Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 10, Number 28, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 March 1865 — Page 1

PLYMOUTH

WEEK

DEMOCRAT

"HERE LET THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND ÜNBOUOHT BY GAIN. VOLUME 10. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THUKSDAY, MAECH 9, 1865. NUMBER 28

TIIE FLYMODTn DEMOCRAT,

PUBLISHED EVERY THÜRSPAY AT PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, S- L. HARVEY, ProprietorTERMS t $2,00 a year Pajmcnt3 mut b raaJe invariably ill adrance and the paper discontinued at the expiratio. of the time paid for, unless renewed. These terms ; will be strictly adhered to. BUSINESS CARDSattorney?. A- C. CAPHON, Attorney rnd Notary, And Lkemcd lur Claim Afftnl, Will attend to all professional business placed in hi bands promptly and carefully. Particular attention given to Guardianships and the settlement of Decedent's Estates. Penwon. Bounty and Pack pay of deceased and disabled Soldiers procured at reasonable rates. Deeds, Mort.sajres Endothel writteninstrnments neatly and quickly drawn up and acknowledgements taken. . 23" Collections nado and promptly re.Tutted. Office over II. B. Dickson & Go's Hardware Store, riymonth Indiana. rlOniO tf A CARD, C. H. REEVE ATrORXEY AT L.AYV, AX 15 War ClaixnAg't, Plymouth, Ind., Ravins concluded to resume the practice of the law here," will Practice in Fulton, Stark, LaPorte and Koscius ko ,i -i.il as Marshall, bounties, ivowecnons nr am lv and etlk'ientlv attended to Careful i nitration 'iven to Probate business. Insurance j

e.leeto-2 ab I.irpsan ! l'roperty in tue ucm comp- j fiCC0Ui an,j Iat Tuesday. and Wednesdays ni- in the Unücl States. . Jof each month, making two visits each SrEciaL Attention paid to the pro.-ec anon oi i m . riiim of Fnldiera. their Widows and heirs !. month, instead ot one, as heretofore..

bounty, arrears of pay, pensions and other claims, j KzrtE to FanveU Field & Co., Cmcao. ; Shaw Harbour & Co., omcmnjui, ; Gra'a H?:mclt i Co. .:ui-iu" " - - -- . Pittsburg. ! 4-J n4Gtf. M. A. O. PACKARD, A rTORNEY AND GOÜNSELGR 1"3 vitioitlli. IiiIissui. vfnl5 S. A." M'CRACsilf, j c jBtj Reeorder, and Attorney j At Lair, ! 