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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25
egour neiahbor Of the Farmer call

EEr0ur neighbor of the Farmer calls
the result of the recent Justice election
here, brilliant Democratic Victory" 1t
was q brilliant" affair truly, and we sup
pose its greatest brilliancy was occasioned
by n l~ocofoco beating another. 1t was
strictly a Democratic election, the Repub-
licans standing off and enjoying the fun
We can hear of but about half a dozen of
the latter that voted at all, but whether
they voted for Mr.. CRITICIZED or MI. Nor
RIsoN we are not informed. Mr.. NJ. was the
Independent Democratic Candidate" His
friends claim that with q fair start he would
have beaten his competitor five to one.
They must settle it among themselves, how
ever, but we advise them hereafter, when
its "all Democrats" that are doing the yo-
ting and running, to take it zone at a time,n
because their partizans are becoming
% much disgusted with the course things
are taking, that it will be difficult to tel
after while from the number of votes they
poll, whether they had an election or not
The way some of them tell now as tc
whether they have voted or not, is by the
degrees Of drunk they have on them.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

Reports prejudicial to the the standing
Of the Seneca County Bank have obtained
currency. A correspondent of the San
dusky Register says that the paper of this
institution can be!subject to no real deprecia-
ton, unless indeed, it should turn out that
the State Treasurer, the Registers and the
officers of the Bank have all conspired TO-
gether in a scheme of r~ascality and plumber
by false receipts and over issues. Such an
idea we cannot for q moment entertain.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

H-The. New York Times. is often
quoted by the opposition press, as a Re
publican paper. 1t has about as good a
claim to that distinction as would have the
New York Day Book. The Times has
long been remarkable for a singular facility
in following the tides and currents of
public STANDARDIZATION much reference
to self-respect, political consistency, or fix
ed principle. 1t tacks and turns, and
wheels right about, as policy may suggest,
with all the mathematical regularity of a
we'll conducted weather cock. The Times
Of to-day is n thing, the Times of to-
morrow is another thing. Summersaults
with that journal, are a constitutional in
trinity.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

WHAT Ex-PREsrDENT TYLER SA1p-It
viii be remembered hat ext President Tyler,
in his recent jamestown grafton, was re,
ported to have said that Stewards marble
palace in New York was built out of the
profits of three thousand free negroes who
were sent to New York to be sold. This,
it appears, wa a blunder made by the re-
porter, Mr.. Tyler, in abiding to the OPP
e~rations of Dunmore in Virginia, just pre-
vious to the war of independence, said:
"He proclaimed emancipation to the me-
groes and invited them to join his standard.
They didso in large numbers; and human
ity, at this day, weeps over their cruel suf.
ferings. Many were sent to the West In
dies, while Others were sent to New York
to be forwarded elsewhere. From an aged
citizen of Staten Island, (Mr. Isaac Belly
l learned a few years ago that the marble
mercantile palace of A.. T. Stewart is built
upon the buriel place of 5000 Of these N
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

DOUGLAS ON THE STUMP.-Stephen A.
Douglass addressed the grand jury and his
constituents at Springfield, Illinois, on
Friday last. He defended the bogus laws
of Kansas and the constitutional conven-
ton about to assemble, but repudiated
Squatter Sovereignty in Utah. OF that
territory he said:
"If the state of hat territory be as is
represented, then Utah stands out an alien
enemy and ~outlawed, seeking admission for
the sole purpose of subyerting the authorl-
ty of the United States. If such is the case
he would favor the repeal of the organic
law OF the Territory, enact it a district un-
der the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of
the United States, and then bring in the
criminals under the criminal code of 1890,
try. them and punish the guilty, complete
ly blotting from the earth and existence of
the Territory"
We would like to know, after the ground
taken on the Kansas bill, where the cousti-
t%utional power for this will be found9
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25
Beleasuering = Land Oes..-

