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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-02-10
THE TEXAS BILL PASSED THE
unIISE

Our exchanges failing TO come TO hand
until late hour, we ale prevented from
persu.ng any detail of Congressional pro-
ceedings; nor is it important, as the proceed
ngs of day after dry show The same unvary
ing detail of Texas debate. The 25tb,
however, brings matters to head in the
House, and the Texas bill has passed the
House of Representatives. We copy from
the Post some detail of the proceedings on
that interesting and nomicn.ous OCCASION
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ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that petition viii be
presented to the commissioners OF Monroe coui,
ty at their session in June next for the locaton ri
county road through part Of said county; cor'-
mencing for the same at the first crossing place
below Headley's Mill on the east, fork Of Duck
Creek; thence up said stream on the right hand
side till il approaches hear Esq. waybrant's i'm
provement; thence on the right Of said improve
ment as near as practicable to ftersect the Sum:
merfeld road at or near wild cherry OIL the land
Of the widow Stone; thence cros,ing the riiii
northwardly up small run on the right side TO 1he
fork df the fm; thence crossing the right fork and
up point on the land of Martin Baty the right of
the clearing to the first main bench; thence on said
bench till nearly opposite the dwelling of William
Tidd; thence descending and crossing the run ON
the left, through the Improvements Of Joshua Ma
lhena to low gap in the ridge; thence northward-
y along the line of section ten, as near as practi-
cable to public road; thence west on said road
to the top of the hill; therce The nearest and best
route to intersect the Sdmmerficd and Mt Ephraim
road at or near the line between James Watson g.
John Bryan. April 26, 1916 2
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PROSPECTUS OF THE
Western Literary Journal,
AND
MONTHLY REVIEW.
VOL. V-TERMS G:S,

WVHE first volume of the Journal and Review
n is now completed. For many reasons we
feel grtatly strengthened for the commencement
of the second We are satisfied Fl ON the reception
of the work thus far that its merits are appreciated,
and that the people of the South and W est fully
aware of the great benefit and credit that would
accrue TO our magnificent country from literary
periodical of substantial and elevated character.
We at first projected such work, and believe the
Press both East and West approve the Judgment
with which it is conducted. While one has pro-
nounced it second only to the Southern Literary
Messenger" afforded at S5, another has declared
1t inferior to meme in the Union While one has
given 1t an equal rank with that sterling 10 work,
the ''Knickerbocker," another has placed it ihfn-
itely above those splendid magazines which coin
mand the most popular favor. If such be the rep
utaton of the Journal in its infancy, think much
mare can be expected from It's manhood. What
western man would not rejoice to see periodical
breathing the spirit and testing the power of the
western mind! Who does not acknowledge the
great benefit resulting from literary journal that
invites the activity of the nobler part OF man,
makes known the sentiment and spirit of those in
our midst who think and desire the greatest good
to man. Through its pages those in every section
of our great West, whose philosophy and philan-
thropy would otherwise be unknown and unfelt,
could speak to the reason and hearts of their friends
and neighbors, and thus do much to elevate and
ennoble. But it is scarcely necessary to refer to
these matters-every one knows all we wish to
convey. and we are confident VIII act Tor the be t
interests of himself and fellows.
TERMS:
Single subscription, SO 90 per year.
Two uniting, 250 &c
Ten do 200 I"
The Journal and Review is published in two
volumes per year, each containing from 372 to 3S4
pages. Subscribers can engage for year e Vol.s)
or for months q VOL at the saline rate Address
Will editors friendly to this enterprise. give the
above few insertions and receive the Journal and
Review
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For The Spirit of Democracy

