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THE KALIDA VENTURE.
Friday, Api'H 1. 1845.
"A government of men and not of proporty
Ike rights of man as possessed of reason and af
fections the right of tho people to institulo go
vernment, and when it becomes destructive of its
ends, to alter ond reform it equality against pri
vilegehostility to special legislation for tho be
nefit or for tho injury of classes tho assertion of
the rights of Jabor, which includes most nearly
the rights ol nil an extension ot mo triumphs ot
humanity even to criminal law freo nnd good
schools for tho gonoration that is to tako our
places the advancement ot moral relorm, by the
increase and ailtusion ol intelligence." JJaneroJt.
Dicline of Agricultural Products iij Ohio.
Most of our readers will doubtless bo startled at
the opinions advanced in tho articles which are
fe-publishcd in this paper, from the Ohio Cultiva
tor. Nevertheless, tho figures and deductions
are, We believe, substantially correct. Every
citizon of the State, has whether ho properly
realizes it or not a deep interest in nil that re
latcs to her agricultural productions. To a soil
unsurpassed in fertility, and to the persevering
toil of our hardy farmers and not to labor di
reeled by science and skill is Ohio indebted for
the agricultural pre-cir.incncc sho attained here
toforc. Other States, much less favored as re
spects soil ond climate, but whoso farmers arc
uniting skill with labor, bid fair to outstrip Ohio.
If our agriculture is really on tho retrogressive,
it is time that it was known and the causes
promptly investigated, and tho remedies applied
As regards this portion of Ohio, there has been no
improvement in fanning, since its settlement.
There aro not half a dozen farmers in this and
tho adjoining counties, who conduct their busi
ness to advantage and profit. Our farmers gene
rally aro well satisfied when they obtain from
one-third to one-half the crop which their farms,
under skilful management, aro capable of produ
cing. If the tillers on our richest lands, obtain
15 to 20 bushels of wheat, and 50 to 75 bushels
of corn, to tho acre, they boas.t of their good for
tune. Our farming friends hereabouts, are good
citizens, honorable, upright, industrious men
bnt they devote too much of ihcir time to " hunt
ing" " trapping" and " fishing," and have too
much of a jealousy of what they call " book farm
ing," to render their fields profitable to themselves
and the State.
Wo do not bclievo there is on this continent a
soil and climate much better adapted to the growth
of wheat, than this of north-western Ohio. If our
farmers would only make the science of agricul
ture a study, they would, in a very few years, en
rich themselves and redeem tho character of the
State always provided that they rejected the
emissions of the thieving bankers in exchange
for their produce.
We have now, in Ohio, one of tho best agricul
tural papers in tho Union tho Ohio Cultivator,
published semi-monthly, at Columbus, Ohio, by
Mr. M. B. Batf.iiam, at $1 per annum and there
is not a farmer who would not probably udd 25
per cent, to the amount of his production, if he
would avail himself of tho practical knowledge
whieh he would gain in the course of a year from
that work. Moro when wo have more leisure
For tlio Knlida Venture.
The Rule or Wma Federalism. Tho Lcgisla.
luro of Ohio has ended its session, which if I mis
take not, in duration, iniquity and infamy hos ex
ceeded all that have preceded or that will succeed
it for a century to come. As a looker on upon
the movements of public men I havo been endea
voring to make up my judgment upon the acts of
tho whig majority, ond hod noted some matters
deserving general reprehension. But ihero are
so many and various that I content myself with
calling your attention to tho character of their
legislation as o whole. I do not object that laws
enough have not boon passed. The unprecedent
ed amount of special legislation in place of a few
general laws demands a prompt change. It is of
the quality, and not the quantity, however, that 1
most complain.
