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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
q he q rier,
Thursday. September 20. 1869.

RIVER IMPROVEMENTS may be
important to our citizens to know that
the contract for dredging channel
1915 feet wide, and twelve feet deep,
through the outer bar Of the Saginaw
river, it is to be let at Detroit on Sat
urday, by Col. Cram, U: s. +. This
is most important matter to the Sag
inaw Valley, and is to be hoped great
care will be taken to see that it falls
into responsible hands for completion.
In view OF its importance, our citizens
have prevailed upon Messrs. Carkin
and Kimball, who are now dredging
the river bars to compete for tho
work, and it would be matter Of
satisfaction to know the contract was
awarded to them, providedthey make
satisfactory bids. This firm have al
ready done over 81 5, 900 worth of work
on the river, and in every instance
with satisfaction. They have dredges
tugs, lighters, scows and everything
complete, and could commence tho
work at days notice. Promptness
is what we all want in this matter,
and we really hope Messrs. @. and X,
will make such a bid as will justify
Col. Cram in accepting it at once, and
starting this reliable firm at the. work
Immediately Enterprise.
If our memory is not at fault wo
have seen paragraphs of very differ
enc import in regard to tho dredging
business in the columns of the Eat1-
prise every instance with satisfac-
tion," does not altogether tally with
something's that have been written in
regard to dumping sand too carelessly.
Practical men do not seem to be unan-
imously enthusiastic in regard to this
dredging business. there is certainly
not that improvement in the naYiga-
ton Of the river that was expected,
and to assume that the contractors
have satisfied all parties interested in
the navigation Of the river, is to as
sumo what any reasonably well posted
man knows is ot the fact.
Mes rs. G. & X, are keen, practical
business men, their aim is to make
money honorably, no doubt, but
money and not spirit Of benevolence
is that which has induced them to
try venture with othcr money-seek-
ers in the Saginaw Valley. In what
ever they have contracted or may con-
tract to dc for Saginaw County or tho
u. s., they are deserving the same
Confederation which is awarded TO
other contractors, no more no less
Blind faith in men is never particu-o
larly sensible, especially in a new
country, and a rigid scrutiny into the
acts of all public servants or agents is
what the people are entitled to by tho
divine right" of having to foot tho
bills.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

The boarders is one of the fashion
able houses in Boston, were assemb-
led in the public parlor one stormy
evening, when rather antiquated
maiden lady, who never seemed to
have any employment but admiring
her jewelry and dresses, lispod out the
remark that she loved a rainy day,
and always availe herself of it to ar
range her drawers. "So do l." growl-
ed an old sea-captain. " L overhaul
my drawers and shirts too, sometimes,
and sew on button or string where
it is wanted" Mademoiselle did not
faint, but there was angry rustic Of
silks as she swept out of the room,
leaving all to exchange suppressed
litter for a good hearty laugh.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

In condemning me for expressing
the opinion | did before the conven-
ton at Flint, you have done only
what | anticipated. / could not ex-
pect that any one intending to ratify
the proceedings would approve the
views Of one dissenting.
Such an expression, at such time
is an innovation upon party usage and
ordinarily considered as inexcusably
indiscreet. | am, therefore, prepared
to accept your reproof, and that OF
others, as an inevitable consequence,
and to bo borne with good humor.
But the facts on which my judg-
ment was formed were not in the po-
session Of that convention. 1t doubt
les was sincere in doing what it sup
posed to be for the best. But the
matter was still under its control, and
the facts could have been called for if
deemed of any consequence.
You, as a public journalist have
undoubtedly the right to make known
your disapproval of my course. AS
one of those for whom representa-
tive had been selected, l deemed il
proper to say that / had good reason
for not concurring in that choice,
But why is your right to say what
you think about me any superior to
mine to soy what / think about the
fitness of representative?
If you had been called before the
Baltimore Convention Of 1864, and
possessed such thorough knowledge OF
the intention of Mr.. johnson as to
forese that he would perform the very
acts YOU now condemn, you would
have been bold enough to say so
His friends would have consigned you
to political grave, but when youi
predictions became verified, your JUS
tifcation would be apparent.
70 represent me as being actuated
by personal feeling, or from disap-
pointment as competitor, is merely
doing me a wrong. Could i have sup.
posed that any gentleman, for whose
opinion | have respect, could have
given it such construction, | would
have been silent / did not regard
myself as a competitor, because | had
previ,usly abandoned such an idea
/ could not, therefore, find any fault
with the convention for selecting an
other.
My exception to the candidate wa:
occasioned by acts performed by him
while holding the position of Repre-.
sentative. Had they been done by
him only as an individual, | would
have had nothing TO say. l would
not knowingly misrepresent him ii
the slightest degree, and If L have
done so, am ready TO make amends
And as / make this statement in good
faith, L have requested the editor o!
the Enterprise to make to him this pro
! Ho may call Il Iuvvting OF viti4vn,
in the place of his residence or in any
other town Of the district; or if he
prefer less publicity, five impartial
gentlemen may be selected and if af-
ter hearing the views of both, tho
meeting or the gentleman shall say
that l had no cause for expressing the
opinion | did, l will furnish two thou
sand dollars, or aD amount equal to
the surplus salary voted by the late
Congress, to be placed in the hands Of
the candidate elect for the Soldiers
Monument Association or any other
object he may deem suitable, and |
will also subscribe and publish a pa
per that l deserve to have applied to
myself all that / said in regard to
him.
JAMES B1RNEY.
BAY CRY, SEpT. Sd, 1866.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

