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Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-02-16

The following bills allowed on Hospital Fund ::
Cahnbey & Junkans, merchandise, S 6 rs
S. LOffman, do 25 90
j. S. Mccain x Co. do ia %
III. ii. Gray & Bro, milk, G2 90
ii. J. Seaman, medicines, 157 so
1. G. Penney hospital service, Il Is
Chas. Thomas, rent rs 90
A. J. Loomis & Co.. meat, G5 SO
DIR. A. j. Hoffman,, medical services 1877 so
VIM. Baehr, labor, 90
Marie Ripsten, washing, % 90
The appointment of H. johnson as overseer of
Lowden road district being reconsidered, it was
ordered, that b. Cook be appointed overseer of
said district for one year on fling approved bond
in $1,000.
Ordered, that persons furnishing articles to the
county Hospital hereafter must receive orders
from the county Physician, or their bills VIII not
be allowed.
Ordered, that the rates of taxation on all tax
able property in this county for the fiscal year OF
l86l-'62 be and is hereby assessed the same as
last year.
Ordered that per capita tax for the support
of county Hospital be and is hereby assessed for
the fiscal year of '61-62 of two dollars (S2) on
each and every able-boded citizen of the county
between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years.
Ordered that per capita tax of three dollars
(S3) for road purposes, for the fiscal year of 1861
'62 be assessed on each and every able bodied
male citizen of the county between the ages of
twenty-one and fifty years.
Upon proof of due notice having been given
1T was ordered, that license be granted O. ~ A.
Phillips to keep toll bridge over Trinity river
at Lewiston, for one year. on filing approved bond
In the SUM Of $4,000. License $50.
On proof Of due notice having been given, Ii
cense was granted Franklin Ackeman to keep
toll ferry across Trinity river at Manzanita, for
one year, on fling approved bond in $500 Lii
cense S36a year.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08
Interesting Discoveries in Australia.

We extract the following from Lon
don Journal received by the last mail
The news, by the present steamer, from
Australia, is in one respect The most i'm
portant ever received. The problem as
to the possibility Of crossing the continent
from South TO North has been virtually
solved, and no question now remains that
a land transit may be opened up, available,
not only for the general purposes Of com
merce, but also for telegraphic commu.
nication. Mr.. Stuart. who started from
Adelaide abou, last Marcleon an exploring
expedition, with two companions and
number OF horses, has returned after hav-
ing crossed the country to distance Of
about 1000 miles from Adelaide, ard 10
within 800 miles OF the Vic oria river
Here he was turned back by body Of
hostile natives but, as be had already
reached 100 miles further north than the
point to which Gregory's expedition, in
1856. descended from Victoria, the con.
tinent may be considered, by the joint re.
suits Of these surveys. 10 have been fairly
opened up from one end to The other. In
stead o. an arid desert, il is described 10
be practicable country throughout.
The full details Of the observation
made, were for the present. however, kept
secret, the Parliament OF South Australia
having voted f95uO 10 enable Mr.. Stuart tc
start again with II larger and more strongly
organized party, and desire being en-.
ter:ained to prevent the triumph Of fnal
success being snatched from him by riva
explorers in tie other colonies, who might
hastily avail themselves OF all his informa
lion. Still, enough had been allowed tc
transpire TO give a general idea Of th,
route travelled. Mr.. Stuart and his com
panions suffered terribly, not only 70
water. but food, and also from an allacl
Of scurvy. The part OF the route in whicl
water was totally absent, however, wa
only sixty miles. In many parts ther,
was fine grass. besides splendid gum an,
other trees, including at least four kind
Of palm. A very large salt lake was ais
discovered in the interior, supposed, from
the blucness OF its water, to be of grea
depth. The event had created grent ex
element and rejoicing at Adelaide, ant
the general impression was that numbe
Of new provinces would ultimately b.
formed in The territory thus explored, art
that meanwhile the track might be mad,
available almost forthwith TO facilitat,
communication with India. and especial,
the export trade in horses. The new ex
ped,ion, which was 10 start Immediately
would consist of Mr.. Stuart and one o
his former companions. ten other we'll
armed men, and suitable number Q
horses.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08

