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Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-02-08

COR, the murderer of Adams, in New
York, has been tried and found guilty of
murder in the first degree. His couns ell
gave notice of his intention to file a bill
of exceptions.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-02-08

SOUTHERN TRADE.-Trade down The
Mississippi river wsS never more dull than
at present. Money there is scarce, and
most Of those who have gone there this
season from this section with stock, have
sustained more or less loss,
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-02-08

North Eastern Boundary survey i not
completed. Unforeseen difficulties have
prevented completion. II will REQUIRE
another summers work.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-29

shows no loss of numerical strength. r..
who were wings in 1910 are wbirs
and whenever the time of action ,rr;ro .
shall witness tide of popular indig,,,;s
at the outrageous wrongs which The .on
try has endured from The spoils.. party, HIM.,
forth as potent for charge as tina, ce ,sso
and sweeping every thing before ii. H.
wing party stands upon s,rorg srcrrd,
They combine 10 restore q people
doSn troddcn BY misruIe than ever noo,,
were before. That noble system of nro,ao
live policy which alone can improve II.
condition ofthe toiling millions of our con-:
trymen must sooner or later secure thu .ur
irases Of this enlightened nation. CoDno,
led with this is the establishment Of ,oa,I
and uniform currency, and the distribute,
OF the avails of The public lands, all emboJv
ing system of policy which must eveun
ally triumph altho'thc struggle may be Iona
and arduous.
But we regre, that there are those in,be
wing party who, not duly approaching III.
mighty influences of wing principles as mo.
hvcs 10 vigorous, Persevering, and ABIDING
efforts, nrc panic struck at the first rcversc
of fortune, and ready to capitulale upon tho
first summons ofthe encray. The wing par
ty especially has ever been infested with
set Of moaning and 'desponding followers
| who cry out all is lost tho moment the nd.
of success is 10 tho least interrupted. SLoulj
few videltes DO driven in, or single ,Y,
post be lost BY the apathy of their defender,
the great wing army must surrender at dis.
erection, and resign all hope of impeding the
progress ofan cnamy, whose only reliance
for conquest is in the irresoulion and drs.
pair of their opponents. What il Ohio bas
gone against Us, when it is known that The
five thousand abolition votes were virtually
wing, ard ten thousand wings s;aid at home,
and that New York. and every other Slals
where the locos have been momentarily sue.
cessful have been lost under 81 milar circum.
stances. Must the whig purity tam.lv lie
down, ard suffer the iron chariot of ocoio.
coism TO roll over theml lie; those WIN
arc forever quivcring on the brink of dss.
pondency look back to the apparent hOpa
less state Of our affairs in '39, and conirast
1t with the brilliant triumphs Of 1910. and If
Il! ey can gather NJ cosragc from the coH-
parison, lei them retire from the field, and
not endesvor to chill the courage Of Drawer
men by their ghos:ly vatilina.ions. Tho
wing party have the power, and timO will
determine whether they will attain the vic.
tory in 1914.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-29

