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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

y "Freedman's Aid Commission" as it
was called, composed of delegates from
throug ghout the Northwest, has just closed
a session in this city. Political parsons
and superanuated philanthropists figured
to the amusement Of some ladies and IA
good many children. Their love for the
poor negro was expressed touchingly. But
nothing was said about the white man, the
white soldier, the white soldiers wife, the
white soldiers children, the brave and
dead white soldiers orphans. Consequent
ly a free niger evening sheet complains
that "thcrc were few present besides the
representatives of the various aid societies
Our citizens generally appeared to have
overlooked the meeting or else thought it
too warm to turn OUT Glad to hear it.
"Our citizens" showed themselves sensible
on the psalm singing, benevolent bandan-
m, pclyglot pocket hymn book, melancholy
Niger question for once indiana State
Sentinel.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

Since it became apparent that more
troops would be needed, there has been no
time to summon them into service in sea
son for employment this year If the
draft had been ordered during the present
or next month, the troops would have been
mustered in at such time that their term
Of service would have expired iu the mid
die ofan active campaign next year. Now
with a. draft on the 9Th of September, the
men will not be collected into rcgimcntal
organizations till October at the earliest,
and will rcLlaini in service during all next
summcr.-.New Iofk Tribupe, July 10
This is frank. The five hundred thou
sand new troops just now called for are
not .for scrvtcehis year; they arc design
ed for nert yeor'S can,paiyas Heretofore,
whenever there has been fresh call, the
prctcnce Of the abolition newspapers has
been that it was tie last, and that its OBJ
ject was to finish up the war suddenly
That sort of deception is given over The
abolition press has ceased to place any
limit on the duration OF the war. 1t fore
sees another year of the strife, and admits
it with as much unconccrn as it refers t.
the most tlnconscqucntial event. Ananoth-
cr year Of strife will add twelve or fifteen
hundred millions to the public debt, cost
six or eight hundred thousand human lives
break down the financial fabric, and pros
tratc every industrial interest, and at tho
close of the year the rebellion will have
grown in strength, as it has grown from
the day of the adoption of the abolition
policies of emancipation, coniiscation, sub
jugation, cxtermination.-C Chicago Times
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28
NUMBER So

How MANY MEN CROSSED THE RAP
iDAN.-Thc Netcs reaffirms the statement
that Grant crossed the Rapidan with 30
600 mon. We knew this to he an error
from high military sources.-and we know.
too, that he crossed with only l}7 900
Joyoncts, 10000, we said yesterday, to
be at the very tip top of the number
IF the Express (says the News by
using the word 'GoyonetS intends to ex-
clude the artillery, cavalry, officers, etc,
the sum total under Grant, even by its
calculations, would exceed 200 900. The
Daily News meant to include what is usually
termed the army
What We said, we meant. BAYoxETs.
that is infantry. Grant had cavalry. and
artillery besides, Artillery, powerful I'M
n'etd, not in numbers of mon, but al
included, there were no 100000.
What men Sigel mad, or Butlcr,-wc do
not say.-but their cooperation has never
been ct any service to Grant,-on the
contrary both have failed him, and IIur-
ter, perhaps most of all in leaving open
the route to WsShington.-Ncv York
Erprcss.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28
The Administration ana slavery.

