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PATENT MEDICINES.

THE attention Of the public is invited to the fol.
Z lowing catalogue Of medicines which are kept
at the Drug Store 90 Water St., Louisiana, No:
Wistsr's Balsam; Pain Killer;
Rodgers Liverwort and BULBS Ssrsaparilfa;
Tar; Is. p. Townsend's do;
Lonsley's Panacae; EBVistofs do;
Dr. Jayne,s Family Med lBuckhan's Hung. Bal
icines; sam;
Moffatt's do; Smiths Tonic;
Brandreth's Pills; IRowand's Tonic Mix;
|Bragg's [Dr. Moriimore's Rheu-
coated de-; matte Remedy;
Wright's Indian Vegeta. Hsmilton's Fam. Medi.
Hsy'. Linim.n,fo for Piles; Doctor Storm. Scotch
Mexican Mustan Linz Cough Candy;
ment; Mechanics Pills & Yer
Lindssy's N. & B. Lini-l mifuge; e
ment; Mag. Pain ExtyaetoS; :
Farrelps Arabian Lin'mt;l Balm Columbia;
.Gredley's Salt Reumatic Callers Indian Vegsta-
Ointment: bic Panacae; .
In fact all the Popular Family Medicines OF the
day, warranted genuine, for sale at WILLIAMS
Drug Store, Water st., Louisiana, Mo.
April 9Th, 1850. 6O-ly.
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Runa way Slaves.

~ ALL persons are hereby notified
I'm that on the 3lstday Of July, ulti.
&7AA mo, two negro men slaves, calling
themselves STEPHEN& JOSHUA
were apprehended near Atlas, I'LL.
a nois, and committed to my custody.
aaAs stephen il q very black negro, about
i've feet seven or eight inches high.
and has lostths left half of his upper front teeth,
VIII ich he says were kicked out BY g mule; he is
supposed TO be about thirty years Of age, hat states
bis age to be % years. Joshua Is a likely young
fellow, about 5 feet 8 inches high, of q dark cop.
per complexion, spriShtly countenance, and
speaks pleasantly and ~fuently. He says he is %
years OF age. Both negroes are we'll formed. and
woiiid probably weigh about lao lbs. each. Both
were indiferently clad at the time of their deliv-
err to me. They state that they belong to one
William Moore, Of Ray county, Mo-, who re-
sides between Richmond and Lexington. That
they together with one other slave, a yellow fel-
low, left home about Q month since, and that said
last mentioned slave was apprehended at Port
land, NO., at night, in the attempt to get into q
skin to descend the river. Said slaves are now
in the jail Of Pike county, Missouri. The own
Or Of said slaves is hereby requested to come
forward and pay all charges incurred by reason
OF the apprehension and custody Of said slaves.
or ! shall, on the 18th DAY OF NOVEMBER
NEXT, proceed to sell them to the highest bid.
deEaor cash in hand, before the Court House
DOR IN Bowling Green, Pike county, Missouri.
for the payment Of the costs and charges afore-
said. MATHEW OVENS.
Sheriff of Pike county.
August 9Th, l850.-3m.
- The st. Louis Weekly Times, and Jeffer-
son City. Metropolitan. please copy 3 months,
and forward bills to Sheriff Owens for payment.
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Hats, Caps, Shoes and Boots.

HAVING purchased Of A. D Landram hi, eMre stock Of Hats, Caps, Shoes m Boots
which consists of very superior lot and of thelaet fashions would say 10 hose wishing oar
gains that they cn be accommodated by calling ais store on Main Street.. . :.
and for sale, cheap for cash. JOHN A. ROBINSON.
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NEW AND CHEAP --e' e
.5e.~ -.E ~. - =.
CASH SDORlDa
Main Street, Louisiana, Mo.
JOHN A. ROBINSON,

JOHN A. ROBINSON, Y
w in III. house lately occupied by j. H Shepherd. a general assOnnsnt Of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries, &c.
Deeming it unnecessary to go into tedious enumeration of article, he wills only sy, ht
stock comprises eveyv variety of Goods usually found in this market He would earnestly
request all to gwen i'm acsn, and examine his Goods as he pledges himself TO senss6 low "a
any house in town. JOHN A. ROBINSON,
June 10th, ls50-ly Main Street, Louisiana.
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SHERIFF'S SALE

M vi LN y CU6EIu.
Aug. 9Th 1850. ofPike County.
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Missouri fastened 10 the Car of FreesOil-
ism and A~bOiiilOnisIn.

