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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
DWarf Pear Trees.

Don't be afraid of using the knife.
More than halt Of the disappointments
in growing dwarf pear trees for fruit,
originate in the planter and cultlvator
hesitating or neglectng to cut back
the branches sufficiently. If you are
just planting, we care not what the
age Of the tree, cut away at least one
half of the entire top. Understand us
now: don't trim the limbs away from
the body, but cut off the top Of the tree
nearly half way down to the ground,
and cut off one half the length of the
side branches. Shape it carefully, 80
that when you have done cutting, if
will be nearly the form of a sugar Loaf
OF cone.
If your trees have oeen in bearing,
and trimming has been neglected don't
hesitate; use The knife freely, carefully
and iudiciouslv, emitting back severely,
taking away weak shoots, and eau
siously examining at each cut the con.
dltion, position and strength of bud
which you expect to form the coming
seasons growth. Where one tree has
been injured by too severe pruning,
We think we can find twenty that have
been destroyed by too little, or none
al ali. The latter course is almost cer'
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
White EEechanics.---AboIilion
SyInDtIIiY

Just now, many OF the operatives
of New England, among whom the
shoemakers number some nine or ten
thOusanl, are on strike for living
wages. Iu such contest, the capital
of New England is arrayed against its
labor, and he who dares to take the
part of the working man against the
man OF money, is sure to feel the ven-
geance Of that bloated wealth which
makes mp q large share of New Eng
land Abolitionism, who prate so much
Of Stree speech, free thought, free Ia
Dor aud free men," but whose high
sounding professions are living lie
upon their conduct. An instance Of
recent occurrence, in which these free
speech" men showed themselves in
their true colors, has transpred in
Massachusetts, in which clergyman
who dared to sympathizo with the
shoemakers then on a strike, was
prescribed by these moneyed tyrants,
an account Of which is given in the
Boston Traveller, q paper OF strong
Black Republican prOclivities, and OF
course an organ Of the employers:
"ln consequence OF the active part
taken by the Rev. w. G. Babcock in
behalf Of the strikers, he has been dis
missed from his pastoral Office as
Minister OF the Unitarian Church, in
South Natick. Yesterday he preach
ed his valedictory discourse. An ef-
fort was made to prevent his occupy.
ing the pulpit, and the Parish Com
mittee sent a Constable with orders to
arrest any one who attempted to en-.
ter; bnt the strikers assembled in such
force that it was not deemed prudent
to interfere, and he went in without
mOlestation and preached to larger
congregation than has ever met there
for twenty-five years"
Tho National Democrat adds:-
Where was such intolerance" ever
shown in a Southern State, than is
here depicted! Merely because q
clergyman dared to feel for the down.
trodden and the oppressed working
men Of the North, he was dismissed
from his church and not even allowed
to preach his valedictory sermon with.
ont having a Constable in attendance
to arrest all who dared enter the
church.
Where are the thunders of the Abo.
lition press over this outraged They
are dumb--such "intoleranco" is al.
lowed to so unrebuked by those who
tlippantly prate the rights of 'free
speech and free labor"
Such a scene, if enacted in tho
South, would have. Mortified every
Abolitionist in the land. But as it
was enacted in staid and religious
New England, and the victim sym.
pathzer with the oppressed, FREQ
white laborer of the North, it is suf.
fered to pass without II single eApco-
sion Of regret Or single word of re-
buke.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
The disappearance of Mrs. Brem-
man.


Our readers will recoilect that some
fifteen months ago, a Mrs. Brennan,
wife Of Major Brennan, Of the United
States Army, mysteriously dsap.
peared in New York. 1t was sup.
posed she had been murdered, and
great exertions were made to ferret
ont the crime. The New York THb-
a,e, Of the Goth inst, however, says:
We learn, through private letter
from Florence, that Mrs. Brennan,
whose disappearance from Staten
Island caused so much excitement
some fifteen months ago, and who
was supposed to have been murdered,
is now in Italy, and was recently for
a short time in Florence. By whom
she was accompanied we are not in
formed, but she is thought not to have
been alone. She was seen and recog-
nized there by persons who knew her
perfectly. This would seem to set
entirely at rest the story of her mur-
der, which we believe has for some
time past been supposed to be with
out foundation in fact.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
Connecticut Election.

