Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 4, Number 1, Plymouth, Marshall County, 5 February 1863 — Page 1

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i HBRB LEI THE 'PRBSO THE PBOPLB'3 " RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNAWED BT INFLUENCE AND UNBOtJGHT BY GAIN " tOLUME 4 NEW SERIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THU11SDAY, FEBEUAEY 5, 1863. NUMBER 1 WHOLE No. 157.

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It. it. Time Talles. p'.Ft. W. &C. R. It. Time Tabic. WINTFR ARRANGEMENT. BSr-RTüt Or TRAILS FROM FLTMOCTII STATION. EASTWARD D USD TRAIS. Di' Express and MaU. 11:1SA.M. Nirht Exore.ss 10:21 P.M. TV Stock 5:30 P. M. live Stock ami Ex. Freight Local Freight 12-20 P.M. WESTWARD B CND TRAINS. Tr :x-reis ami M ail, T" at Muht Kx re", 6.4, A M L-m! Freight i SI v Tiir.n;h Freight "iit Freight 3:,'a lMS.R. EDWARDS, Agent C. I. & C R. R. Time Tabic. SUM M F.R A R R SG EM ENT. EASTWARD. lave La Port, d uly) (Smidiv Ex-rented,)) Arrive at Plymouth, 1030 A. M. WESTWARD. Leave Hf month 3:00 P. M. Arrive at La Porte 4:50 P. M. Tr tins run br La Parte time, which is kept at E Wil Jewelry tore, ami is 15 minutes slower ta"aaP.,Fl. W.&CR. R- time. II. R. PRULlNER.Supt. Attoiuioys. RiEVS &. CA.PRO.M. Attoruev m l NTotarirs. Plymouth, MorshallCo., Ini., pr icticem M i-Mi ill ami adjoining counties. RK.-Einto RaTic-ack & Co.. PIie!p.,Dolre K Co.,N'ew York, Cool-v,Farwell & Co., Go-V k -... Ciicio. Lou Ion k Co., Phila., Gtt,iette k C-.,fi:t-.bnr-:h. Il'n. A. L. Osbo.: , CircuU Jaljre, Liport.lnd. JOHN S. BEDE. Attoru?T it Law anl Ral Estate Agent, Knox, Kox. In 1. . Cjllecti.r.ia. Ttx paving and examination or Title, frmotl r attended to. nH-ly DM. T. A. BORTON, Phrsicianan 1 5 ur.-ron, office on Michijrin street, west si le.ovrr Hill' tiikery. where he may be eon-tilted Iiirin? offica hours. J J V IN ALL, !Iji-pthieParician. Pirtieularattentioripaid to tutetrie r-raetie, a'"' chronic disease of irom?n, in ! tie asesof children . office over C. Ialrrr' tore, rorner Michigan and Laporte tir.i,!u-!,cm4VMCoiwi:i.-luiaiinourS. . . . 1 1 1 . . D. O d-uce n i ntr-'U' Mill. Ilr-nun. h.J. ,1; JtC-- 1.1 V. t, H.H. A- O- 7 J 4riil till ! "To v ill i;i.';-ttil .'Ii lite !:!'. t aupreiemtiou o.' ih.; natural toti. in 1 iive.ul-ir-itf nfC:irJ.-eu f- t'i .oii-ettel. r.Han lj ytTuali 'e-t i -xtri ! vit:i -r without l h rr-I ir'tYi't t: en. .'.!! il A?' -iii'it ra:i t iM-' 1 frm. Ciii v.e".vtiu!t"J it Iti-ofTI'.e at any time exkeptoi! M'r.!.iys and Tuel.iyj. "):! 01 Uulii ' in t:sy, Iwest iJe, ow-r Jt:li' Bt;-r l-ltt IIotolK. EDWARD 3 iMth. la 1. Vr . C. HOUSEEhvar l?, Pro; 'lit? tor. riv. I lardwaro. H. B. DICKSON &. Co., Dealer in har-lwar. of cv-ry description, a80, tore, tiu, ohm, J i i-iii, aji'l copper ware. BUCK Su TOAN. DaW in Mird-vare of very description, and Minn "acoir'T-i of Fin. S!m-t- Iron and Copperwar. Michigan srii-t. Tl"V GrOOtltf Sc Ci l0MMi ?-. J B iOWMLEE, in rfrv'oocU ol'aTl 'cin l. srerii'i, van He , ALir'ii iii .r.-t. Pi vnioutb, (ml. C. P Mil. Dlriii D y f kJ, tii-jecried, etc., south side i La Pur: tn-et.

