Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly), 1854-01-17

              VOLUME XLIV. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1854. NUMBER 21 m lUcckln Oljio State Journal 19 TOni.lMlKD AT COLDMUUS KTK11Y TCEIDAY UOHNTNQ, journal Bnupmtis, man md mu irum wtojhic. on higi. ! TERMS IttrarinNy in wlranrt .-In Columhon, t2.0O ft yftr i ;by niAll. 1C0; elutaof fburuid Uiwtnl, 8L.'4j; of t.ntnd op-ward, SI IK). TI I K DA I IjY jnURN Al, la rurnlnhed 10 city uhriln MOO, lind bv n,:ill at ua year. Tllk TIUm;KI.Y'.IVURKI. I. SMMr. HATES OFAnVFRTISIXti IN THE WEEKLY JOURNAL i 1 1 III ! i 111 I r oio!oit5 8e So Po o ' ft Se S I square, 761 00 1 2f.l 76 a 263 50 4 006 000 GO 8 00 iousi-m, 761 !tul 763 253 60 4 006 00 0 008 OO l'i. l6. ft KuarM, il 001 7a J 258 604 60 1 01)0 60S 0011. 4-.iLi.rw., il 262 263 604 00 6 00 0 00 8 0010. 14. il i ii Mr. I', coin rnn. Vt WllUIIIII. auiiin, rhannihl montlilr, '.9ia year; wwkly . climincuhltj nunritrly elin(n-l)l qukrtrlv , cliLJt(atjLn imsrtwrly.,,. , i-io. , m. . ioo. 10 Hnse of tlili Mwd type It rwkonml square. Alitor tlsmnfJ flrOvrvd on tli limiile cxnlusiTtiiy, douliln the abofe ms. All nodou ob&rgwl double, Mid meuunHl as It solid. (iljc (OI)io StatcUouvtml COLUMBUS. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. Aktkhnoon BKasinN. At 2 f)Vl(irk 1. M., ol Snllir diy, tho 7 tli in-tt ., llio Convention rn-awsemhled in the City Hall. Mr. Mnrtiin, Chairman of iho committee mi Crcdeti-I'nJa, made a report. It stated lluit thero was a contest i i: only twu counties, Cuynhogn mid Pnrry, und (he report decided in fnvor nf Messrs. Hughes, Gill, Fitch. S t., from Cuyahoga. M r. Abhoy, one of llio rejected delegates, said thnt lie clnim ol himself and friends was not liet.nl before tin committer, and he linked tho right to bo hoard tnjorelhn Convention. After much noise aud oppnsi-tiil, the liiiuse voted to hoar liiin. Ho proceeded to shtn the point of hid claim. A committeo of sound, rotable Democrats, who stood firmly planted upon tint Dutiocrntic platform i f tho Baltimore Convention, had oiled a meeting nf 1 he Dernocrncy of Cuynhoga. At tint meeting, Mr. Harrington mid tint clnimnnis in thin cm were duly elected tl tl'(!tLtfH. ( 1 larrington in Ptclideiit of tho Hardshell association of Cleveland.) Ilninid tho person who wero reported nn dolegntcn hy'ho cominilten were imvor it'lHCted hy tlio Denioc-rmy id" Cuynhofra. Th way tlioy pot their appoint-tn Mit wan a curiosity. On Friduy evening, soint cloven it tno ritlxoim of that county ot together in n nuioll rom in Atnoricmi, in ColninliiiH, i:t.r milei from Cleveland, and then and there proceeded lo elect each oir nn d (deflated. Ho w nn ted to know if liiin Con-vortion would for n tnomotil natintioii tlii nort nlope-r-iijon. VI r. Morton replied, tlmt lliBflomrnittoodidiint hear tip tniomoni of purlieu, but doeided upon tlio clan b tlio action of tho Democratic Central Committeo of Cuyahoga. That Committee had published an article ii. the I'luin Dealer, tho orati of tho party, wherein l ley tint d that it wm not odvisnhle to mil a county (invantion, hut that all good Democrats woro invited I attend tho Convention, ami when they n lion Id moot tigother in Coltimbtia I hey conld select their delegiitos, 'litis had hnmi dono. Tlio delegates had boon chontti nirordin to tho form rocoinmeiidod by tho Cminiy Csntral Uommittee, and tho commtttou on Credentials llmight limy had no right to go behind that. They bft tho Democracy to not tie all llteioquofltiona among UcmnolvflA at homn. ft wnn no placn to do it in this Convention. Marshal Fitch obtained tho lloor and said the stut- iiiAnta nf Abbey were not true, that ihedelegatea wore i losen as had been usual, and that tlio little mpind of fn;lioniHts at Cleveland, who had got up tho newib-1-ojntion, ditl not reprenent tho Domicrary of Ctiy- HlogU. Mr. H ll, of Cincinnati, (the Clerk who mado the fitnoiin certilirato that elected Johnson in opponition ' ihn paoplo, who electt'd Bread well,) said that tlio committeo acted from Iho facti bnloro them. Ho had ii li-vo of bolters. Ho had l)een slain by tliem, in hit own dislHi-t, when a candidate for CotigreHU, and perhaps ho lelt a little ntoro mro than utliern. Ho proceeded, amid great confusiun, at aomo length. When ho cloned, tlio cries of "(iuontion, qiit-ntion," Imcaum deafening. At least adozen woro nliouting out, "Mr. President," ami using all imrlof trirki to at tract attention and to ho hoard. Tlio Provident tried for sumo time to restore order, when ho put the question tin tho adoption of the report of tho committeo, mid it wis carried by a large majority. Mr- Honk said the men in his pttrt of tho houso did not hoar the question, and had no knowledge id' tho point that had just been voted upon. He moved to reconsider tlio vote, that all may have a chance. Tho President put tho question mi reconsidering, whan it wan lost, decidedly. Tho committee on Permanent Oflicern reported the following nominations, vir. : PrfiMenl Matthew Ilimciuitn. Vice Prriiilcntt Frank Link, Issac C. Miller. Alex ander Htirett, K. Hakor, I). .1. Hrown, Motes Patiorsoii, VVm. Hell, .las. Ivnmn, Poter I yler. Alien Latham, n It. Pmdi'ii, Win. (I 'mier, Herman Heuss, It. It. Chap-'man, Chan. Hoy, Jr., .John MrMauus, N. Keimon, S, Lidiiii, John (tdl, B.J. Loomis, Wm. Uv MeCHiinlin. Secrttnritt Will. H. (iill, I). A. Honk, John 0 Itvrnn, 'i. Ii. Caroihem, Win. Tonlinson, Ulms .1. (tronilwell, Kiimtiel W. (liUon. The report of tho Conmiiltno whs nccepted, and tho nominations unanimously confirmed. On motion, the Convention proceeded to thonomiuii lion of candidates. A light then arose as to tho ordei nf business, some claiming that iho .ludgo should be lint nominated, and other cUitning tho members nf tho Board of Public Works. After a sharp siruggln, in which there Was no huckwaiknoHt, about impeaching iho motives nl each other, tho President decided that tho order of nomination was to follow tho order in which they were classed in iho Now Constitution, and tlmt by this rule the first candidate to ho nominated, wm, for Judge of iho Supreme Court. Nominations being in order, tho following gentlo-men were announced n candidates, viz. Klijn.li Backus, John l-. Manna, 8hopt.nl F. Norris, llenj. F. Mt olt. I,. W. Hall, R. If. Leland.fino. W. Ilelden. Six ballots were had before a nomination was made. The following tablo shows the result of each ballot : 1st tin). 4M lsl. hftl. 4th bnl. Tith bnl.Clh bsl. miostions sot forth in iho tuto message of fmvernor Mt dill, and hereby recommend them to the careful consideration of the General Assembly. As soon us the rending was duished the elements be gan to move. A gentleman tu a distant part ot the Hall, Mr. Connor, of Wayne, moved to amend tho re port by adding tho following resolution, expressly endorsing the Unltimore platform : Reiolvfd, That iho Democracy uf Ohio, in Conven tion assembled, hereby recognize and adopt, as our po litical principles anil creed, tno Ualtimoro piatiorm oi adopted hy the Convention that Dominated Franklin PtmcR as our candidate for President of the United States. This was tbe firebrand. The Hards and tho Softs now began to stand revealed. Shouts of approval and disapproval made a per fee t Bedlam of iho Hall for sometime. Tho President shouted order till he was hoarse, but nobody heeded him. He sat down and left tho excited men about him torago and shout, tor some time they went it liko a sot of drunken cjn.y de mons. Tho man with the stoutest lungs lor a timo would mnkn himself Iieard ; but no corps of Report ers on earth could paint the scene as it appeared. The delegates woro on iho tops of tho benches, and woro ire8ing around the chair in ihecontreof the room. A vote by counties was vociferously demanded. Some contended that tho resolutions of Inst year covered the Ballinmro