Tho " act to incorporate the State Bank of Ohio
and other Banking companies," is one of tho most
high-handed and unblushing attempts, by a venal
party, to'pcrpetuato power, everperpctraled. Not
demanded by tho people in any shape, it lops away
onu of tho most clearly settled principles for
which one people ever gavo their voice. I mean
Individual Liability. It needs no force of obser
vation to understand, that if tho whigs had decla-
red to the people, previous to their elections, their
intention to do oway with thie provision in Bank
ing, they never would have been entrusted with
power. The speculator is now left freo and un
fettered to prey upon tho People. I would ask
thejvhigs of the north west is there any similarity
in the features of this Bill and tho principles pro-
fessed by Judge Tildcn, Sheffield, Riley or Hay
maker when candidates for popular favor? The
truth is the tho pcoplo have been betrayed by
their servants. But this is but a small evil in the
mass of wrongs with which that iniquitous scheme
teems. It establishes a State Bank with branches
ai well as free banks so called, controlling by o
Board of Control the money influence ntono point
creating a perfect oneness of action in coercing
the popular will. This Board of Control it is ho
ped by the whigs will render tho Legislature of
the people a moro mochino to cnregistor tho de-
crees of the council of tho Banks. Besides State
Bonds and Mortgages of private property are
provided as a substitute in part for Specie. That
this system must produce revulsion and public loss.
cannot be doubted ; but it has other objects. Will
not the profit to the Banker on State Bonds draw
ing interest induce him to use all his forco to per
petuate and create Stato debt? and Mortgages on
Real estate gives the same unscrupulous class a
power over the subsistence of tho individual Mort
gagor which they will enlarge into a power over his
vote whenever practicable. But a State Bank is in
principle the same as a National Bank a corrupt
ing connection between the Stato and individuals;
a principle fast becoming obsolete as its impolicy
becomes apparent to all classes. But Ohio whigs
know nothing of improvement; their course is
backward. A State Bank is injurious to tho
interests of the people No matter. A few ca
pitalists will be tho gainers and whig practice has
never regarded ths people any further than it
could deceive them.
The U. S. Constitution gives to Congress the
power to "make or alter" the " regulations" re
lativo to " tho timo, place and manner of holding
elections tor" "representatives." This power is
subject to tho action of tho Stato Legislatures in
districting their States upon tho apportionment by
Congress every tenth year, while not otherwise
regulated by a law of tho U. States. But the
power to niter such apportionment exists not in
the Legislatures of the States, their functions once
exercised their control ceases tho power to alter
is ceded. Nevertheless tho whig majority havo
anew districted the State, though it is a step never
before taken, and though in 1842 they fled from
their duty because as they contended ten years
of injustice would otherwise havo been done
them. Two yearsand theso rebuked rcvolutionsts
infiingo tho Constitutions to secure party ascend
ancy. Is this calculated to mollify tho violence
and rancor of party, or was it upon this issue the
People entrusted them with power?
A law amending tho oct in relation to quo war
ranto passed this winter, provides, I believe, for a
still further impunity for corporations. Whcrowill
this end? What stato of things will it establish?
A largo proportion of tho people of Williams and
Henry counties remonstrated against tho imposi
tion of increased taxes that II. G. Phillips and a
few other overgrown speculators might add to
their bloated wealth by tho erection of Dsfianco
uuu a county site. An immense mnmi-itv .
j j
monstrated, yet tho Whig Legislature passed tho
obnoxious act almost by a party vote every Do.
moerat and only two Whigs voting against th(
new county project. But what were the people's
remonstrances to this whig majority? A single
capitalist's wish proved of moro value at Columbus
than the remonstrances of thousands of lmnpst
fanners. Let this fact bo remembered by tho in
dependent voters of tho two mutilated counties.
Perhaps tho rago for party judges, prominent
this winter had its influence.
As a party tho Whigs hnvo ever repudiated tho
doctrine of instruction, pledges, and even " decla-
rutions for tho public eye." Yet whilo abhorring
every meosuro that tends to increased responsibi
lity, on the questions of tho Annexation of Texas,
tho Naturalization of Foreigncss, etc., they did
nothcsilato to possresolutionstocficctand change
the votes of Allen and Tappan our Senators in
Congress; ready and eager to violato any and
every principle if by any means Whig ascendancy
could bo consummated.
