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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27

LET THE TRUTH BE IoLD.--We have
seen number of The soldiers OF the Six
tcenth and of other Connecticut regiments
who have been prisoners at Andersonyi.lc-
Among them is n gentleman who was de
tailed rs a clerk to the Confederate com
manlor at Andersonville; and lie informs
Us that hc knows from the official record
that The Richmond authorities directed
that the prisoners should receive the same
rationS that were allowed to the Conlcd-
crate soldiers lie says there were about
80 600 prisoners there at time. and
about | 200 of them were detailed to do
certain duties. and among these was the
c,llection and distribution of the food
Tie AYERS that frauds were practiced By
some of The men upon their own fellow
soldiers and upon one occasion SIX Federal
prisoners were tried aud hung By their
own commands for the robbcrioS But he
saws. and several others with whom we
conycrscd confirmed his statement, that
the ratinns. though coarse. were sufficient
to sustain well men, and there were no
deaths by starvation. Sick men there, a.
II other SfOchafcS. iolt on litti SlNc ana
ihis. had a hard time Of it, and il Was 4
rough ,lace for nursing the sick. and tho
-four instead of meal. was given to the
sick with cruel. still they Suffered for the
ncecssaries and comforts which the sick
demand But all through the war, in
camp and in stockade, the same act was
apparent. We only desire to present the
truth and the evidence is abundant that
the Conicderatcs did not starve the pris-
oncrs in their hands The war is over
We arc to live under a common govern
mcnt with the people of the south. If
there is any credit to be gained for our
nation or any advan.agc to be derived cN-
ccpt to glut the cursed passions of blood
thirsty wrctches, in laboring to prove that
the late war was characterized by features
worse than barbcrous, We are unable to
comprehend it.-Hartford Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27

y telegram from New York mentions
the circumstances that 1 party Of Gcorgi-
ans had passed through that city on their
way to Europe to secure white laborers.
Under the officous intcrmeddling Of pro-
vost marshals with southern labor the
example of these Geor@ians viii be likely
to become universal The southern plan
ter docs not like to employ men whose
wages are arbitrarily fixed by outsiders,
and whose relatives he is obliged to sup
port when they become too old to earn
their living. He does not wish to employ
men about whom there iS 30 much aci.a-
ton, and whose condition and food arc
placed III advance Of his own by northern
fanatics. Finding that white labor is
cheaper, and that the negro is a nuisance
through the Interference Of others. he
viii discard the latter in favor Of the for
mr..
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27

VERY "BLACK AIL.-Tast winter
The Legislature Of Massachusetts, passcda
law lining every landlord who refused to
allow his colored boarders II sit at the
table with his white guests the sum Of
fifty dollars. 1t Is said that several ne
groes have been making small fortunes in
Boston by taking advantage of the law
They put up at certain hotels, demanded
places at the public table; and when they
arc refused they remind the landlords ct
the penalty and offer to compromise for
live or ten dollars. Talk about black
mail This Is the blackest kind Of black
mailing by the blacks Pittsburs Post
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27


Few Republicans now, since the success
Of their raid upon Southern rights and IN
>titItions, blush to own themselves John
Brownies, and not few absolutely glory
n extolling the virtues and singing the
praises of the Ossawatomic horse thief
amd murderer Strange as it may seem
Mt first thought, it is one of the natural
fruits of the tines and of the teachings OF
most OF our Sunday Schools and pulpits.
that brutal, blood thirsty ruifian like
John Brown. his ruilianism having taken
the popular direction, should be ensirined
as saint and martyr in the hearts Of the
fanatical disciples OF those mischicvous
doctrines which have alicnated the Sec
tions and dcluged the land in fratcrnal
blood. John Brown was remarkable
man, and possessed in an extraordinary
degree the elements of character to make
popular Puritan hero. Had he lived in
the days IF Cotton Mather and the early
Puritan saints, he would have stood
among the highest and most revered. ami
h;s name would have come down to Us ia
connection with some Of the backest ana
most revolving crimes against humanity
and religion Of that dark period 1t is
because this man $ name, covered as ii is
with iniamy and crime, has been adopted
rs one otthc watchwords OF party which
claims to cmbody the morality, respecta-
bility and religion of the land. that We
devote somuch space this week to a review
OF his career as Black Re ublican pio-
nccr in the wo K Of provoking and finally
bringing on civil war. 1t viii be seen by
reference to the article on our first page
which We trust every body who has an OPP
portunity will read, that President John
son. Senator in Congress at the time.
holds up the Republican martyr and saint
in his true colors, and unqualfiedly de
clarcs him to have been thief and a muir
dercr. The admirable comments of The
0'd Guard are right to the point, and will
command the hearty concurrence of cscry
true Democrat.- Malone Gagette.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27

