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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-09-21
District Convention.

The proceedings of the District Conven.
ton, to nominate a candidate for Senator
and a candidate for Member of the State
Board Of Equalization, held in GAINESVILLE
OF the 18th inst, will be found in to-day's
paper. We are assured by those in at.
tendance that every thing passed off in
the utmost harmony and good feeling.
DR.. w. T. SINCLAIR, the nominee fol
Senator is a well. known and popular citi'
zen Of this county; and his unanimous
nomination by the Convention is a aa,ter.
ing testimonial of the high esteem in which
he is held. No serious opposition will be
made to his election.
DAVID MERCER, the nominee-for Mem.
Der Of the State Board Of Equalization, is
a very popular and intelligent citizen o.
Williamsburgh. Noble county. and we are
assured by those who know him well. tina,
he is we'll qualified to discharge the duties
Of the Office for which he has been nomi.
mated.
These nominations complete the Demo.
cratic ticket, which will be found in its
appropriate place at the head of our col
umns.
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resulted in favor of Mr.. w. Borton. Bor-
ton 90, Campbell Is, Arneal 4. MIR. Dor.
ton having received a majority of all the
votes cast, was duly announced as the
candidate for Treasurer.
The convention then proceeded to bal
lot for Commissioner, which resulted in
the choice of Mr.. Foreman, the vote be.
ing for Foreman SO, Kennedy 10.
On motion of Mr.. F. Creighton, Mr..
J. O. Grimes was nominated by acclama-
ton as the candidate for Prosecutor, also
Mr.. Robert Leeper, for Poor House Di-
rector.
On motion the following persons were
appointed as delegates to the Convention
at GAINESVILLE on the 18th inst. John Butte,
S. Davis, S. S. Emerson, VIM. H. Endley,
John Harrison, Samuel Gephart, John
Finley, DR.. J. Axtell. David Cowden, Jno.
Kennon, Robt. Thompson, J. Lawrence,
NJ. Castor, F. Creighton. Geo. Anderson
and Jas. Stranathan.
On motion the former Central Commit
tee was re-appointed. On motion,
Resolved, Thatthe Democracy ofGuern.
sey have every confidence in the able and
efficient organ of the party, the Jefferso.
MAN, and Mr.. McGonagle as its editor,
and that we pledge him our undivided and
cordial support.
Resozued, That the proceedings of this
Convention be published in the Jefferso-
MAN, Ohio Statesman, o. S. Democrat,
GAINESVILLE Aurora and Spirit Of Democ.
racy.
On motion the Convention adjourned
without day.
JOHN FERGUSON, Prest.
W Wn tG KHnnhDr. Secretaries.
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Percussion Caps Superseded.

A new composition has lately been in
vented by Messrs. Winiwartier g. Ger.
sheim, Of Vienna, for the purpose of III
perseding the ordinary percussion caps,
and, in many instances, the g%unpowder
charge also. The most prominent fea.
lures of these gun primers, as the compo.
sition is called, are the absence Of a me.
talic coat or cover, and their uniform ex'
plosive power, the materials being of such
a nature that, after a defamation, no resi-.
due whatever is left behind. The mate
rails which form the new composition are
Eliminating mercury, chlorate of potash.
and sulphide of anthony, the dangerous
properties OF which ingredients are dimin-
ished by the application of collodion,
which is used as a cement, and it is the
ingenious employment Of this substance
which constitutes the chief peculiarities Of
the invention.-Scientif american.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-09-21
Infamy Here-Immortality There!

The British press is just now extrava-
giant in its eulogies Of Sir GEORGE Cock
BURN, who lately deceased, at an advanc.
ed age. The broad Atlantic is not wider
than is the contrast between the fame oil
Sir GEORGE here and Sir GEORGE there. l,
r~ecounts, with much boasting, the maraud.
ing in the Chesapeake Bay, and glori6es
Sir GEORGE CocKBURN for his share in the
destruction of between 100000 and
E3,000.O 900 Of public property at Wash.
ington. which it calls a "spzendid achieve.
ment." For this, more than all his other
exploits, Admiral CocKBURN was loaded
with honors by his sovereign and by sue
c~essive parliaments; and for this, more
than for anything else, he will be honored
with a place among the great in Westmin'
ster Abbey. On this side of the Atlantic
however, he has long since secured ar
Immortality of infamy for his vandal deed.
at Washington. and for the cruelties per
petrated by him along the Chesapeake
during the war of 1812.-Cin. Eng.
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Why Mr. Buchanan never Married.

