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rUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT PLYMOUTH. INDIANA, BY OSBORNE &, VANVALKENBURGH. 8. 0S3JRXR. 1. F. VAMVALKENBl'RGH, TF.llMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: If paid in advance, or within three months, $2.00 If not paid within three months 2,50 ID No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Publishers. BUSINESS CAKDSattorneys. M. A. O. PACKARD, ATTORNEY ANO COUNSELOR AT L A. TV. Plymouth,:! Iiitlianu r3al 5 C APRON. AltorneTsand Notaries, Plymouth, MorshallCo., Iq I-, practicein M irshall and adjoining coun ties. KEfERSto liabcocK K w., rncips,uouge fz Co.,New York, Cooly,Farwcll Ä: Co., Gor. W f- Ur,..Chici!ro. Loudon & Co., Phila., Gn f r.enette & Co., Pittsburgh, Hon. A. L. OsboiL, Circuit Judge, Lnport.lnd. D. T. PHILLIPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law Aal War C1-"4 -Ajront, Plymouth, Marshall Co.,' Ind. O-OPf ICE IN WOODWARD'S BLOCK.rf Traeticosin M.rslill , Fulton, Pulaski. Starke Luke, Porter, St. Jo. oph, Laportc uwd R'oiuin? ccuntie. jan30 lly JOiiX G- OSBORNE, Altornpv nml Counselor at Law. ITTOri'icE in n in k ßcjr.ni, PLYMOUTH, IND. JOHN T. UKVOIS, Attornev anil Counselor at Law IVOTARY PIJBILIC, SOLDIER'S B.U'K PAY A0 EUHTT A Gil NT SOLICITOR OF PENSIONS. Om3 Over Periiiij'e Prug Store Tlvic tiu'.h, Ini: m i i i J.J VINALL. 1 1 O MKO A Till O PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON. Prt!eu'r attention paid to O'totr!e prarfV, and diseases 3f iromen, and children . o'Ü'-e vcr C. Paliufr's ftor', Residt-ore opusite the Nwrthwestcorner of the PirhhV Sijunre. Nov. 5 viinl 1-1 v Dfl. JAMES G1LLAV., j :c r . vx ; tic i h ysi ci a n SUEG'Ii OX", TV nW hi- prrre si(nil services to the citiaTi"n" 3.ri;r.-h.l! Comity. 3 r O'i'v wiih Dr. W-i, on Micli'an Strot. vJai:-ly. Wietels. EDWARDS IIOL'.SK, (t cHicn- sTRF.r.T, ri.v.M' CTrt, inmaka. C. W.H. M'CONNELt,, Proptietoi? Omnibui to and from all train?,, .an-' also to any pirtof the town, when crder are left t tie HoiHu. v9nlG-ly RAIL ROAD EXCHANGE. R. M. CRAWFORD, : : : : Proprietor. The proprietor of thi well known Hotel i prepared to receive, and provide for. all his old tatrori, and as snany new ones as may favor him with thidr patronage. Iiis table will at all time? be aur,:,!iod with as pood as. the market afford, nud h -aests shall receive every attention theit eorn'ort may require Bein; situated at the Rai' Ufeii l Depot, this house has many advantage o.er anv other it town. Board by the da) or weekP.iils reason rile. O tobcr 29, lda3 tf HASLANGER HOUSE, Naarths BiioRe, and within a few minutea' walk of the Depot, South. Plymouth, Ind. The subariberhnjiHt opened the bore House. itud iidetermined to keep it in manner verv iray worthy of publicoatronage. TT TS TA H Ij K v'lllbe supplied with thebestthe market ufToidj ; chres reasonable, and every cxertiou used to n der the stay of guests agreeable. CONVENIENT STABLES Attached to the premises, and a faithful ostlor al yin xttendance . JOHN C. HASLANGER. riTnaouth, March 21 , 1861 m3 JOHN NOLL, ilat Market on Michigan Street, opposite heeler's Bank, rivnioulli, Iiidlnna. toy, 5, v9nl4. A. K. BRIGOS, BLACKSMITIIING and HOKS K SHOF'.L(i none wefl and nrornntU. ÜÜT Shop in Soeth Pljaioutb, near the bridge. ryow-jy

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I. Time Table. P., Ft. W. Ac C. It. Jl. Time Tuble, WINTER ARRANGEMENT DEPIRTURK OF TRAILS FROM PLYMOUTH STATION KASTWARD BOtKD TRAINS. Mail and Accommodation, :42 A. M. Day Express 10:01 A.M. Night Express, 2:39 A. M. Fist Stocl 5 i4a) P Lire Stock and Ex. Freight, 12:0R A. M. Local Freight 1:0 0 P.M. WESTWARD BOUND TRAINS. Mail and Accommodation 4:f0 P. ,V. Day Express 7:15 P. M Night Express, 8:00 A. M. Local Freight 1 :00 P. M. Throagh Freight 5:55 A. M. Fast Freight, 3:CG P, AI. S.R. EDWARDS, Agent. C. P. & C. R. K. Time Table. