Marshall County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 February 1856 — Page 4

The Written Rock.

We would call the reader's attention to the remarkable confirmations which have recently been afforded, both of the existence and wide spread writing in the Mosaic aje, and of the strict accuracy of Scripture history. We allude to the written rocks of Sinai, on which the researches of Mr. Charles Foster, (besides those of other authors) have thrown considerable lurht. Journeying, in through, along the Wady Mokatteb, or Written Valley, we see inscriptions on the roks around us, which must arrest our attention, and which will awaken within our mind the same deep interest that they hare created generally, throughout the known world. We shall be stmek with the height at which many of them are written. So high up those precipitous rocks that we are puzzled tosettle how they enirraved them there Were scaffolds erected, or were ropes and baskets let down from the top of the rocks, to give the adventurous artist a somewha precarious footing? What a multitude of them there are! And so, what a numbeer of scribes must have been hard at work digging in those hieroglyphics. They extend so far along the rocks that it will take us an hour, at least, to wall, to the end of these profuse engrav.ngs. What a variety of figures arc visiblo! Some are men standing others, men moving. Further on, men evidently in the act of supplication; their hands are raised toward heaven. Here are more men but they are sitting. And here are camels, horses, mulea, and riders upon them, armed with spears, swords and shields, fighting, drawing the bow, hunting, eVrc. Remark if you please, that on the whole, these inscriptions are executed in a rude unskillful manner. They are very far from equalling contemporary specimens of Egyptian art. The latter must have been exe cuted leisure, as well as by accomplished skill; and these writings on the rock have evidently been executed in haste, by a large number of willing, but not highly skilled laborers. Xow, as we look at these, wo ask, what was their origin their date their author; their meaning? Those Arabs, seated with their becoming gravity, viewing us with some curiosity, cannot read them for us. 9 In 1772,a Franciscian monk, with a number of followers, passed through the Written Valley, and tried to decipher them. He could not find the key. Vet he had with him men who understood Arabec, Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Turkish; men who could speak Latin, and most modern languages. None of those linguists had the slightest knowledge of the characters engraved on these rocks. Yet somebody must have inscribed them. And they must represent some language. Who shall ascertain it? We are in a country where there is nothing to be had either to eat or drink. It must have been some mighty company of pilgrims, passing through this desert, who Ml behind them this extensive record cf of their transit, if we could only read it. We find that various opinions have been h4i. Cosnns, a AI-xa;d :a me reliant wh lived in they ear oft. 5, wa thi first ta announce their discovery, thought they were Iono by the Israelites. In -1743, a zeal-

..us bishop oflered lo00, to anybody who j they are goinrat the Pnmc hours. at nI would copy them. We have not heard oft,- ...

any claimant for this reward; but several of them were afterwards copied. Profossor Beer, of Leipsic. thinks they were the work of some pilgrims of the early ages. But this is improbable and impossible. They could neither have had the time or in.ans of executing them. With as great improbability they have been ascribed to the Christians living and shepcrding their flocks in that neighborhood, Foster, however, professed to have solved the enigma. We believe he has done ho) successfully . He agrees with the thoughtful old merchant of Alexandria. They were he says, the work of the ancient Israelites, during their forty years wandering in the wilderness. Look at them again, and listen to his reasons. They show that they are tho work of one generation. Their number, extept, position point to a numerous army of engravers. You may reckon them by thousands, you may follow them for miles. Some reach up the rocks a hundred feet. To execute them there must have been the resources of a settled and fixed population, such as ladders, rope3, platforms ic, But no people could have Battled there without miraculous supplies of food. The only people answering to this description, was Israel at their exodus. Moreover, the characters employed bear a cl.se affinity to tho written lanuae of hgypt Mr Foster's work has identified the alphabet employed on these rocks with the Enchorial alphabet of tho Rosetta stone, and with characters found in Egyptian quarries, of a date prior to Moses. Now, having found out the key thanks to pa'.ient, laborious Mr. Foster, we can manage to make out some of these inscriptions. In nearly forty of them, quito enough to peruse at one time, we discover records of the principal events of the exodus. Somebody has described tho passage of the Rel Sea, an ! the destruction of Pharaoh. An J here is another inscription, telling us in simplo eloquence howthe waters cf Mrah were Itvbvl. Thr have not for-

