The Wyandot pioneer., September 22, 1853, Image 1

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1 . AWaV. WIIIT CARE. ,
J7 l-'v- jul IT H, . wODVAlU ;
H Away , away with sighs and tears,
. t , . i ;.4 Away with ears and torn j - ;
. J,!Th storm that wrecks ur hopst Way
llaj burry grief to-morrow t
' ' It Is not meet that man should mourn,
, Amid this world of toiling;
u Far he who looks in Nature's face
Will always find her smiling. ,
fearth yields to us her golden gems;
There's naught around us fearful; " -And
rose and violet strew our path,
' To make us blest and cheerful.
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Tis true old Wiuter will return, ' . ,
:f To show his different phases; .
But SpringI we know, w ill come at last
i To strew the fields with dafresA i .i?.:
1 i X!' . j 1 !)';. v,;-
And Uui8, when Lfe ended here, : '
' A hops to us is given; ;
oj-Aproiaise of hrighter land , r . .
J.ji'J A happy home in heaven. ,t , .
,7 Thenaway with sighs and tears, .' .
y , Away with care and sorrow; '..'".!
The storm that wrecks our hopes to-day -
t "2I.ay.Vany grief to-morrow. ; . , .
.' THE TWO-PENNY MARRIAGE,
v'lir.' Pease, we want to be married.
. 'Want to be married what for?' . ' ', '
f .Why, i you see. we ; don't think , it is
right for us to be Hying together in this
way-any longer, and we have been , talk
ing over fke matter to-day and you must
see s ,..,-'.' '
Yes,1 yes, I see, you have been talking
over the matter over the bottle, and have
come1 to the conclusion to get married.--
When ' you gt sober you will both repent
of it probably. , .. . " ' '
'No", sir, we are rot r p very drunk now
not so drunk but' that we can think, and '
we don't think we are doing right we
arenot loing as we were brought up to do
by pious parents. ' We have been reading '
about the good things you'have done for
just such poor outcasts as we areand we
Itead? Can you read? Do you read .
the'Bibl?' '!'-- ' '
4 : 'Well not much lately, but we read the ,
newspapers, and sometimes we read some
times we read something good in them.
How can we read the Bible when we are !
drunk?' . "!
.'Do you think getting marriedwill keep
you from getting drunk?' . . j
4 'Yes, for we are going to take the pledge ;
tooand we ' shall keep it, depend upon
that,'1
' 'Suppose you take the pledge and try
that first; and if you can keep it till you ,
can wash some of the dirt away, and get
some clothes on, and then I will marry
' No; that won't do. 'I shall get to think
ing what a poor miserable wretch I ' am,
and how I am living with this woman,
who is hot a bad woman by natureand
(hen 1 will drink, and then she will drink
ob, cursed nim-and what is to pre
eni us? ' But if we were married, my
wife, yes, Mr. Pease, my wife would say,
Thomas' she would not say 'Tom
'you dirty brute, don't : be tempted and
who" knows but we might, be somebody
yet- somebody that , our own "mothers
. would not be'ashamed of.' ' 4
' '.Here the woman, who had been silent
and rather moody, burst into a violent
flood of tears, crying . ' ' '
Mother, ' mother, I know not whether
she is alive or not, and dare not enquire;
tut if we were married and reformed, I
- tvould make her happy once more.'
' . 'I could no longer stand the appeal
said Mr. P.,, 'and determined to give them
a.-trial' I .have married a good "many
poor, wretched looking couples but none
that' looked quite so much so as this!
The tnan was hatless and shoeless, with
out coait or vest, with king hair and beard
grimmed with dirt. ' He was by trade a
bricklayerone of the best in the city.
J3he wore the last remains of. a silk bon
net, and something that might, pass for
,hies, and an old, very old dress, once a
; merino, apparently witl.ou't any under
' j garments ' " ' 1 ' m - ''
'And yoar name is Thomas Thomas
-wnat!''' ' '.'-" i "'"-' ' '"''' ' ;
Kj.ing; '6ir Thomas Eltinga good
irue nanie ahd true man that is, it shall
ibe, if you marry 'us.' ' : .
t 'dh well. " I am going to marry
you.' ;f ;'';"'"'" : "'; -';i j""v
' l1 Are! you?. 'There, Mag, I toll you
so. '; ' - : -: " -
Don't call me Mag. If I am going to
"be married, I will be by my right name,
ib&iR&tnj mother gave me.
' , rNot Mag.' Well, I never knew that.
