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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-11-20

Row SELLING BRNgs SORROW "A tavern
keeper in Rensselaer, county had abandoned
the traffic in Alcohol after having been
several years engaged in it, Whenever the
sui Jsct of his selling liquor WIS referred to
Le was observed 70 feel doep regret and
sorrow. \ id.nl one day inquired the
cause. i will t,i' you said he, and open,
ing bis account book, be said, here al,
.orty-,our names OF men who have all been
my customers, most OF them for years.
Ihirty-.w0 ot these men, " my certain
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-11-20

knowledge, now lie IN the drunkard's
grave ten of the remaining twelve are
now living confirmed sots ~ These are the
fruits of this dreadful and degrading bust
ness
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-11-20

Tho Canadian papers state, that lum Der,
O.. .f'-- s.g.1 VI Lower Canada. has
...H t.l.- lu ll.c' since August, and the
e.. i.y.I. dali, although 600 600 tons Of
shipping UHv. reached Quebec this year,
u.....r 100000 last wear
I.'.rau.....n ui Tire fourteen chartered
....r'. t.v.Il isos.imltel at { 1904 BIS,
which at least million Is usually t. be
Hu' 1910 rha United States side Of the line,
I.'s- a. i5 not estimated at much above
-l.I.9.1
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-11-20
From the Pittsburgh Gazette

Yesterday the air was peculiarly sultry.
The fog, smoke and rain came down tOgeth-
er all day, and at night the latter fell in
torrents. We shall have an immense rise
in all the rivers; that is a settled fact now,
although last night they had not swelled
much There was quite heavy thunder in
the afternoon.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-11-20
From the Cincinnati Commercial.

The rain poured down in torrents on Sat
urdav. The river commenced swelling early
on Saturday morning and up to dusk last
evening, had risen nearly five feet Licking
River poured out in torrents, sweeping off
considerable property. We do not remem-
bel having seen it SO turbulent during the
past ten yearo, except on the occasion of
the breaking up Of the ice last winter and
the year previous.
The rains have, doubtless, extended through
out the West, and we anticipate abundant
water out OF the Alleghaney, Kanahwat, Ken
tucky, Wabash and Cumberland Rivers, for
all boating purposes. The last arrivals from
Louisville md Madison report all the trihu-
tarics pouring out freely. In u day or two
the Falls will again be nnvigabe for the
largest class Of steamers. To-day there will
not be less than ten leet hence to Louisville.
The Northcrner from Memphis, found six
feet in the lower, and eight feet in the up
per part Of the river.
The tremendous rains of Friday and Sat
urdIy have, doubtless, done serious damage
in various quarters. We shall hear OF
bridges washed away, of roads rendered i'm
passable, of rivers raging over their banks,
Of Interruptions OF travel and transportation
by rail- and other incidents OF disaster.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-11-20
THE FREE PRESS.
BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20, 1857.
The storm ut the West.

The rain storm, the for, part Of the last
week, seems to have been OLe of almost tn
lrecodented severity throughout the CEN
trail and southwestern parts of the State of
New York, and along the Susquchanna and
OHIO Rivers, and their tributaries. The
Alb. Eve. Journal Of the llth, gives ex-
tended details Of it.
=" On Monday, (Nov 9,) came the most
terrific storm Of all. 1t began early in the
morning The rain fell in torrents, accom-
panied by violent gale, roofing up trees,
blowing down chimneys, destroying fences
and sheds and, in some instances, unroof-
ing houses.
The storm was Immediately followed by
the heavy freshets and floods. Rivers and
Greeks burst their usual boundaries, sub
merged the adjoining fields, and swept a.
way Bridges, Mill Dams and whatever op-
posed their resistless course. Canal en-
bankments and Rail Road cuyerts shared
in the common rum, leading again to new
disasters.
About three miles east of Palmyra, the
Canal embankmcnt gave way, and water
poured out with such violence, as in
short time to entirely destroy over q hun
dred feet of Tow Path a boat passing at
the same time, was sucked into the current,
carried clean out of the Canal and stranded
high and dry in the adjoining field. Not
only the entire bank of the Canal, but the
earth in the bottom was swept TO the
depth of two feet.
Nearly the whole track of the Rail Road
from Weedsport (Cayuga county, to mile
this side of Newark, (Wayno county, a
distance of twenty five miles, was at one
time under water In some places this
water stood at the depth of four feet
This was caused by the giving way of the
uuuKs OF the Canal, subnerging every
thing in the neighborhood.
At Seneca Falls great injury to property
was done portions of several mills and
several mill dams being washed away.
The Mohawk Flats were deeply submer
ged, and fences, haystacks, lumber, &C.,
were floating about.
The Erie Rail Road is much more expo
red to damage from iresLets, and has suf-
fered much more severely than the Cen
trial.
The track at Corning is washed away
and the place inu nllted. A number of
buildings have been washed away"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17
4 4 q 4 q q q
EXtraVagance--The Proof
that Chase did not tell
the truth.

