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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF VINT0H COUHTY. Mc ARTHUR, OHIO: ThuiduV, April 4, 1567. v::-,,,,WiiWhwUr, onion tl hanils. A imiun ,mt uone "'"J 'v"i .; ; . A imunofliik, aon.oii of liuidy lhAMKi;iiVVi Frumvtn. Democratic State Ticket. For Governor, ALLEN G.THURMAN.of Franklin. 1 : i ' -Fer Lieutenant Governor, '"" " ' For Treasurer, Dr.C. FULTON, of Crawford. . tl::i:.:. - !..... '-' ' ' For Auditor, ... r JOHN McELWEE, of Butler. ,. . For Attorney General . . .: ; FRAKK II. HURD, of Knox. For Judge of Supreme Court, ' judge THOMAS M. KEY, of Hamilton. ForCoutrollef ofTreasury, ' '''VlLLlAM SHERIDAN; of Williams. , 9',',' . "'.for. Powd.of PablU Works,. ; , ui ARTHUR UUGIIE3, of Cuyahoga. , GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. The war m Mexico is assum In & k more desp'crate .'and mur derous character than ever. ; .In retaliation for the shooting in QTtct'bloocl of the'1: Trench pris oiiers; the - Imperial General iliranioii has declare a' war of extermination. ' : !':!,lix-(j6yer'nor Eyre, of Jama- cia! notoriety; has been arrested in London." Out of one family in'Dalton, Georgia four children' "have died of starvatioh. : ' ; : ';The"Lindell House, . at St. Louis', the largest trailing oi n landon this continent,' was to tally destoyed by fire last Sat priiyV night. : Loss 1,600, 000. : About 400 guests were bui'ne.d . out.' '.-: ' . rThe oldest printer in the Uni ted States is Robert McKnight, of Galiaba, Ala lie was bOrn in.i783;;v . ' 'One man' in , .Union county has made 1, 000 pounds of ma ple sugar this season.' '. ;; , s In Bonham,' Texas, flour sells at 5 to 6c per pound ; pork, to.'Gc.; beef, 2 ; to 3c; beef cat tle, 10 to 15'; corn, 80c: to 1 pe'r.bushej; ponies,. 15 to 35; cor n-meal, 1 per bushel ; eggs, 5Qc. per clozen ; butter, 16 to 20c per'pound; mules, 50 to 125; wool, 12 to 15c. per pound; cot ton 4 to 5c- per pound in the see'd-all in specie. " ' ' The Democrats of Omaha, Nebraska, achieved "a glorious victory at the recent municipal electioTi. , f. .-;-.-n-. r-.--.ThC oppressive heat is begin ning tajdiive people froin New Orleans;, ';' v . Gen. Butler' got into the Pe'nn'sylnniai' avenue 'cars, in Washington a few days emce, tticar jw'as.' quite .full. 'As sopn as:he enterea one oi me - pass engers s;oocl7 , up and said "Ladies and gentlemen, put your., hands .'on 'I your .pocket becks, Gen. Butler -is in the car' VXtler ;:0t out , at the next crossing.'' i---n:.,-J: ""vThe- - white 'vote : .o , Korth CaroHna: under tWc 'Recon struction Act,. is estimfited at 35,000. .: .-.:.- ' - v A general strike is threaten ed 'among the locomotive engi neers' and firemen of Great Britain, numbering About 20, 000, Great Britain in 1801 883 blast furnaces, of which C13 were in operation during the year, their total production be ing -1,700,000 tons of pig iron, valued at $59,600,000. ' " Washington is soon to be suDDlied with water from the IX Potomac at Great Falls by means oi a conduit to a new reservoir two miles above Georgetown. mi ..i.i i. i ii ii mum . had I National Democratic Convention. , . lion. Thurman Hall, Columbus, March 20, 1867. At a meeting of theDeiuooratio Stale Cen tral Committee held to-day, the following resolutions trere adopted: r 1. ' Resolved. That in the on'mion of this committee a Democratic Convention of del egates from all the Stales should be held fhiu vAftf! nnt IfWfir than thfl 4(.h riftv or Julv. vu.v J , - J - J J and LouUvillo, Kentucky, is tho most eligible piace ior iiuming H4uni, yet, in ourgpm ion, May Tin is too early a day for the as- npmhlinff thereof. Nevertheless, if the other KtatflH ennour in Ihut riav nml annninL aria. gaies, our x,.ieuuwvc vouimibiuo buu.u pruviae for the selection of delegates from Ohio, 2. .Resolved, That the Chairman of this committee communicate the above resolu tion to the Central Committees of the sev eral States,' and to the Cha'rman of the JOHN