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Il A IL O r [ N G..
SPRING AND SUM MER FASHIONS.

THE undersigned begs leave to inform his customers
L aud the public generally, that he has employed
Mr. James O'Rear, Gan experienced and competent
hand in the art of Cutting, &c.l recently from the
Eastern Cities the foreman Of his shop and Of
the best workmcn to aid him. Having recently recei-
we'd all the
LATEST FASHIONS
from New York and Philadelphia, he is now prepared
to execute all work in his line in the most superior
style and al the shortest notice.
Mr.. o Rears merits in his line Of business not
surpassed. The subscriber has neatly fitted up his
shop aud made every other arrangement continue his
business more enlarged and much improved scale.
He is pleased to acknowledge his gratitude for the for
patronage Of his friends and generous public and
respectfully solcits continuance of the same. Per-
sons respectfully invited to call and examine his
work and Fashions, specimens of which always
hand, one door West of VIM. Kyie's ESQ, Main st.,
opposite the Post Office.
d. w. ARNOLD.
Stanton, May l, IS47.
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No. I Shad and Herring.
Hauling for Wagoners.

WILL give So per ton for hauling PIG Metal to
- Winchester and IS SO to Scottsville. Wagon
ere who wish to be employed in this business may
ind 1t to their interest TO call on l. Paul & CO., at
whose Store large supply Of Metal will always be
kept on hand ready for market.
A. ST. c. TURK.
May 6, l847.-6m
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FRESH ARRIVAL!
BOLTING-CLOTHS.

lust received, a fresh lot of the eliot Anker
y Brand" of Boiling Cloths Those in want of
the article will do well to give call before they
buy. WOOD & BANNER.
Winchester Depot, March IS, 1917.
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POET r Y

The following lines were written in the Album
of lady in Philadelphia by the eloquent DR..
Hawkes., of New Orleans:
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CASH FOR NEGROES.

YNHE subscriber is anxious TO purchase large
L number of NEGROES of both sexes-sound
and likely. Persons having Negroes to dispose Of
will find IT to their interest to give him call be-
fore selling. lie will pay the very highest prices.
EkS Letters addressed to me at this place will
be promptly attended to.
JOHN MOORE, Jr
May Is, 1S47-f
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Notice To the Public.

Until the completion Of the Virginia Hotel,
which is now being erected on the site of the
Washington Hotel, the undersigned will accommo-
ate their friends and the public generally a, the
Bell Tavern. They believe their arrangements
will be such as to give comfort and satisfaction TO
those who may call
WILLIAM III. CARRIER,
MICHAEL G.. HARTMAN
Stanton, April %, lS47
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just Received.


HAVE just received 1000 lbs. Cotton Yarns ,s.
- sorted Nos; 1900 lbs. Rio and Lguira COZ
fee, and Chest Superior G. p. Tea, &c. &c
which they offer upon fair terms
July |, 1S47.
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A CHAPTER ON TOASTS

