Old Marietta Papers - Number 39

The Marietta Register, July 1,  1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

The Campaign of 1840

The election of the year 1804 is recollected by all old enough at that time to recollect anything. It was one of the most memorable elections ever held in the country, was conducted with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm, and there was much excitement throughout all the states. The campaign began early, Gen. Harrison, the Whig candidate for President, being nominated in December 1839. The Ohio Democratic State Convention was held Jan. 8th; the Whig State Convention, which nominated Tom Corwin, to oppose the re-election of Gov. Shannon, on Feb. 22d. The number of Delegates who actually went to the Whig State Convention at Columbus from this county was sixty; and that was before the days of railroads in Ohio.

This campaign is known as the "hard cider and log cabin campaign." It may be a matter of interest to our readers at this day to know how the "hard cider" and "log cabin" business, which attended the tremendous Whig meetings of 1840, took start. The Baltimore Republican, a leading Van Buren paper, immediately after the nomination of Gen. Harrison, contained a long article in which was this in reference to the General:

"Give him a barrel of hard cider, and settle upon him a pension of $2,000 a year, and our word for it, he will sit the remainder of his days in a log cabin."

The Whigs caught at the sneer, and "Hard cider" and "log cabin" rang upon hundreds of thousands of tongues - they drank hard cider, treated their friends with it, and rode to conventions in log cabins on wheels, ornamented with skins of wild animals, deer horns, old rifles, etc.

The campaign was fairly opened in Washington County in February. The Whig Central Committee consisted of Noah L. Wilson, Henry Fearing, William R. Browning, Isaac Maxon, R. H. Dodge, John Cunningham, and John Dodge. The Chairman of the "Central Committee of Vigilance and Correspondence" was James M. Booth, Esq. The papers of the county were the Intelligencer, edited by Beman Gates; the Gazette, by Isaac Maxon; and the Democrat, by Daniel Radebaugh, Jr. The Register of the Land Office here, at that time, was Charles B. Flood, somewhat notorious as a Democratic newspaper editor, and he probably wrote most of the political articles for the Democrat. We have no copy of either it or the Gazette, published during the campaign; but the Intelligencer was conducted with much spirit and influence.

The Whig Senatorial Electors were Deacon William R. Putnam of this county and Reazin Beall of Wayne County. Dr. Perley B. Johnson of McConnelsville and Hon. Samuel F. Vinton of Gallipolis were Whig District Electors in this part of Ohio - Mr. Vinton for this District.

A Tippecanoe Club was formed in Marietta on the 19th of March - James M. Booth, President; John Greinder, Secretary; H. Fearing, Treasurer; E. W. T. Clark, Doorkeeper; George M. Woodbridge, David Barber, and Nahum Ward, Corresponding Committee.

A Tippecanoe Club was also formed at Little Muskingum about this time, and a Flag was presented to it by the ladies of the neighborhood.

April 7, 1840, there was held in Marietta the largest political meeting ever held here to that date - the lowest estimate, 1,500 people. The procession from Little Muskingum and east of that came into town with a log cabin, escorted by the Marietta City Band. The procession from Harmar, Warren and Belpre was headed by the Marietta College Band. The Adams and Waterford people came with a band of their own. Major Alexander Hill was Marshal of the Day; Francis Devol and Levi Barber, Assistant Marshals. Joseph Barker, Jr., President.

The meeting was held in the open air, near the Court House. Dr. Perley B. Johnson of McConnelsville was the principal speaker. Toasts were given, and songs enlivened the occasion.

April 22, a Tippecanoe Pole 87 feet high, with a flag-staff 13 feet long on top, was raised opposite Marietta, in Virginia.

April 27, in the night an attempt was made to destroy the Tippecanoe pole in Harmar, but it failed; it was bored through and through, so that the wind would blow it over, but the Tippecanoe boys discovered and saved it.

May 9, 1840, Tippecanoe pole was raised at the lower end of Front Street, Marietta, in place of one that had been destroyed by the Van Buren men; at Lowell, May 3, a pole 120 feet high was raised.

June 4, 1840, the Intelligencer graced itself with a fine picture of a log cabin, engraved by Joseph Hunter of Marietta.

June 17, 1840, there was held at Chester, Meigs County, the largest political meeting that had then ever been held in Southeastern Ohio. There were large delegations from Athens, Lawrence, Gallia, Washington and other counties. Banners, mottoes, and Bands of Music were very numerous. Among the speakers were Hon. Samuel F. Vinton, Hon. Simeon Nash, and Hiram Walbridge, then a student at Athens and since in Congress from New York City. The people from this county went down upon the steamboat Zanesville to Kerr's Run, then marched to the place of meeting.

June 22, 1840, Hon. John Brough, then Auditor of State, addressed a Van Buren meeting in Marietta. The Intelligencer spoke of him as "a man of talent."

July 9, 1840, the Tippecanoe poles had now become very numerous in this county, and within a week, four had been cut down by their enemies.

The Parkersburg Gazette, heretofore neutral, came out for "Harrison and Reform."

About this time there was a serious affair in Decatur Township. William Johnson among others, had a Tippecanoe pole in his yard, which excited the ire of some of the opposite party. He took it down to raise a taller one, and that night some of them went to his premises, but finding the pole down, they vented their spite by shearing off the mane of one of his horses, maimed a cow, etc. They then went to Abel Dufer's and he hearing them cutting his pole down, went out and followed them, when they threw stones at him and broke two of his ribs.

Arius Nye, Whig, and Isaac Humphreys, Dem., had political discussions at the Court House. Meetings were common all over the county in July.

Aug. 11, 1840, the Whig County Convention was held in Marietta. The speakers were Hon. Cavalry Morris, Whig candidate for re-election to Congress; C. B. Tompkins, of McConnelsville, and George M. Woodbridge. While Mr. Morris was in Marietta, the linchpins of his carriage were all removed; and the axle of the carriage of A. G. Brown of Athens was cut nearly in two, so that it broke down on his return to Athens.

Whig meetings were now very numerous in the county, among the speakers were George M. Woodbridge, Charles Hendrie, David Barber, John Crawford, and Nahum Ward The Democratic meetings were addressed by William A. Whittlesey, R. E. Harte and others.

Sept. 3, 1840, a large number of people went from this vicinity to Wheeling on the steamer Wacousta to attend a Whig meeting. On the return from Wheeling, Saturday night, Gen. Murphy of Chillicothe and a Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania addressed a large crowd at the Court House.

Songs enlivened all the meetings, many of them written for the occasion. Among the Whig poets was John Greiner, who then was a citizen of Marietta; and since that editor of the Columbus Gazette and Secretary and acting Governor of new Mexico. We believe he now resides in New Mexico.

Sept. 10, 1840, Gov. Shannon, Dem., addressed the people of Washington County at Marietta.

Sept. 15, 1840, under the head of "Our Position Delined," the Intelligencer published an article, signed by 111 Democrats, all of whom voted for Van Buren in 1836, who now declared for Gen. Harrison. Thirty more names were subsequently published.

Sept. 19, 1840, Tom Corwin addressed "by far the largest political meeting ever held in Washington County," near the Court House. The day before he spoke at Newport. Hon. Samuel F. Vinton spoke in Marietta at the Corwin meeting.

