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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
Fish at Play.
By Il. L RICH.


It was twenty wears ago, last Nav.
that the good old ex-whale ship Anna
was bearing two hundred wandering
Pacific ocean. OF this number, / was
about the sa.allest person on board,
having just completed my first dozen
years. We were perhaps i've hundred
miles west of the Mexican coast, and
our eyes had not been best with a
sight of land Tor forty days, at least.
The day was beautiful one. The
wind was dead, and the afternoon sun
saone brightly on the CLASSY water.
The passengers were lourging about the
decks, chatting, reading. smoking,
sleeping -perchance dreaming of far
away home and friends, or of the
strange land for which we were search
ing. The ship was rocking lazily,
moved by the swells, which in open
ocean never cease, and the sails were
hanging about the masts. In short, we
were In dead calm There were TO be
seen only our solitary ship and its living
freight, the water upon which 1T fiOated,
and the overarching sky, which seemed
to close about all.
Judging DY what could De seen, we
could not tell whether or not there was
any life in the deep-blus water about
rs. Suddenly We had proof that it was
overfowing with living things Al
ruffiing of the smooth surface was no
ticed by those on the lookout; then
here by the prov, there by the stern,
yonder N the distance, everywhere,
from horizon to horizon, it seemed,
great fishes, monsters of the deep, five
to twenty and more feet long, as If shot
from mortars, leaped into the air, de-
scribed ha,f circle, then plunged head
foremost iuto the depths again, doubt
less to gather strength and oget new
fsi and tail hold for another leap In
the air; for they kept up thu fun for
ten minutes or more, and each1 mutt 1
have taken several leaps, or there must
We been an innumerable host of
q shes.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

A SPECIAL dispatch from Austin,
Texas, to the Galveston News, says
keard and Miller's train, loaded with
bacon, from Chihuahua for Fort Fay
ard, was attacked near the boundary by
a band of Indians. Keard, his wife,
and five other Americans were killed.
The Chihauhau frontier troops pursued
the murderous band across the bound
airy into the United States, and killed
and captured eighty Indians. The
United States troops at Fort Goodwin
were sent to protect the Indians, and
came in collision with the Mexican
soldiers. A fight ensued, in which the
commanding officer at Fort Goodwin
and forty American soldiers were killed.
TIE Mexican soldiers numbered two
hundred.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

A Leading Life Insurance Company.
It is evident that just now there is no sub
ject more full of interest to the public than
Life Insurance, and nothing that concerns
them more than the merits of the various Life
companies in the United States.
In reviewing the career Of these institutions,
we have been much struck with the extraordi-
nary onward progress of the Equitable Life
of New York. and the marked success which
has attended the management of its affairs !;
and we feel thatwe are doing positive good
by giving in brief detail the points which en-
title it to the first consideration Of The insur-
ing public.
The Equitable now occupies the leading po-
sition in respect to the amount of New annual
business, as will be seen by the following table:
NEW BUSINESS. 1870.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

A MAINE farmer, whose hog, while at
large on the highway, alarmed horse,
and thus caused a young lady to be
thrown from carriage, has been or
dered to pay the injured woman 81, 833
damages, after trisi lasting three
days. 80 ,,.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

Rss- A FRIENDLY CALL, AND WHAT
WAS SAID.-It is human nature to tell our
friends of our ailments. We all do Il, expect
ing sympathy. sympathy is a great comfort
to invalids. When we have recovered, too, we
are fond of talking of the medicine that re-
lieved US. This is a good trait in out human
ity. 1t shows that We are grateful for benefits
received.
The other day Mrs. f.. Sutcli6. the we'll
known teacher of crayon painting, whose ateiier
is in Court Street. Brooklyn, was visited by q
lady pupil, who had been absent from her
class nearly month. "Have you been sick p
Every" was the reply. What complaint p
- Dyspepsia. l thought l should have died. y
" All ! and what did the doctors do for you,
my dear z" said Mrs. s. Nothing" respond
ed the young lady. "A gentleman friend,
she continued with tcll-tale blush" induced
me to try PLANTATION BTrTERs, and you see the
result am perfectly ,reH" This converse
ton occurred in Mrs. Sutciff's studio and il
Is here given as she relates it, word for word
IsS@ SEA Moss FARINE from pure Irish
Moss, for Blanc Mango, Puddings, Custards,
Creams, &C., &c. The cheapest, healthiest,
Hall t. -.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
nSya SEA Moss FARryE from nure Iris
pTOpPREssIoN after eating, head.

