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PERRYSBURG JOURNAL
v K. A. UlttGI.VS, Editor.
TERMS:
Oneenpvone vear.in a lvanc-a $1 n
Allsub,r.riptlnn not paid withinsit months. 3 00
Penysbur;', Thursiliiy, MnyH, 1857.
A little Food for Reflect on.
We inmclimei feel lilic doubting the fRislsur'.
crm Of the sreat. Oml-nivcn principle of I.ib
rty and Eil Righu among inenkiiul. In our
own government, they have taken deeper rout,
ml lure shared more vigorous gtowth, than
n any o'.her ; but even here, tin struggle grows
riant and dark for the friends of freedom, and
sometimes despotism has the sppearunce of ir
toty on its side. For t number of years we
have been unable to elect a man to I lie Presi
dency if ha ilarrd to love freedom better than
slavery ; and to-day, tlie whole ufficiul power
Of this government, in nil its branches, and in
til their varied parts, u essentially uniler the
control of those who trample upon hiimnn rights
and human liberty. This power is of no tn
flin character, but on the c ntrary possesses the
elements of groir.h and expansion.. It has the
virility to conitenlrale the actions of one-half
of. the States of this Union, and finds within
flit bordars of the other Stales a large number
so intent on securing the spoils of office ro
blindly worshiping th. ir party god so willing
lb bend the pliant hinges of their kne?s that tat
may follotf fawning so wrapt up ina fw paltry
dollars and cents, or a petty ollice, as to lorgei
their obligations to their country, to their fel-
Ibws, and to humanity that thry rush head
long, into the wildest extremes. Hie moit dan
gerous fields, and wicked efforts to subvert the
foundation principles of our model R public.
The love of money leads to a disregard of hu
man rights, and when combined wiih political
power, lends to despotism, and man will slaugh
ter his fellows that he may elevate himself up
on their prostrate c-rcasses.
Eren In our free States, we hive a strong,
powerful political organization, which, to secure
the spoils of office to hold the reins of this
government bows, kisses the dust, and swears
obedience to the mandates of the slave power a
power which seeks the overthrow of every prin
ciple for which our fathers fought. This parly
was strong enough last fall to give Iihe;Jrosting
role for a President. Immediately thereafter, a
decision from the Supreme. Court indicated the
willing submission of thut body, or a majority
of it, to the prostitution of iheir high official
stations to the has? purpose of crushing out the
germ of freedom which promised so much for
mankind.
Immediately thereafter.a full, frank, and bold
action was had, by which slavery is sought to be
extended over Kansas, in opposition to the
known wishes of the people, in violation of the
the acknowledged rights of free while citizens.
Then comes up another voice, from a free
State from the President's own State which
molt plainly shows the direction of the power
of the government ai now organized. A large
nd enthusiastic democratic convention recent
ly convened in Pensylvon'u, and after endorsing
the Dred Scott decision, introduced this resolu
tion :
- - Raolved, That tbeStale L-gislature be request
ed to inuqire into the expediency of liquidating
the debt of the State by. the sale of all persons of
color now residing in Pennsylvania.
Comment is not necsary. Every intelligent
rttder will recoguiz' in this move, the initiatory
step which is being taken by the slave power in
i's attempt to convert this government into one
rtst arena for human oppression, where free la
bor and slave labor will go hand in hand as they
row do in the Southern States. And yet with
all these facts staring us in the face, there arc
those in the free States, even in our very midst,
who profess to be democrats, and yet sustain
these democracy-destroying principles.
An Important Decision—Ohio Soil Free.
The opinion' of the Supreme Court was this
morning given' upon' a oase wsiich-involves a
very important principle,- of which' we can
give only a bare outline to day. A slave,
named Poindexter, was owned by a man named
Anderson, living in Kentucky, near the Ohio
liver: Poindexter was trusty and of much
Tat'je. His master sent him across the river in
to Ohio, to transact business for him, and to do
errands. He agreed to give Poindexter his free
dom for the sum of four hundred dollars. Poin
dexter executed notes with sufficient sureties for
the payment of the minify. He went to work
in-this State and in Kentucky, to raise the
trmney by the labor of his funis. When one
tj the nolei became due, payment was refused,
atid the owner Anderson brought suit in the
Ohio courts to recover of the sureties.
The suit was contested on the ground that
Poindexter was already free before the notes
wers given, by having been brought or sent into
Ohio by hit master, anil therefore tliere was no
consideration given for the notes. This is the
chief point in the case, so far as principle is
involved. But there are several other points
of interest. Our Supreme Court deci le that
this position is well tuk-n, and that the bringing
or sending a slave into this State makes him
free. To this point Judge Burl ley dissents, the
other Judges agree upon it. This, it will he
seen, conflicts with the Dred Scott Law of the
United States Court, as recently expounded by
Judge Taney, but it is good law, nevertheless,
and will stand as such in the State of Ohio.
Her soil is free soil, and slave holders can neith
er bring nor send liieir slaves within our limi s
and hold them again as property. O. S. Jour.
An eminent attorney handed us the paper
yesterday containing the above, requesting us to
thank God that the Dred Scot decision was not
jet law in Ohio, and who does not feel thankful
that Obio is yet true to the great principles of
Freedom and will have them obeyed within her
borders, Chief Justice Taney's decision to the
contrary notwithstanding?
Enough to Kill It.
The Democratic party has taken into its em
brace the cod fish aristocracy of the old whig
party, aad if that don't kill it, we are much mis
taken. They were always just the men to hold of
fice,. and when in power, treated the press, which
4evaUd them,. with perfect contempt. They are
playing the same game with the democrats now,
and we know how to pity them 1
Scllino A Max at Auction is Illinois.
The Sheriff" of St. CUir county advertises a ne
gro man for sale at public auction, he being
guilty of the "high misdemeanor' of having
come iruo lb: State of Illinois, and remaining
there foe tea, days, for which offence he was
fined 50, as provided by the Black Law of 1853.
and in default of paying which fine, the Sheriff
of the county in which he was found it directed
fe sell biin tu anybody who is willing to pay
50.
Hon. E. D. Peck.
By the following from the Pemsljitrjr Journal.
we arc gratified toobserve that their attentive and
elti -ient Representative, has been well received and
.lully appreciated by his constituents at home.
