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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-03-30
" The County Seat Securities THE
Eastman Interest kept Steadily in
View.

Galen Eastman has deposited deed of
two and one-half acres of land, selected by
himself mot the Board of Supervisors,
on the northwest quarter of the south
cast quarter of section len, town of Allen
dale, as site for the county buildings Of
Ottawa County. in case Of removal. We
copy from this deed the description Of the
land conveyed and also the conditions ~
the conveyance:
"All Of certain piece or parcel ofIaud
situate in said county Of Ottawa, and des-
ignated and known upon village plat of
the south addition to the village of East
manyille, in said county, surveyed and
drawn by George Eastman, County Sur
veyor of said county, and dated Februa-
ry %, 1864, as CoURT SQUARE, and
described and bounded as follows, to wit:
Beginning at station one, two rods cast
of the north and south quarter-line of
section ten (lo), in township seven (7),
north Of range fourteen (l4) west, thirty
eight (3S) rods south Of the northwest
corner of the southeast quarter of said
section ten (lO), thence running east
twenty (20) rods, thence south twenty
(20) rods, thence west twenty COZ rods,
thence north twenty (2o) rods, to The
place of beginning, containing two acres
and half of land-so long as the said
premises above described shall be and re-
main the County Seat Of said county Of
Ottawa, and whenever said premises Shall
cease to be the County Seat of said coun-
ty THEY, TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDINGS
THAT SHALL THEN DE THEREON, shall re-
vert to the said party of the first part"
" The village plat referred to has not been
recorded, but if the scheme, now in pro-
cess Of incubation, shall prove successful
it will, Of course, 60 on record, and the
people Of this county will have aided in
the establishment Of another "Gem of
New England setting" under the name
and style of "The South. Addition TO
to the Village of EastmanyiIle,"
This Gem" will be set on that" high lev
cl" (bog's- back of which The Old Pion-
Ger has protested TO give the measures in
the quasi official address he issued to the
public last week. But, by the way, this
!" Old Pioneer Friend" of the people Of
Ottawa County omitted to inform them
of the fact that this same "high level'
is entirely surrounded by swamp Was
the omission intentional? Or did he sup
pose this would be an .immaterial consid-
Grafton with the voters 0: Ottawa County
I This same "Old Pioneer Friend" of the
people also tells us.that ample pledges are
now made to bnild a Court House and
Jail, better than ut Grand Haven, free of
expense to the county, in case Of rcmov-
al But what pledge does he offer that
tho needful roads.an avenues of commu-
nicaiion TO this high level" will be built
free of expense TO the peoplel Have any
pledges been given TO pay The additional
expenses tho county would he put to in
lis criminal prbsecutions9 Does he guar
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15

THB Richmond Examiner Of the I'd inst,
had q singular article upon negroes. 1t
maintained that the negroes in the rebel
Cspital are living in luxury at the expense
of the whites. 1t said:
1.-THE most luxurious class iu this COM
munity are the negroes-slaVe and free
They feed on the most costly Viands, and
they dress in the most expensive inery.-
The congregation which issues from the
African Church, Broad street, late every
Sunday afternoon, surpasses any other in
the Confederacy-perhapso on the American
continent-in the exquisite gloss of its
broadcloths and the delicate hue and tex.
ture OF its silks. Strangers visiting the
city at this time are struck by the lesnness
of its white men and the sleek fairness of
its black men. If we look to the dress and
physique, the negroes have become the
aristocracy of Richmond, and the whites
are degraded to the task Of hewing wood
and drawing water"
1t then declared that the negroes have
grown thus rich by systematic plumber
ing of their masters. Not only so, it
would appear, if we may believe the En-
aminer, that the negroes have a wonderful
power in influencing the guardians of peace
and justice.
"When they have been caught in theft,
and arrested in the very act of burglary,
they are so we'll off in the fruits of preVi-
Gus success and immunity that they can
silence Wstchmen. paralyze the course of
justice, and, if judgment by some spssmo"
die sternness of juries goes against them,
even then the most notorious criminals
among them can make interest enough to
with lawyers and preachers, and the be-
nevolent flock of bornnY snkees in our
midst whose names are found on every
negro petition, to approach with insolent
assurance the executive itself for pardon"
Somewhat in contrast with this repre-
sentation is a report in the Richmond Wing
of the arrest of AZ negroes, of all ages,
from three months to ffty-three years, be-
ing present without special permission at a
wedding. The Mayor informed them that
he should whip every one of them, unless
their physical condition was such that
they could not stand the punishment
We imagine, therefore, that negroes in
other parts of the world will hardly be led
by their celestial aspirations to hasten to
Richmond, until they hear that the Mayor
has left.
But in reading the Examiners TRADE,
one is lead to inquire why that Christian
izing and civilizing institution of slavery
is 30 failing in the accomplishment of it's
great work in the rebel capital. One would
suppose that there, if anywhere, it would
be bearing its divine and blessed fruits in
making saints of the fortunate Africans
who are enjoying its sanctifying influences.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15

