Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 3, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 18 December 1862 — Page 1
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K. It. Time Tallcs. ., Ft. TV. A: C. 11. R. Time Table. WIXTFR AR IIANGEMENT. iSF IRTCRE Of TRAINS FROM PLYMOUTH STATION. EASTWARD BOUND TRAINS . Day Express and Mail 11:13 A.M. Nisht Express V' Kt stock Live Stock and Ex. Freight, 11:40 P. M. Local Freight, l-V-'OP. M. WESTWARD B JUSD TRAINS. D it Express and M ii! 7:02 P. M Night I'.ijress, A. M Local Freight, -l:f.l P. M Through Freight A. M. Fait Freight, 3:3 P. M. S.R. EDWAUDS, Agent. C. I. fc C It. 25. Time Tabic. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. EASTWARD. Laave La Porte, dailvj g.15 e.M. (Suttdav Excepted,)) Arrive at Phrnouiii, lt30 A. M. WESTWARD. Leave Plymouth 3:00 P. M. Arrive at Li Porte 4:50 P. M. Trains run by La Porte time, which id kept at K. Vail? Jewelry store, aul is 15 iniuutes slower i thanP..Ft. V&CR.R. time Ii. U. 1 iULlL i.CUPl. Attorne REEVE &. CAPRON, A torncys anl Notaries, Plymouth, Morshall Co., Ind., practice tn Mirshall and adjoining coun ties ties. UE.-ERsto K.ihock k Co., Phr-lps, Dodge j k Cü.,Nmv Vork. Col -v.Fanvell V: Co., tlo- 'd j Jk Tir-j.,C!iici-.i, Laim & Co., Phili.. C.n.'tte c C., Piitsbnrra, lion. A. L. Obo.., Clrcai. Jule, I,iiort,ln I. i tt-irn-v atLa.v and Ral Estate Ajrent, Knox, Kim. Ial. i Collections, Tax paying and examination of, Title; nronvnlv attemh-l t o. uü-l v - -" . - - -.- l3ty?M?i DM. T. A. BORTON, FJ'si.-i:in mi 1 Surgeon, oflire on Miehtjran ?treet, ; H-tsi,lc,oviT Hili's HikeiT. where he may be j coiKulted (luring o!Iic.' hour?. J. J VINALL,
:Lm-,?:it:iicP;iysieian. Puticnh.rattcntionpnid j a,-- cj1j0f c ,,,11,. S, "Go to. lot us ret o!itetrie practie, :im I e!ironic disrasrs ' irren aa-LIiseasesof rhihii-en. olVu-" over C.I move VounjJ Napoleon, and put Lartwde.
I ilM-r s sr..,r..-, c irner die n-an anjl Importe j t nrlm h irt.i i' I. t fi.m - ill (a.I if .til Iwtnf I V. f liv. IIU IUI I'. LO.I.Uil'.H i4l till llWtll . D3. O BA1R3, ftril'jite o f Ji'.r.T-on M -i'il Colli-e,) resi-!--!i;e ;in 1 oJi -e v.; : xr .Sh;!is Mill. !J:-em!i, i:.l. DFL A. O- BDRTON. Stireos )?ntit. V in a:li, l!t liana. Whole or - f i 1 Jittt kf ft t 1 i niM-t ikil tt ttii tnntt 'in. Irov..".! plans. Social attention 'paid to the j Tre.srvit:or.i ol't he natural teeth, and irregular- ' itv ot'CliiIdreu- teeth eurreeted. Fans and : -91.11 .vii: teeth eXh v -ted wita or without Cldoni-I form. Can beea:iuite,l at hisoflice at any time : xrM :i I n l ivs an I Tue!avs. j ).,... s, , liehi,Mn streot, nesi s-kle, over ! ilillMlikor-. VM( ; ' ..... - 5 !!. tUWARDS HOUSE- I Ply.aojfh, Ind. V. C. Klwarh, Pror.rietor.
