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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
FROM TEXAS.
New YoRK,sJuly 81.

NEW YORK, July 81.
A GAINESVILLE, Texas, letter of July
18th says Notwithstanding so many
weeks have elapsed since the embark
alton of the Texas expedition began,
it has not fully arrived, there being
still portion of Gen. Russells brig
ade, 10th corps, behind, and the 4th
corps are at New Orleans. Our troops
are stationed along the river Rio
Grande, AMI through the country to
the city Rio Grande.
The fleet of the Rio Grande num-
bers fifty sail, mostly French, but the
flags of America and England are
conspicuous on war vessels among
them.
Maximilian's forces are estimated
at from 10000 to 10000, and many
Of these are Mexicans, whose pay is
rs cents per day and no rations furn-
ished.
The steamer Carmergo, captured by
the rebels from the United States, on
one Of the Louisiana rivers, and sold
to the French, has been doing a good
business between Bagdad and Mata-
moras. Our Government will soon
demand the restoration of the Garner
go.
There is good feeling apparently
existing between the French and
American forces, each seemingly de-
termined not to be aggressors. 1t is
intended now to move part of the
18th corps up the coast, the cavalry
to proceed to Indianola and be noun
ted, and thence to San Antonio.
The n. O. Times Brownsville cor
respondent Of the l4th says: "Corti-
mas, who is there, is very hopeful of
success 10y the Liberals, and looks for
prompt movement of the u. s. for
ces to the frontier as advantageous to
his cause. He has great numbers of
Americans in his ranks and speaks
enthusiastically of their dash and
daring.
The Galveston correspondent of the
New Orleans Times says there is a
reign of terror in the interior, and
murders and robberies are prevailing
to an alarming extent.
The Brownsville Republic of the 9Th
says Gen. q. l.. Smith arrived there
on the 4th with 1000 troops.
The Houston Telegraph rejoices over
the fact that all drays and omnibuses
there are driven by white men, and
the city is fast filling up with indus,
trious white mechanics and laborers.
A Brownsville letter of the 18th to
the New Orleans Times states that
Kirby Smith and his entire party
we're captured July 4th at Pedros-Ne.
gros, by the Governor of Satillo, to.
gether with four pieces of artillery
900 new rifles and rs wagons laden
with ammunition and provisions. The
officers and men were parolled.
Advices from Texas state that Gen
Jack Hamilton is not the choice o.
the Union men of Texas as Provision.
al Governor. Most of the country i.
in state of lawlessness, and guerril
la parties still infest the state. The
report that there are thousands o.
Confederates along the border of Mex
leo is said TO be untrue. There ar,
not over $4,000 men there, and thes,
are on the way to Sonora except {
few who desire to return, if the ex
ceptions TO the amnesty should be re-
voked in their favor.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

A Paris BOARDING. IIoUsE.--My
landlord is a woman. She employs
two men servants, tho shoots" and
the 'gdrcon"-both being likewise
chambermaids, if the additional SER
vice they perform can be designated
by this term-and two females, one of
whom, buxom good natured Nor.
mandy girl named Adele, is assistant
cook, and assistant waiter. With this
force mine hostess prepares daily, in
exceeding small kitchen, two meals
breakfast and dinner, and serves
them in three dining-rooms, the latter
board sometimes 50 persons. What
excites my astonishment--pro
because have never investigated such
matters very closely-is to see this
dinner prepared with so much neat
ness and served to so many people
with so little confusion and so great
satisfaction. The kitchen is open to
the inspection of everybody in the
house; in fact it is a sort of bureau, or
Office, in which the current business of
the day is transacted. The breakfast
consists of a great variety of meats,
displayed on table, each person Sc
Letting what he prefers TO the extent
of two dishes which are cooked for
him, and these, with wine, bread,
cheese and apples, constitute the meal.
The dinner consists of soup, two dish
es of meat, one of vegetable, and an
unlimited quantity of said, wine,
cheese and fruit. The cost of all this
to us the important item--is but so
francs each per month-not quito 16
dollars Think of this, we sorely-tried
American housekeepers l-P@,s Cor.
~ y. Erenmg Post.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
Secret History of the Southern Con-
federacy.

