Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 13, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 January 1868 — Page 2

Plymouth Democrat

J. McDONALD, Editor. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1M& DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. For Governor, THOMAS A. HENDKICKf. of Marlon. For IÄ uttnant-tiovrnor, Alfred P. Edgcrton, of Allen. Fr Seerttary of staff, RFl'BFS C. KM9M, of Boor-. y,,r AwlVr of , J08EFM V. MXMUSDAFFMM f JfaestJaw. F'-r IWBNW of Slatf, JAJUSB B. RVAX, o Muim. JOr Clrrkoffh, Supreme Co"rt, XoAU '. ImR" I F. of CtfSa. Fr Report r oftht Supremt Co'tr. Af. A. (K RMXIfAiMA Ft SttiHi utt'ri-ltitt of Public F:-Ktn' (,:, JulX R. nULLIFB, of Dan M. For Alton y Ommrtt, 0ML L. I TFOOL, of V;th!h. For Elector at Inas JOin U COV FROTH, of H Hwgtaa, BAY LESS W IIANNA. of Yi-o. COBtbUTBtS, JAON H BKOWN, of Jii ki.oii, w ILI.IAM .1 F1JANK1.IN, oi Owes. For DaStffcet PtttorB, First Di-trict Thoma H Cobb, of Knot, runthv-'cnt B Sproule, Of Yaiulerhurg, S.-cond Mslllll fl S PrtM , of.Vartin, 'out indent Joins ( J How '.ml, of Ciar!;", Third District -.1 MMi Qeeta, of PecitW, Contingent -Elhanan V Devon-, of JenuingH, Fou-th DL-trict lohn 8 KVkl. of Fayette, Contingent- -Benjamin L Smith of Rush, Fifth District lohn V Lord, of .Varion, Contingent Cas B field, SS Jalraan, firth DSsUh I i B Garfetoe, of Lawreeee, Contingent -Samuel 11 Hamill, of Sullivan, Seventh District T F Daviil-on. of Fountain, Contingent- B B Daily, of Carroll, Kighth District James F .VeDowell. of Grant, Contingent N R Lin?lay."of How ard. Ninth District .John Colerick. of Allen, Contingent -Samuel A Shoaff, of Jay, Teuth Pistnct-O II Jnin. of Elkhart, Contingent E Van Loakg. of Noble, Eleventh District -i t appointed. TUE DE MOCHA T. The present number of The Democrat is t-aut to many who are not subscribe rf u grf tc pUt too fine a point on it," as the amiable .Teems would remark, we do this iu order that our democratic friends throughout the county may know that we are publishing a live, demncratir paper. The importance of the coming campaign cannot be over-estimated, and it is the du ty of every democrat to keep himself j thoroughly posted in the issues of the hour ; and in what way can he more ef fectually accomplish this than by taking his home paper? Can you fiud any better electioneering document than the county! paper, whieh circulates through every por-1 tum of the county, and is eagerly read wheu loog-windcd speeches aud addresses are merely glanced at? We ask our friends to aid in increasing the circulation of The Democrat. We desire the paper to succeed upon its merits aloue, however, and not from any mistaken sense of 'duty" on the part of its patrons. If it b worth the subscription price, take it; if aot, don't do it. The campaign is opened, cur standardbearers are selected, aud our banners are 4 flung out upon the outer walls." To the upport of the ticket nominated on the 8th day of January, The Democrat will devote whatever of ability and strength it may poEsess, not doubting that with " Hendricks" for their watchword, the democracy will come out of the contest conquerors and more than conquerors. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. The 8th of January cenvention, held at Indianapolis, was the largest, most enthubiaatie and harmonious political meeting that ever assembled in the state; every couu'y in the state being represented, auu nearly all of theta by full delegations. Old gray-haired men were there, giving to the convention dignity and force of charactcr,and their greatest desire seemed j tob to live until their country should be redeemed from the rule of oppression and wroocr. Middle-aged men were there, giving direction, shape and .iiarmony to the deliberation ; aud young men were there to give life, energy and enthusiasm. All professions and occupations were represented, and all were prompted with oue desire and animated with one hope, to put before the honest voters of the state a plain declaration of principles as a platform, and to pLce upon it as candidates, men in whom the people have confidence as statesmen and public servants ; and the democracy of the state have good reason to congratulate themselves upon the work of the convention. The convention was more harmonious and enthusiastic than former assemblages of the kind, from the fact that the acknowledged leaders and orators spoke what the masses felt and believed ; and this being the first treat of the kind the people have been favored with since the beginning of the war, it is not to be wondered that it was keenly appreciated. The resolutions speak the sentiments of 11 honest, sensible n en who have their country i interest at heart. And as to the candidates it is oaly necessary to say here, that the ticket is headed by the Hon Tno.MAS A. Hendricks, whose reputation as a statesman and an honest man is world wide. With such a man as our standard bearer wo expect to come off victors in the coning contest. He and his associates on the state ticket will do their whole duty, let us do ours, and all will yet ba wall. Nkarly one hundred millions of dollars are yearly expended in enforcing the socalled reconstruction laws. Congress cornpals the peopie to pay this sum, that radicalism may be' continued in power. We thin W this is a large sum to pay for violations of the constitution. Nsxt week we intend publishing a few Xtraets from the speech of Hon. D. W. VoRHlie. at the täte convention.

