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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26
Betting on Elections.

An interesting decision has been
made by the SNpreme Court of Cal
ifornia on betting on elections.-
The case was that of Johnson vs.
Russell, appealed from the Sixth
District Court. Johnson, plaintiff,
made several bets on the Prcsiden-
tial election last fall. Russell was
the stakeholder. Plaintiff allowed
the stakes to rest without demand
ing the withdrawal Of his own or
any part of the same till the 23d Of
November, when, from the publish
ed election returns, it became GER
tain that he had lost his money
Then he sent the stakeholder, Rus
sell, written notice not to pay the
money or any part of it over to the
winner, and that if he did, plaintiff
would hold the stakeholder re9pon-
sible for his part Of the stakes
Russell did pay the money to the
wianer, and hence this suit, The
CosFs >deGide-Sanderson writing
the opin46usriirst, that gambling
on popular elcefi1ns is against pub
lie policy, and theAGSNEe illegal :
second, that the moreStEagered
may be recovered at laWS if the
party who staked makes demand
for the same before the event on
which he wagered has been deci-
ded !; third, that if the better allows
his stakes to remain in the stake
holders's hands, without any de-
mand for his return until the event
has been decided, he cannot then
come into court and sue for its re-
covery. This was what the plain
tiff did in the case decided. He
waited and stood upon theNlaws Of
honor till he found he had lost, and
then he appealed from the laws of
honor to the laws of the land. The
Court was unanimously Of opinion
that to allow him this appeal would
be to encourage fraud, They reaf
firm the dictum of the Court Of En-
rors of New York, in Vischer vS.
Yates, as the law Of California,
was, that "either party might dis
affirm the wager and recover the
money of the stakeholder at any
time before the happening of the
event upon which the wager was
made; but that the loser could not
recover of the stakeholder after the |.
event had happened and he had
lost his money-that in that case,
as to him, the wager had become
an executed contract, and his re-
pentance has come too late" The
of the opinion is that
"after the money has been lost and
won, neither party ought to be
heard in court of justice. - 8acr5-
g1ento Union.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26
The Grotto of Gems.

At Guttanen, in Switzerland, a
grotto of gems has been discover
ed, the descriptions OF which, by
visitors, equal anything in Dumas
famous Legend of Monte Chris
to-"
The marvellous cavern lately dis
covered near the glacier Of Pietfen,
is not Of huge dimensions, being
only 45 feet in length, l6 in height
at the entrance, and IL at the inner
extremity, and 26 feet in breadth.
1t was found, at a height Of 100
feet, in an almost inaccessible wall
of rock.
BY severe and prolonged labor,
which obliged the men at work to
remain eight days and nights among
the glaciers, some of the most su-
perb topazes in existence were ex-
tracted from the entrance Of the
cave. These had to be carried as
far as Furca, and thence lowered
by ropes at height Of 1000 feet
above the level Of the sea-
One man conveying o block that
weighed 140 pounds fell into
crevassc 100 feet deep. His body
was recovered ten hours later, but
the topaz will have to be abandoned
there.
But a less dangerous passage has
been discovered, and by means OF
a series of steps, and sledges de-
scending on inclined planes, the
massive blocks can now be lowered
more easily. This remarkable
windfall has enriched the whole viii
lage of Guttanen, for the entire
population work, and are still work
ing, to extract the gems.
But after all their terrific trouble
and dangerin procuring the topaz
IS, many of these poor toiling
mountaineers we're arrested by the
government and the treasure CON
fiscated, the grotto being situated
on the Alpine range between the
cantons of Berne and Uri. Gutta-
men, however, subsequently sue
ceeded in making good her claims
in consideration of a certain tribute,
and now has possession ofthe grot-
to again,
The largest topaz block extracted
thus far weighs l ,04O kilogrammes,
and the smallest about 730. After
this, Sinbad the Sailor, The Old
Man of the Mountain and the Roc's
Eggs, will seem like very common
personages and things
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

