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MAUMEE CITY EXPRESS.
; SATURDAY, AUGUST, 24, 1839. .
CONSTITDTIOS Of TUB 8TATB OF OlllO
Abticib 7, Section 3. "No now coun
ty shall be established by the General As
sembly, which (hall reduce the county or
counties, or either of them, from which it
hall be taken, to less contents than four
nunareu square nines; nor snauany county
be laid offof less contents.
t Tl ... .
Lucas Count Wiiio Convention.
We call the attention of the Whig voters
of the county to the proceedings of this
body as published in our paper to-day, and
beg leave to odd a few remarks on the sub-
"ject in continuation of those made lust
week.
And first let us see what sort of a case
is made out by the officers of the Toledo
convention: or more properly, the conven
tiori of the Tuledoans,
Port Lawrence had.' 30 delegates; Syl
vania3; Watorville IT Mr. Shaw; Provi
dence ; Royolton 1 1 Chesterfield 1;
. Gorham 1. Majority of Port Lawrence 11.
Oregon Si
Such and so many wero tho delegates
that rejoiced in the 'published name of
REGULAR Wiiio Countt Convention.
Twenty delegates from Port Lawrence
(Toledo) and nino from all the balance of
Lucas county! Why the county is a
mere appendage to the city of Toledo.
But there is Oregon. Yes, Toledo found
two tools, not delegates, from that town,
and voted them a scat as delegates ;
and as (hat puissant city had a majority of
all the "regular" convention, they might
as well have voted in men from evury other
town in tho county, as they doubtless
would, had they found tho proper instru
ments present. After the accession of the
two from Oregon, Port Lawrence had a
clear majority of thirteen in the " regular"
v Whig Convention of Lucas! Need enough
was there that " regular" should bo pla
ced al the head of such a record. No one,
either as witness of its proceedings or rea
der of its record would have guessed out its
regularity. It is a repetition of tho case of
the painter, who having painted a horse
that looked as mueh like almost any other
quadruped wrote in largo letters on the
canvas this is ahorse:
It will be seen by comparing the account
of the whig county convention with the
" regular" of tho Blado, that of five dele
gates from Waterville, one only, Mr. Shaw
acted with the "regular" the others, who
undoubtedly correctly represented their
town, and who being the majuity, constitu
ted ita only rightful representation in the
matter, took part in the whig convention.-
Of tho three delegates from Royalton, two
joined the convention of their county
Whether the other took part in the conven
tion of Toleilo, tho recorder of the "regu
lar" hath not disclosed. At all events being
one of throo he had no right to act ag&mst
the wishes of tho other two.
We then have left for the " regular" con
vention, outof sixteen townships organized
in the county ; Port Lawrence, Sylvanio,
Providence, Chesterfield and Gorham five
r outof sixteen. With what a face can such
a meeting ask any impartial and honest
whig to view it in any other light than on
impudent attempt on the part of Toledo to
dictate to and control the whole county.
Tho county convention of which Mr.
Wnite was Chairman made out a full ticket
of active, consistent and intelligent whigs
to fill the various offices. Not so the con
vention of Toledo. It teems that even at
a meeting such as theirs of the 1 -1th, the
whole game was not to be disclosed to tbcir
country friends (fur they have a few such)
who might not all be willing to yield their
whig principles to such an amalgamation as
the interests of the speculators called for.
. These speculators, would be whigs excel
lent whigs when any thing was to be made
by it, but the moment a profit is promised
by supporting a loco for office, their love of
country yields at or.ee to love of mony.
Though somewhat out of place, it is pro
per hero to stnte, that when the qestion on
calling Judge Jerome to the chair was put
by Mr. Scott, all presont appeared to vote,
and the affirmative clearly had most voices.
A division and count was called for by the
other side, but was waived. When it is
considered that all the male inhabitants of
Toledo who could bo brought together, haj
on that vote a voiceaye and a loud voice
it clearly showed tho spirit and strength
of the delegates from the towns, and their
. determination not to be controlled by the
amalgamators of that city.
.. Since the above was written, the Toledo
Blade of the 21st has coma to hand. Under
its editorial head, an aspirant for legislative
-. honors, has by a mixture of truth and fals-
' hoods made out such & case for the conven
tion of Toledoans'as a lawyer of sanguine
c temperament might possibly submit to a ju
ry. But his false statements and suppres-
- sior.s of truth will not avail him in the con-
vention for the nomination of Senator and
Representative. The statement that the
gentlemen in attendance from the town, of
Wayoesfield, Swan Cieek and Wing, in To-.
ledo on the 7th proposed to join the con-
vention and vote on the' adjournment of the
meeting" is known to be false by every per-
; ion who attended to the proceedings that
, day in the court room. . Equally false is the
assertion that the editor of this paper came
into their convention or tookpart In their
; proceedings.,,- , ;
- . There was a miserable petty larceny, at
tempt at stratagem (alien some few of
tbo persons in attendance and refusing to
recognize the Toledo meeting as a county
convention bad consented to vote with the
Toledo people at the request ofa friend from
Pylvania on tho proper day for holding the
county convention) by which ionia Toledo
lawyers claiming ihothaving joined the meet
ing to agroe upou a day for the meeting of
the convention, thoy had thereby acknowl
edged the convention to bo properly called
and organized. Tliis wai disavowed and
laughed to scorn at the time, and it is be
lieved that most of the delegates even from
Port Lawrence, thought it an unmasking ol
meanness as unworthy as it was likely to
prove unprofitable. The editor of this pa-
tM ,ha, for lhe ofa
fm..,. ..i..ii.. k. ..,..m .