5ino, SiarUe County. ImiSaun.j Will tu ike Collections, pay Taxe?, examine J y;t'e ti Roil R-stite, take acknONvled-emeiit. of ; 'J-. Mor:aire-,&i:. All matters of Laudation ktt.'n led to in .Srirko nn l nJJoinin Connti. Vr Buutv mincvanJ luck par of Soldier, nl r.ai n-'. c-V.leete-l. R-mittauccs promptly .a i '. and charge reasonable. v9."!6 tf At'orncy anil Counselor at Law And 'VsiiCIsi" -V-rciit, PJymoctb, Marshall County, Ind. irOFilCK IX WOODWARD'S nLOCK.Tj i r-cin:f"i: n M -.r-aili , i- ution, iuiiäm. : liik.. Porter, &t.J0fephf Ltpuru ana nujoinm;: Attorney and Counselor at Law. LTOffice in Dank Ccii.di.ng, PLYMOUTH, IND. ' FAIRBANKS'" STANDARD SCALES, 07 ALL KINDS. Warehouse Trucks, Letter Presses &c. FAIRBANKS, GREENLEAF L 0, 1 T- Ijilco J-Sf., C?lii?iifT. ZG'? cartful to Luv ctily tbe giuuiuc0 June .11 rS 11 01? DR. J. M.CONFEI;, late Surgeon of he "2'Jlh Iti'lim i Infantry, oiler his profesA onal erviees to the reople of Marshall County. T O.'fice anlresi lence we?t eiileof Michigan Street, three Mockg North of the Edwards House riymiuth Indiana. 9n3ü J.J VINALU no 31 10 OPATIIIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, piitieular Utention paid to Obstetric practic, and diseases of women ft.il Ciillro:. ollice ver C. P.ilmrr's stört, II.,' äi J mi : Tiite the Norlhwcitcorner of tlie Puhlic Square. T9nM-ly .V. - V PLY LOTJTir, I2STD. CIT;rs Iiis services in the praclic of Medicine and attendant branches, and from hi r reviousexperi.'ncfc in private practice, and attendance in tlie Hospital in New York, he hopes to render satisfictiou to those favoring him with tlK-irpatronagc, AU ci'cs promptly attended to.eitherdiy ornight, 0?r:ct Over Pcrylorg Drug store, Reidencr on Center street, first door North Cat .rlic church. ntf KDWAKD.S IIOI'SE, vicHic.iV srRF.rr, n.VM utit, Indiana. J.'l W.n.M'CONNBLj, Proprietors linni'n to and from nil trairH, . .and al-o to v pirtof the to.vnf w'jen orders are left at tie IIouc. ' ' vOnlG-ly lJ HASLANGER HOUSE, iXtjavth Bridga, and within a few minutes walk of the Depot, Sou th Plmouh, Ind. I he nMriberbiustoppdtheAboTeIIuso, üis Ifsierraiued to keep it in manner every iy northyof pnMb'patronage. TT I S T A "B I,"E will'n supplied with thebeatthe mirSetafTords; ar ,'ara.noaable, and every exertion used to en-ler thesUy of guests agreeable. CONVENIENT STABLES Mttc ied to the premises, and a faithful ostlor al wavsl.i .tttendance. JOHN C. HASLINGER riyaith, Mtrch-.M.ieSlSmSim

