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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
A Mistake.

We notice an article form the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer going the rounds
Of the press, in which it is stated that
Breslin was enominated in 1856 after
the deficit of$204,0 900 was fully known
and understood. This is a mistake
The Democracy knew nothing about
the deficit when Breslin was renomin-
ated, nor was it discovered until he
made his report to the Governor just
previous to his retirement from the
Office of Treasurer. 1t is true that
Breslin, when interrogated by the
Democratic Legislature, in 1854, &C.
knowledged thathe had placed money
in different portions of the State fol
the convenience of the public service,
but when he was put on the ticket ii
was rot known by the Democracy that
this operation had cost the State some
two hundred thousand dollars. Fac
this fact been generally understood,
we have faith to believe that Mr.. B.
would not have received the nomina.
ton.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
The Convention in Kansas

The well informed Lecompton cor
respondent of the N. Y. Times, wri-
ting from Kansas under the date Of
June 10th, says:
I'VE have already heard, therefore,
of the election of twenty-five delegates
to the Convention, all pledged to sub
NIT the Constitution to popular vote.
Indeed, the people of all parties in the
territory are we'll nigh unanimous on
that question, and it is believed that
the vote on the subject in the Conven,
ton will be virtually unanimous
The plan Of presenting the subject,
which seems to meet the most general
favor, is this: Tomake a constitution
ignoring the slavery question toto cello,
and the best possible in other respects,
and submit that to a vote of the peo-
pie; simultaneously with that to sub
init a separate clause prohibiting
slavery from Kansas, to be voted on
separately by the people, and thus
put the matter finally, definitely, and
please God, eternally at rest.
"From conversations | have had
with gentlemen, elected to take part
in the formation of the Constitution,
or likely to influence its action, | think
it pretty certain it will contain clauses
providing for complete cooperation
with the General Government, for the
execution Of the Fugitive-slav Law,
and for carrying into effect that section
Of the judiciary act of $50 securing
appeals in constitutional cases to
the Supreme Court of the United
States"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
An Independent Treasury for
Ohio.

We are glad to see our Democrat
ic exchanges coming ont boldly in
favor of an Independent Treasury
system for Ohio, such as has been es,
tablished by the Democratic party for
the General Government. Had the
Democracy put into operation that
kind ofa system, ofwhich we we're one
of the humble advocates, at the time
they set in motion the wheels of gov
eminent under the new Constitution,
we do not believe hal the State would
have lost a dime, where she has lost
under the present system thousands
of dollars.
The Independent Treasury works
we'll for the whole United States, and
it will work well for a single State.
1t is the only safe plan that can be
adopted to prevent the frequent recur-
renee of losses from deprecated bank
notes and from the breaking up Of
banks, which are always very apt to
burst about the time they get a large
deposit from the State.
In this connection we publish a
portion of the platform upon which
the Democratic Convention placed
Mr.. Breslin in 1858:
40. Re8olyea, That the separa-
ton of the moneys of the State from
Banking institutions IS indispenSa-
bic for the safety @Me funds and
hen9ht8 IF tile people, and zoe are
therefore an tavor 0fan ENTIRE d.
VORCE OF THE STATE FROM
ALL CONNECTION WITH THE
BANKING INSTITUTIONS, AS
REPOSITORIES OFTuE PUBLIC
MONEYS"
"Mr. Sheffield, Of Henry, moved to
amend the report by adding the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That the Independent
Treasury established by the Democra-
cy OF the Union, after a continued
struggle for years, has, in its practi-
cal operation, indicated and proven
all that was claimed for it by its warm
est advocates: And that the Democ-
racy of Ohio are in favor Of the en-
actment by the Legislature, Of sys-
tenn similar in its principles, for the
Sqfs.keeping and disbursement Of the
public funds of Ohio"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
AND COMMON SENSE