for himself and associates that Mr. Mason
might keep the chair, did make the motion
mentioned that a committee nl one from
oacli town should bo appointed to nominate
officers for the convention. What wan
I there in that so frightful to Mr. Mason and
Toledo if they wanted fair-play? Mr. Wny
moved to amend by having the delegates
first prosent their credentials which amend-
- ! ment we agreed to adopt as part of our mo
lion. But Mr. Mason suggested that it
would bo better tu have the amendment put
as a substantive motion, and that afterwards
our motion might be put. The motion of
Mr. Way was then put and carried without
opposition. Crcdentiula were then called
for, beginning with Port Lawrence, and sev
ernl wore handed up, and ordereJ by the
chair to be read by the secretary. This
Course was objected to as the chair being
only temporarily occupied, it would proper
ly devolve on a committee to examine the
credentials, and it was suggested that tho J
reading should bo dispensed with, and the
names ot the several towns read over that it
might ue known what towns churned to be
present, and the credentials bo bunded to
the oonnniuoe afterwards to bo appointed tu
examine their auhenlicity. This sugges
tion coming from Woyneelicld was declared
out of order by Mr. Mason, on the ground
that thcgcntlcuiun making it was not known
to him to be a delegate trnm Waynetiicld.
II. Kciid Jr. then offered his original motion
for a commilce to uuminate officers which
motion Mr. Mason refused to put! Before
this, however, the town of Waynesliold with
somo five others had been called, and had an
nounced themselves present and ready to
submit their credentials to the committee as
soon as chosen. The assertion that these
towns refused tu join the convention as an
original convention is false. V c wished to
act with all the delegates, and the mean step
taken by Mr. Mason declaring us out of the
convention because wo refused to submit
our credentials to his inspection and decision,
was undoubtedly with a vo'ro to secure
majority of tho convention by excluding
those six towns. But what made it of such
importance to Toledo that Mr. Mason
should occupy the chair. It was well known
to them that only four towns had a voice in
it on the 7th, and the call being byacclama
tion, that three fourths of tho votes wore
given by citizens of Toledo. If thoy were
willing to havo an honest and honorable
meeting with those who denied tho right
of 4 towns to nominate officers for Lucas
county on the 7th, why opposo the evident
wish of a majority of tho 1 1 towns repre
sented on the 1-lth to havo a voice in the
election of the officers of the meeting! Why
was the presiding of Mr. Mason made the
sine qua rum to the union of the whigs of
Lucas county? Was it not enough that To.
ledo although very distant and out of the
way for a great majority of the delegates
was twico resorted to with much trouble
and inconvenience as the place of meeting?
A'o man in his senses could mistake the ob
ject . Toledo and its friends who wished tu
furnish a candidate or two to the district,
found themselves in a hopeless minority of
the county delegates. Nothing but chi
canery and management could Bove them
from defeat, and Mr. Mason was their cho
sen instrument. The statement of the votes
represented in the Toledo convention is un
true, and therefore worthless. It includes
Royalton and Pregon, neither of which was
represented in that convention, a mojority of
the delega tes from the former attending the
County Convention, and the lutlcr having no
delegates in attendance.
We doubt whether any one con.xy in the
stale is hall' so abundantly blessed with pe
culiarly eligible localities for cuuuty seats
as our own dear Lucas. If af the promises
of our Toledu friends could be realized,
scarcely a quartor section would be without
its county teat. r I'll tell yon what,1" said
a Toledo clcctionucrer to one of our farmers,
tho fact is, we are obliged to promise county
seats tu a great many of the people ill the
back townships, but when wo corne to act in
the matter, we shall go for putting it right
on your farm, that is, if you will go with us
against a leview;" and so little ' value did
he put upon the intelligence of our fanner,
that ho told the Same story to' at least a
d..zon. . :.' .; '
The best roaeon we know of Ibr review
of the county seat question is, because not
a, tingle disinterested individual in the whole
county will say that the Court House is lo
cated when it ought to he. " ' . , t
Toledo Couutbsv and Pluck At tho
othe, day at Toledo, when one of the deie-
6at6S from d"11 l'!ace wa" speaking uporcthe
propriety of organizing the convention
by ejecting the modest individual who put
himself into the chair without authority,
and placing some gentleman there by a veto
of the Convention, nearly the whole of the
Toledo sentrv set nr, a trr-,rn,1on rrv of:
' - I
"order! order!" "at the same time scream
ing, slapping their bands, and throwing the
benches and chairs about like mad ; therein
consisted their courtesy; and a number of
them vociferated ''hustle him oni! hustle
him out!" but they did'nt undertake to doit,
and therein consisted their pluck.-- f'
Vies Pbksidbsct. The Hon. John Da
vis of Mass. has been nominated as a can-'
jdidate for the Vice Presidency.
A CARD.
We the undersigned, passengers on
board the Bteambont Gen. Wayne, on her
Pleasure trip to the Upper Lakes, take this
method of publicly expressing our warm
approbation of the order, neatness and har
mony of the arrangements on board, as well
as the kind and gentlemanly manner in
which wo were treated by Coptain Pratt
and the officers generally. The peculiar ar
rangement of this boat, renders her roomy,
pleasant, convenient and airy, and we beg
leave to refer her to the lavorabto consiuer
a'.ion of tho travelling public.
Lake St. Clair, Aug. 22, 1889.
