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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-03-13

& HERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue of writ Of
- ven exp to me directed from the Court of
Common Pleas of Monroe county, Ohio, will
offer for sale, at public outcry, at the front door
of the court house in the town Of Woodsfield, in
said county, on
Saturday, the 23rd day Of March,
1850, between the hours of 10 o'clock, a. m. and
4 O'Clock, p. m. OF said day, the following real
estate, to wit:
The northwest q ,arter Of the northwest of Sec
ton %, township 6, and range Z, in the Mariet-
ia Land District, containing 40 acres, more or less;
lying and being in Monroe county aforesaid, and
taken in execution as the property OF Horatio B.
Collins, at the suit of Hopkins, Brothers s. Co.
Appraised at S64l sc. M MORROW,
Jan. 80, 1S50-S2 25 Sheriff.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-03-13
MAsTE RCoMMIssIoNER's SALE

NAsTE RCoMMISsIONER'S SALE. by
Nl virtuo Of mandate to me directed from
the court Of Common Pleas within and for the
county Of Monroe and state Of Ohio, in the case
Of the state Of Ohio for the of the Fund Coin-
missioners of Monroe county and state OF Ohio.
| against Alexander Ferrel and Rebecca his wife.
will be offered for sale at public auction. st mo
door of the court house in said county, on
Tuesday, the 9th day of April
next, between the hours of 10 O'Clock m and Z
O'Clock m, on said day. the following described
tracts of land, situate in said county, to wit:
The northeast quarter Of the southwest quar-.
ter of section 8, township 4. and range 4. con.
tanning 40 acres more or less. Also. the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter Of same ssctioos
township and range. Appraised at $50.
VIM. OKEY, Mas. Com.
mar 6, 1850. 81 so Mon. Com. Pleas.
MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.-By
IVA virtue of two several mandates to me directed
from the court Of Common Pleas OF Monroe
county and state of Ohio. in the case Of Chrispsn
Oglebay VS. Thomas Robinson ct al, and William
A. Talbot, against the same, will be offered for
sale at public auction at the door OF the coufa
house in said county, on
Tuesday, the 9th day Of April,
next, between the hours OF 10 o'clock q m and Z
O'Clock p m, on said day, the following described
tract Of land. situate in said county, to win:
The north half Of the north east quarter OF see<
ton Is, township and range7. Apprassd.t $3.50.
VIM. OKEY, Mas. Cons
march 6, 1850 $500 Mon. Com. Plssss
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-03-13

CHERRIES SALE.-By virtue OF writ of
- Venditonl Exponas issued from the Court of
Common Pleas of Monroe County, Ohio, and 90
me directed, will offer for sale at public outcry,
at the front door of the court house in the town Of
Woodsield, in said county, on
Tuesday, the 9Th day of April, 1850,
between the hours of 10 o'clock m and o'clock
m, of said day, the following described lands and
tenements, lying and being in said county, to wit:
Lot No One in the town of Clarington, with the
improvements thereon.
Taken in execution and levied on as the proper
ty of Jasper Mallory at the suit of Shacklet &
Glyde Appraised at the sum Of $500.
:nar6 SO 90 M. MORROW, Shift
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-03-13

St HERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue Of writ of
- Fl. Fa ct Lev. Fa issued from the court of
Common Pleas Of Monroe county, Ohio. and to
me directed will offer for sale, at public outcry,
a. the front door Of the court house in the town OF
Woods6eld, in said county, on
Tuesday, the 9th day Of April, 1850.
between the hours of ten o'clack, m, and four
o'clock, IN, of said day, the following described
real estate, lying and being in said county, to witt
The northeast quarter of the southwest quarter
of Section 10, Township 8, and Range 7, contain.
inc 40 acres more or less Also the southeast quar-
ter of the southwest quarter of section 10, Towns
ship 6, and Range 7, containing 40 acres more or
less.
Taken in execution and levied on as the proper
ty OF Simeon Freeman at the suit of Hopkins
Brothers s. Co. Appraised at $500
marc 81 so M. MORROW Shift
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-03-13

SHERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue Of writ ci
- VenditioEi Exponss issued from the Court of
Common Pleas of Harrison county, Ohio, and TO
me directed, will offer for sale at public outcry,
at the front door Of the court house in the town Of
Tuesday, the 9th day Of April, 1850,
between the houIs of 10 O'Clock m and o'clock
m, pf said day, the following described lands and
tenements, lying and being in the county of Mon
roe aforesaid, to witt I. 1t
Lot No. l3 in the town OF Calais, with the
improvements thereon. esa-ya tas "5
Taken il execution and lev, led on as the proper.
~ OF William H. Dement, at the suit Of r. Gran.
Gle s. Co. Appraised at $500. .a,
mar 6 50 IL M. MORROW, Shift
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-03-13
MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE,-By

march 6, 1850. 50 % Mon. Com. Plea
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-03-13
MASTER COMMISSIONERS sALE.-By

march 6, 1850. $S3 90 Mon. Com. Pleas
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18
very important!

