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The Growing Wheat Crop.

We have advices from all parts of the
Western States, including Kentucky,
Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin, from
which We learn that, with the exception
of Tennessee, where it has been frozen out,
the growing wheatlooks exceedingly prom
Using and healthy. The breadth of land
sown with wheat last fall was greatly in.
creased over all previous years; and the
indications now are that should the pres.
ent prove favorable, the wheat crop Of
1856 will be the largest by 25 per cent,
ever gathered in the Union. The fate OIL
the wheat crop cannot be decided upon
with any certainty until after the middle
of June.-Cfn. Price Current.
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NOTICE is hereby given. that settlement
IN accounts have been filed in the Probate
of Monroe county, Ohio, by executors,
administrators and guardians, as follows:
Silas Headley, executor of John Yoho, final
E. G.. Trembly, administrator Of David Trem-
bly,, partial;
Joseph Tuel, guardian of his children, final;
John Wise and William Wise, a~d,ninistra-
tors of James Wise, final;
David Cline and James Scott, executors OF
Joseph Cline, final
Thomas J. Pickens, administrator of VIII
liam Pickens, final
John Lawrence, administrator Of Colbert
Harris, partial
George ]. Morrell, executor Of Joseph Nor
rell, final;
tian Reaksecker, Jr, final;
John b. Noll, administrator Of Samuel No
|Connell, final;
benjamin Slime, guardian of Joel corrant,
final;
Joseph C. Clark, administrator Of Lorenzo
kinsey, final !
Nathan Gatchell, administrator Of Jeremiah
Eat ,hell, final;
stephen Pancoast, administrator of George
Sindledecker, final M
Benjamin Lane, administrators of Israel r.
Randolph, final
Samuel Judge, administrator Of James Judge,
final; a8s
The examination of said accounts will be
commenced at the Probate Office ON Thursday,
June 10, 1856.
They are now subject to the examination Of
all persons interested therein.
JOHN w. 0KKY,
May %, 1856. Judge of said Court,
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Sher,Hss sale.

virtue of a writ of Execution for costs
I'D to me directed from the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Monroe county, Ohio, / will o6ss q
for sale at public ontcry, at the front door Of
the court house, in the town of Woods6eld, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock, q. M, and g.
O'Clock, p. m, on a.sE
Saturday, the 28h day Of june, 1856,
the following described lands and tenements,, =
lying and being in said county. to vii:
A part of section nineteen, of township num-
Der two, and range number three: ffraction
number six;) beginning for the same, At = stake
in the mouth of Narrows run; themes up the
river with the meanderings thereof, one hum
ldred and twelve rods to q buckeye tree; hence
north seventy degrees west two hundred and
iffty-four rods to a stone on the section line:
thence south with the section line seventy rods
to the middle of Narrows RIM; thence down
said run two hundred and sixty rods with the
meanders thereof to the place of beginning.
including the water right excepted and reserve
ed in Sampson Thistle's deed for the use Of
Jacob Bare; excepting ten acres sold TO Isaac
Il. Thompson; also reserving one acre on the
river adjoining Perry Cline; also excepting one
acre and one-fourth sold to Joseph S. Thorn
son. The above tract containing ninety.nina
acres, more or less; the same being . part Of
certain tract of land which Jacob Bare and Ann
Bare, his wife, by deed, on tho sixth day q
March, 1854, conveyed unto Joseph Bare.
Appraised at four hundred dollars. S.
Taken in execution and levied on in the case
Of Jesse Lantz, against William & /. Richnsr.
WILLIAM READ,
May 2s. ~ s. Sheriff Of said county. -
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D's" Query.

