Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 April 1861 — Page 1

THE PLYMOUTH DEMOCRAT U pMMtd cwr THURSDAY, 4y A. C. THOMPSON, tOITOR AND fSvOaiKT'.. . O&cSreond door south of th Btnkup bNirs. JOB -PRIN-riNQ, Of evarr description neatlr and pr-mrdy executed. TE'OH OF 5LTn.CRIPTI0V: ÜJtr.rT.l.lAiTACKOIlWITHW 3M0NTH4$1 50 2 I V .IHT PAID ' wiTHITHK K. K V 5

ATTORNEYS AT L W AtfnneTattl.ivr. O.üce in Bank building, Ply taouth. In li m i. Artom 'T an- N'nt r"e. P'vmth . Mrh11 ( Inl.. t.v.Hnn t iS -nl , j ties. . r 11 I. f ".sii,ia J iiZV" CV-f". Vvjbn f... Phi'a.. OriT, t, Pi t-Su-n. Hon. A. Li. vjsonrn, Vut- - - Circui. JuJ?e. Ltort. lnl. A- VV. POKTiR, I AT"" Ä : "SÄ i ZlJOHN S- BENDE. Attoruer at Law and Real Estite Agent, Knov, Knox. Inl. ! Collections. Tax pvint:' and exi.inann of i Title pr.m;tlv attended to. 7 ' I i PHYSICIAN5 DR. J. M CONFER, PHtahn. Offiee over PeMi'its rmg whr mx !. mmuhul professionaMT. DR. O- BMTVD. denee and office nearShilt's MiM. Bremen I A. DH. T. A. B01TOM. rhvi"iin nnd f'irs'e'n.oTlc(,',nrPorVn'ri .VCo. pni.r Stor. in Dr. A. O. TWon' Pnta' Pm. M;chim treet. eist aid corner of G ino. where he may be consulted durin; offic? hours. J J. VIN L, Ifo-n-mtthic Phrs?c5-in. Pirt'eul irattAntonp-M t ohstetric nnctic, nd chronic disens of rrn.n. nnd dissof rb'Mron. oTl" ovr C Piltnur' tor, corner APrhiTTn nnd Lmorte itreet. whe he mivhe consn'red at all hours. DX J. T. CH Ti-om R-Uirnor-. wi'l nnuic mAd'cinf , surrerv -n ohiicks. Prm-i-tiv !oc--od in Tvnr CUt. WiraViU eonntr. Ind' in-. OiRec one door south ofCushnnn k Rin d's Store. HOTELS. Plymouth, Ind. W. Edward, Proprietor. GM311'- '3 EXC-tN3I. A.fiimhrill Tvnrtnctor. itivied at th iuneHon of tS?-P. Ft.W.A: CR. R. nd P. k C. R. R.. PIrmouOi. Ind. Meat allb -n-s frhe d r nnd vei-vth'nr ne(sArv for tV mm fort of jupt. FA11R' HOTEL. Ln Pit street, ne r the Pmot, Plrmouth. lud Gnfl Für. fj'w Iii's. -md fvfrv tfenfin iid to render the st ir of all who mtrr e the Fr-mrap-,e''e. Cw i d m l conreni b'in? for tif0 having h rlnlr JOB SHORT. P.-oprief r. MfS3F.LLNT.OU5. J. M. 0J-M".T flouv, PWmvitS, Tnl. ?r7"ly JHs.l dei'cr n M kind of family ror-pries. Tv;ions. oueenaware, etc. I.aport street. PI ni hi tS. Tnd. H. B. DICCSOM &, Co., Ddi'er in Jvirlwar of everv drsrin ion, also Stoves, tin, sherriron, and copp-r war. E. R. SHCO. Meirl f t tilVr. ne door west of II. Pierce's clothing stor, Plvm m'h. In I. MICH ?L G1VJZ. Srhrsnl ha'r drr. (ind-r ih TTeT' k Woodwird.) M:ehi-n treet. H1vn.oitS.Td. Evrvthin? in t'i ib ive bininess attended to by me in the best stle. C. L. HILL. 0M!e-in Moks an I ririmerv, irllsnd window rnrr, all kn1s of n w il n?trnm'nt; alo manufactures blank books etc. Ft. U avne. JO HN M HOMAER. Pen!er n wtthe, clocks and jew'rv. P!vm uth. Ind..ker s msf tn'lv on hin I rloek. witches treat pin. ear rin-. fivrer rincr-. loekets. et, C'oeksanl witches, etc., reprred in the best manner rsibie. D MCW1LUAMS, 1'enlcr !n stir,!" and f incv dsr irod. cr'eeres etc.. wrs .; Michigan ntreet, Plymouth, Ind. G CLAIM El Co. Dihüt 5 srd eonfi'cfoners, f'. .idoof Micluan ptrcet. Plvmouth, Ind S- &. M. OZCKER. Di-nlers in tt'le and f:ncv di Irv rood and trroccries, w-ids. Michl-m stner.PIvnio.it'i. In!. RiriE & SMITH. Dealers in staple and lancy dry (roods, familv groceries etc, outdoor south "of the Edwards house. Plvmouth. lud. ADOLPH MYER, Dealer In watches, clocks, jewelry and notion tit side, Michim street, Plymouth; lad. J BROWNLEE, Dealer In dry goods of all kinds, groceries, wares etc., Micliig 111 strwet, Plymouth, Ind. C HAS LANGER &. BROS. .Manufacturers of wagons, cirri r,'cs etc. Rlarlcmithiu. pai.iting .:nd graining dono to order. Set colunir. T. A. LEMON. Dealer in drus, medicine., notion, literary m 1 fr-t -9-r A J r. . ry m .. . . t I stra', Plymouth. Ind. ".