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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
DEMOCRACY.

"WhatsOcvcr We wOuid that men
EshO nid do unto you, do ye even so
untO tlien.' CHalsT.
Whereverlh Democratic party has
had meeting, or convention, reso-
lutions expressive OF their views have
always been passed while the few
Wing meetings and conventions, that
have taken place since the organiza.
tion Of the Know Nothing party, have
refused to express any opinion on the
issue forced upon the people. The
Democratic party has, even after the
most astonishing defeats, boldly pro
claimed their abhorrence Of the creed
OF the new party, They have, again
and again, in every State in the Union,
avowed their determination to carry
out the doctrines OF Equality and Liber-
ty asserted by the Fathers OF the coun-
try. While Wings fall into line and
vote with the Know Nothings, the
Democracy enter the arena aud fight
against them.
There is, certainly, something more
than ''love of spoilS" required to pro-
duce this harmony OF sentiment and &C,
tion--a motive tar removed from mere
personal benefit, or partisan prejudice.
IL has made no difference with the Dem
ocracy, whether power was in their
own hands, or 10 those of the Know
Nothing party. Whether in the min
ority or majority their sentiments have
bsen the same, and always as publicly
expressed.
There is a deep and settled principle
in the mind of every Democrat. He
has creed based upon Truth and JUS
tice from which he can never swerye.
No matter where you find him, East,
West, North, or South, he always ar
rives at conclusion consonent with
the creed. Men have wondered why
it was that meetings in Maine, Florida,
Oregon, and Texas, held at the same
time, cume to the same CONCLUSIONS
Those who thus wonder are not Dem.
ocrats. The have no idea OF politi,
cal creed being as fixed and certain as
the elements Of arithmetic. Yet so it
lis. The very basis OF Democracy in
the Divine Injunction Of the "Prince
of Peace ;"-"Whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you, do ye
even so unto them" The details of
the creed may be found IN the writings
of all truly good and eminent men, and
are deducible from any proposition, by
any genuine Democrat.--Ports. In
'quirer.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
RaiI Road Election,

The stockholders of the Scioto and
Hooking Valley Railroad met at Ports
mouth last week and elected the follow.
ing Directors
Joseph Riggs, George Johnson, @. A
M. Damarin, Portsmouth; Jacob West
fall, John S. Stephenson, Jackson
Thomas B. Davis, Macarthur; +. Case
Logan; E. A. Spencer, and William
Richart, Somerset.
The Directors organized as follows
PreSident-JosEPH RIGGS.
TreaSurer-THoMAs DUGAN.
Secretary- J. W. COLLINS.
This makes an excellent board, anC
one which will do all that is in thei
power to promote the interests of the
company and complete the road as sool
as practice bic. = Hooking SeatiMcL. =
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
Marietta & Cincinnati
RAIL R O AID,

PROPOSALS will be received at the
IL Engineers Office in Hamden, Vinton
County. until IL M, Monday the 4th day of
June next, for furnishing and delivering 5000
cross ties, on that potion of the Mariet ia &
Cincinnati Railroad between Hamden, Vim
ton County, and the crossing of Big Sand
Creek, about Is miles. The whole number.
to be delivered by the first day of September.
next.
Specifications will be found in the Engina
eers Office at Hamden, and in hand bills,
copies of which will be sent to bidders on
application at Hamden or ChilIicothe.
The ties must be delivered on the different
sections of the road at such points as shall be
directed by the Engineer in charge of the
work, in quantities equal to 2l00 ties for
each mile of road, unless otherwise directed
Proposals for all or any part of the above,
specifying the number and point of delivery,
will be received.
Payments so per cent Of the value Of the
ties delivered as per the estimate oil the Eli
.glneer, will be made as the work advances.
Contractors proposing 10 take in part pay
the stock or Bonds Of the Company, other
things being equal, will have preference.
N. l.. WILSON, President,
s. MEDBERY, Chief Engineer.
tmay 25, '55-2w.l
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25

