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After onr long absence, we hate the
. pleasure of again conversing with our
increasing circle ef readers, from our
v"J??J I!ur1.wblcl1
we were an humble member, adjourned
the Biorninjr of Tuesday last, after a
jessioa ofjeiglity-four days. ...This is the
ortstcBes3ion which has been held for
ay years. ' It is hardly our province, j
?-efc;tt-Wejiattmvto-8pea
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'M?6i&? We majre'permittid to'say,
however, that the universal testimony of
the citizens of Columbus will be to the
fact ihat no;)revious Assembly-; ever
convened there that was freer from dis
sipation and other vices usually at
tributed to Legislative' bodies. To the
" honor pt all parties, it may be said truth
, frilly, that there were no drunkards among
t the members. If any of them indulged
at all, it was in such-a way as not to
-bring disgrace upon the body. '':
"t That there was a fair amount of talent
. in the two Houses was admitted by all
wha became familiar with tho members,
ind that there was; a general desire to
care for the best interests of the State,
. we tTthrak"was equally manifest. The
', business of Legislation was new to nearly
: all, and it therefore required time to fa-
tniliarize themselves with the mode of
4 proceeding. -it Big true,.! too, that most
persons, finding,, themsclvos in such a j
, body for the first time; naturally enough
(think it is incumbent upon them to sig
nalize their statesmanship bv the ranid-
ity with which, they can introduce bills
,-and a resolutions, and the number of
cspeeche they -ean' make ' upon them.-
This propensity, is generally cured before
he close of the first session,, and when
loace cured the disease never returns. It
4a like the meaeels in. that respect.. , The
iflnly real trouble is that some men are
,ao constituted that the disease - becomes
chrome and clings to cnem. tnrougn tneir
whole Legislative life. But such cases
!arie.rare!o..yii -vi .: - ,
That some good laws were enacted, all
fifties admit, and that' much evil was
f prevented by the" slaughter of the vast
-Jnwjonty of the bills proposed, we firmly
(believe. - We have long been impressed
"with the conviction that tnerc is too
much Legislation. Change is not always
progress. c! And it is often -better to let
vibe laws with which the people have be-
ynme familiar; remain, than to change
'them,1 even though" we may fancy they
could fee improved. 'r,'.: ,',
There was less, 'perhaps, of party as
perity manifested than in any Legisla
tJve body ever assembled in Ohio. . Such
at least wa3 the verdict of all who had
4 been, observers of past, years, and cer-
- i i . ', i
'-iiniy tuvu w - viu unit vuuviuuuu.
"With; two or three exceptions, not a
single proposition took a partisan aspect.
.Vnd what is perhaps without an exam
ple, not a single measttre of Legislation
twa hrougkt before a caucus of the major
ity iyarty for its indorsement. Of course
the nomination of Senator, and the of
. ficers of the Houses were selected in can
ecusj. Ini no measure of Legislation was bo
determined during the session. ; '
K Two or three Democrats made partizan
speeches, for "buncombe" but they were
not countenanced by their fellow-Domo-
rerats. Every proposition was disanssod,
' and permitted to stand or fall upon its
;own merits. , We noticed some state
ments the opposite of this in ..the Ohio
f Statesman, but they were wholly untrue.
There was therefore no bitter or even
unfriendly, feelings , engendered, and we
I do not believe there was a single member
-,at parting who harbored an unkind feel
ting toward any other member. v
"; In the choice of Speaker, Clerk and
Seargent-at-Arms, the House was pecu
. liariy 1 fortunate. . W. B.: . Woods, ,.the
: Democratic Speaker- of the two preceed-
ing sessions, was a model officer, and we
feared we would hot be able to select one
' who could fully fill his-place. .; But in
Hon. B. CParsons, our speaker, the sue-ic-eas
was complete - No man ever had
the good fortune to pass the ordeal with
' a njore1 hearty endorsement than he.
A Tjbe reWluUon of thanks offered by the
IesdiiDittocrat; of the House, and
-.'pissed iuanimously, was no unmeaning
compliment. It was the hearty expres
:sio'n if a: sentiment of respect and con-
fi Jence, won by the Speaker, by the abil
ity, urbanity, and impartiality with which
he discharged his responsible duties.
; But we have spun out this article be-
vond our . intent. Havins: returned
Jr - . - -. .
' rain to onr sanctum we bone to devote
"more attention to the Telegraph than
r heretofore, and make it an "Institution"
in Meigs County worthy of the cordial
! support of out citizens. ; " ' v .. ,
COMTFKffSATIOX.
There is a benificent provision, run-
. ning through all the ramifications of so
ii'eiety fixed an immutable law, or
f rather, direetedbya never-sleeping Prov-
lj idence whiich ever compels the evil to
; work blindly to the defeat of their cher-
V iehed schemes, ortd draw to themselves
the very evils they would inflict upon
others. .This is beautifully illustrated
in the case ot our neighbor in Virginia.
, :; , For the last 'few months, her papers
. ef all parties, have teemed with the most
insensate abuse, of the- Northern people,
- and especially of those merchants in the
free States whose principles were not for
''sale as well as their goods. Black lists
. of Northers merchants were everywhere
: published, and! the most fanatical appeals
made to discontinue all trade with the
" North, and i u uprrate a system of per
" feet non-intercourse with that section of
..the Union. None entered more zealously
into this crusade than the merchants
, of-'; Virginia, . and f especially the
1 wholesale merchants of her cities.. !
' They saw) or thought they mw,' that by
fanning this sectional strife into frenzy
they could fill their own coffers, while
they would Save the intense pleasure of
breaking down their hated rivals., And, f
Fora time,; it teemed almost as if they
would succeed. But the law above re- had declared his intention to become party is led by an oligarchy of negro
ferried to,? is 'stronger than human pas-' such, one: hundred ,ancksixty acres of drivers, still insultthe intelligence of ev
sion, and will not be subverted, , In a ; land in the "illimitable West," on con- ery reading citizen Jby claiming that it
manner Altn0-t.riAr nntnnVul V. ?f 'Y,na JifiAK nf fitra voom' nnxiinanAV Thlfl. t- it... J e A.'. 11 C
indicated itself, and these greedy mer- j
chants are now feeling the full force of
the stripes intended for others.
