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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-11

CONTRIBUTIONS PROM ABRoAD--tITGRARy CORTRI-
BCrIONs--oPENIN9 MosIgs--ARgAN7lN3 THe
GOODS FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~ THE SCHOOL
CHILDREN or rag FOURTH WARD. Ero.
The Executive Committee OF the Metropolitan Sanitary
Fair 10 the receipt Of largo number OF letters from
Americana resid in Europe. who are DESTROYS OF con
tvibutng tho forthcoming Metropolitan Sanitary FAIR
From Rome aut Switzcr ini many vaius bio viii
he contributed and from every part Of Europe money
jewery, statusry paintings ana othcr s,mr articles
arc their way TO the building in Fourtesotb street
whore the FAIR viii bs mold
sPEotAE LITERARY Contributions
Ia Connection with the Fair 4 committee hss boon sp
pointed prepare Tor publlcatIou Of small
umes containing history OF tho Unst states Sanitary
Commission With this ob,,ct in WOW they solicit COO
ribtons the shape Of private letsrs from among
friends OF those who have been engaged in carrying ou
the w)rk Of the Commission in tbs correspondence Of
soldiers with their frtenis ut home
urra.rS Gr;sMoSfEs
Isvit, have already been ssuei IL the Gov
Of different slaiss aud othec pr,musut aud nuen.
to be present At the opening the Fair
the 18th lust Tho COMMITTEE Music hlve also made
exians@s srr,ugemeofs or ths purp,so II Is the
intention Of tho comm,ttss - MAKE the opening
ues as simple az possible ani to limit each speaker t.
ton minutes
Ai,RANGiva AND CdAssPYIR, TUE GOODS.
Ths great inter st minsstei in the Sanitary tar by
all classes ct1eos - made apparent by the
nous not ~ cOotr buttons @hich will have TO he
range ant clssii durns the next fortnight All classes
oiu,y Interested sni have shown uuckampled libsr
ay ia ter contributions Tho druggists. painters aut
cabinet makers referred 70 card adyer.sa
columns which they viii nd ~ interest aud npDrtanc,
connection with the Gre Metr poltsn sanitary Far
ErTsRr AraMg"r ny SCHOOL CHILDREN
Tho childrc, o Grammar Sch ,ols Nos aud 25 Of tn
Fourth ward gags orstorica aud musical entertain
nent last evening 10 a,i az the Metropolitan Fair tn
enter, ,inmrnt was ysn At rammany Han. ant drew
crowded audience The performances were very Gro Mt
abs AMI The youthful orators wers greeted with many
rouajs " hearty anpausa romnding OF the mo who's
Captain synfxs and other nolabos brought down tn
house by soma classic aIlrsin IN the Same place TIT
realized Nv tue chidrens efforts Yves about 5000
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-11

