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"THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE SHOWERED ALIKE UPON THE RICH AND THE POOR." Jacksox. A Family Newspaper: devoted to Politics, Literature, Science, Agriculture, Foreign and Domestic Xcws. Volume 1. Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, Wednesday, June 4, 1851. Number 20.

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THE PLYMOUTH PILOT. Is published eve ry Wednesday, ly JOHN Q. HOWELL. At Plymouth, Marshall County Indiana.

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From the Cincinnati Commercial. UTILITY. BY MRS. R. S. MCUOLS. Utility is all the rage: And Fancy's merchandizing, The wnyshe deals in heavy stock, Is nainfuliy surprising! Wc used to think her, ye.trs ajo, A sparkling, dashing maiden, With gems and buls, and stars and beams, Promiscuously laden! And once, we know, she lisped in rhyme, And flirted with her numbers, She advertises now in rerxe. And o'er her figurex slumbers. imagination's in a trance, (The mistress once, of Fancy.) And so to fill her place we have A maid they call "Miss Nancy!" "Miss Nancy" thinks the Hellespont, (Once famous for queer fishes,) Mieht by iomc labor-saving ducts, Be made to meet her wishes; IJut then, the maiden, it is true, Ha lorrowe l this "smart notion" From dame Utility, whose broom 7s bound to sweep the Ocean! Utility has levelled hills, And graded lofty mountains: And fostered some Tomantic mill', IJy ever pushing fountains! Utility thought man too dull, A ud by a proper brightning, Tanght him to locomo'e by steam, And do Ids will by lightning! 3Iiss Nancy's weak her friend is strong, (A most delighful blending,) The one crea'es the other does The tinkering and mending ! Utility points out the wav, "Miss Nancy" does the rhyming, And dreams each new philosopher, Her single praise is chiming: And as the world has wier grown. The Mue has turned Emperic. We look for science in a song For sermons in a lyric! Utility is all the rage, Romance is fast declining. The rivers soon will run up stream "Miss Nancy's" sun is shining. Madison, May 1, 1851. Tlic L;iiid of Washington. BY GEORGE r. MORRIS, fl'ry in the sage-s, Who in the days of y jre, Jn combat met the foeman. And drove them from our shore. Who flunirouT banner's starry field, 7n triumph to tle breeze, And spread broad maps of cities where, Once waved the forest trees, Hurrah! glory in tire .pirit Which goaded them to rle, Anfl found a mighty nation Peneath the western skies; No claim so bright and beautiful As that where sets the sun; No land so fertile, fair and free. As that of Washingon. Hurrah Fir the Plymouth Pilot. Farm-house, May 13, 1851. Mr. Editor Having, for some time, noticed the indifference of some of the laboring portion of the community, and especially some of the Farmers, to the subject of Education, I thought it would do no harm, and perhaps some good, to address them a few lines thro' your valuable paper. Now, I am aware, that a great many of our Farmers think, that if they send their children to school until they become tolerably perfect in the Elementary branches, it is all that is required. 'Why,' say they, 4vto spend years of hard labor to give our sons and daughters a brilliant education; rather let us teach them the use of the plow and spade: the spinning-wheel and wash-tub. Sometimes they say, what is the use of trying to improve ourselves? it does not require a scholar for a Farmer. Now this is not as it should be. Farmers! It is time you were awake on this subject. With the number of la-oor-saving machines now in use, the life of the Farmer will soon cease to be one of incessant toil and drudgery, as it has long been considered. Bring Science to your aid especially Chemistry. Teach your children all tht higher branches of learning. Do not think that Farmers sons are incapable of great efforts. Some of the foremost in in in our nation, were born in the backwoods. And what more fitting place, where every object forms a leaf in one great Book, spread out before the eyes f our mental vision; where every tree, every leaf, every blade of grass, and flower beneath our feet, serves as a guide, by which to look, "through Nature up to Nature's God." Then will the beauties of Agriculture, be appreciated, throughout the length and breadth of our land then will the toiling child of the forest

the tiller of the. soil, receive his re-j ward. j Should these few remarks meet with a favorable reception, you may again hear ; from Yours, for improvement, j Plough boy. i

