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I J: V.- V f S- ft n-i ' ji " 11 1 i mm- -n- vl ,v . . m n" t"u Tirmitr r ; r,7:,n -n -n -vlnt v t i UK r KLKuKAr Uf , 3L1SUED EVERY . TUESDAT MORNING. B V ' . iv-.it .f III ... ., ,. , (,J if , . . A, THOMSON.,. i; .... ,. ITERMS OF SCBSCRtPTION. ;l "'One Dollar and fifty Centtv ' Wid in advance,! , c '.. n k ; v. Two Dollars within the year. .ot paid until after, the expiration of the, year ...two u'.an mid niiy wm lit be chafed.'" v iETNo paper will tye discontinued nntil allar- earagesare paia; except at the option or m pwu (aha?!,: .'-v. . CAU communications on the business of the flice mist be postpaid to secure attention 'X orr.Br ;A THOMSON:1 V f 1 i.ivd at a liberal reduction in price. Ji " OFFICIAL DIKECT Oil V. ' -Rep'tssentative In Confess (lltk DlstricUc Man. V. B. Uosto, qf Meifij county, ... ,, ... . SenatorState Legislature-CHb.NccT , Q. ni'wur, of Lawrence county. Kepreseatutive Almed Thomson, ' 7 ' 1 , ti,'. : ..... t -:';;! . i' ). -i couaT: anb count ;&rricEns : .' Judg of:the;Cort,o pprainsa Pleas, Hon. gt.Mto ,N8ii, OnifiMiis, ('..".' .! ' ' Judge of Prolate C0ui;t. K: Mr:RRi,ix.'"; ' 1 'Clerk of Cjrrimon PlenjCSurt.--RoDNky Dow ,' .i,-v4; f i L (' J :''. ! .hrin".Wosrii.Vi Sjiith.. .. i:o:-:,va iProsecutina Ayney,--N..,Suiriojv , - County , Auditor, !j.H. 'Swallow. County treasurer." 0. -BaXiicii. n ,-C3ttnty Reeorlfet. S. S. Vim Lr;n y Oonntjr SurveyotowN C. loiDfiM,PaBet6wn. goipio tonhip.r,', ' -i ,.)-r.V- i u 4 nCoiinty C6rQuer--TAl,w. ' Cpluns. County Commissioners. Wtlluji LKOLiili ?3lerri! Jlito Uuniiiis, , Orange; 'luoJ Smith, .-Button.'"'" :'" '-"J 1 " County Common School Examiners. Rev. R. iWiUMNSOX, Okorok 13. Grow, A.. At Keen. 1 -lit . Towiamr oFicttt Li8suar:' Trustees-r-AmoiDunhairirhomaj Radioid, A. M. Barlow. ,: , - ; Clerk. Hosmer Branch. ' ' Treasurer". O. Branch, ex officio.' Justices of the Peace. S. S. Paine, A. M. Sarlow, Elijah Jones. : J : Constables. Randall Stivers, Oren Jones, J W Votley. . . . ", Assessor S. Sradbury. ' i : ' COarORATIOM OFFICERS F0MER0Y.' ' Mayor Randal Stivers. . ' . . Recorder L, S. Ny. ., ' Trustees H. S. Horton, A. Murdock, II. C. Smith, Wm. II. Remington, J. C. Cartwright, Treasurer 0. Branch, ex offiicio. Marshal Gaylord Lyman. rOSTUASTERS. Pomeroy-0eo. Lee. Middleport D. Pangburn. Racine P. M. Petrel. ' Letartsville Geo. L. Piper. Chester Wm. Mitchell. . CIlUlTciIES. Presbyterian. Rev. R. Wilkinson, Pastor. Services every Sabbath morning, 01 o'clock. Brery Sabbath afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at the ew BricK School-lioiise in Middleport.'- Methodist Episcopal. Rev. S. C. Frampton, Pastor. Services at Wesley Chapel, Pomeroy, and Heath Chapel, Sheffield, on alternate Sab baths, at 0 1 o'clock, A. M., and 7 P M and nt the lower Church, Pomeroy, at 3 o'clock, P. M, every Sabbath. Protestant Episcopal No services at present. New Jerusalem No services. German Methodist Rev. J. Pfetzing, Pastor. Services every Sabbath morning, at 0 o'clock. German Lutheran Rev. P. Heid, Pastor. Barvices every Sabbath morning. German Evangelical Presbyterian (on Linn street). Rev. L. Theiss, Pastor. Services every abbath morning, at 0 o'clock. ' German Presbyterian (on. Plum street). Rev. Pastor. Services every Sabbath niorn- Rg, atO o'clock. Roman Catholic Rev. John Albrinck, Priest. " ileTViea every Saubntfi rrhirning; -'.-.. "Welsh Baptist Peter Lloyd, Pastor. Services every Sabbath, i 0 o'clock, A M, md 6 P M. WelshPresbyterinn (New School). Rev. John M. Jones, Pastor. Services every Sabbath a t 0 e'clock, A M, and G P M. . Welsh Presbyterian (Old School). John T. Willims, Pastor. Services every Sabbath, atO e'cjpekAM, and 6PM.. SOCIETIES. ' Masons. Pomerny l.oilge, No. 1 6-1 . Staled Meetings, the Monday evening on or before the nil rnoon in each month. Hall in Edwards' I nilding, Front st. M. Bosworth, W. M.j R. 11. Hartlett, Sec'y. I. 0. 0. P. Naomi Lodge, No. 117. Meels very Friday evening. Hnll in Crnwford'sbuild- ng. R. 11. Bartlelt, N. G.; Samuel Lanham, Fcc'v. Mineral Lodge, No. 212. Meets every Tues rtayevening, inStivtrs' building, corner of Front snd Court sis. AVashington Stivers, N. G.jlas. i rnsbie, R. S. Virginia Encampment, No. 68, I. 0. 0. F. Aiects in Slivers' building on the 1st and 3d Wednesday evenings in each month. C. A. Bar l iv, C. P.; A. Thomson, Serine. Sons of Tk.siprmnce. Welfare Division, No. CO.- Meels every Snturday evening. Hall in Slivers' . building. Geo. Minick, W. P.; A. Thomson, R. S. Salisbury Division, No. 292.' Meets on Rntur say evenings. Hall in Rice's building, Middle purl.' W. P. , R S. New Lima Division No. 604. Meets every Saturday evening. Hall in II. Holt's reed build- ng, in New Lima. W. P.; - r R. S. HUSOES SDIREC TORY. ' PROFESSIONAL LIlWYERST"" I HO. IRVIH. T. A. PLANTS, I RVIN it PLANTS, Attorneys at Law, Pome I roy, 0. nov 20tf. p inTsTc 1ANS. " kR. S. G. MENZIES. Office, Third-Street, between Walnut and Vine. Cincinnati. O Pays special attention to Diseases of Women. J S, 1853 tf BANKERS.. JANIEL & RATHBURN, J street, Pomeroy, 0. Bankers, Front jy206m . INSURANCE COMPANIES. li ford, Conneoticut. O.BRANCH, Agent, Court street, Pomeroy.' . . v . - Jan 80 GOODS,. CLOTHING, &o . w ASHINQTON STIVERS,' Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries. Hardware, Ac. Comer ol Front and Court streets, Pomerov. AMES RALSTON, Dealer in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Unou and Shoes, ore Front street. three doors dec25. below Court, Pomeroy, 0. 