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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23
How the Taxes are Increased.

How the Taxes are Increased.
BY Democratic legislation. The Locofo-
CO Legislature last winter enacted a meas
ure under the guidance OF Buckus, %increas-
ing the salaries OF the officers employed on
the Public Works.
They increased the salaries of the FIVE
supreme Judges, in the aggregate $7,5Oo-
that is gives Them $1,000 each more than
they realized under the former law.
Tney ordered the election of eight adj
tionul Common Pleas Judges, making an
i~3crcase IN salaries Of tps!Ue MousdGd dollars
per anauaa.
They made a eub-treasury law ut a cost
10 he State Of over hundred tkousQud dol
lars.
They repealed, at the request Of sundry
S1aunly Tfeasory-suckers, the Republican
County Fee Act Of the previous session,
witch repedi viii, alone, cost the Slate up-
yards OF oae hundred thousand dollars. 1t
was the fortune OF The writer OF this to
chronicle their proceedings last winter, and
be is Compelled TO say that at 10 Nm was
there So much outside influence br6Hght to
bear upon tbs members as when the ulSas-
ure came upl or The repeal of the Republican
act, which, II is well know L, limited the lees
OF Coauty Off Aud, when subsequent
~, Langdon, Of Hamilton county, moved 10
modify the bill OF repeal SO as to leave the
old law in force in counties having a popula-
uon of a hundred thousand or upwards, these
Treasury-leeches again influenced the ac-
ton OF the Democrats. MIR. LaGgdon stated
thai by the repeal lhe officers oil Hamilton
county would realize about fifty thousand dol
lars more than under the then existing law.
We think it worlk while to quote tarther
lroa his remark: The evil complained of
was more thaa a Gaese Pecpniary one, an d
was not measured by the 500 ,0oe that would
probably pass from The Treasury OF the coun-
ty, (Hamiiton) into the pockets Of four or
five officers, by the repeal Of this law. But
The effects oI The enormous compel %saiions
which would be put into the pockets Of Office
holders by The passage OF the bill under con-
sideration, were vicious in elections andcon-
ventions. Ii a man would obtain $3.50 D u
year by the possession of an office he could
afford TO expend $4,000 in securing such
Utic eand maze money by the operation.
Yet despite this statement BY a Democrat,
his less conscientious brethren literally vo-
ted 10 repeal a law which saved the the tax
payers upwards Of 500 600.
And, dually, these l~ocofocO legislators
concluding that The people were not sufi-
ciently taxed, and in direct violation of the
CO Institution and of their own most solemn
P ledges, voted an adjourned session, which
will cost the Stale another one hundred
tho usand dollars!
This is The way, fellow citizens, that your
taxes ure increased. Are you not about tired
OF Democratic rule !-Behfountatu Rep.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

HARD TIMES IN THE WEsT.-It is strange
to read of such a condition of affairs at the
West ais that usually denominated 'hard
tines" and yet there is abundant evidence
that it is SO. The following Paragraph from
the Easton (Pa.) Argus tells the tale:
"Mohey is so scarce there Wisconsin
that ii can be readily loaned out from TWEEN
ty to forty per cent. per annum-with the
prospect that it will stay loaned out for years
to come. Where money commands such
exorbiant rates of interest the country GER
tainly canno: be in a prosperous condition.
Farms produce is worth almost nothing. We
read d letter several days ago from a former
citizen Of E3stoE. who now resides in a town
in Wisconsin,. He says butter is selling
there at 10 cents a pound, eggs S cents a
dozea, potatoes la5 cents a bushel, and 9TH
things in proportion; and as to money, he
does not believe the whole population OF the
town numbering 800 could raise over five
delIarssin cash.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

