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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1852-03-24

DrThe editor Of the Belmont Chronicle
says he has not seen the names of those
who voted for the salary BILL on its first
passage through the Senate. He certain
ly "don't take the papers" And further.
more, the Chronicle is respectfully inform
ed that those democrats who vote for
high salaries. or for ta" adjournment of the
Legislature. till next winter, will be re-
membered by the people. Reasonable
salaries and as little legislation as is possi-
BILE. for the welfare of the people, is our
motto.
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100 Acres of Land,

10 of which ale improved. THERE'S good Dwell
ing House. a Barr, and numerous other Build
ings OIL the premises.
Also large Orchard Of choice Fruit Trees.
For terms apply to the subscriber on the prem
ises. NICHOLAS G. l.. MASSIE.
Feb 2S 1852
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a IHERiFF'S SALE by vrIue cf 2 wri's OF
~ Fl Fa ct Lev. Va issued from the Court Of
Common Pleas OF Monroe county, Ono. and 10
me directed, will offer for sale, 1T public outcry,
at the front door Of the court house 10 the town
of Wopdsfeld in said county, on
Friday, the 26th day et .'farch. 1852.
between the hours OF 10 O'Clock m, a,h O'clock
m, of said day, the following described lands and
tenements, lying aud being in said county, to wit
All that part ofot No ~ IN the town o Maa-
ga, not contained iu the following boundaries. to
wit: Beginning for the same al the corner of Sam
ue Armstrong; lot on the street running north
and south III said town. thence nor'h 80 feet alo"g
said street to the corner of Philip d Whites lot.
thence west across lots Nos ~ and t9 - the alley
thence south 50 feet on said alley, thence east
across said lots Nos ~ and IS to the place OF h.
ginning.
Taken in execution and Levied on as the proper
ty of Elijah Moore at the suits Of Finley Dug tor
use and James Purviduce.
Feb 25 Ss co M MORROW. Shift
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MAsTER coMMIssIoNER'ssALE by

NEAsTER CoMMTssIONER'SSA SALE by
court Of Common Pleas within and for the ccun-
ty of Monroe and State Of Ohio, in the case of
O'Cain Sutherland vs. Noses Marsh, will be offer.
ed for sale at public auction, at the door nj the
court house IN said county, on
Friday, the s6M day Of March.
next. between the hours OF 10 O'Clock m and 4
n'ciock p m, on said day, the following described
tracts of land, situate in said county, to wit:
]he south west Guar!e' of the north eas. quar-
ter Of section 9. township and range with the
exception Of % rods off the west side Of said lor
aIsn the west half of tie south east quarter OF The
north east quarter Of the same section, township
and range. WIN, OKEY. Ma. Com
Feb. 25. 1852. So IS Mon Com Pleas
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6TA large and enthusiastic meeting
was held in the city OF Columbus. on We'd
nesday evening last. which sustained and
endorsed the course pursued by Col Me-
Diary, Of the Statesman, relative to the pub.
lie printing.
We believe that all the talk and fuss
Of the whig papers Of the State about the
delay in passing the law to provide for the
public printing, is hypocrtical. Had
the wings carried the State last fall. Scott
& Bascom would have done the printing
as Col .Medary is now doing it, and then
not word about delay would have been
heard from the whig papers Of the State.
0TWe notice no news of special in.
terest by the late arrival from Europe. In
France the elections were progressing ia
vorably iorthe government; here and there
only was member returned by the oppo.
sition.
A serious riot had taken place at Bristol,
in consequence of the factory hands Of the
Great Western cotton works refusing 10
60 through contracted doorway which
had been erected by one of the managers.
in order to prevent the girls. who numbered
some hundreds, from carrying off cotton
waste for the purpose of destroying it.
Fire engines were sent for, and they pour.
cd an immense stream upon the mob, who,
becoming exaspera,ed, returned, the at
tack with a shower Of stones. and after.
wards demolished all the windows Of the
factory. Several parties were seriously
injured. The magistrates subsequently,
investigated the case. and fined the man
ager f5 Tor his illegal conduct on the oc.
casion. ett'
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DEM TIC T1cKE T

FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
WILLIAM B. CALDWELL.
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
JAMES B. STEEDMAN.
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AH - Ek - oh 10y
NA virtue Of mandate to me directed from
the c2urt Of Common Pleas OF Monroe county
aud state Of Ohio, IN the OF Sewell & Arrest
against Samuel Jones aud others, will be offered
for sale. at public auction, at the door OF the
court house, in said county, On az o..
Friday, the Q6th dav of March,
next, between the hours of 10 o'clock a m. and
O'Clock y M on said day, the following described
tracts OF lsnd, situate in said county. to wit: 8
All the Northeast quarter ofsection q, township
3, and range except 80 acres thereof sold by Sam
uel Jones TO abraham Jones. bounded follows:
Beginning for The same at the northeast corner nf
said quarter, thence south 1917 poles tn stake,
thence west l0i poles to stake, thenre north 81
degrees, east 63 poles to.a stake, thence north 25
poles to stake, thence cas-, IA poles to stake on
the north line OF the section, thence east 63 poles
to the place OF beginning, in the Marietta land
district; and appraised at 5000. ..s,gf
wM OKEY, Mas Com
Feb 25. 1852 SO 90 Mon. Com Pleas.
Na AS Err COMMISSIONERS SALE.-By
We virtue of mandate to me directed from
the cnur, of Common Pleas OF the county of Mon,
roe and state of Ohio, in the case of Reuben Pow
ell fer vs.. Jacob Nlaet ct al, will be Offered
for sale at public arcton at the door OF the court
house, ia said county, on
Friday, the Goth day OF March. -,a
next, between the hours OF ~ o clock m, and
O'Clock p IN, of said day, the following described
tract of lad lying and being in said county, viz:
The south west quarter of the south east quar-
ter of Section IA. Township A. and Range S, COLI
TAI ing about 40 acres. ..,.sa
WIN. OKEY. Mas. Com.
Feb 25, 1859. So 90 Mon. Com. Pleas.
NNASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE-By
lVH virtue 1t mandate to me directed from
the court of common pleas within and for the
county at Monroe and state of Ohio, in the case
uf William Steel vs. Nathaniel Pon, ct al,
will he offered for sale OF public auction, at tho
door Of the court house in said county, on
Friday the 26th day Of March. ha'
next, between the hours Of 10 O. lock m and 4
n'ciock IN. on SAID day, the following described,
tract of land. situate in said county, to vii:
The east halt of the south east quarter Of section
%, township 5, Of range 6. if.a 9E
WM. OKEY, Mas. Com. u.
Feb 25, 1852 81 81 Mon. Com. Pleas
REASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.-By
wa virtue of mandate to me directed from the
court of common pleas within and for the county
of Monroe and Stale OF Ohio, in the case o! Steel
Y Hughs vs. Nlmrnd Henthorn ct al, will be Of
the court huuse IN said county, on .,
Fridoy, tie 26th day IF March.
next, between the hours OF 10 o'clock m and 4
| O'Clock NJ, on said day, the following described
tract Of land. situate in said county, TO wit: '9go
! Lot No. IS in the inwn of Clarington. ,al.
WV. OKEY, Mas. Com.
Feb %, 1852 a - Mon. Com Pleas.
,srr,u Observation-Disclosures Safe
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Farm for Sale.

HyHE subscriber offers for sale the farm on
IL which he now resides, situated miles ess
OF Beallsville. and 5 miles south of Armstrong;
mill, on the load leading from Dorsey's rlills.
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FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
WILLIAM ALLEN, Of Ohio

