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POME ROY- TELEGRAPH.
T. A. PLANTS, EDITOR.
Tl'KSDAV i
i t July 31, 1800.
For .Piisideut of the United Statesj "
ABRAHAM. LINCOLN,
v0 ILLIXOIS.
rFor Vice Praidcnt of tlie Uuited States,
.HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
OF HAIXU.
IV Presidential Electors of the State at large,
j fKfclifcfclClv HASSAUREK,
JOSEPH M. HOOT,
' - Conressloviat Districts,--'-5-' -'
Tt tHsfriot. -B.UggleWoni ' . ?
, VU.-i- .H. ;..AVilliun M. Diuksou. : .
iH''U: "y Frank McWhinney.
4thv"?'.'' "'-.John. Rile v Knox.
oth."i"'r D. II. Murphy.
it. tu liunay. -,, ,
1 Daniel B. Stewart.
ih.
L.th.
lwb,, i John Beat tic.
WiUurd Slocunu , i
iJosepU'Ankeny.
iftti; " , Edward Baii; . ;
lftH. L '..Tohn A. Davenport.'
Samuel P. Philbrick.
muT .,! STATE TICKET;
-.in"f3 .! For Supreme Judge, , . .,
JACOB' BRINKERHOFF.
. f I
-Tor Attorney General,"
JAMESHURRAY.
it J. fjer Member Board of Pub. Works,
I.-.. I.KVl SARGEXT. -
a district
TICKET.
For Member of Congress, " ' ! " '
;r; y: b. iiortox. ;
HOCNTY t T I CKET. '
Judge WM,H. LASLEY.
A5dor-TAARON; STIVERS.
CkrkUjIIi. SIBLEY.1 : V
Traiurev--GEO.;'B;! GROW. ' ; .
Rccovderr-S. S. PAINE. I: j ".
ComiiiissionerJ. Jl! ELLIS. ' t; '
Corynep-II.U WATERMAN., . J . .
Ittfirm'afy ; Director N ST ANSBUR Y;
a ' WORTH RKPLECTISG ITOIK
The Richmond Enquirer, the Jeading
prgjn oi Afeiuuurat; iu, v liyiniaj cays; ,t
in'.'Upon the accession of Lincoln-to
power, we . would apprehend no direct
a$t of violence against negro property
but' by the use of federal office, contracts;
Hod patronage, the building up in every
Southern State of a Black Republican
party - the ally and . stipendiary of Norths
era fanaticism, to become in a few short
Jjoatfr the open advocates of Abolition-it-nu
the io.niscation of negro property
by euiancipution'sudden or gradual, and
eventually ,the ruiu of every Southern
State- by the: destruction of negro labor.
By gradual and insidious approach, un
der, the fostering hand of federal power,
Abolitionism will grow, up in every bor
der Southern State converting them into
Free States, then into 'cities of refuge'
for runaway negroes from the Gulf
States.-. Ha act of violence may ever be
couiuiitted, no servile war waged, and yet
theu ruin and degradation of Virginia
will be as fully and-fatally accomplished
a though bloodshed and rapine ravished
the land.; There are -no consequences
that can follow, even forcible disunion,
Jiiore disastrous to the future prosperity
iof the people of Virginia, than will be
this sowing the seeds of diseord and di
vision," of emancipation and Abolition
ism bv' Northern hands, to be cultivated
and harvested by the people of Virginia.
Upon this we wish' to make some com
ments,' which we hope our Democratic
readers will read, and honestly consider.
It will be Been that the Enquirer frankly
admits that, "'upon the accession of IAn
tola to power, it would apprehend no di
rect uctof violence against negro property."
It is further admitted that "no act of vi
olence may ever be committed or servile
tear icaged" in consequence of the Re
publicans succeeding to the control of
the . Government. . Why then this
'''nightmare dream" of the Enquirer?
There is profound philosophy in its po
sition, arid one which ought to open the
"eyes of alVwho.are not blinded by party
prejudice. The Enquirer pictures the
results" which would gradually, and nat
urally grow out of the election of Lin
epln. ; Most of fhesc results we. freely
admit would follow all of them, in fact,
but the fancied ruin of Virginia and the
other Slave States. What are these re
sults, as stated by the Enquirer?
The first is, that, '.'by the use of federal
office contracts, and patronage, tJie bull!
iiig tip in every Southern State of a Black
Republican party." This, leaving out the
slang terms-'-which are the ornaments of
all Democratic literature we admit to be
true. Not so much in consequence of
the "patronage": of the Government, al
though' that would doubtless have a great
effect upon Virginians, as from the fact
that the moral influence of a just Ad
ministration .would, in a measure, break
the chains of the despotism which now
hold the people of the South in abso
lute subjection to an imperious oligarchy
of slave-breeders, who sit like an incu-
. bus - upon the people and are pressing
the. vitality out of the fairest portion of
the Republic. We admit, with the
Eiiquin v, that this is all that is wanted
to build up a powerful Republican party
in.all-the Southern States. But what
aa admission is thus made of the utter
weakness of the slave interest in the
: South, as compared with the people of
the South, if they were once permitted
to think and act for themselves! It is
Bpt' the Republicans of the Free States,
nor the Administration of a Republican
President, which the Enqmrer fears, but
the free and untrammeled action of the
people of Virginia, themselves.
TJie Enquire, proceeding, says, that
this "Black Republican" party, made up,
of course, o tie citizens of Virginia,
would -"become, in, a feus short yearst the
' open advocates- of abolition, tlte confisca
tion of negro property by emancipation,
sudden or gradual, and.' eventually the
,Kwi of every Southern State, by the des
truction, of negro, labor." Here i the
, distinct' assertion, that the people of
Virginia, and all the Southern States
'Kould, if permitted to act for themselves,
dji away with Slavery and negro labor.
