Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 2, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 December 1861 — Page 2

VOLUME 2.

THE PLYMOUTH DEMOCRAT. FCaUSIIED WEEKLY BT T. & P. JIcDOXALD. PLATT McDONALD, :::::::: Editor. PLYMOUTH, IXOIAXA: Ml - Tv t -v ,-,. jihuksday, jlh-xembei: il'tii, 1001. lOOCuATIl' i.MO.X STATE f O.WE.MIO.N. A', a riültd mH'vj of C t D-mvr(tt!c Mate Ctntr-il Com.trnt'ee il wa nimnim',iuJj rrfo'r'd, i iuruinc th fin-: howtrtd U'rvjzs af th" p-irt'i, tfmt L'tt m-rrury "f Ttt'ti 'Vt fc-r re ir lal to afyoiat d. t?gnte ti a STATU ' :Y TXTIO.X the hfli nt Iu.haH.ip-lig, on Th'.rvlnj, th FICHTI IAY OF JAXl'AH V. isöi. tt ta'.c into 'nidrr:in Che eoidi. lion r-f i' truntrii, on a l-tyt such acti-n in rnj-ird to the nvmitivton candid t ' r S'a: nvivr, t- lr ' l.c'-di'l O'fobrr nx', as m if b' d-vnrd adcsob'c. The ( it re tl-ri'lel as a htrf rrprtn'tfion in th ('itirmfi-iT, t'tct ae' o'iif thvit.l If cut f'd to d'U"U. fr.r rrery If a huttdrril and f1!-; ro' t cat x.d-'ii' 7Tr. Line l.i at tt I'rrs-i'-nfitl t':Un if I Ml, an f on tddi'ion t! d''-ij ft -recrti J- m,ztion uj vnr hutnlrrd and ttrttity Ac, vtr and or"'. The t ' v'fcr crdi illij irrit a'f ci.'i ' Indiana to p- rtiHJa!e in fit r.Ucdon rf d, I gate t th' (iwn!i n, and t; ta': pmrtfn i't procet U.i-jn, w'v arc ypo.dt the political po iy 0f lh pre-nt Admi-nttraiion ; vV irhn arc in f-tr,,r of the retwttbliahm'nt Ci-". Unim c it lent, arid th" infirm icy of t'.e Com'itutUu midc Ij th : 1 1 tha$ r-J tin . ; i llic. JfJ rJroftn CLmmitttt, .V. n. I'ALMU: Cairn m. Jfvl'tnapoli, OM-tD, l!Cl. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Thvre will be a Convention held s t the Court House in Plymouth, on Salurtluy, Dcccmlnr l&Ol, At 2 o'clock r. m, by the Domocrnts of Marshall county, for the electirm of Delegates to the State Convention, tobe lul J at Indianapolis, on the Sth of January next. By resolutions of t!ie Committee, ach townshir. will be entitled to the same representation ad in the last County Convention. A general attendance ii solicited, and it is hoped that every trui Democrat will devote the day to the dutit? proposed. The only Lope for the salvation of our liberties and the restoration of peace and order, id in the thorough organization and succesa of the Demo cratic r-rty, and thcrj is no time to be lost.' By order of the Central Committee, C. II. RCEVE, Chairman. M. A. 0. Packard, Scc'y. We hopo our readers will pardon us for our allusions to the Chicago Tribune; but, in justice to the community, rvliere many copie3 of it are read, it should be held up by every loyal citizen as one of the most treasonable and scurrilous sheets published in the Unin. There is not an issuoof it but teems with the most bittet hatred of every principle of government, and every government official, from the President on down, that does not coincide with its views on tho i'igser question. It does not even possess the desirable quality, when properly used, of firmness, but is continually changing from bad to worse, until it now appears to have attained the lowest depths of political deg radation and infamy. It was but a few short months ago that the Tribune chose Fremont for its Apostle and lavished upon him tho most unstinted laudations. No praise was too great for him, no opportuniij'of sounding hia glory was permitted to pass unimproved. Finally it became evident that the administration contemplated his removal, and one of the Tribune editors was dispatched to St. Louis to look into the manner in which military matters had been managed in that Department. lie came he saw he believed that Fiemont ought to bo removed ! lie returned and related what he had seen. 1Ü3 associates would not believe, and another one of them was dispatched to inquira into the matter. The scales fell from h"i3 eyes, and ho returned converted man. The other two would not believe, and the third went down to see what had changed the mind3 ot Iii associates, aud lo ! he returned convinced. And yet the fourth, Thomas-'ike, would not believe, probably because he knew the proclivities of his associate for lying, and he went and returned, as did hig predecessors, fully convinced that Fremont ought to bo reraoved. The eye-opener which i3 said to have operated soellectually on the editors of the Tribunet was Fremont's refusal to play into their hands in the manner in which they desired. Previous to thi3 they wero very wroth with the President for modifying Fremont's abolition proclamation, but as they held the Chicago Post Office by suffrage of tho administration, they curbed lh;ir ire as best they could, and toon commence'. abusing Fremont, themselves. Their course relative to Secretary Cameron showed the same inconsistency ; they commenced denouncing him about the time they were lauding Fremont, and even went so far as to notiro the number of times ho was seen riding with beef con. tractors ! But now, hoar changed ! lie is ibe only one of the Cabinet entitled to their consideration, is far superior to the President in fine, he h their Alpha and Omega. What has brought about such a change? It is because that while Fremont has been stricken down and render cd powerless, as it were, Cameron has stolen his wooly horse, and is riding him against the conservative policy of the President. Cameron ia known to be a consummate rascal ; he is not actuated by philanthropic or patriotic motives, and hence receives the unqualified endorsement of th Tribune editors. Having given tho readers the motives which actuated the Tribune in its opposition to a Constitution al method of prosecuting the war, we will fnvo a few extracts from late numbers of it which will clearly ßhovr that it 19 doing more injury to the government than

