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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-05-06

II Getting, that he might send one of his
officers with the witnesses. The frll
Court being assembled, proceedings were
resumed. Further testimony was taken,
and the depositions of Aaron and others
having been submitted to the Justices OF
The Superior Court, their presence was
requested by the Commissioners. II was
shown there that Aaron's evidence WAS
obtained under compulslOn by Captain
Linzee, of the Beaver; and hence was en-
itled to no weight. The Commissioners
declined to express an opinion this
point CONTRARY to that of the justices.
Nothing was discovered upon which an
arrest could be made. II was proposed
to inquire into the affair of the schooner
st. John, that occurred nine years before,
but The motion was oveTulcd by a mat
jority of the Commissioners. After an
aborlive session of three weeks, q final
report to the King Was prepared, an
nouncing the failure to make any ma
terial discovery in the matter, and the
belief that the whole was conducted
suddenly and secretly" The facts in the
case were briefly stated the action ofthe
inhabitants and Of the local government
lhereupon was rehearsed and commend
ed, and the conduct of Duddingston in
the execution of his powers was blamed
as imprudent and arbitrory, The opinion
Of the justices upon the testimony OF
Aaron was cited and approved, and the
conduct Of Captain Lin2ee in obtaining
tina, deposition by force was censured'
The Court then adjourned.
The most honorable feature in the
whole transaction is that the large re-
wards, amounting from G60O to Gl,lOO
sterling, were offered in vain. The per-
petrators Of the deed were well known.
They were among the most prominent
citizens of the colony, and some OF the
Younger and more rash accompllces llad
openly boosted Of the occurrence next
day, while the smoke of the burning YES
sci vet darkened the sky. The Court of
Inquiry were composed Of loyalists who
were honest and earnest in their eXan!l-
nation, but no direct eviden,e could be
obtained, except that of slave, whose
testimony was successfully impeached.
Much has been said in chronicle and
song of later achievement in the adj
Joining province, Wnere aparty, dis
gused as Indians, threw overheard a
cargo of tea, while the captors of the
Gaspee until very recent date have re-
mained almost "unknown, unhonored
and unsung." The Boston tea party
have been landed for performing an act
Of exalted patriotism and unequalIed
daring. But we submit that the sezue
of a merchantmen requires less courage
than the capture Of a nan-of-war, while
The patriotic impulse that would face un-
disguised the desperate danger of the
latter enterprise is no less worthy Of his
toric fame. The afrir Of the Gaspee is
still mere deserving Of commemoration,
as it was The first bold blow in all he
colonies for freedom and the earliest
blood she'd in the War of Independence.
1t was the beginning Of the end. The
Revolution had commenced.
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LEXINGTON, APRIL 1871 8.
NY JOHN q, wnrrrIER,

No naddeniug thirst for blood had they
No battlej Joy was theirs VINO Set
Against the alien bayolel
Their homespun breasts IN that old day
H.
Their feet had trodden peaceful ways
They loved not strife they dreaded pain
They saw not, what To us IL plain,
That God would make man wra'h his praise
Ill
Noscers we're they, but simple men.
Its vast results The future hid;
The meaning Of the work they did
WaI strange and dark aud doubtful then.
Nv,
swim as the summons came they len
The plOw mid furrow standing still.
The background cOrnBrist at the mih
The spade In earth, the, axe In cleft
1hcy went where duty seemed 70 call
fhey scarcely asked the reason why.
They only knew that they could die,
And death was not the worst OF all
W.
Ofman foI man the sacrifice,
Unstained by blood, save theirs they gave,
The flowers that blOSsOmed from their graves
Have SOwn themselves beneath all hklA
VII
Their death.shot shook the Geudal tower,
And shattered slayery'6 cham as WelF
On the Skys dome, aA on bell
10, echo struck tie worlds great hour.
VIII.
That hteiul echo Is hotdumb,
The nations, listening to ils sound
Wait, from cepturys vantage ground,
The hoier triumphs yet to come,
TX.
The bridal time of Law and Love,
The gladncSS Of the WOrd'srclease,
When WarSick, at the feet Of Peace
The hawk shall nestle with the dove
\,
The golden egcof brotherhood
Unknown to other rivalries
Than of the mild humanites.
