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V 0 M E LI 0 Y TEL E G RAP II . T. A. PLANTS. E0ITOR. TIKW.IY t i I I I I . Uuited States President OF ILUXiUJ. . For Vice t'resuk-ut of the United Status, JIV$NIJAL IIAAILTN ' For Presidential Kleetow of the Stafc at, largo, IIREDKIUCK HASSAT'llKK, JOSKl'H M. UOOT, ' V ohjrrwmnuf Pistrn-t!., li Wrfct. --8. Kgleiion.' 2d. - VTilMim M. Dickson. !d. . Frank Mc.W hi nnoy, 4th.' ' .Toha Rilcv Knox. 1. H.; Marpliy. "ill. " Nolsnn.RiK.li... . 'tli. " " John f. IlinkleT ' 'tin - S. Dundy. ' - Itfcri? vTtanl! ft. IfceVitrY. 1 1 1AtU ft-'."- n John- Bcart ie. . -, '. WiHnrd Sloeum. t , , , Joseph AnWcnjv . ' Edward fiaj?. , - ; ' John A.-Thi'veripiirt."-'-- Smnucl P. Philln i..lc. : STATE TICIIUT. IRth.; 17t(t' lftlK'- J. ..,! , (For $uprm Judge... ... " '' JM'OB MIINKKRHOFF. " For AUomeT General, , yJAMRJS MURRAY. ' !, . Jr'or Member Itaard, of Pub. Works,1 IKVI SARGENT. . ;, DISTRICT TICKET. For Member of Congress,. - v V. B. HORTON. COWfXTY TICKET. Probate ? .Jjge W.M.; H: . LASLJ5Y, AWitV AARON tfTlVEH. Clerk U. Tv.'SIBJ.EY. .... . V Treasure!-- KO. H OKOW. Recorder ?, S, lVtNrl. Y.'l I . . (.'ommissioncr J. R. ELLIS. C'oroncri-n.'jL.. WATERMAN.1, InflrmaTy, Director N. STANSBURY, DEMOCRVCT 191 PENJSSTIiVANIA. " ! It will be remembered that the Dent ocratic State Convention of Pennsylvania wits held bciro the, CharlestQn and Bal timore divisions. An ; Electoral and State ttieket was duly nominated, and every" r! Democratyr ' paper iri! the ' State proi-lahued every niau upon it a, true a ud . immaculate Democrat. ,So things went oit siarjothly until the rupture at Balttmprev '"Here it was 'discovered that Democracy meant unreasonirig:'deYoiiOTi t'. ui?)t a servile nun-worship. But there-was another discovery; made at the barne-time; which. was, that all would not worship tlw same man." And on these inipprtajit discoveries, a' spectre, in the veritable garb of the "irrepressible con flict,'' stepped into the midst of the broth erhood,'and, like the confounding of the tongues of the Babel builders, scattered the1 conspirators into hostije clans. " - Oathe return of the faithful Pouglasitcs to Pennsylvania, the astounding fact was revealed to them, and to the world, that the great, 'good, patriotic, and Jmmacu ulately Democratic-electors which they had nominatedat their State Convention, and had so extravagantly extolled, wre nof Doaglasites at all, but were "dis nnionistP,'1 "traitors," "corrupt Dema gogues," and worshipers of that "arch- traitor;'; and "disunionist," , John C. ' Breckinridge! . Was ever innocence so imposed upon before?" Of all , the ' 27 electors nominated by the "united and ' i i .J t ' ' -' .... harmonious party," not one but was a "traitor!'.and "disunionist!"' ' ;. ; p Well,-the" Douglasites could not stand this, ruul so they called another State Convention, of the pure and honest party, which .met at Harrisburg last week, and refused to vote for the ticket they'Tiad nominated : and praised so h'ghly liHt a few short weeks before; and turning It over, tohe Breckinridgers, recommended the calling! of still another Convention to nominate a Douglas elce toYal iicl'et that willetick with th3"Little Giant' if such men can be found in tbe State. . , , ' '.' ' ... '.' I'll ' ' W !'"' i. ' lu.the meantime the leaders are openly negotiating with the remnaiit of.Know nothmgism for a fusion with what they liavejheretofore denounced as the "dark lantern 'party." The scheme is a des perate, pne, but the, Douglasites are jn a desperate condition, and drowning -men, it kJ said; wiilV:atch at straws.'- The po sitlbil 'ofjtfae i Douglas factioi Would be a ' jwtlable qne, iff ,i,t were not, for', the,: un mistakable fyct which stands out to the comprchen.sion of all men, that they are but reaping- the harvest of deception, fnfud and ! treafchery which the leaders have so long been bwuigl It Is an im-" lortant- lestsoa which all history teaches, Uut whicU'Upprincipled. politicians will . :i6t leam-r-that h i permanent prosperity 4-annot be' built 'upon a foundation -of falgehorjd " and ' hypocrisy,. : Whether 1hoe leaders will ever coaaprehend it or K-oJho-.eteeaal .truthlwill rewaiu,! that "honesty &1 ho" best policy.' i : The Chicago TleralJ.a Douglas paper, f-p.eaks thus depoRdngy,-yet iruly, of tke-pjlitical propeete T- .-.! T.pt? ThdiYisi6n erery day becomes more nmktdvT3e prospect of harmonious aeriony to any extent, becomes more and more.dinl.: A faatl nmliee teems tojuete eaten irifo&vnwryriettrt,: A Cinunerian darhHessrtktcJccm along- the im vf. our po litU'abviacbn.' We nmh-vpon ow-fate. c: ' W tliowght'our DcHiglas friends had ! aBUu't f large i a contract oil hand as they conld well fill', "in their fight with their estranged brethren the Breckin ridgers. But tit.,s,ems ffpm the above that they haA,aSothrnmy to contend. withi- t naiely,thii ." Jr at. -. VV e are glad to see that they "are about tcP saet that enemy iil a Var-ike ' mattBer: The Herald, as thjj.lea.rer,of.the hosts, assms-the world " We are rmldrig vjpoourJFate.'' The euqouBter-Jbetween the Douglas j party audits "Jate'ijffill- be a fcarfV?ue, .es-; jvtfw14y ft8-thy-flr going it with a rush. of the , T,lB T"RSiTAl7uE5IOC- The history of the last six years dem- yltwtrates that the rtrincinlesi ami noliirv niis-caileii.i'eniocratic party, can- . i not be maintained in atiy State where ' r : freedom of speech and the prcsa is.al ALIiAHAm LIjYCOEN, 5 Ignorant niado much, and ; passion and prejudice, skillfully, exci- ted by unscrupulous demagogues may I do more to uphold the cheat for a time, i1"1 l!lC rPuIar heart and conscience : llOinnf " m tin 11,1.1.4- 1ia nnnnlA think and talk, and as the truth breaks ' . in upou them, will act it out. And hence I it is, that nothing less than brutal force, id mob violence can maintain the .Democratic party.; Wherever the peo ple are so far enlightened and resolute 't as to make this despotism on the part of i the leaders impracticable, the success of I the party is hopeless. - j This must- be manifest to the most atpid,"if ther will but5 look" over the Jtire country. In the Free States, I where common schools have made the j people intelligent, and the leaders have , not dared to resort- to