Naw, Thomas, hold your tongue, you
talk too. much. , ; . ...-'
.'What is your name?' . :
... Matilda. Must tell the other?; Yes I
.will and I will, and I .will never disgrace
iM I don't think I should have been as
bad if I had kept it. That bad woman
who first tempted me, made me take a
false name. ' It is a bad thing for a girl to
give, up her name, unless for that of a
good husband.' .Matilda Fraley. No
body knows me by that name in this bad
city "f :" - '
, 4Very .well Matilda and Thomas, take
each other by. the , right hand, a&d look at
me, for I am going to unite you in the ho
ly bond of marriage by God's ordinance.
Do you think you are sufficiently sober tp
Mmprehend Its solemnity?', a
'Yes, sir ,. rj'"
I r 'Marriage being one of God's holy or
. - dinacces, cannot, be kept in sin, misery,
Cl?h and dnmkcnne?3. Thomas will you
take Matilda to be your lawful, true, and
only wedded wife?'
Yes, sir.'
, .4You promise that you will live with
her, in sickness as . well as in health, and
nourish, protect and comfort hert as your
true and faithful wife; that you will
not get drunk, and will clothe yourself
and keep clean?' , .
Sol will.' .' '
' .'And you, Matilda, on your part, will
you promise the same, and be a true wife
to this man?'
I will try sir.'
'But do you promise all this faithfully?
' 'Yes, sir, I will. . (
Then I pronounce you man and wife.'
Yes, sir, I will.' " . ' ' '
Then I pronounce'yj3jaLman and wife.'
Now, Thomas, says the new wife, af
ter I had made out the certificate and giv
en it to her, -with an injunction to keep it
safe 'now pay Mr. Pease, and let us go
home and break the bottle. Thomas felt
first in the right hand pocket, then in
the . left, then he examined the watch
fob. :
.'Why, where is it?' says she, you had
two dollars this morning!' '
Yes, I know it, but I have only got
two cents this evening. There, Mr. Pease
take them; it is all that I have got in the
world; what more can Igive?' . .5 ; he left two coins in my hand, with the ; on it.- He was just in time to save her go
Sure enough, what could he do more? remark, that there was' another1 two-pen- ing over the main precipice. . By the . aid
I took them and . prayed over them; that ny marriage fee. ' I Vas in hopes that it of a pair of long lines, belonging to a team
in parting with the last penny, this couple might have been a couple of dollars this close by, they were both drawn up to
mighthave parted with advice, a ; wicked, time; I said notliing, only & mutual gether. ; Both suffered from some contu-
foolish practice, which had reduced them. God bless you! When I went up stairs sions, but . neither . was seriously. hurt.
to such a degree of poverty an J wretched- I tossed the coins into my wife's lap, with j These circumstances took place on Thurs-
ness, .that the ' monster power of rum
could hardly send us victim lower. . .. . j
So Tom and Mag were transformed in-
to Mr. and Mrs. Tallin
g, and having grown
r whiltt in t,Vi hrrnsp
sui:;tviicu more soDer wnne m tne nouse,
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seemed to fully understand their new po-1
sition, and all -the obligations tl;ty had.
taken upon' themselves. ,K i .
, lor a few days I thought occasionally ;
of this, two-penny, marriage, land then it '
beenme absorbed with a thousand other
scenes of wretchedness which I have wit-
. . .
city misery. - "i . . ' ;; - ?.
.
lime wore on and I married many oth-
J
er couples of.tn tho. e who came in their
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a delicate way of giving to the needy but
among all I had never penormed the rite fix the guilt. He went to the village, af
for a couple quite so' low as that of this ter hearing that one (of some 8800, in
two-penny fee, and I resolved I never notes,, (marked all' had beeri passed Ly
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a can lor a iuu maicn 10 tnem, wmcn i re-
fused.
'Why do' you come td me to be married
my friend?' said I to the man. : 'You are
both too poor to live separate, and besides
you are both terrible drunkards I know
you are '
'That is just what we get married for,
and take the pledge.' - - '
' Take that first.' : '
'No, we must take all together, nothing'
else will save us ; t : ;
Will that? ' ; ; - -
'It did for one of my friends.'
'Well, then go and bring that friend
here: let me see and hear' how much it
saved him, and I will make up my mind
what to do; if I can do any good, I want
to do it.' ' T'
My friend is at work; he has got a good
job and several hands working for' him,
and is making money,' and won't quit till
night. Shall I come this evening?' '
Yes, I will stay at home and. wait for
you ';.'' . '".' .';:.7""
I little expected to see him' again, but
about 8 o'clock, the servant said that that
man and his girl, with a gentlemen and la
fy, were waiting in the reception room.'
I told him to ask the lady and gentleman
to walk up to the parlor and sit a moment
while I sent the candidates for marriage
away, being determined never to unite an
other drunken coupnot dreaming tl ere
was any sympathy between the parties.
