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Right at Last.

A published correspondence between
L. d. Campbell and Secretary Guthrie.
reveals a budget of blunders which
would do honor 10 Punch.
On the 9TH inst, Mr.. Guthrie wrote a
letttr referring TO a law passed July
26th, 1852.
Mr.. Campbell writes back, stating no
law was passed that day.
Mr.. Guthrie returns as answer, that
he meant the law passed Aug. 26, 1859.
Mr.. Campbell replies that he can
find no such law, and hopes Mr.. Guth-
RE will mention volume and page.
Mr.. Guthrie writes that he meant the
law of Aug. %. 1852, vol. 8. page SIC.
Mr.. Campbell replies that that vol
ume and page contains no such law as
Mr.. Guthrie quotes. and hopes be will
yet mention the law under which he
performed certain acts.
Mr.. Guthrie answers that he has ex-
amined his original draft. and finds he
meant the law of July 2lst, 1852.
Mr.. Campbell replies that hat law
was repealed long ago.
Mr.. Guthrie answers, so it was. and
the correspondence ends.-Cin. Gazette
Have we a decentralization Office" at
Washington?
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The Weather South.

In Charleston. s. c., the mercury on
Saturday, the 24Ih, was at 90 degrees;
in Savannah, Ga, only one steam press
in the city could be worked.
On the 26h ult., Monday, the streets
of Richmond, Va, were piled up with
snow, and but little could be done to-
wards clearing them, and the harbor
was so frozen over between Norfolk and
Portsmouth. as to permit crossing and
skating on the ice. At Portsmouth,
wild ducks were found in various parts
of the town with wings frozen. On the
Esd ult., the mercury et Norfolk vas at
zero, the snow four 10 ten feet deep, and
ice a foot in thickness.
At New Orleans, en- the evening Of
the 18th ult., the mercury went down
TO % degrees. and water froze in doors,
and u Of.doors ice was two inches in
thickness.
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Columbus Correspondence
CoLuunrs. Feb 6lh l057

COLUMBUS, Feb 9Th, 1857.
Dear Chronicle While | write, the
excellent and efficient Superintendent of
the institution for the education Of the
Deaf and Dumb, is exhibiting portions
Of three classes of the unfortunate in
mates, before the House. The Hall is
filed with citizens, strangers and men,
bers, all evidently enjoying the erh'bi,
tion, as a beautiful Illustration of what a
State car do. TO relieve the disabilities Of
every class of her citizens, however IN
fortunate.
A bill is now pending before the
House, making an appropriation Of
$4,000. for the purpose of erecting
upon the site of the old one. a new build.
ing for the accommodation and educa
zion of these children of misfortune. The
old building has become quite dilapi-
dated, and was, considered so unhealthy
and unsafe as a sleeping apartment; so
nany we've crowded together; that the
last winters legislature appropriated
$4,000 TO provide fer the erection of a
dormi;ory. TO be used nov al a sleeping
vol for the boys, and when a new
building is erected, to be occupied as
mechanic shop; so that they may not
only learn the rudiments of an education,
bit also have the means of support when
they shall have finished their term at
the Institution.
Between retrenchment. so much need
ed, on the one haad, and duty to these
unfortunstes, Oh the other, it is not so
easy TO decide. Besides this call on our
benevolence. there are two others, in
particular. that have a strong claim upon
the well directed charity of the State
I sefer to the Reform school, the plan
for which has been submitted 10 the
Legislature by the excellent Commission
ers appointed By Gov, Chase, in pursu-
ance of the Law Of last winter. in q report
replete with information on the whole
subject. gathered not only from our own
country. but also from Europe.
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Total for nine years sl2. 649, 064
This great and steady increase Of los
SEES is the most striking evidence of the
ra pidly developing commerce OF the
Lakes. and appeals in terms, too strong
to be withstood, to Congress to give to
the Lakes ample appropriations to make
their harbors secure.
The Mexican CuURcH.-The present
head of the Mexican finances asserts
with entire confidence that the real prop
erty of the clergy of the Catholic Church
in Mexicoi is OF the value Of 1881. 900, 900
TO so, 600. 900. In the city of Mexico.
containing 8 900 houses, worth $50. OOO,-
600, the church owns one half, and The
income has been estimated by the Minis
ter at fully $50. OOO. 900. The estates
in Mortmain alone amount to $4,000
600. A single ballustrade. about three
hundred feet long. in the National Ca
thedral. is supposed 10 be worth one mil
lion o. dollars.
The Toledo Times says they are sink
ing a well in that city which will be
$500 feet in depth. This will be the
deepest well in the world.
A BILL admitting negroes TO equality
with whites, as witnesses in courts, has
passed the Iowa Senate, and no doubt
will be ~concurred in by the House.
The Hon. Samuel Prentiss formerly a
Senator from Vermont, and Judge of the
United States District Court, died at
Montpelier on the Is h.
HoN. Charles Upham, who wrote the
life of Col. Fremont. has been elected
President of Massachusetts, Senate.
The Keokuk Post says that about
.ixtv persons have been frozen to death
in Iowa and Minnesota. within the past
three weeks.
One day last week there arrived in
Roston eighteen thousand bushels of oys
tiers. which were all sold and delivered
on the same day.
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Some $50. GOO vim be required o put