G. THOMPSON, Ch'n. C. J. BEAM, Sec'y. Democratic Meeting. ' Pcrsuan? id a few tours' notice the Democracy of Elk Township and the town pf McArttmr assembled at the Court Home, on Friday evonine:. the 2Dih ultj and organized by calling S. 0. (Insp F.rci . ta thn Chair r Tha Chairman i&tatfd that the object of tho meeting was to tuace in nomination canaidatea tor the various townthip offices about to be come vacant this Spring, On motion, the meeting adjourned 'o meet at the same nlaca on tha nezt evening. w . . . The Demoorac; re aacembled pursuant to adjournment, J . . On molioa Judge Craicr wag chosen Soorefary. The followin? uaraona were Domina ted for the eevwal Township offioea by acclamation : . TRUSTEES, Voss Holfhines, Hiram H. Swaim,' . J ohn Huhn. - ASSESSOR, Hemy Reynolds ' 'Jr .. cLsns, ': Columbus 1. Ward. TREASURER: . O. "W. Gilman. CONSTABLES, ' " Francis M. Dowd, A. L. Hunter. JTJS'lICE OF THI PEACE, m. Gold. ' The following persons were nominated for the various Corporation officers by acclamation : . . ' MA TOR, Samuel C. Cask. . coovcitms, JOJCL G. SWETLAND, Jtt , . ' A. VV. Bratton, John Mato, . James Ward,-: . ' . . Uobace Redd. : i Vabsbaz; ''. " ', A. C. Dowd,1 ': . : EIOOBDEB, ;), , James Malonb. 'i .fKXASVBIB, . . OW. GlLMAN. ' BTBIET COMMISSIOKBa Daniel S. Dana.. On motion the meetiag adjourned. : y .:. SO.CASE,Ch'n. Ricuakd Craig, beoy, j f Codet or Cohmos PiAS.The Spring Term of the Court of Common Fleas for Vin ton County commenced in MoArthur . Monday,1 March 18th. ;;; A;; ' ."'' Hon. John P. Pljley,' Jadge: George Lantz, Clerk; James Malone, Depu- tj.Cl8rlt. .. ' '" I ..., ; ; ,,.,; . , Archibald Mayo, Prosecuting Attorney. John J. .Shockey, Sheriff; A. L. Hunter, Deputy Sheriff. The Court will adjourn this week until April 22, 1867 a number of eases having been continued until that time. . The following cases have been disposed W. B. Denniif T9. Eagle Farnaoe Co. Judgment for plaintiff against John Benncrand Melzer Nye, Jr., lor 53,181,. RftiU do MIb Tlinmnann Wm . Mills at. al. Nolle as to defendant : Mills, and' oontiBued as to other defendants. . Savilla Patterson, vs. Wm; Qold.: ; Pro oeedings and assignment of dower con firmed. '."' ' ' ' . Henry Ysple vs, George Bull, et. Cause stricken from dooket for want jnrisdiotionvi . ' - i Jackioa Wortman and George Lantz vb. Joseph Wallace. Settled and dis missed, A, Cauill v"8. Joseph Wallace. Settled and dismissed, ; 1 , nenry Teeters is. D. A Frazee and T. Gunning, Survivor, &o. PiBmiiMd cost of plaiotiff, ' Corneliui Pismiase in i w i--Tit i"Tini iWiTin i - . r Karnes at ooat . John Lowery vs. n T ana o. i. r. irowu. of Plaintiff. J Sebastian Greti vs. John Mil. bet- tied. . J A. A. Flnrenoe vj. John lowcry. DiBmisbed at Plaintiff's cost. Beth N. Andrews vs. Ss.ih V, An drews. Suitfor divorce. Dirorce grant ed defendant forever barrel from all right of dower in lands new hold, or which may hereafter be ownei by pain till. Geo. Shultz vs. Joseph Cox and i. P. JohnBon. 8et'lod. Mary E. Shultz vs. John Shultz. Bet- tied. 1 Winthrop Sarceat vs. T. 3. Davis, et. al.vTrustees, M Judgment for defendants, Second trial granted. State vs. J. U. Uarretu fotio en tered. State vs. 1). C. Frazee. Nolle entered. State vs. Morris Ferry. Hollo en tered. State vs. Archibald Norris.' Nolle en. tered. ' Maddax Bros. & Co. vs. J.N.lMeDou- rul. Sattlcd. ' E. Radoliff, Guardian &e., vs.eomel Clark narrisoa" ' I7vTe, and"' William' Ulark. fcettiea. Heinline & Co. vs. Vinton rurnaoe Coal Co. Settled. Winnev Loving vs. Patrick Murdook. Dismissed. ' " Winthron Saicent vs. James Mcl'ar- laud." Jurv failed to acree. ' Cause ooa tinued, ' ' ' State vs A. Wilbur. Dismissed.' State v9. J uscri h Caroll. Nolle en. James Dorian vs. Charles Whitlaoh. DismicSbd.