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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26

/ tu~ 60 'i'.r :
and evidence Oi the C.eu case Is nea.l,
finished, and when done will be perhaf 4
one of the most massive documents
ever filed in our supreme court. The
proceedings in the case have been COM
piled by Mr.. r. VI. Smock, and cover
one hundred and seventy pages, but
they ale a mere trife as compared
with the evidence, which is being
compiled and will soon be finished
Ind. Jor.
-Colfax has been roaming about all
summer, smiling, grinning and shak-
ing hands, and the papers have kept a
bulletin of "Vice President Culrax and
suit He wears very log tail for
so small a cat and some democratic
papers, we are ashamed 10 say, have
assisted in giving the BOBBY q nation.
al bulletin. 1t is an insult to the
American people to occupy the public
press with such stuff. -Er.
-Henceforth, they (Irishmen) vii
be found under tie banner Of universal
freedom, fr all mankind, in every
land and clime-Northern Indiarian.
To which might be added reasona-
be number of those bloody catholic
skulls" that were once paraded through
the streets of Philadelphia by men who,
like the writer of the above, registered
a sacred oath before high heaven that
no foreigner and catholic should ever
be entitled to hold office in this the
i" lard of the free and home of the
brave. "-LaPorte Argus.
The "writer of the above" was
rathec too young to register aa oath
such as the Argus speaks of, at tht
time of Know Nothing uprising--is no?
particularly hostile to catholics. only
when they assail our common school
system, as they are now doing in Ohio,
and has not the least antipathy to for.
eigners, whether they are Ouch, Irish,
japanese, Chinese. or Hottentots-i
fact, he regards all OF them in about
the same light For this is the
Land OF the free and the homo OF the orsve"
Northern Indianiaa.
Do we understand our friend of the
Northern hdianiidn to class Hottentots.
Ouch and Irish in the same category"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26
Ed. Godfrey on the Republi an Party.

ED. Godfrey on the Rep,,bli can Party.
Elder Godfrey, who is Methodist
Presiding Elder in this District, has
his eyes opened to the corruption and
rottenness Of the Republican leaders in
this State. and is opening out on them
heavily. The Elder 10 a man of con-
siderable ability, and earnest in his po-
litical and religious convictions. He
is IN the habit Of saying whatever he
thinks, and We are glad to find him
showing up the deformiiies Of Repub.
licanism in their true light.
The elder preached a sermon a;
Lebanon last Sunday evening, at the
conclusion Of which he alluded in
scathing terms to the rottenness and
corruption Of the leading Radical pol.
iticians Of Indiana, and charged the
"wi-e maLipulators' with hostility to
the Methodist Church. Ec said that
Lincoln turned Methodists out Of office,
and appointed none, and removed Joe
Wright FROM Berlin because he was a
Methodist. Grant had appointed no
slethodists to Office except his broth.
er-in-law as Consul to German State
He also stated that it was a fact tina
more Methodists were appointed un
der Buchanan's administration thar
any other, and that the Methodlsts vot
ed with tt Q Democrats up to 1851, a
which time they 'slufied off, on tn
whiskey question, and have since vot
cd with the Republicans. He claime'
that The Methods. held the balance o.
POWER in Indiana, and if the Repub
lican politicians persisted in ignoring
the Church, they would turn thing
upside down again, and abandon tn
support of the Republican party. II
said that Cumback was martyr to hi
religious opinions and characterize
Bakers conduct as Infamous an,
treacherous. He defed ANYBODY .
point to Methodist now in any IN
portant office. The Republicans, h
remarked, had had control of legisls
tian for twelve years, and had spurne
the petitions of the united Church fc
temperance law-the "whiskey gu,
zling" politicians had showed their pc
, titions under the table. He charge
the Republican Legislation with tn
enactment Of most Infamous divore
law, which was disgrace to the Stat;
aud made the very name of Indiana
by-wcrd aud rsproach the countr
over.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26
THE RPOgATION,

