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No Sacrifice of principles.
VOLUME I.
FREMONT. SANDUSKY COUNTY, JUNE li, 1353.
NUMBER 20.
Gems.
Pencilled Passages.
FROM CLOVERNOOK.
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tendance. What a crown of beauty, hiding away
from remembrance A tbouaand weaknesses
and frailties, making bright the saddest eyes,
and sweet the faintest smile, is the love of
women I What were home without it I what
were life, what the world, or what nil we
conceive of heaven without it I
Thcv tire small things that muku up the
sum ot human bnppiness or misery ; a smueor
kind word, may sterngthen us for the tasks
and duties of the day, more than the iresn
airs of summer more than the shelter of a
broad roof, or daintiest viands, or most deli
cious and inspiring wines. A reproachful
rlance. anv untoward event, a ruthful convic
tion, falls on the hands like paralysis, on the
heart like mildew; and landscape fades not so
much with the slant rains of autumn beating
old against its flowers, as for the presence of
anv of these.
Sooner or later we crow wenry, nnd cov
et for oui bleeding feeX and broken hearts the
eomfort of the grave; for lite lias no good un
mixed with evil. 1 he laurel twines itsrii only
ubout hnccard ard aching brows; under the
flame that eteams across the centuries lie the
gray ashes of all dearest hopes: tho great
waves of desnair Dent ever against me cuauei
of iov. until wo are dm to told the darkness
about us, and go down to the narrow house,
there, at least, to rest JNo troubling dream
disturbs the pillow, no necessity to labor or to
waiL calls us away trnm the quiet, lo iront
with fainting and failing powers, the terrors of
adverse destiny, ihe morning goes, ana
comes agnin, and again, but visits our eyelids
with no unwelcome light. The sobbing rains
of the spring-time beautify with flowers the
covering that is over us, the dry leaves of au
tumn drop down, ana the while snow ol win
ter settle over the grove mound like the pale
sheet over the iewly deRd; bat to the pule
sleepers it is all tlie same, for there is no
work, nor device, nor wisdom nor knowledge
in the grave.
How like a peal of thunder awakening
as from some pleasant dream, when the dash
ing of the rain at the window, the howling of
the tempest on the hill, and the blank dark
ness about ns, lake the place of the soft voice
that was in our ears, and the smile that warm
ed our hearts, leaving us for a moment star
tled and bewildered, comes intelligent of the
death of a friend, whom we left a few weeks,
or it may be a few days ago, in the enjoy
menl of vigorous health.
A thousand times over we may say lo
ourselves, Uan my weak hands wrest my des
tiny from the power of Omniscience? Can
warp circumstances to my will? Can I be
other than I am ? and so, yield to the sway of
blind impulse, but a voice that condemns us
a still, small voice is sneaking all the
wnue in our nenrts, nnd making itseit felt a
hove our senseless declamation. Turn right
about from the tempter, weak idler, nnd work
work dihyenlly and earnestly, doing what
your hand finds to do with your miyht and
tho wicked one will flee away. No mero in
tellectuel resolve, though never sowellconlri
veu, is strong enough, without wnrk. It you
come to a rock that yon can neither blast nor
break, nor dig under; nor climb over, turn
aside, but work on, and by livtla and little you
will get forward, and each step will give new
strength lor the next, till at last you will tri
umph, even though it be not till that "hoary
flower that srovr8 extreme old age" shall
nave Diossumed on your brow.-
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The world is full of bruised and crushed
hearts nnd desolate spirits; moans of sorrow
ereep vien-lfki through the sunshine, and un
derline the laughter, however gay and loud
pillows of pain, and chambers where the soft
step of sleep will not tread, are all over the
world; since the serpent folds weie among
flowers, tliere is no perpetual bloom ; and
since sin furrowed the world with grave
mounds, and the wliite wings of the angels
darkened away from the curse, there is
rest and no solace for us any more.
Our feet would be weary on the green
hills of heaven in the first passionate consci
ousness of our desolation, and our lips parch
ed by the sweet waters of life, if all that made
an Eden to us here were wanting there.