0; BRANCH & CO., Dealers in Dry Goods' Groceries, ' Hardware, Queensware, fte.' ast side of Court-street, three doors above the 3rner of Front, Pomerov, 0. - .: . ijan30 i.W. COOPER & CO., Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware. &0. Corner ofFiont and First street. Middlenort. onnosite uoaipon ban uompanys Landing.- August 8. T U NC AN SLOAN. Dealer in Groceries, MJ Clothing,' Hats, Caps, Shoe, etc. Coalport Landing. - September 18, 1856, w STIVERS, Manufacturer of and Deal- Corner of Front and Court streets, Tomeroy, 0. . criu ctcir . uesviiuuon oi iiioinintr, The Best workmen Constantly employed. ' Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vestings kept always on hand. Paris' and London foslnons received monthly. r-OABINET FURNITURE A- GATOHEL, Cabinet-maker, and Denier in all knds of Furniture, Front st.( above Oeart, Pomeroy, u mi uectt. ft v PAINTS, OILS, &o. : , . "p REED & BROTHER, Dealers in Drugs, l Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dyestuffs, otoy Frqnt , Street, a if wt, doors above uoun, JL'LAMIMU MACHINES, Ac DAVIS A MORTON, on S.ugai Run, .Pome roy', have their Planing Machine in good order, and constant operation. Flooring, weath il.MnMinp. An.t Vot:ons1antlorJ hsnd.lofill Wt J $3 per Annum ; B AKERS AND' 'CONFECTIONERS.' G"1 EO'rge' IIOSSICK, Baker and! Cphfectionei. i Froht street, h few floors above' Court,-ana one' door belo Iiotel Poracrpy,.p'. ., , , feb j ; COPPERSMITIUNO.' - , Q L. THRUSH, Ooppernith bPJow ponie- roy.Salt.Furnace, Pomeroy, 0.. All kjnds of Copper work for Salt furnaces, Steamboat, etc.- executed to order-.- ; v'dc2.tf. , B L A 0 K S M I 'J3 H I N Q.. TJV-E. HUMPHREY Blacksmith,! Mulbetry-st., , .opposite -the Court-house,. Pomeroy, 0. Job' Work,' of.atl kinds,' horse shoeing, &c, ex ecutfid..with pytness and dispatch".' Jan 3D fr EORGE STIVERS,"Blac"ksmith, Mujberry 1 tt otrpt.- n'n'nnsihVCoiirt-hOuse'. !' Keens con- sUnttyow-hawf anifot .f!e,jon, .twottreeJHJi be'Tievoted XolsiveI f th pajvajt and, four-horse wagons. Job Work of, all kinds executed to oruer; Jan 30 ""' PTlNTERS AND GLAZIERS. TVIlTN7PaTnter and GUzier, west Side V Court street,, fourth dour ..above Pomeroy, 0. . , Caurt, SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKERS. JB. HAMPTON & CO. Saddle and Harness , Manufacturers, Front'slreet, five doors be low Court, Pomeroy, O. TAMES WRIGHT, Saddle and Harness Maker, t) Shop, over Black and Rathburn's store, in Rutland, 0. - . . " OCTS AND SHOES. TWH1TESIDES, Mani!'''ictul'er of BooU and , Shoes, Front street, under Telegraph Jinn ting office. The best cf work, for Ladies and Gentlemen, made to order. TANNERS & CURRIERS. "1E0RGE McQUIGG, & CO., Tanners and Curriers, Butternut street, (on Sugar Run) Pomeroy, 0. WAGON MAKING. JOHN W. HARVVQOD, Carriage maker, lower partof Middleport. O. Carriages, and Wag ons of nil kinds made to order or repaired on the shortest notice. House painting, glazing, pjper hanging, etc., executed in Hie best style. Jel9. & PTCROSBIE, wagon-mnkers, Mulberry street, Pomeroy, 0., over F. E. Humphieys shop. Having had long experience in the busi ness, they are enabled to execute, in a neat and substantial manner, all orders for wagons, bug gies, carriages, ic, on short notice, and at reas onable terms. , . - MANUFACTURES. "lOALPORT SALT COMPANY. Office in Coalport, 0. Salt for J Cooper's Building, Coalport, Country trade Cents perbushel retail, Tiiirtv-Fivk and Forty June 5 TT S. HOTEL, AND STAGE OFFICE, four J doors below the Rolling Mill, Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio. M. A, WEBSTER, Pro- prietcr. n:n '55 STOVES, TINWARE &c. 3, PRAL'L, Manufacturer of Tinware, and Denier in every variety of Stoves, etc., opposite the Court-house, Pomeroy, Ohio State Itopiibllcnn Association, At nn adj urned meeting ot Republicans held in tho city ol Culumbus on Saturday evening, 1 9ih of April, on motion, Hon. Wm. B. Thrull wns cullad to the chair, and A. M. Gungcwer chosen Si-cretary. Tho cnmniitieo appointed to prepare a Plnifurni and Constiitition, consisting of Dr. J. II. Coulter, Wm. B. Thmll. and Gen. S. D. Harris, submitted the following report, which, after discussion, was ucanitnously adopted: . PLATFORM ANIl CONSTITUTION OF TUIi STATE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF OHIO. To maintain the Union of the Suites and iho rijilits of the States lo resist ihe spread of Stavety nnd the nygressions of iho blnve Power to secure n thotough reform in ihe National Administration, and a free govern ment for a free people the undersigned, cit izens cf Ohio, hnrcby unite in fruterpil as sociation, under the name of tho 'Siiuh Re publican Association of Ohio,' and adopt tho following I'lmForm nnc' Constitution. PLATFORM. Art, I. JtVe cloini for all men equal rights and exact justice, defended by just and rqunl luws, und protected bv huiiejl nnd mpamal legi.iiution. An. II. U'e resist all attempts lo sub vert or impaii our Republican institutions by any combination, native oi foreign, or by any power, civil or ecclesiastical. An. 111. We acknowledge tho equal rights of ail persons in impartial protection in the enjoyment of religious froedum, to the fr oo exercise of iho elective