Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 9, Number 45, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 June 1864 — Page 1

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PUBLISH KD EVERY THURSDAY AT PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, BY O330RNE & VANVALKENBURGH. I, C. OfCORXS. J. F. VA WALKEN CL'RGII. ti:rms of subscription: If paid in ad vane, or within tatce mouths. $0,00 If not paid witlilu throe :noutIi3 $2,50 No paper will bo discontinued until all rrarcs ar paid, unles3 at the option of the Fublislicrs. I3USINESS CARDSAVCTIOX XOTICF. Having taken out a License as Auctioneer, will sell alfkinds of Good at Auction when requested. Those des-irin? his services cm address him at Inwood, Marshall County Indiana, nil 4w. LI. A. O. PACKARD, ATTORNEY ANO COUNSELOR PlymouUi, : : Indian"rali c, j.. M'CRACKIN, County Recorder, and Attorney At Laic, Knoi, Starke County, Indiana. Will make Coliectiorif, ptv Taxes, examine Title to Real B-Ute, Uke acknowledgements of Dted, Mortirar-s.ie. Ail matters of L,iri.u:ition aitnicd to in Surfce ai;l sidjohiing Counties. TT IW.ntv monov nn I )iek j.ay of Soldier, and Peni..ns eollee'te 1. Ueiuittauees prompt!; nvle and clurgä reasonable. v9u2C tf. O. T. P 22 It. hi PS, Attorney ami Counselor at Law Plymouth, Marshall Ca., Ind. ITQTi ICE IN WOODWARD'S IlhOCK.JTl rret;en M.ti-shall . Fulton, rubric". Ptruke lake, rorter, St. Joseph, Laporte and adioinm? .JOHN G. OSHOIIXE, Attorney and Counselor at Law, PLYMOUTH, IND. JOHN r. DKVOK, Atornry an:l Counselor at Law NOTARY PUBLIC, SJLDin'S BACK PAY AND Bfil.NTY AGEST SOLICITOR OF PENSIONS. OFF1CG Over Ttrsbing's Drug Store Tlyra oath, Iu-Jiaua "1 DR. J. M.COXFEr., lit r ?nr?con of tho SOtli Ii.lin.i Infti.try, . !V-r5 Iii prof--Soral M rvices to t ! i ? roople of M ri:al! County. iLj OiUce nr. I ii ?idt r.c? west of Miehiin Str:tt t'rce l.! )cks North of the Ed'-vanis Hon-ir rivra'uth Iiidina. v9n2 J. J VINALL. HOMlOPA T II I O PHYSICIAN AND SUIIGKON. Particular attention paid to 0trtric practic, and diseasrs of rromcn, c'aildrrn , office ever C. P.i'nK'r's store, R'idne opoite the Northwcetcornei of the Pd'alie Sfjuire. Not. 5 r3nH-ly DR. JAMES GILL AM, KCIEOTIC PHYSICIAN AMD s it :r:g ii: o isr , TTdr? lii prof" ion il scrvicea'to the citi7fTSof .lfr?hll Conr.ty. 3L7 OTir ith Dr. West, on Michigan Street. tb15-1t. Edwards norsi;, JIlCnifiA STREET, PLYMOUTH, INPIAVA. C. & W. H. M'CONNELL, Proprietors Omnihus to and from all train?,, .and al.o to any part of the town, when order are left at fth llouae. vOnlG-ly RAIL ROAD EXCHANGE. K; M. CRAWFORD, : : : : Pioprictor. The proprietor of thi well known Hotel prepared to receive, and provide for. all his old patron, and as many new ones as may favor him villi thtdr pitronatre. His table will at all timo le minnlicd with an pood as the market affords, and hi uets shall receive every attention f heir comfort mry require IJein situated at the II. til Read Depot, this house has mrny advantages o.er n? other in town. Hoard by the day or week. Tall reasonable. ) tober 2J, tf HASLANGER HOUSE, Kftarthe I?rilg, and within a few minutes' walk of the Depot, South Plymouth, Ind. Tkeubrib"rhayji!?t opened the aboTe IIeu?c, aaJ if determined to keep it in manner CTcry ay worthy of pahlicpatronape. M1 TT I S TABLE Wlllbe supplied with thebestthe market nfToids; dkarges reasonable, and every exertion used to 4 ad er the stay ot guefta agreeable. CONVENIENT STAPLES Attah4 to the prem'ue, and a faithful of tfor al Tftgin attendance. JOHN C. HSLANGBR. Hf rnf8by Marth 21 , 1 C1 ui3