force, the shams iinu jiauus wincu mey nopeu wouiu an swer the same purpose have beeu swept away, and the Democratic party is every where repudiated, j While in the South, the party is sustained only by the sup pression of the freedom of speech and the press and a "reign of terror" which; makes the very .name of ' freedom a mockery. Knowing well that their principles and policy will not bear in vestigation, the leaders, acting upon the ignorance and prejudices of the baser classes, arc able, through "Vigilance Committees and brutal mobs to "put; down," and "crush , out" to use their favorite terms all who would expose their tyranny. r. ,.: -. An instance has just occurred in Franklin CounfyMissonri.1 which illus trates this: ,.T "Mr. S. Hurbaugh, editor of the Clfi-zett'-Public, Advcrtiscry. printed at Lex ington, Frankliu County, Mo., publishes a statement in the Missouri. Democrat to the etTect that having put up the names of Lincoln1 and Hamlin. at the .head: of his papcrj. he was called .upon " the same day by a mob of pro-slavery men, who took possession of andidestroycd his press and printing office and compelled him to leave" that part of the State the same day:5 They declared that the names of Lincoln and Hamlin should not go upon the poll books and that they would prevent any man voting for them or die in the attempt." ; Suppose the Republicans, in the States where they have the power, should take such means vto perpetuate it--how would wir Democratic neighbors like the application of their own system to them selves?' Suppose mobs of Republicans should destroy all Democratic papers in, say 3Iassachusetts;L where they have as great a majority as the Democrats have in Missouri, should forcibly break u all Democratic meetings should publicly insult and mal-trcat every one known to sympathize with the Democratic party should violently prevent any one from voting the1 Democratic ticket, would our Democratic friends quietly submit? No! You say you would not submit to such treatment. Well, is it not worth reflect ing, then, that possibly the Republicans may not submit to this; thing much longer. .... i Anguat Elections. Elections were held yesterday in Ala- j bam a, Arkansas, Kentucky, " Missouri, and Texas'; of course we have no return as yet. .; Their-; importance consists chiefly in the influence they will exert upon the contest for President in No vember. The contest in the Slave States is substantially between Breckinridge and Bell. Douglas ' and Lincoln will get some votes in some of the Southern States, but not euough to interfere ma terially with the contest between Breck inridge and Bell. Should the Breckin ridge ticket succeed at these State Elec tions, the Presidential contest in these States, as well as all the South, may be considered as ended,, and the fight for final victory will be substantially .be tween Lincoln a nd Breckinridge. Neither Bell in the South nor Douglas in the North, .will probably receive a single electoral vote. But if the Bell and Douglas factions succeeded in defeating the Breckinridge candidates in these States, yesterday, they will contest the Presidential elections also, and by "coa lition" and "fusion" make a desperate effort to throw the election into Con gress, where it is believed the will of the people can be set . at defiance and Joe Lane elected President by the Sen ate. ; It is the only hope of the leaders, of the factions to defeat the election of Lincoln. And hence the deep interest taken in these State elections by thi& Democratic papers in Ohio. A1 few days will bring the returnsj and settle the'future "conduct' of the campaign! In ther. meantime, the . people look upon the maneuver of the politicians with perfect composure, having made up their minds to elect ..Lincoln by a popu lar vote that will make their "fusions" arid coalitions of no-avail. ; ' - For Brceltinrtdge. ' - ; Senator, Rice j&f Mijinesptfi, and the Democratic candidate,-for Governor of the same. State, are out for Dreckinridge. This new State of the North -west repu diated the United Democracy last year by nearly five thousand maj-ority. A ..She will give Licla twenty thousand in Novmber naxt over either ofhis com petttors'. The North-west, heretofore the strongest hold 6 theDemeicrats,.will roll up such majerities for Lincoln' as was never before givea for any l'f esiden- tial candidate.' The people- are awake and thoroughly in earnest., Jtlias been a hard lesson to learn, jbut they have learned at last, that the professions of the party were made but to' deceive the honest free laborers. Having had, the fact forced upon themby a fatal experi ence, they are not likely to forget it soon. The doom, of the Democratic party is Eeak'd. AND STIL.L. TI1KY COME. Hon. Ed. Archbold, of Monroe Co., Ohio, a life-long Democrat an ex-Sen-attrr and the leading spirit of the party in the Constitutional Convention has left the sinking wreck, and will take the stump for Lincoln and Hamlin. Mr. Archbold has held the party together in his county for years past, until it is known all over the country as the "Democratic Gibraltar." But he cannot go the Slave Code, Breckinridge wing and will not go the Dred Scott, Slave Code, Douglas faction. As the only course left him as an honest and con sistent man, he supports the platform and pandidates of the Republican party. He made a speech the other night, at Woodsfield, the place of his residence, in which he announced his purpose, and gave his reasons for joining the ranks of the friends of freedom. We shall be much disappointed if the course adopted by Mr. Archbold is not followed by a large portion of the party in South-eastern Ohio! Men are be coming tired , of eternal shams and double-dealing. The duplicity of the Donglns leaders is disgusting the better part of their former followers. There is a great question in issue before the American peopleone involving the vital interests of the free laborers of the countryaud their children after them. On one side stands the Republican party, manfully contending for the right, and on the other, the propagandists of slavery, with equal boldness, maintain ing the wrong. Between these contend ing forces, on the final triumph of one , , , . or millions, Douslas steps in as