We have need w be thankful that
when man brought on the primal tlory of
nature the mildew of sin, God did not east
utterly from him but in the unsearchable rich
es of his mercy struck open the refuge of
grave. If there were no fountain where
sins ofscailet might be washed white as wool,
if the black night of death weie not bordered
by the golden shadows ofthe morning of
mortally, if deep in tha darkness were
hidden the foundations of the white bastions
of peace, it were yet an inestimable privilege
to lay aside the burden of life, fur life becomes,
sooner or later, a burden, and an echo among
ruins.
It seems, sometimes as if we were
drifted here and there, by blind chances,
periah, at last, like the flowers; and tins espe
cially seems true, when, after striving earnest
ly but vainly to pierce the darkness which
lies between the farthest strech of imagination,
nnd the eternal bright about God,
thoughts come back to our poor mortal being.
Else it seems that we were'predet 'uatetljfrom
eternity.to fill a certain found, from which
there is no escape; and, sick at heart, we
from each lofty endeavor. We have too
of the child's faith too little of dimple
trustful reliance on "our Father."
My life was a long dream; when I awoke,
Duty stood like an angle in my path,
And seemed so terrible, I could have turned
Into my yesterdays, and wand'Tjd back
To distant childhood, and gone out to God
By the gate of birth, not death.
Great duties are before tne and great songs.
And whether crowned or crownless, when 1
It matters not, so as God's work is done.
I've learned to prise the quiet lightning-deed,
Not the appalling thunder at its heels,
Which men call fame.
Miscellaneous.
AN OLD STORY.
BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY.
Savs Tom to Jim, aa forth they went,
To walk one evening fine,
I with the aky a great green field,
And all that pasture mine.
And I,' eaya Jim, 'with yonder stare,
That there eo idly ehine,
Were every one a good fat on,
And all thoaeoxen mine.'
'Where would yoor cattle graxe t'
Why, in your pasture fair.'
'They ahould not, thal'a a fact,, said Tom;
They ahull not, 1 declare !'
With that they frowned, and atruck, and fou'l,
And fiercely atood at bay,
And fur a fooH.h fancy caal
Their old regard away.
And many a war, on broader scale ,
ilalh alained the earth with gore,
For ceatlea in the air, that fell
Before the (trife waao'er.
For the Journal.
THE WRONG ROOMA FACT.-
THE WRONG ROOMA FACT.-OF COURSE.
BY W.
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During the war of the Revolution, and at
the time of the encampment of the British
army under Cornwallis on Pumplon Plains,
in New Jersey, there belonged to the 6th
regiment of Light Dragoons, a jovial, light
hearted fellow, whom for convenience sake,
we shall call Ned Rawson, and who boasted
the rank of Captain. We will not occupy
time in describing his personal appearance,
but, at the same time, wishing that the read
er should have a tolerable notion of it, we
will say for correct comparison, that he looked
exactly like himself.
Now, by the by, fumpton flams were set
tled principally by Germans, and there was
no wonder, that in so quiet a place as that
excluded region, tho "pomp and circumstance
of war" should strike Ihe honest-hearted peas
antry with awe, nor is at all strange that
swords and uniforms were tho admiration of
the buxom lasses of Pumpton Plains, who,
to do them justice, were by no means of that
style of beauty to be slighted, especially if the
beholder delighted in round, red checks ; lips
not precisely of the rose-bud order, but rath
er more like tho blood beet ; eyes, which,
when taken in connexion with the general
contour of the face, had that deep, heavenly
expression, which would be presented by
couple ot yellow onions floating in a pan
melted lard ; and a foot and ancle, oh I ye
Gods, let me not Bpcnk of them, lest transport
lay hold upon me ; and then this formidable
array of personal charms, veiled by the most
charming, bashlul, and retiring modesty.
