Homestead journal. (Salem, Ohio), 1853-05-11

              AARON H1NCHMAN. EDITOR & I'ltOWUKTOK ] 'One i"atl)cv, (Sab. ? ?itc JTamiln, JHankini).? ?lit Jjomc, tl)c tUorlH." [TERMS, ONE DOLLAR Hl'TY PER ANNUM. VOL. C--NO. 45. SALEM, COLUMBIANA CO., O., MAY 11, 1853. WHOLE ISO. 305. ADVERTISEMENTS. V. c. s?: i ( \ i s, WUtVU S.N. VAAX., In ii fie 111, .Mahoning Co., Ohio. 39ntf Da (*. P? ARSON, II O ? ?? O 1> A '1' II 1ST; |"T WING permanently located in Saleiu, won Id XlreipectfuUy euouuceto the Public that Im is .prepared to treat lluuiirnpathirally all diseux ?. -whether Chronic or Acute. Ilegitcs a gnu rnl , i 11 v i In t u> u to ail, ami flatters tiUuneU lie can render i OiGce and residence on Main St., opposite ibe! l'ost Office. .May I'Jih, 1852.? 46n 1 J DENTAL. SURGERY, Office over Chessman & Wright's ' Store, Salem, 0. I n!t. J. HARRIS hasjust returned from Cinrinnati, where lie has procured l)r. 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Jim Krroivvd, Xovoiiibcf c^y^Ig^-i=v: 1. ?hy of N??v Vork . w 1.TRK.SCOTT JtCO. j 9SSSS||Sf| Military ShavInK Soap, iCommunuatcb. Written fur the lloinmllad Juurnul. ) 'l'liut Time will <.'umc. I BV LETSON, THE BACKWOODS TEACHES. "Then will Alinf-Housea Si,lr?' Prituni j ?.liiul XI ' mmiy iniinunieiiu of |ho vice* of mi ?)?? gone liy." ? Huchtr. 1 have often thought, when contemplating ihc ultimato shcccm of the great I cousc in which the friends of temper- 1 unce ore engaged, that in n few years, ai most, the folly of ihe present age will huve beconio so apparent that it will lie a matter pf wonder and merry making to those who come after us. And Well might it bo. Hut let us anticipate a lit- ! ilc. In looking forward through the vista of futurity, 1 imagine I see n child ? n rosy-cheeked boy ? and his father walking , and conversing together, until they hnji- , pen 10 pass one of those "monuments ol ' felly." it I'enitenitary, then mouldering ' into its ttalivr ruins. The child slops i short, and alter gazing with amaz-mtctu on the crumbling wal's, and dark, decay- ! ing cells, breaks out in accents of won.1. r ? "Pa, what pile of ruins is this ?*' They ai-at themselves on n broken angle . f the pile, and the father thus pro- ] ceedn in give the desired inigfinaiiun : "Have you never heard, my son, of a | dreadful monster that once roamed at : large in this, our now free and happy country? lie was like n huge fiery { serpent ; his breath was poisonous, and wherever he went, murder, poverty, mis- j cry, crimes, disease, death, desolation j and certain ruin followed in his train. ? Wherever he went, were heard impious j oaths and blasphemy? the howl of dernons ? the wailing of wives ? the crying ?f beggared children, and the groans of the dying ! Near his haunts were seen poor victims, bitten by the serpent, wallowing in . ihe gutters, rolling in the mud and mire, ? degraded beneath the dignity of brutes, j Hut what was passing strange, as soon as iho paroxysm of the bile was over, they 1 would 'seek him yet again,' be bitten, | rind ?gain wallow in the mire. Ah ! the I mighty crumbled at his touch, and fell ! beneath his bakful influence. Youi might have seen gray-headed parents, [ with sorrowful countenances and falter- j n;g steps, slowly following the son of ilieir old age tohis long and silent hon"*b. Bitter were the tears they shef, for they were without hope, without consolation,' ? he had been e j i n by tho monster ; j smti it wtss written, 'None that perish thus shall enter the kingdom of Gotl !' And yet this monster was cherished und suppuried by law! allowed to run at large, nt\d to commit his depredations at pleasure ! Ay, men, and even gentle | women, haired him as a friend and shel- ! tered him in their bosoms ! Although ! his breath was poisonous, and fatal, few fled at his approach, hut for their kindtress he would 'bite them like a serpent, and sting them like an adder,' until they would rave.ateal, blaspheme and murder; become obnoxious to society ? and a pest i to community, insomuch that the government of those timea were compelled j to build and prepare such places as this, in which to confine them ; and the peo- ? pie of those times had to bear expense. Those confined here were called *crimi- ; nals.' and this decaying pile was callcd a Glare's Prison.' But more : though others would look on, and see tho monster bite and ruin its best friends, yet so infatuated were they, that they would not attempt to get out of its way ; but would suffer themselves to be bitten, and share the like fate ! j Thus the monster pursued his