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PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1854.
rpo I'KINTIiltS. A hand press, nearly new,
X platen 2437 inclies, Foster patent, in perfect
order and working admirably, will be sold cheap,
or exchanged for a good super-royal press, with
a suitable difference. Address this office.
JZ-WOOD WANTED - If any of our
subscribers wish to pay us in wood, now is
the tuna to bring ll right along.
Influx of Gold. Oar drovers, who have
driven their hogs to the cast to market, are
reUuning with pockets lined with gold. Three
gentlemen returned last week, bringing with
them $14,000, mostly in twenty dollar gold
VKC-s. One of them livps in Truro town
ship, one in Hamilton, and the other in Mad
iscn 0. S. Journal.
That is the kind of news we like to read.
People are greatly annoyed by the present
depreciated paper currency, and are casting
about for something better. Some propose
a U. S. bank. If it could be had without
arousing political opposition, perhaps it
might answer a good purpose, though upon
the whole we have some doubt of it. But
the opposition is so powerful and decisive
as to put the establishment of such an in
stitution out of the question. What, then,
is to be done? For one, we have no hesi
tation in saying that we greatly prefer a re
sort to an exclusive gold and silver currency
to a continuance of the present fluctuating,
unsafe and perplexing petty bank system.
It is of the highest importance to the peo
ple of a great commercial nation like the
United States, that it have a safe, stable and
uniform currency, equally valuable at all
times and places. It is the basis of all safe
ty in commercial risks, and is the first and
most important remedy for commercial cri
ses. This anility of safety and uniformity
a mixed currency can never possess. In the
very nature of things it must fluctuate. No
thing can be both, steady and safe except
coin. Why not then, confine ourselves to
that ?
As this is a season, of. free thought and
free inquiry, we-' ask for information. The
subject has been largely discussed, but is not
yet universally understood. Why may we
not have a specie currency, so. that a dollar
in Ohio will be a dollar the world over, and
men not be continually "shaved" on the
funds they receive? There ought to be but
one kind of currency in a country, so that
all may have the same sort,, and that kind
ought to be the best kind gold and silver.
The great objection, we know, is, that
there is not enough of it. We don't believe
it. Reduce commercial values to a -specie
htandard, (salaries and taxes as well a3 per
sonalty and really,) and the coin will be
found to do the business of this country just
as well as it is found to do that of the grea
ter portion of the rest of civilized mankind.
If the Amsrican nation undertake to estab
lish a specie currency, we have faith enough
in the enterprise of the people to feel confi
dent they will succeed.
jrWe are under obligations to Hon. A.
P. Edgerton for valuable public douments.
j?iOur town has lately been deprived of
the convenience of a daily mail;, a tri-week-ly
mail from Toledo is all that is now left us..
POCKET-BOOK LOST, on the 25th of
November, in Perrysburg, or on the plank road
to Portage viMe, containing one or two dollars in
money, one dollar of Indiana money, and many
valuable papers; one note on Peat-hem and one on
John Shepler, written in pencil, and many other
valuable papers. Any person finding said pocket
book and returning it to the subscriber, or leaving
jt at thi office, will be liberally rewarded.
JAc, 83, J.8&i..-39wl Asp. L. Hutchison.
Temperance Meeting.
In accordance with previous notice, a tem
perance meeting was held at the Methodist
church in this place on Wednesday evening
last. The meeting was called to order by
Rev. Mr. Burkholder, und, on motion, Mr.
J. W. Ross was chosen chairman, and J. F.
Smith secretary. The. meeting was then ad
dressed by Dr. White, of Maumee. After
the address, the following preambles and
resolutions were introduced by Mr. F. Ilol
lenbeck :
Wiikreas, the use of intoxicating liquors
has increased to a fearful extent in our town
during a few weeks past, and
Whereas, the best interests and happiness
of our citizens require that the: destructive
tide of drunkenness, now sweeping over us,
should be stayed if possible; and
Whereas, the temperance law of last
winter is sufficiently effective in its provis
ions to suppress an improper use of, and
traffic in alcoholic drinks, if rigidly execu
ted ; therefore,
liesolved, That a committee of nine be ap-
pointed, whose duty it shall be to prosecute
ueiore any competent court, any ana an per
sons who shall violate the provisions of said
law.
Iiesohed, That we-hereby pledge counsel
and material aid to said committee, in en
forcing the law, and in bringing the offend
ers to an accountlor their unholy and unjust;
liesolved, That the chairman appoint a
committee, consisting of three persons,;
whose duty it shall be to make arrangements!
as soon as practicable, for the delivery of a:
of lectures upon the subject of tem-:
perance, during the present winter. That
they make provision, if possible, for a lec
ture as often as once in two weeks; and
when their arrangements are sufficiently per
fected, to publish in the Perrysburg Journal
the names of the lecturers, und the time and
place at which they will respectively speak.
