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'THE STRENGTH OF TYRANNY.
The tyrant' chains are only strong .. j
. While slaves submit to wear them,
Ana who could bind them on the throng
Determined not to wear (hem?
Then clank your chains e'en though the links
Were light o fishion's feather,
The heart which rightly feels and Ihiukf
Would cast them altogether.
The lords of earth are only great
; While others clothe and feed them!
- But what were all their pride and state
' Should labor cease to heed them ?
The swain is higher than a king
Before the laws of Nature;
The monarch were a useless thing,
The swain a useful creature.
We toil, we spin, we delve the mine,
Sustaining each his neighbor
And who can hold a right divine
To rob us of out labor i
We rush to battle bear our lot
In every ill and danger,
And who shall make (he peaceful cot
To homely joy a stranger?
Perish all tyrants, far and near,
Beneath the chains that bind us
And perish, too, that servile fear
Which makes the slaves they find us,
One grand, one universal claim
One peal of moral thunder
One glorious burst in freedom's name,
And rend our bonds assundcr!
From the Baltimore. Sun.
RESPECTS FOR MECHANICS.
It is true that there arc those in this
country of civil equality, whose social
practice proves that tlu-y submit tn the
operation of the political theory only
because they onnnot help it; but it is
also true that they constitute a very
numerical minority, insignificant as
compared with llio vast number of
those having equally good reason to
assume to themselves a superiority of
worth, and hence to argue their right
to special privileges, but whose pri
vate feelings and sucial practices are
in exact conformity with that theory
of political equality, which lies at the
base of our national republican fabric,
and gives vitality, force, virtue and
efficiency to our system of Govern
ment. The former reduce the princi
ple to practice only in their political I
capacity; they do it ex nccesitate ret
and of course rcluctantlv, though they
not unfrequently find it necessary as a
matter ot good temporary policy, to np.
pear to do it willingly,and then they put
"a good face upon the matter;" the
latter acting in the same civil sphere
do no violence to their feelings. They
simply obey the promptings ot a cor
dial principle in our republican code
of political ethics, and they carry it
with them out of the public ways into
the walks ol private lite.
Ihese are to be found in all pirties
though not m every clique, orsclfcon
stiluted "class;" and they are of that
kind who in making up their estimate
ot the individual man, reject the acci
dents of birth, as well us those of either
wealth or poverty, and make his moral
and intelectual worth, as seen in his
conduct and developed in conversa
tion, the chiet elements in their calcu
jation. nicy are also to oe lounrt in
every walk of life, public and private.
Wealth cannot destroy the good pnn
ciple m some, nor elevated public sta
tion in others. An illustration is before
us: Mr. Liuchanan, of 1'ennsylvanir, re
cently, it appears, addressed a letter
to the editor of the Newark Post, au
thorizing him to contradict some state
ment made at that place prejudicial to.
Jus character. What was said against
him we know not, nor have we seen
his letter, but from the loll owing extract
which we find in a coternporary jour
nal, it would appear that he had been
" charged with saying or doing something
disparaging to flie character and preju
dicial to the interests ol mechanics.
lie says:
"So far from having ever said or
thought any tiling to the prejudice of
mcchani one of my nearest and dear
est relative.-, upon my urgnnt advice,
vas boun.l an apprentice to a trade,
and is at flio present moment a mechan
ic; and this was a mailer of choice,
not necessity. J have thus afforded the
.strongest practical evidence in which 1
hold tills highly inerituriousclass of our
fellow citizens."
"O'ood practical eu'Jence" this, un
doubtedly as good as any man could
give who was tiio far advanced in life
io learn a trade himself. There was
no false pridsoi vanity, 1 utgood sense,
sound judgment and correct principle.
disqualify him for political elevation?
