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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23
Wit! Wisdom! Wonder |!
FUN, FACT AND FASHION,
The Ballad Of the Caters,

OR
HOW AN OLD MAID GOT MARRIED !
RICH RARE! RACYl
lady lived IN Okeuios.
Whose name was Sllie SpluEgins
And Sallie had eye upon
Young, handsome Jerry SmuFgins.
Anu 1Nl-iie tried 10 win his love-
A FEAT shs did defeat
Tor Sallie, not 4 Chinese belle
hAl most enormous feet
Besides, she wore the calf skin shoes
Made Ia that country town
Winch made a most outrageous noise
Mhenee r she put them down;
And though she grew forlorn and sad
And sighed at her mishaps
Aet Jerry knew, full well, that she
Was always d" on her tops"
Although she nc er had been TO war
10 loose hor arms or legs
IL surey could be said of her
she stood UPON HER PICS %
But Jerry sole aversion was
Too great for his control;
II a wonder ha diSiiFaf
But Sallie took the hint at last
And then she took the papers
AM real-le Gods what al The girl
She cuts such curious capersf
Sic read Of JOHNS & BAILEY'S STORE
And Of their stylish CATERS
- small, so Cinderella like
lhey u cure a. women haters
And then she thought or Jerry. too.
And Of his great surprise
To see her feet So trim aud neat
80 much reduced IN size
Her CATERS g0t-with brother Tom
Al once she IA repair,
Anticipating fond results
Unto the County Fair
Now, Tom, the rogue sly as a crow.
clever lad aud smart,
Resolved TO aid his sister some
Aud play winning part:
And Saliie, she could act as well
And knowing well the trick
She took q seat aud screamed aloud
Looked wIld-began 70 kick
Tom soon brought Jerry TO her aid
And long and loud complained
Against the carelesness by which
Her ankle Lad been sprained
And Jerry, look ing FOR the bruise
Boleld her gathered feet
he Started back in wrapt surprlse-
IT, S-A- 40 "~s si4ru IVmplele.
Aud he awarded hanu aud us..t
His farm and cattle there
To her as just premium.
As the ialrest Of tho fair,
Aud sally lives a happy life
FROM til night is merry
And though she does not drink drop
She loves good 75Hs and Jerryf
Plenty more CT the 'a-'e kind Qf Gais Cheap, Dura-
Die aud symmetrical. also, large assortmsntof
Fine Boots, Stogss, Shoes, Slippers,
Balmorals, Ladies Heel Slippers.
Cacks, Oxford Ties, Mems
Carpet Slippers.
&c, sc.
Gs- Our stock Is Iu.rnense-just received from the
Eastern H3usesi Our own manufacture cannot be TX
celled u Csll and examine for yourselves at the Oh
stand 4 JOHNS L BAILEY.
Lansing Oct. p, 1868 4ls
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- from the northeast
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thence outhwesterly III
feet 10 inches, thence
west 10 feet, thence
northsaatsrly lis feet
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giles TO Virginia avenue,
thence easterly along
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east corner ofthesquar0,
and running thence west
4eS feet II inches thence
north ass feet, thence
east l75 feet IL inches,
thence south 128 feet
thence east $40 feet
thence north 1913 feet
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in cheS, thence west lOl.
feet, thence south A.
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Beginnlngat the northwest
corner Of said lot and
running thence east 10
feet 8 inches, thence
south "A feet ~ inches,
then wsHtwardly II feet
inch, thence north II feet
2 Inches to beginning.
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Being the south IS feet Q.
inches front Of said lot
By the depth thereof.
McGill, Mary. ....,....,...
Beginning In 18th street.
west 15 feet 3 inches
from the northwest cor
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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05
OUR NOMINEE row CONGRESS.