A Registry Law passed both Houses for the
Registration of votoia by Township Assessors.
I'or all practical purposes other than narrowing
'vffragc our present Laws aro sufficiently stringent.
But too many plain honest poor men voto now to
suit tho aristocratic genius of whiggery. The
adopted citizen, too, must still further bo marked
and separated from tho native voter; tho former
comes from n land whero tory registration laws
aro well understood and theirobjects appreciated.
and his votes tell his experience. And conse
quently, every means to make his rights of adoption
a nullity are taken, by thoso who arc ever harping
upon tho obligation of contracts, where a stock
jobber or broker runs some risk of refunding his
too often ill-gotten gains. But tho bill, oftor al
most becoming a law, failed by tho House refu
sing to agree to somo amendments of the Senate,
and theso men we trust will not be allowed to
misrepiesont tho intelligence ond honesty of the
Stato again. So it is but a glimpso of what
Whiggery designs, if allowed to mature its objects,
ono of the measures only heard of after Elec
tion. Tho acts which havo been passed in relation to
the State Printer, publication of the la ws, &c.,havo
consummated the villainy of the malevolent men
who havo been sent to Columbus to manifest that
party and not tho State ; passion and not reason aro
the guiding rules with whig legislators. These
laws savor of manliness, but have been preceded
by a series of petty annoyances which nobody of
high minded men could ever have thought of stoop
ing to. Surely the paltry saving which hasbeen the
protenco for mutilating and curtailing reports,
suppressing documents, ond passing bills without
printing and beforo every member could cxamino
them was not the motive. It was that to print
them would possibly have allowed somo remunera
tion to the State Printer! Mcdary has proved on
able critic on their littlo nepand dishonesty, and
they aro just narrow-minded enough to punish as
far as they can a man whoso only crime is capa
city and independence.
In giving theso opinions of mine, I presumo I
stato nothing but what has occurred to yourself
and to many of your subscribers and to thousands of
both parties in tho Stato, and I will not enumerate
any further. But among tho Laws, both gehcral
and special, passed during this session, I in vain
look for ono which will causo this session to bo
remembered for itsbreadth of design or enlighten
ment. None such wero passed. Nothing to odd
to tho dignity, prosperity or improvement of Ohio
in ony particular, but much to crush its people
and elevate over them as low and vllo an aristo
cracy os ever cursed mankind that of fraudulent
ly obtained wealth. Under tho guidance of a
remorseless, selfish nnd calculating loader, Alfred
Kelloy, great and leading principles for tho protec
tion of tho peoplo havo been assaulted if not des
troyed, constitutional barriers havo been broken
down, and with a unity seldom,cqualled,federalism
has striven to wrest power from the people to fasten
t upon tho few ond tho undessrving. Our Do
mocratic Representatives have toiled to overt tho
mutilation of tho Constitution, to prcservo tho in
violability of contracts and to shield the people
from serfdom to tho money power, but have been
alike impotent. The triumphant whig majority,
bent upon public plunder, proved impassive to
reason, justice and eloquence. Their schemes
of fraud and corruption havo been perfected ond
must bo repealed.
As a minority our party havo been rcfusod nil
participation in tho Legislation of this most re-
markahlo session, and I can conceivo no mode of
dealing with tho impending evil of this Stato
Bank, but raising tho banner of opposition to all
Banks. We havo now amplo proof that Bankers
will accept no privileges compatiblo with tho
equal power of the People. Wo must, to preserve
power in the proper hands, utterly deny it to those
who havo no claim upon it, and who value it only
as it affords them facilities for abuse. Wo must
refuse all compromise with them ss they have al
ready done with us. Repeal, absolute and un.
conditional, must bo placed at the head of every
Democratic Journal in tho State. This is the on
ly platform of sufficient breadth on which we can
hope to stand i short of this we can never be sua
cessful. Wo must nv.ko the division lines bo-
tween us and our opponents plain to tho simplest
understanding, and leaving to our opponents the
weapons in which they trust fraud, the power
of tho purso and tho influenco of deceit, meet
them with truth, honesty ond sound reason, and
wo will defeat them forever.