Col. WERE ARRAioyEp.-Col. Webb, in
dicIed for leaving the state with intent 10 give
or receive challenge. aud also charging lilat
he did give or receive such challenge was ar
raisncd this morning before tie Rrcorder,and
Judge Lynch and pleaded GUILTY TO the IN
di-tment.
On being arraigned, Col Webb remarked
that when recently arriigneG for the same
offence he accompanied his plea ofguiIty with
Il br,f statement of the narur uf his offend
ing. ard the character If the persecution,
Which hal singled him gu. for punishment
from host of others who had off nded in
like manner; and in now again pleading gull
ly to the Indictment. he would refer to what
h? h air, ady Placed on the r. coid.
! he also said, that he desired TO avail him
self 81 this ccras;on 10 say that the general
AMI Just od:um which tie estimation of the
public attached In the individuals who con-
| spred 10 anne the former indictment, could
not apply to The grand jury who found the FIST
bill If indicturent.
Having pleaded guilty to The previous bill
anil escaped the pcralty of The law by mere
I informally in the Indictment, the law officer
IF this Court and the first grand jury had a
! duty 10 perform. which he doubted not was as
/ disaGreeable TO them as it would have been
acceptable 10 those " no originated this prose-
cu,ion. and hoasted of their triumph in find
/ ing the first BIZ. He concud by declaring
his readiness 10 abide the decision of tie
| Court.
When Col. Webb conclude j. Mr. Whiting
| Immediately rose and said he felt it bis duty
10 move that C..l. Webb stand committed,
which the Rec ard n decided must be doLe.-
! Col. Webb was cnmmilind 10 The Tnmbs,
there 10 remain until his day Of sentence
which wall lie early text weck.--N. Y. En-
pr-ss.
a ;ition is in circulation III the following
wold:
ITO His Excelency, William H. Seward,
Governor Of the State Of New York:
"The undersigned would respectfully T, pre-
sent, that whereas J. Watson Webb, editor Of
the New York Courier aod Enquirer, has
pleaded gully 10 an indictment for leaving
| the State with the intent to accept. and for
accepting a challenge TO fight a duel with
Thomas T. Marshall, and is now in prison a.
waiting the sentence of the law; and believ-
: ing that the case is one Justly claiming the
clemenoY Of the Executive, we do most re
spect ulIy ask the interposlion of your Excel
lency. and that YOU may be pleased to grant
the said Webb rdun'
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Mr.. CLAY. The Locofocos are greatly
rejoiced, because, as they say, MIR Clay's
prospects for the Presidency are ruined by
the result of the late elections in Ohio and
New York. Their rejoicing on this &C
count shows how much they fear our noble
Harry, and should only determine the Wings
to adhere to him with greater CONSCIOUSNESS
than ever.
Mr. Clay's prospects ruined by result of the
Ohio and New York elections! Not bit
of it. The result of the elections in those
States had no more TO do with Mr. clay than
they had with General Jackson. This will
he evident to every man who considers the
subject.
BY the death Of Harrison, and the subse-
Gucn: detection OF Tyler the Wing party was
left without leader. Its condition on this
account was so forlorn and wretched, that its
members turned spontaneously, and as if by
common consent to the Great Statesman of
Kentucky, and with one voice proclaimed
him their standard bearer. In this manner,
and in no other, has Henry Clay been nom
mated for the Presidency.
And will any now presume 10 say, that this
heartfelt and universal tribute of regard 10
man is so prc-eminently qualified for the
Presidency, was lmprndent or uncalled for ?
viii any say, that the Wing party would
have been more successful in the recent e.
lections, had its forces been marshallcd I'M
der no leader at all? Or that there lives any
other man who could have inspired them
with more enthusiasm than Henry Clay IF
the Wings cannot be successful with Clay as
I their leader; under whom can they be sue
ccssful Where lives the man in onr whole
extent of territory who can unite the Wing
if Mr. Clay cannot? Is it Webster, unpopu-
lar with the people of almost every State in
the Union, for what is called his soil Fed
eralism;'' and obnoxious at present to the
! Wings for his Tylcrism-is it Scott gal
! liant soldier, but of no experience as states
manor, is it Cass, -atime-servinss ycophant
and devout worshipper ofpower, whether
seated on the throne of France or beching
forth Bil'iugsgatc oaths in the White House
at Washington? Manifesty, it is none these
! Where then is the man to be found? Where
and echo Where?-Troy Whig.
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PRESS.
Middlcbury, Nov. %. 1912.
THE WING CAUSE.

