The Jeffersonian Democrat, 1859-09-02

Making appropriations for tho superin superintendence - tendence superintendence and repairs of the Public Works for Ihe fiscal your ending November IS, 18.)!). nnd providing for leasing thn sainn. Sectij.x 1 lie it tnaclrd by the Crnernl ilttrmbty of the State of Ohio, That for the purposo of lousing Ihu public works of said state, thoy aru hereby divided into tho following section, to wit : Section No. ono to embrace Ihe Miami and K.riu Canal and all tho sido cuts, feed feeders - ers feeders and reservoirs connected thorowith, to together - gether together with the luekhouses, collector's offl ccs, weighlocks, und leases of surplus watur therefrom, and ull ihu water rents and privi privileges - leges privileges pertuiuing thereto,and of land usud in connection therewith. See. No. two 'n embrace the Muskkingum Improvement. Ohio Cunul, tho Hocking Canul, tho Wulliondint; Canal, and all tho side cuts, foedurs, and reservoir, connected with suid section, together with tho lock lock-houses, - houses, lock-houses, collector's oliicus, weighlocks, aud louses of surplus wuler therefrom, nnd nil tho water routs, and privileges pertaining thereto, und of luud used in connection therewith. Section No tbreo to oinhrnco tho West Western - ern Western Reserve und Muuinuo Kuud and all loll gales thereon. All moneys derived from thn leasing of suid sections, to bo paid into tho statu treas treasury - ury treasury and form a part of tho sinking fund. Sr.o. 2. Iiiitnediutiilv nf'ier tho tmssiitrH of this act, tho Hoard of I'ublic Works shall advurtisu suid sections to bo let for the term ' of fivo years, nt public miction, on Ihe steps I of tho Male, House in tho cil v of t'oliiinbus. ! between tho hours often o clock A. M. and four o'clock 1'. M. of tho day of lotting, which duy shall bo tho fl teonth day of Au August - gust August noxt. Suid advertisement shall hu pub published - lished published in two papers, printed and in gener general - al general ciiculution in tho cities of Columbus, Cin Cincinnati, - cinnati, Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleroland, Zjnesrillo and Duyton, New Ymk, Boston, I'hiladulphia ' aud Baltimore, which advertisements shall bo continued In tho papers iu which they nay hu inserted until tho time of lotting at said public auction, and shall describe thn works to bo lot, and the tinio and place of letting tho sumo, und tho terms upon which suid lettings aro to bo made. And tho said Hoard of I'ublic Works, on tho said fifteenth day of August next, between- tho hours of ton o'clock A. M. uud four o'clock P. M. ol suid duy, at tho placo aforesaid, shall pro coed, at pubiio auction, to lot ooh anntinn for tho turin aforesaid, in the order herein sot forth, tn tho person or persons who, in consideration of the tolls to bo dorirod from section, shall bid to pay tho highest snnuul rout therefor, and who shull givo gnod se security - curity security lhat be or they will puy Ihe same promptly in semi uunual payments during said term, and will keep tho said section in good and proper condition and repair du during - ring during said term, comply with all tho terms of his or their contract, aud at tho expira expiration - tion expiration (hereof, will delivur up (ho sumo in liko gnod condition as when received : Provided, hnwuver, (hut no railroad com company - pany company or companies shall in any manner bo bo-couio - couio bo-couio parties to said bids or interested there therein, - in, therein, and provided further, that it shall be un unlawful - lawful unlawful for tho lesseo or lessees of any of said lections, or their assigns, during the contiouanco of thoir loassos of said sections to soli or assign their interest or part thorn thorn-of - of thorn-of to any railroad companies ; and provided, further, that section ono shull not bo leased for a lets sum than forty thousand dollars, section two for not less than fifteen thous thousand - and thousand dollars, icclion throe for not loss than four hundred dollars ; nnd provided that no ono Boelion shall bo so lut unless nil said lections aro let. Tho security on section No. 1 shull bo in tho sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, on section No. two in tho sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and on section No. three in tho sum of ten thousand dolluts. Tho bonds shull ho made to tho State of Ohio, and ho renewable every two yean or of tun tuner - er tuner if tho board of public works shall think ihe security at nny hum is insufficient : Prnvidud that no bid shull bo received tin tin-loss - loss tin-loss tho porson or poisons making tho same shull have first deposited with the auditor of state in monoy or iu stocks of tho State of Ohio, or of tho United btatos, tho sum of ton thousand dollars upon tho conditions following, to wit : That I o or they will tnko a lease of tho section on which ho or they shall bid if it shall bo struck off to him or them, und giro security for tho same, as liorein provided, and in default thereof the. security so dopositotl shall be absolutely nnd wholly forfeited to aud be become - come become tho monoy or property of tho stato. Before the bourd (it public works shall sign and exocuto any loaso by virtue of the pro visions ot this act, they shuil reqtmo tho bidder or bidders to whom said lease, was awarded, lo muko aud sign an affidavit set- ing forth tho name or names of such biddor, nnd of all and every person, directly or in indirectly - directly indirectly inlorcstod it) obtaining said lense. and, if a firm, lotting forth tho individual names of tho members ot tho saino, and thut neither said bidder or bidders, or any person in their behalf, had or did associate, contedcrato, collude er combine with any porson or persons, directly or indirectly, for tho purposo of preventing competition in bidding for said lease, or in any wuy cheat cheating - ing cheating or defrauding tho .Stato in obtaining said lease or tho lease of any other seel ion lot at tho sumo time; and further setting forth that said bidder or bidders did not and havo not, directly or indirectly, pro procured - cured procured any person or persons to withdraw any bid for thn purposo uforesaid, nnd said affidavit shall bo carefully proservod on file in the office of tho Lourd of public works, and if it shall at any limo tboroaftor appear that said affidavit was in any material re respect - spect respect false, it shall bo doomed and hold suf sufficient - ficient sufficient causo for sotting aside any loaso so made, and holding tho samo a null and void, and the person or persona making such false and fraudulent affidavit, shall be doomed guilty of poijury, and may be in indicted - dicted indicted aud prosecuted thei'ctur. ' Sec. 8. It shall bo a part of tho agree agreement - ment agreement between the lesseo or lessees and tho State, that the lessee or loaioos of any sec section - tion section or sections of said pubiio works shall pay tho rent aforesaid at tho time and plnco specified in his or their lenso, and shall faithfully fulfill all tho legal contracts and covenants of the stulo tor the term aforesaid, cotituined in tho water losses on said reslini) or sections, or in leases of ground for lockhouto or collector's offices, und all legal contracts tor now construction or repairs, and all arrangements or agree ments eutorcd into by tho state of Ohio, by aet of the legislature or otherwise with any tia'e or cm Deration or with the government i of tho Uuitod State, during the term afore