The HralTs Athens, Georgia cor
respondent says:
Some light is thrown upon the
hitherto secret history of the initial
proceedings of jeff. Davis southern
confederacy by General Wilson's re-
cent capture in Georgia of documents
and archives containing a record of
the proceedings of the rebel provision
al government at Montgomery, Ala.
They show that the rebels lost no time,
whea once they got fairly at work, in
organizing their provisional govern
ment which they had in full operation
in less than FIVE weeks from the as
sembling Of their national congress
or convention. In the work of franz
ing their constitution the documents
show that they had considerable tin
ksring aud discussion. There was a
strong feeling in favor Of naming their
southern establishment the Republic
Cd. Washington, which was only de-
feated by majority of one vote in
favor of the title Confederate States
of America. There were long debates
over propositions to insert in the pre-
amble of the constitution a recogni-
tion of the divinity of both the Old
aud New Testameuts of the Bible,
oud in the body thereof provision
enforcing the observance of the Chris
tan Sabbath. The former is under
stood to have been voted down out Of
respect j. II. Benjamin and the latter
in Difference to the wishes of the peo-
Ile of Louisiana and Texas. Many
other curious disclosures besides those
noted are made by these documents.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
Fight With Indians.

A dispatch from Fort Laramie, the
9th, says: One thousand Cheyen-
mes, Sioux, Arrapahoes, Black Feet,
and few Camanches attacked Platte
Bridge Station, on the telegraph road,
on Tuesday. The garrison numbered
less than $50. The fight lasted two
days and resulted in a heavy loss TO
the Indians. The loss on our side
was Lieut.. Collins and one enlisted
man of the 18th Ohio Cavalry, 20
men of the 18th Kansas killed and
nine wounded. The Indians retreat
ed west, tearing up the telegraph
poles and destroying the wires. A
note was picked up on the battlefield,
written by white prisoner recently
captured on the South Plat, which
says the Ixdians do not want peace,
but are fighting for all time; that we
had killed one of their chiefs in q
fight, and they are going to destroy
the telegraph; and that they expect
reinforcements. The body of Lieut..
Collins was horribly mutilated; his
hands and feet were cut of, his throat
cut, his heart torn out; lie was scalp
ed and had over 100 arrows in him.
There seems no disposition on the part
of the Indians for peace, which can
only be obtained by severely punish
ing them. One of the Powder river
columns is now moving to join the
force from Platte Bridge, which is fol.
lowing the Indians. 1t is stated that
all the troops intended for the Indian
expedition would have been in the
field long ago had not the contractor
failed to deliver supplies according t.
the terms Of the contract
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
singular Freak of a Lunatic.

Has any one noticed the miniature
fort at the top of Blackwelrs Island
to the north Of the Lunatic Asylum ?
1t is the work of an insane man who
has spent half his life upon it. He
lost his mind in Mexico, or somewhere
else where high privates were in de-
mand, and just escaped being Mr..
Armstrong, or Mr.. Parrot, or Mr..
Whitworth, by going crazy.
Gunnery was what allied him and
fertilization. As he was found to be
quite hopeless, and obedient to . his
monemania, they gave him intrench-
ing tools and told him to fortify the
island. He took the geographical and
geological bearings with the accuracy
Of West Pointer, and concluded that
an attack upon it would come from
the sound. So he devised sea-coast
battery with bomb-proof, approached
by dixie with sluices and gates, and
mounting heavy ordnance.
There never was a more patient
worker for humanity or patriotism
than this poor added head. Nobody
else being insane upon the same point
he could get no assistance. All the
other monomaniacs had oil on the
brain, or poetry, or capital punish
ment, or negro suffrage, and were
quite as devoted and jealous as he
upon their several claims.
So the old soldier, with long sigh
and brave heart, took up his single
shovel and commenced to build the
whole fort by himself. He wheeled
harrow after barrow of earth into the
sea, Juggling frcm morning till night
until at last he raised a narrow cause
way from the main land to rock at
the end of long sandbar. WIN
pebbles and shells and stones from
the river, he walled this causeway un-
til it became permanent. All this was
not months or n years work; year
after year passed over his gray hairs,
but he kept on wheeling, wheeling.
The great city, on the greater island
required protection, and he was max
ing its egis. So he went on like the
men who threw up the Charleston re-
doubts, and for fear that he might be
late to his task he left his bed in the
asylum altogether and built himself a
hut close to his place of labor. Here
he slept and dwelt in the company of
only his assuring conscience and
when at last his path was done, he
set to work at his fort.
The result of oil these years is be-
fore us. His battery is sodded green
with parapet, BERN, ditch, magazine,
revetments, abattis, and it mounts
mock or Quaker guns, upon CARRIAGES
Of capital construction, looking uT
from the sound towards He'll Gate
like real arbiters of dominion.
The old lunatic is worn and failing
but he if not satisfied. His fort i,
done, but not his whole duty. So he
has projected water battery and sea
wall around the. entire island, ant
means to bring to bear upon it all tn,
knowledge Of Vauban and Toddleben
When the Island is impregnable h
will wrap his mantle about him anC
die at his battery.
For the truth of all this story le
anybody passing up the East rive
look upon the island tip, and see al
old man ditching and building, ant
the little fort close 10y him bristlinl
with pop-guns.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

