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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
The History of a s.Compronise.,,

Seven years ago an elderly gentleman
IN the White House wrote his name AZ the
Ebottom ofa document which he blandly as
sured the nation, would be a panacea 70,
all their political troubles. 1t was an act
to declare Hospitality crime, and the de.
nial ofa crust of bread or cup of water
the most cardinal of patriotic virtues.
! The prescription failed. Instead of an
olive branch, the Fugitive Slave law pro-
we'd frebrand. Instead of promotine o
peace, it has done nothing but foment
strife. The quarrel it pretended to "scom.
promise blazed up more fercely the
'momentsit was put in the statute book.
and has grown hotter and hotter ever
since. 1t has drawn thousands of dol.
lars from the treasury, while it has hard
ly returped dozen runaways. 1t has ex-
asper6ted the North, while it has not
benefited the South. 1t has broken
up the parties that sustained it, ruined the
presses that advocated it, and crushed the
officers that enforced it.. 1t has brought
down the grey hairs of its Presidential
parent in sorrow to political grave. It
has weakened public respect for law, and
stimulated popular recourse to riot. The
chains around Boston Court House. the
murderous volleys at Christiana, the
bloody creek at Wilkesbarre, the alarm
bell at Syracuse, the cell of Williamson,
ana now the armed strife of Sheriff and
Marshal in Ohio these are evidences of
the kind of ''peace" that has followed
Millard Fillmore's 5 adjustment of the
Slavery auestion.-4lf6ony. He. Jouraas.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

4
STATE TREAsURER.-The Bellefontaine
| Republican, in casting about for a suitable
man for the Office of State Treasurer
suggests the name of Hon. Elisha Whit.
tlcsey, Of Mahoning county. The Re,
publican says:
We can think of no one who so emil
nently fills our idea of an honest man and
faithful officer, as the Hon. Elisha Whit
slesey., For twelve years he has stood
the guardian of the national treasury, du-
ring all which time his integrity has been
proof against corruption and BRIBERY.
No man SO well knows the workings of
the treasury system, and the checks and
balances for the protection of the public
funds as be. And not all the wealth of
Polydore could corrupt him. In his
name is strength and safety. What saws
the Republican press ?"
Mr.. Whittlesey, during several sue
cessive administrations, guarded the ma
tional treasury with jealous eye. He
was frequently tried by public thieves,
but always withstood their batteries and
defed their threats, and after a dozen
years of faithful service, gave up his,trust
with integrity unsulled We believe
Hon. Elisha Whittlesey would make an
officer in whom the people of Ohio could
place the fullest confidence. 4salcm Re.
publican. =. fe
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

ExPIRED.-The Democratic Iiadicator
of this place, after maintaining a sickiy
existence for some time past, has at length
expired for the want of adequate sup
port. 1t issues half sheet this week an.
nouncing its discontinuance and the rea-
sons for it. We learn that the office has
been sold to a gentleman of Beonesbor.
ough, Boone county, Iowa, to start a
democratic paper. there; and furthermore,
that brother Dennison will also remove
to take charge of the editorial
department. of the new paper.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

MORE LYNCH LAW IN IowA--ONE
HORSE THIEF SHOT AND THREE HUNG-
A body of three hundred Regulators
made an onslaught on gang of we'll
known horse thieves in Clinton and c.
dar counties on the 24th, and shot Page,
one ofthe gang, who attempted to escape;
then seized Mr.. Warren, an old settler
who harbored. 1.-The thieves, tried him in
Lynch's court and hung him to tree, and
served two of the thieves who lived near
him in the same way. Others were mott
fed to leave, and general stampede of
the balance of the desperadoes who had
made the Warren settlement their rendez-
vous, took place. Warren suffered him
self to be run up without moving mus
Gle. he was man Of property, and ask
ed time tomake a will, but was denied
it by the mob.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
Suits Commenced.

