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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
ValcdiCtOTy.

Having disposed Of my interest in
the Demoorah the present issue will
terminate my career as its editor
In taking leave Of my patrons, for
many of whom shall always cherish
the livcliest feelings of friendship and
gratitude, have to regret that cir.
cunstances, stern aud unavoidable,
would not permit me to continue Ion;
ger the pleasant intercourse which has
subsisted between us for nearly five
years past. During that period |
have, doubtless, as is universally the
case with those occupying a similar
position, made some enemies, as well
as friends, | DO not suppose that !
am less liable to err than men geuer,
ally, and if my enemies will acknoWl,
edge the same fact in reference to
themselves, and survey humanity
with all its fallibility, faults and fol-
bles, it will not be difficult for us to
excuse and forgive each other
With this sort OF a view of human
nature | can wish those who have
been ray foes, even personal as well
as political, a "God.speed."
All advertising contracts made by
me and unfinished will be completed
by my successor. Those who have
paid in advance for the Democrat will
receive it the full time for which it is
paid.
We embrace this occasion to urge
those who are in arrears on subscrip-
ton to call as quickly as possible and
pay us our due, assuring them that it
will be to their interests, temporal and
eternal, to do so, and that we shall rot
againdun them in the character Of an
editor, but as u hungry creditor, forced
by those who have trusted him to de,
mand his own; it not peaceably, then
by the sword OF the law.
A. PEARUE.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
Kansas.

This Territory has been the cause
ola vast deal OF trouble and expense.
The cost OF the Territory when bought
from France is but a small item in the
general account. We have had a Ter.
ritorial Government to pay, enormous
army expenses, the expenses Of the
border ruthan war, the Sharp's rifle
emigrant aid expenses, several Legis-
!atures, ditto Constitutional Conven-
tions, etc, etc. A few years ago the
cry was for money TO send free State
men and arms to Kansas for the pur.
pose of killing or driving offthe Dor
der ruflians, and the people OF the
North, under the excitement, contrib
.utod literally, and hundreds ofthous,
ands OF dollars were raised. Emigra-
tion and ammunition were forced into
the Territory at a rapid rate. What
lis tie cry nOw2 "Send us flour, corn.
and meat, or we perish!" 1t is esti-
mated that there are forty thousand
persons in that territory who must be
sustained by contributions for several
months. Thadeus Hyatt, one of the
main instruments III forcing emigra-
ton into Kansas, is trying to atone in
part for that great wrong by soliciting
bread for his starving emigrants, but
it is conceded that nothing which the
people OF the States can now do will
prevent an appalling amount ofsufer-
iDU,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

OP Not one Southern paper, not
one Southern Congressman or public
man threatened a dissolution of the
Union if Mr.. Douglas. was elected. -
But, from the time Lincoln was nomi.
mated up to the hour Of his election, a
large proportion OF the Southern press
and the Southern people did threaten
dissolution if he was chosen. In the
face Of these facts the Commercial has
the audacity and foolishuess to express
the belief that the same results would
have followed Douglas election as
Lincoln's. The most extreme oithe
extremists would have quietly submit.
ted to Mr.. Douglas inauguration
While they did not agree with him
exactly on slavery, they knew him and
his party to be conservative and ma
tional.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

OFEx,Secretary Cobb has issued
his letter to tho people Of Georgia. In
it is the following passage:
"On the 4th day of March, 1861,
the Federal Government will pass in,
to the hands of the Abolitionists. 1t
will then cease to have the claim eth.
er upon your confidence or your 10y
ality, and in my honest judgment each
hour that Georgia remains thereafter
a member of the Union will be an
hour Of degradation, to be followed by
certain speedy ruin. | entertain no
doubt either OF your right or duty to
secede from the Union. Arouse, then,
all your manhood for the great work
before you, and be prepared on that
day to announce and maintain your
independence out of the Union, for
you will never again have equality and
justice in it. Identified with you in
heart, feeling and interest, | return to
ehare in whatever destiny the future
has in etore for our State and our.
selves"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

WANT IN ALADAMA.-The Mobile
Register, Of December 13, publishes
the following extract from a letter
written by subscriber in Choctaw
County:
You Mobiians have but a faint idea
Of the misery that will be likely to ex.
is! in the country the coming year.
| can assure you, from my own Oh,
servation, that in less than two months
from this time, eight families out Of
ten will actually be out OF corn, and
a great part Of them will not have the
money to buy it with. And as your
merchants will not fill orders unless
the cash accompanies such orders,
where is it to come froml
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
AppEARANoE OF THE SoUru CAEou-