n woman whose minor son was
flecced out $3.50 by gamblers on a
Mississippi steamboat recently, sued
tho captain Of the boat and recovered
the money. Judge Busteed, Of the u.
s. District Court in Southern Alaba-
ma, in rendering the decision, dcclar-
ed that a gambler was nuisance, and
that it was the duty of the captain to
protect his passengers, and especially
minors, from oil such cormol ants.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
Several years ago five small boxes,

Several years ago five small boxes,
made from Shakspeare's mulberry
tree, were brought torthis county
Two were given to the Smithsonian
Institute, two to libraries at tho South.
The fifth fell into the hands of DIR.
John II. Raymond, then of Rochos-
ter University. The first two were
burned at Washington, the next pair
are lost sight of, and the one owned
by DIR. Raymond has just been stolen.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

A taking novelty is colored starch.
1t is made in pink, buff, mauve, blue,
and delicate green. Any muslin
starched with the new preparation is
completely colored, but it washes out,
and the garment that was pink to-day
maybe green tomorrow, and buff
afterwards.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
1904

TnE ADDRESS of the conglomora:e
convention lately assembled in Phila-
dclphia, and which is eulogized by
the radical organs in this city, is thus
spoken Of tho New York Commercia
Adrert,ser, also Republican organ,
but an honest one: a'''A q AR
The address Of the convention is in its
style intolerable. stiltcd, venemous
and undignilied--it would disgracea a
schoolboy. 1t is pity that SO good
a cause has SO poor an advocate. Tho
public is sick of this riotous rhetoric.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

The LAST DoDeE.--Iying by tele-
graph is an old radical practice, but
they have improved on it by taking
the Atlantic cable into their service.
A dispatch has been sent from Lon
don TO the effect that tho action of
tho Philadelphia Convention had had
the eliect of advancing the prico of
rebel bonds. AS the rebel bonds
have not beon quoted in any European
money market for year past, being
given up as worthless stock in which
no sane person would invest cent,
this dispatch was evidently made to
order for the political market horc.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

Tho radical Congress voted its mem
bers each $1,000 extra pay, and took
good care to see that they got it.
The radical Congress voted the SOL
diers from $50 TO 800 each extra
bounty, but took no care to see that
they got it,
The radical Congaess voted tho
black soldiers each $500 extra boun-
ty, and took good caro- that they got
il. ~ rr.
The radical Congress voted tho
whitc soldiers each only from $50 to
800 extra bounty although they were
in service longer than tho blacks,
and calls it oqualizing the bounties.
Even then, the Congress managed so
that the white soldier cannot get tho
little bounty voted him.
Model patriots, these radical Con-
grcssmcn! ra af
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

THE PROPERTY occupied by me at salina,
Il with 200 feet front on City Railway, con-
tanning good Two Story Double Store, with OF
fec Rooms above, good Wood House, Barn and
Ice house. Also a well finished and convenient
Dwelling House. f. THATCHER.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

