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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17

GENERAL HowARD'S inspector, who is
travelling in Arkansas, reports to the bu-
reau of freedmen as follows:
''ln the Little Rcck district there are
$3.50 freedmen who are employed in pur-
suance OF orders from the secretary Of war
at the following rates Of wages: First-class
males, $50 per month and rations; and
ErSt.clasS women from SD to SIS and ra-
tons. One half is paid every two months,
and TIE balance retained till the end ef
the year There arc IS vessels, who are
employing over 1000 Of the above num-
ber. In the quartermaster and commlssa-
ry departments there are $50 employed at
SO per month. I'm tie general hospital
there are about 100. There are about
l.000 freedmen at work for the citizens at
Little Rock, and a large number at le-
gitinate and remunerativc employ yments. !"
Here arc some Sl40, cooper month paid
by the government in single district in
Arkansas for negro labor. TO be sare,
this is very insignificant and contemptl-
bic sum in these days when public expend-
itures not reaching into the hundreds of
millions are not thought wro ny of atten-
ton. We alludc to it for the purpose of
inquirinS if there are numerous districts
in the south where the government is
hiring many ''niggcrs' and paying
them as large wages as in Little Rock ?
Does it lind the business profitable p
I Chicago Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
Expenses :1l the White House.

The Rochester Democrat explains how
the late President Lincoln was able to save
$50 ,000 from his salary. 1t insists that
the trouble with 4 President of reasonable
frugal habits is not how to save his salary.
but how to spend it. In the first place he
has no rent to pay. Congress furnishes
the White House from garnet to cellar,
and provides all that is needed in kitchen
and pantry, as well as in parlor He has
no wages to pay. Congress pays his serv-
ants, from private secretary to bOOtblack
and scullion.
1t also provides him with fuel and lights,
and pays the expenses of his table. 1t
provides him with garden and corps
of gardeners, who oug hit to see that he pays
nothing for vegetables, or fruits or flowers
in short, of the ordinary expenses of
housekeeping, the only bills the President
IS called upon to pay are the butchers
and the wine merchants. Even the latter
has not fallen upon the recent occupants
Of the " htc House, whose cellars have
usually been kept well stocked by presents
Of wines and liquors.
When all these items are deducted, and
when it is considered thatit is not cti-
quette in Washington to call upon the
President for contributions to ordinary
charities, it can be easily understood how
Mr. Lincoln could lay up one lialfor more
Of his salary. And this economy will be
more comprehensive if the fact be, as uni
rcrsally is asserted and credited in Wash
ington, that the expenses Of the parties
and state dinners occasionally given by
the President were, at Mrs. Lncoln's re-
quest, paid for out Of Government funds
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
Masonry Rising into Religion.

The Masons Of Massachusetts have made
offer to their hospitality to leading breth-
rem Of their ancient Order at the South
Coming from Massachusetts,, too, this fact
Will rejoice the heart of every true Mason
will show him the secret of the fact that
while religions disappearcd--whilc dynas-
ties were sweptaway-while empires went
down-the lamp that was trlmcd in the
days of Solomon has continued to burn
brightly until to-day.
Masonry has in the past done good SER
vice to religion by keeping alive among
men the spirit otitS morality. Opinion
in these latter days had taken the shape
very generally Of the conclusion that in
that respect the MasoLic system had out
lived its uses. The error of that public
Judgment was at all times pain to the
thinkers who are able to see underlying
the fair surface ofmodcrn civiliza ion, ali
those wild and destructive passions that
constitute to society constant menace
But confidence in the permanence of our
social system of modern times has been
exposed to all classes of intelligence as a
delusion, by the horrible atrocities that,
within the last four years, and up to even
to-day, have burst from the bad passions
of men, draping our civilization with the
shadows and ashes of moral dcsolation
Under these circumstances it is delightful
to observe the humanitics that have been
enshrned for ages in the bosom of mystic
brotherhood coming upon the scene and
rising on the wreck, holding out to man-
kind the language of universal brother
hood and love. All honor to that rec
ious institution of the ancient times which,
when Christianity has had its voice
choked to a very great extent by the
falsehocd OF hundreds who had been
pledged to its service, stands out before
with the lamp of loving hui
mlnity in Its hand, teaching and acting
the loving kindness of the Sermon on the
Mount = New York News.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17