Some $50, 600 will be required to put
the plan in operation. and surely Ohio
cannot afford to put off the beginning of
this noble enterprise any longer. The
money saved to the State, in making
good citizens out of hayward youth, BY
a faithful application Of the reforming
principle, will more han build such an
institution every W years, to say moth
ing of the i~ncalcu'Nble benefit of restor-
ing to society a gooL citizen. in the place
Of a confirmed and ab odoned criminal.
as is most sure to be the ,se with youth
sentenced 10 the PenitentiaI '.
The other project to which refer, is
an institution for the education of Idiots,
which il is 10 be hoped will also be COM
menced on a small scale at least.
Now, Messrs. Editors, if one-half OF
the money that has been squandered in
this State, by the agents and officers of
the State during the last four years, was
still in the Treasury, where it ought to
be, these benevolent enterprises could
all be richly provided for, without the
tax of one additional dime upon the peo-
pie. How much of this "spilt milk"
can be gathered up, remains to be seen.
A case of thrilling interest has been
brought 10 light by the Committee on
the Penilentiary, a brief outline of which,
l give you below:
A young man by The name Of Shan
non. while engaged as fireman on a lake
steamer, lent a helping hand 10 an emf
grant family, among whom were girls,
who were abused by some letcherous
wretch on board, and By his exertions
saved them from Disgrace The exas-
perated wretch followed Shannon 10 the
ire-room, where he was engaged ; a
fight ensued, in which Shannon killed
him with a single blow. He was arrest
ed, confessed his crime, and was SEN
fenced for one year 10 the Penitentiary.
His occupation had injured his eyesight,
and about n year ago, DR.. Dawson,
being then Physician to the P~enitentialy,
operated upon n of ShannOn's eyes for
cataract, the result OF which was instant
and total blindness TO the eye operated
upon. Some two months later, DR.. Daw
son insisted upon operating on theremain-
ing eye.
The convict, Shannon, refused his
consent, but as appears from the report,
the Doctor forced him to submit to an
operation upon the remaining eye, which
resulted in total blindness. The law ex-
pressly fOrbids any surgical operation
upon a convict, without his consent
The Committee recommend that the
State educate the young man at the
Blind Asylum, and that the Legislature
authorize the Attorney General to prose-
cute DIR. Dawson for damages, for the
benefit Of Shannon. DIR. Dawson stands
high in the profession, and the report
causes no little stir among the Doctors.
Weather is delightful, warn and pleas
ant. Yours, p.
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Repeal Of the Ten per Gent interest Law:

