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3 . I I ; THE' PERRYSBURCx jbtlRNAL: ' I PL'RRYSBUhfe.UbURNAL. X MONDAY, 3&Ktj'&ixl 161853. ' JKP The weather has become extremely wintry, and the business season of our town is pretty well over. The pork packing busi ness has been light here, and prices have fitoadily declined, , Four dollars twenty-five cents per hundred is npw the highest figure. At this price there is no doubt -money to be made in the business. ' "There seems to be no rriote reason why pork shduld bo low this sea &lix than there was why it should rule ex iremely high last year. The number of hogs p.icked this year will doubtless be far below what it was last, and the price of barrel pork, we believe, will generally range as high ot higher through the poming , season than it- did through the last. ' ' . The prices of Wheat and flour are almost up to the starvation point for the poor. It is said that there is not wheat enough in Wood county for the home consumption. .V few loads of good wheat could be sold hrp now at almost th seller's own price. 0l, Potatoes continue moderately , plenty. They bring a good price, and, while bread stuffs are so high, 'may' be; tnade to supply their place to a considerable extent. Corn meal.may also be used tpv good advantage in this way. : ' On the whole, any farmer in this vicinity, with a good farm and sufficient industry to work it, ought to lay up money yearly. Qnr prices here would make glad the hearts otfarmers in the interior of either Indiana, Ohio,; or any other western state of the rea't,,. basin, if they could enjoy, them. In short, the markets in this vicinity for .staple farm products, are among the ' best in the western country. Thi3 is a matter '.;6f' the first importance to farmers, and those seek ing new locations should bear this in mind -when thinkingof the great bargains :n lands now offering in this county. r ( .z Mr. Stumm, late of Fulton county, iijjboht the Democrat officeof this place, sij-jd taken; possession. We wish him. pros jnrtylaiid success in his new. location, and ipetit' hereafter to be upon better terms with jajfct and its editor than we have been eq-preserve heretofore. ,, . The Maumee Bay and Toledo. ' On the 21 st ult. r.-.Edgertbn, ' the repre sentative in congress from this district, in i reduced in the house the following resolu tion, which passed 5 1 ' ffisfly&ll 'h,at the committee "on com- Vjie b;1r'uc'led to inquire into theexpe ,jigric Jpff,' providing for the erection of a c'iidjn;tvouse and marine hospital at Toledo, )b and for clearing out and marking the wjanels in Maumee bay, in Ohio; v,;V8fJ. vell, so far as it goes ; .but why not, M: ,E., go a little farther, and ask for an ap j)VpViatioji o improve the navigation to the ";f)fjt':df the rapids'? His political friends hW P,his constituents) .are. entitled to his services. The people at the foot of the .ivns have often petitioped congress upon thi$ subject, and thir failure may justly he charged to the want of a representative who .fntld take proper interest in the matter. 1 ; JAmong our different representatives there )rf been one honorable exception. Mr, Wood w ad ..'indefatigable in his exertions, and had iQ IS veil to serve out his time would nndoubt- Jiave succeeded. The late indications ..iilWeU6u secm to avor e opinion that harbor bill of 6ome kind will pass, the in tifnaedxvish in the president's message to . contrary notwithstanding. nT$-P!?1 jibtnl it shall be, the more ' likely will it be to obtain favor in the public eye. If con gress can be induced to do anything for the Maumee bay, why not for the river ? r-Mr. Smith, our representative, is a member of the house committee on federal relations, in the Ohio legislature 03-Those holding bills of the old Frank jlin Bank of Columbus, should send them home for redemption, as a decree of court will stop the payment of them after the first of October next. Lasalle Rioters. We learn from the Ottawa Republican that all but five of the thirty-two rioters arrested at Lasalle by the Shields Guards, have been discharged. Four more have since been arrested, two of whom. John Ryun and Michael Tuohey, are known to have taken part in the murder; They are two of the four persons for whom the sheriff offered a reward. A special grand jury con vened on Tuesday to sit in this case. A de tachment of twenty men liorn the Shields Guards have been employed by the railroad company to protect the property of the con tractors.' They have preserved order since the day of the riot. We leu.rn that they de stroyed all the whiskey at the groceries about the first thing. j Farmer's College. Isaac J. Allen, of Mansfield, 0., late whig candidate for Lieut. Governor, has been appointed president of this Cincinnati institution, in place of F. G. Carey, who resigned some time, since. Mr. Allen has had a thorough medical edu cation, having taken degrees at two or more institutions ; but the practice not being con genial to his tastes, he abandoned it, and studied law, of which