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Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-02-11
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The following is the message Of the
President on the Lecompton Constitu-
ton, received on Tuesday by both Hou-
ses of Congress.
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The Beauties Of Slavery,

We noticed last week, the marriage Of
Weston Ragland and Mary Ann Brown,
and remarked that we would have some.
thing to say about it.
These parties are both negroes, and
were formerly slaves in tie State of Vir-
gina, and were both married there, and
left families in slavery when they came to
Ohio. We had conversation with this
man Ragland when he was on bis way
to the Probate Office to procure his Ii.
cense, and learned from him that he was
one of quite number of negroes that
were emancipated by their master at his
death, and were located in this county a
few years ego. His wife and children
belonged to another man, and of course
he had to leave them in bondage. We
inquired of him why he did not try to
earn money to buy them. He said he
had tried for four years to do SO, but that
the owner of his family asked one thou.
sand dollars for his wife, and two hun
dred dollars for the youngest of his FIVE
children, and he found he could never
raise the money 10 redeem them. We
asked him why he did not stay in bond
age with Them, lie replied that he wonld
rather have his liberty, even fit severed
every tic that renders life agreeable.
We could see that this poor black man
although he had been degraded and i'm
brusd by a servitude that had almost
crushed out every yestige of his man.
hood, yet possessed faint glimmering
Of those finer tensbilties that ennoble
human nature
The parties made an agreement, that il
their former companions should ever be
released from bondage, that this subse'
qucnt marriage should not be binding on
either Of them, This separation of fami.
lies is nothing new in the slave States
and yet party that includes among its
numbers many persons claiming to be
Christians, is using every means, fair and
foul to extend this curse over this entire
country.
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Four Days Later From Europe,
Arrival of the Steamer Vanderbilt.

New YORK, May l0.-The steamer
Vanderbilt, from Havre and Southamp-
ton, has arrived, bringing dates to the
28th ult. The Hammonia arrived out
on the eth
The Vanderbilt brings 200 passengers
and $4,000 in specie, also special
mails made up in the Paris and London
offices, the regular mails being on board
OF the City Of Baltimore.
The Vanderbilt reports strong west.
erly gales.
Disputes have arisDa~btetwe Persia
'''I in P TpsSr:Iiiaapqoas liam she proposition for the
increase Of ~ rit dulles has been
negatived is a stagnation Of
business " Eng I'd.
The London ps ers have reports Of an
expected war betty IA the United States
and Spain. 1dr i
Sardinia adoPtA 4 principle of tie
Conspiracy Bill fnoe denies intend.
''FJ Oh lIO"' of t"o
Iron Masters 6IV-Dfance. Austria and
Prussia have agretl as 10 their policy in
the HoIstein affai,,
An Inquiry hf,gf feen made into the re-
Iations Of Spain ada the United States.
The dispute between Persia and Eng
land is about the illegal detention of the
Afghans.
There ias an expectation that Spain will
go to war 4 th America.
In the HtuSe of Commons, on Mon.
day, in rePl oA question, Gen. Pee
stated 1hTT entire expense OF the war
will be Y, s1by the East India Com
pany. aLtl
In the = 'A%eeiion district of Paris
there was iitleIaHkt4 4ofthe election o
Jules Favre, oppdS y'f
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Sad Love Affair.