TNNO persons owning mill privilege on sma H. Il stream of water where they can obtain 24 feet or more lall. in short distanc e-about 35 feet Is preferred-the subscriber will furnish a motive power and fixtures which is ackno wled. ged by nearly or quite all persons who see the operation to excell all they have seen as vet. A specimen can be seen in the South East part of the town of Canaan. miles from Falls Villare. and in Pine Street, in the town of Cornwall 4 miles from Cornwall Bridge, Litchiield County. Conn.,. and ;n hhe South part of the town of Washington. Berkshire County, Mass. 8 miles East of Lenox Court House. and in the Shaker Village of New Lebanon, Columbia Countv. N. Y. It is simple in its consifnrten and very per. manent and durable. IL IS peculiarly conyeniens for common saw mill, there is nuthinc eonai to 1t. commonly use about l2 souare inches of water for saw mill and make it saw loo feel of boards in 10 minutes.
 For further particulars enquire at the office oi the Ltchfeld Enquirer or by letter to inc subsbri Der directed to Falls Village. Litchfield Countv Conn. or to Daniel J. Hawkins, New Lebanon. Columbia Co, N. Y. have also a very im- portant improvement for the Saw frame and tne pitman irons. which warrant to excell all otherq ' 0o-1hc very best of reference and infotma- lion will be given on request by letter or oth. erwise. All letters should be post paid
 H. WIGHTNlAN.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

us greater consolation, than the knowledge that others believe him innocent. SympA, thy has flowed abundautly from many hearts towards us, his family, but how much more prized by us Is that sympathy when expressed for him. That onrheloved FaIh> CT may be restored 10 us. is the feTvenI prayer ofour hearts, and we wait trembling> y in iAe hope, that those who are now to decide in this case may see the terrible injustice that has been committed, and has inflicted so much suffering on so many,
 Believe me, Sir,
 Gratefully yours,
 HARRIET W. WEBSTER.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18
Inc Cnlehrank MnrdAr.

The recent murder of BARKIcR WHITE. the Ioll>gate keeper, of Colebrook, stands out as one of the very worst cases of deIib- crate killing that has occurred in New England for many years. It was premedi~ lated murder; and it was a murder for plunder-not rash act in a moment of passiOnA Awithoui thought and when the per- son murdered had, by word or deed, given some cause for a haSty blow but it was a cool deliberate murder, planned before the deed was done-planned for the basest of all purposes: midnight plunder. To get his gold they deprived the old man, iolter> ing in years, of his life. They cut short the few days lh al nature would have allow ed him, that they might steal his money, and leave no living evidence to follow their dark deeds. They murdered him when he vas alone-pounced upon the aged man when he was asleep. Il was a cowardly murder: and of extraordinary wickedneSs. Two men, MT. Cobb and MT. Calhoun, nave been arrested on suspicion. An ac- count oi their arrest is published in this paper II guilty they will re convicted, 'Ol u IS next to impossible for any person or persons to commit murder and moi he detected. The plans that they law for their safety, often detect them. The evi, dehces of their guilt follow them and rise up in every direction, in a manner that they never suspected. iI is a rare thing that murderer escapes.
 The OlG gentleman who was mu,dered-- Barnice White --iS the same one who>e singular remonStrance against his wife's petition fur divorce last year, made such merriment in the House of Representatives. His wife brought her petition on inc ground Of harsh and cruel treatment; averring tha, her husband was wealthy, but parsi~ mOnious; that he did not furnish her with proper food, clothing, fires, &c., and that he took pains 10 annoy her by putting dead chicken ms in her tea pot.
 In reply, White informed the Legislature that his wife had many dresses, pairs of | stOckins, pe.ticoals, GEc., that she was ug |. ly. that he liked chickens and she liked cats, that she killed his chickens and he killed her cats. that he provided enough for her, &c. Mr. Deming. of this city, man> aged the old mans case, and made out a most amusing speech. acknowledging his eccentricities, and his odd ideas of the com> forts of life, but claiming that he provided enongh for his wife. The divorce was granted, aRd we believe $l5OO alimony was allowed to the wife. Thus the olM man was left alone and alone Tn the night season vas he murdered, and his money stolen by depraved men.
 Hdrtord Times.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

