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EXPRESS COMPANIES,
- EzsEzzgaEsa1 NATIONAL. EXPRESS
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
DEPOT II6 SOUTH EUTA W SER ET
u 7 mn -

TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
DEPOT II6 SOUTH EUTA W STREET.
BALTIMORE
The NATIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANSPOR-
IAIlON COMPANY is now prepared to forward
oid and Silver Coin, Currency Parcels and Freight
Boston, Mass. New York City; Phi!adoIphia Pa.
washington, ID. O.; Georgetown D. c.. HarpcTs Fer
Ty. q; ChaTeStoWn Va; Winchester, Va; AleXau-
drl2. Val fredericksburg, Va Richmond, VA Pc
terSburg, Va. Norfolk, Va; Charlottesville Va.
Lexington, Va; Danville, Va; Bristol, Tenn; Vel
don, \. C.; G0ldsbOro', n. c.; Newborn n c.: Beau
fort, n; G.. Morehead City, n C.. Raleigh \ C.:
greensboro, N. O. Salisbury, n. c. Charlotte n C.;
chester, ). C.; WindSbOrO' S. c.; Charleston S. c.:
and Way Stations the following roads: Winchester
IN the valley OF Virginia. Orange and Alexandria
X; r.; Virginia Central R. r.; Richmond and Dam
vile X. NJ. Virginia and Tennessee R. R.: Peters
burg and Lynchburg K. r.; Petersburg and Weldon
H. r., Raleigh and CASTOR X. r., Weldon and VIII
mlngton II. H., " umingtOn and Rutherford r. R.
North Carolina Central K. r. Charlotte and Column
bia r. R., Western North Carolina r. r. Atlantic
and North Carolina X. X; As the lines of Railroads
opened it will extend its business to all points
South in addition to those named and as fast as pOs
slble to points il the North and West.
The tariff of charges will be based upon a fair BUSH
ness per centasc above the cost Of TRANSPORTATION
without being oppressive will it be made less
than the cost OF transportation with the view 10
break down or drive of any rival upon this basis the
Company soHcits public patronage.
II orders be left at the Office, Goods will be sent 70,
without charge, and forwarded promptly,
NATIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANS
PORIAIlUN COMPANY,
n. B. Office No. 1874 W. Baltimore street Denot
No. ll6 South Eutaw street. de20-tf
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a UCTEON SALE OF LOCOMOTIVES.

a UCTION SALE OF LOCOMOTIVES.
UNITED STATES MILITARY RAILROADS.
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMAsTER,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. l. 1866
VIII be sold at public auction at Danville Va, on
THURSDAY, the Sth day of March
Five (5) secOnd-han Locomotive Engines, feet
81 inch guage cylinders. 15x22 and weighing about
20 tons each
Two 81 Box Freight Cars, feet 81 inch guage.
Sale to commence at 10 A. NJ.
Terms cash, in Government funds.
Ii. l.. ROBINSON,
fe6-Tu&FtMh6 Byt Brig Gen o M
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n UMBERi LUMBERII LUMBERIil

OLD ESTABLISHED YARD,
No. S. WEST FALLS AVENUE, Baltimore, Nd.
We have on hand in lots to suit purchasers al verv
reasonable rates Seasoned Yellow and White Pine
Flooring dressed and ready for use. Undressed yell
low Pine Flooring Boards. White Pine Cn1linUs
Picks, and Selects. Assorted Walnut, Poplar, AsS
Oak, Mahogany, Birch, Hickory Maple and Hem
lock We would also invite attention TO our Steam
Saw and Planning Mill, Nos. ID and Is Grant street
Lumber Dressed, TonGued and Grooved, Split
Ripped, &C.. in the best possible manner and ct veSJ
moderate prices. 80
Box and Trunk Makers. Carpenters, Builders, and
all others desiring Lumber dressed or made ready fo
use In any manner will find it to ther adyantage bI
ut the Mill. ava '0S y
ecR-S1 ALkX. ALLRN &C
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PIEDMONT RAGLRoAD.-The Legislature of North
Carolina has passed bill for altering the guage of
the Piedmont Railroad to five feet. as to CORE
spond with that Of the Richmond and Danvile Rail
road.
An earthquake is reported in the Memphis
papers as having occurred in that city on Monday
morning.
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OVERNMENT SALE OF SURPLUS
u HARD BREAD.
SURSTsTgNCE CFPTcu IT g a

