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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-06-25
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0 Witness before Grand Jury April Term, 1851
. Per diem and mileage as Supervisor
0 Sheriff : fees, State 70 Churchill.
D Thos Shannon
0 Witness State VS. Churchill
0 Sewing for paupers, Washington Tp.
0 Clerk in Recorders office, j months
D Sheriff fees, State vs. J. ID WOODWARD
. Assessor, Sumner Tp.
D Buffalo
Sheriff's fees. State vs. j s Travis
Witness, Go vs j Orput.
} Constable, State VS. Hayslip and Alexander.
D Justice State VS. Samuel Burns.
Services as Township Clerk Fremont
Juror, State vs. r { Baker.
1 Printing for County.
per diem and mileage as Supervisor.
Witness, State VS. ] Churchill
II p Cannon ct al
Goods furnished paupers Washington Tp
Services rs Trustee Buffalo TIP.
Witnesses. State vs. J Churchill.
Witness, State vs. Ferney
Juror,
Witness State vs. T shannon
Niowng Go Road.
Boarding paupers. Liberty TIP.
Juror, State VS. Il Baker.
Witness before Grand Jury. April Term l-Gf
g State vs. J Travis.
Cannon ct al.
!" Chas Norton, ct al.
Assessor Fremont township.
Services Trustee, Fremont tip.
Per diem and mileage. Supervisor
Services rs Trustee Madison tp.
Boarding paupcrs Jefferson tp
Witness, State VS. Ferney.
Juror,
Stationery for Recorder and Treasurer.
Clerk in Recorders Office, month.
Assessor, Madison tp.
Witness before Grand Jury, April Term, lSGI
Constables fee, State vs. Travis.
Witness
Constable fee Cannon. tai.
Conveying prisoners to jail from Buffalo.
House rent for paupers. Washington tp.
Doctoring paupers Washington rp.
Constable, State VS. Samuel Burns.
Bailiif, District Court, April Term 1851.
Services rs TIP Clerk, Liberty
=" Trustee Alton TIP.
Constable, State vs Churchill
Witness
Constable State " Ferney-9 cases
State vs. L Shannon.
Tax wrongtully paid-rcfunded.
Witness before Grand Jury, April Term 1861.
Juror, State R c Baker.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
The Southern Constitution.

The Constitution of the Confederated States j:
the old Constitution of the United States. with
certain amendments which experience has taught
that might not be out of place in the remaining
Union. The provisions of the new Constitution
which relate to slavery and the slave trade, are
fellows
That African slavery in the Territories shall
he recognized and protected by Congress and the
Territorial Legislatures.
. That the right of Shareholders to transit and
soourn in any State in the Confederacy, with their
slaves and other property shall be recognized and
respected
3 That the provision in regard to fugitive:
shall extend to slaves lawfully carried 20 or from
one State to another and there escaping or taken
away from his master.
4 That bill or sr post faeto law, by Congress;
or any State,) and no law impairing OF denying
the right of property in negIo slaves, shall be
passed.
That the African slave trade shall be pro-
hibited by such laws of Congress as shall effectu
ally prevent the same
The remaining amendments or points Of differ
ence between the institution of the Confederate
States and that of the United States, fol
lows:
The absolute prohibition of all bounties from
the Federal treasury. and all duties or taxes on
imported goods intended to promote or foster any
branch Of home industry.
A positive prohibition Of Federal appropria
tons for internal Improvements, and the substitu-
ton of the local tonnage duties for such improve
mcnts.
3 The restriction of Congress by majority
vote to such appropriations as may be recommend
ed by the President or some executive department
all the other appropriations requiring twothirds
vote.
4 The holding of contractors to the strict let
ter of their contracts.
) That the Post Office department shall pay
its own expenses.
These provisions are all sound, and will prove
stern barriers to fraud and corruption in many
shapes. A good improvement on the old sy stem
is that of allowing Cabinet meraeers to sit in
Congress. If our departmental minister were so
permitted We would not have half so much ras-
cality in that branch of the public service, and
hear less Of committees of investigation.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