But would they do this, unless it was
ior tneir interest, aud the interest of
their respective States to do so?, The
assertion that it would ruin the Siafes is
Bimply gratuitous and absurd. It would
interfere with the operation of the Slave
breeders and Slave-traders of Virginia,
but it would be the regeneration of the
Stat and the commencement of a career
of elevation to her people and glorious
progress toward a higher and better
civilization than can ever be hoped for
while the rearing of mulattoes the
lash, and the Slave shambles, are the
pride of her aristocracy, and forced
ignorance and unmitigated depression the
doom of her laboring white men.
. But the Enquirer continues: "By
gradual and insidious approach, under
the fostering hand of federal power, Abo
litionisni will grow .up in every border
SoutJiem Stele, converting them into Free
States" r- w Now look at this. We ad
mit its undeniable truth." The Enquirer
may call it "Abolitionism," or whatever
else it pleases. The truth it proclaims
is nevertheless a truth. ' And it is sim
ply this, that if the people of the border
Slave States are not held in absolute sub
jection by these Slave traders, through
the use of the State and - National Gov
ernments, they will throw ofiF their fet
ters and "convert these Slave, info Free
States.": We have always believed and
said the same thing. It is not in shu
man nature to endure the evils entailed
upon the laboring white men of the ,
South, if they were free to act for their
own interests, which is substantially ad
mitted by the Enquirer. ' .
The Enquirer proceeds: "JYo act of
violence may ever be committed, no servile
war waged, and yet the ruin and degra
dation of Virginia will be as fully and
fatally accomplished as though bloodshed
and rapine ravished tli& land." What
do you think of that? Wherein would
the ruin' of Virginia consist? Would
her hundreds of thousands of laboring
white men be "degraded and ruined," if
the slave breeders of the State could
no longer find a market for their human
herds?. Would it "degrade and ruin"
the mass of her citizens to have the
privilege of removing from their State,
by lawful and peaceful means, the only
obstacle to her moral, social, intellectual,
and material elevation and progress?
Virginia has" the elements of an Empire
within' herself. The largest of all the
original States, she stood at the time of
the formation of the Constitution, by far
the most populous and powerful.-
With her central position, with hun
dreds of miles of sea coast with noble
harbors bounding her, on one side, and
the noble Ohio on the other -with a soil
rich and productive a climate the most
healthy and salubrious on the Continent
her mountain ranges', pillared up with
mineral wealth -gold, and copper, and
iron, and coal, and salt, in exhaustless
abundance a water power gushing from
her mountain streams sufficient to move
the manufacturing machinery of the world
she has fallen back into a position of
utter inferiority to the new Free States,
which sprang up but as of yesterday.
There is no; an intelligent man in the
rorld who does not know that this noble
old commonwealth, and her. laboring
white population, have been "degraded
and ruined," that a few '.'Legrees" may
roll in wealth derived from a system of
traffic in human flesh that is an irredeem
able disgrace to human nature itself.
This ineffable stigma on the- name of
Virginia would bo wiped out, of course;
if her people were free to speak to each
other on the subject, but it would hardly
"degrade and ruin the 'Old Dominion.' "
" But, as it would hardly comport with
Democracy to close an article without a
disunion clause, the Enquirer winds up
in this language:. " There are no con
sequences that can follow, even forcible
disunion," more disastrous to the future
prosperity of the people of Virginia, than
will be this solving the seeds of discord and
division, of emancipation and Abolition
ism by Northern Jiands, to be cultivated and
harvested by the people .of Virginia."
And so the Enquirer will risk the con
sequences of a "forcible disunion" rather
than let the people of the State stop the
rearing of slaves for the man-markets of
the rice swamps,' the cotten fields and
sugar plantations cf the Gulf: Well,
let them try their "forcible disunion."
This bluster and insulting
bravado has
gone about far enough.
It has about
ceased to frighten any one.
, What do our Democra tic readers think
of this position of this old party organ?
Do you say that it is a Breckinridge
paper, and that you are not involved in
its policy? Reflect amoment. Up to the
23d of June you acknowledged it as a
true organ of your party. And so it
was. It has not changed its posi
tion one iota. Have you? Did you not
desire the continued unity of the party,
and do you not now regret its rupture?
But if the party had remained united
the Enquirer and its kind,-would have
controlled it as they controlled Pierce
and now control Buchanan. And if it
remains divided, every vote given to
Douglas is however you may intend it
working into the hands, and aidin
o .li
the purposes of. these desperate men.
Will you reflect on these things?
BSF-The Bell men are going to start a paper
in Portsmouth, and propose to knock Kepubli
Cimam endwise. Advertiser.
. ... .
And that paper is going to be a curi
ositv in the way of newspapers. It is to
be a kind of ioint-stock-Belleverett
Breckinridge - Douglas - Know - Nothing
affair. It is to have two editors, Capt.
W. 0. Appier, formerly of this city, is
to do up the Breckinridge-Douglas part
of the editorial labors, and a Ae. Mr
Rate, of Kentucky, has been imported to
attend to the Belleverett-Know-Nothing
interest. "Behold how good and how
pleasant it is for brethern to dwell to
gether in unity." We are somewhat
anxious to see the paper; we want to' see
the Breckinridge, Belleverett, Know
Nothing and Douglas parties lying down
together, with a military and a Reverend
gentleman to lead them. CY'J- Gazette.
LOVIXO WORDS AND BROTHERLY
ENDEARMENTS. ,
The Plain Dealer is the rgari of one
branch of the Democracy of Northern
Ohio. The editor was a Delegate to the
Baltimore Convention, and in one of his
letters speaks in, this hind and brotherly
style! of his.Democratic brethren who did
not worship Douglas. Ho says:
"The last desperate efforts of the cor
ruptionists to beat Douglas were made
last night. The whole Cabinet is on
the ground promises, offices and pat
ronage to defeat the people's will.
The Oregon War-debt script will be
generously offered, we have no doubt,
to many, but we hope the honesty of the
delegates will stand the seige, as it has
thus far done, right manfully. In Eng
land a Cabinet which would interfere in
a popular election directly, would be dis
franchised; and they deserve it in this
country."
True enough! But then the Cabinet
in England are not Democrats. The
Plain Dealer ought " to remember that.
