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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23
Taxes-A Deception.

The Statesman copies from the Carrolton
paper an article on the levy about being col
lected, in which an attempt is made to de-
ceive the people about the amount of taxes
this year. The percentage Of tax is cited as
evidence of the reduction of amount The
intelligent reader will see through this de-
ception at once, and the honest man will
despise such tricks. The truth is kept out
of sight that there has been a re-valuation
of the basis of taxation for this year, by
which property has been chalked up from
ten to one hundred per cent, averaging
something over thirty-three per cent. ad-
vance. On this new valuation the percent
age is calculated and Of course it must be
less than that of last year, unless the in
crease of taxes is greater than the basis.
A few figures will set this all right, so that
the dullest mind will clearly apprehend it,
If not, he will be able to understand what
we mean above, when he comes to pay his
taxes.
The total valuation of real property in
this State, in 1858, was 1858. 699i965 total
State tax, $l 1923, ,369. Total valuation Of
real property in 1854 exclusive of new
structures,) 1866, 6,964,835; total State tax,
$2, 0l2,7l8-beinG an increase of State taxes
on real property Of SlS3,349
The increase in county, township and cor
poration taxes, will depend upon the local
authorities and the habits of economy Of the
officers The people must themselves look
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

of the counties bordering upon the State of
Missouri, and alleged that he could not con-
ceive how man could be called an aboli-
zionist for sustaining compromise for which
the entire south have voted, and for the
passage of which Mr.. Clay and other south.
ern statesmen had gained so much applause
An old gentleman happened to be present
who lived in Missouri and, after Grimes
had finished his speech, he went up to him
and said: :" Sir, you are right in the views
YOU have taken upon this Nebraska business,
but you might as well make up your mind
to be called an abolitionist for the balance
OF your life, for the times have sadly
changed since the passage Of the Missouri
Compromise, and now, if you don't want to
be called an abolitonist, even if YOU live il
a slave State and own slaves. it is necessary
always to have negro by the nape of the
neck, and be continually kicking him.
As long as the teachings of the Missouri
Republican prevail in this State no man
will be safe from the accusation of b,ing an
aboIitionist, without adopting the plan in
dicated-- st. Louis Dem,
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

TOLEDO NURSERY ASSOCIATION BY an ar
ticle in this paper, copied from the Blade,
1t will be seen that joint stock association
for nursery and fruit growing purposes has
been organized at Toledo. The Toledo Nur-
Sery, (Which, by the way, is located almost
entirely in this county,) is to be greatly en-
iargcd, aud will doubtless become one of the
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

most valuable and attractive collections in
the United States. The grounds occupied by
this association prove very well adapted for
the growth of trees, and show what has so
often been said of the adaptation of this
county for fruit growing. The character for
energy and promptness of the new board,
gives the best assurance of the success of
this enterprise.
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into this branch of the subject. If they do
not find their taxes larger this year than
last, 1t aciu be no fault of our State goUcrn-
ment, for it will be seen that one hundred
and eighty-three thousand three hundred and
forty-nine dollars increased taxes for State
purposes, is TO be raised out Of somebody =
10. S. Journal.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

FoRNEy AND THE PREsIDENT.-Th follow
ing is from the Washington correspondent
of the National Democrat -
During a temporary absence of President
Pierce, Col. J. w. Forney is his prncipa
representative at the seat of government
The influence of this gentleman over his
excellency is as great as it is surprising, and
is observed by all. A short time since a
United States senator was engaged with the
President in a conversation on business,
when Mr.. +. entered unannounced Prcs-
dent Pierce Immediately arose, and throw
ing an arm around him, they promenaded
the floor, until the neglected and insulted
senator, chacrined and mortified at the Pres
idents rulanass, left the White House in
disgust. The same thing is,said to have
happened with other gentlemen and is one
great reason why the administration organ
will soon have to be set to the popular
air of Jordan is hard road to travel"
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

Fatal RESULT OF THE DuEL.-The young
man Short, who fought duel with young
Peacock few davs since near Alexandra,
Kentucky, and who was shot in the lef,
shoulder, died from the effects of the wound
on Sunday evening last. Peacock is still at
large.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

IMPORTATION OF FoREIGN PApER.-The
New York Sun has imported paper from
France, paying duty Of thirty per cent.
and three per cent, more for lreightagc, and
then getting better article as cheap as that
made at home.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23
PERRYsBURG JOURNAL.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER %, 1854.
Coming Over.

