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The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-02-26
The Plathora of Gnld.

The accumulation Of gold in the banks
throughout the country since the panic is
itne most remarkable financial event Of the
time. The aggregate is now, as made up
from roturns noar 10 January lst, and
since. that time. full eighty,,foe millions Of
dollars, or twenty seven millions more
than at the lst Of January, 1867; then
the total in oil the banks in Che United
states, as made up at the Treasury De.
partment, was $50. $4,000 now, oxolu-
siye Of States reporting eight millions Of
specie in January, 1867, the footings are
$40, 100000, all from recently published
returns The returns not here are not
accessible at the moment, but we may
be safe in suppOsing that increase, rather
than deficiency in the specie totals, has
been realized there also. Tho whole
probably exceeds $50, 900, 900 now held
by the banks, exclusive Of California; an
increase Of $4,000, 600 on the high sum
reached year since during period Of
full prosperity in every department of
business.
The result nearest in the future is a
rapid decline in the price Of money
Gold is so far in excess Of present wants
that it rapidly and constantly accumu.
lates. Every city has rising figure fol
the specie item, and there is no immedi
ate prospect Of drain setting in abroad
for a like accumulation is taking place il
England and France. At London, III,
use Of money has already fallen 10 4 and
A. per cont. with little or no custom al
the bank, which is not yet reduced Sc
low, and it is anticipated that decline 10
p per cent will soon follow, as has al.
ready been the case at that singular thea
ire Of the present panics on specie ba-
sis. Hamburgh. To owhatuses is this excess
Of gold to be put? Business must either
largely expand, employing twice the sum
now employed, or gold must decline so
much as to become drug in the market.
Strange as this prospect would appear to
people fresh from the insane struggle for
gold, which marked the late panic, II is
The next and certain phase Of financial
deyelOpment.-P1Radsipdia North Amer.
lean.
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MisttllunQ.
Mad River 3 Lake Erie n. N.

The Mad River and Lake Erie Rail.
road Company has issued the annexed
oi'oular to its bondholders:
orUcs hAp RivEs & LAKe Emr r. r. Co.,)
ssNpuser, o., Jen. 4, 1855
The bondholders Of this Company
must be aware that its embarrassments
have been materially increased by the loss
OF traffic during the present stagnation Of
business, and that, therefore. the expec-
auon OF meeting promised payments and
current interest have been greatly but in-
evitably disappointed.
uAmtrrtss.
MORTGAGE bonds, over duo sis.0aOoo
Mottgego huuis due In isG1, ,OOO nnaOn
Morigaes hons due iu ISIS, iOUo,DJOOu
hvidcnd houds due in lsGO and
tsGl, aa9 500 nA- sc tft xtn M
nukpWahlc, s3S1sll4
luiersst sccrssd, fnrnan5
miscellaneous, T5,OOOuO- saot7tno
p,,..,,s-,,..,.....n.,-..,..,,r slo5l67lu
able, ao'.ooo oo
Total, soo,oo-IIi
On which the annual inter,st ts et0i ~
Ront q. q. aad lad, Railr,,d, AL tol
hont 3, and Columbus Railroad, inH HAO
Total ia,cros,. slNG7
The $4,000 Bonds duo Nav /. lS55
should be paid at once; Of the $500, 900
due July /, 1855, $4,000 must. by
agreement with the holders, bo paid ON
July !. 1853. or the floating debt.
large portion is secured by the $500. 600
Mortgage Bonds; it becomes important
to pay a part at least Of this debt with
possible delay, to prevent the sacrifice Of
the collateral, and consequent great loss
TO the Company. The balance Of this
debt is due, or maturing rapidly, aud the
holders pressing for payment.
Under these circumstances, parties
largely interested in the Bonds have sug.
gesied that a small present sacrifice, that
would enable the Company to pay Oft the
past due bonds aud the floating debt,
which, by a recent decision of judge
Lean Of Ohio, is put on the Same footing
rs that secured by mortgage. will give
vitality and increased value to the seouri-
ties that have not yet matured.
The plan proposed is simply that the
holders Of the bonds, except Of those
past due, shall agree to surrender coupons
to the amount Of $4,000 in the follow.
ing manner: The Company to pass one
interest, but to pay the next promptly
On their doing this, the two coupons tc
be given up. This course to bs contin
ued until tho above amount shall hav,
been attained.
The effect would he that. for 81 wears
!tAO Bonds would draw bat 81 AZ cent Il
annum; but this would be paid promptly
as otherwise the Company would forrei
the benefit thus provided, BY this con.
oession 10 seems almost certain that the
floating debt will be extnguishod. aud the
credit of the Company DO re-establshed,
JoHN p. YELvERroN, President.
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WmLIAMsoS's DIsoLosUREs-FoR
GOLD AND THE TARIFF OF '4G.-In the
present excitement over other matters.
we should not loose sight of the remark.
able disclosures of Mr. Williamson, OF
New York. in regard to the use made of
Foreign gold at Washington, some years
since. He asserts as of his positive
knowledge, that the great Democratic
tariff of l846 "was carried by bribing
congressman Seven million dollars Of
British money, and eighty thousand
francs from France. he definitely states,
were used for this purpose.
These statements are made by one who
had full opportunity in knowing their
truth. This same Mr.. Williamson was
secret commercial agent, sent out from
England, to this country first in l84l,
and continued TO act in that capacity for
the next ten years. This fact gives cred
ibility to his testimony, aud unless salts
factorily refuted. his statements will be
generally believed. L. Gin. Gag.
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, Nri8iRuI Po&trg.

