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LIFE INSURANCE UN A NEW PLAN.
CHARTERED By THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
OCTOBER g. 1868.

Tnsures lives on the foil wing plan zach mem
n.r nays IN initiation fee of ten dol lars II under
forty wears of age: between forty ana hltN years,
uf;erI dollars between fifty and hity-hve years,
twenty dollars between 1iit' five ana sixty years,
TWENTY-FIVE dollars. This amount Is III That Will
ever be. called Tor except attne attn OF lncn1er
We propose 10 make . membership OF ~ r.
TilOLSANp, each paying Inc Imitation lee as
above each being insured for Fly + iHpISANO
DOLLARS 50 soon us the number reaches iife
Thousand members, or one dollar for each policy
holder. 1t, , ,,o,
On the death Of any member, each will be called
on To pay ONE DOLLAR ANln IM ENI1 ,
FIVE CENTS-onc dollar 70 pay oh the deceased
members policy and twenty-five cents TO pay cS-
pcnSns. o.o r,np>-x,p az,
Office for the present, No. 1902 COkNAk Or
TWELFTH AND MAIN STREETS. oc lc-Slu
TIRE INSURANCE effected at the low
cs,rates and on most liberia tcrlls with Lhe
PICiIMUND BANKING and INSURANCE
COMPANY
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CAPITAL, S175,o00!
JOIN q. DAVIS, President,
SEA JaIS +. &. POTTS, Secretary,
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CAPITA s"r'',-S''S'
We'll invested and secured.
Assets employed here cor !hs %enG:&: 9sLG1s.
Desirable FIEE AND bAt.+&E 4 h4ShS INV
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NOTICE.-MRS. ASKERVILL'S
~ SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES AND
CHILDREN will commence It's fourth annual scs-
sion 1T NO. 81! Grace street lin the house formerly
used as Il school by Mr.. Montgomery Dupuy), on
the FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER, 1865.
a Pupils may be entered by calling on Mrs. BaS-
kervll, or addressing her through the post-ofice
Richmond Va. So l4-W.SStlTOt
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WINTER SCHEDULE.-RICHMO
wv AND PETERSBURG RAILR0AD.-On
and after FRIDAY the eth instant the trains over
this road will be run as follows
Leave Richmond at Ia. M. and 1895 p. NJ.
Leave Petersburg at 1895 A. II. and $50 p. N.
ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN, with passenger
car attached, win leave Richmond daily Sundays
excepted) at 4:1o P. NJ. $500.
days, and the $3.50 p. ID. train VIII not leave Peters
burg on Sundays.
Passengers for Norfolk will take the 2:3S =. NJ
train, running through daily.
Fare to Norfolk, g. Baggage checked through.
Passengers for Clover Hill viii take the A. ID.
Chester with coal train, returning to Richmond
same days at 1:loP. M. K. II. GILL,
OCT Engineer and Superintendent.
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LsALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT
II TO THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST VIA
10 THE NORTH, East, AND WEsT, WA
TEE RICHMOND, EREDERICKSBURH AID
uEITED STATES MAIL TWICE DAILY-ELE-
CAN'T CARS WITH NEW PATENT SLEEP.
Ne CHAIRS OK ALL TEAM s.-The
THROHGH TRAINS on this road are now run
frogn the depot, corner BYRD ArD EIGHTH
SFhahraz The Bay = T1EaaRSosusH MAIL TnAIH leaves
Richmond daily at IL IL, Arriving In Wash.
inston at 7so r NJ, connecting With the early ~:
ternoon express trains for the North, East ana
" The r NIGHT THROUGH NAIL TRAIN, WITH
elegant cars, with the new patent sleeping chairs
attsched, leaves Richmond daily lsnndsys s1espts
A. A., connecting with the early morning Eains
Tor the North, East, and West
Both STEAMERS stop at Alexandrte eacn wny:
The ACCOMMODATION TRAIN fof MulorG
and all way stations leaves depot corner bIoao
and Eighth streets, at 3sG M. Returning, arrives
THROUGH TICKETS and THROUGH BAa-
GAGE CHECKS to all principal points.
For further Information and through tickets, aps
Ply at the ONCE Of the company, corner Broad Sno
Eighth streets, Shockoe Hill and ut the ticket
office, corner Byrd and Eighth streets.
j. B. GENTRY, General Ticket Agent.
SAMUEL RUTH, superintendent. oc 10
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will commence WEDNESDAY, September 30,
1853. LEROY 5. EDWARDS, a. NJ,
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CAPITAL, S175,e00!
DOMESTTC INSURANCE.

