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Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
Nicaragua.

The Republic of Nicaragua is a little
larger than the State of Pennsylvania.
containing about 5 0,o00 square miles Of
territory, It is the largest of the Cen
trail American Republics, buthasa small
er population than any except Costa Ri
ca. Its population is estimated atabout
100000, of whom only about thirty
thousand are whites, the balance being
Indians, negroes and mixed breeds. 1t
will be seen, by referring to a modern
map, that Nicaragua extends from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, having nearly
200 miles of sea coast upon each ocean.
Next south of it lies Costa RIGA, the ex-
treme Southern portion of North Amer
lea, having $4,000 square miles of terri
tory and 125, 900 inhabitants. Next
north of Nicaragua lies Honduras on
the Atlantic, and San Salvador on the
Pacific. The former has about 10000
quare miles of territory and about
100000 inhabitants; and San Salvador
has about 10000 square miles of terrific
ry and 100000 inhabitants. To the
north of these lies Guatemala, with about
A. 1000 square miles of territory and
$4,000 inhabitants. Total extent of
the five republics of Central America,
aboutt577peo-squ1rc m1rey; population
about 2 100000.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
MusS at Columbus about the
State House Festival. @

The dedication=eof the State-house+ at
Columbus, on the steps taken by the
Council appropriating funds for the fes-
tival, has kicked up a great mussi IN that
city, as will be seen by the following
which we take from the Columbus papers
of last week. 1t is among the resolu-
tons passed at a public meeting of the
citizens: as
RESOLVED, That the action of the City
Council in the premises is to be eonsid-
cred an usurpation of authority and a
violation of our rights, for which we will
hold them responsible.
Resolued, That if the City Council
should pass the ordinance proposed for
the appropriation of the Public Funds
to the purpose of aiding the Festival
Committee in carrying out the measures
which they have arrogated to themselves
the authority to take, We will sue out a
writ of injunction from our courts of JUS
tice, to prevent this improper use of the
public treasury.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
EditoriaI Convention.

The fourth annual meeting of the
Ohio Editorial Association will take
place at Mansfield, to day, Jan. 10TH
The Association will meet at 10 o'clock,
and will hold its sessions during two
days. Ample arrangements will be
made by the members of the Press in
Mansfield, and it is expected that the
Editorial fraternity of the State, will be
fully represented.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

n+The New Hampshire Telegraph
is of the opinion that an editor who can
not stop one of the finest trains of
thought that he is putting on paper, to
minute the dimensions of a large pump
kin, write an advertisement for a hog
lost, enter the name ola new subscriber,
or receive pay for an old one, or to take
a cowhiding for something he has said,
and after all resume the thread of his
discourse and carry out the idea in its
original force, is next to no editor at
all.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

pA-The new Capitol building at Co.
lumbus is the largest of any State in the
Union. The appropriations already
made amount to s1,104;70O So. The
architect estimates the additional cost
of completing the building at $780,, $50
81; and of inclosing, grading and orna-
menting the grounds at s150,o0o more,
making the grand total of the whole
cost of the new State-house to be
e1.622.299 90.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
rs-The WASHINGTON Tnion saw !

BI~The Washington Union says it
has made inquiry as to the statement
that Gen. Cass had received and accept
ed the appointment of Secretary of State,
and is authorized to say that there is no
foundation for the reporA 1t also as
serts that not a single member of the
cabinet has as yet been selected.
Rea-The New Orleans Delta pronoun-
ces the duello the last remnant of civil
~ization.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

Bg"There is a candid, not to say spi-
cy, editor in a Pennsylvania town, who
wants to sell out because Gas he sayscon-
fdentially in a printed circular,) che is
dissatisfied with the town and the people
who inhahit it, and he believes the peo-
pie are equally dissatisfied with him; be-
sides, there is a great deal too much
meapness and ignorance among them
to suit him" An excellent opportuni-
ty for q young man wishing to engagein
the printing business, that!
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

@-The Boston Post says: Mr.. Hale,
the Senator of New Hampshire, ac-
knowledges that he uttered a 'hb" eve
ry time he told the people last Fall that
the election of Mr.. Buchanan would be
a continuance of the policy of the pres
ent Administration. In a little while
he will contradict what he now says.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
narThe Madison wisconsin, Arza

ETThe Madison Wisconsin) Aryus
says: ain this State, and even in this
county, support has been refused to a
worthy minister, for no other reason
than because he voted for Buchanan"
and it repeats that it is literally true,
that "within the limits of this city men
were told by these clergymen that If
they voted for Buchanan they would 60
to hell"
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
Congressional Mileage.