Mr.. Ed,tor:--It is important that every thing
relative to our taxation system should be under
stood. Why should not assessors say at once to
our farmers and mechanics, that the proceeds OF
personal property sold, are not tarabie; whether
I'm the shape Of bonds notes, bills, book accounts,
or other evidences of debt! Why should our far
mers and mechanics be put 10 the trouble Of trump
ing up every horse, COW, or other article of prop
erty. or lot of grain, which they may have sold
on credit in the ordinary course OF business' Why
should currency be longer given to a drazen lie,
invented in the rich canal counties, where mer-
chants capital and money at interest are abundan'
Those prostitute villains in the rich canal counties
who invented this fable have an interest in duping
us, but shall we be further duped by them'
EDWARD ARCHBOLD.
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you wish TO pay aIl' Is IL not evident that if he,
and other rich men like him pay some, you VIII
have less to pay'
If any thing could manifest The prostitute corr
ruption of the press in the rich canal counties it
is the course which newspaper editors have pur-
sued in this matter. When millions and millions
of our money were voted away to carry on worth
less speculations, when The very dregs OF creation
swarmed upon US from the New York and Penn
syivania canals-when State bonds were sold for
fifty two cents on the dollar-in one word, when
public plunder was to be distributed amongst them
selves and their confederates and favorites, they
were like dumb dogs which cannot bark. They
had no note of remonstrance then; but now when
pay day has come round and when that kind OF
capital which has chiefly accumulated ih the canal
counties is called on to contribute its share in sup
port of the public burthens, their columns TEEN
with such brazen lies as manifest nothing SO much
as the extent OF their erontry. II they again sue
ceed in cheating and deceiving the eastern people
we shall deserve 10 be cheated and deceived.
Fellow citizens! shall by the favor of the edi-
tor OF tnls paper, cohuuue " "esa' " "" oNe"
facts as months Of toll and WEAKNESS have enabled
me to collect. My ambition will be to detail to
you facts, NOT doubling but you will be able to
draw your own inferences. But I venture to pre-
dict that one inference which you will draw, will
be that our so called system of internal improve
ments, is in reality system Of knavery and swnd-
ling, which deserves the execration of all good
and all honest men. The man whose influence
would enable him TO bring this system into unver-
sal odium would deserve to stand first in the affec-
tions Of his countrymen. Such Influence my
little lot denies to me, but will do what can in
that way with free good will. This is strong
language but not stronger than facts will justify,
for as tyrants of old prevailed by force, so modern
Spectators prevail by fraud OSCAR.
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mn r RIED

On Thursday morning, the oath inst by the Rev.
James C. Merry man, Mr.. WILLIAM OKEY, Clerk
of the Court for this county, and Miss LUCINDA
M. FRENCH, all of this place.
1--WE know not how to express our thanks for
the kind remembrance of the printer amid the joys
Of the marriage festival, all we can say is that
we wish the happy couple as much Of earth's
choicest blessings as falls TO the LOT of mortas
On the Goth inst by the Rev. Mr.. Mcfarland,
DR.. J. d. O'CoNNoR, and Mrs. RUTH C. NEFF,
all Of Clarington. in this county.
[Joy, peace, and prosperity attend you, Doctor,
and your fair bride through ife's checkered way
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DECIDEDLY RicH.-An exchange paper gives
the following, and gravely AYERS that several per-
sons were witnesses of the scene, in Saratoga N.
York: ga raftsman who drank little too freely
tell from part of the raft where he was employed
and was near drowning when his brother plunged
in to his relief, seized him by the hair, and was
struggling with him to the shore. The tide was
strong and the brothers strength being exhausted,
he was about relinquishing his hold when the des-
pairing one, raising his head above water; ex-
claimed: ''Hang on, Sam! hang on!-Ill treat-I
swear willn' These words were stimulating,
and his brother saved his life.
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pRORNTE NO1iCE.

WHEREAS. sccouris and vouchers were pre-
serted 10 the Court Of Cunlnou Pleas within and
for the county of hI,pnroe and State Of Ohio, at
their April tenn, A ID lsI5, for settlement by the
executors and administrators Of the following
named persons, to wit "a.
Administrator of Cloyd Johnston. deceased.
Admnistr aior Of Thomas Walker, deceased
Guardian to Rosanna HAYDEN.
Executor Of David Griffith, deceased
Administrator Of Elijah Bennet. deceased.
Administrators Of John Keller, deceased.
Notice is therefore hereby given TO all persons
interested that said accounts are continued until
the June term OF said Court for 1916, for comiir-
nation, Apr 26. 1915,
7:3 WM. OKEY, Clerk NJ C, C.C.P.
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From the Albany Evening Journal.