- ' - State vs. Marion Jackson. : Horse stealing Found guilty. Not ye: sea tenoed. Stale vs. Jordan Ewine. Ilorse steal ing. Found guilty. Not yet sentenced The Bible and the Democratic Enquirer. We are pleasod to stale thatfrom what we oan learn, the people generally in this town and vicinity have, during the past two week?, oeased being an minlrail nnd ' haVQ been lesdinZ tho JJBM0CBAT1O XjMyuiul.iV uu pouiuuiujj ilia Hnrintnres'" We are harmv to see the people in the act of reforming, as is high time that some of those who have departed from the rules of the divine law and have been, living in Bin should begin to oorrect or amend thoit ways. If the Enquirer is doing good, we are happy, and hope we will be encouraged in the good cause. Wl are not governed by "law of Washington." but by the Uw of Ood.--Mxa-atteminn. shW-l4eUhftt. paid to the divine law than to the "law Washington." We have never bad "the effrontery to" read the "law of Wash isgton," because it takes all our time to read the divine law and edit "the so called Enquirer." : lot following is tbe result of the eleotion held on Monday last in the Incorporated Village of .MoArthur: . . MAYOR, Wm.Mark, (Radioal) B. C. Case, (Democrat,) L. Sprague, II. C. Jones, Paris Horton, , L. Raynor, A, C Dowl, J. Q. Swetland, Jr. W. Bratton, " BICOBOEB, John ilavo. James Ward, Horace Redd, - Robert Sage, A. H. Dowd, E. A. Hulbert, James Malone, . IBXSACBSB, J. 8. Will, 0. W. Uilman, " - BTBBBT COMMIIIIOSSB, Jacob Clements," . ' J, S. McDowell, D.S.Dana, 100 100 ' ,98 Tub eleotion in Elk Township on Monday last, resulted as fallow si Trustees J. R. Miller Lei Wyman ' A, M. Gill . .. .L: . Vote Hoffhines -H. H. Swaim i '! John Huhn , . E.A': Hulbert -Ci P. Ward 1 ' . . . .' ' P. Tomlinson '. Henry Reynolds Clerk Assessor, S. Will, ' W. Oilman R. Sage . ' J. V. Kaler F M Dowd A L Hunter Treasurer, Constables Wm Mark Wm Gold Justics of the Peae, ,i r, .,172 i '205 of .' A pRorudATB , Legislature, Al most every measure acted upon or to aoted upon by (he present Legislature OMrt HilIU for an increase of taxation. One instance will dQ for asoeoimen ' - mi ' 1' . . i tf them all. xney nave createa aa aaai tional judge ior this judicial district, and increased the salaries of all . judges $2,500 a year. . Heretofore it has cost only about $4,000 a year to run the ju dioial machine, in this distriot, but beret after it will oost $10,000. That's Re publican economy ! Wayna County Demooral. . , . . '. ',;.' .... at . Tiik maeees of Republicans are honest and mean to do right; but they misled by Ticked men for evil purpoios. President Johnson's Veto of the Supplementary Reconstruction Bill. To the Mouse of Repreicnlativet : I have considered the bill entitled "An act supplementary to an act to provide rn. mnn efBcient covernment of the rebel States," passed Maroh 2, 1867, and n fnmlifnta restoration, and now return it to the House of Representatives with a Ktantl Arid r Tula Dill proviaea ior eieouyuo v ten estates nrougni unoer mo of the ordinal act, to which M pple- mentary. Its details are pnnoipai.' u reoteu lO iue aieuiiuua ur iuo, nP tha State Constitutions. But by tbe sixth seotion of the bill, all the elections in the States occurring while tne original nk rftmiins in force, aro brouznt witnio its provinoe. Referring to the details, it will be foand that, first f all, there is to be a registration ot tne voters; no one mVinan name has been admitted on tne list is to be allowed to vote at any or these eleotions. To asoertain who is en titled to registration, referenoe is made neoessary by tho express language of the nnniamjnt in tha original act and to "rl'-w c thef endng bill.' Thafifth Beotion of "the" ongTnal a'bt pro'vidsa asTlo voters that it they shall be mads citizens of the State, twenty-one years oia or npwara, oi wnat- evet raoe, color, or previous oonaiuon, who have been residents of said State for one year. This is tho general quahaoa- tion, followod, However, Dy many exoep- linna. No one oan bo rezisterea. aooor- flinp. to the original aof. who may be dis- . a rrannhised tor naruoiDauon in tne ruuui- lion, a provision whioh left undetermined the question as to wnai amounceu iu u t. and whether, without a judicial