Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 12, Number 29, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 March 1867 — Page 2

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J. G. OS DORSE I 8. L. IIIRVLY, $ Editors. PLYMOUTH, IX P I IX A: Thursday, Ma n. 21 , 1867 Center Tp. Democratic Convention. The Democratic voters of Center Township are requested to meet at the Court House in Plymouth, on Saturday, March SOlli, 1S67, t 1 nVlorb t xr . to noritnatft randidatea for . . . . ÄI, , the several offices to be nllca at the election on Monday, April 1st, 1867. A general turnout is very desirable. Bv order of the Committee. The Louisville Convention. We publish this week a communication from our friend C. II. Reeve, Esq., in reply to an article on tho Louisville Convention movement contained in last week' Democrat. It seeuii to U3 that Mr. R has not read our article with that care that U3ttally characterizes his efforts in relation to matters of this kind. ITe fails wo think to understand what wc said, and consequently argues wide of th.c mark. Wc did not say that the convention was, rh a remedy, wor3e than tho disease: i (? the usurpations, tyranny, of the party in power. We did ray, however, that we believed it was the intention of the leaders iu the convention movement tc "precipitäte the country into another war unless 1, (i.t Mcccp.-l In oncrnftlnT their reen. ' v.v,j - - - - --"O O t liar view3 upon the administrative power," aud apain that war (not the Convention) as a "remedy is worse thin the disease, and not only that, but it would fail to cure." j Mr. R. denies that these men mean war'as a rcmody, vet at the same time the Convention ind war are so closely connected even in his own mind that he applies what we J eatd indiscriminately to both. Ite virtu-; ally charges u.i with inconsistency in presuming to put forth an opinion adverse to that entertained by some of oür patrons on this subject, and thinks we should call a convention, and after that be governed by and reflect its v'ewi ; that wo have no riht to speak till then. This and eretal j other things contuned in his commun:calion are not rclavent to the real issue. The question ii simply whether the Louisville Convention under the present circutnutances should be hld. He affirm3 and we deny. Now let us sec how far we agree, and then as to these ihings we need have i no controversy. We agree that the present party in pDwer is corrupt, venal, and tyranuical that the measures adopted by it are calculated to destroy thc liberties of the people ; that uuder radical rulu the country is fast going to distruction. We al?o agree that this btate of things ould be changed and tho government be put into thc hands of good and true men who would regard the constitution, the laws, and thc inalienable rights of the people. How is this to be accomplished ? Mr It. says by means of thc Louisville Convention. How? Kvidentiy in one of two ways, cither by a more perfect organization of thc Democratic party and a sufficient number of additions thorjto to give it tho as. endenoy and place it in power, or cbe to resist the "powers that be" by force of arms and hurl them from power. Now if it can be shown that thc convention will more perfectly u'ite the party, acd materially add to its numbers, then it ought to be held. But will it do so 1 We think not, and for the following reasons, namely : A large portion of the party deprecate and oppose the convention, and will not, therefore, take part in it. A large majority of the people still adhere to their old leaders, and look upon the movement with euspicion, if not actual aversion. Can it be possible that under these circumstances the convention would strengthen thc party ? If not then it would do no good unless it be desirable to inaugurate an armed ' revolution. This, we think, aj wc said last week, rould be worse than the disease and would certainly fail. With a radical Congress in power moulding thc President at will; with Grant, Sherman, Meaie, Sickles, Sheridau, Thomas, SchoGeld, and we niav gafelv S3v the army trencrallv uni .1 i ,i i r der thiMr control, and the largo body of the "Oraua Army nt tno nepublic tl.or onghly armed and drilled on the side of tie party io power ; what chanco of niece 33 would a fragment of the Democratic party have, should they be so wild as to ensajie 0 a revolution with such odds against them ? Would not such a remedy be worse than the dueaso ? Hut Mr. It. wys the friends of the convention do not contemplate revolution. If they do not, tben much of what they have said is nitre bombo-st and mean nothing. Let any candid man read carefully the articles on this subject contained in tho Lacrosso Democrat, as well 3 the communication of Mr. II. himself, published in this paper aomc weeks siuee, and we think he must come to the samo conclusion that we did. There are other matters in his communication which wc would like to notice, but have neither the time nor space to do bo now. Desttfuton In thc Snutli A Washington dispatch of the 18th inst,, says: "Thad. Stevens has a speech already prepared, which he will make in the house before its adjournment, layering the confiscation of southern property to the amount of ?50(v0,000 "

The southern people arc already reduced to a condition bordering on starvation ; appeals for help are heard from christian benevolent institutions all orcr the country in behalf of the starving poor of the south. The additional misfortunes of a flood are sweeping over the south, deluging large sections of country, and in many instances carrying away villages and farm home; never was a peoplo mire oppressed with want. While in this pitiable condition, and while they are putting forward every means in their power to drive starvation from their doors, a tyrannical Congress places them uuder its despotic power to be made the slaves of negroes who have just been freed from servitude. Reduced

