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War Meeting At Pittsfield

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Day
29
Month
August
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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A War Meeting is to be held at Pitiafield Town Houso to-morrow - Saturday - for tbc purposc of encouraging enlistmenta. A dinncr is to be served in the grovo at noo;i, and in the aftcrnoon a general " talk" will be had Speeches pertinent to tho occasion are expected from Prof, Estaurook and S. M. Cutcueon, Esq.,oi Ypsilauti ; Rev. Mr. : in, of Lodi ; Judge Lawrence, and others. A general attendance is invited. In the evening a patriotic concert will be given in the ihurcli by Proffl. Foote and Pkask, the proceuds to be ' ated to the relief of tho siok aud wounded soldiers. We hopo that both the meeting and concert will be largely attended. J3G '1'I(J remains of Gtn. Tilos. Williams, Uie g;i!!ant officer vvho com mandud and iell ifi tho recent brilliant engagement ut Baton Rouge, nrrived in Detroit on Friclay evening lust, and l;i y in stato in Ycung Mon's Huil during Saturdny. The funeral waslarge ly iittended on Monday forenoon from St. Puul'd cliuicli, tho services being conducted by theüight Rev. Bishop Ml'ClloSKHY. J5iS" 2ack CiiANDLKH gets the credit for upetting the arranguiouts of the joiut Congressio'ial delegation parceling out the offices uuder the tax law, thereby '■ cquntiug V three of hia own friends, and " couuting out' three that he probably could not re!y upon for aid in mak ing his " calling and rí-eloction surc." Zack has a penchant for " blood-letting," but this li t tic act of phlebotomy may uot help him in the long run. It is none of our funeral, however. jJST' At a meeting oí the Detroit City Bar held on the 25th inst., tho foUowiüg resolution was adopted : Resolved, That wo respectfully invite tho mernbers ot the Bar residing in the stveral counties ia this State to meet with ut, either in person or by i tions, at tho Uniied States Circuit Court Room, in this city, on the 4th diiy of September next, at 10 A. M., j with refürence to somo action in relalion to the appointment of a United States Circuit Judge in this Circuit.

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Michigan Argus