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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23

A Description Of the Treasury Build
ing---What may be seen in the
Morning.
B. +. Taylor, writing from Wash
ington thus gives picture of life
where greenbacks are made:
The Treasury building is q walled
city. Any morning, between eight
and nine, if you watched one entrance
or another, you will see line of men
and women. filing silently in. Some
in carriages, some in cars, and some
on foot, dangling dinner basket
Ci devant governors, whom you have
missed out of daily life, and who have
worn out their "excellencies," are
among them, senators that were, leg
islators that would be, smooth-faced
youth and grizzly age; pale, thin men
IN slippery black stout, ruddy fellows
in fancy patterns; moek-eyed matrons
and bright-eyed maidens. You won
der at the long procession, and you
number it at FIVE hundred, but it is a
host of two thousand strong As the
clock tolls nine, the last girl lutters
in at door and out of sight. You
have been seeing the working force,
the rank and file Of the Departp ent.
The Secretary of tho Treasury has
stolen in without your knowing it
you have missed the most notable man
of all. As the day wears on to ten,
another strong tide begin to flow
Treasuryward, and to pass on in at
the open doors. Men that out Atlas
Atlas, with their couple of worlds on
each shoulder; rusty-looking Colonels
straight from Wars horrid front
prominent citizens with immense ply
iacteries; rough riders in cavalry jack
cts; hour glasses of blades and cha.
meleons Of fashion at whose coats
you cry, "and what length of tail be-
hind !" men with coat-sleeve blue and
empty; soldiers swinging themselves
slowly along between two crutches
women yelled in black Grape, and now
and then human butterfly.
BY and by, you follow, and find
yourself in a spacious hall that con.
verges like V, as you look down it
but aside from messenger fastening
with noiseless step, you see nobody
You wander from hall to hall, and
beyond little group here and there
talking with bated breath, still no
body. What has become Of tn,
thousands that just entered before
your eyes? Are they the retinues o
the eight kings that went by in Mac
beth's vision, and now all melted into
nothing? And so you fall to won
dering at the solid heavens of ston,
vaulting, and the stone staircase
swung up like n spiral trail of gra,
cloud.
He then describes his descent int,
the lower portion of the buildin,
where tho working force is employed
So, down tho stout stairways int
the cool halls Of the basement an,
among the arches you 60 by door
ajar you would like to set wide open
past rooms full of queer noises, il
sight of rows of girls playing upol
strange instruments beyond the art o
Tubals and Jubals Of old time
Sometimes grating, sometimes
solid door, is locked behind you yo'
) ARE getting into the rough regions q
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
Contractor, and sewing-wcmeu.

The following facts arc printed in a
latc number of the Philadelphia BnI
htm. They serve to show up the class
Of men who are so clamorous for war,
and the reason why they are so:
A sub-contractor for the govern
ment in this city, whose name though
known to us, we for tho present with
hold, is now getting work done in
Wilmington, Delaware, at tho follow
ing prices:
Haversacks, 10 cents. We under
stand that by long and hard days
work four Of these can be made, but
this rate cannot long be kept up.
Pantaloons, 16 cents! A case was
mentioned to us, where woman, by
working from early morning until l
o'clock at night, succeeded in making
eighteen Of these garments in week,
but by working in this manner seri-
ously injured her eyesight.
Heavy overcoats, Az cents each.-
We are informed that these garments
are so heavy to handle, that those
who work upon them soon break
down with pains in the back, unless
they are uncommonly strong of frame-
To the above price ten cents are added
for making 25 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
five hours steady work, or t~o cents
per hoT!
We arc told that the old price for
making overcoats was always 80 cents
each, so that now-whiIe the necessa-
ries of life are at double price, those
who consume them are to work at
half price, the effect of which is that
they are required to do exactly four
times as much work as formerly to
procure the same quantity Of food, fuel
or raiment.
Another case has been mentioned
to us whore an army contractor gets
81 each from the government for
making shelter tents, for which work
he pays torty.fre cents! which it seems
is just half the price formerly given.
All this is literally shameful; there
is no other word to express it, and no
community is justifabie in seeing the
poor among it crushed in this fright
ful way. 1t is the clear duty Of tho
government so to control its contrac-
tors that they shall be forced to do
some kind of justice to those whom
they employ.
The very same men who are thus
grinding the poor to death, are squan-
dering their extensive profits in every
species of foreign luxury, swelling
our imports, depriving us of our gold
to pay for them, aieging in depreciating
our currency, and speculating in all
tho necessaries of life, to the direct
enhancing of all the values Let us
have reform without delay. The
whole matter is too Infamous to be
tolerated.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
The valuo of an Old Man in China.

