Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 3, Number 3, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 February 1862 — Page 2

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rUBI.ISHKl wr.FKf.V BV T. fc I JlcDOAALIK PLATT McPONALD, Editor, n.Y.noiTII, IXDI.VXA: TlItTDAY, FmUUTAUY loTU, 1S(V2. I - - DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. ? prCKITVRt r STATf, James s. athox, OF MARION. ra ri'iTa or ta tr, JOSEPH KISTINK. OF FOUNTAIN. TO TBRAXCRER Or TAT. MATTHEW L. BRETT. OF DAVIESS. ATTORSIT oKIKBAt., OSCAR B. HOKD, OF DEC AT UK. nwr't rrr. iMn-rrrcn, M1LTOX B. HOPKINS, OF CLINTON. xnw?iAii-:it tax. The Committee of Ways and Means will shortly, if they have not alreat' done o, report a revenue bill ir Congre . , one feature of which is a tax on newet pers, of probably ono-half cent on each copy printed, the immediite and desind effect of which will be to suppress at least onethird of the country press, lhe injustice and oppressiveness ot such a measure is o transparent, that its warmest advocates cannot defend it from the charge of oppression. The scheme is seconded by the metropolitan dailies and weeklies, whose pecuniary circumstances are such that they can stand the loss of patronage for a time which an increaso of their subscription price would entail. If Congress passes the proposed bill, the publishers will increase the price of their papers one cent on each copy, thus making a half-cent greater profit than they now do. They would not lose half as great a proportion of their subscribers as country publishers, from the fact that theirs are men of business and of means, who would not feel a mall advance in price enough to cause ihem to withdraw their patronage, while aub&cription Hits of country newspapers are composed of persons who can illy afford to pay an increaso of price, even were the' inclined to, which is not at all probable, Xine-tenths of the country press barely earn livelihood, and not unfreuently a Tery poor one; and any increaso of expenses, or loss of patronage, could not but ?ause certain failure. Another objection to the proposed tax, ns its injustice and unfairness, in compelling one portion of citizens to pay an uu due proportion o( lax. There is as much justice, and rijht. in compeling black smiths to pay a tax on every horso they hoe, or plow they mend; in compeling carpenters to pay a tax on overy board they dress or shinjle they nail down; in compeling shoemakers, wagonmakers, or viy other tradesmen to pay a tax on their work, and compeling merchants and dealto pay a tax on their sales- aa there is in compeling publishers to pay a tax on tsry paptsr thoy print. Printers are tradesmen. They produce articles necessary for the comfort .nd convenience of the pe?ple; and any attempt to tax them, while other tradesmen go free, exhibits a spirit of tyranny and oppression whioh the exigencies of tho times, though great, do not demand. The avoir.! object to be attained in the proposed legislation against newspapers, is an increaso f revonue;but the reul object is to suppress as many newspapers as po9sibta; for they have been the means of xposing the frauds perpetrated by the thieves and cormorants who have been robbing the people and ruining tho government. We do not know the precise amount of rovenuo which our patriotic Congressmen propose to raise in this way, bnt think it is two million dollars, about enough to run the government, from fifteen to eighteen hours, at the present rate of expenses ! Snpposo their estimate to he correct, which is highly improbable, how much will the post-office department gain, if, as many publiliöra believe, half the newspapers suspend, thus losing the postage on their entire circulation, (which is at least half as much as the proposed tax,) and the postage on tho thousands of letters which pass to and from nearly every paper of general circulation ? We think the gain, if any at all, would bo but a poor apology for doing that which tho monarchial governments of Europe would be ashamed to do. But as we have already said, tho real object is newspaper suppression. The Tress ha3 hen the most potent means by which frauds and impositions on the people have been exposed, and the perpetrators held up to public execration. The knavts, (and it i a lament ib!e fact that a great many of them got into Congress,) know that in proportion as newspapers aro read by the people, will their meanness become known; hence their desire to tax them. The press is the friend of the people of the masses, and the enemy of tyrants and peculators. Those who attempt i!s destruction by legislatba, aro thuso who have recoil to fer its power. (

Tin: hxpulsiox or uuitiirr.