Nothing, in this country. Or for so
cial elevation! Nothing. The histo
ry of the country gives copious evi
dence that ihe mechanic may render
himself competent to discharge the du
ties of the highest and must important
public stations, with credit and honor
to himself and benefit to his country;
while the annals of private life most
abundantly testify to his competency
to make himself equal to any and inle
rior to none in all the qualities that reu
der the social circle agreeable to the
wise and cood. The American me
chanic oujilit, therefore, to bo proud o
his occupation always never ashamed
of it. It he will estimate it as interior
to no other, and so cultivate his mind
and his moral system, that he may rise
to the honorable level ol it, and never
fall beneath it, he will not long have to
complain of a want of respect on the
part of those who have been wont to
arrogate to their own spheres a motion
oly of rcspectabiliiy, and to look with
contempt upon the occupation of the
mechanic.
His young relative, "nearest and dear
est," was under no present necessity
4t) (parn a mechanical trade that he
might get a living, yet bv his advice
he is now a practical mechanic instead
of studying a profession, and flattering
himself with the delubive idea that
therefore the future had in store for
him a far higher degree and order of
respectability than could possi
bly be derived from the labord of the
workshop. If there b any thing in
elevated and honorable public station
desirable, as there appears to be, or
any thing calculated to promote the
true happiness of the incumbent, which
is doubtful, it may yet be his, even as
though he had spent Ids early years in
a lawyer's ollice, reading "the perfec
tion of human reason," and dreaming of
his future elevation to "the highest of-
lice in the gilt ot the people.
And why not? Is thera any thing
in the occupation of the mechanic to
WESTUKN ANTIQUITIES.
In a letter to the N. Y. Commercia
Advertiser dated at Detroit the 15th
instant, JMr. Ilenrv K Lolcralt pre
sents, anvni other things, the follow
ing views respecting the remains at the
West, and the race to which they owe
their origin;
"Michigan connects itself in its anti
nuarian features with that character of
pscudo civilization, or modihed barbar
ism, of which the works and mounds
and circumvolutions at Grave Creek
Flats, Marietta, Circleville and other
well known points, are evidences.
that this improved condition of the
lunter state had an ancient but partial
connexion with the early civilization
of Europe appears now to be a fair in
terence, from the inscribed stone of
Grave Creek, and other traces of Eu
ropean arts discovered of late. It is
also evident that the Central American
type of the civilization, or rather ad
vancc io civilization, oi the red race,
reached llrs length, and finally went
down, with its gross idolatry and hor
rid riles, and was mersred in the better
known and still existing form of the
hunter state, which was found, respec
tively, by Cabot, Cartier, Vcrrczani,
Hudson and others, who first dropped
anchor on our coasts.
"There is strong evidence furnish
ed by a survey of the Western coun
try the teocalii type of the Indian civ
ilization, so to call it, developed itself
from the banks of the Ohio, in Tennes
see, and Virginia, West and North
westwardly, across the source of the
Wabash, the Muskingum and other
streams, towards Lake ."Michigan and
the borders of Wisconsin Territory.
I he chief evidences of it in Michigan
and Indiana consists of a remarkable
series of curinus garden beds, or accu
rately furrowed fields, the perfect out
lines of which have been presorted by
the grass of the oak openings and pra
iries, and even among the heaviest for
ests. 1 liese remains oi an ancient
cultivation attract much attention from
observing settlers on the Elkhart, ' the
.St. Joseph's, the Kalmnzoo, and Grand
river ol Michigan. 1 possess some
drawings of these anomalous remains
of bygone industry in the hunter race,
taken m lormor years, which are
quite remarkable.
"It is worthy o remark, too, that no
arge tumuli, or teocalii, exist in this
larticular portion of the West, the an
cient population of which may .hereto
fore be supposed to have been border
ers, or frontier bands, who resorted to
the Ohio valley as their capital, or
jlacn of annual visitation. All the
mounds scattered through Northern
Oliio, Indana, and Michigan, are mere
barrows, or repositories ol the dead,
and would seem to have been elected
jos tenor to the fall or decay of the
ffoss Idol worship and the oiler of hu
man sacrifice. 1 have within a day or
two received a singular implement or
ornament of stone, of a crescent shape,
rom Oakland inthisotate, which con
nects the scattered and outlaying re
mains of the smaller mounds and traces
of ancient agricultural labor with t!x
ntiquities ot Grave Creek Flats."
