Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-04-03

              YOLUME XXIII. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO : TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1860. NUMBER 50. Jl)c W- JJernoi) :Seft).6ertf!e-$wr' It rcSLISHKD BTMUT TUBSBAT KOBXUe, B;L. UABPEK. Offlco in 'VTVnd.Tad's Block, Third Stoiy TERMS T dollars per annum, payable in ad vance; az,c wttnin fix mont&s; r3,ou alter tne ex piration of the year. Clubs of twenty, $ 1,50 each. NAVAL -SUPPLIES 1860-61. Natt Dkpahtmkjit, Bureau of Provision and Clothing, March 16, 1860 SEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and endor-edMPropoala for Navy Supplies," will be recelv-ed at this Bareaa until 9 o'clock, a. m.. on Wednesday, the 18th of April next, for famishing and delivering (on receiving ten days' notice, except for biscait, for which five days notice shall be given for ivery twenty thousand pounds required) at the United grates Navy Yards at Charleston. Ms-achnsetU ; Brooklyn, New York ; and Gosport, Virginia, such quantities only of the following articles as may be required or ordered from the contractors by the chief of this bureau, or by the res- peetive commanding officers of the said Navy ' Yards, duriog the fiscal year ending Juue 30, 1861, Vis: Biscuit, flour, rice, dried apples, pickles, sugar, . tea, coffee, beans, molasses, vinegar, and whiskey. The biscuit shall be made wholly from sweet flour, of the manufacture of the year 1859 or 1660, . bnt shall in all cases be manufactured from flour made of the cr- p immediately preceding the dates of the requisitions of the same; and shall be fully equal in quality and conform in size and shape, to the samples which are deposited in the said navy-yards; shall be properly baked, thoroughly kiln.-dried, well packed, and delivered free of charge to the United States, iu good, sound,1 ell-dried, bright j flour karrea, with the heads well secured, or iu . air and water light whiskey or spirit barrels, at the option of the bureau. No biscuit wilt be required - at Gafport iu tight bairels. The flour shall be equal to the best Richmond and Baltimore brands, and of the manufacture of wheat grown in the- year 159 or I860; but shall in atl cases be manutactnred from pure, eaund, fresh ground wheat of the crop immediately preo-; ding the dates of the requUitiou for the tame; shall be perfectly sweet, and in all respects of the best I qaality; and shall be delivered in good shipping or-1 der, free of all charge to the United States, in the i best new, well-seasoned, sound, bright barrels, or half-barrels, as the case may be- the n Lives and headings to be of red oak of the best quulity, strong and well-h ooped, with lining hoops around each If ad, and eqnal in quality to sample barrel at suitj navy-yards; two hnlf barrels to be considered as a barrel, and not more th'tii one-sixth of tho required quantity to b in half barrels. The rice shall be of the very best quality, and of the crop immediately preceding the dates of the reqaiailioua for the same. , The dried apples shall be of the best quality, and shall be prepared by sua drying only, and. of tho crop of the autumn immediately prrcetiing the .dates of the requisitions for the. same; and shall be delivered in packages containing not mora than three hundred pounds. The pickles shall be put tip in iron-bound cask?, and each cask shall contain one gallon of onions, one gallon of peppers, and eight gitlom of medium cucumbers, fifty to the ga Ion, and the vegetables -in each shall weigh fifty -seven poiinilf, stiul they only be paid for; and each cask shal.J then-be fllled wiih white wine vinegar of a leant 4'1 degrees of strength, and equal to French vinegar; the casks, vegetables, and vinegar hall conform and be equal inall respects to the samples deposited at the above named navy-yards, and the conntractors shall war-mnt and guaranty that they will keep good and sound for at least two years. The Iron hoops. on the barrels containing whiskey, molasses, vinefrar, and picklos, to bo well painted with red lead. The sugar ahull be according to snmp'es at the " aid Navy Yards, and be dry and fit for packing . - The tea shall be of gooj quality young hyson, equal to the samples at said navy yards, and be delivered in half and quarter chest .only-- The coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba, according to sample.. The beans shall be of the very best quality white beans, and shalt be of the croo immediately prece ding the dates of the requisition for the same, 64 pounds to be taken as one bushel. The molasses h.U be fu ly eqnaHo the very best quality of New Orleans molasses and shall be delivered in new, well -seasoned red-oak barrel, with white-pin heads not less than li-inch tliwk; the stave not Ies than 5-6-inoh thick; the bnrrels to be three-quartets hooped, and, in addition to