u
Tho reasonableness and placability
Of tho natives were on one occasion
evinced in rather q remarkable man
ner at Chusan, while L was there
An Englishmsn had como across
some wild ducks in the canal inside
the city, at which he fired with ball,
all his shot having been previously
expended. The bullet missed the
birds, and, glancing from the water,
killed al old Chinaman, who was sit
ting at his own door, enjoying his
pipe.
"The unfortunate sportsman, hor-
rifed at the result of his silly thought
lessness, hurried away to take counsel
with his friends, who recommended
him to try to settle the matter with
tho relatives of the deceased, to pre-
vent their complaint from being laid
formally before the authorities, who
would be obliged to award a heavy
punishment for such reckless careless
ness. With this view one of his
friends was dispatched to visit the
family, to condole with them for their
loss, and to explain how thoroughly
it was the result of accident He de-
plored the unhappy circumstance which
had deprived the family of so valua-
bic and SO respectable member, and
pointed out tho cheering fact that he
was very old, and, in tho natural
course Of things, could not have been
expected to live much longer, and that
pecuniary recompense should be made
to console the family for the few
months society they might have an
tic;pated enjoying with him. They
admitted that he was old, very old,
and as he could not have lived long,
they mentioned hundred dollars, as
a sum likely to have good effect in
assuaging the bitterness of their af-
fiction. The ambassador, delighted
at hearing demand so much more
reasonable than he had anticipated,
but concealing his satisfaction, pointed
out tNat tho deceased was SO old that
he could hardly have estimated his
short remnant of existence at such o
large sum; that he had died a very
quiet and easy death, and that very
likely he was wanted in the other
world, 50 that the unlucky bullet
might be esteemed messenger des-
patched by the gods. He thought,
therefore, that fifty dollars, to mako a
feast and burn plenty of joss-sticls
and paper money, would be sufficient
ly satisfactory 10 the spirit of their
departed ancestor. The matter was
finally settled to the satisfaction of all
parties by tho payment Of seventy
five dollars; and | question whether
one might not have shot two-thirds OF
the old boys Of Ting-hoo at the same
reasonable rate, notwithstanding the
vcueration in which age is held, -
| Trarellr.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
A Tiger Frightened by a Mouse.

A.trave,er gives the following an
ecdote ola tiger kept by the British
Residency at Calcutta; "but what an
noyed him far more than our poking
him with stick, or tantalizing him
with shins Of beef or legs Of mutton,
a mouse was introduced into his cage.
No fine lady over exhibited more terror
at The sght of a spider, than this mag
nifcent royal tiger betrayed on seeing
a mouse. Our mischievous plan was
to tie the little animal by string TO
the end Of long pole, and thrust it
close 40 the tigers nose. Iha mo-
ment he saw it he leaped to tho oppo-
site side, and when the mouse was
made to run near him, he jammed
himself into a corner, and stood trem-
bling and roaring in such an extacy
of fear, that we were always obliged
to desist in pity to the poor brute.
Sometimes we insisted on his passing
over the spot where tho unconscious
little mouse ran backwards and for
wards. For long time. however, We
could not get hin to move; till at
length believe by The help Of a squib
we obliged him to start; but instead of
pacing lesiurely across his den, or ma
king detour to avoid the object of
his alarm, he generally took kind Of
flying leap so high as nearly to bring
his back in contact with tho roof OF
the cape."
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23

ARTISAN WELLS AND THEIR COST.
The first well of this kind was that Of
the abattoir of Grenelle. This was
sunk, after eight years incessant la
Dor, total depth of 1898 feet, and
gave rise to many inventions for the
purpose of facilitating the progress Of
the works, for removing the broken
tools, for the introduction of the pipes,
and for carrying on observations at
various depths from the surface. Sub
sequently many similar wells were
sunk on the continent, particularly in
the Rhine provinces, but they were al,
of small diameter. The German en-
gincers introduced important modif-
cations in the tools. AIayenhausen
made the striking part, used for COM
nrfnuting the rock to slide, so as to
fall always through certain distance,
and thus avoid a jar. Kind had al
ready applied his system to large ex-
cavations for winning coal mines, when
he was intrusted by the Municipal
Council of Paris with the execution
of tho well at Passy. This was to
have q diameter of one meter q feet
3 7-l6th inches that OF Grenelle
being only twenty centimeters (about
eight inches.) The difficulties en-
countered in carrying tho excavations
through the clays of the upper series
were 80 serious that six years and
nine months were occupied in reach
ing the bearing stratum, which
was ultimately attained at a depth of
lob feet 10 inches from the surface,
when tho yield was 3,3l0, 900 gallons
per day, of twenty-fouy hours, subse-
quently increased to 5,5S2, 600 gallons
per day. Tho total cost of the well
was 100000. 1t was lined with solid
masonry for depth of $50 feet; then
wood and iron tubing was introduced
to 1901 feet from the surface, and
below that, there was length of cop
per pipe pierced with holes,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
A WARLIKE WORLD.

