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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30
NUMBER 4s
4 Deposition Ey Josh Billings.

a Deposition Ey Josh Billings.
Josh Billings, being duly sworn, depo-
seth as follows:
That most men had rather do a smart
thing than dew a good one
That backslioing Is big thing, espeshly
on ice.
That there il things in this life for
which we are never fIlly prepared, and
that IL twins
That you kant judge man bi hiz re.
ligun eny more than yu kan Judge his
shurt hi the s.zc CIV the collar and rist-
bands.
i hat the devil is always prepared tow
see kOmpa1y.
That ienorensc IL bliss, ignorense of
saving wood. for ins;anse
That meny will fail to be saved simpla
because tha haint got enything tew save.
That the vartues ov women are awl her
own, but her frailtes hav BIN taught
her
That some people are fond ov bragiug
about their ancestors, and their crate des-
cent, when in fact, their great descent"
il Just what's the matter or them.
That woman kant keep secret nor let
emmy body else keep one.
That "A little farming is dangerous
thing; this IL az trae az it IL common.
That 4 great many folks hav been cdli-
ka:ed OF h from their feet
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

To show the depths to which fanaticism
can go, We append the following from the
gazette:
1T is true the South Carolina de!ega-
tion is mixed in complexion, some may
thinl, this puts different color on the
quest on. But the Constitution of the
United States knows no color. and the
Constitution OF South Carolina is in sus-
pcn.c. And to us the color of mans 10y
atty is ofmuch more moment than the col
or of his skin. Shall we refuse admission
to Robert Small. who brought a steamboat
into our lines. ard who has ever since rem
dcred valuable service to the army and ma
w as a guide and pilot, and shall we admit
Mr.. Fishback, who helped translate Ar
kansas in,o Secession Or. while Mr.
Lincoln welcomes back the stray Seces.
SIGN sheep. shall we exclude his colorcd
lambs which went not astray?
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30
Military
"Eeec0nstrucfiono of

From the Fort Wayne Times.
In remarking ON the official announce
ment that Gen Banks, relieved Of mill
tary command by Gen. Candy, is to be
Military Governor of Louisiana" The
New York Evening Post says:
1T is only two cr three months since
Gen. Banks caused Michal Hahn to be
installed Civil Governor amid the roar of
cannon and the playing of Hail Columbia.
Does Banks now means to take away from
Hahn what he gave HIM then? or is Hahn
expected to give back his power into the
hands whence he received it? or can there
be civil and military governors, both in
authority at the same time! AMI if so,
which is the higher power? and what
about the election held by Cen Banks in
which Governor Hahn was chosen?
If that election was genuine, and the
work Of the people, then Gen. Banks would
commit an outrage upon them b. accept
ing the post Of military governor; if it was
shame. then Gen. Banks, who was Its
author is certainly not ut man 20 send as
military GOVERNOR position IN which
sound judgment and sober, matruc states
na:ship are required.
Meantime the question remains. which
is the true Dronio in this new Comedy of
Errors: which is the Governor of Louisiana
-Uoyernor Hahn or Governor Banks /?
The unlucky people Of New Orleans owe,
it world seem. 4 divided duty: unlike the
pcrsonages in Shakes reare's play, who
were puzzled by the likeness Of two SER
wants, these Louisianians find themselves
unable to distinguish master from man, and
know not whether Dromio is AntipholuS
or Antirholus Dromio
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

The abolition press does not make 4
damaging point agains: the Democratic
party. by the charge that that party up
holds slavery. The Democratic party up
holds slavery only SO far As. it is protected
b. the Cons titution of the United States.
1t is no more necessary to destroy the pro
Visions Of the Constitution protecting
slavery. in ringing the war to success
ful termination, ;han it is to destroy it in
any other part 1t is an absurdity to
clam. as the Abolilionsts do that they
Tant the government preserved, and yet
wink at the destruction of tire very instru-
ment that forms the government. How
The Democratic party can be set down as
opposed to the government when they
persisicntly demand the preservation of
the Constitution, in all It's parts. is what
we cannot see into And how the Aboi-
tonists can claim to be the friends of the
government Ior crccHen'e. when they
want to destroy the Constitution. the
only bond OF Union. and the only
hing which constitutes the government,
is equally incomprehen>iblc. Time VIII
restore reason, end reason will v.ndca;e
the Democratic party in Its defense OF the
Const ta,ion in all its parts, including
the provisions protecting slavery.-Lua-
tnstJn Eemotrcf
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