But how does it happen that all the men
the Plain Dealer works for and praises
before election, turn ouf'corruptionistal'
and traitors so soon afterwards? It
seems wonderful that the Plain Dealer
should always mistake its man. But
the Plain Dealer adds: jv ,
"But the people are bound to win.
O, what a retribution awaits , the scoan
drels, who, for paltry pay, oppose Douglas
and his 1 principles. ' And of all mean,
miserly, lean, lousy, corrupt and contemp
tible' sons of iniquity engaged in this drity
and deithoralizing worh, the political Hes
sians from Massachusetts, tcith one Ben
Butler, at their head, and one Mr. Loring,
at their tail, are the lowest and lousiest."
That is elegant we might say classic.
But you said the same thing when Pierce
was nominated. Well, Pierce was elect
ed. But did the people win? You
called him hard names, and threw away
your hat when Buchanan was nomina
ted over him. You then had the great
"incorruptible" StatesmanJ the man
who was to shed undying luster upon
the seat occupied by Washington. The
people you said would win. Well,
Buchanan was elected, and you, Mr.
Gray, did your full share, in sugar-coating
the fraud which elected him. But
did the. 'people win, Mr. Gray? You
now denounce Buchanan in language
not the most refined as a "doubly d d
traitor and villain," with all the other
epithets to be fovnd either in or out of
the dictionary. There is something
queer in this, Mr. Gray. But have you
certainly used a sufficient quantity of
"ointment," since you slept in the same
bed with these "lousy" rascals who have
been your uie-ionc cnums: it you
have not, pray," go to the "apothecary's"
before you mingle with people who never
kennelled" with that "pack."
. But that will do as Democratic testi
mony to the worth and cleanliness of one
wing of the Democracy. There happens
to . be another Democratic organ pub-
ished in the same city, of Cleveland, by
" r ni i n a n , i rvi
one J)ir. riooa, tormeny ot tne unio
Statesman. ' This organ is called ;"The
National Democrat," and supports Breck
inridge. Mr. Flood comes upon the
stand and testifies as to the other wing
of the grand party, and says' of Douglas:
" In carrying into a National Conven
tion ot the JJemocracu the cow arts or tne
political trickster which would be disgrace
ful if exercised in a ward meeting for the
nomination of a Lonstable, the friends of
Mr. Douglas have earned out that rule or
rum doctrine which, jrom the jirst has
actuated them, and which tliey so frequently
boasted, would be Douglas or nobody.
The Democrat denounces the nomina
tion of Douglas as a "barefaced fraud,'
effected by dishonest and dishonorable
swindling, and Douglas himself a politi
cal trickster and demagogue, for which
no true Democrat can, ought or will
vote. He don t sy whether Douglas
and his party are "lousy" or not. But
as they all slept in the same "bunk" up
to the 23d of last month we suppose he
did not think it necessary to specify on
that point.
But seriously, 13 it not time for plain
honest men to leave a party, the leaders
of whose hostile factions shame de
pravity itself by thus uncovering the
festering rottenness of each other.-
What can any good citizen hope, by
lending his countenance and influence
to either wing. The contest is simply
a cut-throat operation. Neither of the
leaders, having any hope of an election,
the light has degenerated into a mere
ebullition of hate, with the determination
to utterly blast and ruin each" other.
But for its demoralizing influence it
might be well enough to let them ex
pose their mutual detormities. isut is
it worth while for respectable citizens to
take part in the row? To all such we
say, that although not specially needed
in the Republican ranks, we will stu
make room for a few more.
Pennsylvania.
The fight goes bravely on in this old
Keystone State, so long the strong
hold of Democracy. A desperate effort
has been made by most of the leaders of
the Douglas and Breckinridge factions
to form a coalition in that State for the
purpose, if possible, of defeating Lin
coin. But it will not wopk. Forney
and others, utterly repudiate the dishon
est bargain, and if it is attempted to be
carried out, will hoist the names of
Lincoln and Hamlin. They prefer the
election of Lincoln, and will secure the
vote of the great State of Pennsylvania
for the Republican ticket. If the Breck
mridge and uouglas wings both run
electoral tickets, Forney, and the anti
Lecompton Democrats, will support the
Douglas ticket, which will give the State
to Lincoln by 75,000 to 100,000 major
ity. And if the dishonest fusion shoul
be attempted, they will then support
Lincoln directly, which secures the
State to him by a majority nearly as
large.
W e should like to nave l orney and
his sympathizers in the ranks of the Re
publican party, but they are really doing
us more effective service in supporting
Douglas. The State ii given up to
Lincoln in any event, and it is simply a
question of what shall be his majority.
REPUBLICAN TICKET
e place, aiong wuu me .national-
Nationals
and estate tiCKeis, me names oi tne can
dilates for the several county offices,
nominated by the Republican County
Convention, on Saturday. ThiB entire
ticket, from President down, ought to be,
and we confidently believe, will be,
elected by the people, in October - and
November next. As for the President
and Vice President, so far as Ohio is
concerned, it is conceded that, Lincoln
and Hamlin will succeed by an unexam
pled majority. Every indication points
to their triumphant election.' The des
perato efforts among the various and con
tending factions which oppose them, to
form coalitions, is an open acknowledg
ment of utter weakness, on their part,
and the steady march of the Republican
party to complete success in the Presi
dential contest.
For Member of Congress, the people
of the District are presented with a name
which is synonymous with success. It
is superfluous to urge the personal char
acter and qualifications of Mr. Horton
to the voters of this county and District.
These are known to all the -voters, and
will be appreciated b?.all who admire
an incorruptible integrity, andinple'm
ished purity of life conduct. 'No citizen
of the District will ever have cattse to
blush, at any word, or vote, or sentiment,
or act, of their Representative.' Even
those who may be impelled by their
party attachments to vote againsl Mr.
Horton, cannot but feel a pride in his
v i . i . : i
success, even snouid tnat succejs . be
achieved against their votes. There is,
we admit, a majority of 1220 fron last
year, to overcome. But we confidently
believe it can and will be overcome.