- OVERNMEST SALE OF SURPLUS
~ HARD BREAD.
SUBSISTENCE OFFICE, L. s. A.,
No. S South Gay street,
Baltimore Nd, Jan. 81, 1861
be received at this Office daily, and opened at u
o'clock NJ, on WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS
during the month Of February, for the purchase of
surplus GOOD HARD BREAD, on hand at this
depot.
fhe Bread is in boxes of fifty $50 pounds each All
the Bread offered under this advertisement has been
carefully and thoroughly Inspected each box having
been opened, examined, and then re-coopered, and
no box allowed replaced which did not come up to
the standard for issue to troops No proposals received
for less than twenty (2 boxes Purchases will be de-
vered board of transports without expense to the
purchaser.
Paymentrequired in Government funds on notifca.
ton of acceptance of bid. Twenty days allowed pur
chasers to remove stores. Should navigation he
closed during this time the time lost will not be
considered Proposals to be endorsed on the envelope
Proposals for Hard Bread" and addressed to
THOMAS WILSON,
BreVt. 1t. Col. and c. S. U. S. A.
ja3l-tFN BreYt Brig. Gen Vols.
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WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
WINTER ENHANCEMENT.
~ EASTERN AND WESTERN
e1A M SHORE STEAMERS,
1hssaazE4EzzzAs of the
INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE sTEA EIBOAT
EAWDANV
u OHAo. n. NhNNU
PEOPLES LINE STEAMERS.

kG> GREAT SOUTHERN INLAND
eqIgSE.AAS ROUTE,
Carrying the United States Mail, and
GREAT SOUTHERN EMPRESS.
Via Chesapeake and Alhemarle Canal. for Newbern,
Plymouth, Edenton, and Roanoke Island. con-
Meeting with the Railway Trains for Goldsbo-
rough, Raleigh, Wilmington, Charlotte
Weldon, Morehead and Beaufort,
and all points South.
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Flanni0ans Wharf, foot Of Long DOCK.
No Risk from Firo-No Detention b. Ice.
THE COMMERCIAL STEAMBOAT
gQMP AN! are dggPqtehing DAILY, at Il o'clock P.
Freight received by this Line is TaTarvn y-r-z
GREAT CARE and taken at loeer than anv otIo~
No detention Of Carmen at either end If the linz
TIME THROUGH IN 80 HOURS Ie'
SAML. BLAISDELL, in Agent
Jlz-LapZ tlannigan's wharf
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NATIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANS
PORrAIIUN COMPANY,
n. B. Office No. 1874 W. Baltimore street. Denot
No. ll6 South EUtaW street. de2O-ff
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
White Republicans.

The following are the names of the Re
publican members of Congress who votet
with the Democrats against the negro suf-
frage bill for the District Of Columbia
Anderson, of Missouri; Farquhar, of In
diana; Henderson, of indiana; Hill, of IN
diana Kuykcndal!, of Illinois; Latham OF
West Virginia; Phelps, of Maryland
Randall, of Kentucky Green Clay Smith,
of Kentucky Stillwcll, of Indiana John
H. Thomas. jun, Of Maryland, and Van
Horn. of Missouri"
The scene on the floor and in the CALLER
les is thus described by an eyewitness:
The galleries were filed by anxious
spectators and listeners of both colors, the
blacks preponderating however. The
passage of The bill was hailed with such
boisterous and prolonged applause on the
floor that Speaker Colfax lost his temper,
and said that he would not in future at
tempt to suppress the galleries. unless mems
bers behaved themselves. Jubilant radi-
Gals rushed into the lobbies, the halls and
the barber shops and grasped the greasy
hands Of every thoroughbred freedman
they found in those localities. Coming
down from the galleries big darkies jostled
loftily against the high-born danes of this
District, and trod upon their drapcry with
an air of divine right. In the street cars
they hob -nobbed with successful Congress
men, and grianed familiarly in the faces
of the heretofore ruling race"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
chicken I'm his Hat

Nat, n friend of ours, is very poor, rather
light fingered, and it is said not so bright
as his parents could wish. The other day
while passing a neighbor's, Nat saw abrood
of chickens, anu iululvaIaiciy caught fine
one to carry home. He had not gone fan
however, before he saw the owner coming
up the road, and not knowing what to dc
with the chicken, to conceal it. at last sue
ceeded in crowding it into his hat, which
he again placed upon his head. But the
chicken having longing for liberty, and
being also pressed for air, managed tc
thrust its head through an opening i'll Mats
old straw hat. Nat was presently accostcd
with
"What have you got in your hat?'
"Nothing but my hcad,' said Nat.
"But | see chickens head sticking
through the top of it, Nat"
Nat, taking off his hat and looking at 1t
in feigned astonishment, exclaimed =
"Wal, how do you s'posc that criticl
come in there? lie must have crawled
up my trowscrs leg"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY l. 1866
President Johnson