The Manner OF MOFgan'S DeRth-WhO
KILLED Him-BrOwnIOw ON His GLITe
and Public servieeSJ
In the ROCKVILLE Wing of the 7th, Brown
low gives the following sketch of the "lite
and public services" of John Morgan;
John Morgan is no morel And when he
died a THIEF and COWARD expired He
was killed in Mrs. Williams back yard, or
cabbage patch, skulking from danger. he
was shot through the heart by Andrew
Campbell, of Company G, 18th Tennessee
Cavalry, while trying to escape. There
should be a salute fred in front of every
horse stable in the land in honor of his
death And all fine horses and mules
should be notified that they may now
in the day time.
Morgan leaves a large amount Of gold
and greenbscks, cotton and real estate, the
proceeds of his thieving exploits, resulting
from untold murders and robberies,
through space of three years. Who his
legal heir is will be difficult to settle. His
first wife was the sister of Col. Bruce oil
Kentucky. She died in Lexington from
the neglect and bad treatment of her de-
based, gambling and thieving husband
His second wife was the negro a0sHeh he had
with him during his residence in this city
She is in Kentucky. His third tOifs is the
daughter of Chas. Ready of Murfreesboro'
and she is at Abingdon in Virginia. Our
own opinion is, that the negro Wench has the
Oldest claim upon his estate, but we leave
this grave question Of law to be settled in
the Confederate Courts or by special act
of their Congress-.
Gen. Gillian is in our town, and brought
with him eighty.six of Morgan's men, on
Monday evening, who we saw turned over
to the Jail We were once an inmate Of
Some of them were bsrefooted, and bare
headed and bare backed. All looked dirty
and mean, as though they were fit subjects
to be commanded by common horse thief.
Capt. Withers, of Covington, A. A. G.,
Capt. Clay, of Lexington, son of Thos. H.
Clay, and three others of Morgau's staff,
are among the prisoners. Young Clay is
pretending to be sick, so as to cheat our
authorities in the parOling of him to the
privilege of the town.
We are informed that the members of
Morgan's staff were captured in "potNto
hole" in back yard in GreenVille-a sort
of place where potatoes and cabbage have
been buried. Gallant knights, these.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15

WHILE the Richmond papers are pre-
tending that there is an!ample supply Of
food for the Southern armies, meeting
Was held at Sumter, South Carolina, on
the 2sd ult., at which military officer
from Lees army stated that the army must
be supplied with corn from South Caro-
Iins, committee of fOrty-two was ap-
pointed to raise supplies, and the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
That we have heard with the deepest in
terest aud anxiety the appeal of the Sec
Rotary of War, Quartermaster General and
Major Darlington, the authorized agent of
the Government, in relation to the want Of
corn in the Army of Virginia-a want
which must be supplied by South Carolina
alone, the other States of the Confederacy
all having been drained of supplies.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15
CoUNTY CONVENTION.

