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A PEEP BEHIND THE CURTAIN-MAN
,:!(,.;,.. .:. .i.: IN LOVE.""'. j. ......
Thers's ao kllllni Ilk thl which kills the tuart."
The sad effect which disappointment in
lore hai upon the female heart, has ever
been a fruitful theme with the pcet a id n t j
jist, but we are singularly in the dark as to
the manner in which the lordly sex meet
similar calamity j' and this is the more strange
since there is nut a man living over the age
of twenty-five, who could not favor us with
' some choice revelations, if he only saw hi.
The Sorrows of Werter have come down tu
us in all their naturalness and pathos, but
Oerman nature and human nature are two
different things, and nobody at the present
day thinks ot opemug his jugular vein foi
any thing short of a pecuniary misfortune.
How heroes of romance and fancy men
demean themselves under sorrow of the
i heart is nothing to the purpose; the question
that concerns us is, how do veritable Ileal
and blood in the shape of lawyers, doctors,
merchants, editors, feel, when, after making
a solemn tender of their person, they rind
they have their labor for their pains. D
they bless us or do they curse us? Do they
seek relief in solitude or in smoking? The
following will throw some light on the sub
ject, and although ts details seem almcst tto
, sacred for the public eye, yet as the parties
have all pissed on the stage, we can see no
good reason for withholding it. It was found
among the papers of a lady lately deceased
and makes no pretensien to elegance of style
yet we envy not the feelings of that femali
who can pursue it without emotion, and whe
' in view of the intense suffering the soflei
' sex are capable of producing, is not full)
. . convinced that it is a great charily to be a
., woman: inemuiy captivating and winning
as we undoubtedly are, we should still remem-
ber that one loveliest attribute is mercy
' -, May lOtb, 1820. '
My Dear Sister; ( .
: A sad calamity has befallen our family
' Our darling brother has been refused
'' It took place this morning. We have long
I known that he was suffering from an attack
or the tender passion, but in consequence
of severe losses at play, and our father's ob-
' duracy, who refused to advance hint, a single
' stiver, it reached its crisis, before we were
prepared tor it. It was a hard thing for him
a man and a Howard, to acknowledge to auo-l
. iner, and that other a woman, that he found
! himself in sufficient' for his own happiness;
"but when he reflected that his ancestors
" had all done the same thing before him, and
- that it would not be considered as derogating
' from his dignity, ho resolved to smother his
pride and followed in their footsteps. H
strongest feelings too were enlisted in the
' question, for he had ever present with him a
gnawing sense ef emptiness, so to speak
which extended to his pocket.
x r . The most tender affection had ever sub-
h listed between us, and on this occasion he
-ought my confidence. 'He had composed
.' his oiler, and bad again and again recited
r to the corner xubboard, and affectionately
kissed the keyhole; but fearing when he
v should address it tor a sentient being, lie
i: might lose ' bis welf possession and break
down in the middle, he asked of me the favoi
of rehersal. You will blush for my weakness.
but 1 acknowledge the bar thought of sucl
a scene completely unnerved me, but when
I reflected upon the state of his finances,
- and that success to him was as the very
breath of the nostrils, I conquered my emo-
: lions, and acceded to his solicitations. Ah
s my sister, what a sweetly interesting mo
'- rhent! and if my agitation was so great at
' this, bow shall I ever endure the reality?
y I endeavored to enter into the spirit of the.
-scene and according to custom essayed some
faint objections; but he obviated them in b
moment, and indeed the eliect was truely
- tremendous when he came down upon hi?
- knees and alluded to self destruction.
; I pronounced it perfect, but still he was
not satisfied. " There are other ways, he
V said, that may be, more effective, for "in
stance, lam more at home on horseback,
and as I have it all cut and dried, and on the
tin of my tongue, perhaps it might gel
ierked off, as it were, without my knowing
it." But I had insuperable objection to this
, plan, for though I was aware that if refused
he might show bis sense of injury by spurring
on and leaving her, yet still there wero ad
vantages in being under cover not lightly to
be relinauished. Had he been more con
versant with our sex, he would have known
there is no sight so moving to the female
" heart, as that of a real live man prostrate be-
. r..-.. 1. a- Haanlnn nAranlfinff nnrl imnlnrinrrl
Yes. mv sister, that is no fiction, many i
man surprised and overwhelmed by a refusal,
has " bowed bis pride" and cried all over his
' broadcloth. Forgive the inelegance ot my
expression, but truth must not be sacrificed
to eunhonv. .
