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Year: 1861

On the whole pleasant traits and
incidents are now common in the
cars, l think this opinion express
ed to my friend Somers the other
day. In reply to my remark he re-
lated little adventure, which rs it
appears, moreover involves a little
love and sentiment, | give it with
out apology, in his own words. 1t
appears that in most unlikely pla-
ces love and sentiment may be dis
covered.


81 was escorting home the love-
ly Charlotte D., to whom was
at that time quite devoted; we got
in one of the crowded avenue cars.
Charlotte could scarcely find room
to spread her crinoline and arrange
her volumnious founces; | stood
up near her, there being no vacant
seat.


After few minutes came in a
poor woman, who deposited q bas-
ket of clothes on the platform, and
held in her arms q child, while a
little girl hung to her dress. She
looked tired and weary, but there
was no vacant seat, to be sure
Charlotte might have condensed
her founces, but she did not. Be
side her, however, set a very lovely
and elegant young woman, who
seemed trying by moving down
closer to others, to make space
enough for the stranger between
herself and Miss D. At last
she succeeded, and with the sweet
est blush | ever saw, she invited
the poor burdencd female to be
seated. Charlotte D drew her
drapery around her and did not
blush at all and looked annoyed at
the proximity of the new conner.
who was however clean and decent
ly though thinly clad,


The unknown lady drew the lit,
tie girl upon her lap, and wrapped
her velvet mantle around the small
half-clad form, and put her mutl
over the half frozen little blue
hands.


SO great was the crowd that |
alone seemed to observe. The
child shivered-the keen wind from
the door blew upon her unprotect-
ed neck. 1 saw the young lady
quietly draw from under her shawl
q little crimson, wooden shawl,
which was softly put on the should
ers of the little one. The mother
looked on with confused wonder.
After a short time she rose to leave
the car, and would have removed
the shawl, but the unknown gently
whispered no, keep it for her.
The woman did not answer, the
conductor hurried her out, but hel
eyes swan in tears, which no one
saw but me. | noticed her as she
descended to a basement and [ has
tily marked the house.


Soon after my unknown rose tc
depart. I was in despair, for
wanted to follow and discover hel
, residence, but l could not leave
Miss D. ..


How glad, then, was l to see he
bowling as she passed out to mu
tual acquaintance who stood in thC
doorway. From him l learned he
, name and address. ..
To shorten the story as much al
possible, the lady is my wife. Ii
thesmallincident which introduced
her to me she showed her rea
character. A few days after ou
marriage I showed her the blessed
crimson shawl, which [ had re
deemed from its owner, and shall
always keep as memento. Their
are sometimes pleasant things t.
be found even in unexpected places
Certainly, / may be said to hav
picked out my wife in the cars"
n@. The question why printer
do not succeed as we'll as brewer
was answered: Because printer
work for the head and hrnwn1
Year: 1861

TRUE MEN OF THE SoUTH, TO THE


REsCUBl


WHBREAs, Abrahami Lincoln, President of
the Northern States, has seen fit to make
a call upon the States of the Union for
$4,000 men, for the declared purpose of
subjugating the States of the Southern
Confederacy, and making them subservient
to his will. And Whereas, such call is
repugnant to the feelings of the people Of
the Border States, and must, therefore, be
treated with contempt; And, Whereas, also,
the Republicans of the North are heaping
insult and injury upon friends of the South
in their midst, and have forced them to
leave their homes in the North, in cOnse-
quence thereof;


We, loyal citizens of the South, who
have pledged our lives, our property and
our sacred hOnOrs in support of the Govern
ment of the Confederate States, deem it
incumbent upon us to urge the immediate
arming of all our able bodied men who are
willing to resist the cohorts OF the North.
We also urge all friends of the South to be
vigilent, and use their utmost efforts to pre-
serve the honor and integrity of our now
united South. Our safety requires that
those living in our midst who do not wish
to abandon their allegiance to LincOln's
goVernment-who are in favor of negro
equality and the degradation of the white
race-should leave this city as soon as pos
sible. That a number of men from the
North who have made their homes in this
city are true to the South, there is no doubt.
But there are others whom it will not do to
trust; they are men who, Notwithstanding
they have made all they are worth from
Southern patronage, are recreant to the
South, and in her hour of peril will prove
l.
compelled to leave here. We do not counsel
force for this purpose, unless refusal is
given to comply with such demand. Let
the proprietors of business houses-machine,
carpenter, and cabinet shops, foGndries,
printing offices, paint and tailor shops, ho-
tells and boarding houses, report Immediate
ly the names of all those whom they know
cannot be trusted as friends to the South.


