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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16
Something of a Shower.

By a rain guage kept at the Lunatic
Asylum, Columbus. it appears-ns we
see in the JournaI-that there have fall
len this year 494 inches of water. The
statement says:
By calculation it will be found that
more than Sc 5000 bbls have fallen on a
single acre, and ~supposing each and eve-
~ acre in Ohio to have received the
like quantity, 1.-THE area being 200 miles
square, water has descended on this
State alone in q single year, sufficient TO
fill a canal $4,000 miles long, 1.-THE entire
circuit of our globe,) 500 feet wide, and
nearly 20 feet deep. The late DIR. Ray
of Cincinnati, a very careful observer of
meteorological phenomena, communica-
ted to the public some even years since,
that the mean annual rain, for thirteen
consecutive years had been "a inches.
Others have put it down for a longer
term of years at 375 inches.
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XeranitY.

Speaking of the Kansas outrages, that
v~eracious print, the Democrat, hasthe fol
lowing:
when the Chronicle says that the De-
mocracy sent the Missourians over 10
Kansas, 1t states a palpable untruth.--
Not a Democrat was engaged in It. II
was a Know Nothing outrage"
1t is difficult to tell whether the wri
ter of the above, is not more fool than
knave. Not only is the statement false,
known by the Democrat to be false, but
known by every intelligent ma in the
United States to be false. 1t is notori-
Gus, that the prime movers in these out
RACES is Atchison, the Democratic Sena.
tor from Missouri, Douglass, his cats
paw, another leading Democrat, and
Stringfellow, the tool of Atchison, as ed
itor of the Squatter Sovereignty, prints the
laws Of the United States, bv authority
of the Democratic Administration at
Washington,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16
A Frightened Dog ~Promenading Under a
Lady's Skirts and Keeping Step.


The Buffalo Republican relates the
following ludricrous adventure I'VE
were permitted for the first time in our
life to accompany a handsome young
lady. a day or two since, through our
principal streets, she being dainty dress
ed, and wearing hoops. We could not
get nearer than four feet Of her, and con
s~equently the conversation consisted of
undressing scraps of commonplace.
was conducted principally in creams
and halloes. During u passage to-
wards the young lady's domicil, a small
dog, attached to a small tin pail, in his
fright ran against her, and disappeared
under the voluminods folds OF hcoped
silk. There he was, and what to do she
knew not. Finally the dog became quiz
ct, owing TO the darkness in the region
where he had disappeared, and the lady
started with tremuious and frightened
steps towards her home, little bow WOW
keeping time to the music, and we re-
lcctingly preceding her, to inform the
servants of the catastrophe. She ar
rived there perfectly safe, and after a
few minutes. during which time shovels,
tongs and frebraDds were pushed under
the pavilion, the dog was ousted from
his place of refuge, and shot from his
lair ike a ball from a muske.. The last
seen of him he was executing some very
interesting pirouetts with tin pan accom-
paniments, around the corner, The lady
was not at all embarrassed BY her un
expected companion, except that an oc-
casional sound of the tin pan would at
tract the attention of the passers-bY, who
looked in vain for the So much
for the hoops"
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Letter from Washington.

