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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-08-24
Relief of the Soldiers Families in
Indiana.
Operation Of a Benefcent Law-Bene-
ficiaries OF the Fund-Report of the
Auditor of State.
Correspondence chicago Tribune.l

Correspondence Chicago Tribunel
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. Il. 1865.
Am ne the acts passed at the last session OF our
General Assembly was one entitled "An act FOR
the relief of the families of soldiers, and
marines, and sick and wounded Indiana soldiers in
hospitals, in the State and United States service,
and of those who have died or been disabled in
such service, and prescribing the duties of certain
officers therein named" Approved March 4th,
1865.
BY the lat section tax is ordered to be LEVEL
and collected, in each OF the years 1850 and lcoo
Of three mills on the dollar valuation, oil all taxa
bic property and one dollar on each taxable poll,
for the purpose mentioned in the title OF the act
The 81 section provides for "the enumeration oil
the families of all soldiers, seamen and marines
who then in or who may hereafter be IN the
service of the State or United States, who have
died or been disabled in said service, and deslg
mating "a far as practicable, in said enumeration
and returns. the class to which they belong,' etc.
Thes, returns are TO be made by the Township
Assessors to the County Auditors, who, in turn,
are required to report them the Auditor OF State,
and, in the language of the Sd section of the act,
1.-The Auditor of State shall report his distribution
within ten days from the reception OF the last re-
turns, etc.
FUND.
The State Auditor has prepared a report, IN ac-
cordance with this last requirement, an advance
copy OF which lies before me, and from when !
make the following extracts, which are oil imme
date interest to those counties reached by the
Tribune. The number of beneficiares will be
found in the first column of figures, and the
amount appOrtio.ed to each county in the second
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-08-24

The Wertz trial was brought to sudden close
on Tuesday for some reason no. given. The pris-
oner was remanded to Jail and the Court adjourned
without day. There is evidently some cause for
this unusual proceeding. Probably Wertz pro-
poses to turn States evidence against JEFF Davis,
and testify that he starved and tortured our pris-
oners in accordance with commands fro N jeff him
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-08-24

he report COIlCIuJtS as IUIiVNs.
"The above apportionment is made upon the
following basis:
The total valuation of the real and
personal property in the State, ~
returned IN 1851 was. SJl6, $40 ,999 90
W hich, at 80 cents on each 500 OF
valuation, will Weld. ... $50, III 80
Polls, at 400 each. .. 49, 10000
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
a w cdding that Didn't Come OF.

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I"Nu onI o,,I 'Tno ,ho "r,os "t Nouol"sy onI ns'
"' ",l WYNN, '"' pnt,d p"'o d"tIh"p"i,iou ,h py 'I'
erai friends. presented themselves at the
house oi lhcir preacher TO be married, and
eNery,hl''S was progressing pieaS'lh'ly untll
the preacher put the usual question whether
There ', were were any any present present who nag aHght to
c"E "H"i",' Nh;l LnJ union u, .''p pair pauSe
followed which was soon broken however,
among the spectators: Yes sab, lSc OBJ
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
This, That, and the other.

As shadows follow sunshine, soj joy cometh
after grief.
A rascally bachelor calls the friendship to
two women always plot against third
Sin and punishment are welded and can t
get divorce but they are Il most unhappy
pair.
Beauty, like bird with gorgeous plum
age, spreads its winds for the admiration
of all.
They who walk on the heads of the multi
itude walk insecurely. Men heads are a
dangerous footing.
An Irishman wishing to complement his
lady love, said May ye niver die till ye
see ye're own funeral. "
''Tom, what in the world put matrimony
into your head?' "Well, the fact is, Joe,
| was getting short Of shirts. "
If brooks are, as poets call them, the most
joyous things in Nature, what are they al
ways "murmcring' about?
Dickens, in speaking of friend says he
was so long in the legs that he looked like
the shadow Of somebody else.
IF you wish to keep your enemies from
knowing any harm Of you, don't let your
friends know any.
If the love of money is, as the apostle
calls it, the root of all evil the possession is
often the trunk and branches.
A citizen of Nashville who went out to
witness the attack on Hood, had the top Of
his head taken off by a shell.
The most beautiful results are produced
by the conjunction of opposites it is the
sunshine and the cloud that make the rain
| bow.
Women love to find in men dflicultcom
bination-a gentleness which will invariably
yield, with force that will invariably pro
tect.
The rope used in hanging John Brown il
in the possession of Theodore Tilton, editor
Of the New Y York independent. 1t ought
to be. Heir looms should always be KEEP
in the family.
1t is said that the rose of Florida, the
most beautiful of flowers, emits no fragrance
the bird of paradise, the most beautiful o
birds, gives no songs; the cypress of Greece
the finest Of trees, yields no fruit dandies
the shiniest of men, have no sense and ball
room bellies, the lovliest creatures in the
world, are very often ditto, only more so.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Correct SDeaking.