The resolutions were discussed by Dr.
White, Rev. Mr. Burkholder, and Mr. Hol
lvnbeck, and severally adopted by the meet
ing. A.Ctpr lhe adoption of tho resolutions, the
following appointments were made by the
chairman :
Committee to obtain Speakers. F. IIol
lenbeck, Esq., Rev. Mr. Burkholder, Rev. J.
H. Newton.
Committee to Enforce the Law. Win,
Crook, sr., Abner Brown, F. R. Miller, J.
Curtis, John Webb, N. II . Callard, John Yea-
ger, W. L.. Uook, J. V. Koss.
On motion ot F. Hollenbeck, J. W. Ross
was chosen chairman ot the committee to
enforce the law.
J. F. SMITH, Secretary.
REPORT OF THE
Weston Horse-Thief Detecting Company.
This association was organized in June,
1853, and after the adoption of the constitu
tion, the following members signed it, with
the determination to support it und enjoy
protection :
Smith Bassett,
Alexander Pugh,
Emanuel Arnold,
David Pettvs,
II. R. Pratt,
Asa Smith,
J. N. Mead,
A. Gillett,
S. C. McDonald,
Simcn G. Long,
John Walter,
Joel Foot,
Abiiani Bassett,
Alexander Brown,
Asa Wright,
George Laskey,
Peter Dull,
John McKee,
A. P. Donaldson,
Wm. Pratt.
Benjamin Olney,
Samuel Older,
Ebenezer Donaldson,
Geo. Kimberlin,
Samuel Clymer,
Jacob Walters,
James T. Harlin,
Thomas Junkins,
Wm. Bassett,
Geo. Hospelhorn.
At the last quarterly meeting of said so
ciety the following officers were duly elected :
Smith Basset, President ;
Emanuel Arnold, Vice President;
H. R. Pratt, Secretary ;
Wm. Pratt, Treasurer ;
II. R. Pratt, 1
Joel Foot,
S. G. Long, y Riders.
David Pettvs, I
Alex'r Brown, j
SMITH BASSET, President.
II. R. Pratt, Secretary.
mteresting
" Washington, Dec. II. An
controversy has been waging for a long time
between Nicholson, the public printer, and
Secretary Guthrie. Near the close of the
first session of the present Congress, a joint
resolution was adopted:", to fix the compen
sation of the employees in the legislative de
partment of the government," allowing " the
officers, clerks, messengers, and other em
ployees" therein, nn increase of twenty per
cent, upon the compensation previously re
ceived by them, commencing July 1st, 1853.
Mr. Nicholson, of tlu Union, accordingly,
has preferred a claim as public printer em
ployed by Congress, fur its twenty per cent,
extra, mounting to something like 200,
000. Guthrie, nfnsed. on the ground- that
Nicholson was not included in the words or
meaning of the resolution, whereupon the
latter fortified himself with the opinion ol
Attorney General Chushing that he is legally
entitled to it, and the certificates of I don't
know how many M. C.'.s that they mjunt
to include him in the resolution.
In reply, Guthrie dissents from the Attor-
oulside teslimonv of the members ot Con
gress with the remark that, if they nvan to
include Nicholson, they must do it by some
legislative declaration, and not by unofficial
certificates. 11-Me the matter at present
rests: but it is thought that the claim may
uey General's opinion, and disposes of the
again he served upon the Secretary in pom
acts. , more plausible shape. It will be. difficult, 1
imagine, to get Congress to ratify it.
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Result or Gun k.h n a to i: i a i. Elections.
At every Gubernatorial election which ha.--series
taken place in the free states, during the
present year, the administration lias been de
feated, with the. single exception of New
Hampshire. The old Granite State will re
deem herself next spring. The new gover
nors are as follows :
New York Mvkon II. Clark, Whig.
Pennsylvania James Pollock, Whig.
Massachusetts Hknrv J. Gardner, K. N
Maine Anson P. Morrill, A.N.D.
Connecticut Henry Dutton. Whig.
Michigan Kinsley S. Bingham, Rep.
Iowa James W. Grimes. Hep.
Vermont Stephen Rovce, Whig.
Rhode Island Wm. W. IIoppin, Whig.
Seven of the above states had democratic
governors last year.
Leavenworth
Coal in Kanzas. The
Herald has the following :
We have seen specim ns of cannel coal of
igood quality, obtained in the. vicinity of
Leavenworth. I hose who are well acquaint
ed with this article, assure us it can be ob
tained in almost any quantity within two or
three miles of this place. We also hear that
some two or three thousand bushels of coal
have been dug out of a bank within four
miles of our town. Coal doubtless can be
found along the ricr bank and in the ra
vines in large quantities.
A rather singular marriage contract was a
itslfew t,avs s,nce enured into in Tennessee.