any Democratic papar that has been sup-! pressed for aiding the rebellion. i The Grst extract which we make from

tho Tribune, U from its issue of Nov. 22, and is the first item of reading matter in the papor: "Nine citizens cut of every ten endorse the position taken by tho Secretary of War, and repudiate that assumed by Secretary Smith. Tho genuine (Jnion men all support tho former, and only the lukewarm and rotten sustain the latter. The people My: Let every loyal man, whatever may be his color, have the privilege of striking for the Union and human liberty. By that sign they will conquer and the Republic will be saved. Away with the llunkies." The reader cannot fail to s)e that the Tribune calls the President and all v ho are against arming the slaves, as protslaveryitcs and flunkic?. Speaking of the third order of Gen. Ilalieck, the Tribune, Dec. 5lh, says: 4,li will be time to discover whether military orders of this kind originate at the Capitol, or are mainly and more truly to bo traced homo to tho pro-slavery sympathies, and chivalrous prochviiies of o(licers who issue them." "In heaven's name, why should not his (Cameron's) recommendation (to arm the slaves) be approved by the administration as they are by the people?" But tho following, from the Tribune of December 2d, is not excelled by anything which John Brown, Giddings, Garrison, or Phillips, has said: LET TIIC PEOri.G MOVE. The cauie of lids rebellion i? certainlv known to all loyal men. Those who still deceive themselves, cannot long retain their wilful blindness. Congress is soon to come in session for tho most important gathering it hn seen in the history of the country. It is no time for makeshift policies, no time to darken counsel with wordy harangues, and measure tint fall short of att lining any end. Slavery is the root of the present evil, and slavery or the Union must fall. Freedom nrtst triumph or the Government, with its heavy freight of the best interests of the race, must perish among iulions. Thcro is one tivns the humM'.'-st rc ider of the Tribune can do. The voice of tho people shou'd be heard at Washington. Now is the tim to prepare and procure sign iturei t memorials to on r Representatives. We append a form of one, already b'.'ing extensively circulated in other States. Let every lover of his country sign this, or some other of similar bearing. This may be cut out or copied upon a letter shact, and it will be a work all can engage in, to roll up the list of names which will give it weight with Congress. MK.U9MAL OF THE PEOPLE TO CON GRESS. " PROCLAIM LIBERTY TIIItoCOIIOUT AI L THE LAND, TO ALT. TIIK INHABITANTS THEREOF." TotheConjresiof te United Stales : Tie undersigned, citizens of , State of , respectfully subniitThatasthe present formidable rebellion against the General Government manifestly finds its root and nourishment in the system of chattle slavery at tlie South ; as the leading conspirators are slaveholder?, who constitute an oiigareli avowedly hostile to all free insttutions ;and as, in the nature of things, no solid peace can be maintained while the cause of this treasonable revolt is permitted to exist ; your honorable Lody is urgently implored to lose no time in enacting, under the war power, the oial abolition of .slavery throughout the country liberating unconditionally the blares of all w ho nre rebels, and, while not recognizing the right of property in man, allowing for the emancipated slaves of such as are loyal to the Government a fair pecuniary award, in order to facilitate an amicable adjustment of difficulties; an 1 thus to bring the war to a speedy and bci.efU'ent termination, and