The excitement ran high - very high - from this on to the election, Oct. 13, when the Whigs gave Corwin 467 majority in the county. As it was now demonstrated that the Whigs had the power, efforts fell off for the two or three weeks preceding the Presidential election, at which time the vote was 73 less than at the State election, although Harrison's majority was 652 - nearly two hundred larger than Corwin's.

At the State election, the opposing candidates were as follows, the Whigs being those first named: For Governor, Thomas Corwin; Wilson Shannon. For Representative to Congress, Cavalry Morris of Athens; George House of Gallipolis. For Representative to the Legislature, Arius Nye; William A. Whittlesey. For Sheriff, John Test; L. McClenathan. For Recorder, D. P. Bosworth; Joseph D. Beach. For Commissioner, John D. Chamberlain; ____ McIntire. For Prosecuting Attorney, David Barber; C. F. Buell; For Coroner, Lawrence Chamberlain; Warden Willis. The Whig majorities were - Corwin, 467; Morris, 479; Nye, 479; Test, 479; Bosworth, 480; J. D. Chamberlain, 473; Barber, 496; L. Chamberlain, 475.

The following table gives the vote for Governor, and for President, in the several townships of the county.

Adams: Corwin, 95; Shannon, 104; Harrison, 104; Van Buren, 81.

Aurelius: Corwin, 78; Shannon, 57; Harrison, 73; Van Buren, 50.

Barlow: Corwin, 72; Shannon, 56; Harrison, 72; Van Buren, 48.

Belpre: Corwin, 159; Shannon, 71; Harrison, 150; Van Buren, 58.

Decatur: Corwin, 52; Shannon, 20; Harrison, 55; Van Buren, 17.

Fearing: Corwin, 95; Shannon, 53; Harrison, 103; Van Buren, 50.

Grandview: Corwin, 31; Shannon 85; Harrison, 31; Van Buren, 72.

Independence: Corwin, 13; Shannon 45; Harrison, 11; Van Buren, 45.

Jolly: Corwin, 20; Shannon 63; Harrison, 20; Van Buren, 64.

Lawrence: Corwin, 31; Shannon 65; Harrison, 36; Van Buren, 74.

Liberty: Corwin, 21; Shannon, 46; Harrison, 24; Van Buren, 51.

Ludlow: Corwin, 5; Shannon, 89; Harrison, 12; Van Buren, 78.

Marietta: Corwin, 470; Shannon, 188; Harrison, 512; Van Buren, 175.

Newport: Corwin, 105; Shannon, 78; Harrison, 95; Van Buren, 58.

Roxbury: Corwin, 141; Shannon, 94; Harrison, 143; Van Buren, 95.

Salem: Corwin, 72; Shannon, 50; Harrison, 75; Van Buren, 53.

Union: Corwin, 75; Shannon, 78; Harrison, 71; Van Buren, 68.

Watertown: Corwin, 119; Shannon, 104; Harrison, 118; Van Buren, 100.

Waterford: Corwin, 194; Shannon, 113; Harrison,194; Van Buren, 101.

Warren: Corwin, 92; Shannon, 73; Harrison, 89; Van Buren, 68.

Wesley: Corwin, 130; Shannon, 72; Harrison, 138; Van Buren, 68.

Total: Corwin, 2070; Shannon, 1603; Harrison, 2126; Van Buren, 1474.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 38

 The Marietta Register, June 24, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

To go back to the first newspaper ever published in Marietta, the "Ohio Gazette and Virginia herald," by Wyllys Silliman, an article we have just discovered, written by the late Caleb Emerson in 1839, says that he then had in his possession an imperfect paper of the first number issued - on December 7, 1801. The earliest number in possession of the Register Office bears the date Oct. 24, 1803, and is No. 97.

In the opening address of the first number - according to an extract in Mr. Emerson's article - the editor apologizes for adding "Virginia Herald" to the title previously fixed upon, "Ohio Gazette." "He might rest this apology," he says, "upon the generous and extensive patronage he has received from the inhabitants of the western part of Virginia"; but he wishes to place it upon a broader ground and he goes on as follows:

"He is, indeed, proud in having this opportunity, at this time, and by this measure, to give to his Fellow-Citizens on both sides of the Ohio a pledge of his equal regard and an example of that liberality of sentiment, which is not only so decorous in private character, but which forms so important a pillar in the fabric of social and political happiness.

Breathing the same air - having the same wants - being capable of the same pleasures - talking the same language - living under the same national government, what is there to limit or divide our affections? - A river! - A river whose kindred branches we inhabit - whose current, mild and unbroken, though composed of a thousand tributary streams, affords us an impressive lesson of unity and peace.

Surely this country ought to become one of the happiest under Heaven! Blessed with a friendly climate - a rich and diversified soil - a rapidly increasing population - and separated on all sides from the rest of the world by lakes and mountains, we form a world of our own, which can be ruined only by our own follies - shall we admit, that of all the most fatal, a spirit of discord.

At present we enjoy the protection of a Government recognizing an equality of rights and having liberty for its basis; may it be perpetual! but may we never forget that the best guarantors of our freedom will ultimately be found in the justness of our principles and the harmony of our feelings!"

The only thing that has ever created anything of a "spirit of discord" between those residing upon this or that side of the "river whose kindred branches we inhabit," is Slavery. Our neighbors over the river have now put that out of the way, and hereafter it will be a reign of "unity and peace."

Jan. 9, 1840, "George Benedict, Dealer in Groceries and Provisions at the Upper Landing on Ohio Street" first appears in an advertisement. Mr. Benedict is still "at it," now on Front Street, although he took a vacation from that business for some years, in the way of steamboating and banking.

Jan. 23, 1840, the Intelligencer notices a Durham calf raised by Judge Joseph Barker of Newport, which was eight months old and weighed 630 lbs.; also a potato raised on the farm of William R. Putnam, Jr., which weighed 3-1/3 lbs.

Franks and Hendrie advertise that they had bought the extensive iron foundry - "Washing Foundry" - of Nye & Cram and would carry it on.

Feb. 20, 1840, Edgerton & Woodbridge (Luther Edgerton and George M. Woodbridge) advertise the close of their business; and Woodbridge & Barber (George M. Woodbridge and Levi Barber) continued the store at the same stand.

March 2, 1840, the County Commissioners formed the township of Jolly from the north part of Grandview. On the formation of Noble County in 1850, a portion of the township was attached to Monroe County and subsequently the remainder of the township was again attached to Grandview.

About this date, J. P. Wightman leased the Mansion House from John Lewis.

March 28, 1840, Robert Hurdsman and a Mr. Yates were drowned at Beverly while attempting to cross the Muskingum in a skiff. Mrs. Yates was in the skiff, but retained her hold on it after it passed over the dam, and was rescued.

April 26, 1840, Thomas Fleming was drowned while passing over Chambers' dam on the Little Muskingum.

May 7, 1840, F. B. Loomis first advertised his store in Marietta.

May 19, 1840, John Miner, a son of Henry Miner, was drowned in the Little Muskingum, about a mile Corner's mill.

June 1, 1840, the County Commissioners formed Independence Township.

