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AMD A VENTURE;
Equal Laws Equal Rights, and Equal Burdens The Constitution and its Currency.
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VOL" V NO 45.
KALIDA, PUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1815.
WHOLE NO. 253.
"WESTERN HOTEL,
,!.8 t - GILBOA,
.W Ki William L. Hi pklns,
HAS taken the well know
tavern stnnd i n Gilboa, Pu
nam county, Ohio, lately occupied
by Chr..Hess, and has proparod
the samo up for tho accommodation
.of the nublicV He hopee, by i strict
I Hit
III 111
HIM
attention to the wnt and convenience of those
hn tn fvnr him with their natronaze, to merit
continuance of the same. . Gilboa, Dec. 1845.
' SOMETHING NEW IN It A LID A!
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NEW GOODS.
MrtHE subscribers havo just opened an
"I, . mont of
NEW AND CHEAP GOODS,
which ttiev are determined lo sell as cheap as they
can ha bourrht anv where in northern Ohio. Our
store 'may- be found at the new stand between
McClure'e and Holibaugh'i taverns. Anion? our
stock may be found, Uroad Cloths, Cassimerca,
Kattinetts, Kentucky Jeans, Ashland Tweeds,
Moleskin, English Merinoes, Cashmere do Coss,
Mousline de laine, Calicoes of every description,
from 64 cents upwards; Bleached Sheetings and
Shirtings; Brown Muslins, from 6 J cents upwards!
nlsoahandsomo variety of Plaid and Cloth Shawls;
Comforters, Florence Braid and English straw
Bonnets; Men's and Boys' Caps; Boots and Shoes,
Groceries, &c. All of which we are anxious to
sell for ready pay. Any quantity of Wheat, Oats,
Clover, Flax and Timothy seeds ; Beeswax, Butter,
Ginssng, &c, token in exchange for goods; and
tht highest market prieei paid for them. Just' give
us a call, and if we do not sell you goods it will not
be the prics of the goods, that keep you from buy
ing. H. G. W. & W. F. CRONISE.
Kalida, Nov. 24, 1645.
FASHIONABLE
JOSEPH TINGLE,
RESPECTFDLtiY Informs ths citizens of Kollila and
the surrounding country that he carries on the busi
ness of TAILORING in all its branches. He resulnrly
receives plates of the LATEST FASIUOJfS from Phil
dclphla, and Is prepared to fulfil all orders In his line of
business in a tasteful and workmanlike manner.
CUTTI NO done to order on the shortest notice. Prim
to a lit the times Shop next house above T. Coulter's
tors. Kalida, July 8, 1843. S29.
THE WINTER FASHIONS
Just received, and those who wish good fits in tho latest
fnshion can be accommodated promptly and in the best
style.
. . ; BEN. METCALF,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
TTAVINGonened an offico in Kalida will
I I give his attention to the ordinary business
61 nis proiession, unu puniuuiun iu ovluuimi-ii
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donta
j T ia.i. mi:
I . claims, ujiymei ui ihahh, iui
Jan. 10th, 1815.
230z
KALIDA EXCHANGE.
THE subscriber has purchased the
old stand, in the brick building
directly opposite the Court House, in
ivaiuiu, rutnam county, uuio, lavora-
"blv known as " Rislev's Exchnnse."
He respectfully solicits the patronage ot tne puo
lio and in return, he will spare no pains to sc
cure tho comfort and convenience of his gnosis,
who will find at the Exchange every accommo
dation usually ound at hotels in this section o
ho stato. S. E. HOMBAUGH.
Kalida, Aug. 2(5, 1C45. 235cb
JAMES G. IIALY,
Attorney nnl Counsellor nt Law.
; :- Napoleon, Henry County, 0.
; May 23, 1845. - 222
J. J. ACKERMAN,
Attorney mid Counsellor at Lnvr.
''' KALIDA, rUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO.
' Knlida, Juno 20, 1845.
V DOCTOR P. L. COLE,
- Physician & Surgeon,
Kalida, Putnam co., Ohio. Ollice in the building
,- formerly occupied by Mr. Thatcher, as th
American Hotel, . April 18, 1845.
