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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10
The Refugees.

The number of these poor people arri
wing in our city continues large. They
arrive here without being able to bring
any food with them to subsist upon, and
very little household stuff. A couple of
beds, or mattresses, a few blankets
some cooking utensils and chair OF
two generally comprise their whole sup.
ply of the comforts of life. The great
body Of the refugees have arrived here
during the last two weeks and in that
time we have had the worst weather
that has visited Chattanooga for wears,
Geld rains falling every day and making
the streets almost knee deep in mud
AT first, the arrivals were so numerous
that all could not be accommodated in
the camp, and as the cars in which they
came from Georgia were needed, they
were compelled to move their things
out of them and do as they best could
for the time; many of them stopped be-
tween the tracks, just where their bag
gage was put out, others found places
in the different warehouses and houses
along the railroad and in the car shed
and buildings in the depot yard. AT
present, nearly all Of them are gathered
into a camp around the "Refugee
House," on the railroad, north of the
depot. During the week ending Sat-
urday, Nov. 10th, the following num-
bers were received and reported at the
camp.
Men, 500; women, l,1l5; children,
800; total, 3,40I. During the same
time the following have been sent North
to Nashville: Men, 225; women, 3I2;
chillren, 544; total 1881. The num-
Der remaining in camp on Saturday
night was $3.50. The whole number
of rations issued to them during the
week amounting to 4,496. Several of
them have died after their arrival here.
some of whom suffered from exposure,
but we understand that the deaths are
not near so numerous as might be ex-
pected from the privations which they
are unavoidably forced to endure. Ev-
erything is done by the military author
tiles that can be done to relieve their
distresses, but it is impossible to relieve
all suffering. Many Of the poor crea-
lures We're sick before they left their
homes, and the recent wet weather has
caused many of them to shake with
the ague. The cold of Sunday night
and yesterday was so great that no
amount of fre-living almost in the
open air as many of them are compell-
to do-will keep them warm. Some are
Respondent and gloomy, while Others
take the matter philosophically and even
merrily, making light of their discom-
forts. In one of the buildings in the
depot yard we saw one group compos-
ed of two young men, six women and
ten or twelve children, huddled togeth-
er amid pile of beds and quilts, and
to have fine time, shouting
and laughing over their troubles.
A woman from Calhoun, named
Thomas, died in the building in the de.
pot yard, known as the =" Repair Shop"
On Saturday night the number of
refugees reported in the camp, was
l,l9s. Every effort is being made to
send them North, or give employment
TO the males of the different families,
many of them engaging as wood chop
Ders in the Government service on the
Chattanooga Gazette 22d.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10
Two SharpS and Nary Flat.

Men who make selling wood, in this
city, a business, are, on an average.
about as sharp in making bargains, es-
pecially where wood is the article in
question, as any specimens in the BIZ
ptdal race. They know at glance hard
wood from soft, dry from green, solid
from rotten and that three-fourths of a
cord, wood measure, is Just sixty-four
feet and one stick over, including of
course, the brush, crooked and rotten
sticks, all nicely covered, above, below
and around with good split wood
These men can tell "grceny" in the
business as far as they can see his load
by its hight, width and the manner in
which the load is layed on his convey
ance. " Inexperience" has wide rack
and piles his wood into it, just as it
comes, regardless of looks while "Pro-
fessor Wood" has rack about half
the width of his wagon, and he lays the
wood into its place, stick by stick, un-
It'll he has just half a cord and one small
stick over. When the load is compile
ted and ready for market it will meas
ure about thirty inches in width at the
bottom and twenty inches at the top
This is about the average style. Some
few dealers make their loads still mar
rover than this at the top; so sharp in
fact, that man cannot ride on one of
them with ease and safety, without a
saddle. The roads usually run up pref
ty well, and like a Gothic roof, shed
rain beautifully. They present fine
side view, being regular broadsides, at
which purchasers are expected to stand
when they make their bargains.
Strange as it may seem, one ofthese
wood dealers in selling his load the 9th.
er day, got badly sold by'a tradesml,a.rn nan
Of this city, who always has an eye
open for a bargain. The dealer had a I
load of pretty good wood ON his sleigh,
tne usual quantity called three-fourths /
Of cord, and for which he 7aske edonly'
i've dollars. The would.be purchaser
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10
The Feeling In Canada Against the
p Rebel Refugees. f."

