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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
The Soldiers of the Ravolution.

We give below an interesting statement OF
the services of the soldiers now living in the
State of Ohio, whose names are upon the roll
of the Pension Office
james McDermut, now living in Ohio enis-
ted for three years, in 1777, at Easton, Penn
sylvania, and marched to rendezvous near Tren-
ton, New jersey, and thence to Germantown,
Pennsylvania. During this period was ih sew
eral skirmishes with the enemy, but the en-
gagement at Germantown was the first regular
battle he was in. Soon after, returned to
Trenton, and was occupied at intervals iii pur-
sting and harrassihg the British and Hessans,
as well as avenging the merccnary dcbredations
and cruelties committed upon the inhabitants
of New Jersey. Was one of the actors of
the battle of Monmouth, when the excessive
heat of the sun, combined with the dust and
the too frequent use of cold water, caused so
much suffering well as death 10 many of the
combatants. This soldier was tifider the imme-
diate command Of Col: Seeley, and well recoI-
lects the undauntcd courage and untiring ac-
tivity displayed during The battle by him and
Gen. Forman, and the conspicuous manner in
which both passed along the lines several times
to animate the soldiers
Adam Link (now in Ohio) entered the regu-
lar service in 1777. His father, a bold, fear
less man, had settled in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, and III opposition to the advice
of friends, on the extreme borders of civiliza-
ton, near the Virginia line. Being thus ex-
posed to the subtle dangers which then surroun-
ded frontier life, in the vicinity of Indians
unfriendly to the whites, Adam acquired in the
hardships and dangers of border warfare, an
experience which fitted him for future service
in the cause of his country, as well as to assist
in the protection of the property and lives of
the family. Immediately upon the commence
ment of hostilities, the Indians made a descent
upon the settlement, captured his father, then
murdered and scalpcd him, burnt the house and
barn, destroyed large field of corn, loo hogs,
40 sheep, all the cattle and horses and 300
bushels of wheat, From this period the fami-
ly, from having enjoyed an unusual amount of
wealth and independence, were at once depres
sed into poverty and suffered great privation
and danger during the remainder of the war.
At the time of his enlistment under Capt
Mason, so well was he known rs to cause this
remark to be made of him, I" He is a good
marbsman, and will now have an opportunity
to try his s<ilI.' At different periods he serv-
ed in the garrison at Wheeling, Moore, De
ments and Shepherd forts, and acted as an In
dian spy, as well as scouting along the frontier;
was at Wheeling garrison when Capt. Mason
was shot through the hips
John Strait (now in Ohio) entered the Rhode
Island line in l775, commanded by Col. Var
mum has served under Generals Greene and
Sullivan; was in the regiment that landed on
the island and marched against the British icft
on Bats Hill, but found that it was evac,,o-
ted; was at the battle of NewTort.--Raa.-
ipgfon Constitution.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
WRITTEN FOR THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
TIE END OF GREAT MEN