gotten the smiting of the rock. No! it was

too wonderful to be passed by. And here are narratives of lb murmuring at Meribah; of the plague of serpents; of the quails. Here is not only a history of the battle at Rephidem, but Mose has sat for his portrait. They have actually drawn him with uplifted arms, just as the Bible described it. What a wonderful valley! Sometimes the inscriptions are very pithy The man with the engraving tool would be very anxious not to take any verbose narratives. Here is one referring to the quails: 'The red geese ri-:e from the sea; lusting, the people eat of them." And hero the story of Marah: "The people, with prone mouth, drinkcth at the wat;r springs. Touching with a tree the well of bitterness, he heals." Would you read the history of the smitten rock, it is before you. "The eloquent speaker strikes the rock, flows forth the water, falling down." (Acts vii. 22.) No general ever had his movements debcribed with more terseness and brevity, than had the leader of Israel his. "Praveth unto God, the prophet, on a great stone, his hands sustaining Aaron, Hur." Cincinnati Dollar Times. THE LONDON POST OFFICE. As a post establishment, the office in St. Martin's-le-Grand, London, is the first in the world. The Post-Master General and his staff are at the head of an army of over 20,000 persons; and such is the concnetration of business, that in this office is performed about one-fourtn of the postal business of the kingdom. The number of letters passing through it in a year is eight times as great as the. number passing through New York, and nearly as great as thy entire number in the United States. The number of letters received for delivery in London, in the year 1851, was 103,377,723, and the number sent out, 97,G45,10G. This gives a total of over 200,000,000 letters in a single year. To an outside spectator there is little to be seen except a plain, substantial stone building some 500 feet by 130, supported by Ionic pillars and having a large hall for i he accommodation of the public. But dulinga late visit to London, we were permitted, by the courtesy of Mr. Rowland Hill, to see all the arrangements, and inspect the machinery by which the immense establishment id kept in motion. In the "Inland Office," where the muls are made up for the country there is a lull in the middle of the day, the letters and papers coming in so slowly that but a fow clerks and sorters are on duty. There are employed in London 3,035 persons in the mail service. Of these 19ß are letter receivers keepers of the small sub-offices located in all parts for the convenience of mailing letters. There are in Lon don, 1,205 letter carriers, and they have rooms in the Post Office building; it requires many of these earners to sort and arrange the letters. Then there are 1,152 other persons employed in the London Post Office, but of these 1G0, money order clerks, have quarters in another building. There are 253 in the General Post Office, and 730 clerks, stampers, sorters and sub-sorters, ongaged in the reception, delivery and dispatch of mails. The mails are so arranged that all letters leave London no matter what ilirectinn nine in the morning and nine in the evening. Men on foot, on horseback and in carts are constantly enrrafred. during the il.iv. in erd,ecli lcUors from the 8ub.officeg and receiving houses in all parts of the "twelve mile circle," a circle having a radius of twelve miles. To induce publishers of newspapers to get their papers rcady early in the day, the Post office sends the mail carte, at certain hours, to transport all the papors, then ready, to the central office. This saves trouble both to the publishes and to the Post Office Department. There being about 150,000 newspapers passing through the London Post Office daily, and these forming nearly four-fifths of the bulk of the mails, there is immense labor in sorting and packing them. Unless 8me such plan were, adopted, it would be almost impossible to get off the evening mail; for tho bulk of the sorting, stamping and dispatch of letters is done in the last two hours; from six to eight o'clock. As the hour of C P. M. approaches the number of persons to deposit letters begin to increase. Faster and faster gathers the crowd; and, instead of dropping their letters leisurely, they rush up to the box, and with a nervous twitch, dash them in, and then stand back and give room for others. Many stay and look on, while the scene grows "fr.st and furious." About a quarter before six, men bearing bags come staggering in, and by tapping at a wooden slide, a whole window is opened by a clerk, who receives the bag, empties it and throws it out. Boys with handsful of papers, a woman bearing a letter and a penny to pay tho postage, rough looking mechanics, with brawny arms, and honest faces, somo with letters, generally stamped, and struggling through the slit in the window, prepared to receive them. In the inside is a busy scene, but no hurry nor confusion. At first there are separate letters dropping, one after another, then a handful; then thicker and faster they patter in as if (he elements without were charged with letters, and they were by a sudden tempest, showered into the pnt office. The hand of the clock

