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Year: 1862

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass:-ss.
y At a session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Saturday the ninth day OF August
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty
two. Present, Clifford Shanahan, Judge of Pro-
bate. In the matter OF the estate of Peter ID.
Wood, deceased On reading and filing the
petition duly verified, of Sophia Wood, pra, ing
for letters Of Administration, the estate of said
deceased.


Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
sixth day of September 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 Cassapoiis,
and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer oi
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 IF said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
hshed in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County Of Cass, for
hearing. r. SUANAHAN


true copy. Judge of Probate.


august D 1867 aug9l-1Sw3
Year: 1862

Homes not merely four square walls,
Though with pictures hung and guided;
Home is where affection calls


Filled with shrines the heart hath builded
Home! go watch the faithful dove,


Sailing meath the heaven above us;
Home is where there's one to love-


Home is where there's one to love rs.
Home is not merely roof and room;


Home needs something TO endear it;
Home is where the heart can bloom


Where there's some kind lip to cheer il!
What is home with none to meet?


None to welcome, none to greet us?
Home is sweet-and only sweet


When there's one We love to greet US
Year: 1862

FEEDING OATS TO HoRsEs.- The.
same quantity of oats given to'a horse.
produces different effects according to.
the time they are administered. /
have made the experiments on my own
horses, and have always observed there
is in the dung a quantity of oats not
digested when l purposely gave them
water after feed of oats. There is,
then, decidedly a great advantage in
giving horses water before corn. There
is another bad habit, that Of giving corn
and hay on return to the stable after
hard work. Being very hungry, they
devour it eagerly and do not masticate;
the consequence is, it is not so well de
gested and not nearly so nutritious.
When horse returns from work, per-
spring and out of breath, he should be
allowed to rest for time, then give =
little hay, haitian hour afterward water,
and then oats. BY this plan water


may be given without risk of cold, al


the oats act as s:imulant.-JournoJ q
| Agrsosssture.
Year: 1862

cruit the armies now in the field il work
proper efforts. The $1,000 men already said
to be enlisted, and most of whom are, we
fear, waiting for new regiments to be cam
pleted, woulc be of great and lasting value
if they could at once be sent down to Pope,
not as fresh and distrsined regiments, but
in the shape of recruits to join his veterans
and be mixed with them. Thirty Thousand
men, healthy aud vigorous, in the hands of
an enlerprising general, might serve to turn
the tide of victory again in our favor. But
if they are kept at home, if they enter the
field mass of undisclplned recruits, with
officers as ignorant as themselves if they
must be painfully and tediOusly drilled for
months before they can be taken into action
then the generals who want to push on the
war must do 30 without counting on the new
levits, and the brave fellows who have already
borne the brunt of the contest must bear it
yet longer dissatisfied.


Every consideration of justice to those in
field, the encouragement of those about to
enter, speedy reinforcements of our armies,
economy in means as we | as time--every-
thing points to the necessity of using the
new levies to fill up the regiments now in
the fed-and yet, though time is precious
aud the enemy presses, our State authorities
do not seem to realize the necessity of the
hour, but continue mode of enlistment
which wastes both time and money.
Year: 1862

INA Moe Flx-In the breaking out of the
present difficulties a good many East Ten
nesseeans, with treason in their hearts, left
and went over to the bosom of X ing Abra


ham, thinking, no doubt, that they would
return to their homes ip q very short lime
with sufficient army to protect them in
their treason. Sixteen months have gone
by and these poor deluded fools are no near
or the obiect they set out to accomplish than
they were the day they started, They cannot
get back TO their homes, and never will. If
the war was ended, and arrangement made
for their return they could not live here.
They would be looked upon and treated A,
tories-loathed and despised- even
Year: 1862

NELSON CREEK, Sept 30, 1861.
DR. J.. C. YOUNG-You will remember what
poor wretched crea ure was when last saw you.
and the result has astonished me as well as my
friends Your invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely ailments such as,
il seems TO me, afflicted mortal before new
er wrote letter with greater sat faction than pen
this. shall remember you with gratitude as long
as live. That you may live long TO alleviaie the
suiIerngs of others you have mine, is my earnest
prayer Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless to so happy
a termination. Yours, truly,
Year: 1862