"I will do it," exclaimed he with enthr
' siasm, and will this moment seek her resi-j
dence, and it was a beautilul sight as lie
flung himself into the saddle, and riding
rather with the steed than on mm, rose ana
fell gently in bis seat with the regulari ty and
' precision of the piston of a steam engine.
Occupied with pleasing thoughts of the
beauty and wealth of our intended sister, 1
was unconscious of the lapse of time, till 1
was roused by the tramp of a flying steed.
Can this be the look of successful love,
thoueht I. as with convulsed brow and
clenched fists he flung himself into the apart
ment? Oh! what a spectacle for a sister's
eye. He was red to the very roots of his
hair, and language not the most courtly fell
from his quivering lips. I approached him
I endeavored to throw myself into his arms
He reDulsed me. , He used opprobrious epi
thets. " All alike, all alike," said he. 1
felt the cutting injustice of the expression
for never could I answer to my ' conscience
to be puiltv of such cruelty.
Our mother, ah! what a tie that is, sought
her son. She bung over him and pressed
into bis hand a " trifle," which she bad pri
f.. vatelv subtracted from our father's vestments
Heaven srrant he may not miss it. The
sight of his mother's tears and the unex
pected " tin" completely unmanned him, and.
the crystal sluices gave way. - .
Nor did she forget his moral nature po
tent cordial soothed his exasperated feeling
ind he sunk into a powerful slumber.
have iust left him; i continous hum sound:
from his chamber. . It has been a day of in
tense excitement to us all, for we feared ii
would strike to his vitals. To me it seemed
hat he was severely handled, but our deai
mother, who lias an uncommon acquaintance
with men and things, remarked that he was
not more so than is usual with men of sensi-l
hility and true feeling, and particularly where
ihe charms ot the beloved one are not en
tirely of a personal nature that llieir exer
cises are frequently of an extraordinary
character that love is the strongest foelinj.
in the manly heart, except the passion foi
obneco. .
Oh ! what a r jsponsibil'ty is oura ! When we
consider that a proposal of marriage involves,
not merely tbe bestowal of a name or ot an
immense list, but the expenditure of money
ibsolute men ay ; it seems to me, that nothing
but a previous engagement can justify arefu
But to our brother. No other connection
poroses equal advantages. Old Van Bok
(elen's estate is dreadfully encumbered, and
neighbor Vanduzzen has gone on foolishly
idding to his family till his properly is no
worth dividing.
3 o'clock. Our brother is awake but com
plains of an internal sense of goneness.
;iave witnessed mortal anguish in many shapes
I have seen the loss ot teeth, eye teeth, 1
iiave witnessed fearful contusions, but nevei
have I beheld aught that penetrated to the
very depth of my soul like the wailing of a
refused man! '
" Oh Love! what is it in this world of ours,
That makes it fatal to be loved"
Yours, S,
The Folly of Pride. The following
thoughts will receive special attention when
the reader is aware that they are from that
now much Written about and talked of man,
Rev. Sydney Smith:
Afier, all, take some quiet, sooer moment
of lifd and add together the two ideas of
pride and of man, behold him the creature of
i span high stalking through the infinite
pace, in all tho grandeur of littleness.
Perched on a speck of the universe, every
wind of heaven strikes into his blood the
chill of death; his soul floats from his body
like melodv from the string; day and mghi
as dust on the wheel, he is rolled along the
heavens, through a labyrinth of worlds and
all tbe creations of God are flaming above
and beneath. Is this a creature to make to
himself a crown of glory; to deny his own
flesh, and to mock at his fellow, sprung
from that dust to which both will soon re
mm? Does the proud man not err? Does
he not die. When he reasons, is he nevei
stopped by difficulties? When he acts is he
never tempted by pleasure? When he lives
is he free from pain? f ride is not the heri
tage of man; humanity should dwell witli
humility and atone for ignorance, error and!
imperfection. '
Bonaparte's Opinion of Chhist. A for
eign journal lately published a conversation,
related by Count de Montholon, the taitblul
friend of the Emperor Napoleon
" I know men," said Napoleon " and I tell
you that Jesus is not a man ! . The religion
of Christ is a mystery which subsists by its
own force, and proceeds from a mind which
s not a human mind. We hud it in a mark
ed individuality, which originated a train of
words and actions unknown before. Jesus
borrowed nothing from our knowledge. He
exhibited in himself a perfect example of
Ins precepts. Jesus is not a philosopher,
for his proofs are miracles; and from the
first his disciples adored him. In fact leani
ng and philosophy are ot no use tor salva
tion: and Jesus came into the world, tore
veal the mysteries of Heaven and the laws
of the Spirit.
" Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and
myself founded empires; but on what foun
dation did we rest our genius? Upon force.
Jesus Christ alone founded his empire upon
love; and at this hour, millions of men would
die for him.
" It was not a day, or a battle that achiev
ed the triumph ot the Christian religion in
he world. . No, it was a long war, a contest
for three centuries, begun by the apostles,
then continued by the flood of Christian ge
nerations. In this war, all the kings and
potentates of the earth were on one side:
on tbe other, I see no army but a mysterious
force, some men scattered here and there in
all parts of the world, and who have no
other rallying point than a common faith in
tbe mysteries of the cross.
"I die before my time, and my body will
bo given back to the earth 10 become food
for4iie worms. Such is the fate of him who
has been called the great Napoleon. What
an abyss between my deep mystery and the
eternal kingdom of Christ which is proclaim
ed, loved and adored, and wli cli is extend
ing over the whole earth. Call you this dy-
ng? Is it not living, rather?"
What is Virtue? The Emperor Sigis-
mund in conversation with Theodoric, Arch
bishop ot Cologne, askea me primate now
he ought to ob:a n happiness? ,
We cannot. Sire, exoect in tnis woriar
" Which, then, is the wav to happiness
hereafter!" he asked.
" Ynn must act virtuouslv."
What do you mean by that expression?"
" 1 mean," answered l neonore, mat you
ihould always pursue that course of conduct
vhich vou nromiaa to do whilst VOU are
laboring under a fit of the gout, indigestion,
or one."
The London Punch savs: How depen
dent a thing is human excellence! What
beauty without soap? -
Fannv Wrioht Darusmont has lately fall
en heir to a fortune ot $wu,uiw.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT, i
- , FromNeal'i Saturday Gaxette.
NEW RECEIPTS. by hiss Leslie.
Gooseberry CnAMPAioNB.- Take large
fine gooseberries that are full-grown but not
yet beginning to turn red; and pick off all
he tops and tails. 1 hen weigh the truit,
and ..allow a gallon of clear soft water to
every three pounds ot gooseberries. - rut
them into a large clean tub, pour on a Utile
of the water; pound and mash them tho
roughly with a wooden beetle; add the rest
of tho water and give the whole a hard stir
ring. Cover the tub with a cloth, and let it
stand four days, stirring it frequently and
thoroughly to the bottom. I hen strain the
iqmd through a coarse i.nen into- another
vessel, and to each gallon of liquid add four
pounds of fine loaf-sugar, and to every hvt
gallons a quart of the best and clearesi
French brandy. Mix the whole well to
gether; and put it into clean casks that will
just hold it, as it should be filled lull, f lnce
the cask on Us side in a cool dry part ot tin
celler, and lay the bung loosely on the top.
securo the cask firmly in its place, so thai
it cannot by any chance be shaken or moved.
as the least disturbance will injure the wine
Let it work fir a fortnight or more, till the
fermentation is quite over, and the hissing
lias ceased. Then bottle it, driving the
corks. Lay the bottles on the sides. In
six months it will be fit for drinking, and
will be found as brisk as real champagne.
Green Currant Wine. The currant.1
must be full grown, but not yet beginning t
redden. Strip them from the steins, weigh
them, and to every three pounds allow a
gallon of soft water. Mash them well, and
proceed exactly as in the above receipt foi
gooseberry champagne; except that you may
use the bjst lightcoloured brown sugar in
stead of loaf. Iustead of bottling it as soon
as it has done fermenting, you may whenev
er the hissing is over, put in the bung tight
ly, and let the wine remain in the cask. In,
six months il will be fit for drinking.
THE GREAT LAKES.
We presume very few persons are aware
of the vast extent of these inland seas-
covering as they do an area almost as large as
(he continent of Europe.
Professor Drake, of Louisville, visited
ihem last summer, and has made public the
result of his observations. .
The chain of lakes extend over nearlv
eight and a half degrees of latitude in
breadth, and 16 degrees of longitude in
lensth The extent of their surfaces is es
timated at 03,000 square miles; and the
area of country drained by them is comput
ed at 400,000 square miles. 1 heir relative
sizes are as follows:
Ontario, 6,300 square miles.