A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER The following
anecdoto is too characteristic of the distin-
guished person to whom it refers, to be
doubted in tho least. We give il entire,
Recently Lord PalmeIston, the British
Premier, saw fit to purchase a second-class
tticket on certain railway in England. Tho
railway authorities, fearing that the exam-
pic of the minister Of state would be im-
itsted too extensively by those who wero
accustomed to purchase hrst-c!ass tickets,
engaged the services of two chimney sweeps
as travelling companions to Lord Pslmerstou,
furnishing them with tickets, ushered them
into the same carriage. The Vscount hnd-
ing himself ris.a-pis with two sooty cheya.
liers. was not long in guessing wbs, brought
them there; but he was by no means dis.
posed to yield the matter here. He who
had directed the foreign policy OF Engiapd
was not to be outwitted in diplomacy by .
railway corporation. At the merit station he
left the train, purchased firss-class tickets
for his sooty companions, and ushered them.
begrimmed as they we're, into sthe elegsnt
car to which :hey wero now entitled. and
himself resumed his former scat" II must
be confused that tho Premier had the boss
of the joke.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08
Work and PLAY.

Let II hero he remarked that recreation
can be fully enjoyed only by the man who
has some earnest occupation. Tho end of
the work is to enjoy leisure; but to enjoy
leisure you must have gone through work.
Plsytime must come after schooltime. other
wise it loses It's SAVIOR. Play. after all. is a
relative thing it is not thing which has
an absolute existence. There is no such
thing rs play, except to the worker. 1t
comes out by contrast. Put whito upon
white, and you can hardly see it put white
upon black. and how plain it is Light
your lamp in the sunshine, and it is nothing;
YOU must have darkness round il to make
its presence felt. And besides this, a great
part OF the enjoyment OF recreation consists
in the feeling that we have earned it by
previous hard work. One gnes out for the
the afternoon walk with light heart when
one has done q good task since breakfast.
II is one thing for dswdling idler to set
off to the Continent or to tho Highlands,
lust because he is sick of everything around
him and quite another thing when hard
wrought man, who is of some use 10 life, sets
off as gay as u lark. with the pleasant feeling
that he has brought some worthy work to
an end, on the Self.same tour. And then a
busy man finds o relish in simple recrea.
tions; while man who has nothing TO do
fnds all things wearisome, and thinks that
life is "used ups" it takes something quite
out of the way to tickle that indurated ps
ate; you might as well prick the hide of a
hippopotamus with q needle as to excite the
interest of that base being by any amuse
ment which is not highly spiced with the
cayenne of vice. And that certainly has 4
powerful effect. It was glass of water tn,
wicked old French woman. was drinking
when she said, "Oh that this we're ain. {,
give II relish I"---,a Country Parsos's REQ
reuGiOas
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08

THIRST WORSE THAN HUNeER.-The dIs-
tuI bance to tho general system which is
known by The namo of Taging thirst. 10 far
moro terrible than that OF starvation, and
for this reason. During the abstinence
from food, tho organism can still live upon
its own substance; bot during abstinence
from liquid, the organism has no such sourco
~ supply within itself. Men have beon
known to endure absolute priva,ion of food
for some weeks. hut three days OF obsolete
prVation of drink. (unless in moist atmos-
phere.) is. perhaps, the limit OF endurance.
Thirst is the most Atrocious torture evee
invented by Oriental tyranis. IL 10 that
which most effectually tSmes animals. Ar.
Astloy. when ha bad . refractory horse.
always used thirst NJ tho most effective
power Of coercion. giving littlo water 40
tho reward for every act of obedience. The
hiseories Of shipwrocts paint fearful pictures
Of the suffering from thirst and one OF the
most appalling cases known is tho celebrated
imprisonment Of ono hundred and fortv-sik
mon in the Black Hole Of Calenlta.--biSeS'
teOod,
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08

THE ToNeUB.-A white fur on the
tongue attends derangment Of the liver,
and it is common to bilious and typhus
fevers. A tongue vividly red on the Zip
and edge, or down the centre. or over the
whole surface, attends Inflammation Of the
mucus membrane OF the stomach or bowels.
A white velvet tongue attends mental dis.
sases. A tongue rcd at the tips. becom'
ing brown. dry aud glazed, attends ty'
phus state. The description Of these
symptoms might be extended definitely
taking 10 all the propensilies and obliqui'
ties Of mental and moral condition. The
tongue is the most expressive as we'll as
unruly member GSeisaiyfe AmsrieaH.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08
IT'S HOME WHERE THE HEART "a