APpEARANoE oFTHE SoUTH CARou-
MA LEoIsLATURE.-The members sill
with their hats on. The Clerk, cloth
ed like an Episcopal clergyman, calls
the roll. The Messenger, in front of
the Speakers room, striFes his staff on
tho floor, crying out, "Make way for
the Speaker" the doorkeeper repeats
1t loudly with three heavy raps Of his
staff, and then the Speaker himself,
clothed in o rich blue mazarine robo,
marches up the aisle to his seat. The
building which the body meets is very
old and inconYenient. The seats are
old and bestrewed with papers. The
members are noisy and talkative, and,
with their hats on, look more like a
common political gathering than any
thing else.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

The HOMESTEAD 1.-The Home
stead Bill which passed the House of
Representatives, on Thursday, Dec. 5,
and ia now before the Senate, provides
that any person who is at the head of
family, Or who has arrived at the age
of q years and is a citizen of the Uni
ted States, or who shall have filed his
intention to become such, as required
by the naturalization law, shall be en-
titled to enter, free ofcost, one hun.
dred and sixty acres OF unappropria.
ted public lands, upon which said per
son may have filed pre-emption
claim, or which may be subject to pre-
emptlon, at 81 25 per acre, with tue
further provision that, if the pre-emp-
tor resides upon and cultivates the
land for five years, it shall become his
Or her property, on the paymenI oi ten
dollars, and be entitled to q pates.t, Gs
in other cases provided by law. If
the pre.emption is at 80 so per acre,
then only eighty acres can be entered
under the provision of this law.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
souih CnrOIIna hns seceded-A

South Carolina has Seceded-A
Star Struck ont of Our National Galaxy.
"CleveIand" telegraphed us last
night that tue Ordinance of Secession
had been passed ythe South Carolina
Convention, aud that she had declared
her independence of the Union. This
news, although expected, will excite
melancholy sensations in the bosom OF
every patriotic American citizen We
have admitted many new States into
the Union, but no 0ld one has ever
before gone ont. The golden chain OF
our Contedcracy is broken. We are
no longer a united people.
The State which has left us is one
of the old Thirteen Colonies, which
carried the country through the Rev.
olutionary War, and whose sons were
faithful in that dark hour that tried
mems souls. Her history has been
gloriously connected with that Of the
country. Her retirement strikes out
one star from our national galaxy. We
fear that this is but the beginning OF
the great drama ofseeession and rev.
Olution which threatens such fatal con.
sequences to the land. May Heaven
in its mercy arrest the dire calamity,
and save the Union from further dis,
ruption. Gin. Eng.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
Deinlcauom-S7O,OOO Minus,

State bonds deposited in the De-
partment of the Interior to the am'nt
of S670, 900 have been sbstracted and
pledged in New York. 1t is found
that claims against the government to
the amount of over half a million Of
dollars were exchanged for these
bonds. A Clerk by the name Of Bay.
less is to blame for this transaction,
and he and an agent Of Russell, Maj
orS & Co., have been arrested. The
government will probably manage to
secure the bonds.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
Senator TOOnlbs

Has written 10 his constituents saying
that the Republicans on the Senate
Committee Of 13 manifest no dispoSi-
ton to give the South any guarantees.
He says that the Republicans on the
Committee voted unanimously against
the plan Of Senator Crittonden. Ii
this be true, then, indeed, is there lit
tie hope of saving the Union.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

