State News, An Odd Fellows Lodge has been organized at Toconsha. Wesley Shriver, aged ten years, was drowned in the river: at on the 19th ult. Chas: G. Clarke, has been appointed Postmaster at Ann Arbor. Detroit has at length got a loot named after Greeley.
Three Mormon elders are proselyting in Coldwater Detroit claims. a population of 90,536: 0 -John Cole, of Port Huron, has 6 400 acre wheat field. Two women cowhided a man in Sturgis the -other day. It cost them $15 apiece. H.
Moyer WAS drowned while bathing in the river: at Constantine, Friday evening. -Thomas Munger was shot while at work in his bay field, near Byron, last Monday, by some concealed assassin. He lived about three hours. No clue to the murderer -has yet been The town of Ira, St. Clair county, has been fearfully scourged with that loathsome disease, the pox, there having been 75 cases, of which 17 were fatal, within ten months.
-The bids for building the new State Capitol at Lansing were opened on Tuesday of last week when it was found that the lowest bidders were Messrs Osborne of Rochester N. Y. who put in a contract at $1,139,000. This is the same firm who built the City Hall at Detroit last season. -A fire broke out at Alpena last Saturday, destroying $180,000 worth of property, including four hotels, the County Clerk's office, Odd Fellows Lodge room, and the Argus office.
Mrs. Westbrook and her son, perished in the flames, and two other persons were burned to death. Sixty-one Democrats in two small towns of Wayne county, have signed a paper saying that they will never under any circ*mstances vote for Greeley. One of them says that they have meanwhile diligently inquired in the county Republicans who have forsaken Grant and will vote for Greeley, and they have found but one. The Kalamazoo Gazette says: Jonathan Saddler, town treasurer of Heath, in Allegan county, died on Saturday last from the effects of poison.
He had been engaged in killing potato-bugs on his vines, and crushing one of them the juice struck upon the finger, on which there was sore. The finger immediately commenced swelling and communicated to his arm and thence to his body, causing death in a few hours. On Saturday night Mr. Geo. F.
Thayer lost one of his horses by being poisoned on Paris Green. It seems that Mr. Thayer had been to town and had purchased three. pounds of Paris green, on arriving at home he forgot take out of his wagon. In the night the horse got at it and ate enough to.
kill him. Buchanan Record. General News, Dr. Houard has been released by the Spanish authorities. The jury of the Stoke's trial have disagreed.
The only son of Senator Pratt has been sent to the inebriate asylum at Binghamton, New York. The Orangemen of New York paraded in that city last Friday withtout molestation. The Louisville and New Albany Railroad has been placed under. the management of the Michigan Central Hail Spain That badgered kingdom has at last struck the highway of progress, resolving to wrest the government wholly from the hands of the Catholio Church: -A reduction of fees upon Money Orders, to be obtained sat the Post Office, have been made. Sums not to excede ten dollars costs now but five "cents instead of ten cents as heretofore.
Local editing is the same all over the Union." Here is a specimen from Salem, Massachusetts. The editor of the recently received the following delightful missive You fellers want to keep us fellers out of. your paper, else you, git yowr dam snoot busted. This bizziness. He had been reporting a saloon row.
Political Chas. Sumner refuses to support the Greeley Brown ticket. -There is but one Republican journal of any account in New England that does not support Grant Wilson. The Democracy of Oregon propose to send delegation to the Louisville Convention. California will also appoint delegates, Gideon Welles has come out for Greeley! Sinbad the Sailor; the Flying Dutchman, and Robinson Crusoe are ret to be heard from -Bradley.
Jolinson, ox-comman-1 der of the prison pen at Salisbury, N. C. is also among the fiddlers of the Chappaqua Babylon. -The Three Rivers Reporter politely requests the to keep its snoot out of the politics of the IV Cong. Dist.
-A telegram last Friday announced the death -of B. Gratz Brown; while on a visit to Greeley, in New York. Certainly he wast very sick, but it turned out that he was only lead drunk: D. B. MILES E.
BARBER; Editors. Thursday, July 18, 1872. FOR PRESIDENT, ULYSSES S. GRANT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HENRY WILSON.
