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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26

EOman'S VencrafiOn.

If women have one weakness more mar
ked than men, it is towards veueration.
They are born worshipers makers of
silver shrines for some divinity or other,
which of course, they always think fell
straight down from heaven. The first
step towards their falling in love with an
ordinary mortal is generally to dress him
out with all manner of real or fancied su-
periority; and having made him up. they
worship him. Now truly great man, a
man really grand and noble in heart and
intellect, has this advantage with women,
that he is an idol ready made to hand; and
so that pains taking and ingenious sex
have less labor iu getting him up. and car
be ready to worship him on shorter no
tice. Particularly this is the case where
sacred profession and mora. supremacy
are added to the intellectual Just think
of celebrated preachers and dlvines in all
ages. Have they not stood like the image
of 'Nebuchadnezzar the king set.' and all
womankind. coquetts and f1irts not excep-
ted, been ready TO fall down and worship,
even before the sound Of cornet, flute, harp
sackbuth, and so forth. Is not the faith
full Paula, with her beautiful face, pros
trate in reverence. before poor. old. lean,
haggard. dying St. Jerome, in the most
splendid painting of the world, an emblem
and sign of woman's eternal power Of
self sacrifice TO what she deems nobest in
man? Does not old Richard Baxter tell
US, with delightful single tenderness, how
his wife fell in love with him first, in spite
of his long pale face; and SO she confessed.
dear soul, after many years of married life
that she had found him less sour and Bit
ter than she expected? The fact is, wo-
men are burdened with fealty. faith. reve-
renee, more than they know what to do
with; they stand like hedge of sweet peas
thowing out fiuterng tendrils everywhere
for something high and strong to climb up
by, and when they find it, be it ever SO
Tough in the bark; they catch upon it.
And instances are not wanting of those
who have turned away from the fat.ery Of
admirers to prostrate themselves at the
feet of genuine hero. who never wooed
them, except by noble deeds and tie rhet-
orc Of noble life.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
To the pucIic,

have been authorized TO raise Regiment to
rendezvous at Goshen for the vice oftae United
States during the war.
appeal to you frien s of the Union and our
common country to aid me in the undertaking.
Mos: especially call upon the young men Of this
district 70 remember how and by whom TIE liberties
of this great nation were won snd its government
established; and invoke them by the memories of
he past to raliy round her lag and the Flag of
their Fathers in this the day of her trbuatOn and
distress They should regard it as glorious privi
lege:-it is high and solemn duty which true al
legIance Will do well TO heed.
Fifty Years ago kentlc|v at Tippecanoe saved
the inf. mt Territory of Indiana from the mercile-.
tomahawk OF the savage and the bones of her sons
now repose unon that bloody field. Our State
since then has grown prosperous AMI great. and
Kentucky is now invaded by an Org Dzed army
of rebels and parricdes, remOr less and cruel as
t2eir prototypes Of the wilderness She asks Ind-
to come to her reScue-the debt is one of hon
and must be paid The soil YOU tread WAS won
by her IrOweSs and valOr; can YOU do less than
protect her Let the answer be worthy OF your
lineage and OF your country.
NORMAN EDDY.
n B-No compani. OF volunteers will be re-
cei'ed from the Tenth Congressional Distr Ct until
notice to that effect. n. EDDY.
Papers il this district, please copy.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
Very EIauSliablc Affair.

The following anecdote ia taken frcm a
book entitled Notes Of an Army Surgeon
and said to relate 10 an occurrence during
the seige Of Fort Erie:
l remember. one day, in making my
hospital rounds. patient just arrived pre-
sented me an amputated forearm. and ia
doing SO. could scarcely refrain from a
broad laugh; the litter was constantly on
his face. What is the matter? this does
not strike me as a subject Of laughter III
is not, doctor; but excuse me, lost my
arm in 30 funny a way that still laugh
when l leok at it. Our first sergeant wan.
ted shaving. and got me to do it. as am
Corporal. We went together in front o
his tent: L had latbered him, took him by
the nose. and was applying the razor. and
that was the last l saw Of his head and
my arm. Excuse me, doctor, for laugh.
ing SO. but 1 never saw such a thing be
FORE
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26