EbeledS ueflng = Land 0f11-~
A letter from Usage, Iowa. tbus
cribes the effect of the eacerness az -
ulaotrs and settlers to be first 10 ente-
lands at the Land Office in that Mace:
On Saturday night, May 18Th. about
fifteen men stationed themselves at the
door of the Land Office and held there
position night and day until Monday morn
ing. The crowd of hungry speculaters, to
the number of 1000, or 1900, gathered
around these few who were on the anxious
seats" and Disguised at the means thus
used in stealing a march upon them, they
wished to r~etaliate in some way, SO they
commenced crowding and surging, making
the door the focus for jamming. We to
the insiders when this commenced. The
door of the office had to be propped on the
inside to prevent its being broken in. In
a short time cries went forth that men
were fainting. The people cried, "Let
him OUT But 10th TO leave such a chance
for making money, he thought he would
try a little longer. Colonel jenkins came
out and made aSpeech 10 the crown, teiinS
them men were fainting, and requesting
outsiders not to crowd. The people cried,
"Let those who faint fall back" and heed
less of the request of the Register, and re-
CARELESS of the lives and limbs of those IN
fortunate insiders, they surged forward with
renewed energy. By this time the sun was
pouring its heat upon the devoted crowd,
and what with the heat of the sun and the
heat of the crowd Of men, it was consider
ed a small edition of that place we read of
as Paradise Lost. In undertaking to get
the crowd from the door, DR.. Downs had
his leg fractured. Some four or five men
tainted, and the only way their lives were
saved was by opening the office door and
hauling them in, and while lying upon the
floor pouring pals of water upon them
1t took half an hour to restore one man.
A gentleman by the name of Crawford had
three ribs fractured by being jammed
against the door casing. Judge B. had
his oyercoat literally torn from Els back in
the ridiculous scramble. You may judge
by the above what a time there was.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25
Suits ON the Bonds.

The Columbus correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette writes that Gov. Chase has
directed the Attorney General to proceed
at onee to the suit of the securities of Mr..
Breslin on both his bonds, and those of
Gibson. The writer says:
As to a criminal prosecution, that is not
in the province of the Governor to direct.
The law provides that suit on bonds must
be mande by the Attorney General, who
has to make requisite oath, etc, while for
criminal prosecution under the first embez-
Element act, the Prosecuting Attorney Of
the Court must make the nov Under
the new one, the Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas is to charge the Gand Jury
especially on the law.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

The Fruit DEsrRoYER.-We are sorry
to hear as we dosfrom various parts of the
country, that a voracious worm, resembling
in appearance, the measuring Worm, is
devastating the apple orchards, destroying
the leaves and ,he fruit of the trees. The
rarages of the worm, in some localities ex-
tend to the pear, cherry and oceasionly to
the peach. Some of the forest trees do not
escape, the oak, hickory, elm and linn are
seer entirely stripped Of their foliage. In
some apple orchards scarcely a leaf is seen.
When the tree is shaken, the worm swings
down on a sort of web like that of the spi-
der, one end of which remains attached to
a limb.
1t is remarked that the woods since the
rain exhibit an unusual vaIiety of insect life,
reminding the observer of the fecundity of
tropical productions in this n particular,
at least-Dayton Journal.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25
Mr.. GibsOn,s Address to the PEG.
pie of Seneca County. ( D.