to this condition of pertituJc ooprcseJ . ' Wim taxation, loaded down with dein this miser!y old radical thief has the brazen eflronterj to announce that ho favors a law to take from these starving people the little bread which they have left. A fair specimen of the spirit that rules the remnaut of what once was a free Republic. Tho April Election. Our friends in every towusnip should take care to select good, reliable eandN dates to fill ths offices which are to be filled at tho cominir election. There is noT but little time to spare, a-ul convention should be held on or before tho Saturday proceding the diy of election. We publish elewhcrc a call tor a convcition for Center Township, on Saturday, March 30th, at 1 o'clock p. M., to nominate candidates ! for township officers. The convention will bo held at the Court House. Let the Democrats of Ccn ter turn cut en masse and nominate a tick et that will command the hearty support of the people. Tlic Spliikcr. We do not think Mr. Colfax's speech on taking the chair, when re elected to the Speakership, in good taste, or that the Thirty-ninth Congress was entit'ed to any of the eiilogiunis which he bestowed upjn if OTAf V a! apj t n n a r onrrir t i AT Colfax waa again chosen Speaker. Durin the four years he has been presiding officer of the House he has tried tobe fair and im partial, and has generally succeeded. Chosen by a domineering and cxactiug partisan majority, he has yet been as fair to the minority as could have been hoped for under such circumstances. Puring tho present Congress we have no doubt he will i i : ii T...1-- i , .. . i ,. , wnue iuuicy ti unio wai uiamg ins ocas; ly attack on the President on Thursday, thc Speaker called him to order and compelled him topurauea more decent train of remark. "We doubt if, in the dominant party iu the House, one could be found who possesses so many of the qualities of a good presiding officer Mr. Colfax, or one who would 1 so fair to the handful of members who compose the minority. Xcic Albany Le lyr. The miuority never hoped for any thing fair and impartial from Mr. Coif x, and if he called a radical to order for making a beastly attack uon the President of the fT . , , . , , , ,. , L'nited.ötate3 it was not because he believed ituniut to tbc I resident. For thousands of t leas'ly attacks bave been made upoa tbe . i tt , , , i rresident in tbe House, and tbe breaker - - . Pre was neycr known to interpose Iih authority before. The Speaker, if be has tried to be fair and impartial, is entitled to little respect from the minority for thc manner in which he has exercised that impartiality. Thc country has not forgotten that Mr. Colfax is the only Speaker of thc National House of Representatives that ever disgraced tho chair by moving to expel a member for entertaining different political viewj irom those entertained by himself. Flymoctii Ind., March 14, 1807. Euitoh Demoxtkat: In your paper of this date you giro us a leader condemning a National Democratic Convention, asserting that it is the orprins: of a few ultra radical Democratic papers, and is "intended to drive thc Democracy of the country into extreme measures of resistance to radicalism, or to lividc and break up ttic Democratic party." You aw ort that "the remedy is worse than thc disease, and not only that, but it would fail to cure." You say you "think, in tle object of the leaders cf the Louisville Convention movement, they mean to precipitate thc country into another war, unless they can vueceed in engrafting their peculiar views upon thc executive power. ' You nam your readers to have nothing to do with it. You consider thc present state of things bad enough, 1.U this vflort for a chansrc would he much worse. Immediately following ifl another editorial from you. In that, speaking of the present auuuniMrauoii, wiiiui eonirn tii entire nation and every JStutc in the l.'nion, you ray . ..Inhing, on as at prcscnt iniliMlf it will not be long before this country will be governed by a military denpot inaugurated iu tht: name of liberty, or wc will tall baek into a state of complete anarchy." Here isyoitl record on this subject in those two articles. Thousands of vms, good men, who. as Democrat?, were lighting this .vinic spirit before we were born, and who ha lived to sec that tiamc spirit triumphant over constitutional rule ; and thousand innre who. with you anil I, have triel to resist that spirit for twenty dive years past; and States like Connecticut and Kentucky, and others whose statesmen past and present are second to none in wisdom, honi.'.tj' aid consistency, seeing this same prospect ahead and clothefore them, propose, favor, advocate, .calou-dy urgc and anxiously desire that sun? Louisville Democratic Convention ; and believe it will be a long step toward, and a larc power to wield in favor of, preventing this same despotism and anarchy ; and will be one aid 10 an organization i"r rcMsum r 10 111c uaring and damning usurpations of the representatives of the present dominant party. You, on the contrary, think it will be wore than thc ev'iU it proposes to consider ; and in the very neit article from your .n, in the ?nme column of your paper, you warn tu that in a short time we will be bound hand ami foot, and under the iron heel of a military despot, or the crushing Juggernaut of Anarchy. Yet yoitpropoie no lifter remedy! You are one among over 2,000 Democratic voters in this countv, by whoee patronage your paper h, in part at least, Bupportcd. There ban been no Convention of those Democrats to express an opinion on this subject. You have anumrd that the object of that convention will be to plunge the country into another war. Thot who favor the convention have not so tho't, rontemnlatcd or believed. Your own art! cle admit that something mint be done, mi l tbt speedily. All tht" .-:'V; and c A i-i .

umt juuuiuue niKi inuuon you so mucu commend, those who are willing to et, propose to meet in convention and consider what will be the wisest, most prudent, lawful

and successful action to t:ikc. It rather laughable to talk about that convention dividing the Democratic party. I wish von would show us on what it is not now divided, unless it be in sitting still under usurpation. and av hen we know wc have a majority f I nan a minion at leasi. permittiiur tue minor ity to rule us by hands and crime, without law, and by their own dictation. We arc about to divide on that now, it seems, and some of us are anxious to present a lawful, dignified, majestic presence, by national ac tion, through that inot majestic of tonus, a an ! unless vu propose ionic other and bet ter plan, as the editor of a paper wc all support, yrm have no ri.lit to condemn it until von have consulted your own supporters, in a Democratic convention railed to consider nid net imon Mir m-itter T 1 w -- ! ,m l.i- rn I .mil at tipo.l aiC llUtttr. I J..lv Leon here over.iweiuy years. 1 nave seen our rartv m this countv prow Irom . f) voters, in the minority, to its present diq:n:fied pn'jiorllons and holding the majority. ' I think know a majority t these are in lavorot' that National nroioeri t!,- Convention, nn,! deem if . xv -5 '

National Convention, whose action is the ! "K""r l'vl1 n" rm ,h'' P"'--nin.' only the (;.-.v-r , 'v' ' '-VT 0 1 . surest way to prevent a division. You, in "e f a company with some others, oppose it, while And itmvW l a pnAv and eä,aÄj 1 V Ä diarc,!- 1 " treatment 1 submitted to, Convery lare numbers favor it Thoc who i "a,i,,n 1,;,n w wand a a condition of holdiacoacc uf j amPt,on or In8-inity rnav enste. OarrIehand favor it arc as wise anc! ivtiro- tl.n'rvtlinrs- an.kIl,(l . . 1 blaod are supported from these sourcei. and the ia or 11 .ire as w isc ana pure the ether , w ar tli.ref.nv. f,.r a convniion-at once. It is

i . . ... - - " l-n a rvtitu' place. Ihw wc cancel coatrc! r o.;r and important proposition, no matter who ; st n !.f.:irs -ihtr wc c?a inak? anoth-T sute cvnoriirinated it. We think it is wise, ami n ' s-iäiuion.