James Wilkison, Maumee City.
Wm. KingRbury, " "
F M. Griffith, AVie Orleans.
Wm. II. Cook, llhude Island.
A. .1. Downt.r, Cleveland.
S. T. Ilosmcr, Maumee Cily
J. R. Stranahnn,
H. P. Wescott,
Richard Jordan,
J. B. Colics,
W. P. Huntington,
J. C. Wilson, Atlrghenylotv".
JohnC. Camp, Sandusky City.
C. L. Boalt, Jformilk.
Francis J. Buck, Mi inn.
J, C. Kinney, "
.Tames M. Jones, Cleveland, .
Edward B. Fullur, Mrian,
Philip R. Bennnlt, Ottawa, 111.
A. Ilcniiins, ,w KorA
O. P. Knapp, Green Jtai.
W. Robinson, JVeio York.
J. Hodcll, .Mackinaw.
V.. B. Bill, Mwark, JV. J.
Guidon Chapman, Comical.
For the MiiunieoCtty Express.
"That was the imkiiidcst cut of all" a8
the boy sa d, veil Ins mother hit him with a
raw hide, where tl'Cro was a hole in the
posterior of his nether garment.
" I oni just going" down,-' as the Sun
said, vcu the steafn-boat Erie run into her.
Inciif.ase of Amkiiioan Manijfactupkf.
In tho year 1P14, the people of America
consumed I(H bales ot cotton, Last vear
the consumption was nearly 300,000, cntiro.
ly the growth of tho short period which has
r lnp-cd t-ince the year 1814. She now
stands in point of consumption, where we
stood in lf-01. Sixteen years ago. Lor el,
the Manchester of America, was a desert,
lis forest echoed no sound but that of tho
cataract. It now spins and manufactures
H,0U0 bales ofcotton per annum. There is
a concentrated water power, amounting to
y.ntHi horses power, winch is equal to one
half the water power of Greut Britain,
which is applied to the cotton manufacture,
mid one sixth of all steam power so applied.
In Wlii, America exported 4,800,000 dol
lars worth of goods; in 1336 and half of
1037, she exported 20,000 bales of her col-
ton manufactures round tho capo of Good
Hope to India and China, and 3 t,n(HI to the
markets in South America. Neither is it in
the cotton manufactures alone that she is ad
vancing. In 1835, she had 17,000,000 of
sheep and lambs; in 1838, 20,000,000;
which at iilbs. a head would give 60,000,
000 lbs, of wool, the whole of which is man
ufactured there. It Is stated in the Ameri
can reports, and it is a fact which can be
testified by ninny of those who ore present
from the district I am about to allude to,
that tho inferior woollens are suld as
cheap in New York as in the cloth halls of
Leeds.
Ottn BXI'IiRIMUNT ON SWKET POTATOES.
It has been denied by many, that the
Jwcet potatoe will grow to advantage in
middle and northern Indiana. But the wri
ter of this article has grown them with per
fect success in the county of St. Joseph,
having (hem sometimes as largo as his lee
which by the buy is no pigmy's log. T
he
principle thing that hinders this
crop
with us, is tho severity of the frost. Some
four years ago, it occurred to us that this
might be guarded against by simply remo
ving tho vines with a knifo on the first morn
ing of the killing frost, and before the sun
melts them. We tried it with success.
We told our neighbor's and they succeeded
as well. The theory is, that the frozen
vine actr os a conductor, translating its mor
bid particulars to the root, which produces
Us destruction. Remove tins conductor, and
the fruit has a chance to mature in the bo
som of its native earth until the full time of
digging. Indiana Farmer.
Nkw Light fob Lioht Houses. A
letter of the 10th u!t., from Trieste, states
that a now system of producing light for
light-houses has been invented by a ser-
jeaut-inajor in the Austrian artillery, named
nclcunosuy. Tho apparatus cousins of a
parabolic mirror, 62 inches by 30, with a 13
inch focus, and the light is produced by a
new kind of wax candle, invented by M.
Selcknosky. ' It has been tried under the
nspection ot the Austrian Lloyd a Compa
ny in the port of Triesto, by boinsf erected
on the mast of a vessel. The light is said
to have illuminated the whole of the port
and tho surrounding parts ofthetown equal
to the moon at full ( !); and at the distance
ot 600 yards the finest writing can be read.
A second trial has been made in bad weath
er, ami the result wis proportionably favor
able, London Jfalional Magazine.
There is a fellow in Wisconsin so thin
that a man has offered him almost any price
if he will allow himself to be cut up inti
lamp-wick. He is the same chap whoso
shadow was. mistaken fur a 'shingle, and
whittled to piecesby a travelling Yankee.
And after all, he is not bo great a curiosi
ty as a fellow in Arkansas, who is so short
that he has often been mistaken for
crust. ' ' ' " y
pie.
Emphasis. A writer on English gram
mar gives the fullowing example on wrong
emphasis. A clergyman on reading the i
twenty seventh verse of lhe 1st book of
Kings generally placed in italics. "And he
spake unto his son saying, saddle me the
auand they saddle Aim.'"
Illinois. The new Capitol of Illinois ifl
progressing rapidly. The building is to bo
constructed ofa sort of limestone, quarried
InHmbVaZ
three acres. Its length is to be 183 feet.
The first story 16 feet high. Second, 82.
The basement CJ. Its cost is estimated at
about 9 18l,000. . . ' '
" WRAtTB ot tub WbsT Some twentv
schooners, heavily laden, entered Buffalo
harbor on the 0th. Among others, the Ben
,im,n Rnrlnk a.1,1. A nnn 1 !.- Ull .