career for a long time ; poisoning the halls of legislation, and sending misery, deep and' dark, into thousands of families." j ??Well, pa, what more d<> you know, about that hideous monster !" j "Oh ! my son, I could tell you of ma- ; ny, many dreadful depredations by him j commmntcu. At ono time, a young and beautful | mai9en. in oil the loveliness of youth, i and wiih all the joyousness of an inno- j cent spirit, "gave her hand and with her ! heart in it" to a noble looking youth;! and left the deor old home of her childhood, her fond and kind parents, Iter be- ; loved brothers and sisters, to share his j love and his home, together with the troubles and joys and of life ? to share them with "him whom her heart ' adored." For a time, all bid fair for long and j uninterrupted happiness, "Joy beamed in every kindling glance,'' And peace and plenty were the order of j ihe diiy. Iiui nlns ! olas ! the monster! crept into their bright abode, and fasten- ! t-d on the one she loved. Ho immcdi- ! ately fvrsm.k her who had left all lor him, to follow after tho monster ? and he, was gone ! qone ! 11 is neglect broke her heart, ond soon beneath the drooping willow was she laid I by her friends, and her children went among strangers ! At another time, a youth, the prido of j his father and tho joy of his fond moth- ! cr, the praise of all, and beloved by all, j started in his bright career, with every I prospect of becoming useful to ?ncieiy j and an ornament to his country ? of becoming learned and good ond great. ! Fame, with the laurel wreath in one I j hand, beckoned him on With the other? a sense of duty and honor impelled him | ! forward. Like the eagle, the father beheld his darling boy. 'proudly careeiinj in his) course of joy .* But just as ull his glory was ripening, jusi as fame was about 10 crown him. ihe foil monster breathed upon him, and he fell 10 rise no more ! Thus, my son, did iliis fiery monster, pro/eilrd by late, continue, as he did t<> these, to do to all thai came near him. ? And thus would he huve continued till ihis our day, had not ths Maker of the Universe, in compassion to his poor deluded creatures, raised up a chosen band . to wage war with the monster, and to exterminate him from the land. They persevered until law after law was abolished which had been in his favor, and at length i sn far prevailed as 10 obtain the passage , of a law entirely abohthing him from the i Then, did wickedness nnJ crime abate! then did prosperity and happiness a- , bound ! 'J'hen were poverty, misery | and infamy dono away ! TIh-o were the ravages of disease and death chocked ; and iho wives and children of those 1 wIki had been bitten, rose op nod called the Friends of Temperance "blessed'! ? Then would fathers say of a truth, 'Our , son* will not become drunkards.' No more wore vile with* and 'bitter i cursings' heard ! No more were dis- j grace nod pauperism known ! No more j were innocent maidens fearful to leave their parent's homes and join their desti- j nies with their heart's first love ! And j no more were these dread receptacles of j criminals needed ! In short, my son, all ' the evils caused by the monster were done away ; and this fair land, which, when under his influence, was a howl- j ing wilderness, has become as you sec 1 it, a 'smiling garden,' under iho benign J influence of a healthful, lovely maiden | who was created by (iod, and designed I to b'es9 mankind ; but man, who 'has j sought out many invention!,' contrived to throw ofl' her gemle influence, and for a long time, she was disregarded, deri- 1 ded, and set at naught by many, until J tlto friends of Temperance espoused her , cause, and reinstated her in her 'ancient j dominions ;' since which time site blesses oil her votaries with health and vigor. Her name is. PURE COLl! WATER, Such, my son, is a o ut of the history of this dilapidated building." In conclusion : Is not this a happy state of things 1 And will ull this be accomplished by the Friands of Temperance 1 Most undoubtedly they trill.? Look at what ht j airendy been accomplished. Jr., J more will be done. Wo have the sanction of high Heaven, and how can we fail ? Just as fa*t as light otid knowledge increase, will the (riend* of Reform increase. Just as soon as men can bo brought to view matters in their proper light, and look at the evils of intemperance as they actually exist, just so soon will a voice go up from all the land, which will say to our servants, "Give us the Maine Law,' in such majestic volumes that they will not dare to mock us with another 'Tom Thumb farcc." The time is not far distant when the "Cold Water Army" will "go up nnd posses* the land." and then, THAT DAY WILL COME ! Full Dcl:iiN?r tlic Destruction of I ttte lmlt pcmlriici'. 