tdausihlc movement, and will result in ncit I pood and no c il. Uur State and National Executive Committees have played the ?dicaviber long enough. They tried to "lu?" us at Pliihvlelphia and failed. They tried to make capital lr us l.y re'tin on the war platform, and Fold themselves all out and lost the price. They have tried to gel us to make toa?t at the abolition lire and found the ir bread burned every time. They c ,4 d,.. feated every time. Here, where V.'l: I'.f.v, manasred ourel vc.-, we have 1" -n -ueeessful To the devil with such pandering The time has come to fcvlcct men to meet in National Convention and reorganize the element of our great old party, ;tnd moot and hurl hu-k usurpation, despotism and anarehv ns the wlactom of that convention may dtem best. Itviillea dnnacratic tmvcntion; no mongrels; and I think that convention will be fully as competent to consider and propose wisely ns newspaper editors acting singly and without coin erf. or as a Xathma! Committee appointed I .. .. 'v members oi Congress, mt.t flt Wat ngtoi: 11 tiieir own motion, withoiit Consultation with the people. Asa man and a Democrat you have a riijht to express and advocate your opinion; but as the editor of a paper w e all support, I protest ngalnst the use of that paper to favcr your own view and condemn ours when larrr numbers of its oat rons are opposed to your positions and "unable to follow your paper to counteract your arguments which they believe to be wron;. As an editor and a römmUtoe n'ian, urge a convention to consider the matter, and when thus considered your paper should be the re!l"etor of the ac- . -1 it.. 1 . , . uoiiimis uihfu. iia i your views nocn plainly stated, 1 sliould say nothing; but when you j assume to base them linon nsse: 'i(,n-3 wl'iiJi i throw odium and discredit upon the proposition anl its supporters, then I object and protest. C. II. Ukf.vi:. MILITARY Di:sSOT2SH ItllE SOL'Tfff. Opmtonü of tho Soutr.ein Prcs.i. Below we give the opinions of a u umber of thc leudiug journals of thc south ou the Military Despotism Bill rccca' lv passcd by the rump Congress, and now iu operation throughout tho late rebellious "districts." The first is from tlic Louisville Joitru il, a paper that gave Mr. I An coin's administration a hearty sappjrt: ;'It a niUi.ak to upjvt thrif . L . .n-'-. piin-t'i. military c?t'iT. f rocjii-tnu t ;.,:. th souther:. ? ! r:ui frikc part ihthe rwxt IV.-si.! r.rial . -i.-et'oii. u.il . iiKlüv d, tiu y t-ik.; u l as -i.ives f rlie rad: a! partv. for the ViTV ntinfr.- of th m l..:ti m in un-v.-tit '..irr .L-. ' i,art ijua! sratc-. Ami the "..! mo i-. -r-i'tviiiv in:,ll'ft"1 t0 t p'irpus.' : it c-x' th-pt'MIitvnr i 1,1 fr7" ;rn Ration oft)- fu:ii. ?.. v.nr- .i the -t I I rcsifleiilial jl.'iti.in. Itsciicil..r!? moiiIISi.-H t of 'li.ts if it did not : hm it .i.m. Th.-v ur.. ii,-., I tf'."ir work in a Avork;n:iii like wav. T!k Souihj - . i ,,r tnt.M w.mH mw t vote tho r iic -i r;rk-t ..r r...-t Ivotrtatall. Ittticv should J. p.-nuitu-d to t.ik.- nnv r"rt i.i tu-: noxt iVjridonUai vixtion, tidü woui.J ithe pirt. And thi- p.irt wov.M numifoxtly h-1 '.vr.- tti.m 110 pnrt at all; vm buwin out of view, wl.ur uvor phonin r i. rt out or view, the iinm-:i-';irili" M.-riiicf 01 pru;t:pio and or f.'-ir-r ict. lit" South miieit nid in (lffiititi' the r.idicrjl car:! (lit-.- I'-.r t!i; I'r. .i l- ncv liv acoi'ptintj thc 8r!u-rno courict.'l for tli urn, of pn-ventinar euch aid. Tht notion i-nhsiird; nd if it were not, it would .-tili be hort i!it-d ns t tow minded. We have no fniih in oxp.-ili-'it-j wl ii h involve the surrender of jirlncipl '. In our judgment, tie- oiilv way in which the South r.m aid the eau- of cn-titu-tion:d liberty N to statu! n frmlv lv it. :nd we respi-ct-fully comin.-nd th-' chim iivtWl to"fri iii of contit"tiona! lih-rty iu other i.irt of the l.'nion. In this ey;trency. as in all fth.-r exiei cie-J. devotion to jirincip! N the hL'hct expediency. To surrender j.riiif iple in despairor vindicating it, i craven: t siinender 1t nn tlo mean? of vindicating it, ii seiwds. We know tin Soutii U not craven, and s bjii -ve th-; i not i'cnselcf?.'. The Montgomery (Alabama) Mail, says: Let the perpl be qui-t, and let tho Governor of the So'ith wlif) repreM iit them, meet in council and cast about for pome concert, d p!-in of t -sti i imm-.