Our readers may remember we have on
several occasions spoken in very e%ulogis-
tic terms Of c preparation which DR.. SETH
IS. HANcE, of lO8 Baltimore street, Bali
more, Nd, has discovered for the cure of
Epileptic Fits. Now i'm doing so,we have been
actuated by the very best motives, viz: The
alienation of human suffering. FROM cir
cumstances which have lately come to our
knowledge, we fear there is a certain class
of persons who are not disposed to try this
in a common sense manner We
allude to the fact of selecting a particular
case in a town where perhaps there are six
or eight cases, and trying it on one case
Now, perhaps the case selected might be
the only one of the whole number tina. it
would not cure. This is neither doing
themselves nor the medicine justice. Ifa
dozen persons were stricken down with the
cholera in one town or neighborhood, would
they all send for a physician, or would on
ly one employ him, and wait and see il he
cured the first patient! That plan of pro-
cedure would be most absurd. So in the
case Of DR.. Hance's remedy, every one who
has Fits should try it for a reasonable length
of time. 1t will not cure in a day or a week;
nothing worth doing can be accomplished at
once. What is easily done, is easily I'M
done. The growth of time is enduring
From the most respectable testimony we
have examined, we feel assured that by a
proper perseverance in this remedy, nine
cases of Epilepsy out of ten may be cured.
The Pills are sent by mail free of postage
to any part Of the world.
Price; one box So; two SIS; twelve "a.
You will find the address above. Moi.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
state Treasurer.

The enormous losses which the
State has suffered through the diShon,
csty and miserable fnanciering Of
her agents during the past few years,
are very properly arousing the people
to asenS of the importance of having
tried and faithful officers. The temp.
tations and allurcments with which
the banking and other p~lundering in
terests in this State are wont to beset
the Treasurer, have proved too much
for that officer on more than one occa-
sion, audit is necessary, in order to
save the credit Of the State and pre-
vent total bankruptcy, that some man
Of undoubted integrity and ability
shall henceforth be entrusted with the
keys of the Treasury. The people
will scarcely be satisfied with an un-
tried man, no matter what party may
nominate him. We know of nothing
better hat can be done by the Demo
cratic party in order to check-mate the
Plunderers for the present, than the
nomination of the former honest and
efficient Auditor of State, Hon. VIII.
LIAM D. MORGAN. He has been tried
and found true. No mai in the State
is better acquainted with her finance
none better posted upon the tricks
and resorts Of the cormorants who
continually loaf around tho capital,
seeking for a chance at the peoples
money. lie il was who besought the
Legislature, in his reports, to place
greater safeguards around the Treas
ury, knowing well the danger to which
it was subjected should the ~plunderors
find a plant tool in possession Of the
keys. With Mr.. Morgan for our can
didate, we should 60 into the cam
paign feeling sanguine of success, and,
when triumphant, should rest fully
assured that the money Of the State
would be safely kept and properly ap.
piled.
Mr.. Morgan, we learn, does not
seek the nomination. In truth, there
is not much about the Office Of State
Treasurer that is tempting to q nan
who is honest and determined to faith
fully perform his trust. The salary is
low and the responsibility great, and
there is much hard labor connected
with it. We hope, however, since he
is the first choice ola respectable num-
Der of the press, ana under the pecu-
liar circumstances, that Mr.. Morgan
will not feel at liberty to withdraw
from the list of candidates.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
The Lnte legislature.

Inquiries are constantly made of us,
"Why r not Breslin and Gibson,
the delaulting Treasures, arraigned
and punished criminally for their NAL
f~easance and breach of trust The
reason may be attributed to the care
l%essness and stupidity of the last Leg.
islature, whose Republican majority
made a bungle and a failure of every
thing they undertook in the way of
legislation. The law of 1916 against
the crime of embezzlement, in public
officers, would undoubtedly have
reached both Gibson and Breslin had
not u sagacious Republicans in the
Legislature passed a new law in 1856,
without taking the precaution to in.
sert a PROVISION saving criminal pros
ecutions in cases that might hereafter
be discovered under the repealed law.
They apparently made an effort to
save the rights of the State, but the
language used is so feeble and doubt.
full that, in the opinion of all the law.
yers, it does not apply to criminal
prosecutions. The consequence is
that, between 1916 and 1856, the
State is deprived Of the benefit ofthe
Embezzlement Law, and all rascals
between those years slip through
This is a fair specimen Of the way in
which the whole business of the ses-
sion was conducted. The members
were so ~engrossed in their Abolition
and negro agitation that the most inn
portant measures %appertaining to the
rights and interests OF the whites were
hurried through and disposed Of with
a carelessness and recklessness as cen-
surable as it was remarkable.
The Treasurers undoubtedly chuck
led over their success in getting rid of.
the penal statute of 1916, which left
them free of the only legal response
bility they feared. 1t is to be hoped
that the people of Ohio at the next
election, profting Oy their experience,
will send men to represent them at
Columbus, instead Of the handful of
free negroes, whose interests were
alone regarded by the last Legislature.
[Cin. Eng.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
The Supreme Court.