an m- i tcrloper, and proclaiming that right and Wrong are both the same to him that he : is perfectly indifferent " whether slavery is voted up or voted down," has the cool assurance to ask the American people to give him the control of the patronage of the Government, that he may reward his followers with the libe ral hand of an unscrupulous partisan. Is it any wonder that the conscience and common instincts of the people re volt at this spectacle? The failure of Douglas to receive a single Electoral vote will be the righteous response of the people, and the blasting of his am bition, the just reward of his abandon mcnt of principle. ' , NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION. : The State election came off in North Carolina, on Thursday last. We have not yet received the returns sufficiently to indicate the result. The Republicans have bufc very little interest in the mat ter; but to the various factions opposed to the Republican party it is of immense importance. Thousands of people in all the Southern States are waiting to see which of the pro-slavery factions are the strongest, ready to fall into the ranks as sbou as that fact is ascertained. The Cincinnati Enquirer, Statesman, and other Douglas papers in Ohio, have given the August elections in the South ern States, and particularly in North Carolina and Kentucky, an importance which no State elections ever before pos sessed. The whole hope, of securing anything like a respectable vote , for Douglas in the South, depends upon the result of these State elections. It is ad mitted that if the Breckinridge faction carry T these States now, Douglas will have no shadow of a chance ' to carry a single Southern State in November. The same is true of Bell, and his sup porters are earnest in the effort to defeat the Breckinridge tickets in these States, this month. In North Carolina atf open coalition has been effected between the Douglas and American parties. John W.Ellis is the Breckinridge candidate for Gov ernor, and John Pool the American can didate. The Dougiaslts have no candi dcte, but. support the American ticket in hopes to defeat the. Breckinridgers. If they subceed it is hoped that the Douglas and Bell coalition will carry the State, "at the .Presidential election, one half the .Electors pledged to vote for Douglas and the other half for Bell. But if the Breckinridge ticket was elected on Thursday, it is admitted that the effect will, be to throw the eft tire South into the hands of Breckinridge. ; The object of all the factions is to prevent an election by the people! if pos sible, and then gamble for the office and the spoilsin Congress or the Senate.-r-We believe, however,, that the people will elect Lincoln, and save the country from the scenes of strife and. corruption which would follow if these dishonest traffickers should succeed in defeating the electiotyby the people.; - A Spicy Little Letter. ...j j . Hon. D., S, Dickinson, of N, Y., has long been the leading Democrat of that State, and a prominent candidate of the party for President. He has just writ ten a letter which is . published in the Long Island Farmer.. 'Our Douglas friends ought to read it carefully, as it shows in very : plain 'English' what the leaders think of each other.' The Doug lasites are perfectly frantic over their prospects, ; and ' are trying to effect a "trade and dicker" fusion with all the factions in N. Y., to defeat Lincoln in that State if possible. This letter shows the estimate of Douglas and his follow ers, in the mind of Mr. Dickinson. ' Here is the letter:-; - ' ' ; Bisr.iiiMTON, July 12, 1800. ' Dear Sir:-1 see no way for the Na tional Democracy but to support Breck inridge. The party has fallen into the hands of gamblers and triclcsters. To get ' i. n fi fncirui ir.lrci.t. Trrmlri rvnlw 'noi-TAfnntrt ' their corrupti influence, and I am for standing by principle and taking the eonsequeaces - : ' ' Tmly'yours,' - D. S. DickinsOX. Pierpput Potter, Esq. . . Death of a Coiisresstonal Candidate. In'dtAnai'OLTS, August 1. A private dispatch from Delphi, states r that Hon. ! Isaac A. Rice-, Republican candidate for ' Cbngress, in the Eighth District, died at ten o'clock this morning, after an illness j of thirty-six hour?. B"Our readers are referred to an article, in another column, copied from the New York Herald. It will be seeu that the Herald distinctly gives up the j contest in favor of Lincoln, but with j true Democratic instincts announces the "dissolution of the Union" as the con sequence. I tie pictures he draws, or the hopeless demoralization of the va rious factious, which oppose the Repub lican party, as well as the compact unity and force of the Republicans, is true to the life. But will these jarring factions, with the aid of the Herald, at tempt the threatened overthrow of the Government, on the election of anhonest man to the Presidency by the people? We believe .the leaders are desperate enough to do it if they could reap any personal benefit from the traitorous at tempt. But the hand of Providence is evidently seen in the madness of the schemers. If either faction -were strong enough to accomplish the purpose, the attempt would doubtless be made. But, while they all hate the Republicans, the fierce rivalry and selfish ambition of the conspirators, make it impossible that they can trust each other. And as the whole scheme of the traitors is one of personal ambition, the Douglasite will not risk his neck in a plot, in the profits of which the Breckinridger i&-:to share with him. And so with the followers of Breckinridge and Bell. . In the intense rivalry and mutual hatred of the leaders of the factions, consists the security of the Government and the safety of the people from the threatened revolution and anarchy. The peoplo will elect Lin coln as the Herald admits. And having elected him they will take care of the Burrs and Arnolds. No: disruption of the Government will follow. It may become necessary to hang a few cf the plot ters, but beyond that wo don't think there will be much trouble. . TI1K NATIONAL DEMOCRAT, , Publishedttt Cleveland, in this State, is out, for Breckinridge and Lane. It sees no use in supporting Douglas, as he has no chance of an election, and a vote