eenteooe, the aot itself provided . ' f TM. ' 1 ml LIU nn tnat enaci, mo auppiuuisuvai vm u nilla nn oath to be taken by every before his name can be admitted tn rAclatration. that he has sot been dis- - . . ' L . t franoLised tor parusipation in any reoeiH lion or civil war against the United States. It thus imposes upon every per ann tha neoeBBitv and resnonsibility of decidinsr for himself, under the peril of punishment by a military commission if he makes a mistake. What makes dis franohisoment by participating in rebel lion, and what amounts to suoh partici nation? Almost every man, the negro aa well as the white, above twenty -one years ofage,who waiarepident in the ten States during tho rebellion, voluntarily nr involuntarily, at some time, and in some way, did participate in resistance to tbe lawful auinoruy or tee uonerai uov- ercment. The question with tha oitizen to whom this oath is to be proposed mnai tia a fearful one. for while tho bili does not deelare that perjury may be as signed tor suon raise swearing, or nx any penalty tor tne ouuuse, we musr noi ion marUal la P""'1"!; lwy I AHiaMn in an aurora hiA in ft fnt itarv Anm. of 44 67 60 42 41 42 49 39 90 81 2 0Q 45 80 45 18 201 204 109 103 163 167 190 169 196 200 168 201 167 163 200 167 be of of to are nnrRon is answerab e to a mi itarv com mission rithout pjevious presentment by a Grand Jury, for any oharge tbt may ba made against him. and that tbe su nrnma authoritv ot tne military com f m mander determins the question as to what is to be tbe rqjisure of punish The fourth section provides that the commanding General of eaoh district shall annotates many Boards of Reeis- - . . traticn aa may do necessary, consisuog oi try i i thrAA inv&i ornoers or nersoos. xne ooiv qualification stated for these persons that tnoy must oe loyoi ; mey may us in the military service, or civil ian residents of the State or strangers yet tnese persons are io exercise most important duties, and and are invested with unlimited discrotion. They are to decide what names shall be placed upon the register, ana irom iceir aecision mere is nn anneal : thev are to sunerintend -w "ff 9 the eleotions and to decide all questions . . f TT I . a. 1 iL wnicn may arise, xoey are io nave me miHtndv nt the ballots, and to make re turns of the persons elected ; whatever frauds or errors iney commit muse pass without redress. All that is left for the commanding General is to reooive the returns, open tne same, ana ascertain who are ehosen, according to tbe returns of the offioers who conducted fiuoh eleo tions. By suoh means, and with this sort of aeenoy. are the convention delegates to be constituted. As tbe delegates are to speak for the people, common jastioe would seem renulra that they should hare authority from tbe people themselves. No eon :u vaniion BO SOUBUiuiou mil, iu auy buubu, represent the wishes of the inhabitants of the States, for under the all-em brae ing sectins of these laws by a cooBtruo tioa, whioh tba uncertainty of the clause, aa to disfranchisement, leaves ooen ' the Board of Offioers, the great body . . , t tne people may bo eiciuueu irom me nolU. and from, all ODDortunitv : of e t- j a i - pressing their own wishes, or voting for i t. . mi r.:,u i..ii- ..A... delegates wuu wui ianuiui.y jounut meir sentiments.''.':.-' , ' .;..- . . : I do not deem it necessary further investigate tne details or inis Dill; no consideration could induce me to give my approval to suoh an eleotion law for. any purpose, - and especially ; for the : great purpose of framing the Constitution of If evef iu9 American eitSzehi should ba left to- the free exercise of his own judgment, it is when ba is engaged forming tbe fandamental law under wnioa he is to live. ' That work ie his work, and it cannot properly be taken out his hands.