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UMERQJ TELEGRAPH,
T. A. PLANTS, EDITOR.
TUESDAY ,,,,,,,
May X9, I860.
For President of the United States,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS..
Tor Vioo rresideut of the United States,
HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
OF MAINE.
THE NOMINATION OP LINCOLS AND
HAMLIN.-THK VOICE OF THE
PRESS.
t Everywhere tlio voice of the Republi
can press is the same a deep, earnest,
exultant feeling of fitness and assured
triumph, runs throughout the entire
party, North and South, East and West.
Not one single discordant note not a
single regret not a doubt of the pro
priety or fitness of the nominations is
heard through alls the ranks. True,
other statesmen had their warm and
earnest friends, but Lincoln had no em
lnies, and his nomination, therefore,
is hailed by all, as the sure forerunner
of success. Such is the feeling of the
Republican press. We give the com
inents of the presses of all shades of the
Democratic aud opposition parties.
The Louisville Courier (Guthrie Dem
, ocrat) says Lincoln is the strongest man
that could have been nominated, and
that the nomination of Douglas at Bal
timore will insure the defeat of the Dem
ocratic party and the election of Lincoln
The. Courier says of Lincoln.
; "The fact that he received a plurality
vote iu his own State, in a contest with
Mr. Douglas, iu which the latter made
the most superhuman personal exertions
will convince even the fast friends of the
Littlo Giant' that his nomination by the
$altiuiore Convention could only result
in the defeat ot Ins party, and induce
them to turn their atttention to some one
who can make up elsewhere the loss
which is inevitable iu Illinois. Under
any circumstances, thanks to the course
ot Mr. Douglas, Illinois could only have
been claimed by the Democracy as - a
doubtful State; and, with the favorite of
its Black Republicans to lead their co
horts, and in the event of success, to dis
tribute the spoils, it may be set down as
certain against us. A judicious nomi
nation by the Democracy the selection
of a standard-bearer against whom there
are no antipathies, and upon whom all
can unite is necessary to his defeat."
The Louisville Democrat (Douglas or
gan), says:
"The nomination of Lincoln at Chi
cago is the strongest his party could have
znade. We have regarded Lincoln, since
1S58, as their available man; but Sew
ard's friends have been so active lately,
aud made so much interest for him, that
we were inclined to think he might suc
ceed in getting the nomination. His
party, however, were wiser than we gave
them credit for. They have got the
availability, and lost nothing in talent
npoti their ticket; for while Seward has
more'reading and experience than Lin
' coin, the latter is his superior in real
ability. Douglas has not met as nearly
his match in debate, whether in argu
ment or tact, as he did when he met
Abraham Lincoln in his own State.
It is plain that this ticket
is not to be easily beaten, and it is idle
to undervalue its strength. It is not
strong with the conservative feeling of
ihc Free States, or ought not to be, for
it is ultia in its position quite as much
so as Seward would have made it; but it
makes up for this deficiency by other
elements of popularity more potent in
getting the popular vjite. If wiser coun
sels do not prevail in the South, this
ticket nominated at Chicago xcill be
elected."
The Philadelphia Press (Forney's),
says:
"Lincoln was nominated on theassump
tion that Douglas could not be nomina
ted by the Democratic Convention at
Baltimore, and that if Douglas were dis
carded, the whole thirty -six votes of that
region would certainly be given to Mr.
Lincoln.
"It will be recollected that in 1856 Il
linois and Indiana voted for the Demo
cratic nominee thus securing his elec
tion by the people and the intention of
the nomination of Mr. Lincoln is to with
draw these States, together with the
whole North-west, from the support of
the Democratic party in 1860. It re
mains to be seen whether the Baltimore
Convention will profit by the facts to
which we have alluded, and, by rejecting
the nomination of Mr. Douglas, insure
the election of Mr. Linooln. It is now
iuite clear that if Mr. Douglas, as was
believed at Chicago, should be discarded
by the Baltimore Convention, Mr. Lin
coln's election may be regarded as cer
tain." The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,
which has heretofore been one of the
strongest opposcrs of the Republican
party, and supported Fillmore in 1856,
now hoists the Republican flag, and an
nounces the nomination and its future
co-irse in the following article. It says:
"The result is before the people.
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, is the
standard-bearer. So far as the Opposi
tion i8 concerned, tne clratceTesta--b-tween
Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Bell. For
the latter, all conservatives have a re
spect so sincere, an affection so earnest,
that only a strong political necessity
could lead them to refuse him their votes.
But what prudent man, wishing to cast
his vote where it will tell against the in
iquitous power now enthroned at Wash
ington, can honestly say that he expects
to attain that end by voting for Mr. Bell
in this State? The fates have so ordered
that not even his acknowledged purity
cf statesmanship can meet its reward, and
though we and all those who think with
us, should bend our every energy to his
support, it would result only in failure,
or, worse titan that in a Democratic tri
umph. Where, then, lies the path of
duty? Mr; Lincoln is nominated by a
powerful party. His success is more
than possible. It has strong probabili
ties in its favor. If he is not personally
objectionable, if there is no reason in the
man himself, why he should not merit
the support and indorsement of honest
national men, then. it is the plain duty of
every old Whig and American icho hopes
to do anything fir his country in this cam
paign to come vp squarely to the flag, and
pledge to Abrakum Lincoln all the aid
and comfort which a true wans Jielp can
give him. Mr. Lincola has not that long
experience in public service which we
could have wished, but he has something
better in the strong, sagacious mind,
eool and unmaking nerve, and intelh
nt frril;arity. with, public measures j
which lie at the bottom of all true states
manship. His colleague on the ticket,
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, is a
statesman of cultivation and experience.
No otie can doubt his ability and adap
tation to the place, or would fear to see
the reins of the executive office placed
in his hands in event of the death of the
President.
