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THE FREE PRESS It PUBLISHED WIKkLT, BY j.WeTMd 4t M. C. Baiter, Editors tad Proprietors, At Om Dollsr and Fifty Cents per ar-oam, to toTinei, or Two Dollars if not paid within lb year. (lain and Kancr Jok PrlBiiDg. WE HAVE a larger assortment of job ljpe, snd cn do iirrit work than an; of tlee In this vicinity. He only ask i trial. Mer chant! and other who want Cards, Circulars, Pamphlet, Blanks, Handbills, Bill-Heaps, TlCEETS, PROGRAMMES, CATALOGUES, Will be accommodated m the aborteat poiai Lie time moderate terms. Historical Sketches of Carroll County. -Brown Township. UT OKO. HARDEST V. CHAPTER IV. ( Continued. ) Is the spring of 1814 David Eakin mo veJ into the township, from Saodyvillc, and settled upon the tract of land oo which he still resides, s little south esst of Oneida. On this tract there was s fine spring of running wster, affording an excel lent. site for a distiller;; and ss there was in suc cessful! operation a grist mill at Pekin,.it was thought by the neighbors, that the raxt important impiovement would be the erection of a distillery in the township. Accordingly the next year Mr. Eakin yield ed to the wishes of bis neighborr,and built one near where bis barn now stands. The first whiskey manufactured nt this distil lery , was sold for one dollar and fifty cts. per gallon, and the demand was always a qual to the supply. Rye and corn were worth one dollar per bushel, thus it will be Boen that distilling liquor at that early day was a profitable busiuesa. Mr. Eakin con tinued to run bis distillery for a number of years, and what is peculiar in his case, is, that although be is now seveuty two years of age, and in the enjoyment of excellent health, and has raised n large family of sons and daughters, not one of the fam ily ever became addicted to the intemper ate useofardeLt spirits, being almost au anomely in the case of distillers and tav ern keepers. Although tho price of liquor at tbisear- ly period in the settlement of the township was so hi gb, and the means of procuring ed, yet it was kept as an article ' ' ... I it so limited of entertainment in almost every family, and no one thought of calling his neigh bors together to assist hi in, either at a rais ing, log rolling, husking, or "jrollick" of any kind without furnishing it liberally. 1 hese "rollicks, as they were then cal led, were generally tbe occasion of a great deal of sport; jumping, wrestling, pitching quoits, throwing the rail, Ac, weie freely indulged in, even alter a laborious days work. And when quillings were connec ted with the frollick, as was often the case, and ihe wives and daughters of the men were present, the night was generally spent n playing aud dancing. 'I here were bu' few esses of neuralgia, dyspepsia, or liver complaint i.i these days, aud the pieseuce of a Doctor was rarely seen in the families of tho early settlers. Rev. Thomas Rigdon brother of Sid ney Rigdon of Mormon notoriety preach od the first sermon in tbe township, in the year 1815, iu an unfinished building in Pi kin, afterwards occupied as a tavern by Mrs. Ellenor Barr, and recently torn down in the construction of the railroad. Mr, Rigdon was a regular baptist minister,and a man of considerable intelligence. He was afterwards elected a Representative from Columbiana county to tbe Ohio Legisla ture. The township was organized in the year 1815, and was named after Mr. John Brown uncle to Rev. Jehu Brolrn, late of Waynesburgh, now of Iowa who theu resided in Pekin, a mill-wright, who built thefitst mill in the township. In its first organization,tbe township was but six miles square, but in the erection ot Carroll co., two miles off the esst end of Sandy town ship were added to it, making it six miles wide and eight miles long, which is its present dimensions. Tbe first election, for township officers, after the organization of the township, was held in tbe spring of 181G. James Reed and Ti.omas Lalta, were tbe opposing can didates for Justice of tbe Peace. Every voter iu the township was present at the election . Twenty nine votes were polled in all. James Reed had fourteen, Thos. Latta fourteen, and one blank. As tbe candidstes were "tied," tbe Judges of tbe election proceeded to determine the mat ter by lot, and James Reed was declared the first Justice of tbe Peace for tbe town ship, which office be held for twenty one years in succession. In those days there were but few intri cate questions of law to be settled by Jus tices of tbe Peace. Almost every kind of action, except murder and horse stealing, was considered a proper subject for compro mise between the contending parties; and it waa not an unusual thing for cases of assault and battery, and other offences a gainst tbe criminal laws of tbe State, to be thus 'disposed of. Tbe prosecuting witness, acting aa be agent of tbe State of Ohio, was supposed to have full power, to settle and discontinue any action he may have commenced in behalf of tbe State, As a general thing, oasos