RESIGNATION OF GOVERNOR MEnA'
RY.-Governor Medary, of Kansas,
has issued an address to the citizens OF
the Territory, in which he announced
his resignation of the Office OF Cover
nor. BE has held it tnearly two years.
The Secretary OF the Territory will
probably act until it is admitted as O
State, which will be in few days.
~~~O~-~-~-~----~~~-
"Reduced by Dyspepsia TO mere Skele-
tOn.n
CURED BY "BGRHAvE's HOLLAND BlTTERs."
Mr.. A. Matchett, trader probably as we'll
known as any man in Western Pennsylvania, 1,
states as follows: "I NET with farmer in
Armsrog county who was reduced by DyS-
perSia 10 mere skeleton. persuaded him
TO buy bottle of Berhave's Holland Bit
ters, believing it would cure him. Meeting
him some months after, what was my aston
ishment at fnding him hale, hearty man;
he told me he now tbsighed 200 pounds, and
that this wonderful change had been produ-
ced BY BGrhave's Holland BitIers to which
he attributed solely his restoration. u Dec.
40, 4w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
Report from the Macarthur Union

The following pupils have not lost
a single half day during the term just
closed; George Kaler, Charles E.
Stanley and Sarah Hawk, of the High
School; Ledesman Martin and Austin
Lowry, of the Grammar School; Lydia
Martin, William Cox, Aaron Lantz
and John Tomlinson, of the Interme.
diate.
The following have not been once
tardy; Esther j. Spahr aud Dora
Hawk, of the High School; Henry
Horton, George Horton, Alfred'Drake,
Mcdonald Eby, Melissa Smith, Eli.
zabeth Smith and Ardelia Wolf, ol
the Grammar School, Lucy Wolf, Of
the Intermediate School, and Elmer
Lowry, ofhe Primary School.
j. 2. SPAHR, Supt.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27


A ROLAND FOR AN OLTvER.-The
New York Evening Post is anxions to
know how Mr. Pickens, who has Just
been elected Governor Of South Caro-
lima, will get along with the oath
which he will have taken to preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution OF
the United States" He will get along
with it (says the Detroit Free Press)
just as some Republican Governors OF
Northern States, who have approved
laws multiplying the Constitution Of the
United States. have got along with
their oaths; he will commit moral
perjury.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
Left CONGRESS.

South Carolina having seeded from
the Union, her members in Congress
have taken leave of that body. The
Speaker has ordered the names
Of the House members to be retained
on the list, thus refusing to recognize
secession.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27


WHAT THE oLAvEs THINK OF THE
PRESENT DIFFloULTIEs.-A lady re-
siding in Maryland, writing to friends
in Boston, aliudcs to the feeling
among the slaves there. A slave wo.
man, belonging to a neighbor, has
been in the habit of doing her weekly
washing, but recently has been care
less in her work. The writer remon-
strsted with the woman, who replied:
"You ought to be satisfied with the
work, for next spring, when Lincoln
is President, you may have to wash
tor mel" the letter says that they con-
stantIy in dread Of an out. break Of the
slave population.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
Tennessee.

Senator johnson Of Tennessee made
strong Union speech a few days ago
lie is in favor offighting for the rights
OF the South IN tie Union. His col
league, Mr.. Nicholson, also addressed
the Senate, taking strong conservative
grounds, but asking Constitutional
guarantees for the South. We notice
that Senator johnson was burned in
effigy at Memphis last Saturday night,
in consequence of making his Union
speech.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

A GERMAN ATA BANK.-A Ger
man, who had $500 in god deposited
in Que OF the Western banks, stepped
up to the counter the other day, pre-
sented his certificate, and demanded
his geld. lie was paid, when he said
to the banker, "Vot you git for COLT
now, eh2" "Five per cent, was the
response. "Oh, yaw, dat ish goot.-
| sell you desc Tor good paper mon.
Iish." "All," was the reply, and
S315 in currency was handed the ex.
Idepositor, who took SIS from his roll
of notes, and handed back $500, say
Ing: II deposits dat mil you
You're goot, | sees." And taking
his new certificate, be departed with
his S15 premium.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

UPThe steamer Persia has arrived
with later European news. The Arch
bishop Of Naples has been mobbed and
his palace threatened with destruction.
The rioters were only appeased by the
Archbishop appearing with the tri-
color of the Italian nationality in his
hand.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27


''Io c'oWulng "ct ol a series OF nOole
an" Pa'.io'le measures winch the
',.iJ De.'iJ'!"'.I =; ~ orshi''za'l9n mas eonsIm-