The expulsion of Jes?e I). Bright, United States Senator from Indiana, was ted bv the rubl:c : iL Luil.'vn! not altogether UneXpec t n.. .vmnii.iTA Sil. iI.a ry man who did not sympathize with the ' . ...... i There nohtia! of tho Conitiluüoni ' of law, of right, too great or . , . abolitionists in Congress for the disunion to perpetrate. The onlv alleged cause for this extraor dinary proceeding, is that Bki.mit ad. ; dressed a letter of introduction to "Jeffer- j sox Davis. President C. S. A." The ; lttr w, written at tho solicitation of a ! "'-''" ' - ----- - - , personal friend, at a iime when it was supposed eur difficulties would be settled peaceably. Furthermore, it contained nothing treasonable or patriotic ; was merely a letter of introduction, such as Representatives in Congress are almost daily called upon to write, it did not givo aid and comfort to the enemy ; and did not express any sentiment or opinion on the existing questions which were at isvuo between tho government and tho rebels. And for doino this, and nothing more, he is expelled by a Republican Senate. Although the letter of introduction is tho only causo alleged for his expulsion, ihero are fw so blind as not to know that the real cause wa3 that Mr. Bright did not, and could not be compelled to, subscribe to tho abolition - emancipation schemes of the dominant party in Congress and in the Noilh, and this letlet was used to accomplish underl.andedly what they thought would not be policy to do openly. If Bright had declared in public that he hoped the Mexicans would welcome our soldiers with bloody hands to hopitable graves he would have received the approving smiles of those who expelled him. If he had said that ho was ready, in a cortain contingency, to 4 let the Union filide,' he would doubtless have received an important foreign appointment, and been unanimously confirmed by the Senate. If he had said, 'The Constitution is a covenant with death, and a league with hell, he would have received the hearty endorsement ofthat same Senate that expelled him, and been left undisturbed in the full enjoyment of any official position in which his fellow-citizens might place him. If he had sung peans of praise to (biddings, Garrison, Lincoln, Sumner, Hale, Seward, and the whole catalogue of abolition worthies, and lauded John Brown, he would to-dy have been in high favor with tho Republican party ; and the thought of expelling him would never have entered their virtuous minds. The expulsion of Rkkjht is an outrage on the people of Indiana, who aro generally supposed to bo competent to attend to their business, so far as deciding on the loyalty of tlkeir representatives is concerned. Until tho people had given somo official intimation that they desired their rep resentatives expelled, it was certainly iu bad taste for the representatives of foreign States to tako the matter in their own hands. The same argumenta which were used against Rkight, can, with equal propriety, be used against those who refused to vote for his expulsion. It is not charg ec that ho committed any overt act of treason, and it is just as proper for other men to be punished for their sympathies, as it is for Mr. IShiuut lor sympathies which he is only charged with entertain ing. We have not been an admirer of tho political coureo of Mr. Rkioiit for tho past few years, but would not, if in our power, vote to expel him from the Senato for no other reason than that alleged. Till SV III' XOTE HILL. The Treasury Note Rill, authorizing the issuing of 150,000,000 of Treasury notes, has passed tho House of Representatives, and will doubtless become a law. Attached to tto bill is a provision making them a legal tender in payment of all dues in tho United Siates. This completely overturns tho Iong e6tablished financial policy of the Government. It is a Republican chemo which cannot bnt result disastrously to the people and the Government. We are under many obligations to Dr. T. D. Lkmo.v, of LaPorle, for many farors which we shall endeavor to reciprocal if occasion öfters. It is stated by the Washington correspondent of tho Philadelphia J'rett, (good authority,) that the expends of the government are now $ ,000,000 per day I The Chicago Platform, which is considered, by Republicans, worth fifty Unions, is proving to be rather a costly structure. The following letter is from a son of Dr. O. Haiku-, ol Bremen, connected with the Oth Ohio Ihttory. Although most of the facts in the letter have been published, yot the letter will repay a perusal. Accompanying tho letter waa a piece of ZoIIicoflbr'ß p.ints. o.MK!tsBT, Jan. 2oth, 1CC2. Supposing that tho most of your readers havo heard of the great battle of Fishing Creek but would like to hear a few details of thn battle from a o!dier who was there, I will wiito something about it.

On the 19th of January our force (or

part of them) were encamped about six miles west of Somerset, Ky. Our forces

ll,ere consisted of the Indiana 10th, th ' ing sixty invalid, together with tho fort 01lio 9ll. nJ to Minnesota 2d. legi.jand its eSlectP. mounting 20 guns, mostly