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II. TZ-. Time Tables. I., Fl. W. fc C. K. IS. Time Tabic. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT DEriRTURE OF TRAINS FROM rLTMOCTH STA7TON WESTWARD BOUND TRAINS. No. 1 D.iv Express 5:lfia.m. No. 3 NisUt Express 5:45 No. 5 Mail Accommodation 4:50 p. ra. No. 7 Accommodation 9:53 a. m EASTWARD BOUND TRAINS. No. 2 Day Express, 9:I3 a. mNo. 4 Nicht Express 2:29 " Xo. G Express 10:01 p. m. No. 8 -Mail Accommodatien ....... .9:GG a.m Nos. 5 and S stops at all stations. Nos. 4, f and 7 stops at regular station only. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 stops at Columbia, Warsaw. Plymouthf Valparaiso, and rail road crossings only. C. I. & C. K. tt. Time Tabic. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. EASTWARD. Leave La Torte, dailv? . ,T . . . ............ I Sundays Lxccpted,) Arrive at riyuiouth, 9:15 A. M. WESTWARD. LeaveFl vmouth 5 Ifi P. M. Arrive at La Torte 7:15 P. M. Train? rim !y La Porte time, which is kept at E. Vail Jewefrv store, and is 15 minutes slower thanT.,Ft. W.i C.R.R. time. II II. DRUL1NER, Snpt. DR. A. O. BORTON, Surgeon Dentist, U A"V I ft Vllttll ) It 1 1 V4 A II .-'.till.! ili- Olllce over Hill's Raker v't P L Y 31 O U 'I II I N D I A N A . J.H. EESAK. J AS. FORCE. T W DOORS .NORTH OF WlIEtLE r's BANK. DEALERS IN Cloths. C.,Mlmra VEST! i G S, Which ther rropo to MannruF' facturc to order, on a.5 good terms as any establishment in the Wi'St. P ymouth, Indiana, .Mar 5ili, lt'&l. vDu-JOtf. B.K PF T!IL .STATE OF IM'IAM, B3ANCH AT PLYMOUTH. Open from 10 A.M. to 12 M.,and 1 to 3 P. M. TIIKO. CIJ KSS XKR, Ca?h r. S- A. FLETCHER, Jr Prcst. T9nlü--lr. J. LANG EN13AUG II, Who nndertand the German and'En.clIeh languages thoroughlj, has been appointed X OTAR V fi II 15 I, I C and will translate leral documents from one laniruae to the other on reasonable terms. He will also tike acknowledgements of Deeds, ic., kc. He ma? be foun dat the "LowPrice i-' tore-" nl 71 y . J. G. OS 3 OHNE. ,Tiisti' of Ijo Ioik!. ill mike conveyance, take acknowledgements Depositions, Ac., e. ir f!i. e .jver Whcclor's Bant. I L Y M OUTII, IN II A N A J. S SCOTT, Oonoral Collector, Continues to give Prompt Attention to the .Collection of Claims. XT Host of references g'ven when repaired. Tfinn moderate. v9iiI.V-tf. PETER DALAKER, IVrnVT l TAI MvET O N L A POUT V S T R E E T, One Door West of Cleaveland ,V Work's Grocery. 1- resh Meats of the best quality constantly on h ind. v9nr5 tf J- S. ALLEMAN & BRO. On westile .Vichi-aa Street, 1st door south of tVw..l--.....iv. ti:..i. iPLYMOUTH INDIANA. Choice Liquors and Cigars. Oysters served up in the Tcry Best Style, at all hours. November f, v9uM. D. E. EGGLESTON, L I C X H S E I? A U c: !T I O N E E Jl Onice attlic Auction Store of ECGLKSTON fc URO. Second hand Furniture bought and sold. Furniture Auction every Saturday at 1 o'clock. v9nl5-tf. X-ii ver v. n . N. B. KLINGER, Proprietor' Ruckeye Li very," otpo?itt Ed wards House, Plymouth, Ind. n27Iy JOHN NOLL, B U T C H E JELl Meat Market on Mkhiga 1 Street, oiipositc Wheeler's Rank. ov, T), v9nl 1. A. K. BRIGGS, m, VC KS MITHIN and HO RS II SHOEING done weiland promptly. lv".Shop in South Plvmouth.near the bridge. T9nl7-ly AH kinds of Job Work done at XhU Office, oti short nottcp, with neatnesa and dispatch