-"-' i"i"-i.i, -!,;., u'jriu sme L.aDOite E. PAUL alr in bo t.sand h'e. m mi'setui -Moes. muiutu,. all kinds ! hü line, Michigan street, Ply-! of Imra? work in m'iuth, Ind. T. MCDONALD, I2:i! es'ate agent and notiry public, office in ckr" hardware store, Plymouth, Ind. Draws deeds, mortgages, bonds, ainl agreeiaeuts, sells 'anls, vx iminestitle au I furnishes abstracts of the same, pays taxus and redeems land oid lor taxes. DR. A. O. B3RTON, Surzeon Dentist. Pl3in..urh. Ih li .n i. Whole or partial setts ofT,eth inserted on the rnot anjjrove.I plans, rfiu.ol.i .... nrescrr aiion of th .. , 1 1 K 1 JS :: ::: - ...d inegui ,r; dihcult feethcxtri. t..l ! . an!l form! C.!nt utu T? . e -r-".. nm-iiiioii jiani 10 tr,e eicepton M iid.ivs and Tu. sda i J O.tiee 111 Pershinz's bhv.k, u , M-chigan und (iano strea'.. - wiu'-roi ;J.f T. J- PATTERSON. I Deaterin DrvGooN, Gr)cones. Provisions and Motion. N..2 Corbiu's Block, Phuwtb lud Lba. P.trwsge siliairsd. !

VOL. . CKEYE LIVERY. OPPOSITE THK EDWARDS HOUSE, Plymouth, Indiana. J. M. KMNOEK, Proprietor. j The proprietor having erected Large and con- : vcment stable?, nnd supplied them wit1 an entire I iif t stock of Horse., Busies, Carriare ic, ia now prepared to accommodate those who wish LIVERT TEAM. Person reaching this place on an of the Rail- .... I TV',..a .ni.t nauiriiiT tu (rn bv f!:irr!:l ir Cot.. reyance, can be accommodated with or without k a.-ncr. Hi vine surveyed in this Counlv, we are wellac nniiiifpil with all the Lands. Routes. Distances, ic vluiQtf K. Ü SURE YOU'RE RIGHT Jnd ThcnGo Mewl. ftm now receiving an assortment of goodsp th:lt w;n compare favorable with any Stock i Northern Indian. It is not necessary to enhirg upon the subject of honest dealing &c., as hia i matter of course, in a well re-ulated establish mnnt Rvatrict Attention to business. I hope to receive my -hire of your pitromse Ite-Dectinllv. AUULrrl Jli r.llo. I7"Vateliest Clocks and Jewelry, repared b sood workman, ia the most approved manner. r nS8tf. N EW 'NTER ESTING & ATTRACTIVE i:. ii. shoo!, Resis leare to iufonnh'u friend nnd the public generally, that ho is ;.a receipt of a AMO COMPLETE STOCK or MERCHANT-TAILOR'S GOODS. Conu-rUing Fine Cloths. Bearer for fine Business and Over Coats, a well selected assortment of Flam -ind Fancy f-ainier? of foreign and Domestic fabrc, nnd a choice lot of V K S T I x a s , such a Plush, Velvet, M irseilles, renadiens,etc; t'iotlier with sunerior arid suitable trimminirs: all ofVhich I am prepared to make np according to onier, on snori nonce ana ni rcasoname prices. Grateful for the former liberal patronage heretofore irivvn me, it will be my study to merit and continue the same I am also aent for. Young's Family Srxchig Machine, THE BEST IX MARKET. Which I will sell cho.i nd give instruction pratis. August 30, li-O. n22tf E. R. SHOOK. Wm. EI. ßrookfi, Jr., Successor to Charles L. Hill, WliOLSS.L DEALER iN BOOKS, STATIONSa?, Law and Medical Books, Mi ret Music und Jfntirml Instrumenta, WW LT., WINDOW AND C F.I LIN' G PAPElf TORT UM VAT, lud, Alo Minnficturer of LANK COOKS of i'verv l-cript"ii Binding neatly executed. n27m3 yrnsEs a. kidw elljoing ardver ? ln. 'iiir !! rued a partnershi, for the purpose f carrying on ilie w a a o x AND BLACKSMITH I NG BUSINESS An't having reh ie I thst in 1 lormerlv oecupied by E. S. K . P. KMior, in South Plymouth, Inl., respectfully inform the public that they are now in 3P-u.ll Blast, Prepared to receive orders and execute all work in hor line in the best and most substantial manner, on short notice and reasonable terms. As ther will live their personal attention to the business," tliev hone to deserre and receive h liberal share of the patronac of the citizens of Marshall county. Busies, Cnrriasis and Wagons Of all kinds and qu ilities kept constant!? on hand ' : , a , 1 , " in 1 lorsaieor maue 10 oroer. ITliepairin'; of all kinds promptly attended to. I'j" Particular attention will be paid to Shoeiii" fp KS KS and OX fJX. IyHCuiUr KI DWELL 1 GARDNER. WOLF CREEK V Is O V II f .-V .TI ILL fHE above tnmed mill, s-ix miles south of fMTCTnr vri ucikmi'i vn urAmr Iviiiouth. t5 now do.nrr excellent !:llu"1.n M' .1 w. 1 vuitrv 1 in rnjuifior -pires no pains 10 rive satisl.ic "on andinteids keeping his mill in a condition to the Very Best of Work, nd he feels continent that he will not fail to satsfv all who may favor l.un with their patron ijre. Flour. Meal, Bran, ic.kept constantlv 011 hand ind will be sold at the lowest iivin price's. He respectfully solici a patronage from the citien of Marshall and udjoiniri" counties MICHAEL ZEHNER. Plymouth, Au 2J ;itf THE. W h r c i c r and Wilson SEWING MACHINE. Haunr secured the agency of this celebrated fc.ew.n- Machine. 