. REBEL Loss IN THE WAR-Gover-
nor Parsons. in his proclamation to
the people of Alabama, preliminary to
the organizationin that. State, estimates
that 40, 900 men of that State went
upon the battlefield, of whom 10000
are dead or disabled. If we apply
the same ratio of enlistments in the
other states that held out during the
war, and make an approximation of
the numbers sent out from the re-
mainder of the slave States, we shall
nave the t:Mvwlng interesting table:
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
CHANCERY SALE.


In PURSUANCE and by virtue Of decretal
Il order Of sale made by tie Circuit Court, for
the County Of sat NAV, in Chancsry on the
twenty third day OF december, 1864, in a cause
wherein Hiram II. Van Leuvan was complainant,
and Walter wisner, Candace Wisner, Cornelia
A. Young, Adoniran Damn, and Carrie Young,
by Marshall q. Smith, her Guardians adiifem
were defendants
Notice Is hereby given. that shall sell at
public auction TO the highest bidder at ten o'clock
n the forenoon, Of Saturday, the 22d day Of
July, A. d. 1865, at the front door Of the Sagi-
nav County Court House, in the City Of Saginaw,
Saginaw County, Michigan, all that certain piece
or tract Of land known and described as falows:--
Lots six (6) seven ~ and the North half Of FIVE
~ and eight (6) excepting twenty-five by fifty
feet, commencing twenty-five (22) feet north Of
the south west corner Of the above described
premises, running east fifty (50) feet, thence
north twenty-five l22) feet, thence west fifty (5O)
feet, thence south to the pace Of beginning -
The above described iots are ON Block thirty.four
(34) Of Alfred M. Hoyts Flat Of East Saginaw,
Saginaw County, Michigan.
Dated June 9TH, 1865.
JOHN j. WHEELER,
Circuit Court Com, Saginaw County, Mich.
WM. A. CLARK, Comptls sorr. n305.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
Aeligioiis @attsrs.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

FiRsr DAPrisr CHuRcH, Rev. II. l. Morehouse
Pastor, Services at Union Hall. Jeferson street.
every Sabbath, at 1880 A. M. and +. NJ. Sab
bath School at !.3e p. NJ
CoseREoArioSAL, Rev. Mr.. Cowles, at 1890
A. M. and r. M. Sabbath School at 2.30 Z. NJ.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, Rev. II r Richards at
1880 A. M. and p M. Sabbath School imme-
diately after morning service.
EPIscoPAL, Row. william Parct, at St. Paul's
Church, 10 80 "A. M. and 7.30 =. M. Sunday
School at 9 A. M.
CENTRAL BAPTIST CnuRcH, Rev. John s. Good
man, at the Methodist Episcopal CHURCH, every
Sabbath afternoon, mt three o'clock.
GERMAN METHODIST, Rev A. NJ Meyer, at
1890 A M. and 7 p. NJ. Sabbath School at nine
O'Clock, A. NJ.
LUTHERAN. Rev. Conrad volr, at II A. M. and
SPIN
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
Total .l,2l4,O 900

If all the men who were once got
into the rebel army were retained
during the war, or during their ability
to serve, there were, according to this
circulation, AGA, 900 men in the rebel
service at the close of the war, But
if all allowances be made for deser-
ton, etc, and for the sick in the hos
pitfalls who have recovered and are
not counted Gov. Parsons among the
disabled, we shall find this number of
AGA, 600 diminished to something like
the actual number that either surren-
dered to our forces or scattered to
their homes Immediately after the fall
Richmond. II seems, therefore, from
this verifcotion Of the solution of the
problem, that Gov. Parsons was not
far from the truth, and that we have
made about the proper allowances in
filling up the table.-Cmcmuah Ga
zette.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