1t is important that this be done; the Sc
curity of our property and the safety of our
families demand it. Our gallant sons who
are anxious to march wherever the service
of the South requires them, wish to carry
with them the consoling thought that they
have not left behind them lurking enemy,
who, while lingering around their homes
and firesides, would incite our negroes to
/ 'iHsurrection, and bring the worst calamities
upon our wives, our mothers and our
daughters.


Those who are not for us are against US.
Let every citizen remember that Eternal
Vigilance is the price of Liberty"
Year: 1861

PAY OF OFFICERs.--ThOse of our military
who have departed on the ensuing cam
paign, and those who expect to go as soon
as they receive orders, would like to know
what pay they are entitled to. We give
below the price paid in the army:
Year: 1861

So denominated from their astonishing power Of
creating life and health, as it were, from the
very ashes of the most dilapidated constitutions
are more strongly tonic and more Immediately in-
vigorating than pills containing the choice
vegetable extracts rs the latter, in different mod
LIFE PILLS. they nevertheless begin to cleanse the
alimentary canal much sooner; generally slightly
operating wi thin three or four hours and prOduc-
ing decided of relief to the head aud stOm-
ach, and exhilerating the mind even in less time
han
Year: 1861

10 a well regulated aud prOpOrtiOnate quantity
of bile npOn the stomach, is always requisite for
the promotion of sound healtn-it stimulates di-
distractions. When there is deficiency of bile
the body is constantly costive On the other hand
over abundance of bile causes frequent nausea
in the stomach and often promotes very severe at
tacks of disease, which sometimes end in death.
Year: 1861

CALIFORNIA WNEs.-The Prices Current
says:


Wine making, we are informed, will not
be carried on as extensively this season as
last. The reputation of California wine has
been so impaired by the ignorance aud
recklessness or dishonesty Of some parties
engaged in the manufacture and sale Of it,
that the business has almost ceased 10 be
profitable. We learn, however, that this
year ii will be in great measure controlled
by men who understand it, who have the
means to do it right, and are determined TO
redeem the character of our wines from the
reproach under which il is labOring. The
manufacture of wine is business that re-
quires skill and experience, aud money TO
hold until the article has the proper matu-
rity. 1t is the height of folly for every man
who has an acre or two of vines TO attempt
wine making. Better sell the grapes even
at low prices TO men who are thoroughly
versed iu the business. This is the only
way to establish a reputation for our wines
aud the more popular they become the bet
ter, OF course, to all concerned. The vine
grower is benefited by 1t as well as the
winter. We know that good wines can be
made from California grapes, for il has been
done. We understand that great care has
been taken this season Ia the selection OF
the grape, and that, while the quantity is
less, the quality will be superior to the av-
erage Of former years
Year: 1861




The following is the opening paragraph
of an able editorial in the Missouri Repu5li-
can: a' l- -4- 20
We believe that he will, thoroughly and
finally. But we are not among those who
think that success is the only merit, or that
failure is conclusive evidence Of incapacity-
We desire here to put on record that Gen.
Fremont deserves success and victory, wheth-
er he obtains them or not. He has done all
that human energy could accomplish, under
circumstances of the utmost difficulty and
embarrassment. He has already far out
stripped, in energy and generalship, all his
military competitors of the day We do not
speak ignorantly, for we know what was the
condition of things in this Department when
he took the command, and what it is now,
andsthe difficulties under which the change
was effected. In these two months since the
disgraceful defeat at Bulls Run, which had
thrown its dark shadow over the whole coun-
try, he has done herculean work,-enough,
of itself, to make the reputation of any man
livinr .-.
Year: 1861

