Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 2, Number 21, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 June 1861 — Page 2

THE DEMOCRAT.

1TBLISIIED WEEKLY BV & P. 3IcDOIVAM. T. PLATT ttcDON AID, :::::::: Editor. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA: riV ......... T . . rrv..- -1 o . -1 SEEM3 TROUBLED. The Republican seems very much troubled about our suggestion in favor of holding a Democratic county convention. Why this should cause it any more uneasiness at th's time than the same suggotlons would at nnj other time, we are at n loss to k iow. The Democrats have hell a county convent ion once every year since the county was oriranizid, anil those oppose 1 to them luv not heretofore thought strnnge of it, or called them traitors for so doing. If the editor of the Republican, or :iny o'her man," can show wherein the Democracy hnve been guilty of such a preat poiitunl ciiinc that they inn? the tlfcfranc'iised, or he -tR.;cI!ed to " Ijov :h meek submission to the great mohvjli of ahclitionism," we should be glad to have him do it. Democrats were fighting the battles of the Union, while the leaden of the Republican party were advocating the policy of letting it slide denouncing it as a league with hell and marching under flags representing the free States only. Tut now, when it is the policy of the Republican party (although Mattingly says there is no party,) to sail on the Union breeze which is just now blowing in the North, he denounces all as traitors who will r.ot trample upon and ignore every political principle, and throw up their hats for the Union merely because he and some other recent converts to I

the etuie of the Union arc doing it. J serious consideration. The man who will give ex it is neccsviry that the Democrats should main- prcssion to such sentiments, or endorse them, is s tain their Organization, that when the Republican r;:r.k an Abolitionist as Garrison, Phillips, or RedH.ish in the pan h is subsided, th( y will he ready to P: t- Do ?s in favor of John Brown raids, on a t ike the government back into their hands, nnd j large scale. At the beginning of hostilities, the gn about the work of re-construction, r.s it will only avowed object in calling for volunteers and doubtless need it after passing through one Repub- j increasing the army, was to enforce the laws and I'ran administration. Democrats are Union men ! maintain the Constitution. Now we not unfre-lYM-n principle. Republicans if we are to judge ' quently hear it stated that this would be a good from the Ic; dcrs, and the acts of the party arc timt? to give the death blow to slavery. It has Union men from jo3icy. Volicij has been the "'ecu stated, and but a few weeks ago, in a pul-Main-spring of every act of the party. It was 1 Pt in this county, that this war was God's instrup Hey to nominate Fremont in 1 as he had ent for the abolition of slavery. And yet DemUttle or no political record for the Democrats to ocrats arc denounced because they fear this war is i

