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Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-10

BANKING AROUND FRUIT TREES We
are pleased to see that 50 many publishers
Of papers, are now recommending the
practice which We have aydocated for some
years past, to guard fruit treas from mice
in winter. One minute tree will be time
e-ough to | e spent in protecting orchards
through the winter, from the ravages of
field mice. Any common labcrer on a
farm is competent to the task o. banking
around fruit trees. Ifthey wer9 mulched
last spring, the muIching need not be remos
we'd. Take a spade aud bury it and con-
tiuue on till the bank around each tree is
ten or twelve inches high. This will drive
the mice away to seek better quarters, un.
less your trees happen to stand near an
old wall, where mice do congregate. In
such casethe bank should Le made high
er. This bank serves aHother purpose in
addition to mice guard--it keeps the tree
upright, and saves the cost of stakes and
the iriury which withes are likely to in-
fiiet when the tree is tied to them. This
bank should be leveed in the spring, yet
not SO as to make dish for water TO stand
around the tree. No kind of tree should
stand in water for single minute after a
shower is over.-AassacAwsetts PioTRan.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-10

FATAL ACCIDENTAL man ofthe name
of Robert Buchanan, placed himself on
the track of The s. & l. R. r. about two
miles below this city, on last Sabbath
morning, about 10 o'clock, and was run
over and instantly killed. He was obser-
we'd by the engineer when but short dis.
tance from him, but at too late period to
avoid the fatal result. He is said to have
been very drunk. No blame is attached
to the officers of the road. The persons
who supplied the inebriate with the poi
sonous drug-a bottle ofwhich was found
on bis peson-is the murderer,-Stel'
Jsayille Amer., Sd.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-10

A CURIOUS CAsE.-A common case,
having some rather novel features was re-
Gently determined in a court in Kentucky.
A man of wealth bad an intrigue with
married woman, whose husband was then
absent. She exaeted pledge from her
paramount, for the payment of ss,000 ia
case she should become eRcieRte. Her
hopes or fears, ne don't know Which,were
realized. The money vas demanded and
refused. Suit was instituted, the injured
husband joining with the wife, and judg
ment for the amount was obtained.
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m GID WNT N
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-10

do hereby certify foregoing be correct Il" OF the Lands and Town @
returned for the payment Of the t'Ie the oecHy |
on the 18th dy the OF 1896 and previous years.
with ~ and penalty said including also the taxes TOR the year oo
co therefore hereby rn the whole Of the several tracts OF land and
in the foregoing much thereof will pay the taxes ln
and nanay charged thereon will be % offered for sale the Court House
%u said county on the Monday 1.-THE fifth day January next
bv the Treasurer County commencing ten O'CLOCK a. M un Tue '
nlereI SI' PS Psy yCoa1 county JOHN l. BLACKBURN,
Auditors ome, mL a. IoT lag Auditor Carroll County, Ohio
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A Rural Poet, in describing his lady
love, SAYS, "She is graceful as a water lily,
while her breath is like an armful of clover
His case is certainly approaching crisis.
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DRY GOODS :
MONEYl!

4 IL persons vhoknoW themselves indebted
I to Matthias Atkinson, will please take no.
tice, that viii hold said accounts until the
2Ath Of December. after said time they will
lind their accounts in the hands Of the proper
officer, for collection. Please attend to this
at once. MATTHEW G. ATKINSON.
Nov 26-at
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REARING YOUNG AMERICANS.