The coquettish Mrs. has Just ro-
turned from pleasure trip to Washing
ton. She only took with her forty two
dresses, twcu Y shawls, nineteen bonncts
and tive hundred pairs OF gloves Sure
ly, said friend who happened to be
present when she was unpacking, "you
did not take all that with yen | mere>
ly took what was indispensable, my dear,
left behind me all that was cumber-
some" "Ah, yes, | understand, Jane
your husband"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27

PULPIT INGENUITY.-A preacher IN
the ncighborhood Of Hartford, Conn not
undeservedly popular, had just flushed an
exhortation strongly recommending the
support of a certain meritOrious institution.
The congregation was numerous and the
chapel was crowded to excess. The dis
course being finished, the plate was about
being handed around to the respective
pews, when the preacher made this short
address to the congregation "From the
sympathy | have witnessed in your coun>
tenances. and the strict attention You
have honored me with, there IS one thing
that | am afraid of, that some OF you may
be inclined TO give too much. Now it Is
my duty to inform you that justice, though
not so pleasant, should always be a prior
virtue to generosity; therefore, as you will
all be Immediately waited upon in your
respective pcws, | wish to have it thor
oughly understood, that no person shall
think putting into the plate who cannot
pay his debts"
We need not add that this produced Il
most oycrilowing collection.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27

n lady has written Us a note, complain
ing of several late paragraphs Of ours as
having each two meanings one OF the two
indicate. Evidently she sloats over
what she thinks the indicate one. We
believe that it is Stcrne, who says that The
traveller, Who, with two roads before him,
the one clean and the other dirty, delib>
oratcly takes the dirty enc, must be 4 dir
iy creature Prcntic,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27

Wade Hampton, in a long letter to the
New York Day Book, dated at Columbia.
s C.. June 10Th. attacks Gen. Sherman :
official report of his march through the
Carolinas, as "misrerresenting him in the
grossest and falsest manner" General
Sherman it will be recollectod, charged
General Hampton with being the main in
strument in burning Columbia, s c.
Hampton denies all this, and charges
General Sherman with burning the city.
and allowing all sorts of atrocities to be
perpetrateI upon the Inhabitants
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27
REAL ESTA1E FOR SALE.

A good stock farm seven miles from Plymout /
unimproved land in this county, well adpbted e
farming and stock raising. and Town lots improv-
ed and unimprovcd in Plymouth and Bourbon
for sale cheap. Terms part cash and resi-
due on time secured by mortgage on the premi-
ses. Enquire of
n3l-Im J. G.. OSBORNE.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27
NotetS.
Oriental Iireru Stable.
SALE. FEED &c EXCHANGE

Horses and Carriages always on hand 70 let al
reasonable rates. We also pay the highest mar
ket price in cash for Horses. Horses boarded
by day, week and month on reasonable tern
HESS & NESSEL
'L ,,uth India March 26th 1863
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27
MAKING lIIsToRY.-Thc Republican

MAKING iIIST0RY-Thc Republican
presses, without an exception, approve of
and justify the holding of the recent Mill
itary Commission, at Washington, and
the execution. by death, of the four per
sons who were hung by its order and the
approval of the President, on the 7th inst
As Air Lincoln said, we are making his
tory we record the above fact as an item
in the history Of the Republican party,
not to be overlooked or forgotten. - Gin
cinnatti Enquirer
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27
l2. Ie. V1iInC Tables.
Pittsburgh 1T. Wayne IL Chicago
Railway.