Mr.. EDIToR:-It has been several months
since have had the pleasure of perusing the
columns of the Gazette, and thought would
show my appreciation of the privilege of again
reading it, by trying to give you something
that may be beneficial to at least some of nv
young brother readers.
Happening to cast my eyes upon a printed
page of miniature portraits, perceived that
the four personages who occupied the most
conspicuous places, were Alexander, Hannibal
Caesar, and Bonaparte. l had seen them I'M
numbered times before, but never did the same
sensations arise in my bosom, as my mind has
tily glanced over their several histories.
Alexander, after having climbed the dizzy
heights of his ambition, and with his temples
bound with chaplets dipped in the blood of
countless nations, looked down upon con-
quered world, and wept that there was not an
other world for him to conquer, set city on
fire, and died in a scene of tiebauch.
Hannibal, after having, to the astonish-
ment and CONSERVATION of Rome, passed
the Alps-after having put to flight the
armies of this q Mistress of the worlt,' and
stripped three bushels y of golden rings from
the fingers of her slaughtered knights, and
made her very foundations quake-fed from
his country, being hated by those who once ex-
ultingly united his name to that of their God
and called him Hanni Baal-and died at last,
by poison administered by his own hands, un-
lamented and unwept, in foreign land.
Caesar, after having conquered eight hun
dred cities, and dyed his garments in the blood
of one million of his foes after having pur-
sued to death the only rival he had on earth,
was miserably assassinated by those he consid-
cred his nearest friends, and in that very place,
the attainment of which had been his greatest
ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandate Kings and
Pope's obeyed, after having filled the earth
with the terror of his name-after having del
uged Europe with tears and blood, and clothed
the word in sackcloth-closed his days in lone
ly banishment, almost literally exiled from the
world, yet where he could sometimes see his
country's banner waving over the deep, but
which would not, or could not, bring him aid
Thus those four men, who from the peculiar
situation of their portraits, seemed to stand as
the representatives of all those whom the
world call great-those four, who each in turr
made the earth tremble to its very centre by
their simple tread, severaly died-one by intox
| ication, or, as some suppose, by poison mingled
| in his wine-one a suicide-one murdered by
| his friends and one lonely exile. How are
the mighty fallen :!
I have written this, thinking that some o
the young readers of your paper may be led tt
reflect, before they leap, and not be too eagel
to ascend to the top of the ladder of fame, or
alas like those have been writing about, al
last ELL debauchee's grave.
! Yours, &c, w. w. r.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
Judge Ranney and Negro Suffrage.

By the Constitution of Ohio the decision OF
the Supreme Court as to all matters of con-
stitutional construction, and constitutional
rights is the supreme law of the State.
The old constitution limited the right Of
suffrage to white persons. The question as
to what was meant by the word white was a
subject of frequent inquiry by the courts. 1t
was finally carried before the Supreme Court,
of which Gov. Wood, Judge Read and Judge
Birchard, then Democrats, were members
The case is reported in the Ilth Ohio Reports
page 376, in which the Court, Judge Wood
and Judge Birchard concurring, decide that
MulattOes have the right to vote. They say ::
d" The majority or preponderance Of blood,
either black or white, carries with it conclu-
sive evidence of the qualifications conferred &c"
This was the settled Interpretation of the old
constitution assented to by all when the new
constitution was formed, and was well known
and understood by Judge Ranney who was a
member of the constitutional convention.
When the question of the right of suffrage
was before the convention it was proposed to
change the rule of the old constitution in
terpreted by the Democratic Supreme Judges,
and leave the whole subject to the Legislature.
This Judge Ranney opposed and is reported
in the constitutional debates to have said !:
" He could see no reason why the elective
franchise should be placed so as to be varied
to suit the caprices and changes of opinion of
the General Assembly. He qca',ted TO leaue the
right of suffrage where the old constitution
| left it. )"
g 1t was proposed here to leave everything
to the General Assembly. To this he was op-
posed Hc had seen no difficulty under the
present constitution. y Z" He only
desired that the constitution should define the
elective franchise, and hoped that the conven-
ton was not about to leave rights so import
ant to be sought for in the acts of the General
Assembly"
The views of Judge Ranney prevailed in the
! convention and the provisions of the old con
stitution as interpreted by Democratic SUI
preme court, were incorporated into the new
constitution. Thus Judge Ranney, knowingly
and with a full understanding of the subject
voted to give Mulattoes the right of suffrage
and to Withhold from the legislature the power
to prevent it.
Isn't he beautiful subject to be brawling
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
SIZE ALn-Axs MADE HOME HAP