WV A&O4&AON'
A correspondent of the New Haven Pal
ladium, writing from Lancaster, Pa, briet-
ly records the reason:
ga short distance from the city is the
residence o fHon. James Buchanan, Amer
lean ambassador to the court Of ST. James.
Its general appearance at once indicates
that no fair hand is there 10 train the creep.
ing vines or budding roses to their beft.
ting place-as you are aware thatthe hon.
orable gentleman still remains in single
blessedness! The story is briefly told
Paying his addresses to young and beau.
tiful lady of this city, each became deeply
enamored. and they were engaged. On q
given evening. she requested his company
to a party at a friends. which he declined
on the plea ofbusiness engagements. Cir
cumstances rendering it necessary, he
late in the evening. ~gallanted a young la,
dy to her home, and on the way-,hey met
Mortified and ehagrined at what she deem
ed unlaithfulness and desertion, and i'm,
agining the worst, she left the city early in
the morning and returned. a corpse. Sucf
is the sad story of his eatly love, nor car
the high places Of distinction and trus
make him forget, nor the wreaths Of hon
or that e%ncircle his brows bury the mem
Dry Of the early loved and lost"
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Arrest of Gen, Hinton.

We have it from the Los Angeles. Cali
fornia Star. Of the 25th of July, that Gen.
HINTON, formerly Of Delaware, in this
State, long an active politician, a very ex-
tensive mail stage contractor in the West,
and long respected for his energy of char.
acter and general intelligence, is now in
prison in that town, awaiting a requisition
to send him to Ohio, for robbing the mails
in 1850. He went under the alias of SAM
UEL G.. GORDON. The Star says:
"The defendant was examined and
committed to the Sheriff of Los Angeles
county for three months, to await a war
rant from the U. S. Distric: Judge of Cali
tornia, for his removal to Ohio for trial.
His real name is o. Hinton. According
to his statement before the examination
after the alleged robbery, two rewards oil
$500 and $1,000, had beer offered for his
arrest; at Wellsville, on the Ohio river, in
1850, having seen one OF the handbills, he
surrendered himself to some friends and
was conducted to Cleveland, Ohio, where
he was committed for want of bail in SI5,.
900, and imprisoned at Columbus till SOM
time in December Of that year. when he
was discharged under $4,000 bail, his
trial to take place in June following"
In January, 1851, with the consent o
his bail, he went to Cuba. There his
brother-in.law wrote him that, by arrange
ment with the U. S. Attorney for the Ohio
District, a nolle prosequi had been entered
on his bail paying up the bond, the ex.
penses of government, etc. A certificate
Of the Clerk of the District Court accom-
panied the letter, but he says he did no
read it, and finally lostit at Chagres. How
much truth there is in the official part o
this matter we are not advised. Poo
HINTON! he has had a vagrant life to lead
since disgraced by the discovery of hi:
crime.-Cincinndti Enquirer.
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Washington National Monument.

The attention of Judges and Clerks Of
elections, in the several townships in this
county, is called TO the following circular
from the Office of the Washington Nation
al Monument Society. Cannot contribu-
ton boxes be put at every place Of hold
ing elections in this county, ir accordance
with the desire of the Board of Managers?
It ought to be done. The Monument is
now l42 feet high, and more funds are
necessary for its completion:
AS Elections for Members of Congress,
&C., will be held during the ensuing months
in several States of the Union, the Board
of Managers have deemed it their duty to
request the Judges or Commissioners who
may be appointed to take the ballots OF the
voters, to put up boxes at the different To-
~calities where elections will be held, for
the purpose of receiving such contribu-
tons as the admirers ofthe Illustrious Faith
er OF his. Country may think proper to de-
post il aid of the great Monument, now
in course of erection in this city to his
memory.
They feel assured that when this noble
and patriotic purpose is presented to the
people, they will not hesitate to give their
mite for such an object; and it now be-
comes more necessary. as the funds OF the
society are rapidly diminishing and may
not soon be adequate to carry on the work.
A small contribution from each citizen or
voter throughout the United States, would
be sufficient to complete the Monument
a work intended to. add to: their glory as
well as to honor the memory of the illus
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From Neac Orleans.