platform. This was denied stoutly. One man shouted, " We don't want your New York politics hern." Others said this dodging was disgraceful to tho Democracy of Ohio. Tho Cincinnati delegation was fierce nnd wild with excitom-'nt. (dllin, Roll, McLean, etc., wanted iho UaMimoro pi ai form. A motion for tho previous question wn mado, but tho President decided that it was out of order, us a vote by counties on the amendment was pending. An appeal from this decision wns token, and tho chair was unstained. After hard work, the President suc ceeded in reducing tho men near enough to order to take Iho voto hy counties on iho Baltimore platform amendment. Wo could not get the vole of Ihe counties, and the President did not announce the result except by slating that the amendment was adopted. Thiswnn met by R loud, long shout ami corresponding hisses from iho delegates from the northern part of iho State. P. S. TheStato Democrat says tho vntoslond, yeas, 2 ; nays, 58. Mr. Attorney (ieneral MeCook,f Steuhonville, mo ved a series of resolutions as n substitute for the resolutions ropoi ted by die committee, and tho amendment just adopted. We regret that we could not get n copy, and tho official report published in iho Saf Democrat this morning does not even refer tu them. They were founded on tho doctrines of the New York Soils, ibal we aro nil Democrat, and that it in not worih while to quarrel about tho dead issues of iho past. They were intended and designed to dodgo lh Ualtimoro platform, ami to cement nil parls of tlio fragments of (lie party togolher on tho grand theory of the spoiU, without the least reference to principles. Mr. McCook spoke with much earnestness in support of his substitute. What good would result in going back lo Ihe dead issues nf tlio pant? Ho wanted to seo the great and triumphant Democratic party of Ohio still united, nnd victorious. By declining lo endorse this Baltimnro platform they hid acted in harmony. Why thrust this limb rand among them nt this lain day. Somebody moved to lny tho substitute nn Iho table. McCook dared them to do it. He would liko to see a democratic convention do such nn act with such sentiments. It was snid hy some ono that Iho substitute was not materially dillereut from those before tho homo. McCook replied ihat this was not true. They were essentially different, nnd entirely inconsistent whh them. Here a scene of confusion ensued that shamed nil the previous disorder. Judge Bur chard agtiin took his seat in despair, and b't tho uproar goon unchecked. Forty dillVrnnt voices, all at iho lighest key, wore going it at the name lime. Nobody could bo heard. Occasionally, a strong lunged individual would make a desperate dn,di, and succeed in getting out a sentence that could be heard by all within six feet of Iho speak or. Ono patriotic individual nenr us shouted out, " 71 you don V Okr. i, volts the tbfot, and 8 PIT on Ihe pltti form." After this scene had continued for Homo time, the President again anise, ami announced thai, for Ac lait lime, he begged tho convention to come to order ; such scenes worn disgraceful. Order in Haven'n first law, and no progress could bo mado in nay business till this wan recognized by every ono present. This appeal had iho desired ellect, ami comparative quiet for a few nynutes was obtained. The President then put tho vole on Iho ad opium of McCook 's substitute, when it was voted Jovn, and ihe vote by counties on the asago of ihn original resold-tionn nnd amendment wnn called for. Mr. Uoll naid ho hoped the question wns by this lime well iiuderstoiHl. Alt the free soileia would voto no, but nil Democrats would voto lor the resolutions. Thin taunt started Iho uproar nTresh. Senator Atkinson asked if Ihe gentleman intended to stigmatize the Committee, on Usoluiioiis nn Freo Soilers. " Yes, fifteen of litem i only six Democrats on il." Mr. Honk said he was glad uf a chance to explain, and clear Ins skirls. Uo opposed Iho resolution without the platform, but, as Chairman, was di reeled to report them. He was In favor of tho Baltimore Plut form, all Ihe lime, &c. M'Konzio, of Ihe Kalida Venture, and later nf Ihe Ohio Legislature, wns bitter against tho plalform. lie declared he would never bow his neck to it. The North would bull, first. Ono gentleman from ihe Reserve, was very pailielic in bin appeals to his friends. He bogged them to stop and consider, before they adopted thin Baltimore Pint-form ns a part of Ohio political faith. There were no truer, holier Democrats in Ohio, than in tlio Reserve, Were Ihe Democracy willing lo nrmh them, to destroy them, by tho adoption uf thin plat form? It would surely do it. For somn time he begged and implored for mercy nnd salvation after this strain. O'Neil, id Perry, denounced all such tnlk an lioason The Democracy, tin declared, could afi'ord to stand nn ilsown bottom. It could whip ihe Free Rollers, and all I be isms in Ohio, combined. After considerable more nf ibis sort, Ihe vole by counties was taken on the rcsnluiiotis and the Baltimore Pla'form, and resulted, dyes, 1!I7 noes, 25, There was a vast amount of dodging. Ho the r.-sntu tions, with ihe platform anneicd, were adopted. And about that time tho Convention adjourned, tine dir. MR- M' COOK' 8 RESOLUTION Our friend Caldwell, of ihe Cincinnati Aflat, was foriunate enough to got a copy of Mr. M'Couk's resolution, which was olfered as a substitute for tho committee resolution, and the amendment embracing the endorsement of ibo Baltimore Platform. Wo prnteit iu behalf nf the public uguinst the course of the Secretaries of that Cotiventiou in aupprmifj;' sii'-li important papers, in their preleuded " official " report of die proceedings. These resolu'ions were duly and properly ottered. They wore debated at much length, or rather, they wore howled over and sworn at, during nearly half an hour. They wore voted upon, and voted down. They formed a prominent part of the proceedings, and yet they am not reported by ihe Secretaries, and there is no record of them or reference to ttiem in the Statesman or Statt Democrat. We, therefore, put this paper upon record, and by so doing wo "vindicate the truth of history." Mr. M'Ooog uttered tlio following resolution as a substitute for ilione before tho Convention : Rftolved, That ihn Convention representing tho Do-mocracy of Oliio approve tho first annual messago of President Pieico, and especially commend tint true spirit of Piofjreanive Democracy evinced therein, and that our energies should ho given to the practical ques lions of tlio present time ralhor than wasted on Iho dead i'sues of ilio pait. Thai iho acts of President Pit-n o no far meet with our warm npprobalion, nnd so loo-: as the nduiiiiislra tion jB governed by wiao and liberal principle it wdl receive our united and zealous support. That in the present condition oi the political world, wo fail to sen any demands fiir a new expression of opinion on Statu und National policy. PENNSYLVANIA FINANCES. Tho AVw York Tribune, in its money article, has an abstract of the finances of Pennsylvania. By tliit exhibit, it appears that the people have a State debt of fortyono million of dollar t. This in 'J times us large as Ihn debt of Ohio. Wo think wo have quite enough, and uro determined to make it beautifully Ions an fast an possible. But it is gratifying to see that hy the present system, she in able lo meet her current uxpcll ses and tho interest on her debt : The receipts into the Treiuury of Pennsylvania, during tho yenv ending Dec. 1, including the hnlniico on hand at Iho commencement, wan 9!2, 174 17. The expenditures for ihe same time were$l.l'.t7,f) IH '17. T litis showing an excess of if I .SlHIl'Jli III in there- rrc r,qi,...,.. ., ...imp., tri:Jlxz:!:!r construction nt new work on the niato improvement. GOVERNOR BI0LEH AND STATE RECIPROCITY. We do not know