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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
Conflicting Vfcws---GOnfisca
Bfli and Amnesty Proclamation.

Mr.. Thad. Stevens, the Republican
leader of the House of Congress, in re-
cent speech on the Confscation Bill said:
Thai the Constitution has not the least
reference to any of the provisions of the
pending resolution. The forfeiture of es-
tates in fee was purely proceeding under
the laws Of war and of nations, over which
the Constitution has no control or effect
whatever. The property of alien enemies
is to be seized and tres ed as enemy's prop
erty. The rebels had risen to a separate
Government, having been recognized as a
belligerent not only by foreign nations,
but by our own. So far as they are con-
cerned, they are absolved from the
guarantees of the Constitution. Which
ever nation conquers has the right
to treat the other as a conquered province.
They are in the attitude of foreign nations
If a State, as q State. make war and be-
come a belligerent power, we can, when
we conquer it, treat it as we would a
foreign nation And this is not a question
under, but outside OF the Constitution
By the laws of war the conqueror may
seize and convert to his own use every
thing belonging to the enemy, and sell it
to pay the expenses of war and the dam
ages oecasioned by it."
What is that but virtual acknowledge
ment of the independence of the South
ern Confeieracy? Absolute c,niscation
cannot be logically delucei from any other
condition of the Confederacy than that Of
its independence. And the passage of
such Confiscation Bill IS an acknow,ei iy-
ment by Congress, and by the President.
if he approves Of it, that the Confeisracy
is an independent Government; sbsolved
entirely from the duties and guarantees Of
the Constitution.
What follows? Simply that we are no
longer fighting TO reduce a reoellious peo-
pie to an obedience to The Constitution and
laws, but that We are waging war for con-
quest and empire. That view Of it Ger
tainiy relieves the Congress and Execu-
tive of some very embarrassing consttu-
tional prohibitions against the course they
propose to pursue But what Of the Am
nesty Proclamation? That and ,fr Ste
yen's view of the Contederacy do not har-
monise. Which shall preyail?- Ctmcin-
natl Esqarr.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

Be careful of your word even in keeping
the most triHing appointment. But do not
blame an others failure o. sd til
gov hs. e-hssf3 - eSesss
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
Fortress Monroe. Feb. L.

O''iO-o -HtitNt. ECU. X
S1R-l our note addressed 70 Mai. Ger.
erai Hitchcock in relation To m appoint
ment by the Government &C ire If,;.o,
States of 4 Commissioner Of g1Sehsu-e !,
returned. This Government q claim. and
exercises the power of appointing it, own
agents TO represent its interests. irrcspoet-
we of any supposed sanction hy the Con-
federate authorities NJ risk. oc decl,r.-
ton of outlawry by those authoritie, of any
officer or soldier of the Unite STATE. can
5e admitted or for moment REGARDED bv
he Government of the [ =. Al it cstra;n.
iy " Il not be by the persons upon whom
such intimIdaticns ar attempted am
instructed to renew the offer, leaving all
ether questions in abeya1ce, 70 oschaass
man for man AMI officer for offcercf soval
rank actually held in custody y either
party, until ali prisoners Of war - held axe
thus exchanged. l take leave 10 express
the hope, from humane considerations to
those held as prisoners of war on either
side, that this offer vii. he accented.
| am farther instructed TO inform YOU ths.
unless the flag Of truce sent forward under
the sanction of the Commanding General
q this Department is recognized and re-
specte' 10y your authorities, al further
communication between this Government
and the Confederate aathori;ies by fac of
truce must cease. However much tn
loss OF the ame,ioratiDG influence upon the
r'gors of what ought 20 he a citilized war.
fare Is to be regretted, the resp ,nsibihty
OF such IA determination must be lett with
those whom You represent. | have Tie
honor to be respectfully. your oaei.eut
servant, b. Butler, MAJ Ceu.
and Commissioner Of Exehapce,
RoBGRr Ou.p, Commissioner oc Ex.
change, Richmond
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

Washburn of Illinois snd seye,a other
ambitions aboltonists took til; the other
day at Hon. d. ". voorhees, in the House
of Representatives, and got themselves
sorely punished
Dan. is too many for the whole tribe az
fanatics, and hence in every renoonter
thus far the cause Of liberty las trio umrhei
in his hands
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

ton Of the Democratic party" are welcome
1t is useless to attempt to unite on any
other platform-it cannot be done. These
Resolutions most emphaticaily affirm State
sovereignty, and peremptorilly repudiate
the idea the Federal government has the
riaht to make war on a State.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