Vt the dinner given TO Mr. Webster in Rich
mond, on his recent visit TO the South, toast was
given by Lieut. Governor Daniel, which was ad-
mired tor lis senteHtious and expressive beauty
1t w:ls this
Tie States ofHe UntOn-"D Distinct as the bill
lows, yet one as the sea-
An elaborate investigation was Immediately com
meneed. TO find out the origin OF the line quoted
Charlottesville correspondent of the Richmond
Enqulier, after having ransackcd all ancient and
modern literature, has traced ii to its origin and it
turns Out 10 be quite modern, much TO the chaGrin
OF the losers of tine antique. ltoccurs in stanza
OF James Montgomery's Address to the Ocean,
which is quoted by TIE Enquirer, and reads as fol-
lows:
"Ah why hath JEHOVAH, in forming the world
With the divided the land
His r'rnparts OF rocks round the connen; hurled,
Aud c. aided the deep in his hand
II man may transgrcss his eternal command
And leap DER the bounds OF his birth,
And violate nations and realms that should be
Distinct as the 6iHoicS yet one as the sea ?'
There is another good toast going the rounds
which may very properly be introduced here. 1t
had its origin lii this wise, according to the reco-
lection ola correspondent OF the Boston Post:
Some years since, Gen. Erastus Root, who was
distinguished, among other good things, for his wit
was at dinner, the side companion Of militia cap
tain In the course which followed the removal Of
the cloth. the captain was toasted. He was sur
prlsed, but not contouDded, he arose, and bowling
his Acknowledgements, went at his sentiment at
once He commenced 'JHiiitia Of The United
Statcs-snay they nerer ant-and-dnd-- and
but he stuck and could get no farther The thing
was likely to fail. land the glorious expectancy"
of the company was on the point of being disap7
pointed, when Gen. Root whispered in his ear, "and
may they nerer be wanted!" The captain took
the words up, and with an air of unconscious tri
umph, he repeated the sentiment:
"1he Militia Of the United Stmes-Nay they
never want and never be wanted!"
The applause which immediately followed. prov :
ed that the Captain had achieved an immortality
Baltimore Patriot.
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II Is proposed 10 include marriage among the.
comes Of chance made renal puder the gambling
law
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FEMALE CouRAGE.-A servant girl, remarkable
FOX her fearless disposition, laid wager that she
would gointo charnel-house at midnight without
light, and bring from thence a dead mans SKULL
Accordingly, at the appointed time, she went. but
the person with whom she made the bet had gone
before and hid himself in the place. When he
heard her descend and take up the skull, he called
ont, IN a hollow dismal voice, Leave me nv
head ~ The girl, instead of displaying symptoms
of horror or fright, very coolly laid it down and
said, ''Well, there it is then" and took up ano
ther; upon which the voice repeated, Leave me
my head !" But the heroic girl, Observing il was
the same voice that had called before, answered in
her own country dialect, "Nae, nae, friend. We
Gamma haze twa heads ''-Londop paper.
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The Editor Of the Ohio Cutvator is benrninu
quite Poetical. Hear him -
I'VE never loved a charming csittur.
But some else sure TO git her
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FOR SALE.

A GOOD BAROUCHE and HARNESS
which may be used with one or two horses
in the best order-for sale
E Enquire at this office.
June "a, IS47
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CytLIzATIoN.-After renarking that the Ma
tona Club assert, that Of the citizens of London
,25O,OCO persons ''never enter the walls of rel
gious edifice" and that 'al our large towns are in
similar State,' &c, the Dublin Nation of the Sd
ul adds ' ."
But all these horrors fade before the new afro.
cities revealed by Che London Times of Saturday
last IN winch we find some remarks upon the Gun
deniabIe increase ofinfanticde - how INNOCENT chill
dren are daily ''sttanged. drowned. burnt. poison
ed. starved and decapitated, by ,cholcsatc how
the murder of children has ceased to be murder in
England" and other fearful statements of a like
Character Ths is horrible y
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DR.. C. w. HARDIN.

S' " '" IIIARDlINy
HAVING permanently located in Middlebrook,
respectfully tenders his professional services
to the citizens of the town and vicinity. Office
one door west of Gardner's Hotel.
July %, lS47.-tf
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CASTINGS.

0NE ton assorted Castings, such as Pots, Ovens,
~ Kettles and Bakers, in store and for sale by
June IL, lS47. j. C. RIDGWAY.
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Esq, the senior proprietor of the New
York Sun, il is said, is prisoner at the
city Of Mexico aud Oh his parole. Gen.
Scott or Rough and Ready must captur.
Mexican editor, TO exchadge for our
colemporary.- .-Cin Commercial
We have plenty in Ohio that could be
spared with advantage to the country, at
It ast until the war is closed. They could
do our coun,ry less harm there than here.
Ohio Statesman.
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Of frier ID Flood taking the helm Of some paper
soon again. His services should not be lost.
The following are the closing remarks of Mr..
F., and freely can VIC recommend them to our
readers:
"Reader, my valedictory is written
the tie which connected us is at an end.
To the whole snnled Dem ocracy of the
Peninsular State, and to the readers of
this paper particularly, the warmest wish
es for health and prosperity. political an
'pecuniary, are due and are given with our
whole heart. Wa CHI we'll the enemy of
your principles--pay newspaper snbscrip-
tions--keep clear Of the hereses with
which conservatives would indoctrinate
you, and practice upon the noble precept
ofthe lamented jackson, that "to do right
is always trpedieni," aud all will be we'll.
The Democracy will then prosper, and
with ii the state prospers also, for the
prosperity of the latter is -indssolubl,
connected with the success Of the former.
Respectfully,
{. b. FLOOD.
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Dated ";
Notice,