Vigilant. Republican State Convention: A Republican State Convention to nomibate, candidates for State officers, and for President and Vice President, will he beld in the city of Laveing, at 1872, live at Hall, 11 on o'clock Wednerday, the 81st day of July, The several countles will be entitled to: two delegates for each Representative in the lower branch of the State Legislature, under the apportionment jaw of 18.1, and every organized county baving no Representative will be entitled to one delegate. Under the resolution of 1858, no delegates will be eutitled to a seat who does not restde in the county be represents. 8. D.
BINGHAM, Chairman. Republican Congressional Convention. A Republican Congressional Convention for the Fourth Congressional District, will be held at the village of Decatur. on Wednesday, August Ith, at one o'clock p. to pomloate a Republican candidate for Congress.
Rach county in the District will he entitled to twice as many Delegates as it bas members in both branches of the gialuture, under the Apportionment Law of 1871. A. COPLEY. Chairman. Casa 0.
A. HARRISON, Van Buren Co. R. D. DIx.
Berried Co. G. E. READ. Co Kalamazoo, June '72.
Republican County Convention. The Republicans of Cars County are requested to meet by delegates at the Court Rouse, in Caseopolia, on Tuesday, the 23d day of July At 11 o'olock A. for the purpose of appointing four delegates to represent raid county la the State Convention to be beld in the city of Lansing. July 31st, 1812 also five delegates to represent the county of Case 1o the Congressional Convention for the Fourth Congressional District of Michigan, which meets at Decatur, on Wednesday, the 7th day of August next. and to transact such otber business 88 way properly come before such county vention.
Bach township is entitled to one delegate for every twepty voters. It la hoped that every township will be fully. represented. Cassopolis, July let 1878. By order of the County Committee.
Hon. Austin Blair. Hon. AUSTIN BLAIR, Michigan's war Governor, and for many years one of the leading men in our State, has finally concluded to go over to the Democracy, and hereafter herd with those who have heretofore been his bitterest political enemies. Having always been an ardent admirer of Mr.
Blair, we cannot see him take this step but with regret, for it is true that when a man begins to go down the hill he never stops until he gets to the bottom, and so it will be with him. First into the liberal party, then to the Democracy, and finally down to be the compassion-in-arms of traitors, rebels, and the worst men of the country. That he had grievances, there can be no doubt; and that he has received, shabby. treatment at the hands of those who should be his friends, we admit, but that he should resort to a complete apostacy, to. remedy those evils while he had the people of the State with him, is indeed surprising.
But he is not the first man who has in moment of madness resorted to suicide. As a natural consequence, a few of his personal friends have followed him over into his new political retreat, but they are a few indeedless, by. far than the anticipated. While his old associates are pained to see him bring political ruin, and political death upon, himself, they feel that they cannot, abandon the good old Republican ship event to keep company with him- and hence ho goes out from among us comparatively alone, to wade and wallow in the slimy quagmires of Democracy in the future. Hereafter he is to be a Democrat political enemy, and as a matter of course must expect the same treatment that he has in years past meted out to his foes while he was a Republican.
he The Governor alledges that he leaves the Republican, party on account of its corruption, but does he prestine to make. it better by substituting the Tammany and treason in its stead Is: Tweed, Sweeney, Connoly, Gavin, Hall, Hoffman, the Woods, Floyd, Toombs, Wigfall and men of that ilk, better patriots and more honest men than Colfax, Logan or Wilson, or even those to him, men, Chandler, Morton It looks to us that the remedy that he proposes is much worse than the disease, and so the great mass of Republicans who have hitherto acted with him look at it, and for that reason have concluded to let him take his perilous journey over into the dark Democratic A camp all solitary and alone. Greeley and Browns The nominatton of: Greeley and Brown at the Democratic Convention at Baltimore, is received with particular disgust.by a large number of the old followers of the Democracy. They are outspoken all over the country, and that they will vote for Grant, instead of Greeley. There has not been a particlo of enthusiasm manifested in Cass county, excepting as Lew.