1 CAPT. SAMPSON S STATEMENT. ! Tu He Editor vf Ihe Sail Franciico Herald t 1 am under the painful necessity of j reporting iho loss of tho steamer fude- 1 pendence, lately Under my command, on ' her passage from San Juan del Sud to this port, and about one hundred and | twenty-five lives, consisting of the pas- I sengers and fifteen of iho crew. She | was lost on the Island of Margarita, oil' iho coast of Lower California. After leaving Acapnlco, we experienced strong breezes from N. W. to N. I'a?s"d Cape Si. Lucas on the morning of 16th Fob. ? At 12 o'clock M. of the 15ih. we were in Int. 23 04 N.. Ion. 110 42 W.; sieered N. W. by W.JVV. per compass, intending to go to tho westward of Margarita l?land. On the morning of tho 1 t5ih. at I o'clock, I'. M., made the main land to the easjwnrd of the Island, having set inshore by the current. Altered tho course to S. W. At 2 A. M. made the Island of Margarita, lha south point bearing \V. by S. per compass; then altered the course to j VV.S. \V. I intended to give tho poim j a berih of three miles, hut owing to a haze uver the land, I was deceived in the distance. At 5 15, just as day was beginning to break, she. struck oti u sunken reef, extending off from the south point of the Island about a mile from iho shore. The sea was very smooth at the time, not breuking on the reef ut all. ? Backed the engine and she came olf ; ex- j umined tho hold nnd found thai she was j filling rapidly ; knew thai I should have : to beach her to keep her from sinking ; i goi a sail over the bow (under her) to try lo siop iho leak, nnd set a gang of; men to work at each hatchway bailing, j and rnn along ihe west side of the Island, close in, to find a good place to put her ashore. Told the engineer to let me know five minutes before tho waier ( would bo up high enough to put out the fire. When we had run about four miles tho engineer came up ond reported the water nearly up to ihe fires, and that they would be extinguished in a few minutes. Put ill? helm hard a port, ?nd ran her ash<wre in a *niaU cove on the S. VV. side of th? island, head on. ? Lowered t\ bom, and senl the mnte ond two men in her to run a line aehoro lo | vho beachj which was about one hundred yanlf distant, but the boat broached (? latid was swamped in thu mrf. Lowered another boot, und sent three men in her with another line, which they succeeded in geliii'i; ashore. I now ascertained that tho chip wua oil fire. Tol<l the engineer lo take hi* men and put out the fire if possible. Ordered tho other two boats to be lowered and to ronio forward, and the women and children to corns to the forward gangway ; loaded both boat* with women and children and torn ihem The ship had now swung round broadside on. The male and two men c?mo off with the boat that look the line ashore, and khe was immediately loaded wiih j women and children, and ??ih ashore with iheni. The lire originated from the (urnaces. li was necessary, after the steamer struck on the reel', to use wood and boards for fuel, in order to keep up steam until she struck on the beach, when the water was *o high as to atop i ihe draft front the lower Hues, which forced open ihe furnace doors, and the flames rushed out and caught the wood work In ihe fire-room, and also around the smoke stack, thence upreading very rapidly. Every effort was mado to get the tire under, but of no avail. The1 flames were now coming up from the hatchways, fire-room, engine-room, vonti I mors and around the smoke-siack; everything wus consternation and dismay ; the people seemed completely bewildered, uttd were jumping overboard by dozensThe ?ceno was perfectly horrible and , indescribable? men, women and children! screeching, crying and drowning I ordered the spars, settees, tublcs and everything ihut would float to be thrown overboard, which was done, and they were immediately covered with people. ? About an hour after tlio ship struck the beach, sho was in a perfect sheet of' flame, and thero was no one on board of ner except one of the coal-passers, named Beaumont, and myself. The i smoke-stack had fallen, and the promenade deck forward had tumbled down in; the flames wero coining out of the sidelights, and it was impossible to stay on board any longer. A boat came ofl from the shore with two of the deck- ] hands in her- Beaumont, who was near the fore-rigging, jumped into her, and I ' jumped overboard, swam to her, and commenced picking up those who were afloat. Afier picking up three boat loads, j Thomas Jlerron, the steward, succeeded i in launching another boat' and sifting some of the people. When all that were | nlive had been picked up and some of; the baggage, I landed, and had the spars, which had drifted ashore, hauled up into a ravine, and with one old sail that had washed ashore, made a tent large enough to shelter the women and children. ? The ship was still in flamea, so that it was impossible for any ono to bonrd her. I gave the mate and engineer orders to i have ihe dead taken up above high waiet and buried, and to board tho wreck as soon as possible and save all ilte provisions and water that ilicy could. ( then look a boat and four men, start) d to pull round the north end of the island to Magdulena Bay in scarcli i of assistance, expecting to find some ships there. We pulled until 10 o'clock | that night, when, not being able to see ' any vessels, and not knowing in what | direction to pull, I landed on the north shore of ihe entrance to Magdulena Bay, hauled up the boat, and waited until daylight, when I started again to puli across the bay ; after pulling an hour and n half. 1 discovered a vessel closo into the mainland, pulled for. and anchored her ai 1 1 o'clock. A. M.; found her to be the schooner A. Emery, Captain Gorder.. ? The Capiain and most of the crew were ashore looking for water-, set a signal,' and they Came on board. Captain Gordon said ihat ho had been in tho Bay five days, oni! that there were no other vessels in tho D.iy. After slating iho circumstances of tho wreck to him, lm consented tQ pet under way. (although he had but sixty gallon? of water on board at the time.) and take the i survivors to San Jose or Cape St. Lucas, where they could get the nccessarios ol life until other assistance could be rendered them ; and he immediately got under way, and commenced beating out. At daylight of the lCtb.it being calm, and iho fchnoner being a long distance from iho wreck, I took twenty gallon# of water and a sack of bread in the boat, and started for the camp, expecting to , find the people suffering for water, as there was none on the blond fit to drink.' Arrived abreast of tho wreck at 2 P. M? having been gone front there 51 j hours. Tho surf was breaking very j heavily, making it dangerous to land. ? j The mate came down vho beach and ' said the passengers had gone across the Island, and that I bad better pull round j the south end of the Island to tho other ] side, which I did, and found tho boats j and crews Iron) tho whale-ships Omegn.j Jnmca Mitury, Meteor, and bark Clem-i ent, busily at work taking tho passenger" on board the ships, which lay about 12 miles distant from thn point of cmbarka- ] lion, and the lower Bay. While 1 was away in tho boat, ihe mate and engineer had gono across the I Island, seen the ships and boats, and signified to them, and so obtained relief.? j i 1 then look a boat and crew and started 1 art" to meet the schooner and tuke her buck into tho Bay, where wo arrived on iho morning of the 20ih. I then wont on board tho ships and mustered a party of men, and went across the Island to the i ' "3 " "** * * wreck, 10 save and bring over nil the 'provision* we could find. While at work getting provision* from ?, the wreck, we saw a si.umer bound down the coast ub"ut fix mile* distant. We' 'made signal* for her, but she did not no- j lice ihrm. Launched a boat und i>>uk two men in, and attempted to get otf" to speak 10 her, but the surf, which was breaking very heavily at lite time, swamped the boat and broke one of the 1 oars, find when 1 reached the shore iignin. I was *o much exhausted that i could not make another attempt. After getting nil the provisions that '.had been saved, which occupied two day*, 1 chartered the ship Meteor, Capt. I ' J. (fries, lo tuke us all to San Francisco, to sail as soon ns (ho vessel could be m title ready. While the ship was being fi tied. 1 look a boat and cr?