You remark that Judges on our Supremo Bench
havo too frequently been ready to aid tho
schemes of Federalism when on tho Bench, ond
to forget thoso principles they esteemed sound
before their election. It is doubtless on decisions
ogainst Legislative repeal decisions founded up
on British aristocratic usago that tho Whigs cal.
culato to pcrpctuoto theso Banks in defiance of
tho popular will. If they should prove correct,
which I do not for a moment anticipate, I am pre
pared to tako a step in advanco of our present
organic system, and demand that all Judges, of
whatever grade, be elected by tho popular vote.
This is tho true way to uproot corrupting influ
ences to elevate popular rights and exercise a
due conservative influence upon our institutions.
Timo has proved that confidence placed in tho
people Ikis not been abused : and that the more
ciTcctivo their will, the purer will remain our in
stitutions. For history shows that I'ederal-Whig-Naiivism
not Democracy hos ever been ready
to trample on Constitutional restrictions and con
servative provisions. And so, to concludo this
lengthy paper, I shall only repeat that I am for
tho repeal of all special privileges, and in favor
of tho largest responsibility to tho people.
Demos.
Will Mr. Bateiiam send us Nos. 4 and 5 of
his paper
Letter
1
front tltc Commissioner or
I'atcutSi
To the Editor of the Ohio Cultivator:
Washington, March 12, 1845.
Dear Snt: I notice with pleasure, by a
paper rccoiveil from Columbus, (I believe
through your kindness) that your Legisla
ture are in concert to do something for that
long nogleclod but most important branch of
national industry Agriculture. I am sure
that if tho voice of the majority of the people
of Ohio w:ts lifard, it would bo in favor of
immediate rrioasurcs for tins object. New
York has done much, very much, and her
example is worthy of imitation. Let mo say
to you, what may bo realized perhaps too
late, that if such patronage is withheld, other
states will bear the palm, and Ohio will here
after be classed among the older declining
States. Without the application of agricul
tural science, her worn out lands will not be
ablo to compete with the virgin fertility of
the new states, or tho skilfully managed
farms of the older states, where improved
agriculture is introduced.
But Ohio can preserve her pre-eminence,
if she applies the means that uro within her
reach uniting skill with labor. I lodk for
ward, therefore, with pleasure to the time
when agricultural associations will bo formed
in every county, controlled by a state or
ganization, and encouraged by stato patro
nage; then Ohio will again march forward,
and her statistics will show a great increase
instead of diminution of her great staple
wheat.
Please advise mo of tho progress of the
hill, which carries with it tho hopes of many
well wishers out of tho stato for her prosperi
ty. Very respectfully,
II. L. ELLSWORTH.
From tho Ohio Cultivator.
Facts Tor the People of Ohio.
Decrease of the Wheat Crop Our glory
departing!
For tho last five years it has been pub
lished to tho world, that Ohio produces more
wheat than any other Stato in the Union.
This is tho proudest boast of her citizens,
and it ha3 done moro than all clso to esta
blish her credit abroad. With a wheat crop
from twenty to twenty fivo trillions of bu
shels, one ball surplus product, it was well
known that tho farmers of Ohio would bo
able without difficulty, to pay their taxes,
and tho indebtedness of tho State, and
speedily to become prosperous and wealthy.