that we ought to be surprised at anything that may come from the Executive of Pennsylvania after the action of tho Governor, or rather his non-action, in the Erie affair. But wo foel that the people of Ohio ought to know the Idea this Governor has of amity and reciprocal good will, which are the bond of our Union and the glory of our Stales. By tho sentiments avowed in bin recent Message to the Legislature, it seems to ho the opinion nf this man, that It is perfectly proper to throw all sorts of impediments in the way of the peopb of tho West, who .desire to) seek on Knstern market through any part of the terri-1 tory of that State. It happens, nayn this functionary, that Pennsylvania holds tho key to this important link of connection between the East and the West. That is trim to a certain extent, nnd it in also true of Ohio. But, we say Ihat Pennsylvania twinof impose toll upon passengers or freight, or cornpol companion owning roads in nny portion of that State to pay money into their treasury for the privilege nf passing over their territory, without a gross and pulpablo violation of that amity and reciprocity which has been cheerfully granted on our part, and which should exist among the several Stales of tho Union. We make the following extract from Gov. Btgler's Message : "It so happens that Pennsylvania holds Iho key to thiniuiportiuit link nf connection between the Kant nnd the West, and I inns' unhesitatingly sny, tlint where no principle of amity or commerce is to be violated, it in the right and duty of Ihe State to turn her nnturnl advantages tu tho promotion of the views nnd welfare of her own people. ''It mny ho that neighboring States, possessing similar natural advantages, would give them away lor nur benefit, but I have not been able to discover any fad in their former policy to justify such a conclusion. I shall await your actum with anxiety." This is tho dog in the manger policy nf Pennsylvania, openly promulgated in the Messago of the Chief Magistrate of that State. Il avows the principle that Ihe States have the right, and nkould txcrciu it", of taxing the Iravel und commerce of other Slates. This in what in meant by turning her natural advantage to tho benefit of her people, ft in tho old robber plea of power against right. Il is precisely the snmo right that the King of Denmark claims and exercises upon tho trade of tho world with iho Baltic, by means of his castle and hit guns at Rlsiimro. There is not tho slightest Metcolf . Ilanna .. Norri .. Itntden., I.eland . , Hall.... ...014 ..V) ...78 ...1H ... 11 ?:t Ml 98 71 ti'J .f.8 44 n7 in :t i 117 18 13(1 Ifil fill HI Ud 88 benefits bestowed. It is tribute money, levied under the plea that tho sovereignty, the right of domain is in Pennsylvania, and that sho tins tho legal right lo Impose just such terms as sho sees tit upon those who do siro to pass through her territory. Stript of iis guise it in this, and this only Now, aro tho several Stales of ibis Union to adopt this iho..ry of notion? Shall nil the grent con'ompla-ted linen of travel from iho Hast lo tho West bo brought to nn abrupt termination by ihe ndoption of thin principle? What wilt become of tho idea f a great Pacific Rtlroad, if thin bo tolerated? What if tho future Staten that happen to own Walker" pan, or the South pan, or any of tho pannen through which a rail mail must ho built, undertake tn say, that every truvelor and every pound! of freight that pann that way shall pay a heavy tribute to the State Guv-1 ornmniT When ihe road reaches the Western bntindn- ry of Missouri, anil looks uX Rsst tn tho seaboard, where in it to go, but through Iowa or Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, &c.7 Shall wo tolerate Ihe idea that, because these States have tho "key" tit tho Went, tbey Hhall, I hero fore, uno it In exclude, or hinder, nr in any way levy tribute upon this intercourse? Tho very idea in monstrous, nnd will not for a moment be submitted to by the ppnplo of this nation. We call the attention nf tho people of Ohio, and ihe Groat West, to this subject, nnd trust there will bo such au expression of sentiment as will siiisfy Gov. Biui.kr that nuch a step an he contemplates, will bo regarded ns any thing else than the exhibition of that amity and reciprocity which should exist among tho States of this Union. These are our deliberate sentiments, and wo have the best of reasons for thinking that they are the sentiments of ihe people of Ohio without regnrd lo party. DISTRICT OF OHIO. Our renders will havo observed that a project is on font iu Congress, to divide the State nf Ohio into two judicial districts. This measure in favored particularly by Ihn members of the legal profession at Cincinnati and Cleveland. Indeed, aside from that particular in terest, we are not aware Ihat a syllable hsn been lisped In any quarter in favor of the measure, notwiihsianil- ing it has been pressed in Congress for two or three sessions, and a hill was actually passed in the Senate at Inst session, and again nt the present, oonlemplnling such division. Should the measure succeed in the House of Representatives, and become a law, it is ex peeled, of coum, that ihn courts will bo held in future at Cincinnati and nt Cleveland ; and that an additional Judge, an additional Clerk, nnd an additional Marshal must ho provided. And there are nt a moderate cal eolation nt loust thirty gontloinon wlm are regarding each of these places an very comfortable and appro ptiaie retreats from the labors and euros of their nc customed haudkralts. Now we havo no disposition to interfere in any way with the accommodation of ihe lawyornof Cinciunnlior elsewhere, in the legitimate prosecution of their pro fession : We have no desire to Interpose objections In any measure calculated properly to promote the inter ests of any aspiring town in the State t Neither would we wantonly disturb Ihe halcyon dreams ot patriotic gentlemen, who would prefer a lien upon tho public treasury to a precarious reliance upon personal etlort and resources. Still, wo havo failed to discover the public policy, which should dictate the projtosed change. The courts can be at irtlt accommodated at Columbus, nn at any other point: and the facilities for consulting anthoritiet are at leant an good here an at either of the places contemplated tn be substituted fur thin. And besides, Columbus in now accessible from almost any point in the Slate in a fow hours, and the The balance in iho Treasury, on tho lsto! December, wns about $1 !',';'), 000, applicable lo the payment of ihe February interest. The receipt for the present venr. including 1he balance on bund, nre estimated at $.1,8111.117 :tl, white the expenditures including $;i()l),00ll to the sinking luiiil and fiaO lion toward Iho payment oi oitl ueht will mil exceed $4,.rilll),()U(), thtin leaving a balance ol l,:i ll), 117 .( 1 in the I reanury on the 1st ol Decnniier, IHi I, or more than $700,0110 beyond Ihe sum neces-ary to meet Iho succeeding February iuteresl. The public debt is thus a'aiinl : Srx percent, bonds $-J,14,U?:i 51 Five " 3ti.70l.l.rJI 00 Four nnd n half per cent, bond 108 'Jlltl Oil Relief note, per act Of May 4, 1811.... C.'iOJt;:) 00 Certificate for unpaid interest on ihe pub lic dem tor ihe years 181 1. 44 and 4, with their interest 20 l,r.:m 20 Domestic creditors' certificate 8,' l'I'J 74 Total liabilities Dec. 1, lit', I ?lO,ir t,l57 48 Add loan of April, 18'i2, fur the comple tion ot tho North Mraiu tl Uaunl 80,1100 III! Total $U,()01,4.'