Ilia admirable business qualifications, ar,d line so
cial temperament, gave him a position in the House
anions bis fellow members, highly honorable to
himself, and naclul to the constituency ho repre
sented.. If the people of Wood and Ottawa coun
ties look well to their interests, they will see thai
tlis Doctor is returned to the House, ns their Re-nro.-cnialive
airiiin this full. His success in carry-
nig through the House every measure by him pre-
senteil tor the heneltt ol ins cousin ueni. n wu
cient endowment of bis standing in that hotly.
J. S. Robinson, Esq., Clerk of ihe House ol Re
presentatives, and Editor of the Hardin County
Republican, prefixes the above just remarks to
an article which ap;ieared in a late number of this
paper. Itisbuttho language of one "who was
on the ground " and candidly utters his nnvariiish'
ed sentiments. Dr. Pock possesses every qualifi
cation of a good Representative, and we are quite
certain that his return to tho legislature is a fixed
fact, provided the people can have their say about
it, and provided, also, that he Willi consent to serve
them.
Letter from Hon. A. Cook.
[Special Correspondence of the Perrysburg Journal.]
SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 5, 1857.
EniToa or the Journal Dear Sir: I ar
rived here last night at half past eleven oclock
in company with my colleagues, Hon. Win
D 'unison, Jr., and Dr. Townsenl, the other
Trustees of the Sta e Ay!un for the education
of idiotic and imb cile youth.
This morning we visited tlr asylum for similar
purposesin theStoteof New Yo;k, localedat this
place, now iind-r th superintend nee of Dr. II.
B. Wilbur. We found the institution in a pros-
P'rous condition, and the evidence given us by
ihe Superintendent, of the pro-ress of his pupils,
was more than filtering, and it has given us
the most songuin' hapes that the institution
under our care, (though upon a much more
limited basis,) will, with judicious rnanngem-nt,
prove a blessing to many of this class of unfor
tunate youth in our own stale.
A school for the education of idiots was a
thing unheard of in the United States, until
very recently and even now, imny who has)
not given thi suhj'ct special attention, doubt
its practicability. But from a careful examina
tion of the inslilu'ion under the chargi of Dr.
Wilbur I am satisfied that it is no longer s
simple experiment, but must, in the future, be
classed with ihe public institutions of the State.
If the position be true, that the state owes
an education to all those who ere capable of
receiving instruction in tho common schools,
much more does she owe it to those unfortu
nate beings, ' who have been cheated by dissem
bling nature" of that crowning glory which
would have enabled them to compete with their
fellows, and take rank with the fortunate ones
of earth.
The first school for Ihe instruction of this
unfortunate class of persons in the United
Slates, wus opened by Dr. Wilbur at Barre, in
Massachusetts, in July, 18 18. His extensive
practice at this place brought him in frequent
contuct with this cIbss of persons. tnl his nat
ural benevohnce, soon suggested tohiin the pro
ject of opening his school. The results were
entirely satis'actory, and lit soon had the honor
of being called from the little family which he
had gathered around him, to take charge of the
institution over which he now presld.'S, founded
by Ihe State of N.:w York in the year 1851,
where he bail a more extended field of labor.
As to the mode of instruction and peculiarities
of these institutions, I will speak at length in
my next communication. The first appropria
tion for the school in the state of New York,
wus made in the year 1351. The corner stone of
the building now occupied for this purpose, wos
laid September 8, 1351, ond the building ready
for the reception of pupils in the fall of 1355,
where there are now one hundred and five
pupils. ' M my of these have been rescued
from the lowest depths of human imbecility to
an appreciation of the unpolished gem of di
vinity hidden beneath the rubbish of a defec
tive organisation.
The grand design is physical and moral train
ing, combined Willi a sutlicient intellectual
culture to enable them to provide for their own
immediate wants; and it must be apparent to
any one at all ronrersant with Ihe subject, that
the physical training is the more important, for
it is rare that one can be found who can supply
his most simple wants on entering Ihe school.
The deuf and dumb, the blind and the insane
have long been the recipients of the bounty of
the state., and have their " hurt minds " cured
by her fostering care, und (aught to speak and
see by the generous aid of her more gifted sons,
while the poor idiot has, neglected, been left to
pass his duys in misery, beneath the scorn of
those who are bound by every consideration of
humanity to afford him relief.
or
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of
And in this connection it aff.irds me pleasure
to remark that some of the most eminent men
men
of the state of New York, hove most cheerfully
given their influence, and devoted their time and
talents, to the accomplishment of this object.
John C. Spencer, and Win. L. Mirry were
among the first Directors appointed by the Gov
ernor for this purpose and my earnest desire
is, that the instilutiou founded by her henefi
cence, may be perpetual, ami that Ohio will
emulate her noble example, and that these two
slates may long stand side by side as compeers,
the one stretching her hands out to the east, the
oilier to the west, to cheer and encourage.
One great hindrance lo benevolent objects of
this Kind is in our preconceived opinions, super
induced by early education in our schools. We
are taught to look beyond the immediate objects
of practical utility, and in our admiration for
the heroism and noble daring of the ancients,
we are too apt lo forget that there is a nobility
in s eking to alleviate the distresses of those
who ask fur relief at our doors.
This is a subject worthv our attention n in
diviiluals, and which cannot but commend it
self to the attention of the benevolent of all
parlies. Kespectlully yours,
ASHER COOK.
--One of tho most prominent citizens of Mis
souri tho owner of twentv-one crown tin alavna
besides, their progeny has offered to emancipate
, p,w,iti.i gcuciui ciiiuncipuiiuu couiu uu se
cured. He knows and says, that the riso in real
estate consequent upou the abolition of slavery
;.. t:.,...i ..i.i .- r-i.i J
u itjiaavuii, wuutu lour-iuiu pay ior me Slaves.
fSSew towns are said to be springing ud
Kansas with all the speed of mushroom growth,
anil yet exhibit an air of permanency. Land
speculation Hi the (Vrrilory has groan into
fever.
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
No. 178] AN ACT
Prescribing the rates of taxation for Sta'e, County,
'i ii wit-ship, City Ami other inirposps.
