Grand Traverse Herald, December 26, 1862

Grand Traverse Herald, December 26, 1862

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Grand Traverse County, Michigan

GRAND TRAVERSE HERALD.
T R A V E R S E

VOL. V.

C I T Y , M I C H . F R I D A Y , D E C E M B E R 26,1862.

N O . 2.

ment in this capacity, and often, also, as agents for pay- feet, a power to regulate currency, and the framcnt at"
What Then.
ments and as distributor® of stojnps, need no demonstra- tho Constitution so intended. It may bo well enough, be
After the joys of earth.
After its songs and mirth,
tion. The necessity for some other depositaries than admitted, that while Congress confines its regulation t o
D IVEBT nUDAT, AT
After its hour* of sight.
surveyors of ports, receivers, postmasters and other weight, fineness, shape and device, banks and individualAfter its dreams BO bright—
T n n m City, G r a n d Traverse County, Michigan,
oQicers, of whose responsibility and fitness, in many may issue notes for currency in competition with coin.—
What then?
eases, nothing satisfactory can be known, is acknowledg- But it is difficult to conceivo by what process of logic
MORGAN BATES,
Only an empty name.
ed by tb« provision for selection by the Secretary con- the unquestioned power to regulate coin can be scparat
SDITOK AXD rzorunou.
Only a weary frame.
tained in the Internal Revenue act ; and it seems very od from the power to maintain or restore its circulation,
Only a conscious smart.
T K B M 8
clear that the public interest will be secured far more by excluding from currency oil private or corporate
Only an aching heart.
O n e JDollnj- a n d JB U i l y . C e i i t s , P a y a b l e t n v a certainly by the organization and employment of associa- substitutes which affect its value, whenever Coogrvnr i a b l y I n ach-anco.
After this empty name,
tions organized as proposed than by any official selec- shall see fit to exercise that power for that purpose.
forOne Dollar per *quuie (Mo
ADvMTisMEwrs insei
After this weary frame,
The recomendations DOW submitted, of thv limited islines) l o r t a e m i Insertion, and twenty-fire centt for each
tion.
;
After this conscious smart
subsequent Insertion. Yearly Advertisement*—$10 for one
Another and very important advantage of the pro- . j e of United States notes as a w se expedient for tho
After this schlng heart,
nare; $10 for three squares; $30 for hsif a columO; and
What then?
posed plan has already been adverted to. I t will recon- present time, and as an occasional expedient in future
0 for one column. Legal odvertisemcnu at the rates prxcile, u far ns practicable, the interests of existing insti- times, and of the organizational of banking associations
soribed by law ; fifty ccnU per folio of 100 worfs, for the
tutions with those of the whole people.
- ^ to supply circulation secured by national bonds and confirst insertion, and twenty-flTe cents for each nubgeqsenL—
All changes, however important, should be introoucod vertible always into United States notes, and after re*
Every figure counts sword. Figure work without rmes, 60
per cent added. Knle and figure work, double price.
with coution, and proceeded in with careful regard to gumption of Bpecio payments, into coin, of any discriptiou
All legal advertisements to be paid for strictly in advance.
every affected interest Rash innovation is not less dan- of credit money.
After this sad farewell
On tho contary, i is the Secretary's firm belief thai,
gerous than stnpified inaction. 1 he time has conic when
To a world loved to well;
After tills silent bed
a circulation of United States notes, in some form, must by no path can the resumption of specie payments be so
With the forgotton dead—
bo employed. T h e people demand uniformity in cur- surely reached and so certainly maintained. United
What then?
States
notes receivable for botxlVbearin- a secure specie
rencv and claim at least part of the benefit of debt without interest made into money. hithertt» enjoyed exclu- interest are next best to notes convertable into coin. T h o
sively by the banks. These'demnnds rre just and must circulation of -bankiog associations orgauized under a .
'reasury. <
generaf act of Congress, secured by bonds, con bo most
PROPOSED RSTABLISimENT OF A 80VXD A5D CNIK0RM CIR- be respected. But there need be no tudden change ; surely ond safely maintained at the point of ccrtain conthere need be no hurtful interference with existing inCULATION.
t e r e s t As yet tho United States note circulation hard- vertibility into coin. If, temporarily, these associations
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY OFFICERS.
The central idea of the proposed measure is the
redeem tneir issues with United States notes, resumption
t&blishmeot of one sound, uniform circulation of eqnal ly filfe the vacum caused by the temporay withdrawal of
J u d g e 1 o r P r o b a t e . . . . C U R T I S F O W L E R , Mapleton v«ln® throughout the country, upon the fonodatioo of coin ; it does not, perhaps, folly meet toe demand for of \specie payments will not thereby DO delayed or etv.
Sheriff ".
D A M E , Travinw*City,
increased circulation created by the increased number, dangered, but hastened and secured; for, just as soon as
C o u n t y T r e a s u r e r . . . i M O R H A N BATE8wTr»v. City. national credit combined with private capital
There is victory shall restore pcaco, the ample revenue, already se8uch a currency, it is believed, can bo secured vnricly end activity of payments of money.
C o o n t y Clerk.
JAMES P. BRAND, , "
cured by a wise legislation, will enable the government
R e g i s t e r of D e e d s
JAMES IP. BRAND,
through a banking association organized under national opportunity, therefore, for the wise and beneficial regulation of its substitution for other circulation.
The through advantageous purchases of sjiecie, to replace i t
Proa. Attorney
C . 11. M A R S H ,
legislation.
,
large amounts, and, at no distout day, tho whole of
Circuit Court Com.-.C. H . M A R S H ,
• . "
mode
of
substitution
also
may
be
judiciously
adapted
to
It is proposed that, these associations be entirely voCoroners
L. R . jfMITH,
Rlk R«plds.
actual circumstances. T h e plan suggested consults both this circulation by coin, without detriment to any interR O B E R T L E E , Oentrevilie. luntary. And persons desirous of employing real capital
est, but, on tho contrary, with great and manifest benefit
in sufficient amounts can. if the plan be adopted, unite purposes. It coatemplates gradual withdrawal of bank to all interests.
together under p r o p j r articles, and, having contributed noto circulation, and proposes a United States note cirTHE CHOICK TO BK MADE
the requisite capital, can invest such part of it, not leas culation, furnished to banking associations, in the advanTho Secretary recomends, therefore, no more paper
than a fixed minimum, in United States bonds, and, hav- tages of which they may participate in Jull proportion t o
money scheme, but on the contrary, a scries of mensnrts
the
care
and
responsibility
assumed
w
d
the
services
ing deposited these bonds with the proper officers of the
looking to a safe and gradual return to gold and silver as
Unitea States, can receive United States notes in such performed by them. T h e promptitude and zeal with
the only permanent boas, standard,'and measure^ of valS O L I C I T O R IN C H A N C E R Y ,
denominations as may be desired, and employ them as which many of the existing institutions -•arae to the financiol support of the government in the ("lark days which ues recognized by the constitution—between which and
money
in
discounts
and
exchanges.
T
h
e
stockholders
of
NOTARY P U B L I C ^ CONVEYANCER,
an irremediable paper currency, as ho believes, the choiceany existing banks can, in like manner, organize under followed tho outbreak of the rebellion ill not forgotten.—
Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mieh.
the act, and transfer, by such degrees as may be found They ventured largely, and boldly and patriotically on is now t o be mode.
N o country possesses tho true elements of a higher
'• Office In Dwelling House.
My
convenient, the cipital of the old to tho use of the new the »ide of the Union and tho constitutional supremacy credit—no country in ordinary times can maintain o high associations. T h e notes thus put into circulation will of the nation over states and citizens. I t does not a t all
or standard of currency and poyuuut than tbo United
be payable, until resumption, in United States potes, and detract from the merit of the act that the losses, which
after resumption, in specie, by the association which they feared, but unhesitatingly risked, were transmuted Stater.
V
The government is less costly than that of most otaor
' V
»
ST
;
issues them on denand ; and if not so paid will be re- into unexpected gains. It is a solid recommendation of
great powers. The expenditures of the current fiscal
deemable at the Treasury of the United States fiom the tho suggested plan thot it offers the opportunity to those
and kindred institutions to reorganize, continue their bu- year, excluding those o r t h o W a r and Navy Deprttnents,
proceeds
of
the
bonds
pledged
in
security.
In
the
prac(FRO^T 8THSBT, NEAB COURT BOC6E,)
can hardly equal those of lost7ear, which amounted to
tical working of the plan, if sanctioned by Congress, re- siness under the proposed act, and with little loss ond 824,511.470 66. Estimating those of these departments '
JliiiVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.
demption at ono or more of the great commercial cen- much advantage, participate in maintaining the new and at double tho expenditure of last year before the febel- '
national currency.
HIS OLD ESTABLISHED HOTEL^TUE FIRSTtres will probably be provided for by.all the associations uniform
The proposed plon is recOmmondtti, finally, by t h e lion, they would for the current year, had the war ended
In Traverse City,)situated on Front Street In the vicin- which circulate ths notes, and, in case any association
ity of the Court Houso and public offices, U still open forthe shall fail in such redemption, the Treasurer of the United firm anchorage il will supply to the U j i o n of the States. before lost midstimmcr as wtis anticipated at the date of
reception of the traveling public. The Proprietor returns States will probably, under discretionary authority, pay Every banking association whoeo bone t are deposited in tho lost report amounted to the sum of 85S,&15,835; 48
his hearty thanks for the liberal patronage hehas received
tho Treasury of tho Union ; every individual who holds Tho interest on the public debt, is for the current year
und aaanres the public that no pains will be spared tb m r t e tbo notes, and cancel the public debt held as security.
estimated at 825,041,532 .07, oed will not probably go
I t seems difficult to conceive of a note circulation which a dollar of the circulation secured liy such deposit':
his guests comfortable. His charges Will correspond with
that sum. T h e whole expenditures of the government
will combine higher local and general credit than this. every merchant, every manufacturer, every farmer, oveiy
:
Good accommodations for horaea and cattle.
tnay2S-10 A f t e r a few years no other circulation would be used, mechanic, interested in transactions dependent for success for the current year, on the supposi lion of peace, would,
therefore, not exceed $105,371,843 21. _ Too aggregate ;