But tho reports of the Commissioner of
patents, show that our btatc is last losing
this enviable distinction; and it is probably
that next yearns report well strip our farmers
of this their highest honor ! The report for
last year affords an argument in favor of tho
promotion of agriculture in Ohio, that ought,
to command tho most serious attention of
her citizens, and causo them to put forth im
mediate, and vigorous efforts for the diffusion
of a knowledge of improved methods of cul
tivation among farmers.
The wheat crop of Ohio for the past three
years is estimated as follows:
Crop of 1842, 25,387,439 bushels.
" 1843, 18,788,705 " (30 per ct. loss.)
1844, 15,909,000 "(15 per ct. more
loss;)
Showing a decreaso of 45 per cent, or
nearly ten ptillions of bushels in only two
years !
And thia too, while it is well known that
tho number of acres devoted to this crop has
every year been greater than the one prece
ding! And another important fact is, there
has not been a proportional increase of other
products to make up for this immense loss.
Is it any wonder then that our State is em
barrassed, and that farmers find it difficult to
meet their taxes? (The reports of the Board
of Public Works show a decreaso in tho ag
gregate amount of wheat and flour shipped
on all the canals in the Stato for the past
four years.)
As evmenco mat mis latiiug on is luuiiny
attributable to defective farming, let us
look at the example of New York, where
knowledge has been diffused for a number
of years pas', by five or six widely circulated
agricultural papers, several of them number
ing from ten to twenty thousand subscribers;
and where forty or fifty county Agricultural
Societies, and one for the State, are sustain
ed by tho aid of $8,000 per year from the
Treasury. There tho reports show a marked
increase in the wheat crop during tho same
timo that it has decreased in Ohio. The
figures sland thus:
For 1812, 11,132,472 bushels.
" 1843, 12,4; 0,499 "
" 1844, 14,975,090 "
Showing a gain of nearly four millions of
bushels in two years; and most of the other
products of tho farm in that Slate, have in
creased m a proportionate ratio for tho past
lour years.
From theso figures it is easy to see. that
in all probability tho next annual report will
rob Ohio of tho honor of being tho first
wheat Stato in the union, and award the
palm to the (armors of tho Empire State.'
And yet Ohio possesses at least double
tho number of acres adapted to this crop
that New York does; and there can bo no
good reason why wo should not retain this
high honor; or it so unlortunatc us to lose
it for tho coming season, it should be re
gained, and mado more securely our own
than over beforo. It is true our Legislature,
in the licat of parly strife, havo seemed to
neglect the greatest interests of tho Slate,
hut this only renders it moro necessary for
the people themselves to awake and exert
themselves.
The first thing necessary to bo done is to
circulate agricultural papers among the far
mers, and point out through them the ne
cessity and means of improvement. Until
this is done moro cffjclually than now, it
will be of comparatively littlo use to legislate
upon the subject or form associations; for
till then, not ono in tweuty ot the farmers
will co-onerato in such measures. If the
friends of tho causo, who percievo tho evil
and tho remedy, will go to work for this pur-
nose, with ono tenth part of tho enlhusiasn
that is manifested during an ordinary politi
cal campaign, we should soon see results
that would cheer the heart of every true pa
triot.
Civil War.
War, as it is usually tricked out, is a splen
did thing, no doubl, with its glittering equip
ments, its stirring music and its splendid
manoeuvres. 1 ho ideal seems, as it were.
lo spiritualize the more coarse and vulgar
impulses of that cambativcness nnd destruc
liveness which wo share with tho bull-dog;
and tho homicidal frenzy mounts into the
heroic, becoming a thirst for glory. But the
picture, when rightly viewed is not so very
attractive after all, as may be seen by the
subjoined synopsis of recent doings in tho
Argentine Republic, where the military game
is being played without restraint:
"The almost daily accounts from South
America bring fresh news of tho atrocities
of a monster who it would scarcely bo ima
gined existed in tho nineteenth century.