The question of "D" published q few
weeks since in the Spirit, has created con-
siderable discussion among the learned of
this vicinity. On our outside may be
found the answer of the author himself.
He re-afirms the positions and conclu-
sions Of Mr.. Hunter, which we dissented
from last week. The first of these posi-
tons we will leave to be settled by our
correspondence man of very consider
able scientific NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. answer
appears on the inside of to.day's paper.
We expect to hear from him again on the
subject.
The second position-that the velocity
of a ball will be accelerated only until it
reaches the surface of the Earth is un.
doubtedly entirely erroneous. 1t is equiv
alent to saying that a ball dropped from
the surface would move slower each sue
ceeding yard after it left the surface-that
it would move faster through the first yard
than any succeeding one.
As I'D" thinks the experiment we pro-
posed shallow" we suggest that he try
it, by going below the surface and suffer-
ing a brick-bat to fall a distance of one
foot, on his head; then let him descend
thirty feet and try it again, and he will
certainly conclude that q well is plenty
"deep" enough to satisfy any white man
with the experiment. If it strikes him
with more force the second time, it must
of necessity be because the velocity is
increased. If his position were true a
man could jump into a well a hundred feet
deep, with as much safety as one five feet
deep. Every person who has let a bucket
into q well by a windlass, knows that il
left to itself, it will nov faster as it APP
proaches the water. 1t is strange that
any one, and especially persons of the
learning and intelligence of our friends
Hunter and 3D." should be SO mistaken.
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orr County Fair.

We publish TO-DAY, the premium list Of
the Monroe county Fair for 1855. As
this institation is so manifestly for The in
tefests Of farmers and mechanics, it might
seem superiuous TO urge them to attend
II, and aid in its promotion; but some
examples heretofore have made it too ap-
parent that there is a great want Of energy
in sustaining it. Why is il? Suppose it
was an Institution peculiarly for the ben
eft OF merchants. or lawyers, or physi-
clans; would its advantages be nncarcd
for Certainly not. Then Why should
the farmers--the bone and sinew of the
country be careless Of their interests?
The Managers promise that everything
that can be done on their part, shall be
done to make it superior to any Fair eve
had in this county; and we have no hest
tation in saying that what they promise
they will perform. Without casting an.
reflections on the officers of other Pairs
we state that the duties of the presen
Managers will be performed in q manne
that win give no good grounds for dissai
isfaction.
Now, farmers and mechanics, there
no possibility Of a failure. nuless you ar
blind 20 sonr interests. Our county ha
a eooa farmers AID as good mechanic
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order to find appropriate grace to sp
them on men who differed from him.

order to find appropriate grace to spit
them on men who differed from him.
Mr.. Mason said: "Political relations
bring Senators in associations which be-
yond the walls of the Senate chamberis dis
onor, and touching whose hand would be
pollution. They were compelled to listen
to language here which no gentleman
would lend ear to elsewhere"
Mr.. Cass said he had listened to Mr..
Summers speech with equal regret and
surprise. 1t was the most un- American
and unpatriotic speech he had ever heard
upon this floor, and hoped he might never
hear such q speech again here or else
where.
Although, as we said before we cannot
justify MI. Brooks attack, yet we are
not surprised that these fanatics occasion
ally get blows in return for their SANDERS.
Itappears that the more abolitionised they
are, the more slanderous and abusive they
become. Then to shield themselves from
punishment, they profess to be non-com-
batants. No man but a coward will
SANDER and libel another in a manner
meriting punishment, and then fall back
upon his non-combativeness for protection.
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Suit for Freedom.

A suit, which excited considerable To-
interest, was brought to a close on
Saturday evening in Chesterfield Va.
Circuit Court, Judge Nash presiding 1t
was a claim on the part of certain ne
groes, Betty and her descendants, to free.
dom under a deed of emancipation execu.
ted by Jordan Anderson, the elder, in
1870. After the most patient investiga.
ton, and the most elaborate argument
of counsel, it was decided in favor of the
compliments. There were twenty-one
thus sueing for their freedom, and the,
had the cause decided in their behalf, not.
outstanding the Abolitionists say there
is no law for negroes at the South.-R
Dispatch.
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Another Fight Ia Washington.