pick at. It was policy to nominate Lincoln in lHiO , i ' becouseha was a Western man, ai d supposed to I Ie conservative ; and the West must be prophia- j ted. It was policy to appoint a few Democrats to ! important military st: tior.s, as that might be in-! ftrumental in obtainining Democratic money and j Democratic muscle to can-v on the war. Now it ; U policy to proclaim that there is but one party in j the IWrih ; end it will be but a short time before it wi I oe demonstrated to the satL faction of the mo.t obtuse whit that party is, or rather what it h not. The "one party" is not the Democratic partv, nor a party hoi .ing to its principles, except so far s relates t j the enforcement of the laws ; nJ Democrats nee! not leave their party on that I a( count, as the Union, Constitution, and Laws," has ever oecn the motto of the Democracy. U'e hare no, yet seen anv reason addnccJ whv Dem-i crats.u ho are governed by principle, should leave ; thc.r party, and join the "no party," or Kepubliean i patty. Democrats can be, and are, patriots now rait the same th .tthcy were in the days of Jeiler- , hon and Jackson. ' J Mattingly's suggestion" Let the convention j be held by all nieaxs "will be canied out, probably in a manner not very satisfactory to such new- j ""o't'i - uwii i:h ji ai iru uon so clamorous ior the enforcement of the laws. We have o doubt hut the convention will take a firm stcnJ for tlie 1'i.ion.and thc principles on which it was formed. Tlie Democracy shoull organize themselves intu a ; home guard," for the purpose of repelling the insult which a set of political scavengers and mercenary harlequins are constantly heaping upon all who refuse to endorse an abolition administration. .... A j i ne artnnnenfs bv . , - that a. i who are oj -posed to the Republican party , , , . 1 1 M, ..... i r.T...T- ...,.1 tn . .... 1 ". at v v tu t ir r m, udnui?, tii v ivriaiuiv crv 'Olivine- l ing to a sus-epfible mir.d,and exhibit a rare order of cvmonstrative talent. Wc w ill try our hand : Drmocrat-i are Union men. Mattingly is oppo ed to them. lie is therefore an enemy of the Union. An enemy of the Union is a traitor. Ergo, Mattin civ is a traitor ! V7EO ARE TO BLAME? A gi eat many Republicans appear to think that Democrats ought to lay aside their piinciplea of opposition to :do'i?ionism, and engage in a war which, we are told by its especial champions, is to end ia the abolition of slavery. Ry such declara tions, they keep thousands of conservative men ..., r 1. r .1 1 . ' wut ol ttie nrmv of tlu? froverrmvnt. u Im m inf ,j ..jiu.-i , . . ' ! as loyal as those who are denouncing them ns tr:ut. 1 ors. Democrats are as wilün- to nronw tU : ernnient. which thev have been miinle iiif ftitnon ' ' J "' v" 1 : , :. .1 . tal in erecting, as any citizens 111 that government ; i but the) do not wish to enlist in a crusade against any institutions of the States, except such as are in violation of the Constitution, under pretense of protecting it- Of Ihe thousands of Democrats who have enlisted, there are very few who will lc willing to carry out the Republican programme of abolishing slavery instead ef aiding the govern ment. Ry declaring it to he thc intention of the administration, to abolish shivery, more injury is done to the causw of the government, by Republicans, than their laudation have benefitted it. When fanatics come to their setHc s, they will pec that conservative men were the bt friends of tae government. MILITARY OFriCEES. nr governme nt has already seen sonic of thc evil effects of appointing inexperienced men to responsible military positions. Hie affair at Great Relhel fully demonstrates the nectpsity of having experienced iniliatry commanders to make the forward movements. Ho far as relate to officers, the Southern volunteers are equal, if r.ot superior, to the Northern. A detay of actual hostilities will be for the advantage of the government volunteers, as it will enacte them to attain a greater p'oficieney in military drill. Thc Northern troops are eager to test the statement which has frequently been made, that Southern troops were pupenor to them in all the joints that go to make up the Eoldicr. We think ' it makes no difference with a man's courage wh it I part ff the country he is from. But it is a f, c. that military knowledge has heretofore been held in higher repute in the South than in the North; and consequently a knowledge of military matters is more generally diffused among the Southern Ieople. Tlie North has as good material for soldiers as the South, and will doubtless hereafter gee that it is properly trained.

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? The above question has been frequently asked, and answered in different ways. The last answer we have seen is contained in the Republican of last week. We have no doubt but the rentimct.ts in the extract are the sentiments of a majority of those who consider themselves the especial champions of the Union. Dere is a specimen of the doctrines of the " No Party," which Democrats are invited to endorse : "Should hostilities prove the downfall of idave-