02 barrels do. 600 barrels Flour, 570 hides,
and a small invoice of Ashes, from Kalama
zoo,, Mich. , ; -. ; , . :
Rostk-atiko. There are 1000 visitors!
at Cape May, most of whom are obliffed to
sleep any where, and some do not sleep a(
all.- -r.
Pbicbs hi 1 EXAa.Six dollars per diem'
is the prices of mechanics' waves in
Texai but beef ia 87j cents per lb. pork
SaRatooa Si'itiNOS.The numbor of
visiters at the Springs last week was far
greater than on any former occasion. Eve
ry Hotel overflowed, and all " spare rooms"
in dwellings of the villagers which could be
impressed, were occupied by visiters. And
tho scene is as georgeous as it is gay. The
inrercourse between the visiters is as inarti
ficial as possible. People seem not to have
gone there as may go abroad to make
themselves disagreeable. StrangorB moot
and converse with frankness and cordiality.
The cold, former repulsive rules which too
frequently breeze over tho enjoyments of
social intercourse, nave oeen repudiated at
Sa ratoga.
Distinguished men, from nearly all the
states of the Union, are at the Springs.
Among those whom we recollect, were the
Presicei.t of the United States, Henry Clay,
Gen. Scott, the Hon. Abbot Lawrence, the
lion. Peleg Sprague, the Hon. Mr. Priggs,
the Hon. Caleb Gushing and " Peter Par
ley" oI'Massochusetts; Guv. Mason of Mi
chigan, the late Gov. Branch of North Ca
rolina, Chief Justice Hornblowor of New
Jersey, Josiah Randall, Esq. of Philadel
phia, tho Hon. Mr. Meredith and Reverdy
Johnson, K-q. of Baltimore, Philip Hone,
the Hon. N. P. Tallinadgo, Chief Justice
Jones, Judge D. I). Tallmadge, the lion.
Edward Curtis, the lion .lames Monroe ami
"Major Jack Downing," of New York.
Among the Indies of distinction, are the
Countess of Westmoreland, the Lady of the
late Gov. Clinton, and the Authoress of
" Letter from the Old World," in the New
York American. -Albany Evening Jour.
Dim nr, . The National Gazette gives
the following sketch of Mr. Dickens, the au
thor of the Pickwick popere, Oliver Twist,
fac.
'" In person he is little above the standard
height, though not tail. His figure is slight
without being meagre, and is well propor
tioned. An ample forehead isdisplayed un
der a quantity of light luir, worn in a m iss
on one side rather than jauntily, and this is
the only semblance oi dandyism in Ins ap
pearance, ms nrow is mnrKcti, his eve
though not large, bright and expressive.
The most regular feature is the nose, which
may be called handsome; an epithet not ap
plicable lo his lips, which are too large.
Taken altogether, the countenance, which
is pale without sickness, is, in repose, ex
tremely agreeable and indicative of refine
ment and intelligence. Mr. Diclicns man
ners and conversation, ex rept perhaps in the
perfect abtndon among his familiars, havo
no exhibition of particular wit, much less of
humor. He is mud in the tones or his voice
and quiescent, evincing habitual attention
to the otiquette and conventionalisms of pol
ished circles. His socictv is much sought
after, and possibly to avoid the invitations
pressed upon him he does not reside in Lon
don; but with a lovely wife und two. charm
ing children, he has a retreat in the vicinity.
He is about twenty-six years of age, but
doos not look more than twenty-throe or
four. Mr. Dickens is entirely self-made,
and rose from a humble station by virtue of
his moral worth, his genius, and his indus
try." The Democracy of Kentucky are up and
doing. Chichester Hep,
By the 1st Tuesday in August, they'll be
down and done.TiJJin Gaz.
A cause that requires a total surrender of
truth, candor and honorable principle, can
not be sustained in a land of enlightened
freedom. Ohio Stale Bulletin. - ,
Why don't you give up the job, then.
Tffui Gaz.
Gen. Macomb has been presented as a
nu nance by toe Uranu Jury at Pa lahassce,
Florida.
The Dyotts, son and nephew, implicated
with the old man, now under conviction in
Philadelphia, have stepped outgone to
Texas.
Gkrmans. It is computed that there are
now in the United States P,5l!C,C0 native
born Germans, 3,51)0,0111.1 descendants of
uennans, and that their numbers are in
creased by arrivals from to 300,000 annu
ally. Poitlson. -
ScRirnmES in Schools. Powerful and
influential meetings are being held all over
England and and Scotland, for the nurr-ose
ot making me Uililo the text book in all
great and public Schools. I'oulson.
The Licknsb Law. Judge Read, of the
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court,
has decided that the City Council has the
exclusive control over the mitter of grant
ing license to taverns, within the limits of
the city ol Cincinnati. Tho Court sustains
the city ordinance for tho rcgurations of i
taverne.
The Revenue Cutter Crawford, some
time since sold by thp U. S. government as
unseawnrthy, was sent out on a whaling
voy ige, and the captain writes that she is
perfectly sound.. ; . ;
A new wire spring, summer neck stock
has been invented in Now York., The edit
ors there Jiave all been treated with the ar
ticle, and the way thev boast of their ele
gant appearance is a caution. Bennett of!
the Herald wears sixteen of them at once,
asanevidenco of its superiority. A". O.
Times. '.".,''..