A YANKEE SHOEMAKER.
"lou hain't no occasion for a jur.
nor nothin' I spose," said a jollv.son of
Crispin from the land of wooden nut
megs, as he entered a shoe establish
ment, with his kit nicely done tip in ids
apron
"Wonde'i if I hain't," was the replv
of the boss. "Why 1 should like to have
a dozen, if 1 could gel 'em; " but what
kind of a shoe can you make?"
"Oh, as to the matter of thai" said
the snob, "I reckon how I can make
decent sort of a craft."
"Spread your kit then,'' said the boss,
"J 11 give you a pair to try, and it your
work suits me, I can give you a steady
scat of work."
Crispin was soon at it, hammering
and whistling away as happy as a clam
at high water, and the boss vvascal.cd
away on some business which detain
ed him two or three hours meanwhile
the tampering jur had prod iced a thing
which bore some faint resemblance to
a shoe, and feeling somewhat ashamed
of it, hid it in a pile of leather chips
that lay on the floor, and proceeded to
make another, which he had scarcely
time to finish when his employer en
tered and began to examine it.
"Look here, Mister," said he, "1 guess
you need nt mike the mate to ims; it s
the greatest botch that ever was made
made in my shop, that's the fact."
i erhaps vou d like to bet a trifle
on that," said the snob.
"JJel," responded the boss, "why
'II bet a ten dollar bill against a han.i
of tobacco that there never was a shoe
made in this shop half so bad as tins."
"Done,'' said Crispin, at. the same
casting a sly wink at his shop mates,
'but stop let me see if I've got so much
of the weed with me. Oh, yes, here's
a whole hand of cavindish," and laying
it on the cutting board, lie ventured to
suggest the propriety of having the
suit skin laid along side of it, which
was no sooner done, than he proceed
ed to draw lrom lus lulling place the
other shoe.
"Here, Doss," said he "vou must do
cido the bet; say which ol the two
shoes is the worst."
"Well, I guess lm fairly sucked in
this lime, replied the Loss, pushui
the cavendish and sliinplastcr towards
itlul owner, and throwing a nine-
pence to me youngest npnreriiice.
I'hc boy needed no farther institution
is to lus tlutv, but was oil in the twink-
inli ol a bed nost, and soon returned
with a quart of blackstrap. After ul
mils hail, sufficiently regaled them
selves, the shrewd Yankee put his sticks
together arid bidding the boss a hearty
good bye, started again on a tram
very well satisiicu
work.
with his forenoon's
Advice to Young Ladies. Ncver.be
afraid of blushing; accept no present
of value from men; avoid lightness of
carriage; be modest and moderate in
dress; be not often seen in public; af
fect no languishing; don't tiik loud;
never deal in scandal; receive a salute
modestly ; be affaire with the men, but
not lami lar; sympathise with toe iin-
lortunate; be not always talking and
laughing; be discreet; suppose not all
men to he in love with you that shows
you civilities; let not lovk begin on
your part; speak not your mind on all
occasions; seem not to hear improper
conversation.
A fireman named Sanderson, was
killed on the rail-road between Phila
delphia and Lancaster, on .Saturday
last, o wing to the board on which ho
stood having given way, so that he
fell through on the track, the whole
train passing over him and killing him
instantaneously. He had been a fire
man for some length of time, and has
a family living in Columbia, whence
his mangled body was taken the" same
da. Ball. Sun.
COUGHS. COLDS, ASTH MA.
HERMAN'S COUGH LOZENGES arc Ihesa.
fest, most sure and eltcctual remedy for Coughs
Colds, Consumptions, Whooping CouhJhthma,
Tightness of the Lungs or Chest, c. S;c. The
proprietor has never known an instance where they
did not give perfect satisfaction. Several thousand
boxes have been sold within the last year, restoring
to health persons in almost every stage of consump
tion, and those laboring under the most distressing
colds and coughs.
