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Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

CoNFIRMEp.-There are two vacancies in the
Board of Trustees of The Benevolent Instilu.
lions, caused by the resignation Of two of The
present members. The Governor has appoint
ed Henry Wilson and Thomas Sparrow TO fIl
the vacancies One is for four years, The 9th.
er for six. Now, il happens that these same
persons, Wilson and Sparrow, are members Of
the Board ind if they go in to fill The vacancies,
they go Om Of their own places, (which expire
very soon, however,) and thus make il necessa.
ry 10 make two new appointments. The thing
had such an ugly look, that yesterday morning
it was attacked by several Democratic Senators,
aud the nominations we're laid on the table.
But ia the afternoon they fell into hne and We.
ry meekIy voed aye. We have nothing to say
about these men, but the idea of filling TWO va.
cancies by making fiOO more, when the world is
full Of good LocolOcos, is worthy Of consider.
aIion.- Stale Journal.
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fraudulent and Counterfeit Bank
Notes.

Almost daily is developed some swindlng
transaction ia The way OF fraudulent notes. which
are gouen up aud circulated amnng us by ire.
sponsbe persons. More than $50 900 Of for.
eign notes are taken daily BY one banking huuse
in this city, while the amount 10 circulation
which is not received is more than ten times as
great, The fact that notes Of banks purporIing
10 be located at the East, are engraved here,
signed here and circulated here by paid agents,
shows in part how this plethora of eastern mo.
ney happens, and calls for the investigation oil
the police, and the caution Of business men aud
The public generally. This food of bad money
mus, cease, or The loss, and possibly the ruin
OF some Of our business men will ensue. We
are actually overwhelmed with spurious bills
and something mus, be done, aud that speedily
10 avert The evil.
In connection with this matter, we may say
that The enormous quantity of base coin now in
c'reula.ion, calls for some such precaullon as i,
employed in every country in Europe, BY the
use o piece of iron penetrated with Sits sulii
cleLI To take in any coin from 8 cents 10 dol.
lar. shgh' Iwis, reveals the character Of the
coin Il base, il will easily end--f pure il will
resist any moderate attempt to twist I.-Cin.
einndi GaE.
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CHOLERA IN APALAcHlcoLA.-.-Th Albany
(Ga.) PauIoI learns thai "a malignant and ia.
Ial disease, resembling the Asiatic cholera has
broke out at Apalacbicola. Within ten days
previous to The lime the steamer Henry left, as
many as seventy five deaths had occurred and
there was no abatement al the time of her leav.
ing. The disease is supposed to be caused by
parsaking Of the oysters procured in the Bay.
Ether from being deprived of salt water by The
unusual quantity Of fresh water being dlscharg.
ed into the Bay, after the late freshel, or some
other cause, the oysters have become diseased
aud in large portions Of the beds have died OF
disappeared. They are pronounced by physi.
clans and Others to be not only unwholesome
but absolutely poisonous.
ave suppose the disease at Apalachcoa &c
be identical with that reported in COlum bus
some week or two since. If we remember
rightly, similar effects followed The eating o
New Haven oysters some lew years ago.
Mobile Advertiser.
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The salem Bank.

Treasurer Quinn Nhh posse Of bullies, arm
ed IN the teeth. went to Salem on Monday morn.
ing last, 20 exact a certain TAX from the Bank,
which lhe Directors claim, and we think justly
too, they have 10 right 10 pay under their char.
ter That Banks ought TO be taxed no one will
deny; but they have no right &c be taxed on
what they owe as we'll as what they own.-
Great fears we're entertained by some, that il
the Bank refused the Treasurers demand blood
would be shed. The officers Of the Bank would
not comply with his request. Quinn raved and
loaned al the mouIh-brandished glitlering
wRrlike instruments 10 the air, and threatened
to whip, kill, break open the vault, &C., but il
was no go-Ihe Cashier was inexorabe-and
quietly led The courageous Treasurer out Of the
Bank, and closed the door 10 his lace. allaying
his bravery considerably. We would advise
Mr.. Quin to watch the movements Of the Bank
lest he might get 'roped. NeU Lis. Paha.
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FIRE IN MAsSlLLoN .--MAssILLoN, Jan. l4lh.
Fire broke out in this place last night about
one, in NJ, Haines store on Erie street Destroy
ing all the frame buildings in the square, aud
but tor The uniriUg exerons Of the ciIizens,
the whole range of brick blocks on Main street
would have been destroyed Twelve buildings
in all were burned. Loss about twenty thous.
and dollars. Among those burned oui With.
ington. jeweIler, Harsh, umbrella maker
Hail es, grocer, Lehman, Grocer, Goodspeed,
jeweler. Hinderer & Slbee, grog shop, besides
loI Of frame residences and barns belonging to
those burned out. Most If the goods belong
log TO the above were saved.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

