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Bosros. Nov. 10.

Bosrox, Nov. 10.
The Steamer Providenca from Nsu York
for Bristol, last night collided With schooner
and haA her port side nil fore and Aft, and
wheel badly damaged. The steamer pu,
about and maae IN unsseosesfal search for
. hoeAsr, which it 10 feared sunk With oil sa
board
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
MIDNIGHT REPORT.
FROM THE SOUTH.

kALBlGH, Nov 49,
Governor Holdan's message was read to
the Legislature to-day. He shows that tax
Of one per cent. ad volossm on the properly
Of the State would pay tho interest on the
debt of the State. and recommends such q
levy. He advocates various internal i'm
provements. Vie encourages immigration
to the State; congratulatss ths Stats upon
the suppression of the rebellion; upon the
reconstructioa Of the South ON the basis Of
suffrage for all, and upon the sleesion OF
Grant and Colfsx, al of which combine to
render the Union perpetual.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
MApi,ox, lad, Nov. 1e.

MADISON, Ind, Nov. la.
Tho tov boat Tiger, With barges, coming
own collided With the j. N. Mccullough
going up, one mile shove this CRY It 10
o clock last night The n CallonsL was struck
By one Of the barges. tearing her whole side
off for twenty or thirty feet, causing her to
sink in three minutes in seventeen feet Of
water. Tho deck sweeper, . boy, il missing,
WHO s probably drowned. The rest Of ~
crew and passengers Nere saved M1 4laak
or Meluste came Il ths relief Of tloACaf
Tough ana brought 1il on bo6rd to the a6ofs
Two coal bArses eunk, probably total loss.
WlLLIAxsrowH, Mass, Nov. Is.
The difficulty between the students and
faculty of Willisms' College ended last night
BY surrender of the students and return To
naval duties. President Hopkins promises
the consideration of the Questionable rules
which caused the trouble.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-19
Steamer Collision ON the Ohio
River.
THE ERIE LTTlGATION-IT EFFECT
UPON THE WALL STREET
MONEY MARKET.
supposed Less ~ q Schooner
and Grew.
LATE NEWS BY CABLF.

GOLD CLOSED IN NEW YORK 1851.
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LOHeDAlB -soSN ORTIZ On WsAssa6ay 70 iast
at o'cloek II D. Marys CAGhsdssi. - hsv. Rteh
ard Hinea Mr. jobs @. LonsSss, r., Of tbs sity. -
Mss Ida = Arowp, OF LAks RregilsAeA, LaoiaanA
KsmphH Asalanchs Oct %
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unY.coODs-RETAII.


1ae1avtn4, Brands, 4 Seals.
Z Dria re- Nos 4 Estes House
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CLOTHlEns.

vsncall. Joaes i Oo...... cor Third Main streets
Hsss. stsrn 3 Co......cor 6econd Main streets
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0slA Psns, Psnsils, Psekst Books.
9 Dfidsss ........ ........Nos ! ! Estes Hous
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c. HINES,
MERCHANT TAILOR,

o. TAird-st bA. Mair 4 JoAnsoa.
II Ae iust received fne stock Of Cloths Of
u al ktsAa, and ~ti rake pants, vests and ccas
sAsaD9 tAAa svse bsses. Dor proof OF this call ard
sxa1ine, fncvlf-d
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J. b. Csess Co l39 Main street
Duassn, Kasls D Co.......14e : 143 AsiI street.
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w. prfae................. cor. 5th 4 Blondsau.
M AZ DO1 ATE = 1N0URANCE ACTS.
b p Tss- -Byak, cor Fourth Main st' fupstairs)
oIUoD2 1DWIN0 MACNlNEs.
q n HaeomAer Aet......,.... Fourth street.
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Gas = sTEAM FITTIH0(.
~ 4 0ep Johnsou street, betSd i lth
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0leeks-Whelssale 4 Retail.
q BriAses Nos / 4 : Estes House
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CoNulDDlOH MERCHANT0.
n y 0turses ...............l6 South Lsvse.
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NEW hAPA8 eYURP ~ pie q
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PIANOS AID MUsIo.
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DEuTISTRY.
Lc Iaesnell- ...sor Third = Main, mp stsirs)
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HARDWARE.
Peek Brothers. :. ........cor Fourth Main streets
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HasAUass 4 House Furnishing 0ools
A. Nabar 3 Co ............l43 Min street
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snean cor Third 1 Main streets.
usiskanD ......se lam strsst.
Huiskanp Drs. Main strsst-nst ~ sth.
I Hart, Ast..... ...........ieo Asinstrs
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LIQuO0S-WHOLEs
Il Leonard i &Co...............l73 174 Main street
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AHLLINAR0.
pI>sbsrass, Mayer ! oe...-....No. III Msin-st
trs Vebes................cof Third Main streets.
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rsnfer House e.............c cor Third Johnson.
Denius Hsuss .............cor Second johnson.
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MARBLE WORKS.
h vdsn Chsno wstA. ). Third strcet-nsAr n ain.
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HATS, CAPS AND NOTIONS.
Hsykitt n ,.,....ol Main street
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Robsrtssn 1 Alb s........ ........12o Main street
- q NcQueei ,..................S4 Main street.
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0o30, 8llVor WaIe.
Dridess ,,.,.... ......... Nos + : Kstss House
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HATS, CAPS = FUANI8HIN0 0OODs.
n,iIo. Il yones. Main street
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
New Mode Of Eun Ing.