The Black Republican journals, in
denouncing the bred Scott decision,
have laid special stress uponthe charge
that the majority Of the Court were
shareholders. But the charge is false;
a majority of the nine are non-slave-
holders. The Washington Union, in
an article upon the subject, says:
"Four ofthe justices reside in free
States, where no one owns slaves.
The Chief Justice is not a slave-hold-
er, nor has he been for upward of 80
years. lie never bought or sold a
slave. OftEose hat the British spar
ed his father, when they polluted the
soil Of Maryland, some came to him
by inheritance. After educating
those who were young enough to be
taught, and qualifying them to take
care Of themselves, he voluntarily gave
them all their freedom. Two, who were
so old as to be unable to carr their
living, he cheerfnlly supported during
their lives. He has not since owned
a slave. This is a full and complete
answer to the statements often reitera-
ted in the Republican papers, that a
majority of the Court were slave-hold
ers, and as such had been infuenc.
ed in making their decision in the
bred Scott case"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI, July 8, 1857.
FLOUR-The demand is fair and the market
steady. The sales were G5 brls. at 80 So; 200 do.
at Petersburg, Ky, and 200 do. at Patriot, Ind,
at So 90; 70 do extra white wheat at $500; 60 do
do. at $50, both delivered, and 100 do extra at
&c 40.
.WllSKY-Firm and in good demand, with
sales of l LAS brl. at 25c., and $50 do. from wagons
at 25Lc.
BUTTER-A sale of so frkins at l4c.
GR0CERlES-Cotfee is firm. Sales of 1876
bags Coffee at llH@ilN c., and rs hhds Sugar at
.ll&@l2Hc., and so brls of molasses at GsJ5c.
OATS-Dull, and prices have a~downward ten
dency. Dealers are 80c. We could hear of no
sales.
WHEAT-There is no change in the market
since our last report. We quOtea sale ofSOObush
white at 81 As.
RYE-Dull. Buyers areoIering 9O@95c.
CORN-The market is dropping, and the pri-
cesare tending downward. We quote sales Of !,
200 and 400 bushels at 6Oc., and small lot Of
inferior at 55c.
HAY--Dull and unchanged. Dealers are offer
ing SIS for Timothy and ga for common baled.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
Road Notice,

NOTICE is hereby given that q petition will
~ DO presented to the Commissioner of Vinton
County, at their regular session in September
next, praying for the establishment of q County
gap on James Eichor's land, in Jackson Towship,
in said County; thence the nearest and best way
to q double hickory, in an eastern direction, on
the land of William Albin; thence on O straight
line to q beech tree outside of the fence; thence b.
a dead oak at the run; thence to q greep tree at
the east line of Albin's land; thence, on the near
est and best route, on the South side oftherun. to
the Guide Board, at John Duprey's, and there ~
end. MANY PETITIONERS :,
July 0, 1S57.-w3* -
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

THE CRoPs IN THIS CoUNTY.--A
gentleman who has travelled over a
considerable portion of Jackson coun-
ty, informs usthat the prospects for an
abundant yield are very good. He,
however, remarked that the Corn
crop was very backward, but thinks
there is ample time 70: it veto come
cut. AS to Oats, Potatoes and all
kinds of vegetables, they are growing
luxuriantly. Never mind, the good
time is coming, boys. The Comet has
disappeared, those OF us who live will
have plenty to eat and that that is
good.-JaCkSon Standard.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
The Secret of II.

To those Black Republican journals
that for the last few days have mani
tested so much joy at the factin Law.
rence-the sink Of the ultra anti
slavery faction in Kansas-no poll
was had at the late election, we com
mend the following explanation of it.
We quote the regular correspondent Of
N. Y, Times!
In Lawrence Gas | have been told 10y
a gentleman who spent most of the
day there0 where there arc two humid
red registered voters, the Abolition
party instituted a reign of terror, and
refused to let any poll be opened at
all; and in Franklin the rumor is that
the same proceedings occurred, and in
precisely the same way. This has
simply had the effect of permitting the
opposing party to have everything &C.
cording to their wishes, and cannot be
too severely reprehened. 1t is true
the political character of the Conven.
ton is a matter ofsecondary impor.
lance when it is considered that the
constitution will be submitted to the
vote Of the whole people; but, withal,
think tie policy Of ignoring the cleo
ton ofdelegates was unwise, ill-advis-
ed and absurd. If the same course
has been pursued by the ultra anti,
slavery men in the other counties
(Which l am disposed to think has
been the fact,) then the consequences
may be serious. l believe, however,
that the Convention will be pretty
fairly constituted, and | have no doubt
that it will represent, though dispro-
portionately it may be, all the politi-
cal sentiment ofthe Territory.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