Erie, 9,600
St. Clair, 360
Huron, 20,400
Michigan, 24,400
Superior, 32,000
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The average depth of water in the differ
ent lakes is a question upon which there w
no certain information. Authorities diner.
Dr. Drake gives it as follows:
St. Clair, 20 feet.
Erie, 84 "
Ontario, 500
Superior, 900 "
Huron and Michigan, 1000 "
In our standard works Lake Erie is usual
ly stated to have a depth of 120 feet. The
deepest soundings have been taken in Like
Huron. Off Saginaw B iy, 1800 feet of line
have been sent down without finding bottom.
The altitude of these lakes varies step by
step from Ontario to Superior. Lake Onta
rio is 232 feet above the tide water of the
St. Lawrence. Erie is 333 feet above On
tario, and 5S5 feet above tide water at Al
bany. St. Chir is six feet higher than Er e,'
Huron and Michigan are 13 feet above St.
Clair, and Superior lies 44 above them.
J his shows the curious fact that while the
surface of Huron is 684 feet above the level
of the ocean, its bottom at Siginaw Biyis
more than 1100 feet below the sune level.
Tho waters of thes3 lakes, with the ex
ception of Erie and St. Clair, are remarka
ble for their transparency and . delicious fla
vor. Of Lake Huron, Professor, JJrake as
certained that the water at the" su face, and
two hundred feet below at the same placebo"" Wait, Aivardo
ndicated precisely the sime temperature, toJwnit.OnheiiaWait,
wit: fifty-six degrees. His explanation otp;', Kbn.
lliA fxri ia iklo. trio wntftra nrA fin mire til ill S son. Stnrlrlnrd John-
the rnys of the sun meet with no solid mnt -
ter in suspension to arrest and retain tlie
heat,
Tliprei is a great curiosity connected with
theso lakes, about SO miles from Kingston,
near the outlet of the hav of Quinte, in Ca
nada. The writer of this visited it a few.
venrs ago, in company with Professor Lyell
of London, who pronounced it one of the
rreatest curiosities lie ever saw. u is wnai
s called in Scot'and " a tarn," or mountain
lfilrA Tt ia ?ff,nfAt ,,nn a p.rtnip.nl hill
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I . n-n r . 11. I. : I n.Aa.l
half B mile in dinmeler, and OCClinieS nearlvIlM duly nppointed Administrator of the estate of ThomaF
, i ..(... ,1 ,-h rpu. i-i,- ;'KJ. Anderson, deceased, late of Tiillv township, Vsn Wert
the whole surface or the hill. The lake isP0Ilntyi OWo- A per,on, iLted tosaid estate are here
AAnaAnnand snllralv tvltliniit iiilnf vnt cShv renuested to make Immediate navmentt and all those
' 1 ' . .i e Khavlnx equitnMe claims axalnst said estate are desired to
mall stream constantly escapes" trom onenr(Mnt liemt iegany antvemicaied, for settlement, within
Aa f , nana Inn a ria ot t he 111 II. tlirn-Kona
;ns the wheels of a flouring mill, which hns
heen erected near its summit. The level of
the witer in the lake is supposed to he about
i350 feet above that of tho bay below. As
there are no high lands within fifty or sixty
miles, or nerhaps a greater distance, the cu
rious question arises, whence conies the sup
ply for this mountain lake?
Professor Lyell Supposes it tO OCCIipy thelcnuntv, we the nndersi-mnd do rerfifv that we have view
crater of an extinct volcano, to receive iisiPnm(,rovof, ,d ,,,wn,hn,n rnri the snme to he a iieH
wafers throueh hidden: syphons, from a greal
distance ; but did not coincide with the pop
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ular beiiet in me neigiiDomuiHi, m m
fountain head was Lake Erie, although it is
supposed that they occupy the same level.
Will not some of our geologists examine
this curious lake, snd give ns the result of.
their investigations? vm. Jtuu,
Quaker's Reproof. Sometime since, n
sailor on one of the wharves was swearing
most boisterously, when one of tho Society
of Friends, passing along, accosted him very
pleasantly, and said, "swear away, friend,
swear away, till thee gets all that bad stuff
out of thee, for thee can never go to heaven,
with that stuff in thy heart." The sailor
with a look of astonishmentand shame bowed
to the honest Quaker and retired.