ry, as Harper's Weekly predicts, and as millions more hope nnd pray,, it will be ROME CONSOLATION for the expenditure of blcod nnd treasure which the causeless rebellion lias rendered necessary. That there is a growing disposition among the people to tripe $lavery out of existence, in some iray, before the trar closes, there is no doubt, regarding it n9 they do as the real cause of the rebellion ; and were the government to declare that it is a war of Freedom vs. Slavery, it would not only have the sympathy of all Jiiirope in a manner that would render it impossible for any government to run eounter to it, but, coidd ptocure all the men and money on the other side of the Atlantic that might be needed to conquer the rebellion." In the free of such statements ns the above, J Democrats have been denounced for saying that j they believed it was the intention of the Adminis tration to abolish slavery "before the close of the war" in Mattingly V own language. It 13 certainly high time that the people were looking about them and viewing the tendency which things are taking, when such sentiments are ut tered and endorsed by a party that is trying to rally the entire North under its banner of enforcement of the laws. In abolishing slaver by the sword, what law? are they enforcing ? In depriving citizens of Southern States of their property, are they acting according to the requirements of the Constitution, which guarantees equal rights to all ? Hut such sentiments are too detestable for signed to aM Abolitionism more than to defend V t I the government. A great many Republicans arc now beginning t0 5PC;lk tl,cir :cal abolition scnti.xcr.ts, and Mat tingly is one of them. THE DOUGLAS MONUMENT. Qn f;r,t wi bc fun,, an vl(lr0?s to the people of the United States, nnd especially to the citizens of Illinois nnd the West, recommending tll. PPPf.t!nn of ft sll:t:1Lle nmmim0nt to the mem or). of gpnMor Don-las. The call is signed by h; m05t nrcm?ncnt men in Illinois, headed bv the Governor Tllo oljpct j3 onc that conirnen j it?clf l0 thc heart of the American people. He was our cf. ,i t, r i.:. trymen. Let the respect we had for him when iv-, CXT ressicn in liberal donation- toward t1ie rrcct:onof ;lls monument. There is no doubt but the citizer, of 'his county would be glad to hiive an opporttmiIT 0f assisting in so worthv an . . ,, enterprise, ror this purpose, a coninr.tte should be appointed to receive and forward donations, We hope thc matter will be attended to without unnecessary delay. NEW ILLINOIS SENATO.7. Tl great agony is over, and wc have another evidence that " there is now but one party i;i the Nitrth." As we expected he would, Gov. Yates has appointed a Republican, named Drowning, of whom little or nothing is known outside of his own State. This was nt cording to programme. and nobodv Hunks strange of it. It h true that j Democrats have been appointed to 'ome ofiices, I.....T ' - . ; l'if . r . 1. . . our - lucre is gem-Taiiv a inoiiv unterem iron! mai , i. .1 . ascribed to the appointing power. 0 1 TOWNSHIP CONVENTION. Tlie Democrats of this township should remember that next Saturday is the day appointed for holding the Demoratic convention, to select delegates to the county convention, on the 29th inst. Democrats throughout the township should attend promptly. Ii AT KST WAR NEWS. Union Victory at Boonvil e. St. Louis, June 18. Thc Dtvu.erat Ins a special dispatch from JefTer- " r:. i.;..i. . a t . f , i ... 5ou , nu n m s . i en i.cn 01 mis piacc, w ' 1 iho has just arrived in a f-kiff from f-ix miles below J okville. Mo., brings the new that Gen. Lyon 1 . - I - 1 I 1 T . 1 . I t -. . nan uimcfcco. nini coinjuciciy roiueu nie f-iaiu r. r rn- i.:tr nr -...1 ..1.:.. coo iorces ai ioouiiic, kmiiii; .jwo iiuu i.imii" oov . . prisoners Gen Price was mortally wounded The Federal troops lost 17 killed. Owing to thc place whence this new is derived, fn'l confidence cannot be placed in it. Col Iloernstein is continually sending scouting parties into the country around Jefferson 'ity. One company have returned, bringing in a large number of kegs of powder from one of Gov Jackson's deposits in the interior. The secessionists of Roone, Holloway and Harvard counties ar fleeing, and th Union Home Guards are beginning to organize in these conn ties." St. Lons, Junk IP. It is reported by reliable persons from ßoonvillc that a fight had taken plane between thc Federal troops and Statu forces, and that 300 secessionists were killed ami a large number taken prisoners. One report says that seventeen, and another 20, Federal troops were killed. Gov. Jackson has fled, and the State loreosarc completely routed. St. Louis, Jce 18. Thc Democrat has just received the follow ing dispatch from Jefferson City : Mr. Gordon, of St. Louis, and other gentlemen from aboc, give thc following account of the battle nt Roonville : Gen. Lyon landed fonr miles below Roonville and opened a heavy cannonade ajainst the reliels , who retreated nnd dispersed into the adjacent woodj from whence, hidden behind bushes and trees, they opened a brisk f;re on our troops. Gen. Lyon ; then ordered a hasty retreat to the 1oats, and the rebels, encouraged by thin movement, rallied and followed the troops into a wheat field Lyon now baked, feed his troops about, and, bringing his whole force of artillery to liear, opened a murderous fire on the rebels, 300 of whom were killed. Tho halanco fled in all directions, leaving their arms on the field. Gen. Lyon then moved forward an.' took . possession of Roonville. j

Gen. Price was taken with a violent diarrho?a at the beginning of the battle, and was taken on a steamer and carried to his home in Chariton. Gov. Jackson viewed the battle from a distant hill, and fled for parts unknown after the defeat of his forces. There is great rejoicing among l7ion men here, and the stars and tripes are hoisted on the Capitol, guns were fired, and the Star Spangled Banner was played by the Regimental Band. Scouting parties will be sent out in all directions to-morrow to cut off the retreat of the rebels. The steamer Swan has arrived, with two cannon, ammunition, and artil eryme.i, which have been planted at Col. Boernstcin's headquarters. 'Mr. Fitzpatrick, one of the most violent secessionists in the State, took the oath of allegiance to the United States government, in presence of all the officers here, to-dav.

