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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-12-15
PRESIDENTS MESSaGE.

Fe},otc -ctt'sens Of the Senate and House Of
Representatives.:
Again the blessings of health and abund-
ant harvests claim Our profoundest graft
tude to Almighty God
The condition of our foreign affairs is
reasonably satisfactory.
RELATIONS WITH MEXICo.
Mexico continues to be the theatre Of
civil war. While our political relations
with that country have undergone no
change, We have at the same time strictly
maintained neutrality between the belig-
erents.
TIE INTER OCEANIC TRANSIT ROUTE.
At the request Of the States Of Costa
Klca and Nicaragua, competent engineer
has been authorized to make survey Of
the river San Juan and the port Of San
Juan 1t is source Of much satisfaction
;h9t the difficulties which for moment
excited some political apprehensions. and
caused losing of the inter oceanic transit
route, have been amicably adjusted, and
that there is a good prospect that the
route will soon be rcopened, with an in
crease OF capacity and adaptation. We
could not exageratc either the commercial
or the political Importance of that great
improvement.
RELATIONS WITH TIE UNITED STATES OF
COLUMBIA.
1t would be doing injustice to an i'm
portant South American State, not to
acknowledge the directness, frankness and
cordially with which the United States
Of Columbia have entered into intimate
relations vita this Government \ Claims
Convention has been constituted to coIl-
plete he unfinished work OF the one which
closed its session in 1861. The new lib
eral Constitution Of Venezuela having
gone into effect with the universal acqui-
escenec OF the people, the Government
under It has been recognized, and diplo-
matte intercourse with it has been opened
in a cordial and friendly spirit. The long
deferred Avis Island claim has been salts
iactorily paid and discharged Mutual
payments have been made in the claims
awarded By the late Joint commission fog
the settlement oi' claims between the Unit
81 States and Peru. An earnest and cor
dial friendship continues to exist between
the two countries, and such forts as were
IN NY power have been used to remove
nlisund sr>tanding and avert 4 threatened
war between Peru and Spain.
RELATIONS WITH SOUTH AMERICAN STATES
Our relations are of the most friendly
nature with Chill, the Argentine Rcpub-
lie, bolivia, Costa liica, Paraguay, 5 al
Salvador. and Hayti During the past
year 10 differences OF any kind have arisen
with any Of these Republics, and on the
other hand their sylnpathics with the
United States are constantly expressed.
The claim arising from the seizure Of
the cargo OF the brig Macedonian in 1921
has beer paid in fill by the Government
Of Chill.
Civil war continues in the Spanish port
.of San Domingo. apparently with a pros
pect oi an cary close.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-12-15
AGRICULTURE.

The Agricultural Department, under
the supervision of i. present energetic
head, is rapidly commencing itself TO the
great and vital interest il was created 10
advance. 1t is peculiarly the peoples de-
Partment. in which ihev feel more deeply
concerncd than in any other commend
it TO the continued attention and fostering
care OF Congress
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-12-15
LOCAL INSTITUTIONS.

chcertul.y commend to your continued
patronage tic benevolent institutions of
the Distr;c, OF Columbia. which have
hitherto been csilblishe or fo,'ere by
Congress. and respectfully refer for
information concerning them. AMI in rcla-
tion 10 t1e Nashin-ioa acqnednct. The
Capitol and other matters o? local Interest,
10 the repor: Of the Sccrctarv.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-12-15
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

The war continues. Since the last
annual ne. saee AL tie important lines and
Positions llcn held have Iccn maintained.
and r armicc have ,t-d /. valce.i. thus
ilberating lhc States LETT in the rear. 80
that Missouri Kentucky. Tennessee and
parts OF other States, have again produced
reasonably fair crops
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-12-15

All kinds Of job Work done at this Office on
bort'po'ics With neasness and dispatch
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-12-15
cen. surEIA&'s MARCH.

Tie mot remarkable feature ia the
military operations IF the year i General
Sherman attempted march Of three
hundred miles directly through the insur-
gent rerion 1t tends TO show a great
increase cf car relative strength. that our
Gcneral-in Ch c; should iccl able to con-
front and hold IN check every active force
If the enemy. and ye' Ia deta'ch well
army 10 move on such an eNpc-
dition. The result not Yet known. con-
lecture in regard to it is not here indul-
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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-12-15
PROGRESS OF LIBERIA.