But they would not come up; they want
ed to see that couple married. So I went
down and found the squalidly wretched
pair, in company . with a well-dressed la
boring man, for he wore a fine black coat;
silk vest, gold watch " chainclean white
shirt and cravat, polished calfskin boots;
and his wife was as neat an J tiJily dressed
as any body's' wife,, and her' face beamed
with intelligence,!, rrd the Way in which
she clung to the arm of her husband, as
she seemed to shrink from my sight, told
that she was a loving as well as pretty
wife.
Thiscouple, says the gentleman, 'have
come to he manitd.'
- 'Yes. I know it, but I haved refused.-
Look at them,; do they look like fit sub
jects for such a holy ordinance? God nev-
erintended those whom he created in his
own image should live in matrimony like
this man and woman. ' I cannot marry
them."'.' ' " ' ". '. ' ' "
'Cannot? Why not? You married us
when we were worse off more dirty
worse clothed and more intoxicated .
The woman shrunk back a little more
out of sight. I saw she trembled violent
ly, and put her clean cambric .hanoker -
cniei up to ner, eyes.
. What cquld it mean? Married them
when worse o,ff! Who were they?
. Haveyqu forgotten us?' said the "wo
I man, taking my hands in bers, and drop-
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ping on per fnees; ; nave you torgotten
drunken Tom and Iklag? We tare never
forgotten you,bat pray for you every day.
If you have forgott en. tjiem you have
not forgotten tne twp-penpy marriage.
UPPER SANDUSKY,
No wonder you did not know us. I told
Matilda she need not be afraid or ashamed
if you did know her. But I knew you
would not. How could you? We were
in rags and dirt then. Look at us now.
All your work, sir. All the blessing of
that pledge and that marriage, and that
good advice you gave us. Look ,at this
suit of clothes, and her dress all Matil
da's work, every stitch of it. Come and
look at our house, as neat as she is. Ev
ery thing in it to ,make a comfortable
home; and oh, sir, there is a cradle in our
bed-room. Five hundred dollars already
in bank, and I shall add as much more
next week,' when I finish , my job. So
much for one year of a sober life, and a
faithful, ' honest, good wife. Now this
man is as goes' a-workman as I am, ohly
he is bound down, with the galling fetters
of drunkenness, and living with this wo
man just as I did. , Now he thinks that he
can reform just as well as me, but he
thinks he must take the pledge of the
same man; and have his effort, sanctified
with the same blessing, and then, with a
good resolution, and Matilida and me to
watch over them, I do believe they will
succeed.' " -.
So they did. So may others' by .'the'
same means. I married them i and as M',
'shook hands with Mr: ELing' at" parting,
the remark, 'two pennies again, my dearP .
'Two
pennies W Iiy, Husband, they
are eagles real golden eagles. What a
deal of good they will do. ' What blessings -
hnvi fo11niri.fl that sscr ' - ' ;
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nave ioiiowea mat ac
'And -will follow the'present, if the
pledge is faithfully kept. 1 Truly this is a
good result of a Two-Penny Marriage.
'. Romakce of a Mail Robbery. The
Wheeling Gazette, of Tuesday morning,
has an account of the arrest of the Post-
. ' 0 ... , J ' appeared in New York as a sort of ad ven-
Ohio, named .haton, and his daughter a i A v ' , ,
. ... -jturer in the shipping business, and whose
voungdadv of education and accomplish-! - -.. ' u ' i- 1
' 0 . . r transactions resulted m very serious losses
ments. lor several months suspicion had - ui u v 1 "c
, , . , , r., - ,to a respectable house engaged in foreign
.
Sliallcross, started out with his d coys to
L. j 1 j-ii. j tt. t - .
lcu paiues nau ueu. xie weni lunner;
Seven or eitfht miles travel brought
view a beautiful little
door of which a gay an
was assembled, cracking their jokes, and f
i.i 1 .1 ' . -i' .
wnuing away meir time quite merrily.
His keen eye soon detected the fugitives
as part of the company, and walking in
to their midst startled them with the an-nouncement-r-'You
are my prisoners.'