July 1, 1840, J. Moorehead opened an office as attorney at Law in the Court House.

July 14, 1840, "George H. Wells, recently from the city of New York," announced that he had established himself in the Hardware business on Front Street. Mr. Wells is still here, in the grocery business. This was the foundation of the present house of Bosworth, Wells & Co.

July 28, 1840, Rev. Thomas Wickes, from Troy, N. Y., was installed as Pastor of the Congregational Church in Marietta. Opening prayer by Rev. L. G. Bingham, former pastor; sermon by Rev. Dr. Linsley, then President of Marietta College; installation prayers by Rev. M. DeWitt; charge to the pastor by Rev. Francis Bartlett; right hand of fellowship by Rev. Dr. D. H. Allen, then Professor in Marietta College; charge to the people by Rev. L. G. Bingham; concluding prayer by Rev. B. Roberts; benediction by the pastor. Mr. Wickes is still the pastor of that church.

Aug. 4, 1840, the "Mail Line and "Opposition" stages, while racing, came into collision while ascending March Run Hill, six miles above Marietta, as they were coming down from Zanesville. The opposition stage was thrown off the bank, with nine passengers, several of them injured, a Mr. Peck from New York very seriously.

Aug. 28, 1840, Squire A. Null fell, with a scaffold, sixteen feet to the ground while at work on the house of Vincent Payne in Marietta, and was so severely injured that he died on the next Monday, aged 24.

Sept. 11, 1840, a shocking fight occurred at Beverly between workmen on the Lock and the Creekites, as they were called, between whom ill feeling had existed for some time. Clubs, stones, brickbats, knives, etc., were freely used, and the fight did not terminate until five or six persons were seriously injured, one dangerously. Gov. Shannon, Dem., was speaking there at the time, but the fight did not arise from politics, and was not at the meeting.

Returning from Beverly, a horse and wagon drive by a German named Kneille of Marietta was precipitated from the bank near Coal Run, and Mr. Kneille was instantly killed and his wife very much injured. There had been some racing and the horse was frightened.

Oct. 30, 1840, in carelessly loading a cannon at the foot of Front Street, it burst and so seriously injured a German that he died the next Tuesday.

Marriages in 1840:

Feb. 13, Stephen Smith of Marietta and Sarah J. Marshall of Harmar.

March 8, George W. Lane of Aurora, Indiana, and Sally Maria Buell of Marietta.

March 9th, Matthew Beswick and Lydia Smith, both of Harmar.

March 17th, Conrad Cline of Virginia and Mary Ann Crawford of this county.

March 18th, John Thornily and Jane Temple.

March 19th, William Whittock and Nancy Patton, both of Fleming.

April 19, Ethan Allen of Marietta and Patience Dye of Lawrence.

April 21st, in Newport, Bartlett Jackson and Amanda M. Bell.

April 29th, William Wallace Dodge and Harriet H. Holden.

May 5, William Alcock and Polly White.

May 10th, William Slocomb and Siba H. Buell.

May 20th, Noah L. Wilson and Kezia R. Waters of Columbus.

May 21st, Leonard Scott and Rebecca Briggs of Westchester County, New York.

May 30th, Jacob Moats and Elizabeth Young of Salem. 

June 11, David McKibben and Eliza Ann Crea.

June 25th, in Newport, Ira Hill 3d and Desdemona Lackey.

July 1, Nathan Udell and Eliza Payne of Salem.

July 1, in Belpre, Asa D. Newell and Eleanor Shettlesworth.

July 23d, Wyllys Hall Jr. and Emma Sullivan.

Aug.12, Peter Wilkins of Harmar and Anna Otten of Fearing.

Aug. 18th, Joshua Ripley and Cynthia F. Rouse, both of Belpre.

Sept. 1, in Fearing, Thomas Lankford and Hannah Hill.

Sept. 16th, George Putnam and Susan A. Westcott.

Sept. 23d, Milton Ellenwood and Sophronia S. Needham, both of Warren.

Sept. 24th, Solomon Athey and Lucinda N. Hill, both of Fearing.

Sept. 24th, Rufus Payne of Salem and Mrs. Elizabeth Gay of Guernsey County [in Guernsey County].

Sept. 30th, John Floyd of Woodsfield and Nancy Harper of Marietta.

Oct. 1, Francis Vinton and Harriet W. Fox, both of Waterford.

Oct. 18th, Jacob Wood of Marietta and Marinda Longfellow of Aurelius.

Oct. 21st, Z. B. Ballard of Decatur and Mary Ann Cole of Warren.

Oct. 23rd, Hiram Martin of Watertown and Caroline Woodruff of Barlow.

Nov. 8, Joseph Caywood 2d and Elizabeth Reed, both of Lawrence.

Nov. 24th, William P. Cole of Warren and Louisa Shields of Watertown.

Dec. 17, Henry Coomes and Polly A. Vaughn.

Dec. 17th, Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Herrington, both of Harmar.

Deaths in 1840:

Jan. 3, in Warren, Catharine, daughter of Lewis W. and Susan Reppert, aged three years.

March 8, in Cincinnati, Mrs. Sarah S. Bingham, wife of Rev. Luther Bingham, former pastor of the Congregational Church in Marietta.

March 19th, Clarinda, daughter of Nathaniel Bishop, 22.

April 22, in Marietta, Samuel Weston, in his 25th year.

May 9, in Union, Eliza Dickey in her 26th year.

May 10th, in Harmar, Mrs. Susannah Burlingame, wife of Christopher Burlingame and daughter of Gen. Rufus Putnam, 74.

May 11th, Mrs. Eliza, wife of Charles Sullivan, in her 39th year.

May 12th, in Lawrence, Mrs. Hannah Caywood, wife of Joseph Caywood and daughter of Samuel Dye, Esq.

May 21st, Harriet Tharp, wife of Silas Tharp of Harmar, 29.

May 26th, in Michigan, Mrs. Josephine N. Rice, daughter of J. Gabaudan of Marietta.

June 28, Mrs. Sally Booth, wife of James M. Booth, Esq., in her 51st year.

July 5th, in Harmar, Elizabeth Spencer Stone, wife of Augustus I. Stone, 24.

July 5th, in Waterford, Elizabeth McDonald, wife of Thomas McDonald, 56.

July 26th, in Clermont County, Daniel D. Morris, formerly of Marietta.

Aug. 16, in Roxbury, Elias Pewthers, Esq., 37.

Sept 11, in Choctaw Nation, Edward H. Byington, son of Rev. Cyrus Byington, in his 12th year.

Nov. 12, in Waterford, David White, 74.

Nov 27th, Col. Ichabod Nye, in his 78th year, a native of Tolland, Conn.; his family, with that of Gen. Benjamin Tupper, who was his father-in-law, and those of Col. Cushing, Maj. Goodale and Maj. Coburn, landed at Marietta, Aug. 19, 1788, the first families that arrived here.

Dec. 6, Lucius S. Palmer, 22.

Dec. 14th, William Skinner, Esq., 71.

