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Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-03-18

A SMILE is ever the most beautiful with a
tear upon it; the tear is rendered by the smile
precious above the smile itself.
MANY, who profess to think that in giving
to the poor, they lend to the Lord, haggle
with Him about the amount of the'loan.
WE say a great deal about death, and know
very little of it. Probably we can talk better
about it in the next world.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-03-18

The Mcdowell Court of Inquiry report is
Just made public. The Court acquits him Of
blame in all particulars except his having
gone to Manassas on the afternoon or evening
of the 28th of August, to confer with Gener-
al Pope, on an appeal of the latter for his
views whilst his command was on the march
on Centerville. 1t is mentioned that Gener-
al Pope, McDowelrs superior, did not CEN
sure him for this. OF this, the Court says
that the separation was inconsiderate and un-
authorized, but was not induced by any IN
worthy motive. The charge of disloyalty
made by an officer Of the rank Of Colonel, af-
ter being fatally wounded in battle. in gener-
al terms, without defining any specific act, is
fully disproved by all the evidence on the
point The Court denounces the charge of
against Gen. Mcdowell as ride
ulous.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-03-18

killed him. As for his men, the hill was,
an old sergeant said, 'carpeted with cor
pses. I suppose theirs we're portion of
the carpet
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-03-18

Mcclellan AS6 THE WOUNDED SoLDIERs.-
A Boston paper says that when General Nc
ClelIan visited one Of the military hospitals
in that city he found soldier who had lost
his leg. Where were You wounded ?" ask
ed the General At Fredericksburg, re-
piled the soldier; butt you had been there,
General, should not have 6een hurt! ~
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Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-03-18

TEE WAR PowER.-Senator -, who is a
banker at Savannah, Schuyler county, under
took to rebuke hard customer who had free
ly issued shinplasters redeemable at the Sa-
vannah Bank:
" I see, sir, you have set aAoat shinplasters
payable at our Bank; you know you have
not dollar in money there"
" That is true, Senator; but wish to heav-
en- I had
But it is not right then, for you to issls
those bills"
=" How can you say so, Senator, when our
people. need currency so much 2"
But you have DO legal or moral right to
issue them. How can you do it2"
Do i'll do Il Under the Var P0,csr ~
Albany argus.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-03-18

ABOUT MULEs,-In one Of our western ex-
changes, we find an army correspondents de-
scription Of mule that wouldn't 90 ashore
+" Curse You, you brute" roared a soldier,
whose philosophy had been sorely tried by an
ll-conditioned, NANCY little mule that frss
pitched off the plank into the river, and then.
when dragged to the brink, obstinately refus-
ed to lift foot to try to get out, and abso-
lutely lay there, limp as a rag, without even
holding up its head, till it was dragged out,
into the mud, neck and heels, with rope,
manned by file Of fsoldiers-'curse the brute,
what were you born mule for, anyhow
Your father ,Dqsnt mule, and neither toas
your mother what business had you to be q
mule anyway, you brute, your" And a
sounding cuff towards the butt of the long
ear, emphasized the startling inquiry.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
Our Cavalry Raid in Georeih.
The Rebel Official account of the
GGs,t7xre of Col. STRAIGHT.