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The Error of the Confederates. From the New York Day Book. No one but an ignoramus, uttely ignorant of the h'storv of the country, will disputc the assertion '-that tho States made the Union," and therefore this is, or tvas, a confederation, or, as its 3esignat:3n expresses it, a government of "United States." The Federalists of Nc England sought to revolutionize it under the elder Adauijs, and turn it into a consolidated despotism, like that of Homo and the French Republic, one and indivisible, in 1702; but under the lead of those grand old Virginian?, Jefiersou and Madisoii, tho American Democracy put down this attempt, and restored the government of the States to its constitutional position. This position is fully and truly defined in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 170S a Confederate Republic of which the pillars arc the States composing it, and as these States made the Union, of course they can unmake it, or in other words, in a case of last resort, each of the parties must determine for itself both as regards the aggcssiou3 threatening it and the mobs and manner of defense against these aggressions. For sixty cars, therefore, the "government" has been administered on this basis, and no man professing to be a Democrat ventured to dispute the

perfect soundness of the principles laid down in the Kentucky and Virginia Rcso- j lutions. 1 lie action of General Jackson, in the caso ofSouth Carolina, was no exception. That Stale did not revoke her delegated powers. She simply undertook to nullify a law of the "United States," while she "ontinued'onc ofthe.se United States, and Jackson, first modifying the law in question, and thus removing the row.?-" of her ccniplaintj then, properly enough, proposed to enforce submission to the laws of the federation. Had South Carolina seceded, revoked Lor delegated powers, as in LSGO, General Jackson wjuM as jodh have cutoff hi.s riht arm as attempted to invade and coerce her sovereign people. Of course no ?uch thing could ever happen; but even if we suppose such an impossibility as a southern Stute seceding wheu the government was administered by a Democrat, we repeat, Jackson would as Hoon dream of suicide as coercion, eras faithlessness to the principles of the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions. It is then a simple fa t that this U or was a Union of State?, era government of United States, the absolute proof of which is the actual existence of Lincoln's administration, for if we were a "nation," as he and his party pretend he would have no right to be in Washington at all, as he was elected bj a majority of States, and against the will uf more than two-thirds of the people. It is also a fact that this is or was a white government, and negroes no portion or element of our political system; and, for sixty 3'ears, the government uf the United States was thus administered. The Resolutions of 170?, and the Dred Scott Decision, therefore, arc true expositions of our system; that is or was a Confederation of States, &c ami the political society was conferred aloue upon the white citizenship. A" one ice rrj eat hut on vjnnrmnnsor tt knave will venture to dispute tue assertion 7wt th's is or was a Union of States as defined in the Resolutions 179S, and roi fined atone to the ichie cit 'zensliijt, as declared in the J)nad Scott Deris ion. Now, in view of these plain; palpable and absolutely certain truths, let us see who are the friends and who the enemies the Union, who the defe nders and who the rebels, if that term be applied under our ltepubliean system. The Government presided over hy Jefferson Davis is aJConfedcratc Government, or Government of States, united together for special purposes plainly defined in a written Constitution, and is confined alone to the white citizenship. This, wc presume, no one, Abolitionist or tool of Aboolitin, will venture to question; and moreover, Mr. 1 )avis embodies the will and rcprc sents the interests of the citizens in the States he presides over. On the contrary, A bra! lam Lincoln docs not preside over u Confederation, but instead, is in the field with half a milliou of men at bis back to put down the principle of confederation, and set up what he and his followers term a nation that is, a Central Despotism, which, striking down local fell-govern ment, shall transform the Kepublic of ITS-lSijl into the French and Koman model. Dut worse, immensely wor.-o still, he proposes to "abolish" thelouiestic subordination of the negro element and mongrelize society, as in Jamaica, Mexico A.c. Will any one venture to dispute these as sertions that Davis represents Confederation and a white citizenship, or that Uiucolu represents consolidation and mongrclism ? Surely not, and yet the monstrous fa t confronts us that thousands of lives are sacrificed every week and countless treasui cs wasted for what '! Why, to over throw Federation aud debauch and destroy

