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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-10-24
Kansas Legislation

By a strict construction of the twelfth
section Of the Infamous bill recently pass
ed by the Kansas legisl ture. says a cor
respondent of the st. Louis Democrat, any
person could be sent to the penitentiary.
with hard labor for two years, for bring
ing into Kansas. Jeferson's works, Cow.
per's Task, M'Cauley's speeches, Pat
rick Henrys writings. or tn" published
opinions Of Washington, Franklin. the
Adamses, John Wesley, Sydney Smith,
Charles Dickens and almost every mod
ern author of genius for nearly all of
The e con'ain expressions of thought,
which would have a tendency to pro-
mote discomfort among slaves if publicly
promulg gated.
Some of the r~ufians became ashamed
of the enormity of this section and en-
deavored to have it amended /; but the
amendment was contemptuously rejec-
ted. Indeed the mover was the only
person who voted for it. .Such is the
state o faffairs in that infamous assembly.
Is it to be wondered at that the patient
and long suffering people Of the North
should feel determined to chaStiSe the
party which openly coutenances the con-
duct of such men 3?
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A Missing Aeronaut.

Nothing has yet been heard from Mr..
Winchester, who made a balloon asceu-
sion from this place, on Tuesday, the Cd
Of October. 1t was reported some days
since, that he had been heard from some
where in Canada, but the report could
be traced &c no reliable source, and
proved to be unfounded.
lt'is pretty general, believed here
hat he is lost-as to the precise manner,
if so, there are various opini5ns. Many
suppose that he IN V have assembled so
high hat ne became insensible, and per-
iShtd from cold. Others think he may
have alighIed in some one of the lakes,
or possibly in the Atlantic ocean, as it
was said there was sufficient gas in the
balloon to keep it aaoat three days His
fate, whatever it may be, is a matter of
speculation. He may returI in safety,
but from his long absence without any
word from him, we think the chances are
against this
We conyersed with a gentleman from
Milan a few days since. who told us that
NJ. W. had, for some time past, mani
tested a strong desire for b%allooning, and
that he had expressed his intention of
ascending higher, and to make a longer
aerial voyage than any other Kronaut
had eve accomplished.
The balloon was well filled on the &C.
casion referred TO, as we are told. he took
only twenty-five pounds o. ballast with
him, which was about half as much as
he took when be made his ascension from
Milan. a short time previous.-Nlan Free
Press.
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Messrs. Editors of The Chronicle :

iva ~
Messrs. Editors of the Chronicle : l
wish TO Hurrdh for Weathersfeld 10
of a Republican gain over the sham De-
mocracy of Weathersfield, since last
year Well does size deserves TO be
called he banner town, in old Trumbull.
Well do the true Democrats in Wealth
ersfield, deserve the highest praise, for
cutting loose from the old parties-ties,
thereby declaring in thunder iones 10 the
world, that they are no longer to be
bound hand and foot-thai they sre de.
termined to be free themselves, and 90
for freedom in its most liberal sense
Hubbard, too, has done nobly. She has
burst assunder the shackles of party,
and her citizens have spoken out like
men, showing a determination TO be their
OWL conscience keepers, inS.ead OF being
under the drill of party hacks. Hub
hard has come within o votes of being
eoual to that OF the slave Democracy,
in a township. where the opposition has
heretofore only had a small sprinkling of
votes. Brook6eld, Vienna, and Vernon,
too, have made their marks for freedom,
in a manner that aslOnishes the slave
Democracy. Many other towns in the
County have done nobly, having in
creased their majorities largely over last
year. In fact the result in old Trum
bull, makes those who have endorsed the
Kansas swindle, and Pierce Admins
ton, tremble in their boots. They are
beaten 1860 in he county, lost their
money, powder and all the dry tears
they have shed about Know Nothingism.
Their vote is less in the county, Than
ever the Wings cast, when they were at
their lowest ebb and so long as they
occupy the unnatural, anti Republican,
anti Democrat and anti Jeffersonian pc
sition, on the slavery question, so long
must they degenerate, and grow beauti
fully less. FREEDOM.
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Massacre of Emirrantl Il narrs G +.

