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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18
DEMO CRATIC MEETINGS.

Democratic meetings are being held in different
parts o. the State, and ali well attended by Ell.
thusastic Democrats, Who know and have prophe-
eied, the evils of RepuI,icani-m and who ale
fully alive to the necessity OF disseminating Dem
ocratic principes--of informing The honest masses
Of dangers hanging over them more portentous of
evil than the army of the Southern Confederacy.
Our government is now running in debt at the rate
OF over one million dollars per day the immei Sc
army rcised for the protection of the government.
is TO be used for the abolition of slavery Ma
tiona Bank will be established by the war party,
if possible and war debt which some of their
own leaders estimate at FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS, will be saddled upon the pcople. the
interest iic!i viii be more than were the total
expenses Of the government under Democratic
Administrations. All this MUST transl ire, for the
leaders Of The party have vowed before hi-h hcav
en- that no peace propositions shall entertained
that every rebel must be subdued.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

AroLocETic.- An apology is due our ncglbor
up street ioe not noticing him more th,n we have
for the past Fc" weeks, bat matters of more impor
lance have demanded our attention. He can be
perfectly assured however. that we do not desire
personal quarrel with him. In the matter oil
personalities. we dor tile in Difference to his
superior abilities.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

The CABINET. THE ARMY AND COMPTON,
rsE.-The Washington corres ond, mt of the
New York Times has no doubt that there
Is "A compromise sentiment In the Cabine,
and in the army We have 10 DOUBT "i
il either TIE Cabinet and leading men
of the arms know "A good deal more than
outsiders of the condition aud resources
Of the Confederaies and Of the perils the
country is in from foreign war. We
have no doubt the Cabinet woald gladly
accept compromise that would not IN
volve an acknowledgment of the iudepen-
dence of The Sou hern Confederacy.
Greedy aud his disposition in both the
Cabinet and army. charges against both,
and denounced so bitterly all lea of COM
promise II Is that knowledge that has
made them threaten the President and
Cabinet with being driven from their
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18
TIE PRESIDENTS Plea OF "NECc..
SJG.Y"

1t is the plea of 'yrarts. If no power was
granted to him to do thing. it was resrred to
the " States or the people and if he exercised
such power it cannot be sanctioned nor made le.
gal. Where thcrc is no power or means given to
enforce law, he Is not the party to use force in
such IA ease Ii is usUsr,Tfoy.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

Resolutions having in view the assembling of
National Convention for the settlement of our diff
hcuties, have been voted down in Congress. by the
Republicans. Henry Ward Bcecher was right
when he said they wanted wal, redder than blood.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18
Another Account of the Affair ct hon
roe City.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times
QulNCY, I'M l3--9 A. D

QurXu, july l3--9 a. NJ.
Colonel Smith with Eve hundred
troops, left Palmyra on "Wednesday for
Monroe City. six miles wet on the Han
nibal and ST. Joseph R,iroal. TO look AZ
terra carnon and arms supposed 10 be in
that vicinity.
Arriving. he left the ears and proceeded
to "a new building about Il mile distant.
erected for IA seminary. but unoccuped.
where he quartered.
An officer was placed on top Of building,
with spy glass, TO watch the movements
of the rebels. who commenced firing AT tina
building with the cannon. and KEEP i up at
intervals all da'. with injury 10 Colonel
Smiths mon. who were il the basement.
The enemy approached no nearer than
mile OF the building. except on two or
three. occasions.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

AMERICAN CEMENT GLUE.--Wc invite the atten-
ton of all our readers to the adver;is enlont of
Mcssrs. Johns & Cros!ey, New York, in another
column. Their "CFMEsr glue" will no doubt
meet with II large SALE is great SAVING - house
keepers, IN within the r,c, of all On = rs
per bottle. and for sale by druggists ~
keepers generally.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

