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TOE SALE on STATEN Isl. AND-rHx HorsE NOW
occups4 By MntaIrne 1ouiDk a. hAple'oh Tie Aouse
,hrywo zoe. and Couains fourteen Amt us
A. the s.eepas have large closets atarhed house
WITHIN three hu1t-ec OF ae -apeon terry ard
-g snA ards one view OF the bay There .o.lr
os OF groaai WITH the hoA.; he four aon,e ios SO q
sold WITH . II ie.Rsd. Fec terms aDPL - W. Il HAYS -
WAL STREET or MTNTHORNE TUMPRTNs re premiNs
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-11

EyOR SALE ON MURRAY HHLs-A NEW LARGE
II four stoy And high baseme. house - ty
% re Fesr,a Ayenus in fret class nexhboracod and oss
al cold wNe-, &c. Mostly furnished nod VIII be scd
VITA 'raCrs really for occupation, tortl6 100 halt cash r
Sl5 nout II exceedingly well arranged 70
acc, immediate lag. family. Weed exchange :cr smser
ca;!y god locAuon $1,000. or goo lot
PurchSlers WI address, Ovnsr ooy rs Pos office.
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JNOR SALE N HOsoKEN-Two NEW THRlE $40,
IL RS AID basement dwellings Nos s52 and z" Bio mtei
greet h-saed handsome VII De sell cheap
meg: essy Apply 70 W O. PlUEME., rsa svate agens,
No. "A Washiagtop stree Cton Buildings Asa aweltass
aad pAr.a o. dMelIngA 70 iet.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

REMovAL.-A. II. Roberts, Esq, has
been Temored from the Office of p. NJ.
at Prattsville, in this county, and
Micheal Cannyappointedin his stead.
Cause Of removal, too much stamina
on the part of the former incumbent,
rebelliOusly refusing to bow the knee
to Slavery Propagandists. Profits of
the Office S12 per annum IN. r..
Herald.
For months past complaints have
been made by some ofour subscribers
in and around Prattsyille against Mr..
Robarts, and these complaints were Of
q character which would justly war
rant the expulsion of any Postmaster,
no matter what his politics. Had he
performed the duties of p. NJ. to the
satisfaction of those concerned he
might have held the office and the
$12 per annuln," until the crack Of
doom, for ought any n cared to The
contrary. 1t was the representations
of dereliction8 upon his part, and not
his refusal "to bow the knee to the
slavery pr~opagandiSts," which caused
his removal.
1t is a curious fact, by the way, and
one which forcibly illustrates the ar
dent love Of Office among our political
opponents, that the only Blach Re-
publican IN Pyatt8cilLo should have
held on for such a length Of timo-un-
der a Democratic Administration and
despite the wishes Of the peoplo-to
on Office which yielded the paltry sum-
Of only "$12 per annum and that
the Herald should consider his remov-
al a mater of such serious complaint
as to justify a false statement Of the
cause which produced it.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
susnr. CoGee and Cignrs.

We clip the following items in ref
erence to the above named articles
from-the Cincinnati EaQuiry:
The consumption oftOreign Sugars
in the United States, in 1856, amount.
ed to 255,2 92 tuns, against 1874, 697
tnns in 1855, showing an increase fol
the past year Of $4,000 tuns over the
Of the year 1856. BY
adding the crop OF Louisiana and Tex,
as forlS55 and 1S56-123,000 hogs
heads-would give a total consump-
ton Of Sugar in the United States
equal to $4,000 tuns.
The advance in Sugars since the
1st January, in the New York market,
has been &c. on raw, and &c. on rein
ed.
Some of the ~refineries have suspen-
ded operations in consequence Of the
L.igh price OF raw sugar. The Eng.
lish sugar duties are to be reduced on
the first of April. The revenue from
this source last year was G5,l37,000,
or more than 5000, 900.
The import OF Sugar into New York
the past year shows a gain Of 100 per
cent. over last year.
Tie stock Of Rio Coffee in New
York at the last dntos were 79,000,000
bags; the import the past year being,
in value, more than 100000 in
value over 1855.
The imports OF 1856 show that
g, goo, 900 in value OF Cigars have
been smoked in the United States in
he past year. This does not, of
,ourss, include the long Kentucky
Virginia mines" ofour own man.
l%iacture,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
False Prophets Coming TO their
Senses.