Massacre of Emigrant5 st Devils G t
MIR. John Virgins. a son ofBilly Wig
gings Of St Louis, No, has Just called
at our Office and given us the following
information in reference to the rumOred
massacre Of emigranis a; Devils Gate
The train consisted of ten wagons.
three Thousand head of stock, and, ac-
cording to the sta . rent Of Capt. pOni
phan OF Missouri, who was captain of the
company. there were three hundred
souls. Mr.. W~igginssays he has no mems
of knowing the exact numbsr of people
IN the train, but he heard Capt. Doni
phan say there we e about three nun
ired. The greater part of the company
were from Missouri.
They left ST. Joseph, No, on the 18th
of March, and got along very well unit !
the 18Th o July, when they camped at
Devils Gate for the night. Up to this
time the. had seen bus few Indians on
the road /; consequently they become
careless. and declined standing ruard''
at night. About one o'clock at night,
about two thousand Sioux and Chsyen-
nes charged upon them while the whole
company was sound asleep, killing all
but six men, six women and seven chill.
dren, and driving off every animal.
Among those who were killed were
Captain Doniphan, Col. Pierre, ChOteau
of St. Louis /; Col. Gilpin of jackson
county, Mo, Samuel Lane and family o.
Indiana, (brother ~ofJoseph Lane of Ore
gon J Mr. Cody and family of Weston,
Mo-, MIR. Burgh, (single man of Plat
Co, Mo-, Dick Murphy of Weston, Mo-,
Mr.. John Virgins, our informant. lost
his whole family, consisting Ufa wife and
three children.
The ssvages, after a hurried slaught-
er of such as fell in their way. retreated
TO the mountains, driving the stock be
fore them.
Ia the morning the survivors packed
up what provisi rs hey could well car.
ry, burned the wagons and e, erthing
That remained, and then started for Sal
Lake on foot.
They accomplished the journey il
thirteen days, Jour of which they werl
without a morsel to eat. They laid thei
case befOr Brigham Young. who kindly
called a Mormon council, levied a contri
button andftted them out with five teams
with "hich they continued their journey
to Sacramento. Mr.. Virgins is now OF
his wav to Portland. where he has
brother residing. He has walked il
fIOm Sacramento-O Or gOn argus.
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Our Next o. S Senator.

As some of the papers in the northern
part of the State have preached this sub
ject, having a decided opinion on this
matter ourselves, we have no hesitation
in saying, that far before the claims of
any other man stand those ofB. F. Wade.
In saying this, we are confident that we
speak, not our own sentiments only, but
those of nine tenths of the Republican
voters of this county. Mr.. Wade has
been tried, and never found wanting
He has proved himself capable, hon
est, faith full and true. Dodeing no
issues avoiding no test questions /; on
all occasions he has stood at his post,
boldly and promptly meeting the advo-
Gates of slavery extension, atevery point
He has ably maintained the interests of
the free States, advocated the improve
ment of western rivers and harbors /; was
one of the most Incorporating oppo-
nents Of the detested Nebraska Bill, and
can show as clear a record as any man
in the Senate of the United States. No
member of that body has proved himself
more reliable, and none has done more
credit to the State OF Ohio, and the voice
of her people demand his re election.
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Proc: that the Moon is not Inhabited.

DIR. ~Scoresby, in an account that he
has given of some recent observations
made with the Earl of Ross's telescope.
says:
f.With respect to the moon every OBJ
ject on its surface of 100 feet was now
distinctly to be seen and be had no
doubt, that, under very favorable cir
cumstances. it would be SO with objects
60 feet in height. On its surface were
craters of extinct VOLCANOES, rocks and
masses Of stone almost innumerable. He
had no douat that if such a building as
he was then in was upon the urface of
the moon, it would te rendered. distinct
" visible by these Instruments. But
there were no signs of habitations such
as Ours-no VeStiges of architecture re-
main 10 show hat the moon is or ever
was inhabited by a race of mortals sim
liar to ourselves. 1t presented no ap
p%earance which could lead to the suppo-
sition that it contained anything like
green fields and lovely vendure of this
beautiful world of ours. There was no
water visible mot a sea or a river, or
even a measure of a Reservoir for supply
ing town or factory-all seemed DESC
late"
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LEAVING ruE coAsr-yALL1SG IN WITH