In company with a rge number of our citizens,
we went 10 Athens yesterday, in the steamer San
dusky, for the purpose of examining the wreck and
satisfying ourselves to the position Of the lated
Swallow. 1t is hardly possible TO convey by words
correct Idea oi the spectacle she presents. We
have rarely looked upon more appalling sight
The rock upon which the Swallow struck is about
Is feet high, and some 40 feet long by 80 broad On
the inner or west side there is thin sheet Of water,
perhaps four rods across, which at low tide a man
can easily wade. On the outer or eastern side Of
the rock the water is deep, the channel running
is just in the line of the Athens docks, distant
about Is rods. To the north, however, the chan
mel inclines somewhat to the westward of this
range.
The entire bow Of the Swallow rests upon the
rock her stem being about 80 feetabove the waters
level. The whole Of the after part of the boat
say 80 to 100 ieet--is under water This includes
the ladies' cabin on the lin deck, and few of the
state rooms ON the upper deck. The gentlemen's
cabins below are, of course, full of water. The
Swallow lies with her head pointing in shore, ma
king an angle with the direction Of the channel Of
some 20 degrees. If the rock had not been there,
the Swallow from the course she was taking, must
have run up high and dry on the Athens shore.
II is proper to say, however, that the channel runs
close to the rock; and that the Swallow could have
passed 1t safely had she been length tdthe east
ward. ~. 80 go
II has been said that the Swallow was not In the
usual channel. This is an error. The Athens, or
west channel, is much the most direct, the widest,
and the deepest, and is always preferred by steam-
boats which do not land at Hudson. It has also
been stated that the second pilot was at the wheel
when the boat struck. This Is equally mistake.
We had it yesterday from Mr.. Burnett's own lips
that he took the wheel about six miles above Hud
son, and at his post when the disaster occurred
He can give no other account or explanation of it
than that the night was SO dark as 10 deceive him
as to the lay of the land He staes, however, that
he could see the lights on shore. 7'ia
A wide difference Of opinion exists as to the rate
al which the Swallow was going when she SIR ick
the rock The engineers, ,6remen, and pilots, ,as we
were informed at Athens yesterday, all swore be-
fore The coroner jury, that the boat was not going
much over six miles an hour, when she struck. No
man can look at the wreck, with the bow forced
nearly forty orfify feet up on to the rock, without
an instant and unchangeable conviction that her
speed must have been very much greater than this
testimony makes il out. According 10 Mr.. George
NJ t.e al 40 h., match az ;neiant hafora
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ELECTION IN IowA.-We perceive by our
western exchanges thai HE democratic party have
come out triumphant in this Hohrshing territory.
Federalism and its rottenness have been totally
annhlaied, nota grease spot of whiggery is left
clean s,reep Of coonery in both branches of the
Legislature, and have also carried the constitution
by a handsome majority. Three cheers for Iowa!
and three times three tor her hard listed democ-
racy.- Washington { O. Jtfirsonian.
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OBITUARY.

Died, after an illness of about four months, at
the residence of her father in Salem township, on
Monday, the 24th inst. Mrs. MARY r. MALLORY,
consort Of Mr. John Mallory, and daughter Of
James and Elizabeth Walton, in the Path year oi
ber age. We deeply sympathize with the relatives
and friends of the deceasedS They have, howev-
er the consolation of knowing that she enjoys the
felicity that awaits the kind, benevolent and just
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ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that petition will he
presented to the Commissioners of Monroe county
at their June session praying for the location Of
county road commencing at William Biven's in
Franklin township; thence the nearest and best
route 10 John Smiths in said township; thence the
nearest and best route to intersect the State road
from GAINESVILLE TO Marietta, at Or near the south
east corner of S. Johnson's farm in Enoch towns
ship in said county. April 26, 1912. IN
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ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that petition will be
presented to the Commissioners of Monfoe couna
ty Ohio, at their next session in June praying for
the establishment of county road, commencing
at the big road leading from Woodsiield to the
Ohio river. past Cline's Settlement, the school
house in district No 10, in Perry township; thence
past John Thompson's thence the nearest and best
route TO ntersect the b,g road leading froi Woods;
field to Marietta, near jesse Hall, Jr. on land own
ed BY Jesse Hall Sr. AnIil %. 1916.
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FRoM MErAMoRAs.