"With such views of the Chicago plat
form and nominations, with the knowl
edge that the little strength belonging to
John Bell in this State is already dimin
ished by a considerable secession to Sam
Houston, and with the Old Whig hatred
of Democracy, nursed in with our moth
er's milk, and strong to-day as in 1841
in our hearts, we conceive it to be our
duty to pace the names of Lincoln and
Hamlin at the head of our columns, as a
pledgu that we will extend to them such
honorable and faithful support as may
belong to our position and influence."
THAT "IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT."
While there was a probability of the
nomination of Mr. Seward by the Chi
cago Convention, every Democratic pa
per iu the Union "shrieked" out "irre
pressible conflict!" and swore that Sew-
uiu nao tuc aukuvi auuuiigiuaiui ui luc
idea, and that the safety of the Union
depended upon his defeat. But now,
that Lincoln of Illinois is nominated, the
tune is changed, and with equal una
nimity they are filing the "affidavits"
that Lincoln, and he alone, was the au
thor and first promulgator of the dread
ful heresy. The Cincinnati Enquirer
says:
"He enunciated the "irrepressible con
flicl" doctrine between the North and the
South at the opening of the campaign in
Illinois, several months before the same
ground was taken by Seward, in his Roch
ester Speech;" so says the Enquirer. And
he would no doubt have said the very
same thing, and repeated it every day,
no matter who the Convention mierht
have nominated.
But neither Lincoln nor Seward are
justly entitled to the " infamy" or
the honor, of originating the doc
trine, which is as old as our his
tory. The writings of Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Jay, Mor
ris, Otis, Adams Hancock, and all such
"fanatics are full of the doctrine, it
was incorporated into the ordinance of
1787, which made Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Michigan, &c, free States, and per
vaded every department of Government
from the time of its organization, until
the ascendancy of modern Democracy,
under the lead of nullifiers and dis
unionists. It is true, that Lincoln uttered the
sentiment in the Illinois campaign, as
Seward did in his Rochester Speech.
But when they said in the same speeches
that "a free Government is better than a
Despotism," it would-be just as honest
to declare that the idea was original with
them, and that they ought to enjoy the
honor, or endure the disgrace of its
announcement. We honor " them for
their affirmance of the old-time senti
ment, but cannot accord to them the
praise of its origination. That is. due to
men who served their country, and whose
sentiments passed into its history and laws
before -cither Seward or JAncolh came
into public life.
WILL THEY DO IT?
The Democratic Legislature of
Louisiaua, at the late session thereof,
passed the following resolutions:
"That in the event of the election of a
Black Republican to the Presidency of
the United States, Louisiana will con
sider it a cause for dissolution of the
Union, and will promptly co-operate
with her sister States in calling a gene
ral Southern Cenvention.
"That should such an event happen,
the Governor of the State be, and he is
hereby, authorized and required to is
sue writs of election for the choice of
delegates to such convention, one for
each Congressional District, and two for
the State at laro-e.
Look at the insufferable insolence of
these self-confessed traitors. A grave
Legislature of a sovereign State, belch
ing out her impotent threats of treason,
in the low-flung slang of the grog shop!
' That in the event of the election of a Black
Republican to the Presidency of the
United States, Louisiana tcill consider
it a cause for dissolution of the Union, and
will promptly co-operate with her sister
States in calling a general Southern Con
vention.
Let them try the experiment of dis
solving the Union? A Republican
President will be elected in spite of their
threats. The people are not yet slaves,
although we are ashamed to acknowledge
that we have in Ohio a party which still
dances to the music of these desperate men-
How long will honest men, who love
their country, act with, and by their
votes, give strength and power to an oli
garchy which proclaims its purpose
either to rule the country or ruin it.
What are our instlt utions worth if the
people can- only vote under the insulting
threat that if they do not permit an
insignificant faction to govern, the Gov
ernment itself shall be disrupted? Will
our Democratic readers ponder this state
of things? Can you longer act with a
party whose controlling leaders avow
such purposes? We know the Democrats
of Meigs county have no sympathy with
these proceedings. But so long as they
act with that party, their influence goes
to sanction them, for these men control
the party.
THE NIGGER ERA.
A correspondent of an Eastern paper
says:
"I remember very distinctly to have
heard that little gentleman, of whom
Mr. Benton used to say he wore his
coat tail too near the ground ever to be
President, make the observation, in 1854,
in reply to a remark that the projected
repeal was a bold experiment upon pop
ular forbearance: 'Not at all,' said
Mr. Douglas, 'not at all, it is perfectly
safe; this is a nigger era.' "
We rather think Mr. Douglas, the
man who "wears his coat tail too near
the ground ever to be President," is be
ginning to realize the fact that his ex
periment was indeed a bold one, aud not
nearly so safe as he imagined. He, no
doubt, thought that the Northern wing of
the party wa so tl. roughly subservient to
the will of the leaders, that anything
was safe which could win the smiles of
the slaveholders. His declaration that
"this is a nigger era," he then believed
to be true. But he has since learned to
his mortification and chagrin, that thou
sands of Democrats in the free States
could not be transferred, as he supposed.
The Democratic party was triumphant
in nearly every free State, when Douglas
made that declaration six years ago.
Now, it is in a hopeless minority in
nearly all of them. They have taught
him that his "nipesrer era" was of short
duration, in the North. And to add to
the bitterness of his self-reproaches, he
now has the not very pleasant reflection,
that after sacrificing the party in the
North, to tha supposed exigencies of the
"nigger era," he is repudiated, contemned
and spurned by the very men who then
played upon his insane ambition, to use
him as a tool for the accomplishment of
their purposes. The retribution is a
righteous one. The "nigger era" has
about expired, and Douglas is subsiding
with it. Some attention will be be
stowed upon the interests of the country
at large, by the incoming Republican
Administration. The lesson taught by
the changes which have occurred, ought
to be a caution to others.
IIf "a thing of beauty, is a joy for
ever," then will we evermore be joyful.
