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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-24
MAXEY'S
improved Spring Bed Bottom
PATENTED THE 2IsT DAY or JANUARY, 1858.
LETTERS NO 10 CD.

LETTERS NJ I3 622.
This 10 superior to al other Spring Bed Bottoms
yet produced and q es of the advantages
fellows:
l. Tn. pressure on the Springs is even, and there
Is ne ssgsing or bsgging aows Of any part, while the
hull elasticity remains
2. THERE'S no giving way ofany part because it 10
stayed at sides a. well as ssds.
8. 1t is sdjustabis to any sized bed With with
out Additional Stats.
4. Anv mechanic can make one, or any conmon
farmer who can tools fer farm purposes,
readily make or adjust enc.
s. They are cheaper than any Spring Bottom
known, and materials TO make hem can DO Prossrsd
il any country town.
s. Thsy are lighter tnan any other Spring Bottom,
aud readily he made so as TO sustain a light
wsght or . heavy weight, withou. being too stin or
timber
T. They are more durable thaa any Other Bed
Bottom known.
Call and examine thsm-sry them, and ysn will
The Patsnt.s. Nathan Haxsy, of Plymouth,
Indiana, has his head quarters ". b. DcksoH's
hardware store, 81 door ON ri. hand side up
stairs who will sell Bed Bottoms Territory to
versions that may wish to purchase, and where may
ks seen a sample Bed Bottom.
CERTIFICiTE.
!. Esh.vs had occasion to examine and try the
above Bed Bottom. and fully endorse all that il
Stained for it by the inventor:
CHARLES PALMER, Cabinet
Maker and Furniture Dealer,
TH0S. MCDONALD Tx Auditor,
JOHN W HOuGHT0N, Recorder,
DAVID II W, Sheriff NJ Co.,
c. H. REEVE, Atty,
H. G.. THAYER, Com. Merchant
SAN. BECKER. Merchants,
j. BR0WNLEE. Merchant,
j. w. BENNETT. NJ ID.
J. ID. GRAY. n. ID.
H.R BACKUS, n. d.
1. c. CAPR0N. Atty,
J.J. ylNALL, IL. ID,
n.B. DICKSON. Merchant,
T.P. LESLIE, N. ID.
L. MATrINGLY, Editor Rep.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-24
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-24

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Hon. James Thompson.
JsSse ~ Jsrren,e Court Of PsnrsysvarSA
Philadelphia. April -, IssA
al consider Woodlands German Biitsrs raSsstao
nssss in 81 attacks 81 ln4yestion OF pyspspsA
Ieus, with rssfect
JAMES THOxrsoNs
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s,.hainsss Of Dr. Hooassd's 6rrInas gitter, dspas
ssr from ing usual ceurss. TO sxpFees ny f1N
conviction tha.. fer general desfny ~ es syse~, sr<
pre-, srs;ion IL il may faH but ussss,y,
dssbt hot Is will be very beneficial 10 those whe ssnW
from tie above cassee-
Yosrs, very respectfully,
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-24
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-24

Assistans Editor Chris.ioa Chronicle, Philadelphia
have derived decided benefit frsn the TIE Of Hesf
lands German Bitosr and feel il my privilege 70
commend them as most vnsoale tonic TO all whs
suffering from general debiiiy from diseases Ayskn9
hom arrangement Of the kvsr. foun truly,
Z D. FIEDALh
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-24

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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-24

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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-24
Persons Advanc ea iu Lifh

