Plymouth Pilot, Volume 1, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 May 1851 — Page 1

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' 5 1: 1D LOT V "THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE SHOWERED ALIKE UPON THE RICH AND THE POOR." Jackso.v. A Family IVcvvspapcr: clcvo:cl to Politics, Literature, Science, Agriculture, Foreign and Domestic News.

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THE PLYMOUTH PILOT. Is published tvery Wednesday, by! JOHN u. HOWELL. At Plymouth, Marshall County Indiana -TIT JFZ !ELCL O S! ja 9 If paid m advance, (or within two months af:er mbscrlbin?,) $1, (). If paid within six months, - - - 82.00. Ifdelaye 1 after t! at ture, - - - SVIO. 33""The above terras will be strictly adhered tn D-Hfiticelir-rjx Town subscriber., who have their paperleft by the Carrier, will be charged Fifty cents in addition to the Kubserip ion price. j JTNo paper will be discontinued until all: !. .. ! 1,... .tl u nnfivi nf tlnl arrenraes are pai 1, uiiicoA ai n. -...w. w pullUl.er. Terms of Adve rlisin?. Advertisements will le conspicuously inserted in tne 'Plymouth Pilot at the following T,riop- VIZ: For 1 square (of 10 lines) 3 insertions SI, CO. j Each additional insertion $C. 13 "Anything leas than a Square, will lecju-, sidt-rel a square. j XT Advertisers must be particular to mark the j number of insertions on the face of the adver- j tisement.s, or they will be published until or-1 dered out, and chared accordingly. ! XT A libera! discount will be made where ad- j vertisin? is done by the year. j XT A 11 Communications from a distance should be aüdressed Post-Paid to the Publisher The Law of Xcvspaprw. 1. Subscribers who do not che express not;ce to the contrary, are eonidered as wishing to continue? their subscription. 2. If subscribers order their papers discontinued, Publishers may coriiinue to tend them till all charges are paid. 3. If subscribers nejrieot or re 1 use 10 1a e , their papers from the office or place to which they are sent, they are held re;.piuib!c until they settle their bill and discontinue tliem. 4. If vubscribers remove t other places without informing the Publisher, and Uie p - per is sent to the former dire;:ia.i, they are J E held responsible. V every description, eccu'eJ tisfilf at the ofTieo of iiie 1 1. irni l'HAtT'n'l AT 3t with promptitude, and in the be-t . CSDOSSluie luanuvi. . BOOKS, CIRCULARS, j HANDBILLS, CARDS, AND POsTEItS. TAMPHLETS, Printed on the most acco-muo la:ing terms, and in a style not to be surpassed by any other establishment in Northern Indiana. DEEDS, j SUMMONS' j EXECUTIONS, MORTGAGES, SUBPOENAS. J BLINK NOTES, and all kinds of JUSTICE? onl C )NSrAIiLE'S CLANKS, are kept constantly on hand at this ofli.e, or printed to order. Kicking an Editor. tVe remember a skarp fellow named Doolittle, a Conneticut 'exotic, ho transplanted fiom Harvard University to one of the Southern States, for the pur pose of assuming the editorial control of a 11 1 1 1 t t IIIUI-HCUUttimU Ul -ICIWIJ um mu... : . . r. . : -. . . . . . . . I . t - r . i . 4 ' 1. 1 1 . r. 1 1 1 1 1 . i Uli' U lllHlfcl 1 nlicitv of bowie knives prevented the I strenuous advocacy 01 ceriain irrmcipirs. . r . ! and fettered ihe freedom of speech i 1 el egont style of efficacy. I ! 1 1 1 i:u liiohlv r.l n (M t H-il va S impetuons-brave: et, with the thane j terislic cuniiiiig of his tiibe, careful of! his own intercsis. He took hold ot the paper with a determination of making it serviceable 'to the cause,' and serviceable he did make it. The opposing candidate was a bad lellow a duellist, a il raindrinker, a lover of poker,' a decided votary of Venus. Doolittle did what no other editor had dared do he said so. The day on which his article app.-ared, the candidate entered the editorial cham ber. 'You are Doolittle the editor of this piper? holding a copy of the sheet in his hand. I am.' Vou have libelled and insulted me, and drawing a large knife 4I have come for your ears. 1 beg your pardon,' sajd Doolittle, 'I am a stiunger to your customs, and perhaps have taken a license which in this part of the country, is inexcusable. Such is I think, the fact. Suppose we compromise the matter.' 'Very well,' said the MufT Southerner: Til kick you, and you shall make a full retraction. You'll what?" said Doolittle, quietly. Kick you You insist upon that little privilege?' Iam unalterably fixed in my "determination. ' So am I, 'eaid Doolittl", firing a horsepistol as big as u-blunderbus, and shattejing tke Southerner's right leg '.not TO BE KICKED. He held his situation six months was stabbed twice, shot three times, belabored with a bludgeon once, thrown into a pond once, but he was never kicked. during his six monlhs experience, killed two of his adversaries. An absolute facl. iVoai' Ms8cngcr. Orrs hundred and thirty-five thousand letters hive been received at the Post Office in New York, from California, in the last three months, and one hundred and forty five thousand have been forwarded in tbr tame period.

