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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-07-17
Riot in n PennsyIva mia Theatcr.

r ThePittsburg Dispatch, furnishes
the following
A riot occurred at tho Theater in
Chambersburg, on the 4th, between
a company called the "Owls" and
citizens Of the place. The Owls
demanded admission free Of charge,
which was refused. After consid.
cradle fighting, they made an attempt
to force the door, in which they suo.
ceded, and rushed into the room,
making Tor the stage, in order ia
grasp the theater performers. As
they did so the widest scene of con-
fusion occurred; and the ladies sc,
up a tremendous cry for safety. The
theater men had gone out, through
q back door, and finding that theil
.bird had flown" the infuriatet
"Owls" were prevailed upon tn.
leave the room. Another scene O
violence than oocuered at the foot o
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Metus Matters.
tFrom the Pioneer. Olympia w. IT, Mar. 27.l
A Panther Fisticuffed and Booted to
Death.

tFrom the Pioneer. Olympia w. IT, Mar. q.
A Panther Fisticuffed and Booted "a
Death.
Mr.. W. II. Stockend, a sinewy
stout, active young Scotchman, asso.
ciated in farming with Mr.. 7. Link
later, Tonalquot Plains, in this coun
ty, recently killed quite a large pan.
ther, six feet seven inches in length
in q fair fist and boot fight, the cir
cumstances attending which are rela
ted as follows:
1t seems that at the further end of ,
large field, about quarter of mile
from the house, Mr.. Stockend discov.
cred quito a movement and disturb
ance among a lot Of hogs that were
kept in the field. He at once pro.
ceeded in the direction to ascertain
the cause, when, to his surprise, u,
short distance from the hogs, he
discovered that favoritc young dog
was engaged in a conflict with a
panther. Determined to save the
dog, at allhazarls, he resolved to in.
terpose in the fight expecting to
frighten the panther up tree that
stood hard by, when he could return
to the house for his rifle AMI bring
1t down. He accordingly gave the
animal a substantial kick, when it
ceased it's engagement with tho dog
Strengthened itself erect on its hind
legs and pitched into him. In the
meantime :he young dog made a
hasty retreat for some distance.
The contest now seemed to be o
desperate and very unequal one, but
there was no escape from it fer friend
Stockend. The panther malo fu
rious dash at him, but retaining his
full presence of mind, he met it with
a furious kick. The fight now as
sumed the character Of a Trough aud
tumble" "and volley of weli.directed
blows and kicks disabled the animal
somewhat. He called his dog back,
and the faithful young animal, As IL
of having deserted its mas.
ter in the hour Of peril, and as if to
make amends for its ungrstefal con.
duct, entered into the conflict with
unequal fierceness. Mr.. Stockend
finally succeeded in getting one foot
firmly planted upon the neck of his
assailant, and keeping the other in
rapid motion in the direction of tho
animals head, soon brought the con-
test to a close. He has no Gonbt
but that the long heavy boots which
he had on were the means of saving
his life.
Tho fight lasted, first to last, bout
fifteen minutes, in the course of
which Mr.. Stockend was some what
severely handled. His shoulder
was badly scratche ed-he received a
severe wound from the teeth Of the
animal in the thigh and was badly
scratched in several places, although
by no means dangerously, or by
which he will hereafter be disabled
Can any Of our contemporaries beat
the panther fight of our friend Stock.
end?
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-07-17
Extend Slavery,