rs hereby given, that there will be Pc
n tition presented 10 tile Commissioner.
of Wyandol County, Ohiu, at their June
session, A. d. lS47, praying for the looa'
lion Of county road, commencing in the
center of Sand0sky Avenue, in tie Town
Of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, pposite Flnd>
lay street, in said Town; thence running
due est with Findlay street until IL in
lersects WarpUle street; thence north with
Warpole street until il iDtersecis the sec
tion line between sections thirty aud thir-
" one, in township number two south, of
range number fourteen east, ffsl merIdi.
an, Ohio; thence due west on or near said
line until il ntersecis the mad river aud
lake erie rail road.
Many Citizens.
March IS, ZIs47. .-25 A..
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A LARGE PAPER, FOR YEAR.
THE YEAR lS47.

1T is WORTHY OF ESPECIAL NOTICE.
fT That Scotl's". hiladelphia Weekly
Paper" is not reprint Of any other jour.
nal. The type is not taken, already set
up, from daily; but the articles are pre-
pared, and the type set, expressly for the
eekly Paper, ,-conseq equently the choic-
est selections, only appear. No other pa.
per has so many able contributors, nor
does any one of them publish such large
number of original articles.
.No,O Publishing inthe City Of Philadelphia
SCOT'T'S WEEKLY PAPER,
A large size Family Newspaper, Neu-
trail in politics aud Religion and devuted
to Literature, Truth, News, the Arts,
Sciences Health, Tempe Morality
A AInusements, Mechanics, Education, the
Farmer, Market, &c. Subscription price.
only one Dollar Year.
Single Copy ,--75 cents in clubs OF Eight,
and less over that number.
A. SCOTT, Furnishes,
No. 1l5 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
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N Office.

TENlIElR will be petition pres ented to
n the commissioners Of Wyandot coun-
ty, Ohio, at their June session, praying
for the location Of county road, com-
mencing at the south east corner OF sec
lion three in township two south, of range
fifteen east, Running thence west on the
sccliu n line as near to the corner post
between sections two and eleven, in
township two south. of range fourteen
east, as is practicable without crossing
Negro run; thence a weslwardly or nortli-
westwardy course on the best ground
to ntersect the Kilbourn road at the
bridge across the Sandusky river.
A ri "a, l@47-2o-4t.
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Ina GUanGary.

There is much said as to whether Gen. Tay-
Tor is democrat or whig. 1t makes no diff
ference with the wigs, ifthey think they can
elect him and get the Offices. But ifhe should
be elected and veto bank bill or high Ia r.
if thealhey would denounce him and swear
that he was pledged to these great federal
measures. This is the way they treated Ty-
Ter. They elected him without Why or
wherefore, and then cursed him for not sign
ing the bank bill.--Ohio Statesman.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1847-05-07
DIED.,

On Sunday last, at his residence near
batavia, Mr. GEonGE MEDARY, brother tt
Col. S. Medary of Columbus aged abou,
Al years.
MIR Nj. has left a bereaved companion
and one child, to deplore their irreparablc
loss, together with numerous mourning
relatives aud friends.
Thus has this family been stricken
agan-he making the lhird brother who
has died within six lnonlhs-A!l in the very
prime cflife. Truly the ways of Provi-
dence are inscrutable. Bauatia Ohio,
Sun.
We scarcely know how to make another
record of this solemn nature. We fee
stricken down with misfortune and a sue.
cession Of sorrows.
Asher G.. who died in November last
was i'll hut few days from severe at.
tack of bilious fever, terminating IN typ
hold ssv
Jacob lad been in i'll health for year,
supposed to have had an affection Of the
liver, which terminated in disease OF
the heart.
Georg whose obituary notice stands
al tie head of this article, was quite i'll
for some months, and was supposed by his
physician to have been afflicted By dropsy
hut we are inclined to the belief that his
disease originated In part al least from a
severe injury from a horse some three
years ago, but from which he supposed a
year ago he had recovered. They were
all y younger than the editor Of this paper.
and in the short space OF six months have
gone to chat bourne from whence no
traveller returns
They were all at one time editors of
democratic papers. Asher e. and Jacob
once conducted the Ohio Sun some time
after we sold t.. Jacob then came TO
Columbus where he was connected with
the papers several years: George con-
Quoted pa per at West Union, Adams
county, for some time; tut for the last
several years had been farming. Asher
G. was devoting most of his time to Hor-
ticulture and farming, and Jacob was
Postmaster in this city. Glad would we
have bpen to have been spared the per-
formance Of this brief but melancholy re-
cord, but as it has fallen to my lot, des-
pair will not restore the lost or unfold
the mysteries of Providence. Few men
have passed through more changing scenes
in every way, in one short year, than the
editor Of this paper Statesman.
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Notice