We understand that the papers have
been made out and will be filed in the
Clerks office this afternoon, by the Attor.
ney General, bringing suit against John
G Breslin, and another against VIM. H.
Gibson. for the recovery ofthe money lost
by them to the State. Suits are also
brought against the sureties of Mr.. Bres-
I'm and against the sureties of Mr.. Glib
son, to recover the amount of their bonds
The suits are to be tried before JUDGE
Mathews in.the Superior Court of Frank
lin county. These suits take precedence
by law over all others on the docket.-D.
S. Journal.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
equality. 1t is our highest ma tional priv.

equality. 1t is our highest ma tional priv
lllege to recount on that daytu the rising
generation, the story of the wrongs whicI
goaded our ancestors into rebellion. and
the heroic Talor of the braves who van.
qulshed their ceuntry's invaders, and
flung in triumph to The breeze beneath
western skies the "banner Of burning
stars and ever multiplying stripes" Il
is cur duty on that day to assemble around
our council fires and renew the pledge ol
our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor" to maintain inviolate the snirit
and principles of the Declaration which
proclaimed our existence as a nation
that magma charta of human rights and
palladium Of American liberty.
1t is with reluctance that we turn from
the bright vision of our country's birth,
prosperity and destiny, to glance at the
saddening picture of outrage and oppres-
sion. which tarnish with blackest dye the
otherwise bright escutcheon of the nation.
" hal commentary upon the consistency
and disinterestedness Of human action,
that under the flag of the the freest nation
on earth, should be protected and encour-
aged the most unblushing disregard of the
rights of man which history, from .sthe
earliest syllable of recorded time," has
chronicled-that the clanking of slavery's
chains should beat time in mournful ca
dences to the thrilling harmonies of
f" Hail Columbia" and that the inspiring
strains of " Yankee Doodle" should be
answered by the wall of over four millions
OF the children of oppression, pleading
for the enjoyment of the same heaven
bestowed rights and privileges for which
their oppressors perlled their lives and
fortunes, and suffered the hardships of
seven years war. Oh, that we could
earn to appreciate and apply the mes
sage ''Do unto others as we would have
others do unto u.s.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

BUcKFYEs House, ALLIANCE. Travel
ers on the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and
Chicago Railroad are aware that passen-
ger trains stop 90 minutes at Alliance for
dinner or supper. The aBuckeye
House," kept by our old friend, George
Miner, is first-rate place to3get good
meal. The Buckeye" is not over a
dozen steps from the station, and warm
meals are always ready on the arrival of
the trains. Miner keeps an excellent
house. and always gives his patrons their
moneys worth. Try him.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
Dissolution of Partnership

Notice is hereby given that the partnership
heretofore existing between GEoReE w. KEEN
and HoRATIo N. LEWIS, In the publication Of
the "Wyandot Pioneer" is this day dissolved
by Limitation. All persons having claims
against said firm are requested to present them
for settlement; and those indebted to us on
subscription, advertising or job work, are mott
fed to come forward and settle the same 4
they wish to save cost. Settlement can he
made with either of u.s.
GEORGE W. KEEN.
H. N LEWIS.
Upper Sandusky, July 2d. 1857. 4-3u
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

The Kansas correspondent of the St
Louis Democrat writes:
81 open this letter to give you informa-
ton OF the terrible massacre and the de.
struetion of an overland emigrant train tc
California, of which intelligence has just
been received here.
"The train which consisted of seven
teen wagons. when about hundred miles
west of Fort kearney, was attacked by a
party of Sioux or Cheyenne Indians, who
murdered every person in it-men, wo-
men and children-burnt the wagons apd
drove off the cattle.
"The number Of persons in the train is
said to have been about twenty"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

PENNsYLyANIA MAIN LINE SoLp.-The
Maine Line Of the Pennsylvania Public
Works was sold on the 25th inst. to ]
4 Thompson, President of the Pennsvl-
vania Railroad Company, who made the
purchase in behalf Of the Company, for
seven million five hundred thousand dol.
lars. There was only one bid. Preyi.
GUS to the sale, an announcement was
made from certain owners of property on
the line to the effect that they would claim
possession imme diately.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
Border Rufian Justice