The late Legislature of Virginia, by
BOme unexplained motive impelling them
thereto, passed a law taxing all merchants
cenL-uponthe whole
luiiuuwvj inevr votes.- x results, merc-
f ore, V that " the " wholesale merchant
must pay one per cent, on all his
sales to the j obber, &c. ; The jobber must
pay one per cent, on all his sales as the
goods go into the hands of the retailers,
and these retailers again, must pay, one
per cent, on .,' all their sales to . their
customers. Every person, therefore,
through whose hands the goods pass
must pay one percent, tax!
The result of this law is, that instead
of building up the wholesale merchants
of that State, they are placed at uch a
disadvantage that by no possibility can j
they compete with Northern men.' And
the feeling in consequence is most in
tense. Indeed, the raid of John Brown
at Harper's Ferry scarcely create! a
greater excitement. We could fill the
Telegraph with articles from Virginia
papers denouncing the utter folly and
madness of the law. And the papers of
Wheeling say that the law will be foci
bly resisted rather than submitted to.
The Richmond Whig Bays that all the
principal wholesale dealers of that city
have already made engagements to re
move to Baltimore and other ports out
of tlie State. ; ; ;
If the fanaticism of sectionalism has
not wholly demented the minds of the peo-
pie of that State, they will be made wiser
by their experience, and in due time re
turn to the good old usage of common
sense,; and the. comity and courtesy due
from the citizens" of a common country to
each other. It isj perhaps, a hard lesson
to learn, but it must be learned some
time, that in the operations of au inSn-.
itely wise and just . Providence," men
will inevitably, in some form or other,
receive to themselves the exact measure
of good or evil which "; they intended
to mete out to others. . , .
; THE KING CAN DO HO WRONG.
' The old doctrine of tho Despotisms of
.urepe, expressed in the caption above,
which is dying out in the kingly gov
ernments' of the Old World, seems to
have been revived, with all its force, in
this boasted land of the free. That cor
ruption, whese rankness isan offense to
all honest men, is rife beyond all 'esti
mate- ia-Wnsntngtaty ia. known jto seryl
citizen. , Indeed, so prevalent has it be
come that the ordinary mask of at
tempted secresy, is scarcely any . longer
worn. Not only are the offices of Gov
ernment publicly dispensed as bribes, by
the President, with which to purchase the
votes of Representatives, and betray, the
will of the people, but the gold from the
treasury is used for the same purpose.
A committee of Congress . has been
appointed, to make investigation of these
corruptions, with a view of applying a
correction. And the testimony already
taken confounds , all belief. , Among
other witnesses, ; Wendell, the Public
Printer, has been examined, and his
testimony shows the most astounding
system of corruption ever practiced in
a civilized Government. ;In the single
item of the printing of Post Office
blanks, he swears that in order to get the
contract, he stipulated with the Presi
dent himself, to paj over, twenty thousand
dollars a year to certain newspapers, to
sustain them, while they were to sustain
the party! This is but a specimen, and
the witnesses, be it remembered, are the
personal and political friends of Bu
chanan, and the recipients of his bounty.
The facts in the case were so notorious
that these men did not dare to deny
them, but came out boldly and stated
the facts. But Buchanan has become
alarmed, and to the amazement of every
body, on last Friday, he sent in a mes
sage to the House, utterly denying their
right to .make the investigation, and
taking the monstrous ground which cost
Charles the First his head.
What the result may be, we cannot
say. That we are drifting into despot
ism with fearful rapidity, is as clear to
an unprejudiced mind as any proposi
tion can be. But whether the force of
partizanship will be sufficient to sustain
the President in his kingly prerogatives
is yet to be tested. If sustained, then is
it a mockery, and a delusion to call this
Government a Republic.
Encouraging,
It is pleasant to know that amidst the
almost universal fanaticism of the South
era press, there are a few which have not
wholly abjured their reason. Gov. Sew.
ard, of N. Y., has been so long held up to
the views of the Southern people by the
misrepresentations of the press, that he is
believed by many to be a dangerous
man. No calumny has been too base, and
no scruple has withheld them from ut
tering the - most ungrounded slanders
against him. But while nearly all the
papers in that section have denounced
his late speech in the Senate, as the ra
vings of a fanatic,' we see that the Balti
more Prtriot, Wilmington Republican, in
Delaware, and one or two others, have
had the manliness to publish the speec
itself, and to characterise it, as it truly
is, a masterpiece of calm and dignified
statesmanship. And the New Orleans
Picayune says of it:
"The manne,r of the speech is to be
admired for its polite suavity. What
ever may bevMr. Seward's vices as a po
itician, or faults as a statesman, his tone
- as Senator is unexceptionable.
It is
courteous anddippassionate.
DEMOCRACY IN ITS PURITY.
A most interesting discussion occurred
in the U. S. Senate on the 22d nit.1 The
House had passed "Homestead Bill,"
giving to every free white citizen, or who
the most beneficent measure ever pro-.
posed by the Government, received the
entire Republican vote of the House,
and would have received the votes of all
Northern Democrats, but for their party
alliance, and consequent subserviency to
this Slave Power of the South. As it.
was, enough of them supported the bill j
to give it a decided majority. ,
But, to permit free laborers thus to
settle the vacantlands of the Government,
would almost inevitably preclude the
nossibilitv of foistinsr unon them the
r f .
j curse of slavery. Hence, the measure
could not fail to meet the bitterest op-
position from the oligarchy, and their
Northern sycophants. And when the
bill came up in the Senate, all disguises
were thrown off, and the leaders of De
mocracy and "slavery," exhibited
themselves in their true colors. Hale,
and Wade, and other Senators, advoca-
ted the passage of the bill with great
ability, and were answered in true over
seer style by the Democratic leaders.
We quote from the report in the Ohio
Statesman, the central organ of the party
in Ohio;
"Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas. ODnosed
Mr? Wade's motion, and referred to Mr.
Hale's remarks as - insincere and dema-
goguish. He wanted to hold on to the
canaille of New England by the cry of
free homes for freemen, fearful that un
der the pressure of starvation they would
desert him and his party."
