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Year: 1863

this only, could be obtaiued by granting


them the complete control OF their finan-


oes, and by allowing the country to be
garrisoned by the Finish militia alone


II the members of the Diet are alive to the


strong position which the attitude now as


sumed by the three powers aud Sweden


offers them, they will not allow the session


TO close without extortipg from Russia,
not nominal or prospective, but real
and Immediate political and administrative


autonomy, They cannot but feel crippled


by their connection with people less 1T


ted for copstitptonal government than


themselves, less advanced in the art of self


development, unenterprisiug where moral


not content with tagging behind the rest Of


Europe, have successfully retarted those


provinces which, under happier auspices,


might now been rich and prosperous.-


We gatherfrom the extracts to which we


have already. referred that q strong desire
exists in Finland for an entire separation


from an empire from which it derives
nothing 6lt v which impog erishes and op-l
presses 1t. There can be no doubt that,
as member of Scandinavian confedera-
tion, the political no less than the material
position of Finland would be improved; it
will rest with the Fins themselves, when
the time comes, to decide whether they
will risk the hazards of an alliance With
Sweden, or content themselves with priVi-
leges obtained by moral pressure and se-
cured to them on the good faith of Russia.
They may feel assured that in England We
shall watch with interest their struggles
for those constitutional rights we ourselves
prize so highly, but we think it right to
warn them not to expect from Europe any
guarantee securing to them any conces-
sions which may be granted to them by
Russia. Whether this consideration may
have any influence to determining the poli-
cy to be adopted in Finland towards Russia
we are not in a position to judge but it is
as we'll that the Fins should know that they
must look to themselves alone, so long as
they remain under the dominion of the
Gear, to retain as best they may whatever
he may have granted them through fear.
Year: 1863

Within few months past two thousand two
hundred an twenty tiTeaeknowlsdged enemies Of
The d Government by theiriogn Nc0niesson sworn
to disturb the public peace. TO prevent the execu
tion Of the laws and to support the rebellion have
been removed from New Orleans. e
Year: 1863

The American Soldier was frs. disfranchis-
ed by the acton of a Democratic Supreme
Court, OF which Geo. w. Woodward was and
then, that the copperhead journals OF the State
should extol Judge Woodward for this act
Finding that they could not aid the rebel
cause, and discovering that the sympa thizers
with rebellion were too cowardly to take MP
arms in defense of a cause which they adored,
such men as Woodward were determined to
give rebellion what aid they could, and hence
the great blow of disfranchisement was struck
at the soldier. The soldiers IN the Meeican par
,cere aiioiced to rOte, because that loaged
10 benefit siorery. THE SOLDIERS IN THE WAR
AGAINST REBELLION IS CARRIED ON FOR THE
BENEFIT OF SLAVERY. These are the diStinc-
tions which such men as Judge W oodward
make in the exercise of the franchise when
the power is TO be welded by the American
soldier. While this is the position of " ood-
ward, on the question of the right of the fran
chise being exercised by the soldier in the
field bal tling for his country, the attitude of
Gov. Curtin, in comparison, is at once just
and honorable. Gov. Curtin has ever advo-
Gated the right of the soldier TO all the priyi


leges OF participating in the government, the
those exercised by the citizen at
home, in the enjoyment OF his peace and his
Hence, Andrew G.. Curtin is regarded
the friend, and George w. Woodward as
the enemy of the American soldier.
Year: 1863

BILLIARDS WITH CANNON BALLs.-The gun
ners on the Ironsides have a neat way of ex-
ploding their shells within Fort Wagner. 1t
is impossible to drive them through the sand
aud cotton of which the work is made, nor
as from mortar. So the pieces are depres-
sed, and the shot, striking the water about
fifty yards from the beach, jump in. In near
ly every instance this manner OF making the
missiles effective is successful. ssThose are
what call billiards. said the captain, watch
ing the firing. s.They carom on the bay and
beach and pocket the ball in the fort every
tine."
Year: 1863