The following articles, (says thu
PennsylYanian.) from tho New Yorl
Tribune and the New York Times
Immediately preceding the election
give some slight indication ofthe tone
which then prevailed in the black.re.
publican papers
From the New York Tribune, Nov. 8, 1853.
That question is: Shall Kansas and
the Territory west OF it TO the Pacific
be best with freedom or cursed with
slavery 7 Shall this thousand millions
of acres-this area vast enough to sub
sist all the inhabitants now on the
face OF the earth-be opened to the
free labor Of the North or the Slag6
labor only of The South.
This is the white mans question,
Think of it, Northern mechanics and
laborcrs !! and resolve to vote and to
work for the election of John G. Ere
MONITOR his election is ALL that
can nae sare this ra8t territory from
the clutch Fhs shareholder.
From the New York Times, Nov. 4, 1856.
To our mind rothingis clearer than
the conviction that the election Of
Buchanan will be fertile in evils ofap-
palling magnitude to the peace and
welfare of the country. Il 7riU make
Kansas a Stare tenitoTg and slGye
State, and extend slavery, as a legal
institution and a source Of political
power, over all the territories Of the
United States.
The following extracts, Continues
the Pennsylyanian,) from The same
papers, show what is. their present
Judgment upon the same question
From the New York Tribune, Jan. 7, 1857.
There prevails a very general, and
we trust w~ell-grounded impression,
that Kansas will come into the Union
a free State. = We rejoice, there
fore in a lively hope, but not in SAN
guine confidence, that Kansas will be
added to the number Of free States.
From the Now York Times, Jan. 7, 1851.
We hear from all parts Of the terri
tory that quiet has been restored ; that
general confidence is felt in the inten.
tons and efforts of Gov. Geary and
that there is scarcely aay room for
doubt that Kansas will be free State.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
Row in the Nebraska Legislature,

Lately there was a great flare up in
the Nebraska Legislature, on the re.
moval of the capital. A correspond.
ent of the n. Y. Tribune gives the
following account oft:
Nj. Hanscomb, of Omaha City, en-.
tered the lists against the common en-
envy Of that virtuous city, aud tried on
a variety of proper and improper par.
liamentary tactics. High words and
hard words ensucd on the floor Of that
House. At length, driven to the last
resort of modern style Of legislation
inaugurated by Young America, Mr..
II. assailed the Speaker with a TRADE
OF personality and abuse. The Speak
err called Mr.. II. to order, but he de-
clined to come. The Speaker order.
ed Mr.. II. to take his seat; but Mr..
II. refused, and bid defiance. The
Speaker ordered the Sergeant-at-arms
to take Mr.. II. into custody. The
Sorgeant-ar-arms advanced toward the
beliicose Mr.. II. with the evident in.
tention of doing something. Mr.. II,
showed the ivory handle of an instru-
ment well known on the border, and
generally used for the purpose Of ina
king perlorations and punctures. The
Scrgeant-at.arms cast an implorins
look at the Speaker, who, relentless al
fate stood upon his dignity, and re
peated his order OF arrest. Mr.. II
dared the whole crew TO lay hand up
on him. The lobby applauded, anr
the Speaker gently insinuated tina
such actions, if repeated, would worl
a clearing Of the lobby. "Better IT.,
it! was the reponSe, and a pell-molI
rush was made 10y the outsiders for
ward to the "inside track" Thu
railing was broken, and the infuriatec
Omahas were already tapping blood
imaginatively, when a discreet mem
Der o the majority pat an end to tn
scene, by a successful motion to ad
Ijourn till 2 P. NJ. to-day.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
FRERDoM.S man cali

FREEDoM.SHR1EKER.-A man call.
ing himself Wood was recently arrest.
cd 10 Milwaukee for swindliug.-
Among his effects were found a lot Of
old clothes, several likenesses offe-
males, and a number OF letters recon-
mending him to the favorable consid-
Grafton Of friends of freedom as an
active agent in Kansas aid matters
Gin. Eng.
Wonder if said Wood is the re-
Samuel N. Wood, whom
the Black Republicans imported into
county last fall to shrek for free
Com and blackguard decent people.
viii somebody inform usl We ex-
to hear of Samuel being sent
to the Penitentiary before this, and he
is remarkably lucky ifhe has escaped
up to the present.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
The smelling Committees.