1t must be source of just congratulation
and pride among anti-Nebraska men, and
especially antiNebraska democrats, to see
how thoroughly and entirely they stand JUS
titled in the course they have taken, by the
resolutions which the Napoleon convention
was, by strong necessity, forced to adopt on
the subject. If there is one thing that char
acterizes the democratic party more than
another, it is a strict adherence to its presi-
dent when in power. If there is one meas
ure more than another that President Pierce
has staked the popularity of his administra-
tion upon, it is the repeal of the Missouri
compromise, and the establishment of the
principle that the people of any state or ter
ritory may have slaves or not, just as tyran-
ny and rapacity or justice and humanity
may happen the one or the other to prepon-
deTate among them. The principle which
lies at the foundation of the constitution
and government of the United States, put
there by Jefferson and the other trainers of
our republican system, that this government
was established to secure the freedom of the
people and the rule of justice among them,
has been reversed by the Pierce administra-
tion and the government put upon the tack of
extending the limits of slavery and declaring
that as nation we have no power to pro-
hibit it anywhere. Usage had so accustom-
ed the democratic file-leaders to stick to the
president that they were generally declaring
the justice and propriety of the repeal of the
Missouri compromise and bepraising those
who did it. But the Napoleon convention
came. Some longer heads managed affairs
there, and ''presto change,'' a complete sum-
rnerset was turned, and the democracy came
up a-straddle of sort of anti-Nebraska
hobby-horse. 1t was discovered that the
people still adhere to Mr.. Jefferson and the
constitutional principle of national freedom,
and great effort must be made to appear to
be on the same side, Notwithstanding Pierce
& Co. were on the other side.
But we tell you, gentlemen, it is impossi-
BILE; you cannot serve both God and man.
mon; you cannot be earnestly against the
repeal of the Missouri compromise and at
the same time uphold the Pierce administra-
tion. The one position is utterly inconsist-
ent with the other. You upheld Pierce un-
til you saw that the people condemned him,
and you now try to mount the anti-Nebraska
platform and still support him. This is rank
hypocrisy, paltering in double sense. You
cannot be permitted to steal this lions skin
and hide your recreant limbs beneath it.
You must not steal the livery of heaven to
serve the devil in. If you wish to stand by
Pierce, stand by slavery too, as he does. Be
men, and not towards. But you dare not
40, you dare pot go before the people with
the president on this question So you must
needs shuttle and shrink and try to shirk out
Of your true position. 1t is dishonest
course, and the people see and know it just
as well as you do.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

CIVILIZATION IN ArmcA-Tha New York
Tribune brings TO our knowledge the fact
that the Doors. as they are called, The dcscen-
dants of the original Dutch settlers who first
took refuge at the Cape Of Good Hope from
religious persecution about I'll, year 1850,
have established an independent government
up the coast north Of the 2Jth degree Of
south latitude. The 25th degree is the boun-
dairy Of the British claim as heretofore as-
serted. The settlers who have formed this
colony have been driven from the original
colony by the failure of The British authori-
ties, under the influence Of the missionaries,
to extend to them protection against the
native tribes. The Doors took the matter
into their own hands, and after retreating
before the influence of the authorities from
place to place, finally made their stand be
yond the Vaal river, below the limit Of
British territorial claim, and there founded
what they call the Trans-Vaal Republic.
The British Government have made several
attempts to bring the independent settler,
under its dominion, but all overtures having
been rejected, the matter was formally laid
before Parliament by Mr.. Alderly Under
the advice of persons acquainted with Afri-
can affairs treaty was concluded between
the Doors and the British Government. by
which the inhabitants Of what was formerly
called the Orange River Sovereignty (the
settlement from which they had last been
driven) were declared " free and independen,
of the British throne" On the 10Th Of April.
in this year, soon after the final treaty was
signed, the new State adopted lis Constitu-
ton.
This is new feature in African civiliza-
ton. With the French at the North, AM
Liberia on the West coast, with the an
proaches constantly going on at the East
under Egyptian influences, we have some,
thing to hope for Africa through such indie
pendent movements as this at The South un-
der Dutch thrift and perseverance.-[O. S.
Journal.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

