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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-08-29
' cry truly yours.
LEWIS D.
Still Another 0ntrape.

We are called upon TO record another
case of mobbng by the 6re-eaters in
western Missouri. The Rev. W. Il. Wi
ley, preacher, in charge of the Harrison
vile Circuit, Missouri Conference, was
on Thursday, 2nd inst. arrested on the
highway by a gang of eighteen mounted
men, who informed him that he had been
accused of preaching abolition doctrines
and circulating abolition documents, and
that it was necessary he should go with
them to HarriSonville in order 10 have
the matter investigated The party
stopped for supper at a cabin in the prai-
RE, where the bottle was freely passed !;
and brother w. was insultingly invited
to drink, and oaths and obscene jests
banded i'll his presence.
After supper they went on to Har-
rlSOnville with the prisoner, and a guard
of three men was set owe him during
the nigh. Next morning he was waited
upon by some men, who informed him
that they had been appointed a commit
tee TO search his effects, in order to aScer-
tain if he had abolition documents about
him. The work f search was through /;
they examined every article about him,
even to reading his private letters, but
found nothing TO justify the charges
made While this search was going on
a meeting was in progress in the Court
House, and after the committee had re-
TUNED and made out their report, broth
er W. was wal ed upon by another com
mittee, which informed him that he was
called for at the Court House. He went
o.er, accompanied by the committee,
and found about 200 men present, most
of whom were of the baser set. The
chairman, an Individual glUrying in the
name of Mr. Maxw II, informed him of
the charges made against him, and also,
thai the meeting had come to The conclu-
sion TO give him seven days TO leave the
State, and that if he did not, the conse-
quences, whatever they might be, would
be upon his own head. Brother w
made "a brief speech 20 them, in which
he informed them that if he had commit
ted any offence against the laws he was
willing to suffer, but protested against
their right thus TO arraign him before a
lawlesst tribunal. He vast ldthatthe great
misfortune was that the laws were not
strict enough, and at they had taken
the law into their own hands.
Thee facts we gather from Brother
Wiley himself, who is now in this city,
he having for the present left that part Of
the country by the advice of his friends.
He represents the excitement all along
the border ~aSSbeing veIy great. The
f~re-eaters have secret organization, and
all who refuse to join ii ale branded with
aboliIionism, and their movements
watched, even though they tie citizens
of many years starding, and whose IN
tegrily is entirely unimpeachable. What
the end of lhese things is 10 be we can
moi tell. We confess the prospect is
dark and ~forbidding. The only present
remedy we can see is the immediate In
reference of the Executive, backed BY
the law abiding and peaceful Il 'izens.-
What will Gov. Price do in this emergen-
cy.-St. Louis Christian AdCocate.
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Western Reserve Chronicle.

This excellent journal has commenced
its fortieth volume-honorable old age
for this new country. The editors in
dulge in some interesting "reminiscences
of newspapers, going back to the origin
of The Trump Of Fame, the loud sound
ing title of the first newspaper issued in
Warren, June 10Th, 1919, publ shed by
THOMAS D. WEBB. Esq, and printed by
DAVID FLEMING.
The Hon. FRAECIs GRANGER and Hon.
BENJAMIN TAPPAN were then Young men,
and associates of friend WEBB. It is re.
lated that they happened to go into
WEBB S sanctum, and the subject OF
christening the new paper was discussed.
WEBB insisted upon "The Tfutp Of
Fame as the f%avorite cognomen for his
bantling, 10 which TAPPAN moved the
addition-"'or, Fool s Horn !' Wheih
er TAPPAN got booted or crutched, the
Tramp never blowed about Ueveland
Herald.
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Parties in Kansas.

Let the Demagogues says what they
will, We have but two parties in Kansas,
II a Free Stale party, another a Slave
State party. As to al Adm nistraIlon
partv here it is all moonshine. Some of
the government officials take one side,
some the other. The Administration,
we believe, stands neutral on the slavery
question in Kansas. Efforts have been
made to divide the Free State men in
Kansas, but thus far these efforts have
utterly failed. Only one question Is now
before the people-Frcedom or Slavery.
Before it all other questions sinks INTO
insigrifcance. The ologies and iSms ex-
isting at the East are unknown here. BY
mutual consent, every other question
Is dropped. Nothing is enquired about
a mans prior opinions, whether he IS
Administration or ani-AdmIniStraton,
whether he is from Illinois or Missouri,
New York, Tennessee or Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania or Georgia,-but is he
hight on the n question ?--KaRsa Tn
6une.1 til uH.
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Dreadful Tragedy at Coldwater.