.7 48 From which lako tho following payments: Tu ihe sinking fund t'i81,4li! H:i Interest on outstanding cer- Illicates ;i!f.oli Ifl 732,222 47 Total amount of fuuded debt at thin time$4(),272,2:)j 01 Showine an apparent increase of $177,777 r2,but hy the substitution of 5 percent, for G per cent, bonds, there in an iinuiial saving to tho treusury of $J0,000, equivalent to a capital of $ 100,000. The limiting lia- Inhtienol tne state amount lo ii,yj:i,'i'j:, wincn ma decraseof tf 1 7 7, (Mil Lr since Jnnuary, I8.VJ. THE SOFTS OF OHIO. We are indebted to Mr.OALnwfXL.of tho Cincinnati Atlat, for ihe following lint of counties Ihat voted against the Baltimore platform. It will be convenient torlnlure reference: "CoilNTIM VoTINfl AoAINST TIIR BALTIMORE l'tT ritnM. Ashtabula, Carroll, Cohimliiunn, Darke, Krie, (iuernsey, Harrison, Huron, Lucas, Marion, Medina, Miami, PortnKe. Putnam, Sandimky, (part,) aeneea, Stark, (part,) Summit, Tnscar.iwan, Warren, (part.) Williams." There may bo one or two nlber counties, but we think not. The delegate from tlcnn counties are nn record, and if It ever becomes of interest to know ihat ihey rrfuicd to ftco tho music, nnd step upon Iho Dem ocratic platform, al the 8th of January Convent ton, 1851, tbey ran bo found out, and bn h-ld responsible for their defection. So look nut, gentlemen. BENTON'S GREAT WORK. "TuinTr tkars ViKW.or a history of the working of the American Government lor Unriv vearn.lrom IHJtl to 18.r0, chielly Inken fmm Congress debates, tlio private papers ot den. Jackson, ami tne speecnea oi ex-Senator Bknton, with bis net nil view of men nnd allairs. With historical notes and illustrations, und some notions uf eminent deceased cotomporarien. By a Senator of thirty yours." A r pl Eton & Co,, of Now York will Issue en early as April next, the first volume nf this historical work by Thomas Benton. It will boa volume nf 700 pv ges, double column, and printed and bound in handsome tyb Two volumes will comprise the entire work, tho sulnrriplion price nf which is fixed nt2,.ri0 per volume. Gkoruk W. FiffnT Esq., nf Warren County, is tho agent for Franklin Co , nnd will visit our people, and solicit subscription for the woik. Whatever mny bo thought of the illustrious Missonrian, it will readily be granted thai he has great ability, a most retentive memory, and an extraordinary command nf facts nnd PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE- If ARiusnuRfi. Jan. 0. In the Senate to dnv Mr. Strong of Philadelphia submitted the following joint re sol u tion: liftolctd, That that part ion nf the Lake Shore Road from Krie tn the Ohio line which ban been constructed by tho Franklin Canal Company without right or legal authority, nnd in violation of the sovereignly ol Penn sylvania, be and the name it hereby forfeited, and Ihat the Canal Conimiioiifrs be directed nnd required lo take possession uf iho same. I ho lesolutlon was laid over. Lei it become well nettled that the representatives and people of Philadelphia not only ny rnpathiHO and encourugo the Erio mob, but also nre disposed to throw obstructions in the way of the Like Shorn route, and such a feeling against that city will bo raised through tlio mighty west us will be most sensibly frit upon Ms future trade ami business. Will they see this in season to save ihemsidves, or will they purrnio iho narrow, nuicid d policy to the bitter end ? A substantia, tax paying farmer, alter having read the Governor! Message, clonvn a business loner to us with the following comment on that famous document: hive rend the Governor' Message, nnd f see that he labors hnrd in satisfy the people, in regard to the high taxes tlmt they have had to pay the last fall. In Ihe first pluce, he nays that Ihe school tax is the cause of it. But before he gets through he says, that the present tux of two mills in only half a null more than iho old law required lo bo levied. Ho nays thai mi der tlrn old law, imt State le Eed hair a mill, and tho County C"mmisiotierH wero authorized to levy one mill, making one and a half mills, only h-ilf n mill less llinn tho new Inw requires. " Ho will havit to figure a good deal nior" (lion he has iu the present Message, and ihat is not a liltle, before ho can get mo lo believe. Unit half a mill lo Iho dollar, would havo increased the taxes in Ibis County from sevetiiy-two rent on iho hundred dollars to eighty hi cents on the hundred dollars. I think if Im ha. I said, that tho (axes hud been increased by the Senate and House of Representative holding such nn unac countable long session, and iho increased number of officers, nnd the increase of their pay, from three lo four dollars per day, were iho causes, bo would have oecn nearer right, litis in what 1 call refreshment with a vtitgeanee." M, H. T. It is n remarkable fad in the partisan hinlory of ihe United Slates, that no party in ho sensitive in reuatd to the honor and rights of our country nnd ritien, a tin? r ederal or Whig tarty, in a state nt profound peace, and under n Democratic Administration of tho (iovern- ment. Htate Democrat. And it in also a remnrknhln fact that no party is nn ready to yield Iho honor and rights of nur country a the Locofoco party, when tbey happen to be in power, and are confronted hy so formidable a foo- as tho Brit ish Lion. Witness th" course i f Van Buren und that party in tin- Steamer Cnrolino caso, nn the Canada frontier. Witness, also, ihe ennrno uf Polk, and Ibo name party, in iho famous "04J 40' nr fight" nfl'iir, nbout Oregon. Tur Livirm Drama. The Albany Arjirsnyntbatn dramatic version nf ihe Brio War," will soon bo pre sented at Ihn Musoiirn, in that cily, and that it wilt be found to bo both inln-csling nod amusing. Wo doubt thnl it would prove amusing, however in foresting, if produced before nu Erie audience. Perhaps it would he well for the Riilroad Company to give ihe Kri'ins a free pass over iho rnad, to witnofg the play, nnil " see themselves as others sen tlicrn AMOUNT OF RAIN AT COLUMBUS It may perhaps he interesting lo the reader of tho Journal to know lha amount of rain ihat foil nt Colum bus during ihn yonr I8a3. According to (he in ensure ments of iho rain ptpigu kept by Ru. Fj.;GrennwaId, on Town street, ihe following quantities fell in the several months of the year : January t.fif inches, Fobru iry 3 !Lr " March 1.4.rj " April 3 (i-2 " May, 1.19 ' June, 210 m July, 3 93 " August, 2 2:t ' September 3 28 " October 2 20 " November 2 (18 " December, I .05 " THE MORAVIAN MISSIONS-jaDQE LANE. Judge Lane, of Stnilusky, delivered before the Cinrinnaii Mercantile Association a very interesting and instructive discourse upon tho Moravian Mission in Ohio, a subject of great importance, and hitherto sadly overlooked in the history ol this State. We trust the Judge will resume it, and prepare a full nnd satisfactory exposition uf so important a movement before the materials shall be lost, referred to at ihe close of the lecture. The Cincinnati Commercial gives, as usual, the host untice, and though short, shows how important the field really in that tho lecturer has so opportunely opened. The Moravian micsiim in Ohio was a subject to which Judire Linn had given much attention. In searching the earlier history of the brave men and women who established schools and churclion among the Indians, first in Pennsylvania and then in Ohio, he , had come into possession of mime rare and valuable; manuscript journals, and other papers whoso importance lo the historic student and to the nniiiiuariau could hardlv be overestimated The lecturer held in ! his hands the plainly anil even elegantly written manuscript diarien of Daviii Ski nrkrukr. (so understood.) and other Moravians, who were the first white per sods that built a residence in Ohio, and Ibo fust to h turn a grant of laud for the purposes ol cull ivation. Mr. Lane performed the part of aihorouyhlv impartial historian in bin narrative of iho Moravian tnisMon. He loved his own country, but the truth made him admit that hinonenlrymen had sinned nsninnl lb" Moravians. Aside from earlier acts of injustice, the expedition of Americans from Pittsburg lo tho Moravian Mis-ion notilenient,rnihe Muskingum, between 