Since the days of Titus Oates. in Eng
land, the world was never before SO pro
life in plots. We have the plot to assas.
sinatc the President; the plot to introduce
yellow fever into the country; the plot to
burn down the Eastern cities; the plot to
destroy .hc Croton Water Works in New
York; the plots to set free the Confederate
prisoners in the North. In short, under
the protecting care Of secret Government
detectives, whose vocation would other
wise be gone, We have them of every dcs-
cription and haracter.-[ Exchange.
There were dozen other plots, located
in Indiana The plot to assassinate GOV
ernor Morton, by Tic husband of thas
woman;' the plot to procure the diagram
of his bedroom; the plot to abduct him in
the night; the plot to scare him in the
day; the plot to capture the Arsenal at
Indianapolis; the plot to seize the dozen
old rusty guns hidden therein; the plot to
carry the State over to the Ccnfcderacy;
the plot to take from Governor Morton
the control Of the Militia; the plot to pre-
vent the Governor from using the Secret
Service Fund in hiring spies; the plot to
prevent Morton from getting up insurrce~
tion in the State of Indiana; the plot to
save Governor Morton from becoming a
tool and toady of Stanton; to plot to
inspire in our noble Governor little
State pride (Which utterly failcd); and,
finally, there was said to be a plot on foot
to kick the unmcntionablcs and pun the
nose of Eouche Darlington; but the plum
dercrs sent him off with fed in his ear
Having done the dirty work of the Re-
publieans, ho was turned out to grass
And so ends the '.plots" just before
the next election. Government "detect-
ives and Morton's "spics' will then APP
pear again.- State Sentinel.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
south CarOlnnl-LesteP from
wade Hampton.
From the Columbia IS. c. Phoen

From the Columbia Is. c. Phoenix.
Numerous communications having been
addressed to me proposing to form colo
ny to emigrate, L take this method of an
swering them, not only on account Of their
number, but because Of the want Of ali
mai facilities. The desire to leave Il
country which has been reduced to such
a dcplorabc condition as ours, and whose
future has so little OF hope, is doubtless as
wide spread as it is natural. But | doubt
the propriety of this expatriation of 50
many of our best men. The very fact
that our state is passing through SO terri
bic an ordeal as at present should cause
her sons to cling more closely to her. My
advice to all NY fellow citizens is that
they should devote their whole energies to
the reconstruction of law an order, the
establishment of fagriculture and com>
merce, the promotion OF education and the
rebuilding of our cities and dwellings
which have been laid in ashes. To ac-
complish these objccts-the highest that
patriotism can conceive recommend
that all who car do SO should take the oath
of allegiance to the United States govern
mcnt, SO that they may participate in the
restoration Of civil government to our
states.
War, after four years of heroic but un-
successful struggle, has failed to secure
to us the rights for which we engaged in
it, TO save any of our rights--to rescue
anything more from the general ruin
will require all the craftsmanship and all
the patriotism of our citizens. If the best
men of our country-those who for years
past have risked their lives in her defense
refuse to take the oath, they will be ex-
cluded from the councils of the state. and
its destiny will be committed of necessity
to those who forsook her in her hour of
need, or to those who would gladly pull
her down to irrctrievablc ruin. TO guard
against such calamity, let al true pat
tiots devote themselves, with zeal and
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17

honesty of purpose, to the restoration Of
'aw, the blessings of peace, and to the res
cue Of whatever of liberty may be saved
from the general wreck If after an honest
effort to effect these objects, we fail, we
can then seek home in another couutrY
\ distinguished citizen OF our state+-
an honest man and 4 true patriot-has
been appointed governor. lie will soon
call Il convention Of the people, which will
be charged with the most vital interests of
our state. Choose for this convention
your best and trucst men; not those who
have skulked in the hour of danger-nor
those who have worshipcd Mammon, while
their country was bleeding at every pore
nor the politician, WHO, after urging war,
dared not encounter its hardships-but
those who laid their all upon the altar Of
their country Selectsuch men and make
them serve as your repre> -ntatives. You
will then be sure that your rights will not
be wantonly sacrificed nor your liberty
bartered for a mess Of pottagc. My in
tenton is to pursue the course [ rccom>
mend to others. BESIDES the obligations
| owe to my state, there are others of a
personal character which will not permit
me to leave the country at present. l
shall devote myself earnestly, if allowed to
do SO, to the discharge OF these oblisa-
tons, public and private. In the mean
time [ shall obtain all information which
would be desirable in the establishment of
a colony, in case we should ultimately be
forced to leave the country. | invoke my
fellowcitizcns, especially those who have
shared with me the pcrils and the glores
Of the last four ycars-to stand by our state
manfully and truly. The Roman senate
voted thanks to one of their generals be-
cause. in the darkest hour Of the republic,
he did not despair. Let US emulate the
example of the Roman, and thus entitle
ourselves to the gratitude of our country.
Respectfully yours, WADE HAMPTON
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17