GENERAL GRANT. Perhaps, at the preseut time, there is no OLe who occupies so great a bare oi public attention as General Grant. His name is kept constantly before the people, and

a large portion of the republican press ' have announced him as the candidate of ! that party for the highest office in the nai tion ; therefore his character and qnalificut ions become a proper subject for dis- ' cussion and scrutiny. He is a West Point graduate, who arose, after a varied career of disaster aud success, during ( ur late unhappy war, to the rank of general of ail the armies of the United States. As a

military commander, his tactics consisted judicious fostering of the interests of las imply iu brute force, in hurling superi- bor ; a rigid economy in publie expendi-

or numbers against his opponent, and fit- i

ling his broken ranks with reinforce-! hibitory tariffs, are among the chief elements. In all his successful battles his ! mcnts that contribute to the general we!A . . W - . ABB Sk. I

torces greatly outnumbered those ol the , encmy ; aud ic his OsUBpaigfl before Itichmoud his army outnumbered the rebels three to one. During that campaign he sacrificed the lives of more soldiers than Lee had in his entire army; and yet Lee, with his small force, held him at bay for mouths, outgeneraled him in every engagement, and only y elded when his resources had become exhausted. When the impartial historian writes up the history of our late struggle, he will write down Craut, a general who lacking skill, made the most reckless sacrifice of the lives of his soldiers. As a military couimauder he does not compare with McClellan, llosencrans, Sherman or Hancock, lie happened to be the officer in command when the rebellion ended, and he north iu its great rejoicing over the vent, forgot the means employed and the orifice made, and the man who, had he WW. would have received their cxecratious, became the hero of the hour. The Americans, as a class, are giveu to hero worship; bu, of thorn all none hrs been i more overestimated than Grant. Without experience as a statesman, he lacks those fixed political principles so necessary in public life. His last vote was cast for Buchanan, but now he is an enigma. When some anxious individual broaches politics to him he replies by I it A- 11-? 1 H il. '1 . se. nen me presiueni Pposed to remove Stanton, he rcmons- , cepts fctanton s place himself. He op posed the removal of Sheridan aud Sickles, two of the most contemptible military despots that have yet cursed the south, and threatened all sorts of calamities as the consequence, jet he meekly sits in the war office and promulgates the president's orders. And this is the man whom a majority of republicans present as their presidential candidate. The honest portion of their part' detest him; WTendell Phillips denounces him ; Greely's paper describes him as 11 the bay horse U. S. ! Grant; age ; dam, Victory; sired by West Point; ridden by E. 15. Washburne; colors, red, white and blue, with a black hoop"; Dutler hates him, and Wade curses him; but Thurlow Weed, Jay Cooke A Co., the Wall street brokers, and bondholders generally, have found in him a man just suited for their purposes; of a yielding disposition, easily influenced by the wire-pullers who control him, knowing nothing of civil affairs, in their hands he will be as wax to be moulded to their will. They hope to elect him on his military glory, or '; sing" him iuto office as the whirrs did Harrison in 1840. If the people desire to e hewers of wood and drawers of water for the bondholders the rest of their lives, and leave their bondage as an inheritance to their children, then let them vote for Grant. In that case he is their man. If not, they had better think twice before committing the destinies of this nation into the hands of t man whom even his friends distrust. " WHILE THE LAMP HOLDS OUT TO BURN" The Republicans of Marion county, at a convention held by them at Indianapolis, on Saturday last, arc reported to have had a stormy time. The telegraph says that such words as " liar " and ; coward " were freely bandied among the delagates. We hope there is not a democrat in the state, who recollects the cowardly conduct of In dianapolis republicans during the war, in inciting the troops to charge upon an assemblage of democrats at that place who were transgressing no law, and taking no priviliges which had not been accorded to all similar adfceinblages from time immemorial, that will dispute their claim to the titles of " liars" and "cowards." Some of the most despicable acts of the republican party have been performed at Indianapolis, and democrats had well-nigh given up al1 hope of any change for the better. " While there is life there is hope," as the following resolution adopted by that convention abundantly proves: Resolved, That the bonds and other obligations of the General Government which do not expressly stipulated for a payment in coin on their face stiould tic pais at their earliest maturity in legal money, and that our delegation lo the State Convention be instructed to vote tor a resolution in the State Platform embodying this proposition. Indianapolis, the " vilest sinner" in the land, has done "works meet for repentance" All honest republicans who believe that if greenbacks are good enough for soldiers and sailors, they are also good enough for bond-holdeis, and arc averse to being called liars " and " cowards " in the house of their friends, should come into the folds of the democratic party, that party which stands with its doors wide open to receive the prodigals who are returning after many months of weary "fattening" on the dry husks of taxation and bond-aga.