by Fusionists and Know Nothings. :
The gentlemen holding the above Off, T,
ces have sustained your press when in
their power to do so. The Clerk of our
Court, who was a candidate before the
Democratic party OF Vinlon, for tue
office OF County Treasurer last fall, but
failing to secure that nomination, he
was taken up and run, for Clerk of
Court, on the Fusion Know Nothing
ticket, and elected over a good and true
Democrat. We told him tha. he could
either give his county printing all to
this Press or all TO the Herald, we
"wanted him to act as he pleased"
We owed this much OF sacrifice TO the
Democratic party even if he should
take offence at what we said, and give
all his patronage to the other Press.--
No man should hold office ia Vinton,
without he is either for or against the
Democacy; We will not countenance
nor support a man who hypocritica!ly
attempts to carry water on both should
ers, 1t is impossible to serve God and
the Devil at the same time, and it is
equally as absurd to suppose a man can
be Democrat and oppose the party.
Our Sheriff all know has been Whigl
in days gone by, and Of course he must
give his printing to the other Office, we
say nothing against this as we expect
every man to act according to his honest
convictions, in his political opinions.
We were led to this hasty glance oil
the position of our Press from the fact
that county papers in different counties
are suspending for want of support,
we have no cause to grumble-partic-
ularly as our subscription is not de-
creased but is much greater to-day than
it was when we took charge OF the OF.
fee.
In the past week the Herald OF this
place, and the Peoples Fountain, have
both suspended, the Herald informs us
for two weeks, and the Fountain for
an indefinite period Of time; the editor
says for want of support, this Fountain
was prolessed Democratic sheet but
Neutral, and at the same time profess
ing to advocate all,the isms of the day,
we predicted that the Fountain would
dry up, fthe editor who we are told
is very clever fellow, had hoisted the
Democratic banner, perhaps old MeigS
would have wheeled into line long ere
this, and the Fountain still gushing
forth its streams of Democratic truths
as lasting as the Eternal Hills. ALI
traitors to Democracy are sooner or
later headed-we never knew it fail.
To our friends and the Democracy
we return our sincere thanks for the
support we have received at their
hands, and we can say in all confidence
that never were the prospects Of the
Democracy better in this county than
at this time, all tina. is required for COM
plele success is a united and harmoni>
GUS effort in the coming campaign, and
never was the prospects oil maintaining
our Press better than at the pres
ent.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
HIOrG Bank FaiIu, cs--Sta nd from
Under.

New ENGLAND BANK Nor E CIRcULA-
TloN,-The Rail Road Journal Is appre- =
hensive of financial trouble, in view of
the recent vast expansion of the New
England bank note circulation. Du-
ring the last four years, it states, Rhode
Island has increased its bank note circu
lation forty per cent; Connecticut fifty
per cent; Maine and Massachusetts, each
Sirty per cent; New Hamshire eighty
per cent; and Vermont more than one
hundred per cent! The total iucre ase OF
New England bank note circulation, du
ring the last four years, is upwards oi
fifteen and half millio MS Of dollars!-
Or, in other words, this four years in
crease of the circulation Of the New Eng
land banks exceeds the circulation oil
all the banks in Ohio and Indiana
about nine millions of this increase,
says the Journal, took place during the
past year. And, judging from the mum
ber of applications for more banks, ant
the favorable legislative consideration
with which these applications have beer
met, there seems to have been a deter
mination that this expansion shall con
tinue to go on with an ever increasing
ratio. The entire circulation of the
New England banks is now upwards o
forty millions, resting on aspecie basi!
of only four millions
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
Glorious News!
Onr RaIIroad Going Ahead !.


We are greallg gratided at being able
to announce to our readers this week.
that after temporary suspension Of sew.
eral months, the work upon the S. & H..
V. Railroad is to be resumed immedi-
aIely. This will most assuredly, be
isradfying Intelligence TO the people OF
this county. ....,.-,.-... ,...
The new board OF Directors have ta-
Ken hold OF the matter in good earnest
determined tOleavs no reasonably means
untried to complete the work in the
shortest possible time-their first step
being TO secure an amount of monev
sufficient to pay present inGsbtness and
give the contractors assurance that they
can have money to work upon for some
time to come. In the mean time TO
adopt measures to raise all the funds
necessary to complete the job, and we
feel authorized in saying that it will be
done. ..s,
The road is already we'll advanced and
can in very short time be graded to
this place. The contractors, are indus
trious, energetic and driving men, and
ifitis possible for any set of men to do
the work, they are the ones for the smer-
gencH
We can almost fancy that we can al
ready hear the loud and sonoTous snort
OF the Iron Horse. pushing his way
throug our hills and drawing after him
a long train. loaded with crowd Of de-
ligh.iul passengers, and the rich pro-
ducts of our prolific soil Hooking Sen
tineL.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
Wings being Rallied Un der the
Know Nothing Banner. Rub
dIID-duh-rub-iu