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New-York tribune., 1868-04-04

criptions that the rich would not build 1T,
so the poor must; and we sold our stock some
years afterward at 40 per cent discount and
pocketed the loss This was but fiea-bite to-
ward such an undertaking; but it proved our
good will as truly as the capitalists Sl0O'OO0 or
SJ00,000 did.
Having Travelled much over the Erie Road
throughout each year Of its existence, We avow
our deliberate conviction that it is to-day
worth every cent that it honestly cost, and that
it ought to have paid at least six per cent. per
annum to its stockholders throughout the last
fifteen years. How very different from this
their fortune has been, too many sadly know
Mr.. Drew voluntarily puts i'll an appearance
in our columns, and proffcrs certain eoirec-
tions of our recent structures on his Erie man
agement. Accepting these as good, so far as
they go, we will thank him for the directest
answers he can give to the following questions:
l. How long have you Mr.. Drew, been di-
rector of the Erie Railroad?
III. What were the aggregate amounts of its
stock and its debts respectively when you first
became such director9
III. What are the like aggregates nOr
". What have been the average yearly div
idends meantime to its nOn-Dreferred stock
holders9
v. What extensions or improvements have
meantime been made which are to-day earning
legal interest on their cOst9
VI. How much Erie stock in the aggregate
have you, since you became a director, sold
"short in other words how much have you
bet that the road would be less and less valu-
able and productive so long as you should re-
main one of its managers!
VII. How much, in the aggregate have you
made by these bets that you would succeed in
depreciating the value of the property whereof
you were trustee!
VIII How much have you made by getting
possession of its bonds for less than their face
and selling them at an advance or converting
them into stOck2
X What is your personal opinion OF the
propriety of such short y sales by director
as are indicated abOveI
y. AS you say that you lent some millions
to the road on pledge of its stock at forty
per cent discOunt-stock which you soon after
ward sold at a large prOft-will you explain
how an old and busy road like the Erie-earn-
ing $l40O0,0O0 per annum, yet paying nothing
TO its stockholdcrs-came to be in such pressing
want of several millions as to be obliged to
borrow at most enormous usuryf
Mr. Drew, you are in Jersey City; but the
books and accounts Of the Erie are oil there,
as your own are, or soon may be. You say
you pretend to "no skill in the law;" so we ask
you no legal questions. but only such as a man
of business, being honest, may readily and
concisely answer. VIII you come to the front
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
Mr.. DANIEL DREU.

We are very much obliged to this gentleman
for the information embodied in his card
printed in our last. Having no shadow of per-
sonal interest or personal feeling enlisted in
what is known as "The Erie War;" we are
bent on turning that struggle to good account
in promoting radical reform in railway man
agement-a reform sadly, deplorably needed
I'm our deliberate Judgment, founded on exten-
siye observation and inquiry, full quarter of
the money hitherto subscribed and paid by
confding stockholders in this country to
build and equip railroads has been stolen by
directors, engineers, fnanciers, &c; while q
fourth of their gross earnings since construction
have in like manner been stolen by directors,
agents, superintendent, conductors, &c., &c
As necessary consequence Of these gigantic
frauds, those whose money was freely and
frankly invested in railroad stocks have not
received, in the average, three per cent. there
from, while hard-eaned millions on millions
of money-much of it the sole and slender re-
source of widows and orphans-have thus been
wiped out altogether. An able and shrewd
railroad manager in "a distant State--one who
has invested largely and successfully in roads
previously unprOductiye-last Summer. assured
us that any decently located, fairly patronized
railroad always does and always will pay fair
interest on its real cost--that fraud and embez-
Element, with possibly slight margin for
garing ncapacty-are the sole causes OF rail
road embarrassment and bankruptcy Yet
large sections of our country still suffer for
lack of railroad communication that would be
speedily provided Herewith were 1t not for the
prevalent presumption, based on long and
painful experience, that money invested i'll the
construction Of railroads is nearly the same as
thrown away. Thus the development of our
country is retarded, its labor deprived of re-
mnneratiye employment and the cost OF mar
keting its products greatly enhanced, by the
greedy rascality of unfaithful managers of rail-
roads. We have decided, after patient delibera-
tion. to fight these villains more aggressively,
more pcrsistently, than we have done believ-
ing such warfare an imperative public duty
If there be- any one calling himself our friend
who apprehends unpleasant consequences from
this resolution, we aiioctionately advise him to
get out Of the way.
For the Erie Railroad, we cherish a special
affection. We urged and championed its con-
struction long before such construction was
probable. We advocated the State loan to it
of S3,OOOOOO, which was ultimately transformed
into gift. We subscribed and paid up $4,000
to build it; being told by the press gang that
came round exacting rather than soliciting sub
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
THE W.AR IN PARAGUAY.

