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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25
A Democratic Paper for Lincoln.

The Piqua Enquirer, one Of the abIest
Democratic papers in this State, has run up
the names of Lincoln and Hamlin. ard the
Republican State Ticket. The following
are the reasons it gives for this course:
We demanded as a condition precedent
to our support of the Charleston Baltimore
nominees, that the platform adopted should
recognize the great doctrine of Popular
Sovereignty. After hoping against hope,
this principle was repudiated By both wings
of the party to which We had for long years
given a cordial support, the one boldly a.
vowing the doctrine that the Congress of
the United States were bound to enact laws
for the protection of slavery in the Terri
tories, and the other accomplishing the
same purpose by making the Drcd Scott
decision a part of their political creed
On these two platforms ars placed nomi-
nees. and our support demanded.
The position We have occupied for years
on this question has been familiar to our
quondam political associates. We have O.
penly avowed our most unqualified opposi-
ton to the principle that the Constitution
recognized or protected Slavery in the Ter
! r%itories, and to that other modern political
heresy, a Slave Code. in no unmeasurod
terms. We demanded the most perfect
freedom to the people in the Territories,
with the right guaranteed them not only to
regulate their own affairs in their own way,
but to elect their officers from Governor
down, thus giving them Popular Sovereign
ty in the truest sense of the term; but we
have got neither. and are now required to
swallow Breckenridge and Lane with a
Slave Code. or DOUGLAS and johnson and
the bred Scott decision with the Southern
Interpretation, or 60 out of the party to
which We have ever belonged. We have
chosen the latter.
We find ourself without political sympa-
thies with our former political associates.
We are driven to the necessity of seeking
new; and we find in casting u eye, over
the political field an honest man entertain
ing honest sentiments: mcontaminated by
a contact with political trickstGrs and a
lifelong struggle for the Presidency, repre-
senting all the generous feelings Ofhis par
ty in favor Of free Territories. We find
him representing the sentiments which VIC
have in vain sought to make the sentiments
of the party-to which We have belonged
We therefore place the name of Abraham
Lincoln at our masthead, and proclaim
him as our choice for President of these
United States, believing that a generous
public will sustain us in thus adopting the
right.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25

jackson. Gov. Tod proceeded to Warren.
He kneE how rany Inducements to suicide
already existed 20 he paid W arrcarages
to the DemCcrdt and ordered it discontiu-
ued. His next step was to urge upon
Democrats in Warren to stop their paper.
By thus cutting off one support after an
other he expected to induce the unfortunate
editor to puncture his bowels in Oriental
fashion; and We fear he has succeeded
William viii die Of Tod.
We dislike to accuse q man Of inneccs-
sary cruelty. but the Governor is fairly in
dlctable. William was going off fast
enough; it was only a question Of time and
starvation. and it vas of no earthly impor-
lance in that county whether be preferred
Douglas or B~reekpnhdge. or, With 4 catho-
lie affection, embrace both. He should
have had the necessary leisure for medita-
ton and leave taking. They allow that,
eTen In Japan. The Governor was o%fAcious,
too. 1t is true, Warren is on the line Of
his railroad, and und.r favorable circuui-
stances, a train of cars can 60 from BriaI
Hill to that place between sunrise and
sunset. But Warren is not in the Govern
or's county he should stay at home, and
try and keep Mahoning in line; he viii
find free scope for his abilities there. fol
when he was in Brazil the enemy stole in
to his camp and broke down the pikets,
and assertions have been as plenty as coal
dust at Briar Hill. Let him restore Ma
honing to the filth of the fathers, and not
travel along the line of his railroad asking
dying editors to dispatch themselves and
add their skeletons to the political Golgo-
tina of the Western Reserve.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25
A Relic of the Pioneer DAYS.

DR.. Minor, of this place, has in his pos
session a copper coin which was picked up
a few days since, near the site of old Fort
St. Clair. The coin was crusted over with
rust, and required a vigorous application
of nitric acid to render the letters upon it
-leeible. On the diverse side of the piece
is an emblem of industry, surrounding
which are the words, mora Casarea,"
with the date of coinage "l786." On the
reverse side is the motto, az PuribuS u
nslm," cncircling the American shield or
coat of arms. This coin was doubtless
dropped by a soldier or follower of the army
of Wayne or St. Clair, in the days when
the "reveille drum at the old Fort awcke
the echoes Of the forest now known as
'Bruce's Woods" 1t is a rare coin-in-
deed, it is the first of the kind we have ev-
or seen; and being found in that locality
renders it a valued relic.-Eaton (O.J
Re1iSter.
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News Items.