Washington. April Ia.
WHEREAS, the laws Of the United States
have been assailed by combinations toe
powerful to be sur pressed in the ordinary
way, / therefor cell forth the militia
of the several States OF the Union. 10 the
aggregate number Of $4,000 TO suppress
said combinations and execute the laws.
l appeal to all loyal citizens to facilitate
and aid this effort TO maintaio the laws
aud integrity of the National Union and
the Perpetuity of popular governments and
redress wrongs that have long been en-
duIcd. The first service assigned TO the
forces will be to repossess the forts. places
and property that have been seized from
the Union. The utmost care will be taken,
consistent with the object, to avoid devas-
tatlon and destruction or Interference with
property of peaceful citizens in any part Of
the country, and hereby command per-
sons composing the aforesaid combinations
to disperse within twenty days from date.
| hereby convene both houses of Con-
gress for the fourth Of July next, to deter
mine upon measures which the public safe
ty and interest demands.
(Signed.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President,
By W. II. SEWARD, Sec'y Of State.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

Companies not already uniformed will take
no step about uniforrning until they know the reg
iment they are attached to.
8 Arms will be distributed to accepted compa
mics IS soon as possible if not distributed before
marching to the place OF rendezvous, patience
must be exercised
3 If practicable, an inspecting officer will b'
sent to such companies, notice being given oil the
time of his coming.
10 Accepted companies must not wait forarm'
but begin their drilling Immediately.
IL All communications touching arms, place
OF -endezvsus and organization, ust be addressed
te this office.
IL Notice of time and place of general rem
devious will be given in future orders.
LEW. WALLACE,
Ad. Gen. Ind. Militia.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
S. c. PoMERoY, q. S. SENATOR FROM

S. c. PoMERoY, q. S. SENATOR FROM
KANSAS. .-"PRINcE OF Thieves. AND KING
OF BEGGARs. The Topeka correspond
ent Of the Leavenworth Herald charges
that the election of Lane and Pomeroy
was obtained by fraudulent and dishonor-
able practices. Two such men as Lane
and Pomeroy could have been sent to the
United States Senate from no other COM
munily than Kansas, unless except Botany
Bay or the Penetentiary. Lane is a ruffan
and a murderer The Leavenworlh Herald
tells. as follows, what MS opinion of his
pal is:
The announcement we are about TO make
is not designed for the possession Of weak
stomachs. Pomeroy--the Prince Of fThieves
and the King of Beggars. has been elected
to the United States Senate to represen
the State of Kansas. Shall we attribute
this effect to the moral depravity of our
people ? God forbid Shall we say it IS TO
be accounted for by the combination of
forces This may be true, but leaves US
only to mourn the extent of iriquity.
One thing only We are confident-that
the worst man ever sent TO Congress has
been elected by our State. and that be only
represents those who for him. The THIEF.
with his ill.gotten gains--the ROBBER of
WIDOWS and ORPHANS--th the IMPOS-
TOR and the IMBECILE, has been sent
by a Kansas Legislature to sit in the halls
of Congress with honorable men. May
Gods righteous indignation be averted,
and may the world forbear regarding us il
the light of den Of thieves
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
ROBERT TooMBs, Secretary.
Washington, April 19.

Washington, April 10.
Twenty four companies. averaging 1OO
men each, have already been mustered in
= the service by the government. Others
will present themselves at the War De-
partment for similar purpose. Five hun.
dred Pennsylvania troops arrived here
yesterdar afternoon. Several Of them
were hur. by stones while passing thro'
Baltimore. They are quartered in the
eayital. Five hundred New Workers are
expected tonight.
The latest from Norfolk, received at the
Navy Department. is that when Cap. Pen
dergast ascertained that the channell was
obstructed, he placed his ships broadside
to Norfolk and Portsmouth, and demanded
that the distractions in the river be re-
moved, else he would level both places.
1t is said the cilizens complied with the
demand.
New York, April 10.
Washington dispa' ches to the Herald
say that Commodore Paulding reports
that the vessels sunk below Norfolk are
three light boats. and can easily be re-
moved; that the Gosport Navy Yard Is pro-
tecled by the guns IF the vessels moored
off the yard. and those in command are
fully prepared for any emergency, and if
any attempt is made 10y Virginians to take
the yard, they will be blown to atoms.
New York, 10.
To THE CHICAGO JoURNAL.--There is
intense excitement here. The city is lit
orally covered with embems of the Union.
Secession sympathizers very scsrce. and
prudently quiet.
Major Anderson attends a great mass
meeting this afternoon, over which waves
the flag of Fort Sumter.
The news from the Northwest, showing
unanimity of feeling among the people
for the Union and the Government, were
received here with much enthusiasm.
Boston, 19.
The Fifth Massachusetts Regiment is
under arms and will probably leave for
Washington by Monday next. 1t will
number 1900 men.
The reports this afternoon from Balti-
more cause painful excitement, but it is
to be hoped that the accounts are exag
gerated.
Harrisburgh, Pa. ls.
The report of the assault on the Massa-
chusetts Regiment at Baltimore, occasion
ed much excitement among the troops al
Camp Curtin. They swear terrible ven-
geance Three thousand troops are here.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