THE WING CAUSE.
The revcrses which have recently orerta,
ken The wing party have filed the minds Of
many with gloomy iorebodings. We will
not suppress the fact, that our opponents sail
under such seductive colors a. 10 allure 10
their support mighty masses of our popula-
ton to iortify their hopes of future triumph.
Tho spcciouS doctrine Of free trade, which
is one of their most peculiar articles Of faiIh,
secure 10 them nj the south onc-ihird Of the
political power of the Union. Attached TO
this solid body is the great commercial CON-
muniiy, who enormously conceive all pro-
lection except TO navigation and foreign
trade Us a drawback upon their emolu-
mcnls. Next come vast multitude Of The
laboring classes at the north, who are easily
1euded into The belief that all is wtll when
they can cheaper the necessaries rhfc a.
the expense of the sweat and toll Of the far
mers and producers. With these combine
an immense swarm Of those envious beings
who having no stake in community exuli
in any policy which shall bring al! down up
on common level ofpoverty, embarrnss.
ment and ruin. To this formidable array
may be added the augmening thousands Of
kindred spirits who yearly immigraie from
foreign shores, and as soon disqualified in-
variably enlist under the black banner Of To-
cofoccism.
Agnins, this mighty coalition of strength
urged forward by the most powerful passions
of our nature, and yearly excited 10 a sort
cf spasmodic action by leaders, active, sa-
gacious, unrestrained by principle, and
greedy only for the spoiIs, 1t would seem al
most hopeless TO contend. But let the great
whig party recolect that locofocoism was
completely Wuterlooed in every part oftho
U MON in 1910 under auspices no better
than oil the present moment. The same
causes of public conservation survive, and
are daily augmenting. Never was the
country SO completely ruined as in the pres
ent consupmaiion of locofoco policy which
the wings have become at present powerioss
to remedy. Recovery is still within our
reach. The whig ranks are still unbroken,
though their efforts have been paralyzed BY
treacherv and desertion unparalleled in the
worst days the republic. Under our BAN
ner is still enlisted vast residum of The
most enlightened, virtuous. patriotic, and ef-
fcient native POI ulaiion of,he country, who
having deep stake in our national prosper
ity, and the perpotuity of our happy insiitu-
lions, can never be seduced by considera-
tons, nor deludcd BY designing politicians
from the path of duty. Here is phalanx
of reliable strength at least as firm and in
domitabe as tho slayeocracy of the south.
with their deluded allies ut The north, and
knit together TO save their fortunes AMI fire.
sides from tho desolations which loco poll.
cy is spreading through the land. IIowev.
er defeated, the result Of every election
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FOREIGN NEWS.
LATEST DISPATCHES FROM
LIBERIA.

We exirac, the following passages from
dispatches from the Colony, published IN
the las, number of the African Repository t:
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
MoNRovIA, August l !, 1912.
SIR: The Vandalia has not yet arrived.
we are anxiously expecting her, and shall
most assuredly avail ourselves of all the ad-
vantages which the visit of this vessel NAV
afford for concluding treaties and conven.
items with The native tribes.
The general condition of things in the
colony is as prosperous as ever, particular
ly at this season of the year. The general
health of the people continues good. We
are still in the enjoyment of the blessings of
peace. The natives all around US continue
fricndly-peace and harmony among The
colonisis are pretty generally restored. Our
merchants are making great preparations 10
Prosecute their trade along the coast the
coming season. They are expecting an a.
b indant harvest Of palm oil. The rice crops
are also encouraging.
In this part Of the colony agriculture is
increasing wonderfully {; though we have
had but few impor,ations from abroad, ouI
supply of potatoes, cascades. planiains, DC
have not been limited.
With fervenl wishes for the success o
colonization, / am, sir, most respectfully
your obedient servant,
J.J. ROBERTS.
Rev. r. r. GURLEY, .
Sec. Am. Col. So. Washington.
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Dr Cu.sN1Ne's me morv has The b;obes