iIa'en u IN, III % 'liv past; ana II ihey iail IN
"t'H u Ivy WIN 20 u'wn with the nag
~ 'Ie'r country waving over their
.r n'"eS' Co., Il allena'ioh exists between
1n' W, c'a'ts hey nave not caused It
"s'. 'o'icy was "'"Syo ofo"d enough
~ i,, 'o'1' ,oo Who'9 country IL was
i ,'oeI"'' "a'I"n"l "",' 'O'er"ht' II 'laS
o'e'i ''"''S"eu upu a's"o''ou III inc
',''S' ., ''0''"' ana outrageous ter'l's'
., .''s : "'o ,5 s'Iiu ~ !, nave tne'r mo
,. ''.S 'l' s1''1u, M pHS 'ne resent re
,"''' AS arc " Iu' ''ho'caI'oh oi
rs ", W''uo"',
we would 10 iieaven 'hat the Dem.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUcHAN-
AN.-President Buchanan has written
a long letter to a citizen Of Philadel-
ph!a upon the object ofsecession. The
point in it is his intention not to EN-.
ploy coercive means for the preserva-
tion Of the Union.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

A WOMAN BEATEN TO DEATH BY A
'LUNAro. James R. Campbell, a In.
natic, escaped from confinement in
Kemper County, Mississippi, and beat
his aunt, Mrs. Rebecea jerks, to
death with a club,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

OTNearly all the Alabam Banks
have, under the advice Of the
Governor, suspended specie payments.
Tho exceptions are the Bank Of Mo-
bile, Southern Bank and Northern
Bank.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

TERRIBLE TIMES THIS WINTER
The New York Herald Of Wednesday
says,
There is not q moment to be lost in
raising funds and making provision
for the poor The winter is now
ialrly set in, aud there will be Il large
demand upon those who have to give.
In all probability New York never
witnessed such terrible times for want
and destitu,ion as are before us. and
every day hurries on the crisis
Meetings should be he'll at once to
provide means OF subsistence for the
unemployed, who will before loEg he
left hungry on the streets by the thou.
sand.
The revu,sion is going on steadily;
the Southern States are gong out Of
the Union; that is pretty evident; nor
does there appear to be any hope of
arresting secession in Washington!-
Congress is disorganizcd Or paralyzed,
and can do nothing. Mr.. Lincoln,
who could do much, is doing nothing;
he is dealt to every appeal, and Oh all
sides things look gloomy ond forebo
ding. 1t is time, then, for us In this
densely populated metropolis to look
after the interests If the destitute
masses who will be thrown upon our
bounty during the winter.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

EXTRADITIoN IN CANADA OF A SLAVE
WHO SLEW HIS PURsUER. The tele
graph dispatch from Toronto states
that the Court of Queens Bench de.
cision in the eXtradition case of the
fugitive slave Jones, Glia8 Anderson,
was rendered on Saturday in favor OF
giving up the prisoner to the United
States authorities, one Of the Judges
dissenting. Anappeal has been taken.
The case is one that has attracted
much attention, add may briefly be
stated as follows:
John Anderson is fugitive slave,
charged with murder, in killing,
while on his way to Canada, one of
his pursuers. He WAS demanded by
the United States authorities under
the terms ol the Ashburton Treaty
the surrender of criminals.
1t seems from the evidence that An
derson was the slave OF one Burton, in
Howard County, Mo, and married for
his wife the daughter Of freeman;
that nc was sold to q man living about
thirty miles from his wife, aud that
he now determined to leave for Cana,
IL. In pursuance Of this resolution
v started, aud IN passing the planta.
hon of S. 4. Z. Dipges he was accost.
ID by him and his pass demsnded.-
Failing to show it, Digges put his ne.
groes in chase, and the fugitive, after
about an hour, was healed off
by Digges himself. Anderson then
lrew q knife, stabbed the white man,
and made bis escape.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

DYPTHERIL, OR SORE THRoAT.--We have
information that Perry Davis's Pain Killer
will cure this diseuse, we would recommend
every person to procure bottle so that they
may have it at hand, as it is very important
that no time be lost in applying the remedy.
The mode of using it Is to wet wooden
cloth with the Pain Killer and apply it 10
the throat; atihe same time garge the throat
and take the Pain Killer internally as per diS
rections. For sale by Dodge d Co., anS
Druggists generally,-Dec. l3, 4w. T.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
JACOB Earnheart,s Estnta, !

NOTICE is hereby given thst Cornelius Karns
~ Administrator of the estate of Jacob Earn.
hart deceased has filed in tho Probate Court Of
Ninton SOunty, o. ,hisaccounts aud youehers for
inspection and partial sett lement, and that they
viii be passed upon by said Court on the | 5th day
of January, a. d. 1851. B. p. HEWITT,
Dec. 30, lS6O.--3w, Prob. Judge
