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The Tux Inv.

The Mansfield Herald has The following il.
lusUali0n of the operation Of the unjust and
burging tax law grup by The Locofnco legisIa.
iure al lis first session under the pew ConsuIu.
lion. The Elder Pos mentioned Is one of The
Presiding Elders ol the Methodist Church:
THE TAX LAW. f der PoE lnlurus US, that
the Charter ui ,be Methodist Book concern tx.
emp,s it from taxation, on the ground thai il is
n charitable ins,nulon - the Pruf,s being applied
to the support Of worn out ministers; AID the
widows. and children of those who had "ceascd
from III, ir labure."
The new TAX law mos, unr ghteously violates
the sanclity of the charter. ald seeks TO force
this brGeVuIfrt insutui on upon the YAK list. We
are glad 10 learn that The directors, anur taking
legal advice. have determined 10 Try HE consu.
lurunalny o lhe law.
What say onr democratic friends, by lhi,
lime, o( those /, adr who have not only 20 re-
gard for the suffering of The willows aud cr
phuus Of those who. aUCr wearing out thef lives
IN doing good, must from The nature Of the case
die poor, but have no regard To the saucIIy oI
their " ord, aud pledged hoanr and stand ready
Al any moment to vlO'aIe oil charters, WhtihCI
of charlIahIe Institutions ~ uIher Corporate
companies!
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Rivor and IInrbor Bill.

Resolved. Thallhe Constitution does not con.
fer upon the General Government the power TO
commence and carry on a general system OF
Internal Improvement Democratic Platform.
Oar renders will be graIifpd TO learn from our
Washington correspondent, (says the Pi'Isburgh
Gazeue.) that On a test vote, in the House nl
Representatives. On the River and llaTbor bill,
a majority OF mtre Than Iwn To one declared IN
favor Of the bill. This is good news, and gives
some reason to hope that the injurious policy 50
long persisted in bv the Democratic parry. and
10 which General Pierce adhered so closely all
the time he vas in Congress. is about /" be
abandoned. and that Congress will hereafter DIS
charge It's obvious duties towards those great ma.
Gonal interests which have been So long neglect.
ed. The Southern wing of the Democracy is
evidently less potential than it was a few weeks
apo; for this vote was Bktn in The face of the
protest Of The Virginia Del, CATION; and, what is
more. in the face Of the resolve Of the BALI.
more Pierce Convention quoted a. the head nI
this auIcle-W hich declares thai the bill in ques'
lion is unconstitutional. This is tho second
plank in that platform that has bern started BY
Congressional votes; the vote on Benpeu's land
bill being the first. There will be more before
the session is over.
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The spirit Of the YIsncs,

Honorable warfare is honorable 10 The vicIors
but das,lRdIy guerrilla fight, however success.
FOL, should bring to The conquerers no need Of
praise. 10 this position many differ with US.
Almost the entire locoloco press, in their prac.
ice, take issue upon this question. We would
no, desire TO raise political monument for Gen.
Scott, upon The rims Of The fair fame Of Mr..
Pierce. We would nolreud the history Of The
latter gentleman, for the purpose Of finding ma.
serial with which to beabor him; and we p'II
mol b5 driven 10 the use of dirty weapons in the
present conflict, no matter with what bitter as.
periIy the war may bo waged. We like an
honorable contest and will do the utmost in
our power 10 make this one such an one. But
at the same time We intend TO publish the truth
the whole truth, and nolhing bu. the truth, so
far as ii is pertinent 10 the issue joined
We think sncb has been our course so far.
We have not written word against Mr.. Pierce,
,ha, is no, susceptible OF The clearess proof, and
that too in mos. cases by his own pen-we have
tuT.red no ex,rac. TO appear in our columns
milaliug against him, either as prlsRso Cit
zen, public funclionary or bravo soldier, Iha
is not true to the letter, and We intend thar ev.
cry thing that does appear shall bear compar'
son with The record
Such has not been The course Of the locolu'
sos. They have been exceedingly industrious
in the manufacture Of what they dignity with
,he name of"poiIiral capilal," and they have
moi been very scrupuous about the qualify o
The material used in lhe formation Of their ilim
sy fabrics. The work is composed of base lies
filled with the most baroiaced misrrpresenla'
aions. Who, that had any honesty Of purpose
or desire TO submit lacI9 TO n candid world
would deliberately write Gen. Scou coward
or institute q comparison between him and the
aaitor Arnold Of infamous memoryl Who
with an eye single 10 the uu'hiulncss Of history
would rcpresen, Mr.. Pierce as II brave soldier
or tolerant chrisuanl rs before stated, w
do not desire to descend TO such weoPans Of de
fence; but when lies, base and wicked lies, ARE
resorled 10 to stigmutze Gen. Scott as a COW
ard, we cannot do otherwise than Offset lhen
hy an extract or Two from tho IeIIerFoi Ms
Pierce himself, wherein ho writes hipseltt
mos, dasIardIy ana crnging coward,
We are willing 70 submit The chances Of Gen
S,ou's success TO wha, is known ollhe Two can
dida.es, wiIhou. saying ono word on the sub
ject, provided the IocoCoros will do the some
Bu, lhey will net do it. They very well know
,hu, their candidate has no popularity and caI
have none, exccp. what is manufactured To-
him by his friends.
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Gen. scorrs religious Views.