franchise, and we propose, no lesis for ffico txccpi hon esty, capacity, and duvoiion to Ameiican in stitutions. Art. IV. We hold that each Stats has the right to make and enforce its own laws as supreme, so far. fli they do not conflict with the Constitution of the United States. Art. V. We require for our -country a government of the People, instead, of a gov ernment by an Oligarchy: a governmem maimoining before iho world ihe Rights ol Men raihcr than the privileges of Masters; a governmem, sympathizing wiih the elfins of oppressed nations to achieve their liber- lies, rather than with the tyrannical despo tisms which are leagued against ihem, An. VI. We demand a thorough reform in National Administration, by the substitu tion of economy for exiravagance, and of impartial regard ior eery interest, instead of the subordination of nil interests to ihe views of a Class. , An. VII. We insist thai there shall be no Slaveiy outside of Slave States, and no domination of the Slave Power over tho ac tion of iho National Government; and in or der to accomplish these end?, we invito a frank and cordial co-opeiaiion of all our fel low citizens of whatever political views in other respects, for ihe sake of union upon the common platlorm of Exclusion of Sla very from National Territory, and thorough Reform in National Administration, and in support of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, avowedly and reliably in fovor of these objects.' CONSTITUTION.. Art, .1. Any legal voter, being a citizen of Ohio, may becomo a member of ihis As sociation on subscribing . this Platform end Constitution- ,, ,, !' , . ; , Art. II. , The bfficers.ol this Association shall be a President, two Vice Presidents, ihroo Directors,; Treasurer, Recording Sec rotary nod Corresponding Socreinry, who shall sorve until such, day as the Association shall appoint for ' iho annual mooting, then nnd thereafter tho officers shall - be elected iHarkcis aiiU titcral Sntcllicmc OivE C O'U N TR Y i V-: : ; ;i.;;.:;-.;'POMEROY; 'TUESDA;Y;vAY,.o;: im ' v ' ' '' -'- ---- - it 1. annuallv;-nd every President ofu County Association shall be ex officio a member; of the State Association. " Ari.'JIl. A Subscription .Book shall be placed ')rT the hands of iho Trehsurei,' in which each me'nber may WTiie opposite his nnme.ihe amount he is .willir.a to cuntriluie rnoiiiMy lo the funds dl the Association. . i An. LV. the Uirectnrs, wun me i resi- doni, Vice Presidents, Secretaries and Trens- urer.'shnll. consiiiute nn Execuiive tommu tee to disburse such funds as may be placed at their disposal by t'lo. Associntioni and to perform such piher dutios as riwy from lime K time be' assigned thjm. . ., r An. TV ." Th ftlnds or iho ' Association of -the necessary coniingoni expenses ouha same, in ihe purchase and -circulation of important documents, and In iho use of such means as may have o tendency to advance the principles laid down in the foregoing Platform. ' ' An, VI. The Association shall hold reg ular meetings as often as may be dee,ned advisable, and the President shall have pow er to call special meetings, and it shall be hit duty to call such meetings whenevei re quested by three members of the Executive Committee. . An, VII. Amendments to this Constitu tion mBy be made by being proposed at a regular meeting, and adopted by iwo-thirds of the members present at a subsjquent meeting. " ' On n.'Piion, it was decided lo go into an election of orEc?". nd ,he following gentle men were elected to bCT? . the first annu al meeting of the AssociatiuPi viz: PreUdent: Wm. B. Thrall. Vico Presidents: Dr. J.' II. Coulier and W. T. Ba6com. . Direciorr: J. M. Westwater, James II. Beebr, nnd Gen. Alex. E. Glenn. , Treasurer: L. G, Van Slyke. Recording Secrmary: F. C. Sessions. Corresponding Secretary: A. M, Gange wer. . . On motion, it was Resolved, That it be recommended that similar associations be formed in the several counties of the State, and it be requested thai they report to the Corresponding Sec retary the names of their officers, &c, for the purpose of facilitating correspondence. tiesohed, That the foregoing proceedings be published in the Republican papers throughout the State. Reiolved, That this meeting adjourn to moei again on Saturday evoning next. Wilum B. Thrall, Ch'n. A. AI. Gangewer, Secretary; A Good One. We like a good joke, says the Now ri National' Dmru-co-4w- it hits us or our party, and therefore give place lo the following yarn gotten up by the Columbus Fact, fanciful though it may ap pear: "A political sior was told in our hearing ihe othur eyeninp, by nn old Whig, which we do not remember ever having seen in prim. Of course we do not vouch for the truth in every particular: A few years since a party of very distin guished Southern planters, two of them were Democrats and one Whig, being in a visit lo lite North, were invited nbout election time lo dine ai the house of a wealthy aris tocratic, and tvitha1 n very beautiful lady in Southern Ohio. After being seated at ihe luble, which was luxuriantly spread with all the delicacies ihni weulili could command, a larue burly negro came in and seated him self directly opposite the gentlemen at the luble. Tho gentlemen were too well bred to no tice tho intruder at the lime, but immodiate ly upon Ins retirement from the room, one of ihem remarket to iho la Jy: "What could have induced you to insult us by the presence of a nigger at your table?" "Why, gentlemen, he is my husband!" replied ihe lady. "Your husband!" exclaimed the three simultaneously with unfeigned astonishment. ' "Yes, my sister ruined our familv pride, in marrying, and I reiolved to equal her. This colored man was wealthy, so 1 married him." 