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Year: 1862

The MoNIToR.-It is not generally known
that this vessel, notwithstanding her light
draught of water, enormous strength, and
weight of deck, side armor and revolving tur-
ret, carries upwards Of l00,0 900 pounds of bal.
last to bring her down to her present fighting
draught. The Importance of this excess Of
buOyancy will be readily appreciated. The
weight of the turret is upwards of 100 tons,
and the gun-slides, composed of strong wrought
iron beams, form part of the massive turret
The recoil of the guns will accordingly be
checked by such an enormous amount of m after
that ordnance of any calibre may be employed
The Monitor, therefore, instead of being Of
limited capacity is capable Of carrying guns
of the largest size that we can manufacture
These facts prove conclusively that we have
yet no idea of the real destructive power OF
the new engine Of war, the sudden appearance
Of which has startled this country, and will
startle Europe still more. Suppose that the
twenty guns, which the Navy Department
is now erecting furnaces to cast, had been con.
cealed in the impregnable turret Of the Mon
itOr, and hurled their eleven hundred pound
balls against the Merrimac How different
the result The first round would have sunk
the stolen vessel with her rebel crew The
entire question Of the real aggressive proper.
ties of the Monitor thus presents itself in q
new light. We now perceive that an increase
Of tonnage and draught are not needed to rem.
der the Monitor absolutely superior in de-
structive force TO anything afoat. We have
the impregnable vessel and turret, and we
have the excess of buoyancy requisite to carry
guns Of the proposed inerdinate calibre. Car
we resist the inference that the diminutive
representative Of the new system, with it,
twenty-five hundred pound broadside, is big
enough to sink all the iron-clad steamers il
Europe?
Year: 1862

The Washington Chronicle. a paper pub
lished AT the seat of Government. In its
issue of the Ith inst, thus describes the
effect of The abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia:


The poor house is now over crowded
and therefore the Commissioners for the
Poor have been Obliged to refuse admission
TO many OH and intirm negroes. whose
masters refuse farther to provide for them
lu,horilv should be vested IN some board
OF office 10 take care of such, ms we'll as
of the young aud lazy that have no proper
guardianship. Fugitive negroes of like
character must be provided for in some
form. The contrahands Al Green's Row
are now red at tie erpcass Of the Govern
ment, but helpless free negroes are not.
The latter are now tolerably well clothed,
ut even that resource will not last them
long"


How do the tax payers Of Indiana like
this business Of freeing these negroes and
Year: 1862

newspaper man VINO is following UP
ride the other day. with no other result
than The discovery that the difference be-
tween sitting on a sofa and in the saddle
is marked in the extreme, and painful in
Year: 1862

NOTICE is hereby given that on the eighth day
IN OF August, IN the year of our LORD one
thousand ei ght hundred and sixty, W lillian Scrib-
ner, made executed and delivered, to the under
signed Reuben Town. a mortgage bearing date on
that day. the following described real estate w.
ing and being in the County of Cass, and State OF
Michigan to wit: The south half ofthe south east
quarter of section eight Also the south half of the
southwest fractional quarter of section nine. all in
township seven south of range fifteen west, which
description conforms substantially with that con-
tanned in the mortgage which mortgage was con-
ditoned for the payment OF the sum of one hundred
and ninety eight dollars and fifty eight cents, To be
paid in six months from the date of said mortgage
with interest


And that said mortgage contained power of
sale in of the non-payment of the said princi-
pal of the interest thereon any part thereof at
the time limited for the payment thereof.


And that said mortgage was duly received for
record, in the office OF the Register of deeds of the
County of Cass, in the State of Michigan, on the
fifteenth day of August a. ID. 1850, at o'clock, T..
Nj. and was recorded in liber j of mortgages on
pages 609 and 6l0. Aud that default in the condi-
ton of said mortgage has occurred, (by which the
SAID power to s,ll has become operative) by the
non-payment OF the whole of said principal and
the interest thereon, which amounts To the sum
of two hundred aud wenty-six dollars and seventy
two cents which is the amount claimed to be due
by the said Reuben Town ut the date of this notice
And that suit proceeding at law or IN
equity has been instituted to recover the said
debt, now remaining secnred by the SAID mortgage,
or any part thereof. And further notice is hereby
given that in pursuance of the power of sale con-
tanned in said mortgage and Of the statute in such
case made and provided the said mortgaged prem
ises above described will be sold at public vendue
at the hour of one clock in the afternoon of Sat
urday, the tweuty-fith day of October, A. DlS62.
at the front door of the Court House in the viii
lage OF Cassapalis in said county of Cass ithe
said Court House being the place of holding the
circuit court within said county in which said
premises to be sold are wholly situated) by the
Sheriff of said County to the highest bidder, to
satisfy the amount due such mortgage at the
date of this notice. with amount and costs al
lowed by law, and the attorney fee mentioned
therein.