GEORGE SKINNER, '
n ADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, Knlida
J Putnam county, Ohio. Orders promptly exe
cuted Saddles, &c, constantly on nana.
DOCTOR SOLOMON M. SHAFFER,
' Physician & Surgeon,
rATEofPennBylvania,hutniororecentlyfioni
'a RnnhxBtor.Oluo.haslocated himself at Rock-
port, Putnam, county, Ohio, and tenders to the
public his protessionai services, ten.,
. S. E, HOLIBAUGH,
'r Boot and Shoe Maker.
HAS just received a first rate stock of Lentil'
er from Cincinnati.
.. Ready made work constantly on hand. '
'Kalida, July 15, 1845. 220eb
LAND AGENCY.
THEl ubscriberhas established a Land Agen
cy at Kalida, Ohio, for the purchase and sale
y Keel estate, payment oi laxas, etc., in ie
Counties of Putnam, Paulding and Van Wert.
Being connectod with the American Associated
Agency, which extends throughout the United
States and the principal States of Europe; he
.expects to db oi essential uoneiu iu nu vnu majr
engage nie services. ulu.oiukiib"
Kalida, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1844. '
JAMES MACKENZIE,
' ATTOBNfctf AT LAW.
Vewtdhe OrncE, KitiDA, Ohio. .
June, 1845. - - ' ... -.224 .
RICHARD' C. SPEARS, '
ATT 0 R N E Y AT LA TV,
' Van Wert, Van Vfert County.'Ohio.
"Feb. 1844. ' "- ("' ' ' '
ESTATE OFUEDEDIAH AUSTIN. , .
NOTICE is hercbVgiven that tho undersigned
has been appointed and qualitied as odmin
istator, de bonis non, jef the estate of Jededinh
Austin, deceased, Into of Baulding eounty, Ohio.
- : . J . JOHN W, AYKKS
Dee.mber , 1845 . . .0cw
For the Venture.
' to ,
Years, long and bitter years, have sped,
Since first thy hand in mine was press'd,
And still thy friendship round me shed
Gleamings of hope in beauty dreBs'd.
-1 was a boy when first we met; .
Uhy sympathy of course was sweet;
A thoughtless boy you find me yet, .
- I find tine all a friend complete.
The only friend that e'er was mine,
Who still is constant, ne'er betrayed,
The only light which still would shine,
Though every meteor round me fade.
I've rov'd with thee through lifo's few flow'rs
Endured with thee its bitter pains
Clung to thee in the darkest hours,
And still thy image hero remains.
I've roamed with thee the stillest nights,
hro' forest deep, by murm'ring river.
And gaz'd with thee sn those chaste lights,
Shining above us, bright forever.
I've dreamt of gliding through thoso climes,
With only thee to share my joy :
0 those indeed were happy tunes,
When you were young, and I a boy.
With thee I've tasted every oup
Of sweet and bitter, pain and pleasure,
Drank the black bowl of misery up,
And felt with thee e'n that a treasure.
And can the hours together spent,
Be e'er forgot and life remain?
Can friendship's silken cord be rent
And we e'er cease to feel tho pain?
Can feelings true and puro as thine,
Be quenched by aught the world can do?
I'd lose the world, if it were mine,
Before I'd lose the love of you.
0 what were life, if all alone
We're doom'd to tread the irksomo road,
Unlov'd alive unwept when gono
O misery! I would drop the load.
And yet the heartless worldlings' love,
- A thing of purchase, bought and sold ;
One thought of thine, I'd prize above
All their professions ever told,
1 want a friend in single truth;
A single fiiond and nothing more
The same in ago, the same in youth,
The same when rich, the same if poor.
To thee, and thee alone 1 cling,
'Mid every change, in every torm,
When desolation's raven wing
Is flapping o'er my boyish form.
Kalida, Dec, 21, 1845.
B.
CONGRESS.
In tho Housa of Representatives, Mr. C.
Ingersoll obtained permission to present a
petition from tho lesidonts of Oregon, pray
ing Longress to adopt measures to secure
their application to the mother country.