BY the schooner Exit, Captain Johnson, we learn
that The Comanche Indians were daily committing
depredatons on the inhabitants. Two nights pre-.
vious to her sailing, two families had been murder
ed. The people on the east side OF the river Rio
del Ndrte were coming 10 Matamoras for protec
ton. Santa Anna was still at Perote in prisoi-
The Mexican Congress continued in session.
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REroRM,-The President, We understand, has
issued circular to the departments, requiring ma
ganzation of the offices, the duties and attendance
of the clerks; and to enforce it, has directed the
absences to be ted and reported The general
complaint of persons visiting Washington on busi-
ness with the departments OF the delays and ex-
pense TO which they are subjected, has rendered
the interposition Of the executive necessary.
The circular also requires distribution Of laobr
among clerks proportoned to compensation allow
ed. and provides for the suppression ofth injustice
(too long tolerated) Of making meritorious and
faithful public servants perform the duties Of such
as may be found negligent or incompetent.
Globe.
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WONDERS IN THE MooN-ExpEcrEp DIS
covERrEs.-Lord Roses great Irish telescope is
nearly finished, and the next steamer may bring
us accounts OF some Of the observations made by
It. Speculation as to the probable discoveries in
the moon is already rife in England, and many
look for confirmation Of the celebrated moon
story, originally published at the Sun Office in
1885 The planets OF some of the systems near
est our own will no doubt be brought TO view in
this great instrument; and in anticipation of such
wonderful event, Sir John Hershel has already
called attention TO minute point-like stars around
several Of the larger fixed stars.
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From the New Orleans Picayune.
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH.


The announcement Of the withdrawal q fso fruit
full source of irritation from the mass of subjects
that are calculated to engender international hosti
ies s gratifying, essoning the chances OF cois-
ion between the two countries; for war in its bland
est aspect, Is grim mvisaged enough-but there is at
the bottom of the change of foreign opinion upon
this question, ground upon which America may
build decent claim to having given the law to
christendom in the premises. Mr.. Macaulay in
the House of Commons remarked upon the "right
of search" incidentally brought up in the discus.
sion upon the dierental sugar duties, that if the
United States had submitted to the right of Search
the outcry in France against the exercise of that
power would never have been excited" Again the
same gentleman continued: "The right ofsearch is
worth nothing when France md America refuse to
accede to it; and will venture to say therefore, that
the right Of search is abando ned in consequence of
the course ofcondlct pursued by the United States
OF America"
The American people can afford to bear certain
impuations touching their responsibility for the
continuance of the slave trade, which the honorable
M. P. embroidered upon the staple of his speech,
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Fmtter'd their voices in Corloli:
Alone she did it,
Running through the debate upon this vexed
question, there were evident indications that the
main object OF the British government in enforcing
the right Of search and especially in consolidating
European opinie in its favor, was to bring Amer
ican commerce under an established system of es-
pionage. Negotiations are already commenced
which will end In letting France out Of the league
formed by the quntuple treaty ;and it is not thought
at all desirable to hold Spain or the other powers to
the engagements they contrac ted upon signing the
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The Globe establishment in Washington city,
has been purchased by Mcssrs. THOMAS RICHIE,
Esq. late of the Richmond Enquirer, and JOHN
P. HESS, formerly of the Nashville Union, both
unflinching democrats of the old Jeffersonian
school. We see it stated that the Globe Is now to
become the official organ of the government-I6.
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ROAD NOTICE,