Is hereby given, that there will be pc
M tition presented TO the Commissioner:
of Wyandot county, at their June session
praying for review, alteration and loca
tion of part of crowfordsv lille and Mt
Blanchard road, commencing at the eas,
line of section six, in Salem township
where said road crosses the county ro ad
commonly called the Baaghmah road
thence west in such direction as to in.
tersect the north line of said section al
the quarter post; thence directly west OF
said section line to the north west corner
Of said section.
April 30; l247-30. A.
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AN OLD ONE FOOLED.

A young man was paying great attention
to young lady that his parents had many
objections to and seriously opposed the match
The father requested his son to write her let
ter discarding her. The son at the request o.
the old gentleman did so, and presented il fol
perusal. The letter satisfied the parents, and
they concluded all was right. But the son
before sending it to his intended, added a
postscrIp, telling her to read that portion Of
the letter which is here marked [R.l
r. The great love have hitherto expressed
for you
Is false; and ! find that my indifference tow
ards you
r. increases every day. The more see of
you the more
You appear in my eyes an object of contempt.
r. feel myself every way disposed and
determined to
Hate you. Believe me, never had an inten-
tention to
r. offer you my hand. Our last conyersa-
tion has
Left tedious insipdity, which has by no
means
r. given me the most exalted Idea of your
character.
Your temper would make me extremely un-
happy;
r. and if we are united, shall experience
nothing but
The hatred of my parents, added to everlast-
ing dis
r. pleasure in living with you. have in
Il deed heart
lTo bestow, but do not wish you to imagine
it is
r. at your service. l could not give it 70
any one more
Inconsistent and capricious, than yourself,
and less
r. capable to do honor to my choice and to
my family.
Yes madam, | beg you viii be persuaded that
In. speak sincerely, and you ill do me
favor
70 avoid me. shall excuse your taking the
trouble
R. to answer this. Your letters are always
| full of
impertnance; and you have not the shadow Of
T. wit or good sense. Adieu! adieu! Be-
lieye me, am
'erious in saying, that it is impossible for
me ever to be
/. your most affsctiona,e freud and humble
servant, b..
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4 > hereby given, that their will be Pc
tition presented to the Commissioners
OF Wyandot county, OHIO, at their next
June session, lS47 praying for the loca-
lion ola county road; said road to com
mence where the center line Of section
fourteen, in Ridge township crosses the
county road leading from Cary TO Mt.
blanchard; thence south on said center
line through sections fourteen, twenty
three, twenty six and thir,y.five, in town
ship one south Of range twelve east, to
in,ersect the county road, leading from
Mt. blanchard to Crawfordyille and there
cease.
April 10, ls47--29-4t.
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a letter from Rome dated Febrnar!
%, says: The bitth day Of General Wash
jngton occurring on Monday, great
banquent was held in the Hall OF Berllni
at which nearly sixty citizens of the Uni
ted States assem- led, under the pr, sid en-
cy of the Neapoli'an Charged aifaires, Mr.
Polk, junior. Thirteen toasts were gone
through with republican vigrr and per
severance, not omjiting "a successful err
aninati IN TO the Mexican war, with three
cheers forGeasrai laylDr.'. Judge Wel>
born, Of Georgia, WIS eloquent in show
lug how visit to Europe only made his
country men the prcu Ter of their domestic
institutions. sliail Columbia and the
sStar Spa ngled Banner were performed
on the piano forte By Mr.. karsten; and
the American gy ymnast, Sig. Risley (who
has made harvest in Rome) volunle eered
aRappropria' g Dance Free Press.
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IN CHANCERY.