The President sent message To the
Senate to-day, accompanied by commu-
nication from the Secretary of War, in
answer to the resolution from that body
in which it appears that one William
Yokum, of Ciaro, III found guilty oI
Kidnapping negro man in the employ of
the United States, and for SO delivering
him to one Cant of Kentucky. is now in
the penitentiary at Albany serving out the
sentence at hard labor. 1t seems that on
appeal from Representatives Green Clay
Smith, Lucicn Anderson, and W. II.
Randall, and cx-Peprcscntative 5. H.
Casey, the President inlorscd Their
request as follows: "William Yokum
here n named, is hereby pardoned, Feb
Is. 1861, and subsequently addcl, after
making the above entry for pardon, upon
representations made by the Secretary oi
War. | suspended action in the case"
7c e Jroph'c dSpcth.
Yokum kidnapped a negro. and the
President refuses to pardon hIm. What
will this same President do with the men
who kidnapped white man named Ar
guclles, another named Vallandigham. and
/ fifty others whose names we need moi
mention? Ifa man deserves hard labor
in the pcnitentiary for kidnapping negro
what should be done with one who kidnaps
white men p Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

PERSONNEL Of THE CONVENTION

PhR SpNNEL Of THE CONVENTION.
No National Convention that ever sat
was composed of SO many persons under
the direct influence Of the Government
patronage. This body fairly swarms with
lcchollcrs, contractors. and people who
have direct pecualary interest i'll keep
iny the prcsen, lninistritioa in powcr.-
The following is ali estimate of the PR
s)pne| of the Convention:
'iIitt ho.Oti~ u
Relatives ard friends of Office holders. -
Contractors and fast friends ofcon.raciors ....9
Congressman. .....................lD I'D
Editors ofparty journals. ..................2 -
The rest are unaccountcJ for but 1T is
believed that they will be found in the
three classes first mentioned. On En-
Qu.rer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

The Cincinnati papers are sharp after
the Street Inspectors. and satar;zng the
filth of the thorougtares- parody the
graved-ger's scene from Hamlet. the
"Yorick' or "Cor:ck' of the satire being
4 late In rector:
lst Street Clcaner-"Alas poor Cor
lex ! knew him well; follow in IS
tan vest and fancy pants. IL hath
carried i hod upon his back thousand
times. Where he your hoc. now, your
shovel, Your fl SIX of whiskcy that was
wont to set the street all in roar !:
Quite chap-Iallen.'
ID :. C.-"Aye. marry. quiet chap
fallen in the mud
1st :. C.-"Ilow long will a man lie
THE earth ere he be discovered ~
IDS. C-"Faith. if he be bericd IL the
earth chance or an earthquake may hun
unfold; bu. if he hc gu'fd in Cincinnati
mud. nothn" will disturb his rest til Chief
Buglcr Gabriel sounds the final trump.
Liics fittul fever DER, thcy sleep well. >
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

The ability of this administration TO put
down the rel elioD may be seen in the fact
that eleven tweifths Of all the territory
conquered by cur troops is wilderness,
occupied only by wild beasts and prowling
guerrillas.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

REFRESHING -Georgc ID. Prentice, of
the Louisville Journal, in speaking Of the
negroes, who came to Baltimore as dele
gates from South Coroiina and Florida,
says: I'VE should like to know whether
they sat with th.ir white brethren, and. il
they did, whether the room was crowded
and, if it was, whether the day was a hot
one, and, if it was. whether tho odor still
remains photographed upon the olfac:ory
nerves Of the light colored delegates
The Baltimore Convention was the first
practical cxcmpliiication that has been
made politically in this country of the
miscegcnaticn theory, or union of the
races. Both races, negroes and whites
met together as equals and ratified the
nomination of Kincoln. Gin Enquirer
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30
$500

Schofcld & Co, were staunch support
crs of the war-gool loyal patriots and
union Icaguers. The expose Of their books
shows to the tax payers how it is that so
many government contractors become sud
denly wealthy. and it also indicates why
they support the war. Never since time
began WAS there such monstrous and un-
blushing public robberics as are now going
on under the Lincoln Administration, all
under the pretensc Of carryin" on the war
ana restoring the Union On. Enquirer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

The Cincinnati Commercial calls the
Fremont men the long haired Radicals"
That is to distinguish them from the
short, kinky. woody haired Miseegenists.
The mark of distinction is very striking.
- GEORGETOWN (O.) Argus.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30
HE Platform and Personnel Of
siac Baltimore Convention.