We are not usually over sanguint, but
think we can safely assure our friends
in the other counties, that Meigs will
give her honored citizen, who has been
made the standard-bearsr for the cam
paign, one thousand majority. , Such is
our conviction. Let it be rememtered;
and if the prediction is not fulfilled, we
will acknowledge to a misinterpretation
of the signs of the times.
Our State ticket will be elected, of
T . 1 . " ft . 1
course, it is useless to specny tne sev
eral candidates and their fitness for their
several positions. That theyt each and
all, fill the Jeffersonian requirements, is
not denied by any candid person. They
will be elected by unusual majorities.
Of the candidates for the several
County offices, we would speak at. some
ength. if. we had time and space, which
we have not, to-day. For the office of
sate Judge, W. II. LasleyV Esq., is
the nominee. Mr. Lasley is' a young
man, of fine education, a well read law
yer, a clear and logical mind, of great
industry, good business habits, and sus
tains a character for integrity and up-
tness which is without a blot.
While we shall miss the familiar face of
our old and . long tried friend, Judge
Merrill, from the office we ere? Satisfied
that liis place could not have been better
filled than by the selection of the pres
ent candidate. Mr. Lasley will be
elected, as a matter of course, and we
can assure our citizens that in him they
will find an accommodating, efficient,
able, and upright officer. ,
For the office of Clerk of the Court,
our friend, R. Downing, Esq., who has
so well, and with so accommodating a
spirit, filled the office for the last six
years, is superceded by the nomination
of H. L. Sibley, of Racine. We have
known Mr. Sibley long, intimately, and
well; and from out personal knowledge
of his qualifications, we have no hesi
tancy in assuring our readers that he
will make an efficient officer. Mr. Sibley
is comparatively a young man. A me
chanic by occupation, he has, by indus
try and energy, found the time and
means to improve a naturally good mind
to a high degree of culture. Self-reliant,
and self-made, Mr. Sibley, in mental
vigor and capacity, has but few equals
in the county. If we thought he would
settle down content with the routine and
income of a county officer, we should
much regret his election. .But we know
him too well to believe that he will do
so. Mr. Sibley will make his mark
hereafter, and as a means to enable him
to prosecute more successfully, studies
already commenced, we congratulate him
upon his nomination.
For County Treasurer, the choice of
the ' Convention finally fell upon G-. B.
Grow, Esq. From the list of candidates,
the Convention could not have selected
a bad one. It is no disparagement to
the other candidates that Mr. Grow was
nominated. But one could receive the
nomination, and that one happened to
be Mr. Grow. No one will say that he
is not well qualified for the duties of the
office. Young, energetic, intelligent,
and proverbial for his attention to busi
ness, he will make a popular and efficient
officer.
For Recorder, and Commissioner, the
present incumbents were renominated
They need no recommendation from us
The people know them well, and their
renomination is a substantial indorse
ment.
ior toroner, Vr. tl. Kj. Waterman is
the nominee, and will make a good
officer, a3 will N. Stansbury, Esq., the
nominee for Dirictor of the Asylum
We congratulate the people of the
County upon the character of the Re
publican ticket. No one doubts its
election. But for the sake of the moral
force of the vote, the majority should be
made as large as possible. With due
effort, Meigs County can increase her
majority to one thousand, and the Re
publicans will not have done their duty
if it falls short of that figure. Let every
one, then, go to work, as if he intended to
do his duty with a will.
gDr. Thomas Butts, of SouthamtoOj
Va., who died last week, has directed
that all his slaves, one hundred and fifty
in number, shall be freed.
jg-"Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tenn.,
spoke at Knoxvilleon the 7th
No can
did n$n, he said, believed that there was
a remote chance of electing either Breck
inridge or Douglas. While he regarded
the chances of Lincoln as decidedly
good for an election, and would deplore
such an event, he maintained that if the
Democrats and conservative men North
and South would rally to the support of
the Bell and Everett ticket, as they
ought to do, the Constitutional Union
ticket would be successful."
- We think Mr, Horace Maynard to be
absolutely safe in his calculation, ought
to add another "if" to his bill of "contin
gencies." He says, "tf the Democrats'
and conservative men North and South
would rally to the support of Bell and
Everett, they would be elected." Now
the amendment we propose is, to add the
Republicans to the list. With this very
slight alteration, we adopt the opinion of
Mr. Horace Maynard. "Neither Bell,
Breckinridge, nor . Douglas, stands the
slightest chance of an election. But, if
they should all unite, and the conserva
tive men North and South, together
with the Republicans, should all vote
for Bell, we do conscienciously believe
he would be elected! . Now, why won't"
they do it? Especially as Mr. Horace
Maynard will enter into an agreement
not to "dissolve the Union" if they do.
And if they don't do it, and Mr. May
nard should feel it his duty to "dissolve
the Union" on account of their stubborn
ness, Mr. Horace Maynard will appeal
to the world for a full justification, and
will be able to demonstrate that he is
no "disunionist," but that the Repub
licans, and conservative men, North and
South, who refused to vote forBell, are
the "disunionists." Because Mr. Horace
Maynard would not have dissolved the
Union" at all if they had voted as he
told them to do. Ought there not to be
a Convention called in Ohio, immediately,
to determine this grave subject? .
' BA correspondent, writing from
Ohio to the New York Journal of Com
merce, a Breckinridge organ, says: "put
Ohio down 80,000 votes for Breckinridge
and Lane." And the Journal puts it
down accordingly. If this is a correct
estimate, Ohio must have increased in
population rapidly within a very short
time. ;. We have it on the very best au
thority of the Bell party, that their
ticket will receive, at the very least,
80,000 votes in this State, which, added
to the . Breckinridge vote will give, 160,
000 voters. Then we have the highest
Douglas authority for saying that Doug
las will receive twenty times as many
votes as Breckinridge and Bell com
bined. This will give to Douglas
3,200,000 votes in Ohio. We have been
under the impression that Lincoln would
get a pretty respectable vote, but must
have been too long under a mistake.