REUBEN TOWN, Mortgage.


b. L. CHUBB Attorney.


Dated July 80. 1852 juiy31 -15w13
Year: 1862

Competitions for premiums on field crops must
enter the same with the Secretary before the 10th
day of September next, and file with the Secretary
before the 3lSt day of December, statement
showing the manner and expense of cultivation


quantity of seed and when sown or planted and
when harvested. The preparation of the soil for
seed with the kind and quantity of manure used
aud depth of blowing mustall be stated in detail.
In estimating the expense of cultivation the
amount must be stated in the items and the balance
struck showing the profit from the crop The state
ment must be signed by the competitor aud the
correctness to its yield per acre shall be vouched
for by some other person acquainted with the facts.
Year: 1862

the owner must i'm no instance he adj
ded thereto or otherwise attached to
the article or animal. -
10. All members of visiting commit
tees will report themselves to the Secre-
tary at the business office on the
grounds, at o'clock of the second day
of the fair, SO as TO enable tire execu
tive committees, who will he in atten-
dance at that hour to fill all vacancies
in said committee. ass
20. All Premiums not called for prior
to the first day of January next sue
ceeding the fair will he forfeited to the
Society.


FEED FOR STOCK.
The executive committee take this
occasion to say that an ample supply
of fodder and hay for Stock, free Of
charge, will be provided without fail.
Particular pains will he taken that in
this respect there shall be no cause of
complaint.


NIGHT WATCH.


A suitable police force will be kept
on duty at night tn protect the animals
and other property that may be remain
upon the grounds.


FEMALE EQUESTRIANSHIP.
Those competing for premiums in
this class will take notice that the rid
my will commence at two O'clock PM.
precisely, of the third day of the fair
at which time, they must report them
selves to the Superintendent of Horses.


JUDGES.


The Judges in the several classes
are earnestly requested to report To the
secretary their acceptance of the posi-
lions assigned them, on or before the
first day of the fair.


TROTTlNG.


The Trotling will commence at 3
o'clock, p. NJ, of the second day of
the fair.
Year: 1862

TIE MILITARY CARSIvAI.-F the weather
prove favorable, the grand military carnival
which has been SO long on the taps, will take
place this evening atthe Ogden Skating Pond
omnibusses run directly to tic Pond from the
Sherman Hn7,ae
Year: 1862

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AnNoRy.-Work-
men arc soon to commence operations in the
render that inconyenient place little more
like civilized courtroom than it is ut pres
cnt. There is plenty Of room for improve
mcut.
Year: 1862

to bounce on some poor oyster fisherman. One could still further fancy how he would like to have first class steel frigate like the Warrior" (English) or the ''La Glolre," (French) to punish those ma rauders and vampires, that in the nineteenth cen tury civilized governments permit to perform &C., tions that they themselves have admitted were acts of hostility and insult to the whole human race. On the pier lay the baoys taken up to conceal the chauuel from the enemy. There was an air of melancholy surrounding the place; one could not help rumnating on the prospects and the events which the next few weeks might produce.

 But with regard to the effects of the blockade and it's efficiency. was told before coming here that it was very inefficient. If it be true, that one hundred and one vessels cleared from this port for Havana and arrived safely; it is evidently inefi- cent, but know positively that number of ves- sels had been taken on the return trip and quite number scuttled or burnt to prevent their falling into the enemy's hands. 1 am also told that it seems to be the enemys policy to permit vessels to get out and get to Havana with the cotton but that when the cotton is sold and the proceeds invested in a return cargo, they are almost to be taken on the return trlp-lf not taken, they are pursued so closely that the owners have to set fire to the ships and are glad to escape with their lives. Out of four vessels, which recently left this port three of them were burnt on their return trip, and the fate of the fourth is not known. Under these cir cumstances it is risky matter to speculate after this manner, and those who expected to mak large fortunes in that way, have come to the conclusion that it was bad investment, and that the little glory acquired, was bought at a very high price.

