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Master Commissioners Sale,
Ira Brague
VS..
TIC. Kyger and wife.

DY virtue of a mandate to me directed from
ID the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe
County. Ohio, will offer for sale at the front
door of the Court House in the town OF
Wooasheld, in said county, on
Satmdoy,thc 1lh day of September, 1869
betwsen the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
o'clock p m. on said day the following
nroperty situate in said county, to-wit: A
part of the northeast quarter OF section
thirty six township two range three, and III
the tract of land known as the seven ranges,
beginning for the same at corner OF lor-
merly Isaac Baldwin's; thence west thirly-
seven and one-half rerches. thence norm
forty. nine and one-fourth west seven fouS
TO Supfish creek; thence the same course
eight rods across said geek TO tae mo0th Vi
Negro run:thence the same course ioTty-'ntee
and fiye-tenth rods to an elm; thence nofth
sftv-one and one-half degrees west one nun
dred and seventy-eight perches to white
oot ON the east and west section line on the
TON of the hill: thence with said line east
ene hundred and forty perches TO corner o.
aforesaid Isaac Baldwin'5 land, on the hlil
and ON the north side OF Sunfsh creeki thence
vi.h the line Of said BaldTin's south twenty
one and three-fourth degrees east nine Perches
thence south ten degrees east nineteen perches
thence south twenty degrees east eighteen per
chcs: thence south two degrees west eighteei
rerches, thence south fourteen degrees ives
ionrtccn perches; thence 5 iifty-Hve sesrces cas-
fwrDty-st 5ea and eighteenth perches to wal
nut. thence south twenty-eight degrees forty
cigh. IeroI55 to SuHiish or.ck aforesaid thehe 1
t,ls same course aeross said creek Iorty-eigh
perches to lie beginning, {, on tie sou,h side
Suufsh creek aforesaid, containing siAty-nln
aeres and five pcrci.''s more OF less ,,,,,,
}. T.. SPRlGGS,
ang5w5 Ais 'om' ID y u
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Sheriff Sale.

Court of Common Pleas of Noble County.
Lewis Gro7es7p plaintiff,
VS.. Civil Action.
Morris Danford and (In partition.
others, defendants.
DY virtue of an order of sale issued by tie
ID court of common pleas of Noble county,
Ohio, in the above entitled action, and to me
directed, | will offer for sale. at public auc-
tion,upon the premises,b by tracts, as appraised
by the commissioners in said action appointed
by the court, on
Tuesday, September 21, A. D. 1860,
at 10 o'clock, forenoon,
the following lauds and tensments OF which
the late Michael Dauford died seized, situate
in the count of Monroe in the state of
Ohio that is to say:
9th tract--The west half of the northwest
quarter of section twenty-three 1881 in town.
ship seven of III range seven III Appraised
at $500.
7th tracf-The southeast quarter of the
1881 in township seven ri of range seven
III Appraised at $1,000.
Sth tract-The northwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of section twenty.three
1881 in township seven III of range seven
III Appraised at Sl.6C0.
Terms OF SALE-One-third Of the purchase
money in hand; one-third in one year, and
one-third in two years from day of sale; the
deferred payments to bear interest and to
be secured by mortgage on premises sold.
N. B.-The other lands of which said de-
cedent died seized, Situate in Noble county,
will be sold by me, on the premises, on Mou-
day, September 20, 1869, sale CONNIE enCing
at 10 O'Clock. forenoon.
Gwen under my hand this 18th dav of
August, A. D. 1863.
W. II. SUMMERS,
Sheriff of Noble county, Ohio.
augI7W5.
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Public Sale.

V'HB subscriber will sell at public sale, a
| his residence on Atkinson's Run, in Mon
roe county, Ohio, on
,SafHTdGy, September 4, 1859,
so acres of land on which he resides, one
engine and boiler, one 2-horse cane mill, one
Cooks evaporation, one set of boring tools
gears and gearing, two corn shelters, still
worms, lead and copper pipes, tubs of differ
ent sizes, hoop and other iron, and many
other articles too tedious to mention.
Terms made known on day of sale, and
will be liberal.
augl7td, G. C. GR0DHAUS.
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Election of District Assessors:

