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SHERIFF,S SALE.

George a. Berry, RY virtue ,e.;; Of .i writ
John P. Ferrell. mas to me directed
from the court of Common Pleas of Monroe
county, Ohio, / will offer for sale, at public
auction, at the front door of the court house,
in the town of Woodsfeld in said county, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock, a. M, and 4
O'Clock, p. m., on t{{fii ti5lis4
Saturday, the al st day Of Mareh, 1851,
the following described lands and town lots
.situate in said county of Monroe, to wit
ALI that parcel of land situate lying and
being in the town of Clarington, and known
and distinguished as part of lot number sew
enty-fve on the plat of said town, and being
the south east corner of said lot number sew
snty-fve, and extending fifty feet in front on
Ferry street, and running back from front to
rear forty feet so as to contain two thousand
square feet of land. 6ensS
Appraised at ffty-f dollars.
Also the following part of section twenty
three, in township two, of range four, being all
that tract Of land lying north of the town of
Ridgeville in said county, bounded ON the east
by: the lands of William Pittman, on the north
by the lands of Jacob Pittman, on the west by
the lot sold by Henry Keyser to said Ferren,
and on the south to run parallel line with
said town of Ridgeville, containing ten acres
more or less. sa(-s .4t, tt{Atsf4=
Appraised at tsixty-seven dollars.
three. township two of range fonr. :,
for the same at fIe so,,tb west corner of q LOT,
decided to Henry Keyser by Jacob Winland,
thence with the section line sonth to tbe cor
,ner of said Winlaud,s land. thence east till If
win intersect With The old 1,na ~, AZ, 1sst nd
of said town of Ridpeville the nee to tbs streat
line and thence to the place Of e s.eu
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TO the Public.

N consequence of a serious misunderstood
i ing that has gone abroad, l consider it my
duty to inform the Public and to avoid hard
feelings, that the firm of LANCE BRo's. transact
business in a
BUSINESS LIKE MANNER.
and not as it was conducted heretofore The
new. firm is working on the principle of "Lirc
and let liUe." All persons indebted to the old
firm of BUCHANAN & LANCE are also notified
that the undersigned don't claim, and never
intended to claim ten per cent interest, or any
interest whatever on any book accounts made
up to the, twenty-frst of August, 1856; and
and furthermore that he never gave his con-
sent to collect accounts with 10 per cent in
terest. h.' HENRY LANCE
WooDsFIELD, Jan. %, 1857.
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MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.

vs.. sS {B to ansdi me- directed ct fron arase the
Ann B. Witten. Court of Common Pleas of
Monroe county, in the State of Ohio, in the
case of Alfred D. briggs against Ann B. Wit
ten, there will be offered for sale at public auc-
ton at the front door of the court house, in
the town of Woodsfeld, in said county, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock, a. m, and 4
o'clock,p. M, on Sta 3slBE #5R q
Tuesday, the l7th day Of March, s57, !.
the following described property, situate in said
county, to wit: .sA q
Lot number fifty, in the town of Sardis, IN
Monroe county, Ohio, with the improvements
thereon.
Ordered to be sold as the property Of Ann
B.. Witten, at the suit of Alfred D. briggs
WILLIAM OHEY,
Feb. IL. So Is Mas. Com. NJ C. o.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

: Is sit > u
H0llister : okey RI virtue e, Of ANA man,
John Dicks and wife, from the court of Com
mon Pleas of Monroe county, Ohio, will offer
sale, at public auction, at the front door of
the court house, in the town of Woodsfield, in
said county, between the hours of 10 o'clock,
a. M, and o'clock; T. m, on
saturday, the 2lst day Of Marcl, 1857,
the following described real estate, lying and
being in the town of Lewisville, in said county,
t. wit:
Lot number Eve in said town of Lewisvi lie.
appraised at seventy-fve dollars.
Also lot number six in said town of Lewis
vile, appraise at two hundred and fifty dol
lars.
TERMs-One- half in hand, one-fou tn in one
year, and one-fourtlrin two years with interest
on the deferred payments. The same to be
secured to the sat ,sfast;,-.- said Sheriff.
Ordered to be sold as sne property of John
Dicks and wife, at the suit of Hollister s Okey
= WILLIAM READ,
; Feb. Is. So 90 Sheriff of said county.
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Faculty at Pittsburgh.


