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ness lassitudc palptatlOn OF the heart lack Of APP
petite, distress aer eating, torpid liver conspa.
ton, &C., deserve 70 suer II they will not try the
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THE GREAT sECRET.

his admitted by oil Physicians that the Grand
secret OF health and long life lcs In keeping The
gree Of nuidIty. When you feel continued pain 10
tho head or bowels. or any continued uneasnou In
any organ or other parts OF tho body you can pro.
vent serious sickness by taking Hrl
Braadreth's Pills.
bleeding may give momentary sasc, becsuse the
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d made from the blood and sustained by tho blood
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culation rs readily as bleeding by only taslngs"v
Mrs Hooper OF Darnstable, Man., was CURED OF o.
"a. Vitus Dance, General Debility, poorncss OF
blood, and costlvencss Of many year, stand,nE; ~
Drandreth's Pills. Tho case ~ ''"s'" - P1'"'"'''
10 s ths Sy Dr. DRYDEN SMITH, DIddsiord. and
nv iii respectable dealers In medicines imil
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A largo number Of blockade runners have 10.
GENTLY been captured. '' =
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ELIOT. March 22d, 1864.
Mn. EDITOR The annual town meeting in
Eliot was held yesterday , the 2lst. and resulted
In Republican victory, which OF course was
complete Coppcrhead defeat. The enemy strug-
gled desperately for the supremacy for nearly
four hours, contesting every inch Of ground In
most determined manner but at this juno
turc, finding themselves Outfanked, fled In great
disorder, leaving their dead and wounded on
the field and after the cannonading ceased
and the smoke cleared away, II was found that
wo had whipped our adyersarics by sixty ma
jority, and the following officers were elected I:
Toyn Cierk-George ID. Brooks.
Selectmcn = Timothy Dame, Jonathan f.
Worstcr and John D. Frost.
Totpn Treasurer-G George G. Bartlett.
Topn agcnt-Timothy Dame.
Superintending School Committee - Otis
Holmes.
ConstaJle-Ebenczcr Simpson.
Orersecr of Enthusiastically Staples.
AL Republicans. UNCLE ABE.
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w"Squatter Sovereignty" seems to be
ignored by the peace democracy. In the en-
ablins bills for Nevada, Colorado and Ne
braska, slavery is prohibited forever without
the consent Of Congress. This prohibition
tho cause OF so much strife heretofore, was
not debated, and attracted no attention among
the people while on motion by Mallory
Of KY, to strike out the prohibition, only
seventeen members voted yea. The remain
ing sixty.two democrats" voted nay, or
lodged the vote altogether. Patriotism in
the Democratic party was not the only scnti-
ment which ceased to DO when Douglas died.
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DirrnxRiA.-A large number Of recipes
for the cure Of dipthcria have been published,
but among them all We have seen accounts
OF none which seem 90 well established AZ
the lice treatment" BY tho last number
OF tho Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
We see report Of conference Of several
physicians upon the subject Of diptheria cure.
Their experiences was that loo kept in the
mouth and pereseringly applied 10 the neck
vi the patient. was SpcciRc. .rs.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Wanted.
Colgato's Honey Soap.

II ply ct this ofllco. 'J 10
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KrrrEnY.-At the town election on Monday
the Union men of Kittery gave tho cops. o
sample Of the way this State will give them
their quietus next September. Tho following
Republican officers were elected by 220 majori-
ty.-a gain from last year OF about one hundred
and scventy-fvo votes:
.Modsrator-Asa 6owen.
Selsctmen and .assessors-John Wentworth,
W. Paul, John Williams.
.agent-John Rogers.
Trsasursr-J. d. Parker.
s. s. Committee-D. NJ. Shaplcigh, E. B.
Fornald.
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Town Elections.