Seriton 1. lie it enacted It the General Aembly
of the Stato of Ohio, '1 hut hereafter there -.ball he It-vied
animnlly on each dollar of taxable property in this
aS'tnto, (oth'.T than such as bylaw is othorwUe. t.ixtd) ns
mined and entered on the grand list of taxable proper
ty, for tho several purposes in tliUaut e mum1 rated, taxes
at the rates hereinafter specified namely: For tho outi-
nary expenses of the State govern tni'iit, inelmlin Ihe
cxpchitca of the puhltu llonevoleiit Institutions, the
prosecution of the work on the State Imildings, nul
other eharpe on the K.;uer:il reTCnne. v.-tt-tfiiths of
one mill: Ior the sinking- fund, npplienhle to the puv
meut of the interest, ami the pradiial reduction of the
principal of the State dthts, nine-tenths of rue mill.
Fur oil county expanses of esch of the uveml counties,
other than for rmds and lnidijes; and the pnvment of
the hi t ere M ond principal of the debts of the county,
such rates as the commissioners of such county shall
determine to be nectsvi.iry. nt exceeding the following
rates namely: Ou any amount of such taxutde prop.rtv
in such county not more than two millions of tinllurs n
rate of tax not exceeding three mills on the dollar: On
any amount of such taxable property between two and
four millions of dollars not exceeding two mills on the
dollar: On any amount between four and six millions of
dollars not exceeding one and a half mills on the dollar:
On any amount between f ix millions and forty millions
of dollars not exceeding one mill on tho dollar On any
amount over forty millions one and one fourth mills on
the dollar: Provided, that in ease any important bridge
or britlg. s built and maintained by any countv shall be
destroyed by any casualty, the restoration of which m iy
he necessary for puldic accommodation, the coinuii.sioii
'ts of such comity may levy a special tax not exceeding
in any year one mill on the dollar of the taxable prop
erty of the county, the proceeds of which tax slta'l be ap
plied solely tn the rentoiationof such bridge or bridges:
Provided, That the county commissioners of any county
in w hich the total valuation of taxable property does
not exceed three millions of dollars may Increase the
rate of tax levied on the first two millions or any lesser
sum of such taxable property to nnyrate not exceeding
nve mm on the nonar. anu nviy set apart nuv portion
of the pn ca;-d of such tax not necess tv in tUei opin
ion to defray other county expenses for the ctirinnt year
for the erection of countv buildings, and the amount so
set apart vital) be denominated 'the public building
fund and shall be pn hi out on the order of the commis
sioners. There shall be levied for townahin ourrse.
other than for road, bridge, for the support of the poor
auu common s nooi purpuscs,anu ior tne purpose ot pa;
ing the interest or orincjial of but debt or debts owi;tir.
such rate of tax on a iy amount of the taxable property in
the township tisen ered nnd valued on the grand list, as
the r is'feuit't ie tewin!iips!tal! crtify to the c iunt Au
ditor 1 1 bo necessary 10 exceeding one-half of onem ll on
each dollar of such valuation not more than two hundred
thousand dollars, and one-fourth of one mill on each
dollar of such valuation over two hundred thousand dol
lars. Dut the total amount of taxes hereafter leried in
any one year by the constituted authorities of any city
or incorporated village, except the city of f 'ineinnuti,
for all purposes other than for the payment of interest
on the debts of such city or incorporated village, and
for the payment of the principal of such debts, or parts
thereof as mav fall due within the then current or next
succeeding year, shall nt exceed live mills, and in the
city of Cincinnati six nnd a h tlf mills on each dollar of
the assessed value of the taxable property iu such city
or incorporated village: Porvided. the aforesaid limita
tion shall not bo construed as prohibiting assessments
on property adjacent to local improvements made iu
any city or incorporated village for the purpose of pay
ing the cost thereof and the damages occasioned there
by; and provided further, that nuthins in this sa tion
shall be construed to prevent tho county commissioners,
towmhip trustees, or corporate authorities of any city
or village from levying any tax which by any special
law they shall be authorized to lew.
Sec. a. The competent authorities of anv county, city.
township that shall have subscribed tu the uapiul
stock of any railroad companv, and shall have issued its
bonds or other securities for the payment of Biich sub
scription mav. at any time within fite years next before
the principal of su:li bonds, or other securities shall be
payable, if the market price of the stock of such railroad
coiupanv be less than sevouty rive per cent on its par
value, levy, or cause to be levied, annually on the taxa
ble property of such county, citv, or township, such tax
not exceeding one mill ou "the dollar, as will be suffi
cient to balance tho discount on the railroad stock held
by such county, city, or township by the time such bonds
may become due; and tha pro v ee ls of all such taxes
shall form, with such stuck, a sinking fund, and shall bo
Invested in the purchase of the bonds issued by such
county, city, or township, or in other safe and produc
tive securities, and shall he applied to the payment of
the bonds so issued and to no other use or purpose
wuatever.
Sec. 3. The operation of the fiftv-er'lit and fiftv-
ntuth sections of the act entitled "an "act to provide ior
the reorganization, supervision and m ttiire"'"t of com
mon schools," passed Muruli 14, 1&3, ure hereby ius
peitvi iur one year.
riec. 4. The several county auditors shall not be re
quired to assess on the taxable property of their coun
ties, or of any township, city, iucopurated village, or
school district therein for any purpose, nor for all pur
poses added together, any rate of taxation containing
resulting in any fr iction other than a decimal fraction,
nor in any decimal fraction less than one twentieth of
mill; but if the sum required to be raised for any, or
for all purposes, results tn a fraction less than one-fortieth
of a mill, such fraction shall be dropped, and if
more than one-fortieth of a mill, the difference between
such fraction and one-twentieth of mill shall be ad
ded to such resulting fraction.
Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for the corporate author
ities of any county, township, city, or village, unless
specially and expressly authorized 'bv some act of the
general assembly, tr contract any debt, nor to incitrnuy
pecuniary liability tor tti? payment ot either the princi
pal or interest of w hich during the then current year or
my subsequent year it will be nccessarv to levy uu the
taxable property of such county, township, city, or vil
lage, a higher rute of tax than the maximum rate pre
scribed bv this net.