AepealoI the Ten per Cent Interest Law.
A bill to repeal the Ten per Cent. In
terest Law has been brought before the
House of Representative in this State BY
Mr.. Cory, of Hamilton County. We
publish in this paper, the remarks of Mr..
Townsend. of this county. upon the pas
sage of the bill. The speech is an able
one, and we hope will be carefully read
BY every n who has at heart the inter-
ests of the State, and of a large lnajori-
ty Of its citizens.
We perfectly coincide with Mr.. Town.
send in his views, and sincerely hope the
bill to repeal, may pass. There is no
law upon the Statute book of Ohio which
has done SO large an amount of injury
to the poor, and the middle classes, as
this same law. 1t has taken millions of
dollars from farmers who were unable
to pay all cash in hand, for their land
and placed it in the purses of the rich.
II has drained the pockets OF thousands
OF business men, operating with small
capital. 1t compeIs nearly every man
Who borrows money CT buys property,
when he pays interest at all, to pay ten
per cent. From the day when that law
went into operation. the average rate of
interest Taid by the citizens, Except TO
BaDks) has been higher than ever before,
and although the legal rate of interest
when no contract is made, is only six per
cent the effect has been, to virtual
" make ten per cent, the legal and com.
mon rate Of interest.
1t is a notorious fact that whenever a
man begins to pay ten per cent. annual
interest. shrewd business men, look up
on him as fast verging 10 bankruptcy.-
They know that no business, no rise in
the price OF real estate, either in this or
any of the older States, will enable a
man to snstain the drain of such a rate
OF interest, for any considerable length
Of time.
We we're told before the passage of
Ills law. that if the rate of interest in
this State was raised, that money would
be sent here for investment, from the
older States, that all Glasses would feel
the benefit of The increased amount of
money j n circulation. But what is the
fact? Is it not notorious that nop the
complaint of scarcity of money is great
er than before the passage of the law?
Add is it not true that those complaints
are based upon the positive fact of real
tight times.
Instead of money coming in for in
vestment, from other States, Ohio i
drained of her very life-blood, bv the
large amount Of capital sem BY her citi
zens. and taken by emigrants from hen
to the west to invest in real estate: The
high rate Of interest therefore does not
prevent The money from flowing out, nor
has i. drawn into the State a dollar mere
than would have come in at the old rate
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The Great Family Weekly Paper.

TIME NEW YORK LEDGER has now attain
ed the extraordinary SPECULATION Of One
Hundred and Ninety thousand copies. The
LEDGER Is devoted to POLITE LTERA-
TURE, ORIGINAL TALES, SKETCHES, PO-
ETRY, ESSAYS, GOSSIP an. CURRENT
NEWS, and maintains high moral tone It's
everywhere acknowledged to be the best family
paper in the worldl Hence its extraordinary
and unheard of popularity. Mr.. BONNER, the
Proprietor of the LEDGER, employs the best
talent in the country, and by so doing makes the
best paper. Such writers as Fanny Fern, sylvia
nus Cobb, Jr., and Emerson Bennett, are perlna-
nept,v engaged on it, and viii write for no other
paper hereafter. Mrs Sig0urney. also, constant
III writes for it; so do a host of other popular au-
tbors including Mrs. Emma ID. L N South
wortI, Alice Carey, Mrs. Vaughn, Mary W. Stan
lev Gibson, Clara Sydney, &c, &c. The LEDC-
ER Is beautifully illustrated every week.
The NEW YORK LEDGER IS printed en-
beautiful white paper, and IS composed Of eight
pages, making the handsomest weekly paper IN
The country. 1t is published every Saturday,
and sold at all the news offices in every city and
town throughout the country; and IS mailed for
subscribers at two dollars per annum; two copies
are sent for three dollars. Any person obtaining
eight subscribers at 81 50 each, (which is our low
est club rates and sending SO will be entitled
to one copy Free. Terms invariably In advance
ROBERT BONNER.
Publisher of NEW YORK LEDGER
a. Ann Street, New York.
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Financial News.