Jonathan Ilonarlh, esq. the well known temper
ante lecturer, took a severe cold last January by
sleeping in djfnp shcets.tliat seeincu to have settled
in a consumption. He raised a good deal of bloody
matter, and his cough was so harrassing and inces
sant that he could get no rest by day or night. Af
ter trying various remedies without relief, hetlio't
that death alone would relieve him of ins misery.
Hut by the advice of a lady he purchased a box of
Sherman's C jiigh Lozenges; they gave him great
relief, and to his surprise allayed his cough, made
him rest easy, and enabled him to sleep sound all
night; three days' use of them made a new man of
him, and he is recommending .Sherman's Lozenges
to all his acquaintances.
sherman's worm lozexcks
Are the only infallible worm destroy ing medicine
ever discovered. 1,400,000 boxes have been sold,
and not a failure has ever been known. They des
troy all kinds of worms, and cannot injure where
there are none.
Three diffirent persons cured of Worms by the
use of One Bx of Worm Lozenges. "Messrs. G.
F. T. & Co. 1 17 Main street, Cincinnati : Gentle
men My wife has been alllicted with worms from
the age of three years, and has never bceu without
them. She resided at Middletown, Roller county.
At times, she has been so alllicted with worms as
to require the attendance of two of the best physi
cians in the place one doctoiing her for one com
plaint, and one tor another, but getting worse, she
removed to Madison, and was under the hands of
Iwo of the most celebrated physicians of that place,
but all did her no good. .She came to Cincinnati
some time since, and began to despair of getting
better: indeed she got so bad, the worms came up
in her throat her sulIeriiiES became almost intoler
able. Hearing ol the many cures performed bv
Sherman's Lozenges, she thought she would try
them last August. I stepped in your store and got
a box of the worm lozenges, and I have every rea
son to rejoice that I did so. She took but on k
hilv box, whan the worms Tame from her Hi
bunches. I could not be positive, but 1 would sup
pose that there were from fifty to sixty in each
bunch. The last dose brought several white worms,
from twelve to fifteen inches long. She began to
get well, and felt better than she had forycars. Be
ing cured, she gave the balance of the box to a
neighbor by the name of Herald, who lives a short
distance from us, who has two chilcren, one five and
the other two years of age, who were much troub
led with worms, and I have heard since, that by the
time they had used up the box, both children were
entirely cured."
The above is from Mr. R. Richaids, Lawrence
street, near Front
12 hours, to get tip and dress himself. Ia 2 day
he was perfectly well. - , ; ..
. Mr. David Williams, of Elizabethtown, NJ,
an old revolutionary soldier, was so afflicted with
Rheumatism that he could hardly help himself.
One of these Plasters entirely cured him. - ,: '
Mi's. George Nixon, one of the Manager of the
Institution for Aged Indigent Females in the city
oTNew York, says the old ladies find great benefit
from these Plasters, they being Very liable to pains
or weakness in the back, as well as other parts of
the body.
Jur. Geo. W. Spencer, htreet Inspector, was
cured of the Piles by wearing one of these Plasters
on the lower part ol the spine.
HQ-Caution. The great reputation these Pla.
tera have atttined has induced many unprincipled
persons to eft tin worthless imitations. Ask for
Sherman's Poor Man's Plaster, and a facsimile of
his name, A. Sherman, M. 1). is on the back of
each. Tiust none others, or you will be deceived.
Price only Twelve-and-a-half Cents!
G. F. THOMAS,
147 Main st, between 3rd and 4 ih,
(10-Solo Agent for Cincinnati.
SHERMAN'S CAMPHOR LOZENGES
Give immediate relief to Nervous or sick Headache
palpitation of the heart, lowliest Ot spirits, despon
deucy , inflammatory or putrid sore throat, bowel or
summer complaint, tainting, oppression or a sense
of sinking ol the chest, cholic, spasms, cramps of
the stomach or bowels, hysterical atlections and all
nervous diseases, drowsiness through the day and
wakelulncss at night, cholera or cholcia morbus,
diarrhoea, or a sense of fatigue. Persons travelling
or attending large parties, will lind the Lozenges
ally reviving, and imparting the buoyancy ol
you tn.
