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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07
Lon the Railroads.

-
Snow has faIlentoa great depth in
the western part OF the State. and the
cold yesterday was intense. me pas,
senger trains on the Michigan oen!Is "a
and Michigan Soutnern Toaos, won
left here at 10 9. M. on !hursdsyaSSre
completely blocked up 10 'he 1ow'
the former eight miles out from Vn,cs
go, and the latter four miles OUT. Tue
snow at these points has nearly Iehi-
form depth OF from eight 70 yen ieft
and isspacked so solid hat tne Wosf
ing of snow-plows IS impractIcaole'
the Surface being strong enough 10
bear horse. The sufferlngs OF pas
sengers have beeni1nfense, and HIS
feared that some of those onH the
Southern train have persisted. e-sE,sF
AT the Calumet crossing most OF the
passengers onytheF Central were trans
terred to the Southern tram. we give
the following kilograms, as presenting
reliable statement touching the con-
dition OF the passengers ana other
matters OF interest,":
CHICAGO, Jan. l, 1864. {
"R. N. RICE, Esq: - -. =, 49,. !. I,
81 have just returned from our yes;
terday's day express, which Is showed
in and frozen up Just south OF the
Michigan southern crossing. y nst
before reached there the michigan
Southern trains. from the. East came
past, and took all the passengers but
two wounded soldiers, two women and
five men. L had twenty men with
shovels, bat 1T was impossible forthem
to shovel through the drifts, which
wereyery deep and very hard. ~ Near
ly all my men were frozen IN shovel
ing, and were forced TO abandon the
attempt to get to the train. We took
from it the two women and three men,
leaving Mr.. Lattimer, the mail agent,
the baggage master, the two soldiers,
and the mother of one OF them; also
two men, passengers, and two OF my
fresh men. None of them are frozen,
and they have fuel enough to keep
comfortable until we can relieve them.
We start again as soon as two fresh
engines can be got ready, and will take
food, blankets and mattresses for use,
if we cannot bring the sufferers over
the drift. ~ vi
"Mr. Mutherp, of the, Illinois Cen
trail, has just come on, and reports that
Curtiss, conductor of the Southern
train, has just arrived on foot, badly
frozen, having left his train four miles
out, and that the passengers are suffer
ing terribly, some OF them SO badly
frozen that they cannot be saved.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07
The Sheet Picture of the Emanc ipation
PrOcIamatOtn.

The public will perhaps remember
that picture of the Proclamation OF
Emancipation was presented to Che
President, Abraham Lincoln, last Feb
ruary, and which was noticed by the
press at the time as "splendidly exc
cut do and 81 finer display or more
tasteful skill In The execution we have
never Witnessed" 1t is but justice to
say that the engraving ofthis splendid
picture is now completed, and ready
for distribution.
No public document-not evons the
Declaration of Independence--has
! been executed with even an approach
to the style in which the picture of the
proclamation is gotten up. 1t COM
prises displayed letter eadings, the
"whereas" and "proclamation" with a
splendid display Of sAourishing around
the same; then follows, in beautiful
engraved hand, the proclamation, with
the emphatic words lettered ia aoa1
ETY. of styles.
I The browning glory of the picture,
forming o centre-piece, is an accurate
and faithful portrait of Abraham Lins
coin, the author of the proclamation.
There are besides four other appropri-
ate figures. 605 .LI9i
We propose to make it an object for
our gallant soldiers in the service, or
whose time has expired, and widows
Of those who hare fallen, To- give this
picture q wide circulation. The price
of the picture will be Ole dollar, but
to such as become agents it will be
fifty cents per copy. - - sASz
! ToEnewspapers inserting this notice
and Forwarding paper containing the
same to my address, Immediately upon
receiving it | will forward the picture
free of charge. A. ,KIDDER,
Iah Sc Dearborn ST., Chicago, Ills.
h. P. O. Box, 754.. aaaS 80 a. aiIE lAus
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07
R& Ayers American Alpaanaa

sS ayers American Almanac has
no" arrived and is ready for delivery
gratis az the drugstore TO all who cali
for 1t. This number contains n treatise
on Scrofula and its kindred complaints
which is well worth perusal. II Also
gives much general medical Informal
ton, which is useful and should be kept
against time of need in every family.
Its compilation of jokes and anecdotes
IS about the best that reaches ms, and
these facts together have given it cir
culatioffwhich1is said to be the largest
OF any enc book IN the world.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07
THE OAsS> COUNTY REPUBLICAN
WI. CAMPBELL EDIron & PRorR1rron
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY.
The New Policy Of The War.