1t is known to every intelligent voter in
this county, that Messrs. Broadhead, ORA
per, Fagg and English, have openly avow-
ed themselves in favor of the constitution
al power IF Congress to interfere with
Slavery in the territories, in the passage of
the Wlmot Proviso. Whilstthey deny the
'expediency of the measure, they give up
the strongest argument against it. They
thus play into the hands Of abolition and
free-soil fanatics, by asserting that they
have the constitutional power to pass this
odious measure. By pointing to our con-
Istitutional guarantees and rights, we have
thus far kept at bay the aggressive spirit Of
Ifanaticism. We have held to the doctrine
that as the territory belonging to the U. S.
has been acquired by the common blood and
treasure Of all the States, that it is viola
tive of that great principle of equality up
on which the Union of the States stands, to
appropriate the whOLe territory to a part
of the States. The Wings and their ad-
%juncts have admitted at every public dis
%cussion in the county, that Congress pos
sesses this power. They thus deny that
we have any protection in the constitution
against free-soil and abolition faaaticism.-
They thus play into the hands of abolition
ism. Can we expect the patriots of the
North to defend us and our constitutional
rights, when we admit IRE hare name to de.
ehd? But they go a step farther: They
are for tciping out The anG-G6ohfion and
amt, jreesOI resolutions Of the Legislature.
What is better calculated to inspire the IA.
|natics with confidence and courage, than
these admissions in their favor and repeal
Of resolutions against them. They thus
fan the flame of sectional anasicism. Veri.
ly, wherf these creatures get into power,
Missouri will be fastened to the car Of free
soil and abolition fanaticism. Can Nilsson
'rians support such men?
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FOR CONGRESS-aD DISTRICT,
JNO. B. HENDERSON,
OF PIKE.
" -
For the STATE Senate,
CAPT. w. S. LOFLAND.
.s 49,
For Representires,
Peter Carr,
Thomas II. Vaughan.

DrMocRATs OF PIKE! the election is close al
hand, and we will not be permitted 10 address
You all again until the battle is lost or won. In
1913 our principles and our party triumphed
over The wing hosts, marshalled by their strong
est and most popular leaders. Our average ma
jority was then 40 votes. Since that time, our
little army has received a small accession Of
strength from the immigration into the county,
and we have lost many a stalwart democrat by
the emigration to California. Butthe loss Of our
adyersaries has, from the best information which
w can gather, been much greater, while they
have received but few if any recruits. 1t is GER
tain that their loss by the California emigration
exceeds ours, at least 70 votes. This added to
our former majority, will give us a democratic
majority Of ITO votes, if all can be brought 10
the support Of the regular candidates Of the party
Carr and Vaughan, There is a slight deaf
lection in our ranks It Is true, but it has not
spread far enough to -neutralize our majority, or
do us any serious injury, il the gallant and true
hearted veterans in our cause will, as in days
gone by, but feariessly do their duty to their prin-
eipies and their party. This we cannot for a
moment doubt. No true democrat will hesitate
or falter when so much is staked upon the issue
Of the battle-the triumph or total overthrow Of
our party. The matters to be acted upon by the
next Legislature are Of more vital interest to the
democratic party, than any which have been acted
On by that body for the last ten years. If the
wings can succeed in electing a majority of the
members Of the Legislature, they will have gain.
ed the power TO give us a blow, from which we
wiil not recover for the next ten years to come.
Theniet every democrat be true 10 his cause and
20 his party. Let no difference Of opinion upon
any one question, keep him from a warm and
jealous support Of the candidates of his party.
Listen not to those who run for the purpose of
dividing the democratic party upon any question,
and thereby increasing the chances Of the wings
for theft election. 'Avote given to them, though
they may call themselves democrats. will be in
effect given against our party and in favor of the
whigh, for by dividing and diminishing our
strength. It increases the chances Of the wings.
Democratic we have the majority-ws have the
powsr-and sifIwe are not struck by judicial
blindness" we viii doour duty, our whole duty,
and the victory will be ours.
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BEAUTIES AND CONSISTENCY OF
WHIGGERY.

The wing candidates for the Legislature in
Howard, Buchanan, Lincoln and other counties,
and the candidates Of the same party for the SEN
ate in the 81. Louis and Warren districts, have
avowed themselves in favor of the reso-
buttons of our last Legislature upon the subject
of slavery. They also deny the power of Con-
|gress TO pass the Proviso, whilst w~higgery in
this county assumes the abolition phase. The
anomoly is thus presented ola body Of men pro-
fessedly Of the same party, standing shoulder to
shoulder and battling for opposite principles
What is good wholesome ,rhig doctrine in the
counties above mentioned, is denounced by their
leaders and candidates here, as disunion and null
LITIGATION. Can the masses of the wing party be
whiPpcd into their Traces? Will they swallow
anything in this county because it is called whig-
gerry? We will see.
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FAGG ON LYING.