For the bouquet sent to our sanctum by
Mrs. D is in very truth a - thing of
beauty.
By the way, why don't everybody cul
tivate flowers? They are the alphabet
in which the poetry of Heaven may be
written all over the earth. It wants but
the pure taste and skilful hands of
Earth's Angels to form them into songs
whose "fragrant" melody will charm to
their hearts and homes, though all un
seen, the Angels of the "Better Land."
The correspondence between the ob
jects of the outer world of matter, and
the States of the inner world of mind is
so perfect that it needs but a slight
knowledge of the science, to enable one
to read these States in the surroundings
of those about us. Low, grovelling, im
pure thoughts can scarcely be harbored
in the mind interested in the cultivation
of beautiful flowers. Either all such
thoughts will be banished, or the flow
ers will die from neglect.
Every rose bush, therefore, planted by
the window of a house, however humble,
becomes a guardian Angel to the inmates
of that home; and every additional shrub,
and flower, and grass plat which is so
planted and cherished, gives out its
sanctifying influence with an accelerated
power until all come to live in a sphere
of mental and moral life corresponding
to the beauty and fragrance of the out
ward surroundings.
Such a home can never be forgotten
by one so fortunate as to have lived in
its influences. And the remembrance
of its pure delights, and the lessons there
learned will save the wanderer fxom itiu
many an hour of temptation.
But we did not intend to preach or
moralize, but only thank our friend for
her beautiful present. We would say
to every one, however, who has an inch
of vacant ground, go and plant a shrub
or flower. It will do you good in all
time to come.
Ratification.
On Friday night, a large audience of
Republicans and others, including a fair
proportion of ladies, met at the Court
House to ratify the proceedings of the
Chicago Convention. Hon. V. B. Hor
ton,whowas one of the Senatorial dele
gates, gave a full history of the Convention
and the influences which resulted in the
nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin.
He was listened to with profound atten
tion, and the universal sentiment seemed
to be that the right men were put into
the right places. That the ticket will
be elected is one of the fixed facts. All
that is wanted is, that the Republicans
do their duty, that the majority may be
so large as to put down, by the unmis
takable exhibition of popular sentiment,
the plotters of treason, who threaten to
overthrow the Government, if the people
in their sovereign will wrest the Admin
istration out of their Lands. Let every
good citizen see to it that so far as his
influence can aid in the result, the des
perate men who now revel in corruption,
are ousted from power, and that they
meet their just deserts if they attempt
to put their threats of disunion into
effect. Let the watch word be "Liberty
and Union now and forever one and
inseparable."
Washington and Democracy.
There is nothing which so much dis
turbs the Democratic leaders, as the ex
pressed opinions of Washington and his
cotemporaries of the Revolutionary era,
on the subject of slavery. Knowing that
the popular mind still .cherishes a pro
found respect for the opinions of these
founders of our Government, and knowing
that modern Democracy has placed itself
indirect opposition to these sentiments, it
causes a gnashing of teeth to have these
sentiments reproduced. In a letter to
Gen. Lafayette, Washington uses this
language, which is now held to be trea
sonable by the Democratic party. He
says:
"I agree with you cordially in your
views in regard to negro slavery. I have
long considered it a most serious evil,
both socially and politically, and I should
rejoice in any feasible scheme to rid our
States of such a burden. The Congress
of 1787 adopted an ordinance which pro
hibits the existence of involuntary serv
itude in our North-western territory
forever. I consider it a wise measure.
It met with the approval and assent of
nearly every member from the States
more immediately interested in slave la
bor. The prevailing opinion in Vir
ginia is against the spread of slavery in
our new Territories, and I trust we shall
have a confederation of free States."
d'ontsyondenre
NEWS ITEMS.
CiNiNjun, May 23, 'CO
Hev. Henry Guinness lke's Opera House
Theaters Building Raising Improvements
Drawbacks Germans Disregarding the Sun
day Law Parks Ilmestg (he best Policy
Strawberries, other fruits and vegetables Tor
nado in the Oily Blind Home.
Editors of Telegraph: Much of late
has been said in the Eastern papers, and
here, about the Rev. Henry Guinness,
whether he is, or not, a star preacher.
As yet, the problem has not been solved.
From hearing him preach twice, I have
come to the conclusion that he is a sec
ond Spurgeon, in point of greatness, as
a divine. One thing is certain, where
thsre is much smoke, there must be fire.
The first time I heard the Rev. gentle
man, was at Pike's Opera House, where
he preached one hour and a half without
notes, to four thousand adult persons,
whom he held chained to himself during
that time. He was accompanied to the
stage by eleven preachers, himself
making the number of the Apostles.
He is a highly educated and wealthy
Irish gentleman, who defrays all of his
own traveling expenses, and is a Presby
terian of the strictest sect. He is about
twenty-five years of age, tall and spare
made, wears his coat buttoned up to the
chin, and his hair combed straight back
over his shoulders, which gives him a
prophet appearance. His manner of
preaching and praying is solemn and
impressive in the extreme. It is his
manner more than his matter that gives
him notoriety. He prays with clasped
hands, brought up to his chin, and
throws his head back on his shoulders,
with his face looking heavenward. He
makes no attempts at rhetorical flourish
ing; but preaches plainly, and confines
himself logically to his subject. As a
specimen of his preaching, he told his
audience, that a very large majority of
them were sinners, on the downward
road to ruin, and so dead to religion,
that preaching to them " in thundering
tones, made eo more impression on their
minds than a cataract would make on a
dead body lying at its bottom. He also
told them that they were hypocrites, and
partook unworthily of the Lord's Supper.
His style and manner of sermonizing are
peculiar to himself. He paid that im
mense audience in that georgeous temple
no compliments, nor the place, but closed
by saying that he wished them to retire
from there guilty and prayerfully to
their homes, and think of what he had
told them, He is evidently at home
before a large audience; every word he
uttered was heard with attention. The
Rev. gentleman preached "sanguinary
sermons," as some of the papers here
called them, every night during the week,
in different churches, to crowded houses.