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. EASTWARD. Leare La Porte, daily ) (Sunday? Excepted, )$ Arrive at Plymouth .7:00 A.M. .9.00 A. M. WESTWARD. LeavePIvmonth 1:15 P. M. Arrive at La Porte, 5:15 P. M. Trains run by La Porte time, which is kept at K. Vail? Jewelry store, and is 15 minutes slower than P.,Ft. W. & C R. R. time. II R. DRUL1NER, Supt. DR. A. O. BORTON, Surgeon Dentist, Can be consulted at his ffice every tliv etpent Alnniln a am! T"iirK?riQ 0 Office over Hill's Bakery," 'JJ3jxQy PLY3IOÜ 'I II, INDIANA. J. H. BESAZK, DEALER IN 1i i iL Cloths, Csslmeres AND V Ts S T I n G s. 1 A X U F A CT UUES EXCLUSIVELY TO OUDFIt. lop up strirs in Ilewctt & Woodward'? N'cw Crick, v9u2:! ly B1NK OF THE STATE OF P'-IIAW, BRANCH AT FLYMCUra.' Open from 10 A.M. to 10 M.,nnd 1 to 3 P. M. THEO. CRLSS.N LK, Ca-hr. S A. FLETCHER, J r Prt. f)i:l5--lr. J. F. LANKXUAUr.H, Who understands the German and EnlIPli lanfruajres thoroughly, has been appointed AO TAR V PUR MC and will trr.nsUte le-al documentB from one lanr.aire tothe other on reasonable terms. IL? will alo take acknowledgements of Deeds, kc, kc. lie mar be fuun dat the "Low Pric?tore.M " 9nl7 ly. J. G. OS30RND, Vt ill mike conveyances, take acknowledgements Deposition. &e., kv. IT OHii-e over Wheeir's Dank, PLYMOUTH, INDIANA J. S SCCTT, fi o n e r h 1 C ol 1 ec i o 1, ('ontiiiues to ive Prompt Attention to the Collection of CI a i; ma. ly Best of references given when required. Trrm moderate, tlhili tf. PETER DALAKER, Y3S RAUDA äSAXÖOJf, Erst Door North of Wodward'.s Block. PIKEOS BILLIARDS, CURE LIQI ORSAXD C? I G A 11 !S. !Ti0,'stcH Betted at all hours', vlhilä-ly. J. S. ALLEMAN &, BRO. SÄ3ÜOON, On we.-t side .Vichigan Street, 1st door south of oodward s Brick Block, PLYMOUTH INDIANA. Choice Liquors and Cigars. Oysters served up iu the very Boat Style, it all hours. November .r, v9nl I. d'toths & htouuta. VINT Ö'DONNELU KL LPS ON HAND Clocks, Watches, Jewelrv and Spectacles, of the. he t quality I'criscopic Classen, and others, for sale cheap. ULTAIUKD on tdiort notice, and work warrautcd o give satitfac'.iin Call and see. One door ncrth of the Democrat Oflire, Plymouth, Indiana. October?.', lG:j-tf. D. E. EGGLE3TON, tICENSED AUCTIONEER. Oflice at the Auction Stör of EGG LESTON k PRO. Second hand Furniture hought and sold. Furniture Auction erery Saturday at 1 o'clock. v9n!5-tf. N. B. KLINQER, Prnritnr" uiiclceta Iirwrv. Annoil f F.dward Houso, Plymouth, Ind. 27lj

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oiiscegexatiox." Extract from IIicSpcccIi ofllon. S S. C ox of Ohio, in (lie ljiiU'ri Stilles ZIitsc ofllcprcsciitiitl es Feb. ntii. Po gentlemen on the other side rely upon the new system, called by the trancendental abolitionists "niisccireiia tion," to save the black? This is bu another name for amalgamation; but it wil not save the negro. True Wendell Phil lips says "it is God's own method of crush ing out the hatred of race, and of civilizing and elevating the world," and Theodore Tilton, the editor of the Independent, (a paper publishing the laws of the United States by authority,) holds that hereafter tha "negro will lose his typical blackness and be found clad in white men's skins." liut, sir, no system so repugnant to the na turc of our race and to organize which doubtless the next Conirre.ss of rrogrcs sives, and perhaps the gentleman from Massachusetts, will practically provide can fave the neuro. 31 r. Eliot. I have uo doubt that my friend understands all about it. 31 r. Cox. I understand all about it, for I have the doctrines laid down in circulars pamphlets, and books published by your anti-slavery people. But it was not my intention to discuss it now, nod upon this bill. Mr. TnicE. If all the blar-ks are crush ed nut, how is amalgamation to ruiu the couut;v '! Mr. Cox. They will run, according to the new gospel of abolition, into the white people, on that side of the Ilou.-e. Laughter. Mr. Eliot. Is that what the gentleman is afraid of? Mr. Cox. No, Sir. for I do not believe hat the doctrine of miscegenation, or the :iii::s''.;;imation of the white and black, now strenuously ur-je 1 bv the abolition jc:ub'Vwill save the negro. It will destroy h'm utterly. The phy.sioVgist will tell the gentleman that the mulatto docs not live lie does not recreate his kind; he is a monster. uch hybrid rat es, bv a law of Providenee. scarcdv survhe bevond one "oneration. I prun!ie the gentleman at seine future and aj pn-piiate time, wlu-n better prepared, to develop that idea of misecge nation as now heralded by the Abolition:sts, who are in the van of the lleublican movement.: Mr. Emot. I hope that the gentleman will go into itMr. Cox. If such be the desire of the