A young man named Newman, res
ideni Of Btooklyn, having in vain at
tempted to pierce the adamau 9 heart
of Miss Bennett with the shafts of love
tried the potency Of the more tragic, bu
less romantic dagger, last Sunday eve,
ming, while the young lady was at Church
but was, fortunately for both parties. ar,
rested before he had inflicted any injury
lie states that some time since Miss Ben.
net became engaged TO him, he having
the marriage contract in black and white
but that the lady's father soon afterwards
ordered him to leave the house. He per.
sisted in calling, when the lady seconded
her fathers demand, and Mr.. Newman
in consequence kept away for some
length oftime.
After This absence he returned to tht
house with horse and carriage, beg
ging the obdurale fair one to 90, in hi,
company 10 get the fresh air Of the coun
try. She refused, and he left.
But thinking that "iaint heart neye
won fair lady" he determined to frigh'
en- her into fuIilment Of the contract
and consequently went TO the Churcn OF
Sunday night, before there were hal
a dozen people assembled, and held
conversation 10 the following eifeel:-
"Frances, won't you fulfil your promise
Will you drive me to distraction by ske
fusalN "
She laughed, and he became IN
plantive; "Wil you discard me,
YOU oh, have you the heart to do
Mr., Newman" said she. your
pany is dsagreeable, and | do wish
would cease your opportunities" -
He then drew a dagger, and with
smile passed it once over her breasl;sh
started, and the dagger was again cross
ell over her breast; she screamed, an
Mr. Newman was taken into custod
and now remains locked up, the sa
spectacle ofarash though unconquerabl
! love,
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Bully Titus

Is now nourishing in Kansas City. which
we believe is in the State of Missouri,
where he keeps a coffee saloon and gam
bling den, which is the daily and nightly
resort of a bevy Of "kindred spirits" who
like Titus, can boast of having. scalped
his free state man. and committed al
the other atrocities which have afforded
such amusing pas-time for the minions o.
the Administration in its mistaken policy
of attempting to "subdue" the lovers Of
freedom in Kansas. This gang of ruff.
ans have managed, by their bullying and
brayado, to rule and keep in awe the cili
zens of that town. Gen. Pomery, whC
had occasion to visit Kansas City on bust
ness, was assaulted and badly beaten by
Titus, not long since, well guarded by
squad Of armed bullies. The general
who was unarmed, sustained several se
we're injuries, the large bone of the lef
arm being fractured, beside other mnol
bruises. The Marshall and Mayor of the
town were appealed to, but dared not face
the six shooters Of the bulles, who threat
ened to riddle the first man that nterfer
cd. Sheriff Jones, however, finally ar
rested Titus, but the jury disagroeing, he
was liberated, and is now at large. HC
subsequently attempted to dragoon the
attending physician, for giving in truth
ful evidence in the case; but the man hap
pened to have some backbone, and bea
him at his own game. This Col. Titus is il
jealous Lecompton Democrat, and has
been quite a fayoriLe and hero with the
administration party, and undoubtedly
will be again, (unleSs he is hung before,
whenever that party shall have somo
scheme to accomplish in which comb
nation Of cowardce and cruelty are re-
quisite.
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ETThe Cincinnati Commercial is loud.
ly calling on the Ohio Statesman to pro.
duce Cox's letter in condemnation of the
English swindle. The Commercial talks
to the Statesman in this wise;
"What about that letter. Where is
that letter? Is not that letter to be print
ed? The people do not care for your
opinion about anything, Mr.. Statesman,
until they can sec that letter, Jas. Had
dock Smith, Sir! is that letter in your
pocket! Chas j. Foster, Sir! is that let
ter in your pocket The people do moi
care about Cox's speech. They want
that letter. The people do not care about
that brave, good man. Marshal Elliott
They want that letter."
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EV The Legislature at its present ses