EMMA SNonGRAos, The girl who has been re.
Gently visiting different paris of New England
in pants, was again arrested in Boston on Wed.
nesdoy evening on the charge ol vagrancy--
The TranscrpI states thar The examination de.
veloPed the fact thai prior 10 her first arrest she
was regularly as clerk in mercantile place,
and that during all her subsequent wanderings,
lar and near, she had been we'll supplied with
money and all bills were promptly paid--so that
the charge Of being without home. lawful en-
ploymen' or means oI suppors" could not be e-
gaIly sustained, and the Couu promptly order.
ed Il discharge. The Judge, however give her
some Wholesome advice touching her recent ect'
cenIricilies, which she received with becoming
grace, aud promised reformation. The next
day she aPPeured in the the streets in her usual
male attire.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

The resolutions of Mr.. CRADLEBAUGH, 10 the
Senate, recommending a change 10 the const.
1lIion of the Unled States, providing for the
election Of thr'e Senators from each State bv
the people, and also providing for the election
Of Cabinet officers and Supreme Couu Judges,
by the people Of the Union, has at least ihe
merit of novelty. The idea is so new-such a
stride in progress, thai we apprehend ii will
lake the parry some years to catch up with ii.
We wish to call public attention to il, aud put
Mr.. CRADLEBAUGH on record, so that some lwen.
ty years hence he may have The benefit Of it.
Ohio Siate Journal.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

The AFFAIRS OF EURoPE.--The New York
Courier thinks that al no period since the coup
d'etai of Napoleon, Twelve months ago, have
The affairs oI Europe commanded SO general
aud so close attention as at present. All Eu.
rope is under an underlined, and yet undenia.
BILE apprehension that its peaceful relations
which have been preserved essentially unim
pered, for Ihlny.seven years, are to be broken
up. This all is hello to depend upon the will of
single man, and that man is universally dis.
trusted. No reliance whatever is reposed in
the professions of Louis Napoleon. and great
importance is consequently attached to The
slightest indications OF his future policy.
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A CONSTABLE ON A THRoNE,--The present
Emperor of France was few years ago an
English constable. During the Charlisi move.
mems, in l84s, Mr.. Louis BOuaparIe found him.
self at London. Not having sous 10 his pock.
ct, he was, Of course, "in favor of the great
questions Of the day" ,ha. promised to pay
anything, and ready to JOIN iu geuing up rev.
oluuon, or putting down one, just as the wind
nigh. blow. On the 10Th of April, l848, when
ChrrlisI insurrecton was apprhended, Louis
probably foreseeing it would come 10 nothing,
applied for the office of constable. and was
sworn il as especial" He was pu, upon du.
ty in The streets Of London, and assisted in
keeping the populsnce in order.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

MARRIAGE OF A Deceased WIFE's SlsrER.--
Amongst the ious expedienls to which par.
lies desirous Of contracting this sort of alliance
are having recourse, the one most in favor is
that Of tying The nUpusl bonds 10 Denmark,
where the facilities are greatest uifing i'm.
pedunenI, however, stands in The way of nv.
menlal honOurs. They mus, be provided win
certificates Of having been vaccinaled, or The
ceremony cannot be performed such is t!e
Danish law. Nov. TO The majority Of middle.
uged gentleman and ladies'. whose boyhood wss
spent in good old times before vaccinations
came into fashion, the Obtaining Of this crr,i6.
cate is impossible except they, in anticipation Of
the difficulty than will hereafter await them.
cause the operation 10 be renewed. Some Of
the knowing ones, duly ndmonished of the ne.
cessi1y, make the necessary provision; bu, a
far greater number on their arrival in Denmark.
learn for the first time the condtiuns on which
alone they can be united. and submit TO the on.
eraIlOn oil the spot, thus furnishing an interest,".
ing case Of ardent lovers bleeding for each 9th.
er's sake.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS We record with
great pleasure The election of Roben NJ. Rid
die, Esq, the Pble editor OF the Commercial
Journal, to the Mayoralty of Piusburgh. Mr.
r. is admirably qualified 70, the responsible
post, and will do honor to the Iron City as hel
Chief Magistrate. The City Councils are alsu
largely Whig--.he Select Council Standing II
Wings to Democrats, and the Common Coun
Gil 22 Wings TO II Democrats,
Allegheny City has chosen Rober. W. Park
Esq, Mayor, also by a decided Whig majority
The Councils are largely Wing in both branch
eS
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Internal Machine.