Grant and Maretxek-Groat Exotic nae nj
or tine People Hero and ta wash
hngtOn.
The good people Of New York city ara stark
mad. Ia Washington the same depiorable condi-
ton exists The cases are parallel; the causes
differ. General Grant is now In Washington,
and the people, from Old Abe down to the
latest batch Of contrabands. are crazy about
him For the 6rst time In his life the President
is so seriously impressed that he cannot tell
spicy story-he has forgotten all his anecdotes.
The arrival Of the unpretending victor of Fort
Donelson, Vicksburg and Chattanooga re-
minded Mr.. Lincoln Of nothing he ever saw be-
fore. aud he has quite lost his senses in conse-
quence The people at the War Department
never had any to lose, while we all know that
there never was method in the madness of
Chase. Secretary Welles would he crazy had
he awakened from his long nap; but he still
sleeps. He gave instructions when he last
turned Ia that he was not to be disturbed until
the Alabama was caught, and we all know that
has not as yet been accomplished.
y In the midst of this almost universal madness
General Grant is calm. He has already taken
the Army Of the Potomac In hand, and has de-
termiued that It shall do something-that il
shall have chance to accomplish such brave
deeds as it can, if properly commanded. and,
above all, If it is not made plaything for the
powers at Washington. II is said that he will
not submit to any more tampering with that
great army. We hope that in this instance ru-
NOR is right General Grant accepted the
lieutenant generalship sjust as he Is in the
habit of taking the enemy's cities-without any
fuss He knows that it is intended as wet
blanket for him. but is aware that the natural
heat Of his constitution will soon regulate any
undue humidity which may exist in this other
wise honorific wrapper.
In New York the people are mad because
they have Faust, and the Devil is in it They
20 to see Mephistopheles with an ardor quite
insane M. Mare'zek might coin-excuse MS,
the word has become obsolete gather untold
heaps of greenbacks were he to give the
people Faust as often as they desire
it but Max, like General Grant. is sane
amid all the surrounding delirium, and with
noble abnegation, and not because his artists
walls On those occasions the people rush into
the Academy of Music as though they had
but one night to live. and were determined to
yield It up to Faust and Maretzek. As cure for
this operatio Authorization, Maretzek offers at
times such antidotes IA Don Giovanni (Mozarts
chef d'oatvrel. Macbeth &c. All in vain; the
maddened crowds refuse the antidote and re-
kka INT dalt
poisonous might say devilish-draught.
Faust Maretzek. frightened at the havoc he is
making, has determined to give New York a
breathing spell. and so he goes to Boston,
where in two weeks he expects to have rem
dered the lightheaded deaizens Of the Hub even
more lightheaded than they are at present.
The short speu may cure New York; but we
much fear that upon his return Maretzek will
find the people as Faust mad as evec.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-11

from tho Committee on Canals ami Roads. re
ported bill fos the construction Of sh'p canal Tor
army aud navy from the hsssspp river 70 Inc
Western iakss Considerable debate onsued, wheo tho
b.il was Postponed until Monday wesk he Arnold also
reported bin authorizing the construction OF bridge
Falls Of 0ho bu, no dehnite action was eakea
upon it Mr.. spaudine Of Ohio. introduced bhi grant
Inc passions 10 the surviving soldiers OF the war Of 1884,
ana including in its pro vsioos all who served 10 the re-
GUAR army or navy or 10 tho mts for the term Of two
months tue confederation OF the Denooncy bili was
resumed ia Committee OF Whole which reported
with smendmsots; but without taking definite action
thereon tha HOUSE, adjourned
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-11

AhUsEAENTs THIS EVENING.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-11

ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving Paos-IrAttAs oeasA-
FAusT
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24

STATE OF MICHlGAN-County of Cass-ss.
y At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Wednesday, the ninth day OF
March, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four. Present = Clifford Shanahan
Judge of Probate. In the matter of the estate Of
Lemuel Hartsell, minor. On reading and fill
ing the petition duly verified, of Sylvester Hart
SELL praying for license to sell real estate of SAID
minor.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
ninth day of April next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said
petition, and that the heirs al law of said minor,
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 Cassapols,
and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer
of the petitioner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the pendency Of said petition and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order to be pub
ished in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in SAID County of Cass, for
three successive weeks previous to said day OF
hearing. &. SHANAHAN,
A true copy. Judge of Probate.
March 9, 1864. marl7-49w3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
A Rebel Plot in Kentucky.
Conspiracy to Join the Southern Co
federacn.

Conspiracy to Join the Southern Con-
.federacy.
New York, March 1S.-The Worlds
Washington dispatch says. There is a
rumor of conspiracy, embracing sew
eral counties of Kentucky, having for
its object the annexation of Kentucky
to the Southern Confederacy. The
leaders have their headquarters at
Monticello, and were corresponding
with Longstreet in Tennessee. The
rumor says the Kentucky delegation in
Richmond had secret correspondence
with parties in Loudon, Manchester,
Mount Vernon, Dernvile, etc., with a
view of establishing Central Commit
tee in every county, and compel the
inhabitants to join the rebelion-feder-
acy as soon as I.ongstreet or Brecken-
ridge invaded the State. This infamous
conspiracy was discovered by the seiz-
ure OF post office letters addressed by
Kentucky members of the rebel Con-
gress to some leaders of the plot.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
PROBATE ORDER.

