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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08
THE WAR I'M FRANCE.

Some very severe fighting has
been done south east of Paris, ara
the Prussians have met with several
defeats, but they Sill Lave the city
very e1ectually invested; and the
siege is likely to be continued until
the French capitulate. Gambetta
has announced, by proclamation,
that the army Of Paladines has been
compelled to cease its forward move
ment. General Manteuffel has beer
ordered from the north to reinforce
the German army in front of Paris.
The situation remains, practically,
the same, and the following, which
we Clip from the Cincinnati Chroni
Gle, will give more correct idea of
the positions of the contending ar
mics than We could possibly do:
sThe number OF fortresses taken by The
Germans during this war amounts already
10 thirteen, viz: Strasbourgh, foul, Weis-
senberg, Lutzenberg, VItry, Laon, Schlets-
tadt, scissors. Sedan, Metz, ThionviIle,
Verdun and New Breisach. Six other
fortresses, including Paris, Belfort, Bit
che, Phalsburg. Montmedy and Mezieres,
are more or less invested. The principal
sironghhoIds in the north, the reduction
of which has Dot yet Deen attempted, are
Arras. Eouay. Lille ard Dankirk The
latter three places are, on the approach
of the enemy, 10 be put under water, or
inundated desperate mode OF defense
no doubt, aud equally efficacious. But
considering the great potent fact that
almost all the places now in the posses
sion Of the Germans have fallen from
want of bread and powder, the different
methods of defense now attempted can
prove but little use. In fact the famous
systems of Notifications on the north
eastern frontier called into existence in
the days of Louis XIV, and which was
so long vaunted as a masterpiece of stra-
fegy. has to prove in this war a dire
calamity for France.
Should the present concerted move
ment of the Germans toward Loire sue
coed, there is 70 doubt but they will di-
rect their attention to Bourges. the
principal place q orn1es or arsenal left
to France"
We might gil our columns with
Ear dispatches, and war news, and
what one column would say the next
would unsay. We propose to keep
our readers posted as correctly as
we can in regard to the movements
of the opposing forces; but it is in.
possible for Us 10 give all the des-
patches and reports in detail each
week, as they would occupy several
times the entire space OF our whole
paper, and our readers would be no
better informed than they are al
ready, as at least nine tenths of
them are manufactured by reporters
for daily papers who have no more
knouledge Of the actual facts than
orr readers themselves.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08

The LRdiaaian, of Warsaw, is very
mild oyerthe indicting ofhersssoiled
doves" and their protectors; and
thinks that nothing should be said
to prejudice public opinion until
their cases shall be legally invests
gated; but If one Of her "soiled
doves had met with like misfsr-
tine in Plymouth, tie Ladianian's
howl of pain, modification, disgust,
horror and anguish at Ptymouth's
immortality, would have been long,
Ioud sad terrific But then it makes
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08
Tho oldest man .l;v;ng in So,,horr

The Oldest man living in Southern In.
diana is named Ross. and he residesiIu
Monroe county. He is one hundred and
niue years old, but is still hale and hearty
and can see well enough to be one Of the
best marksmem in his neighborhood. He
walks four miles to the postoffice and
back home again in half day, and thinks
nothing:ofit. He voted for Washington
fer President and remembers most Of the
thrilling scenes OF the revolutionary strug-
gle. lie still adheres to the continental
costume in dress, and is finely preserved
specimen of the men who lived ia the
days that tried mems sous.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08

The -year'now drawing to q close has
been crowded with disaster. Frightful
explosions in mines, great floods attend.
ant with great loss of life and property,
and disasters at sea without numder mark
the course or the year with their sad
monument. Had the European war not
been innngurated we shuld still have had
suincient 10 make tn= ye~r $50 famous
twelye-month among the children. vf the
century.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08

The Texas Tablet has the following
"Scven freedmen were sentenced by tn e
colored juries and the court to the peni.
Tertiary last week, and one white man
was also sent there. The colored iuries
are very severe and rigid. They seldom
LET culprit escape without someskind oil
punishment"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08

The last, and perhaps the strangest of
ali thes recent eccentricities Of Dame
Nature is a. lad without ears, rjust dis
coveredl by some enterprislng newspaper
man at Breckenridge. Missouri. Instead
of being stone deaf, however, as we
would naturally infer, he hears the most
delicate sounds through the medium OF
his mouth.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08
WHY
Because

After eleven years expert
ence and trial the sales have
increased each and every
year, and thousands of let
tiers (unsolicited) Of the re-
markable cures they have
performed bear witness.
Read the letters in Local
Column of cures by these
y,,o1ic;<,aS
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08
Lowest Cash Prices |!