Ilsu-dvriin . ; put in the room of yo;mg Napoleon: and j lion l,mt v,ilhi:' t,U! P' to hundred H. B. DICKSON &. Co., i'ey said w ith one voice now wo will on- )1ar; here ca,,noL b" f'ura iu t,ie bitory Dn-ilrr in hardware of every des-rijtion, xo, ward to llhhmond. the war will pot.n bei uf civii:J tions, s-o be a fubiervien5toe,tin, she. tir.n,ande ;.perH-are. tlVt4P slllll t..li, .in!i nr,4tsn.4,.:.v ...mi ,..., cv to power and partisanship displayed bv
BUCK &, TOAN. Dealer! in Hardware of - very description, and! manufacturers of Tin, .Sheet-1 ion and Co'-per-ware, .Iiehiiran street. Dry Conds O J B30W.NLEE, Dealer in Iry'joo.ls of all kinds, groceries, wares j etc, Miclnan street, Plymouth, Ind. C. P XMI. D-alrrin Tt.x (lood, Groceries, etc., south side i La Porte treet. N'J333AU.M'&, DAVIDSON, j Dea'crin Croceries and Pruvisiens, east side of j Mieii:;aiij.treet. J Hoots Shoes. j I?ifrin '.j tsml j'i.e. m inafetu. s all kind of i:a - work in hid line, Michigan street, Piy lOfMith. !l,d. . -r .-. - ;.:-r- r - :zjrTTTzrr-rr. lOiMijTixtK. G- BLA1N &, Co. Druiit? ind conTectioners, west side of Michigan tret, Plymouth, Ind. T. A. LEMON, Dealer in drnjj, medicines, notions, literary nia?:7.'nr. paper.-, etc., north side Lapoite street, Plymouth, lii JAVsit?lin;ilci JOHNM H CEMKER, Peilerinw tches, clocks and jewelry, Plymouth In l.,k.?ep- onst antly on hand clock?, watches breast pint, ear rins, fi.ier rins, loekets, etc hi 1 w itehes, etc., repabed in the bes ai inner uossible. Hit ilMf iiifj. MICH EL GINZ, flari.r ind hair dresser, (tVcst ide Michigan street over Pattrrsons stor) Plymouth, ,1ml. Kvcrvthin-in the above businessattended to bv "v m tli ,oSt style Vs,r'iiii:ilcin. C- HASlANGi:n St. BRO S, -'"."'rer.- ot ,-o.m, crria, (tC. Black o.a.ta.:,-, auatin- .:nd graining done to order Livery. N. B. KLINGER, t );ri.tor IJuckeye Livery," opposite Ldwarda II'jus.', Plymouth, Ind. n271y T. MCDONALD, flal estate agent and notary public, office in eksoa hardware store, Plymouth, Ind. Draw deeds, mortgages, bond, and agree mentä, iellj binds, examines titles and furnishes abstract of the aame, paystaxesand redeems 1im4 iM for taiefl
From the Crisis. Second Book or Chronicles. CHAPTER IV.
1. An it came to pass in those days that the Cradle of Liberty is already polthat the time drew nigh when ihe people j luted with negroes, and we have concluded of the Provinces of New York, Illinois,! not to receive r.ny more of the accursed
Tf..i.;.rftii nmltathrra wit.- to select Rulers ! and law-makers. 2. And the people assembled in their respective inheritance on the lOih day of the eleventh month, in the second year of the reign ot Father Abraham. 3. And on the evening of the same day, the votes were counted by the Scribes and i Pharisees, and lo, and behold! the auci nt i tribe of Democrats carried the election iui all Provinces, with one or two exceptions, and the Ilamites were discomtitted from the rising of the aim until the going down of the same. 4. Ami when the thunder and lightning b'gan to roll from New York to Washington, and alo from the ftr distant Provinco of Illinois, Father Abraham repaired to the- War Oifieo to behold the streams of lightning as they were caught And the thunder was 6a awfully Demo Uraii. ami s h.ud. his headbeiMti to ' ' O 'grow dizzy, and hi knees smote together. and he said to lib Armor bearer, carry me hfime. 