SWhat stay at home for that squalling
young onel Catch me To-" And the
young mother threw on 9 bonnet and
shawl, and bumming a gay air, sauHter-
ed out on promenade. 0ne and another
bowed and smiled as she passed along,
flushed, triumphant and beautiful. A
young man met her just as she was pas
,iOg the shop Of a well known firm.
"Ab, out again, Delhah," he sad.--
aWhere is Charley 7"
@WiIh Hannah, Of course. You don't
expect me TO tie myself to him." she re-
turned.
The young mans face grew cloudy
@No," he returned with half sigh; "but
can't bear TO have him left with The ser
wants."
a0h, well, can. she said, and With q
radient smila left her husband bard at
work and fitted on.
cHAPTERH.
"AnsWer all bis queslionsl Make my-
self slave As | should be obliged to?-
Oh, no, can't think Of it. Ii give him
bis breakfast and plenty Of plsything',
consider my duty done. I don't believe
10 fussiug over childreu--let them find out
things as they grow up"
"Tbere's the danger" replied the old L.
dY. casting plying look upon the richly
embroidered cloak which her sons wife
had bent over all day, 'tbey find out
things that ruin them, unless the mother
be constantly imparting the right kind Of
knowledge"
"Oh, you want to make him piece Of
perfection, like bis father. Well. / can't
say do. don't ike these fauldess men,
See-now ISN'T the contrast beautiful
Come here, Charly, lovely, be shall have
the handsOmest cloak in the whole city,"
CHAPTER III.
"Acigar! bless me; what boy, and on
ly twelve. Are you sure you saw him
smoke Il! Well, | dare say it made him
sick enough; boys cN be boys you
know"
ayes, but to think that you viii allow
him to go to the theatre without my
knowledge" And the husband groan.
s1.
"Dear me what fret you are 10, do
let the boy SEQ something of the world"
CHAPTER
an jail my God! husbaud-not our
dear boy?'
"Yes, 10 Jail for s'ealiag'
"Not our boy! nat-OaEaCharIey no, it
cannot be! Let me die-kill me-but do
not tell me our Charley is thief"
TTbe boy was sentenced to the States
prison, and the mother may yet be semitic
the Iunatic asylum.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-10

"Why did Adam bitetho spple~ asked
a schooImaster of one of his pupils. "Be-
cause he had no knife to cut i:,n replied
the hopeful biblical student.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-10

We must not deck either virtue or learn
ing in fast colols, in order,to lender them
attractive to the youthful eye.
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DELINQUENT LANDS AND TOWN LOTS,

The fovg list Lands and 7owa Lots County Carroll
qus for the payment Of STATE County, School Road Lqy TbEpp,
Bridge and other 7ars for the 1885, and previous years. & penalty
charged thereon, including The Jor the year
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jury. or as . court 70 con demn him. lfoom.
misiee were angels from Heaven Instead Of
members pf Congress, he should object 10
their jurisdiction. We have tried nobody
lhe1 say. No, but they have condemned .
nan without trial. Committee should have
made general report only. What 10 81
monton published q lie in the Times, were
veto take Il up as true and pass q law to
milk corruption out Of corrupt witneabes.--
Sweeney was poor miserable specimen Of
degraded humanity. He understood that
report Of tho evidence was already In tho
hands Of 2 or 3 papers 10 New York, and Il
would have the effect to excite prejudice
against the accused, There must Be W.
tim, and hence the cry Of mad Is raised.--
There is an absenee Of nianliness In such !
course. Extreme injustice msy be done by
this course VI proceeding. The scsuste
should hare a fair hearing, and he protested
against the course Of the committee.
After long debate, the various reports,
recommending, in addition to Gilbert, tlI6
expulsion OF Edwards, Welsh and Mafsssoh,
and that Simonton be expelled from the hoo>
as reporter. Kelsey dissents from the re-
port In the case Of the above members. All
matters ordered to be printed. Further con.
sideration postponed until Wednesday next.
Adjourned. -Hse'@ .sh SA
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IA appalling disaster occurred on ttse
Chicago and Rock Island RaiIroad, at The
poiat where it crosses the Du Page river,
Eve miles from Joliet, on the 18th instant
T'ae heavy rains had swollen the river, and
when freight train, consisting Of the loco.
motive, teader and seven cars loaded with
horses, approached it, the engineer, ignor.
ant Of any obstruction. and confident in the
tarmuess and safety Of the road, though GOV.
cred with water, held on his way, ploughing
through stream two feet deep guided by
the iron track, xatil he resched the bridge,
when the horrible fact was revealed that the
swollen river had not only submerged the
bridge, but swept it away! Loccmctive.
tender, seven cars with their living freight,
one after another disappeared beneath the
surface Of the stream. deep enough, by rea.
son Of the ireshet, to hide from view every
yestige Of the train. Down with it went
all in charge Of il, and three of them were
lost. tg,B 44i~!1a 90 lGL .HylEt fuH.s t1n
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The LegisIature

This body has been insession since It was
elected about six months, and we DEFY any
one to tell as Of single practicable measure
Of public good which It has passed. 1t has
enacted few laws OF local private charac.
ter, and that is all. Its deliberations have
been more improbable to The State than any
of its predecessors. No ed.aimistsative re.
form, as was promised tho people before the
election, has 6eea iasugurated. Everything
renn ins about as II was when they assumed
the reins Of ofgovernment. Unless L transacts
an eHofmees eapeNnt Of b9siaess in the few
remaining days OF the session, it will be lene
remembered rs one of the most worthless
Legislature thateve assembled at Columbus.
We are dai'y asked the question, what is the
Legislature doing, and the only truthful an
swer 10, nothing. The, School Law, The
Banking system, the Tax Law, and ia fact,
everything, thus far remain undisIurbed, and
there are no indications OF any amendments
being made in these statnes about which the
opposition professed so great soiicitude and
desire to change when. the State was ia other
political hands!-Csa. Eng. 81 Sag fti't3
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Dr. Aaycs' Tribute TO DIR. Kauc,
the Arctic Explorer. ,..