$50 EE $3.50 .
"A PEsEfLE.cE AMONG DEER AND CATTLE
rs FLoREDX --A gentIeman who has recently
travelled through Madison and the adlicent
counties of this State. kindly called, IA few
days since, 10 see US aud to cenGfa, the pain
full intelligence of the destruction in those
localities of aim ,st countless numbers
of cattle and deer, from the prevalence Of a
most singular and uRaccoantahle disease.-
Dhe earliest settlers of the conatfy have
never witnessed anything of the kind before.
In. many places the woods are thickly strewn
with the dead carcasses of both cattle and
deer, presenting a most melancholy scene.
The mode Of attack and symptoms are both
Singular aud threatening. Stiffness seizes
the body aud limbs of the animal, making it
walk az II badly foendered. The mouth
discharges large quantities Of white roth,
after which the tongue becomes highly in
famed. swcils and then turns I5aek, when
death immediately ensues. Tn same dis
sassc prevails throughout the state, as also
In the lower counties of Georgia, where it
10 astsibnted to rust which exists very geaer-
ally nzoa vegetation. Tallahassee Fioridi
40, July 81. ess 80
The daet between Gibbons. reporter for
the New Orieass GresCsEt, aud danlcn re-
porter for the Jasass, in which ihe former
was m~orfaily wonnGSd, arose about a bit Of
copy as printers term it. The two re-
porters were at a school examination, and
one Of them got hold of the man1sctiPtccm-
positions, and the other accused him OF
aneanness in doing so. Jg this case Glib.
tgns was the segressor irom the frs,.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23


How TO MAKE INDIAN WHIsKYAND GET
Up An IsDIAN NARA ciuzsn OF st. Paul
furnishes some pretty hard papers on his tel
low-citizeens who trade with the Northwes-
tern Indians. He says a barrel OF the "'pure
Cincinnati" even after it has ran the quaint
let Of railroad and lake travel, is sufficient
basis epon which to manufacture one hundred
barrels of good Indian Iiquor!' He says a
small bucketful Of the Cincinnati article is
poured into a washtub almost fall Of rain wa
ter; a large quantity of 'dog-leg'' tobacco
aud red pepper is then thrown into the Tub;
a bitter species of root, common in "the land
of the D4kotah,'' is then cut and added;
burnt sugar or some such article is used to
restore something like the original color of
whisky. The compound has TO be Kept on
hand a few days be fore it is fit for use. It
is then administered to the aborginies ad
HJitum. He says all an Indian wants is
sonnet hing that viii s.tire.S' aad 1t matters
not whether it is pepper, ram or tobacco, that
he will give forty acres of land for one dose
He says some of the spectators, when they
wish 10 ''drive a bargain," have only TO ad-
minister this innocent prepartton to the
Chippewas aud Sioux simultaneously, ard
they all start at once for their war clubs and
proceed to cleave each others brains out.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

Ea |Lr Ear=a
The project OF uniting the continents OF
Europe and America by means. of a tele-
graphic cable rePosing OF. the bed of she
Atlahtic. das again tailed; und Is hardly
probable that another attempt wiz be ,Rade.
Referring to this second failure, and The
probabilities Of the desired end being at.
TUNED ultimately by q lae which would
nearly half encircle the glohesthe Ciscinaati
Commercial remarks:
The probability is that the project of uni
ting Europe and America by a telegraphic
cord through the Atlantic will be Abandoned
for many years. and that that portion OF the
Gable not lost in experimenting will be used
in spanning the channels, bays, CULTS and
seas about Europe. Perhaps the English
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

Ii becomes our painful duty 10 re-
cord another murder in our midsi.-
II will he IecolIected that some time
since A. v. Brown killed James Pick.
ems, thinking al the time il was John
son Pickens, a brother of the man
he killed. The Governor offered a
reward for Brown, but, il was suisse
.quenily Withdrawn, with the under
standing that Brown was to surrend-
er himself into the hands of justice.
Nj. Brown then made his appear
ance among us again, making arrange
mcnts for his trial. Madam rumor du-
ring this time, was busy with her
thousand "forked tongues" land il be-
came a fixed fact thai whenever Mr.
Johnson Pickens and Mr.. Brown met,
one or the other would die. Last
Friday, Mr.. Brown went to the resi-
dence ofMr. Mckinney, his legal ad-
wiser, 10 consult with that gentleman
in relation TO his trial. While there,
Mr. Johnson Pickens arrived; when
Mr.. Brown saw Mr.. Pickens, he lost
all presence of mind, and run In u
straight line from MIR. p, when q
the distance Of ffty-three yards, Mr..
P. fired, putting eight buckshot into
Mr.. BIS back. Mr.. Brown ran about
n hundred aud fifty yards, when he
fell. MI. Pickens then went 10 where
Mr.. Brown had fallen, took Mr.. BIS
pistol and knife, shot him four times
with his own pistol, and with MI. BIS
own knife, cut his throats stabbed him
in the breast fourteen times, and left
the knife in his breast. As Nj. Pick
ems will undoubtedly surrender HIM
self we torbear further COMMENT
[Chocl aw miss. lHerald.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23
lcoMMuNIcATED.
aPARAPHRAaR