Farmer's Poetry "When summer comes and warms the air, The fanning breezes blow, Where sunny banks of blossoms fair. In spleu-üd beauly glo'.v. The limpil stream, the shady groT e, And vnlkys rich and gay, "Where every eye with plea.-.ure roves Along the winding way. The sprightly birds of plumage pay, L l-eauty's dress appear; They sing their notes on lofty rpray To i-rtct the listening ear. The bees in rctrch of honey, roam Arounltl.e neighboring fiel Jy, And in the evering gather home The fruit their labor yieids. The f elds around are waving wide Vith eavy crops cf grain, "Which fills the farmer's breast with price. To iee the rich domain. In making hay and harvest time. From nature's bounteous hand. And plenty Mniling in ler prime To bless the happy land. The morning opens rich and fair, An J breathes a sweetness round; The rote an 1 My fill the air, With fraLTantc lKm the ground. . Atneoirwe seek the sha'.eof tres. Where cIjvit pi its arc t;roci.; Dnjoy the swef'.r.ess in thebre.z-?, And v'ewthe summer seeiie. Wi en gra'e'ul evening com-; to clore . The brLht inn's tubry power, Ani rive to labor :;vcct r:po:e, in tv ilight's happy hf ur.

COMMUNICATIONS. For the Plymouth Pilot, Mr. Editor: Having in my former article stated that there was not much probability, of our County prison (which is nearly completed,) being needed for the purposes for which it was intended, an inquiry naturally will arise in the minds of the curious, what causes the "Old Citizen" thus to think. Has not Marshall county been under the necessity of sending prisoners to Laporte and South Bend jails? True, every word of it, but each of the prisoners had lived but a short time among us, and had their characters formed before they came here. One thing is obvious to the most superficial observer---that is, in the same ratio that people are educated and enlightened, crime will decrease. In the early history of our County, before it became dotted over with churches and school houses, violations of the law of the land were of frequent occurrence. But of late it is very seldom that any of our permanent settlers have been arraigned before our Court, for a violation of the penal laws of our State. Some transient persons among us, who have not become thoroughly acquainted with public opin- ! ion, in relation to crime have ventured a little too far, at times, but so soon as they learn that they are among an orderloving and law abiding people, they will either conform or leave. In this county there are twelve licensed Preachers (four of them in Plymouth) each of them preaches for one, or more congregations. Many persons who make no pretensions to Christianity, and some who do not even admit the authenticity of the Scriptures, unite in saying, that regular preaching in a neighborhood, tends much to improve morals. Should any person be disposed to controvert this position, he need do nothing more than contrast a neighborhood thus favored, with one that has deprived itself of that privilege. Our County has waked up on the subject of education, within the last year, almost every Township is regularly organized for school purposes. Many of our old settlers have been deprived of a liberal education, but appear to be determined (be it spoken to their praise) to educate their children, let it cost what it may. If the rising generation is properly educated and the right kind of circumstances thrown around them, we need have no fear of their becoming inmates of a County Prison. "Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart there from." The Washingtonians and Sons of Temperance, have contributed a liberal share

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towards moralizing Plymouth and vicinity, by calling the public mind to the deleterious effects, of the constant use of intoxicating liquors. It is admitted, that drunkenness is an inlet to almost every vice, it deprives a man of his money, his character, brings his wife and children to poverty, shame, and disgrace. Some years since on any public day, intoxicated men could be seen wallowing

in the streets of Plymouth like the hog him; "but how arc you going to do it?" in the mire, swearing and blaspheming Where were the name of their Maker. Times have thrust the people out of their own citadel? A slender young man approached, changed; it is very seldom, we see a man and in a calm collected tone said---Gen-intoxicated or hear a person, use profane tlemen, the Speaker orders the galleries language. to be cleared; you must retire---clear the