Human ron YoRx.-At tho annual election
In York the Republican ticket was elected en-
tire by majorities ranging from 10 to 1863 !-as
will DO seen below. Wewere 20 surprised at the
result, that letter was sent to our correspon-
dent to be sure mistake had not been made
The good citizens Of that ancient town have
been oyerborne by double-distilled copper
head clique, As mcrciless as JEFF Davis conscrip-
ton, or the decisions Of last years. board ofAl.
dsrmen of this city, until flesh and blood could
stand Il no longer, and hence the result. Three
cheers for old York-it has made gallant REQ
ord ! No town election In this State presents
more satisfactory result. Tho following are
the officers elected:
hoderator-Joseph Bragdon, Jr.; 10 maj.
Town Clrk-Charies I. Hutchins % maj.
Ssleetmsn and .dssessors-Josiah D. Brng.
don, Samuel W. Norton, Rufus A. Moody ;
50 majority.
Treasurer-Asahel Goodwin 100 maj.
Town .agent-Isaiah p. Moody 1853 mnj.
s. S Comm ittss-C Charles G. Darrell; l3e
majority.
Orcrsesrs of the Poor Henry Moulton,
Eastman Hutchins, Henry 8. Thompson i34
majority.
auditors on Aeeounts-Nath'l g. Marshall,
Charles o. Clark, Jos. P. Junkins. ~
The annual town meeting In Acton on the
l4th, resulted in the choice Of tho following
Union officers:
.Moderaior-Luthcr NJ. Cooling.
Torn Clerk-Ira Miller.
Sslecimen aud dssessors-Richard H. God
ing, Mark C. Hurd, Caleb U. Burbank.
.agent-Andrew W. Fox.
s. s. Commiiiss-Richard II. Cooling.
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The following arc the town officers elected In
Hollis, al Union except the two first:
.afoderptor-J. B. Libby.
Topn Clsrk-R. E. Eaton.
Ssleetmen and .assessors Mcdaniel,
VIM. Palmer, II. A. Usher.
Trcasurer-Ivory Smith. .'
s. s. Comm iites-J. r. Warren
.doent-Jos. Mcdaniel.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
A Case in Point.

The New York TriJnne thus concludes
an article on the Holstein and Schleswig
war:
Some of our cotemporaries who would
hesitate to approve a single line of the Lon
don Times or Herald onthe American war,
commend and even copy as their own the
anti-German editorials Ofthe grea. English
organ. Upon the sole authority of such
guides they represent the difficulty be-
tween the Duchies and Denmark as a
mere contest for empire, as Il raid of the
despotic German princes npon the liberal
King of Denmark, and ignore the chief
question which SO prominently and con-
spicuously stands forth in this contest:
What are tie demands Of tic peopie of
the tmo Dutchies! Ifthcre is any truth in
the principle of popular s%overei gnty, its
application ought to be respected, not only
IN our country but every where else"
The Dutchies of Holstein and Schles-
wig contain a population of ,O04 ,473, and
the Tribune tells us that, in considering
the merits of the controversy between Den
mark and her adversarics, the chief ques-
tion-what are the wishes of this million
of people-is ignored. That is so. The
wishes Of the people of Holstein and Schles-
wig are not consulted at all, simply the
wishes of the rulers, as if the people were
of no account, except SO far as they can
be made to minister to the desires of =
single person, or family, who claim to gov
crn others by Divine right.
Yet the three Duchies together do not
contain as many people as Alabama and
Georgia, nor by millions as many as the
Seeded States Of the Southern C~onfcdera-
cy. Still we are ignoring the wishes of
these millions of people, and compelling
them to live under our Government.
whether they wish to do so or not. With
the Tribune we say, if there is any truth
in the principle of popular sovereignty, its
application ought to be respected, not on
ly in our country but everywhere else
Gin. Enquirer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
THE NEWS.
From the Chicago Times March. II