The "PRINcE OF RAILS. IF story.
related by Rochester n Y paper abou;
"Bob" Lincoln be true, Bob must be n
somewhat rapid young man. Bob's first
night in New York. it is said, was "spent
about town." looking in at tho elephan,
with some congcnial spirits. at Barnum's
Museum ; after which attention was paid
to other peculiar sights and scenes. lhe
story referred to we find in the Rochester
Democrat, and is as follows.
Robert Lincoln, son of the President.
who is now known as prince Bob is
destined to make his peculiar mark and
be remembered by the people wherever he
goes. Of the many good things told of
this boy in Buffalo, on Saturday we head
the following few days since. when Mrs.
Lincoln was on her way from New York.
attended by her son Robert, she found her
self at Buffalo without a pass over the
State Line Railroad. For that link in the
chain Of the railway between New York
and Springfield, no provisions had been
made After Mrs. Lincoln had taken her
seat in the cars at Buffalo. for the West.
her son Bob entered the Office of R. n.
Brown. Esq the gentlemanly superinten-
dent Of the State Line railroad, and i1quir-
ed if Mr.. Brown was in ? Mr. Brown re-
sponded and inquired what was W. nting.
His interrogater addressed him in sub
stantially the following language.
"My name is Bob Lincoln I'm a son
of Old Abe--the old woman is in the cars
raising II about her pass--I wish you
weuld 60 and attend to her."
Mr.. Brown filed out the request paper
to enable Lady Lincoln and family to ride
over his road without payment of fare. and
delivered them to her. 1t is probable thas
''the old woman" gave Bob no further
trouble about the passes on that trip.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
The Indiana Militia.
ADJUrANr GENERALS OFFICE,
Indianapolis, April Is, 1861.

ADJUTANT OENERALS ) OFFlCE,
Indianapolis, April Is, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. IL.
Attention is called to the following re eulations
adopted for the OF ganiza ton of the militia of In
diana
l Companies must number eighty four, rank
and file.
9 Each company must elect the following off
GERS for commissions: One Captain, one First
Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant. and one Third
Lieutenant.
When formed and organized by the election
of officers, the Captain must report Immediately
to this office, sending names of officers, company
roll. the exact locality cf their muster, and the
particular arm Of service they have chosen; whcth
er infantry, rife. artillery, or cavalry.
Notice of their acceptance will be immedi-
atcly given by telegraph. or in the speediest man
ner possible, and when so notified companies must
hold themselves in readiness for instant march to
the place of rendezvous.
Regiments will, if time permits be formed
OF companies from the same Congressional Dis
rict. If time will not allow it, companies will be
assigned to regiments according to the date of their
report, as above designated.
6 Respect for the FIVE regiments sent from
Indiana to the Mexican war, and avoidance OF
histsr cal confusion hereafter, require that regi.
ments should be numbered in order beginning with
the sixth
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

years past at Old Point Comfort--a mosi
gallant and discreet officer. There will be
it is said, no precipitate act calculated 10
bring about collision, but an effort will
he first made to induce General Beaure,
gard to allow the unarmed vessel to pro.
ceed to SHUTTER and land her cargo OF pro-
visions. If this is refused she will start
in without obtaining permission. and il
fred upon by the shore batteries, Major
Anderson will respond from Sumter, and
the batteries be attacked in the rear.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