The Opinion Nat,ondle, Of a recent
date, gives this dismal picture of tho
present beligerent condition Of tho
world:
If there be dead calm in politics
as well as business among us, it is not
the same in all parts of the little plan
ct we inhabit. Three quarters OF hui
manity, in fact, are living in the bar
barous state of war.
There is war in Poland.
War in Algeria.
War in Tunis.
War in Mexico.
War in the United States
War in Peru.
War in New Zealand.
War in China and Zachgar.
War in Japan.
War in Afghanistan.
War in twenty countries in Africa
This is unfortunately enough to dis
courage the friends of universal peace;
and who can say that they will not
meet with still-greater disappointment
next yearg Italy, Hungary, Poland,
Denmark, aud the Slavonian popula-
ton of Turkey, are, not it must be con-
tossed, in the most pacific hrmor; and
to those who study the general sitra-
ton Of our continent, it is quito cvi-
dent that tho general situation, in
stead of getting better, goes on from
day to day getting moro aid more
complicated.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
PAID IN HIS OWN coIN.

In the city OF Philadelphia, many
years ago, there stood o public house,
kept by a waggish fellow, who had a
sign painted with a picture of nine
tailors at their work, while at their
feet was large bulldog, and beneath
was the inscription, "Nine Tailors
and n Bulldog make man."
AT short distance from this public
house was q tailor's shop where num-
Der of taiiors were employed, and
they had long considered this sign a
standing insult to the " craft" Each
had in vain endeavored to devise some
plan to remove the obnoxious Sign
After long debate among them
selves, they adopted the following
plan:
One Of their number was chosen to
60 to the landlord, and order "dinner
for one" stating that he was "big
eater" The delegate chosen ordered
tho dinner according to appointment.
The price was to be one dollar.
AT the appointed time, the delegate,
in company with his brother stitchers
and q large bulldog, presented him
self at the hote!.
The table was already laid with
"dinner for one" The delegate took
his seat, his example was followed by
his companions, and the dog crouched
beneath the table. The host perceiv-
ing them seated, hastened to replen-
ish the table.
Not a word was spoken by the
tailors, but each fell to work with
commendable zeal, and an appetite
sharpened by long fast. The land
lord hustled hither and thither, max
ing remarks on tho weather and SINH
lar topics, which elected no reply from
the company, who kept their eyes fix
ed on tho work before them, OCCASION
ally varying the exercise by tossing
choice bits of meat TO the dog under
the table. The landlord regarded the
proceedings with evident dissatisfac-
ton: but the company kept.at their
work, regardless of his scowls of dis
appreciation. At length, for all things
have an end, the dinner was over
The company arose; the delegate APP
preached the landlord, and paying
him dollar, turned to depart. fol-
lowed by all his companions.
"Beg pardon, gentlemen" exclaim-
ed the landlord, little nervously,
"beg pardon; but you've forgotten to
pay for your dinner"
Sir" said the delegate, "I be-
lieve l ordered dinner for one man
only, for which l have just paid you"
Certainly, sir, just so,' replied
the landlord, nervously, for he began
TO smell rat, certainly, sir"
Well, sir, this company" (point-
ing TO his eompanions) constitute
one"
81 don't understand you, sir" ex-
claimed the landlord; explain--"
"Don't understand me?" said the
delegate, interrupting him; mot un-
derstand! The solution is simple
enough. Does not your sign read
4" Nine tailors and a bulldog make a
man? ~
The landlord looked from the COM
pany to the table, then back TO the
company again.
Sold by -" he yelled, as he
rushed from the room amid the roars
Of the entire company.
That sign came down quick-you
bet.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23