Some land was lately sold in the city Of
London at the ratio of 5000, 900 an acre.
jefferson. the county scat of Ashtabula,
shows a population, by the late census, of
66e. an increase of 227 since 1850.
Ten years ago Wisconsin had not a sin
gle mile Of railroad completed within her
borders. Now nearly enc thousand miles
are daily traversCd by the cars.
The gainesville Telegraph states that
Mr.. Downing, a young man in Willough-
by, came near losing his life by poison re-
Gently. He took a dose Of strychnine.
The devices of rogucry have no end. IL
Philadelphia, thieves have assumed tho
garb of census takers. and improve the Op.
pOrtunity to rob the houses they visit.
The New York Central RaiIrcad ha:
just been compelled. by a jury, to pay Mrs
T.. J. Matteson $50 for injuries received
by. an accident on the road.
A North Carolina paper notices as some.
thing new in the exports Of that State, thC
shipment of large quantities Of new pota.
toes for the north, by the coastwisc steam
crs.
The Central Park, New York, promise;
to be an expensive luxury. Supervisor
Tweed says it has already cost $1,000,
900, and Supervisor Ely says it will cost
$40. O0O, 900 more.
An earnest and vigorous effort is being
made by the citizens of Chicago to extend
to the upper Mississippi and Pixies Peak
region, the railroad line which is now com.
pleted to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. McCraney, heretofore
a respectable lady of Medford. Otsego CO.,
n. Y, has been arrested for poisoning hel
step-dsughter, Huldah Ann McCraney,
aged IL years.
The Peoria Presbytery has a rule to in.
quire of every church whether it has paiG
its ministers salary. and to allow no churcI
to settle a new minister until it has me.
its engagements with the former pastor.
DRowNED.-RusselT. Bruce. from Ohio,
was drowned in the South Fork of Eel riv
er ON the 18th April. He was a partner
of Thomas Armstrong. and lost his life il
endeayoring to get a line across the stream
l-Humb0Lh Times.
A little lad in Jersey city was burned t.
death a short tim since. ty some boys mis-
chievously placing a lighted fire cracker il
his pocket. When it exploded his cloth
ing took fire, the frightened boys ran of
and the little sufferer was literally roasteI
alive.
1t is the intention of the Atlantic Tcle
graph Company to raise the American enC
of the cable, and remove its landing place
as also to remedy any defects found in tn
cable itself. Mr.. Marley. the electrician o
the company. has recently arrived at St
Johns, y. F. to supcrintend the work.
A test of the weight of one of Tom Say
ers' best blows has been made by the Lon
don College of Surgeons. The machine
used for the purpose is made like a stom
ach, and recedes with the blow. register
ing the number of pounds weight it gets
Toms blow marked 327 pounds. Such
blow upon common ribs would undoubted
ly produce at least an unpleasant sensation
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25


The augustus (Ga.) Chronicle. ana
Sentinel says, that, "to say the least of it
there is great danger of the election Of
Lincoln. To prevent it Jeyond a doubt,
there must be a coalition of his opponents;
and we think the most feasible plan is, fol
the Opposition to let everything else 90,
and devote their whole energies to Tho
State of New York. Her thirty-fve votes,
if they can be taken away from Lincoln,
will defeat his revolutionary party. ever
though he gets every other Northern vote,
and California he cannot get. We have
faith to believe that a union of the Bell
and Douglas men in New York on enc
ticket would carry three hundred thousand
votes. and Lincoln will. probably, not get
exceeding two hundred and eighty-fyc
thousand. But to prevent all uncertainty,
VIC hOre the Bell, Breckenridge, and Doug
las men will all unite on a common ticket
and let the vote be cast. Douglas, 20. Bell,
10; and Breckenridge, 8; or, in fact, in
proportion to the popular vote cast for each.
By such an arrangement lincoln can Be
defeated, and by no other way that We
know Of"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25

