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t&Cl a. Adaiiasfoa" to feud -eeaookshall be gra-
iuous to too ebttJren, wards and apprentices of all
actual residents in wid district who mav f enti
tled to the privileges of the public schools under
ma general laws w jn state, provided that said
board shall hare power to admit to said schools oth
er popila. upon such terms, or upon the payment cf
Sac. 1 i. Said board shall have power to make all
necessary regulations lor saU sclwols, to prescribe
and enfnee rules for the admission of pupils into
the tame, not inconsistent with the preceding sec
tion, und the examirmtion that pupils must pass
preparatory to admission into the schools of higher
grades than the primary; to sub-divide said school
district, if thev shall think Drooer: to select sites
for aclwil hMtsc; to superintend the building of
me aarao, ana to pay thereto?, tlieir appurtenances,
furniture and apparatus, to borrow money for the
erectioa of school houses upon a majority vote of
naiO tli&tnct therefor, and to incur all other expen
ses of said school system, and pay the same from
the public moneys of said district. . .- ; ,
, Si-c. 12. I shall, be the duty of said board to
ieep said schools m operation not less than thirty
six, nor more tlian forty-four Weeks of each year, to
determine the Haount of ihe annual tax to be rais
ed for the purpose aforesaid, including all the nec
essary, expenses of said schools, except for the erec
tion uf school houses and the purchase of sites;
amt on or oeiore tlie tirst day of J uiy, ot each year,
to aake k-uowa the amount of such tax to the au
ditor of the county mvtch said district is situate;
and thereupon it shall be the duty of said auditor
to assess the same upon the; taxable property of
. me saia auunct as ine same appeai-s on the grand
list in his office, and the said tax shall be collected
by the county treasurer, in the same manner, and
at the same time, with the State and ounty taxes,
and when collected shall be paid over to the treas
urer of said Board : Provided, however, that the
tax to be assessed under this section shall not ex
ceed four mills on the dollar upon the taxable prep
erty of said district, as the same appears upon the
grand list; provided further, that ia case the amount
so authorized to be raised, together with the other
school moneys of said district, shall be insufficient
to support said Schools jfor the "portion of the year
mentioned in this section, that said Board of Edu
cation may require such sum as may be necessary
to support the same tor the residue of said time, to
be charged at the discretion of said board upon the
tuition of the pupils attending such schools; provi
ded, however, that the children of iudigent parents,
r orphans, who are unable to pay such charges,
shall not be excluded from said schools for the non
payment of the same ; and it shall be the further
duty of said board to keep an accurate account of
ineir proceeding, ana ot tneir receipts and disburse
ments fiir school purposes, and at the annual meet
ing for the choice of directors . in said district, to
make report of such receipts, and the sources from
which the same were derived, and of said disburse
ments, and the objects to which the same were ap
plied, and they shall also make report at the same
time of such other matters relating to said schools
as they may. deem the interest of the same to
require. .
- See. 13.-That said Board of Education, within
twenty days after their election, shall appoint three
Competent persons, Uuseaa of said district, to serve
as school examiners of the public schools therein,
one to serve or one year, one for two years, and
one for three- years, from the time of their appoint
ment, and till their successors shall be appointed,
and annually thereafter said board shall appoint
one extmioer to serve for three years, and till his
successor is appointed and qualified ; and said board
shall fill all vacancies that may occur from death,
reajjvalj or otherwise Sai J.. examiners, or any
two efxhena, shall examine any persons that may
apply tor that purpose with the ju tendon of becom
ing teachers in any of the schools in said district,
and if they find the applicant, in tlieir opinion, qual
ified to teach in any of said schools, and to govern
the same, and of good moral character,-they shall
give .said applicant a certificate naming the branch-,
ea in which the holder of said certificate was found
qualified to teach, and no person shall be permitted
ta teach in said schools without such certificate
and said examiaers may. iu all eases, when two of
their number -concur,, have power to annul such cer-.
tificata, and when so annulled, the person holding
the same shall be discharged as a teacher of said
schools ; said examiners shall also seperately, .or oth
erwise, together with said Board of Education, or
any of them, or such person as they may appoint,
or invite, visit said schools as often ns once in ev
ery term, and observe the discipline, mode of
teaching, progress ot tlie pupils, ana such other
matters as. they may deem of interest, and make
such suggestions and report thereupon to said board
as ihey may -think proper, which report may be
published at the discretion of said board
-tSeo. 14. Upon the adoption of this act in the
.manner herein provided by any city, town. Tillage,
or district, all laws new in force therein, inconsist
ent herewith, are hereby repealed. - s
i Sec. 15. That said Board of Education or the
treasurer thereof shall have power lo collect any
charge or account for tuition, in the same manner
as the treasurer of any common school district in
his State, is now or may hereafter be authorized
43 collect any jsuch eharge or account. 1 ,
' h JOHN -G, BRESL1N, -s
v ' ' - Speaker HouseRep's.-
' ; n VM BEEWSTER RANDALL, .
i'Jj. j ? j". v J .r Speaker of Jkt Senate. .