For we are satisfied that when the other
great, united, harmonious, "national"
parties have counted 'out their shares
respectively, as claimed by themselves,
there will be none left for Lincoln.
But we can-well afford to give up the
Republican party in view of the greit
increase or tne Tonuiation. UD tne
estimate of these very reliable author- owIer' V1 "ot 7 "e'
. . . . . the Maronite Greeks and Greek t'at
lties, the population ot Uhio, without
counting theRepuplicans, if there should
be any, must be almost eighteen mil-
ions! But the census and the election
returns will correct any slight inaccu
racies which may "occur in the calcula
tions. We await these before we give
any opinion on the matter.
The First Gun.
We gave, a week or two'since, an account
from our exchanges, of the rapid politi
cal changes going on in the North-West-ern
States, and instanced the formation
of large Lincoln Clubs, composed almost
exclusively of the former supporters of
Douglas and Democracy. Such was the
case particularly in Milwaukee, where
the Democratic ticket received regularly
from 2500 to 3000 majority. As a true
test of the truth of this representation
we now have the result of an election,
just held in that city for City Treasurer.
The Republican candidate was ected
by some 1500 majority over the Douglas
candidate, who had the support of both
wings of the party, and was the then
Treasurer, and the most popular man in
their ranks. The result came upon the
party like a clap of thunder from a clear
sky. For, while they could not deny
that hundreds of their best men had
joined the Republicans, yet, with a
majority of 3000, they were confident
of electing their man. But to find that
overwhelming majority swept away, and
the Republican majority swelled to half
its number, was what they did not ex
pect. This is an indication of the
changes taking place, and which will
send Lincoln to the White House in
November next.
For Breckinridge and Lane.
The following embraces the Democratic
papers in Ohio supporting Breckinridge
and Lane. The Cleveland National
Democrat understands that others are
about to follow:
National Democrat, Cleveland;
Carroll County Democrat, Carrollton;
btark County Democrat, (Janton;
American Union, Steubenvillc;
Cadiz Sentinel. Cadiz;
St. Clairsville Gazette and Citizen;
Newark Advocate, Newark;
Trumbull County Democrat, Warren
Tnat "If."
"The Democratic State Executive
Committee of Pennsylvania have agreed
to pledge the Presidential Electors of
their party to vote if they should be
chosen as a unit for Douglas, IF by so
doing they can elect him; and as a unit
for Rreckinridge, IP by so doing they
can elect him; and IP the entire electoral
vote of Pennsylvania added to that re
ceived by either of these candidates from
the other States shall not suffice to elect,
the Electors are to be allowed to vote
as they please."
If there were not so many ifs in this
little arrangement, it might win. But
can honest men be entrapped by so
transparent a cheat?
Correspondence of the Boston Traveler.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM SYRIA.
Bkirct, Syria, June G, IritiO.
Syria is now the scene of one of the
most sanguinary conflicts ever enacted
in this land, which has ever been the
battle field oi the old world, and Alount the mt of free principles, just formed, leaving orders at George loachim's Store, a few
Lebanon is now one Vast funeral pile. j and jbr thel sncc?aa 0'f'those prin.' ! doors above .Donnally's, they will receive
Druses and Christians, numbering - .. i v' prompt attention. 1'
1 1 1 p ll 1 . 1
uuuureus oi iuousanu3, are now enirnuu
in wholesale murder arson and pillage, ;
in which fiendish work they are aided by
Turks Moslem, Arabs, and the people
.. ay. , :
hrom my window last week I counted i
from twenty to thirty burning vjllages
upon the mountain, a few miles from I
Beirut, from whence the flash of musk
etry may easily be seen, and the volleys
heard one after another in rapid succes
sion, as they echo through the valleys.
The dying and the dead are brought
daily into the town in large numbers,
and the widows and the orphans may be
seen in great crowds, weeping and wail
ing about the streets. . ;
The barbarity of this war is truly
shocking. Men, women and children
are overtaken while . fleeing for, refuge
and without arms, and ruthlessly
slaughtered while praying for'quarter.
The Christians have thus far suffered
most terribly. Their villages have been
burned, their crops destroyed, and great
numbers have been brutally murdered,
while the Druses, who are, better .warn
ors ana iar more courageous are aic-u
- , -.
by tne lurKS, iuosiem and iuetawanes
and up to this time have proved success
The bloody war which is waged on
both sides as a war of extermination, has ;
or,g"lu.rellSlous political causes
The Christians , and Druses hate each j
"n , - y "".tICU;.U1.1 :
and the Christians hate the Druses
with a special hatred, because the Dru
ses are in a great many of the mountain
Christian districts, feudal chiefs and ru
lers over the Christian or Maronite and
Greek Catholic villages. The more im
mediate causes of the war, may be traced
to the bloody feuds existing between
Druse and Christian tribes. Last sum-
mer, at isait Marri, a quarrel arose,
which threatened to precipitate a war,
in which the Maronite Christians were
victorious, having repulsed the Druses,
killing forty or more, while their own
loss was less than one third of that num
ber. "'
Although peace was .then declared,
the Druses have since assassinated every
Christian who came in their way, with
an evident determination to make the
number of the Maronite loss equal to
that of the Druses. This aroused the
Christians, and so exasperated them that
they made an attack upon several Druse
villages.' '
At first they were successful, but re
lying upon their numbers, they neglected
to appoint leaders or to form any plan
for the campaign; consequently, the Dru
ses rallied under their warrior chiefs,
and burned every Maronite and Greek
Christian village within their reach.
The provincial authorities pronounced
the invading party the Christians to
be rebels, and the Governor General pro
ceeded with all available force to the
mountains, aud brought his cannon to
bear upon the Christians, checking them
at every turn, while the Druses, aided
by the soldiery, carried on their work of
pillage and murder in a manner shame
ful even to a North American Indian.
