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The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-08-26
Society of the Last Man.

Nearly twenty-one, years ago, seven young
men of this city, then in the early fash Of
manhood, entered into an association for an
annual meeting and supper 50 long as any of
their number should survive. These seven
were DR.. Waiter, DR.. James NJ. Mason,
William Stanbury, William Disney. Jr.,
Henry L. Tatem, Joseph r. Mason and Fem
tn Lawson. For several years, the pleasure
of their meeting was unaloyed with sorrow
BY death. In 1889 one vacant seat and one
unused plate announced the beginning of the
wreck which death was sure to make OF all
their number. BY and by second plate bore
testimony to the stern reality ofthe relentless
ness OF the grave. Soon but four met at the
annua! commemoraton, and another unoccu-
pied chair told its silent story.
year or two longer, and the dead were
more thar the living; three survivors remain
ed, four had died; and now another, Fenton
LAWSON, swells the triumph OF the grave.
Next October, DR.. Waiter and Henry Tatem
will meet alone if death is not too urgent, q.
how sadly and solemnly, as they look upon the
memorials of their departed associates, will
they mentally agitate the question which of
the two, will finally sit solitary in the shadowy
presence of the dead, and say "to the grave
thou art my brother, and to corruption thou
art my sister," How awful that last supper
when the sole survivor enters the room, and
sees there the seven plates u the seven chairs,
each Of which tells him "what shadows we
are, what shadows we pursue. Cincinnati
Gazette.
Since the above was written, Mr.. Tatem
has died. Dr. Vatter alone is left.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-08-26

PARTY NoMEYCLATURE.--Parti nick
names have always been natural result Of
party organizations, but we question whether
any age has been so prolific of them as our
own. In New York we have .he euphonious
titles of "Hunkers," "Barnburners," lizards" !"
"Soits," "Silver Grays." and "Wooley
Heads" But it is in Maine that the most
startling novelties Of nomenclature have de-
veloped themselves. We have read Of meet
ings held here of "Ramrods," and "Anti-
Ramrods," and to crown all we have a
"Salmon Party" and a "Haddock Party"
There is mysterious obscurity about these
titles, and we cannot attempt their elucida-
ton. All we know is that Gov. Crosby was
..Haddock' last year, g. is now charged with
being "Salmon." Pillsbury before the Bangor
Convention was supposed to be "Haddock,' y
but since his nomination is charged with the
enormily of being nothing short of "Cat
Fish" 1t requires more profound pisca-
torial knowledge than we can claim TO de-
monstrate the differences between these
various fnny politicians, but we should think
that party supported by such worthless ought
bv all means, to make handsome nett gain
Ne,p Bedford Mercury,
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-08-26

THE TELEGRAPH.-Seven years ago Pro.
fessor Morse sent the first telegraphc despatch
from Washington to New York, Since that
abou, fourteen thousand miles OF telegraph
lines have been constructed in the United
States.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-08-26

DEATH WHILE on THE WAY TO THE ALTAR.
"A young man by the name of Edmund
Slatterly, while on his way from Franklin to
Milford, on Sunday week, TO be married, met
with singular and fatal accident. He stop
ped at we'll to water his horse, when the
bucket fell into the we'll. He descended to
obtain it, when the wall caved in and buried
him. He was a native of Ireland. His in
tended wife was accompanying him on the
Journey, when this singular death thus in.
tervened to destroy their bright anticiPations
-WoopsCelet Patriot.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-08-26

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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06
New York, March %.

Warrants are out for the arrest of George 81
Hamilton, on charge of swindling large num-
Der Of individuals by selling them spurious tick
cts to California in the steamship Uncle Sam.
Additional news from Mexico state that six
teen of the twenty-three States have voted for
Santa Anna.
Gen. Arista remains OF his farm-pcrmission
TO leave The country has been refused him.
The authorities Of Vera Cruz have finally re-
cognized Gen. Lombardni as provisional Presi-
dent.
1t is rumored at Vera Cruz TINT in consequence
of some disagreement with the President, Signor'
Sedo has been placed under arrest.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