have four iroa hoops, one on ench bile. lj-lneh in widtaand 1-lfith-inch thick, and one on each chime IJ-inch in width and l-16tk-inch thick, and shall bo thoroughly coopered and placed in the best shipping condition. ' The vinegar shall be of the qnality, equal to the standard cf the United States Pbarinacov, nd . shall contain no other tban acetic acid; and shall be : delivered in barrels similar in all respects to those -required fur molasses, with the exception thatichit-oak staves and beads shall be substituted lor red-. oak staves and white-pine heads, and shall be thoroughly coopered and placed in the host shipping " order. The whiskey rhall be made wholly from grain, sound aad merchantable and be full first proof according to the United States cuftora-house standard and shall be double rectified. It ttiall be delivered in jr,ood, new sound, bright, three-quarters hooped well-seasoned white oak barrel, with wrflte-oak beads, the beads to be made of three-pieoe heading, and well painted; the staves not to be loss than 8-inch thick, and the heads not less than 2-inch thick; and . each barrel shall be coopeied, in addition, with-one three-penny iron hoop on each bilge 1 inch in width, and I-lrttb-inch thick, and one-three-penny hoop on each chime, I-inchin width, andl-16th-ineh thick as per diagram. The whole to be put in good shipping order, free of all charge to the United States. AH the foregoing described articles, embracing, casks, barrels, half barrels, and boxes, shall bi subject to such inspection as the chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing may direct, tho Inspecting officer to be appointed by the Navy Department. -All Inspections to be at the plsco of delivery. - Bis-1 " can mar. however, Jbe inspected -at the place or manufacture, but will In alt capes be subject to a fi-; nal inspection at the place of delivery before bills are signed therefor. The prices of all the foregoing articles to be the same throughout the year, and bidders may offer " for one or more articles; and his offer will bo accep-: t jd for that yard for whioh his proposal may be tho 'lowest. All the casks, barrels, aad half barrels, boxes or . ptckages, shall bo marked with theirbontents and the contractor's name. All the barrels and half ba.-rels of flour, bread, and pickles shall have, in ad- dition to the above, the year when manufactured or . ' put ap marked upon them. The samples referred to In this advertisemont are those seleetcd for the ensuing fiscal year, aud Aare So reftrtne to Hch a kam 4en precioutty ixkibited. The quantity of these articles which will be ro-. qaird cannot be precisely stated. They will prob-... ably be abom To be offered for. Biscuit...-. ................ ...t,S00, 000 lbs. ..per 100 lbs. Flourl.. r . 1.400 bbls...per lb i AICOm,m . ... 250,000 lbs...per lb. 150,000 lbs... per lb, ' 160,000 lbs.per lb. 235,000 lbs...pr lb. ! 2,000 lbs. ..per lb. - ; 55,000 lbs...perlb. i . -. 7,000 bash., per bush. 20.000 gals .per gal. . 22,000 gahu..per gal. Dried apples-.... , Pickle- 6ugarM-.M Tea Coffee ... 17 h U key 50,000 gals-. per gat. Th nuantiiies of anv or all may be increase i or diminished a the service may hereafter require. The ZZlrT bTr-oY apeeT.e4 i contracts will ' te-naatitles, bat for such quantities as the service may ' reqair to be delivered at those navy-yards, respee- TrJntraetors ifot residing atf the plases where de liveries are required must establish agencies at such places, that no delay may arU in fuxnUhixg what may be required; and when son tractor ran prompt lv to eomolT with a requisitioa. the. Chief of the 'liareaa ef Provisions end Clothing Shall be author Jsed to direct purchases to be mad te lupply the;de-tcUney, endsr Ute penalty to b expressed la the contract; the record of a requisition, or a duplicate oopy thereof, at the Bareaa of Provision! and Clothing, or at either of the navy-yards aforesaid, shall be -evidence that inch' requisition has been made and received. v - . - Beperate offers must be made for each article at each of the aforesaid navv-yards; and in case more than one article is contained in the offer, the Chief of the Bureau will have the right to accept one or more of the articles contained in such offer, and reject the remainder; and bidders whose proposals are accepted (and none others) will be forthwith notified and as early as practicable a contract will be transmitted to them for execution, which contract - must be returned to the bureau within five days, exclusive of the time required for the regular transmission of the nsaih " . Two or more ayproved sureties la a mm equal. to the estimated amonnt of the. respective contracts will be required, and twenty per centum in addition wiil be withheld from the amount of all paymeuts on account thereof as collateral security, in addition, to secure its performance, and not in any event to be paid until it is in . all respect complied with ; eighty per ceulam of the amount of ail deliveries made will be paid by the navy agent within thirty days after bills, duly authenticated, shall have been presented to him. - Blank forms, of proposals may be obtained on application to the nary agents at Portsmouth, New. Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Pensacola, aad at this bureau. A record, or duplicate of the letter informing a bidder of the acceptance of his proposal, will be deemed a notification thereof, within the meaning of the act of h84R, and his bid will be made and accepted in conformity with this understanding. Avery oner mad must be accompanied (as directed in the act of Congress making, appropriations for the naval service for lS46-'47, approved 10th of August, 184ft) by a written guarantee, signed by one or more responsible persons, to the effect that he or they undertake that the bidder or bidders Will, if his or their bid be accepted, enter into an obligation within five days, with good aad sufficient sureties, to furnish the supplies proposed. The bureau will not be obligated to conider any proposal unless accompanied by. the guarantee required by law ; the competency of the guarantee to be certified by the navy agent, district attorney,' or collector of the customs. . . ; jtiThe attention of bidders is called to the samples and description of articles required, as, io the inspection for reception, ajat hut rigid comparison will bo made between the articles offered and the varople and contract, receiving none that fall below them; and their attention is also particularly directed to the joint resolution of 27th March, 18j4 and. to ihe act of the lCih August, 1 34 ft. March 57:4w. gvicnltural. . Written for the fiannef. CAUTION TO PL NTER5 OF SORGHO SUGAR CANE. - Thp e.vpnment9 made in the cultivation of the Chinese Su)jir in this country within the Inst Iw i years, have demonstrated the fact, that from this ti ne forward it is to ba regarded among the sunward products of Northern Agriculture. : Tne dimbts which many entertained at to whether its cultivation could be' made a matter of pecuniary profit, have been effectually dissipated as nearly every farmer who has planted it can testify. But like the introduction of every other agricultural product, with whose nature and cultivation the public are unacquainted, and concerning which a lively interest baa been excited, it hm brought in its train a nnmerooa class of deceivers, who seek to torn this want of ioforma lion to their pecuniary advantage. ; In this case they are imposing upon the people p ins and evaporators, at exorbitant prices, for which they claim, the exclusive advantage of being tie only kind with which sugar and good syrup can be made from the Chinese cane. Not to say that the testimony of thousands of individuals who have operated io common sheet iron pass, iron and copper kettles, and even in tin cups, flatly contradicts this bare-faced and presumptive pretention, the very construction of the apperatus for which they claim this exclusive virtue, is such as to afford do facilities, except tbat of simple evaporation, for the various treatment which experience emphatically proves to be necessary to produce pure and refined Sugar or Syrup. While we are firmly persuaded the day is not far distant when, by the aid of suitable ap&ratus, sugar will be made from the Chinese cane as good and as cheap as that now obtained from the South, yet we are free to confess, tbat op to this time its manufacture into sugar has in all cases so far as pecuniary profit is concerned been successful. - Many have obtained sugar from the settlings of this strap; and indeed this is nearly always the case where the syrup has beeu sufficiently concentrated. Others have produced it as the result of elaborate experiments; but in all cases the operation has shown that the art is not j( sufficiently nnderstood, to warrant expections of success from the ordinary process of simple ' evaporation. We do not state this to discour age planters, but merely as a matter of fact, which we have been forced to admit, by actual experiment, and t rota a general acquaintance with the result or its cultivation throughout the West, obtained through our business connections. :- ' . Everr if sugar should . never be obtained from this caue iu sufficient quantities to justify its cultivation, the Excellent quality of the syrup which may very easily be obtained from it, to say tothing of the value of its seed and fodder for stock feeding, wouLl render it one cf the most profitable product of our soil. Yet, in view of all these facts, there are parties parties wb.030 experience must have rendered these things as clear to them as truth can be who pretend to have introduced, within the last year, between' 500 and 800 Evaporators, . for which they claim, as has been said, the exclusive ad vantage of making togar in quantities. t We desire to put cane growers on their guard against these misrepresentations. In parties referred to expect by their imposing pretensions and flaming advertisements, to hambug the. 