of assault aud battery were settled.and tbe parties "drank friends," before a prosecution was commen ced; but when a case of this kind did go before a Justice, the most intense interest waa excited upon the part of the friends of each party, and a general turmoil of the trespass" is a sorry pretext for l , i . ? i . i I . l i. mL.IWar. Waxh RtmMir. wnoie neiirnooruoou was me resun. ine merits of tbe case were fully discussed.and E repositions made to "make friends," and it the ease "drop." The question "who struck first," always bad an important bearing upon tbe settle ment of the case, and when tbat point was once settled,the case waa pretty well through with, for tbe proposition generally follow ed, that he should treat the whole crowd, and pay tbe costs of suit, and they would all part "good friends," which proposition was almost invariably accepted, and tbe case ended. ' Early in tbe spring of 1814, a painful occurrence took place in tbe township. Mr. Aaron Pugb, father in-law to William Woods, with his family, had settled on the tract of land, in Harrison tp., afterwards owned and occupied by Mr. W., at the time of hisdeatb, In the last of February or first (She "THE UNION OF THE STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNION.'1 VOL 26. ( ARBOLLTOY OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JILY 14, 18,58. 1N0 2?. of Msrcb.Mrs. Pugh started alone.oo horse back to visit her relations oa Yellow creek, there being no roads at this early day, Mrs. Pugh undertook to follow a blind path, through the woods, from her husbands res idence down,to what was called 'the swamp' in Brown tp., and thence along tbe bead waters of Pipes Run, across the summit to Yellow creek. A slight snow had fallen tbe night be fore she started, and the path, difficult to find at best, was traced with tbe utmost difficulty, by one not accuatomed to roam ing through tbe woods. A party of hun ters had built a camp in tbe fall, at a spring near wbere Thomas Murfin now lives. This fall of snow waa considered a favora ble lime for bunting, and the Messrs. Cas selmen, living near where New Harrisburgh now stands, started early this morning for a bunt in the direction of tbe aforesaid camp, and striking tbo path Mrs. Pugh ha J to travel before ahe reached it, they followed it for some distance, sod seeing the track of some game, they want in pur suit of it. Mrs. Pugh following after them, did not discover the point at which they left tbe path, and being some what bewil dered by tbe fall of snow, continued to fol low the tracks of tbe hunters, uutil she be came perfectly lost in the woods. Tbe horse returued during tbe night to its owner, but the rider was missing. Tbe family became alarmed, and with the most painful solici tude for tbe welfare of the wife sud moth er, gathered up tbe few neighbors in the vicinity and started in search of the mis sing woman. By this time the snow had melted and although tracks could be found in tbe leaves and mud, yet they crossed and recrossed each other so often that it was impossible to follow them with any dbgree of certainty. The first day passed DJ1lue 8bdM o n,gu' 2n -o C, ,l, ..!. It.. I ...... .Ill I inn upvu mo uaiiu, ilo uuuiiii Ui lUQUWl whs beard in the distance, and occasionally the howl of the hungry wolf, but no trace of the lost one was discovered to gladden tbe hearts of anxious friends. Despond ing, dejected aud silently they returned to their homes to renew the search upon the coming (lay. Tbe next day the news spread tbiougb the entire neighborhood around, and al most every one turned out to assist in the search, and with the most painful anxiety traced every track snd sign of the missing one they could possibly discover. Broken representing them in Congress, and tbe bushes were found and other signs, where ! State Legislatures, for it will be vain to ex tbe burse bad blundered across old logs , pect radical, lasting reformation, unless the and through the mud, but the last rays of whole thinking population can be united iu the setting sun faded away behind the i demanding it. Tbe election of Mr Bu western liills,withotit revealing to tbe heart chanan, and old and eflete, politician, nec biokcn friends, tbe spot where their belov- esssrily alarmed all reflecting persons who ed friend lay, bad watcbid and observed the growing Tbe next day tbe search was renewed corruptions of public office; but tbo most " ivu iuiwivau uiiciwijnug tum u.i tuc iivro of day, near a small bridge not far from where Israel Miller now lives, the lost one UJ II h 1 n . maci.i I nit if nut An ,1 r rtv a r, I u Mia a ,via ' was found dead, on t he opposite side of the swamp from the path she intended to travel. Benumbed, bewildered and dii beartened, it is supposed, that she was torn from tbe horse in passing through a thick et of brusb, she gave herself up to die. ( To be Continued ) Visitation and Search. In a state of war between Great Britain aud Franco, an English man of war, hay ing the light to capture Froncb vessels, may