With what a charming courtesy this
Democratic driver of negroes speaks of
the free laborer of the -North as the
canaille of New Enaland." who, if
they cannot have "free homes," will, "
der the pressure of starvation," desert the
Republican party.. The gentleman did
. .
not tell us where they would go to. Per
haps he thinks they will go over to the
slaveholding Democracy! And, judging
from the irredeemable servility of many
of his own partizans, he;, perhaps, had
some grounds for .. the contempt with
which he speaks of Northern men. But
little reflection would have, taught him
that the mass of the people are qutie
different from the remnant of the gentle
man's followers. The report proceeds:
Mr. Wigfall regarded the matter as
party question, involving as it did the
power of the. Federal Government. If
this Government was established to pro
vide for the halt, blind, lamedeaf, &c,
if it could give land to the landless, why
not niggers to the niggerless. He then
went into an examination of the power
of the Federal Government and con
tended that, as the trustee of sovereign
States, it had no rightto vote away their
land. in the course ot nisremarKS, ne
said it is nonsense to talk of a State comr
mittina treason. The thing teas impossi-
ble. Me owed allegiance to tlie mate oj
Texas, which conjointly with other States,
exercised the same portion of the sovereign
power. trnenever sne aeciarea ine rea
eral Government no longer her agentj men
it would be his duty to return to his tslatc,
and if he should be captured fighting un
der the Lone Star, under the law of nations,
lie could not be treated as a traitor.
Mr. Johnson, of Tenn.i remarked that
there were precedents for the policy prof
nosed in the bill
Mr. Wigfall was : sorry, to' "hear any
Democrat refer to precedents. If they
are accepted, banks, tariffs; internal im-
provenients, &c, coma ne jusunea.
He then denounced the policy of New
England., which, by iederaj legislation
had srot rich and kept the other sec
tions poor. He thought nothing better
could occur thana dissolution of the Union.
New Enqland would then beg the South to
come back; her spindles would then cease
to turn, and her ships rot at the wharves;
her sailors and operatives turned out to
starve", would bum and steal.
He also drew a picture ot a moD ot
deceived and infuriated people bearing
on poles the heads of Seward and Hale.
If these men only knew the South was
in earnest, they would keepquiet. They
were not the men to com their hearts
hlood into drachms." He denied that
these were threats. The mere day o
farces has gone by. . He would speak his
mind freely and say that he believed no
Black Jiepublican ever could, be xnagura
ted President, northern men talked ot
subduing the South, but he believed that
a Southern army would winter in Jioston
before a Northern one could reach lexas.
He would like to know how they were
goin"- to take the South. Let them look
around the cnamDer ana mey wouia see
on the Republican side but one man who
ever saw the flashing Of a gun, while he
particularized numbers on the Demo
cratic side who had rendered signal mil
itary service. The military chest was
the first matter of consideration in war.
and where would the North get the
monev to fill it? The South could send
out her cotton, tobacco, etc., in the Dot
toms. which would carry them the cheap
est. Where would the Senator from
Rhode Island Mr? Simmons get ,. the
money for his calicof Ihey might tal
of blockading the Southern ports, but
their officers and men would want money
and where could they get it
Cotton was King, and without it Queen
Victoria's Crown was not safe. The
Union was nothing more than a compact
between confederates, which the North
had broken and then tried to persuade
us that it was of divine origin. Our
forefathers shed their blood,' not for this
Union but for Liberty. He compared
the Federal Government to a lens, which
concentrated and applied the powers con
ferred by the sovereign States, as the
lens concentrated the rays of the snn.
Thev admired not the lens but the glo
rious orb from which it derived its
power.
The Ancestors of New Englanders
went to Holland, but as the Dutch would
not let them persecute any body, they
came to the North they drove out
Roger Sherman and -the Baptists, and
spread themselves over that country,
Providence havine Macdamized that
country they thought it useless to di
for what the soil could produce, and have
since lived off their neighbors. He went
into an argument that the slave states
properly ' speaking are the only ; free
States. He concluded by denouncing
the Homestead bill as unconstitutiona
The subject was then postponed ti
Jlonday. Adjourned.
Wc have no space for more of .the
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I beauties of Democracy as exhibited in
this debate. But the above will be suf-
ficient to show its spirit. Yet we have
Democrats in on county and town whof:
jn the face of the notorious fact that the
the country! Can reckless audacity go
beyond , this? And can the honest men
0f the party be longer deceived?
, NEBRASKA, REPUBLICAN,
Nebraska Territory has been, ever since
its .organization, under the complete
control of the Democrats. , The immense
patronage of the Federal Government
and the swarms of officials quartered
there ' have hitherto overpowered the
Republicans at the . ballot-boxes,; and
gave the Democracy a large - ma
jority in the . Legislature. They had,
however, preached popular sovereignty
so long that the people really be-,
lieved they were honest, and when
the Republican members of the Leg
islature introduced a bill to prohibit
avery in the Territory, the Douglas
ing of the party could not have the
face to vote against it, and the bill passed.
But Governor Black, who was placed
there for the purpose of sustaining
avery against the will of the people,
vetoed the bill. In a long and labored
message, he took the ground that, the
Constitution, as interpreted by the Dem
ocratic party, carried slavery into the
Territories, .and that neither Congress
nor the people coma proniDit it. in
this he was clearly right. For while
some of the leaders in the North for the
purpose of getting votes, preach popular
sovereignty, and that the people ought
to do as they please in the matter, they
know very well that such is not the de
sign of the party to which they belong.
They know, as every intelligent man in
the country knows, that the Adminis
tration, and those who sustain it, hold
that slavery is omnipotent over the peo
ple ' v'
But, being' thus compelled to face the
music on the naked question, the Repub-
icans have won a complete triumph
there, as they have everywhere else out
of the slaveholding States, when the
issue could be got before the people.
