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r J. SHERIDAN,.; ;' Editor. ASHLAJ; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 181. - ' J?KM QCBATIC TICKET. - - - Fe JdgJ af the Supreme Court, I" ASHEPARD P. NORRIS, .q-Fw Member Board Of PnbUcJSverks, ALEXANDER P. MILLER, ; OP BCTIEE COUNTY. . z v,6r Congr.:; ; U E, JOHNSON, r.- tthjtU tf Itt rfcui f Ik District OmmnmntUm. ".t j For. Probate Judge, -i A, L CURTIS. ' - For Clerk of the Court, JOHN SHERIDAN. I r-s-- ?". t, -For Prosecuting Attorney,. UrJ.! - JOHN a FULTON. Udizi---Li For Sheriff,-' ,:.: . JOHN D. JONES." For" Auditor" r , ... -..ISAAC. GATES- O v:.For Treasurer, - 'J OHN 8MURR. ' V d GEORGE McCONNELL. rl.-; Fcc. Irtfiirarsry DirectrT . HUGH: MoGUIRE. x JKX-, Court Common. Pleas com .mencea itssceeieii in this place .next week. f.COTOGIS.ESSICMfJaX NOIMHATIOS. ' . i i -Dr. KB. Olds, of the District com posed fcE.Licking, Franklin and: Picka way, Las been re-nominated for Congress. The Vote stood Olds 40, Andrews 23 ; blinks 3. -I ''''f;. ' f..Wk. Dunbar, JSsq., of -Mt.. Vernon, we, ieara.i&r .nominated . for Congress, ia -the District composed ; of - Knox, HoTmesJ'Tuscarawas'and Coshocton.'"' . f j, , . .... . ' '. ' ' .Hom'GEo.'BLiss"," of the Summit .and fetark District, is also xe--noniinated. -: rnou.iTE COXJM.X'. v . 'fifollowingl.casea.were, before tie 9 JrobteCourt.last, week,- for' trial.: - t L ;IUia.aie of ( the State of Ohio r. BfliMRAVEy'fdr assaulfand battery, Jury f$ttirile'd'a1 vei'dict of Guilty. . A new- trial was eranted- ana the case con ijKied; jiotil.fche uext term, of said court. : State of Ohior. rWji. Dcjfi.AP;- Sub mitted" t& Oyur,' whicV fined 'hint 'Five Dollars and costs,1 and one day's impris onment ia Jail. ;.. f - ,: : ,X, i.-- .-.; ' .;-State of Ohio vs. Silas' WootEr, on complaint far being intoxicated,' snbmi tcd to Court, and discharged for want of sufficient'", testimony. '.J. 1,-. a. State. bf: Ohiocse Joseph Robins, on 'complaint for assault and battery. Snb biitted to Court j J Defendant fined two dollars,' and imprisoned twenty-four hours on"bread. and Water...- . . vvfitate of - Ohio rs; ' Johtt Weitz, for Belliag liquor. -'f. Jury returned a' verdict of guilty, ' but before' judgment was ren dered he took 'i French leave .".and left is bail -to pay -one hundred dollars. i t A number of other oai's were contin- iued. i''-- T;; 1 ". ; '-" . . "Hie t Vsiokt ALIAS WIIIC f A II XV ys. THE DEMOCRATIC FABXT :ti ' -.11--' : t. mi Johh Qvmcr Adams, we believe, was something of a "Whig politician.' This, we" 'presume, no one will deny." Upon one occasion, in. his great anxiety to de feat the principles of the Democratic partyf he said : And if we cannot al ter things, ' by - G--d well change their nainesj ;Sirs ' ' ' ''" ; ". Judging from present appearances, the lame'system of tactics is to be adopted t "the: present 'crisis.1 "It is" worthy of rVema"rk, that ampng all" the changes, and eluftsof political parties since the organ ization of.-hia Government, , the Demo cratic party ia the only party that has preserved its identity. .; And there never has been', TeaHy,' ' more', than two great parties in ".this country at any one time 4he Democratic party, and the opposi tion to that party. But among all the parties "that have ever existed in this Re public, none lave been so pliable as the "iYhig. party! . They have' advocated as many different -conflicting principles, and 'existed under as many different names, :ns PROTEushad shapes." These changes, however, ' Lave all been made to accom plish the one great object for which that jtarty iras formed. "to obtain place and f)pdw'i f ' And, to nse an expression which the witjf Burke has made famous,, they .ave. not cared 'f three skips of & louse " its tolho aaeana they '.made use of to at' cfahx-their ends.-' From the time of the roVganizatioa of 'that party 1S32 up to the last Presidential electioTi such course wise ? Can any; ever held the name of Whig, ej such a scheme of partial and Does such a cours ' well with the plans to which devoted so mucn . lapor t , a'. viiot believe that the honest Whir will abandon the broad which grow out of our Constij accept the narrow piatiorm aition to the South ." Cin. .-.! Dubuque, A: ' -In nine counties heard from ttbe Whiz candidate for Govera r ahead. Hempstead- tor Von 'about tbo same majority. New York, i Tha-Emmr- City -reports Clipper- ihip ;Tounsend fror for" San Francisco, was totally "by fire on the 4th of jaay. , a .nil 10 of the hands were sa- ' 'wpili8wasop from the prying eyes of rascally Locofo- cos, who wished to witness, his dying struggles. But it ia impossible for him to recover. The bad " atmosphere " of lire ptaoe. ;wnicn ne isxqnQeuf',tiu theVi' odor of hia colored protector'will be. so offensive to his nasal organs, that itkwill be almost, un possible; for him. to to ssivive..i XHif j v There is now no room Tor doubt, that the greater portion of the Whig party in Ohio,, will amalgamate with. the Free Soilers this Fall, for the sake of office. That their anti-Slavery professions are all. made 'for this purpose, there is no room, -for . doubt. - It is as -clear as the noon-day sun, and especially so in this portion ot tne btate: it - opposition to the Nebraska .Bill is. their true aim they surely have no right to complain of the Democrats in this Copgressional.; Dis trict. Our member of Congress voted against the Bill, and many .old line, re liable Democrats opposed it. t Why have they.jiominated a Free Soil Whig can didate for'- Congress against a man who voted against the Bill, and in advance of. the Democratic nomination? "Will the Whigs support an. anti-Nebraska Democratic nominee, should the Demo crats make such a nomination ? If there is no other issue before