in'lissoluljly to unite all sections and uli interests ot the country upon the enduring basis of universal freedom. TIIK CA KS?: KT IMS'Ü- SCJJS.TZKS. There wa? no little excitement amonir tho people when the news of the disagreement between the President and Secretary Cameron was received. Tho explanation which wo publish on the first page of this i.suc, caused tho abolition, negro-wcrship-ing politicians to elongate their countenances, and the truo Union men to look up with a new hope that all might yet be well. The President's modification of Fremont's proclamation, gavo evidence of more stamina than his political opponents had generally given him credit for ; but Lis modification of Cameron's nefrroequality report elevates him Slill higher in tho estimation of all who support the war for tho Union, and not for abolilioniBm. The paragraphs which the President erased, and inserted a substitute, advocated the policy of emancipating the slaves, and arming them to fi'jht for the Union and liberty. Upon the refusal of tho Secretary to alter or amend this portion of his report, tho President proceeded to erase it and insert a paragraph which has been f.ptlr termed as "harmless as a sucking dovo.M The comes of the report which had been forwarded to tho principal cities, were recalled by order of the President, and their circulation suppressed as far as possible. No act of the President has given the country such indisputable testimony that he intends to conduct the war as near in accordance with the constitution as circumstances will permit ; and no act of his has given such heart-felt satisfaction to the true Union men, as his modification ot the Secretary of War. m In tho ejpressive language of a cotemporary, we are almost led to exclaim Uully for Old Abe! When ho kicks Cameron out of the Cabinet, we will say it er tain. We had intended reviewing some portions of the President's Message, but as many of the Republican papers have pitched into it so savagely, wo concluded it must bo nearly right. It is to be hoped that the President will get entirely right, when we may hrtpo for a constitutional prosecution of tho war, with a prospect of success.

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Tho Abolition-Disunionists aro con-1 disgraces the cause, disgraces the soldiers ! affording but very little benefit to our solstantly prating about the emancipation of 1 ;cnSaSed- in and utterly changes the'diers.

the slaves bringing the war to a close immediately. Supposo Congress or- tho'

r -x - - nftfli ( - 1, .....l .1 ... wi.oii luu xcusiai .inj, aim in wnai way wouM it reduce or weaken the Conleuerate army ihe idea is preposterous, . ana, viewed with the fret that its advocaies are generally mca ot intelligence, is ridiculous. An .net, or proclamation,

i resident possessed the power to emanci- j-onueranauon ot the previous day, and , spirit of rebellion having been instilled into pate all the slaves in the rebellious States, insiders the President as sanctioning the a portion of tho Indian tribes by emiesaand were to use it, what would it accom- ; rcPort of tlio Secretary of War. This is ' ries from the insurrectionary States. The

emancipating the slaves would be a dead;Porls conflicts with the feeling of the letter, except in lenitory occupied by our PeoP. or radically with his opinions, to

troops, and as the inhabitants of such ter- ove tne secretary. And we demand During the corresponding period of the Omar Pacha has defeVed eiht thousritory .re mostly Union men, the efiect j ron s removal s duo to the cause ; year the receipts were 197.3-18.40. being and insurgents, with a luss of MO killed