We received a communication from a
Washington correspondent, too late for
our edition of the Cd, and which was
crowded out by the message last week.
The following portion of it, however,
has lost nothing by the delay:
WASHINGTON CIrr. Dec. 27, '55.
Asssrs. Editors My State pride was
gratifed by hearing admitted here,
what 1 supposed before, from person
al acquaintance to be the fact, viz that
the Ohio delegation in Congress, is
stronger than that of any other State
They are all, with one exception, strong
and experienced and ready men, anxious
to meet the enemies of liberty in the
field of intellectual and political conflict.
J.. Scott Harrison is the Z option
Though The son of a President, he is the
weakest looking man, intellectually and
physically, in the House. Nature was
certainly justified in stamping the ex-
ternal man a fool, for his ;mbeci'e con-
gressional life proves him S o in fact
While this is his true character, he
seems perfectly satisfied with himself.
He thinks himself of vast consequence,
having, as he boasts, descended from
one sf the old Virginia "frst families"
There has, undoubtedly, been a great
descent, and the royal blood, if there is
any in him, has become greatly diluted.
He said lately, as an excuse for his
criminal refusal to vote for Banks, that
he had a Hereditary vOte TO cast, and must
give it to a National man. Weak and
effeminate as Harrison is, his vote counts
every time against Mr.. Banks; but he
will oon be powerless for evil, and sink
into the contempt he deserves.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. Whittle-
sey, 1 went up to the White House, and
made my salam to the President. He
is q pleasant, curly headed. intelligent,
good looking gentleman, and evidently
suffering from bad health. He looks
care worn and troubled. Though Mr..
Pierce may be strong enough intellectu-
ally, for a President, he is not so physi-
cally. The wear and tear on an AIneri.
can President, is enormous, and no man
has any business in the chair, who has
not got a good constitution. The charge
that Office seekers alone make upon the
President, is enough to annihilate a com
mon man.
Mr.. Whittlesey occupies a post at the
head of the Treasury department, and
through his indomitable industry and
vigilance, this branch of the government
is said to be well managed.
The money market is hard and tight
here, and at Baltimore, from the fact
that the members of Congress have no
money. The saloons are great sufferers.
The brokers, it is said, are making cash
by shaving the papers of hard-up mem
bers. When Congress organizes, there
will be a golden shower.
Yours, truly, Z.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16

HIAwATHA IN LoNDoN.-The London
Leader is in raptures with "Hiswaths,"
the new poem by Longfellow. 1t con-
cludes a long notice in this warm strain:
America has now her epic. The in
tellectual greatness of America, which
every dis~passionate eye must see, will
one day be commensurate with her ter.
%ritorial greatness, land of which, even
now, there are unmistakable signs in the
originality of several writers, may and
probably will produce epics grander in
substance than this of Hiawatha /; but
the glory of having given his country
her first national poem, worthy to be
placed beside the national poems of
other lands, will always belong to Long.
fellow,
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Deaths.

On Friday evening, llth inst. at the residence other
father, MARTHA JANE. daughter Of Edward E. HOyt,
Esq, in the 18th year Of her age.
The circumstances Of her death were peculiar. She
hal been afflicted with a disease Of the heart, yet no
fears Of immediate dissolution we're entertained. hut
fond hopes Of her recovery. On the. evening OF her
death she was as we'll as usual MP to the moment OF
her departure Her mother, asking her a question,
received no answer. and turning to ascertain the
cause, discovered she had fallen to the floor She took
her in her arms--a slight g~urgling sound was heard in
her throat, and she was dead. Thus, suddenly has
passed away, one Of the lOveliest maidens Of our com
muniiy. The sa5Iened cOun;enanees Of all who knew
he- reveals the place she had in their affections She
was amiable, Of sweet disposition, uncOmplaining in
all her suGerings. But she has gone where disease is
unknown, where skies are ever clear, and flowers for
ever bloom.
On Sunday, Dec. 30, at his residence in MescpOtamia,
Mr. F. o EAsroS, in the sd year Of his age.
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News Items.