Pike's Opera House. Extremes meet
in this building. During the winter it
was occupied as a Theater, till April;
since then for concerts, festivals, Minstrel
singing, bands, and on Sunday after
noons at 4 o'clock the stage is now oc
cupied by star preachers. It is said that
every briitrfc4irlii!r-iinTejjsa,a4,i!actu4fa-i
stained with blood; for it was built from
the profits of whisky. Theater-going and
whisky-drinking are twin sisters, and
lead to certain ruin. A very large
amount of both are done here, which
leads one's mind to thinkthatifa young
man can get to heaven by the way of
Cincinnati, he could go there by any
other route I regard Theaters as
schools of vice, for they plunge their
devotees into the whirlpool of dissipa
tion. Mr. Pike, the owner of the Opera
House, is the largest manufacturer and
wholesale vender of whisky in the city.
His profits from the sale of that deadly
poison, and from renting that monument
to whisky, are huge, annually. The
lower floor of the building is divided
into four large stores, which rent for
four thousand dollars each, annually.
The Theater part above rents from six
hundred dollars per night, down to two
hundred, which pays for music and gas
lighting. The expenses of the house on
Sundays are defrayed by public collec
tions taken up before each service com
mences. The audiences are composed of
from three to four thousand fashion
able persons, of both sexes. While on
the subject of buildings, I will state that
a three story brick, fifty feet square, in
eluding three stores, is being raised
four feet up, by hydraulic, or water
pwer, which is the first undertaking of
the kind in this city. Hydraulic power
applied to the raising of large buildings
is found to be the most successful; for
all parts go up together, on a Water level.
The undertaker of this job gets one
thousand dollars for doing it success
fully. Several hundred new buildings
are going up this season, here; among
them, the Catholics are building several
new Churches, a Home for the Friend
less, and an Institute. All of them are
of the most durable character.
Although Cincinnati is a fast growing
city; yet it has many drawbacks, which
prevent its being altogether a pleasant
place tor families, borne ot the causes
which render it unpleasant are its want
of cleanliness and the lack of public
Parks for ventillation. As it now is, its
population vegetate on the city's filth.
Another detriment to its prosperity in
the right direction, is the non-observance
of the Sunday law by the Germans.
Ihey seem to have forgotten the solemn
injunction, i. e., "Remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy." These otherwise
good and industrious people are adding
largely to its material wealth, and to its
population. For if one asks a German
woman how many children she has had,
the answer is, ten how many have you
now, and the response is, ten. But their
great vice is lager beer-drinking, and
making the Sabbath day one of pleasure.
These people have extensive Sunday re
treats in the suburbs of the city, which
are open on Sundays for dancing, music,
lager beer-drinking, and are places of
general recreation on the Sabbath. They
are hugely patronized on that sacred day,
by the presence of thousands of men,
women, and their children, who spend
their money freely for creature comforts,
there. These public gardens are adver
tised through the week in their papers,
and by flags on omnibuses, and the pub
lic are freely invited to partake of their
Sunday amusements. Tolerating amuse
ments, on the Sabbath, is highly detri
mental to the public morals. But they
have passsed into permanent institutions,
which ought to have been nipped in their
buds. It was as much of an oversight
in the city authorities in allowing them
to have an existence at first, as for them
not to have reserved ground for public
Parks, wliiuh could have been had for
hundreds, but now would cost as many
thousands of dollars for the same prop
erty. On Fourth street lots are worth
twelve hundred dollars per front foot.
Honesty This noble virtue was ex
emplified the other day in my boarding
house, in the person of Mary Finn, (a
Catholic girl,) who found fifty-seven
dollars under a mattress, where it had
been lost three months. She returned
it to Vanfosson, who gave her five dol
lars, for her integrity. She observed
when the young clerk gave the five to her,
that her greatest and best reward con
sisted in the consciousness of having
done her duty. Truly this wasa noble
example for a poor servant girl to set for
imitation.
Strawberries made their first appear
ance in market on the 3d of May, and
sold for one dollar per quart; now they
are down to fifteen cents for the same
measure. About the same time, green
peas, new potatoes, beans, cherries, cur
rants, and other summer fruits, and veg
etables appeared, and owing to the cold
weather at that time they looked as if
they had been sick with the fever and
ague for weeks. .
Monday, 4 o'clock P. M.A destructive
tornado swept over the city this after
noon, occasioning the loss of many lives,
unroofing buildings, demolishing others,
uprooting shade tress, and tearing awn
ings into doll rags, and making objects
fly like chaff before the wind. The vio
lence of the gale lasted about fifteen
minutes. During that time immense
damage was done its amount is not yet
ascertained, nor the number of deaths and
maimed known. The roof of the new five
story brick building at the corner of
Race and fourth streets, owned and oc
cupied by the proprietors of the Com
mercial, daily paper, was unroofed and the
roof carried like the top of an umbrella
over other tall buildings, and fragments of
its cornice flew more than two squares, do
ing damage to other buildings in their
flight. It is thought by judges that the
cost to repair the Commercial building
will not be less than five thousand dol
lars. The Virginia Home was wrecked,
lying at the wharf,, and her fragments
floated down the river. I hear three
men were drowned who were on her at
the time of the gale. There can be but lit
tle doubt that steamboats were dam
aged on the river above and below here.
Many Churches and other public build
ings were unroofed and otherwise dam
aged. The loss done to buildings in
this city cannot be less than half a mil
lion of dollars. The hurricane was not
wholly confined to this city, for it ex
tended its ravages to the monumental city
of the lamented dead, six miles from Cin
cinnati. Much of the shrubbery in
Spring Grove Cemetery was wholly
ruined, and a large numler of trees
were prostrated by the demon wind.
