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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
The Rebel Invasion.

New York, June 2I.-A Harris
burg dispatch to the Herald states that
jenkins passed through Greencastle,
last evening, with 700 mounted infan-
try, in the direction of Waynesboro.
The rebels are reported to have sixteen
pieces of artillery with their large force.
They occupy the south bank Of the
Potomac, between Cumberland and
Harper's Ferry. Rhodes has 10000
men at Williamsport. The official cir
Giles at Harrisburg is. that the rebels
have serious designs on Baltimore.
Their movements indicate this, and
fears are entertained for the safety Of
that city. Three hundred rebel cayal.
ry fred Mercersburg in several places
"A Chambersburg dispatch says. II
the rebels remain where they are, we
may expect fight Tuesday. Tonight
they are picketing that road a shor,
distance this side of Greencastle. The
rebels are securing the country fol-
horses, and have got about 1000 head
of cattle and 1000 horses, They are
repored near Wynesboro and Gettys
burg. Jenkins left Greencastle to
night, with eighty days rations, on q
foraging expedition. sH-' ii
+ ,HARRIsBURG, June 2l.-Aa dispatch
received here late this evening" states
that rebel cavalry force is within eight
miles of Gettysburg, and had crossed
South Mountain evidently advancing
East to attack the Northern Contra
Railroad. An ample force is prepared
to resist the attack. ,,. - ~ ...s
New YORK, June 2l.-The Harris
burg dispatches tonight contain the
following: sias1 ssll9s.lfs sal -
| The rebels are reported forty thous
and strong at Hagesstown and fortify
ing. Milroy's headquarters are still al
Bloody Run. The troops are expect
I ing marching orders Immediately. i
is feared Ewell is in Williamsport, bu
the opinion here is, that he is not al
that point, unless Lee is about to cross
below. Heavy rains have raised the
Potomac and hurried him off.
Gov. Curtin tonight received dis
patch from Cham bersburg, stating thai
jenkins had arrived at Waynesboro
and threw out pickets FIVE miles THU
side, but withdrew them this morning
There is no information at Waynesbort
Of rebel infantry at Hagerstown. Jen
kins has been plundering horses among
the mountains. IT,
Gen. Coueh received dispatch to
night confirming the report of Rebe
cavalry at Gettysyilie.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
From Port Hudson.

New YORK, June .23.-New Orleans
correspondence, per steamer, Locust
Point, states that our serge batteries
had been opened on Port Hudson, and
q continuous rain of shot and shell was
being poured into the enemy's work.
Several buildings, supposed to contain
commissary stores, were destroyed, and
the rebels are known to be suffering
some in killed and wounded.
An expedition had driven away q
force of rebels collected at Clinton.
Deserters coming into our lines re-
port the rebel strength at least 10000
well clothed, but suffering for food.
Twenty-Five or thirty of our men are
daily added to the killed and wounded
by the enemy's sharpshooters. + s'i
Capt. Hart, of the gunboat At6dtross
committed suicide by blowing his brain'
out with pistol. wilhelm a state Of III
sanity from fever.
- The destruction of the bark Ierazd
as well as the ,Le1snOe,. by the captured
tug Boston, is confirmed.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25


20 Major. Theodore Winthrop, the
glorious young author who was killed
at, the battle of Great Bethel, is said to
have been shot by anegro. A member
ofthe Wythe Rifles, of Hampton. Va,
who was present at the fight aud saw
Winthrop fall, say that be was shot by
a negro at the suggestion and command
OF the Captain of the Rifles, who de-
clared substantially: |These Yankees
will take you to Cuba and sell you. II
you wish to stay with your wife and
children, drive them out of Virginia. y
The negro tired, and, unconsciously to
him, there fell one Of the earliest and
best friends Of the race to which he be.
longed.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
r7Y-Not Ill ~, n no, L;llod l. ~;

rW Not all the men killed in this
war, on either side, stay dead. The re-
bel Gen. Tilghman, asserted over and
again to have been killed, in the adj
vance of Gen. Grant upon Vicksburg,
is brought to life by letter from his
wife to his mother in Philadelphia. She
says he is only wounded, and doing
well. That will make Parson Brown
low feel bad. ,..---
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
The SIayesfor Freedom.