Joseph Jl. J ones, esq. Vice President of the
Washington Marine Insurance Company, has suf
fered forycars with nervous headache, that nothing
would relieve till he used these Lozenges, which
relieved it entirely in 15 minutes.
Dr. (1. Hunter has been subject to violent attacks
of headache, so as to make him almost blind for two
or three hours at a timo. Nothing ever allb'iled
him any relief till he tried these Lozenges, and they
cured him in a few minutes.
Dr. Shci man's Lozenges can he obtained Whole
sale and Retail ol G. F. THOMAS, Main st, be
tween 3d and 4th, opposite Gazette Ullice.
(KJ-nole Agent lor Cincinnati, Ohio, and of the
following Agents:
J. A.&G. II. DAVUNPU1U & Co.,
Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
WELSH & ARMSTRONG,
Iieallsviile, Monroe county, Ohio,
E. SCATTER.) AY,
Jacob.iburg, Belmont county, Ohio.
Cough Lozenges 25 cents per box;
Worm " "
Camphor " " "
CCJ-Poor Man's Plasters only 12 1-2 cents apiece.
All who buy a box of Dr. Shcrinrn's Lozenges,
or a Plaster, are entitled to one of SHERMAN'S
MESSENGERS OF HEALTH, which can be
obtained from all Agents.
diversity of text and warm controversy, between
the more recent editors.
Upon these, the American editor thinks it due'to
the character of this edition, to decide himself,
without implicitly following the text of any one
modern edition. As the industry and learning ol
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prior vuhui uuvo luriiisnca iiieuouauou 01 .various
readings, and the authorities upon which they may
be supported, the task is no longer that of laborious
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jiivcsuauuu, uui, iui ii wure, ui jiiuiciui uetision,
enlightened by contending argument.
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179,00,0
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of execution with economy of price, Ins given an
un recedentcd diffusion to the most useful as well
as the most exquisite productions of the Arts of
Design.
-The designs of Kenny Meadows for Ihe illus-
(rations of Tyas edition of Shakspcare, express the
character of the several personages, and (lie spirit
of the scene, with wonderful truth and power;
whilst the wood engraving of Knight's Pictorial e-
dilion, combine with the highest merits of ai i and
taste, sucli a learned and ininuteaccuracy as (o sce
nery, costume, architecture and antiquity, sc as
make them a perpetual and most instructive com
mentary upon the Poet's lext. It is now proposed
to embody in an American Edition, the admi
rable illustrations of both these editions, engraved
with equal excellence of inechauiivl execution, to
add to these, other engravings from eminent artist',
as Reynolds, Fuseli, S. Newton, &.C., and to ac
company them with a beautifully printed and cor
rect lext.
But the publisher.anxiousthat hiscountry should
pay some part of the homage due Irom her to the
greatest of Poets, as to one who belongs not solely
lo England, hut to all
Who speak the tongue
Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney. Mrs. C W. H. Esling,
Mrs. Lydia Jane 1'u-rsnn, Miss Hannah r . Gould
Miss E. A. Dupny, Miss Lucy Austin, W. G.
Kimins, F.pes Sargent, Theodore S. Fay, Nathan
iel Hawthorne, II. XV. Longfellow, C. F. Hnflman,
T.S. Arthur, F.H. Harrington, II. 11. Weld. Miss
S.irah Ii-wcit. Miss M. A. Fairmnn. Miss E. S
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Francis, W. C. Ilryant.'j. K. Paulding, N. P.
Willis, John Neal, Park Benjamin, It. H. Dana,
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"Mary Clavers," Mrs. Frances S. Osgood, Mrs. E.
F. El'let, Mrs. Volney E Howard, Mrs. M. St
Leon Loud, Mrs. A. M. F. Annan. Miss MeetaM.
