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5.non. Unas. i. lioruam was onogen unair-taan, and D. 9. Beach, Secretary.'A circular issued by the Michigan Branch‘of the U.' S. Sanitary Commission at .-.Detroit,, was then read by the Chairman, requesting contributions of .monoy, vegota* hb,4ancy riiolesr:c., in _aid of the Northwqptefii Fair, to be held at Chicago,May 30th, 1865. ../ • '' The Wauti of our soldier*, and our debt qf gratitude to them, were ably set/forth by S.-S. Lacey, Wm. H. Brown, Rev. L. Willard, Geo. Johnson and others*A motion was presented by S. S; Lacey that a committee of fifteen gentleman and r. fifteen ladies be appointed by the chair, to e ac* with the Ladies' Soldier's Aid Society. s“ Also a motion by Rov. L. Willard, see jy onded by the ludios, that a separate organ-at ization be made to carryout the reqncBt contained in said circular—the same to last until the fair, May 30th. jAfter numerous argument* pro and cony it was finally decided to organize a Society for the purpose of soliciting, collecting/apd procuring fancy articles, money,vegetables, th^LSic.rftt-thc ..Great-Northwestern ^-SanitaTy a Fair at Chicago.*a ‘“The following officers were then chosen:M PrtnMatl-C. T. GORHa/)b‘ Vice Prctidtni—GEOR(rI'. JOHNSON,ae Secretary—J. B. GKEENOUGH;Hit I Treasurer—GEORGE lNGEReiOLL.I • / • • • • i*ny I On motion,.an executive committee of lJ0 ‘thirty ladies and gentlemen was pppoinledihir-Cjrape'nuffg irotn every wmaow ana nui-tered from every door knob. And on the W%nesday follqwing what a mighty throng marched in solemn procession, io pay their last honor to him to whom, more thn'auy other man in T»Ke nation, honor was. due. The cotafalco was drawn by twelvo horses, six white aud.slx bluok, #1-teruating. Around, this fully twenty/five thousand souls gathered. Soldiers^(among them the 9th Michigan Infantry,) citizens, firemen, employees,. maBons,./fenian6—all were there. Gqycmoi Browplow, and Generals Thomas, Rousseau, Miller,.Whipple, .Fowler and Donaldson also joined in the procession. R(Sv. Dr. Allen, the loyal pastor of the Presbyterian church, offered an eloquent . 'prayer, a poem was read Gov. Bvophlow made a few appropriate and feelings remarks, a salvo of artillerjwas /fired, and the vast concourse .o' . 1 mourners-turnedvback ttf their homes.Bui not yet is our day of■ mourniojpast. Kind, cheerful,* courageous, leniedalmost to a fault, reviled, but not revilinghated, but not cherishing revenge, wear~aif(Tcar ? worn iiTThe *erviqe oFlits countrystricken dawn of his country, strickedown in the very hour of triumph, wlorig 'ihll mouriT’the .nation's loaa^-on“second Washington.Where now are the champions'of cionency ? .“Where are those who clamored ftmercy- when there was no penitencelu-aa f’ollowa/ibc number being increased so’ Who atill cries conciliation? Let tl•ed rsl° aecur0 a comtgittee, in case §ome \t\% should be unable to act-:hm I S. S. Licmr, chairman.1 if I Wx Hammond,j. M. Parsons, 1I If. E. Phelps,e Prank Bkacii, as Lemuel Downs,nt- T. J* D’Dbian,.1 ^' I E.K llESDEHfiOM,I W tLLlAM WuoDnurr, cct J. T. Downb, at! Luvt Mosukr,Thos. Campbell,II. E. Dunham, ere jx. p. Fwnk; tanifld—-V -rMrs. D. B. Bjcach,41 J. B. GRKKNOUan, I.KV1 Mosuer,J. T. Downs, Asaph Raymond,P. B. Schuyler, G. S. WaioiiT,S. n. Banker,Geo. Bouguton,44 4 J.- B. Frink,41 C. II. Eggleston, 44 II. E. Phelps,44 G. H. White,14 E, A; Com via,41 S. A. Tyler.iii*itiilt;iititstern baud of Justice fall upon those wl have desolated the land, and sent grief every household. , * B. B. B.Where Booth Lies.lanliisrd.anhasick-lostresiU.il-olaLeehadMr?. C. T. Gorham;*■ The meeting then'adjourned to Friday evening, at same time and place.D. S. BEACH, SecreUry.State Bounties.'We have been furnished with the following Laws referring, to Soldier's Sjqte-Bounties^-. ,______'Adl Miciiigan^vclureers cnTiifiog or re-enliEting after Feb. 5th, 1864, who were credited to their place qf enrollment orThursday the Secretary of War, witho nstructious of any kind, committed tolt;h Lafayette 0. Baker, oftthc secret Bcrvilt; the stark corpse of Jv Wilkes Booth. T secret service never fulfilled its violati more secretively. “ What have you do with the -body ?w~said:-T~tO“~Col/-Bak “ That is known1' he answered,44 to oi one raaujiying hesjde myself. It is got I will not tellyou where. 