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Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01
From The ST. Paul Pioneer, Dec. ,
Rescue Of The Chippewa Captive Girl.

II will be rememb ered that last sum-
mer hunting party of Chippewa Indians
were attacked by war party OF Sioux.
and all, men and women. save three who
escaped, and one girl who was taken
prisoner, Were massacreI. The girl te
fore she YVES captured exerted every nerve
to make good her escape She jumped
is;o a canoe and put out into Otter Tail
Lake, but was imme dIately followed by
her persuers. When they came near,
she sprang from her canoe and endeavof-
cd to elude pursuit by diving and running
in cluster of weeds; but her doom was
sealed. Thirsty for his prey, the Chief
who was in the canoe, threw a. her a
tomahawk, which struck her in the side
and mangled her in a shocking manner;
and before she had recovered from the ef-
fec;s of the wound, this gallant Chic {
struck her over the head with paddle
aud stunned her, thereby making her on
easy captive.
As soon a he had her in his clutches,
she being young and handsome. he rcsolv-
ed not to kill her, but TO make her his
wife. Having already two Sioux wives.
their jealousy was aroused at seeing the
third. their cid and ancient enemy, enter
the wigwam and when their husbn nd S
back was turned, would treat the Chip
pewa maiden in the most inhuman man
ner. putting Goals of fire on her head and
laceratng her flesh with knives, until
sick at heart, she determined 10 pu. an
end TO her existence. This feet becom-
ing known to the Sioux they held coun
c:l and resolved to burn her at the stake
d. the Yellow Medicine. for the rerpetra
ton Of which horrible deed all The ar
rangements were made. The Sioux in
terpreter. Mr.. Joseph Campbell, finding
this out. determined to her rescue. Ac-
cordingIy he started for Otter Tail Lake.
where he found her and took her in his
buggy to point where he had stationed
our friend c. c. Vandenberg. who brought
her at o'clock in the morning to the
commanding officer, who had her wants
attended to. =
When sufficiently recovered .from her
wounds, she was brought to Fort Smelling,
by the dragons. then on their way home
from the Sioux payment, and from thence
she was sent home to her band.
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01

both houses OF Congress had pledged him
sellt0 sustain the same doctrine. The hope
was fondiy cherished that the North and
South, would cultivate fraiernal feelings
towards each other-t',ai 10 individual,
either North or South. would disturb the
harmony Of The country by the intrOduc-
ton of sectional questions. The Governor
says shat The country is in a state OF great
political excitement. The question is,
who produced thai excitement? Stephen
A. Douglas, Senator from Illinois. in
troduced a bill into the Senate of the Uul-
tod States, commonly called the Kansas
aud Nebraska Bill. The introduction of
that bill and its passage through Congress
after having undergone some amendments,
Is she cause, ia the estimation of your
Committee, Of the present political OK
citement of the times.
The effect produced upon the country
by the introduction, Of that bill! and lis
passage through Congress has been to
destroy confidence in the honesty, lnteg
riiy and good faith of the nation, 10 create
sectional strife, 10 disturb the peace, har
mony and good fellowship that before ex
listed, and TO produce general dislrast
in The minds of,he people in relation 10 all
compromises. Ia relation TO the question
VIVA; will be The ultimate result upon The
country Of the present political excite
ment! your committee report HAT they d.
not claim TO be prophets nor The sons Of
prophatS, but ia their opinion, judging o;
the future by the past, il will result IN q
union Of the friends of freedom through
out the country, aud that union will be
based upon the principle OF carrying out
the spirit and intention OF ;he constitution
We sha he referred back 10 the old paths
where freedom was the rule aud slavery
he exception; where freedom was general
and slavery local Your committee are
Of the opinion that it viii result in the tee
total political destruction OF; thai class a..
polite al demagogu-s who have been call
ID northern men OF southern princi pies or
in the classic language of John Randolph,
northern dCughfa ccs.' In order ihat The
present political excitement. which the
Governor 50 much regrets. maybe allny ed
peace aud harmony restored. your com
mt;ee recommend the adoption Of the ioi.
lowing joint resolution.
Rcsolred That our Senators in Con
gress be instructed, and cur Representa-
lives be requested, TO vote for the repeal
Of that clause in the Nebraska bill which
repeats the Sih section OF the Missouri
compromise.
Resoired. That his Excellency, the
Governor, be requested to lrahsmI, copy
OF the above resolution 10 each of our
Senator's and Representatives in Congress,
at his earliest convenience.
And from the farther consideration or
this suhjeci.your committee ask 10 he dis
charged. hid. Jour.
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01