1 take pleasure in recommending It to hit inends, and all those who want a firstclass machine. Its particular advantages I will not here attempt to enumentv, as it U known to b - one of the most popular Machines now in use. While it is eoual to anv 1 pu,Ses, it is'superior aü ÖA ör Ze fci euC 1 as Shirt-Bosoms, Ladies wear ie 1It nastne auvannge over the double lock stitch on account of its great saving of thread makina neater titch, and one that will not ravel. These luacliineH wil, be kept by me for sale, and cau bo seen at all times in operation at my store 11. PIERCE. " Plymouth Ind Aug. 23. 1800. u-jitr A D M I N I ST R A '.' O RS SALE. V OTICE is heteby given that I will. n the 1 1 27'hdy of March, 1--CI, b. tweeu the boms of If) o'clock A. M. and 4 'clu"k P. M.. at the Court House door in Plymouth, Marshall County. ...1: ij .11 1 ... t . . inoiana. .-en at puono nuciion tue lollowinj deR E.t,rpe ol lUi miumtt dec;a,edt wl-tte in said Marshall Coiuitr, to-wit: The E"t(') ' the Nr,h of St'c" V." iw' l" tJUi,"P I rürtü of 1UnSc (1) L,lr tiwi nr Km 'i n. 1 r, , ...1 a. ,.1 v-nt Him fc'lfj u 1 - ance in two etjual iiHtallments, of six ann twelve months eaJi, the purchaser giving no.es with tip piored ecurity. Said sale bt-ing made in piirsu i'iui - 'iui 11. o.iKi tctie uein maue in piirsu"nt "f :,n 0n,er of ,nc V,;lr"'n',l. Court tl Cora non l1. mle at in Februarr tei rn. 161. . II'RACK COKBIN, Adm'r. nary 35th Ul,

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THUKSDAY,

GO TO THE NEW OHIO CASH STORE!! The arrival of ?ie iotter Jtearn i; 'G ei Eastern," in New ycrid:'! ... fio-iuee a jnU-r excitenent than .v'.ll D Me William xkibitlag at the New Ohio ca.istote A SPLENDID STOCK OF A SPLENDID STOCK OF A SPLENDID STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER 000D8 FALL AND WINTER GOODS FALL AND WINTEK GOODS FRESH FROM THE EAST FRESH FROM THE EAST FRESH FROM THE EAST now for bargains NOW FOR BARGLINS NOW FOR BARGAINS GO TO THE OHIO CASH STORE TO THE OHIO CASH STORE GOTO THE OHIO CASH STORE FOR HE IS DETERMINED TO SELL FOR HE IS DETERMINED TO SELL FOR IS DETERMINED TO SLL My facilities for purchasing goods kt Philadelphia, IVctv York, AND OF THE MAXUFA CTURERS, finable me to sell at Wholesale and City Prices. Farmars, Mechanics, Laber'ag men, ioj'c tout inutcreit and go to the OlrllO CASH STORE Where you ena bny 23 per cent cheaper iVana any other store in this place. My stock ooasistg ia part of j allies &rczs Goods Such as BLACK, BROCADE AXD FAXUY MORINOES. DELAlNESi C, t0. GoodM of th latest style and patterns LADIES CJLOTIT Of diflerent prices nnd colors: Also a large assortment of Black Silk and fit SILK CAPES. BAIZES, LINEN DUSTERS, Bonuets Flats, Riblxms, Ruches, etc. Goods Embroidery, Collars, Underslccres, Brilliants, Nansook's, Victoria Lawns, Swisses, MulU etc. Glovts. Hosiery and Mitts, Muslins, Sheeting, Ticking, Denims, Calicoes, etc., which can be sold cheaper than ever before ofleicd in this vicinity. I will sell Good Prints fast colors, for 6 ö 10 cents, and a better prints lor 11 cts., such ua you l ave to par 12 for, and poiMl weavy ,Vulins for fi add 8 cents c caper than ever before fold in Plymouth: and, for men and boys wwar " re.-y lsrge stock of CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, Black and fapcysilk VESTIGS, TWEEDS Sic. BOOTS AXD SIIOESm The largest stock ever brought to fee place, which I will sell very low. . A1' Tl"7 ,UrßÄ löt 0f earPtinS. f'om 25 cts to$l CU pryd. GROCERIES, Gro-Jriei 1 at wholesale andrctiil prices Good 'J crrnt te f";?() cents pr pound-good $1 CO tea for,. ..cents. ColTee. f ugar. molasse, ttnd ryn.p. cheaper than you Caa buy theui at any other house in town. QUEENS WAUE $ GLASS WARE LOOKING LA8ES atCity prices: P. Vr-WILMAM.

