Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-02
POLITICAL.


POLITICAL.
rs General wickham, one of Lees
ablest Brlgadiers, has announced his inten-
ton of acting hereafter with the Republi-
cans.
ey Northampton. Mass, has put on its
jury list two colored men, one of whom
was slave five years ago, and at that time
unable to read and write.
tB The New York San asserts that
Admiral Farragut Is "great personal
friend of Gen. Grant. snd a more out
spoken Radical than Gen. Grant is"
rs The unlucky rooster, displayed by
the Boston Post. the day after the election
in New Hampshire. is called by the Low
ell Courier "the first blue bird of the
season" -
- A one-armed soldier, at the Soldiers
Home at Albany, was lately set upon by
gang of ruffisns and beaten to death.
The rufians seemed to be inspired by no
motive but hatred of soldiers.
e| The Chicago Times puts down Mich
/ gan as doubtful State in next falls cleo
rion IL is doubtful whether il will give
Gen. Grant twenty-five thousand or forty
thousand m jority. -Detroit Post. -
g The New York Tribune of the
3o;h CONTAINS letter written by Thaddeus
Stevens, heartily endorsing Grant for
President, and saying that Wade Is his
choice for Vlce-President.
rs A Democrat being told that Thomas
Jefferson ~sd George Washington voted
with negroes, and believed in equal suf
frace, retorted, "Well, Washington and
Jefferson were gentlemen, and could afford
IN vote with niggers; can'L"-Detroa
Pest
eB- A Washington dispatch says tina.
Chief Justice Chase is indignant at the
rumors circulated, which affect his integri-
ty as man and politician. He pro
nounces as false any statement that he has
abandoned any of his principles.
- A Hartford letter.writer says that
Mr.. Henry Clay Dean "hss an immense
corporosiiy, and is about as long one way
as the other; wears q very dirty shirt and
slouched hat, and carries villainous
cane, carved in imitation Of great
snake, the head of which Is covered with
copper"
D-"My Godi think of my being tried
before niger jury for horse stealing!'
exclaimed q Mortified Southern white
Democrat, alarmed at the proposition to
allow c'lored men to sit as jurors. Sure
enoughi there might be danger of con
siction, and Just think of the number of
villains whose occupation would thence be
gonei fL lea7 t-IHlEEra hEa ag5
u A Saratoga county Democrat has
lately been receiving q Republican paper,
but it disturbed him so much that he or
dered it to be discontinued 1t stih kept
coming, however, and on stating his griev-
ances to some friends, one of them re-
marked: They think they can make
Republican of you" "Not by q d.
sight," said he, they'll find out they're east
ing pearls before seine" gaf,F nTaaf
q We have from ths Detroit Free
Press (cop) an entertaining account of
what our q Radical lords" will do when
they come home from Washington. They
will, it says, pretend to be "intensely
plain and Democratic !" and to accomplish
this they will "drink the meanest whisky
with the lowest drunkardl" A better
definition of "plain Democracy" could not
be given If volume were devoted TO the
task.
w An ex Confederate in q note to an
Atlanta paper writes: much has been
said regarding the mental capacity of Gen.
eral Grant. 1t will be remembered, that
in 1864, when the Confederate Peace Com
missioners went through the lines at
Petersburg, Va, Mr.. Stephens, the Con-
tolerate Vice President was one Of the
Commissioners. he visited General
Grants headquarters at City Point, and
was in company with the General several
days. Upon his return to Richmond, he
was asked all about General Grant, and
his answer was, that General Grant was
man Of no ordinary ability. Now, who is
more capable of judging human nature
than Alexander a. Stephens y
az A horrible outrage oss committed
few days since upoa loyal citizen
named Patrick Honey, who resides near
Waverly, Tenn, on the Nashville and
Northwestern Railroad. Some days since
gang of Kuklux left documents 1t his
house, warning him to leave the coun-
try. but he paid no attention TO the mo-
tice, and went on with his work Subse-
quently large company OF men, disguised
and armed, dragged him out Of his house
about midnight, carried him to . creek
thres miles Distant tied rope around his
neck, and dragged him up and down
the creek. pulled out his hair and beard,
kicked him and whipped him, and len him
lying insensi6le in the lwoods He wss
found the following evening by his WiIS, IN
most horrible condition. ss.s 3 -, -
"A negro sttenpted to rob the tfll Of .
butchers shop r. Buffalo, Was arrested,
and Turned On aio cantor With r rnzor.