The negro suffrage bill that passed the
House will pass the Senate and 90 TO the
Pre- sdcnt. Then what? Will he sign or
veto? What DO you say? Our guess is, and
it can only be Il guess, that he Will sign
We have never had doubt that negro
suffrage was the purpose Of the Republi-
cans 1t is to be urged right through in
all the States, so far as that party is con
cerned. We may as well prepare for the
struggle in this State We are free tC
admit that we do not think johnson Will
oppose it, How the thing will work out
in the future, who can tell? What may be
in store for US as a republic or empire
like Mexico, of mixed races, it is impossi-
bic to divine. We hope it will be well
with US. If it is not; if the experiment
shall prove disastrous, why, we can stand
it as we'll as the rest
This bill will have one good effect. Il
will place President johnson somewhere
lie will be unable to remain hid in his hole
envcloped by a negro worshipping Cabinet
any longer without letting it be known
whether the order Of the Cabinet is agree
able to him or not.
His course, thus far, has precudcd his
being supported or opposed by any body
because, when all the circumstances are
considered together, his declarations, acts.
and surroundings, nobody can decide upon
what political ground he stands. Let him
disclose himselt.-Iadtaaopoits Heratd.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
Take Care Of Tie Harness,

Before spring each harness you have
should be carefully overhauled, repaired
oiled and blackened, so as to be in perfect
readiness for use when the hurrying spring
time arrives. 1t is good plan to store in
some suitable place all of the old straps,
and old harness that you have cast aside
as frequently buckles, rings, or some other
portion will come handy in repairing. and
various other uses will be found for it
The stable which is commonly used by
farmers, is a poor place to store harness.
as the vapOrs which arise from the manure
are very destructive to leatheR The car.
riage house is better place, and there the
harness is not liable to be kicked down,
and tramplcd under foot, or bitten and in
jured by colts. Ifit IS convenient to hang
it elsewhere than in The stable, case of
matched boards, with a close fitting door,
should be made to hold it.
The harness should be taken apart COM
pletely for washing and Oiliug. Cleanse
it with soap and tepid water When nearly
dry rub the oil into it patiently until it is
perfectly pllable Iii a good job for a
stormy day. a very good composition
may be made by mixing together one quart
OF meats foot oil, four ounces of becfs tallow
and half an ounce of lampblack. Let the
harness hang day and then rub it off
with sponge saturated with strong CASTLE
soap suds A varnish for the buckles and
rings may be made by dissoving black
sealing wax in alcohol. Moore's Rurul.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01

WnY.-IEow ?-AND WHAT With
these three words it is quite possible for Il
block head to puzzle philosopher. Why
does the magnetic needle point always to
the north How was the universe made !?
What is light? Here are three questions
that any fool may ask, yet that all the
wisdom of the world cannot answer. There
arc hundreds of other queries, as simple,
and as likely to suggest themselves to the
inquisitive, to which science can make no
satisfactory reply. On the other hand,
positive philosophy, history, the mechan
ical arts, and other practical branches of
human knowledge, afford exclusive rcspon-
ses to a vast number ofimportant why's and
hows and whats. All that is necessary for
man to know he can learn from these
sources, and education in it's best sense,
consists in the broadcast diffusion Of the
information they afford, in its simplest,
clearest form.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
Negroes.

Southerners are coming north to hire
negro labOrcrs. \ cantract was made in
this city, day before yesterday, with 250,
to go south, and work on 4 plantation =
The contract, as to wages, and all til: t
has to be approved by the Freedmen s
Bureau.
The contractor states that he can hire
negroes more readily in the north than in
the south. La the north, they have become
used to freedAm, and learned that it does
not mean to live without labor; and, hence,
they are ready to go to work. IN the south
they have not yet realizsd the fact, but
they will in time. The southern papers
are expressing the fear that too much at
tention will be turned to raising cotton
and too little to corn, wheat and pork We
say to our southern friends that we would
like to exchange these with them for cot
ton.-IadidRdloIiS UcroiH.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
President johnson Insists Upon
His Policy