Judge B'ihache. editor of the AlIon Trlp
graph. formerly edi,ar OF this paper. has been
"n visit to Washington, ani while there.
made call on Gen. Scnu. tie say:
We found him immersed in business. plainly
auired in cuzen's dress; aud Nerp received b,
him Wi'h great cordially and kindness, 10.
stead of being. as some Of his opponents have
represented. distant and susIre, he displayed.
duriog the hall hour which We spent with him.
AL the iraukness Of gallant snlJier. aud the
uTbanIy Of an accomplished gentleman. ln
the course of free and unreserved converse.
ton ne held with him, on various topics, the
subject Of religion happened to bo introduced;
when he observed that in his opinion. the rell.
gioUs views Of a candidate fur Office should no,
be suffered to operate either for, or against him;
but that as religion is The only sure foundation
ofuue morality. il is highly desirable that all
public funcuonaries SHOULD be pious men. lie
ur.her remarked, that his parents we're mem.
: Of the Protestant Episcopal Church; that
he was born, baptized. and confirmed. accord
ug to the rites or that church, and sill remain.
ed attached 10 IL; but that he could fellowship
all Christians, Whhoul gard TO denominations
o. distinctions, and believed that religion was q
maupr living exclusively between every man
and his Maker. with whirh no other person had
anv right To interfere, either directly %: lndl-
recIly. His remarks upon this point, as we'll
as On all others referred to in the course Of the
conversation. we're exceedingly appropriate
and well expressed; and We took our leave nI
the great chief with our inrmor high respect iur
the man and his character highly increased.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-08-13
An rnridcnr in the life Of Henry Clay

HIS GdU ce 10 yoHHg mea of ihe IPgGi FrotCs
son - Two wears slurr. during Mr. Gays ad.
dress TO the students ol The New lnlk Safe
aud National Law School,, IN Btilstnn Spa.
Saratoga county, one hi'cI ol which is 10 tain
it's pupils in the arr Uf ,X,ewporaneous speak.
ing, he sald. when commenting on the advsn.
lapes nf the institution, i owe my success in
life. think; chiefly to one single fact, VIZ. that
II. the age of II. commenced and continued
for wears the process OF daily reading aud
speaking upon the contents of some historical
or scientific book. These off hand etTous we're
made. sometimes in corn field. al others in
the forest. and not unlrsquendy in some distant
barn, with the horse and OK for my auditors.
1t ls to this eurly pracIce of the arI of all arts,
that am lndt bled (,r The primary and leading
impulses that stimulated me forward, and have
shaped aud modelled my whole subs quent des,
Iuny. Improve. then. loung gentlemen. the
superior advantages you here enjoy. Let not
Il dav pass without exercising your powers OF
speech There is no power like that Of Oraio.
~. Cesar controlled meu by exciug ,heIr
fears; Cicero by captivating their atI, c,ious and
swa>lng their passions the influence Of one
perished with It's author, that of the other con.
unues 10 This dav. - Mobile Adr.
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Congressional convention.

It seems our informant was msIaken as TO
the time Of holding tho Congressional Conven'
lion. The time IS Tuesday the 9l,h, in'
stead of Friday tho 18Th Of August The
place is Harlem Springs. Remember the 2l'h
We havG not as yet been authorized TO an
nouace the namo of any gentleman as candi'
date for nomination, cxcep. Joseph NJ. Mason
Of Swubonvillc, although there are several il
the field, as we are advised.
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On Dit.