In his speech at the Prentice dinner
at Washington. Hon. Caleb B. Smith,
Secretary Of the Interior. said of the
Cochrane Cameron proposition to arm the
slaves:
Putting arms into slaves hands! II
this be attempted to any extent, the whole
world will cry out against our inhumanily,
our savagery, and the sympathies OF all
mankind will be turned against us. as
they were against the blacks that murder
ed and drove the French from Hayti. And,
if it be attempted, the soldiers in the ar
my from Southern Indiana, Southern Hi
nois, all Maryland, Kentucky. Delaware.
Pennsylvania. nearly all. and from New
York, south Of the Erie canal, with the
strong reg giments frcm New Jersey. will.
before God. protest being thus put upon
an equality with negro soldiers in their
ranks.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
NUMBER 4S-WHOLE No. 100

Some men inherit veal h from their an
cestors, thief. if he gets rich, does it 'on
his own hook
A French princess being told that the
poor in Paris wee dying of starvation,
sud What a silly people before I'd
starve Ia eat brown bread and mutton :
The story is similar to one told of the late
Duke Of Cambridge. Victoria's uncle.
during the famine in Ireland: What
starve.' said he and pine apples to be had
fol- guinea (S5) apiece i
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
Vas.ify Fairs List of Lecturers.

Panity Fair. following the annual Gus
tom Of the metropolitan journals, publish
es list of lecturers and the subjects upon
which they are prepared to discourse to
village lycenms and city associations.
Some of them are as follows:
Bennett, James Gordon. Washington
Heights. Subjects 8 Heraldry. The Postal
System. with the Art Of Black Mailing
"A Fig for Plum Gut.
Everett, Edward. Hon, Everett House,
Boston. .Suyect--Five thousand Reasons
for Writing for 1t
Floyd. John B.. on the Run, Virginia.
.SuyectS--Tbe Blunders of Buchanan. :.
Still so gently DER me stealing. The Forty
Thieves. Wise and Otherwise.
Greeley. Horace. Hon. (will be sent
from the Tribune ofice). .Suyects--Thc
Best Bread Made of New Bran. A bran
new lecture. J. Tobacco, the lIideous
Weed. with some account Of Thurlow.
Holmes. Oliver W.. the IIab of the
Universe. Suyects--Doctors Delusion
The Sovereign OF the Supper Table.
Holland. J. g., care Of Charles Serb
bier. Subjective Dutch Republic.
Leslie. Frank, Esqr.. Ill. Nems. Sub
ject--Sw,ll Milk, a stump speech.
Meagher. Thomas. Col. Camp Corcorau
Virginia. Suyects--Russell and Bustle. t..
Irish Bulls, or the Goth at Bull Run.
Raymond, Henry Jenkins, Times office,
London. SWect-Raymond of Too Loose
Tuckerman. Ii. T., Boston Transcript
.SaIjeets Dan Tucker. Tuckered
Out.
Wood, Fernando, Fifth Avenue (should
be Fort Warren). SuJjects--The Art O.
Altering Accounts Raising tho Wind
aad the Joseph Walker. The Science oI
the Ring (assisted by Alderman Tourney
Doole, etc).
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
What 1ar. bright Says.

On Monday last. Mr.. Wikison, of Min
nesota, introduced in the Senate, resolu-
ton expelling Jesse d. Bright from the
Senate, on the ground that he had written
a letter introducing the inventor of new
weapon to President Davis. Mr. Bright,
on the introduction OF the resolution, said:
at was no: improper to say a word as
to the truth of the charges made against
him through licentious press.
"It has been charged tha. he had alb
sented himself from the Senate for fear of
such resolution as just offered. 1t was
not SO. He had been confined to his room.
He had no bjaction to the resolution. He
believed that in service Of seventeen
years he had done nothing inconsistent
with his duty as American Senator. or citi
zen. or gentleman.
lie courted an investigation into all
his acts. public and private. He asked TO
Lave a letter read in answer to the one
already read (letter ready to Mr.. Fitch,
saying that he was opposed 10 the aboi.
tionists. but always had been for the pres
ervation and integrity of the Union, but
was opposed to the coercive policy of the
government
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
The Trsit1l.

The New York Journal of Commerce,
commenting upon the remarkab change
of opinion going on in the North says:
No rank secessiohist mas used more
violent language, or struck more severe
and covardly blows at the character ol
the President and his Cabinet. thar the
very men who three months ago pronoun'
ced a disagreement with those officers rank
treason. The same remarks apply to pri-
vate individuals as we'll to public news
papers. The most furious denouncers OF
OF the President to day are men who few
weeks since proposed to hang every one
who disagreed with them as to the mode
OF prosecuting the war
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
The North Carolina Convention.