keeps moving toward the figure and the

shower within increase. The clerk at the open window is nearly inundated with parcels of letters and sacks of newspapers, and a fellow clerk come to his relief, and opens another window. It lacks three minutes of 6. Boys no long walk up to the boxes to mail their papers, but stand back and throw them in at open windows. Faster, faster and faster they come; it lacks only a minute and a half; the rushing, furious croAvd; men, women and boys, many holding their arms aloft with letter and penny tightlv grasped, are trying to get to the place of delivery. A spectator would naturally suppose they were each trying to obstruct one another as much as possible. It lacks but thirty seconds and still the crowd collects. A seedy looking man, looking at the clock, very deliberately ties his two letters and newspapers together with a piece of twine, and throws them directly at the clerk in the window. Amid the rush of the crowd - r comes a iaini scream irom some poor "squeezed" mortal who can't get her letter in; and now the hammer comes down, one, two, three, all the clerks in the windows get ready four, five, six, bang go the win dows down, with one simultaneous slide. Several letters and one paper are caught in by it; but they, like those outside cannot go by this mail, because they are too late There is a very good regulation, which enables the tardy publ'c to get their letters off; but they have to pay a fine for thoir tardiness. One letter-box is left open, la beled "Late Letter Box." "All leUers that are dropped in this box, before half past six, with the postage paid in full in stamps, and having one additional stamp, will be sent by the mail now being made up." Then there are other boxes open, labeled "for letters not intended to go by this mail. A MISSISSIPPI SCENE. LOVE OS A STEAM IU) AT SEDI CTIOXUIAOE ROATMEX's J I STICE. MAR" The St. Louis Herald tells this story: A week or so ago, the good steamer Helen Mar now ice-bound at Rattlesnake landing, twenty miles below this city was the scene of one of th se little romances which will occasionally occur in spite of life's dull realities. We state the facts as related to us by a passenger. The Helen Mar was bound down the Ohio for this city. At Paducah, a younsr man from Tennessee came aboard and took passage in the cabin. He was from the country, and, being away from home, with a 'pocket full of rocks,' he was not long in making the acquaintance of all on board, from the firemen to the captain. Among the passengers was a young girl of seventeen, to whom the Tennessean paid marked attentions, and it was evident that she was not indifferent to his blandishments. The ice was running thick in the river, as the Helen Mar turned her how up the Mississippi, and her progress was slow. The young Tennessean would frequently join the circle gathered around the stove, but presently paid all his attentions to the young lady. Presently she seldom appeared in the ladies' cabin, and her stop recently as light as antelope's, was heavy and slow; her cheek was pale, and her eyes dim and swollen. Tears were seen to steal from under her fringed ovoliJs, and it was whispered that sobs deep, heart-broken sobs of anguish and despair were heard from her state-room in the silence of the night, when others slept. The boatmen began to suspect that something was wrong; they canvassed the matter among themselves, and resolved upon an investigation. The frailer vessel bein' leaky, they determined to overhaul her and discover the cause. With that delicacy, characteristic of western boatmen, they said nothing to the girl herself, but called upon some of the lady passengers to interrogato her. Tho girl was young and artless. With tears and sobs she confessed she had yielded to the young man's importunities, and had fallen from virtue. She blamed him not, however, but took all the blame upon herself. It was about ten o'clock at night when this fact was communicated to the crew and passengers composing tho 'court of inquiry.' They wore not long in making up their verdict. Their decision was that the two crafts be lashed together. The Tennescan was arraigned befoie the imperative tribunal, and made acquainted villi the sentence. He had to tike the girl or be left high and dry on a sand-bar, where he would freeze to death in less than an hour. He 'caved in' at once said he was willing to do what was rii'ht, and would make the wronged lady mistress of his plantation m lennessee. Ihe girl's consent was also obtained, and the next step was to find a 'blacksmith' to do the welding. There was no one on board authorized to officiate on such interesting occasions, and about midnight the boat was landed at Chester, on tha Illinois shore, and a messengor was dispatched to procure a Parson or a Justice of tho Peace. A Justice was found, jerked out of bed, and marched down to the boat, rather against his will, and the marriago ceremony in the Sucker Stato being exceedingly brief, the deed was done in ess than two minutes. Having piloted tho two crafts safely into port, and tied them up snugly togother, the jovial, boatmen resolved to have a 'night of it.' ,After drinking tho health of tho bewildered Justice, they sent him ashore and re-organized i'ie court as a board of commissioners to assess damages. The proceedings on this occasion were of tho most mirth-provoking character. Our informant says they were indescribably amusing. Many proposals were made to inflict some ludicrous ftort of penalty upon the bridegroom, and tho off-hand speeches delivered were highly honorable to the bar of the steamboat. It was finally agreed that the young man should pay a fine; a census-taker was appointed to count noses, and a clerk to figure up the costs. The sentence was, that the happy fellow should payor dollars ami a tin If t in lega Illinois curren cy coon skins excluded to be expended , f . s- f, . i In BniriMiniia ciimFurlo f.ir Ihn luinihl nt Ihn ... ...v, I honorable court. The finding of the court

was announced by a preliminary 0 yes!' through the key-hole of his state-room door, and he was ordered, under threats of divers pains and penalties, to 'shell out The last we heard of the newly-married couple, they were snugly domicilled in elegant apartments at Barnum's St. Louis Hotel having made tho trip by land from the point where the Helen Mar was frozen ic

