Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 2, Number 49, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 January 1862 — Page 2

VOLUME 2.

THE PLYMOUTH WEEKLY BE BIO CIS A T. NUMBER 40.

THE PLYMITII DEMOCRAT.

PUBLISHED WF.KKLY BY T. & P. cDOXALQ. PLATT McDONALD, :::::::: Editor. Tnn:i)AY, Jaxury 2d, 18(2. devi orRT!r i .i.); state ('.ve.thw. A' l ' t'li.J i.mt'u) of t'.r It M .-. n';--St it- Clitr 1 C.fiJM.V'.r i' f'l.- ii ..,.'..''; r "'' '. I. lltml.l i.r i j'l'f t.l' h-t I ii-h1 if .(.','.' ..'.-' . "'' 1'ir l : i rrni fi it Jun'i ; n , - . rt .;,r.'.,t,i i . .. J'K''"'.vr STlo.X t ii-1, ii. ii .'.. , r , . ' ih v.n.urii '.i i' fj I.Vr.l)". !!! titn'f i t.M- ,,: .-,; t:..i l r c-, ii'' t ii ! i'i x 'f t ' i 'i ' . ; I i i n il I i 'Ii H im lit nit lit ri"l'l,il inr ,N i.V 7'" A I 1 ( ii'i r n .i m ry .' i.'r ,-,' ,..'- i.',V. 7.v" Cii.ni.it .' - iili-t .1 tts'.-'- .- jir-- t ii' .t-i iii :! C.tirtnti-n, tit I rif'i r ' ' .'. :.'" . : ". 7 .' ". ifi'ij tf h'lrfirnt ii.nl '':' l ru tu -7 . ,.,' .-. vt fir Vi'f. i'H 'i ;'.' '" " l.'. JO. ?, .' ., '.'' ".. it ii ,j it i- ft) fir rij frni'!i-:l ''" A'' (." ' . '' n ie n.t.t nr-. Ti r i it mi't . 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Xo nation ever piospeied as did ours, until, a few years since, wo 'wanted to be better. There is a wide difference of opinion in reference to whit caused the present war. One party says that a r.atioa cannot exist, part Ire and part slave. This poshlon we think incorrect, from the fact that we hive so lived for eirrhtv vears, aad hal it not been for the abolitionists meddling themselves about matters which did not concern them, wo would still be living in jeice; but 'here we are,' a ruined, bankrupt nation ; brcthor warring airainst brother, and neighbor against neighbor. As for our own part we have always been a peace man, and fo. so believinir have bteu denounced as a traitor, rebel and pro slaveryite ; and net us only, but the whole democratic paity in the Northern Slates have been so denotmce-d, Le cause th.- were in favor of adjusting cur national difficulties without murdeiing one another and mining cur common country. Since the republicans have quarreled amonu themselves in reference to the objects of the war, thi appellations of traitor and tory arc not used to llippr.nlly as they Were a few months since. If speaking deiogvory of Mr. Lincoln's nets and principles constitutes treason, it occurs to us ! that the republicans have ?. lvirgo nuraUr of traitors among themselves, that, it would seem, odght to arrest their attention before they become so wonderfully exercised about the democratic party. The democrats have given Mr. Lincoln's war policy a generous support, whenever it was confined within the Constitution. He gave, eonie signs, in his modification of Fremont's Proclamation and in hi.- correc Hon of Cameron's Report, that his policy was only to put down the rebellion, and not to emancipate and arm the negroe?. Our opinion is that Mr. Lincoln entertains as ultra abolition sentiments as Lovejoy, remont or vamron : but tlio elections' 1 ist fall adn.oiiil.td him tliat there was a conservative element sliil existing which he would d well not to totally disiegaid. Every conservative man in the country whether democrat or republican felt glad when the 1'i-esiJent corrected Fremont's Proclamation and Cameron's Report, yet at the Fame time there U no doubt, in our mi:id. but those documents contained his real sentiments on the ngro question, and had the democratic party and the Union men in the border States endorsed the policy advocated in those document, ho would not have altered them an iota. We think it extremely doabtful whether Mr. Lincoln will ever bo abla to quell the rebellion, and bring tho eoceded States back into the Union. He certainly cannot do it if he pays any attenU n to tho abolition wing of his party; if h-j disregards their counsel there will be a break up in the party, unl.s we are at feult as judge. Oui government is now spending about one and a quarter millbn dollars per day, thU money has all to be paid by the dear people. Wo have just began to pay a small portion of it in tho increased price of the greater portion of the article whivh we puichase from the merchants: on each pound of cuffee we pay about C cents, on each yard of calico, 12 cents; on each vard of sheeting, about 10 conts, and rice, tea, and coffee in the same proportion. On I ho other hand the farmers get less than half what they usually got for their pork and corn; to, by having to pay beut one-third more for articles which thev buy, and having to lake one-half less for what they sell, they, of course, complain bitterly of 'hard times; but we pay to our friends: keep in good heart, we have only a foretaste of what is in reserve for us. Next year when tho tax-gatherer comes around and puts one kind of delinquents in jail, and has an agent along to