In his speech in this city on Friday last,
Tom Benton Fsgg proclaimed to the audi
|enee that "the last number of the Banner
contained no less than three falsehoods,"
without pointing to one or adducing a par
Iticle Of evidence to sustain his barren word.
Speaking of "falsehoods," reminds us Of
the following told by that gentleman in the
speech above alluded to, viz:
lst. That David r. Atkinson, Senator
from Missouri. sis a n%ulliiicr aud disunion-
ist." David r. Atkinson is no %nulliiier or
disunionist. He is a Union loving patriot,
and is using his energies to preserve the
Union by supporting the Compromise or
settlement Of the slavery question, that has
well nigh torn it assunder-wlile Thomas
II. Benton, your master, is moving "Heav.
en- and earth'' to defeat it, thereby con-
tributing to prolong agitation and endan-
geripg this "Union" of States.
Cd. That the "Jackson resolutions
Ipledge the State of Missouri, in the event
Of the passage of the Wilmot Proviso, to
cooperate in whatever may be deemed nee
|essary By the Southern States," &c. The
Jackson resolutions contain no such Ian
|guage.
Sd. That "the caucus that nominated
Messrs. Henderson and Vaughan, was got
ten up BY two orthres persons surrounding
the Banner Office" That convention was
gotten up by the following resolution, re-
ported with others by a committee Of 8, and
passed unanimously in a mass meeting Of
the democratic party held in Bowling Green
on the 9TH day Of February last:
"Res0hred, That this meeting recon-
mend that township meetings be held in
each township in the county, on Saturday
the 23d day of March next, for the purpose
of appointing delegates to a county con-
.vention, to be held in Bowling Green on
Saturday the eth day of April next, for
the purpose of nominating candidates Of
the Legislature and county Offices" SC.
Comment is unnecessary.
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THE SHOT TOWER MAN.

Billy English, who tried to figure in a cau.
Gus a few years ago for a nomination as a can
|didate forthe Legislature, but could not come it
is now going about lcciuring or caucuses. He
says that they are "anti Republican" We sup.
pose he means anti Billy English. He condemns
the system Of organization adhered 10 by The
democratic party for years past. If all Ibis was
wrong, Billy why did you not slope from US long
ago? Almost any party could afford 10 dispense
with your service.
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SKIES

From every part Of the county we continue to
receive the most cheering news. The reception
which orr candidates, Carr and Vaughan, have
met with in the north and west of the county,
has been most gratifying indeed. We can now
have but little doubt oktheir election. If old
Calumet will do her duty, their election is be.
yond . question. Then We trust that she will
rouse herself up, and stretch every nerve for the
election of her noble son, the gallant Vaughan,
ths pride Of all true-hearted democrats. Let
every good democrat be sure to go early to the
polls, and not only 90 himself, but see that his
ssighboss go also. This is the duty of every
deuocrat and nothing shOrtOf it, for on his action
mag depend the success Of our candidates and
our principles. We repeat, let all do their duty
end ~ willis right, surely all will be right and
victery ceEtafn. ~
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For tie Rnnnnc