1780 nnd 17!MI, would forever blot American hinlory. These Missionaries wero tdwavn encompassed by the severest trials trials that broke up one settlement alter another, scattered tne devoted nposllesni me wilderness, and finally ended in the most horrible catnstropbo in tho annals of bonier life. Over sixty converted Indians nnd their faithful teachers men. w men,aud children, woro slautdiiered livthoexpo- dition from Pittsburg, mid their mangled corpses burned with tlio buildings in which tbey luy. During the war of tlio Revolution, the Moravians were ihe constant object of British suspicion nnd cruelty; at all times thoy were subject tn the hnslili excursions of iu Han savages, at war with the tribes m whoso midst Ihey were laboring. The Moravians jitul contributed greatly to the early settlement and agricultural developement of llio Mis- sissipi valley, anil lor this reason an well as tor Hour ni'iritind labors among the Indians, dnporved w-ll of posterity. In concluding his valuable lerinru. Mr. Lane r marked that ihe manuscript journals of tho Moravian miisionarien Heckwelder, S-in herder, nnd others, abounded in valuable contrihutioun lo ibo early history of ( ihio, during a period when there were few records save ollicinl di'cuuiouts, and he hoped that Cincinnati wi.ulu purchase them for one ol her public hbrmicn. CINCINNATI OFFICIALS. Tho editor of the Enquirer has taken upon himself tho responsibility of saying some very essential truihn respecting Ihe Mayor and police, &c. of that city. We have no doubt they deserve nil ihey have got at his hnn di but it in not often that a parti, in editor lakes tho responsibility of rebuking his political brethren an is dono in thin instance. Wo copy a piragrnph, fiom tlio comments upon tho Mayor and Police Judgn. It is a bad picture, and it is to bo hoped that the citizens will see lo it at iho next election, that better men shall be chosen to rule over them. Nehlierof these personages his more Ihan n tithe of the moral and intellectual capacity essential to an eiticient anil honest perlormnnce ot the important and responsible duties imposed upon them by Inw. Wholly unfitted, they were wholly undeserving, nt first, of nuch honors; but, by their public conduct of late, how strongly have Ihey exhibited this incapacity lo a pen- plo blushing in shimo at the folly which guve them place I Both are ihe shallowest of demagogues, and no clement of character is so prominent, even white ihey are dispensing ihe mockery of "justice," as thai. Tby got on tho beneb by demagogue hcis, anil never fail lo play nut tho character, even before tho poorest devil that misLjriuue brings tu Iheir fur. As to tho ioneiy which characterises their doings, what n chapter could be written, if all the " secrets of Ihe prison house" were unfolded! Individual, nnd neichbnr-I'onds, and public assemblies may well grow indig nant and call upon such apostates to cast ntl'iln ermine winch is reeking with foul odors. Total, 29.79 inches. Tho Cincinnati Price Current, given the receipt of hogs from tho commencement of tho season to Ihe Kith innt loenmieiue reauer i compare mo quantity oi fflnj Total 3(P 791 rain that fell in IIU3 with tlmt whirh fell tn 18r2, we give also Ihe quantities fir the several months of the latter year: January I 22 inches. 1'Vbruary, 3..ri2 " March 3 32 " April, 5 5'2 " May. 4 3ti " Juno, 2.49 ' July, 2 71 ' August 3.1(1 " September 4 22 " October 3.01 " November 5 32 " December 8 69 " Total 47.57 inchea. It will be seen that 17 78 inches less rain fell nt Columbus in 1853 than in 1852, Itatkus 10 Shepnrd F. Norris nf Clermont, having received a ma jority of voles, wns declared duly nominated. Tho following nominations for members nf Board nf Public Works wero then announced, vir..: Alexander P. Millor, Jonathan Kinney, Anihol Medhnry. Tho result uf the first voto wns nn follows: Miller Kinney (17, Medbury 25. Mr. Miller was,doclared tho nominee. Tho following gentlemen were reported by ihe mm-mit'eo nn the Stuiu Central Cmnmitiee for tho ensuing y-.r. Wnnli. McLean, Hamilton: Amos Layinnn, Washington; Win. Parr, Licking; O. S. Cunningham, Pre-bloi W. D. Morgan. Kiaiulin; J. G. Iltdoy. Henry; N. S. Cox, Franklin; Jno. Sheridan, Ashland i F. Feiser, F rnnklm. Somebody discovered that tho State Democrat, the new organ of somebody, bad hoen neglected, and there upon it wan moved that H. 8. Knnpp. be added to the State Central Committee. Carried. And now enmo the tug of war. Up to this time tho proceedings had been ntoro orderly than usual for n Locofoco Committee. It was evident that tho fight would arise whun tho resolutions were reported, And il came with a venguance. Mr. Houck, Chairman of tho Committeo on resolu-nions, reported the following, nn ibo report nl the majority:The dolegalenof the Democracy nf tho Slate of Ohio, in Convention assembled, do hereby reaffirm ihe former doctrines nnd issues ot the party, nn set forth in the resolutions of tho Democratic State Convention of January 8th, 1(153, an hereto appended, and pledge to the name their firm and sincere adherence. And we further Retolved, 1st, That wo have entire nnd unabated confidence in the nresont Democratic Administration of th General Government, and will givo to It our cordial and undivided nunoort. limited, 2d, That we Approve the doctrinal tod DEATH 0FAN EDITOR. Tim Akron Deacon of Wednesday, contains a neat and appropriate obitnnry notice of I home Canfiei.d, editor and publisher of tho " Democratic Standartl," published nt Akron, who departed this life on Thursday. It In refreshing to meet with instancen where, in the ntrifen ami jostlingn of busy life, the ameni ties of socinl relatione havo been so observed as not to embiiter the rHlnriiona when death puts nn end to all emulations nnd rivnhie. Mr. Castiei-d wan a gentleman of more than ordinary intelligence, whose merits were unostentatious, and veiled by unallected modesiy. It wns our fortune to bo asnocialed with him in fratomal relations nt Chillicoihe, for neveral lays a few weeks pant, where we wero hospitably untertnined at Iho board of a mutual friend; and during thnt brief period our casual acquaintance warmed into a fixed friendship nnd respect. We hud Imped tu meet him again on liko occasions, and cultivate further an acquaintance no much to our lanta. Wo bad oven hoped to greet htm hero in Uotnmbun, nt Aii lime, when no many prominent members uf that political parly to winch ho wan attached are coming together; and wo feel that, although we have no sympathy with tho motives which prompt the gathering, wo should, nevertheless, havo grasped the hand ol our friend with heartfelt cordiality. But nlan! that hand will ho extended In friendship no more. Tho carcn and anxieties which prompt lo political nction rhat are they nout lo him t And, what a reflection I precisely such will they bo in a few brief yearn, to those now most exercised therein poaco to the ashen, nnd honor tu tho memory of our fallen brother. H -iu res. These oiialilie. nnd the commanding noni ans of rapid transportation hither, aro multiplying ,ij)n i1() ((,CIIIIl,j in ihn Senate fur thirtv vears. will nnd extending evory year. U in ascertained by moslmlkn ,j(J wurk llf tml vn,t)W ti,t f(tir n.r,,,,,,.,.., nalislaciory computation, ihat iho dinlance from Oin-j Wo prOTimm twnt Hm hnndredn in Columbus, thai cinnnll lo uoiunitius upon nn averngo in no gr-incr than from Columbus to Cincinnati! and, (a singular coincidence,) the same remark stands good as to Cleveland. Stripped, then, uf focal and personal considerations, the proposed measure of dividing Ihe federal judicial jurisdiction of ohm, in urged without any iiivo merit nf its own In sustain it. It may lie snid, that like divisions have already ob tained in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia ami oilier States of