The Southern refugees came into
Canada and were afforded an asylum
here upon the understanding that they
would conform to our laws and respect
our neutrality. They have been treat
ed with the greatest kindness; in fact
with far greater kindness than we think
their due. The houses of our wealthy
citizens throughout the Province have
been opened to all of them who know
how to conduct themselves decently at
the dinner table orin the drawing room.
They have been feasted and petted,
dined and wined ad labitum. They
hive been free to far greater extent
than ordinary from those annoyances
to which men in a foreign land are
bommonly exposed. Their prejudioes
have been respected, and to their many
shortcomings all eyes have been shut.
They have received ample protection
from our laws, and have been accorded
every privilege short of the full rights
Of citszenship. -,
And how have they requited us for
the kindness of which they have been
the recipiente? Have they endeavor-
ed, by strict observance of our laws,
by conducting themselves as good citi-
zens, to repay, so far as they could, the
obligationr they ore under to the coun-
try which has afforded them shelter?-
Not at all. They have done directly
the reverse. They have turned their
hands against us, and plotted and exe-
cuted deeds calculated to infict upon us
the utmost possible injury. No disas-
ter could well befall Canada greater
than a war with the United States.-
Whatever the ultimate result might be,
a large portion of the territory now
covered with well-stored barns and
comfortable homesteads would be con-
verted. into desolate waste where nei-
ther man ner . beast might live.
All These evils the men to whom we
have afforded an asylum in their dis
tress have striven to bring down upon
us. In fact, they have given proof
that, if their country would be served
thereby, they would willingly see Can
ada sunk deep into the bowels Of the
earth.
AS these men have not respected
our neutrality; as they have set our
laws at defiance; as they have broken
the implied pledge they gave when they
sought shelter on onr shores; MS they
have endeavored to infict upon us the
greatest calamity it is in the power of
man to inflict, they have themselves de-
stroyed all claims they had upon our
and placed us in position
which would justify us in expelling
them, every one, from the realm.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10
A Good Speech.

The following is the speech deliver
ed by Colonel Charles G. Greene, the
editor of the Boston Post-the leading
Democratic journal ofNew England
at the banquet in Boston, in honor Of
Captain Winslow, Of the Kearsarge:
Colonel Greene in response to the
Presidents call, said the press often
sends forth discordant music; but he
had no doubt the harmony would be
perfect on the morrow in sounding the
great chorus of praise to the glorious
achievement of the Kearsargc. After
the flood of eloquence that had been
poured this evening-sufficient one
would think, to float the whole Gov
ernment marine-he could not be ex-
pected to add one drop to the patriotic
sea; but he could not refrain from ex-
pressing his deep pleasure at uniting in
n festival where there is so perfect a
unity of sentiment; where disputation
was not allowed to intrude its wrink-
led front, and where no feeling filled
the heart but that ofjoyous gratitude.
In periods of party excitement, he said
we often wax very wroth and call each
other names of ebony hue and of me-
talic hardness; but the cause of contro-
versy passed, we find our blood akin,
and that we all hold the same national
inheritance-are heirs to the same na-
tional destiny. No man, no class of
men-can monopolize the starry flag of
the Union; it is the nations banner
the emblem of a nation of ffreemen-its
triumphs are national glory. 1t is
meet, therefore, that we express our
thanks in glowing words to those who
beneath its folds contribute to the treas
ury of our common honor. In the
present festivities may we forget the
family jars just passed, and like a band
of brothers, only see in the event we
now celebrate new lustre and increased
strength given to our fathers house
the great Temple of Liberty, erected
by their valor, cemented with their
blood, and preserved by the bravery
of their children. Would to Heaven.
sir, that the echoes of applause we now
offer for gallant deeds were for such a
victory as would draw cheering re-
sponse from each of the thirty.five
States of this great country; that no
pang should agonize one American
heart; that the blow struck was like un-
to that which taught foreign foe ''the
might that slumbers in a freeman's
arm" But, unhappily-most unhap-
is not the case. The pres
ent necessity for spreading death over
sea and land is an awful, lamentable
one, necessity that has arrayed in
terrible combat one portion of our
house against another portion; but like
the Roman father, the Government,
while it administers justice with throb-
bing heart and weeping eyes, cannot
the chastisement. Its integri-
ty must be indicated, its authority
must be sustained, its Constitution
must be perpetuated, and the Union of
the States must be re-established, at
whatever cost. Therefore, sir, / offer
rs toast
''The Navy and Army of the United
the one drive piracy from
the water and the other treason from
he land"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10