A TURKISH BATH.-A New York Ia
dy gives the Cleveland Herald the fol-
lowing description Of Turkish Bath:
1--WE go down flight of stairs,
open a door TO the right, and enter
the Frigidarium, which, to translate
to your uhaccustomed ears, means
nice, comfortable room, filed with
easy chairs, and lined around with
little curtained apartments, which are
dressing rooms, ton in number. You
enter one of these apartments, disrobe
yourself OF Jour attire, and take upon
you the bath garments, winch is SIN
gle garment of rectangular shape ard
Turkey red hue, known as a "Cum-
merbund." This tied artistically over
the right shoulder, passing under the
left one, and d,scends about to the
knee; thence you proceed to the next
room-the Trepidarium. AS you
open the door the air within seems
hot as an oven but don't shrink back;
you havo not reached the hottest
place yet; and in a moment or two
the sensation is pleasant. Yon scat
yourself on a softly cushioned lounge !;
an attendant vets your head in cold
water, and wraps your forehead in a
wet towel, places tub of warm wa
ter at your feet, and having miners
cd your feet therein, you lay your
head back, fold your hands, and begin
to feel at peace with all the world,
and with the soft light from the stain
ed glass windows upon your eyes feel
as if it would be the easiest thing in
tho world to go to sleep. Soon the
perspiration begins to start, and we
are conducted by our attendant from
luxurious warmth to luxurious hot
ness, into what you learn to be the
the "Sudatorium," meaning, in free
translation, the hot place. You are
stretched upon couch, a sheet thrown
over you, and the air envelops you
like liquid element, warm delicious
and there you lie till bathed in pro-
fuse perspiration, and you are wet
with tears of sweat. Then you are
laid upon the shampooning bench in
the middle of the room. and your
limbs and body rubbed and kneaded
till all the old skin is gone, and every
joint is limbered while pains and aches
flee to parts unknown. A spong,
bath Of soap suds and a shower bath
the temperature is gradually lesseneC
from warm to cool, brisk rub
bing with cotton sheet, and you q
back to the Tepridarium, cool a little
then to tho Frigidarium, where for thu
first time you feel that. it deserves it
name, from its contrast to the hot al
2 you have been in. But n good, moth
: crly, soft wooden blanket keeps yor
, warm, and you sit in one Of the cas-,
chairs, till you feel ready to go bacl
to the every day world once NOR
!; fresh with vigor and life.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

Judge Wylie hos granted q rule
upon Secretary McCulloch, to show
cause why a mandamus should not be
issued to compel him to pay the claim
Of the Messrs. Porter for $l0,0 900 for
mules pressed on the expedition UNI
der Gen. johnson. The Sd. auditor
awarded this sum in 1861, but Mr..
Chase refused to pay it, ns
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

In the two mile wherry race, at wor-
cester, Mass, on Saturday, Josh Ward
won in Is minutes and Is seconds I;
Bighir came in second, and Radford
third. In the three mile race, for
four-oared boats, Mcclellan, of Bos-
ton, won. In the three mile race, for
six-oared boats, the Yale College boat
won in 10 minutes and seconds
Harvard was second.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

1t is understood that the Rev. Mr.,
Leech, of Palmyra, N. Y, has been
called to st. Johns Church, Saginaw,
and is now at that place, having the
call under consideration.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
KEROSENE LAMPS AND Ian.
TERMS, SIDE AND HALL
LIGHTS AND CHAN
GUARDIAN SALE.

IN THE matter OF tho Estate Of Christiana and
IL Catherine Hcihzsmnn, minor. Notice is here
BY given that by virtue Of license and authority
10 me granted By the Probate Court OF the County
Of Bay, ip the State Of Michigan, will cell at
premises hereinafter described, IN the Town Of
Blumdeld, In the County Of Saginaw, on Friday
the 9th day Of August next, ut ten o'clock A. nj.
Of that day, the following described parcel Of
land, 70 witi The two thirds undivided half Of
the northeast quarter Of the northwest quarter
Of section twenty, In town thirteen North, range
slx Kast, Csunty OF Saginaw, State Of Michigan.
APPLETON STEVENS,
II fI g Guardian
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
J.H sURRATT.