gentleman I will attempt it, though reluctantly; for my materials, like the doctrine, are a little "mixid." Put since I am halIenged to exhibit this doctrine of the Abolitionists, called, after some Greek words, miscegenation. t rnhiylr oiol yenerat", I call your attention first to a circular I hold in my hand. It was circulated at the Cooper Institute the other night, when a female who, in the pre-once of the President. Vice-President, and you, Mr. Speaker, and your associates in this hall, made the same saucy speech for abnlilion which she addressed to the people of New York. If begins with the following significant piotitiou from ,S1 alispearc: "The elements So mixed in him that natura might stand up, And say to all ihia world, Thi.-j is a man ? Laughter "Miscegenation; the Theory of the Blending of the Itaecs, applied to the American White Man and Negro." Among the subjects treated of arc: "1. The mixture of Ca icasias and African Blood Essential to American progress. Laughter. "li. llow the American may become Comely. Laughter. 3, The Type 3Ian at Miscegan The Sphynx Piddle Solved. "4 The Irish and Negro first to Commingle. Laughter. "5. Heart Histories, of the Daughters of the South. "0 31iccgcutic Ideal of Beauty in "Woman. "7. The Future Xo White No Black." If gentlemen doubt the authenticity of this new movement, lot them go to the office of publication, 113 Nassua street, New York, and purchase. The movement is an advance upon the doctrine of ti c gentlemen opposite, but they will soon work up to it. The more phila-ophical and apostolic of the Abolition fraternity have fully decided upon the adoption of ! tbis amalgamation platform. I am informed that the doctrines arc already endorsed by such lights as Parker Pillsbury, Lucretia 3Iotf, Albert Brisbane, William Wells Brown, Dr. 3IcCune Smith (half ami h;.ll mieiuytiii), Angelina Grimke, Theodore 1). Weld and wile, und other. But these are inferior lights compared with others I shall quote. When I name Theodore Tilton, an editor of tho government paper in New York called the Independent; when I recall the fact that the polished apostle of abolition Wendell Phillips, whose goldeni III as attractive to the ear as it ii to the other

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senses; when 1 quote from the New York Tribune, the center and circumference of the abolition movement, and Mrs. towc. whoe writings have almost redeemed bv their genius the hate and discord which they aided to create; when I shall have done all this, I am sure the progressives on the other side will begiu to prick up their cars and study the new science of misceguatiou with a view of it-s practical realization by a bureau. Laughter. First hear the testimony of "Wendell Phillips, lie says: Now I am going to say something that I know will make the New York Herald u2 its small capitals and notes of admiration, and yet no well informed man this side of China but believes it in the very core of his heart. That is, amalgamation' a word that the Northern apologist for slavery has always used so gibly, but which you never heard from a Southerner. Amalgamation! Remember tint, the youngest of vou, that on the 4 th day of jury, iHJ.'I, you heard a man ?ay, that in the light of all history, in virtue of every page ever read, he was an amalgamatiouist to the utmo.-t extent. I have no hone for the future, as this coun try has no past, and Europe has no rast but in that sublime mingling of races which is Gcd's own method of civilizing and elevating the world. God, by the events of Iiis providence is crushing out the hatred of race which has crippled this county until to-day. I put it to you gentlemen on the other side: Arc you responsible for him ? Ah! you received him, how ardently in this city and Capitol last year! 31 r Eliot. To who does the gentleman rcfe er 31r. Cox Wendell Phillips. The Sen ate doors flew open fur him; the Vice Pres ident of the United Stitcs welcomed him; Senators surrounded him; Representatives cheered his disunion utterances at the Smithsonian; and you will follow him wherever he leads. He is a practical amalg imationists, and he is leading, and will e:id you up to the platform on which you will tin-illy stand. You may seem coy and reluctant now, but so you were about the political equality of the negro a year ago, ) you were about abolishing slavery in the states two years ago. 4mv you are in the mil cii'iial glory of abolition. So it will be hereafter with amalgamation. Here is what Theodore Tilton, editor of the Inde pendent, 5 ays in the circular to wh'ch I have referred: Have you not seen with vour own eves no man can have escaped it that the black race iu this country is losing its typical blackness' The Indian U dying out, tho negro is only changing color. Wen who by and by, shall ask lor the In dians, will be pointed to their graves: I here he their ashes. 