These figures speak for them
selves. They show that the taxes
paid under State laws by the people
of Ohio, have in six years been
doubled. In this county Of Clin-
ton, the increase of taxes has been
in the same period proportionately
as great. Ten years ago, the total
amount of taxes collected under
State laws in Clinton county was
S92,9l1 03, now it is $l96,437 16,
or an increase of more than 100 per
cent.
The total amount of taxes levied
under State laws for the year 1863
is not yet known. But every man
who is well informed on the subject
knows that it will be largely more
than was ever levied in Ohio be-
fore. In a time of profound peace,
when money is scarce and business
depressed, is not this fact which
should arrest attention?
A leading purpose in the minds
ofthe trainers of the present Con
stitution of Ohio was to rid the
people of all public debts. The
Constitution of 1851 provided for
the extinguishment of the existing
State debt, and prohibited the Gen
eral Assembly from the creation of
new debts except for the purpose
of redeeming the old, or ito repel
invasion, suppress insurrection, or
to defend the State in war I'm
der these provisions the State debt
has been greatly reduced, until now
it is only about ten millions of dol
lars. On the subj3 3ct of local debts
the provisions of the Constitution
have been less effectual. Their
purpose evidently is to discourage
and as far as practicable prevent
the creation of such debts. Article
13, Sec. 6, pr Divides for the organ
ization ofcities and villages by gen,
oral laws and requires the General
Assembly to "restrict their power
of taxation, assessment, borrowing
money, contracting debts, and loan
inc their credit, so as to prevent
the abuse of such power.
The borrowing to, increase IN
debtedness for local purposes by
counties and townships, cities and
villages under these provisions has
been restricted in various ways
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26
{TERMS s. 90 PER YEAR.
NO. 40.

ne DcllucIdllC pdItY ODIhlueu
control Of the law.making power
Of Ohio ct the election Of 1867
They came into power pledged to
retrepchment and economy by theil
platform, their press, and the
speeches Of their public men
There were many reasons why
these pledges ought to have been
faithfully kept. A great deal of ex
aggefation has been INDUCED in by
our adversaries when speaking of
the enormous burdens Of taxation
brought upon the people by the
War for the Union. The truth is
/ the taxes collected in Ohio, under
! the Internal Revenue law of the
United States, are much less than
the taxation for State and local
purposes authorized by the legisla-
| ton of our General Assembly,
The total amount of taxes collect
ed in Ohio, under State laws in
1858, was almosttwenty-one million
dollars.
The amount collected in Ohio, OF
Internal Revenue taxes, in the same
year, Was SI2,186,153 SO, or almost
80, 100000 less than was collected
under the State laws. 1t is also to
be observed that but a very small
part of the taxes collected under
the Internal Revenue laws is paid
by the people of the State at large
More than half of the Internal Rev.
enue for the year 1868 was collect.
ed in the two cities Of Cincinnati
and Cleveland, and one-third of it
was collected from tobacco, spirits
and fermented liquors. In the com.
mercial centers where capital has
accumulated, the larger part of the
internal revenue is collected. In
this Congressional District, for ex
ample, in 1868, the taxes collected
under the State laws was 1854, 935-
10, and the internal revenue tax
was only 3183,731 20. This is con-
siderably less than the amount Of
taxes collected in Clinton county
alone under the State laws during
the same year. ] have not been
able to ascertain the exact amount
of internal revenue taxes collected |
in Clinton county during the year
1868, bnt assuming that this coun-
ty pays in the same proportion with
the other counties Of this Congress
sional District, Clinton county paid
in 1868 for national purposes, IN
der the internal revenue law, only
about one-ffth as much as it paid
under State legislation. These facts
show that Ohio is far more heavily
burdened by State laws than by the
National Internal Revenue law, and
that this county, and all counties
similarly situated, bear more than
four times as great q burden under
State legislation, as they bear IN
der the Internal Revenue laws of
the nation. This demonstrates howl
important it is that the people ofI
Ohio should give attention to the
finances, expenditures, debts and !
taxes which depend upon State leg
islation.
Again, the fact is not to be over
looked that taxation under State,
laws is rapidly increasing. The to
tai taxes collected in Ohio under
State laws was, in
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26