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make enemies of those who are now our " ,u 1118 ' o ötates generahy. e same part of this year. friends. And where are the benefits to j emnn d t as light to tho conservative The Secretary expresses his gratification the Union cause, which would arise from j element of tha North as well as the South, jat the unprecedented success of the mean such a policy? It would not weaken the!aR(l a3 necesary to tho preservation of j taken for tho suppression of the African rebels only in local. ties wheto they are, or i Union. j slave trade. Five vessels have been may be, conquered. We certainly do not ' - , . seized, tried and condemned by the courts. ... ... ; i ! ""flier on t.iiuimipaüon. 1 n , , J need them for soldiers. we believe it ,s ! Rev lUnry WafJ Deecher prei4c.heJ on ! ne 8,av bec tho coast ot tho policy of the radicals to arm them, llianls ivi j lo ,lU conie(rfUion ;n!Af,lca h about nine hundred negroes

for notice has been issued from tho War Uepartment by this same Simon Cameron who i? so very anxious to put muskets in to the hands of the slaves, that no moie volunteers will bo acceptedthat the 500,ÜU0 which Congress authorized to be ! raised, is now swelled to over 600,000. Can it be that white men are to bo denied the privilege of fighting for tho government which was made for them, for tho purpose of making room in the ranks of our army for the niggers ! But, we are told, tills policy is necessary to bring the war to a speedy and successful termination.

I . .1 . r., guto, that Southern men would not fight that they had no arms, and being engaged in a bad cause, would vanish before our advancing columns ; note, they shake and tremble with fear, that our army and r.ov. r.f CWi ..11 n-rA.l ..,1 j v www.vjv, nvii n uicu aiiu i i ped, cannot successfully cope with tnose who were expected to 'vanish' at our approach, and cry aloud that the almighty nigger bo detailed to whip the reb&ls and save tho government. If the ni -'er can, and it should become necessary that he should, save the government, it would of right belong to him, and ho ought to have it. The Abolitionists were anxious to get I into a war with the South, and are now urging the adoption vf a disgraceful policy to get out of it. They aro badly whipped now, and are talking about last extremities, before tho conservative, real Union m?n have got fairly to tl'htino;. Cameron's SIvj;rJ. We prjser.t the views of tho Louisville Democrat for the consideration of the conservative citizens of Indiana. It says : Wo publish this morning tho wickedest document that ever emanated from the pen of man ; and, to our shame be it confessed, it i by ono holding high position in liio auonr;i uovernmciii. ii win ue i seen that Cameron, tho Secretary of War. has, contrary to our expectations, advocated tiie arming of the blacks. We have no language sufficiently strong to express our horror and indignation at such a scheme, and the bold, shameless effrontery with which it is advocated. A schema capable of being conceived only by a heart utterly depraved, i3 maintained by arguments worthy of tho mind that couceived them. The riht to arm slaves is more than queslior able; it is absolutely and entirely a damnablo crime. The proposition fills us with a sickening horror and disgust. Had Great Britian the right to employ Indians, and to oder so much for scalps in tho Revolutionary war? The whole civilized world has denounced it. English statesmen have branded it with tho blackest terms of opprobrium. Yet its whole black depravity is pure as tho undriven snow before the horrible proposition of Cameron. It has not one redeeming feature. It is totally, utterly wicked carrying with it the utter destiuclion oi tho country, in the midst of brutal horrors which makes even the popular stories of St. Bartholomew appear respectable. If the policy is carried out, then the country is certainly cursed. There will be no place where tho AmerU can citizen can remain in safety ; but, in ;ho ashes of ravaged fields, burning cities, and broken and violated households, ho will curso tlia hour ho was born. The wicked, falso impression which tho Secretary of War tries to make, that this freeing and arming will bo injurious only to the rebels, is too glaringly absurd for discussion. Arm tho blavea of rebels, and tho act will do as much harm to the Unionist as tho rebel. It changes, as we have 6aid before, tho wholo contest from a sacred causo of religion and patriotism to a John Brown raid. It loses, if carried into eirect, all the border slave States, and, wo firmly believe, some of tho conservative border fre States. It concludes the war as effectually as if a hundred battles had been gained by the Southern Confederacy. There is but ono conclusion to which the people will come, and that is that Mr. Cameron mu4t bo removed. When this policy was first broached, wo htated thou the necessity plainly. Tho developments

ivi me commencement oi tue war, these difficulty; and yet neither the popular imsame worthies announced, with evident j impulse" nor the fore hm advice can be