Ea- The Machias (Me.) Rspu5lirea
soys: Iaths are bringing four dollars
per thousand. This is little deiferont
from tho timo when they sold for 60
cents. Other lumber is brisk.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
z. THATCHER'S
Real Estate Column.
FOR SALE

Office over store, Salina, Mich.. ana
with DIR. j. n. Curtis, No. 10,
Grouse Block, L.. Saginaw.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

"Imagine courting lovely Hebc, with mass
Of golden c;tls covering her neck and shoulders,
and with long lashes Yelling her eyes, like beau
tifal silk fringe; and then imagine, if you can,
seeing one by one Of the curls and lashes disap-
pear within the recess Of cardboard box"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

GOING WEST.
Mail at 1920 y NJ. for Lansing & Milwaukee.
Nike at 1880 p NJ for ST. Johns
Mixed at $40 L. M. for Fentonvile
Mixed ut lao p. NJ, for Grand Haven.
GOING EAST.
Mixed at 1870 A. NJ for Detroit
Accom- at $3.50 A. NJ. for Detroit.
Mail ut 2.35 p. NJ for Detroit
Express at 4;05 +. NJ, for Detroit
Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains.
REFRESHMENTS at Detroit, cwosso and
Grand Haven, and upon .Company's Ferry
Steamer on Detroit River
Comfortable Hotel above Depot at Grand Haven
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
FOR SALE.

100 ACRES Choice Land, S w Section 3
lou in Bnena, Vista. Apply at my Office II
salna L. THATCHER.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
FOR SALE.

ONA TOWN LOTS, in salinn. Prices low
L. THATCHER. .
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

I OF IA, in block l6, in Gallaghor's plat o
Salina. T. THATCHER.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

"CUsE and LOT on Mackinaw street, Salina
III convenient to Street Railways lately owned
by b. Smith. Price $4,000. -
Il. THATCHER.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
CONNECTIONS.

NUN = I1NHEUNN.
AT DETROIT. with Great Western and Grand
Trunk Railways for all points East-Michigun
Central and Michigan Southern Railroads.
AT MILWAUKEE, with the Milwaukee x
st Paul, Milwaukee and Prairie Bu Chien, and
Milwaukee Chicago Railroads, for all POINTS
West and Northwest.
gFy~ Passengers forGroat Western Railway 50
on the Company's Ferry Steamer at T. & NJ. r.
Il. Dock, at 1000 Am and 6;l0 =. NJ
ID & NJ OFFICES 1866.
1ll0S. BELL, Gcn'l SuPt,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
FOR SALE.

VIoUSE AND BARN, with Lot near Street
III Railway, In Salina. Price s5OO,
Il THATCHER.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
A. b. sPINNEY,
III. r.. PROCTOR.
l.. @. sToRRs g. co.
II. ]. MERsHoN.

Will attend promptly to the Purchase. Inspect
ing and Shipment of Lumber from any point
on Saginaw river; Post Office address
EAST SAGINAW.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
TO RENT.

C,TORE, for Dry Goods trade, and Stock ol
L. TIL ATCHER. &
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
A. II. MERsHol

Manufacturer OF pump logs faucets, &c. Salt
Blocks furnished to any extent desired, on
fair terms. Once at New Planning Mill, Wa
ter street,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
FRED A. KQHLUR

Blacksmith, and general operator in iron ant
steel Tuscola street,
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
JULY, 1 SSS-
AND MILWAUKl

DRAILR0AD in Connection with the New
and Powerful Upper Cabin Steamships Detroit
and Milwaukee,"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20

EE" We frequently inquired Of as
to the majorities given in this State in
1864, for Governor, Members Of Con-
gress, etc, and in answer we compile
from the official statement the follow
p 80, t..I
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
coUNc WV1GP

Until further notice, trains will leave Holly, 1
Gllous.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-11-23
rHANKsGTYING DAY.