III VIII Do S"eH tI&t VAT Il cheap ann >
ment. Bnt the negroes. some Of them a-o
free, 50 who cures f'r expense? Piainir,
no one bu; traitors and Copretheads. Bu,
how much will four years more of A5r4-
nam Lincoln cost Us?
After such results AMI nsc.lsllatioss
what are the pre- lictions Of tb, same men
worth now, when they tel I; that til, re.
beliion is destroyed and the var nearly,
ended d:-Cincianati Equirer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

If a woman is Jealous Of you, be sure she
,h;nks vou handsome and sttrs,tiye i
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

The correspondence between the author.
ties of the United States and the rebel an.
thorlties on the exchange Of prisoners. &c,
submitted to the Senate, La, us, been pub
llshed. We copy the lct:er Of Gen. Bu:.
Ter defining the position of the Governrn.u,
and himself. as follows:
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
From Vvashingt0n-Naya ExpeR.
ditures, ReirenChnlentN Necessary.
rom the Gin Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, January %. 1854

Mr. Hale has been looking into the na-
val expenditures Of other nations, and
finds them immensely lower than ours
One would scarcely expect this to be the
case, nevertheless it is fact, and one
which will astonish our people. Mr.. Hale,
as Chairman Of the naval Committee. has
had access to documents which the ordin-
ary public have not He stated in his
place in the Senate yesterday that the ma
val ex oenditures of various European Gov
ernments were as follnMs:
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

the army, there being no data f5r e,tin,-
ting the large number who have enlisted in
the navy. Napoleon Bpnaparte had sea-
ecly a tenth ofthis number when he pons.
'r'stei to the very he lrt of Russia. ami c.
caPie its National Capital. Those are
the men the ''GoYernmsnt" h,s -x2cniei:
let Us annex the money e.:nnlte. ana shor
the centre inieote iness ofoar G pyernmea:.
50 lar as 1t can be class..i4l There is "a
immense nHm5e: Of c,.. N oats:an lin..
but not yet allowei, which ~, wei.-n;ch
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thought, moving for Rough and Ready. Counter
movements are, of course, going ON, but Of their
character may not speak. OF the progress made
by the enemy in this direction, nothing definite has
been asceIt lined; in fact, the only information
have been able 10 obtain from passengers by the
Macon train just arrived who bring reports current
mt Rough and Ready when the train passed. that the
Yankees had reached point four miles west of the
station, and were busy digging. No firing was heard
as the train passed up the road to-day.
The movement the Federal commander is now en-
deavoring to carry is hazardous one, unless the
numerical strength of his army has been greatly in
creased. This is asserted by some, and it may be
the case. There is, therefore, probability that
General Hood may need more men, At all events
the contingency should be provided for at once Now
is the time to hold up his arms. Every available
resource should be at drained, be it from the
State forces, the dlng and useless Government
officials, of whom there are 80 many huggng safe
and nominal positions in the If urging all to
the front who owe duty in the field will not send
them forward, let the scorn of the community at
tach to them forever. They are needed now, and
urgently.
1t will not do for General Hood to uncover At
lanta by withdrawing all his forces from the long
line around the city they long and patiently held.
Some FIVE or six miles must be watched, while the
more active operations will probably take place on
line extending nearly, If not quite, to Jonesboro
on the west side of the Macon road This simple
statement will serve to show the magnitude OF the
work the Army of Ternes will probably be called
upon to perform and will the situation induce the
forwarding of every aid that can be controlled !
am no alamst but cannot forego these expressions,
officials who cannot well be mistaken to the situ-
atio
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GENTLEMEN'S LIST.