$50 very checp, and you bough. il here tool
ayes, | bought il al the corner over there
and can with good grace recommend you ic
the same place."
"ll go aud see."
The foregoing is the finale Of a conversation
that took place on The sidewalk few evenings
since, and upon inquiry we found that the cor
ner referred to, was tho corner at which Cum
mipgs & Brackn keep store. The people Of
Ten are heard talking AbOu. The very good bar.
gains 60, there, and we conclude where so much
is said abou, thing. there must DO something
of il.
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BANK OF ENGLAND.--On the 26sh OF June
,be bullion 10 the Bank Of England amounted 10
fq2 042, ,683; notes 10 circulation f2l,34s, BOO;
being an excess OF bullion over circulation Of
over f70o.000. Il is said that this is the first
time in she history of the bank when the bull
lion hes exceeded The circulation In the be-
eiooiae Of ls4a The bullion in the bank amount
ed 70 only 100000, and The circulation was
fi6080c0. 10 May, io45 the bullion was
els.o0O 900, ,he circulation Gs''oUo'oOo'-
"a unemployed surplus fund is nov EI4,ooo''
fqa
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or Gen. Pillow suys that Gen. Pierce, ar.
ter falling rom his horse HI Conueras, "lav all
nigh, nmong Ihe shnrp.poiDrd rocks of lava" "
Judge Douglass savs that these rocks oG lava
were "red hot Now We demand of the Co.
Iones ol the Times, who tells Us they were eye.
Winosses Of Gen. P's misfortune. why they
didn't Jake him tn comfortable quarters instead
of permiuing him to lie all night upon the red
hot rocks. There ARE four Of lhem and surely
they might, by each taking l,g or an arm,
have 60. him off the red hot rocks. There
would have been no danger Of their burning
their feet. rs we understand they ure alway $
provided with salamander skin boots.
You should be ashamed of yourselves, olo.
nels, thus 10 have neglected your future nom,
nee. Boiling all day under a hot sun, is
nothing u, AL 10 broiIing NIL night upon burn
ing lava. The Concord IN. II. } Patriot saws
,ha, Gen. Pierce is "a kird hearted, ptaceable
man. who never got into brml in his lie, "
but, il hs didn't GET into a broi upon this occa.
slon, there's no truth IN the "lule giant"
Lou Jour.
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ANOTHER CANplpArg- L. Kimball. of
New Hqmrshue, offers himself as a candidate
Tor the Presidency. We presume he intends to
run on lhe Locofoco side, as he says, "com.
merce is the chief cause of paUpcrism, aud mon,
ev is its agent, therefore money cannot be too
scarce for tho public good" OF course. he
will veto all river and harbor bills, in order TO
destroy commerce; aud IegislaIe against wealth
in order To destroy money. Too much like
Pierce 10 make any impressions.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-08-13

ar There seems TO be an innate difficulty
connected with all Of Kossu,hs tavern bills. II
commenced wnh his first luuding ia this coun'
uy, and followed ill he left our shores. Just
as be was leaving New York, his ondlady pre-
sep,ed bill Of $3.50 and he Offered hundred
and told her 10 take lha, or risk lawsuit. and
she, thinking par, was better than none, peck
eled the money.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-08-13

SAD occURRGNr&--Ne We are pOucd to an..
nounce sad biIair which occurred oa Saturday
las' TWO miles north Of this place. on the Sa.
lem road. Two hule boys. tto'hers. Of the
name CuLoEs--g gge eight. the o,hrreseccH years
OF ogr, qGauel'-d aboH some apples. v hen tho
elder slabh,d d the vnungtr brother 10 ,ha heart,
With common dirk kn!fe. causing his dea,h al-
most in>rUndy. This shocking occurrence
shows rtmlssness. in our opinion, On the part
of the parents IN the training OF their children.
- Patriot.
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STEAMBOAT ACCIDENTS, The number Of lives
lost by the several steamboat accidents 10 this
country. from January lsI to August lsl, is
computed al 428; persons injured, 100; number
Of accidents. gu. OF these accidents, 10 oc,
Cured on Western waters, one in Georgia, and
one, the Henry Clay, on Hudson River. The
above figures include only those actually known
to be lost. Ia some instances the number o.
lives lost is unknown.
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Acts ofGen. pInrrn.