Believing that the Democracy could
control the Territory under any circum
stance, that party had provided by law
for the election of members of a Conven
tion to form a constitution, preparatory
to admission into the Union. But the
veto of Gov. Black so effectually opened
the eyes of the people to the true posi
tion of the parties that the Republicans
swept the Territory by an immense ma-
ority, and have elected a large majority
of the members of the Convention. This
is a splendid and most important f ictory.
d. coming: as it does on the heels of
the election in New Hampshire, shows
the direction of the popular breeze in
the great Presidential campaign just
opening. Nothing but the most shame-
ess . fraud and deception ean prevent
the success of the Republican candidate
for President in November next. The
honest impulses of the people are right,
and nothing but false issues, designed to
cheat the unsuspecting voters, can pre
vent this desirable result.
HOXOR TO GOV. STEWART,
OF
. MISSOURI. .
The Legislature of Missouri have
twice, during the winter,' passed an act
to enslave the free colored people of that
State, but have been saved from the un
utterable infamy of its execution, by the
vetoes of Gov. Stewart. The historian
of after times will find it difficult to
make the world believe the record he
will be compelled to make of the doings
of several of the State Legislatures of
1860.
Nearly every slave State has had be
fore it a like proposition to ensalve the
free colored people within their borders.
Arkansas, we believe, is the only one of
them which has enacted the deep and
damning enormitv. in the form of a
final statute. Missouri, so far, has fol
lowed the lead of Arkansas. But the
Governor revolted at the infernal atroc
ity, and refused to sign the bill. Mary
land, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and
other States, which had the subject be
fore them, faltered in its consummation
We believe the scheme carriea in one
House, in nearly, if notquite all, of these
States, but failed in the other. We
trust, before another sitting of their
Legislatures, a glimmering of reason and
conscience may return, so as to make the
Ttemetration of a deed so diabolical, an
impossibilty. N
What adds, if possible, to the revolt
ing outrage, is the fact that nearly all
of these people are the children of Slave
holders themselves who emancipated
them to save them from the nameless pol
lutions to which those ' but slightly
colored, especially if females, are ex
posed in the condition of slaves. There
is not probably one in a thousand of
these neoDle who are black. Many of
M. A
them have lost nearly every trace of the
African. And yet the purpose was to
seize and sell them as slaves.
We gave some time ago, the noble
generous, and just sentiments of Judge
Catron, of Tennessee, on this subject, as
published by him in a letter to the Legis
lature of that ' State, protesting in the
name of Christianty, Civilization, and Hu
inanity, against the perpetration of the
deed. He will be honored for that letter,
when those who voted for the act
will be remembered only to be execrated.
And Gov. Stewart, for his firmness in in
terposing his veto to the twice enacted law
of Missouri, on the same subject, will
find that he was bequeathed to his child
ren, a name that will be honored for that
act, at least,, when the fanaticism that
engendered the bill will be looked upon
as ne of the darkest chapters in the
records of human depravity. . ,
A DEMOCRATS' OPINION OF DOUGLAS
DEMOCRATS.
It is known to our readers, that the
Democratic National Convention, to nom
inate a candidate for the Presidency, was
appointed to meet in Charleston, S. C, on
they23d of 'thw month. . The.Douglas
wing "of the "party don't like the at
mosphere of Charleston, and some of
them are not very well assured of their
personal safety in the most Democratic
i ( State in the Union. . They are therefore
clamorinc for a chansre of the place of
o o i
meeting. The Executive Committee has
been called together to make the change,
as the prospects of Douglas would be
promoted by holding the Convention in
a Northern city. It has been proclaimed
throughout the country, that the friends
of the Illinois Senator would attend the
Convention in such numbers as to over
awe that body and complete his nomi
nation. . And they complain that Char
leston cannotaccommodate the crowd, and
give this as a reason for demanding the
change. The Charleston News, a Demo
cratic paper, paints matters, and especially
the hospitality of Charleston, and the
character of the Douglas men, in the
rosy tints following:
"What has her private hospitality to
do with such a case, an irruption upon
her of an immense horde of men, intent
on their own selfish ends and indifferent
alike to her people, their sentiments and
interests? And thousands of . them, too,
of such cliaracter and manners that if they
icere to come here, individually, again and
again, t would never be thought, by a re
spectable man of our city, to admit any of
them within his doors. During the
presence of. that promiscuous crowd, the
private doors of Charleston will never
have been so tightly shut and carefully
guarded as then. She will confer more
watching than hospitality upon the "camp
followers," who have come to swarm at
the
assembling of a National . Conven-
tion
; There it is! Of the thousands df
Douglas Democrats, expecting to attend
the Convention, this Democratic editor
says, their "characters and manners" are
such that no "respectable" citizen would
ever admit them within his doors, and
the significant declaration is distinctly
made, that they will be 'watched."
We presume, however, that these
hordes" will be permitted to' vote the
ticket when nominated, and catch the
"niggers" of the chivalry! So, stand
ready to start at the bugle note!
CONNECTICUT.
This State holds her election to
day, and the result is looked to by the
people everywhere, with unusual inter
est. Long in the undisputed possession
of the Democratic party, it is the only
doubtful State in all New England. The
Republicans succeeded at the last election
by a very small majority, and the Dem
ocrats have boasted ever since that at
this election they would win her back
again to the fold. That the effect of a
victory in one of the N. E. States would
hava the effect to rouse the enereies of
the party in other sections, has been felt
in all its force. And hence both wings
of the Democracy have made it the great
battle ground.
While the Buchanan and Douglas fac
tions hate each other like Turks and in
fidels, they cordially unite on the
ticket, and are straining every nerve in
the contest. All that the patronage of
the Administration," with its swarms of
stipendaries, and the corruptions of the
public money can do, is being done. On
the other hand, all that Douglas and
his "followers can do with the sham of
popular sovereignty, is being done like
wise, with the view of defeating the Re
publicans.
The election, therefore, hotly contested
as it is for we believe the Republicans
are doing their duty in the campaign-
will vnrobablv be verv close. .But we
- w
hope by our next, to hear that Connecti
cut has, like her sister, New Hampshire,
maintained her integrity, and given to the
country an assurance of her devotion to
the Constitution and the rights of man.
CHARLESTON AND CHICAGO.
The peculiar boast of the South, has
been its chivalry and hospitality, while
the Northern people have been represent
ed as penurious to a degree. .The
truth,however, iswell represented in the
two following extracts, and will
give
good idea of the real difference
in the
hospitality of the two sections.