Hoc, C. ErfiT contract made In contravention of the
provisions of the foregoing sections shall be utterly null
atidvoid in regard to any obligation thereby imposed
the corporation on behulf of which such contract
purports to have been made; but every commissioner,
ollicer.agcnt. trustee or member oi any municipal corpo
ration that shall have ni tile, ur participated in making,
authorized thw unking of any such contract, shall
held to bo individually liable for its performance.
and every commissioner, trustee, director, member nl
any city or village council, or other officer or agent of
any such mutiii ip.il corporation who shall have been
present when any such unl.iwful contract was made. or
authorized tu be niddt, shall be deemed to have made,
to have participated in making, or to have author
ized the m iking the same, as the caese may be, unless
shall, il present, have uisscnteu therefrom, and snail
nave cntereii, nr causeti to no entereii, such dissent on
the records of such luuniciiial corporation, or of its
councils trustees or other officers or agents.
Sec. 7. The act prescribing and limiting the rates
tiiatinn,'' passed April 1 1, is hereby repealed.
This act shall take effect immediately after its passage.
N. H. VAN VORHES.
the House of Representatives.
THOS H. FORD.
President of the Senate.
April 17, 1857.
No. 112] AN ACT
amend an act authorizing
to establish ater courses and locate Ditches, i it cer
tain cus'n, pafs.-d May J, lMjJ.
Sec 1. He it enacted bv tho (leneral Assembly of
the Stato of Ohio, That section- one, nine nnd thirteen
so amended ns to read its follows: Section 1. That,
the township truxtci's hall have power, on the applica
tion tf any party, to enter upon uny land in their town
ship to view any water course or proposed ditch, for the
purpose ol draining any lanit iiehi by more than one
lersun, and to cause sjhl mtcu nr water-course to be
located and et apart to each persou interested in such
iliti h or water-course. Midi portion of the same to be
by him opened ns shall be deemed riirht and just, ac
cording to the bcneiit derived by such person from the
opening of said ditch or water course; and also to as
sess against hi in such portion of the expenscs'und dam
age hereafter provided for, as according to right and
justice he ought t pay, .section 1. U shall bo the
duty or any person claiming compensation ior mc ap
piopriaiioti of his land for the purpose of constructing
the ditch or water-course provided for in the lit.it sec
tion of this act, to make such claim at tho time when
saiil trustees shall meet for the purpose of locating
said ditch nr water-course; and thereupon it shall be
the duty nfsaid township trustees to proceed to esti
mate and determine tiie amount of compensation to
which such claimant will be entitled for the appropria
tion of his said land, for the purpose a foresaid; and the
amount of said compensation so determined upon nnd
awarded to said claimant, shall be apportioned and as
sessed against the parlies in said ditch or water-course,
as provided in the first section, and shall be collected
as are the other expenses and damages, and when col
lected shall be paid over to the party entitled thereto;
and should utiv party iu nhosti favor compensation is
awarded, ted aggrieved thereby, he may wi.htn t'-u flays
after making of such awar-t, appeal tneretrom to the
probate court of the proper county upon tho execu
tion and filing with said probate court of a bond, with
security, to be approved by the judge thereof, in the
sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned to pay all
costs that may bo awnrded against him, and said cause
shall be tried hi said probate court uncording to the
nrovUion of an act pasmul April 30, Ih.Vi, entitled
' an act to provide for compensation to owners of pri
vate property appropriated to tne use or corporations
aud the act amendatory thereto, so far as the same
may be applicable; I'ruvided, that if the appellant
hall not, on such trial in the probate court obtain judg
ment, exclusive of costs, for a greater sura than the
amouiiUwarded him by said township trustees, he shall
pay all costs of said proceeding. Sec. IX If ft shall ap
pear from the report uf the cotniuUiiouers of review,
that said ditch or walcr-roitrsc was properly located
and equally awarded in labor, expense and damage, by
Said townsliln trustees, the said ditch or water-euurnc
shall lie cut nr opened in said location, nud if from the
report of said commissioners It shall sppear that said
i-rpos ?d ditch or wntcr-rourrc was improperly located
or awarded as to labor, oxnenso or damaire. the mi me
shall be set aside or changed aud located by mid uom-missiotu-rs
of review subject to the rwisiou of said pro-
uio conn. j
Sec. a. ThatRertlone on", nine and thirteen, to which
this is an amcudiueut be and the same are hereby ro
No. 112] AN ACT N. H. VAN VORHES.
the House of
THOMAS H. FORD.
President of the Senate.
April 14, 1857.
AirixoE Omen, fl'ood Co , 0 )
Way 13, ltj7.
I hereby certify that the above laws am accord
ing to the copies furnished by tho Secretary of
ciaie. JAUES W. KOSS. Uo. Auditor.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
tSIieitlpH Hnhu
Eliazbeth Miller vs. Jacob Miller.
BY virtue of an execution to me directed and deliver
ered frnnVthc court of common pleas of Wood coun
ty. Ohio, in the above enfee, 1 will oiler for sale at the
door of the court house in IVrrysburg,
On Monday the nth day of June. 1S.17.
between the hours of 10 o'clock A, , and 4 o'clock p.
H. of snid day, the following reul estate, beb g the
west of the south-east . section 3't, town 4 north,
rnngs 11 east, containing Htl acres, taken asth proper
ty of Jacob Miller, to sutisf a iudgmcut for alimonv in
tlie ab ove case. 0. V. OllTON, Sheriff".
PlIirK A J KFKKRSOS, Attj 'S
May 7, l-s7 5Jwl $ J
VyOi'll'K is hereby given lo toe uwnei of sect tout
i i 1, 'it& il. in Jackson township, and sections ;14, Ji,
;tii, At li.i. in .Milton township, that the trustees of Jack
son vV Milton townships will meet nt the house of John
Dubbs, in Jackson, on ihe i'.U day of Juno, nt ten o'clock,
for the purpose, of locating a ditch, commencing nt sta
tion seventeen, in swamp hind ditch No '11, thence to
station one, nnd thence along the most feasible route
throutrh sections 3i, & 23, in Milton to the east line
of Milton township, and apportion the said digging arid
expenses to the several owners of the above described
lands benefitted thereby, all the above lands Ivtng in
Wood countv. Obio. II. K. JKKOMU.
Mav 7. lf.7 Viwtt
DITCH NOTICE.