The Ilffln Tribune of the 18th contain:
the following address, or "statement' as i
is called, to the people of Seneca County
A STATEMENT.
81 have resigned the office to which 9
generous public called me, and am now
the victim of SANDER, whilst a venal press
seizes upon my misfortune as food for ex-
element. But to all this I must submit
l have implored the great Ruler, for wis
dom and courage to meet it all.
But l nm under untold obligation to the
people of this county irrespective of party,
and to them a statement is due, Of the
causes that led, to my resignation. My
predecessor failed 10 pay what he owed to
the State by a very large sum. He paid
what the accounts showed against him, but
failed to put me in funds to meet receipts,
which he had given county Treasurers.-
These were legally binding on the State,
and I was compelled to receive them as
cash. When Mr.. Breslin failed to put me
in possession of the funds, l should have
made it public.
Ny kindness of heart, which with me
amounts to positive weakness, led he to
rely upon his assurances, and say he had
paid all, except the 100000 reported.
This was my great and only error. 1t
may have been a wrong. l found it i'm
possible to obtain the amount from him
and it was then manifestly proper that 1
should resign and invoke a legal examina-
ton. Its result will soon be kown, and by
it I must abide
No one has ever suffered by me nor shall
they.
l rely upon n full acquittal from p~ecunia-
ry liability to the State and just censure.
Conscious of no wrong myself, l am not
excited nor will l despond. l will devote
my life to e~xtricating myself from this
misfortune. could wish my friends felt
no greater modification than myself.
Ishall not leave home and country. As
1 have spent the days of my childhood,
and the years of my manhood in your
midst, l shall remain here, and here, where
repose the ashes of kindred friends, shall
my body be buried. With the generous
citizens Of this country, whose friendship I
esteem and where I have been so long
known, the storm of SANDER will not avail.
I glory in the history of my country,
and rejoice that 1 have shared the conf
dence of its people. That confidence will
never be abused. Not an enterprise has
characterized its progress for the past
thirteen years, but what has received the
aid of my energies and purse. Relieved
from tho cares of an office, so unfortunate
to me, l shall return to abide with YOU
to share your Inequalities, and claim your
continued confidence. l shall in a few
weeks lanch my craft upon the legal deep,
and call upon those in trouble to seek my
aid, which will be at their command.
June 18th, 81. w. H. GIBSON.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

OK THE CoNFEssIoNAL.-The New York
Cypress now distinctly declares, (what ev-
cry body knew before) that neither it nor
its party ever dreamed of success in the
late Presidential campaign-that their only
object was to draw a million of votes from
the Republican party and Col. Fremont,
and thus secure the election of Mr.. Buch-
anan, and the triumph Of the slavery-ex-
tension Democracy. The friends of Free
dom who have acted with that party, will
please note this confusion.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25
Yours respectfully,
H. j. REDFIELD.
The R-ains-Damages From the
Flood.

The deluge of rain which has fallen with
in the last few days, seems to have done
considerable damage in some sections Of
the country. The Cincinnati Commercial
says the wheat and rye in the southern
part of the State, have been beaten down
and damaged to a considerable extent, and
that danger is a~pprehended from rust, the
ground being so thoroughly soaked, and
the weather so hot. Farmers in this part
of the State, however, report no serious
injury to the crops. On the contrary, every
thing is growing with unparalleled rapidity
and the prospects are cheering.
The Dannsville(N. W Herald reports
serious damage in that section, from the
heavy rain on Sunday. Bridges and mill
dams were swept away, and dwelling houses
almost inundated. The canal banks at
C%ommonsville were broken away and dam
age done 10 the amount of $4,000. A
man had a narrow escape, being carried
away by the current and rescued by means
of ropes. We expect to hear of similar re-
suits in Northern Ohio from the torrents Of
rain which fell yesterday. and day before.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.)
Great Meeting at Big Springs,
Kansas Walker shows hi;
True C0lOrs-LNe gives him
Thunder.
Topeka, K. 7. Jnne IL, 1857.
There was a-great meeting yesterday a,
Big Springs some ten miles from this
place. /.
The citizens of Lecompton and Tecumsef
1.-THE only Pro-Slavery towns left in the Ter
| %ritory,) turned out en- masse, but were Out
numbered by the Free State men five tc
one.
A little after two o'clock Gov. Walker
took the stand, and like a base coward
abused the Free State Legislature and the
Topeka Constitution without stint. The
evening before, he had spoken fairly to the
citizens of Topeka, but when out of then
hearing, heaped upon them and their policy
the most scurrilous abuse. He even went
so far as to say, that though the Missouri
invasion might have been wrong and unj just,
the idea of enforcing a code of Jaws, under
the Topeka Constitution, upon the people Of
Kansas, would be far more v%illainous.
Stanton followed Walker and spoke
against time, in order to prevent Jim Lane
from speaking, whom the crowd were rest
less to hear.
But the Secretary was out of ammunition,
and Lane got the stand.
The General made one of the best
speeches that | ever heard him deliver; took
down Walker in a most satisfactory manner,
and sustained the Topeka movement right
strongly.
The speech was received with great en-
thusiasm, and the pro-slavery-ites grew
very melancholy and serious.
Walkers apostacy has created a deal of
indignation hereabouts, and his accommc-
dating his views and sentiments to different
occasions and circumstances has not had a
tendencysto increase eonfidece in his integ-
rity. For one, I am completely disguised
with the Lilliputian demagouge, and feel
satisfied hat his aim and desire is TO dis
tract and divide the Free State party with
out any regard 70 the best interests of Kan
sas.
The events of the day have been quite
significant. Walker has shown his true
colors-proved himself a traitor and an
apostate. Stanton has sunk himself even
lower (f this be possible) than ever in the
public estimation. The plot and scheme
of the Federal Administration has been de-
veloped and the people have shown them
selves as true as ever to the principles fol
which they have so long struggled.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25
sIaxery. VS.. Democracy.

