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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
The Convention.

The County Convention which me
on Saturday last for the purpose o
appointing Delegates to the Demo
cratic State Convention to be held il
Columbus OIL the 9th Of August was
not largely attended. At this season
o fthe year that could not be expected
Our Democratic friends in the various
townships wcro too busily engaged
with their harvesting to come out
Not that they lack interest and zeal in
the cause, for q truer band Of Demo
Gratis cannot be found in the State
than those of" Little Vinton." Tho
busy on their farms they are posted in
relation to the pending contest. The
many promises Of reform and reduc-
ton of taxes made by the Black Re.
publicans OF their advent to power in
'54-5 are still fresh in their minds
They have watched in vain for the
fnlfllment Of these promises. The
Black Republicans have had full sway
III our State Government for the last
three years. What now is the cor.
dition of affairs Instead Of the tax.
es being lessened we find the State
Treasury cmpty--plundcred, and our
State bankrupt and disgraced. That
the party which has brought
this about should again ask the peo-
pie to place them in power is adding
insult to injury. But under some
handsome disguise the Democracy
will have to meet them this fall. Kan
sas bleedS no moro-slayery has not
boon "eXtended over her virgin SOIL"
and all the humbugs by which the peo-
pie were sought to be deluded are ex-
ploded. If the Convention put good
men--men who have been tried and
found to be honest, in nomination, the
last ye8tigo Of black re~publicanism
will be wiped cut this fall. Our Del
egates are not instructed. They 90
prepared to vote for a staunch honest
Democrat for Governor who will be
most likely to beat the demagogue
Chase or any oflis negro.loving COM
patriots. For State Treasurer it is
the general wish Of our people, as far
as we have been able to ascertain,
that the incorruptible Ex-Auditor W.
D. Morgan should receive the nomi.
nation. With q good ticket Vinton
will do her duty nobly in the coming
contest.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

A New York editor thinks, from
the manner shirts arc made in that
city, there ought to be an L" inspector
Of 8e,CerS." The editor went to the
expense of a new shirt the other day,
and found himself, when he awoko in
the morning, crawling through two Of
the shortest stitches.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Road N office,

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition will
~ be presented to the County Commissioners
within and for the county Of Vinton, in the State
of Ohio, at their next regular session in Septem-
Der, A. D. 1857, praying for the alteration Of tho
State road leading from Athens in Athens county,
Ohio to Macarthur, in said county of Vinton as
follows, to-wit So much of said road as is loca-
ted through sections numbers thirty 1907 thirty
five (S5) and thirty-six (36) in Madison township
and county of Vinton aforesaid, being in length
about one mile, more or less, and commencing on
the West end at a point known by a road diver
ging to the Zaleski Railroad Station thence
Blast Furnace now being built, and thence TO
terminate. MANY PETITIONERS.
July 80, 1S57-4w-ezc
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Suicide.

On Tuesday night, of last week,
John Lemon, of Huntington town,
ship, committed suicide by cutting his
throat and stabbing himself in the abb
domen with an old jack knife. He
survived until Monday night follow,
ing, refusing any medical assistance.
The deceased was about 70 years Of
age, and no longer able to work and
maintain himself, and the idea of be.
coming a pauper was too revoltingto
his sense of honor to be borne. lie
has no relatives or connections iu this
part of the country, that we know of.
[GGIliG Rep.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

HoT WEATHER AT THE WEsT.-
At Waukegan, Illinois, July II, the
thermometer indicated 100 degrees
in the shade. The editor of the Ga
zette, at that place, in view ofthe rig
or of the time, quotes Sidney Smiths
idea Of airy comfort on a sultry day,
which was for one to "take off his
flesh and sit in his bones,'' and sug.
gests an improvements "knock out
the morrow and get a draft through"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Homicide,

W. learn, verbally, that two WEIGH
men in tie vicinity Of Oentreville, but
in Jackson county, had an alteration
about some triAing matter, on Sunday
last, when one of them was stabbed by
the other, SO that he died on Monday
morning. We did not learn the
names Of the parties.
We learned that the offender had
been committed to Jackson jail.
Gala Rep, last 7ueek.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Gov. Chase and the Loss of the
State Funds.