American society? Did such madness ever before afflict tur race ? Has the northern majortiy gone hopelessly mad ? God abandoned us to our sins and allowed a wretched band of lunatics to ruin a mighty people '! "Why, if the restoration of the Union were the object of the madmen at Washington, of course 3Ir. Lincoln would abandon his lunacies and restore the principle

of confederation and the white government of Washington and Buchanan. But Mr. Davis is irregular, and though representing the jiriucjJes, he is in opposition to the technical formulaies of our system, and thus countless thousands of lives are sacrificed without cause and without necessity so far as the South is concerned. As regards a separate nationality in the South it is impossible, if a northern majority will stand by the Union ol'17SS-lSG0, and the moment the Abolition lunacy is exploded and the principle of confederation restored, at Washington, that instant the '"Union' is restored, of course, and of necessity. It is, therefore, a great and fatal error in 31 r. Davis and the Confederates to assume that the North is hopelessly revolutionized and given up to the monstrous Abolition lunacy, and if they were to abandon such assumption and demaud Ü12 "Union as it was they could have it, without doubt. despite the efforts of Abraham Lincoln to prevent is SOUTH CAKOL3XA. T!ic liiiriiiiii? oä" Washä!Sion. IIeADQCASTERS Pl-TRICTOP NORTH CaEOI.INA ) Nkwbkrn, iN. C.) May 3, 1?G1. $ General Order No. T, While the troops of this command may exult and take just pride in their many victories over the enemy, yet a portion uf them have, within a few days, been guilty of an outrage against humanity which brings the blush of shame to the checks of everv true mau and soldier. V It is well known that during the late evacuation of Washington, North Carolina, the town was fired, and nearly, if not entirely, consumed; thus wantonly rendering houseless and home!ecs hundreds of poor women and children (many of them the families of soldiers of our own army ), and destroviiP' the las: vestige of the once banpy homes of those men who have now given up all to serve their country in her peril. And this was done by men iu the military service of the Uniten States. It is also well known that the army Vandals did not even respect the charitable institutions, but, bursting open the Masonic and ( .Md-Uellows' Lodges, pillaged them both, and hawked about the streets the regalia and jewels. And this, too, by United States troops. j It is well known, too, that both public' and private stores were entered and plundered, and that devastation and destruction ruled the hour. The Commanding General had. until this time, believed it impossible that any troops in his command could have committed so disgraceful an act as this which now blackens the fair fame of the Army of North Carolin.x. lie finds, however, that he was s.idly mistaken; and that the ranks arc disgraced by men who arc not soldiers but thieves and scoundrels', dead to all sense of honor and humanity, for whoxi no punishment can be too severe. The Commanding General is well aware what troops vera in the town of Washington when tho Harnes first appeared. He knows what troops last left that place. He knows that in the ranks of only two of the reirimeiits in the District of North Carolina the culprits now staud. To save the reputation of tho command, it is hoped that the guilty parties may be ferefed out by the officers who were in Washington at the time of these occurrences. This order will be read at the head of every regiment and detachment in this command at dress-parade, on the day succeeding its receipt, and at tho head of the 17th Massachusetts Volunteers, and the lätli Connecticut Volunteers, at dress parade, every day lor ten consecutive days, or until the guilty parties are found. By command of Bri- CJeu. I. N. Pilmcr. J. A.Jcdsum, Asst't Adj't General. . .c The N. V. Independent, of a recent date, says: "We have reached that point in our affairs when we are willing to greet the black man as a soldier. TI V must advance to that in 'tl d 'r ijual when we shaft mi it him (?j (() ('uv,f iemraf, a ru'er, when we shall he as unmindful of color as we are now af ftiiiijnnic" Yes, and by so doing you have reached a point where the respectable white man disowns you as "an cijual and a brother." The white negro is the meanest and most despicable of all negroes. Generals Beauregard, Forrest, and KxGovernor Harris, havo paid the direct tax upon their real estate in Tenncsf oe, thro' their agents or attorney. This fact appears in an official letter from the Tax" CommLsI sioncr of Tennessee.