From the Chicago Times March. l4th.
Gen. Grant has taken command of all
the Federal armies, with headquarters in
the field. Iialleck is assigned to special
duty. Sherman takes Grants place as
commander of the Division Of the Missis-
sippi, and Mcpherson occupies Sherman's
vacancy. Smith is to command the Army
of the Potomac.
In the House, Saturday, no business
was done, the time beir occupied in speech
making. Mr.. Grinnell, of Iowa, made
some very belli gerent remarks respecting
Mr.. Cox, that gentleman not being present
at the time, and said that "Gen. McCel-
Ian, with his democratic friends, was lcag-
ued with slavery, and would go down to
hell" The Senate was not in session.
1t is announced from Washington that
Gen. Grant intends to concentrate all the
forces in the West, for the purpose of deal
ing "smashing blows" this spring; that a
call for 100000 or 800, 900 more troops
will soon be issued; that the rumors are
untrue in regard to the arrival of a bearer
of dispatches, from Mr.. Dayton, relative
to French recognition of the Confederacy;
and that Gen. Meade will retire for a
short time from active service, in conse-
ouence of i'll health.
An expedition dispatched by Gen. But
Ter to King and Queen Court House, Va,
drove the rebels from that place and dis
persed a cavalry camp in the vicinity
Seventy prisoners were taken by the Fed
erals, and a large quantity of property
destroyed.
According to a Richmond paper of the
9th, the railroad to Lees army, damaged
by Kilpatrick's forces, would be rep. red
IN about a week.
A feet Of Federal iron-clads is concen-
trating at the mouth of Red River
Three rebel rams are being built on that
stream.
On the 9th inst. a negro cavalry regi-
ment, acting Us "a picket line near Suffolk,
Va, were attacked by rebels and driven
back some distance, with a loss Of ABOUT
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
The Speech OF Mr. Voorhees,.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce thus com
ments upon the speech of Mr.. Voorhees,
in the House on Saturday last:
But the speech of the day, which will
attact the most attention from the national
public, was that of Mr.. Voorhees,, of In
diana, he always speaks without notes, but
never without appearing to know exactly
what he intends to saw. He is a most clear
headed thinker, graceful in his manner
and has a partiality for well turned senten-
ces, which are always in keeping with the
most correct taste. One point which he
made caused Il general stare, and was in
substance as follows: "The Government"
said he, 'is dying, dying, dying and, at
ter Il touching ~allusion to the mourners, he
added hat nothing could save us as a
Republic, unless the people, who were the
real holders of power, should arise in their
strength and assert their rights. But he
said many things which rivcted the attcn-
ton of those present, and any attempt to
sketch his argument would be futile. That
the people of this country have not heard
the last Of Mr.. Voorhees, as a statesman, is
a sclfevident proposition. Whether we
agree with him or not, We are bound to
acknowledge his genius and very decided
ability.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17


This is the mournful question asked by
nearly every working man Of a Saturday
night, when: compelled by the calls ofhun-
ger and necessity, he puts his arm through
the handle OF a market basket and %sallies
out to throw himself upon the tender mer-
cies of the butcher, grocer and huckster.
He knows tAat he must eat-that his wife
and little ones need food and raiment-and
that to be enabled to provide for them,
the necessary funds to supply the where
withal must be in his brooches pocket
And then the momentous question arises
how in the world is he going to make
the small stipend he has received for his
weeks hard toll, hold out long enough to
fill his basket? He goes to the butcher
and finds that meat enough for two decent
meals for himself and family costs one
days labor; a pound of tea ditto; and then
butter and small ct ceteras demolishcs the
third days earnings. He finds that a
head of cabbage that a few years ago
would have cost him but three cents, now
fetches a ten cent shinplaster in the mar
ket; that in fact almost everything has
thrilled its former value; and if the idea
occurs to him to treat his little family with a
few little nic-nacks in the shape of winter
preserved fruit, he is horror struck when
he demands their price, and concludes the
present no time for Injuries.
In fact, before the basket is half filled,
his purse resembles that historic one which
was trodden on by the elephant, and he
can only draw a long breath, and sigh.
what are we coming to 2" Next he re-
members that he is about out of wood
that has only doubled in price; that dry
goods are nceded-hey have ouly trebled;
in fact, that the price of every thing, ex-
cept labor, has doubled, trebled, and in
many cases quadrupled, and the only sat
isfaction he can get, in answer to his
mournful inquiry as to the "motiyc Why
is that cit is owing to the war" And yei
he is expected to "hurra for the war."-tc
shout for the war-to screech for the par
ty IN power that brought the war about;
in fact. to endorse everything tn t is done
by the Administration to increase the price
of the necessities of life, and lessen the
compensation of labor by depreciating the
currency. Well may the poor man inquire
what are We coming to 2" and his an
swer can be found by consulting the mar.
ket quotations.-Saratoqo Sentinel.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
We deem it a duty we owe to ourselves