All who have perused the modest and elo.
quent narrative of Dr. Kane, the Arctic ex.
plorer, will recognize at once the justice OF
the following tribute paid to his merits by
DR.. Hayes, the surgeon of the expedition,
whe, in late lecture, says: -., "a ....,.
81 have thrs briefly, ladies and gentlemen,
spoken Of the results ofthis little expedition,
and, think, may safely say il will com.
pare favoFably wita those OF any other Of asy
time. [ have already said that for its exist.
ence. we are indebtedto the literality OF Mr.
Peabedy, Of LRerPoel, aud DR.. Grinnell, of
New York; but the credit Of iss erganiza.
rioa, its conduct, its seccess, and Ms ulti.
mate safety, is due tofss gataant comm aadeh
DR.. Kane. - 4s|'
Standing in the relation to Aiaa tMat
have for SO lenga time--my captain Though
a long and trying cruise-my comrade
through danger-my friend through suffering
--Ifeel thst'i is scarcely meet for sae TO poss
eelogism upon the world-renowned and dis
tingutshed man-nor would more than
merely meDNon his name in connection with
dis great pablo services, we're it not that he
now Hes low in foreign land, his fiery
spirit scaFce able to keep the breath in his
little Prostrate body. With a heart over.
flowing wN& gratirude to Heaven for the
more favoraeGe news we get froR kisa
through his friends, pause to pay my tr.
butte to his worth and Ssanaood. He needs
no praise from me. He is Seyond mere
praise. Nothing that may say csa add to
his reputation. No words of miue eaa
open wider your hearts of genuine sympa.
thy, nor mike you feel more deeply how hurd
is the tate that seems 80 likely ere long to
snatch him from the honors that cluster round
him. 2''4 r' '' W 'o" ''
His Hsme has become a household word
wherever deeds of ssanly daring find appre-
ciataea. His heart is ss warm as the tropic
air he now SFeaiAes--pare as the Arctic
snow, amid which he braveA disease and
death and saAefng. His fsSAe Is broad as
the Polur sannmer's sun. History will re.
cord his triamPhs, and mankind in futare
ages will look down spon the world of aen
10 which he Hoved, and IN the 2ark nsysteri.
Gus midnight Of the past, will throw around
his memory halo cf glory, bright Us that
which encircled his brow from the rays of|
splendor that shot downward
through years from the Polar Star of the
Arctic winter.
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An indignatioa Weeting was ,lstely held
at Middletown, to express an opinion on the
arrest Of Strokes, the -Secretacy Of tAe An
Line Railroad, who refused, After tefk9 "a.
perseded 10 his Office, to giveup the key az
the safe, or to'account for the books which
(when after several months the key was
obtained dhd'the safeopened) were miBf6x.
Strokes was then arrested by an officer from
Boston and taken to thSt city. The Mid
'uletown sympathiEefs with $rdk es #efs'lh-
'6ighurt md dcdiied q aTfesthg, DIT which Mr..
Carter, editor Of the Middlesex Argus, spoke
against the action of Strokes and was hisssd
by the Rev. Mr.. Harwood, who, with the ID
dies OF his family, was present. ss
The Rev. Mr.. H !, further to show his in.
dignatioD, stopped his paper, which had been
let ut his house, "thrust upon him." as he
hat said in an insulting letter, but added no
would pny for it"if legally bonnd!' There.
upon the editor described the Reverend Pro.
fessor as q snob and short boy, and called
the ladies' who accompani d him, at the meet.
ing and in Kissing, iwomen." Thereupon
one 'Csptain" DeKay, brother of one of the
ladies, was brought on from New York to
beat the editor, and he SO we'll played HE
part OF "bully" that he left his victim nearly
dead.
DeKay has been arrested on a charge ef
assault with intent to kill. There is great
excitement in Middletown, and every lawyer
has refused to defend the prisoner. A COM
munication in the Hartford TTmes Says
"The evidence thus far proves that it was
preconcerted affair, and that DeKay was i'm
ported for the purpose"
1t is not said whether the Reverend insti-
gator Of the crime was a confederate OF Kal.
loch in political speech.making and bcwaiE
ing the assault ppon Sumner. II would bs
q coincidence if he were.
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A C,ariosas Fact.