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VXTILLIAM II. DAVIS,

CORNER OF NINTH AND CARY STREETS
keeps constantly on hand best CLOVER HILL
COAL OF all grades, and RED and WHITE ASH
ANTHRA CITE COAL, which he is prepared to
s.il nf IN ARK et rates Sc 25-3m
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19
Printing One Thousand Years
Ago.

An extraordinary discovery has beer
made of press IN India. When Warren
Hastings was gOvernor-general of India.
he observed that in the district of Benares
little below the surface Of the earth, is
to be found stratum Of kind Of fibro us
woody substance of various thicknesses, in
horizontal layers. Major Roebuck, in-
formed of this, went out to Il spot where
excavation had been made displaying
this most singular phenomenon. ln Dig
ging somewhat deeper for the purpose Of
further research, they laid open vault
which, on further examination proved to
be of some size, and to their astonishment
they found kind of printing press set up
in vault, and on it movable types placed
as if ready for printing. Every inquiry
was set on foot to ascertain the probable
period at which such an instrument could
have been placed there, for it evidently
was not of modern origin, and from all the
major could collect it appeared probable
that the press had remained in state in
which it was found for at least one thou
sand years We believe the major, on his
return to England, presented one of the
learned associations with memoir con-
tanning many courteous speculations on the
subject. Paper We know to have been
manufactured in tue east many centuries
before VIC had any knowledge of it, and
We have many reasons to think that the
Chinese had been acquainted with the
mode of printing they now employ, many
years before Faust and Guttenburg invent
ed it in Europe. 1t does little credit
to the inventive genius of the Romans to
know that, while they approached SO near
as to cngrave in style not to be equalled
in the present age on gems and stones.
and of course the taking of impressions Of
them, they should have remained ignorant
of the art which has bestowed so many
blessings on mankind.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19
"G!ye Me Some Squi!ls. M0ther.''

From the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
"Baize" claims the authorship OF poem
about which there has been much
discussion, and sends us one unpublished
stanza of the song to prove his right
Here it is:
"Mother, dear mother, o! give me some
squills;
have grown weary Of duns and of bills;
Weary of working 10 hours a day,
Weary of working for very small pay,
Weary OF trying to see my way clear,
Tired of cocktails and tired of beer
Tired of dining with Parker and Mills
Give me some squills, mother give me some
squils."
We append letter from distinguished
citizen, which we think will fnlsh the con-
troversy:
"GREEN BAIzE, Esq. Dear Sir
About the year 1901 / called at yonr house
to grind a pair of scissors for your cook,
and you took me up into the back attic to
hear your beautiful poem, entitled, Give
Me Some squills, Mother l remember
the year distinctly, because | fell asleep
before you concluded.
"I ours. truly, B. SnANKs."
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19
The Contrast.