SWEARING IN OF THE VIcE-PREsIpENT.-Th
N. D. Picay,tne has been favored with the fol-
lowing extract from private letter from Ma
tanzas, received by the Crescent City, from
which it appears that Vice-President King took
the oath of Office on the 4th Of March,:
"For the first time in the history of the Re-
public has the man'chosen by the people for the
second post of honor, taken the oath of Office in
a foreign land. William Rufus King was, on
the 4th ult, sworn in as Vice. President of the
United States, at the Cumbre, near Matanzas.
"The day was most beautiful one the clear
blue sky Of the tropics over our heads, the en-
erad carpet of Cuba beneath our feet, and the
delicious sea breeze of these ATTITUDES sprinkling
it's GOODNESS over all of u.s. Early in the morn
ing Consul Rodney, deputed by Judge Sharkey
to administer the oath, left town on horseback
for the Cumbre, accompanied by several Amer
lean gentlemen. A pleasant ride of three miles
brought US to the estate where Mr.. King was
residing, called La Cumbre, (the peak) from its
situation on the eliminating point of the hills
that Immediately surround Matanzas. The view
from here is one Of the most beautiful the eye
ever looked upou Far as the vision could reach
in this clear blue expanse, the beautiful valley
of the Yumar extended, with its winding river,
its varying fields of green and gold, dotted here
and there with white sparkling buildings that
looked like pearls set upon emerald, and the
brown hills stretching far, far away in the dis
lance. No more lovely or more impressive spot
could have been found in the whole world for
the ceremony, and the solemn grandeur of the
act and of the scene shed its spirit over us.
"The oath was administered by Consul Rod
ney to the Vice President, who was ready and
waiting our arrival. The volante was brought
up to the door, and Mr.. King stepped into it, in
order to ride into Matanzas before the sun sho'd
be too high to make it unpleasant. The whole
cavalcade, consisting of some twelve or fifteen
American gentlemen, Immediately mounting,
and forming as an escort around the carriage ac-
companed the Vice-President to town.
1.-THE Creoles who had gathered on the lawn
around the house, uncovered, and many heart
felt Vaya I'd con DioS God be with you) broke
from their lips as they rode away. On'the road
to town, the natives, wherever we met them, ST.
lently uncovered as we approached, and as we
ton. A few Spaniards, standing in gloomy ire
at the doors of their shops, viewed us in silence,
or muttered sullcn ajo as the dust of our hor-
ses' feet flew in their faces.
"Mr. King left Matanzas on the same day. for
the estate of Mr.. Chartrain, in the partdo of
Limonar about eighteen miles from here. His
health is very poor and no one accustomed to
see patients with pulmonary disease in this eli
mate, but knows he cannot survive very long.
He may live for months in this mild climate but
he can never be better. The old statesman views
his coming fate with calmness, as one who has
fought the good fight, and will lay hold of eter.
nal life"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06
THE GRAND RIVER TIMES.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1853.
rY- We are beginning to have substantial
GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

~ We are beginning to have substantial
assurance that clean disposition will as speed
lily as possible, be made of the vast army Of
wing office holders that have for the last few
years burdened the country. This is one of
many indications that thorough and vigorous
reform is about to take place in the admistra-
ton of every department of public affairs. The
leading measures ofthe new administration have
been most distinctly declared, but for the pur-
pose of carrying those measures into full and
lasting effect, it is necessary that'every post Of
responsibility within the patronage of govern
ment be filled by men who will yield TO those
measures an earnest and efficient support. The
people heartily sick of wing ineficiency and
wing misrule have by the most decided vote ev-
err polled placed the reins of government in the
which whig officials have held their present
comfortable positions, has thus been broken,
and decent regard to this expression of popu-
lar sentiment should suggest to them the pro-
priety of making quiet exit from places of
trust and influence under an administration
which is entirely at variance with their views Of
public policy. But such does not seem to be
the case in every instance. We hear the bitter
cry of prescription raised in certain quarters,
and have even been cognizant of strenuous per-
sonal effort being made to retain official station
where no claim could be established either on
the score of past fidelity in the discharge of du-
ty or a present sense of responsibility to its
requirements. We trust all such importunate
beggars of the public treasure will be brought
to the guillotine, and their places even the most
subordinate, made ready for the occupancy Of
men who unite some political knowledge with
known ability and tried integrity. enclosures
not men" has always been principle with the
democratic party. That party is now response
bic for the safe and efficient administration of
the affairs of the nation, and in the selection of
agents for that purpose there will be no recog-
milton of any private claim or prescriptive right
to the emoluments of office.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