him. He had thoughts of enlisting in
the Federal army, but feared to meet
the fate which he declares inevitably
attends Federal craftsmen" 'i
"From Boston he came to Liverpool
with decent wardrobe, but little
money. All his resources were ex.
hausted in seeking employment with
out obtaining it. He pawned his ward
robe to enable him to push his way to
London, Bath, and Bristol, but with
out result. Filthy, dirty and hungry,
he said; Il came to q standstill, and
offered myselfto recruiting sergeant
of the Sixty first Foot, who, on measur-
ing me and testing my sight, rejected
and discharged me-" The paper end
ed by declaring that hunger and desti-
tuition staring him in the face, he COM
mitted the crime which ended in his
last conviction-breaking a Methodist
chapel and stealing the communion
cloth and bibles. ,7J., I.fei1
,"The prisoners voice became weak
er as they proceeded with the reading
OF the document, of which the forego-
ing is the substance, and at its close he
burst into a flood of tears. All the
persons in court were moved with sym
pathy; but he did not impose on Baron
Bramwell, who told him that it was the
third time he had seen his face in that
court. On the first occasion he was
almost a child, accused ofhighway rob-
berry. The jury looked at the offence
in the light of boyish freak, and ac-
quilted him. On the second occasion,
while still youth, he was convicted
OF burglary, and sentenced to Is years
penal seryitude, and for the last offence
the same amount of punishment was
inflicted, dating from the time of his
present conviction. 1t may be men,
toned that this clever thief, who has
thus given so much trouble to the ad-
ministrators ofjustice in the Midland
district, is now in his oath year.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10

BEAuTiFuL RErLY.-John Jay, the
eminent statesman, one Of the greatest
OF the great workmen who layed the
corner stone of American Liberty, the
first Chief Justice of the United States,
and for two terms the Goyeruor, of the
State of New York, retired to private
life at the age of fifty-six. He lived
twenty-eight years after his retirement,
devoting his time to agriculture, visit
ing, recreations, study, benevolent
works and the duties Of a christian. Up
on being asked how it was possible
TO occupy his mind in the seclusion of
retirement, he replied, with smile,
!" l have a long life to look back upon,
and an eternity to look forward to-" /
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10
A FelOn's Account ,bf his own Ad.
ventures.

A Liverpool paper says: "The tria
OF convict named Rossiter, at the
late Gloucester Assizes, before Mr.
Baron Bramwell, disclosed facts which
are in themselves romance, and the
interest attached to the prisoners ca
reer was considerably enhanced by q
paper which he read to the court-his
own composition which evinced CON
siderable literary ability. In this pa.
per Rossiter traced his whole career.
from the first time that he came under
the lash of the law down to his convic-
tion at Gloucester on the 9th of Decem-
ber.. His first sentence was fifteen
years transportation, when he was
sent to Western Australia, and con.
Quoted himself so well that after a
short term ofimprisonment, he was al
lowed to open school in the town of
Freemantle, and had as pupils the chill
dren ofthe principal inhabitants of the
place. In this school Robson, Red
path and Beresford were assistants.
The school was success, but the head
of it, according to his own showing.
sighed for something higher than mere
mohey-making. He desired to be ad-
mitted on terms of equality to the
houses of the parents whose children
of both sexes, he was instructing.-
This he could not achieve. -
"Then he married, thinking that a
man with gowife would stand in n
more creditable position. He was no
nearer the object of his ambition. d
passed., he said, 'unrecognized in the
streets, even BY NY lady pupils and
the older boys.' The braid of the
convict was on him. Smarting under
this feeling, he petitioned the govern.
!nent for pardon, md obtained it'll
He went to Singapore, but the stigma
followed liim-he was not allowed to |
and, and had to return to Freemantlen. |
having spent f45 in the attempt. III. /
imately he made his way TO the 18TH
nus of Panama, and subsequently 10 !
New York. The odiousHess attacbed1'
o ticket-ofleave man still pursued
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10
His soul is maj ching on"