Mm 0I11 and the Germans -The IScisiuval of General Sigel. L-incolu has increased Iiis already immcns3 unpopularity among the Germans, by his removal of the distinguished German Republican, General Sigel. Of this

late act uf the Administratiou the New York Xcics' correspondent says: 'The supplanting of General Sircl by General Hunter is a measure that is likely

tween the German lieimUie.m nn.l theition He discarded the Cuustitutions and

Govermncnt. It is considered that the exchange is jumping from the frying-pan into the lire. General Hunter has done nothing iu this war to entitle him to any consideration as an able military officer, and the public need not expect-any great military exploits under his administration. Returning to the subject of Sigel's removal, I will state that the Germans in this city are highly indignant at the President's action ; they swear it is a Know-Xothiag move, that prejudice has been allowed to prevail, and that iu future they will advise their countrymen to let army matters severely aloue. This feeling will no doubt spread throughout the country, and the Germans will be likely to settle the accounts with Mr. Lincoln at the next Presidential election. General Sigel is to be retired from command and placed on the official shell d uring the continuance ol the war. Fort Sumtkii and Charleston as Tiiev Are. Fort Sumter was associated with the rebellion in its ineipieney, and promises to remain the bulwark and defense of the pestilent metroplis of treason to the termination of hostilities. The rebcL have defended it with re;it sacrifice, immense life-offering, with extraordinary' tenacity and desperation. Its external appearance, as teen from Gregg's Point, is but little changed since November last. On tho sea-face, oblique from Morris Island, not a wall, rampart, parapet, or anything resembling them, can be distinguished : nothing is there but a ragged mass of mortur, pounded into dust by the thousands of projectiles fired from our guns and mortars The berme or base, the sides and top are a mere ruin to the eye looking like a bluff or steep hill-side, covered with broken shot, shell, iron beams, fragments of guns, .splintered gun carriages, and other debris of war. Vet the rebel fiag floats defiantly over the ruins, and tho hateful red cross, dots and bars. flaunt and dance on every breeze that sweeps aeioss the bay. Looking on Sumtor to-day docs not confirm the announcement by our Chitf of artillery, iu January last, that "Sumter is now untenable and of no defensive value to the confederates.'' Our operations were abandoned too soon, and its present strength and defensive character confirms that belief. It is still the citadel of Charleston, notwithstanding its helpless appearance. From the parapet of Fort Putnam, on Gregg's Point, I looked into Charleston (through a field glass), and although the lower portions of the city appeared dull and dilapidated, yet it was far from being deserted. A blockado steamer, which ran -up the Swash channel the night previous (past the entire fleet and in front of our batteries), was blowing off steam at the wharf, on the Ashley side of the city. Said steamer was observed by our gunners in Wagner, and several shots were tired at her, but without effect. Two other blockade-runners trot into Charleston a fortnight since. So Charleston is not thoroughly blockaded by the iczt, nor w;u it ever half besieged by the army. Immense volumes of smoke were rolling out of some tall chimneys located in the northeast section of the citv, where it is said the confederacy have a large foundry and ordnance manufactory. Three irou-clad rams have been constructed there within the last eighteen months, and now defend the harbor above Castle Pinckncy. Dlackened walls and skeletons uf building?" can be seen in different parts of the city, c idences of bombardment, siege and conflagration. The bombardmcnt of Charleston, though unsueecssful in its capture has demonstrated a great idea in war the astonishing destructivcness ot artillery at long range, a greater range than ever before realized. The batteries at Gregg's Point arc over four miles from Charleston, and yet we have thrown shells into the city, from thirty and one hundred-pounder Parr.dt guns, daily and nightly, for months past. The accuracy of our fire has also been remarkable and unprecedented. Of course, that is due to rified cannon, an improvement that V:.ubaii arid Montalenibcrt never dreamed of, but which are as superior to smooth-bore guns as were the arms of the first Napoleon over the leather guns of Gustav us Adolphus. h ih:di-ljdt ia In y n iter. Some music teachers oice wrote that the "Art of playing ou a violin requires the nicest perception and the most sensibility of any art in the known world." Upon which an editor comments iu the following style: "The art of publishing a newspaper, aud making it pay, and at the ßamo time have it please every body, beats fiddlia' higher than a kite."