A man advertises himself in one of the
Boston papers as a manufacturer of" vice."
He will doubtless meet with much competi
tion, in such a place as Boston, and probably
have to petition Congress for " protection."
BANK NOTE TABLE.
CORRECTED WEEKLY FROM THE H. V. EVENING POST.
OHIO,
LehnnonMiaml Bkjco. broke
l.anriiler 92
domeitlc l-onda
lleimonl of St. Clalrivllle. .21
Lafayette b. Cincinnati... .Si
CliiiliroihA '
Mur.-lta
Massilon.... ,
Rntik of Cinrinnnti.... broke
Clrcleville old btnkl..lirnk
M.4.T. b. Cincinnati.... 1(1
C'flvelnnd
Manhattan fraud
Cirr.lftvill S
Mount Flcaaant Si
Clinton h.of Columbut
Co!uniNiina ,
Miiaklnvom "
Miami Exporting co "
vorwalk "
CommarriHl b.of Cincinnati "
Commercial h.of Rcot...SC
Ol'lo Rail Hoarl ro... .fraud
('ommarciul b, of L. Erie.. 5
Ohio Life and Truit co . ., .21
Oayton 9
Parnir,' n. of Canton SO
P. fc M. h. Ptenbenville. . .21
Panduikr "
Stetibenvllle fraud
rrbanahkf co... .do
Wert Union . ,.,.lo
franklin n. of Cincinnati. .
Franklin h. of Co'umHui. .
Weitetn Reaerve St
German b. of Wooiter. broke
Waabintlon broke
ftoaiire
Wnoater It
Xania :
Ual'lpo'li fraud
firenvltle rln
Knneivllle 3
Hamilton 11
PRICES CURRENT,
CORRECTED WEEKLY FROM THE TIFFIN ADVERTISER,
TOLEDO BLADE AND CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.
TtleJ:
Juna 19.
Cincianafi.
June 10
June 13.
WnaiT, per bnah
....f,-S,
.SIMS a 8S,
...... 0.75
. . 40 a SO
Coan. " "
Bulky, " "
Rye. ' "
:i
.03 a 5
..95 1,011
... 37
.. 31
. ..3,C0
...l.'S
... 87,
... l,9i
... 37
a 50
OnTB, " ,
.. ?5e el
Ci.ovra,
Timothy, " "
Fi,tzao, " M
(luxe, " "
Potatoes, " "
Arrtu, dried "
.3,00 a 3,50;
.1.40 a 1,75
.1,15 a 1,29,
a 1,50
.. ill a
a ,50
..50a 02
.1,75 a 2.(1(1
.3,05 a 3,;a
13,00 a 13,50
Green. "
PtiCHH. dried"
Flour, per bhl
Fork, clear "
. 5,C0
4,00 a 4,06
Men. "
9.00 0)2,52
12,00 a 18,51
Silt, "
1,0 J a 1,11
Him, emoked, per lb..
.. 07 a
..05a
.6,50 a
.5,00 a
. 00 a
. 04 a
.. 18 a
.. 25 a
.. 25 a
.. 06a
Of
9ffOULDKRI, " ,.
eoi
Bur, men, per hhl....
7,0ii
6.00
Dried, per curt
(.inn, per lb
out
, Off
, OS
, 25
. 25
06
, SB
. 06
0'
Chce, "
05
85
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26
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IlIIIVlI,"
Fa&TMcfte"
Tallow, ,
OlNaKNO,
06)
Kaoa, perdoz
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE
TS hereby given that the Commissioners at their
BL June session, 1845, levied a tax for Road pur
loses for the enauing year of eight mills on eacli
dollar's valuation of taxable property in the
county of Putnam, Ohio.
J. E. CREIGHTON,
County Auditor.
Kalidft, June 20, 1845. 226
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Alexander Hardin
( Juigmtnt in Common pitas Hanceck
Henrv Emmons,
tt cvuncjr.