WHAT Is THE DIFFERENCE 9-The
National Era, always an Abolition
paper, reprinlanGs several Republican
papers for their attempts to create the
impression that the Black Republi-
cans are not identified with the Abo-
litionists. 1t says the movements Of
both are one--that the Abolitionists
deserve the most honor for being the
pioneers in the cause-and that it is
ungenerous now to disclaim connection
with those whosuffered persecution for
opinions's sake! Well, Republics
always were ungrateful |
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

Two MEN KILLED IN ME1Gs Co.
Monday June %, atthe raising
of a frame building Oh the farm Of
Thomas Fenton, in Meigs township,
Meigs county a timber fell and killed
Mr.. Joseph Pierce and Geo. Smith,
MIR. Smith was instantly killed, and
Mr.. Pierce died in about three hours
after the accident. Mr.. p. was married,
and leaves a wife and several children
to mourn their great and sudden loss.
MIR. Smith was aged about 81, and
was unmarried.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

POSTAGE ON WEEKLY PAPERS,
The P. M. General has recently deci.
ded that bonafde subscribers to week
ly newspapers can receive the same
free of postage, if they reside in the
county in which the newspaper Is
printed and published, even if the Of,
flee to which the paper was sent is
without the county, provided it is the
office at which they receive their mail
matter this will be an item ofinterest
to newspaper subscribers, living near
the county lines.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
Henry CasSiI's Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given that on this 9Th dsy
~ ofJuly, A. D. 1851, the accounts and vouch-
ers of William MartindiA and William Cassil, as
Executors of the last will and testament of Henry
Cassil, deceased, were filed in the Probate Court
of Vinton County, Ohio, for inspection and final
settlement, and that said accounts will be passed
upon by said Court on the 18th day of August,
A., ID. 1857. 3. p. HEWITT,
July6, ls57.-3T Pro. Judge, We
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

05 The Statesman complains that
several papers in the State, among
which the Democrat is named, has
done it injustice in referring to its
course upon the late defalcation. We
will do the Statesman justice to say
that since our remarks upon the sub
ject, it has assumed a position upon
the question, which We, with the De-
mocracy generally, most heartily ap-
prove.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

Some European chemists have dis
covered that the waters of the ocean
contain silver. They estimate that
each cubic mile of water contains two
pounds and threo-quarterS of the pre-
cious metal.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

On the 18th ult., by Rev. D. II. Cheringtou
Mr.. ALLEN WrcKoFF and Miss MARY Bull: all
of Vinton County.
On the 9Sth ult., by Rev. J. Morris, JAMES W.
FREEMAN and Mrs. MARGARET Price.
On the I'd inst, by B. Dill, Esq, WILLIAM Nc
CAULEY and MARGARET ANN NELSON.
On the 4th inst, by ]. Kaler, Esq, HIRAM
Mcdowell and JANE REMBEY.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

MONSTER LoCoMoT1vEs.--We learn
that the M. & G. r. r. Co. are re-
ceiving from the manufactures of
Jersey City and Patterson some of
the largest locomotives ever brought
to Ohio. One of them, the Robert
Benson" weighing 80 tons without
its tender, arrived at Loveland a few
days since. Over 20 more are en-
gagged and expected soon. The freight
bill on the " Robert Benson "amount-
ed to over $50O.--Athens Messenger.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

WELL PUT.-The Albany IN. Y,
Atlas says:
The Black Republicans of Mass.
achusetts have ~coalesced with the X.
N. Americans, on a platform defens-
i've ofthe rights of the black and hos.
tile to those ofthe alien born Whites
As there are few blacks in MasSach.
usetts, less than ten thousand in all,
and as the number of aliens is great,
over one hundred and sixty thousand
in 1850, and probably two hundred
thousand now, the liberalism has a
very narrow range, and the proscrip,
t~iveness a very wide one.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

