The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-01-21
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.


land is SO 2|0 800.
WHY is the man who murdered his be-
loved wife, like certain kind of bird
Because he is Il kW dear.
Tue Offices of tho Canandagun and Elmi. .
ra Railroad. situate at Canandaigua, were
destroyed 10y fire on the 10Th inst
CoL. ID. l.. WooD of Cleveland has been .
commissioned Qnartor Mistcr.Goucrnl. by .
Gov Chase, in place of Gen. a. E. Glenn,
resigned.
TnG London Eng } Times. say that Bar.
NUNS first lecture on Money Making, ut st.
James Hall, was u success, AN apothoosis
Of nntoricty"
THE Members Of the Bar of this State /
have been invited to tako steps to secure
bust of the Hon Thomas Ewing, modelled
by +. y. Jones' sculptor.
THE judiciary Committee have summon.
cd about 20 witnesses in tho impeachment
case of Judge IRWIN of Pennsylvania no
testimony has yot boon heard.
Ir is reported that dispatches have been
received by tho Canadian government, con /
tanning II b NJ 5 communal that Ottawa bo
and is tho Scat Of Government.
GEN WARD. Minister to China, left Saw
anuah on the 9Th inst, in the steamship
Augusta, en- route for New York. A salute
was fired aud much iroirug manifested
CoUNr MoNrALrMBERr's pamphlet hn'
been lately sold in PARIS, with the title pag"
reversed. Masses of tho pamphlet wor"
sold before the police discovered the trick.
THREE convicis escaped from the Ohio
Pcuitcutiary on Thursday week. Thcjr
namcs are Henry Smothers, George Drum
mond aud Elias Briggs. A liberal reward
is offered for their arrest.
( THE Missouri Legislature has passed the
Bill placing $4,000 as tho disposal o! tn"
Governor for tho suppression of tho border
difIicultios. and authorizing him to proceed
as ho may think proper in the matter.
/ THE Indiana Legislature on Friday last
agreed upon Il memorial to tho Senate, ask
ing in the name Of the State. that the Seats
of Mossrs bright aud Fuch DO given to
Mrssrs Lame and Mccarthy just elected.
THE Franklin Festival which cano of At
the American House in Cleveland, on the
evening of tho l7th, Judging from tho re.
ports in the City papers, must have been II
lino affair. These annual Festivals of tho
Printers of Cleveland speak well for lhoir
intelligence mud public sliiit.
The TtiJuae's Washington correspondent
states that tho boundaries Of Arizona agreed
upon by tho H,uso Territorial Commrttco.
make the Territory nearly soven time. hs
long AS it is broad. 1t was heightened 81"
that it might touch Toxas. in order to tAciIl.
tato tho Introduction Of slavery.
The Detroit Tribune says that at a recent
election for councllrNau in tho township of
| Raleigh, Kent county. ucnr Chatham, c. W..
u cO'ored man named Shadl was elected,
beating his opponent, Il @hi,e man, by II
handsome majority. Shudd is "as black as
tho ace of spsics." aud figured prominently
| in recent slave case AS tho harUorer of tho
| fugitive.
/ Ir seems that the great chess contest be-
tween Morphy aud Anderson took place at
Para, with tho following result; Morphv
won seven games, Anderson two. and two
games were drawn According to Ngrco
mcnt, Murphy now having seven games. is
tho victor. This is highly important intu!i-
gunce, aud 10 an American ctizon, we feel
truly proud.
THE .chooncr North Wind Capt. Higgins,
arrived ut Boston, on tho l6'h inst, reports
q revolution in IIayti A difficulty arising
against tho government. party Of Rcpubli
cans, hoadcd by Con. Grtfhrd. a lIaytlan
General, took tho city Of GOnavos and pro-
claimed hiu, President. lIo entered the city
with only four men. Tho iuhabitaurs are
said to be joining him.
The steamship Isabel has arrived will
Havana datcs to tho Sth inst. Tho slav,
, trado is carried on with great activity. II
n Cuba two thousand nrgrocs arc reported a.
, recently landed An extensive system q
smuggling lard, tho packages reprcsento,
n rs containing potatoes, has been discovered
An order will soon be issued requiring car
goes to be certified by tho Spanish Consuls
b DURING tho past year. eighteen Rcvou
tiunary soldiers have died; DAVID Chaplin
| Gideon Bentley, john Titus, William Matte
q son, Robert Gallup, Zlchariah Greene ant
+. DAVID Davis of New York Zscchous Rob
Il nson aud Abraham Rising of Massachusetts
. William Turkey aud tho Rov. John Snwyr
II of Maine Thomas Korowl,in and Elish
Mason of Connecticut George Wells an
q Charles Gurman Of Tennessee James Bush
T., nell of Nrrmonti Henry Straight aud JOIN
r. Frazer of Ohio Tho Secretary of tho late
: rior, in his last annuaI report, says thcro ar
=, yet two huUdrod of the patriots of tho Ruv
II o'uiion living and receiving their pensions.
d TIE Postmaster General in reply to
T. rose iutlun passed by the Sunato inquirn
whetacr tho Department can be selt-susta,u
ID cd, says that in no case has tho existing scr
y vice been raised to IA higher grade, or mor
% frequent mails been granted than tho in
- creased growth of business Of the cities an
II. settlements through which they pass seem
10 od fairly entited to, II is evident that b
's u dimiuulon Of tho service the self sustain