The Baltimore correspondent of the
New York IVDrM thus truthfuily sketch
cs the platform and pe,S)aee' eff the Balti
more Convention. He says of the plat
f,.,,..
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

Miss Tomkins says rla every unmarried
lady of 30 mas passed the cape of Good Hope
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

II your lips would keep from slips
five things observed with care-of whom
You speak, to whom you speak, and how
and when, aud where.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

EXpELss YOUR SEXTIMENTs.-No
country is free unless the people can dis
Gus the acts oi their officers. Are you
freeman. il IN the face Of facts and sound
judgment to ihc contrary. you must en-
dorsc he errors and bad acts of the hen in
power Are you a freeman when you
AluSk for nrs. IL the word endorse eve
-yth.ng the present administration does?
1t Is no freedom to be compelled to DO
these things Slavery is the sord tUr them.
L. your public servali.s act without authori-
t. or law You have right TO lay SO. If
they oplless YOU 1t is Your duty to COM
pIaIn ct them. To do tbs You can't OPP
pose .hc 5est interest Cf your country
Stand bv the Constitution and the Union,
but those require no foolish endorsement
oi the administration. They require that
We carefully guard against amy encroach-
ments ON the part of the officers
Mr. Seward in his letter of instructions
to Mr. Dayton. cur Minister TO France,
HOLDS this lan"uase:
"ln this country especially. It's the hab-
it. not only CONSISTENT To THE CoNsTI-
FUTON. Brr EVEN ESSENTIAL TO
IFS STABILITY. 70 CONSIDER THE AD-
MIAIsrRATIoS AT ANY TIME ENIsTING,
As DISTINCT AND APART FROM
TIE GOVERNMENT ITSELF, AND To
CANVASS TIE FRocFEfIN6s or THE ONE
WITHOUT THOUGHT OF DlSLO1-
ATTY TO THE OTHER"
- Henry Clay. oa one occasion, gave the
following definition of the government:
The Government y a Trust. and the
officers If the Government arc Trustees,
AMI both the Trust and Trustees. are crc-
atca for the benefit 81 the people OF
feial incumlents are bound. therefore, to
administer the Trust. not for their own
private or individual benefits but so as to
promote the prosperity of the whole peo-
pie
And the people have right TO say
when that trust is properly administered.
-Fcepot Euhof.R.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30

Gen. Banks had Il good deal cf tact as
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Why didn't he. when Dick Taylor was
moving upon him, cry out. mailet in hand,
Sir. your motion is out of ORDER -
Thus questions Prentice. But MiSgs
says Banks had already moved to adjourn
and the motion had been carried
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30
a Specimen CT n Lincoln Con-
tractors E.it:

In some criminal proceedings instituted
against the house of Schofeld K Co, Gov
ernment contractors i'll New York. Their
books were produced in Court to prove the
manner in which they done business. The
first column contains the cost price of the
articles named. and the second column
shows what Government paid for tie same
articles, the Navy Agent approving Of the
bills:
Nay &c. 1854. Cost to Ch'd 10 Gov
:2D, $50, &c. CIV. X. < Co. cmment al
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-07-13
The Estimate Put Upon Mr.. Lin.
coins Ability by his Friends.

