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Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-20
A Warm Corpse.-A couple of resurr

WdrH U0rpSt.-A couple OF reSurrec-
tionists started for subject one cold
night. in small covered wagon and sue
ceeded in finding one. When they had
disinterred the body they dressed it up in
frock coat, hat. &c, placed it between
them in the wagon. and started for home
The weather being very cold. and coming
in sight of tavern they concluded TO
stop and "taks a drink" which they did.
leaving their inanimate companion sitting
erect upon his seat. with the horses reins
lying in his lap. The ostler. observing
three individuals in the wagon when il
was driven up. and noticing that but tw o
went into the house. thought he would
inquire of the third why he did not fol-
low his companions. SO he walked up
to the wagon and asked the reason for his
remaining behind.
No answer was returned. After cues
tioning the dumb gentlemen some time.
he took hold Of him and found that his
hand was upon dead man! Although
terrified al first. his mind soon solved the
mystery: he recollected that one of the
individuals who was slipping toddy at the
bar was a medical student. $50" saws
the ostler, "Ill have some fun with these
larks." He hoisted the body from the
wagon and carried it into the stable.
when he took off its clothes, put them on
himself, and then placed himself in the
wagon; after a short time the students
returned-one Of them jumped up beside.
as they supposed, the dead man, and in
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-20

LOOK OUT. POLITICIANS, AND PoL.lIcsL
PARTIEs!--The n. Y. Express, of the l4th
gives the following strange account of
the strange growth & progress Of strange
party:
1.-THE Know Nothings have, of sud
den. become a power In the State. What
they are-what they want--where they
come from-what they do. not knowing.
we cannot say. But that they ars a pow
er in the State-that they make nomina-
tions--that they mingle in. and carry
elections. is obvious from the history of
things about us. Their meetings, we
stated the other day. are called BY post
ing sheets of blank paper ogains, walls
but when we send our reporters. they
bring back the old story, "Nobody knows
nothing. and therefore there is nothing
TO print.
An election for municipal officers took
place last week in Salem. Mass The
Wings there, to their utter amazement.
were beaten by this invisible power.--
Ths regular Whig candidate got but 4SI
votes. and the Know Nothing candidate
received 337. All The Know Nothing
candidates were thus elected after the
most triumphant fashion. In Waltham,
Mass. like result occurred-but no.
body knew how it was done. The Know
Nothlngs gave no notice of preparation,
but fockeG to the polls-of a sudden
and Of sudden the deed was done.
The organization of these Know Moth
ings has extended, we see, to Syracuse,
IN this State. and IS extending elsewhere.
We expect soon to hear Of its existence
IN all our cities. towns and villages, but
as they do nothing. and know nothing,
We only can narfate what they do, when
all is DONE"
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-20
WHOLE NO. Ill.

a merriment struck him upon his knee;
exclaiming show would you like some
flip, my old fellow?" The moment the
words had passed his lips. he observed 10
his companion in low and trembling
voice. ben, he's warm!" This started
Ben. but he recovered his self possession
in moment. and after reproying his
friend for Tightening him unnecessarily.
stepped up and touched the ostler himself;
in an instant choked with fear. he re-
peated what his companion had just said:
"he is warm by heavens" "And so
would you be-" replied the ostler. in
measured and ghostly tone, ''if you had
just been stolen from hell, as / have
The students took TO their heels and new
er once turned TO claim their horse and
wagon.
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-20

Two Irishmen one day went hunting,
and on seeing deer start up. Pat raised
his gun. and took after the animal.
Pat" said Jenny. Eyer guns not
loaded"
Faith. be jabsrs. the basts don't know
IT," replied Pat.
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-20

II is reported to the Senate that the
claims filed at the State Department
against Mexico since the treaty of lS4S.
amount TO S6,000,000.
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-20
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At the end OF six months, 200
l. delayed until the end OF the year, 30
4 failure TO order dISconlnuance at the
expiration OF The t'ine subscribed Tor, Will be
considered a new engagement, and the paper
continued.
I77No paper viii be discontinued until all
arrcifsses are pllI, unless al the op.ior OF the
Publisher.
Usrhe above terms will be strictly ad-
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24
KOtflschiid and Palestine.