SOCIAL PRoeREss.-Sympathy among men is beginning to be felt. The extremes of society are approximating each oeker.- the zenith and the nadH of life are draw ng together. The great democratic principles of equal political rights is com- pressing society to as near level as na- ture will justify. Remote nations shake han with one another. Conventional rights are giving place to natural rights. and the government of force is giving way to the government of popular will and sincere actien.-Jescish Chronicle.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

! NINEvAA DISCOVERIES. Very late
 and highly satisfactory accounts have
 within these few days been received from
 Mr. Layard, in Assyria, giving intelli. gence of new and important discoveries, in the Nimroud mound. He made fresh and extensve excavations in parts of the emincnce not yet explored. and tho re.
 suit has been the finding of nothing less than the throne upon which the monarch reigning about s,o0o years ago sat in his splendid palace. It is composed of metal being richly wrought, and the ivo, " beautifully carved. It does not ap. pear in what part of the edifice this dis. coyery has been made; but it seems that the throne has been separated from the state apartments by means of a large curtain. the rings by which it was drawn and undrawn having been preserved. At the date of his advices (the beginning of last month )Mr. Layard was pursuing his researches with renewed ardor, in conse quence of the astonishing success that has hitherto attended his exertiens. No hu- man remains have come to light, and everything indicates the destruction of the palace by fire. It is said that the throne has been partially fuzed by the
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18
Og1INsf ChaTIos Carroll BayaEd.
1,As EEnptiOn of Mount TssuViGs.

ZRs Eruption cf Mount Vss~V'~''
 2 In our last we briefly noted the state ment that c. c, Bayard, an officer in the U. 8. Navy. had been killed by an eruP- ton of Mount Vesuvius. Some further particulars of the sad event have since come to our knowledge. which we give below.
 As we apprehended from the name, the deceased was the son of the Hon. Richard H. Bayard, of Wilmington, Del aware, late Senator in Congress from that State. We remember him well, as a gentleman of high attainments and dis tinguished for his amiable manners and digni6ed department. Young Bayard held the rank of Past. Midshipman, and belonged to the Mediterranean squadron. The ship to which he was attached hay ing arrived at Naples. he. with other American officers, went to visit Vesuvi- us, which was then in a state of eruption. While standing near the edge of the era ter, he was struck in the right arm with a stone thrown out by the volcano. His ound being very serious, he was at once conveyed to Naples; but notwithstand- ing the care bestowed upon him, it was impossible to stop the hemorrage which took place. Chlorororm was admins tered to him, in order that his arm might be amputated. The operation appeared to have succeeded, and there was scme hope that he might be saved ; but on the next day, lockjaw manifested itself, and he died on the morning of the 10th of February.
 Two or three other persons had fallen victims to their curiosity. There was an extreme anxiety among the strangers in Naples. to go anl see, close at hand, the magnificent spectacle which the noun tain presented.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

A MATERNAL CoNPLIMENT.-TheH Hon. Robert Lindsay, when living in Bengal. received letter from his mother, in which she said" l understand my dear Robert, that you are great ship-bui'd- CT. Your talents in this line 1 do not dispute; but have one favor to ask of you, which Is, that YOU will not come in one of your own building" "And." says he. II implicitly followed her ad> vice."
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

SALE OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS Mir. George Linecar's collection of autographs has been sold during the week. The catalogue raisonnes of the auctioneers seemed to tell well upon the competitors, and the prices realized were high, as the following quotations Kill show:- Two letters of James Boswell. allading to Dr. Johnson's northern tour, brought together Sl 4s. A letter of Robert Burns, with an ode upon the inaugura. tion of Thomson's bust, sold for @ l ss. A letter and some highly flattering yer. ses of the great Lord Chatham, address ed te David Garrick, sold for 6I lss.- Two letters of Kitty Olive to Garrick. brought together 4l 16s. A letter of William Cowper; written at time of great mental depression, sold for 5l 5s. A letter of John Evelyn. mentioning his various collections, including his auto. graphs some of which, he says, the Duke of Lauderdale borrowed with promise to return in few days, "but like true Scotsman never intended it." this letter sold for 6L l2s. Cd. A letter of Oliver Goidsmith to Garrick, cbout piece he
 had written for the stage, sold for el os.
 Cd. and another letter of the same a..
 thor. sold for oi. Autographs of Dr..
 Johnson. including his letter to Garr;ck
 with suggestions for the epitaph on Ho' garthi the celebrated letter to Maenh.r. son, about his Ossian. in which he savs
 "I will not be dsterred from detecting what ] think to be cheat. by the me. naces of ruillan;;" also prayer wit. ten three months before his death, pro. duced to the whole alg es. A ''painGul. ly interesting" letter of II. Kirk White. Q thee ltor of the Monthly Hsvisw. re.
 lapnulsaslng with him upon ths unlasor
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18
Philadelphia Art Union,