For about three years the little Republic of
Paraguay. with population of only 100000.
has sustained heroic struggle against three
neighboring States which have an aggregate
population of 100000. Whatever opinion may
have been held as to the origin of the war; the
valor of the Paraguayans has been such as to
win the admiration of the world. But, finally,
it seems, the overwhelming force OF the Allies
has overcome the greatest bravery. The for
tress of Humaita, the Yicksburg of Paraguay,
has been taken by storm, and fifteen large guns,
with large quantity of stores and ammuni-
ton, have fallen into the hands of the victors.
At the same time the Brazilian feet has forced
q passage past the land batteries and occupied
Asuncon, the capital of the Republic. i
This is By far the heaviest blow which has
yet fallen upon Paraguay, and may soon prove
to be the fatal blow. True, the position of the
Allies had of late been greatly weakened. Dis
satisfaction with the continuance Of the war
had spread in each of the three allied States,
and led to riots and reyolts in EACH In the
Argentine Confederation the opponents of the
war had, at one time control of several States,
and but recently they have again attempted
new revolution. In Uruguay, President Flores,
who by overthrowing the lawful Government
of his State, with the aid of the Brazilians, had
brought on this war, has just been murdered
in a disturbance caused by his own sons. 1t
was reasonable, then, to expect that If the
Paraguayans could only hold out few more
weeks, the war would take a turn favorable TO
them.
But according to all probabilities, the Para
guayans will now succumb to the Overpowering
forces of the Brazilians. Their strength is ex-
hausted in consequence OF the unparalleled
exertion which they have had to make to fill
up the gaps in their army. While the strong
places, and with them their capital, are falling
into the hands of the Brazilians in the south
west another Brazilian force is invading Para
quay from the north, and there are not sufficient
troops at the disposal of President Lopez to
arrest their advance. We may, therefore, soon
hear of the submission of Paraguay. According
to the provisions of the triple alliance, the first
condition upon which the conclusion of peace
will be made dependent is the removal of
President Lopez. This effected, Paraguay is
entirely at the mercy of the victor. 1t will
have to relinquish all claims to disputed ter
ritory, and pay all the expenses OF the war.
The fall of Lopez would Immediately be fol-
lowed by treaty of peace containing the
above provisions. But the peace will at any
moment be liable to be disturbed. The in
terests of Brazil and of her present republican
allies, especially as regards the possession of
the mouths of the River Plate, are so antag-
onistic that ere long another war between
Brazil and all the neighboring Republics is
probable.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
(ONNE(TICLL L.

Republican friends! before we eau again ad-
dress YOU the battle will commence. Your
canvass has been nobly worked; the promises
are hopeful; victory is within your reach; you
need only to bring out your full strength.
Who can hesitate in such a cause! New
Hampshire and Rhode Island challenge your
rivalry; the whole nation looks to you for
words of cheer. Republicans of Connecticut,
do not disappont our hopes. If any OF you are
away from home, 20 back at once. Livery
lawful voter should be at home tonight. The
enemy is active, unscrupulous, and desperate.
We need to work INCREASINGLY until the polls
close on Monday. The result may be
determined By a single roie Who will faltcr
under such a contingency III You do as well
as your sister States have done, our victory Is
certain. Vote early on Monday, and then spend
the rest of the day in bringing up laggards.
We may not win; but let us not say we did
not do our best. There is greatly increased
Democratic vote To overcome; IN New-liaven
and other large towns the Democrats have
manufactured voters by hundreds. Keep out
their illegal voters poll your own honest
strength, and all will be well.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.