In consequence of these things, were the
marriage of a goodly number of the rich far
mer's daughters to poor soldiers with line
uniforms; a thing which rather tickled the
vanity of the mothers, nnd no doubt pleased
the daughters. Uut notwithstanding this
"marrying and giving in marriage," tliere still
remained one beauty over whose head the
m.ttiimonial noose could not be cast, owing,
it must be conceded, to the obstinacy of her
misanthropic parent, who would listen to
proposal for the marriage of his daughter,
but guarded her as faithfully as did ever
monster Cerubus the cavernous entrance
Plut's infernal regions. He even went
far as lo serve a summary process of shoe
leather ejectment upon a young captain, who
had the insolence to propose n union with
his Mary. The sweet Mary was by no means
insensible to the attraction of laced caps
military whiskers, a thing not at all strange.
But not so with her choleric parent ; he
flew into a rage, declaring that officers
"vare von tarn boderation and trouble," and
completed his lecture by venting his spleen
on the targe house-dog, "Bijou," and kicking
the cat most unmercifully, whenever
came in his reach. The fact of Mary being
so strictly guarded, only made her an object
of interest lo the officers, since she appeared
like a something which might not be posses
sed a kind of forbidden fruit and this very
circumstance invested the innocent Mary with
tenfold charms.
No sooner had the saccess and treatment
of the captain became known, than he
roado the laughing stock of his "mess,"
the beautiful Mary was left to languish in
scurity, until the dashing Ned Rawson
dared his determination to make love to
Ilia fri.-nds thought this a dangerous under
taking, and so declared to Ned. But
dare-devil disposition loved the undertaking
the better from its difficulties and dangers,
and be philosophised, that if the old
should kill hint, he could never die a more
glorious death. As was customary among
the rich farmers, who were very strict in
performance of their religious duties ; Mary
with the rest of the family, wasobliged every
Sabbath, whether willing or not, lo attend
church, which act of devotion she the more
readily performed, as it afforded her an
of seeing a number of the officers.
Ned studied much and long before he could
contrive to gain an interview with the delight
ful Mary. At length he hit upon a happy
expedient ( the old church afforded or might
afford, the desired opportunity of conversing
with the object of his passion. Thither
accordingly repaired on the following Sab
bath. Ala-v was there. Alter the service
was over, Ned obtained her permission to
her home, and during the walk the man
ner of their meeting Was arranged, much
the satisfiaction cf Ned, though rather against
the scruples of the bashful Mary. It
concluded that inasmuch as they could
meet with the consent of the parenc,
would meet without his knowledge, and
the following manner. After all the rest
retired to rest, Mary was to L'ave her
burning at her window (and Ned Was
be should know it from among a thousand
account of its lustre !)thich window, nnd
room to which it belonged (though of
last I am not quite certain) were situated
the first noor of the old family mansion.
precisely ten o'clock, three friendly raps
the wmdow were to warn Mary of the
ence of her faithful cavalier. They met
tiight after this fashion,
"And all went merry a marriago bell.'
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Nor was this the last mcctbg ; They sue-1
cceded each other as regularly as Sabbath
succeeded Sabbath. In the mean time, as a
matter of consequence, a strong affection
sprung up between the dashing Ned and tho
spirited Mary, and many a hnppy hour (stolen
of course, but like kisses, the sweeter for it,)
they spent together. Of course such pleas
ant days were not destined to last forever.
"The course of true love" never did "run
smooth," at least so we are taught to believe,
and so the termination of this affair goes to
prove. After an evening spent nt the card
table, in which the whole party had become
highly excited by the play, and plentiful
draughts of wine, Ned took it into his head to
visit Mary, his beloved Mary. He did not
consider how improper would be a visit at
two o clock in the morning, and that too,
without giving his "lady love" due notice.
He had arrived at that point which sets all
reason at defiance; and away he went. lie
had visited her so often, that he did not con
siJer it worth while to give the customary
warning raps, and "thereby bangs a tale."
Accordingly he hoisted the window, and ma
king a partial ingress, hung with his feet sus
pended over the sill inside for a momunt, and
then dropped. Thunder and blood suckers 1
He fell into some cold substance to his hips.
