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IPEMESSENGERTHURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 33,I8GD.rThe same year W. P. Bennett, Dein. was elected Sheriff over Samuel Daw ^pJOa.V LITTLEFIELD Editor A Proprietor sou, Whig.• Uri Manly, Dem., was elected to thlt; Constitutional Convention from thi; Senatorial District, and Win. Tutt. Dem., to the same convention from thi: Representative District, over Juatir ~ [ Harlan, Whig* and J. P. Cooper Dem Thomas K. 'I ioliner. Dem., w as electee State Senator in 1818. The same veai J. P. Cooper, Dem., defeated J. C. Hilbert, Dem., for Representative. The1CEARLY HLfOLLECTIOKSOFtONTINt ED.I.1i* _ .IWe are informed h\ Stephen Pritoh-ar I. whose fithcr was one of tint firsttil «% *■ 1 IVI1V 1 Vliv V 4 Viiu Hi ov “settlors of thi'* eounty. that in the \ear same) ear M . B, Archer, Whig, de \ lvN and *2!l jt \\ \ erv sickly ; or else * l*ca^ct^ Bennett, Dem., for Circui• v . . « i nirrt. Af flip oloofinn lt;Afonini.nl 4 ’• ’ ' * * *' T v ' ’ % # / f v • v * v w, ti»t*ilortorHc!iartfi*d unreasonable pritos ! Clerk. At the same election S. McClure ’* * for their servb es. He informs us that | a e^cit§d Sheritl o\ er 1 heor hi- father paid Dr. Oglesby five thous- ; a°v* K““1U, Dem, and Ai;chcr Bartlett» . . . . A ... * « Whllf.uand bushels corn, a good yoke of work oxen, and a good hor-e for doe-, U ring hi- f uuily one \ car. The corn^ \\ .i dtli\ errd at Slt; tlt; per bushel. HePitt'-er iiitfims u- that tlie price of %• *1 in in\ iuus-mcs of hfe were unreason-SWhig.In the year 1S19 another election waihad for the removal of the county scai from Murbhnll to Auburn. The con test was a spirited one, each part)working for life. It resulted in favoiIII t « \ ilt u c m t'l 4i;o u vi v iiiii —-\-ma 1 nr hi t.iticp. common i*ali- of Mar»ltfll| 121 mnjoriiy. Darwit! p.. u a- wortl, r«, «t. VPI- V :u.': rollon 1 J,,ecl® Slvi“S 131 nmjrlty for Mar7 j dcuuMic, -ini ihlc for -hirts, 50ets per- I van!: eotVi c .VKts pir pound. Other 1shall.A day or two before the election, W i tlunu m proportion. What a wonder- C. Hilbert, a wealthy man and an olei tul «11'I• ri nee hetweeu thepruesot that lt;gave a free barbacue on the“ j da\ and this. Then a man was com- 1 £l*°tind where tlie new town was to be« p.* led to **i\e oxer ix bushels of corn N for one pound uf lOtlee, and now one. I b.iH.cl of torn will pay for two or• built.In the year IS50 T. C. More, Dem. was elected Representative over J. Pn time pound of eoflee, notw ithsbuul- ! Cooper, I)em., and Win. Hill, Whig V, ,ing the premium on gold ^ie t’aine car Ihoinas Handy, Dem.At ti.i Inn. j itciw n.iitl for rnrn ^ ^^ct6(l fehciifl ovei* W iu« I^imlseyAt tl.lt; !ouit sum m»\v paid foreorn j and *to* k, Pnli h infs doctor bill w ookl I hive amounted lo the roiri i sum of tv.iuU sc \ cn hundred dollars. Lotus[OI- i»« »Hnu- tea !iu corn, at rCct* j’eru-.sIt* kl * . « t..»$2 :m’.’HIWhig, Robert Rankin Dem., N. HurstDem., Robert Gridin, Dem., and-Pat ridge, Whig.Iit•M, T^ul,j Wh.it do you think of that, doctor* lt;*t tue pn -rut di\. If each family1mill' r v our lt;barge would contributeaiiniri1!}. practi e of medh meIn the year 1851, to fill a vacancy oe-casioued by Phillips’s forced resignation. John Stockwcll, Whig, received t in.\;orit over A. B. Briscoe, Detn . A. Priii hard, Whig, W. C. Whitlock, Dem., and Xe.wton Hailan, M hig.iTo be ( lt;iiii«c«uo»I )w mild h** i j*.r« ti table hndno** Or if IJeuh fttnilv would pa\ 5.U0U bushels of i corn, a cood oke o' t« ei*b and a good• nv j hor^e. it would he considered a good r lo«*‘ phe 1oi-ine-s Yet. with ail these I bae!*lt;»*u these hardy pioneers strug-^ j gh 1 *»n.lhc - Priti b ird the father of ^t^phen. Tb'e-. Dixid and John, i dlt;ed a \c*r\ rumrod family. Stephen was perlnps tlie stoutest one of the fimiU. For strength and pluck he lnd few cijin! and no snpcrioj-.s. It was, howeverpnttoavt.iv seviie t#,st manv vnrs»go in a hand to hand «onU-t withh4l-'fotHATIOWAL BANKS.It will hardlv be denied that the sv p-• ♦tc*m of X uion.il Banking in the Unitcci itcs is oppre^Irc to tlie laboring class of the people. In fact, tlie radicals of the recent campaign claimct that the next (’ongrcss would so modi IV the exliisting laws as to lighten tin burthens on the laboring classes. A great deal of light has quite recent!v been thrown upon the subject by (Jen Ih.tler. **it lake* a rogue to catch one/ The general, in his war upon the bond bolding and banking monopolies, Inn disclosed the fac t that in the preseu....... . . j House of Representative* there »re sitH *n I) iniels u ho h v el In ing in tin-. . ,° tmg as tucmbci% sixty National Bum Director*. Of cout'M* these men vote **a!'J Ian went in on tlicii*inu-ch*. /gave an e\n.u*noa ju tne nnnlv j j «u i that was more pleaant lo In hold I than to Jiav e enjov cd. Thrv were both j severely puitNhinl. hut ncithei. we he-lieve, claimed lo lie victor. It was no uiirnnunon tiling in those days to rc^ sort to the inanlv art to settle difiicul-1 ics.With all the Mckness and hard*ltfps these caily settlers uiulciweut, sliil thcv vv ere a fu.