EzS The Legislature at its present ses'
sion, amongst other stupid measures ol
party legislation, passed a law, taking
from the Governor the power to appoint
Commissioners Of the State House, and
Directors of the Penitenia, 2 The At
torney General has filed an information
in nature of quo warranto agail, i
pointees under this law, and It's constitu.
tionslity will be tested. A law was also
passed extending the term of Office of all
the sherffs and coroners in the State
from November to January, and requir-
|ing them to give additional bonds. We
have only one other instance on record,
where officers elected by the people for a
definite period, had the term of that office
extended by legislative enactment, and
that is the case Of Louis Napoleon. We
presume that if any of the Sheriffs attempt
TO exercise official authority over the peo,
pie after their term Of office for which the
people elected them, has expired, thai
they will find their official road rather
hard one to travel. ..
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0ITWm. M. Conelly is on trial in Gin
cinnati, in the United States Court, for a
violation of tho Fugitive Slave Law, in
harboring slaves last summer. His coun
sci are Judge Stallo and Hon. Thomas
Corwin. The District Attorney, Stanley
Matthews, Tor The prosecution. On last
Saturday, one of the jurors had left the
CITY, and the case was suspended until
to-day.
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0ETA frightful railroad accident occur,
red on the N. Y. Central Railroad, on
Tuesday morning last. The bridge oven
saquit Creek gave way as two trains were
crossing it. Forty persons were injured
eight or ten already dead.
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EE On Thursday last Mr.. O'Neill, of
the firm of ONeill q Hunter, Ports.
mouth, got into difficulty with a young
man by the name of Whitney, and struck
him with hammer. 1t is thought he
will die. O'Neill has been indicted Tor
assault with intent to kill. ..
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ni Active preparations are being
made in Plymouth, England, for laying
the telegraphic wire across the Atlantic
ocean the coming Summer, There is al.
ready on board the Niagara over five
hundred miles of cable, and on the Aga,
memnon, between six and seven hundred
miles.
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FSome weeks ago, barrel was ship.
ped to New York, containing the mutilat'
ed remains of female body. BY trac
ing it back it was found it had been ship
ped from Chicago, and finally journey
man barber, by the name Of Jumpertz
was arrested, who stated that the woman
had been living with him. and had hung
herself, and TO avoid suspicion, he had mu
tilated the corpse, and sent it to New
York, consigned to a fictitious parsonage
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~Preparations are still going on to
prosecute the war against the Mormons.
Congress is slow in voting the needful,
and the President finds it rather dull bu-
sness carrying on war without authority
Of law. The Washington Union storms
and raves because Congress will not at
once vote the President millions Of mon
ey, to prosecute war of determination
against set of doluded fanatics, because
their religion is different from ours.
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Ey- We clip the following account Of
the receipts and expenditures of the s, &
II, V. Railroad for April, 1858, from the
Portsmouth Daily Tribune:
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Subscribers and Advertisers