ARMY CoNrRAcrs.--Congress is during
ont into q wide sea Of business. We Judge
ha, there is a suspicion in the House that
here Is something rotten somewhere. \
committee has been moved 10 inquire into
he letting Of army contracts; 10 find ont
on what principle they VIZ. let; aud to en-
airline VIII -lher lie specifications Of the
proposals have been compiled have coed
grounds 10 suspect that all is not right In
certain quarters. before he attempts 10 un-
cover the secrets of the departments. He
thinks lie is on the scent Of the Secretary
of War Where is Covoae?
While tho committee is about tiff in
deed they ever do get about they nj ght
well extend their inquiries into Illinois. 1t
wond be stretching their powers, to be
sure, but that. in these times. is but tri-
ile. At any rate. they could get n great
haul Of robbers in and about Springfield
i Chicago Post.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

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read that MI provisions Of law AMI arnro,r;ations
herein contained arplcable 10 three years volun-
teers should apply to two wears volunteers. and
all other volunteers exceeding three months in the
army anI navy. Agreed to.
The till was reYorteJ to tie Senate and was
passed
The III to Increase tie military establishment
of the United States was tal;,nun.
The question was ON the ar,e,,lment rol.o;n-
the army AGAIN in six months alter the irs,.rrec
ton was suppressed. AMI j. was mortified - as n
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HbtSE-On motion oi III. Washburne, it
wis
Res0lcec, That the Committee Oh commerce
u'i'''e' 10 Instruct an iinned'ate inquiry as to
WHAT iuI'her measures Is Necessary, Il any. to
''''>e '''o el'''e oi ports OF rebcious states
i'o'c ehcttuu anu 10 arrest the deprcdatiouS G.
pirates no" prey,nS upon American commerce
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so-caled Southern Coniedcracy
J., ''''''O" u "'' D'Aon' a'es''a'lon passed
The senate concuFrlng, that Congress adjourn next
Friday
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Non proViuinS Tor select Committee to which
Si''I 1e preferred me subject OF Il general bank
rut law TO report at next session by bill or other
"'s. nrop''u'
Mr. Eii!Ott, from the committee on Commerce,
reported Inc following
h'SOlce@' ihac ''e secretary OF 'he treasury
De requested 10 employ immediately sufficient
'o'ce u protect our commerce from pirates "Aen
now inlest the seas. Pissed,
me Speaker i'd "eio'e '"e House letter
''''' ii' O''''sie re's H''is MS Se''-lc having
'," e,1o' ou senator from irS'"'@'
i'' 0'' o''''cu '''o ~ 'o"l'c
"''''0'"' ih-t 'hiS congress recommend the
"o'oi''or' u various states 10 convene theH
legislatures Tor The luinose OF Gazing Tor an cleo
toh o. TWO 0eIeSates from each Congressional
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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

Hon. J. A. Gurley has been authorized to raise
was formerly Univcrsal>t Minister of Mtssachu-
sets. He is about four feet ten inches high wears
his hat on the back of his head, is pucl,y. saucy
"irepresiib'c." and don't believe in any hell ex-
cept for slavehol1ors.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18
Special Dispatch to I'll e Chicago Times.


WAsnINGToN, July l6-11 p. NJ
The movement Of troops across the Po-
tomac continues
Ten thousand have passed over the Long
Bridge during the day and evening.
Large forces of artillery, including
twenty fieldpieces, have been taken over
TOO Ia the Virginia forces under Gen. Nc
Dowell.
Immense baggage trains. ammunition
wagons and ambulance are still crossing.
The Utmost secrecy is maintained as 10
the purpose of these movements
No doubt is entertained that general
forward movement has commenced: and
startling Information my be looked for q.
any time after might. | have secured
pass that will enable me TO accompany any
advanced of the Federal troops thar may be
made from Alexandria. The arrangements
bel; Z ful y perfected for the RECONSTRUCT
ton Of the Telegraph as fast as the army
moves, | will furnish you with The fullest
details that nay be permitted to be sent.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

At Davenport. Iowa, grain il selling as fol-
lows:
Corn, zoe. per bushel wheat, SOC. rye and
barley. Die. oats q drug,) Case. beef, mutton
and veal I best cuts,) 5a7c. potatoes, Sal0c."
The blocill is electull.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18
The grand Forward Movement Com