Public opinion is decidedly against these vices, and it is desirable it should remain so. Experience has , proved, beyond successful contradiction, that legal enactments never can remedy these evils. Every man in the community has more or less influence, and it is high time that each individual should ask himself the question, what influence has my conduct on society. AN OLD CITIZEN. For the Plymouth Pilot. Pilgrim's Rest, May 5, 1851. Mr. Editor---It is five years since I located in the deep forests of this county, and among the many privations was the want of a Newspaper. I waited anxiously for the establishment of a Press in our county, and when your "Prospectus" was sent up, I ordered my name to be placed first on the list. Now, after reading a few numbers of the Pilot, I am better enabled to say something for its encouragement. I am well pleased with what you say to those who may differ with you in Politics.---Let your course be steady and true, remembering that "one drop of honey will catch more flies, than a gill of vin-egar"---and you cannot get the good will of a dog by beating him. You may talk the truth to men of sense as much as you please, without giving offence, if you do not abuse their opinions, by pouring upon them invectives and harsh language, &c. So we may look for the Truth in the columns of the Pilot. Truth must prevail; like oil, it will be uppermost. Other subjects, as well as politics, should be discussed in our County Paper, viz: Village building, Horticulture, Farming, Stock-growing---and, above all, Education, which is so much neglected in many neighborhoods. "An old Citizen" thinks it folly for our County to build such a jail as we have; but, I tell you sir, if we do not support common schools, we will need Prison houses. Without education, our Democracy will sink to the ground, and be overrun by any ism of the day. Awake, fellow citizens! and if we have any republicanism about us, let us educate our children. "Ignorance is weakness, and a disgrace to any people." Pilgrim. Diamond cut Diamond. A clever farmer, who by the way owned a grist mill, was sent to the Legislature. He, like many before and since, resolved to be the father of some important measure. And so, while looking to the public good, and at the same time seeking his own ends, he resolved that the practice of bringing large salt sacks holding four bushels, (too much for his miller to lift,) should be stopped. Accordingly, at the first opportunity he introduced a bill, making it the duty of each man to bring his grain to mill in bugs not to exceed two bushels in capacity, and that in every case where they should exceed this quantity, the bag and grain should be forfeited to the mill. This ridiculous measure was put to rest in the following manner. One of the members proposed an additional section in about the following language: "And be it further enacted. That in case any person shall carry to mill any bag containing less than two bushels, the miller shall in every such case make up all such deficiency, so that there shall be uniformity, and every man have always two bushels to be giound no more and no less. Aaron Aldredge, Esq. has sold his farm and nursery near Indianapolis, for $15,000. The pockets of a little beggar boy in Cincinnati were lately searched, and $13 in small change found. Begging is a regular profession.