V"OTHE is hereby given to the non-resident owners
LN of section twenty-three aud the southwest
quarter of sec tion fourteen (H). range twelve (12),town
ship live (5), Freedom township, Wood county, that
the trustees of said township, will meet at the house of
Charles Misenhottr, on the li'.th flay of June, 18.57, at 10
o'clock A. M.( lor the purpose of locating a drain or
w iter course, commencing at the section line roa
be '.ween sec. ":i, ami 21, thence west one I mile, thence
n rlh about sixty roils to the 4 section line, thence
west thirty rods. thence in a northerly direction through
the north-west quarter of section twenty-three ('-). to
the section line, thence about forty rods through sec
tion fotirten (Hi, to a ravine running to Portage
river. CHARLES ElSKXIiOL'K, Petitioner,
May 7, 1f.p.7 52w
Notice.
THERE will he a pctiiion presented to the commis
sine's of Wood county, Ohio. at their next regu
lar session, asking them to establish the following road,
to wit: commencing at the north-east corner of section
titirtv-three, township three north, range eleven east,
thence south along the line of section thirfv-three and
thirty-four one mile to ihe county line, and there ter
minate. I1AU1USON LEATHERS.
May 7. Irt.i7 w4
Notice.
V petition will be presented to the commissioners
of Wood county, at their next regular session,
asking nn alteration in the Mount Pleasant ridge road,
as follows: Commencing at or near the pfaee where
said road crosses the center line of section :tJ, in Plain
township. The petitioners will ask that instead of the
present aneling route through the south half of the
south west quarter of said section, that the road
be n alterud as to run west from the north east corner
of s.iid quarter section to the west line of said see.,
and thence on the best route to intersect the present
road west nf said section Hue.
May 7, 1857 52w4
Snle of Itfnl Estate by Order of Court.
0 tho It th flay of June, A. I. 107, between the
hours of nine o'clock A. M., and four o'clock P,
M., on the premises will be sold to the highest bidder,
the following real estate, as the property of John Cor
naly decensed.to wit: The nest quarter of the north
half of the uorth-west quarter of section number onei 1),
township four (4, United States Ilescrvo. Also the
west q natter of the s-mth half of the south-west quarter
of sect f 'in number t-hiny-.-ix township three (Xi,
I'uited States P.cserve. (more properly described as the
wet half of the west half of the north half of the north
west quarter of section one (f . anil trie west hall of the
west half of the south half of the south-west quarter of
section thirty-six f3ti), situated in the county of Wood,
in tho state of Ohio, containing forty acres of laud
more or less, free and unincumbered by dower.
Terms of sale one third cash in hand, the balance
in one and two years, with interest from the day of
sale. The deferred payments to be secured bv mort
gage ou said premises. T. H. BAtillY,
Administrator of John Curiialv, decd.
May 7, 1857 .Vw4$H 25
Petition for Divorce.
Wood Countv Court of Common Pic is.
Mary Allen vs. Philander 11. rillen.
rrMIE said Philander U. Allen, whose place of resi
1 d-nce is unknown, is heieby notified that the
plaintiff will t ike depo-dtiou tn be read in evidence
on the trial of this cause, at the office of Jamas II.
Magrnder, in the town of Port Clinton, county of Ot
towa, ante of Ohio, on the first (lav of June, a. P. 1K57,
at 1 o'clock P. M. MAliV A LI. EN'.
May 7, 1S.7 52w33l 21
F1VI,' noi.LAits Ki;ViU.
LOST, on Wednesday, the l-d int., one gold locket,
and chain, a Locket Bible, and Gold Pencil, The
locket has three daguerreotypes in it. If any person
can give information that will lead to the recovery ol
the above articles, I will give them the above reward.
Information may be left at the store of IMiiiu & Bar
stow, or at nit residence on the Maumee and Wos tern
It(serve roadr Miss p, U. HOW.U(I).
Perryburg, April 23, 1857.
AdmiiiMrntor's (Snle.
OVthelfHh day of Mav A. I. Ii7, between the
hours of 10 A. M. and 4 P. M. of that day, at the
door of the courthouse iu the town of Perrysburg,
Wood county, Ohio, will be sold ta tho highest bidder,
the following realty as the property of Joseph Htewart
deceased, tn wit: Ijtnd warrant number ll,Uu8, calling
for ltio acres of land, nnnrised at $liio.
v ii.i.iam it. liny ant, admr.
Price v Jefferson, Attva. of Joseph rftewart, due'd.
April '23, 18 7 5iiw5SI 78
Mood Common I'leas.
Petition to sell hunt.
Samuel M. Chlleote, Administrator of the Estate of.
flic barn Lomau, dec d, vs. James Mickey, and others.
James Mickey will take notice that Samuel M. Chil
eote, a Itninitirator of Hichard Loman, dee'd, has tiled
a petition against you and others, as heirs of said
Hichard Loman, in the Court of Common Pleas of Wood
county, Ohio, to obtain from said court, an order to
sell the west half of the sou li east quarter of section
number 19, T. 3, R. 12, in said Wood county, Ohio, con
taining Hi) acres, for the purpose nf paying the debts,
of said estate the person. il property and effects being
insutlicint, thereof said petition will be lor hearing at
the next term nlsai.l court, commencing June 10, 1857
MI'KKA V t DUIX.E, Ally' oriVt's.
April 23, lnr.7 .(hvti3 10
NOT7CI3
IS hereby given that a petition will be presented to
Hie roinrnisioncrs of Wood county, at their next
regular session, praying for the location mid establish
ment of a county road, commencing at the quarter
post between sections II and 12, town range 1), rim
ing due west through the center of section 11 until it
intersects with the township line road, and I hero to
terminate. April 30, I8..7 f.lwi
A.G. HOWELL,
Si n ilSSOIt TO It. J. IIOULLL,
WILL be found at the room recently occupied by
Valentine pink, first door east of tlie Post O trice,
on and after the first Monthly in March, prepared to sup
ply his fdd customers, and all new ones wlio may tavor
liim with a call, with everything in the Ornccry aud Pro
vision line which the wants of the people may require.
Jo will keen nil kinds of
SUGARS, TEAS,
COFFEES, FISH,
And in fact everything iu the Grocery line, which will
be sold for cash or produce.
lUiUS, BUTTER. FRUIT.
And nil kinds of vegetables, together with everything
the provioion market affords, will be kept 011 hand and
disposed of at the lowest possible, cash figures. Be
lieving that a nimble sixpence is more valuable than a
slow shilling, the propriutcfr bus determined to sell at
Small Profits and for Cash.
Those having provisions of nuy kind to dispose of,
and those wishing to purchase, either groceries or pro
visions, w ill find it to their advantage to cull at A No.