nor could the issues of the national circulation be easily on tho credit of that circulation, will feel as an injury
must be increased hereafter by tho addition of interests
increased beyond lihe legitimate demands of business.— every attempt t o rend the national unity, with the perof tho loan of tho curreut and future years ond by pensions,
Every dollar of circulation would represent real capital manence and stability of which all tb>ijr interests are so
AND
tho precise amount which cannot be foreseen. Estimate
closely
and
vitally
connected.
Had
tho
system
been
actually invested in national stocks, anfl the total
the former at fifty ond the latter ot ten millions a year,
amount issued cotild nlways be easily and quickly ascer- possible, and had it actually existed tiro yonrs ago, can
and the total annual expenditure in pence will reach,
tained from the books of tho Treasury.
These circum- it bo doubted t h a t the national interests and sentiments
omitting fractions, to 8165,060,000. l'ho expenditures
stances, if they might not wholly remove the temptation enlisted by it for the Union would hu^e so strengthened of Great Brittain daring tho year ending March 31.1862,
to excess ve issuei, would certainly reduce it to the the motives for adhesion derived from other sources than were 8364,436,682; thoeo of France for 1862. according
A L B E R T W. BACON,
the
wild
treuson
of
secession'woulct
lave
been
impossilowest point, while the form of tho notes, the uniformity
to French officinl statements, will reach, 8421,823,900.
I L L LOCATE LANDS, PAY TAjCES, BUY OB 8HLL of devices, the simatares of national officers, aud the ble?
and tho annual expenses of Russia, according to the best
on Commission—and now oflbrsfer (sle,
PAYMBVT OP Tine ntl.T.
imprint of the najtioual seal, authenticating the declaraaccessible information, do not foil for short of 8230,000.tion borne on each, that it is secured by bonds which
- 4 ^ e Secretory docs not yield to (Jlbi phantasy thot tax.
'
,
represent tho faijb and capital of the whole country, a t i o n ^ a blessing and n debt a benofr,; but it is the du- 000.
' T o meet our anuual expenditures, and t o assure tmorn
AUD WILL BELL AS AOEXT
could not fail to make every note as good in ony part of ty of public men to extract good fron, evil wherever it is
contingency the punctual discharge of the interest of the
tho world as the'best known and best esteemed national possible. T h e burdens of taxation nisy be lightened and
public
d
e
b
t
and
the
creation
of
a
sinking
fund
for
its
re1
t
securities.
!
even made productive of incidental liinefits by wise, and daction, Congress has provided a revenuojfrom customs
T h e Secretary has already mentioned the support to aggravated and mode intolerable b j -^inwise legislation.
even now reaching nearly seventeen mllion a year, and a
A l i o — 1 3 L o t s i n t h e Village o f E l k l & p i d s ,
public credit which may bo expected front the proposed In like manner debt, by no means 'desirable in itself,
revenue from internal duties which will not probably fall
associations. T a o importance of this poinj may excuse may, when circumstances compel nations to iucnr obliWITH OR WITHOUT DWELLINGS.
short of ono hundred and fifty millions h year.
gations. be made by discreet uso lejs bunlcusomo, and
Without reckoning any other resources than those alThe above jnentioned Lands are In all parts of the Conner, some additional bbsc r a t i o n s .
Elk Lake, Whitewater, Omenia and Traverse; are among the, , T h e organization proposed, if sanctioned by Con- even instrumental in the promotion <jf public and private ready provided, tho revenue, therefore, will annually ex•-arlicst and best selections with referei^e to soli, water, sut- gress, would require witbiu a very few years for deposit socurity nml wulfnre.
ceed the expenditures by fifty-five millions, which sum jface, a n d markof. .embrace Farming Lands. Village Sites and as security for c! rculation bonds of tho United States to
The rebellion has brought a greti'deal upon ns.
may be usea for the reduction of the public d e b t
If,
Water Powers, with or without improvements, in quantities on amount not lias than 8250,000,000. It may well be
is proposed to use a part of it in su«h» a way that the then, the war shall be continued, contrary to hope and
to suit purchaser^ n n d at prices making it an oqject, in preexpected, indeed, since tho circulation, by uniformity in sense of its burden may be lost in t)<e experience of in- expectation, to midsummer of 1864, and the publid debt
ference to buying back from settlemohte.
credit
and
valucj,
and
capacity
of
quick
and
cheap
transTraverse City,Ray 1,1801.
»-lJ
cidental advantages. The isBUC of "United States notes shall reach the utmost limit now nnticipoted of seventeen
portation, will t o likely to be used more extensively in such a use ; b u t if occlusive, ia 1 izardous and temhundred ond fifty millions of dollars, the excess of revethan any hitherto issued, tljat thedamnud for bouds will porary. Tho socurity by national brtnds of similar notes
nue will reduce "that d o b t during the first year of poace.
lorgely overpass this limit. Should Congress wo fit to furnished to banking associations it such a use, and is
more than three per c e n t
restrict the privilege of deposit to tho bonds kuown as comparatively st»fe and permanent and with this u."e
OCR RESOURCES.
W« WOULD 8AT#TO THR PCBUC, THAT WE HAVEJWT OrR fivo-twenties, authorized by the act of last session, the may be connected, for tho present, ->nd occasionally, as
demand would promptly absorb all of that description al- circumstances may require, hereafvwr". tho use of the orBut the American republic possesses immense resourready issued, olid make huge room for more. A steady dinary United States notes in limited amounts.
ces which have not yet been called into contribution.
market for the'bonds would thus be established aud tho ! N o very early day will probably fitness the reduction The gold bearing region of the United States stretches
fn operation, and are on hand to do Custom-Work st all
times : and wo old say. wo think that we can do as good work negotiation of (hem greatly facilitated.
of the public dobt to the amount r juired as a basis for through near eighteen degrees of latitude, from British
But it is no# in immediate results that the value of secured circulation. Should no fu ire wars arrest reColumbia on the north to Mexico on the south, ana
HS any Mill in Grand Traverse. If you doubi ItJ tty us, and
this support would bo only or chiefly seen.
There are duction and agitiu demand expendi ires beyond revenue, through more than twenty degrees longitude, from tnc
.•see for yourselves 5 and would ssy, that we l e e ^ c always holders who desire to sell securities of whatever that dav, will, however, at length i >me. W hen it shall eastern declivities of the Rocky Mountains to the r a c R i e
kind. If buyelrs arc few or uncertain, the market value arriva the debt may l>e retained QI. low interest
Ocean. It includes two states, California and Oregon;
must decline. ! B u t the plan proposed would create a amount, or some other security toi circulation
four entire territories, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico aud
Jn opsration, and T a n o n Share*—as usuo|k
constant demand, equalling and often exceeding the sup- devised, or pbanbly, the vast supplies moy render all cir- Washington,
of throe
other territories, Co.oC. NOBRI8 *
— and parts
.
T ,
ply. T h u s aslcady uniformity in price would be main- culation unadvisabks except gold « i d the absolute re-|
- , rado,
rodo, Nebraska
Nebraska and
and Dakota.
Dakota. It
It forms
forms an area or more '
tained, 'and geterally at a rate somowhat above those "of preseniativos and equivalents. do|l»r for dollar, of g
in thau a million a square miles, and the whole of which,
bonds of equal credit, but not ovailablc to banking as- the Treasury or on safe deposit elsewhere.
with comparatively few exceptions, is the property of
But
sociations. I t is not easy t o appreciate the full benefits
considerations may be for another generation.
. tho nation. It is rich, not only in gold, but in silver,
! of such conditions to a Government obliged ti> borrow.
copper, iron, lend and many other valuable minerals.—
Thp Secretary forbears extended argument on the-opoAnother advantage to be derived from such associaI t s prfeduct of gold and silver (hiring the current year,
tions would bejfonnd in the convenient agencies which stitbtionality of"the suggested system. I t is proposod as will not fan very short of 8ip0,000,000; and it must long
an
auxiliary
t
o
the
power
to
borrow
money
;
as
on
they would fuj-nish for the deposit of public moneys.
continue grndoaRy, yet rapidly, to increase. If this proT h e Secretary doe^pot propose to interfere with the agency of the power to; collect and-"disburse taxes : duct be subjected t o a reasonable seignoragc, as suggestof Traverse fcity. This part of the town lit* a t the head, and independent Treasury.
It may be advantageously re- and as an exea-ciso of tho power to p'gukite commerce and ed by some, or if, o i s u g f & t c d by others, the minora,
between the two arms of the Bay. and has'a front on each tained, with tjie assistant treasurers already established of the power to regulate tho value ot coin. Cf the first
lands be subdivided and sold in convenient parcels, with
Bay, and of the best soil for Gardening, etc; Tot particulars in the most important cities, where the customs may be two sources of power nothing need bo. said. T h e arguproper'reservations in favor of the miners now in occupaplease call at the Office of the subscriber, at
collected as nli'w, in coin or Treasury notes issued direct- ment relating to them was long since exhausted, aix. is tion of particular localities, a very considerable revenue
well
known.
Of
the
other
two
tijere
is
not
loom,
nor
EAST TRAVERSE CITY,
ly by the G o ^ r n m e n t , but not furnished to banking
may. doubtless, be obtained from this region without
docs it seetn needful that I shouM say much.
IT «-ooG e o . W . B r y a n t , Proprietor.
sociations.
hardship to the actual settlers and occupiers.
June 2<th. 1862.
B a t whatever the advantage of such arrangements in gress c m f t r e s c r i b e the structure, equipment aoa manAnd there are other mines than thoeo of gold Or silver,
tho comrocrcijil cities in relation to customs, it seems ngcmcntof vessels to navigate riters flowing betw«w or
,v W>
iron, in tho wide territory which include*
*"
7G"."W."BT clear thot tho secured national circulation furnished to through different states os a re gulation Of cororocrcc.
m e pumic IBDUS ui n i t
~ - - - j - - - -- — •
Congress
muy
assuredly
determine
what
currency
shall
the banking dissociations should be received everywhere
ferttl soil is a mine which only woits for the contact or
for all other Jlucs than costoms, and that these associa- t £ employed in the interchange of their eommoditira, labor to yield its treasures; a i d every acre is opened to
MORGAN BATES,
tions will constitue the best aud safest depositaries cf the which is the very essence of com»*erce. Statesmen who t h a t fruitful Contact by the Homestead a c t
W h e n the
revenues deri ved from such receipts.
T h o ; conve- have agreed in little else, have epoenrred ifl the Opinion unities thus offered t o indnstry shall b e understood by
nience and utility t o the government of their employ. that the power t o regulate coin is, in substance and efH e m l d Oftleo Trnvsras City, U l o h .