General Rosas, tho Dictator of the Argen
tine Republic, slill continues his work of
blood and destruction. 1 he details, as pub
lished in an able work by one Senor Idartc,
givo tho following result of tho wholesale
murders for which Rosas has to answer:
Died by poison, 4; by cutting throats, 3,705:
by shooting, 1,393; by tho poignard, 732; in
battle, 14,920; and by various persecutions,
including executions for desertion, and for
attempts to desert, 1,600."
It is from such exhibitions that wo of this
happy republic may learn to estimate tho
blessings we enjoy in being, through the
force of our own intelligence and common
sense, freo from tho sway of brutal violence.
There may, perhaps, be imperfections en
ough in the administration of our laws and
in tho working of our political machinery;
but when wo compare ourselves with other
nations, it will be found that wo have little
reason to complain, unless it be, indeed, that
wo are not always worthy of our own excel
lent institutions the most perfect and ad
mirable that tho world ever saw. Neat's Sa
turday Gazette.
From Washington.
A large number of nominations, chiefly
of revenue officers, &c, and those reported
on from tho Committee on Commerce, were
confirmed by the Senate, on Wednesday.
Two of the nominations were rejected,
namely, Mr. Slialer as Consul to Elong King,
and Mr. John II. Prentiss as Marshal of tho
Northern District of New York.
Tho nomination of Mr. John Harris for
tho Collectorship at Providence, R. I., was
withdrawn, and in his stead, that of Gon.
Thomas Carpenter sent in. This was con
firmed, as also that of Mr. Huntington as
Collector at Sag Harbor. N. Y. News.
A resolution has been adopted by the Se
nate, calling on the Executive for informa
tion as to our relations with Mexico. It
passed with but six dissenting votes. It is
also said that a resolution was adopted, ask
ing for a statement as to the condition of af
fairs between this country aud Texas.
Col. Almonte has been persuaded by the
advice of the French and British Ministers,
to abandon his purpose of a precipitato de
parture from tho seat of Government. He
will content himself with his protest, alrea
dy made, and await tho instructions of the
new Government of Mexico.
It is the current opinion at Washington
that California may bo acquired, if wo wish
it,- by treaty.
Tho Zoll Verein Treaty has been laid
over for further consideration till next ses
sion. Several treaties of minor importance
were considered and ratified. NeaVs Satur
day Gazette.
There is a timo when men will not suffer
bad things because their ancestors have suf
fered worse. There is a time when the
hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither
draw reverence nor obtain protection.
Pardoned. President Polk has pardoned
Captain Sangster convicted of a violent as
sault upon Hon. J. Q. Adams. Mr. Adams
petitioned for the pardon.
A notorious scoundrel by (he name of Da
vid Moomy, forged a noto on F. Fruchey,
who resides in Putnam county, about ono
month since, for the sum often dollars, which
he sold to a merchant in Pendleton. He
then came to this piece, presented an order
on us for two dollars which we paid, and
which turns out to bo a forgery. From here)
he went to Tiffin, whero we understand lie
forged a noto for thirty dollars, which he cot
cashed, and then left to play his tricks at
somo other place. Moomy is a short heavy
set man, about five feet four inches high, of
a very dark complexion, black hair, rather
crooked moulhcd,cc stutters very much when
drunk. He had on when bore a black hat
and black frock coat; and we should judge
I.- it t ' 1 r t. , .
iju in jjiuuy won qunnuca lor rresiuent or
Cashier of ono of the new banks to be cre
ated under King Alfred's law. Pass him
rnnnrl71n77ifi C.Mtvln '- -
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Flood and Dreadful Inundation. A
letter from Macao, published in the foreign
papers, gives an account of the overflowing
of rivers in the north of China, before which
the European inundations that have been re
corded during the last few years shrink into
rclativo insignificance. On the shores of the
Yellow Sea tho phenomena took tho charac
ter of a second deluge. Whole provinces,
with populations respectively larger , than
some of (he second class kingdoms of Eu
rope, wero almost entirely submerged. The
retreat of the waters left corpses in thousands.