Chio Troops Fired on by Rebel Batteries WASHINGTON. Jt'NE IP. Late last night Gen Scott received the following dispa ch : "I left camp according to intructions, with the First Ohio Regiment, CDS strong, and wert on the expedition to Fall's Church, to patrol rounds in that direction. I then proceeded to Vienna with foui companies Company E.Capt. Paddock ; Company C, Lieut. Woodward, afterwards joined by Capt. Peas ; Company G, Capt. Brilcy. Company If, Capt. Mazlett total 275 men. On turning the curve within a quarter of a mile of Vienna, we were fired upon lr taking batteries of (I think) three guns, with shell, round shot and grape, killin and wounding the men on the platforms nnd in the cars. When the train stopped, we could not, on account of damage to some part of the running machinery, draw the train out of the fire, the engine being in the roar. We left the cars and retired to the right and lei t of the train , through the woods. Findjng that the enemie's batteries were sustained by what appeared to be a regiment of infantry and cavalry, which force we have since understood to b 1,500 South Carolina troops, we fell back on the railroad, throwing out skirmishers on both flanks. This was about I F M. Tims we retired slowly, beariegdff our wounded for five miles, to tin point, which we reached at 10 o'clock The following is a list of the casualties : In Cnpt IT.izlett's company, II, 2 known to be killed. .1 wounded, and f missing ; Capt Bailey's company, G, 3 killed, 2 wounded and 2 missing ; Capt Paddock's company, 11, 1 officer slightly wounded ; Capt Peas 's company, C, 2 missing. Tne engineer, when the men left teh ears, ind of rfow, , detached the " - engine with one passenger cr from the rest of the disabled train, and abandoned us, running to Alexandria and we have beared nothing from him sin'c. Thus we were deprived of a rallying point and of all means of conveying the wounded, who had to be ccrried on littet s and blankets. We wait here, holding the road for reinforcements. The enemy did not pursue. I have ascertained tl.at the enemy's force At Fairfax Coitrt House, lour miles from Vienna, is now about 4,000. When all thc enemy's batteries opened upon u?, Maj Ilughey was at his station on thc foremost: ! alatform-car. Col M( Coof was with mc in one of ! the passenger cars. Both these officers, with others of the commissioned office,-?, and inanv of the men, behaved most cooly under this galling fire, which we could not return, and from batteries which we could not flank or turn, from thc nature of the ground. The approach to Vienna U through a deep cut in the railroad. In leaving the cars, and before thev could rallv, manv of niv men lost their haversacks and blankets, but brought oil' all their muskets, except, it may be, a few that were destroyed by thc enemy's first fire, or lost with the killed. " (Signed) " "ROUT. C. SCIIKXCK, Hiigadier General." Another Tragedy in St. Lcuis. St. I.ol-is, Jcnk 17. As a part of Col. Kallman's Regiment Ueserve Corps, were returning from thc North Missouri Railroad, about 1 1 o'clock this morning, when on positc the Recorder's Court room, on Seventh i street, between Olive, and Locust, a company near the rear of the column suddenly wheeled and discharged their rifles, aiming chiefly at the Recorder's Court and the second story of tlie adjoining house, killing four citizens, mortally wounding two, nnd slightly injuring one. The stateme.it regarding th cause of the firing arc very conflicting, one being that a pistol shot was fired from the window ef a house corner of Seventh and Lucust, w hich took effect in the shoulder of one of thc captains, when he gave the w ord to fire ; another, tl.at a soldier aeci lcntly discharged his rifle in the ranks, at which the whole company became fiightercd, mid discharged a full volley into the crowd on thc sidewalk and at the windowsof the house?. The Recorder' Court was in session, crowded with prisoners, spectators and police ofliccrs. Pratt was shot in tho side, and died in ten minutes. Deputy Marshal Franzo received three balls in the legs, and will undoubtedly die. Thc names of other persons who were killed on the pvement below are not ascertained. The window just behind the Recorder's desk was riddled with bullets, and broken glass scattered over his desk. The bodies of the killed were removed by thc Health Oflieer. A thorough investigation of the affair will-be had. when the particulars will be given. Secovd DisrATcn. It is impossible to arrive at the truth relative to the cause of the firing upon citizens to day by volteer troops. Scores of statements by eye-witness-essay that pistol shots were repeatedly fired from the windows of a house adjoining the Recorder's court room, and from thc pavement ; while an equal or greater number assert that no pistol were fired from windows or any other quarter ; that the first and only shot before the general firing was the accidental discharge of a rifle it: the ranks. The wound of Capt. Rei.che, however, is of such a character A3 to induce the belief that he was shct from a second or thiid story window, the ball entering his coat just back of the point of the left shoulder, tearing the skin across the spine, ami pns?ing outnt the lower point of thc right shoulder blade. Two or three members of the same company ore said to be wounded by buckshot. , A large number of witnesses have been summon ed to attend the coroner's inquest to-morrow mornwl,cn il " ,l0PC'l that thc fact?, will be learned, 'lc following arc alditional names of those KUI u : Jil,J cms, Lutrnn I racy, Leuci Cella, an1 11 ,niui named liurns of Chicago, Much excitement exists, but we hear of no demonstration of any character having been made. Tlie Affair at Great Bethel. Kro it tli lUItt line Itrl .t. Juno 13. The steamer Adelaide arrived this morning from Old Point Comfort, which place the left yesterday afternoon, "ur rrpotHT had cent creation with