a. lAAoAl NAAA0 VI u l." ~ AAANChy VI
Dayton, was burned to death by its
clothes catching fire from bits of paper
it was throwing into the stove.
Tom THUMB father-Mr. Stratton-
is dead. A large fortune made by ex-
hibiling Tom, is left to be divided be-
tween the widow, Tom and two sisters.
A voR was recently granted by
one of the courts of Indiana, where the
only allegation against the defendant
was that he had cold feet.
TIE Cleveland and Columbus Rail-
road Company has declared a dividend
for the six months up to Jan. l, 1856, of
5 per cent. payable in cash.
The Lake Shore road has declared a
semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent. cash,
and have reserved 10 per cent. or-S2o0,-
600, to build an extra track bet Eeen
Erie and Cleveland.
A CLOTHING Store in Columbiana, Co.
lumbiana county, was robbed on Thurs
day night last of about $500 worth of
clothes and clothing. The thiefo or thieves
have not been discovered.
DURING the year 1854 one hundred
and seventy-fve men were hung in the
United States for murder. OF this num-
Der only seven could read and write.
THEY have a girl in California who is
only sixteen years of age, and weighs
Ais lbs. and is increasing in flesh at the
rate of three lbs. per week. 1t will take
three hugs to go clear round her.
AFTER the 18th of January, three
fourths of the heaviest business houses
in Chicago, will refuse to to take Geor-
gia or Tennessee money. The Tribune
says hat many of the banks of that city
will throw it out on that day.
A COUPLE were married in Greenbush,
New York, last week, whose united ages
were one hundred and sixty-two years.
Whether they got the consent of their
parents is not known.
HoRCE MANN thinks that Moses was
the first conductor on the underground
railroad, as he look out of Egypt the
biggest train on record, containing two
millions of passengers.
THE richest member of the present
Congress is VIM. AIKEN, of South Caro-
lima. His property is valued at two mil
lions of dollars, including over one thou,
sand negroes.
The N. Y. Mirror was shown on Mon
day an Opal breast pin, set in a circle of
diamonds, to be given 10 a lady as a
Christmas present, which cost between
$4,000 and 5000.
THE Eaton Register chronicles the
passage of the biggest hog train on rec
ord, over the E. d H. R. R. on Satur.
day last. 1t consisted of seventy three
loaded cars, carrying, in all. 1880 hogs
weighing $50 tons, and worth about
fifty two thousand dollars.
Mr. A. BRoNsoN, of Meadville, Pa,
says, from fifteen years experience he
finds that Indian meal poultice, covered
with young Hyson tea, softened with
hot water, and laid over burns or frozen
flesh, as hot as can be borne, will re-
lieve tie pain in five minutes. If bis
tiers have not arisen before they will not
after it is put on, and that n poultice
is generally sufficient 10 effect a cure.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16
Value of Patents.

The Scientific american of the last is
sue gives the public some intere sting
facts in relation to the value of certain
patents which are now in existence in
the United States. We copy a few of
them for the benefit of our inventive
readers:
A portion of the right to Woods pat
ent Shingle machine was lately sold al
Albany. N. Y, for SIS. 0OO.
The Jeromes, the clock makers of New
Haven, Conn.,. have just paid $50, 900
for a portion of the right to RObertson's
patent SeUiRg mach ne.
The right to use Hows's patent Shuttle
in the Sewing machine is now an income
of $4,000 per year to the inventor.
Messrs. Singer d Co. are said to be
making $4,000 per year from their
SeViRg Machines.
Wheeler d. Wilson'S Sewing Machine
Company are making $780, OJ per year.
Rights for Sanford s putsHt hand torn
Planter have been sold Il the amount of
$780, 900
Wakefeld's patent hand Corn Planter
has been sold for a still larger sum, a
single manufacturer of it at New Haven,
Connecticut, having realized 40. 900
from the sale, DC, of it during the past
season.
D. w. Clark, of Bridgeport. Conn.,,
has sold his patent Punp for $50, 1000.
One half of the patent for certain Car
tain fixtures, which permit the curtain to
be raj ed or lowered from the top, sold
for $4,000.
Creaner's patent Car brake is said to
have been sold TO a company for 100000.
By these items it would seem that ge-
MUS is reaping a golden reward. Il may
be proper however, for US to hint that
there may be some gas about these re-
ported sales and profits. This world is
sometimes given to lying.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16

The HUNTERS FEAST. by Capt Mayne
Reid. Published by Dewitt & Da-
venport, New York. Price 81 25.-
For sale at Adams Bookstore, War
rem, o.
The name Of the author is a sufficient
guaranty for the interest of this work.
The sketch Oh the first page of this pa,
per, is a specimen of what it contains.
1t abounds in startling incidents and ad-
ventures of the hunters life, told in a
graphic and pleasing manner, and can
not fail to interest the reader.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16
Mr.. Jefferson, and the TrumbuII
Dem ooro<

