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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
General Eaaiieck's Military Ca
reer Photographed by IL NcPub-
iican Press.
From the State Sentinel

From the State Sentinel.
The Cincinnati Gazette, in an article
reviewing the military career of General
iIalleck, winds up with the following
photograph Of his distinguished services:
at has been said that he was kept as
standing scapegoat for military disaster;
but he defeated his purpose by his activ-
ity in procuring disaster, and in thwarting
success. We can imagine no use for
him. except to perpetuate the Roman in
stitrtion Of an official reviler of Generals.
to keep down military pride. For this he
has exhibited both positive and negative
proof of qualifications; positive by his zeal
in abusiyencss, and negative by his total
failure in every other military perform
ance. Let him be kept to the Office he is
fitted for
This picture is life like, and will be
recognized by the whole country.
The following sketch Of the Sieee of
Corinth is, also, exceedingly graphic, and
exhibits the wonderful military genius of
this assumed great captain or conccted
humbug, whichever may be most applica-
bic:
"Of al the wonderful campaigns of
this war; that against Cornth was the
most extraordinary, Buclls Army of the
Ohio coming up in time % save our foces
at Pittsburg Landing from annihilation
had next morning taken the offensive,
defeated Bcaurcgard ana driven him to a
rapid retreat. cut at that time, when,
according to all the usages of warfare,
the retreat should hare been followed up,
and the enemy annihilated, the operations
passed under The immediate direction of
General IIaleck, and with heavy con
centration of forces, he began seige APP
proaches against Corinth, twenty miles
distant. All the available troops in the
West were engaged in this undertaking
All other operations were abandoned for
it, 1t went forward at the rate of half
mile q day When it approached CoriLth
the e1emy evacuated at his leasure. Then
Munchausen dispatches Of decentralization
of the enemy, and of captures of prison
ers and guns, tried to save the affair from
ridicuc And then the General who had
used these fables to make victory,
charged their invention upon others -
Ever after hc was the enemy of Buell.,
who, in spite of 'Iallcck's neglect, had
brought his army to the river in time to
save the day, and had turned our disaster
to the defeat of the enemy. The cap
turc of Cornth exhausted his guns, and
his great army became an army of occupa-
ton
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
Gen. SherTlan-71ctter From thai
officer.

The following is the letter Of General
Sherman, complaining of the suppression
OF ]is official reports, already referred to
"CAMP NEAR ALEXANDRIA, May 10.
DEAR BOwMAN-I am just arrived
all my army viii be in to day | have
been lost to the world in the woods for
some time, yet on arriving at the settle
ments, found | have made quite stir
among the people at home, and that the
most sinister motives have been ascribed
to ne. | have made frequent official re-
ports CT my official action in ali public
matters, aud all of them have been care
fully suppressed. whilst the most ridicu-
lou' nonsense has been industriously spread
abroad through all the newspapers. Well,
you know what Importance [ attach to
such matters, and that l have been too
long fighting with real rebels, with mus
kets in their hands, to be scared by mere
nOncombatants, no matter how high their
civil rank or station. It is amusing 20
observe how brave and firm some men be-
come when all danger is past | have
noticed on fields Of battle that brave men
never insult the captured or mutilate the
dead, but towards and laggards always do
L cannot now recall the act, but Shakespeare
records how poor Fastaff, the prince of
towards and wits, rising from the figured
death stabbed again the dead Percy, I'd
carried the carcass aloft in triumph to
prove his valor. SO now, when the re-
bellion in our land is dead, many Falstaffs
appear to brandish the evidence of their
valor and seek to win applause and to ap
propriate honor for deeds that never were
done. As to myself | ask 10 popularity,
no reward; but dare the war department
to publish my official letters and reports.
| assert that my official reports have been
purposely suppressed, while all the power
Of tho press has been Indignantly turned
against me.
Il do want peace and security and the
return to law and justice from Maine to
the Rio Grande, and, if it does not exist
now, substantially, it is for state reasons
beyond my comprehension 1t may be
thought strange that one who has no fame
but as a soldier should have been so care
full to try to restore the civil power of the
SoN oN-Ihiiicht duu the pcacclul JuflsolctiOn
Of the federal courts, but it is difficult to
discover in that fact any just cause of Of
fence to an enlightened and free people;
but, when men choose to SANDER and in
jure others, they can easily invent the
facts for the purpose wheD the proposed
victim IS far away, engaged in public
service Of their own bidding But there
is consolation in knowing that. though
truth lies in the bottom of we'll, the Yam
KEGS have perseverance, enough to get to
the bottom.
Yours truly ". 7. SHERMAN"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
Protest Against the Shedding of
More BLOOD.