ascertain whether a vessel carrying American colors is French or not. This we understand to be conceded, and the right of visitation, in tbe case supposed, is called a belligerant right. Now, under treaties between Great Bri tain and Prance, aa English man of war may capture French vessels, but tbe ques tion is raised, if tbey may ascertain by visitation whether a vessel carrying Amer ican colore is Fiench or not. Without, at present, saying anything about the right of visitation in either case, we insist tbat if it exists in one case, it does in tbe other, and that there is no dif ference whatever between tbem. It is said that, although anybody may arrest a robber or murderer, it is done at tbe peril of the arresting party, who must be responsible in damages, if the arreted party proves to bo an innocent man. This is common sense, and it is good law, aud it furnishes an answer to all the clamor of tbe pettifoggers and deroagoges in re spect to tbe so-called right of visitation. A vessel, really American, interrupted or in any wise damnified by a visitation, is entitled to all tbe actual damages which result from the visitation, no matter in how good faith tbe visisalion was made. The cruiser who makes tbe visitation, does it at this peril, but at no other. Tbe case supposed ia not a case for exemplary or penal damages, but only for actus! dama ges. Still less, it is not a case for war, good faitb being supposed. The utmost which Dauiel Webster could make of it, when doing his best to cater to Southern sensibilities and national vanity, was "in- uatart trespass," and certainly an "in t J Glancy Jones of the Berks, (Pa) District, has b'ut a bard chance for re-election to Congress. The leading Democrat ic paper in bis district, tbe Reading Gaz etse, denounces bis free trade speech, and upbraids bim with having violated his pledge in favor of tariff interests, by which be secured his pitifully small majority for Congress, The Douglas Democracy were dominant in the 4th Indiana District Congressional Convention . Gen, Foley ,the literary gen tleman, was "turned loase" in the "Dees- trief'to go to grass and William S. Holmes was nominated. This is a decided defeat ot the Bright faotion. The anti-Lecomp-ton Democracy are taking the inside track In lr.llnn. ST - iu AiiuMiin, jin , lD";. Carroll tree JJrc ENORMOUS L X TB A V A 0 AN CE . Never since the foundation of this gover meat, says tbe New Orleans True Delta, has so reckless, wasteful and prof urate an expenditure of tbe public money been made as by the present men in power at Wash ington, aided by a corrupt and unprincipled body of confederates in Congress. Over eighty millions of dollars at a time of great domestic difficulty and pecuniary distress. have been appropriated to meet the cur rent annual national expenditures, in a pe riod of profound peace, and scarcely a department or act of administration since the accession of James Buchanan to power which is not tainted by the foulest and most revolting corruption. Had the object of bis election bem to give up tbe country to spoilsmen and plunderers, it could not have been more effectually accomplished; for, from the highest to tbe lowest official, in Congress, in tho governor nt. or in any manner connected with public affairs, plun der and robbery have been tbe rule, integ rity and honorable conduct the exceptious. This is a deplorable condition of public afftirs. and vet. while the fact is nrorlnimpd foluly in the Senate of the United States, and acquiesced in without a protest in that body, tbe very same men who affect to de plore it, are among tbe very first to sane tion any and all disgraceful demands that may be made upon tbem, so omnipotent has executive influence become, so falleo and degraded baa Sanatoria! dignity, man hood and independence proved itself to be. Tbe exposures of tbe disgraceful jobs of tbe War liepartment. and tbe complicity of such men as Schell. tbe collector of New York in tbem, do not, it is e'ear, make tbe least impression upon tbe minds of Senators, nor inspire one of them with the smallest particle of patriotic or honest fee ling, when the moment is propitious for him to make denunciation beard", and ex posure of the general political turpitude feared. No, all are ready to sacrifice tbe interest of tbe people to thoir individual cupidity aud ambition, and no more respect is paid to the wishes aod command of the people than if the latter were Russian serfs or African bondmen. This is truly a la mentable condition of public affairs, and should, if anything can, wake up tbe poo. eio t is too late, to a sense of the utter worth!essnes of nine-tenths of tbe men desponding mind could not have imagined in its gloomiest moments that with, in one year after bis ascension to office eighty millions of dollars would be required to discbarge the ordinary obligations of gov erment, or tbat a treasury which he found groaning under tbe weight of its affluent contents would now be bankrupt and de pendent upon tbe most contemptible