HARTSTEIN s EXPEDITION.
From Opernivik, the largest of these
settlements. they took passage in a Dan
ish sailing vessel for England. Bygreat
good fortune, they touched at Disc,
where they were ret by Capt. Harris.
tens Expedition. This last searching
expedition had found the ice of Smiths
Sound still unbroken, but having COM
municated with the Esquimaux, had
heard of the departure OF DR.. Kane, and
had retraced their steps.
II DEATHs OF THE EXPEDITION.
The Expedition has to mourn the loss
of three of It's comrades, two of whom
persisted of lockjaw, and one from alb
cess, following upon a frozen extremity.
These men may be said 10 have fallen in
the direct discharge of a noble duty
Their names are acting carpenter Chris
tian Ohlsen, Jefferson Baker, and Peter
Schubert, volunteers.
The poor fellows, nearly all Of whom
have families residing in this vicinity or
ner9hboIhood, eyinced the greatest de-
sire to reach the shore, and lost no time
i'll doing SO.
The moment the vessel came to anchor
small boats. containing relatives of those
on board, hasteI ed towards them, while
others remained on the docks, among
them many females, anx;ously asking
questions, looking eagerly at all who
came from on board, in hopes of seeing
the faces of some loved one, who had
been on either expedition.
The remarks of the seamen were real
ly touching and charact rIstic We
heard n poor fellow, who had been on
the first expedition, say, in answer to the
inquiry how he felt "Oh, Bill, | feel as
though l would like to go ashore, lie
down, and die ="
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A Curious Note.

We were yesterday shown a bank
note. apparently on the Stale bank of
Ohio, and composed of three pieces
Nearly half of it was from a genuine
bill on the Mao River branch, and near
ly the other half from a genuine bill on
the Tole "a branch. These two pieces
were pasted on a counterfeit which con-
stituted the middle of the note. The
probability is that some ingenious person
took this method of getting off his hands
bills loo much delapidated TO be other.
wise passible. 1t may be hat the other
pieces of genuine bills were so patched
together as to make five bills out of four.
This operation is facilitated by the SINH
larity between The names of banks thus
of the branches of the State Bank of
OHIO there is Farmers Branch at Ash
tabula, a Farmers Branch at Ripley, and
a Farmers Branch at Salem.-Cin. Co.
lumbidn.
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daestrrn 8eserte Chronicle.
c. y. ADAMS. pn1rops
q. y. HAPGOOD.
WARREN. WEDNESDAY,, OCT. "a.
Pennsylvania and the shanghaes.

The Democratic r0osterS are Growing
over Pennsylvania. Our neishbor, the
TrunaJaH Democrat, rolls out its baby.
walker with the announcement of 400
guns for Pennsylvania. Democratic gain
Of 45,000l" We are willing our neigh
Dor should bang away and crow away to
his heart content we would not be un-
kind enough to turn over another rooster
TO he mere sake of spelling his fun, but
the contrast between the above quoted
thunder, and a little article of a like
kind, which he wrote about this time
last year, is so amusing that we cannot
resist the temptation to give it.
In the Democrat of Oct. II, 1854, we
find the following:
"CoL. HENRY S. Mort, the Democrat
&c Canal Conn issioRar elect in Pennsyl-
vania, wko acas elected By 100, 600 ma
jority, LAYING been charged with being
a Know Nowhing, or at least favorable
to their principles, has published a letter
in reply to inierrogatories p~ropounded
him as 10 the truth or falseness If the re-
port. 1t will be seen by the subjoined
extracts that be totally disavowS any
connection or sympathy with that or
%ganizadon."
Then follows the extract, and the case
is made out. A pure Democratic major
ity of 100, 600 for MOI is rolled up. Oc-
tober goth, 1855, comes round, and Plu-
nser, lhe Democratic candidate for that
very same office of Canal Commissioner,
is declared elected by $4,000 plurality,
and our neighbor compares the figures
and ciphers out a DEMOCRATIC GAN OF
45,OOOr"
Their arithmetic, as well as their De-
mocracy is '.patented." Any more
shanghaes in market, neigbbor
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The ZoUAvE AND HIS CAT.-The Ga
zsHs de Lyons of the 18th states that
amongst the numerous wounded soldiers
just arrived ghere, a soldier Of the Cd
Zouavese excited particular attention. He
was dressed in a Republican hat with a
plume, a frOck coat buttoned up to 'he
chin, and had with him a cat minus one
leg. 1t appears that he was performing
a character at the French theatre before
S~evastopoI when the drum beat TO arms.
Without having time to dof his theatri-
cal costume, he was soon in the trenches,
where he lost one arm from the splinter
of a shell, and had his right ear carried
away by a musket ball, his cat. which
remained on his shoulder. losing its paw
at the same time. Even in the hospital
he would never part from his cat, which
has come with him to France, where the
Xouave figures in the same dress that he.
wore when the alarm MAS given.
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EMANCIPATION IN KENTUCKY.-The
Newport Ky News, at the suggestion
of a number of prominent slavholdrlS in
Kentucky, proposes hat a Convention
be held in Frankfort, TO adopt a pan for
the gradual abolition of slavery in Rat
State. Public, sentiment in Kentucky
and also in Mar land and Virginia, has
been under DING a change for some years
in respectt to maintaining the slave insii.
tuition. Whether the citizens of those
States are prepared yet for gradual abo-
Ii on, the only way in which slavery can
ever be e~xtinguished in a State. will de-
pend a great deal upon the discretion Of
the opponents of slavery in the free
States. The fact that a proposition for
freedom from shareholders them
selves, is one of great significance. and
shows that the moral and political bear
ings of the question are as well under
Stood among intelligent men in the South
as they are in the North.
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Yours, &C..
OUTS, &C,
S. D. HARDMAN, NJ D
Physician for Diseases Jhe Lungs.
Death of a man on Hearing of the death
of his Wife.

