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W.snssoroN. July 3, 1914.


C,EPARATE proposals viii be received q This Of
- fee until tho LIST day Of October nsxt for The GO
livery of provisions in bulk for The use Of The troops
Of the United States, upon inspection as follows
At New orleans
22i barrels Of pork.
$40 barrels Of fresh superfne Hour.
200 bushels Of new white field beans
4, 400 pounds OF good hard soap
900 pounds Of good hard sperm candles.
80 bushels good clean dry fine salt.
$40 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
At Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
pa barrels Of pork
276 barrels of fresh superdne Hour.
40 bushels of new white field beans
1900 pounds of good hard soap.
900 pounds Of good hard sperm candles.
SO bushels Of good clean dry fine salt.
700 gallons of good cider vinegar
Al Fort Pickens, or Barrancds, Pensacola,
Florida.
Il2 barrels Of pork.
260 barrels Of fresh supsrfne -four.
100 bushels of new white field beans.
1920 pounds Of good hard soap.
460 pounds of good hard sperm candles.
40 bushels Of good clean dry fine salt.
AGO gallons of good cider vinegar
At the Public Landing, sir miles from Fort
Topson, mouth Of the Chiemichi.
$50 barrels of pork
1000 barrels Of fresh superfne -four.
800 bushels of new white field beans
5000 pounds Of good hard soap.
1000 pounds Of good hard sperm candles
100 bushels of good clean dry fine salt.
1000 gallons of good cider vinegar
The whole to be deveied in all the month OF
April, lS45, and to leave Nstchtoches by the 10th
Eahrnnrv ISAS
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ANNEXATIoN-A WING VIEW OF 1T.

| ANNEXATION-A WHIG VIEW OF IT.
The .NeD York Courier and Enquirer (whig,
is in favor OF the annexation of Texas for the
following considerations, which it gives;
"FISt. The annexation of Texas would, o.
necessity, exclude the further introduction o
slaves from abroad into that beautiful country
because the laws of the Union would be extended
overt, and those laws make the slave trade piracy
"Second 1t woud not increase the number o
slaves in this country, but merely increase the
territory occupied by them.
"T'hird Its a well known fact, that wherever
slave labor is the most valuable il is the interest OF
the master to treat the slave most kindly. Where
his labor produces the largest sum in return, the
master can afford, and finds interest in providing
for him better food, clothing and shelter; and
consequently every person who has at heart the
welfare of the slave, should zealously advocate
any and every measure, which is calculated to
compel the shareholders in the northern slave
States to send them farther south.
"F0urh With the rich land of Texas, inhab-
tied by our own people and constituting portion
of our Union, no STAKEHOLDER in Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, Kentucky, or Missouri, could afford
to return his slaves but would find it to be his
interest to send them farther South.
"F1th. The annexation of Texas would great.
y increase the wealth, and rapidly extend the
commerce Of the country.
"Sirh. Texas in twenty years will grow all
the cotton that Great Britain will require. She
will admit British goods free OF duty, and in return
Great Britain will exclude the cotton of the United
States from her ports, unless we too receive her
would, they would be smuggled into the county
through Texas
"The truth of these positions cannot be ques-
toned But, say the opponents of this measure
"The influence of the South will proponderate by
the admission of new slave States!" Is this true !?
Can new State be admitted without the sanction
otCongress; and will not alwaysrefuse the admis-
sion Of new slave State into the Union without
the admission of free State at the same timer
"Tben what becomes of Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri? Texas is
part of the Union, and in very few years these
become free States of necessity Delaware is vir-
tually SO at this time; and Maryland, Kentucky,
and Virginia would have been, if the abolitonists
had not interfered with them. In short we cannot
find solitary valid argument against the annexa-
ton of Texas in the Union, while we are of the
deliberate opinion that philanthropy and policy are
alike in favor of the measure
We believe we have not seen this powerful ar
gument of the leading wing press in New York
copied into the Troy whig, or any other Northern
federal paper. Was it designated exclusively to
convince the Southern coons that northern whig-
gerry is sound on the Texas question !-Iroy
Budget
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best part oil that portion of the valley lying be-
tween Logan and Athens. They purchased land
enough to form Principally, had It been located
in Europe, and in each case paid portion Of the
purchase money The bubble bursted, and they
bursted the Gallipolis bank, and that cutting Oft
the supply, they came near bursting also. They
sunk splendid fortune in this operation
Thus have given you hasty sketch OF Ewings
operations. Circumstances have made me ac-
quainted with much which Mr.. Ewing doubtless
thought hidden within the breasts Of his agents,
who would not betroy him. All have here stated
has been heretofore published. What have
stated for facts, know TO be so and the inferences
which draw from these facts, YOU can judge the
correctness of, as well as can. Make what use
you choose of this, and believe me,
Truly yours, G. b. FLOOD.
Columbus, o., august 80, 1872
To Col JOSEPH MORRIS, Woodsfield.
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Cadi., Ohio, August 10, 1874.
Aug. 10, lS44,