'people into purchasing tbtt evaporators at exbprbi-tant prices. Beware I This is the scheme of a few designing men to .ps!ta oflT. s pan "whose worthUness every pordhAser, whoever had an op- portanit, to compare it wtth aome 0 can testify tn sorrow. Why We there not been, out of the 800 persons who are reputed to have pur- cnasea sow pau -no nave bad tense enough to avail "themselves of its marvelous Tirtnea ? Has Jlf. Cook -, so muco ( more uttelligenoe than all of his customers, that be. aloae'eaa poke .the fire, ski tn the ja'ice, and rock th e cradle, at the precUe moment neccstaxy to produce the desired result?: Surely the men who manofactar this e vaporator ere very unfortunate in not being abU to obtain certificates of experiments, endorsing this man's assertions, from their long list of ac quaintances of 'Squires," Uonorables,' Ex Honorables," &c. - YV ' f r T How this industrious inventor of evaporators, flying machines, tooth brushes, ire. has saccee - ed, according to his own assertion, In making oui of green and frost bitten cane, doringthe winter and spring of '58 and 'SdrOver 900 pounds of sugar, and daring the winter and spring of '59 and '60 nearly 1800 lbs. of soger on his mysterious evaporator. Now, tbi is not incredible, for the public must bear in mind that sorgho sugar, ow ing to the novelty of the thing, sells to interested parties at a very comfortable figure, and this segacious concocter of humbngs, who pos sesset a handsome camp of maple trees, was not the man to let good " rans'ttf the last two years pass unimproved. These humbugging pretensions are laughed down at borne, where the facts are known ; bnt when people are so interested in any thing as they are in the cultivation of Chinese cane, about which so little is known, those who are not with in the vicinity of these men's operations, are liable to be imposed upon by their seductive advertisements.To such, and to all others, we have this to say that whenever any process for manufacturing sugar out of tbie cane shall be discovered, by which its cultivation, for the purpose oP making sugar, can he rendered profitable, yon need have no fear but what yon will at once be made ac quainted with it through the public press of the country. "-'-'.v It it a matter of too much importance to be monopolized by any particular inventor, and ail persons who lay claims to having invented a pan producing this desired result, by the simple pro cess of evaporation, .and then seek to exclude the same advantages from a common dish pan which they ascribe to their evaporator, should be regarded as im posters, and shunned as arran humbugs.' In conclusion, we will make the following offer, viz : . " -.. We will pay the sum of $250 to any patentee who ha produced, during the past season, or previously, an Evaporator, which in point of convenience and durability, as well as rapidity of operatiou. is better calculated for w rkiiig up the Chines Su?ar Caue into sugar and molasses than the Union Evaporator. . . And if we have not a pan which affords -better facilities fur manufacturing and refining syrup than ant made in this section of the country, we will pay the above sum to any person who will pny the ezpeiise of proving it to the satisfaction of disinterested men- ' C. & J. COOPER. Mocxt Versos, March 27, 1860. THE CAPTURE OF MIRAMONS VES SELS IN THE GULF. Tile Official Account. From the Washington Constitution, March 21 " We publish below copies of telegraphic despatches received yesterday morning by Secretary Toacey, from Lieutenants Minor and Chapman, of tho United States Navy, announcing that an engagement took place on the 6th instant, off Vera Crux, between the United Statessloop-of-war Saratoga, with detachments from the Savannah and Preble on board the steamers Indian-ola, and Wave under the command of Commander Turner, and two war steamers, the General Miramon and Marquis of Havana belonging to the Miramon taction of Mexico, and proceeding to aid in the siege of Vera Cruz, which was commenced by Miramon on the 5th inst. The canse of the conflict ia distinctly shown. When required to do so by our ships bearing the national flag their reply was a broadside and a volley of musketry. The refusal to show their colors when asked to do so placed them iu. the position of pirates and their insolent assault on the Uuited Slates ships proved that such was their real character. The outrage was promptly aud gallantly even- red by Commander Turner nd the force under his command by the capture of the two steam ers aud their insolent commander, Sepor Marin; and we doubt not that the