5. And his Armor bearer rai l unto! ..vH WMtr,,to Illinois? This kind i ... ...... j ot thunder and lightning is to severe on tJie , ervous system we never had such 3.3 this in Sprintrfield. C. But wheu Lather Abraham came to himself a ain, and was removed out of the! , :, x ;. , reacii oi me tiiunuer. ne said, ever mmu, jut fee if I don't be avengnd of my adver;6aries; I will give these traitors, the Dernocrats. a d js-i that will knock the thunder j out of them in a verv shoit time. ! uul incm 111 ,l 7. Ai:d it wts s- as soon as Abraham ! i was refreshed an i comfort. -J, he said to j ,;s ste:l.j. ;i ltJ KlK.,y nm;.ensitj for the great D-'inoi-ratiu victories i.i New Volk. Illinois, and elsewhere. The Batteri iiuts are loo jubilant, a:ui they voishi; Napoleon, and by removing him wo will have our revenue." And when Abraham ceased speak'luZ eolins I was divided, some were fr removing Little Mae, and Sam ; wers i i " i i i u'! osid lj;it lno '"; Jnly ple a;.ed, ariu Napoleon was re:aoved. . . . , And it came to pass wlu n tlw-U.a. i l;epub!ican editors found that Little M;x ; was lemovtii Iroiu the command vl tl.ej j army, th-.-y were exceedingly glad, and tent j m preser.ts to ea.h oth.-r. rnd their .Wpers ! t i -i.rH foil ,.f .,t üiin.xi.!. u-h.. ... as in former davs. 10. And alter we had waited lor ILirnj idn"to slav the rebjiii-jn, even lifieen dav s land six hours, lo, and behol 1 ! the Army dtlu Polomao. is just fifteen miles froln ' ; where thev were when IJuniM lo look com-
m ind ul them and no man in the rebel iji'-'hed those who have. u lit.erat.dy stiickarmyhasyet got huit by the change of i -' ,1,,wn anJ treated with contempt the cm!oandi-rs, and Abraham's revvn -e i I ,n"t popular rights, n l s-j great after all. It i3 unnecessary to lecapituh.te tlio
iVnil 111 i;oso nays, tne sons oi j
Ham, to the number f live hundred three j would require volumes to do so. It is unseoiu an I six faniilifs wuro congregated tiecesary to trace the characters of the under the wingf d" General Dix in onu of criminals who have perpetrated the crimea tho rebel Provinces and were led and j complained of, ami who seek to be protectclothed at the expense of Uncle Sam andtk It is enough to say, in this connee-
(jenerrd Dix thought he would sen. I them .... i c i::. . . ... .... , I j lO li e eiau.O Ol llüei iy, Cae OI lOV. .Vtj. (drew. 1 Inasmuch as Gov. Andrew was an ardent admirer of the Colored race and very philanthropic withal General D.x was the mote ani u to put bis col ored brethren under the, special protection of his honor, the Governor of Massachusetts; hoping the said sous of Ham would, in the course of two or three ren! rations, become white man. 13. And it came to pass, alter Gen. Dix had all his arrangements made, he wrote to Gov. Andrew, and sent him an invoice of his contiabands rennest ing him to provide a place in some of the chief cities of his dominions, for they wero a choice lot of his own select in f. fat and sleek 14. And it cam to pass, when Gov. Andrew received the letter of Gen. Dix, he rent his clothes and put dut on his head; and ha called around him his conn sellors and said unto them, "See how this sou of thunder tries to seek a quarrel with me. 15. And moreorer he said, it ia true I always loved the nigger, and have done all in my power to make him free; I have even gone in the face of the Holy Writ in the matter; for you all know it says plainly, a servant shall he bo unto his biethren; but 1 know if we could free them by some means, we could destroy the Democratic any, and build up a most powerful dynasty in this country, and then let the sous of Ham take care of themselve.