The people Of California are agita
ting the question Of calling Convention
to amend the Constitution Of that State
and it is said that it will result in di.
viding the State into two or three State.
Philadelphia None American assigns
as reason that it will double or treble
the Offices, and hence all the greedy
politicians are in favor Of it. BE this
as it may, the territory is amply sui.
fcient to mske two or even three States,
while the population, constantly in.
creasing, and the vast wealth OF that
region, will justify the divided, there
can be but little doubt that the most
southern State will be a slave State
1t is filed up with emigrants from the
South, or conservative men from the
North, who anc see the vast benfts that
will accrue TO the aggregate wealth Of
the State by the idtroJuction OF African
Slavery, tn work the rich mines and
cultivate the fertile soil.--.St. LouiS
Leader.
We call attention to the last sen.
tence in the above article, and We ask
our working men to reflect upon its
meaning. What is the effect OF the
"Introduction OF African slavery to
work the rich mines md cultivate the
fertile soi?" Does not every slave in.
lroduced into he,,rich mines and fertile
fields OF California exclude a white
men? Does it not bring the labor OF
slaves in direct competition with that
OF free white men? And this is what
rejoicelh the hearts OF the editors OBJ a
paper protesting to be Democratic. -
They desire to exclude the white la.
borers, Of whose rights the Democratic
party has always professed to be the
guardian, in order to plant slave labor
in the mines and fertile soil OF Cali(or.
mia, and to subjsc, those white men,
who are not absolutely excluded. to tho
contact and competition OF
negro slaves. Is not this new phase
OF Democracy? The laboring men,
who compose the vast majority olDe'
mocratic votes, should be truly crate.
lul to this defender Of THAR principles
and rights!-S. Louis Dem.
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D The following from the pen of ex-
Senator Hannigan, OF Indiana, will be ap-
preciated by all:
"We cannot refrain from calling the at
tention Of our readers to the Hair Restora-
i've of Prof. Oh. Wood. 1t will be seen
that he has numerous certificates from per.
sons OF the highest character, to the merits
oi his restorative, From positive knowl-
edge we are also enabled to say that il is in
every sense what it profess to be, and we do
not hesitate to pronounce it the finest pre-.
paration for the head and hair which has,
so lar been devised by human ingenuity
We have seen it orrest threatened bald ness,
and restore to the head its original profu-
slcn OF natural and glossy hair, and when
the latter has been prematurely tinged with
gray, VIC have seen IL, like magic, restore
I he colors OF youth and health. The dis.
property of this, we might truly
say, miraculous Restorative is, that il gives
TO the person who uses it the same head of
hair they wore in youth, thus acting in strict
with the FIRST and greatert OF ali
toilet makers--Nature. No one who has
used 1t will hesitate TO unite with us in this
testimony to its peculiar merit"
t'orington (fnd.) Peopis's Fr,nd.
Sold by all respectable Druggists in city
and country.
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throughout the State, meted out tc
him unreserved censure, and have
since been urgent in their demands
for a thorough investigation, with
the purpose ofletting the people have
the whole facts in the case. On the
other hand the Democracy did not
dare to admit that Bresln was a de,
ihulter, until by connecting Gibson
with him, they found they could
make some capital for their tar'N
They then for the first time acknow''
edgo his guilt, wncn ,nuy nnd they
can use Gibson rs shield.
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Gov. Chas's Letter to the State Teach-
cT's Assoc iatiOn.
COLUMBUS, July 6 1857.


DEAR SiR.-In the midst OF the cares
and anyeties Of my official position,
unusually augmented OF late. 1t has
been impossible for me to prepare an
address to be Pronounced before the
Association over which you have the
honor TO preside. was. however, so
desirous of manifesting my personal
sympathy with its members in their no.
bio aim to raise the standard, to i'm.
prove the methods. and to dignity the
work OF Eduction in Ohio, that would
not relinquisb my purpose Of being
present at thar deliberation, and OF
saying something, no wever inadequate
ly, on the subject Of their work, until
the day OF meeting was changed. |
then advised the respected editor OF the
Journal Of Educlion, that | should pro.
badly be unable to attend at the time
TO which it was postponed; but | now
find this apprehension .realized. My
pnblic duties require my constant pre-.
sence here during the present week.
| regret my absence from the meeting
Of theAssociation, on my own accounlfor
am thoroughly conscious how meanger-
ly anything could say, would reward
the attention Of its members. But il |
could communicate little, | could re.
ceive much; and | wish to learn all
can in respect to the best means Of pro.
noting the cause Of education in our
State.
In that cause. having my self been a
teacher, and knowing something OF q
teachers responsibilities. trials and as
pirations, ! naturally and almost nee
essarily feel lively interest.
No safer, no more romunerative in
vestment OF revenue is madeby the State
than in the instruction OF her outh.-
Stinginess here is not economy. Iii,
waste, and tho worst description o
waste the waste OF mind-of that pow
or which originates energies. and make
efficient whatever activities promot,
! private or public prosperity.
The School House is a better institu
ton than the Court House or the Stat
House. In tho State House laws ar
enacted; in the Court House laws ar
applied; in the School House. legisla
, tors, judges and jurymsn are made. =
Especially is tho School House indis
Pensabls where popular government
made a reality, by her suffrage an
: general eligibility to Office. Il is i'm
! possible to over estimate the importane
! Of universal educ alton, where every bo
is TO be a voter, and any boy may be
q President.
Q To make the School House sfficien
u teachers must be not only quali6s,
'fbnt honorsd. Tho responsibility
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Facts and History.