Cadi9, Ohio, August 10, 1914
Gentlemen:-I have delayed answer
ing your letter, received short time
since, in consequence of having misIaic
| it, and my absence from home on my ju
dicial circuit. must now answer i
from my present ecolecton of the in
quiries it contained. Believeing me tc
be acquainted with Col. James K. Polk
you desired my opinion of his honesty
talents, and moral character.
! was well acquainted with Mr.. Polk
when we were both members of the
House Of Representatives, in Congress,
We were members toge ther for six ses.
Sions--and during part of that time, he
presided as Speaker Of that body.
had opportunities of becoming acquaint-
ed with him in private as we'll as a
public capacity, and in both relations |
take great pleasure in bearing favorable
testimony to his high order of talents
his habits of industry and attention
to business his strict integrity, and
his pure and irrepronchable, moral char
acter. lie is one oflhe few public men
Of whom the moralist cou'd speak in
terms Of high and deserved approba.
ton.
would also direct your attention to
the letter OF Gen. Jackson, whose O.
pinion is entitled to great weight, dated
Oath June, 1914. lie says:
"Mr. Polk was raised in my neigh
borhood, and went into public life as a
Jefersonian democrat. TO the great
principles Of that iIustricus reformer of
our system of government, he has been
ever faithful; and has proved himself
on many trying occasions, the able ad-
vocate of popular rights, and the saga
cious friend of the measures which were
necessary to defeat the Vaccinations
Of tho federal party. His moral char
acter is pure: his capacity for business
great: and to extraordinary powers OF
labor, both mental and physical, he u
mites that tact and judgment which are
so requisite to the successful direction
of such an office as that Of Chief Mag
istrate of a free people,"
As additional evidence of Mr.. Polk's
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THE TARIFF.

The following table prepared by a
New York farmer, shows how the tar
i'll works. Let the farmers Of this
county examine well these facts.
Farmers bill of goods, on the list day
Of June, 1912, bought of ,nerchant:
4 calico dress for daughter, ut
~ cents per yard, % YARDS 81 o3s
Six yds. York mills cotton for
under dress, at l2s cents per
yard rs
Three yards white flannel for
under dress at 10 cents per
yard Sd
Six yards cloth, summer pants
for son, at % cents per yd. IS
Six yards shirtng, at 2! cents rs
Three yards broadcIoth Tor coat
at 81 per yard 90
Three yards satinet for pants,
at 35 cents per yard l O5
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talents, if any were needed, | would re-
fer you to his reports and speeches
made whilsta member of Congress.
Their force and correct reasoning will
convince the impartial and intelligent
of all parties that he is man of talents
and a statesman; and well qualified to
discharge all the duties of the office of
President Of the United States, with
honor to himself and to his country.
Very respectfully, Yours, &c.
WILLIAM KENNON.
DIR. John Campbell, DR.. Thomas IT.
win, George NeeI, Emmor Bales, Esq.
and William Sharp.
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DEFERRED ITEMS OF FOREIGN NEWS,
dREI.AN y.

