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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
AN ORDINANCE

To prevent Ball ll-Playing and other games in
the Streets and other public places Of
Macarthur, Ohio.
Sec, !. Be it ordained by the Council OF
the Incorporated Village OF Macarthur, That
it shall be and hereby is made unlawful for
any person or persons to engage ir the
playing of Ball, as a game or otherwise, in
any of the streets or public places OF said
Village.
Sec. 2. That It shall be unlawful for any
person or persons TO eng &c in any other
game or conduct, in any street, alley or pub
lie place Of said village, of such nature as
10 disturb the good order and quiet Of said
village, or annoy or sndanger either in per-
son or property any Of the inhabitants there.
of.
Sec. 8. That any person or persons Of
Tending against any of the provisions of this
ordinance, shall on conviction thereof be-
fore the MAYOR of said Village, be fined in
any sum not exceeding Eve dollars, and shalt
pay the costs uf prosecution.
Sec. 4. That the Mayor Of said Village
shall have power to commit to the county
Jail any person or persons against whom a
fine may be assessed for violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance, until such ine
and costs shall have been paid, or such per-
son or persons shall have been discharged by
due course Of law.
Sec. 8. That this ordinance shall be in
force from and alter its publication in the
newspapers Of said village.
L. G. BROWN, Mayor.
ATTEST: JNo. 4. MAcKEY. Recorder.
April 20, 1860.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
The Lobby nj WOTk-AttaCk OH
Governor NKedilI.

We notice in the proceedings Of the
Senate, that Senator Green introduced
a resolution of censure against Comp
troller Medill, for refusing to pay au
unjust and unfounded claim against
the Government.
These are strange times that we
have fallen upon, when the Senate oi
the United States can be invaded by
the lobby, and a grave Senator by it
be induced to offer a resolution OF
censure against a government officer
for firmly, conscientiouSly and boldly
doing his duty, and stopping the pay.
ment from the treasury of a million
and eight hundred thousand dollars,
for one dollar of which there was no
just claim against the Government.
We know all about this Carmack
q Ramsey claim to which Green's
resolution refers. When we were in
the Comptroller's office it was referred
to us for investigation, and we think
now as then, that a more impudent,
unfounded claim was never asserted
against the Government.
The Comptroller's decision was
made in August, 1858; the claim had
been pressed since 1855; and it was
hoped that the thing pressed was not
only dead, but Stank.
1t has now, it seems, got into the
hands of the lobby, which, with Jack.
al instinct, digs up old buried claims
and gloats oyer them.
They have commenced operations
by public attack upon the faithful
officer who stands in their way to
thwart them. What next they vii.
do after getting through with the file
biting process, we know not; but we
guarantee, that so long as honor and
integrity influences those in power
the vermiu OF the lobby will have no
feast Of this stale and iniquitous old
claim. En1le.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26

tional Democratic party-despite oi
nullifers North or South. We hope
that every man who agrees with us in
these main objects, will be found ac-
lively supporting our candidates for
National, State and County officers,
1t is the only mode in which the dark
tide OF sectional strife can be s.ayed,
and in which the last advice of Wash
ington, TO be,cars of and dt'cOunte-
nance sectional parties, can be car
gied out.
Let us, therefore, dispatch the pre-
liminaries of the campaign as soon as
possible, so that the people will have
time to decide calmly and dispassion-
ately not only upon the nominees, but
alsv the principles, in the triumph OF
which they expect an election.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26

REPUBLICAN AGITATION OF THE
SLAVE QUEsTIoN.-The New York
HeraId, in speaking OF some of the
fruits Of Republlcanism, remarks:
1t has already divided the Tract
Society, and it will divide most if not
all OF the religious and benevolent So
cieties whose anniversaries are about
to be held in this city. 1t is setting
even the members of the same fami,
lies by the ears, and it is becoming a
fruitful source of universal strife
throughout the North, while the South,
united and uninjured, calmly looks on
at the folly OF the fanatics, who en-
broil Themselves and keep the whoN
North in hot water about what does
not concern them-nrgro slavery
which has no existence among them
but is an institution in distant States
over which they have no control, aud
with whose local laws they have nc
right to interfere. BY this insane
and fanatical couIse, which we art
told is prompted by a religious senti
ment, the foundations OF government
Christianity and civilization are sap
ped, the happiness of white millions
marred and their prospects clouded il
thick gloom, while the worship of thC
Almighty Niger aud John Brown il
set up instead Of that Of Jesus Chris
and the true God.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
Negroes Voting Ia Van Barren
TOWnshiD.