great geographicnl extent, nnd that the for t is conceded on all hands, thnt " Ohio n a great btntc. We grant all thin nnd mill hold that thero may be causes fiood and sufficient in tho cases of those Nialen, which do not operate hem. The ratines may havo been far morn Imperious for such division thero, when thoy were first made, than thoy now are. Ohio has boer. going forward very pmnpurounly for htiy yearn past, without having found cause for such a division ; and now, tho reasons which ten yearn ago might have had really operative elVect, havo in reality no existence- Such nra tho facilities of travel with us, that a person will gladly avail themselves nf Ihe opportunity lose cure n copy of this work. BISHOP PURCELL AND THE GERMAN " FREEMEN " OF CINCINNATI. The following correspondence shows ihe had stale of feeling thnt exists It. ward the Catholics in C incur natl. Wo deplore the existence of such n state of n flairs, hut we cannot help admiring ilm manly part of the " Freemen," iu spurning ihe money ihnt wns ovi dently sent merely for ellect : To Ike Society of Freemen . Mkn, Biikthrfn! When there in a question of re lieving ihose who suller and are poor, nil dilforence ol fat ill nnd oomioii suould lie lorgotifn. 1 sincerely sympathize with llmso nf your Society, as well ns ol tho Police, who went hurt nn .Sunday uiiht. I'lense accept Ihn enclosed note of ten dollar toward the turn) which, an I learn tmm tlio morning papers, yon havo solicited iroin ynr tetiow ritixetin. JOHN II. PI'RCKI.L, Arehfi$hop Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Dec. 31, 18,ri3. To John II. PurteU, Arehhithop Cincinnati: I U.. IV. .n-iuml vmirii.it.. .Ult..l tl.I. 'll.t may n-nch Columbus from the remotest borders nf the ()fty tf )t.rnmlflr, mirb,ing a len dollar bill, which State in less time, and nt about tho same cost that j yIIU( n n fellow ritizeti. have dune Ihe honor to send would havo been necessary, len year ngo, to mmo us. hir, Hie hionit m a uroiuer natnarotisiy niuriiereii, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY- LniiisviLt.x, Friday, Jan. fi, 1854. Tho Whig legislative Caucus nt Frankfort have nominated John J Crittenden as their candidate for United Slates Senator from Kentucky. The election lakes plane nn 1 uesdny next. It ought tu he a mntter of congratulation to the peo ple of the Nation that the very ablest and bent man of Kentucky is selected tn represent that glorious Commonwealth in the United States Senate. We wish we could hope for anything like this result in Ohio. from the nearest adjoining county sent. Wo trust the measure will not be adopted by Oongrcns, without ample rennon requiring il and no nuch reanont occur to our mind, Tho Siati Democrat hue come out against another provision ol our glorious New Constitution, h has become satisfied that biennial sessions ore not the thing for a state like Ohio, Otir vast and diver-Hied interests, it thinks, require annual attention. It is satisfied that the genius of our instilutiunn is opposed lo ibis assembling of the Legislature at long intervals. Wa think the Slate Democrat in right, but wo also thtnk lhene reasons, when so ably argued by Mr. Stan rkrt, in Ihe Constitutional Convention, had just as much force then, aa tbey havo now. It is gratifying to nee that tho scales are grsduslly falling from the ryes of our neighourt, and we are not without hope that, in time Ihey will see that neveral other provisions of that document nre just aa far from the spirit and genius of our institutions as in this particular one. There in such a thing an progressing backwards, and it is tn lo hoped ihnt the forwnrd movement may be so rapid an to ena ble un to reach the ground we have lost, noma lime bo- fore the clone of the present century. The adventnren of Mr. Verdant Green are announced in the London prenn. It will no doubt have a great run. stand between you nnd us. Our honor and our oou science forbid us in accept a sift from a hand which while ii pretends In shake ihat of hie brother under the gnrb uf humanity, as a token of friendship, seeks with ihe other to annihilate him, making the noble feeling of humanity subservient to private views. And persuaded, ns wo nre, by a long train uf historical Incls. and by the lute occurrences, that a Jesuit uuder ihe guidance of the despotic King of Rome can never mean good, nor dral with smceniy lownnt men known 10 CUrlM. IVOpillliH nil I'p'ii "mm eill I lurilll I) I justice and brotherly anVciioii for mankind, nn wo do. we beg tn return the spin mil to you, which you will find herein Inclosed. We havo ihn honor to remain, sir, Titt pRKsinitNT er the Freeman's Hociktt. Cincinnati, I,e.3l, IS.VI A Gnon Invention mil Printers, Mr. E. IL 8pm cue. uf Zmiesville, exhibited tu us, yesterday, a model nl an invention hy mm lor locking up tonus, which strike us ns being the very thing thnt printers have been after ever since the days of John Faust. Wn have not lime fur a detailed description, but it has only to be examined hy printers in meet their appro val. Mr o. lias seciiren a pniem. a tan ttcmoerai. W have seen the invention above referred to, and it appears well adapted lo the purpose. The inventor will exhibit Ins apparatus, and put It tn Iho practical test before the Editors, at their Convention In Cincinnati. He lays it h n lienn in use for several weeks In one of the offices in Zanetville, and works toperfection. Wo have looked with noine interest tn see how the Democratic press of the State tako Iho new slop of the pirty iu mounting, for the firsT time, the Baltimore platform. So far aa our observation ban extended, we have seen no denunciations, and nothing but approval. It cost a struggle In Convention, but thero were men among tho delegates that felt strongly the necessity of Ohio planting itself upon the ground occupied by Ihe rest of ihe piriy In Ihe nation, Tho Iruth Is, there is n growing disposition to banish tho nlavory element from politics, and lo hold at their true value tho donv agogiio who merely lino it ns a hobby. Wo cannot sny wo aro norry to ne this feeling prevail. A true northern feeling will always exist with tlio people nf tho north, hut it need not lie sectional and fanatical It should bo controlled and governed by Ihe constitu tion nnd tho law of Ibo land. This in ihe true con snrvnlivo element. Tho 8n Francisco, which left New York on the 2tt ult. for Ihn rlty afier which she wan named, has not J yet been henrd from. She hud eight hundred person aboard, including five hundred United Staten troops. She wns new, staunch built, antl officered by experienced men. Sim was insured in Wall street, N. Y., for three hundred thousand dollars, and had nn board pro visions sullicienl tn last ihn passengers and crew three months ; and Ihe soldiers had rations for a year. The Secretary of War, on hearing ihe rumor nf the calam tty, ordered n nierehnut slentner to bo chartered and senl to hor relief. The Secretary n( tho Treasury Instructed iho various revenue cutlers to procned upon tho same errnnd. It is announced by letter writers at Havana, dial five vessels, fully equipped for Ihn slave service, will shortly leave Cuba for ihe coast of Africa,. No slaves had lately been landed, but them were rumors thlt a vessel, loaded with negro-, had nrrived and wa cruising oil' tho southern shore awaiting nn opportunity tn run in nnd discharge her cargo. She bud made two attempts lo get In, but hsil been ba filed by the vigilance nf ihn nllli er,' who hud been so aroused by tho recent antl negro decree, that no contract could he made with ihem, an wnn formerly the cnsiom by slnvo traders. Mailers nt Erie b ire n more favorable nspeet on iho 10'h inst. The 1). S. Marlnl wa there, and will superintend tho to construction of the rond Wo are sick of tho daily recNd of Iheir tnl'nmoio. outrages. Philadelphia will