, The telegraph reports that Con
necticut has p,o6aJiy given the Re-
publicans a majority Of one thousand.
Ii SO, the majority is less by about
one thousand than it was last year.
The democrats have therefore gained
thousand. A desperate effort was
made to keep Connecticut Republi-
can. congressman left ther posts at
Washington and perambulated the
State belchiug forth their venom and
misrepresentation against the de-
mocracy, knowing well that if Con
necticut gave democratic majority
the last hope Of electing Republi.
can President would be gone.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
The Charleston Convention.

Our opponents appear to be
much interested in the Charleston
Convention, and exhibit more anxiety
as to its results than even the Demo
Gratis. We desire to make them feel
at ease and therefore inform them that
the Cincinnati Platform will be re.af-
tirmed by that Convention and that
its nominees will be inaugurated as
President and Vice President of the
United States on the 4th of March
next. ....
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

The FIRST GUN FROM PENNsYLvA.
NIA.--HoME OF THE PRESIDENT
SPEAKs.---The mayoralty election
came Off Lancaster, Pa, on Tues.
day. The vote cast is very heavy,
Sanderson, democrat, is elected mayor
over Burrows, republican, by 1S9 ma.
.iority--a democratic gain Of 500 over
the vote Of last October
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

TWe suppose the Legislature Of
Ohio adjourned on Monday last, ac-
cording to agreement, to meet again
on the 1st Monday Of January, 1861.
The session lasted about eighty.six
days and cost the Taxpayers of tho
State about sixty thousand dollars,
besides an unconstitutional appropria-
tion of about seven thousand dollars of
the money of the people to pay the
expenses of an official spree and excur
sion with the officials of two sister
States. Ifa Democratic Legislature
had made this appropriation, how At
RIGA would have howled!--H Hooking
Sentinel.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
Corrupt Appliances, A

When the Republicans ofthe House,
a few days since, passed the General
Appropriation A Dill, in which over.
drafts on the Treasury by officers ol
State, are sanctioned, Mr.. j. j.
Musson, Of Champaign Co., a Repub-
lican and a man Of too much integrity
to violate the Constitution and his own
sense Of justice at the behest of Chase
& Co., entered his protest on the jour,
nal, declaring that he believed the DILL
had been carried through the House
by corrupt means. 1t was asserted in
tones louder than whisper by more
than one Republican oftho House, that
Canal Collectorships and the location
Of the new Peuitentiary were the
"means" employed to get violation
Of the Constitution sanctioned.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
T The Democratic Press

T The Democratic Press of
Southern Ohio, without a single ex-
ception, We believe, has spoken in
favor Of Col. Siford, and deprecated
any attempt to effect his removal
He is considered an honorable, high.
minded gentleman and an efficient
officer, as we'll as a sterling, reliable
and influential democrat.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

DP We understand that the Kan.
sas Legislature have granted one
hundred and fifty bills of fdivorcenaent
IN forty days. finally the Legislature
quit the retail business, and the House
concluded to do a wholesale operation,
and Immediately passed bill divorc.
ing all married persons in the Terri
tory.--.&. Joseph Vest. --
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

U Spring is advancing from the
South like wave of green, and yel.
low, and red, and flowing on to the
North. The little bird that sang so
sweetly last year has returned and
brought a mate with it, and its lay is
both song and eggs Memphis Bul-
lctin. q
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

OT Cincinnati has gone democratic by
several hundred majOrity--ditto Columbus.
The whole city ticket, save Marshal, is elec-
ted in Chillcothe,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

OFThe Pike county-seat question
lies over to the adjourned session. It
should have been postponed to the
Day of Judgment.--Ports. Tines.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

MAKING IT PAY.-The services of
Ex-Gov. Chase being no longer re-.
CURED in the lobby of the Legislature,
he has gone into the lecturing bust
ness. He was to lecture at Newark
on Tuesday last. Price OF admission,
ten cents!
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
where Is the Law.