Denounced as traitors and rebels, their
homes having been burned, their crops
destroyed, and in some cases their fami
lies butchered, the Christians are rally
ing for the forlorn hope; for they feel
that the Druses, thus aided, will en
deavor to exterminate them. This,
as
atho-
lics number about two hundred and fifty
thousand, and if, as they hope and daily
expect, the European powers will come
to their aid, they may not only be saved,
but greatly improve their condition, by
being placed under the rule of a Euro
pean prince who may be placed over the
government of byria.
1 he American missionaries in Mount
Lebanon have been greatly exposed, but
as yet have suffered only for the want of
provisions.
Upon the breaking out of the war 31r.
Consul Johnson sent guards for their
protection, and in some cases provisions.
Some of the families of the Mission have
come down to-Beirut under an escort
furnished by the Consul, and others are
daily expected.
JNo personal danger to the Americans
in luount .Lebanon is apprenenaeu, as
they are well known and well protected,
but their work is stopped by the war,
their houses become asylums lor the
wounded and the fearful; in fact, they
are crowded out by the people who seek
their protection; tor wherever the Amer
ican flag is seen waving on the house-top,
the people flock in great numbers tor ad
mission.
The humanity shown by the Ameri
cans in Beirut to the wounded, the home
less and the starving refugees from the
mountains, will long be remembered by
the natives of the country.
The American Mission premises are
crowded day and night by women and
children crying for bread, which they re
ceive with comfort and consolation from
the American missionaries.
A Comical Accident;
The following paragraph has been
handed us by an eyewitness of the pro
ceedings of the Douglasites on Saturday
night. We give it as it is .given us:
During the procession last Saturday
evening, owing to the indiscretion of one
of the marshals, a portion of the torches
were extinguished. The . marshal in
question yelled, "Pat, your torch is bus
tin. Throw it away." Instantly one
hundred and fifty torches fell to the
ground, for each and every man rejoicing
in the popular cognomen of Patrick,
considered hinnelf personally appealed
to. TFt'scons't State Journal.
B,A gentleman traveling in Dacotah
county, Minn., last week, came across a
large emigrant-camp about five- o'clock
in the morning, and noticed at that early
hour two large churns, upon which two
women were vigorously operating.
Upon inquiry, he learned that the party
were from Northwestern Wisconsin, and
had many cows, and that they had
churned every morning the cream from
the previous evening's milk, and sold
the butter on the way.
The Fire Spreading.
One hundred and four citizens of
Hannibal, Missouri, "believing that the
success of the Republican party is ne
cessary to the well being of the country,"
have united in a letter to Frank Blair
to come and make them a Republican
speech.
Destructive Fire in Dallas, Texas.
New Orleans, July 17. Thirty
three buildings, comprising the best
portion of the town of Dallas, Tex:is,
were burned on the 7lh inst
Loss between 8;JOO,000 aud 100,000,
partly insured.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
THE GERMAN PRESS OF INDIANA.
In 1856 there was but one Republi- i
can .German paper in Indiana the I
r reie jrrcsse oi , j.nuianapoas. it, aione, '
'had the COUraee to take a nosition With
i" : u
been made d tQ it since It deserves' j
crC(it and onor for ;t3 manliness and j
honest and TO ho e to see it , re
eompensed for its devotion to truth and
the 8aerifiees maJc in maintaining correct
lkical princi les.
r rpi, Ai- JT i i
how the German press of the State stands
to-day. We will briefly state it:
The Volksboie, at Evansville, was
Democratic, or rather, Douglas, until
after the .nomination of Lincoln and
Hamlin. .It now supports the Republi-
can National
and State nominees', and
will do good
service in redeeming the
First Congressional District from the
nomination of tlif slivpvv lovintr Domop-
nomination oi me siaveiy-ioing ueraoc-,
racy.
Its recent chance causes consid- :
erable uneasiness among
seekers in the Democrrtic
the nlunder
Camp, and it
- .
1 - i. ;
is already receiving the maledictions Of ;
those who sought to use it for base pur
i o
i poses.
j The Stuats Zeitung at Fort Wayne,
j heretofore strongly Democratic, has
tnttin iirlA TirifT, till Punn Vl n n i a Tt
uu.v. u V. .J llllu VUV ll,lf U 11V.UI1.;. XV
ha3 witnessed the corruptions and
corruptions and ex
travagances of the Democratic party in
the State and National Governments, but
has had its attention directed more par
AUen county byfathe part wMch mm
ticularly to the gross misgovernment " of
d b fraud tQ return SQme , 80Q
of a Democratic majority from the elec-
tions of 1856. It has seen the people
It has seen, the
heavily and grievously taxed for the
purpose of rewarding partisan favorites,
and it now sets its face against such pro
ceedings and takes a position in the Re
public Tanks for the purpose of working
a reform. And the reform will be
worked out. Allen county will give a
Republican majority in October.
The Indiana Post at Lafayette, hitherto
neutral, has deemed it the duty of patri
otism to take a decided stand in favor
of Republican principles, and flings to
the breeze the flag of Lincoln and Ham
lin, Lane and Morton.
To this list of Republican German
papers we add the Zeitung at Terre
Haute, the Freie Blaetter at Laporte, and
a new paper to be ostablished shortly at
Richmond. All of these papers are pub
lished in localities where there is a large
German population, and will have much
influence on the result of the approach
ing elections.
The only German Democratic paper
in the State is the Volksblattoi this city.
It is for Douglas not the Democratic
party. It has long since sunk its party
devotion into its manworship, and it is
the admiration it has for the Little
Giant, and nothing else, that keeps it
within what is left of the Democratic or
ganizatiOn. .
The tables are turned. In 1856 the
Republicans had but one German paper
in the State, the Freie Presse of this city.
In 1860 the Democracy have but one
German paper the Volksblatt, and it is
only so in virtue of the nomination of
Douglas by a rump Convention. . There
is something significant in this. The
majority given for V llhard and .Bu
chanan in 1856 will be given to Lane
and Lincoln in 1860.
Heir
Silt'ertiscments.
R E M O V A L.