poetical THAT VOICE BY CLARA L NDEN. A ro'ce was heanl among the Appanines, Ii echoed from tie cleud-wrapped mountain's breapt. To the green valleys, where, 'mid clust'riug vines, Fond spirits hovered in a wild unrest. " Let there be Italy ! " it said, and lol A radient, d ep, and vlvi'ying glow . G'eamed o'er that ch os, of oppu ssion bora, And Italy arose, blight as the star of morn ! The nations heaM the voire, and rstn!r. caught The emeROUJ clash, the tumult and tha loa-. Deep sound of mighty .ounderirgs, and the flow The liquid flow, ol kindred elements All gliding into "unity," and thence Into a beau eous fabric, such as gleams, Before the patriot's eye? in dreams. Thev heard, and thv responded ; then raig out O'er hills and waters one exultant shout Of wildest joy, as, on earth's natal day, Angels and spheres joined in their matin lay. Over the new creation. 'Twas a i hour For Kings to learn the secret of the power. Now, woe to him who dares to increase the yoke On the bowed neck, s.nce that stromr voice hath puke That veice had whispered unto man : "Thou art free!" Ere he had learned to lisp loved liberty ; And when he framed its accents, 'twas a sttain Of sweetest m sic, and the glad refrain Was caught by moaning millions, and rehearsed In many tongues, and in as m my cursed By kingly lips that trembled in their ire To know that freedom's strains could thus inspire. A subject, that durah footstool, arise In storms of majesty, and language wise. Deducing ft om his strain philosophy That subjects ar, and rulers are not, free ! That God has coalesced with man to rive His tetters, at.d that t ulcrs all til not live Till subjects have created them, and stood The only judges of what's true and good 1 Madly that unrelenting voice pursued Its victim, tyranny, tint, to elude owilt vengeauce, Üed to its last citadel Of right diviue ! " and then the monster fell. Crutihed crowns and shivered sccpieis marü. the way Through the fair aartU whera that dark route doth lay, A;. from it; refuge to iti wailing grave. It tied us switily nsa wiud chased wave. What was the magic of these whispering toues, thrones. E'en as the in untiiu forests writhe and quake Wncu boarded icia.H o'er tucai wi.diy break 1 Witat vai l.uri uUi'U.r u, that thus luc.te lt,il;.i's ubllioat to ci tuu lUl a's ngius ? Tue ocitsame trutb that charmed the Hebrew's rod That people's voice is but the voice of Gd ! " iacclla n c o u a . Tae Kankakee Draiuiug Ctmpauy. We Copy lue lolionlug fiolil tho Sutte Stntinct atid ludinapoli Juuruul, beiieVto..t .hey will bu ol lnleiext lo our icaueib In jeucial atid some in pauiuuiar,as some of it. em own laud that ate now dama -ed uy the Stagnant poad known as the Kau kak.-e Kivcr. il a great uudonakltig and will result iu uuu benefit lo all coucorued, doubtless. Within the p eeut mouth a company ha been Oianleii, by Col. J. C. Waiter. Hon. Goidou Jänner, and other getulwmen ol oilbei'i Indiana, fur Ihe purpose, ot sdial 'inetitiiii deepen!.. una cieailn out the Kanlk.kee liiter. The obj-cto piopoeu by tb Juiiipauv ate of sucu iu)poi tance, bot Oliy to our liol ihel ll Counties but to tin Male, thai we dtiu iL prop er lo d vole suite space to a lull dicu&s ion of the eiiieuti&e. The pariicula- cnaiacter of the Kankakee country ha Hol hvicoioiu been genetally undeltOd. Marsties and Srtnuips ot vaal eXleui, tu either side of the liver, render acce-s D ihn stream, in many places, aluioel mpotoble. Fiactically it is a legion ot vv "del ne.-s, iu ihs very heart of tiie liehest aid tuoal bibly i.nproved s.-cUou of the St e. ihe soil is Slid to be an alluviau Itoii bix to ten teel iu depih, underlaid bv a tratum of black sand or gravel, which it turu rest upon a bed of clay. Iu 1302 ihe legislature enacted a general law (or ihe drilling of the lands ceded to the S.aie by the Genet al Government as swamp landt; But its provisions were tuch that the s amp land commissioners ot the several cuu.iet acted indepeiider I t.f each oihet, ad no cumpreheiiM vj plan ol tiperiiioii ua)iaciicable. The drains cut iu mi teilte oueiiite to run inn water ,i. . ... ,. into me ivau.aae mar., es. ...... ,,o;n,l,g was done, or cold be done lo cany ot ! the water ac. uibiated , the nver, and , upon ihe adjicet Itntls. Ihe entire proctedsof the swi"p lands were thus exii .i . t i i pendfd in ihe rciim uciion of ditcher,, r . ' whit li, in moi nave oeen oi little advantage to couutty , and nere ; . . . i. . .i DI W! ------- a w-MVa WIMIII J ' atloid the compete raclaimaliou intended to be atltclud. In 1353. Col.Valker. then a member of the L-gilaiuie submiued a bill to iho swamp laml Cnmitlee fir the straighten ! . . A . If ...I. Ii log hiiu oeepeui ioo ivtuantsee Ivivol".By this bill, ih bwamp Ltnd Commijsi.iners oi me oon-ueio.- on u,o i nver were mad a o -aru, and req-iueu to act in concert. His plan, was tv irke the Kankakee tlie;rantl center of a coM,peie system of 6wjp land diainiuir. Exreri tnco has shovii that this plan would ha been tut onl; mote effectual, but far; cheaper to lis State, than the miserable system adoped. Tin t?tatP had not at