We hope the Union men of the county
are alive to the Importance of immediate
action in regard to the County Convention,
which meets at the Court House on next
Saturday. That Convention will nominate
candidates for State Senate, Legislature
and other county Offices, it is therefore inn
portaut that every:township should he rep
resented. 1t is only about Eve weeks to
the day of election, which gives but little
time for organization. Let us prepare at
once for the struggle both State and Ma
tional. Never was ii more important that
the Union men of the country should pre-
sent an uubroken front to the common en-
envy. The City townships have already
called meetings to select delegates. We
presume the country districts have done
likewise. If however, any have failed to dc
SO, let them act at once.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15
what Our Armies have Accom-
plIShed.

The labors of our armies in the field,
and the glorious results of our efforts to
crush the rebellion during the last three
years, are wildly set forth in the following
which we take from the N. Y. Times. That
paper makes survey of the general situa-
ton, and speaking of the actual condition,
as developed by the survey, it says:
There is no higher duty than for patri-
otto men to fortify themselves and others
by The consideration of all the elements OF
hope and confidence which a retrospect OF
past progress and a survey of the present
situation inspire. Such a survey justi6es
the conclusion that the end of war-the
crushing of the armed forces of the rebel
lion-is not only not far off, but that it Is
| near at hand.
1t will show the outlines of war CONT
mental inits proportions, waged on a theatre
equal to the size of all Europe.
1t will show armies the greatest the
world ever saw, raised and sustained by
! the spontaneous patriotism of free people;
1t will show how, by the progress of our
| arms, the arena of the rebellion has, step
by step, been shorn of three. fourths of its
proportions.
1t will show the insurgent territory cut
| off from communication with the outside
world by blockade which dwarfs any on
record, and at the same time the most per-
feot of any on record.
1t will show how every stronghold on
the coast has either been captured, or is
now closely invested.
1t will show the interior of this territory
cut up by our great lines of contest, BIZ
sected Internally and lougitudinally, and
the dominion of the Confederacy left o
kingdom of shreds and patches.
1t will show succession of battles of
colossal magnitude, in three-fourths OF
which the Union arms have triumphed, and
all of which, whether victories or reverses,
have redounded to the advance of the great
cause.
1t will show the manhood of a popula-
ton defending free institutions, vludica-
ting itself against years of gibes and inso-
lence born of the plantation.
1t shows the fighting population of the
insurgent states reduced by battle, by dis
ease, and by capture, from three-fourths
hundred and fifty thousand men.
1t will show this force-the forlorn hope
of the rebellion-separated by an interval
of q thousand miles, divided into two ar
mics, the one of which driven from Chat
tanooga to give up that point, the material
capital of the Confederacy, while the other
is shut upin Richmond, the political cap.
ital of the Oonfederacy.
1t will show that the adninilation of
both these armies is mathematical GER
tainty, if we put forth the strength of our
command.
1t will reveal, finally, as the result of
all this, the radiant figure. of Peace hover
ing not afar of, and plainly visible through
the cloud of war that still oVerspresds the
land.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15

A NEW YORK EXCHANGE states that fol
the months of July and August the exports
from New York have exceeded the imports
come twenty-six millions of dollars, in
comparison with the amount sent abroad
during the same time last year. The same
condition of things is remarked at other
ports. These expectations are, in con-
siderable degree, composed of foreign
goods, which are sent back because the
demand for them, at the high prices which
have been maintained in sympathy with
the increase in the value of gold, are be-
ginning to tell upon consumption. Econ
omy is becoming the order of the day, and
every succeeding hour increases its neces-
sity. We have been hitherto running riot
in extravaganza, and have encouraged
foreign operators to send us their most
costly and most useless goods. By doing
so we have increased prices upon ourselves
until. upon the most ordinary commodities
we have piled up values to fearful rates
Diminished consumption must follow, and
although the heartless gamblers in gold
may occasionally put up the price of that
commodity for few days, the result must
be, upon the average, gradual and steady
decline. Let it come-the sooner the
better,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15

TIE dying spasm of the Fremont move.
ment is noted in this mornings dispatches
The redoubtable Cluseret, who once hon
ored West Virginia with his military pres
ence, has quarrelled with John o. and
claims to have been duped by him. The
NstO Nation newspaper is the bone between
them. 1t is hardly worth a struggle. Ere
many weeks it will go down without so
much as bubble to indicate the place of
its engulfment.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15
Success OF tho national Loan.