AS will be seen by reference to the
proceedings of tho Congressional
Convention, which met ~ Lima last
Tuesday, Col. MosEs b. WALKER, of
this place, is the standard bearer OF
the Union party of the Fifth Con-
gressional District. We put his
name at the mast head with feelings
Of more than ordinary satisfaction.
Col. WALKER is beyond question
one OF the ablest men in the State.
In olden time he was Whig--a
Henry Clay Whig-and that party
had but few schampions more feared
by the Democracy, or more contided
jn by those of the same faith, I'm
fortunately for his own interests in
the field of politics, but fortunately
for the country, he acted with the
Free Soil wing Of his party, and was
its acknowledged leader in the Ohio
Senate.
When. the Republican party was
formed he affiliated with it, and has
ever since been prominent and VI
fective worker in it's ranks.
AT the breaking out of the war
Col. w. entered the service, and was
rendered the command of the 3lst
regiment OF his military career it
is unnecessary for us to speak. SUI
flee it to say that during the three
long years he has heen in tue service
of his country he has made record
that any officer might be proud OF.
At Perryville. Stone River. Hoover's
Gap and Chickamauga he fought, and
from two of those fields brought away
lasting testimony in the shape OF
wounds that he loved his country
well enough to risk his life for its
ssiyotlon.
Col, W. is an able lawyer, an elo.
euent and forciblc speaker aud above
aii lie q ,nsu Of the striotest Integrity
aud undoubted patriotism.
The District is strongly Democrat
ic. hat with him a. our candidate. W,
have faith that il can be revolution
izcd, IT only requires an eifolt II
oust the Copperhead who now disgra
ces ", and replace him with a mar
who will be IN honor 10 the District
llnion men of Hancock. . See to j
that YOU give YotrH Candidate the sup
port he deserves.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05

Of their retreating column could not
fail to distinguish the approah of
Ave.ill, 30 they were prevented from
committing any deeds of violence
Averill came laundering on, entering
at one side of McConnellsburg, while
the invaders left ut the other.
Official dispatches state our killed
and wounded in the battle of the 2Sth
ult., before Atlauta-Hood's third
demonstration-at 600. The loss of
the rebels is estimated at 1000
Dead rebels to the number of 660
were buried by our men. The Rich
mond papers, on the strength of dis
patches from Atlanta, and Hoods bull
letins, continue to claim the combats
before the last named city as Bonfod-
crate triumphs. The Atlanta APPEAL
published good many miles nearer
the scene of operations, takes very
different view of the case, and admits
q defeat.
Cairo dispatches contain New Or
leans advices TO July 26th. About
1000 released prisoners--many of
them Indianians-- had arrived ut New
Orleans from Texas. They were in
pitiable condition, but the Sanitary
and State Agents were doing all in
their power to relieve them. The
Louisiana Conventian adjourned on
the 25th ult, after adopting q series
ofresolutions repudiating State Rights
and the ordinance of Secession, and
indorsing an amendment Of the Unit
ed States Constitution TO prohibit Sla
very everywhere within the National
limits.
The Pennsylvania invasion appears
to have eliminated, the rebels retreat
ing from the State. There are also
rumors of victory over them by
General Averil, but nothing very
definite or reliable. The body of
rebel officer, killed ut Chambersburg,
has been declared by persons who
claim to have known him, to be that
of Harry Gilmore. Great dissatis-
faction is felt with the management or
mismanagemcnt of Gen. Couch, and q
petition has been prepared asking the
appointment of Gen. Cadwallader in
his place. o..
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05

woods Interpretation of the confs-
cation law, by which the fee simple
of rebels estates are declared for
feited. They also express the opih,
ion that "no mau ought TO be retain
ed in office, and especially not in the
highest office of the Government,
who does not fully svmpathise with
the sentiments and principles of tho
true loyalists, rs represented at Bal
timore and that the harmony of ac-
ton in the administration of the
country, as desired by the same pop
ular body that nominated Abrshsm
Lincoln for reelection, should be in
terpreted in the light of action by
that body in the admission of the
Missouri delegates" They charac.
terize the declarstion of the Cleve-
land platform that " slavery is dcad,n
as "self. evident lie," and as O
shameful compromise between a
portion OF those Radicals who, for
years, have been denouncing the
present Administration on the ground
of its not dealing n tlenth. blow to
slavery and the Democratic traitors
who desire to screen slavery"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05
The situation ofPctrr>burg.

