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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
The POlYgamY QueSIian.

The Republican majority in the
House Of Representatives, in their
bill abOIishing polygamy in Utah and
other Territories in the United States.
ercpted the District OF Columbia from
its operation. The following is Il lit
eral copy of the leading provision ol
the blk
"ti'at it any person or persons, be,
ing married, shall, during the life ul
the former husband or wife, marry an.
other person, in any Territory vi the
lUntcd States, or other place, ercept
IN Tile District of Cblumbta, owe,
which the United States possess TX
elusive jurisdiction, or il the marriage
with such other person lakrs place
else where, shall thereafter live Or Gu.
habit with such other person, IN such
Territory, or other place over which
the United States possrss exclusive
Jurisdiction, the former husband ol
wife being alive, he she OF they SC
offending shall, on conviction thereof,
pay fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars, and be Imprisoned not less
than two years, nor more than fve.'
If the bill passes, Brigham Young
and his cnnte1erates viii have to re.
move to Washington and thus avail
themselves .of tile advantages OF the
exception. They will then stand on
the same footing With Congressman.
Gin. Eng.
Since the House got organized, al.
ter eight weeks Of labor, the opposi.
ton had done nothing but divide the
lspoils, appoint fishing" Committees
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
TGe Treasury of Ohio.

We have asserted and we repeat
thatthe Treasury Of this great State OF
Ohio, "the first born of the Ordnance
Of 1884," is BANKRUPT; that there is
not money enough in the Treasury of
State of the General Revenue Fund,
to pay a demand against the State Of
ten cents.' Such condition ofthings
never was known before, and it is to
be hoped the people will so order
things that the party under whose ad-
ministration it has happened may as
soon as possible retire from the man.
agement of the affairs of the State
Our cotcmporary Keeps parading at lis
the fact which it says is so, that there
is in the Treasury some 1886, 900,
but if that be true, it is special funds,
belonging to the Sinking and other
ike funds, and cannot be used for the
current liabilities; to pay for work
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19

The JAPANESE Several Ambassa
doris from the Island Of Japan are OF
their way to Washington. The result
VI this visit will probably be treaty
giving citizens Of this country greater
privileges in Japan than they have
ever had. That armed feet that was
sent out by the last Administration
has done wonders towards opening
the hearts, US well as the ports, OF the
Japaneae.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19

HEENAN AND SAVERS .-rFhese wor
thies we're to have tried each others
bottom and hard-hitting qualities on
Monday last. We fear the adventur-
ous Boy" has received asouhd drub.
hing. He lacks age and experience,
being but "a years ofage, while Sayres
is ten years older-just in the prime
OF life. Heenan has never been en-.
gagged in but One or two fights, while
Sayers has participated ip scores Of
them aud always been victorious.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
R,IIe SIIlkiIIa FuIln.

4 correspondent in Hamilton coun.
ty writcs.us that there is a rumor there
that the bankruptcy of the State Treas.
nry is not confined to the General
Revenue Fund, but that the Sinking
Fund is also bankrupt. Our CORES.
pondent asks MS if this be the factl-,-
In reply we have to state that it is
claimed that there is some money re.
naming in the Sinking Fund yet, and
we suppose that to be so. Bat the
Fund Commissioners gave aficiql no.
tification last winter that the Sinking
Fund had been usel for improper pur-
poses for several years, and that it the
practice continued il would be def.
cient in 1851 more thap half mill.
ion of dollars! Such was the official
statement of those who, have the man.
.agemrnt Of the Sinking Fund, and we
take it they did not exagerate its con-
dition. We have heard within few
days that the State officers are about
to use the balance Of that Fund TO
pay the current Indebtedness OF the
State. 1t would be gross violation
OF law to do so, but the legislature at
it's last session, by sanctioping the act
and defending the State officers for
deliberately taking portion Of this
Fund in 1858, without authority and
using it Tor purposes for which no sp.
preparation had been made, has given
them the best evidence that they can
do no act SO grossly in violation oflaw,
rs not to meet with the sanction and
approval OF that body. Hence no au.
ihorized or unlawful act Of the State
officers, with reference to the small
amount OF Sinking Fund now on hand
would surprise us.--O. Statesman.
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TIE Judgment of Solomon was 9
case Of splitting heirs. So AZ
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
THE DEMOCRAT
FOR THE
g A MPAIGN OF IS 60!
Now is the Time to Subscribe !
Only FIFTY CENTS till at:TMs
Preside, aiai Election!
TERMs-sTRICTLY IN ADVANCE,