'Pray, who did your sister marry?" ruk ed one of the party, "Why, she married a Locofoco, and 1 have never been able to hold my head up since!" The two Locofocos made an excuse for cutting their visit short. They endeavored to keep the joke a secret but the Whig would tell and so the secret got out. Tub Difference. The following from the Sieubenville Herald, is respectfully rec ommended to the attention of those who think (there are some who think so, one may believe, from the slow manner in which accounts are settled,) that the post of editor or publisher is a more sinecure. Those who aie envious of the pecuniary prosperity of a publisher who Niggardly desire to withhold from him, a fair or equit able reward for his labor must, indeed, have a'8mall pecuniary ambition. We have known a single bar, belonging to a hotel in this city, which cleared more money in five years, on a capital of one hundred dollars, and on the labor of one man than we have cleared in nine years, upon a capital of five and eight thousand dollars, and, by the la bor of men, faithfully and assidou?ly direc ted! Yes, and it can bn done, in the town of Sieubenville, by retailing whlskv, ai five cents a glass! The encouragement for lit erature runs high! li is a wonder every tenth man don't start a newspaper! . Many of Our readers will find the follow ing useful. It fs a ruin by which to find the superficial number of feet a bond contains. Multiply the length of the board in feet by the breadth in inches, and divide iho product by 12; ihe quotient is the contents In square font. If the board is wider than the oilier, add the breadth, of the two ends together, and inke the amount for the mean breadth: then multiply ibis by iho engih and divide by 12 as bolon-. If the length be feot and Inches, reduce ihe whole to inches, multiply it by tho breadth and, dlvido by Hi, whuft the antwer will bo feci.,, t v , 7 . ONE .C 0;NS Tl TU TI ON . Cakkel Coal. We loarn.'Trom. the Pitts-1 i.'..' l.u. .u. r.l:,.... r. '.i n-l 1 Railroad Compony, t f oeayey, county, nro now. in successful operation,? tending -out nbout p'no hundred and fiftons "per day, but caiinot half supply. iW.j demand. . A largo amount ol it icirried io the Allegha nv city. Bud sold for domestic, purposes, for the large bakeries and foriojjerina. glass. For this tail purpose Jbjiu'rqiiwivj peals do noi answer, and glass manufaci .rjfs. have here-; iofore beqn -compellod jo tscwood. The cnrinej coal js pow used io twoVof the Pius.; burgh glass houses and t nsie in Bridgewa ler, Beaver cqunty", and Ji 's sid to ba tel ler and cheaper, Tor' ,tmrirK-.-; than wood. iar'tfVf riftsburgribrs! v tJV. CT'On VV Waisoh & Co- have curcbd ft'slio'ai ihe junction of the Dorlington Ron ' with th, imo anu. r eiiuuy imiuu iwou a, ,anvc commenced ilw erection of a j v g' manui factory for the purpose of distilling oil from the cannel coal, and entered. imo orraf ge ments with that company foj the supply of coal. By actual experiment! it has been as certained that it contains forty 'gallon! of oil to ihe ton, and the expense of making, I is not more than fourteen cents per gallon.; The oil is of a superior ybality fo"r light; when burning emits neither smoke- not smell, and is not explosive. li it now man ufactured successfully In Now.Tork and sold at one dollar per gallon, It Is! also valuable for machinery, as it neither gams nor does it congoal until the mercury sinks at 15 deg. bolow zero. From the cheapness with which it can be made it is ev; lent that it will soon be produced in quantities, tending greatly to reduce iho prices-rft very, desira ble mallei1. The Darlington Company owns fivrt hundred and fiftv aJ'CI Of cannel coal have at a great exponas completed. lnei.r roaa, ana are now in iun connection wi the Lakes and ihe Ohio river-a central po sition thai must secure ihem gteat advanta ges. This vein of cannel ; coal averages from fourteen to fifteen feet in, thickness, which, although not good for. fuel, contains as much oil at the coal. The shale being composed mainly of oil and earthly mailer, and ihe coal of carbon and oiL li is com puted that at a low estimate there Is in every acre forty thousand tons of the oil-yielding substance; a mine richer in wealth than the gold-yielding quartz of California. .