for him has no significance. The Dem ocrat knows that the party, as such, is purely pro-slavery, and can never hope to succeed on any other platform. The doctrines and policy of the Republicans have taken so strong a hold upon the convictions of the people of the Free States, that dough-faces can no more hope to succeed with their double-faced platforms, which the most stupid has found to mean submission to the demands of the disunionists when the election is oyer, and without the entire vote of the South the party has no show at all. Hypocrisy can no longer win, and the Democrat therefore throws off the mask and boldly goes the figure before the election, with the certainty of defeat, as it well knows the whole party would have done, after the election, if success ful. ' It has the virtue of acting openly, and will stand in the presence of the majority of the citizens rather in the light of a daring and bold robber than that of the crawling thief, or smooth faced swindler. Neither character will be highly admired. And yet the feel ing of utter contempt is not so involun tarily excited for the one as for the other. How many Breckinridge men have we in Meigs County? Summary of Domestic New. A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in Cincinnati last week by the Ger man Republicans. Fred Ilassaurek, and c4ters, made thrilling speeches, and the crowd evinced their appreciation by the heartiest kind of cheering. The Cincin nati Gazette says: Hamilton County will give Lincoln a rousing majority in No flbnibcr. The National Democrat, published at Cleveland, Ohio, and which has hoisted the Breckinridge ticket, says: "That if Mr. Douglas shall continue in the field, and succeed in drawing off votes enough to defeat Breckinridge, 'he and his friends will have to abide the wrath of an abused and betrayed Democ racy.' Will Douglas withdraw?" The, Union, published at Bangor, Maine, the leading Democratic organ of that State, repudiates Douglas.-and has hoisted the names of Breckinridge and Lane, It knows that the Republicans will carry the State by thousands over both wings of the Democracy, and it fol lows its instincts and goes with the South, as usual. ' ; A very , large Breckinridge meeting was held in Covington last weekj at which speeches and resolutions, repudi ating Douglas and endorsing Breckin ridge and Lane were enthusiastically re ceived. The contest between JBell and Breckinridge will be close in Kentucky. Douglas has no show there. . . A Shooting Affray. ' A shooting affray occurred ori'Witch er's ' Creek, 15 miles above Charleston, on Friday night, June the 1st, about 10 o'clock. The parties engaged were Samuel' Suiithers and Jonas Stanley. The circumstances, as we .learn them, were briefly these: Smithers started up the creek in pursuit of runaway negroes. When some distance up, he was accosted by Stanley (who was accompanied by Philip Cole), wh6 ordered him to leave the creek, which Smithers refused to do. An altercation ensued, and Smithers re treated some 200 or 300 yards, when he was overtaken by Stanley. He seized Smithers by the throat, and struck him in the face orice or twice, when Smith ers drew a revolver and fired. Two balls took effect, one in the left side,1 between the 8th and. 9th ribs, the other in the thigh. At the last accounts Stanley was doing well, with a prospect of recovery, though the ball in his side had not besn extracted. " It is proper to state, that ..- - And Still Tney Come. The Milwaukee Wiscomin, formerly the leading Democratic paper ' of - the State, but more recently independent, with Democratic sympathies, has come out squarely and strongly for Lincoln. It has been strongly inclined to support Douglas, but havihsj despaired of his nomination under such circumstances as would present the slightest chance of his success, it takes its position in the Re- j publican ranks. ' From the New York Herald. The Overwhelming Moral Iasue of This Presidential Contest The Slavery Ques tion. -. i The political elements of the country ' opposed to the Republican party are in j a state of chaos. In the North they are i divided upon men and secondary ab stractions into clashing factions, as hos tile against each other as against the common enemy; in the South, where the exigency demands a united people, act ing under a common impulse, th it of self- preservation, the same factious discords prevail. Nor is this all. The South, like a strong man struck senseless by a heavy blow, Hcems to have lost the con sciousness of its position, with the dis ruption of the Democratic party. There is a general apathy existing in the South, a confusion of ideas, a relaxation of the moral energies of her people, an im becility of purpose, which may be likened to the despairing condition of a ship's crew adrift upon the fragments of their broken vessel, with neither land nor sail in sight. At this moment the anti-slavery Re publican party of the North, representing hardly one-third of the popular vote of the country, is morally certain of elect ing its candidates for President and Vice President, by a majority of the electoral vote of the Union. The only party in the field limited to one section, in being rigidly excluded from the other, it is the only existing party which ex hibits anything of positive strength, unity, efficiency and confidence in its movements. This is a very extraordi nary state of things, and is utterly be yond a satisfactory solution upon the ephemeral party organizations and party platforms of the day. We can reach an explanation only upon the basis of that great overwhelming moral issue of slavery, as an institution of good or evil, of right or wrong. And this is the exact issue, which, though unrecognized or evaded by our parties, factions and politicians, has pro duced this formidable anti-slavery coali tion in the North, and tnis impotent di vision of the political elements of both sections opposed to it. This underlying fundamental Northern idea, that the in stitution of Sourthern slavery is a sin; that it is founded in error and against right; that its fruits are poisonous; that its pretensions are false and -incompatible with our free institutions, and that it must be hunted out of the country, will account for