The ladies shrieked, and their male friends
coaxed, but justice is inexorable, This
was on Saturday, and. that night the fath
er escaped, leaving his daughter in the
hands of officers, who took her to Steu
benville, before Judge Leavitt. She is
represented as young, handsome and in
telligent, and was arranging her bridal
dress, and designed marriage, next week,
with one of the wealthiest men in that sec-1
tion of the country. Cin. Enq
A Most Singular Affair. The
Springfield Expositor, of yesterday, had
the following:
f atal Accident. We understand that
the death of Esquire Robinson, formerly
living about four miles east of Milford, on
the Pleasant Valley road, who was killed
fby his wife a few days sin-.e. occurred
under the following circumstances: The
Squire for some cause,' was whipping, his
dog, when the dog turned upon him, and
caught him by the throat. While the dog
held him in this position, his wife ran to
the wood pile and "with the axe aimed a
blow at 'the dog, but at the moment she
struck they turned, and the blow fell up
on the head of her husband, which killed
him in a few minutes. We learn that
Mrs. Robinson is nearly deranged at. the
occurrence. " . . ;
.A MoTLEr Crowd. The insane, and,
in some cases, blasphemous doings of the
delegates to what is termed the Whole
Woild's Convention, : in New York, are
not a whit more on theextreme, than what
has been charged to Mormonism in the
West. A reporter for the Philadelphia
Argus lifts the cover from one feature of
these fanatics. He says: Cin. Enq.
There is a boarding house in Lisrht
street where some five hundred of the
Convention folks, male and female, have
been living prtmiscivunly during the last
week. ' This I had not believed until I
examined for myself, factually went to
the house. And what a motly and hete
rogenous house full! All the ladies are,
of course, believers in Woman wrights
just in doing what they like. I cannot
enter into details; suffice it to say," that
cattle could not show less sense of shame!
l New York, is bad
ough with its own
population; but, when it contains the
Bloomers, Communists, Fourierists, and
the representatives of the" other 'thous
and one' isms from the East and West, it
may well be called a London, Arid yet
wc are' told by soidisanl phUosoplfe-rs that
.. . . '. . ;' . ... ,
this is reform!'
Forget not that human virtue is a
polished steel, which is rusted by a breath.
OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPT. 22, 1853.
A Thrilling Incident at the Falls.
The Toronto Colonist, of last week, re
lated the following account of an incident
at Niagara,' which possesses much of the
interest that belonged to the late fatal
plunge of poor Avery. The Toronto pa
per says: ' ,
"Mr, E. V. Wilson, of this city, of
lightning-rod notoriety, when at the Falls
with n party, and among the numbers was
Mrs. N. L. Piper (of the firm of H. Piper
& Brother.) The lady at the time was
laboring under a species of insanity, - It
was thought by her husband that travel'
ing and change of air and scenery would
do her good, but unfortunately such was
not the case.' - Immediately .upon hex arri
val she was very 9fesirous to see the Falls,
and while standing on the Canada side,, at
about twenty feet from th-e;:.'fallingfeeet
of water, she slipped her arm foom. .Mr
Wilson and made a msh toward the pre
cipice. He rushed after her, and just as
she was going over he caught hold of hr.:
dress, and by it held her dangling in the
air. The dress gave way, and she fell up
on a ledge of rock, at' a distance of twen
ty feet. - As she thus lay, Wilson, our nar rative
says, "with great presence of mind
looked for a soft place," and discovering
that a quantity of loose earth was lying
Ton the rocks, he immediately jumped down
day last.
: o-l TaM Tho TT,,aU .v tr'
vn, :L -P v.-ii.
lowing instance of the way in .' which
th tliings in New York Such cases
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as tt.is, however, -are ot everyday occur
rence in that city of Sodom: ' '
Much-sympathy, was" expressed for. the
unfortunate passengers elected from the
ship Angrlique.? It appeared that ;this
vessel had been for some sixly days ad
vertised to sail for Australia, by a man
named . Pellettier. who had but recently
trade... He had engaged some fifty or six
ty passengers for the vessels referred to,
.for Australia, from various parts of the
in'erior. and who had paid him the money,' !
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;sage, and went onboard.
' .
The Marshal, unier claims against Pel-
east all of them - but one woman, who '
, . , leiier, sola me, ivngeiique, ana yesteruay , unpaid atthe time ot the
cottage, before the"!,, ui .1 .111 . "It -o m, ,
in - - 1
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n mmrmnjr orrMin : " : .r . r
' V. -J IIIV VIVLU A V1U UiV f 1 J L CV U llll JLH iU 111 lOOlVJJJCl O Li
nolens vol em, remained, though politely leaving property that coulcl. be charged ttrence 01 c0nstructl0n anected your ac
inviced to leave by the police. One old with the payment of their notessave their CounlS some OVer two tundred. dolkrs
man, who paid all the money he possessed equity in t lots they had so purchased. Pon sequent examination of your ac
f 89.01 for the nassao-e of himself. wif To enforce' a' cnlWrfoT, nf ih, mW! count yn becorae satisfied that 'you "had
and two daughters, was put from the ship !
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among strangers, in the street, without a j
farthing. Polletier, the author of all this i
misery, had disappeared, or goes to . parts
unknown. Some merchants, who had
witnessed the ejectment, made some small
ntviKtiAn. rn Ko e.-.f i ,
some talk on 'Change of making: further
efforts for their relief.
