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" ' From the Zanesville Aurora.
THE HAND OF GOD. ;
Tber ii hand that paint the sky
With everlasting flowers,
That scatter life upon the earth.
And clothe its living bowers;
And hill and dale and verdant mead
Receive from it their dress,
And murmuring streams, and ocean' wave.
Their glorious loveliness.
There is a hand that holds the stora
Within iu grasp of might
A hand that rules the earthquake's shock
And lightning's burning light
A hand that piled the mountains up
' Above earth's yawning caves .
A band that holds the ocean's depth,
And smooths its raging wave.
There is a hand that wipes the tear
From sorrow's weeping eye,
That binds the mourner's broken heart,
And checks the heaving sigh
A hand that will in kingdom come
W ipe all our tears away,
Will lead earth's children to the fount
Of everlasting day.
That hand will burst the gloomy grave
And wake the sleeping dead;
That hand the crown of glorious life
' Will place upon our head :
The palm of triumph it will give,
In glory' high abode
Will have us sit upon a throne
At the rignt hand of God.
From the Irish Citizen.
FREDERICK IIELMOUTII.
When ns a boy I capered noisily a
bout the house, drumming at every
door or window-pane, my sedate broth
er would scold me worn behind Ms
books, and exile me behind bis hear
ingmy sister Liza would harshly rep
" remand an insupportable boisteier.--
Kate would give me a lecture and by
I . 1 ft
way 01 conclusion, uie poetical wary
would cite a moral rnyme. cut my
good father would say : -'Let him alone.
Whoever has a merry heart can enjoy
the' present at least. Who knows but
he may yet need all his caietv?
Dear father! this is long since. You
cannot hear your noisy boy now
Kate preaches no more Liza rests un-
UlalUlUCU, UI1U tutj a tunwuvu VI
rhymes have reached an enormous bulk.
Yet my good humor, thank Heaven, is
as great as ever. Many a storm has
passed over my head many a hair in
' that head is bleached to a winter white
ness, yet where others would quarrel
or weep I have gone my way conten
ted, through the aid of my light heart.
But listen to my story:
The old and Reverend Mr. Edler,
of Schlotzenbrugen, had sent ovtr the
country to find an assistant for the com
ing Sabbath for the cold under which
he suffered prevented him from fulfil
ling his duties. Nearly all the service
able geniuses having been engaged for
other reposes, ihe request reached me.
' Precisely at two o'clock on Satur
day afternoon 1 stood by the tovyn
gate, where waited the stately equip
page at my service. In the shafts of
an old dearborn stood the shadow of a
bay horse, and this substanceless shad
ow might have been drawn by means
fstright lines, terminating in acute
angles. This noble animal was led by
his owner and master, the worthy sex
ton of the place I was to visit, and he
was held by the head with both hands.
Whether this was done to prevent his
escape or his fall, I could not gather
from the stone like features of the sex
ton. The owner was a true counter
part to his horse. He was an old, tall,
dry man, his chin adorned with a red
beard of some days standing, and his
grey eyes winked from under a pair
of stiff, bristling brows. The face
seemed to have lost all kind of muscu
lar action, and set quietly under the
old foxy, three cornered hut that re
posed on its brows.
-; I seated myself in the wagon, with
out uttering a word. My conductor
mounted and placed himself before me
on a coop filled with fowls. Slowly
we proceeded and so slowly, that, in
addition to beinj able to count the
6tones on the road, I made several im
portant discoveries. One of these was
that my horse was lame in his hind leg.
His long experience enabled him to
receive without flinching the most dex
terously applied strokes of the whip.
No wonder that the pedestrians passed
us. 1 congratulated myself, though,
for I had a chance of reviewing my
discourse for the next day, without the
risk of breaking my neck, and without
having the words so mixed up by jolt
ing as to treat the congregation with
" the conclusion by way of a beginning.
