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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-08-03

order of said board on the termination of
their respective leases, provided no for
feiture of the same shall have happened
during the continuance of said lease: or
good and sufficient personal or real estate
security to the satisfaction Of the board
of public works; and the said board of
public works are hereby authorized, when
ever they may deem it proper. to require
of any person or party offered for securi-
ty, statement, under oath, of the cash
value of his or their real and personal
estate above all his or their debts and IL
abilities. Every collector or other per-
son appointed by said lessees, or any of
them or their assigns, to receive tolls on
said public works, shall make monthly re-
turns, verified by bis oath to the auditor
of the amount received by him during
the month preceding, and it shall be the
duty of said collector, or other such sp-
pointee, to pay into the state treasury ten
per centum of all such collections, which
shall be retained in the treasury as in.
demnity against the failure of such lessee
or lessees to perform the stipulations o
his or their lease. But said money shall
be repaid to such lessee or lessees at th'
end of each year by the state treas
urer upon the warrant of the state auditor
provided that the auditor shall not issu
his said warrant until the board Of publ
works, or q majority of them, shall hav
first certified in writing that the GOV
enants and stipulations of such lease hav
in all respects been fully and faithful
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which may rule low in prices as TO affect TO sore es
tent the value Of other property which has been muca
inflated within year or two past an'opA''u, NV"
ever that should the crops OF grain, &C., prove sooa
the West and realize good prices that the county AZ
whole win continue to be prosperous Cotton has be-
come so much necessary Of life ana the consump"o"
within few years having more than exceeded the pro-
ducton. II is believed that nothing but general war In
Europe can for any great length Of time seriously depress
prices Flour was again heavy yesterday and closed at
decline OF full &c. IOc. per Dbl Wheat and corn were
both heavy and closed with tendency TO lower prices
Pork was heavy and lower with more desire TO SELL New
mess sold al SIC rs SIC 49, clear mess at $40 25 and
prime at STA IS Sales Of prime were also made for
future de livery at $l5 Beef and lard were also heavy
Sugars were active with sales Of $40 hhds Cuba chiefly
aning goods at prices given in another place Coffee
was quiet Freshts unchanged. Among the engage
nen,s we're eco bales OF cotton to Liverpool at lSd
bark engaged 10 load for Hamburg and
he Austrian bark Americana chartered TO LOAD at
quebec for England at r. vessel was also chartered
Tor Bordeaux to loao with heavy pipe slaves PIT
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IMMENSE DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF PRoMIsE.-
We publish to-day an account Of trial for
breach Of promise Of marriage at ST. Louis, which
is curious from the fact of the unprecedentedly
large damages which the jury awarded to the
lady to heal the wounds inflicted by the faihless-
Dess of the defendant. The lady is a Miss Ellie
CarstaDg, native of this city, and the defendant
Mr.. Henry Shaw, ofSt Louisa gentleman count
ing sixty live years, and said to be possessed of
million and a half of dollars The lady laid the
loss of her peace, and her prospects of sharing a
portion of the million and half, at the sum of a
hundred thousand dollars, and the jury brought
in a verdict in her favor for the entire amount.
In view of the immense wealth Of the defend
ant, and the other circumstances of the case, this
was no doubt u very righteous verdict But it
establishes dangerous precedent. 1t Offers a
hundred thousand irresistible temptations to
young ladies to bring suits for breach of promise
againsl rich men; and we should not be sur
prised to see all the courts in the country, from
Georgia to Maine, aud from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, crowded with cases of breach Of promise
very soon.
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Associated Press, to obtain the European news
have been compelled by tliis rupture in the
entente cordiale to transmit their dispatches to
Sackyille by horse express, and thence by The
American Telegraph Company to New York and
elsewhere. We feel certain, however, that when
the Nova Scotia company understand the matter,
and are convinced that the Associated Press, not
only here but throughout the country, are right,
and united, the difficulty will be settled and the
former arrangement resumed.
This matter perhaps is of very small impor-
lance to thepublic. All they care for ia to get
the news, and the quarrels and differences Of
telegraph companies or editors is of very little
consequence to them; but we publish the cor
respondence merely to explain to those who may
have the curiosity to know, what the trouble is
with the telegraph companies in the transmission
of the foreign news
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the second time by the same set Of Presidential
fnancers. But let him beware Of mousiag Pre-
sideni makers ia any shape, a. they may catch
him again. With the knowing aud hard headed
Commodore Vanderbilt there is about as much
chance for these fellows as there would Ike with
our respected fellow citizen William d. Astor;
and when he is taken in by political, or any
other colporteur, We should like to know it.