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Of this
t o a v a i l t b e m a e l w a of t h e g r e a t a d v a n t a g e s t e n d t r e d t o a p p r o x i m a t i o n m a k e s allusion t o i t justifiable, t h e g r a v e
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a n d i m p o r ( 2 n | . q u e s t i o n w h e t h e r , in s o f a r a s relates t o 2 ? n , f , I S
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will suffice t o c a r r y on t h e w o r k t h r o u g h the present
.."n*? S e c r e t a r y c r i t i c i s e s t h e coneJuct o r t h e E n g l i s h io
m e n t in t i m e o f w a r f o r w a r purposes, a n d bv t h e p o w e r
y e a r . A n a p p r o p r i a t i o n O r 8 5 0 0 . 0 0 0 will be oeccssary
tk
^ u " ' ™iti,„wer.
I t i e difficult l o of w a r , it b e oot o u r r i g h t a n d a u t r t o d i s m i s s the cost- allowing the p i r a t e A l a b a m a t o be b u i l t and fitted o u t io
I1ie
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e s t i m a t e thir c o n t r i b u t i o n - w h i c h i m m i g r a t i o n . nroDerlv
t h e i r p o r t s . C r u i s e r s are io p u r e s t of her.
thA i n n r n n • r
reregate aojountoTdl
v a p p a r a t u s t n d e m b a r r a s s i n g f o r m a l i t i e s a n d rules of
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in M a r c h 61, t h e r e were b u t 4 1 vessels in commission,
a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l b l o c k a d e a o d t o s u b s t i t u t e in p l a c e of
,8Cs
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t ' m a t e d by t h e a r c h i t e c t t h a t
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t h e e x p c d . n o n t c r r a i n a t e d successfuHy. T h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n t h a t d a t e until S e p t e m b e r 30, 1862, t h e r e h a v e b e e n miles b e l o w t h e city m e e t i n g w i t h s l i g h t o p p o s i t i o n . H i s
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r e n t y e a r , t h e r e w e r e sold for cash 1 5 5 , 2 5 8 , 6 5 a c r e s .
t h e y ha"ve been c o n c e n t r a t i n g t h e i r forces for t h e p a s t
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p n o r t o t h e 3 0 t h of S e p t e m b e r , 1662, 5 3 7 , 4 7 1 w a r r a o t e .
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T r a v e r s e City. Dec. 1 1 , 1 M 2 .

commenced moving a t an early honr, M a j . Gen. Simmer's
G r a n d D i v i s i o n l e a d i n g t h e w a y over, in f r o n t o f j t h e ' c i t y ,
t o b e followed b y M a j . G e d H o o k e r ' s G r a n d Division.

THE RJCPOBTS^NVo dev(>te o u r

G e n . F r a n k l i n ' s G r a n d Divisioo, w h i c h c r o e s t s tfcarly a synopsis) of t h e S e c r e t a r i e s of W a r ,
t h r e e miles b e l o w t h e c i t y , i s ' n e a r l y o v e r .
t h e e n g a g e m e n t l a s t i n g a b o u t half a n h o u r , t h e i t b c f e not
making a very spirited

reply.

I t i s t h o n g h t thai; t h e

regret that

T r e a s u r y e n t i r e , b u t i t s g r e a t l e n g t h r e n d e r s it
ble.

of

\

the

impossi-

I t is t h e c l e a r e s t mof.t a r g u m e n t a t i v e a n d c o m p r e H A V E A D D E D T O T H E 18'

h e n s i v e R e p o r t e v e r m a d e b y a S e c r e t a r y of t h o T r e a s u -

t r o o p a will b e o v e r a t n o o n .

ry, a o d s t a m p s i t s a u t h o r as o n e of t h e a b l e s t

I n f o r m a t i o n r e c e i v e d d a r i n g t h e n i g h t a n d t h i s ttorn
i n g , f r o m d e s e r t e r s a n d p r i so n e r s, s h o w s t h a t t i e rebels
•

We

w e c a n n o t present t h e Bep|>rt of the Secretary

P

H A N N A H , L A Y & CO.

Navy, Treasury,

I n t e r i o r a n d the P o s t m a s t e r G e n e r a l .

A t a q a a r t e r p a s t ftine o ' c l o c k t h e first g u n w a s fired,

NOTICE.
U N I T E D STATES LAND O F F I C E . )
T a A v n u i i CtTY, Nov. 6.18C2. S
A T E N T S FOR E N T R I E S MADE B E T W E E N T H E
5th day of May. 1862. a n d the 2t»th day of May, 18G2, f o r
Settlement ond C u l t i v a t i o n , u n d e r U s Graduation A c t of
August 4,185*' have been received a t t h i s Office, and the
purchaser* are hereby notified to c o m * forward i n m e d i s f ly
sod make the r e q u i r e d pi oof of - Settlement a n d Cultivation." and secure their respective P a t e n t s , because if said
proof is not Hied within a limited time, tfie P a t e n t s will bc
returned to the Ceneral Land Office, a n d will t h u s be liable
to be cancelled for n o n - p e r f o r m a n c e of the conditions of
settlement a n d cultivation c o n t e m p l a t e d by lk« Graduation
Act of A u g u s t 5. 1854.
MORGAN BATES, Register.
47-Gw.
REUBEN GOODRICH, Beceiver.

columns this week,

a l m o s t e x c l u s i v e l y , t o t h e p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e I m p o r t s ( o r

tho greatest

financiers

of t h e a g e .

The

men,

and

loyal petiple,

h a v e t w o s t r o n g lines of b a t t e r i e s in t h e r e a r of itluvlcity, e v e r y w h e r e , will c o r d i a l l y a p p r o v e his plan for a u n i f o r m
t h e first o n e b e i n g one-inile b a c k , a n d t h e s e c o n d a -mile • N a t i o n a l C u r r e n c y .
f r o m t h e first.
trated.

Traitors,

o p p o s e it, b e c a u s e i t will

T h e w h o l e a r m y i s in r a p i d m o t i o n a n d well I copcei
T h e t r o o p s a r e in e x o e l l e n t s p i r i t s a n d a n x i o u s

t o b e led o n t h e e n e m y ' s w o r k s .

ligaments t o bind t h e

will g i v e b a t t l e . —

M u c h will d e p e n d u p o n t h e result to-day.

A l l feel, san-

g u i n e of success.
fog began

of

South,

t o olear

will

tho strongest

hope

the p r e s e n t

A

MYSTKBIOOS AFFAIR.—On

Wednesday

l a s t w e h e a r d a s i n g u l a r noise in o u r b a r n ,
c r y i n g o u t " quit

! quit

quit

f

We

Already

large Stock

NOTICE.
LAND O F F I C E AT T R A V E R S E CITY, MICH. /
OCTOBER, 1, 1 8 6 2 .

flict

a w a y and before 1 1 o'clock the air was again thick, which

u p o n a b e a m , t a k i n g a c r i t i c a l v i e w of

c o n t i n u e d u n t i l 2 o'clock, w h e n i t e n t i r e l y d i s a p p e a r e d .

i n g s a n d t a l k i n g turkey

to a

learned

THE

their
and

ITEM OF

deadly

a n d f o u n d t w o fine f a t TDBKIES q u i e t l y

LEATHER:

perched
surround-

philosophical

A t a q u a r t e r p a s t 2 t h e r e b e l s o p e n e d w i t h t h e i r g u n s p i g , w h o s e e m e d t o regard t h e m as i n t r u d e r s a n d tresp o s t e d on t h e first r i d g e of hills.
T h e i r m a i n firo was p a s s e r s on his c o r n c r i b . T h e p i g h a d t h e b e s t of t h e
d i r e c t e d u p o n t h o c i t y , w h i c h w a s filled w i t h o u r t r o o p a .

a r g u m e n t b u t t h e t u r k i e a ( b e i n g feminine) insisted on

T h o f l e g u n s w h i c h w e r e p o s t e d on t h e

t h e last w o r d — q u i t .

left of t h e 'jridge

E . P . LADD, E s q . ,

"Were o p e n e d o n t h e l a r g o b o d y of t r o o p s w h i c l i c r o s s e d ,

of

Peninsula,

in t o w n

t l e a n d w e r e m o v i n g obliquely d o w n t h e

m o r o a b o u t t h i s a f f a i r t h a n b e is d i s p o s e d t o

river,; fronting

cate.