T3 V virtue of a writ of vendl. exponas to me directed from
u uieuourioi common pleas or Hanrork ronnty. Ohio,
I will ofer for sale at thedoorof therourt house in KnllH.
on Tuesday the 1st, day of July 1845. hetween the hours
of ten oVIor.k A. M and four o'clock P. M., the follow-
in? onsrrinea trnns or iona to wit:
The no'th-enst fraction of the south-west quarter, ton
tninlns fifty acres, and also the south nart of the north.
east quarter of the north west quarter twenty-five (85)
ncres, and the south-east co-ner of the north-west quarter
of the north west-quarter four (4) ceres, and the north
east corner of Ihe south-west ouarter of the north-west
quarter two (2) acres, and the south-east auartnr of the
Knurtn-weai quarter ot lorry (4ii) acres; all in section twenty-
o iwjiownir ip one (i) norm ot rana eiznt (0) east,;
containing: one hundred and twenty-one (tifl) acres. Taken
as the property of Henry Emmons to satisfy an execution
miavvr 01 Aiexanaer narain.
T. R. McCT.URE, Sheriff.
May 30th, A. D. 1845. 5w223
David J. Cory, Ad
ministrator of Dan
iel Wait, deceased.
HENRY COMMON TtEAS.
PETITION TO BELL LANDS
w"il;i1,I"I,1,;'!U
The al ove Defendants n'e hereby Informed that, on the
30th day of April, A. D. 1845, said Administrator filed his
petition In the Court of common Fleas or Henry countv
Ohio, the object and prayer of which petition is. to ohtain
an order, dec. at the next term of said Court, for the sale
of the fol'owinir real estate, of which the snid Daniel Wall
died seized, to wit. The east half of the south west quarter:
ami tne west nnirortne soutn east quarter ot section n o. 1 1
eleven, township No. 41 four, north of range No. 6 six
east, in the Piqua Land District, in the county of Henry
and Stote of Ohio, and containing one hundred and sixty
acres more or less.
DAVID J. CORY,
Adminitlrattr ef Daniel Wait, itttattd.
v I. C. Halt, Sol'r for Petitioner.
Dated Bay 13th, 184.1. SSSdw
A nilTMlOTD ATHDiQ -MrtTirtT
H nui,ui,,Mji.n,v.vw
yenr. juiunAt,u ni niu r
June 1. 1845.
2S4dtr
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE..
i annriinte-i Administrator dei-oi non.ortheestate
Allen n. McRliira. Into of Putnam rounty, decersed, sud
hasaualifled as such adml-ls'rntor. Oftnwe. June 11, 1B4S
VAX.,,.. .-.-'.
SSSew Jldm'r it 4i's .
" ESTRAY NOTICE. -
TY virtue of an o'der to us directed hy Christian Huher.
IB. t..-tl- r ha Pmca Af nttswn townsnin. in rutnam
,hav mare. Ma'ir mane and tall, with a s'ar in ner race, ann
.the near hind foot, white ai'oul two Inches atove the past
ern Joint. ecent three warn snots e-ova ne inwi. one
hit .nt on the Inside of the richt hind foot ahout (If
teen hands histi supposed to be three years old ; a natural
trottar ; and we do apprstse aia mare at ju.
Sworn to and subscribed before ma this 31st May, 1845.
(JHKISTIAIf IIUBIR, J. r.
I certlfythe above to be s true copy from my estray book.
SZ40W - vbkistiah hueik, 4, r.
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miles lrom tbe placed publication. I bis journal
will therefore bo received at the following offices,
iree 01 postage:
in Putnam Countv Franconia. Fort Jennings.
Cochran's, Croghan, Pendleton, Canninchara,
Pleasant, Gilboa, Buckeye, and Dukes.
tn Jiutn Lima, and Westminster. " . .
Ai Poudi'nff Clnrloe, and Junction. '
In Van Wert Wan Wert. , ;
In Hancock Benlon Ridge. ,
We view this as a proper opportunity to ask
those who may be desirous to maintain an inde
pendent Democratic Press to aid us in enlarging
the circulation of our Journal. It it true this is a
new country and an extensive circulation is not
to be expected, but ours might with a little exer
tion on the part of the friends of correct political
principles be doubled, even among our sparse pop
ulation. We think Democratic Putnam is capa
ble of doing infinitely more towards circulating
the Venture thoihe now does, and that without
difficulty. Our able and worthy predecessor, H. S.
