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The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02
Curious Geographical Problem,

A late number of the American Agri-
culturist contained the following:
"Suppose person to start from New
York at Monday noon, and travel west
ward at The same rate the earth reyolves
eastward, thus passing around the globe
in twenty four hours. Itwould, of course
be noon the whole length of his journey
at what point in his journey would he
ind the Inhabitants calling it Tuesday
noon, supposinS the whole of his route to
be inhabited? ?"
\ correspondent replied as under:
Your problem is very interesting one.
but does not admit of certain solution
The traveller will pass over two continents
and two oceans. On the western continent
will be Monday noon on TIE eastern con-
tinent it will be Tuesday noon on the
Atlantic Ocean it will be Tuesday noon.-
On the Pacific Ocean, at point some
where, the change is instantaneous from
Monday to Tuesday Where that point is,
has not to my knowledge, ever been settled.
The reason why the change does not oc-
cur on the Atlantic Ocean is owing to the
fact that America was discovered By cross
ing that oeea +. If the discovery had
been made by sailing from Asia eastward
to California, custom would have thrown
the change Of day on the Atlantic Ocean.
In making complete circle the day must
he changed. Where it is changed is inn
material and conventional. We may, if
we Please, fix upon a central line of the
Mississippi river; all east of that line in
the problem supposed, shall be Monday,
all west, Tuesday but that is not the line
fixed upon. The Pacific ocean-a very
wide line lis the one fixed upon.
This is, however, contrary to the defni-
tlon OF line, length without breadth. -
When sufficient authority shall have fixed
upon some linc of longitude IN the Pacific,
where the change occurs, your problem
will admit os a more exact solution. Sey-
eral Others have written upon the subject,
some of them quite under,tandingly, es-
specially one who signs himself " Rusti-
GUS His views are substantially the
same as those given above. 4 large num-
Der laughed ION paper at the problem
and answered., . way at New York, of
course - If that were true. then ii would
lie Tuesday noon at New York, and Mon
day noon at Boston and al! places cast OF
this city
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02

1t vas wise law of the ancient jews,
that the sons Of even the wealthieSt men
should bo made to serve an apprenticeship
at some useful occupation, 50 that liz case
of reverse of fortune they might have
something TO 'lall back upon" The same
law still exists in Turkey, where every
man, even the Sultan himself, must learn
a trade. How fortunate would it be now
had it been a law in this country. Would
to cod had Il trade is TIE cry of thou
sands Of returned soldiers, North and
South. who find themselves ruined in peck
ct, with no immediate prospect Of gaining
a livlihood. 1t should be warning to pa
rents that whatever else they may give
their sons, they should give them a trade
SO far as the education of their children
IN the science of keeping proper accounts
is concerned, the i!ea is good one, as eve
~ young man should have a sufficient
knowledge to manage his cwn books, should
he ever embark in business: but to make
book keepers and clerks Of all our boys Is
grand mistake. Better place them in a
workshop, mill or foundry. where they can
learn independent trades, which, at all
times Will secure for them employment at
any time, and the peerniary compensation
for which will be at least as much, if not
more, than the business of accounts
We earnestly advise all parents to teach
their sons trades, no matter what, so that
it is an industrious pursuit; and let us in
future be spared the pain Of seeing so ma
ny stout, able-bodicd young men out of en-
ployment, and seeking situations only where
the pen can be used.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02
Buried AIfvc-WOnderfu Escape
from The Grave.

4 Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript tells the following story
which makes large drafts upon the read
er's credulity:
"A gentleman Of New Albany, Floyd
county, Indiana, a respectable and per-
fectly credible man, now clerk in the
pension bureau, Washington, was formerly
a soldier in Co T. 59th Indiana volun-
tcers In 1862 he was stationed at St.
Louis While stationed there he was Ia
ken down with smallpox, and apparently
died placed in coffin and Immediately
entombed. As the soldiers tomb was
rather rapidly filed, five other collins were
soon piled on his lie lay there two and a
half days, when he became somewhat
conscious, but his first feeling was suifo-
eating sensation Ills screams alarmed
the German sentinel guarding his tomb,
who, frightened, ran, dropping his gun,
which was discharged. The report aroused
Mr.. NJ Still nore to sense of his condi-
tion and awful location He redoubled his
screams, bringing a rush Of soldiers to the
tomb. who soon got him out and relieved
him from his terrible confinement. lie is
confident he should have sufTocated i'll lif-
teen minutes. lie says that, though never
conscious Of bis dreadful situation, his
mind was always active, and his sensations
unspcakabIy dclightful-sceming to float
through scenes of surprising beauty, amid
strains Of delicious music, such, to use his
own words. rs he has never heard since.
For obvious reasons, he does not wish
his name to be published, but your cor
respondent will vouch for his character. .
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02
Couldn't "GO Back On IT,