Wben a child is learning to wnlk, if you enn induce the little creature to keep ils eye fixed on an)' point in ndvnnce, hi will generally "nnviijuie to Unit point without capsizing, hut distract its ntten ntten-lion - lion ntten-lion by word or Ret from the ubjf ct before it, Btnl down (.-nt-g the baby. Tho rule itpplies lo childrt-n of a larger growth. The mnn who slnrlB in life with n deler deler-minnlion - minnlion deler-minnlion to reach n certain position, and adheres unwaveringly lo bis purpose, re jecting ihu advice of the overcautious, nnd uelyuig Iho Riiuries ol the timid, rarely fRtls if he live long enough lo reach the goal for which be aet out. ll' circum circumstances - stances circumstances oppose him, be bends them to his exigencies by ihe force of energetic, in indomitable - domitable indomitable will. On Ihe other band, be who vncilUles in hia course, 'yawning." rs the sailors say, toward nil points of the compass, is pretty sure lo become a help help-leR - leR help-leR castaway before bis voyage of life is half completed. There can be no question among philosophic observers of men and events, that fixedness of purpose is a grand element of human succees. Weathercock men ar e nature's failure. They nrc good for nothing. Heller downright bigheailed obstinacy than eter eternal - nal eternal vacillation; better willful blindness to danger, however menacing, than the hes hesitancy - itancy hesitancy which is forever weighing the pos possibilities - sibilities possibilities of defeat against the cliinces of victory. The men of action, whoso names are written imperishably on the page of history, were men of iron. Silky fellows tuay do for intrigue, but the founders, and conquerors, nnd liberators nnd sav saviors - iors saviors of empires have nil been of the war warrior - rior warrior metal. No human bcin who habit habitually - ually habitually halts between two opinion", who cannot decide promptly, nnd, having de decided, - cided, decided, act as if there were no such word as f-iil, can ever be gieat. Ceasnr would never have crossed the Rubicon, nor Washington ihe Delaware, bad thpy not fixed their stern gaze on objects far be beyond - yond beyond tho perils at their feet.

A worthy friend recently said to mr: "A gentleman of observation fiotn one of our principal cities of the West, stated to me, that in point of (act, almost all the leading men of the cities were from the country, Rnd hnd been raised farmer' sons. The reasutis seemed lo me quite obvious. The vigorous health, patient industry, thorough economy, nnd hard thinking necessary to success, are the product of the country, and but seldom ol the town or city. A large part of the merit nnd talent of the country, doubtless remains upon and adorns our farms. An Another - other Another is drawn by a spirit of enterprise lo lo our towns. When they enter, they find an active competition that brings out their best efforts. Success on their part, takes away the necessity for effort on their chil children, - dren, children, and the next result is, that their children become reduced in means nnd merit, and every element of success, and are driven to some refuge in vice or petty employment. It is, therefore, the duty of the man who has been successful in town lo retire to the country again, that his children si ay partake, as fur ns possi ble, ol Ins advantages. In traveling, one day last year, the rain drove us into u country tavern, where h fat man, of some fifty years of Rgo, enter entertained - tained entertained us with the following quaint, but not improbable theory : "You see, sir, everything comes around in abont four generations. First conies Ihe entcrpris ing and hard-working fellow, who gets the money, men his children begin to live iu s'yle, but their parents' example and stamina keep them pretty well up but their children begin to run down, in their hands the property is wanted, and they die poor, and the fourth race begins in poverty and works upward agaiu. lieecher en Farming.