USA > Ohio > Franklin County > Columbus > History of the city of Columbus, capital of Ohio, Volume II > Part 4
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120
22
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
It was described as " richly and brilliantly laid with gold," and was said to have cost five hundred dollars.
The final return of the Ohio Volunteers from Mexico took place during the mid- summer of 1848. Coming up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers by steamers, they were welcomed at Cincinnati by the ringing of bells, firing of cannon and other dem- onstrations of greeting. They were also formally escorted through the streets when that ceremony was practicable, but unfortunately it was in some instances not practicable. Speaking of the arrival of four companies of the Second Regi- ment in July, 1848, the Cincinnati Gazette said :
The firemen again turned out nobly. with their engines, &c., tastefully decorated, . . but there was no parade, no procession ; the wretched condition of the soldiers - many of them being destitute of shoes and [having] scarcely clothing enough to cover their naked- ness [made them] refuse to leave the boat and march through the streets.
In a later issue the Gazette stated that many of the returning soldiers when they arrived at the Cincinnati landing were destitute of hats, coats, shirts, shoes and even pantaloons, and that they had been fed during their voyage on "wormy bread and tainted meat." As their pay was reserved for final discharge, they were totally destitute of money.
Most of the men belonging to the Columbus companies returned to the city, in detachments, during the month of July. On the twentyseventh of that month a formal reception was given to them under the auspices of the Democratie Central Hickory Club. The returned volunteers, numbering about two hundred in all, were organized for the occasion into three companies, all under Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Latham, of the Fifth Regiment. They were bronzed and hirsute, some- times wore articles of dress peculiar to the climate or customs of Mexico, and bore many eurious mementoes of their campaigns. The President of the Day was Jacob Hare, and the orator Samuel Medary. Colonel Latham was assisted in the com- mand by Captains M. C. Lilley and George E. Waleutt, and by his Lieutenants Hermann Jaeger, R. H. Thompson and Francis Moyer. A procession comprising the volunteers, the escorting body and citizens was formed in front of General Gale's Union Hotel and moved by State, Third and Broad Street to High, from whenee it proceeded down High Street to Jaeger's Orchard in the southern part of the city. The march is thus described by the Ohio Statesman :
As the procession passed the Statehouse they [the volunteers] were met by a band of some sixty or seventy [actually fiftyfour] young girls dressed in white, supporting a vast wreath of oak and evergreen with which they encircled the volunteers, and thus marched with them to the place of reception. The large gateway of the orchard was formed into a triumphal arch ; rare flowers were mingled with the evergreen and the oak, the whole sur- mounted and decorated with flags. On the left of the arch, and forming a part of it. was the American shield. on the right the American Eagle, and in the centre the words: Ehret die Braven -" Honor the brave." This arch was the work of our German friends. . . . The pro- cession of young ladies which surrounded the volunteers and led them captive was the work of the German fair, and as the vast procession passed down High Street the beauty and appropriateness of the compliment made them the observed of all observers. As the pro- cession reached the orchard, the German volunteers were received by two young ladies in the language of their "Faderland."
23
SECOND WAR EPISODE.
The two little maidens here spoken of were Misses Silbernagel and Wendell. They were dressed in white, and welcomed the German volunteers in a poetical address in the German language, repeating the verses alternately. A bevy of young ladies strewed flowers in the path of the volunteers as they moved into the grove. Samuel Medary delivered an address of general welcome, to which Colonel W. A. Latham responded. In the evening the costly sword which had been pur- chased by citizens and friends for Colonel George W. Morgan was presented to him at the Democratic Hall, where a banquet was held. The presentation address was delivered by D. A. Robertson.
Thus ended the second war episode of which the history has been blended with that of the capital of Ohio.
NOTES.
1. Of these, eighteen were killed and thirtynine wounded.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. LATHAM'S COMPANY (COLUMBUS CADETS), SECOND REGIMENT ODIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. Mustered in July 1, 1846; mustered out July 1, 1847.1
William A. Latham, captain.
John Leonard, private.
James Markland, first lientenant.
B. F. Lincoln, private.
John Arnold, second lieutenant.
Robert Lucas, private.
John A. Harvey, first sergeant. Augustus Marcy, private.