N'J333A'J Vl'iSt DAViDSON, j any trial, an 1 has wiilidrawn from tl.em Dea'ertiu Crocerics and IVivwieiH, east aideufjH-i kllo.vledgo or inloi matioii as lo their Michigan street. I ailiumu r ll.. ..mc lliutt irraJ

Uoots Si Allocs. E. PAUL. D laler in bootnarvl i'ioe-. in iniifjctui 9 all kind ofho-n? w iri iu his line, Michigan street, Ply m'latli. Intl. G- SLAIN &. Co. Oruj"it-and confectioners, weitsideof Michigan ptrt, PIykiuth, lud. T. A. LEMON, Dealer ia Iru-, medicines, notions, literary maai'.in-H, paper, etc., north side Lapotte trtet, Plymouth, lud. JOr.NM HCEMKER, Deiler in teh, clocks and jewelry, Plymouth In l.,' J n-t iiitly on h in 1 clock?, watches br itt p'iii, v ir rin-, tiüer ring?, lockets, etc Clock ml .r itches, etc., repaired iu the bes oaauner pus.sible. MICA VEL GINZ. Barker nnd hair dresser, (West .-tide Michigan treet ovit Pittcr?oiH store) Plymouth, ,Ind. Evervtlvingiii the above businessattended to by me in the btr. .ttvle, C. HASLANGR So BRO'S, RI maftoturers of wagoin, carriages etc. Black 9iaithing, painting und graining done to order Lilvcry. N. B. KLINGER. rjnrietor Huckoye Livery," opposite Edvrard H u.-, Plymouth, Ind. n27ly rti l.1 . - T. MCDONALD, Real es'ate agent and notary public, office in iiou luriware store, Plymouth, Ind. as deed, mortgages, bondd, nnd agree a nts, clli 'and, examine? title and furnishes ' incirfof theitatne, paysUxsand redeem 4 itMHr ttxn

Position of Kentucky. The following preamble and resolutions embodying the opinions of the democratic members of the Kentucky Legislature, were introduced in the Senate by Hon. A. P. Grover, from thectninty of Owen, and into the House by W. P. D. Buh, E q., of the county of Hancock, on the 19ili inst., and ordered to be printed, ad refer ted to the Committee on Federal Relations: 4In tinaes of war, as in peace, the constitution of the United State is the supreme law of the land. It prescribes he powers oi the government in it9 executive no less than in its other departments, and it U the only legal bond of union between the States. The Federal Government, as defined by the constitution, when exercising the powers granted lo if, is entitled to the allegiance of the people; but loyalty to the government docs not impose upon the citizen any obligation to support an administration in ihe enforcement of a policy unauthorized by the constitution or forbidden by its provision; but it i9 the duty ol all good citizens to resist encroachments upon their rights, and to defend the constitution of their country from violence. lie who upholds the executive or any other department of the government, iu the violation of it provisions, is disloyal to the constitution, and an enemy to the freedom of hia country. The Federal Goycrnment, deriving all ha legitimate powers from the constitution is. therefore, the creature of the constitution, and has 110 power in any department to suspend any of its provisions, or throw