In giving Freedom, to the Slaces, Te ensure Free
dom TO the Free, honorable alike an uhat zee gius
and uhat ace rscsip<. I'VE shall molly SAGE or mean
ly lose the last best hope Of earth. Other means
may succeed, this could not jail. T1s~ay plain,
PEACEFUL generous, Just. Ascay scAich if follosred,
the worid WiH fOrevsr applaud. and God must for
ss~ 6sess.-PresidentL incoln's Message, December
1st 1852
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07
The Great Snow storm.


The Great Snow storm. a
We have been visited by one of the
severest snow storms ever known in
this section. The storm commenced
as the old year went out, and it was
begun and persisted in with an earnest
ness that indicated its determination
not to leave the coronation of winter
to its successor. The storm commenced
on Thursday about noon, the 31st ult.,
the flakes falling lightly but steadily
until about 5 p. M, when tremendous
gale from the North set in. This las
ted all Thursday night, raging furious
ly and drifting the snow, completely
blockading the railroad and rendering
the roads utterly impossible.
On Friday the wind blew perfect
gale all day. 1t was intensely cold,
and it was impossible for man or beast
to stop out but few minutes at a
time, the thermometer varying but lit
tie from twenty degrees below zero.
Of course, business was almost en-.
tirely suspended during the two days.
As yet we hear of but few cases of
death by freezing, though of course
there has been much suffering.
The stock train arriving. at this
place on Thursday evening was unable
to proceed, and remained here until
Sunday, many of the hogs being frozen
to death during the time.
The storm appears TO have been I'M
paralleled in its severity and extent.
As far south as Cairo. the mercury in
the thermometer was thirteen degrees
below zero on Saturday morning, and
the rivers are frozen solid Similar re.
ports reach us from Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl, Louisville and st. Louis. There
was not much snow at these southern
points, but the cold was intense ana
continuous for two days.
AT Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on Friday,
the mercury was 3s degrees below
zero, and on Saturday morningit was
36 below. At Fort Smelling, on high
bluff, it was so below on Saturday
morning. atH
=, We hear Of the storm and cold as
far east as Buffalo, where it continued
showing from Thursday evening until
Saturday. The thermometer stood
nine degrees below zero on Saturday
morning. At Cleveland there was no
snow, but intense cold. HsE s.
From all directions we hear of trains
on railroads being blocked up with
snow. Whenever the cars stopped
the engines would freeze up and be,
come perfectly helpless,
Much suffering ensued among the
passengers. The supply OF fuel grew
short and the fences were attacked, and
in some instances the car seats were
broken up for stove wood. And then
hunger, grim and gaunt, stalked along,
and that was something that prairies in
winter coCld offer little comfort to. On
some of the western-bound trains there
were oysters, and these were soon
seized by the hungry passengers. The
suffering for want of water, however,
was worse than all. The snow but
added to their thirst and thus, hungry
thirsty, and cold, the snow blocked
passengers counted the weary hours, in
some cases from Thursday noon till
Friday night and Saturday morning.
The expression is general among old
residents that this has been the seyerest
spell of cold weather and the heaviest
snow storm they have ever known in
the West.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07
Location of Michigan Regiments and
Batteries.
INFANTRY.