WHEAT.-The farmers of this vicinity are
complaining that the prevailing wet weather
has materially injured the wheat now in the
stack, causing it to heat and sweat Even
that portion of the crop that has been Sc
cured under sheds is becoming more or less
affected. If the present dampness contin-
ues to pervade the atmosphere much
longer, it is feared that the crop will be seri-
ousiy damaged.
Year: 1861

A DEGENRArE Son OF NOBLE S1RE.-James
B. Clay, who was recently arrested in Ken
lucky for treason, is the oldest son of the late
Henry Clay. He is the present owner of
Ashland, the former residence oe his father
About four years ago he tore down the old
house, and sold the beams and rafters of the
time-honored mansion to be manufactured in
to walking canes. represented the Eighth
District of Kentucky in the Thirty fifth Con-
gress. The mantle of his father was not a
part of his patrimony.


The New York Times alludes to the arrest
of James B. Clay, and adds:


James B. Clay is the owner of Ashland
His treacherous tread profanes the soil that
Henry Clay's patriotism hallowed. Would it
not he fit deed to confscate that honored
spot and dedicate it to the American people,
as at once monument of the nations love
for the sire and scorn for the SOM
Year: 1861

That slavery is bound to receive DEAN
blow from the present rebellion, no one
doubts. But is it wise to distract the ener-
gies of the North, in this struggle for life,
with side issues and possible results? In
case of mortal wound, the skillful surgeon
does not stop to find and destroy the culprit,
the rife and bullet that inflicted the wound 4;
but hastens to tic the arteries, and save and
prolong the life of his patient So now our
business is not to remove the remote cause OF
our troubles, but, loosing sight of everything
else, hasten to save the life-blood Of our coun-
try. The chief beauty Of some poems is
their episodes. So this war may become
perennial in history by the abrcgation of hu-
man bondage. Yet, better let it come like
an epi nationally, spontaneously, and
legally. The loyal heart of the nation is fast
ripening for ''confscation act'-without
any srempting clause. At the next session
of Congress, Frcmont's proclamation will
become law. The loyal (?) boobies of Ken
tucky will have seen their folly in playing
neutrality, and their monkey followers in the
North have become loyal, arrested for treason,
or have become too Insignificant for notice
Year: 1861

WIt is but justice to Gen. J. G. Gordon,
who was chairman of the late Democratic
County Convention, to state that he is not
the individual referred to as exulting over the
temporary defeat Of our arms. The person
meant was chairman of the delegates. Gen.
Gordon has ever been true Union man
Year: 1861

Our STREET CoxMIss1oNER.-In our re-
marks last Saturday on the effects of the late
rain' we did not intend casting any reflections
upon our indefatigable Street Commissioner.
MIR. Hawley. His course since he has been
IN office has met our hearty approval, and we
90 not hesitate to say that, with the embar-
rassment he has had to contend with, he has
done as well as any man could do. It is q
notorious fact, however, that every large rain
does more or less damage to our Streets
Whether the fault lies with the property-hold-
ers who refuse to lay down proper cutters, or
with the authorities who fail to force them to
do so, we will not undertake to say.
Year: 1861

The following table shows the approximate
number Of males in the loyal States, tit to
bear arms, between the ages Of Is aud As
years, together with the population of each
State, and the number Of men each should
send TO the army to make up the half million
ordered into service by act Of Congress;
Year: 1861

DRAFrrNG FoR THE WAR.-On learning
that the Governor Of Iowa was about to draft
men for the war, the Secretary Of War coun-
termandcd the order, expressing his unbound
ed confidence in the patriotism Of the people,
and intimating that the War department will
rely wholly on the popular love Of Freedom
to carry this contest through successfully by
volunteers
Year: 1861

VERMONT SECOND -Quartermastcr Pitlin
is now at home ON furlough, on account Of
his health; but he will improve the opportu-
nifty to recruit for the regiment. Maj. Joyce
has been relieved from arrest without court
martial, by order Of Gen. Smith, greatly to
the JOY Of the regiment. They have re-Joyoed,
whereof every body in this region will be
glad also.
Year: 1861

10 The recent confscation circular was is
sued by both the Secretary Of State and the
Secretary Of the Treasury by the first to U
S. attorneys and marshals, and by the last to
officers of the customs
Year: 1861