At a farm-house on the road side, my
sedate driver stopped, and gave me
new companion in the shape of a young
cow, a bargain of his own, which he
tied behind the wagon. We started,
andlooking up I perceived a heavy
cloud over the nearest mountain, and
at that moment a rush of wind envelop
ed me in a bath of pust, "Drive on,"
said I; "drive on," I repeated; but all
in vain. I made the comfortable dis
covery that my driver was deaf. 1
wished at first the sexton, his horse and
conveyance to China. ..
'' The sexton at length turned his face
j to me, saying, it will rain.' So it did
ton the word. Down it came in heavy
torrents, and we ploded on "slowly, as
before. . "" ' '
At last we arrived at the outskirts
of the village of destination. There
we saw a streamlet which we must
cross and which had been swollen by
the raintill it became of some depth and
importance. We entered to lord it,
and entered safely, but just in the mid'
die, the beast of a horse stood still, and
neither words, strokes nor kicks would
induce him to stir a step. There we
were, fast enough. A flock of geese
with a sort of triumphant gabble, sur-
runded us: and past us there floated
tubs, benches and barrels, which the
stream had carried from their rightfu
owners the shores ot tne stream were
covered with the women of the village
fishing for their respective properly
with long po'.es. The horse stood with
a hanging head, while the sexton be
whacked him lustily ;the cow roared be
hind us, and tried to unset the cart
1 sat in the midst ol all this wrapped
in my dignity, and with my hat drawn
tightly over by brows.
1 had just began to think of
using
the wagon asmy pulpit, and of address.
ing the village from the middle of the
run, when the sexton having thrown
his reins to a farmer on the bank, we
were soon dragged ashore. As soon
as I came to firm ground, I left the wa
gon and sought the parsonage by
by-path. 1 gained the haven I sought,
and having met the good old Mr. Edler
announced myself, and requested
change of chothes. My request was
complied with, and 1 underwent a met
amorphosis of which Uvid neverdream-
ed.
My host picked out a suit of his
own clothes which 1 hastily put on
and as he was a tall, stout man, and
I a very thin and short one, of course,
1 looked like a small duodecimo vol
ume in folio binding.
1 had just admired mv fine appear
ance in the glass, when the daughter
of the house entered with the tea-things.
On seeing me, she burst into such a fit
of laughter that it needed all the aid of
the father to prevent the whole appa
ratus from destruction, 1 laughed too
and an acquaintance was formed with
the best understanding in the world.
Nothing like fun for a beginning of
friendship. , You are old friends in an
instant.
I looked at the young ladv, and dis
covered a healthy lively face, with a
pairot mild blueeyes,and a most tempt
ing mouth. The relation of my adven
tures kepi up the good humor, and serv
ed the rustic beauty to show her natu
ral wit. A good deal of it was at my
expense to be sure; but 1 felt a hope
lse that those blue eyes would yet
beam on mine in. approval and
ove.
My eyes wandered over the apart
ment in an attempt to ascertain by the
appearance of things, what were the
character of its inmates. The small
collection of books seemed to point out
rrroot ' ! " '
0... iciuperance oi minci; and the
old fashioned wooden chairs, showed
a contempt for modern ease. I also
remarked in the back-ground of the
room, a large, well secured chest.
That 1 concluded must hold money.
Else why such a powerful lock. Why
hung over it a pair of pistols and a long
rusty sword? Well, I thought, this
will do very well. Miss here is an on
ly daughter the parents rather well
to do in the world and I, young and
rather good looking, I flatter myself.
When tea was over and the bottle
of weak wine was brought out, I drank
the health of their future son-in-law
with much gusto. My beauty blushed,
and I was almost frantic with delight.
I was over head and ears in love, and
fancied my passion returned already.
I retired to my room and falling to
sleep dreamed of love, blisses and a
huge money chest.
Well, the night passed away, the
morning came and then a new difficul
ty arose. Will the maiden have any
love for me? How dare I, after so
short an acquaintance, presume to
develope my feeling? No matter,
thought I, I will run all risks bless
the blue eyes!