=
Fugitsthe barbarous murderer of the
unofending Hopps, whom he sho. down
10 cold blood and scalped, and whose
bloody scalp he hourished in his hand as
rode into the town of Leavenworth, has
been tried for the murder before Judge
Lecompte, and acquitted. The Jury
was packed by the bogus sheriff, who put
on it eleven pro-slavery and one free
State man. The latter held out against
the eleven for "a hours, and then gave in
for fear his house might be burned by the
ruffians out of revenge. The murderer
left on boat down the river as soon as
his mock trial was closed. The st. Louis
lntell'geneer, in noticing the acquittal Of
Fugit, says:
A more dastardly and rufianly MUIR
der was never committed, and, if lynch
ing is justifable, Fugit deserved to be
hung to the tree nearest to the scene of
the cowardly atrocity. He was acqut-
ted 1T was said for want of evidence; and
yet he made bet on the day of the mur-
der, that he would kill and scalp an abo-
lltlonist, and after the deed was commit
ted, flaunted the reeking scalp Of his vic
tlm through the streets of Leayenworth to
prove that he had won his bet.
Alex. j. Wier, native Of Georgia, was
murdered by man named John Corum,
on the 10th inst, on the Shawnee Re
serve. Wier was at work for an employ
er on piece of land which Curum claim
ed, and refusing to leave when ordered,
was shot through the heart. The MUIR
darer escaped.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

The Mormon, the recognized organ of
the Latter Day Saints. published in New
York, gives its "General Summary" of
news last week, in only one line--aThe
world is going to hellas fast as possible"
Is there to be rush of emigration to
Utah? . [
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

HARPER's MAGAzINE.-The July mum
Der of this excellent periodical has found
its way to our table. 1t is as usual filed
with mass of instructive and entertain
ing matter, and is richly embellished with
numerous well executed illustrations.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

The Oswego Times records that the
night OF the 22d Of June snow fell in that
city, and the Buckeye State says, that about
half-past 3 O'Clock on the afternoon Of tbe
22d Of June. there was slight fall ofsnow
''at New Lisbon. Ohio
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

Powers GREEK SLAVE was sold at the
Exchange, in New York. day before yes
terday. and brought $4,000. This is
much higher than living slaves sell at in
Virginia, even with cotton at its present
prices. The statute was purchased by
the cosmopolitan art association OF Ohio,
for distribution.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02


SALEM REPuBLIcAN.-This paper comes
to our ssanctum considerably enlarged,
has new head, and makes fine typo
graphical appearance. We are glad to
witness this evidence of friend Ruken-
brod's prosperity, as it indicates that the
Republicans of Old Columbiana, Ca coun-
ty good for 900 to 1900 Republican
majority all the time,) appreciate the in
fiuence of their local press, and extend to
it proper encouragement. The Repu6li-
can is among the best of our country ex-
changes. edited with tact and ability,
and unwavering in its support of correct
principles. May it live to herald the final
overthrow of sham democracy, and the
Inauguration of the era Of genuine re-
publicanism.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
A letter to the St. Louis Deuoc,o, from

A letter to the st. Louis Democrat from
Kansas, says:
1T is believed here, by those who
have the best facilities for knowing, that
there have not been more than fifteen
hundred votes given in the whole terrific
ry. selah The pro-slavery residents
are greatly discomftted, and declare that
the free state men are a id sinh
born set of people -,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

The MISFORTUNE OF PUBL1sHEn
SPEEoHEs.- The Springfield correspond
ent OF the Chicago Tribune, says:
. Senator Douglas said to some of his
friends, Gentleman. I am not the author
of the present move in reference to Utah.
am anxious TO get the honor, but the
Republicans are the authors, they scaked
up Me morals Of the nation, and we are
compelled to do something or sink out of
sight. drew up the Utah bill, but think
the Republicans have forgotten my speech
in Chicago in 1852. IF they hunt up
that speech, | am gone. D-n these
published speeches; they fly up in aman's
Eace and cry-'Eatdsr,' in the presence
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

COLUMBIA, S. G. June 29.-Tne ven
erable Langdoh Cheeves died at his resi-
dence here on Thursday night.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