has but one pound Of motion, 20 dispose
of for every eighteen pounds OF heat, he
must work that off IN order TO enjoy
warmth. After drinking on a winter
morning, when no finds himself SILVER
ing, he Frances and kicks for the fun of
the thing, and by disposing Of d little
IL otion, is enabled to use $50 to speak,
eighteen times its weight of heat. How
he snorts the blast out of his furnaces;
When we notice the slight difference
that is shown in this table between the
analysis OF hay and oats and when We
reflect on the difference in the perform
ance OF hayfed horse and one feJ on
grain, and when we compare these two
items with the composition Of flesh, We
are led TO conclude that horses could new
er be brought to feed on beei-and that
we must pat the flesh eating h--4es q
mythology in the same stall f. b. cen
laurs.
But. on the other hand. If & horse is
FED high, and is confined in cold wealth
er, and tie carbon of his food is used 20
aeep him warm, the nitrogen viii az
cumulate somewhere He will get nc
gpul from high living. Let him have ex-
eEcise every day, if ii is only BY running
in the yarI
The horse sweats because there is so
much starch, gum. and sng,r in his food;
while the cat does not because there IS
so liltle in hers The starch, gum.
and sugar in the grass - TO make fat with
grass eating animals-the cat gets but
little fat IN her food, and SO God gave
her furs. and let's her wear them all sum
mer 10 keep her warm.
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01

some wild land there. from which b.
gradually created farm leaving Horace
alone in Vermont. Grass now grow
where the little house stood in West
haven, in which the family lived longest
and the barn in which they stored thei
hay and kept their cattle. leans forwar,
like kneeling rphant, and let's In thu
daylight through ten thousand apertures
But the nefghbors point out the tree tina
stood behind the house. and the tree
whose apples Horace liked. and the be,
of.mint with which he RECALLED his nose
And both the peorle Of Wesihayen anC
those of Amherst assert that whenevoi
the Editor of the Tribune revisits the
scenes of his early life. at the season
when apples are ripe, one of the thing
that H. is surest 10 10 Is TO visit the APP
pie trees that produce the fruit which he
liked best when he was d boy, and which
he still prefers before all the apples of The
wO:ld.
The new apprentice took his place al
the font, and received from the foreman
his COPY composing stick and few
words of instruction, and he then address
ed himself to his task. He needed no
further assistance. The mysteries Of the
craft ne seemed te comprehend intuitive-
". lie had thought Of his chosen voca.
ton for many years; he had formed no
tiou how the types must he arranged III
order TO procure tie desired impression
and. therefore, all he had 10 acquire was
manual dexterity. In perfect silence,
without looking to the right hand or 10
the left. needless of The sayings aud do
ings of the other apprentices. though they
were bent on mischief. and tried TO at
tract and distract his attention. Horace
worked on, hour after hour, all that day;
aud when he left the office al night could
set type better and faster than many an
apprentice who had had months prac
tice. The next day he worked with the
same silence and intensity. The boys
werc puzzled. They thought il absolute.
~ incumbent on them. TO perform on in
i,iating rite Of some kind; but the new
boz gave them no handle, no excuse. no
opening. lie committed no greenness.
he spoke 10 10 one. looked at no one
SccUel OD4iN lObS vi tNtGl thliiE
save his copy and his type. They threw
type at him, but ne never looked around D..
They talked saucily at him, but he threw
back no retort. This would never do
Towards the close Of the third day, the
oldest apprentices took one OF she large
black balls with which printers used TO
dab the ink upon the type. and remark
ing that in his opinion Horace's hair was
OF too ligh, hue fer so black an art as
tina; which he had undertaken to learn,
applied the bali, we'll linked. TO Horace's
head, making four distinct dabs. The
boys. the joutneyman. the pressman. and
the editor all paused IN their work to OBJ
serve the result of this eXperiment.-
II race neither spoke nor moved. lie
went on with his work as though nothing
had happened. aud soon after went to the
tavern where he boarded. and spent an
hour in purifying his dishonored locks. =
And that was all the fun the boys got
out OF their new companion on that oc-
csslon. They were conquered. In a few
days the victor and the vanished were
excellent friends.
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01
Report of the Committee of the House on tn
Subject of The Political excitement Of tn
Times,