1t is a we'll known and sac fact to
the tax payers, that part ofthe Breslin
defalcation was caused by the deposit
of $4,000 of State funds in the City
Bank of Cincinnati, which, in a short
time, shut its doors and failed, leaving
the people to foot its bills. 1t becomes
a matter of no little moment to in
quire how this bank came to be select.
ed, when there were Others whose rep,
utation for solvency and strength stood
so much better. The Newark Ady0.
cate charges that Gov. Chase address.
ed a letter to Breslin, recommending
him to make the City Bank a despos.
itory, and that the secret Of the reco-
mendation was because tue cashier Of
the concern was a political chum o.
Chase-a rank Abolitionist. If this
charge is sustained it will place the
Governor in a very delicate position,
making him partly responsible for the
loss of near 500, 900 Of the State
funds. AT any rate, the City Bank
was managed by Black Republicans
and they had the benefit ofthe money
that was deposited therein. - Sncin'
natl Enquirer.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
KANSAS A FREE STATE.-The RicE

KANSAS A FREE STATE.-The Rich
mond, Va, Enquirer, in the course Of
an article on the subject of Kansas.
says:
"There is, we think, little doubt
that the pro-slavery settlers have aban.
doned the idea of success" 1t goes
on to argue that the admission ofKan'
sas as a free State is an inevitable re.
suit, and one with which the South
ought to be satisfied.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

JAMES RYAN, late Of this city, died
on the evening of Sunday, the 7th day
ofJune, on board the steamer Tropic,
on the Missouri river, near the town
of Lexington, Mo.
He was one Of the excurSionists that
left this place on the Sd inst, with
the intention Of availing himselfo o.
the opportunity to visit his daughter
residing in Omaha city, Nebraska
He was seized on the way with al
illness which suddenly terminated his
life. - hilLicothe advertiser.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

Tho Gazette has a correspondent
who takes a great delight in destroy
ing the hard-earned reputation of the
heroes OF the Wakarusa War. G.
w. Brown, Familiarity known as "Old
Drown" "Ossawatomie Brown" the
conqueror ana capturer of II. Clay
Pate, Colonel Titus and other renown-
ed Border Ruffians, is its last victim.-
Brown accepted a challenge to fight a
duel with another Topeka hero, re-
.ioicing in the name of Reath, weapons
rawhides. No more appropriate wea-
pons could have been selected for such
combatants. But the heroic Brown,
it seems, backed out, and, at last &C.
counts, Reath, the next windiest man
in the Territory to Gusty Windy
Brown, was in pursuit of Brown, to
cowhide him adj Hbitum.
The Gazette is determined to kill
off all the Free-State heroes. Some
time ago it annihilated the virtuous
and patriotic Jim Lane; and now the
great thunderer Of freedom, "God and
Liberty Brown" is pronounced and
proved to be the greatest coward in
the Territory. Where and who are
the honest and brave men of that par
ty a-Cinc5nnati Enquirer.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

A man was recently arrested in
Kansas for stealing a COW and a bee
gum. The jury, to facilitate matters,
put both charges in one indictment,
and convicted him of stealing the
COW. He took an appeal. The JUS
tice, in making up his docket, made
the following report of the case:
"The defendant in the case found
guilty-he beats us on the bee-gum
but we cotched him on the cow"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE
On Tuesday morning Of this week, N,
T. Horton, Of the firm of Horton &
Macy, Cincinnati, was awaked by a
smoke in his house. Arising he mel
a German in his employ, named
Koehler; the latter killed Mr.. Horton
then cut his own throat; he had pre-
viouSly straDgled his wife to death
No cause assigned, except that on thu
day before Horton had r~eprimandeC
Koehler for abusing his wife.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

DEATHS RY LIGHTNING The light.
ming oflast week was alarmingly de.
structive to human life. Some fifteen
deaths have reached us in Ohio alone.
A lady in this county, Mrs. Ollie; a
young man in Geauga County; James
Hall, in Shelby County; Mr.. Ridge
way, OF Washington County, and the
names of many others forgotten, all
found an untimely end by this death.
dealing fluid. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Later From Europe.
QUEBEC, July q