Susan Reade' In Wyaodot Com
vs. mon Pleas,
Christopher Reade, Petition for divorce
The said Christopher Reade is hereb, ,
notified, that on the 4th day Of Iay,A ID.
lS47 Susan Reade Of the county of Wyan
dot, and State Of Ohio, fled in the court
of common pleas Of the county aforsaid a
petition in chancery against the said
Christopher Reade; the object and praye
OF which petition is to obtain decree in
said court, dlssolving the marriage con
tract su bsisting between the said Susan
Reade and Christopher Reade; and to ob
tain further decree Of said court allow
ing to the said Susan Reade the care and
custody of Nelson Reade, an heir of the
said Susan lteade and Christopher Reade
lie frul! Of their said inteimarriage.
Cause for said divorce, three years viii
nl absence, aud habilual dlunkness, on
the part OF the said christopher Reade.
The said Christopher Reade, is further
hotIhed, that unless he appears, pleads
answers, or demurs to saId petition, on or
before the next term of said court, the
said Susan Reade will apply to said court
to take the matters Of the sa id petition as
confessed and to decree thereon accord.
ngly.
TYLER, ROWE & DURFEE.
Sol. for Compint.
May 4th, lS17-30-6t. $500
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Road Notice.

Nutice is hereby given, that application
will be made TO the Commissi ioDers oi
Wyandot county, at their next session,
lin June, lS47) fora county road, com
mencing at poin, on north and south
road, at the north east corner of section
twelve, [l2] in Miillin township, in said
county, and running thence west course
Con the section line to the point OF
termination on the west line Of Wyandot
county, at the north west corner Of sec.
nine, [9] in Jackson township.
April 90, lS47--30-4:.
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LOOK OU L.

Many ofohr Subscribers having suTere,
severely from the depreda tion Of Pers n,
calling themselves Agents for the Lad >.
Book, We deem 1t our duty TO protec,
them, as far as we can, from any further
imposition. Our regularly constitul ed
Agents are published on the cover Of ever,
No Of the Book, and yet in defiance o.
this, some of our old subscribers have paid
these lmpostors, aud they have also sue
ceeded in getting new Subscribers, and
receiving advance payment fer the same
In none \of these cases do we either give
credit for the money to the old subscriber
or send the work to the Dew.-Cousequent.
ly the loss is theirs.
Our A gents, be sides having CertiG
cate from us, are also furnished with a
Certificate Of Agency, under the seal Of
Office, from either the Mayor of CInciu-
natl, or The Recorder of the City Phil
adeIphia. Surely this should be sufficient
guarantee. Let every person who wishes
TO subscribe, or who is asked to pay mon
ey, insist upon seeing these docnments.-
The following are among the known the
known Imposlers.
o. II. Stem, 20. IL. P. Stem is our Az
thorised Ageni.)
J. Benz. Weld, (John B, Weld is our au
tborised Agent.)
Franklin y. Jennings, (E. Y. Jennings
is our authorised Agni.)
joseph I. Dent, [J.r. Dent is our au,
I ihorised Agent.
i. IL. Severns IN the State OF New York,
(Thomas Severn is our authorised Agent
j. II. Smith, James X. Smith is our au.
thorised Agen'.J
j. J.C.3iossom, 1--WE have no Agent wlose
Bame resembles This
Franklin Y. jennings is described TO ns
as about 5 feet s inches high. dark com.
plexiou, well dressed, aud Of gentle
insnly appearance. As il may he tse5
same fellow assuming ysriet, of names,
This deseripilou may be Of some nae Ia de
lsesiag him.
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Masters S Sale!

RY virtue of a decreta order, issued BY
A~ the court common pleas Of Crawford
county, in the State of Ohio, and TO me
directed, on the tenth day of April, A, ID.
IS41; shall offer for sale at public vendue
at the door OF the court house in the tow Il
of Upper Sandusky, WyandaA county,
Ohio, between the hours of l00clock 4
VI. and 4 clock p. N. on the 29th day of
May next, the following lands and tene
ments, to wt Lot number one, on the
north part of the north half of fractional
section twenty, in fractional township
two south, in range thirteen, in said Wy
andot county.
l.. A PEASE,
Spccial .Ndsier Gem IN Chaacery.
April 2lst, lSl7 - 29-1t