The Governor in his message says thai
the past year has been one of unusual po-
litical excitement, and 10 the patriotic,
ii must be source OF regret 10 perceive
that this excitement has, in no small de.
gree evinced dangerous spirit of section.
aism. This. aid other portions. relating
to national politics. was re ferred to Sc
lect committee. whose report we publish
below. II will be seen that the Governor
makes nothing by his introduction of par
ty politics into the Legislature.
REPORT.
Mr.. Speaker: A majority Of the special
committee to whom was referred that
part Of the Governors message, which re.
fers 10 the political excitement Of the times
ask leave to report as follows. to- wit:
AT the commencement o. the first ses.
sion OF The 33d Congress of the Uuited
States, the political atmosphere was calm
and quiet.
The people Of the North. large ma
jority of Them had come 10 the conclusion
to acquiesce in the laws which were in
ciuded in what was generally called the
Omnibus Bill. Fugitive Slave law and all,
as an adjustment of,he sectional difficult
ties then existing, in hopes that the South
would sec the justice in so amending the
fugitive slave law as to divest it of its
most objectionable features.
The Two great political parties of the
country had met in convention, mutually
pleading the parties 10 discountenance the
agila lion; in or out Of Congress, OF The
exciting subject of slavery. The Chief
executive of the Nation. in his message TO
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01

For the Banner
I'D L CATION AND E'EgeNE,TECs
BY = MIL HULL


NO. Vi.
The rending and writing reform like
every other improvement meets with op-
position. There are d class of persons
whom will term
DEAD HEADS,
who seem TO think that they were sen,
TO This world for no her,purposo bat to
keep the world on The guard against "in
noyations.' Accordingly. whenever the,
hear Phone'ics spoken Of they put thei,
! fngrrs in their ears. and ran of. CRYING
innovation, innovation. :" Which is re-
echoed back By numbers Of Others. who
happen to be within hearing distance
Approach them and commence explain
ing. and thsy cry away with such non
sense" Now kind reader, have met
wiki scores Of such men 5 III So. They
never did nor never viii accomplish any
good in The wot!d. They are the irst 10
oppose everything in the shape sfreforr
and The very last TO listen TO an explana-
ton Q: the principles upon which re-
form is founded. Nothing can be occu
arly demonstrated to them, becau use they
won't open their eyes. From time i'm
memorial everything that their fathers
did not teach them was "innovation.' -
Did you even visit the Dead Head? Go
TO his house, and you Will find il TO be
diiapidd ted. old. Cupboard rooted shan.
~ built. perhaps Sol me hundred years ago
by his great.grand father, end therefore
house and you will find sitting by the
FIRE side which reaches across one end OF
IL. sickly looking creature. lean.
ing on his hands while near by him On
the FIRE sets big kettle of homony which
the mistress Of the house keeps stirring
with the bfoomstick, The Dead Head.
monkey like, does everything as his father
used to. If his father used to go TO mill
| astrIde skeleton Of a horse with the
grain IN one end of the bag and stone
IN the other 20 make one end balance
against the other, il is no use TO tell Tim.
better; for if you DO, he will turn up his
nose at you, and say. MY father used to
do SO. and guess folks amt any smart.
er now days than they were them
Il get him TO ride in the cars would
be a thing utterly impossible. His grand.
fathers old truck-wheeled wagon would
be his mode Of conveyance. his faith
er used to go to town with yoke of OK
en- hitched to the wagon and Sammy run
along before with basket of corn TO toll
them along. he would follow the example
And this thing of telegraphs is all non
sense 10 him.
It's no use for folks to talk of nayiga.
ting the waters by steam, for he believes
il is impossible. Give him his unc.es
canoe" for all the world beside. But
there is another class who are more reas.
enable, and who have, ct the first casual
glance. some
OBJECTIONS
to Phonetlcs. But this class are willing
that their objections, should be examined.
The first objection is, that if Phonet-
les should come into genera! use, all of
our books would have TO be reprinted.
But, when we compare the great saving
*The writer does not wish to be understood
as saying that all that live thus are Dead Heads.
For some OF our very best citizens, and ardent
freinds OF the Phonetic cause live thus.
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Ba.iucss & ,r,ls Iu,e I %. one year 5000.
Legal advertisements nIfs~t be cash in adj
vance or accepted security. Advertiser eutS,
sirnc = nllrl-e'l viii be IN ,crtcd til rbi den
an charged at IN above Rates.
gJAiI Communicated. from < distance
aoali Sc addressed, PosT-PAID, tothe Editor
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01