The Republican, and several papers
outside ct our couc:y, seem considera-
bly, exercised over our assaults" upon
the Corpora ton authorities Of or town.
We arc Of course, duly sorry that We
are compelled to disturb these gentle.
men, but nevertheless must discharge
our duty rs public journalist, Others
WISE our readers would consider them>
selves unfairly treated
The present Cooperation adminstra-
tion came into power with a grand
flourish: and profusc promises of re-
forms, improvements. and retrencb-
lnent. That vas all very good, and it
will be still better if they make those
PROMISE good. So far they have sig.
nally failed in every respect, aud We
very properly complained of their fail
ure. We anticipate failure through
cat their administration. and expect to
note down th7ir shortcomings, and
write up the full record OF them at the
close OF the year. We hope By this
means to protect the interests OF our
people and TO teach these loud and pro-
fuse takers a little Irodcsty Or little
honesty, and perchance little Of both
We also expect to demonstrate that re-
forms are net made by repeating ben.
eGcent laws. nor improvements by en-
acting childishly illegal ordinances,
nor IS the increase Of salaries and
wastefui and useless expenditure of
money Tor partizaD purposes The true
Tystem of retFenchmcnt.
Then perhaps We shall succeed in
convincing them that they are neither
wiser nor hotter than their neighbors.
So mote it be.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26

THOSE LAWS.

The good people of Plymouth are
no doubt we'll pleased with the great
changes everywhere apparent effected
by the New Board Of Trustees. Livery
thing in the town has already received
its fair share of consideration from
these wise lawgivers. Even the dogs
have not been omitted from the sacac
ious scrutiny fthe Fathers The IN.
rocent CANNES who roam majestically
through the streets need fear no more
the baited meat, as the muzzles which
tho new law requires them to decor
ate their countenances with will effect.
ual'y bar it from their rapac.
ious .naaws. consumaiion deroutly
wished for by the dogs. I. Amongst TIE
the varied excel!encies OF these new
laws. they are not unalterablc like those
OF the Medcs and Persiaus, neither are
they incomprehens ibla like the Roman
Callgulas, much less are they inyiola-
bic like those Of the Spartan Lycurgus.
above all they are said to be cheap.
pQcuniarily, they are triaipg. intrinsic
ally they are beyond price, and if they
TO not serve the purposes for which
they were designed, (the good govern
mtn ofour town )the citizens are utter
iy incompetent to appreciate a good
thing.
They are printed on fine paper. (leg-
IDLY enough where the ink holds out, ;
80 that the wayfaring man if not a
fool may read, be edited, and know
that Plymouth modestly recIines be-
meath the aegis Of statutes by authority.
They are complete in books, bound in
green and yellow eivers adapted 10 the
verdancy Of youth, as we'll az the senile
atrophy of the sere ard yellow leaf OF
age. In them are twenty -four law
ordinances to govern The FIVE irascible
gentlemen vino compose the board, the
Marshal and Clerk, not to mention the
Attorney, who is a law unto himself,
(that is TO say under sublime afilat-
u.s. There are also twenty-five laws
Tor the good government of the 1900
taxable citizens. or ono law for every
100 men. Much like Sir. John Fal.
STATS tavern reckoning, ian intolerabe
deal Of Sack, Cor Beer. J to a poor pen
ny worth Of bread" The disrropor
lion Of the laws TO subjects in this case
is not easily understood unless by an
intimate acquaintance with the au
thors; II Is mathematical, as well as
philosophical problem, dependent OF
time for its solution. One Of the stat
utes relative to the board gives then
50 day, or an hour, according to the
protracted nature of the session, and
liberal allowance (to be decided b,
.hemselves) Tor ali items of duty out
side of the session. This law la
sprung from the peDurious conduct o
the former boards, who allowed then.
selves bu. 81 80 per day Cor session
and nothing for duties outside of tn,
sessions. The act vas severely criti
cisad in the late board by one of tn
cute members of this, il certain chast
and highly polished resolutions whicl
he got possession of Mt q Firemen'.
meeting last winter; this learned law
maker has only prevented the resolu
ten refer d to from APPLY applying t
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26

NiLLAINoUs PRocEEDING-On Wed
nesday night, two weeks ago, as the
northern bound freight, ON the c. C.
Il l.. r. r., approached a deep cut
about 3 miles south of Plymouth, the
engineer saw short distance ahead o:
him. two large sticks Of timber OF
wood, placed in such position on the
track, as to leave no doub. in his mind
that they were placed there by some
malicious wretch, for whom there is nc
legal punishment severe enough. The
engineer, Hank Stewart-succeeded in
so nearly stopping his train before
reaching the distinctions, that but lit.
tie mischief was done. All suspicion:
characters in the neighborhood Of the
attempte ted outrage, should be closely
watched, that the guilty may b.
brought to merritod punishment.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26

