The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-08-18
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THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.
Mass State Convention i'm Ohio

COLUMBUS, Aug. 8, l85o.-The Mass State
Convention Of those opposed to Mr.. Chase
for Governor met in our City Hall to day.
Trad Kelly of Cleveland was chosen Chair
man, and then after appointing Committee
on permanent officers, the Convention adj
iourned until % ?. M.
The number in attendance from other parts
of the State is very small, being less than one
hundred. t..-.. . .a l.... .-..-
AFTERNOON Session The Anti Chase and
Anti Medill Convention met again this af-
ternoon, and about one hundred and fifty
were present. 0W.5 EH
Mr.. Davenport of Belmont was elected
permanent President, with twenty-one Vice
Presidents and Secretaries. Two OF the Vice
| Presidents only were present, and they took
there seats on the stand. A Committee to
draw up resolutions was then appointed.
The Hon. VIM. Stanberry of Licking ad
dressed the Convention in a Pro-Slavery
speech. He said the Southern people owned
| slaves only in name-Massachusett was the
real owners who reaped the fruits Of their Ia
Dor in exchange for granite and ice.
The Committee appointed then reported
series of resolutions, one of which recon-
mended ex x-Governor Allen Trimble for Gov
ernor. a.. a-.i
Mr.. J. R. Stanberry of Licking then adj
dressed the Convention in favor of the Amer
lean party and of the nomination of Cover
nor Trimble.
He was followed BY Messrs. Norton of
Cincinnati, Geigef Of Columbus and Norton
of Knox. ........ ....-... $40 LII:
Allen Trmble was then nominated for
Governor, and the Convention adjourned.
Ex-Governor Trimble has accepted the
nomination of the Mass Convention of Is
at Columbus on the 9th.
The Green Bay Advocate says: A train
of Pottowotomie Iudians, some fifteen or
twenty in number, all on horses, came into
town on Monday morning in good style,
with bells jingling and feathers flying. An
old Menomonee, standing in the street near
us when they passed by, struck tragic atti-
tude, and addressed us thus "Pottowotomie,
Ithem-Menomonee me-Pottowotomie bad
-Menomonee good. Lend me shillin!'
7 The unheal thiness of the Louisiana swamps
is shown by the fact that since the swamp
land system of that State was organized In
I 1853 no less than four engineers in the pub
lie service have died from the effects of i'm
prudent exposure to the deadly climate. The
last died on the l4th of July. f. .t.. .-'
A law and order meeting has been held in
Ray county, Missouri, at which the mob
spirit of the Platte county ruffians was de-
nounced, and their acts repudiated.
1t is announced officially, that three splen
did prizes, the least of which is sR25 in gold,
; will be offered to the ladies of Seneca coun-
tty, Ohio, at the next annual fair, October,
1855, for the swiftest running at foot race.
, The fastest lady on foot to take the highest
prize. . - +..
TWIN BIRTHS ExTRAoRDINARY.--On the
I4th inst, her own birth day Mrs Mary Rus
sci Clarkson, of Leeds, (wife of Edward
, Clarkson, teacher of dancing and deport-
ment,) gave birth to twin boys, being twins
! of the fifth generation. On the paternal side,
; the great great grandfather was twin, the.
great grandfather twin, the grandfather
; twin, and the father twin.-lE Eng. paper.
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