Smith enthuses on the steps of stores during the hot summer evenings. That "Manifesto." The editor of the National Democrat published, with a considerable flourish of trumpets, in his issue of last week, a batch of stuff which he was pleased to style a "declaration of independence from party caucus," to which the names of twentyfive persons seem to have been subscribed, some of whom have been Republicans, but the greater part of whom are either blue-line" Democrats or political hermaphrodites. The names of the Democrats are: P. G. Rouse, James Ryan, J.
V. Honeyman, Jacob Lutes, John Smith, Joseph Hinkleman, John A. Reynolds and John B. Reynolds. The names of the others--I mean the political hermaphrodites -arewell, they wouldn't look well in print, and so I omit them.
What a grand army of reformers! Make way for Down with corruption! 11 "One term (apiece) and no (3) stealing Every member who signed that great State paper proclaimed to the nation--for remember it was published in the National Democrat--that he had belonged to the Republican party ever since thetime of the Free Soil movement, and yet, at least eight of them are known to have been Democrats ever since they were anything. What noble (1) reformers! And how truthful! They have all said and caused it to be published in the Na-. tional Democrat, that they date their adhesion to the Republican party as far back as the Free Soil movement but some of them were then unborn, and not more than two or three of them were old enough to adhere very tenaciously to anything. But verily they. are reformers! A noble set of fellows! They have.
all said that they belonged to the Republican party at the. time of the Free Soil movement, but then there was no Republican party in existence; and yet they are all reformersl. After they had made the startling revelation that some of them had not only belonged to the Republican party, but had even acted with it before they were born -thus eatablishing beyond refutation, the doctrine of metempsychosis and that all of them had been members of it before. it had an existence in the world, as if determined that mystery. itself should be mystified, they.
proclaimed that they identified themselves with it in the days of honest old Abe Pure, noble, patriotic honest men How their righteous -souls have grieved on account of the corruption of the present Administration Nodoubt their antiquated heads have more than once been great waters and their ancient eyes flowing fountains of bitter tears from looking upon the venality of that profoundly cor-1 rupt party with which they had so long and prominently been identified, and which they, had so long fondly loved for the purity and magnanimity of its principles How sad, indeed, is the reflection that, notwithstanding their, herculean efforts so faithfully and honestly -put forth for the purification of that party, it is doomed to destruction but how full of cheer. and consolation and, encouragement it is that! they were able to preserve their own manhood in all its intrinsid, nobility and excellence, and to withdraw from so vile a mass of corruption free from all taint, surcharged with purity, and emminently, fitted to augment the equally unspotted hosts of Tammany Noble old patriarchs! Generous Reformers! Persevere in your ways of purity and patriotism and you will evidently. strike ile" at no distant day, least, you will be almost certain: to "develop theprismatia colors." Your lately found affinities may bo better able to appreciate your countless virtues, and will doubtless reward you for your distinguished services in behalf of humanity, in the most appropriate manner. But, seriously, I except a large number of the twenty-five persons whose names appear to have been subscriced to that remarkable manifesto, from the imputation thrown out above, for they are all right and will not vote. for Greeley and Brown or.
desert the old Republican ship, but will be found on duty at their posts in November. My judgment, based upon conversations with them, is that not more than three of the entire number, who have heretofore acted with the Republican party, will be at all likely to vote the Liberal (9) ticket, and the only way for the liberals to make sure of them is to be liberal enough to give them nominations, as, for instance, Register of Deeds, constable and poundmaster on that ticket, for until their leader found he could get no nomination on the county ticket at the hands of the corrupt party he had deserted he was death on Greeleyites. Notwithstanding the manifesto of twenty-five independent Republi- cans from Penn," this township. is good for a majority of forty for Grant and Wilson in November, and perhaps even a larger majority. For "while the lamp holds out to burn," LORRAINE.
The Opinion of a Democrat. 6 We do not believe there is a single man in the United States who thinks that Horace Greeley is politically an honest map. We do not believe there is any one competent to judge who does not believe that his dishonesty culminated in the acceptance of the Cincinnati nomination and platform. We do not lieve that a delegate to the Baltimore Convention can vote for him as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency without knowing that he is misrepresenting the wishes of the great mass of the Democratic party." Det. Free Press.
