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Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26
Fac!s and Figures for the People.

The following facts and figures, Of interest
to every tag payer in the Sta'e, is derived by
the Phindedlrr from authentic resources:
In 1854, the rate Of State Tax was 49, 0 on
every thousand dollars of the property on the
grand duplicate Of Ohio. Ofthis amour: only
SEVENTY CENTS was for the payment of
the current expenses of lie State Government
including the erection of the new State House,
completion nf the new Luna'ic ASylums, sup.
port Of The State Benevolent Institutions, costs
Of criminal prosecutions, payment Of ind ciary
salaries Of State Offices, &C., &c. The bal
ance 1929 Of The State levy went uhol!y 10
the State Common School and Library fund
and TO the payment Of The principal and inter-
est on the tate debt OF Ohio,--ihc former re-
ceiying one dollar and sixty cents Isl, 60) and
tie latter receiving one dollar and twenty FIVE
cents, (Sl,25.
The present year, 1850 the entire State
ak, as fixed by the last Legislature, will be
reduced TO three dollars and trenfy cents on
every thousand dollars of property, and Of this
amount, but SIXTY CENTS is Tor the pay
ment OF the current expenses OF the State Gov
eminent. Of the balance, one dOlLar goes 10
the payment of the principle and interest on
the State Debl, and one d0llar and sirty cents
tothe State Common School and Library fund.
The gross amount Of all taxes on the grand
duplicate Of Ohio for the year 1854, was up
wards Of NINE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Nearly TWO-THIRDS OF this entire amount
OF taxes, were levied by city. town, county
and township officers; and The other one third
was levied by he State. The e$nct mounts
are as follows:
Total amount Of all taxes
levied in 1854, 9,OS2, 439, so
Deduct amount levied by
the State, 3,o77,5Ol, Al
Balance levied by local nu-
th~orlties, S6,0l4, 1885, o
These plain but imporlan, facts are worth
lmpresslng on the mind of every tax psyer.--
The figures are obtained from official sources,
and may BE relied upon os entirely correct
How many W hig and Fusion papers in Ohio
dare publish them without gorbling?
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26

G-We have been advised that, The mex
Quarterly Meeting Of the Grand Union Daugh.
tiers Of Temperance, will be held in Eaton, in
July next. ~
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26

1.-THE notesof oil the suspended free banks
Of lllinois ore now redeemed OIL pal, BY the
Auditor OF the State, be having sold the stoeh
which were pledged for security Of the 1otes.
The suspended bsnk notes Of Wisconsin are
also redeemed at par. b. }opf atgi fgs ,s.i
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26

The following private dispatch 10 the Her
aid from our atlenlive frieuds of the Detroit
Tribune, gives still more Of The ,detailsof Ibis
lsmenlable explosion. a 60 q ;,4f arogsul
DETROIT TRIBUNE OERIcE, ApIif2O.
This morning the Propeller Oregon, belong
ing TO Capt. Jones, Of Cleveland, was blown
up al the head Of Hog Island, about Z miles
from this city. she started for Cleveland yea
teytay, having on board her W crew and
the crews of the brig STANDARD and the barqus
Flying Cloud, both Of which have been ell
winner near China, ON The 81. Clair river.--
They were going up for the purpose OF bring
ins these vessels down. The crews wero
shipped at Cleveland, and some oil them are
unknown. When al The head Of Hog Island
about a quarter 10 8 this morning The boiler
suddenly exploded with terrific VIOLENCE, la
king AWAY oil above il ami around 1t, and ma
king the Propeller a total wreck. As for AZ
we can ascertain in The midst OF much excite
mcnt and confusion, The following is o list Of
the saved aud lost Of the Propeller Oregon:
First Engineer, Nj. Chapman, Of Cleveland
second En- ineer, and known as John, and
coming from Beres;lh cook, n colored' man
from Cleveland name unknown; Tim Donnel.
", a deck hand, from Cleveland; and Neddy
Mcbride, q iremon, also from Cleveland, wers
all lost. The cook leaves a wife in Cleveland.
HIS head was all blown to pieces, ond his body
was frlghifully mangle2.
There were saved, Capt. Stewart. who has
a broken leg; both mates; Michael Champion,
a fireman and James Kelley, n deck hand, all
with compa Titiveiy slight %injuties. The cap
tain Of the Siandart was saved, although
blown into the air, escaping with on y some
l~sprains aud bruises. The mate, James Mar
lin, and The cook, Cofinger, and o sailor NAM
ed CAri tie, we're also saved, though badly
hurt, having broken legs.
Three Of the crew were .,ost, but th<ir
names are not snow by the captalr, ss lhey
were freshly shipped at Cleveland.
Oflhe Flying Cloud, Capt Gsdsd n is safe
and unhurt. Also the mate and one Of the
lcrew. Three Of that crew were lost-names
at present Unknown.
The captain OF tie STANDARD informs US that
Mt least twelve were lost, and lhs probs5ill,y
is that tic numbr! will r. Ii | or II. Many
we're blown mo the wafer and never seen.
Later.
NJ. Feeder, ofC.eve!and, died while being
aN+sn 10 he Hospital in the wagon in which
ne wGs conveyed. Two more, are having
their legs amput8'ed, Of whom Dr.. Pitcher
thinks one will die. 2
The Oregon was owned by our townsmsn
Cap!. G. W. Jones, and was one Of the old
class props lleiS. She was bu i'll al Block riv-
er some years since, and has been owned by
one Of The railroad companies until lately,
when sic passed into The hands OF Capt.
Jones who was the builder. We hope Tho
iispa,ch is incorrect in stating that there was
no insurance upon her.
GlaZler is the captain of the SisndaTt.--
| II.,oLund IeroM
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26