The House Banking and Currency Commit
tee is TO take up the discussion OF the bill
TO substitute grecnbacks for National Bank
currency on the first Thursday in April,
when the friends of the bill declare that they
will demand the sense Of the House on the
matter and ask to be discharged from the
further consideration of the question The
plea used in favor of the bill is that by issuing
$780, 1000 more in greenbacks the Govern
ment can cancel the bonds on which our Ma
tiOnal Banks are based, thereby saving about
S18,0OO,O00 annually of coin interest on those
bonds, and furnishing a currency just as
good as the National Bank notes, since it is in
the greenbacks that the National Bank notes
are redeemable, and no note can be better
than that which redeems it, This plausible
theory hangs on a single point, easily stated,
well adapted to simple minds, and has natu-
rally large following among the superficial
and unrehecting class, and not few among
men who claim to be sharp. Let us examine it (:
/. If it be good means of canceling the
S34O, 900 of bonds held by the National
Banks, it is an equally good means OF cancel
ing the whole National debt, and thereby saw
ing $4,000, 900 of interest in coin, instead OF
merely S1S,000,000 The National Banks hold
their bonds by purchase; they have paid full
market value for them, like any other holders,
and can no more be controlled in their owner
ship, or compelled to take greenbacks, or any
other kind of bonds, for those they now hold,
than can any other owner of the Governments
promises. If we can save SlS,0OO,OOO by giving
them gIeenbacks for their bonds, by all means
let us save the whole Sl3O,OOO,000 of our an
nual interest by compelling all other bondhold-
ers to share the same fate. Our first objection
to the plan, therefore, is that if available at
all, it ought to go seven times further, and rid
us of our coin interest altogether.
H. We do not find that it saves any interest,
as compared with the opposite policy of ex-
panding the National Banking system 80 as to
make il furnish our entire currency. For the
reports of the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Controller of the Currency show that by the
creation of the National Banks the bonds on
which they are based, and which were non
taxpaying, become the capital of a tax paying
business, and that the Unconstitutional. State,
and local-to which this use Of the bonds gives
rise when set off against the interest which
the Government pays on the bonds, reduce the
latter to less than two per cent. The amount
of interest which the greenback policy would
seek to save, therefore, is not SlsOOO,00O, but
less than Ss,OOOOOO. Meanwhile, what would
be the effect Of expanding the Ma
tional Banking system somewhat IN the
manner proposed by the Senate Finance Com
mittee, so as to make it free, TO base every
800 of its currency on bonds worth 800 in
gold. TO supply the South and West with all
tho currency they require. aud " remove the
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04

We present elsewhere full account OF the
progress of cooperation, in Il great variety oil
industries, in England and France. Coopcra-
ton seems to be an Outgrowth of the social
movement which collapsed some twenty years
ago; and it is practical demonstration of q
few of the principles of association about which
there had never been any dispute. Adding
TO these principles common sense, practical men
have been enabled TO carry the several details
into successful operation, but without the least
attempt to attach thereto any social theories.
So marked has been the success, and often
with what would be termed wholly insufficient
means, and so great is the need for social and
industrial encouragement In England, that the
movement is looked upon by the most thought
full and liberal minded, as well as distinguished
men, as not of inferior importance to any en-
terprise of the time. The best feature, and
one which demands especial attention, is the
fact that when q workman joins one of these
societies, and manfully does his part, ne at
once seeks information on such general sub
jects rs make intelligent men. There can be no
question that, when system secures this re-
suit. and also adds. as it does, to the materiL
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
prosperity of the individual, it contains within
itself the assurance Of success
THE CITY Tx LEYY.