As the Journal of this city has said
that it is "conceded" that A. P. Stone
OF this city, who signs the call for :he
Know Nothing Convention of the 18th
Of July, is not Know Nothing, we are
authorized by Know Nothing to state
that he has sat side by side with Mr.
Stone in Kaow Nothing Lodge.
This makes up a fair issne OF fact,
and Mr. Stone can answer for himself
The Journal does, not deny that Mr.,
Van SIyke, the other signer of Iha
call, is not Know Nothing, as every.
body here knows that he is, and he fig.
ured largely in the Cincinnati proceed,
ings; but that he is President Of the
Washington Lodge of this city 1t is
not very material, but know Nothing
informed US that he saw him acting in
that capacity, and we are informed that
he organized one. if not more of the
Township Lodges in this county. The
fact of his being a Know Nothing is not
of course disputed, and that is the ques
tion Of real importance.
The Journal says that Charles Rcem
elm, OF Hamilton county, is a member
of this Know Nothing, Fusion State
Committee. If so, none is more able Of
willing to answer for himself on the
principles and conduct of the Know
Nothings than Mr.. Reemelin. We shall
see how those things will work, very
shortly. StatsSman.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
A WARIYo TO FoREIoN pporrer, w,

A WARIEo TO FoREIGN PRoTEsTA
The Know Nothings in this vicinity,
since eur election, have been endesvorine
TO pull the wool over the eyes of foreign
Protestants, BY assurances that there
was no intention to deprive them of any
OF their Political rights. An authori:i,e
exposition Of the Know Nothing creed
has lately been made by its committee
in Philadelphia. Read it, foreign Pro.
testants, and then cut it out and put il
in your vest pocket, for the purpose of
retuting the scoundrels who would de.
ceiye you. Here is what the aforesaid
Know Nothing committe says:
ut Is not the OBJ ject of this commu-
nication to enter into any exposition Of
the principles of the Know Nothing
party. It's cardinal desire is 10 place the
5ooernment in the hands of natiue born
citizens, to tie crclu8iOn of oil foreign.
srS from office, 1Chether Catholics or
PrOteStants. "
The cardinal design" can only be
carried out by notification of the
Constitution Of the United States.- Gin.
Enquirer.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
SpirilRappingS for Wings.
Religious Frcedom--Danici Web
stcr Against knOw--KOtIiingisn
4 Letter 10 be Circulated.

Religious Free cedOm--DanicI Web
ster Against knOw--KOthingism
a Letter 10 be Circulated.
The following extract from a noble
letter of Daniel Webster we do not re-
member ever having seen published be-
fore, Like everything thai ever eman;
ated from his mighty intellect, it is
and explicit. 1t b'ea thes the true Amer
ican spirit upon the tophic TO which il
relates, aud indica tes that where Dam
iel Webster living now, he would regard
Know -Nothingism as most pemicious
political heretsy. Every Democratic
pa per in the United States ought to pub
lish the following eloquent remarks Of
the great sta tesman of Marshfeld.-
What keen rebuke it is 10 the present
Legislature Of Massachusetts, which has
realized MIR. Webster's prophetic fear.
by Overlooking the great distinction, TO
which he Pointedly called attention!
1T seems to be the American destnv
the mission which has been intrusted to
us here on this shore of the Atlantic,
the great conception and the great duty
u which we are born, to show that all
sects, and all denominations, profes ing
reverence for the authority of the Au.
thor of our being, and belief in His rev.
Citations, may be safely tolerated with.
out prejudice either TO our religion or
our liberties.
eve are Protestdnts generally sneak.
ing; but you all know that there prc.
sides at the head of the Supreme Judic.
ature of the United States Roman
Catholic; and no man, / suppose, thro'
the whole United States, immagines that
the JudicatWre is less 8afe-that the I'D.
ministratiOn of public Justice is less
respectable or less secure, because the
Chief Justice Of the United States has
been and is firm adherent of tGLt re.
ligion, And so ii is in cvery Depart
msHt Of society among as.
In both houses of Congress, in all
public Offices, we proceed on the idea
that mans religious belief is a matter
above human law; that it is a question
TO be settled between him and his Ma
ker, because be is responsible to none
but his Maker for adopting or rejecting
revealed truth.
"And here is the great distinction
which is some times overlooked, in New
England; the glorious inheritance of the
sons of the Pilgrims.
Men, fof their. religious sentiments,
are accountable to God, and 10 God only.
"DANlEL WEBSTER
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
The Entente Cordial between
Commodore MCCauIey and Gem
cha, the Cuban Tyraut.