The sooner the names and the mon.
ey are sent in, the longer the paper
will be sent.
Will our friends throughout the
County help to give the Campaign
Democrat large circulation
A. PEARCE, Publisher.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19

It's EFFECr.--It is said by Washing
ton lletterwriters that the Rhode Is,
land and Connecticut elections have
had the effect to reduce Stewards
chances for the Chicago nomination.
We think they reduce vastly the chan.
ces Of electing any Republican capdi.
date to the Presidency.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
An Outrage upon the People.

In looking over the expenditures
from the contingent funds of the va.
riouS State officers for the year 1858
and 1859, we find that several hun,
dred dollars OF the public money have
been paid for daily newspapersl II
is the first intimaton we ever had
that, after paying the State officers
their salaries and the necessary clerk
hire and Office expenses, the people
we've taxed for the newspapers which
ih ose gentlemen read at their leisure!
AS curious specimen OF Black Re-
publican economy we give few items
cf expense paid out Of Gov. Chase's
contingent fund:
Cleveland Herald ] year 5000
Cincinnati Gazette and "sun-
dries" 25,77
National intelligencer,
| N. Y. Tribune and sundres, 1881
o. Statesman and sundries 30,93
Daily Fact, &c, 1880
10 S. Journal, &C., 34,75
Seven Daily papers for Salmon 2.
Chase, the "modcl" Governor, paid
for out of the treasury!
In the expenses OF the Auditors
Contingent Fund we find that the
people are taxed to pay for the follow
INK papers for the use Of that Iunc-
tionaIy: Ohio State JoHrual, Cleve.
land Herald, Insurance Monitor, Ohio
Statesman, Hunts Magazine, Cncu.
pati Commercial, Columbus Gazette.
The Auditor requires and takes
quite as. much literature, at the ex-
pense ofthe State, as the ''nodel Gov
nor"
The Treasurer is equally liberal in
supplying himself with reading matter
at the expense of the people. lie
takes the o. S. Journal, American
Almanac, Cincinnati Commercial,
Bank Note Reporter, Daily Fact, o.
Statesman, N. Y. Tribune, Cincinnati
Gazette and Colanbus Gazette.
But the Secretary of State beats
them ALL. liz gets the Courier" O.
S. Journal, Cleveland Herald, N. Y.
Tribune, o. Statesman, Cincinnati
Gazette, ditto Press, ditto CONNER.
cial, Peoples Press, and Courier aud
Gazette.
The Attorney General has received
at the expense OF the State the Times,
Post, Statesman, Commercial, Ga
zette, Enquirer and Columbus Gazette.
The Controller oil the Treasury
helps himself to the peoples money
for the following papers: Journal,
Press, Gazette and Statesman, Of Go.
lumbus; Gazette, Enquirer, lCopmer-
cial and Press, of Cincinnati.
Now, while we are rejoiced to see
the Republican State officers patrouize
newspapers, we humbly submit that
they should do so at their own ex-
pense. Or, if it be right for tue State
to furnish them the news, let then
also charge for their boarding and
clothing, washing and mending J.
Yes, let them charge up the patches!
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~ The frost on Sunday morning
last, it is feared has iDjured,the peach
crop in this region. The APPLES cher
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
TIae visible Admixtures" YOtin

~S hSsuaG AuhsAtuhCS EVbNb
We clip the following from the Gal
lipolis Dispatch:
Orchard Hammond, a ve'y darh
mulatto, voted at the Spring election
in Huntington township. We under
stand there were some three others vot.
ed, among them, two brothers OF Joe
Anderson, known 20 nearly everybody
in Gallipolis. If there is a preYon
derance of white blood there, one hall
of the blacb population of GalIipolis
would be entitled to vote, according
to the Republican Supreme Court OF
Ohio"
That was precisely the object ofthe
Court in SO deciding! 1t was to give
the Republicans as many rOteS as pos.
siJle, and the late Legislature clench'
e1 the matter by defeating PROPOSE.
tion to submit the question OF negro
voting to the people!
The trainers of our Constitution oil
1851 belieyed that they had effectual.
ly guarded the ballot box, when they
provided that none but "aohite male
citizens of the United &ates' should
do the voting. The Supreme Court
OF Ohio has decided that persons OF
part negro and part white blood are
''white male citizens OF the United
States J" When this decision became
known, g proposition was made the
Legislature to amend the Constitution
so as to exclude persons of o visible
admixture of African blood Eom the
ballot box. That proposition was
voted dowp-eyery member Of the
Legislature who voted against it be.
ing a Republican. Thus the poor
boon of allo wing the people to decide
whether negroes shah be allowed to
vote was refused!
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
Yours, Respectfully,