When MIR. Justice Woodward said that the
shareholders might 'sfal back on their natu-
raj rights, and employ in defence of their
property whatever means they possess or can
command - he was not as explicit as he might
have been. He was disloyal enough as far as
he went but he did not go far enough. He
should have told us what the s:natural rights
of the shareholders consist in. We are curl
ous to know whether they include the right to
hang and shoot Union citizens in East Ten
nessee the right to hunt Union refugees in
Louisiana with blood hounds the right to
manufacture drinking cups of dead Yankees
skulls; the right to shoot Union prisoners at
the tobacco warehouse in r Richmond, for look
ing out of the window; the right to burn the
town OF Lawrence, Kansas. and massacre the
helpless women and children. Are these "a
mong the natural rights referred to by Mr..
Justice WOODWARD
Year: 1863

Imagine venerable Copperhead, when this
war is over, and these stirring times are for
gotten, sitting at his home with his children
around him. he may tell them of the wars.
and the sacrifices men made-and how people
rejoiced when the news of each victory came
from the army. What will he say of his own
part in that stIuggle2 ''My children, in that
sad time, when the country was in danger, I
was against the country-my heart was with
the rebel-when he triumphed | was glad
when he was defeated my heart was sore and
heavy. My children, when am gone, do not
curse the traitor. Be silent. 1t is the only
respect you canpay toyour fathers memory
Year: 1863

The Republican Convention of Wisconsin
nominated Lucius Fsirchild, OF the Iron brig
ade, who has led the old Second Wisconsin
through many storm of shot and shell, and
lost an arm at Gettysburg, as Secretary of
State, in accepting the nomination he said


Il have no political aspirations, 1 ask no
otfice. Ny heart is in the army. And my
heart is lso in that cause at home which Will
help the army. / do not, cannot agree with
the Democrats with whom have always act
ed upon the issues of the day and say it
with sorrow. because it cuts me loose for the
time from all my political associates but
cannot believe they right now. | cannot
believe any disconragenent to the Govern
ment can help to put down rebellion, and not
believing it, cannIt go with them in sup
port of any policy which is not in favor of the
Administration.


Whether like this Administration or not
whether l like what it has done or mott
am bonnd to support it, because under it we
are 10 live or die. This country either lives
or dies in the next two years, and we cannot
change the Administrat ion, unless we do it
by rebellion, and that is what we are trying to
put down. Personally | would not turn over
my hand foI any Office in the State. entered
the army simply as matter of duty, aud my
earnest wish is to stay ihsre. | have been
told by some friends that they thought it my
duty to accept this nomination as am. | ac-
cept iteas an invalid aud cripple. But ac-
cept it.


accept it with the understanding that par
~ lines have been kicked down and we are all
Union men. [Applausel lido not care whom
| train with or what their policy is, provided
they are for putting down this rebellion in the
shortest possible time. | accept the nomina-
tion. accept it as Union Democrat-as
Union nlan-snpporting the Government thro'
thick and thin. through every thing. That is
the only platform | have IN the world.''


The speech was received with cheers upon
cheers for the gallant Colonel with the empty
sleeve and his brave comrades.
Year: 1863

The press of the State should urge that SOL
diers belonging to this State, who have been
in the service two years and who at home
are legal voters, send in their names at once
and be assessed that they may vote in camp.
If objection should be raised to this, We trust
that the Government will permit them to come
home to exercise right of which none but
COpperhead Judge would attempt to deprive
them. The matter is important, contrary
to prOpriety, Woodward, the Democratic can
didate for Governor, retaias his seat in the
Supreme Court, and may con strue acts bear
ing on tn is right TO be cons tItutional or un-
constitutional to suit his prospects. BY all
means let the soldiers vote at the coming G.
lection.