The Murder OF Mrs. Surratt.

The editor OF the New York Frcemoh,'S
Jornd. referring to the official murder of
Mrs Surratt, pays his respects to Stanton
and Holt, and closes by administering the
following just rcbuke to Andrew johnson:
"lt was this man-Andrew Johnson
upon whose brow is set mark OF deeper
degradation than that which attcsted the
Almi@hty's primal eldest curse'-thc
brand affixed BY woman 5 murder And
when Andrew johnson shall have been
brought to triil--not before a scryilG
military Commission but before legal
" constituted judicial tribunal; when he
shall have been righteously condemned by
the judgment Of his peers and the law of
the land; when Ais daughter shall have
knclt in supplication for mercy, and shall
have been--not rudely repulsed from the
threshold Of Mcrcy-but in as tender
manner as possible made to comprehend
the impossibility of human Interference;
when Andrew johnson shall have stood
upon the convict's scaffold, trembling with
the fear which haunts an accusing con-
science; when time shall have been allow
ed him to pray for that pardon in another
world which may not DE inconsistent with
Tie inscrutable mysteries of Providence:
when the exccutioner shall have done his
Office, and the lifeless body of the culprit
shall have been delivered to those who
may claim it for decent interment-Mea,
snd not till then. will the claims Of cgrth-
" justice be satisfied"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
Schuyler COtf1N.

A San Francisco Correspondent of the
Chicago Times says that Mr. Colfax and
party are now in Oregon. lie recounts tho
mission of that exceeding ly loyal individ-
ual in the following extract:
81 am confirmed in my previously ex-
pressed opinion, that Collax is election
eering for the presidency. His ambition
in that way sticks outglaringly in all that
he does and says Ii occurs to me that
there is one thing which will cternally
damn him should he ever have the impu-
dencc to go before the American people
for the high Office of president of the
United States. | alludc to the disgrace
full part he played in the attempt to sthe
free debate in the American congress.
when Puritanism tried to expel Hon.
Alexander Long from the house Of repre-
sentatves"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
The Indiana state EIir.

The thirteenth annual Far of the In
diana State Agricultural Society, will be
held IN Fort Wayne during the first week
of the coming October. Very extensive
preparations are in progress. in order that
the Fair may be the largest and most suc>
cessiul ever held in Indiana. The annual
Convention of the State pomological and
horticultural Society will be held at the
same time and place, and both events. it
is believed, will be sufficiently attractive
to call cut multitude of visitors and com-
petitors from distant points, Chicago
Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
JOhn SsErratf and Cfhcrs.

The Commercials Montreal special
says: John Surratt has been in Canada
for long time, and is now secreted in
or near Montreal 1t is believed he is
harbored by secession sympathisers who
became indignant at the execution of his
mother. Several Canadian detectives are
on the look out for him for the reward of
icred. Sanders is wearing out in inebria-
ton, and Beverly Tucker would leave
Montreal except for lack of funds.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
'kiic Ngal2iFcr OF Useless Military.