The correspondent of the New York
Herald writes from Charleston thus:
"A Member of Congress received
letter a day or two since, in reply to an
application for quarters, stating that he
could have a room proviaea ne wouio
agree to Dav the enormous price of $10
or 812 a dav for it from the 15th of
April eight days before the Convention
meets. He declined taking it. Another
gentleman showed me a letter to-day.
which he received from a citizen of
Charleston to whom he applied for rooms
with board tor himseit, wiie, ana son, in
forming him as follows:"
"I went to the principal hotels to see
what 1 could do for you, but aU'refused
positively to have any ladies in the
house, as in each hotel, drawing-rooms,
Darlors. and halls, will be packed with
beds and cots, and each occupant will be
charged 810 per day. I next went to al
the private boarding houses, and r found
them all engaged. Next I went to seve
ral private houses, and at last I induced
a lady to say she would accommodate
you, if you and your wife will take a
bedroom and let Uharlie sleep m the par
lor on the sofa. She will charge you
818 per day for the three. I assure you
you cannot do better if you wish to come.
I have never seen such an exciting time
here as there is about the Convention.
I board at the House, but had to
give up my room last week until the 1st
of May, for the landlord told us all that
we must pay during April 850 per week
and then allow him to put some one else
in our room. This I could not afibrd
and went to a friend's house, and now
find I must change again, and God only
knows where I shall go. The reason
whv board will be enormous, is that
everything in market is very high. Beef
now sells for fifty cents per pound, and
everything is in that proportion.
So much for the treatment of a Dem
ocratic Convention in a Democratic city
The following is from the Chicago Ptcts,
where the Republican Convention is to
meet. Mark the difference. The Press
to what we believed was conceded a most
important measure on the part of kur
,f, . . . : . i
hotel proprietors, in View Of the rush of
of the National Convention, their pub- j
lished assurance that there
advance on the usual rates.
will be no
W wprft I
Confident that WOuld be the policv thev I
ij j I
wuuiu pursue, auu uui Buggessiuu was
mainly intended to hasten and anticipate
such announcement, that it might reach
those abroad 'Who in making up their
minds on the question of visiting our
city at that time, would give us a wide
berth' if they ' believed the occassion- of
their visit waB to be the harvest time of
extortionate, and greedy landlords.
YVe have taken some pains to go
through the list .of our Chicago, hotels
and shall publish the same in the proper
ume. ; it is enough here to say that we
have thirty-five hotels in Chicago whose
rates from $1 to $2.50 per day.
Ihe proprietors ot these hotels, with
out exception, promptly declare that
they will not advance upon their usual
rates, during the Convention week; All
will be crowded, of course. There will
be less ample margin of space in bed and
board, but prices wll not be raised.
4 CorrcsgojuUna..
tj For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph.'
" VARIETIES.
Cincih rati, March 28.
Editors Telegkaph: This is my
seventh letter, to your paper on general
ities during the six months I have been
here, : Although they have not been as
interesting as letters written by able
pens from foreign lands, yet I am dis
posed occasionally to contribute1 news
items' tOj your reflector of passing events
and home productions. ' . . . ;.
"We have had, for several days past, a
touch of winter, but it is moderating
now, and this is a love, orluck'of a day,
as the ladies say about shawls and bon
nets. : ! : ; r . I:;-.. .
The city pays thirty-three thousand
dollars annually to have the streets
cleaned; yet they and the alleys, back
yards of tenant-houses, are extremely
dirty; consequently its population veget
ate on its own filth. Half of thejdeaths
among' ehildren, which is very large, are
owing to this cause, and the other
half to low-necked dresses, naked arms
and knees, which reduce the temnera-
ture of those parts below the others,' and
that engenders colds, fevers, and the
worst forms of chronic diseases.
The other night I was much gratified.
with about twelve or fifteen - hundred
others, of both sexes, by hearing,' at
Smith & Nixon's Hall, the Rev. E. H.
Chapin, of New York, lecture on "Social
orces, which closed the course of lec
tures for this season before the Y: M.
M. Library Association. It was a brill
iant address, and thrilled the entire au
dience with delight. One felt, while
ing that giant mind utter golden
ideas, like an individual in the United
States Mint with only a three cent piece
in his pocket. He dwelt much on edu
cating all the faculties of an individual.
e., morallyi intellectually, socially and
physically, so when he is tumbled into
the world to grapple with its Btern real
ities, he would strike upon his feet like
cat. He says the question should not
be asked whether a man has been
through College, but has it been through
him? Physically, he is powerfully built
capable ot great endurance, has a very
lull chest, with lungs in it like the bel
lores to a large church organ, whose
voice is heard as distinctly as the high
and low tones of that delightful instru
meht of music when played on by a sci
enced musician. Last Sabbath I wit
nessed the imposing ceremonies of lay
ing the corner stone of the new Catholic
Church, on the spot where thirteen
rishmen were instantly killed a few days
ag by the tailing ot one of the old
walls as they were engaged in demolish
ing the old building, which was the first
Catholic (Jhurch in the city, bein
thirty-five years old. Now a splendid
LChureh is being erected on its site, the
corner stone of which was laid by Arch
bishop Jrurcell, assisted by other dig
nitaries of the Church, dressed in their
sacred robes of office. In the center of
the block of square granite is chiseled
out about a square foot or more, in
which is deposited the daily papers and
other records, with coins, which may
tell a thousand years from now, when
the Queen City may be in ruins, of
people and their doings, who exist on
this memorable day, JMarch 25, lobO.
After the cover was placed over the tes
timonials of the present, and cemented
closely, so as to be air and water tight.
the Archbishop made his address to the
multitude who had assembled to witness
the consecration of the ground and walls
of the sacred temple which was to be
built there. .He made a very effective
discourse, saying that more Churches
were needed; for the twenty now in the
city were not enough to contain the in
creasing accessions to the Catholic reli
gion, which he claims to be the true
Apostolic iaith. ihe procession was
half a mile in length, and passed through
the orincipal streets. Each one in it
had on a badge denoting the society to
which he belonged. In the procession
were many gilded banners and full bands
of music, playing . their loudest strains.
which floated on the cold air, rising
above the dm of the city.