The debt of Boston is 81, s61 .478.
The State Debt of Michigan is ST.
ESQ. 900; Illinois. Sl3. OO0, 900.
THE sale of the Delaware lands in
Kansas amounted to over 1000, 900.
The debt OF England is fs18, OOO, 900
"a. 900, 600. 900.
THE receipts of the New York canals
for the fiscal year ending 3Oth Septem-
Der, are greater by 800. 900 than those
of the preceding year. while the expen-
ses are $500. 900 less. making $500, 600
in favor of the year 1856.
The product of the Ohio Valley ex-
ceeds by one hundred per cent. the en-
tire product of England, Ireland and
Scotland.
BELLoNA Arsenal, IA miles above Rich
mond, the property of the United States,
was sold at auction for So, $50 1t cost
the government s175. 900. 1t was aban-
doned for un~healthiness.
The Buffalo and State Line railroad
has made a cash dividend of 5 per cent.
and a stock dividend Of 90 per cent, the
latter conditioned on a proposed increase
of the capital stock.
THE Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass, in
the last six months, netted 1920, 600
profit, or six per cent or the entire capt.
tai, for six months.
The value of brown sugar imported
into the United States. during 1856. was
S92, 400, 1853; white loaf and refined SUI
gar, and molasses 81, 1874. 669; tea So
893, 89f; coffee s2l, 514,1
TAE Ena Fire Insurance Company
has declared a semi annual dividend OF
8 per cent, payable on the 18Th ult.
THE funded debt Of the State of New
York is S95. 931, 98s and its whole debt
$50. III 944; the surplus canal revenue
in 1856. was 81. 969, 48O.
The loan OF a million of dollars by
the State of New York, has Just been
taken. A great many bids were receiv-
ed, and all them at pretty high rates,
none being under ten per cent. premium
The Commissioners awarded the loan as
| follows:
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WARREN MARKET.

TPA trial Of HoeRaaS's German Bitsrs will con.
vince the most ~skertieal Of their great virtues. Read
the following:
JULIUS A JEGER said:
NEW ELIzAEETH, Hendricks CO., Ind June "a, d.
Il should like you to send me n lot OF your German
Bitsrs- / know them to Re a valuable medicine, de
serving all the reputation they have acquired Ihave
uses them in my own family. and they have proven a
certain remedy for Graduating the fever and ague- l
have used them successfully for tSo ears
WILLIAM NORTON says:
HrSrSsDOS. Ind. SEPT 20. ls54.-"Sendm me anoth-
err supply of Buffers Immediately. They sell rapidly,
apd give the most unbounded satisfaction in every
case. I do not know OF but one instance in which /
have sold one bottle, that the person did not return for
more. and in that case, the one bottle cared the per-
go - Saa advartiaemeut-
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HFoUND AT LAsTlA
THE CELEBRATED CUTARIONI
HUcnnr2nur

Prof. MARION. who having just returned from a tour
to the West lnlies, would take this method Of an
aOuneing to the public that while at ST. Domingo he
purchased from the celebrated IniiaIs fnysiOlogist. =
valuable recipe for Curling and Btautifying the Hair
To young Ladies and Gentlemen this is invaluable--
Those h wing rough. coarse or stiff Hair. can entirely
remove these objections hy only two or three applic7-
lions Of this valuable Lotion, making the same Of =
beautiful CLASSY texture and Al the same time giving
u tina. peculiar wave and curl. so eminently desirable
by all This truly and justly celebrated CUTARIQS
has also the eject Of masking the hair grow in abund-
anee, and also turuing grey hair 10 more than its pris-
tine beauty. lie has also in connection with il, = val
liable recipe for removing eruptiOns or pimples. and
freckles from the skin. Thousands can testify to the
value Of this recipe. The whole cos. OF the ingredi-
ents (Which can be procured Of any Druggist) win not
exceed twenty Eve cents. These recipes viii be sent
to any Part Of the United States or Canadas, on the re-
ceiPt Of one dollar. Address.
J. II. MARION.
1 Rah- ll-QN Warrau Ohfo
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Judge Hoffman.