HAVIXG removed to Cartwright's new Buil
ding, up stairs, corner of Court and Front
streets, opposite Swallow's Store, I am prepared
to accommodate all who wish to procure good
Pictures cheap.
My Gallery, being fnrnished with a good
Skylight, affords better facilities for taking
good Pictures than ever before existed in this
place.
July 31, 18G0. 30-3t E. F. FEIGER.
CARRIAGE SHOP.
T PBSPSnTPrTI.T.V nnlifo Urn
J- public that I am now open-
lnga fancy Buggy and Wagon
Shop, on Mulberry street, oppo
site the Court-hou&e, in Poiueroy. i bave on hand,
and intend to keep read, made work, or make to
order, any and everything iu my line; to do
Painting and Repairing
of all kinds, trimmina:, building tops, on short no
tice. I have also some . . -
3T" X XST IE HTJGGIES
on hand, that yon would do well to call aud see for
yourselves; iboth top and open ones.
1 hope, by strict attention, and long experience,
to meiit at least a part of public patronage. Our
terms : re cheap for cash, or good approved notes, on
short time. Work warranted, or not, to suit cus
tomers. GEORGE RAIXIEK.
July 31, 1860 30-ly
Ezra Chapman's Estate. - .-
NOTICE is hereby given, that I have been
duly appointed, by the Probate Court of
Meigs County, Ohio, administratrix, with the
will annexed, on the estate of Ezra Chapman,
late of said county of Meigs, deceased.
All persons indebted to said estate are re
quested to make immediate payment, and those
holding demands against the same will present
them within one year from this date.
July 31, I860. 30-3t MARY CHAPMAN.
Road Notice.
A PETITION will be presented to the Com
missioners of Meigs County at their next
session, praying for a new road, commencing at
the south side of Dunham's Bun, where the new
road iately located strikes said run; thence the
nearest and best way through the lands of John
Woods, sen., Thomas Pickens and John Weldon,
io the town of Racine. A PETITIONER.
July 31, 18G0. 30-4 1
Notice to Trespassers.
HAVING been annoyed beyond endurance,
by a set of loafers, with bounds and guns,
trespassing upon my premises, notice is hereby
given, that any person hereafter entering iny
grounds without leave, for the purpose of hunt
ing or otherwise, will be prosecuted to the ex
tent of the law, and if that does not stop the
nuisance, summary measures will be resorted
to. These depredations must and sliall be stopped.
July 20, '60. 29-3t ROBERT HYSELL 2d.
AN ORDINANCE
To prevent the running at large of Swine.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Town Coun
cil of the town of Racine, That it shall be un
lawful for the owners of any swine to suffer
the same to go at large, within the corporate
limits of said town.
Sec. 2. That it sliall be the duty of the Mar
shal of said town to take up any swine found
running at large contrary to the provisions of
the first section of this ordinance, to put the
same in a pen or pound, and advertise the fact
by putting up written descriptions of said
swine, in three public places in said town.
Sec. 3. That the Marshal shall be allowed the
sum of twenty cents per head for each swine
taken up as aforesaid, ten cents per head for
advertising as aforesaid, and ten cents per
head for each day's keeping in said pen or
pound.
Sec. 4. That if the owner of any swine which
may be taken up. in accordance with the pro
visions of this ordinance, does not appear
within ten days from the date of the adver
tisement aforementioned, and pay the charges
for taking up, advertising and keeping said
swine, the Marshal shall sell said swme at pub
lie auction; and the proceeds of said sale, after
paying the expenses which may have accrued,
shall .be paid into the treasury of the corpora
tion. Sec. 5. That this ordinance shall take effect
from and after the tenth dav of August, A. J).
1860.
JJone by l!ie Town Cotine'l of the town of
Racine this 23d day of Jul v, 18'jO.
J. L. WALLAH, Mayor.
II. L. Siblet, Ilecordor. W-HJ
Xnvc advertisements.
thos. h. dawsos
Holja himself in readiness to repair Accordeons
atl(j p iutins. Keys inserted, ana instruments
nut. in irood 'ofder. Charges moderate. By
FOR SALE
V SMALL TTouse and lot on Back street, in
rc:ir of the Boiling Mill.
July 20, 1800. 30-31 C. R- POMEROl .
PERRY-: ,D A VI S'a
VEGETABLE
JPain Killer
WE BEG TO CALL THK ATTKNTION OF THE
4UBL10 TO THIS LONG TESTED ANi UNKl
VALLEU .
Family medicine.
The Pain Killer is a purely vegetable eompoand,
and while it is a moat eliieient Keinedy for Fain, it i
rerfectly safe jnediciue even in the most unstilful
For Summer Complaint,
or anv other form of Bowel Disease in Children or
Adults, it 13 almost a certain cureTam has without
dOHbt eoI1 more suceeSJjfui jn CUrii.e the various
kinds of
cholera
it .1 1. . 1... j
uiuii oil oittor & 11 11 w h reiucu), vi
tilf , : : , India. Africa, and China,
the most
where this dreadful disease is ever more or less pfV-
uleiit, the
PAIN KILLER,
is considered by the natives, as well as by European
residents, iu those climates, .'.,,.
A Sure KemeUy. . ,
Asa Tonic for the Stomach, it is unrivalled. A
few doses will relieve severe cases of
i-.li '.Indigestion, ;4 ' " ''
and it Is often a perfect.cure for '
Dyspepsia
in its most aggravated forms. IU tonic and stimula
ting properties, arousing the system to vigorous ac
tion, render il a most enecluai cure for '
Colds and Coughs,
when nsed according to directions. ' ":
t or external application it is unsurpassed by any
medical preparation known. , ,
Itlicuniatism,
and Neuralgic Affections are quickly relieved and
otten cured by it. Any soreness iu tne Muscles or
Joints can be relieved by its application. It cures
instantly the most violent .. ..
Tootiiacbe.
It should always be kept near at band, to be nsed
in cases of severe . . .
Burns o Scalds,
If applied immediately, according to directions, it
will give ins ant relief, and prevent blistering.