A 1in marb' te stone, in a church yard,
bears the brief IL l.'scription " She always
made home happy"
This epitaph was penne,l by bereaved hus-
band, after sixty years of welded hfe' He
might have said of his departed wife, she was
beautiful, and accomplished, and an orn.sment
to society, and yet not have said she made h,'me
happy. He might have added, she was a;
Christian, and not have been able to say g She
always mede home happy" What rare
combination of virtues and graces this wife
and mother must have possessed! How wise
ly she must have ordered her house! In what
patience she must have possessed her soul =
How selfdenying she must have been! How
tender and loving! How thoughtful for the
comfort of all about her. Her husband did
not seek happiness in public places because he
found purer and sweeter enjoyment at home.
Her children, when away, did not dread re-
turn, for there was no place so dear to them,
as home. There was their mother thinking
for them, and praying for them, and longing
for their coming. When tempted they
thought of her. When in trouble, they re-
membered her kind voice, hersympathy. When
sick they must go home; they could not die
away from their dear mother. This wife and
mother was not exempt from the cares COM
mon to her place. She toiled; she suffered
disappointments and bereavements she was
afflicted in her own person, but yet she was
submissive and cheerful The Lords will con-
corning her was her will, and so she passed
away, leaving this sweet remembrance behind
her: "She always made home happy."-N.
Y. Eruagelist.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
TFrom the Cleveland Herald
The Discussion at Cleveland

The discussion on yesterday, between A1cssrs.
Dcnnson and Ranney, was conducted with
that courtesy and good breeding that have
characterized all these discussions between the
two As it has been since these debates COM
menced, so it yesterday, the Republicans
left the ground in the highest spirits, satisfied
that although the idea of these debates origi-
mated in democratic trick to thus get the
speeches of their candidate before Republican
readers, yet the result of these discussions will
but heightcn enthusiasm in behalf of our able
and invincibe Republican gubernatorial can
didate.
Mr.. Dcnnison probably made the boldest
charge i'll his speech here of any of these de-
bates. He jumped, from the start, right into
the middle of Slavery Propaganism Democra-
cy; and riddIcd the old hulk from bow to stern.
His manner was perfectly electrifying, he rails
cd Republicans to the very toes in excess of
admiration and covered Democracy with very
confusion of face. He showrd up the tFeaeh-
cry, and the dishonesty, of the Northern De
mocraey, its Janus faced proportions, its de-
ception, its trickery to the Slave power, in a
manner inimitable, and established for the ora
tor rank among the first political orators of
the land,
Mr.. Dennison has now proclaimed his views.
like man, in every part of the State. He
has answered all Mr.. Ranneys questions and
those OF the teasers who, like Pugh Manypen-
my, and Stafford, for a while dogged his steps.
Here,-be it spoken to the credit of Demo-
crats,-no interloper appeared. We shall
give Mr. Dennison's speech in a day or two in
full.
The frank and open manner of Mr. Denni-
son, in boldly facing every question, is in mark
ed contrast with the shuffling, evasion, and
special pleading of Mr.. Ranney. The latter
does not seem to know what is meant by cat
egorical answer, but, like " declaration p" I'M
der the old forms of practice he has so many
:" whereasses," and therefores,' that is to
say-es," and q as aforesaids," and " to-wits, y
that when he comes out of the hole nobody
can see where he went in. We defy the most
astute to tell, by Ranneys answers to Denni-
sons questions, whether the former stood on
his head or his heels; all we know, is that
at at the end of the debate he laid flat on his
back
The Leader, speaking of the same debate
says:
Judge Ranney did all an able man could dc
to sustain bad cause, and an old corrupt par
ty, borne down by the weight of such Admin
istrations as those of Pierce and Buchanan
Though Judge r. labored with the zeal ant
tact of an experienced advocate, there was ev
identity little heart in his apology for the
Treasury plunderings of Bresin, his laudatont
of the Popular Sovereignty of Douglas ant
defense of the Fugitive Slave Law. Some o
the questions propounded were answered frank
y. others evasiveely or lodged entirely. Thc
voice and manner of Judge r. are not very ia
vorable for outdoor speaking, and much tha
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30