Knapp, Esq., had resources to render his business
profitable wnicn are denied to ub: me patronage
of three counties which now hove presses of their
own, and which made a large subscription list to
him rather a secondary consideration. Besides, as
we are well aware of the efficiency of a democratic
press to spread and keep alive democratic princi
ples, we are anxious, apart from mere pecuniary
considerations, to nave tne means 01 making our
political opinions as widely known as possible.
we conceive uiai wo novo a pvuuui ngiii luasa.
the active co-ooeration of those, in support oi this
Journal, whose principles are advocated in its
columns. From others we have no right to expect
aid ; but from those who are opposed to Banks of
circulation and discount; to iugti and unequal
tariffs, the distribution of the public lands anions:
the States, monopolies and special privileges, with
all their corrupting tendencies-from those who
are the ardent supporters of plain and economical
government, the currency of the Constitution-
equal rights and equal burdens we expect that
tliey will do all consistently in tneir power to sup
port and extend these views of political adminis.
tration; and as the Vesture, as heretofor
will sedulously be devoted to the extension of these
truly Jeflersonian doctrines, the character of its
circulation in this section must prove an impor
tant element in their progress and ascendancy.
We do not feel ungrateful for the efforts of those
who have made this journal hitherto one of the
most successful in the northwest, but, we ask, once
lor all, that these exertions be not laid aside, but
continued, and that as this portion of Ohio in
creases in population and in wealth, that we
should be made sensible of it by the increased
patronage ot our intelligent community.
We shall carefully endeavor to give the local
news that may transpire in this county and sec
tion generally. We shall also call attention lo the
natural advantages of northwestern Ohio, and
promptly notice every indication of its increasing
prosperity. And for this purpose we would
receive as a favor the suggestions of such as feel
an interest in the welfare of this portion of out
State; being comparatively a stranger, we are
consequently not so capable of doing justice to
ihis subject as an old resident.
Our mechanics, merchants and traders generally
j would do well to advertise in our paper. Our pre
sent circulation is equal to that ot any journal in
the northwest and is not'eonfired to this county,
but is liberally patronized in Williams, Paulding,
Henry and Defiance counties. We would not,
however, be understood to solicit advertising
solely as a favor to the Venture. We know that
no outlay made by business men brings more cer
tain returns than those which are received through
this medium, and that while conferring a benefit
on us advertisers confer a double benefit on them
selves. This, we are aware, is not so clear to all ;
many cannot realize that profit can be derived from
such an intangible source, but shrewd energetic
business men know that it is a memorandum to
customers where to call, and act accordingly.
The terms of the Venture will be, as usual, to
single subscribers $2,00 per year, when paid in
advance; end in a like proportion for a shorter
period. Any person who will forward us five res
ponsible subscribers lo the Venture will be enti
tled to an extra copy one year free of charge
Persons forwarding $5.00 in advance will receive
throe copies for one year or six for a half year, and
clubs forwarding $9.00 will receive six copies for
one year or twelve copies for six months..
JAMES MACKENZIE, Publisher.
Kalida, June 23. 1845.
Reprint,
Of Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, pub
lished at the Albion office 3 Barclay street,
N. York. The first year of our reprint of
Chambers1 Edinburgh Journal being about to
expire, we avail ourselves of the opportunity
to say, that it has received a support com
mensurate with the intrinsic merit of the
work, and that its continued republication is
therefore established on firm basis. We
shall feel indebted to subscribers who will
make the Journal known in their respective
neighborhoods, as well as give currency to
the annexe? terms of publication.
In order to put this work within the reach
of all classes of the public, we have deter
mined to issue it at the very low price of
one dollar and a half per annum; and also
to furnish it to agents at a discount from this
price, of thirty-three and a third per cent.
And in order to disseminate the publication
still more extensively, we have determined
to give individuals or companies of indivi
duals who may order five copies the advan
tages possessed hy agents, and to extend to
them also the benefit of tho discount. A
remitanco of five dollars, then, provided it
be in funds at par in the city of New York,
or not more than five per cent, discount, will
command five annual copies. -. The publica
tion is weekly, contains eight pages, and is
printed in the quarto form, with neat type and
on good paper. It is scarcely necessary to
state that the low price af which wa offer .
the work, will oblige us to adhere to the
orIca,A ay stem without any deviation whatever.
Editors throughout the country inserting
this Prospectus four successive weeks, and
sending a copy containing it to the Albion
office,' will be entitled to a free copy for one
year. ' - " '
LAND AGENCY.
THE subscriber has established a Land Agen
cy at Kalida, Ohio, for the purchase and sale
of Real Estate, navment of Texas, &C in the
Counties of Putnam, Paulding and Van Wert.
Being connected with the American Associated
Airencv. which extends throughout the United
States and the principal States of Europe, ha
expeets to be of essential benefit to all whe may
engage his services. GEO. SKINNER.
Kalida, Ohio, reo, s,
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