My clothes were scarcely dry yet,
but I donned them and hastened to
breakfast. As I entered the room, 1
wondered at my shortness of breath,
and the trembling of my knees, .tru
ly, thought I, I am far gone. There
is no mistaking the symtoms. My cou
rage mounted, howeve, for I thought
of beauty and the heavy chest.
On entering the breakfast room, I
I found my beauty alone, and fairer to
my eyes than before. 'Good morning!'
slipt softly from my lips. She blushed,
and sighed, and then looked grave.
I took her hand and commenced to
compliment. She dropped a meek
curtesy and withdrew her hand from
mine. At that moment her parents
entered. I could not discover any dis
approbation of evident flirtation, in
their eyes, and after eating my muf
fins, prepared myself for church. ,The
bell soon called me and I obeyed.
Luckily my various adventures had
not affected my discourse; the large
assembly inspired me anew, and at the
close of the sermon the village school
master thanked me for as he was pleased
to term it, my complete and eloquent
disquisition. . ; ; ., ;5
Whilst dinner was preparing,' I walk
ed with the old lady over the grounds.
Every thing in the garden and barn
was shown me. ' I rendered praise to
everything, and forgot not to display
all my agricultural knowledge.' She
complimented me on this, and I return
ed to the house as well pleased with
the good heart of the mother as I was
with the beauty ol the daughter.
At dinner, iManette was seated op
posite. At farst my eyes fell when
ever she raised hers, but I soon began
to take courage, and entered into a con
versation,r This was continued during
the meat, and was only interrupted by
the voice of the father, who, having
appeased the demand of his appetite
leaned back in the chair, and began to
talk." "Don't," said ho rely upon your
genius mid good looks, and mount the
pulpit without study. Don't attempt
to entertain your hearer with the
first subject that-offers itself, in
stead of a well dijested discourse. 1
have been officiating for nearly forty
years, and nave written all my sermons
there they are in that hugechest:"
What! thought J, not cash then, but
sermons, the navigator had lost his
best anchor, Uut no matter! Na
nette is amiable and an only child
and the house and gardens are valua
ble.
"True," continued the old man, "my
children, when 1 am dead won't draw
much advantage from my sermons.
Whatot that? lhey will all be provi
ded for. One is settled as a carpenter
in JLeipzmg, another a locksmith, is
travelling, the third I have " Here
I hurried down a glass of wine, it made
me cough, and, when X recovered, I
found he had just come to the twelvth.
son, who was an apprentice to a tailor.
bhe was not an only child then, and
her portion nothing but the chest with
the sermons, perhaps not that. But
Nanette's sweet face came to mv aid.
I thought with Solomon, riches was
not all, and 1 knew I should be more
ikely to obtain her if she had no mon
ey, bo I turned to, the mother and
told her, I was glad she was mother
to so numerous a family. "Yes an
swered she, "thanks to Providence,
our sons are in away to do well, if they
o not lnneiit a lortune, and the be
trothed of our daughter is a wealthy and
excellent man." This time I was com
pletely paralysed, a cold shiver inn
through me, and I made a sudden ver
tgo.an excuse to seek the open air.
It seemed as if all the clouds had tum
bled on my head. I tried in vain to
gether my reason together. I searched
in mina tor precedents; but the search
was useless. Horace abandoned me,
Ovid would not suit my case, and Sen
eca, I did not believe, had ever felt the
tender passion. I was near crying
ike a whipt school boy. In this unen
viable disposition of mind, I strayed a
bout without well knowing where I
went. Presently 1 found myself be
fore the barn door, on which I saw
drawn by some mischievous boy, with
chalk- an exaggerated human face,
with a most prodigeous nose, i lZ.
ed at the figure, which, something
whispered was a caricature ot myself,
and the more I stared, the broader be
came the smile with which I regarded
it. Finally I bursted into a roar of
laughter.
Oh! what happiness to have a gay
disposition, it was true that my hopes
had melted away it was true that my
sweet dream was over it was true
that the large chest of money and the
only daughter were lost to me forever;
but what of that I had saved my good
spirits.