make nothing by iho course she Ion pursued. Still T.atir. Tho Plain D.altr, of Wednesday evening, states that on the morning of that day Mr. Tracy commenced the relay. The innh assMiibl.d, and sent word hn might procei d as far an I-rem list, if ho would stop there. Mr.T.decllned.nn.l hi reply tnnrensed the excitement. A large meeting wnn held in the afternoon at the Court House, and lint speaker ilisousst d lotne fitrlher compromise. To same date last year 3'5,l'2t The business now shows an excess of 7.l!n7 nn com pi red with last year. With tho ensuing week, the heavy cutting will doubtless he closed. The same authority adds: ' Last week wn published a comparison of prices of leading articles in this market, in January, 1853, nnd 1854. The following in a comparison of ih prices of Breadstuff's iu New York, at the snmo time: Jan. 1853. Jan. 1851. Flour, Oaimdinn 5.75 7,75 Mich., Ind., and Ohio 5,r,2a.V75 7.C8.7 111 Common Stain 5.C0 7 li'2s(i.8t Whent, Cnnndinn 1.28 2.0I2.03 Michigan, White 1.3(1 2,032 05 Corn "0a71 7ua7S ft in a fact, somewhat remarkable, that Provisions are as much hnlow, ns hreailstults ore above llio cur rency id last January, Rkiikllior. -What is to br come of President Pierce's anti improvement notions ? Tho West will uuver agree to them, ami U Is even said that Congress will not submit. A Washington correspondent of iho New York Courier and Enquirer, writes ns follows: "The Commitlno on River and Harbor Improve ments met to day, and resolved, ay on six, noes two, to report a bill providing for the continuance nf all impyr taut work now in progress, sod ftlin commence ment of others of undoubled ntiliiy.'V We Ihink such a hill would p iss Congress by a lurge msjiiiity. Shall we have more vetoes, nr will llm Pres. ident come down f We shsll ace. The America Ai.minac and R:i'osiTonr of Useful KsowLEitur, for I8.'1. Boston: Phillips, S-unpnoti A. Co. The mere announcement of the reception uf this nil mirnhle compendium of ibo progress and stalisdc of ihn country, will prompt nn enrly call nt Rilkt's for n copy. U is regarded both abroad and nt home, n one of Iho bent publications nf the kind issued, and a lie cessnry volume for nny library. The third and last concert of the Bi.aeklt Family, on Monday evening, wan the bent attended of the series, and like its predecessor, wnn ft Itiniopli, throughout. This company of singers have not n particle of humbug and clap Irnp about litem, but am really uf ihe first class of performer, holh vocal ami instrumental. Their national and pulrioiicsong were magnificent. We never henrd llio Marseilles Hymn sung so wall, and we fell for the first time tin secret of the power which that naimnnl ode has over Ihe nooplo ot r ranee. I lie " S'nr Spangled II inner, wn sung with groat perfect inn and power. Wo commend thin company to ihe special palronngo of ihe l.iwrs o! good music, wherever they mny be. MoR-t Bot.TINil. We find tlio following pniagrnph In the Now York E.rpet, It is significant of f.i'ure movement: " Tim True Nati I D-moeral, (Soft Shell and Ad ministration organ) has a long nnd significant nriiele. nearly three columns ni(. sevetely t'oinlemnuig .Mr BilclinliaU, our Minister a' the Court of St. James I'll his supposed sympathy with lbo"Utrd Shell" hi home. The D' ln'n-rat repents the c harge ii has here lofore made, ihnt Mr. It u haunt " hegiied " tie' tuts Slou lo England, and clomn widi expressing ' the c iiivir'O'i'. I fiat his conduct ha bet n most di-iar i ., nnd is utterly nnorlliv to reiiteM-M this ( vi-i nmeiii nl London, nnd ought in bo recall-d." Wo 1 1 . i v imprewion Ihat this " shell," thrown iuioihe Burhatimi Camp. Is not of New York in inulacture. It couieo Iroin Washington, we ihink in evident. ami iy au thorny, too. Omar IV ha, Ihe Turkish commander of ihn tied destroyed by ihe Russians nt Siuopn, wns found lying on tho deck of his frigate, with his leg broken, and hin bond terribly wounded. Ho in now a prisoner in the arsenal ut Sebastapol, The other prisoners were all wounded or burnt. INAUGURAL ADDRESS. OF THE GOVEllNOll OF OHIO. Cientt'-men of the Senate and Hou$e of Representative : A century ago, tho territory now constituting the Statu of Ohio, wan an unbroken wilderness. Her admission into tlie groat confederacy of American Slates in fresh in the memory of many who nre now before me. Little more limn half a century has elapsed muco that event. She entered the Union with a population of hardly nixty thousand inhabitants. Of the thirty-one Stales which now constitute tlmt Union, she in tho third iu population. More than two millions of citizens, in tho full enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, now live within her borders. Her resources havo been udeqiiaHt not only to the ex pensus uf Government, but have been upplied to the construction of long lines of canals to tho establish- mem atiu maintenance or a mugnihcent system ot public instruction, and lo iho erection and sonnort nf hiron and expensive institution lor the education and re-nloration of the unfortunate. Private enterprise has kent unco with tho increnso of wealth and the growth of population. I no wjiueiness has given plttco lo cultivated hold, and smiling villages raise their spires where but a few years ago tho lolly oak displayed its Mi.ige, Colleges and other Institutions ol instruction have been toutnlei) aud endowed. P lac oft the most remote have leen brought into close proximity by extensive lines of railroads. Indeed, iho number of miles of our finMied and projected railroad, in greater than thai of any other slute in the Union. Such rapid growtli in nil llio elemenr which make n great nnd prospermia people, must till ihe henrr of every citizen with patriotic hope and honorable pride. The future proqieci of our peopln urn as promising as the past has been prnsperous. He would lie unworthy id' your confidence who did riot feet honored nt being called, by the voice of it people, lo the Chief Magistracy of so great mid so growing a state. Words, indoed, aro iimdcqnntn to express rny ihaiikluluesn lor the confidence wfiiuh has been reposed in rite, and my seinie of the responsibilities of the position in which 1 have been placet!. The growth of our State und the high position which she now occupies, have been produced by tho self reliance, energy and indudtry ol her people. Tho characejr of tho government has tended to encourage the no qualities, anil has hud nn important agency in augmenting the uioud force of the people. Personal security freedom from violence nnd insult in llio primary nnd important object of he establish ment ot nil cMI government, Tho weak must, be protected Ironi tho str ing. Life is hardly desirable where it in not secure, or where it is constantly expo ned to the lenr of oppression nnd the apprehension nf wrong. Our laws throw their shield around nil, and grant impunity to none. Iu ihein the weak find u relict, ami support, nnd none nre so powerful nn not In need lloor protection. Under their eqmil operation ad enjoy ilm Iruits of their labor iu security nnd peace. Our comparative freedom from anything like monopolies, by which competition is cut oil', labor oppressed, nnd generous nnd ennobling rivalry is degraded, htm encouraged our citizens toflmlmrk iu schemes of public nnd private improvement which, in n societyililV-r-ently constituted, would never have bo-n uod'Ttukeu. Tlie grant of any special privileges his not only produced the evils inherent iu thenysiem, bill ha hoen the jusl cause of dntsnt jsfacliiili and unnnidnosi in the minds of the people. Tbey hnve naturally felt that their rights bad been abridged, aud the rule of equal ity, which constitutes the very foundation of human freedom, and which should prevail in nil legislative action, has been violated. The result, too, has always been unfortunate, and do monslrated