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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-22

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-22


and, my friends ,bere-sbcre-tncre he great point,
the ersAi oisBoxliy IN the minds Of the popea wnen
Mr. Garrison and h,s Trends sssms sa az eoove1.
hssde N e,r ponseAs think that they have soshas
40 90 VITA s--Ahai n spoust To so,htngsL
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style snd took oooasoo 70 call Louis Napoeon, Queen
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21
The Predicted Comet.

Astronomers at this time are look
ing for the rc-appearance Of Ualley's
great comet of 1865. This announce
ment has caused panic in some parts
of Europe equal to that ofthe Millerite
excitement in this country. The fol-
lowing extract from q private letter
last November, which we find in the
National Intelligencer, not only gives
some facts respecting the nature Of
comets, but also announces a theory
respecting their electrical influence,
which may explain the singular wealth
er of the present season:
"The near approach of this planet
in embryo will influence our planet,
perhaps the entire solar system. 1t
will be attracted by the sun, and then
repelled by it; it will both attact and
repel the planets Of the polar system,
and appear to create disorder and con-
fusion. But have no fears. 1t can
neither attract nor be attracted so as
to come in contact with any of the
heavenly bodies. The most it can do
to any OF the planets, (ours not except
ed,) will be to change the currents of
their electrical envelopes. This will
have a tendency to give us the warm
est or coolest winter (should the COM
ct appear soon) experienced since
1865. Should the earth's electricity
be attracted or repelled to either pole,
the temperate zones will enjoy an un-
sual degree of mildness; on the other
hand should the earth's electric sheen
be gathered in folds nearing the equa-
torial regions, then, indeed, may we
expect the most intense cold ever eX-
perienced in this climate. In either
event, tile Disturbance of electricity
in which the solar system floats, will
produce extraordinary results in at
mospheric temperature, wind cur
rents, and vegetation, until the electric
equilibrium shall be rc-establishod."
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21
AN ACT
| No. 1871
April l7,lS57.

No. l79. AN All
To amend and supplementary to an act en-
titled an act to provide for the reorgan-
ization, supervision and maintenance of
Common Schools passed March ii,
1858.
Section /. BE il enacted by the Gen
eraL assembly of the State Of Ohio, That
section three of the act aforesaid be so
amended as to read as follows: Section 3.
The said directors within five days after their
election, shall take an oath or affirmation to
support the Constitution of the United
States and of the State of Ohio, and faith
fully and impartialy to discharge the duties
of their Office which said oath the direc-
tors are authorized to administer to each
other. And in case a vacancy shall occur
in the office of director, by death, resigna-
ton. refusal to serve, or otherwise, it shall
be the duty of the township clerk to fill such
vacancy within ten days after being inform
ed thereof, by the appointment of some
suitable person who shall hold his office un-
til the time of the next annual meeting,
when director shall be elected for the re-
mainder, if any, of the uneXpired term, in
the manner prescribed in section two.
SECTION 2. That section four of said
act be so amended as to read as follows
Section If the qualified voters of any
sub-district shall fail to meet and elect school
directors as prescribed in sections two and
three, it shall be lawful for any three quail
fled voters of such sub-district to call spe'
cal meeting of the voters of such sub-dls
trct for the purpose of electing d.
rectors, on first giving five days no
tice in writing Of the time and place o
holding such meeting by posting the SAINT
in three of the most public places in sucf
sub-districts and the directors so elected a
such special meeting, shall hold their offices
for the unexpired term which they were re
spectively elected to fill.
| SECTION g. That section eight ofsaiC
act be so amended as to read as follows
! Section s. 1t shall be the duty of thu
directors in each sub-district to take or cause
to be taken, annually, between the first ant
third Monday of September, an enumera
ton of all the unmarried white and coloret
youth, noting them separately, between tht
| ages of five and twenty-one years, resden
within such sub.district and not temporari
ly there, designating between male ant
female, and return a certified copy thereo
TO tie township clerk; and in case the di
rectors in any sub-district shall fail to TAXI
and return the enumeration aforesaid, j
shall be. the duty of the township clerk t'
employ competent person to take the same
and allow him reasonable compensation
for his services, and shall proceed to recov
er the amount so paid for such services in
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21
The oldest soldier in t!ne world.

