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92 THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.
Ay Ohio Farmer in Illinois. The last
Chicago Democrat has the following:
Mr. Sullivant, of Columbus, Ohio, has re
cently purchased 80,000 acres of land in
this State. He has selected 32,000 acres
50 sections or about a township and a half,
in a body, situated in Champaign county,
lor a farm, which he intends to cultivate.
He proposes to fence it off into sections by
hedging it with Osage Orange twenty bush
els of the seed of which he has on hand for
this purpose. Another gentleman, from
Zanesville, Ohio, has recently purchased
100,000 acres in different parts of this State.
There is, just now, a great demand for
lands.
Anti-Poison. The Albany Journal very
properly suggests, unless the people of Ohio
are a great deal more abstinent than the peo
ple of that State, one chemist in a county
cannot begin to detect all the adulterated
liquor. The fact is, that there is so little
brandy or wine now sold, that is unadulter
ated, it would hardly more than supply the
demand for medical and mechanical purpo
ses, if it could do as much as that. There
is an evident propriety in an inspection of
liquor that is to be retailed, if not a positive
and increasing necessity for some such pro
vision of law. Cin. Enq.
Gen. Cary, the temperance lecturer, and
who aspires to lead the temperance party in
politics, is out flat-footed against the tem
perance law of the last session. It was
voted for by every man elected on the Maine
law issue in the Senate, and by all save one
in the House. The General, doubtless, fears
that his vocation as a temperance lecturer
will be lost, if the law should prove accept
able. Ohio State Democrat.
Ex-President Fillmore. We hear that
President Pierce has invited Ex-President
Fillmore to visit Washington on his way
North, tendering him the hospitalities of the
White House while among us again. His
acceptance will be exceedingly gratifying
to all in Washington, as wrell as to the dis
tinguished invitor. Wash. Star.
Washington City High Prices. Ex
tract from a letter of the Washington cor
respondent of the Pennsylvanian, published
in Philadelphia, dated 20th April last:
"Marketing in Washington just now is
high enough to collapse the most bloated
purse. Mercer potatoes are selling for $4
per bushel. Roosters which must have
crowed during the last Presidential campaign
with all the vigor of mature years, readily
bring fifty cents each. Butter, as strong as
Samson, forty cents a pound. Thin, scrag
gy, stringed beef, which no honest Pennsyl
vanian would look at, commands sixteen
cents a pound. A good sized turkey robs
you of a quarter eagle. Apples from the
stand fetch six to twelve cents each !
Afloat. The New York papers announce
the raising of the Ericsson, and her being
towed into dry dock preparatory to having
her works again put in order.' It is thought
her machinery is not materially injured;
the destruction is to her cabinet work and
upholstering, which it is estimated will cost
some $30,000 to aU,UUU to restore and
renovate the ship.
The Cincinnati Commercial says: Since
the passage of Mr. Eckley's bill giving to
Justices of the Peace jurisdiction in collec
tion cases to the amount of 8300, the magis
trates of the city are doing one-fourth more
business than before. Litigants are better
end cheaper served.
The law prohibiting the circulation of
small notes in Virginia, which is to go into
effect on the first of next month, is very un
favorably received in some quarters, a nd some
of the newspapers of the State predict from
its enforcement the most direful consequen
ces. ". The most awkward thing in or out of all
creation, is a woman trying to run. They
can't do it. They are not a running insti
tution except with their tongues. If there
are two arrangements in the world that
were never made for fleetness on the pedal,
ibey.are womea and ducks. If you don't
believe it, get up a race and see,
Cuba. A telegraphic dispatch says In
the event of war between the United States
and Spain, the Captain General of Cuba has
u decree ready to be issued at any moment,
abolishing slavery and arming the slaves.
The very attempts to add slave territory to
this Union may be the means of setting the
slaves in Cuba free. The slave democracy
now in power are digging the grave of the
peculiar institution. Cleve. Herald,
A Question for Tax Payers. Under whig
rule, the public works yielded a net revenue,
over expenses, of from 300,000 to 150,000.
Last year, under locoi'oco rule, the net pro
ceeds over expenses were about 50,000. In
184b, the total taxes levied were 2.580,073
14. In -1853, they amounted to 7.804,100
84 ! In short, every department has increas
ed under locofoco rule in about the same
proportion as the above. So much for loco
foco promises of retrenchment and reform.
Canton Repository.
lady bv the name, of Mary Zollers. in com-!
pany with Mrs. Arter, visited the drug store '
bfDr.Arter, in Carrolton, on Tuesday. Missi1
. . ' ' "
Warning to the Inquisitive. A young'
7ii,a v,i k,i,:,,,i .v, uQ
innnlnvfnl mnnnpr tn Pv.minn. tlw various 1
in. uuain
took down a vial containing powdered!
strychnine, and touched a particle of the.
deadly poison to her tongue. The taste be-
; ,iLL,h. cha iMJ?j;ai Bnu
Cut too late; the subtle poison had made
sure work. In a few minutes she complain-j,ch
edof nausea and dizziness, and pointed out!
itscause. Medical aid was summoned forth-
.uu Ki.,. ci .i ;i
i " -1-
and in fifteen minutes she was a corpse.