: oil its restriction under any preteneo whatever. The ma.im that "Governments deiive thfir just powers from the consent of the governed," is ona which we ought never to forget. It involves a fundamental principle of fjeedom one asserted by our ancestors, and for which they fought and . , . , . ' U I 111 .IV J'V - v - - m u v --" - eriv n, an I which vj can iiever surrender. jit s!i u".d also le born in mind that g . criur.nrs weft lust.iuu-u lor !' nro.eci.on ' ol" !.!', I.bcrty and prp'-rty, and thai such s fa. I to tvjil'.rm thl Ou, U. s Miter r l ter, b - i-veitiiiown by an intelligent, 4 il tUOUS and CJUrngeoUtf p; i'ple. Tj.e h siory of the f.i:seiil a Iniinis. ra J 4 I tloii oi itie fotleral governu.enl is a lnstory I of repeated i; juries ünd usurpations, tendin -ill e tl v to tin oerihro.v of i?iate aulho:i:y and Sirtc inHtitutions, and a'conMil.dfit on in tlie Federal goveranient oi all poliiieal power, and the erection upon their min: of a great military detfptim, aa tyiranieal and thoroughly despotic as the wort government of K.uope, to substautiate which we rfer to the f 1'owin f I ,-H,.,8. The President has, without authority of Co .o, ess. suspended the writ ot hole cov"-thus striking adeudly blow at the TiiKLK-s of the people. Hehucaur! citizens to be arrested J . , i- . , . nn l : . transported to disUut cdate-, and lnnarce .i-ii i i rateJ l.i loaihsume pi l oin, w uuout cii.ire . or H..cu-ta':o!i Hainst them. Hiii.-. .1 ,i ; h ts dcii.ed to e.t.ZMiis th'is arrestdl. i.ud impr;omd a trial bv iurv. or indeed ; I . 4 J ' lie has fcuhijc-td his prisoners thus 4 . held to barbarcus and inhuman tieattneut, iiidangei ing both life and health, and has reouiied hundreds oi them so held, as a condition ur.cn which thev mi-l.t be 1 - - - j o leased, to take illegal oaths aibitrarily pre cribed by himself or his agents. He has attempted to destroy the freedom of the press by the forcible suppressio l of newspapers, because :hey saw proper to criticise the measures of his administration, and such as have escaped suppression have been subject to a censorship wholly incompatible with freedom of thought or expression of opinion. II has attempted to destroy the freedom of speech by arresting citizens who animadverted Jpcn the measures of his administration. He Ivts caused to b arrested persona engaged in circulating petitions lor the signatures of the people thus interfering wirh the right of petition. He Las w holly disregarded the rights of the people to be "secure in their persons, houses, pa per and et-de, against unreasonable search and seizures." He has interfered wi h the administration of justice in the' täte courts by violently forcing the j idges to adjourn, and dispersing the grand juries, and by breaking open jails and rela8in prisoner confined under regular judicial process for felonies and other crimes. He has iu some of the States (among which is Kentucky) forcibly wrested from the citizen his right to be a candidate for office within the gift of the people thus tiiking down the elective franchi-e; and eminent citizens of this State are now in couCosratDt beyond its borders for no oth