several of the passengers and some of the soldiers duty on some articles, and the abolition of the who came up as an escort with the remains of Lieut, free list. Greble, and from them obtained the foil wing par- , "The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will be openticulars of the condition of affairH at Fortress Mon- cd for through travel in a few weeks. roe- j "Mr. Calvert, Union candidate for Congress in It has been ascertained that the actual loss of the the Sixth District of Maryland, is in town to-day Federal troops in the battle was twelve killed and and says he is elected without a doubt. forty wounded. Of Ihc killed seven bodies had. "Dr. Richard, of this city, the family pin sician been buried at Hampton. ; of the President, has been taken prisoner by the A large number of those previously reported as Virginia rebels, aid conveyed to jail in Richamong the missing had returned to the Fort, j monJ. Tlieir absence h id excited apprehension for their : "The National Intelligencer of this n.orning safety, and their return accounts for the reduced says that, unless it receives the aid of new pubnumber of the casualties first reported. 1 scriphons from the North, it will soon be obliged The Masked battcrv at Groat Bethel w is com- to suspend. manded by Col. J. B. Magrudtr. and there were "No indication has yet been given by the ad2,800 men in the entrenchments, two Louisiana iritiistratioi. in regard to the course to be pursued regiments having arrired an hour after the fight. ! toward the privatecrsmcn captured on Saturday. They are reported to have thirty pieces of ritled . The prevailing opinion seems to be that they will

carnon in possesion. Another battery is situate 1 four miles above Great Bethel, on the road to Voikt.nvn, and occupied by about four thousand men. The number of troops at Richmond is estimated at about thirty thousand. It is supposed that it was the intention of Gen. Butler to make an attack upon the battery at Great Bethel with the whole of the forces under his eramand, leaving only men enough in the fort to garr son it One of the men who was in the fight said that at the time it was going on, General Pierce was one mile distant from the scene of action, seated on his horse, and appeared to be entirely speechless. No order was given by him either to retreat r advance, and being without a proper head, the troops were compelled to retreat in a rather disorderly manner. Great indignation continued to be expressed a his conduct, and the universal opinion was 'hat he was utterly incompetent for the position. He is said to lie a near relative to ex-President Pierce. Provisions are said to be very scarce and high at Norfolk, Richmond, and among the confederate forces in the vicinity of Gre;t Bethel. Water was especially scarce, no rain having fallen for some lime ; and the troops were compelled to diink the water from the river. Provisions were pleat' nt Fortress Monroe, and! the supply of fresh water was abundant a boat j taking it down from Baltimore every day. Affairs at Cairo. Washington', Jcxn 17. An army officer Ins just arrived here from Cairo, j with dispatches for General Sett. lie states that intelligence had been rnccivc l there that the rebel force under cemmand of General Pillow h id everything in readiness, rnd were expecting to move towards Cairo on the lili hist. They had transports sulli ient t' carry 1 8,000 or 2!),00() men. The commander at Cairo had no duubt of his ability to resist any force the rebels might brin.L' against him. e' It appears from information communicated to our o fiicers that Pillow was expecting aid from Missouri and Kentuck ', the Govenors of those States havintr triven h:in assur . nccs to that eilVet. Arj rancements hail been made by us which would prevent any such aid. It is understood to bc the intention o? the gov ernment, owing to a request of the com-va;id:ng '"cr in ! Northwest, to concentrate more troops in that vicinity. Washington-, JVne 1 n. Hie 3d Michigan RpTiment has arrived. Nine r'fled cannon arrived .to-day, immediately sent forwanl. Fix were The Fig;ht at Romney. Ixni ANAPOI.IS. JfKl7. The Indi.inapoli- Jowrnff received th-- following special dispatch from Col. I,. Wallace, e -mmander of the 11th Regiment, at Cumberland, Md., th' lb'th : "After the fight at Romney the rebels did not rally and return. They ran sixteen miles towards Win' lu ster before they stopped. So far from niv retreating, I brought into camp at Cumberland their tents, valuable arm, uniforms and medical stores, without leaving anything behind. Their rvnl was total. "Next da v there were seven funerals sn Mietown. We killed a captain and an cx-memherof the Legislature, ami took one of their Majors prisoner. 1 send you this to stop the infamous secession slanders about mv retreating, started by som cow ardly scoundrels in Alexandria. My boys are entitled to all honor nn 1 they won it bravely. They have not forgotten Buuea Vista. (Signed) LFAV. WALT.ACR. Col. 11th Regiment. From Washington New Yorh, 17. The New York Tribune's Washington dispatch say: "The President is wotking on Iii- message- He wiil take the hi phest ground in favor of prosecuting the war with the utmost vigor, and finishing it by w inter if po-'sihle, recommending a call for half a million of men, and appropriating two hundred millions of dollars. "Gov. Pprague. of Rhode Island, w ill be tendered a Major Generalship. The Second Rhode Island Regiment is ordered to Washington, where there is to be a concentration of the whole available reserve force, in order to make a forwaid movement against Richmond. "Captain Chnuneey has taken command of the Susquehanna, and will sail for the Gulf in the course of the week. "Lieutenant-Colonel LelTerts, with two hundred District volunteers, had a skirmish aer -s the Pntonia' with one hundred Virginia cavalry, near Hence i Mills, fix miles above Washington. Ten Virginian, it is tho ighl, were killed one suppoped to be Captain Shreeves, "The Virginians retreated. None of our men were injured. A detachment guarding a propeller sent here from Annapolis, with, stores, &r., were nttaeked on their return, below Aequia creek, on Saturday. Several idiots were fired by the n lels. The fire was returned with grape and canister. No injury wan done us. The New Yoik Herald's Washington dispatch saj: Thcr is every reason for the confident belief that (Jen. Scott is Full T prepared to keep tue rebel chiefs on the bck track, nt least till tney have evacuated Virginia nnd Tennessee. Tlie whole rebel force, except the rear guard. at Matmassas Junction, u i to be retiring to Ilichmoud. "Every point on the Potomac, from Williams port to Aequia Creek, is now guarded by Federal troops." A special to the Commercial, Washington, 17th gay: Secretary Chase is busily cnaed in confer encc with eminent financiers and commercial men in relation to thc w ants of thc ic Treasury Departwill report in favor ment. It is believed that he will report