For the Plymouth Pilot, Mr, Editor---I noticed in the l6th No. of your paper, an article, headed "A few reasons why the provisions of the New Constitution for the exclusion of Negroes from the State, should be adopted." Without stopping to inquire into the merits or demerits of your correspondent's communication, I will, with your consent, offer a few thoughts on the 13th article of the new Constitution, which prohibits colored persons from settling in the State. 1st. I object to this article, because it is at variance with other parts of the Constitution. The framers tell us in the first article and first section, "that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." In the 13th article, they positively tell us that no negro, or mulatto, shall come into or reside in the State." Now it does seem to me, that they not only diregard these God given rights of a certain class of men, but that they have gone as far as legislation can go, to annihilate them, (themselves being judges.) Now sir, if all men mean all men, and 'all men are created equal,' there has been a deadly blow aimed at the liberties of that class of men descibed in the above article. Did they declare the truth, when they said that 'all men are created equal?' If so, can any man, or set of men, take away the right that was given to man by his Creator, without being guilty of ty-ranny---the blackest and basest kind.---One, of two conclusions, inevitably follows: First, that article 1, section 1, is false, and a libtel on the Creator, or negroes and mulattoes possess the rights therein declared, unless it is proved that negroes and mulattoes are not men. 2d. I object to this prohibitory clause, because it is opposed to the Federal Constitution. This provides that the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States, R. S., page 11. You will bear in mind that in several states of this Union, negroes and mulattoes have the right of suffrage, and are citizens to all intents and purposes. By the prohibitory clause in question, these rights, guarantied to them by the Federal constitution, are entirely set aside. Suppose that one of these citizens should happen to see this rhetorical flourish of human rights embraced in the first article of the new Constitution, and should be vain enough to suppose himself a man; should gather up his all, and start for this boasted land of equal rights. He is met at the State line, and told that he cannot set his foot on the consecrated soil of Indiana! He presents, in defence of his rights, the Constitution of the United States, and, also, article first of the new Constitution of this State. He is informed that his case is not embraced in the above declarations; and to his astonishment, for the first time, he learns that he is not a man! He, therefore, in this State, has no right to "life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness." And what is all this for? Has the man ever forfeited any of these rights, by crime---or is it for wearing the skin that his Creator has given him? More anon. May 30, 1851. A Subscriber. The Legislature. Our next session of the legislature, it is truly said, will be an important one, especially if the contemplated Constitution is adopted, (and it no doubt will be) as almost the entire law of the State will undergo a thorough examination, and revision; in which case it is important that such men be selected as shall be competent to the task, who will represent the wants of the people, and ready and willing to perform their duty, regardless of consequences. In short, sound practical men, and men that can be relied on, under all circumstances, and at all times. This is the kind of men we want, and the kind of men we must have, and then there is no fear as to the results.---Veray Palladium,

From the Xcic York Sun, PUBLISHED KY REQUEST. AMERICAN Ti:.UlI21tA.C U3T-lO.

ABSTRACT OK THE REPORT. The question whether theie has beeu an advance or a decline iu the work duriu the past year is comparatively unim- j nottant. the mam point is Are wej. right? Is the reform needed7 Are the means adapted to the end? The magnitude of the evil is appalling the. success of past operations cheering. The extent of the traffic is frightful. Iu the cities of this State are",UUU liquor shops, selling by a low estimate S"2ö,U00,UUO worth a year, leaviii out the trade of the towns and villages. They are sending in a year more than 3ü,00U men into the prisons for crimes committed under the iulluence of intoxication, and CUJGO into the poor houses, made paupers by intemperance. in new iorK cuy are iiecuseu, umi ; 750 unlicensed houses, und 3,SJÜ selling I t x- i- i i i : i i : on uie oaDoaiu una uere in lour ana a

nan years, ending Lec, lo-u, v ere com-!;iäf milted 36,675 persons for drunkenness. 20,190 for intoxication and disorderly conduct, 11,347 for vagrancy, 13,396 for assault and battery, 2ü,J0ä lor disorder-

