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Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

p@AOne of the interesting features of
the United States coinage operations of
late years is that of the smaller silver
coins, which by the recent action of
Congress will hereafter form the princi-
pal part of our silver currency, in lieu
of the old Spanish coins. Of the new
coins, over twenty-five millions in Ualue
have been coined during the four years,
1853-1856; and the product OF domees-
TIC silver is now over $4,000 annually.
The new coins having a legal value five
to ten per cent, below their value as
metal, will not be absorbed or lessened
hereafter for export or for manufactur,
ing purposes.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
EATON, O., APRIL 90, 1857.
WANTED,

At this Office, a good, sober and stead
Journeyman Printer. One of this de-
scription, who can do Press-work, can
have constant employment by applying
soon.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
.TiEsl Lame ina KANSAS.
The Kansas Herald, published

The Kansas Herald, published at
Leavenworth, says:
at said Lane camc up the No. river
last week on the St. Mary. He came
on deck disguised, and got off below
here. We heard of him at Lawrence
since, where he made a speech. 1t Is
said he was not received with any en-
thusiasm. 1t is reported that he said III
his speech, if it was deemed necessary
by his friends in order that peace should
be preserved, he would leave the Terri
tory. He has got so low in the estima-
ton of the Free State men, that there
is are scarcely any to do him reverence.
His exploits last summer are enough to
damn him with all right minded-honest
men. The way Lane is reported to
have been received in the Territory ar
CUES we'll for the good sense of the peo-
pie, and that a sense of justice is taking
hold of the minds of the people"
The same paper says:
cool. Jim Lane we learn has stuck
out his single at Lawrence to practice
law. = He says his voice is for peace and
no longer for war. Wepresume he sees
no further chance to feather his nest
by quilting northern people with the tales
and rumors of war. Having made
enough he is disposed to retire upon
his ample means, and live easy. We
suppose he can now venture to practice
law, as he will not be required to swear
to support the Fugitive Law.
nea- Within a few years fifteen daily
papers have died in Boston, and the pro-
prietors of three ofthose stillin existence
have failed. This does not speak well
for the "Athens of the New world
There are but four daily papers in Bos-
ton owned by their original proprietors,
There are still ten daily papers in that
city, which must be a%tleast FIVE too many.
There are but thirteen in New York.
sa-The Lancaster State Sentinel, in
abiding to the late Gubernatorial cleo
ton in Michigan, says:
There have been so many contradic-
tory reports, and such meager figures
from various parts of the State, that we
have concluded to wait till the official
canvass of the counties are received be-
fore attempting to give the result. The
vote is entirely satisfactory to Demo-
Gratis, and when footed up will cut off
more than one half of the fusion major
ity of last fall.
pD,What a poor world this would be
without women and newspapers! How
would news get about? 1t scares us Just
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

na-A Western editor announces the
arrival of a twelfth responsibility at
his house and makes the following ap-
peal thereaftes. "More subscribers
wanted at this office"
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

HoUoo0oy's Ointment and PiUs.-The
sudden changes of temperature in this
climate have a terrible effect opon the
skin, the muscles, and the glands
Hence the prevalence of salt rheum, cry
sipelas, blotches, boils, rheumatism, quin-
sy, sore throat, and the many other COM
plants so frequently generated and al
ways aggravated by this cause. Fortu-
nately, in Holloway's Ointment we have
the means Of promptly removing this
class of diseases, and of so thoroughly
invigoratingal all the exterior organs and
integuments as to prevent their recur-
renee. The Pills operating in harmony
with the ointment, regulate the secre-
tons, and discharge from the fluids OF
the body any acrid matter calculated to
produce external inflammation or inter
mai disease.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

nF~Tle Indian Massacre reported to
have recently occurred on the Des
Moines river, in Iowa, is said to be with
out foundation, and to have been con-
coctcd and sent forth to prevent per-
IONS from attending the land sales in
Iowa, commencing on the fourth day of
May next, at the Usage, Fort Dodge,and
the Sioux city offices.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