On and after May II, 1865, Trains will leave
Stations daily, Sabbaths excepted. as fClows:-
Train leaving Chicago at 80 P, VI, leaves daily
TRAINS GOING WEST.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27
THE PLYMOUTH DEMOCRAT.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-27

LEGAL advertisements 81 per square for each
insertion, charged to parties publishing them
CoMMUyIcATIoNs to promote private irterests
must be paid for at the regular advertised rates.
MaRnraGEs and DEATHS arc published as news
ADVERTISEMENTS, unless the number of inser-
t;ons desired is specified viii be continued till
ordered out, and charged at regular rates,
IocAI notices 20 cents for each line.
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

=.
lp the course Of the following two
months many hundreds Of thousands Of
trees will be transplanted from nurseries
TO orchards, most Of them paid fUrat'un-
usual high prices in the hope * obtaining
remarkably luscious and valuable fruit.
Some Of the men who set orchards will
lose from a quarter 70 4 half Of their trees,
while others win lose hardly one III a hun
dred. Aplan Of setting, which will In
variably give satisfactory results, is the
following: .p g1 ti3 rTin
After The ground has been richly man
ured and deeply puherized, dig the holes
of ample size to receive the roots 10 their
natural position without bending. Then
pour two pailfuls Of water into The hole,
and immediately begin TO shake fine soil
from shovel into the water, continuing
the operation gradually and stcadily till
the hole is filled. The hole should be
filled around the ouisidein in advance Of The
middle, in order TO push the water inward
to receive the earth about the central
roots. ~ nt.H ef} p f~pH2 % pAgn s1NH
q Fine earth gradually shaken into watef
in this manner is evenly deposited about
the roots, surrounding and packing them
as perfectly asif they had growniu their
new position This method of trans
planting not only ensures the life and
growth of the tree, but is also easier than
any other, and it further effects the very
material economy of dispensing with the
necessity Of stalking, the water settling
the ground around the roots so closely as
to hold the tree with sufficient firmuess
without any stakes. The tree, before it
is set, should always be prnned Of a part
Of its top, to balance the large portion Of
roots that are cut off in taking il up. II
this be neglected, large parts Of the
branches will surely die, and there Is great
danger Of losing the whole tree.
1t is an excellent plan to mulch all or
chards, and especially those newly set.
The ground should be covered with the
cheapest straw or hay to be had TO the
depth of four or five inches. This will
not merely prevent the growth Of weeds
or grass, it viii keep the soil both moist.
and light If not n,ulched, Il should be-
frequently stirred and kept clear from
weeds. 1t is. impossible TO protect the
roots Of trees too carefully from exposure
to the sun and air during their transfer
from the nursery to the orchard. d.--iScien-
tifc american.
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

The New FRAcTroNAL CuRRENcY.--
We have just seen and contemplated with
mingled surprise and disgust slip of pa
per which purports to be a new style of
fifty cent piece Of the fractional currency
Of the Uuitcd States. It's length is ex-
actly twice the width of column of the
Chronicle, while its width is but little
more than that of the old style. It so
closely resembles quack medicine label
that we involuntarily turn to see If it
"cures corns, bunions, and the whooping
cough" on the other side. There are as
many colors about it as on the bandana
turban Of snowy negress, and on looking
at its style of execution, We do not at all
wonder that il was (" eng. q print. at the
treasury" No respectable bank note en-
craving establishment would dare TO turn
out such piece Of work. On the CEN
ire Of the face, close by cloud of dust,
sits fat, misshapen female, covered with
smallpox blotches. Her right arm rests
on hoop, through which may be seen an
owl sitting on pile Of old clothes in the
distance, and 10 the right hand is graspcd
an umbrella stick. Her left hand grasps
something which lively imagination may
conceive TO be a pair Of scales. On either
side she is Aanked by misshapcn blotches
of bronze and lathe work medallions con-
tanning the word "fifty." The figures
$50" appear in each corner, and all over
the face is variety of legible and illegi-
bic general reading matter. The back Of
the bill is printed green, and bears the
figures $50" several times in green and
bronze, together with several small
splotched figures in bronze. The paper
on which it is printed is of dirty white
color, with veins of pale red hue
Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05
Care Of Stock in the Spring.