 As fear that have already made my letter too long, will conclude by remaining

 Yours faithfully,

 vuATnD
Year: 1862

aud the Comte de Paris, French officers
lstely connected with his staff, speak in the
highest terms Of his military conduct.
They found nothing to deplore in the cam
paign on the Peninsula except that McClel-
Ian should be left without reinforcements.
The want of reinforcement Was serious
drawback, and a great mistake on the part
Of some one, yet We do not think it justifes
the anathemas hurled alternately at Stanton
and Mcclellan. We have too much conf
dence 10 both of them to believe that they
are now fighting for the next Presidency, as
has been charged BY the enemies Of each.


From Vicksburg We learn that the re-
port Of the occupation Of that city was In
correct. Our forces are engaged in digging
a canal around the city, which will render
useless its Notifications, and forever ruin
the place, as it will take soue distance
around it the channel of the river. This is
the kind of strategy" to use on the cav
ages. Sooner than carry the war step
further on conservative principles let
ruin and desolation be dealt them.
Year: 1862

We have received the prospectus of Military
and Scientific Academy. which Colonel Eben-
ezer n. o. Clough designs opening in Ieaven-
worth, provided sufficient encouragement is
given him by the people Of the State. We are
truly glad to notice such step. Of advancement,
and hope the Colonel may meet with that tsuccess
which such an enterprise is entitled to. As
We learn by the prospectus, the course Of irstruc-
ton in this Institution will embrace oil the
branches Of Scientific Education. taught in the
best high schools and academies, but much more
thorough in the Mathematical Department, to
which will be added q thorough course Of drill
combined with the United States Tactics and
Regulations. The number Of pupils will be
limited to forty, and none will be received for
less than the entire term Of forty weeks. The
terms Of tuition will he fifty dollars Per pupil.
Term begins first Monday in September.
Year: 1862

NO Organs of the human system are more impor-
= tant to health and comfort than the EYE and
EAR. and yet none are less understood neg
lected. They seem to pass common observation,
and yet every part of the body is dependent upon
them for life and health.
Year: 1862

State by their efforts to hitch her to the tail
oi slave oligarchy, the secessionists are
again plotting and praying for the presence
cf another rebel army, to the end that
what little Of order and security is left may
be replaced by anarchy and bloodshed. In
this case, the people Of the North should
be unanimous in the determination to drive
every disloyal man6ut Of Missouri, though
the task might cost twenty thousand rebel
Iycs-drive them out, and hang them il
they return. Missouri wants peace.
Year: 1862

The proclamation of the President to be
issued BY virtue Of the authority conferred
in the conhscation bill, probably. canno:
long be deferred As no con6scahon can
take place until the expiration Of sixty days
after the rebels are officially called upon
to lay down their arms and return to their
duty as good citizens, the President Will
not, we presume, defer the performance Of
the duty with which Congress has entrust-
cd him. 10y
Year: 1862

e To suppress the rebellion, not mere
ly to defend ourselves against 1t, should be
our purpose in the present war, This poll
cy shuuld have been enunciated a the very
beginning Of hostilities. before traitors and
towards had time to distract the public
mind with the cunning but reacherous
theory Of selfdefense. We might defend
for half a century without settling the
Year: 1862

The following is an abstract OF proceed
ings before Richmond, on Friday, deri-
we'd from the wounded soldiers, who were
engaged in the repulse of Stonewall jack
son


He came down on them expecting q
surprise, but he found our troops all rea-
dy. Mcclellan having informed them two
days before that he was coming. Instead
of a surprise the enemy received the first
shot and after two hours fight retreated
in confusion


The encounter was most terrific, the en-
envy coming out from Richmond in such
dense masses that the she'll and grape
poured into +hem as they advanced made
great gaps in their lines, which were i'm
mediately filed up, and they moved for
ward dcterminedly. Their artillery was
so poorly served the damage to our ranks
was light in proportion. They still moved
on, and exchanged showers OF MIME ball
that were destructive on both sides tut
when Gen Porter ordered the bayopet
charge they retreated in double quick,
though Gen. PoHer pursued them Lut q
short distance.