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
Virginia

Virginia.
Reports from this State indicate that
the secession feeling is on the increase.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

tTOm AdUice, to all who are in any
way troubled with Erysipeas, Canker Salt
Rheum. Scrolula, or other forms Of bumor,
is to use Dr.. s. A. Weaver's justly celebrated
and never falling remedies for these COM
plants. We have no doubt that at least
half the chronic complaints in existence have
their origin in some form of humor, which
only needs to be eradIcated from the system,
to save them from an untimey grave. We
are glad that DR.. Weaver has turned his at.
tenliou to this class of diseases, which have
been so long neglected, and which have so
rapidly increased in almost all parts Of the
world. The thousands who have already
been cured, are Tut so many living certif-
Gates appealing to suffering humanity, and
attesting the worth OF truly valuable dis.
coveTy,
DR., Wedrers's Syrup vnd Cerate for sale
by Dodge & Co., and Druggists generally
Dec. l3, 4w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

O1'g-It is wonderful how soon valuable
remedy becomes kuown--Dr. s. 0. Richard
sons Sherry Wine Bitters is used and rec.
commended by the leading physicians of tue
country and all who once try it pronounce
it valuable
DELpHos, Ohio, July @6,h, 1853.
Messrs. ]. n. HARRIS g. Co.-Gente-
men:-I have sold DR., S. 0. Richardson's
Sherry Wine Bitters for several years, and
can cheerfully recommend them to the pub
lie as a medicine of decided merit in all ca.
ses of General Debility, Dyspepsia, Fever
and Ague, etc,
Yours Truly, ]. w. HUNT Druggist.
Sold by Dodge & Co., and Druggis.S gen.
erally.--Dec. I3, 4w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27

DanieIJolly's Estate.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
~ has been appointed and qualified as Executor
of the last will and testament of Daniel Jolly ate
of Vinton County, o.. deceased. 40
JAMES JOLLY
Dec. 90, lsso.-9w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-25

IMPORTANT RAILROAD MovEMENT-A very
large and enthusiastic railroad meeting was held
at Harrisburg, Pa, on Wednesday, composed Of
strong delegations from the southwestern counties
of the State and elsewhere. Chief Justice I,oyrie
Of the Supreme Court, presided, assisted by a
number Of vice presidents Hon. J : Black
Attorney General of the United states together
with Col. Shriver, of New York city and nine
other prominent gentlemen, were appointed a
committee on resolutions, who reported the follow
ing preamble and resolution; which were unanl-
moualy adopted, viz
Whereas, 1t has been made manifest 10 this
Convention, upon the most conclusive evidence
that railroad from the city of New York to The.
Ohio river, and the heart Of the Great West NAV
be made for less than eight millions Of dollars
and twenty equated miles shorter than by any
other route now in existence through Ppnnsyl-
vania, and fifty actual miles shorter than by any
route through the State of New York; therefore
be ii
RcSoirtd, That committee OF five persons be
appointed for the purpose of laying these facts
before capitalists and other persons who are in
teresed in this great thoroug hfare of trade and
inviting aid 10 secure the speedy completion Of
this important enterprise.
The committee appointed in compliance with
the resolution We're Messrs. Thcs. ShTiver Isaac
Rughes, John Cessna, \. Z. Wilson and Nelson
Reilly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-25
Personal.

49, Rev. DR.. Cahill, of Ireland, is at Browns
- Col. Harvey Brown, Major F. Porter. A.
nj. Haskill. U. s. A. are at Willards'
- Hon. VIM. C. Preston died at Columbia.
;. c., on Tuesday last
So. General Santa Anna Is reported to be in
New York en- route for Mexico by way Of Havana.
- Little ELLA Burnsp is again missing, and
somewhere.
-. Prince de Joinville Yesterday visited the
Navy ard, was received by Commodore Buch-
ahan with The highest honors was shown throuo b
tne various departments, and on leaving expressed
himself exceedingly gratifed and complimented
by The honors which had been so cheerfuIly be.
slowed upon him.
800 Mrs. Abe Lincoln Is thus spoken of by a
Springfield IN correspondent: Whatever OF
awkwardness may be ascribed to her husband.
there is none Of 1t In her. On the contrary she is
quite pattern of lady-like courtesy and polish
She converses with freedom and grace. and is
thoroughly fat in all the little amenities of
society. Mrs. Lincoln belongs, by the mothers
side, to the Preston family of Kentucky, has re.
ceived liberal and refined education and should
she ever reach 1t, will adorn the White House
She Is, am told a strict and consistent member
OF the Presbyterian Church"