AT no season Of the year do domestic
animals require more care and attention
than during the next few weeks. This is
especially true Of cattle and sheep. AS
warm weather comes on, the dry, coarse
straw fodder, which in some cases has
been their only food through the winter,
becomes very unpalsiable. As soon as
the first spears Of green grass are seen,
they will, if permitted, leave their coarse
food almost untasted, and spend their
time in nibblipg a scanty subsistence from
the almost bare pastures OF, commons.
Not unfrequently, stock that has managed
to hold its own, even with poor food and
shelter, during cold weather. loses flesh
rapidly in March and April SO much so
that a great part Of the summer is spent
in regaining what was lost in few weeks.
But this is not tho only bad result.
BY allowing stock TO run at viii over pas
lures in early spring, much injury is done
BY their pulling up the young grass by
the roots and BY the trampling Of the
cattle in wet weather, These injuries are
the more serious. il, rs is too often the
case, the grass has been eaten off close
late in the fall.
1t is much the better, plan 70 keel. the
pastures free until the grass has had time
to well cover the ground and will readily
afford living to the stock. We very
much doubt whether there is any gain in
allowing cattle TO run at large early in
the spring, even on the common or wood
lands. There are at least two advantages
in keeping them in the yard. You save
all the manure aud free the little folks
from many long and sometimes nnsuccess-
ful expeditions after the cows. Liberal
feeding with grain and roots, il you have
them, will be well repaid.
If from scarcity Of feed it is necessary
TO commence pasturing early, use but a
part of the ground at first, so that il may
afierward be left free and have time to
make up for the extra demand on it.
There is some difference Of opinion on the
subject, but we think it best TO have the
pasture laud so divided that there may
be occasional changes during the summer.
= Western Rural
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

WAS LoYAL.--The editor of a Western
payer says that "loyal" man 10 his
parts undertook to read Washington's
Farewell Address on the 22d of February.
He read silently and sullenly for some
time. AT last he rose from his seat, graf
ed bis teeth, and threw the book down in
passion. ("
Why, john" said his astonished wife,
:" what on earth ails your /,
"Wby," said John, "Pll be cussed if
i sit still, and hear the Yoonyun party
abused, not by old Washington himselfI'
The good woman knew he had cause
for anger, and she chided him not, but
commenced singing the baby to sleep with
the National Hymn, "John Browns
body" etc.
The whole family are loyal"
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

SAD CONDITION OF THE EMANcIPATED
NEoRoEs.--A Unitarian clergyman from
New Hampshire, by the name of Wheel.
ock, now employed by General Banks in
Louisiana, in letter to Garrison's Lib
orator, thus describes the condition of the
negroes as consequence of their eman-
cipation by the Presidents proclamation /:
"On scores of plantations labor was
wholly suspended, and the laborers in
hundreds, with their wives and little ones,
had gathered around the forts and sol
diers' camps. There they earned pre-.
carious living by such uncertain and in
termittcnt employment as they might
find; the men as servants, hostlers, camp
followers, and hangers-on--thcir wives ms
cooks, washerwomen, &c. Hunger, cold,
fever and small pox were carrying of the
children at fearful rate of mortality
The morals of the men were being under
mined by idleness and evil example, aud
the modesty Of the women debauched by
contact with all that is debasing in mill
tary life. From month to month their
numbers visibly decreased; and it really
seemed as though the Southern negro,
like the Indian, the Cafree, the Carib,
and the Australian, would become extinct
before the rude shock Of war, aud the
corrosive venom of our vices"
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

A New MArcH.-A lucifer match is
now in the market that differs from any
thing hitherto in existence. Upon the
side of each box is chemically prepared
piece of friction paper When struck up
on this the match instantly ignites, but
when struck upon anything else whatever
obstinately refuses to fame. You may
lay it upon red-hot stove, and the wood
Of the match will calcine before the end
of it ignites. Friction on anything else
than this prepared pasteboard has no Of
feet upon it. The invention is an English
one, and by special act Of parliament the
use Of any other matches than these is
not permitted in any public building. The
discovery is curious one. There is not
a particle Of sulpher in the composition
Of the lucifers in question. S'
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05
WHEN / MEAN roIMARRY.
ny JOHN O. SAKE.