A suit occurred recently before one of the
city magistrates at Cincinnati, in regard to
the ownership of COW, during which thir-
ty-five witnesses were examined, and at the
termination of the suit, the successful claim,
ant was obliged to sell the COW at publis
auction in order to raise funds sufficient to
pay his lawyers fee.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

The cholera still prevails at Pittsburgh.
Fifty-th deaths occurred there on the 18th.
and within FIVE days 253 persons have dieG
Of this disease.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

TAKING HIM ON PRoBAT1oN. We believe
that the Methodists, in receiving new mem
bers to their Church, generally take them on
probation, for term Of 3, 6 or months.
and if they continue sincere, and of good
behavior, during such term, they are then
received in full communion, in the Church.
We sugget to the Anti-Nebraska men, if it
would not be the safest to try Brother Com.
mager for a while on probation before he is
taken into full communion, on the Anti
Nebraska platform. His recent conversion
to Anti-Nebraskaism, at Napoleon, looks to
us little like dearh-bad confessions, and il
is generally preached that they are of little
avail. If Bro. Commagar should prove true
TO the faith for 3 months, or 6 months. or a
year, or say two years, then his Anti-Ncbras-
ka brethren could have no hesitation in vot-
ing for him. But we think that it is the
safest just at this time, to take him on pro-
bation.-I Maumee Times.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

The following incident has been related
to us, which occurred in the recent canvass
in Iowa. Grimes, the whig candidate for
Governor, took high ground against the re-
peal Of the Missouri Compromise, and was
assaied by the administration papers, and
some whig papers also, for being an aboli-
zionist, On account of his being opposed to
the Nebraska bill, and the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, He defended him
self against this charge in speech in one
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

@yAfter alluding to the nomination of
candidates for common pleas judge in the
Lucas district, for which, because of the
large amount of judicial business, an addi-
tional judgeship was provided by the last
Legislature, the M. V, Democrat says:
"What is the committee of our judicial
district about There are but three weeks
before the election, and no nomination made
for Judge. 1t is high time some action were
taken.'
A democratic friend of ours suggests that
Ieither the editor Of the Democrat or the board
of public works call convention at once
If this be done, Judge Hall will please con-
slider his five years term of office at an end.
JUSTICES ELECTIoN.-We inadvertently
neglected to notice last week, as we should
have done, the election of three justices of
the peace for Perrysburg township, on Mon
day, the llth inst. The following gentle
men were elected: Marshall Key, Jr., David
Ross, and Joshua Chappell Their predeces-
sors in office were Elijah Huntington, Peter
Laney, and Stephen Williams, who all died
of cholera during its late prevalence in this
place.
INCREASE OF JOURNALISM IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-According to the census report of
1910, there were, at that time, in the United
States
Daily publications l38
Weekly, l,l4l
-. y. 4
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Total

This shows an addition in ten years OF
eight hundred and eighty-fve publications,
which is an increase of over fifty per cent.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

COMMODORE TERRY.--l ne editor OF the N.
\. Courier & Enquirer. writing to that paper
from London, Aug, oath, says:
g AS an American and personal friend of
Commodore Perry, | am delighted to hear The
terms in which he Is spoken Of in high quar-
terS here, and by the officers of the army and
navy, at the "Sanior United Service" and
d" the Army and Navy Clubs. 1t is con.
ceded on all hands, that he has executed his
great mission with extraordinary tact and
judgment, united to indomitable lirmness.
In reply to the question---What will your
government do for him ? it causes ii blush of
shame TO arise, when am compelled to an
swer--mothimg.
1T refused the veteran Scott, the poor
compliment of brevet for the conquest Of
Mexico, under circumstances which abun
dainty prove, that he was the only man liv-
ing, who could have accomplished it with the
means placed at his disposal. And who can
doubt but that it will treat Perry with the
same indignity. But be that as it may, Perry
has won for himself name and fame, not
eclipsed even by that Of his gallant brother,
whose heroic deeds on Lake Erie will live
until the language in which they are record
ed, ceases to exist. Our present government
may refuse to do the Commodore honor, be-
cause they desired his failure in consequence
of the Japan expedition having been "a whig
measure; but the people will! not forget him
or the administration which was striving TO
cripple him at the very moment Of his sue
cess
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INCREASE OF JOURNALISM IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-According to the census report of
1910, there were, at that time, in the United
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1854-10-25