! '''.i."Git ..o"- - ...eS.i"S ---..,
the FER dlem., and even then 1t may
be limited by some scurrilous creatures
that the new board have never met
but for their So session. The only
mcrret in this case of double dealing, is
in its originality, which will give the
act immunity from criticism uatiI it has
been fairly tested. Ii the authors Off
can induce those who never paid q
Corporation tax since they lived in il
and those others who refused to pay
last year, through their persuasion to
pay now. the treasury may not fail un-
der this double draft upon its meager
resources, otherwise the municipal in
debtcdnoss may increase. To prevent
contingency so calamitous "a the rep
u'atiOn as we'll as the pockets Of these
law makers, they have made ample az
raDgement to reimburse the exchequer,
LIST, by raising the license on auction
eers from s2 to sl5 per day, the expt-
rience of former law makers confirms
this act to be fruitful. source of reye-
nue., if not into the municipal treasury,
then certainly into the tills of MGR
chants who will meet with no compe-
tition in the sale of damaged or other
worthless goods, from itcnerant auction
GERS. To further fortify this fuctuat-
ing treasury, duty las been laid ON
horned cattle Gall the mulcys are kind
y exempt that wear bells and pereg-
rinatc through our streets, by night
especially, Or by day. the authorities
heretofore have been deaf to oil ap>
peals made in this matter,
The ,intinabulationa ofthese horned cettles bells
Alas how their turbulancy on our sumber tells .
In tho startled ear of night,
How they ;hump cut their aft ight
Meath the rays of the pale-faced moon.
For which musical entertainment
they should pay, besides, hornes, are
odious. hidious, repugnant TO all the
fncr feelings of nature, and uncndura-
bic since The first cuckold This de-
irving good for the treasury out Of the
evil doings of horned cattle. must be
deemed judicious' The hog, that most
provoking and immodest beast (to be
lead or drlvea) aud is not eaten by the
people of Isreal, having enjoyed The
luxury Of bathing in any Of the mud
puddles on the streets, these many
years. must also pay, and to facilitate
the collection Of this tax it Is expected
that all owners Of hogs will Immediate
II label them with bis or her name il
some CONSPICUOUS place on the amman
so that the Marshal can be sure Of his
customer.
The ass, too, has not been forgotten
in this judicious selection Of taxable
animals but for some inscrutable rea,
son the Marshal, whom he favors, per-
haps. in some respects, has omitted him
from his proclamation.
BARNACLE.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26

ITO TO take effect on Monday, May Al
1859, at 7:30 AN.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26

An Erchange says that Presiden,
Grant has appointed his barber to of.
flee. He is negro, Oliver LeDain
was the name of the barber and bosom
counsellor of the French King, Louis
XI. Grants negro barber is appoint.
ed to the Third Auditors Office. We
presume there is no soldier now want.
ing an Office, since this is gwen &c
Grants negro barber, who does no,
even seem to have been one of the
"colored troops who fought so brave.
"" according to Artcmus Ward
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26
RAIL. ROADS

e. c e.. l.. II. II. Time Table.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26

TIE Ladies Of the Sr. JOINS GER
MAN EvANGELIcAL LUTHERAN church
will give Fair and Festival at Baleo-
ny Hall on the first day of September.
Ice Cream, Lemonade and other re-
freshmcpts will be served. The arti-
cles for the Fair will be on exhibition
and tickets for the same Cor sale; ad-
mission ten cents. On;Sept. Cd, there
will be grand Picnic at the Summer
Garden, where the articles on exhibi-
ton will be drawn at O'Clock D. M.
dinner will be served ut one o'clock
P. M, adults, 30 cents, children %
cents; refreshments of all kinds can be
bad at the Garden. Amusements of
all kinds will be furnished.
The Plymouth Silver Band will be in
attendance to enliyen the occasion
Teams will run to and from the Gar.
den during the day. Everybody i.
respectfully invited. Proceeds for the
benefit Of the Church.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26
y ELLING OUT AT REDUCED
LEGAL ADvERT'S.
NONRESIDENT.