DISTRICT ELECTORS.
DISTRICTS DISTRICTS.
Ist, Charles Rule. l2lh, William Golden.
I'd, G. w. Stokes, 18th. Oliver Keyser,
I'D, r. s. Cunningham, l4th, Hugh J. Jewett'
An. Enoch G. Dial, 18th, William Okey.
9Th. s. H. Stcedman, 18th, &. H Mitchner,
9Th. Chas J. Orion. 18th. CT. McArtor,
7th. Joseph Kyle, 18Th, James Findley.
9th. Francis Cleveland, 18Th. 3. d. Harris, Jr,
9Th, William Palmer, goth. Eli 7. Wilder,
10th, Benz F. johnson, 2ist, Elias II HaInes.
llth, John B. Duinble,
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z, ii AS Err COMMISSIONERS SALE-By
We virtue of mandate to me directed from
the court Of Common Pleas OF the county of Mon
roe and state ot Ohio, in the case of Reuben Pow
ell for use vs.. Jacob Mafett ct al, will be Offered
for sale at public anction at the door OF the court
house. ia said county,
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NA virtue of mandate to me directed from
the c1urt Of Common Pleas Of Monroe county
aud state Of Ohio, ~ the case OF Sewell &, Arrest
against Samuel Jones aud others, will be offered
for sale. at public auction at the door OF the
court house, in said county, Gn s,t c.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-15
Cromwell and Milton.

During his morning drills and evening
carousals, Gibbons mind was still occu-
pied with the design of writing some
history. This cherished project had
been familiar to him through all the
changes of his life. His early readings
from the period when he first began to
think at all, were directed with this in.
tcntion. When he was an idle student
at Oxford when he was considered as
an apostate from the faith of his fathers,
when he became Protestant again when
he became a sceptic, in youth and man.
hood-as Protestant Roman Catholic.
and unbelicver, as man of letters, and
as man of fashion, as soldier. and as
politician, the faint voice within still
whispered that he was to be historian.
This is directly contrary to the opinion of
Mr.. Carlyle and DR.. Johnson, that the
mind Of a man of genius is of pecu-
liarly plastic nature, and that it is in his
power to be either gr cat orator, states
man, poet, historian, or what he will.
Look at Cromwell and Milton. Here
are two men having so striking family
likeness that they may be considered
brothers they were both men of genius;
men of stern and earnest temperaments;
men whose days were spent in strange
and unknown ways, with the precipices
and deep waters on every side but who
were always upheld by solemn cnthus-
iasm and calm determination, that made
them set at nought all powers of the
world. For them the ordinary attrac-
tions of life had no charms They were sent
into the world for other purposes than to
eat, drink and be glad. What to them
were seventy years of luxury and pleas
ure, if they were to be purchased by an
eternity ofmisery Was the Bible true
or false ? Were heaven and hell true or
liesl They looked into their hearts, and
huttering spirit told them that the Bible
was true, that heaven and hell were true,
that life, death, and eternity were true
Each then labored under his Taskmas-
ters eye. But how different were their
lives, and yet how much the same -
How unlike are their portraits, and yet
how like Yet could Cromwell have
pSNh al mug HiOiS thull lht btdlcSlliull
and the soldier Could Milton have
been anything but the philosopher aud
poet Was not Cromwell essentially a
man of action, and Milton not less essen
tally man of speculation Could
Milton have won the battle of Worces-
ter Could Cromwell have written
Paradise Lost 1t was not assurediy
for want of opportunities that Cromwell
was not great poet, for his youth and
early manhood we're spent in retirement
and obscurity, such as were very likely
to nurse habits of thought and medita-
tion, and induce the mind to apply itself
to the quiet study Of literature and
philosophy We know we'll that Milton
devoted his life to study, aud how con-
scious even In his early days he was of
his vocation. I he design of some great
work, which posterity would not let die,
was formed in yonth, health, and hap
piness, and carried out in old age defeat,
blindness, poverty and Ea>er's
MagaSiiie.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-15
The French Heir Presumptive.