Dec. 17th, Mrs. Sarah H. Andrews, wife of I. W. Andrews.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 37

 The Marietta Register, June 17, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

Friday, Aug. 30, 1839, occurred a transaction at Parkersburg that is worthy of note, even now. It was a circumstance that had its influence in this region to bring about the state of public opinion today - a transaction that caused some excitement at the time, and but one of thousands that have taken place under the infernal influence of slavery, thousands many times more aggravated than this. It was the mobbing of Col. Augustus Stone and David Putnam of Harmar, because they were charged with being abolitionists. 

Mr. Putnam, we believe, was the particular object of the Parkersburg ruffians; and Col. Stone suffered, perhaps, because he happened to be in company with the former. It is now nearly twenty-five years ago - what a change in the country! Abolitionists are now about as thick as mosquitoes in August, and through the wicked and tyrannical spirit of slavery - its own suicide - their principles now prevail. Col. Stone and Mr. Putnam both live to see their sentiments popular, however much odium and contempt may have been cast upon those principles in times past. It may be remarked that Col. John Stone of Belpre, living opposite Parkersburg, did not cross the Ohio to that place for many years, for the hate that there prevailed against him because he exercised free thought on the subject of slavery and dared maintain his thoughts before the people. He has had no trouble in going to Parkersburg during the past three years. Even an abolition paper is published there, edited and printed by an abolitionist.

The following is copied from the Marietta Intelligencer of Sept. 5, 1839:

"Outrage at Parkersburg - On Friday last, Mr. David Putnam, Jr., and Col. A. Stone, two respectable citizens of Harmar, went to Parkersburg to transact some business, and as they were about to cross the river on their return, were assailed by a mob and both of them knocked into the river. Fortunately, they escaped without much injury, but from the spirit manifested by the assailants, there can be no doubt that they intended a most brutal outrage upon the person of Mr. Putnam. We do not intend to give the particulars of this assault, or comment upon it in the terms it deserves, until we learn whether the respectable citizens or our neighbor city give countenance to it. We cannot believe they will consent that the odium of this disgraceful affair shall rest upon them. On the contrary, we trust they will use all diligence to bring the perpetrators to justice.

"If Mr. Putnam has violated law, let him be punished by law, So long as we profess to be governed by laws, it is the duty of every good citizen to maintain their supremacy. We cannot imagine a case where a resort to mob law would be justifiable; and unless our Statute Book is to become a reproach, and the name of Liberty a bye-word, every attempt to supplant law by violence should be promptly and fearlessly put down."

Sept. 12, 1839, "Morton" communicated to the Intelligencer a high appreciative and just notice of Lilly Martin, then a girl in her seventeenth year, living with her father, a few miles up the Muskingum, and since so distinguished as an artist. The writer spoke of her "extraordinary taste, talent, and genius," and mentioned that:

"Her first work was on the unwhitened plastered wall of her chamber. She commenced with a piece of charcoal and common chalk, using her finger to stamp with. She has recently obtained some poor crayon and a few paints and brushes. With these instruments, she has covered the sides of her room with splendid pictures."

"One side of the room presents a view from a public piazza out upon a water scene bordered by hill and dale, and field and forest; all original, and beautifully conceived. Groups are presented on the piazza, in various employments, and the figures present not only an accurate proportion, but some of them are shaded and finished in the most exquisite manner. There are some talking politics and some making love. One picture presents a boy playing with the dog and cat; the dog and cat are fighting, and the boy has thrown his cap over the head of the dog, and is exulting at the advantage thus given to puss."

Several other pictures on the walls are noticed:

"But the best hit of all is 'the young baker.' Mrs. Martin had sent her daughter to make bread, and while engaged, the child (for she has only the appearance of a child) conceived the idea of drawing a like figure on the wall. And there it is, not in rude unfinished outline, but a well finished and most strikingly rich crayon drawing. This picture being alone, in a rough room, full of barrels, meal tubs, and rubbish, and being drawn on the rough plaster, has the most extraordinary effect. It represents a girl with a very pretty face, bending over her work, her hair disheveled and yet ornamental; the cape tied loose about her neck, and turned round to the side, sleeves rolled up, and both hands delving in the dough. One could not conceive of anything more natural. This picture, alone is worthy of more than I can write, and no one can have any idea of it without seeing it.

"I can only say, that the circumstances of this display of talent are the most extraordinary. I cannot associate the work and the author together, so strange is the contrast! One gazes at the pictures and glances at the child, who appears to gaze totally unconscious of the merit they possess."

Marriages in 1839:

Aug. 8, Israel W. Andrews, Professor in Marietta College (now President), and Miss Sarah H. Clark of Danbury, Conn.

Aug. 12, Col. Ichabod Nye of Marietta and Mrs. Rebecca Beebe of Belpre.

Sept. 22, Benjamin W. Clark and Marietta Broadhurst.

Sept. 25th, Rev. J. R. Barnes of Evansville, Ind., and Caroline M. Webster.

Oct. 2, Riley Bruce and Mary D. Cockshott, both of Belpre.

Oct. 6th, Richard Beebe and Vilate Wolcott, both of Waterotwn.

Oct 6th, in Marietta, Flavel C. Cole and Mary Dye.

Oct. 10th, Samuel Weston and Eliza Ann Reckard.

Oct. 11th, in Warren, Jacob Reppert of Madison, Ind., and Ann M. Reppert.

Oct. 17th, Sala Bosworth and Joanna F. Shipman.

Oct. 17th, William J. Smith of Marietta and Elmina Clarke of Athens.

Nov. 17th, in Harmar, Alfred Finch and Jane Williams.

Nov. 20th, William Foster of Springfield, Mass. and Matilda W. Foster of Marietta.

Dec. 3, James Withrow and Betsey Locker.

Dec. 5th, William Grant and Mary Ann Willard.

Deaths in 1839:

Aug. 11, Miss S. Maria Brigham, formerly of Princeton, Mass.

Aug. 11th, Anna Maria Ward, in her 19th year.

Aug. 22d, Frederick Shipman, aged 44.

Sept. 8, in Belpre, Rev. William H. Jolly, a Universalist clergyman, 43.

Sept. 10th, in New Orleans, of Yellow fever, Royal G. Hart of Harmar, 29.

Sept. 11th, in Marietta, Rowena, wife of Dennis Racer, 30.

Oct. 22, Caroline Augusta, daughter of F. A. and Harriet Wheeler, 11 months.

Oct. 29th, Selah, wife of William Slocomb, 54.

Nov. 11, in Salem, Mary, wife of Rufus Payne, 45.

Nov. 30th, Mary Ann, daughter of John Collins of Fearing, 14.

Election in 1839:

The result in this county in 1839, between the Whig and the Democratic parties, was very close - caused by "stay-at-home" Whigs. The Whig vote on Representative was 166 less than in the year before, while the Democratic was only 15 less; and the consequence was that the Whigs lost the best offices in the county at that election. The total vote stood as follows: For Senator, Samuel R. Curtis, Whig, 1210; Isaac Humphreys, Dem., 1215. Representative, William r. Browning, Whig, 1199; William A. Whittlesey, Dem., 1225. Auditor, James M. Booth, Whig, 1177; J. P. Wightman, Dem., 1251. Commissioner, Daniel H. Buell, Whig, 1211; Hapgood Goddard, Dem, 1199. Treasurer, Robert Crawford, Whig, 1238; John Young, Dem., 1196. Assessor, Tartus Lindley, Whig, 1144; A. G. Hollister, Dem., 1242. Prosecuting Attorney, Arius Nye, Whig, 1224; Charles F. Buell, Dem., 1180.