State of Indiana, Marshall County. Ind
Common pleas Court, November term, 1863
Catherine G.. Lasher.)
VS.. Dlv0rcc.
Smith Lasher,
The plaintiff in the above entitled cause,
by her attorney, has filed in my o flee her
complaint against the defendant, and It
appearing by the affidavit of competent
person that the defendant, Smith La eher,
is nonresident of the state of indiana.
he is therefore hereby notified of the
pendency of said complaint against
him, and unless he appear and
answer or demur thereto at the calling of
said cause, on the second day of the next
term of said court, to be begun and held at
che court hou sc in Plymouth on the first
Monday in November, 1869. said complaint
and the matters and things therein contained
and alleged will be heard and determined in
his absence.
JOHN c. CuSnMAN, Clerk
An,hon, Church, Au'y- for rl'G. -
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26
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o.. On and after April %, 1868. Trains w,!I,ss,e
Irain ieavingChicago az go r. NJ leaves daty. ;
a.fs,h leaving Pitisourgh stslO P. NJ, leave.
TRAINS GOING WEST
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26

.,e a.
lndlaua ut twenty thousand. which be
said was power in the State not
to be moderated, and he cautioned
the radicals to look out lest they lost
that support, the spinal column oftheir
party. The ..reyerned gentleman pitch
Ell into "Conrt House cliques' gencr-
ally, charging that those influences con-
troled nominations, and to that source
he attributed much Of the dcmoraiza.
ton and immortality inside Of the Re.
publican party, which he, no doubt,
thinks will cause its disintegration and
overthrow. Dir. G.. is an earnest and
intense Radical in his political opin>
ions. but We must infer, from tho ten
or Of his remarks, that he hss no conf
dence in the representative men Of the
party whom he thinks are bound t.
lead it 10 destruction. He is one Of
the prominent radicals, who believe
that the radical party, under its pres
eut guidance, fails to accomplish its
mission, and hence must be regenerat>
ed and purified, or else it must soon
bite the dust. From a moral stand,
point Mr.. Godfrey rightly appre-
ciates the corruption, dishonesty and
rot!enncss of the radical party. And
its political status, so far as the great
economical questions Of the day are
concerned, is not less detrimental to
the public good and welfare than its
moral. "-LaFdyette Dtsputci.
-n...zzzzzp=<s
AN ELoPEMENt.-Thc usual sta:d.
sober and steady town Of Rochester
which lies about twenty mile south OF
Plymouth, few days ago furnished
the principals for an elopement, some
Of the particulars of which We have
from the one who was left behind. 1t
appears that married man By the
name DIR, cooper By trade, con-
cciycd the idea Of changing his do
nestle state, and in fur:lerancc OF his
designs, informed his wife that he had
made arrangements to work at his
trade in Plymouth, and that he would
sell off most of his property, and go
there. lie did sell the property; and
in company with another woman left
Cor parts unknown. Ills wife and
daughter, the latter about ten years
old, came from Rochester on Tuesday
evening in search OF him; but on in
quiry OF the man for whom he said he
had engaged to work, learned that he
had not been here and tLat he vas not
known here at ali. Mrs. r., is search
ing for him; but it is not likely that
she will find him, or that it vii do
her any good il she does. Men or We
men who will not stay at home when
they are there, are hard y worth look
ing after when they run away.
Rochester is giving signs of renewed |
life, and we have no doubt that ere
long, will furnish a real live sensation.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-10

Some wag records the following "de>
ciSions'' under the Internal Revenue law
'The latest decisions of the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue cover the fol.
lowing points: Parties using paper coli
lars must use them from their original
package that is, from the box in which
they have been purchased; and three,
cent revenue stamp must be attached to
each one when put on. When the collar
becomes soiled, and is turned with the
clean side out, it must receive another
three'cent stamp, and must also be con-
spicuously stamped with the word turn
ed Boxes when emptied, cannot be used
a second time, but must be destroyed in
the room where emptied, and the assessors
furnished with certificate of the fact
If thrown out Of the window, or carried
out in the coal scuttle or wash tub, sach
boxes will be subject to export duty.
Bootblacks are required to use their black.
ing just as they find it when the box is
opened, adding nothing to it whatever.
The act of splitting in the box and smear
ing the contents with the brush constitutes
the bootblack a mixer, or rectifer, or
manufacturer Of backing, and he must
pay the ordinary manufacturer license.
Each boot BACKED, for which the sum OF
five cents is paid by the wearer, must re-
ceive, at the expense of the bootblack, a
four and three quarter cent stamp"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-10