Without progressing any farther with our Pre-
sident catalogue, we think that we have made
out a conclusive case against the humbugging
declaration of the Albany soft shell regency,
that New York is not on the slate" for the
succession. We have shown hat this old feud
Of our democratic factions, nav as heretofore,
arises with the scramble for the Presidential
Convention of the party. The squabble will
also probably end in the harmonious fusion Of
these factions at Charleston, upon the programme
of new division of the spoils, leaving both
Dickinson and Seymour high and dry; and the
party in this State, like that Of Massachusetts,,
conveniently email"
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ASSASSINATION OF A PROMINENT CIrIZEN-INTgNsB
EXCITEMENT AMONG THE PBOpLE.
ST. LOUIS Juno 8, 1859.
Joseph Charess OF the oldest and most respected
OF our citizens, was shot and mortiy wounded on tho
street this morning. by G. W. Thornton formerly teller
the Boamen's Savings Institution.
Thornton tried and acquitted about year ago on a
charge OF having stolen twenty thousand dollars from the
bank and Charess happened to be of the principal
Witnesses against him.
Intense excitement exists among all classes OF our cit
zens in consequence Of the shooting of Dir. Charless
At about from two three thousand persons reparet
to the Jail with the avowed purpose of forciby taking and
hanging the prisoner but through the xsrtons Of the
police and the influence of several prominent citizens tho
excitement was somewhat allayed and a majority Of the
crowd prevailed upon to dispense squad of excited men,
however, fingered around the jail all the afternoon whilst
others ravesed the streets threatening vengeance upon
the cuprt To prevent violence the Mayor has ordered
out the military, Of whom (eignt oclock) are
landing on guard in the jail yard while others arc pa
rolling the streets, prepared instantly suppress any
threatened outbreak
Mr. Charles still ingers but his death is looked for IT
every moment He received two pistol wounds 10 tne
abdomen, either one Of which the surgeon pronounce
mortal.
NM ocLocx +. VI.
Much excitement s exists, and It is feared that the
announcement Of the demise Of the wounded man will be
the signal for general outbreak
Mr.. Charlcss is the senior partner OF the firm Of
Charless Blow Co. And he s looked upon w one of the
Oldest and most esteemed merchants OF the city The at
tack upon him Is universally regarded the most
provoked and cold blooded record
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$500 nas oS ,''"u.r, assry son rux mrsny,
h~Soo..oN or 49, 80 g., or coIoro -nr,,r
oF HIS WIFE Al I'M aiAlAuA W $3.50 ~, 80
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eoAhC-9ohons VI IN
FINALE.
ALBANY, June 3, 1859.
-. -. s ',s 49, g.!
' naVe oo"D"y' sc'era years SINCE paf'hs 'n0 'Ae'
few years be resided in the village o, Cohoes ten miles
north Of Albany He was a labornx man aad n wife
- -. =. = .,,- ~,
ana 'ree or TOUR cmioren' on Inc night OF the "a on
formed them that unoo arriving home ne ronnd ~, vito
=, --. ,-.-.
oeA" ana 70 Jake caro- OF her body
Upon visiting the premises the deceased was found
living uon her hack her fara much br,sad and
us . 49, s..., :. 49,. go. -, o,ns,s
WIN piooo ouspCon ~ onoo rcosoo uPon nriehs ana
he was arrested at Troy four miles from his resi-
darce Tie was Indicted Sor the crime of murder and
wps tried at the Circuit IN the city OF Albany
was proyed thai he and his wife lived unhapply TO-
osbsr bs nsiSbhors inc 10 an ipcssssnt wransur
ard angry ousrrellpp caased by intoxicatng liquor Of
which 10Th were in the constant habit Of ndulcng to
heastv ,xten On the nivht Of the death of his wife
The ne,Ohbors heard her mporing him TO desst
from beating her as his blows would cause Of her
death On The post mortem examination was discover
cd tina. nearly ali the ribs on one side OF her body
broken some OF them in two p Aces and upon side
Of Der cheek prints indsntaons resembling the
impressions Of nail heads Of circular form, abou; the
OF boot shce heel The shoes which taken
from 0Bren feet al bis arrest contained nails IN their
heels exactly orreep0ndpg with the Impressions the
face Blood also found sprinked the sides Of the
sboe.