Every body has read about the Niue lsirom
on the western coast OF Norway. Every
child con tell you that IL 10 wondrous vor.
tex in the German ocean, with an eddy oI
several miles in diameter, and that ships
und even whales, when caught within its
'miglay ciscle, have no escape. Round and
round they 60, faster snd foster with each
circuit, drawing nearer TO ithe fetal vortex,
until down they 60 toUtter,Aesruction; and
mo truce of them 'is ever seen stewards
philosophers have specdlated upon its cause.
Geographers have l0ested it on their maps,
and attempted to describe 1t. School chill.
.dren have wondered as they read of It. II
ifIss been considered one OF the wonders of
the world. But h seems that greater won
der still us turning up In relation to il. That
is, that there is no such thin9 there, or else.
where so far as is known. AT least 30 it is
said. A correspondent OF the Scientific
4AsnertoaR says:
a''i have been informed by European &C.
quaintance that the Maelstrom has no exis.
tence. A nautical and scientific commissioner
went out and saiied oil around and all over
where the Maelstrom was said to be, but
could not ihd it; the sea wss az smooth,
where the whirlpool oasht to be, as sRy eth
er part Of the GermaA eceAn." 81
Now, ifthe above Is correct, 40 Il 10 very
possible il is, the w1kele wortd has eSrher
been bSmbugged very hong while, or else
the Maelstrom Ass lueeay ~suit," and gone
to parts unkaewa Wa presume the above
is correct. Tire latest geographers and gaz.
etteers barely allHde to HAe Maelsirom. Co..
ton, in his large atlas, gives the si,e upon
his map, but does not albade to 1t in his de.
scriptioB Of Norway. Marper's Ga.etEser,
ia its article on Norway, says that, "among
the numerous islands on the West coast,
there are violent and irregular currents,
which render the coast navigation danger
Gus. Among these is the celebrated Nal.
Hrom, or Meskenaes. Strom, the danger from
which has been greatly exaggerated, since
It can, at nearly all times, be passed over,
even by boats" The romance of the Mael.
strom has sheen pretty effectually destroyed.
A great deal of ,peculation sbout the cause
of the wonder is thss at an end. Some sup.
pesed there was hole through the earth,
LhroHgh which the waters OF the German
ocean passed, making vortex as they went
Iowa, and coming out somewhere in tAe
Arctic ocean. BHi the probability is that
here is neither aote, waisleool or wouAer
here; bat Sereay strong carrents passiag
laid islands. .itisb8rs kSst.
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RemarkablA

Our readers may remember the nnnoHAces
merit of the drowning of William SEeele,
of Aberdeen, ON the aatbeat gohn q. Camp
bell, some seventy eight aaies above here,
on the 4th Of last December. Every or.
fort to recover mis- body failed. Jvmes
Potts, mn old man living just above Aber-
deem, dreamed on Thursday night last thhti
he had caught Steele's body in the river, and
reported the dream on Friday to Mr.. Camp
bell. Again, on Friday night, he dreamed
the same dream, aud on Saturday afternoon
went down to the river side, near his home,
and Immediately in front Of garden spot,
owned and cultivated by Steele IN his life.
time, to take care of skif and some wood,
which were in danger of being carried of BY
the ice. While pushing the ice away from
his skiff, Steeie's body foated around In
the eddy among the drift, and was recogniz-
ed and drawn out. II was inferred on Sum
day afternoon, with the honors Of Odd Eel.
lowsh;p, of which order he was = worthy
member II is spoken Of as very sineH.
lar and remarkable circumstances, that his !
body should thus have foated home to re.
ceive Christian burial.-Maysuine Edgls,
February 10. s42.. /. l.' '4a hl'' 1ft
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gke iFssyiss Appr6lsene6, rrs-
| itcl.