Store 9Th door south Of rrosn Bros. Drug stor
Michigan street. Plymouth.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05

repays US for the lack ofdoral beauty,
and makes Us wish we were some
American Norval feeding his hocks"
upon the hills. In all these different
plants the same general form OF cat
kin is preserved, yet all are different
In the notifications of the pattern and
the more or less delicaey of the color
ing. The amentaeeous trees, rthose
which thus flower in t~assels, often
present two distinct kinds of bloom
either on the same or different trees,
the one kind distinguished by the
presence of stamens, and the other
pistilate. Both forms are necessary
to the continuance of the species.
Some catkins are an interrupted mass
of flowers, while in others the star
like blossoms arc separated by inter-
spaces. AS in all her other works, ma
ture in this Ease rarely repeats her
self.
Many of the trees form their aments
in the summer, and these remain I'M
protected throughout the winter.
The elms and naples are gay with q
kind of tassel in early spring, and
those of the different naples are OF
all c%olors, from lighI green to red.
Yet these are not catkins, but rather
clusters, or fascicles, or in some cases
dropping racemes. In these we will
find the flowers much more perfect
than in the instances before given
yet the really essential organs will be
found in both cases to be the same
We are scarcely prepared to say that
the blushing corolla Of the apple il
more wonderful than the self-proect.
ed blossoms of these forest trees.
We have rather anticipated the ad
vent of spring, and some may con
slider our remarks quite premature
Cold winds and sleet are yet to come
True, but the flowers are waiting OF
the doorstep, and even if the hand 0
April should beckon them in March
they are ready to cast off their russo
clothing, and to appear in "all thei
glory"
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05
A THOMAs.',
An Interesting Incident OF the Late
War.

An Interesting incident Oh the Late
War.
The death of General George III.
Thomas, briefly announced lately, was
q shock to the people of Louisville
universally, whether they liked the
man or sympathized with his war
career or not. Helleft US so little
while ago.fTlf of manly and quiet
vigorZa man who looked the imper-
-sonation of a fifty years longer lease
of life.
To the readers abroad it may be
necessary to say that Colonel Watkins
married a daughter of General Rous-
seau about the close Of the war-died
in New Orleans, and his body was
brought, with that of his distinguish
ed father-in-law, a few months ago,
terry at Cave Hill.
just after the battle Of Nashville,
Colonel Watkins, on General Thorn
as staff, approached the General in a
free and cordial manner, as if the re-
quest he was about to make could
not be denied: General, you know /
have a sweetheart Miss-Rousseau,
whom l have not seen for-months.
A leave of absence, if you please, for
weeks" To the dismay of poor
Watkins, Thomas shrugged his
shoulders. Watkins, seeing that
some ~intercession was necessary, re-
minded the General of his youth, and
the ardor of such years and attach
ments, and referred to some probable
history of the General in such mat
ters. General Thomas quietly and
soldierly replied: Watkins, I've
been there; and the truth is,
[ too, have a sweetheart; and
I have not seen her for more
months than you have yours for SO
many weeks. And, what is more, /
have been married to my sweetheart,
and want to see her as much as you
do yours, and, it is likely, more. But
/ wont let her come to camp. A
camp is no place for a wife. She is
out of her clement, and it softens
man. And l won'tg go to see my wife
till my duty is ended and the war
over. What / will not do myself |
will not allow you to do. Besides, l
have a raid to make In Mississippi
and Alabama. and [ decided this
morning that you were the man to
lead it. You will please report for
duty at 6 A. M."-LOuiSviUe Courier
Journal.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05