May % Immediately after the adjourn.
ment of Congress to-day, while Mr.. Sam.
ner was still in the Senate chamber, Mr..
Brooks, of South Carolina, entered and
approached Sumner and accused him of
libelling South Carolina and his grey
headed relative, Mr.. Butler. He then
struck Sumner with his cane, and Sumner
fell; Brooks then continued to repeat his
blows till Sumner was deprived Of the pow
er of speech. Mr.. Sumner was taken up
and carried to his room. 1t has not been
a%scertained whether his injuries are Sc
rious or not. When the attack was made,
Mr.. Sumner called for help, but no one
.interfered until Mr.. Brooks had ceased the
assault. Some eye witnesses say Brooks
struck Summer as many as fifty times over
the head. Sumner was sitting in an arm
chair when the assault was made, and he
had no opportunity to defend himself.
The opinions on the subject are centradic-
tory; many %applauding the act, others
%denouncing it as a'cowardly attempt to
beat down freedom of speech. 1t will un-
doubtedly cause q great debate in the Sen
ate tomorrow. Brooks has been arrested.
Sumner has two severe but not dangerous
wounds on the head.-Brooks' can j:
shattered in many pieees.-Brooks has
been held to bail in the sum of five hun
bred dollars.
Though the above telegraphic account
is probably exaggerated, We are inclined
to think, judging from all the information
we can get on the subject, that the attacl
OF Mr.. Brooks was unwarranted and un
manly; though it vas not without som
provscation.
:, The speech of Mr. Sanncr which CAV
rise to the difficulty was one which coul
come from no Senator except one frol
: Massachusetts. lie was charged by sc,
cral members on the floor with being VI
: fit to associate with gentlemen, and h
!. speech as being destitute Of truth.
/ Mr. Douglas said the speech 'iaboundt
r in classic illusions, most of which we
from those portions of the classics whit
were suppressed inrespectable and deco
colleges He said that the libels al
g Insults, SO gross and vulgar which it co
IS tanned had been practiced before q gla
5 with a negro boy hoidipg q candle
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HoAoway's Ointment and Pills will cure
any disease of the Skin of the longest
standing.-Willia,n Frederick Anderson,
of Yadkin, South Carolina, suffered for .
long time from eruptions on the skin, his
face, arms, and legs, were covered with
little pustules and sores of a scorbutic
nature for the cure of this unsigh,ly
and painful Disagreement, he tried q vari-
ETY. of remedies, which failed to benefit
him. At last he tried Holloway's Oint-
ment and Pills, which very soor produced
a favorable change, and by a few weeks'
perseverance with these remedies, he was
completely cured. This famous Ointment
will cure ulcers and old wounds of twenty
years standing.
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From the Ravena Sentinel.
Sheriff Jones of Kansas.

We see by the latest accounts from
Kansas, that Sheriff Jones, Sheriff of
Douglas county, who was lately shot down
by one of the Kansas Sharpe Rife Repub.
l%icans, is not expected to live from one
hour to another, and I observe that it is
Samuel j. Jones who moved from Mantna
in this county near twenty years ago
settled in Missouri, and was afterwards
a Post Master there many years. If so, /
have no doubt, we, who were his neigh
bers in Mantua, will vouch for him that
he is no "r%ufian," but one of the most
amiable, kind, careful, discreet, and
neighborly of men, and o well read and
firmly established Democrat His old
friends here will not cease to pray for hi:
recovery. Who o are the "border ruff
fans?" MANTuA.
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A SINGULAR AFFAIR.-A curious in
stance of confusion has taken place in a
family in Lumber st. on Arbor Hill. A
mother and her daughter were confined on
the same day, each having a little son.
In the hustle of the moment both babies
were placed in a cradle, and to the con
fusion of h mothers, when the youngsters
were taken from the cradle, they were un-
able to tell which was the mothers and
which was the daugh,er'sEa question
which of course, must ever remain a mis-
terry. The family is in great Distress
Albany hntck.
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L ATER FROM
Arrival Of the Canada.
HALIFAX. MAY 40.

|AoJ ~.
The steamship Canada, from Liverpool.
with dates up to the 10th inst , arrised
this evening at half past eight o'clock.
The clipper ship Raperh had gone ashore
on Arklcw banks, and will probably prove
a total loss. The passengers and crew.
over 500, have been saved.
Lord Elgin had postponed the motion
Of inquiry respecting the troops ordered
to North America, until after. the holi-
days.
The Queen, to celebrate peace, has
granted an amnesty to all political offen-
ders, and consequently Smith O,Brien,
Frost Jones, and others may return home.
Special exception. however, is made against
those who escaped to the United States.
DENMARK.-The Helene towns have
all refused to adhere to capitalization by
Denmark in the question Of the sound
dues.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
FOR THE
GA NJ II "A q NJ.