The Rebel Official account of the
Capturecf Col. Straight.
Tu1LAHoMA. Tenn, May s, 1863.
To Gen. s. Cooper, Adjt. and Inspector General !;
On the 18th of April the enemy,
moving from Corinth toward Tuscum-
bia, crossed Bear Greek with five regl-
ments of cavalry and two of infantry,
and ten pieces of artillery. Col. Roddy,
commanding, fought them on the 18th
with one regiment, capturing more
than 100 prisoners and one piece of ar
tillery, with horses and caisson, losing
six killed and twenty wounded. The
enemy, after burying their dead, fell
back, and on the 10Th were reinforced
tothree full brigades, the whole under
command of Gen. Dodge. Skirmish.
ing continued on the 10th, goth, 2lst.
22d and 23d.
On the night of the 9th, the enemy
landed troops at Eastport from large
number of steamers, and burned the
town, and houses on several planta-
tons. On the oath, Roddy tough,
them. Their loss was heavy, ours
slight. He contested every inch OF
ground, but falling back before over.
whelming forces, the enemy advanced
and entered Tuscumbia on the 25th.
The enemy advanced toward Decatur,
as far as Town Greek.
2sth. On that day Forest with his
brigade, having been ordered by me
from Columbia, arrived and engaged
them all day, with the loss of one killed
and three wounded The loss of the
enemy was heavy, Forest falling back.
On the 28th Forrest discovered a
heavy force of cavalry, under Col.
Straight, marching on Moulton and
Brownsville. Col. Forrest pursued
this force with two regiments, fighting
him all day and night at Drivers Gap,
at Sand Mountain, with loss of five
killed and fifty wounded-Capts. For
rest and Thompson it is feared NOR
tally. The enemy left on the field sc
killed, $50 wounded, burned SO of his
wagons, turned loose $50 mules and
$50 negroes, and pursued bis way
toward Brownsville, Gadsden, and
Rome, Ga.
On the Sd of May, between Gadsden
and Rome, after FIVE days and nights
of fighting and marching, Gen. For
rest captured Col. Straight and bis
whole command, about 1000, with
rifles, horses, &c.
BRAxToN BRAGG.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
e~Tbe authors of tba rehotl;o, .

"a The authors of the rebellion are
rapidly passing away, or retiring from
active participation in its management.
Among the dead magnates of our in
ternal disorder are Ben. McCulloch,
Zollicoffer, A. S. Johnson, Gragg, Van
Dorm and Stonewall Jackson. Cobb
Toombs, Wise, Floyd, Humphrey Mar.
shall and other Generals of the first
batch, have resigned or been sbelved,
and Joseph E. Johnston, long Com.
mander-in Chief, fell from his horse
shot through the body at Fair Oaks,
and is probably an invalid for life.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

SENTENCED TO DEATH. = General
Burnside has approved the finding and
sentences of the court martial, in ses.
sion at Cincinnati, as follows:
Private John G. Shore, of Company
f, 1O9th Illinois volunteers, for muffin
Gus and insubordinate conduct at Anna,
Union County, Illinois, and for deser.
ton from his regiment-to be shot to
death. Thomas Perkins alias Hawk.
ms, Geo. p. Sims, and William S.
Burgess, of the rebel army, and captured
as spies in Kentucky-to be hung.
The executions to take place on John
sons Island, Friday, May goth. j. r.
Lye, rebel spy, will suffer death with
them.
Richard Eggleston, of Covington
Kentucky, tried on charge of hurrahing
for JEFF. Davis, was sentenced to sixty
days hard labor at Johnson's Island.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
The News.

The news that comes to us through
rebel sources, from Grants army, indi-
Gates that that General is busy, and we
should say doing satisfactory work, as
far as heard from at least we judge so
by the information derived through the
Richmond Enquirer. Our news of
Sunday night from Mobile, through
Chattanooga, announces victory by
our forces on the l4th, and the oecupa-
ton of Jackson. Our latest advices
from Gen. Grant, through our own
news channels, are to the 18th. There
is ground for the hope that the silence
below Vicksburg will be broken by
something cheering from that quarter.
The intelligence from Gen. Banks
shows that he has pushed his successes
up the Atchafalaya, and by the capture
of Alexandria, has effected junction
with Porter's feet on the Red River.
Things are looking right thereaway.
The most important feature of the
news, is the general tenor of intelli-
gence and rumors from Gen. Grants
army, which inspire fresh hope that he
may be successful, and win the splendid
prize of his protracted and difficult
campaign. This news reaches us from
various sources, and sufficiently con-
firms the news previously reported of
the capture of Jackson. A few days
will bring us tidings Of the most i'm
portant character.
Our Washington dispatches are in
teresting. There is nothing that comes
from Virginia that promises any imme-
date resumption of activity on the Rap
pahannock. Indeed everything seems
to point the other way. 1t will be
sometime before the present situation
will assume any other phase than the
simply defensive.-C Chicago Tribune.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
MORTGAGE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made in the payment
IL of a certain sum of money secured to be paid
by certain indenture of mortgage executed by
Frederick l.. Babcock, to William l. Bonnet
dated the twenty second day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty
two. and recorded in the Office of the Register of
Deeds of the County Of Cass and State of Michi-
gan, the twenty-seventh day of September in
the year last aforesaid, In Liber l. of Mortgages
on pages ASP and Ass, on which Mortgage there is
claimed to be due at the date of this notice the
sum of four hundred and thirteen dollars, which
said Mortgage has been duly assigned by the said
William |. Bonnet, TO George s. Bassett, by as
signment in writing, duly executed and delivered.
dated the first day of Nav, A. ID. 1868, and re-
corded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of
said County of Cass, on the 18th day of May A. D.
1868. at O'clock A. NJ, in Liber of Mortgages.
on page 267, and no suit or proceedings at law or
in Chancery having been instituted to recover the
same or any part thereof. Notice is therefore
hereby given, that by virtue of power of sale in
said Mortgage contained and pursuant TO the
Statute in such case made and provided the prem
ises described in said mortgage, to wit: The south
east quarter of the southwest quarter of section
twenty seven, and the south half of the west five
eighths of the west half of the southeast quarter
of the same section all in township five. south of
range fifteen west in the County of Cass and State
of Michigan, making in all sixty five acres be the
same more or less, will be sold:at public vendue at
the Court House, in the village of Cassapols in
said County on the twenty second day of August
next, at one o'clock in the afternoon of the same
day. GEORGE s. BASSETT.
JAMES SULLIVAN, itt'y for Assignee
Dated May 18th A. ID. 1868. may 2l-5wl3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
w An act has passed the Confed-