He then attempted to step forward, partly
because it was the will ofthe wine which he
had drank, nnd partly because the impetus
which he had g lined in dropping from tin
window sill, rendered it necessary to m tin
tain his phvoical equilibrium, the mental hav
ing been alri-ady I M. In his attempt lo step
forward, ho found tiis feet encased and en
tangled in something like a half bushel, and
he full forward at full length upon the floor,
with all tho noise attondant upon a calam
ity of that kind and time, and the tremendous
churn disgorged its liquid contents of butter
milk and butter over his splendid unifrora.
The truth flashed upon him at once. He had
got into "the wrong room." He did not pause
to Gnd further evidences of the fact, but left
in the quickest manner possible. But Mary
had heard all, and comp tebended all, when
she saw by the glimmering light of the moon,
her lover emerge from the pantry window,
drenched with the contents of the churn,
which, on the last evening, she had placed
under the window. Her plans were laid im
mediately. She went out and gotting Bijou,
she took him into the pantry and swabbed
him well with the same liquid which had be
smeared her lover. She then obliterated the
marks about tho window which Ned had
made in his egress, and returned to her bed.
The next morning she was awakened from
slumber by tho piteous yells of poor, innocent
Bijou, who received an unmerciful drubbing,
the old man declaring that "he vas von tarn
miserable schountril." As for Ned, he was
sick and confined to his bed for several days,
at least, until his uniform was washed and
dried. It is hardly necessary to state, that
Ned never visited Mary again ; he tried hard
to keep his adventure a secret, but it would
leak out, and Ned was obliged to throw up
his commission and return to England ; but
not, however, until Mary had informed him
by a note, of the result of the matter, and
begged him to continue his visits. Mary
could never after be prevailed upon to marry,
but lived an old maid, and died at a very ad
vanced age.
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Scolding. It is as natural for some peo
ple to scold, as to breathe. They could
if denied the blessed pastime of dealing
such language. Even when unprovoked,
thehr words are as sharp as a two edged
word. To say that we had rather heat thun
der, is a feeble comparison. We had rather
hear a gong, especially if it calls to dinner.
We once knew a child who actually snivelled
because his mother neglected to scold bim
pounding the cat's tail with a boot-jack. The
trnth is, that children become so accustomed
to scolding that they look upon it as a matter
of course. We never knew a scolding parent
who could make a child mind without a hick
ory gad or broom-stick. They move only
when knocked end-ways. Reader, do you
scold ? Uayuga Chief.
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"The following is Chester's tribute
Spring': it is as rich as a "grand old master's"
poern:
"A laugh rings over the hills and along
valleys as musical as lhat which, many days
ago, made the heart leap up, as do the waves
at nightfall to greet the coming of the stars.
"The air is full of melodious articulations-
for the orchestra of Nature, with singular
um-.twnK, takes up and prolongs the merry
uveiture ot spring.
"Beneath our feet starts the fresh and dft'z-
sling grass, here and there spangled wiih
butler cups, and made blue with voilets;
above our heads stretches a miatlesi sky.
"Like a soul that has passed from the hard
travel-paths ot' earth, lo put on the unfading
vesture of immortality, the desolitto trees
trembling with the throes of a new existenct
and are hastening to cover their nakedness
with garments of wonderful beauty.
"The waters flash in the sunbeam there
commeth to the ear the whistle of the robin,
the neighing of the loosened charger, and
bleating vl tho lamb.
"And this is Spring! the hew birth of Na
ture the legacy of the past and the emblem
of the future She commeth In the loveliness
of a goddess with tho gentleness of a child;
we adore the Divinity, and the lips of
youngling we cover with greatful kisses.
"Know ye not thut even now it is not spring
with nil? that wintery hearts, and frozen feel
ings are plentiful among us? Let us temper
our passionate Welcome with silent pity,
tako the abundance of our joy to give
those with whom all seasons are the same."
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We know not at all the man we know
thoroughly. There are few men whodesorve
to be studied. From this it arises lhat
man of true merit has in general little solici
tude lo bo known. Ha it aware that
would appreciate him, nnd that iu this
number each one has his connections, his
his self-love, which prevents him
forming an unbiassed opinion, and from
to merit its proper place.