- jfeb. 21, 1349. -' .-, ...
. - :.r.';r-y-&.NrACT' . . ....
6 preside of taxing certain lands sold by the
Waited Stota. ' '''X 7'..'-. ;". T
Tyasas4S,lj)8 United States by an act of Con-7-"riiS
pasaediJa the twenty-ixth day of January,
eighteen hundred and forty-seven, assented that
the several States admitted jnlo the Union prior
.'to the twenty-foarth day of April; eighteen hun
.'dred and twenty, should impose taxes upon all
lands sold by the United States after the pnss-
age of said act in said States from and after the
I . day of sale; Therefore
: Seel. Be it unacted by the general assembly rf
Die state of Ohio, That all lands within this btate
which shall be hereafter sold by the United States,
shall be subject to taxation as other lands io this
'.XStata '.' -
S 5ee. 2. That so much of the tax law passed
March second, eighteen hundred and forty-six, as
conflicts with the provisions of this act, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
; - - . s JOHN G. BSESLIN, : :
Speaker House Rep's.
, : ... BRESTEK RANDALL,
, . - Speaker of the Senate. .
JIarch 8. 1843. '.
"... : AN ACT . ,
To amend (he art entitled an cct to provide for the
J seUlemnt of the estates of deceased persons, pass-
"red March ZZd, 1840. '. i V
f See. . I. Be it enactei oy the general assembly
of the state of Ohio, That upon proper proof be
,jQg made by an executor or administratox to the
couitof common pleas of the proper county .that any
claim, debt or demand , whatsoever, belonging to
tho estate in his hands to be administered and ac
cruing in the lifetime of the deceased, represented
by such executor or administrator, is desperate :
First, on account of the doubtful solvency or actual
insolvency of tho person or persons owing the
same; 2d, oil account of such debtor having availed
him or herself of the late bankrupt law of the Uni
ted States ; 3d, by reason of some legal or equitable
defence wuien such debtor or debtors shall allege
and make appear against the same ; 4th, on ac
count of the smaltuess of such claim and difficulty
in its collection, either from the remoteness of the
residence of the debtor, or the ignorance of the ex
ecutor or administrator of such residence, that said
court may order such claim, debt or demand to be
compounded or s'Jd, or to be filed m such court for
the benefit of the heirs, devisees or creditors of
such deceased person sis will sue for or recover the
same, giving the creditors the preference if they or
any of them apply for the same before the final set
tlement ot the estate, and such order ot the court
shall be a sufficient voucher to such executor or ad-,
mhiistrator. .
Sec. 2. That in all cases where the claims or de
mands exceed tho sum of ten dollars, the executor
or administrator shall give notice of such intended
application to said court for such order at least four
consecutive weeks previous to the term of such
court, which notice shall be published in some news
paper having general circulation in such connty, or
if there be no newspaper in the county, then in
some newspaper having a general circulation in
said connty.
Sec. 3. That it the court shall order a sale ot
debts or demands, the executor or administrator
shall give public notice as aforesaid, of the time and
place ot sale, three consecutive weeks previous to
the day of sale, at which they shall be sold to the
highest bidder, and the avails of such sale shall be
accounted for by said executor or administrator as
other moneys belonging to such estate.
JOH.N U. JBUK.5sL.IIN, .
- -v- - Speaker House Rep's.
. BREWSTER RANDALL,
Speaker of the Senate.
March 10, 1849. .
-' ' ' AN ACT ' ' '
To authorize the courts of common pleas to remit
fines in certain cases.
Sea 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of
the state of Ohio, 1 hat the several courts of com
mon pleas within this state may, in their discretion,
remit any fine or fines assessed against township
treasurers, under the seventh section of the act en
titled "an act to secure the returns of the statistics
of common schools," passed January 21, 1848;
Provided, That it shall appear to the satistaction of
the court that any township treasurer, so fined as
aforesaid, has paid all costs that may have accrued.
and has actually made sestlement
Sec. 2. That this act shall be in force for the
period of one year from and after its passage.
JVUX It. BKH.SIjIIN,
" . Speaker House Rep's.
BREWSTER RANDALL,
Speaker of the Senate.