Numbers of monuments were broken
by the falling trees. The damage
done to thit beautiful city of the
dead, and the future home of thou
sands yet unborn cannot be repaired
at once. It will take years for the
ornamental shrubbery and trees to grow
to their sizes when destroyed by
the gale on Monday. The fore part of
the day, up to 3 o clock 1'. M., had been
beautiful, which hadTilled the princi
pal thoroughfares with gaily dressed la-dles-jenjoyinKihe
-bahay .breezes of
May. But suddenly the heavens were
overcast with threatening black clouds,
which burst upon the city and filled it
with wild confusion. During the gale,
rain and hail fell as if the bottom had
fallen out of the upper region. Several
days must elapse before the amount of
damage done to property in the city and
country, and the number of killed and
maimed are fully known. While stroll
ing through the market the other morn
ing, I observed a poor blind woman with
an infant in her arms, selling open
worked baskets, made by herself of cloves,
with a small wire riming longitudinally
through, each clove, and they were as
ingeniously made and shaped as if they
had been wrought by one with open
eyes. She truly is an Object of charity,
and does receive many dimes from benevo
lent persons. Her basket seeemed only
to answer the purpose of signs, and to
excite sympathy in the breasts of passers;
for they gave her money without taking
her wares. She sits down and rises up
in darkness. The splendor of the noon-
rday sun and midnight darkness are both
the same to her. It she could only
open her eyes upon the objects of nature
and art which surround her continually,
I have no doubt but what she would-be
intoxicated with pleasure. The weather
is becoming warm and the city monoto
nous to me, wherefore, I shall steam up
the river next week, to the region of
salt and coal, where I shall miss a
nephew, and acquaintances who have
been numbered among the lamented
dead, during eight months absence. Be
pleased to send my next Telegraph to
Middleport, Ohio. R. B.
A Northern Paper Burned in Virginia.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
has arrived at the honors of a public
burning under the laws of Virginia.
We may now look for a fine crop of "in
cendiary" sentiments to come from the
ashes. The Republican relates the cir
cumstance as follows:
One of our subscribers was in the
habit of sending his Saturday Republi
can to a friend in Virginia, an lnnuer,
tial man and a slaveholder, who was glad
to get the paper, although he disliked
its anti-slavery opinions. He has been
compelled to give it up, and the honors of
martyrdom offered to one copy ot the
Republican by a Virginia magistrate's
court, are teld in the following extract
of a letter from the gentleman to whom
the paper was sent:
"You must not send me any more 'in
cendiary papers.' I have not got the
last you sent, and have not received any,
I think, dated later than November.
The Postmaster, notwithstanding I told
him I would write and have no more
sent me, would not let me have them, but
handed the last I knew anything about
to a magistrate, who took it to
last Court day, and showed it to the law
yers, asking advice as to what course he
should pursue with the terrible docu
ment. Mr. was in the court
room, and heard the matter stated; he
came forward and told them his wife's
friends sent the paper, and they might
do what they pleased with it. One of
the lawyers read portions of it aloud, of
such as the article on 'John Brown Still
Lives,' &c, after which the offending
1 1 1 T
paper was publicly Durnea. l am
sorry we cannot have it any more, as we
like the paper very much, except its
abolitionism."
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
A Convention of Delegates of the Re
publican party of Ohio will assemble in
the city of Columbus on
Wednesday, the 13th of June next,
at 10 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the following
offices:
Attorney General of the State.
Member of the board of Public Works.
Judge of the Supreme Court.
Also a ticket of Electors for President
and Vice President of the United States.
The ratio of representation will be as
in the Convention of March last: one
delegate for each 400 votes given for
Governor Dennison in 1859, and one for
each fraction of the ratio larger than one-
half.
The several County Committees will
make the necessary arrangements for the
holding of the County Conventions for
the electiou of delegates, and we suggest
that thej be held on the 9th of June, the
Saturday preceding the day of the State
Convention.
We cordially invite all who are at
tached to the principles of the Republi
can party, as heretofore announced on
many occasions, and all who desire the
election of an honest and independent
judiciary, and a faithful and efficient ad
ministration of our affairs, State and
National, to attend the primary meetings
for the election of delegates, and en
deavor, by good counsel and example,
to secure the triumph of their principles,
and through them to preserve and per
petuate our free Institutions.
GEO. M. PARSONS,
Chairman State Central Committee.
W. T. Bascom, Sec'y.
Columbus, May 2, 1860.
REPUBLICAN MASS CONVENTION.
A Mass Convention of the Republican
party of Meigs County, OHio, will assem
ble at the Court House in Pomeroy, on
Saturday, the 9th day of June 1860, at
eleven o'clock A. M., for the purpose of
electing delegates to attend the State
Convention, which commences its session
on the 13th of the same month, at Col
umbus, Ohio, whose duty it will be to
nominate the following officers:
Attorney General of the State, a Mem
ber of the Board of Public Works, a
Judge of the Supreme Court, and also a
ticket of Electors for President and Vice
President of the United States. Meigs
County is entitled to five delegates in
the State Convention. "All who are at
tached to the principles of the Republi
can party, as heretofore announced on
many occasions, and all who desire the
election of an independant and honest
judiciary, and a faithful and efficient ad
ministration of our affairs, both State and
National, are cordially invited to attend,
and endeavor by good counsel, and ex
ample to secure the triumph of their
principles, and through them to preserve
and perpetuate our free institutions."
ARTHUR MERRILL,
Chairman of M. C. Central Committee.
W. H. Lasley, Sec'y,
Pomeroy, May 26th, 1S60.
Ratification Meeting at Rutland.
The citizens of Rutland have deter
mined upon a grand ratification meeting,
to be held at one o'clock, on Saturday
next, June 2d. A monster pole will be
raised speeches made and other "doings
done," as Rutland only can' do things.