The Democrats, it will be seen, elected the Representative, Auditor and Assessor, while the Whigs elected the Treasurer, Commissioner and the Prosecuting Attorney.

S. R. Curtis, who was beaten for the Senate in this District, then hailed from McConnelsville and had been an Engineer on the Muskingum Improvement from which position he was removed on account of his politics. He has since been well known to the country as a Colonel of one of the Ohio regiments in the War with Mexico in 1846-47; as a Republican Representative in Congress for several years, from Iowa; and as a Major General during the present war, west of the Mississippi.

We give the vote of the county in detail for Representative, as follows:

Adams - Browning 50, Whittlesey 75.

Aurelius - Browning 35, Whittlesey 55.

Belpre - Browning 105, Whittlesey 51.

Barlow - Browning 39, Whittlesey 35.

Decatur - Browning 17, Whittlesey 13.

Fearing - Browning 29, Whittlesey 33.

Grandview - Browning 5, Whittlesey 99.

Lawrence - Browning 8, Whittlesey 55.

Ludlow - Browning 7, Whittlesey 55.

Liberty - Browning 4, Whittlesey 33.

Marietta - Browning 381, Whittlesey 204.

Newport - Browning 68, Whittlesey 53.

Roxbury - Browning 58, Whittlesey 79.

Salem - Browning 46, Whittlesey 32.

Union - Browning 47, Whittlesey 62.

Warren - Browning 35, Whittlesey 60.

Waterford - Browning 117, Whittlesey 99.

Watertown - Browning 88, Whittlesey 68.

Wesley - Browning 60, Whittlesey 63.

Total - Browning 1199, Whittlesey 1225.

Nov. 14, 1839, the Intelligencer contained the following notice:

"Big Steam Boat. Among the novelties of the day worthy of notice is a steamboat just built by Mr. Wyllis Hall of this town. It is not a rival of the Great Western, but is, nevertheless, quite a curiosity. It is only thirty feet in length - has an engine of four horse power and a cabin sufficiently large to accommodate twelve or fifteen persons - and is, altogether, a very neat, well proportioned steamboat."

Nov. 21, 1839, the Intelligencer had an article - a "leader" - which favored the nomination of Gen. Scott for the Presidency for political reasons, although stating that Daniel Webster was the first choice of the editor - but he could not probably be elected. The friends of Clay and Harrison had become embittered against each other, and Gen. Scott was the man to unite them. Gen. Harrison, however, did unite them.

And this in the Intelligencer of Dec. 2:

"Mr. Leonard Scott brought to our office on Tuesday, a steel trap found in the forks of a sugar tree on Wolf Creek in this County. The pan of the trap extends entirely through the wood and over it three or four inches of solid wood is formed. The fork in which the trap was found was about 45 feet from the ground. Every part of it is in a perfect state of preservation. Mr. Scott is of opinion that it was undoubtedly carried there by some animal. It has been purchased by Mr. Scott, who intends taking it to New York, probably to place it in the Museum."

Judge Ephraim Cutler of Warren was the Delegate from this Congressional District to the Whig National Convention, held at Harrisburg, Pa., in December, 1839, which nominated Gen Harrison for the Presidency.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 36

 The Marietta Register, June 10, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

J. H. Devol has kindly brought us a few more numbers of the Marietta Gazette of 1838 and 1839.

Jan. 1838, Oliver Rice Loring of Belpre was elected by the Legislature one of the Associate Judges of this county.

April 7, 1838, there was a half-century celebration of the first settlement in Marietta. Henry Fearing was Chief Marshal. George M. Woodbridge, Esq., delivered the oration at the Congregational Church. Dinner at the Mansion House - Col. Joseph Barker, President; Ephraim Cutler and Joseph Barker, Jr., Vice Presidents. The singing was under the direction of Beman Gates; also the College Band performed during the day under the lead of Samuel Hall, one of the graduates of that year, in the first College Class. Among the volunteer toasts was one: "To the memory of Judge Gilbert Devol and his son Gilbert, who caught a pike (fish), which was seven feet long and weighed 94 pounds, in the Muskingum, after chasing him three miles in a light canoe - and which was served for dinner on the 4th of July, 1788."

April 8, 1838, Hugh Breckenridge of Barlow died of an injury received the evening before, being struck on the head by the falling of a rafter while engaged in raising a barn. He was forty years of age and came from Scotland in 1820.

April 12, 1838, the law firm of Whittlesey & Harte was first advertised.

April 21, 1838, the first meeting of the Stockholders of the Marietta and Newport Turnpike Road and Bridge Co., was held at the Mansion House to elect five Directors.

May 10, 1838, public sale of lots in Lowell. Among the advantages of Lowell mentioned were - "in the midst of a fertile, healthy and thickly settled region of country;" "daily mail;" "high dam, connected with the Muskingum Slackwater Improvement, about to be erected; canal and locks, giving the place extensive water power for manufacturing purposes;" "steamboat navigation at all seasons."

May 7, 1838, the first meeting of the Farmers' Duck Bridge Co. stockholders was held at the Court House under act passed by the Legislatures, Feb. 10, 1838.

May 8, 1838, Edward Deming, son of Simeon Deming, Jr., was killed in Watertown in his 13th year. He was assisting his uncle in hauling logs from a side hill to a mill. Being on the lower side, two logs started and rolled over him.

July 4, 1838, celebrated in Marietta by the "Mechanics Lyceum" - Isaac Maxon, Chief Marshal; John Test, Assistant Marshal. At the Baptist church, the Declaration of Independence was ready by ____ Fuller, and an oration was delivered by Charles Hendrie. Dinner at the Mansion House, Col. Joseph Barker presiding, assisted by Argulus Pixley. Toasts were given by Col. Barker, Robert Smith, Isaac moss, Thomas J. Clogston, James M. Booth, John Greiner, William West, S. Dewey, Matthias Moot, J. G. Glidden, E. Gates, and others.

Marriages:

Feb. 22, 1838, Robert T. Miller and Marietta Fuller.

Feb. 27th, 1838, William H. Leonard and Julia Ann Nott.

May 6, Lovell P. Wheeler and Angelina Gill.

June 28, in Marietta Township, Mrs. Mary Chaddock, aged 57, to William McClintick, aged 22.

This happy match, by Hymen crowned,

Heaven bless their nuptial joys!

And as successive years roll round,

Fill their cups with girls and boys.

Oct. 17, 1838, Nathan Bell of Barlow and Charlotte Bell of Newport.

Oct. 18th, Alvin Reckard of Marietta and Hester Q. Brown of Fearing.

March 24, 1839, Rev. William Perry and Mary Ann Reckard of Marietta.

Sept. 1, 1839, Parley Brown and Miss C. H. Shaw, both of Waterford.

Sept. 1, Joseph Bell of Newport and Deborah Williamson of Marietta.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 35

 The Marietta Register, May 27, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

It seems a little singular that with all our advertising, we have been able to obtain only three copies of the Marietta Gazette for the year 1838, but so it is.