uJBalrs Gallery. No. 10 Fifth street, needs
no putting 10 bring it into deserved notoriety.
1t IS so we'll known already that it is useless
10 say a singh word about it. But we assert,
Balls Pictures are inferior to none in the
world. as al will say who visits his Ga llery.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26

pSpecie is so scarce IN Schenectady, that a
man was arrested on suspicion Of being Q bank
robbe5 because. he bad three shilingH 9nd
sixpence in his pocket.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26
Newspapers AND Periodicals

PAID quarterly IN advance:
First three ounces cent.
Each subsequent ounce ]. cent.
And, If weighing not over IA ". III the
State where published, one half OF the above
rates, and weekly FaperS, in The county where
'ubliShed, lice.
Small Newspapers AND PrriOdi-
C:;is-pubIished monthly or %oilener, when
sent in packages weighing at lea~l 5 W , pre-.
paid, | cent per OF.
Pamphlets II l6 octave pages or leSsi 4
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Books bound o~rnuRbound, weighing NOT
more than 4 pounds, may be Sent BY mail, TOT
each or, as fgiiows:
Under 5000 ,prepaid. / cent. Unpaid II c..
Over IA" ) cts.
Fractions over a single rate a:e charged as
one rate.
s.E'eriOdicaiS, in The sense used above,
are publications issued once IN thee MONTHS
or ~oitener."
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26
Rates Of Postage.

Each half ounce, under 5000 miles, prepaid
8 cents.
Each half ounce, PREPAID, over 5000 miles,
10 cents.
All printed mo,terin geTeral-any where il
the United STATES:
First three ounces cent.
Each subsequent ounce cent.
Ii not prepaid, double these rates.
But
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26
Still Later.

The following private dispatch 10 the Her.
aid from our sttenlivs, ftisuds Of The Detroit
Tribune, gives still more Of The detallsof Ibis
lsmenlable explosion. d go q ;,Hi arogsul
DETROIT TRIBUNE OEPIcE, ApIif20.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-04-26

Total amount Of all taxes
levied in 1854,
Deduct amount levied by
the State,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-28
AGRICULTURAL.
Agriculture for 1865.
Lancasterville March 10, 1855,

We believe there never were better
prospects for our farmers TO use every ef-
fort in raising large crop than there are
at present. This wa in Europe will pre-
vent the cultivation of the soil in num-
Der Of extensive and fertile districts which
heretofore have raised large amount Of
surplus products. This will open a gap
for our farmers to fill up. Corn is becom-
ing more an article of food in Europe ey-
cry year. Three times the quantity was
exported in 1854 that there Was in the
preceding year. AS it is the most i..-
portant gra crop in our country, We :
wise still more extended cultivation
Of it.
Potatoes seem to have become one o
the most falacious crops. Farmers should
not trust to them, but SOW and plant 9th.
er crops, and depend OIL them as # not
potato were to be raised. For the past
ten years, most Of the potatoes raised have
rotted during winter; they seem to have
lost the quality Of preservation which
they once possessed. In a few years,
more, perhaps this disease will wear out.
Farmers should raise more oats and bar
ley than they have hitherto done. The
former crop in the Northern States is a
certain one. Beans should also he more
extensively cultivated, so that we may
have abundant crops of many kinds.-
Rice isa standing crop; its cultivation
seems to be more carefully attended to,
and better understood by planters than
the cultivation Of either wheat or corn.
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E=@n n
For the Lancaster Ledger.