The grand Forward Movement Com.
menced- Gen. Mcdowell in Com
mand. witt Force Of Upwards of
Fifty Thousand Men.
Special Dispatch to Tie Chicago Times.
WASHINGTON. July 1912 Z. II.
Gen. McDo@ell has moved forward from
Alexandria and Arlington Height with
large force Of infantry and artillery.
It is expected that he viii occupy Fairfax
before da. light to- morrow morning.
lie has upward Of City thousand volun-
teer infantry, with two companies of resu-
lar cavalry and two full batteries Of light
artillery. including the celebrated Sher-
mans battery.
| have no time to add more. as my horse
is waiting, and must hasten TO join the
advancing column | viii give you the
earliest possible intelligence Of the expedi-
ton.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-18

Sand batteries on Ship Island opened fire Tues
iav morning Oh the Yankee war steamer two
miles off. / he fire returned and one Conted-
crate wounded. The steamer hauled of aud went
les.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

A GREAT THOUGHT There are worse things
than war. Deterioration and moral cowardice
are worse than death and when it becomes nee
essary to die for great truths and principles, how
sweet and how beautiful is the sacrifice. Let no
one imagine that this is our day of deepest dark
ness. Twenty millions of people rising as one
man, thrilled by one impulse, swept by one spirit
of self sacrifice holding right and justice to be
dearer than life, and that life for these may be
and shall be offered up, will appear in history as
the brightest omen OF the century. Civilization
and free government are not to fail here, but to
come forth more glorious aud secure from trial.
This is the clear pointing of the finger of God,
and for this he strikes the awful hour and sum
mons men to their duty Meanwhile we hope
that from the altars of religion will be breathed
the hoest and most select influence into the cause
of constitutional liberty as the cause of Cod
Religious Magazine.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

SAWS PKoPOsAL by PRoxY.-l ups and tell
Nose all about it and says | to Nose says |
" Had you just as leives ask her for me" He
said he had. &c. to make long story short, one
bitter cold night Nose and started for the house
where Liddy lived 1t was agreed that should
stay in the wood shed, while Nose went in aud
sot matters right. Nose knocked at the door aud
went in, and sot down on the chopping log to
wait the issue. Nose thought he could fix things
in about half an hour, and as 1t was eight o'clock
when we went In, ] calculated on being in para
disc about half after. But there | sot and sot
till | hearn the clock strike nine then | had to
get up and stomp and thrash my hands to keep
from freezing. Ten O'Clock, then eleven struck
and still no Nose. At last, just about midnight,
when I'd got to be little better'n freezn state,
out he came rushed up to him, aud with a
sneaking voco NJ. No Moses, says |, what does
she sayP
SAM says he, pom my soul / forgot to AK
her.
Just six weeks after, Nose and Liddy, which
were twain, were made one flesh
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21
The Battlefield.
ny WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

Once this soft turf this rivulets sands,
We're trampled by a hurrying crowd,
And fiery hearts aud armed hands
ENCOUNTERED in the battle cloud.
All never shall the land forget
How gush'd the life blood of her brave
Gush'd, warm with hope and courage yet,
Upon the soil they fought to save.
Now all is calm, and fresh, and stll
Alone the chirp of fitting bird
And talk of children on the hill,
And bell of wandering kline are heard.
No solemn host goes trailing by
The black mouth'd gun and staggering vain
Men start not at the battle cry
o be it never heard again.
Soon rested those who fought but thou
Who minglest in the harder strife
For truths which men receive not now,
Thy warfare only ends with life
friendess warfare lingering long
Through weary day and weary year
A wild and many .weapon'd throng
Hang on thy front and flank, and rear.
Yet, nerve thy spirit to the proof
Aud blench not at thy chosen lot.
The timid good may stand aloof,
The sage may frown-yet faint thou not
Nor heed the shaft too snrely cast,
The kissing, stnging bolt of scorn
For with thy side shall dwell at last,
The victory of endurance born.
Truth. crushed to earth shall rise again:
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, wrthes with pain,
And dies among his worshipers.
Yea, though thou lie upon the dust,
When they who help'd thee flee in fear
Die full of hope and manly trust,
Like those who fell in battle here.
Another hand thy sword shall wield,
Another hand the standard wave
Till from the trumpet's mouth is peaid
The blast of triumph DER thy grave.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