"a OPPRESSION alter eating, head
ache, nervous debility. are the effects of indi-
gestion. One. or two at most, of Parsons
Purgatire Pills will give immediate relief.
JoHNsoN's ASoDYNE LINIdEST may be ad-
mintstered to children with perfect success,
in cases of Group. whooping-cough. influenza
and almost any of the diseases to which they
are liable.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

BIZ HARRIET PRESCOTT srorroHp.

bf EFOFTOkb.
Over my mantle hangs a rose
Such great red-hearted and dewy thing,
That, though on the wild air drive the SHOWS
In my DOM dwells Summer with folded wing 7
Some painter painted II in dream
OF a haunted dell and a spicy night.
His pencil lit by the flying CLEAN
OF bloom and fragrance and all delight.
And lie, when look at this magic flower
In a Persian garden and wait the morn
While q bird, from starlit hour to hour
Sings With his breast against thorn.
he lI5,ne
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
EVERY ORGAN demands sustenance an,

EVERY ORGAN demands sustenance and
support from the stomach. If the stom-
ach cannot supply the aliment required,
the whole system languishes To rouse
and regulate this great Supplying organ.
there is Incorporation at present known
that will compare with DIR. WAIVERS
VINEGAR BITTERs; and as two-thirds of
all human ailments originate in indiges-
ton, it follows, logically, that most of
the diseases flesh is heir to are durable
at their source, by this powerful vege-
table restorative.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

III The GREAT SIoRY PxPEK coutsinire al ostfh:s
thrilling story entitled BLACK SHEEP. by Edmund
rsfescontin1ing four months, commencing April inh
$ls Per yeari g cents for four months. Aeidres,
OhAMEh, AikhNo CkAMER Milwaukee,. via
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
Special Motifes.
What Is IT:

Many, many, people suffer from they know not
what. They are not sick-they are not wen. There
is no name for il. II lie simply weakness-a break
ing down of the vital forces Whatever its causes
tand they are innumerable), its symptoms are "a the
main the same. Among the most prominent are
extreme assitude, loss of appetite loss of esh and
great mental depression. Indigestion and stomach
cough are also frequently concomitants of this dis
tressing state of body and Of mind. The common
remark in relation to persons in such condition is,
that they are consumptive. Now, what these I'M
fortunstes really want lie rigor ridl strength and, as
certainly dawn succeeds darkness, they can re-
cuperate their systems and regain perfect health by
sorting to Hostetters Celebrated Stomach Btters 1t
lie as clear that ferevving tonic required
cases, as that the dying fame Of an empty lamp re-
quires TO be revived with supply Of OIL Perfect
ly pure and innocuous, containing nothing but most
genial vegetable extracts, and combining the three
grand elements of a stomachic, Alternative and a
genial invigorant. Hostetter's Bters are suitable
to all constitutions and are applicable 10 the dis
and disabilities of the feebsr az TO those of
men.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
kV MILF

kDr MILE YET THOROUGH. - DR..
Henry's Root and Plant Pills do not cause
nausea or gripping. Try them and you viii be
satisfied. See advertisement
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

GENERAL LiADMRAULr commands the
forces around Mont Valerien, and
General Cissey those on the plains Of
Chatillon.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

FoRErHoUGHr and prudence both say
insure your life. Take their advice and
insure in The Mutual Life Insurance
Company Of Chicago.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

Iris reported from England that
Andrew G. Curtin, our Minister to
Russia, is about to retire from diplo-
matte service and re-enter the political
arena in Pennsylvania.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