For the Lancaster Ledger.
When first the warm impulse of love,
Shot through me with exstatic thrill;
Even then thou didst, as thou dost now;
Ny hearts bright beau ideal fill.
To Others eyes the mist of time,
Nay dim the beauty on thy cheek;
To other ears thy gentle voice,
Nay want enchantment when you speak.
But rolling years can have no power,
To make you pore or less to me-
For though you change with every hour,
Ny own good wife | change with thee.
Then tell not me Of maidcn's smile,
OF things more dear to you than life;
Her heart and head all void of guile,
Oh give to me my own good wife!
The frost of years is on my head,
And many fair one have known,
Would warm a bachelors icy heart
But have loved but thee alone.
speak not to me oil mines OF gold,
Of laures won midst war and strife;
Ofanght that can DC bought or sold,
But give to me my own good wife.
Hard toll hath travelled by my side,
And strife hath met me by the way;
Hatred hath lain in ambush near;
And trcachcry watched me night and day.
As Mariner tossed here and there,
Upon the boistsrous sea of life,
I'd be without the guardian care,
OF her, who is my own good wife.
Sometimes I've ta'cn trusting fit,
And deemed all men were what they seem
Then, what gained was dear bought Wit.
And rousing from Utopian dream,
I've heard gentle voice toSsay,
This is no dream of real life,
Come home, come home oh do not stay!
Come home, and trust your own good wife!
And will trust thee, wife, will,
Come pain, come pleasure, good or i'll,
Ons. .home is ours on earth below,
One grave oh Fatherl let us ill,
Ere to thy other world we CO.
TANKS OWN BARD.
Lancasterville March 10, 1855.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-28
TRY THE MEDICINE!!
BE warmed i'm Scasol,.

And neglect not that &C ugh which is daily
weakening your constitution, irritating your
throat and lungs, and inviting on that dread
disease, Consumption. when so soothing and
Healing a remedy can be obtained US DIR.
Rogers Syrup of Liverwort and Tar.
Benare Of CounLerfeus and Base Iniiiat ions,
The genuine article is signed ANDREW
Roc Frs, on the engraved wrapper around
Zach bottle.
Price, 81 per bottle, or six bottles for S..
Sold wholesale and rciril by SCOVIL g.
MEAD.
III Charities St. bet Cont and st. Luis,
n. }.
Sole AGENTS FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES
TO whom all orders and applications for
Agencies must be addressed
Sold ALSO By
MAaILL & HEATH, Lancaster G. II.
A. p. WYLIE, Chester.
WINCHESTER, STIIT & Co., Munro.
Z, ]. DaHAY, and WoRKMAS, Camden.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-28
The Yorkville ENQUIRER.
[

INliE undersigned, having purchased tn,
i office of the Yorkvilc Miscellany anc
commenced in its stead the publication of
new paper, with the above title. present
their clair rs to II share of the patronage al
the public. The Enquirer is next to tn,
largest journal in the State, printed on GOO
paper, and with entirely new material an,
will be sent To subscribers at Two Dollars
per annum, in advance.
Commencing with list Of eight hundrco
subscribers and II rapidly increasing circula
ton. il is offered to the business men as ,
good advertising medium. Advertisement,
will be- cor spicuouslv inserted ut On. Dollar
for the first and Thirtv.scvon and a hnl
cents for subsequent insertions Businrs.
Cards of II half square, ar less, Five Dollar,
per annum. Contracts for lIerr advertise
ments will DC made on the most re;tsonabl,
terms.
JOHN l.. MILLER, Pro-
SAMI. w. MELTON, { prictors
IOrkvllc, 5. c., Jan. ., 1855.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-28
New Postage Law.

Below We give synopsis Of this new
postage law, which is to go into operation
the first Of April. After that time all ler-
ters must be prepaiI.
Under this law all single letters mailed
for any distance not exceeding three thou.
sand miles are to pay three cents, and for
any distance exceeding three thousand
miles ten cents.
Half an ounce in weight will constitute
single letter; and double, treble, and
quadrupe letters to be charged in the
same proportion.
All letters must be prepaid, except such
as are 70 or from a foreign country or those
addressed to officers Of the Government or
official business.
The is TO take effect from and after the
next fiscal quarter.
After the first Of January next, the DOS. .
masters are TO affix stamps upon all let
ters upon which none are placed by the
writers.
A registration Of valuable letters is re-
quired 70 be made upon the paymenb Of a
fee Of five cents in addition to the prepaid
postage, but the Goycrnment win not be
responsible for the loss Of any registered
letter or packet.
The franking privilege 10 remain as
heretofore.
Selling postage stamps for alsrgsr sum
than thsir marked value is to Be puaished
- misdsmesnoE y
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-28
Read the following Certificate!
TAIL PossA Co, Ala.