1, first duor cast of tne Post Office, and trv
A. ii, HOWELL.
Feb. 2C, 1k57.
Manny's Combined
REAPER AND MOWER,
Manufactured bv IIAl.llWIN, UKiVliT i CO, Clcre
(nlitl. for fcttile of Oliio.
Cnll anil get thoir uonnitl rirciilar.
;i;o. l'OWKKS, Ajjent fur Wood county.
lril 23, lai?. .
3
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Hliejfi 's Huie.
John Simpler vs. Win. P. Kexnor.
1)Y virtue of a vend! writ of execution tu tne direct.
JJed and delivered from tho court of Common PL as
of Wood couuty, Ohio, in the above cause, I will offer
lor sale, at tlie door of the court house, in Perrysburg,
On Saturday, the '23d day of May, 1ho7.
between the hours of lo o'clock a. m. nnd 2 o'clock p.
of said dur, the following real estate, to wit :
nil the Intercut of the said William P. Heinor in nnd
ti a certain trnet of land known as east Perrysburg, in
Wood county, Ohio. C. W. NORTON, Sheriff.
Mithrat A notion Attvs for plff.
pril 2H. lft7-.Vw5$,i.3(l
NOTICE is hereby given Unit tnie w 111 o petition
presented to the Commissioners of Wood county,
ai th ir next session, praying for a view, survey and
loci tion of a county mad, commencing on the Wau
paknnuetto State Koad, on the west line of K. ft X. E.
I of See. 31, T. 6, It, 10 east, running south to the south
line nfsaid sectionfthenre south to the 8. W. corner of
the N. ft K. 4 N. E. of See , T. 6, II. 10 east, thence
east on tho line of said tract to the 8. W. corner of the
N, I X. W. ( of Sec. 6, T. 5, H. 10 enst. thence east to
the Green Encampment road, there to terminato.
Also, a petition praying for a view, surrev. nnd loca
tion of a eounty road, commencing nt N. W. corner of
N. I K. J N. E. k of section 6, T. fi. It. 10 east, running
west on the line of snid section to the N. E. corner of
Sea. 1, T. fi, ,K. 9 east, thence west to the Otsego and
lilanchnrd Free Pike, thereto terminate.
A PRTITIONKR.
April 30th. m:,7 l1w4$1.2.li.
LKtil IVol !.
The State of Ohio, Wood county; Petlon for Partition
Jacob Myers, petr. vs. Mary Ann Koose, John M. Koose,
ItaeheKoose, Meichael Koose, Sarah Knmracrs, Sam
uel Summers, John Mycrs.and Sarah Myers, Defts,
rnwiEsaid defenden 1 will take notice that Jacob
X Myers has tiled a petition against them In snid
court, demanding partition of (lie follow ing real estate,
situate in county of Wood, und state of Ohio, and being
the west half of the north east quarter of section No.
17, township No. 5, north of range A'u 12, containing
SO acres of land. Said petition will be for hearing nt
the June term of said court, 1857.
Per Jau. M run ay, his Alty. By F. 0. BKRVIS.
April 23, 1 Hii7 50 vfj$'i U3
"VfOTICK is hereby given that a petition will be
11 presented to the commissioners of Wood county,
Mt their n"xt regular session, praying for the location
and establishment of a county road, commencing at
quarter section line on tho north side of section six,
in Perry township. Wood county, Ohio, thence south
on said quarter section line till it intersects the road
running west from Jillgrove by the farms of Josiah
liigur and John 11. Buchcr, there to terminate.
MANY PETITIONERS.
April 30, is:7.'i Iwi
MheiUl Snle.
George Coit vs. A. P. Stone, et. al.
BY virtue of an execution to me directed ond deliv
ered from tho court of common pleas of Wood
county, Ohio. I shall offer for sale, at public auction.
On Sntnrtl.iu. Mttu YMxh. lK.'7.
between the hours of one nud two o'clock P. Ml. .of
said day, the following described real estate, to wit :
The undivided half of Itiver Tract number fifty-seven
(.'".) in the Vnited States Reserve of twelve miles
square at the foot of the Kaoids of Miami of Lake
hne, containing eighty and eighty-three one hundredth
fth0.b3-100) acres.
C. W. NORTON, Sheriff.
April flO. WT.-Mw5'2.3H.
Wood Common IMe-ns.
Mary Jane Hrown vs. Schuyler Hrown.
rT"MIE defendant S'chuyler Hrown. will take notice
1 that Mary Jane llnnvii, on tho loih day of Jpril,
l.."7,tiled her petition in the clerk's office of tho court
of Common Pleas, of said county, nskint! for a divorce
from him on the grounds of willful absence for more,
than three years; habitual drunkeness for more than
years: extreme cruelty nnd gross neglect of duty;
and, unless the said dclb'tdant answers or demurs to
said petition on or before the first day of the next
term of the court of Common Pleas, in said county,
said petition will he taken as confessed aud the court
asked to decree thereon acrnrdinirly.
-1s1if.it tuuh, Attv. tor 1 ill.
April 30, lfi.17 11wfi$2.!l3
SWAMP IjAiXO MOTICK.
AfOlTOH'S O I KICK, Wood Co., O., )
Perrvsburg, April 0, lM.'iii.
SEALED PROPOSALS directed to the fom
minsioners of Wood eouniv will bo recti veil at
this ollice until the eleventh (1 1) day of May next, for
making and completing tho ditches and drains des
cribed below, for draining and reclaiming the swamp
and overflowed lands in said county as below described,
to be paid (or in said lands at the appraised value
thereof, as specified by law :
S 0 9 3
" A 2.
n n i-, t -
S 5
53 s a D "b":
HS S 3 8 S ?
sr.--"
05 -
wwt-ft
o c o '5 c i ; h ;
3
M - 3
a
...
33?
LAMIS TO BE SELKCTEO fHOM IN PAYMENT.
apprnhed val.
Whole of section no. 3 1 .1 r 1 1 C2.r 60-100 a Tes. f'2 2j
!l If r II 'HO 2 2i
n w a n w s waec" 11 t ,S r 1 1 2'H) 2 ((n
n of section "2Ht4rll li'lit ' 2 00
For a more definite description of the above
Dilchcs and Drains, reference may be had to the.