bid in all delinquent lands for the government, then, those who have assisted, by their votes, to biinjj about such a state of things, will repent of their lolly when it is too late. There Is no probability that the present Congress will do anything this session towards biir.ging our troubles to a close. Nearly all their time has and will be era ploj-ed about the negro. Our next Congress w'll be composed of very different material from the present one ; to it the rial friends of the Union will look in hopo that iridic men will leceive a share of their attention. T.

COXCJfilSSIAX ELY. The Hon. Mr. Ely, M. C. from the Koclicater, X. Y.f district, who was taken prisoner at the battJo of Bull Hun, has been exchanged, and taken h"i3 seat in Congress. At the time Mr. Ely was taken, he was, according to reports, in a bibulous condition, and had lain his tired form at the foot of a tree, when our forces commenced retreating, Mr. Elv'a friends seeing ii to be the order of the day, also commenced a retrograde movement, leaving the poor gentleman , who w?s unable to follow suit, to the tender mercies of the secessionists. In a short tinu a dntgoon rode up to the place of Mr. Ely's repose, and invited him to "get on behind," which, with the assistance of the accommodating individual aforesaid, he did. Mr. E. supposed he would soon le in Washington, his friend being v.ell mounted, but, alas ! he found himself the 'victim of misplaced confidence, ' for fhe good Samaritan who took him in, belonged to the rebel army, where thev arrived in a short time. Mr. Ely was taken to Richmond, and by hi fund of good humor, and easy way of meeting adversity, ho facceeded in materially mitigating the rigor of his confinement, ile was the life and soul of ihe prisoners in Richmond, and .vas presented with an elegant wooden sword, of large size, as a mark of their esteem, It was the work of an ingenious artificer of their number, and was presented with a neat little speech. Mr. Ely accepted the sword and responded in a speech about an hour and a half in length which was said to have been cne of his happiest efforts. A REfAXTATIOX. On the outside of to-days paper we publish a card from James Reupath, one of the editors of the Pine and Palm, (a vile abolition sheet, printed at Boston), in which he retracts most of his previous articles on the war and the policy of the government, and especially t he murderous plan of inciting slaves to insurrection. In this Mr. Redpath has shown himself not entirely destitute of those qualities which are necessary to make the man, and furnishes an apt illustration of the old saving, that 44 Wl.i-e t'ie ' im,) lioto- o.it -o Ikto, i 'jC 't.C?l f-".! K". ill May he eventually come to regard the duty of the freeman to the slave io the more christian and human manner, which he says he is endeavoiing to do. If Cameron, and a number of Iiis ilk, would get on the mourners bench with Redpath, the country would be vastly benefitted thereby. Let us pray. TAKEX I'lSIKOXKKS. Iy a coorresponuent of the India nian, Warsaw, we are informed that Capt. Reub. Williams, of that phu-c, together with 1 J me rebels, at Uam iNo 4 on the 1 o.omac, on the lit!; inst. Mr. Williams was formerly one of the editors of the Indianian and while in that position was generally known as a gentleman decidedly in favor of the war. He and his companions are to bo taken to Richmond for confinement. Cnpt. Williams expressed the belief that they will soon bo exchanged, 'a consumma lion devoutly te be wished.' JI A&OX 1C FESTIVAL. The Festival at Masonic Hall on last Friday evening was a very pleasant affair. Quite a number of our citizens, who were not members, were present, although not as many as there would have been, had the Hall been larger. The toasts were appropriate, and the vaiious responses more than usually happy. The Festival was to celebrate the Anniversary of St. John tho Evangelist. tiEKItlAX U.5' HALL The ball last Thursday night was da cidedly the best ever in Plymouth. Goad company, nice hall, lino eupper, and splendid music, nothing was lacking to make it the most elegaut affair ol this, 'or any other' reason. APOLOGETIC. Oui readers will havo to bear with us this week. The senior editor being away from home, our New Years Addicas, etc., have rnado it impossible for us to get in any news, or local matters. Next week wo hope to be regular again. IlELU.IOrS XOTICE. There will be preaching at the Presbyte rian Church, next Sunday, at tho usual hours by Rev. Mr. Fairchild of Wabash.