That Dutchman's apprentice had a dread
ful hard tune of it ho never irot tin earlv
enough for breakfast: always got flogged
or runner: ana men wuai was lett ot din
ner was warmed up for Ins supper; . .
- Modkstt. A trirl down East said a he
did'nt like tu awing in the, garden, " cause
tho taters had eyes." . .
Tub 8e Sbrpbkt. The news of "the
annearanee of the great sea serpent off tho
Lew England coast, is confirmed. , He
two hundred feet long having grown a lit-
Swabtwoot Land. Eight hundred sec
tions of - Chickasaw land belcngmg to
Swart wont, are offered for sale by the U. S,
District Marshall, . ; . . .
Thb British Qoebn. As an evidence
ofthe superior workmanship of the engino
of this steam vessel, it is- stated that it was
not stopped for a ample moment in it pas
sage across the Atlantic. " ; tin
- - .'.-v'. r ,
Lieutenants Moor's resignation of-his
commission of the IT. 8. Navy has been of
ficiallyacceptod. He is now commander-in-chief
of the Texian Navy.
"Please Exchange," as the printer said
when he kissed a beautiful girl. r - . .
LatbstIitmlliobb. A man iii Bangor
has a telescope of such power, that he can
see a wart on the nose of, a,, man. tn the
moon.' . ' - .. . .,
AnoTHEB'FlOHIDA ITEM. It Is rorwlAt
in the Georgia papers, that a white man had
been murdered by Indians near Fort Mellon
Florida, on the I7th ult,
Thb Auburditiks or Ionoiiance. On
Thursday evening a widower applied to an
aid trman in this county, to marry him to a
widow. Tho alderman, undertaking to act
as matrimonial blacksmith, accompanied
the applicant to the house where tho chains
were to be rivettcd. Introduced to the ap
partment where he was to officiate, he saw
two well dressed and pretty woman holding
a blanket extended across a corner. Above
i. were visible a head and shoulders, the
latter very fair and quite guiltless of
clothing. As this is the fashion, tho Alder
man was not surnrised: but being very po-
lito, and therefore looking down, for fear of
embarrassing the lady, he saw two nine
feet peeping from beneath the blanket, as
white and as bare as the shoulders above.
Thinking that ho had got into the wrong
apartment and nt an unseasonable hoilr, ho
begged pardon for tho supposed intrusion,
and beat a retreat, But before lie reached
the door, the two bride's maids told him to
stay, for there was the bride behind the
blanket, waiting to be married. More as
tonished than ever indeod struck quite ma
heap he required the bridegroom to ex
plain. Thus appealed to, the swain said that
the lady behind the Idonliot, in tho costume
of Venus just risen fiom the sea, (or of the
Venus do Modicis without the gauzo wrap
per that some modest people among us put
over it when they stick it up in tho parlor)
was the widow. The widow who? inquired
the alderman. The widow that is wailing
for me lo marry her. But why doos she
chooso that dress for the occasion? asked
the forger of bymcnial manacles, Her late
husband died about $l,r)l in debt, and ifshe
marri0s again without any clothes on, her
new husband Is not legally bound to pay the
debt. Therefore, while she stands behind
the blankent. and reaches her hand over, I
can stand before it and ho'd her hand,
and you can say the word and make us one.
The alderman, after a nearly laugh at this
learned exposition of the law, told the bride
groom that if ho married the widow, even
without her skin, the precaution would not
save him from his predecessor's debts, but
that, he must tali her, cum onere, with all
her burthens. Thus advised, tho widow
Venus went up stairs, put oil' the costume
of a goddess, and soon descended in the ha
biliments appropriate to a modern wedding
among the civilized; and, covering over
her face to conceal her blushes, was joined
for better und for worse to the widower.
Philadelphia World.
Scientific Examination. We learn from
the Haltiinoro Sun, (bat Captain Pepin and
Lieut. Schnronbin, of the Russian Naval
Engineer Corps, who haro been for about
a year past engaged in a tour of observation
through the Southern and Wostern states,
have arrived at Pliiladephia. They have
examined all the principal seaports, navy
yard, navigable rivors, cmals, and railroads,
in tho United Slates; anil gave particular
attention to the steam navigation of the
Western waters. As their tour was one
for scientific examinations, it is expected
that they have collected a largo mass of
valuable information.
No more tba! " What will become of
us, poor old maids?" Tho port of Canton
is in all probability closed for a while, if not
for good and all. What shall we do? No
more Hyson, Souchong norBobea! Hold
ers at the East already ask ten percent in
advance and before brig the stock will be
consumed. Then we shall have to drink
Sago and Pennyroyal or go withuul. Hor
rible, most horrible? f,'i Sun.
Captain Eldrege, of the ship Margaret
Scott, which arrived yesterday alternoon
from Liverpool, reports that ho saw the
steamers Biutish Queen and Ghkat West
krn on the 31 hist, at 7 A. M. in lat. 40 38
long. 08, 30, distant from Sandy Hook 375
miles, very calm at the time, both going on
in hne stylo the miiTtsu tiUB -.N about 14
miles ahoad.
Rrpudt.ican Simplicitv. On tho late
visit of the President to Hudson, a larjro
number of persons purchased dinner tickets
it being understood that they were to dine
with him off the same table. When the
dinner hour arrived, the President dined in
an upper room with a few select and choice
old federalists, whilst the democracy dined
below stairs, in the full enjoyment of their
own pleasant society. Troy Mail.
It has got to be so warm in New Orleans
that monkey's tails are entirely out of curl.