THE Rl LE OF RADICALISM. The preamble of the constitution of the United States declared, that "to promote m tj,e general welfare, and secure the " blessings of liberty to ourselves aud our " posterity," were among the purposes lor which it was established. In accordance with these purposes, its framers imposed restraints upon, and defined the powers of, the government, and when either transcends its constitutional limits, or usurps powers not granted, the objects tor which the government was established arc frustrated. A just and equal system of taxation; a

tures, and a commerce unfettered by pro-: fare. The general welfare is the aggregate happiness and prosperity of citizens. Whenever, by any means, these are diminished, the purposes designated fail of their inteut. As the general welfare may be promoted or retarded, and liberty preserved or destroyed by legislative enactment, it is to that department, more than to any other, that wo must look for the promotion of national prosperity and happiness, aud the conservation of liberty. The overstepping of those guards and guarautces which the constitution has fixed as the limit to the exercise of power, is destructive of the objects for which the government was created. There can be be no sense of security when unwarranted powers are assumed, and there can be no permanent national prosperity so long as this scu.se is prevalent. In the legislation of congress within the last few years we have a striking proof of the truth of this proposition. Its wanton disregard of the fundamental law of the land has caused wide-spread distrust aud fear, retarded the restoration of the union, and induced general prostration of business interests throughout the country. Its unjust and unequal system of taxation bears heavily upon labor which should be "lightly burdened." Its legislation in the interests of capital and wealth has crippled the great sources of revenue, because a species of properly, which ouly capital can control is exempt from taxation. Its high probibitoi tariffs have driven commerce from the seas. Its profligacy has so depreciated our bonds that they command no more in the markets of the world than do those of unenlightened Turkey. M To secure the blessings of liberty to us and our posterity," can a loftier, grander object be conceived of the provicce of government than to secure the inestimable blessings of liberty to the preseut and future generation ? The framers and founders of the union not only desiicd liberty for themselves, but also for their posterity. One of the fundamental safeguards of liberty is the right of the people to make and amend their constitutions of government, to change their organic laws in a legitimate m inner. 11 Csuj att'on," said Washington, in his farewell address, " n the customujtrjt weapon hy which re govrnments arc destroyed. The enemies of liberty proceed gradually, and always under some specious pretext of promoting the public welfare. The republican party leaders have sought to destroy the revercuce of the people for the constitution and then its entire overthrow would have been speedily completed, their legislation has perverted the object of the goveru'uent from the moans of securing the blessings of liberty, to depriving the citizen of all liberty. Ten states of the uniou are governed by the sword. The will of a brigadier or ruajor-gcucral is their supreme law. The constitution is as much a nullity in those ten states as in Europe. The district commander possesses consular powers, aud may at pleasure suspend the writ of rorpuf, deny the right of trial by jury, muzzle the prese, and prohibit the freedom of speech. These are a part of the rights and blessings of liberty, yet congress denies them. These are privileges which freemen should never surrender but at the point of the bayonet. They are granted by the constitution to the citizen and cannot be taken away without its wanton violation. It is the determination of radical politicians, in the event that they have the power to accomplish it, to consolidate the states and powers of state governments. State lines are to be annihilated and the whole system of government is designed to be changed. There is no doubt that the despotism established in the south is designed to familiarize the people with that form of government, that it may be the more easily extended over the north. Stevens, Sumner, Logan, and other prominent radicals, wkh many of lesser note, have made no concealment of their hostility to the division of power between the states and the general government. The chief support, aye, the eutirc foundation of free government is the principle of the reserved rights of the states, and it annihilated, as the radieal republican party proposes, the fabric of constitutional liberty would fall. We have given some, though a very small part of the results of radical rule. We have simply stated facta for the consideration of those who love their country and desire its maintenace iutaet in every part, and parcel, and exaggerated nothing. W6 have drawn a correct picture and we desire the reader by hi3 own fireside, calmly and dispassionately to investigate the condition in which our couatry is placed by this republican congress, and