Official correspondence has been freely
opened with Liberia, and it gives us a
pleasing view of the social and political
yrogress in that Republic 1t may be ex-
pected to derive new vigor from american
influence, improved by the rapid disap-
rcarance Of slavery in the United States.
| solicit 20 authority to furnish the he
public gunboat at a moderate cost, to be
reimburse / to the United States by install
ments. Such vessel is needed for he
safety Of that State against the native AT
riean race. and in l.ibcrian hands il would
be more effective in arresting the African
slave trade than squadron in our own
hands. The possession Of the least organ
zed naval force would stimulate gener-
Gus ambition in the Republic, and the
confidence which we should manifest by
furnishing it, would win iorbearance and
favor towards the colony from all civilized
nations.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

4 NEW STYLE OF REL1GIoN.-Some
one, whose head is usually "level," has
written out his ideas of religion as
follows. 1t will do to read and think
about:
Owe want a religion that goes into
the family, and keeps the husband
from being spiteful when the dinner is
late; keeps the wife from being spiteful
when the husband tracks the newly
washed floor with his muddy boots,
and makes the husband mindful Of the
scraprs and door-mat; amuses re
children as well as instructs them;
wins as well as governs them projects
the honey moon into the harvest moon,
and makes the happy hours like the
Eastern fig tree, bearing in its bosom
at once the beauty Of the tender bios
som, and the glory OF the ripened
fruit. We want religion that bears
not only on the sinfulness of sin, but
on the rascality of lying and stealing;
a religion that banishes all small meas
ures from the counters, small baskets
from the stalls, pebbles from the cot
ton bags, clay from the paper, sand
from sugar, chickory from coffee, beer
root from vinegar, alum from bread,
lard from butter, strychnine from
wine, and water from milk-cans. The
religion that is to advance the world
viii not put all the big strawberries
and peaches at the top, and all the
bad ones at the bottom 1t will not
offer more baskets of foreign wines
than the vineyards ever produced bot
ties. The religion that sanctifes the
world pays its debts. 1t does not
consider forty cents returned for one
hundred given, according to gospel
though it is according to law 1t looks
upon man who has failed in trade,
and who continues to live in luxury
as a thief. 1t looks upon man who
promises to pay, and fails to pay it on
demand, with or without interest, as o
liar.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

INSECTS AS FooD.-In Africa they eat
ants stewed in butter In Sweden
they distil them with rye to give pc
culiar flavor to brandy Pressed ant
eggs yield mixture resembling chloe
olate with milk, of which the chemical
composition really resembles that of
ordinary milk. The large termites, or
white ants, which are SO destructive to
houses and furniture, are roasted by
the Africans in iron pots, and eaten by
handfuls as sugar plums. They are
said to be very nourishing, and taste
like sugared cream or sweet almond
paste. As for locusts, ''the Africans"
says DIR. Phipson, ''far from dreading
their inyasions, look upon dense
cloud of locusts as we should so much
bread-and- butter in the air. They
smoke them, or broil them, or salt
them, or stew them, and grind them
down as corn, and get fat upon them"
All the Year Round.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02
Reasons For Advertising.

Did you ever see a man prosper in
business who did not advertise? Rare
are larks in December; rare is truth
in political journal; rare is honesty
in the seeker of Office, but rarer far
the man who sells without effort or
cost. This man who does not adyer-
tise, sits on the counter in a seedy
coat, threadbare pants, dirty shirt, a
crumpled cravat, chewing tobacco, and
whistling Yankee Doodle; poor man,
he knows better than l know his wife
will give him Yankee Doodle when he
goes home to his cold dinner!
He can't sell anything. Nobody
will leave anything with him to sell
because they know he can't sell it; and
nobody buys of him because they don't
know that he's.got anything to sell
When set up for myself, my res
pected sire said: Now Samp., there's
as much in selling as in raising; when
you have anything to sell, don't be
afraid to tell of it; youn soon find a
buyer and have always found this
true. Give me thing to sell, if life
remains and two hairs on its back
hang together, / can sell it.
In short, if You see poor, shiftless
coot, who lives from hand to mouth;
who can't get ahead-except ON all
fours; whose cattle have distempers;
whose chickens have the pip; whose
children have the cholera; who always
complains of hard times; whose peck
et-book is nothing but pocket-book
skin, you know at once he don't believe
in advertising.
How different with the man who be-
lieves. He always succeeds. He sells
to everybody, as everybody knows
what he has got to sell. If / only
kept penny grocery in Swamp Hol-
low, I would advertise before l offered
a thing for sale. Field Notes.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

N|| ~ H-.-
CURE FOR SCANDAL. Take OF good
nature one ounce; Of an herb called by
the Indians NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
one ounce; mix with little charity
for-others," and two or three sprigs of
keep-your-tongue- Between your-teeth;
simmer them together in a vessel called
circumspection, for short time, and
it will be ft for use. Application-The
symptom is a violent itching in the
tongue and roof of the mouth, which
invariably takes place when you are in
company with n species Of animal
called gossips. When you feel a fit of
the disorder coming on, take tea
spoonful Of the mixture, hold il in
your mouth, which you will keep close
ly shut till you get home, and you will
find complete cure Should you APP
prehend a relapse, keep a small bottle
full about you. and repeat the dose on
the slightest symptom.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