President. P. DUFF, Author of " Dufs Book
Keeping "The Western Steamboat Account
ant" &C.: Professor of the Principles and Prac-
tice cf Double Entry Bookkeeping.
A. I. HOWDEN, Professor of Mathematics
and adjunct Professor of Bookkeeping.
W. H. DUFF,
l lI1oo' ~ nloCan, y. ', - Associate Professors Of
T. G.. JONES, / 4
]. C. STOCKTON, -..-. a.sz
J..D. WILLIAMS, (the best business and Or
namental Penman in the United States,) Pro-
fessor of Penmanship. - s
N B. HATCH, Esq, Professor Of Mercantile
Law and Political Economy.
Hon. Judge SHANNON and Hon. J. NJ. KIRK
PATRICK, Special Lecturers on Mercantile Law.
Rev. DAVID FERGUSON, A. M, (late Profess
sor of Classics, &c., in Washington College,
Professor of Commercial Ethics.
JOHN MURPHY, Teacher of the Art Of De-
tecting Counterfeit Bank Notes. (The only
thoroughly qualified teacher of this Art in this
part of the country.)
F.. L.. APPEL, Prof. Of French and German
languages.
E. 0UDRY, Professor of Mechanical and
Architectural Drawing. -<,..-.--s
PARK BENJAMIN, of New York, and other
equally distinguished literary gentlemen from
eastern cities, will also lecture before the Col
lege during winter. r
This is believed to be the only kEstablish-
ment in the Union founded, organized and con.
Quoted by practical Merchant, who, from the
most matured experimental information, has
brought the Accountants and Merchants edu-
cation to degree of perfection never attained
by the best theoretical teachers.
Upwards of 1000 Students have been edu-
Gated for the Mercantile Profession; and sach
has been the recent increase of business that
a large additional Hall and several additional
teachers of Bookkeeping have become nsces-
sary for the accommodation of the students
Students have access to a library Of 5000
volumes. ist.-..-5-- -..-.f
For full particulars send for specimens Of
Mr.. WILLIAMS Penlnanship and circular oi
A pages-mailed free.
DUFF'S BOOK-KEEPING, PIP. 1872 Royal Oc-
tavo, Harper's edition. Price 81 so; postage
81 cents.
DUFF'S STEAMBOAT BoOK-KEEPING.- =
Price 81; postage cents.
@ To ensure prompt answers, address al
letters respecting the College to the Principal
For Duff's systems of Bookkeeping or blanks
address any of the Pittsburgh Booksellers, O
the Publishers, Harper d Brothers, New York
Jan. Z, 1857.
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MASTER OMMlSSIONER'S SALE.
Samuel Glover RY virtue s;,a,a Of mandate sa to
John s. Heald, Court of Common Pleas of
and others. Monroe county, in the State
of Ohio, in the case of Samuel Glover against
John S. Heald and others, there will be offered
for sale at public auction, at the front door of
the court house, in the town of Woodsfeld, in
said county, between the hours of 10 O'Clock,
a.. m, and o'clock, p. NJ, on
Tuesday, the l7A day Of March, 1857,
the following described property, situate in said
county, to wit: Et4E
Lot number eleven, and fractional lot num-
ber twelve, in the town of Claripgton, Monroe
county, Ohio.
Ordered to be sold as the property of John
S. Heald, at the suit of Samuel Glover.
2Sa WILLIAM OKEY,
Feb. IL. So Is Mas. Com. NJ. C. O..
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TEACHERS, ASSOCIATION.

THE Monroe County Teachers Association
will hold it's next biennial session in Woods
Monday. the 3oth day March, 1857,
and continue in session for ONE WEEK.
The following are the persons appointed to
conduct the regular exercises in the several
departments:
Orthography--W. c.. Barnes and Rev. John
Tyson;
Reading--J. P. Spriggs and John Brooks !;
.drithmetic - Samuel Dougherty and B.
Powell;
English Grammar-James o. Amos and
J. C.. Clark; 4 as-.53 31.s5 ~,
Gcography-G. L. Tyler and M. Black;
Natural ,Philosophy-William Wheeler and
Isaac Garretson; A se,z ~ .ea
.algsbra-R Powell and VIM. Wheeler;
Physiology--J. G. Clark and William F.
Hunter, jr. q, S+ i.lsazala
Besides the above exercises, the evenings
will be occupied in discussing various subjects
relative to the subject of education. A full
attendance of the members is solicited. The
several committees will come prepared to re-
port.,,a,y By order of the Association.
B. POWELL, Sec'y.
Feb. is, 1857. tf l @
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SHOES AND CATERS,