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Submission to the Laws. "The Sergeant-at-Arms will clear the galleries:" cried the Speaker of the House of Representatives in answer to a burst of popular applause from that quarter of the Hall, on one of the most exciting occasions in our Congressional history. "Clear the galleries!" jeeringly whispered a foreign minister in the lobby, as he glanced at the dark-heaving mass above galleries." Away went the egitated crowd without a moment's remonstrance . rp, r . , ,. , of hesi tation. The foreigner beheld, and in amazcment exclaimed "What a eorgov ernment! what a people!" This incident is an admirable illustration of the immense difference between the spirit of submission in this republic, and the spirit of submission as it exists almost everywhere else. The American submits to authority because he respects it as the minister of the public will, and because he is interested in its maintenance as the first security of order and liberty; the European submits to it simply becanse it is the representative of force and he has 110 alternative. The one submits because it is a self-imposed so- ! cial and moral obligation; the other be cause it is a stem physical necessity. Tiie actuating motive of the one is public devotion; that of the other, personal fear. The authority in both cases is irresistible; but in one because, the will, and in the other because the power, to rerist i t is wanting. Courier and Enquirer. A Lesson for Girls. An intelligent gpntleman of fortune, says the Bangor IFAzg, visited a country village in Maine, not far from Bangor, and was hospitably entertained and lodged by a gentleman having three daughters, two of whom in rich dresses entertained the distinguished stranger in the parlor, while one kept herself in the kitchen, assisting her mother in preparing food and setting the table for tea, and after supper, in doing the work till it was finally completed, when she also joined her sisters in ihc parlor for the renn inder of the e veiling. The next morning the same.daughter was again early in the kitchen, while the other two were in the parlor. The gentleman, like Franklin, possessed a discriminating mind was a close observer of the habits of the young ladies watched an opportunity and whispered something in the ear of the industrious one and then left for a time, but revisited the same family, and in about one year, the lady of the kitchen was conveyed to Boston the wife of the same gentleman visitor where she nnw presides at an elegant mansion. The gentleman whose fortune she shares, she won by judicious deportment and well directed industry. So much for an industrious young lady. Shocking Crueltv. A few days since Mr. E Willtts who resides at Birming ham, Oakland County, who was on his way from Utica Insane Asylum, having 'll charge his son. a lad of 18 years, who 1. - 1 I' l l r ,,4U ' d.lKl De.cn cnargeu irom me in stitution as incurable, stepped out at a station on the Central Line of Railroad through New York, to obtain some refreshments for the lad, leaving him setting riuietly on his seat. On returning, Mr. Willets found the train in motion, and got into a car behind the one which he left; here he found an acquaintance, with whom he conversed for a minute or two, and then passed on to the car in which he had left his son. On reaching it liefiund the seat vacant and the poor boy gone. Upon making inquiry, the conductor fold him that he had put the young man off the train, some distance back, who would not pay his fare, nor give an account of himself. The hnxious father stopppd at the next stationäre turned and fonnd the mangled body of his son, lying upon the track. He had paid his own fare, and that of his son to Buffalo! Detroit Adv. Pbofanity. Profanity is a useless, vulgar, wicked habit. It does no good, and much evil, and the wisdom and goodncss of God can be seen in its entire prohibition. And yet with God against it, with the Bible against, with reason and respectability against it, it prevails extensively. It is not uncommon to see some brutal fellow with his team loaded too heavily, and he cursing and beating his horse with all vengeance. The Bible condemns profanity as wicked and foolish; brands it with Divine. displeasure, and positively forbids its use and he who lives acrording to this book, will never become addicted to it. There is something monstrous about it. Dr. Chttvtr.

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Hints to Husbands. Do not jest with your wife upon a subject in which there is danger of wounding her feeling. Remember that she treasures every word you utter, though you may nevr think of it ngain. Do not reproach your wife wijh a personal defect; for, if she has sensibility, you may inflict a wound difficult to heal. Do not treat vour wife with inattention in companv; it touches her pride; and she will not respect you more or love you better for it. Do not upbraid vour wife in the presence of a third perso.n; the sense of your disregard for her feelings will prevent her from acknowledging her fault. Do not often invite your friends to ride, and leave your wife at home; she might suspect that you deemed others more comnanionable than herself. If YOU would have a pleasant home, and & cheerful wife, pass your evenings under your own roof. Do not be stern and silent in your own house, and remarkable for so ciability elsewhere. Remember that your wife has as much need of recreation as yonrself, and to devote a portion &t least of your leisure hours to such socie ty and amusements as she may join. By doing so, you will secure her smiles and increase her affection. Farming is California. Many persons have left the mines of California to follow agricultural pursuits. A large number of farms, from 10 to 150 acres, have been put under .cultivation. Barley, onions and potatoes are the staple productions, while the raising of poultry is beginning to attract the attention of those who take pride in seeing and tasting the wing of a duck or chicken. This is the true mode of establishing the permanent prosperity of the country, and introducing order, peace and the domestic virtues. A population living upon the soil, and deriving their subsistance from it, will learn. thc.necessity of practicing for their own. comfort, and protection, those social virtues which cannot be ex pected to be found in the mere adventurer. - Epes of the Boston Transcript, tells many good stories under the head of "Dealings with the dead.' One of these numbers he devotes to fortune hunting and amongst other illustrations gives the case of a Mr. Mewings. He was courting a young lady of seme attractions and something of a fortune into the bargain. After a liberal arrangement had been made for the young lady by her father, Mr. Mewings having taken a particular fancy to a little brown mare, demanded that it should be thrown into the bargain, and upon a positive refusal, the -match was broken off. After a couple of years, the parties met at a country ball. Mr. Mewings was quite willing to Tenew the engagement; the lady appeared not to have the slightest recollection of him. "Surely you have not forgotten me," said he. "What name sir?" she enquired. "Mewings," he replied. "I had the honor of paying my addresses to you about two years ago." "I remember a person of that name," she rejoined, "who paid his addresses to my father's brown mare." Cold Water for Burns. Fowlers & Wells recommend the application of cold water as a cure for slight burns. This I tried with the following success. My little girl, 2 years old, fell from a dining chair upon the top of a cookinj stove heated almost to redness with coal. One half of her face was burned to a blister, and one arm the same. Cold water was immediately applied with linnen cloths, the child ceased crying, nd soon fell asleep and apparently suffered no great inconvenience from it afterwards. This was more than a year ago, and there is not even a scar left to tell where the burn was. Aspect of Death In Childhood. Few things appear 60 very beautiful as a very youn child in its shroud. The little innocent face looking so sublimely simple and confiding among the cold terrors of death crimeless, and fearlessly the little mortal has passed alone under the shadow, and explored the mys, tery of dissolution. There is death in its sublimest and purest image-no hatred, no hypocrisy, no suspicion, no care for the morrow ever darkened that little face; death has come lovingly upon it; thre is nothing cruel in its victory. The yearnings of love, indeed, cannot be stifled, for the prattle, and smiles, and the little world of thoughts that are so delightful, ar goue forever. Awe, two, will overcast us in its presence, for we are looking on death; but we do not fear for the lonely voyager--for the child has one, simply and trusting, into the presence of its all-wise Father, and of such, we know, is the Kingdom of Heaven. L. Hine, Esq. late Editor of the Cincinnati Nonpareil, has turned Swedenborgian preacher