.j ...UV., .,v,v v.. ...v. x victims of strong drink,) exclusive of many in the higher classes not seen druuk in the streets or taken to the tombs. Aud so in other States and cities. Yet millions have burst the chain and the traffic is now frowned upon, detested, abhorred, and driven into shades and dens. In the great conflict with this monster vice the American Temperance Union and its auxiliaries have fallen behind no former year. More than 60,000 journals and 20U,000 Youth's Advocates have been issued from their office with these publications. Home and Foreign Missions, two State Legislatures, and uumerousSunday schools have beeu gratuitously supplied. Four thousand copies of the Half Century Tribute to the cause have been distributed. A new edition of Permanent Temperance Documents and several four page tracts have been issued. Numerous sermons and lectures have been preacned and delivered by the Corresponding Secretary. Collections and Donations, $l,D'J6,b3. Temperance, legislation has advanced beyond any former year. Two decidedly protective bills were reported to the last New York Legislature, and laid over for action. In lovra an entirely prohibitory law has passed, olid all drinking places are to be broken u? as nuisances. The new Constitution of Michigan precludes dll future license of the traffic by the Legislature. The Legislature of Illinois and Ohio have forbidden all sold to be drank on the premises, and the Constitutional Convention of Ohio have giv en it to the people to say at the ballot box in June next, whether any license shall hereafter be granted iu the State. Vermont has decided once aud again at the ballot against all license, and the State have now prohibited the sale by statute. Delaware has made ail Sunday liquor traffic a criminal offence, and a bill is before the Massachusetts Legislature lnaniug exhibition of the implements of drunkenness evidence of sale. The spirit ration remains to curse the Navy. Better would it have been to keep the colts and the cat" aud thrown overboard the hogsheads. But in the Congress, Independence, and other ships, ninety in & hundred of the seamen refuse their grog. Merchant ships, whalers and coasters, almost without exception, sail on temperance principles; and among the results shipwiecks are few, and a million of dollars are now deposited in the Seamen's Savings Bank. Statements are made of 6,02S members in Netherlands, of good progress in Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Liberia (which excludes liquors), and the West Indies. In British America the cause is very triumphant, 220,000 French aud Irish Catholics and 240,000 Protestants stand pledged to temperance in Lower Canada, and in Upper Canada 35,000 are enrolled in the Order of Sous; at St. John's 12,000. In Nova Scotia, ten counties are without license, and vigoious efforts are making to get a prohibitory statute through the legislature. Rev. H. S. Carpenter, of this city, moved the acceptance of the Report. He spoke with much force about those neuralgic people, who are all the while excited with the cry of reaction it is not re-action but a more sober and hopeful realization of the cause. The Temperance revolution is becoming a reformation. Temperance is not an art, it is a work of love and mercy, to be carried on as long as human nature shall exist upon earth. He represented iuoxication as the magnetic fluid that gives vitality to all other vice. The pirate bark of the gambler floats only on the waved of alcoholic drink- The halls of her whose chamber is the gate of hell, are lighted only by this baneful fire. 1. will cease to be impossible to restrain the lost women here within sound of the church bell, whenever they can be freed front the dangeis of alcohol.

Mr. Blke1cm, of Connecticut, offered the followiug resolution: Rc&olvcd, That in the confidence that sooner or later these civilized and Christian States, which have forbidden the

sale of licentious books, gambling, lotte rie, couuterltiting notes or coins, and made kidnapping on a foreign ishore piradnapping cy aml dealhf W(ulJ Uy lheir hanJ upon piraa iraiuc, wnicn nas caused more misery and destruction from age to age than any or all of these evils uuited, we rejoice that the time has come when decided movements are made in this direction; and we would respectfully but earnestly commend the subject to the serious and undivided attention of reflecting men of all political and religious parties, as the only hope of delivering the laud from the desolations of intemperance. Rev. J. P. Cleveland, D. D., of Frovidence, next addressed the meeting. Nothing is of more importance than to i know n.ueliier vve are or are not beating lhe aif Nothing is so discouraging as tQ beat ü j , d u ik , against an iron pillar than to beut , lhe air for j .hen sli0ulJ at least liave ! the salisfaction of hitting something. The queslion is whether the croakers are right of lhe lemperance workers those who mink we nave done notlnng, or whether we have really done something worthy to be recorded with giateful hearts. I think, said he, that we have mowed a pretty handsome swath, though I have no notion of hanging up our ! scythe on the apple tree, as Daniel Web- .. i- i i rl bter did: I am wi lin to have anv of i these croakers look behind us, and see ! the swath we have cut. Mr. Marsh here introduced a resolution of thauks to the donors who have sustained the society for the last year, aud especially to the Queen of song, who has so well learned that it is more blessed to give than to receive. He then called on his friend Mr. Barn urn, who has advocated the temperance cause all the way from here to New Orleans, aud home by way of St, Louis. He bore testimony to Miss Liud's deep regard for the cause of temperance. She says she has given no money with more satisfaction than that which she has given for the cause of temperance; for she is well aware, as every person is who looks into the matter, that intemperance is the cause of nearly all the vices and evils with which socity is afflicted and burdened. He would wish foi no better speculation, (and the audience knew he was a speculating man.) than to agree that, if he could have onefith of all the money spent in this city for intoxicating drinks, he would pay all the taxes for the year, the courts, the prisons, the fire department, hospitals and all other taxes, and after all would make more money than any body ever dreamed could be made by as many Jenny Linds as could be imagined. A collection was then taken up for the Society's treasury. Fervent and effective addresses were : then made by Rev. John Chambers, of Philadelphia, and Rer. Dr. Tying. A large audience listened with deep inter est to a late hour. A San Francisco letter of the latest date, says: the Steamer Ohio.her last trip from San Diego, brought in to perl an importation of "cats, ' ninety-six in number. They cost at the place of embarkment about fifty cents ahead, and sell there from ten to twenty dollars each according to size, sex, and general condi. tion. A fellow passenger, on the steamer told me they had a musical time of it, This is truly a novel article of trafic, but one of the fruits of the coast trade, just opening on the Pacific by our numerous little steamers, which run regularly every week up and down the coast." Fifth District. The Democratic district convention, which met at Indianapolis on Thursday, on the twenty third ballot nominated Hop. Thomas A- Hendiicks, of Shelby, as the Democratic canidate for Congress, in the fifth district. Mr. H. is compar. atively a young man, but as a member of the Constitutional Convention and in other capacities has given evidence of talents of a higher order. Of his election by a large majority there can be no manner of doubt. We learn that the Convention adopted a resolution sustaining: and endorsing the administration of our DcmocraticGovernor, Joseph A. Wright. Aicw Albany Ledger. An honest Hibernian had come far to see Niagara, and while, he gazed up on it a friend asked him if it was not the most wonderful thing he had ever j seen, to which he replied: Never a bit, mau never a bit. Sure

