Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-04-25
MORNING LEADER.
sATuaDAY aIoRNMe. LII s5, ,ss.


age County, for g perusal Of Two venerable
specimens Of the newspaper craft, which
are not little curious 10 readers Of the
present day. They would hardly satisfy
the merchant who looks in his LEADER this
morning to see the report Of yesterdays
New York market or London markets of
len days ago, received via Halifax or Cape
Race. Nor would the anxious seeker after
news reports Of last evening from Washing
ton. Fortress Monroe, Memphis, Pixies
Peak and California, find in these yellow
relics such abappy dispatch" And yet,
10 one who has watched the growth and de-
vslOpment Of the West, and to the partici-
pant in the whirl of social, political or
commercial life they are full Of suggestive
thought and interest.
One Of these documents is the "Western
Courier, Printed and Published by J. B.
Butler, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio"
and dated February 10th 1927. 1t num-
Der 4s Of volume Il It's terms are set
forth in the following quaint notice;
HTHE WESTERN COURIER
Is published sveekly at TWO DOLLARS and
FIFTY cents per dHnuH; which may be dI,-
charged BIZ the payment of two DOLLARS
lsithin the first siT months"
The Courier is about one fourth the size
Of the Daily LEADER. The first page is
filed up with advertisements, which are
literally displayed in large type. George
Brown & Co. of shalersville advertise
new store and new goods. Myron B.
Richardson Of Mantua advertises his
wife Betsey as having left his bed and
board, and he will pay no debts, SC. One
Of the most interesting advertisements is
that Of the Stage line From Pittsburgh
to cleveland, three times week" The
proprietors inform the public that new
stages, numerous relsysOf good horses, and
careful and experienced drivers have been
furnished. The stage stops a short time
At Beaver, Greersburgh, Petersburgh, Can
field, Ra7enna, Franklin and Hudson. The
stage starts from Pittsburgh on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, and arrives at
Cleveland every third dag thereafter. at
is intended, as soon as the state of the
roads will permit, in the Spring, to run
the trip in TlOo Days!" Think Of that
YOU who are whirled along by the Me
teor," or uRooket" to Pittsburgh :in six
hours. arrl -
The second page contains the election Of
officers Of the Portage county Agricultural
Society, the following being elected; Oil
yer Snow, President; Benjamin Higley,
Ist Vice President; Perry BabcOck, I'd
Vice President; William Goldman, Cores
pOnding Secretary; Darius Lyman, Re-
cOrding Secretary; Cyrus Prentiss, Treas
urer; Isaac Swift, Auditor. There is also
an extract from the remarks Of Henry
Clay on the occasion of his submitting
resolution at meeting of the American
Colonization Society, to solicit aid from
Congress and the State Legislatures, in
furtherance Of the object. Another matter
Of interest, at this time, is the abstract Of
the militia Of the State Of Ohio for the year
1926, as furnished by Colonel McElvain,
Adiutant General. From this we leaTn
that Ohio was blessed with IA Major Gen
erals, 46 Brigadier Generals, 123 ColOnels,
I29 Lieutenant Colonels, 126 Majors, 935
CAPTAINS, a proportionate number of other
officers. and z, ,184 privates, making an
infantry total Of "a, ,429. Of light infan
try, there were 5,I25; of rifemen, 24,S92;
Of cavalry, 8,728, and of artillery, 2,OO7,
making a grand total of llO,176, gOOdly
army truly, and doubtless valiant and
brilliant upon the muster field.
Among the State news is a resolution
introduced iuto the Legislature for surveys
Sc. for canal " from the Portage summit
of the Ohio canal, to the waters Of the Ma
honinS river, and thence to the eastern
boundary of the State" being the present
Pennsylvania and Ohio canal
Notice is made Of the election by the
Legislature of Ralph Osborn as Auditor Of
State and the following among other As
sooiate Judges: Geauga county, John
Hubbard, Asa Cowles and Daniel Kerr;
Portage county, Elkanah Richardson.
Some satirical instructions for the new
associate judges" in the heavy rhyme of
the olden time, is quoted from the COlum-
bus Statesman. We quote specimen
stanza:
Now Judges, when you first shall mount
Re very earsfdr or your looks,
And how you turn about your books,
Nor leer at any country wench,
Nor nod at any squire ..
Who stares to see you mounted so much higher.
In the news column, the Courier has the
election Of Mr.. Ruggles as a Senator to
Congress; news of the weather at Natchez,
Mississippi, up to December %; foreign
dates to December 10th, and a few items
regarding Congressional proceedings down
to January 28th.
Among the advertisements is one Of
Leonard Case, of Cleveland, as agent for
the Protection Insurance Company.
We have fingered SO long over this old
record of the times that any notice of the
other one must be deferred.
American Silver in Canada.
There is SO great glut of American silver
in Canada that it has fallen 20 per cent. be-
low par. The question, What to do with
our silver2 has greatly puzzled the Cana
dians, and eventually motion has been
made in the Legislature to make it a legal
tender. Heretofore it passed for four per
cent. mo1s than British silver; but the in
fux has been SO great that banks refuse to