That is the opinion of the leading Democratic paper in Michigan concerning Mr. Greeley. If Horace is so small that the Free Press cannot support him, how utterly abandoned he must be. The County Jail. One of those incomprehensible things that we cannot understand is, why this county, abounding in wealth, and with a large and intelligent citizenship, can think of getting along with the necessary county business in such an old rookery as that building called the jail.
We don't believe there is a county in the State of Michigan with half the population but has a better, jail than Gass county. It is a cheap, dilapidated old building, with the walls all ready to tumble. down, and in no more fit condition for keeping. prisoners than a barnyard; and as to you might as well sturn a prisoner loose in a cow pasture. There is not a glimpse of, security within its wills, not, withstanding the Sheriff and his aids, are constantly at work tinkering it up so as to make it hold.
Officials from abroad who frequently visit here, laugh at our old jail and wonder why a better one is. not built. The idea of putting prisoners for safe keeping into a room with only a lath and plaster partition between them and freedom, or only boards at the best, is simply ridiculous. Parsimonious Supervisons, and stingy tax payers may. look upon it as a matter of economy, but if they will stop to calculate, the figures will convince them once that it is the most expensive policy that can be pursued.
Rogues make it their business to keep posted all about the jails of the country, and when they find a county where the jail is cure, like ours, they invariably make it a field for, their operations We predict that the depredations committed in Cass county. within the last five years, and" the consequential damages when reduced to dollars and cents would furnish, ample means to build a new jail complete, and save us the mortification of having every desperado whom the Sheriff undertakes to incarcerate, walk leisurely out of the old rick, and dis? appear. whenever pleases. Of course the Sheriff and his deputies have to go after them and try to hunt them up, eyen if it takes a trip to New. Orleans or New York, and rewards have, to be offered.
It they do not do this, then they are consured for unfaithfulness Then comes a large bill against. the county: which the Supervisors audit and pay. From what knowledge we are able to obtain, there are more criminals arrested in Case county in pros portion to its population than any other, county in the State, Aside, from the local criminals of the city, Jackson county, with almost double the does not have as much of this kind of business as Cass. In the county of Ingham, where they have a proof jail, burglaries and thefts, and other flagrant crimes are hardly ever perpetrated. The population of that county is nearly 26,000, while Cass: contains but 21,000.
Had it not been for the jealousies of some sections of the county against Cassopolis, we believe that a new jail and court house would have been built long ago. In all our acquaintance we know of no place where the people take so little pride in their conty seat as in Cass county. The fear that the expenditure of a dollar for county- purposes in Cassopolis is going to add to the business of the place, or help to rich some business men here, is not a reason why county interests should be wholly ignored. It is decidedly a poor and expensive policy, and we believe that if the matter could be properly brought before the voters they would readily vote the means necessary to supply the county with a good, safe, respectable court house and jail, not to ornament Cassopolis, but for the credit, safety and convenience of the business necessary to be done here. Thirty or forty thousand dollars would be a sufficient sum to build them both, just one dollar and ninety cents for each of the inhabitants- a sum that would be scarcely felt by taxpayers, and we hope that at the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors the necessary measures will be taken te bring the subject before the people for them to determine, and we feel confident that when they fairly understand the present need of such buildings, they will not hesitate moment in voting the money.
The Law and the Testimony. In the above the Governor has fully established his claims as a member of the. simon-pure Democracy, and we think there will be no further catechising by the party of the second part. He can falsify almost equel to any old line the -wool Democrat, already, and at this rate will soon be the nonpareil of them all." What say. you, Goyernor, to the following.
Executive Order," issued by Grant, no longer ago than last April, an official copy of which may be found in every post office in the United States, and promulgated officially, through the United States Mail, the official organ of the Post Office. Department: EXECUTIVE ORDER. WASHINGTON, April 16, 1872.3 The advisory board of the civil service, having completed the grouping contemplated by the rules already, adopted, have recommended certain provisions for carrying the rules into effect recommendations, as herewith published, are approved, and the provisions. will be enforced as rapidly as the proper arrangements can be and the 13th of the rules adopted on the 19th of Decem-Wilsey, ber last is amended to read as published herewith The utmost fidelity, and dilligence will be expected "of all officers in every branch of the public service. Political assessments, as they "are called, have forbidden within various departments; and while the right of all persons in official positions to take part in politics is acknowledged, and the franchise is recognized as a high trust to be discharged by all entitled to exercise, whether in the employment of the government or in private life, honesty and efficiency, not political activity, will determine the tenure of office.