INFANTRY. -
lst-W ashington, d. g. .sToI
2d-Nicholasville, Ky.
3d-W ashington, DC. q TzE
4th-W ashipgton, d. q.
ashington. D. G. ?
+ 6th-Port Hudson, La.
7th-W ashington, d. G.
sth-Nicholasyille, Ky,i5.,uf
9,h-Chattanooga, Tenn. iA1i 4
loth-Smith's Ferry, Tenn. CIJQ
11th-Chattanooga, Tenn. s.aaL A..
l2th-Little, Rock, Ark. -, 3,
l3th-Chattanooga, Tenn. rsi, j
l4th-CoIumbia, Tenn. ~
15th-Bridgeport, Ala.
lev ashington, D. G. = I = =
, -Niebolasville, KY. 20 =. .z.. ~ 49,.
1sth-Nashhyille. Tenn. O.
19th-Mc Minnville, Tenn.
misunderstanding, KY. I'D gT9z
2lst-Chattanooga, Tenn. u.ssl5
32d-Chattanooga,l Tenn. naa'alsiias 3
23d--Knoxville, Tenn. p
24th-Washington, d. c.
charlottesville, Tenn. 81
26th-W ashington, d. c..
27th-Nicholasville,. KY. e
1a-a4 acAyA1LRY.Tg l4so.T ar
lst-Washington, d. G. : ooa1 y :
2d-Liberty. Tenn.
Corinth. Miss. 'sf 96t no 9fnf2s.
4th-Huntsville, Ala. aJIa5i
5th-Wasaington, d. c.
6th-Washington, d. C. 20. 5.as
7th-Wasington, D. G. s,is
sth-Knoxville, Tenn. ~. ~ g $ :
9th-Knoxville, Tenn. soa d
10th-Camp Nelson, Ky. , .ls PIG p.
1lth-Lexington, KY -eass s-e
FIRST ARTILLERY. saes
Battery A, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Battery B, Pulaski, Tenn.
Battery G, Prospect, Tenn r',ala
Battery d, Chattanooga. Tenn. -.a
Battery E, Nashville, Tenn.
Battery F, Munfordsville, Ky. 80
Battery g, New Orleans, La. sa
Battery H, Vicksburg, Miss.
Battery /. Nashville, Tenn.
Battery X, Nashville, Tenn
Battery L, Knoxville, Tenn.
Battery M, Tazewell, Tenn. &
and Mechanics, Nashville,
LIST Regiment Sharpshooters, Chicago.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07
Adminisfrafor,s sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of 4
In license. granted by Clifford Shanahan, Judge
of Probate for the County of Cass in the State 81
Michigan, shall offer for sale at public auction
the following described real estate, to-wit: So
much of the east half of the southwest quarter,
and so much of the southeast quarter (as lies
west of the Dowagac creek, all IN section thirty
five in township FIVE, south of range sixteen west,
in Cass County Michigan, containing eighty acres
of land more or less, on Saturday. the second day
of January next between the hour of nine O'Clock
in the forenoon andthe setting of the the same
day, on the premises above described, for The pay
%sGs e ,ss s ddsI
widow of said deceased.3TEs fRr0Ffff
- MARTHA J.-OAKLEY,
ADMINISTRATIVE.
The above sale is hereby postponed until Satur.
day next Jan. 9th, at one O'Clock p. M At the
same place. MARTHA j. OAKLEY,
80 -s,- Administrators
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07

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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07
SHERIFF. SALE.

FDY virtue of am EXECUTION. issued ont OF and
- under the seal of the Circuit Court for the
Comty OF Cass and State of Michigan, to me d. Q
recsed and delivered, have leviedupon and shall
expose a. pubic sale 20 the highest bidder at the
OF Friday the 18th day Of February next, ct ones
O'Clock L. d.. the following described real estate
situated in the County afofesmd to-wit: The west
halt Of the northwest quarter, of section thirty
(15,) west being and lying il the County 81 Cas-
and State of Michigan. - ~ So f-sTs---'
,ef 6ctf e.s w. x. PALMER, Sheriff.
! Dated this 2sth day Of December, 1868. -.
o. 65SE oe.Sf COL 81 : dscSi-s7ws -
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07

Mcclellan selected him to- open the
ball at Antietam, Burnside to lead the
van at Fredericksburg, and Grant to
storm the Alpine sides of Lookout.
Hooker bears sword that rests but
little in it's scabbard. It's edge is
hacked and its Blade stained. He is
no carpet warrior, whose charger new
err snuffs the battle close at hand and
whose glass alone brings him near the
conflict, but genuine soldier, shun
ming. no peril, and himself meeting the
dangers which the commonest private
must face. Gen. Hooker's headouar.
tiers are always in the field and his
place in the fray is that, where waved
at lvry the white plume of the helmet
OF Navarro. We do not think it ex.l
aggeration to say that no officer of his
rank in the National army, has done
half the actual fighting that General
Hooker has, nor to-day, for the execu-
ton of a difficult or daring military.
combination, is there any leader, in
which the nation possesses as much
coniidsnce as the victor at Williams
burg aud Lookout The services that
Gen. Hooker has rendered the Union
may be aptly compared to those that
Ney rendered Napoleon. America las
had no more loyal defender, and we
believe that the warrior of to-day pos
sesses claim, just and undeniable, to
the noblest, of the Titles conferred on
the Corsican's first Marshal-"the
bravest of the brave. o-DetroI Tri-
JlMe.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-07