This phrase, supposed to be "slang >
which has recently become fashionable, is
really thousand years Old Tt occurs in
Judges, chapter XII, verse 30, where Jep-
tha, the leader Of the Israclitcs in the wal
against the Ammonitcs, had made vow
that if the Lord would give success tc
his arms, he would sacrifice unto him, in a
burnt Offering, whatever came forth from
his door to meet him when he returned
from the childrt Of Ammon. His daugh.
ter was the first to como forth to meet hrm
and he addressed her thus
"And it came to pass when he saw hei
that he rent his clothes and said, alas, my
daughter. thou hast brought me very low
and thou art one of them that troubled
me, for | have opened my mouth unto the
Lord, and lean not go Jdch."
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02
ESusfIacgs I'm News Work

The second largest house in the dry
goods trade. and next, if not equal to y. I.
Stewart's, II. Il. Clahn & Co.. have Just
figured up their income for the year 1866,
for returns to the government. They did a
business of eighty millions last year, and
what do you think was their net profits
Ten per cent on that would give them
eight millions, said I. Now deduct three
millions for bad debts, and that would leave
five millions. Did they make it? No, SIR /,
in italics. Their net profits on the eighty
millions of business, including bills recciv-
able counted as good, was just-Sl3 (thir-
teen dollars), Because why? you ask
They found themselves last fall with an
immense stock of goods, and business very
dull. Stewart nearly shared the same fate
am told that his return is less than ten
thousand dollars, while it should have
been nearly as many millions.-Ne,c IorA
IGU,r.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02
Reparator Capilli.

Throw away false frizzes. your switches voUr wi
Destructive ofcomiort. and not worth IA fi.:
Come aged. come youthful come ugly and fair,
And rejoice in Your own uXrlriani hair
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02
BITTEN BY RATTLEsNAKEs.-At t,

BITTEN BY RATTLEsNAKEs.- tele-
graph dispatch from Cairo announces to
the Chicago Times that little boy while
playing in the fields near that place, step
ped into hole tn the ground, in which
lay coilod four poisonous snakes, which, on
being disturbed, thrust their deadly fangs
into the boys foot from tho effects of
which he died. Another fatal case of
snake bite occurred near Murphreysboro,
in Jacon county. Two little girls while
hunting eggs under a house, thrust their
hands into a nest whore lay large rattle
snake When bitten, the children sup
posed that the hen had pecked them. The
threatening appearance of the children's
hands led the mother to investigate the
matter, when the snake was found coiled
in the nest. Both children died in less
that tYenty-four houIs.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02

nYE STUFF Of every kind and ofthe best
IJquality, at
LEMONS Deus SLor e
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02

4 lady who is opposed to having whist
PLAYED in her house recently sent out in
vitations for social party, and, lest there
should be a mistake, she added, mo
cards
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-05-02
REPARATOR CAPILLV.