a notorious and avoFcd fre-ratct, as a can
didate for the Vice Presidency, is felt even
by themselves, aud they SHOW at least an
appreciation Of their Pssltion by keeping
entirely quiet in regard to Mr.. johnson in
their meetings and in their papers.
There are no doubt many honest men in
the Douglas party. who really persuade
themselves that some principle has been
supported and defended by their eOnven-
ton, but z they can be induced to examine
the platform they stand upon, and the doc
trines advanced by Mr.. Douglas in his
speeches and political essay, such persons
will sec that there is no safe landing place
for them but in the Republican camp.
Douglas himself cares nothing for prin-
Iciple, and plays only to win, no matter
at what cost. of Inconsistency. He saw
that his taking the lead in o%ficiols stbser-
yisncc to the slave power. las he had done
m the repeal Of the Missouri compromise.
declared by himself to be "~canonized in the
hearts Of the peOPle.') did not secure his
nomination for the Presidency in 1856. be.
cause he had been so coed a servant to the.
South as TO become a weak candidate for
the North. He then concluded to make
himself especially the Northern candidate,
and force himself upon the South; hence
his invention of the new phase of squattcr
sovereignty. This game has proved as lit
tie successful as the other, and he now
stands before the country as the most re-
markable specimen of the ruined political
gambler which the country has seen since
Aaron Bprc.
We are sure, however, that freedom has
not lost in the turmoil and s~treggfe which
has been going en-. A large portion of the
Democratic party North, have como to I'M
derstaHd tAat there is a necessity for being
militant in the defence Of free labor. That
it viii no longer do to talk of the poor
mans rights, bat that they must resist a
powerful aristOcracy the s~lave-owners. in
defence Of those rights. This partial re-
lcognition of the true state of the case, must
bear good fruit Douglas has had his day,
the old Democratic party is among the
things that were, but the fourth of March
next, which will witness the inauguration
of Abraham Lincoln, Will be the date of
the practical solution of the question whcth-
Ter free labor rSlaTe labor is to rule Amer
lea; the irreprcssible conflict will have
reached its Yorktown, and freemcn of all
ages Will regard the day as little less hon
Orable and glorious than the Fourth of Ju-
ly, 1916.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25

STATE FAIR-NovEL FEATURE.-Tht
State Fair Grounds at Dayton will soon b.
put in capital order, the Halls, &c, all be-
ing in the course ofercctiOn. The grounds
are beautifully located, and extensively
supplied with trees and shrubbery. Wa.
ter will he abundantly provided, and nc
arrangement for the convenience and com
fort Of visitors and exhibitors will be omit.
ted.
The Cincinnati Gazette states hat large
parties from Clark, Madison and Delaware
counties will visit the Fair, taking tents,
&C.. with them, fully determined to hold a
farmers festive week on the grounds
Leader.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25
The Congressional Convention

For the 2Ist Congressional District,
composed of Ashtabuia. Trumbull snd Ma
honing Counties, for the purpose of nOmi-
mating a Republican Representative to Con-
gresS viii be held at the centre of Johns
ION, on
TA4rsday. 4ngast Is, at 10 O'Clock, d. III
The appOrtiOnment agreed upon by the
Congressional Committee of the District is,
ono delegate for every one hundred votes
cast for Mr.. Dennison at the last guberna-
torial election, and one delegate for every
fraction of one hundred, over fifty. which
via give to Trumbull county thirty-one
delegates. These arc apportioncd to the
different townships as folloNs;
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25
A Clergyman and his Family Drowned

ymGA d4V AiS 0dIn1ly OAOHHeu'
The St Pauls (AIin) Times gives the
following account of the death by drowning,
of Rev. Mr.. Nichols, Pastor of the Copgre-
gatiOnal church at Minneapolis.
The Times says.
1t appears, from the information we have
received, that on the 9Th inst, at 3 P. ~.
the Rev. Mr.. Nichols, his wife and child
"a boy of about IS years. accompanied by
Mr.. Cleveland, his brother-in-law, and his
two daughters, aged. respectfully, IL and
IS years vent to Lake Calhoun for the pur-
pose of bathing. The two girls of Mr..
Cleveland went into the lake first and un-
fortunately 1eattfe1 out of their depth
Mr.. Nichols boy went to their assistance,
but the gins ~tlinging to him drew him out
of his depth, and as they all appeared to
be pcrishing Mr.. Cleveland went to their
assistance. He, too, was soon drawn into
deep water. and as he was unable to swim,
it appeared that he would soon drown with
their children. Mr.. Nichols then went to
the rescue. He ventured in as far as he
could, maintaining his footing; which. how
ever, he soon lost-calling to his wife to
take hold of his hand. She resolutely
obeyed the summons, clasped his hand in
hers, and terrible to relate, the whole par
ty went down into deep water and persisted
together.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25
CHERifF's SALE
~ Daniel PArscns In Court Of Con. Pleas
IS TrunbuH County.