Com IN THE UNITED STATEs.-The Sec
retary of the Treasury, in his late annual
report, says no means exist of ascertaining
with absolute certainty the quantity of coin
now in the Uuited States; but the best ac-
cessibe data leads the Secretary to concur
in The judgment of the Director of the Mint,
that the amount is between two hundred
and seventy-hVe millions aud three hundred
millions of dollars. This is very large
amount-su1icient in ordinary times for all
purposes of a currency, without using bank
bills. A great portion Of the money now
in the country must be boarded among the
people, as always has been and will be the
case, in times of war.
Year: 1862

WORSE THAN REPREsENTED.--The Placer
vile News charges that the Sacramento
papers will not tell the whole truth about
the late food 10 that city, aud the Marys-
Willie Appeal iutimates that it would not
be safe for them to do so. The citizens
would denounce them in town meetings If
they stated the facts as they are at least
that Is the way they do in MNFysville. We
can see no object 10 suppressug the truth /;
but from Information derived from persons
who have lately been at Sacramento, and
from private letters from citizens of that
place to friends in Nevada, we conclude
that the city is in a much worse con
dillon than q person would suppose from
reading The papers. The houses in the
lower part Of the city are still uninhabia
bic. In Marysville also, the destruction Of
property and suffering occasioned by the
aOOd has been much greater than the pub
HC have been led TO believe by the publish
ca accounts.
Year: 1862

Here is rare bit of satire from 0rpheus
C. Kerr in the Sunday Mercury:


But the whole body Of Mackerels, sane
and insane alike, unite in feeling of strong
anguish blended with enthusiasm, at the
removal Of the beloved General of the
Mackerel Brigade. He has been so much
q father to them all, that they never ex-
pected to get step farther while he was
with them.


There's piece of domestic philosophy
for you, my boy.


When the General heard Of his removal,
my boy, he said that it was like diyorcing
husband from a wife who hnd always
supported him, and Immediately let fly
the following farewell address:
Year: 1862

The victories of Roanoke and Newbern, to-
gether with the other numerous yet important
successes of General Burnside, are now the
theme of grateful mention in every patriot
home. In a recent sermon, Bishop Clarke, of
Rhode Island, made the following personal
allusion:


Awhile he was planning his magnificent ex-
pedition it was my fortune to occupy the
same room with him in Washington, and |
shall never forget how, every morning. we
used to knee down together, and pray for the
blessing OF God upon his solemn work. That
blessing ensures his success. The Lord OF
Hosts is with him, the God of Battles is his
refuge"
Year: 1862

Inc editor of the Delaware Ga:ctte stated
IN 1860 that in case the Southerners seced-
ed from the Union, not man should cross
the Delaware line from Pennsylvania. or At
turthest the Christiana, for the purpose of
sustaining the authority of the Government


1t was also further stated that every reri-
ment raised in the North for such purpose


another would be raised to resist it. and the
work OF destruction would commence amono
the citizens OF the free States. In this wa9
the eonsplrators were encouraged to perse-
we're III their great wickedness They also
hoped to force Delaware out of the Union
and told us she would be made the batfIe
ground. Bayard urged citizens of this
State, in the Winter Of 1861, to use their
influence to induce the Legislature to cali a
Convention to carry the State out the Union


lie also encouraged commissioners TO visit
Year: 1862

The people arc gathering from near and from far,
10 the Standard of the Union unfurl'd in Delaware
Our C'nnon is posted hundred FOUNDER strong,


wen support William Cannon, and be marching
Year: 1862

AN agricultural writer in Ohio has
invented moth trap, made as fol-
lows: fa'