The Repeal Association..--At tht
weekly meeting Of the repeal associa
ton on Monday week, Mr.. McNevir
designated the flag Of England, "a fe
Ion flag The expression was after
wards Withdrawn. Mr.. Gordon with
drew his motion "that the subject o
repeal ought to be brought under the
notice of parliament" the repeal
committee having passed unan.
imous vote that it would be ill-timcd
and ineXpedient. The committee
were Of opinion that the registries
were the places where the repeal bat
tie was TO be fought. The rent was
El,43o. The opposition to the pay
ment oflocal rates and even rents was
increasing proportionably with the a.
mount Of funds received weekly at
Cancellation liall.--The rent last Mon.
day was Gloo6.
The Irish Protestants appear TO have
taI;enalaEm at Sir Robert Peel's state
ments on the subject Of education in
ireland.
Lord Eeytesbury was duly installed
as Viceroy Of Ireland on Thursday, un-
der such circumstances as were calcula-
ted tomake pleasing effect upon him.
The assizes now proceeding in Ire
land give token of diminution Of crime
to considerable extent.
Three incendiaries have been con-
victcd at the Limerick Assizcs, of firing
the outhouses of Lord Dunraycn, at
Adare.
Murder Of Lord Norbury.-- At the
Kings county assizes, Peter Doan, a
laborer, about 35years OF age, was ar
raigned for the murder of Lord Nor
bury, on the first of January, l839.---
The Jury returned a verdict ofnot gull
tv. Dolan and Gill, Ohe latter charg-
ed with the conspiracy were then dis
charged; the charge against both rest
ing OF the same testimony. There
was large crowd Of country people
in the streets, even at that advanced
hour, who hailed the result with sup
pressed cheers.
AT meeting of the Dublin Repeal
Association, on the 22d uIt., Mr.. d. o.
Connell, jr. said he he'd to give his usu-
al bulletin from the prison. (Cheers.)
The health and spirits ofthe the prison
crs were'exeelient, and in no way i'm
paired by the imprisonment. r'Hear,
hear!' and loud cheers.)
There have been some terrible earth
quakes in Persi,; Tabirz, Teban, and
lspahan equally felt them. Kiashar.
Manat, and various other cities, towns
and villages were more or less over
thrown, leaving the inhabitants buried
under tie ruins.
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Dem. Coons. Ind
CLAY VICTORIES!

1t is no wonder that the wings look
blue over the late elections. Look at
the following. One of the Missouri
democratic candidates, Mr.. Parsons.
dieG Just on the eve Of the election, too
late to communicate it to the voters to
any extent; and hence there is vacan-
cy, unless one Of the minority candi-
dates accepts the place, as being legal
ly entitled 10 il:
Seyenteenmembers ofCongress have
been voted for since the Presidential
nominations, VIZ: In Louisiana. llli-
noiS, Missouri, and Alabama. They
have resulted as follows:
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SI3 Ga

The farmer pays his till, in 1843,
with a barrel OF mess pork, at Sll So,
and hasa balance Of 624 cents in his
favor. In 1874, the pays for the same
articles of merchandise with barrel of
mess pork at IS GO, a barrel of prime
beef at SO %, and 93 lbs. of cheese at
d cts per pound-showing the farmer
worse offby the sum ofS5 81 in 1914
than in l943.
The subjoined table shows the price
Of the leading articles Of production Of
the farmes of the northern and western
States, on the first day of June, l84s,
and 1871, taken from the Journal Of
Commerce:
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Democrats, remember the prize banners. Who
OUR HICKORY POLE.