A SINGULAR ITEM.-The Nevada Democrat
noticing the singular death of Prof. E. J.
Mitchell at that place, on the 18th inst. says:


cat about l01 o'clock, Mr.. Crush, one of the
proprietors of the hotel, heard the deceased
making Intellectual attempts to strike light, and
come out of his room and make for the stairs.
He had his pants in his hand, was groaning and
shaking terribly, and declared he had been
poisoned, and was sure he was going to die. He
complained of burning sensation in the stom-
ach, seemed to be in great pain, shook and
cramped badly, and sweat profusely. He had
been taking medicine and thought he had swal-
lowed wrong dose. In about half an hour
from the time he was taken he breathed his last.
Coroner Henry called jury, which returned
verdict of death from some cause unknown De-
ceased leaves wife and children in Sacramento"


The verdict of the Coroners jury seems extra
ordinary, under the circumstances. A man in
the full possession of his faculties rushes out of
his room in a state of alarm, declares he is
poisoned, in half an hour afterwards is a corpse,
and the jury with these facts before them, go no
further than to find that the deceased came to
his death 'from some cause unknown Why
was not post mortem examination held on the
body the contents of the stomach investigated !?
and the result made known to the public, who
could perhaps arrive at more sensible conclu-
sion than that of the learned jury? There is a
mystery about the matter which, from the item
as quoted, it is very difficult to understand.
Year: 1861

pW The Marysville Express, and perhaps
one or two other secession papers of this
State, make the ridiculous assertion, that
the design of the Administration, after sub
jugating the South, is to suppress the Cath
olic religion Here is an incendiary motive
patent on its face, and the editor who has
SO little self-respect as even to insnuate it,
would have no claims upon public protection
or sympathy, if, as one of the natural con
sequences of his evil design, the mob spirit
which it invites should make him one of its
earliest martyrs.


But unfortunately for the truth of such an
argument, the Constitution of the United
States expressly forbids a religious test,
while the citizens of such States as North
and South Carolina make it a matter of
boast that they are descended from the Hu-
guenots, who believed it was doing God SER
vice to burn Papist at the stake, or rip
out his bowels whenever occasion offered


No persons understand these facts better
than intelligent Catholics themselves. and
the Express offers them gratuitous insult
when it seeks to impose upon their imagined
credulity by such shallow sophistry. And,
by the way, we direct its attention to the
following item, clipped from the very latest
dispatch received by pony express:


"Bishop Hughes, of New York, had given
warning to the Catholic clergy in the South
against taking up arms in opposition to the
United States Government, and against
countenancing rebellion"
Year: 1861

u In the columns of the Marysville Express
Will be found many of those items which may be
said to constitute the offal of the respectable
press-ail having direct tendency to dignity
the cause of rebellion at the expense of Northern
men and the National Government They are
not found in telegraphic reports of the pony
news, nor IN loyal papers; but are hunted up
from alien sources, and published with view to
aid and encourage treason. And yet every one
knows, that, according to its own professions,
the Express is downright Union paper.
Year: 1861

No REsoURcEs.-The poverty of the South
has been most lamentably exposed since the
commencement of the present war. 1t was we'll
known the new Confederacy lacked a navy that
it had few, if any manufactures for arms and
munitions of war; that its soldiers would be COM
PEELED to derive their subsistence, their uniforms
and their weapons from Northern sources; that
the blankets on which they slept, the shoes
which they wore, and the furniture which decked
their horses, were imp ,rted from abroad; but it
was supposed they might command the means
to overcome all these difficulties. The facts now
appear to be otherwise. Not cent of credit
can the new Confederacy obtain in Europe
And why should she, when several States in
cluded in her Government have no moral nor
legal sense of binding obligation? Foreign
capitalists have some idea of how much faith to
put in people who believe in reputation, and
practice it whenever opportunity occurs.


Even the popular idea of "Cotton is King
has been exploded. The English are seeking
markets elsewhere for that staple, and Corn has
usuped the place of the article at home to sus-
tain the armies.