Pigs ditto, in .Cincinnati. Mavmte Ex
press. -
Tut man! you are behind the news up
there among the crawfish. The heat at
New Orleans is so intensely hot that they
arc melting down Alligators into Sca Ser
pents, and sending them north to cool,
amity L aoinel. . - .
. Thore is a man in Vermont whose nose is
so largo that he can't blow but one half of it
at a time. , ,'.
In some parts of'New Jersey the land is so
poor that the bumblebees are forced to gut
down upon their knees and suck the buck
wheat blossoms..
Tho editor ofthe New Orleans Times has
Como to the conclusion that one ofthe "sev
en vials of wrath",mentioned in revelation,
was filled with musquitoee. -
, Thore is a gentleman in New Orleans
wliosejjce has become so wrinkled by con
stant exposure, that his wife uses it tu grate,
nutmegs on. - -, .--v, . ; ,
A southern editor has decided that I ho
lever and. ague is a science, and not a die
ease. - ,, , :
Si'icidr. Yesterday afternoon, about S
0 clock, Mr. Kohort A. Thurston, of Davton
O. allot himself throuch'the head at the Hv-
remit vv er, iy. .. ,
" A. costlt . dinreb. An ox - broke into a
Morus Multicaulis nursery somewhere in
Pennsylvania the other day and mashed up
$uuu worm. 01t. o In. r -
' Tub Divferkncb. A negro m Mobile
was recently sold to Dav his tailor's hill.
The New Vork Atlas, knows of several
white men i.i that city who could not be sold
forenough to pay their tailor'i biUv Cin.
Sun. a .'-,'.,. v
.A man who had, established a tippling
house, was about to erect Lis sign', ami re
quested hit neighbor's advice what inecjp
tion to nut on it. The neicrhbor reoliod. "I
advise you to write ion it, Beggars made
here !" T,.: ,, ,.- : ... . ,
Texas. It it said that' this ihren snnf
old country will turn out the present season
twenty thousand bales of cotton, with other
pTouucituna in proportion 1 ' v ,
Of all duties, foriretfulness is the liar,lif
to fulfil.'- The very effort to forget toacho
us to remember. , ' ' . - "
" Harm," said a little urchin tn !; ,
ther, as he stood licking the mohssos cup,
' I want you to est me an Indian t-nhho-
ift preserver, so ( Bsed'nt never die,"
Fat crops in tub wcst. Our latest
accounts moro than confirm all that has
been said in this paper with regard to the
prospect of a fat harvest. Our great sta
ples, corn, wheat, rye, oats, potatoes, Ua.
will be so abundant, it is thought, that the
market for home consumption might be sup
plied with the present crop for nearly two
years to come. Nuw is the tune then, ex
actly, for some of our north-eastern friends,
who are getting too thickly crowded in be
tween the bills of New-England, to come
out and buy up our fine lands, and tuke their
time to improve them, while they may sup
ply themselves with provisions here at a
cheap rate. Indiana Farmer.
A young man in Portland, wont to church
last Sunday, with a now puir of pants so
tight that'he could'ut Bit down, but this
was'nt tho best of it as ho was striding,
home, one of his straps broke suddenly, with
a shock whioh upset him into the gutter, to
the t reat horror of tho bystanders, - who
were vbbiged to cut his other strap before
he was able to stand erect. Cm. aim.
Mineral Rusouucks op tub United
States. Our country is so rich in metals
that such paragraphs as the following,
scarcely elicit a passing remark:
" A bed of zinc ore has been discovered
in tho neighborhood of the village of Adri
an, Michigan, which yields 90 per cent, of
pure zinc."
Iron is Indiana. A forge has been
built at Rochester 1 ntiana, which is now
making iron from ore found in the vicinity
of the forge in great abundance, nml of a
very rich quality. Tho iron made at the
forgo is a v ery superior article. Via. Sun.
There is a tailor in this city who has such
a propensity for ' cabbaging" that a few
days ago he stolo some of his own cloth and
locked it up in a d awer. When the bill for
it was presented, ho recollected it was his
own property. ,V. O. 'times.
Waokr Lost. A German undertook to
swim the Potomac tho othor day, says the
Alleginiati, on a bet of two dollars, which
he lost just as he was making tho opposite
shore by losing his life. Ho sunk and was
drowned. .
DIED,
At Hie residence of J(i T Gtilhrte E"q. no Mniiilny
An'tml lOlli.nt 3 o'clock P.M. YVh.lum iIn.L Wuod
wahu, aged 45 years.
In the ttliuvo nbltimry notice, we linve bronelit hpfure
us llie Ibri'ihle Inngllngo of cri)llire ' In the midst or lilt'
we areln fletilllj'Tor Urns BlliiilHilv tins lie been tnken awny
from tils bereaved widow mid fliniily, mid a Inrve rlrcle
nfncnniiintfinrm. Possessed of Ml ilire'llsi'llfllil lll'jlily
enllivHlMl mind, cnuled Willi tlieslriclest mornl Integri
ty, mid most anilnbtedisiiosltlmii lie tieemne en lesreil 10
nil who knew him, and will not enslly be forgot ; tils
dentil occurred under piihifnlly distressing circumstunces ;
his fnniily from whom lie hsd been absent for sometime,
Insteud of Uncling him In hniitili nnd vigor ns Ihoy expec
ted, saw him stretched nn a bed of sickness Irom which
he never arose; he retained his senses to the Inst, and
culmly bussed awny to a better und hitnpicr worl I.