A PEIL 11, 1861.

that time. alL'i.a.ed any of tho land :iuJ i 8 provisions could have been easily curried oist, ihu-i saving at lca-t a million of dollars to the treasury and rendering the Kankakee marshes tho beet farming lands within our boarders. The fiwamp land fund having been exhausted, and tho Sta.e thus disabled to undertake the accomplishment of iho work, Col. Walker, still hoping !o attain the ob - j-ct in feome oilier wa employed compo rt n eiiiiti'eri, and in the hummer of 1859 made a complete survey of the liver, from a point not far from its source to the Sia:e line. Upon reviewing a report of! that survey, we find that in a dis.ancc of isaveniy miles within this State, t te chan nel, by reason of ts eccentric and Hümmer able bends, t over two hundred miles in length the distance by the channel being over three fold the distance by a straight Ii -te. It was frequently found that iu a single days survey, embracing biu a short di ance, ihe etigi ars following the corse of the stream, traveled toward every point of the curupass. Generally the water in the channel, even in the dry muti.lis of summer, stands above the level of the surface of the adjoining or first bottom land. The higher marshes, or tho second grade, a'e so slightly elevated as lu be, in most caes, uu-ubeepiible of complete reclam.-tiioii, uii:es. the water iti ihe channel can be lowered. For a tw miles befoie reaching the Slate line ihe stream becumeb rajid and the water confined, genera ly between bank of dry land. Fortuna ely the fall between the S ate line and the rapids at Monience in sufiiciintly great to carry otfany amount of water that may be thrown into the channel. Tho fall for the length surveyed, will average abui one foot per mil, by a straight lints h greater fill than that of the Mississippi, or the Ohio, or the lower Wabash. The ohainu'l of the Kankakee bein about ihric ih leiigih fiotri point to point of a straight line diawn fiom the same points, it becomes apparent that its fall cannot be more than four inches pr mile. If Ibis Channel, then, wuh four inches fall per mile, were only uevetity miles in length, it Wiuld carry of but one third the tmanlt ly of waiei iu a given lime that would be conveyed away by a channel ol the same length with one fool per mile. Having no. only about lvo-liilrds less fall ttiau a str.tihi cliauncl would have but two-thirds gleaner liaianca. ii fot!o.vs lhaL the quau illy of water cat tied oif by the picscui ch.itibe!, in a given time, must be about . nv;-rilih ol wli u would bo carried oil' bv a m htiai !u iii.e channel. But ihiü i koi all, It 14 well knuwo that evtsiy Uc-nd 'u h riv ii lMcirHM's the, li.DiT.tl of the channel, acis aio as a daui, wiiica lo a greater or h les ex.ent, re. aids the Velosi y ot the curieut. Öuch is the ctookediieas f liie Kaakakee, that, tu the öta.o ol I ndiana alone, the survey bliutvs over mu thousand beinis of evety conceivable decree ot tort u.i,iiy. Add o nil thi.s the iacl thai during the ouuiiner monihs the pie-eiit Channel wad almost completely cl 'ggd wiJi water gra.-s and owier vege lane matter, aud it is sue to say that, ao iiup.oved :ba.inel, cleared of all iuip.-di nieiits, two lliirds teduced iu length, wi.h two thuds nioiu fall, and wuhout üend. would caiy oil' fi.in tifieeti to tweenty liniea mote wa er i i a iven time lliau la canied away by the liter if Us present condition. The above calculation is made wiiho.it regard to thw well known rulw governing tho iiutieased velocity ot waieri ai ibing I rom an increased foil, wlncn wol'd show that ihe quaiuity that nngitl b-j car lied oil by stiaigtiieiiing the channel Would br een greater tfiau here stated. The Kankakee Draining Company propose, by t't.aighie.iiug the bends, deep cing the siullou' places, and clearirg out the shallow otSitnctit'ie in ihe liver, io reCtal aud it-udiT nrabie the diacem mar.ihe, promitte the health of the bin 4 loundlug country aud the iuteiest of the people generally. The Wurk ihey propose will de-pen ihe bed of the river lhrou'h outils length, and bringdown the sutface ofilie water of the channel below the swamp muck so as to carry otF ihe water itiiouglijthe sand subsiil and render these düche made by the Slate available. It is estimated that thtee Hundred thousand acres of laud are injured much ot it rendered valuless by ihn waters of ihe .. . ri i river. inetfe lands, at present rates, would cot hell for mote than three dollars per acre, tho aggregate of which would be nine hundred thousand dollars. Dry lands, e.is fertile, equally remote fiom market, in the counties ot St. Joseph and Laporte, cell, al present rates, at from ltii-t ... 