11. Itt. Time Tables.

P., rt. W. & C, It. IX. Time Tabic WINTER ARRANGEMENT DEF IRTt'RE OF TRAIS S FROM FLTMOCTH STATION WESTWARD BOUND TRAINS. No. 1 Day Express 7:52 p.m. No. 3 Nirht Express ...9:30 a. m. No. 5 Mail Accommodation 4.45 p. m. No. 7 Night Express 8-49 a. m EASTWARD BOUND TRAINS. No. 2 Day Express 9:30 a. mNo. 4 Nijrht Express 2:25 " No. G Nijrlit Express 9:27 p. m. No. 8 Mail Accommodaticn 8:43 a.m C. P. & C. Ii. It. Time Tabic. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. EASTWARD. Leare La Torte, dailj) QQ (Sundavs Excepted,) Arrive at Plymouth, 9;00 A WESTWARD. LearcPIvmouth 1:00 P. M Arrive at La Porte,. 3:00 P.M Trains run by La Porte time, which is kept at E. Vail? Jewelry store, and is 15 minutes slower thanP.,Ft. W.k C.R.R. time. II R. DRUL1NER, Sr.pt. Sa. IV. A. fc C. . It. Time Tabic Train? going South, pass Wanatah as follrw: Dav Express at 1012. A, M. Nicht 1.53 Freight, 8,25 " GOING NORTH. Dtv Express 6.54. F. M. Niiht A. M Freight, 2.10 P. M A. CULVER, Supt Dr. W. II. Davenport, Surgeon Den 1 1 v t . will visit Plymouth regularly on the Tec ill ?et on Gold, Silver, or llubber; all work warranted. Rooms at the Ed-r.-G.." . j Tfou,c i i'uoir-1 DR A o BORTOTT ' ' ' H'Rceon Dentist, ; Cm he consulted at his cilice every ! dav except Mondas and Tuesdays. I IT Ollk-c over Hill's liakcrv", P I. Y M O U 'I II INDI A N A HIM lir THE STATE DFIMilWA, BRANCH AT PLYMOUTH. Open from 10 A. M. to 12 M.,nnd 1 to 3 P. M. TilKO. CK ESSNRR, Csifhr. S- A. FLETCIlERJr Frost. v9ul5--lv. Who understand the German and'Cngllsh languages thoroughly, has ,jecn appointed IV OTAK1' P J 15 I , I C and will translate legal document? from one language to the other on reasonable terms. He will also take acknowledgements of Deed?, kc, kc. He may befoundat the Store of J- r!. Wcstervell Ce, vliil7 tf J.G. 052CRNB. T nti?o r I?? imike conveyances, take acknowledge meats osition?. lie, vc. tP Oilico over Whcelor'i Bank, 'MOUTH, INDIANA ;jinti. Dept PLY J. S .ECCTT, C n r a 1 Collfl(tor, Continues to give Trompt Attention to the Colleotlon of Claims. 2j" Bc?t of references g'ren when required. Tei'ms moderate. TDnI5-tf. PETER DALAKER. 1MEAT IMAKKET ON LAPORTE STREET, One Door Wost of Cleavcl.md k Work's Grocery. Freh Meats of the best qnalitv constantlv Oil in. vDn'5 tf J. S. ALLEMAN &, BRO. "B It S AS O O TJf On west side Michigan Street, 1st door south oi Woodward's Brick Block, PLYMOUTH INDIANA. Choice Liquors and Cigars. Oysters served up in the very Best Stvle. at all hours. Novembers, vOnl-1. Iivory N. B. KL1NGER, Proprietor" DuckcyeLivery'oppositcEdwards House .Plymouth, Ind. ' n27Iy John noll, JS XT TOHB DEL! Meat Market on Michigan Street, opposito Wheeler's Lank, ll.viiiitli Iiiclinua. or,U vOnll. 38UU5. Orools. FLOUKINO MILL fWHF. above named mill,iix miles south of J i'lymouth,isnow uoingcxccllen t us(oiii & Mercliant Work. Tiicoroprictorjparesnopnineto giveiatifacoiiandinlfMdfkcepiiighisraillinconditionlodo thn Yei-vlloHt of Wi-1-ndhcfccls confidentthathe willnot faiftcsatsfy all who may favor him with their patronage . Flour, Meal, Bran , &c, kept constantly onh and Mid willbesold atthclowcstlivingpricep. lie regpectfully solicits patronagefrom the :iti nsof Marähallaudadioinine counties. MIC II AELZE II NER . PIfraoutli,Aug.23,lbCl. n31tf CDrimtnl givtxxj stable. SALE, FEED b EXCHANGE. Horses and Carriages always on hand tolet'at reasonable rates. We aNo pay the highest market price in cash for Horses. Horses boarded by day, week and month on reasonable term HESS k NESSEL lv-routh IndianaMarch 2Gih