Below we publish a letter written by
Mr.. L. Robinson, Comptroller of the
State of New York, to the Cleveland
Convention. The writer, although a zeal
Gus supporter of Mr.. Lincoln and his
Administration, has no confidence in his
ability to- adjust our difficulties at the
close of the rebellion :.
STATE OF N. Y ,CoMP'Rs OFF1cE1
ALBANY, N. Y, May %, 1864.
To Hon. A. j. Colvin:
My official duties and the illness of my
deputy will prevent me from attending
the meeting called for consultation, at
Cleveland, the 31st, and 1 trust that you
will be there to aid with your judicious
advice. There was never q time when
the safety and welfare of the country
more imperatively demand careful DELHI
Grafton. With wise and r~esolu.e action
we have lived through three years of war,
and have survived many bad mistakes
simply because The popular mind has been
intently fixed upon the single purpose of
suppressing the rebellion at all hazzards
and at every cost.
This one idea has had such controlling
power, and the masses nave followed it so
steadily, that it has served as a substitute
for proper governmental leadership and
it is evident that the time is near at hand
when the establishment of order, the
removal of tho terrible desolaiion it has
produced, will require at the head of the
Government the very highest qualities Of
leadership. How can we hope to live as
a nation through the crises before us with
a weak executive and cabinet, in a state
of discord and anarchy? Will not our
country be in imminent danger of falling
into the same condition when it ceases to
be held together by the pressure of war?
1t appears to me that a firm assertion
of sound principles. and election of our
greatest men regardless of former party
organizations, are essential to the safety
of the nation. Whether a nomination
should be made at Cleveland or not, can
best be determined after meeting and
consulting with those who will assemble
there, but if it shall be decided to nomi-
nate, 1 have no hesitation in saying, that
L believe the hopes of the People through
out the country are resting on Gener-.
al Fremont as the candidate. He has
displayed the qualities which give all men
confidence, he has shown himself pos
scssed of great ability and skill, Of in
domitahle courage, and most unselfsh de-
votion to the cause of his country, whilst
victory has attended him wherever he has
gone.
One year ago all confidence in the AID
ministration was lost. The brilliant VIC
tories which have since been won by Gen
eral Grant, rave so far restored it as to
encourage the Administration to attempt
to r~e-elect Itself on the strength Of his
ach /; but in my judgement we
should let him who has won the honors
wear them, and should entrust power to
one who has shown that he knows Low to
weld it. We shall then have u leader in
whom all loyal men will lave confidence,
against whom there will be no preiudices,
and whom all will aid with alacrity.
[Signed,l l.. ROBINSON.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-07-13

DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE BY
CoNsCRIPTs-SEvEN KILLED AND FA-
TALLY INJURED.-Nine of a car load of
conscripts, who were en- route from Bos-
ton to Cincinnati, Wednesday night ar
ranged an executed an exceedingly des-
perate plan of escape between Chatham
and Sahodac Depot, New York. TIL
doors of the car were locked, a guard be-
ing stationed on the platform. But while
the lights were turned down so that he
could not see plainly through the windows
in the door what was going on, a hole
was cut in the floor of the cars large
enough to admit the passage of a mans
body, The hole was nearly over the
wheels, the plan seeming to be to crowd
out, and by holding on to the brakes eff
feet an escape when the train was stop
ped or was moving slowly. Only four of
the nine were SO fool-hardy as to attempt
this mode of escape, and they paid the
penalty with their lives, their bodies be-
ing %shockingly msngled. The other five
jumped from one of the car windows,
while the train was moving nearly thirty
five miles an hour; three of them receiv-
ing injuries of which they have died,
while the other two were not expected to
live.-Hartford Times.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-07-13
A Nice Anniversary Convention.

There has been some sort of an Adolf
ton anniversary convention in New York,
at which men and m of all %colors,
and of all grades of intellect and morality
ventilated themselves. The war, free love
aod negro were the burden of their har-
argues. One young woman, a Miss Clark,
after p~raising q beautiful young map' who
preceded her, declared herself free lover,
and gave some obscene instances i~l!ustra-
tive of her theory. There was a speaker for
every SUBJ, ct-one advocating free love
another the war, another abolition, another
abortion, another infidelity. and all MI.
Lincoln. A. Mr.. Howe brought down the
house by declaring that under Abraham
Lincoln the world is to be. free-nothing
is true but perfect freedom. If I were in
heaven 1 would have freedom to sin if 1
wanted to, or I wouldn't stay there. A
MIR. Clark pitched into the peace men,
he said IF btssSsaPhs Christ came and told
them to s "a the side Of JEFF. Davis, he
would say shame on such a jesus, and he
would spit on him, as the Jews did, A
young lady declared that the work of free
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-07-13
From the Ohio Farmer, July 2.
The Wool Trade.