Druid" the correspondent of the New
York Ne~s, writes to that paper Oh Satur-
day:
1T is understood that about the 18th
instant the members of Congress from the
Southern States, both Senators and Repre-
sentatives, will present themselves in a
body, with their credentials, and ask to be
admitted to their seats; and that at the
same time, or just before, the President S
proclamation will appear, declaring the
restoration Of the Union complete, and
those States entitled TO their full rcprcsen-
tation in Congress If the radical maj jori-
ty shall refuse to admit them, then, it is
said, the President will at once make use
Of those measures of which the Constitution
gives him the control, to make the power Of
the Executive felt. Up to this time he
has endcavored to conduct his administers
tion without coming to an open breach with
the Republican party. But he thinks he
has waited long enough, now, and if the
radicals are determined to make the issue,
he Will not shrink from it. He knows
that he will be supported by the people at
large, and in Congress by the democrats
and moderate Republicans. He is deter~
mined that the South shall be no longer
deprived of its just rights. and if the radi-
Gals in Congress force him to extrcmities,
they will only have themselves to blame.
The radicals are aware ofthis determination
of the President and are alarmed about it,
as the article in the Chicago Trijane Of
December Both shows. But the President
will not be deferred by such attacks from
the fearless discharge of his duty"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
Want OF CAPITAL.

We read almost daily that some radical
has been frightened by somebody, and had
a marrow escape" We now begin to be
lieve that our radical Cengressmen. con
sidering the bad state OF their affairs and
almost total want of capital, would rather
be glad if one or two Of them should be
killed or assassinatod by some ruffians.
who, if possible, should be dressed in
gray" How happy would they be.-
What precio IS stock Of capital would
they have. What glowing culogies of the
sacrificed or kicked would they make ,
How would they press upon the President
to put screws on the south? How would
their waning fortunes be improved?
We wish that none Of them shall even
be scared, rs we cannot afford, for the
sake of the honor Of the country, to see
the radicals obliged in the above mention,
ed manner Hash.nyfon Jnjon
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01

TRANSIENT YOUNG MEN.--Girls, be-
ware Of transient young men; never suffer
the addresses of stranger; rccollect that
orc steady farmer boy or mechanic is worth
all the floating trash in the world The
allurements OF a dandy Jack with gold
chain about his neck, and walking stick
in his paw, some honest tailor's coat on his
back, and brainless skull, can never make
up the loss of fathers house and a good
mothers counsel. and the society of broth
ers and sisters their affections last, while
those of such young man are lost in the
wanc OF the honeymoon. 'Tis true.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
Words OF wisdom frDra MIR. Val.
I3ndfg ham.

lnan excellent speech, delivered by Hon
(. l.. Nalandigha II, at the Democratic
festival, at Columbus, on the Sth of .Janu>
ary, he used tie following language on a
subject which is worthy of the considera-
ton of every Democratic editor and speak
er III our country:
To-day the Democratic party. IN many
places in the iand, largusiies from a false
polite ness and a sick senlimentalism. We
havs TO change all that. We must speak
IN the vernacular; call things by their
right names; take the aggressive make chal
9eS upon the enemy, instead Of parrying and
warding their blows Let us teach the
enemy that there are blows now to be given.
and none to be received Let us 90 for
ward, and using the last words of Marion.
which the great wizard Of the north put in
the mouth of his hero,
Charge, Chester, charge,
On, Stanly, on"
We Will in triumph carry the Democratic
banner, until it shall wave as when Viii
liam Allen represented Ohio in the Senate
of the United States. not a. now it is rep
resented by John Sherman, or sought to
be by Little Bob Laughter and cheers I
1t is this style in the newspaper press and
among speakers that gives victory. Il COWS
the enemy. The other evening / heard
the great raScdian, Edwin Forest, in Cae-
dinal Richelicu, and as he scd the
words:
The pen is mightier than the sword"
the whole audience was thrilled and |
say to you now, let us remember it, and
they who shall attempt to WELD the sword
shall tremble in their power. Let us 90
back to the olden times | remember.
when Il boy, that the Democratic party was
the assallant-was pugnacious-that it
struck its enemies with mailed gloves, and
its foes went down PROSTATE before it.
lChccrs. We had no tyranny in those
days. Here are those Of our public men
who would exercise the skill surgeon !;
they would go SO far as to administer chlo>
roform in the treatment of the enemy, that
their blows might not hurt Laughter I
| would assail them rough handed. | re .
member those good old days; and shall
yet live to see the day when We W l. drive
those men to the wall | am ready to ex-
claim:
ooh for the swords of former days,
Oh for the men who bore them
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01