he -has been a very successful practitioner. He is a pleasant, j effective and eloquent speaker and a fine scholar, and under his management we hope and believe Farmer's College will continue to flourish and exert a healthful influence. Death of: Horace Canfield. Horace Canfield, editor and proprietor of the Akron Democratic Standard,-died of lung fever on the 29th ult., at his residence in Akron. Mr. Canfield was an' able and independent editor, a good citizen and neighbor, and an honest man. He was formerly a resident of Cleveland, and partner of Mr. T. P. Spen cer in the publication of the Cleveland Ad vertiser. Mr. Chad recently perfected an important improvement in hand printing presses, and at the time of his deatli was making preparations for their manufacture. New York, Jan, 9. The steamship Geo. Law, from Aspinwall, and the Star in the West, from San Juan,' arrived here this morning. The latter brought 450 passen gers and $1,300,000 in gold, and the former 250 passengers and $540,000 in gold. Francis P. Blair, of Washington City, died in San Francisco. Philadelphia, Jan. 9. The machine shop of the Reading railroad was burned last night with several engines loss 8100,000. Both branches of the City Council have finally passed an ordinance authorizing the subscribing of $200,000 to the Sunbury and Erie railroad. Mayor or Pittsburgh The whigs have elected their candidate, F. E. Volz, by a majority of 1035. The Gazette says that is the largest majority ever given to a whig candidate in that city. The whigs elect all the select councilmen but 07 and all the common councilmen with thv- exception of five in the Fifth ward and one in the Seventh. The vote of Joe Barker has dwindled down to almost nothing. Kentucky Senator. John J. Crittenden, is returned to the Senate from Kentucky. Np ope pan fill the station better. He is a man of generous impulses, able and felicit ous in debate, beyond most men who have ever shone upon that theatre, of wide legis lative and administrative experienpe, and ability. No man will stand higher in that body among the whigs:0O Jnaij wiU be more prominent tor the highest gifts in tlieir RQWr er to beistowJN.' V. Tribune. ' "' Rare Sport for Killing Time. The Democracy of Ross county has got a double kink in its tail and is coming up to Columbus for exhibition, (admittance free oysters and brandy-smash extra,) at the throat-cutting" entertainment, adver tised for next Saturday. The great ' democ racy of Ross' is divided as neatly as you can split an orange not into -plastics und adaviantines, as witli some other specimens of the genus ; but into two fierce and bel ligerent sections ; and each section duly la belled, the one, Sammcdarians, and the oth er BiUallcnoniana. The former of these held a tremenjus convention the other day, in a Dutch grocery, preparatory to the " throat cutting" exercises of Saturday : and thereup on they liesolvcd, that they have and retain a strong and abiding affection for " President Pierce" notwithstanding he permitted him self to ha made a Judy of, in the matter of appointing " democratic " Tostmasler at Chillicothe, and a person to receive the small change for the sale of remnants of "knob"' lands in that quarter. They with character istic modesty and entire unselfishness call upon the President to "review said appoint ment;' and inasmuch as said Chillicothe district is unprovided with a Savimcdarian Representative in Congress, they further He solved, unanimously, to send their polite note to the President, to Doct, Epsom Olds, (who was never known to decline a mean office,) to be by him delivered to the gentle man of the White House. Admirable ! This latter conception is in beautiful keep ing and charming harmony with thebulance of the proceeding. No doubt the "demo cratic appointments of Gen. Franklin Pierce of Concord, (N. II.)' will now be thorough ly "reviewed." And then ! ? ?!?- The Main Law suffered "some" at the j hands of this ring-tail Chillicothe democrat ic convention and it may be well for its' friends to look after its welfare. O. S. Jour. Another shocking murder has occurred at Lexington, Ky. Mrs. Weigert went into a cenfectionary shop, when a young man nam ed Luther C. Cushing, who was in attend ance, addressed her in a familiar manner, to which 6he took offence, and said she should notify her husband of the insult. Cushing at once told her he was mistaken, that he thought her a familiar friend, and begged her pardon. But she went off and soon af ter returned with her husband. As soon as he entered he commenced firing upon Cush ing, and the fourth discharge killed him in stantly. Weigert and wife were arrested and imprisoned, but the wife was afterward discharged. Cushing was a very orderly, respectable young man, a harness maker by trade, and has a mother rqsiding in New Baltimore in this State.