We propose to receive subscriptions TO
the "Spiritn for the Campaign. COM
mencing Immediately after the nomination
by the Democratic National Convention,
which meets ON the Cd of June, and con-
tinuing six months. Our outside will be
devoted mainly to literary selections. which
we will do our best to make useful and
amusing. The inside viii be devoted to
politics and news.
OF our course we consider it unneces-
sary morc than, that while we intend to
give a. much attention to the affairs of
other States rs VIZ think they merit, We
win not forget that our readers have an
interest in the affairs of our own State.
The following viii be our terms:
One copy IS cents. Any person send
Ing rs six subscribers'names, accompanied
b, the money Cs4.5o,) shall receive a copy
sTatis; OF, if he be a regular subscriber,
We will credit rs cents on his subscription.
Any person sending us six subscribcrs
for one year, shall be entitled to q copy
gratis; OF, if be be o regular subscriber he
shall be credited $3.50 on his subscrip-
tion.
Now let our friends see What they can
do for rs
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Digging their own Graves.

Those men belonging to the command
of Col. Schlessinger, who were taken by
the Costa Ricans and executed by them,
were made to perform an unwelcome SER
vice just before their exit. Having been
condemned to death, and their fate an
nounced, the victims were compelled to
dig their own graves, and when done
made to kneel upon the margin of thu
trench dug, when they were shot dead
falling readily into the pit their own hands
had dug
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US any county in eastern Ohio; as good
stock, as good crops and as good mechan-
ical work as any county in eastern Ohio.
Bring them out and put to shame those
who in ridicule call US ozark Monroe"
Let some persons in each township take
it upon themselves to urge their neighbors
to prepare something for exhibition. Go
to work earnestly and energetically and
we will have a Fair which would be an
honor to any county in the State of Ohio.
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Almost Buried Alive.

Daniel Stems, of Sandusky county, O.,
to all appearances died on the Cd inst,
and was t have been buried on Sunday
afternoon; but, as the body was about be-
ing placed in the coffin, n of the assist
ants observed that the body felt o little
warm, and in a few moments Mr.. Stems
was sitting up. The friends who come
to attend the funeral went home more
happy than if they had been to a wedding
and Mr.. Stems, at the last accounts, wal
in q fair way Of recovery.
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Gov. CoRwIN We are gratiied to
learn that Gov. Corwin has recovered the
use of his limb, after his long and distress
ing confinement.
The Cincinnati Columbian of yester-
day says: Gov. Corwin appeared in the
Court room at Cincinnati, yesterday, the
first time he has been out since the acct
dent of last winter, by which his thigh
was dislocated. He is said to be in very
poor health.
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Veto of the River and Harbor Bun.

The President on Monday last sent to
the Senate his veto of the Bill for the i'm
provement of the st. Clair fats and the
mouth of the Mississippi. The frmness
with which Gen. Pierce adheres to the
cardinal doctrine of the Democratic party
in reference to the expenditure of the pub
lie monies for internal improvements is
praiseworthy. II we should be so fortu-
nate as to always have a president who
has the nerve to resist this monster meth
cd of depicting the treasury and bank
rupting the country it viii be well for us.
Argus.
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kY Five noblemen are said to
about one-fourth of all the landed prop
erty of Scotland. They are the Marquis
of Broadalbane, and the Dukes of Argyle,
Athol, Sutherland and Buccleugh. About
one thousand proprietors are said also to
own one-third of the land and total rev.
enue of the three kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland.
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az The London Times says:-@We
are surprised that there are people, both
here and in the United States, who be-
lieve that the English and French Gov
ernments are about to send military for
ces to Central America to assist Costa
RIGA against Nicaragua. There is not
a word of truth in this assertion, as re-
spects either England or France"
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dered tito be sent. The committee, there
fore, cannot rely upon his statement of
the cost of the liquor, and report that
they will make no arrangement with Mr..
Wagenheim but let him abide the decision
OF the law. SAMUEL P. JONES,
Chairman
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SALE OF WooL.--The first lot of ILL
nois wool, new clip, a very fine lot of
1000 lbs, aaths to full blood, unwashed,
was purchased yesterday by Messrs. A.
E. KENT & Co., Wool and Fur Dealers,
at 24c. 1t was grown by Messrs. LADD
& Bishop of Champagne county, and is as
fine a specimen of wool as is often to be
seen in this MARKET Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
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Masonic Celebration.

Ma EDITOR You will please
that the anniversary Of St. John (the Gath
Of June, will be celebrated at Bellair, O.
All Masons In good standing are invited
to. attend JeEL. STRAHL, Master,
Bellair Lodge.
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WooDsFIELD, May "a, 1856.