DR.. CLEANLINESS me mory has the highest
claims on the respect Of all Americans for
what he has done for the literary reputation
of his couatry abroad. Twenty years since
the London Quarterly Review. in noticing
his admirable argument in defence ofChris,
tanily, The Dudcian lectures, pronounced
him 10 be ga man who would be blessing
aud an honor 10 any age and any coun-
try; )" and, more recently, an elaborate arti
Gle on his works in Frazer's Magazine-n
publication which is the organ of views III
politics and religion the very opposite Of
his-commences with The following words ::
DIR. Channiug is undoubtedly tie greatest
lung master of The English language.
This praise. lei it be remembered, came
from those who but a few year, before had
disdainfuv asked, "Who reads an Amsri-
Gin book 7" The death of this eminent anj
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MASSACHUSETTS. The Worcester Egis
thus states the result of The rccen election in
Massachusetts,
The returns which VIC publish to-day will
show that there is no election of Governor
BY the pcople,and possibly not of majority
Of the Senate. Even the choice of the
Worcester county Senators is extremely
doubtful. The Senate is therefore first 10
be filled by the two Houses in joint ballot.
The constitutional candidates in each dis
lrict arc double the number to which the
district is entitled, and those having the
highest number Of votes. Thus is Worces
ter county, iflhc:c be five vacancies, the
Wing candidates and The Locofoco caRdi
dales, having the highest number, will be
those from whom the House must elect five
Senators. After the Senate is filled, the
! Iiouss then bal.n,s for two candidates for
J Governor, from Inc four candidates having
the highest uumhcr Of voles by The people,
! ard send the names of ihrsc two candidates
10 The Senate. from which tle Senate elect
one 10 be Governor.
I 1t will be seen. therefore, that now every
rhirg depends upon the character of the
! llouse-for in tn first place it fills the Sen
/ ate, and Thea sends up candidates for Gov.
! for election.
! 1t is doubtful which party has the maiori.
| ;v in tho House. OF tho members already
crc:e.i. il is quite as pTobrbe as otherwise,
/ thai The Locolocos have the majority. But
/ Il great number Of towns in The Common.
wealth have failed 10 elect at all Upon
these will depend the character Oft the Gov.
eminent. Let them do their duty like men
and the State is vet safe. We know thai
We need opv stale the case, Ia make every
Wing in su Ii town buckle on his armol
for The battle, and 10 oil that man can do to
! xin Il.
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CoLT's MARRiAGE.-The New York
Commercial, speaking Of this singular mar.
rage, says, the marnge ceremony was per-
io'med IN that narrew cell by the Rev. DR..
Arthon. What bridal sccue! The mar.
rage hal prison cell The prospect
from the bridal window the bridegroom's
gallows, on which he was sentenced to die
a fclon's death in a few short hours. What
an anticipation for bride Ere The Sc,
Of sun TO mourn over the ignominous grave
OF HIM with whom her reputation and for.
tunes wero just linked by tie sacred ties of
love and matrimony!
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Rev. r. r. GURLEY.

MURDER.-A most brutal murder wa.
committed in the town of Keesvile, Esse,
County. on the night of The 18th inst. Da
vid Bishop, a mechanic, returned to his
home late at night. and beat his wife unit
he caused her Death. 1t is supposed that
the brute threw her from bank upon the
rocks of d small stream near the,house. He
was found perfectly unconcerned in the NOR
nlng, with the body OF his murdered wife
horribly mangled, lying on the bed. He
pretended she had fallen and tainted. The
villain was committed for Albany
Daily Advertiser.
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Rev. r. r. GURLEY, .
Sec. A m. Col. So. Washington.
MoNRovIA, August 2, 1912.