We would advise all young people to ac-
quire, in early life, the habit Of correct speak
ing and writing and to abandon as early as
possible, any use Of slang words and phrases.
The longer you live the more difficulty the
requirement of correct language will be;
and ifthe golden age of youth, the proper
season for the acquisition of language, be
passed in its abuse, the unfortunate victim,
if neglected, is very properly, doomed to
talk slang for life. Money is not necessary
to procure this education. Every man has
it in his power. He has merely to use the
language which hereads, instead ofthe slang
which he hears to form his taste from the
best speakers and poets in the country; to
treasure UP choice phrases in his memory
and habituate himself to their use, avoid
ing at the same time that pedantic precis-
ion and bombast which show the weakness
of vain ambition rather than the polish of
an educated mind.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Humorous.

A man who had brutally assaulted his
wife, was lately brought before Justice Cole
Of Albany, and had great deal to say about
getting .iustic. ''Justice?" replied Cole,
''you cant yet it here. This court has no
power to hang YOU
NEVER meet trouble half way, but let
him have the whole walk for his pains.
Two dull and torpid natures may arouse
by contact with each other; even a couple
of dry sticks, rubbed together will make a
flame.
THEY asked Lukman, ''How dids't thou
learn manners?" He replied. ''From the
unmanerly. Whatever l saw them do
which l. disapproved of, that | abstained
from doing.
MORAL beauty, the reflection of the soul
in the countenance, is as superior to super
fetal comeliness as mind is to matter
Those who look good cannot fail to be good
looking.
MEN who invest in peticoat stock gener-
ally prefer the tivo-twenties to the seven
thirties. How are you, old maids p
If quack would be famous he must be
sure to quack as loud as possible.
Tom HOOP called the slamming of door
by person in a passion, "a wooden oath
Most men swear by word or deed, and there
is, perhaps, no particular difference in the
sintulness Of the two modes.
A French paper says the Empress lately
exhibited ga great sobrety in the fullness
of her petticoat meaning the absence of
crinoline,
NEVER despair says Prentice. IF the
stream Of your life freezes over put on
skates,
BANTING biscuits are late anti-corpulent
production.
NEVER initiate the peacock in being
great tail bearer
PATIENCE and cheerfulness adorn the ru
ins of fortunes as ivy does those Of castles
and temples.
A happy man is one who loves his neigh
Dor, is kind to the poor, and pays for his
local paper.
Our army contains representatives from
nearly every nation on the globe except
China and Japan.
IT not unfrequently happens that man
ners are best learned from the unman-
nerly.
MEN slip on water when it is frozen, and
on whiskey when it isn't
AUGUST is unquestionably the harvest
month of reapers and doctors.
The human race is undoubtedly of more
] importance than horse race.
II you miss train you don't have to
wait for it-and that S comfort.
THERE are three faithful friends-an old
wife, an old dog, and ready money
WE love ourselves Notwithstanding our
faults, and we ought to love our friends in
like manner.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Idlers.