forty-two graves in that one place, on
Thanksgiving night. $50 runs the
world away
Turning again toward the town, we
mass the burial place of rebels, and
step over, the little red ridges to read
here how "James Henderson fell in the
service of his country p and "Henry
Culver died q martyr" So ghastly
delusion smiles above their graves.
Alas. that could not say for them.
.How sleep the brave who sank to rest
With all their country's wishes blest.
Their blood has no voice from the
ground the dust where they lie, no
blossoms.
Going slowly hemeward, We meet
them coming And what is them ?
The plaintive cry of ,fifes--it ia almost
human wail-and the means of muf-
fed drums come up from the laps of
the little valleys Of Chattanooga. 1t
is the lament of Ramah here in Ten.
n~sseeel I have heard the splendid
bands in great eitiss, and the signing
of organs over The dead, but that mu.
ric among the montana I cannot de-.
scriI.e. There are tears in the tones
and wiN he I'LL my dying day. An
smbuIance bearing the dead and then
o dozen comrades following after, two
BY two. another ambulance and more
comrades; hut no aags. no pomp, only
those ffes like the voice of girls that
sing "Chida." Tbs amhalanees are
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-06
New YORK stock List.
By the Peoples Telegraph Lines,
Ofhoes-6il Ninth ntreet and corner Pennsylv snia
avenue and sixth street.
THE cnIc.oo CONVENTION ON TIE war

THE CHICAGO CONVECTION ON THE WAR
WONDERFUL IGSoRAscE.-The Chicago Con-
vontion "erplicitly declares" In Its platform
that the war Is q failure, and that we must re-
sort 10 other means than warllke ones 10 settle
the differences between the people OF the United
States and the friends and adherents Of JEFF.
Davis. Now 1t is only natural that the mon Of
the Chicago Convention should have studied
very closely and very intensely the history OF
that part OF the war that was carried on and
conducted by Gen. Mcclellan, the fayorite hero
and leader of the Chicago plstriots. Unques-
tionably they, like sensible men, talk OF the
things they know most about, and when they
speak OF the war they mean Gen. McClellan's
part OF II. We can, therefore, sgree with the
Chicago Convention on this point. There Is no
doubt that he par, as carried on 6y the nominee
Of that coEveEi on, iods a most decided failure.
But the Chicago Conyentlon ought TO know
that Mcclellan has been superseded, and that
there has been another General since his time
who has conducted the war differently, and
with more success. Gen. Mcclellan, we are
aware, has never heard of Gen. Grant-at least
we are led 10 infer that from his omission of
Grants name from the number of the national
heroes whom he praised so gracefully In his
speech at Orange-but we had not supposed
that the Chicago Convention was made up en-
tirely OF political Rip Van Wrinkles. Can II be
possible that that convention knows nothing of
that part of the war that is honorable to the
national arms. Has II never heard Of Gen.
Granti Is that convention also, like its nomi-
nee, ignorant Of that great mans achievements,
and even Of his name IN. Y. Herald, al,
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-06

In recent sale in New York, through a
broker, of merchandise amounting TO s9o, 900,
for gold, Il was claimed that the tar Of one
eighth OF one per centum, or s25, could be
paid In legal tender treasury notes. The col
lector insisted on the payment Of gold, or It's
equivalent. The decision Of the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue having been requested, he
replied that the question to be determined was
not in what medium the tax shall be paid, but
upon what basis It shall be computed, adding
a. If you have sold goods for t2o, 1000, payable
in currency or In coin, then this sum Is the
measure Of the value Of the goods sold. But
II you sold the merchandise, stlpulsting to re-
ceiye $40 900 In gold, which is itself an article
Of purchase and sale, and sales thereof being
taxable, the value Of the gold must first be as
certsined. II twenty thousand dollars In gold
happens to be worth forty thousand In the
legal tender currency, the latter sum expresses
the amount Of goods sold. The tax Of $50,
being thus ascertained, Is payable In treasury
legal tender notes."
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-06
POLITICAL ITEMS.

