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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06
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s-~ From the New York Evening Post.
"DEAR CLARENCE"
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(" We shall go TO him, but he cannot return TO U.S."
Two soft blue eyes, with innocence still beamng,
Pure as the sunlight ON the azure sea
And wayy hair, bright in its golden cleaning,
And glowing checks of radiant infancy.
Two pattering feet that ever careless straying,
Woke glecsonse echoes from tho household iloor;
Two little hands, still ever busy playing;
A little voice, now hush'd for eyermore.
III.
All! obvious death that stolo our angol treasure
Turning our JOY and gIsdness into gloom
No more we'll list bis pattering meaaure,
His merry prattlng echoing round the room.
Wa r'i
Our darling spring viii como and wake the ilow-
ers; @Net
The skies will smile, the little birds will sing
Gladness will reign in all the leafy bowers,
Our Clarence, earth for thee hath no moro
spring, -.. ~ 49,, 49,. u
eibsN1 st1gNEy.a
Gone, Gro thy puro soul felt tho touch Of sorrow
Gone, ere thy spirit flushed with sense of shame !;
Saved from the blight Of that unknown. TO- morrow,
Ere sims dark shadow on thy being came.
Above the little grave loved hands have made thee,
The sun will filter down his golden rain
Tho emerald sodw bloom where we have hid
thee,
But here we'llnover SEQ our child again.
But, blessed he our Godi again wo'll meet thee
In that bright land beyond life's surging tide.
darling! with what rapture there wen greet
thee,
Never to leave our iltas boy that died.
YH 1uk 8 lI ~ VIII, Vf-f.w xTal.
God sent thee for q timc-our hous ehold blossom
What marvel that we'd have thee still remain
We know cur darling slumbers on His bosom
He gave, and now lie takcs lis own again.
Farewell, VIC have an angel bright in heaven,
Wen hear his whispers on this earthly shore.
Cur father grant that all our sins forgiven,
Wc'l meet him there where partings come no
more. N
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06

JEWS IN CuIYA.-The Jews in the
Celestial Land are very numerous. a
Jewish officer in the British navy, in
recent publication, estimates them
ut one million. They speak in the
original tongue, and possess docu-
ments of great antiquity. He brought
with him to his ship several cabinets,
not over four feet square, which con-
tain over three hundred secret draw
ers and places. The most interesting
article which he received was pay
or book written in Chaldaic, on vel
lum, which he presented to the British
Museum.
1t was by nero accident that this
community Of Oriental China Jews
wero discovered. The officer alluded
to was in small vessel of war serving
under Commodore Hollins. He went
up one of the rivers until he discover
ed something resembling a large town
or city. He was not at first very gra-
ciously received, but finally obtaining
an interview with tho Chief, he landed
under his protection, rnd found, 10 his
astonishment, au immense population
of Jews. In no o'lior part of tho Chi
ncsc empiro arc Jews 20 10 found -
Thcs hoyc their own liws, ana their
chief officer il a jewish Rabbi. They
keep standing army OF young men
to protect their city. Their synteo-
.guos are the most bcautistl buildings
TO be seen in tho empire.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06


person to capture and scalp. They
accordingly secreted themselves in the
thick, hanging brushwood that grew
everywhere in abundance, and waited
the approach of the little party, that
brought UP the rear. 2 r l@
On they came, wholly unconscious
of a lurking foe, until Of a sudden up
sprang tho ambuscade, fred a pis-
tol OF two, shouted wildly, and made
dash for the brave Iieutenant.-
He only fancied q surprise, and pro-
posing to make his lines Of retreat
perfect wheeled his horse and fled
down that prccipitous way as fast as
the conditions Of the road would por-
NIT, but not fast enough to elude one
Of the assailers, who, bounding over a
point Of rocks, struck the stream be-
low him and commanded him to halt
so frightened was the poor dupe that
he mistook the man for an Indian,
and proposed not only to surrender,
but to pay ransom for his life in the
property of his clothing, his arms, and
his horse. The conditions were ac-
cepted and possession given before ho
so far became sensible enough to see
the joke, and he was obliged for the
balance of the day to plod his way
on foot, up and down mountains and
through mud, his captor refusing to
restore the price Of his ransom without
securing his scalp.
His tormenter pursued him with such
restless mockery that he at last re-
ported the matter TO Captain Nesmith
and he at once removed the Lieuten-
ant from the command Of the rea,
guard, and detailed him to ride for
ward, select a place for camping
ground and clear it of snakes, and
cautioned him to be also on the alert
for an ambuscade.
The Lieutenant still wears his hair,
but his captor claims it under mort
gage, and does at times declare for
feiture, but always is persuaded to
allow his victim to escape the penalty,
but whether ones scalp under such
circumstances is worth the wearing, is
question never decided by the courts,
and as we are not witness, and not
under oath, and if we were could not
testify to the facts, we submit it with
out further argument TO the man,
begging him to remember that
lie who fights and runs away
May live TO fight unothcr day
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06

