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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
N.Garrotiny

A system Of street robbery has been
introduced into New York which has
alarmed the good people of that metropo-
lis in an excessive degree. The origina-
tors of the new style are said to be COM
pany of accomplished scoundrels fresh
from the great cities of Europe, princi-
2ally from London. Solitary gentlemen
walking at night in the streets are attack
ed by gangs of the garroters and robbed.
One of the company of robbers usually
walks in the same direction with the pur
posed victim, and overtaking him knocks
him senseless by blow on the back OF
the head, and as he falls seizes him by
the throat, and by sufocation prevents
the possibility of cries for assistance,
while an accomplice of the attacking par.
ty searches for valuables. An astonish
ing number Of cases of this kind have oc.
Cured. Lists of ssGarrote'' operations
appear in the papers every morning. A
panic has seized upon the citizens, and
the trade in firearms. and other imple-
ments of self-def.nce. is brisk beyond
precedent. The police appear powerless
to deal with the ''garroters, and there
is a mystery about the matter that ex
cites the Imagination. The citizens o
New York are asking tn, mselves wheth
er there is really no protection for ,hei
lives and property on their sidewalks are
at their doors, from the murderous at
tacks of gangs of vagabonds-wheth.
i the enormous taxation under which the,
groan, is indeed thrown away so far a
purposes OF security of locomotion is con
cerned - Commercial
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

to get food, and the only way in which he
gets provisions now, if not by fighting, is
by taking it from the natives and compell-
ing them to take cocoa. of which. there is
plenty in the country. in return. Such is
my experience in Nicaragua. If persons
wish to 60 there. it is not for me to pre-
vent them; but, as man with heart
and human feelings, would ask them
| first to look at me. hear my story. and. II
that will not satisfy them, then let them
90 and learn truth from sad experience.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette.
From Kansas.
GOVERNOR oEARr-HIs POSITION.

GOSERNOR GEARI-Hlb POSITION.
LEcoMproN, K. T., Jan. &c, 1857.
The temporizing policy pursued by
Governor Geary is well calculated to de-
ceivc the Free State party, and TO insure
the final admission of Kansas into the Uu-
ion as Slave State. The game which
he is playing, is to prevail upon the Leg
islature to modify some of the most ob-
noxious enactmcnts in the bogus statutes
while Kansas remains Territory, well
knowing that as soon as this Territory be-
comes Slave State that they have the
power wholly within their grasp to forey-
er exclude white labor from its soil
The test-oaths are 10 be repealed. hav
ing already passed the Council by unan
imous consent. At the instance of Goy
Geary the constitution has been framed
and it was asserted in the Council Cham
Der that the initiatory Steps had already )
been taken to have this Territory admit
ted into the Union, when they could pas.
laws as stringent as might be deemed nee
cssary. They have no fears Of being out
numbered at the ballot. box, while Missou
ri pledges her fidelity when the fna is
sue presents itself hich is to decide th,
fate of Kansas. The only stumbling blocl
which presents itselft to Geary's politica
vision. is an unwillngness on the part o
some of the bogus members of ameliorat'
or modify Of the Shawnee statutes in tn,
least, and unless it should be done, Con
gress will either sweep the entire code ou
of existence, or scenes more direful, /
possible, than any yet enacted must en-
sue.
The more Objectionable and tyranica
these laws become. the better will be th
final result for the Free State men il
Kansas. This temporizing and time
serving policy adopted of late by th
shareholders and Gearyites, may adj
Kansas to the next Slave State, unles
measures are taken to avert their insid
uous and reprehensible undertakings.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
GF We cali attention to the card

GF We cali attention to the card OF
Messrs. Thacher & Woddrop, Phila
delphia firm. With Mr.. R. D. Hanna.
salesman in this house, We have an init
mate personal acquaintance, and know
him to be young man of superior bust
ness qualifications, agreeable and affable
in his department toward others, and DOS
sessing in an eminent degree those cha.
racteristics requisite in the position be
occupies. The house of Thacher &
Woddrop have been fortunate in securing
the services of Bob Hanna. May his
shadow never grow less.
AS we are now in direct railroad com
munication with Philadelphia, it may be
expected that a largely increased busi-
ness with that city will be the result, es-
pecially as many things can be purchased
more advantageously there than in New
York or Boston. We commend the house
of Thacher & Woddrop to merchant.
wishing anything in their line.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
From Nicararua,