AS nothing now remains but the for
malities of the coronation ceremony,
to invest LOUIS NAPOLEON with impe-
rial authority, the Parisians, regarding
his accession as matter that is settled,
are beginning to amuse themselves
with speculations relative to the sue
cession. 1t is known that by the will
of the Emperor NAPOLEON, the order
of succession was fixed as follows -
His brother JOSEPH, LOUIS and JE-
ROME, and their respective male heirs,
were to have precedence, in the same
order in which we have mentioned
their names. JOSEPH died without any
male heir; LOUIS NAPOLEON is the
only surviving child of LOUIS, and is
therefore the legitimate and natural
heir of the Empire, according to the
will of his imperial uncle. Next to
him comes King Jerome, and after
wards Napoleon Bonaparte, his son.
This prince is now about thirty years
of age, and the facile admiration Of
the Parisians has remarked his striking
resemblance to the Emperor. His
figure is tall, his constitution vigorous,
and he has received a most accom-
plishcd education. In the Constituent
Assembly, he drew attention to him
self, by voting with the left, but he is
now said to have given in his adhcr-
ence to the conservative party. This
concession is supposed to be the work
of the President, who entertains for
him very great affection, and by con.
versing with him frequently in private
has succeeded in rectifying what he
considers the exaggeration of his ideas
This, then, is the prince who will prob
ably be considered the heir prcsump-
tive to the throne, as long as his cousir
has no male issue. Such is the ques
ton which has been debated in the
Paris circles, and such the conclusion
| in which thov qnnm to rpst
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-15
The Rebellion in China-The Opium
Trade

\ Canton correspondent of the New
York Observer gives morcintelligcnt
view of the rebellion in China than we
have elsewhere seen. Abiding to the
rumors which have gone abroad, rcspec-
ting the triumphant movement of the
rebels, and the danger threatened the
reigning dynasty, the writer says: "To
those living here, and conversant with
the politics of China, these rislngs carry
with them less danger to the safety Of
the constituted authorities than they APP
pear to have abroad they are rather
like ulcers, showing disordercd and
diseased state of the system, than like a
distcmpcr in the vitals, which threatens
soon to destroy life." lie adds, however,
that there are various associations among
the Chinese. whose object is the over
throw of government and that the only
thing which prevents the oppressed, and
suffering, and demoralized people from
generally joining these associations and
oyerthrowing the reigning dynasty, is
the utter hopelessness of bene6lting their
condition by a change Of rulers. The
insurrection in Kwangsi, about which 50
much has been reported, he says, has
been local--confned 10 one prefecture OF
great province which is as large as New
York and Pennsylvania-and i'll all re-
spects like those which have disturbed
other parts of the Empire, from time to
time and that the only reason why it
has attracted so much attention is, that
the seat of it happened to be SO near
Canton, and because it was carried on by
better governed band of robbers than
usual. The expense of quelling this re-
bellion, however, has been enormous, ow-
ing to the speculations of every officer,
and the waste in every department.
The writer regards the opium trade
as far more dangerous to the safety of
the Empire than all these rcbelIions.
Nearly twenty-five millions of dollars an
nually are now paid by the Chinese to "a
Christian people, for this deadly drug
Let philanthropic Englishmel spare
enough of their indignation against A
merican slavery-abominable as it con-
fessedly is-to make this lucrative but
deadly trade of their own countrymen,
forced on the Chinese at the cannon's
mouth, odious in the sight of all good
men.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-15
shalsspeare's Grand Excellenee.