On the leader of he Democratic Standard, July
18th, 1855; I'd page LIST column
"Ifever there ever was a ~poIitical organiza-
;ion." observes q co.emporaEy. "of which a
patriot ought Justly 10 be ashamed 10 be
connected, tisst organization Ia the great
Democratic party." Whether its past his<
tory cr present position be considered, IT
will be found to possess the principles requi-
site to subvert from it's purity, the free con-
stitutienaI government bequeathed 10 US by
our fathers. The Corrupfiohs of this gov
ernment, the errors OF our nation, are the
achievements of the Democratic party; and
The day that witnesseth its dissolution, wall
witness, also, redistribution of Slavery tx
tension, and the union OF Southern naoobs
and Nofthera would bes. II alone of all
the parties il p~re-eminentLg SECTIONAL -
Oac after another the links which have
bound the -Istloa and the Democratic party
together, isave been severed The Thousand
tiny cor.is, whilh I.nked the party 20 COED
principles, have been snappeds the thousand
little channels. tl,reugh which . eolnuasa seu-
timent f5wed, have been choked Up. and
~an,agouism O. sentiment. Of priaei2ie and
interest, has gradually but surely risen mp in
their stead. as
With bot few descriptions, the various de-
Nominations OF Ctristeadeal have resolved
iaeir org aisasisasiHto northern ana southern
Wings; the satae Is tfus of most Of our pub
lie bodies. While a narrow sectienalism has
become the prevailing sentiment of the
Democratic party, the opposition trying 10
bring the Government back 10 It's origin l
purity, the greak Democrats party loofns
gradually southwark, is pro-siSeryisan intact,
and the slave drivers louk over ali it's HIM
bers who dare to dispute the nationality OF
tine peculiar insti; utiun. ~
BELLEpaNT, OtaiSs luiy To- 1875
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23
SIKH judicial District c~oavension

For the purpose OF taking into consideration
a convention to nominate i candidate for
Judge of the sixth judicial district. a meeting
of the delegates OF tire several counties en-
baced within said district in attendance at
the Republican State Convention, was held
at Columbus on the 18th of July, 1858, and
on notion,
]. w. Jones, of Delaware was appointed
ehairman, and w. Osborni OF Ashland Sec
rotary.
On motion, il was resolved. that a Con-
veniion be held at Mansfield, on Thursday
the fifth day OF August next, at ten o'clock
a. IN. by the Republicans of said district, 10
put in nomination a candidate for Judge of
the Court of Comnen Pleas of said district.
On motion, it was resolved, that the coun-
ties ia said district be entitled sererally in
said convention to double the number OF del
egates now representing them in the present
State Cow ention.
On motion, it was resolved, that The pro-
ceedings of this meeting be published in the
Ohio State Journal, and the Republican pa
pers of said district.
On motion, The meeting adjourned,
J.. w. JONES, President.
w. OSBORN. Secretary.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23
coanusrcarep.l

Mr.. THOMSON :--In a late Issue of the
aStaadard's IL IS stated that Sc the Pfobats
Court III session one DAY last week cost the
couosy sb0at s75.' For fear that the state.
meat may be n,fsunderstooe by those who
Do not know the Jacss, please insert the foi-
lowing counter statonent
There were ivs eases upon the Docket
this being the lirsf trial Term since the pas
sage u the new !aw. giving iarisdciion 70
tie probEe CyIrf III minor criminal offences.
I've of these caaNs were continued; one
WAS dismissed for fataI defects in the tran-
SCRIPT from the examining magistrate; aud
W we're tried, resulting 10 yerdicts of gull
~. OF the S75 mentioned in the Island
ard $33 10 DIX not scciuc III the Probate
Conr, Ut ali, bfn in the preliminary examine
uuns be fore tnagissra.ts. Take one instance,
that OF The State rs. Needles, in which the
STANDARD" puts the costs IN lhis Court at
Sl4 90 when 10 reality the caste in this
Court @ere only sixteen cents, In one OF
lie CONVICTIONS which took place, the couft
assessed a fine Of So. and costs, which WEIR
paid Amounting 10 about $50 90. IL the
other q fine OF $50 dollars and costs.
The tact is that the costs Of this Court 10
the county for, the last term will not exceed
twenty-five doll irs, as the records viii show
The facts are upon record and are open
to all:
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