LXIOX MEETIXG ATKOUR550X. We have received the proceedings of a Union meeting held in Bourbon on the 14th inst., but, owing to the crowded state of our columns will be unable to publish them. The meeting is reported as having besn very enthusiastic, the speeches good, and the resolutions ditto.

32non and $lidcll Ilfow fhey arc to Go to Europe. Boston, Dec. 30. By instructions frem Lord Lyons, the Cunard steamer Niagara, which arrived here on Saturday, will leave to-morrow (Tuesday) for Liverpool, taking out Mason and Slidell. The Peisia, now in the St. Lawrence, will come to Beston to take the place of the Niagara for Wednesday, the regular day. Later. The agents of the Niagara deny that they have instructions to take out Mason and SiiJell. The Nnjjaratook in coal to-dav lo make room for the steamship Persia, soon expected here, and may or may not leave for Liverpool before her regular day. New York, Dee. 30. Mr. Cunard, of this city, agent of the Cunard line of steamers, states that the steamship Niagara will not sa:l for Liverpool until her regular day, Wednesday, January 1st. Boston, Dec. 303 P. M. The agents of the Cunard steamers in this city have given orders to have the Niagara" in readiness to sail for Liverpool at noon on Tuesday, but nothing has as yet been received from Lord Lycns in regrad to Mason and SUdoll go'ng out on her The agents probably expect orders to that effect bv to-morroiy morning's mail. Cairo, III., Dec. 30. Jeff. Thompson, with sixty men under his command, yesterday fired on the steamer City of Alton, on her way to St. Louis, at Commerce City, Missouri. A woman warned Capt. Barnes of the presence of Thompson in the town, and he- backed his boat from the levee, when the rebel maraude.s fired, but did no damage. Their object was to take the boat, but tho warning of the woman saved them. Commerce is a Union town, and the citizens solicited Fiemont to station soldier there, but to no purpose. Thompson and his troops robbed the stores before thev loft. Gen. Grant has sent a force of cavalry to Commerce. From Vii.liiuioii. Special Di.-patch io the Chicago Times. Washington, Dec. 29. Mr. Ely contradicts unequivocally the published statements, attributed to him that the South could never be subjugated, and tt.at he favored ending tho war bv yielding their independence. These fttories originated from secession sources in Baliiiuo.o. Secretary Cameron and Governor Curtin of Pennsvlvania, reviewed Gen. Mc Call's division to day, making approprcpriate speeches to the troops. Information has reached hero that the rebels haved removed the wounded Fed eral soldiers at Lccsbnrg to Richmond. Tho rebels have largely increased their force in tho vicinity ol Draiusvillo, the scene of the late battle. The Senate has postponed, in executive session, the consideration of the nomina tions of Brigadier Generals lately made. It is not contemplated to do any busines in Congress this week. On Friday night the decision of the administration in the Trent case was announced conjointly to the Committees of tho Senate and tho House on Foreigu Relations. All approved it. Leslie Coombs, in a reply to a serenade, last night, predicted a great battle in Kentucky in a few days. Gen. Rosecrans made a speech highly complimentary of his soldiers. Daniel S. Dickinson is hero. Ho approves fully of the courso of the government in the Mason and Slidell affair. Tho settlement of the Trent affair affords much gratification, all classes, whatever their previous opinions, believing it has 6aved us from war with Great Britain, and possibly with France. Secretary Seward's dispatches ae considered of the highest statesmanlike abilityThe net of Congress just passed, increasing the tariff on tea, coffee, sugar and molasses, is abominable in cne respect, Tho tax is epecific instead of ad valorem. A pound of lea must pay twenty cents whether it be invoiced at thirty cen's or one hundred cents,. Refined sugars must pay eight cents per pound wh.itever their quality, and molasses must pay six cents per galleu whether it ba Hack Porto Rico or Steuarl's roGned. Thus, the poor man who uses the lowest price tea and sugar and molasses must pay just as much tax as the rich man who uses tho highest price articles. This is all wrong, and it is oppressive. It is neither just nor wise legislation. It i9, however, of a piece with all tho republican legislation.