The Maine Republican State. Copven.
ton met at Bangor on Thursday, and
= nominated Lot M. Morrill, for Goyernor-
by vote Of 535 TO rs
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

The Ohio State Agricultural Fair will
oe held at cincinnation Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday; the 18th.
10th, 7th, and 18th, days of Septem her
next.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
Dreadful Accident i'm Swatxeriand---7ss
Lives E,OSt!s

Accounts from Basle, Switzerland, O
the 4ih ult., give the particulars of {
shocking catastrophe which occurred il
the Hanenstein Tunnel, on. the railway
from Basic to Aaran, Lucofne and Berne
The tunuel is about three miles in lenotb
and had been completed to within abou,
three hundred metres, the work progress.
ing from each end towards the center
The account says:
Several shafts were placed in both sec.
tons and at the bottom of one Of them .
forge was placed. The wood work sun
porting it became very dry--a fire beir Q
built up in the tunnel to increase the cir
culation of air--and finally took fire. A
column of flame rose above the shaft,
and soon smoke followed, showing that
the bottom of the shaft had fallen in, and
the workmen engaged 500 metres from
the spot could not be warned. Their re-
treat was cut off, People rushed in
panic-strieken crowds to the eptrance of
the tunnel, and were overcome by the
gas evolved from a quantity of coal that
bad taken fire. Seven were killed, and
hundred others were dragged away in
sensible. Gangs of workmen were final
ly formed, and chalk and water was
thrown upon the fire. by the engines,
when the cutting of gallery to the bu-
ried workmcn was commenced There
were 81 men in the tunnel, within an
open space of 800 metres. where there
was spring of water, and four horses
that they might kill for food but their
death from the noxious gas in the place.
was inevitable.
Of the Sd men buried, 80 were Swiss,
English, and 18 Germans. Sixteen Of
the laborers employed to open the gale
ry perished by the poisonous vapors, and
the body of the lastsof the 50 men buried
was recovered on the 9th of June. The
last 21 had apparently been alive but q s
hours previously. A watch found on
one of the dead bodies was still going
The Zeitung says:
The bodies have now all been extrica-
ted, and are resting in their graves
There can be no doubt that they all met
a quick and easy death by the Inhalation
Of the noxious gas. Ofthose first recov.
cred some were standing and some were
lying down, with their implements in
their hands. The twenty-one last recov-
cred appear, however, to have survived
for some days. as they had killed horse
and roasted the flesh before the poisonous
vapor reached them. They lay in three
rows, and appear to have died without
struggle,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02


BEAUTIFUL AABRoTYPEs. We have
repeatedly called attention to the superb
or Ambrotypes and Photographs, exc
cuted by the Misses Brown. at their gall
lery, in Kings building, on sandusky
Avenue, and are happy to learn that their
patronage is commensurate with their
merits. Their pictures give entire satis-
faction-in fact, they are desjAsal5 supe-
rior to those of most ARTISTS nd will
stand the severest criticism-while they
are sold at prices to suit the times. Don't
take our word for this. but call at their
room and look at their specimens. If
you do this, you will be sure to order
picture.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

G j. A. EsTILL, late of the Stark
County Democrat, has purchased the Bu-
cyrus Foruna, and will hereafter conduct
that paper. We have an acquaintance
with Mr.. Estill, and doubt not that his
experience as an editor will enable him
to give satisfaction to the Black Democr :
cy of Crawford. and maintain the repu-
tation the Foram has acquired under the
of Mr.. Bien. Brother Estill,
we wish you the most unbounded success,
pecunfarily ; but politically, annihilation.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

SENECA COUNTY BANK.-The panic in
reference to this bank seems to have been
premature. Its notes will all doubtless
be redeemed. We advise persons hold
Ing them not to take cent less than their
face. Even though the bonds should
never be recovered, the State is doubtless
responsible to the bill-holders. But there
is strong probability that the bonds will
be secured--over 500, 900 of them hav-
ing already been found in New York, to
recover which efforts are being made
Don't allow yourselves to be feeced for
the benefit of a few soulless brokers, who
are the first to start these bank panics
and the only cnes to profit by them.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