Messrs. llorton, Simpson, Merrill and
others have been invited to attend, and
address the meeting. The true Repub
licans of Rutland will be there, of course,
making a crowd of themselves. But all
the other townships, and the "rest of man-tii-'-'
nvitl l present lv
Let their be a grand rally, to put the
ball fairly in motion. Republicans,
Democrats, Whigs, and especially the
ladies, are cordially invited.
EglOur exchanges are full of accounts
of the great tornado which swept over
a large portii of the State on Monday
last. The damage done is immense.
The letter of our Cincinnati Correspond
ent; R. Bissell, Esq., gives something
of its force in that city. All around ub,
our exchanges are filled with the details.
It seems to have extended into Tennes
see, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana, as
well as Ohio and Virginia, and perhaps
farther. We have not room to-day for
particulars.
They Ought to be Seen to.
These are certainly trying times to
the Democracy. An anti-disunion meet
ing was actually held in Parkersburg
not long ago, at which the following
among other resolutions, was passed:
"Resolved, That the freedom ofspeech
and free exercise of opinion are guar
anteed to us by the Constitution of our
country and the Constitution of our
State, and we will regard any legislation
seeking to deprive , our citizens of the
legitimate exercise of these, as an un
wise and unauthorized invasion of their
constitutional rights 'rights inestima
ble to them and formidable to tyrants
only;' and we pledge ourselves to "use
all lawful and honorable means to arrest
and defeat such legislation."
Just read that resolution again, and
see the "treason" which breathes in ev
ery line! treason, we mean, to the Dem
ocratic party. How can that party be
maintained if the wild heresy of the
"freedom of opinion and speech" is held
and exercised by any of the- citizens of
the great Democratic State of Virginia?
And then, only to think of the utter fa
naticism of these men when they say
farther, that they "will regard any leg
islation seeking to deprive them of the
legitimate right to think and speak" as
an invasion of constitutional rights!
If that kind of talk is permitted in
Virginia, then indeed is the Democratic
party at an end. Where is Governor
Wise?
DEN T 1 S TRY.
S. T. BOGGESS, DENTIST,
Is located at
RUTLAND,0 HIO,
WHERE he may at all times be found ready
to wait upon those who may favor him
with a call, unless he is professionally absent.
All calls from a distance promptly attended to.
Feb. 14, I860. 7-6m.
Independent County Fair.
NOTICE is hereby given that all that are in fa
vor of havins an Independent Couuty Fair in
the couuty of Meigs, to be held at the old Fair
Ground, are requested to meet at the Court House
in the town of Pomeroy, on Saturday, June 2d, lWjO,
atone o'clock. The object of said meeting is for the
purpose of organizing said Society.
ay request ot many citizens oi Meigs uounty.1
may 18, 18H0. 20-2w
Notice to Salt Manufacturers.
THE subscriber, from a long experience in
the business, would inform salt manufac
turers that he is prepared to make Auger Joints,
Boring Tools, &c. 10-6m F. E. HUMPHREY.
tvc gulmtisemfnts.
"ATTENTION, COMPANY!"
! MHE members of the newly organized Mili
! L tary Company will meet at "Kemingtan
i Hall," on Wednesday evening next. All are
expected to be present, as business of the ut
most importance will be transacted.
D. A. SMITH, Chairman.
P. B. Stasbert, Stretary.
May 28, 1860.
WM. RUST,
Tailor, Front street, a tew doors west of Court,
j Pomeroy, O. Men and Boy's clothes made to
order; also, cutting done. As I have a Ho. 1
sewing machinej my facilities for doing work
are complete. 3-20-1 y
mXyTTirciiases.
second spring stock
J. F. T0WELL,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
Hats, Caps, Bonnets & Notions,
Front St , Portsmouth, O.
: CAVING now In store an immense stock of Sea
J X sooable Spring and Summer Goods, 1 would in
vite the attention of merchants to the game. Parties
who make their main purchases East, will find it
convenient to replenish as they may need, at short
notice.
Orders filled to best advantage and on as good
terms as if the purchaser were present.
Portsinoutn, 0.,may 19, '6i. 21-ly J. F.TOWELL.
DISTRICT COUItT.
To the Clerk of the District Court of the County
of Meigs, and State of Ohiot
AT a meeting of the Judges of the District
Court of the Seventh Judicial District of
Ohio, at the Court House in Ironton, in the
county of Lawrence, in said District, on the
eighteenth day of April, A. D. 1860, present
the Hon. W. V. Peck, Judge of the Supreme
Court, and Hon. Simeon Nash, Hon. ft.
Johnson, and Hon. John P. Plyley, Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas for said District,
the Hon. H. C. Whitman, Judge, having failed
to attend the District Court then and there in
session, it was ordered that a special Term of
the District Court be held in and for the county
of Meigs, on the 22d day of J une next
Dated said 18th day of April, A. D. 1860.
W. V. PECK,
SIMEON NASn,
W. W. JOHNSON,
JNO. P. PLYLEY.
The State or Ohio, 1
Meigs Cocntt, ss: j .
L Rodney Downing,
Clerk of the District Curt of said county and
State aforesaid, do hereby certify the foregoing
to be a correct and true copy of the original
order on file in the Clerk s Office of said Court,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and athxed the seal of said Court,
at Pomeroy, this lla day of May, A.
D. 1860. R. DOWNING, Clerk,
PLANING MILL, NO. 1.
JOHN S. DAVIS,
OF the Sugar Run Planing Mill, has a large
assortment of Lumber, either rough or
planed, on hand, which will be sold as low as
any other establishment can afford to. As he
is a practical mechanic, he will guarantee that
his work will be executed in a manner to suit
purchasers, and prices shall correspond to the
quality ot the material.
All orders addressed to JOHN S. DAVIS,
Box No. 75, P. O., Pomeroy, or Montgomery &
Hoadley, Wharf-boat, Pomeroy, will be promptly
attended to. may 22, I860. 3-20-y
AGNIFICENT ENGRAVING OF CHRIS-
11 TOPHER COLUMBUS AND HIS CREW.
THIS Beautiful Engraving was designed by Ro
be, one of the most celebrate-! artists that
ever lived ; the cost or the original oesign ana
plute being over 83,000, size 29 by 29 inches.