expe dients for its replenishment. Yet such is the pitiable and mortifying condition in wbicb we find ourselves at a moment when we are insulted abroad, and distracted, divided and discnotented at home. What is to be tbe end of all this must bs a sub ject for good men to be perulexed about; I 1 A - LI- J -l auu wuere wu are 10 sopk sujjaoio ana au equate remedies, if it be not too late to apply tbem, is worthy of tbe most serious consideration, seeing tbat any reliance upon Congress is only leaning upon a broken reed, as it is in its leading elements steeped to the lip in ignorance, va-ajiage and cor ruption. We are therefore constrained to fall back upon the counsel wo volunteered some months ago, and utge tbe discarding of all present party divisions among hon est and inteligent men and a generous union among all such for tbe salvation of the country. Federal, State and munici pal administration has fallen into the most depraved and venal state, the lowest and most aoandoned of tbe population, nil almost all public trust-; drunkenness debauchery and ignorance hold high revel, where sobriety, moarlity and intelligence formerly had sway; and it is clear that unless an abnegation full abU complete of mere partisanship can be accomplished, tbe fall of our republican system must be witnessed before a djjjant day. We know the difficulties tbat stand in tbe way of the union we advise, therapathy, reluctance and positive aversion men of business and professional occupations cannot but enter tain at tho idea of embarking in political struggles; but the necessity is urgent and momentous, and we cannot doubt, tbat being understood, tbe willingness of the men to whom we allude to make tbe sacri fice required by their country iq this great emergency, We observe in tbe Oregon papers tbat Gen. Lane, tbe Delegate in Congress from Oregon, wrote many letters to bis constituents during tbe last session of Con gress, assuring them that before adjourn ment, Uregon would be admitted as a State, and tbat the war debt would be provided for. Wben be gels home he will bave a good time explaining tne tact tbat Oregon was not admitted, and tbat tbe war debt waa not provmed tor, in terms consistent with tbe vast influence tbat he claims to possess in Congress. Cm, Com. A Coincidekcb. James rowers was bung at Washington, on Friday last. When parting from ins brother, bis last words were, "Let liquor alone." On the tame dav, in the same city of Washington and lmost at tbe same hour, a drunken Irishman murdered a girl who would not marry bim. She was a sleep at the time, and died without waking the knife pene- Itrated her heart. The Har by Case at New Orleans. As our readers know, tbe trial of 0. W. Harby for the murder of C. H. Stooe.ter minsted in bis acquittal. Tbe fact of tbe murder was conclusively shown that Har by bad sbot Stone at bis desk in his store without saying word. Tbe provocation was that Stone bad seduced Harby's daugh ter under promise of marriage, which con tract he refused to fulfill. This so incen sed tbe father that be sbot ber seducer. Tbe New York Express regards Ibis as es tablishing the principle that a man must marry a woman with whom several persons swear tbey have bad criminal intercouse, or. as aa alternative, hemav be shot down P - r 0 like a dog iu tbe street; tbe jury deciding that the species of killing is no murder; nay, indeed, that it is rather a meritorious act than otherwise, aod one therefore, for wbicb tbe actor is deserving of a popular ovation. It says that it has come to be a recogni zed dogma iu the doctrinrof equivalents, that all such deviations, if legally wrong, are morally right. Hence no jury would convict Amelia Norman for murder.or man slaughter, or anything of the sort, for stab bing a faithless lover oo tbe steps of tie Astor House, in this city, not many years ago; hence Singleton Mercer, in Philadel phia, was "not guilty" of killing an ac quaintance who bad dishonored bis sister; hence, likewise,Thomas Washington Smitb was not held responsible there for assault ing the Bank President (Carter) for sedu cing an unhappy youug woman, anterior to her marriage with the muderer. These are but a few exemplifications tsken from tbe criminal records, at home and in our owu neighborhood. And the annals of criminal jurisprudence, throughout tbe whole country furnish many more in addi tion . If then, the New Orleans case sim ply furnish a reaffirmation ot tbat now seemingly established principle tbat kil ling a seducer is no murder it might be distni-sed as one of those periodical com- mon places, not calling for special remark beyond tbe walls of the Court, at the time of trial, or out of the dull pages of a law er's magazine. But what are tbe facts! In the several cases specified above, the heroine was understood to have led a ver tuous life, and to hsve made but one false step, aud tbat one ouly through the agen cy of some villainous artifice, facilitated by an unwarrantable confidence in a sense ot honor wbicb no professional