Elected to the present congress is man
by the name of Butler, from the state of
Tennessee. Butler is radical after
Brownlow's own heart--a truly loyal !"
gentleman, who would rather shoot a rebel
than eat his breakfast. When the Hon.
Mr.. Butler presented himself at the oar of
the house, however, there was slight i'm
pediment in the way of his taking his seat
He couldn't take the irou-clad oath Be-
ing conscientious man, he couldn't ex-
actly swear that he had never given aid
and comfort to the enemy. His lapse con-
sisted in simply having been member of
the Tennessee legislature in 1861, and as
such voting to take the state out Of the
union, and attaching her to the rebel con-
federacy, which had just been formed.
Certainly for truly loyal individual this
was a very small matter indeed, but it has
had the effect of keeping Mr.. Butler out
of his seat thus far during the session
But the committee on elections have found
a remedy for Mr.. Buffers case. They
have agreed to report joint resolution
omitting the aid and comfort part of the
oath, so far as he is concerned. He is will
ling to swear that he never held any Office
under the confederacy, which is probably
the cause of his turning radical-he could
Mt get one. And so, we suppose, Mr..
Tennessee Butler will soon be in his seat,
voting side by side with Ben Butler
Now contrast this treatment Of Mr..
Butler with Senator Thomas of Maryland
and John Young Brown of Kentucky.
Both these gentlemen were willing to take
the test oath, every word and letter of it.
They could do it conscientiously. Neither
of them had ever given aid or comfort to
the rebellion or held Office under it. Yet
both were excluded Such is the manner
in which the radical majority in congress
treat conservatives and radicals respect
ively. Stokes, who volunteered to raise
rebel company to resist the " Lincoln dos
potisn," is admitted without a why or
and the test oath is emascuated
so as to allow Butler to come in but DEM
ocrats upon whose garments there is no
smell of secessionism, are ruthlessly ex-
cluded.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19

From the New Albany Ledger.
distinguished clergyman, in discourse
ali evening or two ago, in one of our city
pulpits, in illustration of point he wished
to impress upon his hearers, spoke of the
Emperor of the French as The embodiment
of that nation and said that pistol or a
dagger pointed at his breast would arouse
the whole people to determination to
ayenge the insult which, in him, had been
offered to the nation. And the clerical gen.
tleman was no doubt correct. Volatile and
factious as are the modern Gauls, an indig-
nifty offered to their ruler would be regarded
as national insult We have no emperor
magistrate, who is chosen by the people,
according TO the forms of the constitution,
to preside for limited period over the ex-
ecutive department. of the government. His
powers are limited, but he is, in the eyes of
the world, the embodiment, the impersona-
tion of our country. 1t is he who makes treat
les, who gives instructions TO our ambassa-
dors abroad, who receives the ambassadors of
foreign powers, and who Is regarded, and
justly SO, as the tangible and responsible
head of the nation, the representative of its
power and dignity. When an American am
bassador in London, Paris or Berlin gives a
banquet, the first toast is, "Tne President"
as the head of the nation.
But what do we now see? a great politi-
cal party-the party which placed the presi-
dent in the position which he now occupies
party which claims to number among ITS
members the most patriotic portion of the
community--is engaged in the shameful work
of degrading the president to the position of
malefactor. and of holding up the represent
ative of our national power and dignity as a
criminal, about to be placed on his trial for
heinous offences The spectacle is a shame
full one. 1t is dshonor to the nation. 1t is
disgraceful to .he faction that has placed us il
this humiliatlng position before the world.
Each Frenchman would leap to ayenge an
insult cast upon the chosen ruler of the ma
tiop, even though that ruler is known to have
made many failnres, and to have been guiltv
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19

A correspondent of the New York
World, who attended the polls in Alabama
during the voting there, and who has been
collecting information in regard to the
manner in which the election was conduct
ed in different PORTIONS Of the state, pre-
sents the people of the north with this
pleasant Renaissance
Something like third Of the entire
vote cast in the state was received on no
better evidence than afidavits of registry
in other counties, and, for my own part, l
saw several administered. This was the
process. Enter T;mbuctoo.
What's your name 2
'Pomp.'
Pomp what p
Pomp Jones, sah.'
Show your ticket, and great paw
would reach out ragged sleeve and tnrus,
dirty scrap under the judges nose. Nc
such name as given would be found upon
the list, and then would come the balance
Of the formula. quote from the printed
document:
l., do solemly swear that ! am du
~ registered as quallned voter In the
county Of -, in this state; that / now
reside in this county, and that | have mo-
voted at this election, so help me God
Pomp, or Cuff, or Cudjo would swallow
it all, meekly taking off his hat as he was
hidden, aud holding up his hama and nod
ding like toy mandarian at every other
word in the oath. In would go his vote
and now take HIM out and ask him what
solemnly meant, or qualified or re,
side, and Pomp's big mouth would open
and bis eyes would stretch, and nine times
in ten would tell you, Fore God, mas'r, ]
dunno muffin bout all dis yer, but dey tolt
US We mus come and put de.ting in dc
box, or dey would fine us or put US in de
jail"
And these are tho kind of people thu
radicals wish TO make the rulers Of tn,
southern states
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19