IG. And his counsellors all said with one voice, go to, writo a letter immeditely and send it to Gen. Dix, and sav to J. im
lace, but the (jovernor answered and said, let us not spek harshly of these men, we hae heretoloie encouraged these contrabands to come amongst us and dwell in ouf chief cities. 17. And it came to pass when the Gov. ernur had said these things, the council desired him to write to Gen. Dix in hi.- own language, and he did so, and the writing was in this wise IS. General Dix greeting, know ye by these presents, that the people of Massachusetts are heartilv sickofihi negroes, we have feasted them and lionized them for political purposes in former days, and we still smypishize with thcin in their bondage, but our climate don't suit them, and our manners and customs are different, and moreover thir presence among our peopla would be cf a demoralizing char'acter. li). You had better trv and find homes f i them in the South, as that climate will uit them better, put them on some of the confiscated plantations of tho rebels, for 1 tell you pUinly the Cradle of Liberty will have nond of them. Tempo) . , . , . l. Anditcamo top. 'empora mutanter. is that when j Gen. Dix received i i,,,t. i ,; . . h,r Anurew hi co Dix received the letter from Goveruntenance feli, and his knees tie came as weeK as water ami nesaiu, O! what iiigratilud.! where i all the f f...c1,...0. H i"""""" "i - . v. coM?islency thou art a jewel! where is Wen dell Phillip., L'ioyd Garrison, Gnnel Smith, Iloraco Greek, Abey Kelly, Lucy Stone and the rest of the friends ofhe ne rMü? 0 where? 1. In the n ime of heaven why did you preavh up freedom to the slaves, if you don't intend to feed and clothe them when ihev are tree? Every mother's son of tlu-m would rather return to their old masters than wink lor their livm-' in the free States. Their iika offivtilom H, notonlv freedom from slavery, but woik also. Hero ends the fourth chapter of the S.-cond Hook of Chronicles. lIr. Mevc:i' of Iisdciiinil y. If there had b:en one act wanting to cori)(dete the shame of the present Con-gre-s and prove its utter disregard of constitutional obligations and popular rights, ,,v " " '"n'-' 3 " äc of Sseveny' bill to indemnify all who have llwll litt IkoJ Ivii.iii it r' t..,l 1.1 4h.l n . ,m i mai, ,nt,-S,M ai 1V8ls a,'tl mipn-oiied cm- . r 2-'.s without tti il. We venture the asSiTa legislative body as that which has char aeterizetl the American House of L'epre-.-enta'.ives in t!i a passage of this bill. The Representatives of the people, chosen to protect UKir rights and guard their noert:eö' ,,ave hY solemn Iegi,laiive enactment ouuages mat nave nei n commuted, ii tion. that from Stanton to the Bakers and I ' !..- i .1.. . ., . Kennedys, throughut the coun ry, the enormity of the crimes committed in the name ol justice, have been, if possible. rendered nmro odious than theii intrinsic character would warrant, by the manner d" their commission. The unnecessary hirdship of treatment, the ollieials insolence and tyranny which have in most instances accompanied these arrests, are suflicient pioof of the charac'.er of the ofliceik who have made them. The bill of Stevens seeks, to justify, by an unconstitutional law, violations of the constitution by the highest officer a of the government. This, alone, however pure iiiioht have been the motives of those who had been gnilty of ihe offenses, would be sufficient lo condemn the bill. If the oppression had been lesa 6evere, and the inaalt to the American people less flagrant; if there had been even a stringent necessity acknowledge I by all for the perpetration of these acta of indolence and desootism. the bill of St. rveiis would still have been a disgrace lo the body that passi d it. A simple resolution of approval would have been all that the House could pass under such circumstances. The attempt to screen from punishment, by the enactment of a law, ha9 proven that the House of Iteprescrlatives hold their oaths lo support tin? constitution in as much contempt as do the officers who havo been guilty ol the crimes declared void in the bill. Dut tho infamy of the bill consists not I alone in its ui. constitutionality ; its support of crime; its endeavor to shield criminals
from puni-hment; its denials of redress to