W. H. Sanford, second sergeant.
John W. Marcy, private.
William Cloud, third sergeant. Victor Trevitt, fourth sergeant. Charles Johnson, first corporal.
Abed Moore, private. Franklin Moyer, private.
Samuel Mutchler, private.
Lewis Hadley, second corporal.
T. Nadenbousch, private.
H. W. Johnes, third corporal.
Samuel Pierce, private.
John Righter, fourth corporal.
Samuel Reaver, private.
Joseph Righter, private.
George Atwater, private. George Altin, private.
Samuel Sabines, private.
James Bennet, private.
D. K. Seltz, private. Frederick Schilling, private.
Robert Benns, private.
Moses Bedell, private.
John Scott, private.
Joseph Bidwell, private.
Samuel J. Scott, private.
I. R. Brake, private.
Ralph J. Scott, private.
Jacob Brown, private.
Scribner, private.
A. Clarke, private.
F. Coffman, private.
M. Simcox, private. R. J. Shannon, private.
Thomas Davies, private.
James Sheperd, private.
Louis Evans, private. Elias Fink, private.
Seth Shoemaker, private. James Thomas, private. Samuel Taylor, private.
J. S. Foley, private. William Forrester, private. William Greenly, private.
Daniel Townsend, private.
Henry Tuttle, private.
24
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
William Greenwood, private.
John Weaver, private.
S. Handsucker, private.
S. S. Weaver, private.
Samuel Hartsoc, private.
Harvey Wheeler, private.
W. Harbaugh, private.
Thomas Whiteford, private.
Nicholas Harrington, private.
Joel Williams, private. John H. Williams, private.
John Knoderer, private.
Christian Karst, private.
George Krome, private.
Charles Yerk, private. Stephen Young, private.
1This company was originally mustered in by General Stockton, at Columbus, all its officers and men being from that city. Seventeen men whose names are not above given deserted from the company. The above list has been copied from a mnsterroll in the office of the Adjutant-General of Ohio.
CAPTAIN J. T. MICKUM'S COMPANY (MONTGOMERY GUARDS), SECOND REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Mustered in July 1, 1846; mustered out July 1, 1847.1
J. T. Micknm, captain.
C. Harbangh, private.
W. I. Medary, first lieutenant.
G. S. Hoover, private.
J. Neereamer, second lieutenant.
Jacob Houtz, private.
E. R. Hile, first sergeant.
John Hanover, private.
J. W. Cowan, second sergeant.
I. B. Hedges, private.
H. G. Hood, third sergeant.
A. I. Hinman, private.
M. A. Boling, fourth sergeant.
E. A. Hill, private.
John Heston, first corporal. Harry Johnson, private. A. S. Jones, private.
John W. Ford, third corporal.
George Kroup, private.
Jacob Oyler, fourth corporal.
John Lash, private. John Moore, private.
J. B. Ingalls, musician. Alexander Butler, musician. Daniel Acre, private. R. O. Allison, private.
James McKelvey, private.
Jacob Mosier, private.
William Borgstrep, private.
S. C. Mickum, private.
C. Nagfster, private.
J. Nagfster, private.
Harry Bowman, private.
A. H. Barnes, private. J. R. Bowman, private. James A. Boggs, private.
J. W. Oyler, private. J. R. Osgood, private. H. Ogden, private. -- Peckham, private. James Pinney, private.
Adam Bidwell, private.
J. Parret, private.
D. C. Bowhan, private.
Peter G. Catlin, private. Thomas Cook, private. Samuel Cain, private.
James Spurgeon, private.
Joseph Cower, private.
John Donalson, private.
Daniel Deatz, private.
John Edgar, private. C. Fenstoneak, private.
N. K. Miner, private.
Orange Barnhart, private.
Henry Baughman, private.
John W. Copeland, private.
S. Sparks, private.
Daniel Shetler, private. Lemuel Swesey, private. D. H. Shaw, private. John Settson, private. William Shaw, private.
W. Parkerson, second corporal.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY BAKER
Residence of Emerson McMillin, 52 Hamilton Avenue, built in 1887.
25
SECOND WAR EPISODE.