CniULESTOX.

The Explosion at tlie Wllmlnston Depot Appearance of the Clly. Charleston Cor. of the N. Y. Herald. The city during these conflagrations was in an agony of fear. A most horrible catastrophe had occurred in the morning, which had terrified all. The depot of .the Northeastern railroad had been blown up and a large number of lives lost. In this building a quantity of cartridges and kegs of powder had been stored by the rebels, and as they had not time to remove it they left it unprotected. A number of men, women and children had collected to watch the burning of a quantity of cotton in the railroad yard, which the rebels had fired, and during the enfiagration a number of bovs, while running about the depot, had discovered the rowdcr. For the fun of the thing M-'and without realizing the danger they incurred, they began t3 take up haudfuls of loose powder and cartridges and bear them from the depot to the mass of burning cotton on which they flung them, and cniove I a deal of amusement in watchinc ti ft fl.1sllps. r,f tho r.mv.lor r.n,l th Rirnnm - ' ; . "u";S : and thither by the explosion of the curtrid sres. Quite a number of bovs soon be came engaged in this dangerous pastime, and speedily the powder running from their hands formed a train upon the ground leading from the fire to the main supplies of powder in the depot. The result :s easily conjectured. A spark ignited the powder in the train, there was a leaping, running line of lire along the ground, and then an explosion that shook the city to its very foundations from one end to the other. The building was in a second a whirling mass of roins, in a tremendous volume of flame and smoke. A report rivaling heaven's artillery followed, and then a silence ensue 1 that made every one I 1.1.. 1 1. , 1 1 1 1 il ri'l. I uciuuju iiuu iioiu ins ore;; i ii. j.ne cause i,Jl ircniouuou., explosion soon uccamc i known, and a rush was made for the scene I f. . i ' . . , e i i i i ,( ,i . j i i witncssc'J. ilie umldinir v.as in ruins, and from the burning ma.-s arose the agonizing cries of the wounded, towhom little or no iisitance could be rendered bv the ; paralvzod spectators. Many, wounded by j the Hying; fragments of the building;, were i remove! from the additional danger of the i . .. . . . I, i . g' ohni'f ir ti-rf-iw.- itiAfiiofnh t I ri- r I Inn lit i tttni onewa reached bvthe furious ilames, the ... . i ,.i supplicating voices and the fearful, agoni zing gro:;n$ that appalled the stoutest heart died away and ceased, and charred remains only were left by the devouring element as it moved on to new victims, who soon pa-i.-ed amid that horrid scene from life to death. Language cannot adequately describe the terrible nature of the scene. The cries for aid and rescue from the wounded within, fell upon willing cars, but nothing could be dune to assist them. ior even to alleviate the fatal pangs. The J.ames. like a fabled monster, strode on. licking up evervthing inllamable and cnl 1 , . . .... i i 7, vcloping its victims in its üery and deadly embrace. Fortunately the sufferings of r like a fabled monster, strode on. the unfortunate creatures were not pro longed. J he work was done quickly, and soon every voice wassileueed, ever- moan hushed, and every spirit gathered to its makci. The horrors of the scene will never Aide from the minds of th.o who were so unfortunate as to witness it. Over one hundred and fifty are said to have been charred in the tierv furnace, and a hundred men were wounded more or less seriously by the explosion or were burned by the lire. From the depot the fire spread rapidly, and, communicating with the adjoining buildings, threatened destruction at that part of thctowu. Four prjuarcs, embraced in the area bounded by Chapel, Alexander Charlotte and Uashingtou .Streets, were j consumed lefore the conflagration was j subdued. Kvcry thing in the houses was destroyed with them. Another fire on Meeting Street, near the court-house, destroyed five buildings. This was set on fire by the rebels, with a view of burning Hibernian Hall and the Mills house. It did not succeed, although it destroyed the live buildings alluded to. One or two other fires olso occurred, destroying sever al buildings each. Any number ol smaller conflagrations occurred, burning gov ernment storehouses, Ye. A great deal of damage was of course done, but the city was, by great exertion, saved from total destruction. APPEARANCE OF THE CITY. Here is aline brown stone bank building, vacated and deserted, with great gaping holes in the sides and roof, through which the sun shines and the rain pours, windows and sashes blown out by exploding shell within, plastering knocked down, eo inters torn up, floors crushed in, aud fragments of mosaic pavement broken and crushed, lying around on the floor, mingled with bits of ptrtnary, stained glass and broken parts of chandeliers, ltuiu within and without, and ite neighbor in no better nlb'ht. Here a great shell haj struck the chimney and crushed a large portion of the roof in, then exploding, distributed its fragments through the ceilings, and burt out great patches of brick aud mortar, which now lie on the pavement below, untouched since they fell. Kvcry imaginable portion of buildings have been damaged by our fire, and not a single house in this poition of the town has escaped. Nut a building is occupied, save by the brave women to whom 1 have already referred, and the front doors or windows gape open, through which you may gaze upon battered ofticcs, demolished stores, and counting rooms in ruin, where commerco onto dwelt and active business men pursued their respective vocations unmolested and undisturbed. The churches, Ft. .Michael 1 St Fhilip' havo not

escaped the storm of our projectiles.