Other testimony OF corresponding Character was al
cuced and the Jory after consultation three quarters OF
an hour returned with VERDICT OF guilty OF wtul muir
der The prisoner listened 10 the conclusions OF the jury
with perfect indifference
The next DAY the 9th OF April Judge Gould sentenced
him TO he executed for the murder OF his wife on Friday
the Sd day Of June OBren manifested the game uncon
Germ upon receiving his sentence Of death that pc did on
the previous day, when the jury rendered their YER
dict OF guilty OF murder. Since his doom was thus IA
tally sealed he has uttered no complaint remaining IN
bis solitary cell almost forgotten except by his children
the priest who visited him occasionally, and bis prison
Keepers Some friends desired TO present petitions for
Executive clemency, but he protested believing effect
could be produced upon the present he had
refused all in the arrest Of judgment IN the
Gaze Of Mrs HartuDg for whom much more public sym
pafhy existed than there did Tor him SO there was NO
attempt made for either communication poslonenaent Of
the sentence, or even new trial. He therefore became
resigned his fate awaited the time OF bis execution with
camness, Hnder the frequent ILLUSTRATIONS Of the Rev.
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MomE. June 2, 1859.
Cotton unchanged: sales today l 500 bales.
Cotton dull sales of the week unimDortant Rsceins
OF the week 600 bales against 800 last year. Stock in
port "a SEQ bales.
AUGUSTA, June 2, 1852
The stock OF cotton AZ this port 80 900 bales al Ma
con at Selma $50, and at Columbus 20 500 bales.
Flour LEES firm GOO bbls sold today at 81 Tor both
Howard street and Ohio. Wheat steady white 81 rs 81
So, red 81 60 a 81 TO- Corn steady: white S4c sec .
yellow CSC. 9lc Provisions dull and heavy Bacoe
sides eslc Mess pork SIT 90. whskey more active and
selling at CSC. q 2gc
Breaostnds continue depressed. Lard steady at l21c
alSHc Whissey firm at &c. 2Sc.
Flour, wheat and corn entirely inactive up to this hour
sales Of eco bushels Canada cns at 54c
BUFFALO, June s-IPM
Flour unsettled and lower; demand odcra.e sales 500
bbs at Sc S7k for State and So rs for ordinary extra
wisconsin, 81 ~ rs for TO fair Ohio and 81 so
bushels rceced c aca ao " Wse.s quiet sales 5000
lower sales last evening 900 bushels Illinois at Soc held
az me same 70 day without buyers Oats steady sales 900
ousnes good western at SIC Cana, fregbs unchanged
Whiskey 2G1sc Lake imports to-day 600 bushels -four
4S.ooo bushels wheat, 81, 900 bushels corn.
Flour unsettled and lower; demand confined To bnme
trade sales Of SOC bb OF IS S7 for State from spring
sor 20 20 or oransry extra Wisconsin, 81 81 25
~ " Tor double extras. Wheat qnict sales 5000
bushels rejected Chicago sprng at 81 To- Corn dun and
5000 bushels Ohio at Sc w6iskey sales iS bbls at
26sc Canal frcghsBoats plenty ircghts scarce corn
&C., wheat 10c flour $50. TO New York lake imports
Flour, 5000 barrels; wheat, 400 bushels corn 1900
bushels Cana exports Flour, 600 bblss wheat, 400
bushels; corn, zoo do; oats, LOO do NV
OswEG0 June 3-6 p NJ
flour dul and prices easier. Sales OF fancy Canadian
ut .! 81 H. Wheat very dull with q declining tendency:
small sales for country milling of Canada club ut 81 55
and mixed red winter Illinois at 81 62 but these do moi
establish prices for larger los Corn oats barley and
rye quiet Canal freghts quiet Lake imports 600
bushels wheat, H. 600 do. corn Canal exoortsI l0
bbs. -four, 500 bushels oats '
flour iirm, at Sc so So u.s. Whiskoy firm and adj
vanced nc. Provisions generally unchanged Bulk
meats, 61sc SIC. Bacon, &c. 916c Lard 1l15c,
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Inc United States storesbip Relief Commander Roger