~ Daniel Parsons In Court Of Con. Pleas,
Trun6un cOunly.
by virtuc Of an order or ssil l;shed from the Court
levied upon ard shall o6rr FOX ssie at Public Aue,ion
at the door Of the Court HOase IN Warren, In said
County. en-
Saturday The l1h day Of Aggasst, 1850.
=, one o'clock. P. NJ, OF SAIL day. th~ following de.
scribed real Estate sitnats IN Hartford township. in
said County. knew - part Of lot No 20. and hOuRI
ed IS folioEs: Beginning a. the southwest cor-er Of
= lot Of land purchased by Benja rin Penn Of Darius
WOodtord. theE south along the east Boundary Inns OF
the oorth and south certre hiskEay seven roi5, then
east parallel with the line OF The lot thirteen rods and
one third Of a rod. then north seven rods, then west
thirteen rods and one third Of a rod to the place Of
beginning. containing ninety three and one half rods
oflEnd he the same more or less"
Appraised a. Si15.I0.
Also the interest Of Benz Penn, jr. IN the leasshold
Estate described as follows: Situate in Hartford town
ship in said county Of TrumbulI- and knoEn as Part
OF lot No. 70. and bounded as follows: Beginning a.
the south west cOrneF q land owned by James Gates,
and the northwest corner Of land owned by L. p.
eager, which is also in the east boundary line Of the
division line between the said Gates and eager. to
the hrst fence running nOTtheriy, then n~ortherly a
long said fence As far as IL runs. then easteriy along
the east and west fence, to the next fence ranniEL
nOrtherly. then nOrtheriy along said fence to the
fence next north Of the Saw-Mill. then westerly alOu Z
said fence, TO the east boundary Ofthe above mention
ed ~highway. then southeriy along said highway to the
land from which is reserved and excepted all the
exceptions and reservations contained in . lease o.
the same premises. made BY the said David ParsenI
10 the said Benz Fem. jr } Said interest Of Benz
Fenn,j r. appraised at S'i6.OG
A B. LYMAN. Sheriff.
SherlM"g 0mrn Warran lwr- UNWk uEEu
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25

A Doc OVER NIAGARA FALLS WITHOUT
INJURY.-The truth of such stories as have
been told (without receiving much crcdcnce)
of dogs going over the Falls and surviving
the passage, was tested the other day, ac-
cording to the Niagara Falls Gazette, and
fairly established. The Ga-stte says:
john, the drayman, (who, by the by,
must be a hardhearted cuss) threw his dog
into the rapids near Goat Island Bridge,
and Immediately afterwards went to the
foot of the ferry stairs and found him but
little injured by the tremendous leap
The experiment was tried to convince some
~increduleus persons.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25
A Seal.

We arc indebted to II. A. Tallmadge,
Esq, of Hudson, for a watch seal, made
from a rail split by Abraham Lincoln, the
next President. 1t is of black walnut,
and handsomely carved on its face, arc an
axe, a rail, a maui and a wedge. We hope
to wear it at the inauguration of Mr.. Lin
coin, on the 4th of March next.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25

The Mobile TjFfhRae gives the Dougla:
faction a slung,sho hit by stating the fol.
lowing fact: 1.-The voice Of not one Demo.
cratic State was gwen for his dAa1glas')
nomination-the spurious Gelegates from
the South, of course. did not represent the
voice of the Democratic party in their States
On the other hand. Breckenridge and Lane
were nominated by the voice ofevery Dem,
ocratic State. There cannot be a doubt
that the vote of every Democratic State OF
the South. Together with Oregon and Cali
fornia, will be given for them"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25

HOTTEST SUMMER SINCE lS2S.-The
MONTGOMERY, [Ala1 NaiI of the 9th, says:
We learn that the Thermometer marked
le37 in several open houses in the city
yesterday. One of our citizens who has
kept a,diary of the weather for thirty odd
years, says that the present ithe hottest
summer since 1928 We have not known
the mercufy.to range as high as 9S7 but
once before IN Montgomery and that was.
we believe, IN 1886, -,l
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25

DEATH OF A REMARKABLE WoMAN.-ThC
wife Of Mr.. Caleb Brinton, residing Oh
Haldeman's farm, opposite this city. died
ON Monday, and was inferred in Mount
Kalma Cemetery yesterday afternoon
This woman was probably the largest wo-
man in the United States. We did not
learn what her weight was, but it may be
Judged when we state that she measured
seven feet six inches around the waist
For the last two or three years she has
been unable to move. from excessive obesi,
ty. and yet enjoyed mOre than ordinary
good h~ealth.-HarTisbnrg pa Patriot.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25
Marriagts.