AS yet we have not seen the re.
ports ofthe "Smelling Committees, y
and therefore cannot say precisely
what they amount to. We learn from
private sources, however, that they
are composed of an array Of distorted
facts and s%pccious falsehoods which
the persons Implicated therein can ex-
plain to the satisfaction Of every can
did mind. We do not say that there
has been no unfairness in every trans.
action connected with the public
works, but, on the ground that it
takes a rogue to catch a rogue" we
verify believe that ifany rascality las
been practiced, those Smelling Com
mittees are composed of the right sort
of material to smell it out The
Legislature appropriated fifteen hun
dred dollars to assist their olfsetories
in the laborious smelling duties i'm
posed upon them, and the Committee
have not only used up that sum, bat
have been cute enough to smell ont Of
the State Treasury, as we understand,
several thousand dollars in addition.
"The honesty ofthis transaction may
be a question in some minds, but its
sharpness is beyond all cayil." We
opine that when the reports Of the
Committees are tried by the test OF
truth, it will be found that our oppo-
nents have put the State to a consid.
cradle expense without any correspon-
ding proftand made "much ado about
nothing"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12


motives of any person they beg leave
tosay that,so far as Minnesota and her
citizens are concerned, they invite the
most rigid scrutiny into each and eve
ry act, and are constrained to believe
! that outside moneyed and other influ-
ences, over which they had no on
troll, have endeavored to make the ne
cessities of Minnesota an opportunity
to speculate on the ~liberality of
Congress and the vital interests of
that young and vigorous Terrific
ry.
MI. Toombs said this petition pre-
scented a curious state Of things. He
had given careful attention to it and
thought it we'll worthy the considera-
ton of Congress,
The inhabitants of Minnesota have
been made the sport of outside specula-
tors. Their just rights ought to DO
respected, and their request was rea,
sonablo that grants Of land DO made
to the Legislature for their own future
disposition, instead designating par
ticular companies.
lie introduced a bill making grants
in accordance with the prayer Of the
petitioners, which was referred to
the Committee on Public Lands.
Several private bills were then pass
cd,
HousE.-Mr. Grow gave notice Of
his intention to obtain Tuesday next
fora vote on the bill to repeal tho laws
of Kansas.
The bill appropriating S25, 900
for the completion OF the Capitol
building for Utah, was taken up.
Mr.. Whitfield wanted q similar APP
preparation for Kansas. The people
otthat Territory are now as orderly
and quiet as any portion of the Union.
Some of the ~so.called odious laws
have been repealed, and others will
be. Congress should deal with the
same liberality and justice toward
Kansas as with other Territories.
Mr.. Grow explained that $780, 900
had already been drawn for the Kan
sas capitol, but the Secretary of the
Treasury has nothing to show wheth.
err the money shall be expended.
The bill for completing the Ne.
braska capitol and one of a SINH,
lar character for New Mexico, pass,
ed. ~
Also, bill appropriating $3O,0
for roads in Nebraska.
The House perfected bill for appro.
priating $500, 900 for the construc,
ton of a wagon road FROM TT. Kear,
ney, in Nebraska, ola the South
Pass ofthe Rocky Mountains to the
eastern boundary line Of California,
neal Honey Lake.
Said road is to connect with and
form an extension Off road already
authorized from Ridgeway to the
aforesaid South Pass.
Two hundred.thousand dollars were
also appropriated for the construction
of u wagon-road from Ell Paso to TT.
Yuma at the mouth OF ella River;
and $4,000 for the construction ola
wagon-road from 1T. Defiance, New
Mexico, to the Colorado River.
Pending the question Of passage,
the House adjourned.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