Much excitement was occasinned in
town veSter 'ay, by the receipt of intelli-
gence that Mr.. Poken, Clerk in the Eng
IiSh Cathedral, and teacher of the Paro.
chial School, had been shot on Tuesday
last, at Coldw ter. on Georgian Bay, by
a man named Kennedy. and subsequent
ly died. We learned last night. on the
arrival of northern cars. that the follow
ing were the ( cts proved before the Coro-
ner's Jury, who held an inquest on the
body. Mr.. Kennedy, a %shipbuilder, was
formerly a resident in Toronto, and had
reason 10 believe that a too familiar in
timacy then existed between his wife and
Poken. Sometime after his removal to
COldwater. Kennedy discovered that the
criminal intimacy between the parties
had been rem, wed /; but was r~econciled to
his wife on obtaining from her and Poken
an oath that they would never see each
other again.
Re emily, however, Kennedy learned
that his wife had been writing to Poken,
and succeededin ntercepiingoneo of them,
which made an appointment with Poken
that she would meet him at Coldwater
on Tuesday evening. On that evening
Kennedy arranged to be at home. Pc
ken having arrived 1T Coldwater, was
observed by Kennedy walking up and
down before his house, having an ebony
ruler in his hand, attached 10 a piece of
string. Kennedy went out and asked
what he wanted. Poken replied that he
had come to see Mr.. Samson, (who has a
store in Coldwater, J and that he had a
right to be- there. An alteration ensued
between them, and Poken hit Kennedy
in the face with the ruler already refer
redto. Kennedy drew a doub'e-barreled
pistol, and. retreating a few steps, fired,
but did not hit Poken, who then advan-
ced, tlIealeningly, upon him. Kennedy
retrrated till he reached the wall, and
then fired the other barrel, wounding
Poken fatally in the breast. The unhap-
Py man died next morning. The Coro
ners inquest terminated in a verdict Of
JUsrIFIABLE HOMICIDE. TORONTO Globe,
lam III
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Organized System of Robbery on Hudson
River Steamboats,.

For ome time past merchandise
brought from New York to this city has
been stolen from the boats, but in such
an adroit manner that it has bafled the
skill of the Office S of the boats and the
agents here to detect the guilty parties.
The property stolen has always been
that which was valuable and most bulky,
such as packages OF Irish linen. About
two weeks since two pieces were stolen,
and a reward offered for their restora-
ton. Yesterday morning it was discov-
cred after the passengers had left the
boat, that another piece, weighing about
1876 pounds, had been stolen. Col. Har-
court at once determined to ferret put
the thieves, and break up the system =
He accordingly conferred with Chef
Morgan and Captain McDufie, and
measures weie adopted to secur the
property, and arrest the guilty parties.
They visited each of the railroad depots
in the city, and made inquiries from the
attaches whether or not they lad noticed
any one having a package answering the
description. At the Hudson River depot
they {" got on the trail, one of the sta
ton men having noticed two Germans,
who took an early train for New York,
with a bundle which appeared to be very
heavy. An officer in ~Poughkeppsie was
informed by telegraph to apprehend these
men, and upon the arrival of the train
did so. There is 10 doubt but what
there is and has been a regular organic
ed band of p~ickpockets and murderers
who travel on steamers for the purpose
of pursuing their ~nefarious VOCATION
Al6any ArgUs, dag. IL
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a Frightened Engineer.