A few days ago we made some strc-
lures upon the course pursued by Com
modore McCauley, the American com.
mauder in the West India seas, in ban
quoting with Concha, the Cuban tyrant,
the murderer of Crittenden and his brave
compa atriots. We are more than ever
impressed with sense of its improprie
ty when we read such statements as the
following from the Havana conespon
dent Of the New Orleans Pieayuns, W no
thus writes from Cuba. He says:
Commodore McCauley, Captain Ea.
gle, Of the Princeton, Captain Stribbling,
of the San Jacinto, and Mr.. Stribbing,
Commodore S Secretary, dined with Gen
erol Concha one afternoon last week;
Captain Dobbie, Of the British war;
steamer Buzzard, the. Spanish Admiral
and the Captain of the Port were also
present, Military bands performed in
the palace-yard during the afternoon
and the dinner is understood to have
been very recherche affair. The Span
iards now crow over the citizens Of the
United States here, saying, dinner and
bottle of champagne, given to the off.
GERS who may be sent here from the Uni
ted States, will be considered as am
pie atonem for any insult offered tC
the United States flag. or injury to thei
citizens" Gin. Eng.
We fully agree with the Enquirer
The news OF Com. McCauley's feastinl
with Concha? instead of demanding sat
isfaction, has taken the country BY sur
prise.--StatcsmGn.
If this is true, we don't care if tht
devil had McCauley and Concha, tina
they might take long dinner together
A fire occurred in Dayton on Tuesday
morning. Two or three buildings of lit
tie value were destroyed, and fgh
took place among the iiremen, in whicl
young man named VIM. Richards wa.
struck on the head with boulder, anC
killed. IL is not known who cast the
stone.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
TOWN COUNCIL,

In answer to a citizens inquiries in
this paper we hope to hear from the
Council. We can only say to citi.
zen that the Council do not advertise
in the Democrat, because we have near
500 tax to pay, for street grading and
other taxes; besides this, we had locat-
ed permanently, and do all in our pow
er for the best interests of our town and
county, round it-all we ask being a
living with our beighborS, but all this
is enough in all conscience to prevent
the Council from printing in the DEM
Ocrat, and another thing, new comerS
should not pretend TO come in among
US and do any business, it's presump.
tious truly and Shold be stopped as we'll
as whisky selling in our corporation.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
LOST! LOST!

The last information received here
concerning a certain Know Nothing
Lecturer, who lately peran,bulated this
county, was received by underground
railroad, from the South, in the shape
of an advertisement from a lady OF
easy virtue, offering a reward of 10
cents for information of his wherea-
bouts. Wonder ifsome gents, in Nc
Arthur hadn't better start out Lecturing
soon? 1t is said by some, honors are
eaSy.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25

The Know Mornings Of New York
have just closed their State Convention
at Syracuse. 1t was small d sse m blage
and is represented as funny affair
Some of the members desired to pass res
olutions suited to the election in Vir
ginia. They foupd it ,icklish business
and said just what they profess to Know
nothing The New York X. Ms are
woiully III debit is said to the amount
Of $4,000. As every where else. the
concern there is growing small by de-
gress aud beautifully less. - Statesman
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25

We call attention this week to the
advertisement of the Marietta and
Cincinnati Railroad Co., to furnish
cross ties for the road from Hamden,
in this county, to Big Sand Creek,
about 7 miles Northeast of Nc Arthur.
This offers an excellent opportunity to
some of our citizens to make some mo.
ney, and is good indication that the
road will be pushed on vigorously to
competition through this county.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25