March 10, 1849. :
AN ACT
Further to amend an act regidating rail road com-
pantes, passed r eb. 11, 1848, andfor other pur
poses. Sec 1. Be it enacted by Vie general assembly of
the state of Qiao, In case of any vacancy, by death.
resignation, or any other cause, m any board of di
rectors of any rail road company, plank road com
pany, or turnpike road company, incorporated by
the General Assembly of this State, if in the actor
acts incorporating such company no provision is
made for power to nil such vacancy, it shall be law
ful for the remaining directors to appoint a direct
or to fill such vacancy, and the person so appoint
ed shall be a director of such company until the
next succeeding stated election, and until his suc
cessor shaU be .elected and qualified.
JOHJN ti. rSUJioJLljN,
- Speaker House Rep's.
BREWSTER RANDALL.
Speaker of the Senate.
March 13, 1849.
: AN ACT :
To amend the act to authorize and require the re
' cording of the official bonds of certain public offi
cers. Sec 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of
the slate of Ohio, 1 hat the provisions of tlte act en
titled an act to authorize and require the record
ing of the official bonds of certain public oSBeers,
passed January nineteenth, one thousand eight hun
dred and fortv-three, be, and the same are hereby
extended and made applicable to the bonds of ex
ecutors, administrators and guardians.
JOHN G. BRESLIN,
Speaker House Rep's.
BREWSTER RAND ALL,
Speaker of the Sen ate.
March 13,1849.
AN ACT .
To amend the "act far the appointment of certain
officers therein named," passed February 17,
. 1831.
See.1. Be it enaitsd by the general assembly of
the state ' of Ohio, That nothing contained in the
"act for the appointment of certain otneers therein
named," passed February 17, 1831, shall hereaf
ter be so construed as to prevent the appointment,
subject to tlie provisions of the. said act, of more
than one deputy clerk ot the court ot common
pleas, in any county in which anj additional dep
uty clerk shall in the opinion of said court be nec
essary, and an order to that efijet entered upon
their journal.
Sec. 2. That so much of the said act that con
flicts with the provisions of this act, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
JUUiN li. liltCiOiliN,
Speaker House Rep's.
BREWSTER RANDALL.
Speaker of the Senate.
Mareh 19, 1849.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE-, )
Sasdpsky County, O., Mat 19, 1849. j
SS' I have compared the foregoing acts with
the original, and find them correctly copied.
- HOMER EVERETT,
. Auditor of Sandusky county.
jm T'Ti a TifcKTiT-(Yln Tnc Vine a TIHirA nf n
frightful looking instrument, which it calls a guillo-
j i j., 1 1 11
line, WIU1 uozeil ui liikCi'M ucaua ofltiricu iii
sii-niinrl t W oniiTrl tint ntissihlv im.Trine a morp.
striking and palpable justification than this picture
.. rr i . . r .i. i .i. . .1 ; a
meaner, viler, more villainous looking set of heads
and faces were never seen oa human shoulders or
off TLon. Jour.
J. S. Fouke, Editor and Publisher.
LOWER SANDUSKY, MAY 26,-1849.
Aokkts V. B. Palmsr, Eaq.,N. W. corner Third
and Chcsnut streets, and E. W. Carr, Esq., Sua buiffl
ingn. Third and Dock streets, Philadelphia, are authori
zed to act as agent for the. " Lower Sandusk r Fbee-
TIMES OF HOLDING SUPREME. COURT.
Sandusky July 30
Erie, August 1
Huron, " 3
Crawford, " July 7
Seneca,
Wood
Ottawa,
Lucas,
July,
10
26
28
24
MORE NEW GOODS. ' ' i
Kendall and Nims are not the only merchants
who have received new goods, nor are they the only J
ones "who sell goods eheap. Just glance over in
another column, and read the advertisement of
A. B. Taylor, and you will at once see what we
say is true. We have examined Mr. Taylor's goods,
and find them, both as' to price and quality, what!
he represents them to be, and any one who wants
good bargains, and lots of goods, (for he has lots
of them, and more coming,) will just go and exam
ine for themselves.
Mr. Betts, Mr. Vander Cook, and Mr. Weeks,
have received part of their Spring stocks of goods,
and are expecting more every day. They inform
usthrttthey intend alvertising as soon as they re
ceive the remainder of their goods. There will be
some cheap bargains in "those days."