BoRAy. II The washorwomen of Hol-
land md Belgium, who get up their
lineniso beautifully white, use refined
hoinx ASA washing powder, instead
of soda, in the proportion ofionc large
handful of borax powder to ten gull
lons of boiling water They thus
save Ia soap nearly onc,hnlf. All tho
Washing cstahlislmenhts adopt tho
sumo mode. yFor lnccs, cambrics, etc.
nn4extru quantity of the powder is
used !; and for cripolines (rcquniiIg 10
be made stiff o strong solution is.
necessary Borax, beii,gloa aouti al
salt, does not i'll tho slightest degr,
injure the texture Of tho lircn lis
effect is .to soften The hardcst wafer;
and therefore il should be kcpt on
cscry toilet table To thctastc Il is
rather sweet; it lis used Cor cloansinv
the hair, is am exeullutdentrifiec and
in hot countries is used in combipa-
ticn with taitaric ao;d aud bioarJcnato
Of soda, Us cooling BEVERAGE Coed
tea cannot be made witll'h 'hanr water,
but ollwater May be-onafle soft by
adding a tenspoonful Of Asrax powder
toinn ordinary sized kettle of watcr,
IN which it should boil, The sewing
I'M the quantity Of tea used will bc at
least one fifth j 3siiii.lon.l.rf
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06


MILITARY ASEcDoTE.-Tho following
is true story which has never be-
fore been printed. We hope cur
readers will excuse tho liberal profgn-
ity which prevades it. 4sir i,i syiins,
d Sour army sworc terribly in Elan
ders," and doubtless did tho same at
Shiloh. Wo could not very well ex-
clude tho oxplotives without doing in
justice to tho quaint, terso and tierc,
grit Of the original. Much also must
DO conceded to the soldier, under tho
influence Of intense excitement, whose
early education was not of tho most
strictly religious character:
During the battle of Shiloh, an Of
ficer hurriedly rodo up to an Aid, and
enquircd for General Grant ''fhat's
him with the field glass, said the Aid.
Wheeling his horse around the officer
furiously rode up to tho Gonoral, and,
touching his cap thus addressed him.
"Sheneral, / vonts to make vun re-
port: Schwartz Battery is took"
"Ha" says the General "how was
that 20 3.l l3pH9lI li ni 4
"Vell, you sec, Sheneral, dc I'd
Sheseshnists came up in de front of us,
de I'd Shcseshnists flankcd us, and
do { = d shcscshnists camo do rear OF
us, und Scewactz's battery vas took"
" Well, sir" said the General,
''you of course spiked the guns 7" p,
Va-a-t +" exclaimed the Dutchman
in astonishment, "schpiSe dem guns :
schpike dem ns'c gHas :, No, it would
schpoH dem ~
"Well," said tho General, sharply,
"what did you do 7" ~
"Doy ~ zee took dem pack e5a;n,w
.Shcsus.f" -.,r.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06

SAGINAW SToRY. - Away up in Sag
inaw lives the writer Of the following:
The city Of East Saginaw is soperate
from Saginaw City by tho Saginaw
river, the latter city also being a milo
farther up the river than the former.
The means of intercourse between the
two places are ferry boats, which are
now doing a very lively business
But in ON earlier day business was not
brisk, and a request from passenger
to wait moment for him was not to
be sneored at, as the following story
will show. The captains of ierry-boats
then, as now, were not scant in the
use of their whistles, oftentimes to the
great annoyance of the citizens. Ono
afternoon, especially, the boat cora
manded by old Capt. Little took her
station and blowodwith avigor worthy
of q better cause. An hour passed,
and still blow, blow, blow, till one of
the citizens, annoyed beyond endur-
anee, went down to tho boat and told
the Captain if he didn't stop his toot-
ing he would serve an injunction on
him, wondering, at tho Same time,
what could be the object of auch great
and continuous noise. But the rid
die was quickly solved by the appear
ance of a small boy on the dock who
cried out, Captain Little, there's no
use waiting any longer, mother can't
get the baby dressed in time to go to
Aunt Sarah's this afternoon" And
tho Captain and his boat went away
soTowful.--ErchnVge 80. 49,, ,o.,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06
-no-. From the Round Table
BREAKFAST.