There are a few facts connected
WITH the Tasssnry defalcation which
II sould bs well for the people to
notaL One Of these 10 that Auditor
Morgan. having sscertsined that
BraslIn had withdrawn tho public
funds from the Treasury SO that there
was oot enough on hand to meet the
january interest Of 1855, went te
shs State Bank and engaged the
boss q ssdicieut money to meet this
tpt~sst; cad this wac done when
kb@s should bays besn iHths Treas,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-07-17
a Now SOnrcc of TrnnhIn.

A difficulty has sprung up between
the President and Colonel Forncy
The latter got an idea that his claims
had been overlooked by Buchanan, h,
and he determined to turn the tide
against him in Pennsylvania, and,
therefore made an effort to get pos.
session of the Pennsylranion, the
Administration organ at Philudel.
phia, but failing in this, he has de-
ternined to start an opposition pa
per. The Pennsylcanian reads him
IA severe lecture for his rccrcancy apA
his ingratitude. 1t was mainly
through the management Of Forney
that Pennsylvania was carried for
Buchanan, and as this was an i'm.
portant acquisition, it is evident that
he was looking for a large reward.
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the stairs, in which come Of the cit
izens and the "owls" principally par
ticipated, and which the police made
unavailing efforts to prevent. After
Intellectual efforts to quell the distur.
bance had been made by town Of
licers; it was at last resolved to call
out a military company, which had
come into town from Gettysburg du.
ring the evening. BY prompt and
well directed effort THO company soon
disbanded the crowd. One was ia.
tally injured, bnt larger number
were cut and bruised moro or less
seriously.
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ury, more than sufficient to mee
this claim. Morgan, however, in
stead Of exposing Breslin when h,
found he had appropriated tho peo
pies money to his own use, tool
steps to conceal his viIlainy. Fol
had Broslin failed in having th,
State funds forthcoming when mood
cd, Morgan was prepared to keep the
people in the dark in regard to the
true state Of the case, by supplying
this place Of tho absent fu.ds -,;.h
money borrowed on the>credit Of the
State. THIS was in direct contrast
with the course pursued by Auditor
Wright and Cove drnor Chase, when
they found tho Tseasury in a like
Again, when the Republican Leg
islature undertook to have an invss-
tigation Of the condition of the Va
rious institutions of the Aate, inclu-
ling that Of the Treasury. the Dem
,cratic members were so bitterly op.
posed to such an investigation that
hoy would not permit one OF their
,arty to serve on a committee having
his object in view; and they stig-
hatized all such corhmittees as
Smelling Committees" The par
y seemed to have a well grounded
car that these committees would
,ring to light the corruption of their
eading men. In reference to an ex.
into the condition of the
treasury, the contest was especially |,
ierce, the Democratic members op-
osing it en- masSo. How can this
'arty, therefore, have the face to
barge upon the Republican Admin. /
'tration want of efficiency in |
uarding the Treasury, when the s
lembers of their party in the Legis- t
lture. made every effort to prevent, |
lvestigation. q
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bom the yoke they are now groaning
uuder. These persons who have
Omaha were a portion Of the
dissatisfied citizens OF Salt Lake
City, and their escape Chat is the
word they use) was the result Of o
scIl devised and cautions stratagem.
Ihov lcrt SaltLske about April Goth
Mo. Den,0crat JuIV III.
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suits. In some OF the southern districts
OF Fronce il is already being secured.-=
In England all kinds Of crops look bet.
ter than they have done for y ears past.
In some OF the southern States OF the
nav wheat has already been brought
into market. The New York Journal
Of Commerce sy as that new North Caro-.
lima red wheat was exhibited on Change
on Friday. In was a sample OF 10, 900
bushels which appears very we'll. al.
though il may have been cat little too
green.
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From the Buffalo Commercial.
Opiuiop Ofthis year,s Crop.

The crops, ,hrought the civilized
world give cheering promise Of an album
dont harvest. Throughout Canada the
condition Of the crops affords the most
sanguine hopes, The late rains, though
in some instances they may have done
injury, have in general done incalcu.
liable good. According TO the Montreal
Pays, the quantity Of land under grain
Iin Lever Canada, is unsually great
The grain harvest on the Continent ol
! Europe promises the most brilliant re-
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Arrival of Runaway Mormans at Oma-
ha City.