For a few weeks past, our Town Council
and board of health, have been actively engaged in
takingmciasures to have our town thoroughly cleans
ed, and already a great deal of filth and impure
matter, have been removed from its incorporated
limits. But -we discover, by a little observation we
have made, in perambulating through some of the
streets, that there is a little more of the same sort
left, which ought to be taken off immediately. All
places where filth is removed from, there should be
a coat of lime, (or chloride of lime will answer the
same purpose, which can be obtained at the Drug
stores,) spread over. Cellars, Priveys, &c, should
be thoroughly saturated with one of these materi
als. Doing this alone would add greatly to the
health of the town, as it immediately removes all
impure air or stench. We hope our citizens will
look at this matter in its right light, and at once
perform the work recommended by the Board of
health.
By the way, will our friend of the Freeman
turn in and urge his patrons and friends to help in
this good work of Constitutional reform ?
Democrat
If urging our "patron's and friends" to help in
Constitutional rsform consists in recommending
them to subscribe for citizen Sammedary's work on
the new Constitution, we are not going to do it.
But when the people vote in favor of amending the
Constitution, (the Whigs in the Legislature having
passed a law, by the aid of some Locofoco members,
authorizing them to vote for or against the meas
ure,) we shall be found, life, being spared us, in re
commending such changes and measures, in form
ing a new one, as W3 think would result to the gen
eral good ; but until such time, we can see no par
ticular good that would arise from such a course.
In good time the people will take this matter into
their own hands, and without paying any atten
tion to Medary's one sided and hypocritical doc
trines, will proceed to revise it, and in such a man
ner that will not be at all satisfactory to the editor
of the Democrat, or his political adherents.
3T" Ghat, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is
becoming one of the most ultraree dirters on the
Reserve. Finding that Cass' pro-slavery principles
are no go, he all at once turns a complete somerset,
knocks his former argumants in favor of Cass and
the diffusion of slavery, into the middle of some
time to come, and goes free dirt, free men, free labor,
and free every thing with a zeal truly commenda
ble. We are glad to see it But it is a little cu -rious
what "bread and butter" will make jsome
men do.
JjST" The good people of Cincinnati and Colum
bus, have been luxuriating on Strawberries for some
time. Oil, the misery of living in this cold North
ern climate, w here strawberry vines dare not blos
som before the first of June. Our sufferings
is intolerable.
Death of Gen Worth. We learn from the
Ohio State Journal, that this distinguished individ
ual died at San Antonio, Texas, on tho 17th inst.,
of the Cholera, which prevails there as an epidem
ic to a great extent. The friends of the army
throughout the entire country, will hear this an
nouncement with profound regret He was a gal
lant and accomplished soldier, and survived man'
a bard contested field, to fall a victim ta the pesti
lence that walketh in darkness.
S3$ The Hon. Daniel Duncan, a member of
the last Congress from the Columbus district, died
in Washington city on Friday last His disease
was consumption, and it had made such progress
as to confine him to his room, lor several weeks be
fore the close of the session.
Bcrglary. The drug store of C. R. McCulIoch
& Co., was entered onTursday nightlast, by some
person or persons unknown, and the desk and drw
er rifled of their contents about 37 cents. An
entrance was gained by boring though the back
door and slipping the bolt It seems that they
wanted onl v the shiners, as nothing else was distur
bed. The villains no doubt expected to make a
good haul on the wheat funds, but they had their
trouble for their pains and the auger they left is
worth more than the little change.
N. B. The compliments of McCulioch & Co-, to
whom it may concern.
Terrible Conflagrations. :'
27 , Steamboats and half tin business portion of St.
. Louis in ashes, it . '- f ; 1
We are indebted to Mr. Williams, of O'Reiley's
Telegraph Line for the following. Saiil Min-on
' . J - St Louis, May 18 th, 12 M.-
Great Fire. 27 steamers burned, and five
Banking Houses The Insurance offices Half the
heavy business portion of the city are destroyed.
The Telegraph office lire among the buildings bur
ned. Total loss about $5,000000.
v There were also five or six printing offices burn
ed, but mest of the materials saved. -
, Extensive Fire in Watertowit, N. Y. A
very extensive fire occurred in Watertown, N. Y.
on the .13th inst,. which destroyed about 100 buil
dings including about thirty stores, in the heart of
the village. Among the buildings destroyed are
the Episcopal Church, the Columbia hotel, the
Northern State Journal office, the printing office of
Joel Green, the Democratic Union Offiee, the Post-
office, the Black River Bank, Wooster Sherman's
Bank, and Henry Keep's Bank and Surrogates' of
fice. The valuables belonging to the Banks were
saved. . .
The whole loss in Buildings alone is estimated at
135,000. The personal property destroyed, about
the same. ; . - .. . - ,
Fire in Milwaukie. By Telegraphic report,
we learn that there has been a very destructive fire
in Milwaukie. Damages to the amount of $50,000
have been done to the city by the conflagration.