Mr.. EDlToR:-It seems that after AZ the
abuse which the whig party have for more
than twenty years lavished on Benton, and
after all the injuries and insults which they
have received at his hands, that maSy Of
their leaders in this county are now engag.
ed in the laudable effort to tie their party
to the Fdgg end of BentoBism. They are
willing to swallow their own words, to.give
the lie to their PAST declarations, and do
homage by their votes to the very nan.
who, If they are to be believed, scosned.
scoffsd at, tainted and oppressed them for
a quarter Of a century. Oh, beautiful to
behold!-this great party now dangiing to
the tail of Bentonism - aye, aBentonism
Iwhettled out sharp. And what h sllskis
humiliation, all this sacrifice for? 10 Il for
the triumph of some great principle? No.
but by the aid of a traitor to the democrat
lie party, and his abettors, 10 elevate to the
Legislative hall, a man who stalks around
the county a ''dumb show" without the a.
|bility or the moral courage to test his prin-
'ciples by the scrutiny Of . public debate.
Wing votes are TO be given to the BentcH
candidate, in the hope that he and a few 9th
ers calling themselves democrats, may not
only desert the democratic standard, but
actually and zealonsly aid in the election
Of Porter, Broadhead and Tate. This
bride cannot buy a true democrat. They
will not bite at the bait. 1t never would
Ihave.bsen held out to a candidate unsus-
|pected by his W party. We will see what
course the mass Of the wing party will pur-
sue. If they are honest in the support Of
their principles, they can not now be trans-
|ferred like sheep in the shsmbles, TO the
support of Benton. They have nothing 10
gain by it, but the derision and scorn Of all
men who have heretofore believed them
honest in the support Of principle. My.
word for it, Mr.. Editor, the people will
give to the strikers who have endeavored
to get up this base coalition, a Iebuke at
the polls in August next, which viii long
be remembered by those who are willing to
barter their principles for the spniIs of Of
fee. AN INDEPENDENT VOTER.
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Did Mr.. Draper put it up for the sole bsns.
TT of the people Of Pike without Thought Of
himself? Still dose all this prove that Mr..
Draper ought to be elected? Surely it is
no objection to a man to own a Pork House,
The Record thinks Mr.. Draper is better
calculated to legislate for the wants Of Ii,
community than all Of the mere brisaess
lawyers that the loco 7focos have IN the
county-because he bnilt a Pork House.
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asked such a question, we gave it az our opin-
ion that those gentlemen would be nominated
juding from public expression. We heard many
such opinions ourselves. But that we spoke in
the light that Fagg makes us speak, viz: that
gentlemen wcrc to be the candidates, is
false, and eminated with him or his Informant
The popular will, sir, is the tyrant of which
you have TO complain.
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TO THE POLLSi
Felow Democrats to the PoHs!!

FeL0U Democrats to the POHsH
Come one! Come ALL! a glorious victory a.
waits us il we but do our duty. Then let nc
man be idle, but let us all emulate each other in
our struggle for the victory. Shoulder to shout
der, let US push on the column for the ticket, the
whole ticket, and nothing but the ticket. Lei
our watchwords be-HENDERSON & LOF-
LAND, CARR s. VAUGHAN, Democracy
and Victory, now and forever!
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For he Banner.

Mr.. EDIToR:-I heard one of the mean
est and ugliest wings Of this county remark
the other day, that the whis party had new
er succeeded in getting into power, unless
they had first succeeded in creating q A.
vision in the Democratic ranks. This is u
fact, tina can not be too strongly impressed
upon the Democratic party. The latest
and most noted instance we have had Of
this assertion is the late Presidential elre-
ton, in which Taylor was elected by the
~treachery Of Van Burer and the ~free-soil
herd. In this county we have now two
traitors on small scale, who, like Van Blu
rem, have become soured and disappointed,
because their great talents and services
have been overlooked, while other men
have been honored and trusted by the dem
ocracy. They have heretofore been active 1
participants in c~aucuses, but now, they
have found out, that in their cases conven-
ltions have been most iniguitous contrivan-
ces. Their democracy has been question
ed by the truest democrats Of the party for
years past, and the detection of Benton has
now afforded them a favorable opportunity
to show their cloven feet. They are en-.
Ideavoring to disorganize the democratic
party and to place the wings in power, for
causes and reasons which the wings Of the 9
State do not deem Of sufficient importance !
to trouble them. In looking over the pa
|pers Of the State, I find that the wings are
not permitting themselves to be distracted
by the Jackson resolutions, but are sup
lporting their candidates without referenre
to their opinions of those resolutions
Thus in the Warren Senatorial district DR.:
Gregory, the wing candidate, is for the
resolutions. In Caps Girardeau and Buct1
hanan the wing candidates for the House
are for the resolutions, and SO in other eeun-
ties; while in this county and Senatorial
district the wing candidates a-e decidedly.
against them, and still they are all support.
ed by the whole wing party Of their rsspec..
tive counties, Notwithstanding this conflict
of opinion. They are for getting intopoWs
er by uniting all their strengths, while our
TRAITORS under false %eolors, ara endsavoring
to aid them in the attempt. Their stomacbs
are much more delicate than those of their
wing allies. With them these resolutiess
are made tho pretext to cover.up their de.
sertions Of the principles Of the democrats
party. Their whole course proves that tbs3
like Benton prefer the triumph Iof whigss
over democrats. and for this they are GOV
ertly bonding all their energies. How osn
we account for the conduct Of. these men
except upon the principle, that they haTss
been disappointed and soured, because essa,
er men whom they happen to hate hass
been preferred by the democratic party ts
them9 They are real Van Bursnites, ready
to sacrifice the party in order to gratiI
their own malicious viadictiveness.
-.G ri s.y,t f.f9f & 9 TITUS.
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Keep 1t Before the People!