this solid front of the Republican party; so, too, the conflict ing opinions of Democrats and Union party men, North and South, upon this broad question of good or evil, of right or a mere usurpation of right, in refer ence to slavery, will account for the in curable divisions of the forces opposed to the Republican party. Before the invention of the cotton gin, slavery North and South was almost universally considered an evil. Its ad vocates resed their defense upon the plea that it was a necessary evil, under the circumstances which surrounded them, but that time would provide a remedy. Soon after the invention of the cotton gin slavery began to assume, not only the features of a permanent es tablishment, but the form of a con trolling agency in our political affairs. This was strikingly made mauifest in the Missouri agitation of. 181G-20. Some eight or ten years later the first of our Northern Abolition societies were set in motion, including a newspaper organ in Boston, and another in this city, a daily paper, call . the Journal of Commerce, started under the auspices of Arthur Tappan, David Hale and Gerard Ilal lock; that paper, with all its variations of thirty years, has stood fast to that primary idea to which it owes itsWigin, that slavery is an evil, and that emanci pation is a duty. It was not, however, until 1841, that these Northern anti-slavery movements entered actively and decisively into the work of our Presidential elections, as a Northern political balance of power. In that year Mr. Clay, although in sen timent an anti-slavery man, was regarded by the abolitionists as a Southern apol ogist of slavery, and upon this test some fifteen thousand whig votes in this State were thrown for Birney, the anti-slavery candidate for President, whereby the election was decided in favor of Polk, the, pro-slavery Democratic nominee. But upon the same general issue the ta bles were turned in 1848 against the Democratic party by the independent free soil Buffalo organization, with Mar tin Van Buren as their Presidential champion. Thus, by the divisiou of the Democratic vote of this State, Gene ral Cass was defeated, and General Tay lor was elected President. And it is not the least singular feature of that election that the line which was then drawn by Van Buren through the cen tre of the Democratic party of New York has never been obliterated, but will account for the line drawn through the Democratic party of the Union at the late Charleston and Baltimore Con vention. In 1852, upon the platform of Mr. Clav's compromise measures of 1850, there was an overwhelming reaction, North and South, in favor of peace upon the slavery question. Under this con servative reaction the old whig party was prostrated and dissolved, and the anti-slavery agitation, it was hoped, Were rendered powerless for at least twenty years to come, j But in .1854, Messrs; Mason, Jefferson Davis,' Atchi son and Douglas, of the United States Senate, and poor Pierce, hit upon that desperate Presidential and new Slave State experiment, the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and from that day to this hour, the aroused and five-times multiplied anti slavery legions of the North have been steadily advancing toward the White House, until their occupations of it on the 4th of March next appears to be an inevitable event. The simple truth is, that the contest is between the anti-slavery sentiment of the North and the pro-slavery sentiment of the South. It is the "irrepressible conflict" proclaimed by W. U. Seward; but it will not result, as he has pro claimed it, in making all the States Free States or Slave States.. .Par other wise. The most probable result will be the withdrawal of the bulk of the Slave States from the Union, sooner or latar, peace or war, ;But it is possible that this conflict may be prolonged until there shall appear a party strong enough to maintain slavery within the Union, not only as recognized by the compacts of the constitution, but upon that high moral ground that, as existing in the United States, negro slavery is right, is good and proper, a divinely ordained institution. Upon this fundamental issue the Re publican party now have all the advan tages on their side. Hence the solidity of their columns, and hence the dis tractions and divisions among the con servative and pro-slavery forces opposed to them.. But under a popular govern ment like our, such a Southern institu tion as this of slavery can never be safe until public opinion in the North shall have been trained at least so far to rec ognise it right and good as to let it alone. Will that day ever come? We know not; but we know, for we see, that this Presidential contest, for good or evil, is the beginning of the end. The Great Eastern. Cape May, July 31. The Steamship Great Eastern arrived here at 8 this morning. She has 2,087 passengers. One steamboat accompanied her to the bar last evening. She got over the bar safely at twelve minutes after 7 P. M., high tide, and two feet to spare. She then started at full speed, the band playing. At Sandy Hook, the eighty ton an chor was secured with great difficulty, the loop of the cast block having been broken. It was replaced, when the cap stain was found to be too small for the cable, the slack of which was pulled out by the weight of the anchor. This jarred "the bow of the vessel tremen dously a dozen times. The sea was very smooth and light, and the vessel made a graceful roll of three degrees. Land was lost sight of at half past eight P. M. At this time the Highland lights were last seen, and there was a slight haze on the water, but a splendid moonlight overhead. Among the passengers there was much grumbling, in consequence of the scar city of the water. This was caused by the cock of a compartment having been left open, flooding the icehouse and store rooms. A considerable quantity of pro duce and provisions was injured by this disaster, and food consequently became scarce. At night five hundred persons slept on the deck, which was rendered very unpleasant by a thick rain of cinders. The accommodations were very meager. Not more than one hundred women were on board. On the voyage water was sold at ten cents a glass. An indignation meeting