Ignorant as the African slaves are
supposed to be, they are rapidly i'm
proving the present opportunity to OBJ
tain their freedom from bondage. The
New York Times truthfully remarks
that whereverthe Union armies have
marched, the death kneil of slavery is
sounded. At Norfolk, on the Peninsu-
la, in Northern Virginia, at Memphis,
Nashville, and New Orleans, in all of
Tennessee, at any time visited or occu-
pied by the Union armies, slavery is
practically extinct. Not even the most
strenuous STAKEHOLDER refuses to admit
that so utter is the decentralization,
(another word for INSTRUMENTATION in
the districts named, that no power can
restore the relations that previously
existed. And whenever a new region
of territory is penetrated, the first
sign to the outward world is the effer-
yescence and ebullition of this same
evaporating institution. As Stoneman's
cavalry reached platation after planta-
ton in their late bold raid into the
penetralia of the Old Dominion, the me-
groes at work in the field, surprised by
their coming, shouted forjoy, flung high
into the air their axes and hoes, loosed
their masters horses from the ploughs
and followed the raiders in their bold
ride for liberty. The most striking spoc
tacle that met the eyes of Fitzpatrick on
his arrival at GlouscesterP oint, was the
cloud slaves that hung about his rear
atleast thousand, it was said, having
found means of following him on his
march all through the rebel lines.
Grisrson, in Mississippi had very
similar experience in the spontaneous
uprising of the slaves to hail his coming
Bat his ride was too fearfully long and
devious to give many Of the poor fell
lows chance to follow him. The fact
however, has been established all
through the State of Mississippi, to the
entire satisfaction of the negro mind,
that the yankees" can reach the
plantations-that the masters flee in
terror at their coming and they are
not slow in conluding that the "year Of
jubilee" is at hand
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
GEN. nooKER's MOVEMENT.

We have nothing definite TO present
concerning Gen. Hooker's movement.
The march TO bis present position,
which is not disclosed, was a hard one.
The heat, dust and want of water were
severely felt, and about a thousand
cases of coup de solieI occurred, one
hundred ofthem proving at once fatal.
Rest and the obtaining of a good sup
ply of water have, however, much re-
lieved, restored and cheered the wca-
ried forces, and they have again
moved on with spirit. The recent
storm may have added to their comfort
and relief. Mr.. Thos. NJ. Cook in a
letter from Headquarters to the N. Y.
Herald, 18th, states that the situation
and intention of the rebels begins more
and more to be developed, and We
gain a clearer insight into their plans
and purposes. There is very large
room for doubt whether any consider
able body of the rebels have yet passed
beyond the Potomac Nothward. In
deed, 1t is quite certain that the move
ment into Pennsylvania and Maryland
=
up to this time embraces only some
five thousand cavalry, supported by
perhaps single division of mounted
infantry and battery of light artillery.
The same correspondent says that Gen.
Hooker is watching Lee as closely as
Lee is watching him, and that in view
OF the shape affairs have taken, the
danger is about over, and that no moro
rebels willyenture across the Potomac
then are now there. These will un
doubleday do all the damage they can
but their numbers are SO small, and the
popular uprising SO great, that there
will be no great difficulty for the mill
tia to drive them back. It is evident
that the rebels have been eheckmated
at the outset of their invading cam
paign. They calculated on impressina
the national authorities with the idea
that their whole army had crossed the
Potomac, supposing that then tht
Army of the Potomac wonld be imme
diately sent up to Maryland, leaving
this road open for their conscripte(
reserve force to make a dash int
Washington. But in this they hay,
been completely baffied. 49,, -
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25

DoatHS Oh luICnI$du SOfuIcfS aA IftkSnflllC
and MufressberO. g ..--
List Of deaths IN hopitals at Ndshuille,
for the taoo ,oeeks ending June IS, 1868.
June I'M. Kean, CO. II, l4th infan-
try, Typhoid fever. r
June 1T. n. Chaplin, CO. II, 2lst
Infantry, Erysipelas.
June Sc. M. Coombs, co. d, 18th
Infantry, Diarrh9a. n aiHf s-
June lO.-Robert w. Garter, co. i,
LIST Michigan e. g. NJ, not stated.
DEATHS IN HOSPITALS AT MURFREEs-
BoRo FROM NAY 9TH TO JUNE 18TH
INCLUSIVE.
7 May Or. Bishop, co. 3, 18th In
fantry, Pneumonia. ,.3Fe 20
May 1l.-Charles Branch, co. NJ, 4tll
Cavalry, Congestive chill. lo 7a1
May l2.-Hiram Knowls, Co. Il, 4tl
Cavalry, Consumption.
June 5.-William Scott, co. b, 9th
Cavalry, Typhoid Fever p a-F94
- June 6.-Martin S. Brown, co. !, 18th
Infantry, Typhoid Fever, sss
June s.-George w. Jones, CO. G
4th Cavalry, Jaundice.
3 June BRA Helvis, co. e, 2lst In
tantry, Chronic Diarrhea.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
HEaDQUARrERs Army OF THE PoToYAc,