whether its policy of establishing negrosuffrage, exorbitant taxation, prohibitory tariffs, and profligate use of the people's money will tend ; to p promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to us and our posterity."

CONGRESS, CoxcitESs has re-instated Stanton ; the house has i)as?ed an act mnzzlino- thp sn. , , M a j 4, . ... , i prcme court : and the next thing will be i the passage of the bill making Grant Emperor of the south. Grant delivered the keys of the war department to Stanton on Tuesday, and the latter signalized his return to the secretaryship by drawing nearly $3,000 salary for the time he has lately spent in "masterly inactivity." What next? When a commander of a military district in the south, trampled upon the liberties of the people, assumed unauthorized powers, aud by fraud aud corrupt means sought to place the white population in a minority, as Pope did, the radical press were profuse in their laudations, and the radical congress made haste to tender him votes of thanks aud Otherwise expressed approbation of lawlessness fraud and tyranny. Gen. Pope permitted minor uegroes to rcgisfer. and hence has received the approval jf all radicals. But when a great soldier exhibits a conscientious regard for law, and refuses to use the power entrusted to him for purposes of oppression; when he will not crush out the sacred and unalienable rights of freemen, he is assailed and maligned in the most bitter terms. Can there be any more conclusive evideuce than this that radicalism hates liberty and law, and loves despotism, corruption, fraud and oppression, and approves of all the excesses and unregulated action that result from them ' The government is daily defrauded of millions of revenue, through corrupt revenue officers. The people pay enormous taxes, but the bulk of it goes to enrich the cormorants who wring them from the hard earning! of labor. In order that the par tisans of cougrosss might filch from the government and enrich themselves by pocketiug the people's money, congress passed a tenure-of-ofhee law preventing the removal of thieving or iucompetent officers. The effect of this law is to retain officials, however incompetent or corrupt, and the result is that luauy of them connive with illicit manufacturers aud dealers to defraud the government. This radical congress is directly responsible for these frauds, and it has the sanction of radical leaders, for they refuse to bring violators of the law to justice or investigate official corruption. This is a question to which the people should give attention. CORRESPO DEXCE. Eo. Democrat. The democratic state conveutiou held on the 8th inst. was one of the things to be long remembered in the history of the state. Every county was represented and by reliable men. Eight hundred delegates assembled in council, and not tha slightest jar or discord on the great questions presented to and disposed of by them. Entire satisfaction was universally expressed with the resolutions, aud the platform was considered the best that could be made, and one that better expressed the true feeli'igs of the great masses as each individual would express them if called upon, than any ever adopted before. The first resolution so truly depicts the results of republican rule that their own leaders must admit its truth. The correctness of the second on class legislation expresses the wish of every honest man iu the nation, 'the ofte on the national banks will be opposed by none save the bankers them selves. When the people come to learn that these banks cau double their capital every four years, the banks will have no friends eveu among those who may hesitate now. A man deposits bonds 8100,000, on them he draws SO, 000 interest in gold, and it brings him in paper at least $8,000. He gets $90,000 of bank notes and that he loans at 12 per ccut. at least and realizes $10,800. He receives and controls at least $100,000 cn deposites, on which he makes at the lowest estimate another $10,000, making in all $28,800, which in four yearsamounts to $115,200, to say nothing of what he makes by shaving bonds, buying guh!, sending and buying exchange, and the many little way? they have of picking up stray quarters, halves and dollars. On this they pay one and one-half per cent, taxes on bank profits only, and none jf them ever seem to have any profits when they come to report. It true the millions of taxes we pay annually to pay them the interest on the bonds on which we lend them money should be stopped. The 4th resolution that bonds shall bear their equal proportion of taxation will meet with the approval of al! honest men, and iuasmuch as states and cities cannot tax them, it is right that congress shall do so, and the money thus raised will make the people's taxes so much lighter, and it would reach many milions of dollars yearly. The 5th resolution demanding payment of tho bonds in greenbacks all will favor when they understand it. It is not intended, as snmo fear, that the country is to be flooded with money, but when a bond is paid it shall be paid in paper, and that paper will go into circulation a money. As much money as the country needs to