THERE are in North Carolina many Masons who
have not forgotten the ndissoube ties of the
Fraternity and its solemn obligations. | find, in
some instances whole lodges, every member of
which is a firm adherent to the UDion.-N c. Cor.
". y, Tribune.
Gods benediction on the venerable head OF
Masonry! Glorious old Man of Faith, Hope and
Charity, whom fearful children and widowed
women have blest from q hundred thousand desc
late homes live on, honored and loved until there
is not a ray from the throne OF the Sun by which
grateful humanity may write thy glorious epi
taph We have heard of thy grief when the
glory departed from Israel's Capital, of thy sor
rowful response when Rienzi lamented among the
dethroned splendors of the city of the Caesars,
of thy desoateness when the tombs of the Nile
shut up the last of Egypt's splcndor, and that
flying the zones of despotism painting on the
sultry desert, or lingering in the furrow of the
running plowshare whose harsh grating declared
that an empire had been, thou hast barred thy thin
white hair to the stroke of Heaven and answered,
4" So mote it bel"
We wish that what we would like to say could
reach the faithful brothers within the sanctuary
of their lodges in North Carolina. We'd bid
them read in the future the glorious page which
they are writing for the history of Masonry
that while Rebellion with flaming torch and max
ed sword, ran ravng through the land, few OF
the brethren of Washington laid the plumb-l inc
to the reeling pillars, and the restoring trowel
to the erumbng arches that crossing their
hands upon the altar they pledged one another
that until the cataract of the North had ceased
its roaring, and until the Gulf Stream of the
South had lost its mysterious way, so long the
Union should not be broken They are like the
faithful Children of the Sun, tanning the sacred
fire while Pizarro despoils the temple. May the
breath of Deity revive the expiring flame.
A Mason cannot be traitor to his country
without polluting his soul with the damning sin
of perury.-S. p. Erening Journal
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21
Flung To the needless winds
Or on the waters cast,
Their ashes shall be watched
And palhered al tie Inst. -

The brave editor, in his issue of the 10th, anti
cpalng that it would be his last, published under
his name long article upon the deplorable con
ditiOn of affairs, closing thus
SO far as we are concerned, we can suspend our
publication in obedience TO the dictates Of tyran
ny and intOlerance-we will yield to the demands
of an armed mob-turn over to them our office
and what little property we have--deprive our
selves and lpless family of small children of
the necessary means of support-and beg our
bread from door to door among Union men who
are able to give-but we shall reiuse-obstinate
ly refuse, to the day of our death, to think or
speak favorably of such Conlederacy as this
or TO agree that honor, patriotism or love of
country has Influenced the men at its head, who
have plunged the country into this revolution
And whether our humble voice is bushed in death
whether our press is muzzled by the spirit of
intolerance at Richmond, making this our last
issue of journal we have edited for almost a
quarter of century, we beg all who may come
after us and our paper to credit no Secession
fasehoOd that may represent us as having chang
ed our principles from those of an exulted deyo-
tion to the old American Union, and of undYng
hostility to those who would perpetrate its dlsso-
lutiOn,- Eastern Letter.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

GONE TO SnvERLAND.-The Independent says
that G. +. Julliard, r. W. Wilson and c.. p Rice,
all old residents of Trinity, left Red Bluff for the
Humboldt mines few days ago, and thinks if
that section is rich in precious minerals as re-
ported, the energy of such men will speedily
demonstrate the fact.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

INGRATITUDE-The Vsalia sun loaned the
Post, printed at the same place, roller, with
which to ink the types for their next ISSUE and
in the same paper the editor Of the Post said that
the editor of the former paper was low, grovel-
ing, nOaccOunt fellow!
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

AN IDYIL FROM VANITY FAIR" Sit down,
fair Phills, on the howery bank, and while
Phomel chants his roundelay, partake with me
OF this rural banquet have made for thee.
Thus spake the shepherd, Corydon' to her he
loved
And Phills sat down among the dewy grass,
and then she found the bank wet
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