- A I-'alEND.
On the ltith inst. Miss "Catiiarikb Sirm., n nslivo
of l.nwvlile, N Y Islie died ns she lived. In lull fsllh of
11 blessed jmninrtsllty beyond the grave. She lint! been
a professor of llie. clirlstiAii religion, nnd u member ol
the Presbyterian ehiirclh lor aliuiit eighteen yeiirs, du
ring which timo, It wits her ment hii-J drink, to do her
Piilhcrs will In every tiling nppei'tniiiing to Clirlsts King
doiii. The visible chiireh of I hrlst, as well Bs her
friends, hnve lost a friend indeed; but blessed be the
Lord Iheir loss Is tier eternsl eiiin.
" Blessed Rre the dend who died In the Lordi ypHssith
the spirit, Ibr thoy rest ft om their lubors, mid their works
uo loiiow incut '
Render! be constrained to live ns did Miss S, thll
you may be also " nrenurcu to meet niy mm."
, Communicated
Tn this city on the 9tli fnst. GEonoB O. J. Pbters,
son ol J. A. & l.ucinda peters, ngea u nionins.
CAISII FOR WHEAT & HIDES.
rflWU3 subscribers are prepared to pay the
.1. highest market price in cash fur any
quantity ol (rood merchantable. Wheat, no
livered at their Ware House in Mntimee
City, at any time during; the coming Fall or
Winter.
Wanted. Five or six tonR Dryliecfor
calf bidet, for which cssh will he paid.
SMITH, HOWE & Co,
August SI, 1830, Sltf
4OASH Paid for Wheat if delivered soon
at the Commeicial Buildings, by
CLARK 81 FARGO.
August 24, 1830.
NOTICE.
rjlIIE lax levied in Henry County Ohio,.
JL for the year 1H9 are as follows, to
wit: f or State, Uinal ai Itoad purposes,
eight mills on the dollar, for county and
school purposes, 7 mills on the dollar, for
bridge purposes, 1 mills on the dollar, ma
lting on the whole valuation ltij mills on
the dollar. I will attend myself or deputy
in the several Townships at the usual places
of holding elections in said townships for
the purpose ot receiving taxes to wit:
At Damascus, September IS Kupfield 10
" Flatrock "' - 10 Richland 19
" PowelB Creek . " 20 Adams 21
" Freedom " 22 Napoleon 23
' And also at my office in Napoleon during
the mouths ol Uctouei' und IN jvnmlter. ,
. . ,. '.-. ' - S. BOWERS,
Treasurer of Henry County.'
' Treasurer's office, August !, MUG. 21
TEN DOLLARS KEWAIU).
O'RA VKD OR STOLEN .On or about
- the 2d inst, a dark bay mare, about
fourteen hands high, with a small white star
in the torheatl, white strip on her nose, re
cently fluid on her fore feet, no shoes on her
iundleet, black mane and tail, the tail shear,
ed. Said mare is in rather poor order.
Any person finding the same shall on re
turning her to the subscriber, or art vinir in
formation where she may he found, receive
toe aDove rewurd, it she be stolen it stray
ed a reasonable compensation paid the fin
der. JJ.VVIW HANCOCK,
August 24, 1839, . - - Slt3
, FEVE1X AND AGUE. ,
TUSHTON & ASPIN WALL'S com-
JLL pound tome mixture, a speedy, certain
and warranted cure for fever and ague, in
tsrmittant and remittant fevers. Also Sul
livons Liniment, a superior article for cuts,
bruises, sores, rheumatism be., for sale by
- - G. H. N1TCHIIJ &.CO.
No. 2 Commercial Uuildings; sole agents
for Mtttimee City; Aug. , 2'J, -
A SPLENDID osjortment of Calicoes,
Muslins, Gingham, Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Hatttnetls, Vesttngs, IJnihngs, Me
rinoes, Mexican mixture?, Jeans c. Uc.
all new and seasonable articles, for sale by
, (Sr.; 11. NITCHIE &. CO.
.Aug. 84.- ... Commercial Buildings.
GROCERIES Sugar, Tea,. Coffee,
Molasses, Spices fee. he, for salo by
- G. II. NirailE fc CO.,
Aug. 24. Commercial Buildings.
CliOCKEUY, a large and splendid as
J sortment, for sale on reasonable terms,
by . . : G..1I. NITCHIE & CO..
Aug. 25. , Commercial "Buildings.
FANCY GOODS, a now and splendid
variety, Ibr sale by ' -'- i t
G. II. NITCHIE fa CO.
Aug, 14. , - Commercial Buildings'.
TORr. 5U bbs mess, one Hog fa prime
-a- pork a first rate article, tor sain by
, 8, HAZARD
August, 15
PERItYSBURG & TOLEDO.
To farm a connection with the Errit and
Macomb from Detroit.
rpHE steam-boat GEN. VANCE, S.
SnrtK, Master. This splendid lit
tle boat having been lately fitted up in good
style, will for the remainder of the season, '
run regularly between the above places as
follows, to wit:
Leaves . Perryeburg for Toledo, at ' 7
o'clock, and Toledo for Porrysburg at 10
o'clock" A. M. touching at the nppor and
lower steamboat landings, Maumee City,
and at the intermediate ports.
Loaves Porrysburg at 12 o'clock M. in
time to meet the boats from Detroit at To
ledo, and Toledo immediately after the arri
val of said boats, touching as above. '
For freight or passage, apply to the cap
tain on board, or to
.1, Hollisistor & Co., Perryslurg. '
Smith, Howe k. Co., Jllaumee City.