bill which they want to want put
through. In this instance, Mr..
Schenck has the face to deny that the
pending bill increases the duty on
iron. and repeats the often-exposed
sophistry about "the new classif-
cation" which, as we have
shown our readers, is intend
ed to place all the forms of iron actu-
ally imported largely in classes bear
ing heavier duty than they now bear.
1t is an Ingenious swindle, but a swim
die nevertheless. to say that the uni
form duty on steel of 81 cents a pound
is a reduction, because in the present
tariff there is a class Of steel bearing
81 cents duty when in point Of fact
the millions of pounds of steel now
imported bear a duty of q per cent,
and the committee proposes to raise
that duty one cent q pound, and to
make it absolutely prohibitory!
Finally, all these tariffs wind up
with IN attempt to cheat the farmers
with the notion that they are bene-
flied. Mr.. Schenck says the tariff
was raised on fax tow, fax seed.
castor beans and hides" but takes
care not to tell his hearers that il
these duties had been made three times
as large they would not help the far.
mers in the least degree. The price
of foreign hides in New York, fol
example, was 223 cents in gold, Janu.
airy 1st, while domestic hides In the
same city and on the same day sold a
81 cents in gold. What a swindle i
is, then, to pretend that a heavie,
duty on the foreign hides will give tt
the farmer any higher price for hi
hidesl
There is every prospect that thi
bill will be defeated. But if an.
shreWd Democrat wants to crush thu
Republican party, he will do his bes
to get just such a bill as this passc,
by a Republican Congress.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05
From the San Francisco Bulletin.
CAUGHT ON THE ROCKS.
A Lady Entrapped on q CLIFF and TX
posed all Night to q Gale.

A very singular and painful occur
ence took place at Point Lobos on
Wednesday. Mrs. White, whose hus-
band drives one of the omnibuses on
the Point Lohos road, left her house at
ten o'clock on Wednesday morning to
go to the beach to procure some mus
cles for cooking. In going down the
cliff or embankment, which is very
light and abrupt she descended part
way and found herself In a position
from which she could neither advance
nor retreat. 1t was impossible to get
either up or down, and impossible to
call sufficiently loud for help to make
herself heard. AS she designed to go
but a short distance from the house,
and as the weather was fine, she started
out without either shawl or bonnet,
and had not even told Mrs. Cotter,
with whom she was living, where she
was going. After on absence of sew
eral hours Mrs. Cotter became alarm.
ed, and a search was instituted, but
she could not be found. Mr.. White
was absent and knew nothing of the
circumstances until evening.
On his return the search was re-
newed and kept up all night. Day
light came and brought no tidings OF
the missing woman. At about half
past Ii o'clock yesterday forenoon,
Mrs. white was discovered in her
perilous position in a recess among
the cliffs, yearly frozen to death.
Wednesday night was q of the most
cold and disagreeable of the season.
The wind blew a terrible gale, and in
the morning a heavy rain fell. How
any human being could have lived
through the night In such an exposed
position is q mystery. Mrs. White
was discovered by patrick Cotter, who
descended, and at very great risk to
himself, succeeded in carrying the in
animate body to a place of safety.
During the night those who were en-
gaged.in the search were several times
within ten feet of Mrs. White, but
were unable to see her, and she was
unable to see them, or to make her
self heard. She states that she at one
time saw Mr.. Cotter going to the
spring for water and did her utmost
to attract his attention, but did not
succeed. Although she has received
all the care and attention which it is
possible to give. her condition is still
very low, but it is believed she will
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05
M sooney i the Fifteenth Amen,

No sooner Is the Fifteenth Amend
ment proclaimed than a sudden
shrewdness seizes the New York De-
moeracy like a collie. After having
stumped the State to elect a Demo-
Legislature, on purpose to re-
verse the ratification of that Amend
menE, already made by a Republican
Legislature. and having succeeded,
reversed the ratification, delayed it by
several months, and even secured a
quasi acknowledgment of their adj
verse action In the proclamation of
ratification itself, these shrewd Demo
Gratis purpose now to convince the
colored voters of the Empire State
that they are indebted to the Demo
cratic party for the right Of suffrage.
For this purpose they propose TO pass
an act extending the operation of the
Fifteenth Amendment to New York.
The negroes Of New York may be
very ignorant in political matters, but
they are not 40 hopelesly ~deprayed, as
the great mass Of the Democrats OF
this State suppose.-Chica0o Tribune
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05
From the Providence Journal
TasseIs.