Fire nr Tiffin. The Tiffin papers give an ac
count of a fire which broke out in the large ware
house of W. N. Montgomery, in that place on the
15th inst The house and 5,000 bushels of wheat
were destroyed. Loss estimated at 812.000. "
The editor of the Democrat has taken par
ticular umbrage at a. correspondent, who occasion-
airy writes for our paper. From the floundering of
the said editor, under the castigations he received
in those productions, we think he has been pretty
hard hit. But our correspondent will find that his
admonitions, and "paternal advice," to him, and his
coadjutors in potitical sin, -will be as casting pearls
before swine, for
"Convince a man against liis will, ''
He'll be of the same opinion mill,"
and the best thing that can be done in the premis
es, is to let him rest a short time, and then, per
haps, he'll feel better.
Deaths at Independence. A correspondent
of the St Louis Union writing from Indepeedence,
Mo., 7th inst, mentions the death by Cholera, at
that place, of Capt McOadden, President of. an em
igrating company, from Zanesville, 0.; also of Rev.
Davis Gohen, late of McKendree College HI., and
of the well known mountain guid? 'Black Harris.'
Of this last personage, the writer says:
"He had been chosen to lead us across the
Rocky Mountains, but, poor fellow-! he goes before
us oil another journey. He seemed to every one
who knew him to be a 'bird alone in the wide
world, without 'kith oriin to care for, or leave be
hind to lament his death. . But in his last moments
he whispered to a bystander, that away in the
mounain fastness, far from the haunts of any other
whitj man, among some unknown tribe of Indians,
he had a wife an J two children, the only objects on
earth for which he could desire to Ike. He would
communicate nothing further on- the subject, only
the request to spread the news as we passed on,
that B;aok Harris was dead, and his family would
soon learn his fate. Thus, it appears, that the life
of this simple mountaineer, like that of most other
men, if it were but known was chequered by its
share ot uncbrohicled romance.
'" -' Cincinnati Enquirer.
Latest erom Hattl The schooner Williams,
arrived at N. York on the 21st inst from St Do
mingo, with dates of the 1st inst She states that
three successive battles had been fought between
the Haytian and Dominican armies, in wlu'ch the
Haytians were beaten, and completely dispersed.
At one time the Haytian army was within 30 miles
of the city of St Domingo, where a desperate and
decisive battle was fought, in which large numbers
were killed. No quarter wae shown to the barba
rous tlaytians.
Capt Warren of the English man of war Trinco-
malo offered the American Consul every assistance
to protect the American citizens and their property.
It was thought that the Haytians (black) would
not again attempt to conquer their neighbors, the
Dominicans (mixed breeds.) Business was very
dull.
Indian Baffles.
St. Louis, May 15.
By an arrival here from the plains, we le.irn that
the U. S. dragoons have had two or three battles
with the Apache and Eutaw Indians near Taos,
New Mexico.
The first occurred on the 12th of March, in
which two dragoons and ei '-lit Indians were kill
ed.
In another conflict there were twenty Indians
killed. The Indians are stated to have been the
an-nfi-essors. -
A battle between the Apaches and Eutaws is
also reported to have taken place.
The Book of Martyrs. Tho Washington
Union, late the imperious organ of the Chief Mag
istrate, is now the mourrfal record of the disasters
of Locofucoism. The lemeiitations of its editor
are as "ardent as tho southern sun can make them,"
and the "guillotined" make the Union their organ
for recording obituary notices sudden political
deaths, &c. The volume of the ex-official Jounal,
that it is now being issued, will be valuable for pre
servation, as " The Book of Martyrs."
Mr. Stubbs, an office-holder for twenty years,
having told bis mournful tale, this Book of Martyrs
next gives the obituary notice of one Preebles,
written by the deceased himself. -
This Mr. Preebles was a clerk in the War Ofiice,
it seems appointed by Mr. Marcy, and he says he
supposed it a permanent place but alas! the un
certainty of all earthly hopes, poor Preebles was
dismissed from his office, and he is now filling the
Union with his wailings.
Sufficient Objection. A lady recently solic
ited in marriage, by some ambitious swain, tiled her
protest in thirteen objections: the h'rst twelve were
the gallant suitor's children, and the thirteenth the
suitor himself.
;, ... ; .,; ... . , jo(, freeman.'' ' 'Y";"r " '" .
arm. TAyjjOB's pledge. .
Gusg-d by ginggo! Ti editor, ro lem, -oftlie Demo
crat, has reheraed the pledge rith all lne dignity that -ever
attended the annunciations of the oracle of Delphue.
