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m VOL. XIV. PERRYSBUEG, O., ITB;IDA.Y, JANUARY 18. ISC?. lt"l l r IS POnLISIIRO KTIR FRIDAY MORNINQ BT TERMS OF -SUBSCRIPTION. Throa mnnttis , 60 Six months r 1 OO One year OO TERMS Or ADVERTiSIIfa. : One square, one Inserting-'. " 00 II ftch subsequent fnsenlon- 60 Business Curds, annum ' " 8 00 Administration, Attachment, DlssotttMon.lSx- aontor, Redemption and Road Notloos'... S 00 Marriage Notices-.i .... 60 Death Notices .,.... i Free. The space occupied by ton linen, or less, of this lixed type counts one square. . . . All Transient and egal Advertisements must be paM for in advance to insure publication. i-lf Attorneys are hslb aitsr-ojisiBLS for all advertisement handed in or antliorired by them, and fof I1"' publication of alrShorilFg Sale notices, Its writs for which they order out. .' " ' ' 1 : 'JOB, PRINTING. Ws are prparedto exeoute all kinds of Job Work, such as rosters, sale Bins, i-roerinme. Invitation, Cards, Label, Pamphlots, all kinds of Blsnks,&e.,ln the most satisfactory manner. The following are the rates for Sheet Bills I H Sheet Bills, per 55 , II on S 60 8 00 .... .. .. a so .... .... J 00 S 60 ........ 6 00 Yi IT M 60 ..100.. '. . ' 23 .. 50.. C.100.. i'.tflO.. ruttsliect ..100-'. 8 00 Orders will be filled at short notice, and upon tke must reasonable terms. ,137" .Printing of every kind, whether job work or advertising:, which is done for any association, snoietv, pulilio meeting or political party, will be charged to the person or persons ordering the same, who will be hold responsible for payment. - OBLINOGH 4; TIJI3IOJIS, ! noi J i " Publisher and Eroprrelors. j BUSINESS CARDS. OIOBS WSDDBLL.,. . .. W. 8, RDERLY 'WEDOELIi CBERIA, , GENERA L LA N D AGENTS, Perrj-sbury', Wood County, Ohio. Will buy and sell Lands, examine titles, pay taxes, redeem Lands sold for taxes, &.C., &o. Office in the Cmirt-houae. ' ' ' 37z J".' II. ,ltKII T ' ' " Attorney - nt - LaWj XT A3 runimul the ttractice of his profession, at JLL Perryshtir.-r, Ohio, where ho will (live prompt attention to all leif.il business entrusted to his dare. Office in the Bank building. ' 7zu . f , , WILLIAM II..J0NR8. . " I ' . JJHS A. SHANNON " JONES & SHANNON, RCAIi'ESTATEAGENTS j OFFICE OVEll KREPS' STOllE, 46ss " ' .i.'.i' : l'errysburg, Ohio.. jJk! HonD Fremont. J. M. IIoro, Perrysburg. - ,T. K, & J. M. HORD, ATTO 11 N EY S . . . . . Per rjsbu vg, O. ' Oflico in Baird House! 35zz CEOItttC S TUAIIV. , ,-,-,-,-ATTORNEY -AT-L4W, PKRRTsnuRO-, 0., r WILL .ittond to allbusinessconfitled to his care in the several Courts of Ohio. Military Claims will receive p-irticular attention. Also Insurance taken at reasonable rates. Office New Hardware Building, up stairs, cor aorof Louisiana Avenue and Front street, lzz F.'at D. k. IIOLL123BECK, Perrysburg, Vood County, O, Attornkys-at-Law: i ' , ; , Kotaries Public J Conveyancers! , ' n..llni;.tnr Affenta! . ; Real Estate Agonta havinj largo quantities of wild lands, and m my improved tarins, tor snie Agents to Pay Taxes, and redeem land sold for taxes ' Also, to purchase lands and investigate titles- Var Claim Agents, , To pronure the back-pay and bounty due to rel atives of deceased soldiers j 1 i ' ' To nroc'ure uensions forthns entitled to tbem ; " '-to procure for soldiers liberated from prison, commutation f ration while they were confined, Ac, Ao. 1 ' Szi F. B. SLRVtlt. ORO. N. 'PARSONS. SLEVIN .PAKSONS, Attorney and Counsellors nt Law, and General Land Agei ts. Land bougftt and sold i taxes paid s titles exam ined, &c- Extr bounty, local bonntv, back pay, pension, etc., promptly collected and -5 .' paid over. t3F Office in the Auditor's roam, at the Court bouse, Perrysbnrg, Ohio. 32az ROSS &;iCOQK, ; 1 AOENTS FOR VHB . , ; (' METROPOLITAN INSURANCE CO. Of New, Vok City. Rates as low as any jfood, first-class Company. Business solicited. Ofhce, corner of Front-street and Louisiana-avenue, Porrysburg. 29 J. Wr: & S. B., PRICE, Attorneya-at-Law, Perfysburg, Wood County, O. WS bave large quantities of Real Estate for sale i attend to Tax-paying ; also, procure Bon tie and Pensions for Soldiers. All business promptly attended to. 10 INSURE ! INSUKE ! INSURE WITII !tUE : FIREMEN'S INSURANCE COMPANY OF DAYTON, OHIO. -h.A ' 'in ii" THI3 Company baa fairly earned the right to solicit the patronage of the citizens of this eounty, having paid $5,700 in Losses in the county Uhm tha laat vear. Rates as low as any reliable Company. Losses equitably adjusted and prompl- S P" J.. A. SHANNON, Perrysburg, O., -44 f , General Agent for Northwestern Ohio. L H. RHEINRANK, M. D., ' - PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE Oyer the New Drug-Store of Inscbo A Champney, on Louisiana Avenue. - ' ' J "ngr At night, will be found in Room O, at Nor .' Kxohang Hotel. . - -:f JOHN A. SHANNON, Attorney and Counscllor-at-Law, - OFFICE OVEll KREPS' STORE, . Perrysburg, Ohio. tSfAttontiof ive to the collection of Soldiers' ALGIANUCR BROWN, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Perrysburg, Wood County, 0. Office In Sheriff's Room at the Court House Particular attention given to Collecting, Convey ncing and notarial business. Six .PEMlYSBUItG MEAT STOllE. . JOHN G. HOFFMAN TTA9 removed his Meat Store to the building re 11 ceatly 'occupied by the. Hardware tre,on Louisiana Avenue. An excellent quality of Ueat iaalwavskuptou baud.O whishhe inriteatbe at tentionof all lovers of a juicy Roast, or a tender Pvrrysburj, November 6, 186, " ' ' 3(1 REAL ESTATE AGENCIES. REAL ESTATE AGENCY THK undersigned baring established ft Real Kstate Agenoy, at Perrysburg, offer for sale the following Lands in Wood County, O., to-witi 95 nor pa, 3 miles east of Portage, in Portage Township, on the pike leading from Portage to West Millgrove, about S5 acres improved, balance well timbered and in one mile of saw-mill. SO acres, 3 miles west of Portage, in Liberty Township, on good road, all under cultivation but T acres, orchard of 300 large trees, frame barn, log bouse. tO4 Keren, near P. Avenue Road, 6 miles from Perrysbnrg, in Lake Township, 4 acres fenced, 2 in apple and 1 in peach orchard. SOt acres, on road from New Boohcstor to WeRt Millgrove, Montgomery Township, ne riw and a pt ne and n t ne, well improved and good buildings. 