For the purpose of contradictingsa all
erroneous reports and giving quiet to
the public mind, Gen. Hooker authoriz-
es the following fact to be stated !:
There has been no engagement what
ever, up to this date involving any por-
ton of Gen. Hooker's army, except the
cavalry. 1900.
Cavalry skirmishes, fights, and recon
noisances are taking place daily, with
the advantage INFORMALLY with our
forces. Two hundred and fifty prison
ers have arrived at headquarters within
the last last three days.
The alarm existing in the North du-
ring the past few days is utterly with
out cause. Ne enemy is at or near the
old Bull Run battlefield, and the panic
stricken report of Hil's rebel force at
lDumfries is equally false.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25

W- Gen. T. f. Meaghcr, on being
rendered the hospitalities of New York
city, and also presented with the Kear-
ney Cross, made noble speech. He
declind the "dining and winnings" and
sharply denounced the peacemongers
as traitors. He reiterated the samesen-
timents in subsequent speech at the
collation., and was followed by Judge
Dean, who likewise denounced the
peace men as towards and traitors.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
MORTGAGE SALE.


|nEFAULT having been made in the pay ment
II of certain sum of money secured to be paid
by certain indenture of Mortgage executed by
Rena l.. Rock wife of James l.. Rock to James IL.
Spencer, dated the third day Of May 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 Michl-
gan, on the twenty third day of May, A. d 1862
in Liber l.. of Mortgages on pages, 2e2, 263 and
264 On which mortgage there is claimed to be
due at the date of this notice the sum of two
hundred and seven and 9-100 dollars Which
said Mortgage has been duly assigned By the said
James NJ. Spencer to Charles Clarke BY assign
ment in writing, duly executed and delivered,
dated the twenty-seventh day of june A D. 1862
and recorded in the Office ofthe Register Of Deeds
Of said County of Cass- on the twenty ninth day of
July A. d., 1852, alto o'clock A NJ, in Liber ''L''
of Mortgages page s55, and no suit or proceeding
at law 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 liz said Mortgage contained and pursuant
to the Statute in such case made and provided the
premises described in said Mortgage to wit: VII
fage lots number Q7) and eighteen (1S) in the
original plat of the Village of Dowagiac, in the
County of Cass and State of Michigan, will be sold
at public vcndue at the Court House, in the Vii
lage of Cassapolis, in said County, on the eigh-
teenth day of September next, at one O'Clock in
the afternoon of the same day. ~
. CHARLES CLARKE.
JACOB ]. VAS R1PER, Atty for Assignee.
Dated June 23d, A. D. 1857. june25-1ow13
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
wThe 45th Ohio regiment have

G8 The 45th Ohio regiment have
adopted a series of resolutions denounc-
ing the nomination of Vallandigham.
They declare tina. the nomination has
excited their 'deep regret and profound
disgust" and that such an act compete
them "to admit the existence in our
"their) native State of party which,
"under the specious name of peace, is
'inimical to the best interests Of our
Government, and which, in the hour
"of trial and danger, calls for peace
with the rebellion, and would have the
"Republc cringe like towards at the
"feet Of traitors, and disgrace US as a
"nation in the eyes of the whole civil
sized world"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
THE CASS COUNTY REPUBLICAN.
The. New Policy of the War.

In giring Freedom to She Slares, ace ensure Free
dom to the Free honorable alike in qrhat are gre
and achat receiue VeshaH no5ly SAGE or mean
~ lose the last best hope Of earth .Oths7' means
may succeed this could not fail The rag splcin,
peaceful, generoNs, Just Aacay arhieA II dlloaosd,
the rortd aciU forecer applaud, and God must for
ster President Lincoln Message, December
LIST, 1s62.4 sf.difa7sI saf ,hs.asa ssoai ai
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
Copperhead Demonstration.