A poor little mouse, being half starv.
ed, ventured one day to steal from be-
hind the wainscot, while the family
were ut dinner, and, trembling all the
while, picked up few crumbs which
were scattered on the ground. She
was observed, however. EVERYBODY
was Immediately alarmed; some called
for the cat, others took up whatever
was at hand, and endeavored to crush
her into pieces, and the poor terrified
animal was driven round the room i'm
an agony of terror. AT length, how
ever, she was fortunate enough to gain
her hole where she sat painting with
fatigue. When the family were again
seated lap-dog and monkey came
into the room. The former Jumped
into the lap of his mistress, fawned
upon the lap of every one of the chill
dren, and made his court so efiectually
that he was rewarded with some of the
best morsels Of the entertainment.
The monkey on the other hand, forced
himself into notice by his grimaces.
lie played thousand little mischiev-
Gus tricks, ard was regaIed, at the APP
pearance of the dessert, with plenty of
nuts and apples. The unfortunate lit
tie mouse, who saw from her hiding
place everything that passed, sighed
I'm anguish of heart, and said to her.
self: "Alas! how ignorant was to i'm
agine that poverty and distress were
sufficient recommendation to the char
ity of the opulent. | now find that
whoever is not master of fawning and
buffoonery, is but i'll qualified for a de-
pendent, and will not be suffered even
to pick up the crumbs that fall from
the table,"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10

STRANer BIRfu.-The sahdnskyo
Register has the following; ",We are Z
credibIy informed that one day last
week one of the rebel officers in. the
Bull iPen,' AS our soldiers callit, other.
wise in one of the barracks in the eueg Z
closure on. Johnson,s, Island in which ,
the rebel prisoners are Kept, gave birth /,
to a bouncing boy This il the first
instance Of father giving birth "a iaps
child we have nor have we read ofH's
i'm the books The officer, however,
was undoubtedly n woman
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10
The Presidents Last Joke.

A few weeks ago Bishop Ames call
ed 20 pay his respects to the President
and arrived about the time of throw.
ing open the doors for the crowd in the
ante-room. He stood an interested
spectator. of the patience with the Chief
Magistrate heard complaints which
should have never been brought before
him, and listened to all sorts of impos-
sible petitions. At last the Bishop felt
that some rebuke should be given, and
looked about him for a Bible. AT that
moment the President espied him, and
coming forward, greeted him warmly.
Sale Bishop A., "But, Mr.. President,
| have something against you. find
no Bible in the roorn, and / wished to
read what the Fathcr-in-law of Moses
sain to him when he was doing what
you are. Hearing what should go to
subordinates, you know he advised
him to choose out good men who sho'd
hear and decide all except the cases too
hard for them, which alone they should
report to him. 1 suggest to you, Mr..
President, to follow his advice" 49,,
"Thank you, Bishop" said the Pres.
ident, ''the suggestion is good one.-A
And itreminds me, Bishop, that was
reading in the Bibla the other day how
Moses was up in the mountain praying
for Israel and providing for Aaron the
best place in toe system, at the same
time, Aaron was down with the people,
at The foot Of the mountain, making a
golden cay to sspsrcsds Moses" AS il;
was before the sth of November, the
IS essy.-[N. w. 9. Ad.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10

! GyNEokTs ron rHB LAKEss--The
Senate has passed the Hoitsc measure,
which has thus become q, law, to put
six fast single gun steamers, for the rev.
enuu ser. vice. on The. lakcsI This will
make the full number VIC are erititled
TO maintain onthe lakes by our present
treaty with great Britain. 1t cannot
be done too soon. A million dollars
is appropriated therefor.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10
GEO. E. SMITH, N. d.

RI SIUIAN A ID Il q U N.
TsAld respectfully offer hs services to the people Of
Htlis is's and vicinity. once over waldron 4 Bal
tys Banking oaiee. Rooms formerly occupied by
Or. Kse.
kavyERlScks.--Drs Read Ford, Norwalk, Ohio; DR.
d. N. Kinsman, Circleville, Ohio; DR. Chas MeMil-
leu, Med. Director 18th Army Corps; DIR. VIM l.
Peek, Surgeon Goth o. v L.; DIR. J. s. Ely, Surgeon
ssh Owl; DR.. ID. ID. Benedict, Surgeon 25th o.
".
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10

|I' y - oFFIfrne ~ II IIIfI'' I u
WILLIAM WALDR0N, Pre-. JAS. b. pALr)Y. CasH
~ HENRY KING, Te,ler. ~ II
nis nast Organised under the Ls~ ~ csssress. 9.
eis lay opened Cor businssa ~ y, - :
niIisssls. ~. 4. 1894.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-01-10