We deem it a duty we owe to ourselves
and the public to try to correct an errone-
VI impression that interested parties are
seeking to fasten upon the public mind,
regarding applications to the Treasury
Department of the United States for pen
sion, back-pay and bounty of deceased
soldiers. We have heard from several
credible persons that, for the last year past
and perhaps longer, the statement has been
industriously circulated that no persons
except those specially licensed can legally
make out the papers and applications for
parties who wish to obtain the pension,
back-pay and bounty due to disabled, or
the relatives of deceased soldiers, and par
ticularly that no lawyer who is a democrat
can procure such pension, &c.
Now, with all due Difference to the opin-
ion of those who have invented, and those
who have circulated the above statements,
We take the liberty of saying that those
statements are positively untrue. And
We further say that ony person who can
write a legible hand and has knowledge
of the proper forms and method of making
out the papers, be he democrat or aboli-
zionist, eau legally make out papers for
such application, for any person who may
wish them to, and such applications will
be just as promptly attended to by the de-
partment, and the money obtained Just as
quick as though the application was made
by a person who is specially licensed to
prosecute claims against the executive de-
partments Of the United States.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
a Movement i'm Southern Funds.
From the N. Y. Evening Post.1

A gentleman has arrived in this city
with fourteen thousand dollars of South
ern money, in bills of five dollars to one
hundred dollars issued by the "Mississip-
pi and Alabama Railroad Company" and
other corporations. AL. this money which
formed a package two inches thick, tied
together with a "shoe thread" was cx-
changed a short time since, by a reformed
rebel, for a five dollar ~greenback, and the
''reb.," who was inside our lines, thought
he was a lucky man to obtain so much
The individuals who issued these prom
Uses to pay fourteen thousand dollars are
in the rebel army, and financially speak
ing are not considered sound.
The foregoing represents pretty fairly
the financial condition Of the South after
three years of the sublime harmonies' of
war. Such is the condition of some
100000 of people, and the question is,
how long will it take at the present rate
of progress, for the North with her 20
100000 Of population to arrive at the
same felicitous point? Evidently we are
under our present administration rapidly
tending thitherward.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17

AN ATTEMPT TO DEMOLIsu TIE
DEMOCRAT OFFIcE-OnTuesday evening
last an attempt was made to destroy our
office, by a portion of the company from
this county belonging to the oath Indiana;
but they were prevented from accomplish
ing their design by the interference of
Capt. Wallis company CID of the 18th In
diana, and a portion of company d. AID
Indiana. There were several fights be-
tween the contestants, but no shots were
fired. 1t was a soldiers fight exclusively
not a citizen interfering.
To the 9th and I'D Indiana BOYS we
are indebted for the preservation of our
Office.
We will say a few words concerning the
boys from our county belonging to the
24th Indiana. Although the attempt to
destroy our office was made by a PORTION
OF the company mentioned, we do not
think the whole company should be CEN
sured for the acts of a few; nor do we
think the few who made the assault should
be censured too much, as they never had
read a copy of our paper, and know
nothing of our principles, but were de-
ceived by citizens at home who wrote to
them that We were publishing a disloyal
paper, and who when the soldiers arrived
at home instigated them to make the at
tempt they did. Against the boys of the
24th Indiana we have no i'll feeling.
Before closing this article we would
state that the best citizens of Princeton.
and oftbc county, were opposed to the
destruction of our property, and used their
influence to prevent it.-Frmcetoa Jnion
Democrat.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
The Prevailing EayyleSs0esS
HeDFisai and Retaliation.