3Ieu who bv and by, shall ask for the negro, will be told: There they go, clad in white men's skins! A hundred years ago a mulatto was a cur iosity; now the mulattocs are half a million. lou can yourself predict the future. The circular referred to has other in dorsements I shall (jiiote before I reach that Warwick of Republicanism, Horace1 Grtcly. The Anti-Slavery Standard of .January, 'j0 says: This pamphlet comes directly and fenressly to the advocacy of an idea of which the American people are more afraid than any other. Assuredly God's laws will ful fill and vindicate themselves. It is in the highest degree improbable that He has placed a natural repugnance between any tAo families of His children. If lie has done so, that decree will execute itself, and these two will never seek intimate compan ionship together. If, on the contrary, He has made no such barrier, no such ouc is needful or desirable, and every attempt to re-train these parties from exercising their natural choice is in contravention of His will, and is an unjust exercise of power, l ne luture must ueciae lu.w iar black and white are disposed to seek each other in marriage. The probability is that there will be a progressive intermingling, and that the nation will be benefited by it. The editor of the Anglo-African confesses that he is a little staggered in his theories by what he calls the evident detcr-u-'i'atioti of the mixed bloods of Central America, but he finds the solution of the difficulty in the fact that the races there mixed, Indian and Spanish, are not complimentary of each other. This, to my observation, 31r. Speaker, is as absurd as it is untrue. Sir, 1 am uot now arguing the reasonableness of this doctrine of mixed races. I only propose to show what it is, and whither it is tending. The New Y' rk Tribune, the great orgin of the deterp.inant party, is not so frank as the Anglo-African, but its exposition of 'miscegenation" is one of the signs which point to the Republican solution of our African troubles by amalgamation of the races. In indorsing tho doctrines of the pamphlet, 3Ir. Greeley holds that No statesman iu his senses cares to put morsels of cuticle under n microscope before he determines upon tho prudeneo of a particular policy. Diversity of races is the condition precedent in America, and their assimilation;? is the problem. High skulls, broad skulls, long skulls, black hair, red hair, straight jawsor piomincntjaws', white skins, Hack skins, Caucasians, Ethiopians, 3Iongolians, Americans, or Malays, with oval pelvis, round pelvis, square pelvis, or oblong pelvi we have or may have them

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all in our population, and our pusiness is to accommodate all by subjecting merely material differences to the ameliorating influence of an honest and unlimited recognition of one common nature. To "assimilate thec various races" is the problem which Mr. Greele- approaches. We cannot but admire the delicate phrase ology by which his approaches arc couched. Not so the pamphlet to which I referred. It is bold aud outspoken. It advocates tj preference of the black over the white as partners. The followingare the points inculcated by its author. 1. Since the whole human race is of one family, there should be in a republic no distinction in political or social rights on account of color, race, or nativity. 2. The doctrine of human brotherhood implies the right of white and black to intermarry. 3. The solution of the negro problem will not be reached in this country until public opinion sanctions a union of the two race5. 4. As the negro is here and caunot be driven out, there should be no impediment to the absorption of one race into the other. 