With all their pretensions to epiou-
reanism, the old Romans did not
know how to breakfast Antiquity's
fashionable i"spread' for that mea.,
even in the mansions of the patri-
clans, consisted of simple bread and
cheese. The equestrian order"
starved themselves in tho early part of
the day, to gorge on tho abominable
compounds they called luxuries late in
the afternoon. And yet those mista-
ken voluptuaries fancied they know
how to hive, and while. reclining on
their couches, in an atmosphere redo
lent of garlic, and stuiIingS their Opt
gastriums with sow's paps, incomplete
rabbits obtained by the "Cesarcan
operation" and lampreys fattened on
the flesh Of slaves, considered them
selves in the seventh heaven Of sensu-
Gus enjoyment. We only remember
to have read of one Roman who cared
much about his dsjemr-the boastly
Galba. Suetonious says he boo-hooed
for it, if his servants failed to bring it
to his bedside at daylight, His impo-
rial majesty, however, was an excep-
ton to all dietary rules for after de-
vouring supper for six, overnight he
could despatch a breakfast Of the
same proportions, in bed, the next
morning. No wonder his bloatod inn
perial face was of the same tint as his
imperial toga. If travellers in Africa
are to be believed, breakfasts in the
interior of that continent are scarcely
of kind that would induce an indi-
vidual not "to the manor born" to
rise early to partake Of them. Bruce
assures us that in Abyssinin they con-
sist of live-ox collops, highly poppered
to supply the absence Of cooking--the
collops being made into sausage
shaped fllets, which are thrust into the
mouths of the guests by black Hebes
sandwiched in among males of the
company. The civilized opicure has
no objection to a steak only "just
done through" but the Abyssinian
seems. if we may use the expression,
to be running rarenoss" into the
ground. Clapperton, who visited an
other part Of Africa about o third of
a century later than Bruce, mentions
among the items of the Sultan of
Baussa's breakfast carte, grilled water
rat and fried and stcwed crocodile
eggs. The eggs, it may be supposed,
wore sonewhat inusly, but as wo have
Dr. Kane's testimony that rat soup is
not bad breakfast IN the neighbor-
hood of tho North Pole, grilled ro-
dent may possibly bo endairable under
the equator. Loigh Hunt, who had
very judicious notion Of good living,
and who, whom he played jackal to
Byron, was fed, Tom Moore says, with
"sois every day from the lions own
pam" has left behind him pretty fair
recipe for n p" Breakfast in Cold
Weather" Here it is "Imprimis,
tea and coffee; secondly, dry toast; |;
thirdly buffers fourtldyj cggst fifthly,
ham sisthly, something pottcsl; sew
entity, bread, salt mustard, Knives,
forks, etc. This bill Of fare is wen
enough as q spccimen Of on English
mans idoa Of the morning meal; but
IL would not meet the views of a
Scotchman or an American. We like
the accompaniments Of tho Essayist's 5
breakfast better than the collation. it.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06
sIIERIFFS SALE.

Py virtue Of a writ Of feri .taeias issued out Of
I'D the Circuit Court for the county OF Geneseo
to mo directed and delivered against the goods
and chattos lands and tenomcnts Of Gordon G.
Cone, Merritt Blnckmer and George Fotz / did,
on the seventh day Of January, A. ID. 1864 levy
upon and take oil the right, title and interest Of
George Foltz, In andt tic following described
piece parcel Of land, situatcd in the County Of
Saginaw, and State of Michigan, TO wit-the
north west Of Section 35, in town II north Of
rango east, which right, titlc and interest
shall expose for sale at public auction to the nigh
est bidder at the front door OF tho Saginaw County
Court House in Saginaw City, that being the
place for holding the Circuit Court for Saginaw
County on Saturday the 29th day of May, a. ID.
1864 at one O'Clock p. M. of that day as tho law
dffects.~ - @tf"a ~ ~
Dated Saginaw March 2sth, 1864
242 JESSE m. QUACKENBUsH. Sheriff.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06
Original Mistellany.
An Indian Campaign.
CHATTER ".