er known reason than that they presented

themselves as candidates for oHice before the people. ,; He has quartered soldiers in the houses of citizens against their will, and not in the manner prescribed by law. He has permitted his troops to overrun this State, destroying houses and fencing of farms and lots. They have sacked ihi houses of peaceful citizens, destroying their furniture, family pictures, carpets, clothing, and other articles of hi usehold goods, and robbed them of their ßiiverware, steck, and provisions. He has permitted his wagon masters and others, with armed soldiers, to seize the corn, oats, and hay, ike, of our citizens for the use of the armies, without their consent, and without just discrimination as to whether the farmer could spare them or not, fixing their own price upon them, and making their own estimate as to the value and quantity taken, and giving no receipt or name whereby the owner could successfully seek his pay; and often, when vouchers were given, they were so informal that no money could be drawn upon them. Ho has permitted his officers and soldiers to entice slaves in great numbers to leave their masters and owners, and to take them within their camps, and there, with bayonets, to protect them from reclamation, and when civil suits have been brought for their recovery, in many instances the process of the court has been resisted by armed forces, and the owner of the blaves maltreated and imprisoned for 110 known cause other than his attempt thus to recover and protect his proj erty. Ho has permitted his oflicers. and soldiers without authority of law, to levy large contributions of money upan unoffending citizens nndei the pretence of reimbursing other ci.izens for looses siutr.ined by the caualiiies of war. He has permitted his officers and soldiers with impuniiy to murder peaceable citizens. He has given his assent ai.d approval to acts of Coiigiess approptiatmg and pro posing to appropriate enormous sums of Ii public money to purchase the freed ;ni of r uves and il.cir deportation lo somv fottigu country, and has invited the border slave States (including Keirutfky) to liberate their slaves with promises of compensation from the Federal treasury. lie has set aside the constitution of ihe UnileJ States by giving hi j ollicial sanelion to an act of Coiigiess creasing a new State within the teriitory of Virginia without her consent. He has, without constitutional authoii

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111 "re tiict ot Columbia. I Ii., i. . t . .t . .. ; . 1,0 ,ia' ,'1 violation oi tr.e cousututi n hy proclamation. declaied free all ti e : ' ave3 in mn)' SuiU. ' ,hem ! l" vindicate t.helr freedom by force, and !8,'u-ht n wilh iliem 5,1 a war j w"äed Hl l,,üir mis'ers, a monstrous Mx J t, nctioued by no law, I human or divine, finding no parallel in . i ilro0,,v in the unnals of barbarous rations. ; 1 He U emending large 6tiras of inonev f , apprpriated lv Coii'-iess for the support ' 1' u ; o- rr I Ul ,IW a,,n. - ri "v 'B slavis fitD;-n from tin ir masters. In -.iew of the foregoing facts, the truth of which cannot be denied, we do firmly believe, and solemnly declare, that any assistance furnished the Executive in the farther prosecution of the war upon the bash of the present policy tends immedi-

re-!ate,.v and direct,y to ,lia overthrow of

both the Federal and State governments; wherefore, Resolved, by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Kentucky will by all constitutional m ans in her power, protect her citizens in the enjoyment of the elective franchise; the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, tha security of their persons and roperty against the unconstitutional edicts of the Federal Executive, and their enforcement by the army under his control. Resolved, That by the constitution of the Stale of Kentucky, "The right of the owner of the slave to 6uch slave and its increase is the same ami as inviolable as the right of the owner to any property whatever;" that "Koiitucky understands her own interests too well to be thankful for gratuitous advice as to the mode in which she should manage them; and, when she wants the assistance ot any o ti lc ad ministration she claims the privih ge of originating the suggestion; consequently the proposition made by Abraham Lincoln for her to emancipate her slavis, iu hereby rejected. '. Resolved, That the obj et and purpoe of the war havirg been perverted bv the parly now in control of thegoverument iu violation of its oft-repeated ar.d m!st solemn pledges, our Senators in Congress are instructed, and our Repräsentative are requested, to oppose any further hid in its piosi cution by furnishing either men or moTiiy.