IHCN are EOl n FiiTs n AN D1AtNtks ft1He
of Poor Rum. Whisky, Proof Spirits and Re
fuse Liquors. doctored, spiced and sweetened 10
please the taste, called Tonics,' Appetzers"~ Re
storers" &C. that lead the tippler TO drunkenness
and ruin but Medicine made from the Native
Roots and Herbs of California, free from all Alec
holic Stinuiants. They are the GREAT BLOOD
PURIFIER and n LIFE GIVING PRINCE
PIE. a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the
System, carrying of all poisonous matter. and restoring
the blood 10 healthy condition. No person take
these Bters according To directions ard remain long
unwel provided their bones not DESTROYED b. min
cal poison other means and the vital organs
wasted beyond the point of repair
They arc N Gentle Purgafive wei "a n
Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting
powerful agent in relieving Congestion Infamma-
ton of the Liver. and all the Visceral Organs
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS. whether in
young old, married single. at the dawn of
hood the turn of life these Tonic Btters have
no equal
For Iufiamnatory and Chronic Rheumatism
and Gout. Dyspepsia Indigestion, Bilious.
Remittent and Intermittent Fevers. Diseases
Of the Blood. Liver, Kidneys aud BI.dder.
these Bittcr- have been most successful. such
Diseases are caused by Initiated Blood, which
generally produced by arrangement OF tho digestive
Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION. Headache.
Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs Tghnes OF the Chest
Dizziness Sour Fluctuations OF the Stomach Bad
in the Mouth. Bfor. Attacks, Palpitation of the
Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs. Pain the regions
of the Kidneys, and hundred other painful symp
| toms, arc the sfsprings of Dyspepsia
They invigorlte the Stomach, and stimulate the tor
pd liver and bowels which render thcm OF unequaed
efficacy in cleansing the blood of al impurities, and
imparting life and vigor to the whole system
! FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. letter, salt
Rheum, Blotches Spots, Pmples, Postuies, BOs, Car
buncles, Ring Worm, Scald Head Sore Eyes. Erysp-
elas Itch, Scurs. Discoorations the Skin.
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever nature,
are literally dug up and carried out OF the system in
short time by the OF these BtteTs. One bottle IN
such will convince the IsOst ncreduons of their
curative effect.
Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever find us i'm
purities bursting through the Skin in Pmplos, Erup
tons Sores. cleanse II when you find il ebstructed
and your feelings will tell you when Keep tho blood
pure, and the health OF the system viii follow.
PIN, TAPE and other WORMS. lurking in the
and removed For fun directions carefully the
circular around each bottle printed IN four languages
English, German, French and Spanish.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. Il. II. McDONALD& CO.
Druggis and Gen Agents San Francisco. Cal, and
3 and a Commerce Street. New York.
eg- SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

For sale by GREENE a BUTTON. Milwaukee: II.
BOSWORTH SONS, milwaukee,; FULLER, FINCH
&FULLER, Chicago; COLLINS BROS, ST. Louis:
MOVES BROS St Paul
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

Call for ALIENS LUNG BALSAM.- and shuu
the of other balsam, uuprincipled men may
deceive you with worthless preparations
Gall for Aliens Lung Balsam.
HARRIS CO, Proprietcrs.
Ttnciunatf
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
CAUTION.

u .. Sold nv Medicine Dealers Generally.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
ROBBINS s. APPLETON

General Agents Watch Co.. Isl Broadway n. Y
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26
GNATS.


Lavater, we believe it was, who discovered
that every man bore the features and traits
of an animal or insect and gave us hints by
which we might write ourselves down dogs
hares, or asses. But how did he happen to omit
the gnats.i Everybody knows them when they
come to life again as men or women; every
body who has work to do has had one or
more of them about him, buzzing, spiteful per-
tinacious, unable to do any harm beyond
rousins our anger, 90 that we could be angry
with them. These men and women gnats have
apparently no errand into the world, or real
work to do in it. They ordinarily settle upon
some dead doctrine or theory, which men
of practical sense have long ago thrown aside
a. useless; If IL has foul smell 1t attracts
them the more. They buzz over it, get from 1t
their daily occupations, noise food. They
are swarming now, in the South over
the Lost Cause shere, over Free Love.
They keep themselves, after the habit Of
their kind, perpetually before our eyes
and ears; but one watches them with
patience, knowing that they live but for the
day, as gnats do there have been unolean
creeds and noisy disciples for them since the
world was made the wind blows them out Of
sight with every year. 1t is amusing to watch
how the Gnat nature betrays itself; one
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

The reception OF the communication OF
Deputy CONTROLLER Green. relative to the Tax
Levy, by the Board Of Supervisors, yesterday,
does not indicate any probable disposition of
that body to follow the small tactics Of Mayor
Han. 1t would have been better, however, If
the communication had been accompanied by
a statement showing for what purpose the
taxes were 10 be levied The much-worried
Mayor showed his petulanoe by characteridng
the Joint Investigating Committee "Star
j" Chamber body" The Eneer comes with a
poor grace from his Honor, who is q member
Of the Board Of Apportionment a body whose
proceedings are conducted in secret, and no
report of whose doings has ever been per-
mitted to see the light.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