the people, why did they not wait the action of the Dem ocratio Convention ? The game of the Whigs is certainly very plain. They hope, by this move, to drive the Demo crats of this District into the support of the BUI, and to nominate a pledged Ne braska man, by which they hope to get a few Democrats to vote for J udge Bliss. It remains to be seen whether any Dem ocrats of this County, will be caught by this- Whig bait. We stand pledged in advance, to support the Democratio nom inee of our Convention." We do not pre tend to say what the action of our Con will bevbut we do' not suppose that the Nebraska matter will be made a ques tion in the Convention. - We do not be lieve, ' considering the present complex ion of the Senate, that there is the slight est .hope for a repeal of the . BilL The people of Kansas will not make, applica tion for admission into the Union for sev eral years to eome, ' and it is utterly im- possibfe" at this time to tell what the social "institutions of , the State .will be. Then where the necessity of keeping up a useless agitation of the slavery ques tion ? With the' Whigs there can be but one' object to fatten... upon: the spoils, j We. are confident that no Democrat will 1 lend, himself to such base purposes, or I will aid in any scheme that will build up the Whig party at the expense of the Democratic party. . ;; .- . : .. ; In conclusion, as a aalco for this Whig fusion,-we give the following extract from a speech of Hejtry.' Clay, delivered on the 19th of November,' 1850. , Old Whigs members of the - Old Guard Clay Whigs Union Whigs -who have gone over to this new Fusion party,' see your picture drawn in the burning words of your great Champion, and bluslt for very, shame 1 : Anticipating this move ment by: the Whig party in ' the Free Stateshe denounced it in the follonng decided terms : . ' .: '. " But if it (the Whiff nartv is to be merged, into a contemptible Abolition party, and. IT Abolitionism is to be en grafted upon the Whig creed, from tJiat Moment I renounce the. party, and cease to be a. Whig I I ero yet a step farther : If I am alive, I will give my humble support to that man for President who, to whatever party he may belong, is not contaminated by fanaticism, rather than the one who, crying out all tne time tnat he is a Whig, maintains doctrines utter ly subversive of the Constitution and of the Union.": We respectfully suggest to our Whig friends to cut out this precious piece of advice from their old leader, and paste it in their bats as a sort of looking-glass, so that they may see what sort of a fig ure they present, when they set around in bar-rooms and country doggeries, with their heels elevated at an angle of forty five degrees, and amid a shower of to bacco juice talk fusion to the gaping crowd! "The Clat Whigs, at least, should lay it by tor future reference. It may perform the office of an Onion, and excite fresh discharges from the bri ny fount, when," like the Jew without the walls of Jerusalem, bewailing the fate of the Holy City, he sits in his fire side corner, weeping over the fortunes of fallen Whiggery, after the great Coon skinning this Fall shall be over. - -W11.LIA-1X DUN BAB (ESQ. ji.e are truly glad that this gentlemen has received the nomination for Congress, in the District composed of Knox, Tus carawas, -Coshocton and Holmes. . Our acquaintance . with. Mr. Duubar com menced, with our youth, when we learned the Printing business with him while ho published a paper in' Canton. " He is a radical :Democrat-not jwuy-if mime, but in fact. .' He is a self-made man, but, unlike 'many of this" 'class, when' they commence rising in life,r has not ceased liis industry and relied "upon fortune to favor him. As a writer, few men in Ohio can equal. him. . Although he has not now a reputation for statesmanship, yet the day will come when ' Obio will appreciate the pre-eminent talents' which he undoubtedly possesses. ; .In every, po sition which he has filled, he has exhibi ted a soundness of judgment and a de votion to Democratic principles, that has gained for him a lasting place, in the anections ot tne true venjocracy 01 vul- Hia District will never have cause to regret -hia nomination, and, as a conse quence, his election. '" '." ' . ' Dreadftl Riot ln St. Louis. The election led to a dreadful riot in St. T.nm. bv which five men are said to be killed, and fifteen or twenty wounded. ' "jE-Read the letter from New York According to previous notice, a large and enthusiastic meting-,"called to rati fy the Whig iomihatitm lor Congressmen in tins District, was held in the office of J? -II'McCoiitB, on Friday :terening last. This council of tb Sachems and High Prestes of Wiiggeryj was organized, of I ceuree, appointing Dr.- B. B. Clark, vUjlTUJau. .-xauic net v icovun, ui wau, about forty or fifty persons, composed of Whigs, a few Free Soilers and a few Democrats, who were present out of cu riosity. . The Whigs, however, far out numbered all others they were as thick as Crows upon a carcass, and as loving as sucking Doves. It was really refresh ing -tc( see he. patriotism' displayed by the Whiga, and the willingness they man ifested 'to sacrifice their party' for their country's good ' Pity they had'nt man ifested a similar disposition long ago. Heretofore they, have always sacrificed their country for the good of the party, and, as the country at this time needs a few good patriots, they think it's noth ing more than fair that they should re verse the proposition-7-especially if they caq- elect a Whig Congressmen by the operation. Magnanimous souls ! Your country will not forget you, when she comes to make up her jewels ! Quite a number of speakers " for the occasion ," were called out to address the meeting. They each