ato more convincing than ever. His plan

i u Fiole appearance of affairs. TI)0 Jrnal of yesterday reiterated its 1 . m a . 1 f.irmnrr Ilia nioiin. Kul . i Tl.. j o .nwi a m.w iw ictr. 1 ne ",emuers CI t'Q United btates Cabinet 1 uuen unagreed witu the Executive, . . I 1 . uuo memuer is not respontible for t ie .r""""3 pre&!eu in ineir reports. It is 1 duty, however, when one of these rej - ; Tlr.w.L-li-,, n .; A i M-i a t ii. vj ii i iin in i i m ri urn. UiS proposition to pro-! claim emancipation, in disregard of law i- i r, and constitution, he took a decided iew, contrasting most favotbly with the twaddleof Charles Sumner, and presenting the curious picture tf a clergyman teaching sounder political doctrines than a United Slates Senator. lie said : "Of all the advice that has boon Hvcn, while it ma- seem to those who know not the nature of our institutions most ration - al. there ia nmirt ilmt rl-.imc nir w-Jili w - - - a itt v in i Willi the Northern feeling than this to make a declaration of emancipation to settle this followed. We must conduct this war by and through our institutions, or else we j ,mist declare that our institutions have failed, and that we have reverted to ori"inal principles. There is only one or the 1 . 1 f .1 ' otjier oi inese courses The last wo can- j not and shall not do. W e are no', croin" ! to say to the world that Republican institutions have so signally failed that we must abandon them and re-establish other ones, o man w,, see that. Q who: boast cf our Constiiuti in. must not vio.No man will see that. W late it ourselves ia putting down those who violate it. Wo must not by congressional legislation declare political emanci - pation. I wish ve could. y . i ,j 1 wiili AuJim

had not .sinned, and his posterity had notjjhn,ton and Buckner are fully prepared

been affected; but that does not help the ! matter. l au our latl.ers had stood out i T " 1 ! . . .-.iiH.r.k nii.u ,uo r;wiea me compromises ..1... .... . .n i of the constitution. Better then than now. ....... ...! j'i.'.e Eerpeiitjust hatched i not half so ;

much tore iearcü as tho serpent lull j .(jor siJerubJe excrement exists in Tenirown. Our troubles have increased

every generation, and what is the use of ( sighing over what can't be helped. Our r ' . . 1 , .athers signed tne bond, and we accepted j it. Can we afford to break it for the : It. 1 ' bane oi cM:n so manuiceni a result as the . 1. .. ! emancipation of tho slave ? Shall we rend j the crystal instrument tl c joy of the ; ! world ai.d our piido ? It is very easy to ; say, Xov it is a state of var la us do claio emancipation. The war has not j driven us out of institutions. Wo aro not ourselves in a state of rebellion. We can not expect by destroying the Consthution to put down the rebellion. If any one ask me whether a law or a Constitution are in -1 ferior to original piinciples of morality j and justice. I ay no; but plighted faith is itself in nature of a sacred moral princip. our mihi is rivennna must oe Kep; I u lieu we can not abide by our promise, then, in methods expressly provided, we must withdraw the pledgo and tho agreements of the Constitution, and stand apart as two separate people. Iloport oflho Secretary of tlc Intcrior. This report, which in not sufficient general interest to justify publication in full, furnishes somo interesting statistics regarding tho operations of lhe General Land office, the business of which, the Secretary states, has been sensibly affected by the decline of business throughout tho country. On thft 3'Jth September, 1CCI, there were .r5, 555, 505,25 acres of the public lands which had been surveyed, but not proclaimed for public sale. Tho lands surveyed and offered at public Bale previous to that lime, and then subject to private entry, amounted to 7C,CG2, 735,0 1 acres, making an aggregate of public lands surveyed and ready for sale of 131.213,33Ü.C0 acres. Tho net income from sales during the last fiscal year will hardly reach tho sum of 200,000. The grants of swamp and overflowed lands to the States have absorbed a largo amount of valuabla lands, and have caused a heavy drain upon tho treasury. The claims of iho several States cover an aggicgato of 57,C05,577,10 acres' Tho bounty land warrants and scrip issued under dilfurent acts of Congress, previous to September 30, ICG I, embrace an aggregato of 71,717,172 acres of land. The propriety of issuing bounty land warrants to tho volunteers is, tho Secietary Hays a subject of discussion, and must bo determined by Congress He expresses his disapproval of such grants for 1G0 acres to each volunteer engaged in tho servico would absorb over one hundred millions of acres and destroy all hope of deiiving any revenue from tho public