of some crimes. But he is the personifica-
ton Of the empire. If he is dishonored, the
whole nation is dishonorcd in his person.
bloxeaimed at him is aimed at the state of
which he is the first person. But no such
spirit-no such national pride animates the
jacobin faction which now rules this coun-
try through the body called congress. To
accomplish their hell-bor schemes Of party
aggran lizement they would strike down the
chief magistrate of the republic, simply be-
cause he cannot be made subservient to their
misunderstanding plans. What to them
is the dishonor of the nation in the eyes Of
the world if their own lease of power Is to
be endangered? National honor, national
pride, national glory, national selfrespect
must all be sacrificed at the shrine of faction.
We're the charges against the president of
a serious character-were they in fact high
crimes and misdemeanors, such are CEN
templated by the constitution when a presi-
dent is to be impeached-the case would be
different. But all men must and do feel that
the charges against the ex ecutive are utterly
frivulous and contemplate. If the suit
which is to be tried by the senate with so
much mock solemnity were brought before
common pleas judge, every attorney knows
that it would be kicked out of court. Aside
from its party aspect, the whole case against
Mr.. johnson is utterly contemplate. So will
impartial men among US Judge it now. So
will intelligent, unprejudiced foreigners
judge it. So will posterity judge it.-N. \.
Ledger
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19

The radical newspapers claim tha: the
trial of the president will be judicial
and not a partisan one. Here is what
that old wretch, Stevens, said, in speaking
to the senate about the affair:
"Let him hope who dares 70 hope that
so high . body IS that senat, will 6etray
its trust, will forget its own acts will tread
back its own action, will disgrace itself in
the face of the nation. Point me out one
wio dores to do II, and you show me one
1ho 3ares to be regarded as Infamous by
posterity. Let me see the recreant ,ohc
darss to tread back upon his steps, and
rots on the other side"
And yet these radicals have the impu
dence to claim that the trial will be . fail
one Chicago Times.
Young couple, girl l6, Louisville. KY,
slopsd the other day, and chad their own
way"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19
NUMBER 90.

country, congressman in mockery are
scotfing, and revelling in the !uxuries pur-
chased by the plunder Of the peoples
money. They boast that they will not
" step backward" in their work of des-
tructiOn. but will push onward. The pco-
pie, only By coming out from party, and
sustaining the constitution-and preserv-
ing the checks upon unlimited power.
which it imposes, can save the country
from ruin.
The republican party supports congress
in Its destructive measures-has chosen
the men who have enacted the measure
outside Of the constitution, and we can as
sure our correspondent that the democratic
papers justly 90 charge the republican par
ty with the responsibility of the very hard
times that are upon us"
We hope Republican will examine
this subject carefuIly-look at the pro-
ceedings of congress---considcr the course
it has pursued, step by step, encroaching
more upon the rights of states and of the
people, aud upon the constitution-and
satisfy himself whether or not we have ex-
the case in the least, or attribu-
ted the hard times to the wrong source.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19

old age and faded flowers no remedy
will revive.
Mrs. Senator Sprague has declared
for democracy.
The court of impeachment is called
" High Old Court"
I" Mynheer, do you know what for ws
call our boy Hans?"
Life is the best of conundrumus, for
We all have to give it up.
A French newspapers definition of
whale-an anie liluvian sarline.
There are various stations in life, but
the least desirable is police station
The advantage of having Germs is.
that you can always stand on your own
achers.
An exchange asks. " How did Martin
Luther die!" lie was excommruicsted
by bull.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19

most OF which both sides in the council
subscribed. it appears that tie constitution
had been AagrantlY violated by the legis-
lature in variety of importan MT Instances.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19
slHHyOOrEp nov