The veteran Abolitionist, III. G.. Wright.
contributes to the Liberator the following
of anti-slavery "events" which have oc-
Cured since Mr.. LincOln's Inauguration :
l. Emancipation in Western Virginia.
2. Emancipation in Missouri
3. Emancipation in the District Of Co
lumbia.
4. Emancipation in Maryland.
5. Slavery abolished and forever pro-
hibited in all Territories.
4. Kansas admitted as free State.
Z. Provisions made to admit Colorado.
Nebraska and Nevada as free States
s. Organization of Idaho, Montana.
DacOtah and Arizona as free Territories
9. Recognition Of the independence of
Ilayti and Liberia.
10. Three millions of slaves declared
free by Proclamation of the President
January l, 1868
IL. All Fugitive Slave laws repealed.
T. Interstate slave trade abolished
IS. Negroes admitted to equal rights
in United States Courts, as praties to suits
and us witnesses.
H. Equality of the negro recognized
in the public conycyances Of the District
of Columbia
10, All rebel States prohibited from re-
turning to the Union with slavery.
16 Free labor established on numerous
plantations i'll South Carolina, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas.
Il. Schools for the education of freed
slaves i'll South Carolina, Tennessee, Lou
isiana, and in Eastern Virginia-whcrc,
till within three years, to educate the ne
gro was punishable with death.
Is. The wives and children of all slaves
cmpl yed as frccmen in military and 9th
or service of the United States made free.
10. All negroes, bond and free, enrolled
as part of the military force Of the nation
20. The loyal people of Arkansas, Ter
nessce, Louisiana and Florida seeking a
return to the Union on the basis of free
dom to all, and of the abolition and pro
hibiiion of slavery.
2l. The abolition and prohibition of
slavery by an amendment of the Consti-
futon, passed in the Senate by two-thrds
majority, and by nearly the same in the
House. Lost by lack of three or four
votes, through the influence of Democrat
ic members.
-. The nation, through its rcprcscn-
tatiycs in Baltimore, June Sth, made the
abolition and prohibition Of slavery the
as 5 Of It's governmental administration
for the future.
23 The Federal Government forbid
den to employ amy man ne 51aee III any
capacity.
II. One hundred and ff,y thousand
negroes, mostly freed slaves, in the pay
and uniform Of tho Government as sold
icrS.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

From the Alton Democrat
The country will rejoice to know that or,
this, the 18th day Of July, 1861 after
three years OF war, the expenditure Of Il
million and II half of men and two billions
of money, the Capitol is pronounced "o,t
of danger" by the most distinguished mill
tary physicians. No rebels are within
twenty miles of the city, and Seward
bell, Stanton's red tape and Ills ENccllen-
cy's jokes arc once more i'll unbrokcn
Communication with the loyal States
Washington was SAFE" inst before Bull
Run, safe just afterwards, "safe" before
pope's headquarters were in the saddle,
safe" just after Pope retired from the
active service of an ungratciul Republic
and buried his sword and genius among
the Chippcwas of Mime iota, "safe" after
Fredericksburg, ''safc after Chancellor
vile, and safe now. 1t is only fair to re-
mark that Richmond is equally ''safc" Gu
rous people may desire 20 make an estimate
from these facts how long time it is likely
to require TO perfect the work of subjuga-
ton or determination. but we can afford
them no assistance in the calculation.
"My plan" of Mr. Lincoln is working
admirably; The Emancipation Proclama-
ton may still be purchased for two dollars
and half, and the negroes which it did
not free arc stlll "pegging away" OF the
plantations of their masters. The ninety
days of our amiable premier have been
heightened into one thousand and ninety
five, while the rebellion, so long on its last
legs. still seems tolerably firm upon its pins,
and gives evidence Of considerable vitality
yet remaining.
Before a week we shall probably have a
call for five hundred thousand men, aid on
the first Thursday of August, a day of
fasting, humiliation and prayer, and then
what next?
Is it not almost time the people were
asking themselves this question, or shall
the good work go on indefinitely?
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28
Governor Wright.

We have frequently been asked what
has become of ex Gov. Wright. Well,
the first we have noticed for some time past
of Joseph was his appearance on the plat
form in New York with Garrct Smith
and other noted abolitonists, on the occa-
sion of a lecture by the Rev. Sella Martin,
a negro preacher His next and last ap-
pearance was as a speaker at the Lincoln
ratification meeting i'll New York.-La-
.fdyene -A,yus.
He is still in the sheep business He
was on Rampage at Grcencastle the 9th
er day we will write the rite of Wright
right this fall
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

ENCOURAGEMENT To PUBLIC TuIEV Es
The New York World of July | thus
speaks of the pardoning Of the notorious
Col. Fish:
"Onc Of the most diSgraccful acts com
mittcd by President Lincoln is the pardon
ing of Col Fish, late provost-marshal. His
manifold crilr'os. of which he was most
rightcously convicted ~ court-martal,
ana for which he deserved imprisonment
for life, was eondoned by the payment of a
fine Of five thousand dollars. This man
was proved guilty of the meancst thcfts,
OF levying black-mail upon innocent people,
and of the most shocking cruelty toward
men and women, whom he compelled to 90
South under loose charges of dsloyalty
This person, Fish, once issued an order
forbidding the Baltimore papc-s from copy
ing articles from the World, while, at the
same time, he was sending Confederate
cotton bonds to Europe to sell. All this
was proved upon the trial. When Il pub
lie official is snperlativcly jealous in de-
nouncing Democrats, and protesting extra
VACANT loyalty, it is safe to assume that he
Is at heart a traitor or thief, or both.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