Cleveland Leader.
Court Manners in Kackensack. In the
progress of the trial of Kissane, Cummings,
Cole, & Co., in Arkansas, the following in
cident, characteristic ot the manners ot that
refined community, is related. Sidnev C.
Burton was on the stand, undergoing a
searching operation, when Col. Verge r walk-j
ed to the witness, paper in hand, and asked i
him to explain tha meaning ot some wordj
in it.
r . -, . . , . .
Mr. rainier omectea to tnat mode OI pro-
ceeding, and asked the Court to protect
witness from what he called the impertinent:
interference with the witness.
Col. Yerger Do you call me impertinent,
sir?
Mr. Palmer I said your impertinent in-
terference with the witness.
Col. Yerger Then you lie, sir.
The Court Fine Col. Yerger five dollars
for contempt.
CLEANING WALL PAPER. Wall paper
the order of the day now, and all persons'
find their paper dirty would make
saving by cleaning it, instead of putting on!
new. The best process for doing this is to
take about two quarts of wheat bran, tie it
up in a uunuie in course iianuei, aim mu
over the paper. It will cleanse the whole
paper ot all descriptions ot dirt and spots
than any oiher means that can be
used. Some use bread, but dry bran is!
bter.
The Secretary of the Navy has determined
to build one of the six steam frigates at Eos
ton, one at Philadelphia, one at New York,
one at Washington and two at Norfolk.
Norfolk always has a double share.
An attempt is about to be made to raise
the hull of the steamer Erie, which was
burnt andsunk in 18-11, with a large amount
of specie on board. The attempt will be
I . .1 U -ft-.-. .Vint .i C A iY.n l-i. .11
n, thft Min.,ri at Gibraltar.
There was quite a llare-up among the
Iynow-Nothings" of our city yesterday,
growing out of an alleged attempt of a
leading dignitary of the Order to betray their
secrets to a Catholic priest for $10,000.
No blood has yet been shed, and probably
pone will he, but it Js quite probable that
the discipline and power of the Order will
be shaken by fhe exppse. N. V. Tribune,
18th. '
,
ThflfV Missouri Statesman says pithily-
Matt. F. Ward pas been acquitted, and Ken,:
tweky found guilty.
LAWS OF OHIO—Published Officially.
[77] AN ACT
Amendatory of an entitled, an act for
the relief of the poor, passed March 14,
1853.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the. General As
sembly of the State of Ohio, That any person
or persons, other than thosi hereinafter pro
vided for, who shall reside one year in any
township in this slate, shall be considered as
having gained a legal settlement in such
township, Every indented.
servant or op-
prentice, legally brought into this state, shall
obtain a legal settlement in the township
where such servant or apprentice shall serve,
his or her master or mistress one year; auditor
ry married woman, during coverture,
after her husband's death, shall be considered:
settled in the place where lie was last;
legally settled; but if he shall have had no
legal settlement, then she shall be considered
as settled in the place where she was lastof
legally settled before marriage; Provided,1
. i . .i ,i . . : I. ..ii t
umi n"ng " " "'. " co -,
strued as to release any township irom Us,
obligations to support any person or
nA...rmr. .,t..MMi..n f.inti liii I intlMl.' lilt lllltl
persons removing irom suui wwiimii p, uuiui
:sudU"Son or persons shall have gained a.
settlement in the township to which;
I 1 .
, u I'"?"'? .Tl" "5.,c,"uc" s
lurw.e,, uiai u my e.,Suu , :.
, - r v-..-. , ...
'such person or persons shall have gamed a le-
KiU sememem m any towns i, 10 v men an
TllU ?:OT?,slla l have .removed,,
i" uLruunuc na n,uCll
U'S?1 e 'emeiu m sua. iow n,u.p, ou m g;
me time mat sucu person or persons suan
the time that such
remain a township charge.
Sec. 2. That the trustees of each town-
ship shall afford relief or support to any per-'
son or persons within their township, not
having a legal settlement in the same, when
such relief or support is needed; Provided,
that whenever the trustees of any township
shall be called upon to afford relief from the
township treasury, in anv county having a
county infirmary, to any person or persons
who have no legal settlement in this state,!
or wnose place oi resilience is minnow n,
shall be the duty of the trustees to make out;
.. l. ... .1... .1! .. C ... t.
uu ortier iu me uireuors oi ucii cuuiuy in-;
theifirmary, to receive and provide for eucti per-
son or persons so long as the said trustees!
may direct ; Provided, further, that whenev-1
cr the trustees of any township shall b.i call-t
ed upon to afford Telief from the township!
treasury, in any county Having no county
I the duty of such trustees to keep an accurate
account of all moneys so expended, and cer-
is'tifv snrb acennnt. toother with the voneh-
infirmary, to any person or persons, who have
legal settlement in this state, or whose!
place of residence is unknown, it shall be!
cr3 for the same, to the county commission
who aiers of the county, who shall cause the
amount so paid, to ba i.aid to tru township.
out of the county treasury; Provided, fur-
, ther, that in case any person or persons, be-j
incoming chargeable to an v township, as atore-1
:sai( Khall have no legal settlement within
j thi3 stutc, the trust ees may remove such per
better son or persons to the state where he, she or
they have a legal settlement; unless such
person or persons shall give sufficient securi-
iy iu iiiuLiiiiiiij inr. sum lun jiaiu
Sec. 3. That sections one, three and sev
en, of the act to which this is amendatory,
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
F. C. LEBLOND,
Speaker the House of Representatives.