We learn from one of the officers
OF q steamer which arrived yester.
day from the upper Missouri, that
on reaching Omaha City he was in.
formed by some OF the citizens that
q party Of sixty Mormons had arri-
ved on the I'd inst. The party on.
campei in the town, and stated that
they intended to start down the river
by some boat in few days. They
were loud in their denunciations OF
the ruling men Of Utah, and aver
their belief that Q largo number o.
the inhabitants ofthe valley, as soon
as they soc chance Of protection,
by the arrival Of the U. S. troops
will gladly avail themselves of ths
opportunity Of drawing themsolve.
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The Difference In Parties.

As soon as it was discovered that
Gibson had betrayed his trust; in ma.
king himselfan accessory of Breslin,
in concealing the facts in relation the
late defalcation, the Republican Press
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-07-17

Buchanan was entirely oblivious Of
the fact that there was u North, when
he made his appointments for Kan
sas, and made all with the special
objec, ofpromothg slave. holding in.
terests.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-07-17

pIrrsBURo, July IA verdict Of
guilty OF murder in the first degree
was rendered to-day against Char
iotte Jones, Henry and Monroe
Stewart, implicated in the murder Of
u, the Wilson family at McKeesport.-
The trial lasted eleven days, and pro.
ducod intense interest in this com.
munity.
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July IL, l657.-3w.
d. Hall and Josephine s.
nv Hall of Cumharland County. I'm the Stata

ATOTTCE.--James d. Hall and Josephine s.
~ Hall, Of Cumberland County, In the State
of illinois, will take notice that q, A. Croning'
err 4 Co., of Hancock County, Ohio, did, on tho
18th day of July, A. ID. 1887, file their petition
in the Court OF Common Pleas, within and for
the County Of Hancock, and State OF Ohio,
against the said James b: Hall and Josephine
g Hall, ID. ]. Cory, Hugh Newell and N. L.
Ghiids, defendants, setting forth that the said
LANES b. Hall and Josephine s., his wife geve
a mortgage to the said @. A. Croninger Co.
on their interest In in.lot number seyenty-hve,
G1bS in Vance & Cory's addition to the town OF
Findlay, In said County OF Hancock, TO secure
the payment Of one hundred and nfty dollars,
according TO q certain note mentioned In said
MORTGAGE; also to recover the balance Of cer-
tain echanics lien on said premises amount
ing 70 twenty two dollars and thirty,seven cts,
executed to George Berry, and by him assigned
10 said @. A Cr0ninger h Co., and that since
the giving of said mortgage, the other defend-
| ents claim some interest in said premises un-
der the said J. b. Hall, and praying that said
J. b. Hall may pay said sums now claimed 70
be due with the interest thereon, or that said
premises may be sold TO pay the same; and
| the said James d. Hall and Josephine s., his
wife are notified that they are required 10 ap-
pear and answer said petition on or before
the third Saturday after the 2sth day Of August,
i 1857. q. A. CR0NlNSk CO.,
\ by o'NEAL & BLAcEPosD, their Attys,
j Jsiy II, lS5J.-T,
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NOTICE is hereby given Tn the on'resdent
~ owner of the south half of the west half OF
the northwest quarter of section No. thirty
three, In blanchard township, Hancock coun-
.ty, Ohio, that the Trustees will meet on the
10Th day OF August A. D., 1857, for the pur-
pose officiating a ditch, as follows: commenc-
ing on or near the section line between sections
thirty.two and thirty-three, forty rods north or
the quarter post; thence north on the east side
of the county road, and terminating near the
quarter post between sections twenty eight
and twenty nine.
WILLIAM N. WICKHAM.
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"GlOrious Democratic victory.o


