
teresting to know, for instance, that at lights
greater than three miles, the suns image was
reflected in water" At four miles, the pulse
beat ninety eight in a minute, against seventy
six on the ground The higher you get, the
b!uer is the sky-at the greatest hight, it has
to the observer the hue OF dark PrusSan
blue As you near the four.mile mark, the
heart beats quickly and loudly and we warn
lady balloonists to provide themselves with
pearl powder and other aids TO the complec-
tion,' for at nights exceeding three miles, the
face gets blue. At four miles, surface ice
formed instantly, and Mr. Glaisher was forced
to break it to get water for his wet bulb ther-
mometer.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18

LET THEx Is RENENBERgD.-Whe hen the
great martyr Of true liberty, says the Freeport
illinois Bulletin, reached the lines Of the enc
mics Of lis country he spoke Ike free man-
He was an exile-the victim Of malice and
foolish revenge, but noble, honest man for
all that c. l.. Nallandigham's remarks to
the rebels upon reaching their lines viii be re-
membered and quoted by generations unborn.
He has proven himself q true patriot and hero
and when his prosecutors shall have been for
gotten, only to warn those who would usurp
power Of their danger, his memory viii live
with the people, and these words will be en-
blazoued on every banner:
Il am citizen Of Ohio and of the United
States. am here against my will. will
therefore surrender myself TO you as prisoner
of war"
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18

ICED WArER.-Every one knows the singu-
lar superiority, in point of taste, which melted
ice has over the purest water. 1t is not the
GOODNESS of the lump of ice on which we pour
our brandy or champagne, which gives the Pc
culiar quality; it is the absence of all the solu-
bic and insoluble salts which characterizes ice
In a recent communication to the Academy.
NJ Robinet affirms that melted ice is as pure
as distilled water. During congeation. the
salts are eliminated in fact, saline solutions,
as long as they continue saline, will not freeze
even sea-water, when frozen, furnishes pure
water on being melted ; and in the north of
Europe salt is economically extracted from sea
water by exposing the water to intense colas
the water which remains uufrozen and uufreez-
able is then extremely rich in salt. which may
easily be obtained by evaporation.-[ [Cornhill
Magazine
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18

An INDIGNANT HUsBAND.-The Cleveland
Herald is responsible for the following story
\ few days since, the wife Of worthy me-
chanic in one of our machine shops was taken
very sick, the immediate occasion Of the sick
ness being the effort TO change the figures of
the consus. The lady in question is of large
stature, whilst he. "lege lord" is one of those
specimens of humanity that are sometimes done
up in small bundles Matters were approach
ing crisis in the sick chamber, AMI the pater
familias that was 10 be, seated by the stove,
was overcome with woe in dread of an unfa
vorable termination. His face was buried III
his hands, and he was sobbing aloud The
doctor, touched by this exhibition of affection
ate sorrow, stepped up to the mourDer, and,
patting him on the head, said There, there
don't cry, sonny, your mother will be better
soon - The chair was kicked over in au in
slant, and the " boy " started up, with clench-
ell fist and wrathful eyes, eXcamng " Sonny.
you impertinent jackass I'm her husband =
The astonishod medicine man" rushed around
to the other side of the room and hadn't ano-
ther word to say. He had said too much, as
il was.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18

ONLY SOLDIERS BLANKET.-When the
gallent Sir Ralph Abercromby was mortally
wounded in the battle of Aboukir, he was car
ried on a litter on a board the Foudroyant
To ease his pain soldiers blanket was placed
under bis head from which he experienced
great relief He asked what it was. 1T is
only a soldiers blanket" was the answer.
" IThose blanket is ii ?" he asked, half lifting
himself up. "Only one of the mems" Il
wish to know the name of the man whose
blanket this is insisted the dying comman-
der. 4" 1t is Duncan Roy's of the 42d, Sir
Ralph" answered his attendant, Then see
that Duncan Roy gets his blanket this very
night said the brave man. not forgetting. even
in his last agonies, the welfare and comfort of
another, however humble.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18

The Boston Courier illustrates the cant
which Identifies the Administration with the
Government, by referring to conversation.
l suppose, then" said our friend, "you sup
ported Mr.. Buchanan when be was in Office. :"
No, l didn't" said he; do you think l
would uphold such an old traitor as he ~
" Well, but his Administration was the Gov
ernment, then, as you reason" "Ah, the case
is different was the reply.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-18

To AvoID LAScING BoIL--A correspon-
dent Of the Prairie Farmer gives the following
receipt to those suffering from one of Jobs
curses. 1t is intended for finishing of - the
boils, after they have attained their headening:
q Take a glass bottle, fill with water as hot as
the skin can bear to have near it. empty the
same out, and apply the nose of the bottle to
the wound hot. In q second or two such q
rushing out Of the cause of all this trouble will
maze short work of Mr. Boil OF course the
boil should be ripe for discharge"