-diatelv the Constitution! validity of this. h imef ul and vii.di:tive net of ieri-lation. We are f.itistieil that it will prove HUi-ces.-ful, and if fo, the conntrv. tlje Omstiiutlon. liberty. boTior, all art- safe; and if it should rail,, we hall b-.' in no worst; condition than we are now. Oar relations toward the nero will not have changed, and if forced to form a i'overment with him. the same identity of inti t ami grounds o!" empathy will exist then as row. We wi-1 to ivi; liim ail I In- Vi'lils c.ni'tent with his own bet interests and the safety on 1 dignity of poi iety. If tbereever was a time when country should he everything anil self nothing, it is n'w. And to accomplish" anything we must hi? tlrm and united. U'c cannot afford to divide now, for the moment wc do it we fall n common pry to the enemy. 'I he South ha only to he firm and patient and perr-everinir in the puriiit of her rights to rescue tin in ;i!l from ccry peril that beset" them. The Itichmond (Virginia Times, sny?: There is yet i faint hfe that w. m iy y -t be "pared the outri,": of -Constitu: ional v:rni "uirraL'e" duit mvro fuiflVair which Coie-r-ss. at the point of the bavonct. iülJo-es, I inevitable. We pbu-.e no conlldence, wh:lpuh1ie en hoent at the North reinaiiiM im it now l. In the ability of the Supreme Tourt to suvo ns ; and we have labored to disabuse the minds of our readers upon that point. Hut there are symptoms at the Noitli of a fast approaching monetary cVif-H. which mav. in a few moii'hs, burM with the r lentless f,irv fa tornado, ovt r the fieads of tbe destructionists. The Isorizon 1 already dark with lowering clouds, nnd from the crnsh of their i.niiiib i nt looking, but rott -n. hollow, ami l:t:1at'd paper in'iney fivstem, our d' liver.niee mav come. The black de. pair of unhcrsal lunkruptcv ; tbe toppling over of m.".ny n princely merchant nnd banker, and the wid"-pre;d and wift ruin hieb will then rru-h tli" laboring in i-ses. l.iay lv. the shape hich .Nemesis will nssuine. No nat'on nas ever yet l'Ivcii 't-"'lfup, body and ponl. to " indi( rive legislation." thit has not event unity ben puni.-hed by ivd nnt terribly for Its scarlet sin. Tlie Macon (Georgia) Messenger, after exborting the southern people to submit with tlic dignity of men to unavoidable misfortune, closes an editorial on the subject ns follow : The people mut keep rle.T of all cmses of off. ii'e In recp-ct lo American citizen of Africcn descent - th.i is the in. lin point. A noilier pood idea will he to keep clear of tie- town. It iNe on your farms all you need to eat and to wear, as far a posdbl Spin and weave rnurunii ch'tlns; trade little; nwf nobody; live at home; let politic alone. 'Hie snnwiM shim, the birds in. and Ihe trenlle ilevn and rains descend from heaven. Just s well under a military h under anv other irovernment ; a nd you will mit Ixive to ! rmlnd-i-d that oii have lot fn-edom if you Hti-k to ' our farms iinh s-j !ie lulliirter of t v ra liny come after you. The Hi-t and las care of thi South sh-mld now be HtibsitimiC'! - corn, .neat nnd clothin:'. J'fi, I, y ct'tn . T'.'M .' iit l irU Axe. tt rt i-p ??"! titi 't ftn-i tj;ihi Kli,'fn. An Indn.-trimi f irm -r can, if he w ill stick to bis place, draw from It all his .oii.püen, und never know anythi.i about iniliury despotism. The Lynchburg llrpiiblican hopes that 'time will sot all things riht." It says : The South is solicited ti yp consent to neanre that stamp with infamy the minds that conceived and the tongues that nroMw thern. She llrt entreated and then iittacked ; now bullied nnd now beguiled, to nell herpood name, nnd consent to her own dishonor. Hut thy caniifit degrade the South unless nhe yield. The outr.-iL'e--that are put upon bei. like iho In-ults offered a helplen woman, prove tti ; cowardice of the haf n-ail.i tits but do not injure the nssailed. Hut if A' are frightened or deceived into a. ipiieceiic ; if w fail to protent aeainst the vile of Vers of th'xxnh'iwonl'l debauch n : If we do nr.f roe our earse naint all prniTerx that arerotir led with the condition of voluntarv phatn. wc share the deep Infamy that our enemies will wear forever. In time our deliverers will come and nnfftter u, if we always adhere t what we know in rljrht. The Charlottsvlllo (Virginia) Chronicle take a very comprehensive view of the situation, and winds up a very ably written editori.il on the subject, a follow : t j, ,, ,-ilt VM, hi,(.(t. r bnr mi!itrv uv