-JO. S. Jour. Destructive Fire. Metropolitan Hall and La Farge Hotel in Ruins!!! I j New York, Jan. 9. About one o'clock this morning u fire broke out in the immense block of buildings on Broadway, containing the Metropolitan Hall, and in about two hours they were totally destroyed, leaving nothing standing except the marble front of the La Farge Hotel, which, being in a dan gerous condition, was demolished by the firemen this forenoon. The fire originated in the Hall, in which Julien was making preparations for a splendid dress ball and supper, to be given on the 18th inst. The Hotel had been leased by Charles Wright, and furnished in the most magnifi cent style, and would have been opened in a few days. Nearly all the furniture was burned or seriously damaged by the hasty manner in which it was removed. The Hotel was the largest and most expensive, building of the kind in the city. It had an extended front on Broadway, and ran back to Mercer street. The Metropolitan was formerly known as Tripler Hall, Several other buildings on Broadway and Mercer streets were more or fcss injured. The roof of a frame house on .Mercer. 6treet was crushed, in by the falljug.of. the rear wall of the Hotel.' ' ...... ,,!'. ' The total loss by the, conflagration, exceeds hatt a million. La i'argV was insured fot;i ft .is said, excelled any thjng ever before rainy I t factured, was jnsured for only JfyOOOnot one-sixth its actual coat." It', was ! partly owned by a gentleman who ""was1 formerly proprietor of the La Farge Hotel, at Macon, Georgia, and who was interested with oth ers in the lease. Ruins!!! Fire in Portland--U. S. Custom House Destroyed. stroyed. Portland, Me., Jan. 9. The Custom House building, in this city, took fire yes terday morning, and the entire block is now in ruins. The block was also occupied by the Post Office, Reading Room, Atlantic Bank, U. Court, Natural Historical Socie ty, Mr. Bailey's Bookstore, ami ether ten ants. Every thing wus saved from the. Post Office; but the contents of the Custom House, the splendid collection iu the rooms of the Natural Historical Society, Judgf Ware s valuable law library, and the con tents of the Reading Room, were entirely destroyed. The. loss is very heavy, but fall principally upon the Government'. The building was formerly the Exchange, but was sold to the Government for $129,000. The collection belonging to the Historical Society, was valued ut $20,000. The librn ry belonging to Judge Ware and the U. S. Court, was valued at $3,000. There was also an Odd Fellows' Hall in the building, all the books and records of which were destroyed. New York, Jan. 10. The sympathy meet ing of sufferers by the late fire, was held at Metropolitan Hotel last evening. Mr. Sum. Lsland, of the Metropolitan, presided. Mr. Bryan, attorney for the losers of the Lafarge House, stated' that the bills of furn ishing that house amounted to $180,000, of which 8130.000 had already been placed in the house. The insurance was only $27,000. The subscription for the relief of the suftVi ers, was commenced on the spot, and a com mittee of 50 was appointed to collect sub scriptions, and to call a meeting for the same purpose. The steamer Union leaves to-day in search of the San Francisco. Capt. Hudson of the Navy, will go out in her. Among the recent appointments by the Governor, we notice that of Jacob J. Greene, as Judge of the Probate Court of Defiance County, vice John M. Stihvell, resigned. The Ohio Statesman of Friday, contain the valedictory of James H. Smith one of tl? editors and proprietors. Mr. Smith, goes in to the practice of law in Columbus, in com pany with Judge Warden, of Cincinnati. The editorial Convention has been in ses sion in our city for a day or , two; the at tendance is very slim, and the business, oim of pleasure and sight seeing. We are always glad to meet and exchange congratulation with our editorial friends, and hope their stay in the Queen City has been productive of much pleasure. But for what practical purpose they have been brought together, i more than any one we have yet seen can in form us. There seems to be a general igno rance on the subject, and we would thank somebody to tell us. Who knows? ICin. Unionist. Silver Coinage. Recent appearances in dicate that the New York assay office will be able to go into operation by the 1st April next, and the branch mint of California on the 1st February. As soon as the New York establishment gets tinder way, the mint at Philadelphia will be set at work chiefly up on silver coin, by direction of Mr. Guthrie, who desires to furnish, if possible, a supply of silver sufficient for the ordinary purpose of business. It is believed ' hat there will be but little difficulty in getting the metal for coinage. Mr. Guthrie has already pur chased 87,000,000 of silver 'since he went into the Treasury Department, and we can afford to offer sufficient inducements to pro cure us from Mexico any amount that wa may desire. ( Washington Union. Roll of Honor. Receipts for Journal for past two weeks. W. N. Gilbert. $1.50 Daniel Foster, $1.00 II. MandeB., .(.wood) f 1.00 'The Medina Whig has changed its name to Medina Gazette, and its politics from whig to free soil. Cm. Gsj.