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass-ss.
y At a session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office in
Cassapolis, on Tuesday the fifteenth day of March,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty
four. Present-Cliford Shanahan, Judge of Pro-
bate. In the matter of the estate of John Neave.
deceased. On reading and filing the petition duly
verified of Levi Aldrich, praying for proof of will
of said deceased.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
sixteenth day of April next, at ten O. clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said Pc
tition, 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 PrJbate Office in Cass-
apolis, and show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the pendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
lshed in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass for
three successive weeks previous to said day of
hearing. G. SHANAHAN,
A true copy. Judge of Probate.
March Is, 1864. mar24-49w3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
DOWAGIAC FAMILY MARKETING.


SUGAR-Cuba Is q II; crushed, powdered
and granulated, zoe. Maple. IA @ Is, coffee,
A, 10 coffee, B, Is;
TEAS-Young Hyson fair, rs; good /. so choice
LEO Japan, 1.25; Black, 1.25,
COFFEE-Rio, SO q AZ; Java, 45; ground
S1@a5.
RICE-1211c.
sPICE-Pepper, a71l q 40; Allspice, a711 q 40
ginger, %; cassia IS; cloves, rs q so.
CHEESE-20c. a1
BUTTER-Fresh Roll, CSC. @ soc.
EGGS-14c. q 15c.
LARD--15c
oILs-Kerosene, 20 q 70; Lard 1.25, Linseed
FISH-Mackerel, 1916. per ID, No. l. Kits, 800
No, 2. kits 2.75 Whitefsh, &c. per ID. Cod
fish &c. per fb.
FRUITS-Green Apples 4oc. q soc. per bushel
Dried, Apples 1oc. per h.
PEACHES-Pared 25c. impaired 1910.
Raisins, per Box, $500; per fb. soc
POULTRY-Dressed Chickens, 1Oc. Dressed Tur
keys, 1870.
BUTCHERS MEAT-Beef Quarters, 900 a s.ot
cut meats common, 6, q s Best, 1Oc. "a 121%
Salt Pork, per ID. ID; Hams. 15c Shoulder 121z
% ID.
SALT-per sack, 14tb, 25c; per. bushel, 75c; per
Barrel, 800.
FLOUR-Red wheat per. Dbl. 800; s1.75 pei
sack.
FLOUR-White Wheat per Dbl. 500; 81 so q
$500 per sack.
FLOUR uckwheat per cwt. $500 Corn Meal2 2;
VEGETABLES--Potato 75c. q sOc per bushel
Onions 2, 90 per Bushel; cabbage &c. q 10 pei
head. Turnips, 40c. per Busnel Beans 1921
IN 50 80
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
PROBATE ORDER.

GTATE OF MiCHlGAN-County of Cass.-ss
- At session of the Probate Court for the
County Of Cass holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, Wednesday, the sixteenth day
of March, III the year one thousand eight hun
dred and siXty-iour. PIesent-Cliltord Shana-
han, Judge of Probate. In the matter of the es-
tate Of Marietta j. Northrup, deceased. Notice
is hereby given, that authenticated copy of the
will of said deceased has been filed in this Court,
with petition for its allowance.
Thereupon it is ordered thai Saturday, the
sixteenth day OF April 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 a session of said court,
then to be holden tit 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 is further ordered that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the tendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy OF this order to be pub
lished IN the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and Gil cuating in said County ofCass, for
three successive weeks previous to said day of
hearing Z. SHANAHAN,
A true copy.) Judge of Probate.
March Is, 1864. mar2449w3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
Shall the Rebellion triumph in the Omis-
sion to re.elect MIR. Lincoln.