Consistency Temperance Governor Willard. We have been as much mortified as astonished at the course of some of the Fusion papers of this state in regard to Lieut. Gov. Willard. Why is it that a universal howl of derision and contumely has been made to echo I li rough the Stato, on account of a pledge having been made by Willard, that if elected Governor of the State, he would not use intoxicating drinks? Why is it that misrepresentation and abuse must follow every man of the opposition party, who occupies a prominent political position? We claim to be, personally, a national Old Line Whig, and our sympathies cannot be expected to incline to Gov. Willard, but as long as we wield a pen or control an independent paper, we will expose and oppose inconsistency in any partv. If, as we believe, Guv. Willard has been grossly slandered as regards his temperance habits, ami the public; mind unjustly poisoned in that respect, then such a pledge was proper and right to place him in a correct position before his friends and the people of Indiana. But the inconsistency of the course pur sued by tho Fusion press, is intended asj the chief topic of our article. If temperance is the great boon and blessing which we believe it to be, and which it is loudly and immoderately claimed to be by these same Fusion papers; if it be the virtue which they say it is, to abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks if it is all important, especially that a public officer should be of temperate habits and sober deportment, then the pledge, of Gov. Willard to the people of Indiana, should be met (if these papers are consistent) with a shout of approval and rejoicing instead of a tirade of denunciation and abuse. We rejoice to see it advocated, but we say also, 'consistency thou art a jewel,' found not among many of the pretended advocates of temperance. Connersrille Telegraph. Scandal. One of the worst enemies to the peace of society is the pedlar of scandal. A little report to the prejudice of sonic person gets afloat, and ofl' goes this individual to communicate it, very confidentially, to every one in the neighborhood. In a little time a reputation is blasted, or feelings wounded, and the quiet of a fimily or neighborhood disturbed for days, weeks or years. And when the thing is sifted to the bottom, there is nothing of it, in a manner nothing that ou;ht to have engaged the attention of any third party, and the interference of such parties in the affair, was an act of simple ill manners and vulgarity, for which no excuse can be offered, or apology made. Tho best way to treat all scandal bearers, is to show them the meanness of their calling, or else have nothing at all to do with them. By inviti" them countenance or encouragement which may be done by only listening to their tales we in a measure place ourselves in their power, for we know not the hour when they may turn their vile tongues up on us, as they have done upon hundreds of others as inuocent as ourselves, and then all the influence we have iriven to them bv heeding their communications, is brought to bear against us to our injury. It may be set down as a safe rule, to disbelieve habitual tale-bearers on all occasions. If what they relate is aftevards confirmed by oth ers or bv the facts in the case, whv, believe these, and still distrust the vender of slander. The Image of its Father. On the lirth-tlav f a seventh child, all the women came rushing in to see the dear infant, and to congratulate the happy pa rent upon the event. Our friend anticipa ted the visit, and instead of having the child prepared for it, made the servant bring in a sucking pig, and dressed it up in swaddling clothes, and coveting up its face, he laid it in tho place the real child snouiu nave occupied, ine laaies were introduced into the apartment, and gently approached the bed; the coverings were turned down, and a portion of the face of the little grunter was exposed. 'Mess my soul!' said one of tho ladies, what a remar'iablc chihl.' 'So very interesting,' Raid a second. 'And so good natured!' observed a third as she commenced toying with it. And how very like its father,' remarked the fourth. They were all struck with the observation, and exclaimed: ' The very image of its father!1 The flattered parent rushed out of the room convulsed with laughter, and leaving the old women to discover their mistake. 1 111 1 fl't I ! JtiTPeople who suppose that a good prayer is preferred to a good act, doubtless imagine that (tod has moro hearing than eyesight. The end, we fear, will show that they reasoned from false premises. The poor are oftner prayed for than helped. The reason is we believe, that breath is cheaper than bullion. 'Mrs. Quig, is your husband a Know Nothing?' I guess so, for he told me this morning that somebody had been making a fool of him. Hj'Motamtvr of CiTirs. We luiveliefore us the mortuary statistics of St. Louis and Chicago for the year lK.r. The population of the former city is estimated at the end of 15.' at lHl,000,nnd the mortality for the year was 5.002. The populasion of Chicago at the end of 1H."5 is probably not less than 90,000, and the mortality of the year was 1,U7!l. Taking these two cities for lK.r, mid Haitimore, Philadelphia and New-York, lor the year 111, as returned in the U. S. census, and lloston for a scries of years, we have the following result: Population No. Deaths. Per Cent. Phiiidciphia. . ..:mi),(ii: h,:o; 2,:i; ISuItiuiorc Ifi!),054 4.57G 2,70 New York 51 5.547 22,702 4 ,43 Ho.-ton average per cent., of deaths for nine years 2,52 N.Louis 1H55. .1!0,;(MI 5,003 4,12 Chicago 90,000 1 ,979 2,1 9 Figures as well mibstantiatcd as are the above oulmii t correct nie iuisaiireueiiioii uni im nam " " . "II"' ..... i. i ti ; i : .i.:u uftinj, t. unhealthincss or Chicago. ZJrm. Vrr.

COUNTY OFFICERS. p. Vinxedce Treasurer. J. Brownlee, Recorder. T. McDonald, Auditor. J. L. Thompson, Sheriff. L. Mattison, Coroner. N. R. Packard, Clerk. J.F. Van Valkexbirch, Post Master.