A new process of embalmiug--the in
vention of Mr.. w II. G. Clark-is
attracting the attention of the. medical
profession in New York. The H.
ventcr obtained the body of woman who
died in February, and, applying this pro-
cess, allowed the subject to remain until
Saturday last, when-seventy-two days
after death-an autopsy was made 10 pres
ence of number of distinguished medical
men and others. The popularity Of the
new method is, that the revolving process
of removing the thoracle and abdoininal
viscera. as now practised, is entirely dis
pensed with. In the examination on Sat-
urday, the brain, heart. lungs, stomach,
and intestines of the subject were success
fully examined, and all found to be in a
perfect state of preservation, while the ex-
ternal appearance was life-like to degree
that was startling. The method by which
this body was preserved is said to be so
simple as to do away with the skill of the
surgeon and anatomist, being nothing more
than wash, which can be applied by any
person or ordinary intelligence, and which,
in addition to its preservative powers, is
also proof against contagion.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
London Times COmpositors.

The last number of the Bookseller gives
US an insight into the admirable system
which prevails in the composing rooms of
the London Times. Competitors evince
the greatest desire to obtain employment
in this great establishment in PRINTING &
House square: "None but first rate com.
positors however, stand chance of being
taken, and the list of eligible candidates is
generally pretty large one. Moreover,
the Times system of raising competent
compositors from apprentices, keeps the
supply nearly equal to the demand. The
Times is the only London daily paper that
employs apprentices, and this employment
is, indeed, the chief cause of dispute be-
tween it and the society, though the ap-
prentices are only engaged during the
day, principally upon advertisements.
When compositor applies for employment
upon the Times, he is tested in room by
himself, upon piece Of parliamentary
debate copy which is liz written in
not over legible style, an abbreviated
long hand. If the applicant can compose
sixty lines of minion in q fair workman.
like manner, without doubtless 'outs,'
wrong spelling, or disproportionate num-
Der of literal or clerical errors, within two
hours, his name is placed on register of
competent hands, and he may expect TO be
called in at the first opportunity. Once
engaged, the permanency of his post de-
pends upon himself. No applicant over
thirty years Of age is eligible. aud if he
fail. upon tsial, to come up to the required
standard OF efficiency, he is paid for his
sixty liues and dismissed, no one but the
manager and himself being acquainted
With the fact of his application so that in
co case can injury arise to a society man
from asking work on the Times. In the
printing Office of the leading journal, a
capital system prevails. Men are encour-
aged in provident habits as soon as they
attach themselves to the paper. Half a
crown in the pound is deduced from the
earnings Of each regular compositor, press
man, machine MIN, and warehouse man,
the whole period of his employment, and
is given up to him on his retirement, and
on no account before. A sick fund has
been founded by the men, to which nearly
every one subscribes a surgeon is perma
nently engaged on the staff, and is al
ways in attendance or within easy call
Refreshments of all kinds are obtainable
on the premises at nearly cost prices, and
the club principle is carried out in every
department.. Thus, not only are the en-
ployees cared for during the hours of theil
working life, but no one can leave the
Times after any number of years service
without possessing that penny in the purse
which wo are told is the best friend a
court. Could not other large Offices be
conducted on like principles, and will
equal benefit to master and men Z"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
What a delightful place Pittsbure
From the Handsboro (diss) Democrat. May Q.