Ferry, arrived at this port yesterday from Aspnwa
Which port che lef April 90 stopping Key West and lesv
ing that port May %. The following is list Of occrs
Commander-Rover Perry; Iieuenants-w. B. Fitzgerald
d. Amedermut Jas Thornton; Surgeon-B Rush Mitch
eli furser-Jas Fulton; Captains Cerk-H. Colder
The following correct list of tho officers a tho Unit
ca states steam soop Of Hartford according
Flag 0lcer @ x striblDg; Captain, Chas. LOunds Pur
SER VIM Speiden Fleet Surgeon, r. r. Tnslar; Leuten
ants j. Walback J. G. Beaumont, J. Myers, r. L. Law
A. NJ Dc hee; Chief Engineer, A. Lawton; Captain Ma.
rnes A. Garland; First Assistant Engineers +. c. Dade
VIM s. Sauner; Chaplain, J. @. Clarke; Master Edward
Lea second Assistant Engineer, Alex Greer; Assistant
Surgeon, VIM. g. Hay Lieutenant Marines A. Dawson.
Third Assistant Engineers Hopper, Dobbs, Abort and
GssIgc Secretary to Flag onicer Chas Downs Captains
Clerk, A. j. Hall; Pursers Clerk, VIM. Roberts Roa,
swain, Burroughs; Gunner, Thompson Carpenter, Bah
The United States soop Of John Adams, Commando
East Indies >' '"' '"o
The Preblc, Commander T. A. jenkins latev attsched
70 the Paraguay eet Ia expected sa this morning 70
yrns2, W. '-'"'"
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AFFAIRS I'm WASHINGTON.

The Trouble Between BaeROs Ayres and the
Argentine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from
the East india Equaaron-WretchedC Con-
dition OF Affairs In Ariz0nn-The French
Mission Not Vacant-Important Political
MOvements-OHic ehOlders' Heads In Danger
of DecapitstIOn, Sc, &c.
OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH.
WASHINGTON, June 8, 1859.
Recent advces received at the Navy Department from
Buenos Ayree under date Of the 18th Of April state that
the pubic mind there in very versh condition on
account Of the expected invasion of that Province by
General Urquiza, the President Of the Argentine Con
federation.
Dispatches have also been received at the Navy De.
partment from the East India Squadron. Commander
ratna writes that nothing of interest occurred since
ne last communicated with the Department.
Some official intelligence just received here represents
affairs in Arizona in wretched condition. Depreda
tons are committed in open day by Indians and sraud
ing bands OF Mexican outlaws In Sonora the cond
ton Of things exist.
The statement that Mr.. Mason, Minister at Paris
has rendered his resignation untrue neither docs Mr.
Faulkner desire any foreign appointment.
Some remarkable political movements are beginning to
be developed here which will operate on New York and
Pennsylvania in n few weeks You have seen the fuss
made about Mr.. westco the Postmaster in Philadelphia
pehcve tnat no B now, beyond doubt, removed not
outstanding all the efforts made by his brother ex
tor Wescou. of riorid~, 10 hoop him In Office have
reason to believe that similar removals are contemplated
for the meridian Of New York, and would earnestly
advise Mr. Postmaster Fowler, Mr. Hart the Surveyor
Mr.. Buerwortb, the Assay Master, Mr.. Sanders, the
Navy Agent, and Mr. Rynders, the Marshall to put their
houses in order for some occupants
The Postmaster and Of his associates in the New
York district have been discovered by the administration
in variety Of little acts that had been expected
from them by the President or his Cabinet when they
appointed to their present Offices. Prepare some re
markable agitation in Tanmany Hall and that neghbor
hood within a short time
Some Of the Wall street spectators and disappointed
mail contractors humcuggng correspondents here
relative TO the new Nicaragua mail contract There is no
truth the statement that the Postmaster General is not
satisfied with the arrangement The contract is re-
gularly signed, and that point is settled.
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WASHINGTON, June 8, 1859.
The steamer Roanoke will it is said bring the Japanese
Commissioners from Panama TO New York.