ff a revision f the tir-fl', reduction of'fhell for the cannon, pieces iron punched from I

be hung, tliou'rli it isfeircd that, in retaliation

many good Union men will be made to suffcr." A special dispatch to the Tost, Washington 17. savs: 'Cid Stone's command are in quiet possession of Leesburg. j ,.Ti,e car3 arc novr runn;n;r fourteen miles on tic Alexandria and I eesburg Railroad. The ronto ;s cxncc(0(i t0 u0 opencj by them for Gen. Patterson's division. "Ten secession prisoners are reported in a skirmish by Stone's command. "The War Department has ordered the rebuilding of Harper's Ferry bridge. It is expected to be done in five days." From Baltimore. New York, June 17. A special dispatch to the Herald, Baltimore 1C, says. "Three hundred confederate troops are reported to be at Lecshurg. They doubtless retired on the appro if h of our troops. "Colonel Morehcad's regiment of Pennsylva nia soldiers, encamped at Locust Point, mirchcd ; through our .-treefs this morning, en route for i Washington, where a forward movement is confidently predicted in a short time. "We have a report that General Butler will make a demonstration toward Yorktown within eitht hours. Accounts of the battle at Uethel through secession channels give but one killed and three wounded. The one killed was shot by Duryce's Zouaves while firing the building iv vhich troops had taken refuge from Colonel Magiuder's guns. ! They further report that they had no rilled cannon ; and nothing but howitzers. "They defy the approach of Rntler in Yorktown. Masked batteries line the rou.e." Farther Tomt, IG. The Jura, from Liverpool on the evening of the fith, via Londotiberry the 7th, passed this point at 9 o'clock for Quebec. Lord John Russell said in Parliament that government had no knowledge of a Canadian volunteer regiment tendering their services to tlie U. S. government, :nd of course could not say what action woullbe taken. Five cases, containing 100 rifles, directed to the Com. Rank, N. Y-, intended for the steamer Adriatic, were stopped at Gahvay, the agent of the line refusing to let them pass. Italy. Count Favour died on the morning of the Gth. The event caused a most profound sensation. It is rumored tint Garibaldi contemplates a visit to America in a month or two if a war in Italyappears unlikely. Excesses of War. From a letter of if Capt. Camkrov to the Valp:ii, diited Fhilippi, we make the taiso Republican following extract : I thank our kind Father that thc desolation and; distress of war will not come among you, for you ! know nothing of the pillage made by nu n in arms quartered in private dwelling?, lu ppitc of oil j that the ofliccrs could do, both armies in tin u upset everything appropriathg blankets and quilts. breaking looking glasses and windows by their! excessive eaielessuess, and often worse devilish-j .1 a 1111 ! ness. aim inaKing tue loinier j-punutu noincs oi the enemies look like hogpens instead of homes, i Among the houses used by our troops is the Secession Tust masters, the Secession member of the Secession Convention, ami many of the wealthy of the place. All were deserted, appearantly at a moment's notice, nnd now the boys tramp with muddy feet on Krüssels carpes, cook and eat on divans a ud sofas, sleep on pi inoe-, swallow sweetuicitsand luxu'-i.'s laid up for the year, as though they owned them, asking no questions. The Hendricks Ifdycr coi tains thc following extract fiom a letter I'mm a vounteer a Thdlippi: The town is in almost a dilapidated conditionWhere once was the quiet homes of a mistaken . . ... rPI t .. c , people is now almost a rum. I he v oik ol i few i nours win require a long nine lureciuj. unhouses are not particularly il l niageil, but the furniture is entirely ruined The most of it was done by the Union troops, mid ptoud am I to say our regiment did nothing of the kind. So dicrs that have been in ihe Mexican war say they never saw n town pillaged like tnis." The Expense of the War. "Ion" writes from Washington to thc Baltimore Sun ns follws : The "sinews of vat" are to bc strained, in the present conflict, to an unprecedented extent, if the estimates talked of are correct. Thc present daily average expenses of the federal government are estimated by some at a million of dollars a day. A prominent financer of New Yrk reckons them at twelve hundred thousand a day. The cost is en hauced by the difficulty of securing accountability on the part of contractors and also by theoxtorfion of those iiM)ii whom the government has been obliged to depend for supplies, transportation kc. A protracted war requires, as we havesecn in the experience of Eropean jowers, a ligid system of responsibility and penalties for fraud upon the governmei.t. The U S. army is to undergo a thorough reorganization. Nearly all the junior ofliccrs of the present regular army will be promoted, and some eight hundred commissions will be issued for oflicers of the new pigm ents. All these iiominations will come be'ore the Senate at the ensuing tes- ; j I A Novci. Hatterv. The Philadelphia Ledger ghte that the determination to reconstruct the b.idgeson the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad, destroyed by a mob from B iltimore, has led to the construction of a railroad battery by the Federal Government, at the locomotive works of Hildwin k Co., in that city. One of the long I platform bagigo cars lus been fitted with hides ' and top of thick sheet iron, the aide having port (boles and looy holcsVor musketry. A turn-table las been arranged, on which a rifled cannon is to placed. The carrage for the gun is so constucted that it can bo fired from any onc of the port holes in the sides or end of thc car. In placo of shot or ;