~ GAots
The Democrat has often, in times past
held up the name of the patriot and sage
Thoinss Jefferson, as the founder anc
patron SAINT of the Democratic party
1t has prated loudly of Jefersonian De.
nocracy. and JaersOnian principles
In that paper of January 9Th, the follow.
ing sentence appeared in the Editorial
column.
As Mr.. Cobb said the other day in
Congress, scs hope to see the democrat.
10 party purged of the last drop Of A6oli
ton Mood"
Now let US see what Mr.. Jefferson
says of Abolition, and whether the Pat
ent Democratic party, purged of the
last drop of Abolition blood, would CO.
inelde in its principles, with those advo-
Gated by Thomas jeff rson. In his let
ter to the Convention holden at VIII
lismsburg. Virginia, Aug. 1, I774, Mr..
Jefferson wrote as follows:
1.-The abolition of domestic slavery is
the greatest object of desire in these col
onies where it was ~unhappily introduced
IN their infant state. But previous to
the enfranchisement of the Slaves, it is
necessary to exclude all further importa.
tons from Africa. Yet our repeated
attempts to effect this by prohibition, and
by imposing duties which might amount
to prohibition, have been heretofore de-
feated by his Majssty's negative. Thus
prefeiring the immediate advantages of
= few African corsairs to the lasting in
terest Of the American States, and to the
rights OF human nature, deeply wounded
Dy this infamous practice"
Again, in his notes of Virginia, he
first speaks of the effect of slavery upon
The mora's Ofthe people where it exists
continuing he says:
"Wilh the morals of the people, their
industry also is destroyed. For, in a
warm climate, no man will labor for
himself who can make another labor for
him. This is so true, that of the pro-
prietors of slaves, a very small proper
tion. indeed, are ever seer to labor.
And al the liberties of that nation be
thought secure when we have removed
their only firm bssis--a conviction in
the minds of the people that these liber-
ties are the gift Of God That they are
not violated but with His wrath? Indeed,
l tiemble for my country, when l reflect
that God is %just--that his justice cannot
sleep forever; that, considering num-
bers, nature and natural means only, a
revolution of the wheel Of fortune, an
exchange of situation is among possible
events that it may become probable by
supernatural interference. The Almighty
has no attribute which can take sides
with US in such a contest"
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Mr.. Giddings' Speech.

We have read with great pleasure the
speech which this gentleman lately deliv-
cred in Congress. In our opinion it is
his best production. He has done the
cause of Republicanism justice, and him.
self honor. We have not space for its
publication at present, but intend at
some future time, either to give it in full,
or make copious extracts.
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DURAL PUBLICATIONS

IL The COUNTRY GESTLEMKS-THE CULTIvAToR,
AND TIKI ILLrsTR .TED ANNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL
AFFaIRs- Published al -6lbsHy, ". T. By LUTHxk
TUcKER 4 Son.
The Country Gentleman is a beautifully illustrated
weekly of Is pages quarto. vith special Departments
for The Farm, The Grazier. The Dairy, The Fruit Gar
den and Orchard. The Florist. The Kitchen Garden,
The Poultry Yard. The Housewife, The Preside. &c
a. This is. without question, the BEsr Agricultural
Paper in the Unietd StateS."-Hon.J JOIN WENTWORTH.
NJ. C. Of Illinois Price 81 4 year.
The Cultivator. monthlv. - pages octave veil.
known for twenty years. as the best monthly agrieuI-
tural journal in this cOuntry-price so cents per year.
The Illustrated Annual Register Of Rural Affairs -
The two Nos. issued for ls55 and 1856, contain more
than $50 engravings Of buildings. animals, trees, fruits,
&c. &c. Price > cents each-sent post paid by mail.
These works combine attractions to be found in no
similar publications. and the publishers will send
specimens OF the papers to all who would like to ex-
anime them.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16

Gross SUPERsTIrIoN.-At the execu-
ton of Hubbard, a few days ago. in Wa
bash county, in this State, Tor the murder
of the French family, after he was entire
ly dead, the enclosure was taken down,
and more than five hundred persons
went in and touched him, giving their
reasons for so doing, that it would IN
the future protect them from witchcraft.
The rope that he was hung with, the
crowd afterwards took, cut it up in small
pieces, and divided it out among them,
10 act as a charm in protecting them in
the future from ague and all other dis
eases. Surely this is the quintessence of
superstition.-Ierr Haute (Lna.) En-
press.
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American Board.

