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THE . PERRYSBURG JOURNAL. 355 The Governor's Message. This document has been perused by our rvadcrs, and we ure. not disposed to devote much space or time to its review. The Message has been prepared with much care and labor, and gives d full and elabo rate statement of the condition of Ohio.- As a general thing we are pleased with it. Coming as it does from an extreme politi cian, it is as free from party bias as could bo expected. Laying aside Gov. Med ill's undue anxiety to laud the New Constitu tion, and his'glaring unfairness in treating upon that lVature of Vhe Constitution out of which grew' that unjust statute, familiarly known as the "crow-bar law," we see but little to criticise us a whole, there is much more to admire than to condemn. So far as the Governor's laudation of the New Constitution is concerned, it should Ixi borne in mind that Mr. Med ill was the President of the Convention which framed it, and therefore it is pardonable in him if in anybody to hold up its good points, and keep out of view it.? bad ones. The matter of the clause in the New Con stitution which savs "all properly employ ed in banking shall always b?ar a burden of taxation equal to that imposed on the pro perty of individuals," is argued like a hhrewd, cunning lawyer, but, we are sorry to sav also like a dishonest lawyer, for Mr. Medill knows that this clause in the Constitution is grossly violated by the crow-bar law,, and that under that law, Banks are taxed double and treble what they honestly thould be. But let that pass. The feature of this message which should be examined and studied, is its tables of State expenditures. The locofocos will not thank the Governor for those figures, for if ever a train was laid to blow a party sky high, it is done in this Message. These Tables are a proud vindication of the honesty of whin rule, and coming as they do from a violent political opponent, should forever thtit the mouths of Ohio locofocos about whig extravagance, pud whig rascality. Most emphatically can Ohio whigs say to Ohio locofocos, ,: Out of thine own mou'h do we condemn you ;" and most assuredly should the people of the State dismiss them from office, bidding them "go and sin no more." Ponder these things, reader, and re collect, it is the testimony of a friend of the euiltv nartv. Look at the tabular statement of the State expenses for ten years past, and compare the expenses of whig rule with locofoco rule. Bear in mind the year 1843-4 was a locoforo year; 1815, '46, and '47 whig years; 1848 locofoco and freesoil mixed; 1849, '50, '51, '52. '53, locofoco rears. Take a few of the items in the. table; first, Judiciary. Of course this necessarily could vary but little, and we only wish the" tax-payer to note, that under the New Constitution, our Judiciary in the year 1853. over the year of the old Constitution in 1851. increused 823,454.00. Aizain. take State officers. In the locofoco year of 1844, these officials cost us 86,782.- T. . . . . Ifilt t. ' 1 1 UU, but the next year, ituo, oeingwnigj Tney cost us 85.847 ; 'in 1847, a whig yeur, thev cost us 817,826.00, and in 1845, a locofoco and freesoil year, they cost us tfl8.0fi.00, and in 1850, un unadulterated locofoco year, thev ran up 1he bill to tf2U,4bb00. Take the item of printing o"d see how locofocoi.sm govs in'foMype. setters. In the whig year of 1817, printing amounted to 8ll.9til.00, but iii the 'loco freesoil yeai of 1818, it amounted to 815,517, and in loco foco 1849, to the immense sum of 818,646. '00, but in locoforo 50. it' touched the mon strous sum of 838,863.00, Take the highest year -of whig nil? in '45, '46 and '47, and the. Legislature cost us$27, M3.00, being less by over 810,1)00.00 than the same bills in locofoco 1S4I, and less by over $7,000.00 than in loco freesoil '43 j anil in 1819, when locofocos had it all their own way, their bills, for the same services reh dered bv whigs in 1817, exceeded whig hill$ more than $04,000.00. Stationery. in. whig '46 cost the tax-pay--8,tMl:Viil locoforo '49 810,240.00, a difference of over $5,700.00 in the article of paper, wafers, quills, &c, in favor of tne whigs, and as compared witti lbOJ, a difference to the credit of the whigs of over $18,800.00. V Postage is another curious item. In wins '46 it was 82,175.00, in locofoco '51 it was 814,528.00, a difference in favor of whigs of over l,4UU.U0 the. latter year undercheap postage system, the former under the high rates. In the whig year of 1847. the five items. namely, State Officers Printing Legisla ture Stationery and Postage, cost tax-nav- ers 867,548.00, and the same items in loco- toco liiol cost 8151,656.00, a glaring differ ence in whig favor of the enormous sum of eighty-four thousand one hundred and eight dollars. One more statement and we pass over this damning account against locofocoism to the consideration of those who " foot the bills." ' The five items above, enumerated amount ed in the whig years of 1845, '46 and '47 to 8479,041.00 ; in the locofoco years of 1849. '50 and '51 to the sum of $378,818.00, show ing the almost incredible balance in favor of whig rule, in three short years, of one HUNDRED NINETY-NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUN DRED AND SEVEN DOLLARS. Gov. Medill recommends additional tax ation, and well he may. Let the people but turn locofocoism