those who have been imprisoned without trial or ear.se; its subserviency to partisanship; its betrayal of the ptivileges of the people in closing the courts against them. Above all, there is the surrender by the legislative to the executive department of ;he government of power impossible tobe alienated, Stevens himself said he doubted ihe authority of tho President to suspend the wiit of habeas corpus. The power bdloniied to Congress. The President, or Stanton, it is difficult to determine which, usurped the power, and Congress justifies the act. Never bsforo has an American Congress placed itself at ihe feet of a Presde"t or Secretary of War lo be smitten or smiled upon as their humor9 may dictate. Truly our abolition Congress has learned to ""eiook the pregnant hinges of ihe knee," but it remains to bo determined if thuft shall follow fawning. Lot us look at the justification offered by Stevens for the introduction of the bill. He said it had b.en carefully copied from precedents of the English Parliament fori
the last two ceuturiee. What have prece uonti ii.o gradually dents of the English Parliament to do with! worse just the same
the action of our Congress? Precedent derived from a Government that is tiesli-; tuto of a constitution, cannot justify violalions of our constitution. That our lar rurn'e "i9 similar, and that we have many psinciples iu law in common, wiil not be plead as a reason f.r adopting English legislatiou when it plainly contravenes the ; constitution of our government. This ijuebtion was settled years ago by more eminent statesmen than grace the present ComrrcSJ II Mr, Stevens' assertion had been true it would have been no defense of his bill. B it it is not trus. We have not the statutes of the English Parliament before us, but we have no hesitancy in sayin" that those s'.alutes must be searched as fir bak as the ie:g i oft he Second James to liad precedents for such a bill. Such bills were "squelched'' by Son eis' declaration of rights and subsequent action by the Enuli-dj Pailiament during the reign f William and Mary. McCaulev states, as one of the fruits cl the Involution of DiS-'., that ''No man could be impri-oned, eve:i fui a day, by ihe arbi trary will of the sovereign; no tool of power could plead the royal command as a justifeat on for violating any legal right of ihe hun:ble-.t subject. These were held by both whigs and toiies to bi fundamental la a s of the realm." Mr. Stevens may ti id in the reign of James the Second, an 1 the c-mduct of Jeffries as Judge, precedents for illegal arrests and i'.rbilrary imprisonments, but we doubt if, in a single instance during thai reign, the English Parliament was so lost to hoonr and insensible lo shame as to pro pose makirg "void" the crimes of the King or his creature. When the Bishop of London was brought before Jeffries for not suspending Spratt, he demanded a copy of the commission appointed to try him, thai he might examine its authoi.ty. Said Jeffries, "This is not a court where charge - are exhibited; our proceedings are summary and by word of mouth." It was for such acts and answers that James was driven from his throne, and Jeffries died in ihe Tower. American citizens have been arrested without written chaiges being preferred against tlum tried and j O I O I condemned, no', by word ot mouth, bul by ! telegraph. Chicago Times. The Shinplaster Party. We ta-.e the following from the New j York World: The Farmer who sells wheat, eggs, poultry and vegetables, and purchases with ihe proceeds half a dux in different kinds of goods, is spared a difficult and intricate calculation by referring each arti de that ho sells and each article that he buys to a common standard of value. He may sell his products to the same merchant of whom he buys his gooda, and not a tent of money bo paid on either side but evea iu this barter of trades, money is the measure by which tho exchangable value of all article is estimated. It meas. tires values ns the merchant's pound weight and yardstick measure quantities. If the Republican party, which is sol'ioiling the suffrages of tl 5 people, had within the last ten months sent its agents into every retail store in the country; if these tijjouts had altered every pound weight so that it contained eleven ounces instead of sixteen, had shortened everv yardstick so that it was only twenty-five inches long instead of thirty-six, had diiiiinislicd every gallon measure so lhat it should hold five ami a half pints, instead or eight; if this Republican administration, which is soliciting the votes of the laboring classes, had thus diminished tho weights and mcas ures used in converting thoir hard earnings into meat,- groceries, cloth hnd fuel for heir families; if this had been done, the la boring masses would, lo a man, refuse their votes to a party who had thn taken
oreau irom ineir chikheu s mouths and j hat would have been their cour&e, had co.tlfiom the family fire. But practically j there been no such restrainin power npitanakes no difference whether the Repub-jon them? What would have been lef,. of liean party takes three tenths from the i the constitution at tho expiration of ibis measure of quantities or from the measure! revolutionary Congress? of values. If the paper dollar which the Me 'srs. lliehardson and Cox have earn-