A BRIEF statement Of the pecuniary
condition of the Board, at the end of De-
tober, was published in the Journal of
Missions for December. At that time
there had been a falling off in the re-
ceiPts to the amount of $4,000. To this
now may be added a deficiency in the
receipts for November of nearly $4,000
more; thus making for the first four
months OF the financial year. a diminution
OF INCOME, compared with last year, of
about $4,000. which with he previous
ly existing debt of $50, 600 makes the
present Indebtedness Of the Board not
less than S28, ZOO.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16

FIRE IN CAMBELLsPoRT.-Last Thurs
day night, the Brick Tavern, known as
the Campbell Stand. lat Cambellsport
was entirely destroyed BY fire. 1t was
occupied by Lorenzo D. barrow. whose
loss is about $500 and no insurance.
1t was also occupied by Curtiss Camp
bell, whose household furniture was
consumed. The fire was o~ccasioned, il
is supposed, from a careless deposit of
hot ashes.-Porta1e Dem.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16

l. PAINE & DAVIS would say to Young Men who
are DESTROYS Of studying medicine, that they have furn-
ished themselves with a large Medical Library, Ana
tomical Charts. Plates, Maps. Surgical and Chemical
strator Of Anatomy in the Z ~. College Of Philaiel-
phia, will lecture to the Students every Saturday after
noon, on some Of the branches Of medicine, and to
those who are DESTROYS OF studying for the profession,
they will give rare opportunity to do 50. For further
particulars inquire at their Office. over Nichols &
Weir's Hat and Clothing Store, Main ST., Warren,O.
Jan. 1914
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16

The total amount OF treasure landed
at New York during the past year from
California. has been upwards of forty
one and a half million Of dollars, Of
which nearly twenty nine millions was
brought by the mail steamers via Pana-
ma, and nearly thirteen millions cam
BY the Nicaragua route.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-16

FIRE IN HIRAM.-Last Monday morn
ing at 4 O'Clock, the Disciples Church
in Hiram was destroyed by fire. 1t was
a fine edi6ce, and the largest church in
Hiram. The fire was some way COM
municated to the building from the stoves
used in warming it the previous cold
Sunday. Whether there was an insu
rance or not, we have not heard. If
not. the loss must be a severe one to the
Society Poraos Dem.
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Comment, is unnecessary.
The Annual Reports of the General De

These roluminous Reports are far too
long for our limited space, and we can
only give a few brief abstracts, which
will convey most of that which is of gen.
eral interest.
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Southern Justice-Auother Instance.

S0utnern JuStlce-An0ther Instance.
We have not unfrequently, of laIe,
been charged with doing injustice TO the
character Of the people of the South
We have charged slavery with produ-
cling in the privileged class both cruelty
and recklessness. We have on record
another striking evidence of the truth of
the charge. On last Thanksgiving Day
in Kentucky. two wealthy young men
in Maysville--both sons of slave owners
got gloriously drunk, and protracted
their revelry till a late hour. They
were at a public hotel, and after failing
in an attempt to procure more liquor,
they found one of the walters, a muIat-
to, sound asleep, and concluded to ava
ken him by setting him On fire. With
this view. they took a camphene lamp.
and pouring the fluid over his whisker>,
ignited it, and the poor fellows neck and
head became instantly wrapped in an in
tense blaze, which continued until the
fluid was consumed. The sufferings Of
the victim were dreadful in the extreme.
No refinement of torture could have pro
duced more excruciating misery. But,
strange TO say. death did not release him
from torment until after the lapse of two
weeks. This is certainly horrible
enough but the worst part of the story
remalns to be told. Both the young men
were rich and respectable Connected
and IN the South these qualifications give
men almost an unlimited license. The
murderers paid the owners of the mulat-
10 the sum of twelve hundred dollars for
his property, and that vas considered as
ample satisfaction The ministers Of
the law did not even make any complaint;
for the murdered man was only a Wig
ger! Is not slavery a delightful institu-
ton Pitts. GazeHe.