What delightful place Pittsburg
must be to live in! According to a recent
visitor the inhabitents live on coal smoke
and floating cinders. They breathe smoke,
eat smoke. chew smoke, and carry it 10
their pockets! Little boys and girls stand
on the corners with wet brooms and spon.
ges to wash peoples faces tor five cents.
Everybody is of color In Pittsburg. AT
the postofice window the clerk distinguish
es people by certain signs, it being impos-
sible to distinguish their faces for the lay
er of coal dust and smoke. Every one
wears mourning in Pittsburg. People
feel their way by door-kuobs, and read by
raised type. Bed clothes are unknown in
Pittsburg-leave the window open aud
sheets of smoke settle on you like news
paper from machine press. Some few
years since snow fell into the city through
the cloud of smoke, the smoke was not
hurt, but the snow looked sick Men
carly lanterns to see to shake hands.
When looking At watch 10 see the hour
IL is the fsshion to]ight match"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28

to be oue-eyed, and hence this popularity
was extended, by subsequent writers, to
the whole race. In Malta is a remarkable
cyclopean structure, supported on huge
pillars, aud popularity called. "The Giants
Grave" Some of the blocks of stone are
thirty feet long. Stonehenge itself was
said by Welsh tradition to have been
built by "giants who came from Africa" :"
This is significant, since the Carthageni-
ans, the greatest employers of mercenaries,
cOlonized portion of England and Ire
land.
The very names of some Of the British
cyclopean antiquities show the evidence of
tradition as to their origin, as, for in
stance, "The Giants Bed" "The Gianta
Grave" "Thc Giants Load" "The Old
Wife's Lift" ''The Giants Quot" "The
Hag's Bed" &c. In Brittany it is very
curious that thograndest relic of antiquity
a whole valley full of huge stones, is call.
cd "Carnac,"-a name evidently identical
with that temple in Egypt upon which the
A curious light has been thrown upon
the antiquities OF Western Europe by the
discovery in the old region of the giants,
now inhabited by the Druzes, of the
homes and cities Of Anakim. The Rev.
MIR. Porter and Mr.. Cyril Graham have
found the whole of ancient Bashan cover
ed with ruins hitherto unknown to Euro
peans. In the cities OF Kerioth and Kir-
iathaim are houses strong enough to resist
the violence Of man or of nature the
roofs are formed Of beams Of stone in jux-
Imposition, twenty-five feet long. support
ed by square stone pillars, and huge doors,
formed Of a single .one. "These ancient
cities Of Bashan probably contain the very
oldest specimens Of domestic architecture
now existing in the world" says Mr.. Por-
ter. In conclusion. there is no doubt that
the crom1echs Of Celtic countries irresisti-
bly, suggest the idea of habitatious; in
deed no other use can be assigned for
them. Their heights too great to use as
affairs. 1t is just possible that the vast
mental and physical powers which char
acterized the giants may have caused their
DEDICATION when extinct by inferior races,
and thus their temples might even
come to be regarded with superstitious
respect, or copied and reproduced objects
of worship At any rate, this cannot be
denied, giants once existed as races, n OF as
individual exceptions. That they were
confined exclusively to Palestine, have
shown to be, to say the least Of it, improb-
able.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28

TEACH Your CHILDREN Music. You
will stare at strange notion of mine; il
appears even a mad one, do not wonder
Had children, my utmost endeavor
should be to make them musicians. Con
sideriDg [ have no ear, or even thought
for music, the preference seems odd, and
yet it is embraced on frequent reflection
In short, as my aim would be to make
them happy, think it the most probable
method. 1t is resource which will last
them their lives, unless they grow deaf
1t depends upon themselves, not on others;
always amuses and soothes, if not consoles;
and Of all fashionable pleasures, is the
cheapest. 1t is capable of fame without
the danger of criticisms--is susceptible ol
enthusiasm without being priest-ridden,
and unlike other mortal passions is sure
OF being grati6ed in heaven. .-Hoyae.
Wolpols
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
CRUSHED BY HER TREAD.