In other words, Shakespeare was spec
ifcally and transcendently a literary
man. To say that he was the greatest
man that ever lived, is to provoke useless
controversy and eomparis ons that lead to
nothing between Shakespeare and Caesar
Shakespeare and Charlcmagne, Shakespeare
and Cromwell ; to say that he was the
greatest intellect that ever lived, is to
bring the shades of Aristotle and Plato,
and Bacon and Newton, and all your o.
ther systematic thinkers grumbling about
us, with demands for definition of in
tellect, which we are by no means in a
position to give nay, finally, to say
that he is the greatest 2 oct that the world
has produced( "a thing which we would GER
tainly say, were we provoked to it)would
be unnecessarily to hurt the feelings of
Homer and Sophocles, and Dante and
Milton. What we will say, then, and
what we will challenge the world to gain
say, is that he was the greatest crpJeSscr
that ever lived This is glory enough,
and it leaves the other question open.
Other men may have led, on the whole, a
greater and more impressive life than he,
other men. acting on their fellows through
the same medium of speech that he us
cd, may have expended greater power
| Of thought. and achieved greater in-
tellcctual effect, in one consistent dircc-
ton other men. too (though this is very
qucstionable), may have contrived to is
sue the matter which they did ad.
dress to the world, in more compact and
perfect artistic shapes. But no man that
every lived sad such splendid ex EN-.
pore things on all subjects universally
no man that eyer lived had the faculty
of pouring out on all occasions such
flood of the richest and deepest Ian
guage. He may have rivals in the art
of imagining situations; he had no rival
in the power of sending a gush of the
appropriate intellectual effusion over the
image and body of situation once con
ceiycd. From the iewelled ring on an al
dermans finger to the most mountainous
thought or decd Of man or demon. noth-
ing suggested itself that his speech could
not envelope and enfold with ease That
excessive flucncy which astonshed Ben
Jonson when he listened to Shakespeare
in person, astonishes the world yet. a.
bundance, ease, redundance, a plenitude
of word, sound, or imagery which. were
the intellect at work only a little less
magnificent, would sometimes end in
braggardism and bombast, arc the char
acteristics of Shakspearc's style. Moth
ing il suppressed. NOTHING omitted moth
ing cancelled On and on the poet flows.
words, thoughts, and fancies crowdipg on
him as fast as he can write, all related
to the matter on hand, and all poured
forth together, to rise and fall on the
waves of an established cadence. Such
lightness and case in the manner, and
such prodigious wealth and depth in
the matter. are combined in no Other
wrter.-Byitish Quarterly.
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Report on tho Petition praying that
Women may be allowed ovcte
in School Me- tings.

The Committee on Education, to whom
was referred the Petition of Addison
Brown and others, praying that Women
may be allowed to vote in School Meet
ings, have considered the same, and re-
spcctfully report
Your committee coincide in the opin-
ion of the petitioners that "women are
the proper educators and trainers of the
young" and also, that, notwithstand-
ing the best efforts of the fathers and
bachelors of the State for more than half
century, much still remains to be
done," for the perfection of our schools
They are, nevertheless, unconvinced that
the presence and counsel of women in
the deliberatve assembly which merely
regulates the business affairs of a school
district, would very essentially contribute
to :" the elevation of the race" On the
contrary. it is believed that the other sex
can best discharge their duties, as edu-
Gators, at the 6reside or in the school
room and that they may also exert n
due influence in the management of
school district affairs by other means,
and in more quiet and suitable way,
than by mingling in noisy and excited
debates, for which nature seems hot to
have fitted them.
Common opinion must greatly change
before women can exert any good in
fuence by sharing in public deliberations,
or by delivering popular harangues
Hence, it is quite probable that, were
the power granted, few Of those whose
prescuce would be most salutary would
ever take part in the management of
public affairs Even the tax.paying por-
ton of the sex would no doubt, in most
instances, choose to entrust the advocacy
Of their views and interests to male rel.
ative or friend, rather than to do vio-
lence to a natural sense of delicacy, by
participating in the prosaic and ungenial
details of ordinary public business.
Entertaining these views, your com
mittse recommend that said petition
ers have leave to withdraw their petition.
Jos II. BARRETT,
for Committee:
In House Of Representatives,
Nov 1852.
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-Four Stanzas.
BY WILLIAM ALBERT surLirFr.

The days grow strong, the nights grow cool
The bees have left the clover
The maple droppeth in the pool
Its shady summer cover.
All day the swallows southwark fit,
All night the wind sighs dreary,
And through the thin veil over it
The moon looks wan and weary.
The crisp leaves rustic on the path
That slopeth TO the meadow,
The oak beside the lily-pond
Drops down its naked shadow;
The barred boughs at cventidc
On upland fells keep swaying,
And doleful sounds through valleys wide
At lonely hours are straying.
Three summer months TO warm the heart,
And then the chill frost after
Three summer moons to dream of love
Some ninety days for laughter;
And then the South doth end its reign
The north-wind clip our dreaming
The shadow .droppeth once again,
To end Loves empty scheming.
There is no strip Of summer blue
But winter clouds blow over;
There is no inch of soddcn turf
The white snow shall not cover:
No pleasant thing but has its end,
When sunny days are waning,
No note of music for the Tyre
But endlcssly complaining.
National Era.