DALIIMoBE, august K
The person arrested in Texas re-
comfy, and supposed to be Jno. IL;
Surratt, one Of the assassins, passed
Relay Station this morning EN- route
for Washington, heavily ironed and
under guard. He was recognized at
the Station by family acquaintance
and an old friend, who was allowed
to speak TO the prisoner, and who
says positively that the man in irons
is John III. Surratt. The deposition
of this person was at once taken and
forwarded to Washington.
WASHINGTON, August 2.
The man brought here from the
West who was supposed to be John
III. Surratt, is said in quarters where
he was known, to be some other in
dividual His real name is thus far
kept secret
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

During the month Of June last,
s17,sl6,755 of naval prize money
was distributed from the fourth audi
tors Office, in sums ranging from e5,-
600 10 ego. 900.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS
IN SEWING MACHINES.
EMPIRE SHUTTLE MACHINE!
Patented f'cb. 18th, 1860.
TABLESPOONS, 536 Broadway, MY.
$50 WASHINGTON street, boston 4.
72O CHESNITT Street. PHILADELPHIA.

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principle OF mechanism, possessing many rare
and valuable improvements, having been exam
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The following the principle objections
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Excessive fatigue to the operator LILA
bility TO get out Of order 3-Expcnse, trouble
and loss of time in repairing. 4.-Incapnc''v to
sew every description Of material. I-Disa-
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The Empire Sewing Machine is exempt from
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II has n straight needle perpendicular action
makes the LOCK or SHUTTLE STITCH, which
will NEITHER RIP nor RAvEL, and is alike
on both sides, performs perfect sewing on every
description of material, from Leather 10 the
finest Nansook Muslin, with cotton, linen silk
thread, from the coarsest to the finest number.
Having neither CAM nor COG WHEEL, and
the least possible friction, it runs as smooth as
glass, and is ALPHABETICALLY A N0ISELESS
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1t requires fifty per cent less power to drive il
than any ether Ma ,htne in market. A girl Of
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Its strength and wonderful simplicity Of con-
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we respectfully invite all those VINO may desire
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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

A committee has been appointed by
the Union Merchants Exchange Of
~ Louis TO memorabilia Congress for
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

PRICES OF MACHINES COMPLETE.
No /, Family Machine with lIemmer, Fcller
and Braider, .'..'.'.,. .'...... sou
No. 2, Small Manufacturing, with Exten-
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entire satisfaction.
AGENTS WANTED for all towns in the United
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Also. for Cuba, Mexico, Central and South Amer
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T. J. MACARTHUR & CO,
Manufacturers aad ProprisiSrs,
536 BROADWAY, N. Y,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
NOTICE.
To tho Stockholders of the Oneida
Solar Salt Company.

THh Annual Meeting Of the Stockholders Of
Il The Oneida Solar Salt Company will be held
At the Office Of the Company, In East Saginaw,
Michigan, on Monday, the 10th day Of July next
as per resolution of the Board Of Directors.
@. T. ANDERSON. Secretary.
Rochester, N ", juno 10, 1865.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

whereby said stock "a forfeited
Therefore notice is hereby given that ON the
18th day Of August next, al ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at thu Office Of. the Secretary OF said
company, Chat being the office ofthe company,
In East saginaw afJfsaid, tie stock aloye do
scrbed will I've sold Mt public auction To the high
est bidder, unless the said call, With aecruing
costs, shall be previously paid.
by order Of the Boari,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

1S~NERyoVs DEBILITY. Seminal
Weakness, Etc. CAN De CURED by ono
who has really cured himself, and hundreds Of
others, and win tell you nothing buttho TRUTH.
EDWARD II. THATER, s..
7e6yi Lock Box Boston, Mass
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02

The governor of Minnesota, and
Generals Sibley and Meagher have
requested the President to detail q
battalion Of cavalry and q section of
battery to accompany Captain Fisk's
expedition to the gold mines. The
expedition will leave st. Cloud during
the first week in August.
EEA strong tide Of Northern
emigrationis setting into North Car
DINA, and in reference to lands likely
to be wanted for occupation, a COM
mission has gone to Washington to
settle the confiscated land question.