Gov. Chase in his speech at the
Court House told the people, that the
Black Republican administration had
not increased the expenses of the
State Government. This we pro.
nounced false; but as the McArthm
Journal says =" the people ao0nt and
wW haze the proof" we "trot it
along" 1t shows that the Black Re.
publicans have been GUILTY OF
THE MOST UNPARALLELED
EXTRAV AGANCE!!!
The figures which we furnish be-
low are from the official documents of
the State and cannot be cvntroverted
They are within the reach of every vo.
ter in the county and State, and we
earnestly ask every man who has the
least doubt as to their correctness to
call on the township officerS-ask for
tho documents, make the necessary
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17
SHERIFF,S SALE.

VIM. II Douglas. Jr., & Co.,, yintOn County
VS.. Common Pleas
Phineas TOmlinson. ct al.
DY virtue of an Order of sale to me directed
ID from the Court of Common Pleas of Vinton
County, Ohio, will offer for sale, at the door Of
the Court House in Macarthur, in said County,
ON THE 2OTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1857.
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. NJ. and four
o'clock P. NJ. Of said day, the following described
property, to wit:
In Lot No. AZ, in the town of Macarthur, save
and except sixteen feet off of the East side Of said
Lot, heretofore sold to j.. X. Will, and also ex-
cepung seventeen and half feet fronting on
Main Street and running back north seventy eight
feet, being part of the west half of said Lot
heretofore sold by T. A. Martin to Charles Duff
fee. Ordered to be sold as the property of Phin-
eas Tomlinson to satisfy Judgment rendered in
said court in favor of VIM. II. Douglas, Jr., dS
Co. Appraised at thirteen hundred dollars, and
must bring two-thirds of that sum.
VIM. GOLD, Shift V. Co.
Sept, II 1S57-4d50
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17
Out Of their own Mouths will we
Condemn them

The Journal wants the proof that
the people have been plundered Of
half a million of dollars during Chase's
Administration. We refer that pa
per to Gibson's statement of the funds
received of John G. Breslin on the
14th day of March, 1856. We refer
it to VIM. u. Gibson's statement on
Goth day Of March, 1856. We refer
it to Auditor Wright's Report, Dec.
81, 1855, in which he declares the
funds in the Treasury were counted |!
We refer tito the Report Of the Smell
ling Committee made TO the General
Assembly, in which they declare that
they made personal examination (see
page 54) aided by the Treasurer and
his Clerks. We refer it to the state
ment of Gibson on the 9th day OF
April, 1851. We refer it to the let
ter of Mr.. Taylor, chairman of the
Finance Investigating Committee,
confirming the statement OF that COM
mittee that they counted the funds and
found them all right! We refer it to
the affidavit of Attorney General VOL
colt, who declares that Gibson took
the peoples money; and, lastly to the
bill found by the Grand Jury of Frank
lin county against W. II. Gibson for
embezzling the funds of the State
If Thos. Sparrow'S "opinion has
more weight before the people than
the sworn testimony of all these Re-
publican witnesses, the fact does not
argue very we'll for the veracity of that
party generally!
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17
SHERIFF SALE.

John S. Hawk Court Of Common
VS.. Yinton County.
Elias Waltz, Order of Sale.
John S. Mcdowell
j. G. ?. Brown and
Stephen II. Brook.
PY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the Court of Common Pleas of Vinton
county, Ohio will offer for sale at the door Of
Court house, in said county, on the
10th Day OF October, 1857,
between the hours of ten o'clock A. NJ. and four
o'clock P. NJ. of said day. the following property,
to-Uit:
In Lots 14s, $50, and the south half of In Iota
47 ane las, in the town of Macarthur, Vinton
County, Ohio. Ordered to be sold as the property
Of Elias Waltz, and John S. Mcdowell, 70 sat-
isty Judgment rendered against them n favor
John s. Hawk. Appraised at one thousand dol.
lars, and must bring two thirds of that sum.
WILLIAM GOLD,
Sept. II, ls5T.-ts4dJ0 slerifY 6.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17
who is Responsible, for the loss
Of the Money!