The letter of Mr.. Robert M. Strebeigh, one
of the members of the now famous Dix Spec
ial Commission, which we publish this morning,
,efectually disposes Of Mr.. Thomas Murphy
and his whitewash. He paraded the finding of
that Committee before the Senate at the time
his confirmation was pending, and scattered 1t
over the country on Saturday last. trying to
bEbe the officers of the Associated Preas to
make. it one Of their regular dispatches, as
conclusive proof that his character had
been investigated by Q legal tribunal, and
found spotless and pure. Under the
cover Of = this false pretense, he has as
spmed The airs Of an injured citizen, and
sased bad language towards the gentleman to
whose patriotic devotion the public is indebted
ior the exposure Of tf,is rascalities Even now
the Newspaper organs IN the pay of his cabal
come to US filed with the echoes Of his plain
i've cry' for sympathy. 1t seems, however,
that this farsousg epdrt sfsshis mas NO court
after ALL but mere committee of inquiry. The
War Department neither intended NOT expected
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26
Nema)ork Dailp TribMare.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2S. 1871.

conspiracy for the restoration Of Napoleon has bean
discovered In Paris The Algerian insurrecton Is still
in progress. 80 The English strikes Will be settled
this week Queen Victoria 10 s suffering from rheuma-
tsm - Peace Congress is In session IN switSer-
land - steamer has been wrecked on the coast OF
India and 1So lives lost. -Four thousand additlonai
troops for Cuba will shortly leave Spain.
Gold has been discovered In Arkansas. - An Ohio
ooamine superintendent has been arrested as counter
feiter - The Mormons declare that Brigham Young
will not sabmit 70 imprisonment. - The National
Commercial Convention IL In session in Baltimore s==
Capt Henry with detachment Of the Sd Cavalry, has
made successful campaign against the Apsches. 1z-
heavy guile prevailed at Detroit last evening.
John Graham, counsel for the voucher thieves, HaG
Rerty and Bauch denounced Justice Ledwth and cross
examined Mary Conway. the servant girl - Tit
Board Of Supervisors failed to confer on the Joint Com
mittee power to send for persons and papers -
Alderman woltmAn claims that the CITY and COUNTY
debt Is less than $7Oo0o,oOo. - lady m 'BrooklyI
died in dentists olOe from the effects Of chsroorm
CO The President of the Empire City Fire Insurance
Company accused Of altering bona vs. honorabiy dis
charged. -A rOWteg regatta vas held n the East
River Gold II4t lis, 1I41 Thermometer, co. 72 66
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

It to exercise judicial functions. II had simply
to Asoettaip whethef, u Mr. strebdsh rehsAho
the hats and caps delivered by Murphy o.
Griswold on two contracts were az good -
certain samples shown to them as standards.
II they should prove inferior, the finding OF
the Committeeman would be taken by the
Department as warrant for the proseou1lon
of the case before q court of competent
jurisdiction. This Is exactly what Col. Olcott
stated in his letter Of yesterday, and Mr. sure.
beighs card finally establishes the fact tnat
the blotting paper hat and cap swindier Mur-
ply displays no moro ingenuity and skill In
putting his shoddy and shellac upon tne
Government than in defending himself Dy
audacious misrepresentation
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

Every once in o while we have sensational
charge against the Treasury Department by
some mad Bohemian who wants to prove that
the Government is loser by many millions each
year from the abstraction of cancelled bonds
which are resOld. 1t is useless to argue the
absolute imp0ssibility of such a crime, even
with the collusion Of employees Of. the Treas-
ury. But statement relating TO the purchase
and manipulation Of distinctive paper for
Treasury purposes shows what extraordinsSy
safety may be secured by Q, careful system Of
checks and balances. To say that hesrly ffty-
nine million sheets Of paper for printing bonds,
etc., have been 50 carefully halitlled that not
an infnitesimal fraction is unaecOunted for Is
to say much for the Treasury. ~, 's.t .l.i
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