The Philadelphia Daily News says, "the mere
nominal sum asked for the engraving, is a sufficient
inducement for persons to nurcuase, without the ad
ditional Gift."
SCHEDULE OF GIFTS
To be given to the purchasers. For full particulars.
I send rnr a small cm.
I I Cash, 95,000 5 Cash, $300
1 Cash, 3,000 10 Cash, 3i0
! 1 Cash, 2,000 10 Cash, 250
1 Cash, - I 500 10 Cash, 200
1 Cash, 1,000 10 Cash, 100
! 1 Cash, 500 10 Cash, 50
1 Cash, .00 1000 Cash, 5,000
4 Cash, . 300 2000 Cash, 5,000
Together with a great variety of other valuable
Gilts, var) ing iu value frein 50 c'tj to $35.
Any person enclosing in a letter $1 and five 3 cent
postii'ge stamps (to pay for postage and roller) shall
receive, by return of mail, tiie magnificent En
graving of-Chrislopher Columbus, (and on. of these
valuable Gifts as per Bill.)
Address all orders'for Bills or Engravings to
P. S. HEKLINK & Co.,
may 22, r60 20-3m . ... Box 1812, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sheriff's Sale.
Christopher Kepler vs. Hamilton Patton, adm'r of
Jesse Stafford, dee'd, et al.
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
Courtltouse in Pomeroy, at 10 oclock, a. m.,
On the 2Zd day of June, 1860,
the following described lands and tenements,
to wit: situate in the town of Pomeroy, and
described as follows: one undivided half of lot
No. 220, and all that part of lot No. 221 not
conveyed by the deed of Daniel Thompson to
Elihu Thompson; to be sold as the property of
the heirs of Jesse Stafford, deed, at the suit of
Christopher Kepler. Appraised at $900.00.
Terms of sale, cash. J. J. WHITE, S. M. C.
May 19, I860. 20-5t
Sheriff's Sale.
Slothower, Mathews & Co. vs. George Downing and
Peter Alkire.
By virtue of an execution 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 8 o' clock P. m.,
On the 23d day of June, 1860,
the following described lands and tenements,
to wit: beginning 12 rods east from the north
west corner of section No. seventeen; thence
south about eighty-five rods; thence east one
half roil; thence south thirteen rods to John
Page's line; thence east seventeen degrees north
to a certain Beech tree about seventy-nine and
one-half rods; thence east about sixty-seven
rods to the center line running north and south
through said section seventeen ; thence north
seventy-three rods to the north line of said
section seventeen; thence west along said line
to the place of beginning, containing 7b i acres,
in town No. seven, range fourteen of the Ohio
Company's Purchase. Sold as the property of
ueorge Downing, at the suit of Slothower, Mar
tin & Co. Appraised at SI, 453.00. Terms of
sale, cash. J. J. WHITE, S. M. C.
May 19, I860. 20-5t . . 3.00
Sheriff's Sale.
S. A. Burnap and John Cartwright vs. George Sti
vers, etal
BY virtup of an order of sale to me directed from
the Court of Common Fleas of Meigs county. I
will oiler for sale, at the door of the Court House in
Pomeroy, at ten o clock a. m.,
On the 23d day of June, 1 860,
the following described lands and tenements, to wit:
situate in the town of Pomeroy, on the east side of
Butternut street, and described as follows, to wit: the
undivided half of lot No. 221), and the undivided half
o' so much of the north-western part of lot Ao. 221
as is not owned by Thomas VVhiteside; to be sold as
the property or ueorge Mivers, ana omers, hi me
suit of S. A. Burnap and John Cartwright. Appraised
at $yuu.(iU. Terms or sale, casn.
may 19, 1860-20-5t 13 001 J- WHITE, S.M. C.
C. A. MATTHEWS,
DEALER IN
A. BRADLEY'S
And Manufacturer of
Copper, Tin & Sheet Iron Ware,
in pitpp v nvstnnivriON.
-A-t XXtxjE3jP' Old Stand
MIDDLEPOIil, t.
1HAVE just received a large assortmei.t of Stoves
which 1 will sell lower than ever, consisting tn
part. r
Arbiter. Live Oak, Victor,
With an assortment of Coal and Wood
PARLOR STOVES,
OF EVERY DESCKIPTION.
GRATES, FIRE FRONTS, ODD
S. II sill's Patent L.ever and
IRON CJBNTEK PLOW POINTS,
WATER SPOUTING,
Roofing and Jobbing
of ALL KINDS, done on short notice.
Persons in want of anything in the way or Stoves
Tin, Copper or Sheet Iron Ware, would save
money by calling on me.
TTPOld Copper, Brass and. Pewter taken in ex
change. may 5, 1800. 19-ly
PUBLISHED B7
T. A. PLANTS & CO.
Office in first story of "EoWAnns' BriLDiso,' near
(he '-Sugar Bun Stone Bridge " Pomdroy, Ohio.
Ati Business of the Firm Transacted ly
Ki E Alct.Al7GHI.IN, BhsIim-m Manager,
To whom all npplicatidns for Subscription, Adver
tising and Job Work should be made, at the office.
TERMS OF SUBSCKlPTlO.v
In advance,: I-SO
if paid within the year, 2.00
If not paid within the year, : : ' ' 2-50"
IO15 paper will be discoattnued until all arrear
ages are paid, exeept at the option of the publisher
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
nTTE"
3w 6w 3m 6m 9m 1 yr
1 W 1 75 3 11 5 00 7 00 8 00
2 00 3 25 5 on 00 II 00 14 00
5 00 7 0(1 9 00 12 50 15 00 18 00
7 50 9 00 13 00 16 00j20 00 25 Oil
10 00 12 00 15 00 20 003O 00 35 00
12 OOiIS 00 18 00 25 on!35 00 40 00
One square 270 ems.
i wo squares, - -One-fourth
column
One-half column -Three-fourths
do., j
une column, - -
Legal advertisements charted at rates allowed by
1 w, from which 15 percent, will be deducted for
advance payment.