Government and peo. pie of the United States will award to our offir cers who thus nobly sustained the honor of our flag, that meed of praise and approval to which hey are so well entitled. Copy of Telegram from LieuLilinor to the Seeretar ry of the Uavy.J Via Nkw Orlkks S. VV. Pass, March 12, 1860. Sir: - Lieut. Chapman lelt Vera Cruz on the eleventh (1 1th). instant, in command of the prize steamer Marquis of Havana, as bearer of despatches to the Departmen.t from Capt. Jar viz; but learning, on my arrival here this mor ning, that he had not arrived, I do deem it my duty to forward the following repot to yoo. On the 5th instant, Gen., Miramon commenced the siege of Vera Cruz, and on the ih Gen. Marin appeared before the etty with this and another steamer, and not showing his colore, Commander Turns, in the Saratoga, with detachments from the Savannah and Preble, i t steamers Indianola and Wave, was ordered to proceed to the anchorage of the steamers, off Anton Liz-ardo, and ascertain their character. Upon near-ing them .one (I) of them was seen to be moving off, when a shot was" d red ahead of her to bring her to, and the' Indianola -war sent to overhaul her.. The beitiroro, the' lodtaobU vas replied o by a fire roar the Gen.' Miramon'e guns end a volley of musketry, ' when the" Saratoga fired a broadside, and the action became general, result" ing in the capture of both of Martin's stetmers, f3x himself and a large nnmber of. bis men on bjard. .' Capt. Jarris ordered both prizes to this pott. , .The Preble will - ba: ber? Jo a few days, witli. Marin and most of the prisoners on board, the rest being distributed between 'this steamer and the Marquis of HaTanna, Your despatch Ijassing ocnts will reach me here; -Please inform me if this reaches yoo. Shalt this news be made public? .-.-:,' Respectfully,. . ; ... R. D. MINOR, Lieut. U. 8. Navy, - Comd'g Prize Steamer Geo Miramon. Hon. I. Toucsr, Secretary of the Navy. Copy of Telegrams from Lieut. Chapman te Secretary of Nary. Via Nkw 0 bleaks, Passe a L'Octre, March 19, I860. To Hon. I. Toucey, Secretary of the Navy; l am bearer of despatches to you from ChptainJarvis. "The Saratoga has had an engagement with two Mexican war steamers of the Miramon government. They are both captured. I came in charge of one of the steamers; the Preble accompanies -the other, with the majority of the prisoners. Loss of life among the crew; they fired the first shot. I will be in Washing ton as soon as possible. Engine of vessel commanded by me broke down at sea. By order of Capt. Jarvis, directed tor say that it is imprudent for any of the ships at Vera Cruz to leave at this time, in the state of feeline there. R. T. CHAPMAN, Lieut. U. S. Navy. THE SPANISH EXPEDITION TO VERA :. : CRUZ. Correspondence of the ; New Orloans Picayune.' ' Vera Cboz, March 3, 1860. I have already given you the facts touching the expedition on the way hither, from Havana, under the command of Marin. That it has been fitted out with the knowledge ot the Cap tain General, and by his permission, at least there can be no doubt. It is a well known fact that the Spanish Gov ernment does not allow any class of materials of war whatever on the Island ; of Cuba, except those belonging to the Government. This the world knows is and has been her policy, in order to keep the poor Cubans in check against her oppressive Government. Is it not most extraordinary that the Spanish Government, after having been so loud in her denunciations against American filibusterism. that she should for a moment allow a piratical expedition of thugs to be fitted out in Havana in open day; and also lending or giving her arms and munitions of war, in order to as.ist Mira mon to put down the Liberal cause. in Mexico? What can be her object? I an-wer it is to th wart the American treaty with Juarez Government and increase Spanish influence in Mexico, and, if possible, to extintraish the spark of Liberty now lighted and rapidly increasing in this unhappy country, naturally so rich in the elements of wealth and greatness, which, if left to herself, and by adopting American ideas of government, would shortly become one of the brightest stars in the grand constellation of liberal nations on this continent. , . What will the fillibustering spirits and. sympathizers of the poor oppressed Cubans say to this. They will demand of the United States Congress the annulment of the neutrality laws, that they may pounce down on Cuba in an overwhelming force, to the Spanish yoke. . From the Washington Correspoadeoe. of the New - - . York llereld. i. v.. , The most important feature iu the naws from Mexico is the seizure by the" United States of the war steamers that were fitted out, armed and manned in a Spanish port, and allowed by that government to put to sea under the Spanish flag. That is regarded here by the authorities as re cognizing