General Pierce. the President elect. a few
days since received a suspicious looking box,
per Cheney's Express, from the West. Sup.
posing, from his exalted position, that some
wicked Nhig or "fanalical AboliIionisl" might
he plotting his destruction, be very naturally
regarded this as an internal machine, intended
TO land him in glory before bis time. Not feel.
ing any great partially Tor such an apoIheoss,
he ordered his new Pandora's box to be slowed
away in the barn, 'unsghI unseen,' and strictly
forbade any 10 60 near il. Thus il remained
some days, until Sunday, when nobody was al
home save Mr.. W, the Generals oarding.
master, who, being exercised thereto by a cour.
aReous and laudable curiosity, determined TO
solve The internal mystery. Accordingly seiz.
ing long. g.handled axe, and placing himself at
a rational distance, he hurled the iron weapon
with full fury into the box. Aher waiting 10
breaIhless expectation for the machine 10 ex.
pode, Mr.. w. approached it and discovered
(hOTribie dictumD Two brace Of remarkable fat
ducks aud haunch of venlson, sent to the Pre-.
sidenI elect by an admiring Catholic friend ia
Cincinnati, with note accompanying, desiring
TO be remembered IN The division of the spois
We need oniy add that the only thing infer
nal about the machine was an inodorous smell
for which the reverent disciple Of His Hol
ness was in no way responsible.
Authority Tor this story is The Concord Dem
OeTat.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

II should be universally knOWn-for il is
strictly Tue--thal indigestion is Ih9 parent OF
large proportion Of The fatal diseases. Dysen.
terry, ,diarhea, cholera morbus, liver complaint,
and many other diseases enumeraIed in The city
inspectors week., crlalogue Of deaths, are gen.
eraIrd by indigestion alone. Think Of IhsI.
dyspep.ics think of il al! Who suffer from dis
ordered slomachs, and il you are wling TO be-
guided by advice, founded upon experience, re-
sor. at once (donI delay a day. 10 IlooHand's.
German Bl.ers, prepared BY Dr.. c. Nj. Jackson,
which, as an allerauve, curative, and invigorant,
slands alone aud unapproschrd General de-.
Dot, 100 Arch street. We have iried these Bit.
lers, aud know they are excellent for The dis.
eases specified above. Philadelphia [ iiy lem.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

NEw YEAR's DAY IN WASHINGTON The Ma.
tonal lnleligencer says:
The Presidents House was, as usual, the
centre oI attraction, and the people, the ladies'
as we'll as the sterner sex, testified their sincere
desire to give testimony of ,heir undssembled
and hearty regard for truly model President,
and one Of the best Of citizens and Of men.
From the Presidents Mansion great numbers
of visitors Of all parties repaired to The rest.
deoce of the illusuous General in chief Of the
Army, the veteran Scott, TO offer their respects
and good wishes, and were welcomed with a
warm aud hearty hospitality. In like manner,
the Heads Of Departments aud other civic off.
GERS, as we'll as many of our ci,izens. kept open
welcome 10 their lreHGs. Over ourwhole CON.
muni'y, with scarcely an exception. the spirit
OF the time prevailed, making the day what il
should be, an occasion Of sober and temperate
ioyousness. So may it ever be is our sincere
petition.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

important measure engrosses their suenlion.-
They have such measures before Them, but they
seldom touch them 50 long as they can dnd any
Thing else with which 70 amuse Ihemselves.-
A question Of privilege, or point Of order, will
de'aiu them longer than Ibe most grave and
impouant statute.
We have no disposition 10 SET This reckless
neglect down as mere caTelessness. There is
method in their madness'-lhey remember, al
every step they take, thar their places must be
vacated next fall, 10 be filled either by them.
selves or Others, and consequently they arc
anxious 10 provoke The people as liule as posi-
bic until aher The election next fall. They
know, foil we'll, thar their acts Of last winter
we're decidedly unpopular. and they do not feel
disposed 10 press the people too closely until
they hear from them through the bslIo. box.
Some time ego We thought they would re-
main in session uOlil summer, but we now think
il altogether probable thar they will adjourn ear
ly, and make up the time neN winter.
lfHuy thing Of importance should occur, We
will make note OF il.
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TO the Mhies of Ohin.