TO THE r AT RONS OF

LI ill With lunds that falter, and with trembling heart, Willi limbs tint all reluctant do tlwir part, Once more before the Sacred Grove I st ind: And, with imploring ejea and lifted hand, Invoke tl-e Ilcavcn-born Muse. O Fowcr of Song! 0 Goddesj of the Nine ! to whom belong The envied gifts that Gods and men admire, To fill the soul with Song, an l add Cc!e?tial Gre ! Breathe on my forehead with thy qeick'ning breath; The verse inspired need, fenr no eaily death. Touch with thy magic wind my pen of steel Wordd shall be formed th.-t ev ry heart must feci. Take from thine altar, where unceasing blaza Tb living flames, whose soul-inspiring rays Imbue the Port's brain with thoughts divine, A burning coal, and touch thcc lips of mine! Inspired by thee, my pen with joy I take, And fearless write the thoughts thou dost create. Wh le, dressed in flowing rhyme and numbers round, The car is pleased with twice recurring sound. List, while I ting. Tho' humble be my mien, Tho' only as a Carrier Hoy I'm seen, A mighty task, a womlrous theme is mine: 1 tell the changes of one year of Time. Great "Sixty-One"! dead. His giant length Lies stretched behind us without life or strength, And youthful Sixty-Two, w ith eager hands, Has turned the hour-glass, and the dropping sands Are slowly shrouding iii the misty past A year to be remembered to the last. Since that great year which now is numbered 'one,' When God to Earth sent down his only Son, Who taught m-tnkind by most persuasive speech, A safe, sure road eternal joys to reach, Time never has produced a year, wherein Events so great, so thickly strewn have been. Portentous Nature, lotg before its birth, Presaged with omens dire to sons of earth, That, full of woes to human-kind should come The year of Eighteen Hundred Sixty-One ; For, while the leaves were dropping from the trecs And branches bare sighed in th' autumnal breeze, High in the West, while evening's stars grew bright, A Comet shone with trail of crooked light, That paled the stars and made the moon grow dim. Like flaming sword of the angry cherubim Who stood upon the walls of Paradise, And shut its heavenly glories from the eyes Of our first Parents, who in sin and .oe Watched its bright gleaming from the vale below, That blazing prodigy in the sky arose, A direful messenger of coming woes. Some men looked up an 1 won h red; others g.izol With quaking hearts, sore fiigl tened and amazel. X.me seemed to know or guc-s its errand dire, As through the Wist it swept with trail of fire. It's mission done, far in the Sr uthem sky, The blazing herald vanished from the eye. Put on the unborn car its withering blight Fell, like the rust in a mutky summer night On a field of earing wheat : the d.iy before, The shining stalks gave h psof ample store Of winter food ;thc thrifty farmer view The ben ling head-, and e'en begins to choose Tl:c ripest sixt, where first his lab 'ring train Shall in bright swaths lay down the goldou grain ; With cooling winds the darksome nigfit descends, Distilling poisonous dews oa heads and cms. The venom rankL-sin the milky sap, And 'round the slalits a ni-'y covet ing wiap;. And when tho farmer hv.ds his noisy crew. With sharpened scythes his harvest work to do, Ked clouds of dust at every stroke arise, Tint choke the breath and b'in 1 tho roarers eyes, And shrunken grain an ! crackling straw is aH The farmer gets for that long summer's toil. So lias the brilliant promise of the year Been turned to inise;)' and mad despair. lnster.il of gran the fruitfu" lands now yield A crop of soldiers arming for the field. The will ng horse, obedient to command, No longer marks the furrow in the lad, Put yoked in teams, and lathed with furious blows, lie drags the pond'rous cannon through ihe snows. The busy railroads, those great thoroughfares So lately crowded with the trader' ware?, Can scarcely fill th" imperative demands That government is asking at their hands. And every ware Louse, every depot, ear, Now groans beneath the implements of war. Our snowy ships that decked the watery nnin, Py commerce sent in hopes of lawful gain, No longer o'er the deep in safety pass ; But with sharp look out at the lofty mast, They creep alorr the guarded oast, forear Of capture by th'i Southern privateer. And over all Columbia's teeming soil, Where late were heard the sounds of peaceful toil, The hum of busy wheels, the rush of steam, Theclan'iring of the nill upon the stream, What startling sounds of strife and war are heard ! The steady tramp of armed men, the word Of sharp command ; the clank of iron heel ; Tho stirring roll of drums ; the ring of steel ; The boom of canuon ; the appalling yell Of hurtling shot ; the whiz of bomb and shell ; The angry roll of deadly musketry. That bursts from steady ranks of infantry ; The loud hurrah ; the shouts of strife and hate From opposing armies met in dire debate ; The shrieks of agony ; the smolhcrd groan, That tells how true the fatal ball sped home ; The craunching, sickening pound of human bones Crushed 'ncath the cannon's wheels. Half stilled moans Of brave men sorely wounded r.nto death, Who sadly murmur with expiring breath, A dying blessing for their much-love 1 friends, E'er to the shades the parting soul descends ; And last, though not the least, the nixirn ful rück Of the jtavc tligger's tools; with spade and pick The soldier's resting place is hollowed deep, Where, bodies piled ou bodies, in a heap Those brave and true hearts find a nameless grave, Inth.it broad land they fought so well to save. Put not to vengeful hand of bloody Mar3, Nor to the influence of baneful stars, Nor to infernal powers, nor spirits fell, Who visit Earth from depths of deepest Hell, Can men ascribe the direful -au'C that fills Our blood bouvht country with such woes and ills As now distract the land. The hellish lust For place and power, in men, who try to thrust A mock philanthropy by legislation Upon the Stales that made this glorious nation, Who use a sickly sentimental thme, As wild and futile as th' alchemist's dream, To rouse to frenzied pitch the public miud. In hopes their sails may catch some lucky wind, The universal turmoil will create, Aud bear them safely to somo high Estate, Had planted ycais ago the infernal seed Which, nurtured by their scheine have brought forth weed More deadly far than the famed Upistreo That grows on islands in the Tropic Sea ; For that stands lonely in the barren waste