1IO acres, 3 miles south of Portage, In Portage Township, on Perrysbnrg and-Findlay Pike, 60 acres improved, new house, fine peach and apple orchard, good well, shop, &.c. Unimproved part well ti mix) red and handy to saw-mill. S3 acres, on corner of county and town road, 7 miles nw from Van Bnrcn, i from McComb j w H sw i see 31, town 3, range 10, Ilenry Town ship ; 26 acres nnder cultivation, 40 acres fenced, good young orchard, new frame house, log barn. 40 acres, 4 miles east of Portage on creek bank, Be i nw Portage Township, 7 acres improved, balance well timbticd and near saw-mill. 40 acres, 3 miles nw of West Millgrove, on road leading thence to Fostoria, nw no seo SO, Portage Township, all under cultivation, large fine orchard, good frame house, log barn, splendid well. 80 acres, n i nw t sec SO, and sw t sw t sec 19, Portage Township, 3 acres improved, good log house, 3 mile.4 south of Portage, on Porrysburg sua Findlay Pike. 80 acres, In Milton Township, mllo from Mil ton Center, well timbered and mile from saw mill. 150 acres, timbered land, in Perrjsburg Town Bliip, near Kaat Oregon Road, 6 miles from Toledo . 8D acres, timbered, 4 miles east of Portnge, in Portage Township, sw sw and nw 8w. ' The undersigned are respectfully soliciting the Agency of Lands upon the easy terms of no fee where thor is no sale. WEDDELL & EBERLT. Perrjsburg, January 1, 1807. 35 Ileal Estate for Sale. r rfHE undersigned havo established a Real Es X tate Agency in this place, aud have a large number of Improved J' arm and Unimproved Lands for sale in Wood County, Ohio, among which are the following: Improved Farms. In-f.ots in the town of Perrvsburjr, numbered 630, 013, 641, 653, Col and 607.. The improve ments consist of a new two-story frame house and also a one and a half story frame house, with a. large barn, good well of water, tL-id a number of fruit t-ees, etc. Also, four Iu-luts, well located lor a bnek-vard. s .Price for the whole, 82.000 ; or (1,900 for the 'first six lots. , , . 80 Acres, on the Plank Road, 4lj miles from Dowline Grccu, over 20 acres under fenco, partly cleared, 4 acres under cultivation, about 60 acres of good timber. On corner of road leading to Hull Pratrie, and only one mile tuereiroin. Price, 1,100. 68 Aercs, near Ten-Mile Honsc, in Webster Tp.j on good road, good settlement, excellent soil, fine young orchard, about 30 acres under cultiva tion. , Will be sold at the low price of $1,300. SO Acres, on county road, )4 n,'l" from New ton's Saw-Mill, at tho station on 1). & M. Ruilrond, nil well drained. Has on it a good Frame House, 8 ncres under cultivation, etc. Pi ico 822 per acre. Out Lot 2 in Perrysburg, 4 acres under good fonce.' Price $400." " 8 Acres, in the village of Perrysbnrg. under high state of cultivation, good house, fruit trees &c. Price 1,100, cash or (1,200 iu payments. A Farmof 187 acres, 3 miles south of Perrys bnrg, on Plank Koad, on corner of a crocs road, 10 acres under cultivation, some prairie aud openings on It, balance well timbered. Price $15 per acre. Unimproved Lands. 840 acres Timber Land, near Thomas' steam saw-mill, about $y, miles from Bowling Ureen. Price, 87 per acre. , 80 acres, being the iwJJ sec 32, tp 4, TJ. S. R, I'i'ioti, 8150 cash, or 8500 in payments. . In .Lots 308, 6D3 and 27, in Perrysburg, for sale, very low. i - 3 10 acres near Tontogany, on railroad, part prairie and part timber, between 5 and 6,000 rails split out and some iu fence. In-lots of 80 acres at $ZU per acre. 160 acres 4 miles south of Perrysburg, on corner of two Bood county roads: heavily timbered w ith oak. hickorv. &o.. improved faiins on three sides of it, and good school bouse mile distant Price, 12J4 per acre. j Also, good Wild Lands in south part of Wood Cor.nty, and in Ottawa County, as low as $5 per acre. We have for sale land in Lucas County, at low prices ; also, lands in Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Missouri, timbered and' prairie at from (3 to $10 per acre. Persons having farms and unimproved lands soil, are respectfully solicited to give us the agency of same, as we charge nothing unless We find you a purchaser. Wa have the only Abstract of Titles to all lots and lands in Wood County, and will furnish eopieS of same to purchasers, or owners of laud, upon reasonable terms. Office over W. J. Hitchcock's store, corner Louisiana Avenue and Front strett. " ,! ; ' ROSS & COOK. Perrysburg, Ohio, January 20, 1866. VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. THE undersigned having established a Real Es tate Agency in Perrysburg, offer for sale the following Real Estato, situated in Wood County Obit) i A Farm of 120 acres, in section 10, of Plain Township, under good cultivation, with 300 fruit trees, good buildings, and well drained. Two miles trom Tontogany. An Improved Form of 100 Acres, in sec tion 34, Plain Township ; 60 acres under cultiva tion, and nearly all under fence; a large orchard, and good well, together with a good frame house and bariv , , v - r . , i A Iarm containing 08 Acres, in same section, all under fence mostly improved ; orchard, good barn and large house, with good frame house in course of construction. - ALSu . ' The NE. Xi of tbe NE. Vi of section 28, town north of range 10 east. Good House and Orchard. All under fence. ' ' ' UNIMPROVED LANDS. 