Amorg other things, of which; he accnsei the President,
he alledgea four counts violations of the aaid pledge.
First, that Gent Taylor, avered that he waa no parly
man; second, that he waa ignorant of the great political
question that agitated the two parties; third, if elected,
hs would be the President of the people, and fourth, that
he had no friends to reward, or enemies to punish. After
gravely setting forth these points, he asset-Is tli.it the Pres
ident has violated his pledge by turning nut Democratic
office holders.. VVe have heretofore considered the pledge
in all its pi.rt?, commented upon it, and the strict man
ner ii which the President is redeeming that pledge. But
this, it seems, was not satisfactory to the editor, heuce a
repetition of the pledge. 'As business is in good progress
at Washington, we shall only give the subject a passing
notice, without taking up his allegation iu their order.
We have admitted that Gan. Taylor was not a violent
partizan, that in the commencement of the political Cam
paign he did say he had no friends to reward or enemies
to punish. But did that bind him lo all future time? When
hostilities were commenced by the Locofoco leaders, and
every inch of ground was contested, by the most foul
means, from his plantation to the Capitol, was be then,
when viciorious, under obligation to show them peculiar
and marked favor? No, they were the aggressors, and
should, if not treated with severity, be viewed with per
fect contempt. - Why; as well might the assassin, or the
incendiary, when having failed in his designs agjinst his
intended victim,' claim hospitality, or the right hand of
fellowship, as those who attached the fair fame of the
cjnd diite by villainy and slander, now claim they should
hold their offices, or their aiders and abettors should be
taken into favor. : Preposterous and absurd is such Teas
ing. The pledge was " never .construed, or intended ta
reach such characters u ith the hand of mercy; their
conduct has placed them beyond the power of redemption.
With due deference to tlie gentlmans reasoning 1 woulld
ask if he had been secretary of war during Polk's adiniti-
isinitn-n, he would expect to hu'ld an ofle when Taylor
should take the cliair? His better judgment I presume,
will unsn er no. Yet his strange infatuation, his ardent
zeal to sustain the leaders of his party, who have.forfeit
ed all claim to the PreaUleuiV patronage, led him intj
ambiguities and false positions. ;. .. -:. - ':
He says Gen. Taylor was ignorant of great political
questions, and having jio enemies to punish, why should
he not leave the engines of power i t the hands of uvo-
d enemies? Brilliant ideas indeed! a'ter reviewing past
scenes. By- the way the Geueral never said he was ig
norant -of the' great questions, &c"' but" that he did not
claim to be an experienced politician. . Was he the first
who expressed a diffiJeucu or inability to discharge the
important duties of Piesideiil? and must he for this can
dor retain iu office his avowed opponents? Shameless
absurdity. Did he not tell you before his nomination that
he was a Whig, though not ultra? What was then the
conclusion of your leaders? ah, that he had Whig ptinci
pies; that they would oppose him by every means iu their
power, and did they not do it to the exte.:t of their ebil
ity? While you answer yes, I give you credit for your
fran K aud honest acKnowledgmeiit, that many au honest
Democrat voted for him. This is truly gratifying, though
1 knew it befo.e; worthy patrio:s, their example shall uot
he lost or unheeded by the Union. If they do uot rise to
conspicuous stations they will have peace of mind, the
cheering consciousness of having discharged their duty to
their country; they will be a guide, a shining light to the
remainder of their party.
The most important item of the pledge in the estima
tion of the editor, on which he bases his arguments in fa
vor of retaining democrats in oSce, is, that he would be.
Ihe President of the whale people, that he would endeav
or to dispense justice with a scrupulous, yet unflinching
haud, (to the same purport 1 tliinK he spoKe in his In
augural;) well, is he not complying with this clause
most strictly mid jnstlj ? Is not his tmartinlity shown
tothe liole peo le? Xes, ce.tainlv: for aside of all per
sonalities aud indignities cast ttpoa himself, he is doing
a-nple justice to the Union, as fur as his time would ad
mit The previous administrations for the last twenty
years have kept their adherents- and favoritesain offict ,
almost to the entire exclusion of the whig party; he is
now liiinissiiig those wlt.i hate enjoyed that favor and
placing in their stead those who have been excluded, and
who have at leiioih won by their talents, honesty ami
zeal, a just claim lo reepectable stations in offiee. Is not
this course just, right and honorable? Who dare iu coil
science gainsay it? For my own part I am convinced
that it is wise, humane and phylanthropic; that is the
only w ay he could do justice lo the whole people, as Pres
ident, in whoso power are the gifts of so many offices.