QUEBEC, July 81.
The steamship North an erica
with dates from Liverpool to the 18th
inst, has arrived here.
The EitrOpa's advices reached Liv.
erpool on the 18th inst, and the In
dian on the 9th inst.
The mutiny in India was spreading.
Twenty-three regiments had joined
the mutineers, but they had been de-
Heated outside of Delhi. The mutt
neers still held possession ofthat city
Gen. Arson, tho COMMANDMENT,
chief, died of cholera. Sir Colin
Campbell succeeds him.
In the House of Commons, Mr..
Lindsay moved the production Of Mar
cy's letter on pr~ivateering. Lord Pal
meston replied that it was not official
ly in the hands of the government.
The address to the Queen, praying
for effectual means Of %surpressing the
slave.trade, was adopted.
The Liverpool Chamber Of Com
merce gave a brilliant banquet to the
officers of the Niagara.
Mazzini had escaped from Italy in
"a ship carrying tie American flag.
Advices from Delhi were looked for
hourly.
The loss to the Bengal Army is es-
.timated at 10000. 1t is believed that
the crisis has passed. The latest ad-
vices indicate a panic and desertion
among the insurgents.
The U. S. frigate San JacintO and
an English gun-boat had gone up the
Canton river to attack the junks.
Foo-choo-foo was quiet.
The rebels have been defeated.
Tea is coming down freely.
In replying to Mr.. Lindsay's mo,
ton, Lord Palmerston said it was I'M
usual for the government to produce
correspondence between Independent
governments.
Mr.. Marcy's letter to the French
Government was not officially in the
hands of the British Government, and
consequently could not be produced.
A communication was made by the
American Government, under the last
Administration, TO the French Gov
ernment, but the present Administra-
ton had intimated That they did not
wish to answer; under those circum,
stances the House would feel that the
question could not be discussed prop
erly, and therefore hoped it would not
be pressed.
Lord John Russell thought that the
government ought to make q state
ment of the ground on which the en-
gagement was entered into with the
other power. He was afraid the con-
sequences would prove very serious,
but England was bound to them now.
Sir Charles Napier said that the en-
Igagement could not be broken, and
would necessitate the blockading OF
every port of the enemy.
The motion was withdrawn.
Colonel Susanna, the chief ofthe in
surgents of Calubria, has been arrest,
ed.
At the latest accounts the Queen Of
Naples was supposed to be dying.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg an.
nounces that the Russians have &C.
cupied Gaugany, on the frontiers of
Abasia.
There was a spirited speculation in
Melbourne market.
The steamship Erin, from Bombay,
with China mails, was wrecked on the
coast of Ceylon on juno 6. The pas
'sengers, mails and specie were saved.
The cargo, valued at million dollars
and the vessel were lost.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
The Cincinnati Commercial spea

The Cincinnati Commercial speaks
encouragingly of the increase of the
passenger business over the NJ. & @.
r. Road, and adds: "The Company's
Telegraph line is completed to Mari
eta, 1914 miles, and will facilitate the
operations of the line. The ballasting
ofthe eastern section has been prose.
cuted with vigor, and by the first Of
August we may be able to state thai
the track between Athens and the riv.
err lin such condition that Mr.. Barnes
will consent to a shortening oftime al
least one hour"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

Col. Thomas Hite and other citizens
Of Jefferson county, Va, set free sc
of their slaves very recently. The Co
lionel las agent Of the owners, accompan'
led them to Middleburgh, Pa, where,
handing each individual $40 in mon.
ey, and equipping them all with Sufi
Gent clothing, he set them free.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

A New CoUNTERFEIT.-A new and
dangerous counterfeit on the North
Western Bank of Virginia, of the de-
nomination Of ten dollars, has made its
appearance in this city. The counter
felt is an excellent imitation of the
genuine note, and is calculated to de.
ceive good judges. A number Of
these bills which are perfectly
new, have been passed here during
the past two days.-Ci,n. Gas.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Administrators Sale.

DERSoNAL property belonging to tho Estate
l. of John Winters, deceased, consisting OF
tables, chairs, settee, stands, bureau, clock, look.
ing glasses, cupboard, cupboard ware, brass and
iron kettles, tools, bedsteads, and other property,
and also forty shares of stock in the Scioto and
Hooking Valley Railroad Company, will be sold
ceased in Macarthur, ON Saturday the 5th day Of
August next, commencing at 10 o'clock a. M
Terms made known on day ofsale.
JONATHAN WINTERS, Adm
,TuIy 20 1e5T-tS
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

The Ironton Register has just en-
tered upon its eighth volume. The
Register is one of the very best coun-
ty papers in Ohio, and we regret to
see the editors refer to their labors as
" seven years of patient industry, Sc
we're trial, without pecuniary returns
adequate to the labor and expense be-
slowed"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