That Thomas H.. Benton who once said "when
lyon hear a WING speak respectfully Of me, set
lme down as a damned rascal" now commands
his followers, whom he calls "mine," TO throw
the destinies Of the State into the hands Of the
twHrCs. "The election Of a whig," says Ben
ton, "has no terrors for me.' "The point is TO
defeat them" meaning the Democrats opposed
Ito him, whom he terms "Rottens, Disunionists,
and Nulliiers."
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE!
That If all the Benton candidates outside
of St. Louis were elected to the Legisla-
|ture, there would not be q sufficient num-
Der to r~e-elect him to the U. s. Senate
Still they run in counties without hope,
merely to carry ont Benton's commands of
of defeating the democracy.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLEl
That Fagg and English would not allow
the democracy Of Pike county to select
their candidates, either in convention or in
mass meeting, and submit to such selection,
but followed the COMMANDS Of Benton by
forming a separate ticket, solely to defeat
the democracy, when they knew there was
no possible chance of their own election.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLEi
That Tom Benton Fagg, after canvassing
most of the county and ascertaining pub
lic opinion, said 10. one efthemost respecfa-
Die citizens Of This county, that CHE HAD
RATHER By A THOUSAND THAT HE
had NOT COMMENCED THIS CANVASS" but is
too stubborn to acknowledge his error by
withdrawing, and is now running against
hope, except to carry out Benton's CON-
mands of defeating the democracy.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE!
That Benton has lost his influence in the
Senate, has quarrelled with many of its
best members, is in open fellowship with
Seward, Chase and Hale, and is using all
his energies with them and the ultras Of the
South to defeat the great Compromise or
Settlement of the slavery question. And
IL disunion ONE from agitation, he and
bis oonfeAerstes in iniquity, are aleue
chargeabte with it.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE!
That the "Union," Benton's organ in st.
louis, is an avowed abolition sheet, and
.dsnoances shareholders as ~"trobickers in
dauan fest and Mood," and that William
English, one of Beuton's candidates in this
county, Is an agent for said paper.
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BcntOn's Strikers have shower the Clio.
e Foot.

The wing candidates for the Senate and Leg
~islature, in accordance with their usual method
Of warfare, have charged the Democratic party
with having squandered the public revenue, and
made the usual number of fair promises. Col.
Vaughan met and repealed these charges salts
~factorily to every unprecedented and candid man,
These, and similar charges. have frequently been
made during this canvass, and though the sfrik-
|ers Of Benton pretend TO be members Gfthe DEM
%ocratic party, against whom these charges are
made, yet they k%nOring them TO DC antounded,
have never attempted a reply 10 them. II they
believe these unfounded accusations, they ought
20 have abandoned us lotg ago; and if they do
not, protesting 10 be democrats as They 10, they
are under a moral obligation 10 expose them, but
in their uniform silence, they show the cIOven
foot and their L~caningsto ~prhiggery.
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IL The Record has had muchsto say
about the ''many editors' that surround
the Banner Office. They seem to haunt it
by day and by night. Now We will, jus.
for satlsEacnaaaeesstel the "gam-headed''
editor Of g psF, il he will just publish.
a iiss e sditors Of the Record
and snbcr BY three. he will
has q write for the Banner.
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Il Tom Benton Fagg complains tina, the Re

Il Tom Benton Fagg~ complains that the Re-
Igeney of Pike county made the democratic can
Ididates opposed to him. He has neglected how.
ever TO tell the people who made him a candid.
ate. 1t is generally understood who made his
colleague, Billy English, a candidate. Marion
Gordon, a notorious abolitionist and the Lou.
|isiana Record. made English a candidate. who
has forgotten his nomination in that paper and
trip 10 Bowling Green with Gordon as spies up
on the Democratic meeting called to appoint
to the St. Charles Convention, to see
how it would take? But who made Fagga can.
Tom Benton, or His Satanic Majesty,
one or both must have the honor. No one else
would have thought Of such material.
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II The Record seems to think Mr.. ORA
per ought to be elected, because no built
a Pork House. We agree that it was a
good thing in Mr.. d. to build that honse-it
Is useful to the back country, aud affords a
market for the hogs raised in oW commu-
nifty. But for whose benefit was it built2
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Lin biz eanyassing speach at Speneerburg,
we underssnd that Tom Bsntoa Fagg, to prove
Che. there was > sregency'' in Pike county, and
thss dis s'regescg'' made the candidates for the
coanEy stated - evidence that . certain person
called 1t our Office and asked US who would be
the candidates, ead tha We answered Vaughan
and Asrs. III. bighlJ p.obabls That Il
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- We are authorized to announce James
S. Turner as : Candidate Cor the office Of County
Justice, at the ensuing ,asgnst election.