PLANTS IN SLEEPING Rooms During
the nightplants breathe out carbonic ac-
id and absorb oxygen. The breathing
OF plants is therefore at night like
that Of animals; but we must not i'm
agine that they contaminate the air
to the same extent This is very
popular, and at the same time a very
great mistake. 1t has been supposed
that growing plants yitiate the air Of
sleeping room in consequence Of the
amount of carbonic acid which they
exhale, and that they are unwhole-
some and ought to be removed, espec-
tally from the apartment of patient.
But allowing that they give off carbon
ic acid and destroy oxygen, yet if eve
ry thing that does this is to be ex-
PEELED, then the lamps must be re-
moved the fire put out, and all visi-
tors at the same time
Now although plants do absorb OK
ygen and give out carbomc acid at
night, yet in this instance the process
Of combustion is so slight, that al
though evaporation has ceased, not
the slightest heat is produced which
is perceptible to the senses, or even to
the most delicate test which science
furnishes The absurdity therefore, OF
removing plants is at once seen. Let
them alone! Whether in flower or
not, they are doing no harm, and Will
do good if the patient is fond of flow
ers, bring them back pleasant memo
ries of the bright sun, the clear blue
sky the healthy breeze, Of rambles in
the field and forest; they are not foes
but friends. / love them. They have
often driven away sad thoughts. They
will continue to cheer me to the end of
life's journey. They will take up
their watch by the headstone. No
matter if it be only little groundsel,
chickweed or moss; all are welcome,
because all are beautiful Woven by
the magic chemistry of nature from
earth and air. cooled by the distant
sun, each is the work of an Infinite
Being, associated with the past and
linked with the future of an eternal
universe: and naturalists will puzzle
themselves about the nature of their
chemistry, and try in vain to search
out The grand secrets of their vitality
for ages yet to come, as we do now
Once Year.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

IMPORTANT DECISION. decision OF
some interest to drovers has just been
rendered in Westchester County, in d
case against the Hudson River Railroad.
for the value of two bullocks smothered
in the cars in consequence OF the
grated door becoming broken, and the
conductor closing the tight door, on
the passage from Troy to New York.
The case had been tried in the lower
Court, and 500 damages dscreed.
from which the road appealed, but the
higher Court sustained the original
judgment. deciding that the printed
formula on the drover's pass, in rels-
ton to his taking it and his freight at
his own risk, was null, because the
drover had never consented to such an
agreement TO release the road from
any claim for damages. IN Y. Eceniay
Post.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

EDITING A PAPER Editing a paper
is srather "ticklish business" The
truth is, an editor cannot step with
out treading on somebody's toes, and
they may be covered with corns. If
he expresses his opinions fearlessly,
he is arrogant and presumptuous. If
he states facts without comments, he
dares not to express his sentiments.
If he conscientiously refuses to adyo-
cate the claims Of an individual to Of
fee, he is accused of hostility. A
jackanapes, who measures words into
yeree as clerk does tape-by the
yard-hands him parcel of stuff that
jingles like a handful of rusty nails
and gimblets, and if the editor is not
fool enough to print the nonsense,
stop my pape-I won't patronize a
man that's no better Judge of poetry"
as if it were patronage to buy paper at
about one half more than so much
waste paper would cost. If some kind
friend feels moved in spirit, to blow
the editor up" and he (the EDITOR
should presume to blow back, then he
is called an impudent dog" If he
does not stand his ground, he is cow
ard. A subscriber mmmurs because
his paper is literary another because
it is not literary enough. One grum-
bles because the advertisements en-
gross too much room another COM
plains that the paper is too large--we
can't find time to read it all. One
finds fault because "shows" are "puffed"
to the neglect of other matter; anoth-
er wonders that the editor is so bigoted
and puritanical One wants type so
small that microscope would be in
dispensable in every family--another
threatens to discontinue the paper I'M
less the letters are half an inch long.
Some fellow desires puff" for him
self or friend. The editor writes it.
Then he is accused of being merely a
puff scribbler," to be bought and sold.
Another calls him "cold, unfriendly
critter" because he can't say good
word for fellow" Every subscriber
has plan of his own for conducting
a journal, and the labor of Sisyphus
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

Ok PREAcHING.-I never suffered my
self to criticise it, but acted on the
uniform principle of endeavoring to
obtain from what l heard, all the edi-
tication it afforded. This is princi-
pie | would strongly recommend to
my young friends in the present day;
for nothing can be more mischievous
than for learners to turn teachers, and
Young hearers critics. / am persuad-
ed it is often the means Of drying up
the waters of life in the soul; and sure
| am, exact method of weighing words
and balancing doctrines which we
hear, is a miserable exchange for ten
derness of spirit and the dew of heay-
en-, j. Carney
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