Tie journal, of last week, in
very aniaUe article charges us witt
telling sundry falsehoods and with at
tempting to deceive the people 2
Without caring to handy epithet
with that sheet, we would simply asl
ifall the hard things which the Con
tinental, tho Trimble organ two years
ago, said about Gov. Chase were true
or were they told to deceive the peo
pie Will the Journal answera
Our object in this article will be tc
show the state Of the evidence in re-
gard to the recent tremendous detal-
cation in the Treasury. Gov. Chase,
with the Report of Auditor Wright
and Thos. Sparrow under his arm, is
traversing the State and PROVING with
this document, that HIS skirts and that
OF tue Republican party arc clear Of
the defalcation. 1t is strongly sus-
pectcd that he is paving the way for
the pardon of VIM. II. Gibson, should
that individual be convicted ofembez-
element and sent to prison--and should
Chase be again elected, from which
calamity the good Lord deliver us
When Mr.. Breslin went out of Office,
lie accounted to his predecessor for
and paid to him all the funds belong
ing to the State save the sum Of $2O4,-
900, of which $4,000 had been lost
to the State through a recommends
ton from Chase of the City Bank of
Cincinnati. Gibson came into Office
in January, 1856. The actual bal
ance in his hands OH the 18th of Nov.
of that year, as shown by the Report
ofthe finance investigating committee,
and the sworn statement of Gibson
was $255,547. This was all that
ought to have been in his hands, save
the amount lost by Breslin--$204, 900.
Where could the defalcation of half a
million come from at that time p
No place--the money was not in the
Treasury TO steal The defalcation
must have occurred afterwards, when
the taxes of that year were paid into
the Treasury. No man in his senses
would say that Gibson could pay So,
712,2O6, (Which he did pay up to Nov.
18th, 1860 unless the money was in
the Treasury with which to pay. In
letter of March IA, 1856, addressed to
Mr.. Kelley, chairman Of the finance
committee Of the Senate be says, "My
predecessor has provided means from
time to time to meet these certificates,
and but $13O,O0O are now outstand-
ing; when he fails to place me in
funds | will refuse to receive the ille-
gal certificates"
Well, on the Goth day of March,
1856, Gibson reported to A. Kelley,
chairman of the finance committee of
the Senate, that he had received from
Breslin all to which he was entitled
as Treasurer, save the 100000. In
that same report he says "there are yet
$4,000 of Breslin's certificates out
standing held by the Treasurer of
Hamilton county" Only $50, 900 in
stead Of S5O0,00O as Gov. Chase's
Sparrowreport would now have US be.
lieve
On the 31St of Dec. 1855, Auditor
Wright made his report, and in that
declared that all the funds were in the
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17