Duncan. Miss Virginia De Forest, Miss A. S. Lind
say. Miss C. M. Keteltas.
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tion or compilation. He has therefore prevailed
upon Roiieut W. Wi:in, whose reputation as an
Artist is already identified with his country's histo
ry, to contribute a scries of Oriental Designs, to
gether with such advice and assistance in other de
tails ofart, as his taste may suggest, for the illustra
tion and embellishment of this publication. From
the same reason, the publisher, instead of reprinting
the text and commentary of any popular J-.nglisli
impression, was desirous that his Edition should
have the supervision of an American Editor. This
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PLANCK Thoplan proposed to himself by the Editor is to
furuili.ilieendf r with a carefully prepared and ac
curately printed lext, unencumbered by any notes or
comments upon the page itself; as however useful
they may be else-wherc, they arc too apt to divert
the mind from the power of the Poet's thought, and
to disturb Ihe magic of his scene. Such notes as
may be thought useful for the explanation or criti
cism of the text, will be put into an Appendix to
each play.
The text of Shakspeare's dramatic works, drawn
from old printed copies in his cge, which had never
passed under the auihe-r's own eye, was conse
I'.'.Cmiy disfigured by many errors 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
Stevens) has become the standard from which most
of the English and American 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 modes of thought, guided by an intense and
constantly increasing admiration for Shakspeare's
genius, has led to the strong convicijon that very
many of the numerous though slight deviations
from the ancienttext, appearing in modern editions,
are useless or erroneous interpolations, sometimes
weakening the sense, and often substituting an ar
bitrary monotonous, metrical regularity, to the Po
et's own native melody. Accordingly, very many
of these emendations have been rejected by the last
and best English editors, especially Mf . Knight and
Mr. Collier, and the readings of the old folios and
quartos nave been restored, unless where some er
ror of (he press or manuscript was undeniably man
ifest. Yet there are many such passages confes
sedly corrupt, requiring conjectural emendations;
there are also difference of reading between the
several old impressions affording grounds for some
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i.f accomplishing an object lo which he looks for
ward with pride the secured co-operation of regu
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Chapman, Ingham, Ionian, Osgood, fcc. engaged in
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ISRAEL POST, Publisher,
3 Astor House, New York.
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND KXPKNDITURES.
Of Monroe County, from the 5th day of June 1843,
' to tne 3rd day ouune 1844.
RECEIPTS.
State, School, Township, Poor, Court
House and School District funds re
maining in the Treasury at last set- -tlcment
905,68,5
Revenue collected on Duplicate of
1843, including the amount ol Delin
quencies and Arrears charged there
on and lax on lawyers & physicians 14,032,37,6
Amount received from State Treasury, ,
being interest on Section 16, School
' lands in Monroe County i : 223,01,5
Amount received from State Treasury,
Monroe County's proportion of State
Common School fund 2,834,03,5
Received from Agent Fund Commis
sioners interest on Surplus Revenue, j ; , ;
, for year ending Jan. 1, 1844, for
School purposes " 1,048,54,5
Received from Agt Fund Comrs. inter
est on Surplus Revenue fcr present .; .
year for School purposes - . .. ' 20,00,6
Total Expenditure : 20,578,08,0
Excess of Receipts over Expenditures 826,60,7
Ain't paid on Court house debt as above 1,057,89,0
Total am't the county's indebtedness
has been reduced during theyear $1,884,49,7
AMOUNT OF COUNTY DEBT.
Small balance due on Public Building . '"
Debl not included i ; ! t !.- . . i
County Scrip , . - 8,520,95,0
lounty orders, unredeemed June 1844 3,274,80,7
Am't of County debt June 3, 1844 011,795,26,7
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 1 q
Woodsfield, 0. June 21, 1844." J '
I HEREBY certify, that the foreeoinir is a cor-s
rcct statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of
Monroe county, for the year commencing June 6th
ioto, mm enoing june era ib, and that the slater
ment of indebtedness is truly taken from Ihn hnnlr.
of this office. ; . ' 7.