Also, Womens Misses and Childrens' Calf,
Kip Goat and Enameled SHOES, of Different
styles; of our own Manufacture. In addition
thereto we have made arrangements East
and shall have manufactured expressly for our
own trade every variety and style Of BOOTS
and SHOES, now in general use.
4th-It is our intention to do fair, honor
able and permanent business, and shall labor
faithfully and diligently to meet the views and
promote the interests of our customers as well
as our own.
We solicit your trade and hope you will call
and examine our goods and prices, before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
w. RICHARDSON & co.
Bellaire, Jan. q, 1857.
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MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE

MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE
Tallant & Delaplain, RY virtue of man,
VS.. ID date to me directed
Asher Okey's Admir-. from the Court of Com
and others. mon Pleas of Monroe
county, in the State of Ohio, in the case of
Tallant & Delaplain against Asher Okey's Ad-
ministrator and others, there will be offered
for sale at public auction, at the front door of
the court house. in the town of Woodsheld, in
said county, between the hours Of 10 O'Clock,
a. m. and o'clock, p. M on Eslsi
Tuesday, the 17M day Of Marca, 1851,
the following described property, situate in
said county, to wit:
Lot number twenty-siX in the town of Grays-
vile, with the improvements thereon.
Ordered to be sold as the property Of Asher
Okey's Administrator and others, at the suit
of Tallant & Delaplain.
WILLIAM OKEY,
Feb. IL. So 30 Mas. Com. NJ. C. O.
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James Drums Estate.

NOTICE is hereby, given that on the 18th,
~ day of April, 1855, the undersigned was
appointed by the Probate Court of Monroe
county, Ohio, Administrator of the estate of
James Drum, deceased.
ELIJAH ANDREWS, Admir-
Feb. IL 1857.
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THE SPIRIT5 OF D EMOCRA C5Y.T
NEW ESTABLISHMENT
FOR THE
Manufacture and Saleo T
BOOTS AND SHOES.
rTHE subscribers having about completed
BELLAIRE, BELMONT COUNTY, O..

"a For the purpose of manufacturing
ET and selling (atWholesale exclusive
m ly,) BOOTS AND SHOES, beg leave
Ezaaa. to submit few facts to all those en-
gagged in the trade: -. 81.
1st-We have had long experience in the
manufacture of Boots and Shoes,
2d-We have selected our business location
at BELLAIRE, on the Ohio River, where the
Baltimore and Ohio, the Central Ohio, and the
Wellsville Branch of the Pittsburgh and Cleve-
land Railroads, are already completed, and
the Marietta Railroad in course of construc-
ton, it being a point of flee and easy access
to and from all parts of the country, and where
living for workmen is comparatively cheap.
3d-We believe we can manufacture all the
leading articles in our trade, and give better
article for the same price, than is bought in
the Eastern markets. We shall at all times
keep large stock of Mems Boys and Youths
CALE KIP AND THICK BOOTS,
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MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Feb. IL. So 80 Mas. Com. NJ. C. 0.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-01-29
Intense Cold.