For the TiRn Tribune.
THE TEAR.
The tear that flows from fountains deep,
It's a pearl, a gem from Heaven;
When long pent up, It's good to weep
A solaee, to the heart that's riyen.
The tear that's shed when friends do sever,
To memory of is dear-is sweet
And 70 such hearts that bleed together,
1t binds in love, when next they meet.
The tear that's shed when sorrows press,
When hope still lingers-slow TO give
It comes, and in bright visions dressed,
A soul is born-in Heaven to live.
The tear that's shed around the grave
OF all the cherished ties now riven,
A lovely tear, Savior gave,
And points 10 that sweet home In Heaven.
The tear that's shed, oh! how divine,
My heart will give thee sigh for sigh;
IN sing Of joys, that Savior's mine,
And on his bosom iain would die.
Tifin, February, 1858. F.D.B.
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Mans Destiny.

The appearance Of man upon the
seene OF being constitutes a new era ia
creation; the operations Of a new instincs
come into play--that instinct which an
ticipates a life alter the grave. and reposes
implicit faith upon a God alike just aud
good, who is the pledged "rewarder Of
all who diligently seek Him" And in
looking along the long line Of being
ever rising in the scale from higher o yet
higher manifestations. or abroad on the
lower animals, whom instinct never de-
ceives--can we hold that man, immeas-
urably higher in his place, aud infinitely
higher in his hopes and aspirations than
a that ever went before him should be.
notwithstanding, the one grand error in
creatlon-the one painful worker, in the
midst Of present troubles, state into
which he is never 10 snter-the belool d
expectant Of happy future which he ID
never to seeY Assuredy no. lie who
keeps filth with His humble orealur, -
who gives even he bee aud the dormouse
the winter for which they prepare---will
TO certainty not break Gath with man
with man, alike the deputed lord OF the
present creation, and the chosen heir Of
all the future. We have been looking
abroad on the old geologic burying-
grounds, aud deeiphering the strange
inscriptions on their tombs, but there are
other burying grounds. aud other tombs
solitary church-yards among the hills,
where the dust Of martyrs Ne. aRd tombs
that rise over the ashes Of the wise and
good; nor are there wanting, on even tbs
monuments Of the perishe9 race, frequent
hierogyphics and symbols Of high mean
ing, which darkly intimate to as, thas
while their furial yards conlnin but the
debris Of the past, We are TO regard the
others as charged with the sown seed Of
the futuFe.--HagA Miller.
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TFFIN, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2s, 1885,