Their roofs arc perforated, their walls wounded, their pillars demolished, and within, the pews filled with plastering or fragments cf mural tablets, which were to perpetuate the memory of some good man long asleep in the graveyard near by. You may count a large number of shell holes in their steeples, and many upturned monuments in their graveyards. From Bar Street, studded with batteries, to Calhoun Street, our shells have carried destruction and desolation, rnd often death with them. "Within .that limit no hour was safe from their destructive visits; and no one lived there except in a constant .state cf alarm and dread. Xone knew when the death-dealing shot would come, and none felt easy or safe for a moment. Relow Calhoun Street but little business was done and but few lived, and this was the most important portion of the town. All the hotels were vacated when the bombardment commenced; stores were closed, offices moved, churches rcmaiuod unopened, and an air of desolation soon brooded over that portion of the town, where, in days of peace, the most animation and life were to be found. Fifty years will not make the city what it was before the war. Icmccratic finlidc!. There arc said to bo some people who are utterly discouraged in respoct to the future of their country, and desire to emigrate to Mexico and become subjects to little Austrian Max, who is about to regenerate Mexican mongrels and to found a permanent 'roj'al" dynasty in that interesting couutry. .Now, we desire to say a few words to these people, not based on any theory or speculation, but on fact, and our absolute personal experience ot the matter. But first, we must be permitted to say that these despairing people arc unworthy of the name of American when thev thus propose to abandon thejr country in its hour of peril and danger. They assume that it is useless to contend against these dangers that abolition cannot be overthrown, and, therefore, they might as ?, eli submit to destiny at once, and get out of the way of the ruin. Of course they arc not, aud never can be, Democrats: for a Democrat believes hat Democracy is true natural, immova - Me, and everlasting; and, therefore, whatever tue obstacles in the way, or the dangers surrounding it ior a time, it luvst 1 O " ?uUf conquer for truth is of od, and i l!C3 bclonsr to the devil. In the second place, they arc abolitionists, or practical believers in abolitioi., for their belief, that it uaunot bo overthrown or expelled, carries with it this as a necessity. Democracy is cfjiial rights to all who belong to the State or political community composed of their race or kind; and a Democrat professing this, and knowiug that it rests on the natural equality, fixed by the hand of iod, never despairs ol the Kepublic or the success of Democratic institutions. Vbulition assumes to abolish the dis tinctions of race moulded and made by the vhnightv Creator, and forces white men uid negroes to live under the sa ne condi tions; and, therefore, unless creation is a mistake, and "Old Abe" wiser and mere powerful than Jehovah, it mut fail, of course. Dut we desire to say to these unhappv V1 d wlio believe in the potency oi abolition, anu tnat old Abo win carry the day against the Almighty, that, even if their belief were well founded, Mexico offers no asylum to them. On the contrary, Mcx'co is abolition now realized, and ju:t where old Abe would reach a hundred years hence, if the "rebels" arc crushed, aud his march was uninterrupted. Finally, v.c desire to say that while the mining States :iud cast of the Sierra Madra might sustain a certain amount of white population, ou the table lands and fertile valleys ol Mexico, the white man can no more become a laborer or producer than oranges can grow at the north pole; r.nd, therefore, unless tcy can live on air, and are willing to marry thoir children to negroes, they l etter stay at home, and aid us to overthrow Abolition, and save our glorious country. A. V. f)ny-Itvt7c. Untier on firantThe Uoston Commonwealth, the organ of Gen. Uutlcr, says: flen. liutlcr, remmittcd to Lowell, rejected from the millitary service of his country, aud uuder the ban of civil and military censure alike, turns upon his accusers with au aspect of something; more thau defiance. lie declines totally to appear at the bar as defendant. The moment he makes himself heard, it is in the character of accuser that lie appeals to the people. And he summons to the bar, at which he himself refuses tobe put on his defence, no less a pcron than the lieutenant general commanding the armies of the United States. Whatever else may be affirmed or denied officii, llutlcr'a speech, this must be admitted: it is a deliberate, systematic, unsparing and resolute assault upon the reputation of (len. (Jrant ni a military leader. And it is an effort upon the face of it successful, to chaugo the wh.de responsibility for "the non exchange of our prisoners from the author of this speech to the author of hu removal. From the beginning to the end, in its general scope and in its minutest detail, the .speech of Gen. liutlcr breathes hostility to icn. CS rant; was made for the purpose of declaring his enmity, and puts him who made it in the van of that movement, well known to be under way for the displacmut of the lieutenant general from command, or for forcing him, if rcained to adopt a different policy. "How many deaths?" asked a hospital physician. "Nine." 44Why, I ordered medicino for ten !" 4Ycs, hut one would not talc it." i

Tlie East vs. the West. There can be nothing clearer than that the people or this country are enormously taxed to build up a great manufacturing aristocracy, and that the republican administration aud congress arc aiding in the work of oppression. An attempt to