Coon EATISG VERSUS WRINKLES. The
penchant of the fair sex for good liv-
ing has something in it of instinct. A
series of exact and rigorous observa-
tions has demonstrated that succu-
lent diet, delicate, and well attended
to, repulses for long time and very
far the exterior appearance of old age.
1t gives more brilliancy to the eyes, to
the skin more freshness, to the mus
Giles more support; and as it is certain
in physiology, that wrinkles, those for
midable enemies Of beauty, are due to
the depression of the muscles, it is
equally true to say, all things equal,
that those who know how to eat are
comparatively ten years younger than
those to whom this science is a stran-
ger. Painters and sculptors are well
aware of this fact, for they never rep
resent those who are abstinent, from
choice or duty, as misers and ancho-
rites, without giving them them the
paleness of sickness, the leanness of
misery, and the wrinkles of decrepi-
tude. .....-
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

TURN THEIR FACES HEAvENwARD.-
Among the old Romans there prevailed
the touching custom of holding the
face of every newborn infant towards
the heavens, signifying, by thus pre-
senting its forehead to the stars, that
it was to look above the world into
celestial glories. 1t was vague su.
perstition, but Christianity dispels the
fable, and gives us clear realization
Of that pagan yearning, in the deep So
hcitude which all its disciples cherish
for the spiritual welfare of the young
The great design of the Sunday school
organization is to turn the faces of the
little children towards heaven, and
prepare their spirits for immoltl glo-
ry.--Rer. A. S. Patton.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

WITHOUT AN ENEMY -Heaven help
the man who imagines he can dodge
enemies by trying to please everybody.
If such an individual ever succeeded
we would like to know it. Not that
we believe in mans going through
the world trying to find beams to
knock his head against; disputing eve
ry mans opinion, fighting and elbow
ing and crowding all who differ with
him. That again is another extreme.
Other people have a right to their
opinions-so have you; don't fall into
the error of supposing they respect
you less for maintaining it, or respect
you more for turning your coat every
day to match the color of theirs
Wear your own colors spite wind or
weather, storm or shine. 1t costs the
vascillating and irresolute ten times
the trouble TO wind and shuttle, and
twist, that it does honest, manly indie
pendence to stand its ground. Take
what time you please TO make up your
mind; having made it up. stick to it.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

A REMEDY FOR GRowLERs. 9Th is
class of men in every community who
go about with vinegar faces, because
somebody feels above them, or because
they are not appreciated as they should
be, and who had constant quarrel
with their destiny. These men usually
have made very grave mistake in the
estimate of their abilitiesor are unmit-
igated assess. In either case they are
unfortunate. Wherever this fault
finding with ones condition or position
occurs, there is always q want of self
respect. If people despise you, do
not tell it all over town, If you are
smart. show it. Do something and
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02
ees- The English papers have a rare

rJ- The English papers have rare
sensation, and are disposed to make
the most of it. A young lady in the
highest kind of London life engaged
herself to one of her numerous suitors;
accompanied him to the opera and
elsewhere, and was looked upon as his
future wife of course One night she
went to the opera with him, and next
morning slipped off and married an
other man, the Marquis of Hastings.
If common American people had done
such thing, what bowling there
would have been about worse than Pu-
mic faith! But the parties were all of
noble blood, and the London papers
think it very sharp and nice pro-
ceeding.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

keep doing. If you are right down
clever fellow, wash the NORWOOD off
your face, and show your good will by
your good deeds Then, if people
feel above you, go straight off and feel
above them. If they turn up their
noses because you are a mechanic, or
farmer, or shop boy, turn yours a
notch higher II they swell when they
pass you in the street, swell yourself !;
and If that does not fetch them, con-
clude, very good naturally, that they
are unworthy Of your acquaintance,
and pity them for missing such CAPT
tai chance Of getting into good soci-
ETY.
Society never estimates a man at
what he imagines himself to be. He
must show himself to be possessed of
self-respect, independent energy to will
and a good sound heart. These quail
ties and self-possession Will put him
through. Who blames a man for
feeling above those who are mean
enough to go around like babies, tell
ing how people abuse them and whin-
ing because society viii not take them
by the collar and drag them into de
cency? We are tolerably humble, in
our way, but we do feel above such
folks, and respectfully request them
not to speak to us.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

MAKE BEGINNING. -Remember in all
things that if you do not begin you
will never come to the end. The first
weed pulled up in the garden, the first
seed in the ground, the first shilling
put in the savings bank, and the first
mile travelled on a journey, are all inn
portant things; they make a beginning,
and thereby hope. promise, a
pledge, an assurance that you are in
earnest with what you have undertak-
en-. How many poor, idle, erring,
hesitating outcast is now creeping and