B. L. Friar, private.
George Skidmore, private.
William Fisk, private.
John Fay, private.
John Wilkes, private. John Wetherball, private.
N. Gilkison, private.
James Gale, private.
David Wilson, private. William Wetherington, private.
Jacob Gale, private.
John C. Walton, private.
Norton Hessel, private.
Seneca Weathing, private.
E. B. Harris, private.
William Weeth, private.
Samuel Herrman, private.
1This company was originally commanded by Captain George E. Walcutt, who resigned by reason of impaired health. Its officers and men were, with one exception, all from Columbus. Two men whose names are not above given are borne on the roll as deserters. The above list has been copied by permission from a musterroll in the office of the Adjutant- General of Ohio.
CAPTAIN OTTO ZIRCKEL'S COMPANY, FOURTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
Mustered in May 27, 1847 ; mustered out July 18, 1848.
Otto Zirckel
. Captain
. Columbus.
Eduard Proessler
First Lieutenant
Columbus.
Frederic Schmidt
. Second Lieutenant
Columbus.
Hermann Jaeger
Second Lieutenant
Columbus.
George Cullman
First Lieutenant .
Columbus.
Jobn Kern
First Sergeant
Columbus.
John Rickenbacher
Second Sergeant
Columbus.
Frederick Pruff
Third Sergeant .
Lancaster.
G. A. Fuchs
Fourth Sergeant .
Columbus.
Charles Stephany
First Corporal
Columbus.
Andrew Reinhard
Second Corporal
Columbus.
Peter Freudenberger
Third Corporal
Columbus.
Mathias Ruff
. Fourth Corporal
Lancaster.
Wilmer Simons
Musician
Bloomfield.
Henry Snyder
Musician
Lancaster.
Henry Bieber
Private
Paulding County.
Christian Brueck
Private
Columbus.
Jacob Breith
Private
Newport.
John Battefeld
Private
Columbus.
Andrew Baumeister
Private
Columbus.
John Bergwitz
Private
Delaware.
William Dadt
Private
Columbus.
Paulus Dussel .
Private
Columbus.
Frederic Becker
Private
Columbus.
John A. Eitel
Private
Columbus. Lancaster.
Pearce Freese
Private
William Fassig
Private
Columbus.
Henry Goebel
Private
Columbus.
Jacob F. Glauner
Private
Lancaster.
Sebastian Gramlich
Private
Columbus.
Frederick Harris
Private
Columbus.
.
26
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
John Hauffman
Private
Columbus.
Jacob Heller
Private
Lancaster.
Jacob Hittler
Private
Columbus.
Christian Kastner
Private
. Cincinnati.
George Kohlepp
Private
Columbus.
Henry Kruse -.
Private
Mouth of Rio Grande.
Gottlieb Link
Private
llenry Longhenry
Private
Peter Marx
Private
Columbus.
Joseph Meyer
Private
Columbus.
August Maertens
Private.
Lancaster.
George Nithard
Private
Ulrich Preii
Private
John Pranft
Private
Columbus.
Adolph Proetger
Private
Columbus.
George Schmidt
Private
Columbus.
George Schaeffer
Private
Columbus.
George Fleinman
Private
Columbus.
John Schrott
Private
Columbus.
Henry Schreiner
Private
. Columbus.
George Schatzman
Private
Cincinnati.
John Scheryer
Private
Columbus. Marion.
Jacob Schoenlaub
Private
Valentin Scheuerman
Private
Columbus.
Jacob Schmerz
Private
Columbus.
George Schott
Private
Chillicothe.
Anton Speek
Private
Columbus.
John Tobler
Private
Cincinnati.
Paulus Trott
Private
Columbus.
John G. Trapp
Private
Columbus.
John Trapp
Private
Columbus.
John Voeth
Private
Columbus.
L. Weenesdoerfer
Private
Columbus.
Henry Witzel
Private
Columbus.
Christian Woehrly
Private
Columbus.
John Watter
Private
Columbus.
John Wieler
Private
Columbus.
DIED.
Henry Steinmetz
Private
. Columbus.
Jacob Schenkel
Private
Columbus.
Jacob Noto
Private
Columbus.