*w from she | ship Omega, nnd lity off on ilia island, on ? the look out for a steamer, hoping to i speak one on her passage up, and get i some assistance from her, but none came j II. o.K... ?. ua. On iho 3.1 of March everything being ready, and the passengers all on board, (except u few who bad chosen to go to the ) Sandwich Ului.ds in other ships) we . sailed for this port. I was on the larboard paddle-box when the swamn Mruvk, and hud beeui on deck iho whole night. If die steam- : vt had not taken fire, not a soul would; have been lost, for ihey could all huve j ^baen lauded safely if there had been ! lime. The reef on which the steamer struck is about two miles long, making off in u' south-easterly direction, and is not laid J | down in any of iho charts that 1 have I 'ever seen. Too much cannot bo said in lavor of the humane conduct ond kind treaiment received from Capt. J. Fisher I and officers of the shiji Omega; Cnpt. j Wheldon, of ihe ship Jos. Maury ; Capt. j Jeffries, of the ship Mcieor; Cupi. Lane, ! of iho bark Clemenie ; and Capt. Gordon, of the schooner A. Emory, who. promptly came to our relief us soon as j they heard of out situation, and rendered us all tho assistance and made us as i comfortable as possible during our stay in the bay. Yours, rcspecifully, r. L. SamvSox, Laio Master Steamer Independence. San Francisco , March 31, 1863. I FURTHER PARTtCUt.ARS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO 1' At' tits. I The passengers were orderly enough ! until the (ire broke out; they saw ihe smoke coining up from below, and some asked the captain and crew if the ship was on fire ; ihey answered no. and thai : thaca was no danger. They believed i themselves safe, even as to the preser- 1 vation of their baggage, ond so great was i 'this feeling of security that some of ihe J (ladies remained in bed. When ihe i Ihimes began to burn forth, and the alarm I | of firu was sounded, confusion and frighi j i began lo reign; men seemed deprived of reason by excess of terror, and leaped ' ! wildly into the sea, where they buffeted j ihe waves frantically lor a lime ond then j I went down like dead. The fust boat ; i that was sent to communicate by a line i I with ihe shore was swamped ; the sailors j [clung to her and were thrown in safety ' I upon the beach. Another boat was started under the guidanco of Capt. Stcene ; | this succeeded in reaching the shore with ; Tho flames now began to rage with (redoubled violence, ilie wind driving ike smoke ufi, so iliui most of the passen- 1 gers congregated about the bows ; n 'scene. o( terror, confusion and suspense j ensued which baflles description ; many : wore so frightened that they made scarce j any effort to swim, hut went down with- j (out u struggle ; others, cast back and for- j [ward by tho powerful surf, battered and 'bruised against the rocks, gave up the Highland sank from sheer exhaustion. J Most of the passengers had assembled1 jupon the bows to escape the driving ?flames find suffocating smoke; a group of 'nine rumained upon the poop until- driven to iho water by the heat: ono of iheir number, seized with a Midden panic, leaped overboard to a floating spar. | missed it and was drowned; the others > acting more deliberately, roaehed the | shore, liut few were saved by the boats | ? ? but two boat loads, we understand ; | I most of those who were saved floated ; [ashore on spars, benches, and other ar- ' ticles thrown overboard. Many of the ladies were saved by the buoyancy of iiheir indued clothing, which enabled them to float upon tho water. I The following act of devotion, and its j unfortunate result, is sad to relate : ? A j Mr. Taylor swam to the shore with his child upon his back, and placed tho in- i fani in safety upon the bank ; ilien. through the masses of wreck, through [ floating spars and struggling swimmers. j ho mado his way back to where lie had I left his wife clinging, in the water lo Ihe j rudder posi. He bore her also 10 ihe beach, but she had been so much bruised j by boing repeatedly dashed against ihe | ship's bouom by iho heavy waves, thai j i she did net survive lo bless her husband | 1 for his devotion. j > Mr. Saunders, and four others floated j 1 three miles out lo sea, upoii a hen coop. : I They were picked up by Cap'. Sampson, who weni 10 their relief in a boat. The water was chilling cold, and they were i completely exhausted and benumbed with clinging beneath its surface for several : hours, 10 iheir frail raft, ft is supposed i i that many floated oui to sea nnd were !