And gracious interchange OF good
M,
Wncn closer strand shall lean to strand,
Til meet beneath sllulng Tags
Thee Gle OF our lofty Cags,
The lion OF our Mother land.
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Duddingslon's wound, and was directed
10 assist him. On examination it was
found that the ball took effect about five
inches directly below the navel. Dud-
dingston called or Mr.. Dickinson to pro-
cure bandages and other necessaries for
dressing the wound, and when finished
orders were piven to the schooners com
pany TO collect their clothing and every
thing belonging to them and put them
INTO their boats, as all of them were 10 be
sent OH shore. A were soon collected
and put on board The boats, including.
one Of our boats. They departed, and
landed DuddlngstOn al the Old siill house
wharf al PdwluXet, and put the chief
INTO the house Of Joseph Bhodes. Soon
after all the party We're ordered TO de-
part, leaving one boat for the leaders OF
the expedition, who soon set the vessel
on fire, which consumed her to the wa
ter's edge.
The names of the most conspicuous
are Mr.. John Brown, Capt. A braham
Whipple, John b. Hopkins, Benjamin
Dunn and five others, whose names |
have forgotten, and John Mayney, Benz,
Page, Joseph Bucklin and Turpin Smith,
my youthful companions, all OF whom are
dead, | believe every man of the party,
excepting mvseli and my age is eighty
six years this twenty-ninth day of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.
EpHRAIM Bowen,
August 20, 1869,
The reader will observe two .discrep-
ancies between the above narrative and
that given in the text; one as to the
name Of Captain Lindsey, which was
Benjamin, as given in the papers of the
day, and not Thomas, as stated by Col
onel Bowen; the other as to the date of
tre affair. The Hannah arrived at New
port on the SJh Of June, and the next
day proceeded up the bay, chased by the
Gaspee. The attack was planned and
executed on the night of the 9th, but not
completed, by the burning Of the vessel,
till daylight OF the l0Jh, so that either
date, the 9th or 10Th, is applicable to the
event.
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AN ACCOUNT oE THE CAPTURE AND THE
BURNING OF THE BRITISH SCHOONER GAS
PEE.
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NOTE.

The correspondence between Whipple
and Captain Sir James Wallace, of the
Rose frlgate, which took place at this
time should be preserved. Wallace had
learned who it was that led the attack
on the Gaspee, and wrote as follows:
you, Abraham Whipple, on the 10th OF
June, l772, burned His Majesty's vessel,
the Gaspee, and will hang you at the
yard-arm, James Wallace" To which
note, more curt than courteous, Whipple
replied with equal brevity: To Sir
James Wallace, Sir: Always catch a
man before you hang him. Abraham
Whipple."
The capture of the Margaretta by the
people of Machias on the l1th of May
was private affair precisely similar to
tltat of the (iaspee, and, like that event,
reflects great credit on the courage and
spirit of the actors. The capture Of the
Gaspee was, in effect, the commencement
of the Revolution, and Abraham Whip
pie led the attack. 1t was the first popu-
lar rising directed against British armed
vessel. The affair of the 18th of June,
l775, was between two regular armed
yessels-one in the colonial service of
Rhode Island, the other in that of the
King, and was the first proper naval ac-
ton in the Revolution. In either case,
the honor that has always been claimed
for Whipple, of firing the first gun of the
Revolution upon the water, appears to be
his due. The real Lexington of the
Seas" was the affair of June 10, 1772, and
not that of May IL, 1775, as commem-
Grated by Mr.. Cooper Naval History,
vol. |, p. t5); while, to continue the par
allel, that of June 18th, 1875, was the
Bunker Hill, although with a more for
tunate result, for it settled the question
of the ability Of provincial cruisers to
cope with those Of the Crown.
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A Scrap of History.

We have been permitted to copy
the following interesting letter ad-
dressed by the late Chief Justice
Chase, in 1866, to Senator, then Gov
ernor Morton Ind. Jour.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 10, 1866.