The South is indeed poor, without material
sinews, to say nothing of that greater mendicity
which lacks the moral power to create friends
with generous sympathy for her cause.
Year: 1861

SOUND DoCTRINE.-Let the Fourth of July
Convention adopt platform before making any
nominations, and let it be up to the loyal senti-
ment of the country. Trimming or qualifying
would drive thousands into the Republican
ranks-Marysville Democrat


No doubt of it. Something more than plat
form is required. The people require pledge.
Year: 1861

The battle eff Port Royal will bo re-
membered as one Of the best fought and
best conducted battles which have signal
lied the war in which we are engaged
HGen. Ripley had been appointed a Gen


In command two months sooner, every
thing would have been in a better state Of
preparation. But these two previous
months were wosted in doing nothing for
our defence. Within the iime Zen 70 him
Gen. Ripley did all that untHng energy
and skill could accomplish 70 put oar coost
in state Of preparation. The two islands
Of Hilton Head and Bay Point, with their
extreme limits, constitute tho two points
which guard the entrance 10 Port Royal
Sound, about three milvs in width. ON
Year: 1861

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass.-ss.
y At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Thursday the twenty-eighth day of
March, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one. Present-Clifford Shanahan Judge
of Probate In the matter of the estate of Frances
Louisa Gibbs minor. On reading and filing
the petition duly verified, of David Gibbs. praying
for license to sell real estate of said minor.


Thereupon 1t Is ordered, that Saturday, the
twenty seventh day of April next at ten O'Clock in
the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said
petition, and that the heirs at law of said minor,
and all other persons interested in said estate, are
required to appear at session of said Court, then
to be holden at the Probate Office, in Cassapohs,
and show cause if any there be, why the prayer OF
the petitioner should not be granted.


And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate,
of the pendency Of said petition, and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass for
three successive weeks previous to said day Of
hearing. C. SHANAHAN,


A true copy.l Judge of Probate.


March 2S 1861. ap450w3
Year: 1861

A man of pleasure is one Of the most wretche
beings on earth. Tortured by ennui, weary eve
of reveling, without any high or noble aims, h
drags along joyless life, and passes away by
gloomy and remorseless death. There is the deepes
tragedy in the following stanzas:
Who cares for nothing alone is free;
(Sit down, good fellow, and drink with meD
With careless heart and a merry'eye,
He will laugh at the world as the world goes by
He laughs at power, and wealth and fame;
He laughs at virtue he laughs at shame.
He laughs at hope and he laughs at fear;
At Memory's dead leaves crisp and sere.
He laughs at the future, cold and dim;
Nor earth nor heaven is dear to him.
o that is the comrade fit for me!
He cares for nothing his soul is free
Free as the soul of the fragrant winel
Sit down, good fellow; my heart is thine
For heed not custom, creed or law;
care for nothing that ever saw.
In every city my cups quaff;


And over my liquor riot and laugh.
laugh like the cruel and turbulent wave,
l laugh in the church, and laugh at the grave.
l laugh at joy, and well know


That merrily, merrily laugh at woe.
terribly laugh, with an oath and sneer,
When think that the hour of death is near.
For know that Death is q guest divine,
Who shall drink my blood as l drink this wine.
And he cares for nothing king is he!
Come on, old fellow, and drink with me!
With you will drink to the solemn past,
Though the cup that drain should be my last.
will drink to the phantoms of love and truth:
To ruined manhood and wasted youth.
will drink to the woman who wrought my woe
In the diamond morning of long ago.
To the heavenly face in sweet repose!
To the ily's snow, and the blood of the rose
To the splendor caught from Orient skies,
That thrilled in the dark of her hazel eyes;
Her large eyes wild with the fire of the South;
And the dewy wine of her warm, red mouth!
1 will, drink to the thought of better time!
To Innocence, gone like death bell chinleL
will drink to my soul in its terrible mood.
Dimly and solemnly understood.


And last of all, to the Monarch of Sin,


Who has conquered that palace and reigns within
My song is passing; it dies away;


cannot tell is it night or day.


My heart is burnt and blackened with pain;


And horrible darkness crushes my brain.


Through awful chasms plunge and fall;


Your hand, good fellow, die-that's all.


l cannot see you-the end is nigh


But we'll laugh together before l die


Then cover me-will you with grassy sod,
The feared Of man, the aecursed of God