A l t h o u g h s e v e r a l of t h e i r s h e l l s e x p l o d e d ovefr t r o o p s ,

e v e n " s e v e n t y timea s e v e n . "

Blessed b e

Gen. B a y a r d ' s Cavalry, which cross- forgeteth not tho P r i n t e r
e d o n t h e l o w e r b r i d g e , h a d five m e n killed, w h i l e e n - b e s t o w e t h t u r k i e s w i t h a l .
Proverbs."
d e a v o r i n g t o a s c e r t a i n thcTenefhy's position,
j
T h e t r o o p s * w h i c h c r o s s e d b e l o w a r e s l e e p i n g on t h e i r
t h o M o s a p o n a x c r e e k , t h e i r left

res/ing

bannock.

/

of a mile
on t h e

of

&appa
•]

* <

T h o e n e m y o c c u p i e d t h e o p p o s i t e side of t h e c r e e k i n
force.
j
,
T h e gtroa p o s t e d on t h e b a n k t h i a s i d e o f t h e ^un HI'

at

S s o w . — N o commodity

so-much

to

its d e t r a c t i o n .

Nearly every house iu the eity h a s been damaged more
S e v e r a l splen-

<l{d residence* h a r e boen c o m p l e t e l y r i d d l e d , a s also h a v e
all tho churches.

T h e fire a p p e a r * ! t o h a v e befin d i r e c t -

e d o n t h o m o s t p r o m i n e n t - o f t h e edificcs.

j

- c u r r e d b y our troopa when they e n t e r e d — p r o p e r t y which

residence

of t h e B r i t i s h Consul.

T h i s m o r n i n g t h e o w n e r c a m e o v e r t o recover It, a n d

command

a higher

it

A

regular

FOR SALE AT A

resist

organization

has

the conscription, and

T h e R e b e l s h a v e been b e f e a t e d in N o r t h w e s t e r n A r k ansas.

the battle took place on the 20th u l t ,

at

Hill, b e t w e e n 6 , 0 0 0 F e d e r a l d a n d 8 , 0 0 0 R e b e l s .
e d several hours, t h e enemy

C u l p e p p e r i n d i c a t i v e of a

flank.

;

b e i n g b a d l y w h i p p e d and

D e t r o i t M . E . C o n f e r e n c e , h a s been a p p o i n t e d
regiment,

t u r d a y , t h e 1 3 t h , c o m m e n c i n g in t h e m o r n i n g a n d
t i n u i n g until after dark.

Franklin drove the

con-

Rebels a

inile, a n d o u r t r o o p s h e l d t h e field a t n i g h t
K a r l y on S u n d a y m o r n i n g t h e b a t t l e w a s resnmdd.
T h e Event* of Sunday.
IIEAIXJUAKTERS, ARMY o r t u e P o t o n | o , f
December 14—11:30 A . M . j
$
T h e r e i s n o f o g t o d a y . T h o g u n is s h i n i n g b f i g h t l y ,
with a strong breeje.
;
, A t d a y l i g h t t h i s m o r n i n g , t h o r e w a g a h e a v y f firo of
a r t i l l e r y a u d i n f a n t r y iu front o f t h e first l i n e of! w o r k s
where Gens. S u m n e r and H o o k t r were engaged l yesterd a y . T h e fire s l a c k e d a b o u t a n h o u r a f t e r w a r d s , a n d
w a s h e a r d only a t i n t e r v a l s u n t i l n o w .
T h e sa#ic occ u r e d i n f r o n t o f G e n . F r a n k l i n ' s d i v i s i o n d o w n t h o river.
T h e o b j e c t of b o t h p a r t i e s was, u n d o u b t e d l y t o ftel e a c h
other.
D u r i n g last n i g h t a n d t h i s f o r e n o o n t h o rebels h a v e

V

E

R

C O S T ,

Chaplain

SHERIFF'S
STATK OP MICHIGAN,
GRAND TRAVERSE Cot - STY,

B

For the accommodation of our ^Customers.
PLEASE CALL AND

GUNTONHOUSE

EXAMINE.

HANNAH, LAY & CO.

T h e rebel s t e a m e r " 8 u m t c r , " w h i c h was o n c e s u c h a
t e r r o r on t h e o c e a n a s t h e " A l a b a m a " is now, is a d v e r tiseed f o r s a l e a t a u c t i o n a t G i b a r l t e r .

J u n c t i o n Miss., t o p i c k c o t t o n .

A r e g i m e n t of i n f a n t r y

BWf .

J A M E S I C G U N T O N .
COOP STAELISG AND HELL AIEEII BEDS!
T m s is the l a r g e s t Hotel, with t h o best a c c o m m o d a t i o n s
in tho city ; the l e a d i n g Daily a n d Weekly P a p e r s a r e taken
here, and no p a i n s will bevparcd to make guests c o m f o r t a b l e ;
and eleven y e a r s ' residence here will enable me t o give reliable i n f o r m a t i o n relative to the resources' of the c o u n t r y .
24-ly
1. K. G

FURS!!
TRAPPERS,

ATTENTION!

/'/

R E A L . E S T A T E

C u m b e r l a n d G a p i s h e l d b y a small R e b e l f o r c e .
DETBOIT MKBCAXTILK COLLBSK.—We a r e p l e a s e d
learn t h a t this'truly worthy and

to

meritorious

institution

e n j o y s a h i g h d e g r e e of p r o s p e r i t y a t p r e s e n t

Its object

i s t o ' i m p a r t a t h o r o u g h business e d u c a t i o n t o t h o s e w i s h life.

T h o c h a i n of colleges of w h i c h t h i s

t y , a n d w e a r e f r e e t o say,

in c o m m o n

with

p a t r o n s in t h i s c i t y a n d e l s e w h e r e , t h a t f o r
a n d p r a c t i b i l i t y i t s t a n d s u n r i v a l e d b y a n y s i m i l a r institution.

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HANNAH, LAV

[Detroit Free Press.

PAPER RAGS
IIA NX AH, LAY A CO.

NOTICE TO EXEMPTS UNDER T H E DRAFT.
H E UNDERSIGNEC, S H E R I F F O F G R A N D TRAverse County, and ex-offlcio Commissioner, hereby
rives n o t i c e t o the i n h a b i t a n t s of t h o To w n s h ip s of Bcnzonlu.
Crystal Lake, Glen Arbor, Centerville, Ix-elanaa. Megeczee,
Milton, P e n i n s u l a , T r a v e r s e a n d W h i t e w a t e r , that he has
appointed T h u r s d a y , the 8th day of J a n u a r y , 1W.3, for
h e a r i n g t h o s e w h o may claim t o bo exempt, at his ottiec i n .
T r a v e r s e City, and will c o n t i n u e the h e a r i n g , from day to
p o s i t i o n s . L a r g o b o d i e s o f t r o o p s a r a n o w t o i c s e e s day, f o r ten days. A l l w h o d o n o t appear within t h a t time
will be r e t u r n e d t o t h e A d j u t a n t General as subject to the
w h e r e b u t few w e r e t o b e found yesterday.
D r a f t . D r . B. D. ASHTON has been appointed Surgeon.
T h o s e k i l l e d y e s t e r d a y , w h i l o c h a n g i n g t h e Jeremy's
E. F. DAME. Sheriff
Traverse City, Dec, 24, 1862.
w o r k s , remain w h e r e t h e y felL W h e n a t t e m p t i n g t h e i r
removal l a s t n i g h t t h o r e b e l s o p e n e d fire w i t n i h f a n t r y ,
NOTICE
b u t t h o w o u n d e d h a v e all b e e n removed f r o m t h e field,
i H E R E B Y GIVEN, T H A T T H E UNDERSIGNED FREEo c d all t h e d e a d o b t a i n e d a r e n o w b e i n g b u r i e d .
h o l d e r s o f t h e T o w n s h i p of Milton andMegeezce, will make
. T h e i n d i c a t i o n s a r e t h a t no d e c i s i v e b a t t l e ,;wiU b e application to the Board ot Supervifors of Grand T r a r e r s e
f o u g h t t o - d a y unless t h o r e b e l s s h o u l d b r i n g o n (the e n - County, a t t h e i r n e x t meeting, t o alter the boundary lino of
t
h
e
t o w n s h i p of Milton, as follows :
gagement, which t h e y will n o t p r o b a b l y do.
C o m m e n c i n g at t h e p o i n t w h e r e the p r e s e n t N o r t h line
WAHIINHTOX, DOC 1 4 . — G e n t l e m e n in h i g h p u b l i c
of said t o w n s h i p i n t e r s e c t s T o r c h Lake, to run east on said
p o s i t i o n r e p e a t t h e a s s e r t i o n , a s c o m i n g f r o m G e o . B u r o - line u p t i l i t i n t e r s e c t s r a n g e line, between r a n g e s seven a n d
s i d e , t h a t h e h a s m e n e n o u g h , a n d t h e r e f o r e d e s i r e s n o eight, thence south on said r a n g e line u n t i l it i n t e r s e c t s secf u r t h e r reinforcement?.
tion l i n e r u n n i n g east a n d west .between section t h i r t e e n a n d
WASHINGTON, D e c . 1 4 . — I t i s t h o u g h , h e r e t h a t a b o u t twenty-four in t o w n s h i p twenty-eight, north of r a n g e n u m b e r
f o r t y t h o u s a n d o f o u r t r o o p s w e r e e n g a g e d 'in y e s - e i g h t west, thence west on said line t o the shore of Round
Lake, thence n o r t h on s h o r e of said Lake ) Join p r e s e n t
t e r d a y ' s b a t t l e . F r o m i n f o r m a t i o n received eap-ly t h i s bonndry l i n e at mouth ot T o r c h Biver.
M i M H i n n
m o r n i n g , np pr eA pMaMr al ft iiAonnas WwOe mr e mm. at k. ni nl .g *a1 l1 l n nl ni lg. h4 t f fno. r . Ma n cn oi ln Milton, Nov, 29th. 1862.
LUCIUS A. T H A Y E R ,
flict t o d a y . G e ni.. B u r n s i d oe remaining o n t h e field g i v i n g
A L E X . CAMPBELL,
J A M E S P . BRAND.
DAVID H. PARKS,
•ordore, a n d l o o k i n g .to t h o p o s i t i o n a n d c o n d i t i o n o f h i s
SIMEON ANDREW,
C H A R L E S HOLLY,
/orcos. Additional turgeotf, and everything which t h e
MARY J O H N S O N ,
GEORGE L U K E
n e c e s s i t i e s of t h o w o u n d e d
require
hare bfco disD. E . CUSHMAN,
CHANCEY HALL.
patched from Washington.
' COMPTON,
J O H N M. GODDARD.

r

G E N E R A L LAND AGENCY.