One dark night last week, at a quick
succession OF the sharp curves which dis
tinguish the Catawissa Road, the cngi-
neer of a lengthy freight train perceived
t, his horror a light apparently rapidly
approaching, on the same track upon
which he was whistling along. The
disastrous effects of a collision flashed
across his mind, and caused each indi
yidual member Of his capillary Uranium
ornamental arrangements to assume an
erect position, to the danger of his "hos-
suih," as he hastily whislled down
brakes" After z fearful effort on the
part OF the now Thoroughly frightened en-
gineer, who still witnessed the light ap-
preaching apparently nearer and near
err, the train was stopped. %Singularly
enough, The light stopped simultaneously;
bus no whistle answered lis nothing
but Tie reyubera.ion of his own was sent
back in the mingled echoes from the
adjoining mountains. The light, burn
Ing brightly, still faced him, however
Struck by the mysterious aspect which
the occurrence began TO wear, an lnveS-
tigation was instituted. when it was dis
covered that the engineer had stopped
for the hind light Of has OwR trdin.-
Sharp curve in that section of the ''ked
entry - The yarn may appear tough,
but it is nevertheless true.-PohSClie
Journal.
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Bridging Detroit River at its Mouth.

OClIO1I hINCI dI 4LS AOuIU.
lillian Scott, chief engineer Of the
proposed railroad from the mouth of De-
troit River, along the north shore of
Lake Erie. to Niagara River, has a let
ter in the last Amherstburgh &c. W.
Telegraph relative to bridging the first
named stream. He says.
Il examined the %soundings of the
River Detroit, rear Amherstburgh, SO as
to he able to lay before you something IAN
gible as to the lowe texpenSe at which the
crossing of that river could be effected in
all seasons OF the year. l have since
drawn detailed plans, and made a Gaze.
full estimate based on work actually done
under my WI superintendent and L
find that the whole can be brIdged to a
point within 500 yards of the Canadian
shore, including the grading of the Is
land-in all Il distance of 3 3 4miles-to
carry a double track, for the sum of
:f82. 600 currency ; from the point
above named, the communication 600
yards across the navigablc channel, can
be made by ferry boat at all seasons, as
this part of the river has not been frozen
over for thirty years. The American
channel will require twenty one arches
OF 1870 feet span each, he centre one be
ing sixty feet clear above the water, 10
admit small steamers and barges to pass
under it, and will alone cost $4,000 of
the above sum. If the American Gov.
m would sanction low bridging
with a large draw, the saving of ECO,
600 could be effected"
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Gov. Irimble.

Poor old Governor TTimb.e- who US
sed to play Governor Of Ohio neariy thir-
tv wears ago--has accepted the nominal
ton Of Pap Taylor Convention lie
will, in four or five counties, probably
g,t votes enough to put in the scattering
column. DeIuded old nan OF eighty !
W. would not insult his gray hairs by
iptimatine, Mot he is IN his second chad
hool. But, after all, there is Il peculiar
appropriateness in running him as I4e
S.aHe ing Candidate for GoUtrR0 lie
was an inva,erate Office seeker and often
received, at an early day, the scatter
ina gote" Tor Governor against Worth
~iullon, Brown and Morrow 10 BE-
therefore, the Scattering Candid te for
Pap Taylor in 1855 is a recurrence to
first principles-Lc5 Star.
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Killed nv Lightning.

A daughter of Mr.. John Anon, OF
Frenchcrcek Township, while riding on
a load of hay from the field to the barn,
was killed by lightning, on Friday, 10th
inst. The yoke of cattle attached 10 the
wagon were also killed and the driver,
although considerably stunned. was not
MORALLY injured. Two .iaie boys, who
were walking some distance behind he
wagon, were also badly shocked.-Aer-
ce- Democrat.
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~tf 80
Rrprarts have been ia circulation that
Gov. Corwin would not vote for Mr..
Chase. We give The following from the
.Xenia T5rcA Light.
TnE UcKEYE Boy, @. K.-Gov. Cor.
win was in town on Friday last on bust
ness. He was asked to make a speech
for the Republican ticket. He declin-
ed doing so. saying hat his private en-
gagemenls were such as to require all
his time but he expressed himself warm
ly in favor of the ticket, and declared.
further, that if he thought there was any
doubt of its success, no considerations
merely personal to himself would deter
him from taking The stump in its behalf.
He regards the success of the Republi-
can ticket of Ohio as not onlv essential
Ia the success of much needed refor in
this State. but as eminenily essential to
The %permanency and success of tie uni
ted movement in behalf of freedom so
g%icriou>ly inaugurated last fall. In re-
gard To Mr.. Chase, himself, he saws that
he regards him as a good, honest, able,
and reliable nan and fitted by educa-
lion, habits and talents to fill with credit
the ofi.e of Chief Executive Of Ohio
He says that he watched with som in
tereSt his course in the Senate of the
United States. And that he does not
now remember ofhis giving a single vote
in that body. that he woIld not himself
have given had he been in his place.
These remarks were made in a private
conversation. but we take the liberty of
making them public for the reason that
Mr.. Corwin is a Wing of a fer years
standing, and rs an effort is being made,
i'll this community, to persuade men that
10 man who has been a "good Wing"
can consistently support Mr.. Chase.
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Daring Outrage