- The Slave Trade. Our readers may have noticed an iiom in our columns yes terday morning to tho effect thai the f resi dent had granted an unconditional "pardon lo Cant. Charles Kerman, who was senten ced in Boston In the summer of 1854, to imprisonment in the county jail, forihree years and to pay a finVbf it)00 for1 being concerrjea jn me ii,ln8.0l,,,,il4ne cnopner GrrhbrcanToi thYeiave "fra(ie.'t"tn Yiew'oT ihe fact that President Pierce's organ In Richmond, the Enquirer, snd in' Charles ion, the Mercury, have tnkon ground in favor of re-oponing tho foreign tlave-trnde. we are not surprised that severnl leading journals are anxiously enquiring lor ihe reason or reasons of this let of clemency. No rearon has as yet been given. It is, we think, lime for ihe people to inquire where our administration intends to stop in these mailers. No stone is left unturned whose turning will haven weight however small in ihe Convention of June. If Virginia still holds off alter an annuil message con taining direct appeals io iha South ngninst ihe North, if tho South are not yet satisfied when all the power and all the patronage of the government ore used directly fr the support and extension of the 'peculiar insti tution, ' which is fast ceasing io be peculiar, why should an unscrupulous demagogue hesitate to prepare for a final stop and at lenst show that he considers the crime- of slave traffic venial, ns prepejraiory to a new campaign in 1860 if they prove successful in this one now opening, h which the re moval of all restrictions upon the African Slave Trade shall be mnde a test of Democ racy. In view of this probable attempt 'to restore the proper social and political or ganism,' ihe New York Times among other journals, impresses a hope list the reasons of the President s clemency in the case above mentioned are not based upon the theory, which is now openly advocated at the South, that the slave-trade is a legiti mate branch of commerce,' and ought not io be discouraged, and still' less treated as criminal, by the Federal Government. President Pierce can hardly1 be prepared to 0 so far as this, in his subserviency to Pro-Slavery views even for the sake oi compassing tho Cincinnati Convention. The Times adds 'that there is not the slightest doubt that the slave-trade is carried on constantly, from this port, and from others on our coasi, in spite ol the strin gent laws which are still, on our statute books against it, If it is understood thai ihe Executive clemency is to be extended to this class of offenders, the laws pronoun cing tho slave-trade piracy may as well be abolished at once.' Pittsburgh Com. .. Sharpening Edged Tools We trans ale the following from a German scientific journal for the benefit of our mechanics and agricultural laborers: .- "It has long been known ihat it6 simplest method of sharpening a razor Is to put it for half an hour in water to which has been ad ded one twentieth ol its weightb of muriatic or shulphuric acid, then lightly wipe it off, and after a few hours set it on a hone. The acid here supplies the place of a whetstone by corroding the whole surfnee uniformly, so that nothing further but a smooth polhh is necessary. The process never Injures good blades, while badly hardened ones are frequently improved by it, olthougb the cause of such Improvement remains unex plained, v: "Of late this process has been applied to many other cutting implements. The work man at ihe beginning of his noon spell, or when he leaves off in the evening, moisten the blades ol ,his tools, with water acidified as nbovo, the coet of which is almost noth ing. This soves the consumption oi time and lobor in whetting, which moreover speedily . wears put the blades, Tho mode of sharpening here indicted would, be found espoclilly ; advanlogeouj -. j'r. kfokles'l and - L 0 N E-D E ST I N Y." A Warlike Cultivatob. We observe, in the Ohio papers, notice of the appoint ment, of Col. S, D. Harris, of the Ohio Cuhivaiof,' io ihe office of Adjutant General of i lie militia of that State. Carrots and catrldges.1 grapes and grnpe-shoi, turnip and tompions,' brncoli and bayonets, pota-. toes and percussion cops, ramrods ami run bogn's, will now equully share ihe utieniion af.lhe excellent General 11. Should v.,. "Wild war's deadly blast be blown" through tho Buckeye State, we may expect, ROmn fir.e morning, an editorial like this, from ihe pen of the agricultural general: "Now spade your gardens and harrow for buckshot; dit'ble .in your ' bayonets and sprinkle satipetrs w the fllnmr, Make beds. for Ticjster pistols and plant tent poles. Water yncv stion'-t'"'-"'"" ''-V! for pmaue,, ho . fcrub. ue iiivoly o do troublesome so' order out the guard. - Cub bage may safely bo left to the regimental tailor, and bush beans must be levelled by tho pioneers. Drum heads will do best with sticks and you may prepare for mus tard. Fire-wend should be exterminated and musket locks well cemposted. Be careful bf your young howitzers and cover your mogaz;ne at night, with glass. The recent appointment of N. Y. McDuf fie, a professional gambler, to the office of United States Marshal for the Northern District of California, hat given very great dissatisfaction. It is stated in the California papers that this post was made vacant by the murder of Gen. Richardson by Charles Cora, a gambler and an habitual frequenter of McDuffies saloon. His sister Belle Cora, a noted female gambler and courtezan thrust herself into the some box at the tinnier with Mrs. Richardson, and li was from this (hat the ij'.'arrel arose. . Another sister of Cora is ihe mistress cf McDuftie, and ho had done everything in his p0w? 