locomotive boilers will be used as loads. The car is to be placed in front of a locomotive, and with fifty men inside armed with Minic rifles, nnd seamen to work the cannon, there arc few more terrible instruments obstruction. Scientific American.

Prussian Officers for the U. S. Army. It is stated by the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore American that "the King of Prussia has given permission to ofliccrs in the Prussian army to offer their services to the government of tlic United States during the war for the maintenance of the integrity of the republic." This is important, if true, for it is the strongest evidence of sympathy on the part of the most warlike of the Gciman nations a Power which possesses the most perfect infantry of Europe, and has more well-trained soldier? in proportion to irs population than any other country in the world. Trus-sia h.is two laws which distinguish it from the rest of Europe. One U thr.t every man must send his c hildren to the public school; the other that every Ulan, from the prince downward-8, must serve seven years in military training. Consequently the whole population arc soldierr. Iler.cc it is that this little State has been able to hold its own ever since Frederick the Great organized its army. It is a high compliment to this country, therefore, and a most important service to it, to permit, the officers of such an army to emigrate here to lead our troops to victory troops the best in the world if properly led. Hitherto we have had no occasion for a large standing at my, and there is, therefore, a deficiency in good officers, now that we have a large army in the field, o ing to an unexpected rebellion. There is no nation in Europe which can better supply that deficiency than Prussia. Herald. Yellow Fcver ix New Orleans. It i said that three or fonr eases of yellow fever has already occurred at New Orleans. This is at least a mouth earlier than usual, and indicates that the disease will be terribly fatal this season. fiSIjECTEO.Y 2VOTÄI-JF.' Memlnrsof Plymouth Lodge No. 1 19, F k A M, are repieted to mc t at the Lo. Ige Hall in Plymouth, on Friday evening, June 21st, at 71.; o'clock I' M, A L ÜSG1, for the purpose of electing ofliccrs for the ensuing Ma ouic vear. Ry order of J. G. OSBORNE, W M, Attest: S. R. Enw.vans, Sec'y. VC r I (I rerti s v tu c it t . EVERYBODY INTERESTED ! ! WEio tvois!! lint I ciihjiU Iii A N 1 0Rj A MENTAL TREES., i 1AM now fil!ir.;T, to be delivered at the proper time t i take tioiu the Nursery this bill, ;i gcii- ! eral assortment of j j "g FRUIT TREES! such as l'PIPj J !r, i 1 J J ? "' ' ? A.C. c-., And all their different varieties; also, ORNAMENTAL TREES, rff,ovs:its, Too tedious to mention I furiiMi the best quality of trees, at reason ible r i'es E'ery variety will be found true t name. Ih ing familiar with nearly 11 the hvc :.nd approved varieties of fruit, tlie luvt mode ofcuhure, &c, I will give all ihe disired iiiS'onn iti respect ing the in magcincnt. of trees, and will, when re jue.lcd, .-clc-t lor purchasers the best vaiictie-. with as much cu e as I w ould w ere I selecting lor 'mvself. Care will be taken to have the trees li 1 1 i ' . , ,, the airroemei t oi every respect. I pulIisli this nonee to give all who may be wanting trees, an opMtrtunitv to leave their orders w ith me, for 1 shall not be able to call on but a small portion of the citizens of M ushall county. For lunher ;mliculais call on the sub-cnbi r. II. MEKCE, rivmouth, Ind. June 20th, 1H11 21 tf. DRUa STOB. Keeps constantly on hand PURE DRUGS A N tl 31 E D I C 1 1 E S , carefully selected irom the best Wholesale Es tablishmcnts in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsbusgh and Chicago. CO Ult'Tll Y iU I? U CIE RNTS, AND Physicians dcncraili. Will find it to their interest to give him a call as he warrants every article sold by him to be just what it is represented. In addition to his large stock of Drugs and Medicines, may be found ENDLESS QUANTITIES OK V W K K K I OTIOXS, PERFUMEUY, UAIIl OIL. BURNING ELU1I), CI GAUS, And in fact, everything usually kept in a Drug Rtore) gl p8 as a can jC,rJrtUd and examine for vourselves. Uall ii-itf T. A. LUMP'S.