out of doors, and they will save money enough to double the sum now annually applied towards the liquida tion of our State debt. Clere. Herald. The New Treaty with Mexico. Washington, Jan. 3. We are enabled to State, upon ample authority that a treaty with Mexico has been negotiated by Mr. Gadsden, which is now in the hands of the President, and will soon be communicated to the Senate. Ihe first article of the treaty in question provides that Mexico shall give to the Uni ted States such a boundary as will enable us to protect Mexico from the incursions of the trontier Indians. The second article provides for the right of way lor a railroad to the racihe, " as i means," to quote the language of the trea ty " of forming a commercial barrier against the attacks of the Indians." The third article provides for an abroga tion of the eleventh section of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which guarantees the defence of the frontier in consideration of money given, which is to be in full of all past depredations. The fourth article provides for the specific enforcement of the lehuantepec right o way. The fifth contains an alternative proposi tion to the second article, to the effect that Mexico shall cede to the United States boundary which will include the route known in Lieutenant Park's map as ' Lieu tenant Cook's wagon route," extending near ly to the 31et parallel and going due west so as to give us a large accession of territo rv, and taking in ha whole of the peninsu lar of Lower California and including oono- ra, upon payment by the United States to Mexico of 850,000,000; Correspondent oj the JS, Y. Herald. ihe above reveals a volume. Ut course no Northern man was permitted to go to Mexico but Mr. Gadsden a South Carolinian must fill the mission. Ihe ooiect ot con summating such a treaty is two-fold First to secure the most southern route possible for a Pacific railroad, (a route conformable to the Resolutions of '98;) Second, to pro cure new territory for more. Slave States. The people of the country can now see, what kind of a cat: lies concealed in that mealuib.." The price is only 850.000,000. The South propose no wuy just now to use it up, except the douceur for Amistud Ne groes. But if such u treaty is made, the Northern doughfaces will march up to the rack and vote 'the money. Thev will be carried along by the loud huzzas of " pro gress," and "'manifest destiny." The North ern' men will be told, "You can have the support of the South fpi the Presidency, and the future distribution of spoils, if you will subiniV'to oftr dictation, if you will give us oiir'-'tow'h railroad track to "the Pacific, and give" us"pljeiiy of Slave territory." No rail roa(HvlH'rrbeciopstitutional in the view of the South and their toadies, as far north ae theMOth' parallel of latitude. Now mark the' progress of ''manifest destiny." The Sandwich IsUhdi caA fce had at a nod with no 850,000,000 and no necessary expendi- tures, forever, for increase of army, navy and civil dignitaries, as necessarily must be tne caseot carving another siicelrorn Mexico. On the contrary the Sandwich Islauds would be ot incalculable value to the maritime in- terests of our country, which are essentially Northern interests, and would bring daily to our country, instead of entailino endless expense. But clamorous as hounds, denouncing and bullying all who stand in the way of Mexican annexation, these very men, who ride rough shod over every admin- of the country, will oppose the acquisition of the Sandwich Islands. This may seem a bold assertion. But let our just put this phrophecy in their pipe ana smoke, it will not taken long and by what agencies. fTotedo Blade. The Dayton and Michigan Railway. The stockholders of this Company met at cKnoiaers ot tms company met at Troy on Friday last. We ham that a large HMjumy oi iucm were ror constructing lino f hi-nnrrh Sw nair Hut Inotr trara tntol line through Sidney, but they were voted down by one or two large stockholders. Since then we are informed that the opposi tion has been withdrawn on terms which it is supposed will be agreed to. If this be so, and the Sidney route be determined on, it will prove highly advantageous to the credit of the company, and will settle, we hope, forever the controversy which has for some time interrupted the harmony of bu siness and social intercourse between three of our thriving cities up the river, Troy, Piqua and Sidney, and retarded the progress ot the road north to loledo. Ihis decision subjects the company to some additional expense, but it accommodates the three principal towns between Dayton and Toledo, and will harmonize all contending interests, put an end to litigation, and encourage a vigorous prosecution and an early comple tion of this important; line of road. The contractors wiil, of course, ba entitled proper allowance the. line selected, over the one considered in the contract. Push on the work! Cincin nati Atlas f course, ba entitled to increased cost of Destructive Fire. Detroit, Jan. 10. The wooden buildings on Woodward Avenue, between Jetierson Avenue and Lamed street, occupied by Amberg & Co., clothing store, T. H. Armstrong, hatter, Geo. Davie, grocer and liquor dealer, Lewis, ditto., Smith & Tyler, boot and shoe store, and a paint shop, together with the dwellings on Larned street, owned and occu- pied bv Pierre Teller, were destroyed