Have made arrangements wi 'h one of the

GEO. W. B R Y A N T

W

O L D E S T

A N D

L A R G E S T

FUR HOUSES

HARRIED.
On Saturday evening, Dec. U t h , by J o h n P o r t e r , Esq.,
DAVID H. KNOX, of Glen A r b o r , ' t o Miss MARY KULAK, of
CentcrviUe.

T

CO.

is a b r a n c h ,

h a v e s u p p l i e d a w a n t l o n g felt b y t h e b u s i n e s s c o m m u n i -

SALE.

)
{

Y VIRTUE O P ONE W R I T O F EXECUTION ISSUED
out of and n n d c r the seal of tbe C i r c u i t Court, for the
County of Grand Traverse, a n d State of Michigan, t o me directed and delivered against the goods a n d chattels, l a n d s a n d
t e n e m e n t s of II. R . H a t e , l have seized a n d levied trpon all the .
right, title and interest of t b e said d e f e n d a n t in and to the
following real estate, viz ;
Tbe north-east q u a r t e r of the south-east q u a r t e r a n d t h e
south-east q u a r t e r of t h e south-east q u a r t e r of section twenty-one (21), town twenty-nine (29), n o r t h of r a n g e ten (10)
west, which I shall offer f o r sale at pnblio a u c t i o n , or vendue,
a s the law directs, at the f r o n t door of the C o u r t Room in t h e
U l l a g e of T r a v e r s e City, t h a t being t b e p l a c e f o r b o l d i n g t h e
C i r c u i t C o u r t f o r tho Countv of G r a n d Traverse, on Saturday,
t b e 2<tli day of J a n u a r y , A . D . , 18GS, a t two o ' c l o c k In the
a f t o r n o o n o f s a i d day.
I
E. F . DAME, Sheriff.
S h e r i f f ' s office. Traverse City. Sep.2Btb, 1862.
( P r i n t e r ' s fees $4 25.)

a n d h a s a c c e p t e d t h e positi on.

i n g t o fit t h e m s e l v e s f o r t h e a c t i v e d u t i e s of m c r c a n t i f c

THE LATEST.
A
Terrific Battle.
A great batto was s o u g h t a t F r e d e r i c k s b u r g on Sa-

O

Cone

R e v . M r . B l a n c h a r d , of A n n A r b e r , a m e m b e r of t h e

If

P i m j L D E L r i r u , Dec. 1 2 — T h o P h i l a d e l p h i a P r e s s an-

ADVANCE

I t last-

driven twelve miles.

t h e y remain, a b a t t l e m u s t i m m c d i a t l y e n s u e ,
nounces Sigol'8 advanco t o

SMALL

were conscripting.

is a s s i g n e d t o w a t c h t h e m .

m a r c h t o G o r d d n s v i l l e , a o d t h e p r o t e c t i o n of B u t n s i d e ' s

SUPPI^V OF

been

G e n . G r a n t h a s o r d e r e d a b r i g a d e of n e g r o e s a t G r a n d

T h e m a i n body, of t h o a r m y i s n o w o v e r t h e river, t h e
b a l a n c e b e i n g in p o s i t i o n t o c r o s s a t a n y t i m e .

FAIR

Shoe Findings;

T h o clouds

t h e p e o p l e t h e r e fired u p o n t h e R e b e l c a v a l r y w h i l e t h e y

•was returned t o h i m .

T h e r e i s n o i n d i c a t i o n of t h o e n e m y e v a c u a t i n g .

AS ALSO A

•• F a u s t ' s

W e have not had enough

f o r m e d in L i n c o l n C o . t o

I n m a n y h o u s M t h e of t h e 2 6 t h

S o m e o f o u r t r o o p s m i s t o o k t h e B r i t i s h flag f o r &secesh

FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
I L L BUY A SAW MILL, S F V E N ACRES O P L A N D
a n d a small house, w i t h i n half a mile of Little Traverse Bay. A splendid chance for another mill by the same
dam.) Npply soon for t h i s c h a n c e will n o t last long.
\
W. H. P O R T E R .
Bear River, E m m e t Co.* Nov. 24,1SC2.
50-3K.

W

but

T h e r e i s m u c h e x c i t e m e n t in M i d d l e T e n n e s s e e a b o u t

- f u r n i t u r e all remained.
Hag, a n d t o r e i t f r o m t h o

tfc,

h a v e p r o m i s e d i t for a w e e k past, b u t t h e y k e e p t h e p r o -

S e v e r a l c a s e s of w a n t o n d e s t r u c t i o n of p r o p e r t y o c • c o u l d b e of n o nae t o t h o e n e m y .

would

for sleighing u p t o this present writing.

in t h e s t r e e t s w h i l e d r i v i n g t h e rebels o u t
o r less b y t h e firing of t h o p a s t few d a y s .

time,

mise t o tho eye and b r e a k i t t o tho hope.

T w o h u n d r e d a n d fifty o f t h e m e n w e r e k i l l e d l a s t n i g h t

SOLE,

t h e man w h o

Christmas

p r i c e in t h i s m a r k e t a t t h e p r e s e n t time, t h a n s n o w . —

the conscript a c t

T h e only d a m a g e d o n e b y t h o e n e m y ' s shells t h r o w n
into t h e city was to add

CALF,

BINDINGS,

communi-

F o r w h i c h aeo

E v e r y b o d y is p r a y i n g f o r i t

CQ t h e e n e m y ' s a r t i l l e r y a f t e r a dju»i of half a n h o u r , T h i s
e n d e d t h e firing f o r t h o d a y . f ^ v "

KID,

W e l l , wo f o r g i v e t h e t r e s p a s s e r , a n d w o u l d d o i t

none were injured.

a r m s to-night, tho advance being within J

UPPER,

on

T u e s d a y m o r n i n g , a n d w e s t r o n g l y s u s p e c t t h a t he k n o w s

t h o Massaponax.

•

was

o n t h e t w o l o w e r b r i d g e s , a n d h a d f o r m e d in lino of b a t -

>

T T T T H E R E A S CONGRESS AT I T S L A T E 6 E S S I O N
VV
passed an Act which was s p p r o v e d on the With of
J u l y , 1882. desiring " t h a t all Uiat portion of the p r e s e n t
, ' C h e b o y g a n District," in the State nf Michigan, lying Westof Lake Michigan, and South of the line d e v i d i n g Township*.
forty-one and forty-two North, i u c l u d i n g St. M a r t i n ' s
tbe a d j a c e n t islands n e a r the e n t r a n c e to " Big Bay De Noc,"*
now f o r m i n g a part of the present Cheboygan District, aniS
subject to sale at Traverse City, in said State be. a n d the saaif
ll hereby attached t o the " Lake S u p e r i o r District," a n d t h r
Lands therein be subject to sale and entry at the site of thei
L a n d Office f o r said District, a n d whereas, Section 2 of this,
a c t declares t h a t it shall not take effect until t h r e e m o n t h *
a f t e r the date of it» approval.
N o t i c e i s hereby given t h a t on and a f t e r the 15th day of
October, i n s t a n t , no f u r t h e r entries or locations will be n u d e
at this office of any lands lying within t h e l i m i t s above described, and t h a t all the Plats, T r a c t Books, applications,,
declarations, and p a p e r s p e r t a i n i n g to lands in tnat portion
of the p r e s e n t District, will be sent t o the L a n d Office a t
Marquette, Lako S u p e r i o r .

morning
a n d voices

made a sudden

r u s h t o w h a t m i g h t h a v e b e e n t h e s c e n e of

December 12—Evening.
A t 10 o'clock this morning the

one
We

C o n g r e s s will a d o p t i t

T h e enemy has concen-

t r a t e d h i s fordes, a n d i t is believed

N o r t h and

prove

Unipn.

IN NEW

I L L LOCATE L A N D S , P A Y TAXES,
BUY AND
sell on Commission, a n d now h a s f o r sale as agent. G
valuable improved F s n n s , on a n d n e a r the shores of G r a n d
T r a v e r s e Bay. Also, l.OCO a c r e s of well-selected wild l a n o s
' i different p a r t * of the county or Grand Traverse, all of
bich is offered a t r e a s o n a b l e prices. Also, h a v i n g been in
the business o f ' L o c a t i n g public l a n d s in t h i s C o u n t y f o r t h e
last 10 years, and being well aequainted with all h e c h o i c e
lands in the county he is prepared to assist new c o m e r s In selecting f r o m Government Lands in tills or the a d j o i n i n g Co.
O F F I C E a t his residence, E a s t T r a v e r s e C i t y .
j u l y 1-31-Cm

YORK,

For the sale of all FURS, and are pre]>ared to purchase all

K I N D S OF F U R S ,
And can afford to and will pay the
V E R Y

H I G H E S T

RATES FOR THE

REMEMBER

8 A M E.

WE ARE

IN HIE

T
M A R . K . ^ T .