The enemy made fierce attack on the
reserve, but cannon We're posted al vari-
Gus points Of the route by which they
were retiring towards the Chickahominy
which occasionally poured in shot and
shell upon them, and checked their move
ments, and enabled the troops TO move
back in the most admirable order At
one time in this retrogade moyemeut, the
reserve force of Gen. Sykes charged upon
the enemy and drove him back a quarter
of mile


The enemy again rallied and approach
ed our lines a second time, when the same
terrible slaughter ensued. This time their
artillery being better served. was more
effective in the ranks of our men On
coming to close quarters they were again
repulsed and driven back a still greater
distance. This twice fought over battle
ground being literally strewn with the dead
and dying Gen. Porter then second
time fell back TO his position, AMI waited
nearly an hour for the enemy TO renew
Year: 1862

Orders have been given to drill all the
troops IN the bayonet exercise It is the
intention Of Gea Mcclellan to reIv upon
this deadly weapon in every engagement
we have the utmost superiority over the
rebels in all bayouet drills, and the gal
lantery and effect of many charges made
by our troops, in recent battles, bear am
pie testimony to the efficiency of this
weapon AS / write, all the regiments
around me are going through the quick,
though graceful motions of the exercise
They are very proficient, but in some ca
ses have grown a little rusty from not hay-
ing been lately drilled \ weeks drilling
will bring them up, and then the rebs Is
may look out


The quick movements Of the glistening
muskets in this beautiful exercise, each
one handled by sturdy soldier have a
most beautiful effect a long line of
troops with small intervals between the
men, to allow Of ia cilitv of motion, can
not fail to strike the behoIdcr, as the SOL
dlers quickly move their weapons, az be
ing exceedingly grand. Its effect on the
battle field, when accompanied with shot
and shell, and fire and smoke, must be ir-
resistIble- Cor. Phil Press.
Year: 1862

The captain of a vessel just arriving
in tho harbor Of New York, directed
one of the crew, an Irishman to throw
the buoy overheard. He was then
stepping into the cabin. On his return
the captain inquired it his order had
been obeyed. The Irishman with great
simplicity, replied, al could not catch
the boy, but l threw overheard the old
cook"
Year: 1862

ExEMPrs From FUTURE DRArr 1t
has been decided that if persoa has
been drafted and furnishes a substitute
who is under age or an alien, be is free
fr ON all future draft. But should the
substitute be on the roll of the militia,
and another draft is ordered, and the
substitute is drawn, the principal! who
employed the substitute has to 60 him.
self or procure some other person.
Year: 1862

tE Tho medication Of Dixie By way Of
Havana 1as been going on extensively for
some time past, and the Government has
issued III order prohibiting the expectation Of
quininc and opium to Cuba for the future. It
seems that immense quantities have been sent
recently from New York to Havana, the real
destination Of which is the Southern States.
Year: 1862

~ Who killed Zollleoffere is destined to
70 down to hist ory With various claimants for
tic lonors. Doubtless it will rest with Col
Fry, and yet as lie fired with apistol, it mars
his possession Of the honor somewhat tue fact
that three or four wounds were discovered on
Zo1licoEer's body, all Of which save one were
made 1,y musket balls. The bail which passed
through lis heart was muskct ball, it is said
The pistol ball struck him in the side near the
Year: 1862

Hg- The Journal fails niiscrably in its at
Tempt to sustain its false charge that S'the
TRIBUNE is opposed to taxation for the support
Of the Government It quotes two sen
tcnces Torn from their context, and tries to
torture them into shape to bear its construc-
ton, but in vain. The readers Of the Journal
are certainly as intelligent as the editors oi
that sheet, and understand the meaning OF
words just as well Let it copy the article
headed tsTaxed for the support Of Slavery"
and permit its readers to draw their own con
clusions. The article is short, and will take
but little space It is at liberty to make any
comment it plcascs, so that it Tets its readers
sec what the TRIBUNE did say. The Journal
Will not 10 this. It has not the fairncss OF
honesty to do it. It suits its purpose better
. to nisrrprcscnt and yil]ify.
Year: 1862