THE Annual Distribution of the Prizes of the Art Union of Philadelphia, win take place on the 9th of May, 1850. Each member will be entitled to copy of the large engraving, Mercy 8 Dream by Huntington--and chance of draw ing a splendid painting. A peculiar fea- ture of this Union," is, that the prize holder is permitted to select his own painting. Terms, s5 per annum.
 P. K. MELBOURNE,
 I.onorary Secretaru Litchfeld, March IA, 1850.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18
.NO TKCE.

The undersigned and others have pre- ferred their Petition to the General Assem- ply of the State of Connecticut to be holden at New Haven in said State on ihe first Wednesday of May, for the Incorporation of Savings Bank to be located at L'tch- field, with the usual powers and duties of such an Institution; as per Petition dated April 18th 1850 may appear.
 Dated at Litch6eld April 10th. 1850
 GUSTAVUS F. DAVIS.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

MAIMgEe.--A brutal outrage was per. petrated on little boy, named Charles Mu' ray, last Saturday afternoon, by four h'atcher boys who were driving up Ssv- enth avenue, between Thenty seventh and Twenty eighth streets, in cart. This fire little fellow. who is no more than seven years old, had been cleaning out the school room, in No. l2 Seven thenth street, and was on his way home. Somc yagrant boys called out 'pig>thief' as the butcher monsters were passing, and ran away. leaving the little fellow to bear the consequences of their insolence. The fellows got out of the cart and took the boy by the feet and hands and carri. ed him into vacant lot, where they cut off the ends of two of his fingers, leaving him insensible on the ground and half dead with pain and terror. The upfeel. ing brutes made their escape, and as yet, have not been detected. This shocking outrage was committed in open day by members of the lawless gang known as "short Boys."-N '. Tribune.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

SINGULAR INDrcTMENT.-The Grand Jury of Cecil County, Md, have just found an enrichment against Wm. T. Jeandel:, one of the editors of the Blue Hen's Chicken, published at Wilmington, Del, for circulating abolition papers in that town. and it is supposed MT. J. will be demanded of the Governor of Della ware for trial at E;kton. The offence is this, the B. H. C. in February last pub lished certain resolutions passed by an abolitionist convention at Syracuse, New York, and several copies of the paper were sent to Elkton, but by whom does not appear,
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

HENRY CLAY Is 73 years old to- day. having been horn on the l2lh day of April, l777. He entered the National service as Senator mote than forty three years ago. and after many mutations and vicissitudes. Is member of that body on his 73i birth day. No other Statesman holding prom. inent position has been nearly 50 long be. fore the public: and the men who filled the worlds eye when he came upon the Poli,i> cal stage have nearly or quite all passed 10 their long home. Napolcen-then in the zenith of his power and fame, the most powerful ruler that the world had seen for a thousand years-died powerless prison. CT and exile nearly thirty years ago-Alex. ander of Russia, then young man recent ly crowned Emperor, died Cn a remote frontier of his empire more than twenty years ago--Geo. III. and all his sons hal been dead ten 10 twenty years; the Adams. es, father and son, have passed away. wi,h the Virginia line of Presidents, also Burr. Jackson, Livingston, Marshall, PickerinR. Rufus King, the elder Qincy, and all the men with whom Mir. Clay counseiled or struggled during the earlier portion of his career. It may with general accuracy be said that, of the men who in the forum. the council or the field were actors before inc close of the last century, the only suryi. vivOrs known to fame are Metlernich. Wei. liaelon, Louis Philllpps and Henry Clay. And, ss the three former, reared in lhe al. GnospheTe of AEisiocFacy and Rank, evines the tendencies and views which iha, at. mosphere nalu'a ally generales, 60 Henry Clay still cheFlshes the seRiimeais ana sympalhles which, thirsy yeaES ago, won tor hlm from admiTing lhousands the de. slenalon oI the GREAT CoMm0nHR.
 Nsp York TribGns, April l2tk.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