I returned to the house where they
were preparing to seek me. They in
quired by looks what ailed me, and the
good mother offered all her store of
medicine. I refused them they could
do me no good. I looked at Nan
ette. A bitter sigh escaped me, but as
I thought of the nose on the barn door,
it turned to a smile. Nanette appear
ed to be more serious than before.
I fancied that she pitied me, and wished
but could not relieve my trouble. She
invited me to visit her flour garden,
and i willingly complied; tor l wished
to secure her friendship, if 1 could not
win her love.
We walked at first among the flowers
for my heart was full. By degrees we
spoke, and when we had got to some
distance from the house, I took her
hand in mine looked timidly in her
fine eyes, and said,,God bless you, and
your betrothed husband." She blush
ed; her hand trembled in mine, and she
answered with a smile, "I am not be
trothed to any one.'' "How" said I,
seizing the other hand ef the dear girl;
"Your mother spoke of an intended
son-in-law." i-.
"Yes but J am not the daughter."
'"Not the daughter," said 1 as I drew
her nearer softly.
"Only the . niece, who an orphan
from early life, gives the name of pa
rents to the good relations who have
filled the parent's place."
"If bo; I might then;w 1 hesitated,
our eyes met, my full heart ran over-
I wound my arm around her, and im
printed a warm kiss on her ripe lids.
The following year IVanette became
my wife, and this day, fourteen years
after our marriage, I can say, the man
is to be envied to whom God gives for
wife, n virtuous and noble-hearted
woman.; Young Pumrt...
BLANK DEEDS,
A ND blaokf of every description neatly printed
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WW mwl wus lani'i
THIS .OFFICE.
.V ;" , OF the ".,
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES,-
Of Monroe County, from the 5th day of June 1843,
' to the 8rd day of June 1844. "' " i
' '. .RECEIPTS, v ......
State, School, Township, Poor, Court p: ;.
House and School District funds re
maining in the Treasury at last set- "' 1 l; 1
tlement ': ' - - - '-- ;-- $ 905,58,5
Revenue collected on , Duplicate of.
1843, including the amount ot Delin- , ' .
quencies and Arrears charged there
on and tax on lawyers & physicians 14,032,87,6
Amount received from State Treasury, t
being interest on Section 16, School
lands iu Monroe County . 223,01,5
Amount received from State Treasury, '
Monroe County's proportion of State
Common School fund . . . . 2,834,03,5
Keceived Trom Agent Fund Commis
sioners interest on Surplus Revenue,
for vear ending Jan. 1. 1344. for
School purposes - " '1,048,64,5
Received from Agt Fund Comrs.inter
. est on Sum us Revenue for Dresent
year for School purposes . ' . ', 20,00,i
Received from Agt- Fund Comrs. inter
' est on Surplus Revenue for County
purposes . ::, . , , 234,96,8
Received Fines and Costs of Prosecu
tion in Criminal cases ' 219,69,0
Received Tavern License -179,00,1
" Ferry License .. . ' , 40,00,0
" Horse License 115,00,0
" Pedlars' License 64,58,3
" Costs paid by petitioners of
Boads 79,39;
" Merchants commencinesince
first March 25,16,5
" For redemption of lands for
feited to State 119,30,9
Received for redemption of lands forfei
ted to State, since January settlement 16,82,
Revenue arising from sale of Section 16 227,43,9
He venue arising from sale of Section 16
ana costs otsale. since January set
tlement . 510,30,1
Received fromTreasurer of State, coun
ty s DroDortion of taxes paid through
State Treasury 1 2,65;
Keceived from Clerk Court oi Common
Pleas, money collected bclonfintr to
Simeon Ferrel 65,14,0
Received from Clerk Court of Common
Pleas Jury fee, Ohio for use vs. Wm.