To-day's N. Y. Times has the following
intelligence received by special CORES
pondent who came in the Cahawba.
"Mr. E. N. Stagers, U. S. Mail Agent
at San Francisco, who left Greytown on
the 92d of January, informs us that advi-
ces had been received there from Gen
Walker 10 the l7th Of that month-whicb
is 8 Or 10 days later than previous advi-
ces.
"He states that the report which reach
ed here some lays since by telegraph
from New Orleans, that Greytown was IN
possession of the Costa Ricans, was utter
| ly untrue. He was himself there for
some time. and everything was perfectly
quiet.
''Fifty one men, who had served un-
der Walker and been discharged upon
the expiration of their time, had found
their way to Greytown, and reported that
Walkers position at Rivals had been un-
| disturbed and that he had from $50 10
500 effective men under his immediate
command.
"Capt. Scott was at San Juan with two
hundred and fifteen men, fitting out A
steamboat with four pieces of artillery, for
the purpose Of recapturing the boats from
the Costa Ricans. Four hundred men
were expected from New Orleans, and
ninety-two from California, in the steam
er Sierra Nevada.
"a quarrel is reported to have arisen
between the Guatemalans and Costa Ri
cans, which may injure the entente cordi-
ale of the Allies. and impede the future
operations.
"a letter to the Times, dated San Ju-
an, January 21st, contains the following:
'Itis said that the Sierra Nevada has
been taken by the Costa Ricans. She
had not been heard of since her depart
ure from San Juan del Sur, and as it was
known that the Costa Ricans were at San
Juan del Sur in large numbers, and as
two Chilian men of war were supposed
TO be on their way to blockade that port,
it is thought she has been seized.
"On the other hand there it a rumor
that she has been taken by Gen. Walker,
for the purpose of conveying troops to
Costa Rica, with a view OF attacking San
Jose, and thereby carrying the war into
Africa Both, however, are rumors and
the latter has been in circulation long
enough to have been confirmed by off.
cial news had it been true. The friends
of Walker here, not having heard from
him, conceived the idea that he had cho'
sen to march into Costa Rica, instead o.
proceeding to attempt to retake the Tran
sit. And, assuming such to be his course
they arrived at the conclusion that he
must have taken the Sierra Nevada tt
convey his troops.
"Again-four days ago-some Costa
Ricans who came down, stated that Gen
Walker had been forced to leave Rivai
with all his force, and taken position al
San George, where he was surrounded
by the allied forces and being nearly out
j of provisions, had offered to capitulate."
The same letter contains very highly
colored report of the British irterfe-
renee" which seems to amount only to
an offer of protection to such British sub
jects as were among the emigrants by
the Texas. The offer was made by Capt.
Cockburn, of H. NJ. ship Cossack.
NEW YoEK SENATOR On the 3rd inst.
the Legislature of New York elected
Preston King, United States Senator for
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

AN AMERICAN ScuLPToR.-We notice
BY the London Times that rec ent private
meeting of noblemen and others, held at
the residence of Lord Shaftesbury, it was
resolved to employ Mr.. Hart, Of Kentucky
sculptor in Florence, to execute bust oil
DR.. Southwood Smith, as memorial oil
his services in the preservation ofthe pub
lie health. The bust is to be presented
to some public institution.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
R. D. Fl A N N "A,
WITH
THACHER g. WODDROP,
Boot, Shoe & Trunk aUafshouse,
No. 1o1 Arch Street, PhiladeIphia.

NOTICE.