"MY DEAR GOvERNOR-I think it
is the right of men who have ably and
faithfully served their country to
know that their labors are appreciated
as they merit.
so l will not deny myself the
pleasure of telling you that Secretary
Stanton was with me last evening, and
we, naturally turning our minds to
the past, fell to talking of you.
I'VE agreed that no Governor rem
dered such services, or displayed such
courage or more ability in administra-
ton; and we agreed that your recent
services were most merltorious OF all,
because rendered under circumstances
of greater personal risk of health and
life, and which would have been by
almost any man regarded, and by all
accepted, as good reason for total in
action.
Il have seldom heard Stanton ex-
press himself so earnestly.
II hope you will derive some salts
faction from this little relation. The
talk gave much to me.
Cordially your friend,
Governor Morton"
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The Republican party. at their pri-
maries and convention present tick
ct for city officers that every Republi-
can can vote with hearty good will,
believing that the best interests of
Richmond will be subserved by its
election. Dte&
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The following is the platform adopt
ed by the convention. It contains
all that the real needs of our city de-
mand:
Resolved, That no new engage
ments should be entered into by the
City Council which will require an
increase of the debt of the city, or
large expenditure of money, until the
present indebtedness is more largely
reduced.
That We favor the application of all
the FUNDS at present in the Treasury,
which can be spared from necessary
expenditures, to further reduction
of the city debt.
That we favor reduction of taxes
the present year, the reduction to
contine. from year to year, until the
taxes shall not exceed one per cent,
beyond which they should not be per-
mitted to rise.
That this Convention is in favor of
rigid economy in the administration
OF the city government.
That We endorse the action of the
present School Board in accounting
to the city for the interest received on
school fund money.
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tutions. Now there is no earthly rea-
son why they should not be held in a
p1rlor, with the ballot box IN place
where good man can 60 with respect.
Hyou delegate political power, then
you must not give it to the rudest and
most indicate of our sex; il you
change this system and make it to ad-
NIT the women, dom you think there
will spring up The same sympathy be-
tween them as exists in religion
Men and women act together in per-
feet harmony in schools. in eleemosy-
nary institutions, reformatory move
ments, temperance societies. of
these things are found to be admir-
ably conducted when the two sexes
act together. | aver that reform
will take place. and one reason why
we lack SO much in politics is we lack
the influence of women. This is hard
to believe now, but things will not
exist in the future as they exist now.
It needs great deal Of courage on
the part of the advocates of this cause
to assert their convictions nowadays,
because there is such BIASED influ-
ence against them. But when men
and women are educated to vote, and
it becomes a part of their regular
duty, and when it has settled down at
last on its proper basis, there will be
restraint, and dignity car
ried into the administration of public
affairs.
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A Dream of Fire-A Leap for Life.
i We hare in eng town - young
deciple AZ Esculapius, Mhq5e office
and Neefing spaifment i in the
second Story Of one ofour Business
houses. Since the late fire his
mind has dwelt somewhat upon
how he would escape in the event
fire should break ont in the
building he occupies. On Satur
day night he went to bed as usual,
and was soon embodied in the arms
of the drowsy god, when he
dreamed. His mind was full OF
thoughts of burning buildings, of
rushing flames, of sitting smoke.
In this horrible dream he sprang
from his bed in his sleep, and
jumped through the front window,
breaking the sash and glass in
small bits. In his descent he struck
upon an iron brace that supports
the frame work of the awning, and
then on down he went to the stone
pavement below. Terrified, he
fed, and when near the scene of
the late fire he ran against some
boxes, when he awoke and discov-
cred himself to be Undesirable,
was unable to tell how he came
there. An examination of the
premises revealed the facts sub |
as above. That he was
not badly hurt in his fearful descent
seems almost miraculous.-Shel !
vile Ind. Republican.
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The correspondent OF the Gin
cinnati Commercial, writing from
Brooklyn, April 18th, has this to
say of Fullerton and Beecher:
eve found out this morning,
that it was not Beecher, but Ful~
lerton-not the victim, but the
torturer--who had first given way
It was announced that after the
close of yesterday s work, Fullerton
had suffered an attack of vertigo
SO serious as to disable him from
resuming operations. This morn
ing, latter couple of brief speeches
on the subject from the counsel of
both sides, the Judge ordered an
adjournment of the trial till next
Monday, in hopes that the sharp
lawyer may then be in condition to
return to his duties Beach him
self, when making announcements of
his colleagues prostration, was
also in poor way,and it was quite
evident that he had not recovered
from his own illness, which last
week caused us to lose day.