In Leavenworth County, Kansas
as in other counties OF the territory
there were registered probably no
one-half of the legal voters; still ther
we're reported one thousand eigh
hundred and thirty-seven such. o
these, but aSout six hundred wer,
polled at the late election, and thes,
were divided between two factions o
the pro-slavery party-the friends o
WALKER and tho friends of STRING
FELLOW. After this moot wonder,
full (D display of strength, the Leav
enworth Journal (Democratic) lets
off the following bacchanalian shout
"GLORY HALLELUJAHu
SHOUT PRAISES TO THE people,!
Death aud Destruction "a the Enemies Of th,
Pure, Unndultrrated, UntcrIIfied
Dcmocraey!!
YICTORYN VlCTORYii OVER ABO
LITIONISM, FREE STATEISM,
AND THE SHAM DEM
OCRACYIIi
OPEN WIDE THE GATES THAT THE REC
ULAR NOMINEES OF THE DENocRATIc
PARTY OF LEAvENwoRTH CoUNTY
NAV TAKE THEIR SEATS AS Del.
EGATEs IN THE CossTIrU.
TIoNAL CoNvENTIoN!!
Ind say unto the Sham Democracy,
Depart ye Accursed into the Euer.
lasting Night and Darkness
Of Aboiitionism aud
Freesoilism!
Down with Hypocrites and
Traitors!
UP WITH THE LAWS AND THE CON-
STITUTlON
And Three Cheers TO the Regular Nom
inees--the Chosen Ones of
the People!Ii
The die is cast -! The Rubicon has been
crossed !! The battle has been fought and
the victory won by reference to anoth.
er column, it will be seen that the regular
nominees Of the Democratic party have been
elected as delegates to the
Constitutional Convention. The opposi-
tion has proven itself to be weak and pow
erless, aud this election has buried in po
litical grave from which there will be nt
resurrection. many OF those whom, hereto
fore, we had delighted to style our part,
friends but now they are dead dead
dead and politically damned! See there
turns elsewhere"
We should think that after "pilinl
on tho agony" as in the above, the
editor would need to have his heat
we'll bathed with camphor and
smelling bottle held to his nose 70
a couple Of hours. Instead ofshout
ing SO Justify, he had much bette
have said as did an eminent Genel
al who had gained a battle but los
the flower of his army-"such ar
other victory and all is lost"
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"GLORY HALLELUJAHu
SHOUT PRAISES TO THE PEOPLES

Death aud Destruction tO the Enemies Of th,
Pure, Unn,iultcrnted, Unteriined
Dcmocraey!!
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yICTORYN vlCTORYN OVER ABO
LITIONISM, FREE STATEISM,
AND THE SHAM DEM
OCRACYlIl

OPEN WIDE THE GATES THAT THE REC
ULAR NOMINEES OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF LEAvENwoRlH CoUNTY
NAV TAKE THEIR SEATS AS Del.
EGATEs IN THE CossTIrU.
TIoNAL CoSvENTIoN!!
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-06-18
=. JUNE rs, 1857
/ lM%9fst&llRrlGults..o s.o@'. .
THE CAMELs.


1t has becomequite common sight,
says the IndianOla (Texas) Bulletin, to
see camels and dromedaries marching
through our streets. The camels are
now employed in carrying government
freight from Powder Horn to the depot.
Iney carry the enormous weight e
1900 pounds, and with the greatest
ease. The sight Of them stampedes all
the horses and mules that come within
sight Of them. They are certainly
not handsome creatures. The only
distinction the Arabs make between
the camel and the dromedary, is that
one serves for a beast of burden, and
the other for a riding nag. The word
-dromedary with them means swift or
feet. A horse in a brisk trot can
scarcely keepup with the camel in a
walk. They apparently go slow with
their measured tread, but in, reality
they are moving along rapidly. The
dromedaries, with their riders and gor-
geods trappings move along in atbrisk
trot at the ratesof one hundred miles
per day!egd 60 saIG7 bHa 3qs0rq
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-06-18
WHO WRITES THE sOHGsl

The principal writer is Stephen G.
Foster, author of sUncle Ned so,
Susanna" &C. Mr., Foster resides
near Pittsburgh, where he occupies a
moderate clerkship, upon which, and a
percentage on his songs, he depends
for q living. He writes the poetry as
well as the music to his songs. These
are sung Ehereyergthe English Ian
guage is gspokens while the music is
sung wherever men sing. In.the cotton
field of the South, among the mines OF
California and Australia, in the sea
coast cities Of China, in Paris, in the
Iondont Eerywhere, ,iin fact.
his melodies, are heard. nS SiiQncle Ned
was the ffst.r This was published in
1915, and I5ached a sale unknown till
then in the usic-publishing business
of ieThe Old ,FnlkG at Hnnn2 LOO ,00G
copies have been printedint this country
and as a many more in England. '.My
Old Kcntucky Home" "Old Dos
Tray" and all his other songs have
had great run. ~
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-06-18

q A fellow going Up Street with a
bottle Of freshly imported Maine
Law, saw ayoung lady, whom he must
inevitably join. So putting the bottle
under his arm he walked along side.
well, said the young lady after dis
posing Of Health, and the weather.
what is that bundle you are carrying
under your arm?' from which she dis
covered a dark fluid dripping, F0h! (!
nothing but coat which the tailor has
been mending for me- 'Oh! it is a
coat, is it? We'll, you'd better carry
it back and get him to sew up one more
hole, it leaks. as~