The Americans and English point
with pride to such veterans as Cass
and Palmerston, who, at the ripe age
of fseventy-fve, fill the highest and
most responsible positions in each
Government, and discharge their du-
ties with as much ability and zeal as
ifthey were but forty. But oventhese
are not to be compared with Marshal
Radetzky, the Austrian commandant
in Italy, who has just resigned his
commission at the extraordinary age
Of ninety-one. The Newark IN. .J)
AdcetiSer has a Genoa (ltalO cor
respondent, who, in alluding to the
event, says:
There are few examples in military
history OF such protracted and distin-
guished services. Though we have no
sympathy with the cause which they
have served, it must be conceded that
they illustrate remarkable personal
and professional virtues. Born in
17G6, of o distinguished Bohemian
line, his military life commenced be-
fore the establishment Of American
independence, in campaign against
the Turks, where he attained the rank
of captain. In Suwarow's famous It.
allan campaign Of 1899, he first demno-
strated the strategetical talents which
won for him a high position on tho
general staff, and in 1886, accomplish
ed by science, trained by constant SER
vice, and feeling nothing of its ago
but its experience, he was placed in
the highest rank OF the service; un-
surpassed, as soldier and diplomat
ist, by the ablest of his European CO.
Itemporaries. Ever honoyed and be-
loved by his comrades, he is covered
with decorations by his own and for
eign sovereigns-not the toys and
trinkets of courts, but the tributes
of men who served with him in
the field. Though no longer able to
mount a horse, lie is remarkably we'll
preserved, and continues TO illustrate
I in private intercourse the gontler vir-
tues which SO happily contrast with
the sturdier qualities of the soldier
IN person he is rather below the ordi-
nary standard. a. fa
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21

their feet stuck out at an angle offorty
five degrees. t0
"Mr. Madison was then called out
by the audience, and requested to give
an account of himself. lie excused
himself in the matter of the stones by
saying that his rival was in constant
practice, while he had not broken
Stone for a year. Being urged to
swing the weight about his head, ho
declined to do it, on the score of ina.
bility; and as Professor Carl had not
held the anvil upon his knees. In
short, lie virtually acknowledged
himself a whipped man." a r..
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21

A droll fellow being requested by
an old lady to read the newspaper
took it up and began as follows:
"Last night, yesterday morning, a,
bout two o'clock in the afternoon, be-
fore breakfast, hungry boy about
forty years old, bought ftp custard
for alevy and threw it through brick
wall nine feet thick, and jumped over
it and broke his ankle right above his
knee, and fellinto adry millpond and
was drowned. About forty years af:
ter, on the same day, an old cat had
nine turkey-goblers; the wind blew
Yankee Doodle into frying-pan and
knocked the old Dutch churn down
and killed a sow and two dead pigs al
Boston, where's deaf and dumb mar
was talking French to his Aunt Pe
ter !"
The old lady raised up both hand;
anG exclaimed, "Du tell %
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21
Extraordinary Trial of strength

The Troy Times of the 9th recouDts
a singular trial Of strength, which
took place in that city between James
Madison, "the cast iron man." and
professor Carl, "tho strongest man in
America" The challenge for trial
Of strength sent by Carl, having been
accepted, a large assembly witnessed
the performance
Previous to tho trial, Prof. Carl
gave an exhibition of Magic and ven-
triloquism, performed his celebrated
guitar and drum solos, balanced 16
chairs upon his chin, and performed
other fetes calling for an exercise of
strength, which must have wearied
! him somewhat. Mr.. Madison then
appeared--held an anvil weighing
| two hundred and fourteen pounds up
on his breast, while two men struck
upon it with sledges, an anvil upon
each knee; broke q number Of stones
with his fist; bent a bar Of iron by
striking it over his arm, and held an
anvil weighing about two hundred
pounds upon each arm, while mer
struck upon it with sledges.
Prof. Carl then appeared, he'd the
anvil upon his breast; bent the bar o.
iron almost double upon his ARM
held the anvil upon his arms, etc, fol
a longer period than Mr.. Madison
had done. He then took the large
flint stones which had been rejected
by his rival, and hammered them tc
pieces, signalling his performance by
cracking in two large stone about
large enough to serve as q stepping
block for q door. After this he held
one of the heavy anvils over his head
for forty.one seconds; lifted a sixty
pound weight upon his little finger
and swung it around his head, ant
held two men on his hair, while ht
whirlcd them about, top fashion, unit
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21