Cocntt Commissioners. D. Vanvactor, S. Gordon, S. N. Cuamplin. G Examiners of School Teabhers. James McFarun, Henry M. Logan. Circvit Coi-rt. Hon. Thomas Stanfif.i.d Judge. Terms. second Monday in August and February. Common Pleas Cocrt. Hon. E. Egbert, Judge. Terms. Third Monday's in January, April, July, and October. Commissioners Coirt. First Mondays in March, June, September, and December. Cardinal Principles of the Democratic Party. 1. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever State or persuasion, religious or political. 2. Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entertaining alliance with none. The right of States and Territories to administer their own domestic affairs. I. Freedom and equality; the sovereignty of the people, and the right of the majority to rule when constitutionally expressed. 5. Economy in the public expenditures and a sacred preservation to public faits. G. Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and general diffusion of useful information. 7. Opposition to all secret political organizations, and all corruption in jiolitics. H. A sacred preservation of the Federal Constitution, and no religious tests foroflice. 9. No bigotry, or pride of cast, or distinction of birth among American citizens. 10. Respect and protection for the rights of all. 11. The preservation of the naturalization laws, and the right of all to tin- public domain and the protection of the American Government. 12. Opposition to all chattered monoMIics. 13. Common brotherhood and good will to all especially to those of the n ho'd of faith. AGENT FOR THELEMOCRAT. The following named Gentlemen are respect fuy 11 requested to act as Agents: E. El. BERT, A. Earl,. ...... James Ixigan.. . South Rend. West York. Lidoa. Cleremoiit. Vienna. Marion. Piketon. Knox. Sidney. Fairmount. E. Johnson, Thomas M. Logan,. James Hrowxi.ee,. . . A. C Logan, W. MfCoRMICK. Will. DWNEY, Caster Fo., John Soice, Davio Broaoiif.nt,. . Anorew Whisler,.. N. Pearson, Davio Zkiinkk, , Maj. E. Brown, J. D. Pinurs, L. H. Anorews, Philip Divomr, George Grace, John M. Clarkson,. Bremen. Wooster. . ..Tippecanoe Town. Holllboll. .Wolf Creek Mills. North Hend. i Iockc. , Sligo. Celestia. Lycurgus. Michigan City. PK OSP EOT US o r T H E ill We this day issue the first number of the Democrat, in Plymouth, on a double medium sheet. Our Type, Press and fixtures are all new and of the first quality; our TyjHts are cxjericnced workmen. The Democrat will contain 2 columns of reading matter. We have engaged the services of some able corresjondents, who will keep our readers posted in their different localities. m: arelets. We are in receipt of several daily papers which will enable- us to jHst our readers in relation to the prices current. AGRICULTURE W ill receive a xrtion ot our attention; all the latest improvements and discoveries in this department w ill be chronicled in the Democrat. EDUCATION. Our best exertions w ill be brought into requisition to advance the cause of Eeducation. All the late improvements, which are calculated to abridge labor, w ill be given'to our readers. POLITICS. Our sheet will be thoroughly Democratic. FOREIGN NEWS. While the Eastern war continues, we .shall give all the news of interest to our readers from that quarter. No pains or expense w ill be sjurcd to make our paper a desirable sheet to the family circle. Nothing will be admitted into its columns hut that w hich mav be read with propriety in any family. BOOK' & JOB lMliXTIXd OFFICE. Our Jolt department is complete: we probably nave the best country Job Ollice in the State. ( )ne of ur Imivs haing served a pv-'iilar apprenticeship in one of the !est Job Offices in the West, we Hatter ourselves that we can do as neat work in that tineas can be done anywhere in the wct, and on as easy terms. Address all order to D. McDONALD, Nov. 15. Plymouth, lud. Arrivals and Departures Hails to & from Plymouth. Mail from the North, going South, arrives: every day Sundays excepted at 12 M. and dejwrts for South at 12 P. M. Mail from the South, going North, arrives at f P M, and departs at I1. P M. Mail from Li Porte arrives Mondays, Wednesdays S; Fridays, at (I P M, and departs Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, at M A M. Mail fr.mi Ft Wayne arrives every Wednesday at f P M, and departs Thurdays at 7 A M. Mail from Ooshen, arrives every Thursday at fi P M, and departs Friday at 0 A M. Mail from Knox, arrivcu Wednesdays at 4 P M, and departs Thursdays at H A M. R. M. BROWN R. C. BAXTKR. JJUOWN & BAXTER, DEALERS IN ASH MANUFACTURERS OF Tin, Sheet-Iron and C offnnr. WOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY IN form the citizens of Marshall County, that they are now under full headway, and are premred t furnish any article in their line, a shade low er than customers have heretofore been in the habit of paving, and perhaps a little lower than any other establishment in this art of Northern Indiana. We are practical workmen ourselves, and manufacture our own wares of the very best of stock, and ax we intend making it a permanent business crhaps for life, our customers may rest assured that we w ill sell them none hut gmul and cheap article. The Lidies shall be promptly waited ujion and can have any article in our line manufactured or repaired to order, and short notice. We shall adopt as an invariable rule no dUappointmentt when work is promised. Shop two doors south of the brick store, at the sign of "Tin Shop," across tho pide walk. KAfiSand most articles of country Produce taken in exchange. Call and nee us. Plymouth, Nov. 22, 1 r'M. 21 v.