HANNAH, LAY & CO.
Decenf&er 18, 1 8 6 2 .

BRYANT & STRATTON'S
CI1AIK OF KATIDXAL
M E R C A N T I L E
C O L L E G E S .
B r a n c h Located at Detroit,
M i c h . , Merrill

Block,

C o r n e r o r W o o d w a r d Ac J s f l b r x o n A v e n u e * .

T

H I S INSTITUTION FORMSONICOF E I G H T C O L L E G E S
located in the following cities :—Detroit, New Y o r k .
Philadelphia, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, C h i c a g o ft St. Louis.
A person holding a s c h o l a r s h i p <an a t t e n d e i t h e r a t b i s
l>tion.
Terms.
Tuition payable in a d v a n c e by |>urchase of s c h o l a r s h i p .
$40 f o r full term. S a m e course f o r Ladies, $25.
S t u d e n t s to e n t e r a t a n y t i m e . A v e r a g e t i m e t o c o m p l e t e
le course, t h r e e m o n t h s .
A knowledge of the o r d i n a r y E n g l i s h b r a n c h e s I s s u f f i c i e n t
p r e p a r a t o i y to e n t e r i n g in>on tbe course of s t u d y .
J . H. GOLDSMITH, Resident P r i n c i p a l a t D e t r o i t .
J . F. SPA LDING, A s s i s t a n t .
The most t h o r o u g h , practical and trnly popular Colleges
n A m e r i c a . Over six t h o u s a n d s t n d c n t s h a v e e n t e r e d s i n e s
t h e i r e s t a b l i s h m e n t , w h i c h i s t h e best e v i d e n c e of t h e i r
favor with tbe public.
F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n please c a l l a t C o l l e g e R o o m s , o r
s e n d f o r a new C a t a l o g u e of 8&Jlage*. F o r s p e c i m e n s o f
Penmanabip. »nclose letter stsM^. Address.
B R Y A N T A STRATTON. a t e i t h e r of t h e a b o v e CStiea.'
(Cut this out for future reference.)
lJ-ly
M O R G A N

B A T E S ,

{

JUSTICE OF T H E PEACE,
T r a v e r s e City, Kick.