Gholson's decision has been put in.
to practical operation in Van Buren
township. At the late Spring elec.
ton there were TWELVE NE
GROES VOTED who never had the
right of exercising the elective fran.
cbise before, but now elevated to an
equal political privilege with white
men by the issuing of the edict from
the mandate of the Grand Mogul Of
the Oberlinites, they boldly step up
to the polls and deposit their ballots to
the utter shame and disgrace of this
white government
We understand that some Of these
negroes voted who have not the right
to, even under GholSons' decision =
That decision requires that they must
possess one more drop of white blood
than black, before they can vote; but
some Of these negroes voted vho are
just haBand.hQf. Joel W. Goiugs,
whose father was full.bloodea black
man, and his mother 0 white woman,
voted, and he had no more right to
than a minor or an alien. That is the
effect of Gholson 3 decision. No dit.
ference how dark person may be or
how little white blood he may possess,
he aciH cote. Goings is now boasting
and growing "that he has done some
thing he has not been allowed to since
the framing OF the Constitution Of
Ohio."
Some OF these negro votes were at
first refused by the Judges Of Eec-
ton, but this SO shocked their dignity
and importance that they at once
threatened dire vengeance on the
Judges, il they didn't allow them to
vote, thereby intmating that they
would either rule or ruin.
These twelve negroes are now on
par with white citizens. They have
a right to enjoy all the privileges and
that white men have
they have a right to sit on the jury,
aud they have a right to hold Office
Shelby Co. Democrat.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
tF.Om Harper's Weekly, April l4.l
ATrnigning the President.

The recent protest of the President
Of the United States against Mr.. Co.
vode's Investigating Committee has
been thoroughly discussed by the jour
mails throughout the country. Not a
few among the number censuFe Mr..
Buchanan, directly or indirectly, for
the reiterated illusions to his age and
services. But, with few exceptions.
all seem to admit that the want Of
common respect shown him by tho
House Of Representatives in appoint
| ing Committee to inquire whether
or no he had been guilty Of corruption
Justified an emphatic protest.
1t is not worth while to inquire
whether Mr.. Buchanan's repeated re-
marks upon his public career and his
advanced years are strictly in accord
ance with good taste. 'Fis trifing
matter at best, and if the Presidents
political rivals have no ground Of com.
plant but this his record will stand
well in history. His career is one Of
which he may well be proud, and his
approaching retirement from public
life impartS an authority to his coun-
sells on which he may well be pardonsd
for dwelling with some emphasis.
The true point to which good men
should direct their attention is simply
this: is it right, is it decent, is it in
good taste that the executive Of the ma.
tion should be arrigned before Com
mittee OF the House of Representa-.
tives on a charge Of corruption, and
that calumniea, coined by disappointed
politicians, should be published far
and wide in the form ola public docu-
ment, and at the national expensel
The charge in this case is, in plain
words, that the public patronage of
the Government has beer distributed
among its suppOrIn-s, and not among
its opponents. That charge is well
founded and true. Ever since the
time Of Jackson it has always been 80.
That the system is wrong in principle,
and that it would be great thing for
the country to alter it altogether, we
freely admit. But it was established
twenty years before Mr.. Buchanan
was inaugurated, and he has bnt car.
ried it out alter the example of his
predecesso ors. He has displaced and
Appointed poStmasters, collectors Of
customs, United States marshals, and
other Government officials in accord.
ance with the well understood prin-
ciples which have ruled the Govern
ment for nearly quarter of a century,
which principles may be briefly
summed up in the axiom that, where
a friend and an enemy are competitors
for ar Office or contract, the prefer
ence. all other things being equal,
3 should be given to the friend. We re-
peat that we do not like the system.
1t would be fai better for the Govern.
. ment TO choose lis servants on the
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26