The PRINTERS ESTATE. - The
printers dollars where are they ?
A dollar here and q dollar there
scattered over the country, miles
and miles apart--how shall they be
gathered together? The paper ma
ker, the building owner, the jour
neyman compositor; the grocer,
the tailor, and all his assistants to
him in carrying on his business,
have their demands, hardly ever so
small as q single dollar. But the
mites from here and there must be
diligently gathered and patiently
boarded, or the wherewithal to dis
charge the liabilities will never be-
come sufficiently bulky. We i'm
imagine the printer will have to get
up an address to these widely scat
tered dollars, something like the
following:
"Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes,
and all manner of fractions into
which you are divided, collectyour-
selves and come home, Ye are
wanted Combinations of all sorts
help the printer to become propri-
etor, gather such force and demand
with such good reasons your ap-
pearance at his counter, that moth
ing short of sight Of you will ap-
pease them. Collect yourselves for
valuable as you are in the aggregate,
single you will never pay the cost
Of gathering. Come in here in sin
gle file, that the printer may form
you into battalion, and send you
forth again, to battle for him and
vindicate his credit.
Reader, are you sure you havn't
a couple Of the printers dollars
sticking about your old clothes ?
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

In reply to Mr.. Vallandighom's $
statement of the great national
problem, we say that under Gener-
al Grants administration the debt
has decreased, is decreasing, and
is likely to continue to decrease
In reply to Judge Thurman's state
ment last year that in three months
the debt had increased over $685.
100000, we say that in the cores,
ponding three months of General
Grants administration, ending Au-
GUST LIST, the debt has decreased
Q over s37,000,0O0. Only think
an improvement of more than $780,
100000 in one quarter. In reply
to Secretary McCullocb's Report
showing balance on the wrong
side in one year of over S35, ,O00,-
900, we feel warranted in claiming
that Mr.. Boutwell, in his first year
will show balance on the right SIDE
of Sl00,000,000.
In reply to the National Demo
cratic Committee and their statlstl-
clan, Alexander Delmar, now that
the fiscal year is at an end, we are
able to show the prodigious errors
of his predictions, Instead OF the
expenditures exceeding, as he pre-
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26
Opening Of Campaign.
MEETING AT WILMINGTON, AUG, l9,
SPEECHES OF
GOVERNOR HAYES

UiIElliNA ~ hthWtW& WV tAgAi
SPEECHES OF
GOVERNOR HAYES
FELLOW CITIZENS The mostim-
portant questions which were dis
cussed prior to the last National
and State elections which still re-
main unsettled, are those which re-
late to expenditure, to debt and to
taxation. 1t is my purpose on this
occasion to present facts and fig
ures showing first the manner in
which General Grant is dealing
with these questions in the admin
Iistration of National affairs, and
secondly, the action Of the Demo.
cratic majority in the last General
Assembly upon the same questions
in the management Of State affairs
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.
What was the condition Of the
National Finances in November
last, when General Grant was elect
ed?
The leading popular debater Of
the Democratic party of Ohio, in a
speech at Dayton last year gave the
pith of the whole difficulty about
the National finance, which he said
that the idea of the Democratic
party could be best expressed by
a paraphrase of celebrated resolu-
ton against the royal prerogatiye
offered in the British Parliament
hundred years ago. "The public
debit said he 'has increased, is in
creasing and ought to be diminish
ed" This is the gist Of the whole
matter. The moment the people
of the country can rest in the be-
lief that the National debt is per
manently diminishing, that mo-
ment all schemes for the repudia-
ton of the debt either in whole or
in part will speedily come to an
end.
Judge Thurman, in his campaign
speech at Sandusky, on the 9TH of
last September, said, "on the 3lst
of July last the debt was over TWEEN
ty-three millions more than on the
LIST of the preceding May, the
money in the Treasury being de.
Quoted at each date. "Think OF
that" said he, can increase of twen-
ty-three millions in three months,
and the increase still going on"
President Johnson's Secretary Of
the Treasury, MI McCulloch, in
his last report says the debt in
creased between November, 1867,
and November, 1868, $50, ,625,l02
50.
Alexander Delmar, the Demo
cratic statistician, in a document
which was published and circulated
by the Democratic National Com
mittee, predicted that the expenses
of the then current fiscal year, end
ING June 30th, 1869, would exceed
S475, 100000, that the deficiency
for the year would be more than
S154, 100000.
These were the predictions and
these the facts on which was based
the Democratic claim to be placed
in power. Now what reply did
Republicans make? Some general
facts were undisputed. High tax
es, a diminishing revenue and a
growing debt. But we claimed
that the fault was not in the laws,
or in Congress, but in the Execu-
tive Department as administered by
Andrew johnson. We maintained
that under a faithful, honest and
economical execution of the laws,
which might confidently be expect'd
under Gen. Grant, very different re-
suits would follow,
Now bearing in mind that the
present administration has been in
power only about five months, too
la,L p t;n,o Fnr itc ofFortS toward
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26
Catching snipe.

