The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-01
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the Hon Jefferson Cavis. He has shut
himself up in closet and is studying
the case He is to have $40 900 for it
The Government is distrustful Of the abll-
ity of the Attorney-general to meet the
eminent counsel of Mr.. Davis, Charles o.
Conner. Of New York, and Hon. George
+ Pugh, Of OHIO Evarts allows no one
TO see him, and is devoting his entire time
to the business.
The Washington correspondent of the
of the Philadelphia Leaye says there is a
hitch in the trial of Scmmes, and is doubt
full whether he will be tried by courts
martial. Judge Hughes, his counsel, has
demonstrated against it, and the postpone
meut of the trial is the result.
1t is said that General Butler has writ
ten two hundred pages of reply to Gen
eral Grant, and is still writing. 1t will
probably, when printed. be as long as one
Of Stewards books OH correspondence.
Bishop Morris has only been deprived
of he use Of his right hand by his late i'll
ness. He suffers no other disability.
The attempt to reduce The clerical force
at the Treasury Department at Washing
ton is not promising At the Second Au-
dtor's office there are no less than 100 900
claims Of deceased soldiers awaiting settle
ment. In the Third Auditors office it
will take ten years to settle the account. OF
+, the quartermastcrs,
| General Hooker, in New York, has rs>
/ sponded to the writ Of h0JeaS corpus in the
case Of Charles Coles, who is charged with
being one of the Lake Erie pirates. He dc
MES that he has control of the prisoner,
but that he is in Fort Lafayette under Col
BurI.
Ex-Governor Parsons and General Hus>
ton Senators elect from Alabama, are OH
their way to Washington to claim shelr
seats in the Senate.
1t was reported in Washington that the
President would soon issue a proclamation,
declaring the rebellion at All end and civil
law restored in all the States. The delay
is owing to the non-recsipt OF correspon
dence from Governor Hamilton, Of Texas.
A new counterfeit $40 bill, on the First
National Bank Of indianapolis, has made
its appearance in New York. The engra
wing and paper are bad, and darker colored
than the genuine. The numbering Is bad.
and the engraving of Pocahontas is pale
and poorly executed.
The Committee of Ways and Means
have killed Secretary McCulloch' financial
bill, and will bringa new bantling of their
own.
The smallpox is rapidly spreading among
the negroes in the interior Of LOUISIANA.
Wednesday, Jan. 81.
The constitutional amendment relative
to the basis of the representation was yes
ierdy recommended to the committee on
reconstruction, without instructions.
The president yesterday sent to the SEN
ate u number of important diplomatic let
tiers, bearing on the Mexican question.
Washington dispatches give rumor that
jeff Davis is soon to be tried by court
of distinguished generals. The assesmblage
OF leading officers ut the capital is doubtless
the sole ground for the report
The PruSsan minister is greatly dlssat-
islied with the action of the recent court
martial in Boston relative to the kldnap-
ping of en.igrants and their forcibie enlist
ment in our armies. The governments of
the German states will prohibit the making
of any more labor contracts, and otherwise
impede immigration to this corntry.
The Mexican news is interesting. Mat
amoras was considered in danger, and 4
French man of-war was sent to reinforce
the fort with 800 men The execution OF
liberal guerillas has exasperated The peo-
pie, and the country is more unsettled than
ever a revolutionary plot has been dis
covered in the state of Michoacan.
The Roberts faction of the Fenians is
making vigorous preparations tor the Pitts
burgh Congress, Officers recently return
et. from Ireland state that Col. O Mahony
was long since expected to send thither
clrgo Of arms, ard funds for the payment
of the Celtic army Failing to do SO, mil
itary movcmcY,s were necessarily post
poned.
Adviccs from ltah SAFE that the Nor !,
mons contemplate migrating from that ter.
ritory, and that Brigham Young has Sc
lected the Sandaii Islands as the future !
home Of the saints.
The steamer Miami exploded her boilers
On the Arkansas river, on Sunday. 1870
lives were lost.
The steamer Missouri yesterday exploded
her boilers near Green river, Ky. Eighty
out of 100 persons on board were lost.
Eleven thousand deaths by cholera are
repor ted in Guadalupe. The disease ha,
not yet abatcd in the interior of the island
Gold opened in New York yesterday at