80 Acres, in section 4, Ceiter Township, well timbered with black walnut, white wood, Ac. 80 Acres, in. section It, Liberty Township, prairie. iO. Acres, in section 16, Milton Township Lot No.. 8. ... 80 Acres, In section It.' Henry Township Umbered. ' i 1 ALSO- . . BOO Acres in section 11, Portage Township; heavily timbered. . ALSO- Twelveor Bfteen choice TOWN LOTS, in Per rysburg, py The above Real Estate will be offered low rates, on terms to suit tbe purchaaer. 8LEYIN A PARSONS, 4'. Real Eutate Agents, Perrysburg O. THE NEW- BOOK STORE or' JtfcMnhnn & liopcr . Will be fouud la Hood's Building, on f tanlilannAenBePerrrkTtQble. A PULL line of School Books at MoM AH AN LOPKU'd New Book Store. , REAL ESTATE AGENCIES. The Castalian Fount. [Published by Request.] COME HOME, DEAR BROTHERS! BY D. M. M'KINLEY. 0, Sanford, dear, and Orange, love I tli time for you to come ' From the golden land of Ophir to your mother and your home ( ' , ' Tour slater dear has mourned for you sine first you went away, . And your mother's parsed no dreamless night, or known no easy Jay. Don't think that we reproach you with the trouble that we oore We freely; bravely bear it all, to see your face once more And there's nothing but the gladness and tbe lure within our heart, That we will soon strike bands again, aud never, never part. - - now oft at morn we think of yon, as at the board we meet I How on at night wo fancy we bear your coming feet I But ah I then onmes remembrance, and our hearts are very sad 1 O I hasten home, dear brothers, and make us all so glad. We would gladly bear your patient toil, in scaich of glitt'ring dust, We bear you in our prayers above, where gold wilt never rust; Your home is yet so pleasant, your friends are yet so dear, 0 t hasten home, dear brothers, we would gladly have you here. Dear brothers, you remember well our dear old . willow trees, Whose long, luxuriant branches moaned with the evening breeze Your only sister has her swing bcucath their cool ing shade 0 I hasten, brothers, to her side before the leaflets fade. Her treasured hopes and orisons like perfumed In cense rise To God, who watohes o'er you, and reigncth in the skies : Her vespers tremble in the dew, on the doorstep of your nomo 0 1 hasten to our altar, to your sister and your home now many sweet mementoes and memories of of your love Have we within your father's houso our tender hearts to move : Your portraits on the table, how they rejoice the neart 0 I hasten homo, dear brothers, and never from us part. Do the miners come around you with true heart ana loving nana I Do they comfort and console you when you sicken i in that land ? Have they pleasant smiles to greet you, and silver words to umu T Have they hearts more fond and loyal than the two you tell ueluudi The old homestead is just the same, your father's srrave is ereen. And the wild-bnur at my window is the prettiest ever seen;- The rosebush and the lilao will soon put on their bloom , 0 1 hasten, brothers, hasten to the dear old happy 1 i . home. Your borne had always plenty, your father's house was stored With the fatness of a plenteous land, that smoked upon Ins board ; But ambition's noble . impulso an independent mind ., Took yon away so far from home, and left us sad behind. .- . ; - The long, lung years that you're been gone, no pleasant months have had, The songs of birds, the flowers of spring, no long er make us glad; And all the happy sounds we bear hare learned a mournful tone, To thrill upon out heart-chords how, since ourdear boys havo gone, 'Twill be a lonesome path indeed to travel this world through, Without your presenoo by the way, your love to deep and ti uo, . But God who guards the sparro.f is whispering you to come, 0 1 hasten, brothers, bastcn to y x mother ai.d your heme. The pleasant spring again has come, the grass will soon be green, And thousand memories of the past gild the im pressive scene; i We are looking for you daily, Olbrothors won't you como To the hearth-stone of yi ur childhood, your sister and your home. .... The bouse, the barn, the orchard and the dear old . - garden too. now much they all remind us of happiness with you, Your fav'rite greys adown the lawn are prancing in their pfido, Come borne, dear brothers, hasten home and let us take a rido. : Stont Ridoe, O., March i, 1858. . BY D. M. M'KINLEY. Selected Miscellany. THE MAUMEE VALLEY. Personal Reccollections of an Early Settler—Interesting Incidents in Pioneer Life. 4, a ' A The following, intereBting facts concern ing tbe early settlement of the Maumee Val ley, we clip from the columns of the Toledo Commercial. They are furnished that pa per by a lady who resided in this vicinity many years ago, and will, undoubtedly be of interest to many o I tbe citizens of this lo cality. The writer nayi : - My father, Seneca Allen, moved to Mau mee in the fall of 1816, vr hen I was but four years of age. I think he went directly up the river six miles above Maumee City, to a place then culled Boohe-de-Pont, (pro- nounced Kush-de-Doo,) which is now called Waterville. He took a lot of goods to trade with the Indiana, and at the same time commenced farming on a small scale. The most that I can reccollect about our living there, was being several times Very badly frightened by tue Indian, wuo were rather troublesome for a time, which I sup pose was no more than might have been ex pected of them so sooa after the close of the war. . . . Soveralother families moved there at tip same time and in the stttne vessel, (the name I have forgotten) among whom were Jacob Wilkinson and family, Elijah Uunn ami family, and his -t'vo eldest sons, Charles aud Christopher, with their families. Elijah (Junn's only daughter, Minerva, married David Hull, brother of Isaao Hull. Elijah Gutuij Jr., married