The Copperhead Democracy of this
county, held a Mass Meeting at Cass-
apolls. onthe 20th.. We8were not able
to be present but understand that the
attendance was quite large. The
speakers were Judge Lowrie of Indi-
ana, and MIR. RedfeId, of Detroit.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25

sa3 A portion of our cavalry in
West Tennessee have been doing a
good business in dispensing guerrilla
bands. Another force of our cavalry,
embracing two Ohio regiments, have
been surrounded, routed and most of
them captured, in Northern Mississippi.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
w- Michigan has received her Ian,

w Michigan has received her land
sections for railroads, as follows: six
miles limit for the Detroit and Milwau.
kee, 6,ass acres fifteen miles limits.
23,913 acres, for the Detroit and Mil
waukee and Amboy Lansing and
Traverse Bay, l,057 acres; Grand
Rapids and Indiana, 1926 acres
total, 81, 694 acres. a.i
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
sw-There is serious trouble in Oh:

sB There is serious trouble in Ohio
and Indiana concerning the enrolment.
In one instance, several hundred men
have combined and armed themselves.
and already there has been a collision
with force sent to dispense them. In
another, Sullivan County, Ind, an en-
rolling officer has been treacherously
killed while riding along the road /;
another officer has been mobbed.
These are serious occurrences, the nat
ural fruit of Copporhead teachings. 1t
becomes the Government to deal with
the offenders with unsparing rigor.
They are far more wicked than the
Southern traitors, and sudden and Sc
we're punishment must overtake them.
IF such resistance is to be made to the
mere enrolment of names, what are we
to expect when the actual draft takes
place?
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25

aA A force Of Union troops and a
feet of iron-elads are reported to have
arrived at Brunswick, Georgia, and the
city of Darien, in that State, is reported
to have been laid in ashes. 1t it prob
able that the troops and fleet south of
Charleston are engaged in this expedi-
ton. 80
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
New Advertisements.
PROBATE ORDER.

GTATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass.-ss.
II At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Monday the twenty second day of
June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty three. Present-Ciford Shanahan, Judge
of Probate. In the matter of the estate OF Wilson
Cross. deceased. On reading and filing the peti-
ton duly verified, of Eaton Newsom praying for
proof of will Of said deceased
Ihereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
eighteenth day of July, next, at ten o'clock, in
the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said
petition and that the heirs at law of said deceased
and all other persons interested in said estate,
are required to appear at session of said court,
then to be holden at the Probate Office. in Cass,
apolis, and show cause, if any there be- why the
prayer of the petitioner should not be granted.
And it's further ordered, that said petitioner
give noticetothe persons interested in said estate.
of the tendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy Of this order to be pub
printed and circulating in said County of Cass for
three successive weeks previous to said day of
hearing G. SHANAHAN,
I dAtrue copy.l Judge Of Probate.
June 22d, 1868. ~ june25rl0w3 =
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
PIeasanton's Cavalry Routs stuart's


2 .HEADqrARrEns'C CAVALRY CoRPs, CAMP NEAR
UrPrRyiLLE, 5o'clock p. NJ, june Il. J
To Brig. Gen. w illiams: moved
with my command this morning to
Mlddleburg, attacked the rebel cavalry
force under Stuart, and steadily drove
him all day, inflicting heavy loss at
every step. We took two pieces of ar
sstillery, one being Blakely gun, togcth.
err with three caissions, besides blowing
one up, We also captured upwards Of
sixty prisoners, and more are coming
in, including Lieut.. Colonel. Major.
and five other officers, and wounded a
Colonel. A large number of wounded
rebels are in the town Of Upperyille
They left their dead and wounded on
abe field. Of the former we saw up
wards of twenty. We also took large
number OF carbines, pistols, and sabres
LIN fact it was most disastrous day
for the rebel cavalry. Our loss is very
small both in men aad horses.
tSigued A. PLEAsANToN,
Brig. Gen. Commanding
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
The Rebel Invasion.

