The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-12-16
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floundering in its last throes, and spouting
blood"
"Yes, very like awhale,' replied gentle
man present." at any rate, she bids fair to
give the allies a devil of qohaling. - Bos
ton Times. ...r.. .
PATENT HONEY Cooperstown (N.Y.)
Times says there is Yankee in that town
selling rights to manufacture honey. The
editor has tried the honey, and pronounces
it beautiful in appearance and delightful
to the taste" 1t is made principally Of
sugar, and can be afforded at one shilling per
pound What shall we have next?
Mr. EDITOR: What kind of banks are you
in favor of? Neither the State bank system,
national bank or stock banks find favor in
your Courier. o. P. Q.
ANSWER, We are in favor of ore banks,
subsoil banks, boulder banks, and gravel
banks-and opposed to all banks for the
manufacture of paper money! Madison
Courier.
The front of Hillsdale college, (Mich.) is
two hundred and fifty feet long, the average
depth about fifty-fve, and the height four
stories above the basement. 1t is situated
on rise Of ground in the center of the
village, and has commanding appearance.
The college is under the patronage of the
Free Will Buptists, and will be opened for the
admission of scholars in few months.
The Newburyport (Mass. Herald says the
shoe business is duller than at any time since
l840--less demand at home and from abroad,
and many manufacturers are suspending bu-
siness.
The Princeton steam n has gone out from
Key West to search for the missing u. S.
sloop- ofwar Albany.
The Wheeling Intelligencer says the Bel
mont Iron Mills of that city have $4,000
kegs of nails on hand. waiting transporta-
ton down the river to The various markets
of the west.
At rUucroy there are al least quarter of
a million Of dollars in the shape of coal,
salt, iron, &C., waiting passage to market.
A liquor seller in Lebanon was brought
before the probate judge of Warren county,
on Saturday last, and it being his second o.
fence, he was fined 800 and costs and i'm
prisonment in the county Jail 40 days.
The Parkville Luminary, Platte CO., Mo,
says that three or four thousand Missourians
went over into Kanzas to vote for a congress
Isional delegate from that territory. In con-
sequence of this, Whitfield, the pro-slavery
candidate, is elected by large majority over
FIenniken, republican.
CHINESE TESTIMONY NOT VALID--In tn,
supreme court of California, a conviction
for murder has been set aside on the ground
that it was procured by the testimony of
Chinese witnesses. The ruling of the court
was that Chinese are not competent to give
testimony against whites
The Virginia democratic convention Sat
three days, and at the end of its stormy ses-
sions Wise was nominated for governor. Ma
ny voted no on the motion Of confirmation.
A resolution endorsing Pierce & Co., was
passed, of course.
The fiftieth anniversary of the establish
, ment of the Cincinnati Gazette was duly
celebrated at the Burnet House, Dec 4th, by
a splendid public supper, speeches, toasts,
band of music, and good time generally.
CoLT's REvoLvERs.- The English papers
state that the number of the repeating pis-
tolls or revolvers manufactured by Mr. Colt
during the past two years, amounts to two
hundred thousand. The profit on each pis-
tol is said to be ss5, so that on 100000 his
profits reach the immense sum of 81 100000.
SHIPwREcKs.-Nine thousand deaths have
Occurred, within the last Is months, from
Ishipwrecks alone.