ln pursuance Of the request OF the Wing
members Of the Legislature, and of others, The
S2d day Of February next is designated as the
day for holding Wing SAFE Convention At Co.
lumbus, TO nominate Sale officers, and take any
othe, action deemed necessary.
The County Commiuees Of the several coun.
lies are requested 10 take measures Cor the Sc.
lection Of our delegates 10 attend said Conyen
Iiou for each FIVE hundred Wing voters, and one
for each fraction Of Two hundred and fifty voters
IN their respective counties The vote al the
last Presidential election to be taken as ,he ba.
sis. Carroll county is entitled to 5 delegates.
The commiuee trust that il is quite Unneees.
sary to urge upon the Wings OF The State the
importance Of being fully represented al that
Convention.
4. F. PERRY, ]. d. CALDWELL,
JOSEPH klDGWAY, JOHN MILLS.
ROBERT NEIL, EDWARD BALL.
LEWIS HEYL, LAURlN DEWEY,
WIN. DENNlSON, ia. THOS. w. Upton,
IVhig State Central Committee.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

NAPoLEoN's SPEcULATIoNs.--L NapoIe.
on, II seems, has been playing a successful
game cor wealth as we'll as power. According
10 II paragraph in the Boston Post
Since The coup d siat the French railway
shares have advanced almost fifty per cent,
while the Paris bourse has been animated with
unwonIed speculation. There was something
unnatural in all This, and people are beginning
10 ind it out. Louis Napoleon, il is said, did il
aIl--and for mis- own benefit, political and pc.
cuniariIy. Ii gave cer.ain ecIat 10 his nd.
mnisWaIion, aud il filled bis purse. When
shares, &c were low, he purchased largely,
and then pauonized the lines they appertained
10. His agents flied London aud Paris, and
his gains are set down by shrewd and able
spectators al El6, 100000. With El6,0OO,,
0O0 in his own chest, wha. may he not dare
But former defeats have taught him caution
he is not ready, and can wait. The dcspols OF
Europe wall upon him, court him, and dread
him.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21
The I.eglSlature.

u hss been several weeks since we said any
thing about the proceedings of the Legislature,
but We have been an attentive observer of their
scsings and dOings. They have been 10 session
sboU. eight or nine weeks, and have made six
Lass. amounting TO llule over a column Of the
Free Press. Yet the Iocofoco papers would
havs " believe IhaI never we're a more indus
lEiOus SET Of men gathered "a, one place, thar
shis same General Assembly Of The State o
Ohio. Most men judge .ree by It's fruit; anc
IL 90 fSuil is produced, The Tree is considered
barren. Nos 50 si,h The apOlOgi''s for The LIE
eislaspfe. the less there is done the more indus
aious are ,he menbrrs-Ihe less fruit, Ihs mOrt
productive she lres.. T.
We havs looked ip vain for any decisive sleF
sakss B, lhs Legislature in any dirccdOh. Nj
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

THREATENING DISRUPTION IN THE CHURCH OF
ENGLAND lit is stated by The London Weekly
Dispatch that in consequence Of the de,ermi.
nation OF the Crown not TO allow Conversations
10 81, for the despatch of business. the leaders
Of the High Church parry, at a recent meeting.
have resolved TO secede from The Establishment,
and to connect themselves with the Episcopal
Church of Scotland, which, while in the main
point il agrees with the Church OF England.
adds TO its services 40 acknowledged oil
something very like the Roman Catholic doc.
Irine of Transabs,anIialion. aud regulates lis
own affairs by synods Of Bishops aud clergy.
The Right Hon. W. Ii. Gladstone. one Of the
leaders Of tho movement, has taken the frs,
step.
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WhIR Convention.

Ii will be seen by call of the Wing State
Central Commiaee, published this week, that
the Convention 10 nominate a State ticket will
meet 10 Columbus on The 22d of February We
hope our friends will bear this in mind, and lei
there be full representation.
The Central Committee of The County will
take The steps necessary for The appointment ol
delegates.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

DEATH OF COMMODORE McReAN--The tele.
graph brings news OF The death of Commodore
Morgan. He died on Wednesday, at the Wash.
inglon Navy Yard, Of which he was in com.
mand. At the time of his death, resolution
was pending in the Senate, inquiring into his
conduct while in command of the Midiuerrane.
an squadron, upon which an angry discussion
had already been begun, and more was threat.
ened. The melancholy event will of course
put an end 10 the inquiry, and harmony will be
restored in the Senate.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