fiHE Commissioners at the June session, 1885,
L decided that each township of the county
be District for the purpose of electing an AS
sessor of real property within each District.
The qualified electors of this county will, at
the October election, 1869, being the second
tuesday, October IL, 1869, proceed to elect q
qualified elector as Assessor of real property in
| each District or township. The Judges of cleo
tion shall keep a separate poll-book for the
| election of said Assessors; and the returns
thereof shall be made to the County Auditor
who, with the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas shall open the same and declare the result;
and the Auditor shall, within ten days after
opening such returns give notice to each Of the
persons elected of his election
By order of the Commissioners
SAATL GRIMSHAW,
Auditor, M. G. o.
June 10, 1869.
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
N signed has been appointed Administra
qor of the estate Of William kerneoy decd.
1uI6w3. RIUHAuD u45.a,,4i8Na
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AGENTS WANTED FOR
N 7 G H IT s Q z N e g
I'M THE REREE
The New York Mercantile Journal,

ESTABLISH 1865,
Is published Weekly Thursday morning,)
giving the MOST EXTENSIVE and ACCURATE PRICE
LISTS EVER PUBLISHED IN THE U. s. 1t is strictly
neutral as regards politics, bat Independent
in its criticisms upon all matters affecting the
Commercial and Financial interests of the
Nation. 4
Prices are corrected Weekly up to the hour
of publication, making The JOURNAL almost
| indispensable to all dealers in Stocks, Govern
ment Bonds, Dry Goods, Drugs, Chemicals,
Paints, Oils, Groceries, Fish, Salt, country pro-
duce, Hardware, Iron, Steel. Tin, Metals, Furs,
Skins, Wools. Domestic and Foreign Fruits,
| Nuts, Hides, Leather, Tobaccos, &c.
1.-THE New York Mercantile Journal enters
this week upon its sixth year, Its deserved
prosperity is exhibited in various improve
ments and in an enlargement from four to
eight pages,"-N. Y. World, Oct. 4, 1868.
"The New York Mercantile Journal is now
one of the largest Weeklies in the world well
| filed with tabular and other exhibits of the
Produce, Merchandise and Money Markets,
which are further elucidated by judicious and
| temperate editorials, The Journal is :
good paper, and deserves the pro..
perity it has achievedn-N. Y. Tribune, Oct,
| 3, 1868.
"THR New YORK MERCANTILE JouRSAL,--As
giving tabular and other exhibits of produce,
merchandise and money markets, The Jour
nal will be found invaluable, while the tone
of its editorials is marked by good sense and
discrimination, As paper of its class it ia
without ival,"--Evenlng Express, New
York:
Every business man should have The Jour-
nal--none eau afford to be without it, Sub
scrption price, S5 90 per annum in advance,
Address
The Neao York. Mercantile Journal Go.
?, 0. Box 1913, No, $50 Pearl st., N, Y,
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Legal Notice.

nANIEL USELTON, of the city of Wheel
" ing, in the State of West Virginia will
take notice that John n. Gonin, as Executor of
the estate of Thomas H. Germ, deceased, of the
city of New York, in the State of New York,
did, on the 10th day of April 1869, file his peti.
ton, as Executor aforesaid in the Court of
Common Pleas within and for the county of
Monroe, in the State of Ohio, against the said
Daniel Uselton, setting forth that the said
Daniel Uselton owes the said John n. Genin, as
said EXecutor,upon his certain promissory note,
for the sum of Three Hundred and Ninety
seven dollars, with interest from date, and dated
July IL, 1868; which said promissory note was
executed by the said Daniel Uselton to one AL.
fred Tidd who assigned the same to the said
Thomas III. Genin, deceased; and to secnre the
| payment of the said promissory note the said
| said Daniel Uselton gave mortgage to the
said Alfred Tidd, on the tracts of land therein
described, situate in the county of Monroe and
State of Ohio, and being ninety acres of land on
| the Ohio River, in section twenty-three town
ship two of range three, in the northeast quar-
ter thereof; and that the said mortgage was as
signed, with the promissory note as aforesaid, to
! Thomas ii. Genin, deceased; the said petition
contains prayer asking that said premises be
sold and the proceeds of such sale applied TO tho
payment of the said debt, with the interest
| thereon as aforesaid; the said Daniel Uselton is
| therefore notified to appear and answer the said
petition on or before the 7th day of August, A.
ID. 1869. f3
HOILISTFR & OKEY,
| JmeSw6. Atty's for Genin
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Probate Notice.
Legal Notice.