Peter Oestrenger
Private
Columbus.
Gustav Hahn
Private
Columbus.
George Cullman
First Lieutenant
Columbus.
DISCHARGED.
Edward Lilly
First Sergeant
Columbus.
Jobn M. Hansel
Private
Columbus.
Adam Rickenbacher
Private
. Columbus.
Charles Hantzsche
Private
Cincinnati.
Columbus.
Columbus.
Marion.
Columbus.
27
SECOND WAR EPISODE.
Bernbard Steint
Private
Columbus.
William Kuehner
Private
Columbus.
Napoleon Meyer
Private .
Columbus.
Anton Voeth
Private
Columbus.
TRANSFERRED.
Benedict Diesterweig
Private
Cincinnati.
Jacob Schneider
Private
Columbus.
William Schneider
. First Sergeant
Columbus.
Sixteen privates of this company, part of whose names are illegible on the original roll, deserted. Their nanies are not embraced in the above list.
CAPTAIN M. C. LILLEY'S COMPANY, FRANKLIN GUARDS, FOURTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Mustered in June 2, 1847 ; mustered out July 18, 1848.
Copied from an original musterout roll in the possession of Captain Lilley.
Mitchell C Lilley Captain
. Columbus.
John C. Groom
First Lieutenant
Columbus.
Robert H. Thompson
.
Second Lieutenant
Columbus.
Abel Moore
Second Lieutenant
Delaware.
John Adams
First Sergeant
Columbus.
A. B Parmenter
Second Sergeant
Marysville.
Jacob Taylor
Third Sergeant .
Columbus.
John T. Collins
Fourth Sergeant
Marion.
David W. Henderson
First Corporal .
Marysville.
Charles P. Cavis .
Second Corporal
Marysville.
Joseph G. MWCormick .
Third Corporal
Columbus.
Oliver N. Durant .
Fourth Corporal
Columbus.
Charles E. Bynuer
Private
Cincinnati
Francis G. Bowers
Private
Marion.
Andrew J. Baker
Private
Cincinnati.
Abram Bechtel
Private
Columbus.
Joshua Brothers
Private
Marysville. Bellpoint.
William Burdit
Private
New Philadelphia.
Daniel Bill
Private
Columbus.
Norman H. Bucklee
Private
Columbus. Watkins.
W. W. Clevinger
Private
Andrew Clark
Private
Delaware.
Charles Carpenter
Private
Columbus.
James Cowdell
Private
Delaware.
Peter Deffenbaugh Private
Columbus.
Ira H. Dayton .
Private
Columbus.
John H. Dugan
Private
Columbus.
George W. Everson
Private
Columbus.
John W. Fletcher
Private
Columbus.
Noah Green
Private
Columbus.
J. M. C. Bogan
Private
.
28
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Joliu Graham
Private
Columbus.
George W. Graham
Private
Marysville.
James B. Graham
Private
Columbus.
William Graham
Private
Columbus.
Samuel E. Bodwin
Private
Columbus.
Robert Geffs
Private
Columbus.
John Hughes
Private
Columbus.
Joseph G. Hawkins
Private
Columbus.
William Hopkins
Private
Columbus.
Alexander Houston
Private
Cincinnati.
Samuel Hill
Private
Cincinnati.
James P. Johnson
Private
Marysville.
Edward L Johnson
Private
Columbus.
James Johnson
Private
Marysville.
William R. Johnson
Private
Columbus.
Abram Mathias
Private
Columbus.
William H. Morris
Private
Columbus.
Francis Miles .
Private
Columbus.
Thomas McGraw
Private
Columbus.
Lewis Morrison
Private
Marysville. Delaware.
German S. Merrick
Private
Farron Olmsted
Private
Columbus.
Thomas W. Pease
Private
Marysville.
John Price
Private
Marysville. Columbus.
David Reed
Private
Marysville.
Alvan Rose
Private
Delaware.
Levi Richeldarfer.
Private
Columbus. Jefferson.
Lemuel Rodarnel
Private
. Columbus.
Frederick Smith
Private
Marysville.
Fletcher Shout
Private
.
Jacob Stickley
Private
Johnstown.
Thomas Simmons
Private
Rareysport.