For restoring hair upOn bald heads from wliatcvc
cause ii may have fallen ouil and forcing a growth
hair upon the face. ii has equal Il will force th,
beard 10 grow upon the smoothcst face in from five
c@ht weeks or hair upon bald heads in 4
llr' months few Ignorant practoncrs hav
tna intre Is nothln. thai W force or hasten he rrowil
OF le har or beard Their assertions false thou
sands az living witnesses tfrOm thcir
can bear witness But many will say how are we {,
distinguish The genuine from the Spurious II cctanl,
l. dIniclit- nincteut< of the different
advertised for the hair and beard entirely worthless
ana YOU may nave already thrown away larte amount.
III theIr purchase. To such would say trv the Rep
araor capi: il viii you nottn. unless it full,
CONES up tn our representations If your druggist doe.
ho Keep H. send us on" dollar and will forward il
postpaid. together with r-crip, for tn. money which
will he returned yoa application providing entire sa
isf;lcton i not given. Address
W. L. CLARK & co. Chemists
23-iyI No ,, West Fayrtie Street SYRACUSE Y Y
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LOUIsvTLLE, July 1.-The river is
rising with four feet eleven inches in the
canal. Thermometer, 90. Barometer
falling. The Emerald passed up to-day.
WASHINGTON, July $50 far only
about twenty members of both houses Of
congress have arrived. About one
hundred and twenty, properly appor-
toned, viii be necessary to secure 9
quorum. The officers employed in the
capitol are confident, from letters
and verbal communications, that
a quorum Of both branches will
answer to their names on Wednesday.
No presidential message or department
reports will be submitted.
Thad. Stevens declines an invitation
from the city Of Baltimore, to become a
guest of the city, for want of time.
Gen. Sheridan telegraphs to Gen.
Grant, confirming Maximilian's execu-
ton.
New York, July IA cable dispatch
from Gibralter June 80, gives the arrival
of the steamer Quaker City with the ex-
c~ursionists to the Holy Land. All were
well on board. The steamer had been
delayed at Faygal, but there was moth
ing in the dispatch indicating that the
trip had not been pleasant.
The International games between the
various CaledOnian clubs Of the United
States and Canada Oegan to-day. Dele
gates from Montreal, Kingston, Chicago.
Cincinnati and Philadelphia were pre-
sent The exhibition continues several
days.
NEW ORLEANS, July I~.-Lieutenant
Dewey, 4th United States cavalry, ar
rived yesterday from Indianola with the
yellow fever, and died last night at the
ST. Charles. This is the only pew case
reported.
The terms Of Sheridan's order, extend,
ing the time for registration indefinitely,
excites a pretty severe editorial from the
RcdgbHe.
The same paper closes a eul0gy Of Max
imilian as follows "If as an independ-
emf and self-governiug power, Mexico
has one friend left among civilized ma
tons, we cannot conceive where it is.
The very name OF Mexico must be oblit-
Grated from the roll of nations and its In
dams, with the Comanehes and Sem
inOles, be driven to their holes in the
mountains and there perish from the
earth, or we mistake the feelings of
Americans and all other people.
Times says the receipts at the CITY
re9surer7s Office average 5000 per day
sinde the mayors population message
vas uolished. On Saturday there was
q Remand for the city notes Of the
class denounced asAllegal and fraudulent
By the military mayeE INA premiums
offered for them. The message has
bad an effect unusually sEmnls ing on
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TovAnry to the Union Of toe STATES;
FnrrrTy TO the Constitution in its true
extent and meaning: Obedience to and
maintenance of all laws, State and Ma
4;,uaI. constitutionslly enacted.
RESISTANCE to Tyranny Usurpatiou
sn5 Ounression. of . man OF many ;
and ia an encroachn,ents upon the rights
of freemen or Of States, or upon the just
and Constitutional yrelogstives Of any
Densrtment Of the State or National
coErnments.
sroRATON Of j~isfranehised citizens
rights and privileges Of which they
been disseiZeG.
RPETUAL ASSURANCE 70 the colored
Of all the rights of freemen.
REPUTATION by State or Nation
honest debt
ESTABLISHMENT OF Military Des-
rs. no e-nthroning Of martial law
suspension Of the writ Of Hsbeas
Is, no staying Of citizens by Mill
Commissions, no lettres de eGchet,
le Of peace.
C sUBORDNATION Of the Military
Civil Power.
STANDING ARMIES Of States in time
.ce.
RovAL Of the efforts Of the Pres'-
0 prevent the anuihiIation Of civil
by the revoiutionizing Of the
nment, and to restore the Union Of
ates; and Of all that he has dCne
nd the Constitution aud to main
.e rightful supremacy Of the civil
aud charity and allowance for
e has left undone or done amlss.
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d Ar

Nicely Furnished Rooms, with good Board can
be had on reasont9le terms at No. al Adams
sweet
Also. e lev Day BoardeTs can be aOeommo-
dated. ie6H
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II L = . NJ =
CHEAP STORE,
No. 2g7 MAIN STREET.
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue Of a Deed of Trust executed to me
d on the Grst day of January, A. u. 1866, by
q. V. Hart and Julia A. r. Hart, his wife, and
daily registered IN the Registers once OF shelby
county, Tennessee, in Record Book No. g.,
Part "a, pages 64} and GA, TO which reference is
made, for the purpose Of paying the debt
therein secured, 1 viii
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e.IOOaO.