seducer can be supposed to possess. Thev were not like Miss Herby open to tbe charge of in discriminate intercourse with, not one, noi two, nor three, but many. Hence.though tbe killing of the seducer was murder Eometimes of the most cool and deliberate character the feelings of the jury decided that ihe seducer was bound to marry his victim or be deprived of bis life and to these feelings tbe multitude outside of tho jury box, and tbe courts, usually responde ed with approval, Ihe law called it raur der, and as such made it punishable wib death but the "higher law" of tho heart, and the feelings, and tbe sentiments of the jury box cairiod tho day against the law written upon the statute books. Now.what the New Orleans case decides in contra-distinclion to these precedents, is this: tbat a man is bound to many a "fast woman one who has as rasny lovers, ap parently as she has fingers and toes ; who 'keeps a night key; wbo receives noctur nal visits from notorious ladies' man in ber father's parlor ; who goes to ice-cream sa loons with questionable company, at quel tionable hours; and who goes to church on Sunday aa if onlv to call the roll of har lovers. A woman of this volatile temper anient, in tbe course of time, naturally e- nough, is overtaken with the responsihili ties of maternity; and (the verdict now is) whoever she may arbitrarily elect from a inong ber lovers to be tbe father, tbat per son must marry her or be killed. Gloss it over as we may, this is tbe marrow of the whole matter and tbe moral of it all is, that all men should avoid fast women. There may be nothing positively criminal in conversation with tbem there may be nothing but "flirtation" but we see here how dreadful is the risk of having any hing to do with tbem at all ! We think tbat in earning to this conclu sion the Express is rather "fast." It looks to us as though tbe result of the trial proves only ibis, tbat the jury believed Miss Har by's emphatic denial, and did not believe tbe testimony of the witnesses who asser tad tbat she was a loose women. We ap prehend it will be found that tbe witnesses gainst ber were friends of Stone,snd it was doubtless thought tbat personal friendship for tbe deceased swayed their testimony. We do not intend this aa an apology for "fast women," but aa our view of tbe tes timony which probably influenced the ju rv. Ohio State Journal. Selt Re8Peot. Keep up a good opin ion of yourself not a vain one.but a good solid respect, wbicb shall stimulate you to higher and purer thoughts, words and ac tions. Tbe man wbo relies on bis own respect will never be mean, for though no body else ever knows of it, he himself will, and that ahould be enough to deter him from petty deeds. Thu Wuchinortnn Union, violently ahusaa those aoti-Lecompton Democrats wbo dare i -.mnUin hacflusfl thev are Droscribed bv tho administration. Dr, Johnson says tbat as be was once passing a fishmonger in the act of skinning a live eel, be heard bim curse the thing for not lying etill. Lou- J itntile Journal ANTI LEC0MPTONISM That opposition to tbe Leoomptoo poli cy of tbe Administration must lack sincer ity, or depth, which will permit those who profess to be animated by it, to co-operate with tbe men and tbe party who are thor oughly identified with that policy. Those who believe that Mr Buchanan's Erof-ramne of forcing a Constitution upon ansa by tbe aid of tbe army of tbe Uni ted States, was a joatfiable one, may hon estly continue to act with Toombs, Jvffer son Davis, Slidell, snd the other Demo cratic leaders, at whose instigation, if not bidding, Mr Buchanan adopted that pro gramoe, and adhered to it with such strange pertinacity. But bow can those do so who 'denounced that iniquity, as Judge Doug la and thousands of others hsve done? We can conceive that a Lecompton Democrat may be honest, but we hardly see bow an anti -Lecompton Democrat can be intelligently so; meaning by an anti- Lecompton Democrat, ooe who professing - i . opposition to tbe Lecompton Swindle, still adheres to the party organization of tbe swindlers. It ia greatly to be feared that tbe acti Lecomplooism of still adhering Democrats will prove to be precisely such a cheat aa the anti Nebraskaisra of tbe stiil-adbering Democrats of 1854. It is of no practical consequence what private opinions individual voters profess, or even what private opinions they really entertain. Tbe only poiot of interest is, what are tbe doctrines and tendencies of tbo party tbey help into power by their votes? And ordinarily the beat evideoee of tbeir real purposes, is tbe actual result of tbeir action, it being a aafe rule to hold that men intend the obvious consequences of what tbey do. Tbe Democratic party is essentially, and from tbe geographical location of its itrengtb, necessarily, a merely southern party, and even worse than tbat, tbe rep resentative of the most extreme aud ultra views of tbe South. After what has hap pened within the past five years, n North ern man can adhere to tb-s party under any cover of professed