! n II ACT paSScu tlle legislature reunc'
ing the number Of officers on the Ma.
tional Road, and reducing the salaries
of the remaining ones. We are told
I that the law thus passed 10 not in the
Secretary ofState'B office, and that in
fact it was pOcketed by the Enrolling
Committee Can the Jomna} give
rs any information about itl Wheth.
er it was signed by the presiding off.
ceis or not-anG ifnot why--and what
has become of it This thing the
Journal will not by reason of this
casualty be able to bring up as a mat.
ter of retrenchment. The reductions
were made by the Democrats, who
pressed the bill through. But it was
captured some place by some body,
and now we are to be saddled another
year with three leading officers Oh this
Road, at high salaries, to oversee the
expenditure Of about $4,000. That
is the kind ofeconomy that pleases the
Journal, bnt it will not please the peo-
pie --StateSman.
Missing, is itl Well, as it was one
of the few good laws OF the session,
and provided for reducing the number
Of officers, it did not meet with much
favor from the Republican Junto at
Columbus--but we were not prepared
to hear that it had been spirited away
--"lost or mislaid stolen or strayed." "
Gentlemen of the Enrolling Commit.
tee, Sprague, Rukenbrod, Choate &
Co., let us hear from you. Where is
that law?
r, -
SENATOR NEwMAN.-The Ports
mouth Times of last week, in noticing
the return home of Mr.. Newman, adds
some pertinent remarks upon his
worth and the judcious course pursued
by him during tho late session Of the
General Assembly. Itgives us pleas
ure to copy and endorse the following:
The course pursued by Mr.. New.
man, has been eminently judicious.-
He is not TALKER-no ,"OratOr
Puff" no Bag,Oind-but a plain, 80.
lid, stocky, SUBSTANTIVE MAN, who,
having learnt chow to do it," can al.
ford to signalize himselfby actual per.
fOrmance. Such men constitute all
there is in any deliberative assembly.
Your gassy fellows do very nicely for
the first week of the session, but "na.
ture will be reported"--
Asses and owls themselves can but betray
When these attempt to hoot or those to bray, "
and, very short time suffices to
put them down to their exact plane.
On the other hand, the men OF STRONG
CHARACTER steadily rise to the infu.
ence and consideration they merit
There is a divinity about WORK ard
WORKERS which hedges and guards
them. To these, at last, comes
The victory, Of endurance born.
The champion of American Liberty
was a silent man; that OF Hungarian
emancipation was the greatest orator
Of this century--the first achieved, the
last failed. So, over all the world
through all time,in eVery circumStanc,
of life. We want MEN, MANHOOD, til,
power to DO, and when these are found
the mission oil the hour is already hal
done.
To make an instant application o
this philUSophy:-we have a TRUE MAJ
to represent the Seventh Senatorla
District Of Ohio in the General As
sembly.
MAKING IT PAY.-The services q
Ex-Gov. Chase being no longer re
CURED in the lobby of the Legislature
he has Donn into the lpcturinO hn.;
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

A CAPITAL Trick THAThuS IN itS
WELL.--A young man was Parai!ei IN
in college. One afternoon heloy "oui0
out with one of his instructolo"er' the
they chanced to see an old Ta'eS aS d
shoes lying by the side of thenPiy DC
which appeared to belong to aUlltics
man at work close by. LET us h& tna'
a little amusement at his expensesNg
said the student. "Suppose we hi' ac'
these shoes, and conceal ourselves yer
the bushes to watch his perplex
when he cannot find them. Fon
81 can think of better trick ths aa,. %
that" said the instructor. "You O. .'.'
rich, and suppose you put silver d mur' ~
lar in the toe of each shoe and Il wv" W.,
we will hide" ione.
The young man did so. The 'ss sn ~ ~
man finished his work soon, ane Aii '"
to put on his shoes. You car
inc his surprise when he
down to take out . pebble, as b
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05

tain dealhto dwarf pear trees, with sA ,I'o
a period OF &eeNca years, and of '~T of
ener half the tins 10 % oi
Prune freely hdSfeed abundantIy Tm0 %o
and your dwarf pears will yield rich TU "n
and juicy frnits TO your perfect salts do n
faction Ohio Farmer. or I tho
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-03-14
The New Mileage Bill.