-JHBPORT OF T H E SECRETARY OF WAR.
ready in thefieldover 420,000 Dew troops, of which 399,- 1861, $1,244,858 27. The total value Bold was $6,910,NATIONAL BOUNTY INSURANCE CO.
Over Eight Hundred Thousand Men lu the Field. 000 are volunteers for three years. A chief hope of 131 89.
Capital, *100,000.
The annual report of Secretary Stanton acts! forth the those who eet/tbe rebellion on foot was for aid and comThe increasing demand on tho part or the public for
fort
from jfcsloyal sympathizers in the Northern States, the stamped newspaper, shows that, their introduction
following facts:—
S N Y D E R , W I L L I A M S & CO.
whose
efforts
were
relied
upon
to
divide
and
distract
the
That portion or the United: States whidi is
has satisfied a public demand, and promoted the conve(Organized by Permission o/tie Authorities,;
or has been daring the last j car,| the scene of military people of the North and prevent them from putting forth nience of correspondents.
operations is connucd within ten military departments.— their whole strength to preserve the National existence.
In the first quarter of the current year, ending Sep- 00
WAUUSTREET, N. Y.
6»
Tbe armies operating in those departments, according to ed The call for volunteers and a draft of the militia afford- tember 30, the number of stamps issued to postmasters
[|r[
recent official returns, constitute a force of sevin hundred
was 104.000,000. Tbtir calls for about 200.000,000, r p i I l S COMPANY IS OHGAK1ZED KSPECIALLT FOR
purposes by discouraging enlistments and encourag- which would have beeo nearly sufficient to meet the 1
T1IE PROTECTION OF FAMILIES.
•and seventy-five thousand three hundred and i thirty-six
the payment toi thla Company, or any of it* authorized
officers ana privates, fully armed and equipped; since the ing opposition to the war and draft of soldiers. Anxiety unusual demand for a year. This extraordinary demand a On
K,-nt* o/tfie ,am of $50. it will i « , a cVnlflcaU of
date of tho returns this number has been increased to was felt in some States at the probable success of these arose from the temporary use of these stamps as a cur- ance,
blading itaelf to pay to *uch porauu thr »um of Piva
over eight hundred thousand. When the dnotas are disloyal practices, and the Government was urged to rency by the puttie in lieu of the smaller .denominations HCNPKBD DOLLARS, in CAM they are drafu-d into tbe Nav*l
adopt
some
measures
of
protection
by
temporary
restraint
filled np it will number a million of men, ancj the estior Military Servicc of the United States prior to December
of specie, *ndceasM with the introduction of the
orthose engaged in these hostile acts. To that end, Pro- called postal currency.
31st, 1S06, or daring the war. ID the wine proportion thin
mates ase based upon that number.
Companv
insure any person liable to do Military duty
The Middle Department, comprising the 'States of vost Marshals were appointed in some States upon tbe
The difference between the value bf stamps sold and in any sumwill
from $100 to $S,000, bot not more than $5,000 on
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jarsey and ^Delaware, nomination or their Governor to act under the direction stamps canceled in thefiscalyear 1862, shows $788,379 any
one life. Thl*Company also insures those in the aerjand the Departmentof Virginia, have been thfj 'scene of or the State Executive, and the writ or habeas corpus 96 as the amount in the hands of purchasers on the 1st vice, officer* and privates, against wannds or death, during
or July, 1862.
important military operations, concerning which detailed was suspended by our order.
the present war, thus enabling all prudunt soldiers to provide
By order or the War Department arrests were forbid- The whole number of dead letters received and
their families against want, in cage they fall ia hsjUe—die—
reports have not yet been made by the cdmmanding
den unless authorized by the State Eexccutive or Judge amined during the year is 2,282,018, which is 267,000 or arc so wounded as to be disabled from supporting them.—
generals to this department
To the manly virtues of bravery and patriotism that called
The preliminary reports of Major General McClel- Advocate. 8ome instances of unauthorized arrests have les than in the previous year. The whole number or the soldier to thofield,let him add the crowning excellence
lan of the battles before Richmond, and the battles of occurred, and when brought to the notice or the War valuable letters sent out by the Dead Letter Office was of a prudent provision for his family, in case he never re. Antietam and South Mountain, and the report of'the Department the parties have been immediately discharo- 51,239. Many interestingdetails are given in the re- turn, then will he be remembered with gratitude, aa one that
bis
General-in-Chief, are submitted.
port, touching tbe operations,or this office. Out of discharged his whole duty to his God—his coontrv—
'
By a recent order, all persons arrested for discouraging 21,493 cases where causes of non-delivery were ascer- family.
The communications between the departmeBt and the
Our rat a for insurance against wounds and death a
respective commanders Were prepared under1 a resolu- enlistments, or for disloyal practices in the States where tained, only 225 were attributable to the* fault or post- follows, t wit:
tion of the Senate at tho last Session, and will! bo trans- the quotas of volunteers and millitiahave been filled up, masters. 822 letter had no address whatever.
a hundred
against wounds.
mittee to Congress whenever you shall be pleased to give have been released.
"
" death.
Congress, at its first session, passed an act authorizing
Our certificates of insurance are nxsignablo—are Intended
Other persons arrested by military commanders and the employment or twenty-five odditional clerks to ficiliyour sanction.
to
be
assigned
to
the
family
for
their
care,
support and resent
from
departments
where
their
presence
was
dangerThe report of General Halleck, the General-in-Chief,
tate the retnrn or dead letters to their writers, with tho lief, in ease the eventa occur upoa which tbey are payable.
M I I ' r . operations in thewj department^ since the ous to tho public safety, have beeo discharged on parole, expectation that the receipts of postages thereon would
Asmanyintheaervicearewhareit would be impoaa.hle
familiea
in
this
way, the wife
_2d of July, tho date at which, under your ' order, he to be of good behnvior and do no act or hostility against cover tho appropriation $20,000 for their compcsation. Tor them to provide for their
* n y i n d i v i d a 4 1 f " "ng aa interest in
assumed command of all the armies of the Urihed States. tbe Government or the United States.
The result, thus far, shows that an ucoess or revenue
While military arrests or disloyal persons are com- therefrom over the expense has accrued to tho amount the family of the aoldier, may insure themagalnat wounds or
If the campaigns of these departments have? not equaldeath.
hat can mortal man do nobler, tban to present the
plained
of
in
some
States,
the
discharge
or
such
persons
ed*!! their results the expectations of tho Government
of several thousand dollars. The whole number of post- family of tho soldier with an Insurance upon bis life, or
ana the public hope, still they have not been' unproduc- are complained or in other States. It has been the aim offices in the United States, remaining established on the agaisat wounds,
thus at once placing them beyond the reach
pOVertv in case
""a* their protector never
— returna. This
. is a
tive of good results. The valor'of our. trooM has been or the department to avoid any encroachments upon in- 30th or June, 1862, was 28,875, or which there were in Of poverty,
ol substantial charity towards the dependent families
displayed upon many occasions, and the skill and gallan- dividual rights as far as might be consistent with the the loyal states and districls, 19,973 , and in tho insur- system
of
volunteers,
that
haa been commenced by our wealthy oitipublic
safety;
but
reflecting
minds
will
perceive
tbat
no
try of their officers have been distinguished at«Yorktown,
rectionary states and districts there were 8,902. Tbe •ens, and will be continued
by the worthier portions of
greater
encouragements
can
lie
given
to
the
enemy,
than
Williamsburg: Fair Oaks, Gainc's Mills, Mtavern Hill,
net increase in tho established offices over last year was them. What can our wealthy and patriotic citizeaa do, that
Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Chantilly, and other places efforts to prevent recruiting and enlisting.
121. The number or cases,acted upon by the appoint- will go further to increase eallstmenta and assist the GovThe expectations of the leaders and their sympatizers ment office during the year was 7,785. Tbe total nos-, eroment, than tn aay to our hardy laboring men—-If you
enumerated in the reports herewith submitted.
in the loyal States, that the call Tor volunteers would not tages accrued on United States and European mails aur- will enlist I will insure your life until yon return for $100
Tho invading army^hich recently threatened the capi- be answered, and that the draft would not be enforced,
—$500—$1,000, for the benefit of your family." '
tal and the bordersrof Maryland and Pennsylvania, has has failed, and nothing is left but to clamor at the means ing the year amounts to $1,144,093 82, being a reducTho rates or basis upoh which thia Company insure is
founded upoa a scientific statistical calculation of the morbeen driven bock beyond tho Rappahannockj; Norfolk, by which their hopes wer£ flustrated, and to strive to tion or tnc amount or tho previous year of $217,940
of ware for the last COO yeara. and leavea but a reasonacaptured by Major General Wool is in our ;possessiou; disarm tho Government in tho ruture, ir, in the chances Or the total amount collected, the excess collected ... tality
margin for profit for the Company, while it place* the
Suffolk ana 1 orktown are held; a strand army corps, un- or war, another occasion for increasing the military the United States was $212,607 36, which constitutes ble
families of those insured beyond w—*—•
t and destitution from
the balances paid to the several foreign department^ the ay of tho vicissitudes of
der its vigilant and ffficient commander, Major General force should arise.
ol wiar.
cost
of
exchango
being
defrayed
by
the
United
States.—
Thia
Is the
the only
only lumraoce
Insura Companj-~in
_
... the
liala
Statea
Il4v United
u
Dix, at Fortress Monroe, tW-eatens and harrassca the
The expenditures for enlistments, recruiting, drilling
organised especially for this purpose.
enemy ; and, which" is especially gratifying, ii has been and subsistence of volunteers, regulars and militia, The Postmaster General objects to this - cost as inequitable, and proposes, if possible, to relieve the departproved that tho loyalty of thotttate of Maryland cannot amounts to 820,692,282 91
Advantages of Insuring in this Compaay.
ment from this burden.
bo shaken, even by the presence of a rebel army.
1st—In the case ol citizens Insuring sums for their famiThe Secretaiy soys that experience has shown that noThe Postmaster General has mado special efforts to lies,
.•The official reports received at this Department show tions
If drafted: If no draft takes place in the county where
defects exist in tbe militia law, which should bo
that the military opcrntions-in tho West during the past remedied. The laWs relative to volutcers also need retrieve tbe foreign correspondence of the country from the insured resides, half tho insurance money will be reits complexity now so embarrassing alike to correspon- funded.
year have been active fihy successful.
;
amendment The views of the Department will be com- dents and to postal officers. Separate negotiations have 2nd.—Our Insurance In regard to tlio draft cover* not only
Tho beginning of last winter fonnd the Bdbcl armies municated through the appropriate committees of Condraft, bot all future ones.
been found altogether inadequate to'secure simple and the present Company
, of Price and McCuIlochm possession of all the North- gress.
Insure for any aum deaired, according
satisfactory arrangements. He, therefore, opened a cor- to3d.—Our
wostero portion of Missouri, while many of the counties
clrcumatances of insured.
It will bo found tbat the Quartermaster's Department,
north of the Missouri river were in a state ofittsurrection. upon which the charge or colored persons is chiefly im- respondence in August last, through the Department or <th.—The men who have invested their capital in this
Company have been well known to the business community
Our forces were concentrated at Bolla and Stdalia. As posed, has not found itself burdened with this care, but State, with foreign administrations, proposing a conven- for
the
past
fourteen
yeara.
soon as the Rebels could be driven from th^ Northern on tho contrary, has derived valuable aid from their la- tion or postal representatives at some convenleut point,
5th,—Tho
"" i capital
capital of
of this
thia Company
Compi will it be employed iu
counties, and our armies reorganized, active j operations bor, and iu considerable portionsjof the field or opera- to consider the enumerated difficulties and the means or Banking or Real Estate operations, but will remain in*U. 8.
Government
Stocks, and will only be converted ,
were commenced, notwithstanding the inclemency of tho tions has thus far suffered from a scant rather than from remedying.
ne 88arj 10 mcet
Several
replies
have
been
reoeived
from
the
various
*" "
'
^ liabilities of tho Company toseason and t be b^d condition of tho roads. 0n the 18th too grt|at a supply or such labor.
governments, and all are favorable and agree to the proof December a considerable .number of tho enemy were
Ini Louisiana, whore, at one time, the'rc were appre- ject This country, comprising emigrants from almost
-The Company are bound to take riaks to no more
cut off and capHired at Milford, while on their way to hensioos,
*.
or embarrassment from the number or the refu- every civilized nation, is especially interrested in the than $100,000,
join Price on ffie Osago river; Tho forced at Rolla, gees,
Responsible
agents
wanted
In every counly in the United
the reservation or a rich tract or land along the
uudcr GeuoraKJurtis. moved towurds Springfield, -which rail road to Berwick Bay, opened up a territory in which subject proposed to be brougnt before this coiferenco.— States. They must give references of strict integrity and
responsibility.
Those
desiring
to bo Insured where agents