offeen and employees of such banking COM
psny, the amount Of which while such pro,
ceedngs are pending, shall be under the con
troll Oi said court.
Sec. 3. That such court or Judge shall al
50 have the power, on petition OF any stock
holder or stockholders owning not less thar
oEe.fourth ofthe capital stock Of such bank
ing company actually paid up, or Of the bene
fetal interests therein, to enjOin the diTec
tors aud officers thereof from borrowing ol
issuing either directly or indirectly, any o.
tie money or assets of snch bank for theil
own individual benefit while such proceed
ings may be pending.
RICHARD C PARSONS.
Speaker OF the House oil representatives..
ROBERT c. KIRK,
President Of the Senate.
Passed March 20, 1850.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
E. A. BRATTON,
A. PEARCE,
N. RICHMOND,
JAS. SRY,
Dem. Central Committee.
The County Convention.
BY order oi

1t will be seen that the Democratic
Central Committee has determined
upon calling the County Convention
on the 2lst OF May, which is fully
three months earlier than usual. The
reasons for this action are various
A County meeting was necessary to
select delegates to the State Conven
ton on the Gath of May, which is also
called unusually early, and as it was
likely that the Congressional Conven-
ton would likewise be early, it wa:
thought that one County meeting
might transact the entire business, the
nominating of a County ticket includ'
ed.
The democrats, with the judicioui
nominations which the Convention
will no doubt make, can lose nothing
by placing their ticEet early in tht
field and giving to the people ample
opportunity of canvassing its merits
This week the National Democratic
Convention will choose our standard
bearers for the two highest Offices
within the gift of a free people. They
will bear aloft the Flag of our Union
with not one stripe dimmed, nor ON,
star obliterated, and the great ques
tion of whether the Union shall b,
preserved and the Constitution an,
the laws made in pursuance thereo
faithfully carried ont, will be advocat
ed affirmatiyely by them and the Ma
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26

ground Of fitness alone, regardless Of
their political services or their oarty
claims. But the present method hay-
| ing been in use Cor over twenty years,
and having been vigorously carried out
by seven Presidents before Mr.. Bu-
chanan, it is monstrous to impute it to
him as a crime that he followed theiT
example.
independently of this, however,
there 10 an impropriety in the inves-
tigation which is now being conduct
ed by Mr.. Oovode and his friends
which cannot fail to strike every per-
son with ordinary notions of decency.
If we are civilized nation, we owe
some sort of respect 10 the man We
have raised to the Office Of Chief Mag.
istrate. Insults leveled against him
are outrages upon the whole people
Until he commits offenses which JUS
tify his impeachment in the manner
provided by the Constitution, he is
entitled to some respect, to some i'm
munity from tue coarse v;tuperation
and brutal caiumnies which are the
lot Of the aspiring politician. What
weight can we expect his remonstran.
ces and his representations to carry
with foreign powers, if we set the ex-
ample of showing him up as a rogue
and an agent Of corruptionl What
will the foreign world think Of US, if
the man whom wO have chosen as our
Chief Magistrate is openly accused Of
knavery, and constructively tried for
the ofense by Committee Of Con-
gress2 Will they not be justified in
regarding him as type OF the nationl
What feast foreign despots and aris-
tocrats will have over the indecent
spectOclel What an argument against
democracy and popular government!
There ought surely to be something,
some man, some Office, sacred from
the low abnse of party politicians and
the assaults of vulgar place hunters.
We are in the habit of boasting OF our
superiority to the poor halfbreed
races of the Southern part of the
Continent, and adducing, in proof Of
it, our patient submission to the ver-
dict of the majority, however distaste-
tnl it be to the minority. But if that
submission be simply evincod by our
abstaining from barricades and enc
utss, and il it docs not prevent us from
doing our best to bring that majority's
verdict into contempt, and to degrade
the chosen head Of the nation by low
devices and vulgar tricks, the basis
on WHICH our boasts rest is very s!on;r
der.
Where is the Covode system to endl
Next March, perhaps, Republican
may be President Of the United
States, and in 1868 or 1864 there may
be a Democratic majorityin Congress.
Does any one suppose it would be
difficult for that majority to rake up
scandalous tales about the distribu-
ton of the public patronage, and
make it appear that the President has
tried to corrupt the peoplel There
arg always disappointed seekers Of
offices and contracts who are ready to
invent calumnies against the official
who disappointed them. If we inau-
gurate the practice Of Investigating
Committees into the distribution ofthe
Presidential patronage, it is quite
certain that every President from this
time forth will be proclaimed to this
country Gnd to the world knave and
a rogue before his four years end
What will the country gain by thatl
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
OEMOCRA TIC
To the Democratic Electors Of Yin
ton County.