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'lands for many years, at the same time Our Indiaa affairs aro described as beinir in a very unsettled condition: tho 4 . r payment 01 annuities to these Indians has been suspended. I The insurrection of the Southern States jhas affected the Patent Office to a very great extent. Thy receipts fiom January 1 to September 30, 1CG3 were 310 COS ; 10; and the expenditures over receipts of 32,805,87. i vv i.u-u.i. uiurtj man ine receipts lor the : on boaru, who were conveyed to the Re w 'Dublicof Liberia. One person has been convicted at New Yoik as the Captain of; a slaver, having on board eiht hundred captives, and two others, (mates of a different vessel. )and another one at Boston for fitting out a vessel for the slave trade. In tho first named case the penalty is death; in the others it is fine and imprisonment. Hitherto convictions under the 1 V rrt""u,S 1,10 SIve lra been i i- i :i -. -i i : J ' The report closes with a statement of the condition, financial and otherwise, of the different public institutions of the District. 2Vo:2i the auCi. Baltimore, Dec. 9. liiere has been no artival from Old Point today. No boat will be due till to - nionow Tl.. II... . . - . xiie joiiowmg items are taLen Irom late Middle ille, Ga., Dec 5. "A resolution has been introduced into thy State Senate, that the banks suspend specie payment and issue Confederate ..,,? c Memphis, Tenn., Dec. -1. The Avalanche of to-day s:ys that the ; Inderal force between Bo din' Cr recti and j LouUvillo is 5'J.OOU. and that Generals fur t). em .Thp IVd.nnl ir,i.-.na horn l,.ft 1 ml i'hmIi in i.r.r ,,..m1.n T IS I supposed that they are -'oiii- to New Mad - oa rid :u cut olf Jell'. Tho ropsen. . desire troops to be raised on tho volunteer i stem &&i.m. W.Johnson, Provisional Governor of Southern Kentucky, has issued a lone

hu-oskm i n -Colonel John S. Williams' troopp, numbering 1.4U0, are encamped at Pound (,:in ..,,, snirerin. rp.ntlv for tb am 0f gi10es junkets and winter clothing, They are calling on the ladies for socks anj flannel shirts." Louisville, Dec. 9 ye l;ive ,iie flowing dispatches from ti10 South : (jt.,u pop0 li:ls been placed in command ()f H ie United States forces between lhe JJisaomi and Osag.. ilivers. pricei3 still t-ear Osceola, and 'u losing raore men xvin ie js receiving. ISrv Mtiiiii;:! i v A Federal regiment recently made a reconnoisance from Port 1 loyal towards Charleston, going within twenty miles of that plr.ee. They captured three batteries and spiked the guns. Ma von and Slidell have sent to Congress a protest against their arrest. AM tho troops on the Washington 6ide of the Potomac wore reviewed by Gen.Mc Clellan, Friday. Secretary Chase completed the Treasury report Fiiday. Government feels no anxiety as to hostilities with England. A Savannah dispatch states that a rebel Captain ha I visited Tybe Island, and saw no marks of I lie Unionists. Ten thousand rebel troops have arrived at Columbus since the battle of Belmont, and more aro to bo 6ent there. Theie is a discredited rumor at Washington that the rebels have evacuated their position at Acjuia. About 250 of tho prisoners taken at Hatteras are to bo released on parole this week, an equal number ot Union prisoners j lo bo returned by the rebels. An order has been issued by Secretary Seward preventing rebels from taking slaves out ot governmental custody. Mason and Slitlell have addressed a note to Capt. Wilkes, thanking him for the courteous treatment they received while on tho San Jacinto. Obituaries of Senators Baker and Binj:ham will occupy tho attention of Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday. A bill for tho abolition of slavery in tho District of Columbia will bo introduced in Congress this week. Thero is a deputation at Washington uroinjr tho location of tho National Armory at Kock Island.