A Califorsi an Murdered akd Robbed.
The Louisville Courier has information
that a citizen of Jackson county, Illinois,
on his return home from California, a few
weeks sincewas met a short distance only
from his house by a neighbor, who, on
learning he had money killed and robbed
bim. Another person happened to be
coming that way, and having his attention
attracted by the report of a gun, espied
the villain dragging his victim into the
bushes. Immediately upon being discov
ered, the murderer commenced re-loadirig
his gun; but before he succeeded, the
mp.n rushed upon him, knocked him down
and secured him as a prisoner.
, The disease was a man of family, had
been absent some two years, and had suf
fered all the perils, hardships and priva
tions of the pioneer California gold dig
gers for the s. ke of a li -tie money, and
was brutally murdered for it when almost
in sight of his wife and children, by one
whom he regarded as his friend.
The Galphins by a Whis.- The fol
lowing spicy talk we clipped from a letter
from Geo. C. Bates, formerly a leading
Whig in Michigan, but now of California,
to the Detroit Advertiser. Plainer speech
is not often met with: .
"Thieving and , rascally office-holders,
public plunderers and leeches are all that
Millard Fillmore ever gave to California,
and the knaves that he sent here had' not
sense enough to conceal their frauds, as
the letter I send this day the Free Press
will show. .Politics I eschew, but if the
people of the United States could only
know the neglect and inattention, the ras
cality and fraud that characterized the
conduct of many of the officers sent to
California at the special instance and re
quest of the former Presidentthey would
fully appreciate why ever Whig in Cali
fornia wus and -ver will he the stern and
inflexible opponent of the man who de;
feated the nomination of Daniel Web
ster." -11" "
The Democratic Herald,, pubVi.shedktj
I Columbia, Term., under date of f. -mtory to those, who have requested y
Luifl, that. A 0. P.- Nichftlsmt has lull his 1. ' .1
states that A. O. P. Nicholson has left Lis
home near that place for Washington, City,
where ha goes to 'assume the editorial con
trol of the Union. . j' ; ; :
A Statement Relative to the Re-Sale of
' Certain County Lots. "
Mr. GfLEs Sir: I herewith furnish you
with a copy of a statement relative to
the re-sale of certain county lots, a-
bout which much noise was made ' one
year ago. This statement was made by
request of the present Commissioners,
they having been applied to for the same.
As the people of Wyandot county, have
an interest in knowing what their public
officers have done, you cn publish the '
same if you think proper. .
Chester R. Morr, .
; Auditor, Wyandot Co., O
Auditor's Office, Wvandot Co.,) : j
TT CnInnl,. n Q mil. into
v . ) , v.. orpu .n, o. ,
r ;
- ri tt? j. wv ' uuence: I take tjie liberty to ask you the !
lr, Lommissiitners or Wyandot counla::, . 'v'fetAlM fC
" cIvxttit wVecw - t 1 rolTowmg quesuon,. and solicit your early r
i ti , ' . -
quest, I have made out a statement from
the books in this office, of certain lots, in
Upper' Sandusky that vere re-sold by
the Commissioners, in JUne, 1852, for the
amount of th - nnU mr
,l...n. " mi. , r.ii , i ...
uue uieieon i ne knowing taouiar siate
. , vi . i . e i ! .i l
ment shows tlifi numhpr nf lnfs lhi nriiii-
nal appraisement, the name'of the- origi-j
nal nnrchaspr. th ammmt.nf tilf nrinai
sale. the namWrtf t.h Rnnrl mrrtZeor
and the amount for which each lot sold.
Name of original No. . App'd
purchaser. ; of lot. Value.
J. H. Drum, In lot 186 620
Amt.of
1st sale.;
832
3J '.:
. . 23-.:
1C5.
131
" 29
H. J. Pierson O . lot 1 48
R. Lambert, In lot 276
D. G. Weddle
3J
23
& A. Rice,
William Axt--Isap.c
C. Drum
126
177
99
105
131
26
'Amount,.
S335 8350
SECOND SALE. ... i-.i
.: ; - Date of Sale. Amt of
- - -' : .-1 " ! ; : ' r 2d sale.
G. W ..Berry L.l 86 June 1 1, '62. $33,50
R.McKelly,O.L. 138 do
G. T. Frees, I L 276 Jane 1 252
31,31
24,28
T. Garret
126
177
99
do
do
do
1 12 37
136 6 "
G. Harper,
C. R. Mott,
'3 j gl
Amount of 2nd sale,
"8368,32
818 32
' .