At the regular hour this morn
ing, Beecher assembled the stand as
usual, and waited patiently for his
cross examiner. EIe did not look
nearly as vigorous or lively as
ordinarily. Bis face was aged, his
demeanor grave, and he evidently
felt relieved at the prospect of
few days rest. Everything had
given promise of day of intense
interest and excitement, but Beech
er was probably the man who had
the least enjoyment of the pros
pect. He can ordinarily hold his
ground against any man, but in the
witness chair he labors under sew
eral disadvantages, which paralyze
his force; and he is there subject to
attacks which he is prevented from
resisting. Beecher fingered onlya
few minutes after adjournment this
morning, and then walked off home
ward with his wife and family.
Several strangers were presented
to Beecher, one of whom expressed
fervent wish ''that this thing
could be worked up into fight;
there is not enough fight in it
now" J might think SO, too, if I
were not In it, was Beecher's re-
spouse.
Bessie Turner made her first
visit to Court to day since her ap-
pearance on the witness stand. Be-
fore leaving Beecher saw her, sa-
1uted her, and said: ''You made
better witness than I do, Miss Turn
er."
Beecher then enjoyed an inter-
view with reporter in these
terms:
Reporter was glad you did
not get mad yeste rday.
Mr.. Beecher-Mad! Oh, no,
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aIcnnenD. Ind. APRIL N. 1875
beam Of Lewas Dovfs.

DIED.-In New Paris, Ohio, on
Tuesday night last, April 10th, LEW
is DAVIS, father of the editor of the
Palladium, aged Sc years, 9 months
and q days. He was born in Nor
gantown. Rockingham county, Vir-
ginia. on the Oath Of June, 1788 His
fathers family emigrated West in
1890. settling in Cincinnati. Ohio,
where they remained about five years,
and in 1897, they moved to Montgom-
cry county, Ohio. After his marriage,
he settled in Franklin, Warren coun-
ty, Ohio. where he remained until
1881, when he moved to New. Paris.
He was q whole hearted man
kind and Observation-Disclosures never
had better parent. He was posi-
tive man-frm in his religious and
political beliefs, and as honest a man
as Providence ever permitted to exist.
The Life Everlasting is his sure re-
ward.
The funeral will take place from his
late residence in New Paris, Ohio,
tomorrow Thursday, at 2P.M
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Democratic editors mistake thu
intent and scope of Governo,
Hendricks letter reviewing the
acts of the recent Democratic Leg
islature, when they stake the
ground that the Legislature re-
deemed every promise made to the
people during the campaign" The
Governor intended only to pat the
Democratic members on the head,
and tell them that though they
have not fully come up to the ex-
pectations of their friends they
were much better than any Repub-
lican Legislature. This was as
much as the Governor, even under
duress, could afford to say. That
the promises made in the Demo
cratic platform were not redeemed
by the Democratic Legislature is
easily demonstrated. Tie first
resolution of the Democratic series
of July, 1874, reads, Resolved,
That we are in favor of the redemp-
ton of the $50 bonds in green
backs, according to the law under
which they were issued" Senator
Mcdonald repudiated this resolu-
ton in the plainest, fullest terms,
and at the same time announced
that he was in favor of a hard
money basis. The Legislature
passed by the well known advocate
of paying the $40 bonds in green
backs, Hon. D. ". Voorhees,, and
elected Mr.. Mcdonald Senator
That was not a redemption of the
pledge in the platform, it was an
unmistakable reputation of it, The
I'd resolution required the repeal
of the law of March, 1869, which
assumed to construe the law SO as
to make the 500 bonds payable
exclusively in gold. Mr.. Melon
aid denounced this, as it would be
a violation of the faith of the ma
ton. Was that resolution re
deemed or repudiated by the cleo
ton of Mr.. Mcdonald to the Uni
ted States Senate?