BIT GOETHE.
A violet In a meadow stood,
Unseen, bent down in lowlihood--
twas q darling blossom :.
Soon came shepherd maiden there,
With tripping step and blthe.one air,
So fair, so fair!
And Gang carol sweet,
"Ahi" thought the violet. for the power
To bloom as natures fnireat flower.
But for one moment onlyi
To be BY that dear maiden blest,
And plucked and pilowcd on her breast,
Though 'twere, though 'twere
But one, one moment.leet.
This merry maiden nearer drew.
Nor saw the violet where 1t grew,
And crushed the little bIossomi
1t died, but it rejoiced-"I lie
Crushed by her tread, by herI die;
By her, by her
Beneath her blessed feet"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
One Thousand Dollars a Minute

Sixty thousand dollars an hour, one
million four hundred and forty thousand
dollars day, is about the amount of taxa
tion required of the people to run the
government under the ruinous policy of the
radicals. "Mack," Of the Cincinnati
Commercial, tells how portion of the sum
is squandered:
"Tho public printing Office has just
turned out one of the finest pieces of typo
graphical workmanship ever executed in
this country. 1t is volume Of $40 pages,
ABOUT the size of large pulpit or family
Bible, bound in the highest style of Tur
key morocco, costing thirty-seven dollars
a volume. Its contents are the expressions
of coincidence, abroad and at hcme, on the
death Of Mr.. Lincoln. 1t embraces every
thing on the subject, from Queen Victo-
ria's letter to the resolutions of a town
meeting in Boone county, Missouri. How
many of these costly volumes were
printed do not know. Every congress
man has been furnished with one, and l
am told the amount of money expended
upon it exceeds hundred thousand dol
lars. Public money is seldom so uselessly
squandered as in this outlay. A demo-
cratic congressman told me the other day
that he would want no better argument
for his constituents than the simple ex-
hibition of that volume, to prove the reck-
less extravaganza of the administration
He added that be should carry his copy
round with him in the next campaign, and
show it to the people, to let them see what
they had got for their hundred thousand
dolIars"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
THE PRINTER's GRIEF.

A tear stood In the printers ere.
a shadow on his face.
IL solcmnly and silently
He ga.-d within his Gaze.
EcthouQht soma deep and hssvy Gries
Is prcying on Ais heart,
AMI tia. kindly spoken werd
Eight happiness impart.
no sooner did this thought occur.
Than b. his side stood.
Tel me. my friend, Thy grief" said.
What sorrows o'er thee broodf"
Es eszed at me . moment, then
.ie turned aw.y and sighed,
Ard answering, said, "a column good
CT nonrsreilI've ricd!
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
The latest svinole is a Rochester in

The latest swinole is a Rochester in-
vention. When hay is sold by the ton. q
man concealS himself in the load aud is
weighed with it. While the hay is
driven off to the barn of the
purchaser, the man leaves his hiding
place aud goes back to the hay mar
ket to be sold over. A paper
of that city says: " This trick was not dis
covered until last week, though it is now
understood that it has been practiced for
years. 1t might have remained undiscov-
cred for years to come but for the boldness
Of the operators, who exposed themselves
aud we're noticed by mechanics employed
in laying up the walls of buildings ada
cent to the hay market"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
MIXED.

on. Lesalor, my son! my soni
F,s hsir was white as snow;
He stole 9 pig and away he run
To the bay Of Biscay, o.
The Soy stood on the burning deck.
And smoked his pipe Of clay,
Ard b.. his money on the bob-sailed nSg.
Nh.n the moon had gone away.
Tn lonely tinee my mother died
The lee Is round her still
So II. peel s bag Of taters, o,
With the sword Of Bunker Hill.
1t is the hour when ftom the bougns
kissed my Molly Ann,
30 run Elijah, and hurry ap fcmp-
Yes o. any other man.
Oh, xaat are the Wild waves sayingf
cried the ion2 night through;
And voice replied fAr up the height,
4 little moro cider, too.
Tac ha-p at natures advent strung
Is coming through the sye;
Then kiss me quick and go, my honey,
SAID the spider to the fly.
gy willis's on the dark blue sea.
Wsth dve hundred thousand more;
And nay days arc gliding swiftly By
To the Old Kentucky shore.
The Portland daily press., 1868-07-23