sW An act has passed the Confed-
crate Congress establishing that the
flag of the Confederate States shall be
as follows: The field to be white, the
length double the width, with the
Union (now used as the battle fag) to
be square of two thirds the width OF
the flag, having the ground red, there
on broad saltier of blue bordered
white and emblazoned with mullets or
five pointed stars, corresponding to the
number of Confederate States. Ap-
proved May IL, 1868,
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

az The Rebel Congress, in secret
session, has authorized jeff Davis to
suspend the writ of ha6eas corpus, and
make arbitrary arrests wherever he
pleases. Yet you won't hear Northern
sympathizers with the rebellion, who
are daily denouncing the "Lincoln des-
potism.' utter even the mildest repro
baton of jeff. Not they.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

nY John O. Wilsou-father of the
publisher of the Chicago Journal
died in that city on Monday, aged 80
years. He was born in Connecticut, o.
old Puritan stock, and held various i'm
portant offices there and at Albany, N
Y, in which he was always able, faith
ful and energetic. He was a soldier in
the war of 1912. His wife died about
a year ago.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MICHIGAN--County of Cass Pro-
- bate Court-Whereas, application has been
made to said court by Jonathan l.. Hall, admipis-
traitor of the estate of Harvey Douglass deceased,
counts in said estate:
And, whereas, no commissioners ba,e been APP
pointed to examine and adjust the claims against
said estate:
Notice is therefore hereby given that the third
Saturday in June next, has been appointed by
said court for examining and adjusting the claims
against said estate, and for the final settlement
of the same, at the Probate Office, in Cassapois,
Of said county, at ten O'clock in the forenoon at
against said estate viii 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
in each week for four weeks in succession imme-
diately preceding said settlement.
q. SHANAHAN, Judge of Probate
May Is, 1858. may21-5w4
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

RAILROAD DIsAsTER.-Sunday night,
afreight train on the Michigan Southern
Railroad, going east, ran off the track
at the junction, capsizing the locomo-
tive and three or four freight cars, and
smashing them up at a terrible rate.
1t is said that the accident was owing
to the neglect of the switchman, who
left the switch in such manner that
the trains ran off at the ends of the
rails. We have heard no estimate of
the damage.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
The Wounds of StonewalI jackson.

