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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-11-30
! SHERLEF'S SALE.

P. NJ. Oshsl & w. WI DYsyirtus Of writ
Oshel, VS. Dof Headifssni ex.
James stallings, ct al. posas, issued from
the Court Of Common Pleas Of the county 81
Monroe, and State of Ohio, and to me directed,
will offer for sale, at public auction, at the
courthouse in the town of Woods1eld, on
Saturday, the 3lst day IF Dec. 1853,
Between the hours of ten o'clock .. M, and
four o'clock p. M, on said day, she following
described real estate situated in said county,
to wit: 5Ef Is 9
The south west quarter of the south west
quarter of section 3, township s, and range Z,
containing 424 acres, moro or less.
Taken in execution and ordered u BE- sold,
as the property of James Stallings, ct Il, at
tho suit of p. N. Oshel & w. W. Oshel.
C. M. MORROW, shsrif. II. c. o.
Sept. 80, 1852 $3.50.
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Acquittai Of wilIiam stewart.

The trial of William Stewart, at Wheel.
ing for the murder of his brother James,
was concluded last week and the jury re.
turned a verdict Of mot guilty"
The evidence in the case stood as fol-
lows: seven witnesses swear to seeing
William Stewart strike James few min.
utes before he fell; three of them saw
something in Williams hand when be
struck, which one Of them says, to the
best of his knowledge was knife. All
these, with several others were on the spot
till James Stewart fell.
On the other side one man swears that
he saw somebody "kind of jostle against
William Stewart" and another says that
he saw some one. who was not William
Stewart, strike James, and saw him have
a knife in his hand just before. This last
witness went and examined James after
he fell. but did not say anything about
what be saw because he was stranger +"
William Stewards character was proven
to be good, except that he was in the
habit Of getting intoxicated.
We were present. and witness, at the
Coroner's inquest, and were then of che
opinion, as were nearly all others, that
William Stewart would be found guilty
of the murder. A few thought different.
ly, founding their opinions, however, more
ON William Stewards wealth than his in
ncsance.
1t is not many years since the papers
and people of Wheeling were Indignantly
denouncing Monroe county jury for not
hanging the murderer of Gardner, instead
Of sending him to the penitentiary for life.
Their capacity for indignation, however,
seems to have been exhausted, as they
tacitly acquiesce in this Stewart verdict.
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For the Esprit. /"
Examiners and Examinations.

Mr.. ARcHBoLD-Dear SIR: do not
wish to prolong cur discussion OF the
Eraminer question; but in your last article
there are few ideas to which deem it
proper, briefly, to reply.
You are slightly mistaken in regard to
the time at which Mr.. j. C. Clark per.
formed the Executive duties Of an Exam
iner. During the winter of 1855, Mr..
CLARK resided in SummerJfeld and not in
WoodsfeM 1t was during the AUTUMN
Of 1855, that Mr.. Clark attended to all
examination, in the absence of the Exam
iners. I was, at that time. attending
school out of the County, and did not.
therefore, as you stated, "examine tho
papers with placid countenance, &C.
Robert L Morris, himself, gave me the
facts concerning his rejection. He stated
that he arrived at the place Of examina-
ton rather late; but that others, who
came fully as late were certiGcated. Mr..
Moore says that such was not the case.
You may believe whichever you please,
and will do the same. If you do net
see fit to believe me, in regard to this mat.
ter, you can address R. L. Morris, NAL
aga, Monroe Co., O., and get the partic-
ulars from him.
/ do not like your assertion that "The
Probate Judge has the utmost difficulty
in keeping the Board full" that ".he Office.
literally, goes a begging" This will
sound abroad, as though there were no
teachers in the County competent to fill
the Office: for almost any competent teach
er would accept it. were it offered to him.
Several of this kind might. with very lit
tie search, be found, and were they ap-
pointed, they would, faithfully and eff
ciently perform their duties. I presume
that those two good citizens resigned the
Office, from the fact that they felt that the
business of examining teachers. properly
belongs to men connected with the teach
er's profession. No practical teacher.
competent to ell the Office, has, I think.
ever refused to accept an appointment;
and your assertion sounds too much like
the epithet ozark Monroe to be &C.
ceptable.
There is nothing more, believe. in
your article, to which an answer is neces-
sary. The remainder of it is only a reit.
GRAFTON of your former charges against
me, aud denials of my charges against the
Board. These have been answered and
counter answered. and anything further
| is not now needed.
I must thank you for the high com.
pliment you pay me, iu ranking my honesty
and Judgment one serenteenh as high as
you rank your own. No reasonable man
could ask any more. If you are deter.
mined to have the last word, put in a
mild one, next week, as / have this week
and will NOT reply to it.
Yours in friendship,
WILLIAM WHEELER.
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OVER $2OOOO0O

FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION
Risks accepted at terms consistent with sol
vency and fair profit. s cas- ]
Especial attention given to Insurance Of
Dwellings and Contents, for terms Of 20 5
years.
The solid service, long and successfully
tried, and the many advantages the Ktna In
surance Company possesses in its line, should
not be Q, erlooked by those ready 70 insure
and understanding their best interests.
During 'stringent times" the necessity for
reliable Insurance becomes an imperative duty
the ability of property owners 70 sustain
loss being then much lssssned.
Agencies in all the principal cities and towns
throughout the States. Policies issued with
out delay by any Of the duly authorized
Agents of the Company. issH
business attended to with fidelity and Des-
patch. FREDERICK KOEHLKR, AeHnT.
Ofice Keohler's Corner, Woods6eld, O..
Sept. 80, 1859. INST. :.
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CHILD BuRNED.--The Barnesville In.
telligencer gives On account of the burn
ing of "a child Of R G. Graves, of Malaga,
Monroe county. The child vent from
the din;ng-room into the kitchen. where
there was wood fire, into which it un.
Ehesitatingly crawled. No internal inju
ries were received, but the hands, arms
and face are burned so that it is probable
the. child will be dis6gured for life.
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OH SOLDIERS. Willard Benst

OH SOLDIERS. Willard Benson.
q soldier of the War of 1879, has sent
us the following with a request that we
would publish it in the Statesman:
ATTENTION OLD GUARD.
You are hereby notified that there will
be a State Convention of the Soldiers oi
the War Of 1912, ut Columbus, on the
memorable 9Th of January, 1850, for the
purpose of applying to Congress for a
Pension and other matters.
E. WILLARD BENSON,
One of the Old Guard.
N. B. Papers will please copy. E.W.B.
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E A letter in the London Post says
that one of the divers in search of the
treasure on board of the Royal Charter,
entered the saloon of that sunken vessel
and there found about 200 passengers,
precisely in the positions they occupied
when the ship went down, some sitting
round the table. others standing upright
and others as if in the act of coming from
their berths. Two experienced diver,
had succeeded in raising about two tonl
ofcopper ore, but no gold.
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"A project has long entertained d

a project has long entertained Of
creating q new slave State out of the
Southern counties of Calffornia. The
proposition Was submitted to the people
of the proposed new State, at the late
election, and was adopted by . vote of
2457 to S86. But as the boundaries Of
the State are defined in the constitution
they can be altered only by an amendment
to the constitution, and that requires q
vote of two-thirds of the electors voting
at general election. It is not likely
that such plan would be received with
favor 10 the present Congress.
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Old Brown q Common Thlef-State.
ment Of q Virginia Senator.

John D. Pennybacker, the member
elect of the Virginia Senate from the
Rockingham District, furnishes the Har.
risburg Register with an account of his
experience with Ossawatomie Brown in
Kansas, which proves the Abolition mar.
tyr to be robber in the lowest accepta.
tion of the term. Mr.. Pennybacker was
United States Survey Examiner in the
Territory, and was with Captain Pate e
party when it was captured by artifce at
Black Jack. He says Brown would not
have spared his prisoners lives then. but
that bis own two sons we're in prison at
Lecompton. The statement continues:
While in his hands heard Browns
son boast Of the horses they had stolen
from Missouri and elsewhere. / also saw
party start out for the purpose of rob-
bing an Indian trading post (Joseph Ber-
nard's), and saw them return loaded with
the goods (some $1,000 WORTHY, Old
Brown exclsining as they came in: "Well
done, my boysl" Brown told me himself
that his hand was against every man, free
State or pro-slavery, who was not willing
to join his band, and that he would kill
one as soon as the other. His son Fred
erick was killed at Ossawatomie by Mar
tin White, free State man, who had re-
fused to join Browns company, and was
thcreupon robbed and ordered to leave
the Territory.
John Brown was afterward whipped at
Ossawatomie, and I believe he then LEFT
the Territory. Of his subsequent opera
tious there I know nothing. That be,
without provocation, inhumanly murdered
men in their beds, I know. That he
committed robbery and thefts of goods
aud horses, heard from his son and bis
own men end saw with my own eyes; but
that he ever gave as an excuse that he was
attempting to run of slaves while doing
this "Kansas work." I never heard from
him or any one else. There was not q
slave within forty miles o. Pottswattomis
Creek, where he committed the murders,
and not one of the murdered men had ever
raised an arm against him.
What sainted martyrl
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W About three weeks since a fugitive