CoUNTERF EFT NoTEs - In Pittsburgh
there are in circulation counterfeit
FiveS on the Farmers and Mechanics,
Bank of Philadelphia. These notes are
entirely different from tie genuine
notes and can easily be detected. The
appearance of the note is rough and
black, and the engravlngs are poorly ex.
ecuted. We give description of the
note; "5s. Vignette State coat Of arms
medallion head on the left end--a fe
male ON the right end-genuihe have
The word. live" in red ink across the
lace. ~ Steu6. Union.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
Enr The Dcn ncrni

Mr. BRATToN, Sir Il wish to in.
quire why it is that the Town Council
don't publish the ordinances in the
DemOcat. Ivoted for some of them,
and think ifthey wish their laws made
public they should advertise as much
as possible; how can | obey law
that | never saw? VIII the Council
answer for this selfshness?
A CITIZEN.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
LUTHER UOTTON's EsTATE.

NOTICE is hereby given. that Richard.
IN Brooks, executor OF the last Will and
Testament OF Luther Cotton, late of the
county of Vnton, deceased; has fled his ac
counts and vOucheS in the Probate Court of
said county, Tor inspection and final settle
ment, and that the same will be passed upon
by said Court on the 18th day oil June, A. d.,
1855.
B. p HEWITT, Pro Judge, V Ca.
may p, lo55-5w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25

PERTAINS GIFT ENTERPRISE The
Commit lttee appointed by the Shareholders in
this affair, to distribute the 100000 Gifts
amongst the ticket holders, have deferred the
distribution until the 9Th of July, on account
OF there remaining unsold some few thou.
sands of tickets. Mr.. Perham, ever anxious
to meet the views of his patrons, offers extra,
ordinary inducements to Agents to engage in
the sa lie of the remaining tickets, SO that there
may be no more delays, which are unques-
lionabIy as vexatious to him as to those who
have purchased tickets in his enterprise. We
commend the reading OF his advertisement to
our patrons, and hope that each and all will
lend helping hand to bring the matter to an
early and satisfactory consummation.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
MAHsls1 Ed,

On the 18th inst, by Rev. J. H. Hopkins,
ReD, J. w. AIDE ERMAN, of the Ohio Confer.
ence, to Miss ADALINE WILSON, of Lee,
Athens county, Ohio.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25

DLANK DEEDS, BLANK MORTGAGES
ID and all Blanks required under the Jus.
tees Code. for Justices Of the Peace. are con-
staatIy kept on hand aud for sule at this Of
fee.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25

PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS. is recciU.
ed at the rery highest market prices, on Sub
seriptiOn or Advertisements, at his Office
Money is not refused.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
V. b. PALNlER'S

Newspaper Subscription and Advertising Agency
PHILADELPHIA, New YORK, BosroN and BAL
TmoRE, is our authorized agent TO receive and
receipt for subscription and advertisement for
the DEMocRAT.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25
WOOL! WOOL!!

10000 lbs OF Wool Wanted.
WISH to buy all the wool can get, and
IL will pay the highest market prices.
may %, '55.-ti L A BRATTOG.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-25
cEoRcET0wN COLLEGE, ID. c.

rJyHE next session of this Institution will com
il mence on Monday, the Sd Of September
The Preparatory Department and Collegiate
enced Professors, who devote themselves to the
moral and intellectual advancement OF those con
fded 10 their care A large and spacious build
ing has just been completed TO be used exclusive
ly for the accommodation Of The younger students.
Their dormilory, play grounds, study-haii, class
rooms, &c. will be entirely distinct from those OF
the other students, and officers especially assigned
will attend them in their pastimes and preside
over their studies, A complete separation WIN
thus be effected between the younger and older
students the advantages of which must be appa-
rent 10 all those who have the least experience IN
the education of youth. IL.
The Observatory of The College, It's extensive
Philosophical apparatus, rich and varied Libraries,
and Cabinet of Minerals, Geological Specimens
and Shells, afford 10 the students Of this lnstiiu-
ton advantages rarely 10 be mel with.
b. A. MAGUIRE,
Ann 7--d1m President