ent9- About day-break of said day the j J Dickets of tl.G rebels attAefcpJ nur nickels and ePl UP sliarP firin! for 8ome lime when the Ions roll bean to beat, which ;arouseJ us effectually; the boys began to ; I pile out of their tents and into lino of bat- j piU tie The Indiana 10th being the first ready, staled off at double-quick to the 8cenö of action' lher mel lho enem.v in t,,e Pen fi?ld anJ went in hke liers- The7 oUZhi lhe whole rebel fo.rce for ftS much M forty minutes before they were reinforced; they were ordered to retreat, which they did, about three rods, when the rebels began to cheei, our Indiwn boys could not stand that, so they halted, made an advance and a charge bayonet, which had a good effect. About this time Col. Fry, ot Ky., and the rdbel go.ioral, Zollicoffer, came in contact with each other; after shooting each other's horses they came to time on the ground. Col. Fry shot Zollicoffsr through the breast, who fell, and the bctly was conveyed to our quarters. Tho rebels soon commenced retreating and our bovs after them, tho rebels leaving their arms on the field. By this time we were reinforced by the 14th, 35th, 30th and 17th Ohio regiments, and an artillery company from Kentucky. , The robels retreated about six miles, into their entrenchments on the Cumberland river, our men following them within a a mile, began to throw shot and shell in among them until it began to grow dark. Our mn slept on their arms until day break; they began to prepare for action, but could see no s?gn of the enemy. They advanced slowly until they found the rebels had fled across the river. They left everything that they had. There were one thousand horses and mules, sixteen pieces of cannon, and all tho small arms and provisions. Our loss, as I can find out, is 38 killed and 54 wounded. The rebel loss is about 300 killed and 125 wounded. LUTHER BAIRD. Olllciul Itcport r the Stormlnrf mid Jnurrfiideror I'ort llcury. The rebel Fort Henry, on the Tennessee River was taken by Federal gun boats from Cairo and St. Louij, la3t Thursday. The following is the official report of the engagement : IIeAI.'UAKTK!15 DKrAUTMc.vr or the) lissoum, feT. Louis, l et). U. VoWZ. ) ! Flag-Oflicer A. II. Foote, Cairo : I have this moment received the official report of your capture of Fort Henry, and hasten to congratulate you a id your command for your brilliant success. (Signed.) II. W. IIALLKCK. Major General Commanding Department. REPOKT OF COMMANDER FOOTE, t. S. NAVT, OF THE CAPTlMtE OF KOKT HENKT. Cairo, 111., Fob. 7, 1CG2. Sir : 1 have the honor to report that, on the Cth inst., at 12$ o'clock P. M., I mule an attack on Fort Henry, on the Tcnnesseo River, with the iron-clad gunboats Cincinnati, commander Stambel; the nag-ship Lstx, Lommander Porter; Carondolei, Commander Walker; and St. Louis, I.i-jut. Comd'g Paulding; also taking with mo the three old gunboats, 4 Conestoga,' Lieut. Commanding Phelps, the 4 Tyler,' Lieut. Commanding Given, and tho 4 Lexington,' Lieut. Commanding Shirk, as a necond division, in charge of Lieut. Commanding Phelps, which took position astern and in shore of tho armed boats, doing good execution '.here during the action, while the armed boats were I placed in tho first order of steaming, approaching tho fort in a parallel line. The fire wa opened at seventeen hundred yards distance, from tho flag-ship, which was followed by the other gunhcats, and responded by tho fort. As we approached the fort under blow steaming, till wo reached within six hundred yards of the rebel batteries, the tire, both from the gunboats htid the fort, increased in rapidity and accuracy of range. At twenty minutes before tho rebel llag was struck, tho Essex unfortunately received a shot in her boilers, which resulted in wounding, by scalding, twenty-nine officers and men, including Commodoro Porter, as will be seen by the inclosed casualties. The Essex then necessarily dropped out cf line astern entirely disabled aud unable to contin. ue the light in which che had so gallantly participated tint.l the sad catastrophe. The firing continued with unabated rapidity and effect upon the three gunboata, as they continued still to approach the fort with their destructive fire, until the rebel llag was hauled down, after a very severe and closely contested action of one hour and fiftoen minutes. A boat containing tho Adjutaut General and Captain of Engineers canio alongside after the flag wag lowered, and reportod that Gen. Loyd Tilghman. tLo commander of the fort, wished to communicate with tho Flag-Officer, when I dispatched Comminder Slembel and Lieutenant Commanding Phelps, with orders to hoist tho American llag where the secession ensign had been flying, and inform Gen. Tilghroan that I would see him on board the flag ship. Ho came on board soon aftorthe Union had boeu (substituted for tho relei flag, by Comm.indei Slembel, on tho foit,

and possession taken. I received tie Gc-n

owl, hia stall", and sixty or seventy men as prisoners, and a hospital ship containof heavy calibre, with barracks and tents , , , , . i capable of accommodating lo.OOO men, jand KUnJry arlic-e3 of which. 5 I turned n rl ana its ellects over 10 uen. urani. t commandirg the army.cn his arrival, in hour after we had r.iade the capture, he i

will be enable to givo tho government aciHrej Tm Congress that Spain would de- : more correct statement than I am enabled ln,ntl reoaration from Mexico on accoun: .