IALL IosSA Co., Ala, Jan. ,, 1852.
DEAR SIR send you this to certify e.
You that your Extract of Yrllow-Dock and
Sarsaparilla has performed one of the most
wonderful cures on me that has ever been eff
frctcd on man.
have been afflicted for forty years with
eruptions on my legs and feet in 1913 they
got so bad that | had to go on crutches
and in lS49 had one leg ampu:ated above
the knee. In about nine months after nv
other leg broke out in large eating and run.
ming sores from my knee to my foot, and
discharged great deal of offensive matter.
My groin also broke out in large biles which
discharged much offensive matter, and at
the same time my left hand broke out in
large running sores ncarl" To nv elbow.
The misery that ! have suffered for the
last two years, ! cannot describe 10 YOU.
was in such agony that never rested day
or night.
ln October last my son bI oIght ne one
OF your bottle wrappers: ] read it, and found
record of some wonderful cures performed
bv yonr Extract Of Yellow Dock and Snr
saparilla, sent and got two bottles Of IT,.
and commenced taking it. Ia two weeks 10
my great astonishmcnt, my so cs all became
easy, and | could sleep all night, thing |
had not done for two years. When had
taken six bottles, my sores were nearly all
healed, My sores got well rs if by cnchant-
ment. ] have now used in all, eight bottles
of your Extract Of Yellow. Dock and Sar-
sapariIla," and now consider myself well
! entreat all of the afflicted to try this
medicine for believe il will cure any known
disease in the world. Lay aside al! preiu-
dice and just Try il, and proclaim its great
worth to suffering mankind and entreat them
TO take il, for il will cure them.
My case is well known in large portion
of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama,
and II any should doubt the above cure, in.
vite them 10 call on me, and will show them
the scars. | can be found in TalIaposss
Co., Alabama, one mile from Stoe's Ferry.
RENAJATI HUGHES.
The IclIow-DOck and S1rsaparilla is pc.
culiarly adapted 10 females ofdelicatc health
resulting FROM irregularily of menstrual dis
charges, and other diseases peculiar To their
sex. The proprietor has in his possession
great number of certificates OF cures. Der.
formed OF the above description. We as
sure the afflicted, that bottle two of DIR.
Guysotts Extract Of Yellow Dock and Sar-
saParilla will ut once regulate those dificuI.
ties and renew the natural energies.
Put mp in quart bottles.-Price 81
per bottle.
Sold Wholesale and retail by
SCOVlL g. MEAD.
Ill Chartres st., " o.
General Agents for the Southern States,
to whom all orders must be addressed.
Sold, also, by Magill g. Heath, Lancaster
@. H.; A. p. Wylie, Chester; Winchester,
Slit a. Co., Munroe, N. c.; J. Ie Hay g.
Workman, Camden.
April Is, - t.ost.l.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-28
SAVE MONEY.
READ THIS ADVERTISEMENT, ONE
AND ALL.
TO MERCHANTS PLANTERS AND
OTHERS. )
ME hVING become permanently loca-

IA n ANlNG become permanently loca-
III - ted in Charleston, | ara prepared
TO do anything in the line Of u general
agency and Commission business entrus-
ted to me. | intend giving the greater
portion of my time to the filling of coun.
try orders for Groceries, Propis,ons, DRY
Goods, Hard~dre, Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
Drugs, Paints. Oils, Fruit. Liquors,
Books, Stationary, Fancy Goods, or any
thing else that can hc obtained either in
this or Northern Markets, and through
the arrangements that have made with
the leading Houses, dealing in the above
articles, ! shall be able TO make purchases
on better terms than the Merchants or
Planters themselves conld, tn arebv not
only saving them the difference in the
price Of the article, but also the necessary
erorbitonf expense of time and trouble at.
tending visit to this city. | will also
personally attend to the selecting, pack
lng, marking, and shipment of 90 ,ds, Sc
as to avoid all mistakes, and da nagcs
which generally arise from want of a lit
tie attention.
In addition to the above, will also at
tend to the disposal Of any produce tha,
may be shipped to me. ANY persons de-
SlrouS Of making shipments "f produce o
any kind, had better write to me, and
will give them every information AS re
CARDS the Markets, manner of packing
and how to ship them. From my lnns
experience in a general mercantile busi
slncSs, think | can give perfect satisfac
ton To all, aud suit the most E,Stdiou
taste i'll my sclcctions.-Givem me ,ria
is all | ask. For my services | shall 70
qure u small commission. not cXcrcdn.
ten per cent. according 10 the nature o
the business.
DAVID NJ GAZLAY.
Office mp Stairs. 225 King st., Charleston
March 3. AS. 4 If.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-28
WE PUBLISH THIS DAY, DEC. IL, lS45.
FANNY FERNS NOVEL,
A H Y 3 8 q Y y q
A TALE OF DOMESTIC L FE.