DR.. Hiram Cox, Liquor Inspector
of Cincinnati, has made a report
through the Press to his fellow-citi-
zens from which we extract the follow
ing:
WHAT HE FOUND.
/ have found some pure and beauti-
fully aromatic, while more than nine
tenths (O-10) of the liquors were imi-
tations-some not absolutely, chemi-
cally speaking poisonous--whilo a
great proportion of it was, and is, the
most pernicious, poisonous and vii
lainous concoctions that have ever
been offered to the public for sale as
beverages or that ever entered the hu-
man stomach!
THE DOCTORS OPINION or BRANDY.
l do not believe that there is at this
time in the city of Cincinnati, one gal
Ion ofpuro brandy for every hundred
that is in market Of the most deleteri-
ous stuff called by the different names
ofthe different varieties of brandy
which are most miserable limitations
with corn and whisky as a basis
which sulphuric, nitric, and acetic
acids, prussic acid, acactic, or nitric,
Guinea pepper, politory, &C., with
syrup or honey as covering.
THE DOCTORS OPINION OF WINES.
Nor do | believe that there is one
gallon in a thousand that is III our
market land some sold every day. Of
the different wines, Port, Sherry,
Muscadel or Muscat, Sweet Malaga,
&C., that is not a most poisonous and
delcterious admixture, having as a ba.
sis water, and as havoring ingredients
sulphuric acid, and in large quantities
to keep down acid iomentation, to-
gether with alum, beet root juice,
Juice ofalderberries, logwood, oil win
tergreen, grains ofparadise, Guinea
pepper, ginger, horse radish, hops,
bitter almonds, or honey or sugar;
some without one per cent. or a sin
gle drop Of alcoholic spirits ofany kind,
or a drop of wine Or brandy, depend
ent entirely on the great amount of
sulphuric acid for their preservation!
WHAT TIE DOCTOR HAS DISCOVERED.
have detected the above ingredi.
ents in most of the wines which
have examined, and the Same in the
brandies, and at this time although
there is a great deal of port wine in
market called Burgundy port, ard
the pure juice, &C., | think it would
be a difficult matter to find ten gal
Ions ofport, and many of the other
wines that are not limitations with ell
ther water, cider, vinegar or worts, as
basis with the other ingredients ad-
1oI
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21
A PARAGRAPH FOR ToPERs.

| have found in the course Of my
inspection whisky containing from
seventeen to twenty per cent. alcho-
hol spirits, when it should have from
torty-fve to fifty per cent. alchohol
spirits and the deficiency supplied by
a compound Of sweet oil, oil of vitrol
and Guinea pepper to make it warm
ing and stimulating as a liquor ofper
centage should be. In this liquor there
was sulphuric acid enough in a quart
to almost eat a hole through mans
stomach!
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21

Another triumph of monopoly has
lust occurred in Nova Scotia, whereby
the Atlantic Telegraph Company
have an exclusive right to land tele-
graphic cables on that coast for fifty
years,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21

SENTIMENrAL.-We find the follow
ing touching lines, entitled "The
Knight and Maideu," in one of our
extreme Western exchanges :2sg i
"Canst thou love me, gentle strapgerp 8dt
Dlushing like rose she stoodi ,.,.,.,-..l
And tho Knight at once admitted
That he "ratier thought he cculd,n
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21
Gbs 3flt9rtBur 9emotrat.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
PEARCE 81 SPENCE.
ALEX. PEARCE. JOHN t. SPENCE.
OFFICE IN MALONE'S BUILDING,
FRONT STREET, M'ARTHuR, OHIO.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21

SECRETARY OF STATE's OFFICE,
Columbus, April so, 1851,
hereby certify that the foregoing acts are cor
recty copied from the original rolls on file in this
office.
JAMES II. BAKER,
Secretary Of STATE.
AuD1ron's OFFICE, Vinton county, o.,
Macarthur, May l6, 1871
certify that the foregoing laws are true copic
of the laws US certified to by the Secretary o
State. -
JOEL A. WALDEN,
Auditor Of Vinton county.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-21
LiOuOPS i'm Cincinnati.