NOTICE.
ALEX. KIsKADDrS Plt'ffl Court Of Common
VS.. , Pleas, Wyandot Go
BrMRos MAkEY .Defend't} State Of Ohio.
Bemros Mackey the defendant, will take no.
tice that Alexander Kiskadden of the County
of Wyandot, and State of Ohio, did on the Goth
day of October, A. D., 1856, file his petition
in the Court of Common Pleas, within and 70.
the County of Wyandot, and State of Ohio,
against the said Bernros Makey, defendant,
setting forth that the said Bxmros Ma
key gave a Mortgage to one Daniel II.
Barnes, which was assigned to AL.
exander Kiskadden plaintiff on the North.
East quarter of the. South. East quar-.
ter OF section thirty (33.) in township
three. South IN range twelve in the district of
lands subjec TO sale at Bucyrus, Ohio. con-
tanning forty acres, to secure the payment of
900 together with interest thereon from the
18th day of July A. d., 1854, according to Ger.
{ in notes referred to in said Mortgage. and
rat since the giving of the said mortgage, the
same has became due, and that the plaintiff is
praying that the said Bemros Makey NAV paw
sa d sum of money now claimed TO be due
with the interest on the same, .,r that said
emises may be sold to pay the same, and the
S I'D Bemros Makey is notified thar he is reuni-.
9 to appear and answer said pe'itio on or be.
ore the third Saturday after the 5th day of
| March, A. y. 1901 2l-6w
ALEXANDER KISKADDEN bv
Fl. MADDOX, his Atty.
| January 81, A.D., 1857
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

A New TEsT.-The Ohio Democracy
(says an exchange) have adopted new
test of party orthodoxy in that State
Any man who voted for or defends the
expulsion of Slough from the House for
striking Caldwell in the face on the floor,
and while that body was in session, is un
fit for fellowship among the Shillalahs.-
The Cleveland Plaindealer boasts that
60 not a Democrat voted for the expulsion
Of Slough, no not one. A crazy man by
the name of Cory so voted out of pure
cussedness,' but he was no Democrat
He is sore-head, and sorry specimen
al that"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

New ENGLAND UNANIMOUS After the
fourth of March New England will not
have proslavery Congressman. The
new Democratic policy has been the death
of them all. Toucey lost his seat by his
willingness to run after runaway negroes
Bradbury repealed himself with the
Missouri Compromise-Wells and Will
liams sacrificed themselves on the altar OF
friendship for Pierce-Everett's absence
from the Nebraska vote has led to
his absence ever since-James has up
held the administration to his own down
fall-Allen, the sole remaining Democrat
from New England, will owe his place,
if he keeps it, to his freesoil sympathies
and votes; while in the other House every
representative from Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connect
cut and Rhode Island, is thorough going
and uncompromising Republican. Poor
encouragement for doughfaces in that
| n!"-AD. Eve. Jour.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
PTaiseworthy Beneyolence,

W. w. Corcoran. Esq, of Washington
city, the wealthy banker, has erected du-
ring the past year, a handsome edifce,
designed for a library for young men
After the artizans' exhibition, which it is
proposed to hold next month, Mr.. G. in.
tends to fill with books and present it to
an association of young men. An exam
worthy the imitation Of rich men in all ou,
cities.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
The Last New York Murder.

We condense from the New York pa
pers an account of the mysterious murder
of DR.. Harvey Burdell, dentist, at No.
81 Bond street.
The boy who did the Office work for
the deceased, coming on Saturday NOR.
ming last to make fires, DC. found the de-
ceased lying upon the floor in his blood,
having been strangled by ligature ap-
piled to his throat. and having fifteen
wounds on his person inflicted by dirk.
DIR. B. was man aged 40, of fine person
al appearance, skillful in his profession.
and reputed worth 100000. He had
been married, but his wife had obtained a
divorce. The evidence on the Coroner's
inquest showed that. he again was mar
ried, secretly, to Mrs. Cunningham, in
October last, by the Rev. M-. Marvin.
The building where the murder was
committed is one of a genteel brick. block,
with marble stoop. owned by the deceas-
ed and occupied by him for his office.
and by Mrs. Cunningham { his secret
wife as boarding house. DR.. B. slept
in this block, but got his meals at the Met
ropolitan. 1t appears that he and Mrs.
Cunningham did not occupy the same
sleeping room, and it does not appear that
the bearders knew of the marriage.
| There were two boarders in the house, a
Mr.. Eckel and Mr.. Snodgrass. The
testimony shows enough to throw suspi-
cion upon the character of Mrs. Cunning
ham. and the Minister who married DR..
B. to Mrs. c.. stated that the Doctor evil
IDENTIFY was an unwilling groom, and that
Mrs. G. was more anxious for the mar
riage ceremony than he was. There had
been some alteration between Mrs. G..
and the deceased in reference to valuable
papers, and it appears that the deceased
was jealous of Eckel and Mrs. c. The
servants testified that these boarders Wis
tied Mrs. C.'s room at unreasonable hours,
although nothing decidedly criminal was
shown. All the inmates of the house
were sworn, but none knew anything oI
the murder, and none had heard the least
noise in the night. The Doctor was seen
alive on Friday. about o'clock P M
Mrs. Cunningham and Mr.. Eckel and
Snodgrass are under arrest, and the Cor.
oner's examination at last advices had
not concluded. The morbid curiosi
tp of the populace filled the street and the
building.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
!" HARPER" for February is as oot