10 the reach or ard
Outward sunshine. inward joy
Blessings on the barefoot boy: ~ Whit.i<~.
The republicans Of Massachusetts
have placed themselves under the Grant
standard.
Gen! Lougstreet says, when man
talks about new wor, DO suro he did not
fight in thelast ope."
There are already indications Of q
third party" movement in the approach
ing political campaign.
AT ball in New York few evenings
ago, some of the ladies had servants lo
hold up the trails of their dresses
"A toast given at a supper at Parker's
on Thursday. - Stick - the same one
pounded over Summers head by Brooks:
Greeley wants a president who can
take an OATH" Ben Wade is excellent
at making as well as taking them-strong,
too.
The oak-tree boughs once touched the grass;
But every year they grew
A little farther from the ground,
And nearer toward the blue.
So live that you each year may be,
A little farther from the earth,
And nearer TO the sky Our Boys ard Gir,f.
The Austrian Field Marshal Kondel-
ka, has got into trouble and prison By the
photographic indiscretion known as iorg-
cry.
-" Sir, you have broken your prom.
ise," said one gentleman to another.
"Oh, never mind, l can make another
just as good"
A crusty old bachelor says that Ad-
ANS wife was called Eve because when she
the day Of mans happiness was
drawing to close.
-"Perley," says Thad. Stevens is in
the habit of making statements "while un-
der the influence of stimulants," that are
not consistent with truth!
Mr.. Pullup, coming home "pretty
full" finds the walking very slippery, and
exclaims "V-v-very " singular, whenever
water freezes it allus freezes with the
slippery side up. Singular!
Resolutions charging Governor Fen
ton with" " high crimes and misdemeanors,"
and asking the legislature to impeach him
were presented at the meeting of the board
of aldermen Of New York, on Saturday,
7th inst, by Alderman Hardy.
First old boy (reading :" The wife
of an Irish laborer presented him with
three children at birth. "What dye
think of that, sir ?" Second old boy
" Shameful, sir, shameful! Fenianisin in
its very worst form e"
AT school at Wallsone, near New.
castle, the master asked class Of boys the
meaning of the word appetite. After
short pause, one little boy said. 81 know.
sir when I'm eatin' I'm 'appy, and when
I'm done I'm tight"
When you find the joint Of dog and
a brass button in your sausage, you may
infer that the joint and button in your
sausage, or yourself, are in a wrong placei
If hungry, however, do not let infsrences
affect your appetite.
"A gentleman presented lace collar to
the object Of his alteration, and in Jocu-
lar way said:
"Do not let any one else rumplc it."
"No. my dear" said the lady, 81 viii
take it off,"
The latest Improvement on stock is
new breed of cats in Vermont, which have
tails only an inch long. The advantages
claimed for such tails are. that they can
not get under rocking-chair or be step.
ped upon, and that the door can be closed
quicker when they 80 out. ns
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How to Dispose Of Potatoes Show
ing Rot.

A correspondent of an Irish news
paper claims to have heard of a plan
TO stop the decay Of diseased pota-
toes. He writes it as follows:
Il have just heard of q plan to pre-
serve partially diseased potatoes from
further decay for pig-feeding. As
this is a year in which the disease is
prevalent, very likely such a plan will
be universally adopted. When the
diseased potatoes are sorted they
should be taken and boiled, after
which they are allowed to dry by
their own heat, and then put into
barrels and pressed down in a pulp,
covered with moistened yellow clay.
Then cover the barrel and allow it to
stand by ugtil required for use. A
friend of mine, by so doing, kept them
for nine months-in fact, until all he
had were used out, they being in as
good a state at the end Of that period
"a when boiled
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-11-27
agricultural.
Tree Planting.

Tn planting trees this Fall, all should
remember that it is requisite to set
che tree only just so deep as to enable
it to stand, for we can place earth
around it 80 as to protect it from
theaving off the Winters frost; and al
soon as Spring opens and the ground
is leveIed down, the roots will start
and seek their appropriate depth. If
we dig a deep hole, especially in hard
clay soil, and fill it with good loan
and set our trees therein, we invite
the water there as into a cistern-and
second, we cause q vigorous growth
of roots, until they reach the undis'
turbed clay, when o check is at once
perceptible; and often an orchard
stands from five to seven years
without apparently making any pro,
gress. Remember, then, and plant
your trees Just so deep as to cover
their roots, but no more; then earth
up for n winter protection against
frost for the year, and dress down
again to a Lowell in the Spring
Horti@lituriSt.