The New York Day Book, the organ
and mouth piece of the New York Dem
ocracy, contends that Democzsery can exist
simple and pure only where Slavery ex-
ists in connection with it. If this be so,
it accounts for the efforts some Of the
Northern Democrats are making to have
slavery established in the North-in or
der to have Democracy simple and pure
among them. If men can be made Dem
ocrats only by owning slaves-of course,
there can be no Democracy in the Northern
non-slaveholding States.
Slavery, as we understand it, is the an
tagonistic principle of a democracy. Hence
there isno Democracy in the South, though
there is a great deal of hum6ug there that
goes by that name, which is sent to the
North, who, either from choice or compul-
sion, accept it as aprineiple. To believe
the Day Book, the Democracy of the
North should feel grateful to their South
ern brethren for furnishing them with asim-
pie and pure" principles for their govern
ment, and in order to retain them in their
simplicity and purity, efforts should be i'm
mediately made by them TO have slavery
exist in company with it. The Day Book
is not alone among the Northern demo-
cratic papers that advocate the extension of
slavery into the Northern States, and the
time is not far distant when all reserve of
the leaders will be thrown of, and the doc
trine openly advocated, and become one of
the planks in that party's National Plat
form. One great stride in that direction
was taken in the bred Scott decision. Ac-
to it, slaves can be brought to Ohio,
and kept here, and worked as long as it suits
the pleasure or interest of their owners to
have them remain. Is there a Democratic
in Ohio that does not sustain that
decision? We believe none.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

an 49, " HH L
GF W. invite, our readers to the per
usal of DR. AYERS advertisements which
appear in the columns of our paper. They
deserve attention as treating of what inter
csts us all. and from q source which all
have long respected. Tho DooroR is well
known as one of the leading Chemists of
this country, who devotes his great acquire
ments to the discovery and manufacture
of remedies for popular use. The unpara-
lelled success which has followed his labors
is too well known in this community to
need any calculation from our pen.- Wash-
ingtoa Go. Observer,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

The Ono MowER.-Our readers who
are about 10 purchase a Mower, should not
overlook the Merits of @The Ohio Mower"
manufactured by Ball, Altman q Co., Can
ton, and advertised in another column
We think there is no single machine equal
to it.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

Returned Home.-Mr. ARMSTRONG and
DR.. LENNON WoLGAMorr, sons of Mr.. II.
WoLGAMorr, of this county, returned from
California, on Tuesday evening last. One
of them left home about three and the 9TH
er about eight years ago, and they return
looking well, satisfied with themselves and
the world around them. and what is also
pleasant, the "metalic" evidence that they
did not play the sluggard whilst absent.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

CoLoRED MAsoNs. = There are eight
lodges of colored masons in this State
Three in Cincinnati, one in Columbus, and
one in each of the cities of Cleveland, Zanes-
vile, Sandusky and Hamilton. There are
about thirty representatives to the Grand
Lodge, now in session in this city.7Co-
km15us Gazette.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25
Riot in New York.