ROBERT LEE.
President of the Senate, tem.
May 1st, 1854.
[78] AN ACT
To provide for the distribution of Swan's
Revised Statutes of Ohio.
Sec. 1. enacted by sembly
of the State of Ohio, That the secre
tary of state he, and he is hereby authoriaed
and directed to distribute in the same manner
as tha general laws are now distributed,
Derby's new revised edition of Swan's Statutes
of Ohio, in the following manner :
To each judge of every court of record,
and to pach clerk thereof, each justice of the
peace, sheriff, tqrqner,' county treasurer,
county surveyor, county recorcjer, prqsecut-
ing attorney, auditor of the pounty, hoard, Pf
.directors of any county infirmary, and each.
served in the stale library, for public use :
township clerk, one copy; and to state offi
cers, as follows: To the governor, for hid
own use, one copy, and for exchange with
states with whom this slate is accustomed
to exchange copies of laws, such number as
may be required for that purpose ; to the au
ditor of state four, to the treasurer of state
two, to the attorney general one, to the state
librarian live copies, for the use of the libra
ry, and to each member of the board of pub
lie works, and to caeli superintendent of the
benevolent institutions of the state, one
('',v- . ...
The remaining copies, it any, to be pre-
and if the number now ordered be insufficient
the foregoing distribution, the said sc c re
eve or.'tary of state shall order such additional cop.
pies a may he necessary, under the provis
legally ions of an act entitled " an act to authorize
the. secretary of state to con 1 met for copies
of a new revised edition of Swan's Statutes
Ohio," passed April 13th, J85I.
Sec. 2. The. copies herein ordered to be
i . i- . . . . - .i.iii i t ..
msmmueu u. omeer, mi im,u preset, ,,y
them and delivered to their successors in
olhce.
F. C. LEBLOND.
the House of
ROBERT LEE.
President of the tem.
May 1st, 1854.
May 1st, 1854. [79] AN ACT
To make it the duty of County Auditors to
levy extra taxes for road purposes, in certain
cases.
jvc i ,e u enae ea ny me wenerai as-
semuiy oi me iaie oi umo, i nut Whenever
it shall be. made known, by petition or other-
wise, to either of the County Auditors of
this Slate, that three-fourths of the resident
freehold tax-payers, living on the line of any
'state road, county road, or free turnpike
; road, within his proper county, desire an
extra tax for the purpose of constructing,
i improving, or repairing such road, it shall
i be the duty of the said County Auditor to
: levy a tax lor that purpose, of any amount
that may be d sired, not exceeding six mills
liion me. oonar vaiuuion, m any one year, on
all lands and taxable property, hr any dis-
I. . ' I i" I I ,
luuce on eucu sine oi sucu roan, noi exceed-
ing one mile, and in no case more than half
such road to onv other
road, running parallel, or
the distance from
state or county
nearly iaralhd thereto.
Sec. 2. That when any tax as aforesaid.
sliall be levied, it shall be lor the term ot
three years, and no longer, unless at the ex
no piration of the three years as aforesaid, th;
petition or request sliall he renewed, and in
j in any township of the proper county, when
petitioned for by the resident tax payers on
such road, in such township only.
that event, such tax shall be levied for the
term of three years longer.
St. 3. That the County Auditors as
aforesaid, are hereby authorized and required
to lew such tax as aforesaid, on the lands
and property, on the line, of any such road,
Sec. 4. That all taxes arising under the
provisions of this act, may hi discharged by
labor on the proper road, at the rate of one
dollar per day, and a rateable proportion for
teau .3 uid implements.
Sec. 0. That it shall he the duty of the
Commis.-ioners of tlie. proper county, so
soon as convenient afier the levy of such
tax as i foresaid, to appoint from the peti
tioners, one or more agents, whose duty it
shall be to disburse, lay out and expend all
the funds collected by the said tax, under
such rul js and regulations as the said Com:
missioners may choose to adopt.
Sc. 0. If said taxes are disbursed by
labor upon such road it shall be under the
direction of said agent ; and the certificate
of said agent of the payment of suph tax,
.shall be received by the County Treasurer in
discharge of such tax.
F.
Speaker the House of Representatives.
ROBERT LEE.
President of the Senate. tem.
May 1st, 1854
[84] AN ACT
Authorizing County Commissioners to grant
further time for the pompletion of Free
Turnpike Roads, and paying for the same.
Sec. . it enacted, by the General As-