411. .(..II...... - .. f. . ......j iw ii. tj '.uiiaio per aco. ii is h safe estimate t0 6ay tai the wwrk contemplated would tender the swamp and wet lauds on the Kankakee. worth an average of ... o twenty dollars per a'-re, the a '-T.v'aie of which would be six million dollars : Ii is emhnaed that the proposed drains wiii cost livH hundred thousand d'.lUrs II Micoo raiiiiMtra i e con eu, and ibey btflieVe4, tn b(J wilin bU,t, Iw n ' . lo llw of l)6 , d b j four mil!iüh gix iu,dre1 lU d HS I,- Pf,.,Ä , . it ly relicnco to a general law authoitz in.f.hfl ,,,,,..;, ... r i "ig nie coiiHiiuctioii tf levee ami drains. are .iriI)IOVH( r1In., i, ,;? u.,.i ... AmMlld;U f ;t j piSmiiut Q he I i i "f 1 1 j IIS an act which this company was orginized, it will be loun I ihai the County Bo mis aro requited, upon aDiilioaiioii m hv iIia nr. ' p ralion to appoint prsoi.s not interest led in thu propped work to make the a. I . ffesmvuls ol benefitt, and dam.gs to nil lands iu any way affected. The atsetsoi are required to swear to ihe truth aud cor tecitieg of iheir assessment ; and the as sessment of etch tract, when tih-d in the Recorder's office of the proper county, becomes a lien in favor of the company for the amoui.t n9sessed. It also provides for notions to the ownera of the lands of making the assessment. It provides, furtlur, that th jiyrantt sbsll b-s mUt

NO. 11. ' p tyahlss on demand ty tho company, aud prescribes the manner in which such de mands shall be made. If the nseMneui be not paid on demand, the lien may be i enforced at law. The assessment of damages against tho company, and the Collection of the same, are fully provided for. The law under which tl. company is oronnized has in the case of Anderson ;M. 7'Ae Kerns Draining Company. 14 It. diana, b eu decided to be constituiional and valid The casi arose under the law referied to. 9 We regard this enterprise as one of the most ioiportanl to thv peoplj interested and to the Slate, that has been S4l on foot for many years. Its consummation would bring intu cultivation, in a few years, a district of country late and richer in soil than Marien eounty. No tic-am in tue United Stat'S, of similar leng"!;, lias as muh inexhaustibly ri:h b ttom land This j soil is now practically wor lilets. It may rn? made thj most productive m the S;at. WTinil is now a wil Jerne-is of water, mud. moss aud grass, partiib.uwd oul among trappers and 6t,hermau. may bo made ihe the garden Spt ol northeru'ludian. To object to be attained is s vast and inou'cable in its result that h amount to b.; levied to accomplish it becomes insignificant it laud which could imi be s ld f.r three dulUr per acre can bo maJe wurtli twenty, the owner should bu glad .o v.y his proportion of tha nycessiry ases3mnt. The money necessary to construct the work will be expended in ihn midst of the community who pay it. We understand the company will offer resident land-own. ers an opportunity to work out their aseamcnt, or to pay it iu ar'icles they will need in the course of the work. Thy al so coutomDhie making the assessment a payable in such installments as will enable the proprietors to meet the demand without difficulty. From the State Journal. A Chance for a Speculation Som year ago the Duke f Bedford b'si'.t a wall acrms an arm of thp R?a on the coast of England, where the tide overflowed a larte tract of low swampy land, and havinir penned" tho water in, Rit to w rk with large steam engines to pump it out. I was a lonif and expensive job. but Iia could afford the expense, and he finallv uec.pedfd in pumping the wamp dry. The wall kept it so, by shutting nut. tho damp incursions of ihe tide, and he found himself tho owner of J6 000 acres o f the richest land in Great Ilri ain. It is calle ' the "Bedford L-vel. ami is consider itlerd the most valuable of the Duke' immense ppvpf-riy. I nat operation muMif b- onWrA maliinir farms by r,.am. Another