The 18th resolution sdenounces
as wanton outrage upon the tax
ridden people of Indiana State
tax of fifteen cents on the hundred
dollars, and demanded the lowest
State tax that will support an
economical administration, not ex-
ceeding five cents on the hundred
dollars. Did the levy made by the
Democratic Legislature, of thirteen
cents on the hundred dollars, re-
deem the pledge made in the 18th
resolution?
The 18th resolution demanded
s'such change in our laws as will
efectually prohibit the use of pub
lie money by officers for their pri-
vate gain" Did the Democratic
redeem this pledge
when it neglected to enact ''such
law and left the Auditor and Treas
urer of State to use the public
as heretofore?
Was the pledge OF retrenchment
and reform redeemed in permitting
clerks of the House to embezzle
public money and continue the
practice after the Democratic press
had called the attention of the
House to the steal? Was the per
sistent stealing of bills from the
House calendar redemption of
the pledge to reform?
Finally, was the organization of
. committee to revise the laws after |
the Legislature adjourned meas
ure of Democratic reform2 This
committee inserted clause in one
81. the appropriation bills, after the
adjournment sine die, to pay one
Of the Democratic members about |
81, 300, alleging that it had been
dropped out by take.-Madison
Courier.
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wouaerful Retent,on OF He...


On the 80 of October last. about
2 o'clock in the afternoon, the large
new air shaft of the Belcher mine,
then completed to the 1000 foot
level, took fire and was destroyed.
The timbers of the shaft all burned
out. and the rock fell in and block
ed it up. After mature deiberation,
it was thought that it would be
better and cheaper to sink new
shaft than to try to clear out the
old one, SO badly were it's sides
caved, and SO great was the quaint
ity of rock that had tumbled into
it. The new shaft was sunk a
short distance to the west of the
old one. It has now reached a
point near the 1000 foot level,
where it will be continued down on
an incline. The incline was started
at the 1000 foot level, and carried
up to meet the vertical portion of
the shaft. The course of this in
cline carried it through the remains
of the old vertical shaft, but as
soon as it was Tapped the men
found they could do nothing in it,
ON account of the ashes, burnt earth
and rocks that poured down into
their incline. A tunnel was then
run until it had reached a point a
short distance west of the old shaft,
where a vertical uprise was made
to the line of the proposed incline
to be run up to meet the new shaft.
The men then began working down
on the incline in order to reach the
point from which they we're driven
in trying to come up. They have
succeeded in getting into the bot
tom of the old shaft, where, much to
their surprise, they find the rock
still red hot. In trying to put in
timber they were set on fire, and
in order to work at all it is found
necessary to bring q line of hose
into the place and play stream of
water upon the rocks wedged in
the bottom of the old shaft. There
is no timber on fire among the
rocks. They seem to have been
heated to a degree SO intense at
the time of the fire that they have
red hot ever since.
When we find SO small mass of |
rocks as can be contained in the |
bottom of a shaft remaining red
hot for over five months, after
having been heated to whiteness,
should we be incredulous on being
assured by scientists that the Gen.
ter of the earth, once a molten
mass of rock, still remains in a
molten state after untold ages?
Nearly three years after the great
fire in the Yellow Jacket mine,
places were found in the lower
levels where the rocks was still
nearly red hol.-Virginia City
New. Enterprise. ~
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A young man, Fred Brandenburg,
was found dying from starvation and
exhaustion under pile of lumber, in
San francisco, early Tuesday morn
ing. He stated before death that he
crawled under the lumber nine days
ago. Other lumber was piled around
him, stopping egress. He was a son
of Matthias Brandenburg, of No. 6, St.
Charles place, Philadelphia, and was
aged about IS.
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REPUBLICAN, TICKET.

Mayor.
DIR. JAMES F. HIBBERD.
City Clerk.
CYRUS o. CLARK.
Treasurer.
WILLIAM p. WILSON.
Assessor,
w. T.. WILCOX.
Marshal,
LOUIS o. SHOWER.
COuneilmem.
LIST Ward, (No nomination.
I'd . George Bishop.
Sd q Ezra Nye.
4th . (No nomination.
9Th s. w. /. Dulin.