Tlio memorial prays Congress to establish
a distinct Territorial Government, to embrace
Oregon and its adjacent sea coasts. That
the knds of the Wallamctte valley and other
necessary portions'rnay be surveyed, and snr
veyors and land officers appointed and loca
ted at convenient points. That donations
of lands may be made, according to the faith
pledged by tho passage of a law through the
United States Senate at the 2d session of the
"27(h Congress, entitled "A bill to authorize
the adoption of measures for tho occupancy
and setilcrncnt of tho Territory of Oregon,
for extending certain provisions of the laws
of the United Slates over the samo, and for
other purposes." That navy yards and mar
ine depots may be established upon the river
Columbia and upon Pugiti's Sound, and a
naval force adequate to their protection be
kept permanently in tho adjacent seas. That
a public mail bo established, to arrive and
depart monthly, between Oregon city and
Independence, in Missouri, and also such
other local mail routes as are essential to the
convenience and commerce of the Walla
metlo country and other settlements. For
the establishment of such commercial regu
lations as may enable them to trade in their
own Territory at least on' an equality with
non-resident foreigners. For adequate means
of protection from the numerous Indian tribes
which surrounded them, for the purchase of
territories which uiey are willing to self, and
tor agents with authority to rcculale inter
course between whites and Indians and be
tween Indian tribes. That all tho overland
routes may be throughly surveyed, and pro'
lection be given to emigrants. That the star
spangled banner may bo planted in and un
furled over the Territory, and kept standing
uiiu miming ever u in a manner wormy the
.1. i .. . p .i
uigiuiy uuu power oi me nation.
Tbis memorial was ordered to lie on the
table and be printed.
On the 8lh, the Speaker of the House of
Kepresentatives appointed the following gen
tlemen cnairman or. uio loaning committees:
Ways and Means McKay, of N. C.
Commerce McClelland, Mich.
Claims Vance, O.
Public Lunds McClernand, III.
Post Office and Post Roads Hopkins, Va.
Judiciary Rathbun, N. Y.
Naval Affairs Holmes, S. C.
Foreign Affairs Ingersoll, Pa.
Territories Douglas, 111.
Manufactures Adams, Mass.
Military Affairs Haralson, Geo.
Roads and Canals TL. Smilh. 111.
Mr. Wentworth gave notice of introducing
a bill to make Chicago a port of entry.
NATIONAL DEFENCE.
iy THE SENATE.
Mr. Cass called for the reading of the
following resolutions, presented by him on
the 9th instant.
Resolved, That tho Committee on Naval
Affairs be instructed to inquire into tho con
dition of the navy of the United States, and
into the quantity and condition of the naval
supplies now on hand; and whether ah in
crease of them is not necessary to the effi.
cicnt operations of tne navy, and to its pre.
servation and augmentation; and, generally
into its capacity for defending our coast and
our commerce, and lor any service the
exigencies of the country may probably re
quire.
Rtsohed, That the Committee on Mili
tary Aflairs be instructed to inquire into the
condition of tho national fortifications and
their armaments, and whether other defensive
works are necessary; and into the condition
and quantity of tho military supplies; and
into the state of tho means possessed by tho
government for tho defence of the country.
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Militia be instructed to inquire into the pre
sent condition of that great branch of the
public service, and into the state of the militia
laws; and that they be further instructed to
report such changes In the existing system as
will give more experience and efficiency to
that arm of defence, and will place it in the
best condition for protecting the country,
should it be exposed to foreign invasion.
Mr. Cass, in support of the resolutions,
then rose and said:
Mr. President; It is impossible to peruse
the President' message, and to observs the
progress of public opinion in England, as
this is indicated in the declarations of her
statesman in Parliament and in her daily
journals, without being aware, that a crisis is
rust approaching in the intercourse between
that country and ours, which demands the
serious consideration, and may require the
cordial and active co-operation of the whole
American people. The President has told
us that the negotiations respecting Oregon,
if they have not reached a close, have, at any
rate, reached a position almost equivalent to
it. The claims of the respective nations arc
utterly irreconcilable; and a compromise, by
a voluntary sacrifice of a portion of their pre
tensions by one party, or by both, or a sub
mission of the whole matter in controversy to
some foreign power, seems the only alterna
tives by which peace can be preserved.