to communicate from the short time I had possession of the fort. Tho plan of theattack ; so iar as tho - army reaching the rear of the j

fort to make a demonstration simultane-, resolution of France and England in reforously with the navy, was prevented by , enco to Mexico. He concluded by saying the excessively muddy roads and h'gh I lnal Spain would fittingly support the instage of water, preventing tho arrival of j terests of Mexico. our troops until some time after I had ta- pRl.IJLA rupturo wa3 anticipated

Ken poebswn oi wie ion. j On securing the prisoners, and making j necessary preliminary arrangement, a 1 dispatched J.wui. commanding x neips, with his division, up the Tennessee R ver, ... !-. 4- 1. til lup as I had previously directed, and as will bo see n in inclosed order to him, to remove the rails, and so render the bridge incapable of railroad transportation and communication between Bowling Green and Columbus, and afterwards to pursue the rebel gunboats and secure their capture if possible. Thia being accomplished, and the army in possession of the fort, and my services being indispensable at Cairo, I left Fort Henry in the evening of the 6ame day, with the Cincinnati and St. Louis, and arrived hero this morning. Tho armed gunboats resisted effectually the shot of the enemy, when striking the casemate. Tho Cincinnati, flag ship, received 31 shots, the Essex 15, the St. Louis 7, and Carondelet C; killing one and wounding in tho Cincinnati, and killing ono in the Essox, while the casualties in the latter, from steam, amounted to 23 in number. Tho Caroudelet and St. Louis met with no casualties. Ths steamers were admi-

t i. to the enemy, to avoid exposure of the vulnereblo parts of the vessels. Lieut. Commanding Phelps, with his division, also executed my orders very effectually, and promptly proceeded up the river in their further execution after the capture of the fort. In fact, all the ofiioeis and men gallantly perfoimed their duty, and, considering tho little experience they havo had under tire, far more than realized iny expectations. Fort llenrv was defended with the most determined gallantry by Gen. Tilghman,

rabiy handled by their commanders and Tho lUimore Clipper publishes an exofficers, presenting only their bow guns j tr3i BiatUg that Roanoke Island was cap-

worthy of a better cause, who from hii j riUl,k Sound to assist Wise on the island, own account, went into the action with 11 : Tj10 l'edoral gunboats, at five o'clock guns, of heavy calibre, bearing upon ourion the afternoon of the Cth. had sunk three boaU, which he fought until 7 of the num- j aml c..ptred two, ono of which had the ber were dismounted or otherwise ren lorod (Iimmn.!,.rA', nnnnnt ...I d;rAr.l tu

useless. Very ruspectfally, your obedient serv't, A. II. FOOTE, Flag-Officer Commanding U. S. Xaval Forces, Western Department. To Major Gen. II. W. IIALLKCK. Commanding Department of the Missouri. ! I. ouls npolcan lropoi' to liaise lhe outIiiTU Jllocliadr. Halifax. Feb. 10. The steamship America, from Liverpool the 20th, fin Quecnbtown the 20th. has arrived . Sales of cotton on Saturday 5,000 bales, market closing quiet. Rreadstuffa dull. Provisions heavy. Consols 92fC?-02 7-0. Thero are vague rumors that tho Emperor Napoleon has announced that he will shortly officially demand joint action in raising the blockade of the southern ports of the United States. If England refuses to take pnrt, ho will tako the initiative nlono. The London Timts continues to urge England not to interefero, and nays the nation can afford to wait. The pirate Surnpter is reported cruising off Henoa. 9B.COM DISPATCH. The Emperor's speech to the Corps Leyislatif, on the 25th, was expected with great interest, under tho belief that he will nay something important on American affairs. Tho London Times, in another editorial, ays: 44 Wo need not be eager to meddle with Americau affairs. This is the time for waiting, and we can afford to wait quite as easily as the North aud South can afford to bo looking across the Potonuc, at a cost of two millions pounds a week to each of them. If Ihere does come anv real causo ot complaint, it will tell all the moro for our present patience and forbearance" The London Globe editorially remarks that "The maritime powers cannot bo expected to respect tho Federal blockade unless leally effective. Tho commerce of tho world cannot suffer itself to be despoil ed for an indefinite period under a mere paper blockade." As to intervention,' says tho Globe, 44 wo may be invited or offer to intervene, but our great aim must be to picservo consistency with our own principles." Tho Gibraltar Chroniclo tsays tho U. S. Consul at Cadiz protested against tho assistance given the Surnpter at that point.