Yesterday afternoon about half past
two O'Clock. a daring attempt was made
by Two men to rob Mr. j.. BOwman's Ex-
change Office, on Sycamore, below
Fourth street, in the following manner:
While Mr.. Bowman was absent from
his office, which he left in charge of his
son Charles, two men entered and asked
to pawn a watch. Unable to agree on
the Terms. they asked to lock at a pistol
lying in the show case. While the boy
was IT aching for the pistol, n of the
scoundrels seized him by the throat and
felIed him to the floor by a blow from a
colt. The front door was then immedi-
alely closed and the Two men fell upon
and beat the boy in a shameful manner.
One Of the men attempted to seize a pile
of gold lying on the back counter, when
the screams of the boy attracted the at
ten;iun of some psssers by, who broke
the door. The %rufians passed them, and
ran towards Fourth street.
The cry of Murder Watch"
&c, soon set in pursuit of n of the
Young men, two officers, who succeeded
in capturing him. The other escaped.
The person caught gave his name as
John Adams. Upon being searched, a
colt and pistol were found on his person.
He was locked up in the Hammond
street Station House.
The boy, who was beaten, was atten-
ded by Drs. Waldo and Johnson, who
do not consider him dangerouly injured,
although he received Il evere cut in The
side of the head, and several bruises
The companion of Adams is known. and
we sincerely hope he may be arrested
This is one OF the boldest attempts al
robbery that has ever occurred in this
civ Cincinnati Gazette, Esd inst.
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Yellow Fever at N Norfolk and Por

Yellow Fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth,
The latest accounts from Norfolk and
Portsmouth states that the fever is in
creasing 10 an alarming extent, and that
the desease is confined to no locality
Both places are almost deserted, and bu-
s.aess sus Dendcd. A Howard Asso cia-
lion has been organized to aid the sick,
and in a few hours 5000 were raised
in Norfolk. On Thursday the Pest
House in Norfolk contained 60 cases OF
fever. On Saturday there were 90
deaths. In Portsmouth the Naval Hos
pital contained A. cases on Friday, and
were 8 intermentS. The following sad
scene is related in a letter from Ports
mouth
A citizen passing on his way to bury
a relative, heard the most heart-rendiug
oroans of men an | screams OF a woman
proceeding from a house near by, and
went in to discover the cause. He found
two men with the corpse of a woman,
and in taking which down stairs they
had TANNED il at the turning. He as
sisted them 10 release the body, and
they then deserted it, end it was
some time before he could bring even q
negro to bury it. Passing through the
house he saw eight men in n room, all
down with The fever, lying about on the
floor, and in their midst was the body Of
a robust looking companion, "! o had
died during the night. his comrades be-
ing too weak to lift The corpse out. The
gentleman who witnessed this scene had
himself buried nine of his own relatives.
- HpyeloDd Herald.
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The Economy of the Present State Ad-
aeHJ ministration.

In our paper of the 18th inst, we re-
~ ferredto the management of the Public
Works, by the pro-slavery Office holders,
and now for the benefit of the tax payers
generally, we quote from the Ohio State
Journal, which extracts are from Govern
or Medil's message, of January, 1854
Page 8. of LIST vol. public Documents Oh
that year, the items of the Board OF Fuo-
Ec Works
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IMPORTANT ACCESSION To THE REPUB-
LICAN RAYKs.-Iion. Hannibal Hamlin,
Democratic U. S. Senator for Maine. has
given his adhesion to the Republican
policy. At a meeting in Hampden. after
a speech by the Hon. IsareI Washbum.
Jr., Nj. Hamlin spoke and fully indorsed
the positions of Mr.. Washburn, and
agreed with him as to the necessity OF
immediate action in rebuking the aggres-
sions of the 81 We power, and the dough
facism at The North that will sanction Or
tolerate these aggressions .-Stoie Jour-
nGE.
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In Warren. on the ID inst, by Jefferson Palm. Esq,
Mr.. ANTON WATERS to Miss ELIZABETH MARX, both Of
Liberty.
At the GaskiH House, in Warren, on the 2Ist inst,
BY the same, Mr.. Ia BARTHOLOMEW to Miss sNBIL
BALDWIN, both Of Vienna
In Warren, on the Gath inst, by the same, Mr.. JOHN
HAMILTON &c Miss MARY McGEE
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A Good Suggestion.