The Catholic Telegraph, journal that
gave efficient support to the policy and
reelection of President Lincoln IN its is
sue Of the 18th gave the following edito-
rial to the public:
BE MoDERATE.-Thc is painful
1ippancy in existence that should cease.
We ailudc to the talk about more blood
being split. Senseless individuals can
very easily blurt out, hang him :" ''shoot
him - This is madness and should be
frowned upon by every friend Of justice
and order.
1t may seem very patriotic to talk loud
ly Of what certain person would do If
he had the power; but We beg to remind
the excitablc that their noise and buster
will do no good The question for all to
consider is, was Mr. Lincoln humane.
kind and forgiving, or inhuman harsh and
bloodthirsty! We know that his bitcrest
opponent must confess that he was the
former. if he was, we know that the
best way to honor his memory is to cling
to his principles, and p actice that tolcr-
alton aud humanity which have So pre-
eminently distinguished him as the execu-
tive of the nation. We dcplore his death
as deeply as any enc in the country; and
thiak that those zcalots who are calling
for more blood are doing more to tarnish
the fame Of the land he served, and whose
flag he triumphantly carried through the
fires of civil war than the cul prits who in
augurated the war.
If the advocates of chang him" will
devote a few days to the history of other
countries they will fnd tl-at martyr max
ing is a dangerous and improbable busi>
ness. And in 4 country Ike ours. where
parties are 50 evenly balanced, it is wis
dom 70 pause before such an inhuman.
anti-Linc lin and IN Amrican system is
initiated
Tn the 10Th inst, certain parties are
to be hanged in Indianapolis. We know
nothing Of the merits of their case, but
we do know that Mr.. Lincoln, if he lived,
would never sign their death warrants if
they were condemned by thousand mill
ttry commissions. Perhaps when they
are in their graves, and their babes ask
ing their mothers for the bread she can
not give them, the legality Of this modern.
expensive system Of judicature may be
stripped Of its feathers by some earnest
and brave advocate who is now preparing
himself for the conteSt-for the annihiia-
ton of a tribunal that, before its extin-
guishment, may condemn the foremost of
its advocates
Again we adjurc to the admirers Of Mr.
Lincoln to cling to his principles.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
New Indian Policy.

The Washington correspondent Of the
y. Y. Tribune says that NOV ement OF
magnitude, at the head Of
which is Hon. George w. Julian, is III
progress there, having for its purpose a
substitution Of the pacification for the an
Inhalation rclicy Of dealing with the
Northwestern Indians These gentlemen
are urging upon the President and Sccrc-
,ary Harlan the appointment Of some in
teliigent and competent member Of the
Society of Friends as Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs in place of Mr.. Dole. The
systemati; robberies of which the Indians
have been victims for a term O. years and
the consequent massacres of which the
frontier settlers have IN turn been tn
victims, are instances in proof of the ut
ter failure of the coercion policy. 1t is
understood that Secretary Harlan is deci-
dcdly favorable to the reforms urged by
Nr. Julian and others. On the Other
hand. ex Scnator Wilkinson of Minnesota
claims the appointment if the Government
concludes to maintain the present hostil,
relations. Two prominent and activ,
Quakers have been named by Mr.. Julian
ard his friends; one from Indiana and tho
other from Pennsylvania.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
Gen. sherman and lIaIlcCk.