4. .Resolved, Tuat ihe proclamations of

the Pr siJent, dated September 22d, 1SG2 and Ja niary 1st 1S03, purporting to emancipate the slaves in certain States and parts of S'ateP, set forth therein, are un" warranted by any code either civil or military, and of such character and tendency at not to be submitted to by j people jealous of their liberties. ! .5. Resolved, That the act of Congress! approved by the Pusidcnt, admitting Western Virginia as a Stale, without the J consent of the State of Virginia, is such a palpable violation of the constitution as to warrant Kentucky in refusing to rcci gnize the validity of such proceeding. 6. Resolved, That Kentucky will cordially unite with the Di-mocraey of the northern States in an earnest endeavor to bring about a speedy termination of the existing war; and to this end we instst upon a suspension of hostilities and an armistice, to enable the belligerents U agree upon terma of peace. 7. Resolved, That Commissioners from this State be appointed, whose duty it shall be to visit the Federal and Confederate governments, at Washington and Richmond, and urge them respectively to agree upon an armistice for the pur poses herein contemplated. Resolved, That the Governor of Kentucky is requested to forward a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to the President of the United States, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. In the Kentucky House of Representatives, on the 21st inst. Mr. Heady offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were refered to a select committee, viz,: WAtreas, The opeiations of the Federal and Confederate armies in Kentucky, and the deva-tation of property, personal security, and happiness of her people consequent upon the rebl invasion of her territories, together with the sacrifice of many of her noblest sons who have enriched the earth with-tluir precious Llood hs water poured from the clouds, havo illustrated t all thinking men the folly of disunion as a remedy fr a bad admioistartion; and Whereas, Th Pieisideut las broken faith with the Union States, whieh have famished the supplies of men and money for the army, by adding rew conplieaiions and .-lies to the war, in thi-i, that lie President has, with the concurrence of' Con-nes, af er receiving into the Federal service huge q iotas of troops from the b rder f-lave Spates, pressed upon a'd (Sates, with gieat tenacity, the questation of selling the t-lave property of s.id States for the bonds if ihe United Slates, in vio lation of all constitutional 1 w, State and Federal; the President has not kept faith with the Union States in Iiis, that on the 1st day of January, 1SG3, he issued his proclamation, which assume the power to rive freedom to theslave of the rebel States in conflict wnh the constitution of the United States ai d of said States respectively, thus dealing a blow to the Union cause; thus attempting to change the character of the war, by associating and incorporating with the Union struggle the great and cruel wrong of abolition an act in rebellion and contempt of allegiance to the constitution of i!;? United States; and Whereas, Tl e present surroundings and temper of the limes indicate that no I irood aud great roulta are to be attained ky the war as it is proposed tobecanied on, and as at present conducted by both armies, nothing accomplished but the slaughter of the brave men and youth of all the States, nothir.g but the ruin and bankruptcy of the nation, with nothing left for reunion but the maimed bodies of the surviving solder-, the ashes of cities and temples of worship, the desolate hearth stones and woes w ithout number of a b reaved and fallen nation; therefore, b it Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 'l"hat thin Legislature is ready od anxious lo co-opeiate with the Legislatures of the other States in any effort which may be concurred in and approved by Congress for ai; honorablo peace, based on the restoration of ihe constitution and the Unioi, of which it is the only lawful bond and guarantee of safaty, and to that end recommend the calling of a national convention of delegates elected by the people of all the Slates, or such States as approve tlie measure, in pursuant1 of ihe acts of tho Legi-lature, of the Sia!es providing for the el ciiou of delegates to meet at .on ll leday of leGl. Resolved, That th Governor is request id to communicate a cepy of the foregoing r8tdutioiis to tho President of the United Slates, and to the Goeanors of all ihe Stales, and through them to Congress and the Legislatures rqcclively. The S'xreiith Connecticut Regiment have been without shirts since the battle

From Springfield.