IT'S home whore e'er the heartis,
Where e'er It's loved ones dwell,
In ciiics or In cottages,
Throngd haunts or mossy dell.
The henrtsa rowing ever.
And thus on wave and wild,
The maiden with her lover walks,
The mother with her child
Wis bright where e'er the heart Il,
Its furry spell can bring
Fresh fountains to tho wilderness,
And 10 the desert spring.
Green isles are in the ocean,
Ger hch affection glides,
A haven. on each sunny shore,
When love s the sun that guides.
IT'S Tree where e'er the hearts,
Nor chains nor dungeon dim,
Va check ;hemind's aspiring thought,
The spirits p,sling hymn.
The heart gives life its uSauty,
It's glory and its power;
Tis sunligh, to its ripping stream,
And soft dew to Its flowers.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08
Niagara IN the Winter,

Niagara is in all its glory. Grand, sub
lime, imposing, il always. is /; bu. now i is
more--it is radiant with beauty. II not
only awes. bu, it fsscinates is not only
slupendous, but exquisite. He who has
not seen Niagara in mid winter has no,
seen il in all its superbness. The summer
tourist knows it only in its sternes, aspect
Except that rainbow which ever spans The
shell Of waters" there is ordinarily not
one touch OF beauty about Niagara
Wilderness there is. ruggedness. vastness
yet IN overwhelming sublimily--a sub
lime Incompatible. Therein every natu
raj curiosity in either hemisphere is tame
beside It. The vast mountsins cannot viz
with it in effect. for it has what they can.
not have, movement; and magnitude il
motion is always more impressive thar
magnitude at rest.
But this unmatched grandeur is nov
combined with as matchless a beauty
The frost has wrought fairy work will
the grim cid cataract. II has throwI
about it garni'ure that outshines th'
wealth OF "Oimus and OF Ind :" ever,
rock gliIters. and every stone, every twig
every branch, every gnarled root, anc
every blade OF withered grass. The fro
zen spray has trans6gured everything
From the edge Of the Aood to the foot o.
the precipice. it has shee,ed the bank.
with the purest Parian. 1t has hung tht
crags with cleaning icicles.
1t has encrusted the trees, both HI
leaHess and the evergreen. so that they
stand out before you like chiseled emerald
This incrustatior is nearly an inch in thick
ness, and yet marvelously preserves thu
form of every portion of the tree under
lying it, even down TO the tips of tht
smallest twig. And SO with the tangled
bushes that skirt the brow Of the rock -
nothing could be more fantastic than th'
luxuriant, snow, white involute traeery--
The ground. too, entirely free from snow
whitened over with this cleaning Goa, o
frost. is but in keeping with the scene.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08

A Coon JoKE.-A loafer. while stop
ing at tavern up in the country. used 10
lounge about the. bar and drink other
peoples liquor. Not glass could be
left alone for moment, but he would slip
up, and drink it's contents. Ono day a
stage driver came 10, and called for stiff
horn of brandy toddy. Jehu Immediately
played possum by leaving his brandy
while he stepped TO the door. The bait
took. On returning he saw bis glass was
empty. and exclaimed, with all the dia-
bolical horror he could effect
"Brandy and opium enough to kill forty
men ! Who drank the pizen ?"
"I p stammered the loafer, ready 10
yield up the ghost with alright.
"You're dead man !" said the driver.
"What shall l do ?" beseeched the
other, who thought himself gone sucker.
"Down with pint Of lamp oil. or
you're dead man in three minutes !"
answered the wicked driver. And down
went the lamp oil. and up came the
brandy and opium, together With his
breakfast. The joke wss told. and be
has never drank other peoples liquor
since.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08

SECRET OF Being LovED.-wm. Wirt's
letter to his daughter on the "small. swoot
oourtesies Of life," contains a passage from
which deal of happiness might he learned:
want TO tell you a secret. The way to
make yourself pleasing 10 others is to show
that you caro- for ihem. The whole world
is like the miller at Mansfield, "who cared
for nobody--no, not he-beeause nobody
cared for him." Aud tho whole world will
servo you so, IL you give them the same
cause. ...
Let every ono. therefore. see that you dc
care for them. by showing thsm what Sierne
SO happily calls "the small. sweet courteslos'
In which there 10 no parade, whose voice il
too still to tease. aud which manifest them
selves by tender and affectionate looks, and
little, kind acts OF attention, giving others
tho preference In every little enjoyment al
the table. in the Acid, walking, sitting, OF
standing.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08
SIMPLE WORDS.