The democrats raised in our town on Tuesday
last, splendid hickory pole, 1853 feet IN height.
One side of the flag bears the inscription, "PoIs
Dallas, Tod and victory,-the Voice of Monroe;'
the other, "'Fair and just protection to all the
great interests of the whole Union. u K Polk" 3"
Since the raising Of the hickory, the ash pole looks
sicklQ.
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Sir: In compliance with my promise, proceed
to give you synopsis of Ewlng's land scrip spec
uations. In so doing, will be brief as possible.
| Previous to the election of Mr.. Ewing to the
United States Senate, a law was passed allowing
the holders of Revolutionary bounty land warrants
to surrender it at the treasury and to take in lieu
thereof, certificate for the amount, with which
the holder for the time being-for il was transfera-
ble-could enter the same amount of government
land, and apply this scrip in payment therefor
This law soon expired by its own limitation. The
knotoing ones, saw in it glorious chance for "A
by the limitation of the law. Mr.. Ewing was
elected to the Senate during the winter of 1880,
81. On the 18th of the following July, another
law was passed extending the time for the surren-
der of these warrants, and appropriating 300, 900
additional acres of land to satisfy these warrants
On the I'd Of March, 1888, still another law was
passed on this subject, and which appropriated
200, 900 more acres of land to satisfy the scrip
issued These two latter laws, you will bear in
mind. were passed while Thomas Ewing was a
member of the Senate.
During the time these laws were hanging be-
tween the two houses, and after it was known they
would pass, Mr.. Ewing bought up large quantities
of these warrants, by agents scattered through the
country, and as soon as the law was approved,
surrendered them, according to law, at the treasury
for scrip, which was worth its face in land office
money. The selling price, among the holders,
many of whom knew not of the existence of
either of these laws, was but few cents on the
dollar. Mr.. Ewing took advantage Of his station
as an American Senator,--of the advantages
which his situation gave him, to cheat the poor
old revolutionary soldiers. their widows and chill
dren, out of the bounty Of grateful government.
To give you some idea Of the immense amount of
scrip which Ewing and his agents bought up,
Thomas H. Sharpe, Of Indianapolis, at an examin-
alton of the land Office in that place, in the year
1888, swears that he received from, and exchanged
for, Nicholas McCarty, Gas agent for Thomas
Ewing, Henry Stanbery, P. Hall and others, up
to that time, the sum Of one hundred and strfy
thousand, foe hundred and Jgfy-sir dollars, and
on examination few days afterwards, run the
amount up to one hundred and seuentyJiUe thou
sand dollars. This was, it will be borne in mind,
but single land Office To my personal know
ledge, Ewing had his agents at other points, and
those in Zanesvie, (Charles c. Gilbert, late cash.
Ter Of The GAINESVILLE bank, and his brotherin-law,
Charles Stetson, now Of Cleveland) done ''ia1d
office business," in selling scrip. It's impossible
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EDITED BY ]. R. MORRIS.
w o o ID S + / f. l. ID
FOR PREsIpENF,
j A NJ f. X. POLK,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1914.

FOR PREsIDENF,
j A NJ ES X. POLK,
of Tennessee.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
GEORGE NJ. DALLAS,
Of Pennsylvania.
ELECTORAL TIC KET.
SENATORIAL.
JOSEPH H. LARwILL, of Wayne,
DowTy UTTER, of Clermont
CONGRESSIONAL.
LIT District CLAYTON WEBB, of Hamilton,
I'd JAMES M. DORSEY, of Darke,
Sd r. d. FoRsMAN, of Green,
4th JUDGE JOHN TAYLOR of Champaign
9TH DAVID HIG GINS, of Lucas,
9th GILBERT BEACH, of Wood,
7th &c JOHN D. WHITE, of Brown,
9Th GO THOMAS MEGRADy, of Ross,
9th VALENTINE KEFFER, of Pickaway,
10th JAMES PARKER, ofLicking,
llth GRENvILLE p. CHERRY, ofMarion,
18th L" GEORGE CoRwINE, ofScioto,
18th CAUTIOUS c. COvEY, of Morgan,
l4th :" ISAAC M. LANNING, of Guernsey,
10Th SO WALTER JAMESON, of Harrison,
10th SEBASTIAN BRAINARD, of Tusca's
18th +" JAMES FORBES, sr. Of Carroll,
18th " NEAL Mccoy, of Wayne,
10Th Milo STONE, of Summit,
10Th &" BENJAMIN ADAMS, of Lake,
list STEPHEN N. SARGENT, of Medina.
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EWING's SCRIP spECULATIONs.

With satisfaction we place before our readers
to-day, the following letter from C. B. Flood Esq.
on the subject of Ewing's scrip speculations. 1t
will be seen that the letter of Mr.. Flood snstans
space to Mr.. Ewing than we otherwise should
have done, had he not, in his usual manner of
whoesaleing matters, charged us with committing
forgery.
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$40 874

Bill Of the same articles on lst June.
1874:
A calico dress, yds., at sscts
per yard 81 2l4
Six yards cotton cloth, York
mills, at l4i cents per yard. 81!
Three yards white flannel at
25 cents per yard. Is
Six yds. cloth for summer pants,
at Is cents per yard, 80
Six yards shifting, at l4i cts.
per yard, 87s
Three yds. broadcloth, at$2 SO
per yard I so
Three yards satinet for pants,
at so cents, so
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Mai. over all 26

So much for coon Dragging before e.
lection, and false returns after. A dem
ocrat ofthis city talks about opening a
hat store, from the amount he has won
on the election news. as reported in
the Cincinnati whig papers.
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low A..