IS YET HERE, AND IN HIS SOUND MINI has told the folk what he has to .11, and what he wants to buv, through the Banner, good pant r :

almost everybody reads, yet they don't all pitch in ' right. Line day w hen 1 was asleep, I thought totn the new paper; I think they call it the Crat or Musk Rat, to see if it could not convince the folks to their own interest. John has got the slows this winter, but is taking medicine from which lie is receiving relief, such as Salt, Dried and Fresh Reef. Pork, Chickens, Geese, Turkeys, Fish, Sausages, Tripe, Tongues and Pigs Feet, all of which I have some to sell, and w ish to buy Reans, Corn, Oafs, Chickens, Hay, Pork, Potatoes, Eggs, Rutter, and all other productions of this climate. Jim Geer arove here from the wide east, (Pennsyltucky) "I guess I am glad to see vou, Jim," says he. "Mr Cougle, why don't vou'sell these goods, and collect those old debts, some of w hich w ere standing w hen I left." "O, I am too busy in the market, Jim ; can you do that?" "Yes." "Then," says I, "come right back, and let it rattle." He did so; Umiided about for the first few nights and half a day, got the dust ofTthe goods, and says I, "they look better." Then he marked them low er. "Why Jim," says I, "you'll break me;" says he, "That makes no diU'en-iice. I came here to sell these goods, and collect these old debts, and I am determined to do so." Hank is doing manual labor over the river, in Indejendence; but sometimes in the Store, or the Market, as the crowd of buiics requires. Remember when Jim conn s around, he will never leave your gate posts until affairs are corrected. P. S. After nine weeks, JOHN, thcRutcher. Nov. 2D, '55. 3tf. wllAH? ON TO 7" i ! Y . TO THAT DIME Y lU'VK GOT l.liit! vou get to 1 . .. i,EMON s More, and I ill v in. ire ft ni'. J 1 1 I : t in In; I' lie i i I iriu'inis : :i 1 . ! kinds, pure I ri !.- and .Me. lie: lies, P.-.fen: Cures oi all kinds, Paints, Oils, Dyes, Glassaud Putty. Fancy Goods, Toys, Notions, Rooks. Stationery, Jewelry, Confectionery; E v E r Y t II i N g tint am body wants or can w ant, or wiii ever w:;iit, or has any business with, than you can ;.;et for F I V E times the monVvanvwhcrc else. Nov. ',!, '5 o. ' Ttf. RIVER! BEFORE LEVY the ti mi bound for ING PLYMOUTH ON the head of "Salt River," Advertising, Job Work, or Subscription for the "Plymouth Rmner," th it Imwuhave a settlement. If you can't pay the money, bring some kind of produce, or your notes, for a settlement I must and in' have; and if this call is not responded to, the Constables will have some employment soon. Also, those w ho are ow eing me fees as Clerk, had better call and settle to save further trouble, and a visit from the Shrriffor one of his deputies. I mran what 1 have said. A hint to the w ise is sullicieut. K ICH AIM) COIM5AI.EY. November 2;), 1 räö. 2t f. JUST RECEIVEING AND POSITIVELY NO MISTAKE VC.ENEIJAL ASSORTMENT of Improved Cooking. Parlor and Ilox STOVES, for private families, Hoarding Houses, Hotels, Churches, School Houses, and other large or small rooms. We are prepared to fill any orders that may bv pre sented; and we wish it distinctly understood, that we purchase of no manufactory but those usimr the very hrmt quality of Iron, and selling at reduced prices. We are determined not to be undersold. (Jive us a call, whether vou buv or not. Shop two doors south of the brick store, sign of " I in Shop across the side walk. BROWN k BAXTER. Plymouth, Nov. 22, 1 Kr5. 21 v Frightful Calamity! HIGH PRICES MUST SÜKUKXDER, or there w ill be War, Pestilence and Famine! PACKARD & VINNEDGE. ARE NOW RECEIVING DIRECT FROM New York, Chicago and Toledo, a very large and extensive stock of Groceries, which we intend to sell very low for cash or ready pay of some kind, believing in the old motto, that "a nimble sixjtciice is better than a slow shilling," will adhere strictly to it, belie v:ng that it is better for both buyer and seller. Our assortment is as good as ever brought to this market, consisting of TEA. COFFEE. vqV.AR all kinds, SYRUPS iv MOLASSES, HICK. TOHACCO. COD FISH, MACKEREL. WHITE FISH, SOAP ANoCANOl.ES, AND ALL ARTICLES USUALLY KEPT IN a Grocery St tire. We will take in payment fir Groceries, Uutter Eggs, Chicken, Apples, Potatoes, Beeswax, Rags, and pay the highest market prices You will always find ready and willing hands to wait on vou at all times. N. R.PACKARD is thankful for the patronage so liberaliv bestowed on him by the citizens of M.irsln" Co. uhi'e in bu-incss asks for a continuance of the s n.ir 'i! '. -incerely hojes that all Indebted to Iii in ili c.i'i in ai"'. Settle up. N. R. PACKARD. Plymouth Nov. 1;, '55. is-l-tf. CA KI N ET A ND CI I A I R M A K I NC. rUIE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RF.SPECTI FULLY inform the citizens of .Marshall a.ii adjoining counties, that he still continues to manufacture Cabinet Ware at his old stand, opmsitethe "Dimocrat Ojjlcr;" where he is prepared to till all orders for Furniture on short notice, and in the most approved styles, and made of the best material. He w ould also inform his numerous customers, that he has an nccoinplishd workman in his employ, whose business it is to make FANCY CHAIRS Of which he has a good supply on hand, of di Terelit kinds made neat and substantial work warranted to Ik? good. He is also repam! to build, On the shortest possible notice. To those wishing CoFKis, lie would say that he is piepan-d at all times to let them have the article they w ant, at precise! ij the time specified, and on reamnahle terms. He would return his thank for the liberal patronage heretofore received, andhoju s b honesty, promptness and fair dealing, to still retain Iiis old customers, and obtain nianv new one. Those having SCREW DRIVERS AND RED WRENCHES of his, will oblige him wry muchby returuing them. TAKE NOTICE. All e indebted to him, on Note or Book accoun ill save about TEN per cent bv tupiaring up immediately. W. L. PIATT. Plymouth Nov. 15, 'Ü5. n-l-l-v. C. H. REEVE, Attorney at Iiw, Plymouth Ind. Stocks. Bonds, and Tow n property for sale. Collections promptly attended to through Northern Indiana. Refers, to Coolv, Wai'sworth Si co., Chicago III. Baihhm'k Ä: co., ater St N. 1 . FiF.i.n, Mkrrit & co.,. . . .Courtlandt St N. Y. Barnfs k Pharo, Barclay St N. Y. Intrito t co., Philada. Penn. Hoy. J. Braih.v, Supreme Judge, Omaha City, Nebraska. J. B. Rennet Esq, Gcn'l Ag't .F.tna Ins. Co .Cincinnati Ohio. LIFE & FIRE INSURANCE Effected on the most reliable Companies on the most favorable Terms. nl lv f Tlhe highest market price paid in Cash for Deer, Mink and Coon skins, and Beef hides at ntf C.Palmrr'f.

