The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-07-05
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system Ni Nlalu agencies Is ocln- Al-rNr-
ouSly enlarged throughout the country. 10
meet the demands incident % a large num-
Der OF men who have gone. or about % 20
out Of the service. Is well Is 10 assist ref3-
tlNeS and friends OF deceased soldiers. In
the course OF the next SIX weeks nearly al
general hospitals will have been broken un
ConTalescent patients are being discharged
OF transferred Is fast a. possible Thore
are about 10000 sick in hospital at present
The Worlds correspondent writing from
Charlotte North Carolina. SAYS The gold
mines in that vicnity are richer than gencr-
aul supposed. They are attracting some at
teniion For 100 miles west and southwest
Of Charlotte streams abound in which gold
dust and nuggets oi several ounces are
frequently found. Negroes frequently OBJ
tain two or three dollars worth in a dav hv
washing with pan. ENersthin- - per
fectly quiet IN tha, part OF North Clrohna.
and the people are anXiOusly waiting %
know when civil government Will he iai'y
restored. some plantation owners are
hiring negroes and pushing agriculture as
rapidly as possible.
The President has pardoned Cha. Walsh
one OF The Chicago cousplrators. now iu the
penltentiary al Columbus. Ohio. Tie ~en-
tence OF Thos. B Payne ordered hy the
military commission % be shot has been
commuted 20 five years in Tie Ohio ncni-
Tertiary.
II Is positively asserted that there has
been no consultation hy the Executive
branch OF the Government as to when.
where and how Jeh Davis Is to Doe tried.
The work OF curtailing the fractional cur
rency Is fast going on ai Washington. and
al the various sub-treasnrers. Packages
Tor redemption must he sent ben even hun
dreds-that Is, each package OF five cent
pieces must contain So. of 10 cent pieces
Sl0, etc Different varieties of The same
denominations of currency must DEE sent in
separate packages faced uniformly up
wards. and mutilated currency must no
sent separately from the whole pt.-
..-..- "A 49,. -s---ta ,'v addressed 10 The L.
= Treasurer at Washington, and registered
in the Postoiice.
\ member OF the Alabama delegation
now IN Washington, brings intelligence
from that Stale that The loyal people are
unarmed while toe rebel element Is wel
supplied with arms used by them In tho
army. He was present al The surrender OF
the rebel Roddts command. and states
that out OF 500 men. DGt so delivered mp
their arms-accOunling for The balance as
lost, when they bad been hidden ouy to he
afterwards reclaimed by The rebels
The New Albany. indiana. Lnlye- re-
ports a terrible accident uu thp Olio and
Mississippi railroad near LoogO0te ludana.
on Thursday \ iie-hi train bound east
and a soldiers train west colilel The
engineer, and iiremen Oi both trans were
Niied While angry disputes arose between
"a, conductors ~ 10 the blame. another
freight train from the east ran INTO inc Train
OF soldiers az The station killing 3 men
and wouuding $50. many fatally The
soldiers belonged tO Illinois and Missouri
regiments, aud were homeward bound.
The London AMenai1n state- that a.
r certain Photographic establishments a.
P Chelsea, The appetites as we'll a. the vanity
Of the public are stimulated hy the nler 0i
2 an ''eel pie aud your likeness for siXpence "
Others Oiier your likeness and "a cup Of
coffee Tor the same money. Al a third
house it is your Likeness aud cigar Tor
+ sixpence."
They Kill pigs by steam 10 Chicago. A
great iron claw with i've fingers. hooks
out the pigs which are Quarreung in the
pen below, and lifts the porkers 10 a gibbo,
: near by, and then plunges them again inig
scalding water. BY the machine niiy p0r
, cines are killed, scalded, scraped. cleaned
,, split aud hung M rows ready for sailing
= within an hour.
p The illness Of the President. which Is no,
= Of very serious character. was causel D,
l. physical prOstration from the increasin.
l. drain made upon his resources lie !. .ai,
q 90 suffer even worse from this cause thar
did his predecessor. The number ~ ap
e plcatiOns daily made for personal inter
q views with him, is enormous Some prac
J. tice should be- adopted Dy which The healtl
!. and life Of tie Chief Magistrate will b,
r guarded against this system OF gradual as
N sassinatOn.
Chalk James Webster, aged sevonfy-f0u
years, who resides on Stevens Creek il
Dr. Grant county, Kentucky. Is the father q
IN iOriy-dve children. His grand-chiidr.
10 number eighty, and his great grand-chn
De- dren twenty-seven. He Is now living sat
> his fourth wife. who b. q sister of the wif
r. OF one OF his own sons. Father aud s0
nl now stand 10 the relation OF brOthers-ll
Dt law ~ each other.
7, a great food, the result Of the late heav
:, rains. IL prevailing 10 Northwestern Mi-
= sour, and doing much damage % th
=, crops.
as Emigration across the plains is muc
be larger than il ever was before; 900 wa.
e. ons passed Fort Kearney during the mont
Of May
The horse which len Boston az sunri.
Of lately, 10 accomplish ll6 miles ~ P0rtian
q before sunset. On a thousand dollar b.
ss tell and died six miles from Portland la
,5 ing made 10 miles considerably inside
li- the time.
> The ceremony Of baptzing a vessel il
~ tended 70 sal between Paris and Londo
"s took place On the Seine in front of the 10
yre recently.
nd Boston has endured many hard rubs. b
.n, an anecdOte VI q little three years oi
n, about leaving home On q visit 20 that m
an tropolis is a little ahead Of anything ye
'e. Al the close Of her prayer the night Defo
,e her departure. she added with the ufmo
II simplicity: Now, good bye Mr. Cod. /
-er gong 70 Boston in The morning - be- s0i
y TWO weeks"
m man in New England, who recently
al vested $500 In one Of the institutions wlu
distribute articles Of jerelry az one doll
each got watches an1 jeweiry wlich pa
- ported 70 be worth 500; bat on send.
- his prizes 10 the assay Office 70 be mete
- De found there wa- Isl Dine dollars 81
-, sixty-twO cents worth Of gold and silver
or the lot.
NJ willie, sad az Interesting Young m
be ther 70 her youngest hopeful, 'd0 y00 kn.
ilv what the difference i between Dyds a.
loi soul, The soul. my child, il what yol ~
d. with-tbe body carries YOU about Thi-
We your body. "-tOuc1ing the little fellow
Div shoulder. but there Is something deel
our il. You can feel IL now. WHAT j. % -
I'VE On, I know" said Willie, with q "a
the Of intelligence 10 his eyes; 'tl4-'s my IA
he mel shirt."
nd Tie Army Of the Potomac. which ori
Z is nally consisted Of seven corps, and whiC
be a. one tine. numbered over 50U. 90 nc
Lat will. 10 obedience 10 instructions from Z
He War Department. be reduced 10 three III
siOns, or about sixteen thousand troops
together.
co II connection with the vacancy Cd 2
ne Supreme Bench, caused by the death
M Judge CatrOn, the DANES vi Horace ".
,fo- nard- Of Tennessee. and Gov. u iln q
i,.,. Judge DOwel OF New Orleans are rr.