6 smithy; the temple of money is not
at oil what you iancied, if this be it ;
two forges are before you; the iron of
commerce is around you; in the story
of that beautiful l., 90, this is the Sin
the beginning" The very Genesis of a
greenback. Here many of the deli
cate and beautiful pieces of mechan-
ism arc fashioned that have rendered
the making of o Treasury note the
finest of the fine arts. Imagine Vul-
can blowing and striking" in the
place of st. James; think of the
Ionic columns and marble halls and
stately porticos, and here in the heart
of the temple blacksmith's shop =
1t may be a queer assertion but it is
true one, that the government, which
in its economy takes Robinson Cruso
for model, makes the boldest APP
proach to perfection whose needs
create efforts, and who never encoun-
tered a want butte supplyit. Now, if
ever government played the lonely
Islander, anywhere, it is in this MAX
ing of money. Within these walls,
every process is carried on, every man
ufacture produced, necessary to create
from shred of linen and bar Of
steel, the most beautiful evidences Of
national wealth and good faith in the
world--a truth strikingly illustrated
in the fact that when you want to see
money made, they begin by showing
you'a hammer, and a forge, and
mass of ugly iron.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23

EA Alexander Hamilton once said
TO an intimate friend:
"Men give mo some credit for
genius. All the genius that have
lies lust in this: When | have sub
ject in hand, l study it profoundly.-
Day and night it is before mo. / ex-
plore it in all its bearings. My mind
becomes pervaded with it. Then the
effort which i make is what the peo-
pie are pleased to call the fruit of
genius. Ii is the fruit of labor and
thought"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23

TT The gontlc education of fate
gradually acoustoms the marmed cit
izen, as well as the soldier, TO danger,
and begets happy fatalistic levity, a
trust that the evil times will not bo
quite unbearable, and perhaps the
cloud will pass over our heads with
out breaking.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
ssIsttsa gus.ry.
THE BURIAL OF MOSES.


And he buried him in valley in the land Of
Moab over against Beth-peor; but no man know
eth Of his sepulchro unto this day.
Deut. xxxiv., s.
BY Nebo's lonely mountain,
On this side Jordan's wave,
In a vale in the land of Moab,
There lies n lonely grave.
And no man dug that sepulchre,
And no man saw 1t e'er-
For the angels of God upturned the sod
And laid the dead man there.
That was the grandest funeral
That ever passed on earth
But no man heard the tramplng
Or saw the train go forth.
Noiselessly us tho daylight
Comes when the night is done,
And the crimson streak on oceans cheek
Grows into the great sun.
Noisolessly rs the spring timo
Her crown of verdure weases,
And all the trees ON all the hills
Open their thousand leaves;
So, without sound Of music,
Or voice of them that wept,
Silently down from the mountains crown,
Tho great procession swept
Perchancc the bald old eagle,
On gray Beth-p peor's height,
Out OF his rocky eyrie,
looked on the wondrous sight
Perchance the lion stalking,
Still shuns that hallowcd spot;
For beast and bird have seen and heard
That which man knoweth not
put whom tho warrior dieth.
U;s oor,raJos A., ~. var
with arms roversed and mufIled drum.
yellow The funsral car
They tell his battles won
And after him lead his masterless steed,
While peals the minute gun.
Avid tho ,oblos, NJ tho land
~, Ia :, ,ho 80 40 zoe,
Al ' a. 80 h"rss oss honarod ,,.oa
~. b'e Wy 'N - r
-" W.. sne 90. I'.h."1;,'s ,.Insias III,
IA 49, -. Ia. .;,'''. oad ,h. or,.o, zinc.
any -, 'no .IIs.aI IIo-, Ill
o"s '"'
This was the bravest warrior
That ever buckled sword;
This the most glited poet
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
SAYINGS OF JOSH BILLINGS.