was held on board, and resolutions were passed cen suring the Directors for the singular conduct of the officers toward the pass engers. The Great Eastern sails for New Yrork at six o'clock to night, and will reach there at six o'clock in the morning.' Communicated. For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph. Mr Editor: In witnessing, with you, the operation of "Crary's Shingle Ma chine," I could not help thinking that our race is greatly benefited by those who combine the mechanical forces and apply them in the production of articles for the convenience,comfort,andeven lux uries of life lessening the cost of the pro ducts and by so . doing placing them within the reach of all. , The eonsumers of cotton fabrics, thirty-five or forty years, in paying 50 and 62 cents per yard for brown muslin, paid no more than a fair equivalent for their production, but the cotton-gin and power-loom now furnish us with a supe rior articlefor 6 and 10cent3 peryard,and yetwe now pay more for the same amount of muscular labor than was paid then and hence the credit of its cheapness must pass to the account of those who inven ted the gin and power-loom. So, in most of the callings of life, new appliances and combinations of forces and mechanical contrivances arc brought into service to do the labor of the less accurate, less endurin and less expeditious muscles and sinews of man. And in view of the successful conflict of mind with matter, if we are to judge of the future by the past, the beginning of the next century will find us far in advance of what we are now, when chemical science and mechanical contrivence? will draw from nature other motive power than that she .now gives us through the distilling of water, when the atmosphere will be harnessed up to do our bidding and we bid adieu to steam, with all its attendant expen siveness and dangers. But, to "Crary's Shingle Machine:" Shaved shingles have heretofore been made by hand, and it takes a day of hard - labor to produce one thousand from soft timber, and hence the timber common to our country oak, walnut, ash, &c. for service durable, for quantity inexhaustible has been exclu ded from our roofs, because the making of them by hand is a great tax on our muscular energies,, which you are aware, Mr. Editor, is not very agreeable; and for want of good shaved shingles, sawed and cut shingles have been forced on the market, where in their manufacture the timber is forced contrary to its rift and the grain bruised and lacerated, so that when the shingles are laid together on the roof, they give the water its choice to go down, on the principle of gravitation, or up between the shingles, on the capil lary principle, the latter of which can be attested by immersing the ends of two sawed shingles, pressed together in a basin of water, when the water will follow up between the shingles from two to five inches; hence roofs made from such shingles are by no means durable. , Mr. Crary, by a happy combination of forces and ingenious mechanical con trivances, has invented a machine for this age and country, a machine almost indowed with thought certainly with action adjusting itself to any kind of timber, winding or "eaty," doing its work as well and as expeditiously in oak, walnut or any livable hard timber as in soft, making shingles thick or thin, wide or narrow, will not break, bruise or lacerate the grain or tear contrary to the rift; but will adjust itself to the habit and nature of the wood, and by so doing produce a better shingle then is usually made by hand. Observer. Street Fight Two Editors Shot. .. Lynchbcro, Vs., June 23. Joseph and Robert Button, editors of the Virginian, were shot in the street, to-day, by the brothers Hardwick, edit ors and proprietors of the Republican. One of the Buttons is said, to be mor tally and the other seriously injured. Both Hardwicks have been placed in jail. Mr. Cole was not a participant in the af fair, and though in company srith Stan- , . ia - n t xl. - ley, was some distance on wuuu me i shooting took place. We have it from good authority, that Stanley takes all the blame to himself, and says that Smithers was justifiable in what he did having acted entirely in self defense. Kanawha Republican. I. O. O. F. The niembcrs of Mineral Lode No. 2J2. 1. O. n v. 4 be present at the regu lar meeting this (Tues- 7 m jr day) evening. Matters feJ of importance will be brought before the Lodge Aug.7,18G0. 31-lt By order of the N. G, TAKEN UP, AT the Stable of the "Syracuse Coal and Salt. Company," on the 28th July, I860, a BAY MARE MULE, two years old. The owner can have the same by proving property and paying charges. JNO. BLAIll, Sup't. Aug. 7, 1800. 31-3t The Syraouse Flouring Mill FOR sale, with the lots on either side of it, on time to suit the purchaser. Inquire of ISAAC CARLETON. Aug. 3, 18G0. 31-4t KICIID, STEWARD. JOHN P. GILL1LAS. STEWARD Sz GtIjI.Il.AIff. This firm have located in the old stand of B. F. Stivers, on Front Street, a few doors below Nye's Saw-Mill. Horse-shoeing, Ironing Wagons and Buggies, and all kinds of jobbing work done in a satisfactory manner, at moder ate rates. 3-31-ly. PATTON & SNYDER HAVE this day formed a copartnership under the above firm name, ia the prose cution of the Livery business. We will be glad to see all the old patrons of the Stable; and as we are adding new stock to that already on hand, we will try to accommodate all. Aug. 2, 18C0. 31-3t Administrator's Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that the under signed has been appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Selah Barrett, deceased, of Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio; and there will be sold on the -premises of the de ceased, on the 25th day of August, 1860, com mencing at ten o'clock A. M- the fnilnwin. property, belonging to the estate, to wit: two Glares ami one ioir, lot, oi itay, YYneat growing, Corn and Potatoes, one Wagon and Harness, Plows, Harrow, Shovels, Picks, bench Planes, and other things, too tedious to mention. ALEXANDER HOGG, Adm'r. Aug. 2, 18G0. 