New ORLEANS, Sept. 14.-The lake
coast is still suffering ~dreadfully, and
nurses are being sent from this city to
Mobile. The deaths of yellow fever. yes
terday, were As.
The steamer Texas, with the California
mail. and dates from Mexico to the 4lh.
and Vera Cruz to the 9th inst, has arrived
here.
The Mexican Government was making
vigorous efforts to stop robberies, and sew
eral c%ulpri,s had been executed.
More troops were being semitic the from
tier, ostensibly to repel the Indians.
Santa Anna still continues to carry out
high-handed measures executing persons
slightly suspected, without warning. tits
believed another revolution will follow such
policy. He has raised an army of SO ,OOO
men. said to be the finest troops ever
known in Mexico; in doing this it is said
he has been largely assisted by Spanish
subjects.
The deaths, Of fever, at Mobile Monday
were 81. The whole Southern country is
suffering, extending up Red river.
The earthquake, on the 18th. was very
general along the coast, but was moi fell
in this city.
The fever is rapidly declining in this
city.
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Accident.

This afternoon, while the independence
Engine and Horse carriage were racing
upon the race track in the Fair grounds,
a drunken man threw off his coat and
running in, to take hold upon the drag
rope Of the engine, he fell. and the two
fremen nextbehind him were thrown down
and the wheels of the Engine passed over
them. One of them, MIR. John Handlan
had his collar bone severely injured, and
the muscles Of his arm badly bruised
The other, Mr.. John Laughlin, had the
small bones of his left hand broken.
Unless IIanlan has received internal in.
juries which had not been ascertained
when we left, he may be considered GU,
of danger.
Considerable difficulty existed among
the police in keeping back the crowd in
that particular portion of the grounds
Wheeling Argus, of the 18Th.
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School Commissioner.

The Ohio Journal of Education, pub.
lished in Columbus, "under the auspices
Of the Ohio State Teachers Association >
in speaking Of the Democratic nominee
Cor School Commissioner, says, "Mr. Bar
ney is a gentleman Of liberal education,
has studied and practiced Law, is a teach.
or Of long experience, and a radically
thorough Common School man." Alter
thus e~ulogizing Mr.. Barney. the Journal
goes on to say that 'the people Of the State
viii have the opportunity Of showing by
their votes whether they prefer for this Of.
foe a nan who appears as the nominee Of
a political party, or one who is recon-
mended and approved by a large number
Of citizens without distinction of profession
or party, on account of his known and
long tried competency for the responsible
duties Of the Office"
From the foregoing extract, it would ap-
pear that the Journals great objection to
Mr.. Barney is not because he is not com
petent to discharge the duties Of the Office,
but because he is the nominee Of a party
II seems 10 us that all the answer this ar-
gument requires, (forit is no: an objection.
is simply 10 ask. Who is most known as
apartizan-Mr. Barney, or Mr.. Andrews
Il is not denied that Mr.. Andrews advo.
Gated the election Of Gen. Scott on the
stump, and that in his part of the State he
ia known as an ardent wing. Mr.. Barney
on the other hand, has, since his residence
in this State, confined himself wholly tc
the discharge Of his duties ss Principal o
the Cincinnati Central High School. There
is, therefore, nothing in the Journals arti
Gle that should aus any democrat to hes
itats for one moment about casting his
vote for II. H. BARNEY.
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Temperance Maeting