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FRUIT TREES. SHRUBBERY kt. From the Commercial Nurseries of Rochester New York. THANKFUL FOR PAST TAVORS, THE subscriber would inform the people of Marshall County, that he will continue to furnish them with choice

Hie coming spring. Those in want of anvthin in mv hue, will call on Wm. C. Shirlkt, at Brownlee & Co s. store, where the necessary Catalogues and Specimen Plates can be set n. AII orders left with II.LIAM will receive prompt attention. Among the Ornamental mav be found PERPETUAL OR AUTUMNAL ROSES. This class embraces the most ttcautiful and desirable K oses, comprising the different colors, from a white to a bright crimson or dark purple, and blooming at intervals from June to November. AUGUSTINE MOUCHELET is a verv large, deep rose. IIA RON NE IIALLEZ DE C LA PARED E Medium size, fine form, rich red. HAR( )N PROVOST is one of the largest roses, full and color deep rose. !ilVr.M1f-'V.'T."l3,,i;,nt "-rpeand fine. I C IlhsSK DE LOH AN is large, deep red. GIANT OF RATTLES, is a "brilliaift glowing crimson; its habit is dwarf, but blooms profusely - one of the best. MA DAM E LA FFAY Very large, deep rose, perfect form, and handsome. SY DON IE Light rose, large, fine and distinct. PERSIAN YELLOW is deep, golden vellow, fine and double; the lcst hardv vellow rose. CUMRING ROSES, AYRSHIRE, PRAIRIE ROL, c. 'n,,,. ;m. losir,!. fur coverin arlMrs, trellis work, or climbing pillarsALUSH UOURSAULT-Siini-double, purpIUh rose, blooms profusely, and rapid climber. MRS. HOVEY is a blush. or nearly white QUEEN OF THE PR A I R I US Rright, rosv red, with white stripe in the centre of each petal;" large globular, or beautifully cupjtd; free bloomer, and stroll grower. RERREKKY Small leaved, bright, scarlet fruit CU R R A NT, G O LDEN-FLO W ER ED. Spike of beautiful pendulous flowers, verv fragrant.CURRENT, RED FLOWERING Vcrr cm mental w ith its scarlet flowers, DAPHNE MEZERUM, RED-FLOWERING Yer fragrant; its reddish or pink flowers apC!iring in the spring, In-fore its lea es have cxiundcd. DEUTZ! A CANESCENS is a beautiful white flowering shrub; blooms early in the summer, and thrives well in all situations. DEUTZI A ROUGH-LEAVED A strong growing shrub, producing U-autiiul white flowers in the greatest profusion. DEUTZIA SLENDER-BRANCHED A new rarefy in-! Mi;:i-ei: i'n.m JaiMii, with small white flowers; its lubit is dwarf, and verv orn.ir.Hiit.il. EUNON YMUS AMERICANA is a very ornamental, small-sized tree, with beautiful deep green foilagc, and tine scarlet K-nies, w hielt remain upon the tree from August till DecemUr. FRINGE TREE. PURPLE During the summer .is very distinct, covered with silk like flowers in the greatest j refusion. GLORE FLOWER, JAPAN Ihiht yellow flowei s. douMe and globe shaped. HAWTHORN White, fragrant flowers, IIA WTO RN, DOUI5LE ROSE FLOWERING One of tin-most beautiful small row iiiir trees. HONEYSUCKLE, TARTARIAN WHITE Fine growing, small tree, blooms profuse!, miJ frairrant. LILAC PERSIAN Flowers pile lilac. PRIVET. COMMON Fine spikes f white flowers. and :n i-tunui Ins c! inters of blv.