The follwing is from the Richmond
Enquirer of the 18th instant:
"Our victory on the Rappahannock
has cost us dear in the severe wounds
unfortunately received by the great and
good General Jackson. His left arm
has been amputated above the elbow !;
bullet has passed through his right
hand. His condition is now, we learn,
as favorable as could possibly be ex-
pected, and he will doubtless recover,
and is not, we trust, lost, to active SER
vice. We could better spare bri-
gade or a division.
"Our base foe will exult in the disas-
ter to Jackson yet the accused bullet
that brought him down was never
moulded by Yankee. Through cru
Ell mistake, IN the confusion, the hero
received taco balls from some Of his o,c,a
men, aolso 'cossId all haze died for him. :"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

eH The smallest of all small potato
Iowa Copperbeads, Henry Clay Dean,
of Iowa, has come to grief, and been
placed in duress by indignant conyal-
escent soldiers at Keokuk, who are de-
batting what to do with him.. The re.
suit will, doubtless, be to hand the
wretched fellow over to the Provost
Marshal. .eaa. @ Jon ~
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

az DR.. Swinburn, of Albany, sent
by Gov. Seymour to look after the
wounded in Hooker's army, was refused
admission into the camp. The Secre-
tary of War applied for permission for
the Doctor TO assist in the hospitals
there; but the reply was that ample
medical provision had already been
made for the Army ofthe Potomac.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
The Income Tar.

The people will bear in mind that the
assessment for the income tax for the
year 1862 is now to be levied. Every
person must make return Of his bust
ness, or of his property, of every des-
cription. Guardians, trustees and adj
illustrators must do the same, in their
character as judiciary agents. The as
SCISSORS decide what charlottesville law
allows, but assessments are submitted
to examination, and appeals may be
made. If persons refuse to make a
statement of their income, or the state.
ment is not deemed to be true, list
will be made on the best information
the assessor can obtain, subject to the
oath or affirmation of the persons as
sessed, or prescribed by the law. Me.
chanics, merchants and manufacturers
will return the whole amounts of the
avails or revenue of their business, and
a statement of the expense of the same
for labor, material, DC. Copartners vii
return their share or interest in the
copartnership income. Corporators
the amount of profits, whether in the
form of dividends or otherwise. Sala
ried men return the full amount of the
salaries received. A return must be
made of the income or dividends de
rived from stock in any bank, insurance
company, savings institution, trust
company, railroad bonds, steamboat
ferry-boat or bridge, between January
LIST, 1862, and August 3lst, 1852, inclu
sive. The net gains or profits of man
ufacturers must be returned All in
come received from bonds, mortgages
notes, stock in gas companies or manu-
featuring companies. During the
whole of the year 1862, is to be re
turned and taxed. The deductions
made from the aggregate income o.
any person are 5000 in the first place
State and local taxes of the calender
year, from January LIST, 1862, to De
oember 31st. Interest, dividends, &c.
of stock in banks or other monied cor
porations, from which the statute ta1
of three per cent, has already been de
Quoted or retained, 4. e. since Angus
81, 1862. Receipts derived from ad
vertisements" on which a duty shall
already have been paid. The rent &C
tually paid for rent of dwelling house
or estate, the resident of person as
sessed. The value of rent of house
occupied by owner, is not deducted
| The, amount of hired labor, and thu
value of board of such labor. Person:
receiving rent are entitled to deduct the
cost of repairs, insurance, and Interest
on remembrance upon rented property
The cost of extraordinary repairs, new
structures, &c, will in no case be de-
Quoted.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

sBH FL. B. Grierson, the Colonel Of
the 9th Illinois Cavalry, who is doing
such splendid service in Mississippi,
entered the army in 1861 as an aid on
the staff of Gen. Prentiss, subsequently
became Major of the 9th, and when its
Colonel resigned, was promoted to take
his place. He is considered one of the
most daring officers at the West-and
that is saying good deal.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

We have good news from
Louisiana. Our gunboat feet, which
recently assembled the Red river, re-
duced a fort, captured a rebel gunboat
and took possession of Alexandria, an
important rebel military and supply
centre. Gen. Banks forces were on
the move, and their communication
with the fleets above has been estab-
lished. Admiral Farragut has arrived
at New Orleans overland, we pre-
sume- Col. Grierson, the hero of the
great Mississippi cavalry raid, has also
reached New Orleans Chis ago Jour.
nal. .7i ~ aa5 - s. 81.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
THE CASS COUNTY REPUBLICAN.