not unlikrt if in olij-ot bu' diMc-riV,' in ihe process, is iri c.ntpmpia'ion in ihn NWihern part f the State, and may be cnlb-d nvaking farms by wafer p.uver." The Kin kakee river 5 notnriousl v he wiblf anl swamp:est retrion of ihe tSrate: ßo'h sides for many milK are continuoua and unfathomable f-wamps. The traveler a Ion- "h New Alhmy and Chif.i; railroad wip n.tice in appro-chin it that for a Ion r distance the cars appear to i tin ihrciitrh a marh, a wihbTness of weeds nd wa'eaud that no stranger's eye can tell when he has got out of the swamp into the rivt-r. It is all one swamp, and all one. river The river is only a littla deeper place in the swamp, or the swamp is only an extension of the river. There are no banks, no limit to maik the separation of one fron. he other. Draining i is such a plaen i. manifestly impossible. A million f ditch in ihe swamp would only füll wi.h Kankakee water up to its own level, and l here i he water would stay. The only chance for drainarjp. therefore, lies in ihe po.-si bility of lowering the water in ihe K inka kee so that the water of ihe swamp can run down info it and rim nfF ni:h tl u current. Thi can oily ba don by ere ating a current in the liver in some v. ay, ftr at present there is next to none. A current can onlv be made by removing obstructions, and giving the water free way to reach some point where there i fall enough to more ii off rapidly. J5omyears ago. Col. John C. Walker made a survey of the liver at hit own expense, and found that a few miles Vom the State line (he water had high aud dry bank., and decent enough to flow off ripidly. but bet tveen ih it point and a point in IS Joseph county, where the swamps begin, only seventy miles apart, the liver traveled two hundred miles The country was very flat, and the bends iniuimeiabie Nt exactly innumerable either, for ihey were counted, and found to he two thousand in the distance stated. This survey dis coverer, the mode, and the only mode, of increasing the current, and loweiin ihe water of ihe liver so as to ahow ii to carry off the water from ihe swamps. That mode was to cut the channel sliaiht. or s nearly straight as practicable, from St. Joseph to the Sta'e line. The removal of the two thousand bends would remove two thousand dams lhat hold the vater back, ami shortening the channel from two hundred to seventy miles would give to the short distance all the fall of ihe long one-, and of course incre-ta ihe current by the trebly increased fall, and the removal of the innumerable dams. This would make, the water move, and ihe motion would iiccesMiially wear a deep channel in the solt mud of the nver bottom, thus deepening itself and increasing its power of drainage by its own motion. In other woids. Col. Walker found ihai the K.inka i. it i Keo coutd na maue a nver wuii astron'. current, instead of a long pond in a swamp, by merely cutting off its bends. The practicability of the process is ev ident, prov l ded it can be done al an expense that will oo juat.uea i.y me result. My dear eir,' said a candidate, accost. ing a sturdy wag on the day of election, , 1 nm glad to see you ' Yvm rj?edn'e bI hav wdd.'

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I One square 20 Brevier ems or lets, fhre weeks j or less, $2,00 : each idäitioital in-vertion S acts. I Longer advertisements in proportion bw V'e half a square to be charged as naif a muntre, au 1 over half a square to be ch.trgcd as a whole pquars A liberal deduction will be made on advertUsmcnts inserted lenjrer thau one inon'.b. IjT Lejjal advertisements must L paid for i advance, or satisfactorily secured. O The above Urins will be strict! adl.teU 1 everv intanee. AmeadmeuU of the Ldqur Law. Skk. 1. Be it enacted by the Genral AtiSt-mbly of the blaia ef Indiana, thai whenever anv person or persons applying for licehe lo sell licuors, or r.ny oth.sr person or peisor.s lemoiistraiing a-:ainst su--h application, fh.all be aggrieved by li; aciion of ihe Comminnioners of any county on such applicaiicii, tm be entitled aud shall have and take an apped lo t!;e Citcuit Court or C urttf C 'inni :i Pias, of the coumv iu which the arpiiciri'ju w remonstrance is mal'. Sice. 2. Ei H-r party to u--a nppal may demand aiol have a trial by j j'y i said court, and ill, decision or verdict of iUtth jurj si'.all be final a -.id conclusive ami without appeal il.etefrom. Sec. 3. Deel res an emergency, ar.