833,32
Excess of 2d sale over the 1st,
Excess of 2d sale over ap
praisement, - - :
The first sale was upon the following
terms, to-wit: One fourth cash, in hand,
and the balance in three equal annual in-
stalments, with interest. The hand mon-'
ev was mid bv the mirchasers. and thrir
notes executed for the deferred payment,-, ;
j .i -r 'l Vai;i j. . "m
J f -J V 7
. . & '
calling Jbr a deed upon the payment of
.
the notes,
The notes were all due and
2nd Sale in
'
loiiciscia iitia
,. 1 l
bonds for d e.d
but had .one to narts nnkn,wn wirhont.
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suits in chancery would be required a
gainst each purchaser to charge his equity
in the lot. To have nrosecuted six suits !
in chancery the lawver would have char -
1 ged, perhaps a hundred dollars, which the
I Commissioners ' wbuld of. course have to
' M "ti,, e v 4
ses of a forced sale of the lots, would be
so great, that the Commissioners were of
the' opinion the lots would not pay the
notes; and, and should they per chanee
sell for more than enough to pay the costs
and notes, the excess would, in equity,
have to be paid to the original purchasers
so that the Commissioners would in any
event, get only the amount of the unpaid
purchase money, and would, in fact, ac
tually loose the amount paid to the attor
ney for prosecuting the suits.
To avoid any further costs or trouble in
the collection of these notes the commis
sioners proposed to transfer the notes, and
their legal title to the lots, to any person
who would cash the amount of the notes
at par, but they found no one who would
accept of this proposition.. The Commis
sioners then adjudged it best to enter up
n order declaring the original contracts
forfeited and directing the lots to be sev
erplly sold for the amount due on each,
to any person who might apply to the Au
ditor for the same, and make a cash pay
ment in full therefor, These orders were
accordingly entered up on Friday of their
regular session, in June, during the ordi
nary business hours of the day. Two of
the lots were sold on the day the order
was made, and the others on the next day,
two of which, however, were not sold un
til afier the Commissioners had adjourned
which was about two o'clock, P. M, on
Satuiday. The deeds; for those 2 last sold
lots, have since been made by the present
Board of Commissioners. By this ar
rangement the notes were cashed without
one cent of cost to the county. Iu all,
there were about six hundred notes taken
for the county lots sold, amounting to
near ten thousand dollars, all of which
have been collected without subjecting the
county to the payment of one dollar for
costs of suits and without one dollar of
loss on the notes. The actual cost of the
collection and disbursement of this entire
fund has been only, about. 2 jer . cent.
Only one half, of what the -counSy treasr
urer would have' been entitled to claim,
had these moneys been permitted to pass
through his hands. -
Hoping this statement will be satisiac-
rou to
obtain the same.
I remain very respectfully, ; ; - -
Your obeient servant,,
'; V 'C. R. MOTJ, County Auditor.
A Letter to the Commissioners of Wy
andot County. ; '
Upper SanduskO., Sept. 7th, 1 853.
To Meters. Welch, Miller awl Kear, -,
C mm'tssioners of VyUndot co:.
Gentlemen: I understand that there is
a. report in circulation in this county,
charging me "with an attempt to defraud
the county of Wyandot, out of the. sum
of four hundred dollars; that I am, or was
a defaulter to the county, for that sum, of
the public funds collected by me, and that
the present Board of Commissioners had
dettcied the intended fraud in time to save
tV e coun y from loss in the premises: and
j hs the tendency of such reporv is to injure
me jn the estimation of all moJ ciazens
;of the county anJ to correct .the. evil n
. , . ..... ..
1 answer to the same,
TT V. . . :
! Ut: ?ave ou fclthcr of ott
iknowle of any disposiuon or attempt
1 n PaJ rongor defraud the coun-
out Xl thatr any other sum, or to
With-hold
any , oi uie puDiic mone);s in
my nanus lo uie niiui y oi :ine couiii.v ;
J J J- . - . 1
1: J i it. . : e .1 - a
'2nd. Have you any knowledge .of any ! to kowthafthc public are prolmis"eJ""the
draft or requisition upon me, for any partUerVictss of: a 'gentleman, whose expend
:"""u w ' T" "riuut - aiV Pa
lof the Public moneysitat any. lime, that
rasnot PromP t by me, when theru
1 were moneys in my hand. ?,
3rd. Have'or have I not settled with,
:and accounted to - your entire satisfaction.
I for the wiole of the public moneys collec
' ted. by . me as attorney for. the collection of
the building fund? ;
-I am Gentlemen very respectfully, . r -.
, Your obedient servant,- . ,
", R. McKELLY.
TIJE CpMMISSIONER S REPLY.