reduce the duty on ioreign paper, and to give to the country' the' benefit of cheap newspapers and cheap reading, has been met at the threshold by the most determined opposition. The Washington correspondent of The Cincinnati Commercial, speaking of the opposition, says: t:An analysis of the vote on the question of reducing the duty on imported paper will show that it was sectional and not political thr,t it was the Xew England manufacturing states arrayed against t mm the northwestern agricultural states- especially on the motiou of Mr. Lane, of ludiana, to make it ten instead of fifteen per cent, in which Mr. Sherman, though he reported the resolution of fifteen per cent from the finance committee concurred, Mr. adc and a few others, who have long been joined to the idol of '-protec-tiou," voted with the Xcw England men. but the vote was as nearly as could be, without being literally so, one section against the other. In the House, where ilhode Island has about one-sixth of Ohio's vote, it was different. Dut the Senate is full of old fogies, who think' they arc protecting labot when they are (only protecting capital." 1 his paragraph is fuil of meaning. With the duty placed upon the importation ot foreign paper, by the tariff of 1801, not a single pound can be brought to this country, and the result is that the price has mere than double J during the last three years. I he plea made. when that duty was place upon it was, that it became necessary to raise revenue to support the government to carry on th war, when, in fact there is no revenue do rived from that source at all as the duty is so enormous that it stops importation 'entirely. There are hundreds of articles in the same condition. Under the idea of raising revenue, we have seen con cress impose duties so cxhorbltant upon imports; that tncy cilectually pro.noitcd the idea of any revenue, j nese tilings have a meaniniy they are designed to give a monopoly I to the Xcw Knglaud manufacturer, and to j e, th0 people to pay n,.v price wh hc comcraats u' demand 4i I' i. ich for Our people are to day paying from twenty to forty per cent, more for articles than they would pay, if a fair and honest revenue tariff was passed by congress. Dut what can you expect from mere partisans mid tools of Xcw England ? Our Indiana republican members in the House and Senate arc mere instruments in the hands of the shoddyitcs. They dare not j vole asraiu.xt a measure which the lords of the loom want pa-.ved. They are their henchmen their tools cf oppression and each one of them should have engraved on a collar, placed aound his degenerate neck, ''This is ( J urth, the chosen slave of C'edrie the Saxon." Wc arc r lad The Commercial can distinguish the difference between labor and capital. It is a step forward. Slate Stalin I. OM Abe has sent an autograph letter to Garrison, the man who kept for a motto at the head of his paper that "The Constitution was a league with hell and a covenant with death." It seems Garrison sent him a painting. entitled "Waiting for the Hour." the hour of Jan. 1st. 180.'., when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. O. A replies as follows: Kxi:ruTivr. Maxsion', Washington, Feb. 7, 1805. J My D::au Mr. Gauiuson I have your kind letter of the 21st of January, and can only beg that you will pardon the sreming neglect occasioned by my constant engagements. When I received the spirited and admirable painting, "Waiting for the Hour," I directed my secretary not to acknowledge its arrival at once, preferring to make any personal acknowledgement of the thouirhiful kindness of the donors; and waiting for some leisure hour, I have committed the discourtesy of not replying at all. I hope you will believe that my thanks, though late, arc most cordial, and 1 reuct that you will convey them to those associated with you in this flattering and generous gift. 1 im very truly your friend and servant, A. LINCOLN. Wm. Lloyi Garrison, Ksq. As the Constitution is now changed to suit Garrison's views, he is, of course, very loval, and the President of the United States calls the hoary headed old traitor -;My lcar Garrison." "The way You Alway Stop." The Vermont Kccord tells a good story of an innocent old lady who never before had "rid on a railroad," who was a passenger on one of the Vermont railroads at the time of a recent collision, wheu a freight train collided with a passenger train, smashing one of the cars, killing several passengers, and upsetting things genarally. As toon as he could recover his scattered senses, the conductor went in searched the venerable dame, whom he louud sittiug solitary and alone in the car, (the other passengers having sought terra firma) with a very placid expression upon her countenance, notwithstanding she had made a complete somersault over the seat in front, and her banbox and b"udle had ono unccrlmoniously down tha passage way Are you hurt?" inquired tho conduc tor. "Hurt ! why, asked the old lady. "We have just been run into by a freight train; two or thrro passengers have been killed und several others severely injured." "La me ! I did'n know but what that was the way you always stopped."