ü the lav to lake lT-t from and af "tr i:n publication iu the Jonrnul and Sentinel. Our Last lllpijco 1'lack. "I f-el the tlaisies grovNiug over me, aid the dying poet, aut solemnly yet beautiful was the thoughtT miogle thus .vidi nature in Ler t-weci-e&tfoims of life, ia not to die ; it is at t!. pöinv' of the a.-ul througli a vestibule of June's own building, on, to the inner gates of p-iradig. To Le wafted to the nir vii the c .11 sOtt wings of tire ; to ieav, a lillle dust or a token, in the hollurr. .f an uto, is nul iiL layiu"" a ve:i: child to roi'., close fth!c i in the bodoiu of t he :4.t ih . To lie b?J.eath biilovved maple " hill uv', greet, and sloping l ih uu, with birds singing in the boughs, aud threshold .lowers soft toi !i j ir i l'" air, is no unpleasant thought. i.o- fever of ihe world i p i-t. it strips ail dii.'iei over, even ;;b the c.-ud that siieds a sl al--ovv on ihe sptngled h';'ad, and pate ou forever To turn immortal vviih tho Arctic touh. and wear the seamless lobj cl wiiper, f.r a shroud ; to have tho itar parting wrings from trembling Na'ure. litr, like nu imerishable Jewell ou the ci.eek of de x h, Lr.s little chatiii. To bj iel gently down, nmt y?xyul .snnimei's night, into the cleft crvelal of a iako, lo one's last sleep, would not be t'i bid the light 't;oed by." Fur thee. an if in II. u Ijwer ijiiicie ol thy finished Ileavon, the form shoud lie, :-.mon I lie doiiptles of the siai.s, and the simmering oi" ihe mon ; the dawn should tt-duen theie. u.' :he oihhi mj:i move ;u-oc!i -s trtttiirh tLo wateis , il would hot It beyond ilie liiit of day tlisi burial place and yt hrlow he storm, lhat v.iecLs u.ili -it a ;.tl bkv. 07 A ouJ jok- id ioid en "a Member if one of the vohj if teer ci-inpa'ii'? vvhieli went dnwn to i'eoac ;! i. We t!.;r,k jr. was a Mis-istippi cobip.iiiV, u.J i., aid i-j o- a fid. IJeing- act:u--loiiied to lieoh tt!wr, living r. he interior. ?i;.d not .t.r- ..., ... i.i .H-'XiCil. o.o.o. I. was ur bii5ful ignoiai.ce of im L;it Tt o-p-t IKS weuing uu i:i tl e it. 'llil'ig, KS iuhI, to fjei ioi ni ii -S a ilailv a'jlto i'.tiI o dtvw a ! UCUcl Ot alel- hL iloivn o'.ur oiue vl his oomiadee. atol retired troap md towel. K-iuruing v. i h ii.e anicl.-. lie soused into iht luickei. cf waior. hands and htoe. The co:-quen,.e can b imagi ed. lh'coveiing f-. ni ti e h -t-k . and tubbing his b:ii uiug eyeballs, he e&claiml! -l t tu whip ihe J d ta?;:a thut 1 ed this water. A b an can't t! draw a bucket of water and leave it a lew moments without some prank is played on him." Dahing the wa:er aide he 1,-ft Nrnid the dioutsauil cheers of iu'si comcai.i ;is. w'n n.ad been silently watching hilu. He soon toutid out his mis'aLo. Female Stkat.u;i:m a(;a:st Imuaxs. The folk wing ai.c.oint ,f tV-nia! c.t.,1. ness and cour o is from is fioai .he Water ford (Texas) 2ws : Ti'e ptuy of Indians h passed thro Jack Pat k and Palo Fia;o c.;inii-5, ;.4; week, marking their way v.uh desohv.ioii, anil si i iking terror to the stoutest hearts, diw tip in front of the lesidente of Mr. Kubti.ks. in Pal. county, a ,d were tdding a parley, and. no doubt fdmingH plan lo attack the houe. There was t.ot a man on the piem?-e at the time. Mn. E batik1, her daughter and eveta! little childieu we.-e alone. The yard wa. incloned with pickets about bix feet hi-.h. Miss Mary Fnbanks. ih d-tughier, it.h unequal presence of mint!, tor one so vom g. eiz 'd a shot-j. un.put on her brother'b hat, ami placed a bench near tin 1 icleltng so as to peep over without exposing her Vdy. and then h lilieirt:t.v tir-d into the party ; which stratagem and heroic conduct doubtless saved er own life ami the lives of her mother and litlie broilers and sisters, as ihe cowardlyscamps immediately hVd, no th.nl. t believing that the houso was defended by a body of armed men. Manners akd Ccht-ms in Abolitio,,do.M. A party of negroes gave a gland hall near Albany K. V. I! week. Six distinguished colored gentleman neu driven Thither by a white coachman. In a spiiit of counesy they invited him to enter the ball. He accepted ihe inviulion, and was a pleased spectator, until il.o aroma ai icing Horn tho sable waltzer became somewhat pun-enf, aud as it grew more powerful he renaied to l.v:jusl at lhat moment one of the ,cul!uj' managers approached with much uoliia. lies, and said lhat the ladies Jeiied ths Aniiilimin l r l.uin ti . in riom. ine man ger regretted to make the leouest. hut the ladies inn'sted. because they said U smell so much of the stallt X-Sneakin of hv,W girl tu au cb durale old bachelor. -I ihiVt t'1Hll a l,:ir uf ,l)Ull!"m ves would be lhe b,J1 mij,or u 6iiave hJ-" -Yes many a poor fellow his bcr atW by fb-vru," th -rt, i.rIi-d.