Z" HARPER" for February. is as gool
a number as we ever remember having
seen, This popular monthly is steadily
Increasing in public estimation. 1t has
double the circulation of any other maga-
zine. contains double the amount Of
reading, and costs no more per year,
This Is the secret of its unparalleled sue.
cess. Terms. three dollars per annum
We will forward the names of persons
wishing to subscribe.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

MORE SPEED The latest daily we re
ceived by yesterday mail was the Cleve
land Herald of Monday, Feb. Cd, being
eight days on the road. This made eight
days better time than Herald we receiv.
ed last week. We feel highly encour
aged in view of this fact Things may
get right again after awhile. In the
meantime we must rely on our monthly
exchanges for late neus
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
For Sale.

ROOT AND SHOE ESTABLISHMENT
m The undersigned. desirous OF gong
to- Kansas, offers for sale his slock
s@- -e-s of boots and shoes at trst COST
80 Location good, business faIr. ros.
session given The first of April, or sooner. II
desired.
FindIay, O., Dec. %, 1857. ls-sw
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

Ess> Absence from home during most
Of the past week is our excuse for any
deficiencies in this weeks issue.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

Sold OUT.-Messrs. I. Fl. & A. Bee
ry, merchants of this piece, have sold out
their establishment to DR.. o. Ferris, who
has taken possession of the same. The
Messrs. Beery retire from business for
the present
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

NEW YoRK SENATOR On the 3rd inst
the Legislature of New York elected
Preston King, United States Senator for
six years from the 4th Of March next.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

from iupus, wolf, and orceo, to drive
away, the defender from wolves. TWAS
usual first to sacrifice two goats and a
dog, and 10 touch, with bloody knife,
the foreheads of two illustrious youths,
who always were obliged to smile when
they were touched The blood was
wiped away with soft wool dipped in
milk. After this, the skins of the victims
were cut into strings. with which whips
were made for the youths. With these
whips the youths ran about the streets, al
naked except the middle, and whipped
those they met. Women. in particular
were fond ofreceising the lashes, for thei
supposed health giving virtues. This ex
cursion in the streets of Rome was per
formed by naked youths. because PAN il
always represented naked. and gcat wa
sacrificed because that deity was suppos
ed to have the feet of goats. A dog wa
added, as necessary for the Shepherd
| The persons who officiated at the LUPER
GALA were called LuPERc1.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
Official Stealings.

The Public Building Investigating
Committee has made its report, and a
startling record of peculation and fraud it
is. The Cincinnati Gazette furnishes the
subjoined recapitulation of the stealings,
so far as they have been discovered by
the COMMITTEES:
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

A thousand acres of land have bee n
given at Carb ondale, Illinois, for the
site of the first college in that benighted
part of Illinois known as Egypt"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
S6O.76O OE

s6o.76o o5
Total Stealings, S279, 1888 II
The tables furnished by the Auditor of
State, and in Gov. Chase's Message shows
the expenditures of 1854-5 under Locofo-
CO rule to have exceeded those of 1856
under the Republican Administration
$3.50, 665 II. Add this sum to the ag-
gregate of stealings and we have the sum
of $65O,049 81, as an indication of the
difference between the professcd economy
of the self-styled Democracy and the pru-
dent management of their Republican
successors.
How NATURAL!-The New Orleans
Crescent tells good story, as follows: Up
on the adjournment of on of the Courts
in that city, few days ago. the judge
instructed the jury not to talk about the
pending cases with any one. One of the
jurors facetiously asked if he might con-
suit his wife in regard to the matter, as
ne always found it necessary to tell her
something when he went home. His
honor gallantly replied thatit was not the
province of the court to meddle with mat
ters of SO domestic and private a nature.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
UPPER SANDUSKY, O.