U.S. GRANT.I HAMILTON FISH, Sec'y of State: Gov. Blair has left the Republican party and joined the Democrats all correct and proper if that is according to his taste. he had to prove the genuineness of his conversion before he would. be accepted as a member, and here is a specimen, of his first effort, delivered at Marshall last Friday, in a carefully written speech: They are assessing millions of dollars every year upon the officeholders of the country for political purposes, to be paid out of their extravagant salaries." If there is any one thing that would give Liberalism in this State a bad odor, it.
would be fact that John F. Driggs had something to do with it. Det: Free Press. The Chicago Tribune triumphantly publishes a note from General Beauregard, declaring himself for Greeley. Porter Township Republican," in a letter to the Democrat, of June 27th, 7 said: When the Democratic party nomi-tiful nate the Cincinnati (nominees, then this smothered enthusiast which hast been kept down for fear we would make fools of ourselves, will burst forth like a volcanic eruption." Baltimore has nominated the Cincinnati is nominees," long ago, but (where the "enthusiasm," and "volcanos," and and "fools," and all those things predicted by the said Porter Greeley Republican? With the exception of the latter, we have not been able to witness anything of the kind.
A Cards. At the late session of Congress a law was passed to provide one cent postal cards to be sent through the mails. It will he an open card, having on its face a one eent stamp, and lines for the address. The opposite side is ruled for writing. The price of the card with stamp is only one cent.
The postage on circulars and other transient printed matter, which has heretofore been two cents for four ounces or less will be under the new law one cent for two ounces or less, and circulars formerly costing two cents, will be one cent. Then comes the letter of ex-Congressman Driggs, of the Saginaw District, denouncing the frauds, corruptions and nepotism of the administration, and declaring that he shall go for reform and honesty by voting for Horace Democrat. We don't blame the Democracy a bit for exulting over the acquisition of Hon. John F. Driggs to their ranks.
His letter comes in the nick of time" to hit the corruptionists. John has gone out of the "cadet" business, and so he goes in now for reform! and honesty and Greeley He will make a capital party man for his new associates. Only give him a chance to steal, and our word for it, the Democratic name will not loose one jot nor title of its renown. In stock jobbing he is the quintessence of perfection. For a first class land grab swindle, old Pomeroy is a mere school boy by his side and as to black-mailing he is at home every day of the week including Sundays.
Cadetships for sale at $1,000 apiece, provided you make him a congressman. Ah, yes, won't he deal telling blows to the "frauds and corruptious of the administration?" Democratic friends, our loss is your gain and we have a few more of the same sort that we have been trying to get rid of for the last ten years that you are welcome to. COUNTY NEWS. PORTER. The postoffice at Shave Head has been discontinued, and mail for that office is now sent to: Union.
There are not more than four or five Greeley Republicans in the and they are disposed to let him alone since het has become the Democratic candidate. 5 Joseph Hartman, a merchant of Union, lost his only child last day, a little daughter, about 10. months old, with scarlet fever. Wheat in this town is some shrunken, but will turn out an average crop. Corn is light and potato bugs lively.
a PENN. The Republican caucus for the township of Penn was, held at the village of Vandalia, last. Saturday, and the following delegates were to attend. the County. Nathan at Cassopolis, on the 23d: Jones, Jno.
Alexander. S. A. Bogne, Leander Osborn, East, Ira, East, Shepard, Isaac Bonine Amos Smith, W.m. Bogne, James H.
Stamp, A. L. Thorp, C. E. Carrier, H.