and all ad vanced but one idea, and that was that it made no difference what a man's an tecedent's were, if he was only right on the " goose question One of the speakers gave as a reason why Dr. Town bend was not nominated, that his politi cal course heretofore i. e. his antece dents had rendered him exceedingly obnoxious to the Wliig party I Now, we acknowledge that we have no right to meddle with the internal affairs of this Fusion party, but wo rise to a question of privilege, and as an outsider respect fully beg leave to ask the question, what act of Dr.TowNSENp's whole life is not satisfactory to even the most ultra anti slavery man? If the Whigs want an anti-Nebraska man, why have they not awaited the action of the Democratic District Convention ? This speech was truly an : unfortunate one. . It exposed the cloven foot, and let the cat right out -of the bag. He appears to be only a nine day's convert to this new faith, and, like a puppy of the same age, has not yet got his eyes open. We respectfully suggest to the Whig Safety Committee, that at their next meeting they put this erring brother through. tho Catechism. tnOLEUA ITE7I1, i. '2 Prof. A. D. Wright, Assistant Clerk of the Ohio Senate; died of Chol era at Perrysburgh, a few days since. . JE3 The deaths from Cholera in Buffalo, for the week ending the 5th. number seventy. Of these there were Germans 50, Irish 8, English 1, Italian 1, Canadian 1, Swiss 1,- Emigrants 2, Travelers 2, "American residents 4. j3" At Marion, twenty deaths from Cholera, have occurred during the past week. This is fast work for as small a place as Marion, only numbering about one thousand inhabitants. In Tiffin we are glad to learn the Cholera has entirely disappeared. A few. cases of Cholera have oc curred at Delaware in this State. A vacation of four weeks in the Obio Weslyian University has been deter mined upon, on account of it. E3T The Cholera is reported very fatal in Marlboro, Stark county. The Canton Transcript learns that there have been altogether 50 cases of cholera in the southern portion of Marlboro township, of which 16 have proved fatal, and two more which are extremely doubt ful. Four deaths have occurred in the village of Marlboro, making in all 20 deaths. Not a single death has occur red in the village of Harrisburg, al though the 16 deaths occurred within two or three miles of it. ' The epidemic has been confined to Savoyars (Emigrants from Savoy,) with the exception of those in Marlboro vil lage. It is now decreasing. - COL. BENTOH DEFEATED, We are sorry to see a disposition on the part of certain Democratio papers, to glorify over the defeat of CoL Benton, for Congress. Benton, with all his faults, would have been infinitely better than a Whig, who was elected by the fusion of Whigs and Democrats. The feud between Benton and anti-BsNTON Democrats, had its origin in personal matters, and in his efforts to Bentonize the Democracy of Missouri for his own purposes. . Jur. p.. nas renaereo gooa service to the Democratio party J.nJjaS3 - Lastiai-stBoB iWeadTate of the Prince ton; some years ago, he has never been sound on the " goose question ." ' The Vote on the Homestead Bill. The following ia the vote by which the Homestead Bill passed the Senate : Yeas. Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Bright,, Broodhead, Brown, Butler, Cass, Chase, Clay, uoage. oi wis., Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, Evans, Fitz patrick, Geyer, Gwin, Hamlin Houston, Hunter, James, Jones, oi xowa, iuaiiory, Mason, Rusk, Sebastian, Shields, Sli dell, Stuart, Sumner, Thompson, N. J. Toombs, Toucy, Walker, and Weller 36. Nays. Messrs.' Badger, Bell, Daw son, Fessenden, Fish, Foot, Gillette, Jones, of , Tenn.,' Pearce, Pratt, . and Rockwell 11. - .'. : - The above vote shows that every Dem ocratic Senator voted for the bill and that every . Whig, except Tombs' of Geor gia, voted against it.- Messrs. Chase and Sumner, Free Soilers, voted for the bill, and Wade aid Seward voted not at all, but dodged. VETO oriTHE BIVEU- AHD HAB BOB BILL. President Pierce has vetoed the Riv er and Harbor'Bill, passed by the last Congress. We are glad Mr. Pibrce had. the nerve to carry out the settled policy of the" Democratic, party, a well as of former Democratic Administrations. However important it may be that appro, priations .for . improvements in certain Harbors should bo made,, yet to pass a bill like the oncpassed at the present session, would be enough to injure any party. President Pierce deserves cred it for vetoing this bill, which embraced sums of money to be expended in every part of the Union. Amendment after amendment was added on to it, until ev ery member in' Congress secured some thing for his locality, , To General Jack-, son belongs the credit of stopping an infamous, wholesale system of plunder ing upon the National Treasury, of mill ions for ' improvements of different de scriptions. Yet he," as well as President Pierce, believed that Government has a right to make appropriations for Harbor purposes. The present bill contempla ted a magnificent scale of Harbor Im provements that no Administration Whig or Democratic would sanction. And yet the Whig party tallt"loud and long about tyranny and the Veto power. Lucas Countv. The Democracy of Lucas county held a convention at Tole do on Saturday last, to appoint delegates to the Congressional and Judicial Con ventions. The Democracy of Lucas en ter the canvas upon the following sub stantial platform : Resolved, That we cherish the princi ples of our Democratic fathers, and rec ognize in their triumphs a 'bright hope for the future. Resolved, That the Territorial policy of the present Administration presents considerations upon which Democrats do and may differ, and we deem