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Editorial Page.
MASS MEETING.
A meeting of the Republicans of Wood county,
irrespective of old party lines, will bo held at Bowl
ing Green on the 4th of July, .18-""), for tlx? purpose
of selecting, delegates to attend the Republican
Convention to be held nt Columbus, OLio, on the
13th of July, A. l. 1833, and to transact sr.ch other
business as the meeting may deem expedient.
By order of the Republican Central Committee.
"The Rains Descended and the Floods
Came.'' For a week or two past this section
has been ruinously drenched with rains. On
Saturday night las I, a very heavy rain ftdl,
completely saturating (he whole of this
level country, and overflowing a great deal
of the prairie and swamp lands, which pro
duced such generous crops of corn last year
when the season was dry. . The Mauinee
river was raised to a higher stage of water
than we have seen it during the past five
years, and considerable damage was done
above by floating off saw-logs, lumber and
fences. Large quantities of drift-wood have
passed down the stream, which is 'unusual
in this river.
The weather still continues showery, and
the present prospect is that the corn crop of
Wood county will be greatly damaged, if
not an entire failure.
mu a : tz i ,!
jy xue jtliuci icun lutuuuai uuuveuuuu
at Philadelphia split upon the slavery ques
tion, the southern members having with
their usual dexterity packed the body with a
majority favorable to their sectional interest.
A majority set of resolutions, or platform,
was adopted, when the northern members
iiuiil ait 1110 net oiaico, calcjji xxcvv xuiiv,
withdrew and adopted a platform of resolu
tions against slavery. The north is at last
becoming thoroughly united on this sub
ject, excepting always, of course, the hang
ers on to the Pierce administration, whose
numbers are daily growing beautifully less.
Messrs. G. W. Brown and A. L. Fowler
were elected members of the board of educa
tion for the town of Perrysburg, on Friday
evening of last week, in place of II. P.
Averill and John McCaughey, whose term of
office had expired.
33 We are indebted to School Commis
missioner H. II. Barney for a copy of his
annual report; This is a thick pamphlet of
123 pages, closely filled with interesting and
valuable facts and statistics touching the
.schools and school system of Ohio. It is aj
comprehensive and carefully prepared report, !
and we thank the commissioner for a copy,
.of it. '
, We noticed the p&opellev Ogontz, ('apt. Wm. D. j
Wilkison, at the dockat Perrysburg, Wednesday, !
loading with corn for Buffalo. She cleared with
rising of 10,000 bushels. Muumee Time.
We henr the Ogontz will make one or two more
trips in this trade.
Robbery. We learn that a Mr. Mclsaacs
of Perrysburg, was robbed in this place on
the night of the 19th inst., of a gold watch,
some money, and two or three checks on
different banks consisting in all of a con
siderable amount. Mclsaacs was intoxica
ted when the robbery was committed. Sus-
fncions rest upon an individual who sought
odgings for Mclsaacs, who was also from
Perrysburg, and officers are in pursuit of
,him. Maumee Times.
Thanks to Mr. Wm. Truesdall for a large,
dish of strawberries. Such delicacies are
rare in this quarter, and therefore the more
valued.
There is a serious break in the canal this
side of Fort Wayne, which it is said will
take two or three weeks to repair. Naviga
tion on the ditch in the meantime is pretty
much entirely suspended. There are but two
packets this side of the break, and as they
carry the mail, there is a glorious irregulari
ty about it. Mauinee Times.
Another Break in tuk Ohio Canal at
Akron. The banks which had been par
tially repaired, gave way-again yesterday.
All of the new work, and several rods of the
old were carried away. Ten days is the
least time, in which they can be repaired, as
one of the board of public works has in-;
formed Mr. Winch of this city. We also
hear there is a break at Clinton, but are not
definitely informed. Cleve. Herald.
Departure of Gov. Hkedur for Kansas.
Gov. Reeder, accompanied by his private
secretary, G. P. Lowry, Esq., passed through
this city yesterday, on his return to Kansas.
The journey, it is expected, will occupy
about ten days. The territorial legislature
meets on the 2d of July at Pawnee, but will
probably adjourn to Shawnee mission some
200 miles this side of Pawnee. Journ.
Com., June 15.
of
The secretary of war has decided that Gen.
Scott is not entitled to any aditional pay as
lieutenant general, either for arrears or for,
future. The old veteran and hero h;lsj
not received one single mill in consequence'
of his additional rank. j
It is understood at Cincinnati that the
grand jury will find a new bill of indictment
against Arrison, the torpedo murderer
"A student" of the University of Vir-
ginia, writes the Litchfield Republican that1,
whereas there are 514 students there, onlyisl
of them were engaged in burning Mrs. H. B. ;
Stowe ineffigv; that they were disguised, I
and that all the other students disapproved!
of the proceedings
. ' '
A Scotchman named McClure, recently!
deceased in Toronto, Canada, is said to have I
the bulk of his property, valued at!
300,000, for the diffusion of useful knowl-iJia,nb
edac amonr the laboring classes of the TTnt.
n - - - -j - n - -
ted States, by
libraries, 5cc.
means of institutes, club?,!