The Umpqua valley, as we have al
ready said, abounds in broad, rolling
prairies, intersected in every direction
with ridges and islands of timber, with
beautiful streams of pure spring wa
ter, Wondering in all directions and
adding beauty to the landscape and
an untold value to these unequalled
ranges of pasture land. In years to
come, when that State shall no longer
be considered the last point this side
of sundown. when farmers shall have
settled. down to their proper work,
that portion lying between the imp
qua river and the range Of high and
rugged hills that seperate it from the
Rogue River Valley; will be the finest
dairy country beyond the Rocky noun
tains. 1t was was until as late as
1852, the grazing field of, vast herds
of wild cattle, but the lasso Of tho
Mexican and rifle Of the miner soon
diminished the number. and finally
drove away the last hoof in the now
rapidly settling boundaries of Idaho.
In crossing these lands we met with
no adventures of Importance and our
only life was the song and jest Of the
thoughtless, or the careful perform
anco of our Captains first injunction
relative to tho reckless retailers Of bad
whiskey that heroand thore had erect
Cd their sarthlystspemsnt away, from
heighbors and away from civilization.
To them the Ho! mula Of the train
driver, and the tinlSle of tho leaders
boil was bit Of music and sure in
dication that their station was about
to bo patronized, and in those days
loaded trains woro going down, OF
empty ones returning almost daily
But the effect Of our appearance upon
the owners of these ''dens,' in the
wilderness was anything but inspiring
and the result Of a call was the clean
ing out of the entire stock Of provis-
ions and drink, and however much
they might bog and entreat or swear,
and Threaten, the samo fate awaited
them ALL These little episodes alone
served to awaken laughter and arouse
us from monotony until we came 10
the base of tho mountains that form
the Northern boundary Of tho Rogue
River Valley and whore we again had
a slight adventure.
The only means Of crossing this
range is secured by taking up tho
Hoep Ola stream that hasits source ex-
aotly at thesummit and within few
feet of where another stream forms
and makes its way down the opposite
declyity. This stream at timcs is
full and turbulent, and for many days
places an effectual barrier upon travel,
at others its bed is almost dry. For
tunately the latter was tho case whom
weo passed up its rocky and uneven
way. Its course. is tortuous in the
extrsuns, nnaIths rocks On either aide
ara precspitousi and wild. b. 1t fell TO
the fortune Of our, valiant Lieut.. Pts
miro to have command of the rear
guard, as We assendod this cannon
several Of tho boys in the advanco
deemed this proper place for an am
bush, and the Lieutenant a proper
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06

The DESERT OF SAHARA.-The dis
covories of recent African explorers
have dispellcd many of the popular
notions concerning the great desert of
Sahara. II used to be described as a
nearly level sandy plain. This plain,
it is now ascortained, does not exist,
except at its eastern and western ex-
tremitics. The central portions rise,
in the form Of terraces, to 900 or 200
feet above the valleys of the Atlas and
Soudan. They are interspersed with
ravines and granite hills. Barth
speaks of mountains 1900 or 5000
feet high. In general, however, the
surface OF the desert is flat or slightly
indulating'; in some places covered
with thick bed of sand, in 'others
hard and flinty. Every aspect con-
firms the opinion of Humbolt, that
the desert is the bed Of former sea,
elevated by geological commissions.
The traveller, almost at every step,
meets with mounds of fossil shells and
other debris of marine animals.---
There are immense deposits of rock
salt, in some places as puro as mar
BILE, and SO compact as to serve in the
construction Of houses. Soudan de-
rives salt from this source. The Of
floresence of inter and saltpoter is
most everywhere apparent. Lions,
tigers, and other ferocious animals
with which the desert has in imagin-
alton been peopled, are met with only
in the forests of the oasis, where alone
they can find food and water. The
lion is the king of the desert only in
poetry. Man is the true wild animal
with whom the traveller DIRE ads an en-
counter, andsbandits infest every cara
van route in the Sahara. The Sahara
is not always destitute of water. In
passing between the tropics the sun
carries with him heavily laden ni,nhus
clouds, winch, not meeting with any
mountains high enough to condense
their moisture and cause il to fall Mt
intervals, descend occasionally by their
own gravity, and drop their watcry
treasures in gushing torrents which
I'll every ravine. 1t is doluge which
lasts but for a moment; the water dis
appears in the pormeablc soil ms fast
as it came, and forms extensive sheets
of water a short distance below tho
surface This fact has been revealed
by numerous soundings. Already OK
cellcnt artesinn wells, sunk by Fronch
engineers, have created verdant GASES
in places where every vestage of veg
itation appeared to be oternally bur
ied beneath the sand. But these him
den lakes, on which the desert partly
reposes, are not a recent discovery
From timeimmemorial tho Arabsha
sunk in the open desert wells several
hundred feet deep, till they met the
watcry bed, which they called the sub
torranean sea.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06
Insurance Agency.
WHO WANTSY