Hikes SPIRIT cftte Times an ultra
radical and war paper, says of Lincoln and
johnson:
The Master race acknowledged One of
the causes which led to the present war, is
the arrogant pretcnsion Of the, South that
it has been obliged to furnish the North
with the greatest number of its rulers, and
that it is, in short, The Master Race"
The Baltimore CcnYcntion, whicN was or
ganizcd by the -ltLipo$ of the present
Administration. for the purpose of nomi
mating President and Vice President,
who should conduct lbe' a7tarfel ON this
text, have nominated two Southerners
(Abraham Lincoln and Andy Johnson for
those master situations. II this be not a
pretty good step toward acknowledging the
insolcnt claims ofthc rebels to be master
race, when two of their Poorca acknowl-
edged to be superior to any two of our
best. then We are unable to reason by way
of illustration.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

The special correspondent of the New
York Tridunc, writing from General But
ler's headquarters, June 2, says:
"Thc capture of Richmond, abandoned
by the rebels, is y barren victory. Lees
army, which in reality is the Southern
Confcdcracy, still exists, and must be con
oucred or anrihlatcd. Had General But
lers force been left in tact, he could now
move to advantage; but through the or
ders of General Hallcck this army has
been crippled at every time when it should
be made available for offensive opera
tions"
Yet, to this capture, thus given ont in
advance to be a barren one, large mum
Der of our people have looked as the
blow that was to end the war
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

Schuyler ColfaX has written "A letter To
his abolition friends in the nth Congress
sional District, in which he says he justi
fics the administration in its suspension of
the writ of hoJeoS coryas; justiiies arbitrary
arrests; justifcs Buffers action at New
Orleans; approves the Emancipation Proc
lamation; thinks negro soldiers should he
more vigorously enlisted; endorses the
coniiscation act; is for. the abolition "i
slavery, and for Abraham lincoln. lie
goes the whole hog" or rather the whole
uigger, in spirit cf blind fanaticism, a.
he usually docs.-E"rt Ii'aync Tunes.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

DOWNFALL OF lllGr BoNNETs. Our
lady readers will be interested in learning
the latest news about bonncts. A Paris
correspondent OF an eastern paper says:
"lt Is now difficult to distinguish between
a bonnet and cap, the ears and earrings
being the most conspicuous objects which
you remark at their sides. The Empress
herself has adopted small, round shape,
encircliug the oval of the face, and almost
always garnished with fringe, either of
jet, white beads, or straw, which falls upon
the hair"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

y TABLOWs IN , ACKs.-REpoRTE
FOR TIE ASSOCIATED Press, BI JOSH
BiLLINGs.-.4ch Fust-Entcr lap Dorg.
carrying boarding skool Miss in his arms.
about III hands hight makes the dore
puiI-tlic dorg lays down the boarding
skool miss, and orders mint julcps for ,,
with the usual suckshun The dorg be-
gins tew loll, the boarding skool miss tells
him ''tew dri up" (in French), and the
dorg sez ''hc be darncd if he will" Gin
Dorg). [Gratc sensation amung the aw-
jcnce, with cries, put him out - Finally
a compromise is affected, the boardin.
skool miss kisses the dorg, with tears in his
eyes. Konclusion-Lap Dorg discovers a
wicked flee at work on his talc-pursucs
him-round and rounl tha yo-dorg =
eetlc ahcad-sumboddy hollcrs out. mad
Dorg ".'-boarding skool girl faints stand,
ing-thc curtin drops.
-Ack numLer 2.-Curtin hists-scvral
blind men in the distanse, looking through
a key wholc--onc Of them scz '.hc don t
see it, \ Ashangh ruscter Gums out. with
cpauletts on, and crows Yankee Doodle
musk hi the Band. The shanghi laws an
egg ON the stage, about the size ov wasp ;
nest, and then limps oph, very much tired
and reduscd.-Curtin falls agin.
1ch numLe, 5-Curtin rises slowly
big bolona sarsagc on tabc-bolona sar-
SAGE lifts up Der he'd and begins tew bark
band plays "Old Dorg Tray" Cat Gums
in-cat's tail begins to swell bad-bolona
sarsagc and cat haz a fitc-tha ftc II
rounds-the stage is covered with eats and
Observation-Disclosures awl jinc hands
and walk tcw the foot lights-an old Bull
Tarrer reads the Presidents call for
800, 900 more'-band plays Coin Lem
ons "a bell rings, and the curtin drops.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