A Washington letter-writer says the
announcement that Mr.. Kelsey had pro-
posed a bill for the reduction of mileage
was premature, although the subject will
shortly come. The following facts and
figures, from the Sergeant-at-Arm's
book, are not without interest, in this
connection. The entire amount of MI
leage paid TO the representatives and
delegates in the last House was $751;
1876. Of this amount, there was paid to
the seven delegates from Territories,
who have no votes as follows: Anderson,
of Washington, 1850 miles, $1,000;
Bernheisel, Utah, 1925 miles, 1857;
Chapman, Nebraska, $3.50 miles. S2,024;
Gallegos, New Mexico, 2,776 miles. 81
PIP; Lane, Oregon, 1850 miles, $1,000;
Rice, Minnesota, 2,344 miles, $1,S75;
Whitfield, Kansas, 2,645 miles, s2,116.
OF the Representatives, the largest mi
leage was that of Denver, of California,
who received S. ,SO6 40; Mr.. Bowie, OF
Maryland, received s16,6O; Herbert, of
California, received 1862 20; the thir-
ty-seven members who are included with
in two hundred fifty miles distance from
the Capitol received in the aggregate not
as much as either the delegate from Or
egon, or one of the members from Cali
fornia, viz: So, 136 The average mi
leace to each member was $3.50 13.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

sa- Horace Greeley, of the New York
Tribune, has sued j. W. Gray, of the
Cleveland Plain DeaIerf for libel. He
places the damage done his reputation
at $4,000. Gray, in his paper of the
9Th, publishes the summons, ETC., and
gives cold" drab one of the most with
ering black thrusts we ever read.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

marlin another part of our paper the
reader will find the proceedings of Con-
gross, which we have concluded to pub
lish, although of little or n % Importance.
but merely to let people know that that
body is still thar!
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

BE- aPeterson's Magazine for the
month of February is upon u table,
beautifully embellished and really, one
of the most valuable publications of the
day. In its literary contents, it offers a
rare feast to the lovers of Magazines.
One copy and the democrat both one
wear for 80, so, Who wants them?
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

nea .HUBBELL & WILSON will have a
splendid Auction on next Saturday af-
ternoon and evening, and would inform
all who want to purchase cheap and
good goods, to call in.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
EATON. OHIO, JAN. Is, 1857.

HA.We shall have matters so arrang-
cd in q few weeks that we will be able
to devote our whole attention to the ed
itorial columns of the Democrat, and
trust that our readers viii indulge us in
any omissions at present.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
pz-It is reported in Europe that tn

gG~It is reported IN Europe that the
marriage between Prince Napoleon, (the
Prince of Jerome) and the Grand Ouch
ess Maria, widow of the late Duke de
Leuchtenberg (son of Eugene Beauhar-
nis) the sister of the present Emperor
of Russia, is decided upon. This ALI
ance will render to reconcile these two
mighty European empires to each other,
and seems to be very much disrelished
by John Bull. This accounts for the
GOODNESS between the two allied nations.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
pa-Considerabls doubt has been ex.

Ba~Considerable doubt has been ex-
pressed as to whether the electoral vote
of Wisconsin for Fremont would be
counted, as it was not given on the day
required by law. The Washington
Unton, in noticing the matter, says:
The messenger having in charge the
electoral vote of Wisconsin, arrived in
this city last week, His account for
compensation and mileage was promptly
allowed at the Treasury Department,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

ga~Hon. A. Fl. Stephens, of Georgia,
in a speech in the House of Representa-
tives the other day, said there was no
probability of Kansas ever becoming a
slave State.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

Bg- The Duke of Cambridge has de-
cided to abolish the use of the carbin as
a cavalry weapon in the British army.
nsa+One hundred and ffty-thrce lives
we're lost on the different railroads in
the United States during tho past year.
RGg-Those who believe that money
can do everything, are frequently pre-
pared to do anything for money.
nm-Lucy Stone has become one of
the mothers Of America" Who says
a rolling stone gathers no moss?
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
Bs%A Southern Senator has just fol

Gg5"A NOuthorN o6IIdUuF has JUal IOK
warded to Mr.. Buchanan an eagles quill
with which to write his inaugural
During the Presidential canvass, and
while this Senator was proclaiming
the certain election of Mr.. Buchanan,
this quill fell at his feet from the wing
of an angle that was flying over 1t
was a free gift from our national bird,
accepted as such and preserved,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

naThe Springfield on correspond
ent of the Chicago Times thus writes to
that journal:
One of the neutrality-suspicious. in this
place, and the only one l believe who
openly preached Fremontism, has been
imbibing too much of the ardent, and
was found intimately associating himself
with the hogs in one of our miry alleys.
He pleads hat he was in the habit of ia
king large quantities of opium, but those
who were nearest him declared that his
breath was contaminated with bad bran
dy or rot-gut whisky, This is the road
that all this class will be apt to travel
The most of them are paid for the pros
titution of the pulpit to political purpo-
ses, and L suppose they know of no bet
ter way to spend their i'll got gains than
by worshipping at the shrine of the jol-
ly god, Bacchus.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