I did not rise, sir, as will be seen to discuss
in whole or in part the question of our right
to Oregon. That subject will come up in its
own time. There may be some difference of
opinion, as well in Congress as in the nation,
respecting tho territorial extent of that right;
though I take this opportunity of expressing
my entire and hearty concurrence iu the
claim as advanced by the President. But I
am sure there is no great party, and I trust
there are few individuals in this country,
who are prepared, even in an extreme spirit
of compromise, to accept the most liberal
offer that Er.nd has yet made. Her pre
tensions, and ours are so widely separated,
that there seems no middle ground on which
to meet. Our most moderate claim, and her
most liberal offer, leaves the parties asunder
by seven degrees of Idtit'.idt, nnd by a largo
portion of tho territory in question. What,
then, is our condition f Can we recede?
Can wo standstill? trmr.st we advance?
As to receding' it is neither to be discussed
nor thought of. I refer to it, but to denounce
it a denunciation which will find a response
in every American bosom. Nothing is ever
gained by national pusillanimity. And the
country which seeks to purchase temporary
security by yielding to unjust pretonsions,
buys present easo at the expense of perma
nent honor and safety. It sows tho wind to
reap the whirlwind. I have said elsewhere
what I will repeat here, that it is better to
fight for the first inch of national territory
than for tho last. It is better to defend tho
door sill, than the hearth stone tho porch,
than the altar. National character is a richer
treasure than gold or silver, and exercises a
moral influence, in tho hourof danger, which,
if not power itself, is its surest ally. Thus
far, ours is untarnished, and let us all join,
however separated by party or by space, as
to preserve it.
It is clearly impossible that tho present
stato of things should continue, nor, I must
confess, do I see how it is possible that a
community, inhabiting the same region, and
possessing tho same right to every part of it,
can noici a uiviuea allegiance, and be govern
ed at tho same time by two distinct and
aisiant sovereignties. When the present
anomalous provision was made, the country
was unsettled; for the few hunters who
roamed over it could hardly be dignified
with the name of settlers; and it probably
never occurred to" the negotiators, nor to
their governments, that this arrangement
would outlive the then existing state of
things, and would come to operate upon a
civilized, a stationary, and a rapidly increas
ing community. "
On the joint jurisdiction of tho two gov
ernments in Oregon, Mr. Cass continued as
follows :
cut what kind of order can a double
headed government preserve? How are its
departments, legislative,.executive, and judi
cial, to be administered? How are rights to
be enforced, or wrongs to be prevented or
punished? Two neighbors, living within
hearing of each other, are responsible to
different tribunals, and governed by different
codes of laws. An American killing an
Englishman must be tried by an American
court and by American laws. But how are
English witnesses to bo summoned, or Eg
lish disturbers of the p'occodings of tho
court tq bo removed or punished ? Posses
sory nglils are to bo judged I y the courts of
the party last getting possession. Contrac's
are to be enforced by the courts of tho party
charged with violating them. And wrongs
are lo bo redressed, or satisfied, or punished
by the courts of tho party accused of com
mitting them. A singlo American iu the
midst of an English settlement, or a single
Englishman in the midst of an American
settlement, bears with him a charmed life.
Ho may do what he will, and as he will; but
ho is beyond tho reach of restraint, and al
most of punishment. Ho is invulnerable;
and the arrows of justice cannot pierce even
his heel. The nearest magistrate who has
jurisdiction over him, may bo hundreds of
miles removed: and were lie nearer, his
national sympathies might naturally be exci
ted in favor of his countrymen. There can
be no regular grants of lane 'none, in fact,
of thoso public improvements essential to the
progress and stability of Society. I present
merely tho most general views of this sub
ject; but they are sufficient to show how im
practicable it would bo to attempt to es
tablish this double jurisdiction. It would
bo easy to pursuo tho investigation much
further were it necessary.
Who does not see that better disputes
would soon arise ? That each party would
accuse the other of partiality and injustice'
That violence and bloodshed would follow,
and that an intestine war would establish the
ascendancy of one or other of these rival
and national parties? All this is so plain
that he who runs may read. And we are
warned by the surest instincts of our nature
not to trust our rights and our cause, and the
cause of humanity, to such a partition of
authority.