Its poisonous breath ha matte, and nan and beast Know well its fatal foliage, and giro Its venom shades wide berth, that they miy live. Put this fell plant lias found inhuman minds A soil where it may thrive ; and there it twines Its serpent roots, and for its nourishment

Exhausts the founts of healthy sei:timcnr, And withers all integrity and manly pride, That in an honest upright heart abide. Thou cause of all our woe, Cursed Abolition ! Thou monster to whom Hell denies admission ! Why did'st thou not forever, in the pitch That oozing from the sewers, fills the ditch Around the adamantine wall of Hell, Roll thy b'.i-k shape ? Why was the potent spell That kept thee wandYing in the shades of night Dissolved so soon ? Why should the cheerful light Pe blasted by the shadow of thy wing, Or Earth be pestered by so vile a thing ! Why did'sl thou not discover in thy flight, Some barren planet and on it alight, Where thou might'st drag thy slimy carcass round And view thyself etretched out upon the ground? Sure, blacker far than Cerberus must be The human heart tint loves such thing as thee. Could honest men have known how vile a creature Was calling t'.em to follow, as their teacher. They'd F;mrn with rpiick contempt its counsels evil And flee its presence as they would the devil. Now over all the North the monster's spawn Has hatched a hateful brood, a venonid throng, Who s-ek to serve their base an 1 selfish ends Py brcc l:ng discord in the minds of men. Reg-nib ts cf results so thry obtain The prize of gold and power they wish to gain, They'd undermine our cherished institution And overthrow the laws and Constitution ; They sh:iok for frcedom.when such shrieking tells, And wouM for Slavery, if 'twould pay as well. With loud acclaim and verbose proclamation They shout and send broad-cast throughout the nation To fill the ears and minds of men such reason As heretofore has made them think that Treason Was loathed by them; and, as true patriots would, They sought to crush foul Treason's hideous brood. Put all the while they sang such love of order. And preached that they were p iti iots, foul Disorder Such as never crept iuto a Suite before, Has made it3 home in ours. Ah ! never more To leave us ! till the hour when sobor reason Shall show the people where to look for Treason. Like hideous vampires, in their bloody lust They take the life-blood, and betray the trust Of patriot men, lull half a million strong, Handed in arms our freedom to prolong; The proudcM army ever seen by man, Called into act'on by this hellish clan, Or. prctcne of maintaining our wise laws, Which they are daily breaking without cause. They clog its movements, that their favorites may Hoard gold by fraud, while hourly day by day Some geu'ious heart that loved it's country's good. Peats its last throb in camp or field, while blood Runs free as water, and grief and sot row come To many a ln-arth-ston, blighting many a home. With country, freedom, greatness, peace and wealth, Respect, prosperity, happiness and health, They found our Nation. Where are thoy now ? When will they come again ? Ah, low must bow The necks of men now free, e'er heartier Fate Brings back the blessings we have learned to love too late. When will men learn to practice, what they know To be a maxim sure, by which to go ? Why w ill they not let " well enough " alone, Nor seek to better what is fairly done ? Whv should tfn7 men be constantly at work Devising means to liberate Hacks, who shirk The toil und danger of the enterprise Wlio for the'r freedom dare not ri:-k their lives ? When e'er a race no matter