Talk about the enjoyment of wealih-it new
erwas. and never can be enjoyed. An abuu-
dance Of money is heap of misery. A man
who owns "A small house small farm. big
dog, a good cow two or three pigs, and 'hree
children. ought TO be well SATISFIED.
Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01
WHY tsse Cat Gon't sW.ent.

''Pa, does the cat ever sweat
NO. my son."
Why, Pa?'
True enough. Thought |, why? The
carniyerous animals have no perspiIatory
pores. ss is said; but this only helps ovei
the first why. and we are stopped again
by the next one. fiji had been necesSa
~ for them 10 sweat. God would have
given them an apparatus, as He has Civ
ell to horses and COWS, in their skins.
IL think" said /. lit is because they
eat so much lean meat"
This reply satisfied the little fellow,
and led me to some reflections.
Strange as it may seem. all animals
that perspire get into d sweat 10 keep
cool. When an ounce OF water is con
verified into vapor, whether it has been
sprink ed on the floor on summers day,
or put on the fire In d green forestick, OF
spread on the surface of The eafth in d
dew, or exists in the form of perspiration
On our bodies, or exhales invisibly from
our skin, or comes oat of our lungs Ia
breath, that ounce o! water approprlates
TO itself. and destroys for all other pur-
poses, a certain amount of heat. If an
finals sweat 10 get RIG ofexcess of warmth,
is there any connection between this pro-
cess and the character Of their food
II we designate the surplus carbona'
ceous matters in the food. heat, and the
nitroge nized matters, motion, we shall
have in
Beef ID. motion to 3 lbs. heat.
Oats 10. '' l6 - -
Hay ID. % IS" Z"
Now, observation shows that animals
cannot use of the one Of these elements
without disposing, in some way, of cor
responding amount of the other. Stage
horses, hard driven, though the weather
be warm. grow poor--in common terms,
they swea, off their fat. 1t is equally
true. too, that animals in low flesh are
weak.
AS the food of herbivorous animals
contains five or six times the amount OF
heat producing materials Starch. gum and
sugar. that exists in animal flesh, so this
class are more sluggish in their habits
than carnivorous animals. Lions and
tigers, although they have been consigned
to a warm latitude. and covered in furs
by kind Providence. mus, roam to keep
warm. 1t is for these natural reasons
that they cannot brook the condition of
captivity. Poetry has nothing to do
with their restless habits when in cages
they are chilly from the inaction CT the
domestic condition.
Dogs and cats are very sensitive TO cold.
How Gallo shiyers when he comes out of
his house on cold morning, and whines
at the door; and puss, Notwithstanding
her fur dress, nevei lies down to take a
nap in cold place. Neither of them
can keep still in the cold, If they were
to be stabbed like cattle. and could be
kept as still, it would kin them in few
days.
Although the horse, when fed on hay,
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France. responded in behalf of The assem-
bly,. A gold medal WAS distributed,
beating the image of the Virgin on one
side, and the following Latin efigraph
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The stepping stone to fortune is not
to be found in a jewelers. shop. .iz
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NoT1CE.aTHE SUBSCRIBER HAVING AT OG-
IN TOBER Term, 1855, of Yadkn County Court quail
ed Executor of the last viii and testament of Jona.
than JONES' deceased and the said Jones having his last
directed that all his real and personal estate be sold at
public auction. Z
The undersigned will offer for SALE the late residence
of the deceased the 5h day of December next and
tinue from day to day until all sold, the following real
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neighborhood of good society Also four negro slaves
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boys about and the other old and all very
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