The New York Journal of Commerce,
of Tuesday afternoon, says:-We are
panied to learn of the sudden death OF
Leonard N. Dellicher, ofthe firm ofMack,
Dellicher & Sage, 81 Wall street. He
was at his Office in usual health until after
six O'Clock last evening; and then went
to his house in Baltic street, Brooklyn.
Betweennine and tel o'clock, ameSWge
from Danbury, Connecticut, called at his
residence 10 notify him of the death Of
his wife, who had been spending the sum
mer in Conn. His wife had been in feeble
HEALTH but The announcement Of her
death gave him such a shock that be was
taken suddenly i'll and expired before ele
ven. Mr.. Deilicher was universally es
teeried for his pleasant manners and
prompt business habits, and his sudden
death will be lamented by a large clrcl"
of acquaintances. Mr.. Dellicher leaves
three young children.
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LAKE SUPERIOR MINING REGIoN.-lhe
Chicago Tribune contains some important
facts relating to copper mining IN that
region. Five thousand tons, mine weight.
or $500 tons of ingot copper have been
produced this season. The entire pro-
duct of the world at go, 600 tons, n
seventeenth of which is uluishedb by Lake
Superior mines. And shOuld-the total
product of the Lake Superior mines in
crease as it has during the past twelve
in a very few years they will Pr duce
more copper than the English mines
The product of the ensuing year. it IS
thought, will be much greater than that
Of the present. The value of this years
weld is estimated at 81, $780, 0O.
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Mlarriaaes.

In Bazetta-o on the 11th inst. by Leman Palmer. Esq,
Mr. EPsoS EyEsETT.o of Bazetta- and Miss RHoDA Coz
BURN. Of Mecca
On the 18th inst. by Rev. Geo. ". Maltby. Mr.. Ed
NoSD LEE and Mrs. frances CARTER. both Of Warren.
At the American House. in Wares on the 18th inst.
by Elder Jos. King. Mr.. o. P. WARTS and Miss JANE
C. SAELLER, all of Johnston.
On the 2eth inst. by the same. Mr.. MARTIN LYMAN
and Miss PHEBE CONNINs, all Of Warren.
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STATE tF OHIO. Trumbull County.
IS. In the Court Of Common Pleas.
90 William A Otis,
Augustus A Burr, David M4tthsvs, Abner Hubbard

AA11A1 - 11AAH 13NA1 49, 1lLlA AA111LL
and joshua W LambersOn.
The said William A.. Otis has filed his petition m said
co art, setting forth, among other things, a decree OBJ
tanned by said plaintiff against said Burr. Matthews &
Hubbard, at the September Term If the District Court
for Summit County, A D. lS55, by which the sum of
S2,l5S 7S is found due from said Burr to said Hubbard,
and is ordered to be paid to the plaintiff on a larger in
lebtedness from said Hubbard to him, and by which
also the said cOurt set aside a sale to said Matthews IN
der 4 mortgagefrOm said Burr to said Matthews, Of q
farm of about one hundred and fftytwo and 5000
acres OF land in Pennington, the same sold by one Josh
ia Peck 70 said Burr. an. now occupied by said Lam
berson-alsO setting forth that said Matthews, in the
yeIr 1916, had contracted said lands to said Lamber-
son, who has since been IN possession Of the same and
had the rents and profits thereof from that time; that
said Matthews has received under said contract, by way
Of interest on the purchase price Of said land, about
one thousand dollars. and is still indebted in the sum
of Sl2O for further interest thereon, and praying that
the amount 50 paid Matthew he applied upon an amount
found due said Matthews from said Burr, as a lien on
=,id land, and that the amount still due from said Lam
berson for the use Of said land. be applied on the in
debtedness aforesaid to the plaintiff, and that the land
aforesaid. as in favor of the plaintiff 5 Indebtedness
against said B1rr, he released from the lien Of said Mat.
theWs, to an extent equal TO the amount paid him as
aforesaid, and for other proper relief. The said Angus
tus A. Barr and Abner Hubbard must appear and an
swer said petition by the tenth Saturday after this date,
or said petition as to them will he taken as confessed.
SUTLIfF & FUTILE.
Oct. ~, 1S5j-ft Atty's for Pff.
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Pennsylvania and New York.