Washington Cor n. " lines.
When Gen. Sherman arrived at Peters
burg from Raleigh, ria City Point, Gen.
IIallcck sent word to him that he had
secured a residence in Richmond for his
(Shcrman' use, as long as his hcadquar>
tcrs should be in the city, and rendering
him the hospitalities and civilitics due his
position. Gen. Sherman replied curtly;
declining the protlered courtesy, and ad-
ding that he could not recognizc Gen
llalleck. The latter replied in e endly
tone, and expressed the hope that Gen
Sherman would not consider friendship
of twenty years standing severed, because
he (Halleck) had been compelled to oflic
tally perform an unpleasant duty, and
expressing hope that he might have the
pleasure of reviewing Gen. Sherman's
troops on their passage through Rich =
mond. TO this Gen. Sherman replied in
substance that he could not recognize
Gen. Halleck, and that his corps COM
manders were instructed that, if they
found him in their march through Rich
mond in position to review the troops,
they must change the direction of their
march and avoid him.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

We once knew man who, on his re-.
turn from public meeting, burst open
his door in his rage, upset his children,
kicked his dog. hurled his hat behind the
gate, and paced the roos. like cheated
tiger.
What is the matter, my dear ?" asked
the wondering wife:
"Matter?' roared the angry husband,
Matter enough Neighbor b has
publicly called re a liar -
"Oh never mind that. rS dear" re-
piled the good woman, she can't prove it,
and nobody will believe him"
prove it, you fool - replied the mad
man, more furiously than before; he did
prove it. He brought witnesses, and
proved it on the spot !"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

\ Loyal" Washington correspondent,
writing to New York newspaper, says of
the testimony Of Generals Grant and Eut-
Ier before the committee on the conduct
of the war, relative to the Fort Fisher ex-
pedition: General Grant swears that it
was not intended that Butler should 90,
and that Butler knew he was not to GO
On the other hand, Butler swears that it
was intended that he should 90, and that
Grant knew he was going" From this it
would appear that Butler, like other bur-
glars, is prepared to swear himself clear
when given an opportunity to do So
How well he has acquitted himself as
witness for himself may be inferred from
the rumor that the committee substantial
ly viGdicate him in its report concerning
his failure at Fort Fisher OF course to-
Justify him is censure of Grant and Lin
coin for removing him Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
Chief Justice Chase 0ss The Es:s Ri
p:sgc.

From the n. Y. Commercial Advertiser &c 81
scrvat;ve republican, May 20.
Chief justice Chase, being Gu a tour to
the ports and places repossesscd by the
federal government, has taken occasion to
make a speech il Charleston on the sub
ject of negre suffrage. 1t is not customa-
ry for a chief justice to 90 to the people on
political questions, or to discuss in public.
measures upon which he may be called to
pass judgment. But in these military
necessity is madc plea for almost any
is to be motel that the negroes whom Mr.
Chase addressed. have not the decision
of the question Of suffrage in their own
hands. They must wait upon the white
men of South Carolina for the attainment
of this privilege, or receive it from the
military authorities or from congress. and
whether either of the latter have the pow
er to grant suffrage, or change election
laws in Il state, may yet be the subject of
the Supreme court Of the United States.
1t is in this view that we object to the APP
pearance of the chief justice on the polit-
zeal stage. As to the question of the cx-
tension of suffrage, there can be but little
doubt. The negroes must and will have
it, and there can be no reason why those
who have borne the musket should not
take up the ballot. The dctaies of the
plan ought consistently to be left t. the
people of the states, if these states are
still i'll the union, a the theory of the
president claims that they ere. If they
are reduced to a territorial condition, the
federal congress may make such needful
rules for their government as it sees fit,
and may regulate their internal affairs in
accordance with the desig to do equal
and exact justice, and to pay no regard to
color or race in the establishment of the
rights of citizenship.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

er respect, express our disapprobation OF
this course of our rulers at Washington.
The unanimity with which the lead
ing press OF our land has condemned this
mode of trial ough. to be CRAFTY ing to
every patriot.
Every citizen is interested in the
preservation, in their purity. of the insti-
tutions Of his. country, and you, gentle
men, may make such presentment on this
subject, if any, as your judgment may
dictate
When we arc told that the supremacy
of the Constitution has been restored, We
must be furnished with some other evil
dence of the fact than he high handed
violation Of that Constitution now being
pcrpctrated in Washington.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