Thomas Carlyle has said, somewhere in
his voluminous work, that the world has
zone monster-the idle man.. Who can
doabt it?
Young man, are you an idler? Are you
consenting, under some pretext or other to
live on the erarnings of others ? Do you
plead bad health ~ while they are teebler
than you? Are you spending your hours
in utter idlcncss while even your mother
and sisters are pricking their fingers with
the needle, or skinning them at the wash
tub, TO keep you in bread and butter, and
hide your lazy carcass with decent clothes
We have kR0ra some young men " as
mean as this. ~
Arouse yourself, young man! Shake OFT
the wretched and disgracetul habits OF the
do nothing, if you have been so uniortu-
nate as to incur them, and go to work at
once! o,,
ask. AnyhiH9, rather than continue in de-
pendent, and enteobling and demoralizing
idleness. lfyou can get nothing else TO do,
sweep the streets. But perhaps you are
ASHAMED to do that, If so, your shame
has been slow in manifesting itself, seeing
how long you have been acting, on life 5
great stage, the despicable parts of drone
and loaier, rthoW shame
"Idler. Take the foregoing home to
yourself Don't try to persuade yourself
that the cap doesn't fit you. Honestly ac-
knowledge it, fitness. 1t will be great
point gained to become honest with your
self. 1t will be step forward--a great
step towards that justice to others which
your present conduct ignores
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
How TO Act when the Clothes
Takes Fire.

The following, which we copy from the
Scientific american, should be cut out and
preserved
''Three persons out of four would rush
right up to the individual, and begin to paw
with their hands without any definite aim.
1t is useles to tell the victim to do this or
that, or call for water. In fact, tits gener-
ally best not to say word, but seize ban-
ket from a bed or cloak or wooden fabric
If none is at hand, take any wooden mate
rial--hold the corners as far apart as you
can, stretch them out higher than your
head, and running boldly up to the person,
make a motion of clasping in the arms,
most about the shoulders. This instantly
smothers the fire and saves the face. The
next instant throw the unfortunate person
on the floor. This is an additonl safety to
the face and breath, and any remnant of
flame can be be put out more lcisurely.-
The next instant immerse the burnt part in
cold water, aud all pain will cease with the
rapidity Of lightning. Next get some com
mon flour, remove from the water, and COW
er the burnt parts, with an inch thickness
OF -four if possible, put the patient to bed,
and do all that is possible to soothe until
the physician arrives. Let the -four re-
main until it falls off itself, when n beauti-
full new skin will be found. Unless the
burns are deep, no other application is need
ed. The dry -four for burns is the most ad-
mlrable remedy ever proposed, and the in
formation IG, ought to be impaired to ALL
The principle Of its action is that, like the
water, it causes instant and perfect relief
from pain, by totally excluding the air from
the injured parts. Spanish Whiting and
cold water Of mushy consistency, is pre-
served by some. Dredge on the -four un-
til no more will stick, and cover with cotton
batting.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Home COurtcStes.

In the family the law of pleasing ought
to extend from the highest to the lowest -
You are bound to please your children; and
your children are bound to please each 9TH
er; and you are bound to please your serv-
ants if you expect them to please YOU
Some men are pleasant in the household,
and nowhere else. have known such men.
They are good fathers and kind husbands.
If you had seen them in their own house
you would have thought that they were an
gels almost; but if you had seen them in
the street, or in their places of business, or
anywhere else outside of the house, you
would have thought them almost demoniac.
But the opposite is apt to be the case. -
When we are among our ncighbors, or
among strangers, we hold ourselves with
and endeavor to act with pro-
priCty; but when we get home we say to
ourselves, II have played part long en-
ough, and am now going to be natural -
So we sit down, and are ugly, and snappish.
and blunt and disagrceable. We lay aside
those thousand little courtesies that make
the roughest floor smooth, that make the
hardest thing like velvet, and that make
life pleasant. We expend all our polite
ness i'll places where it will be profitable
where it will bring silver and gold.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
How to FAIL Asleep.