4 LEXANDER GARRETT, of the State of
II Kansas, will take notice that on the Il tn
day of June, A, D. 1869, Thomas C, Penn, of
Monroe County, State of Ohio, filed in the
Court of Common Pleas of Monroe county,
Ohio, his petition, praying judgment against
him on two promissory notes, made January
10, 1865, by him, and delivered to said Penn;
to whom, or bearer, they were payable one
for $50, due November l, 1872, the other for
Sl60, due November I, 187S that an order of
attachment has been allowed in said case by
the Judge of said Court; and that said Garrett
is required to appear and answer said petit
ton on or before the third Saturday after the
10th day of August next.
THOMAS C. PENN,
by Hunter & Hunter, his att'ys.
june29w6.
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Master Commissioners Sale.
j. N. Genin, Ex'r,s
VS..
Alex. Young ct al.

DY virtue of mandate to me directed
ID from the court of common pleas of Mon.
roe county, Ohio, Twill offer for sale at the
front door of the Court House in the town OF
Woodsfeld, between the hours of 10 o'clock
a. M. and o'clock p. NJ, on
Satardoy,he 1lh dag of September, 1869,
the following described real estate situate In
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit: The southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of section
nine township five of range five, contain
ing forty acres; also, the southeast quarterlo OF
the southeast quarter of said section nine,
containing forty acres, also the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of said sec.
tion nine, containing forty acres.
Appraised at 81 600.
J, p. SPRlGGS,
auglOw5. Mas. Com. NJ. Ca Q.
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Proclamation.

. NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified
~ voters of Monroe county, Ohio that a
general election will be held, as required by
law, on the second Tuesday, being the
18th day of October, A. ID. 1869,
at the several places of holding elections in
said county of Monroe, and you will then
and there proceed to vote by ballot for
Ole Governor for the State of Ohio;
One Lieutenant Governor for the State of
Ohio;
One Supreme Judge for the State of Ohio:
One Treasurer of State for the State of Ohio;
One Attorney General for the.State of Ohio;
One Member of the Board of Public Works
/ foa the State of Ohio;
One Senator for the 10th Senatorial Dis
trict in the State of Ohio;
One Representative for the county of Mon
roe, State of Ohio;
One Probate Judge for the county of Mon
roe;
One Prosecuting Attorney for the county
of Monroe;
| One Treasurer for the county of Monroe;
| One Sheriff for the county of Monroe,
| One Commissioner for the county OF Mon-
| roe;
One Infrmary Director for the county OF
/ Monroe;
One Coroner for the county of Monroe.
! The Trustees of the several townships OF
said county are hereby notified that the fol-
lowing number of Jurors are apportioned to
their townships respectively, and that they
are required to select the said number and
make return thereof to the Clerk of the
Court of Common, Pleas, together with the
poll-book, within two days after the said
second Tuesday in October, 1859:
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Executors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
~ have been appointed and qualified as Exec
utors OF the Estate of John Gray, Sr., decd
ARTHUR GRAY.
maylSwS. SAMUEL GRAY.
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lks>Job work Of all kinds
executed with neatneSs and
dispatct. Give rs a call.
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Master Commissioners Sale.
j. N. Genin, Ex'r,
VS..
John McMahon, ct al.

DY virtue Of a mandate to me directed
ID from the Court OF Common Pleas OF
Monroe County, Ohio, win offer for sale at
the front door of the Court House in the
town of Woodsfeld, in said county, on
Saturday,the 11th day Of September, 1869
between the hours of 10 o'clock a, IN. and
4 O'Clock p m. on said day the following
property situate in said county TO wit: The
east half of the northwest quarter of section
six township four of range five, containing
seventy Eve acres and twenty five hundredths
of an acre.
Appraised at $500.
J, P. SPRtGGS,
augl0N5. Mas. Com. NJ. Z. U.
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GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, &t