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than submit to such degradation a Is implied In the aocpt.mo. of th terms. This is true ten times ovor. But military law is not the alternative. It is miütat y law and iklto suffrage and lh- proscription of our lead-

in? nif n. The pn-e tilings come upon us Without !0"r.H:,il,nfm - 'r ir lianiij a fmtrer. This is not all : then will he a convention to ratifv the terms propostd: If we etand oti', where is IiotK an I Iliinnioutt, ard Underwood, and SOojKti) negroes? Tliey will h:ivo a i (invention, and they will p;it thftate l;ick in t!i' I'ni'in. and tht'f will riw ns a state ; Constitution! Vhat Cou-tittniou will !? like the Ci:istitniion of T. n niiteo : it will porn -f ;iate the power in tii - ir nanaTli. -re tire -..no. x.hites in Virginia. We can control J t And the more r.i'iiH i:r rnnvi-mcnt. the more roriniVf ! .. ...... .m,u.,umr. 11 .nv,iim..liu.-iim imuiiii. will be our mastership of th" situition. Wait a;:d ', w in -ami w ait, and the radicals will organize the negroes ar;iint 11. A Stat- 'institution ran rYanid. in literal compiiance with the act of Congress, whh h will take all not wortti while to r"jt t!".e (V-ltiirc; th man who tm-N in ;od win Mild an Ark fiat ch.iM float upon j tl.' t'Tirvstno'i-j w:ifcrj It i only the weak that ar,- -ti;pc..,l by tho of f'11 ,r:1"r om'" more, su-cil in a 5-a oftroui,;,- mav lVl' 11 il "'än - oat it N in.t a t'ltrMian or an EnMnirta. To .1. noihuu n-w U (R-!.il -aicide: u i- -h-snair. I V? arc vitv far f.-orii .l.'siiair. bit ok a th? -oiosnct i. I Mr ini:n"rii;ii'- r,i:n oi o'ir rarr sn'vtia nr to 't n-ick in tho I'nion a uii k a- poibK. There we Aa bt. niravirably at L ast. shieM-.-d fro:n tiio r.idka! inform. ir wc stay out mu -h limber, wo tha!I hav con:l-ra!lon K ,!,-r,. I h"re w.j have at least ruch7eZv3 .licetlrsp: in .?o:j1!i Carolina. New Vor.:;, March 13. The New icrk I'ribmrs Columbia, (S. C.) last evening's special says : ''One of the most remarkable meeting ever held iu South Carolina tooiv pmoe to-day. the occasion bcinsr a eel of Arthur, tho Hon. W. J. Tallerv and James .r. Uibbs addressed tho nicctiug; also the llcv. David Piekett and JJevcrly Xah. both colored. Sontimeuts were expressed highly honorahle to both sides. Tho negroes arc jrratifi;d with the spirit of political am!i:ition with which they have been mot, and the ci(i7ens arc erpiallv pleased to find th: colored m;n identified with the true interest of the State. Should a convention be called, the latter will probably nominate and support the best men in the country, and as declared by Mr. Nash, will urge Congress to repeal the disfranchising clause which deprives them of tiie services of these in whom they have the greatest confidence-. 2v.U'n1&cmcnt.$. fxift Concert. r J 7 J Jl I ' Ii Ii U MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION. j o UK (rlYEX A T MOMUSO.YS OPEKA HALL. Ihghi rt'ij'ol.'s. hid una,.Tili 4, or sovner if' tu'ktl arc t.vl sulijn,- , ? pnrf osc of I N Crov.i Hill Cemetery. IN HONOR OP OVll F.iLf.&V HEROES. Aathoi-ized hy the f'ev-mciiit. Let every b'dy iu.oai.e this bom Iii.süt.ution. It is t!i duty of every ood citi.-n of tkc Sute I) contnV.lte i jnnnhiii tl!nsmnu:tiynt. ZCi. OY TICa i'IN, AT il EACH. No. of present -.SJ.'ja:;; va ued atSH2,JJJ. Finale ticket ....$l,nr) Ten tickets to a;t r.ts J,(i() Twenty tickets to agents IS.OO 1st. Casli il't i;i liiecn'iicks 000 2i.d. (iiit. !e;i.?a of JJovds' Block No. 17, i ), 2i .an. 27." Ma a. . . . 12 nno hi. LiU (dt in (Ireenb cki Five Cash (iifts JI,no) Five Ch Ci.tr j-j'K) !!.!! One Gift of Forty Acres of Land in Hoone county. Indhin One two story Kepidence 03 .Morrison street, Indianapili And n Jmerou oüior vi!u ib!e "? ft-. vtilD.OdO .1,(10(1 2,30(1 1 ..-03 .r..n:m sistmgot lino Cold Wit.dips, Pianoes, Cabinet Orpins, avitijr tt. c!iine?. eolid Silverware. Ladies Cold Watches, etc., amounting to. . . I li.M) Send for propra in me and sec for yuunself tliit tim itf no "hunibu. AV A. 2S" T D . Agents every town, countv and ncilibrliood in mi-, l. in.-. tre; iimurcmcnis 10 airents. ;.. . 1. c? . !.. 1 . . . We will pi vc to the aSeiit who sells thn largest number of ticket a splendid Cold Watch valued at fcoOU. T o tlii one that sells tlic ccond l.irqcst number, a gold watch valued at $.'100. Totlie one who sells thc thir l largest number, a splendid Silver American Hunting Ca.c Watch, valued at $100. "CAUTION!" "3 "t:'li, -' J I";Ä"'"y aetiannto Uli all our n-s ids, nn 1 tliercfure. c.innft be responsible . .11 . 1. , . . .. fr them, persons desironj of f ureliasinr tielceti, m.le.ss they arc ac-jutinted with their a-etit, had better vend direct t m. ond money by post oilier order or rep'tered letter, at our rik, or, when tha amount is ten doll irs or over bv express. mode or nisTRinrno.v The manner cf distribution to be decided and conducted by a committee of tweuty to be selected from the ticket bolder, by them "at the time of thc conceit. 3FL e X c x e xx o o . Jolui C. N'vw,0a!iier First National bank. Jude Samuel l',. Perkins, Indianapolis. Ind. William A. Lowe, attorney at Law and United pension aent. (etK-ral Fred. Knefior, attorney at law aud United States Cuminiä-iioner. John Ilannt, attyritfy nt law, l;itc United States district attorue v.. ixth district. Springer 1 Vance," State acnU UanoocU Life In-oiranec Company. General David Kil-orc, Yorktown, Ind. Lieulnnnt Co'otI John F. Cheek, pr-ii-uit Clerk of Dearborn eour.tv. Major (Jeneial T. J. Lucus, Ivrt ncebur Indiana. T. H. McCa.tv, Audit jr of State. ('or-e Hr.ip, Sheriff of Ilamiltm countv, Nohh'vil!e, lud. J- bri Triss. il, Clerk Ilauiiltoo a7u nfy. Lid. William O'Ibiej,, attorney at law, lite Colonel of tbe Seventy fifth Indian 1 Volunteers, Nobles villc. Martin Lroe, Aosesor of Intern vl Revenue, sixth district, Jndi.ui.volifl. IT Tickets to Concert for ?ale at the principal Or it jr. Jewelry, Musie and iTik stores in the city and Ht.ite, or ad lit'3., with postage Jt.itnr intdosoj, IV. IAlJI5i:.I2:CK A: CO., Lo k llox No. :i7, Indianapolis, Ind. Ofiice over No. 27, Mord' lüock, MisHaennsets avnue. o hot MNQWriUi OK r. W. N. 1!AU(KV. .'uii ,M. ISC,, ;;,

eurauoa iv uiQ lierces 01 the pa.-sairc

fhe bill en franchising the black r;;ce' v

invitation, Gen. Wade Hampton, cx-Cni-I ted States Senator Dosanssurc. Kdward

XI O II

Special Notices.

HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT ULi U OJtdL U I4 e certain cure for diseases of the BLADDER, KIDNEYS, GRAVEL, DROPSY, ORGANIC WE Mv NESS. FEMALE COMPLAINTS, GENERAL EEBILITY, a ,.,1 aii .p.-m. nf t',e r r t xt i n -tr nnn UM'M.Mil UIiVt-Vi.0, whether existing in MALE OR FEMALE, ' f HOW LONG STANDING IIsi.tii eo If rrixti. and that of rofttcrilv.udpcfidsitfcn prompt use of A i t liatlc remfdv. IlELMJlOUjrs EXTRACT IU't'lIC, cstaWisheJ upwards of 18 years, prepared bv u. t. siEinnftiiDT, Dm 4J4 Broadway, Xr York . n : 101 South 10th Street, Philadelp 'lia, Pa. ' oo Foa N -RETr.vr:oor I.vcomtinevck of urine, irritation, inflimition or ulcerati in of the bld-. der, or K-.dnv, disenie of th? prostrate gl.indi, stone in the VadJr.calcal.H. .ustdepit.tna au dne nc of tho bladder, kidneys .1 nl dropsical sv' Hin Ü5E IlELMBjLD'i Fluid Estrct Dcciic. m ,7 tt r I AKE XO MORE U.NPLEVSiNT X!) UVilTK KEME- I mr. for unnlofisint. nmi Jjiiimiu ilijosi.a ITda ' IIIri.joljs Ex!r:ct Rucliu and Improved Roso j The ti lory or Mk h Strexütu. Therefore! the nsrTom .u 1 debilitAte l hoalJ ltnmedi-tely tc?c Ilelmboll's Extract Buchu. ItKi.MBoi.or Fi.L'io GxTuvcf Ilucu:' i p!e:mnt in tafe ad odor, free from aU injurious proprtiis, and isn.nedi.ite in its act'un. flEt.Mnot.D's Extract Bl-ciiit gives IumUU ami iror to the frame and b'o im to the pallid check. Deuilitj is acccjuipanie l br m inj alirmin symptom, and if ao treatment is su'jmittcl to, consumption, insanity or epileptic fits ensue. HELMBOLD'S CONCENTRATED EXTRACT BUCIIU th Great D'mrcfi'. Ilelnibold's Concentrated Extract SiraaparUl U th? Crt i' JiUol Purifier. Tlat.ii are prepared according to th rules of Pharmacy and Chemistry, aal are the most active that can be tnaJ? . IIELMB )LD'S KX TRACT nUCIIU and Iraproved R.03E WASH curea secret and delicate didordera in all their ta9 at little expense, little or no change in diet, no inconvenience and no exposure, ltii plea mt in t ite an 1 odor, immediate in ;ts action, and fieo from all injurious propcrtie. MANHOOD AND OU FIIFUL VlfJORare regained by IIklm33Ld's Exteaot Bcchu. SHATTERED CONSTITUTIONS STORED bv Htt-MiiLD'ä Extrvct Bvcnu. RE ExFKsr.rxn and Dkucatä Conjti rLrTl0 of both sexes, use Helm BLb' Extract Bl-jhü. It willgivc brisk and cnergoiic fesiings andcnabls you to sleep '.cell. jflElffP Thc &IIE1T CAUSE SseLs of Jut p ul! irk: d. In a s:a!-'l er, vttop. Pr'ire i r cent, A r.ECTVRl OX TMZ NATURE. TREATMENT. AND RADj ical cure of Seminal Weakness, or Spermatorrboea, induced by bell-abupe ; Involuntary Bmi3-t-ions, Itapoteticy, Nervous Debility, and impediments to marriage generally ; Consumption epilepsy and Fits, tnental and phvsiical Incapacity, Ac Bv ROIJ. J.CÜLVEJIWKLL, M. D. AÜhor of the Green Book," ic. The world-renowned author in this admirable Lecture, clearly proves from his own experience that the atrlul conseo,uonee9 of Self-abuse mtv 1 be effectually removed without medicine, ani without dangerous surgicAl ooerations, bcugies, instruments, ring or conliali, po'nttnj out a tnoda of cure nt once certain and effectual, by which every sufferer, no matter what his condition mar be. may cure himself clieaplv, privately and radicallv. THIS LF.CTURE WILL PROVR A BOON TO THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS. Hent, under ?eal, in a plain envelope, to any address postage paid, for six cents or two post stampf AI'o Dr. Culverwell's' '.Marriage Cuido" price 23 cents. Address the publishers, CUAS.J.C. KLINE k CO, 127 "Bowery. Ne .v York. Tot Office box 1.556. vlSnl ly MILLER & SWINEHART Dealers in BOOTS & 4SHOES, Lsatliar and Pinditio'3. t .-7 First door South of 1'cnJiuirt Drvg Store, PLYMOUTH. IND. r Tliv wnttld r.oji etrullr invito tbe alt'niut of tho Mli.oMx tt I'lyiimiith, ami Marshall Mild .t'! joining rminii's to iii'-ir latest MV. or tuistoni maaf Kits and Sinn', Lädiert'. Misses', ChiMreu'i', Men's Uoj,' and Youth's lj!getl anil sowed work. w,. ,liiV(.t CFp,,,-:ll attention to the gnat varuty of b".'li' i and Findings. Cloase rill and examine fto.k and priecs befor? jurch.itiin eLxiwhor.!. Thy waut it dUi'uftly nudorstoon that th?y Will not he Undersold by any Establishment "ui Tlytn nth. or even in the Xorth-we.st vliiittur MlbLKli A SWIXEIIA11T. PRTJ3SINa'S Pure Cidor Vinegar. Ask roit Prussino's PrjRF.Ctnnr. Vinko4R. (Jrkrn Rrino. It i Strong; and Palatable, WARRANTED PURK, and t PRt'SKRVH PICKLES. First Premium awarded at the U. S. Fair, and the Chicago City Fair. Largest worka of the kind in tho IJ. F.atabliphed 164?. Capacity 011 Jiundrcdaml twenty barrels per day. CHARLES Gi E, PRUSSiNQ, :j:ic sc : n statk st, OJLuiotvssros. I .ill April Election Notice. STATU OP INDIANA, 1 MAKIIAI.ICUl'NTV. t M' ': of lu ll 11 T, to tht SerfTtf .Varf'ia!! Couuv, I, John 0. Cilshiuntl. Clerk of th Circuit Court, do hrehv eertlfv tint th f.d'owini? ofnV.-r r. ii in clnrt. ed at the l.-ction to le held on tho rtrot Vondav of April, thcpanift helir Monday. April 1st. IV?, to-wtt; ()ii Justice of th Peaen In and for Center Township. One Jmtlee of the Peae. In and for Ronrhon TownMilp. lne .tiistiee of the Pence hi and for North Township. One Justice of the penee In and for Polk Township Als, 1 nii'nh.T of constable equal to the number of Justices "f the Peav, In each township. Also, one Trustee in ever? township In eald county, of which election you will give legal notice. In tet im mv whereof I have h-M-eunM Ijjned mv nitii.', nnd Hfttx 'd the 'al of p1. Court at oflloc lu Plymouth, Hi' M d tv of Marh. 1si7. JOHN' C.fl'SICMAN, Clerk. BlirrlfP Proclnmntloii. STATK OW IIM, ) mm MAUSHAI.L, COUNTY, ( -I, Trtivld How, Sherltr of ald countv. do hereby certify thnf the above in a tnt" and eotnnlete eopv of the original e!ee'! n notieo, a famished me bv the Clerk of the Clreult Court of on id county, ami I hereby (rive notice to the sililh' I voter of the didereut to vnehip In said county to mm-t at the usual placeH of holJin . l,Ttlons therun. on the rtr-t Mondnv and lt dv of , Apni, iMu, tor me purpose or voting nr omeer j ui ven nil rtuy Uiul tlilj Ita diyof Mtrrh. A. P ' ' ,r" Pvm How, HiriT