Il ia well ~ have a summary Of the chief acts
IN the lives Of cur puliIicul candidates. than by
lix5aposiIi"n, the relative merits Of each may
be speedily and accurately determined. We
give below a summary from the Albany Even.
ing Journal. of the chief acIs aud eyenls in the
lie Zen. Pierce.
Frnnk Pierce IS the snn Of General and o
brother 20 n Colonel. and was born a, Concord.
New Hampshire. in I798.
Ia 1919. hiS brother 0; rjimin ri rec Joined
The armies Of bis country. Yet at this time
Franklin Pierce had not passed the early 0ge
Of II yearsl
Shorty afterwards his sister married Gen.
erall
10 December, 1917, he spelled 'but."
Shorty afterwards anoIher sisler married an.
olhel Gpnerall
Ia 1928 began his career as a statesman.
Elected deputy sheriff of the town Of Concord.
10 December. 1888. 10 Congress.
In January, 1887, vo1ed ugains, The Right Of
Petition.
Ia Februnry. 1897. voted against appropria.
lions iur improvements Of Rivers and llarbors
and Roads.
In December 1887. went IN the Senate.
In March, l842. came back again.
10 1919. gave a boy, "iriO ras an eHiire
stranger 10 him." a ceuI TO buy STICK OF CAN.
DY.
ln March, iS47. was appointed Bigadier
General by President Polk.
10 June, lG47, oidrred Col. Ransom tochargo
a chppparai on The Vera Cruz road. "Whrre the
enrmT Were supposed TO be-" which vas gal.
unrly executed, although the enemy turned out
not to be- there.
August l9,h. I848. f,Il from hi horse on the
hard tough, and bloody field ~ Conirerds.
GA The 2O,h Of August, tainted at Churubas'
co.
September I4.h, 1917, did not lake the Ciy
of Merico,
nv Nav. 1913. came home safe.
Dlrjng 1919 he lived 10 'whjle hrus" : 'r.
rounded by a ward Of green trees and lutir llow.
ef beds. purifying and refreshing The air, and
loading the Rir wuh fragrance.
IN 0 tub,r, 1850. DIN with Mr.. Webster.
and drank the h ahh ul "Our Glorious Uuou."
The Union has been safe from that lime 10 the
present dayl
Rode several miles in the cold, aud sat up
quite late ia the evening converslug with d
young lrdy. Dme uncertain.
In March, 1851. the Religious Test was vo
Ted upon in New Hampshire, aud through rhe
efforts Of 'ihc Democracy" relain,d Gen
Prprce's county gave larger msi ilrity in iavor
Of II ,bnn any another in ia" Sale,
IT, December, 1852. made a speech al New
B,stoo, New Hampshire, in support Of the Flu
gliy, S'aya Law.
Ga the oh of June, 1859 was "us,onshcd'
hv the intelligence lha. ho was nominated lol
President.
June 9th, 1852. 50 was everybody clscl
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EURNNG OF THE lIENRY CLAY.-This terrible
tlTor is crca,ing intense excitement in New
York. Many valuable lives were lost aud ma
nv families made wrelchpd and desnate bv this
sudden aud awful calamity. The rny papers
are fitted wuh the testimony before the Coroner
and the written statement of lhpsurvivors. The
most heart reudrg scenes are depicted, Thai
the boat had been facing we have no doubt
from The evidence. and that the fire originated
from the ovcrhcard d condiuun of the furnace
&C.. we think equally clear. The officer,
should be held lo Il strlcI accountability. and il
these things be really as they appear to US, they
should be severely punished.
We are happy 10 learn that our fellow c'izrn
IT. Y. MlLRs. who was On board, was saved
The New York papers sny he was ns'rumenIal
IN saving the lives ol large numbr Of passen
gers. o. s. JGur,
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The fishery trouble has called attention 10 the
present available force Of our navy, and the
amount Of force that could be placed AT once in
tho disputed ground. The Npp York Herald
says lha, by August l5h, there could concen.
ra,e IL f0rco of five steamers, five soops of
war, and two brigs-in all twelve vessels, cat.
ryng l6l guns. and by the S0h of August,
there could be added five rriga.es, carrying 3Se
guns, besides smaller vessels.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-08-13

OHr The returns from Missouri seem TO in.
dicu,e that Hon. Thos II, Benton. who for 80
wears has been Senator from Missouri in Con.
gress, is now elected a member of The House oI
Representatives Of The United States. lie was
an independent candidate, and run agains. a
regular Locoloco nomination. lie will create
some impression IN the House, as he is no. o
man Of silence and inacion.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-08-13