Gg~Samuel ". Brady died in Win
chester, Va. last week. He was n of the
three survivors of the Dade massacre
in the Florida war, and was a soldier in
the whole of the Scott campaignin Mex
leo. At Chepultepec he was foremost
among those who scaled the walls, and
was so severely wounded as to be at first
reported in the list of the killed.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
e%The French Council Of the Sta

@~The French Council Of the State
has a proposition before it directed
against persons who titles to
which they have no right. The counts,
~viscounts and barons, who, like the "pain-
ted Jay" deck themselves in borrowed
plums, are numerous peyond calculation.
1t is proposed to make it penal for any
one to assume a title the genuine of
which he cannot prove. Such assump-
ton was penal till 1892. At thatperiod
the law abrogated.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

lFH-John A Washington has offered
again to sell the Mount Vernon estate
to the Commonwealth of Virginia for
5000 GOO.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

sm-Cle Bull gave a concert in New
York on Monday night in aid of the
fund of the Masonic Board of Relief.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

BI~The Washington correspondent
of the New Y ork Daily Ne,cs thus writes:
1t is rumored about the city to-day
that the Hon. Edmund Burke will bring
suit against the Hon. John Appleton
for a contract with him to make him an
Assistant Editor Of the Union.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

BRIsToL's SARsAPARILLA.-That
which is original and genuine triumphs
over time; that which is initiative and
spurious is ephemeral. The reputation
of Bristol's Sarsaparilla brightens and
extends year after year; but where arc
the mushroom Sarsaparilla, hat the
success of the rue remedy en~gendered?
Dcfunct or dying out. In the mean
time, new and astonishing cures of viru-
lent eruptive and ulcerous complaints,
are giving a fresh impulse to the cele-
briefly of this standard medicine, which
in the hands of the present proprietors,
D. T. Lanman & Co., of New York,
(whose duplicated signature appears on
the outer enyeiope) it is said, from the
care bestowed in its manufacture, to de-
serve an increased share of public con
idence. The same responsible drug
firm are advertising a new preparation
for worms, entitled Kemp's Pastillcs,
which are so palatable that children like
them, and so thorough the operation,
that no mercury is required before Or
after taking them.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

Eg~The Rev. Mr.. Kalloch's people
in Boston have voted unanimously that
he is good enough for them. We have
no doubt he IS.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
Newsuapers--A True Index.


Every word of the following para
ought to apprize such of our readers as
do not already know the fact; there is
no complaint made on cur part, but it
should be generally known that the full
ness or meagreness Of the advertising
columns of a paper, is indicative of the
amount Of business done in its vicinity.
The following from an exchange tells a
wholesome truth, when it says THAT
a newspaper is the best indicator of the
business, wealth and enterprise of the
citizens where it is published. Persons
at a distance judge more of its character
from this source than any other. IF a
paper bears upon its face marks of the
libcrality of its home patrons; if its col
umns are we'll filed with business ad-
refreshments, and the general appear
ance of the sheet gives assurance that it
is well supported, then those into whose
hands it may fall, conclude at once, that
the place is a go-ahead Hre one and that
it presents an opening for Il nan of bu-
siness like stamp. But, on the contra
ry, if a paper is lily sustained, its col
umns presenting a "meagre and beggar-
ly account of advertisements, and its
general appearance shows that its own
ers have to live on faith, and "shih it.
along, they at once conclude to give that
place a wide berth. This is a "true
bill' in nine cases out of ten; the pa
pers show the character of the place,
and, in a great majority of instances.
determine a mans views as to its bust
ness capacities and go-a-headitiveness.'
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