31-3t Elezar liovet's Estate. NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber hag been appointed and qualified a ad ministrator on the estate of Elezar Lovet, late of Racine, Meigs County, Ohio. G. E. ACKLEY. . Aug. 1, 18G0 31-3t Sheriff's Sale. -J. & J. P. Stciuer vs. Eliag S. Edwards. BY virtue of an order of sale to me directed from the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs County, I will offer for sale, at the door of the Court-house in Pomeroy, nt 10 o'clock A; M, On Hie 7th day of September, 1860, the following described lands and tenements, to wit: a part of fractional part of 100 acre lot No. 299, in Salisbury township, in said county of Meigs, beginning at the south-west corner of Mrs. Thomas' lot; thence south 24 deg's west 50 feet to a stake; thence north 24 deg's east to a stake in the line of Mrs. Thomas' lot; thence west on Mrs. Thomas' lot to the place of Deginning; ana also lot JNo. 9, in a subdivision of said fractional part of 100 acre lot No. 299, being the same two lots sold to E. S. Edwards by T. A. Plants, by deed dated 30th day of iiarcn, 1804, which is to be sold as the prop erty of Elias S. Edwards, at the suit of J. & J. P. Steiner.- The first described lot appraised at $-500.00, and lot No. 9 at $400.00. Terms of sale, cash. " J. J. WHITE, S.,M. C. Aug. 1, 18G0. -31-St .; 3.00 RELIEF IN TEX MIRTITES. PULMONIC WAFERS!! The original Medicine Established in 1837, and first article of the kind ever introduced under the name of "Pulmonic Wafers," in this or any other coun try; all othei Pulmonic Wafers are counterfeits. The genuine can be known by the name of BRYAN being stamped on each WAFER. Brv4N'r Pulmonic Wafers : Relieve Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Brvan's Pulmonic Wafers Relieve Asthma, Bronchitis, Difficult Breathing. Brvan's Pulmonic Wafers . Relieve Spitting of Blood, Pains iu the Chest. Brvan's Pulmonic Wakurs Relieve Incipient Consumption, Lung Diseases." , Brvan's Pulmonic Wafers RcIiev-3 Irritation of tbe Uvula and Tonsils. Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers Relieve th above Complaints in Ten Minutes. Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers Are a Blessing to all Classes and Constitutions. BkyaiTs Pulmonic Wafers Aie adapted for Vocalists and Public Speakers. Bryan's Pulmonic Wafer's Are in a simple form and pleasant to the taste. Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers Not only relieve, but effect rapid and lasting Cures. Brvan's Pulmonic Wafers ' Are warranted to give satisfaction to every one. So family should be without a box of Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers in the house. traveler shouid be without a supply of Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers ' . in his pocket. No person will ever object to give for Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers '1'wenty-flve cents. JOB MOSES, Sole Proprietor, Rochester, N. Y. Sold by D. HEED, Pomeroy. 3-31-ly NOTICE. TOYAL Baldwin, of Brown County, in lti the Territory or Kansas, will take notice that A. G. Laird, of the county of Beaver, in the State of Pennsylvania, did, on the 12th day of July, A. D. 18G0; file his petition in the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Meigs, in tbe State of Ohio, against the said Royal Baldwin,"' defendent, setting forth, that the said Royal Baldwin is indebted to the said A. G. Laird in the sum of $125.73 and interest thereon from the 2d day of July, A. D. 1857, for money had and received by the said Royal Baldwin to and for the use of the said A. G. Laird before that time, and praying for a judgment against the said Royal Bald win for said sum of 125.73 and interest thereon from the said 2d day of July, A. D. 1857, and the said Royal Baldwin is hereby notified - that an order of attachment has been issued in this case, and returned, find that he is -Required to appear and answer said petition on or before the third Saturday after the 11th day of Sep tember, A. D. 1860, A. G. LAIRD.' . By Simpsos & Lasley, his Atty's. July 30th, I860. l-5t. ' ' ' R E M O V A L.' HAVING 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 cluap. My Gallery, being furnished 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. I RESPECTFULLY notify the public that I am now open ing a fancy Buggy and Wagon Shon.on Mulberry street, oddo- site the Court-house, in Pomeroy. 1 have on hand, and intend to keep ready mado work, or make to order, any and everything in my line; to doj Painting and Repairing of all kinds, trimming, building tops, on. short no tice. .1 have also some, 3P I 3T 33 33 XT Or Gr X 33 S on band, that yon would do well to call and see for yourselves; both top and open ones. 1 liope, by strict attention, and long experience, to meiit at least a part of public patronage. Our terms s re che:ip for cash, or good approved notes, on short time. Work warranted, or not, to suit cus tomers. ' GEORGE RAINIER. July 31, 1860 30-Jy 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. Notice to Trespassers. HAVING been annoyed beyond endurance, by a set of loafers, with hounds and guns, trespassing upon my premises, notice is hereby given, that any person hereafter entering my grounds without leave, for the purpose' of hunt ing or otherwise, will bo 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 shall be stopped. July '.'0, '60. 20-St ROBERT HYSELL I'd. gulfcrtiscm cuts. j THOS. II. DAWSOS i Holds himself in readiness to repair Accordi ons i and Flutinas. Keys inserted, and instruments I put. in good Order. Charges moderate. By leaving orders at George Ionchim's Store, a few j doors above Donnaliy's, they will receive j prompt attention. 3-31 )-tf FOR SALE, A SMALL House find lot on Back street, in rear of tbe Rolling Mill. July 20, I860. 