Commander Porter will leave in the steamer of the
Goth to take command Of the soop war st. Marys now
al Pomona,
Capt Dahgren having, by order OF the Chief OF the Blu
eau of Ordnance and Hydrography examined and tested
Josyns breecn loading carbne officially reports that this
style of commends itself to the tests of the service,
the only objection being the shorness of the barrel
The President has issued proclaim alton for the sale Of
public lands in Iowa. commencing at Fort Dodge on the
2eh Of September and at Sioux City the Sd of October
They are in the northwestern part of Iowa. at the head Of
the Dies Mones river and It's tributaries.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Howtz has been ordered TO
the Bureau Of Medicine ana Surgery assistant chief Of
that bureau Surgeon Delaney Assistant Surgeon Kin
dleberger have been ordered to the San Jacinto
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The European mails brought by the America
reached this city from Boston at late honr last
night. We find nothing of Importance in our files
that was not given in the telegraphic summary of
the news published yesterday, but we have trans
ferred to our columns several interesting articles
from London journals showing the state of affairs
in Italy and the position of the armies in the field
up to the latest accounts received.
The next news from Europe, which is looked for
with intense interest will reach us by the follow
ing vessels which sailed for the aforementioned
ports in the following order, viz
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THE FOREIGN NEWS DISPATCHES FROM HALL
FAx-THE DIFFICULTY WITH THE Nova ScorrA
TELEGRAPH CoMRANY.-The news which arrived
by the last two or three steamers at Halifax, it
is known, had to be forwarded by express from
that point to Sackville, distance of some one
hundred and thirty miles, in order to be trans
mitted to New York by telegraph. This cir
cumstance was brought about by the refusal of
the Nova Scotia Telegraph Company to renew
the contract with the Associated Press which
had previously existed, and the arrangement
made by that company with some two or three
private individuals. AS the public may not uu-
derstand the reason why our dispatches contain
ing the news from Europe did not reach us in
the usual way, we give in another column the
correspondence which has passed between the
Nova Scotia and American telegraph companies
on this subject.
The Associated Press Of New York, which
forms in fact the nucleus Of the Associated Press
Of the United States, was originated, as q matter
Of necessity, from the ineficiency of telegraph
lines and the inadequate number of wires
throughout the country to supply the news
papers with the intelligence they required, by
sending different dispatches to each. Such an
arrangement, it will be seen, would not only be
a most tedious way Of transmitting the news but
it would obstruct the operations of the telegraph
for private and mercantile purposes. The Asso-
citation, therefore, became necessity and enables
all papers which belong to it to receive dispatches
Of the leading intelligence of the day-such as
the news from Europe-by paying for them.
In this way the Associated Press agreed to pay
the Nova Scotia Telegraph Company o certain
sum for the transmission Of European news from
Halifax, and it has worked very well for
eight or ten years. But owing to some mis-
representations frem one or two disappointed
telegraph spectators and owners, and slight
misunderstanding on both sides, the company
nave been induced to decline renewing the con-
tract and have given 1t to some private indi-
viduals-some SPECTATORS on the press, who, re-
present one or two journals in the South, The
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-04
Thunder storm In Albany.

ALBANY, June 3, 1859.
violent thunder storm broke this city last night
One of the buildings belonging to the Central Railroad
Company, and used for the storage of freight was struck
by lightning The roof melted and of the wall
destroyed; but owing to the character Of the building no
IRE occurred, and no other damage was done.
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The LoCUsrs IN TENNEssEE-The Memphis
(rcnn) avalanche says, the locuss have made their APP
pcarance in this noghborhood In great numbers tho
dsagreeabo song In the southern suburbs Of the city
they have invaded the yards and gardens and prove
authenticated Of deaths from their sting, which
should be borne in mind during their present visitation,
and chldreq especially kept from handling them.
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Fire Mt Covington, Ky.

CNCNNAT June 3, 1851
fire occurred at Covngton, Ky, yesterday afternoon
tire.y destroyed Involving loss Of Sos Oo0 on which
thnre hut trfing insurance. One hundred twenty
men and women were thrown out of employment The
fire extended to the Covngton locomotive works. which
were damaged TO the extent Of $1,000.
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The Brig Isaac Carver Ashore.

NORFOLK, June 3, 1859.
the brig Isaac Carver, from Matanzas bound to Rich.
mono, with sugar and moasses, ashore Cape
Henry. She was got OH by the wreckers this after
noon with but slight damage She Will proceed up James
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Fire i, Rutland.

RUTLAND, W., June 3, 1859.
The Rutland foundry and machine shop owned by the
brandon Iron and Car Wheel Company aud occupied by
bowman Mansfield, were destroyed by fire last night
Loss from to $40 00 insured for about hale tat
amount.
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The James Adger at Cnarl.ston.


~ - CHARLEs1ON, June 3, 1859
The steamship James Adger, Capt Adams arrived here
from New York at IL O'Clock last night.