SLoPED.-G. N. Stansbewy, Coun-
ty Treasurer Of Portland, Oregon. left
for parts unknown, in February last,
with $1,000 of the public funds.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
The Democratic National Con
venti0n.


This body meets at Charleston, S
G., on Monday next. We have great
faith that its action will be OF that ju
dicious character for which dem.
ocratic National Conventions have
ever been distinguished. I h G
Ohio Delegation are instructed for
Douglas and will vote as a INIT. As
advised Ut present we think there ID
no doubt ufhis nomination.
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DEATH OF TIMOTHY SULLIVAN
The Portsmouth Times of the 14th,
records the death Of Timothy Sullivan,
Marshal Of that city, aged 26 years
The Times says;
The community, on Monday morn.
ing last, was startled by the inteIli
gence that Timothy Sullivan, Marshal
OF this city, had expired the night be-
fore. He was ont, riding, on Satnr
day evening, when his horse stumbled,
throwing him upon the ground with
considerable violence, but no serious
hurt was apparent. and none was ap,
pretended. On Sunday, he went
about the city as usual; but, towards
.ni,,ht faalin,ra "a 0nnl dpal nj nai N in
his temples, he walked home, and, af.
terwards TO the house OF his brother
in-law, Mr.. Prendergast. Hardly
had he reached the door, when a sense
OF deadly faintness came over him
lie recllned upon settee, from which
he never rose again. At balf.past 10
P. NJ, he expired, without struggle.
The skull was fractured near the
right temple, and extravasation OF
blood had produced death.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
How The AdJourned session was
Brought About.

Brought About.
After the House OF Representatives
had so sigpally defeated the resolution
for an adjourned session, the people
were taken by surprise when it passed
the next week by a large majority.--
The means by which this change was
made are brought to light by letter
from DR.. Fellows, q member from
CoshOcton, to the CQshoctop Demo-
Crat.
"You may ask how was all this
brought aboutl III tell you. 1t is q
well known TACT, that Salmon p. Chase
is the embodiment, soul and gizzard
of the Republican party in OHIO. do
conceived it, brought it forth. blew
wind into it, gave it name, adopted
it, and became its Godfather. When.
ever it ceases to do his bidding, or to
serve his ambitious ends he will sus-
pend its being, and turn over its life.
less carcass TO the oliactpry inspection
Of Ben Wade, who will pronounce it
dead and that it stinketh." Now,
sir, nearly every one OF tho Repubi.
can members OF this Legislature were
nominated and elected in accordance
with the dictation Of Chase, for the
purpose Of electing him United States
Senator, this you'd be stepping
stone to the nomination for the Presi.
dency; this would leave the Senator.
ship vacant again; the next Legisla.
turo might be Democratic; therefore
it was necessary to cali an extra ses.
sion next winter to elect ano ther Uni
ted States Senator in the place OF
Mr.. Chase. There was one great
barrier in the way; two to one, in the
House. were opposed to this extra
session. There were centred the
hopes of two anda hall millions uf
people, who were groaning nnder the
burdens Of taxation. If these hopes
failed, all was lost, and confidence of
man in his fellow man betrayed 1t
was necessary to overcome this oppo.
ston to an extra session, and who
shonld be more competent to perform
this herculean task than Mr.. Chase2--
And he set about it in good earnest.
He came into the hal! two or three al.
ternouns in succession, and called
around him his truant children and
snnbbed their ears, to get up their
courage, and then blessed them, and
told them to go for an extra session,
and the went for it; but some Of them
answered aye very feebly; others ab.
sented themselves, and some wautyd
to change their votes, claluing THIS
they had voted under IL mislaae. bus
i. was no go. | am sorry that some
Democrats voted with the Republicans
for an adjourned session, but they
claim it was in accordance with the
instructions Of their constituents.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19

General Concha, late Captain Gen
eral of Cuba, has been killed in Spain
in duel with the Marquis Pssuela.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
The Ruin Of the Ohio Ca nnls-
where is the Money!