Are hereby notified, that they will be
held accountable to US for all advertise
.ments and subscriptions filed out by us,
from the date Of our FIST issue. T. R.
MATHEWS will collec' proportion on
such unexpired ST. ...', !, an&.Al err
tisements as may ,7-- srEe dr'o' fore
the 18th of March ha&lf H9H. all
accounts revert to % cri%gsr ".
MI. Err & GIBSON,
Publishers JACKSON STANDARD
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FASHIONABLE GLOVES Letters from
Paris mention that the latest fashion for
gloves in that city is Of Spanish leather,
embroidered, and with cuff to protect
the wrist from cold or the sun.
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EEThe Washington correspondent 81
the New York Times says that the diff
Guilty which has occurred between Sena,
tor Pugh, of Ohio, and the President, il
apparently irreconcilable, though efforts
have been made TO patch upa peace; the
quarrel has gone so far that Pugh declares
he will never enter the, White House
while Buchanan is President, and the
President is reported e. .kayes
regards Pugh as no b
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0TThe Scioto Gazette last week, an
nounces the death of Allen Macarthur,
last child Of the late Duncan Macarthur.
The Gazette gives a sketch Of the life oI
Gen Duncan Macarthur, the closing part
of which we transfer to our columns:
During the year 1880, while passing
through street in Columbus, a porch
projecting over the side walk fell as be
was passing under it, and cru he'd him
to the pavement, He never but partially
recovered from the injuries he then re-
ceived. His strength was steadily i'm
paired, thence onward to his death His
wife, an exemplary woman, died on the
23d of October, 1886, in the 57Lh year oI
her age The General fingered until the
28lh of April 1888, when he died at hi:
residence on "Fruit HILL" He had led
an eventful career, had been a private
soldier-a salt boiler--a hunter and trap
per-a surveyor often a member of the
Legislature--once Speaker of the House
twice in Congress--been in the army
in all capacities from private to Com
er.in-chief-a and had been Governor
of the State, Always involved in laby
rinth Of land litigation, be yet left fine
estate valued at over $500 600. The es
tate at the valuation Of lands now, would
have been worth nearly million Of dol
lars ~
He had nine children, three boys and sil
girls. The eldest, Helen, was married
to Col, .Bodrn and liyel and died neal
Boufneyillein thissdl4ity, The SECOND
MargSfet, was msSTgd to Robert Kerche
lval, onds editor anu proprietor Of this
paper, oioto Gasssh She. died in this
city f'6NtAirdS IAs,. sarsor, lived
and dice. il l y, : ka agth,
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Learning this morning that three men
had brought criminal in from Franklin
Furnace, during the night, charged with
killing his wife, we repaired to the Frank.
lin House, and procured the following
particulars from Mr., Ruggles, constable
Of Green township, and two of his neigh
bors, who had assisted in bringing the
prisoner to Jail
The name of the murderer is Samuel
Morgan. He has lived for several years
in the vicinity of Franklin Furnace, and
owned a small farm, which he cultivated
lie is between fifty FIVE and sixty years
of age. He has a large family of eight OF
nine children, some of whom are married
He is represented as very large, rough
dispositioned character, and addicted tC
drinking and fighting,
AT the time OF the murder, (about 7
o'clock on Wednesday evening,) there
were some oithe smaller children at home
and a woman named Sarah Chamberin
who, 1t seems, has been an inmate OF The
house for some time, and cause of dlG
fculty between Morgan and his wife,
The house is situated about three hun
dred yards from neighbors On Wed
nesday evening dispute arose between
Morgan and his wife, when she started
across The yard to escape. In geltin!
over the fence, Morgan struck her viii
aienoe rail, telling her to the ground, anC
he repeated the blows until lie was ex
tnct. Mrs. Chamberlin and the chill
dren were Witnesses oil the damning spec
lacle. After Morgan found his wife was
dead .she bade one ofthe children bring
flNmai9e chain, which he put arounC
klhe OK ofthe corpse, and then dragged
asElha yard. Here he proceeded
body Of all clothing, and lheI
ftha door All nitht whila =
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Minnesota "a State TN the Union.
The Minnesota Bill, yesterday, passed
the House in the form it left the Senate,
only SO votes in opposition. Thus ancth.
er State was added to the Union.- Gin.
Commercial, 12th.
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Limestone Furnace Company.

Al mOpbVhU NAhuCo UuhpuAy'
1t has been known for some time, that
this company has been embarrassed with
debt, There was disposition on the
part of some, to crush them, and have
their property sacrificed. This is ono Of
the best furnaces in the State, but the
debts of the company all crowded upon
them at once, and the company, consist
Ing ofsome fifty individuals, lacked that
concert of action that is Indispensable to
the successful prosecution OF a large bu.
siness in the kind Of financial crisis as
that through which we have just pass
yed.T We rejoice to be able TO announce
that the District Court have appointed
our fellow townsman, Mr.. I. w, Gille-
land, Receiver for the Company, and
granted an injunction against the enforce
- of judgments taken against
yknowledged honesty md inisgri-
Gilleland is sufficient ghardn:
ttnst reposed Id him @ill Be-
Will now be speedily put
creditors, though delay
W n raeeiva eyerv dolla,
stockholders viii be
q the whole commu
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Supplemental to an net entitled an act in relation,
to statistics, passed April H. 1851.
Section /. Be il enacted by the, Gem
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio, rh
that the commissioner of statistics for the STATED
Ohio shall bold his Office for the term of thE2
years, and until his successor is appointed aIn0
.quaifed. ~
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of each town
ship assessor to require each person. in listing his
property for txat0n, to state the number of acres
planted in oats and grass and the quantity Of oats
and hay Produced IN The preceding year, in the
same manner as they require statements of tho
crops of wheat andcorn, by the act passed March
5, 1851.
Secs. That the corporate officers of the sew
eral lailrodd companies incorporated by the laws
Of this state, are required to answer such queS-
tions as may be asked, by the commissioner Of
Statistics in relation to the condition of their road
the accidents which have occurred on them,
number of casualties the number of passeI
the amount of freight carried, and the qGanf
fuel consumed. ~
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of any stats df
county officers to answer fully and promptly such
special or general questions as said commissioner
may ask, and for such service county officers area
lowed the usual fees for making abstracts, to be
paid in the same manner as assessors are now paid.
Sec. D. That the clerks Of courts justices of the
peace, mayors Of incorporated towns and cities,
arc required to answer such questsons as said COM
missioner may ask, in relation to the number and
character Of criminal and police offences, and the
disposition made thereof, which have been charged
or entered in their respective tribunals.
Soc. .. Thatany person who by this act is re-
qured to give information and who shall refuse
or neglect to answer such questions shall forfeit to
the use OF the slate Of Ohio any sum not exceeding
hty dollars, at the discretion of the court of COM
mon pleas for the proper county which fine shall
be collected by the prosecuting attorney thereof
as other fines are collected, by law.
Sect. That the several classes Of statistics now
returnabe to tho auditor of state the secretary of
state, and the attorney general not necessary to the
duties of said officers &c transferred by them TO- tho
commissioner of statstics,sand by him be embodied
in his report. M
See. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the said commiss-
iOner to ascertain as far as practicable, the num-
Der and condition Of all the insane persons in this
state distinguishing between the male and the fe-
male, dangerous and harmless, curable and incur
able, also the number of idiots blind and deaf and
dumb persons with such, classification of each and
information connected Herewith as shall seem to
him important and shall state the. nusnber Of -
class of persons above mentioned who are n
together with thet{ages, and respectiYa
nativity; anf shat number are capabl
ing manua Dor with benefit tRshl
benefit to n state
tingent
anda
audi
hisr s 5
retar5s siAie
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RECEIPTS.
EXpRNDITURES