Marshal, spare that dog. touch not a
single hair he worries many hog. from
out his muddy lair. Oh. when he was
pup, SO frisky and so plump, he Tapped
his milk from a cup when hungry--at
jump. And then his funny tricks. go
funny in their place. SO full of canine licks,
upon your hands and face. You will
surely let him live Oh, do not XIII him
dead he wags his narrative. and begs
for life--not lead. Go, get the muzzle
now. and put upor his mouth, and stop
that bow, bow bow and tendency to
drought. He is your children's pet. COM
panion Of their JOY you will not kill him
yet, and thus their hope destroy. No.
Marshal. spare that pup, touch not single
hair oh, put your pistol up and go away
from there
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
POeftcal.
ruBLIsHED BY REQUEST.
In Memory of Mrs. Martha vandercar.
BY \ FRIEND


FRIEND
Thou art gone from among Us no more shall thy
voice,
With its sweet loving accents, cause our hearts to
rejoice
But in sorrow and sadness will our eyes dedimmed
with tears,
Look in vain for thy presence, through ali COM
ing years
No more shall thy good heart go out to they bo-
som friend,
And take in his sorrow. and JOY and hope in it:
place send,
For its beatings have ceased its last throb it has
TIL Times dying agOnies thy deep slumbcrs ava
ken.
No more shall thy children, whom thou fondy
adored,
Feel the warm kiss of love which a mother be-
slowed
But so deeply impressed is thy image on their
hearts,
That no time Danish it, or the jov it imparts
o, may thy kind words be light to their feet.
That shall safely conduct them to were angels
greet
Those who have journeyed the straight, narrow
path,
Which leads unto lie. and shuns the great Wrath.
MAY thy sisters and brother,-their grief for thee
blended,
Find comfort and solace that thy suferings are
ended;
And look forward with hope to that long promised
day.
When the cold bands of death sha II be taken away.
We will cherish thy memory, and all thou hast
spoken,
As bond birding US to thee, which cannot be
broken
A light that shall guide as DER Deaths lonely
river,
To the happy heights beyOnd, where reunions
last forever
The soft spring breeze shall n.urmur low around
thy ieuse OF clay,
And nausht disturb thy sweet rcpose, til TINT
evsntiuI day.
The tears of mourning friend. shrll 700 the low
erets forth.
AMI ea' shall be emblem of Thy ps an spot
less worth
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

Permit me to say to the young men Of lndiaaa, that
desire, if possible, to forma Regiment ofZouave:
to consist oftwelve companies, each of one hundred
members. As soon as organized and accepted by
the Governor, propose, if time will allow it to
call the officers into school or barracks in tactics
in mutt posts duty, field Notifications, &C. The
arms, uniform, camp equipments, &C., will be purely
Zouave in style.
Let every company desirous of attaching them
selves to such Regiment report to me at the Ad
jutant Generals Office, indianapolis.
Papers through the State will oblige me by copy.
ing this card.
LEW. WALLACE.
Indianapolis, April Is, 1861.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
ST. Lou;s. Apr;l III

Ot. LOUIS, AtHf y =
The State Journal published the follow
ing reply from Jackson to Secretary Cam
eron:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MIssoURI.l
JEFFERSON CITY. April l7.5
Sir: Your dispatch Of the 18Th inst.
making call on Missouri for four regiments
of men for immediate service, has been
received. There can be. | apprehend, no
doubt out that these men are Intended 10
form a part of the Presidents army TO
make war upon the people of the seeded
States. Your reqaisition, in my judg-
ment. is Illegal. unconstitutional and ret-
olutionary in its object. inLuman and
d;abolica, and cannot be complied with.
Not one man will the State of Missouri
furnish to carry on such an unholy cru
sade.
Signed, G. F. JACKSON, GOVERNOR of
Missouri
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
Montromary. Anril II.

-'@'' y f1''1 . -
Presiden. Davis has issued proclama
ton inviting privateers' to make war OIL
Northern commerce with letters of marque
and reprIsal. He speaks of the wrongs of
the past, and those now threatened BY men
whose enmity is more implacable because
unprovoked. and concludes by saying that
under the blessings of Divine Providence
we may hope for a speedy, just and hon
orable peace.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
Indiananoiis. Anril IL.