B9-Troublcs are like babies, that on
ly grow bigger by nursing.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

naThe genteel opposition have at
length found something against Mr.
Buchanan. They accuse him of "vul-
garity," in Offering a p%ecuniary return
for a present, and cite the following let
ter to show chow far our President IS
acquainted with the ordinary propric-
ties of life"
"WHEATLANp Penn, Friday, Deem
Der II, 1856.
"-Ny Dear Madam: I have received
Jour favor of the 9Th inst, with the nit
tens you were kind enough to sond me-
[ accept them with much pleasure, as a
token of regard from one ofthe matrons
of Indiana.
30 your noble State the whole coun-
try is under great obligations for its
triumphant support of the Constitution
ard the Union at the late Presidential
election.
"In compliance with your request, I
transmit you a likeness of myself, and
hope you iviU accept an additional present,
the iacIoscd sum ofS25. 1 trust that, un-
der the blessing of Providence, [ may
continue to deserve your good opinion.
"From your friend, very respect
GAMES BUCHANAN.
Mrs. PHEBE WEBER"
The italics are put in by the enemy.
This vulgar epistle, we think, may be
safely submitted to the people without a
word of comment. Let the opposition
bress circulate it as extensively as pos
sible. 1t first appeared in the Hopkins
vile. CKy.) Mercury, a Know-NothinS
print-Bost0n Post.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

BB,What a poor world this would be
without women and newspapers: How
would news get about? 1t scares us Just
to think of it.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

The late rally of the Democracy in
Iowa has been attended in several dis
tricts of that State with the most COM.
plete success. We nave been kindly
furnished with the following dispatch
for publication:
DUBUQUE, Iowa, April Is.
"The Democratic majority for Judge
Wilson in the Second Judicial District
is one thousand eight hundred and sixty
four. He carried every county but one.
81. B. DORR,
"ETitor Herald and Express.
up. f. WILSON, Esq, Washington
City"
This district gave a majority of one
for Fremont over Buchanan, and gave
Fillmore five hundred and eight votes.
Here is a clear Democratic gain since
the Presidential election of nearly t,co
thousand rotcs. We wait patiently for
such explanations as the Black-Repub-
lican press may have to offer in refer
ence to this emphatic response to the
Presidents Inaugural and the late de-
cision in the bred Scott case WASH
ington Union.
One Of our Iowa Democratic exchan-
ges says of the result:
The returns come in slowly, and we
are without any accurate information
except from a few localities. Tt is evi.
dent, however that there is a large Dem
ocratic gain throughout the State, and
it is by no means improbable that a ma
jority of the Democratic candidates or
the State ticket are elected. We think
there can be nodoubt of Fishers election
as Superintendent ofPublic instruction
prcsuming, in making this ejaculation
that the western and northern portion:
Of the State have increased their Demo
cratic majorities in proportion to the
eastern and southern portions.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-06-03
Misrellaneons.
Question Of Precedence with Ladies.

DR.. Baird, in his late lectures, at ST. Louis,
related an amusing anecdote of Napoleon le
Grand, and the ladies who attended his frs.
grand reception ball at the Tuilleries. The
old nobility had departed, and everything
was new. The invited guests were mostly
military officers and their wives. Some two
thousand ladies were present. When supper
time came, they of course took precedence
Of the gentlemen. A question arose who
had the right to go first. The great dining
room hall was thrown open, admitting them,
and the doors were then closed, and the
officers of the palace found it impossible
10 open them. TIE dispute among the la.
dies grew warm. One lady said The right
was hers, as her husband was great gen.
eral; but she soon found that others main-
tanned, on one ground or the other, that their
claims were greater. Meanwhile The officers
could not get the doors open, and, in consier-
nation, one of them fastened 10 the first
consul, and asked him how they should set
tie the question of precedence. 60" says
Bonapaue, "nothing is easier; tell them the
Oldest is 10 go first" The officer reported
10 the ladies the first consuI's decision, and
Instantly they all fell back This gave the
officers an opportunity 10 gel the doors open,
when, 10 their establishment, none Of the
ladies were willing 10 go first. After stand.
ing in that ridiculous position for moment
they began 10 laugh heartily at their own
folly, and all marched into the din ing-room
without delay. This, said DR.. Baird, is one
of the lhousand-and. one stories they iell in
Paris of the "Grsat Napoleon" TO illustrate
the readiness of his wit.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-06-03
A Handsome Soul,