Kngiit,.ir's mnps and prunlcs, on tile ill thia ollice.
lu making proposals, applicants should duhignate
the ditcbea by their numbers, aa above, the price
perrod for which they will make each ditch or
drain, the time within which they will complete
each or nil of them (in no case exceeding two
years) aud also the land (in parcels nut lui-a than
u acres eacn.) selected in payment Tur aurh labor,
coi.fiuing such .eleclious to the lands intended to
be benefited by the improveuifiit proposed to be
niado by them respectively. Applicants will also
tndorseon the ouuideof the eiivelopesroiitaiuing
their proposals, the number of ditch or ditches for
which they propose. 1 he County Oommissioin-rs
will meet at this office on the 1 Ith day of May'
next, for the purpose of examining said proposals
we will then award contracts for uiukilig the im
provements above specified, to the lowest riwpon
aible bidder or bidders. Hucccssful bidders should
be present and prepared to give bonds, with secur
ity satisfactory to the Commissioners, for Ihe faith
ful perlormancn of their respective contracts.
lly order of the County Cotnmissiunera,
JAMES W. ROSi, County Auditor.
April 0, lw.ii 4nwl.tlii.BU
"OTIt'E is hereby given that a pctiiion will be
presented to the commissioner of Wood county,
at their next regular session praying for the location
nnd establishment of a county road, commencing at
Hie north east corner of the south east quarter of sec
tion 12 in llloom township, and running west through
the center of seetiou 1 1 and 12 until it intersects the
road ruuuing south of Eauleville.
JAC0D LANDIS.
April 2, 1857 51w4
IVolico
IS hereby given that a petition will be presented to the
commissioners of Wood county, at their next regular
session, asking tor the view, survey, and location of a
county road, commencing at tlie center of the Mct'nteh
enviile road, on the township line between the town
ships of Freedom and .Montgomery, thence west on the
township line between said townships, and also that of
Portsge.aud Center townships, to the south west corner
of section 34, in Center township, to a county road, and
tliere terminate. MANY PETITIONERS.
May 7, 157 :.2w4
I
I
I
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mnenll 's Kale.
Jnines i'illnra v, Jucob MlUer.
BY Tirtiie nf an order of ml. to ma directed from
the court of common pics of Wood countv. Ohio,
in the above caiut.I will offor for ule at the door of tin
ccourthoufl. In Pi'rrjsburff,
On Kitttrrfrttf, Jfai 30th, 1fl57,
between the hour, of lu o'cloi k. A. M. and 4 o'clock
P. M. of that dar, tlio nulh-ea quarter of the nouth
et quarter of joci Ion thirtr-one (31,) of town four (4.)
north of rnnge eleven (U) east, containing fortr acre'a
nio.o or li ss. .
. . C. W. NORTON, Sheriff.
PRlrF St .tr.rrr.anox, Att'v".
yfprii amh. us; c wf.$2.a5. . .
MicfiiTrSnle; ! ' 7
AVood Cuinmon I'leati,
Jnmea Taliurn. Ann K. Taburn, vn. Phoebe Hannon,
Diiniel Newton, Adm'r.
BY virtue of nn ordsr of .ale to me directed and
delivered from the court of common pleaa of
W nod county, Ohio, in the above cae, I will offer for
iale at the door ot the court house, in Perrvaburg,
On Snlnrihi, May 30fn, 1H57,
between the hours of It) o'clock A. M. and J o'clock P.
M. of snid day, the following real estate, to wit : Tha
west half or the south-east qonrtiror section 84, town
I.ranira 10, iu Woral eonntv, contninioe. NO acre, to be
aoldtuhject to the life eatate of u-d l'hotbe llunuod.
Fermi cosh.
0. W. NORTON, Sheriff.
rmrR St Jcrrrnans, -4ttks,
AprW 30th. lsr.7. f, I w.', . 2.1)0.
Hitch Noticed
NOTICE Is hereby Iven to tieorga Lamb, a non
resident of the township of .Montgomery, that the
trustees of snid township will meet at the housa of
Conrad Shelter, in mid township, on Saturday, Mav il,
1h'i7. for the purpose of surveying and locating a ditch
or water course, commencing on the east line of section
twenty-three. (2;i) thence running westerly nntil it in
ters cts William C'hnpmnn's ditch.
APrl11". Co!non Surma.
I't'lilioii for Divorces '
Wood l ounty Court of Common Pleaa.
TKunico . I.Snell vs. Nelson Snell.
UK said defendant is notified that Ktwfee t. Snelt
did on the 1 Ith day of April, A. 1). 1857, file her
p. litioij in the olbce of the clerk ef the eonrt of com
mon plens within and for the eetmty of Wood and
State of Ohio, charging the said Nelson finell with
gross neglect of duty and wilrTul absence for more than
three years last pa.f, and asking thai she may be di
vorced from the said Nelson Snell. whieh petition will
stand for hcarins at the n-M t-ni of Mid court.
H NICh I, 8NE1.L, '
By Pnirr. 4 jErrLUsp.-,, hfp Attorneva.
April I3tli 1.-S.-.7 IUkii
Wnlc of Ileal K-liil... bf ""onlt;r"ii? Probate
4'onit.
ON the 2.1d day of Mov. A. 1). I - between tna
hours of one and four o'clock P. H..m tlie prc miaea
herein described.will lie told to Ihe highest bid Jor,
the following property belonging to the estate nf
Adam Phillips, dt'eaed to wit : A good ateam saw
null, about one and three-eighth acroa of land and
certain right of way; aaiil land and right of way
more particularly described aa followa, to wit :
Commencing at a beach tree on the eaat bank of
the Portage river, the aaid beach standing on the
norlh line of Ihe south-west quarter of section 27,
in township5, north of range 11 east, and running'
thence sou h along the hank of said Portage river
sixteen rods, thence east twenty rods, thence nortU
sixteen rods, anil thenco west twenty rods, to the
place of begii ning, together with a right of way
forty fi et in width, communcing at tho south-west
corner of the land ubove described, and runninpr
up Ihe banki f the said Portage river to- the Rol
lursvillo and Porlajo Free Turnpike road; sard
right of way tn continue bo long as the said land
above described shall be used for mill purposes.