Educational Department.
The following from Hino is excellent, and
We hope it may find many intelligent and at
tentive readers.
THE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
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We are all in the great School-House of
the Universe. We are all learners, from tho
first to the last breath we draw learners of
the Good and the True, or ofthe Evil and the
False. Every thing in the Universe that
comes within the reach of human contact pos
sesses an influence upon man. .Natures
School-House is beautifully adorned and mag
nificently arrayed. All that we complain of
in Society grows out of mental inferiority;
but as man is introduced to the works of Cre
ation admitted into the interior of Nature's
School-House, he grows superior, and his en
joyments increase, as do his virtue, his knowl
edge, and Ins development.
All that is required is to open the eyes ot the
blind that they may behold the beauty and
glory of God's Great Kingdom ; to unstop their
ears that they may hear the melody ot mture
nnd the music of the Spheres; and to unlock
the gates of the Understanding that man may
be bled with the great thoughts and noble
sentiments inspired by true Enlightenment.
lint there ate hchool-Houses on a smaller
scale. Every Houshold, every Church, every
Reading-room, Library, and Lyceum, in short
every place in which intelligent beings congre
gale, is a School-House, where mind is Edu
cated, where shape and direction are given to
human destiny. These are chiefly the schools
fir adult persons, and they have much, yea,
almost everything to do with the interests
and welfare of the people. In proportion to
their efficiency, is the present generation im
proved, virtue promoted, and happiness in
creased. The Household, however, is the School
House of the children in their earliest years,
when the most is done in the formation of
character. Same have thought that the prin
cipal elements of character are imparted du-
riug the first seven years of life; if so, how
absolute is the influence of Humanity ! And
when we reflect that so much parental igno
rance prevails in relation to the discipline and
development of children; when we reflect
that more than half of these Schools in even
our own land are most unfortunate for the
youth that are trained therein; when we re
fleet lhat the fashion and aristocracy on the
one hand, and the privation and vice on the
other, render childhood's home most destruc
tive to genuine worth and well-being, we are
sometimes led to despair of saving the whole
people from the evils under which Humanity
groans. But when we t'Jrn lo another class of
School- Houses, nnd reflect that they can be
made as attractive and emcient in moral and
intellectual culture as we please, there is some
relief to the sad picture of home nnd its dark
ness. In these rubllc School Houses the
children of unfortunate parents can find relief.
J. hey can be made most pleasant Asylums to
which they can fly for refuge from ugliness
unpleasantness, and depravity at home
Home ought to be the Holy of Holies in
tl.a Great Temple of Humanity. Everything
within nnd without ought to be beautiful, pure,
chaste nnd simple, iso base thought, vile
feeling, nor vulgar action ought ever to invade
this sanctuary. Much care ts taken of the
Church, and no one is permitted to walk her
aisles with unsandaled feet; but how much
more care should be taken of the still more
sacred temple of Home, where the mind of
every man and woman receives its first im'
pressions! And yet, little thought is given to
not
lh
few
small
in
terests, from
this. Too many of these nurseries are rank
with poisonons weeds. Too many Homes re
tilled with the deepest corruptions to which
the young are subjected.
Uut this is due to parental inferiority, and
while the mature cannot be suddenly trans
formed into angels, we can open the door
the i'unlic school-Mouse and welcome their
children to a house of heavenly refuge, where
the evil Influences of Home may bo counter
acted. The good is stronger than the evil
tho true thun the false. Tne young can be
readily attracted by the good and true, for the
children would be nearly right if half a chance
were given them.
All hail, then, to the Public School-House
nnd let no pains be spared to make it what
should be. What are some of the principles
that should direct in tho building of these cit
adels of Virtue, these temples of Human pro
cress, these pillars of the Kepublici
1. Its size should be ample for the accom
modation of all the children within walkin
distance unless in case of a large city, when
there are more than can be auvaniageoiiK
managed in one building. Five hundred,
eeil one tho isand, are not too many und
one roof, ptovided the institution be organize
as it should be.