« loviug people. In 1837 a horse race of a mile and repeat was run in the lane from (\»rv’s to Shaw's, on Walnut prairie. The entrance was 100 bushels of corn, eight horses entering, and wa* won by Catron’s celebrated hoiNC, Old Ibin.In the satnc year there was a threedins dance in a town called Can ford,now extinct, then one half mile east ofAuburn. I’ri Manly, the Richardsons.tlie W itcrscs, the Hollcnbacks, andDr. Williams, then a j outh, took apart. The ludv dancers wore no trails in those dave.J. W. Tower, Esq., furnishes us with Oine information in regard to the election s^f various olHccrs, lt;c. James Tower’s father was one of the old settlers of this county, lie settled on the Wabash at quite an ea!y day, and is still living In tlie enjoyment of good health. James is noted for his extraordinary and tenacious memory. Had he been old enough to have taken any notice of political matters, he could give every circumstnoce with accurate minuteness. Tart he gives second handed:In 1830 an animated race was run for Representative, between Uri Manly, William B. Mars, and 11.Gridin. The issue was ..on—the - re-* roovafcofHhc .county seat. ’ Mr. Manly resided In Darwin, and was the anti-removal candidate. Mr. Mars was for removal. Mr. Mars was elected by 14 majority. The Legislature then passed an act authorizing the people of Clark to take a vote on removal# The two points voted for was Auburn and Marshall. Marshall carried It by 81 ipajority.In 18*10 the following gentlemen were candidates for representative:right” when a question involving thft* in* i.iacs or privilege* of bunks com up. The people* can look for no relit from the 41st Congress, as theuiajorjr of hankers and bank directors will bincreased.“Mick,” the Washington correspon dent of the Enquirer, says it is a not w ortliv fact that, of the sev cn member of the Committee on Banking and Cm refir \, two are bank presidents—four arbank directot s. This too, regardless c the constitutional provision prohibit ing any member *or Senator from votin on a question in which he is personal! interested. The Senate, Mack adds, i quite as bad as the House in that panic ulur. Mr. Sherman, the Chairman of tli Fimmco Committee, is a large s.oeK holder in a bank at Mansfield, lt;., an perhaps others. With this stale of fact in cxhLtcnce, what can prevent th wholesale robbery of the people t keep up the most outrageous method c swindling ever devised bv man. Whei or how are we to be relieved from thi outrageous system of legislation is question that ie not so easily sol vet Certainly, there can be no relief froi this or the next congress. These motest gentlemen voting to grant franchise and privileges to Banks and Bunkei reminds us of tlie man at the race blt; tween Ned mid Bill: He w anted to be that if Ned didn’t win. Bill would, an then modestly insisted on holding stakes him self.Professional Beggars in New Yon How they Work up a Case.—The Nt York Journals are complaining of t amount of beggars that in test the busing portion of the metropolis, and are deal r o that something ,could bo done to mitlgc thir evil One man conies into your ofll with his coat off, which he is desirous to s? as he is too proud to beg, or, If you wo: buy the coat lend him tea cents to purcha: something to eat. Of course rather tin buy the coat you give him the money; ai so it is with every one he visits. Anotli curious mode of obtaining money is thus cl scribed in the N. Y. Demo, rat:UA few days since a very poor man can in with a letter addressed to his mother 1 Chicago, stating that he wished to send to her, for she was sick, but he had not tl money to even to buy a postage slam] The letter was duly directed, so wo place a stamp thereon and dropped it In our be___ ! with our own mail, which was soon to ibrunnel Frcvo, Dem., »?» B.. ArcIicr, j sent to the office. But this would not lt;Whig; James C. Hilbert, Dem.; and Ho wanted the letter himself,carrying ___________He was so determined to take It him* Istrustcd - • •Clark Nichols^YIiig# • itcstil ting in thef.t t 1C40 * U9WU . BOmeilling W«5 -'WrOQIp a contest for Couty Judge, in 1842, took the letter from the.” box, tore open t Stephan -Archer, Whig, defeated Uri envelope, # and discoveredthai the lettDemocrat, by a small .majority. !^crcj? Wftg simply a piece, ofXluoi'i to beg tbcfsUmp.ac«rSr; Ch.rl.._VI.I(l«W, foci *County Clerk. . - J . {pockets, #.-j* Z. *
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Marshall Messenger
Marshall, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 25, 1869
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