Touching episodes are given as pictures of
this awful calamity. On the river Yangc
Tse wero found large floating casks, which,
when examined, wero discovered to contain
tho bodies of young children, whoso mothers,
when all hope for themselves was gone, had
committed them to these floating arks, as a
last slender chance of salvation. Upwards
of seventeen millions or human beings, es
caped from tiio inundation, have poured
themselves over tho adjacent provinces, beg
gared of all things, and crying for bread.
P7. Ledger.
Daniel Webster and his Pchchaseks.
We aro pleased to find that there is one
whig who looks upon tho crcRtion of the
Webster fund in its proper light. A corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, an influ
ential whig paper, in an article headed
" Webster bought up," justly characterises
the transaction as " wholcsalo bribery" and
says! " wo aro getting back to tho times of
Georgo II. or of Lord Bacon, if such things
as this are approved by leading moral papers
of any party." He adds: " This is the third
lime Mr. Webster has been bought twice
beforo hn (he money been paid him now
the purchasers have learned wisdom and put
it in trust." Troy Budget.
A Learned Decision. Some of our
south western Justices are sorely puzzled at
times. For instance! Smith was accused
of stealing n pig from Siokes Johnson, a
witness for Stokes, swore positively as to the
guilt of Smith; Jenkins, a witness for Smith,
sworo just as positively of his innocence.
I ho justice was in a quandary. The busi
ness, liko the Irishman's opinion of the
French language, looked to him a good deal
mixed, and so he finally dismissed the suit
and sentenced the witnesses to pay the cost.
Thieving in the Mormon Country.
There has been quite a haul of thieves made
at Quincy. While they wero under exami
nation, a fellow arrived to give evidence in
favour of a prisoner, when the jailor disco
vered that the horse he rode had been stolen
from him about 15 months previous. The
jailer claimed his horse, and the Mormon
who stole him lied.
Ex-Governor Thomas, of Maryland, has
been indicted for libeling Gov. McDowell,
of Virginia, and his family, Col. Benton and
others, in a pamphlet relating to his domes'
tic grievances his rriarriago and its subse
quent unpleasant results.
" There is a time for all things," said a
crusty old fellow to his wife. "I'll believe
that," answered his wife in a sharp vinegar
voice, " when you pay for your newspaper."
Hit him again old woman.
Brevity. That writer does the most,
who gives his reader the most knowledge
and takes from him the least time. In lite
rature as in finance much paper and much
poverty may co-exist. Lacon,
The Puseyite's in this city, propose, as
we understand, the foundation of a monas
tery in 12th street. N. Y. Mirror.
The Bill providing for a State Lunatic
Asylum has passed the New Jersey Senate
by a great majority.
LAND AGENCY.
THE subscriber has established a Land Agen
cy at Kalida, Ohio, for the pure-Wise ond sals
of Real Estate, payment of Taxas,' &c., in th
Counties of Putnam, Paulding and Van Wert.
Being connected with the American Associated
Agency, which extends throughout the United
States and tho principal States of Europe, he
expects to bo of essential benefit to all who may
engogo his services. GEO. SKINNER.
Kalida, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1 844. 209tf
METCALF Sf HUBER,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
HAVING opened on office in Kalida,. will
cive their attention to the ordinary buisnesi
of their profession, and particularly to settlement
of claims, payment of taxes, &e., for non-resi-
aents.
Jan. 10th, 2845. 203tl
DOCTOR SOLOMON M. SHAFFER,
Physician 6f Surgeon,
I ATE of Pennsylvania, but more recently from
J Rochester, Ohio, has located himself at'Rook-
port, Putnam county, Ohio, and tenders to the
public his touoiss profeservices. Feb., '44.
RICHARD C. SPEARS, '
Attorney at Law, Van Wert, Van Wert county,
Ohio, ro., 'M