2. It should be as pleasantly looaled as pos
sible, with ground enough for recreation, walks
green pint, flowers, and shrubbery. Tho in
fluence of these cannot be estimated. They
lend n charm to all around, soothe the rough
temper, increnrc the general amiability, and
do what the rod could never accomplish, dis
pose the pupils lo good order. This is highly
important to make the place atiractive to
those children who are unpleasantly situated
at home.
3. The building should be directed by chitectural
hkill, so as to subserve good taste,
convenience, comfort, and economy. Money
would be saved by patronising a good Architect,
who, under the directions of a good teach
er, should lurtnsh Ihe plan.
4. The building should be thoroughly ven
tilated, and it is as easy to secure this indis-
pensibie prerequisite lo health, ns it 13
make the school-room the generator of colds.
coughs nnd consumption.
6. there should be as many school nnd
citation-rooms as the number of pupils may
require; to large reception halls, one for
males, and the other for tho females and cal
culated for play-halli when the Weather is
clement xue school-rooms thould be provi
ded with the most comfortable seats and con
venient desks, all tod neat to be abused.
floors should be kept clean) and if carpeted
much the better. The walls should be hung
with maps, diagrams, and black-boards.
within should bo in good taste, and the doors
should remain locked UDtil the ringing of
pen.
8. Each School-House should be provided
with all the apparatus that can aid in impart
ing instruction, and if the public spirit would
place a good library there also, out of which
the pupils may draw books and circulate them
at those homes where scarcely a ray of light
is permitted to shine, it would be of immense
service in banishing moral darkness from so
ciety. Of course, the School-House will be more
or less perfect as the public sentiment of the
town is more or less elevated. These Edifices
ought to be the College of the Land from
which all who choose may graduate with a
thorough Education. They should be tho
People's Colleges, Free to All, and in every
other respect superior to any other institu
lions.
The School-House should be the proudest
monument of the City, Town, or Neighbor
hood. The Churches of our cities are deco
rated with all the cunning of Art, but th
School-House is thrown together with rude
hands. The Church is used once a week by
the adults chiefly, but the School-House is
daily occupied by children on whom such in
fluences would have a most salutary effect.
Ifint't Progrttt PumpMtt.
Do not sit dumb in company. That looks
either like pride, cunning or stupiditv. Give
your opinion modestly, but freely ; hear that
of others with candor; and ever endeavor to
find out and to communicate truth.
7The ladies are said to have been
thrown into the greatest consternation at the
recent appointment of a number of lawyers
in all parts of bngland, to register the heeds
of married women.
jfciyAboiit the coolest item we have ever
met with, is that idea of Sam Slick's where
he says "he felt a desire to lake off his flesh
and sit in his bones, awhile, to cool himself."
Il any body can report a "cooler comfort,"
we should teliHppv (o hear. Io7it(Ay
Register.
LAWS OF OHIO
(BY AUTHORITY.)
[No. 37.]
of
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AN ACT Supplementary to the act to pro
vide tor compensation to live owners of pn
vale property appropriated to the use of
corporations.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by tho General Assr-m-
sembly of ihe State of Ohio. That in all case
where any railroad co. already incorporated
or that may be liereafter incorporated within
this state, has located or shall hereafter lo
cate their railroad through any part of reser
ved sections twenty -mnc or sixteen, or through
any section or part of section granted by Con
gress in lieu of section sixteen, for school pur
purea, iiiie aaino remaining unsold, or
through any lot or parcel of ground used for
or devoted to school purposes, scid railroad
company may appropriate so much of snid
lands or lots as be necessary for the purpose
aforesaid, in such manr.er and upon such con
ditions ns is provided by law in other cases,
and notice of such appropriation served on
such trustees or school officers shall have the
same forco and effect as notice in nnv other
case to the owner of the land appropriated.
Sec. '1. That moneys arising from such ap
propriation shall be disposed of by such trus
tees or school officers in such manner ns shall
be provided by law.