1fcf.
We,hink thlEpf0jeci b The money ehan-
gers hhs reesifed i,s qulstus 10 the Leglsla.
ture. ThisIs something be rejOicsa at,
90 nowadays our legislatures seem to be
delighted to carry out the edicts Of money
spectators and bank parlOr edicts.
We copy the following on the subject
from the Dayton Empirs
.Ii is reported 10 the Cipcipnai Ga,etfs
thai q bill has recently been introduced n
the Legislatufe, prov ding that debtors meg
waive the right to the aPPraisement Of thew
property. lftXsgRsS sfa B9g4tfnN
This is another step towardA the absolute
despotism OF the money lenders and the lur-
ther depression 0ffeal estate Ia Ohio, 'ss
Tho ten per cent. law, by crippliDg legiti-
mate banking, and throwing the entire con-
irol Of the monetary system Of the State into
the'hands Of the brokers, did more than any
ether one cause to produce the depression
lin real property, suffered within the two
last years In Ohio. ...a...,, .s.f..ss
In Montgomery county, here a creditor
can get judgment, and an execution against
his debtor in che -5apefior court in about
tfirt dogs aIser sliisciaimIs dse. His prop.
erty must be'brovghtto saleiend sold dt two-
thirds Of its dppraised'vaIhe. Tt d6esAdt re-
quire mach sagacity to see thdt the'efFect of
such state Of things is to mike real estate
much less vpluable than if il were better
protected frdAa sacrifice. Remove the ap.
praisement sDd you might as well legalise
robbery st once. Real PROPERTY would have
no fixed value. 1T would Hiuctudte with all
theschanges that the money 45rdkers would
cagse for their own advantage. s.' .tsz,
The people Of Ohio literally groan under
bad Legislation. Everything seems tendiBg
to the sacriice Of every other interest in the
Commonwealth, to that Of the shavefs.
Our manufactures are crippled for the
want Of banking facilities. Those who own
real estate are prevented from improving il,
because OF the "hieh price Of money" in con.
sequence OF which our mechanics are left
without work, and the oppression ofall those
which rea lly enhance the prosperi.
" Of a people only contributes to fill the
pockets Of those who breed nothing but
their money. t'"
Z
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RAvENNA, OHIO:
Death Of DE-. Knne.

Atelegrnphic Dispatch from Havana says
that DR.. Elisha Kent Kane was not expect
ed to live probably day. and probably ere
this be is dead. The news Of his decease
win cause feeling Of genuine sorrow
throughout the nation, and wherever there
II To'be found IN the .bosoms of the people,
anadmiFation fcr'daping sndnoble exploits.
Weknow Of mo rmaniin history, wlhO, 'dt 90
Sssly an age, has done so much for science
and general knowledge as the hardy and 70.
mantle adveAturer to the Arctic Regions
In person, il is said, that DR.. Kane was OF
slight build, and Of feeble and fragile form.
fet he has endured dangers, at which the
uoN hardy voysgers would turn pale. His
discoveries in ahe North have opened up to
the gsxe of che world, ethitheSto unknown
and unexplored region. The work which
hs has published, giving complete descfip.
ton Of his adventures, is one Of the most
valuable descriptive and scientific books
sver published.
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u seems 10 be the settled opinion now that
Gen. Cass will be Dir. Buchsnan's Secrets.
~ 0f State. No man In the country ID bet.
ter qualified for the position BY experiences.
inteliigencea and cabacisy. Tohim the duties
Of that oiice are fsmiliar. And no man can
be better Informed u regard to alI qeestions
Of diAicai,y or diplomacy between this and
other nations Even the New York Aerdi5;
is compelled to- utter the following iDqsgard
70 him. eg lsra ta9.frlio Aaof sk
"General Cass hhs had vAst amount of
diplomatic experience, ns 6enstor, as For.
eiGn Minister and as . Cabinet member here.l
tofore,, His knowledge and experie nee shus
acquired will be valuale to Mr., Bueh anan It
The outset Of his administration, and very
useful y putting The new msehinery into
moticn.".
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The Four Coming States.

-Four Of the Territories are now preparing
% enter into the Gnion of States. They are
Oregon, Minnesota, KANSAS, and Nebraska.
Itis confidently expected t@'t, during the ad.
NinissEstioH Of Dir. Buchanan, there will be
aslsass eight more Senators added to the eix.
H-two who already represent the sovereign
States In the Congress Of the Union. What
q marvellous evidence of progress and rapid
gfewth! Six years ago, the country, now
sestled b. large and increasing pepsaation,
and tesming with every element Of cwilixa.
zion and wealth, was bowling wilderness,
enly trodden by the savage AbOrigiaes. He
who was then On infant will not reach man.
hood before there v i'll be established in this
Tsrriss<y fossssganized sovereign IStatss,
with oil the constituents of social and pol
itical communities. lss a