Ilepublican pr.rty compels him to receive in payment of his wages, is worth only three-tenths p.s much as the gold dollar which was the old measure of values, it is clear that he gets only seven-tenths as much beef, or Hour, or coffee for his da) 's work as if a five dollar bill were convertaIde at pleasure into a gold half-eagle. If the government shinplaster mill con tinues to turn out its sham monev and i bloat currency, tha condition of the, laboring class will continue to grow worse and worse. It will be the same as if the B iker should go on diminishing Ids loaf, and the Butcher his piece of hi cat he sold for a pound, the nominal price of these necc-s-n i:ies temaiuing the same, ihe ö ol labor ,,o not r;e w.o.e the prices on ml commodities go higher, 1: o condition ot i ! . 'iv - it.; . . tho laborer's family will . onseoueutlv to and :r . o... i. ..-'" as u in-.- iuu:uei. ami ; Grocers pound weight were daily wasting away like a lump of ice lying exposed to the sun. There is no surer device for transferrin'' property from the pockets of one class into tlice of anothci than an inflated paper currency. Its geni tal and inesistable tendeuoy is to make the rich richer an J the poor poorer. It is favorable to ihe class of peculators who live by their wits, but ruluous to the honest artisan who lives by j laboring man is unab'e to buy waim stock-! ings and conitortab.e Winter clothing lot her children, because everv thir.g issohigh, the Wall street shaipers havo been daily making millions. The flood of irredeeniaCS ble paper which kcep-s speciilati ni alert, is their harvest. Men who were last year poor are to-day worth hundreds of thousamis f dollars and will next ear inhabit talaces built by laborers whose families are stinted in the commonest necessaries of life; underpaid not because their non.inal wages aie low, but the sham money which the lt-ipubliean compels them to be paid in has only a feeble purchasing power. The Mctim or Arbitrary Arrest in .'ongr?M. Tiie resolutions introduced into the House of Kepresentativea at Washington, on the first day of tho tession by Mr. j Ui -hardson, of this State, and Mr. Cox, of Ohio, and the disposition of ihem by ihe parliamentary majority, will arrest ihe attention of the country. Mr. Richardson's resolution was simply a cail upon the President for information concerning citizens of Illinois, arrested by the military authority, and now or hitherto held in Federal forts or other places of imprisonment. On motion of Lovejoy this information was denied to the people of Illinois. It is something new iu Legislation to vote down calls for information, even on the most trivial subjects, and it is something extraordinary to vote down a call for information desired by so large a part of tho body calling for it, and so interesling and important to the people of a State as in this case. The vote on this -solution, and that f Mr. Cov, is a lull .... unqualified a id mphauc endorsement, by ihe abolition majority of ihe House, ot the whole system of arbitrary arrests and imprisonments and of the invasions of ihe
law involved if them! If the arrests tiu m-1 people, through their icpreseutatives. in selves were startling, ihis indorsement of j s"ch a country as this, to demand un inthem is appalling. The responsibility of j vesication into all matters of public adihem no longer le-ts exclusively with the ' ministration, j articularly tho e which af-
Präsident; the IIu?e divides it with him. The policy of ihem is no longer the administration policy; it is embraced as abolition party policy. Uy the solemn vote of the House on these resolutions, the abolition party, iu its official and all other relations to the country, has calmly deliberately and contemptuously cast aside all the great guarantees of ihe constitution and licensed the President to ' exercise I ho powers of ihe Czar of Russia," We cannot say that wo are surprised at this. We ought probably to have anticipated it. Il has been rather at the demand of his party than on his own volition that iho President hasset himself up as t Czar and converted the government forts into places of banidiment for citizens whose political opinion; are obnoxious to his paltitans. W) ought probably to have anticipated that both house.i ot Congress would not only j'isiify and applaud the President in what he has done, but that thuy would stimulate him to blili more terrible excesses. If this be the course of Congress after the great popular revolution which has pronounced with so much emphasis against every departure by ihe administration from constitutional obligations, and which has especially condemned these arbitrary arrests, what would have been their course if thi? revolution I h I not ccmo to pif ?