|osi, as the tide was on the ebb. There < I was an eddy at bow, and some were > drowned by being drawn under by ihe ' suction of tho sail that had been passed bent-uth. There were four boats in all. ilirce of which w?it? v>f Iron ; ihey were capable of holding tun persons each. .A gentleman, whose tiautu wo did not learn, attempted to & wiin ashore with his child upon his back, and supporting his wife with a handkerchief to which sheelung; the was torn away, but managed to cling to a rope ; while ho proceeded and saved the child. He then returned to his wife, and th-v both started again. Just then a person jumped fiom the ship, and fulling, struck the Indy upon the head ; she was stunned, and immediately sunk, despite her husband's efforts; the latter flouted to sea upon n spar, he wits an Unglisinan and a good swimmer but was exhausted 1 With his efforts ; he was about to let go in despair, when a fellw passetige.r haul by cried out to him to hold, a boat was coming. He did so, and was saved. A great number of passengers sustained vhrmsv.lvus iu the water by clinging to t ho cable stretched to the shore. This cable wus suddenly slackened, letting the unfortunates down into the water. ? Many were drowned by this, Including several ladies ; but few were saved by clinging to the rope. Capt. .Sampson and Or. Watch, a passenger on board, threw over doors, trunks, and other articles to the swimmers. Many of those in the water were continually crying, shrieking and praying, rendering the spectacle hideous in the extreme. The Captain behaved with presence of mind and courage ; he was the last man to leave the ship ; most ol the crew left early. ? Those who first reached the short) did all thai lny >r. \hfiW power \o assist vhe others. The stewart, James llerron, among others, was indefatigable in his As the swimmers approached ihe shore, planks were thrown out to them, and those that had regained a little j strength wuded out into the surf to li;nd a helping hand to their cotrirades ; many us they came in, fell exhausted upon the sund, where they lay motionless lor half an hour, completely prostrated with extreme exertion. The ladies displnyed the utmost kindnoss and consideration; ihey tended upon the sufferers, supplied them Irom ?ho scanty wardrobes they I had raved with articles of clothing, (for many of the poor wretches camo utterly naked to the land,) ana made canvass sVioqs to protect their lent while travel- ' ling the Island in search of succor. They remained on the island three i days and two nights, during which time they suffered much from lack of wuier; several water casks floated ashore, but i the liquid they contained was so impreg- I nated with salt as to be useless. On Thursday they obtained a barrel of molasses and another of vinegar ; they mix- ! ed tho two and it answered tho purpose of quenching their thirst. Afterwords thi-y managed to drive a hole into a rock with ."pikes, which furnished n scant supply of brackish water, which they sucked through quills. Eight mites inland iomo water was discovered, and several went thither in search of it. The Island is barren, and destitute of all vegetation, except & species of prickly pear; j several covotes were seen, but no other signs of life. About fifty of the passengers carried one of the ship's boats, weighing a ton, across the Island on their shoulders, and launched her in ilfargueriia Lfay . They also carried across a small cannon, procured from the wreck, and a little powder. which by chance was brought ashoro ; there was sufficient to fire the piece twice, whereby they attracted Ihe Attention of those on board tho whaleships, which were lying some 12 miles off. Tho captain of ilteso vessels immediately despatched boats ashore with provisions and water. The ship-wrecked party wero taken off in the boats and disinbuicd among the different vessels, aboard which they remained fifteen days; the Meteor was then chartered, and all went aboard except some 20, including several Indies, who preferred to proceed in another ship to the Sandwich Islunds. Many acts of individual courage were performed, many that will probably nevor come to light. One gentleman, after reaching the shoro uninjured, swain out ngain to the wreck and brought off a child ; he had no family on board ? nothing to tempt him to return to danger once passed, except tho noble desire to preserve human life. Another threw his children overboard and followed ofter litem ? they were all drowned. It is supposed that three or f<>ur perished in iho flumes or were suffocated in the smoke. The ship was burnt to the water's edge. It has been stated by several of the passengers that as many as a 150 persons, exclusive of children, wero lost. Seventeen children and fifteen female* perisln-d.The ship Meteor, wiih the surviving passengers, arrived av Snn Francisco on he 31st ol March. Tho passengers were well, although there had beer, considerable suffering for want of wearing ippnrel, especially among tho female tortion. Tub Crops.? With ? few local exceplinn*, the papers \hrougUoul ih? Great West *pe?k of Iho growing grain crops is being in tho mow promising condition, ind giving token of an abundant harvest. We l\?vo never si an or hoard of fewer complaints, on this score, in any prerious season. The Ohio, Indiana., Michigan, and Wisconsin pepers all con ! cur in saying ihnt present indications ; warrant high expectations of the coming i crop. From Illinois we have lomu I coin|ilaints ; but not more thun at this | time last year. Wurreii mid iifsilioniiiff IManU Roud. I We condense the following from the j Report the Board of Directors and i Treasurer of ihe Warren and Mahoning ! 