Special Dispatch to The Chic.tgo Times. Springfield, Iii, Jan. 20. Mr. Hai iies' resolution instructs the Governors to denwid the immediate return to Chicago and mu-ter out of the Illiuoisans in the Marino Artillery within twenty days from the date of the demand, and in case of failure or neglect of the government to comply, to notify the Legislature. The event of the day in the House was the introductiou of some resolutions by Mr. W alker, as follows: Whereas, Abrain Lincoln, at the commencement of the present unhappy war, declared, in every official paper that came from his hands, that the sole obj .ct of the prosecution of the war was, and should be, for the restoration of the Union and the laws as our fathers madj them; Whereas, By his subsequent acts, he has proven to every unbiased mind that such now is not his intention in the further prosecution of the war, and that he wilfully deceived the 6oldiers by inducing them to take arms in, as they supposed, an honorable and just cause, which he has turned into a dishonorable and disgraceful crusade against the established rsiihts of the States; He ha; declared martial law over every loyal State in this Union; He has, without authority of law or right, imprisoned our citizens in loathsome dungeons, and refused them the right of speedy trial; He has sanctioned the taking of the lives of innocent, peaceable, an J respected citizens of these States; to attone for'thc acts of others; He has, by his proclamation of Jan. 1st, 1803, disregarded the reserved rights of Stales, and attemped, by that proclamation, lo equalize the white and black races, and to ecite servile insurrection in the southern States, theruby involving the innocent with .he guilty, without reference to age or sex; He has presisted in, listening to and carrying out the counsels of men whose avow ed doctrirs are inimical to free govern I ment. He has divided a State without the consent of her Legislature; Ho has degraded tho Union army by receiving negroes into tho service of the United Sia'cs; lie has forced negroes upon us, ag'tinst our oJten expiessed wishes, and the constitution anil laws of our State; He has squandered the nation's wealth and made us a bankrupt people; He has Btippiessed the liberty of tha pi ess and free speech, feared only by tyraats; He has eloeed tho doors of churches, and deprived ciiiz ns of tho States of the light to serve God according to the dictates of their own con ciences; He propose to involve us in a system of ruinous taxation, for the purpose of purchasing negroes, against the will and the interest of our people; He has pmdered to New England capitalists iu not using the means at his dipo sal for opening the Mississippi River; He has givu sanction to a measure known as the Morrill taritf, under which the Ea3t is rapidly enriching itself at the expense of the West; Against all of which wa do enter our solemn protest, and declare it to be our firm and fixed intention to submit to those wrongs and usurpations no )o"ger; that we will, as we have heretofore, sustain the administration in all its constitutional acts; therefore, be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring herein). That iu our opinion, the time has come when, in accordance with the constitution, it becomes nece.-sary to call a convention, of all the States, for the purpose of considering our national difficulties and adjusting the same. Wewofcdd, therefore, recommend to all the States ihu the Legislature thereof appoint Commissioners lo meet in national cojveniion, to be held in the cily of Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, on the first Tuesday in the month of April, A. D. lC-J; and we would memorialize the Congress of the United States lo ob tain an armistio and cessation of hosliities now existing between the ditTerint sections of our common coutry, for the purposes aforesaid. Resolved, That the speaker of tho House bo requested to transmit a copy if iho foregoing prermble and resolutions to each of ihe Governors of the Slate, a id request that they be laid belorc the Legislature of the sam -, also, to furni-h each of our Senators ami Hepreseulativt s in Congress frort this Slate with a co y hereof, and request their, concurrence therein. A fierce ml somewhat angry debate followed, the republicans denouncing ihe resolutions as treason, and threatening ihe author with Fort Lafafette. Ths dem ociats were finn, and indicated that they were determined to stand' by tb principles