bv fire at an early hour this morning. About four o'clock the steeple of the First Presbvterian Church, opposite on Larned street, was discotered to be on fire proba- Diy ignueci Dy ci inters irom tue-sinau wooa- di DUlUlinSS. The Church was entirely destroyed, upon which there was an insurance of 8,000 the following companies: $4,0C0 in. the .Etna Co. of Hartford, and 4,000 in the City Insurance Co. ol Uminnati. The fire is supposed to have originated the small puint shop. T7t, at H.TomP t.i,t, CrTV A 1 txt o t mi was a crowd of over 1,000 persons from Jer- ev City. Bmoklvn and New York, at the Centreville Mansion, on the Bergen Point Plank Road, six miles from Jersey City, witness the. English sports of hurdle leaping and wheelbarrow and sack race?. A mannurmd Harriot, known as ''Micky Five," jumped 1,000 hurdles 3 feet 3 inches high, in two hours and two minutes. The distance walked during tha time of perform ing the leat was ten miles, lie pad engaged to do it in three "hours' tirhe. He ended with the same gait as he commenced, and was not apparently much fatigued. A wheel bar row race took place, in which three pari ici pated. lhey were nlindloldeil and run distance of about 100 yards for a small purse, to tho great amusement of a large crowd. Two men enveloped to the neck sacks, also ran a race for a small sum. Some riotous acts were committed bv some of the company on. their return, N, Timea,v ' M '? " Interesting Letter of the Earl of Ellesmere ,. uOlrmoreiOcs ,. The New York Courier , and Enquirer pub- ,,ouco lcllcr "unr uusgpnuemaii, auurcasen t0 9en- Webb in reference to the articles uJainsi u,e unneu states in me ionuon Times The writer says : In my opinion what Americans have re benefits al1)' reason to resent, is a vast deal of coin- Pamllve .ignorance, respecting them. . Bv "'i'armve, i mean mat, eciucaiea people n England, who know everything worth knowing of France, or Italy, or Transylva istration nia "en, know little or nothing of tt United btates, and certainly far less thaxi Americans of their own class know of Eng readers, lana"- ,As t0 " nostiuty however, or con- kt.'Hfc ",ccFul,,n; u tu.'ing to an average English audience in depreciation or contempt of the stars and snipes, auu iic wuuiu acsuicuij ue MUUICU down. It is no satisfaction to me. but it may be such to you, that the ignorance of thnh t cir lom.iio.-.,! ,.,;,!, j to m. N' h Anlr:ran ninn;PR aK lfl6tv. states of the Union. It has a tendency, in .- - - - . r'. Cunard' y opinion, to hasten the disruption of tht former. In reference to the misunderstandinpf which exist between the. people of England, and the United States, the Earl remarks : "The best corrective of all this is inter course ; and the best correctors Collins and The letter concludes in the following lan guage : ;) . "I say this on my own experience, as far as it goes'; which, l am perfectly sensible, with reference to the extent of the Union, is a very little! way.. It is enough however, to satisfy .me, that if Milton were alive now, he would insert into his treatise on educa tion an eloquent paragraph recommending travel in 'America, ' I can conceive no beti ter corrective . for extreme opinions in the matterof politics. Those who shiver at ,tht notion bf rennhlirnn institutions no at sorncthirig incompatible with order, aeenri forjhe tylartd'refinement and those who favor theu .Unlt.Dfiited application without refer ence to .the destiny of population, the diffu sion ot education, and other specialities, are, in my opinion equally likely to learn lessons in America. .!.. EGERTON ELLESMERE TO GEN. J. WATSON WEBB. A great commotion was discovered m the Penobscot, river, near Prospect Ferry, Mfc., sex era! ' months ago. The surface of 'Xlit water was disturbed, and stones and earlU thrown up frpm the bottom. Thia upbovi ins still.continues at intervals, and exoer- iments show that at least an acre of jb of the river bed has 6unk from a depth 'di' 7 to 14 fathoms, 'J( A sulphuric gas is emitted ic wuwv uuitug i iwnuuts ui comiw- . UUU, UUU ll IB BUIU lliai. IWU UJSUIJCl BI1UCH of an -earthquake have becurred 6ince tlK- in commencement oi the phenomena. in The Louisville Courier contains a, list uf .1! ujs-usirs uu iiib vvesieru watery, tiurins int- year 18,53;; 'The"; total nuhiberjIa'duritS tc seveirtv.-'fiv.e steam boats, fourf' baVgeV'aHd forty'-foiir. flat-boats; including the lbs8,of eignty-six persons, wno were eit.ner piown We have-not1 tne un. burnt, or drowned jn?ansxf j.certaining the amount of money losl T se. disasters oi tne pasi year, say to a in Yr Smith O'Brien, tli ' 'cajled from Van Die the Courier, but the estimate wil , not fall short of $1,107,500 for the steamboats and tnetr cargoes; .and ijou.uuu lor me natooais and barg'rnukrn a 'sum total of 81,167'. L'':K palriphlet "lias bt en piibliched at N.' Or lea'rt Lrita'ining the name, age. place of na tiTityveauseof death, duto of interment, avid nameiof ;Cf'metery where intened, of all per- sons wha died in that city from the 1st cf may to.ipe ist or ixovemoer last. ' i?rom this it ' rfpijea'rs -that the;: to1al number who;died within' theiates mentioned, was 12.151 1 n which l.J Q2 were natives of Lonisiauai' 661 of other pnrt of the United States ; 3,5$!' of Ireland; '2,344 of Germany ; 1,2$0 of other foreign countries ; and 3,233 Jwhcf- place of birth is unknown. the Irish refugee, has es- 4 )i