Commis stover's Office, Wyandot ' comity X'
Upper Sandusky, Sept. 8th, 1853
R. McKellt, Esq.: Dear Sir: In ah'
swer to your communication of yester
lav's' date, we can r.heprfiillr sar
i - -
I 1st- That we have no knowlec
of
any 'disposition or attempt on your part,
to wrong' or defraud the county out of
four hundred dollars or any other sum, or
t0 w't10 any tue public moneys in
your hands to the injury of the county.-
1- December last, Mr. Mott as Audi-
tor, called our attention to aroisunderstan-
i aino between nimseii ana you relative to
i the true amoutlt with which 70U' sllould be
char2ed on a that had ' been lven
b7 7? to t,:e commissioners, for a large.
am.Pan6 na es deliverea to you lor col-
lection'; brcvious to Mr:M6tt's cominsrinto i
. . . n n . . . . r. 1 1 ... 1 t 1 . n r n a v (i 1 n T....r... .
! v. tt i i .i. ... i
ments on some of the no res had been de
t-j i v i j :
i n-inx lic uajaiiw pifttcu iu luc
'i.-. e xr, i: j
suicauic ui vuui jt-uuiui. iuu leiiuicu
-
that the amount stated m the receipts was
' " - U -i. i.- . 1 J i-
" uojeci u umse enuorsemeuis
This dif-
been mistaken," and that Mr. Mott was
right. ' Upon investigating this matter,
we, as commissioners, became fully satis-
! fieJ that 11 was a mistake un 37ur Par
! h,neisl,y entertaint:d- The wbo'- matter
j waf seUled b-v you 8na MK Mott' to' th
satisfac ion of all concerned and subse-
aPProyed b7 us
2nd. We have no knowledge of any
draft or requistion upon you for any part
of the public moneys at any time, that
was not promptly met by you when there
was moneys in your hands.
3rd. You have settled with and ac
counted to the undersigned to their entire
satisfaction for the .whole of the public
money?, collected by you as attorney for
the collection of the public building fun .l.
We are very respectfully, fee,"
JOHN -WELCH,
DAVID MILLER,
JONATHAN KEAR. -
Nothing in the world is so fatal to the
development of the intellectual powers- of
the young, as what are commonly called
expectations. Take two boys of the same
age, and, as nearly as may be, of the samev
capabilities. Inform one that he is the
heir to a large fortune, which one day or
otuer, must come "into his possession; tell
the other that he has not a sixpence to
depend on, but. must thrive by his own ex
ertion and ten years afterwards there
will be a mighty difference between them.
You will find that the one has wrapped
up his talent in a napkin, while the other
has laid his out at interest. Blackwood
Magazine. . - i
We learn from f.n authentic source that
gold
has been discovered on the west
branch of the Sandy river, in the town of
Madrid Franklin county. A company of
six men from Massachusetts have obtained
a lease of tie land on the river about two
miles in width, and sufficient in length to
include the extent of the mines. 'They
are now operating on the premises. -Three
men can wash out' from 820 to $33
worth of gold per day; and our informant
saw some of the specimens which had been
tested, and fudged to be finer ' than Cali
fornia gold. Do not all start for the gold
mints at once;'
John Neal argues that Maine Liquor Law
is &n outrage upon common sense and
common decency, alike foolish and worth
less' for the great purposes it pretends to
have in view." T Mr. Neal has been an ac
tive temperance man foi thirty years and
is a member of a church in Portland. He
says the good enizens 01 Portland putNeal j
Dowinto offices because they did not know j
him. and turnedliim out because they did
know him. ' : ' 1
WHOLE NO 404.
.- ,. -.ror the Pioneer.
- -; ' :To thfe Public. U,UrT
Mr. Editor: -I am told that it is cur
rently reported through the county "that
in event of Mr. Hoyt's election I amjto
continue in the Auditor's office, as his
clerk." Such report has no foundation in
truth. At, the expiration of niy-preant
official term, I purpose to withdraw from
the court house entirely, and devote my
attention exclusively to my owa private
business. My interest in the success of
Mr. Hoyt is no ea'er than that of other
democratic citizen of the countyBy'tlitf
unanimous expret tionof the: dembcraticr
par'y he has been nominated as . my. suc
cessor. in this nomination I heartily con
cur. In MrC Hoyt's well known industri-
rity ana capacity, I have an assurance,
that the public interest, under his charge,
will be safe-. -'?'. :- C' Ti
To ensure corrtctness in makinsr ut
the tax duplicate for the first time, under
the new appraisement of the. real estate of
the county, will require the utmost care on
the part of the auditor,- and I am happy
services, or a .gentleman, wnose expen-
ence in .the business of .the jpffiflei will su-
;ptrseae.the .necessity of"-his temployih-.