We repeat the recommendation, that the
soldiers from this State, in every case possi-
Bile or guaranteed by the exigeueies of the
service, should be permitted to come home to
exercise the right of suffrage at the election
for Governor. If any set of men are interest
ed in that election. they are the soldiers.
Thousands of men went into the service, be-
cause they knew that Gov. Curtin would care
for their interests and the welfare OF their
families. These men went forth to battle be-
lieving that the policy of the State Govern
ment would be such as TO warrant the safety
of all that they held dear men, as fathers
and as freemen. In all this, they can only be
deceived by being disfranchised. If George
W. Woodward is elected Governor of the
State of PenDsy ylvania, that policy will be
changed, and bis election will of course be Sc
cured by the practical distranchisement of the
soldier. Hence, we urge, let the soldier be
brought home to vote. His vote is as essen
tial for the safety of the Union as can be a
bullet from his sure rife or musket. His vote
for Andrew G. Curtin is necessary not only
for this safety, but is demanded by the soldier
to prove his steady devotion to the Constitu-
tion- and the Laws. Let ample provision,
then. be made, for the return of the soldier to
vote at the coming election for Governor and
other State oficers.-Teiegraph.
Year: 1863




There hundreds of ways in which man
may be disloyal. He may speak sgainst the
Government, he may write against the Gov
ernment he may incu lcate resistance to its
authority by precept and example; he may en-
deavor to depreciate its financial credit !; he
may screen and protect its enc mics he may
be disoyal by silence as we'll as by speech :.
he may occupy a responsible public position,
and, by refusing or neglectng to throw the
weight OF that position in favor of the Gov
ernment, may be as truly disloyal as though
he should openly contend that the dissolution
of the Union is proper, and that the States
should be allowed to go peaceably he may
be disloyal by sustaining partisan organiza-
tions at time when the country needs the
services of all its citizens he may be di sluyal
by endeavoring to disfranchise the soldiers,
or by endeavoriDg to create feeling of pre-
iudice against citizens of foreign birth. These
are a few of the many ways in which a man
can show himself to be disloyal. There is
but one way in which a man can show himsel If
to be loyal-by supporting uncondltionaiiy
the Government which protects him, and
maintaining the supremacy OF the laws enact
ed tor his preservation.
Year: 1863

THE Rochester IN. " Express claims to
have private information that one of the Judg


cs of the United States Supreme Court, sup
posed to be Justice Nelson, had written an o


pinion on the legal condition of the revolted
States the conclusion of the for the
suppression of the rebellion, and this opinion
is cohcurred in by the whole bench, including
Chief Justice fancy. The opinion is said to
main tain that the States in rebe llion have lost
their rights as States, ana must come into the
Union simply as territories subject to the
General Government and entitled to its pro-
lection. New State organizations may be
formed by the people. under the Constitution
and laws of Congress, as in the case of other
territories. bnt the old States cannot come in
to the Union with their present organizations
and officers still reeking with the horrible crime
they have committed against the national life
Year: 1863

BEATING LINcoLS's PRocLAaATIoN.-An ar
rival from North Carolina says that the rebel
papers received at Moorhead city say that
Jeff Davis has decided latter conference with
the Governors of the Confederate States to
call out FIVE hundred thousand black troops,
who are TO receive their freedom and fifty
acres of land at the end of the war.
Year: 1863

Never make poor mouth, for il you are
wise you will always effect independence,
though you may be really poor Jobs
turkey. Ii you are poor don't let folks know
it, they will discover in you a thousand
blemishes-a host OF defects which would new
er be discovered or at least never talked about
if you kept a stiff upper lip and carried your
self as if you had ten thousand dollars instead
of ten cents. 1t is as natural for the world to
hold poor folks in contempt, as il is for rats
to cat cheese.
Year: 1863

THE following is deceptively promulgated
under the head of geological information !:
ssThe Black Tapir is found in many districts of
Sumatra, but the Red Taper chiefly in the Dis
trlct of Columbia -
Year: 1863

Maud answered only by nesting her
head deeper into the pillow


Are you angry? shall l go away? he
asked.


She put out her hand, and, taking his,
laid it under her soft cheek That was
her answer and Paul desired no better.
Year: 1863

We are living in republic just now,
in form. Let US see what of the reality
remains. The President is authorized
to suspend the habeas corpus act; con-
sequently, he can impriSon any man,
woman or child he pleases, without trial,


He is authorized to proclaim martial
law, and, consequently, can seize any
property, and, according to his view,
confscate it without remuneration, as
shown by his proclamation.


He can draft all the able. bodied men
between the ages of eighteen and forty
five, and make them bear arms on penal
ity Of death.