BEE~The Superior Court of New York
has decided that Railroad Companies
are not liable for damages in cases where
children of immature age are killed by
the cars, through the negligence of their
parents or attendants. No claim for
damages therefore for children killed
while playing on railroad tracks, can be
sustained.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

nm-The Nashville Union says that
we're Mr.. Buchanan ten times President
there would be no truth in the report
that a marriage between him and the
widow Polk is probable. The editor who
set the rumor afoat needed aparagraph.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

na- The CANCEL Gabriel who mado
50 much noise here a few years ago,
died recently in Damarara. His name
was John Sayres Orr,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
Hon. =. D. ~Can.pbeiI.


We notice that the last Germantown
R~epa6Itcaa, is pitching into" this gen
tleman with a perfect loosness, and call
ing him all kinds Of naughty names,
and charging upon him a betrayal of
Americanism, because he voted against
a bill to establish a uniform rule of nat
uralization. After the editor tells the
readers how he labored for the election
of this trieking demagogue, he winds up
his article with the following paragraph,
on the ''little joker
We hope those Americans whom we
persuaded to vote for Campbell, will
pardon us--we feel confident that they
will, when we assure them that we have
0een as badly humbugged as they have,
But we have the consolation o~fknowing
that Campbell is about politically peg
cling out" Perhaps this is what makes
him spiteful-he knows he is going
down, and wants to bite somebody as he
goes. Well, a majority of us r~ejoiced
when he was elected-but we can coun-
terbalance it by jolifying if Vallandig
ham succeeds in ousting him from his
seat-and the probabilities are now
strongly in favor ofsuch a result. Upon
the whole, we think we would much
rather o over the success Of a Loco
foco than that of a Traitor!
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

DR.. KANE's HEALTH.-In a letter to
a mercantile house in Philadelphia, from
its Havana correspondent, the writer
says:
Or. Kane, the Arctic explorer, arrived
here from England On Christmas day,
but very low from the effects of a stroke
of paralysis on the passage out. He
seems a little better since landing, but
his physicians think thatit is verydoubt-
full if he " leaves here. Spanish like,
the officials took not the least notice OF
his arrival here, nor even did the papers
mention it. l would not have official
hono1s paid him, but a man who has
given his life to a cause of humanity and
science, certainly deserves some little
notice.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

n9-A sub~terranean river has been
struck by the persons engaged in boring
IN artesian we'll in Henderson, Ky.
rom which a jet of water is forced up
through the bore and thrown to the
of fifty feet above the surface of
he oround
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

THE CABINET.-The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Journal Of
Commerce, thus writes:
Mr.. Buchanan early advent is expect
ed with the greatest interest. 1t is now
known that he will be here before Feb
ruary, and probably as early as the goth
or 25th of January; and here he will
perfect his arrangements for his Cabinet,
in the selection of which he will necessa-
rily afford to the country some indica-
ton of the policy of his administration.
No definite arrangements have yet been
made; but the Buchananssmen have gen
orally thought that, as matters now are,
he will select Gen. Cass for the State
Department, and Mr.. Howell Cobb, of
Georgia, for the Departmental the Treas
IIrU
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
Eof Going. NOw.

4 telegraph dispatch-[from Boston,
of course)-informs us that Senator
Sumner will not, at present, leave his
home for Washington. 1t is said that
'his physician" has advised him not to
go! We wonder whether it be the ply
stefan who testified, on the investigation
of the Gaming Case" that 'Sumner
could have gone to Baltimore the next
day, without cndangering, either life or
limb?r .
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
Total,

HoZlo,oay's Ointnrcat and PITS have a
cosmopolitan reputation. Inevery land,
Christian or savage, to which commerce
has carried them, they have become
standard remedies for the most painful
and dangerous complaints to which hu-
mainly is liable. The ointment is an
acknowledged specific for all eruptive, tu-
morous, and ulcerous disorders, and
there is no disease of the stomach, the
liver or the bowels, that may not be
subdued by a persistent use of the Pills.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
The Keystone Club

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Jan. Is.
The Keystone Club hold an indig-
nation meeting to- morrow evening.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

BLACK REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIo.-The follow
ing gentlemen are mentioned az Black
Republican candidates for Governor of
Ohio:
William Dennison, of columbus.
Hon, S. Mason, of Clark County.
Hon. J.T. Brace, of Fairfield County.
Bellamy Storer, of Cincinnati,
Caleb B. Smith, of Cincinnati.
Peter Odlin, of Montgomery.
Joseph Brant, of do
General Worthington of Ross.
Judge Nash, of Gal!ia.
The OHIO State Journal is for Chase,
if he will consent to run.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15