Many Of the harbors at the North are closed by
ice, which also o.rs serious distractions to nav-
cation in some of the Southern ports. Al Lynch
burgh, on Friday last, the Thermometer was down
to IL degrees above zero. At Savannah it has in
dicated Is above, and in Florida 81 above, being
the coldest weather ever known in that region. Ice
formed two inches in thickness In HIvala, a Sc
we're frost did considerable injury to the crops, a
phenomenon almost unknown iu that latitude 10
all the western rivers steamers are frozen up The
great lakes are covered with firm ice, Hing
many miles from Shore In the north western states
the severity of the weather is almost unprecedent,
ed, and men and animals have persisted in great
numbers sample of the terrible winter in that
locality is shown by the following accounts from
Iowa last week
"The roads were impossible SledS, merchan
disc and property were abandoned to the storms
Many men and cattle were frozen to death in the
highway. South of that line party Of Cavern
memt surveyors took shelter from a snow storm i
a ravine which scanned the prairie, They pitche'
their tent upon three feet of snow rugged u stow
whose pipe ran up through the top Of the tcnt,ate
and went to sleep. A difficulty ofbreathing arouscr
the parry early aud II was discovered that the ra
vine had drifted chock full. and that the snow wa
three feet above the top OF the tent and the top o
the pipe. Out of the entire surveying party o
which they were part two men frozc t0 death
two waded tho prairie SHOWS in stocking feet, un
abed to draw on their stiff boots, and all were dis
abled, permanently or temporarily, by the fieesin
of the extremitie& - Natioua! luteuigcucer, Jauu
! arv 18th.
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around the mission house Of this gentleman that
the Haalewood Republic has established its settle.
ment: and its members-many Of whom esn read
and write Dakota some Of them even EnRlish-
are composed chiefly Of his pupils and converts.
1t was under his auspices that the Haslewood Rs-
public wa' organised .tme two year. since. The
members--ths male adults voting-having elected
" Paul . their President and " Hennuek Ssefs.
tary. The latter was educated somewhere in the
East. The thrift Of these people in their new
mode o. life may be inferred from tie fact that
Major Flandrau, the agent for the sieux to whom
we are indebted for the principal datails Of the
above narrative. recently bosght 900 bushels sf
potatoes and 500 bushels Of corn from them.
The Major informs U. that their accounts against
the Cove nment are usually attested by vouch.rs 10
their own handwriting. It is his design to en-
courage by every possible mean, this forward
m'Ver ent among the Sioux. No portion Of the
school fund provided by the Treaty had been ap.
Propriated until a small portioa of the sum due.
81 600, was received BY him. "A part Of this Sss
judiciously expended in the establishmens Of
Dakota schOo in the Republic. taught for the pres.
ent by native Indian.
At the Red Wood agency, we should not forget
to mention, q similar settlement Of Indians las
e1mmeneed. and now numbers some eleven or
twelve families. We shall watch with deep inter.
est the progress Of The Hazlewood Republis.
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warrior I, is night. and the golden tropical
moonlight streams softly through the groves Of the
@ ,een Of the Antilles The FIRE. flies, glaneing
through the shade, fash a strange, inconstant
light upon the snowy flowers and glowing fruit Of
the orange as the breeze from the gently
sways their branches On through a garden.
b,sutifu as our dreams OF Eden, sweeps the west
wind stirring in its course the half parted cur
tains. which separate the garden from gorgeous
ROOM where all night mighty struggle has been
going on-a srong spirit striving TO free itself
from worn.out frame The richly emblssoned
banner Of Spain flls and sways, slowly above the
couch. where the dying soldier had willed 1t to be
hung He is apparently sleeping. The light
from the silvery lamps falls softly upon his pale
forehead, and thin, white hair. His attendants
scaee dare to breathe lest his deltiuu should re-
turn. Suddenly the sleeper starts then springs
up erect and in the cash Of that dark, burning
eye, we recognirs the eagle glance Of Ponce de
Leon. His mind is wandering; and again beneath
the royal banner, Juan TIE lion hearted. tramples
upon the eweled crest Of the Moor, and his hoarse
war cry Of Isabella and CASTLE. dis urbs the sol
emn night. Far away on the sunny slopes Of An
dalusia his spirit Is rev ling. in the stormy joy Of
fight, snd the shout of down with the infdel,"
bursts from parched lips All ! nov the dream is
over, the strength Of fever is exhausted, and the
light Of returning consciousness CLEANS in his still
brilliant eye With q voice low and broken. he
murmurs-"In thee, o Jesus. / trust I have
sinned, but thou hast forgiven" wesrily he sinks
back upon his pillow: the body-for which the
youth giving wa ers had been so eagerly and vain
ly sought--sve up its trust the tired soul--may
We not thus hope s-found at length a fountain
springing up to everlasting life.
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THE OLD YEARS GRAVES.
M MRS. ] L. HEWITT.


There was sound Of mirsh by the lowly hearth
And lordly IN 4nsion high;
For the grey Old Year IN his mantle sere,
Had folded him down to die.
And the midnig ght clang Of his death-kneli rang
Uet an hunflred blazing pyres,
As they g.ther'd him there by tho hre-lgh's glare
To the tomb Of his hoary sires.
Oh! rny heart was sad mid the voices glad;
For thought of the Old Years graves
On the warm tears wept for the brave who slept
In the oceans tide-worn caves.
am old! I am old! There we're locks Of gold
In their bri ightuess snatched away;
And the bounding form, and the young heart worm
Now fatten the worm-Decay
There were eyes of light on my pathway bright,
There were arms that round me clung;
They sleep 10 the fold of the death -shroud cold,
The teuanted tombs among,
Where the ivy creeps--where the nght.~ind sweeps
Where battens the warm Decay,
They are there they there thro' the midnight ai
They are beckonlng me away.
Oh! the New Year hath come from his far.od home,
Der the frost-bound Arctic wave;
And the ice-shod feet of his coursers feet,
Have swept DER the Old Years grave.
He Ia here! he Is here the hale New Year
They have kinlled an bundled pyres,-
But my heart lies cold, with the Monarch old,
In the tomb Of his hoary slrea
New York.
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TILE FIREsIDE.
! thn snow.fakea softly r.ttle