One day last winter, little boy from the
South, who was on visi, to the city, was ia.
king his first lessons in The art of "sliding
down hill" when he suddenly found his feet
in rather loo close contact with lady's six
dress. Surprised, mortified, and confused,
he spraug from his sled, and cap in hand, be
commenced an earnest apology.
81 beg your pardon, ma'am; am very
sorry"
"Never mind that" exclaimed the lady,
"ihere is no great hahn done, and you feel
worse than do about it,"
I" But, dear madam" said the boy, as his
eyes filed with tears, "your dress is ruined.
thought that you would be very angry with
me for being so careless.n
-" o, no" repfied rne fady, ''beller have a
sOiled dress than a rufiled temper"
80, isn't she beauty" exclaimed the lad,
as The lady passed on.
"Who? that lady 2" returned his comrade,
"if you call her beauty, you sbant choose
for me. Why, she is more than thirty years
old. and her face is yellow aud wrinkled."
81 diI't care If her face is wrinklsd, )" re.
piled The hero, ''her SOULS handsome anyhow.n
A shout of laughter followed, from which
the little fellow was glad 10 escape. Relating
the incident to his mother, he remarked 30,
mother! that lady did me good. shall new
er forget il; and when am tempted 10 in
dulse in my angry passions, win think of
what she said, "Bstter kaue soiled dress than
a rufled temper"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-06-03
Do II Yourselves, Boys.

Why ask the teacher or some classma ale 10
solve that problem Do ii yourselves. You
might as well let lhem,sat your dinners as do
your SUMS for you. Il isin studying as in
eating; he that does it gels the benefit, and
not he that sees ii done. 10 almost any school
would give more for what the teacher learns,
simply because the teacher is compelled to
solve all the hard problems for Them, and
answer the questions for ihe lazy boys. Do
not ask him 10 parse all the difficult words or
assist you in the performance of any of your
duties. Do ii yourselves. Never mind tho
they look dark as Egypt Dom. ask even
hint from anybody. Try again. Every Trial
increases your ability, and. you will finally
succeed by dial Of the very wisdom aud
strength gained in this effort, even though at
first the problem was beyond your skill l,
is the study and not lhs answer that rewards
your pains. Look A that boy who succeeded
after six hours of had study, perhaps. How
is lit up with proud Joy as be marches 10 his
class. He reads Ikea conqueror, and we'll
he may. His poor weak schoolmaia, who
gave up that same problem after shs first
faint trial, Eow Looks up to him with some
thing OF wonder as superior. The prob
lem lies thereya great gulf between those
boys who sioR yesterday side by side. They
will never sand together as equals again.
The boy tbal did it for h,mself has taken a
stride upfards, and, what is better still, gain
ed the Jidength of greater ones. The boy
who waited TO see others do il has lost both
strength and courase, and is already looking
for spme excuse 10 give up school and study
foHvers i'0t sa H9 a4 Has
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-06-03

y Haa . "a
ADULTERATEp LraUoRs.--Dr. Hiram Cox,
appointed, ,pnder the law of Ohio, Chemical
Inspector Of liquors in Cincinnati, has pub
lished facts taat should be engraved around
the rim. OF every drinking glass, He states
that during Two years he has made 249 in.
spections of various kinds OF liquors, and
has found more than nine-ten,hs OF them i'm.
italions, and greater portion of them pois-
onous connections. OF brandy he has not
found one gallon Of pure in a,bundred GAL
Ions, but limitations having corn " hiskey for
basis, and various poisonous acids for the
condiments. Of wines, moi gallon in u
thousand pnrponing 10 be Sherry, Pon, Swee,
Malaga, is pure. but they are made oil water,
sulphuric acid, alum, Guiasa psrPs, horse
raddish,s and many of them without single
drop of alcoholic spirit. DR.. Cox warrants
there ara NOT tsn gallons of gesuins PORT
wine in Cincinnati. He also slaies that in
his inspections of whiskey he has found
only fiom seventeen 10 iweniy per cent. of
alcoholic spirit, when it should have been
forty-6ve 10 fifty, and some Of it contains
.sulphuic acid enough in quart 10 eat =
hole through mans stomach.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-06-03
The Infamy Consummated :