Con, JENNY GET YOUR Hoe CAKE
Done. "-Sheriff JENNY the first op.
position (Black Republican, Sheriff
elected in Ottowa county, Ohio,
has just been indicted by the Grand
Jury for rape committed on the wife
of the Jailer. There's a niger in dc
wOOd.pile, sure.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Street

In Louisville, Tuesday, July q, a
~rencountcr took place between George
d. Prentice, editor of the journal,
and R. I. Darritt, editor Of the Cour-
Ter, growing out of an article in the
latter paper, that morping, reflect ne
on Prentice. Pistols were used by
both parties. Prentice was slightly
wounded.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

GREAT LEAP.-Probably the great
est leap on record was made at the
Helena Shot-tower, Wis. Some time
ago a horse, II years old, jumped
from the bank over n perpendicular
procipice of $50 feet into the river be-
low, and camo out safe and sound, at
ter swimming nearly half a mile to a
suitable landing place. The water at
the point where the leap was made was
from twenty to twenty-five feet deep.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

SPIRITUALIsM.-A few days ago
the Boston S%piritualists agreed, for a
prize of five hundred dollars, to salts
fly any scientific men that might be
named, Of the truth of Spiritualism.--
The celebrated Agassiz and three 9TH
ers, were named, who, after a fair
hearing, pronounced the whole thing
a humbug, the SpiritualiSts having ut
terly failed to perform anything which
could not readily be accounted for on
scientific principles.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

A new Pacific rail road company
was organized at Omaha early in the
present month, under the Nebraska
territorial law, for the construction Of
a railroad to the South Pass. Gen.
Robinson, of Pa, is President, and
Mr.. Hosmer, of Ohio, Secretary
The capital is to be $50, 100000.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

UBayard Taylor, it is said, is be-
trothed to the fair daughter of the as
tronomer Hansen OF Gotha, the Capt.
tol of Saxe-C oburg, and is to be mar
ried next autumn.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

AUNT Tom Mrs. Stowe) arrived at
Home early in April. We shall hear
by the next steamer, we presume,
whether she "kissed the Pope's toe,"
or the Pope kissed Harriet Beecher
Stowe. 1t is a matter of serious re-
Election with us, which we should pre-
fer to do.-[New Haven Register.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30

OP There is a town in Pennsylva-
MIA called Youngwomanstown. What
a deuce of a place it must be for the fel-
lers.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
County Treasury Declarations.

We take the following from the Ca
diz CO., Sentinel:
Defalcations appear to be the order
of the day. Since the muss was rails
ed in the State Treasury, the following
Black Republican County Treasurers
have followed in the footsteps Of
their illustrious predecessors"
Sandusky County, $1,000.
Delaware County, 1913 900.
Athens County, $4,000.
Lawrence County, $4,000.
Verify, this is a great country.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Gibson rs He Turned up in the
West,


West.
A private letter from Usage, Iowa,
contains the following interesting
item. 1t says:
AS an item of news, l would inform
you that "Gibson," your deiaulting
Treasurer, was at St. Charles, a town
in Floyd County, Iowa, a few weeks
since, and purchased a large amount
Of land-of the honest settlers--and
report hath it that not having sufi.
cient amount of Ohio's money in his
possession, he made good his deficit
by paying them in currency on bro
ken down banks. About two thou
sand acres of first class lands are the
amount of his purchase, so ! am in
formed. Hoping that the Almighty
will give him strength to meet his &C.
cusers and bear up under his kindness
Of heart, which 'amounts to a posi-
tive weakness" l remain
Respectfully yours, S. II.
The above is from the Cleveland
Plain Dealer of Saturday. 1t be-
hooves the State TO look into this land
purchase, by so doing it may secure
a part Of its indebtedness.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
Criminal Proceedings against the
Two State TFeasuserS.