Make box ten or twelve inches
long, four wide, and six or eight deep.
Now make top in the shape of the
letter ", six inches at top, and half
an inch at bottom, so that it win just
.ft in the FIRST box. This may be made
of half inch stuff. Now put in the
slrnp at the bottom OF the box, one
fourth Of an inch thick; pat on the
V top, and set near the bee-stand,
and you viii catch every moth. ]
have taken in one night forty or fifty.
After they once touch the molasses
they are fast, and cannot get out
Pour in het water to kill them. If
the box remains near the bee hives
through the day, put on cover, to
keep out the bees. Bees are more
fond of Sorghum than any other sweet
except honey. IF the directions are
faithfully attended to, the moth will
never eater the hive.
Year: 1862

In some portions of the country,
diptheria prevails attended with alarm
ing fatality. We have had some ex-
perience with this fearful malady, in
our own family, and venture to detail
our course of treatment, hoping that
it may be the means of alleviating the
suHerdngs Of some victims Of this
terrible disease. Diptheria comes on
SO insidiousiys that It Is often web ad-
7aRced before Its presence IS expects
ed. Therefore, it is well to be on
the watch for its symptoms, and ar
rest its progress in the commencement.
AT first there is usually NO soreness oi
the throat, or much if any difficulty
in swallowing. But the patient is
languid, sleepy or perhaps, complains
of being tired. 0 moIt hs9aev


In the early stages of the disease


the tonsils, the soft palate, and the
back of the pharynx, present a bright
shining red appearance, as though the
parts had been painted, and then var


nished, a thin transparent film of 8
tenacious fluid is seen hanging from
the velum to the tongue whiehis burs


by expiration, and its particles thrown
over themouth. The neck is some


times slightly swelled, and perhaps
some pain oor stiffness about the ears


If taken at this period, we zthinI
there is little danger We used {
weak solution Of salt and water


tablespoonful of salt to pint Of wat
ler-for bathing the head and chest


applying it warm several times day


also kept flannel band around th


neck, constantly wet with salt an


water; this band should have fan
Year: 1862

mel strap attached to it to pass over
the head, ,sand part over the ears and
under the chin should berather broad
and kept wet; sprinkling dry, fine salt
between the skin and the bandage
is useful, and may be applied as often
as the bandage is changed. The wet
bandages should be we'll covered with
dry ones. Salted water was used sew,
eral times a day as a gargle for the
throat A solution made by ada
ding one teaspoonfuI of chlorate of
Enotash half mint of water Was adj
ministered In doses of one tablespoon
full every three hours, No other drugs
were used. IF necessary, eopious
enemas of tepid water was used, but
all nauseating medicines should be e-s
pecially avoided. Vomiting in this
disease is dangerous, if not fatal
! Whenever the patient was restless or
feverish, we sponged the body with te,
pid water; and if the head was pain
ful or the patient was delirious, we ap-
piled cold wet clothes to the forehead
and crown of the head, keeping the
feet warm by wrapping in flannel or
applying bottles Of hot water.


We kept the atmosphere humid, by
keeping an open kettle of water con
stantly boiling in the room. We are
convinced that this is very useful, and
in measure, relieves the sufocating
sensation attendant upon this disease,
and otherwise mitigates its severity.
under the above management, our four
children were conValescent within
nine days from the attack, but did not
fully recover their strength for sever
weeks-ABBY MILLARD.--I0aVG Home
stead.
Year: 1862

80 Arrangements are being made on q
grand scale to hold a great Horse Fair
at Chicago next fall. "Already the
preliminary steps have been taken to
make it one of the most brilliant af-
fairs ever known in America.
Year: 1862

Commodore Mutt, In HIS Tiny Carriage,
sbch might invite the bite Of giant II fond OF walnuis
thing 20 contemplate as driven sons
of No az Broadway They without exception, are tip top
articles seneman anxious for The finishing touch
should supply himself with OF them.
Year: 1862

At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay, war
On board of the the Cumberland sloop-of
And at times from the fortress across the bay


The alarum of drums swept past,


Or bugle blast


From the camp on shore.
Then far away to the south uprose
A little feather Of snow-white smoke,
And we knew that the iron ship of our foes,