GA MELANCHOLY SPECTACLE. One would
suppose, in reading the leading article of our
morning contemporary yesterday, that there was
never scramble for office at the outset of n
wing admnstration-that the wings have never
practiced upon the principle that " to the victors
belong the spoils." Though we may acknowl-
edge that there is lamentable rush at the ma
tional capital for the fruits of victory, we have
but to cast our eyes back to the events of l84l
and l849, to realize n picture of political cormo-
rantism unequalled by any present exhibition.
Gen. Pierces life is not supposed to be in i'm
mediate danger from the pressure that is upon
him; but it is remembered with sorrow that the
office seekers killed old Gen. Harrison in month
and that even that hardy old soldier Gen. Tay-
or lasted but a year. The like rush was never
known before-ravcnous wolves could not ex-
hbt more greedness; and if there is anything
at the present to compare with those memora
BILE periods, we are sorry that democrats should
be guilty of wing conduct.
Our contemporary, in suggesting that all APP
pontments should be left to the decision of the
members of Congress from each State, says:
"We speak of these things with planness,
and not in a spirit of animosity to any or all of
the members of our Congressional delegation,
to whom we should be doing an act of injustice,
should we withhold from them the very notor-
Gus fact that general understanding prevails
in community that their countenance and sup.
port for any given appointment is to be had for
money. Most Of the Congressional delegation
from this State love money, and want money as
bad as any of the ofice-seekers, and they look
upon the distribution of the offices, and upon
the employment of the necessary means to get
them, as mere business transactons'-to be
paid for like any other service"
We have always understood it to be a bad
rule "to judge others by oneself" We have
never heard Of but one member of Congress
from this State who treated the distribution of
office rs ga mere business transaction" and that
member was free soil Uhig, who was himself
Gas Mr.. Burgess said of Martin Van Buren, a
political accident. The successful competitor
of MIR. Stuart in the western district in l848, is
believed to have made the most of a position
accidentally acquired, and "featbered his nest'
beautifully When he went to Washington, at
the Inauguration of Gen. Taylor, it is said he
assessed" every one for whom he obtained of
fee, and some for whom he didn't At the ex.
piraton of his term, he left Washington with
commission in his pocket, and is understood,
altogether, as having done very well on the
score of "mere business transactions" This
being the only case Of the Kind on record, we
protest against our cotomporary presuming that
so singular an example will be followed by 9TH
ers holding the same position. 1t is species of
+" higher law" that is contrary to democratic
usage" Free Press 25th ult.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06
WASHINGTON, March %.

WASHINGTO Slarcn 70.
A report is prevalent here that Gen. Pierce
intends't TO counternand the Japan expedition
The exploration of Behring's Straits, will also
be postponed.
The correspondence between the American
Minister to Brazil and Mr.. Webster, which is
called for by Mr. Stewards resolution, will bring
to light some startling facts relative to the Bra
lillian slave trade, and show fully and conclusive
ly that during the last two administrations, there
has not been very cordial cooperation on the
part of our government with Brazil, to prevent
our own citizens from engaging in that trade
A gentleman now in this city,who, fortnight
ago, paid Mr.. King visit, says the Vice Presi-
dent is very sick,and has himself no expectation
Of recovery. He is very DESTROYS of returning
home, and will leave about the LIST of April, in
the steamer Fulton.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

The New York Courier says, it learns, from
the very best authority, that the family difficult
ties which were recently said to have determin-
ed Mad. Goldsmith to return to this country, do
not exist in the least degree and that there is
no present prospect of our hearing her again
from any cause whatever. This is just as we
expected. 1t is strange that genius and emf
nence cannot be safe, even in the sanctity of
home, from the barbed tongue of falsehood and
malice, or if idle and reckless rumor, that is Of
ten quite as bad as detraction or calumny.
Det. Times.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

OAKLAND AND OTTAWA RAILRoAD.-The
Milwaukee Sentinel, in speaking of the pros
poets of the construction of this work says,
"All Wisconsin, and the regions west of Wis
consin, watch with lively interest the progress
of this work, and will hail its completion with
delight. 1t is destined to be the great thorough
fare between the East and the West, and the
sooner it is finished, the more certain will DO
its success and the larger the profits of the
stockholders"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

NEWSPAPER CoMMANDMENTs.-Mount Sinai
newspaper, has handed down the following pithy
code for newspaper government As ours is
not of the cumbrous size, necessity, at least,
makes it the law for us:
stenography.
.. Be pointed. Don't write all around a.
subject without hitting it,
3. State facts, but don't stop to moralize.-.
1t is drowsy subject. Let the reader do his
own dreaming.
a. Esclew prefaces. Plunge at once into
your subject like q swimmer into cold water.
B. If YOU have written sentence which you
think particularly fine, draw your pen through
it. a pet child is always the worst in the fam
lily.
6. Condense. Make sure that you ready have
an idea, and then record it in the shortest pos
sible terms. We want thoughts in their qulnt-
essence.
7. When your article is completed, strike out
nine tenths of The adjectires. The English IS
strong language but wont bear much "reduc-
ing"
8. Avoid all high: falutin language The
planest Anglo Saxon words are the best. New
err use stills when legs will do as well.
9. Make your sentences short. Every period
is milestone at which the reader may halt and,
rest himself.
10. Write legby. Don't let your MANN
script look like the tracks Of spider half
drowned in ink. We shan't mistake any one for
genius though he writes as crabbedly as Ma
pOeOn.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06
New YORK, March 20.