- All this legislation proceeds upon' C contrary assumption tnat tne poople of eaoh of these States shall have no Constitution exoapt such as may arbitrarily diotated by Congress, ! and fnrmed under tha restraint of military rule. A olain statement of facts make this evident. In all these States there are existing Constitutions formed in the aooustomed way by ine people; uon irrasi moreover, eavs that the ConBtita tiom ire not loyal sud republican, and n . ; of to of to of mnnirea tha ceonle to lorui tbem aoe .1 - . f . r - What, then, in tne opinion or iongrcbs. a -a. - f is ctoessary to mate ice uonsuiuuoa ui a State loyal and republican t me orig inml act answers tbe Question : it is uni versal negro suffrage a question which the Federal Lonstituticn leaves io me States themselves. All this legislative machinery of martial law, military eoer tioo, and po'itical aisiranonisemeoi is avowedly for that purpose and none other. Tbe existing Constitutions of the ten States conform to the acknowledged standards ot loyalty and republicanism. Tnrlniut if there are decrees in republi oan forms ot government their Constitu tions are more repuonoan now man wuhu .f,a 8mts four of which were the orisinal States first beoame members of the Union uongress auus uu " - 4 h.t ninirla nrovision of their Constitutions be exchanged, except such as ooufino suffrage to tne wuue popula tion. It is apparent, therefore, that these proviaions do not conform to the standard of repualicantsrt wnion con gress seeks to establish. That there may k A m;fat,a it in nnlv necessary that reference should be made to the original aot, whioh deolares uob CooBtitutions ahnnld nrnvida that the eleotive fran chise shall bo onjoyfld by all suoh persona r. it .m .a. a. J as have the qualiuoauona nereia nvniou ... . . ITU ! .. U .1... tnr nlnntinn fir aeieeraiGB. 1uiuu uino of persons is here meant clearly appears .i . - Viw ics t( matt til A in w n a inniH nr'ii i ii ii . bjiiibbi an itw t a hw III UV uwwo J J main nitizen of said State, twenty-one TTrtar nld and uoward. of whatever raoe, nninr nr nrnuiniis condition, who have w s w 7 been resident in said btata tor one year nrauinnit to the dav of such eleotion. withnnt theRfl Droviaioos. no Constitu tion whioh oan be formed, in any one ot tha ten States will be of any avail . with Congress. This, then, is the test which the Constitution of a State of this Union must oontain to make it republican f Measured bv such a Btandard, how tew of the States now composing the Union ... ... . , re ; - have republican constitutions r n m tha exercise of the constitutional guar antee, that Congress shall seoure to every State a republican iorm of uovernmeni, universal sunrsge tor disoks as wen b whites, as a tine qua no, the work of reoonstruotion may aa well begin in Ohio as in Nirginia, in Pennsylvaina as in IN rirth Carolina.. Whan T nnntomnlate tje millions Of out fellow-oitizens of the Soutb, with no alternative left but to impose upon them selves this fearful and untried expert- rannt nf comnleta nenro enfranchisement. nd nhita disfranchisement, it may be - . almost as complete, or submit lnaeunueiy tn tha riflfor of martial law. without a single attribute of freemon, deprived of all the sacred guarantees of our Dedeial Constitution, and threatened with even worse wrongs, it soems to me tneir con dition is the most deplorable to whioh unv neonle oan he reduced. It is true . J . r . l ? l-.il: that tbev nave neen enuaceain reoeiuou. and that in their object to bring about a separation ot the states and a dissolution of the Union there was an obligation resting upon every loyal oitizen to treat them as enemies, and to wage war against . Til I 1 tbeir cause, xnnexioiy oppoeea io any movement imperiling the integrity of the Government, I did not hesitate to urge the adoption of all measures necessary for tbe suppression of the insurrection After a Ions and terrible struggle, the efforts of tho Government were triumph antly successful; and tbe people of the Soutb, submitting the stern arbitrament, yielded torever tne issue oi me contest. . . n. 1 Hostilities terminated ; soon auer do came mv duty to assumo the resnonsibil