The usually sharp-eyed Chicagoans were
completely victimized on Tuesday evening.
A shabby-looking young man went to the
Briggs House, and told the clerk that he was
the driver OF Robert Bonners horses, and that
Bonner was on his way to Chicago with five
of his famous stud. He asked that suit OF
the best rooms in the hotel be assigned to MI.
Bonner and himself. The applicant stated
that a serenade was to be given to Mr.. Bon
ner, and proceeding to the Office of Vaas's
Light Guard Band, by the same adroit story
secured the services of the band for the "ser-
enade." Then he went to livery stable, and
engaged band wagon, with four horses and
driver. The band got aboard, and were
driven to propeller m the river, whence the
famous horses were to be disembarked, and
were required to play number of popular
airs out of compliment to the captain of the
vessel. After amusing himself in this fashion
for while the"agent" said Mr.. Bonner was
coming by the cars, and would leave the train
at "Mr. Pattersons" residence in the suburbs.
Thither he went, the band discoursing sweet
strains on the route. These demonstrations
and the report that soon got abroad that the
famous Bonner was coming to Chicago, at
tracted large crowd of people to the hotel
to witness the expected ovation. Time wore
away, and no Bonner appearing, the stable
proprietor, who had been invited up to the
hotel to partake of the refreshments to be
provided on the occasion, and who had got
tired waiting therefor, began to suspect
"sell." Taking buggy he drove out to ''Mr.
Patterson's," where he found the band drawn
up, and was informed by them that they had
been waiting an hour for their guide, who had
gone into the house to inform Mr.. Bonner OF
the arrival OF his escort. A knock at the door
by the anxious stable keeper elected the fact
that no "Mr. Patterson" lived there, and no
Bonner was there, and no driver OF his fast
horses. The band, who for more than Jour
hours had followed the beck OF worthless
wag, then, at midnight, went back to the city
in melancholy procession, with the outwtted
stable keeper for a leader
The Portland daily press., 1868-07-23
A Woodcock story.

The Boston Transcript publishes the fol-
lowing note received by gentleman in Bos-
ton from his son now visiting friends in the
vicinity of Hartford:
"DEAR FATHER-We are all well. Went
out shooting, and got fine point from Spry
in the little patch of woods just back of the
house. We all of us got round the bird
which appeared TO be taking the maneuvre
(which seemed to threaten his destruction
quite quietly AL was rfdd yea and Rla Ct e. The
unsuspecting game. Now for the first time
L noticed that the dog appeared doubtful and
uneasy, looking at me frequently as if to be
assured that all was right. Suddenly he set
up furiaus bark and sprung forward at the
woodcock, which, terror struck, rose from the
ground with almost lightning speed, and, ere
one of us could bring barrel to bear upon
him, had vanished over the tops of the trees.
In rising, the bird had dropped something
that looked like strip of newspaper, and this
curious article Spry brought me in his mouth.
Hastily glanced at it and to my horror and
amazement, saw notice, apparently cut out
OF a Boston newspaper, the pith of which was
as follows:
Fifty dollars ($50) fine for every woodcock
shot in the State of Connecticut between the
LIST of March and 18th OF September.
Every mans gun dropped from his nerve
lees grasp. All was accounted for; the bold
ness OF the woodcock, from his sense of per-
feet security ($50!), and the hesitation of our
faithful dog, but for whose sagacity should
now be writing to you for check for that $50.
Your aft. son,
The Portland daily press., 1868-07-23
The French Prince Imperial.

An American traveller, who lately saw the
Prince Imperial of France, says that he is an
extremely amiable and interesting looking
boy, with wonderful air OF not exactly intel
ligence, perhaps, so much as precocious man.
illness OF bearing for his age-the natural eff
feet of his bringing up, and of the way in
which, of late especially, he has been forced,
as It were, into public notice. He lifts his
boys cap with almost painful gravity or dig
nifty to return salute, showing head of
fine dark auburn hair, with pretty wave in
It, and face which has grown more like his
father, and less strongly resembling his
mother, than it used to be. The brow
expands somewhat more on the Napole-
on model, and the expression of meek
ness, which formerly predominated very de-
cidedly, has given place to greater thought
fulness and intellectual development. The
hrst great danger to which he will be exposed
will probably arise from over forcing.
The Portland daily press., 1868-07-23
Bloom and Beauty
Drains and Sewers.

W-B TUT SAFE Dy CrOSInaH q 90. y
Trade sudplied by E. L. STAN WOOD and H. H
HAY. June 6-l&w3mOs