The chief point of interest in California was
the extensive robberies that were committed in
the interior by an organized band. Great efforts
have been made to capture the daring bandits,
but without success.
The population of San. Francisco turned out
on the occasion of Washington's birthday.
The subject of the division Of the State is still
an important one before the people, though its
advocates are at present quiet.
We find no confirmation of the reported at
tempt to assassinate the King of Naples
The unfortunate Australian mail packet Aus
tralia has again, for the fourth time, put back
to Plymouth. She sprung leak in the Bay of
Biscay, and was only saved from laundering by
the exertions of the crew and passengers, who
had to work night and day at the pumps.
At Monmouth, an explosion occurred On the
18th, killing IL persons, and injuring large
number.
Advices from China, report the rapid and sue
cessfu progress of the rebels.
Switzerland was in great agitation in refer
ence TO the measures adopted by Austria on its
frontier. 1t is feared some collision would
take place. The town of Cremona had been
placed in state of seige, in consequence of n
sentinel having been killed.
The advices from Paris state that Louis Ma
poleon had succeeded in obtaining the consent
of the Pope to visit Paris in May to perform the
Imperial coronation, Austria and Russia having
relaxed their opposition.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
CINCINNATI, March Is.

The boilers of the steamer Bee exploded to-
day on the Ohio River, at West Franklin, be-
low Evansville, killing Mr.. Smith, one of the
pilots, and Mr.. Bayon the steward. Mr.. Stark,
the first clerk, Mr.. Reeder, the other pilot, and
four of the deck hands were dangerously scald-'
ed
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06
New YORK, March 2Sth.

NEW TURN, NIHTCH AOIH
A Havana letter, of the 22d, says that in the
neighborhood of Quncaro, about 35 miles from
Havana, robbers are proving about in gangs Of
one hundred each, defying the police and SOL
diers. A few days ago two of these bands met
each other when fierce contest ensued be-
tween them, each one being under the impress
sion that the other was detachment of troops
to arrest them.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

Punch says that the heirs of Robinson Cru
soc have instituted suit for the recovery Of
the island Of Juan Fernandez, on the ground
that their great ancestor was monarch of all he
surveyed.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

w" Between four and five o'clock in the
morning of Friday last, destructive fire broke
out in one of the small tenements on the north
side of Washington street. Five buildings were
burned, and sixth torn down in order to pre-
vent further spread of the conAagration.-
Nothing bu: the greatest exertons saved the
best part of the town from destruction. AL
though apparently much exposed, our village has
been singularly fortunate in regard to fres.-
This is the first that has occurred for many
years, and better locality for its ravages could
not have been selected. The value of the build
ngs destroyed is triding, and their absence
gives decidedly improved appearancet TO the re-
gion in which they stood. We trust the burnt
district" will soon be occupied by erections of
an imposing and substantial character.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

~ In another column will be found sum.
mary of the most important items of telegraph.
c intelligence carefully selected from the De-
troit papers of the last week. We shall here.
after in every issue of our paper follow this
plan of keeping our readers thoroughly posted
in the latest news Of the day.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

~" 1t is true that there is party of sur.
veyors, Jewelers., &c., on the line of the o. &
0. Railroad, between Ada and Grand Haven,
under the immediate charge of Mr.. linus. There
are three other parties on the line east of Ada.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06

To CAPTAINS OF VEssELs.-The laws Of the
United States require that every captain or 9th.
er officer, having charge of vessels, sailing or
steaming on the lakes, shall, before discharg-
ing his freight or cargo, go to the Collectors
Office and make oath that he has deposited in
the post office all the letters con6ded to his care
The penalties attached to violation of this law
are very severe, and we understand that ii is in
tended to enforce it strictly.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-06
CINCINNATI, March 90.


An immense mass meeting was held last eve-
ming, III Market Square, TO nominate an indepeh-
dent ticket for city officers to sustain common
schools, in opposition to the encroachments of
the Roman Catholics.