wh it its station, Has in itself the stuff to make a nation, A Great Deliverer, from its people sprung, W th power to make it such will surely come. Tliis Iriith the history of mankind has taugi:t, To be convinced, needs but a moment's thought. Let us but take a retrospective view Among the races and the nations too, Who gro ined Ieneatha tyrant master's yoke, Put gather ug strength, their own strong fetters bio'.e. When 'iKMlh the rule of hardened Pharaoh, The seed of Jacob groined in bitter woe. Out ol ihe wilderness their Mo?escanie. And led them forth from bondage, while a flame Of light before them wont and f hov ed the wa;, And overhead. i cloud led them by da. When Austiii's tyrant Kin w'uh iron rod, Had crushed the hardy mountaineer, who trod With fearless steps the glacier's dizzy bight That glistens in the sun with i'az.ling light, Heroic Widiam Tell, with dauntlesv heart , Taught his brave countrymen to do their part; High on the mountain side, his cottage blazed, The signal known, a thousand arms were .-aised To heaven, a thousand true and brave men swore Tlute'cr the coming morn, the Austrian's power Should be o'erthrown and trampled in the dust, And history tells how well they kept their trust. Our ow n dear country which our fathers bought With their life blood, nor for a mmcnt thought The priee they paid too dear, is yet another Example bright. Proud England tried to smother The young Columbia while iti its cradle, And little thought our new-fledged Eagh. able To drive her Lion howing from our shores, That used to fright all Europe with his roars. The nations freedom was most nobly won With help of God, by our great Waslrngton. And when the fullness of their time shall come To that dark race, who now are held among The people of the Southern States, in bond Py laws and customs made and fashioned strong, Their Moses will be sent, by P:nideucc, Aud, succored by his power, will lead thcra hence. Then why should wc in civil war engage, And devastate the land, and let tho rago Of angry men, bring ru'u on us all? Men of the South, again on you wc call ! Come back, misguided men, our sometime brothers Come back to ns ! our hearts yearn, as a mother's Heart yearns for her loved ones, toward you yet ; And we would havo you still remember , not forget. That in our Union there was strength, and still shall be. That still would make us feared, still keep us free! Cursed Abolition now has shown its features, And shocked all human hearts. All human creatures That have one feeling left, of love sincero For our once happy country, see with fear Its heart us pictured forth, and with disgust And loathing vow turn back, withdraw their trust, Confessing true, the prophecies you mado Are now fid filled. Put with the dead That sink i'ito oblivion's lomb beneath the curse Of honest men, will be their doom! Disperse Your armed band ! Tho Olive branch of Peace Hold out! 7'Arir leaders only still increase In error. Now the people knnv their aim. Their former power they nver can regain. Their utter incapacity, their frauds, Their lust for gold ai:d power, have sown abroad Fierce wtath, that gath'rir.g in its force will dash Them down to Hades. 'Ncath the n ith'ring lash

Of honest scorn, contempt and bitter hate, They soon shall realize their well earned fate. Come back, men of the South ! Deluded men, Secession is bi.t Treason. Trust again The North! Unite again the severed ties That bound us once in love ! Tyrants de?pise Us now, where then they feared, and would again, Were we again united. Sea and main Would bow before our flag as once of yore.