deserted streets--doserted, save by som,
invcterate ploaseure-seeker like herself
from whom pleasure forever Zoos. Oc.
casionally a lamp twinkled from some
upper window, whore ahalf.sarved seam
stress sat stitching her life away, or a
heart-brokeu mother bent over the dead
form Of babe. which her mothers heart
could III spare. altho' she knew not where
to ind bread for The remaining babes who
wept beside her Nov and thena woman
lost to all that makes woman lovely, haunt-
cd under the iliokering street lamps, while
her mooking laugh raog out oo the night
ait. Mary shuddered and drew back
there was that IN its holownoss which
might make even devils tremble. Over
head the sentinel stars kept their tireless
watch, and Mary's heart grew soft under
their gentle influence, and tears stole
from beneath her lashes, and lay pearls
upon her BOSOM
you need no, wait to undross me-"
said Mary to the weary-looking waiting
maid, as she averted her swollen eyss
from her gaze; aud taking her lamp from
her hand, Mary passed mp to her chamber
So noiseless was the fall Of her lipht foot
upon tho carpet that Mark did not know
she had entered. lie sat with his back
to the door, bending over tho cradle of
his cbild, Till white snow locks touched
IDS rosy cheeks; talking to il as though to
beguile his loneliness.
"Mary's forehead -Mary's eyos-Ma.
ry's mouth; no more like your old Gather
than a rosebud IS like a chestnut-burr.
You will love tho lonely old man, little
one; and perhaps she will. by-and-by;
who knows?' and Marks voice tremblod.
'She willl--she doesr said Mary, drop.
ping on her knees at the cradle Of her
child, and burying her face in Marks
hands; "my noble patient husbandr
"Hou don't mean that?" said Mark,
holding her off at arms length, and look.
ing at her through mist Of tears; "you
don't mean that you will love an old fell
low like me? God bless you. Mary-God
forever bless you'll have been very
very lonely" and Mark wopt for sheer
happiness.
The gaping world, tho far-sighted
world, the charitable world, shook its wise
head. when the star Of fashion became a
liked star. Some said cher health must
% failiugi" others, that cher husband
had become jealous at last; while old
stagers maliciously insinuated that it was
wise to retire on fresh laurels. But no
one said-what zoe say--that true wo-
mans heart may always be won--ay, and
kept, toby any husband who does not
consider it beneath him to step of the pc
deshls oflis "dionity" to learn how.
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PRETTY DEAR MULEss- s--Wo uuds. s.. ~
that the Secretary Of War has recently
made a private arrangement with certain
spectators TO deliver to the United
States commissary department. at this
point. fifteen hundred mules for the Utah
expedition, at one hundred and siriy doll
lars per head, and the documents for the
same are signed, sealed aud delivered.
The Quartermasler General has hereto
fore had this duty entrusted to his iudg-
ment; but. in this instance, he has been
entirely ignored, and the whole matter
settled at Washington fof' him. AS the
matter now stands, il is in the hands Of a
few spectators, who are, no doubt, rush :
ing through the country, buying up
mules at the smallest fguros.-&. Louis
Dem.
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Exploration OF the Colorado /.

WAsHIEGToS, Feb. f5.-The War
Department has received dispatches from
Lieut.. Ives. in command of the expedi.
ton for the exploration Of the Colorado
River OF the West. The party arrived
at the mouth of the Colorado, after an
unusually long passage from San Fran
cisco. A small steamer brought from
Philadelphia after great labor. was put
together aud launched on the 18th Dec,
and answered admirably the purposes for
which il was intended.
Lieut.. Ives found the charts of the
river defective, but material for their cor
rection had been gathered from the mouth
Of the river TO Fort Yuma. The river
is verp crooked and full Of snags, shoals,
sand bars, DC.
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BURNING CLAY SorLs.--The practice OF
burning tho surface Of stiff CLAWS, obtains
% some extent in England. The opera
ton is usually performed at that period
when the land contains The most rubbish.
as all surface weeds, insects. DO, are de-
stroyod by the fire. The process is very
simple. A pairing plough slices off about
two inches of the surface, turning Il over,
in which state it remains until thoroughly
dry 1t is then got together 10 small
heaps and buret; afterwards Tho ashes
are spread and plowed in. If lime is
present in any quantity. the FIRST shower
causes the ashes to fall in coarse pow
der. which gets thoroughly incorporated
with the soil; the lime furnishing valua
be food. both directly and indirectly to
the succeeding crop. The effect of burnt
clay is principally mechanical, opening
the soil and rendering it more porous
Ohio Valley Farmer.
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From washington.