Nelson Simmons
Private
Rareysport.
John L. Smith
Private
Columbus.
James B. Tupper Ornon Tubbs
Private
Columbus.
Robert Thompson
Private
Columbus.
Owen Turney .
Private
Columbus.
John White
Private
Columbus.
James F. Williams
Private
Westchester.
DIED.
Thomas Coulter
Private
Columbus.
Richard George-1st
Private
Columbus.
Robert Giles
Private
Delaware.
Joseph H. Groom
Sergeant
Columbus.
John Harrington
Private
Newark.
James T. Johnson
Private
Columbus.
Alexander G. Oliver
Private
Marysville.
William R. Simmons
Private
. Columbus.
Horace Train
Private
Mount Vernon.
John Parker
Private
Hiram D. Rohie
Private
Marysville.
Private
Columbus.
29
SECOND WAR EPISODE.
DISCHARGED.
George W. Clutter
Private
Columbus.
Hiram Deptin
Private
Delaware.
Alfred Foreman
Private
Columbus.
Elisha M. Glick
Private
Marysville.
Samuel Groover
Private
.
Columbus.
Richard George-2d
Private
Centerville.
John Harrison
Private
Marysville.
Daniel Rodarnel
Private
Columbus.
Lorenzo Simms
Private
Columbus.
Hiram Trout
Private
Delaware.
Joseph Thomas
Private
Columbus.
Elias Walters
Private
Columbus.
Fourteen privates of this company deserted. Their names are not above given.
-
CHAPTER III.
THE CALIFORNIA EXODUS.
The Mexican war had no sooner closed than a new and still more alluring opportunity for adventure was presented. Ou February 9, 1848, while three men were repairing the race at Captain John A. Sutter's sawmill on the American Fork in California, the overseer, James W. Marshall, noticed some shining particles in the saud at the bottom of the race, from which the water had been drawn. The metal thus detected was gold. Marshall suspected as much, and after gathering up a small pouch full of the yellow grains he rode full speed to Fort Sutter, where he called Captain Sutter into a private room, asked him to lock the door, and showed him his treasure. In great excitement Marshall broached his opinion as to what the metal was, and told the story of its discovery. Captain Sutter applied nitric acid to the particles, and by this test proved beyond doubt that they were gold. Such was the beginning of one of the most unique and memorable episodes in American history.
For a time the discovery at the mill was kept secret, but not long. Sutter made his workmen promise not to divulge what they knew but his precautions were thwarted. The garrulity of a bibulous teamster made the whole story known at the nearest trading post, and from thence the news spread like wildfire up and down the Pacific coast. Soon it flew, as it were, upon the wings of the wind across the Rocky Mountains, and filled the whole country with excitement. Directly an unparalleled tide of emigration began to pour into California from all parts of the Union, and from Mexico, Europe and China. Within four months from the time gold was found in Sutter's millrace, five thousand delvers were at work in the ravines, watercourses and caverns of the Sacramento Valley.
Speaking generally as to the effects of the gold excitement, one account says :
Lawyers, clergymen, physicians, hotelkeepers, merchants, mechanics, traders, farmers left their occupations and hurried with basket and spade to the land that glittered. Homes and houses were closed; the grass threatened to grow over whole streets; deserted ships swung on their anchors in silent harbors. . .. Within a period of five months the popula- tion of the territory had run up to one hundred thousand, having just quadrupled during that time. Of these, some fortyfive thousand arrived in the nine thousand wagons that traversed the overland route, and four thousand on muleback, while the remainder came via Panama and round Cape Horn. One third of this multitude was composed of farmers, another of tradesmen and mechanics, and the rest of merchants, professional men, adventurers and gamblers. The vast emigrant armies acted as pioneers on their various routes, hewing down
[30]
31
THE CALIFORNIA EXODUS.
trees, filling up chasms, leveling the grounds and bridging torrents. But the sufferings endured in these colossal caravans were terrible. Many perished on the route ; many became insane, or wasted away through lack of food and water. The scourge of cholera also overtook the early emigrants before they were fairly embarked in the wilderness ; the frequent rains of the early spring, added to the hardships and exposure of their travel, prepared the way for its ravages, and the first four hundred miles of the trail were marked by graves to the number of four thousand. Bayard Taylor, in his narrative of what befel these pioneer emi- grants, says that not only were they compelled to kill their horses and mules to keep them- selves from starvation, but it was not unusual for a mess, by way of variety to the tough mule steaks, to kill a quantity of rattlesnakes with which the mountains abounded, and have a dish of them fried for supper.