The excitemant in the eastern wool
markets still continues, and indeed gath
ers volume with each passing day, and
81 per pound for Ohio wool was realized
at any time last week. The excitement
has reached the country, and buyers in
this State are o finding it difficult to
purchases as they did two or three weeks
since-any considerable amount at from
Is to zoe. per pound below the eastern
rates. Now 90 to Csc are the figures of
fered for the better clips ; but even these
rates will not tempt many CT the growers
TO sell. We cautioned our friends some
weeks since not to sell too soon-that
they might as we'll pocket the 50 per cent
which would be realized on the price then
paid. We observe that somebody in New
York has written to a gentleman in this
State, telling him that he would "advise
the farmers not to be hasty in disposing
of their wool" This is good advice, but
1t was going a great way round to arrive
at what had been urged here before this
writer of "high standing" was awakened
to the fact which he communicates to his
friend.
OF the condition of the New York mar
ket, The Economist of last Saturday re-
marks 1.-THE stock of domestic wool in
he market has not been SO small in TWEEN
ty years as it is at present and all sorts
of prices have been paid for feeces,
ranging from 9Qc to 81 Us, and the range
now is 95c to 81 10. Yes, and we know
of some lots that are held at 81 25, and
cannot be bought for less. We do not
wish to excite the market unduly or boil
ster up things faster than they go, but
the truth should be spoken (and will be
by us) at all times, no matter who has an
axe to grind. Wool is decidedly on the
rise, ard buyers are beginning to see it.
Eye teeth are being cut every hour and
everywhere. Sharp, keen, know ALI
buyers are ~astounded, and will be much
more so within a month, if not a fort
night, and from present appearances, wool
has only begun to go up, and within q
few weeks prices are likely to rule that
will astonish very many of the wool
heads of this as we'll as many other towI s.
Only think of a Spectator buying one
hundred and fifty thousand pounds this
week, in one lot, at one dollar a pound,
paying Sl50,000 cash. This is an opera
ticn worth recording, as it does occur but
once in a life tine"
The market In Boston, during the fore
part of last week, did not reach the rates
prevailing in New York-the highest fig
ure being 90c but since then the rise
has been as positive as it has been else
where. OF che sales prior TO the 22d,
The Poughnlan reports i; "Wool has
been in active demand at higher prices
The sales of the week exceed 100000
lbs. domestic fleece and at Is to 95c per
ld.-including 65 900 lbs choice Penn
sylvania fleece at 90c. 6. 900 lbs do Ohio
90c 5000 lbs. do at S73; 10000 lbs.
Pennsylvania and Ohio at S5 to soc,
mostly 49, to 99c.. 10000 lbs. Michi-
gun ut S28c; 10000 lbs. New York at
75c."
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-07-13
Attempted Escape Of Rebels
from Camp Chase.


The rebel prisoners of war confined at
Camp Chase are not as we'll consented
with their position as might be, supposed
from reading in the loyal papers that
most rebs are glad to be captured in or
der to enjoy the extra good living in the
North. There is no doubt that they nave
months past and only awaited a favorable
opportunity to make the attempt. The
Fourth of July possessed superior induce
ments for the effort, and was perhaps Sc
lected with reference to its historical as
sociatious.
At all events, on the morning of that
day, as the gate to the enclosure of the
rebel prison was opened to allow the sani-
-tary cart to pass out with its assorted car
go of debris, the prisoners made a rush
upon the sentinel at the gate, %overpower-
ed and knocked him down, and about
thirty of them got out. They were i'm
mediately fred upon by the guard on the
parapet, and two of the grey jackets
brought down wounded. The others ia
king advantage of the long piles of wood
near the prison, used them as a screen
and ran along for a considerable distance,
and some of them, it is said, actually
made their escape out of the camp.
The alarm was soon given, and the
Provost Guard of the Camp, the S8th
Regiment, gave immediate chase to the
runaways, and speedily recapturad most
of them. When their advance was cut
off, or their rear threatened by the near
approach of the guard, the rebels would
throw up their hands in token of surren-
der. Col. Richardson, c~ommandant at
the post, reports that all who got out of
their enclosure were recaptured, and that
but two of them were wounded, one of
whom, the most serious hurt of the two,
was shot in the arm, and had the limb
amputated. The other was not seriously
hurt. The rebel who lost his arm, has
been in Camp Chase about a year, was
well known, and had, to a contain extent,
gained the condolences eff the officers of
the post by his uniform good conduct.
On the evening of the affray, the city
was full of rumors in regard to it, and.it
was reported that two men had been kill
ed, eight wounded, and that twenty had
effected their escape. but these reports
were without foundation in fact. The
above is the authoritative version of the
attempted escape Statesman.