Mason et al. - 6,00,0
Keceived from Agentof Fund Commis
sioners. Surplus Kevenue to be re
turned to State 425,62,0
Keceived of Assessors of Franklin and
Salem townships, Military funds , 6,00,0
Total Receipts $21,399,63,7
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Slate, Treasurer State Revenue
for 1843 S 913,63,9
Paid State Treasurer Canal revenue
for 1843 3,164,31,4
Paid State Treasurer State Common
School fund for 1843 " 326,15,2
Paid Slate Treasurer Tax on Lawyers
and l'liysicians 4,y,0
Paid Slate Treasurer Arrears-collected
on duplicate of 1843 121,33,8
Paid State Treasurer Surplus Revenue 425,62,0
Paid State 1 reasurcr Interest on Sur
plus Revenue 1,048,54,5
Paid State Treasurer Pedlars' license 65,71,0
Pai J State Treasurer r unds arising;
from redemption of forfeited lands 49,77,4
Paid Stale Treasurer Funds arising:
from sale of Section 16 595,60,4
State funds in Treasury 542,71,5
Paid Township treasurers lor Common
school purposes s,7Zi,vi,v
School funds in Treasury 8,90,7
Paid Township treasurers for township v
and poor purposes- l,B7U,ab,z
Paid for Road purposes 264,32,6
Road Certificates presented on settle
ment between Auditor and treasurer z;ivi,l'J,v
Road funds in Treasury
87,94,0
Paid for Public Building purposes
Public Building funds in Treasury
Paid lor School district purposes
. r.. J.. .n 'i' .
1,057,69,1
10,0
18,21,5
14,73,3
5,00,0
351,12,0
42,25,0
bcnooi u.u.ck ;;::-r eurjr
Paid Militia funds to Township asses
sors on order of trustees
Paid Witnesses in Court of Common
Pleas in State cases
Paid Witnesses before Justices in State
cases
Paid Justices of the Peace and Consta
bles, their costs in State cases
Paid Associate Judges
Paid Edward Archbold Esq. Pros. Atty.
his fees
Paid Thomas TTest Esq. Pros. Atty.
his fees
Paid Thomas Mitchell Esq. Sheriff, his
fees
Paid William Okey Esq. Clerk of Court
his fees
Paid Jail expenses for boarding priso
ners and jail fees
Paid James M. Stout for public print
ing Paid James R. Morris for public print
ing Paid John Dunham for public printing
Paid Grand Jurors June term ot Court
1843
Paid Grand Jurors Sept'r term 1843
Paid Grand Jurors April term 1844
Paid Petit Jurors April term 1842
" 1843
June " "
" Sept'r " "
Supreme Court 1843
April term 1844
Paid Constables for attendance at court
" Judges and Clerks of annual elec
tion 1S42
Paid Judges and Clerks of annual elec
tion 1843
Paid Return Judges of Justices' elec
78,57,7
156,00,0
120,00,0
.5,00,0
129,00,0
60,00,0
133,12,5
177,50,0
6,43,0
4,00,0
51,85,0
83,60,0
84,00,0
1,50,0
9,15,0
29,65,0
122,30,0
25,10,0
56,25,0
63,05,0
2,00,0
114,10,0
17,30,0
. 4,75,0
121,57,2
20,86,6
849,37,8
150,94,0
20,00,0
93,00,0
46,00,0
, 1,50,0
8,00,0
4,00,0
" 7,20,0
4,50,0
547.58,5
; 10,00,0
26,00,0
" 28,00,0
8,00,0
tions
Paid Justices for opening Poll books
" for Stationary, Wood and Coal for
- offices, Courthouse and Jail ' ' ''
Paid for repairs to Public Buildings
" Interest on part of Funded debt
" Viewing and surveying County
and State roads and damages on roads
Paid township assessors of 1843
" " of 1844
Paid township clerks for returning enu
meration of youth, 1843
Paid township clerks for returning enu
meration of youth, 1842
Paid Nathan Hollister for procuring
deed for Court house lot
Paid Wm. C. Walton and Wilson Shan
non for legal advice
Paid Wm C. Walton, special messen
?;er, to carry the vote of Monroe co.
or Senator in 1843 to Guernsey co.