The Cleveland Leader says Wasson & Co.
of that city, have contracted with the De-
trnit and AI!Kvnnl.-if rsnlrnarl in V.nil.l nil
their cars and rolling stock. The contract
amounts to 360,000, and is to be completed i
three years. j
'
Mr. II. Collins, of Ravenna, sold a span'is
greys last week, to Mr. Gordon, of Cleve-
land, for $1,400. They are said to be superb
animals, and perfectly matched. They ought
to be at that price.
The best thing to give your enemy, is for-
to your opponent, tolerance; to
friend, your heart; to your child, a good ex-
ample; to your father, deference; to
mother, conduct that will make her proud j
of her son; to yourself, respect ; and to all j
mn, charity. j
Late and Important from Mexico. Weing
have advices from Brazos to the 10th. On j
27th Monterey was attacked and taken
the revolutionists. Gen. Carclina, withjney
G7 other olhcers, were taken prisoners.
Twenty-six cannon, with other munitions of
war, fell into the hands of the opponents of
the government. It is reported Carrajal and
Capistran had crossed the R.io Grande, and
encountered the government troops.
Amos Lawrence, the distinguished mer-
1 chant and manufacturer, probably gave away
in his lifetime more money than any other
man in America. In 1829 ho commenced
keeping a memorandum book, and from that
time to his death he gave lor various chari
table purposes the enormous sum of $039,
000. He took the wise part of seeing in his
own life time that his wealth was judicious
ly expended.
are about to be established. Charles Wil
It is now staled that the real offense of
the Parkville (Kansas) Luminary and which
caused the destruction of that paper, was its
having published a part of one of Atchison's
speeches,' delivered when that functionary
was pretty tolerably drunk, and which, when
ha got sober, lie was obliged to take back or
tight a duel. The publication of this speech
is said, to have caused Atchison to remain
away from congress at the commencement of
the last session.
Penny Papers in England. Since the
abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers
in England, penny and half-penny papers
mer, ot Liverpool, . lias issued a specimen
number of one to be called "The Events,"
the price to be a half-penny. A paper free
from stamp duty has never existed in Eng
land. Gi:t:AT Race. In a trotting match over
the Union course at Long Island, on Mon
day, Trustee, n horse seventeen years of oge,
trotted 20 miles in one hour, Jive minutes and
forty six and a half seconds.
Tlirrrt i:t in ihp. whole oonsf rni'tinn nf tlm
" patent spring bed" that insures n cleanliness, cam
j fort, mid thorough ventilation which is very desira-
lil, nf nil tiiiuiu lmt ,vlii1i in ciimtno, will fin in
0Very way luxurious. The reasonable price at which
the "spring bed" and appurtenances ure furnished,
rnust bring it into general uso wherever its advan
the tages are known and appreciated. Dayton Jour.
Large Rattlesnake. A rattlesnake was
killed near the waters of the Dugdemonia,
on the Natchitoches road, La., measuring
j?101 fefct f,l,r. n(h(S in length, nineteen
inches around in the thickest part of the
body, and having forty-four rattles.
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locusts. lnese seemecn-ycar visitors
have. mac1 the.ir nppearunce according to
previous advertisement. They have not yet
snowed themselves in the valleys, but only
0,1 llie ,.lulls'. lGe,n' ,hlSs farm is
'quite alive with them. 1 hey first appeared
there on the 23d of May. Scioto Gazette.
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A Fimi W outh Catching. -The hew
left "adium says that Mr .George W.
ol Groton Gt., caught in his fish weir
l.asl ,weeK a cquiwn yveigiung sixiy-uve ids.
In the stomach of the cod were found 6ix
smaller fish, six squids, and a complete cod
fishing gear to which was attached a lead
weighing ten and a quarter pounds !
Brick. We have near this city five brick
K,llns employing lwemy men eacn, arm yei
:iry cau h.iU;ai' fuHly th,c.l,mnn? for build
within iiig material A fact which tells well for
the. growth of the city. Lvery brick which
now made here has been already contract
of e.d for, ami others are waiting to buy up
morc when offered. Toledo Rep.
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1 he expedition to torts Kearney and Lar
amie lelt Fort Leavenworth in the latter
part of May. It consisted of four compa
giveness; anies 0f infantry, and one hundred and fifty
recruits, commanded by Major Cady, Capts.
Todd and Hendrickson, and others. Capt.
Dunn, of the artillery, was quarter-master
and commissary. Long trains of wagons and
droves of cattle followed in the rear, stretch-
out the line so that on the plains it
looked like some mighty caravan. The ex
the pedition was expected to reach Fort Kear
by in fifteen days, and Fort Laramie in
thirty days.
i
cd Carlisle, American, to Congress, over
Lewis, democrat, bv 560 majority ; and
Messrs. Bell and Hale are the U. S. sena
tors from New Hampshire the first for the
long and second for the short term. Two
champions of freedom in the United States
senate from President Pierce's own stale !
That will do.
The eleventh district of Virginia has elect-
as both Gen. Bavly, and cx-governor Smith,
two of the old members re-elected from other
districts, were supported by the Americans
in consequence of declarations of sympathy
with the movement, there is a democratic
loss of three members,