ignorance as to its cbsracter or designs. Beyond a doubt, tbe glaring in iquity of the Lecompton scheme, has repelled and I riven on from tbe Dem xiratic party thousands of honest men who will never return to it. But it is equally beyond a loubt that the anti Lecompton'am of the groat body u' ihe Northern Democratic editors and politicians who bave made such noisy professions of it, was a sham from the first. In the condition of the public sentiment about tbem, tbey show clearly enough that they would lose all credit and standing by attempting to bolster up the contrivances of John L'andlebox Calhoun. I'liey thought it bestas it clearly was, to float with the current, wbue it was in full volume and strength, and to defer the at tempt to control and divert it, until it had somewhat spent its force. Tbat moment, they seem to judge, has now arrived. These hot eat gentlemen assure tbe peo ple of tbe North, that they were and are 'as much opposed to Lecompton as any body' but they can'i bear to separate from tbeir dear friends, Robert Toombs and Company, who connected the Lecompton scheme and sustained it to tbe last. If we judge men from the company tbey keep, we may judge politicians from the character of tbe party tbey veto with and support. If our readers will lake tbe trouble to look around among tbeir neighbors, they will find tbat tbe anti-Nebraska adhering Democrats of 1854, were the most ready to swallow tbe Cincinnati!' platform of 1856, which not only endorsed the Kansas-Nebraska act, but adopted the worst and most offensive construction of it. The anti Lecompton adhering Demo crats of 1858, are ail ready for the same act of recantation, to be performed in the Charleston Convention of 1860. The sensible test to be applied to poli ticians is, to inquire to what party they ad here, and not what opinions tbey may at feet personally to entertain, for the pur pose of maintaining a foothold in certain localities. Their personal opinions, if tbey really have any, which is seldom tbe case, are of no consequence to anybody . The question is, in what cmp they are found, under what colors they muster, aud whose ranks they fill. A Lecompton Democrat may certainly claim conssiency, and possibly honesty. But an anti-Lecompton adharing Demo rcrat is either a driveller, or a knave, and the only doubt about bim, is, whether be is tbe most fit subject for coutempt or de testation. Washinyton Jtepublic. Republican papers make a hue and cry about tbe Loans to meet the expense of Government. It is no new thing for tbe Government to borrow. All parties have done it, and will again. Democratic (Ia) Clarion. When we borrowed in Washington's time it was to pay off the cost of tbe Revo lution. When we next borrowed, in Mad ison's time, it was to nay for tbe War of 1812 Tbe Florida War took Twenty Millions out of the public purse, and we borrowed again to replenish it. The Mex ican War drained the Treasury of a hun dred Millions, and we borrowed again to replonish tbat. But while War has al ways aaddled ua with debts, Peace bas always been consilered the time to pay them. Mr. Buchanan has no War to pay for, past, f-treaent or prospective. He is tho brst ms J ident wbo has found it necessary to adopt the policy of borrowinz to meet the ex- 1 . . : travagant expenditures in time of Peace a policy wbich, if continued, can only end in burthening us, as England is bur dened, with a Mountain of National debt. Albany Eve. Jovr, . Gen Lane s Case. Tie Cincinnati Commercial gives a fair summary in tbe case of the "Jim Lane Homicide." Tbe facts developed are these : General Lane and Col. Jtrikins were living a few rods apart oo a "disputed claim" Lane had purchased of a man named Chapman tbat wbicb he presumed to be tbe title of the land be lived upon. Hie House waa surrounded by a picket fence. In bis yard close to the bouse, waa a well of water, only capable of supplying bis own family. A gate led through tbe fence on the side of tbe lot toward the rsaideoce of Jeokina, Tbe claim case bad bean in court a Haw days before the homicide. Jenkins bad frequently made use of offen sive remarks about and threats toward Lane. He said in the manner of an exci table and violent man that Lane waa a coward, and that however, tbe claim case wu decided in couit, Lane should not live on the land. He (Jenkins) would take him (Lane) off of it, dead or alive. Concerning tbe well of water there bad been several difSculties. During Lanes ab senceJenkins bad cut do wnjihe gate between bis bouse and that of Lane, and had com menced operations oo the fastenings at tbe mouth of the well with an ax, wben Mrs Lane interfered and caused him to desist. It is alleged that tbe water from Lane's well waa to Jenkins an article of absolute necessity, as tbe spring in a ravine from wbicb be had used water was impure and unliaalt li V It ennain linam-jr ll.af tLra "v -it - --- newarK euuors oacaeu up naueniaa wuii was another well near at hand wbere Mr. threatening editorials. At last the record Jensin could