The only exceptions that can be taken to his prcceedure.
is that the transitions are not extensive enough, that
they are too slow for want of lime, that is au evil that
can yet be remedied, and probably will be. '
- It has ever been far from my wish to come in collission
with the democratic party, aud more especially now, af
ler the severe rebuke in their late defeat; but when 1 see
the same vile slanders from their prjsses as heretofore
when one of Ihe first and best men in our nation, one who
has been prominent in every scene of conflict and trial,
and who has done honor to every station in which lie has
been placed, still traduced by the reckle s and unprinci
pled, I feel it a duty (though a very small integral part
of this commonwealth,) to modestly use my poor pen, iu
his vindication, yet, not so much to do him a service, (fur
he is bfyoud the influence of party Jriends or enemies.)
as to convince Hie malignant, envious or false reasoners
of their error- or that the extent of their machinations are
known. I therefore congratulate the editor on his good
judgment,' when he llio't I wished to see my communi
cations in print, I did aud am equally anxious for this.
The palladium of reputation, science and freedom, I
scorn to see abused, when tile press is made the vehicle
of unmerited reproach; I shall use my feeble efforts to
sustain it; truth Mid justice shall he my armor to parry
ff foul assaults, they are a shield and buckler against
in .lire, or misrepresentation and become more efficient,
brilliant and powerful by using, they will sustain the
meek and repel the audacious. I may nut write with
the facultv 10 please the editor of the Democrat may
not have Ihe happy talent lo condense much matter in a
few words, uhiih might suit his notnii, nor Can 1 write
with the vigor, playf ilness, splendor or suMimiiy of an
A'laiux, a Clay, a Webster, a Cass or a Brogham.
This i not ou!y my misfortune, btM of many others who
altmipt to support the cause of virtue and honesty. . Yel
I trust 1 may be clearly understood, if my style be not
euphonical, but produces unpleasant vibrations on sensi
tive nerves. 1 have endeavored to use as decorous and
respectful language as the nature of the subject would
admit. He who portrays the political transaclionsof the
day, should be as faithful to his purpose as the historian,
on delineating character or events, causes and effects
must be clearly elucidated, things and circumstances
musi necessarily be called by their proper names, the
degree of depravity or baseness should be pointed out,
and if euphotiism be not strictly observed in cfccriplion,
the sensible reader will not suffer appropriate expressions
to agitate loo oeeply his nervous sstem, nor allow them
to pall upon his senses, he may derive much satisfaction
from plaiu language. The editor has, in the warmth of
his zeal to support his fast failing cause, and uo doubt
somewhat offended by the ardor of conviction, pronoun
ced my plain, and sjnised expressions as partaking of
billingsgate st le, with which he may ba better acquaint
ed than myself, J shall uot at this time further remon
strate. I shall content myself with exercising my own
judgment aud using my own language, endeaboring to
make botn correspond with the occasion; to Conclude, t
would merely advise him to consider maturely the Condi
tion of parties during many years past, and also at the
present time; ask himself the question, how justice should
bef administered? -if he should do this I have no doubt
be wonld come lo more rational conclusion, and ac
knowledge the hand of Providence in national affair as
well as those of individuals, that just retributions must
come, and that even sow the pledge is in fair prospect of
being fulfilled and justice being administered to the
letter. ' " ' ' ,;- " -
Delightful Music. .
The groans of the poor tecofocos, as one after
another of the unfortunate oficeholders is removed -from
office by Gen. Taylor, furnish us With music
daily, which it is delightful to listen ta "VVe do not
recollect for twenty years past, to have heard any
thing that sounded so sweetly The locofoco pa' -
pers, too, are becoming decidedly interesting and
we can reaa them now, not simply with satisfaction,
but with infinite delight The Washington Union
of the 18th inst has three colomns of extracts from
some dozen locofoco papers, which -the venerable..
editor calls "the indignant voice of thfe press eom
ing up to Washington against the prosctiptive course
of the administration 1" . The extracts are wonder-''
fully pathetic, with an occasional touch of the in
dignant, and taken as a whole, furnish the funniest
and most interesting reading that we have met
with since we first commenced reading newspapers.
Locofncos complaining about "proscription!" They ! .'