The New Mileage bill. reported by the
Committee of Ways and Means to the
Honse of Representatives on Tuesday,
and which was laid on the table, proposes
to pay hereafter tace'ty instead of forty
cents per mile, and TO compute this mile
age on an air line from the home of each
member to Washington. The members
from Louisiana, for instance, now receive
$500 to $40 each from the Treasury
per annum for travelling fees to and from
Washington, instead of which, under the
new bill, they will receive about $400 each
for the same. The three members from
Oregon now receive some $4,000 each
per annum for mileage; instead Of which,
the new bill will give them about $1,000
each.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-03-14
New Penitentiary.

From the report of the Committee on
this subject. it will appear that the erec-
tion of new Penitentiary, has become
indispensibly necessary to accommodate
the rapidly increasing number of convicts
which more than keep pace with the in
crease of our population, and which doubt
less results from the greater facilities of
dissection by reason of our telegraphs and
railroads. Taking the average increase
Of the last ten years as o basis, the num-
Der in 1854 will be 1874. The Com
mittee contemplate enlarging the present
prison to the capacity Of accommodating
1000 convicts; and this by reason of the
defects of it's original design is the ut
most extent to which it can be enlarged
There are 933 convicts on hand, 233 ot
whom are without coils or work shops.
BY the time new prison can be erected
there will be at least 400 that can be neith'
er secured or employed. The State must
therefore lose the value of their labor, Of
engage Immediately in constructing new
prison; economy then, no less than necss
sity, requires that provision should b'
made for that purpose without delay
The majority of the Committee recon
mend Sandusky as the proper location
for reasons assigned in their report ant
the dissenting member suggests Hamilton
Butler county,--Statesmdn
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-03-14
Not Settled Yet,

It was thought that the decisive rote
in the House last week against an I'D.
journsd session had settled that question,
but such is not the case. On Thursday
the subject was again brought up in the
House, and carried by vote of 81 to SO.
The Senate, however, determined to be az
contrary as the House had been, laid the
resolution on the table by vote Of "a to
9. The Democrats in both branches, with
few exceptions voted against the propo.
sition. As this is about the only ques.
ton before that body which the people
take an interest in, they seem determined
to keep it prominent.
Since writing the above, We learn from
the .Statesn,an, that the Senate has taker
up the resolution ind passed it. Ths
question may now be considered settled il
favor of an adjourned session, unless thu
Legislature takes another somerset on th'
subject. We have something more to ssy
on this subject hereafter.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-03-14

Strong efforts are heing made, with
some prospect Of success, to obtain tho
pardon of Stephens and Hazlett, lately
convicted of aiding in the Harper's Ferry
outrage. The lisiug assertions of abo-
lition sheets that the people of Virginia
were "hirs,ing for the blood" of these
fanatics, are now fully exposed. There is
q general, if not universal feeling in Vir-
ginia for pardoning the prisoners now
under sentence. The correspondent OF
the N. Y. Herald says:
MIR. George Sennett, counsel for Ste.
phens and Hazlett, arrived here yesterday
and had an interview with the President,
in hope of obtaining his persona! iudu'
ence with the Governor and Legislature
of Virginia. to obtain their pardon. Tbs
President treated Mr.. Sennstt kindly, and
expressed to him his warmest sympathie,
and the hope that he will succeed in hi.
mission, but while he did not decline tc
act directly, he did not promise to takt
action.
Mr.. Ssnnett leaves here for Richm ont
to- morrow, having the assurance frou
Governor Letcher that he shall have {
hearing before the Committee on Pardon
in behalf Of his clients. He will ask fol
q general amnesty in the ease.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-03-14
Too Many Omcers.