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IT f1 FN V 0 1 v BUCK & TOAITS MAMMOTH HARDWARE TUCII HAS BEEN SAID AJiOUT W I S1 but the great question tlut now n-nr iteti ,.' tiKTiean people, is the LARGE STOCK OF GOODS! For sale at the MAMMOTH HARDWARE STORE O K BUCK & TOAjY, ' Weslcrvclt Block, 23 ymoutli, ind. They have made amply provisions to supply all who are in want of amthing in their line of trade. To call, examine, and .satisfy yourseiv 'eS. June 0, 1?61 191v rjpiIF PLACE TO BU V Hoes, Forks, scylhc Snallis, Cradles Et;., is at rift DUCK & TOAN'S riMIE PLACE TO RUV Xaiis, Locks, Balls, H'mses, Class, SASH (fcC, 10 RUCK & TO AN' Ts at F YOU WANT A M Grood Cools. Stovo Go to EU Civ k TOA.VS ilIM andbuvit1. f place to buy any tiling in the Is nt I9J BULK & TOAN" rU have a large stock of IMPLEMENTS', f V to-wit: Cradles. Scvllis, Snallis, Horse Kakes Etc., to be Mdd cheap. F.UCK & TOAN. A. NEW BARBER SHOP. T. JO II A' S O IV , 4 N i:TKRlKCKi) HARHEII. OF A Hozi ii Years' I'ractice, having piTiii iiu iitl . I'K-ated in Plymouth, would respect fully aiiuo!;nc to tlie citi.t'i:s of the town and vicini'y. that h. jr'jiird to do anv work in hi line, with und iij at(h ( lean tow t!s and t-haip Kaors il be the order cf the day. Call and see for ovr si Ives. Shop in the room immediately in front of tho Democrat ofhee. Plymouth, Viu 30th, lMil l-'tf. K. V. HWTVAVS NEW TIN SHOP! W1IEUE YOU CAN lU'Y, AT THE cheapest rate, all kinds td III, GOrPER SBET-IIIII WARE. Manufactured from tho best of stock. I do my work myself, and w arrant it g.d or no sle. Jobbing and Repairing Done according to older, aud without delay. Cn.-i Iron and scrap wrouejit Iron. Prass, Copper, Pew ter, Ueeswax.and Paper Rags, kc, tnkeu in i v change for Tinware or Repairing. inay'J l.My 11. 0. P.AXTEK. Nails , Nails , At ItAXTER'S NEW TIN SHOP, may!) Kdy R. C. HAXTEK. RKCRIT1TS! All those 'tidcbted to the subseriber or the I.it firm of l'dwknls - YaiiYalkenburgh, are mt earnestly request d to call and pay up, or the war must stop for want of 1 10.111 to carrv on the same. J. F. VAN YALKENHFRflH. Plymouth, April 'J.Uh 13tf STEAM FOUNDRY! 1IUKMKX, MARSHALL CO., IN'D. The subscriber respectfully informs the public that his Founry is now In F 17 L L. B I-. A S T! And that he is at all times prepared to manufacture FLOWS, KETTLES. FARMING UTENSILS. And every article in his line of business. ALL WORK WARRANTED TO SUIT CUSTOMERS ! And will be old at FAIR, LIVNC5 PRICES CALL AND EXAMINE HIS WORK. lie is determined not to be undersold. J. n. HARRIS. Hn.mcn.JVb. 27 Ttf BELLOWS, Anvils, ic blackftnilhinj tools at II b ELLOWS, Anvils, iees and mil kinds of DICKSON A, CO.

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