'The only ih who knows it is sworn to silence. Ncv till the great trumpeter comes,, shall I grave of Booth be discovered.'1 And t is truc--Last oightj-^the 27th of April small row-boat received the carcass of t murdered ; two men were in it; they c ried the body off into the darkness, and« out of that darkness it will never relu -iHJdlO-dMkness. like his great crime, n it remain Tor ever, implacaBTep lnvlsilthe ] residence, on any call made by the President after Jan. 1st, 1864, are by law, enti's inIsle, ;rers •lain e so the Idier s in mralTinehicn.rt K.v re*V -orlerve ce of m beW^lOgen-is atI andriny,ngedtied to a State bounty of $1U0. Those who enlisted after May I4fch, 1864, cannot get their bounty until an appropriation is made by the Legislature for that purpose.Veteran volunteers re-enlisting before Feb. 5th, 1864, with th*ir regiment, after two years service, are entitled to a State bounty of 850.All Michigan volunteers.enlisting after March 6th, 1853,804 before Nov. 10th, 1863, in any organized regiment, company or battery in the field/are entitled to aState bounty of $50.nondescript, condemned to that worse tl damnation, annihilation.In Luck,-^-Joseph Saunders, Esq., Editor of ~the. Eaton County Republican^has been appointed Postmaster at Charlotte. Glad of it. He publishes a readable paper, wide awake, and among the very best of our4 country exchanges. For hia services he well deserves these trifling spoils.The Mason Hamlin Cabinet ( Gan.—With your eyes slffirToa can distinguish its sound-from that of tHe j orguu itself; and tho advantages that c mend it are: its price— for it oan be for one, two, three, or four*hundred tars, according to tho size you wish; it U up very little room,' and may atand in pan of the churchit is not affected n«teat-or cold, ^)raoy change of iemperiti it remuio8 for a long period in good tu and lastly, it can oe sent by exprest otherwise aoy disianee with safety^ 1 admirably adapted to the perforinanm Bacred music, psalm tunes, anthems, cha etc.,’ and any one who can play on th« ano can readily master the Cabinet Or, It is a-grand accompaniment when the. gregation Bing, and is just the instruc that ought to be used in all churches w the people all wish to have the privile{ bearing a pari in the praise.^—Nc 10 ] Observer.Alice li}0t it dees ofICCC8-tfajor 1 ^r-3 was y hie Had have f bis 060 of icaueo ; bade uatice ew it,•tQryProm tLe Ninth Begim^nt.leridBDtappeds» deci*»g- th« ; rebel*,EMTOfiBgIFor r.uooa which oar corcespoadeDt will .p-prcci.'te, ivumelj, the impossibility of getting tea colump^of matter to tbe space pf serea-coluiuaf. we ye obliged to abridge b|. letter cousldersbly.] Nahtille, Tepn., April SO, lBtS.Tho Nioth Michigan had tar*ned out on that fatal morning, [of the Prcaident’e d^»th,] to join with throaga of eittiepa and Soldiers is eelebraUag the raoent aobiaVe* manta of our armo. 'Aheidy we were, in the bfart of the oitr. Before ua, refiohing down to Jthe foot pf the atreet, was a dense* meat of soldiery, then a lprge steamer, the ri*er beyond, and orer tfa» riwer p gently rising slope covered with verdure andbeatntlfoj groves. To the’ left n flag w^a ob^ried to he lowered « Ulf-mnat. ,Wh»tf did it mean ? We waft and visit. What for? PreaenUy^ the tonunAndpn d^ipWrt^ifp w* ' - V iKiA detailed and inteusely interesting scriptiion of the ciroumatanceb attcu the death of the foul assassin Boothbe fopqd in four columns, with the b ment lof Sergeant Boston Corbottf_whc patched the wretch/ His body has buried privately and mysteriously, w il will! never again be seen, but the iq of hi# atrocious deed will be forever li to hi# Dame. ‘ •. The official bulletin from jtbo War part meat bring# intelligence from Ge Granjk of. JohuBton’s surrender to 8he ^on ‘ the Bwue tefipa that Lee reee Geo. Grant, upon reaching Raleigh,oo Johnaton th#t the armlstice LeUreeD self M Sherman wps aoauM» and.bipi. twenty ’four hours in w jiiob to Mdor,,|or-fight., Joboaton replied tht FO»l| eprrender if Jef DavU w.jai othor rebel Mer* ®»gbt leave the opu As G»o. Oraqt b»d pT^*iously info him tftot.bis juriBdietipq dld uet extlt;S_!•__ ‘ P ■ ___ _*■ .1 *_ ■ ,pivil matters, of ooorso this oopditio •towtty gratoitoM., The eurreodsrooes^dl the rwbal toes ftow Raleigh i Cbaltabooobee, or,.in .otherwor^thof^Nprtb Uawdpa wwl Qeorgby » toynw th« boundary, hetWiOMi Glt; Wd: Ala,b*to*. , Rist-ef the Miasiaoipmmm®walt;iad*r pf!whi^ dfmm.7 • » *7. *v •' . *••. r / *. *oi • ir-v¥ * • ■ i . •- %
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Marshall Statesman
Marshall, Michigan, US
Wed, May 03, 1865
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