slave was decoyed from Cleveland to Gin
cinnatti, where he was arrested and re-
turned to his owner, in Kentucky.
This was not done by "slave-driving
sham Democrat" but by one of the most
fanatical of the Republicans, named
Hartman. He has been exceedingly ac-
tive on election days, and nobody shriek-
ed louder at Republican meetings; but
5 800 were offered for the service and he
sold out. Taking this as standard, the
market price of Republicans, may be
set down at $500 for the most active and
fanatical, and less jealous ones npropor-
ton.
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"Go IN TIGEl"-A couple Of fierce
looking mastiff's pitched into each other
yesterday in front of our Office, and fit
and fit and kept on q fitten" until they
were literally used up. Leeions of 9th.
er dogs assembled, and regular.free 6gh,
ensued.
"The luckisst dog, I'm bound to swear,
Was little LANE pup that wasn't there!'
Guernsey Jefersonisn.
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It is said that the refusal Of

- 1t is said that the refusal of the
Georgia Legislature to go into an elec-
ton of United States Senator this winter.
in place of Mr.. Iverson, whose term ex.
pires on the 4th of March, 1861, was
brought about by the friends of Howell
Cobb, now Secretary of the Treasury
Cobb will be q candidate for it himself
next winter, as his term in the Cabinet
will then be upon the point of expiring
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: Hon. Charles Sumner. who c.

- Hon. Charles Sumner, who came
passenger from Europe by the Canada,
arrived at his home in Hancock. street, at
eight o'clock this forenoon. He is in
good health and looking well, and was not
injuriously affected by the sea voyage.
Quite number Of his personal and polit.
ical friends have called upon him this
forenoon Boston Herald, 22d.
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$94l,OO
$617,0e3

Balance due 8. P. Jones $617,093
Mr.. Jones reports that he has received
for use of grounds for shows, &c, $50
and he agrees to pay VIM. Craig in rent
$40, which with said Craig's subscription
of $40 to the grounds makes the $50 for
one years rent, and will leave the Society
further in debt to Mr.. Jones the sum of $40
Mr.. Jones further reports that the Hall
cost the sum of $3.50 anu that that sum
was raised on the individual notes of elev-
en- members OF the Society, for $50 each.
which said notes are to be paid by the
Society after the next annual Fair.
On motion, Mr.. Jones was authorized
to take charge o: the Fair Grounds aud
keep the same In repair until the next
Fair. and also to take the loose boards
into the Hnll for safe keeping. For which
the Society agrees that Mr.. Jones shall
have the use of the pasture on said Fair
Grounds.
On motion it was ordered by the So
ciety that rote be given to Samuel P.
Jones for the sum of four hundred dol.
lars, being part of the indebtedness of
the Society to bim, and that said note be
signed by the Vice President and Secre-
tary. which was accordingly done.
On motion the Board adjourned to me ct
again when called together by the Presi-
dent.
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BEAR MEAT.-A young bear, weigh
ing forty pound, was killed in Marion
Township Morgan County, Ohio, on the
18th, by Isaac Hoops. The species has
been rarely seen in that region of the State
for many years.
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Attachment Notice.
Charles Lobenstein PHI.