But One WAY.-The Boston Couy-c
is publishing Il series of letters, under the
head of'A Ride to the lIoosac Mountains"
The writer says, among other good things:
"As We sat in the bar-room ofthc ta,cin'
after dinner, We heard from an old farmer
suggestion worthy of note There amt
but one way said he, TO get hole
through this here mountain. and that Is, to
bury Niger IN it somewhere and then
GOV. Andrews will set all Massachusetts, TO
dig him out. F"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

All for tIsc Niger.

From the Patterson N. " Register
We are taxed on our clothing, our meat, and our
bread,
On our carpets and dishes, our tables and beds,
On our tea and our coffee Jour fuel and lights,
And we'er taxed SO severely we cant sleep nights
And It's all for the niger Great God cin 1t be
The home o. the brave and the land of the free
We arc stamped on our mortgages, checks, notes,
and bills,
On our deed, on our contract and our last will.
And the Star Spangled Banner in mourning doth
wave
Oer the wealth of tile nation turned uto tie grave.
And it's all for the nigSer, &c.
We arc taxed OH our Offices, our stores and our
shops,
On our stoves and our tin-ware, our brooms and
mopS,
On cur horses and CATTLE and, if we should die,
We are taxed on the coffin in hich we must lie.
And it's all for the Niger, &c.
We are taxed on al goods by kind Providence
are taxed for the Bible that points us to heavcn
And, when we ascend to the heavenly goal,
They would. if they could. stick stamp on our
soul
And it's oil for tho niger, &c.
But this is not all: not the money alone
Does the Rail-Splitter claim for to build up his
thrOne,-
If you haven't three hundred, your body must tell,
And, if killed ina month, its all very WE'LL
And it's all for the nigger, &c.
Now, boys. will you tell me just what it has cost
To elect Old Abe Lincoln aid all his black host 2
Just five hundred thousand, our country's best
blood
Have been slain, and their bodies lie under the sod
Anu it's sll for the Niger, &C.
And then there's two thousand millions and more
Has been stolen and spent in this unholy war,
A nd poor men that worked for ten years that are
past,
And saved up three hundred, It's stolen Il. last.
And it's all for the niggcr. &c.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28
Five Hundred Thousand Here

The President has issued another proc
he ..aiscd Immediately, or draft which is
incxorablc to be enforced in the early part
of September The men to serve one year
there being no occasion to call them for "A
longer time, none being likely to survive
longcn than that, under the present mise
rable management of affairs.
Five hunnred thousand mon 10 be
taken from the plow The anvil, the work
shop. from all industrial pursuits-,for
Uhaz
TO join the thousands who have fallen
victims to the insatatc demon of war-to
be manned, destroyed 10 increase the
mournful cadence of Voc which is now
raising from nearly every lcarhstonc in
Tie land They are going to be slaughter
ed for the amusement OF their rulers, who
hold high carnival over the terrible dcs
truction of lie and limb and treasure their
wrcichcd arrangement creates, and invent
new schemes ior further sacrifices, while
the executive of the nation tells coarse
Jokes and browns the cries Of the wounded
and dying on the battlefield by employing
contraband yocalists to sing vulgar ne@ro
melodies, Is not the picture pleasing
yet is it not true!
VIII not this call for 500, 900 be follow
ed ut its heels as hitherto, by another, and
that by still another, until the last man
and the last dollar" are virtually reached
if the present corrupt and imbccilc admin
istration kept i'll power? VIII the
people voluntarily again elevate to power
the Eeches who have been draining from
them Hle aud treasure 80 freely, that of a
once proud and powerful nation, scarce
auyht but a shell rcmains-thc semblancc
but the substance gone! Or will they
h',rl them from power and put men IN their
places who have the ability to control the
affairs Of the nation and the honesty to do
~, and who will stop the ruinous reckless
expenditure of men and money which
charactcrizes the management of the pre-
sept administration ?-H Wayne Sentinel
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28
The Cur;:te ssho Mcnded Clocks.