The Gazette of Jan. 6, 1838, is before us - edited and published by Isaac Maxon.

Mr. Maxon, if we are not in error, began to work at the printing business in the office of the American Friend, under Royal Prentiss in the year 1822, or perhaps 1823. At any rate, he worked in that office in 1823. For several years, from about 1830 or 1831, to 1837, he published the Spectator at Athens.

He bought the Marietta Gazette of Caleb Emerson about Dec. 1, 1837 - published the paper four years, until near the close of the year 1841, when he sold out, after which only three or four more numbers of the Gazette were published until it was discontinued. Mr. Maxon then quit the printing business. For years past he was engaged in farming, about two miles from Marietta, just east of Duck Creek. This spring he removed to Richland County, Illinois, near Olney, the County Seat.

At the October election in 1838, Washington County voted for Governor - Joseph Vance, Whig, 1384; Wilson Shannon, Democrat, 1264. The total vote was 2643, the largest ever cast in the County to that date - 145 larger than in the year before.

The Gazette of Nov. 3, 1838, notes the escape of Wallace Dodge, formerly of Marietta, from prison in Quebec. He had joined the Canadian Patriots and was taken prisoner the winter before.

Nov. 9, 1838, Slocomb & Buck - William Slocomb and Frederick Buck - advertised their "New Boot and Shoe Store" on Greene Street, connecting with it a Bookbindery.

Nov. 22, 1838, Thursday evening, at about 8-1/2 o'clock, the extensive Carriage Manufactory of Milo Hoadley on the Plain took fire and was, with nearly all the stock, entirely consumed. Loss said to have been about $10,000, with no insurance.

Marriages:

Oct. 18, 1838, John Fletcher [John Fulcher] and Nancy Olive Stanton, of Warren.

Oct. 29th, David Scovill and Rebecca Shears, of Warren.

Nov. 4th, Sereno Hollister and Cynthia Ann Brooks.

Nov. 18th, William H. Stewart and Cynthia A. Morton, both of Harmar.

Died - Nov. 21, 1838, in Fearing, deeply regretted by all his neighbors, Augustus Caesar Tuttle, in his 27th year.

He ceased to breathe at high noon sun!

His race on Earth he then had run.

A man unknown in distant place,

But round his neighborhood a grace.

Retired was he, though good and kind;

To faults in others ever blind.

All - all around him felt distressed;

One pang of grief their hearts impressed

When death did seal his honest fame,

And Justice honored his good name.

Ye who would live in peace and love,

In Tuttle's track be sure to move.

We don't know, but we guess that the late Edward Postlewayt Page communicated the above obituary.

The Gazette of October 30, 1841, still published by Mr. Maxon, is before us. He soon after sold out. This must conclude our notice of the Marietta Gazette.

This brings us down to the time the Intelligencer was started, in August, 1839. How much longer these notes from the "Old Marietta Papers" will be continued we can not tell, but we shall make some notes from the first years of the Intelligencer, beginning next week.

 

Old Marietta Papers - Number 34

 The Marietta Register, May 20, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

Our notes are now brought down to 1838, but as we have only a very few Marietta papers of that year, and of the first eight months in 1839, and yet hope to receive more, we go back a little for this article. J. C. McCoy has brought us nearly fifty numbers of Gov. Brough's "Western Republican" of the years 1831, 1832, and 1833, and let us see what we can find in them.

June 1, 1831, Abraham Payne was proprietor of the mail stage line between Marietta and Zanesville, and William Warren was carrying on coopering on Putnam Street "near the Wilcox House," that now for a quarter of a century owned and occupied by Col. Mills.

July 4, 1831, there was a "Jackson celebration" in Marietta. Isaac Humphreys, Esq., delivered the oration.

September 3, 1831, Mr. Brough published a half sheet only, giving as a reason, "the sickness of the only person in our employ, and the impossibility of procuring other assistance." From this it will be seen that "Jack Brough" was in the habit of doing his own work, in great part.

September 17, 1831, the "Marietta Museum" was in "full blast" at the house of Major Alexander Hill on Greene Street - under the auspices of Peter Rice, James Houston, and H. Ed. Sill. They had quite a collection of animals, fishes, birds, insects, minerals, coins, wax figures, paintings, etc.

October 15, 1831, a Dr. H. Balsan was practising medicine in Marietta.

Arius Nye was at this October (1831) a candidate for the State Senate - was elected by 192 majority over Isaac Humphreys, Esq., who was a Jackson man. There was some sharp-shooting in the papers. In the Gazette "Master Brough" was talked about, and the "audacity" of his sending a note to Mr. Nye, which was called a piece of "impertinence." Jack retorts: "Are we striding to aristocracy so fast as all this? Are we to be told that Lords and Peers are springing up among us in this land of liberty? What claims had Mr. Nye to superiority other than his own ideas of family greatness, that it should be considered 'audacious' and 'impertinent' to ask him a civil question?" And so they had it.

Mr. Brough's youth was not unfrequently mentioned by his political opponents - not yet twenty years of age, when he began the Western Republican. In allusion to this, he apologizes for "doubling" advertisements on account of "the indisposition of the little lad who not only edits and publishes, but assists in printing the Republican."

"Little lad!" Not very appropriate at this day, surely, when Gov. Brough weighs - how much? - how much less than 300?

July 7, 1832, James Lytle, son of George Lytle of Harmar, went into the river with some other boys and getting beyond his depth was drowned.

July 12, 1832, Dr. William H. Baldwin offered his professional services to the people of Harmar and vicinity.

David C. Skinner was in trade in Harmar at this date.

August 2, 1832, Francis Thierry, one of the early French settlers of Marietta, coming here in 1790 and long a resident, died in Gallia County, Ohio Township, to which place he had removed from Marietta.

Patriotic Language. Sept. 1, 1832, Mr. Brough copied an article from the New York Courier and Enquirer, which he endorsed, although from the opposite political party. We quote from "Master Brough's" editorial, as follows:

"The time has passed for us to inquire whether such opinions are orthodox, or in strict accordance with the known rules or laws of any party. A feeling more deep and pure and holy than inspires any party of this day, calls upon every patriot, every lover of his country, to lend his exertions to save this, the last Republic upon earth, from that final destruction to which she now seems fast hastening. We hope the day is at hand - nay, has already dawned - when the leading men and presses of this Union shall come forward to the promulgation and diffusion of these principles, these correctives of that selfish and maddening ambition which distinguishes the present age."

"We behold the demon of discord rising in our temples and pointing with a savage exultation to the ruins of former Republics, as trophies of his triumphs, while he essays to complete his labors by hurling the land of Washington from its proud eminence. We behold this happy Union brought to the very verge of dissolution, and the cloud-storm of anarchy and confusion gathering over her great and glorious destinies. At such a moment we hail the dawn of an era that would restore harmony and good feeling - redeem the freedom of speech and of the Press from their present thraldom - and establish parties upon their proper footing, in lieu of that fawning sycophancy, man-worshipping, intrigue and management which actuates not only the village politicians, but the distinguished statesmen of our age."