WAsHmoToE, Feb. l5.-Seuator Sew
ard has given notice Of his intention to
introduce a bill into the Senate to re-.
orgaize the U. s. Supreme Court and
Circuit Courts so that the several States
shall be represented by Judges in their
Federal population. while the administra.
ton Of justice shall be made more surely
efficient. II is understood that Mr.. Sew.
ard thinks the Supreme Court is the
slavery citadel to be stormed.
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RATHER ToUoH-"When / lived nm in
Maine," said Unole Eph al helped To-
break up a new piece Of ground; we rot
the wood OF in the winter, and early in
the spring wo began ploughing ont. It
was so consarned rocky that we had 10
get forty yoke Of oxen to one ploaph. we
did, faith, and held the plough more'n
week--I though; l should die. Ten.
amost kilt me l swow Why, one day |
was holdin' and the plough hit stump
which measured just nine feet and a half
through--hard and sound white oak
The plough split il, aud l was poinr
straight through the stump, when / hap.
pened to think it might snap together;
so threw my feet out, and had no sooner
done so than it snapped together taking
smart hold OF the seat Of my pantsloons.
Ot course | was tight, but | held on to
the plough handles, and though the team
sters did all they could, tho team of eigh.
" oxen couldn't tear my pqLtaloons, nor
cause me to let go my grip. Al last.
though, after letting the cattle breathe,
they gave another strong pull altogether,
and the old stump came out about tho
quickest. 1t had monstrous long roots.
too, let me tell you. My wife made the
cloth for them pantaloons. aud l hant
worn any other kind since"
The only reply made to this was-'I
should have thought ii would have come
hard npon your suspenders-powerful
hardl"
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THE Arr OF BEtNo HAPPr.-Tho art
Of being happy is less cultivated in this
land than almost any other. We make
exlrayagant preparations for il, we give
no bounds to our enterprise, we heap up
material; We 80 through an immense s1-
perience, preparatory TO being happy.
But, in the main, 10 is the very thsar
which We forget to extrset from an abuD-
dant preparation. Conlenhnent Is 3 quail
ity whichfew know hoE TO reconcile with
aspiration. and still less with enterprise.
Satisfaction, therefore. is the bright IDEAL
Of the future. II never blossoms TO-DAY.
Il is always tomorrow. Men never come
up with their hope. The short and iA.
tense exeitements which we misnans en-
joyment are paroxysms, not steady pull
sations. AT length. It comes 70 pass that
men do not enjoy life 10 che midst Of
heapee up prosperity, Aud amid rever-
ses, they bemoan themselves when the top-
most leaves Of the banyan tres are pluck
ed by the wind, and refuse TO shelter
themselves beneath the vast breadth Of
what reniains.-HsNry Yard Bescher.
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A classic editor says. if the Naiads
were constantly bathing. he presumos,
from their name, Dryads were the ones
who brought the towels.
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THE RED pETTICuAT.
Oh, the red, the Haunting pet;icoat,
That courts the eye OF day,
That loves 10 fare aud be admired,
Aud blinkssfrom Car away;
Il may delight the rowing sight,
Aud charm The fancy free;
But if its wearcr's half as bold,
I'm pass and let her be,
With her red, her Haunting petticoat,
She's not the girl Cor me-
But the white, the modest potticoat,
As pure as drifted snow,
That shuns the gaze in crowded ways
Where follics come and 70;
II stirs the primrose on its path,
Or daisy on the lea,
Aud e the wcare''s like the garb,
How beautiful Is shel
With her white, her modes. polticoat,
Oh, she's The gisl for mel
@--s-sa-s--
THE QUESTION.
The moon is white and full,
Like lily overblown,
Come down into ths garlen,
And walk With me alone.
The garlen.Wall,s arc dark,
Aud noneere near to see;
They are too busy dancing
To think Of you aud me
I've something now to say
That never said befOrej
twill not do tomorrow
Tonight or neveruorel
Slip on your mask and come,
You need not fear the light;
For when your face is hidden
It twill be doubly night!
She comes! feel her neari
BE still, my beating heartl
What | shall say will part us,
Or we shall never part!
~
uWo are indebted to Mrs. Caudle for III
Dllowing;
Men brandy drink, aud never think,
That girls at all can tell It,
They don't suppose that woman's nose
Was ever made to smell it.
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NO2l.
Hon. GA. Grow.