have bad water in peace, jnf hi, conviction was published. Tbe His determination to have water out of General left, and all Newark ia clothed in Lane's well was therefore simply a declare '-.ckcloth and ashes! Some inaiat that he tion of war, and tbe frequent use of his ax jg not the same person named in tbe rec in hewing away obstacles to that well was on- 0f conviction others begin to "smell overt hostility. , t" the Mercury begins to think the "The day of the homicide Lane had or- General a rascal. The Daily Advertiser dered one of Jenkins' hired men, wbo was jif up j , mtBl0 of jjgnit, after, water, out of tbe yard, telling him 1 UJt D0tbing. The Journal bad an inter that if be came there auy more be would I view with fa General, but does not appear shoot bim. Upon bearing this Jenkins very easentially taken un determined logo after water himself, and; i, .nrwuni to have been laur-binr? in it sent a boy to Laoe to tell bim so.and that , be (Jenkins) wished bim (Lane tobe tbere and see the water tak en. Lane's ! "- -v. "-- raes-age to Jenkins by the boy, as the boy ; testified was ; ' Tell him for God's sake not i to come, not to come. The only vau to have peace is for each of us to stay on his own premises' Tbia certainly does not indicate a blood, thirsty spirit on tbe part of Lane,but ratber a deep anxiety to avoid .1 I j i: LI t i 1 tne siit-ouing ot oiooa. jensins ruaae i prepsrstions for visiting Lane's well, by clearing up bis pistols and Sbarpe's rifle, I firing off tne old loads and putting in fresh oues, so close to Lane's bouse tuat be could notbelp besriog every report, and might observe every movement, At length the grand charge on the well was luout. xuv -iiuauraui wubhku ui my i. ti . .,. Mill, an ax, a Sbarpe's rifle, and an in definite number of revolvers recently plac ed in order for that special service. Tbe invading force consisted of four men. Tba gale, which had oo three previous oc casions been cut down by Jenkens and bis men, though the fence was easily crossed j ppe,ranCe it will bear close compsri by a stile, waa found strongly fastened. I wilh the ..reguWeven of the modern Jenkins, however, by a few powerful blows i mi;iUHy government. Some years ago an with his axe demolished the fastenings aud ()fficer of tne jew york National Guard strode over tbe wreck of the gate. Lane, committed suicide. This act, according to from his house,hsd observed the party ap- railiUry discipline, is considered one of preaching, marching in Indian filo, and I C0WnjiCe( but tho deceased was woll when they assaulted tbe gate, be made his D0W0 tobe one wbo in active service stood appearance and warned tbem away, declar- j t(Dd the brMest of tte brlve He had ing his purpose of shooting tbem if tbey a through tbe Mexican war, ami stoo l did not go. After the gate was crushed, I b- h jn in ss a soldier; but other mat Lsne entered his house took up his angle (eM when quit!ty tt bome prompted him barreled sbot guu and confronted the in- jtQ 9U1.i(Je- He eft ot?htn vaders. His warnings were met by defi- jh.-M Krirhr and nromisinrr little dauo-ht- ance, and it is in testimony that, before he fired, three shots were fired at him. Tbe fatal effect of Lane s fire is known. Jen- kins fell with half a hundred mortal wounds and died instantly, his countenance wearing in death, as testified by those wbo looked on him when he was cold, a wild, stern, ferocious expression after Jenkins fell, bis companions continued firing upon Lane, and wounded him in the leg. Pittsburgh Dispatch. End of a Sillt M abriaqs. On the loth of April, says tbe Buffalo Commer cial, we detailed the circumstances of a basty marriage at the Genesee House, in this city, in wbich a bold widower "met, wooed, and won" a Dulcinea in the abort space of an afternoon, and the departure of the couple for tbe country residence of the rich but uncultivated bridegroom. Such matches are not made in Heaven ! Last week the young and disappointed bride pretended to make a visit some dis tance from ber home, but carefully packed up ber effects and left her husband forever having gone Yvest witn a relative. Here ia lesson for ambitious damsels, who fan cy that weaitn is Deuer man "love in a cottage," and we trust that it will not be lost. Tbe circumstances ot tbe hasty wed ding, the immediate and interne grief suc ceeding tbe ceremony, the gloomy honey moon and tlight.all "point a moral, u mey do not "adorn a tale." A patent bas been granted to a citizen of Utica for a new kind of overshoe, da signed for persons travelling by sea and land. It is made of braided straw. Straw being a nonconductor of beat, the natural warmth of tbe foot is retained without be. ing subject to dampness by tbe fool sweat ine. tbe straw being porous, and either ab sorbing tbe dampness or allowing it to paw off. ffy Hon. Cooper K. Watson of Seneca is announced in tbe Bucyrus Journal as a candidate for Supreme Judge. Hon. Hiram Griswold, of Cleve laud, is highly spoken of as a suitable can didate for Supreme Judge. JtPoatry ia