Fuss AND FEATHERS This epithct is used
in dersinn by all Of our adVcrsares. Whence
came III ls origin is SAID To have become u
matter of grave inquiry amcrg the learned po'
litcOl philuIogisIs, II l1spFeahs TO be more ven
cradle, however. lhan they have supposed.
The epjlheI. Fuss and Feathers" was first
applied To Scott At Lundy's Lane by the BRUSH
The tall hero went into the fight with very
large plane. and was so active and earnest in
hurry lag on aud encouraging his men--lirst al
one point, then at anolher--lhat the enemy
though, be was lille (usSy. Scott with his
tall TORN, large plume, aud dashmg gallantry,
was conspicuous mark Tor the bullets of the
BRUSH. lie had Two horses killed under him,
was shot in the side, afterwards in the shoulder
and finally had his feathers shot off. The Brit
ish and the locolocos have called him Fuss
and Feathers" ever since.
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E-rhe Eastpori, Mo. Sen iinsl tells The fol.
lowing good one:
sea captain Of this port, who recently re.
turned for short voyage, on seeing the names
of Pierce and King on a flag waving over
Lcnviu's building. exclaimed to his companion,
" Halle u!-PHrce and KinR!-,hey must be
some new folks that have moved in there since
I've been gone"
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GOnlO Len!

There is sill quite a variety Of goods at the
"New Store" in the "Pauon House" You
can gc, lIa tho incest dresses. cnd summer
"6xens" you have seen from "ChOrey," and
a, tho very lowest possible figure, Suppose
you give him cali. and if he can't convince
YOU thai twill be 10 your interest TO buy, no
can aI least ohiertain YOU with song
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A new pass has been discovered from SANTA
Re to California. 'Hrough the Rocky Mountain
R"nge. II was dischstrd about year ngo by
Captain WALKER. and he represents il us being
as practicable for horses ard wagons. as the road
from Santa Fe To Missouri. An official survey
will probably soon be nadc.
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ltelns.

Warrants have been issued Cor the srrest Of
he ProPrir'ur and officers of the Henry Clay.
A circus rider named SANns was killed ia
WaSne c"uuW. New York. in attempting 20
SOlk Il ceiling With his head downWards.
The New York Morning Express has a touch.
ing obituary on the death ol "Boomerism,"
which. II says, is deSd-VeTy dead.
The Cleveland Plaindealer denies the ,ru,b
OF the rumors about the existence oil cholera in
that city.
Mr.. WIsE appears to be making balloon as.
cension every Saturday, from some Town in The
northern part Of the State.
The Yankees sill keep inventinR. One has
invented machine for digging potatoes, and.
another has invented a machine for picking up'
stone.
The Liule Miami Railroad Company. suvs
the Commercial. have agreed To furnish iron 10
complete the Cincinnati and HiIlsboro road 10
The latter place.
Another bill to reduce the rates Of postage
has been introduced in Congress. il provides
Tor 0bolishiDg the franking privilege. That lea.
'uTe' we fear, will kill any bill Of the kind.
The Commencemens Of Yale College was
held on Wednesday last. The degree OF A.
was conferred on ninety graduates, and that of
A. NJ. on lory.lwo alumni.
JoHN Doe and RICHARD Roe will cease to tx.
ISL ~ English law alter the 24lh of October
next, when Wrils Of tjecimenI will be issued
against the persons in possession Of The proper
~ claimed.
! An individual out west sdvertises to name
children lGr small compensation. lie saws
be is well acquainted with the classics and will
guaranty to give smooth and harmonious names
10 the children.
The State Fair will be held at Cleveland The
l5.h, l6.h, aud l7,h OF September.
The Presidential election takes place this
year on The second day of November.
The Madison (la.) Banner says that Senator
WRlTcOMB is reported 10 be in a very bad state
Of health, aud may not be able 10 return TO the
Senate.
The Lake Shore Railroad is now completed
four miles east Of AshIabula, and will reach,
ConneauI in three weeks.
The U. S. Marine Hospital a, Chicago has
been completed, aud is now occupied. The
cost OF lis erection was S45O0U.
branch railroad is to be constructed from
Groilon, on The Cleveland and Columbus road,
TO Wooster. Ii will be pu. under contract this
fall.
The Stoubenvile Herald proposes mass
Injecting Of the Wings Of eastern Ohio at SIeu.
benvIIle in The course of The campuign.
The government is about 10 NY the expert.
ment of Illuminating the lieh, houses with g, s
the last Congsess having appropriated 5000
for that purpose
05-PrenticP, Of The Louisville Journal, says,
"nearly the whole pnruIation Of the country
seem now to be spon the Wing platform. The
Wings are standing 90 it. ard good many cf
the Democrats are fgiag nn IT,"
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HARRISON Brown was uurCered in Grant
county. Kentucky, ~ John McI}EE McBEE is
about SIX feet high. thla. swauhy, and about %
years old. lie has e>eap,d d. and the relatives
OF the deceased Cfler reward Of $3.50 for his
nnnrehension.