The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-05-21
Brevilies.

hood are quietly buying up all the arm
which they.can find in the hands o. Demo
Gratis, and wants TO know what it means
1t means that either by force or policy
Democrats are to be dsarmed.
Scurvy has made it's appearance in tn.
army Of Rosencrans. There is. according
ly, a call for onions. Tue General hs.
leased 200 acres OF gar len land near Nash.
vile. TO raise these aud other vegetables
for the soldiers
pennsylvania State taxes this year are
80 cents on the Sl00-a Republican lux
ury.
Two more Ericsson ''devils" have been
sent TO Charleston. They are expected to
"raise hob"
A smart Provost Marshal undertook TO
arrest a deser,er, James Hummel, at New
Beriis, Union county, Pa, recently, in
charch, at his sisters funeral Pistol
shot was fired, and the result was ths,
the marshal had to run. after being severe
y handled by the rOm4n present. whose
indignation was thoroughly reused.
The spiritual emperor of Japan has or
dered the Tycoon to expel all ''barbarians"
foreigners) from the country.
The Greenports(R Watchman men,
'ions that Capt Smith Rider, of Pstcho.
que. long known as the War horse of
Suffolk and a faithful follower of Daniel s.
Dickinson removed from th,. office of To-
spectcr of customs, 20 which he WAS aJ-
pointed under Collector Sche, and Brew
sler Terry, an original Charcoal, has
been appointed in his place. Could
not the "ribboned OK" then. save his
protege from the slaughter?
Mss Dickinson, the pelicoat politician.
in her recent Cooper Institute speech, ex
pressed her opinion Of Democratic State
in the words-"New Jersey-li,tle, mean.
contemplate New Jersey, made ou, of the
offscourings and fragments left after the
Union had been formed" loud Lsugh.
ter.) You see, Miss Dickinson is very
funny women.
The Baltimore roughs tore OF the uni
form of the negro surgeon of The Washing.
ton colored hospital. on his appearing in
that city with his military toggery on.
One Of the reverened abolition vuftures
of Chicago-Rev. Mr.. Patton-toos the oc-
casion of the fast day To de6le the grave of
Douglas, intimating that his death was a
personal judgment and tina. no clergyman
would preach the funeral sermon. The
reverend libeller may have tasted ply Sic
ally, but he evidently glusted his ghoulish
pkopensites,
Uncle Abe's lates. published joke WAS
in reply to Some one who asked him for a
pass to Richmond. We'll, said the
Present, 81 would be very happy to oblige
you, If my passes were respected; but the
fact is. sir, have, within the past two
years. given passes 10 two hundred and
fifty thousand men to 60 to Richmond. aud
not one has got there yet" The applicant
quietly and respectfully withdrew.
The. War Committee examined Gen. Nc
Clellan in relation to the blockade whn b !
the rebels for long time maintained upon
the lower Potomac in the early period of
war Mcclellan answered that by reason of
the exigencies of the blockade on the coast /
the Navy Department was never able to
place an adequate foI ce on the river, and
the only other means of destroying the
rebel supremacy was by attacking their
batteries and occupying the Virginia shore,
which would have required general ad
vance OF the entire army. Mcclellan fnrth-
sr said that he did not consider the Poto-
mac blockade Of vital Importance. because
We had full means Of supplying ourselves
without regard to the Potomac.
The official vote for Governor in the late
Connection election was: For S-vmour.
IS. .395, for Buckingham. Al ,o82-Ihs TAT
Iers majority. s60l.
Greeley's ninety days are up. and accord
ING 10 his declaration a short time ago. he
is now in favor Of peace, and letting the
South go.
The amnesty offered by the Gar TO Po-
land required the insurgents to lay down
heir arms by the first day of Nav. Those
who accepted it's terms were 20 be rarion.
sd for their rebellion. and tse couut,y was
10 be placed by it in exactly the same con
ltion rs when the revolution broke out
A Cracow telegram, Of April IS, says,
however. that the proposed amnesty has
,een universally rejected, and it is even
aid to have increased the intensity Of the
'evolt.
The British rcsidency in Jeddo. Japan.
las been ces royed by iucendiares believed
o BE- agents of the Tycoon's government.