Paid Clerk of Board, ot School Exami
ners i" ' - "'J
Paid John M. Kirkbride fees as Auditor '
Isaac A. Brock fees as Commisa'r '
" Joel Yost , . " '
" Joseph Caldwell 'V "-j .' '
Thomas Orr " ' V
Refunded to Wm. D. Palton, assignee.,
of John K. Sharon, for town lots im
properly sold , -I
Paid interest on county orders redemed .
" Joseph Morris and James R. Mor-.
ris, Treasurers for present year, their
fees
Paid for fuel, stationary fcc. for Treas- .
urer's office
2,32,0
129,51,5
625,74,0
" 88,20,0
Total Expenditure ' , $20,573,03,0
Excess of Receipts over Expenditures ' 826,60,7
Am'tpaidon Court bouse debt as above 1,057,89,0
Total am't the county's indebtedness ,
ha been reduced during the year $1,884,49,7
""" AMOUNT OF COUNT? DEBT
Small balance due on Public Building
a Debt not included V t tSi i'
County Scrip ,H, .U uvx -'. ;: 88,620,95,0
County orders, unredeemed June 1844 3,274,30,7
Am 'I pf County 'debt June 3, 1814
$1 1 ,795,25,7
.'.' i AUDITOR'S OFFICE, -.: i
' : - ' Woodsfield, O. June 21, 1844. 1
rect statement of the Receipts and Expenditures
Monroe county, for the year commencing June 5th
1843, and ending June 3rd 1844, and that the state
ment of indebtedness is truly taken from the books
of this office. - ' J " -
i "'" JNO. M. KIRKBRIDE,
UA t: ,? . . Auditor M. C, O
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pay some part of the homage due from ner to tne
greatest of Poets, as to one w)m belongs not solely
to England, cut to ail : ..
Who speak tne tongue
That Shakspeare spake, , , : '
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the text and commentary of any popular English
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have the supervision of an American Editor. This
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furnish the reader with a carefully prepared and ac
curately printed text.unencumbered by any note or
comments upon the page itself; as however, useful
they may be else-where, they are too apt to divert
the mind from the power of the Poet's thought, and
to disturb the magic of bis scene. ' Such note ' as
may be thought useful for the explanation ot criti
cism of the text, will be put into an Appendix to
each play.
The text of Shakspeare' dramatic works, drawn
from old printed copies in his age, which bad never
passed under the author' own eye, was conse
quently disfigured by many error and absurdities.
It passed during the last century through a succes
sion of varying editions, until the revision of Ste
vens and Malone, whose text, (or rather that of
S (evens) has become the standard from which most
of tlie English and Americao editions have been
printed, with various degrees of accuracy. But
within the last twenty years, a more minute and fa
miliar acquaintance with old English idioms, hab
its and mode of thought, guided by an intense and
constantly increasing admiration for Shakspeare'
genius, has led to the strong conviction that very
many of the numerous though slight deviation
from the ancient text, appearing in modern edition;
are useless or erroneous interpolation, sometime
weakening tlie sense, and often substituting an ar
bitrary monotonous, metrical regularity, to thePo- ,
et's own native melody. Accordingly, very many
of these emendations have been rejected by the last
and best English editors, especially Mr. Knight and
Mr. Collier, and the reading of the old folios and
quarto have been restored, unless where some er
ror of the press or manuscript was undeniably man
ifest. Yet there are many such passage confes
sedly corrupt, requiring conjectural emendation;
there are also difference of reading .between the
several old impressions affording ground for ome
diversity of text and warm controversy, between -the
more recent editor. . . . ,,
Upon these, the American editor thinks it due to
the character of this edition, to decide himself
without implicitly following the text of ray one
modern edition. A the industry and learning of
prier editors have furnished the collation of various
readings, and the authorities upon which they may"
be supported, the task is no longer that of laborious
investigation, but, as it were, of judicial decision,
enlightened by contending argument : :
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probability, and as some of them are doubtless the
author's own alterations at different periods, all the
more important readings will be presented to the
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the magnificent variety of the material contributed
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minds of Europe. Still it is believed that this duty
can be satisfactorily performed, without swelling
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