And freemen's hearts with pride would swell once more. Of local matb re little need be paid. Some few are married, and some few arc dead, Since last we greeted you on New Year's day. Put as a general thing the beaten way Of former days is held without much change, And In our midst has been but little strange. The Eden promised us by Lincoln's friendj Has come ; but somehow in their "aims and ends" They changed the standard men were wont to know And in the place of what ice had to show As evidences of our honest rule, They give us lessons in a different school. Provisions, labor, produce, land, and all That seemed to us of value, which wc call Our "wealth," and which to us was really such, Have lost their value and distressed us much While necessaries that wc daily need Have gone from low to high, and with a speed That makes us stare in wonder. Coffee, Tea, Molasses, Sugar, Cotton, that were free To all the poor as well as rich, wc see But cannot buy ; 'tis for the rich alone, While poor men 'neath their burthens helpless groin. Enormous taxes stare us in the face, Our commerce is destroyed, and in its place Dismantled ships, men idle, streets grass grown, The first fruits of the seed fir.-t sown A worthless paper currency that soon will flood The land, breed speculations, leave no good Results. The farmer and the laboring man Have naught but health to bless tnem. Never can They see the days they have seen ; but wc pray Their, and their children's children may. I've said enough, my muse is melancholy As she reviews the past yeir's folly, But for to-day, let's take good cheer, And hope for better times rext jear. New York, Dec. 23. Tho Tribune's Washington correspon dence says that Lord Lyons hag 6ent in tho British demand for the surrender of Mason and Slidell. Time was given to Sccrela-y Seward to reply. Minuter Webb, at Iji.izH, represents sympathy in that rountry as strong in favor of the Federal government. ' The World's special savs : 'Gen. Scott has sent a comma. ricutioti to Secretary Seward, but its contents are unknown. It is now settled beyond a doubt that, in case of a war between Jhe o. . i fi i i ... tnteu St..ie9 and Lnirhtnd, r lance tv. " ' remain neutral, with a leaning towards Enjrland. 'Both Lord Lvomj and Secretary Seward l eech ed disj-alches per the A rago. 'The Auditor of Massachusetts has presented a bill of 82,20U,CC0 for expenses of sending troops forward, of which 31.3U0.000 will be paid now.'. The Time's dispatch slates that ' Secretary Seward gave a dinner parly on Friday evening, at which were present Lord Ljons anJ the House and Senate Committees ou Foreign Relations.' Minister Corwin liA9 made no treaty with Mexico, j:nd the 'j imes specially slaifs that Gen. Miramon is now on his e -v - l . ir .1 way from New otk to M xtco. to gather the fragments of tho old Church party to . I .i c? i . coopera.e wuh the Spanish invaueie, to establish a Provisional government. Gen. ... . . ..iii ii Miramon tobe at the head, ard subsequently to erect a Spanish monarchy. ,. . . y The limes special bays that Lieutenant 1 1 n i-il. ol 1 be cond Alamo liemment. , ' . ... . who repor.eti me oc.-tpe vi uimseu hihi Col. Corcoran from Chaileston, is believed to bo a b:g humbug. Congressman Edv biinira a list of 2,700! pi Isoners. Ho says there is no doubt of extended and deep Union lee'inj in Richmond, and, if the ratioual army were within ten miles of Richmond, our flag would bo huni: out from hundreds of windows thero ; but at present there is a perfect reiirn of terror.' How can fivo persons diviio five eggs, that each man shall receive one, and still one remains in the dish? Ans. One tales the dish with the egg. - mm An avertisement in a newspaper is liko a circlo in the water, continu illy spreading itself. Thiow in your rocks aud try it. If sleep flies from you, don't go in hot pursuit of it ; lie still, and it will probably come and kiss you. General McClcllan's thirty-sixth birthday occurrod on tho 3d of December. Iii friends gave a social dinner party on the occasion, aud pledged him another thirtyTo Our Merchants Ifyoudonot keep D. H Ddnd & Co.'s Chetrical Salcatus, prccure 'tat once as it is ga"ne ig fiieiu1- fo fast a.ronp the good housckcepets of the cou.itry .hat you wiM po.m have a caU for nothing else. You can get it at who.esale of the proprietors, ft IV port, Monroe Co., N. Y., or of most wholceale dcalc-s iu the country. D. E. VASVALRESBURGD, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. Deeds and Mortgages drawn up and acknowl edged. Collections, and a'l other business m" receive prompt attention. Oilicc up stairs iutiic Dank Puilding. 4ütf.