consisting of
Teas, Coffee, Sugar,
Molasses, Syrups,
Vinegar, Burning and
Lubricating ,and other Oils,
Salt Fish, Dried Apples, Canned Fruit, ,Raisins,
Prunes, English Currants, Tobacco, Cigars,
Yankee Notions, Candies, Paper Collars and
Cuffs, Fruit Jars, Rice, Hominy, Soaps, ,Concen-
cenrrated Lye Baking soda, saleratus,
Memorandum, Blank Toy & School Books,
Letter or Foolscap Paper sGld by the ream
at Wheeling prices.
Lamps and brushes of all descriptions.
Candies and Confectioneries of all kinds kept
constantly on hand.
Tubs. Buckets, half bushel measures, Brooms,
Wa.hboards, Hoes, Forks, shovels, and axes.
In fact, keep everything usually kept in a
First Glass Grocery Store
s@~ Don't target the place. Schuma
cher's New Building.
Eeplly. SCHUMACHEh.
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The polls to be opened between the hours
of 6 and 10 o'clock in the forenoon OF said
day, and closed at 8 o'clock in the afternoon
of said day.
Given under my hand, at my Office IN
Woodsfeld, this 18th day of August, A. d,
1869, and of the 9th year of the State.
JOSEPH MYERS,
Sheriff Monroe county, Ohio.
aug17td.
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Save Fifty Dollars.

A NY PERSON wishing to purchase one of
n Grovesteen's Pianos, advertised in this
paper, can save fifty dollars of the price by
applying to the editor of this paper. june
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ln. alone and the 70 msr a much Ie eape @
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-20
INLAND REVENUE CHARGES

An examination Of our reports on public
finance must satisfy every one that it is begin
ming to cost us an enormous penny to collect
our Internal Revenue. If we keep on at the
present rate it cannot be long before Congress
will be called on to give about one-fourth of
the revenue for securing the rest of it, and we
shall quite equal Great Britain, which has not
the best reputation for economy of Govern
ment, and whose Parliament is annually
treated, on the opening of the budget, to the
item Of G5,O000OO for revenue collection
One of the notable features in this case Is,
that as the revenue goes down yearly, the cost
of collecting it goes up; fact which has
been somewhat explained upon the ground,
that as the total revenue diminishes, the ratio
of cost to it must necessarily increase. But tho
logic of this explanation only holds good so long
as the amount of cost annually remains at the
same level, which it has by no means done.
The official records show that in the fiscal year
1865 the net receipts from this source amounted
in the aggregate to over S309,50O,0O0 upon
which there were expenses reaching to $685.
700, or 249 per cent of the total receipts-a
percentage of cost which elected expressions of
admiration in the British House of Commons at
the time. In 1867, however, upon net receipts
footing up about 283t millions, the collection ex-
penses amounted to $685., 6s6, or 3.41 per cent !;
and in 1868, upon SS,75O,OOO, they were
$9,327,301, or 4.94 per cent Now, if there was
anything in the theory of decrease of revenue
working increase in ratio of collection cost, as
offered in the case, the total expenses of 1867
and 1868 should not have exceeded 81 100000 in
either year, whereas they did exceed that sum
by over $l,25O,OOO in the one year, and $780,
900 in the other, respectively. We see then,
the somewhat remarkable fact that it actually
cost us 81 100000 more to collect S1S0, 100000
last year than it did TO collect $4,000
600 in 1866, year of higher prices gen.
orally throughout the country. This
is scarcely creditabe to the efficiency and econ
omy of management at the Internal Revenue
headquarters at Washington, and the matter
should receive attention. We admit that Mr.
Rollns's explanation in his last report, advanc-
ing the theory already alluded to, will hold
good ND to certain point, but beyond that it
falls to the ground. We can understand, for
instance, that although certain amount Of
taxation is thrown of, the number Of districts
and ub-dstricts, together with the general
force, must remain the same, or pretty nearly
so. But there must be turning point some
where. II is useless to affirm that the same
force is necessary to collect any revenue how
ever much reduced. Can none ont of the null
titude Of assistant assessors. deputy collectors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-20

The Government-such as it is-of venezuela
having agreed to pay ce,tain CLAIMS Oh ci',zehS
Of the United States, lately awarded under
MIXED Commission, and having failed to meet
tbe 6rst novments, the cheerful suggestion is
made that a gunbuat should be sent into Ven
ozroIop waters. to exert its moral suasiOn in
tho rromises. We respectfully dissent. There
are better ways of settling disputes than by
heavy ordnance, and we especially deprecate
the tendency among some of our politicians to
assign the role of the Continental Bully to this
nation. If diplomacy has been able to secure
an agreement to pay these claims, let us see II
it cannot secure an execution of the contract
1t is better, at any rate, to make the tnal De-
fore setting out to bully one of these unfor-
tunate little South American Governments
merely because it is little.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-20
THE ENGLISH OYSTER FISHERIES.

The condition of the oyster fisheries in En-
gland as we learn from The London Times, ls
such as should guide us with reference to this
interest. The natural oyster beds in the English
waters are, first, private beds belonging "
corporators or individuals; second, public Heds
which have been protected by limitation as
to periods when dredging was permitted; and
public beds, to which no restrlctioUs are at
tached; but not long ago those of TIE second
class were exempt also from restrictions by
legislative acts. To enforce such regulations as
exist, one public officer has been appointed
but, according to the French view, such would
be wholly insufficient, for they have appointed
thirty seven officers. The result of the man
agement of the English oyster beds is disas-
trous, for, aside from the confusion arising from
vague laws referring to private beds, the pub
lie beds are exhausted, and the supply is al
most wholly derived from the grounds of cor
porations, while the 0ystermen themselves are
reduced to great distress, inasmuch as their
employment has, to great degree, ceased
Formerly, oysters brought in England 81 O
a thousand; but now the price is g. which Ii
considerably more than with us, even on the
currency basis. But it is to be considered that
our grounds are much more extensive; still
unless we exercise proper care. the increasing
wants of the trade will in time leave us
equally destitute
1t is interesting to note, now, the manner in
which laws are formed and receive their sane
ton. When public oyster bed was found
| ready for dredging, the Oystermen from all
the ports and coasts of England flocked thitheI
| to engage in the harvest, and they carried Oh
every oyster, great or small. AS a consequence,
no young oysters were left to produce future
| supplies; and although the removal of the re-
| strictions was matter of rejoicing to the cys-
termen, they now see that no plan could have
been worse, and, at last, large numbers have
pettioned that proper regulations be again es-
tablished. Experience has shown that the
beds managed by private parties are by far the
most productive indeed, it is from only q few
of these that the whole of the supplies are
drawn, which shows, first, that, if properly
cared for, oysters may be In most abundant
supply. and, second, that individual interest and
oversight are far superior in results to what
Government, with all its power, is capable OF
achieving.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-20

Gen. Grant gave a signal proof of wisdom
and determination to keep within the PLAIN
line of his duties, in refusing, yesterday, TO
use any personal Influence with the Senate Tor
securing the confirmation of Messrs. Carlile'
Sanford, Jones, and Pile to the I'M
portant diplomatic posts for when
they have been named. The President was
conspicuously sagacious in insisting that the
responsibility for these men must now rest
upon the Senate. He may have been deceived
in appointing them, as he has been in one or two
other instances; he certainly was deceived as to
at least one of the nominees above mentioned.
1t rests with the Senate, knowing this fact, to
accept its just and constitutional duty In the
premises. Meanwhile we rejoice that, In any
event, the day of back-stairs bargaining be-
tween Senate Chamber and White House has
passed. We have at last President who
knows what is due to his office and to the
country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-20

The Euening Post quotes Mr.. S. Waterhouse
as showing that Pig Iron is made at Carondelet
(Missouri) at cost of $50 per tun, and adds:
'This iron sells for so @ tun thus yielding net
profit of 100 cent on the total cost or e
days which is very low superstition, profit OF GOO per
cent. per annum On the entire capital"
business men will know how to regard an
estimate that business man may turn his
entire capital invested "once in sixty days.
We presume once year an Over-statemeDt.
But no matter: Here is business free and
open to everybody who chooses to follow it.
which requires no large outlay, whereof the
materials are cheap and abundant in almost
every State, and which can be set in operation
directly There are furnaces in abundance now
standing idle which can be bought for less than
cost, and might be put in blast within three
weeks. Will some one tell us-cdR anybody
tell-why the Free Traders do not rush into MAX
ing Pig IrOnq Are they "principled" against
making such large profits 7 Then let them
give us cheaper Pig Iron. That is what We
want-that is what Protection is certain to give
us, provided the price is now too high. Unless
the law of gravtation is a fraud-unless water
is ayerse to running down hill-then profit
of $50 per tun-or $40, or Son Pig Iron,
will induce more and more people 10 make il,
till the price is reduced TO the neighb0rhood
of cost. Do tell us-will somebody what
binders the application of this law of trade to
the production of Pig Iron