H. Philips, Martin M. A. Thompson, G. L.
Linder The following. resolution was offered and carried: By the of Penn township, in caucus assembled, that their delegates to the County Convention, to meet in Cassopolis, on the 23d. tor elect delegates to the Congressional Convention, be instructed to vote as a unit for delegates who, will support the Hon. E. J.
Bonine for Congress, from this District. The Republican Township Committee for this year consists of. Alexander, Amos Smith, Dr. Osborn, A. L.
Thorp, G. L. Linder MASON. Moses McKissick one of the most enterprising farmers of the town recognizing the general demand for a place of business in: the town where tho, public could be. accomodated to post, office.
facilities: and trade, has laid out a portion of his farm at what has heretofore been known as Me Kissock's Corners, into lots, and proposes to build up a neat: little village. Ho has given it the name of KISSINGTON, a very beauand appropriate name, the plat of which has been duly recorded the County Registers office. He proposes to sell the lots on such storms that laboring men and mechanics can afford to buy. Already. lots: havo, been sold, and buildings are: now going up.
The United Brethren denomination: have, made arrangments.to build nice church edifice that is to cost about: $3,000. The place shas already. got good start, and as it is located on one of the finest plats of land in Michigan, we can see no, good reason why it should not grow rapidly. The harvest nearly over, and the secured in good order. The crop is very good.
Corn' is looking somewhat sickly, owing to the" ravages of worms. Mr. Meacham has plowed up fifty acres that he planted last spring on this account, and is preparing the ground for wheat. The Greeley movement is not looked upon here as a matter of much importance only by Democrats. Republicans will go to the polls and vote the straight ticket as usual, except that many of the Democrats will go and vote the same ticket with them, they being entirely disgustedwith the whole Greeley affair.
Remorse Already Working. One of the Democratic delegates from Shiawassee County to the recent Democratic State Convention was asked if he purposed personally to support Greely. replied; am going to try to. I shall attend Democratic meetings this fall, but but shall go to every Republican gathering I can hear of. I feel as though fought to be abused, and I am going to seek for it, in order that I may be able to screw my courage up to the Greeley point.
PATENT Different courts have decided that legal notices required by law to be printed in a paper published in the county where the proces is to be executed, cannot be printed in a paper haying patent outsides printed out of the county, and such papers are not exempted from postage within the county where published, by the provision of the postoffice law. Postmasters should observe fact and also those who have mortgage, foreclosures and other legal notices for publication. following are the shipments over the Peninsular Railway, from Cassopolis station, for the month of June: Merchandise, 23,563 bls. Hardware 4,830 Agricultural Implements, 3,200 Furniture. 1,398 Potatoes, 12,320 66 Butter ,181 Tallow ,135 H.
H. Goods, 1,964. Plaster, Corn, 20,200 Oats 22,790 Charcoal, 16,500 Rags, Hides, 924 Staves 8,000 Shingles, 80,000 M. Lumber, 80,000 ft. Dried Apples, 22 bls.
Lime, 115 Spring-Beds 89 Plows 20 Hay Rakes Wagon Horse Power Windmills, Piano Fortes, No. Tickets Sold, 348 Z. ALDRICH, Ag't GRANT WILSON CLUB There was a meeting of the Republicans at the court house last Monday, evening to organize a Grant Wilson The meeting was very large and enthusiastic, many of our leading citizens being in attendanceHon. MA T. Garvey was elected Chairman, and D.
B. Harrington chosen secretary. A committee, consisting of Joseph Harper, D. B. Harrington, Wm.
P. Bennett, C. C. Nelson, and A. J.
Smith, were rappointed to report a constitution and Twenty-Six persons then came, foward and signed their names as members of the Club, after which adjourned to meet again at the Court. room' next Saturday evening, and which it is hoped that every Republican who was not present last Monday night will attend. BROWNSVILLE Chess Gregg, of Brownsville, wish to inform the citizens: in that vicinity, that they have. a large and well selected stock of both Dry. Goods, Groceries, which they are selling at prices that cannot fail to give entire satisfaction to their customers.
Give them a call I HORSE STOLEN A valuable horse was stolen from Norman -Jarvis, near Dowagiac, on the night of inst. Sheriff Merwin offers reward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of the thief..