THE INVENTION OF PR1NTrNu.--Few ofonr readers are probably fully aware of the great change which has taken place in the learning and literature of the world, in consequence of the invention of printing in the fifteenth century. Pre- vious to that datU, all books were of course made with the pen-and probably not one in thousand of the people of Eng land knew how to write. It was only the learned men who could attain to the dignity of cLTRks. Even judges and lawyers were sometimes ignorant of the art of making letters." though they might possibly read them after they were made At this period. as will readily be conceived, the prices of books must Lave been enormous. Dr. Brownlse states that a laboring man in the early part of the fifteenth century, would have had to labor thirteen years to pay for single copy of the Bible In the thirteenth century, when scribes were still scarcer and when the art of penmanship was it' tie understood even by them, the writing of bible was the labor of almost a life time. At the sale of Sir William Bur- rell's library. in England. in l7se. there was found a MS. bible, on vellum, beau tifully written and illuminated with a pen, which had occupied the writer ha!f a csntwryI The scribe, Guido de Jars, began it in his 10th year. and did not finish it until he had entered his 90th year, A. D. l2e4, as appeared by his own autograph in the title page.
 Pope Nicholas V. paid 5000 ducats for St. Matthew's Gospelin Hebrew. In l4e2. copies of the Bible printed by Faust were sold at 60 crowns-a manu- script copy havirg before cost from 800 to 600 crowns. Now the bible can be bought for 25 cents, and some people will grumble at that price.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18
Death of tho Clerk.
WAsuINGroN, April l3th-A

WAsuINGToN, April l3th-A. M.
 l announced to you by telegraph last evening. tn dangerous illness of MT. T. J. Campbell. Clerk of the House of Rep- res atives, and that he was not expect- ed to recover-having been given up by his physician.-This has proved. alas, too true, as he breathed his last this morn- ing at l o'clock. The arrangements for his fune'ai have not yet been determined upon.-.N. 7. Tribune.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

Sartain's Magosiae, for May, is an excellent number, and fully sustains its reputation as one of the first periodicals in the country. It contains several em- bellishments. and great variety of in- teresting readingmatter. GFThe mum Der for June will contain portrait and biography Jenny Lind, $1 sent to the publishers J. Ssrtain & Co.,, Philadel. phia,l free of postage. will procure Eve copies of said number.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

Winter in Apri1.-on Saturday last, tae 18th of April, we were visited by a snow storm which continued. with occa. sional in.ermissions, until Sunday night. Much of the time there was high wind and the drifting snow filled the air. We seldom have more tedious day in mid. winter than Sunday, and even now the temperature of the atmosphere is but lit. tie improved.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

16 aoIbeiSp1 note, ths next day, c0ur
 lst1sly'pfll56 e19ed the receipt from fks paii7 Whp ssnt the bird If as been slAfied. aHd in the pIoSess it has ben discovered lhat the bird wsB shoi.
 tserwise thars ckn be no doubtthat tss. t11 would have reached home. It i supposed not to have had s.icngth teft 70 cross the Thames.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18
WASHINGTON, April 10th.


 Iregret to inform you that the Clerk of the House of Representatives lies most dangerously i'll, and is not expected to recover.
 Mr, Meredith's conduct relative to the Galphin Claim is much animadverted upon by the leading whigs, and since Mr. Whittlesey's adverse decision has become promulgated. change in the Cabinet is said to be certain.
 The Collectors and other nominations for the principal cities, will doubtless be confirmed by the Senate:
 We learn from Savannah, that tie Hon. Thomas c. Hackett, member of Congress from La., is lying i'll of con sumption.
 The Gov. of South Carolina has ap- pointed Gen. James Hamilton, as Mir. Calhcun's successor, but being ineligible, having resided lately in Georgia. he has refused to serve.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18

DREADFUL SUICIDE NEAR PRINCETON. r--On the 18th inst, Mrs. Alice Wyckoif.
 of Aillstone. cut her throat with razor jp . temporary it of insanity. Mir. Wcy. kof had been sitting with her . shcr, time previously to the commission of the fatal deed, but left the room for . few minutes to attend to something in the ysFd. and on his return found his wife ring on the floor, dead, vlsh her throat Tut from oar. ilrfhsHs which nne only < lsw 4seks ela |9F slas |'IffI|l}