The spring is drawing back her cur
tains and combining them with t~assels.
Between their folds we catch a glimpse
of sunshine and blue sky beyond. A
promise is given US of hereafter be-
holding a b%eauteous theatre and nu-
merous and accomplished actors, but
at present we have to do simply with
the tassels which confne the drop
enc At first let US look at the
catkins of the alder, which, dropping
over every stream, fling their golden
pollen upon the water. How pretty
they arei How graceful in the irreg-
ularity of length they display How
becoming are the rich brown scales
relieved by the yellow of the under
lying stamensl But what is this soft
and silky tuft put forth by the will
lows? A eatkin indeedl and the first
h%arbinger of spring. It is pretty now,
although to some squeamish people
too suggestive of kittens, and becomes
really charming when later the glossy
Wilderness is picked out with red and
yellow. If we can obtain it, it can
easily be coaxed into blossoming with
In doors, and will prove a pleasant
companion until the sweet breathed
MaydoWer comes to take its place.
Most large trees and shrubs in our
climate present this catkin form of
qualification. The willows and al
ders previously mentioned, together
with the birches, beeches, oaks, ha-
zels and nut trees make themselves
gay with tassels, We all remember
the lordly chestnut, and how in sum
mer it bursts forth into a splendid
fountain of cream olored blossoms.
Tho sweet fern and bayberry are also
catkined. but in them the form of the
ament is sitter and less graceful.
Their fragrance, however, more than
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05
Communicated
K. 81 @. Railroad stock,

/ noticed in the JOURNAL of yes
terday, a suggestion to the effect that,
with the Northern connections of the
Z. & G. Railroad. which are about to
be completed, we shall soon be able
to sell our two hundred thousand dol
lars Of stock in that Road at par.
I would say that, with these con-
nections. and Nth the Southern con-
nection via. Nashville. that stock will
be a60Ue par. Let any business man
make an estimate of the neomey value
of the Evansville & Charlottesville
Railroad, with its rolling stocks, ma
chine shops. and other property,
and he will find that our city
stock in that road is worth o than
par to-day.-and if you find or hear
of any one who is de~preciating its
value, the chances are that he, or
some of his friends, is willing to buy
it at a discount.
The road, although we'll managed
never has paid any cash dividends to
stockholders, for the reason that the
earnings have been expended in max
ing the road and the property held By
the company more valuable. | would
say to our City Council, don't be III
any haste to sell out that stock. II.
April z, 1870,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05
the Most Unklndest Cat.

It was exceedingly unkind to Mr..
Voorhees,, who had incurred very
considerable expense In such matters
as hall rent, advertising, ETC., and loss
Of time in leaving Washington, to
say nothing of the weary hours occu-
pied in writing out his remarkable
speech, that neither NJ, Hendricks
nor Mr.. Alvord, the one the leader,
and the other the State Executive
Chairman of the Democracy, Welcom-
ed him OF even shook hands with him.
Following an illustrious example,
these brethren should have washed
the feet of their brother disci
pie, refreshed him after his journey,
and comforted him with much coun-
sci and encouragement. Yet they did
not even take his horny hand Of
toll" in theirs, or greet his begrimed
and labor-sweating brow with the
kiss of salutation. That they did
neither Of these things, we have the
testimony of Mr.. Voorhees, himself
which, we confess, is not very good
but still the beet we can procure. Il
should be conclusive with the De.
mocracy ct least. Hear the opening
sentence at the Academy Of Music:
LADIES AED GENTLzMKN:- II am here to
night to speak for the Iaboring taxpayer
~of1ndfana. 1 am not welcomed on M
return TO this capital by those who Owl
the bonds Of the Government, and live IL
luxurious idieness upon the hard earn
ings OF others. The national banker with
his thirty per cent. profit wishes no re-
forms and extends no friendly hand to me
The Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks
owns Ten Thousand Dollars of the
stock of the First National Bank, anC
Dir. e. s. Alvord, the Chairman o
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, as much or more. Is it not
shame that Mr.. Voorhees, was no
welcomed by these eminent Demo
crats2-Iadianapolis Journal.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-05
MATCHMAKING.