Charles L0bensteln FIN. AT the IN
Wurtz Austie & McVeigh Defts. the plain
tiff an order of attachment was on the End day
of Nov. 1859 issued by r. B. Cox a justice OF
the peace for Salem tow iship Monroe county
Ohio against the goods, chattles, rights, credits
moneys and effects of the defendants for the
sum of one hundred and eighty-nine dollars
and ninety six cents and summons having been
returned not served, said case is adjourned un.
til Tuesday 20th Of December 1853, l0a. N.
Nov. 80. 4tpd. CHARLES L0BKN STKIN
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S. There is newspaper issued q!
Tamaroa. Perry County. Illinois, called
the Egyptian Spy which is printed on
the first type that ever came to Illinois
the same which printed the laws of the
State while the seat of government was
at Kaskaskia.
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- The court of appeals of Virginia
have decided the application for writs of
error in the Harper's Ferry cases adverse
y to the applicants. They will there
fore be executed at the time fixed by their
sentences.
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~ G.. Poindexter, one of the editors
of the Nashville Union, was shot dead
last week by Allen A. Hall, one Of the edi-
tors of the Nashville News.
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~ The Governor of California has
appointed Judge Ham to supply the va
cancy in the q. s. Senate caused by
Broderic's death. He was formerly from
Kentucky, and has never mixed much in
politics.
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The Nashville Union and Amer
ican seems pursued by dark and terrible
fatality. 1t has had one editor killed in
the streets and another struck down by
apoplexy within the last week.
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az It is said that Miramon, the
Mexican leader has fed from that country,
taking with him about 50. 100000. His
troops as soon as they heard this, pro.
claimed Cor Santa Anna.
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Constitutional Amendment. /.

8, The following is the vote on the IAN
nual session" amendment to the Consti-
tution:
Annual sessions Eyes" 101,17s
Annual sessions "no'' 1884
Blank l69,222
All the blanks are counted against the
amendment. the majority against it is
therefore l53, ABS.
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H-It is asserted that the Mission to
France, made vacant by the death of Mr..
Mason, will not be filled until the conve-
ming of Congress. The friends Of Hon. G..
j. Faulkner are sanguine that he will re-
ceive the appointment. q
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The toadies of the New York Tri.
bune are now publishing its prospectus
offs column and hall. They get for
this an exchange, and the privilege of
squeaking its falsshoods.
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~ There is now in operation in the
United States one mile of railway to every
1000 iphabitants; in England. one to
every $500, and in the whole of Great
Britain, one to every 5000 inhabitants.
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Browns Magazine.

Inc foiloWlDg Is the oWclai liSt Oh arms,
military stores, minerstools, &C., now in
store at Harper's Ferry armory, there de-
posted by party Of Maryland troops and
citizens of Virginia and Maryland, taken
by them from the rendezvous of John
Brown and other outlaws of Maryland:
102 Sharp's rifles.
lO2 Massachusetts Arms company s
pistols.
Sc Massachusetts, Arms company q
powder TASKS.
4 large powder TASKS.
10 kegs gun powder.
$4,000 percussion rife caps.
100000 percussion caps.
1900 ball cartridge for Sharp's rifles,
some slightly damaged by water.
l60 boxes Sharp's primers.
IA lbs. lead balls.
l old percussion pistol.
major generals sword.
SIS old bayonets.
copy of decisions of the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin, discharging s. AZ,
Booth. -
IL old artillery swords.
483 standard spears.
$50 broken handles for spears.
. l6 picks.
40 shovels.
TThe railroad way bill called for seven
dozen. showing that more were to come. /
tin powder case.
sack coat.
pair cloth pants.
pair linen pants.
Canvass for tent
l old porte monnaie.
625 envelopes.
copies New York Tribune.
/ pocket map of Kentucky.
l pocket map Of Delaware and Mary
land.
gross steel pens.
s inkstands.
/ copy of trial of s. NJ. Booth for
seduction.
81 lead pencils,
"a pen holders.
3 boxes waters.
~ small black books.
papers pins.
pocket combs.
ball Of hemp twine.
ball cotton twine.
SO leather water cups.
emery.
l copy of Female Life among the
Mormons.
2 yards cotton flannel.
roll sticking plaster for wounds.
Ia reams post paper.
bottles medicine.
large trunk.
horse wagon.
l package of French blotting paper.
bottles London Gin.
small lancet.
l turnkey.
copy Daboll's arithmetic.
Rather mixed assortment of personal
property that.
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-B,ownsville, Texas, where the re.
cent outrages have been committed is the
same that was known as Fort Brown dur
ing the Mexican war.
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The contested seats in the next Con.