Pugh's instincts seem to be good on
stealing, and we must approve him thus
far. The hopes of this countrylie main
ly in the lean men, We fancy. The fat
fellows generally go for such bills: and
so do the sanguineous, In choosing
men for public station, it is quite as i'm
portant to take the gauge of the stomach
as the brains. The Ground belly with
good capon lined" is soft in his corners,
and hates to run against anything
They float with the current too often,
though to all rules there are exceptions.
We are reminded of it here, now thatwe
think Of Preston King.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
Gov. Ghnse's N~Iessaye.-

We have occupied nearly our whole
first page with this document. The ad-
dress is characteristic of Salmon P.
Chase.I Through the whole of it is scat
tered evidences of the scheming, slippe-
ry and demagogue politician. The eyes
of its author are evidently turned to
Washington, as he devotes aportion of
his long speech to national matters and
to harranguing is about slavery, that
topic being his principal stock in trade
as a political agitator. Good taste and
propriety would have dictated the Gov
ernor to have confined himself to the
discussion of the affairs Of the State of
Ohio alone, and left his "shrieks' for
Kansas for Black Republican stump
orators. But being IN intriguing and
selfish Presidential aspirant, he has no
eye nor ears for Ohio politics, being
much more engrossed in Kansas matters
than lie is in those appertaining to the
State to which he is, unfortunately, the
chief magistrate. His proposition that
Ohio should interfere in the affairs of
Kansas, to protect those individuals who
have emigrated there from this State, is
utterly inconsistent with the Constitu-
ton, and the only effect of such pro-
ceedings, if carried out, would be to en-
bfeil us ina civifswar. On this point
the Cincinnati Enquirer remarks:-"Go-
Chase is a lawyer, as we'll as a
demagogue. No one knows better than
he that no State of this Union has any
jurisdiction oyer its citizens after they
pass beyond its borders; and that for
such State to attempt, either for defen-
sixe or offensive purposes, to intervene
in behalf Of persons once resident in
Ohio, but now citizens of another State
or Territory, would be a palpable viola
ton of the Constitution, and an act of
treason. IF the Intervention was made
within the limits OF another State, it
would be treason to that State, as well
as to the Federal Constitution, which
article 1, section 10, provides: "That
no State shall, without the consent of
Congress, lay any duty of tunnage, keep
troops or ships ofwar in time of peace,
enter into any agreement or compact
with another State or with a foreign
power, or engage in war, unless actual
ly invaded, or in such imminent danger
as will not admit of delay"
There are other propositions in the
message, which are as equally absurd
and repugnant as this one-and there
are also, some recommendations of chan
ges and amendments in our laws, which
are salutary, but we have not time to
point them out at present, but would
say to all our readers, give it careful
perusaI, and you will discover them.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
Senator Pugh--A Compliment.
from a Political Opponent.


The Washington correspondent of
the New Yorh Tribune pays a deserved
compliment to Senator Pugh for the
firm and manly stand which he has ta-
ken in the Sanate against the plumber
and stealing schemes that have been
lately brought before it. The compile
ment of the Tribune is the more appre-
ciated, because it is an indirect reflect
ION upon the conduct of Senator Sew
ard, who sustained the measure alluded
to. During the shorttime which he has
been in the Senate, Mr.. Pugh has done
much to increase his reputation as a
statesman and a%jurist, and to justify the
confidence which the Democracy of Ohio
reposed in his ability and integrity
Here is the 1ri6une's article: - =
"The virtue of the Senate is apparent
~ rising. The bill to pay the grand
children who did not fight the, grand
fathers battles in the Revolution, inclu-
ding the President, is in danger in that
body. Pugh showed a manly grit in
coming out against it yesterday. He
confessed to the same old tale told by
Stuart, of Michigan. He, too, had been
deluged by letters from home begging
him to vote for it, All the Senators are
overwhelmed by these missives on this,
as they and members of the House are
on an tiffs t4n4+ake-a-million or more
out of the Treasury. They are Matched
here: fedged in the country, and thence
wing their way in clouds back here up
on the members, Pugh stood up
straight and talked like a man against
the whole business of robbing the Treas
ury.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
The BANKS of New YORK.

From the annual report just publish
ed, of the Superintendent of Banks OF
the State of New York, we learn that
the total number of banks, banking as
sociations, closing and i~nsolvent banks
in that State, at the present time, is
three hundred and fifty, viz:
Incorporated Banks, AZ
Banking associations, KS
Individual bankers, 40
Closing and insolvent banks, 40
Total, .
From a statement showing their ag-
sregate liabilities and resources, we make
up the following table:
Capital, s96,38l,39l
Circulation, 34,09,635
Due depos;tors- 81 $40
Snecie. 1~2,S99,771-
Loans and discounts, 1873, S39,610
Real estate. 6,9G8,9 45
Bonds and mortgages, 6,S06,4I3
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