How PRESIDENT JOHNSON IS GyAR.
DED---So far as mere precautions against
assassinations are concerned, little is now
needed. The President is constantly
surrounded by armed men; an officer from
the War Department, with Derringer
in each pocket, and revolver and knife
in his belt, is on duty, with him, Gay and
night; Colonel r. d. Mussey is almost
constantly with him; and his presence
cannot be entered, either at Secretary Nc
Culloch's private room in the Treasury
Department, which he is using as an Of
flee, or at Mr.. Hooper's elegant residence
opposite the Metropolitan Club, which he
occupies until the White House shall be
vacant, without running the gauntlet of
sentries, and submitting cards and busi-
ness to the judgment of Secretaries
Wash. Cor. Cincinnati Gazette.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

On last Monday man named Patrick
Keys, who resides near Memphis, went
down to the city IN skif. with his wife
and negro boy, for the purpose of pro-
curing some family supplies. While Keys
was absent from the skiff some soldiers
took his oars. Keys, upon returning,
found the soldiers and requested them to
return them; they refused; words passed,
when they attacked Keys. Knocked him
down and stamped him. inhicting injuries
from which he died at s Z. NJ. the same
day. Keys leaves a wife and two children.
The leader in the murder is named Fisher,
a private in the llth Illinois He has
been arrested, and is now confined in Ir-
wing Block, heavily ironed. -New 4Ba-
ny Le{gcr.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
\ late dispatch from Memphis saws

The influx of paroled prisoners caused
great excitement among the negro troops
here. y plot 10 rise and murder every
rebel in Memphis in revenge for the Fort
Pillow massacre, was discovered last night, ;
and the white troops were put on guard.
During the nj ght the negroes attempted
to come out of the fort, but were met by
the whltc troops, and after sharp skir-
mish, in which some twenty were killed
and wounded. they were driven back, and
are now under strong guard.
NatcheZ dates of the 10th say that Gen
Farrar has just returned from an expedi-
ton to Harrisonburg, where he captured
the entire rebel garrison.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

\ CLEVER RAcE-They had . racy
police affair at North Adams, Mass. the
other day. Two passers of counterfeit
money were in the vicinity, and two off
GERS from Bennington were in pursuit
The officers came in sight of their 'vic-
Tins" and raised a hue and cry, whereup-
on rogue No. | seized rogue No. =, and,
after a hard fight, handed him over to his
pursuers, one of whom remarked that he
believed he was an accomplice, but on
being assured that he was North Adams
workman, subslded On the examination
it was, however, found that the fellow had
not only saved himself by the adroit trick
but had taken off all the counterfeit mon
ey which was necessary to convict his
comrade. so they both escaped.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

\ Young lady recently entered the
shop ola iashor able miliner. for the nur
pose of making some trifling purchase.
Glow is year mother, miss ?" politely
inquired the lady.
"She is not very w,ll," replied the
daughter
"Ah !, what Is the matter with herr"
"She fell down stairs and hurt her cour.
tesy. bender very much"
Her what Her courtesy. bender. Conr
tesy bender what is that :" inquired the
puzzled millincr.
why. her knee said TIE bushins
damsel
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
NUMBER 80.
New Idea Of Freedom.

The Philadelphia Bulletin, a bitter
Abolition paper. has letter from Rich
mond, Va, which says:
"Swarms of negroes have come TO the
city from distance, knowing that they
are free, and expecting to be fed and
clothed. and have nothing to do But
General Patrick has determined to teach
them better, and a bureau is organizing,
at the head of which is Captain George
Gipson, OF the 11th United States Infant
~, which is to organize all the idle ne-
groes, and set them to some useful en-
ployment.
In the paragraph above is written the
history or rather the result, of negro
emancipation.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