He can forbid free speech.


He can muzzle free press.


He has been furnished with two bill.
lions of dollars, and, consequently, has
both the purse and sword in his hands.


All this is to continue until the next
meeting of Congress Louisville Ky
Democrat.
Year: 1863

What craft is that whose Haunting sail
We see along the shore,
The rebel ensign at her peak,
The black flag at her fores
Say, dare the brigands of the land,
Beard us upon the seasg
Then. short the shrft and stout the cord
For braggarts such as these
The flag that waves above the brave,
And wrestles with the blast,
Now falls before n pirate crew,
Dishonored from the mast!
And shall these carrion vultures prey
Upon our native seas ?
No short the shrift and stout the cord
For braggarts such as these
No spot on Freedoms sacred soil
Should hold the pirates tomb
A nameless grave beneath the wave
Should be the outlaws doom;
Then hurl them down, unknelled, unwept
Below the angry seas
Short be the shrift and stout The cord
For miscreants such as these


-KnickerbOcker.
Year: 1863

any regard 10 the quota assigned her for the present draft
the number Of obtained under thai draft


In OF the districts where re enrolment has
been ordered tie quotas will be changed IN accordance
with the results such enronent and the quota ot
the State accordingly.


The quota Of New York for he present draft WAS rs
Year: 1863

The Quota or tho First Ten Districts or


New York.


Al Provost Marshal General Nugens ofce orders have
been received relative to tho quota OF troops Ia first
ten Congressional districts OF New York under the recent
call Of the President. The following the DISTRICTS with
Year: 1863

As the necessary articles will doubtless
be planted hereafter to some extent, we
publish the mode of culture, as copied from
the Patent Office Reports


The castor oil plant, or palma christi,
known in almost every part of the Eastand
West Indies, has proved itself we'll adapted
to the soil of the Middle and Southern
States. This plant thri7es best on light
sandy loam, although it may be cultivated
with success in almost any soil tolerably
fertile, or in any climate and situation
where Indian corn will thrive. In plant.
ing, (if the land be strong the hills should
be six feet apart in one direction, and three
and half feet in the other. receiving on
ly one seed to hill, and covered to the
depth of two inches. The culture is so
simple that it only requires to keep the
plants free from weeds, with a small fat
hill to each. The only difficulty to contend
with is that in saving or harvesting the
beans, the outward coats as they become
dry and elastic, fly off the plants, causing
the seeds, to drop to the ground. In order
to prevent this, it has been recommended
to cut off the branches from the plants as
soon as the pods began to explode, and
spread them on the floor of close room !;
and after the beans and their shells have
parted, to separate the husks from the seed,
as is done with wheat, by the fanning.mill
or common riddle. The oil can be extract
ed by first bruising the seed in mortar,
afterwards tying them in linnen bag, then
throwing it intoa large pot with a sufficient
quantity of water, and boiling until the oil
has risen to the surface, when it is careful.
ly SKINNED of, strained and preserved for
use. The oil Thus obtained, however, has
the disadvantage of becoming rancid sooner
than that procured by expression. The
best mode is, therefore, to subject the seeds
to powerful hydraulic press, in similar
manner to that which oil is extracted from
almonds aud cotton seed.


We have understood that the Govern
ment will have prepared by next fall prop
er presses and other apparatus necessary for
the preparation Of oils. Il "
Year: 1863

YEAST FOR TYpHus FEvER.-A CORES
poudent writes to the London Times.


think it desirable to make generally
known very cheap and simple remedy for
typhus or other low fever. The remedy is
yeast. A table spoonful of this admins.
tered in case where life was all but extinct,
repeated every ten minutes till the cure was
effected, restored the patient to such perfect
health that he was at hisswork in few
days time.