Next Thursday has been set apart by
the executive authority, State and Nation
al, as Day of Thanksgiving. Any guam
tity of the 'good things" of the earth, Of
the air, and ofthe water, under the weight
of which mahogany is fguratively said to
groan, will be despatched, or gobbled up.
All New England will be devoutly thank
fuI, and all the rest of the United States
will appear to be SO. Everybody in New
England is supposed to have descended
straight as string from those old fel-
lows who came over in the Mayfower;
and though only one in perhaps eighty
thousand is entitled to the honor of claim.
ing such distinguished forefathers or
mothers, yet all the Yankees offer up the
savory incense of roast turkey or baked
goose. With them Thanksgiving Day is
an institution sacredly upheld; and there
are enough New Englanders scattered
over the country to give it the character
of national custom. Sooner or later we
have all got to fall into line and be thank
full with the rest. It's our manifest Des-
tiny. Let us accept it, then with good
grace, and beat our Eastern neighbors in
the magnitude and deiciousness of our
dinners. In point of fact we have more
to be thankful for than they. We
have more and better land; where they
have little stony mountains, we have fer
tile fields; where they have one school
house in operation, we have hundred in
contemplation; and our superiority is still
further evinced by the fact that we can do,
what they have found difficult, husband
all their school mistresses, We raise'more
corn and wheat, bigger boys and hand
some girls, faster horses and better stock
generally. Indeed, a careful survey of the
field impels us to say that there is nothing
wherein we have not more cause to be
grateful than they; and we propose that
hereafter some of the surplus Forth of July
patriotism be bottled up and uncorked
on Thanksgiving Day.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-11-23
HURON COUNTY
STATE NEWS.

GREAT Corn CRoP.-The Ashland Times re-
ports the corn cropi in that vicinity as enormous
Corn is worth So cents bushel at that point.
REDUCTION OF THE STATE DEBr.-It is an
nounced that during the fiscal year which
closed on the 18th inst, the Ohio State Debt,
under the prudent and economical administra-
ton of Republican officers, was reduced ST.
077,746.
END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.-Thursday, the
10th, was the end of the fiscal year of the State
Government, and all the State officers are busily
engaged upon their annual reports, the greater
number of which saws lhe Ohio STATE Journal
will be laid before the Government in a few
days.
Gro. PEABoDY's VISIT TO OHIo.-A cores
pondent of the Columbus journal statates that
during Mr.. Peabody's recent visit TO GAINESVILLE
he donated $25,000 to Kenyon College, and
distributed about $500000 among his relatives
there, one of whom is local editor. Bully for
himl
WILD TURKEYs.-Railroad men report that
large focks of wild turkeys are seen almost dali
ly, after daylight, near the track of the Cleye-
land d Toledo Railroad; in the vicinity of the
Junction, four or five miles east of Toledo.
Here is rare chance for our sportsmen 10 get a
SOOu supply vi heSNibS luihcJss
CRY TAxEs.-The Tifin Tribune complains
that the people of that city are paying higher
municipal taxes than any other townof North
ern Ohio. Tifin pays 36:6-20 mills on the dol
lar, or nearly four per cent. Sandusky pays 26
mil s; Bucyrus 20:6-20; Norwalk 10:I-2 Port
Clinton 22:4 S; Fremont 80.
A PRACTICAL TEMPERANCE DEcIsIoN.-A man
in Lewisburg, Preble county, Ohio baying died
of delirium tremens, his wife brought suit for
damages against two men of whom he had been
accustomed to buy liquor. The County Court
awarded her $500 from one of the men, and
$500 from the other.
NOTICE TO Wool GRowERs.-The Secreatry
of the National Wool Growers Association, W
F. Greer, Painsville, o., requests officers of all
wool growers associations to forward to him
their names and post Office address, with the
number of members enrolled. He desires 10
procure the address of officers, and number of
members of district, county and township or
CARNATIONS, as well as those of State organiza-
tions;
The NATIONAL Wool Growers Association,
AT the meeting of this body last week in
Cleveland, the following resolution was adopt
ed: Resolved, That the Tariff Bill, as it re-
lates to wool and woolens, agreed upon BY the
Joint Committee of Wool Growers and Wool
Manufacturers, now before Congress- is one cal
culated to insure increased prosperity to grower
and manufacturer, and will tend to the ger eral
prosperity of the country, and that we will
stand firmly by it and seek by all proper means
its early adoption as law. -
POPULATION OF THE TENTH DIsrRIcT.-The
official vote on Congressman at the late elec-
ton, shows population in the Tenth District
of 1874, ll0-divided among the counties as fol-
lows:
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-11-23
AWFUL. ISN'T ITs