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Advices from Kentucky stale that General Schoeff had been compelled to retreat, 10,000 rebels being on tho march for Somerset.

The modification ofSecretary Cameron's j report is calming the anxieties of the Union men in Kentucky. The mortar boats that are beinir built at ; St. Louis will be sent to Cairo in a few ' daVs, to be finished there European advices are to the 23d ult., by ! the steamship Africa 3 steamship Africa. Tiie case of the rebel steamer Nashville, which was still at SouthaniDton. continUed to excite -real attention in Fnir jlamj and wounded Negroes confined in tho St. Louis jail, who are slaves of secessionists, are to be set to work for government. The pirate Sumter was at Martinique on the 11th ult.. coaling. A man has glands to secrete tear?, and saliva, and bile. What a pity he hasn't a pocket gland to secrete money. From Washington. Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times. u Asin.v(;T Nf Dec. 10. But little has been done in either branch of Congress to-day. The death of Senator B'nham. of Michigan, was announced in tho Senate by Senator Chandler, and tho eulogies usual on such occasions occupied the lime j of both houses. A committee of gentlemen from Xew York had an interview with tie Secretary of State, to day, on the subject of an exchange of prisoners. Mr. Seward declared himself in favor of an immediate exchange. Colonel Mulligan, the defender of Lex ington, has made application for authority i to tais nnmlr .--im-n j Additional charges were made against j Colonel Keriigan to-day, of a moreserious c harae.ter than iL. lwrPtnf(l The Court-martial in his case continued its proceedings to-day. The Secretary of tho Navy has received a letter from tho commander of the Potomac Flotilla, dated Dec 9th, stating that he had caused several houses to bo burned near Freestone Toint. They contained 'sutlers' stores, itc. mf The Court of Innnirv mppls nTfiin tn. i j ... . mnn-ow- - ;.f.. i.,.,!;.., ,kä i ,h,' ,-..!. n.,i,,-t s,,',,,' r.....! against Surgeon j Finh-y of the army. Ward Ltmon, U. S. Marshal for the i' . . e si i i i . Diitr.ctot Columbia, ma le report to-üay. in answer to the Senafo resolution, that he; had authority of la w for confining slaves I p the j ii here. j Uichmond. Dec. C. ! . m i j Congrass has unanimously ratified lhe convention between II. M. T. Hunter, j fWd-ritft S.-eret.rv of Sute. and the Missouri Commissioneis. 'Jin Mempis Avalanche, speaking of the Federal victory at Morristown, East Tennessee, thinks that Mai. Gen. Critten den will overcome the Uui n force. "It ij announced at Memphis that the Fe de. -als have become alarmed for St. Louis, and hat Cairo and Pad u call are being evacuated by lhe Federal troops, who are going to St. Louis with all possible dispatch. CSKii'tcu-rtfcip Dissolution, j The copartncrdiip heretofore cxitin; between ! M. itol! and 1- llo'lz, is this diy di.-t.ulv! by nui- j Mil consent. V. Hoitz i authorized to receive all monies due the firm, and will j ay all indcblcdiicfs of the frame. 'Ihis I'lh d.iv of !) nibrr, lr-GI. " M. STOI.I., decl2 tft3. . l. 110I.TZ. KEW REMEDIES FOR O A Xa A I X A J. V Ii II l .'. vu;i, i Howard Association, Philadelphia. ' -r T- t a r i 1 1 TT A A IVnevolent Institution est.-.hlished bv special j Endowment, for the relief of lhe Siek and l)istr'ssed, afilieted with indent and Chronic I'i.-eases, and eppeeially fur the cure ot the Piseases of the Sexual Oran. MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis, by the Acting Surgeon. VALL'AULE R I TOUTS on S nmatonh.ra. m-iil i,tli r .!isc:ix's ot' the SiMi.il ( riraiis. and on ...... ...... - - V .' , the New Iiemrl'C5 employed in the Dipcnsi.-y, I i i- i pent in eakd letter envelop, s iree oi ciiaijre. Two ir three stamps tor Hiftape nevvptabte. .Vd-dre.-? IV. J. SK1EL1X IIOl HTO.N. Howard Association, No. - S Ninth st.t 1 hil:u!e:phi.i, I'a. Deccmt.er 12, 1M1 H'.lv. D. K. VNVLKi:NiURG!I, ATTORNEY AT LAW A NU i PLYMOUTH. :: :: INDIANA. Deeds and Mortgages drawn ij and acknowledged. Collection, and all other bu.-iness will receive prompt attention. OIIkc up Hairs in the Rink. Huilding. l.'.tf. Notice is her bv given that the urderskned w ill, on the 21st day .l 1 tiember, at the late nsidence ot Ziha W inget, tl.c'd, in ldk township in this county, expose to public sale a larpe amount uf per.näl property I. longing to the estate ot the said decedent, consisting ot household and kitchen furnituie, tanning implements "d utensiN, grain and growing crops, stock of all kin.ls, horses, eattle, tios, A.'.'., a gr at variety of miscellaneous art'icles all of which will be old to the highest and hest bidder, at public auction. All sums ot three dollars and under, cah in h ind; all sums over three, doilars at a credit of six months, giving notes with approved scent ity, with interest from dite, waiving valuation and appraisement laws. SOLOMON THAU MAX, dec5 Et3 Adtüiniilrator.