j ed the applause of the country by their
promptitude in making this great issue in ihe House between ihe party of ihe consti tution and the party of its assailants. Chi cago Times. The President and Liberty. - The Evening Post favors the country with the following astounding piece of intelligence, which the "order"' of Mr. Stanton, this day published, partially confirms. -The President U fully convinced that the sense of the country is overwhelmingly j against anything savoring of tyranny or of a military despotism." " Is he, indeed! After ei-hty vears 0f ! A tinri'iM !iKoi-f on1 1 1 i a rii n. !a tu a ja;T j .... . , , . . ; , , . , J ' sense of the cou iti N " favors freedom and J the laws! Had an enemy put this scorn upon us it had been easier to bwar. But that an American Durnal should thus, in the language of a com t il ir.key, record the the sl anie of the land, is ulra.'st too much for m 'ital patience. (I ;ite too much for mortal patience, a trial beyond all imagined for Job, is ihis tame journals explanation of the process through which ibis light has reached the Pre6ijtfnliaI mimJ: ''Some of the arrests have been made are unnenessary ana uojust. and the admin - .. i ,r i t . . v - I i.sii(iiioii u.i-s miiivk'u i. i ua iii iui&ca . "The administration has suffered," mark you not the American c'lizens "unnecesarially and unjustly arrested;" not American liberty indecently outraged; not the American name made a laughing stock and scandal of tho world, but the administ ration! The temporary servants of the people havo been male to tremble for thtir wages; the intriguers of party for the success of their schemes. Chu the force of bland unconclous baseness further go! A. Y. World. TIiü illegal Einpritoiiment and Inquiry in Congress Two or three different attempts, made by members of Congress to inquire into the unconstitutional arrests made under the authority ot the Administration, were voted down on Monday I y two to one. It eems that the voice of ihe people, as expressed in the late elections, have had but little effect upon Congress. Had this rump parliament been guilty of nch contempt of the popular will before the elections, tho vote against Republicanism would have been ten times greater than it was. Do the parly in power "love the darkness lather than the light because their deeds ar6 evil?" If what has been done is right, why do they fear to lay the facts before tho country? If the acts of the Administration can not bear scrutiny, tho remedy is uol to conceal iheir dark deeds from the people, but to get rid of ihe perpetrators and put better men in their 'places. In nc government in the world, claiming to ba constitutional, could such a coutse be permitted. In England, for instance, whose system is m much le-s free, the Administration would not dare to oppose so reasonable an inqury. If it did, that would be the last of it. How much more is it ihe right of the led the liberties of ihe oitiens? The hate hict of refusal is prima facie evidence of injustice or foul play As well might the magistrate of a district insist uphn a murdered mtu being interred without a coroner's inquest. To refuse inquiry i the ßtrongest admission of guilt. Those who are conscious of innocence always court investigation. But there is a good time coming, in w! ich investigation will locmio inevitable, and wedi will it be for ihoso who now attempts to throw a veil over black deeds, if they escape the public wrath by a mere exposure of iheir career. Stern justice may demand a greater sacrifice, and the voters against inquiry may then find themselres on the wrong side. Nothing is more certain on earth than that 1 reckoning is to be made before this civil convulsion is over, and that every man will bo rewarded acconling to his deed-. This is but the beginning of the end. Let the fanatics and knaves in Congress beware. A". 11 Icrald. An ammunition train oti the Opelousas railroad, Louisiana, recently blew up, killing and wounding eighteen United Slates officers, and a number of passengers. The Robinson arms manufactory, at Richmond, is at work night and day, casting cannon, manufacturing Sl.arpe's rifles and other arm largo and mall.