EH- 80 - = 49,
HANGING IN FuS--STRANGE CAsE.--The
Hamilton / q telEgencer Of the .4th re.Stes
the following singular case ia Ha,ler coaaty.
ia which j usaa hnng ~ise,seif in fun and was
hung Ia e~arr1ess;
a resy sad affair tsanspired At Pfineeton
s ssoar oHr city, en Thnrsaas last. A Mr.. Dam
iel Elliott, who lives in PFinccion. butcher
ing heeves and selling them In the neigIihor-
hood, hung titnseifin bis slaughter house.
lie waa in an exceedingly good husnor dn-
ring the day and evening and naturally of a
play iul disposition gave vent To ii by aaany
play full things. IieAad bought sssee cattle,
had extended his business.-wss 2siag we'll.
and felt lively aud encouraged lie SO tx
gressed himself TO his sise aud friends. Co
= iag from the hease TO his stable he fed his
horse, aud taking his little gtrl and a neigh.
boris lftties6oy ,same thiiecn years old. be
went nn about p yards from phis house to
the slaughter house. Here was a machine
for raising dead eattie-a rope with q Ialge
hooksin i! over a large reel and sttached
10 ! wiadlass with racket. Adjusting the
rope in a moose around his neck. he playf0fiy
bid the little s + to tell her mother some
body was hanging out there who hooked
like dan Elliott Then showing the boy
exactly how many notches, be bid him, siill
laughing, 10 draw him up. The boy did so
and drew him off his feet. Once up he
could not, because of the ratchet. get him
) down, aud when in anawe r to The litsse girls
anxietg Hrs. E.. came cut, her husband
hung dead. his feet touching the floor, and
the hook pressing hard against his iagular
From all TIE rcurnsta Eces, IN is oct duub,ed
that the act was deHe accidentally IN a burst
Of play uiteas. @
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23
Mr.. RJnslas, speech The Agony Over-Bt
pRbliegns Content

Mr.. HJn9las' Speech The Agony Ovcr-Rs
pRblicEns Content
The long agony is over. Mr. Douglas
has been received, has made his speech and
no body is hurt! The fire works were fine,
the Cannon soiorous, and the music unex-
ceptionaefe, except that it had gone to take
/ a drink when most wanted, the military was
bri!liant, the crowd was enormous, but it
would not hurrah to order, the flags were a.
bundant, the notices expressive, the people
in excellent bumior, the orator in fine spir-
its and in excellent voice; the Indies who
crowded the balconies of the hotel were
wreathed in smiles and-hoops; the little
| boys who enjoyed the sport, were jubilant;
and the result ~is-Popular Sovereignty, as
| Mr.. Douglas limits it, to wit: Tie right Of
the people of a State, mot the people Of a
Territory, ulind) when framing a Constitu-
lion, (not be'ore) to adopt such institutions
as they please. (This is a right coeval
with the existence of our Republican tior-
crnment-a right s~'suhject only TO the Con
~situtiua Of the United States,'' that nobody
viii deny) Popular Sovereignty. which as
Mir. Douglas limits it. and according to the
bred Scott decision which he again afira-
gu, PStlHtts slavery 10 So INTO every Etfil-
tory of the United States, uniua Peded and
unrestricted. and denies the power of the
people Of the Territory to exclude it-bogus
Popular Sovereignty and nothing tnore.=-
We are ready to accept that issue, and we
thank Mr.. Douglas for making it. Beyond
the s1eakesss attempt to make a platform
for the Republicans, as well as for himself
"a very shdhby attempt of which only
Douglas could be csoabie-his eforf WAS
Popular Sovereignty!--.he right of Slavery
to GO everywhere until a State Constitution
opposes its progress. We are content.
The music went home, or 10 a fsger bier
saloon; the military marched up the street
and then marched down again; the crowd
dispersed, without enthusiasm, as it collec-
ted; the rockets ceased 10 fly and the can
noR Numbered no more, a great stencil Of
gnnpowber aad Popular Sovereignty filled
the air. We are still content. Douglas
has been received. has uade his speech, and
nobsdY is hart:-C Chicago Trt5uae.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