K. LZ. Time Tablcß. C C. & L,. lt. IS. Time Table. WINTER - ARRANGEMENT, EASTWARD.

Leave La Porte, daily) (Sundays Excepted, n 7:40 A.M Arrive at Plymouth, 9:40 A M ! WESTWARD. LeivePlymouth 2:00 P. M rnveat La Porte 4:00 P. At Jins run bv La Porte time. which is kept at !ianP.,Ft. W.l-C.R.R. timo. If R. DRU LINER, Supt H.. IV, A.. Sc C K. iV. EXPRESS TRAINS PASS WANATAH, GOIXO NORTH, N'i'jlit xprejs, (Sundays c!tee ptod) . 4:.'0 A M 7.22 P M GOING 5CVTI1, Vk'hf Exnres.fSaturdiy excepted). . ü:4fiP M Day (buud.iys excepted) 9:33 AM INSURANCE AGENT. flivirQf 1 op"rty, oijcs xw iires. casu iap il orer "IFrEE5J MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. thc hct -lut Stock Coiaoanies la the 'jncj States X) M3;m?nt for Ws.-0ffice ir T?iL.Y3XOITTIT, INDIANA. Policies i?sud in English and Gei-min. anJ Tjosses paid here. li 3tf. r T F YOU WANT TO niJY ANYTHING IN tho line of TO lJ tt ITU n E , SEIT AD NICELY FHISHEJ, N0 IT OO TO WRIGHT &. r.lL.lIB:R$. FOR A ni:i.b TRiMMCD cornx, and hin JslkS)X North of the W Abash River, go in WRIGHT & PALMF.IVS. 12-20-if. (AT POST OFFICE Bl'ILDIXCi.) J. M- MO ORE sr.i: .voir prepared to fvrsjsu Turin rr.7VMKHS WITH all Kiyus OF J&lank f$aakt, Choice SWtion o? thf LATE PT'ltLIOATIONS by th mn-t POPl l.Mt AI' I HOUS. b uh i'llüSlC and POETICAL WORKS, ri.KiASTI.Y Bocsn, it!sic:il Iiinf viiuiontts of all kinds. Tit.! Ij1i: PuMioation or VIOLIN AND GUlf AI INSTRUCTORS. Toys, Toys, Toys, of rverv description. ('Ilh'fST.VA S and .vrir YEA '.Vv"vX'VW. A l.ir.'-' AortTueut f rF"KrCM KltY. riUlTOC.KArillC .l.PUMS, aal TOBACCO, Jte.. c., Sn. . . They otTor srat indacera nis io thoe wishing to purchasfl'at wholesale. vli utl-r.m. J. M. MOOItE. T II GREAT NEW ENGLAND REMEDY. Hr. J. W. Poland's "W hte Pine Compound I now oflered lo th afHicted iliroiiliout the country after having been proved by the tost of clc-v-eu yea s in the New Eng-and States, where its merits have become aa well known ns the tree fro n which in part, it derives its virtue?. THE WHITE PINE COMPOUND CURES Sore Throat, Colds, Coughs. Diptheria, Hronchitii. Spitting of Blood and Pulmonary AtTectiii generally. It is a remarkable remedy for Kidney Complaints, Diabetii. "Difficulty of Voidine Urine, Weeding from tha Kidneys and Blidder, and fl ravel, tt wasearlv in the spring of i?55 that thi com pond was originated, A member of my family was niiiicteu wun an irritation 01 tne mroai aiiena ed with a disagreeable cough. I had for some months previous thought that a preparation liar ing for its basis the inside- bark of white pine might be o compounded ns to be very useful in diseases of the throat and lungs.--; 1 o test the valu oflt in the case alluded to, I compound a small quantity of the medicine that I had been planning, and gavt it in reappoonful doses. The result was exceedinglr pratifyinjr. Within two days th irritation of the throat was removed, the couch subsided and a upeedy cure wa effected. Soon after this I sentpomcte a lady in Londonderry, N. II., who had been suffering for eoine weeks from a bad cough occasioned hy a midden cold, and h ie raided mucus streaked with blood. She soon found relief, and sent for more. She took about ten ounces of it and got well. J. U. Clarke, Eq., editor of the Manchester Daily Mirror mad a trial of the same preparation in the cie of a severe cold, and was cured immediately . lie was so highly pleased with tho results aud confident in success attending its sales if placed before the p iblic, that he finally persuaded me to piv it a name a.d send it abroad to benefit the suffering. In November 1S6S, I first advertised it under the name of White Pine Compound. In two yean from that time thre had wholesaled in Manchester alone one hundred dollars worth, where it took the load of all the cough remedies in tho market and it sti 11 maintains that position. There i pood reasons for all this ; it is very soothing and healing in its nature, ii warming to the stomach, and pleasant withal to the taste and i exceedingly cheap. Asa remedy for kidney complains the White Tine Compound stands unrivaled. It was not originated for that purpose; but a person in using it for a cough was not only cured of the coufili but was also cured of a kid'ny difficulty of ten years standing . Since that accident il discovery many thousands l.ave used it for the same purpose and Iuyc been completely curod. This remedy is as Bafs and pleasant to take as it is effectual. MYSR DnO'3 3i CO., Wholesale Ag'ts, Ft. Wayne, Ind. T. A. LEMON, ) O. BLAIN. J- Agfa at Pljmoutk. II. B. PER3UINO, ) 11-16-It DYF. STUF1 q-iahty. at ,YE STUFF of every kind ani ofthtbest