it inexpe dient to held them politically responsi ble for their individual opinions upon that question. . Resolved, That the hest lest of a Dem ocrat is ac wiscratched ticket. Resolved, That we approve of the pol icy of giving to actual settlers a home stead of 160 acres, on condition of resi dence, and that this policy should - include not only citizens of the United States, but foreigners who have declared their intention to become citizens. - -" A resolution was also adopted instruc ting the delegates to the Congressional Convention to give their support to Hen ry S. Comm.6er, Esq. for nomination. LOOK OUT! We clip the following from the Cleve land Herald. Every man judge for himself. We think there's fun ahead. Indiana Monev. The Banks of this city have to-day thrown out all Indiana money, except the State Bank and its Branches. We suppose this is owing to reported failures among the Stock Banks. 3"The Fall Term of the Ladies Institute of the Penn Medical Universi ty of Philadelphia, will conifin'ence ia Oc tober, as may be seen in another column. At this Institution, Ladies have an op portunity of obtaining a thoroughly Sci entific Medical Education, or any there of, as the branches of study are divided according to their natural order of suc cession. This is as it s'. ould be. Outrageous Assault upon tte Pres ident of the United States. We find in the New York papers the following account of a dastardly attack upon President Pierce. It seems to have been committed, however, in the spirit of drunken bravado, rather than studied malice. The President's con duct, in desiring his assailant to be dis charged, is truly magnanimous. Washington, August, 5. 1854. Immediately after the adjournment of the Senate, this afternoon, as President Pierce was leaving the Capitol, at the northern door, under the eastern arcade, he was followed out and addressed by James M. Jeffards, of Charleston, S. C. Jeffards was considerably intoxicated at the time, and was in company with J. S. Duke, of St. Louis, and J. F. Wiggans. of New York, all of whom had been drinking. The President shook hands with him, and Jeffards ask the Presi dent to take a drink, which he declined, and turned to enter his carriage. ' As he was doing so his hat was knocked off by a hard boiled egg. Jeffards returned into the Capitol, saying the President . was a damned fooL The President spoke to one of the pol ice, asking if he had authority to make an arrest. Captain Dunnington and offi cer Wailes shortly after arrested Jef fards, who denied throwing the egg. . An examination was had before Captain Dunnington, 'when one witness ' testified that he saw Jeffards with an egg in his hand a few minutes previous to the as sault another testified that he saw him throw in the direction of the President and another that he saw him throw an cjrer at, and hit theJPresident. Tho Jus tice decided to hold Jeffards to bail and i - twraccuie becoming bail." He then sent for anoth er. In the" meantime, becoming more sober, he cried bitterly, declaring that if sent to jail he would -not be living. He then took out a small knife and stab bed himself in the leg just above knee, saying that he was determined to bleed to death. As the blood Bowed protuse- ly. he became alarmed, and allowed it to be examined, and was disarmed. The Attorney General then communi cated to Captain Dunnington the desire of the President that the prisoner be not prosecuted, and he was accordingly dis charged. ' Bank Capital. The last legislature of Connecticut increased the banking capital of the State three million t ne hundred and thirty -three' thousand dol lars and the amount of" " promises to pay," says the Times, allowed to be is sued on this without security to the State, is more than four-and-a-luUf mil lions of dollars f '"."' St- Louif, 0. ' Jas. Lindley, Whig, ' and ; present member is reported to be elected to Con gress from the 3d District over Florney Nebraska. Democrat. . . : Correspondence f the Aibland Union. FBOITX NEW IOBK. '; New -York, -August 11th, 1854.Q Of the weather, we report with great pleasure that there is a pleasant coolness abroad in the air, "and whether it comes from North, South; East or West, the coolness of atmosphere above mentioned, ia most acceptable. -; The cholera reports J preserve the nasal average ; the deaths for , the city "and . county of New York last week, by tho epidemic, being 302. The Hospital physicians are sadly vexed that their patients are brought to them, gen erally, in the- last stages of the disease, and often with other maladies at the same time, which, alone, would result in death. ? Thei most, skillful of the cityj physicians say that really "every case of cholera -might be cured, if taken in its incipient stages. - The common form of cholera is always preceded by a diarhoaa, continuing a day or two. This is easily cured, but many people. take no notice of it until it has reached the climax, chol era, when they become terribly fright ened. Oh, for the abolition of terrible names! There have thousands died of a long word or an unintelligible one. A friend of Dr. Graham, the South erner who. killed Col. Lorino, at the St. Nicholas, complains of the officiousness of the city reporters, in publishing every little circumstance connected with the tragedy, and thus influincing public judg ment prior to the trial. He had better take care how he meddles with the city reporters, or he may stir up a hornet's nest. The reporters for the New York Daily Press are essential to the public quite as much . so as their breakfast. The details of every local occurrence are what the public have been accustomed to devour, till their appetite is almost insa tiable. It is quite amusing to watch the strife for news between our three great dailies, the Times, Tribune and Herald.'