embodied in the resolutions, which were

finally referred to tha Committee on Fede ral Relations. Jlilitary Affairs of the State. A proposition was introduced into the House yesterday inquiiing into the expediency of investing the military affairs and power of ihe State with tho G-.VermT and State oilicers erecting them into a Military Board for that purpose. This suggestion elicited a warm discussion yesterday, and will continue to do so until it it disposed o. As we understand the pro position, it is not intended to deprive the Gorernor of any constitutional authority as Cocimander-in-chicf of the militia of the I State, but in a measure to relieve him of the responsibility of acting alone in the important contingencies which may aiise in the present critical condition of public affairs. A good man, one who- sincerely desires to promote the best interest and the common welfare of the people of the State, should not object to counsel in determining the duties and responsibilities which may devolve upon him. Xee ssari ly a large discretion in the conduct of the military alfairs of the State must be invested somewhere, and it U proper that the prevailing sentiment of the people should be represented aud respected. We do not know what exigency may arise before another Legislature couvenes, and theiefore it beco::ea neceseary, iu view of the peculiar condition of the country to provide for the difficulties and troubles that may occur, so far as possible. The question for the Legislature to determine is, whether this discretionary power shall be reposed in the Governors exclusively, or be divided with co ordinate authority? It seems to us there can be but one opinion in that regard. The people ol the State are divided in sentiment as to the policy of the Government. The Governor represents only a portion cf the people. He is tho representative of a party, and as such he seeks to advance its princi pies and purposes, Can it, with justice, be asked that the whole power of the S'ate should, under such circumstance :, be placed at his con' role? Certainly not. Tbe recent election shows that a majority of the people ditfer with the party that the Governor represent. Is it not right that their wishes should bo respected and rep resented in the conduct aud direction of the authority and power cf the State? This much n.u-t be conceded by every right thinking citizen. What then? In some w y the majoiity inut have a voice, at letslan equal voice, in the control of military affairs. The people will not consent that this deliiate ard responsible trust shall be left with one man, We therefore favor the proposition of a Military Board, including tho Governor, with whom shall be invested the military power of the State. State Sentinel. TIic2i ami Xotv. We quote the following from the New York Independent: A year ago, and all things seemed rushing to their consummation. The Trent affair was happily settled. Vast armies were gathered. Fleets were prepared. A series of brilliant victories opened the Mississippi to Vicksburg, gave us New Orleans, drove back the rebels from Kentucky with manifold disasters, and gave our ar mies possession of Middle aud Western Te nnessce. Roanoke Island was taken, and ewbern. The great Union army was camped before Richmond. Ami men were already counti l,,e daJ8 to ile etilem en t of lb" Civil War. Upon which the St. Louis Republican emarks: Quite true, unless in respect to lime. Ii ha 8 taken a year to bring about ihe contrast which is naturally suggested by the above brief chronicle. It was less than a year ago when ''all things seemed rushing to their concummation," and when men wero counting the days to ihe settlement of the war." But the Independent could see nothing cheering in these victories and prospects becau-e nothing had been done lo put down slavery. "We were walking towards an open supuleher," says the pious editor. "The fatal policy of the Border States the policy which would have paralyzed the conscience, hardened the heart, and sealed the pores of the nation was on ths eve of adoption." It is only now, when abolition seems to have got the upper hand at Washington, and when the p licy of the Border Slates is discarded, that Mr. Beechei can feel like rejoicing. All was daik befora, but now is all sunlight, hope, and blessed promise! On ihoidof S-ptembor," says Mr. Beecher in the Indtpeudeiit, God wa pleased to lift the star of hope above the hoiizoti harbinger of the riling sun, which now, since Jauuaiy, has ea-t full light upon this land." That may be, but. with proper deference to the representative character of thes man of God, we must say that we don't we it. Tbe Al-