Gev. Chnse's Completely with tho
Dedication OF John G. Breslin
He Advises BresIin 10 deposit
In a Rotten BaDk--lhe Proof
When it was first publicly made
known that Gov. Chase had recon-
mended the rotten City Bank of Gin
cinnati to John G. Breslin as prop.
er institution in which to deposit the
State funds, the friends of the Gov,
denied it with the utmost indignation
declaring that it was a "locOfocO
lie," and they finally demanded the
production of the letter. Whereupon,
the Ohio Statesman gave it to the
public, as follows:
PRIVATE.
CINcINNATI, December 80, 1851.
"MY DEAR SIR-Iinclose Mr.. Hea-
tons letter, which speaks for itself.
| take it for granted that, SO far as the
Treasury makes deposits in Cincinna-
ii, they will not be continued with the
Trust Company. The City Bank is,
| have no doubt, safe institution, and
it is managed by excellent and liber-
al men. speak the more impartial.
ly, as ] never borrowed a dollar from
them.
"Ipresume that your arrangements
as to depositing here are already made.
IfnOt, though | am bound in justice
to say what have of the City Bank,
| should feel still moro bound to ask
your favorable notice Of the Mechan.
les and Traders Bank, with which |
do all my own business, but in which
have no interest as stockholder or
otherwise. Yours, truly,
S. P. CHASE"
The Statesman says there is post
script to the letter, in which he" most
cordially" congratulateS Breslin on
his election, assuring him that" he
did all that lay in his power to secure
it,"
Through this recommendation, the
State lost over $70,0O0l
The Smelling Committee, in theil
report to the last Legislature, declare
that the City Bank was in "a rotter
condition" about the time the deposits
were made condition that cOulO
not hare been unkn0aOn to The buSi
ness men Of Cincinnati; and cOulo
not haze escaped the observation Of A
PERSON OF ORDINARY INTEL
LIGENCE!" The committee fur
ther say, that it had had three sets o
owners in five years, and that "eO'1d
this history necessarily public, q
sound institution and public credit
could not be hoped t0r!"
Here's a pretty kettle of fish foryou
Chase tells Breslin that the City Bank
g" HAVE NO DoUBr,a Is safe institu-
tion-Breslin deposits the money of
the State to the amount of nearly one
hundred thousand dollars, AND LOSES
ri The Black Republican commit
tee, Chase's own party friends, inves-
tigate the matter, and report that Sal
mon P. Chase, if a man Of " ordinary
intelligence" must have knOaCn that
the Bank was in a rotten condition
Now, if Salmon P. Chase is a man Of
ordinary intelligence" he helped to
defrard the State out of a large sum
of money, according to the declara'
tions ofhis own friends If Salmon
?. Chase is not a man Of ordinary
intelligence" he ought not to be Gov
ernor of Ohio. Either horn Of the
dilemma is fatal to him!
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17
Judge Warden.

The Macarthur Journal says that
Judge Warden has left the democrat.
ic party and, "like man, come out
an advocate of the principles of the
republicans" and that he will do good
service in the present campaign. The
said Warden, in his first speech for
the republicans, made at Columbus on
the day that Chase was renominated
for Governor, is reported to have ut.
tered the following:
81 know negroes in this town black
as the ace of spades-but that is not
so black-but black as the heart of
the inventor of this new doctrine
achO are as weU qualified In cote as
nine tenthS Of those aCho aciU depos.
1t their tickets IN tile ballot bon nept
October"
We suppose the above is what the
Journal would call looming out like
a man" and doing "good service" for
the republicans. Similar sentiments
were recently expressed by Giddings,
who declared that "s0me niggers are
superior to the great mass IF the dem
Ocratic party" Giddings, as we'll as
Warden ought to be commended by
the Journal. They both go for negro
equality!
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17

Ium under Fusion rule in
1885, sS7, 600
For the same under Democrat.
ic rule in 1855, $4,000
Every reader will remember tho
crOaking of the opposition at the ex.
travagance of the Democrats in the
management of this institution
How now stand the figuresl See for
yourself, and note that they have ac.
tually INCREASED lis expenses in
one year, SEVEN THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Retrenchment No. 10.
For payment of taxes errone.
ously assessed under Fusion
rulein 1856, $4,000
For same under Democratic
rule in 1855, 1000
Here is the enormous INCREASE
in this item of TWENTY.SIX
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
This last enormous item is drawn
from the people to pay to the BANKS
by way Of reimbursement for taxes
paid by them. The fusion rule being
that Banks shall 10 taxed on their
profits only, while the Democracy
contend they shall be taxed by the
same "unitorm" rule by which the
people are taxed.
Retrenchment No. II, ...
Expenses ofSmelling Commit,
tee No. l, s1,5OO
Expenses ofSmelling Commit.
tee No. 2, $1,000
Expenses ofSmelliug Commit
tee No. 8, $500
-
$4,000
Same under Democratic
rule, $4,000
Excess, S4,50O
Here then it will be seon that in.
stead of "retrenching" as they prom
isod, and instead OF leaving the ex-
penses of government the same as
they were under Democratic rule, as
Gov, Chase told the people here they
did, the documents show they have in
creased MANY THOUSANDS OF DOL
LARS! |!
These are no fancy figures, they
are taken from the official documents
and we invite the people to turn to
the references given above and exam
inc for themselves.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17