We clip the following from the Vermont
I Chronicle
RoTHscurLD-''It is rumored in Paris,
that NJ, de Rothschild. offers to accept the
terms proposed for the Turkish loan, or
even to advance larger sum, provided 4
mortgage was given him on Palestine
This rumor is highly suggestive. Every
rejecting Christian must have had frequent
thoughts of the Jews, of Palestine, and of
the precious premises and prophecies laid
up for them in the Bible. during the thick
ening of the war plot which now must in
evitably involve all Europe. The great
battle Of Armageddon-the angel standing
in tile sun calling oil the fowls Of heaven to
the feast Of the great God-the treading Of
the wine-press without the city. and the
blood coming to the horses brides are pas
sages Of holy writ which come up before
tue mind with awful grandeur, clothed with
the idea os 4 possible !ulilment within 4
short time. Palestine il the Lords inher-
itance reserved for the seed Of Abraham
The Turkish power holds it. That power
must give way before the plans of Divine
Providence Its downfall is imminent; and
who next shall own Palestine Evidently
The Jews
The world has wandered after the wealth
If The RothschiIds They are Jews Why
has Providence raised them mp and placed
in their hands an amount Of wealth equal
to that Of many an entire kingdom May
it not be for such a time as this? The
Turkish powers straightened. for money to
fight against Russia comes to one of these
Jews 10 borrow. lie asks mortgage on
Palestine aud on this condition offers more
money than Turkey asks. The Sultan
knowing that Palestine j. one portion Of his
dominion on which Russia has fixed her covet-
Gus eyes, that she may command the Med
iterranean and Red Seas, and also the
mouths Of the Nile. would the more readily
mortgage it to RothSchill, 10 put !. as far
from the enemy as possible, and identify it
with the Interests Of western Europe, and BY
this means the more effectually secure the
aid Of England and France In the event
Turkey il swallowed up-the mortgage
lies unrcdcemed- Palestine is once more
the property OF an Israelite But Russia
is determined TO have il: but to obtain
il must fight all Europe-aud the last
great conflict is on this sacred ground
There the wive-press is trodden-wilhout
the city Of Babylon-popedom. Palestine
being in possession Of the Saracens and
Turks, has always been beyond the limits Of
the Papacy New forms Of government
arise all over Europe. and the Jews return
to their father-land under the deed Of Roths-
child. These are thoughts which quickly
sprung up in our mind upon reading the
above few lines
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24
A PUZZLED YANKEES:
Or, the Danger of kissing i'm the
Dark.

The following extract Of letter from
Yankee correspondent is highly amusing:
Well, | put up with first rate good ma
tured fellow. that | met at billiard table
went in and was introduced to his wife, a
fine fat woman, looked as though she lived
on latin. her face was SO full Of fun. Af-
ter while--after we'd talked about my
girl, and about the garden, and about the
weather., and so on. in come three or four
children lafin', and skippn' rs merry as
c-ickets. There was no candle lit. but could
STE they were fine looking fellows. and |
shrted for my saddle bags in which put
lot Of sugar candy for the children as |
vent along
Come here, said |, you little rogue. come
aong here and tell me what your name is.
The oldest came to me, and says:
My name is Peter Smith, SIR
And what's your name sir Z?
Bob Smith
The next said his name was Bill Smith.
AID the fourth said bis name was Tommy
Smith. | gave 'em sugar candy, and old
Mrs. Smith was so ticked that she laughed
I az Tue tiiie. MI CiBltu lOUheu on Dul
dh't say much.
Why says |, Mrs. Smith. | would not
take good deal for them four boys, if |
had EN-, they are 50 beautiful and spright-
ly'
No says she, laffiin', 4 set good deal
by em but we spoil 'cm too much
No, no, says |. they're real well bchav-
ed dcbildren; and by gracious, says |, pre-
terding to be startled by striking resem-
b,nce between them boys and their father.
and looked at Mr. Smith Il never did
sec anything equal TO it. says ], your own
eyes, mouth, forehead, and perfect picture
OF hair, sir tapping the Oldest On the pate.
| thought Mrs Smith would have died laf-
fin at that, her arms fell down BY her sides,
and she shook the whole house laiiiin'.
DO you think %. Col Jones q says she,
looking towards Mr. Smith, and thought
she'd 90 off in fit.
Yes, says l, i do rally
'Ha, ha-haw.' = says Mr.. Smith, kind O.
half laf1iin', 'yon are too hard on me now with
your jokes
i amt jokin' at all, says I, they are
handsome children, and they do look won
derfully ike you
Just then gal brought in a light and
III be darned if the little brats didn't turn
ont to be niggers every one Of EN-, and their
hair was as curlev as the blackest nggers.
Mr. aud Mrs. Smith never had any children
and they sort Of petted them Eiggers as
playthings. never felt az streai;ed as | did
when seen how things stood. Ii | hadn't
kissed the nasty things [ could a'got over
it; but kissing EN- showed was in earnest.
though I was soft soapin' em ali the time
how to get over the scrape, didn't know.
Mrs. Smith laughed 50 hard when she seed
how confused was that she almost suffoca-
ted. A little afterwards there was whole
family of relations arrived from the city.
and turned the matters off but the next
morning could see Dir. Smith did not like
the remembrance Of what said, and don't
believe he'll vote fur me when the election
comes 'spect Mrs. Smith kept tie old
fellow under the joke some time.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