J.NO. M. KIRKBRIDE, : ' i
' ' ' Auditor M.C. O.
': LEGAL NOTICE. 7TT
Letters of administration on the Miiar ...'
ham Tisher deceased having been granted to the
undersigned they therefore notify til those indebted
to said estate to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against said estate will present
them legally authenticated for settlement. ' l ',
ELIZABETH TISHER,';
: . JACOB TISHER Jr. 7
. Administrator of Abraham Tisher Dec'd
June 28, 1814 . . . .T
Road funds in Treasury . 87,94,0.
Paid tor Public Building purposes 1,057,89,1
Public Building funds in Treasury 10,0
Paid lor School district purposes ... 18,21,5 .
School district funds in I reasury 14,73,3
Paid Militia funds to Township asses
sors on order of trustees 6,00,0
Paid Witnesses in Court of Common
Pleas in Slate cases 351,12,0
Paid Witnesses before Justices in State
cases 42,25,0
Paid Justices oftho Peace and Consta
bles, their costs in State cases 78,57,7
Paid Associate Judges 156,00,0 -
Paid Edward Archbold Esq. Pros. Alty. "
lus fees 120,00,0
Paid Thomas West Esq. Pros. Atty.
his fees 6,00,0
Paid Thomas Mitchell Esq. Sheriff, his
fees 129,00,6 "
Paid William Okey Esq. Clerk of Court
his fees 60,00,0
Paid Jail expenses for boarding priso
ners and jail fees - ,: 133,12,5
Paid James M. Stout for public print
ing 177,60,0
Paid James R. Morris for public, print- '
ing 6,43,0
Paid John Dunham for public printing 4,00,0
Paid Grand Jurors June teim ol Court
1843 51,85,0
Paid Grand Jurors Sepl'r term 1843 83,60,0
Paid Grand Jurors April term 1844 . 34,00,0
Paid Petit Jurors April term 1842 1,50,0
1943 9.1B.0 .
June " : 29,65,0
Sepl'r " " 122,30,0
Supreme Court 1843 25,10,0
April term 1844 66,25,0
Paid Constables for attendance at court 63,05,0
' Judges and Clerks ol annual elec
tion lb 12 2,00,0
Paid Judges and Clerks of annual elec
tion 1813 114.10,0
Paid Return Judges of Justices' elec
tions . 17,30,0
Paid Justices for opening Poll books 4,75,0
1 lor stationary, Wood and tjoal lor
olliccs, Couit house and Jail 121,57.2
Paid for repairs to Public Buildings 20,86,5
' Interest on part ol f unded debt - 849,37,8
' Viewing and .surveying County
and Stale roads and damages on roads . 160,94.0
Paid township assessors of 1813 20,00,0
of 1844 93,00.0
Paid township clerks for returning enu
meration ol youth, 1843 46,00,0
Paid township clerks for returning enu
meration ot youth, 1842 . . 1.50.0
Paid Nathan Hollister for procuring
deed for Court house lot 3,00,6
PaidWm. C.Walton and Wilson Shan- 1
non for legal advice - . 4,00,0
Paid Wm C. Walton, special messen- .
ger, to carry the vote of Monroe co.
for Senator in 1843 to Guernsey co. 7,20,0
Paid Clerk of Board ot School Exami- ""
ners 4,60,0
Paid John M. Kirkbride fees as Auditor : 647,58,5
" Isaac A. Brock fees as Commiss'r . . 10,00,0
" Joel Yost " ' 26,00,0
" Joseph Caldwell 28,00,0
" .Thomas Orr - . 8,00,0
Refunded to Wm. D. Patton, assignee , . . , ;
of John K. Sharon, for town lots un-
properly sold 2,82,0
Paid Interest on county orders redemed 129,51,5
" Joseph Morris and James R. Mor
ris, Treasurers for present year, their
fees . , 625,74,0
Paid for fuel, stationary &c. for Treas
urer's oflice ; 88,20,0
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