The Episcopalian clergv men w!i m (Jen. Butler banihtrd from New OrLafis to New Yoik have published a card in the papers of ihe latter city, explaining the extent of their contumac y. Itapjears that they were wiiling to omit the prayer for
the President from the services entirelr. but were not willing, to pray for Lincoln, as it was fo: bidden by the liturgv of the Southern Church with which they are connected. This concession was not sufficient for Gen , Bmler. He was evidently of the opinion that ihe President was i.oi past praying for, and commanded the elergyrieii to intetcede for him for the grace he so muvh need. It has Income somewhat too fashionable for petty military commnnuers annoy Episcopalian etergymen 5n lhe Southern States. We kaow of 110 ,e:l"on ,l,at denomination more, t'mn others shoul l he requited to intereede for the Pic-id.-nt. We know of no r?ason why the Kneruid Cluwer should Ici.K.y perfect freedom to imprecate him iu New Volk, and clergymen should be ban- id.ed for notpiaying lor him at New Or leans. If Episcopalians sec proper to to 1 hange their liturgy, i-; it a criminal offense? If they chooae to omii a prayer in churc: service, is it a crime to be punished with banishment? Bat suppose thev pray for Jeff Davis, whose business is it? Are they not commanded to pr.y for all nun? Dr. Mitchell, of Florence, Alabama, was dragged from his desk and imprisoned at Alto a for interceding for Jjf Davis and lis enemies! There v. as more of :ru Chri-tianiiy in that . prayer than any we have heaid of b?:ng utleted by a 1 abohiiou clergyman upon polit.cal subj c;.v, They don't pray f r iheir ci.etu.t-, bnt they curse ihem wi:h ;.n ingenuity .hJ malignity that would excite envy in the school lor swearing. We have alwavs supposed that a Christian in this c-.untry was permitted to shape his prayea according lo Iiis own fancy. And we have not supposed tint it was UruhrLiian or hetetical to pray for any living hau. an being Bobby Bum-, prayed for the devil a:id disclosed a ! Ving and charitable heart in doing so. We have 110 d.ad.i the three clergymen whom Gen. Butler Isms banished would pray for him. and hav - orgiven him, ina-mt'ch ai he is a native ol a Statu that lias inculcated bigotry and uncharitabletiess, and whose inhabitants i;; early days amused themselves with burning witches and bannlshieg Quakers. Cliicano Times. What will ''Demoralize" the Resellun? the Richmond Enquirer says: The recent success of the conservative sentiment of ihe North (for i' is a misnomer to speak of it as a Democratic or party triumph,) in obtaining ecu troll ot the next Fideral Co:igressr is probably loo partial tobring about a refoim in the mode and spirit of hostilities on the part of ihe North. Congress mav be able to exhibit but alimlted control! upon the Executive in ihis particular. But to the extent that wUo and elevated measures shall be infused into the management of the war, the Southern cause wi'l suiler from the acee.-sion of conservative men to influence in the Government. A vigorous pro-ecution of the war, coupled with a constitutional administration ot the Federal Government, attended by conciliatory words, and appeals for harmony and good feeling, would demoralize ihe Southern cause more 'ban all ;h rant and inecndiai i-m and malignant brutality and knavery that have characterized the proceedings of the radicals. Novel Wat t Clus a Breach! Horse. A correspond, nt of the Iowa Homestead w as riding out the other day with a liiend, and oi served that one of ihe horses ha 1 a hole in cache..!. On inquiring the cause, li learned that it was u keep ihe horse front jumping. 'Why," said he, ' a hots don't jump tvi'.h hi cars." "You are mistaken." replied his friend to him; "a hor.-e jumps as much with his ears as with hi feel, ami un ho has free u-e of his ears, be ut.oi jump," He ties his two ears together, and has 110 trouble with tl e horse. - -j?It is said that since the rebellion broke out, no les than three hu- tired and sevehty naval ofuecrs have been dismissed for drunkenness. Appeals are now being- made to the country by abolition Sotdet'o lor :sid Li the immense liords negroes that halo found their way to Washington and tho frpe States. We would recommend that abolitionists attend to iheir own pets, and that loyal men and women bentow such articles ot comfort ami. luxury asiluy may havo lo spare upon our white soldiers, who are suffering for the same. "Sir," said one of ihe Brbary SI 10 re tan to a crusty old captain: 4I)id you ever know coffee to hurt any one!" 4Yes you old fool" was ihe response, "I knew a bag full to fall on a mans head once and kill htm."