This new Territory has literally
swept coonery and all its nonsense out
of its borders. Clay and his aristo.
cratic principles have no hold on the
feelings OF the hardy pioneer of the
west. The convention 10 form Con
stituti n stands:
Dem. Coons. Ind.
So 19
90
Dem. maj. over all 80
That will Dc!
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From The Ohio StateSm1n.
ELECTION NEWS.
MISSOURI.

The democratic majority for Govern
or in Missouri so far, is 5,548, and five
counties to hear from, which will in
crease it to between six and seven
thousand. The Legislature stands, es-
timatiug the five counties to hear from:
Dem. CooDs. Softs.
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From the St. Clairsville Gazette.
Uniont0,Un. Belmont CO., Oh

OniontOUn, Belmont co., Ohio.
Hon. Wm. Kcnnon, Sr.
Dear Sir: A portion Of those not
friendly to the election of Col. JANE )
X. POLK, the Democratic Candidate
for the office president ofthe United
States, doubt his honesty and capacity,
as well as lis moral character; and as
we understand you have been, for a
long time, and are now well acquaint-
ed with him, you would, therefore, con-
fer favor upon us by swering all in
relation thereto.
Yours truly and respectfully,
JOHN CAMPBELL,
EMMOR BALES,
THOMAS IRWIN,
WIN. SHARP,
GEORGE NEEL,
Aug. 10, 1874.
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FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO,
DAVID TOD, of Trumbull Court.
FOR CONGRESS
JOSEPH MORRIS
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
EDWARD ARCHBOLD.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
JOHN M. KIRKBRIDE.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOHN CLINE.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
JOHN B. NOLL.
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ACCIDENT AT THE FALLS.

| We are indebted to the polite attention Of the
Clerk OF the steamer Cen Wayne, for an extra
from the Buffalo Gazette containing the following:
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA
FALLS-YOUNG LADY KILLED.
Miss Martha X. Rugg, young lady aged about
Is, whose parents reside at Lancaster, Mass, left
her home few days since to visit her sister, Mrs.
Geo. w. Howe, of Detroit She was under the
care of Mr.. John Long, of Detroit, the partner in
business of Mr.. Howe, her brother-in-law. Ar
irving at Niagara Falls, they stopped with the in
tention of spending short time. 0n.Saturday
about noon, in company with party from this
city, they walked out, and when on the bank just
below the Falls, near the Museum on the Canada
side, Miss Rugg suddenly left the arm of her pro-
tector to gather some bushes growing on the very
brink of the precpice, and almost instantly lost her
balance-falling about 100 feet perpendicularly!
She was heard to utter one fearful cry as she was
falling, and all was still. 1t was some twenty
minutes before her companions could reach her,
When they did so, they found her still alive, but
senseless-uttering few incoherent words. Med
ical aid was afforded almost Immediately, but she
died in about three hours. The only discernable
injuries on the body were slight scratch on one
temple, and one ankle broken. The first intima-
ton which her bereaved parents will receive of
this melancholy catastrophe, will be conveyed to
them in this paper.
We have conversed with those who were pres
ent when the accident occurred, and they all con-
Eroy tha laae
The body was brought to this city the same night.
and left in the boat last evening for Detroit, where
if is taken for burial Cleveland Herald
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Gov. DoRR-We were informed on Monday
that this victim of Agerne oppression was suffer-
ing under severe and aggravated attack of the
rheumatism, and that his friends had applied to the
committee who visit the prison, for such relaxa-
ton Of prison discipline as might permit him to
take such exercise in the open air as the circum-
scribed limits of the yard would permit; and that
the request was coldly and unfeelingly refused -
Such refusal of indulgence so essential to his
health, perhaps to the preservation of his valuable
fe is characteristic of the obdurate hearts of the
party who have consgnedhim to tha: gloomy prison
house, and contradicts the oft-repeated statements
of the Journal that he has been allowed every rea-
sonable indulgence. 1t is evident that our whie
rulers have conspired against his life Notsatised
with being the assassins Of Kilby, they would be.
come the cold-blooded murderers of Dorr, and earn
the title given them by the Journal Of "cut-throat
Algerines "--Propidenee Herald
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A young lady looking upon the Falls OF Niagara,
exclaimed, in awe-struck astonishment-"H ow
exceedingly pretty they is!'
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. - ELEC-
TION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER STH.
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So much for the great "CIoy victo.
""
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lie, s2s 80 so 9S s42 so "A 81