'o effect Uora s release. Without taking into con sideration his connection wiih the murderor, says the National American, the very oc cupation and standing of McDuffie should have been sufficient to prevent his holding an important office under any honorable government. Vesuvius Again in Eruption. A Na ples correspondent of the Athenteum, writes: "On the 30ih of, December the mountain threw up a quantity of red ashes, end then through the whole of January a copious smoke, In the momh of February ashes were again thrown out, end being carried by the north wind in the direction of Bosco Trecase, produced that phenomenon which has of lata beena jnurJh spoken of as the ejeeiton jof .fish from, the mduntaio. The trwTxtraiarfori f tM in-t. T he ssbet foil ing on the terraces of the houses in tho vil lage of Bosco Trecase, destroyed an 1 con verted into so many mummies a groaiquan- tity of sails, which, according to iheir cus tom, 'were making a right of it.' There- port immediately got about thai the fish had been thrown out, nnd many a stronger lins efi Naples tho bearer of this wonderful inlo. Palmiene says that the historians of the remarkable eruption of 16G1 made u similar statement, and that, anxious to veri fy or disprove it, he not only ascended to ihe top of the cone on a fishing expidition, but wont io ihe village of Trecase. Tho result was as I have mentioned. On the 28th of February the new mouih uttered some eliyht intonations, and sent forth some matter of the consistence of pnste. This, on cooling, become brown scorim. On the first of this month n yei Stealer quantity was thrown up, and iho mass beneath was so elevated that sometime! the smoke was strongly illu minated. On ihe same day ashes of a dark color, and slighily magnetic, lor the third time. Mexico. News from Mexico received by recent arrivals represont the rebellion as en tirely crushed. The ciiy of Puubla, held by ihe rebels, had capitulated 10 the govern ment forces; the rebel officers had been re duced to the ranks, and fifty of ihem wem into voluntary exile, whilo a rumor prey oil ed that Uroga had been executed. President Commonfori, having overcome the ememy, made a iriumphal entry into the capital; the ciiy was illuminated in honor of the victory, and older wos generally believed to be re stored. The finances, however, are repre sented as being In a lamentable condition. We attach little or no importance 10 the de tails, regarding all changes in ihat ill star red country as but the shifting scenes in a panorama. Reforms in Russia and Poland. Ac cording to the Independence Beige, the abo lition or serfage in Russia has been much talked of lately in that country. A St. Petersburg- correspondent states that a plan for the accomplishment of this measure has been submitted to the examination of the Emperor Alexander, and that, before he left the capital for Finland, the Czar issued a ukase, by which, hereafter, the serfs will have the privilege of suing their masters for their freedom, before the tribunals of the realm, Former laws granted the serfs this power, but it was almost impossiblo for him to make a practical use of it. Henceforward the nobles can no longer transfer their serfs to another district, or incorporate them into the army, without being authorized to do so by the decision of a coir potent tribunal. Communications trom be. retcrourg, ot date March 19, announces that the follow ing important reforms aro about to made in Russian Poland: 1. The granting of a general amnesty for all political oncnees. 2. The introduction of tho Polish Inn gunge into the universities. 3. A new division of provinces and revis ion of frontier. 4; Permission to wear' the Polish uniform i It is thought by these menns to attach all Poles to tho cause of Russia, and forever obliterate tho idea of independence. Good AproiNTMET. Timothy Price, an energetio and worthy man, and most excel lent Workman,- has been appointed Master carpenter of the rev. State House. Wc Ji.0 $1.50 in Advance. YOL. 8 NO. 14 Literature. It opens aback door out of the bustle of the busy nnd idle world into a delicious garden of moral and intellectual fruits and flowers, the key of which is de nied to the rest of mankind. Our happiness no longer lives on charity, nor bids fair for 3 fall, by lenning on that most precarious nnd thorny, pillow, another's pleasure, for our repose. . ... , - . LAWS OF OHIO. " PUBLISHED ItV AUI JIOUlTV- No. CG." AN ACT, To prevent and puhlsh fraudulent irnnsac- ion in tares and weights and other abuses r herein, ernmiftruwid ., . ... r t ; ,v SRCTTnN 'i- -'Bi i?'r".n!!i1.'hi theffwrnl . .. j i .? u:-u!v, ij tut v'-, "i . .. perkou, ageui pr cL'rk. wIiq shall-jji up, or shall order or procure any other person in put up or puck sugar, rice, tobacco, soap, siarch, candles, or any goods or articles sold by weight, and i ot subj-ci io inspection bv law, packed in keg.s, barrels, tierces, casks, boxes, hogsheads, or any case' whatever, shall, In eveiy instant e, first weigh the en lire box or cask, or whatever it may be, and plainly cut or mark upon, ihe head or most convenient part thereof, the exact number and fractions of pounds it wtighst and when packed or filled shnll again ascertain ihj whole weight, and place the snme immedi ately above ihe cut or marked lore wyichis, and substract the one from the other, show ing ilie'noi weight ol the contents, which calculation shall riot be obliterated while the bulk remains unbroken. Soction 2. Any brand, mark, or stamp, put upon any keg, barrdl, box, cask, hngf head or case, by the manufacturer, indicat ing the article, its quantity, quality, or the manufacturer's name, or either, of ihem, shall be considered the mnnufuctuicrTs cer tified branJ, stamp, or mark, and shall bo pnt thereon in such manner as io be identi fied by the miufaciurcr or his authorized