ThirtySone millions were asked for
nearly seVenty-three millions were offered
What is of still greater Importance is the
fact that the greater part of the higher
bids are from our own people. This ready
and immense subscription, these bids for
more than double the amount of the sum
asked for, show that the American people
do not distrust their own powers of self
defence, do not believe the country ex-
hausted, imperrilled, ready to cue for a
Acknowledgements and to consent to the
destruction of the Union, as the Mcclellan
platform asserts.
The owners of these seventy-two mill
lions offered to the government do not de-
spair of the Union; they do not believe
JEFF. Davis likely to triumph; they do not
think it likely that the American people
will approve, at the next election, policy
which looks to the surrender of the Union
and submission to the enemy. If the
candidate of the Chicago Convention,
standing upon the Chicago platform could
be elected, this would be pledge of ruin,
of almost endless war, of the most ex-
pepsiVe and unproductive contest, of de-
lays without end, of timidity in high places,
of hesitation fatal to success, and con
sequently of necessity for endless new
loans, never cessing demands for financial
help, and continually depreciating national
credit. If those who have offered these
two millions to the government
thought this ruinous Chicago Mcclellan
policy likely to rule the nation for the next
four years, they would not have offered
their money, they would not have felt or
shown the confidence in the success eff the
war, and in the future of the Union, which
their bids have proved them to possess
N. p Post.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15
Tho Vote OF the soIdIers.

1tom the burlington wi Eroe Pres, Sept. 7.
Nearly one hundred soldiers, probably.
voted in Burlington yesterday, and it is
safe to say that nine tenths of them voted
the Union ticket They did so, too, with
a perfect understanding of what they were
about, and an appreciation of the issue
which it was cheering to see. With very
few exceptions, appeals to the Democrats
among them to stand by their old party,
and not to go back on Little Mac" had
no more effect on them than the wind
As one of them, wounded in one of the re-
cent battles, came limPing up the steps of
the Town Hall, Democratic ticket vender
thrust the Copperhead State ticket into his
hand. he took the vote, looked at il very
deliberately, and then, with a dry emphG
sis which added greatly to the effect of
his words, said, "What A. fool 1 should
be, go down and eight rebels for three years
with my musket and then come here to
stab myself in the back with a piece Of
paper like thstl NoW-throwing the vote
for Redfeld q %. from him, and drawing
his iore6nger across his throat, with a
slow, Fesolute acGion-"Pd cut my throat
before I'd vote that ticket" ~
That's the Way the soldiers feel.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15

TIE Union majority in Maine is the
largest ever obtained in that State, at q
gubernatOrial election. 1t is estimated al
20, 600. Every Congressional district has
been largely carried, giving us gain OF
one member in the next House.
So we go. Vermont frst, Maine next
and Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia
and other states will soon follow in The
same direction. The Chicago party, plat
form and nominee are pr city we'll out Of
the canvass before it has cleVerly begun.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15
FRESH BEEF