tlie folly of going beyond tho limits ot declaring and securing tho rights of individual, ami punishing ami redressing their wrongs. Government Ins no right to interfere widi iho pur sails of Iho governed. When it assumes the power of discriminating between dillereut classes, it is usiitping a portion of sovereignty which the peopln hive never conferred. The exercise of talents and industry should he left within the limits uf general laws. No class or particular body of men, should posses rights or nriv- il-H. tj.ijiji,a ij tbo wiioio iiiujb ol the body politic. We are nnt accustomed fully to consider all the advantages of the general provalenon of ihe principle nf equably of our political system. Like the nir which we breathe, its very commonness it nn obstacle to the full apprecia'iuuot all its hlrii;. The ordinary discharge uf the duiVi uf citizenship calls into exercise all the mental faouIuV. The administration of public nllair., by requiting ihoco-ope-atioti of the people, furnishes them withihu most useful nnd practical lessons in government nnd legislation, y As jurymen, they aro called upon to cVidor the weight nl evidence, to reconcile tho conimVttons of dillereut siaiemenis.aud lo pronounce an auth.ritatjvo .judgment upon the law ns modified bv the fnf( tlni determined. The right of murage requires them lo inform fioin. selves of, ami pronounce judgment upon, the ncty, nf their nL'eiilB, nnd iho propriety nf legislation. 1 he exorcise nl theno rights and duties requires in. tclligetice. The possession of knowledge give moral force, decision, noil activity to the individual: It 1 universal diffusion, power nnd respectability to ihn people nnd perpetuity to tneir ihsiiiuliori. Tho union o thean States is aiiolhr.rvery inlbtentinl cnusn of our growth nnd prosperity, nnd that nf every Siato. Tint Ireedoin of inlercoiiro, by which the citizen ol one State is entitled lit the rights of cilien-ship in every other the freedom of ir,ide, permitting tint transportation of the products nf agriculture mid of art without impostor duty, to overy extremity nf our extended territory, IrnS stimulated and. nt thosaino time, encouraged and rewarded industry. In this point uf view, tlie continuance of the unity of ihe Stales is n matter of no sm ill importance. Its perpetuity depend upon the respect which tin-people have for il. I hat respeot is exhibited by the obnervnnco of ihe lawn which the Slate and National Legislatures haveenacted.f. A disregard for thesolaws, and of the provisions of tho Constitution, is a prelimi nary step townrds llio dismemberment of that union which our fallmrs formed, aud strove to perfect hy concession, conciliaiion and compromise. The fruits of dismemberment wonbl bo tbndestnic-lion of the justice which ihey wished to establish, tho introduction of civil disseniion in the place of domestic tranquility, nod ihe overthrow of Mint liberlyflhe blessings of which Ihey desired to secure lo themnelvc and their posterity. The just solution nf political questions in a I way n attended with dillicnbien. Tudor our form of government these perplexing difficulties are rather increased I ban diminished. Wo have twogovernmentn, uot separate, hut co ordinnte. Tim powers of both aro delegated hy the people. To ono in given iho nin mi go merit ot Ihe external ntlairs of tint Utii'Ui, nnd, in a degree, the intercourse of the State with ench other. To the Slate Government in committed tho reguliiion nf it internal er demesne nil urn. hacli Ntnlo is an independent sovereignty except In thoso particulars in which she has waived her sovereignly to the General Government. Their intercourse with one nin.l br is, in many respects, ib it of independent nations. It is, iberelore, the dnty of a Chief Magistrate, not only to see that iho laws .d hi own government nre properly executed, but that iho rights of his nwu Shite aro respected nnd observed by il confi-ib-rale. Thr rociprwnl diiy of implicitly re:,rdiiig ilm riphi of other sovereignties i equally nl.ligs.lnry. Tho observance f these ilisliuction. nnd Ihn performance, cannot but cure our pence and perpelunto our union. In tlio midst of lint b!nsings with which wo am nur-rundei, we should remember tlmt nn arm stronger than that of mm, and a wisdom greater than human intelligence, rule and governs, guides and diree n the allairs of men. The observance of the Brent mond law wbii h ihat power ha imposed in nit of our relations, personal a well nn national, will ho more certain limn all other canse to secure n continuance of nur pn.spei ity, and lo pres-rv (r instiinlions in the health and heimty ot iheir origin. WILLIAM MKDll.L. We understand ihat our old .anenville friend, Dr. Drake, Is on the list ns a candidate for United States Senator. The Doctor is on ihe remrd as a Hard. n in sound on tho llnltimorn plalform, and iho resolutions of '!8, and an (ha Democracy of ilii Stale havo just been reclaimed from the error of their ways, and brought to plant their feet firmly on lh truo plnirorm, and an tho Doctor hna bad much to do In bringing almiit thin gratifying result, we are not nnro that he does uot deserve, something quite handsome from his old political friends. Itia telrgraped from New York to iho Rochesler Union, that Mr. Edwin Croswell intVered a severe at tack of paralysis on Wednendny night, and that his illness is alarming. The stockholders of Iho Dayton and Michigan Railway Company met at Troy on Friday lssi, nnd n ma joriiy voted in construct the line through iho town ol Sdney. There has been a good deal uf ilineitlinn along the lino as to ihelocalion of ibo route. A Washington letter writer says Col, Benton will oppose Douglas Nebraska bill. Senator Houston will also oppose un Indian not African grounds. m It in understood, n!o, that Mr. iBwrott dissented from the pro slavery features of iilo1 bljv tu the com milteo, and will oppose In the Senate,''' tu ii The Dayton and Xenin Hnllmnd ia finished four miles, and the I rack layera are pushing it forward to com pie tion, TITK CAUSE OF THK DAYTON DI8A8TER. Tho Journal riny ihat ihe building which recently lelt in ai Dayton, burying with it a number of persons in lb ruins, wan constructed by the owner with nn understanding with ibo builder ihat it ihould sniain n wfight of COO tuns upon it floor. Its b Intion were id the nm-t solo'nntinl character its walls eighteen inches in lht 4iies, nnd Ihn timbers ol di-iiiennious necesnry to secure the strength desired. Hut it seems it wm lar horn being equal to the emer gency. I he iron and gtoeerien in Ihe building nl ihe tune it fell, did tint exceed the weight of three bun. Ired tuns, nud much the larger it uMiou of ibis u- .... on ih- first lloor. winch did not gn down with ihe n . i no ensi iinn pillars on which n si the timbers which runs ihrnugh the center of the room iu the iron store, nnd which were intended to nmko the building entirety secure, wero undoubtedly too light for Ihe purpose. Apprehensions had been expressed by parsons who Altered Ihe building beforo it was oi cnnie.l tlmt.. heavy weight on th lloor would raun the pillars tn iprnur. and "snait like iiion steins." n m.nr..l.u...i.,n wliieh hi been most feudally verified. Tun disaster is by anmn nllrihiiled lo Iho weight of Ihe iron resting against ihe partition wall. The editor o the Journal says: We happened the moment it Tell to be looking nt tho building, and saw the entire wall breaking oil", as it were below the former: the roof sinking, and in an instant after with a l. rrilie crash tho walls went down. The fibrin semi-ed literally to crumble into rnirw, s If n the upport-ing power hnd been withdrawn." Hon. RufitnChoatn, In' his argument on the murder trial of David Dempster, in Mosmn, un thoiith instant, intimated that it would probably Im his Isstnlliciai act an Attorney General of Massachusetts. Hi