Kin? George and Kins Abraham. To show how closely our government

has copied the act of the british king to- j wards our llevulutionary fathers, we iuotci the charges they nuide agaiu.-t .King George as follows: "lie caused the stamp act to be passed. He made thu militai v! 1 x - - M 1 above civil power. llj sent men into ban- j ishment and exile without authority 0! law. He excited the negroes to iusurrcclaws of the cuk'uics." Has not Abraham Lincoln done all this, and even more and worse '! No truthful man will denv it. 0 These acts drove our patriotic ancestois into rebellion. And the whole civilized world held them justified therein. But we. submit to these tyrauical acts iu the hope that the people will remedy and reform them by peaceful means through the ballot-box. As lung as that hope exists and as long as the baMot-box is free, so long will tyrranny be tolerated. Dut if the great right of suffrage shall be shown to take of their liberties, submission will become a crime and disgrace. Let men in power think of this. Fremont Fa per. Tlse Action ol Wavernor Seymottr Approved hy ;i Ilepnhlieuu iaper. The action of Governor Seymour, of Xew York, in taking steps for the punishment under the State laws uf all those engaged in the illegal suppression of the New York World and New York Journal of Commerce meets the approbation of that leading German Ilepublican print, the St. Louis ArzeojCi; which says : "If any State is still aide to protect the rights of the citizen against frivolous and wicked violence on the part of military lashus, it muvt be the powerful State of New York. If in Nov York such miii.ary outrages again-t. the freedom of the press and the rights of property of citizens can be tolerated, then lot. the people every where bow their nee!: under the yoke of the new despotism .-.-.id rulers. The originator.of these outrage i should also be indicted in the civil courts, and punished severeK by suits uf damages. Here in Missouri such suits are prohibited by the military authorities, but in New Y'ork they arc not vet so far, and should be careful not to uet so fur." TEic lc;itii of Mr. c;illiiis. From the Montreal Gazette. We regret to hear of the sudden death of Mr. Joshua Heed Giddings, the United States Consul General iu Canada. Hedied in the billiard-rot 111 of the St. Lawrence Hotel, last night, at a quarter to 10 o'clock. He had played one game of billiards, and was playing another, in good spirits, at the moment he was stricken down by a disease (an affection, of the nerves operating on the heart, we believe) to which lie had long been subject. A bystander reports to us that in the mi 1st of his irame he sat down an I leaucd forward, apparently in an insensible state. The bystanders raised him and carried him to a sofa at the side of the room, and. thinking that he labored under a fit ol some kind, they applied water plentifully to his face in fact doused his face with it. They again raised him up, and for a moment he seemed to rally and recover consciousness, but soon fell forward again insensible, and expired in about eight minutes from the time of the first attack. His medical attendant (Dr. Sutherland), wc understand, was immediately sint for, but Mr. Giddings had ceased to live before he arrived. We hear that about a year ago lie was severely attacked with the same disease. And it is a fact that in May 1 !", he suddenly fell down on the floor in Congress while iu the act of making a speech. In .January; 1 S.S he fell down in the same way, and was for some time supposed to be dead. Out Gknkrai.s. From a letter from the Secretary of War to the Senate, it a;pears that the total number of Generals acting as appointed in the regular service since t' e commencement of the war, is twenty nine one Lieutenant General; six Major Generals, and 'I'l Brigadier Generals; three of the latter have died, three been retired or dismissed, one declined; two Major Generals have been relieved, and eighteen of all grades are now in the regular service. In the volunteer force lO.'l have been appointed Major Generals, and 177 Drigadier Generals. Of the latter f0 have resigned, ."5 died, PJ declined 10 lost their commissions by constitutional limit it ion, (i have been mustered out. were rejected, one discharged. o:ie dismissed, VI have been anA pointed Major Generals, and 'J."7 are now in the service. Kiuht MaiorGcnerals have resigned, sixteen died, one declined, and seventy were iu service on the PJth inst. Old Abe will have his joke. The Washington Union says, a western Congressman was very anxious to know if Grant himsell had been heard from. The P 0 ideut said no that Grant was like the fellow that climed the pole aud theu pulled the pole up after him.