It is peculiarly adapted to the wants of
; Steam boat men,
and others traveling on our Western Rivers.
' iLf directions accompany each bottle. . t
it has beeu tested in every variety of climate, and!
by almost every nation known to Americana. It is
the almost constant companion and inestimable
friend of the missionary and the traveler on sea
and laud and no oue should travel on our lakes or
rivers without il. . - . . ..
Sold by dealers everywhere.'
CAUTION. -
The public will be cautious that they get the gen
uine Pain Killer, as some unprincipled men use
that name for their own worthless compounds; iu so
doing they deceive.tbe community, and infringe
upou the "Tradb Mark" of Perry Davis.
PHICES--25 Cents, 0 Cents and 91 Per
Bottle.
J. K. HARR'S & CO., Proprietors for the South and
West.
.-Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sold wholesale ahd retail by '. 4
July 31, I860. 30-ly "
DR. S. O. RICHARDSON'S
SHERRY-
Wine B i t ters.
The Celebrated New England Remedy .
FOR
HABI TUAIJ CONSTIPATION.
Jaundice, Fever and Ague, Cen
tral Debility, and all other
Diseases arising from a
Disordered Sto in acli, ..
laver, Bowels,
such as
Acidity of the Stomach, Indigestion, Hartbaror
Loss of Appetite, Costiveuess, Blind and Bleeding
Piles, Disgust of Food, Sour Eructions, Sinking or
Muttering ot the fit of the stomaca, Dimness oi
Vision. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the
Side, Back, Chest or Limbs, and in all cases where a
TkSIC is necessary. . , .-: ..-
The Sherry Wini Bitters are prepared by a regu
larly educated Physician of note and position.
1 hey are the most
Pleasant and Valuable
Tonic of the day. They are Just what persons re
quire when recovering from protracted illness, or in
the Spring of the year, when a Mi-diciual Tonic is
required. They are largely recommended, by Phy
sicians through the West, and the proprietors are
daily in receipt of lettars noting cures by their use.
Thomas Stanford or Blountsville. Henry County,.
Ind., writes us, under dale of Alav 4th, I860, that for
three years he was afflicted with "Nervous Debility,
of the most positive character, and could get no re
lief, until he used the - ,
Sherry Wine Bitters, .
Which soon completely restored him, and be is
now in robust health.
One of the GREATEST CURES EVER KNOWS,
was that of Go. W. Hoffman, Berwick, Seneca
County, Ohio. He had been afflicted with Rheuma
tism in all its various forms for about twenty years,
he hud nsed everything recommended by tbe skill
of Physicians, but got no permanent reliel. until lbs
Bitters were introduced, and three bottles cuied
hiiB. He writes us two years after Ms -cure, and
says, "I have no return' of the . complaint," and
further says, "I think and believe that Ln Knenma
tisin, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, and Kidaey Af
fections, or Dropsy , it is a Specific certain remedy.''
Sold by dealeis iu medicines generally. ,
Price, 75 Cents per Bottle. '
J. X. HARRIS & CO.,
Cincinnati, Ohio,
General Agents for the Southern and Western.
States. Sold bv D. REED, Poiueroy, O.
July 31, 1S60 30-ly
r m m mm mmi .w 7 -0
nifmtT failinz Antidote for Sick Head-
rt ache. DvsDepsia, Fever and Ague. A
Vy Liver Complaint, Costiveness,
Biliousness, ftcnralgia. Colic, f ,
J Depraved Appetite, Disor- a
V dcred Stomach, Fcmaie
Obstructions, ic
25 eta.
ttttt jn"M s -PTT.T.S are universally ar-
w.w.rcici,H.i tnh tliKluotnow In use. As a Family
medicine they are particularly recommended-simple
. . 1 . . 1. 1 ,V 1 .. .1 ilnn1 tn ,linl. Mint
ana narmiess, uui inmj uraui,iu.
htntinn. Dno Pill a dose, with mild but cer
tain effects. The robust man and the delicate child
ose theiu alike, with every assurance or enure
safety. With "Wilson's Fills, TeryMotlKii.
the land becomes her own physician. They have
proved themselves a erscrnc, ana soma wnnoui
rival lor the following affections :
HEADACHE, IEVEB & AGUE,
HEADACHE, FETEB & AGUE,
DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINT,
DYSPEPSIA, irVEE COMPLAINT, .
Costiveness, Biliousness, .Neuralgia,
Costiveness, Biliousness, Neuralgia,
Sold by Druggists &r Dealers everywhere.
fhepakku hi .
B. L. PAHITESTOCK & CO,
Importers &. Wholesale Druggists
Ho. 60, corner wood and 4th Bts.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
sou ranpamoBS or
0 B. L. Fahnestock's Vermifuge. 4
DR. WEAVER'S
CANKER & SALT RHEUM
FOR THE CliRK OF
Canker, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Scrifulous Dis
eases, Cutaneous Eruptions, and every kind
ef Disease arising from an impure . .
state of ibe Blood. . r
The most Effective Blood Purifier
of the MncteentU Century.
It is the prescription of an educated physician,
and all who are afflicted with any of the above
named diseases should use it without delay. It will
drive the disease from the system, and when once out
on the skin, a few applications of
D K . WEAVER'S
CERATES OINTMENT,
and you have a permanent cure.
The Cerate has proved itself to be the best Oint
meat ever invented, and where once nsed, it has
never been known to fail of perfecting a permanent
cure of Old .Sores, Tetter and Ringworm, Scald!
Head, Clullblains and Frost Bites, Barber's Itchr
Chapped or cracked Hands or Lips, Blotches or
Pimples on the Face, ami for
soie Hfipples,
the Cerate is the thing required to-cure. 1 should
be kept in the house of every family.
' Price of Cerate, 25 Cents per Bottle..-
Fold by most dealers in Medicines.
J. N. II A ISIS CO., Proprietor
for Western States,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Tn whom all orders for above Medicine may bo-ad'iri-ss.-d.
l.y l. REED, Fomcroy, 0
July 3!, 1B60. 3U-ly