The Marietta Intelligencer con-
tains a notice for the sale, by the Sher-
if of Washington county, ofsome 20
tracts of land and city lots in and
about the town--levied upon as the
property of the NJ. & @. Railroad Co.,
at the suit of John II. Head.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

STRAWBERRY TRADE IN N. York
N. Y. Times says that
Capt. Arrowsmith of the Keyport
steamer, brought to that city, on Sat
urday last, S32 barrels of Strawberries,
(about $4,000 baskets;) they were sold
for more than $4,000. One basket
contained only three berries, that
measured three and a quarter inches
each in circumference,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
MASS CONVENTION.

The Democracy of Vinton County are requested
to meet at the Court House in Macarthur, on Sat-
urday the 25th day Of July, 1857, at ! o'clock P.
NJ, for the purpose of selecting two delegates to
represent this County in the Democratic State
Convention, to he held at Columbus on the 9Th
day Of August next.
BY order Of the Democratic Central Committee.
Macarthur, june q, 1851.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
Shocking Rail Road Accident.

The night train onthe Marietta and
Cincinnati Road, while crossing the
Ormiston Trestle, u miles west of
PIT. Harmar, was thrown from the
track from the height of 81 feet,
smashing the car to fragments and Sc.
riously injuring all on board. The
following letter from Mr.. Barber, Of
Point Ilarmar, just received, contains
the most particular statement of the
accident that has yet come under our
observation, and for an authentic
statement Of the disaster we commend
it to our readers National appeal.
HARMAR, July1 1857.
l suppose you have heard accounts
of the accident on the Marietta and
Cincinnati Railroad this morning, and
thinking that they may be vague or
possibly overstated, | have thought
best to write you a briof aOcounSSof
it.
The time was 5:45 A. NJ; place,
Ormiston Trestle, III miles from Har-
mar. uighth of trestle at tbee place
where the car fell of, 81 Sfell
head long and bottom side ny ht-
ing across the stone culvert, htefally
mashed to pieces. Few were left at
place OF accident, viz: Rev. Perry,
Vincent and one other. Some were
taken on steamboat J.. Buck, at SCOTS,
for Parkersburgh. Remainder reach
ed Harmar at 1920 A. NJ, on an es-
pecial train. Their names and iniur-
les, SO far as l can state, are as fol,
lows:
Richardson, Boston, killed instant
ly.
McConnelly, Pioneer Furnace,
Lawrence county, killed instantly.
Mrs. Brigham, Marietta, killed in
stantly; had been married only three
days.
VIM. Brigham, Marietta, recovery
doubtful.
Plummer, Albany, can't live two
hours, so say physicians.
Williams, Harper's Ferry, will re-
cover.
- Billiard, Jagged 49, Indian
opolis, doubtful.
Frank Billiard, Jagged 16,) can't re-
cover.
Wallace Brock, Conductor, will re-
cover soon.
Iverson, Baltimore, head bruised.
Place, Boston, head bruised.
Groat, Long Reach, considerably
bruised.
Stanberry, Morgan county, head
and chest bruised.
McGuffey, Columbus, head and face
bruised.
Plumley, Big Run, may possibly
recover.
Mate, badly injured.
There are a number more, whose
names and residences ! do not know,
more or less injured, but all will prob
ably recover, except those mentioned
above.
The accident has spread a gloom
over the towns, and all are endeavor-
ing to render every aid in their power
to lessen the pains of the sufferers.
VIM. H. Crawford, of Harmar, es-
capped with a dislocated, or broken
limb, and was fortunate in so doing.
The car, at the time of the accident,
contained 25 or 80 men and one wo'
man only.
J. A. BARBER.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09

UMrs. Ellen Harrison, a resident
of M'Connellsville, Ohio, was killed
by lightning in Perry County, width.
or she was on a visit on Saturday
last.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-09
Commercial SntrUigente.
New York Cattle Market.
WEDNESDAY,, July l, 1857.
CURRENT PRICES FOR THE WEEK

W VIZ III ELhs
The sales Of Beef Cattle arc made ut o price
agreed per head-tho value is calculated upon the
estimated weight of meat in the quarters. When
beef is quoted at l0c per 10, n bullock that will
dress $ cwt., exclusive of his hide and fat will
bring $50,