When the snow. fakes softly rattle
On the darkened window-pane.
And the night winds moan and murmur
In wild and ftful strain
o, how welcome is the cheerful,
Brightly burning. ruddy light.
Glowing from the evening hreside,
Glowing, sparkling. warm. and bright
How the mellow beams are dancing
On the ceiling in the hall.
Fen within the hearts dark corners,
With gentle glance they fall.
And Ia the clear and pleasant radiance,
As 10 waves Of gold 1t plays,
Meits the soul that's filed with sadness,
Lights the eye with radiant rays
Loved ones meet around the freside.
Through the dreary winter eve,
Whilst the storm without is widest
Tales Of other days 10 weave,
Songs that to the heart are dearest,
Breathe upon the hallowed air,
Voices CAV Ia mirth are mingled.
Household words are sweeter there.
How the aged and the weary,
Look back to the happy hearth,
By whose merry light they started,
Ere they tasted aught but mirth.
Though the glow has long been faded,
Brighter than OF yore II burns,
when the spirit, worn with wandering,
10 that cherished vision turns.
Then, when falling snow-nakes rattle
On the darkened window-pane,
Let us gather round the fireside,
Needless Of the night-wind's reign.
And when life's cold winter "ometh,
mid the darkness and the storm,
Well again In memory's chamber
Meet around the fresidc warm.
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The day eagerly anticipated hal arrived bu,
a shadow ras,el upiu thls. classic walls. for
one who had given mn~t startling promis- of
r.h.cting th,ii honor. hsi received his eternal
degrr Tn m rning following what is before
narrated, E lgar R,ym nd was cunveved i'll of
fever. TO the house of fri-nl few miles
away and five days later. tidngs reached his
f.llnw-sru ienis that cifhh h'arins his namt
was on its way 10 his bli2h,ed home
Ths public srrvicrs were nearly corclnl. .---
II remain-d only to pron)uncs the successful es-
say ard award the priz'. M,ny that day had
done themselves real credit. bat the nohlest dis
tinction rested upon Wordsworth Lyle and
still those who UNDERSTOOD him we'll, saw that
h. was waiting and watching with exceeding in
terest. Mrs. Lyle. from her seat just by the
stag, which n-r son had at pains obtained for
her for he felt that sigh, of her calm, beloved
countenance could inspire frmness in every
orleal-- saw it in his look srl manner. and felt
it in his hot, painting breath, as atevery oppor-
tunity he came to speak to her some cheerful
alfectionaIe word.
| No aIusion to the matter passed their lips yet
4 inc SUM- All MS hspl-
rations sympathizing with every pulsation of his
breast caught the fever Of suspense that was tor
turing his brain and making each nerve Of his be-
ing to vibrate, till flame seemed scorching hel
own cheeks and the heart threw out its blood witt
violence that set the veins OF her temple throb
bing with acute pain. DIting mother! dutifuI son
human hearts were never agitated more unsclfshly
the former secretly agonized in the unmingled de
sire that her son might not feel his triumph dashed
of its completeness the latter for the hour a
least thought lightly of everything relating to tn
prize beyond its very selE-"the hundred dollars
and its relief 10 the mother who had nourished hi
mind literally by denying her own body.
al am afraid you are i'll, mother" the you'll
whispered, bending over her.
Nothing to mind only triHe weary was tn
| reply.
/, At that moment the president came before tn
audience aud all eyes, except Lyles, waited hin
nently Standing behind his mother, one arr
laid across her shoulder and his head slightly bow
ed above hers he seemed struck into petriiaction-
He heard as from speaker very remots, and ye
I distinctly as though sounded from trumpet in h
ear the promise that The essay selecte by The con
ulittee for that purpose, as most WORTHY anon
those oGersdwou'd N the eTsuiu: bs rr,'icr r'l'
Z aud s'ter~srds printed