If, then, Mr. President, wo can neither
retrace our steps, nor check them, we must
go onward. And England has placed her-
selt m the path that is before us; and if she
retain her position, wo must meet her. If
tho last proposition she has submitted is her
ultimatum, it is effectively a declaration of
war. lis advent may bo delayed a few
months; but as soon as the notice empires,
if she persists, as she will do, in his occupa
tion of tho country, the struggle must com
mence. It is not tho notice which is a be
ligerenr" measure-fur that is a treaty-right
but it is the subsequent and immediate
course tho parties will probably pursuo that
must lead to war. I hope or 1 ought rather
to say I wish that England would awaken
to a sense of her injustice, and would yield
where she could yield honorably, and ought
to yield rightfully. But will sha do so? It
is safest to believe she will not, and this
dictate of prudence is fortified by every page
of her history. When did sho voluntarily
surrender a territory sho had once acquired,
or abandon a pretension she h:id once ad
vanced? If a few such cases could be found
in tho record of her progress and acquisi
tions, they would be but exceptions, which
would render tho general principle of her
conduct only the mora obvious. For my
own part, I see no symptoms of relaxation in
the claim she has put forth. And the de
clarations in Parliament of the loaders of the
two great parties that divide her government
and her people Sir Robert Peel and Lord
John Russell show a union of opinion, and
foreshow a union of action, should action be
necessary, rarely to bo found in tlio political
questions that agitate her councils, and are
the idex, if not the assurance, of an equal
unanimity in public sentiment.
Under these imposing circumstances, we
may well ask of tho watchman, what of tho
night? We may well inquire, what we
ought to do? I lake it for granted we shall
givo tho notice recommended by tho Presi
dent; for if we do not, we shall leave the
people of Oregon without a government, or
with an impracticable one; and, in either
event, the country is lost to us, and th
notice being given, in twelve mouths, with
out an abandonment of a large portion of her
chum, we shall find ourselves involved in a
war with England. And it will bo no com
mon war, Mr. President; it will be a war not
merely ot interest, but of stong and stormy
passions, growing out of the relative situation
of the two nations, and out of tho very points
of resemblance, which will but render She
separation of the parties the wider, and the
strugglo the longer and the bitterer. It will
do no good to shut our eyes to tho prospect
bctore us. Uanger can neither ho averted
nor avoided by indifference, nor by presump
tion. Let us look our difficulties and our
duties fully in tho face. Lot us make
preparation adequate lo the conjuncture.
Let us exhibit to England and to Europe the
spectacle of an undivided people, anxious
tor peace, but ready lor war. in the lang
uage of Mr. Madison, " let us put the United
Slates into an armor, and an aititudo de
manded by tho crises, and corresponding
with tne national spirit and expectation."
One war has already found us unprepared.
And what that condition of things cost in
blood and treasure, and disaster, thoso of us
who went through the struggle can well
remember; and thoso who havo come upon
the stage of action since that period, may
learn from the history of the times. And
perhaps to a certain extent this must be so,
and always will bo so. We are all opposed
to great military establishments in tiino of
peace,- ihey are as dangerous as they are
expensive. And they will therefore never
be engrafted into tho permanent institutions
of the country; But when war tlreatcus,
wo shdtild commence our preparations, and
press them with an energy and a prompti
tude commensurate with the danger. :
The President has discharged his duty
ably, patriotically, fearlessly. Let us now
discharge ours not by works merely, but bv
deeds. Tho best support wo can L'ivo him
is to respond to his declarations by our
actions. It is my firm .on-T "km, and I do
not hesitate thus publicly to avow it, that
'he best, if not tho only hope that we havo -of
avoiding a war with England is by exhibit- -ing
a public and united determination to "
prosecute it, should it come, with all tho '
energies that God has given us, and by an
instant and serious consideration of the pre
partitions necessary for such offensive and '
defensivo measures as may be required,
and as prompt an adoption of them as a just -regard
to circumstances may demand Our '
country is extensive. In many portions of It
the population is sparse. The frontier, both 1
Atlantic and inland, is long and exposed.' " J
Our defensive works are unfinished, and
some of them are unfurnished. I do not
know, but I fear that many important branches
of supply are inadequate. Our navy, and '
especially tho steam portion of it, is not
upon a scale commensurate with our wants'
if war is almost upon us. That navy fought
itself into favor, and its country into honor, 8
in tho soemingly unequal and almost des
perato strugglo into which it so gallantly
went in tho last war. And another contest ;
would find it equally true to its duty, and to '
the public expectations. I trust the time,
will never again come, when it will bo a
question in a great crisis, whether the navy
shall be dismantled and rot in our docks, or
whether it shall be sent out to gather another
harvest of glory upon the ocean. It is the
material for military and naval operations, it !