5. Legitimate unions between whites and blacks could not possibly have any worse effect than illegitimate unions which have been going on for more than a century at the South. 0. The mingling of the diverse races is proved by all history to have been a positive benefit to the progeny. 7. The Sou'hern rebellion is caused less by slavery than by the ba-e prejudice resulting frm distinction of color; and per fect peace can come only by a cessation of that distinction through an absorption of the black race by the white. 8. It is the duty of anti-slavery men ev cry where to advocate the mingling of the two races. 0. The next Presidential election should secure to the blacks all their social and political rights; and the progressive party should not flinch from conclusions fairly dedueible from their owu principles. 10. In the millennial future, the highest type of manhood will not be white or black, but brown; and the union of black with white in marriage will hoin the human t a family the sooner to realize its destiny. The author finds as emblem of success in the blending of many to make one new race, in the crowning of the dome above this Capitol with the bronze statue of Liberty! It is neither blick nor white, but the intermediate misccgen, typifying the extjuisitj composite race which is to rise out of this war for abolition, and whose destiny is to rule the continent! Well might the correspondent of the New Y'ork Tribune, iu describing the lifting of the uncouth masses and bolting them together joint by joint till they are blended into the majestic ' Freedom" which lifts her head in the blue sky above us, regard the scenes as prophetic of the time when the reconstructed symbol of freedom iu America shall be a colored goddess of liberty! Bi.t to the pamphlet itself. Here we have it, 3Ir. Speaker. This new evangel for the redemption of the black and white, upon its introluctory page begins as follows: The word is spoken at last. It is m'seegenation the blending of the races ot Kien the practical recognition of the brotherhood of all the children of the common Father. Laughter. Just what our misccgeuetic chaplain prays for here almost every morning; aud you all voted for him, even some of my friends from the border States. The author, in his second chapter, devotes many pages to considering the superiority of mixed races. Without combating his facts or deductions, let meiuotc th;s grand conclusion: Whatever of power and vitality there is in the American race is derived, not from its Anglo Saxon progenitors, but from all the different nationalities which go to make up this pcoble. All that is needed to make us the finest race on the earth isto engraft upon our stock the negro element which Providence has placed by our side on this continent. Laughter. Of all the rich treasures of blood vouchsafed to us, that of the negro is the most precious laughter because it is the most unlike any other that enters into the composition of our national life. Laughter. This enthusiastic theorists then shows that all religious aro derived from the d; rk race-. He calls us from the tombs of Egypt, and to'ves the Sphynx riddles of our national destiny. That solution is this, that 'if we would till our proper places in nature, we must mingle our blood with all the children of the eoninn ii Father of hu inanity." Thus aud thus only can we hoj e for redempti n by a pure religion. The old skepticism of the Caucassi in will then l e expunged in the more gonial faith which miscegenation will produce. Hear him: 3lay we not hope that in the happier hereafter of this continent, when the Mongolian from China and Japan, and the negro from his own Africa, shall have blent their more emotional natures with ours, that there may be witnessed at once the most perfect religion as well as the mot perfect type of mankind the world has yet een 'i Let us then embrace our black brother; let us give him the intellect, the energy, the nervous endurance of the col l North, which he needs, and let us take from him his emotional power, his lovo of the spiritual, his delight in the wonders which we understand only through faith. In the beautiful words of Fmersoa: "He has the avenues to God Hid from men ot northern brain, Far beholding, without cloud Whet there with ilowcst steps attain."