We feared from the first that the repor,
of the meeting of a State Convention in
North Carolina representing forty five
counties. and the organization of a State
government had bat little foundation in
fact.
The intelligence appeared in the N Y.
Tribune, which fact alone rendered it
somewhat questionable.
The truth in regard to the Convention
is told in the following letter to the n. Y.
Sun:
AS for the Union Government in North
Carolina. | fear it is nothing but big
farce. The resolutions, which you no
doubt have read in the papers, began with
something Ike this:
We, the people Of North Carolina,
&c. DC.
Now, the fact is, the whole of The said
people amounted in all to about I20 igno-
rant Hatteras fishers and voters, the rest
being boys, women and children. This
grand convention representing North Car
olina as free and independent was ad-
dressed by a Tribune reporter (the only
one here, l believe, Mr.. Foster, now
an Hon. M. c.. and Gov. Taylor Well.
the resolutions were read by tho Govern
or, and the question of their adoption be-
ing put no one at first could be found to
second it. Afterwards the form Of a man
said, Il want to do what is right I don I
know wha: it means, but will second it,
When the vote was put. delegates look
ed one 1T the other. not knowing what to
do ; but after the resolutions were read
over again, some one managed to gain
courage enough to vote, and all followed
sui, So the Provisional Cove rnment was
established. If this is not big thing,
don't know what is. On the 28th Nh
Foster was elected to the United States
Congress from this District.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
Debf tO NCWNpaOCrS.

Newspaper subscriptions are infalibe
tests of mems honesty. They will, sooner
or later, discover the man. If he is dis
honest, he will cheat the printer some way
says he has paid what he has not, de
clsres he has the receipt somewhere--or
sent money. and it was LOST in the mail
or will take the paper and not pay for il
on the ground that he did not subscribe for
it--or he will move OFF. leaving il coming
to the office he left Hundreds of pro
Tossing Christians are dishonest in this
way. and the printers book will tell fear
ful tales in the final judgment
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
LacOnic correspondence.

The recent troubles between the stu
dents Of the university Of Moscow and the
officers Of the Russian government, gave
rise to ,his laconic but pointed correspon-
dence. transmitted by telegraph
GEN. IGNAIIEFF TO TIE EMrLEoR.
Great disturbance at the university.
The students will listen to no one neither
t. the rector nor to the curator, Tor even
me. What is TO be done?'
THE EMPEROR TO IGNATIEFF.
Make every effort to calm TIE students.
Treat them like a father
IGNATIEFF's REPLY
Il have obeyed your majesty's orders.
The students are all in the fortress
TIE EMPERoR's REJorNDER.
What do you mean? You have COM
mit,ed sons dreadful blunder.'
1t is clear that Ignatief's notion ol
'fatherly treatment was not in accordance
with the emperor's ideas. but the unlucky
general subsequently, made an explanation.
seeking to Justify himself. after this fash.
ion:
Il edeavored. sire. TO execute your or,
ders. / arrested two hundred and eighty.
three students last Thursday. and man,
of them were badly wounded. Your Ia
mented Jather could scarcely hare don,
more
The italicised words are certainly to the
point
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
The Planet Venns.

For some weeks past the brightness of
this planet, in the western sky. has been
a subject Of remark among those who have
been in the street in c!oudless evenings.
Its brilliant aspect at this time ha, lei
some to suppose that the planet has chan
ged from its appearance formerly. VIII N
it held the same position to the sun. But
this apparent increase in lustre is due TO
the absence Of large stars from its path
way. The other brilliant planets are now
morning stars. Venus attain its creates
brilliancy about three weeks after New
Year, after which it will rapidly decrease
in splendor until it again becomes a morn
ing star. and the other planets will take
lis place in the evening sky.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
New York. Dec. 7th 1861.