The great point to be gained in order to
secure sleep is to escape from thought, ,es-
pccially from that clinging, tenacious, i'm
perlous thought, which in most cases of
wakoIulness has possession Of the mind.
always effect this by the following simple
process :
81 turn my eyeballs as far to the right or
left, or upward or downward, as | can with
out pain, and then commence rolling them
slowly, with that divergence from direct
line Of visions, around in their sockets, and
continue doing this until fall asleep, which
occurs generally within three minutes-al-
ways within five at the most. The immedi-
ate effect Of this procedure differs from that
of any other that | have heard to procure
sleep. 1t not merely diverts thought into
a new channel, but actually suSpends it.
Since | have became aware Of this | have
cndeavorcd innumerable times, while thus
rolling my eyes, to think upon particular
subject, and even upon that which before
kept NE awake, but could not. As long as
they were moving around, my mind was
blank. If any one doubts this, let him try
the experiment for himself | wish he
would; let him Just pause here and make it.
venture to assure him that if he make it
in good faith in the manner described, the
promise OF Il penny Tor ms thoughts, or
for each of them, while the operation is in
progress, will add very little to his wealth,
Such being its effect, we cannot wonder
that it should bring sleep to nervous and
wakeiul man at night. The philosophy is
very simple. 4 suspension Of thought i,
to the mind what suspension Of travel ol
labor is to a weary body. 1t enjoys the lux
ury Of rest; the strain upon its faculties i.
moved; it falls asleep as naturally as the far
mer in his chair after failing all day in tn,
fields
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
A SaIutary Thought.

When was "A young man there lived IN
our neighborhood farmer, who wasusually
reported to be very liberal man, and nn-
upright in his dealings. When
he had any of the products of his farm to
dispose of he made it am invaria6le rule to
make good measure, rather more than wou,a
tS% be Tf@shEid h qi an%euy n % dong IN $40 so
him as to why he did it; he tcld him he
gave too much, aud said it would be to his
disadvantage. Now, dear reader, mark the
answer of this good man: God has per-
mitted me but one journey through the world,
and when am gone | cannot return to rec
tify mistakes. Think of this: There is
but Que journey through life.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
A Jealous Man.

A jealous man who was on visit to Lon
don, was induced TO call on clairvoyant
and ascertain what his wife was doing at
her residence, some 90 miles away. ''She
is sitting in her paror," said the lady, "and
she. looksout Of the window as if in expcc-
tation."
STRANGE" said the gentleman, what
can she expect
Some one is entering the door! she car
esscs him tondly."
Horrible ~ interrupted the gentleman,
thinking of the Divorce Court.
Now he lays his head in her lap, and
looks tendcrly into her eyes,
Dreadful! She shall suffer for this"
Now he wags his tail, " continued the
sleeper; and as this explained the story
old jealousy decampcd, and resolved not tC
be inqusitive again with regard to his wife
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Columbia, South Carolina.

The city Of Columbia, just captured by
Gen. Sherman, prior to the war, was
handsome place Of some II, 600 inhabitants,
and since the commencement of hostilities
has largely increased in population very
many families having retired thither from
Charleston and Savannah and other places
on the coast. 1t is the Capital of South
Carolina, and the State House, which was
been greatly admired for its architectural
beauty. 1t is not entirely finished, the
work having been suspended in 1861. 1t
was constructed under the superintendent
of Mr.. John r. Niernsee, formerly of Bal
timore, who is now in the Southern army
The South Carolina College, State insti-
tuition, the military academy, many valua-
bic manufactures of cotton, machinery, &c. +,
various institutions of learning are located
in Columbia, and since the war the rebel
Government has established many public
works at that point. The Greenville and
Columbia, Charlotte and Columbia and
South Carolina railroads centre at this point
and from kingsvillc ,itwenty- miles south
OF Columbia, the Wilmington and Man
chester and Camden railroads connect with
South Carolina road The city is built on
an elevated plateau, about one mile from
the junction Of the broad and Saluda riv-
ers, which form the Congarec. The coun-
try thereabouts is productive and well cul-
tivated. The mansion of Gen. Wade
Hampton, of the rebel army, is within five
miles Oft the city, and the residences ofmany
OF the most wealthy and and prominent fam
| lilies Of the State are in the immediate Vi
| cinity.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Very Unkiud to Robert.

A cynical individual, who doesn't like MIR.
Lincoln, and has no very tender regard for
any of his family, was told the other doy
that Bob" was about to enter the service
as volunteer staff officer to General Grant.
He replied on hearing this, that he would
telegraph to New York Immediately to tell
all lis friends to buy gold.
"What will you do that for ?" he was
asked
Because that's sure sign Of immedi-
ate, permanent and lasting peace, said he.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
who Cares?