When do mean to marry 7--well
lis idle to dispute with fate; sH
But fyou choose to hear me tell, f5g
Pray listen while fix the date. ~
When daughters haste, with eager feet,
A mothers daily toll to share;
Can make the pudding which they eat,
And mend the stockings which they wear.
When maidens look upon man
As il himself they would marry,
And not as army soldiers scan
A sutler or commissary. y yTo y
When gentle ladies who have got
The offer Of lovers hand, nas
Consent to share his earthly lot"
And do not mean his lot Of land. ,h..s
When young mechanics are allowed
To find and wed the farmers girls
Who don't expect to be endowed
With rubies, diamonds and pearls.
When wives, in short, shall freely give
Their hearts and hands to aid their spouses
And live as they were wont to live
Within their sires' one-story houses.
Then, madam--if I'm not too Old
Rejoiced to quit this lonely life,
I'll brush my beaver, cease to scold;
And look about me for wife M
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

y PArER G CARRrAoEs.---" A Patent Car
riage Company, Limited" " has been form
cd at Birmingham, for the purpose Of
bringing into use certain sundry novel inn
proyements. The framework is Of angle
iron, welded BY using this several inch
es of space are saved, and added to the
accommodation. The pannels, which in
ordinary cabs are Of wood, in these new
ones are Of paper mache. The paper re-
sembIes leather, but is sitter and very
tough. Every part of cab usually Of
wood, indeed, is in this instance made Of
paper. The springs are beneath the body,
which brings the wheels 5 inches nearer
than in the ordinary vehicle, and yet gives
additional room in width. The window
runs along the roof on the inside, and
draws down like sash; and there is a
sash door, which may be pushed down,
and coils itself below the body Of the We
hiclc. The ventilation is also improved.
One style Of Hanson has top which
slides down, and thus an open carriage is
provided. The cost of vehicles is said 10
be considerably reduced by the new modo
Of construction Scientific Anaerican.
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

ALBERT Shorty, Esq, Of South Ber-
wick, Maine, owns sheep that has pro-
duced, it is thought, the greatest increase
on record. She has brought forth eight
lambs in less than year. The last Of
March, 1864, she produced three; the
FIRST Of the present month, FIVE more.
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

AN old resident Of Philadelphia has a
a family horse which has done service for
twenty years. For sometime past the
horse has evinced tendency to stumble,
and to strain his sight at objects close by.
The kind hearted owner judged the ami
NAL by his own case, and ordered of an
optician a pair of equine spectacles. A
pair Of pebble-glasses, about the size Of
the object glasses Of a large-sized lunette,
were set in frame over the horses eyes.
He appreciates the convenience wonder
fully, and has never stumbled since be
donned his spectacles. i'i#
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

DREADFUL AccIpENT--MAN DRowN-
ED.-A young man from the township Of
Ganges, in this ounty, by the name Of
H. M. Cowles, aged twenty years, was
drowned in the river, at this place, on
Thursday morning last. He was in the
act Of crossing the dam on "stringer."
when he lost his balance, and falling into
the water was instantly carried over the
dam and drowned before assistance could
be rendered him. This is the fourth in
stance of the kind that has happened in
a similar manner within the past few
years. The body has not yet been rocov-
ered.--Alegan Journal, March, 27th.
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

AT the mines of Traversella, in Savoy,
magnets revolving on a wheel are used to
pick up the iron from powdered ore, leav-
ing tho copper-pyrites behind.
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

A BOY at Rochester, N. Y, who was
put out TO service on farm with Mr..
Woodward, askedpermission to 60 home,
which being refused he hanged himself.
He threatened to do so to his employer
If permission was refused.
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05


AsIATIc MANNA.--A letter from Mr..
Hardinge, to Sir Roderick Murchison, de-
scribing the appearance Of a large quanti-
ty of manna in July, 1864, observed near
Diarberksr, Asia Minor was published
some time since, and created good deal
of controversy regarding the nature of
mamma. We believe, however, that there
can be very little doubt that it is spe.
cies of lichen, which, like a fungus,
springs up in the course of a single night,
and thus gives rise to the notion that it
has fallen from the skies. This mamma is
ground into flour and baked into bread,
the Turkish name of it being "Kudret-
bogh-dasi," which means wopder-corn, or
grain. Though used as bread, its. COM
position is remarkable; for it contains
more than 65 per cent. Of oxalate Of lime,
and has about rs per cent. Of amy ylaceous
matter. This substance is evidently the
mamma Of the Hebrews, who gave it the
name of "Man-hu," which signifies
"What is iti" from the circumstance Of
its suddensappearance and their previous
unfamiliarity with it, Technologist. 70
The Grand Haven news., 1865-04-05

j. r. Davis, Merchant Tailor, Dealer
in Gents Furnishing Goods, Broadcloths, Cas-
simeres, vestings, &c. Shop, Washington Sc.
I'd door below the Drug Store.