carry on its business say one thousand million of dollars cau be applied to the payment of bonds. It will stop the gold interest on that sum, stimulate all kinds of enterprise, save financial panics ; and as the wants of the country iucrease more can be issued. Taxes will become lighter,

j the debt gradually smaller, the times more prosperous, labor in more demand, aud more stability will be given to public aud ; ayW.. private credit The 0th resolution the wildest radicals dare not attack. The radieal tariff is a leach that has and will suck the life-blood of the nation and still cry " give ! give ! " The truth of the 7th resolution is established by every leading republican paper, and it cannot be deuied by the most rabid fanatic in their party. The 8th resolution has been endorsed by the people everywhere. The 9th resolution all Americans will sustain, aud none are bold or bad enough to refuse it a hearty endorsement. Time has demonstrated that the will of the people on the question of moral legislation, is embodied in the 10th resolution; and any party who seeks to defeat the doctrine there enunciated, will be " hoist with its own petard." The 11th resolution none but a radical can attack ; and even they will hardly dare do it. These resolutions, constituting the platform of the party, leaves the republican leaders no hope. Either they must stultify themselves, " go back " on their whole record, and theu ask us to support them as hypocrites or brainless fanatics, who have shamefully failed by their own admission, or they must take issue with the sentiments of these resolutions, which are the sentiments of nine-tenths of the people. The masses of the people are honest, no matter by what names they call their parties. They have been misled, but they want the truth, and when it appears they will follow it. Here is an embodiment of! truth on these great subjects, and the people can and will see it, and they will flee from the approach 0f nen who dare attack it, and will uphold and maintain it with voice and vote. The intelligence and honesty of the people will yet prove equal to the great crisis through which we are passing, and we shall have once more a union of states and take the advance position in the column, in the great march of nations. Veritas. CIIICA G O COR RE SP OXDENCK. fHlCAGO, Jan. 13, 18G7. Ed. Democrat Shall I trespass too much upon your patience and val uable space to-day, if I devote a considerable portion of my letter to the grand, eugrossing topic of naJcedn ess It Is the main thing before society at pr esent which seems to engage the interest of all classes, and really of all the sterile blank "blue Mondays " of the year this one is the most empty and dismal, so that I must needs seek something else than mere curiosity-feeding facts to fill my accustomed place in your columns and in y jur readers remembrance. So then, if you pi ease, a few words of naked truth from a modest man, concerning this furore for things in puris naturalibin. "Undine" closer here the middle of this week, after a run of unprecedented success, the best evidence of which is that although its expenses were over $G00 per night, it has netted a clear $75,000 for the managers. What has been the cause of this triumph t iot llankiu's actiug, for all he cau do on the stage i9 to look pretty. Not Emily Thome's singing, good as it was, not the scenery, even, although it surpassed in magnificence all we have ever seen here, no, not all these combined, drew onetenth so many spectators as the plump, elcgautly tapered, beautifully rounded limbs of the foreign ballet troupe. That troupe was selected with especial reference to its perfection of form. Counoisseurs had held high council over every ancle and calf, and many were the bets between friends, left to the decision of disinterested parties, whether Gabrielle or Niuette were best developed, whether Denisc or Betty wore " pads, " and other kindred subjects which will readily suggest themselves to the speculative mind. Consequently the warmest feelings of the human miud were enlisted for the success of " Undine" what has been the result ? I learn that McVicker is going to have at his theatre, the ballet spectacle of the "Golden Branch" with a rival troupe of legs from rscw lork. lhat next spring we may expect " Undine " here again is probable. Hereafter we may expect to rival New York in the variety aud quality of our leg shows. There is only one place in town which will not follow this lead ; one place of pulic amusement, I mean, aud that is the Museum. Its stage is so small and the rights of the leading lady are so large that for both reasons a fair assortment of plump legs on tha, stage need not be expected. This furor for naked truth extends through even private life. Mrs. Quimby and Dr. Fuller fell victims to it when an intrusive policeman broke in upon their slumbers. A rink carpenter's wife who got this uufortnnale malady while her husband was away in St. Louis not long since, was divorced the other day without attempting a defence. Her own childreu were witnesses of her devotion to this form of truth. Seriously, is not this great and growing tendency to nudity indicative of a dangerous progression toward general immorality? Each spectacle put upon the stage is expected to be a nearer approach to nudity than that which preceded it. Each divorce case to be attractive reading matter must be a little nastier than those before. Each day witnesses gradual but sure inroads upon the sanctity of private lifo, insidious attacks upon the bulwarks of female modesty. If this sort ofthing keeps on, we may expect, by and by, to get back as nearly to the costumes of Adam and Eve as our climate will permit. a