To be sold subject to the dower of Catharine Phil
lips, widow of decedent, which haa been assigned
at twenty dollars annually. Appra'sed,aulect to
aaid dower, al $13UI) Terms of tale one-fourth
cash in hand, and the residue in three equal an
nual pay ments, with interest and good security.
JOSEPH SARGENT,
DAVID PHILLIPS,
J. H Rain, Att'y. Administrators.
April 21. 1H57. 50w-lt4 35.
School LniiilN for Nnle.
nUlE undersigned will oiler for sale at the door of
J- tho court house, in Wood countv, Ohio, on Fri
day, the Alh of June noxt, at 11 o'clock i. M. all of
sec. Hi. township No. 3, range 12,(l'errj) divided and
Nirui.cu an lOHOWS .
No. of Lot.
No. of Acres.
Valuation.
$lf0.
lfin.
ion.
1G0.
Suo..
200.
300..
201).
200.
200.
200.
200.
240.
240.
1.
2.
3.
4.
6.
n.
7.
8.
9.
in.
li.
12.
13.
11.
M.
111.
42 li-loi)
40 3.1-100
41 31-lnO
41) 71-101)
411 D7-1D0
40 H..-1 1 H)
HI 711-lcsl
42 21-IO0
4 ti.5- KM)
40 31-101)
41 1.1.1(10
41 7J1IHI
41 4.1-1O0
41 21-1(11)
40 II1-100
2H0.
320.
41 17-100
Terms One-twelfth part of purchase money to bo
paid at time of sale, and the balance in eleven equal'
annual installments, with annual iuterist.
No bid taken for a less sum than the appraised value
J AS. W. K OSS. County Auditor.
Auditor's Office, Wood connlv, (). )
Perrysburg. April 3, lsr,'7. COwa...?,',.
I.r.fiAI. XOTH'I-:.
Petition for Partition, in Wood Common Pleas.
Sarah A.C'niu'h ami John T. Creigh. her husband, vs..
Williiim M. Iteid and others.
Vyll.I.TAM M. ItEll), Oeorge Iteid. Aim. Ileid.
t Samuel Reed. Johnson Kecd. Margaret tiowwi
lernnd Christian (lowwiliT, her husband. .Mary Shep
hard and Jam?s Khcphard her husband, Jnines Mc
Clnre, Mury McC'lnre, Jane Mi t'lure, Ann SlcClure,
John Adams, Samuel .4dams, Mnrgaret Adams, Geo.
Mi'Kcehan, Samuel .McKeehan.Johii .Mt-Keehnn nn.
jamin Mi-Keehnn. Nancy Pinwiddy and Aleiaoder Iin-
wnlilv her husband, .Marv lllankeiiship, and John lllan
kenship her husband. Samuel MrKerhau, Martha Mc
Kcehan. James Owen Uare. David Aleiaoder Bare. and
Sarah Klizabeth Hare, will take notice that a petition
was tiled against them on the 22.1 day of April, 1857,.
in the court of common pleas w ithin and for the county
of Wood, nnd Slate of Ohio, by Sarnh A. Creigh an'd
John 'V. Creigh. her husband, nnd is now pending,,
wherein said pl.iintitfi demand partition of the follow
ing real estate, situate in the count of Wood and stato
of Ohio, to wit: The north-half 'of the south-west
quarter of section No. 2-1, in township No. 5, in rango
No. 9 enst, containing eighty acres more or less, in the
township of Weston, county of Wood, nnd state of
Ohio; and that at the June term of said court, or a
soon thereafter as counsel can be beard, said plaintiffs
will apply for an order that partition be made of said
premites. Itinn, Caiid:ntek & Haiuuson,
Plaintiff's Att'ys.
Dated this 23d day of April, 1S:'7. Miwil.a.i.So.
I.rual Notice.
Court of Common Pleas, Wood County, Ohio..
Civil action.
TheJ Ohio Life Insurance and Truat Company"
plaintiff, against Samuel Conch and Mrs. Zil
pha Hall, defendants.
MMIE said defendant, Samuel Conch, will take--a-
notice that on tho flth day of April, A. D.
1M7, the said plainulf tiled in ihe office of th
t'lerk of tho Court of Common Plena of Wood
Counly, Ohio, a petition Sj iiutt him and the
said Mra Zilriha llnll
Said pititinn sets f ,rth that on llin 51lh day of
May, A. D. 183G, Ilormo Hall, now uVcrns. d, then
husband of the said Zilpha Hail, ixi cjtrd and
delivered to the plaintilf his p ouiis oiy note of
that date for the sum of one thousand il.illurs with
lnterekt at seven per c ntiim per annum, pnvable
to the plaintiff in Cincinnati, and that lo secure
the payment of aaid note, said Horace Hnll and
Zilpha Hall, his wife, at that dale executed and
delivered to the plaintiff a mortgage conveying to
the plniutiir Lot or Tract Number sixty-three (63)
in the United &' ates Reserve at the Rapids of the
Mintui of Lake Erie in Wood county ,J Ohio, coo
tnining two hundred and twelve (212) acrea.
1 hat the principal of said note and the interest
thereon accruing since May 28'h, lc54, are due
and unpaid. aid petition also tuts forth that
said land haa been conveyed to said Samuel
Conch subsequent to the date of said mortgage
and subject thereto.
The object aud prayer of aaid petition a-e to
obtain a judgement of foreclosure upon said note
and mortgage for the amount due the plaintiff, end
for t' o sale of said landa to jiay aaid debt.
The said Samuel Conch ts required to answer
aaid petition by Ihe thirteenth day of June next-,
or ju.lgment will ba laken against him by default.
Latimer a scuuyler, ri tr'a Att'ys.
April 11th, I85fi-4i)wti$7 .85.
(SIuriH's Snle.
Ellmbetb Miller vs. Jacob llillr.
B
Y firtue of an execution to tne directed and dellr
erod from tlie court of common ideaa. of M'tvwft
county, Obio, in the ab.'ve cause. 1 will offer far l.
at tlie door of the court house in rerrvsburg
On Monday the Hth day of June. 18,r.7,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock P.
M. of haid day. the following real estate, being the west
i of the south-east of section 22. town 4 north, rang
1 1 east, containing bO aores. Let ied on as the property
of Jacob Miller, tu satisfy the costs in the above case.
C. W. NORTON, Sheriff.
Price a.JrrreRHon, Atys.
May 7, 17 6.tw&.yi.tf$