The Barbarisms or the War. The savage cruelties which have disgraced the conduct of the war by both parties will hereafter remain as blots in their history which they would very gladly expunge. At the commencermjnt of the contest, 3Ir. Seward made to the world a declaration of intention upon the part of

j the administration to prosecute the war with a magnanimous regard for every amenity prescribed by the laws of war. He herein expressed also the feelings and wishes of a vast majority of the people, who, even under the provocation of rebellion and insult to the government, could not forget the communities of origin, history and interest which had united the sections. The party which by a clear and well-defined official act first made a departure from the laws of war must to a great degree be held responsible for the excesses which have followed. This is as true as that cruelty begets retaliation. The order of Gen eral Pope, in 18G2, in relation to foraging on the enemy, was the first authoritative announcement by a General in command that the recognized usages of warfare would not be observed. This order, as the Gen eral himself acknowledged in a subsequent one, rescinding or modifying it, led to intolerable abuses by our soldiers. The Confederates retaliated by a threat of vengeance against Pope and his officers. When General Pope issued the order, we protested against it, and predicted, what has since been abundantly verified, that it would provoke an inhuman system of warfare; and in a few weeks, as we have seen, its author was compelled to rebuke he brutal license which the order enceuraged among his soldiers. We shall make no estimate as to which party has committed the greater number of, excesses. Enough have been committed by both to make a record in this regard as disgraceful as was ever made by two nations in Avar with each other. They have in many instances been justified by the respective governments, and in many more they have not been condemned. Reverend Iligginson and Colonel Ouanircll both live, and their acts have not been disavowed by their government-!. One burned Jacksonville aud the other Law rence. Confederate newspapers have eu logized Quantrell as a patriot, and abolition newspapers hare sung the praises of Higginson as a patriot and christian! A company of negro soldiers were recently butchered by a party of guerrilla near Vicksburg, and abolition newspapers are, with all possible vehemence and eloquence, denouncing the slaughter. Thi indignation is just and natural. Why did they not denounce the atrocities of Lane, and Jcnnison, and Anthony, and other jayhawkers in 3Iissouri 't Lane is United States Senator, Jcnnison is a Colonel, and Anthony is 3Iayor of the chief city in Kansas, and they boast that Judges, Jurie and Sheriffs in that Slate are not deemed necessary for the trial, sentence and exe cution of "copperheads. " Why are abolitiou newspapers so intcnsly excited over the murder of negroes by guerrillas, and so apcthetic over the murder of their own race, who arc true and lawabiding c tizei s The 41 told you so"' is generally regarded as a disagreeable character, but he is most disagreeable to witlings suffering from follies which he had predicted would result in suffering. The administration, and tho disciples of the Luis which it has adopted as its policies', were told that if negro troops were employed, the fact would add immeasurably to the horrors of the war, and that if the Confederates captured them' they would either grant them no quarter or consign them to slavery! Abolitionists and secessionists are joint parties iu the inhuman treatment of negro soldiers, for the former employed them with a full knowledge that if they were captured, tl e Confederates would be compelled in self-defence to re-enslave those who had been their slaves, and inflict upon them such punishment as would itiinidatc their followers. Chicago Times. rrciiioul In (lie riclcl. We understand that the friends of General Fremont have determined fo put h'ui in the field as a Presidential candidate without reference to the Baltimore Republican, Convention, which is to meet next Juuc. Already the German Republicans have taken the lead, and their newspapers have put his name at the head of their columns. A ma Convention is to be held at Cleveland on the 10th of May next to give the Pathfinder ii formal nomination. This is an important movement in many respects, and may force Fremont upon the Republican Convention, if the Chase and Lincoln war results, as it may, in killing them both off as Presidential candidates, X. Y. World. A Knowing Bachelor. A fine gold lady's breast-pin, is advertbel as lost. A bachelor makes the inquiry if she Is a single "gold lady," and is willing to be changed.