- Each of these . papers keep a small army of reporters on hand, on the qui vive for news of all kinds. ' . One has the collecting of shipping news to do, and a boat to do it with ; another watch es the never-ending conflict of Bull and and Bear, on Wall St. ; another attends to the markets. Then, there is a corps de reserve, to pick up "horrible trage dies -" destructive conflagrations ," " daring burglaries ," " strange develop ments," and "interesting occasions,'' of every description, all over the city and its suburbs. The criminal courts, common council, etc., must be kept con stantly supplied with reporters. And blessed be the paper that can get an item of news advantage over, its neighbor! When the fire alarm sounds, night or day, away shoots the Knight of the note book and pencil, and if the conflagration be extended, is soon relieved by a fresh reporter, and while the fire is yet raging half its history is in type, on the press, and is issued in an extra 1 News comes to the Police Station that a drunken man has murdered his wife. . Away flies the reporter, inks down,' the shocking appear ance of the mangled body and attendant circumstances. Next day he goes to the great Tombs, procures a private inter view with the murderer, and worms out such particulars of the interesting indi vidual's birth, pedigree and adventures, as he choses to make public. If he fails in this, he indulges in an elaborate per sonal description of the notability. Any thing to satisfy the momentary craving of the public appetite. When strongly excited on the subject of Kansas and Ne braska, copious doses of pro and con meetings, processions, drawn out ad in finitum, are to be administered. While people feci uneasy about the cholera, our journals will give us daily statistics of its progress, and pleasing details of in dividual cases, wherever such details can be obtained. During the season of com plementary dinners, plate presentations, etc., the reporter is in clover. He cuts epicurean dinners free, gratis, for nothing, and receives the obsequious attentions of innumerable incipent orators, or seek ers after printed notoriety, who admire his talents, and inquire if he isn't thirs ty ? He generally is. In winter, espe cially, the reporter leads a very dissipa ted life, from necessity. Night is the time when men must work, who have any thing to do with morning papers. Pass the Times, Tribune or iZera& build ings, at almost any hour in the night, and amidst the prevailing silence and darkness of deserted Nassau Street, a long line of lighted windows flash on Tour vision, hieh in mid-air. : Ascend j - -j almost innumerable narrow stairways. and you will find a long room or suit of rooms, where twelve or fifteen men, nerce with mustache and beard,- sit scribbling on slips of paper,, which are carried or whisked no evcrv five minutes to the a printing room, above or below, by a lit tle waiter, as " copyT -Sucha life the reporter lives, eating and drinking at all hours, sleeping any time and any where he can. The reporters in the Tribune office, are mostly foreigners. New York is the place for literary vagabonds of all sorts. There are the men who write poetical advertisements, ballads for -the Bowery songsters, carri er's addresses for newspapers, and terri- rible penny pamphlet hoaxes. By the way, isn't it a somewhat singular thing, for the bona fide " our own correspon dent from the Seat of War ," of a promi nent New York daily paper, to be in habiting a garret in Chatham Street,while the " Eastern despatches " appear with the regularity of clock work ? How the ends of the earth must be coming togeth er ! Speaking of correspondents, Chas Edward Lester is the envy of the cor responding tribe in this neighborhood. You are aware that he fills the lucrative and influential position of " New York Correspondent" of the London Times, the Samson among newspapers. ; His life, were U fully told, would furnish some very" curious episodes of literary vagabodism. A year or two ago, a large and elegantly embellished volume was published in this city, entitled "The Napoleon Dy&asty-3nd pufportitfg to be? the production f of N" the i Berkley Men ." It was a studied mystification of all the members the Napoleon family, concluding with an ecstatic eulogy upon Louis, the present j Emperor-" number three ," as Nicholas, of Russia calls him. The author indulges in an ex travagance of admiration for the the char acter of " Napoleon the Little ," which even surpasses Mr. Abbot's intense de votion to the uncle. Such an admitation as an ad ver tiser wishes for his own incom parable wares ; an admiration which, to come to the point, must have been assist-' ed, if not produced, by " material aid ." Now,it is known to a few that Mr. Lester was one, at least, of the " Berkley Men," and furthermore that he is very fond of European speculations. Every body knows that the Emperor Louis has mo ney, and will willingly spend it to influ ence the American public in his favor. The Russian Czar is known to be play ing a somewhat similar game, through agents in this country at the present time. Somebody might put money in his purse, by establishing an agency for the manufacture of public opinion. The .inhabitants of the great and flour ishing suburb of Brooklyn, are in troub le because the penny formerly sufficient to carryfthem over the East River, has been declared by the Ferry Company an insufficient compensation. . The Compa ny want two pennies. The cause as signed is, the rise in the price of coal. The Company has a very large pa?ron age, as on the Fulton Ferry, each boat passing over in from, three -to four min utes, has an "average of one hundred on board, every trip in the day. It is