400 PIP. l2mO, Cloth. Price, Sl,25.
EVERYBODY knows FANNY FERN
IL everybody has laughed and cried over
her sparkling, dashiDg truthful, genial writ
ings; everybody will wish to read this her
first novel, and every one who does read it
will pronounce it her greatest work. Says
an able critic who has read the proofsheet,
RUTH HALL. is work which not only
exceeds anything which FANNY FERN
has before written, but which, in many re-
spects, surpasses any other work whatever.
For intense and sustained interest of nara
tive, for originality of conception and treat
ment, for scOrching scarcasm and w"hcring
rebukc of prctentions and hypocracy, for
elevation of moral tone and wiusomencss of
religious inculcations, for vigOr, freshness.
simplicity, directncss and fascination of
style, we have never seen its equal.
The story takes possession of our heart
at once; we follow RUTH through her
trials with rs much interest rs though she
were our own sister; she breaths not a
sigh, she suffers not sorrow, which the
reader does not feel rs accutely as though
the first came from his own heart, and the
second was one of his own sad experience.
The characters arc such rs we are constant
ly meeting in everyday life: and how bold
ly and skilfully they are drawn, how pow
erfully the story is told, how touching is its
Pathos, how sparkling is its wit, how ire
sistahlc its humor, how severe its satire and
how true its moral, no adequate idea can be
gained except by reading it"
RUTH HALL will be for sale by book
sellers generally. To any one sending us
the retail price we will send Il copy of the
work by mail, post paid.
Published by
MASON BROTHERS,,
% Park Row, New York.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-28

The great rc.ucut Tor ,.mcumLtISnI, Gout,
Pain in the Side, Hip, B~ck. Limbs and
Joints Scrofula. Kings Evil, White Swcl.
ling, Hard Tumors, Stiff Joints, and all fin
ed pains whatever.
Where this Plaster is applied pain cannot
exist.
II has been beneficial in cases of weak
ness, such as Pain and Weakness in the
Stomach, Weak Limbs, Lamencss, Atfe,'-
tion of the Lungs in their primary stages
1t destroys inflammation by perspiration.
James L. Boyd, Pickens District, South
Carolina, testifes that, by its use alone he
was cured OF Rheumatism in both of his
knees, of several years standing.
The following was handed us by re-
spectacle Ply ysician in Georgia:
Messrs ScovL a. MEAD Gents have
been using your Liverwort and Tar Hebrew
Plaster very extensivelyin my practice for
three years past, and it is with pleasure that
| state my belief in their superiority over
all other articles, with which am acquain-
ted, for the purpo :es for which they are re-
commended The Hebrew Plaster, es
pccially, Is an universal panacca for local
pains. | have also found it n most excel
lent application for Sprains and Bruises. 1t
gives universal satisfaction wherever used.
s. S. OSIIN, MD.
Knoxville, Ga, Mrch 4th, 1853.
.SS" a VOICE FROM GEORGIA. -E,
Read the following testimony from II
ply ysician.
G., ,ntlcmca-Yout Hebrew Plaster has
cured me of pains of which have suffered
for twelve years past During this period
| labored under an alllicton Of my loins
and side, and tried many remedies that nv
own medical experience suggested, but
without obtaining relief, At length used
yonr Plaster, and un now by its good effects
entirely cured. will recommend the Jew
David ar Hebrew Plaster to ali who are suf.
fcring from contraction of the muscles, or
permanent paIGS in the side or back.
The people of Georgia have but to be.
come acquainted with its virtues when they
ni!l resort 10 lis use Yours, truly,
NJ w. WALKER, VI. d.,
Forsyihc, Monroe County. Ga.
To Ncssrs. ScoSil s. Mead, New Orleans,
La
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Aug. I6
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