DEAR Sir: There seems at pres
ent decided spirit of Improvement in this
part ofthe colony. have not recently Wis
tied the other settlements, but | am pcrsua.
ded the sans is true of them. In praise of
Bexley, too much cannot be said Of their
perseverance in agriculture, to the entire
exclusion of traffic, which last, fear, had
nearly rnincd too many Of our young men.
The improvement | alludc TO in this quar-
Ter is tho increasing attention that appears
10 be given to the clearing and cullivating
Of farms and lots. There is an example in
the persevering labor Of ono man, which, if
followed by every one, would soon make the
entire colonial settlement one fruitful gar
den. Mr.. ID. Alphin took, about fifteen
months since, from one to two acres Of
ground in complete wilderness of bushes,
and by bis own dnaidcd labor cleared, drain
ed, fenced, and planted it. He dug well,
too, which in the dry season enabled him 10
continue bis planting, by afTordihg ready
fountain for watering plants. lie selected
first small house for temporary shelter !:
since, he has built him very comfortable
and more roomy house. This shows wha;
one man can Go, and find time besides 10
much o,hef labor. know not 10 what TO
attribute this taste for improvement, unless
a cessation Of those unhappy causes which
last year kept the people in constant state
Of fermcnt.
august 81 have already made some
remarks about improvement in the colony.
intend now 10 add some of the fasts upon
which | have formed my opinion.
In addition 10 what have already stated,
l shall first refer 10 the fact, that tie editor
of the Herald has been obliged by the in
crease OF his business 10 erect an addition
to his storehouse, which is built of stone, one
story and a half high, and measures fifty feet
by twenty -four. There lave been five or
six other stone buildings erected here Of a
very decent finish ard sufficiently commodi
GUS. The ligh, house has been erected at
a considerable expense. The first story of
the court house, in stone, is now up. The
school house on Factory Island is now clos
cd in and will be finished soon. Rev. w.
Clark, Of tho Baptist mission, has built
large school house, stoicroom attached, and
dormitory. Hero several frame houses have
been erected, and other repaired. The
Methodist church here is undergoing i'm
provement-the Baptist church at Caldwell
repairing, and tie Presbyterian church also
under repair and all of Them doing by sub.
scripiion. But what am most glad 10 sec
is, that the people are beginning TO think
that the Earth is the mother of wealth and
health, comfort and independence.
| might add 10 the list of work which has
been done, that two small vessels. one of
sixteen tous. and the other more than TWEEN.
ly, beIieve,have been built within the year;
two others are on the stocks, and third for
which timber is now being got.
J. LAWRENCE DAY.
Rev. r. r. GURLEy.
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Tua RcQrE's PRoGRCss.-ln the NatchI'o
c!es Herald ol'the 18th ulr. we find the fol
towing Late news oil an individual who will
be lopg WILL remembered for his knavcry in
these iarts.-Cefe. Herald.
G%srEEL SwlsDI ERA fellow calling
hi:aScll Spencer, who is we believe wort b.
lrss sea If the Secretary of War, passed ihro'
here some time since, and took in several OF
our ci'iZen. ,or small amount Represent
ing himself 30 be in the serEire of the Guv-
ernment, having been sent la institute some
Inquiries at Fort Jesup, he borrowed from one
thirty dollars. and from annther horse, and
proceeded to the Fort. There he was very
kindly treated, an1 made much of as the son
of the Secretary. He Informed them tina, he
WIS instructed /, examine the progress of the
Raft, 10 which point lac departed. Arrived
a; Shrccvesporl. lie seat Of his official duties
was removed TO Fort Towson. Since this he
he has not been heard from. To whai extent
he levied contributions on the roue, we have
no. learned. Oui friends here, however. are
minus; "nz his money and the other his horse.
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cate that the democracy of this state will
rally in favor of the nomination of Mr.. Van
Buren,, and these indications accord with
my own feelings but the wings and boilers
will, no doubt, be then as now, unitedlv Cd.
posed to him. If any supposes shall be
found in their ranks, he may have reason
to think it necessary for me TO 60 before the
public and refute these ISLANDERS. But
have no apprehension as to myself,nor do
see any sufficient ground for believing that
any such thing is called for by the demo-
Gratis of the county. The thousand and one
stories of hostility to Mr.. Van Buren,, and
of combinations and plots to aid the cleo
ton of Mr.. Calhoun and others 10 the Pres
idency, are. as far as relates to myself, ut
terly groundless; as shameless fabrications
as ever were propagated-"
But here again the difficulty arises
While appearances very plainly Indicate"
to Mr.. Beardsley and the Argus that Mr..
Van Buren, is the man on whom locofoco.
ism can rally, the friends of Mr.. Calhoun
regard it as very prepostefous TO think of
giving any man third nomination-a
thing wholly beyond reason,and an infringe
ment of the precedent set by Washington.
In allusion TO this subject, the Alabama
Tribune, Mr.. Calhoun's organ, after express
sing great sorrow that Mr.. V. Buren, should
have been defeated in 1910, and extoling
his previous services, add:
But when for this his frienGs claim as his
due another nomination at our hands. we
are forced TO ask, when will there be an end
to all this Suppose him our candidate in
1914, and that "the same old coon," which
beat him in 1910, should again be too much
flor him-will he not have the same claim
to our favor in 1913? And what in the
mean time is to be done for the equal mer.
its Of Calhoun Buchanan, Cass, Benton
Wright, Woodbury., and the other worthy
sons of whom Democracy boastsl After
enduring the perils of The fight shall they
be onwreathed with none of the laurcls p
Regarding this then, as sort of Kilken
ny fight, from which the administration ha:
nothing to expect but abuse, it would seem
that President Tyler has come TO the con
clusion to suspend "those pressing invita-
TONS which have been flowing in so freely
of late from the Globe school Of politicians
Hence the following significant paragraph
in late Mandisonian.
CAUTION.
A democratic journal in Maine seems in
clined to censure the President for hesita.
ting to act in certain cases named by the
paper. Surely our friend has observed the
assaults of the Globe, and will pardon the
President if he pauses until it is assertainsd
whether the Globes friends in congress in
tend to cooperate with it in its unjustifiable
latiack on the Administration. We believe
the Globe is striving to prevent action in the
cases referred to, and in other cases of still
greater Observation-Disclosures.