The following is going round through
our exchanges:
"Within sixty days you will see the
grandest consolidation Of railroads that
the world ever witnessed. The New York
Central, the Hudson, Lake Shore, North
western, St. Paul and Rock Island, will
be one line Of railway consolidated on a
basis of 8 per cent. net earnings. This
consolidation line will lease perpetually
the Harlem and Erie roadside Erie ut I
per cent. on 100000, 900, and the Har'
lem at 8 per cent. on $l4,000,0O0; the
Erie gauge will be narrowed at once to the
gauge of the other lines; her connections
also, the Atlantic and Great Western, and
the Ohio and Mississippi. By this ar
rangement New York will have all the
Western and Southern corrections she
will ever want, and at once get fifty years
ahead Of the Baltimore and Ohio and the
Pennsylvania roads. New York Central
will be put into this consolidation at 24O
Hudson at 200, Lake Shore at l25, Rock
Island at l75, Northwestern at par, ant
St. Paul at par. l give you the figures ir
round numbers; there may be some little
changes, but the consolidation and lease.
will take place on the above terms, as
have stated, within short time.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-10
Thanksgiving.

1AauhSSISlnSs
Certain clergymenin Massachusetts have
petitioned against the designation by the
governor of the state Of day for Thanks.
giving. Shades of the Pilgrim Papas
respected ghosts Of the Standishes, the
Winthrops and the Endicotts | what do
you think Of that? Surely this latter>day
heresy is worse than the prelacy and
plum buildings against which you set
your faces as flint; worse even than the
paganism Of the red men whom you CHS
elled in council and slaughtered in the
field The petitioning gospellers object
to an official setting apart of a day for the
public manifestation of gratitude to God
on the ground that the people have heres
tofore devoted it to the service of Satan,
and the cultivation Of a close acquaintance
with that energetic enemy of souls. 1t
may be so in New England, Though we
do not believe it is, but assuredly in this
city, and throughout the state. Thanks
giving is, upon the whole, Lecorously OBJ
served. The same arguments which are
urged against Thanksgiving Day might,
with equal force, be urged against Sunday.
There are men who misuse the Day Of
Rest-aye, and in Boston too. In spite Of
the liquor law, there is-under the rose
plenty of hard drinking there on the Sab
bath whereas if there were no Sabbath,
most of the tipplers would probably be q,
work and sober; but shall Sunday be
therefore blotted out of the Christian cal
endar?
But then the fact is they are always
doing something very absurd in Massa.
chusetts. 1t is only their latest atsurdity
to abrogate Thanksgiving Day because
people enjoy it with generous enthusiasm
instead of devoting it entirely to fasting,
prayer, and other religious observances.
Will not some good Samaritans hold these
"unco' guild" people Of the Bay State who
are actually dying to make the whole
world 90 to Heaven in thei,. particular
way VI lto UNH HdG III Tue
name of common sense shonld a Thanks
giving Day inspire but disposition to
feast and frolic: In what way can man
better thank God for his own and his
country's prosperity, than by keeping a
joyous holiday azd filing himself with
such good things Of life as make him feel
like living hosanna to the bencfcence of
his Creator? Out on the Pharisees and
hypocrites who think that all goodness
consists in vinegared looks, acidulous
views Of life, and fatulent appeals to the
Deity!
Governor Clafin, of course, will turn
deaf ear to the dominies who wish the
Bay State to stand apart, silent and UNI
thankful, while her sisters are hymning
the praise Of the Father and Friend of
All. We are not surprised that nuns
Der of Massachusetts churches and meet
ing houses were roughly handled by the
late earthquake. A shaking of the dry
bones of some of her clerical innoyators
is much needed also, and we hope the
next ''earth wave" that passes that way
will at least bring thsm to their knees
N. Y. Sunday Times.