The canals, not the lakes, as Mr.
Ewing once proclaimed, are "a desert
waste pI waters" Speaking OF the
effects OF the present foods, the aggre'
gate OF damages not yet known, the
Ohio State journal says;
"The great damage is to the Public
Works. They baVe received almost
fatal blow in the present condition
of atlairS--no money appropriated fol
their repair except what they earn,
and mere nominal sum, and that not
to be got at. By dispatch from Su'
perintendrnt White to the Board here,
we learn that the RaccoOn Aqueduct,
near Newark, is entirely destroyed as
well as great damage done to the Lick
ing Aqueduct. A dispatch from Su'
perintendent GIin, from Circleville,
gives information of several bad
breaks in the two.mile level near that
place, and very serious break around
the bulkhead at the dam. The old
aqueduct over the Miami, eight miles
above Dayton. has been carried away,
but the loss will fall upon the contrac.
tor for the new aqueduct, Mr.. Morri'
son. The various breaks are almost
inpumerable. We have givena large
number in previops issues, and expect
to hear of more.
THE wise heads have been together
trying to figure out how therepairs can
be made, but no satisfactory conclq'
sion can be arrived at, and we fear The
perpIexing difficulty can not be solved
without calling special session OF the
Legislature. The Board OF Public
Works have been notified, and will
hold a meeting Immediately, when
more light will be thrown upon the
subject We wish the canals safe
deliverance from the gloom that now
surrounds them"
"The "wise heads alluded to by
the Journal, we suppose, are Governor
Dennison and the Central Junto.-
The difficulty" is, no doubt, "per-
pley ing" When the Hooking Canal
broke in 1857, Chase & Co. didn't
find the difficulty "perplexing' at al.
They just drew sixteep thousand dol
lars ont Of the Treasury, in violation
Of the Constitution and the law, and
had the break repaired! But nowthe
"perplexing difficulty" is that THERE
Is NO MONEY IN THE TREASURY! Not
a dollar! Although the late LegiS-
lature appropriated $4,000 month
over and above the receipts ofthe Ca
nails to keep them in repair, that ap-
preparation does no good as yet, be.
cause the Treasury of the Great State
Of Ohio, under Republican mal,ad.
mipistration, is BANKRUPT!
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19
The Ohio Statesman.

The Weekly Ohio Statesman is now
published at ONE DOLLAR A
YEAR, in advance. 1t is decidedly
the best political paper in Ohio. Ev.
cry man who desires Columbus pa.
per should by all means subscribe ut
once for the Statesman. One dollar
enclosed in a letter and directed to
Manypenny & Miller, will bring the
next issue Of this mammoth weekly.
Col. Manypenny is just now show
ing up the condition Of the State Treas.
ury, and exposing the deception
which the Republican State officers
have been practising upon the people.
1t is fact, undenied and undeniable,
that there is not one dollar in the
Treasury to pay current expenses
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19

U The frost on Sunday morning
last, it is feared has iDjured,the peach
lin this region. The apples, cher
ties and other fruit, we believe, are
still safe.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-19

and lcgislate upon polygamy in the
Territories. AS the Republicans are
pledged just as strongly against slave
ry as polygamy, why did they not in.
clude that ''twin relic" in the bill
above alluded too
We suggest that the House pass a
dog laso for Utah and then adjourn.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-01
MIrrhII on rhe "I.llrIe Glnnl.n

Among the speakers on the Davis resolu-
tions in the Senate, was wigiall, premipent
Democrat from Texas. lid seems 10 have
spoken With considerable effect, for we notice.
''our gallant young Senator" Pugh,) was
very frequently brought to his feet by the
Texans remarks, We give a single para.
graph as a sample: i
Alter Judge Douglas election to the Senate
why did he write the Harper article He
was elected Who was persecutng him u
is a great misfortune he acted upon Dogber-
ry advice TO neighbor Seaooal. Said Dog
berry to neighbor Seacoal, "lor your favor,
sir, why give God thanks and make no boast
of it; and for your writing aud reading, let
that appear when there is no need OF such
vanity; and il was precisely when
there was no need of such vanity, TINT
the distinguished Senator from illinois
became II pamphleteer, and wrote that
unhappy article 1t has had an unhappy
elect upon the party, aud a more unhappy
effect upon him. If he was ambitious, itwere
a greyious fault, and previously has Caesar
answered it, fosDouglas lis in his grave; and
regret 10 say, that, 'after life S iitlul fever,
he does not Asleep well.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-01
LlncoIn Amona lhc ChIlaren.