Jurusha Jeunison, whose faii.cr lived about two miles below l'errys btirir. The Gunns settled on a farm about half wav betweei. Maumee City and Water ville. We lived at Ro he de Pont (Bridge of Hocks) about two years, then moveu down to Fort Meigs, where thore were some half dozen families liviug at the time, viz: Major Amos Stafford and his sonj An rors. Samuel VaDce. Thomas Mcllrath, Mr. I'luiii, Samuel Ewing and Mr. Hull father ot David aud Isaao. '. ' I very well remember the great flood in the spring of 1818, which was at its bight on the 13th of March. All the families liv ing at the foot of Fort Meigs Were obliged to leave their bouses with whatever they could take in canoes, and took refuge with Mr. Mfllrath and Mr. Plum, whose bouses were situated about half-way np . the hill but Mr. Bnuttord'e house and ours were built oo fouudations, I think about Ihrso ' " . fjet from the ground, and t remember that fie water and oakee ci lea came tip even with the floors of the bouses. Mother was very sick at tho time, aud father went in a onnoe to bring Mrs. Spafliir j to our house. There were many cattle and hogs di owned and fences carried away by the ico.. The prinuipnl made of traveling in the Winter in those days, was on the ice in rude sloihs oallod "jumpers." Father had been to Rochester on business, returning home in February, 1S23, and came safely on the tee from Buffalo to Sandusky, where he stopped at night, and on making inquiries about the condition of tho ice from (here to tho Maumee, was (old that it was per fectly safe, as a couple of men had come from there the day before. Hut he seeiuod to have some doubts abont its safety, and firocurod a long pole and fastened it to the lack ol the sleigli. And at three o'clock in tho morning ho ajuin started on his jour ney, taking iu one passenger (Mr. Un man AivoiM, ot Monroe, Michigan), niey nau been on the ice about an hour when they broke through, the horse's boad resting on the edge of the loo at one sido, and the end of the pole at the other. They were obliged to get out ot the sleigh Into the water, swim to tho edge of the ice and climb otit. It was a bitter cold morning, and their cloth ing Vtis soon frozen so stiff they could carceiy movo. They wero about a ui'lo from the shore, and disoovoring a light, fattier started towards it, reipionting Mr. Alvord to try to follow him, but he seemod to havo bcoome bewildered, turning around eovernl timos and saying, "I don't know what to do." Father thought the only chance for saving their lives was for him to go as fust as possible for help. After considerable difficulty, occasioned by the stiffness of his frozen clothes, he finally succeeded in reach ing a honne about a mile distant, but found its only ocoupnnta wero a French woman and a boy. He told them to only help him take nit Ins cloak and boots, then go imme diately to the assistance ot his companion. When they had gone about half way they found Mr, Alvord frozen to, (loath. IU Boomed to have crawled tho most of the dis tance on his hands and knees, as the skin and flesh were worn off and tho Ice marked with blood,. I canuot reccollect how father performed the remainder of his .journey home. The horse was drowned iu the Luke. In January, 1824, father moved from Fort Meigs down lo Port Liwieace, (now the turner part of Toledo.) the river being clear of ice, aud the weather rathor mild. Our nmlo of traveling nt that time was in peroKues Itched together. Thero were then living at Port Lawrence the families ol Sir.. HtiMwin, Mr. Prentice, wlio niter wards lived nt the pi ice now known as the " I'rentioo Nursery," nud a French family named Trombloy. ' About a mile down the river, live J .Vlaior btickney, and a ball o mile still further down, a Mr. William Wil sou. 1 here were alo one or two lumilios living out on the roud toward Mai. Heeler's. In the summer of 1824, 1 went to Trenton, Mich., on a Visit, under the care of ur Walter Colton, who was going from Fort Meigs to Detroit. We took passage pn the " Maumee racket, a small schooner tit e it sailed by tapt. lruurin Heed, and were three days making the voyage.' About six weolts latdr, on my 'return home, on the Bamo vexscl, we were on board six days, during three of which wo wore boating about on tho Lako and tho other three be calmed iu the Maumee Bay, At l he ei'd of that time the passengers, some live or six iu number, prevailed upori the Ciiptaiti 'to set them on shore, as tliov preferred walk ing up to Fort Lawrauce (about six miles) rather than remain1 any longer on the ves sel. ' " " " In the Winter of 1824 5, Captain Divld WilkiiiBon built a schooner, which he named Guerriere. The next Winter he built an other and called it tho Eaglo. In the Sum mer of '26 Miss Mary Stickney and myself took passage With Captain Wilkinson on board the Ea;!o for Perrysburg. The first day wo got an far up the river, as opposite the Prentice place, when thoro arose a heavy storm, of rain ami head-wind and we were obliged to. anchor, there twenty -four hours or more, but on Uie third day arrived safely (!) at Perrysburg.' - I think it was sometime in the year' of 1824. that Mr. Daniel Murray moved to Fort Lawrence, and . built a hoiiso half a milo from tho mouth of Swan Creek, on the road to Monroe, aud in the Kpt iug of .'25 came, Mr. Fisher. His son Cyrus, in oom- pany witti John It.il.lwin. opened tho hrat dry goods store in that locality. Boon alter, Mr. liatllett (brother-in-law of Cyrus fish er,) came and bought Mr. Murray's place, that gentleman moving fatthor west. I think it was also in the same year that Mr:, Phillips (grand-father of Colonel U. is. Plul- Iids.1 moved there, remained there about a year and then moved out on a farm near Ten Mile Creek. . About tho same time Mr. Merritt caino, also