said to be a gift, very often prove to be a theft. bat it AMaWI I The Trentoa (N. J.) America u gite. the following accourt of a whoJeeaU se II, ( recently perpetrated upon HsNewark neigh bora'. "A man calling himself Owners.' Prop-' baa been amu-iog himself for some daja,in exciting ma greedy speculators and loao ciers of Newark by representing to tbem that be owned one-seventeenth of Missis appi , a large slice of Arkansas, two or three town, with school bouses, charche, manufactories, Ac, in different parti of the country. The Newark papers have been filled with accounts of this extraordinary person sge, and from all we can learn, it appear to be a "fixed fact" that tbs people Mar ally, nibbled at tbe book of General Prop er, and some of tbem actually drew the cork under water. lie bad business men. in a ferment of excitement, settling up tbeir affairs, bidding adieu to their friends.pack mg up trunks, preparatory to leaving foi tbe purpose of ruperintending one of Gen eral Proper's monster estahlishmeots in Arkansas or Missie-ippi, at fahnlout prices. He bad ministers and school-masters, rig ging themselves out w ith new suits of cloth -ing and books, for tbe purpose of spread ing education and tbe gospel among tbe thousands of Genersl Proper's tenantry, artisans and laborers. "Strong minded" women regarded the General as a marvel lous proper man, and were ready to enlist as teachers in bis service. Wa should judge from the teeming accounts in the papers, that be bad well nigh the whole business population in such a state of excitement that they lost all taefr accustomed shrewd ness, and were wilting almost to make ooe general exodna of men, women and children to tbe locality of the General's vast posse" iona. Nobody reemed to doubt for one mo ment tbat tbe General was all, and even more, than be represented hiasself to be; and wben it was hinted in the New York Police Gazette that this marvelous General bad served two years in the Sing Sing prison, all Newark, with the General a ibeir head, rose up and repelled the insin ustion with virtuous indignation. Th- General published cards of denial. The 1 ir . , , , . 1.1 ... gut where j the General? Tbe .thITU,n iL fr,r him. Th -rontlnmon u iA.ne,i him monav at a word, exnect woo loaned mm money ns hjm to appear every moment, gjj js breatble suspense. Tl At present suspense, ine trains ar .watcbed, but at last accounta nothing is netrd or known of tbe wberaabouta of Gen m ptop&, while in every pat t of tbe i ,!i banda unite in the opinion tbat ! he Newarkers bave been easentially sold ' 'A Daughter of tne Regiment" I We Waxe there is but one casein Amefjc 0f , incident which somewhat im4tes to tbat 0f .-Marie," in the Q bj D foU.. Tbia is in New York, ; fprfl ,hfl v,,u,i Guard fona thousand - ... stroud) have a fair orphan protege, famili arly designated as "The Daughter of the Regiment." Tbe National Guard, under Col. Dury ea, is tbe best regulated and appointed militia company in the United States. In rtrill etnrit dr (Vim organization anrl nn er. one was aiouc in tue woriu, anu as u were friendless. The regiment of her r.thar artnnlAit har. and aha hname thus n. , 1.1 1 L Chid ofthe regiraent(. and that rogl- ment tbe gallant National Guard of New York. A tax of two dollars per annum was levied on each member for tbe or phan's support and education. Th: amounted to $8,000 a year, and what was not expended waa duly put away in in vestment for a dowry for the Daughter of the Regiment, Tbe young lady, now aboat sixteen years aHbea grown up beau tiful, intelligent, and aaeompliabed, and is well off: and doubtless she looks apon her gallant guardians with all the love, honor, and enthusiasm tnai axaneaia on me orava Sulpice and the gallant 21st in the opera. Such companies as the New York Nation al Guard reflect honor on tbe country, Savannah Daily Georgia. Wood's Hair Restorative. This wonderful preparation ia having an exten sive tale in all parts of tbe Union. A is one of the few patent medicines which are now sold over tbe country, that are really what tbeir inventors claim for them. Wherever it bas bad a fair trial, the re sult baa been precisely as Wood predicts. It has never failed to turn the white ha r back to the natural color, where tbe dircc tions bave been strictly followed, and in numerous cases it has restored the hair up on beads that bad been bald for years. It ia not pretended that it will make tho hair grow in every case, but wbere it fails there is certainly no remedy . Tbe restor ation of the hair bas been effected tn so many instances where the oass seemed ut terly hopeless, tbat u is certainly wont; wbtle for all wbo bave lost Uieir nair to try the experiment of using a bottle or two of Wood's Reatotative. Molina Workman. A Governess advertising for a situ- atiocaays she is perfect mistress of her om. tongue. JVLove without money has been com pared to a pair of shinny leather boots without soles, jgrWith many woroenoing to church is little batter than looking into a booaja lehop.