They are telling good story in Troy,
az follows:
1t was rumored that gentleman. sup
posed TO be loyal citizen. had secession
flag flying from his house. OF course
there was tremendous hue and cry rails
ed. and an excited party started for the
premises. On reaching the house it was
found to be a lady's 6oi,norai that had
been washed and hung from a back win.
dow to dry. The husband avowed his
determination TO stand by that flag, SC
long as he lived. and the patriotic mob
suddenly disappeared,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
HabeaS Corpus.

we make tie 1OilOwlnS extract from the
speech of Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton Of Ohio,
delivered in the House of Representatives
on the 10th inst. on the memorial of the
Baltimore Police Commissioners.
Six months ago, when the haJsaS cor.
pas act was first suspended in the case OF
Of Merriman, who was held on charge oi
treason, the public mind was intensely ex-
cited. Now what is the fact? Citizens
are committed and imprisoned because in
the public newspapers they dare criticise
the acts Of the Government. Newspapers
have been suspended, aid the whole pow.
er Of the Government despotically exerci-
sed without public murmur.
We are told also that when This public
danger shall have passed away he Consti.
tuiion will be restored TO is pristine vigor.
snd the people will be allowed to resume
their accustomed liberty. When was this
ever SO? When were the invaded and
restricted rights Of a people ever restored
to their exact position except by the sword?
When was liberty once surrendered ever
restored except by blood? For the wlful
surrender of their ri ghts no nation evar
resumed them only through the agonies of
revolution, and you cannot make nation
sensible of rights that in time of danger
possesses no rights. You can not in
crease and strengthen virtue and courage !;
and patience in people by teaching the m
that in times of great public calamity and
danger TO the State, they must rely for
safety not on their own virtue, and cour-
age and constaucy, but on the power and
good will of their rulers. No free nation
ought ever to listen for a moment to the
arguments of State necessity. The history
of those people who have been so deceived
is written in the wreck of free Institutions
1t is marked with wrongs, with ligh hopes
destroyed. and noble aspirators violated
and trampled upon.
If we look over the pathway Of desola-
ticn thus exposed to view, we may easily
imagine that we see tho spirit of Ameri
can independence and American freedom
lowering over this day tearfuly praying
that it too may not be added to the long
list OF victims inundated on the alt Of
State necessity. This argument of State
necessity always proceeds from executive
power. 1t is the voice which issues from
the throne itself, and unless speedily an
swered, unless answered now, ere long
comes the mandate to surread ,r to military
power. An imperial throne rises on the
ruins of an overihrown republic; oaths are
violated. liberties swept away. rights tram
pied on, and a nation is prostrated in the
dust. This is but familiar picture which
presents the dire effect of people submit
ting to the plea of State necessity. We
are further told that in times of great pub
lie danger the people ought to sustain the
hands of their rulers by con6ding in their
integrity of motives and disinterestedness
of action. Yes, sir, | would sustain them
with the public confidence while they ad :
here to the provisions and principles of
the Constitution; but would paralyze
them sir, with distrust whenever they COM
menced the work Of usurpa.ian.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
Varieties.


Fewer persons are killed in bold ad-
vance than in cowardly retreat.
1t is very common for men. when cor.
ned, to have husky voice
A very unpopular Off Ger with some of
the ladies-Geueral Housewolk.
In the game of life men most frequent
ly play the gnave and women the deuce.
A great poet says that '.he mountains
stand fixed forever We know however,
that it is no uncommon thing for them to
slope
BE not discouraged; stand upright, and
you will be sure 10 have the whole earth
at your feet.
Have not, my son, given you every
advantage% oh. yes. but l couldn't
think of taking the advantage Of you. ia
Their.
No maiden ever unlocked her heart 10
her lover, but kiss was the fist prisoner
TO fly out
Some music teacher once wrote thai,
the art of playing or the violin requires
the incest PERCEPTION and the most sensi
bility Of any art in the known world
Upon which an editor comments in the
following manner
The art OF publishing newspaper and
making il pay, and at the same time have
it please everybody, beats fddling higher
than a kite
Red noses are lighthouses to warn voy-
ayers on the sea of life Off the coast Of
Malaga, Jamaica, Santa Cruz and Hol-
land.
Poets are generally poor; rhymes make
but Indifferent bladders to support the
swimmer on the sea Of life.
He is happy whose circumstances suit
his temper. but he is more happy who can
suit his temper to his circumstances.
A lady at party in town the other eve-
ming was asked what made her cheeks so
unusually red, she replied. the chaps.
Hook and one of his friends happened
to come TO pay bridge: DO you know
who built this bridge? p said the friend to
Hook. No. but if you go over yon'll be
tolled'
A person inquiring at oae OF our rail-
way stations what time the 7'45 train
would start, was answered, AT a quarter
to eight God bless me- exclaimed the
inquirer, you are always changing the
time on that line.'
In discussion with Temperance lee
turer, topper asked If water rols your
boots, what effect must it have on the
coat Of your stomach?'
a cute little fellow whose father cent
him to the post office with letter, and sent
the money to pay the postage, returned
after half an hours absence. highly de-
lighted, and rushing up 10 his father, ex
claimed:
Father. seed lot of men putting
letters in little place and when no one
was looking, slipped yours in for nothing
and bought some gingerbread for the
money
'The ugliest trades said Jerold, have
their moments of pleasure. Now. if
were grave-digger. or even hangman,
there are some people | could work for
with great deal Of enjoyment
Col. MulIigan has not very high
opinion Of Home Guards Ae thinks them
like the Wide Bwakes, 'evincible' in peace
invisible in war.
AN old sailor, at the theatre. said he
supposed that the dancing girls wore their
dresses half mast as mark of respect to
departed modesty.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26
The Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel, Gid

The Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel. Gid
diugs' organ, is dreadfully exercised at
the conviction of one George Gordon,
President of Iberia College. for running
of slaves for which be has been sentenced
to six months Imprisonment and fine
of three hundred dollars. 1t appears that
Gordon was indicted for this offence in
Buchanan administration. but says the
Sentinel. he kept out of the way until af-
ter the election Of Lincoln. suppGsing that
no prosecution would DO attempted in the
midst of our death struggle with slavery
But we had in the Republican ranks a
Marshall mean enough to do tha dirty
work Of 1ge Wilson, and a district at
torney who had tie right TO enter noHt
and dismiss the the case at any time, was
ready to do this dirtiest Of all jobs. Mr.
Gordon was accordingly brought to suffer
the full vengeance of the internal power
into whose hands he had falleu'
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26

ANY man who will maliciously set fire
to barn. said Mr.. Slow, 'and burn up
twenty cows. ought to be kicked to death
by a Jackass, and I'd ike to do i'll Mr..
Slow is very severe sometimes.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26

'Mynheer. do you know wha: for we
call our boy Hans?'
Il do not, really
We'll. l will tell you. Der reason we
our boy Hans is-it ish his name.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26

Wisdom is defence that can neither be
stormed nor surrounded,
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-14
Form the Christian Messenger.
rTY Ar:

Woman has mission to perform OH earth,
mission, pure, elevated and refining in its
character and design. She should hold in
her delicate hand the sceptre of purity and
piety, to which man in his impurity of heart,
bows and owns her superior goodness and
piety. She is so constituted, possessing such
varied excelencies, that man instinctively
ack nowledges her superiority and bows reve-
rcnty to her sway. She holds the key to
mildness, meekness and love, and generously
bestows needed blessings when the heart is
sad, or lies pathway is strewn with worm
wood and briars. When the heart is Ian
gushing, she dihuses the sweet, comforting
balm of her smiles, and tho gentle words
that flow generously from her lips, arc like
dew on the flowers of Heaven.
Womans mission is a holy one-her po-
stion an exalted one. How sad it is, that
the nobest traits of her character are often
perverted! How sad, that her brightest vir-
tues should be tarnished If every woman
was what she was designed to be, it her mo-
tives wero all as pure as goodness and piety
could make them, if her beauty and charms
reflected the sweet, trusting nature OF her
inner self, how soon would the whole world
undergo change and hearts and lives read
and see many blessings of morality and vir-
tue, of which they are now in ignorance
The mission Of woman on EARTH in whatever
capacity, is d desirable and responsible one.
One which she only is fitted to adorn, and
over which she has an unbounded influence.
Sad it is, that that influence is not always
what it should be, that it is often such as to
arouse and harden evil natures, and onkindle
selfish passions and unhallowed dcsires.-
Never was there u situation that required
more pety, more love- more tenderness, than
that Of woman, whose mission on earth is to
bless, whose duty it is to love, whose labors
are those of moulding characters. Happy
is the woman who feels that it is high and
exalted station to bless mankind with her
smiles and her love, and by her untiring de-
votion to justice and right receive the ap-
probation of her own heart. Happy is she
if she receives the grateful smile of some
poor, distressed, sorrowing one, whose hard
repinings have grown less bitter by her kind
ness, whose thorny pathway has been be-