iif ill m. mir SUFFER WITH Tni3 Dangerous and Loathsome Disease WHEN IT Can be Cured AXD EXT1KELY ERADICATED FROM THE SYSTEM BY THE USE OF DR. SEELEVS LIQUID CATARRH REMEDY, W1LX. BLKELY KEULT IX CONSUiIP TIOIV

Unlcsi check d in ita iacipiect stage IT IS EVDI?. XVI vTQted if D'.i-tQiloBi ro rllued IS GLF.BOTT1.F. WILL LAST A MONT'I COLD IN THE HEAD Relieved io a Tew Minute BAD BREATH Cuod br offensive iecrfnions. WEAK EYES Caused by eaUrrh&l afTVe'.lTn OF SMELL WW. Ifeiseucd Cr 5s$trocl DEArNESS Wbsa tauied bv catarrhal didiruliies. cured bv this reinedv. A Mo Throat Affections Are more freq;itly tlun otherwise caused t thick, slimy mucus falling front the had; especially during the i.Tght and resulting from ca'arrh; ai2 arc cured Py DU. SEELEY'S LIQUID CaARRH REMEDY' füYMPTO M !S The nymptorfis of tatarfh ne fi.lt very ?l?ct.f. Person find they hare a t'tld, thai they I:ac frefjucn. attacks and afo more pciinitiv to thc changes of temperature In this conlition tbe nose may be dry, or a s'ight discharge thin and acrid, afterwaids thick and adhesive, nay cnue. As th disease becomes chronic, the discharges are increased iuqnai.titv and changed inquality ; they ar now thick and heavy, nnd are htwkedor coughed off. The secretions are offensive, causing a bad breath; the voice thick and uaial; the eyes are weak; the serso of smell is lessened or destroyed: deafness frequently takes place. Another common and important symptom ef catarrh is that the person is obliged to clear hi rhroat in the morning of a slick or slitnv raucous which has fallen from the head during the nihc When this titkes place the person may be sure that his disease is on its way to the lungs aud sbM lose no time in arresting it. Tlic above are but few of t?ie many citarrlv.il symptoms. Write to our Labratory for our panphlet describing fully all somptom : it will U sent FREE to any address Also dire ctiui whtrs to procure the medicine. We are receiving letters from all parts of tV Union aud also numerous tcstinic .lia's from th&e using it, bearing the evidence of its infallible merits. ITThis remedy contains no minerals or Poisonous ingredients, but is prepared from vegetable extracts KXCI.UIX FLY. therefur it is Perfectly Harmless even to the most tender and delieate child. xjj CALL FOR SF.F.LKY'rt CATARRH REMEDY', and take no wth.-r. If iwt sohl by druggists in your vicinity, they will order il for yoe. Price $,C0 por bottle 3TA11 persons suffering with any affection of ih Head, Throat or Lungs, should write st onc fr ourpamphlet fully describing all symptoms pertainuig to the abova diseases. It will be sent ree to any address .Aooarss DRm D. H. SEELEY CO. FRCnrORT, ILLINOIS. Sold by all wholesale and retail Drnjjitts. C EN Elf A L AGENTS. John D Psik. Cincinnati. Ohio. F'lcr, fincL A Fuller. Chicizo. III. Burnhams VanSchaack, Chicago, III, Demae Runes k Co New York Ii Kaiisom i Co HutTalo, ISew l ork, r arrsn , Shelev & Co., Detroit Michigan, Weeks & Potter, Boston Massachusetts, French, Richards V Co rhilads'pbia. It F. Sellers k Co Pittsburgh ra, Collin's Bro's St lAuis M. Baraes, Ward k Co New Orleans L, K A Robinson & Co L)tisville K.Bicley Bio Memphis Tenn, P E DepMv Richmond Va.Tliompson A Block Baltimore .Md. Dexter i Nelleger Albanr N Y, Strong k Annstrong Cleveland Ohio, Wra Johnstom Detroit Mich, Wilson Pvters k Co Louisville Ky. Ir.Uri WCnV -A large asserimcu just received et LEMON'S I rogfrtor. UINOS VDOETABIiD AMBRÖ3A A rar article for he Toilet, sold only LKMOIVS Dmstur AdmlnlNtratnr !otlo. Notice is hereby gi reo that the undersigned ha& taken out iettera of administration ou tho estate of John L. Schneider, deceased, late cf Ms rsln 11 countv. niI estate :9Sitpped olrent.

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