The article from which we have taken the extracts above was headed "Politics." We learn from the next issue that it provoked the ire and opposition of "a few leading individuals." Mr. Brough replied vigorously to their censures upon him. We extract the following, which probably the very large majority of our readers, today, will consider sound doctrine and singularly applicable to these times, although written by Mr. Brough now nearly thirty-two years ago:

"They censure us for publishing the article, and why? Because our Press is pledged to the support of the Administration, and the promulgation of such sentiments is not permitted by the party press! Excuse us readers, this comes home directly. Whatever may be our relations to the Administration, it is our pride to sustain a high and a noble one to our country. He is a dangerous politician who cannot rise above the bickerings of party spirit, when his country is heaving with intestine commotions, and ready to rend that glorious bond which has so long and so happily bound its parts in one great whole. We hope no member of the Jackson party is prepared by his opposition to these sentiments, to throw upon that party the odium of wishing to sacrifice the peace and happiness of this country to the advancement of their favorite. If so, he treads not the same path that we do. For ourselves we wear no collar. We support men only as they support our country. Neither is our Press under any surveillance. We have supported the Administration in its material points, and we have supported its friends when we could consistently do so - nor can the considerate, disinterested supporters of the President be brought to believe that in the present case we have evinced the least hostility to him. As to opposition from any other quarter, we ____ ____ "Smile at the drawn dagger, And defy its point."

Mr. Brough's independent course did not please the Jackson leaders; but he wouldn't be governed by them. They then began to proscribe him, and he soon acknowledged that they had "cut down" his subscription list, still he wrote as he pleased.

In September, 1832, the field officers of our regiment (1st Reg., 1st Brig., 3d Div.,) were Col. Ephraim Palmer, Lieut. Col. Hiram Gard, Maj. Simeon Deming.

Jan. 13, 1833, the house of Mr. Burroughs was destroyed by fire in Belpre, together with most of his furniture and $100 in money belonging to T. Miles.

Feb. 16, 1733, the steamboat Concordia was launched at Harmar.

Feb. 25, 1833, the saw and grist mills of Elisha Rose in Lawrence Township were entirely destroyed by fire.

Proscription. February 16, 1833, Mr. Brough announces: "The situation of our Press is at this moment very critical." He goes on:

"The hand of 'Proscription' has not been laid upon us in vain, and though the unprincipled changeling who sits 'in his pride of place,' the designing demagogue and aspirant who knows no law but his prejudice, no governing principle but his own sordid ambition, and the fawning sycophant and hypocrite whose only pride it is "To do his master's will," may exult in the result of their labors, their foul and loathsome slanders - their base hypocrisy and meanness - their assassin-like stabs under the assumed garb of friendship, let them mark the prophecy of one who, though his years be few, has learned this maxim that public justice though slow, is rue, that it shall not always be thus with them. If fortune now shed her brightest rays, the clouds are already visible upon the horizon, and their darkness will soon be welcomed that it may shield its victims from the indignant resentment of an insulted people. Let them mark the conviction which after life shall bring, that honesty of principle, independence of purpose, and a firm reliance upon the virtue and intelligence of the people are a much surer passport to public favor, than that which is purchased by a fawning sycophancy upon men in power; while their own experience will have taught them that while he who has fixed his principles, and dare declare and support them, is considered an honest adversary; he who has demeaned his nature to become the meanest minion and tool of a party is the object of derision and scorn with even his employers."

He appealed to the people to sustain him against "dictation," adding:

"Shall it be said that Old Washington has lost her virtue, and chose rather to exile a native citizen, than bid him go on his way in the support of principles and the promulgation of truth and knowledge?"

But his party leaders - not his leaders - were older, and had influence; and he chose to try his fortune elsewhere.

March 16, 1833, Mr. Brough announced that it was probable that the publication of the Republican would be suspended after two issues more. It was so suspended, and its industrious and indomitable editor, in April, 1833, removed his office to Parkersburg. He declared in leaving this county: "We leave the editorial desk here free form the spot or blemish of public falsehood or dishonesty, and without having promulgated a sentiment adverse to morality and truth."

He remained at Parkersburg only about six months, when he removed again to Lancaster, Ohio, becoming editor of the Eagle in that place. A few years after, when only 28 years of age, he became Auditor of State, where he won great distinction - beginning to realize his own language to his persecutors in Washington County, that: "Honesty of principle, independence of purpose, and a firm reliance upon the virtue and intelligence of the people, are a much surer passport to public favor, than that which is purchased by a fawning sycophancy," etc.

Higher! Mr. Brough, during these thirty years, after he went an "exile" from his native county, maintained always and everywhere the principles he so clearly and boldly set forth in the several extracts we have given from his Western Republican, edited by the "clever little lad - Master Jack," and he is now Governor of the great State of Ohio, by a majority such as never was before given to a citizen of any State for Governor, or any other State office - over 101,000!

 

Old Marietta Papers - Number 33

The Marietta Register, May 13, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

James Dunn has kindly furnished us nearly a complete file of the Marietta Gazette from the year 1837. We have but about six numbers of the year 1838, and only two or three in 1839, until the Intelligencer was started in August of that year. The Register Office owns a complete file of the Intelligencer, from the beginning, except five or six copies that are missing. Cannot some one furnish us numbers of the Gazette in 1838-39?

January, 1837, the Legislature incorporated what was the Second Ward in Marietta into the town of Harmar.

January 20, 1837, an advertisement gives us the first intelligence of the "Marietta Library" through the columns of a Marietta newspaper, although the Library had then been in existence some years. A. T. Nye was at this time the Secretary and he still holds that place.

January 25, 1837, Wednesday evening, there was the brightest and most beautiful display of the Northern Light that has been seen this century; the whole northern half of the heavens was brilliantly illuminated with many changing shades, from the brightest crimson to a pale white light.

January 26, 1837, the Washington County Anti-Slavery Society held its second annual meeting, in Fearing, the President, L. DeWitt, in the chair. Luther Temple, Thomas Proctor (now editing an unconditional Union paper at Macon, Mo.), and James M. Amlin took an active part in the meeting. Officers for the year 1837 were elected, as follows: President, J. C. McCoy; Vice President, D. G. Stanley; Secretary, L. Temple; Treasurer, Thomas Wickham. The Directors were, Col. Harry Hill, Salem; J. Amlin, Fearing; Rev. B. Roberts, Watertown; James Lawton, Barlow; John Stone, Belpre; Thomas Ridgeway, Union; Seth Hart, Harmar; Rev. A. Dana, Newport; Rev. L. DeWitt and T. Post, Marietta.

Anti-Slavery doctrines are slightly more popular now than in those days.

February 25, 1837, two fine steamboats were launched from the boatyards in Harmar - the "John Mills," under command of Capt. Charles Bosworth; and the "Isabella," Capt. James Whitney.

February 27, 1837, Theodore Scott began his second quarter of school in Marietta. He is still "at it" here, after a period of over twenty-seven years - has been a very successful teacher.

A. L. Guitteau & Co. were at this date opening out a new dry goods store, groceries, &c., "one door north of the store of Mills, Wilson & Co., on Front Street."

March 11, 1837, another public meeting was held at the Court House to secure the Ohio River terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at this point - Col. A. Stone, chairman; N. Ward, secretary.

May 2, 1837, Arius Nye resigned the position of Cashier of the Bank of Marietta, which he had held nine or ten years; and Anselm T. Nye was appointed Cashier in his place.