13ao. 3. That in any case whereinjtho Probate
Judge of any county of this State, shall be
interested either as a stockholder, director or
otherwise in arty corporation seeking to ap
propriate private property to its use, it shall
be the duty of said Probate Judge on the fi
ling ot the statement or application provided
for by Ihe second section of ihe act to which
this is supplementary, to certfy to the Court
of Common Pleas of the proper county, the
fact that he is So interested as aforesaid, snd
then, and in that case, the proceedings in said
Court of Common Pleas shall be had, and
conform in ail respects so far as applicable,
to the several provisions of the act to which
this is supplemental, and all the powers conferred
and duties imposed uprn the Probate
Judgo by ih terms of said act, shali devolve
upon tho Court of Common Pleas, nnd said
Court of Common Pleas shall have full power
to make such orders nnd direct such proceedings
lo be hud as may be necessary to do
full jnhtice b-tween the parties according
the true spirit and intent of the act to which
this is supplementary ; provided, that either
party shall have the right to appeal from the
nnai judgment ot said Uoui t of Common
til A .t It!.. ' . ii . .
i ieaa, io ii;u uisinos t-ourt, ns in other caacs
or io nave t.iu proceedings of said Court
Common PleaB retiewed in error; provided,
furthermore, tli.it said corporation seeking
appropriate property as aforesaid, may,
depositing the amount of damages nnd costs
assessed by tho Court nf Common Pleafti
with the Clerk of said Court, be entitled to en
ter into possession of ihe property sought
be appropriated.
JAMES C. JOHNSON.
Speaker the House of Rep's
GEORGE REX,
President of the Senate.
March 14, 1853
[No. 38.]
to
the
in
The
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All
the
AN ACT To authorize the rolindtilshnient
T' ,.,:u . nt I . j i.i .
luruoiair, luniuummzea or I idlli KoadS
counties through which ihcy may pass.
Sec. I. Be it enacted bv the General
semply of the State of Ohio, That the board
of commissioners of any county through a hich,
or a part of which, any turnpike, macadam
ized or plank road may have been laid out
constructed, shall bo authorized to receive
sdeh terms aa the said, board may determine,
from any company owning sncb road, a relinquishment
to such county ofthe whole or
part of such road, lying in such County,
any road so relinquished and received,
be thereafter cuiisidered and treated as
public highway ; provided, that the board
commissioners shall not be authorizsd to
a relinquishment of such road from
coinpuiy that may bo indebted on accouut
s construction, tr tor materials furnieheJ W
repairs made, where such tellnquishmen
will render the stock of such rcsd less valua
ble, or will be injurious to the interests of an
creditor of such company ; and . in bo case
shall said commissioners make any compensa
tion for any road by them received aa afore
said; provided, the provisions of this set shall
not extend or be applicable lo any turnpike
company io which this State haa any inter
est . . ,' , - - .
Sec. 2. That the board of commissioners
shall cause a plat and survey of any road re
ceived according to the first section of this
act, together with the terras of relinquish
ment of audi road to be . recorded by tne
county auditor in his record of , roads and
highways, and thereafter the several trustees
of townships and supervisors of roads and
highways shall treat said road in the same
manner as if said road had beea originally
laid out as a county road. .
JAMES C. JOHNSON.
JAMES C. JOHNSON. Speaker House of Representatives.
WILLIAM MEDILL.
President of the Senate.
March 11, 1853
[No. 41.]