FRESH BEEF
that may be required for use Of the troops OF the
United States serving In the 50 DIVISION, Department
of West Virginia, and now stationed Charleston,
Yireinia, as follows, viz;
For lfvel months, or such less time as the Com
missaTy General msy direct, and subject to his ap
prevail commencing the 2ith invent y fourth day
fourth day Of February, 1865.
Raid Beef TO be of Steers not Bulls Stags, Heifers
Cows four years old, and over TO weigh net each
at least 500 eve hundredl pounds.
The B, ct 10 be sound and wholesome, with neckS
shauks, and kidney talloW excluded in equal pro-
portions of fore and hind quarters, and 20 be in such
quantities, usually three times per week. may be
designaed by the Chief COmmissary Of the Division
The Contractors will be required TO keep a. agent
with q sufficient supply Of Bsef Cattle, constantly
within supplying distance Of the TrOOpA
bond in the penalty Of $4,000 twenty thousand
doliars) will be required, with two good surities,
whose individual responsibilities for the above sum
must be shown by the Official certificate Of the Clerk
Of the nearest Court Of Record OF the United States
District Attorney.
Proposals from firm must specify the names and
residences Of all persons composing it, and each pro-
pOsal must be accompanied by the oath Of allegiance
of the party parties also by certificate OF the
guarantee signed by the party or parties making
the bid the whole making four separate papers, for
which forms will be furnished application BY mail,
telegraph, in person, all Of which should be en-
velOpsd, sealed and endorsed proposals for Fresh
Beef" and directed to the undersigned at Cumber-
land, Nd.
Payment to be made in Treasury Notes or such
other Government Funds as may be on hands, II
none on hands, TO be made soon as received.
The bid, oath Of allegiance, certificate Of respon-
sibility and guarantee, must be in duplicate,
The Government reserves to itself the right 70
reject any or all BIDS deemed unEeas9nsole
WM. HosACR,
Captain and @. s.,
sep12td Chief o. S. Dept. OF West We.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15

DROYOsT MARsHAL's OFFICE,
L FIRST DIETRICT WEST VA,
WHEELING, Sept. 18th, 1861
In accordance with orders received this day from
Col. John Ely, A. A Pro. Mar. Gen. of West Va +,
Draft will be made to fill the quotas of the DELIN-
QUEHF COUNTIES, as follows:
For Peasants County, Monday, 18th.
I" Wetzel County, Tuesday, Goth.
Doddridge County, Wednesday, 21st.
g Writ and Richie Counties, Thursday, 22d.
Gilmer and Calhoun Counties, Friday, 23d.
The place OF drawing will be on the STEPS
COURT HOUSE, in this city, at o'clock A. NJ. each
day.
The public, and especially parties feeling them.
selves interested, are invited to attend.
BENZ. b. STONE,
Captain and Provost Marshal.
sep14-1w 1st Dist. West Va.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15
The Pencc Bolterr.

A New York letter in the Philadelphia
Inquirer contains the following in reference
to the movements of the disaffected De-
mocracy on the position taken by Little
Mac in his letter accepting the Chicago
nominations:
Yet another Democratic journal has
struck the Mcclellan flag. l refer to the
Courier dss EtatS UniS, the recognized or.
gan OF the French population here. The
Courier is a paper of large influence, and
its disaffeotion will tell severely against
the "Youug Napoleon" The list of the
seeding journals in this city now stands
thus:-
1. Daily Meas.
2. Metropolitan Record.
8. Freemqn's Journal.
4. Courier des Flats UniS.
Great anxiety is manifested by the Gene.
RAILS friends to know what course the
Chicago Times (the most powerful of the
Copperhead organ out Wes) intends to
pursue. 1t is appreheRded that it, too,
will switch off with the "Peace" Democ-
racy. The publication of McClellsn's let.
ter of acceptance, in its issue of Friday
last, without a solitary word of common
dalton, is looked upon as ominous.
There are strange rumors floating about
Tammany Hall concerning the position of
Mr.. Pendleton. 1t is said that he, too, is
threatening to bolt the nomination in fact,
if not in form; that is to say, he is prepar
ing letter plumply indorsing the platform
and accepting it, pure and simple, as the
only acceptable exposition of the principles
and policy of the Democratic party.
Meanwhile the two Woods (Ben. and
Fernaudo) are as busy as bees, engineer
ing a public meeting to back up the posi-
ton assumed by the Daily News, throwing
Mcclellan overheard, and placing in the
field some other candidate more congenial
to their tastes. So you will see there is
music in the air.