The Slave Power did not rebel
against Congress. By its alliance with
the Northern Democracy, it had con-
troll of tn at department of the Govern
ment. Nor against the Army or Navy,
a large proportion Of the officers OF
which, were its political vassals. Nor
against the Supreme Court, the bred
Scott decision, of Which, showed that
body TO be 'ssealed +" to its vile pur-
poses as the concubine is sealed TO the
Mormon.
But it did rebel against ABRAHAM
LINCOLN as President of the United
States. Had John @. Breckenridge,
John Bel, Stephen Il. Douglas, or
any other democrat" or other pro
slavery politician been elected, there
would have been no rebellion; certain
ly none as long as all the departments
of the government continued under the
control of the Slave Power. The re-
bellion was solely because the Slave
Power would not submit to the admin
istration Of President whose allegi-
ance was rendered to the country and
constitution rather than to itself.
The present state of the war indi.
Gates that that Power will not be Who'll
ly subdued and brought into subsection
to that administration if it shall be ter
minated on the 4th Of March next. Sc
far as it shall not be, it will prove sue
cessfuL Shall we. by emitting to re
elect Mr.. LINCOLN, guaranty it thai
measure of success? Shall we allow
its miscreants, its red handed traitors
pirates, thieves and wanderers, thus tC
triumph over him against whom ant
whose authority as constitutional heaf
of the Republic, all their 6endish crimes
have been committed
No: the full and perfect defeat o
the rebellion and the rebels, the full anG
perfect triumph of the Right and con
quest of the Wrong, demand tina
ABRAHAM LINCOLN be reelected to tn.
Presidency, and thus continued in of
fee during the four years within which
the Slave Power is to be fully crushed
and annihilated and the last of its rebe
hordes compelled to bow in subjuga
ton to all the departments of the Gov
eminent.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
The Gold Bill.

This bill, which had previously
passed the House, passed the Senate
with an amendment, and the House
Yesterday concurred in the amendment,
90 Chat all that is now needed is the
Presidents signature to make it law.
The amendment provides that the Sec
rotary of the Treasury may sell the
surplus gold in open market, but, of
course, leaves to his discretion the
propriety of doing so. The original
bill simply gave the Secretary authori-
BY to anticipate the interest on Govern
ment bonds when there should be a
surplus of gold in the Treasury. The
effect of the passage of this bill, which
was substituted for Mr.. Stebbins' bill,
(now practically adopted was to send
gold up to sirty nine in Wall street.
The gamblers thus proved that the ORR
ginal bill passed was in their interest,
and would not relieve the Government
and the people. This opened the eyes
of the Senate, and the House bill was
amended as we have stated. The
House has now reversed its own action
and adopted the amendment.
1t is argued that, if power be given
to Secretary Chase to sell gold in the
New York market, two desirable OBJ
jeets can be attained-1st, he can pre-
vent the gamblers from widening still
further the relative values of gold and
paper money and, Cd, he can at any
time, when there is more gold in the
Treasury than the wants OF the Gov
eminent require, obtain supply of
greenbacks at advantageous rates and
thus add the gold premium to the other
receipts of the Treasury. The law is q
proper one. 1t in effect gives to Sec
tary Chase the power to "bull" green
backs and control the price of gold.
To show that this law was needed to
prevent further depreciation in our cur
rency, Senator Sherman stated the
other day that the gold now in the
Treasury amounted to overs19, 900, 900,
and that at the present rate of receipts
there will be in the Treasury July !,
$41, ZAP, 742,654 in gold. OF this
enormous sum, but $40, $40, 700 will be
due and payable on that date, and as
the banks of New York hold S23, IFS,
600 in gold, more than s4O,OOO,OOO
would have been boarded up on July l.,
if the power to sell had not been
granted. With 10000, 900 locked up
in the vaults of the Treasury, and the
same amount retained in the New York
banks, the gold gamblers would have
had matters their own way. Specula-
ton would be king. But, by giving
Secretary Chase the power to throw
his $40, 900, 900 on the market, specu-
lation is at once dethroned. The mere
knowledge of the fact that he can con-
troll the gold market will prevent the
gamblers from pushing up gold. The
country will have cause TO rejoice in
the passage of the gold BILL Chicago
Journal.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24

The total loss from the accident
on'the Toledo and Ohio Railroad at
Bellevue, on Wednesday night last,
will not fall short of $4,000. Most of
the baggage was burned. The dam
age to the engine Ottawa will exceed
SIS, 900. Ten cars were rendered USE
less, and the consumed warehouse con-
tanned fifteen thousand bushels of grain,
rendered worthless by the fire. From
the fact that q number of express
packages were found broken open and
rifled, it is supposed that the villainous
deed was done by seoundrels intending
TO rob the train. The mail. which was
very large. was almost entirely de-
stroyed.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
Register! Register!!

tbs highly important that every man
whose name is not registered upon the
books Of his township, and who ex-
poets to vote this spring, should see to
it at once. Election is close at hand
and every vote will be needed to give
full and emphatic expression to the
Union sentiment of the county.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
PROBATE ORDER.