be lieved that the boats pay abundantly, at former rates. These . ferries are excel lently conducted, and an Eglishmen, who had probably traveled largely, lately ex pressed his belief that they surpassed any thing of the kind in the world. The best Ferry on the Thames ha3 one boat, small and inconvenient, whieh has to turn around after each trip. The Union Ferry Company owrs six ferries between New York and Brooklyn. On. the Ful ton Ferry, four boats arc running con stantly during" the day. The publication of the Brooklyn Dai ly Ficeman, Temperance and Native American paper, has been suspended, on account of the incarceration of- J. N. Tucker, Editor, for murdering his chil dren, while drunk. James Gordon Ben ne.t has got into trouble with a man who formerly filled the post of Paris corres pondent for the Herald. The man, Revoil, demands to be reinstated as correspondent, or he will publish some letters of. Mr. Bennet, which he would not like to see in print. Something rich ahead. It appears from the report of the Jury Commissioner, that upwards of 3,000 persons, mostly Englishmen, have resided here from ten to forty years without having perfected their citizen ship. There are 52,991 names recorded on the Jury Register. Of these, 44,719 are marked exempt from various causes. 116 are exempt from immoral character, 614 as being uneducated. The Lafarge Hotel ruins are now being moved away, to make room for a new building. The workmen found a large bed of smould ering fire, which had been kept alive since last February ! ST. CYR. The Graduation Land bill. ' The bill which passed Congress on this subiect is important. ' The scale of graduation enacted by the law is as fol lows: All lands which have been in market for ten years or upwards shall be subject to entry at one dollar per acre ; fifteen years and upwards, at seventy-five cents ; twenty years and upwards, at fifty cents twenty-five years and upwards, at twenty five cents ; and thirty years and upwards, at twelvc-and-a-half cents per ' acre. Upon every reduction, the occupant and settler to have the right of pre-emption at such graduation prices, until within thirty .days preceding the next gradua tion, but not to interfere with any right which has heretofore accurred to an ac tual settlers Any person applying to enter any of the aforesaid lands, 'is re quired to make affidavit that he or she enters the same for his or her own Vise, and for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, or for the use of an ad joining farm owned or occupied by him or herself, and that, together with" such entry, he or she has not acquired from the United States, under the provisions of this act, , more than three hundred and twenty'acres. We trust that the Homestead bill will pass at the begining of the next session will pass unimpaired by amend ment. The bill will be nearly the first in order on the calendar. The Attack on Cronstadt. Ia tbe4 !tSBt"t1nmOiIsrnnnie 25th ult., Lord Dudley Stuart having criticized the inactivity of the fleets in the Baltic and Euxine, he was replied to on behalf of the Ministry by Admiral Berkeley, who read extracts from very remarkable letters from the British Admirals in the Baltic, as follows. This from Admiral Napier : " It has not been in my power to do anything with this powerful fleet, but at tacking either Cronstadt or Sweabourg, would have been certain destruction." And this from Admiral Chads : " After two days inspection from the light-house, and full views of the forts and ships, the former are too substantial for the fire of the ships to make any im pression. They are larere masses of granite. With respect to an attack on the ships where they are, it is not be en tertained." The fellow who attempted to pick " Locke on the Human Understanding ,'' subsequently gave it up as an impossibil ity. : - -i-H - : : . JE2" The Electric Telegraph is now in operation between Calcutta and Bom bay, a distance of over a thousand miles in a direct line. ' !. '. .' ' ... .. important decision 'ty Judge Honia Slave Freed. tfWe gave by telegraph a short account Of a desision made by Judge JN orris, bur candidate foR.SupremeJudge, in iClermontfcDunty, in a slave easel The case is thins' fully stated, asjve gather it from the Cincinnati Commercial : t-? bometning more than a year ainOeJ Henry lPoindexterj a slave W a tion'oppositie the town or New Rich- mond, Clermont county, '"'en the Ohio river, entered into a contract with his master, John Anderson, for the purchase of himself at the price of four hundred dollars, For the payment of this', sum two notes of $200 each were giveh by Poindexter ;. the notes were indorsed by J. C. Gowdy and Francis Donaldson, of New Richmond. i When the notes fell due, for some reason not stated, they were not paid, and suit was brought by Anderson against ' two of the defendants,: Francis Donaldson and J. C. "Gowdy who are men of some wealth.