In gscsng Freedom to the Slaues zoe ensure Free
dom to the Free honorable alike in wAat zee gir.
ana "hdt zoe receire. WesAaH molly SAGE or mean
W lose the last best hope Of earth. Other means
may succeed this could not fail Thsscay plain,
peaceful, generous, just. acay acAich if follosced,
the wortd aoiu forever applaud. and God must for
sc~ bless-PresidentL incoln's Message, December
1st, 1862.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
For Sale and Exchange.
Illinois and Wisconsin Improved farms.
Iowa and Minnesota farm Lands.

THE undersigned viii sell at reasonable prices,
Il on five to ten years credit at six per cent in
terest' improved farms in Illinois and Wisconsin o9 na
fifth the principal to be paid annually
He will also sell good farm lapds IN I1e otate OF
Iowa and Minnesota on the same terms q payment
and will also exchange Iowa LANDS ior s''sgs prop r
good business rronerty IN Dowagiac, exchange i'm
proved farms and iowa lands, and for desirable
locations viii iii pay part cash in band IN such ex-
changes. ,,o 49,. e Gb;c.an IN
/ March zs, 1881 mn2s-4sff
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
az The New York Tribune has in

az The New York Tribune has in
formation from Washington that the
Provost Marshals have received in
structions to proceed with their draft
Immediately. 1t is suggested, how
ever, that not much can be taccom-
plished towards making the draft be-
fore the middle of July; and before
that time tits estimated, another call
/ for volunteers may be made. .a 81
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
NJ u II u A. L
FIRE INSURANCE

NOTICE il hereby given, that the UNDERSIGNED
In citizens of Cass County Michigan. agree to,
associate together by virtue of Section one of an
act of the Legislature of the State of Michigan.
approved February Is, 1859, and entitled an act
for the Incorporation of Insurance Companies and
defining their powers and Duties" and form an in
corporated company for the purpose of making In
surance on the Dwelling Houses, Barns. and all
other Buildings and personal property of Farmers,
against loss or damage by Fire.
Said Company shall be styled and known as the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company Of
Cass County," and shall be located for the purpose
of transactng the aforesaid business at the village
of Dowagiac in said County. THIS notice being
in pursuance of the provisions of the aforesaid act
of the Legislature, and the Charter having been
approved blythe Attorney General, and fled in the
Cfice of the Secretary of State
AMOS ID. STOCKING, JAMES NJ ExNoSs,
DAVID Hams, HENRY s. MICHAEL,
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, ADRIAN CoNKLN,
ZADocK JARVIS, GIDEON 8. WILDER,
H. M. PERRY, ADRIAN MANLEY.
HENRY b. WELLS, FRANK BRowNELL
THOMAS NJ N. TNcKLER, DANIEL NJ McOMBER
Dowagiac, May 81, 1868. may21-5w5
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

PRosCRIBED.-The sale or distribu-
tation of the Freeman's Journal and
the Caucasian of New York, the
Columbus o. Crisis, the Democratic
Journal, of Jerseyville, Ill, and the Chi
cago Times and Dubuke Herald, have
been prohibited in the Missouri Dis
trict by Gen. Davidson.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
Yallandigham,

This notorious copperhead and trail
tor has been sentenced to close confine-
ment in Fort Warren, Boston harbor,
during the continuance of the war.
Burnside has approved the finding and
sentence of the Court. We trust that
this news may prove correct as he is
deserving of even a worse fate.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

~ A steamer from Bort Royal re-
ports that heavy firing was heard off
Charleston last Thursday. The IRON
clads have probably renewed the, at
tack on the batteries in Charleston har-
Dor. - ..s ~.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
Government CLAIM Agency!
Agents for the Collection of Claims
against the Government. E

against the Government. E
OFFICE in the Seitz Block on Griswold street,
" adjoining the Postoffice, room No. Z, second
floor, Detroit
All just claims of whatever character against the
Government>will be promptly collected on reasona-
BILE terms. Especial attention will be given to the
claims of officers soldiers. their heirs for PEN
sions, Bounty Money, Back Pay, &C..
The extensive acquaintance of j. w. Co. with
influential officers in the various Departments at
Washington, they feel justified in saying will give
them unusual facilities in the adjustment and col
lection of all such claims against the Government,
and it will be their aim to transact whatever bust
ness of this character may be entrusted to them,
interested and secure public confidence.
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