/ The FIGHT IN Observation-Disclosures
the fact the that tremendous defalcation il
the Ohio treasury has been fixed unmis
takablyupon Breslin, the locofoco x-treas
urer. the locofoco papers are striving tc
fix the responsibility of it'upon the Re
publicans, because it has been discovered
and exposed under a Republican admin
istralion. The Ohio State Journal, exas-
perated by this unfairness, threatens to
carry the war into the enemy's country,
and says:
"We can show where Governor Medill
has paid men for personal services to him :
self and party out of the public treasury.
We can show where locofoco papers in
this city have been printed on State pa
per; where the military arms of the State
have been sold by locofoco officials in one
instance to the amount Of sixteen hundred
dollars; and the money never paid into
the treasury. Wecanshew how the peo-
pies money was taken by the handful to
enrich corrupt contractors on the State
House and Lunatic Asylums, and how
men who had charge Of the Ohio Peniten-
tiary abstracted the public moneys in
manner that would have disgraced some
ofthe convicts over whom theyhad charge.
Manysof these. facts stand recorded on
the imperishable records of the General
Assembly, and the others we believe, are
susceptible of being proved by indisputa
BILE testimony before any court of justice.
We commend thegentry who are now
trying to blacken the fair fame of one ofthe
noblest men that the people of Ohio ever
honored with their confidence, to husband
their resources, and not to presume any
further upon the forbearance of their op- |
ponents. Themen who are now endeaver.
ing to turn the current of public indigna-
ton from its proper channel into direc-
tions devious and winding that they may
escape from the consequences of their
acts, and thus screen the guilty and
wrong the innocent, know full well the
hue OF the catalogue which is written
against them, and it is only the common
trick of the detected criminal who hopes
by joining the hue and cry of stop thief,
which they are now attempting to palm off
upon the public"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02

Don't allow yourselves to be feeced for
the benefit of few soulless brokers, who
are the first to start these bank panics
and the only cnes to profit by them.
Gov. Geary's Administration in Kansas.
A paragraph went the rounds of the press
some time since that Gov. Geary was prepar-
ing history of the Kansas troubles. Atthat
time we placed little reliance on the runor:
but we have now authentic information TO the
effect that Mr.. John H. Gihon, Gov Geary's
Private Secretary is preparing complete his
tory of the Territory from its first organization
up till June, 1851 This will, no doubt be
the most authentic history of Kansas affairs
yet published. Coming from an appointee of the
Pierce Administration, i will be, if reports
its character Alright, unquestionable
testimony to show that the atrocities charged
by the Republicans during the last campaign
We're not at all exaggerated
The work will embrace full description,o
the Geography, Soil, China te, and productions
OF the Territory, together with a full history
Of its Territorial nization-transaction
and eyentsunder Governors Reeder and Shan
non-its political dissensions, personal rem
counters, election frauds. battles and outrages
with portraits of the prominent actors there
nall fully authenticated, being compiled
rom official documents on file in the Depart
nent of State at Washington, and other papers
n possession of the author.
The book will be issued in a few DAYS by
. II. G. Whiting, Publisher, North-East cor
Ter of Chestnut and Fifth street, Philadelphia.
PUBLIC WoRKs.-Calvin T. Chamber
ain and others, F'orrer, Burt. and others.
samuel Doyle and Thomas Miller, and
Dennis Mccarthy, contractors on the sev-
raj divisions of the canals of the, State.
ave entered suits against the State OF
)hio for the ful6lment of. the contracts
nade by them with the agents of the
tate.
They have engaged the legal services
Thomas Ewing. Hooking H. Hunter,
nd John w. Andrews The Attorney
eneral will appear on behalf of the State.
hese cases will be brought before Judge
ates, of the Court of Common Pleas of
rankin county, and the result of the
isls will be looked for with great interest
the people of the State Columbus
Easette.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
W YANDO'T PION EER.

EDITED AND fuBL1suEpnY
w. KEEN & II. N LEWIS.
UPPER SANDUSkY. O.
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