Dr. Sutphen, who was the lirat phvsictnn settled theie. He mar ried Miss Mary llose, step-daughter of Maj. Whitney, who came from Monroe a short time previom and settled on a farm near Alapir Koeler s. In the Winter of 1824 5 father taught school there for sixteen dollars per mouth, ami boarded himself, and that was the only opportunity the children in that region had of attending school during the four years that we remained there. Late in the sum mer of '27 we moved to Monroe, Michigan, taking passage iu the same ol.l Maumee Packet, and were again three or four days making tho trip. Consumption of Postage Stamps. Twenty tuns, or, bv superficial measure ment, forty eight and a half square miles, of postage stamps have beott used during the year; enough to roof a large township, with all its hoiiNoa, churches, barns, gardens, forests, and farms ; or, it you choose to make a ribbon of them, enough to reach nearly from the equator to either polo, or twice the length ef tho Mississippi River. Bo that if everybody would bo obliging enough to use the Government stamp on the envelop itself, the mere omission of these little extra bits of paper would lighten the mail-bags by more than forty thousand pounds, and save in paper hi teen or twenty thousand dollars. The Postmaster General does not impart this information in so many words, but he assures Us that nearly three hundred and fifty millions of stamps bave been sold during the year rsst: besides nearly forty millions of stamped envelopes; and a simple calculation reduces the story to the more tangible form we have given it, Scientific American. Tub Richmond Ditpatch says the owner ol the larin known as IJiHcn Uap, rinding that the inland made by the cutting of Utttler b canal could not conveniently be put to use without some means of commu nication with the mainland, is oiling up one end of the canal, in order to create a cause way, and tho canal will soon be amung the things that were, provided the people of Richmond do hoi take steps to secure the privilegs of shortening the navigation of tha James river several miles, which object the proprietor Of the laud probably desires to hasten. To love and labor is the sum of living and yet hotf many think the live who neither labor uer hvei OHIO STATE REPORTS. The State Library. The Commissioners of the State Library report tho whole number of volumes in the library on the 15th of November, 18tiS, at 27.D97, of which 8,882 belong to th Law Department, lliere have since been aod d to the Ueneu-1 Library 970, and to tho Law Library 130 volumes. Of the forego ing nggregato C3G volumes were obtained by purchase, 231 by exchange, 91 by dona tion, and the romaindor wero volumes of periodicals bound up. The present regis terod total of volumes is 28,997. Tho ap propriation to the General Library fr 18C8 was 81.000, which with the unex pended balanoe of 18G5 of 9308 C( consti tutes the amount appropriated for diaburso- ments. Of this. sum tfl.203 ol has beon ex pond oil, leaving a balanoe for 1807 of $10 15. The appropriation for the Law Library for 18GG was 5300, making with tho unexpended balance of $423 24 from 18G5, 923 24. Ot this sum ;i39 2S lus been spent, leaving a balance of 9383 99. During the year 190 volumes of Heports have been sold to Robert Clarke k Co., of Cincinnati, for $644 40, on which sum pur chases to the amount of $184 83 have been made, leaving a balance of $109 67 duo to the library, lucre have nuio been, soil 129 duplicate volumes for-8235 79. From these proceeds purchases to tho amount of $81 35 have been tmulo, leaving a balance of 8155 44 in tho hands of tho librarian. There are now on hand 1,344 volnmis of the eld, and 2,931 of tho now series of State Iteports. The total expenditures tor the year wero S.1,484 9. lho Commissioners say that all the library shelves nro full, and that more room is required. The" also say that somo protection for the books from the depredation or Uialiono-tt visitors is also ureatly needed, and reoomnietul an iron gallery be placed around the room, 'Otnewliat alter too model ot the Astor Library, of Ntjw Yotk. The Lunatic Asylums. In the Southern Asylum at Diyton, 121 males and 153 females havo been treatod during tho year ending Oulober 31,1800. Of Ihoao "7 males and 94 females wero re maining at ' the above (late. Sixty ono patioiits wore -discharged as cured, nine improved, twenty-oiio unimproved, and six died. During tho eleven years that tho inhibition has been in operation, 53.17 per cont. of its 1,277 patients havo rocovered. The ratio of recovery among tho males (02.42 per cent.) is, as usual, greater than that ot the females (53.7-1 per cent). The completion and enlargement of the prevent asylum is urged for tho benefit of the ehronio insane. Tho expenses of the asylum for lho year wero 810,302 B5, mid tho appropriations and balances 8 17,057 44, leaving an unexpended balanco of 8093 89. An appropriation of 851,300 is UBked for tho ensuing year! ' "j ' ' For tho completion of the additions to the Northern Asylum at Newbnrg, an addi tional appropriation of - 880,000 is asked. During the year 274 patients 130 males and- 144 females have-been under treat ment. Of thesOj 7G have boon discharged recovered, 16 improved, 24 unimproved, 13 have died nnd ono has been transferred to the Dayton Asylum.' Tho number re niainiiis is 144. ' Tiie disbursements of the Inst vear were 849,273-15 Tho Central AmI.iiii at Columbus has 300 pat ents, against 279 November 1, 180o. Ot these, 137 are mules nnd 163 female. i Of those discharged, 109 had recovered,-' 18 had improved, 19 were unimproved, and 20 died. Nearly e.ll the contemplated improve ments havo boon completed.' Others, how evor, 'conducing to the comfort of tho pa tients end efficiency and protection of th institutioni ore