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Leiters, wi.cili-r conl t'uii.g remittances or o.hcrwisc, S'iould be ad hessed to aie undersigned, volncr ui llroadwav and Park Place, (oi.i oe;ie City iia!ip-.kj m;v yoke. COMSTOCK & CS!'Oy, P.-o.r.s. Adni ti?s rsit or r'silo. Notice is lie- cby;,ivc!iih;-tihc u. dcrsigned w'll, on lue dav ot December. IHK, at the laic iesj :i-e:ice oi Zi'ia i.iget, die'd, in Polk township in ! i.i's coiuii. i .-.oo.-e lo public s;:'e a large rniounc , yt.w ,,.UI)01,V u-longMi- to the Ct.-.tc ofil.e ! de event, cotrf'.st'-ej i household and t.iicti-:i j i"" lime, Iri.iniiig (iittt.'iuuts an 1 utensil-, grain j c,ns UL. -. , lwl;if llhBMt. i "' h'gs, v.t ;i n ;;t Va -icty of miseellapcous :i.;e:c -all oi" oci w'.'i be sold to the h -JicFt ;im; ;.5t bidder, at pub'e aucion. Ai' ivS of i -ce doll -is and u löcr. c.-di in hand; nl mm uci t!ii- c do-'ars;! a edit oi's'a inoiiih-., giv'ng , Ilou.s wiJh .iri,roVt., .,.;,,, H;,h i.itcni..uu vi.ue, i-w i.ig iau 01 ;i.-u .rjie.neni laws. tULüMON PEAIIMAN, dcc.r !fu3 Ad nit'-sl.-.-.o. FAIRBANKS' T.NDAPtD SCALES OF A on N.i:. F ATI 13 AN KS & GRKEN'LKA F, 172 I.iUiV St. Villi UO. BZTklv olv ti kmum. April 23, ltGl 13Iy G. BLAIN, &: Co., DRUG G IS TS, PLYMOUTH, IND. HAVING just received a fresh Fupply oferery article in our line of trade, onsistinp mainly of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stums Varnish, Crushes, Perfumery, Yankee Notions Glass, Stationery, Pure Medicinesand Liquors for Medicinal purposes only, to which me respectfully invite the attention of this com uiuuity. We have also, on hand a stock of a- o o Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Tibacco, Cigar?, etc. Tobe disposed of at very reasonable figures. Within a few day past, we hare received from Pittsburgh andNew York a large amount of Koroseno and Coal Oil ANJ) LAMPS! or burning the same, of. ve ysize andstjle w ith or without shades. We ai e also agents for all the popular Patent Medicines! of the day. Physicians prescriptions carefultr put up at all hours of the night, by un xperienced drucpists. We carncstly'invitethe public to favor us with a call, examine our stock, and become convince J of the fact thai we are doin a liberal business. G. PLAIN 1 Co. rirmouth, Ind., March 29th, 1 foil. inxcoutorN Xollcv, Notice U heretty given that the un le rsi.ed has been apointcd executor of the last ill of i::izabt 7h Cl!nernian, late of Marshall County, deceased. Said estate is ?"! I' to be s.dvcnt. JOHN F CAKDKÜ, Piccutor. ,VI'lIlll, JOHN M SHOEMAKER, Dealer in w..ths, dock and jewelry, Plymouth Ind., keeps constantly on hand clocks, watches breast pins, ear tins, finger rins, lockets, etc Clocks and watches, etc., repa'red in the bes luauuer possible.

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