The weather has changed again to
freezing cold, and it is now snowing, and
the streets are covered with that con
gealed vapor. May flowers and summer
vegetables contrast very badly with
winter. Cucumbers are in market at
twenty -five cents each. Lettuce, onions.
and many other vegetables, too numer
ous to mention in a short letter, have
been in the markets daily, for severa
weeks ' past, which are sold reasonably
low, considering that they are hot-bed
productions. . .
I have observed here what I have
never seen elsewhere; i. e., gas lights in
many of the stores during the day, and
some of the Churches on Sundays, and
in other public buildings through the
day. This is owing in part to stained
or colored glasses in the windows in
some of the Churches, and in stores for
the want of sufficient openings to admit
solar light for practical purposes.
Land warrants have risen to seventy
seven cents an acre, and are being de
voured by sharks at that price.
Air-tight glass coffins have been in
vented and patented, which will preserve
bodies as perfectly as when first laid out.
They are a great improvement over any
others, and are the only ones of the kind
in the world. The inventor and manu
facturer lives in Louisville, Ky.
R. B.
jg.The Charleston Convention con
venes on tie 23d inst. The Chicago Con
vention on the 16th of May.
jew decrfisemcnts.
MR, P. BRUNKER
Vv roT that h win nr. instructions on tho Hi.no
Joc1"etio.uoforthirty-.ixi.MoBi.
J.n' leons per weektw on Huo and one in
ringing. I have Piano for the use of those who
- m w ...a cuvrgo I ur uie use ui mj ruinov
T-'ea.M also Sell Kaw Vfirlr RchrmAM .nil H.alnn
pianos at Hfitn.il Hitvr Prinfl.
plnosll by me, tuned and pntop in good order
ftna kett SO for two venranfLar hnvln.- .tut Prii...
f00 - '. Melodeonssold on guarantee, and exchanged
ny imperfections appear within the first year.
wmis giTeu on meioueon same as riaoo.
April 3, '60. 14-6m.
ASTHMA.
For the INSTANT RE
LIEF and PERMANENT
CURE of this distressing
complaint use
FEMDT'
BRONCHIAL. CIGARETTES,
Made by C. B. SEYMOUR, 107 NASSAU St., N. V.
Price, $1 per box; sent free by post.
V FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS. .
March 3, '59. 14-6m.
SWUNG STOCK, 1860.
0 .
Boots & Shoes,
ftts! O. a, sm,
BONNETS, FLOWERS, &c,
AT WHOLESALE
WARRANTED UNIFORM IN QUALITY.
JAMES P. TANNER,
NO. 56 WOOD STREET, '
PITTSBURGH,
INVITES the attention of hii customers, and Mer
chants generally, to his rery large assortment of
nooia ana Mioes, rials, uaps, Bonnet?, dzc., pur
chased direct from the New England manufacturers,
which for extent, variety and durability, freedom
from all irregularity, and adaptation to the warns
of all sections, is not surpassed in this or any other
city. Prices shall be as low as those of Philadelphia
or New York.
All are invited to an examination of this superior
Orders entrusted to him shall command hisDromnt
cuted.
P. S. Agent for Copper Tipped Roots and Shoes.
April 3, 145t ' ' j -
CJALBiiM iYiiLLi
rnHE SUBSCRIBER DESIRES TO INFORM
L the Wheat-growers of Meigs and adjoining
counties, that he will give, in exchange for one
bushel of good, clean Wheat, 42 pounds of
Flour. : .-'
Persons wishing large lots of Flour made,
can have it manufactured at 40 cents per brl.
offal to go to the owner of the Wheat.
Fersons residing between Parkersburg, and
Gallipolis, by sending five bushels of ' good
clean Wheat, 1 will give one barrel of Flour,
pay the freight on the same both ways, they
finding the barrel. , ,
W. C. WILLIAMSON.
July 26, '59. 30-tf . . . , '
WATCHES GIVEN AWAY-
A GIFT valued from two dollars to one hundred
. dollars given with every Book sold
at retail prices.
At least one Walrh guaranteed
: to e$ery twelve Books.
These inducements are offered by the''
Suffolk Exchange Company,
116 Washington Street, Boston, .
THE most extensive and the most liberal Gift
concern in existence. Send fir a t'atalozue.
Thos.- who have patronizsd other Gift Houses are
particularly requested to acquaint themselves with
onr terms. Our inducements are unrivalled, and
put ail otuers in lue snaae. -' -
The following are some of the Gifts to purchasers
oi dooks:
English Lever Gold Watches, hunting cases.
Patent Lever " - "
Ladies' Lever " " ' open face.
Detached Lever Silver Watches, hunting cases.
repine silver waicnes, open lace.
Gold Lockets, various sixes. .
Ladies' and Gents' Gold Chains, varions stvles.
Ladies' and Gents' Gold Hleeve Buttons and
Studs, all patterns.
Gents' Bosom Pins, new and rich styles.
Gold Pencils and Pens.
. Ladies' and Gents' Gold Rings. .
Gold Watch Keys and Kelt Pins. '
A great variety of Ladies' Jewelry, Pins and Ear
'. drops, comprising all the styles now worn
'such as Cameo, Mosaic Gold 6 tone. Lava.
Florentine, &c, &c, dee.
Gold Bracelets, all styles.
The List of Books comprises a great assortment of
staniiuru works in every aepartment ot Literature
interesting to the young and old. Do not fail to
send for a catalogue. Catalogues mailed free to any
address. Apply to
SUFFOLK EXCHANGE COMPANY,
116 Washington street, Boston. ;
April 3, 14-3t C. W; Eldridok, Treasurer.
Notice.
"TEIGS County Common Pleas. David
n.