We passed parts oftwo days during
the past week in Columbus where we
were called before the Grand Jury Of
Franklin county. Whilst in that city
we learned sufficient TO convince us
that the Grand Jury had been put in
possession of evidence hal will JUST.
fly the criminal indictment of both
Gibson and Breslin on distinct trans
actions that are made embezzlement
by the laws ofOhio. Whether the re-
peal of the law Of 1916, by the Black
Republican Legislature, will hot de-
feat all criminal proceedings against
Breslin, is a question which the court
will decide when the case is properly
brought to its notice. In the mean
time, theprevailing opinion among the
best legal minds in the State, is, that
Breslin, whether guilty or not, can
not be punished. So much for the
blunders Of the Black Republican
Legislature !
We could not learn that the Jury
had yet obtained any satisfactory clue
to the whereabouts Of the half.million
of dollars which came up missing in
June last. 1t is whispered, however,
that circumstances are fast coming to
light, which will finally satisfy the
most incrciulous, that Gibson's at
tempting to throw the whole defalca-
ton on Breslin, has been acting the
part of an unmitigated hypOcrite and
knave.-Newarb Advocate.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
LIST OF

DEMAINING in the Post Office at YintOn Fur
IL mace, July /, 1857, and which will be found
at Vinton Station ifcalled for, within three months
from LIST inst. if then in the office will be forward
ed to the Postofice Department.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-02
THE NORTHERN BANK PANIC.

BosToS, Sept. 80. TIN banks have decided to FL.
psnd rtI-lr DISCOUNTS s. QUO 0MD.
HARTFORD, Sept. 80 The banks havs no thought
Of suspeudiug. They are satisfied the crisis has
pissed.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. - The banks ars all act.
lux i'll harmony with the Bank Of Pennsylvania, aud
,rrsugi;s .or u & IN basis business. The community
t-el outraged ct the waa, o: q reliable system 10
hnanc-
BALTIaoRs. Sept 39.-rhere has beeu 90 change
TO day III iuUurtary Ell ,irs
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-02
PENNSYLVANIA BANKS.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ~ The City and South.
wark Bsnks are paying specie for small notes. De.
spite the agreement yesterday, they receive the notes
oil other Banks on deposit, except the Bsnk OF Penn.
sylvania.
THE Directors of the Banks of Middletown. Penn
sylvanis, Individually pledge their privats fortunes for
the redemption Of all the notes Of that Bank in circu.
tioi,. Hon. Simon Cameron, the President, is very
wrnlthy.
PIrTsBrRG, Sept. 2S.-The bank excitement is sub.
siding. The Mechanics Bank suspended this morning.
Business is neatly paralized.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-02
ER0M NFW Work

New YORK. sept. 80 The pane has subsided-s
better ic- Ing -x'-ta. No failures ar, report-d 10 day.
The si-am~r Per.ia, Tor Liverpool, sailed at uoor.
She took no -prci..
II is runored tina. the steamer TsnueSsee, which
ollie to-day for New Url-ans, is connected with au.
other G'libuster expedition.
Orders have been sent to the New York Assay OF.
fees for the irsustrr TO Philadelphis Of n large
amount OF bullion 10 be coined in rmail pieces for tho
pr-srn, pressing demands Of brsiness
Nearly lal; a million OF government stocks were
received by one tirm to-day for redemption.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-02
REDUCTION oFTuE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
nEnr

Gov. Pollock Of Pennsylvania, has issued bis pro.
clams'ion announcing that the Commissioner Of the
Sinking Fund report u reduction uf tho State Debt
million, foriy.rwo ihOuearIh, eight bundrsd and fifty.
"eveu dollars and ~sixry.four Gents. t$l ,Di2 .857 oh
This has been accomplished by the purchase Of State
stocks at tie market price, and by The cancellation Of
relief notes, under the laws Of 1919, 1852 and 1861
Ii 10 this 10 added the amount received by the sails OF
The Main Line, is7 500 O0O,) there is a reduction Of the
State debt Of $S,J42,H5,. "a
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-02

NosKIsruwS, Pa. Sept. % -Jatnu.ou's cotton
,.l -f".p-I operations Oh Saturday last, throwing
t.out 35u hnn,is uut q! work Also. Macrsady's
.-"trn mill hn- cl's-a jas. Hn"ven's rolling mill
Wr'inm Scis.iu roll,ng mill. sd s"ne smaller CON.
'~"na Thee mns' ar 6rO "r 700 ht"6s 'hr"wn ut
i WORK by IN. sb""a su. Y"Isiras. The Montgomery
nnunty J. AK e.. pr,".ed -p-cir VA! lnrHis tbI" inotn.
III! The sh '.r n,..is hope u cJninencs again III q
;-w weeks Du' She pro pct is that others will stop
soon. i.,:uhL Il ANY rsruminr.