The contesteu Seats IN the next Con-
gress:
Returned. Contested by
D. &. Sickles of N. Y. A. J. Williamson.
w. C. Anderson, of KY. James s. Chrisman.
]. NJ. Harris, of Md. VIM. p. Preston.
H. w. Davis, of Md. VIM. g. Harrison.
q. B. Cooper, of Mich. VIM. A. Howard.
J. r. Barret, Of Mo. F. p. Blair, jr.
L. Stout, Of Oregon. David Logan.
Z. Eastbrook, of Neb. Samuel G. Daily.
NJ A. Otero, of N. Mex. Henry M. Watts.
It is probable that all these contests
will not be pressed, but enough of them
will be to give the Committee on Elec.
tions . hard winters work, and create
much excitement in the House and
throughout the country.
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he9 The Statesman publishes as o.
iginab and compliments some verses in its
issue Of Friday "by Mrs. L. L. Deming.
Shecommences as follows:
"I am looking at thee now, mother,
And my heart is throbing wild,
To see how sadly you have changed
Since was but a child"
While reading these lines we picked mp
. scrap Of paper to light 9 cigar, and
found on it these identical verses. They
may have been written for the Ohio
Statesman" Of Friday. but they were pub
lished 10 other papers long before. The
!Statesman need hardly ask Mrs. Deming
TO accept our thanks" for such q favor
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w The Republican papers have fol

W The Republican papers have for
some time been discussing the propriety
ofholding an adjourned session of the Leg
islsture, and have about settled down in
favor of it. It was thought bad enough,
yes, too bad, in the Democrats to have
an adjourned session. when the people had
just refused to agree to constitutional
smsndr1ent authorizing it; but the people
hare Just rejected such ar amendment q
second tine BY an overwhelming majority,
and the Republicans, % If to show their
contempt for the will Of the people, deter
mined almost before the votes are counted
out. to have an adjourned session.
y They certainly will obtain the everlast-
Ing gratitude Of the taxpayers.
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~ The woman who kept up with the
fashions, 10 to have Q trotting match with
Flora Temple.
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tH-Klt Carson, the celebrated Rocky
Mountain guide, died in New Mexico, last
week.
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EXPENDITURES.

Amount paid on premiums $353.25
"pd.S. P. Jones on fence &c $4,000
"pd.S P Jones & Hollister 1900
"pd James Duff for labor 1912
"pd for cards, station. &c. 6,S8
"cash and CO. orders in treas. l 93,O1
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Receipts and Expenditures of
the Monroe County Agri-
cultural Society, for the year
1859.
Am mt received from 354 members $494, SO
from show and booths $500
on subscription 5000
at gates 237, ,76
" in orders on county treasury $4,000
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$957,26
Total

Total 1857, ,26
JNo. M. KIRKBR1DE, Treasurer.
In order that the members Of the So
ci ty, and the citizens of the county gen.
orally, may understand the true condition
Of the finances of the Society, it has been
thought proper to publish the following
proceedings of the Board
WooDsFIELD, Oct. 81, 1859
At a meeting of the Board of Mana
gers of the Monroe County Agricultural
Society, held this day, there were present
S. P. Jones, President; W. P. Richard
son. Vice President; JAS. R. Morris. Sec.: (:
and VIM, Myers. W. T. Morris and N.
Hollister, Directors.
Mr.. Jones submitted his account for
building fence, stalls, &C., &C., which for
labor, nails, &C., amounted to the sum
of $557,663
The bill for the lumber amount.
ed to 1,0O0,s3
$l,55s,5s3
Amount received by S. P. Jones as
follows:
Cash from subscription. $asl.5o
Cash from Treas. ofreceipts from
Fair. $4,000
Amt taken by W. Hollister to
collect on subscription. 10000
Total $s4l, 90
Balance due 8. P. Jones $611,O93
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The Electoral College Of 1860.

The Free States will be entitled to
votes in the Electoral College as fol-
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Majority for Free States,
Ag'te. vote of free and slave states,
Maj. necessary to elect a President,