Was steadily steering its course


To try the force


OF our ribs of oak.
Down upon US heavily runs,
Silent and sullen, the floating fort;
Thea comes a puff of smoke FROM her guns,


And leaps the terrible death,


With fiery breath,


From each open port.
We are not idle, but send her straight
Defiance back In full broadSidel !
As hail rebounds from roof of slate,


Rebounds our heavier hail


From each iron scale
Of the monsters hide.
"Strike your fagw the rebel cries,
In his arro giant, old plantation strain,
"Never T. our gallant Morris replies:


1T is better to sink than to yield ~


And the whole air pealed
With the cheers of our men.
Then, like kraken huge and black,
She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp!
Down went the Cumberland all wreck


With a sudden shudder of death,


And the cannon'S breath
For her dying gasp.
Next morn, as the sun rose over the bay.
Still foated our flag at the maiumast-
Lord, how beautiful WAS thy day!


Every wait of the air


Was a whisper Of prayer,
Or dirge for the dead.
Ho brave hearts that went down in the sea
Ye are at peace in the troubled stream.
Ho brave land with hearts like these,


Thy flag, that is rent in twain,


Shall be one again,
And without a seam!
Year: 1862

~ Devoted to the cause Of Republicanism,
the Interests of Agriculture, the advancement
ef Education, and the best good OF Potter
county. Owning no guide except that OF
Principle, it will endeavsr to aid in the work
of more fully Freedomizing our Country.
Year: 1862

WASHINGTON, May 4L-Dispatehes have
been received at the War Department from
cen, butler at Ship Island giving an account
Of operations in his department previous to
The capture OF New Orleans Theirs ia NTH
ing generally interesting In It.
Year: 1862

CELEBRATION AT LIE CLAIRE Our
friends at lie Claire are bound to have good
time on the coming Fourth. a. will be seen
from the publication Of arrangements 10 this
paper. The chances are that that is the place
to 60 to for real good. sensible. old fashioned
patriotic picnic We can almost assure our
friends up the river that Davenport will 40
cspt the invitation, and forward full delega-
ti0n
Year: 1862

just that far in favor of confscation, and


no farther. | look forward to a period
OF time when there will be q restoration


OF peace In this country, ana when the


time OF peace shall coma--when rebels in


the South shall lay down their arms, and


dlsloyal people find it to be to their inter-
est to become loyal do not want my


children to be fattening upon their pro
perty, like muck-Worns upon dunchill.


There may, be men in the North who are
willing to tranple upon the constitution
and the laws, and even see the Union
dissolved, that rebel property shall be
confiscated but Of such am not, l.


But l must quit. i again thank you for
the honor you have conferred upon me-
shall feel myself under obligations to
devote all the time | can to addressing my
fellow Citizens. provided | shall not be ar
rested, and believe the President Of the
United States Is too ainiable a man to
arrsst me. If he does, one thing ! do
know.-he will put in prison one of the
most sincere friends he has in the prose
cution of this war. / thank YOU again,
then, for the honor you have conferred
upon me; and may | not hope, fellow.
citizens, you will return TO your homes
keeping in view the doctrines contained
in these resolutions, to love the constitu-
tion and the Union and that each one Of
you, for himself, will consider himself
committee to impress upon the country
the necessity Of standing by these princi-
pies Of your nominee, by
the democratic candidate for Copgres in
this contest {Laughter) Ny views on
other questions l have discussed before
the people Oh other occasions i shsIi
not detain you further at this time /
thank you kindly ..- af- 4
Year: 1862

it was not fer hope the heart u ould
break 50 said loved one 20 US in tho
misty past All hope. Were it not for
hope the arm would fall powerless on the
great battlefield OF lfe, and tile pure
light would fade out from the weary eye.