A small quantity, infused in the common
drink ofthose who cannot obtain asuficien.
cy of nourishing food, might infuse such
an amount of vitality in the constitution as
might enable it to resist the depressing ten.
denotes to the disease. ~.
Year: 1863

this way through another column, and no,
make any palmer than We now have tha,
the value Of gold docs not altogether de.
pend on battles lost or won, but also in a
great measure on supply and demand
When the Mississippi is entirely open to a
nations commerce and its highway unres-
trctcd by contending armies, there will not
be that great demand and consequent pre-.
MUM for gold to send to foreign countries.
Year: 1863

Then there was a lull, and we knew that
the rebel infantry was charging. And
splendidly they did this wrrk-the highest
and sevcrest test of the stuff that soldiers
are made Of Hills division, in line of bat
tie, came first, on the donble-quick. Their
muskets at the right shoulder shift
Longstreet's came as the support, at the
usual distance, with war cries and savage
nsolence rs yet untutored by defeat
They rushed in perfect order across the
open field up to the very muzzles of tho
guns, which tore lanes through them as
they came.
Year: 1863

sB Some idea OF the golden wealth of
Colorado Territory may be gained from
the fact that single claim Of seventy feet
is capable Of producing, with the improved
machinery now in use, nearly halt million
dollars worth Of gold per annum.
Year: 1863

This opera was rendered with great effect at
the Washington threatre last evening. The
audience was thin in consequence of the storm.
We learn that the German opera troupe will
give two more entertainments at the Washing
ton next week, when the price will be reduced
to one dollar for all parts Of the house-re-
served seats fifty cents extra.
Year: 1863

CTATE OF MlCHlGAN-Countv of Cass:-ss.
y At a session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Wednesday the eleventh day OF
March, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty three. Present, Clifford Shanahan,
Judge of Probate. In the matter of the estate oil
George W. Lewis, deceased. On reading and filing
the petition duly verified, of Jesse Tailerjay,
praying for letters of Administration on the estate
of said deceased.


Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
eleventh 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 deceased
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 Cassapois,
and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer o.
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 fol
three success We weeks previous to said day o
hearing. T.. SHANAHAN,


"a true copy1 Judge of Probate.


March IL, 1868. marl9-4swo
Year: 1863

From the Continental Monthly.


The Soldiers Burial.
Where shall we lay our comrade DOWN.
p Where shall the brave one sleep?
Ths battles past, the victory won,
Now we have time to weep!
Bury him on the mountains brow,


Where he fought so well;


Bury him where the laurels grow


There he bravely fell
There lay him in his generous blood,
For there first comes the light
When morning earliest breaks the cloud,
And fingers last at night! -Ia
What though no how'ret there may bloom
To scent the chilly air.
The sky shall stoop to wrap his tomb,
The stars will watch him thsrel
What though no stone may mark his grave
Yet fame shall tell his race
Where sleeps the one SO kind, so brave,
And God will find the place


Bury him on the mountains brow.


Where he fought so we'll;


Bury him where the laurels grow


There he bravely fell
Year: 1863

One day, short time ago, while sit
ting in hotel in Richmond, Va, a to-
tai stranger to every one in the city, l
took up daily paper for the purpose
of passing away an idle hour, and for
my further comfort | seated myself in
the recess of bay window, and was
thus wholly hidden from the view of
any who chanced to enter the room. /
was the one solitary occupant of the
room, and had but just become inter-
ested in the latest news when | heard
the door of the room open and the
footsteps of two persons approaching.
They seemed to be talking confidential
ly together, and l thought it my duty
to make known my presence by some
sign, so that l might not hear anything
not intended for my ear, but on peer
ing into the room, imagine my surprise
when / recognized in the occupants
jeff. Davis and his traitor friend
Toombs, of Georgia. / hesitated no
longer, but settled myself back in my
seat and bent every energy to listen to
the conversation which was carried OF
in low tone.


But, said Toombs, Mr.. Davis, you
must not give away to the vagaries o.
your brain. Come, tell me all abou,
this wonderful dream, and, my word fol
it, you will feel better after the recital
Davis, rising, turned the key in th,
door, and resuming his seat close BY
Toombs, gave the following version o
the dream that disturbed him. Sait
he, had party of friends to suppe
last night. who prolonged their visit 4
q late hour. ate heartily during til


evening, and experienced a strang'
feeling of heaviness before retiring
My room. You know. is well supplis'
with large windows, and the night b