filibustering with a vengeance. That act upon the part of Spain, . alter the constant and successful efforts of this government to sup press filibustering, has created an intense excite ment here among politicians of all sections. A bill to suspend our neutrality laws as to Spain will at once bo introduced, which, it is believed, will readily pass, and result in costing Spain, the Island cf Cuba. The reprisals arid prizes will give employment to many worthy andstout-hearted men who are now lying idle ' in New England and elsewhere, who may desire to enrich themselves as their predecessors did. Correspondence of the New Orleans Delta. The Spanish steam frigate Berengueta and Franciseo da Aria left port last evening for Vera Crux and, report says, to aid Miramon; but this cannot be so. They go dowo to protect Spanish subjects and property, if there should be collision between the' rival forces. for the spoils of the Republic. The two steamers recently fitted out in this port, and of which you were advised, were set afloat for service in aid of the ''Church and robber party," by Spanish gold from Spanish subjects resident here; not by Mexicans. Civilisation in Kentucky A Family Feud . -Bloody Affair One Man Killed and Others wounded. The Mt. Sterling (Ky.) Whig, of last week contains the following account of a fatal affray which occurred on the 10th inst. We had hoped tbat the days of the Kentucky fights were ended, but such scenes as this show that Kectucky is not wholly civilized yet: . A most hot rible rencounter took place in Powell county, on Saturday last, on the land of Harvey Hall, some eight miles from Stanton, between Hell and his sons and nezekiab Bowen and five of his sons. The difficulty grew out of an old la w-suit between the parties, - concerning a. certain division fence between - them. On the day named, the parties met on Hall's land, when com me jced one of the bloodiest fights that ever came off, in our State. It lasted for some time, all the parties being engaged in if, and promiscuously using guns, knives, Ac. Bowen's party bad the advantage of preparation and strength of number, and therefore done. the ; most damsge. Henry Hall, son of Harvey, a young man some 19 years of age , was killed on the spot, by the stabs and thrusts Of a knife in' the hands of one of thsBowens.'. Old man Hall was stabbed in the throat, the knife, entering the jaw and pro ducing a wound from which he is now lying in a critical condition: He is otherwise wounded with a gun.": Marous Hall, another" son of 'Harvey HalL was severely. stabbed in the back, which Will severely cripple him for ? a long time, If he recovers at all."-' Old man Bowen was reported to be severely wounded This can'. hardly be tra for tho reason that tho family did not, so farns could-be ascertained ia Stanton, send for a dor tor. Had any of that party been more than slightly wounded, the would of course have called in medical aid. .Tbjis is the second bloody rencounter that has occurred among our Powell neighbors ia the last few weeks- ' " - -' Frightful Calamity Four Brothers Born ; ed to Death. One of the most distressing calamities which we have ever been called on to record, occurred in Clarion county on Monday night. It appears that shortly after the family of Mr. William Rhodes, a farmer residing in Knox township, had retired to rest, the dwelling was discovered to be on fire. Mr. Rhodes was absent at the time, and his wife having been awakened by the heat, rushed out ot the house," and called on the children, who slept up stairs, to follow. Finding they made no reply, she hurled stones through the window of the apartment in which they slept, in hopes that she might, in this way, bring them to a sense of their peril. The poor wo man's efforts, however, met with uo response, and her four sons, one of them almost full grown who occupied the room, perished in the flames. It is supposed that at the time she left the house the smoke had become so dense up stairs as to suffocate the boys in their beds otherwise ber cres would have alarmed them. The conduct of Mrs Rhoads on th occasion is spoken of in terms of unqualified admiration. Besides the boys up stairs, she bad nve little ones, who slept on the. first floor, to take care of, and though she periled her own life to effect it, she succeeded in bringing them in safety from the burning build ing. The occurrence caused much distress to the people of the neighborhood, and the deepest sympathy for the bereaved parents was manifes ted. Five Children Barned Alive. The dwelling of Humphrey Owens, located near Patmos, Mahoning county, Ohio, was burnt ed to the ground, on Monday night, five of his children perished in the flames. The parents slept on the first floor, and were the first to dis cover the fire. They immediately gave the a-larm, and their eldest daughter, who, with the balance of