OTATE OF MICHIGAN-C County of Cass.-ss.
- At a session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis on Tuesday the fifteenth day of March,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty
four. Present-Clifiord Shanahan Judge of Pro-
bate. In the matter of the estate of Rufus Earl,
deceased. On reading and filing the petition duly
verified of Levi Adrich, praying for proof of will
of said deceased
Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
sixteenth d:y of April next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said Pc
tition, 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 cou. t.
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 is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested IN said estate
of the tendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order to be pub
llshed in the Cass County Republican, "a newspaper
printed and circulatingin the County of Cass, for
three successive weeks previous to said day OF
hearing. &. SHANHAHAN,
A true copy Judge of Probate.
March Is, 1864. mar24 49wo
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
"a A few days since the President

- A few days since the President
received dispatch from Arkansas, an
nouncing that over $4,000 of the in
habitants have taken the oath prescri
bed in his amnesty proclamation, prep
aratory to the reconstruction of the
State Government on the one-tentt
principle The reconstruction has taken
place in the glorious results of the late
election as indicated in our dispatches
elsewhere. In vain may Daddy Price
sound his war gong in his orders. Ar
kansas will shortly be once moro in the
Union, and Liberty sure redress and
repairer of all her wrongs.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
For President an 1854,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Republican Caucus.

A meeting of the Republican Union electors
will be held at POKAGON SIDE TRACK, on
SATURDAY, APRIL I'd, 1864, at O'Clock p NJ
for the purpose of nominating suitable candidates
to be supported at the ensuing election, for
township officers and to transact such other bust
ness as may properly come before the meeting.
BY order Township Committee.
Pokagon, March 18th, 1864.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
Administrators Sale.

n the matter of the estate of William 7. Kent
i deceased Notice Is hereby given that by virtue
of ahcense order granted to the undersigned Ad-
minstrators on the estate of said deceased BY the
Probate Court of Berrien County March l4th, 1864,
we shall sell at public auction to the highest and
best bidder, on the premises herein described in
the Township of Howard, atnoon of the 18th day
of May next, the following, described parcel of
land owned by said William I. Kent, in his life
time, to wit; the thssthirty-one acres of the
northeast d of the south west 4 of section 81, in
town Z, south range 16 west living and being in
the County of CasS, State of Michigan.
THOMAS DENN1STON,
BENJAMIN NJ BEDDING.
JOSEPH S. FUTILE
Administrators
Dated March 24th 1864. mar2449w6
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24

Senate was passed SO against 81.
The bill, as it has passed, is this: That
the Secretary of the Treasury be au-
thorized to anticipate the payment of
interest on the public debt by period
not exceeding one year, from time to
time, either with or without rebate
of interest on the coupons, as to him
may seem expedient; and he is hereby
authorized to dispose of any gold in
the Treasury of the United States not
necessary for payment of interest of
the public debt, provided that the OBJ
legation to create the Sinking Fund,
according to the Act of Feb. 25, 1862,
shall not be impaired thereby. The
House resumed the consideration of
the bill to drop from the rolls any IN
employed general officers. Without
action on the bill, the House adjourned.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-24
La Grange Caucus.

The Republican electors of La Grange Township
are requested to meet at the COURT HOUSE, in
CASSAPOLlS, on FRIDAY, APRIL 1st, 1864, al
one o'clock p. M. for the purpose of nominating
suitable candidates for Township officers to be sup
ported at the ensuing election, and to transact
such other business as shall properly come before
the caucus. CHAS. w. CLISBEE,
Chairman Township Committee.
Cassapolis, March 2lst, 1864.