Minnie was a bright child, three years
old. Fun and merriment spark led IN ev-
ery feature. Upon one occasion her
father took her to an anniversary OF sun
day school. She had never before been
in q church, and had never before heard
an organ, excepting in the street The
;t;ncrant hand organ, with its frequent
accompanying biped, vas her delight. The
moment the fYst notes were struck on the
church Instrument, her countenance beam
ed with rapture; but pecrins about, over
the shoulders Of those around her, shade
of disappointment was apparent, and
cojsing In range of her fathers ear, she
,shis BcFqa AWhcre is the monkey, papa ,"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
Signs o. a Prosperous Farmer

The following signs, which We find in
an exchange, sound like the writings of
DR.. Franklin, and are worthy to be put
into the scrap book Of every farmer in our
land.
When the lights are seen burning in his
house before the break of day, in winter
especially, it shows that the day will never
break on the breaking in Of the winter of
al ersity.
When you see his barns larger than his
house, it shows that he will have large
profits and small Affections.
When you see him drive his work in
stead of his work driving him, it shows
that he will never be driven from good
resolutions, and that he will certainly work
his way to prosperity,
When you see in his house more lamps
for burning lard or grease, than candle
sticks for more expensive purposes it
shows that economy is Tightening his
way to happiness and plenty with that
light which should enlighten every farmer
in tbs world
When he has house separate from the
main building, purposcly for ashes and an
iron or tin vessel to transport them, 1t
shows that he never built his house for 4
funeral for his family and perhaps him
self
When his hog pen is boarded outside and
in, it shows that he is going the whole hog
or none, in keeping plenty inside his house
anu poverty out.
When his sled is safely housed in sums
mer. and his farming implements covered
both summer and winter, it plainly shows
that he will have a good house over his
head in the summer of early life, and the
winter of old age.
When his cattle arc properly shielded
and fed in winter, it eylnces that he Is
acting according to scripture, which
saws that "a merciful man is mcrciful to his
beasts
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
Shocking Trasedy-rHkouse Burn
ed aud Four Children Perish Ia
the EsaMcS.
From the Shakopec CNIinnl Arg

One of the most heart-rending accidents
by fire, that has ever come to our notice,
took place on the opposite side of the river,
and about two miles from Belle Plain, on
the night Of Thursday last The name of
the unfortunate family was Shiock. COM
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. Shiock and five
children, the oldest some eghtor ten years
OF age. During the night Mrs. Shilvck
awoke and found the house in flames. when
she Immediately sprang from the bed and
rememberingthe four children in the other
room that was reached by passage, she
rushed to their rescue
Mr.. S. followed in an instant later, but
in his passage broke through the burning
floor, and fell into the cellar. BY des>
perate effort, almost suh'ocated by heat and
smoke, he again reached the be-! which he
had lett, and grasping the sleeping babe,
threw it through window he broke out ;
but on turning to see what had become of
his wife, he was met by the flames, and
but barely escaped by the window through
which he had thrown his child. Upon
reaching the outside, he heard the cries of
his wife from the entry way or narrow hall
who had been frantically endeavoring
to gain the room occupied by the children,
until she herself had become surrounded
by fire.
Through almost supcrhuman cxertion he
succeeded in bursting in the door and res
cuing her, although both were terribly
burned. They now used every exerton to
save the children, but all to no purpose,
and soon they were enabled TO see the four
standing together in the middle Of the
room, clinging to each other, with their
eyes raised toward heaven, in which posi-
tion they were consumed by the flames, in
full sight of their agonizcd parents, who
could lend them no aid.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
Negro ATsst0cracy.

a case of negro aristocracy came off il
the town of Staunton, Va, recently.
One of the northern ''schooi marms, >
who is there employed in teaching the
''ireedmen," told sprightly negro girl
that she "must not call tic woman with
whom she lived, mistress-that she was a.
good as any body"
Pretty soon the girl asked her teacher
what business she followed before coming
south to teach.
She was 4 bonnet maker" was the
reply.
"Well." said the girl. gathering up hcl
books and making for the door, I'm mo-
going to soeiate wid you any longer-yOr
say | is ekil to my mistress, and she dom
sociate wild bonnet Makers