/ he said was lost to to the attentive listener
some distance from the stand
On the other hand every word uttered by Mr.
Dennison was distinctly heard by ALL His voice
and enunciation, his manner and matter, fixed
and riveted attention. We have heard no open
air orator since the clarion voice of Gen Harri-
son rang out to the delight of the masses who
made himself so clearly understood as Mr.. Den
nison. Though hoarse from frequent speaking,
men who had already been standing for three
hours, stood as Statues for the fourth under
the spell of his earnest, searching, aggressive
oratory. His speech was succession of bril-
liant charges, each point of attack carried with
cheer.
Mr.. Dennison answered the questions pro-
pounded promptly and frankly and invited
Others. We believe the speeches yesterday
were his first on political topics on the West
ern Reserve, and the Republican response will
bs-Fifteen to eighteen thousand majority for
their gallant standard bearer from the Reserve
Counties, ON the Second Tuesday of October
next.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
TnAue1ice of a Newsnaner.

A School Teacher who has been engaged n
long time in his profession and witnessed the
influence of a newspaper upon the minds of a
family of children, writes to the editor of the
Ogdensburg Sentinel, thus ~
have found it to be the universal fact with
out exception, that those scholars of both sex
es and all ages, who have had access to news
papers at home, compared with those who have
not, are
1: Better readers -excelling in pronuncia-
ton, and consequently read more understand
ingly.
2. They are better spoilers, and define
words with ease and accuracy.
3. They obtain a practical knowledge of
geography in almost half the time it requires
others, as the newspaper has made them famil-
lar with the location of the most important
places, nations, their governments and doings,
on the globe.
A. They are better grammarians, for, hay
ing become so familiar with every variety of
style in the newspaper, from the commonplace
advertisement to the finished and classical ora
tion of tho statesman they more readily COM
prehend the meaning of the text, and conse-
quently analyze the construction with accura-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30

over the State about % Negro Equality - and
Negro Suffrage?" Don't it come with ex-
quisite grace from him, to rebuke Republicans
for voting against the negro law last winter.
which Judge Ranney if on the Supreme Bench
would himself pronounce unconstitutional, for
the above reasons. 1t is too late, Judge Ran
ney, for you to vote for negro equality and ne
gro suffrage-to fasten it upon the state, by a
constitutional provision, beyond the power of
the legislature to remedy-and now try to
throw the consequences of your own policy up
on Republicans because they refuse by legisla-
tive enactment, to violate the constitution
which you made, and which they have sworn
to support. You said Mulattoes might vote,
You said the legislature should not interfere
with that right, and so incorporated it into the
constitution, that it dare not interfere without
committing an act of perjury. Now you de-
nounce Republicans because they do not COM
init that perjury-violate that constitution.
Let the people Judge between you and them.
Republican,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
Murder and ROBBERY in IyT;,r -; e,onn,,, :


Murder and Robbery in Miami County.
\ Yesterday morning the body of man, sup
| posed to be about 25 years of age, respectfully
! dressed, was found on the road leading from
versailles to Piqua, Miami county, six miles
west OF the latter place. Mr. Samuel Ross,
mail agent on the Columbus and indianapolis
Railroad, from whom we received the particu.
lars, informs us that there is no doubt that the
deceased was peddler who drew from the Pi.
qua Branch Bank the previous day $500 iu
goid, and that he was murdered for his money,
gun shot wound in his head appearing to
have caused his death. Mr.. Hesbaw. who ra.
sides IN the neighborhood in which this foul
murder was committed, heard shot fred In.
ring the night but supposed it was neighbor
shooting at q dog. The people in the vicinity
were greatly excited on the subject and we're
securing the country round about to discover
the perpetrator, who had not been found when
our informant left-Colum6,ls Fact, 17h.
MURDER WILL OUT.-We learn by Mr.. Sam
uel Ross the gentlemanly Mail Agent on the
Columbus & Piqua Railroad, that the citizens
OF Miami county near where the atrociouS
murder was committed, have succeeded in, al.
resting the murderer. He is Frenchman.
who lives within five miles of where the mut-
der was committed, but our informant had
forgotten his nafhe. He and Manning. the
murdered man, had been to California, togeths
had good luck, and accumulated
a large amount of money, but the Frenchmau
was improvident, and did not accumulate ahy
means When Manning made known his ins
tention to go home, the Frenthtnan begged
that he would take him along-pay his way,
and when he arrived at home he would refund
him the money. The Frenchman having rich
'elations and owning farm himself, Mr.. Mani
llng agreed to bring him home. They came
ogether on the cars to Troy, where they got
'f, and proceeded to the residence of the
f'renchman where poor Manning expected to
'e repaid but he was Turing his victim to a
7iolent death, and when within few miles Of,
us former home, he murdered in cold blood his
riend and benefactor.
The above particulars are gathered from the,
onfession of the miserable tifafi who has made
clean breast of the whole matter. When ar
ested his clothes were spotted with the blood.
his victim.
Mr.. Manning's friends live near jackson,
'arke county, and when the train left Troyto--
ay they were exhuming his body to take IL,
ome for burial.-.State Journal 10th.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
FAITH.