WASHINGTON, July 80, 0,l862.-Annihilation !
Shall the Republic be annihilated Such is
the distinct alternative. Which shall we
choose The hour for hesitation is passed.
The hour for determination has come Every
minute adds alike to the responsibilities and to
the perils of the Government. But the Gov
ernment must be saved. In this great neces-
sity all minor issues, doubts and interests are
absorbed. 1t is one of the grand characters-
tics of our people that every new danger calls
from them new courage. Victory does not Gre
ate over-exultation; for victory is their deserv-
ed reward, and they accept it as such. But
defeat maddens them. They do not find the
word defeat in their vocabulary; and they
have not yet learned to submit 10 the decree
that cause so right as ours may sometimes be
overborne by the worst of foes. But they re-
bound from every fall with herculean energy.
To such race the alternative of the annihila-
ton of, their Government or the annhlla-
tion Of tho rebellion is now present
ed. They will not weaken under it.
All that is needed is that they should
feel that it is SO. This done and
the great work is begun. There are some
things that should be written on our hearts
like those axioms that have lived so long as to
| become petrifed facts. These are: No peace
that is Eot conquered. The rebels fight fol
their lives and for our death. We could moi
give what they would demand, without con-
senting to our own degradation, and to such 6
mutilation of our own soil as would leave Us
doubly degraded.


Reading our reverses in this light, we mus
accept them as admonitions and instructions
1t is just possible that series of vast Victo
ries would have produced peace equally falss
and temporary. God, in his providence, may
send US disaster as well to chasten as to erys
| talize us-to lower our pride and to harden u
for long fight AID a lasting settlement Eve
| ry day educates US for a higher destiny. It il
amazing how much the traveller can endari
after he has passed over q difficult journey. a
year ago we were raw and undisciplined, in
! dolent, luxurious and self fsufiiient-stranger
alike to our weakness and our strength. To
day we are people who have passed through
a dreadful probation and although prObabl.
no nearer the peace that must st last come t
! US than twelve months since, yet SO consciou
of our power, and so confident of a right. re
suit, that we shall soon be ready for all on
foes, foreign and domestic. Courage, then
fellow -countrymenI If we do not live to tn
| end of our struggle for freedom, we may res
content that the end viii be good one.


OCCASIONAL.
Year: 1862

ng- That spirited paper, the Chatta-
nooga Rebel, has discovered plan for
correcting the evil of extortion and
speculation. 1t suggests that no man
sell to or buy from q spcculator. We
know some in this county and town,
(and they are to be found in every coun-
ty and town. who may not buy from a
speculator, but they will sell to specu-
Iators if they can get price enough
The suggestion of the Rebel is good,
but pre-supposes state of much intcg-
rity not to bo found in any town or
county in the world. But VIC assent
to tho Rebels suggestion. Let US all
in Franklin County watch, not only ex-
tortioners and spectators in tho neces-
sites of life, but the persons who "play
to" such cormorants, and if we do not
succeed in correcting the evil, we can
make the way Of the guilty q "hard
road to travel"
Year: 1862

Terms:
five cents per week or one dollar per month.
M subscription received for longer than one MONTH
rbe Day bulletin can be obtained at the office, or oil
Our friends everywhere are requested 10 as
sist us In extending its circulation.
Year: 1862

FROM BITTER RooT VALLEY.-Latest advice.
from Bitter Root Valley say that the miners or
Deer Lodge river were about commencing work
on their claims, with prospect of making ter
dollars per day. Gold had been found over ar
extent of country some sixty miles to the south
ward of Deer Lodge but whether there are pay
ing diggings throughout this entire region, has
not yet been determined. The prospecting thu:
far has been very limited, and nothing has vel
been found to warrant rush. though it is the
opinion of those who have plospected that the
Bitter Root country will ere long be an important
mining district.


Lieut.. Mullan's Wagon Road Expedition were
about completing their last bridge on Hellgate
river, and intended, so soon as this was fnishe d
to proceed to Fort Benton.
Year: 1862

To SUBscRIBERS.-Those of our patrons who
six months are informed that their subscription
will expire in four weeks from this date. Those
who wish to renew will please inform us, as we
will send no paper beyond the time subscribed
for
Year: 1862

The snow is going off rapidly under tie infu-
ence of the summer sun, and in three weeks the
mountain trails-now bare in many places-will
be easily travelled. | think something of taking
journey through the mountains beyond Salmon,
when the snow goes off, and if | do so, depend
upon me to report things as they are. HIM.