Tho authorities, however, considered

themselves bound to nflbrd such aid as was ; r indispensable. Tlio Sumpter having sprung a leak near the sc rev?, ehe was; permitted to effect the necessary repairs i the arsenal, n.. 1 lie worst f ars wre realized relative : to the accident at the Hartley coal mins. noi one oi me ourieu miners was luunu . alive. Sr-Aix. Tl be Minister of State has de- : Df ,jiQ war 0f indep3ndence. It was also stated that Spain had received no official j communication respecting any further I t , between lhe lIUIB;an L,0vernmont and the Ardlbjghop of p wl j n ,etter 1o . Minister of Public Worshin. defenda asßUmoJ hy hi, L....i, countrymen The latest French papers conclude, from the attitude of the English press, that tho Trent affair was only a pretext for war, and that England wants to force the blockade of the southern ports. The IStirnsitlu Expedition. Fortress Monroe, Feb. 10. News by flag of truce states that our troops landed at Roanoke Island yesterday afternoon. No particulars are given, but it is intimated that tho island was taken. Philadelphia, Feb. 11. The Inquirer of this city has a dispatch dated Fortress Monroe, last night whch reports the landing of tLe Federals at j Roanoke Island. Three rebel gunboats were sunk, and two oaptured, one of them the flag-ship. The fireman on board the steamboat reported that the stars and stripes could bee seen over the batteries from Elizabeth City. Baltimore, Feb. II. tured after three dajs lighting. Two rebel gunboats were captured and the rest were sunk or scattered. The peoplo of Norfolk and Portsmouth are pinic-stricken. The news is confirmed by paasengera bv tho Fortress Monroe boat. m New VoiiK, Feb. 11. A Fortress Monroe letter of the 9th State that "The bombardment of Roanoke Island continued yesterday. "About noon Com. Lind cot his rebel njtil!a under way, and camo down to Cur rest of tho rebel gunboats in every direction. 44 Filing ceased at dark, but recommenced with increased vigor in the morning, continuing until eight o'clock, when it was supposed tho rebels surrendered. "It was rumored at Norfolk, on the morninr of the 9th, that three regiments had been recently tent to Roanoke Island, and, a there was no chance of escape, they are probably captured. 4Tho rebels acknowledge that the onlv obstacles of importance to retaid Humside's march upon Noifolk aro swamps, marshes, and sickness." drtcir tlvcrtteftncnts. i. t. ruiLLirs, Attorney mid Counselor at Law, Plymouth. Marshall Co., Ind. ITOFflCK IN WF.STKRVKLT ni.OCK.jrt Practices in Marshall , Fulton , Pula.-ki. Starke, Lake, Porter, St. Jojcph, Importe and adjoining counties. janTiO Jly. TOI I TV 1. DKVOU, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. 37'Oflicc in WfUcrvclt Pdock, Plymouth, Ind. 3 ""Collodion promptly made and satisfaction warranted. Deeds and M irtgngcs propwrlv drawn and acknowledgments taken jati'J-Sllly I). E. VANVALKENilUKGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTA11Y lMnIYIX PLYMOUTH. :: :: :: INDIANA. Deed and Mortgages drawn up and acknowledged. Collection!, and all other hiisinctai will receive prompt attention. ( )tliec up Blairs in the Hank Ihiilding. -15tf. A few cords of STON11, delivered at my premises in Plymouth, for which I will pay CASII. January 'Jth TiOtl A. C. CAPRON. TVot iM. On Saturday evening, February 22, lf-fi'i, Ilourrfn I-odge No.2tK I. O. O. F. will elect Trustee. to nerve one year, or until their succcMora are elected. Hy order of Lodge, IPpd I. SIIADLE, Sec'y. Ilea lit it'll I tomplexioii. Dr. Thomas K. Chapman will nend to all who w ish it, (free ot eharire,) the KeciiMi and full Iiroction fr unking and usinp a beautiful vepela- j hie Italiii that will effectually remove Pimples, . Illotchcs, Tan, Freckles, &c, leaving tho rdvin j smooth, clean and beautiful; also full directions for uisi Pelatrcau'a celebrated Stimulant, war ranted to start a full growh of u hiskcrs, or a Mustache, in less than tliirly days. Kither of the atove can be obtained by return mail, by addressin' fwith stamps for return ost.t;e) Da. THOMAS F. CHAPMAN, Practical ChcniUt. U Proadway, New Yoik.

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