"Carleton," the well Informed cor
respondent of the Boston JOURNAL,
writes from Gen. Grants head qvar.
tiers, July 18th
1t is NY firm conviction that the
prospects of crushing the rebellion
have never been so bright as at the
present time. 1t is my calm dcliber-
ate judgment, based OH the followisg
reasons;--
Position. Grant is close to his
base of supplies. He is striking at
the spinal cord Of Lees communica.
tions.
2.--Present prep nrations. am
not at liberty to state what they are,
but the army is not idle, although ".
ing still. can only say that if big
guns and mortars and gun-pOwder
are ofany value; Lee will have enough
to do to keep his lines intact during
the month OF August.
3.--The determination of the men.
They mean to trke Petersburg.
There is no sign of despondency-
Their elasticity of spirits is wonder
full
4.-Gcn. Grants obstinsry and re-
sistance, and expectation. He expects
to take it. 1t is not an expectation
without cause He has weighed the
matter, He is laying out his work in
teligently and deliberately. Those
men usually succeed in building tow
a. NVl, l,n In, 4
noction, recall tho words of Admir-
al Foote, as we sat in the cabin of hi
gun boat, after the taking of Fort
Henry: II knew | should take it,
/ | weighed every circumstance, though
over all the possibilities, told the men
to keep cool, take good aim, fire slow,
but to keep firing =
/ Capt. Winslows prepared to meet
the Alabama-fiXed his cables To pro
tect his machinery, kept cool, fired
slow, but kept firing. Capt. Semmcs
acted differently and we have the re
suit. Gen. Grant is a man OF the
same stamp. He has set himself de
liberately to break Lees connections
with the South. 1t has been hir OBJ
ject in every movement of this cam
paign. There is but o &C great chance
for failure-want of men. Now is the
time to all him--now the time to strike
adhesive blow. Let the call of the
President for troops meet with hear
ty, spontaneous response. Give Gen
Grant the troops he needs now and
this gigantic struggle will speedily
come to an end.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05
rKr rr,rn paopJs1.i,N,

The Copperheads, laboring as USn
al To excite opposition to the war, are
spreading reports that the Southern
Confederacy has offered terms of
peace TO the President aud were re-
fused a hearing. The locts in the
case are these:
Three rebels, Sanders, Thompson
and Holcoinb, arrived in Canada from
Europe, where they have been for q
time past attending to Confederate
business. They dared not attempt TO
reach Richmond hy running the
blockade, 80 they conceived q plan
whereby they could reach that city,
or If they failed in that they could
at least make capital for the Copper.
heads. So they wrote a letter to
Horace Greeley, intimating that they
were authorized by the Confederate
Government to offer terms of settle.
ment, and asking safe conduct to
Washington and thence to Richmond.
Greeley made this known to the
President, who ut once replied that
any authOr1zsd persons could have
an interview, vhereupon these self
constituted commissioners wrote, nc
kuowledging that they had no authori.
ty to act for the Richmond Govern.
ment--were authorized by no one
that the movement was one of their
own--and the whole matter cnded
with windy letter, intended by the
writers TO strengthen the Copperhead
cause at the coming election.
If the rebels desire peace they
know very well how TO get it. The
President of the United States is at
Washington, and it is MS easy to com.
nunioate with him from Richmond
US it is from Canada.
The whole affair was bold faced
swindle, and no politicians above the
pot house degree would use SO mean
II trick to deceive the people.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05
STAND FIRM.

The rebellion is near its end. We
are now, and have been steadily pro-
crossing, wrenching from the rebels
their territory by States, destroying
their armies, their railroads and man
and taking from them the
means OF supplying their armies and
their losses. Grant has a
position in front of Richmond from
which the..combined armies of the re-
bellion cannot dislodge him, and Sher
man is virtually in possession of At
laut,,. which is equivalent to cutting
Off the Gulf States from the Confeder.
acy. The men needed TO strengthen
our armies will be forthcoming and
tho-military power OF the rebels must
be irreirIeveably broken in a short
time. The Union can be restored
and the rebellion can and will be put
down by i0ar. General Grant, who
does not say much and whose opin-
ions are sound, says that lie is as GER
tain to take Richmond in short time
as tho sun is TO rise.
Therefore let every friend of the
Union, who ever favored the suppress
sion OF the rebellion, stand firm. Any
man who will desert the cause at this
time, from high taxes or high prices
or the draft, is worse than a traitor
Therefore, let all those who wish tC
be on the right side and on the win
ming side, join hands with the friends
OF the Union and help to finish til,
work of restoring the Union and Civ
ing permanent peace To the country
The traitors are among us, sche
ming aud burrowing night and day e
overthrow the Government, and rec
lognize the rebel Confederacy. Stan'
firm, and they will all be put down
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05