Toledo.,,
P. S. Sailing parties can at all timet
depend upon the services of the Gen. Vance,
by giving a few hours notice to theCapt., or
to tho above agents.
N. B Capt. Spink will attend prompt'.
ly to all calls from Cnpts. of vessels who
may wibh lo bo towed either up or down
the river.
AilLESf COBII'O. NI) EXTHACT
OF TOMATO.
HE celebrated substitute for Calohkl.
At this season of the year when peo
ple are expose 1 to the vicisitudes of tho
weather, the foundation is laid to these in-
Jlnmmalory and Millions diseases which pre
vail to so great an extent at the commence
ment of warm weuthcr. Their approach is
indicated by a foul tongue, a bitter mawk
ish tn st c in the mouth, particularly in the
morning, slight head-ache, and uneasy sen
sations in the stomach, sometimes accom
panied by eickness and chill. Now al
though the proprietors of this article would
not udvisc any person in health to take med
icine of any kind, they would recommend
that when tiio approach of diseaso is indi
cated by the occurrence of any of tho fore
going symptoms, thoy should not delay, but
at onco resort to a medicine calculated to pre
vent or cure the disease, and restore tho
action of lhe system to a healthy condition.
It would be a matter of prudence in thoso
subject to " take cold" from slight expo- ,
sure, and thoso who are troubled with Indi
gestion, Head-ache, or derangement of the
IJOWCIS, !o PltOCUKB and krkp ok hand tins
valuable medicine, that flfey may be able
the chei k disease while in embryo, and thus
escape from its countenance.
if acute disease be tirmlv seated the ser
vice of scientific physicians should be ob
tained, for neither this nor nny othor medi
cine can supercede the necessity of tueh
service. '
All that is claimed fortius medicino is its
intrinsic and relutivo value us a medicine
well adapted to ail those cases were Cai.o
mi'L, or any cathartic or alterative would
be indicated, and particularly useful and sal
utary in the primary stogo ofalmost all dis
eoses incident to climate.
In Chronic diseases, such as affections of
llie Liver, Dispepsia, Constipation of Bow
els, illconditioned Ulcers, Eruptive diseases,
Sic, it is of great value, for it may be resort
ed to with perfect confidence and safety.
Fur sale at the drug shop of
O.tiD, WILLIAMS.
Maumoe City August 17. SO.
50 DOLLAKS REWARD. .
IO-ST. on board the Com. Perry the
i last of November 1838, one Box Goods
marked ' Simon Katon Lower Sandusky' '
containing the following articles as invoic
ed: . ...
73 pair woolen socks, 10J yards Drab
Sotlinnctts, (ij colored flannels, 20 Com
Tuners, 12 pair of fringed Mittons, 51
yards fulled cloth, invisible green; fli do;
30 do; 42 dog; 21 do; 30 yards white flan
nel; 29 do.' .-.
The box is supposed to have been sto
len from tho boat while lying at the wharf
at Upper Toledo.
Tho above reward will bo poid for tho de
tection ofthe thief and the recovery of the
goods, and a liberal reward for the recovery
01 tue goous uione.
Information may bo sent to the Editor of
the Maumee City Express at Maumee City,
or to the subscriber in Gilead, Wood Coun
ty, Ohio, who will pay the rewtirtl.
EMISON H. EATON
Gilead Wood Co. O. August 10.
'"- 20 t3
TO CONTRACTORS,
gj EALED proposals will be received at
K? tho Engnr. office at Defiance and Mau
mee City until tho meridian of the 12th doy
of September next, for the construction of
sections, number 51, 70, 72, 70, 80, 81,81,
00, vi, iuu, iu.-i, IU4, mo, 107, it), 114,
115, 110,117, 118, 119, 120, and 121, ofthe
VVn bash and Eric Canal. ;.'
1 he work will be reauired to be cninnln.
ted by the first day of October 1840. It
consists of common and deep cut earth ex
cavation, common and high embankments, '
with stone protection, one large cut stone
culvert and one small one several wooden
locks and wooden trunka for aqunducts,
be. &c. '
The Resident and Sonr. asssistant anrri-
noera on the line will be ready to give all no
cessary information concerning the wnrlr.
by tho 80 instant, and they may also be
prepared fo oiler some other important
work on tho line at the same time
il. jnCK.mmn, Acting Commissioner-. .
August 8th,iw:iu. S0lli4.
- JUST RECEIVED. -
600 BARRELS new "". nd for tal
G. S. HAZARD.
August 3. v 18 ...
K Barrels of Ohio Flour, just received
' and for sale, by
G. S.
HAZARD.
18.
Aug. 0.
- HIDES & CALF SKINS
THE subscribers will pay the highest
price in Gash or Goods, for Hides or
uau sains. t. vv.
VV. RlC fABDSON.
- July 6th 18H!,
FRESH ARRIVAL, r, , . 7-
yUS'
.1 an
UST received a new sumilv nf t.,j: '
d Misses - slippers, childrens" shoes.
and mens course shoes and nnmn fc
V- . O. fa W. RICHARDSON.
. July 13. - , . . ,5
PATENT SAFETY' FUSE. The
subscribers are agents for the sale-of
the aboro valuable article, and have a quan
tity flow on hand, for sale by, . - .
. SMITH, HOWE fa CO.
Uuly to, , . , .-- . ., 2o
ERUVIAN Barkuaesia and Orang.
.Peel, for sale by E. KITTS,