The curse of our State is too many Of
fcers. Every department ofthe affairs of
the State and of counties is divided and
sub,diyided until every tenth man is an
officer. In the State government, in the
counties and in the townships the number
of officers could be reduced one third, at
least without any disadvantage to the
people. 1t is usual for law makers no
matter to what party they may belong,
to do their best to provide places fol-
their friends, and for those who can be
kept in the party harness by no other
means They are eternally concocting
some scheme for Increasing the number o.
officers, and show plausible reasons for Sc
doing. The only excuse in nine cases
out of ten is, that q place is wanted fol
some elamorous politician.
The people must take such matters il
their own hands, and should not, as is of
ten the case, sustain such q legislator
merely because he claims to belong to
certain party.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-03-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Probate Court Monroe County, Ohio
Settlement Accounts.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
ton in said Court, on
Monday, March 26h 1860,
James Armstrong, Executor of John Thorn
berry, partial;
Seth Ward, Administrator of Christian Mar.
ii, Final;
Andrew Sawyers. Executor of John Wat
kins, partial;
J. & J. Harmon, Administrators of Peter
Harmon, final
Demos Slusher, Administrator of John A
Truax, final;
John C. Hess, Administrator of Samuel B
Smith, partial;
J. J. Egger, Administrator of Charles Bru.
ner, final;
Alexander Kennedy, Administrator of Thus
Kennedy, partial;
Account of Joseph Tuel's Administrators ol
Joseph Tuels guardianship as guardian of his
children, final;
David Allen, Guardian of Joseph Allen
partial;
Benjamin Slime, Administrator of Elizabeth
Dye, partial;
w. G. Hays, Guardian of William Burk
heads heirs, final;
James B. Gates, Executor of John Gates
partial;
Seth Ward, Guardian of Stephen Ward
partial;
John Moore, Administrator of John Nc
keowan, final;
John Beardmore, Administrator of Robert
Slack, partial,
VIM. II. Hawkins, administrator of James
Henthorn, final;
JOHN s. WAY,
March IA, 1860. Probate Judge.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-03-14

In the railroad department of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, we fnd the following in
regard to the Marietta and Cincinnati rail.
road.
The molten to confirm the sale has not yet
been made, but probably will be at the pres
ent term of the Court. A permanent organ.
ization Of q new Company, under the ar.
rangement between the bondholders and
creditors, will not probably be made un.
til the distribution of The proceeds of the
sale, in the month Of June. When that
organization shall be perfected, vigorous
measures will be adopted to put the road
in frst.class condition, and eventually to
secure au Independent inlet to the city -
The consolidation of the present Eastern
lines out Of Cincinnati will give this las
project an impetus that will eventually re-
suit in its accomplishment.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-03-14
From the Cleveland Herald.
Extraordinary Affair at the Newburgh
Lunatlc Asylum.

Among the inmates of the Northern Ohio
Lunatic Asylum is a person named Wheedon,
once a highly respectable citizen in good cir
cumstances, and said to have been a member
of the former coal firm of l. c. Pendleton &
Co. He has been in the Asylum for some
time. For some time past he has manifested
strong disposition to escape, and tho utmost
care and vigilance has been exercised to frus-
trate his designs, but not always with sue
cess. Before being placed in his sleeping
room at night he has been always stripped and
carefully examined to prevent the secreting
of any instrument, and all his clothes but his
shirt, pantaloons and stockings taken away.
In spite of these precautions, he has succeed
ed three times within few days in escaping
from his room.
About two weeks since he took a set of false
teeth out of his mouth, and by constant work
contrived with them to saw hole through the
floor of his chamber, making hole sufficient
to admit of his dropping through into another
part of the house, and then escaping. He
was traced and caught at the house of Mr..
Pendleton, on Euclid street.
few days since he secreted a pin, and with
that exceedingly unlikely instrument managed
to pick the lock of his door and escaped into
the hall where he was fortunately arrested
He then stated that a pin was of more value
than $4,000 when he wished to escape from 8
room.
Last Saturday night he was carefully exam
| ined, as usual, before being placed in his room
but succeeded in secre.ing small brass ring
split at one part, in his hair. On being locked
up for night, he set to work, and with the
ring he cut through the window sash ant
! shutter, so to enable him to remove then
from the window. He then took the coverlie
of the bed, and tore it into strips, with which
he made rope reaching nearly to the ground
distance of some twenty five or thirty feet
Some of the cotton batting with which tn
coverlid was wadded, he placed in his stocking
to protect his feet, as he had no shoes. Thel
dressing himself in shirt, trowsers and stock
ings, he slid down the rope and escaped.
| Striking across the country to Eight Mil
Lock he then took the towpath of the cana
and walked down to University Heights. wher
he arrived yesterday afternoon. The officer
of the Asylum were on his track, and will
officer McIlrath, of the Police, came on hiI
yesterday Sunday afternoon. He was YER
quiet when arrested, and spoke freely of hi
escape, and made no resistance to being take
back to the Asylum. We question whethe
this series of extraordinary escapes can
well matched.