- to recover. -- -Perry J. - Dunham and John 'W. Lowe, of Dayton, appeared for Anderson; Mr. Jolliffe, of this city, and ' William Howard, of Batavia, for the defendants. . The pleas were, 1st, non-assumpsit. ; 2d. That the sole consideration of the note was, that Anderson should ex ecute a deed of emancipation to Poin dexter, one of the defendants, and that had not been done. - ' 3d. That at divers times, before the notes were given, Anderson had permit ted Poindexter to come into Ohio, whereby he became a free man. , In evidenee the' plaintiff produced the notes and rested. , The defendants proved that plaintiff had admitted that before the notes were given, he had sent Poindexter, the slave, to New Richmond, Ohio, for a doctor, and at other times- to the stores there for groceries and, dry goods for his (An derson's) family. -: - A deposition was read the material part of which was that the notes were delivered to Anderson in the State of Kentucky.' -: After hearing the arguments of coun sel, the Court-i Judge Norn's presiding without the delay of a moment, and the case having ' been" "submitted to him without the intervention of a jury, deci ded that as Poindexter had come into Ohio by the consent of his master, be fore the execution of the'notes, the slave became free -free the first moment he set his foot upon the . soil of Ohio. If not free the moment his foot touched our soil, how long must he remain here to acquire.. the freedom . guarantied by the constitution ?. - ,--. . - - j ; The Kentucky casa read by; the coun sel for the plaintiff are of reeent origin ; . one of the Missouri- -eases, if I recolleet right, asserting the same doctrine as do the Kentucky eases, give as a reason for the decision, that 'the Abolitionist have become so trublesome to the people that they are forced to" decide in that way I' Poindexter was therefore a ' freeman at the time the notes' were given ; they were without consideration, and therefore cannot be recovered upon. ' The second proposition made by Mr. Jolliffe, the immortality of the contract, is one that merits grave consideration ; but as the cause is already decided under the first proposition, it is unnecessary to discuss it here. ........ I It will be recollected that about a year ago, Judge Flinn held that the landing of slaves at the foot of Broad way, and the carrying them to the Walnut street ferry, did not givo them their lib erty. We then held that decision to be wrong. Free soil makes free men. The decision of Flinn has been set aside by that of Judge Forris, who has vindica ted the character of the Ohio Judiciary. We give the above decision of Judge Norris for no political p'urposerWe scorn thus to use it, and he would scorn us for such a use ; but a s an evidence that although ho resides in a southern county, he dares to execute : that . law which we have inherited from our Eng lish ancestors, which Lord Mansfidld expressed when he said,.. "The first moment a slave sets his foot on the soil of England, he beoomeB free." . - Our State Constitution has recognized the same principle ;' and so long as the " par amount requirements of the federal Con stitution" (to quote from the Journal of . 1853) do not interfere, no fugitive from servitude can be reclaimed in Ohio. Certainly none who hasever drawn the first breath of Ohio air, can ever.be sent back, so long as we have J udges like Shepard.F. Norris on the bench, - Statesman Democrat. y j , Railway News Items. . , All the New England .roads are now doing a largely increasing" business, and we are justified in expressing the oppinion that they will as a body "earn a larger ' percentage upon the capital sost than they have done. for" some years. The Camden and Atlantic, . N. ' J., Railroad from Camden to the beach at Absecom," was opened on the 27th, and a train of passenger cars passed over the whole length of tho road. ; It is de signed for the present to run two daily trains from Philadelphia . to Absecom, giving excursionists six or reight" .hours on the" beach. " ...;-r ... . The Mayor of Nashville lately called the Alderman together for the purpose of voting on the ordinance authoaizing the levying of the tax of $200,000 for the Nashville road. The Board .met ami iinauiBi&iyjjy aoptea,ui-ramance. i It has already been passed by tho Com. mon Council, and is now a law. Messrs. Raasloff and Maillefert, engi neers employed to survey the abstractions of the St" Lawrence, between Montreal and Kingston, have arrived at the coiir elusion that it is perfectly practicable to clear it of them, and make a channel of twelve feet deep for the passage of ves sels up and down. . The engineers are ready to go to trial, and with the support of the government there can be but little doubt of their success. .Business at Montreal ;is quite active ; and the free navigation ef the St. Lawrence, is looked to as the certain revival of commerce. ' . A2" The number of suicides in Par is during the year 1 852, according to an .account just published, was 3.764. of whom nearly one-iourth were temalea.; SST Speaking of one of the United States Senators, the Boston Conwn wealth says:-, "He's Ben Wade, .and not found wanting Exchange.. St.. Louis, Aug. 10. ; .: Kennett's majority , over. xSenton is 1 ,800. So far as heard from, nine Whigs and nine Benton . Democrats are elected to the Legislature,. -? -. .- , . (Special CarreaponleaM of tbe II. T. Deilr Time-? State of the War and Political Affair . sssfc in England. ; Londow, Tuesday, July 25, 1854. " The debates of yesterday evening, in both Houses, were worthy of that poli cy which seems to have but one eon- xtoua aim via ; that of mutual myatin- saticm. Lord Aberdeen's speech in the Upper., House having made a very bad mat aristocratic at- to Uhe rescjte : and, in the heat of hia self- sacrificing attempta to save the Cabinet in the Commoca, he took and destroyed Sebastopol and the whole" Russian fleet, save the Sultan, and the , Danube, .and assured the. triumph of civilization jover barbarism, a tremendous discharge of oratorical power and patrotie .expector ation. Oh !' said Disraeli, J bo yoa know what you.' are aiming ttlf Very glad to hear itt 'The 'destruction of 8ebaatopol is, then, the chief condition of peace, 'No, I beg your, pardon, air! I said no. such thing- It ia a. ixuuplete mistake. - I am, indeed,- very sorry to have expressed myself in such an incom plete manner. What- I mean is, .that the Czar alalL not have above A certain number of men-of-war in: the:Euxise; but we really do not mean to,-do any harm to---hia fortresses, r 23e may keep them.. . Dundas is certainly not