The New York Commercial Advertiser
calls attention to the number Of useless
and ornamental military officials that re-
main to astonish the gaping public with
re,piendcnt uniforms that have never been
tainted with the odo: Of villainous saItpc-
trc. We quote:
Five military grand divisions have been
mapped out, and to each Major General
with following train large enough for a
mass meeting, has been assigned, with
expenses proportionably magnificent
Then there are fifteen departments, and
to each of these is another Major or
Brigadier General, with a voluminous
staff, and Il body guard of the Veteran
Reserve.
Under these division and department
commanders, and revolving around them.
is body Of generals with their tails, all
supposed to be delegated to some impo>
sing duty. bat most Of them passing their
time in improving their minds at billiards.
in playing the Cincinnatas at Central
Park, and at regular intervals doing the
heavy work of drawing their pay. The
business that might be done by half
dozen active clerks is Parccled out among
a hundred grim and grizzly veterans, who
might do their country better service by
going back to their farms and their MGR
chandise.
The expenses of the government are
enormous, and only the most rigid ccono-
my will enable us to pay our debts and
get rid Of that blessing in disguise
which, in spite of Philadelphia rhetoric,
will brighten as it takes its flight"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17

BADLY SoLp.--'Onc meets with curl
Gus people, said wag the other day to
a friend. In what way?' inquired the
latter, suspicious Of being sold This
morning heard man say that he would
give anything to have but one eye
Stuff replied the other, you'll not make
me believe that any one is foolish as to
wish to have but one eye" "Oh, / forgot
to add that the poor fellow is entirely
blind"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
3iatetS.
EDWARDS HOUSE
Oriental 9irery Stable.
SALE, FEED G EXCHANGE.

Horses ard Carriages always on hand 10 let at
reasonabie rates. We also pay the highest mar
ket price III cash for Horses. Horses boarded
by day, week and month on reasonable term
HESS 4 NESSEL
Il, outh India March 2Gth 1863
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
real EST1TE FOR SALE.

A good stock farm seven miles from Plymout
unimpro yed land i'm this county. well adabted to
farming and stock raising, and Town lots mprov-
ed and unimproved in Plymouth aud Bourbon,
for sale cheap. Terms part cash and resi-
due on time secured by mortgage on the premi
ses. Enquire of
p3l-Im J. G. OSBORNB.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17

Mr. Bradley kissed Mary Harris, ac cor
ding to report, and the young woman was
taken out of the courtroom flintings The
question now is whether, aftcrSth de-
monstration of affection Miss III. will be
justified in shooting Mr.. Bradley if he res
fuses to marry her.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
h. II. Time Tables.
Pittsburgh ct. Wayne AZ Chicago
Railway.

On and after May II, 1865, Trains will leave
Stations daily, Sabbaths excepted. as fcllows:-
Train leaving Chicago ats 80 P, VI, leaves daily.
TRAINS GOING WEST.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17

Proprietor" Buckeye Livery, ''opposit eEdwar,
House plymouth Ind. n27ly
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-08-17
THE PLYMOUTH DEiIOCRIT,

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT
= PLYMOUTH, INDIANA,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-20
4 Rron he - loWo Cavalry.
kA0n0 "a Anil q lnR6

SAVOIN0 VAAsD AEStAA - A0Qbs
EDITION HAwR-EY1s-1 believe you have
never been troubled BY any Of my efu-
sions bot once before this, and thai being
published in your sxcsllent reper, am
emboldened 20 Try again. Today the
privilege - extended 70 every company IN
our regiment to seDd ono letter 20 our
friends 1t home, who no doubt are anxious
to know of our whereabouts, and as 6als
one can be written, shall write for Ill,
trusting that every one having IN interest
in Company X viii have their fears al
layed through the medium Of your paper.
shall aim TO speak more particularly OF
my own Company, az the regiment will no
doubt be fully represented by letter writer's
from every company IN the regiment.
Our force, numbering about IL 600 oaval.
r. and mounted infantry, commanded by
B5evet Major General Wilson, started from
Cb,ckasaw Butts, Miss, March II, on .
campaign, the extent and objects Of which
We Eere a. ignorant Of ~ know.nothlnes,
except what little Information We could
obtaie through tho Offices Of what 10
termed BY soldiers the ''erape:vine tele-
graph'-EDown in social circles ~ 'smad-
anne Runor." Our march wss character
lied by nothing outside Of the usual rou.
tine Il field service until No came 70 the
Red mountain. There We destroyed sev.
eral furnaoes and . large rolling MIL, new
~ erected, ana supplying large amounts Of
iron for the Confsderacy. Our 6rst eight
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New wealA e sef I