the family, slept in the Becond story, succeeded in making her escape, carrying with her one of the children. The othets, five in number, and varying in age from five to thirteen years, were so overcome by the smoke that they were unable to help themselves, and perished without the possibility of their distressed parents being able to make a successful effort for their rfs"ue. ' . Keport of tne Standing Committee on Public Works. The standing committee on Public Works, to whom was referred House Bill No. 44, have had the same under eonsideration, and submit the following report; The bill provides for the absolute sale of all V public works of this State to perao- wfco iU pay for them the greatest annuity into the State Treasury, the purchasers to become a body co-porate, with perpetual powers, provided they pay the stipulated annuity; and are clothed with the exclusive right to navigate the canals and slack. water improvements of this State, and to exclude every other person from the same, and also to fix the toil or price ot all freights" transported thereon. Your committee are of the opinion that, if this bill should become a law, it would result in a total abandonment of these public works in a few years, and we submit the following reasons for this opinion: . The Railroads of this State, with but few exceptions, are atl under mortgage, and in a few years will be sold under the hammer. The purchasers of these Railroads must, necessarily, be 'heavy capitalists, who will buy them at a great discount, with a view to make money out of them; and thus these Roads win be owned and control led by a few persons, in comparison to the numbers : now owning and. controlling them. Although it is impossible for so many persons, as now own and control these Roads, to combine, yet, when they are sold, and get into the hands of a few capitalists, bent on making money out of them, they can and will combine. And now, how are they to make money by purchasing these roads? If they can charge 10, cents more on every bushel of wheat, corn, rye, Ac, which they transport to market, it would certainly put that much into their own pockets, and take it out of the pockets of the producer. . Be sides, this would make the rail road stock, for which they pay, say 25 eents on the dollar, worth par. Your committee have not gone into a cal culation to see how much money it would amount to, provided the same rate of increase was added to alt the produce transported out of this State, but think the sum would be sufficient to induce any set of men to combine for that object, if it was in their power to do so. Of one thing your committee feel entirely certain, and that is, that these combinations can never take place while the State owns and controls the canals and alack water improvements, and keeps them open for every person who desires to transport produce and do business upon them.. If this bill should become a law, the probabilities are that the persons or corporations will become the owners of our canals who will e ventually own the railroads, and thus the entire, control of the commerce of this great State would be . in the power of soulles corporations, owning and controling all the channels by which the produce of the irjerior of onr State is taken to market, with power to fix the price of freight for all articles and produce transported to market from or into our State j and, as a consequence, the prJce which our produce shall bring In the market at home. "This power and monstrous monopoly would enable these capitalists to pay the stipulated annuity c into the Slate Treasury, and at the same time, like the British Last India Company, grow immensely rich frc a the'eweai and toil of the laboring millions cf the' producers of oar State. " ' " And if the canals should prove to ba a mora piblic daioi expensive way to transport the produce of the country to market than Railroads, or did not bring in money fast enough to satisfy the greed of these corporations, their interest would be promoted by simply neglecting them, and refusing to appropriate money to keep them in good and proper repair, when decay and ruin would soon follow. And when our public works had thus become ruined and worthless, all these co-porators would have to do to get rid of them would be. to cease to pay the stipulated annuity into the State Treasury; and the only penalty, according to this bill, is, that the State would have the right to take them back again in this ruined and worthless condition. And this, in the opinion of your committee, would be equivalent to their total abandonment, It is due to the author of the bill, as well as to those who advocate the sale of the Public Works that some answer should be given to the reasons and arguments urged by them in favor of sale. They claim that the 55 counties not bor dering on the canals, have been taxed to build