sent there for any such purposed &ew !' i i, Read tbe .reports and vou will -- see that I do not . write satire. There is, indeed, -nothing serious 'n what .they profess to do and to declare ; - but irony is certainly superfluous; where the words and deeda may be quoted. T;:Verily, this imposing British. "Parliaanent ia at force, with some able comedians! to make-peo ple laugh who have reason to ery.r The three millions are of courge.ivoted; and. so mueh the better if oaekaowa that the best men to be found are in power! O And, in fact, all the opposition ia a mere moon shine. Ministers knewt tlua well, and are insolent 1 accordingly Their only strength.conststa iu the impossibility ot another Cabinet. - -Nobody wisJteV to he Minister -under-present' eircumstancea. . It is much more edmfortabla tale-the leader of her Majesty's Opposition, than of her Heusa of Common. H Derby and Disraeli may, out of office, speak against the unprincipled, miserable policy of the . Gorernraen while officey iheyweld follow a more anprtneipied and miserable course till,? if possible..! So-j Aberdeen, sure of hia power,- does' -what he likes, and is anxious to get rid of importunate questionerar rather a? troublesome aet of people in these dog days,;, ? f There ia nothing from the seat -of war. The Czar Is "said to hacfc -given or d era to' maintain the Principalities with 200, 000 men. The Sultan has ordered his generals,': on the, !oXher handto expel the Russians at any priee. . v .We - shall see who will be obeyed. i iAustria is pre paring ; as usual to - join - the allies but Lord Aberdeen could yesterday evening not answer foranything, although he has perfect-confidence in the chivalrous young Emperor. I wish the Sultan's Govern ment could follow David Usqubart's ad vice, who says that the. Porte is lo at 'un less he shall - find some means to- expel his friends. Savage Landor,". on the other hand, looks-on Napoleon III. aa a liberator and redeemer of air the na tions.. .fRather strange5 View for a Re publican like him, who has just publish ed the notes' of an" American. ' ;? - You will hear now of several " great battles n -that must be fought for some time to come, between Bucharest and Giurgevo. .- In the last 2,000 .Russians were slain. You : may take the - same number for the' next, whichwill not fail to take place on all the. telegraphic lines. The auxiliary troops are always on the point of leaving Varna. ..- Those sent to the North have passed the Great Belt, and are to occupy the Aland islands as a winter quarters. ,--.:. i Esparterd is at this moment in Mad rid, and he will. In all probability, suc ceed in" pacifying the country. ; The Queen has equally no bad feeling for ba. When in 1852 the Duke preferred aome pecuniary claims, ($30,000,) aa due to him by the State, Isabella wrote the fol lowing lines on the margin of the order to that effect i' '" f. To pay ' this .sum In gold and not in paper niony, the Gener al being the man who rendered the moat service to the country, and who, besides, never has done any unpleasant thing to me personally. "V; I am afraid 'America missed a good, occasion by not being pre pared to help the Spanish Republicans. The United States will know, the disad vantages of completely neglecting- Euro- . pcan friendship as soon as a strong and popular Government shall have establish ed itself in Madrid. . t -i The last news is that Abbas Pacha Viceroy of Egypt and the most energfetic supporter of the Sultan's cause, -died suddenly.'from a fit of apoplexy,on the 13th.' T.- Said, Pacha, the ; eldest eon of Mehemet. Pacha, is his successors, Blaa-'ser,-the late Spanish Minister ef ; War, escaped into Por tugat.'. The ' Tnamea of O'Donnell and .JEspartero are. both affix ed to, the proclamation, issued by the Junta Of Madrid. ' Saragossa, Barcelona, and all the other towns are tranquil. The datefthis news itt the 22d;TU the mail of Madrid has notarrived since the 18th.","'All ia mystery yet." '- - - The Spanish Rerolution.. j!; The.New .York Tribune, after an inspection- of its foreign files baa .the .fol lowing f.f - U:-:.i.-.-.:t ' In Spain the. triumphant revolution ia for the moment, auspeaded; all parties are waiting to see what . course will be taken by EsparterO,. whom;' the - Queen has sf-nt for. This general, with hia as sociate. O'Donriell. has'the" fate of the Government in his hands, and they can shape it as they wilL Thus ! far; hy have succeeded, by the aid of the .Re publicans, who seem not' only to be nu merous, but very active . and enterpris ing ; but there appears to be no proba bility that they will have ranch voice in forming the new Government, r ' ' ' - It seems that the Republicans and progressive Monarchists, long since form ed a conspiracy for the overthrow of tbe two corrupt and unprincipled Queena ; this conspiracy was organized in lodges, with all the precautions of signs,' 'pass words 'and' rules " of secrecy." Neither Espartero nor'.' O'Donnell ' belonged ,to this organisation, but to its efficacy much of their success is due A rumor is put forth in the' London Times to the effect that the Spanish, people desire 'a Union with Portugal under the rule of the present. king of the latter, country, and such a result would no doubt be agree able to the British Qaeen and to tho Coburg family generally,' but . we wait,, for more definite information before be lieving that such a sentiment is enter tained - by any considerable nam Ver of Spaniards. . -.-. ..v.-....,1 ' '' rC3T There are three, hanrjred Ro man Catholic Nunneries, in tbe .United .States."-- jl- ."-- plarrfa-rP'1 eyen ,n that aristocratic niospherej Lord John Russell hurried I i 1 V 1 if I Si Mi" . - -i i 1 ' i 'clock v: others are auppoBed to have p1 in twrther column, . - ..1'