REMINIS CENCES.

NUMBER NINE. Our readers will recollect that we heretofore referred to the organization of West and Bourbon townships, the former out of the west six miles, and the latter out of the cast seven miles of Center, leaving it eiirht miles cast and wast, the south half rsi' . . l. n j

Nvw" twroiv-uira auu iwwatj-iour, j boumI over for trial in 84080 for fenrfaac portownship thirty f., ur, north range two east, j e minent stencils. It is alleged that he is the o.l ort:.., . i : partv who made and furnished revenue stenand sections uiueteeu aud twenty, whicn were tiwrf extensively in uffalo township thirty-four, north range three and Boston lor whisky frauds, some months east, having been attached, making in all Mncc-fifty-nine r-quare miles, being the forges Türke boys playing in a grain house in , i ., . n Hamilton, Ohio, on Monday were instantly township in the county except German. . hilled by the bursting of a 'partition by the In our first article we referred to sever- weight of the large amount of grain piled up j nf(infin.j fi i -i r against it The bodies of the little fellows al of the first settlers who were residents ot , veK horribly mutilated. One of tht-m wu this township as early as 1832. Wm. G. ! a f(in of J. C. Richardson, and the other two n i a rw hi t. .i a i of David Edwards. Pomeroy and S. D. Tabor wete the first m