NOTICE is hereby given that petition will be
presented to the Commissioners of Monroe county
at their June session pfaying for the location of
county road commencing in Enoch township, at
Aaron Barnes on the Waterford Road; thence the
nearest and best route to Daniel McFerson's in
Bnoch township. April 26, 1915. 7p
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be offered for the pilot who was at the wheel when
the Swallow struck. He must have been ignorant
of his position, Dr dezins al his post. In either
event, he was deeply culpable.
After the boat ran on the rock, there seems to
have been want Of presence Of mind and efficient
Management among the officers of the boat. Their
first duty was to have ascertaine her exact condi-
tion; their next TO have proclaimed it to the pasen
gers. Had this been done Immediately after the
accident, all on board, with very few if any excep
ions, might have been safely gathered on the for
ward and upper decks.
After all, however, the heaviest charge rcmains
to be brought against the proprietors of the boat
Five nights and many days have passed since the
accident occurred, aud the Swallow still remains
with the ladies' saloon and main cabins entirely un-
der water. God only knows how many human
beings have found watery grave within these
narrow limits. The lapse ofevery hour will render
il more and more difficult to identity the bodies
that may be found. And yet nothing has been done
to raise the sunken hull Not a single proprietor
al the boat has been seen near the fatal spot Even
exception of Burnett the pilot, and two ohers,)
have abandoned her. and gone off to New York to
fit up another boat which is to take her place.
Many persons are still at Hudson and Athens en-
deavoring to ascertain the fate of the missing rela
tives or friends. No traces have been discovered
of General Mather's little boy. A letter, received
in this city yesterday. from young lady who was
drawn from the river about Is minutes alter the
Swallow struck states that just after being washed
off the boat she was clasped round the neck by a
little girl, and that they sank together; but the child
losing her hold, she rose again, and happening to
strike against settee, cung to it until rescued
The river, it is feared has not yet given up all its
victims. A large number Of boats, however, are
constantly employed IN dragging the bottom for a
mile or more below the fatal rock.
From the Albany Advertiser.
We stated yesterday that of the passengers saved
| from the Swallow, 81 wire taken board the
Rochester. We are told that over $50 OF the Swal-
lows tickets were taken by the Rocheser's officers;
some Of the Swallows passengers had mslaid their
tickets and it is supposed that the Rochester could
not have had less than l65 of those saved on board
This (supposing the enumber taken on board the Ex-
press is crrecy stated at 40, and the number land
ed at Athens and Hudson is 10Y makes an aggre-
gate Of 275 saved. TO this number add the 13
whole bodies have been found, and there is a total
of 2SS. I he number estimated to have been on
board the Swallow was about 300 Should this
calculafon nroye correct il may he that huf fe ~
bodies remain to be recovered. The loss of life al
ready ascertained is sufficient to render the calamity
deeply heart-rending
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An appropriation of fifty thousand dollars was
made by the Pennsylvania legislature, upon the
receipt of the news Of the awful conflagration at
Pttsbirg. law was also passed exempting the
burnt district from taxation for three years.-B.
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NO TT CF

WHEREAS, at the September Term, A. D. 1918,
of the court Of Common Pleas in and for the coun-
ty of Monroe and State of Ohio, ZACHA RIAH
COOPER was found guilty Of the crime Of Rob
berry, and sentenced to the Penientary for the
term OF three years-therefofe notice Is hereby
gwen that petition will be presented to his Exs
cellency, the Governor of the said State Of Ohio,
praying for the pardon Of the said Zacharish
Cooper March %, 1851
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REGULaR PASSENGER P.dcKET.
WHEELING, sUNFIsH q sIsTERsvILLE.

rlHHE new fast running steamer MINSTREL,
JAMES OpBERT, master. " III run as reg
ular packet during the season, as follows
Leaves Pittsburgh every Wednesday and Stature
day at o'clock, P. NJ; and Suntish every Monday
and Thursday at 5 O'Clock, A. NJ
Fer freight or passage apply on board, or TO
J. RAY, Sunfsh.