DR.. Hiram Cox, Liquor Inspector
of Cincinnati, has made a report
through the Press to his fellow-citi-
zens from which we extract the follow
ing: .
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-08

INDIA RUBBER LEGs.-In Providence, r. l., last
Friday night a lad, seventeen years Of age, named
Allen Campbell. employed as clerk in jewelry
tablishment and boarding in five story house on
the corner of Westminster and Walker streets
took out the window of his attic chamber, which
fronts on the back yard, and in consequence of the
heat went out upon the roof to sit down and have
a smoke. While thus enjoying his otism cum dig
nita> in that lofty position he suddenly found him
self sliding along the steep roof Despairingly he
grasped at the shingles and waterspouts as he fell
to save himself. but in vain, and down he went to
the ground, alghting upon his feet on the solid
earth, and making an impression with his heels
several inches deep. He was stunned by the
fall rs TO be unable to help himself and lay groan-
ing for fifteen minutes, but being finally discoy-
cred and taken into the house. it was found, upon
examination, that he had no bones broken. BY an
application of restoratives, he is enabled to turn
in bed and is fast recovering That lad is not
likely TO be killed by fall
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-08

ARMY MoyRNENTs.-The following changes have
been made in the Pacific division of the L. S. army:
CompauyH, First Dragons, Lieut.. Gregg COM
manding, has been detached from duty at Fort
reion and ordered to Fort Yamhill, Oregon; COM
pany C. same regiment, Captain Smith, has been
ordered to take post at Fort Walla Walla, Washing
ton Territory; company K, Fourth Infantry, Capt
Russell, has been relieved from Fort Walla Walla
and will repair to Fort Yamhil company l.. Third
Artillery, Lieut.. Piper commanding. will proceed
to Umpqua when relieved by company Z, Ninth
infantry. Lieut.. Fleming, commanding; company
|, First Dragons Lieut. Williams, is to be sta
toned at Fort Dallas; Lieut.. Mercer, with q de
tschment of company Y, First Dragons. is or
dered to take post temporarily atjFort..Tejon, Sur
geon Simpson has been ordered to report for duty
at headquarters Surgeon Born, medical director
Of the Pacific department, has been detached and
ordered east: assistant Surgeon Gls is ordered to
Fort Humboldt; Surgeon Barnes has been ordered
to San Francisco; Col. Fsuntleroy, with headquar-
ters, will probably repair to Fort Yamhill, Indian
reservation, located about 60 miles from Portland
0. T.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-08

NJ b. DICKINSON,
lN. IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN
FOREIGN FRUITS, VINES, LIQUORS AND
.SEGARS,
OFFERS FOR SALE
Fresh Oranges, Lemons, Raisins, Figs, Dates,
Prunes and Currants.
Fresh Almonds, Filberts, Walnuts, Pecans, Palm
and Cocoanuts.
Fresh Olive on Licorice and Claret Wine.
IN BOND:
$50 baskets Hedseick, Munns aud Star Cham
l5nr. pipes Madeirs Sherry and Port Wine.
Is half d United Vineyard, Hennessy, Jules
Robin and Blackberry Brandy.
$1,000 Genuine Havana Cigars.
Holland Gin Irish Scotch and Rye Whiskey.
Old jamaica \ E. Rum and pure Spirits.
ALSO-A general assortment of lower grade Bran
49, WAREHOUSES, No ;. 18th street,
an 5-2m Richmond, Va.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-08

AMERICAN CANNON IN ENaLaND.--Mr Eastman's
six breechloading cannon, recently imported from
America, were yesterday tried on the Arsenal
wharf, Woolwich. under the supervision of Lieut..
Col. Wilmot. Superintendent of Government gun
factories at Woolwich, and having been twice fired
with double charge of blank cartridge, namely
20 lbs. of powder they were examined, and found
to have stood the test satisfactorily. The guns
simply pointed, and placed in position
on temporary platform, composed of rough and
unsecured planks, and from their enormous weight
IL tons-they did not eviuce the slightest move
ment. her recoil. The material of which they are
cast Is American charcoal iron of the best quality.
From experiments made in the United States, this
species of cannon Is found TO project 32-pound
elongated rife shell ever flight of four English
miles-L0ndon Times.