REPENTANr SNNERs,-We have
heard it stated that r. p. Spaulding
and x-Lieutenant Gov. Myers are
DESTROYS of re-entering the Democrat
ic fold. Tho former expresses him
self sick ofthe niger business" and
the latter says he is "nO'o satisfied
that Mr.. Buchanan is not in favor Of
extending slavery" The first named
gentleman probably seen no prospect
Of the Governors chair, and Myers,
likely, is apprehensive that he will
not, in the future, fare any better with
the abolitionists than he did this fall
when they refused to reward his de-
sertion from tie Democracy bya NOM
ination for Congress.
lfthere is any danger Of these gen
tlemen returning, we trust that the
Democratic party of Ohio will apply
for an injunction to restrain them from
all fellowship, at least until they have
done " works meet for ropeatance,"-
Trum6uU Democrat.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

McRea, of Mississippi, is the per-
petual Governor Of that State, altho'
the organic law of the State provides
that the Governor shall be elected ev-
cry two years. But it seems that the
botch- work of the Legislature OF 1854,
in submitting changes to the COnstitu-
ton, having managed to make the
term of. Governorship perpetual, and
no one can tell when the official term
of the judges and members ofthc Leg
isIature will expire. q
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

MOVEMENTS OF PRESIDENT PIERCE
The Washington correspondent ofthe
New York Courier Of the Sd inst,
says:
The health of Mrs. Pierce contin-
ues so much affected that tits thought
unadvisable for her to undertake any
journey, either to the North or South
until the settled weather of the late
spring shall have arrived. In view
Of her condition, Mr.. Buchanan has
invited Gen. Pierce to make the White
House his residence so long as he shall
desire to remain in the city, and it is
stated that the invitation has been
accepted.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
LATER from EurOpe---ArriVal of
the Africa.
YORK, Feb. 6,

New YORK, Feb. 6,
The steamship Africa arrived off
Sandy Hook at two o'clock this after
noon, with advices from Liverpool to
the oath ult.
The Swiss difficulty, though nomi-
nally settled, was referred to a con-
ference.
Later advices from China state that
the British had taken the French Jol-
ly Fort, and were again b%Ombarding
Canton.
The ship Confederation, from Phil
.adelphia, had been wrecked in the
Mersey.
The London Morning Herald an
nounces that o Cabinet Council was
held on the 21st, at which the subject
Of a reconstruction o fthe Cabinet was
discussed, and that offers of another
coalition were made some weeks ago.
Among other changes it is said that
Gladstone will be replaced in the Elk.
chequer. J
Tho merchants Of the principal cit
les of France have appealed to the
Emperor, in behalf Of the French cit
liens who suffered by the destruction
OF Greytown by the American frigate
Cayenne.
The British fleet has captured the
Forts of Bushire and the island Of
Kamack, in the Persian Gulf.
1t is rumored also that Russians oc-
cupied Astracan. .3
The latest advices from China state
that the Canton authorities continuing
obstinate, the British destroyed the
French Jolly Fort. The Chinese then
fired the foreign factories, and also
destroyed the Oriental Agra. The
mercantile banks were likewise burnt.
The Smelling of Canton commenced
just as the steamer was departing with
the mails. ~,5y.Hp
The steamer Confederation, which
was ashore in the Mersey, was saved.
The vessel, it was feared, would prove
q total loss.
~CO~~~~~~~~~~O~~~~~-c~
HWe learn that eight thousand
tuns Of railroad iron have been pur-
chased for the Scioto and Hooking
Valley Railroad. This will be snfi.
cient to complete the road from Som
erset to Newark and insure the ulti-
mate completion of the whole route.
If this information be correct, the cit
liens of Somerset and Perry county,
generally, but the stockholders of tie
road particularly, owe Mr.. Spencer D
deep debt Of thanks for his rnntiring
energy and c%ommendable perseYe.
rance, Somerset Democratic Ufiel.
We trust the above may provo true,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

DEspoT1sM.--Algern Sidney said:
81 will believe in the right of one
mar to govern a nation despotically,
when | find a man born in. the world
with boots, and a nation with saddles
on their backs
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
S559,78O