A.-W Aydeoter, W I Akers, Capt VIM AL
len, DIR VIM Anderson, VIM X Armistead, Col
Thomas Anderson, Th0s Allison, II III Angus, X
Ashby, X Aubrey, Adams NJ Ames, Angle,
John Alley, DR. j Aney, Lieut. ii Allen, J An
derson, @ Adams, Rev Aug Angerer Wm III An
thony, w ID Addison, c NJ Adams.
Parks Duyai Bailey, w j Blakeston, w l.
Baldwin, VIM Is blossom, William Butler, 1t Vim
Baber, VIM Butler, w Burnett, VIM Brazill Thos Il
Bass Temple Baldwin, shadrach Bailey, Warren
Boyd, Realous Baker, Robt Is Boash, 1t Ed Bunk,
Col NJ ii Blandford, John Boiling, Sergt Blanton,
John BY, James Barbour, John Bonshelle, Ii
Bass, Robt j Beane, John III Bruer, Black, John
IL Brown, john Is Bntton, james Bailey, James
Brooks, John Brewer, Joseph ii boxley, s Bur-
ress, Jake Beck, John Bowler, John Blanton,
Burroughs, IL Brooker, Capt Bridge, II X
Burgwyn, ii III Burnhill Henry s Brinson, John
Bowers, John Richard Beazey, J Brown, Jas l.
Bird, Baker, John Bronaugh, A w Brantley, i X
dan. Edmond Brooks, Corp 4 Bragg, Edward Boz
rune, ID ID Bufk ID u Brown, Charles Bertow, Chas
Berrian, John Bowler W Beck, Barnum,
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The ESEMy's ToRPEDoEs AT CHARLKsroS.-On
Sunday night last the enemy attempted attack on
Fort Johnson i'll Charleston harbor, with the aid Of
torpedo. The Courier gives the following account
of the failure:
"About nine o'clock Sunday night terrific ex-
poson, which shook the buildings in this city, took
place. Many supposed it TO be two hunared-
pounder PaIrott time-fuse shell. 1t appears, how
ever, that about nine O'Clock some musketry firing
was heard at Fort Sumter. Upon examination.
Captain Hnguenin discovered that the firing was
about two hundred yards from the fort the dree.
ton of Fort Johnson. The firing continued few
seconds only, when three Yankee barges were seen
coming III towards the west face. Captain Lewis,
with Il detachment of the Thirty-second Georgia,
mounted the parapet and opened fire of all arms
upon the parties, but had not fired than one or
two rounds before tremendous explosion occurred
about thirty feet from the west face of tho fort near
the wharf. Aft,r the explosion the enemy seen
in rapid retreat towards Morris island. Our men
kept up the fre Of small arms until the enemy had
got entirely out Of sight. The Yankees, 1t seems,
had hoated down a torpedo from the direction of
Fort Johnson. The torpedo exploded near the wharf
Of the fort. No damage was done to the works. Ths
shock was distctly perceptible all the fort and
some of the officers on the southwest angls wess
knocked down"
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BRITISH COURTESY TO THE TALLAHAssKE.-Ths
Wilmington North Cardinal Journal Is informed
that neither the Confederate States the officers
or men Of the Confederate cruiser tallahassee owe
mucht the courtesy of the British authorities ss
Halifax. The Halifax Chronicle Of the 18th states
that she only permitted to remain in port
twenty -four hours, she, We learn, allowed
to take ON board any other supplies than hum
dred tons of coal-a mere triae for a ship of her
steam-nothing at all for cruiser. The people Of
sonally friendly to the confederaey, and pnvats
hospitality was freely rendered to the people Of the
Tallahassee. But there seemed TO be stringent or
ders hom the home government compelling them to
act officially in very uniriendiy manner. since
The failure Of the opposition in the British Paflia
ment TO defeat the ministry by vote Of want of
confidence, the unfriendy tone Of Earl Russell ard
his miniOns has been more decided
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J. }. BI,JoHAM TO DAN voSRHEEs-HAyE THE souTI
RESOURCES ENOUGH To KEEP THE UNION FORCES A.
BAY
INDIANAPoLIs, July II, 1861
THE SURRENDER OF FORT MORGAN.