A gentleman who has just returned
from an extensive trip through the
Miami (Ohio) Valley, states that the
yield of wheat in that region is bet
ter than it has been for three years,
Fields which early in the spring
seemed winter killed aud looked so
thin and scrawny that farmers were
tempted to turn their stock upon
them, developed in an extraordinary
manner, producing from fifteen to
twenty five bushels per acre. Corn
looks very well, and appearances in
dictate fair crop. There is scare
ity of fruit, and the potato crop will
be,short.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05
A NOTE OF WARNING

Tho Coppcrheads are organizing
secret oath bound lodges throughout
the State of Ohio, for the purpose,
we have no doubt, Of opposing the
Government, particularly in the en-
torcemcnt of the draft. A meeting
was held in Finday one night last
week of this class OF individuals, we
suppose for the purpose of organiz-
ing alodge, and VIC have been inform
cd that the work is going on in all
the townships.
We have but word to say in re
gard to this matter. The Govern.
ment has the power to enforce the
draft, and il ioW do IL.
Do the farmers of Hancock, the men
who are responsible, who have prop.
Ierty and lives TO risk, seriously pro-
pose to put property and life in oppo.
sition To the Government In short,
are they willing to inaugurate civil
war in Ohio 4 Do they desire the fer
tile fields Of Hancock overrun with
soldiery, every mans hand against
his neighbor : Do they crave the ex-
istence ofthe same spirit that has dev
astated Missouri and Kentuclly--tha
has caused thousands upon thousands
to leave those States and leave behind
them the work Of years-the savings
of life time? Are they willing to
incur these hazards at the bidding II
a dozen unprincipled, irresponsible
politicians who have not a dollar to
lose and who will never expose them
selves to danger, even though they
urge on the unsuspecting and igno-
rant. to crafty their own selfish ends.
We ask al. law abiding citizens to con
slider these things before they connect
themselves with these oath. bound or
ganizations. Ii there are evils to be
remedied, there is the ballot -box-a
safe and sure remedy that will cure all
these evils, while force would only ag-
gravate them. Think ofthese things.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05

STAMP DUTIEs.-The act of Con-
gress which took effect on the first of
July requires stamp of two cents on
every check, even though below twen-
ty dollars in amount. Promissory
notes for sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars, "to be paid on de-
mand or time designated" five
cents; and ,or every additional hun
dred dollars or fractional part in ex-
cess ofone hundred dollars, five cents
without regard til the time the note
has to run.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05
DECEPliON.

Did the readers OF the Hancock
Courier ever see in it's columns q sim
gle proposition AZ to the kind of a
peace il wants and desires, or, rather,
as to the terms on which it would
accept pence with the rebels We
know, and every one ought to know
who reads the mass OF Snsoking
treason it weekly serves up to Its
readers. what kind oil peace il de.
sires 1t is in II favor of an immedi-
ate unconditional surrender Of the
Government 20 the rebels-of an ac-
knowledgement OF their independ-
ence but it dare not openly advocate
it, SO il does the next thlng-opposes
every measure calculated to injure
their cause, and favors every one cal
culated TO further their interests II
has not the holdness to 60 at the ruin
of ito country direct, SO il attacks il
indirectly. Let any sane man rea6
it's weekly appeals to the people no
10 volunteer and TO discountenanc'
volunteering-rcad its furious denun
Citations OF conscription, OF every wa
measure and say that that vile shee
desires the success OF the Govern
ment if he can. II its boldnes
Iequalled it's inclilations il woulC
openly demand the recognition OF th'
Southern independence.
I IL dare not go before the people on
that issue, and therefore seeks to gai.
; the same end by cUcuitoms route.