Who cares for the last years rose 4?
Or the flowers last years May?
or the leaf dried sweet in moldy book?
or the love who is away?
Who cares for the cloud gone by?
Or last weeks rain or wind?
Or a golden crescent of folded curl
The dead one left behind?
A tress of hair, and a faded leaf
Are paltry things to a cynics eye,
But to me they are keys that open the gates
Ofa paradise of memories.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Selett 4ortrp.
TO MN MOTHER.
BY Il. CoRNwELL SMITH.

BY u. CORNWELI SMITH.
Iknclt beside your grave, mother,
At sundown yester eve,
What time the lovely minstrel birds
Their goodnight carols weave,
The winds of March were cchoing
Above your silent breast;
Twas strange, tremble, lest they should
Disturb your quiet rest.
The day lad gone to sleep, mother,
l saw its waning light;
The pensive eve was stealing by,
And came the weird-ilse night;
Yet still 1 knelt me by your grave,
For oh, 1t seemed SO cold
To leave you all alone, mother,
No cov'ring but the mold.
Not yet upon your grave, mother,
Have flowers dropped their bloom;
Hath showered on your tomb;
For in the sad November time,
We gave you to your rest;
And winters snowy sheet, alone,
Has folded on your breast.
But spring is coming now, mother,
And Violcts win weep
Their dewy tears upon the couch
where hushed and still you sleep;
And when the summertime, mother,
Comes stealing DER your bed,
III wrcathc its purest offerings
In garlands for you head.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02

Give Literally, 1t is beautiful way of
taking the air. You breathe more freely
after such exercise Of giving. Don't do It
by spasms, but as u regular thing. Your
prayers are better for giving, You can't
send an arrow that will pierce the skies il
your right hand is employed in grasping
your purse, Give without grudging."
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Right and Wrong.
BY HENRY W. LoSGrELLow.

Alas! the world is full of peril!
The path that runs through the itirest mcads,
on the sunnIest side of the valley, leads
Into region bleak and sterile!
Alike in the high-born and the lOwly,
The Will is feeble and passion strong,
We cannot sever right from wrong;
Some ialschood minges with all truth;
Nor is it strange the heart Of youth
Should waver and comprehend but slowly
The things that are holy ana unholy!
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02

True courage is the result of reasoning.
A brave mind is always impregnable. Res
olution lies more in the head than in the
veins, and Just sense Of honor and of in
fanny, of duty and of religion, will carry US
further than all the force of mechanism
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Gen. Pegranl.

Gen. Pegram the rebel officer who was
killed in the battle of Hatcher's Run, on
the 9th inst, is the same John Pegram who
fell with some |. 400 men into the hands of
Gen. McClellan's hends at Rich Noun
tain, Va, very early in the war. He was
native of Richmond, graduate OF West
Point and has had important commands in
the Rebel service He was married In
Richmond week before his death,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02

\ Jew was observed noticing very recently
prodigous fine ham, What were you
saying to that ham, Master Jacob 81
was saying TO it, Thou almost porsuadest
me TO be Christian
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
selett Qoetrp.
Lines tO.a Thomas Cat.

Caterwauler,
Horrid squaller,
Can't you fall n
Tone or two;
Lest try II
Pistols fire,
Or do shy
stone at you.
From my backyard,
Dcrned old blackguard,
You must track hard
Nor return;
Lest brickbat,
Or a stick that
Makes lick at
Your gray stern
Breaks n limb or
Dousc the glim DER
a vile sinner,
Such as you;
All to flinders,
On the cinders,
BY my windows,
You get slew.
In the morning,
Heed this warning,
II adorning
My domains,
! will promise,
Howling Thomas,
To kertlommus
Your remains.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
RATES OF ADVERTISING /:
j q II PRINTING

OF every description executed in the best style
and on reasonable terms.
The FARMER has n larger circulation than any
other paper in this section of the state. II is
now, and has been for thirtv-eight consecutive
years the official paper of the county.