We, the committee appointed for the
purpose of calling upon those having Ii
Guor on hand to ascertain the amount
and price thereof, in pursuance of our
duty called upon Mr.. Wagenheim, and
asked for a bill of the liquor he had on
hand. He replied that he no BILL
We then asked the cost of it. He made
the following charges:
Is gals. com. whiskey at 80 cts. $3.50
10 " rye 10 1880
10 /" brandy IS $50
2 barrels containing the com. whiskey 100
l Keg containing brandy 100
rye whiskey 90
Hauling the above from the river 800
Hack expenses going to the river l.2e
Expenses while there Is
returning 1,2s
Two days going after liquor l,5t
Upon inquiry the committee ascertain
ed that Mr.. Wagenheim never went t,
the river after the liquor, but simply or
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Idolatry in the United States.

Buddhism has been formally Inaugural
ted on American soil. After many dis
appointments, the Chinese population of
San Francisco have imported a wooden
god and all the paraphernalia of their
worship for the purpose, and erected them
as a permanent institution in its midst.
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JUDGE MCLEAN - The Washington
Star says Judge Mclean seems to be
rapidly gaining the inside track of all the
aspirants to the Philadelphia nomina-
tion.
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Missouri PoL1T1cs.-The Democrat
publishes Mr.. Benton's reply to q letter
advising him Of his nomination for Gov
ernor. He neither accepts nor declines
it, saying he will keep the matter under
consideration until his return to Mis-
souri,.
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ELECTION IN WHEELING.

As we anticipated, the election on
Thursday resulted in the election of Mr..
Irwin, the Know Nothing candidate for
Sheriff. 1t was found impossible to har-
monise the claims of the two other can
didates. The result is that a large num-
Der of their respective friends, foreseeing
their defeat, did not even go to the polls.
In addition to this, we learn that MI.
Irwin is not a member of their order, and
being a man well known and of unexcep-
tionable character, it is fair to presume
that his vote is considerably above the
strength of the party which endorsed and
adopted him as its nominee. Taking the
whole vote together, it shows that his
party have fallen off wonderfully in this
county. Not more than two-thirds of
Mr.. TWINS vote can be claimed as the
party vote. The vote of Mr.. Irwin was
but 1868, while the vote of last spring
in the whole county, vas about 1850.
The whole vote on Thursday for Sheriff
was 2,67S, while Mr.. Irwin received only
1868 showing a majority against him of
1872, while by far the greater part of the
"stay at home votes are, we apprehend,
opposed to the party adopting him. Thus
it appears that the party is down in this
county-far less numerous than it's oppo-
nents even supposed. Either Nj. Shall
cross or Mr.. Bedilion could have been
elected by a large NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
MES A
OF PENNSYLVANIA;
Subject 20 the decision of the Democratic
ISIS National Convention.
Democratic Presidential Electors for Ohio.
- SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
WILLIAM KENNON, b., of Belmont.
ALEXANDER II. MILLER, of Butler.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTORS.

CONGRESSIONAL ELECTORS.
LIST. SHELDON ]. KELLOGG, of Hamilton.
? ID. HENRY F. SEDAN, of Hamilton.
Sd. DAVID CLARK, of Montgomery.
4th. J. II. THOMAS, of Darke.
5th. howard FosTER, of Williams.
9Th. MtcHAEL II. DAVIS, of Clermont.
5th. WiLrIAM CRossEs, of Warren.
9Th. WrLLfAM KERsaSBR, of Clark.
! 9Th. GDoReE z. SEESA, of Seneca.
10th. LEVI DuScAs, of Jackson.
18th. ALrRED McvEIon, of Fairfield.
18th. JACOB SLYn, of Franklin.
18th. JoHs Trffr, of Huron,
14th. JoHH c. MYExs, of Ashland.
18th. JosErH BuRss, of Coshocton.
10TH. JAMEs n. GAYLORD, of Morgan.
17th. BENJAMIN r. SrRIoes, of Noble.
18th. ALrHosso HART, of Portage.
10Th. HHsRr H. DoDoE, Of Cuyahoga.
10th. GEoRoE g. GrLLErT, of Ashtabula.
2lst. GEoRcr Cook, of Harrison.
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e The Spanish Government has
determined to send a small feet to Vera
Cruz; two steamers, two frigates and sew
eral briggs.