The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-07-05

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of the Union party for Vice President.
A Lone ENGAoEMENT.ANIiss Man
dana Tileston, daughter of the late
Cornelious Tleston, Of Williamsburg,
MasA, was married recently at Oxford,
Ohio, to the Rev. Calvin Fairbanks,
after an engagement of thirteen ySars.
Preparations for their wedding were
being mede twelve and a half years a.
go,s when Mr.. Fairbanks was impris-
Ioned in Kentucky for assisting slaves
to escape, and he has just been re-
leased, During all this time Miss
Tileston did uot relax her efforts to sel
cure his release. 3.saii essf -al
ANTIQUITY OF CUouMBERs.-We
find the following iu thels Providence
Star: "You say cucnmbers are men,
toned in Scripture; Where? Yours, O.,
Cum5sr." els there not some passage
in the Old Testament which runs, How
long shall the cedars of Ku, cunaJer the
ground?" If not, we, could refer our
correspondent to q less apocryphal
passag, in which. the vegetable is men
rB" An Irish girl iii New York lately
gave her priest So 90 for praying for.
her mothers soul v"Were the PRAYERS
said in public9" s'No 'ma'am; the priest
wrote down my, mothers name in a
book, that there might be no mistake.
He will say them in private. IL When
my sister died, before the war, / only
paid half a dollar each'for PRAYERS for
the same purpose; but the priest assur-
ed me that the present charge was right
that 'prayers had riz. I" Z 3 ras - :, 's
~ In noting the nomination Of
Hon. John Cochroneby the Cleveland
Convention, the Richmond (Va.) Er.o
aminer, remarks that he twill be re-
membered In Richmond, as the New,
York politician who, from the steps, of,
the Exchange Hotel, declared pand
vowed with solemn appeals to the Al
mighty, that if the Federal Govern
ment should attempt to coerce the
South, hewould be found, sword in
hand, on the side Of old Virginia.
1T is a fact that none Of the public
jouanals or public man that supported
Fremo Mt in 1866, is now fayorably dis
posed to his ridiculous pretensions.--
The st. Louis Democrat, even, until now,
the rabid organ of the intense radicals
in Missouri, now ignores Fremont, and
supports Lincoln and Johnson. The
old Republican andeWar Democratic
papers, without an exception, are for
Abraham Lincolr's reelection.
This shows how like mockery is
Fremont's reckless seouse, under pres.
ent circumstances. ,-,e0a, ni-DbleT II
The Troy Times puts the following
pertinent question, which the opponents
Of President Lincoln will do well to
consider: 30 Iof5i9 30 p 2i9 g ~. fA
, 81 If Mr.. Lincoln has fallen into err
rors and made mistakes-if he has done
some things that he ought. not to have
done, and left tndone some things that
he ought to have done, who that was
ever called upon to do so much has er.
red so ittle?" o y ~a, "a II 5oaers
| "A Mrs. Shannon residing in Chicago,
was fatally burned on Monday last,
from the careless use Of kerosene oil.
upon the fuel, leaving the can contain
ing the fluid on the-.s stove. After tho
fire had burned for some time, she
took the can in her hnnds, when a ter-
rifle explosion took place. She was
completely enveloped iu flames, and SO
badly burned that she died otter few
hours. .D - J,.,, ..,.f
81, The Post learns upon the best
official authority that Grants losses in
killed from the time ofleaying the Rap
idan till reaching the James was not
over 1000 men; the wounded were less
; than S, 900, large majority of the in
juries being very slight. The perma-
nent loss in the army will not be over
10000. A4l ~ hs' iiio2 'AN ~
1 eB@ lis usual in nominating cam
didates for thecPresidency TO mention
of,what State they are retidents., But
. the Cleveland. Convention nominated
Fremont and Cochrane (both of New
York; as of-nowhere. That is Just
where they will beat the end of the
, capyasss ooris-sss s11waHH2
"A Ayender Of hoops wasnrecently
! extolling his wares in presence of a GUS
TONER'S husband tsNo lady should be
without one 2of these beautiful skirts,
, said the vender swell, of course not
dryly remarked her husband, ~ "shS
J should be, withis them. reyswod Isel
|i1-A countryman was shown GAIN
sborough's celebrated picture of ts'The
Pigs" 7'To be sure" said he, "sthey be
: deadly like pigs; but there is one fault
,, nobody ever saw three pigs feeding
|, together but what one on'em had afoot
, in the trough. - r,,' bo, aa,o,.,yr,
5 "A few days since dunner called
, on young gentleman and presented
) him bill, when he was somewhat
taken aback by the gent taking him
aside and iblandly saying: HMy dear sir;
q call next Thursday, and I'll tell you
when to call again"
3 cB. -Four hundred thousand soldi-
\ ers' letters were sent North from the
i Washington Post-ofiice on Friday and
e to-day. They are principally from the
: Army of the Potomac, Il Their total
g weight is upward of six tuns.-Phila-
I'll delphia Bulletin Jnne goth, D
s GRAND MARSHALL SANTA ASNA.-
!, The new Emperor Of Mexico, Maxlnil.
!. lian, has recalled Santa Anna from his
exile, and appointed him Grand Mar
h shall of the Empire. This is the fore.
n most Office n the gift ofthee enc newly acdg-
,r cd Emperor. as y,stel bus sei,
h cEy The author Of adams Arith
is Imetic," DR.. Daniel Adams, died a,