-k bcirik: used for hedges. privet, i:m:i:grfene Retn f,n?e untii lute in winter. QUI NC E, rCA 1. LET- FLOW ER I NG One of the finest earlv btooinm;: an-l con-t iciious plant. SNOWRERRY, WHITE-FRUITED Very 1 n--and ci ns'uuous during the autumn ai.J winter nn-nMis. SPIREA, DOUBLE WHITE-FLOWERING A charming shrub, wWli daisy iike ilowcrs. SPIREA DOUGLAS!! Con-picous deep rosecolorcd flowers SPIREA FLO R A RUN DA Profuse flowerinc irea; beautifej pinki-li colored flowers. SPIREA, SORRIFOLIA Has beautiful spiknof w hite flow ers. TAMA RIX INDICA A beautiful delicate leaxd shrub, with fine pinkish flowers. WEGELIA ROSEA is a beautiful shrub from China, with a profusion of large I II shaMd, rose colored flowers. A. II EATON. Plymouth Nov. l. '.";. n-1-4 m. FOE THE READERS OF THE JKM(K:UAT. VTOU ARE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF B Party, respectfully invited call i see what GREAT BARGAINS 1 am giving customers in my line of Trade. If you wiil improve the Iii s -Krtunity to call and see mv Stock of ' READY MADE CLOTHING, w hich I expect to keep up by almost daily recruit, and learn the low prices at which they are offered, and do not go away satisfied that it ii DECIDEDLY THE CHEAPEST & REST place to buy Clothing, I will cheerfully pay vou for your trouble I'll risk the Cider n that. CUTTING AND MAKING s also done to order. Mind the place opposite Cough s' store, where the Post Oflice was kept last summer. CIXCIXXATI CLOTHING STORE. N. R. All those whose accounts are due. will please call ami pav them immediately & crvmuch oblige II. PIERCE. Plymouth, Nov. 15, Ir-ftS. itf A.. MOIM1ES. JOIIM roRTFR. HODGrES&FORTER, 4 TTORNEYS AT LAW, PLYMOUTH, JlV Marshall County, Indiana. Ofliee owrthf Pot Ollice. Will rive rromot attention to tli.. el ection of Claims, attend to the turchac and mIo of Real Estate, procure Bounty lmd Warrants and tension.. Keterto Mfssrs. F. P. J amis a Co 'eir York. " II AW IS . Mukll.l.AI-, " Pkarson & Co Chicago.. " II.. K. Swift Co Hcntin;to, Lf:f Co., Iktroit. " D. A. Layman V Co., Cincii.mti. Ply mouth, No.. !.", lf.rM. it 9 NEW GOODS a r G. S. CLKAYELANP'S Cheap Cash Store! ON E XPORTE ST.. ONE DOOR WEST Or C. II. Reew's oiliec, Wh re he is r'üliL- Sl.lpie goods (.' .-dl kin-'s: Dn (' "'s. Gri'-rit-s, I jmI ' I s. ni.-i Chli:i g. and Shoes, Bonnets. Hals an. Shaw 1 4. Croikt-r Wood .in i lar.. : i . unl Tinware, which wi'l sol," CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST. 1 respectfully invite all person" wi.-leug to pi.r chase Goods, to call and see for thcim-elves. ;. s. CLEAVELAND. Ph mouth, Dec. T, .V. tf MILL I N KU V. MRS. DUNHAM, THANKFUL FOR PAST favor, and desiring a continuance of the same, takes this method of informing her old patrons and the public generally, th:.t she ha received A SPLENDED STOCK OF MILLINERY OF THE BEST QUALITY AND LATEST K AS1IIONS, And w ill continue the aliovc business in all it various branches at her residence, fourth block on the w est sideof Michigan St, w here die w ill Ik happy to wait on all those w ho may favor her w ith a call." IVc. fi, Tiö. " 4n,6. HORACE CORBIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLYMOUTH, 1ND Will attend to all business, in the line of his Profession, entrusted to his rare, in the Circuit and Common Pleas Courts in Northern Indiana; and will give particular attention to buying and selling Land, pating Taxe, 4c. Plymouth, Nov. 15, lNr5 hf

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