.s.I JHE CIII LA LEVI.
We wonder how much longer Mr.. Alexander
Frear viii hold the City Tax Levy law in the
Assembly Committee on Affairs of Cities, OF
which committee he is chairman. Can it he
that the intention is to keep back the tax levy.
as usual, to the close Of the session, and then
under the pressure always existing at the an.
proacli of the adjournment, push it through.
big with many theft? We would impesx
upon the members of the Legislature who have
the least desire TO do their duty in the matters
coming before them for action, that the City
and County Tax Levy laws of New-York are
the instruments by which the greatest injury
is inflicted upon our people. We trust that
the friends of economical and honest govern.
ment will see to it that these laws are not
kept back to the close of the session, and
pushed through, amid the hurry and hustle Of
the adjournment. We trust they will insist that
they shall be engrosscd before they are passed.
and not left for the engr0ssing clerks TO study
out fix, and patch up and make into law after
the adjournment We want the law to pass the
Legislature in decent form, and not to pass
| in the shape of ten or twelve sheets of paper.
written over in every direction, with words,
sentences, and sections written in ard erased,
papered and wafered all over, and bandagcd
with many bandage, so that even the most
honest engrossing clerk finds it difficult 10
write out the law from the almost uDinteli.
gible mass committed to his hands. We would
the more impress personal responsibility upon
the Legislature for the items Of our tax levies,
from the fact that the city officials, who go TO
Albany and induce the Legislature to heap the
burdens upon us, always say, when reproached
with our heavy taxes, "1he Legislature fixed
the amounts the Legislature is responsible.
"not we" AS the Legislature is held fesp0n-
sible for whatever is DONE we trust it will see
to it that the Tax Levy laws are submitted to
the severest scrutiny, and the various items cut
down to the lowest possible amounts.
On the eleventh page supplementary sheet
we print letter from the Citizens Association
on this subject The letter truthfully says !:
ct would pay the City of New-1ork TO
Support, unaided, the entire cost OF the Leg
islature, if these Tax Levy bills were passed
I" in January of each year, instead OF being
kept back, az they have been, and will be
{" now, to the ,end of April" Read the docu-
ment, if only TO see how miserably helpless
you are in the hands of the relentless and
gFasping Ring.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04

ts- The Southern States; Connecticut Letters
from OurSpeciai Correspondents; Interesting Case
and other matters on fhe second page this morn
ing. RemarkaJle wills, an WustriouS Clam
ant; Hon TO Go West. Senator Wade's Protec-
ton, the Drama, Music, and Home Ne,cs on the
fourth; The Courts Laying the Corner Stone Of
a Synagogue, The Hudson CITY Poisoning Case
A Ner Science, The National Guard, The Free
Acudemy, Ner- York Legislature, an Americdn
WOmaR's Visit 10 List, Letter from EcniGnPri
0aer in Canada, and Political Items on the f0fh;
Foreign Dramatic Items and Real Estate on
the eighth, and Episcopal Church, Cooperative
Industries in Europe, the Diamond Coal Nine
accident, the Fire IN FaitOn-st., a Nec En-
balming Process, tie Enormous Tar Lery Ii
abilities of Railroads to Persons Holding Free
Passes. Junior Exhibition Of The Ne,o- York Uni
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
CAMPAIGN SHEETS.

THE FIRST NUMBER contains Senator Nor
toms speech on Reconstruction, delivered in the
Senate, Jan. "a, together with the speech of
Senator Williams on the same subject.
THE SECOND NUMBER contains the speech OF
Gen. Sickles at New-Haven, Feb. 2G; the
speech Of Senator Morrill, of Maine in the Uni
ted States Senate, Feb. 5, and the letter OF
Speaker Colfax to the Indiana Republican Con-
ventiOn.
THE THIRD NUMBER is in German. 1t con-
tains the Speeches of Senator Morton and Gen.
Sickles. and the Letter of Speaker Colfax to
the Indiana Republican Convention.
Every village Club should subscribe for at
least hundred copies of each of these publ
cations, and see that they are scattered far and
wide The terms are as follows
20 Copies. Postage Paid.......25 cents.
100 Copies, Postage Paid ......,S1
800 Copies, BY EXPRESS......S
1000 Copies, BY EXPRESS..--.S75O
Single copies may be had at the counter for
two cents. We cannot undertake to send less
than twenty copies 10y mail to any one address.
These documents are for sale by all News
men Address
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