Casual r transient advertisements must be paid
for in advance.
Advertisements not Having the number of inser
tions marked on copy, will be eontinaed until for
bid, and charged accordingly.
m - -
THE LAW OF HEtFSFAPERs.
f. Subscribers who do not five exDress notice tn
the contrary, are eoffxidered as wishinir to continue
their subscriptions.
z. ii suDscnhers Order the discontinuance of their
papers, the publishers ean continue to send them nft-
til all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa
pers from the office to which tbet are directed, ther
are held responsible till they settle their bill, and or'
uer tiro paper uisconnnirea;
4. If any subscriber" remove to another placet
withont informing the publisher, and their paper a
aetix to the former direction, the subscriber is held re
sponsible. 9. J he coons have sledded that refusing to take a
newspaper from the office, or removing and leaving
it uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of intentional
fraud.
TEUGRAPHUOB OFFICE
In connection with onf Newspaper Estate
lishment, we have a complete Job Office W
are therefore prepared to exeeute
PLAIN AMD ORNAMENTAL JOB WORK,
Such as Posters, Programmes, Bills of Lading,
ill Heads, Business and Visiting
Cards, Blanks, &c. at
O i "V 3E x- i cs o s .
We call the special attention of this commu
nity to the above proposition, and desire un in
vestigation of our work and prices.
T. A. PLANTS &. Co.
T. A. PLANTS. L. PAINBV
PLAtfTS fe PAINE,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Pomeroy, 0,
Office in Edward's Building.
S. A. BURKir. P. B. 8TA1CBEKT'
BlIRJiAP 4t 8TANBERT,
Attorneys and Counselors at. Law. Particular
attention paid to the collection of claims. Of
fice on Front street, at the head ef Steamboat
Landing, a few doors east of the Gibson House
Pomeroy, O. 2-38-1 y
SIMPSON fc LASLEY,
Attorneys & Counselors at Law, and general
collecting agents, Pomeroy, O. Office in ther
Court House. 2-5-ly,
S. S. KHOWLES. C. H. OROSVKH0S'
KN01VI.ES 4b GROSTENOR,
Attorneys at Law, Athens, Athens County, 0
will attend the several Courts of Meigs County,
on the first day of each term. Office at the
"Gibson House." - 2-16-ly
MARTIN HATS,
Attorney-atLaw, Harrisonville, Meigs Co, O
will promptly attend to all business that may
be entrusted to his care, in the several State
Courts of 01rio,and in the U. S. Court for 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, &c, kept con
stantly on hand, to fill orders. 1-16
PETER LAMBRECHT,
-
Watchmaker & Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jew
elry and Fancy Articles, Court street, below
the new Banking House, Pomeroy. Watches,
Clocks and Jewelry carefully repaired on short
notice. -. 1-1 '
W. A. AICHER,
Watchmaker and Jeweler, and wholesale anoT
retail dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and
Fancy Goods, Front street, below the "Reming
ton House,'' Pomeroy. Particular attention
paid to repairing all articles in my line. 1-1
t.whiteside,
Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes, three i
doors above stone bridge. The best of
work, for Ladies and Gentlemen, made to order.
McQUIGCt fc SMITH,
Leather Dealers and Finders, Court street, three
doors below the Bank, and opposite . Branch's
Store, Pomeroy, O.
r-
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 per bushel. 1-1
DABSET SALT COMPANY,
n i q.u : . i
for country1 trade. G. W. COOPER, Sec'y.
ISAAC FILLER,
Clothier, Grocer and Dry Goods Dealer, first
store above C. E. Donnally's, near the Rolling:
Mill, Pomeroy, O. Country Merchants are re
spectfully requested to call and examine my
stock of Groceries, as I am confident that I
cannot be undersold. 1-23
P. LYMAN,
Painter and Glazier, back room of P. Lam
brecht's Jewelry Store, west side Court street
Pomeroy, O. 1-1
JOHN EISELSTIN,
Saddle, Harness and Trunk Manufac
turer, Front street, three doors below
Court, Pomeroy, will execute all work en
trusted fb his care with neatness and dispatch
Saddles gotten up in the neatest, style. 1-22
M. BLAETNER,
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'
lurability. 2-5-ly
P. E. HUMPHREY,
Blacksmith, back of the Bank Building, ,
Pomeroy, O. Farming loois, novei
Plows, Mattocks, Hoes, &c, on hand and
made to order. Horse Shoeing and all kinds-
of Job Work done to order Jan. 3. 3-1
W. R. BOLDER. . L. g. TW!(SXIfDr
GOLDEN & TOWNSEND.
Attorneys at Law. W. R. Golden's OfiSce iu
Athens, O, and L. S. Townsend's in Pageville,
Meigs Co., O. Prompt attention given to the
collection 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
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. 2-5-ly
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 Shoo
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 Felons, Catarrhs,
Burns. Bruises, Sprains, Cuts, Salt Rheum,
Ring Worm, Rheumatism, White Swellings,
and many other diseases of the kind. Price,.
25 cents per Box. Jan. 3, I860. 3-ltf-
PILCHER HOUSE,
Unci tip. Oliin Thin new and commodious
building has recently been furnished in the
best style, for the purpose of entertaining the
public travel. The undersigned will use every
exertion to make his guests comfortable, and
respectfully solicits a liberal patronage..
April 10, UO. lo-om it. tl. rinjiitiiit..
S. W. ROSS,
Paper Hanger, Glazier, &c, Pomeroy Ohio.
Paper put on at from 12 J to 15 c'ts per bolt,
according to quality. Orders left at Telegraptk
Printing Office promptly attended to. 17-2
3