any clerk. In conclusion, Mr;. Editor, -. Ii-
avail myself of this opportunity to ex-'
press my sincere thanks-, both to the mem-s
bers of the former affd - present J3oard of
County Commissioners fqrthe courteDus.
tre'atment.which; I have cver afficiallye-'-'v
ceived of .them . YAnd ; to the; citizerisof;
Wyandof county geherally Iiam-.undrfn
many obligations, : for the generous confix
dence. they -have i exhibited ( Aniapprei
ciationof this confidence? has contributed
much to encourage me in constant efForta,
to faithfully and impartially-dbchargc my
every duty.- May my successor,vwhoev-
erhe may be, be no less fortunate in se
curing the confidence of his fellow-cilizen
and may the credit .of -Wyandot, never be
impaired or. dishonored by. the unfaithful-?
ness of ; any of her officers,' is the prayj
er of ' - , Ur--Sl
, , ; , Her humble servant, r,;
' : CHESTER R.MbTT.o
Mas Killed and Steamboat. Mobbed.
A colored man named Bowman, , porter
of the Ztftf .27, killed an Irish, drayman
at Buffalo, Saturday night. - The. tragedy;
was enacted on board the Zoc Elgin?
while lying in the. harbtr, jThe blow
were given over the head with bludgeon
w&.v. . i.u . w . ii a iii'i mi. 1. 1 l i ii 11111 -
i the lacr nt n-hih L-ti-. (h.
board. ..He was taken out dead. -"A mob:
of several hundred rersons. ronsistint rf
i r . r .a
i Irish dr2vmen and others. hesiorPfi ihi
. ' .r-r-pr
boat for the purpose of obtaining posses
sionof the murderer. - Several of the state-'
room, doors were stove in, and a great deal
of other damage done, : 0ur . informant,
who came up on th Crescent pyhad not
learned, whether ; the ,mob . succeeded in?
finding" the object of their search. U.;xit:,').
v Boumun resides on Lake, street in - this,
city, and is the: owner of several . houses,
and lois. -Cleveland Jhie .Democrat.
Railroad Convention. We have this
from the Indianapolis Sentinel, of Wednesday-
- ' : ; " ':' "" w- i
The Columbus Piqua aridlndiana Rail
road Company of Ohio, has filed a billfo?
aniniuction in the Circuit Court'of the Ul
States for this district, against the Indian
a polis and Bellefontaine Company, to' pre
vent the latter company from changing the
gu-ge of their track from the Indiana gu
age of 4 feet 8 inches, to the Ohio guage
of 4 feet 1 ) inches, claiming a contract for
throuh freight cars to run over both roads
,.00. .. f
from Columbus to Indianapolis the Ohio
road being constructed on the Indiana gti-
age.
The motion, .we learn, is to be argu
ed by Henry Stansbury and Judge Black
ford, for the Ohio " company, and Simon
Yandes.'Esq., and S, L. Andrews, Esq.
for the, Indinana company on Thursday
next before Judge McLeanat Cincin
nati.' ' ' ' ".''.' . "'' "
v
A Hard Time. Three Swedes, 'who
belonged to the Russian Fur; Company
north of our Oregon possessions after
three years' service, undertook last spring
to desert. They took a canoe; and after "
a voyage of 40 days reached Shoal-water
Bay, where they were ; stopped by a fogi
A letter says: ; : - v ;r ''
When found, they had been in the bay
seven days, subsisting on roots and berries. '
They were much emaciated and looked the
perfect picture ofmisery and despair One
of the poor fellows, when found; "was pceli
ing the skinfrom off his hands'.and ; arms
and eatingit. T teir canoe is aboui 3 8 feet
in length by 3 in width, arid with'tAisthey
have made a voyage of over a thousand .
miles on one of the worstparts of tne coast-
They were well cared for byhe citizens
of Oresron
1 m m . I : ' '' O
Negrob Liberated, The; -Atalanta
(Ga.) Inteligenceroi the lstinst.; ssys: I
: Mr. Francis Gideon, yvhjH died; in' this
city on the 23d ult4 left a .will ; liberating
29 slaves.i He akcnweunderstaiid set
apart a considerable portion of ' his. other
property to provide for their shipment 1 td
1 iberia and their aanriaoe "after'tljey
arrive there. -'-c.ci.-ulta
' ' ' .
.- -- . i' i 1 mi n i -in- iiii
Com. VanderbiltV fine steam yacht
North Star reached Laghorn a few week
'go in prosecution of her Meiiterracean.
cruise. The Commodore and his party
on the 24th, were in Florence, where he is
.sitting to Powers for his bust,:at a cost ot
f !,000 the artist's ordinary jricv' "