w vHS " tNlV ~
Who wants prime lsmbs-wool undcrshirts,
~ t-,or splendid, Drawers or Hose, .~~v-
a Who wants Silk Pocket Handkerehiefs
Or Cambria If they chose 2
Who wants snow-whito LinOnsshirt
The texture superGnc,
Who wants a killing neckte
The shirt-collar to ontwino7
Who wants stylish Coat or Vest,
OF any shape or shade
Who wants handsome pair Of Pants
As good as ever wero mado7
Who wants frst-rato Oy rcoat
To ward old winters ch
A "Rsglah''l lor Mcclellan"
"Bung-up" or what you will,
Who wants scarfs, shawls, Gloves, Gauntlet
/ PT7 'suapesd ddrs or valise 'TGW nF
Trunks, Carpet Bags, or aught that tends
Gents comfort to increase.
To Marks far-famed Tower Hall
Should HE them in n tricc,
And know that he alone supplies
~ Prime Clothing at Low Prico.
TO III. MARKS
Clothing and Gents Furnishing
Goods Emporium.
Gencsec Street, opposite the Bancroft Hous,
East Saginaw Mich 74at rtff
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06

A SKETCH OF PERsrA.---Mr. East
wick's books on Persia is reviewed in
the London Atheninm.' Ii is journal
of diplomatic residence in that coun-
try, of which tho writer says; "Of
ancient empires, not one was SO splen-
did as the ancient Persian. Greece,
Rome, and Palestine excepted, no an
cient country fills SO many pages in
history as Persia--yet who knows and
who cares aught about Persia as she
really is /? A region thrice as large as
France, with ten millions of the prot
tiest, handsomest most agreeable peo-
pie in the world for its inhabitants,
ought to be moro in the market than
this,D
Naisru'd din Shah, the present ruiz
or of Persia, isthirty-two yearsof age,
FIVE feet six inches high, we'll and
rathor strongly made, with black and
long moustaches, but no beard, hazel
eyes, and a mild, good humored ex-
preston. lie. stood to receive the for
eign ENJOYS. Round his neck were
six strings of pearls and emeralds,
each gem Of which might have been
an Earl's ransom, and he wore dali
mond algrette in his lamb skin cap
that would have been a dowry for an
Empress. The scabbard Of his sword
was studded so thicklylwith diamonds
from hilt to point, that a ray Of light
could not have entered between them,
and was worth, they said, quarter
of a million storling. In face Of that
blaze of jewels, our policemen's coats
and gold lace looked utterly mean.
The Russian Minister, who was our
doyen, now said few words in French
by way Of congratulation to the Shah,
and the Russian head dragoman,
whose name appropriately signifies
''sturgeon," interpreted them. In
roturn, tho Shah asked each of the
foreign ENJOYS, dhr0t, ehuma khu5 0st
"are you we'll Z" and then inquired of
the Russian Minister why he did not
learn Persian. The Russian answer
ed that there was yet time to learn it
which, considering that he was sixty
years of age, and had been half his
time in Persia, seemed rather pleas
ing statment.
A Russian lady took Mr.. Eastwick
to see the Shah's jcwels-mountains
of light and brilliance. The chief
jewel, in the Secretary's opinion, was
Darya j Moor, or Sea of Light, the
sister Diamond to our Panlab trophy,
the Koh i Moor, or mountain of light
The Persian diamond is an inch and q
half long, an inch broad, and three
eighths Of On inch thick. 1t has the
name OF Faith Ali Shah on one side
But this monstrous jewel is rather big
than brilliant like the Kohl Moor be-
fore it was cut. - ~
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06
} SStolan--925R Rewarl,

From the subscriber on the 2lst Of March, a
black mare II hands high, 5 years old, star in
the face shoai the sisoof . cent, the eyolid on
near side partly gone, long tail, interferes with
fore feet. S25 reward will be paid for the Iecov-
cry Of the hore and the arrest Of the thief. The
supposed thief IS young man, wears smut color
cd coat and hloc opor-als. Asidros John Sykes
Newport, Bell River pos. Office, Michigan.
JOHN SYKES.
CotteraIyile, March 2lst, 1864.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-06

NO SEAT, No PAy.--Tho following
has boon introduced into tho Now
York Legislature mo proprietor,
conductor, driver OF person in charge
of any passenger car, stage, omnibus
OF other public vehicle in the city, OF
New York for the transportation of
passengers. thcrein,, shall ask or de-
mand any fee, reward or fare of any
description for conveying'a passenger,
,inl,ss such passenger shall 10 provi-
del With a good aud sufficient seat in
such vohicle, ~ 'oa4ne oii@ Ie5'fiy 9