average per day, for twenty.
six davs, $400)
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On last Sunday, most brutal and
cold-booded murder was committed in
this township, about five miles from town,
in the neighborhood OF Berlin, by a man
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ular trades at their places Of business, or
sons dsposng ofany ordinary articles of
excepting spirituous liquors, at their
nor any person having written permit II
trustees or managers ofany such religious Sssy
or assembiage, to sell provisions for the supply Of
persons attending such. religious worship, their
horses or cattle such persons acting in conformity
to the regulations Of said religious assembly and to
the laws of the state.
See. 2. That any person found guilty of COM
mittng breach Of the provisions of this act, shall
fUrleitand pay for every such offence, fine of not
less than ten or more than enc hundred dollars
into the town hip treasury for the use Of the com
mon schools in said township where said offence
was committed; and any Judge Of the common pleas,
sheriff. coroner or justice OF the peace Of the eoun~
ty, or any constable thereof, shall upon view or
information, and, with or without wGrrdnt ,&-I
prehend any pessn offending and seize all suthf
liquors or other articles of trafc, and the utensils
or furniture containing them, and convey the1
before Justice Of the peace and the mid justic9
upon the complaint under oath OF -
said officer apprehendng snch1a
son giving informal
arrest, which shall be
officer, and proceed to
said accusation, and ift
bind said offender in s6s
$500 as he shall deem p
next regular term Of the co
ty, to be proceeded with
costs to be collected as in o.
vided that if such defendanty
plead guilty, said justice shall ain
proceed to judgment; and in SUD
Immediately issue an execution u
otty and body of the defendant or y ~
the fine and costs unless paid or secHfed said
defendant or defendants shall.asS<6 discharged
until said judgment and costs Shall be paid or Sc
cured to be paid.
Sec. B. Thatin any prosecution against any per-
nerSOns ViOlation hff the rrnvi sOns nf
this act If the defendant defendants shall be ac-
quilted he they shall recover of the person or
persons filing the cOmplaintdpu the amount Of
his or their costs, which'said Justice shall award
See. A., Thatthe act to which this is amenda-
tory be and the same is hereby repealed. This act
10 take effect from and after its passage.
WILLIAM b, WOODS,
Speaker ofthe House atRepreSentatives.
MARTIN WELKER.
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LAWS OF OHIO. 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
No. 1881 AN ACT

Supplemental to an net entitled an act in relation,
to statistics, passed April H. 1857.