Inc report states JIlaG CuS 1Doalu
regard the contractors as bound, BY
their contracts to put the Public
Works in a thorough and efficient
state Of repair, for tho sums specified
in the respective contracts" Altho'
the expenditures upon the canals have
been very large for years past, the a
bove amount seems to overstep them
all. With such appropriations annu-
ally, the revenue of the State, we
should think, would soon become
"small by degrees and beautifully
less"
We have a great affection for the
old toe-paths" of the State, but we
confess that such immense expendi-
ture to keep them in good condition
is a burden upon the people, which
we should like to see dispensed with
as soon as possible.
We shall, therefore, wait with pa
tience for the next session, when the
Legislature, which will undoubtedly
be democratic, will adjust this whole
question by disconnecting the State
from all interest in these matters, by
spch wise and iudicious Legislation as
the subject undoubtedly demands
Ohio Statesman.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
The RErheII NInrdcr.

The murder OF DR.. Burdell, in New
York City recently, has created a sen.
sation throughout the country equal
to that which followed the Parkman
tragedy. The Coroner's inquest is
still progressing, and while no fact
has been proven which points to the
mnrderers directly, a chain of circum-
stances are being developed which
duplicates Mrs. Cunningham and Mr..
Eckel. The former claims to have
beer. married to DR.. Burdell, while the
evidence diseloses that she acted like
the wife of Eckel. One is forced to
the conclusion that if these persons
had not a hand in it directly, they
were at least knowing to the murder.
The victim was a brother Of VIM. Bur
dell, of Columbus, o., who has applied
for letters of administration forthe set
Element Of the estate ofthe deceased.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

WA Andrew Stevenson, an eminent
Virginian-fora long time Speaker Of
the House of Representatives, Minis
ter to England, &c.-dicd a few days
ago at his country seat, in Albcmarle
county, of pneumonia.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

THE other day they had a ball over
at Uynthianna, Ky. The Age says
that some of the ladies wore sable aud
other skins on their shoulders others
had bare skins! Shockingl
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

UBy the failure of the Columbus
mail on Tuesday, we are this week
without our Colunbu correspondence.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12

DTTbe Municipal Election of Ian
caster City, Pa, on Tuesday, the 9TH
inst, resulted in the election of Zim-
norman, Democrat, to the Mayoral-
ty, by q majority over all opposing
candidates.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-12
Expenses of the Public works
for 1857.

Some days since, Mr.. Sinnct, ofthe
House, introduced aresolution calling
on the Board Of Public Works TO re,
port what amount Of money would be
required for this year, in addition to
the annual amount paid the contract,
ors, to keep the various Public Works
in this state in good navigable condi-
ton, by undertaking such repairs as
seem to be absolutely necessary to
that end.
The Board report, viz:
For pay of Contractors, S278 329
For Licking Reservoir, say 1885
For Lorimie Reservoir, las, OOO
For Yellow Creek Dam Feeder 1900
For repairs Sandy and Beaver Canal
annually, 1926
To alter lock at Cleveland, 10000
To complete work, &c, $4,000
To rebuild lock, 10000
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Auctions.
By A. f. PECK, Auctioneer

Office las Main street
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE At house
kA No. 81 Chandler street, on FRIDAY, March 20,
at 10 O'Clock a. m. Sofa, Mshoga any Chairs 2 Ma
hogany Rockers Mahogany Table, What.not Gard
Table, Tea poy, Cherry Bureau, Cane Seat Chairs
Hall do, Stair do. and Rods, Gilt China Tea set COM
plee, White Teaset, doz. Cut Glass Goblets Glass
Ware, Common Crockery Britannia Tea and Coffee Pots
Silver Cake Basket set Ivory Handled Table Cutlery
doz Plated Forks common Table Cutlery good Feah-
er Beds, Hair Msttrassss Husk do. Blankets Gem
forters, Bedspread BedsteadsS Bureaus, Sinks Wash
Stands, Cabinet Chair, Cooking Stove with Furniture,
Paror Stove large size Refgerator also the usual
hety Of kitchen furniture Wheel barrow. All to be
sold without reserve. G3t mchl6
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