You are hereby notified to meet at
the usual places of holding elections in
your respective townships, on Satur'
day, May 10Th, 1860, at three o'clock
z. NJ. and choose delegates to repre-
sent you in County Convention to
be held at the Court House in Near,
thur on Monday, May 81, 1850. The
Townships are entitled to one Dele
gate in said Convention for every 25
votes cast for Rufus p. Ranney Tor
Governor in 1859, and one for every
fraction of 10 and over, as follows:
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26

The HoRDEs ARE CoMING.-Ac.
cording to the Washington (Fayette
county, Register, there were fifty
negroes from North Carolina, arrived
in that county and took up their resi-.
dence about the first of this mouth
They were Of different shades of color
They are said 10 have been emanci
pated.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
ANACT

mo. rs, ANACT
Further defining The duties Of Supervisors ol
Roads and Highways.
SscTIoN /. BE il enacted By the Genera
Assembly ofth Siate Of Ohio, That super.
yisors Of roads and highways within this
state. be aud are hereby authorized to con-
struct loot bridges over streams Of water on
said highways.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect aud be
in lorce from and after its passage.
RICHARD c. PARSONS,
Sneaker Of the Housc Of Representatives.
ROBERT c. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
Passed March 81, 1860.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26

DEATH CT SENATOR WALKER.-
Hon. Hardesty Walker, member Of
the Ohio Senate from the 18th dis.
trict, composed Of the counties of Mi
ami, Darke and Shelby, died at Sid.
ney, Apr. II.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26

FATAL AccIDENT.-We learn from
the Portsmouth Tribune that Alexan.
der Boyer, Of Webster, was killed a
few days ago on the S. & Ii. V. Rail-
road, at Pioneer Station, by falling
between cars, as he was stepping from
one to another. Two cars passed over
him, mangling him in a horrible
manner. lie had seen employed on
the railroad from the time of its con.
struction, left wife and three chill
dren, and was a good citizen.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
Votes. No. Delegate;

The delegates 20 chosen in the va
rious townships are requested to meet
at the Court House, in Macarthur, on
Monday, May 81, 1850, at 10 o'clock,
NJ, Tor the purpose Of nominating can
didatcs for the following named off
ces:
County Auditor,
Probate Judge,
Clerk OF the Court,
Sheriff,
County Treasurer;
Commissioner, and
Coroner.
Said Convention will also appoint
2 delegates to represent Vinton Coun-
ty in the State Convention to be held
at Columbus on Thursday, May "a,
1860; 2l delegates to represent said
County in a Congressional Conven-
tion to be held at time and place to
be determined upon hereafter; ap,
point Democratic Central Commit
Ice for the ensuing year, and transact
other business that may be proper in
County Convention.
BY order of
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26

lRREpREssIBLE CONFLICT IN SPRINe
rIELD--On Monday last Il negro
named Martin voted at the city elec.
ton, and then repaired to the town.
ship polls to vote a township ticket
His vote was refused by the trustees
and he therefore proceeded to a jus,
tees Office and brought suit for dam
ages. lie lays his damage at 5000
1t is also significant that Mr.. Moore
the trustee who refused his vote, and
who is acknowledged to be one Of the
best trustees Springfield township
ever had, was defeated by a few votes
Whether his refusal of this negro vote
turned the abolition vote against him
we are not prepared to say.-OhiG
Press.
From the above, it appears that the
Republicans of Springfield, CLARK
County, defeated the Trustee who re
fused a negro vote. Of course, Re
.pu6licans are not in favor Of negro
Atfrage.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
73l AN ACT