is first necessary to procure. Men wo have
ready; and such is the patriotism inherent I
in tho American character, that they never
will bo found wanting in the hour of diflicul-'
ty and of danger. Our militia requires a'
new and an efficient organization. . It is a '
reproach to us that we havo suffered this:
imporlant branch of national defence lo be-'
coma so inefficient. It has almost disappear
ed from the public view. Both tho laws
upon this subject and the administration
of thorn require immcdiato and severe
examination. For this is one of the' great
bulwarks of the country in the hour of dangor."
It has sbown its patriotism and valor upon'
many a bloody field, and tho future, if it'
should need its services, will witness its
devotion to tho country, whenever and !
however it may be tried. Many of
the supplies required for the operations of
war, demand time and care for their collec
tion and preparation ; and we must remember
that we havo to do with a people whoso
arsenals and dock-yards arc filled to repletion ;'
whose supplies are upon a scalo equal to any1
probable demand upon them; whose gigantic
military and naval establishments, announce' -their
power nnd maintain in; and the struc
ture of whoso government is better' fitted
than ours for prompt and vigorous and offen
sive action.
It is in the spirit of these views that I have
submitted the resolutions before the Senate,
and in which I ask 'their concurrence ;
A groat responsibility is upon us. Wo
shall best discharge it by firmness, and by a
wise forecast, which, while it Steadily stir-'
veys the danger, makes adequate piovisions
to meet it. By thus acting, we shall give a
practical approbation of the course of tho
President, we shall show lo our constituents
that their interests are safe in our hands:
we shall speak neither in a deprecating tone,
nor in a tone of defiance, but of firmness, to
England; and we shall give lo the nations of
Europe a proof that republics arc as jealous
of their rights and honor, and as determined
to maintain them, as monarchical govern
ments. Mr. MANOusr. I regret exceedingly that
tho honorable senator from Michigan has
brought forward theso resolutions, and, more
especially, that the strain of remarks in the,
discussion is designed to procure a vote in
thoir favor. Tho honorable senator says
that ho has (ho utmost confidence of the
Executive on all these subjects.
If this negotiatiation bo closed if there
be no hope beyond tho present day if war
be inevitable, as the senator seems to appre
hend I say for myself I trust I may with
safety say for every gentlemen with whom
I stand politically associated that ten, twen
ty, fifty, ono hundred millions, tho wholo
resources of tho country, will bo given, if
need be, to maintain the national honor and
the national rights. But I hopo this evil
may bo averted. The Hon. senator has re
cently been in tho very midst of European
agitation in the very focus of ' Luropcan
court iiiirigue, and probably in his 'mind
have been greatly aggravated tho difficulties -subsisting
bolwcen tho two countries. In
this country we want no agitation upon this
subject, nor is any excitation or stimulation
necessary to bring tho people to the fullest
discharge of their duty iu this case, and on
all thoso questions.
I have, sir, exactly that degree of confi
dence in tho Presideut that ono gentleman
reposes in another, believing him to be a man
of honor, though differing from him profound
ly on almost all domestic questions. . I do
think, however, that as respects the foreign
relations, of ihe country, be will do what tho ;
honor and interests of the nation require, ac-.
cording to his best conception, , I suppose
he Will. The lime for us to revise this mat-,
ter will bo iu the end. It is not in the be-
ginning. I ask, in view of tho 'stupendous : V
naval and military forqs of Grpat Britain,
why should we thus advert to our condition .
and exhibit our ten thousand miles "of frontier' ' v
with hardly a gun to defend it? Let tho ,
necessary measures forlhe national defence '
bo taken iu the proper manner in a prudent
and dignified manner. -; L : ,