II mny he glorious to write
Thoughts that shn glad the Two or three
High souls, like those far stars that come in siel
Once in century.
But better. far. it is to speak
One simple word which now and then
Shall wuken their free natures in the weak
And friendless sons Of men.
To write one earnest word or line,
Which, seeking not the praise Of art
Shall NAL clearer faith md manhood shine
In the unlutored heart.
He who does this in verse or prose,
May be forgotten in his dny,
But surely shall he crowned Mt last with those
... Who live and speak for aye.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


LAW FIRM.
A LFRED PHELPS & Albert G. Riddle, com
"A posing he old Law Firm Of Phelps & Riddle
and Alfred Phelps, Jr,hnve formed Copartnership
connection for tho Practice OF Law, under the
Esme OF Phelps. Riddle g. Phelps, at the old Office
Of Phelps Il Riddle, where they viii attend to all
law business which may be entrusted to their
care. ALFRED PHELPS,
p. t.... ALBERT G RIDDLE,
-1 F-..-. ALFRED PHELPS, JR.
Chsrden, December 9Th, 1859. 5l7f
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08

A GREAT poet says that "the mountains
stand fixed forever" We know, how
ever, that it 10 no uncommon thing for
them 10 slope.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08

e.sAdvertisements should be marked the mum.
Der Of times they designed to be inserted; those
rot so marked, will be continued until ordered out,
and charged according to the above terms.
The privileges of yearly advertisers will be con.
Gned to their regular business.
Attorneys will be holden for the price Of inserting
dvertisements brought by them.
w All communications must he addressed to the
roprietor, postage paid,l TO receive attention.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-08
Minnia. the Rifle Maker.

A writer thus describes visit to the
great rife maker, at his workshop. IN Paris :
"Our attention was next directed to tho
chiefs collection of cartriges, bullets mods
and bullets; thoy were arranged in series
OF dra Sers, and looked like grimly mona.
c ny sort of instruments. He told us that
he had made balls in every conceivable
shape. and that no hud manufactured the
molds with his own hands. One of the
specimens was remarkably ingenious Min
nie declared that il wus calculated to give
tho loast possible resis ance to tho air.
And thus tho chief illustrated his assertion {.
He took up an iron tube, and. standing at
ono end of the shop, blew his buIIet with such
n force, that it stuck firmly IN the opposite
wall. Again and again he blew it from a
fixed point and again and again it reached
about the same hole il made at the first
shot. The bullet was on the same princ.
pls of the Archmedian scrcw. Thon we
had an anocdote in reference to this screw
bullet. Minnie took this ingenious bullet
and q tube to the Tuileries, aud submitted
bis new projec;ile to tho Emperor.
A few days afterwards, the chief paid
second visit to his sovereign. and found that
His Majesty had riddled the richly orna
nented walls of bis cabinet with the new
projeclile. We passed from this subject to
another Holding up ono of tho compact
cartridges he had recently mado, Minnie
proceeded to prove how soldiers might be
sent into the field, with an ine1haustible
supply Of ammunition. In every turn in his
crowded little workshop he had some ex.
pertinent to show, 10 some half developed
idea at which be was working. AT breakfast,
over his slice of melon or at tho butts Of
Vincennes, tho chief is the same man. His
Idea is before him. Tho perfection of arms
is the devouring passion Of his life. Always
attempting something new, always practicing
his arms. he may, any day. produce great
result. In France, he is known as the great
authority on fire. arms, and il was to him
therefore. that the Emperor appealed for
advice when the new Imperial guard was to
he armed The question was not slowly
filtered through committees and councils.
M. Minnie was summoned. He stated his
views frankly, aud gave reasons for them
The Emperor listened and decided. M,
Minnie armed tho Imperial guard OF France.
ONE OF DANIEL WEBsrER's BEsr.-The
late Kendall o. Peabody, OF Franklin,
was accustomed to tell the following which
we have never seen in print:
Mr.. Webster and Henry Clay were
standing on the steps OF one the hotels in
Washington, and Mr.. Peabody was close
by and heard what was said. A drove OF
Jackasses was passing by. and MIR. Clay
thoughti it good opportunity TO get a
joke upon Mr.. Webster. He paited him
upon the shoulder. pointed to the long
cared donkeys. and said: ....,.
"Mr. Webster. there are some OF your
Northern constituents" .. ..
/ eyes," replied the great statesman,
"going south 10 teach school,"
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H-All kinds Of merchantabls produce taken In
payment, at the market price.
s."No paper discontinued until all arreateger
1Se paid, except at he option Of the Publisher.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

bEaAL hpVERrlsEMENTs will be inserted as 'ol'
tows;-5o cts. a square, first insertion each sub.
seQuent insertion, 25 cts. a square.
BUSINESS ADVERrisEHEsrs will be inserted nt
the following ratea,
, 1861-02-26

he is governed entirely BY his antipathies
NOT BY sense Of duty, nor by his affec-
tions, but bis hates; and for the gratidca-
ton Of these he will 60: o. any length
whatever. :: " :*;
The virulence of the animosities Of the
sged are provefblal; they cease to be tenn
pered with the generosity Of youth, and
rankle with malignity that is rarely ap-
peased. Old men who probably have not
felt sting Of conscience, q blush Of shame
nor tinge Of contrition, for ten yeare, or
perhaps half -a,life time, are the most uii-
lovable Of the species. Such our politics
breed and such Buchanan and Toucey
unquestionably are. s- Upon no other hy-
pothesis cap ne ACCOUNT for the readiness
with which, in SO base cause, they have
earned the excavations Of their country.
men. They hated the Black; sRepubli.:
cans" and they loved nothing hut them
selves. No wonder they fell.
, 1861-02-26

The Senate and House Of Representatives
Of Illinois consist Of one hundred persons.
A list of their names, places Of nativity,
ages and occupations, now:Ies before u.s.
We learn from it, that out Of the whole
number, but elegen aoerc barn IN tue State.
Seventeen were from New, England; ;
eighteen from New York nine from ohip;
seventeen from Kentucky; one from
Ireland; two from Germany; twelve were
from slave States other than Kentucky and
the remaining thirteen we're from:the free
States mot above named Of the Ken
tuckians, eleven are set down rs Democrats
and six as Republicans.
Hthere is any truth in the assertion that
ont Of mixture of races we have the most
perfect human product, it may be true that
in the commingling Of institutions We get
themost perfect laws may be true ofsome
other State than this. Here the effect has
been confusion worse confounded.
, 1861-02-26
i TOUCEY AND ELS GLASS.

On Thursday last, b1r. Dawes of Massa-
cllusetts, Chairman Of the Special Com
mittee, appointed to investigate the condi-
ton and recent management Of the Navy
Department Of the Government Of The
United States, made report to tic House
OF Representatives, in which the compli-
city Of Secretary Toucey in the plots Of
the secessionists is fully established. We
print the Report entire elsewhere in this
paper, inviting for it the careful attention
OF all our renders who are curious to know
the nature and extent Of the great con-
spiracy by which the Government has been
temporarily dismembered and 1iseracea.
It will leave no doubt on their minds tia.
TouceY is fool out Of his appropriate
place, or that he is = traitor who deserves
legal allowance Of hemp
It will appear incredible that Northern.
man who cannot by any possibility hope
for political advancement from the seces-
sionists should be .led into the COURSES
which HI. Toueey seems to haye pursued
He is: rich; if he has common sense he
knows that he has attained, the height Of
his ambition; he is of an age to Withdraw:
from the actiye duties of: life, and devote
himself 10 preparation for that land in
which no 6ecessionists are found. There
is but one explanation Of his conduct; and
the truth in regard to. him applies with
equal force to Mr. Buchanan. He is q po-
1itical hack. :, He has dabbled SO long i IN i:
politics Of the baser sort; in intrigues for
advancement Of himself and the punisle-
ment Of others; and has so long done vio-
leRce to conscienee7by support Of the in
iquitous demands Of slavery, that he has
lost his; sense Of right and wrong, the
patriotic feelings Of his earlier years and
tbs sensihility 70 shame which. With soiqe
men y the only incentive to seltcoutrol
and . manly .life= Il dke Others or his c,a5y''s