TRAVEL ACROSS THE PLAINS. -----

Order by Gen. Dodge——— DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, } FORT LEAVENWORTH, Feb 10, 1865. } Special Orders, No.—1 1. The commanding officer of Fort Riley and Fort Kearney will halt all trains going west at those points, and organize the persons accompanying them into comnies for the protection of the train. A competent person will be selected as captain and placed in charge of the train and organization. 2. All persons who accompany the trains must be armed, and as soon as teams enough can be concentrated to organize a company of one hundred or more armed men, they will be sent forward in charge of the captain appointed, who will be held responsible for holding the organi zation and trains together, for its security, etc. Under no circumstances will teams be allowed to straggle along the roads or to go forward, except under a thorough organization, as above prescribed. The officer in charge of the trains will endeavor to camp as near some military post as possible, and any insubordination on the part of any person accompanying the train, refusal to obey orders will be reported at the first military post, the commanding officer of which will immediately cause the arrest and punishment of the parties. 3. All the government trains passing Forts Kearney and Riley will be strongly guarded, and citizen trains will be allowed to accompany them; in such cases the commanding officer of the fort will be placed in charge of the entire train. The commanding officers on all posts are commanded to give all aid in their power to trains crossing the plains, and to see that this order is complied with. 4. Government trains and troops will obtain forage from the depots of Fort Kearney and Riley, from citizens on the route in all cases giving the proper receipts to the citizens and making the proper return to the depot quartermaster, that no delay or trouble may ensue in issuing the proper vouchers. 5. At all times the overland mail will be so protected as to insure its safety by escorts running from one military post to another. Breaks in telegraph line must be immediately reported and repaired.— Sudden dashes of the Indians are no cause of stopping or turning back of mails, as the moment the Indians are driven off they can be pushed through. The mail stations through the country where Indian difficulties exist, should be placed within protecting distance of military posts. 6. Trains returning will be organized as above prescribed at some post near Denver, to be selected by Col. Moonlight, commanding district of Colorado. By order of Maj Gen. G. M. Dodge. JOHN WILLIAMS, Capt. and A. A. G. ---<>--- That "Little Story." The Washington correspondent of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican has the following in reference to how Mr. Lincoln's famous "little story" was told to the rebel peace commissioners: When Mr. Lincoln came back from his interview with the rebel peace commissioners, a worthy correspondent from Washington asserted in one of his letters that the president told Aleck Stephens one of his little droll stories. It was generally supposed that this was a pleasant fiction; but I chance to know that it was the actual truth. Says Stephens; "Suppose your constitutional amendment be adopted by three fourths of the state legislatures?" "Then slavery will be abolished in every part of the country," replies Mr. Lincoln. "And what are we to do," asked Stephens, "if we are to consent to resonstruction ? I know that negroes will not consent to work unless forced to it, and I tell you that wc shall all starve together. This is a mere suppositious case, but if it were a reality, what are we to do?" Lincoln grew merry eyed at once. "It reminds me of a story," said he, aud then he told the old story ending with the sentence "Hoot ho::, or die." The moral was this: The southern people can go to work like honest people or starve. Alter a little w hile Aleck Stephens told a story. "Many years airo," said he, "a host of congressmen were discussing the proper pronunciation of the name of your state Illinois. It was in the old hall of representatives, in the lobby where we have both spent many pleasaut hours, and several of the Illinois delegation were present. Sonic of the members asserted that the proper pronunciation was 'Illinoy,' others called it 'lllinoise.' John Qiiincy Adams was called in to, decide the disputed point. If one were to judge from the character of the representatives in this congress from that stntc,' said the old man, with a mali cious smile, 'I should decide that the prop er way to pronounce the word would be "All noise." The president "acknowledged the coin," and there was a hearty lauirh, even from the sedate Mr. Hunter. Our readers arc well aware that Indiana is famous abroad as the Sitae where di vorces are made easy. We have heard of a worthy clergyman down cast somwhere, who had been so much distressed by the in roads of the courts of the Hoosicr State among the families of his flock, that he one day concluded a marriage ceremony with the solemn aborgation; "Whom God hath joined togather let not the State of Indiana put asunder." Nor was ho far out of the way. A Dentist wishes the press to correct the statement, made on Horace Walpolc's authority, that alum is a preservative of teeth. He says it is on the contrary one of the most destructive agents with which the teeth can come in contact.