ities of' the Chief Executive officer of the Republic, and I at once endeavored to repress and control tbe passion which oivil strife had engendered, and no longer regarding these erring millions as ene mies, again acknowledged them as our Friends and oar countrymen, ihe war had aoanmnlished ita obieots. tbe nation was saved, end that cardinal principle misouicr,' wnion, irom tne Dirin or me Government, had gradually but inevita bly brought on the rebellion, was totally ersdeoated. Then, it seemed to me, was the auspicious time to commence the work of reooostractioa. Then, when the peoplo sought ouca mora our friendship and' nroteotion. I considered it our duty generously to meet them in the spirit of charity and forgiveness, and to conquer them even more effectually by the mag nanimity of the nation than by the force of its arms. . I yet belieVe that if the polioy of reoonstruotion then inaugura ted, and whioh eontemnlated an early restoration of this people to all their po litical rights, bad received the support of Congress, every one of these .t' States and all their people would 1 at this mo ment be fast anchored in the Union, and . , . 1 Ll.t iL. ' .11 J. me great work wnion gave toe war an ue action, and made it just and holy, would have been accomplished. Then, all over the vast and fruittul regions ot the cauta peace and its blessings, would have pres vailed i while now millions are deprived or rignts gnaranteea oy ine uonsmudon to every eitizsn. . and after nearly ; tWo years of legislation, find ' themselves placed nnder an absolute "military des potism.''. A military republic, a govern ment formed on mock eleotions. and sup-. potted only by the sword, was nearly nnartar of a eanturv r ainaa. Qaononnoed T b Daniel Webster, when speaking the Soutb Amerioan States, as "a move- meat indeed, put a retrograde ana aieas trous movement, from the regular and nld-fishloned : moaarohial system and added, ''If men would enjoy the bless- i . . . -a. - 1 incs of a- recttonoan i eovsrnmtnt, dy mnttiil finnnnal and consultation." by sense and feeling of general interest, and by tbe acquiescence or tne minority in tha ' alll of tha maioritv .' nrooerlv ex pressed, and above all the military must ha kant. aooordine? to the lalsrusss i onr Bill of Richts. in ethos lubordini tioa to ohe oivil authority; Whenever this lesson It not b.oth learntd and prss-' need, there can bo no political freedom. Absurd and preposterous, it iB a acoff and satire on free forms of government to bapre8oribed by military loaders, and tbe right of suffrage to be xpressed at the point ot tne sword. I confidently believe tnat a time win come when these States will Bgain occu py their true position in the Union.- Tbe barriers which' now seem so obsti nate muBt vield to the force of an en- litnrnnarl and iuat cublio opinion, and sooner or later unconstitutional and. op- ... ... i a pressive legislation will bo enaoca irom nnr atatute books. When this shall have been consummated, I pray God that tha errors ot tbe past may do lorgouen, and that once more we shall be a happy, united and prosperous people, and that at last, ifter tbe bitter and - eventful ex perience through wnicn tne nauon uas passed, we shall all come to know, that our only strite is in tne preservation oi oar Federal Constitution, and In aocord abee to every Amerioan citizen and to every State the rights whioh that Con flflftnttnn BOpnrAfl. ! - ' ' I '- '.Sii'l ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, March 23, 1867. Horrible Solution of a Mystery —A Child Eaten by —A Child Eaten by Snakes. —A Child Eaten by Snakes. [From the Oswego (N. Y.) Palladium, March 16.] In the early part of the month of Au gust last a girl named Eliza Drummond,. about 11 years of age, whose parent live near the town of West Monroe, in this oouoty, left her home one morning, for the purpose of pieking berries, and mi. - j:n:nn never returueu. iug uiudk uiniu. search was made for her by the parents and noighbors, but no traces eould be found. She had not been drowned, for all places where there was water were osrcfully examined, even to wells and cisterns in the "neighborhood. After weeks of fruitless search and inquiry, the . sffliotod parents gave up their child for lost. It was reported that a band of va grants had beea seen near the locality about the time of the disappearance, and .'