It
is
a
specie
of
postal
improvement
requiring
the
escompolled Prioe to fall back into Arkansas! where he many thousands can bo profitably emploved, if placed
are
not
yet
appointed,
will
remit
to the Companv, at 69 Walltablishment, of greater uniformity and gome "common
vvaa joined -by Van Doru. A severe battle WRS fought at der proper regulations.
N. Y., (by expresa), a sum of mouev sufficient to cover
principle of arrangement, and is connected with our street
Pea Bridge, Arkansas, on the Cth, 7 th and 8th of March,
the
Company's
per
ceniage
on
tho
amount desired to be iuAt Port Royal fmch persons have been extensively embetween the combiued armies of tho enemy and General ployed in the Quartermasters Departments and in culti- prosperous commercial intercourse with other countries. aured ; and if It be a citizen desiring to insure a sum for his
Tho mail Jetting which went into operation on the 1st family, in case he Is afterwards drafted, he will, give his name,
Curtis" force, In which tho latter gained a complete and vating some thousands of acres of tho sea islands of the
or Julv last in the Western divisions and were effected age and residence. If it be a soldier, he will give name, age,
declsivo victory.
coast, the products of which are used in support ol them- ou8uch favorablo terms, as compared with tho previous and tho Company of the Regiment to whlchlic belong*, the
Tho gnnhoats, under Flag-officer Foot and
selves and families.
of the Regiment and State It Is from, also the resilcttings, that a reduction orexpenditure resulted to the number
troops at Cairo, under General Grant, moved up the
of hia family. If it be wife, brother, lather, or friends
In the operations of the army on the James River and amount or $331,000. At the same timo tho longtb of dence
Tennessee river for tho roduclion of Forts Henry and upon
of the family that desire to tako out an insurance upon the
tbe Potomac, in tho fortifications at Washington,
Donelson. While Grant's troops were marching to sur- and as laborers, teamsters, hostlers, and in' the landing the routes was increased by 159 miles, with an annual absent aoldier, they will give his name and age, and also the
Regiment and State to which it belong*. The apround the former place, it was attacked by the gunboats and shipment of stores, they have been of great service, increase of transportation of 754,428 miles. Notwith- Company,
plicant fortho policy will alao give the name and realdence
and reduced on the 6th ofFebuary, after a short but se- and the demand for their labor has exceeded the Bupnlv standing this increuse of service, the net saving is over of the wife or the peraon for whose ben-llt tbe insurance la
nine percent, as compared with the previous term.
procured.
vere engagement Gen. Grant then marched ngross the available.
j
*
The total annual cost of the internal service in oporaApply to, or-addreas,
Peninsula and attacked Fort Donelson. After several
It has not been found nieceasary to exercise within the tion on tbe 30th of Juno lost was $58,538 34, to which
SNYDER, WILLIAMS A Co..
days' hardfightiDgthat place also capitulated ion the 16th, loyal
States the power conferred upoo the President to
„ „ „
69 Wall-ctrttt, N. Y.
with its armament and garrison, except a smal1 force take actual military possession or the rail roads of the odd the cost of tbe various agencies, route ai.d local
"• S.—Money may be sent in registered letter*, or by exmessengers,
Ac..
$460,630
92,
and
thccoet
of
tho
serwhich crossed the Cumberland in tho night .and effected country.
prosn, at oar riak.
vice at that date is $6,314,464 92, which includes one
their oscapc. The victory caused the immediate evocumillion dollars for tho overland mail route-not before
ation of Bowling Green nd Nashville, and soon after of
Notices of tkc Pre**.
Report of the Poitmnater General.
charged upon the revenue or this department
Columbus nnd the greater part of Middle •Tehncssee.
WABHWOTON, Doc. 1, 1862.
Thia is a sound Company."
_Whilo Grant and Buell were concentrating their
Tho report for this year exhibits a very healthy finan- The saving iu the letting* of the West to July, 1862,
'• The insurance of a certain aum for one'a family.Ia a pruis
attributed
to
a
strict
adherence
to
tho
law
of
1845,
mies on tl.o Tennessee river, near tho head of navigation cial condition of the PosWffico Department, and shows it
dence tbat every man should adopt in thine critical timea."
" The man that would be respected and loved by his family
and great lines of rail road communcation, Ofcneral Pope to bo thoroughly impregnated with the spirit or improve- authorizing what is known as " star bids."
The report renews the recommendation fcr codUying in life, and gratefully remembered In death, will provide his
moved down the West bank of the.Mississippi, captured ment. The efficiency of the service has,been maintained
family against want."
the
postal
laws,
nod
hopes
it
may
be
done
at
this
New Madrid, and crossing tho river below the enemies' at the highest point accompanied by a great diminution all
{
"All our most prudent citizen* and soldiersare insuring
on.
batteries on and nc^r Island No. 10, compelled tho gar- or expenditures. The grOsa revenue or tho Department
a competence to their familiea In caae they ar* drafted, or
Among the improvements under consideration by the killed, ic the service ; it ia tho only safeguard in these critirison to capitulate on the 7th nnd 8th of ApnL General for the fiscal year, including the standing Treasury cre50-*m.
Grant had crossed tho Tennessee and takon position at dit for free mail matter and a small amount appropriated Potlmaster General is that of embossing postal stamps cal times."
Pittsburg Landing, in anticipation of the arrival of for the.relief of individuals, was 89,012,549 56. The on business and other envelopes supplied for that pur
MORTGAGE: 8 A I.E.
BuelL
expenditures for the same year amounted to $11,125,- po3e by persons desiring to furnish their own designs.EFAULT
HAVING
BEEN
MADE
IN
THE
CONDIIt
is
believed
lanrelv
that
this
will
largely
increase
the
use
of
Tho enemy advanced from Corinth, and attacked Grant 364 13. The regular postal revenue for 1862 is only
tion of a certain mortgage executed bv Henry Warburon tho morning of the 6th of ApriL A eevdre battle en- 849,470 50 less than it was for the fiscal year 1861, stamped envelopes in lien of stamps, which is an object too. then or the Township of Traverse. County of Grand
sued, which continued till dark, the loft of out-lino being during a large port or which year revenue was paid in of great importance to the deparnneut.
Traverse and Statool Michigan, to Morgan Batca, ol Traverse
lie also discourages tho 06C of tho piails for trans- City. County of Grand Traverse aad State of Michigan, beardriven back nearly to the river. A portio? or Buell's from all the States or the Union. Thit fact shows a
tho Fifth day of November, in the year of Our Lord
force arrived in tho afternoon and daring! tho night, large increase in the correspondence of the loval States. mitting money nnd speaks ravorably of a limited money- ingdate
Thousand Eight Hundred ani Sixty-one, and recorded-,
and the battlo was resumed at daylight on the morniug While the revenues hare been so nearly sustained at the order system, and offers an amendment to the registry One
the Fifth day of November, lidl, at 4 o'clock, P. M., In
system,
by which a return receipt jhall lie sent to the on
of tho 7th.
highest standard, the expenses havo beeb largly reduced.
the office of tbe Register of Deedii of Grand Traverse County,
The enemy was driven back at evorv pointi and in the For the proceeding year the expenditures were 82,481 - dispatching party as evidence or thf fact and date of de- in Liber 1 of Mortgages, at pages 308 and 309. on which there'
is claimed to be duo at the date »f thia notice, by the terms
afternoonfledfrom tho field, leaving their dead and many 394 98 greater than last year. The following compari- livery of bis package.
Ho also pioptoses to abolish many of the discriminat- and conditiona thereof the sum «>f sixty-six dollars ; and no
of their wounded in our hands.
sons of figures are interesting ;
j
" or proceeding at law having been Instituted to recover
ing rates of postage now existing, approximating as far
Finding that the armies or Price and Vai Dorn had
partorthedebtsecured by laid mortgage ; Nolle* Is
Expenditures for 1860 forscrvice in ; nil the States, as possible to uniformity, and increasing the efficiency
boen. withdrawn fiom Arkansas to Corinth, and all the 814,874,772 89 ; revenues for the same j vear, 89118
-by given, tbat by virtue or a power of sale contained In
available troops of the enemy at the Southwest concen- 067 40 ; deficiency, 85,656,705 49. Expenditures fc ana extent ofthc delivery and collection or letters by said mortgage, and the atatuto in such case made and provided, the premises described in said mortgage, or so much
trated at this place, orders were issued for General Pope 1861, (service interrupted in 1861) $13.606,759 11 carriers in cities.
Tho attention or the public is called to the great im- thereof as may be necessary to aatisfy the amount due on aaid
and a part of GoneralCortis' troops to reinforce our armortgage, and the costs, interest and expenses of sale, torevenues for 1861, (service interrupted in 1861 i
my on tho Tennessee. Tno latter -had long difficult >9,049,299 40 ; deficiency, $4.557,462 71. Expendi- portance or good postal officers for a successful adminis- gether with un Attorney's fee of Twenty-five dollars, specified
tration of this department If tbe postmasters and their
marches to make.
said mortgage, will be sold at public vendue, to the hightures for 1862, $11,125,364 13 ; revenues for 1865 $9 - clerk3 are selected without chief reference to their
t bidder, at the front door of thie School Hou.se in Traverse
The Department of the Pacific has bean free from any 015,549 56 i deficiency, $2,112,814 57[ Reduction of
of Grand Traverse and State of Michigan.—that
or the calamities occasioned by the rebellion. An ear- expenditures as compared with 1860. $3,749,408 ; re- efficiency and personalfitness,no amount of good legis- City.Countv
being the place for holding the Circuit Qourtlor the County
nest and deep sympathy has been manifested! by the loyal duction or expenditures aa compared ;with 1861. $2 - lation will 9ecurc public satisfaction. An energetic, in which the premises to be sold are ailnated—«n Saturday
raithful and efficient Postmaster, devoted to the inter- the Seventh day of February, 188J. at ten o'clock in tho fore'
citizens or the Pacific States in support of,the Union.— 481,394.,
I
ests
or
the
servicc.
should
be
retai'
ed
so
long
as
he
illusnoon. Raid premises are described a» follows: All that
From a survey or the whole field of operations, it is ap.
The Department has not been for maCy years so selfparent that wnatotf&r disasters our arms may havo suffer- sustaining. This result is largely owing to the suspen- trates those qualities in hisadmioi tration or tbe office. certain piece or parcel of Und situated lying arid being in
the County of Grand Traverse and State'or Michigan, and
ed at particular points, a great advance has bwn made sion or postal expenditures in tbe .South, which were He attributes the successs ortho 1 oglish system largely described
as the West half of Sooth Eaat quarter of Section
since the commwcocement of tho war. Tho Union for- greatly in excese or portal receipts, bnt not alqne to to the permanent character^ the • officers and tfieir Five (5) Town Twenty-«even(J7) North ol Range Eleven (11)
s
ces are now in tho field under abl» coramandere, stronger that A revision or all discretionary expenses has been ramiliarity with tbe laws and re, ilations, and regrets Wost,containing Eighty acres acresa according
*' to tbe- United
- the
extent
to
which
other
motives
to
appointments
have
States
survey thereof.
tbm ever, raoluto and eajer to be ted « p , i « thi mm
made, and largo reductions ordered." 'Ihe pay of agents prevailed in this country. Ho urges a return to the old
—to crush the rebellion by a vigorous winter campaign. haa been regarded and equalized. Economy has been
Dated
Travcrae
City,
No
r
^
b
e
The armies of the Potomac and tho West stand ready re-established in the larger offices, where waste was standard or honesty, capability and fidelity, and anticito vie wilh each other in dealing the quickest and the found. Incompetency, wherever found in official posi- pates more public satisfaction and administrative success
heaviest blows against the enemy. Taught by experience tion, has been removed, and an effort made to adopt a from the adoption of sncb a principle than from any other
1 ( 5 0 0 A . c r e s of" L a n d I
tha rum oT inaction and hazzard of delay, the spirit or standard ormerit and or administrative efficiency ia lieu single act of reform. He nses thia language :
The subscriber offers for sale 1C00 acres of choice and
" I t is my intention to adhere firmly to my determinaearoest activity scemi to prevade the forces of the Unit- or other and inferior motives for appointment The
well-selected lands, having been mostly located at the first
ed States beyond what has hitherto been exhibited. In Postmaster General expresses bis determination to ad- tion to displace incompetency and indifference wher- settlement
of tbe country, and many of said lands are borderever fonndja official position under my control, without ing on the Grand
the numorous battles and engagements that have occur- here to this course.
Traverse Bay, and in tracts of from 50 to
any discrflalnatioo in fiivor or appointments 1 may my- 300 acres : aome have small improvement* on, (and well
red, our armies have sustained a courage and determinaTty number or postage stamps issued to postmasters seirhave made under misinformation of facts."
located
for
woodieg purpose*, with a good growth of beach
tion that shouhl inspire officers and eotdlera fighting in during the year was 7,078,188. The! value or letter
and
maple
timber.*
Also, 300 Town Iota, and 30 Park Lot*
The document, as a whole, will be read with unusual
defence of their.Government
j
envelopes was $733,255 50. The value of
for sale at reasonable prices,
/us RA
„
1~~| i n , e r c s t - " d contains numerous suggestions of great im- In East Traverae City, offered
Under the calls of Jnly last and August tiere are al- oewPMner wmnrvr*
Geo. W. Bryant, Proprietor.
wspaper wrappers, 823,646 50, increase of issue over' portancc to this branch of the public service.
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