The wife is worth a cool fifty thousand.
The husband is the rightful owner of a
magnificent goatee. The contract was as
follows: Art. 1st. The husband is to have
no interest in the wife's estate. Art. 2d.
He is not to collect Buy debts of the con
cern. Art. 3d. The beloved husband h not
to chastise or control any of her servants
without the wife's consent. Art. 4th. The
husband binds himself to pay the wife one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum for
board and to hare his lodging gratis.
Kanzas. The total vote for territorial
delegate, to congress is reported to stand :
Flenniken, (free labor democrat,) 305
Judge Wakefield, 225
Gen. Whitfield, (pro-slavery,) 2,248
(A good share of this enormous vote is '
said to be fraudulent.)
Dr. Chapman, (pro-slavery,) 16
One Thousand Dollars Rewaro. We
notice a handbill from Canada, offering a re
ward of $1000 for the apprehension, and de.
livery to the authorities in Canada, of the
murderers Townsend and Sheaver, w,ho,kjU
ed. CUar-les Ric hards, an officer, while in. the
discharge ol his duty at Port Robtnsou, on
the second day of November last.
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DIED.
In this citv. on, the 11th inst.. of con
sumption, Rev. A. W. Jewett, ng-d 32
years, late Associate Editor of the New Cov
enant, Chicago, III.
In the midst of Ids usefulness at the
noon of life, he has left us and gone hour.
His departure will b; deeply lanvnted by
those who were acquainted "with the many
excellencies of character that distinguished
him as a man a c hristiun and a zealous pro
moter ((' those high humanitary movements
that stinvd his gie.it heart to be ever active
" in th.' ing present.''
He Wiis a iimi) of most severe thou-hl of
high mental endowments and unswerving
moral npri;;h t.u -ss, and his t riumph.int and
happy death attests the sustaining und rle
valing power of his faith in th- lit imm
tal, which coiil I enable him to d 'dare his
last day on earlh the happiot uf his li
l' has left n strick'ii companion, bi-tis-d
airw in the bitter waters of affliction,
in I a nunrroiis circle of frie.n Is t i lam nr.
their irreparable loss. But th -y mourn n-t
is those who have no hope. j.Mumiv
Tinrs.
Death of a Noiu.r. Citizen. It is our
painful duly to announce the death oi'Njlhau
Guilford, the early and devote, 1 fiiend of
common schools in Ohio, a just and upright
man! Last night at SH oYlo, k, i hi s goo I
man, nt the ripe age of (18, was called awuv
from his earthly duties at the summons of
leath. It will n main for a grateful p'-ople
to testify of his good deeds, by due honor to
his nrmorv. A fitting tribnie to his ihar-
)cter and services among ns will appear to
morrow. Gin. G iz.
President Pierce reached his 30ih birth
day 'on the '7th nit., the thanksgiving
day of the District of Columbia. Among
his special guests on that occasion was Gen"
Scott, General Pierce's general-in-cliief in
M xico, but now under the. command of
G-neial Pierce. Such are the rotations of
place in the republican wheel of fortune.
General Scott, we. are happy to say, has been
in the enjoyment of excellent health, mid
the persona! relations between him and the
President are of the most cordial and pleas
ant character.
On Friday seventeen slaves arrived in Chi
cago, ch seiy pursued by lhe ng-nlsof the.
owners from St. Louis. The U. S. marshal
with his posse attempted to take the fugi
tives but failed. The military was railed
out. but the people took the matter in hau l,
and the slaves did not go hack to Missouri.
There was great excitement in Chicago dur
ing these, proceeding.
"If I rem em he it AnirjHT." The Cincin
nati Enquirer quotes an article from the
Guernsey Jefivrsouian, wherein it is said, in
justification of our high taxs, that " the
constitution says thre must ben s:nkin"
jfund raised, every year, of 730,000, if 1 re"
member aright.''
But, you don't remember a right. 8100,000
per year, with the compound' interest upon
it from 1631, is all that that the constitu
tion requires.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is exulting over
the fact that a great many mail pillagers and
robbers nre arrested under this administra
tion, and is taking credit, inasmuch as but
comparatively few of such arrests were mru'e
in Fillmore's time. This is th-.? last subject
to brag about that we have heard of. Did
the Enquirer ever happen to think that the
reason for the difference arose from the fact
that the number of these robbers is much in
incrensed under the new regiint?? Strange
that so simple a solution should have es
caped the notice of the Enquirer.
' How are you Smith?" says Jones.
Smith pretends not to know him, and re
plies, hesitatingly,
" Sir, you have the advantage of me."
" Yes, I suppose so; everybody has that's
got common sense.'
HARRIED rOn the 11th insi., by Esq,
Key, at the Baird House in this plpce, Mr,.
William Key, late of England,, to Hiss
Rt ix If arris, of this county v