No. 73 AN ACT
Supplementary to the act entitled "an act to
provide for the organization of cities and
incorporated villages passed May 1852
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Central
Assembly Of the Stdteof Ohio, That the coun.
Gil ofany incorporated village in this state i;
hereby authorized to purchase, for the use O.
such village, at price not exceeding five
thousand dollars, any lots or grounds therein
being formerly the site Of any fort, or the
scene OF any important historical event W or
thy OF commemoration, and for the payment
of the purchase money thereof, such counci
is hereby authorized in addition 10 the othe
powers Of taxation conferred on them by law
10 levy tax upon all the property Of sait
village, as contained upon the tax duplicate
of the county, not exceeding one mill OH the
dollar in any one year, anu j! shall be tht
duty OF said council 10 cause said lots o.
grounds 80 purchased to be kept in good Or
der al the expense Of said village.
Sec. 2. This act shall be in iorcs from AM
after lis passage.
RICHARD C. PARSONS,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
ROBERT e. KIRK,
President Of the Senate.
March 81, 1860.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
AN ACT
mo. e9.1

To re-enact sections sixty-eight and fifty.one
of an act entitled IAN Act to provide for
the Organization Of Cities and i ncorporat-
cd Villages passed May ,, 1852.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-26
No. S2.l AN ACT
To repeal Dse school Library tax.

No. 80. AN ACT
To repeal he school Library tax.
sEcrIor /. Be ii enacted by The General
assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That the fifty
eighth section Of the act Of May A, 1863, to
provide for the organization, supervision
and maintenance Of common schools, SO far
as it relates 10 the assessment Of taxes fol
the purpose of furnishing and Increasing
school Libraries and apparatus be and iht
same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect on itt
passage.
RICHARD C. PARSONS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT C. KIRK,
President OF the Senate.
March 10, 1860.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE1
Columbus, o., 9th March, lS60}
/ certify that the foregoing acts are true
copies from the Original Rolls on file in thil
office. A. P. RUSSELL,
Secretary OF State.
AUDITOR s OFFICE, VINToN Co.,)
Macarthur, April rs, 1860.
l certify that the foregoing laws are cor
recty copied from those furnished by til,
Secretary OF State.
N. RICHMOND, Auditor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-06

LINCOLN IS SURE TO BE DEFEArED.-The Su.
preme Court has decided In the bred Scott
case that negroes are not citizens Of the United
States. The Senate and House Of Representa-
lives In Congress are both anti Lincoln, and
they open the electoral returns and count the
votes They will, Of course, throw out the
fourteen thousand negro votes In Ohio, which
gives that State 70 the democrats, and which,
with the vote Of New Jersey, California and
the whole South, defeats Lincoln, even II he
gets the votes Of all the other free States. But
never mind, make the defeat q sure thing.
Vote early and take your neighbor along with
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-06

FRS IN wssr FoRrY srsnEr Shorty before four
O'Clock yesterday morning . Ore broke out in the
ha, Ion Of frame stable OF 10. No. LAOS Broadway,
which fronted Forty nrst street. The flames caught
the weather boards OF the gable end Of three story
frame dwelling houie, No. "a West Forty nrst street
The nremcu in the Immediate neighborhood quickly
work and succeeded In saving the dwelling house.
story building between the three story building
Broadway and the stable, was pretty much destroyed.
The FIRST story OF No ~ West Fory 6rst street
cup!ed by Charles Nage butcher shop and dweling da
mayed BY water about $50 Insured for $3.50 in the Ha
milton Insurance Company The upper part Of the house
was occupied By families their articles OF furn
ture damaged BY water no insurance The damage
70 this building amounts 10 about $3.50 said v be 10
eured The grocery store No so5 Broadway, OF
Forty FIRST street. OWNED by T. Poih stock slightly ds
mayed by water insured Mrs Meyer, who lived In the
extension back OF the store, burnt out the
most Of her furniture was removed The building
No. ,s05 not damaged. II 10 Owned by Frederick
Kapp and insured for 81 400 In the Norwich Insurance
Company The four horses IN the stable were taken out
10 safety. The rgin OF the Ere Ia at present unknown
The alarm Of Ore for the Third district at about i've
O'Clock was caused By the burning Of tar barrel in
Reach
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-06

SHALL We HAVE THE RUN OF 1887 AoAN'-
II Lincoln Is elected we shall have the great
material interests OF the North and South rang
ed In hostility to each other, under the lead Of
selfish and ruthless political demagogues. This
will produce an agitation and conflict like that
against the United States Bank, and ending As
that did In 1887, In universal bankruptcy and
ruin. Which will you do, 60 to the polls or 60
into bankruptcy To the polls BY all means,
and vote early, and call your neighbor 70 vote
early also; but be sure that you vote early
yourself