5 Faith is the life of Christianity, and a good
life is the life of faith. So that if you are
willing even in death to confess not only the
articles, but in affliction and DEATH to trust the
promises, in the lower nakedness of poverty
you can cherish yourselves with expectation of
Gods promises and dispensations, being as con-
fdent Of food and raiment, and deliverance and
support, when all is in Gods hands, as you are
when it is in your own if you can be cheer
full IA storm, smile when the world frowns,
bescontenti in the midst of spiritual desertions,
and anguish of spirit, expecting all should
work together for the best, according to the
promise; if you can strengthen yourselves in
God when you are the weakest, believe, when
You see no hope, and entertain no jealousy or
suspicious of God, though you see nothing to
make you confident; then, and then only you
have faith which in conjuction wifi its other
parts, is able to save your souls. For in this
precise duty of trusting God, there are the
rays of hope, and great proportions of charity
and resignation.
To believe in God through Jesus Christ,
is by believing, to love him, to adhere to him,
to be united to him, by charity and obedience,
and to be incorporated into Christ's mystical
body, in the communion of Saints.-Jercmy
TABOR. fft5s,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
THE HOUR OF PERIL.

'Toa young man away from home, friend
less and forlorn in Il great city, the hours of
peril are between sunset and bedtime, for the
moon and the stars see more evil in Il single
hour than the sun in his whole days circuit ;
thepoet's visions of evening are all composed
of soothing and tender images. It brings the
wanderer to his home, the child to its mothers
arms, the OK to his stall, and the weary labor
er to his rest. But the gcntle-hearted youth
who is thrown upon the rocks of u pitiless city,
and stands homeless amid thousand homes,
the approach of evening brings with it an
aching sense of loneliness and desolation, which
comes down upon the spirit like darkness up
on the earth In this mood his best impulses
become snare to him, and he is led astray
because he is social, affectionate, sympathetic
and warm-hearted. IT there be young man
thus circumstaneed within the sound of my
voice. let me say to him that books are friends
to the friendless, and that library is the home
of the homeless. A taste for reading will al
ways carry you into the best possible company,
and enable you to converse with men who will
instruct you by their wisdom and charm you
by their wit, who viii soothe you when frctted,
refresh you when weary counsel you when per-
picked, and sympathise with you at all times.
Evil spirits, in the middle ages, were exercised,
and driven away by the bell, book and candle
you want but two of these agents, the book
and the candle.-Geo. S. Hillard
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
WHAT WE SHALL FIND IN
...sT 800. EE VEHY

In heaven we shall all be the objects that
the saints have set their hearts upon, and which,
above all things, they loved while in this world
the things which met the appreciation of their
Judgments, and captivated their affections, and
drew away their souls from the most pleasant
objects. All the truly great and good, all the
pure and holy and excellent from this world,
and it may be from every part of the universe
are constantly tending toward heaven, as the
streams tend to the ocean of infinite purity
and bliss. The progress of time does but bear
them on to its blessedness and us, if we are
holy. to be united to them there. Every gem
which death rudely tears away from us here, is
glorious jewel in Heaven.