1'lunk Road. The road was finally com! pleted I'roin this place to the Railroad at I Salem (a distance of 25 miles) lato last I lull. The connection from Main sircet, I in Salem, to the Railroad, has been built a i private expense. The road, as was anticipated, has proved of great value to the places at th? termini, and through which it passe#, as well us 10 ihe country for a considerable | distance on each side of the line. ! Tho whole cost of the road to thi? time, including repairs,' is estimated at 1 827.792 42. ' The receipts of iho road have been j from stock 819.7&5 25. j The amount of tolls collected to the . of Marobi \8&3, was j At I tic Saint) rule. ?>77.St Ai Uirntlr >ou'/iol" Oilfield, 951,38 At llie k*ic .North ofC.nfi?d, ??.* I Toll* by the , ??r *< 06 I Total, S?8S,S0 | Ti e tolls collected from January I, >862, w January 1, 1853, were as folj lows : N?ll fccnpu lor 159*, I This cannot be considered as the test I of the future receipts of the road, as during the winter and spring of 1852, the road was not built north of Austintown, and a comparison of the receipts during the two halves of the year 1852, shows that much the largest amount was received during the last six months of lha year, and by comparing two of tho same months of the year 1852 and 1853, tho receipts at the Salem gate show as col C Iii January. 1062, C9, In February " 64, Total, 123 In January 1853, 104, In Eebruary ?? 76. Toial, 180 Extern in two month, in 1853. 857 Tho amount of indebtedness of the company is as follows : "Vn'oi'uf"* "" e5,2S5,ST By applying the earnings of the road monthly lo the payment of the d?bt U is thought thai in lliu course of two years, or perhaps sooner, the whole will bo paid oil" ; and there will then be a capital stock paid in of a Utile over $20,000, on which may be safely aniiciuated an annual income of from 82,500 to 83,000, or even above thai, which, as soon as iho debt is paid off, will be divided among tho stockholders, making an annual dividend of from twelve io fifteen per cent., or after reserving a fund for repairing and replanking of, say, at least ten per cent. The Treasurer of tho company at j Warren gives the following statement in relation to the road nor<h of Austintown. From ?uWriWi lo Ibe MocV of \hi* company. ?9.6S1.?I I'mwdi o{ llond discounted by tho 11 link, S.44S,70 Totni, $12, najl The Treasurer's report shows iho disbursement of tho following sums: ' fu" " p" h *'?* ,HI10 40 I P?ld on ordfrs not paid ill full, 4Ml,Sl Tot it), "sTsToroT Deduct the ?mou?\ of wtll't*. 8lS,?l2.at ? 1-9.00 Which shows that the Treosurer has advanced cash for tho company to tho amount of 8 189. Tito amount of tolls paid to the Treasurer in Warren op m March 20, by the I collector, was 8375,15, no part of which has been expended. There is still due on the unpaid order and otherwise about 81.500, making tho whole cost of that pnri of the road north of Austintown about 815,000. It is supposed thai the unpaid stock collectable, will bnlance the indebtedness to the Bank, and that the receipts from tolls will pay off all other indebtedness between ono and two years. Tho receipts of toll at the two gates over this part of (he road will compare favorably with the tolls on tho other part. When the debts duo on each part of ?he road are liquidated, the whole road will then form ono stock, on ttnorrangement fair and equitablo to 'the stockholders of e?ch separate part.? IVarren Transcript. The death of Mr. King is not the first insior.ce of a vacancy in the Vice Presidency. George Clinton and Wbridga Gerry died while they were Vice Presidents, in 1812 and 1814. George Clinton, of New York, the fourih Vice Pres. ident of the United States, diod in offic* in April, 1812. ?'? tho last year of his second term, William H Crawford bemg President pro tern of the Sonate. hibridge Gerrv. of Massachusetts, the fifih Vice President, died at Washington, in November. 1814. hetuR the second year of his term, and John Gaillard being President pro ten of ih? Son?t??