The Senate having passed the bill for the
sale of the Main Line of the Public Improve.
ments to the Pennsylvania Railroad CoH,pa
ny, with some unimporanl amendments, the
House concuned in the same, on Tuesday
and the bill ives finally passed and sent 10 the
Governor by whom il has been signed and is
therefore law. The correspondent Of The
Piiisburg Union thus speaks Of the manner in
which the iniquitous bill was concocled and
forced through the Legislature:
The bill was drawn by the enemies Of the
Democratic parry. It was supported and de-
Tended by united Republican and American
phalanx, and, with The aid of a few fallen
Democrats, they passed it.
When it was under consideration iu the
Senate its friends showed their determination
10 pass il as it was on many occasions; and
TO show how little these men cared for the
welfare of the Commonwealth, let me state
few facts, which are upon record, and
will rise up iu judgment against them here
alter
II was proposed 10 amend this bill go as 10
give any other party than the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, the right TO purchase the
Main Line, if they would pay higher price
for it, and the friends of The bill voted The
amendment down.
II was proposed 10 amend il so as 10 pro.
hibi, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for declaring more than eight per centum div
idends, and thus project The public against
exhorbitant rates of toll, and the friends of
the bill voted the amendment down. .
Il was proposed 10 amend it by declaring
that the money for which the Main Line was
sold should be inviolably appropriated TO the
extinguishment of so much of the State debt,
and the friends OF the bill voted the amend
meni down. -.t ....-
l, was proposed TO amend /, by reserving
10 the Stale The right, in case of violation of
the charter of Tue Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, 10 take possession of this road and
the Main Line, and the friends of the bill vo-
led the amendment down.
1t was proposed 10 indemnify the Com
monweahh against all suits for damages by
injured transporlers and others, after the Main
Line was sold, and the friends of the bill vo-
ted the amendment, down.
1t Twas proposed 10 amend ii by providing
that none but Pennsylvanians should hold
offices in the Company, hoping thereby 10
protect the people against grasping and ava
ricious foreigners, and the friends Of The bill
voted the amendment down.
These ate few amopg many such judi
oioas asssudnrsfstsz which were uefeared Uy
The men who passed this bill, and ask, in
all seriousness, wha, can the people expect
from majority that will thus trample upon
their rights, and barter them away 10 man.
moth corporation? The future is dark and
obscure yet, and what il will bring forh God
only can tell. ..'
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-06-03


a. The books, papers, drafts, notes Of
hand o &c., formerly the property of the United
States Bank, TO the amount of forty tons, have
been purchased by Messrs. Bottom & Co., oil
Trenton, and are to be ground up and con-
yeried into paper The True 1n,erscan says
thai ten ions, Of thia vasl amount is Of cores
pondence, autograph letters Of the first states
men, politicians, and financial men from 'his
and other countries. Drafts upon the Boths-
childs Tor hundreds Of thousands Of dollars !.
certificates of stock transferred y leading
bankers in Europe, checks and frafs, from
Clay, Webster, Adams, CaIhofb, Houston,I
Crockett, cass, &C., &C., all lislt scattered, and
ready for the important tfanfbfmalion INTO
clean, unsullied white pap4. This huge
mass Of books and papers s'Gkes the visitor
with asionishmeut. ""