GHosrLY EvIDENcE.-A trial for mur-
der took place last week. in Wetzel county.
Va, in which tie evidence rested mainly
upon spirit-rapping and ghcst-seeing proof.
A man named Labon Mercer was charged
with the murder Of man named Gamble
some time since. A John Hindman met
The ghost Of the murdered man one night.
who stated that Mercer was his murderer
and the spirit-rappers were consulted. and
they corroborated the evidence Of the ghost.
The Court, however, ruled out all such tes-
timony, and Mercer was acquitted. The
trial created great interest in the part OF
State whero ii occurred Incredulous court
not to believe, when the dead rise up to ties.
tify
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

FROM HAVANA A-Commodore Newton,
chief Of the home squandron, arrived at
Washington yesterday, and it is said his re-
fusal to salute the Spanish flag during the
existing difficulty between Spain and this
country, meets the unqualified approval of
the government. The commodore viii not
proceed to sea until the reply of the Spanish
government to the demands made upon it
concerning the Black Warrior is received.
He has informed the government of the
important fact. derived from reliable au-
thority, that the Captain-General of Cuba
holds royal decree authorizing him to en-
ancipate the slaves on the island whenever
be shall deem it polite so to do. The Gu
bans of the ''ever faithful Isle regard the
resolutions proposed in Congress by Mr..
Dean, to suspend the treaties existing be-
tween this country and Spain, as indicative
of an approaching crisis, and the prospect
of rupture has filed them with exulta-
ton, which exhibits itself on all occasions,
notwithstanding the efforts of the Spanish
officials to repress such manifestations
Nothing of importance relative to the pro-
posed convention between Great Britain
and the United States has yet reached the
department of State. ~ Y. Herald.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

Little Crow, the chief of the Sioux tribo
Of Indians in Minnesota, accompmpanied
by his Interpreter arrived in Washington
on the 7th uit. The Union says;
The Indian Bureau Of the government.
we understand, did not invite the distin-
ruished native Minnesotian to visit the cap
ital of the country governed by pale faces;
but he is man Of means, and he determin-
ed to come to the city on ibis own hook "
He is chief of great influence, and is aP-
preciated a. a warrior Of skill and yalor.-
In person he is commanding. and bis coun-
tenance il indicative Of frinness and intelli-
gence.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

David Jewell was executed at Pittsburg,
Penn'a, on the 18th ult.. for murder. in the
presence Of an immense concourse OF spec
tators. He read his dying declaration, in
which he denied that he had premeditated
the crime of murder He said be went to
redress his friends grievances while strong
" under the influence Of liquor, and knew
nothing of the deed until he was arrested
on the charge Of murder. He concluded
by advising bis young friends to avoid the
intoxicating cup. He died penitent, hoping
for forgiveness from man and from his God
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

The London Gazette speaking of the
Black Warrior outrage. states that, should
the government of the United States enter
tain the intention of taking Cuba, the time
is very favorable for the design; as. in all
probability England and France will be too
much engaged in the present war to pay any
attention to so dlshonored country as Spain,
and its slave imported colony of Cuba. Po-
litically, it would be wrong to allow the Uni
ted States to possess this island; but moral
ly and commercially it cannot too soon
change masters.
1t is wonderful how soon after going to a
war with a powerful nation the tone of the
English papers shift around in all that re-
CARDS the United States.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