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JLcllcr lYom Mr. Vallatidiliam 1 I lie ltilllsicrs of Hie Uuj (on Limp ire. WlNDSort, C. W., March 7, ImU. Messrs. HuBBAitD an 1 BitOTlli ns, Dayton, Ohio: Gkntlkmf.n: I read, several dvs n?o, the telegraphic announcement of the riddling' f the Empire office by 'farlouzhed soldiers." I offer you no sympathv. fur that will avail nothing now or hereafter. I do express to you my profound regret that you were not prepared to inflict, on the spot, and in the mid.t of the assault, the complete punishment which the assailants deserved; but am gratified to learn that some of them did son after receive their deserts. JJut thc-e cowardly acts cannot always be guarded against. And they do not primarily come from the soldiers.'' There is, therefore, but one rem edy for past and preventive of future injuries; and that is. Iustu t, sun.r.i'ay. nml nnqJe npris''fs upon the y rs'nstnl trperty ufthe men ut home. xco ly liwjuayc anl r.Ju t, fire tn'l'ij to t'xs- oulr"jfS. No legal nor military punishment is ever inflicted upon the immediate instruments. Retaliation, therefore, is the only and the rightful remedy in times like these. I speak advisedly and recommend it in all cases hereafle?. It is of no avail to unounc2 the falsehood that both parties condemn it, oft r tli3 destruction has been cousumated. TV- tirac h:ts gone by for obedience without protection. I spc.-'k decided language; but the coitiuual recurrence of these outrages frequently attended with murder, and always without redress demands it. They taust be stopped, let the consequences be what they may. Reprisals in su h ?a.-esare now the only way left for a return to law and order. Yerv t rulv, C. L. Vallaxmcjoam. Two negroes arrived here lust week from New Orleans on their vay to- Washington t wait upon Lincoln to petition him to grant the right of suffrage to the ne-roes of Louisiana ? A certain Col. MeKave, in a speech iu New Orleans, urged that a del egation of this character be sent, an I gave .t as his opiiion that before the close of the present session .f Congress its petition would be granted! We do not realize the immense distance we have drifted away from the constitutional government of lT-S, until such an idea as Lincoln taking upon himself to decree who shall have the right of suffrage ic'thht u .V7'-, is practically presented to our mind. Language is altogether inadequate to describe the outrages upon justice and even couimou decency which the present party in power daily perpetrate, and uubss a writer brings to bear all the adjectives in the dictiOary in every article he pens, he fails to give even a conception of the monstrous villanies constantly occurring. The attempt to force upon the people of the South, negro suffrage, is orK! of these things. There is scarcely a doubt but it a ill he attempted in utter defiance of all laws and. all contitutions. In fact, it must come to that, for there is no other logical termination to Uktck Republicanism. Indeed, that docs not complete the full measure of its iniquity. The finale is amalgamation of blood, aud the person who does see that tbis is the natural and inevitable termination of the first step in Abolition, has not mind eno th to connect cause with cTect. Those who admit the premise of Abolitionism and suppo.-e they can escape its consequences, will live to find themselves terribly mistaken. No nation or people that ever acted upon the theory of the equality of the races, from the days of tho Carthcgenians to the 3Icxieans, ever escaped the disease, death, and final extinction which amalgamation incvitab'y bring. Let those who have not the courage to defend the supre.naey of the white race, accept the Abolition theory that it is dead, but no man who comprehend- Iiis duty as au American citizen, will ever yield this ground, lor to do it is to ignore his own mmhood. 7v-n7., Sotr.Hlilng lAUv Trulli Iroiu nil rMxi'lMl Source, The New York Times. Seward organ and vigorou prosecution of the war paper, is beginning to think that the truth of history lniuht as well be indieated now as well as hereafter, and so h is .ff the following Parrot shot at Thad. Stevens: "The Confederacy wanted peace, and sent Commissioners to Washington to sc-, cure it. We would not receive them, and proclaimed war. They accepted war. The question who fired tho first guu it nothing." f Exchange. "The Covcinnu iU" is trying to get up another conspiracy oa Johnson's Island. To call off atic ition from its own jil ts it hatches rt lei plots, by dispatch aud telegraph, which, however, by being often played, are played out and only laughed at by the people whom they are iutcuded to deceive.

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