JjLL Moor vs. John Dennis and Martha' Dcn-
nis.i John Dennis, whoso place of. residence is
unknown, will take notice that David H. Moor,
of the county of Meigs, in the State of Ohio,
did, on the 16th day of February, 1859, file his
petition in the Court or C'ommon Pleas within
and for the County of Meigs, in said State of
Ohio, against the said John Dennis and Martha
Dennis, defendants. The said David H. Moor,
also, on the 23d day of November, filed in said
Court an amended petition against the said
defendants, setting forth, that the said John
Dennis and Martha Dennis gave a mortgage to
the said David II. Moor, on twenty-five feet,
which should be seventy-five feet, as set out
in the amended petition, off of the north end of
the following tract of land, a part of a lot of
land sold by Lewis S. Nye to Norman S. Davis,
bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake fifty
feet north of the east and west line of section
eight, township number twenty-onq, range
number thirteen, or the Ohio Company g Pur
chase; thence north 225 feet; thence east 100
feet; thence south 225 feet; thence west to the
place of beginning; situate in said county of
Meigs, to secure the payment of $57.50, accord
ing to the note referred to in said mort
gage. The object and prayer of said petition
is, that the defendants pay the plaintiff the sum
of $57.50, and interest from the 25th of Decem
ber, 1857, and that, in default thereof, that said
premises may be sold to pay the same, ana the
said John Dennis is notified that he is required
to appear and answer said petitions on or be
fore the third Saturday after the' 15th day
of May next. . DAVID H. MOOR,
By Hank a t JSarhabt, nis Attys.
April 2, I860. 14-6t
Dissolution of Co-partnership.
NOTICE is hereby given that the firm
known as Williams & Jones, of Coalporty
Meigs county, Ohio, has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent JOHN T. WILLIAMS,
J. H. JONES. .
The business will hereafter be carried on by
John T. Williams, who will be pleased to
receive a call from the friends of the old firm,
JOHN T. WILLIAMS.
March 81, I860. !4-3t
NOTICE.
LL those indebted to me are requested not
21 to pay any money to Phillip Forstner, as
I will not accept it. J. P. SAUEB.
Pomeroy, March 28, I8eo.-i4-ot
Sheriff's Sale.
Mil R. Nye vs. F. W. Stevens.
BY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
from the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs
County, I will offer for sale, at the door of the
Court-house, in Pomeroy, at 10 o'clock a.
On the 1th day of May, 1860,
tho following described lands and tenements,
to wit; the northerly half of. Lot number 181,
in the town of Pomeroy; to be sold as the prop
erty of F. W. Stevens, at the suit of N. R. Nye.
Appraised at $350. Terms of sale, cash.
J. J. WHITE, S. M. C.
March 30, I860. 14-5w. ' . 1-50
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA.
A Benevolent institution established hy special Eni
dewuient, for the Relief of the Sick and Distressed
afflicted with Virulent and hpidemic Diseases,
and especially for the Cure of Diseases of the Sex
nal Organs.
MEDICAL ADVICE given grans, ojr muw
Surgeon, to all who apply by letter, with a de
scription of their condition, (age, occupation, habits
of life, dec.,) and in cases of extreme poverty, Med-
vi.ma Rpnorti on Spermatorrhoea, and other
Diseases of the Sexual prgans, and on the tiow Rem
edies employed in the Dispensary, sent to the. af
flicted in sealod letter envelopes, free of charge.
. ,hw Ktumna for rjostaee will be acceptable.
Address. Dr. J. SK.ILLIN HOUGHTON, Acting
s,,r,,..n. Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth
street Philadelphia, Pa. EZRA D. HEARTWELL,
GEO. FAIRCHILD, Secretary. President,
Dissolution.
THE partnership existing between M. Nye,
irl and J. Grant, under the name of M.
Nve & Co- was dissolved by mutual consent,
on the 10th dav of February last. The unset
tled business of the firm will be closed up by
M. Nve. ir.
M. Nye and M. Nye, jr., will continue the
business under the old name of M. Nye & Co,
April 2, 1868 14-3t M. NYE & Co.
IMPORTANT.
Now is the time to subscribe for the TtbgrnY-h.
T. A. PLANTS & CO.
Office in first story of "EbW inns' Bctloiko," Be
the 'Sugar Run Stone Bridge Pomeroy, Ohio.
ButineM of tho Firm Traniacted ly
HeI.ATTCiHLIX, Business Manage
1. S.
To whom alf Bnnlicatinns for Subscription, Adrer
Using and Job Work should be made, at the offleew
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
n advance, : t. j : :, : . : ll-ae
If paid within the yeat, , :. i ; " : , - i SM
If not paid within the year, : : : : .
JtjK paper will be discontinued until all arrear
ages are paid, extept at the optioa ei the pueusnera
RATES OF ADVERTISING: -
riME - - - - - 3w 6w 3m 6m 9io I yr
One square 270 (Sins. "1 W) 1 75 3" Of) 5 00 7 Ot 0
Two squares, - - 9 00 3 95 5 00 OP 11 00 14
One-fourth column S 00 7 "OH 9 00 12 50 IS 00 18
One-half column - 7 50 9 00 IB 00116 00 SO 00 25
Three-fourths do., 10 00 12 00 fS 00 SO 00 30 00 35
One column. - - 18 00 15 00 18 00 125 00 35 00 40
Legal advertisements charged al rates allowed by
w, from which IS Der cent, will be deducted far
advance payment.
casual ar transient advertisement mast oe pi"
for in advance.
Advertisements not havine the nnoiberef inaer-
tlons marked on copy, will be eentinaed aatil fer-
bid,nnd charged accordingly.
THE LAW OP" NEWSPAPER.
1.
Subscribers who do not give express otfes tv
he contrary, are considered as wfshfnir tocemtiaa
their subscriptions. ' , ,: ;,i
it. ii subscribers order the discontinuance of their
papers, the publishers can continue to send them ua
il all arrearage are paid.
3. If subscribers ncarlect or refuse to take thefrna-
pers from the Office to which thev are directed,: thef
are held responsible till they settle their bill, and ei
der the paper discontinued. .
4. If any subscriber removes to another ls
without informing the publisher, and their payer p
sent to the former direction, the subscriber is held ra
sponsible. - ' :
. i ne courts nave aectded that refusing to take
newspaper from the office, or removing and leavimr
it uncalled ror, is prima racle evidence or inveatieaal
fraud.
TEUGRAPHjJOB Of FtCfc
In connection with our Newspaper Estab
lishment, w have a complete- Job Office. IP
are therefore prepared to execute . , .. . . , r
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL JOB WORK.