PIsToL SHooTING.--The great match
and bet Of one Thousand dollars to eight
hundred, has at last been decided. Mr.
Travis winning the money upon the first
shot. The affair came off on May day, at
the private residence Of Mr. O. A BabLitt.
at BAYOU Ramos, on Tiger Island parish of
St. Mary's. in this State. 1t being difficult
to procure an apple, a small orange, only
about five inches in circumference was sub
stituted After the shooting distance Of
thirty-s:x feet was measured, and all parties
agreed, the orange was placed BY the Judg-
e., upon the head Of a gentleman, a friend
of both parties. Mr. j. r. o.. and no OBJ
iect intervening. the first shot told the story.
hitting the orange, half of the bullet going
through.
Both gentlemen displayed great nerve
upon the exciting occasun. Some Of the
best sportsmen and acknowledged best shots
in the country were present, and all express
themselves fully satisfied that MIR. Travis il
the best listok shot ia Tie roori5.
The orange can be seen at Travis Pistol
Gallery. 65 Gravier street.
". 0. DAILY Picaymne, 4ht.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

The gravity with which Mr. Preston, Of
Kentcky. announced to the House Of Repre-
scntatives the ''amicable adjustment" Of the
difficulty between Mr.. Cutting and Mr..
Breckenridge. was provokingly laughable.
We have great respect for Mr. Preston !;
but really if be lends himself to such ridic-
uious farces, there il not salt enough in
Turks Island to save him. His very pres
ence will serve to make the crowd laugh.
Eagle d Enquirer.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

TUNNEL1NG THE ALps-The council of
the cannon of Ticino has decided by ma
iority of 90 to IL. to give out the making
of tunnel through the Alps, from Lake
Mageiore to Lake Constance, to unite the
Piedmontese line with that of Central Ger
many, This tunnel viii be 16 miles (25,-
900 metres) in length, and is to be lighted
and ventilated by so shafts Of enormous
depth.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

The Cincinnati Commercial speaks Of
Fred. Douglas as the ''African lion of free.
SOIL" Douglas is a fugitive slave, and
hence his popularity with the freesoil party,
the members of which have no sympathy
with white men,
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24
The DObrltdsclna.

The following account of this desolate dis
trict, which has suddenly risen into inter-
est and importance, is taken from the forth
coming new edition Of Murray's Turkish
Guide:
AT Tchernavoda the Danube approaches
within "a miles Of the Black Sea, but is
separated from it by peninsula or tongue
Of high land extending north, nearly oppo-
to site Galatz, called Dobrudscha. From
Tchernavoda road runs to Kostendie, On
the Black Sea, partly parallel with stream.
or rather chain of Likes, called Karasou.
At Bourlack -four hours) the stream ceases.
and the valley is shu. in by hills crowned
with downs from which the sea Is visible.
kostendje Constantly a small village on
height above the shore, has little port,
with remains Of Roman mole, now DESTROY
ed. From point little south Of this, to
Rassova on the Danube runs rampant of
earth called Trajan's Wall. 1t is certain
that no branch Of the Danube ever flowed
into the sea across this tongue Of land, which
presents on this side OF the sea an uninter-
rupted range Of low hills and cliffs.
The district Of the Dobrudscha is at most
seasons, wilderness, partly owing to its
having been deprived Of its Tartar inhabit-
ants. after 1920, by the Russians, but chief
" owing to its subspl. which, excepting to
the north extremity, where rise the hills Of
Matschin, granite consists Of porous lime
stone, which retains no water, and furnishes
no springs on the surface. Population Is
scanty.S and villages wide scattered. and
drinking water is obtained only through
few deep wells. Corn is scarcely cultivated
at all. hay and fodder are very scarce. the
scan;y heritage dries up carly in the summer
and the fiocks Of sheep and herds Of bufa-
10 repair TO the borders Of the Danube for
pasture. This desert extends south of the
wall Of Trajan, nearly a. far az Dasajik
and Varna 1t is no. tenable BY troops
unless they carry food, forage and water
with them. 4 canal was at one time pro-
iected between the Danube at Tchernavoda
and the Black Sea at kostendje. but sur
vey made by a Prussian engineer proved
that the valley Of Karasou was 164 feet
above the sea. and not a drop Of water was
to be obtained on the summit-level fime
stone hilla) to feed a canal il it were made.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24
Uncle Tom in a New place.