At a meeting held in Woodsfeld, on the
10th September, inst, by the friends of
Temperance, the house was called to order
by calling Elder WILLIAM JARVIS to
the Chair, and elccting w. w. LIVING
SION Secretary.
After animated speeches by J. ]. NJ.
Dickey, Gen. Ford and w. w. Living
ston, the following declaration and reso-
luton were ~adopted:
The Christians or Disciples Of Christ. at
the suggestion of the temperance party.
through Nathan Hollister. ESQ.,, passed q
resolution at their yearly meeting at An-
tioch, Monroe county, Ohio. earnestly
soliciting every public speaker in their
district meeting. to meet at Woodsfeld.
on Friday the 10Th inst, to enter their sol
emn protest against the liquor traffic, and
its resulting abominations. We have ac-
cordingly met al the courthouse. and do
hereby solemnly resolve to put forth our
utmost exertions, and use all our influence
against the liquor traffic and its direful
results.
RESOLVED. That we earnestly entreni eli
the children of God, for the sake of suffer-
ing humanity and the cause Of Christ, that
they take a decided stand, and will use
their utmost energies TO put down this
greatest of evils.
WIN. JARVIS, PrcsI.
w. w LIVINGSTON ,Sec.u
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Marietta and H~illsboro' Railroads.

We learn tina, during last week the Di-
rectors of the Marietta and Cincinnati
Railroad Company made arrangements
with those Of the Hillsborough and Cincin-
natl road, so that the two roads will be
consolidated. Should this transaction be
ratified by the stockholders of both com.
panies, (of which there is but little doubt,)
both lines will be built from Cincinnati to
the Jackson coal mines, and only the Ma
rietta line extended east of that point to
this city.-MaraeHa Rep.
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A Sick Wing.

John Brownlee, who is a candidate for
circuit judge in the eleventh judicial Cir
cult, Indiana, publishes a circular to the
voters of that circuit. In that address he
thus defines his politics:
"As TO my politics, | have voted for
wings. democrats, and free sellers. | have
never made politics any part of my bust
ness. At the last presidential election
voted for General Scott. He was defeated.
| then was, and am still, of the opinion
that that defeat, with the loss Of Clay and
Webster. was the end Of whiggery; that
any attempt to %reorganize would be USE
less; that the measures for which they con-
tended were now obsolete and out of the
question. And is it not true? They con-
tended for a United States Bank. No
man is so foolish as to advocate that poll
cy at this time. They commended for a
high protective tariff. That policy has
been found wrong and now has but few
advocates. and that few are those that de.
sire TO enrich themselves by the policy.
They opposed the annexation Of Texas.
1t was annexed. We now look back, and
are astonished that there ever was any Do.
position to the measure. They were OPP
posed to the Mexican war. We had that
war, and no one contends that it was not
necessary and proper.
"There is nothing left upon which they
can organize, and around which they can
rally. except it is that narrow anti-repub-
lican policy that opposes the doctrine OF
progress contended for by the democratic
party-that policy that has made US all
that we are, and to which we look for much
in future"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-09-21
Democratic Convention.