d
This ia a formidable amount enough,
and there is too much reason to believe
that it is below rather than above the
truth. But these returns relate to Eng
land and Wales alone; that is, to scarcely
more than two-thirds of the population
Of these islands. If the cost and guam
tity of crime in Ireland and Scotland
were at all proportionate, We should
have 20 swell the above figures to a very
startling result. But though we have no
accessible information which woulAal-
low Us to speak positively, or with much
p~Teteuse 10 accuracy, a comparison Of
the criminal returns Of the different
parts of the United Kingdom warrants
US in saving that such an assumption
would be certainly excessive. If we add
81 400, 0OO for Ireland and Scotland, We
shall probably be near the mark and
the aggregate total would then show six
millions and a half sterling as the tax
yearly levied 10y the crime of the coun-
try upon its industry and its wealth.
This is the pecUniary view of the prob
lem WI have to solve.
The additional tax to be levied upon
the Southern States by the continuing
increase of crime among the negroes
em~ancipated, is o to become a matter
of pretty serious consideration. While
the race were slaves, there was little
vice or crime among them, aud criminal
justice scarcely dealt with them at all.
There was more peace, quiet and order,
and less crime and vice, among the civil
lized IBdian Tribes, Cherokees, Creeks,
Choctows, Chickasaws and Seminoles,
than in any other community in the
world and next to these were the con-
tented and comfortable negro labourers
on the large plantations.
tiBut since these have been emancipa-
ted, the increase Of vice and crime
among them has been frightfui. Last
autumn, the Circuit Court of Phillips
county, Arkansas, was occupied nearly
OF quite four weeks in trying negroes ;
and this evil will continue to increase
until its proportions become gigantic.
To this tax, also, will be added that of
their pauperism. Every Northern ennis
sary who comes among the miserable
devils, limiting at confiscation, aud bid
ding for their votes, does his utmost to
make them paupers and criminals; and
the whole policy q the Government in
respect to them seems to have that sim
sic object in view.
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~TElnGRAPHI0 MARKETs

New ORLEANS, July I.-Cotton dull;
sales $50 bales low middling pc; re-
eeipts, Sf7 bales; exports S00S. No Lou
lsiana moiasses or sugar in the market;
Iuha molasses duh, qtiated at 4Ta50c;
Porto Rico sugar lie. Flour quiet SUI
perhne scarce XS11 ; choice 81 80. Corn
firm and stock small. Wheat 81 %.
Oats scarce. soc. Pork S23 basea brisk I:
shoulders TOT 10lc; rib sides uar
lSe l33. Lsrd, tierces. 12i 9I23a
Turpentine Soc. NJ. / Il
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To the Patrons orr

tie o'ei NYou are requested NOT "noie
town or YRS without acertifcsn ne De-
longed. HrepOrt at the count as much
hnpap-I regularity in carrierbossessor of
Public Speaking f4ment held
tor the purpose G's5ing food to
starving women and 51soe EN-, or bought
for him by his friends Nnder the pre-
tence of voting for him as the most pop
ular Of sIl his profession or order. The
conquest by the victor was generally eel
ebrated in lofty odes called Epinikia, Of
which we still possess some splendid
specimens among the odes Of PTNDAR.
We do not wish to assume to play the
Censor hut, in great kindness We beg
our young men and our fair women to
reflect whether the libeller Of the city
which bis presence offeAds, had not
ground for his bitter jibe as to fairs, festi-
walls and tournaments Why may not
a simple wreath Of laurel, ivy or n4agno-
liza, not be as eagerly commended for and
as dearly valued 10y our youth, as those
Of olive AsSine-Ieaves were 10y the gen
erous youth Of Greece ? IN the Aemean
games, the prize was only a ehaplet of
green parsley. And yet the Emperors
T1sERiUs and NERO were both con-
querors ia the Olympic games, eoveting
the honour of winning the garland of
ol~ive-leaves.
We should be glad to see the old
manly games Of Greece and 'merrie
England revived, aud the young men
Of the different Southern States assem-
bic periodically to struggle for the palm
Of 81 periority in all exercises OF strength
and skiH, in the c~hariot-race, the horse
race and the foot-race, in wrestling,
leaning and boxing, with the quOits, at
baseball and cricket, in riding at the
ring and shooting al the mark with
orstions, poems and bsnquets, and sim
pie prizes, costing no gold and taking
nothing out Of the mouths Of the starry
ing, bat bestowed by fair hands, and
ALWAYS to be esteemed honorable. There
ought to be something more Of lire than
the struggle to accumulate wealth and
rise by others undoing; but gold and
jewels are not fit prizes for a generous
emulation. If it be indeed by merit
that such prizes are won, their value
seems to be ample remuneration; and to
bestow honour and distinction also, it is
felt. would be oveF-paymGnL,
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Erote this sentence for the APPEAL
urday: 1.-The negroes are but
and the CentGrions Of the Ethi-
ohorts their beetles"
CompositOr made this read "The
are but shards, and were centu-
n the Etheopean cohorts, their
and persisted in keeping it so,
fine prOof-sheet was plainly cor
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RoARnTNG.