Bishop NIL. aine expects to sail III the
Africa oil, The 2 Ist. FOR Liverpool, int nding
as soon, as he can make certain personal ar
engagements in Eagland, to 60 to Switzerland,
and rest and recreate himself amidst the
mcuniaiaous regions of that land. We hope
he will not herny himself. Long rest is re.
CURED, AID we have great condolences it will.
undertake. Disise blessing. be sufficient. 10
every Church ofthe Diocese, we trust there
will be earnest prayer FOR bis afe-kecping on
the great deep, and among all the perils
through which he may be called to pass, and
for Gods blessing upen the means adopted
for the reestablishing of 4is henlth and
atrength.-[Wester Episcopalian.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

@& Vessels
QUEENSTOWN, July 5.-The Niagara and
Gorgon returned aais morning; thxee at
temPts have been made TO lay the cable
The Agane,nnon and Valeroas arc hoarlv
expected. The squadron experienced very
bad weather during the cruise. On the 18th
of January a heavy gale sprang up daring
which they were separated, but all mel a.
gain at the rendezvous.
On the first attempt about nine miles of
i}ae cable was lost. On the second about
one hundred and twenty miles. On the 28lh
iisa cable was agaln joined. and about two
L~audred and City miles paid out when com
ni.Fiilcation ceased 10 be received, the ca BILE
was parted, and the Niagara proceeded to
iiais place. Much to their surprise the Aga
memaon and Valorous were not in before
them, as they had more than two hundred
eiiies the start.
Ii is reported that the Agamemnon suffer
ed sdne damage in the gale.
After communication had ceased the Nj
ugara allowing swing to cable. and in addi-
ton to the strain tour tons weight was APP
piled TO the brakes; though The VIVID blew
fresh. the cable held an hour, when a sud
den pitch snapped it, and the Niagara bore
away for Queenstown.
Should nothing be heard from the Aga
memnon, the Niagara after coaling, will pro-
coed to mid-ocean, having still thirteen hum
dred miles Of cable. 1t is copjectured that
the Asamemnon is aw waiting the Niagara.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

All efor:s to induce the New York 81
Erie r aiiroads Company to put up their fare
between DunAirk or Dafulo and New York
to the old rate having Jailed, the officers OF
the severn. Eoads Immediately interested in
the matter met at Cleveland on Tuesday
last for che purpose OF taking steps 10 act
unitedly and vigorously against the reiracto-
ny road with the view OF compelling it TO do
SO
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

All late accounts from Kansas agree in.
indicating q tremendous majority against the
English contrivance, on the first Monday Of
August. Well informed persons on the
ground say that ninety Of every hundred ro.
ters will go against it. 1.-THE southern por-
tion of tho Territory could be Reconstructed
the Free Stale vote wonh be greatly in
c reased.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

Government will use it in facilitating ON
munication with India, laying it through the
Mediterranean land along the Red Sea, and
that when we are placed IN telegraphic CON-
munication with Europe it will be by the
way Of Russia. Siberia, Bherring's Straits,
the Russian possessins in North America,
and SO on until connectoin is established
between the telegraphic systems of Europe
and America. The capital lost in the sub
marine attempt would, we imagine, have suf-
feed to unite geographically. the Old
World and the new, by way of Northern
ASH and America
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

A man named Potter, was blown to pieces,
at New London, Huron CO., on Monday July
9th, ty the premature discharge Of a can.
non which he was loading. Strange to say
this Is the fourth man killed bv a similar ac-
ci6ent with the same pun.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23
At a meeting Of the Directors of the c.


At a meeting Of the Directors of the G..
C. g. c. Railroad Company, held last week,
a cash dividend of five per cent. out of the
earnings of the road for the SIX months end
ing 30th of June, was declared, payable on
demand after the I'd of August. While
most Of the Railroad Companies are serious
w embarrassed; some of them insoiVent and
unable TO pay even the Interest on their
debts, and others rapidly verging towards
that point, the ability of this company To a.
void running ia debt. TO Keep the road and
operating machinery in admirable order, and
at the same time pay regularly a handsome
dividend to the Stockholders, affords most
conclusive aud satisfactory evidence OF ef-
6ciency and honesty on the part of the Of
GERS aad employees, and shows that its bnsi-
ness has net been seriously affected BY the
opening Of several rival and competing
lines.