The following is Gov. Morton's procla
nation:
|, Oliver p. Morton, Governor If the
State of Indiana. do hereby convere the
general Assembly of said State. and re-
quire the members thereof to meet in their
respective halls in the State House in the
city Of indianapolis. at o'clock p. m. on
Wednesday. the Gath day of April, 1861.
(Signed) OLIVER P. MoRros. Gov.
(Attest) WM. A. PEELE, Sec. Of State.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

MORE NIGGER.--Cowles, the newly ap-
pointed Postmaster at Cleaveland has app
pointed darkey to deliver letters to the
ladies of that city. Ladies, what do you
think of that Truly the nigger. in the
language of Giddipgs, is ga heavy insti-
tution." when they are called to wait
upon angels.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

In the Territories of Colorado, Dakotah,
Nevada. and Washington there is not a
single slave. And is it for these 63 mis-
erable specimens of Africans that this
great and glorious prosperous nation has
been broken NJ. .ard for which twenty eight
millions of white men threaten to go to
cutting one another's throats? What a
tale Of human weakness. human passion.
crime, insanity to be read and wondered
over ty future generations!
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

R1- The following article We take from
the New York Age. 1t is true, every
word Of it. Seven States can NEVER be
brought back at The point of the bayonet
1t is utter madness to think of i'll 1t can
not be done! We may inaugurate civi
war; We may deluge the land in blood
We may PROSTATE trade, and reduce to
beggary halt Of the people; but we assure
our people in the most solemn manner
that when the war is ended (if, indeed, il
would ever end) those states would still
be out of the Union! Then, we ask, what
is to be gained by civil war?
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

Five printers occupy the pulpits Of five
churches in Portsmouth, Va.
Matchless misery--a cigar and nothing
To light it with.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

SLAVERY IN THE TERRIroRIEs.-By the
recent census we find that the number of
slaves in the different territories OF the
United States is as follows:
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25

The report of the assault on the Massa-
chusetts Regiment at Baltimore, occasion
ed much excitement among the troops at
Camp Curtin. They swear terrible ven-
geance. Three thousand troops are here.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-25
Presidents Proclamation.

Indianapolis, April Is, 1861.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-04-04
The History of Thousand $.

Thousands Of men breathe, move and
live-pass of the stage Of life, are heard
Of no more. Why? They do not do a
particle Of good in the world, and none
blessed by them. none could point to
than as the instrument Of their redemp.
zion; not word they spoke could he re-,
called, and so they perishsd, their light
went out in darkness. and they were not
remembered any more than the insect of
yesterday. Will you thus live and die,
Oh, man immortalP Live for something
Do good, and leave behind you mon.
ument Of virtue that the storm OF time
can never destroy. Write your name il
kindness. and love, and mercy, on the
hearts Of thousands you come in contact
with. year by year; you will never be for
gotten. No, your name. your deeds, ,w,l
be as legible on the hearts you. leave BE-
hind as the stars on the brow Of evening
Good deeds will shine as the stars of heay
en- -Dr. OalmerS::
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-04-04
lFroW the Cincinnati Gazette.
The First Flower OF Spring.
BY RALPH RAMBLER.

Meek, tiny flower, Of purple leaf;
Just opening on the brow Of Spring,
We welcome thee, aud full OF glee,
Oar young hearts happy greetings bring.
Thy leaves unfold as II the earth
Had felt the glow Of some bright cline,
Where sparkles e'er the dew drops near,
And fragrance scents the breath Of time.
Thy smiles, lit up with tints of gold,
Give promise Of brighter day,
When, loOsed from bands of icy hands,
Wen chant anew our vernal lay.
When Ger tie hilt, now brown and bare,
Shall gently smile the sunny hours,
And wake to song, the woodland tn rong,
And deck the mead with laughing flowers.
When mounting high, the skylark free
Shall pour his cheerful notes above:
Or mournfully, from willow tree,
The cuckoo tells her tale Of love.
Our hearts rejoice to find thee here;
Yet mihgles with our joys sigh
Sweet harbinger Of springLime near
The chilly blast still Whistles by.
Oh! tender flower Of purple leaf
Thou drOOpest while to thee we sing,
Thy leaves decay ere noon Of day,
Just opening on the brow spring.