The renowned Josh" whose opin-
ions on financial, as well as on politi-
cal matters, are worthy of "awl con-
sid 'rashuu," has prepared the "fol-
lerin' explanashuns from original re-
cipees:"
A-"Spirits Of the just men made
perfect" " don't come within the whis-
kee bill.
B--"Spirits Of the damned" are
construid the same as damnable spir-
its, and must pa the highest whiskee
rate.
C--The tax on undressed poultry"
doubled-the morals of the country
seem to require this.
D-Bolona sarsage, made in part
of dorg and part of red Aannin, must
pa the duty on flannins also.
E--Awl tabakker (unless tho man
ufakturer discriminates what IL new
and what iz old ohaws) iselevated fifty
per cent.
| F-Ministcrs Of tho Gospel, who
don't dew over 81, 900 worth of biz
/ AiANSS ~ y Net4s ult
G-Assessors are espeshila required
to see that all men owning wheelbor-
rcrs are licensed.
H-Enny man refusin' to own a
wheelbarrer will be fined $50 for tho
fust oifense and 5000 for tho sokund
1--Soldiors, tho duty on Piclnicks
& Camp Meotins has been postponed
for the present.
To these Josh adds the following,
after the manner of Tuppor:
1t is hily important when man
maks up his mind tew bekum a ras-
cal, that he shud examine hisself and
see if he ANT better constructed,for a
phool.
When you pra, pra rite at the bulls
eye.
"Tel tho truth and shame the devil"
j no lots of people who can shame the
devil easy enuif, but the tother thing
bothers them.
1t is very delicate job tew forgive
man without lowering in his own
estimation, and yours too.
AS gineral thing when woman
wares tho britclfes, she has good rite
to 'em.
/ am poor, and am glad that am,
for find that welth makes moro peo-
pie mean, than it does generous.
Wooman'0 inAooence is powerful
especially when she wants enything.
Sticking up your nose don't prove
enything, for sope biler, when he liz
away from his hum, smells enything.
Awl kind of bores are nuisance
but il IL better to bc bored with 3
inch orger than gimlit.
"Be sure you are rite, then go
ahed;" but in kase of dout, go ahed
emmy wa.
Sekts and creods ov religion ar like
pocket compasses, good enuff tew
pinte out the direcshun, but the near
er the pole yu git, the wuss tina wurk.
Men aint apt tew git kicked out ov
good society fur being ritch.
The rode tew Ruin is alwus kept in
good repair and the travellers pa tho
expense ov it.
If man begins life bi bein' a fust
Luteuant in his familee, he need new
er tew look for promoshun.
haven't got as mutch mummy az
sum folks, but have got as mutch
impudence az emmy ov them, and that
IL the next thing tew mummy.
Don't mistake arroganse for wis
dom; menny people hav thought they
wuz wize, when tha wuz onla windy.
The man who kant git ahed with
out pulling others back, IL limited
cuss.
Woman will sumtimes confess her
sins, but never llnu one tew confess
her faults.
Oh, what wurld this IL tew live
in, for the soul that is afraid ov dirt
and deviltree.
Young man, study Difference; it IL
the best card in the pack.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23

Ea. Tho rope-trick of the povcn-
port brothers is an old thing, accord
ing to the King of Dude, who says
that in India it used to he performed
in this fashion: The performer was
tied neck and feet and put into sack,
tho mouth Of which was carefully se-
cured; he was then thrown into deep
water, from which ne emerged SWIM
ming, free from both ropes and sack,
A London paper urges subjecting tho
Davenport brothers to this test.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
Groceries and Provisions,
PETER KRAMER

HAyING opened n new Grocery and Provis-
i L ION Store on Water Street, Sd Ward, "a
corner above Fishers stavc Min, will keep con-
stan,ly on hand full supply of bROcERIES
AND PROVISIONS. COUNTRY PRODUCE,
&c., which he will sell ut the prices as sold
at the down town establishments.
East Saginaw. Sept. 7, 1864 266
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
Tl,e Condition poyyder

'Ts composed principally of herbs and roots, and
may be given vt all times and under all eircum-
stances with perfect safety II has been found,
by long experience, TO bo highly useful in the
cure of the various diseases TO which horses and
cattle are sciicct, viz: Distempcr. Hide
Bound, Loss OF Appetite, Inward Strains
yellow Water, " lamatiom OF the Eyes,
Fatigue from Hard Exercise; also
Rheumatism, Commonly called the sun
Complaint) II Is also safe and certain rcm-
edy loF Coughs and Colds. II carries off all gross
huinors, and will remove all inhamation and fe-
yer, purify the blood, loosen thf skin, cleanse the
water aud, and stronghold every part Of the
body
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
HORSE OlNTME MT.

For Miidness, Safety, Certainty, and
Th0roughness, Soaufs Horse Ointment cxcels,
and is rapidly supcrseding oil other 0ntnents
and Linncnts for the cure Of
Fresh Wounds, Pollevil, Cracked Heels,
FounGerei Feet, Sand Cracks,
Scratches and Mango.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23
FOR HORSES AND CATTLE.

SIoAx's INSTANT RELIEF is truly great rem
cdy. Half 25 cent bottle Of Sloan's fnstnnt
Relief, given in q pint Of warm water, seldom
fails 20 cure llorse of common Collie in n few
minutes; in extreme cases repeat tho dose in If
teen minutes.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-23

The captain of the Tallahassee Is q
grandson Of Ex- President Tyler.