A curatc IN the south Of France was
accused before his bishop Of degrading
his sacred function by mcnding clocks for
hire "Docs he neglect his official du-
tics?" said the bishop, mo" replied those
who had brought the impeachment; she
is 4 good preacher and q good man, kind
to the poor, attentive in administering to
the afflicted But it seems scandalous to
us that the holy office should be desccratcd
by mechanical labors and sordId gains. 3"
Summon him before me" said the bish-
op. The curatc obeyed the sunlmons, and
stood before his bishop.
"Monsicur lo Cure" said the fishop,
II have received a grave charge against
YOU. Ii is said that you degrade the priest
ly function by mechanical and mcrcenary
labOrs'
''It is not to be denied, my lord" re
piled the curato, "that have performed
such labors My salary was so small
as scarcely to suffice to keep soul and body
| together, and left nothing, for pitality
and charity. Having a mechal al turn
| have attempted, as far as codld do S,
without infringing on my ministerial du
ties, to piece out my scanty income by
mcnding clocks, for which | did not dis
dain to receive a compensation"
"Your own confession" replied tn,
bishop, "rcnddrs further process unncccs
sary | cannot permit the holy office t.
be associated with n trade. The care o
souls demands all our time and thoughts
1t becomes my duty to administer to yo,
an ellcctual ndmonition to devote yourscl
in future wholly to your ministry Yol
will find YOU. sentence in this paper"
SO saying, he handed to him papc
which he had the meanwhile been writing
The poor cure took the Illumination o
episcopal wrath and withdrew. When h
opened it he found it a presentation to
handsome Eoiny Some American congre
cations would do well to act on the princi
pie which prompted the bishop to this jus
and wholesale act Of severity.
The best way to prevent the dcsecratio
of the sacred Office by incompatible pun
! .uits is to make unnecessary.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

CHAs B. LAssEILE.-We are pleased
10 see that this able and sterling democrat
has been nominated for reelection 10y the
citizens of Cass county, TO the Legislature
Mr. L. was a member at last session. and
took prominent stand as defender of
the democratic faith He will be valuable
auxiliary in the present campaign, and the
people of o!d Cass owe him generous sup
port Miami Couafg Sentinel.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

Mr.. SE~hHD's BELL.-Mr Tilton, OF
the New York ha,pc"dent not having the
fear ef the President or his Secretary Of
State before his dyes, writes as follows:
Mr. Seward's bell has always had Il dis
NAL sound in cur cars; since We are not
among his favoritcs, it may some day ring
for us. When the Government lately sup
pressed certain newspapers in this city. We
called the act mot very sensible meas
are" OF tht Arqrelcs case We take the
same view. or Frank Rlairs casc-in
which the President insulted one Cabinet
officer to CRAFTY the pride of another-wo
have no better opi.,ion.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

The Republican papers will soon begin
to tell us. for the one hundredth time,
that the rebellion is on its last legs, and
that it is only necessary to put this 900
600 men in the field to finish it. This Is
the story they would have the impudcnce
to tell for five years
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

Professor Johnston says that a pou0d 80
cheese is equal in nutrltive value 10 two
pounds oi flesh. The Europeans seem to
be better acquainted with this fact than
our own people. With Us, cheese is ro-
gardcd rather as luxury. while in Eng
land it is considered one of the sub. t,ntial
articles of food; and it is not uncommon
for the wo, kmen there to make iull meal
ON bread and cheese alone.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

Wheeling, Virginia. is a quaint and
venerable place The LnteiEycnrcr of that
city, gives the following sketch vouching
for its accuracy. which could be true only
of Wheeling: We SAY yesterday, going
up towards the upper ferry, team of four
animals-a horse Il poay 4 mule, and
bull. The horse had the hcaycs, the pony
was blind, the mule was lame, and the
bull had no provision for fly time. In the
wagon, which was an o'diEary one, sat L
4 white man, a crippled nisgtr. and u
tame skunk. The skunk was firmly bound
with wisp of straw. The white man held
the lines, the team held ijs own, and the
niger held the skunk"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

The driver of the Engine that passed
through from Washington to Balh.icre on
yesterday, reports that he saw only one
rebel ON the way and he was half starved.
II is Hoped the government will spare no
effort t. prevent supplies from falling into
bis hands.-Dayt9a lOl Eap.rc.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-07-28

Lincoln put Howard in Fort Lafayette
for writing proclamation ordering fast
and a draft in his name Since then he
(Lincoln) has ordered both the fast and
the draft