The following extract from a private
letter of an army officer in Nashville,
relative to the fugitive slave Sims, is Of
interest: ID
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-16
REORGANIZATION.

wurREAs. By recent Legislative enact
mont the Executive OF this STATE Is
authorized to accept the services or anu
IN commission as many Volunteer Soth-
NAMES as he may deem necessary 10 keep
the neace and preserve order, ana iot Tue
projection af the lives ana properly OF
the citizens, and, whereas, the organ "a
ton of such companies appears ~ 20 III
| neratively demanded by the pFeseht con-
dition of affairs in this State:
Now |. Benz. g. Humphreys, Governor
&c the State OF Mississippi, do earnest ~
oxbort the good people OF the several
oo1nties in this State TO oTg'nlze them
' solves into volunteer companies ana elec'
. - Non command men of known pru
Jenca and sagacity, for the purpose o
. o,1r,,rassinp crime and preventing law
= Iolsnass of all kinds, and for the bette
i ,lnotoo,;on OF the community at larg
- pro;net all excuses and for the securlt
10 of their lives and property Every con
i nanv organized under thls proclaMa'lo
J. Shall consist of at least thirty Two pfiV&'
n besides the necessary officers; ana sna
no not exceed one hundred. WHhln thiri
an days after the organization oil each COZ
av nany. a muster roll OF the company al
the election proceed nsS OF eaio cnin
n;oe certified by Justice OF the Peae
nboIl he forwarded to the Adjutant Ter
raI at Jack son, il order that the once
NAV he commissioned ana the organl
tion be duly recorded.
w All organizations falling TO com]
with these requirements, viii be &C
nee sidered as not legally organized and '
BAR. he disbanded. All companies organ
IVES under the proclamation OF Provisio
,elt. Governor Shakey, which have been
ac- norted to this Office, will be recognl
all and are properly in commission.
We Given under my hand ana the g
nile. seal of the State Of Mississippi atlxed'
not the third day of ovamber, loo2:
BENZ. G.. HI MPHREYS
ID Governor Oh "isS'S0iPt
wife BY the Governor;
Secretary Of Sta
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-16
Ry THE GOVERNOR.
A,,,r A1p lisp. GEMS OFFICE,
Jackson Miss, Nov. 81, le6o.

An1'T. AND INsP. GEN Is OFFIcE'
Jackson, Miss, Nov. 81, 1850.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. /.
Officers commanding volunteer comps,
MOS already, or THAI may be organ,-eo
| and commissioned are warned thao IL -
| ,hair duty TO aid the civil authotihe9 !"
the suppression of crime ana the PR
vart;on OF lawlessness or all KINDS
are not author lied - take the laT nv
~ own hands and be Judge aud Jury
such conduct would rather "ou
decrease the evils that surro"hu u A"y
ono foupd committing d"predation' OF
/ ondanoer,ng the peace and -atety OF the
community in any way, shoutd be arrest
cd anI turned over to the proper auIhorl
5 ties for trial. RI. ~
S While the organic ton has for It's 90
f loot the protection OF the persons an.
!, nronerty of the citizens OF the 0tale'
e ssbonld be borne in mind that any opPrts
e sion ofa class of the population Oh IN
d Soto is not ouly contrary 10 lay
d ond will bring sure and speedy PUNISH
/ rnopt nnon the offenders, but IS also COZ
trarv to GOOD policy. II Is recommende
n that each company make rules ana reg
ir lations for their government on paw,
IN duties and that-system OF patrons Win
ed each com pauy beat be at once ma IA q
ed and kept up. Inc com PaA1.e "
Oh narned to avoid all conflicts OF authon
at W. action with the military forces OF ii
ses 1891 Government, and whenever pra
,k .;obIo To act in con cert with them'
no - owe also warned TO treat them AT
Ia, t ny with that respect and courtesy q
he frnr, one military organic alton to anott
rts and the officers will be held to a s'rlcI
eat countability for any deviation from /
IAN order.
the By command of r,prve
riot Benz. =. Ii Al / II IL L % : =
lty- Governor and Ooinnhah"el- III l.
i in State of Mississippi.
fre- JAS NJ. KENNARD,
va AdjutanL Genera