Thursday. :::: February le, 1857.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
WYANDOT PlON EER.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED By
G. w. KEEN & II. N. LEWIS.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12

arrived in San Francisco-by the Sier-
ra Nevada on Thanksgiving day, the
mere shadow of my former self l left
here in June. a large healthy man, weigh
ing 164 pounds; on my arrival, on
Thanksgiving day, my weight was lilo
pounds. My sufferiDgs. together with
disease, have destroyed my constitution,
and l am forced to consider myself a
worthless man. SO far as any real labor is
concerned. never got cent of pay ex-
cepting some six dollars, which was paid
at half dollar day for burning charcoal,
which was, therefore. not only sickly,
but very poor occupation. There are
many persons now in Nicaragua in as bad
and many in a much worse situation, than
was in. There were about one hundred
persons in the hospital when good fortune
allowed me to get away. The very re-
collection OF that horrible time is enough
to sicken me, however incapable am of
giving full description of its horrors.-
Many of the soldiers are ready to die be-
fore entering it t,and many sick ones report
themselves fit for duty, rather than 20
there. Walk er has now no natives in his
army, Many of his troops have desert
ed and gone over to the Chamorrista par
+ ty. His officers are generally drunk
He himself is hardly ever seen. 1t will
be pcces airy for him to do hard fighting
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-11-18
Lecture.

By notice in our paper this week, it viii
be seen that the .sEbensburg Literary Asso-
cation'' announces public Lecture or Tues
day of the first week of December Court, by
Il. l.. Johnston Esq, one of It's members
Mr Johnston, as an eloquent, logical and in
structive public speaker, has few if any su-
pcriors, in western Pennsylvania, and has de-
voted considerable time and attention to the
local History and Geography of this county
His subject, "he Mountain County, will,
we have no doubt, be handled with marked
ability. a2 a @
b. The way, 1t may not be cut Of place to
state that the 'Ebensburg Literary Associa-
tion," although unknown to fame, is by no
means q ''oue horse" affair 1t can now
boast 70 regular members, . lsrgeinumber
Of eorrespoadiug ana heuorarJ members, an
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-11-18
ResnsctfnllY Declined.

The Communication of g FIGARO" on the
subject OF Hoops, CTinoline &c Whether
Hoops are or are not good 9 Institution It
is not cur province to determines. But Of
one thing we are certain. the Ladies have the
same right to trundIe their Hoops just where
they please, tha. the Lords of Creation have
to swear, chew tobacco, and srink whiskey
We will he very happy to hear from Mr.
Figaro on the subject of the Monetary Crisis,
Mormonism, the War in India, or any other
of the exciting trpics Of the day, bat We DO
hope. that he will never again bore Us With
an essay on Hoops.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-11-18

There are hundreds of remedies sold at
every Drug Store, purporting to cure all dis
eases nameable, each advertised as the very
best ever known, till we had lost all faith in
them all, bat there is one exception.
We speak of DR.. Sandford's Invigorator,
which came to us recommended as cure for
Liver Complaints, and all diseases arising from
a Diseased Liver The testimonials of so msny
Of our Physicians in its favor, induced Us to
try it, aud now conviction is certain that it is
one of the greatest blessings ever given to
Dyspepties, for it makes complete cure be
fore the first bottle was taken, and now we
can eat anything eatable without trouble,
while, before nothing but the lghtest food
would digest and often that gave pain. Now
what We want to say to all our readers is. If
if Llver Complaint or Dyspepsy trouble you,
do not fail to try this greatest remedy in the
world
Fcr ,rle h~. ;. all Drnssi'ss. SIT.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-11-18

extensive and well selected library, two week
" newspapers, SC. The attendance at the
regular meetings is always large. and the ex-
ercises consisting OF Lectures, Debates, &c,
interesting and instructive Annexed is
list of the officers of the Association at the
present time
Pres;dent-J. c. Noon,
Vice Presidene-C. d. Murray,
Recording ,Secsetary-P. S. Noon, -
Corresponding ;Sccretary-D. W. Lewis,
Librariaa-Jas Thompson,
! Trcdsurer-Danl. O. Evans,
| Erecutiee C0r,n,iHee-T. 2 Fenlcn, Ed.
| Evans. D. ". Lewis,
Editor of s.Bonner''-A. G Mulliu.
Editor Of the Flag Of our onion. :
/ d. W. Lewis