30.;;t C. R. POMEROY. PERRY7 y A VlS7 VEGETABLE JPain Killer WE P.F.G TO TALL THR ATTKNTIOX OF THE PUBLIC TO THISLOJiG TKSTK1 AM U5K1 VALLED Family medicine. Tbe Pain Killer is a purely vegetable compound, and while it is a most efficient Remedy for Pain, it is perfectly sare medicine eveu in the most unskilful liands. For Summer Complaint, or anv other form of Bowel Disease lit Children or Adults, it is almost a certain cure, and has without doubt been more successful in curii.g the various kinds of . - . -r cholera than any other known remedy; or even the most skilful phvaician. In India, Africa, and China, where this dreadful disease iseror more or lessprev aleat, the PAIN KILLER, is considered by the natives, as well as by European residents, in those climates, - A Sure ISenicdy. Asa Tonic for the Stomach, it is unrivalled. A few doses will relieve severe cases of IiMligestiou, and it is often a perfect core for Dyspepsia in its most aggravated forms. Its tmiie &b& gtiirrufa' ling properties, arousing the system to . vigorous ae tion, render it a most eiTuctuut cure for Colds and Coughs, when used according to directions ' For external application it is unsurpassed by any medical preparation knows. Kheumatism, and Neuralgic Affections are quickly relieved and often cured by it. Any soreness in the Muscles or Joints can be relieved by its application. Il cures instantly the most violent Tootuachc. ' It should always be kept near at band, to be used 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 boatmen, and others traveling on our -Western Rivers. JLrlirections accompany each bottle. - It has been tested in every variety of climate, and by almost every nation known to Americans. It is the almost constant companion and inestimable friend of the missionary and the traveler on sea and land and no one should travel on our lakes or rivers without it. Sold by dealers everywhere. ' - ,, CAUTION." ; The public will be cautious that tbey got" the gen uine' Pain Killer, as some unprincipled men use that name for their own worthless compounds: iu so. doing they deceive the community, and infringe upon the "Tbab Mark" of Perry Davis. FBICES-25 Cents, 50 Cents and $1 Per Bottle. J. N. HARRIS & CO., -Proprietors forthe South and West. Cincinnati, Ohio. Sold wholesale and retail by A. SEliEOHM and 1). REED, Pomeroy, O. July 31, 186U 30-ly : DR. S. O. RICHARDSON'S SHERRY Wine 1 i 1 1 e r s . The Celebrated New England Remedy . . .. . FOR. , . . , ( HABITUAL. CONSTIPATION. Jaundice. Fever and Ague. Gen eral Debility, and all other Diseases arising from a Disordered Stomach; r .Liver, or Bowels, -. s u cli as ' Acidity of the Stomach, Indigestion, Hartbnrn, Loss of Appetite, Costivenoss, Blind and Bleeding Piles, Disgust of Food, Sour Erut-tions,. Sinking or Fluttering of the Pit of the Stomach, Dimness of Vision. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest or Limbs, and in all cases where a TwNIC is necessary. r . The Sherry Win"? Bitters are prepared by a regu larly educated Physician of note and position. They are the most Pleasant and Valuable Tonic of the day. They are just what persons re quire when recovering from protracted illness, or in Uio Spring of the year, when a Medicinal Tonic i required. They are largely recommended, by Phy sicians through the West, and the proprietors are daily in receipt of letters noting cures by their use. Thomas Stanford or Blountsvillo. Henry County, Inch, writes us, under dato of May 4th, 1860, that for three years bo was afflicted with "Nervous Debility, of the most positive character, and could get no re lief, until he used tbe 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 bad been afflicted with Rheuma tism in all its various forms for about twenty years, bo had used everything recommended by the skill of Physicians, but got no permanent relict, until tho Bitters were introduced, and three bottles cuiedi him. He writes us two years after his enre, and says, "1 have no return of the complaint," and further says, "I think and believe that in Rheuma tism, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, and Kidney Af fections, or Dropsy, it is a Speciflc certain remedy." Sold by dealeis in medicines generally. . Price, IS Cents per Bottle. J. N. HARRIS & CO., . - Cincinnati, Ohio, General Agents for the Southern, and Western States. Sold bv D. REED, Pomeroy, O. July 31, leco 30-ly . PILLS, A never failing Antidote for Sick Head: 0. ache, Dyspepsia, rover and Ague, Liver Complaint, . Coetiveness, .. t i i ri:- -P V dered Stomach, Female jjj ; Obstructions, tc. . 2A . iicpravca Append . . . . t : . "WTLSON S PILLS ar universally ac knowledged to be the beet now in use. An a Family medicine tbey are particularly recommtnded-simple and harmless, but highly medicinal in their com blnation. One Pill a dose, with mild but eer- tain effects. The rob oat man and the delicate child use thciu alike, with every assunuu- of entire safety. "With Wilson's Pills, every Mother h. the land becomes her own physician. They have proved themselves a specific, and stand without a rival for the following affections: ... , HEADACHE, IETKB & AGTJK, HEADACHE, FEVIiB & AGUE, DYSPEPSIA, LITER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA, LIVES COMPLAINT, Costiveness, Biliousness, Neuralgia, Costiveneas, Biliousness, Neuralgia. Sold by Druggists & Dealers everywhere. PREPARED BY ' 1 ' B. Ii. PAHNESTOCK & CO. Importers & Wholesale Druggist! : No. 60, corner Wood aad 4th Sts. , PITTSBURGH, PA. '' - nu PBOPBUTOBS 0 i -: rV. 3 B. L. Fahnestock's Vermifuge, sj DR. WEAVER'S CANKER & SALT HHEUM FOR THE CURE OF' " ; -Canker, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas,--Scrofo1dn s- Dis . eases. Cutaneous Eruptions, and every kind el' Disease arising from an impure state of the Blood. - . -, , The most Effective Blood Purifier of the Nineteenth Century. It is the prescription of an educated physician, and all who are afflicted with anv of the abovo named diseases should use it without delay. I will drive the disease from the system, and when once out on the skin, a few applications of DE; WE AVEB'S CERATE, OINTMENT, and yon have a permanent cure. The Cerate has proved itself to be tho best Oint ment ever invented, and whore once used, it hn never been known to fail of perfecting a permanent cure of Old Sores, Tetter and Ringworm, Scaltl Head, Chillblains and Frost Bites, Barber's Itch, Chapped or cracked Hands or Lips, Blotches or Pimples on the Face, and for Sore 1'lpplcs, - the Cerate is the thing required to euro. It should be kupl iu the house of every family. " - Price of Cerate, 25 Cents per Bottle. Sold by inost dealers in Medicines. - - J. N. UAieiSlS & CO., Proprietors for Western States, ' '' . . Cincinnati, Ohio, Tn whom all orders for above Medicine may bo a-MK'ssed. Sold T ' KEEP, Pomeroy, O. July 31, Isfitii 3U-Jy