needed. '1 he expenditures for the year w re 658,392 50, on excess of 8392 50 over the appropriations. The sum of 805 000 is askod for tho current year $10,000 of this being for improvements and repairs.. - Institutions for the Blind, Deaf and Idiotic. iolic. ,. The institution for the Blind has had 120 pupils during tho past year. Tho health of the inmates bus beon good.' The receipt's for the year were 822,301 56, and the eX' peuditiires 822,158 27, leaving a balance 0(8143 19. The Institution for tho Deaf and Dumb hat had 180 pupils during the pant year of whom 105 were males and 75 females. At the date of the report 87 malos and 67 females remainod. The receipts of the year were 832.693 03, Tho disbursements wereSJi.ulZ 90, leaving a balance oi $u iz. The appropriations asked for the present year amount to 843,801 42. In the Asylum tor idiots, nity-seven children have boon under instruction during the voar. One death has occurred. Twen ty-three children learned to read and write; ten rmtd and are learning to write : eleven are learning to read, while thirteen read words anil are being trained in exercises ol attention. Thirteen boys and girls havo engaged regularly a part of the duy in making cane seats tor chairs; nil e boys have worked about the houso and garden, and eleven guis have sewed and pertormod domestic duties. Tho current exponscs ot tho year were 814,072 48. Tho estimates for the ensuing year amount to 816,350. The Penitentiary. The average numbor of convicts in the Ohio Penitentiary during the past year was 799. The average number employed on oontracttf was 577. The average contract piioe was 48 30-107 centB per diem. Hie expenses for the year were 8133,383 27. The receipts wero 8117.14321, making the excess of expenses 816,24006. The excess IB attributable to the rise in the price nevisioits and expenditures in providing or the health of the convicts, in anticipa tion of the cholera, some varieties of food being procured which are not generally furnished. The epidemic did not visit the institution. The Directors doubt tf the prison can be made self-supporting, unless the rates of contracts for the labor ot the inmates be increased. The .Warden has partially repaired the main building during the past year; but much more must be done to nut the establishment in ordinary repair -the purchase by the State of an engine grind He own cereals, convey water ta each . . . , ; r-- .1.- : tier 01 ceils, uo tne wusning tor tue priaui. ers, heat the walls, and be prepared to ex tinguish a Are by steam power. Though defects exist in the laws relating to the government of the prison, the Directors are not at present disposed to recommend any radical changes. The Warden reports that there were C55 prisoners, under ni charge on tho 31st of October, 1865. these, 537 were males and 30 female) from the civil, oottrts, and 88 others were sen tenced by military tribunals. During the year 41 persons were pardoned, via ; male by the Piesidont, 7 males by Gover nor Andefsoni and 26 uialos and 2 females by Governor (Jox. The number remaining in prison Octobor 31, 18C6, was 800. The Chaolain reports that of the whole number imprisoned 525 wero reported violations of the rules, an excess of 177 aver latit tear. Tlliiteeil were thus report ed ton times, and one twenty times. these, aiinareiit incorrigible 9 were, under U0 rears of eiso. 7 were unable to read rite, 4 were orphans, 6 rah ewa from home before reaching the age of 16, 1 was a slave, and 1 had a crary mother. All tho prisouors are supplied with Ribles, and duritir tho pant two years only one has positively ueciinod to rest t tue scriptures. Many who did not know how to road have been taught. Thore are only a few prisionern who man feat any inters it in religion mat tors, these few being apparently sincero in their Pro fenHiona. while tho innny arc continued in their habits of ineligion by tho linlisoi'ini inato association of convicts. It eg nlar re ligious services are held, and the Chaplain has care of the prison library, He com plains of the want of a suitable room in which to hold his interviews with the pris oners, fie closes by call it .g attention to the following facts t I. To lho larg proportion of youthful convicts. AUo, onp.fourth of the whole number received during the year wero un der twenty-one years of ago. II. The largo proportion of nnsduotted peraoiiR. Tho aggregato of those entirely destitute, or who can read, and who can barely read and write, being equal fo al most one-half of the whole number. HI. Tho number of reconvictions. This is Comparatively large, and yet is doubtful whether it embraces al that should bo so roportod. Ono prisoner returned dur ing the year, on his third conviction, avow odly preferring our prison system to the separato system or anntiior btate, which, of course, ho was equally eligible. Anothor returned on his filth conviction, to avoid lho county poor houso. IV. The large tium,l'or alleging iniompor- anoe as the cause of crime. At tho average oosf, for the past year, to Ihe State, for the prosecution ami transportation of prison ers, thoie cost tho State over ten thuusand lollars. , ; , , ... Women Voting in New Jersey. Durinir tho debate iu the Sonate, a 1 few- day ego, on Cowan's amendment to strike out tbe word "male in the Franohiso bill for the District of Columbia, inquiry whb made bv Mr. I' rIlngliuyson whether wo men ever volod in New-Jersey. His retdv admitted that they onoe did so "in loutd elections.", Hut the fact is that, for many years, womstt were recngnii-M there voters on precisely ton hams terms as men. Lucy Stone nnd II. U. lilackweli, citizens New-Jorscy; liuvo ma le an investigation Ihe rosult of which is rennukablo, proves that proviniuK to liG only men voted, but In 17T6, tho original State Con stituliou conferred tho IVanoiiixe on V all habitants (men or women, white or black) issussing ttio pre-icriliod qualiUL-utioiiH i. iu Clear ostato ami iw ivo mouins rusi .. .....I ... .