DUMBER 4G.

t ii i: UNIONSAFEl Having sold out my entire stock of Eastern BOOTS ASU SHOttS! And made an entire chauge in my programme of business, and having fitted up my esubliihmetit I3xcIujsively IbiMAN UF ACTÜRIIVG lir devoting my attention to it I think 1 cm my shop The most Desirable Tlace ia Ihis To leave a measure, or purchase a good article. 1 have in my employ The Very Rcsl Workmen in northern Indiana ; Men tliat e;innot be excelled for DURABILITY, Veatneiss and Dispatch in k :k "i3 Xrii 1 2r a Xeatly nu j promj tly done at all times. My work IS oi THE BEST QUALITY And will be sold as low as the saji:e rualitv can be sold in any market. P v n J- VANVALKENBl'RGII. 1. . I ersons indebted to iuc ate faiiictlr requested to ' ' Call and Settle Up AT OXCE. I must have my accounts settled l.y the first of January; as at that time I shall he in want of the - reedful." Friends," Come in and help. 1 will be found nt my old Un J, one door north of the Rink Buildir., or .Michim etieet. Dec. 12, 61 4 Cm 6. J. f. y. LIQUORS, WHOLESALE & KETAIL. Also, inthep.ime buiUinpr, one door north of the Bank, may be found at all times a full stock of Pure and Unadulterated Liquors, TO wit : t Double and Sins'.e Rectified Whisky, Old Rye Whi&ky, Cherry Brandy, Gin, Tort and Sherry Wines, FRENCH BRANDY, ! n. nt;..r.f .i,:,.i. v.n ..m -.t. ........ . . -. i t. ,,lv ,, i .Hunt.- .c j 'a ivijn me i Honded Kire House in New York City. u"?1.!: "lL?1 " in any oublMimtnt in tLijor its adjoining iftÄte. 1 alers, before j urchaiiig, would do well to i c;l11 anJ samj.le i J- Ij.au. c I & v.l. ! riymouth, December J-MtGl. Klu.C. T 1 It I II X . DECLARED, AT TUB OjtE price store j j y ii j J ! FÜCCt! PALMER. ...Ilroad C lttli. 5ircc S8 CassinicV. X'iccc Kip a . . .ftatiiictt. . Jcati. .CeS.niKie.. -PrintM. .Tic!ii?r. .Kr iTCN. .FlanucN. Piece... j Piece. ! 2'icce.. Piece. J E i i i: k s Of Alt. klNDS AND I y 1 E C IS S zz?T Accounts, Notes Wllicll Al'G Unpaid. And to prcicrv PEACE WITH A l'EACE MAN All who arc indebted to me, will do well to l'n-v 31 xi Piece, Or I shall be compelled o call on a JUSTICE OF Tili: PEACE, TO KEEr T II K 1 K A C E . CIIABLES PALMER, THE "P(I)BACE MAN." riynioulh.DeccmU r .'ll, lül. 4itf.

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