Pursuant to notice, the delegates from
the counties composing the XIX Senate.
rial district met in Convention in the town
Of GAINESVILLE, on Thursday the 18th day
Of September, 1853.
On motion, DANIEL II. WIRE, ESQ,
of Monroe county, was called to the Chair,
and GEORGE S. ANDERSON, of Guernsey
county, and JOHN w. OKEy, of Monroe
county, were appointed Secretaries.
The counties being called, the following
delegates appeared:
NOBLE CoUNrY.-Dr. R. P. Summers.
John Finley, DR.. .Axtell, and Lewis Groves
GUERNSEY CoUNrY.-Robert Thompson
David Cowden, William Borton. George
S. Anderson and Francis Creighton.
MoNRoE CoUNrY.-Thomas Neal, John
S. Way, Marshal Morrow, John Il. Ayres,
Daniel II. Wire, Christian Diehl, Nicho.
las Kehler, Uriah Redin, William Ho-
baugh, Daniel Walton, William D. Pat.
ton and John w. Okey.
After a full and free expression ofopin-
ion among the several delegates, Francis
Creighton, Esq, offered for adoption the
following resolution
Resolved, That WESTERN Il. SIN
CLAIR be and he is hereby declared the
unanimous nominee Of the Democracy oil
the XlXth Senatorial district for Senator.
Which resolution was, on motion, unan-
imously adopted.
On motion, a committee, consisting oil
DIR. R. P. Summers, John II. Ayres and
Francis Creighton, was appointed to wait
upon W. It. Sinclair, and inform him Of
the action of the Convention.
The committee having retired a few
minutes, returned, accompanied by DR.,
Sinclair, who in a few brief and a%ppropri.
ate remarks rendered to the Convention
his thanks.
F. Creighton. Esq, then arose, and on
behalf Of the delegates from Guernsey
county, pledged the entire support of the
democracy Of Guernsey county to the
nominee.
The following resolution was then offer
ed for adoption:
RESOLVED, T1Yat DAVID MERCER, oil
Noble county, be and he is hereby declar-
ed the nominee of this Convention for
Member Of the State Board of Equaliza.
ton in said district.
Which was, on motion, unanimously a.
dopted.
On motion Of M. Morrow, Esq, it was
RESOLVED, That the proceedings Of this
meeting be published in the Spirit Of De-
mocracy, Guernsey Jefersonian and Sa.
rahsrilIe Courier.
Whereupon, on motion, the Convention
adjourned.
D. H. WIRE, CAm'n.
Gao; s. s. A=s nanx see,ys.
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GA certain Sunday-school teacher
was in the practice Of taking up a collec-
ton in his juvenile class for missionary OBJ
jects every Sunday, and his box received
scores of pennies which might otherwise
have found their way to the drawers of the
confectioner and toy-man. He was not
a little surprised, however, one Sunday,
to find a bank bill crushed in among the
weight of copper. He was not long in
finding it to be of a broken bank; and on
asking the class who put 1t there, the do.
nor was soon pointed out to him by his
classmates, who had seen him deposit it,
and thought it a very benevolen: gift.
Didn't you know that this bill was good
for nothing?' said the teacher.
YES answered the boy.
.Then what did you put it in the box
forr
Il didn't suppose the little heathens
would know the difference, and so 1t would
be Just as good to them.'
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Important to Postmasters and 9th

We are requested by the Postmaster
General to call attention to the following
regulations in regard to postage on letters
to Foreign Countries:
In the Mail to Great Britain the single
rate of postage is "a cents, prepayment op.
%tional. On either a letter or packet of any
weight the whole postage or none at all
should be prepaid. If any thing less than
the whole is prepaid, no account is taken
Of it, and it is entirely lost to the sender.
The British Post-Ofice declines to change
this rule, except on conditions considered
inadmissible.
In the Prussian closed Mail to Germany
80 cents is the single rate, prepayment op-
%tional. This pays from any part of the
United States to any part of the German
Austrian Postal Union. A prepayment of
any sum less than the regular rate Of 80
cents is not recognized, and is of course
lost to the sender. A note Of fractions of
the rate could not be taken without serious.
ly complicating the accounts, besides eau
sing much additional labor and trouble at
the exchange Offices. But contrary to the
practice under the United States and Brit
ish Postal Convention, in the Prussian mail
every full rate Of 80 cents is credited,
whether the whole postage on a letter or
packet is prepaid or not, leaving any bal
ance due 10 be collected at the office ofde-
livery.
By the Bremen mail the rule is the same
as under Prussian arrangement. The sim
gle rate to Bremen is 10 cents, to Olden-
burg l2, TO Hamburg Is, 10 Altoona and
Hanover 81, and to any other place in
Germany 90 cents. prepayment optional.
In either case a prepayment of any frac-
ton of the full rate goes for nothing.
The rule for rating letters TO all foreign
countries Except the British North Amer
lean Provinces> is to charge one rate for
half an ounce or under, two rates if the
weight is over one-half and not exceeding
an ounce, four rates If over one and not
exceeding two ounces, six rates if over two
and not exceeding three ounces, and so
on, charging two rates for every ounce or
fractional part of an ounce over the first
ounce. As this rule differs from that fol.
lowed in respect to domestic letters, where
each half ounce or fraction of q half ounce
counts as one rate only. Poslmasters who
are not careful to observe this difference
are liable of course TO commit mistakes.
We beg leave to~suggest that in calling
attention to this subject Editors generally
would render to many Of their readers an
essential service, and we would suggest to
those Of our readers who have any foreign
correspondence to preserve the above ex
PLANTATION for reference.-Nat. Intel.