We may pardon something to the natural sus.
piciousness of the Parisians, but it really does
seem little improbable that there should
exist in Paris a substantial conspiracy for the
restoration of the Napoleonic dynasty. Not
that the Imperialists are not ready for any
scheme which promises shade of success
nor that the deposed Emperor is too good to
sanction and abet such plot; ; but the cause
is too desperate and the occasion now too
unrips for even the gamblers who have just
been driven out. Of the Tuileries 70 hazard
their chances. It may be worth while, how
ever, for the Parisians to have sensation of
this sort once in while, if only to make sure
of the impression that.a NapOleonic scheme is
nothing less than "a conspiracy"
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

At last the revolution in Cuba'is actually to
be suppressed. 1t is announced that four
thousand men are to be sent out to reinforce
the Spanish troops in "the ever-faithful ISLE"
Now, then, we shall see real business. To be
sure, the Government has again and again
protested that the rebellion was over, and that
the insurgents had laid down their arms. and
now we expect to hear again from Spain OF
the positively last appearance of the insurrec-
tiou
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

unvsrying sign In man or woman is vehe-
1msut dselbssAeSt Ithey msy lebtnfe, NritS
blason their own daily doings as they viii ;
but when you come to weigh their work at
the end Of the year you And MI. The second
trait is feeble, persistent venom they bite
incessantly; they know they can do no harm'
but still they bite. Women who are gnats
have, oddly enough, but one mode Of attack
gossip. Naturally, one would suppose that,
with her new careers, wider and letter
revenges would have opened themselves to
her. But no; the ecclesa pressa Of the new
regime, the hidden sanctuary Of the would-be
sufrsgists, is very forcing house Of scandal,
whence the Advanced Female sends out pois-
onous gossip. If party or paper differ with
her in opinion, her only idea of argument is TO
and tattle about his manners, hiA habits, his
clothes, his social Life. The male gnat has
more varied modes Of annoyance. In country
places he ordinarily appears a. Q corner
grocery politician. He Is invaluable as stump
speaker where the opposing candidates are TO
be proved thieves, or the honor Of their wives
impugned. II he lives in 0 city, he generally
develops q scribbling or orat0rical mania |;
for the gnat must buzz, In lieu of work He
probably writes unceasing letters to the editor
of his daily paper; If it rebukes the political
party to which he belongs as rotten with cor
ruption, or his religious denomination as un-
faithful witnesses for Christ he calls 1t sharply
to retract, on the ground that he has sub
scribed for the paper for twenty years, and
that many of his sect fought for the country
in the late war. Sometimes o company OF
gnats unite and publish an organ of their own.
There are several such in this city, supported
by charitable subscribers, ostensibly to uphold
issues dead years ago, but which in reality are
simply the conduits by which the vanity of a few
women and the malignant ill-temper of fewer
men reach the public. Envy and disappoint-
ment are usually the cause of development OF
the gnattish nature. A man loses an ofdce'
or resigns for cause the conduct of q congre-
CATION or newspaper; and thenceforward ne
finds employment for the rest of his days IN
watching and abuse of the man who has sue
ceeded him. When men of real ability accept
as their business of life this petty virulence
of which everybody knows the cause and the
impotence, the case is sadder than any suicide.
The born gnat must die gnat; but the nobier
nature, which abandOns its real work IN
the good world in which God has placed
him to inflict stings which wound nobody, Is
a spectacle at which the world laughs when it
should rather pity.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

1t is not little pitiful that New-Orleans is
afraid to confess that it has the yellow fever,
lest st. Louis should exaggerate the truth.
But worse than this is the statement that ship
masters. who might spread the news of the
prevalence of an epidemic in other ports, dare
not say anything about it, as they know that
the Pirates of the Bay; under pretense of en-
forcing Quarantine laws, would fleece every
importer whose vessel came from reported
infected mort
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

At the meeting of the Democratic General
Committee, last night Tweed, who is really
on trial for grand larceny, had the braSen ef-
froutery to appear on the platform and make
a speech, in which he referred to "organiSa-
"tions to take our places" This hardened
man really seems to think that his fndomita-
ble brass is lust as good as innocence.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-26

The Commercial Convention which assem-
bled at Baltimore yesterday has laid out for
itself a programme of extraordinary length
and Importance. These conventions have not
generally accomplished a very large proportion
of their purposes, and if the present assembly
brings a 1.-THE of it's schemes to anything like
fruition, the country will be surprised and
&hn,,l. nj