HAVING returned from b East, where he
has extended his experience In the finer
branches of paper-hanging, returns his
thanks to the citizens of this place for
viii be able to give satisfaction to his old
friends, and all new ones who may favor
him with a call. Orders left at AZ and 40
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-23
Showing an increase in the reduc-
ton Of the public debt of........S Sl6s, /, Isl
The War,


The situation of affairs in France
remains much the same as last week.
The Prussians are drawing their
armies about Paris, with the evident
intention of cutting off all communi-
cation, and starving its people into
submission. They are, however,
meeting with spirited opposition,
and every impediment possible is
thrown in their way. No general
engagements have occurred, but a
number of minor ones have taken
place in which the Prussians appear
to have been worsted. In an en-
gagement at Vissoux they appear to
have lost heavily, and been forced
back across the river.
Reports concerning peace remains
as vague as ever, and it would seem
that there is no prospect until Prus-
sia has at least shown her power to
crush the Republic. Pnblic sympa-
thy, therefore, is growing in favor of
France, and one of the most notable
demonstration which England has
ever witnessed occurred in London,
on the night of the 10Th. It's ex-
pressions Of sympathy with the new
Republic were strong, and will have
an effect upon the ministry. in this
country, too, the sympathy which
was so strong for Prussia, is under
going a change. So long as King
William warred only against the
despotism of Napoleon, and in favor
of the liberal sentiment of Germany
so long his actions were worthy; but
as against the new Republic, his
.ferceness is eTecting a change, which
is felt even in the German ranks.
Rumors Of impending wars and
sanguinary battles, in the future pre-
vail, and it would not be surprising
yet to find the bloody period of the
past two months, only the premoni-
tory shower to the great deluge
which is 70 follow in the impending
conflict Of nations.
Italyis centralizing toward Rome,
and its armies are circling its walls
summoning the Pope to surrender
the little remnant of his temporal
power. He hesitates, and begs de-
lay, but the result is inevitable, and
his temporal power must give way
before events which even his assump-
ton of divine attributes cannot con-
trol.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-23

Nor SATISFIED with having appro-
priated the work the city had order
red on Ohio Avenue, around his
own premises, Mr.. Cores, presented
a bill to Council, on Monday night
last, for work done on his well and
ditch. This bill the Council preyi-
ously refused to pay, but he appears
bound to force it through. Fortu-
nately there is one, at least, of the
Democratic members, who has not
lost all regard for the rights of the
rest of the citizens, and he, voting
with the Republicans, again defeated
the motion to pay. Botefur, Nc
Ardle and Cores, voted to pay it.
We think the voters of the third
ward will remember Cores when
they come to vote for Council next
wear.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-23

The Democratic press, we know
join in denying the Dickinson "con-
fidential" circular, but it is easily
understood that this is done by them
in order to heal any divisions among
their adherents, and to sooth the
feelings of Williams and Patrick.
But the Grand Mogul himself has
never publicly denied it, aud when
urged to do SO by his friends, at the
Convention, when he made his
speech of acceptance, he never so
much as alluded to its existence.
It had worked its mission he
thought, and it was no use to deny
it then; and although urged at differ
ent times since to deny it, he re-
mains silent, tacit admission that
he was responsible for its issue.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-23

QUESTION IN PoLITIcAL EcoNoMY.-
If it takes one man, working for
himself half a day to put down
three rods of side walk, how long
should it take three men, working
for the city, to put down the same
amount of crosswalk?
For fear our city fathers are not
able to elucidate this question, we
give the answer;-one whole day,
and man to clean up the morning
of the next day. We saw this prob
lem demonstrated the past week.
That's the way the taxpayers
money goes under Democratic rule.