NEW York, June ga special to
the Herald, Harrisburg, June ed, says:
"There is no doubt but that the enemy
is terrifying Hagerstown. They hold
the country between Hagerstown and
Williamspert, with at least one corps,
probably Ewell's.
"Williamstown, miles from Gettys-
burg, has been occupied to-day by a
few rebel troopers, 1000 strong. This
points to q movement on the Southern
Central Road, for the purpose of inso-
lating Baltimore. Most of the movable
property that could be turned to Rebel
account was removed before the place
was occupied. They will have to fight
for the possession Of the Northern Cen
trail.
''Railroad communication with Cham
bersburg is resumed.
"Gen. Lee is believed to have been
bafied in his main object of the cap
ture of w ashington. The progress of
of the campaign is watched with in
tense anxiety.
"The enemy occpied Greencastlc af-
ter skirmish with cur cavalry. No
further particulars. Gen. Couch has
received no report Of casulties.
"Troops continue to be concentrated
and organized at this point"
HARIMsBURG, June 22.-Matters are
rapidly approaching a crisis. Great
secrecy governs all publications, espe-
cially as important results are to be de-
termined in the next few hours. The
rebels are advancing in force upon
Greencastle, with infantry, artillery and
cavalry. m ,,-
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
Yicksburg.

ASs' A''--rs-t -tttitit- Atis 81
yicksburg. ,.afft....-.s =
Matters at Vicksburg have changed
but little in the last few weeks. The
national troops have settled themselves
for siege, and the rebels seem to ex-
psct it. Whatever opinion may have
been previously held of the insufficient
cy of the rebel supplies, they have long
since been dissipated. The city is evil
IDENTIFY well-stocked for a siege, al
though not enough TO enable it to hold
out more than few months at 1.-The
most. Their fersthought has evidently
calculated on the possible occurrence
of such contingency as the present,
bat it is not to be expected that they
would anticipate that the bssisgsd gar
rison would be left utterly dependent
on its own resources, without aid from
without. For this reason, we feel con-
fident that the stores in Vicksburg are
only enough to sustain the army for a
short time, and not to maintain them
through a long siege, and that if the
present condition of affairs continues
for few weeks more, the garrison will
FIND. themselves surrounded by, oil the
horrors of starvation. This view has
undoubtedly influenced Gen. Grant
greatly in deciding on his course, and
he has chosen the certainty of a close
investment, rather than sacrifice human
life in attempting to carry the position
by storm.
As to Gen.. Johnston's movements,
we must confess to considerable sur
prise at the apparent dilatoriness of his
movements. His original plan contem-
plated the cutting off of all General
Grants lines of retreat and means of
communication. For this purpose, he
dispatched various bodies of troops to
take possession of the Upper Yazoo,
Milliken's Bend and Young's Point.
The desperate resistance he met with,
and the speedy reinforcement of the
threatened positions destroyed his ex-
pected advantage. Since then, he has
mot appeared in force near our lines.
That he will long remain thus quiet is
not to be expected. If Pemberton is
not relieved before long, the Sebastopol
of the West cannot but fall. The rebel
chieftain, "a man of proven ability, will
spare no efforts to loosen our hold, and
he, who does not expect severe battles
in the Southwest, will be sorely disap-
pointed. Johnston cannot delay his
advance much longer, and every steam
er may bring the news of the desperate
tcontest.
The natural position is of the
strongest nature. Gen. Grant has been
reinforced sufficiently TO enable him to
divide his force and thus place in the
field an army for offensive operations,
while he retains a sufficiently large be-
sieging force in the trenches before
Vicksburg. One branch of the army
occupies the bridges and fords Of the
Big Black, the road by which Johnston
l.
will advance, if at all. Another guards
the Yazoo, at present tile main channel
of supplies. A third surrounds the
bluffs of Vicksburg and defends the
arc of works that ENCOMPASSES that
stronghold from the Mississippi to the
Mississippi. Gen. Grant estimates
that he has sufficient force to both
check Johnston and encelepe Pember,
ton. 1t will thus he seen that our pros
poets are most favorable Iri6
a
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25

8 rs Rebel guerrilla bands are again
interfering with the navigation of the
Mississippi aboye and below Memphis.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-25
From Hooker,s Headquarters.

The transmission of the following
dispatch from the Headquarters of the
Army of the Potomac has been author
lied by the highest authorities in the
field: