The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-08-13
The 81. Clair Manuserints.

: OF humanity, of her country, and the
relative of La Fayette.
The 81. Clair Manuscripts.
The papers of General Arthur
st. Clair, at one time Governor of
Tie North western Territory, now
lofered for sale by his descendants,
have been examined by an agent
sent for that purpose by the Western
Reserve Historical Society. As 10
traces had heretofore Deen found OF
Gov. ST. Clair's official records, the
announcement Of the existence of
these papers attracted crest atten-
ton among the students Of the His
tory OF the West, and bill was
introduced in the Ohio Legislature
to appropriate money to secure the
prize The bill passed one branch
of the Legislature, but failed TO
reach the other House before the
stated time of final adjournment The
Western Reserve Historical Society
and the Governor of Ohio therefore
appointed joint agent TO proceed to
Kansas and examine the papers 30
ascertain their value. The report of
the agent has just been published,
from which it appears that one half
of the manuscripts are more or less
eaten by mice, but still can be de-
ciphered- Some of the papers are
stained and others have become i'm
perfect by natural wear and decay.
The remaining half is in good con-
diti IN. In reference to the histori-
cal value OF the manuscripts, il is
reported that they are not as impor-
tant az they were Supposed 10 be on
matters OF general interests As far
as General st. Clair's public career
Is concerned, they are very full, Civ
ing long and detailed accounts OF his
evacuation OF TieOnderoga in 1777,
and his disastrous defeat by the In
dians in Darke county, Ohio. on No
vember 4th, 1T9l. The revolutions.
ry Compendium, in four large
volumes is reported to be. e.invalua-
BILE, and TO contain q mass OF matter
highly serviceable to the historian.
The extensive correspondence of St.
Clair as governor of the Northwest
Territory is also very complete. The
Archives of the Territory passed
into the hands of Charles Willing
Byrd, the Secretary Of the Territory,
but what disposition was made of
them is not known, but it is suppos-
ed that Byrd carried them to Vir-
ginia, where they may yet be found
in the hands OF his descendants. The
offer OF the agent OF the Historical
Society for the papers was refused
by the heirs of General st. Clair.
The editor of the Napoleon North
Vest, the Democratic organ oil Hen
ry county, does not seem 20 feel par-
ticularly jolly. He says dismally:
''The prospect Tor a campaign looks
dubious this year. Pendletoa is dis
abled by n sprained aHkIe Vsllan-
digham will not leave his cabin, and
Judge Thurman goes to California;
And the North Wtst might have
added, Rosecrans is not heard from,
and it is not yet known whether he
will accept the nomination, or will
write stringent letter declining it;
the Democracy all over the State
are dissatisfied with the nomination,
and are cursing Baber's foolishnass
and VaIlandigham's diaboIical, re-
yengeful spirit for it; the lusty, corn
fed Copperheads of Crawford public
ly repudiate it; the Logan Gazette.
one Of the most influential Demo
cratic county papers of the State,
says (while it ''agrees to .he authen-
ITCHY" of the extract) that the utter
ance of Rosecrans kept at the head
of our columns is "a lie-mOst prob
ably id lie st that" Ranney's
friends won't work Van Trump
publicly, IN q card, denies having
voted for the nomination ol Rose
Grams; Sayler won't vote for him,
and would persuade somebody else
not to ii he had any influence; the
Cary -Eaq'tjrer gives only half
hearted support 10 tho ticket, think
ing that Cary was just rs little of
Democrat as Rosecrans, and would
have made = better candidate; the
Statesman does its best for the nomi-
nee, which is rather less .han the
worst OF any body else: and To
crown all, the Chairman Of the Dem
ocratic State Executive Committee,
john &. Thompson, Is attacked by
the Crisis, in it's two editions (Doth
weakly and By some of the infuen-
tial Democratic press; some are
for his resignation, some
want him ''put of" and some "don't
care t:nker's ohjuratIon one wav or
the other" Altogether, it seems as
if the whole Democratic party was
in $ bad way, and didn't feel well it.
self from one end to the other
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