The Fremont German Courier of last
week gives doleful sketch of the result
of the late elections, and says the Radi-
Gals carried them through deception, not
daring to come out openly for negro suf-
frage; also, that the proposed amendment
was got up solely for the purpose of gain
ing the elections, without intending to
have it adopted. 1t asserts, furthermore,
that the next move of the Radicals will
be to impeach the President, after which
there's no telling what those terrible fel-
lows may do From week to week, the
Courier supplies its readers with such
stuff, keeping them in ignorance of the
true state of affairs. The Courier knows
b,,t dares not tell its readers that the Rad
ieals have no intention of keeping the
rebel States out of the Union provided
they accept the Amendment; nor to i'm
peach the President unless his future acts
warrant the step. As for negro Suffrage,
the Radicals are content to let the Democ
racy agitate that matter for the present.
By the way, why don't the Courier tell its
readers that the leading copperhead pa
pers of the country have got "nigger on
the brain" Just now as much as Wendell
Phillips or Garrison ever had
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-11-23
Agents Wantad!

EoR the Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Iu-
Il cidents of tho Rebellion. There is CO.
tain poiion OF the war that will go into the regu-
lar histories, to embodied in romance or poetry
which is very real part of it, aad will if preserved
convey 10 succeeding generations better idea of the
spirit Of the cor ct than many dry reports careful
narratives OF events and this part be called the
sip, the fun, the Pa.hos of tie war This u the
character OF the leaders, ths bumor of the soldiers the
devotion of SomeD the bravery men, the pluck of our
heroes, the romance and hardsbips of the service
Tae volume is profusely illustrated with over three
hundred engayings by the first artists which are really
beautiful; worthy of examinations Gpeciueps of the
art Sapy Of themare sat into the body Of the text
aer the popular style Of Lnssrgs Pictorial Fs Id Book
OF Their evolution The books contents include remin-
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battlefield adventures; thrilling fats of bravery wit
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Amusement at we'll instruction may be found in
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I'll; history, are skifuly irteYoVen this work of lit
crazy art - :
This work sells itself The people tired of dfy de-
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Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-11-23

There is, in Pekin, "house with chick.
en- feathers" where houseIess vagabonds
may sleep for one mill (the tenth part Of
a cent? night. In an immense hall the
floor is covered two or three feet with
chicken feathers. The customers are in
troduced into this hall and take the first
place they can find; they disappear in the
feathers as if they we're in water All
ages and both sexes lie pell-mell together.
Over this downy bed hangs canopy as
large as the hall itself; the canopy is made
Of felt, and is perforated with as many oval
holes as the ball contains sleepers. When
the hour is struck for the closing of the
doors, the canopy is lowered to the floor.
Every sleeper hastens to thrust his head
through hole in order to breathe fresh
air and escape being sufocated by the
feathers. At the hour of rising gong
sounds, and each sleeper pulls his head out
of the hole to avoid being strangled by
the canopy, which is pulled up to the cell
ing by blocks and pulleys. This secures
the waking of all the dodgers. They then
go to the office and pay their mill for their
nights lodging.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-11-23
MERE MENTION

A panther over eight feet long was trapped
and killed at Unionville, Center county, Pa,
last week. IA new Radical evening paper
is about TO be started in New York, to be call
ed the Great Republic, Accidents from
gas are not of common occurrence, but man
was suffocated to death in his room at hotel
near Niagara Falls, ore night last week, by neg
lecting to turn off the gas when he went to
bed, the light having been accidentally put out
in the night. woman in Detroit who
had for safety deposited 800 in greenbacks, in
her paper-rsg bag, forgetfully sold the lot the
other day to rag-buyer, for a few shillings.
49, Some rebel scoundrel sent Gov Brownlow
the other day box by express containing small
pox scabs, accompanied by an insulting note
signed ''Guerrilla." Last month l. 94S, 600
new nickel five cent pieces were coined in Phil
adelpbia and put into circulation. ----. The
population of the District of Columbia is l22, =
S67. The last horse story we have is from
a veritable New Jersey paper. The horse is
said to be 90 hands high, and his avoirdupois is
recorded at 9, 1863 pounds.