it's no wonder at all, that the wather ' 1 ,UdU'in in,s atate, is saiu to look reshould fall down there, for 1 should like j narkably well.

to know what should hinder it. but it's mighty quare, though, I'm thinking but how the mischief did it ever get up?' The Baptist mission in Siam, was de stroyed by lire on the 5th of January. together with the office, type foundry, i$r? ' '

CLIPPINGS. Judge McCarty lately fined three members of Decatur county bar, i this State, S10 each, for improper conduct in court.

A large Union meeting has been latc1 CJ . ;sisippi. Gen. James, the newly elected U. S. Senator from U. Island, holds a large amount of stock in cotton mills in the West. He is said to be rather unpopular with some of the eastern manufacturers, on account of his agency in establishinj mills in the west. Catholic priest 110 years old, preached tu Dayton, Ohio, a short time since; so says the New Albany Ledger. The Disunion men iu Alabama have nominated W. L. Yancey, as their can didate for Congress. The cholera is prevailing in several towns on the Mississippi. There are now OS steamers plying from San Francisco, (Cal.,) to various points. Dr. Lee says potatoes rot for want of alkali iu the soil, and asserts that ashes will save them. James K. Hamilton, of Caldwell, X. York, has aceepted Tom Hyer's challenge to fight for $10,000. r T T , den. Joe lane lias been nominated in Oregon for Delegate to Congress, by (a convention of tke people, irrespec tive of party. A convention of Homopalhic physicians will be held in Cincinnati next month. The National Washington Monument will cost 81,250,000 only 8150,000 have yet been collected. The murderers of the Cosden family in Maryland, have at last been discovered. Three of the murderers have confessed the bloody deed each one hoping to be allowed to turn State's evidence. Mr. Z. M. Lowry, of Portville, Cattaragus Co., N. Y., has iuvented a cannon which will load aud discharge itself 50 times in a rninutt. It is stated that the War Department has adopted it for national defence. MacCauley, who murdered Judge Sellers, of Ohio, in California, has been sentenced to be hung, The speedy enlargement of the Erie j and Wabash Canal, is agitated all along its line. The bar-keeper of the steamer Webster, the boat recently destroyed'by fire on the Mississippi, has just drawn 812,000 in the lottery. Jackson, the American deer, and Coffee, the Indian, lately tan a ten mile race, ntar St. Louis, for 8100. Jackson was the winner time 5S mi mtes and 34 seconds; Coffee's time, 59 minutes 13 seconds. Four persons are under sentence of death for murder, in the city of New York. A few cases of cholera have appeared in Cincinnati. , The Philadelphia Inquirer denies that Barnum has purchased the country seat of the late Nicholas Riddle. The late frosts have seriously injured the wheat crop in the interior of Ohio. In Harrison, and some other counties in that section, the wheat and fruit present ; a fine prospect. The people in Oregon arc beginning to route the gamblers. The City of Cincinnati has purchased the collection of paintings belonging to Mr. Peale, for 815,000. Eleven persons were lately killed in a coal pit near Chesterfield, Va., bv a fire - damp explosion. The wives of two brothers, Messrs. Alfred and Edwin Marsh, residing iu New Albany, in this State, died last week, within 24 hours of each other, of the same disease consumption. The Wheat crop north of the NationDoty, the distinguished robber in Michigan, has at last ben sentenced to 17 years imprisonment iu the penitentiary. The Jail at Covington, Ky., was recently destroyed by a mob, in order to release one of the prisoners.