The theory Of snipe catching is
very simple. You build a fire at
the head Or foot of a bog frequent
ca 10y, the long billed beauties, and
station $man there with bag, the
mouth OF Which is distended with a
hoop. The BahAGS ,of the party
go around the bog, ahd tartle the
snipes from their roostihg places.
Seeing the light, they are attracted
thereby, and fly right into the bag,
when the holder thereof has moth
ing to do but ring their necks.-
When a sufficient number of snipes
have been obtained, the man shout
ders the bag and goes home. As
holding the bag is the simplest part
Of the operation the least experience
ed of the snipe hunters is placed in
that position, while the balance do
the driving.
A young man connected with one
of our largest dry goods houses,
last night took his first lesson in
snipe catching, He went out with
party of four or five enthusiastic
sportsmen, all of whom were ex-
perienced. The place selected was
a swampy piece of ground above
Brett's Mil, near Fall Creek. The
night wGs,,pronounced favorable,
and a large haul was anticipated
A fire of dry sticks was built, and
the novice, after being properly
instructed, was stationed, standing
up to his knees in the spongy soil,
and trembling with excitement
The drivers started out, and began
thrashing around at a frible rate.
The holder thinks SCI esral snipes
passes over, but hyinggtoo high for
bagging. After fruitless drive of
ten minutes the drivers suddenly
remembered that snipes are net
in season and concluded to 60
home, which they did. By some
oversight they failed to notify the
holder, who maintained his position
with a heroism worthy of the boy
who stood on the burning deck,
whence all but him had fled. He
held on well. He held his own.-
But he held no snipes, mainly be-
cause the snipes have mostly mi
grated toward the lands to the
north of us, and the few there were
afoat didn't come his way The
mosquitoes made it lively for him,
and at times the side issue over
shadowed the main question. FL
nally about one o'clock n vague
suspicion that the game wasn't
worth the candle, began to creep
over him, and at half past one he
demolished a galliniper with a fero-
cious slap, and threw up the sponge
Then he yelled for the drivers to
come, but the more he yelled the
more they didn't come. Then he
started home, and, Of course, got
lost. He become involved in the
Iabyrinths Of Fall Creek, and came
to Grief in the attempt to "coon it,
across a log. Soaked and drag
gled, he wandered through dead,
Iy fens where the serpent feeds
The midnig ht opossum snarled at
him; the Shrek. owl fitted about
his ears and the strange sounds Of
the forest set him wild with fright
With daylight he took new bear
ings, and came triumphantly out OF
the wilderness, about four o'clock
q. m.
He says he has no confidence in
that way Of catching snipe.- In
dianapolis Mirror.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26
orr OFPTcSAL DIRECTORY.