The Meadville Journal, a Democratic
paper, published in Crawford county,
Pennsylvania, proposes Gov. Reeder as a
candidate fuI Canal Commissioner at the
election next fall. The Pittsburg Ga
zene backs up the proposition, and says
that if Reeder will accept the Republic
can nomination, he will carry the State
by a majority OF 100. 900. Never before
was so iair an opportunity offered to ut
terly overthrow a corrupt and heartless
dynasty. Let Reeder be nominated,
and there " Il be a shaking Of dry boneA
of p~ro-slavery IN the old Key Some
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Poor Fellows.

The Democrat tries hard to be witty
over on. list Of names to be before the
County Convention, butt is a very lugu-
brious kind of exclamation he gets off.
We suppose this is what is called laugh
ing out of the wrong side Of the mouth.
There is no sort of danger Of there being
a long list for the same offices, publish
ed by the Douglass organ, in this Coun-
ty. The old office holders will be very
modest, and there will be very few new
men anxious to sGcryfee themselves for
the public good. Their bill for livery
hire will be light, this year, and the
whiskey taverns lose scme patronage
When there is the most remote chance
of their election, these gentry are thick
as flies in August, but nOw, if they can
prevail upon any ore of their number to
allow his name to be used, they will
aaaite on him, with The most gratifying
unanimity. They must go through the
motions, 10 keep up appearances, but
there is no danger of their injuring their
pirate business, for that purpose, and
they will be SO repa kably busy, they
will not have tims.l But they will have
plenty of time, befdfe the so-ca led Dem
oc9atic party viii BOAR rule again, in this
County or State eithef-
Jimmy.ca, haveA box of hat sore
head salve. His head must have ached
after writing that article.
UPos the occasion delivering a ia
nous l. ture ia Cambrt ge, Mass recent.
ly, Wendell Phillips rdhalRed that 'qhe
making Of good gingesaFea was one Of
IL 81 -Ff5
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Here is an excess of 81 ,652. 675 of re-
seipt over expenditures, during a period
when the Public Works were in the
j. hands of Wings.
I'D Now we will give the table of receipts
2 and expenditures, while they were in the
hands of the pure, economical, prO-slave-
nv L~ocofocos :
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II Germans have produced some very excellent
rene lies for various diseases Among which may be
specified DIR. HOCfand's Celebrated Bitters." for sale
by c. NJ. JacSsOn-and used with remarkable success
in Liver Complaint. Jaundite. Dyspepsia, Nervous De-
uilltyr and a general arrangement Of the stomach
The Sunday Dispatch says Of this medicine:
I'VE feel convinced, that in the use Of the German
BitteIs the patient does not become debilitated, but
constantly gains strength and vigor to the frame-a fact
wOr rs Of consideration. The Bitters are pleasant in
taste and in smell, and can be administered under any
circumstances, to the most delicate stomach. Indeed
they can be used by all persons with the most perfect
safety. 1t would be we'll for those who are much shec-
ted in the nervous system TO commence with one tea
spoonful or less, and gradually increase. We speak
from experience, and are. Of course. a proper Judge
The press, far and wide, have united in recommending
the German Bitters, and to the afflicted we most cor
daily advise their USE" See advertisement.
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9&atbs.

In Newton Fails, on the 18th inst, after a protracted
illness. of eighteen months, which she bore with the
most exemplary patience and Christian ~fOrtitude, Mrs
ELIZA A. TFw, wife Of VIM. Tew. Esq.
In Canal Dover, on the 18th inst, DR.. JAMES SoULE,
formerly of this place, aged about % years.