Such as Posters, Programmes, Bills of Lading,
ill Heads, Business and Visiting
Cards, Blanks, &c. -at. . ;
O 1 -v X r i o e .
We call the special attention of this coms-
uity to the above proposition, and desire am in-
Lrestigation of our work and prices. ' "
" " T. A. PLANTS C. '
' T. A. PLANTS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law, Pomeroy, 0.
Office in Edward's Building.
s. a. auamp. - :' . r. , mmiT.
r BTJRHAP STANBKRT, , i .
Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Particular
attention paid to the collection of claims. Of
fice on Front street, at the head f Steamboat
Landing, a few doors east of the Gibson House,
Pomeroy. O. , ; . ,( . .. ; 2r38-ly
SIIlPgOXstLASLKY, i
Attorneys & Counselors at. Law, and general
collecting agents, Pomeroy, O. Office' in th
Court House. ' " '; 2-6-ly..
THOMAS CARTiETON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law. 1 Office, Lin.
Btreet, east side,- two doors above T. J. Smith's
Shoe Store, opposite the "Remington House."'
All business entrusted to his care will receive
prompt attention. , ' " 1-34.
S. S. KHOWLKS. C. H. SaOSVKHOE.-
- KNOWX.ES GROSTEHOR, i
Attorney at' Law, Athens, Athens County, 0T
will attend the several Courts of Meigs County,,
on the first day of each term. Office at the
"Gibson House." - 2-16-ly
MARTIN HAYS, . ,
Attorney-at-Law, Harrisonville, Meigs Co, .0,.
will promptly attend to all business that may
be entrusted to his' care, in" the several State
Courtsrof Ohio.and in the U.-S. Ceur fer the
Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. 3-3-
JOHN S. DAVIS,
Has his Planing Machine, on Sugar Run, Pome
roy, in . good order, and constant .operation.-
Flooring, weather-boarding, kept con
stantly on hand, 'to fill orders. .1-16
PETER LAHBRECHT,
Watchmaker & Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jew
elry and Fancy' Articles, Court street, belew
the 'new Banking House, Pomeroy. i Watches,
Clocks and Jewelry carefully repaired on, short
notice. ... j ,
' - W. A.AICHER, m 1 1
Watchmaker end Jeweler, and wholesale aed:
retail dealer in .Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and'
Fancy Goods, Front street, below the-"Remington
' Honse". Pomeroy. - Particular-.' attention;
paid to repairing all articles innryHheJ'-'l-I1
A. WU1TB91UB, r
Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes, three
doors above stone bridge. The best of j
work,' for Ladies and Gentlemen, made te order.
MeQ,TJIGG . SMITH, .
Leather Dealers and Finders, Court street, three
doors below the Bank, and opposite Branch's
Store, Pomeroy, O. ' ' -"' ' "
SUGAR RUN SALT COMPANY.
Salt twenty-five cents per bushel. Office near
the Furnace.' 1-1 C. GRANT, Agent.
POMEROY SALT COMPANY.
Salt twenty-five cents perbusheL' ' '' ' 1-1
. i DABNEY 8AXT COMPANY,
Coalport. Salt twenty-five cents per bushel
for country trade. G. W. COOPER, See'y.
ISAAC FALLER,
Clothier, Grocer and Dry. Goods Dealer, Irtt- '
store abow C. . Donnally's, near the Rolling
Mill, Pomeroy, 0. Country Merchants are re
spectfully requested to call and examine my
stock of Groceries, as I am confident that I
cannot be undersold. . 1 1-23
" ' F. LYMAN, -
Painter and Glazier, baek room of P.
brecht's Jewelry -Store, west side Ceurt street,
Pomeroy, O. : .' ''. ; 1-1
JOHN EISEI.STIN,
Saddle, Harness and Trunk Manufac
turer, Front street, tnree hoots oeiow i
Court, Pomeroy, will execute all work-entrusted
to his care with neatness and dispatch.
Saddles gotten up in the neatest style. 1-22
M. BL AETHER, , t.i
Carriage & Wagon Manufacturer,
Front street, first corner below the .
Rolling Mill, Pomeroy, O. All articles in his
line of business manufactured at reasonable
rates, and they are especially recommended for
lurabihty. . , . - 2-0-1 y
; '
PETER CROSBIE,
Wagon Maker, Mulberry street,' west ,
Bide, tnree doors trom JtsacK- street,
Pomeroy, Ohio. , Manufacturer or W agons, Bug
gies, Carriages, &c. All orders filled on short
notice. .";
V. E. HUMPHREY,
Blacksmith, back of the Bank Building,
Pomeroy, O. Farming , Tools, Shovel
Plows. Mattocks. Hoes, &c, on hand and
made to order. Horse Shoeing and all kin.
of Job Work done to order J an. 3.--3-1
R. OOLDBH. . .'--.- T L. S- TOWKSEH.
GOLDEN A, TOWNSEND.
Attorneys at Law. W. R. Golden' s Office in
Athens, and u a. rownsena s in rageviue,
Meigs Co, O. Prompt attention given to the
sollection of claims, and. other business en
trusted to them. ; 2-46-ly
; UNITED STATES HOTEL,
M. A. Hudson, Proprietor, (formerly occu-
pied by M. A. Webster,) one square below ioa.
the Rolling Mill, Pomeroy, O. By endeavors to
accommodate both man and beast in.' the best
manner, Mr. Hudson hopes to. receive a con
stantly increasing patronage.. t .-&-iy
A. KOHL,
Dealer in and Manufacturer of Umbrel
las. He holds himself in readiness to;
make Umbrellas to order, or repair old.
ones in the most substantial manner. - He will
also buy worn-out Umbrellas at liberal prices.
Shop on Linn street, north of . Smith's Shoe
Store.
He would also inform the public that he pre
pares a SALVE, which he will warrant equal
to any in use, for the cure of Eelons, Catarrh?,
Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts, Salt Bheuni
King . Worm, Rheumatism, White Swelling?,
and many other diseases of the kind. Price,
25 cents per Box. Jan, 9, ' I860. 3-ltX-
n
ds