We sit in the shade OF the elm and watch
the ocean ebbing hy--at every throb of
the heart life wave rolls on the other
shore. The tootman with his pack and
the rich man with his steed, is urged on
with better things ahead. That ragged
child with his basket of berries hopes for
manhood and the days OF brighter sunlight
for him. The old man creeping up the
hi. on staff looks out with hope beyond
the grave The sun has long since faded
out from hissky. The living world hopes,
and the soul Is an anchor 10 cast ont
when the storms stir the great ocean of
life. '-.E f. H. VI.
Year: 1862

The " AZ TO S1AgeiAS OHErEr-It is sur
prisinG that a dish SO easily prepared and
so delicious as omelet has come into use to
so small an extent in this country there
are extensive districts where it has never
been heard OF, and many housekeepers
who meetwithit in their travels never
have it upon their own tables, because
their cooks do not know how to prepare it..


Omelet is simply egg beaten and fried in
butter. Break three trest eggs into bowl


add n little pinch of salt and teaspoonful
Of waiter, and beat the eggs thoroughly


Then put tablespoonful of good butter
into a fiat frying pan, and hold the pan
over the fire with the handle little eie.
vated so as to incline the bottom at small
angle AS soon as the is warm pour III
the eggs. and as the mass begins to cook


run case knife under it to keep it from
burning to the pam. As soon as the sur
facets about dry fold one half Of the emelet
ovar, Ihe other. and it is ready to serve.-
1t can be made in five minutes, and is an
exceedingly delicate and delicious morsel
Year: 1862

Il PUBLlC-N0. S6
AN ACT to protect the property of Indi-


ans who have adopted the habit Of civil


lied life.


Be IL enacted By the Ssnate and House of
Reprcsentatiges of the United States of Amer
tcd IN Congress assembled, That whenever
any Indian, being a member of any band or
tribe with " hom the Government has or
shall have entered into treaty stipulations,
being desirous to adopt the habi's of civil
lied life, shall have had a portion of the
lands belonging to his tribe allotted to him
in severalty, in pursuance of such treaty
stipulations, it shall be the duty of TIE
agent and superintendent of such tribe to
provide that such Indian shall be protected
in the peaceful and quiet occupation and
enjoyment of the lands so allotted to him.


Sec. 2. ARd be IL further enacted That
whenever any person of Indian blood be-
longing to band or tribe who receive, or
are entitled to receive, annuities from the
Government of the United States, and who
has not adopted the habits and customs of
civilizad lite, and received his lands in
severality by allotment, as mentioned in
the foregoing section of this act shall COM
NIT any traspass upon the lands or premises
of any Iniian who has received his lands





duty of the superintendent and agent of
such band or tribe to ascertain the damages
resulting for such trespass and the sum so
ascertaiued shall be withheld from the pay
ment next thereafter to be made, either TO
the band or tribe TO which the party COM
mittlng such trespass shall belong, as in the
discretion of the superintendent he shall
deem proper, and the sum so retained shall
be paid over by the said agent or superin-
tendent TO the party Injured, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Interior.


Sec. 3. And be 10 further enacted, That
in case the trespasser shall be the chief or
headman of baud or tribe, in addition to
the penalties above provided for, it shall be
The duty of the superintendent of Indian at
fairs in bis district to suspend the said tres
passer from his office for three months, and
during that time to deprive him of all the
benefits and emOluments connected there
with: ProUided, That the said chief or
headman may be sooner restored to his
former standing if the superintendent shall
so direct.


Approved, June IA, 1862.
Year: 1862

revenge. To substantiate the principle Of
their charge, the accusers proved that the
baron and baroness had occasional 'spats'
and that the baron had made his lady
murderously jealous by ogling another
woman. The latter story was strenuous
ly denied by the noble pair. Their coun-
sci and the public prosecutor having ad-
dressed the jury, the latter deliberated
for five minutes, and then unanimously
acquitted the prisoner.
Year: 1862

A CALF MAKES A SAM PATCH LEAP
A calf belonging to Mr.. Cyrus Gage, of
South Newbury, recently jumped from
the abutment of the old bridge which for4
merly crossed the Connecticut at that
place into the river, distance of some
40 feet, and swan out again safely, meet
ing with no serious injury. There was a
large pile of rocks Immediately below
the place from where he jumped, but it
is supposed he jumped over them or he
would have been instantly killed. Brad
ford Telegraph. % aa @