A serious riot occurred in New York on
the 10th inst, in consequence of an at
tempt by the Metropolitan Police to arrest
Mayor Wood and Sheriff Millet, on a war
rant issued by Judge Hoffman, for an as
suit upon the Metropolitan Street Commits
sioner. Mayor Woods Police resisted the
execution of the warrant, and a fight en-
sued, in which many of the parties were
badly injured.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

NWhen a man is seen drunk on our
streets nowadays, they say he has been
9electionsered." The "treating candidates"
must have been uncommonly 'aush' last
Tuesday, judging from the number of vo-
ters who, by their swalk and conversation"
gave evidence of having "seen the crittur.'
Look out for Judge Sample.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

A LARGE FLEECE OF WooL.-The Ca
dig Republican says that a Mr.. MINrEER,
of Harrison county, brought to that town
a fleece of wool shorn from an imported
French Buck, which weighed % lbs. The
buck is four years old, cost $175, and was
imported from France by Kimball and
johnson, of Vermont.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

TEACHERS AssocIATIoN.-The Ohio
State Teachers Association will hold its
ninth annual meeting in S~teubanville,
Thursday and Friday, July LIST and End.
ReY. J. W. Andrews, President elect, will
deliver his Inaugural Address on Thurs
day morning, and an address will be given
by Gov. Chase in the afternoon of the same
day.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

EsrThe Quebec Mercury says that an
alarming disease prevails among the cattle
in the Parishes of La Beauce, on the South
side of the st. Lawrence, in Lower Cana
da. Upwards of 1900 animals, chiefly
COWS, had died.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

EyrThe Cincinnati Commercial SAYS
that Walker, in his passage up the Ohio,
instead of being lionized, did not attract
half the attention that a runaway negro
wauld have done.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

An EXPERIMENTAL Tar Across a
ArLANrlc.-Mr. Charles R, Webb, ofStan-
ford, Conn. has built a sloop rugged yacht,
forty-three feet long and thirteen and : half
feet beam, and Of twenty tons hurthen,
with which he intends to run over to Liver
pool, and expects to reach thes In three
weeks from starting. This is probably the
smallest craft that ever attempted snch a
feat in navigation.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

re- Attention is called to the "Melan-
choly Story" written by Mr.. GIBSON, late
State Treasurer, and published in to-day's
paper. If we. did not think Mr.. G. so
well deserving a halter, with Mr.. BREsL1s
on a'tother end ont" we could have shed
tears overt this recital of his Affections. He
asks aJustice." We hope he will get it.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-25

Democratic and Republican Rule,
FACTS FOR THE O P

The time is not far distant when the
people will be again called upon to choose
officers to the Government of the State
and as the democracy naturally resort to
the most unblushing falsehoods 10 diTert
the attention of the people from their own
acts, by calling in question those of theil
opponents, We take time by the fore-lock
and efectualIy spike one of their guns,
which they delight to use in political war
fare. This is in relation to the taxes and
expenditures of the public monies.
The financial affairs of the State have
never, we believe, been more economically
managed han during the past two years.
At all events, the result of a comparison
between the year 1855, when they were
managed by the Locofocos and the year
1856, when the Republicans came into
power, are highly creditable to our party
and honorable to the State officers. Fig
ures do not lie, and they point inevitably
to an improvement in the right direction.
In spite Of the wire-working and rascality
of the Democratic officers, by deferring the
payment of bills amounting to about four
hundred thousand dollars, due in 1855,
and thrusting them for settlement upon the
Republicans that the Democracy might
have an opportunity of making capital out
of the apparent increase of expenditures in
1856, the amount of taxes collected in 1856
were less than those collected by the De-
mocrats in 1855 by $199,236 "a!
The disbursements likewise clearly and
and indisputably show that the finances
of Ohio have been vastly more economi-
cally managed by Republicans than by
Democrats. Let the people
Look Upon this Picture
OF DEMOCRATIC EXTRA VIGANCE!
Total expenditures in 1855,
under Democratic rulers, $~3,512,483 20
Add debts contracted in
and legitimately belong
ing to 1855, but paid in
1856, 317,S26 81
Add cimilar debts still un-
paid, 10000 90