4 Richmond correspondent of the New
York Times says that he saw Gen. Lee in
that city few days ago, and remarks:
"Unless the restored Union sentiment
of the state should place him at disad-
vantage as an enemy of the government,
his statue will NJ doubt hereafter surmount
one of the unocupied pedestals of the
Washington Monument in Capital So uare
side 10y side with Patrick Henry, Thos.
Jefferson and Mason. one of the signers
OF the Declaration of independence.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

DEATH OF Hon. MARTIN NJ RAY
On Tuesday of last week, at Indianapolis,
Hon. Martin NJ. Ray departed this life,
in the list year of his age. h'r. L. was
born in the State of Kentucky, and at an
early age removed to Indiana, settling in
the county of Fayette, at Connersville.-
lie was Tor many years one among the
leading members of the bar in Eastern
Indiana, during the days when Charles
Ii. Test, Oliver Ii. Smith, Jonathan Nc
Carter, James Raridan. John S. Newbern,
Pleasant A. Hackelman, John l.. Robin
son, Samuel W. Parker, Caleb B. Smith.
Andrew Kennedy, and Samuel Perkins
gave to the bar of that district an emil
nence for legal ability and forensic elo>
quencc not equalled at that time nor since
by any judicial district in the State. =
We remember him well as a man who
excited our youthful love by his kindness
and the interest he took in every laudable
charitable enterprise. He was twice elec
ted to the Legislature from Fayettc coun-
ty; and upon his removal to Wayne county
in 1893, at once took leading position
as conservative politician, and was sew
eral times elected to the Legislature from
that county.
The brilliant men Of that period made
historic in the legal annals of Indiana,
have nearly all passed away. OF them all,
only Judge Test. Judge Perkins, and
John S. Newman survive. Andrew Ken
nedy, Johnathan McCarty, Oliver Ii.
Smith, James Raiden, John l. Robinson,
Gen. IIacke!lnan, Samuel w. Parker,
Caleb b. Smith. and Martin NJ Ray have
each tiken "a chamber in the silent halls
Of death. Wa Itbaty lie Iger.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
Saved.

There is a world Of JOY shut up in that
little word, saved! How many dawn of
rich and golden beauty for the soul has it
ushered in, after gloomy night of defer>
red hope and anxious watehings? 1t is
always Il sweet word to hear-a sweet
word to speak. So full of happy music
when the lips utter it-so full of happier
meaning when the heart feels it, The
voice never breathcs it but the face be-
comes radiant with JOY and the eyes spar
klc with delight. Every chord Of the
heart yibrates with inexpressible pleasure
as its music falls upon the ear, long wait
ing In anxious expectation.
1t has history of its own, written in
the mingled experience of sorrow and Joy
Of many soul. Few there arc who have
not uttered it IN more or less meaning
through whose soul it has not sent thrill
Of delight, filling it too full for utterance
Sound it out in the still of night, and some
aching healt will take it up, and send it
joyfully back again through the gloom and
darkness. Whisper it ever so softly and
there will be some soul that cannot con-
tain itself for very JOY. 1t is the avenue
through which the soul breathes out its
overfcwing gratitude. Its whole express
sion is that OF thankiullness. Saved and
from what! All FROM life Of intemper>
ance, of misery, of crime, of degradation,
Of shame, Of infamy, and from death. If
you have known, kind reader, wha; it is
to have had the dear object of your hearts
best affections snatched from any of these
calamities, you have found no word that
would SO fifty express the Outgushing
Of your heart, as the word
.SaYed
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

indianapolis is overrun with rebel ref
ugees of the blackleg pursuasion. On
Friday morning boy twelve years of age
was shot by one of these blacklegs, want
only, says the gambler, who was drunk at
0eimc of the shooting. A police raid
is to be made, in consequence, upon al
the gamblers of that city. who, upon the
same newspaperial authority, comprise q
very large proportion of the population.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01
1otels.
EDW ARDS HOUSE
Oriental girfru Stable.
FEED G EXCHANGE

Horscs and Carriages always on hand o let at
reasonable rates. We also pay the highest mar
ket lree in cash for Horses. Horses boarded
10y day, week and month reasonable term
HESS & NESSEL
~ ,uth Indiana March 26th 1863
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-01

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