Savannah ns It Is. A correspondent writing from Savannah, Ga., under date of Feb. 11, says : 4,The potent spell of poverty, idleness, and a singular lethargy broods over every thing here, and suggests death and dscay as the speedy end of all within the circle of its magic power. The stieet-?, perhaps, are not deserted by pedestrian?; but those who walk about move along with such a listless, objectless air, that one would naturally suppose they ca nc out into the qtliet streets and the sunlight merely to pass away the time, which seems to hantr

neavny on ineir heads, and contemplate in a slow, heavy, sleepy way, the change that war has wrought in a once busy bustliug city. Occasionally one meets women, children or servants hurrying, with basket in hand, to the city store to draw tlie rations drawn by the relief committee to the needy; aud they accelerate their steps only because it is a sortie against the wolr that prowls around their door, which, to be successful, must be rapid and prompt. On the corners of the streets, or in front of capacious stores, whose closed doors and blinds tell a story of dullness and decay, are hCen groups of citizens, some in the dirty gray of the Confederate array, oth ers in the coarse butternut colored cloth of country manufacture, and still others in dilapidated, old-fashioned garments, threadbare and glossy, rcealliug better days. Men of all colors assemble and talk "in low tones, slowly and sadly shake their heads in a spiritless way, watch the hands of the Kxchange clock as they trace the fleeting hours on the dial, changing their position as the lengthening shadows creep up to them, that they may enjoy the w armth of the sun's rays, and moke their pipes with a contemplative air, until the . shades of evening gather about the city, when they separate and sauuter home, to meet again on the following day, if it bo fair, to while away the hours iu the same aimless manner. This is the life that the inhabitants of Savannah arc leading now-a-days. They seem to be more dead than alive, without aspirations, hope or desires. The only thing that seems to be specially activo and aggressive in tbe town, and that only in one channel, is the small-pox. Among the negroes, who crowd the city from all parts cf the Stute, this loathsome disease is making serious hcadw:.y. The whites have not entirely escaped, but the number f cases yet developed is quite small and of small type. Dut anu ng the sable population, crowding the garrets, old ncjrro j cabins aud dilapidated old shanties of the town, the disease travels almost with the speed of an epidemic. So seriously has the spread of the disease Lccome that u ircncral order has been issued bv General Grovcr, commanding the city, ordcringall persons who have not been acinnated recent h", to report at the nearest medical office, and have the operation performed , at once." The Ilcnutics or tlie IV a r. "Carleton," the correspondent of th Hosten Journal, thus describes a visit which he made to one of the hospitals attached to Graut's army near Richmond : 'There was a lull iu the tide of battle, and I improved the opportunity to visit the hospitals. There were long lines ot ambulances bringing in the wounded, hundreds lvinir on the ground under the trees. There were unconscious men upon the tables lying helpless in the hands of the surgeons to wake from a dreamless sleep with a limb gone a bleeding stump of a leg, or arm. There were 1" its of bone ou the tables, great gashes where the sharp blades had cut through the flesh, severing arteries, and tcudons in an instant; there were legs. arms, hands, fingers, clots of blood human blood ! There were moans low niurmurings, wrenched from tho men against their wills. There were men babbling in their delirium, of other scenes dim recollections which are momentarv realities. To be with them and not to dolor them to see suffering without power to alleviate gives painful teusion to nerves, even though one mav be familiar to scenes of carnage I turned from the scene all but rcadv to say, 'Anything to stay this terrible destruction of human life.' " A Mother to Her Daujhtku. You are now, my beloved child, about to leave those arms which have hitherto cherished you, and directed you every step, and at length conducted you to a safe, happy, and honorable protection in tho very bosom of love and honor. You must now be no longer the flirty, inconsiderate, haughty, passionate girl, but ever, with reverence and delight, have the merit of vour husband in view. Reflect how va!t the sum of your obligation to the man who confcis upon you independence, distinction, and, above all, felicity. Moderate, then, my beloved child, your private expenses, and proportion your general expenditure to tho standard of his fortune, or rather his wishes. 1 fear not, with your education aud principles, you can ever torgct the mere sacred duties so goon to be your sphere of action. Remember the olcmuity of your vows, the dignity of your character, the sanctity of your condition. You are amenable to society for your example, t your husband for his honor ami happiness, and to heaven for those rich talents entrusted to your care and your improvement. - The wines left bv the late Daniel Wchsfcr were sold at auction on Monday, in Roston, for'tbo benefit of his son, Ashburton Webster. There were upwards of 500 bottles, which were sold at prices ranging from SI to 87 per bottle. Tho wines were packed at Mr. Webster's home, in Washington, thirteen years ago, and sent to Roston, where they have ever sinco been in the hands of the trustee of th will.