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CLIPPINGS. The fare from San Francisco to Sacramento, is only one dollar. Last year it was fifty dollars. , Longworth, the great property holder in Cincinnati, pays $11,000 tax yearly. Mr3. Bloomer, editres3 of the "Lilly." recommends her lady readers to wear "short dresses and trowsers?" We rnova that men, after this, shall wear calico frocks and carry fans and parasols. The height of politeness is said to be holding an umbrella over a duck du ring a-Tain. A child lately died in England from eating red wafer3. The ingredient they are composed of is red lead. A "box Ajpoa which the duties were unpaid, was sold last week by, the CustomHouse Collector for five hundred uollars, and afterwards found to contain the fixtures of a light-house, valued at 70000. Lumber -is now shipped from Georgia to Cadiz, in Spain. It is said that the cattle live so long in some parts of California, that the farmers have to fasten long -poles to the end of their horns, to let the vsrinkle$ run ouU Several Whig papers have hoisted the names of Scott for President and Crittenden for Vice President. A daughter of Professor Webster wai married recently. She offered to release her lover from his engagement after the execution of her father, but he magnanimously refused the offer The Wabash Gazette says, that Mr. Pratt will not be a candidate for the Congressional nomination in the Logansport district. Three cent pieces are now in circula tion in Cincinnati, The Mormons continue to make con verts, hlder Snow continues his labors in Switzerland, where he has made a number of converts. The Wabash river is in fine boating order at present. The fine mill, at Flint, Michigan, was destroyed by fire last week. Loss . 000 no insurance. A man, lately, in Mississippi, declared just before he was hung, that he believed his first step towards the gallows, was cheating the printer. The way of the transgressor is hard.' Mrs. Judson, the missionary, is expected home in June. "There's a great rogue at the end of my cane," said Judge Jeffrey, to a man who was about to be tried before him. The prisoner, with a Tery serious countenance asked, "which end, Judge?" A mountain of magnesia has been discovered in California. 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,' us the thief said when the constable was after him. Lord Byron used to sav. 'with ill mr m 4 follies, I never was guilty of stopping a newspaper because the editor disa greed with me in politics. President Fillmore has been invited to visit Boston on the 4th of July. A Petition from several povPrnmentf. o will be presented to Austria for the retease 01 üossutn. W. W. Duff was murdered in Butler co Pa., on the 23d ult. His brothet hai been arrested as the murderer. Chas. Bo wen, of Waterford Washing ton co., Ohio, was robbed of 825,000, last week, at the Merchants' Hotel, la Philadelphia. Arch-Bishop laccleston, of the Catholic church, died in Georgetown. D. C. on the 22d ult. The True Democrat, a Free Soli paper, published at Centreville, in this State, has been discontinued for want of sufficient support. C. L. Dunham has been nominated for Congress in the. 2d Congressional district of la. Good breeding is often put on and off like fine clothes, when we go a-viiiting. We don't use it where it is most want edat home. A Yankee is now putting op telegraph wires between Vera Crux and the city of Mexico. Capt. Mcintosh, of the frigate St. Lawrence, 6ays that now whipping is abolished in the Navy, he has no trouble with his men Mr. J. B. June, an American, has captured 30 elephants in Ceylon, and will soon be exhibited in this country. A woman on the Erie railroad emigrant train, a few days since, gave birth to an infant, and threw it out of the car. It was picked up ani its life saved.

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