Probably no attribute Of our candidate
viii, aner all, remarks the Tribune, endear
him 50 much 10 the popular heart as the con-
viction that he is emphatcally "one Of the
people His manhood has not been com
pressed into the artificial track Of society;
but his great heart and vigorous intellect
have been allowed a generous development
amid his solitary struggles in the forest and
the prairie With vision unobscured by the
mists Of sophistry, he distinguishesat at the first
glance between what is true and what is false,
and with will and courage fortified by his life
of hardship he is not the man TO shirk any
responsibility or TO shrink from apy opposi-
ton. Moreover, he is peculiarly one to win
our confidence and affection. To know
Honest Abe is to love him; and his neigh
bors in the West, although voting for him 70
a man, will mourn the victory which is 10 de-
prive them of his presence. The following
incident will exhibit Lincoln in one Of those
unobtrusive acts of goodness which adorn his
iie. Tho circumstance wns related by II
teacher from the Five Points House Of In
dustry in this city. "Our Sunday-School in
the Five Points was assembled, one Sabbath
morning, few months since, when ! no
tioed tall and remarkable looking man enter
the room aud take seat among u.s. lie lis
tened with fixed attention 10 our exercises
and his countenance manifested such genuine
interest that approached him and suggested
that he might he willing 10 say something to
the children. he accepted the invitation
with evident pleasure, and coming forward
began simple address that at once iascin-
ated every little hearer, and hushed the room
into silence. His language was strikingly
beautiful, and his tones musical with intensest
feeling. The little faces around would droop
into sad conviction as he uttered sentences Of
warning, and would brighten into sunshine
as he spoke cheerful words of promise. Once
or twice he attempted to close his remarks
but the imperntiye shout Of 90 Go on Oh, do
90 on r would compel him to resume. As
| looked upon the gaunt and sinewy frame OF
the stranger, and marked his powerful head
aud determined features, now touched into
softness by the impressions Of the moment
] felt an irrepressible curiosity TO learn some
thing more about him, and when he was
quietly leaving the room, begged to know
his name He courteously replied, at is
Abra'm Lincoln from Illinois y
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-01
The Honse Tnrin Bin.

The Democratic prO-SIavery Senate having
twice rejected the House Homestead Bill, is
equally pertinacious in opposition to the Tariff
Bill theHouse has passed torelieve the bankrupt
Treasury and incidentally protect free labor
and enterprise. A Washington dispatch of
the 29th ult. says:
The Finance Committee of the Senate held a
meeting this morning, and proposition to
take mp Mr.. Morrill's Tariff bill was peremp-
torily declined by the Democratic majority
Stll, the friends of that measure are deter
mined to press it on every occasion, and viii
find some opportunity of bringing the Senate
to G square test Mr. Hunter proposes no
compromise tariff, as has been reported. He
agrees with Mr.. Cobb entirely that no change
is needed, and that the present law will fur
nish abundant revenue for the support Of
Government although the experience of the
last three years proves its utter inadequacy in
this respect. His efforts win be directed for
postponement and non-aetion.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-01
Hnrner,s Ferry Inrestienripn.

It appears by the Tribune's dispatch of the
10th ult. that the famous Harpers Ferry
Committee are at a stand still. No witnesses
have been called for several weeks, and the
investigation may be regarded as substantially
closed What course the majority Of the
Committee mean 10 adopt has yet to be III
dicated. They have not expressed any pur-
pose 10 submit a report though some such
document may be expected, if only for form
sake 1t is now admitted that no evidence
has been produced in any way sustaining the
original charge that the John Brown affair
was the result Of Il combination or conspira-
cy among the Northern people, instigated by
hostility against the South All the proof
confines il to the deluded men who paid the
penalty Of that rash and indefensible enter
prise, and few foreign sympathizers, who
have already fed to escape the consequences.