On the 18th inst. at the Parsonage of the NJ.
E. Church, in Braccville, by the Rev. Joseph
Marvin. Mr.. IYERS SAMPSON, 20 Miss
EL!ZEBETH HUDSON. both of Newton
Falls.
July 4tl,, by Rev. Oh. Brown. Mr.. ARMI-
Ma HATHAWAY to Miss REBECCA ANNE
BROCK. both of Bazetta, Ohio.
In Poland, July 4th. Mr.. A.A. MeMAsTER
aud SOPHIA LEE, all Of Poland.
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tJaIy Is, ls6O. 5W.l
MEDICAL NOTICE.

LIA W. Paine, NJ D., Prof Of the Principles az d
Practice Of Medicine and Pathology In the Eclectic
Medical College Of PhIladelPhia. Member ofthe Acad.
envy OF Natural Science, Editor of Eclectic Medical
Journal. Author Of PAine's Eclectic Practice Of Med
ic'ne, etc. etc, will be At his old home in Warren
Aug. ], :, and }. at which time he may be consulted
relative to disease ofevery variety. "a Monday Alg.
6. he may be consulted at DR.. o. D. Paine's Office in
GOuhgStOSn. Those who desire can continue TO re
eeiys treatment by e0rresPOndenee alter he 2 turns
to Philadelphia.
lJuly le, isG0, eE.l
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Political items

- L
The, attempt, d Douglas and Breeken-
ridge fusion in Pennsylvania has entirely
broken down.
Mr.. Hindman, of Arkansas bet 800
to $1,000 at Baltimore that Douglas would
not get one electoral vote.
The Baltimore Republican has declared
for Breckenridge. Douglas. We belive, is
without any newspaper support in Mary.
laid.
A new paper to support Douglas il
about to be established at Newark. Licking
County the old Advocate having prOnOunc.
I'd for Breckenridge.
Brown County Republican is the title Of
a spirited Lincoln and Hamlin journal just
established at Georgetown. Ohio, edited By
VIM. D. Young
Senator Bright frankly admits that
lincoln will carry Indiana by a very large
majority, and does not anticipate any
tchangeaof the Democratic programme by
Which thal result can be effected.
The Marion Mirror (Douelas) consoles
itself for the Piqua Enquirer hauling down
the Douglas flag and hosting that of Lin
coin, by saying This is just as it should
be-" Just 50.
h Judge Douglas and General Lane have
both taken up their summer quarters al
the Atlantic Hotel, Newport, R. |. They
are bracing their nerves in anticipation Of
the defeat that awaits them both.
The Washington Constitution describes
the Douglas as a miserable faction, who,
from motives of sOrdid self interest, and
personal ambition, have labored to disrupt
tho Democratic party and surrender the
Government into the fatal grasp of the
black republicans"
The Pomeroy (Ya.) Agurs thinks that
"if either one of the Democratic candidates
has half the strength in the opposite section
that his friends confidently claim for him,
the inevitable consequence must be that
Lincoln will carry every Northern and Bel
every Southern State" The argus is
about right there.
Hon. Thomas CROWN is supported fol
reelection to Congress in the Seventh Dis
trict by general consent. In the Fourth
District the Republicans have nominated
James NJ. Hart, of Piqua. for Congress
John E. COmmins, of Sidney, has beer
nominated for State Senator by the Repub
~licans, in place of H. Walker, deceased.
As showing the tide in the doubtful
counties of Illinois, Carter Van Week o
McDonough county, a leading lawyer anC
Douglas Democratic politician, who was OF
the stump for Douglas in 1858, comes GU
in q letter in favor of Lincoln. McDonougf
county gave Douglas 200 majority in 1853
1t won't do it again.
LINCOLN IN PoRTAGE-The Ravenn;
Democrat says that Hon. r. A. Gillette
Postmaster at Ravonna, has declared his
purpose to vote for Lincoln and Hamlin
Mr.. G. has long been an active, influential
and acknowledged leader of the Democrat.
ic party in Portage county, and has been q
Democratic member of the Ohio Senate
from the Portage district
The Democracy of "old Berks'' are in a
terrible fernent. They don't know which
king to serve. They want to be on the
strong side, and they can't figure out who
will be ahead in Pennsylvania, Douglas or
Breckenridge. The Reading Gazette, the
Democratic organ of the county, and the
German paper published atthe same place,
the leading one in the State, have hOisted
the name of Breckenridge.