The resolutions Of the democracy OF
Laportc, Indiana, which We print liz an
other part of this paper, are calm, temper
ate, considerable, but, to use a f%avorite alb
clifton form of speech, terribly in earnest.
The attitude of the democracy every
where must be not one whit behind the
spirit and intent Of these resolutions. The
democracy must everywhere organize and
be roddy for any emergency of danger tc
their persons and property; for. when such
danger comes, the more prompt and sigma
shall be reprisal and retaliation in every
case, the sooner will there be restoration
of law and order in the land. If promp;
and signal reprisal and retaliation shall
not be resorted to in every case, the pres
cnt abolition saturnalia Of blood and arson
and other outrages will grow and spread.
and in a little while there Will be no law
but mob-law.
Let democrats take care that they be
not themselves the aggressors. in ever 50
little, in any ease. Let them stand hy tho
law az long as the law protects them Blu;
when it does not protect them-when i
shall be violated in their persons and prop
erty by organized bands OF outlawS-lc'
r~etrihution be swift and sure. and let il tel
where it VIII be most keenly felt.
The outrages by rowing soldiers. Just now
SO general, are Of course by the consent ant
encouragement, tacit or otherwise, Of tn,
officers of that soliicry; and they are. too
the legitimate consequence Of the teaching.
of numerous abolition Generals, politicians
and almost without exception, Of the abo
lition press. They can be stepped in
day if the Administration at Washingto,
chooses to stop them. They are not stop
ped, and no intention is apparent Of stop
ping them. Every consideration, then, OF
right, justice and law j~ustiies the Democ-
racy in falling back upon the power OF
their own strong arms tor sell protection
self-defence, and punishment of the ag-
gressors.
SO stands the situation. We know that
the spirit Of the democracy is everywhere
rising-we believe it has everywhere risen
to the necessities of the tines.
1t isnow for the administration az Wash
ington and the abolition press and politi-
clans all over the country to determine how
much blood shall be spilled and how much
property shall be destroyed in the main
%tenance by the democracy Of their stern
resolution to preserve, enjoy, and freely
exercises all their personal rights.-Chicago
Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
VALUABLE FOR THE SOLDIERS. Brown

VALUABLE FOR THE SOLDIERS. Brown' S
Bronchial Troches will be found invalua-
bic to the Soldier in camp, exposed to sud
den changcs,-affording prompt relief in
cases of coughs, colds, etc. For Officers
and those who over tax the voice, they are
useful in relieving lrritatcd Threats, and
will render articulation cay. AsKcre are
in TIT ons, re sue IL OBTAIN The geRuine.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
Good Enough.

An ab~olitionist ard a democrat were
talking politics the other day when the abo-
~litionist said t. the democrat IA Niger is
as good as you are'-Thc immediate result
of which was the knocking down ofabolish
He got up however and repeated the re-
mark, a second and third time with a like
result after which he retired in a state OF
decentralization.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17

100. The Federal and rebel forces in
that vacinity, at last advices, were face tc
face, the position of the former being in
pregnable.
From the Chicago Times March 18th.
The President has issued a call 70
100000 troops lin addition to the SOC. 00C
called for on the LIST ult.), ito supply the
force requirer to be drafted for the navy.
and to provide an adequate reserve force
for all contingencies" The 18th prox. is
given as the time up to which the number
required may be raised by voluntary en-
listmentS, aud a draft for deficiencies will
be made as soon after that date as practi-
cable.
In the Senate, a petition was presented
from LOCO Louisiana negroes, asking for
the privilege of voting. A bill was pre-
sented for the repeal of all appropriations
for colonization purposes. The rank ofthe
Minister to Belgium was raised from Resi-.
dent to "Plenipotentiary."
\ bill has passed the Senate, and is
now before the House, giving the right Of
suffrage TO all male negroes who have liv.
ed in Washington one year and who pay a
school-tax of one dollar. If the bill be
comes a law, about 10000 votes will be
polled by this class.
Gen. Neal Dow has arrived at Fortres,
Monroe, having been exchanged for Gen
". II. +. Lee.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-17
The April Election.

We call attention to the notice this week
for the election to be held the st Monday
in April.
1t has been suggested that the Democ-
racy Of the several Townships meet on
Saturday March 18th, 9 O'clock p. NJ. and
hold their Township Conventions for the
purpose of nominating candidates. We
hope our democratic friends will see to it
that we have a good ticket, and that if
possible 1t be elected.