. .a allm the opinion prevailed tnat me onua naa been stolen by gypsies, ',.".."' The event, wnion created a proiouna sensation at the time, bad almost passed from the miqds of all save the etrioken' parentPj When it was painfully recalled by a recent occurrence. On "Tuesday last five or six lade went out hunting: iu the vicinity, and during-' the day oame upon a spot where a large nnmbor of blaok snakes were discovered and killed. The appearance of tha raPi'8 Buoh numoers anu i iu doiwu. w m j" mi considered remarkable, and it' Was suggested by ono of the party that a breeding den must do aowewuere near. A search was immediately eommenced, whioh resulted in a manner far uiflcrijot from their expectation?. In tba side ot a utile nui near me f a iiifflD was found, a. sort of sort- of opening, whiob, in tbe summer. was concealed Dy tan graEs ana nusnos. lb this opening was found a, human skein eton, from whioh every particle ot Uesh had been taken. The bones were as white as ivory, and all perfeot. Near by was a tin pail, in a rusted condition, . and a tin cup. The boys were terribly frightened, and gave the a' aim. The re mains were taken from the mouth of tha den, and an examination showed that tho plrce had been, and probably now wap, a breeding plaoo for blaok snakes. TLe boldest hesitated to enter. The entrance whioh was large enough for tbe admission of a man's body, grew smaller and ten ded downward. Lighted balls of hay soaked in kerosene were thrown into the cavity, and in less than fifteen minutos eighty-two snakes, ranging in lergth from one and a half to four feet, were killed. .. . .-. ., s? t. - The pail and cup were.recognized.by Mr. and Mrs.- Drummond as those "(ateri by their child when sho 'wont away for the last time, The physicians' pr6 nounoed the remains those Of a femala child, and there can be no doubt; but that the poor little girl, while picking berries in the vicinity of tbe spot,' be came tired, seated hersoll inthe ihade of tbe opening to . this horrid deo was at tacked by the reptiloe in .numbers and killed. The discovery bas shocked tho whole community, and almost prostrated the stricken parent', whose hearts are made to bleed anew at tho thought of the horrible fate whioh.' deprived tbem . of their cniia.v , ,vi.y.v.','.v: t of a T 7 Thb Cnnfederata ram Virtffnla. somo times called the Merrimao.uto be hoisted with a torpedo. Messrs.- Maltry & Co. are making arrangements to blow ber up;. and will be ready, to do so, by the fatter part of this week, or the first of next. Messrs. FetiLa Godwin are now engaged in preparing four or five' iron tanks', eaoh one of whioh will hold rather more than a flour barrel; these are to ' oe' charge1! . t . . i 4 ' . t. ; witn powaer, piaoea unaor too iron monster, and when all ia read v the COw- der is to be ignited and the Virginia' Is expeoieato leave ner present location, .. I no tanas to do uaca as torpeooca on im ooossion are water tanks, sucu 88 are used on Government shins, are made of strong-toITct tronr, nl will ''hold two or thraa hundred nennda of cowder.. .This game cock i of the late Oonfederata navy was sulhoientiy stropg,,to,stana.any amount of solid shot and shell. 'but 'we are much mistaken in thepower of thete m .m . if j t - L. U & torpedoes t tney aou'i -noisi nsr as nigu a kite." Norfolk Vay.Booh. o of rrr.stox. , , Tm Ohio Xegislature bae al?eaay,(p propriated about . $350,000 more'' than last year, and it Is said it will be in creased. ' Those who 5 expeot;'- td'y heavy Stale taxes the comiag year.'wili not be disannointed. Our Leeislatuia is very eoommodatiog, In thatwsy.