ogeni, which shall be subject lo no erasure or obliteration; neither shall box hds, keg. barrel, hogshead, tierce, or cask bends, be transferred from one to tho other, for the purpose of takirg the advaniope of said brands, slumps, or marks, to sell an inferior article, or repacking take place, putting an inferior article into a superior branded keg, barrel, cask, hogshead, box, or case, to ac complish the same design, or to murk or re mark nny thing containing pound bulk, so as io hiJti f i oiii view iho original manufac turer's :r.oik, stamp, or brand. St'ction 3. Any person, directly or indi rectly transgressing any of the provisions herein enumerated, shall, on conviction thereof, in all cases pay to tho party ng grieves", double thn yclue of the difference between the actual quantity contained in such keg, barrel, cask, tierce, box hogshead, or in whatever tho snme mn bo contained, and tho net quantity or weighi for which the same may havo been sold, and fur the first oller.se, bo subject to a lino noi less than than twenty nor more than sixty dollars, or Imprisonment in tho county jtil not less thuii thirty nor more thun sixty days; unJ for the second tftViiso he 6hall be subj-.-ct to to a fine r.ot less that fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in tho county ji'd not less than thirty nor more thun ninety rays, or both, at the discrntion oi the coutt; and for the third cifenso he shall bo subject to u fino not less thnn two hundred nor more thnn fivo hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not less than ninety days nor more than six months, Tho offending parties, in every instance, to pay all the expenses, prosecutions, and costs of court; also all damages whatever Mistnin ed by the aggrieved parties, ivho6hall pros ecate for the same. . N. H. VAN VORUE:?, Speaker of the House cf Representatives. TI10MA3 II. FORD, President ol the Senate, No. 70. AN ACT To amend tho second section of an amendatory act, passed May I, 1854, of an act entitled "an act for tho relief of the poor," passed March 4, 1853. Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the S'afe of Ohio, That section two of the above recited act, bo amended so as to read as follows. Thai the trustees of each township within this State, shall afford relief or support to any person or persons within their township and not having a legal settlement within ihe same, when such relief or support Is need ed. Provided, That whenever the trus tees of any township shall be called upon to afford relief from the township treasury in any county having a county infirmary, to any person or persons who have no legal smtlemer.t in this State, or whoso place of residence is unknown, it shall be tho dun of the trustees io make out an order to ihe directors of such county infirmary, to re ceive and provide for such person or per sons, so long as thn said trustees may direct. Provided, That if in any such case li be found inexpedient or impracticable for said trustees to remove any such person or persons to said county infirmary, or if iheie bo no county infirmary in tho county in which such township is situate, then und in cither case said trustoes shall keep an accu rave account of all moneyst so expended, and certify such account with ihe vou chers for iho same to the county commissioners of iho county, who shull cause tho amount so paid to be paid to tho township out of the county treasury; nnd shall not b. re quired to remove such porsnn or persons to any county infirmary: Provided, further, thai such trustees may remove any person or persons becoming a charge upon any such township,-nnd who have no legal set tlement In this State, to iho State when such person or persons have a legal settle ment; unless such person or persons shull give sufficient security to indemnify such township. Section. 2. That section 2 cf said amendatory oct, is hereby repealed. N. 11. VAN VORHES. Speaker of the Ilnusa or Representatives MHOS, Hi FORD. President of the Senate. , A April 3.h, 1855. . , OFFICE OF THE TEUEQRAPH, . K0flT STKtfcT, " " " , ' tCV(N DOORS IILOW COUT Vt tTAlat. - P0MEROV.0H10. . Kates of Advertising, Onesquae (13 lines or less) three weeks, 00 bvery subsequentinsertion, :. : : :. : i One square, three months, : ' s. i : ' : S CO Oue square, six ulonths, : .: : : t tB One square, one year, : t, : . s i 1 : 8 00 One half column, one yeari 1 : : s . : SO CO Three-fourths of acolunin, one yet, ; : 36 10 One column, one year, ! : : : : : t 30 C9 inrAuveriisemeius not havmgthe numl ei of m sertions marked on copy, will be continued u forbid and charged accordingly. D(Jasuai advertisers mutt pay in adTsnti. 0T J ob Printingi cf every description executed with accuracy rud neatneta. No. 72 AN ACT To provide for the Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths, in Ohio. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Sta'ieofOluo. Thm It shall be the duty of all clergymen, or other per sons, who shall hereafter celebrate or per forin the marriage ceremony within thin State, to keep a registry of all marriages celebrated by them, sho wing the names, ages, residence and place of birth of tho persons married, whether they were singlo or widowed, tho time of tho marriage, and: the names of their parents. . . ;. Sec. 2. It shall be tho duty of all phy-; sicians, euritcons and midwives, toieepa registry of alt the -births rtr.dfnYns z'-'rtW '. ' ai w. i ol. l-irili,. tin; iinme of the father and maiden name of the mothcrr and their rest- J dence, the sex and color of the child, togeth er with its name, if it shall receive one, and whether born alive or dead. Such registry shall show, in cases of death the time,' place, and cause of death;' the name, nge sex, color and condition (as to whether sin gle or married, or widowed,) the name and surname of the parents, the occupation, tho residence, and place of birth of the deceased. ' When two or more physicians, surgeons, or mid wives, may have attended profession ally at any birth or death, that physician, 6Urgeon, or midwife, who is the oldest, in attendance, shall make the registry. ' Seo. 3. It shall be the duty of the phy sicians, clergymen, surgeons and mid wires' above named, to deposit in the county cleii's office, of the various counties in which such births, marriages and deaths occur, on or before the fifteenth day of March, in every year, a copy of said registry, embracing the period of one year, ending on tlt'e first day of March, last preceding the time of deposit; and the clerk shall deliver the same to tho assessor of the several townships in each county, at Ihe same time that the Auditor of the county delivers instructions and blanks to such assessor. SeC. 4. It tliall be the duly of the asses-, sors, while making their lists of taxable property, to ascertain and record, in a list separate from the list of taxable property, all tho births, manages and deaths, which shall have occurred w'thin their respective townships, in the twelve months, ending on the first day of March last preceding the time of assessment, with all the items of time, place, fec, hereinbefore directed, to be inserted in the registries, as provided in sections one and two of this act. They shall make strict inquiries of all heads of families, and shall use the registries of cler gymen, physicians, surgeons, and midwives. hcrcinbtlore named in. order to obtain cor rectly tho information herein' required. 1 hey shall return said lists of births, mar riages and deaths, with the registries uforc said, to the clerks of other courts of com mon pleas, at the samn time that they re turn their lists of taxable property. Tho clerks shall copy said lists in such form as the secretary ot fctate may direct, and trans mit said copy to the Secretary of State, on or before the first day of June in each year. 1 he clerks shall receive for their compen sation ns the county commissioners shall think just. Sec. 5. It shall bo the duly of the Sec retary of State, from all tho Ii&t3 of births, marriages and deaths so transmitted to him, to prepare tabular statements, showing in a condensed form, the information herein re quired to be preserved keeping the statis tics of each county separate, and to ciuso two thousand copies of the same to be prin ted in pamphlet form, on or before the first day of January in every year, of which cop ies, ten shall bo transmitted to tho clerk of each county for exchange nnd distribution, at his discretion, and the residue shall be disposed of as the general assembly shall from lime to time direct. The county clerk, in each and every county, shall preseive carefully", one copy in his office. The Sec retary of State shall prepare nnd cause to be printed, 8u;Ub!a blanks Mid instructions for the use of assessors, cre;7:nen, physi cians, surgeons and midwives, which ho shall transmit to the several county audi tors, to be by them delivered to the asses sors. Sec. 6. To enable tho assessors to ob tnin full and correct information touching tho facts herein required to be ascertained, tbey shall have full power to swear and in terrogate any person, in their respectivo townships, for this purpose; and it shall be the duty of all such persons, when thereto required by the assessor, with or without oath, to give him, truly and fully, all the information which ho or sho may possess, touching any of said lacts. Sec. 7. The several county clerks shall forevervefully preserve, the lists of births, marriffcl'lind deaths aforesaid, and tho rcgistric? of clergymen, &c, herein required to do be returned to them, for the use of tho public, and which shall always be open to public inspection. Seo. 8. The said lists of births, mar riages and deaths, returned to the clerks of the county courts, by the assessors, ns also the original tabular record herein required to be made by the clerk aforesaid, or a duly certified copy of any birth, marriage, or death, from either of them, given and cer tified by said clerks, shall hereafter be ad mitted and received in all courts in this State, as prima facia evidence of any such birth, marriage, or death, therein recorded or so certified. Sue. 9. Any person failing, or refusing to discharge and perform, any of the acts or duties herein imposed and required to be done, shall, for every such failure, be fined in a sura not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered by action bo fore any tribunal having jurisdiction there of, or by indictment in the court of common pleas, for the uso of common school, in the township in which the offense is committed. N. H. VAN VORHES. -Speaker ol the' House of Rpf seseniatlves. THOS. II. FORD, President of the Senate Apiil ft,.; 836. ' : M f; -. n t t - 14 ' -ft . - " " I I , -I fe, . . v