Committee in 1856, $1,000
No appropriation for this pur- (
pose by Democrats, 0,000I
INCREASE for Smelling COM
mittee under Fusion rule, 1900
Reirenchmcnt No. 3.
For payment of Governors
contingent fund under Fu-
sion rule, in 1856, $1,000
For same purpose under Demo
cratic rule in 1855, 5000
INCREASE in this item un-
der Fusion rule, 1900
Retrenchment No. A.
For payment of contingent
fund of Treasury of State
under Fusion rule in 1856, $4,000
For same under Democratic
rule in 1855, 1900
! INCREASE in this item un-
der Fusion rule, $500
RetTcnChmcnt No. 5.
For contingent fund OF Secreta.
ry OF State under Fusion
rule in 1856, $4,000
For same under Democratic
rule ill 1855, 1900
INCREASE in this item un-
der Fusion rule, $500
Retrenchment No. @.
For the payment Of salaries of
Governor, Lieut.. Governor,
Auditor, Treasury, Attorney
General, Secretary of State,
CONNER OF Common Schools
and Librarian, under Fusion
rule in 1856, $1O,7OO
For same under Democratic
rule 1856, 1O,5OO
INCREASE in the salaries of
State officers under Fusion
rule 5000
The voters will remember that the
Fus.onistS talked loud and long about
the high salaries paid State officers by
Denocrats-that it was one of the
great causes for high taxes, promised
to reduce them one-hali when they
obtained power. Instead of doing
what they promised, it will be seen
that they have absolutely lNCREAS-
ED them.
RetTenchment No. q.
For the payment Of guards, re-
pairs, general expenses, &C.,
OF the Penitentiary under
Fusion rule in 1856, 100000
For same under Democratic
rule in 1855, $4,000
Here it will be seen that the Flu
sionists have made in this one item,
the enormous INCREASE OF FIF-
TEEN TuOUSAND DOLLARS
This is mainly caused by an act they
passed increasing the officers and sal
aries OF the officers Of the Penitentia.
ry.
Retrenchment No. 8.
For the fitting up OF the halls
and rooms for the Fusion Legsla.
ture in 1856, $4,000
For same rooms for the Demo-
cratic Legislature Of 1865, 250
The Democracy were satisfied to
have plain and cheap furniture-the
RTormerS must have everything gor-
geOus and expensive, and the result
shows all INCREASE in this item of
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLARS.
Retrenchment No. 0.
For the salaries of. Clerks in
the officers of the Governor,
Auditor, Treasurer and Sec.
retary of State, under Fu-
sion rnIe in 1856. $12,700
For same under Democratic
rule in 1855, $1,000
Here it will be seen is another IN
CREASE Of salaries to the amount of
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED DOL
LARS.
Retrenchment No. 10.
For fuel for Legislature and
Departments under Fusion
rule in 1855, $4,000
For same under Democratic
rule in 1855, 1000
Here is an increase Of taCo tAow-
sand dollars, just twice the amount
for this single item that was paid by
the Democrats.
Retrenchment No. II.
For the distribution of the laws.
journals, Agricultural re.
ports, &C., under Fusion rule
in 1856, $4,000
For same under Democratic
rule in 1855, 1000
Ibis is an increase of taoenty .Sir
hundred dollars, the increase doubt
less goes into the pockets Of set of
lazy drones who must be paid for
shrieking for freedom.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17

GAS FAR AS THE RIGHT OF
SUFFRAGE, OR ANY OTHER
RIGHT OF CITIZENSHIP is CON-
CERNED, HE, (THE NEGRO
SHOULD BE PLACED ON AN
EQUALITY WITH THE REST OF
MANKIND."--Ohi State Journal.
The Ohio State Journal is one of
the best papers in Ohio, and, under
the editorial control Of Col. Schouler,
is doing good service for the Republi-
can party. 1t meets promptly the is
sues made by Locofocoism, and char
ges along the whole line. We wish
it had a thousand subscribers in Vim.
ton.--Mc irthur Journal.
The State Journal says the "negro
should be placed on an equality with
the rest of mankind, and tie Near
thur Journal says it is doing " good
service for the Republican party"
=" meets promptly the issues" &c.
What do the voters of Vinton county
say9 Are they ready to "meet
promptly the issue ?"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17

NEGRO SUFFRAGE.-The Republi-
can leaders in Iowa, like their allies,
Chase & Co., in Ohio, are in favor OF
negro suffrage and negro equality, and
amalgamation with the whites, gene.
rally. They have lately, however,
been badly beaten on that question.
The Legislature, in which they had the
majority, submitted the question to
the people who voted it down by forty
thousand majority. A considerable
portion of their own party voted with
the democrats in defeating this odious
measure.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17

UDundas P. o. (McArthur Sta
tion) has been re-established, and o.
T. Cunning, Esq. appointed z. NJ.