Ex.Gov. NEWELL, Of New Jersey, has been
nominated by the Union party candidate for
Congress from the Second district Of that
State. An excellent selection.
The USIoNIsTs OF New Jersey are awake.
A strong effort will be made TO give Mr.. Lin
coin the seven electoral votes.
THEODORE LITTLE has been nominated as
the Union candidate for Congress In the
Fourth district of New Jersey against Jack
Rogers.
The MKT Legislature Of New Jersey elects
one, and, possibly, two United States Senators
two II Senator Wright resigns, which Ia
deemed probable.
TIE PRESS speak in the highest terms Of the
orstoricsl powers Of Ex-Gov. Randall in the
present campaign wherever he goes. He ia
travelling and speaking day and night.
SAMUEL T. MADDOX, of wiliamsburgh, has
received the Union nomination for Congress
in the Second IN. W district. Captain Mad
doI was a member Of Assembly in 1862, and ID
popular candidate.
SENATOR WILSON, of Massachusetts,, has
taken the stump in Pennsylvanis. He will
speak in Allegheny, Westmorelsud, Beaver,
| and Lawrence counties.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-06

Mr.. BARNEY WILLIAMS has received from the
President eadetship in the Naval Academy for Z
cadet @ 6ss passed his examination very ereditSSiy
and II he will emulate the example OF his unc.e
shall one day see him, after an honorable exhibi
mounted upon the highest round OF the ladder oi
fame and success.
Ex-Gov. CLIFFORD, of Massachusetts,, hith.
erto an opponent Of the Republican parry, 10 now
their behalf
Hon. CHARLES p. CURTIS died Of paralysis
this morning, At his residence on Mount Vernon
street he was born In Boston, June %, i7O2, grad
with the late Hon william sullivan. For nearly
half century he has been engaged 10 the practice
q q HI. profession; A sopn.slSr and advocate Al
Gov. ANDREw will address the people of sew.
eral OF the interior cities Of New York some time
during the present month.
Hon. HENRY j. RAYMOND Is al Willard's.
JUDGE OLIN arrived In town last evening.
Hon. HoRATIo SEYMOUR, New York; Hon.
A. A. Hammond, Indisnai Hon. John Bigier, Cali
iorniai Hon, J. X. Wade, Q ioi Hon. Edward Rice
Hon. J: sherman, Chicago, were among the arrivals
at the st. Nicholas yesterday.
GEN. GRIFFIN, who did such splendid service
north Of the James last Friday, 10 native Of Ohio
many years the celebrated "Grinin,s bAtteryn o.
the regular army. As oomma nder OF that battery
he did eminent service t Yorktown, aud after
wards At Hanover.
WARD II. LANoS, of Washington, and Oohu
p. ordwAy, OF Boston, the celebrated composer
No., Are AZ the Fifth Avenue.
GAIT. sPHKE, the great African explorer, &C
cidentAlly shot himself while hunting. The Lon
don correspondent OF the New York CoMmsTcia
AdpeTtiSeT AAyl HHe was only % years OF age, AnL
was under 90 pgAgement to deliver, only few hour
after the Aooident, an address on African disooy
cry 10 the members OF the British Association fol
the Advancement Of Seence.n
QUARTHRMLsTER GENERAL MKGs Is q Euesl
at the ABtor House.
CAPT. LUTHER BENT, OF tho 18th Mas.
whose term OF service has expired, called At oui
oliieS to-day en- Touis to BoIton.
Mr.. AND Mrs. W. j. FLORENCE are In Balti
more making prepArAtionI for q season OF two
weeks At the Front street Theatre, beginning on
Monday neXh
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-06
MAJoK GENERAL HOOKER.

We announced before Gen. Hooker loft this
city that he had been appointed to an import.
ant command, bat declined to designate 1t then
for reasons. 1t is now proclaimed In the west
ern papers. He supercedes Msj. Gen. HeInt-
Eleman In command Of the Northern Depart
ment, which embraces the States of Ohio,
Illinois, and Indiana, and the city Of Coving.
ington, in Kentucky, opposite Cincinnati,
which is embraced In the area known as the
Defences Of Cincinnati.
Gen. HeintZleman, while commanding the
same department, made Columbus his head.
quarters; but we learn that Gen. Hooker will
establish his headquarters at Cincinnati. Gen.
Heintzleman lie ordered to report at Wheeling,
West Virginia.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-06
GREAT SPEECH OF GENERAL CARL
SEIZURE.

Yesterday we commenced the publication of
the great speech Of General Carl schurz. We
shall continue 1t from day to day until 1t Is fn-
ished, when 1t will appear complete in the
WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. Extra copies of the
Weekly containing Gen. schurz's speech must
be ordered in advance. 1t is certainly one OF
the most interesting, thorough, able, and con-
vincing papers upon the present military and
political situation of the country yet issued.
Give 1t a wide circulation.