the canals and to pay interest on the debt incurred for the same, and that now to be taxed to keep them ia repair, is doing great injustice to them. They also claim that the 33 counties. through which the canals run, have been made rich and prosperous in consequence thereof, and ' at the expense of the 53 non-canal counties. These arguments have been urged with so much earnestness and apparent plausibility by the author of the bill and by those favorable to the sale of our Public Works, that your committee think the) deserve some answer. That the 33 canal counties have become pros perous and rich in consequence of the construction of these Public Works we readily admit. But that the other 55 counties have been impov erished thereby, or have been taxed for their construction or repair, or for interest, we think is not true; but, on the contrary, they have shared in the general prosperity, and their taxes have absolutely been reduced in consequence of the construction of these Public Works, The increase of wealth in these 33 canal counties con sisting of large and extensive flouring mills, distilleries, sawmills and manufacturing establishments of almost every description ; nnd the farming lands, in the vicinity of these canals, hav ing increased in value double, treble, atd in many cases ten fold what they, were, or would have been,"if these Public Works had not been constructed, have all been put on the duplicate, and the people of these 33 canal counties have beenn paying taxes on this increased valuation ever since these Public Works have been constructed. And if you add to the taxes thus collected the receipts for tolls and water rents, and the receipts for the lands granted by the General Government to aid the State in making these im provements, we find that the Public Works of this State have paid for themselves more than double tne cost ot construction and repairs. And, therefore, thesei 55 non-canal ounties, in place of having been compelled to contribute anything toward the construction or keeping up of these Public Works, have been absolutely benefitted and their taxes reduced, in consequence of their wunrtW abH-maintenance hr the State. . And if the insane policy should be adopted of letting these Public Works pass out of the control of the State, and fall into decay, it will wipe from the tax duplicate millions of dollaJs upon which the people now pay taxes, and the! deficiency would have to be made up from the taxable property in the non canal counties. Your committee recommend the indefinite postponement of the bill. Jon x W, Collixgs, James Gamble, : " C. HvorjEs, Charles Powers, . Dexisox Steele. Mode of taking the Census. As this is the year for taking the census, the following remarks in relation thereto, which we find in the Washington Constitution, will be of interest to many persons: The duties of this undertaking devolve' upon the United States marshals, who appoint their own assistants. The general government has in each State or Territory one cr more districts, with each of which is connected a marshal, who acts as high sheriff in the District Court of the United States. Those marshals are required by law to subdivide this districts, aud for each subdivision to appoint an assistant, taking care not to include a greater population (by estimate) than "20,000 in any one subdivision. The assistants having been qualified, by oath, for the proper performance of their duties, and furnish, through the marshals, with blanks and instructions. In the prosecution of their work they are required to make two copies of their report. The original returns are filed with the clerk ot the court of each county, and the copies are forwarded to the marshals, who transmits ope copy to the Secretary of State for his die. trict, and the other to be census office in Washington. The compensation to the marshal is in proportion to the population enumerated by his assistants, should that exceed one million, he is paid one dollar for each thousand persons enumerated; should the population returned by his assistants be less than one million be receives the sum of one dollar and fwenty-five cents for each oil e thoasand persons returned, a system or compensation sufficiently modern, but which may admit cf the payment of a greater amount for a lesser service, as in the case of a marshal whose returns include 950,000 persons at one dollar, and twenty-five cents per tbousund, gets more than he whose returns do not much exceed a million an inequality not unusual ia rating fees for mileage and other services. ; ..',; .The assistants who porform the work of enumeration are paid on a different principle, combining in a novel manner compensation , for let b r and travel one which was to operate very fairly sod satisfactorily to the employees aid government. -. 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