The New Orleans papers Of the Path contain the
following particulars Of the surrender of Fort Nor
gan:
All of Sunday and Sunday night regular artil-
lery duel kept up between the fort and General
Changers men, about one gun being fired by the en-
emy every fifteen minutes. No damage resulted 70
either side as far as known. On Monday morning g
at daylight combined attack by the land and naval
forces was begun, and shot and shell were fercely
rained upon the doomed place until between six and
seven o'clock yesterday morning. AT this time q
white flag was hosted over Morgan, and firing inn
mediately ceased. General Page was given until
o'clock r. NJ. before the final eapitulation took
place, which was unconditional. At two o'clock
Fort Morgan was taken possession OF.
At o'clock en- Monday afternoon the inner
works and quarters Of the fort caught fire from
shells, but the flames were speedily extlnguished
At o'clock the same evening another fire broke
out, which spread rapidly and burned with great
fury until O'clock A NJ, when it exhausted itself.
During the whole Of this terrible time fire was
poured in upon the garrison from all sdes render
ing the place as near hell upon earth as the imag-
lnatlon can well conceive. So fierce and continuous
was our fire that the enemy were unable To respond
in way that in the least intefered with opera
tons. But one gaa was worked by the rebels during
the whole engagement.
Our losses during the conflict are stated at one
killed ard three slightly wounded. The rebel loss
is about twenty killed and wounded. Fort Morgan
Is badly shattered by terrific fire, and is but the
wreck of the stronghold over which proudly waved
the rebel flag on Sunday last.
The following is an extract of a letter from Admi-
raj Farragut:
FLAGSHIP HARTFORD, MOBILE BAY,
August %, 1861.
Dear Commodore: Fort Morgan makes an uncon-
ditonal surrender at PM to-day to the forces Of
the army and navy. Page did not make us wait as
long as l expected We will cheer our flag and sa-
Lutte it, when hoisted. with hundred guns by the
fleet
Congratulate General Candy upon the great sue
cess of his first effort in this department Nothing
could have been more harmonious thar COM
bined operations. We had no ambition co excel
each other but in the destruction Of the enemy 3
works, which effectually done by both army and
navy. Very truly, yours,
ID. q. FARRAoVr.
To Commodore Palmer, commanding at New Orleans
Six hundred prisoners captured, and now coming
up the riyer the Tennessee and Blenyile. Cone
raj Page Is on board the Tennessee.
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M. A. + AMStl d. r NALL
VIZ \. RAMSEY & CO,
w AUCTION AND GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
sos Broad street, opposite Union Bank,)
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA..
q a PARHtR, AuctIoHeyr.
REFEErSCFs:
Augusta Edward Thomas, Hon. r. II. May, Al
fred Baker, IL. Taylor, Fleming x Robertson,
Henry EJmuudson.
Attnta-Wm. Herring & Son.
Columbus-H G. Goodrich * Co, LawAOrn &
R1>>stt, David Hudson
Macon-E. Wuship, salisbury g. Pease.
Ntvanuah-W. II. stark.
Challeston-C. n. Hubert, W. T Burge, J. Pur-
CELL
Athens S Linton, r. L. Bloomfield.
Wllnington-J. u. Poisson, George Myers.
Moutgomery-B. II AIicou, H. d. Browder, J. Z
HullL
kehmoni, Virginia-Gcorge E. W Nelson, John
4 Bowen. au 2-lm
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-05

Rants IN wLMISoTos.-Tuesday was big rent
ing day in Wilmington, North Carolina The Lon
don tenements went of comparatively high. AZ an
instance, the store about twenty by forty feet,
the southeast corner Of Market and Front streets
rented for twenty thousand dollars The rooms in
the same building in about the proportion
This piece Of property brought over sixty thousand
dollars rent for the next twelve months, commencing
the first Of October next.
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CIN HUNDRED DOLLARS RE-
NWO HUNDRED DOLLARS Il

FENWD HUNDRED DULLAKS RE-
Z WABD-R9n away from the subscriber,
about the sth Of last month, august a Negro Boy
named ROBERT; about twenty-eight years old; ;
f.r i.yt eleven inches high; black; fine set Of
teeth, rather inclined to be knock-kneed quick
spoken. and very active. He had on when he left
brown Jeans sack coat his other clothing not re-
collected lie was raised i'll Midhesex county l
VIII GIVE the above reward for his apprehension and
delivery To- me, OF to Messrs. 5. n. DAVIS & co, OF
Richmond, for his confinement in any Jail that
/ get INN again. Sc 3-IOtl j. j. PACE.
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8itbnrono 9ispatte,

The DAILY DIsPArcu is sozd b News Dealers at
TWENTY CENTS per copy. CrTy eAnRIEns are author
lied to charge ONE DoLLAR AID Pity CENTS per
week to regular subscribers
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To-day the draft takes place in Indiana. There
will be bloodshed there, though not those rivers of
blood" which sanguine people in the Confederacy
look for There win be sermmaging in odd corners,
large cities, and at various villages lin which, it is to
be hoped, citizens of sufficiently prominent position
and Federal officers of sufficiently high rank, may
be killed, to furnish the blood for drawing clear
line between the State sovereignty of Indiana and
the central power of Lincoln. AS anything about
the state of affairs in that Commonwealth is inter-
esting just now, copy from the indianapolis
Daily Journal the following additional information
about the treason in Indiana
On Saturday afternoon Governor Morton received
a kter from Eastern caty, which was as follows
except some names, which omit for prudential
reasons
-, August IL, 1864.
Gorernor o. b. Nort0a'
Sir: The facts hereby stated have come to my
knowledge in manner and from source such as
to leave no doubt iii my mind OF their reliability.
The Coouerhpads of Indiana have ordered and
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RUNAWAYS.

FIWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOL
l LARS REWARD tor my SERVANT, Ed
WARD, twenty or twenty-One years old, black,
stout and likely; has s,Gt near or upon one ear ;
l- p good house servant He left my farm Sun
apv night, the 2Nth ultlmo, and Is, | believe, in
d. hmout, where he has relatives and friends. He
may possibly he found at the African Church, or
.,..er meetings Of Baptist negroes.
81. J-5t~ WILLIAM II. RICHARDSON.
GIN II UNDRED DOLLARS RE-
- WARD-Ran away from my stables, on the
lb-At pf the 1oth ultm0, my two NEGRO MFN
twenty-five twenty-three years old, about five
feet ,X inches high, black and stInmers very badly
when talking. Albert Is about twenty years old,
i.,, feet seven inches high, bright mulatto, with
sIu. ia face and very large feet and hands. will
I.ly the above reward for them, three hundred
dollars for eth-r one, delivered TO me at my stables,
uu Franklin street. They evidently making
their way to the Yankee lines.
JAMES c. JOHNSON,
Virginia Stables, Franklin street,
SLOT Richmond Virginia.
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BRowsLow's paper says that the lats Federal jury
sitting at Knoxville found six hundred and Exsy
bills Of indictment for treason against rebsls.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-05

NJ W. CLusKkY, Adjutant-Genersl TO yaughn's
brigade. is elected to Congress over Snsad IN tbs
Eleventh Tennessee District.
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"THE PAcrFIcAroR." This is the title Of new
Catholic weekly journal to De issued in Aaslsts-
Georgia, ON the first Of October.
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REPUBLICAN VIEW OF THE PLATFORM.
IN the Washington 'ChronicIe Septaunhar

HI
The platform adopted by the so-called Democraey
is an admirable attempt at show not to do it'' It
contains not single expression of opinion upon any
question OF public policy except that in lnild and
lnottensiye manner it takes sides in favor OF the
Union. This is the purport Of the first resolution
The second declares that after four years Of failure
to restore the Union by war; efforts should be made
Tor cessation OF hostilites with view to calling
convention of all the States But suppose the rebels
refuse to into convention, or, going in, suppose
they refuse peace except terms of final separa-
ton! What theni The platform is entirely s.lent
ON this point. 1t neither indicates the terms which
should be offered the rebels informs the country
whether the should be resumed in the event Of
the refusal Of the rebels to come hack into the
Union.
This forcible, feeble manifesto from Chicago
Is more remarkable for what 1t omits than for VIA.
it embraces. 1t contains not one sentiment of ap-
probation censure upon the financial policy Of the
Administration during the last three and half
years 1t neither condemns nor approves the leefs-
aon Of Congress upon the subjects Of tariff duties
internal revenue laws, banknote currency, and the
national banking system. 1t is silent eve- upon
emancipation, confiscaton and conscription. What
are we to infer from this sileneel Must not as
sumo that the Convention approves these measures;
that II regards them settled, and Longer orAn
questionsi OF course we must and If during the
campaign any champion of the Chicago noriinees
shall arragn the party in power on any of these is
sues, it will be sufficient to refer him to HE
platform for proof that they no longer in con.
trOversy.
The platform also remarkable for its entire
dom from all malice and unchari atbleness towards
traitors and rebels. Not word of eensure ror
sion in theory rebellion in practice is permitted
to find place In the platform and all the indignation
Is directed at the efforts of the Admiis ton to
suppress the rebellion In word, the veriest rebel
may read the platform without taking offence, while
no truly loyal man fail to be Disguised with its
manifest trucking to the disoyal elements in the
loyal States Upon the whole, the platform is pitt
full affair, and will be expectorated upon By all sorts
of people.
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wHEELER's OPERATIONS IN TrNNEssEK.
The following is the latest Yankee dispatch about
Gam

Inc O.IO"IHB Is tHe Ittest alIkes u1spatcu HuuuE
General Wheeler's movements:
LOUISVILLE, August 30.-Passengers by the NASH
vile train say that Wheeler, with his entire force
has appeared at the bend of the Cumberland river,
three miles below Gallatin, where they captured
company of United States troops and were attempt-
ing to cross the river this morning for advance
upon Galatin. His force is variously estimated at
probably nearly correct A report has reached
Cave City, Kentucky, that the colonel commanding
the post at Gallatin ordered the depot there bs
burned, as it was without the range Of bis guns.