Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-02-04
News Paragraphs.


Kit Carson has been made Brigadier
General.
Sixty-eight rebel prisoners took the oath
of allegiance in Baltimore last week.
Ths Kentucky jails are filled with fngi-
tive slaves from Tennessee and other
States advertised to be sold for Jail fees
according to Kentucky laws. The Presi-
dent is asked to interfere in their behalf.
Three new States are expected during
this year, Colorado. Nebrasks and Nevada.
Southern illinois cotton is coming into
market. One hu ndred and twenty bales
were recently sold at eighty cents a pound.
Thos. McElrath. Mr.. Greeley's old part
ner in the Tribune. has gone back to it as
the head Of its business department.
There are now in New Orleans seven
schools. for colored children with 20 teach
srs and 1190 scholars.
1t is reported that the Methodist Book
Concern at Nashville is to he taken as q
Government printing office.
Artificial limbs are provided by law for
all soldiers who are entitled to them, free
of charge. -'es....
They have already begun to form Lin
coin clubs in Baltim IRE. Abraham is to
be run for the Presidency whether he will
run or not. ESQ ~
a new Irish paper. the Shamrock, is to
be established in New York
A man being asked by young lady what
photography was. took ont his pencil and
wrote the following. telling her that wa,
photography: az. II. A. B. U. L. L. N p
Y on are beauty. Ellen)
Nathaniel Wodcll disappeared very sud
denly from Westport. Macs, in 1916. anJ
has now returned after an absence of forty.
seven and half years. During that time
he has travelled the wide world over.
A coniraband gave lirth. recently. to 9
child on the plantation Of Governor Wise
A female teacher from Massachusetts,, who
was called to assist the mother. persuaded
Der to name the child John Brown Wise
A Kansas woman. named Million. was
lately married, and by her marriage tho
mother, and aunt to her brothers and
sisters. The groom becomes son of 9
younger brother; his sister in.law becomes
his mother. and he becomes the brother OF
four million" children. What relation
were said paties previous to their marriage'
The freed slaves in the Dutch colony oil
Surinam. work we'll since the planter,
have been brought to reasonable terms BY
the Government, and pay fair wages. TIL,
planters are hoping to get some OF our free,
neg ocs, as there is a great scarcity Of labol
still on the island.
A Salt Lake letter writer says: "Lasi
night at the theater counted in Brigham
Young's family box nincty.thre womer
and children, and the box was Eot nea
full. He occupied an elegant private DO,
with his two favorite wives"
Mr.. Wilson said, in the Senate, 81
think we have in the army coo, 900 men
Of which 400 900 are effective soldiers.
10 not think tie rebels have over 225. 900
have good reason for this belief. thinl
the rebellion will be crushed out by Octo
ber."
Secretary Chase is strongly urged to al
low free trade in cotton on the Mississippi
Adj. Gcn'l Thomas says there is an i'm
mense quantity which can easily be mad,
available. 1t is proposed to allow all per
sons. regardless of their loyalty. to bring
within our lines their cotton and sell it 70
greenbacks. and return if they choose. bu
not to be allowed to take supplies of an,
kind with them.
Governor Morton will shortly authoriz
the publication in English, FreAch an,
German. Of a pamphlet setting forth the re
sources of Indiana. character of soil. min
eral wealth. &c. The purpose is to encour
age immigration. The first edition vii
comprise seine sixty thousand copies
which will be distributed to naturalize,
residents for foreign circulation.
The opinion is expressed by prominen
officers that by allowing those who har
distinguished themselves IN the field t
make direct appeals to the people. the rank
of the Union army will be speedily file
AMI large excess Of volunteers obta ned
and they confidently hope that such pla
may be adopted under the new order for
draft Of half a million more men.
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