1t is stated in the Miners Express, pub
lished at Dubuqe. Iowa, that the Methodist
Episcopal Church Of TINT city has intro
duced into the Sabbath School there TN
Gle Toms Cabin" rs a text book The
Burlington Hawk Eye" in noticing this
fact says:
What is the religions world coming to
Is it about to return to its antediluvian sim
plieity and RIGHTEOUSNESS that it cannot find
in the volume of inspiration mltter Of suiii-
cent interest to engage the youthful mind,
but it must have recourse to tales Of the I'm
agiration, such as are found in the pages Of
Uncle Toms Cabin Are We to be delugcd
on the one hand by abolitionism. and hy IL
centiousness on the other, through the Chris
tan organizations Of the country We
hope not, and would be glad to see efforts
made by the philan:hropic to save the young
mind from drinking in vice under the sane
ton of church organizations"
The article alluded to follows, which all
can reao
"A RARE GEN ron CHLDREN,-A gen
tleman has called our attention to the fact
that "Uncle Toms Cabin has been adopt
ed among the collection OF books in the
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School Of this
city We have one of these books before
us, which was given out to one Of the schol-
ars, with card pasted upon the inside Of
one of the lids OF the book which reads as
follows
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24
Party Fortunes.

The New York Sun, paper that until
recently gave its hearty support to General
Pierce's administration, in an article upon
the subject Of party fortunes, makes the fol-
lowing pointed remarks:
As historians Of passing events. we may
not overlook the rapid transformations going
on in the politics Of neighboring States
Twelve months ago the I'D Wing party was
considered 50 badly cut up and dispersed
that it would never be able to take the field
again with any chances of success The
sweeping majorities by which franklin Pierce
was elected President, inspired those who
believed that tie Government Of free coun-
try can never be well and impartially con-
Quoted upon narrow exclusive party basis,
with the hope that tie elect of party would
wisely recognize the true causes and various
elements OF success, aud 80 conduct his
Government that it would appear, and be,
the bold and consistent reflex Of that broad
aud liberal spirit OF union and patriotism
which animated the people.
y u
Il is not merely those who look with little
confidence upon party-the Independent
minded men who constitute the great popu-
lar forces which party cannot control-whom
President Pierce has disappointed He
has broken Ut, discouraged and disguised
the great party which turned away from
houored, veteran leaders, and placed him at
their head in the hope that they we're secu-
curing young chief who would awaken a
new enthusiasm in their ranks, and win
lasting fame for American democracy. 1t
is bitter thought for them, that one short
year has blightcd all their expectations
that victories auguring long ascendency
are 20 soon followed by humiliating reverses;
and that opponents % lately regarded pow
erless, are now triumpbing without the ne
cessity Of raising standard or boldly pro-
claiming new programme Of principles.
Washington telegraph., 1854-05-24

We clip the following from the Vermont
Chronicle
Smyrna times., 1854-11-08
Farm ers. Attenlion

LE43NAD ~ ANENHsAN
FERTFrlZERAND Ufk.il PIIOSP ATE OF LIME
- HAS MI EtiJALH
DREPARED expr sly for WHEAT and GRAIN.
a OF all kinds, CORN, POTATOES and C;kASS:,s
susbie for all soils. Que barrel ssnfiicien for al,
Acre of Laad: far superior 10 Guano. and at halits
price. can be had So super barrel or SOS Der ton
Of 22lo lbs Method Of using it, scatter Broad cas-,
and Harrow in. To be had oil The proprietor Only.
GEO. A. LEfNAU, Prop'r
f,zt No. 10 South FROM ST. Plnlodelf,l.;a
Used successfully by DIR. William w Cla,ke pf
phiadelph ia .tseoree Graves, ESQ.,, AR Field of Fox
Cha<e, u hir. David o. Mount Airy, Mr. Ja,,ov
auck's County, Mr.. Rlloads. Mongomer eo.IIi, !
MIR. Charles Mood, Isaiah Wood q Brothers. Ne,,
Jersey. ihr Bsndinoti OF Burlington City New jersey
Mr. Bond Of salem, New Jersey. Mr.. Trontwlnse'
Abingdon. Bucks County, Pa, Mr.. Trainer Of I,ela
ware County, aiessrs. Coleman a. llehe ner Of "a lem
County. New Jersey. Mr. hial,aiey OF Mnrie,,o p
and a host OF Farmers in Delawase New Jessa -
Pennsyivaniuand elsewhere. A1s'
Farnersmaking Muck Hills, will End &c " barrels
insalualhe. For FRUIT TREES,-which i ,s;ii
greatly by being scattered around atter ,I,ey
have been dug about--aligli coating For Sal mi,
by. GEO. A. LEINAiI. pronsr = H'''"'y
L No. l9isoath Front st. Philadelol,ia
N.B--fhe American Fertilizer has been nsed cue
;cssiuliyin the Islands OF Bernudaand Barbadoes 9