HORACE MERRILL Boot and Shoemaker
Boots and Shoes neatly repaired, and all orders
promptly ttended to. Shop one door below the
Washington House
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WASHINGTON HOUSE, BY Henry Penney
er The proprietor has the past spring newly
fitted and partly re-furnished this House, and
feels confident visitors will find the House to
compare favorably with the best in the State
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HOPKINS & ROTHERS, Storage Forward
ing and Commission Merchants; general dealers
in all kinds of Dry Goods, Groceries, Grain and
Provisions manufacturers and dealers whole
sale and retail i'm all kinds of lumber Mill
Point, Mich.
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Il. M. s. SMITH, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines,
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs, Dry Goods, Groce-
ries and Provisions, Crockery, Hardware Books,
Stationery, &C. At the Post office corner of
Park and Barber streets, Mill Point, Mich.
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II. MULDER, Clock and Watch Maker, Mill
Point, Mich, is prepared to do all kinds of work
in the best manner and on the most reasonable
terms
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HENRY GRIFFIN, Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public for Ottawa County, has resumed
his former Land Agency business, and will at
tend promptly to the payment of non-residents
taxes will negotiate for the purchase or sale Of
both pine and farming lands. Deeds, Bonds or
mortgages, &C., executed at reasonable rates
and with despatch Office opposite the Wash
ington House, Grand Haven.
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GILBERT G. DURFEE, Under Sheriff and
acting Sheriff of Ottawa County, Mich, also
Constable in and for the township of Ottawa in
said County Office opposite the Washington
House, up stairs, Grand Haven Mich.
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VIM. Preusser, "A. Preusser, M. III. Allartit.
VIM PREUSSER g. CO., Clock AMI Watch
Makers, Jewellers, and dealers in Musical Instru-
ments. Particular attention paid to repairing
fine Watches. Monroe street, Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
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c. DAVIS g. CO., Dealers in Dry Goods Groce
ries, Provisions, Hardware, Crockcry, Boots and
Shoes, &c. Muskcgon, Mich.
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GILBERT g. CO., Manufacturers and Dealers
in Lumber, Shingles. Slaves, Wood and Timber
Grand Haven, Feb. %, 1854.
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JOHN T. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor Shop on
Washington street, second door west of IL. Grif-
fms store.
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HENRI Y GRIFFIN, Commission Merchant and
General Agent, Dealer in Salt Flour, Dry and
Green Fruits, Provisions, Family Groceries
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, &C.. &c, at his old
stand opposite the Washington House, Grand
Haven, Michigan.
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r. w. DUNCAN, Attorney at Law, Prosecuting
Attorney, and Circuit Court Commissioner for
Ottawa Co. Office third door below the Wash
ton House, up stairs.
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eCROSVENOR REED, Attorney and Counsel
Ter at Law. All business intrusted to me will be
promptly and satisfactorily attended to. Resi-
dence, Charleston Landing, Ottawa Co. Mich.
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FERRY e. WALLACE, Dealers in Fancy
Goods, Clothing. Boots and Shoes, Hardware
and Groceries Water ST., Grand Haven, Mich.
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FERRY g. SONS, Forwarding and Commits
sion Merchants. Central Dock, Grand Haven,
Mich,
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WILLIAM ". ANGEL, Register of Deeds,
and Notary Public for Ottawa Co. Office over
II. Griffin's store, Washington street, opposite
the Washington House.
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HOYT G. POST, Clerk of Ottawa Co. Office
over III. Griffin's store, opposite the Washington
House.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY--1S54

WILLIAM HA THA WAY Jr., Judge of Pro-
bate for Ottawa Co. p. o. address, Crockery
Ottawa Co., Mich.
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STEPHEN MONROE Physician and Sur
geon Office over J. T. Davis Tailor Shop
Washington street.
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Commission Merchants, Fire Proof. Brick Ware
house Nos. 192 and 1914 South Water Street..
Chicago, I'll. Goods received and forwarded to
Grand Haven with Dispatch and at the lowest
figure, Cash advances made on consgnments.
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GEORGE PARKS, Treasurer of Ottawa Co.,
and Justice of the Peace. Office third door be-
low the Washington House, up stairs.
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r.. j. COLLINS, Physician and Surgeon, Mil
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Smiths Drug Store
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M. b. HOPKINS, Attorney and Counsellor at
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west Of III. Griffin's store
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- OLOMOS's famous Spectacles always on hand
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