- deuce, and this Constitution remained force until 1844. In 197. unuliiur act rel ativo to elections repeatedly de-ignatcs voters as " ho or she. In tho sumo year, 1797. 75 women Voted In Klir.ubolhtown the Foderal candidate, lit 1800 women geu erally voted throughout tho Htato in Presidential contost between Jefferson Adurns,- 'In 1802 a tnomhor of 'Ihe Legisla ttire from Hunterdon County was actually elected in a closely contested election, tho votes of two or three womon of color In 1807, at a h'rjal election in Ensex County for the location W the onuutv-scat, and ' women generally participated were jointly implicated in very extensive frauds. In the following Winter of 1807-8 the Lnp-islatni'e in Violation of tho terms the Constitution passed an sot restricting snffia ;e to free, white, in.ua, adult cituens, and in reference to those virtually abohshe the property qualification of 50, extending it to all white mill tax payers while excluding all women and negroes. In 1820. the satuo provisions were reneat.ee ' and 'remained unchanged' until the rtdop. tion of tho present Constitution in 1854. It thus appears that women and nogroes possessed aud exercised the right, muiiies tioned under the Constitution of Xow- from 1776 to 1807. 31 yeurHi and that 1807 until 1814 thoy possessed the right but wore arbitrarily .deprived of its pxer- cise 37 years more. - This is, wo believe, fact unparalleled in the political history the world, and was probably duo to a trp.ng.. Quaker influence iu Woht Jersey, thon, as usual, exerted in ' behalf of K'(ual Rights. Now Jersey enjoy, ' we believe, the distinction ' of having 1 b"en ha Statu which conferred upon all its oiliaens eqml political privileges, without resti of Bex or color.1 1 ' 1817 and 1867. Messrs. Maomillinn k C ., in annduncing tlio "Statesman's 'Yoar Book" for draw ati interesting tabular comparison the etatoof Europe in 1817 and The half century has extinguished kingdoms; one grand duchy, eight duchies, four principalities, one electorate, nnd reptiblioJ.' Three how kingdoms ' arisen, an one kingdom has boon trans formed into an empire. There aro now states in Europe, against 59 which existed 1817. It may ho re-narked that the Grand Dukes and Princes of 1807 will much loss duoal and princely (thanks to Hismaik) than tho 32 who ruled in less retnarkablo is lho territorial of tllo superior states of the world. Russia has annexod 507.304 square nines; the United States, 1,908,009 1 France Prussia,' 20.781. Sardinia, expanding Italy has 'increased, by 83,041. Our Kmnire has augmented by 4ui,iii. principal States that have lost territory Turkey, Mexico, Austria Dsnmara, Netherlands. Such are the changos of a oentnry ; how will Europe and the look half a century hence ijjomto utooe Is Suicide Ever Justifiable? to Of G for Of ur A Pittsburg paper a choly casa of self-murder occurred, Titusville, Ponn. The following schedule of mislortnne was found In tho victim s boot ! ... ; :, ;. , " I married a widow who had a grown daughter. My father vmitod our. very olten, loll in Jove wuti my siop-uaiigu- ter and married her. So my father became my son in-law, and my 'tep-daiightvr mother, because she was my lather' Pometimo lifter my wife had a sou he my fathers brot .er-iudw and my for he was the brother of my stop- My father's wife( . . my etep-Jaughter, had also son I ha was of course my broth er, and iu the meantime my grandchild, he was the son of my daughter. My wa uiy grandmother) because she was mother's mother. I was my wife liusbajid and grandchild at tho same time. And the husband of a person's grandmother Ijisraudfathcr, 1 wa iny own grandfather." A schoolmaster of our acquaintance tho habit of giving the fol'owing toat! fair daughters of Amoi ia ! May they virtue t ) beauty, subtract envy from multiply amiable aooonialishments sweetness of temper, divide time by and economy, and reduce scand.ll to lowest detauiuiuatiou by a uioJi'St Christian depoitmou. , , -- i It. M. SlioihuKBR. Kq , has had built Cincinnati tweuty-ouo iron bridges for Puciiii) lUilioad. - How to Sustain Local Paper. so to as of in ot in the for the and by men and o thus 1. Lay naide yen r fear that the ediW will get rich (aster then his neighbors. V) have never hoard of a . man making mora, than a decent living by the publication ( a country newspaper, evon if he had. ever such a good business. A Case in point is an acquaintance of onr, who ha been pnb hulling some six or seven-years, ha had all the busiuess of hi own town and coun ty, nnd a largo portion of that of those aunt rounding ; but with all thi he gets into aa tight ( Inches for money to buy hi whitei paper with aa any other publisher with) whom we are acquainted. 2. If the paper agrees With Tour Ways of thinking, subscribe arid pay for it, and per uadeyour neighbor of the same mind, td go and do likewise. Do irot tell the editor to (end you tho papor, without paying, and when yon get lo owe two or three dollar tell your friends who speak of it, that it Will buret up ono ot these days. Ihe way, under Bitch a siate of the Case, to keep u paper from " bursting up." is for each sul scriber to koep the editor s books free from charges against himself. Once we had td close, nnd on posting up, found that we had booked and outstanding somo 8200 more than wo had capital invested. This thing of applying the credit system to tho newspaper business may be likened to m farmer selling out hi crop, a bushel to a mail'. The sum each owes for a bushel does not teem of any account to the debtor, but tllo nggregato of these bushels may make or" break tho poor dolver in tho Boil. 3. If you have a rather, mother, brother. sister or friend of any kind, residing at 4 distance, and are able, subscribej pay for and send them a copy. 4. If you have ony printing yon , wish done, do not u jew the editor down to a starvation prico, and when he cotnoa td make a purchase Of you " spike on tbd tariff." . -.;,..' 