May 4, 1837, the first meeting of the Commissioners of the "Duck Creek Navigation Company," incorporated at the previous session of the Legislature, was held at Salem. William W. McIntosh, S. N. Merriam, James Dutton, James M. Amlin, Harry Hill and Silas Hobby were appointed to open the books; and one hundred shares were at once subscribed. Col. Harry Hill was chairman; Joel Tuttle, secretary, of this meeting.

May 15, 1837, "Hon. Daniel Webster and lady arrived and landed at this place, and after a short promenade, passed on down the Ohio. There was no display in their appearance or conversation, and Mr. Webster conversed in an easy and affable manner with those who accosted him."

July 11, 1837, a lad named ____, who was in service at the Mansion House, was drowned in the Ohio at the foot of Front Street.

July 15, 1837, a man named Rowe was killed two miles below Harmar, where he had been employed in getting out stone for the lock on the Muskingum. He took shelter from a heavy shower under a shelving rock, which took a slide and crushed him to death.

September 2, 1837, a public dinner was given to Hon. Thomas Ewing in Marietta under the trees at the Court House. Judge Ephraim Cutler was President of the day; the Vice Presidents were Arius Nye, Joseph Barker, Jr., George Dana, Dr. George Bowen, Judah M. Chamberlain, William Mason, Thomas F. Stanley, and Major John Clark. The Marshal was Capt. Francis Devol. Mr. Ewing addressed a large concourse of people.

Election in 1837 - The election in Washington County in 1837 was bitterly contested - more so probably than at any previous period, unless perhaps in 1828. Both the Whig and Democratic parties made strenuous efforts, and personalities were not uncommon currency. The opposing papers of the county were conducted - the Gazette (Whig) by Caleb Emerson; and the Democrat, nominally, by Jacob Baughey, although Charles B. Flood probably did most of the campaign writing for the democratic organ. The vote was larger than ever before polled in the county - 527 larger than at the Presidential election in 1836, which was the largest previous vote. The Whigs triumphed by an average majority of about 115. The young Whigs were jubilant at their successes in the town, county, and State. In Marietta they fired 26 guns; but in Harmar they "waked the hills" with 250 guns! Of course, Levi Barber had a hand in that.

The Whig candidate for Senator in this district - Washington, Morgan and Perry - was Dr. Perley B. Johnson of Morgan County; and the Democratic candidate was William Hawkins, also of Morgan. Perry was a strong democratic county, and Mr. Hawkins was elected, although Dr. Johnson carried this county by 145.

Judge Walter Curtis of Belpre was the Whig candidate for Representative and was elected over Isaac Humphreys, Dem., by 132 majority. J. D. Chamberlain, for Commissioner, Whig, had 103 over Legget, his Democratic opponent. James M. Booth, Whit, had the same majority over William A. Whittlesey, Dem., for Auditor. Robert Crawford, Whig, beat Ebenezer Gates, Dem., for Treasurer, 83. D. P. Bosworth, Whig, had 121 over M. Deterly, Dem., for Recorder. And Francis Devol, Whig, was elected Assessor by 119 over Crawford, Dem.

We give the vote of the county in detail, for Senator and Representative, as follows:

Adams: Johnson 72; Hawkins 46; Curtis 70; Humphreys 48.

Aurelius: Johnson 32; Hawkins 50; Curtis 31; Humphreys 50.

Barlow: Johnson 39; Hawkins 39; Curtis 38; Humphreys 38.

Belpre: Johnson 131; Hawkins 47; Curtis 131; Humphreys 47.

Decatur: Johnson 28; Hawkins 7; Curtis 28; Humphreys 7.

Fearing: Johnson 60; Hawkins 25; Curtis 59; Humphreys 23.

Grandview: Johnson 19; Hawkins 89; Curtis 19; Humphreys 89.

Lawrence: Johnson 22; Hawkins 70; Curtis 22; Humphreys 65.

Liberty: Johnson 6; Hawkins 30; Curtis 6; Humphreys 30.

Ludlow: Johnson 3; Hawkins 66; Curtis 3; Humphreys 66.

Marietta: Johnson 393; Hawkins 147; Curtis 391; Humphreys 145.

Newport: Johnson 64; Hawkins 58; Curtis 64; Humphreys 58.

Roxbury: Johnson 63; Hawkins 67; Curtis 62; Humphreys 66.

Salem: Johnson 53; Hawkins 50; Curtis 52; Humphreys 51

Union: Johnson 51; Hawkins 54; Curtis 52; Humphreys 53.

Warren: Johnson 45; Hawkins 88; Curtis 47; Humphreys 88.

Waterford: Johnson 121; Hawkins 95; Curtis 115; Humphreys 98.

Watertown: Johnson 76; Hawkins 84; Curtis 76; Humphreys 83.

Wesley: Johnson 47; Hawkins 67; Curtis 44; Humphreys 67.

Total: Johnson 1324; Hawkins 1179; Curtis 1310; Humphreys 1178.

Hon. Calvary Morris, Whig, of Athens, was elected to Congress from this district.

Marriages in 1837:

Jan. 1st, Charles W. Green of Watertown and Susan Parke of Union.

Jan. 24th, John Wilson and Hannah H. Hallet, both of Salem.

Feb. 13, Dr. George Bowen of Waterford and Miss Joanna Wheeler of Bridgeport, Conn.

March 3, Lewis Shepard and Julia Ann Kidwell of Union.

March 8th, William Brophy and Maria Peters of Salem.

April 5, John M. Slocomb and Julia White from Wardsboro, Vt.

April 13th, James Campbell and Nancy Culver of Adams.

April 20th, James Stanley of Salem and Grace Racer of Marietta.

May 4, John Greiner of Marietta and Lucinda Bennett of Athens.

July 4, Heman Fuller and Zipporah Miller.

Aug. 24, Hiram Pugh of Marietta and Miss J. Uhl of Virginia.

Aug. 31, Thomas Maxon and Hannah J. Caywood.

Aug. 31, William Caywood and Ann Henton.

Sept. 7, Dr. John C. Stone of Marietta and Mary E. Spinning of Springfield.

Sept. 28, Mighill Dustin of Barlow and Mary B. Dana of Newport.

Oct. 8, Dr. J. S. Dodge of Cincinnati and Emily W. Dana of Belpre.

Oct. 11th, in Adams, Chester Judd and Mary Burch.

Dec. 28, Francis G. Gitteau and Sarah F. Fulton.

Deaths in 1837:

Feb. 6, Capt. Timothy Buell, a native of Killingworth, Conn., aged 69. He had resided here over forty years, was Sheriff several terms, and Representative.

Feb. 18th, in Beardstown, Ill., Mrs. Nancy Greene, wife of Dudley D. Green, 25.

Feb. 19th, Miss Mary Dunlevy, 52.

April - in Marion, O., James B. Gardiner, who published the Commentator in Marietta in 1808-09; he afterwards published papers at other points, Columbus among them.

June 30, Mrs. Mary Hollister, wife of Sereno Hollister, 37.

Aug. 24, in New York, Mrs. Hannah Gilman, widow of Benjamin Ives Gilman, formerly of Marietta, 71.