BOARDING.
A senGenen a wife can obtain Board, and
centre OF the house, with q gentleman whose
wife wiz Ae ahseat for the summer. House
nCg, wel furnished. and iE the nurgneastern
part OF the city. Terms Yery l6& Reference
required. Address s. ~ Frgi street.
clos nu
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
LEXINGTON. VA.

"A commodate One Hundred additional Ca
diets in this Institution. Its well established
character for its system OF discipline and
OF instruction eommends II to the sup
port Of those who desire a thorough ana prac-
teal education. Information viii De supplied
by application 10 the undersigned.
FRANCIS q. SMITH,
mvIs w,fel56eOwtsel Observation-Disclosures
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BOWBaDIoALEaNsEOuREB VOTES.
From alettey addressed to Us by a gen.
tAeman Of credit and vSgacity, We make
the following e3Taet, o1Ntting the name
Of the hrm imphcaed, as wall as that
Of the writer, for aufasent reaS,ns. II
the firm III question desires to Know the
name Of -he writer, it is Al meir service.
We kn0% theirs.
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FIRST MONDAY IN JULY, 1861.
nj II

OF THE CONDITION OF THE
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Northern railroads at 800 pm.
All Stations on Memphis and Louis
branch railroads at 3 pm.
All Stations on Memphis and Charlt
sissippi Central, Mobile and Ohio
and Decatur, Nashville aud Chat
East Tennessee railroads st 5 am a
For Little Rock, Pine Bluff and ar
on Arkansas and White rivers o.
Tuesdays and Saturdays. the
Mississippi river south, (semi-s
days and Saturdays. iOIS
Mississippi river-north, semi opIv
days and Fridays.
r C. GIST, Postmned il
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The Prizes drawn on this occasion numbered
FOrty-s-ven, and comprised lo'sin the vicinity
Of Mem phis, Tenn, CoriHth, Miss, and Her
naudO, Miss, deeds to which have been made
to the lucky ticket-hOlders. For this, The Sec
n Drawing, however, We are able to offer our
patrons still more attractive inducements 10
interest themselves in our scheme. From a
lengthy List Of property, much Of which has
already been advertised 10 the public, We select
the following:
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sTEAMBoAsxs.
ron 81. 1ouIa.
Regular Memphis and Sc Loais PaeksI
~. r.f-~ 1910

BELLE ST lelglsr meateg
This splendid steamer vii leave
Is above On So
THURSDAY. fth fnst, ATS D M
iys FLEM cALvERT. sapT
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CLOSING or mATIS.

Until further notice the Mails win close as
follows:
For Cairo, Chicago, st. Louis, Nashville, Louis
vile, Cincinnati, Cleveland. P%ittsburg, Phiia-
deiphia, Buffalo, Albany, New York, Balii-
8l5 pm.
For Chattanooga, Richmond, Washington
Augusta, Columbus, Ca, MontgOmeryFqfio
bile, Ala. New Nofk, NASHVILLE, and al
south and east, AZ 5:8a pm. Plt
For New orleans. Baton Rouge, Jaekson7ncers
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Dissolution.

TUE firm OF A. P. BURD1TT & co. is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. Either part
ner will use the firm name in the settlement Of
tie business. All parties indebted will come
forward and settle their Indebtedness at once,
at No. AZ Madison street, up stairs.
A =. BURDIrT,
Angus CAMPBELL,
JAMES II. SMITH.
MemphIs. Tenn. July I. 1857. iy2IW