Judge Of Fayette Common Pleas Court
"A, s. DIoKEY, Of Highland County.
Probate Judges. B. YEoMAN.
Prosecuting Attorney y.--H. B. MAYNARD
Sheriff.-CoNRAD GARIs.
tClerk of Court.-R. MILLKAN.
Auditor. MoCANDLEss.
Treasurer O. JOHNSON.
Recorder.-Z. W. HEAGLER.
surveyor.-JAMEs A. MCLEAN.
Coroner.-JoHN A. PARRETT.
Commissioners ALLEN HEAGLER, W IL
LIAM CLARK, ENos REEDER
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

RAY of Hope Temple No, 229, meets ey-
ery Monday evening at their Hall In Ely, =
block. 1. f. King, W. @. T.; B, I; WI
liams, W. V. T.; ]. R. Powell, "; o.i
Maggie Ustick, W R. s.; B. II. Millikan,
W. a. S.; A. Il. Snider, W. F. s.; Mary
Millikan, W. T.; T. D. McElwain, W, N
Lizzie VanDeman, I'M; Jennie Will
son, W. /, G.; VIM. Eskridge, W. 0: g.
Mrs. j. Snider, W. R. H. s.; Mrs. VIM
Smith, WI. H.S.i Geo. Carpenter, I
w q IT
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

Frederick OFT, on Wednesday af-
ternoon, in Maysville, Kyn while
fighting Thomas Hughes, got him
down and drew a knife to stab him,
when Thomas drew pistol and
shot and killed OFT. Both are said
to be constables.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

James Daily, licensed proprietor
at tavern at oath and Pine streets,
Philadelphia, was arrested on Mon
day of last week on charge Of Sc
verely beating Rosanna Dougherty
and dragging her about by the hair.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

Fayette Lodge, No, l07, of Free and Ac-
cantpe Masons, meets on the first Wednes-
day evening after the full moon and when
the moon fulls on Wednesday, on that
evening. MILLS GARDNER, w. M; D. +
RoBrNRoN, s. W; P. E. MoREHousE' D.
W: A. M. SrIMsoN, s. D.; II. L. ROBIN
son, j, D.; J. MIsER, Treas; B. H. MIL
LIKAN, Sec; L. @. KARNEY, Tyler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

Favette Chapter Royal Arch, Masons, meets s(,,i
nm f6s Wednesday evening before the full
King; j. ELY, Scribe; J. v. Cleayelan,d' T.
H.; Mills Gardner.P S., W r CieayWel9snr, y isar
,s q M ID Vail; B. F, Mouser, G, NJ, 1st Vail ;
B. II. Miilikan, 5ec,y; John Miser, Treasurer
+, G. Karney, Guard.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

On the steamer Dubuque, one day last
week, when ten miles above Rock Island,
Illinois, riot occurred between some
raftsmen and deck hands, in which six or
eight of the latter lost their lives, Several
of the rioters were arrested and taken to
Rock Island.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26

Temple Lodge, No. S27, meets at Wash
ipgton every Tuesday evening, at their
hall on Court street. j. N. VANDEMAN'
N. g.; H. P. CHERRY, v. g.; @; PARvIN'
r. S.; L. O. KARNEY, P. s.; @. L. GHTz'
Treasurer.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26
sCHOnL EXAMINERs.

D. O. EASTMAN, P. E. MoREHoUsE, j. b.
PRIpoY. The Board meets at Washington
ON the third Saturday of every month also
the first Saturday in April, May, August
September, October and November.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-26
EXCELSIOR SALOON!
book OF NATURE!

It treats Of private matters,' in which the
married and those contemplating marriage,
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Illustrative of the subjects Of which it treats
It contains facts in Sexual Physiology of
great value to both old and young. Price
observation. For circular giving full in
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Cleveland, o. Jan 2l, '69. 0ly