MaDElRA,--The people of This small but de.
lghIIul island, are on The bruk of starvation
The fact is beyond doubt. We have published
the circular announcing ii of number oil lhe
most respectable mercantile firms of our city,
as also the more crcumslanIial letter Of our
friend Charles w. March, now on a visit 10 that
island. The cause simply is The dependence oI
the population almost wholly on The cultivation
Of the vine, and The utter failure Of The grape
harvest in 1859. With wine they have been
accustomed to buy most OF their food, and all
their clOhing; and, the grape having Jailed,
they have nothing wherew,'h to pay aud while
the wealthy and forehanded are pinched, the
poor are reduced to the last extremity. O The
~ 1000 inhabitants Of the island, probably CO..
OOO ure to-day needy, while 10000 must perish,
unless assisted from abroad.--N Y. Iribuae.
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The MADlAIs "A large public meeting was
held in Metropolitan Hall, New York city, ON
Friday evening, to express sympathy for the
Madlai family and o'heAs Imprisoned IN Tusca.
ny for reading the Bible. Resolutions we're of.
lered by the Dr. Pauen, and adopted, request.
ing The President Of the United States, 10 medi.
ate in favor of the prisoners being allowed 10
emigrale to this country. declaring il 10 be the
ju'y of our government to secure religious Tree.
dom Tor our citizens abroad, etc. A commit.
Tee was also appointed 10 raise luuds Tor The SUI.
ferers.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

FANNY PAINE CASHIER Il is even so Fan,
ny Paine is Cashier OF "fne Bank of Chca
go.' Ye old Iogy bankers pu, on your spec
Iacles or take your detecting glass, look wise
with pen behind your ear, aud Iead--Fanny
Paine, Cashier; la b. Eddy, resident There
lies before US ID Two dollar bill beautifully en-.
graved, just issued, by our friends of the "Spir
lIual Bank over the way, with the above ulli
cars attached. The President Is said 10 be one
OF our leading spriluasls, aud doubtless has
hsd revelation to Ihs new and important tea.
'are of "wOmau's rights" Ye fortune hunt.
log bachelors don't get up "a run" on tbs
bank 10 see the fair cashier, for we learn she
has long since assumed other duies, which a
certain old an,qua,ed book, called the Bible,
places far above cashiershlp. Surely we live
10 an age Of progress Chicago Dem, Press
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al digest !" Such is the true meaning Of the
word "lepsin," or of the two Greek words from
which it is derived. This is the significant and ape
propriate title of the true digestive fuid or gas
trio juice, prepared by DIR. j. 5 Houghton, of Phil
adelphia from the fourth stomach of the OK, fer
the cure of indigestion and Dyspepsia. 1t is Ma
ture's own remedy for an unhealthy stomach. No
art of man can equal its curative powers. 1t rem.
ders good eating perfectly consistent with health
zee the figure of the OK in another part of this pc
per.
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II is said that the A,laD,c and Pacific Rail.
road Co., which has applied TO the Legislature
of New York for charter, has already receiv.
eG propositions for furnishing all The locomo.
lives Tor the road and taking The company's
stock, at par, in payment. Similar propositions
they have received OF American railroad iron
for The entire work
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

The New York Herald says the new letter
envelopes, with the single and double stamps,
will soon be ready. Then, overy steamer, ev.
cry railroad Train. every stage, every express,
line, and every man is made mail carrier by,
act Of Congress. Letters, in Ihe Government
envelopes, can be sent in any way, by any route
and by any conveyance.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

ANOTHER CHANGE..- Messrs. Richards and
Cassel have sold their interest in The Zanesu,lie
Courier to Messrs w Il. Ball and J. NJ. Buell..
The Courier is now pabished by Messrs. Ball,
Buell. & Mercer. Success attend The Outgoing.
and incoming gentlemen.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

The 'o'al eos' Of this gree, work up 10 Sep
lrmber 30'h, 1859, il is officially stated was
s27.55i .RO5-whieh has been provided for as
follows Stock paid up. s7.766 .s9I; funded
debt Sl6 003.s68; foSli,g debl 81 .sR3 .653.-
TIE receipts OF the road for December were
S3Ts.I3s; an increase over December 1851 Of
S5585s. The sggregaie reeeiPls fnr 1859 were
IS 694 2O7 an increase over 1851 Of seqi,.
e70 about SO per cent.