Indianapolis. Our Republican cutemporary, the Frankfort Jeffersonian, discourses thus of the State capital and its future: Quite a number or our citizens are removing to Indianapolis, the great u etropo'is for making moncv. Indianapfii- is growing rich off the war. and jC 'ple are crowding to it from all sections of tho State, as greedy and hungry a wolves. It will flourish during the war. but when peace is restored and our troops are removed, its streets will be as desolate athey are now ovcrfiu-h-d with business, and its overgrown population will eol!:pse! This n:u.-t be the inevitable re.-ult. The enormous increase 111 wealth of Indianapolis, in the last three years, is built upon a bubble, and r?en who now count their possessions by thousands will then count bv hundreds. The wealth of the city is nut real or permanent, but is floating and will p iss away.

A Precious Relic. The only gold medal ever voted by Congress to General Washington is for sale, its owner, who has lost by the war everything else that is valuable, being compelled to part with it. It was given in honor of the cvacvation tf Hosten by the Rritijh. On the obverse is a fine medallion profile uf Washington, and on the reverse he and his st iff arc grouped on R linker's Hill, while the British fleet is seen moving down the bay. It contains one hundred and eighty dollars worth of gold. It is in perfect preservation, having been guardedly it3 owner with the most religions care. Five ihoisind collars have already been offered for it; but to the Government, or to a historical society, it would be worth luu.-a more. We shall be glad to give further information concerning it to parties that may desire it. Fhiladi Ijdiia Finin Rullctin. .. - - - - It appears that Louis Napoleon really supposed that the Congressional resolution relative to French occupation uf Mexico was intended to be something else than blusler. When Mr. Dayton calle.1 upon M. Drouyn d'Lhuys on the li-d uf April, he was met by the abrupt question, -Do you bring us peace or war?" Mr. Dayton had not then received Mr. Seward's conciliatory dispatches, and returned ;irx evasive answer. Immediately upon its receipt he sought another interview, and the result was satisfactory. Ihc New York Cornau rclal Advertiser, a "loyal'' newspaper, detailing thje circumstances, thus comments on them: 'Thus again is the nation humiliated The House of Representatives adopt a resolution wh'ch 'truly interprets the unanimous sentiments' of the nation, and the authorities elected by the people declare that they have 110 intention uf carrying out the popular will. The story carrier its own moral with. it. Louis Napoleen is not tbc man to hesitate in the execution of his plans, and now that he finds plastic and compliant material here v!o'-faees. or Slengh'-iaccs, ;,s they used to be called in tho .Vgre-s:o:tl conflicts, when northern mc:i paced before southern bravado he will not fail to proa his i- Ivantae." V. Just ''Loyal" newspapers will please bear in mind that Mr. Seward has never sent a dispatch to a foreign govermeut ' which has not first been read and approved by the President." Are liot Messrs. Lincoln and Seward, if we accept "loval'' authority as evidence, a precious pair of diplomats '! Will Congress administer that rebuke to them which it has been threatening ? Fscln ;C. Work. The best lesson a father can give his son is this: '-Work; Mrengthen your moral and mental faculties, as you would jTtengtkcn your mu-v'cs bv vigorous exercise, learn to conquer circumstances j you are then independent of fortune. The men of athletic minds. wh left their marks on the years in which they lived, v re all trained iu a rough seh ,d. They did not mount the r high position by the help of leverage; they le ipe l intoehasm, grappled with the opposing rocks, avoided avalanches, and, when the goal was reached, felt that but for the toil that had strengthened them as they strove, it could never have been attained." The Washington correspondent of the New York World says: 'THE OONSORIITION KILL. 'They are considering the question of repealing the three bun lied dol'ar exemption clause iu the Fnrollment Bill. They will probably report iu favor uf the repeal of that measure. It is the opinion of very many of the Republicans, that it is the only wav to raise an armv." There is considerable sarcasm iu that, when the President has already had armies to the amount of two millions and a quarts. The SrriKRS. A colored preacher within our li lei recently felt constrained to preach against the extortions of the sutlers from which his flock had svffjred. After much deliberation he announced his text as follows: 4,Niw the serpent was more iut'er than any bcaU of the üeli which the Lord God hid raado "