o. ~ lleh dayo AuguBt. 1851. Js1sr-
con Davis proclaimed -. follsws:
II JsneeDon Davis, Prsaidsnt osthe Con
Nbder1ee states Of America, do hereby
"wa1n and require every male citizen Of
The United States Of the - Of fourteen
"and Upwards, now within he ConfedsF-
y ate States, and adhering to The Govern.
= nent ogthe United States, and aoknowl.
" edging the Government Of the same, "a
:. +" depart from the Confederate States with
in forty days from tho dase Of this proc
"lamation. And do warn Ill persons
" above described, who shall remain
- within the Confederate States after the
temptation Of said period Of forty days
.sthat they viii b treated as alien enc.
. mics"
Woa,d It 10 harsh 70 pay the rebels il
Kind afA give them an illustration Of their
own rnsasnres ~ starting the patches Of
thaYAssA rsbe6ia the conquered states :
/. IL tais treatment y thought tpo mild for
men Who have eonmiltsd every crime and
eoefmity. taksths following from JefEsr-
con Davis, November, leel, ordering that
a. LAVAL mea Of East Tennessee should DO
= ~ ssasssr5ly by drsM Asod eosst NAV
= ~ end Y foss6 sstIty. sssessed On sae
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spot BY hanging. 1t would be we'll to
" teaoe their bodies hanging in the vicinity
:" OF the burnt bridges. Judge Patterson
"(son-in-law Of Andrew Johnson), Colonel
Pickens, and other ring,leaders Of the
same class must be sent at once to jail,
" as prisoner of war;
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-20
WAYNE, Henry ca. Nav le. 1865.

WAYNE, Henry ca, May Is, 1865.
G. DUNHAA, ESQ. DEAR Str: The fol-
lowing minutes, on the State of the Country,
meeting Of the Denmark Congreeationsl
Association, and the Clerk was requested
to send copy to you for publication in the
Daily HdsDk-Eye. The Committee to whom
this subject was referred, reported the fol.
lowing:
/. That the glorious triumph ofthe No
lion, demands our devout gratitude to the
Supreme Ruler and Judge Of nations, and
called for our highest acknowledgement Of
than ksgiving aud praise. We owe 70 Di.
vine Providence the life and salvation Of
the nation. lift had not been the Lord
who was on our side, when men srose> up
up quick A nation thus SAVED aud re-.
deemed belongs to God. Tho habitual rec
ognition of His authority and headship
over the nation, and uniform obedience 70
His laws, is the solemn and imperative du-
ty of the American peor.a.
2. The cruel murder III President Lin
coin in the midst ~ national joy and re-
joictng, has appalled, as;- he's fts and pros
tra,e1 us in prof ~. humiliation before
GOD. We mourn the sudden and violent
death Of an illustrious servant OF God, an
honest man, an upright ruler, prudent
counselor. the Liberstcr and savior OF
Tue country. we honor his name, we re-
we're MS memory, We pledge. ourselves
anew TO the holy principles which gave
beauty and glory to his life aud adminis.-
tratio,, and for which he witnessed goot.
confession, and died sacrifice and mar
tyr.
8. We welcome the appointment of . day
of national humiliation and mourning in
memory Of Abraham Lincoln, aud RECON-
mend to our ministers aud churches q
faithful improvement Of the occasion BY
IN attentive consideration of his virtuee
and Of the work ofGod wrought BY him,
forward that work to its glorious consum-
alton, and that the Presidents last 1naug-
ural be read in I'll our congregations.
4. We give to President johnson the as
surance Of onr firm support in the estsb-
liahment Of justice, in the condign punish
ment OF the chief authors and leaders Of
the rehsllion, and IN uaintain;nR, through.
out tho world the rigbttul authority aDd
power Of onr naIiOn. E. r. SIXTH,
Stated Clerk.
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How JET. DAVIS SHOULD BB TRHAr-
4D.-In regard 20 the treatment Of JET.
Davis, II caught, We may ask in the very
words which Davis himself used In the
Senate Of the United States, when speak
ing Of John Brown:
Who would seek to dull the sword Of JUS
uce In favor Of him whose crime connects
with al that IL most abhorrent to humani-
y, theviolation Of every obligation to the
social compact, the laws, the Constitution,
the requirements Of public virtue and per-
sonal honor?
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George Cutler, ofBrattlsboro, Vermont.
has aPplee sound and fresh, grown In 1855
He kept them Ia ealla. made In hie ~.
den, and packed In walnut sawdust