MANY Admmistra ton haters are bowling al the
prospect of being obliged to pay the income tax
Tor carrying on the war against the rebels Now
it has been pretty conelusively shown that six
dollars will be spent in this State by the Govern
ment for ftting out regiments, for every one col
leoted under the new system of taxation. The
fitting out of the five regiments called for will
cost Government about 81 O00,000.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

THE DISGRACE CoNFIRMED-The account of
the cowardly and disgraceful surrender of six
hundred Federal troops under one Major Lynde,
of the regular United States army, to Lieutenant
Col. Baylor, and 800 Texans, is confirmed. Lynde
must either be base coward and traitor, or
his troops must have been tampeFed with and
demoralized by the Secessionists. Arizona is
now, with all its forts, in full possession of the
rebels.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

JACK HAYs-The old Texan, says the Contra
Costa Gazette, is living quietly at Oakland, at
tending to his own business, and taking no part
in politics. lie claims to be opposed to secession,
and is in no wise concerned in any of the sec cess
ion movements in this State or elsewhere.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21
The Coming Contest im Kentuck Danger
Ahead.

That the war is about to burst over Kentucky
is evident from the following from the Louisville
Journal;
" Fiends and devils in human shape, are plot
ting your ruin and suhugation. They are LAYING
their plans to have Confederate soldiers in the
employ of King JEFF. Davis introduced into this
State. Awake arouse and prepare to meet
the invader Give not an inch to the conspra-
tors in your midst, for the more you give the
more they will advance. Meet them at the
threshold if they dare to interfere with the exer-
else Of any constitutional right which you possess.
Every man of you to his post, and while You will
not invade any sister State, il war is rendered to
you, accept it fearlessly, and if your State is in
vaded welcome the invaders with bloody hands
to hospitable graves. We do not desire unneces-
sarily to alarm you, but we tell you that we
understand the movements of the Secession party.
There Is danger ahead, BE not taken unawarcs
Eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty
When the strife begins, it will be no chld's
play, but bloody, mortal contest, that will red
den the soil of the State with carnage The Sc
cessioniss, though in minority are desperate.
They have the promise of aid from the Conleder-
ate Government. and we look hourly for the
advance of a Tennessee host into Kentucky the
seizure OF Peducah, Columbus, Wolf Island and
Bowling Green. These are the stragetic positions
in the lower portion of the State, and with Con-
icNNiNhV lNibVo bNNNpN thE 'H'ih 'hVi ulNibN@NT
ment would be dinicult. Columbus and Wolf
Island command the Mississippi river. and, it
fortified and defended 10y heavy batteries, would
make u gunboat eXhedition down the river haz.
ardous, il not impossible.
Paducah commands Cairo, and Confederate
army stationed there with command of the Ten
ncssee and Cumberland river boats, would be able
not only to ravage the neighboring Illinois shore
but to throw force across the river to seize the
I,tI nj In.
the distance. Bowling Green is the largest town
in the lower part of the State, situated at the
head of navigation on Barren river, in the midst
of an opulent district, and commanding the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, All these
important positions are in imminent danger of
falling into the hands Of the enemy. Every one
of them could be siezed by Tennessee armies in
six hours, and once in their possession, it would
require weeks, aud perhaps months, to regain
Them
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

IT is reported that one Of the slaves at Newport
News, on being questioned as to whether he had
run away from his master, replied No, goly,
massa run away from NE When he see de sol.
diers comm he run like de ole Harry. l spec
he's gone to Richmond !"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

TRINITY MARBLE.-We had forgotten to men
tion that a marble quarry had been discovered
OF late on Trinity river, short distance from
Milltown. Capt John Philbrook has left spec
linen at this office. IL is of fine quality, and with
good finish will bear comparison with any we
have seen In the State
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

READ AND REFLEcT.-Lost wealth may be re-
stored by industry; the wreck of health regained
by temperance forgotten knowledge restored
by study; alienated friendship smothered into
forgetfulness even forfeited repu tation won
back by penitenee and virtue but lost time can
never be recovered.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-21

The GREATEST IIUMBUG OF THE DAY.-That
treason in petticoats is entitled to any more con-
sideraton than treason in breeches. 1t is to be
hoped that the Administration will soon get over
its extreme deicacy upon this point, and insist
upon Right Of Search-says Vanity Fair.