The state of society which this sudden, miscellaneous influx produced, was of a most unique and amorphous character. A San Francisco letter of January 23, 1849, thus described it :
Crowds of men are flocking in from all quarters of the country, and among them are many persons of bad character and desperate fortunes. . . . The only tribunals which have attempted any jurisdiction in cases of murder and other atrocious crimes for some months past are those formed for the occasion as it arises; and offenders generally escape, or if they are taken, it is amidst the phrenzy of popular excitement, when the guilty and innocent may be victims together. Several executions have taken place in pursuance of this kind of law ; and it is supposed several others will be announced by the next mail from the south. In the meantime outrages are taking place in all parts of the country and the public astonish- ment has scarcely subsided after one murder before another is committed more horrible than the first. Housebreaking, thefts and robberies are almost of hourly occurrence.
But the vast tide of goldseekers was not to be turned back by such reports as these. The prevailing phrenzy was inflamed by multiplied and astounding dis- coveries until it reached a fever heat. In due time it reached Columbus. How many persons quitted the city for the gold fields, singly or in small parties, during the years 1848 and 1849 there are no means of ascertaining - probably a good many. The first attempts at organized emigration from the capital of Ohio to the new El Dorado seem to have been made during the month of January, 1849. On the twentyninth of that month a meeting was held at which thirty men signed a pledge to be ready to start together for the West at the opening of spring.1 At a meeting held January 31, twentyseven signatures were obtained, and a constitu- tion was adopted. During the month of February the Franklin California Min- ing Company and the Columbus and California Industrial Association were organ - ized. The articles of association of the Franklin company were as follows :
This article of agreement made and entered into this eighth day of February, A. D. 1849, by and between the undersigned citizens of Columbus, Franklin County, in the State of Ohio, witnesseth :
That for the consideration hereinafter mentioned the undersigned do agree to become a company to he known as the Franklin California Mining Company of Columbus, Ohio, for the purpose of proceeding to California to procure gold, golddust, &c., and other metals, and all such other purposes of profit as shall be decided upon by a majority of said company on their arrival in said territory of California; said company and association to exist as such under these articles for the period of eighteen months from the first day of May next, by which time said company is to return to the United States and have a settlement of all its affairs in the city of Columbus, Ohio, and to be held liable to be called to an account and
32
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
settlement in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, or in any other court in the United States, in Chancery, by any member of said company or his assigns or representa- tives, at any time after twenty months from the first day of May next.
The officers of said company are to consist of one captain, one lientenant, one quarter- master, one treasurer, one secretary and one chief of every mess of the number of six, which officers are to be elected by ballot for three months, the first election to be held before leav- ing Columbus, Ohio, a majority of all the votes to be necessary to a choice. Said officers are liable to be removed at any time by a vote of twothirds of the surviving members of said company.
Each member of said company is to pay the sum of two hundred dollars to the Secretary of said company within thirty days from this date, in such instalments as the company shall designate, as his part of the expenses of outfit and travel to California. Each member of said company and the representatives of each member who shall die after leav- ing Columbus, to be liable to an equal share of the expenses of said company, and to be entitled to an equal share of the profits from said expedition, and if any member shall desert and abandon his company before the expiration of eighteen months from May 1, 1849, with- out the consent of twothirds of the survivors of said company, he is to forfeit all moneys invested by him in said association, and all share of the profits arising from said expedition.
Any member may be expelled by a vote of twothirds of the survivors of said company. The powers and duties of the officers of said company are to be defined in bylaws to be enacted by said company ; said company to have power to pass any bylaws by a vote of a majority of the survivors not inconsistent with the provisions of these articles of association, which are not to be altered, amended or abrogated, and the right of each and all members, or their representatives, of the company to his or their shares of the profits of said company are not to be lost in any other manner than herein provided.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.