Marietta Vessels

The Marietta Intelligencer, February 11, 1847

Two Schooners - the "Ohio" and the "Grace Darling" - built last season by the Marietta Ship Company, left here on the evening of the 7th inst., in tow of the S. B. "Wing & Wing" for Cincinnati, where the balance of their cargo will be received and whence they will depart for Boston in the course of a week.

The "Ohio" is 91-1/2 feet on deck, 24 feet beam, 7-1/2 feet hold. She measures 146 tons, Custom House measurement.

The "Grace Darling" measures 124-1/2 tons. She is 83-1/2 feet on deck, 23 feet beam, 7 feet 4-1/2 inches hold.

Both vessels are built of the best white oak and are heavily iron fastened. The decks are white pine. The cabins are below, very neatly finished with black walnut. They were built under the direction of Capt. Ira Ellis, the master builder, and one of the stockholders of the Marietta Ship Company, for E. D. Kimball Esq. of Salem, Massachusetts.

The vessels were rigged by Mr. William C. Fauvelle, who takes one of them round to Boston. 

The iron work was done by Count De Bonney.

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The barque built here last season by Captain William Knox for Messrs. A. & I. Waters is nearly finished and will be launched on the first rise of water.

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Another schooner has been contracted to be built by the Marietta Ship Company. The workmen commenced their labors last week, and Capt. Ellis informs us that if the weather is favorable, in sixteen days from this time the frame work will be up and ready for planking! This schooner is building for a Mr. Cochran of New Orleans.

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The steamboat "May Queen," which was burned at our landing on Friday morning last, had on board a full cargo for New Orleans. The following list includes the valuable items:

                    1353 Barrels Flour.

                    27 Barrels Tallow.

                    46 Kegs lard.

                    269 Sacks Dry Apples.

Of the flour, 1050 barrels belonged to Beaumont of Putnam (and a portion of it was of very extra quality), 167 barrels to Dewer and Granger, and 136 barrels to Culver and Porter. 140 barrels (only one of which belonged to Beaumont) were saved in good order; and 300 barrels (of Beaumont's) were saved in a damaged condition. The lard was all saved; and all the Tallow, except one barrel. Eighteen sacks, only, of the dried fruit were saved. Probably $5000 would not cover the loss upon the cargo, which it is understood was mostly insured.

The "May Queen" belonged to C. R. Kelley and W. T. Bowen of Zanesville. She was considered worth from $4,000 to $5,000, and was insured in the Columbus Insurance Company for $3,000. The fire is supposed to have originated from the ash pan under the boilers and had probably been burning some hours before smoke was discovered issuing from her hold.

It was about half an hour after the alarm was given before the flames burst through the deck floor, and had she been scuttled, the boat and cargo might probably have been saved. But the Captain would not consent that this should be done, lest the Policy of Insurance should thus be vitiated. A singular opinion this, though no doubt honestly entertained!

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.

Death of Lilly Martin Spencer

The Daily Register, May 24, 1902

A Famous Artist Who Formerly Lived in Vicinity of Marietta

New York, May 23 - Lilly Martin Spencer, a noted artist, whose paintings years ago achieved for her worldwide reputation, died yesterday [May 22, 1902] at 226 West 114th street at the age of 77 years.

Mrs. Spencer came to America with her parents when she was 5 years old. Her father was a scholarly Frenchman, instructor of the young Dukes of Exeter and Devonshire. They lived in Marietta, Ohio. At the age of 12 years Lilly Spencer was considered a marvel, and Nicholas Longworth, the Cincinnati millionaire, who had heard of her, offered to send her abroad to study. She refused to do so, because he stipulated that she must abstain from all original work for seven years and spend that time studying old masters. He remained her friend, however, and after she married and came to New York, she opened her studio under his patronage.

Among her most notable paintings are the allegorical representatives of "Truth Unmasking Falsehood," for which Senator Sprague of New Jersey offered $20,000, an immense sum at that time.

Up to a few weeks ago Mrs. Spencer still worked at her easel. Among her recent paintings are portraits of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Robert Ingersoll. Her masterpiece is considered to be "Algeria," from "Childe Harold."

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Scores of Marietta people will remember Mrs. Spencer when she lived here, and how even in childhood her work was marvelous. It is told that when she resided in a house near Devol's Dam she covered the very walls of the building with exquisite paintings and for many years the house was a place constantly visited by sightseers.

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.

A Tape-Worm

 The Marietta Register, February 22, 1872

On Friday evening last, we were shown one of those horrible things, a tape-worm, which had been expelled from the stomach of a lady in Harmar, under the treatment of Dr. S. O. Loughridge. The main portion of the "reptile" was twenty-five feet in length, flat, from a quarter to half an inch wide, and jointed every quarter of an inch or so. Besides the main stem, there were broken fragments of the worm, perhaps enough to make five feet more. The lady has suffered some time from the presence of the worm, is weak now, but up and about and will get entirely well.

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.

The Old Johnson House

The Marietta Register, September 21, 1871

The old "Johnson house" on Fifth Street, just below Washington, has been bought by James Stevens, who is repairing it.

This house has an interesting history. It was built (except the weather boarding) out of materials from the original Stockade, erected on Washington Street in 1788, by the first settlers here. The logs inside of the weather boarding are now partly exposed.

It was also the first house in which the Methodists in Marietta held their meetings in the early part of this century. It was then the residence of Jonas Johnson, the most active and prominent Methodist of this place in those days.

The first Methodist meeting in town was a Camp Meeting held near the Stockade Landing in 1804, at which Mr. Johnson was converted. On the organization of the Methodists Church here in 1805, he became the first Class Leader. Tradition tells us that his house used to be stoned, when meetings were held there, the windows broken, squibs fired, and the chimney covered with boards to smoke and annoy the worshipers.

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.