Isn't it rich 2 ..And old Father liitehie crying like
a weaned baby at the loss of government pap'.;
Isn't it funny? Wonder if they expect to excite (.
in the public mind, any other feeling than the su
premest ridicule the most sovereign contempti
They whiningly complain about proscription!. The
impudence of the thing makes one laugh. .'Jl
And then, in another number of the. Union is an '
appeal to the public, occupying nearly two columns
signed by one Edward Sruucs, who, it seems, has
been removed from a clerkship in the State depart
ment by Mr. Clayton.. :; Stubbs tells the people that
he wrote a letter to Gen. Taylor, demanding a cause
of liis removal, and that tlte General did not con-,
descend to answer the letter of the said Stubbs; at
which indignity Stubbs waxed wrothy, and appeals
tothe public through the columns of , the sympathi
zing Union! Stubbs also tells the public poor '
fellow ! that he has held the office twestt tears ! '
(only twenty !) and being deprived of it now,' knows
not what he can do fur a living. ':. Well, we will tell
you, Stubbs: Go to wobk, as the Whigs have had '
to do. Tug and -sweat a little at bard labor for
your bread. It will -do you good you will sleep
more soundly at night, and it will make you stron
ger and better. ' Yes, pull off jour coat, Stubbs,
go to work, and be a man!
Mobile Advertiser.
Factions Partisanship.
The Statesman of Wednesday contains an edi
torial grossly abusing the Whig - Mayor of New.
York, Mr. Wood hull, for the slaughter of the inea -killed
in" the late riot in that city; . We trust the,
editor of that paper may have it in his power to say
that he wrote his article before seeing the evidence
in the case, which proves that the Mayor had noth
ing to do with the military operations of that trag
ical night , The military were under the command
of Gen. Sanford, and he and his troops were under
the orders of sheriff Westervelt, who gave the or- ..
der to fire, after tlie mob had commenced the war
with stones, bricks, and pistols, and wounded or -slain
some orderly people. The General and sheriff ;
are both Democrats. The facts of the case are set
forth in the testimony before the Coroner,, and
published in the NY. Herald: and we think every .
friend of humanity, as well as of law and order, on
reading the evidence; will justify the officers of the
law in repelling the murderous assnults commenced
by the mob. Cin. Chronicle.
Hard Money. The N. Y. Tribune, in commen
ting on the reeent Free Soil and Hard Money Co-:
alition in Missouri, says: -J v " V ' - ; " - -1
' True, tlie Hard Money clause is of less practical
importance, so long as the government remains hea
vily in debt and the Treasury constantly drawn
down about as low as it well can be to" Day interest
on loans and extra liabilities of all kinds, while the
public lands are nearly all bought with no money
at all, hut with very dubious bits of paper termed
soldiers' bounty warrants. With a treasury so
caulked, pasted, papered, and plastered,- with shin. .
plasters of all kinds, it is of little practical conse
quence that the prevailing policy Is called hard '.
money; and if any choose to be tickled .by the -namej
why let them. And yet to-day, the- sub
treasury is an incumbus and a burthen, abstracting
some millions of dollars in coin from positive utility
and rendering it a deadweight and a drag upon
the currency and business of the country, - Let
the bounty warrants pass away, and the land offices
in Wisconsin receive specie for a few months, pay
ing none out, and the people of that State would,
realize its oppression as they now do not But if
the coalesced parties are really so fond of the hard
money principle, why don't they propose to collect
their own revenues on that principle ? : Why , is .
there no resolution denouncing the collection of any. ,
portion of the State taxes in paper money, and call
ing" for the establshment of a hard money sub
treasury at Madison? Let ns understand the rea
son of it If hard money is so good for us here ia
New York, why not there in Wisconsin? ,
Maike. The Legislature of this state on Satur
day last, reelected Gov. Dana, Loco, who delivered '
his" annutil Message on that day. The Message is
brief and tolerably well written. The Governor'
regards the election of Gen. Taylor as a subject of
congratulation, considered as the reward of distin
guished public service, but also of alarm, on account
of the general ignorance of his views of public pol
icy. He recommends thathe Administration he
frankly and candidly judged by its acts. On the.
subject of Slavery he professes tlie utmost confi
dence that there is no danger of its introduction in
to the new Territories, and hence he regards the
agitation of the question as unecessary. : Herecom-.
mends a revision of the laws concerning the lands;
the establishment of agricultural schools; extention -of
exemption laws to the homestead; improvement
in prison discipline; and a return to tho former
practice of holding the Legislative sessions in Win
ter. . , ; , N. Y. Tribune. . '
A New Chang ano Eng. If we may credit the
following account from the Missouri Statesman, a
duplicate of the Siamese twins has been produced
in the Western country. " : " ' "
The Missouri Twins. These, wonderful chil
dren are now in St Louis. They are the children
of Mr. Benj. Ross, Texas Co.j Missouri, and were
horn on the 16th Dec.K1847. They are connected
from the breast bone to the abdomen, measure 20
inches in height and weigh 20 pounds. Their con
nection is such that they stand face to face, heads
coated over with fine black hair, and in all other
respects perfect in form and feature, . , .-
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