two justices of the peace. John A. Shirley and Lydia Blakely were married by Wm. G. Pomeroy in 1835, which was the ß . . ... , . ,. first marriage in the township of which we have any knowledge ; the writer wosj one of the witnesses ; the license was issued by the clerk of the St. Joseph county circuit court Marshall being attached at that time to said county for judicial pur poses Thn fir-f ,r,fl r- -A ne nrst couple .hat were married r in the township, after Marshall " set up on her own book," were J. W. Crusan and Matilda Henderson. We have a dis tinct recollection of the first scratch between two white men in the township; one of them is now " no more," the other still resides in the township, and should this happen to fall under his eye, he will readily call to mind the circumstan .'e. As we remarked in a former number, there are probably not more than half a dozen persons, who came here previous to 1835, who are here at this time. Mrs. Garland Rose, Mrs. Grove Pomeroy, Mrs. D. Vanvactor, and Mrs. S. D. Tabor and probably some of their children, are the only ones that we recollect of who lived here before that date. The east part of Center township, with but little exception, is among the finest land in the county, and contains some of the very best sugar orchards iu the state. We never saw a more beautiful body of laud. Many of the improved farms ia that part of the township can not be bought at this time for less than ninety dollars per acre. Sections two, twenty-four and twentyfive iu township thirty-three, north range two east, were Indian reserves, and were bought of them by Tabor & Hamilton, at a very low price, no doubt. Yellow river runs diagonally through the township from north-east to southwest. The south part of the township is! m pretty good fanning land, although not so valuable in a state of nature as that portion of the township lying east of the ... , rr, . e Michigan road. The north part, west of the Michigan road is rather thin, barren and interspersed with marsh occasionalIn the year 1835 a Mr. Milburn Coe built a saw mill on Yellow river, near where J. V. Jlailey t Uos grist mill now stands, which, however, never amounted to much. At an early day there wag but little timber used in buildinjr ; timbers were split and hewn for floors and doors ; clapboards were used instead of shidglefl to cover houses with. limber was sometimes made for such purposes with a " whipsaw." There is probably not one in ten of your reader who have ever seen a M whip-saw " saw. The saw is about five feet long, and about ci-ht inches wide at one cud aud about tour at the other; a handle about a foot long on the narrow end and some twenty inches long at the broad end. The timber for sawing was cut the desired length and hewed square ; two polls of suitable size and length were procured and one end of them fastened to a couple of trees with forks about seven feet bight, the other end of the poles left on the rround : the hewed lo? was lined in the center with a blacking line, and theu slipped up the poles to a proper place ; the poles would then be raised to the proper bight and leveled ; one man would place himself on the top of the log, the other underneath ; the man above would take the broad end of the saw. the teeth of which were hooked and pointed downwards ; the sawing was done by the man below as he drew the saw down, the man on the log would lift it up, and so ou in 11 alternation. " After the log was ripped in two it was lined the desired thickness, and sawed accordingly. A couple of sprightly men could saw five or six hundred feet of poplar boards in a day. We had the pleasure of assisting to saw a few hundred feet with oue of the saws, and retired in disgust. There are two small lakes in Center township, viz : Muckshaw, which is fed by one of the best springs in the county, h.is no out-lot. sind hut vrv few fish if anv. .. , ., p ... lies about a mile south of I lymouth prof-l cr. Dickson lake lies about two miles south-west of Flymouth, is small but deep, and teems with the finny tribe; it has an outlet into Yellow river. In the year 1884 Plymouth waslaid out by Polk, Blair and Sering. In the year 1851 North Salem was laid out ay A. G. Pumfry, ttasil Roberts and Barrack Plummer. In the year 1;4 Pearson ville (now called Inood) was laid out by E. G. Pearson. The assessor for 18l7 returned outside of Plymouth for taxation 300 polls and 147 J r dogs. Value of personal property C 143,740; value of real-estate $588,255; total value of taiablcs $732,005. Number of

polls in Plymouth 313. Number of dogs 05. Value of personal property $195,325. Value of real-estate S2G2,370; total value or taxables $457,095. ' Mc. NEWS ITEMS. The Iowa Central Agricultural Society Las decided to hold its lair at Des Moines, on Sept.