AN ACT To provide for Struck in
the District Courts and Uourts ol common
Pleas in Ohio.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Ohio, That whenever a
struck jury shall be deemed necessary tor
the trial of any cause In the District Court or
Court of Common Pleas, it shall be lawful for
either party to file with the clerk a precipe
for such jury, when it all all be the duly of
such clerk to give four days' notice to both
parties, of the time of striking the same; at
the time designated, Said clerk snail attend
at his office, and in presence of the parties, or
such of them as shall attend for that pur
pose, shall select from the number of persons
qualified to serve as jurors within the county,
forty such persons as he shall think most in
different between the parties, and best quali
fied to try such cause; and then the party
requiring such jury, his agent or attorney,
shall first strike off one of the names, and the
opposite party, his agent or attorney, another ;
and so on alternately unfit each shall have '
struck out twelve. If either party shall not
attend, in person or by attorney, it shall be
he duly of the clerk lo strike for the party
not attending. When each party shall have
striken out twelve names as aforesaid, Ihe
clerk shall make a fair copy of the names of
the remaining sixteen persons, and certify the
same under his hand to be the list of jurors
struck for the trial of such cause, and the said
list shall be delivered to the sheriff or other
officer, together with the venire facias, and
such sheriff or oUier officer, shall thereupon
annex the names therein contained to such
venire, and summon the persons named ac
cording to the command of such writ And
upon the trial of the cause, the jury so struck
shall be called as they stand upon the pane).
and the first twelve of them who shall ap
pear, nnd are not challenged for cause, or set
aside by the court, shall be the jury, and
shall be sworn lo try said issue.
Sec. 1. That if the clerk of said court sliall
be interested in the cause, or related to eith
er of the parties, or do not stand indifferently
between them, then, m every such case, eith
er one of the judges entitled to hold said
court, may, in term time, or in vacation, name
some judicious and disinterested individual to
strike the jury, and to do and perfoim all
things required to be done by ene.b clerk re
lating to the striking of such jury ; but in no
case bhall it be necessary to strike such jury
more than six days previous to the sitting of
the court at which the case is to be tried
and three days service of the venire shall be
held sufficient.
Sec. 3. That the party requiring such .
struck jury, shall pay the fees for striking tho
same, and one dollar per day for each juror
so attending, and shall not have any allow
ance therefor in the taxation of costs, unless
the court shall be of the opinion that the
cauie required such special jury, in which
last case, the exti aordinary expense shall bo
taxed in the bill of costs.
Sec. 4. That ajury struck for tho trial of
any issue at a particular term of the court,
may be continued with the continuance of the
cause, and bo summoned in as jurors, at a
subsequent term, provided both parties con
sent thereto, but not otherwise.
Sec. 2. That the provisions of this act shall
not extend to any indictment for any offence
where the party is entitled to the challenge
peremptorily, or without cause shown, mora
than two jurors.
bee. 0. i bat sections twenty-one, twenty-
two, twenty-three and-twenty four, of the act
entitled "an act relating to juries," passed
February ninth, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-one, be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
'
JAMES C. JOHNSON,
Speaker the House of Repr's
WILLIAM MEDILL.
WILLIAM MEDILL. President of the Senate.
March 13, 1853
[No. 42.]
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to
As-
AN ACT To authorize Rail Road Companies
so to construct their bridges as to answer
the purpose of ordinary travel, and to re
ceive toll for creasing such bridges.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the Slate of Ohio, That any rail
road company or this Mate, may SO (Construct
its bridges as to answer the ordinary purposes
of travel, and business as well at for rail road
purposes', and any company that shall so con
struct its bridges, is hereby authorized to de
mand and receive such rates of toll for the
passing of Individuals, vehicles of all kinds or
animals, as said company may demand, sub
ject to tho approval of the County Commis
sioners ot the county or counties In which any
such bridge is erected: provided, that such
rates of toll shall be uniform, shall be print
ed or painted, and kept Conspicuously posted
iu or near tne toll house of such bridge and
provided further, lhat such rates of toll may
be revised and changed the first Week la each
year) nnd that laid company may compound
and bargain with any person or pnrty for the
u6e of such bridge or bridges, by the month,
quarter or year; Provided, also, that no rail,
road company shall receive loll upon any such
bridge, if erected within one mile of any t0H
brldgo previously constructed over the same
stream by any incorporated brldgo company.
JAMES
Speaker the House of Rep's
WILLIAM MEDILL.
President of the Senate.
March 11, 1853
and
AowTdit'i Omen, )
shall
' Sandusky County, Ohio, f .
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of
re
ceive I certify that tho foregoing laws are truly
copied from those furnished tl.isofOce byth!
Secretary of State.
HORACE E. CLARK
County Auditor.