In Pennsylvania, the Republican force
has been so split up that the Hunker
Democracy elect their ticket, not by
nearly so large a vote as they claim, but
still they elect it. We trust the Repub-
Iicans of that state, and all who are Re-
publican at heart, will learn the lesson
that the pure and simple Republican
platform is the only thing that can give
them the victory. United upon that,
they are invincible ; split up into factions,
they will always be beaten in detail.
Chic has led the way and shown the
road to victory /; and all that is needed
is for our sister state 10 follow the good
example.
New York has now a Republican par
ty,, with a platform of principles which
it does our soul good to read and with
the wise nominations of such staunch men
as Preston King and Ahijah Mann, we
do not believe our brothers in that State
can be beaten by any combination of
Hunkerism and Hindooism.
Pennsylvania New York, and Massa-
chuselts have all suffered from factions
and cIiques, but we trust that the last
victory of Hunkerism has already been
recorded, and that a "straight-Oul" Re-
publican party is to. be dominant hence
forward.
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Simple aaH0aHesmeHfs' gTatisi notices 25 cts. a sgHars
At Rochester. N. Y, on Tuesday, the 10th inst, Of
COngestive Ague. Mr.. J. W. PECK, of this place, in the
send year of his age.
In BraeevilIr, on the 4th inst, Mrs. URSULA c. wife
Of Parker BoyntOn. Esq in the 5sth year Of her age.
Nay, kindred friends, weep not so,
God judgeth for the best;
And from a world of pain and woe,
He took her to his rest.
Why should We wish her hack again7
She's freed from sin and care;
Let US rather pray Gods love,
Ere long to join her there.
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iTRUMBULL COMMON PLEAS.

Joseph Crawford. J
The defendant, Joseph Crawford giQ take notice that
q suit in attachment vas eoInaenerd against him before
Jefferson Palm, Justice % the Peace for Warren, Oct.
,, less, and sheuce taken TO the Court Of Common Pleas
for said cOaHty. upon certificate Of said Justice TO at
taeA AH.tS. Unless said defenda1tanswers ~ the 10Th
day OF November prOx-. judgment viii be taken y de-
fault, and his lands within said county sold to satisfy
the same. Amount claimed. SIS - with interest from
Oct. ,, 1855, and cOssS. LEGGETT & cox,
Oct. 24-6w Atly's for PIE.
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Incident.

A few months since, a lady belonging
to this city went to New York, an put
up at one of the Broadway hotels. After
going to he room for the night, she took
out her pocket book and watch, laid
them on the table. and then sat down 10
read. While engaged in reading she
thought she heard breathing from some
one apparently near by, but finally con
cluded it must be imagination. Soon at
ter she commenced making preparations
to retife, ard in adjusting her hair she
dropped one OF her har pins. While
STOPPING to pick it up she discovered a
hat under the bed, and a closer observa-
ton revealed to her sight the full length
figure of a man. Without evincing any
emotion, she quickly threw a shawl over
her shoulders, and stepping into the hall
she rang the bell which summoned to
her assistance the rToprietCrS, who cal
led in the services of a police officer, and
The intruder was arrested. There WIS
found on the prisoner a bottle Of cElOro-
form. He was convicted on the testimo
ny of the lady. and sent to the Stale
for six months. The sequel to.
The whole was in the dropping the hair
HaUeA Journal.
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DEATH has made sad havoc among
the graduates Of Ytle College during the
present academic year Over fifty have
fallen within thatpeFiod,a among whom
are the following distinguished names /:
"Freegrave (LaIinized on the Gaia
iogue of the College Liberia gratia) Rey
nolds of Massachusetts,, class OF 1897 4;
Gideon T%omlinson. Senator and Repre-
sentative in Congress from and Governor
of Connecticut, class of 1909; George
w. Strong a distinguished LAWYER in New
York City, class Of 1903 5 5. Phelps
of Vermont, Senator in Congress, class
CT 1911 Nathan Guilford Of Ohio, type
founder and editor, class of 1879; Sea-
bnry Ford, Governor Of Ohio, class of
Henry Pirrpont Edwards, Judge
Supreme Court, New York, class Of 1897,
and others. Yale must be rich in
resources TO be able to lose so much
every year.