5. If yon have any sdverlisngor job work you wish dono. tako it to your county pa per, oxcept purliaps you wish to advertise Lit nr're 111,111 UHO 1.1'U1. - 0. Da not run olf to the city to get your handbills, labels, cards, &Q., printed, La'. cause, torsootn, you can got a reduction ot a low ocnts ill pricO. Support yottr own as you wish to bo supported. A man whrt is i-l-vay a running at? ay from home with his business, little deserves the patronage of the community in which he lives; and as far as we are concerned, such will re ceive tho "cold shhouldor." 7. If you huvo the oontrol of legal .adverj t'siug, rend it to your friend. This kind 6f busiuer.s pays better than any othor, ami the nior j you can sond to the editor of your pnper, tho better for him and it. In pro portion to the amount of the receipts of a paper, is an oditor enabled to make it use ful, amusing and entertaining to tho com munitv iu which it is published; 8i D.) not otpect much Of a paper whort an editor is driven lo be his own ' compos itor, proof rea ler, prcsiman and "duvil,1! and has to run all ovor town evory fore noon in the vain search for a " quarter " to buy something for his dinner. ' - 9. Do not expect the editor to mako lion orablq mention of y oil or your business every few woeks for nothing. Tho space in a paper, and n rivan'e time, are worllt something, end evory notice comes back to tho drawer of tho recipient in dollars and cunts. An editor should not bo allowed to go hungry, barebacked, or barofooted; They '' eat drink aud wear," just lilt other people. . 10. "Finally, my brethren," if you wisU to properly sustain your county papor, bi live the ba'lanco of your days in peace with God md mail) and oocupy a seat in Para diso after death, practice the Golden lisle Uo unto ethers as you would wish they Would do stanoos. utito you, under like circmn' Antiquity of Earth. from a of the first lo tion ; 18G7, be tweoti 1867. three four have 41 in 19 be one Gool igists havo advaniod ouothor of the groat antiqnity of the world. In thi yeor 1819, it wo are to believo vr. Joulin; Admiral Sir David Milne visited a sea grotto : in tho U.M-mU'laH, and out down and oaified away as ji trophy, a stalagmite or natural ( crystal Nation. Tho sou of Admiral MH'te adopt )d his father's profowsioii and in hie ' wanderings over the mighty deep ha often t found himself in the presence of scene that , had attracted the attention of his father, In 18J3, foity fotlr years oftor tho old adiui-" f ral hid seourod the crvstallztted pillar as a'' trophy, DaVid Milne, Jr., Visited the frttndUB ': grotto in the Bormudasiul, on examination , he found that another stalagmite had begun v to grow in tho plice of tho one1 out down , and carried away. This fact attracted Hi attention of geologists, otid le 1 to a soien tilic investigation into tho peculiarities and natural formation of the grottcr. Twer drop of water fall four time a m unite upon thd spot, where, what Dr. Juiilin iiidigmntly de nounces as tt theft, was committed. By careful moasttremont Of the toting stalog. 1 mite, and on elaborate computation, it is as. certained that the pillar now in Edi:ibnr was the growth ot 600,000 years. . . .. ;. , Maxims of Money. ex tension inte i ne are the half world near loft up house iny wile. wa The art of living easily, as to money, it td ' pitch your scale of living one degree bcloW" your means.'1 Comfort and enjoyment are) more dependent upon easiness in the detail; of expenditure than upon any degree tb tha , scale, , Gtuud against false association of pleasure with expenditure the notion i absurd that because pleasure carl -be prit chased with money, therefore money cannot be spent without enjoyment. What a thing; costs a man is no true measure of what it is worth to him; and yet how often is his ap' preciation governed by no other standard as if there were a pleaauro iti expenditure per n. Let yoursolf feel a want before y oil t provide against it. You are more assurer that it io real want, and it is worth while td' feel a little iu order to feel relief from it.' Whan ycu are undecided as to which of the two course yoit would like best, choose, the cheapest. This rub will not only save money, but save asd , good deal of trifling indecision. Too much leisure loads to ex i Dense: because when a man is in want of objects, it occur to him that they can be had for money, and ho invent expenditure iu order to paea the timet - : 1 ! . . , , ..;, The Long and Short of It. for wife my aa is is in The add friend ship, by social ity its in the Long, long ago, when we were short, anot little, thi short little love story to which li! 1.1MIB, fan oonri, nu 111.119 iubviv iwi had a big tun in heart matter, caused u to smile at the long, short and little charac ters delineated. Upon meeting . with it again we enjoyed another entile t and think ing our friends would liko to bike a smile with us, wa start it along t "A tall eastern. girr, nmed Short, long loved a certain big Mr. Little, whilo Little, bttU) thinking of Short, loved a little lasa named Long. To mako a long Btory short. Little proposed to Long, aud Shdrt longed, to be even witll Little's shortcoming Si- 5o Short, meeting Long, t hreatened ta lharry Little before long, which caused Little in a short time to marry Lor-2. Query Did lull Short lov big Li ttlu Jots, because Little loved Long t . "'' No loss than 7,203 treaties of peace haVe, bjcu siuod withiii the last 200 ycaiit,