The Court of Common Pleas com
menced its winter session in Ravenna, on
the 9th inst, Judge Hoffman presiding
II a thorough acquaintance with the
Law. aided by an experience Of some
twenty years; sound judgment. and I'm
rwerying integrity, conspire to make an
'ficient Judge. Mr.. Hoffman csnro' fail
10 be successful.
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A MEXICAN FARMERS MAGAZINE.
N Edited and Published BY ]. A. NASH and
NJ. P. PARISH, No. Beekman Street, n. Y
near Park Row
TERMS-s3.0O to Single Subscribers, not
paying in advance; $3.50 each to Two Subseri-
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each to Three Subscribers, so advancing, and
$3.50 each to any large lumber
From its commencement, eight years since.
this Journal has been conservative In principle
reliable in statements, national in character, and
single in its great objcetof advancing the useful
arts, placing Agriculture first. and striving to-
develop its science and to shed light upon all its
practical details, but deeming that Agriculture
can flourish only in conjunction with the Me
chanie Arts, and that these, hand in hand with
Agriculture, or the only permanent basis of a
nations material prosperity. With these prinei-
pies always prominent, it has maintained high
moral position, making it a fit visitant Of the
family circle, and has obtained a more select
and a wider patronage than often happens to
journals Of the kind.
: By taking in an additional editor, to be en-
tirely devoted to the Agricultural Department
we have doubled our team" and are %gOing
ahead emitting no efforts whatever to make
this Journal specially acceptable and valuable to
the Agriculturist. a help to the practical farmer
in his daily business, and an assistant in the
training of his sons to higher degrees Of excel
lenee in the profession. Moved by the progress
i've spirit Of the age, and DESTROYS OF disseminat-
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lieying that their adoption will be promotiEe of
good, and good only. to the whole country, We
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Reader, look at our prices, and send Us $500
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North Western Railroad.

In accordance with the charter of in
CORPORATION, the stockholders of the
North Western Railroad company, met
in Philadelphia on the 18th inst. for the
election of officers for the ensuing year.
The following persons were elected:
Presilent-John Thomas, Philadel-
phia.
Directors-Samuel Branson. George
Howell, Joseph NJ. Thomas, Edward q
Markley, Horatio Wood. Pa; David San
KEY, Lawrence county. Pa, Jacob Per-
kins, Cleveland, Ohio; David Tod,
Youngstown. Ohio; Oliver Evans, Al
bert f. Feering. James S. Watson, of
Philadelphia, elected by city council.
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SUDDEN DEArH-The New Castle

SUDDEN DEATH-The New Castle
Pa Gazette of Thursday last says:
On Sabbath last as Mr.. COLUMBUS
KING, Of this place, was returning from
church, at about ! o'clock, p. NJ. when
not a great distance from his residence,
he was attacked by an apoplectic fl.
He was carried home in an insensible
state and expired before night-fall- He
leaves behind him a little family OF or
phan children-their mother having
died during the past year.
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Me,.rs. f. A. SMITH L Co. Druggists. wArren,o-


nPNOTICE.-DR. s. STRoS0's FEvKz DESTROYER
The proprietors depend wholly upon the intrinsic
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best recommendation II can acquire is to AXE IL 70 the
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spread Joy and peace around the pillow oil sasselhs
and pain. IL il will not do this, a thousand eeruneaIes
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public. The testimoniais-which are many ana Iops-
are published in a circular, as the limits OF an SassI
tisement will not permit-which IRE prssen -
remedy, which may be found at the principal Dragsist
in the Western States and California
.,s;m n will have great popularity wherever intro
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hand. n il possesses no real value. the siek VII soon
find il out, and deEnonstrate It asa nnmOos' @"e
Iuoosiaon." See Advertisements
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ly. And here, this argument turns alto
gether on the other sile of the question,
for it must be apparent to every one,
that whatever will lead men to the vio-
lation of law, is a moral, as well as a
political evil.
But, sir, it we admit the argument 10
be true. it would be no reason, against
the passage Of a usury law /; for, upon
the same ground, you might dispense
win all laws, for We all know that every
law is violated sometimes; cven the most
rigid enactments against murder, does
not altogether, prevent that crime. The
same is true in regard 10 theft, burglary,
DC, DC.
But every person knows it would MT
De good policy 10 repeal these laws, be-
cause they are sometimes violated, but
all admit they do in a great measure,
answer the ends for which they were
enacted. Nor can there be any doubt,
that a law against usury, would prevent
a great many men from taking usprious
interest, for many men who lend money,
are law-abiGing citizens, and will deem
1t wrong, 10 take a rate of interest that
the law has not made honorable, but
otherwise.
Now. Mr.. Chairman. as a large por-
ton of the laws that have been enacted,
and the larger number of bills that have
been acted upon, during last winters ses-
sion and this, have been for the benefit
OF capital, and money ed institutions, let
US pass this law, for the benefit Of an
opposite Institution. One that seeks no
monopolies, in its way. but. on the con
trary, shurs them. That institution is
the poor man.
These, sir, are some of the reasons fer
the VOfp iDtanI 10 n,uo g. a., LII