Geo. W. Willi: has been arrested and I A- large and cnthuastie meeting of foreign ouu citizen was neiu m jxcuange ouikimg last nieht, Ian. 9th. Mavor Lettwich presfded. A resolution was passed urging the government to afford more adequate prntec 1 tion to American citizens shroad. and derhtr lnf 5t the duty of the government to recall, nnoui ueiay. anv minister or consul who had refused or neglected his lawful protection to American citizens traveling abroad. Bt the report of Secretary Seward, sent to congress to day, it appears that 21 State have ' -1 c 11 mcia i n oi ice oi me ru 1 1 neation oi me , , , . ,r . . 14th constitutional nmpnilinpnt Mnirw ) I ratified the amendment, hut has neglected to ! f! V6 0,fficil1! no,tification."f the factt the state amendment, making 23 states. It has been given out that Ohio and New Jersey, having elected democratic legislatures, will repeal their ratification of the amendment. -.....-.. i n ill r"uu lain? fcllv Hon. TttOS. Ewing of Ohio, is out in a long letter, on the subject of the national finances. He states that an attempt bj- law or by execution to hasten the resumption of specie pry men t, under existing circum stances, would be disastrous to every branch of business carried on with borrowed capital. He favors tin payment of the debt in accordance with the strict letter of the contract in specie where the law expressly requires, and in greenbacks v here the law does not require it. TnE democratic committee of the 8th dietrictnietat Turlington, O., Jan. 10, and nominated Gen. Barnabas Burns for congress, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Hamilton. An interest ing incident of the day was the appearance of Hon. J, F. Hubbel, formerly republican representative in congress from the same district, who pledged himself unequivocally to oppose radicalism in future, and to support the candidate nominated by the convention. He received 2fJ votes for the nomination, but was withdrawn after the second ballot. We notice in an exchange the fact that there is a merchant in the town in winch the paper is printed, who, whenever a man buys a good bill of goods from him makes the purchaser a present of the village paper, in which he advertises, for one year, and thus he man ages to keep the customer constantly reminded of his business and be will nevVr forget such a present. Should that man give his customer two dollars in greenbacks or in goods it might so n be forgotten : but when he is once a wee k, for fifty two weeks, placed in receipt of his friend's bounty, can any one doubt its I . ;;;; u i'oo.j wuv to advertise j ll"s is yorthy of imitation by oat business VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. ! Oa the rtyssoafJi and f saw te wagon rod, eithia three -quarter of a mile from Plymouth, consistuig of " i I 6C ACRES OF LAND with rood improvements house and barn, and pood orchaid . Y or f nether particulars enquire of 0-6 ELIZABETH THOMPSON. FOSS' DISCOVERY FOR THE HAIR, IS not to le !a-iltVd smoDg the many Itij-irlouc aud poinoaow paraOom Uici. do uot accoiupliab whit ihe arc ad i rtised to Uo. EOS ,v it is C O I 'EM Y WiU potiHeeli reproduce a heavy and natural growlk of thiir Dpos mote part- of the teed H kere it txitfail 'ft. Am - .'. IT i IN .. r BE ftl'RPAMBD. 1 i- exqufoitelv prrtanx d. ami 1c mat cttckjr or frntumy . liki- nany oi toe conumandf put ls tirv t ! people. K.J. FOSS. Eq.. UTreBMMri How. ltvstoa, afUrwting Od I'l-l t Yl-.R Y four month , had Thick, Heavy, Luxuritnt Hed of Hair, when at commenofuient of the tine of thle preparation. he !. awftmeySaX. s, ii"l lot testimonial and riiotojrraphf of J. E. Foaa. b'.-fori.' and after i!-;n- Discovery, aNo CertiSee ef well known person in Rob ton wbomie iei-Bonl!v aequaiiitd with the wonderful fiVcte of FOSS' DiSCOVKH '. Price $1 per bottle. For Pilf bv Drupelm arery where HIBBFHT 4 CO., Proprietor., 1 Treaaat How. Beetea, Haas. vlSnT- lv J.F. L INfiENBl UGH, bKAll.lt IX GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FLOUR & FEED, Wooden and Stone Ware, foal Oil, Aco., &. Opposite the Bank , Michigan street, Flrmoetb, Ind. 11-31 II. KEKVE, INSURANCE AGENT. Insures Poperty, Stock and Lives, Cash Capi tal over FIFTEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. In the best joint Stock Companies ia the United States. l7 No assessment for losses. Office is PLYMOIJ XH, INDIANA. Policies issued; Losses paid here. English aud Germaa, and U eflaf. THE AMERICAN COOKING STOVE This stove has again been awarded two first premiums at our State Fair at Buffalo, one for coal and one fr wood. We arc now able to announce the unparalleled result of this stove having taken the first premium at the New York State Fair? for the last I consecutive years, notwithstanding it hns been brought in competition with all the best stoves made in the State, and m.mv from other St it s, and notwithstanding tbe aetefstent, combined and determined efforts of it competitors to defeat it. And its success ia not alone confined to this State. On the 19th of September it was awarded two first premiums in JJ New JenM.v Sule Fair h aIlK) bten awarded the first premium at the Pennsylvania State fair, anl ha never neen exhibited at a State Fair and failed to take the first pretbiupa. and the premiums it has taken at County Fairs are too numerous to mention. And these awards arc fully endorsed by the peeple throughout the country. Its Mine has become a househeld word from Maine to California, acd from tbe Great Lake to the Gulf of Mexic. and the de mand has .-.me so lrpe that notwithstanding Sat large aud increased facilities for manufacturing, we are unable to supply the demand prempt . " fin' & i Dipl' trwi . ly. 1 1 Ti ."V IV , I I IY .-V IV I 41 jt.. Albany,. Y. For Sals bv nDtfl H. B. DICKSON Plymouth lad. o. R. retxolps m p., PhytUitm and ut ?Tetlu,y ,mfor" cittwP'- " ""!?'J1"' tr that ht ha permanentlr lnatM in Plymouth, where beholds himself In readiness to att.-nd promptly and faithfully to all calls pertaining to hii proretaion. urara and residence, corner Michigan and WMhingtoa U.. nearly lf0-!rf ihe Parker Moufc vltelm