mighty knows all thi-.r. nd ,,,, wueniiy knew mat Honest Oi l AU" aouid kep his word in re-pect to the l'iovwmaiion. If the Lord b b -n rriihhol'i .tr ni f-Vor from the Federal arms on rco.xnt of our national complicity iih slavery, as d-clar-ed by the Abolition prcavh-ri, it i tat her remarkable, that the vie or. of Souib Mountain And An-eUm jut before th S p tembcr proclamation, shouIJ have been followed by the driest at Fre Jericksbur -r. as soon therefore as th.i Potorn c army moved upon the eueiny's works. We have bx-n looking with considerable interest and anxiety fir the hand v. oik of Providence ever since the Proclamation was issued, inasmuch as so much had been predicted from it; but it seems to us thai if the will of Providence has been changed by the promulgation ofthat edict, the newspapers and ihe telegraph are responsible for a large amount of slander larely. With the exception of the hard earned triumph at Murfreesboro, and ihe pood fight of Generals Blunt and Herren in Arkaosi, Providence appears to us to have been x cessively chary of its favors to thu Union cause. Those were not particularly beneficial winds which scattered Banks's rise; and foundered some of his vessels, so that his expedition had not all reached its destination at the last advices. Were not those unkind storms whieh scuttled the Monitor and almost finished the Passaic? Was that a special di-pensaiioii which turned the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, gobbled up sevi ral 6ma!l Federal garrisons, destroyed a great deal of valuable property at Holly Springs, and compelled Gen. Gra.it to retreat? Was it Providence that btaw up the magazins at Xew Madrid and spiked the guns at Island No. 10? U.d Protidence espouse our cause at Vicksburg anT uy the rebel 1 and at Galveston? Was it fair for the same mysterious power to alow the Miouii Legislature, r some of its most loyal members, to get into such a tremendous scare, groa ing out cf ihe situation at Springfield aud ihe Southwest? The fact is the rebels seem to fiht jus As wt-il now ftu they did before the lM of iNqjtember, and our boys do not appear to get along any better. For our part we don't bshtve Providence is to be blamed, but we certainly cannot dec the subj. ct in the same light that the Independent does. The senate on We In -day eitiinn-fJ ihe nomination of R ha1! S Field as jut oe of the U died S:a;e Cj in in the di-ti iot of Ncf Jersey; in p ac? of Pi.il. mn DKkeison, deeeased. Mr. Firsid h.i-s ju t b'en superseded in th. Uni'ed S;a:e s.nate by Colonel James. A Wail, and lheiefrj

steps from the Sprite Ciunbr tjthi District Court Bench. The Wahin'o!i co.Tesp ?i 1-i.a of th St. Louis RejjuUcan denies the report tint Mrs. Sieph-ia A. Diiglis is lo mirv Secratarv Cliae. He tays it is under-tood here lint the happy mm, tint is t b . is Gc t. Rufus LigalN, late C .ief Q urter master of the Army of tin Poi..mu under Gen McClellin. j"The Prtsident has placed t.Vfral miiions ot dollars to the eie iii-.l'ihe r roper officers lo pay for übet ed negi.c in the District of Columoi a. This is bei.ig don. while ihe famiHe of the soldiers are Urvin at Imme for waat of lire pittance du. from the g.iveretanen. Northern tax payers behold the use yoar money is put to. Fort Wayne Times. JT A gen'lemau in Iowa has ob'ained a patent for making wino ot sorghum, which is saiti by c inoiseurs at Wnsaiilgton to pe equal to Mideira. Ii ca:i be ins le so as to be sold for t wc uy -five t nts per gallons. A fine quality cf rum is a's. made from the same produce The aboil don clergy of X, w Englai.d iti ed a petition asVing Li lobi to i ue his Emanzipation Proed iiaaiio i. Am ig th-m is one who h is-f:equ-'ii ly used lining.such as: ''The Nith must sp-a e fi.m the South and organize her own if.s.iuni.uis Up with the flag oh tlhui'o'i tint we may have a free ail gl.i; i is Rp ibli of our mvn. This Union is a lie. The American Union is an iuipottute; aa agteennt with death a:id a Riguo w.ih hell." We.pre-ume tin othei sinrs h. 1 1 the eame sentimetu. DeuocrT;c meiings are ln-.ng j, '. J ; 1 over the S at. of Illinois, at which Ton: grounds against the Piesidc :ts u u-patio and m favor of an armii v, are) ia' n In the J ffersvm t'o.i'iiy (Ky.) C rrnit Court the case against Jef.-tsou C Di it for inansl.t ighter for tiling G m. ral N l oi was called and conti: tied lo n. It n un. Cipain J dn Dn.vn, of tin Tl ii; h Ohio regi.nent, o!i of oldOsa h in.v Brown, who was hu i at Ch l--'n, Virginia, is 'one o." iht .ffi-'.'s d-oii--from fie i Viru for b n o:: h i i In wot out leave.

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