Tho following sketch Of the politioai
career Of Hon g. A. Grow is taken rom
the Boston Bee. just at this limo /, ~ ;lI
be read with INTEREST,"
Mr.. Grow was born in Widbam conn.
'y Connecticut. Ills parents emirratoJ
to Northern PENNSYLVANIA whils he w.s
yet a child. His father died wb,n 1,is
son was but three years Of aye. leavipc
his family Ia reduced circumstances -a
An elder brother aided the suhioot of
TINS sketch IN obtaining an education. and
he was graduated ut Amherst College
Mass, at the age Of twouty one. in tbe
year 84l, In the fall Of 1859 bo was
hrst elected to Congress by sipgular
accident IN politics, The Democrats of
the district were divided. and had t,yo
candidates In the field, each CLAIMING ,o
be the regular nominee. Eirht davs n,
lore the election. both agreed to resian
IT Mr. Grow would be The oandilate.-
lie had left his orico the fall before bv
reason OF i'll health, and was sponiiny
the summer. working on farm. pl,wing
peeling bark, and surveying. He was
waited upon in his retirement by friend
OF each candidate, As committee 10 ne.
certain his feelings. They fonnJ him
Win set OF hands on the public high
way, rebuilding bridge that had been
washed away by freshet. lie acosleI
to their proposition TO be a candidate fo,
Congress, and both the other oandidatss
resigned, and a Convention was called
which placed Me-. Grow in nominati,n
Just one week before his election. us
was elected by 1850 majority, and in
1901 took his seat in the House of Rep.
resent'uves, the youngest member of the
Thirty second Congress, and, with one
.or two exceptions, Of tho7Thirtv.third
Congress also. Io Is now SERVING his
fourth term in Congress. The second
time he was elected by 1890 majority:
the third timo by a unanimous vote of Ike
district he having received the unani.
nous nomination Of all parties for his
able and manly resistance TO the passage
OF tho Kansas. Nebraska bill; the fourth
time no was elected by a larger vote than
he received when he had no opposition,
Ills district, previous to tho repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, gave uniformly
about $500 Democratic majority, but ii
consequence Of the noble stand taken by
Mr.. Grow on the floor Of Congress. and
upon the stump, before the people. hi,
district gave Col. Fremont almost 10. .O0C
majority. When Gov. Banks was run.
lining for Speaker Of the House, he wa,
urged to allow his name to be used as I
candidate. but he declined the honor for
himself, and urged his friends to "sticl
to Banks" which advice they followed
and by which the FIRST decisive battle
against tho slave power was achieved,
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E9 Bayard Taylor says that the Fin
nish women, who win scrub. rub and dry
their husbands. brothers or male frends
in the bath, think a kiss the height OF i'm
modesiy: aud are shocked to learn that It
is common in America for wives % kiss
their husbands This is certainly Finn
ical notion.
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tine Kansas Legislature has passed
law liking the capitol Of the State At
Minneola, small town about 25 miles
south Of Lecompton.
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KANSAS Is A SLAVE SrATE'--So says
Mr.. Buchanan, yet the profossed oppo-
nents Of the Lecompton oontriyance
among the Democracy last fall grew
hoarse in asserting that Kansas was Ger
tain TO be freee State, and in Pennsyl.
vania in 1856 they placed on their ban
ners Buchanan. Breokinridge and Free
Kansas. though Buchanan never was in
favor Of Free Kansas o, s, Journal.
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Ths New Haven shootlng Case.

REw HAVEN, Feb. 11.--Mr. VIM.
Miles, the young fireman who was shot
oy student on Tuesday night, expired
az halt past two this morning. A legal
investigation IS goihgon but the testimony
Is suppressed ior the present. The whole
aualr creates much feeling, yet no general
outbreak ia apprehendad.
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An Englishman in speaking Of our lignl
pleasure wagons, says the wheels coosist
Of four circles Of cheese rind. flled in.pitA
cobwebs,
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He is unworthy to live. who lives only
for himself.
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Tho PennsyIvania Bank.

PmLADE1PurA. Feb. lO,--A.t meeting
of the stockholders Of the Pennsylvania
Bank it was announced that Allibone had
assigned his property for the benefit Of
the Bank.
Resolutions we're adopted, censuring
President Allibone and Daniel Deal as
colluding together in tho common plunder
of the Bank, and that whatever punish
nent the commercial law inhicts upon
such dishonesty should be enforced.
Charles q. Baker, President Of the
Girard Bank. died this morning.
A merchant lately advertised for a clerk
who could bear confinement lie re-
ceiyed an answer from one who had been
seven years in jail.
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r. L. GRIFFITH,

j.. q. LEE
Attorney at LG@ and Solicitor IN
ObGneery.
Rooms, Ia Singers New aleek Court House
THIN, NoyembsT 18Th ls5S,u
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C.TUNISON,
TORN E Y A I l. A w
OFFICE shawhan's Block, Up Stairs.
Tinin, Nav, 5th, 1855. ly