The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-12-08
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M1SCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
EY- Gen. Butler, in bis first walk at For
tress Monroe, was astonshed at meeting leb-I
el officer coolly looking at parade Of our
troops. 1t was Gen. Filzhugh Lee. On be-.
ing told that ho enjoyed the liberty of OFT.
Point Gen. Butler sharply expressed his dis
approval Of such a reprehensiblo courtesy.
The next day Lee made a voyage to Fort Ls--
fayette.
The MEDINA TaAoEpY-SrRaEpER FOUND
GUILTY--SENTENcED TO BE HUNG.-We
earn by persons from Medina wto have been
attending the trial of Sire. ter for the muidef
Of the Mccoy family, that the jury found him
guilty Of the terrible deed. lie was then sem
fenced to be hung, on the goth Of February,
between the hours of s A. NJ. and 4 p. n.
AS the crime was of SO horrible and afro
cious nature, without circumstance that
could be offered in paiation, the sentence
will undoubtedly be carried into effect,
cleveland Herald.
EE Merchants arc now in Rochester, New
York. buying buck wheat TO supply Chicago
and the surrounding country. The prices paid
range from sixty three to eighty seven cents
per bushel, for the crude grain, which is then
ground and put up in barrels for shipment
westward. This carrying grain from the
East TO the West is certainly anomalous. But
the cause, which is accidental and temporary,
is the recent frost, which cut off the buckwheat
in the section which supplied the Chicago
market.
Eg- A treaty captured at Fort Smith and
received at the Indiana office between Albert
Pike, Confederate Commissioner, aud the
Camanches of the Praires, made in 1851, and
signed by Pike and l3 Chiefs and renegade
Indian agents, witness that the Indians are re-
quired to keep the peace with the Mexicana.
| 1t is distinctly stipulated that Texas is one Of
the Confederate States. The treaty 10 bound
with red white aud blue ribbons. ~''
A released Richmond prisoner says the
number Of troops in Richmond is as follows:
The CityBattaion, 500 strong; State Guards,
| 275: Tar hnsls ar North Carolina Gnards, 26O
militia, 5000 He also states that one half,
or more, Of the population of Richmond would
bo glad to see the Union troops enter the city.
Tho North Carolina troops, to a man, say that
they will not fire into the Union tIoops.
seven.eigh,siof the militia say the saue thing.
Of the route TO Richmond the writer suggests
that the Virginia Central is a good way Of ap-
proach, and the Lynchbu,g pike is also good
way, there being no battery at all on the south
side of James river.
Napoleou's project, inviting fifteen Govern
nents 10 take part in European Congress,
has startled the European capitals On The
whole, however, for one reason or another, it
has not heen ne. by decided objection -
Prussia is rumored 10 have giyeu her adhesion
to the plan. The Austrian Government an
uouuced to Napoleon that Austria is ready to
take part in a Congress on basis yet TO be
determined, for the strengthening of public
Ea5oBPsialgan nd xii Tiih TSgiish Cabinet
council was to meet and draft the reply Of
Queen Vic .oria.
EB- You have lost your baby, hear said
one gentleman to another. Yes, poor little
thing it was only five months old. We did
all we could for it. We had four doctors,
blisteyed its hands and feet, put mustard pop,.
,icsa all over it, gave it nine calome powders,
leached its temples, had it bed, and gave it
all kinds Of medicines, and yet after weeks
Illness it died.-Strapge!
ET "Heres your Daily Times--all about
the battle" cried newsboy the other day,
vending his wares. AT individual with shoul.
ders straps, hearing tbs exciting announcement
purchased copy, and, hastily glancing at the
headlines Of the dispatches, remarked to the
leader in afternoon literature, "Where is all
about the battle! l can't see it." "No,"
said the boy, "and you never will see it as
long as you hang around this city,"
EE- 1t is said that candidates for county
offices in Ohio, who have been beaten by VOL
unteers' votes, will contest the legality Of those
votes The next thing will be for the rebels
who have boen beaten by volunteers 10 contest
the legality Of their lighting.
The original copy of the Presidents Eman-
cipation Proclamation, has bcsn awarded to
7. B. Bryan, esq OF Chicago, for the sum Of
5000. ma
Geueral Schofeld's order 10 recruit from
slaves in Missouri just the same as from white
men, is out.
The news from Gen. Banks expedition con.
tiuues cheering, Corpps Christi, capital Of
Nueces county, $50 miles southwest Of Gal.
weston, and Arkansas City AID other minor
placus have been captured. " 30
EE-A farmer more celebrated for his fue
stock than good education, wrote to the
Secretary of an Agricultural Society inregard
to entering bis animals for premiums offered,
added postscript as follows: Also rent me
for the bost j,ckass.. am sure Of the premi-
um. h.
EF The Louisville Jaurnos says that at
no period since the rebellion broke out has
there been go many dosertions Of Kentucki-
ans from the ranks Of the enemy as at pres
ent. We are constantly hearing Of rebel SOL
diers returning to their homes, in this and adj
joining countos, willing to take the oath, OF
do anything else, SO that they may BE- allow
Cd to remain. Five reached the little town
Of Walton, Boone county, in one day last
week, and the report large numbers Of Others
on The way.
i DEATH OF MRs. PRrsrDENr FISNEy.-Mrs.
Finnev, the wife Of President Finney, of Ober-
liz, died at Syracuse last week. She was an
elderly lady, aud had gone East for the pur-
pose Of recovering her health. Though il bad
been very delicate for long time, she was
not considered dangerously IN, and her death
a.