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o-yN Notwithstanding the evident belief
and desire Of the wings that the Democratic
National Convention would break up in a
row, that.body got through with its business
very comfortably; and while many Of them
attempt 10 make sport Of the nominations
and laugh at what they term their ridiculous
ness, the smile comes from rather the wrong
side Of the mouth. But, now that the dem
ocrats have got through with their conven-
zion, we shall see how the wings manage
theirs. From their own acknowledgement
there is.a screw loose some place, and twill
require vast deal Of the most consumnate
skill to fix it right again. Hope they may
have good time,doctoring up their old bro
ken down, obsolete, platform. Verify, Sc,
ward, Greely, Mangum and Co., will have
their hands full. Meanwhile, the democrats
will amuse themselves watching the "wirint
in and wiring OUT Of the leaders of their Yop
ponents.
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Democratic Responses.

We copy with high qualification, the iol,
lowing passage from the reported proceed
ings of the Baltimore Convention, subse-
quent TO the nomination of Gen. Pierce,
and pending the ballot for Vice President,
as we find them in the Baltimore Sun Tex
tra.)
During o, pause in The taking Of the ballot,
the following dispatches were read to the
convention; Y.
From Stephen Al. Douglass: 81 congrat'
ulate the Democratic party upon tine nornl'
nation; and Illinois will give Franklin
Pierce larger majority than any other State
| in the Union.o
I From Gen. Cass: "a good nominations
that Of Gen. Pierce. l shall support II
heartily. @9i,. t
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whosis Franklin Pierce I.

Sure enough! Who is he? That is the
question which whiggery has asked In these
parts. The, editor of the Buffalo Express
(whig) seems to know him, for he thinks in
order to I" "secure reasonable chance of pic,
tory, the wings must nominate their ''strong-
est man." Speaking Of our nominees, be
says;
The struggle was protracted and severe,
but il must be admitted that it was conduc-
tedin exceedinggood temper and lharmoni-
Gus spirit. There is no question but that it
will be concurret in by the Democracy far
and wide with great cordiality. This is a
complete and perfect answer to al! the base
less speculations of the whig press which fa-
.vor the nomination BY our party of a weak
candidate, TO the effect that the Locofoco
party is divided and distracted. The result
admonishes us that TO secure a reasonable
chacce of victory we must nominate our
man upon d platform that will
not repe, votes i,tom any quarter. '''f
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z General WIN. o. Butler. says The Louis
vile Times, WASH that place, (where he
bad some days previous brought Mrs. But
Ter, who is in very delicate health, to place
her under medical treatment,) when the re-
suit of the Baltimore Convention reached
there, and no one received the news Of the
nomination OF General Pierce with more
qualification than himself.
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R0RTsM0U o, FRIDAY EV VENING. JUNE Is, I8522

Nicholas. M. M. De Nessebrole, Meyenborlf.
and De Buolf, at Vienna, has put European
politicians on The On vivs. Tbs prevalent
Ideals. mat this mass-meeling Of crowned
heads contemplate some great plot against
France. II is said at Vienna, and believed
N Germany, that a coalition has been formed
between Prussia and Austria, headed by Rus
sia, to make war. on France. and, .irofi ling
by the present state Of affairs in that repul,.
nc, 70 crush, atonce and for ever, the split
OF Revolution, which has mofe vitnlity ii
France, at present, than in any other Euro.
pean country, notwithstanding the temposa-
~ degradation of The Fiench people. 4 ~
Yours truly, 4 ~, 4
JOB TRoTTER.
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0E We insert an article to-day, from
the Somerset Post, which shows that the
right spirit isupin Perry county, relative 10
having the Scioto XII. y. Railroad pass
througheit to Newark. The article also con-
tains some items which our readers have
not seen. The editor does not over-estimate
the business Of the road when once compile
ted. The stock will undoubtedly pay, and
pay well. s
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Nomination Of Vice President.

The first ballot for Vice President, in the
Baltimore Convention resulted as follows:
VIM. r. King of Ala, 1876 !; VIM. o. But
lar, 81; Robert Strange, 30; L. w. Downs,
80; John B. Weller, q g. ]. Pillow, % I;
David R. Atchison, 25, Howell Cobb, 2;
Gen.. Rusk, l3; JET. Davis, 2.
On the second ballot WIN. r. KING, Of
Alabama, received 277 votes, and JEFFERSON
DAVIS of Miss, II from Illinois. Where
upon Mr.. King was declared duly nomina-
ted. t
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RatilIca.ion Meeting IN chiIlieoille.

One Of the largest and most enthusiastic
meetings that has been held III Chillicothe
for years, took place on Monday evening
last, the object Of which was TO respond 20
the nominations. Hon. VIM. ALLEN adj
dressed the meeting in an able and interest
ing manner formore than an hour, and was
frequently interrupted by the heartiest ap-
plause. He spoke Of Franklin Pierce in
the highest terms, from an intimate knowl-
edge Of the man, obtained during a service
of seven years with him in Congress. They
both entered Congress at the same time, du-
ring Gen. Jackson's second term, and in the
famous panic session. whenso many faltered
or Welded to the corrupting influences
brought tosbear upon them, none stood firm
sr OF discharged his duties with more scru-
piIous fidelity than franklin Pierce. He
aas d Democrat Of the Jackson school, un-
eoyupted and incoruptble--a manoi firm
ness. sasacity, ability and experience, and
ons whose election to the highest position
within their giff would do honor 70 the
American people. In stew I, Of !. these iae's'
Mr.. Allen said that lie should moi only give
him hearty and cheerful support, =" pia :.
he could, withoutany misgivings, confident
y commend him 10 the united support ofthe
Democracy throughout the country.
Mr.. Allenpassed uerited eulogium upon
WIN. r. King, the nominee fotyice Plesi-
dent. At the conclusion Of the address,
resolutions ratifying the nominations, were
offered by Mr.. Shetrera and unanimously and
enthusiastically adopted.
The Democracy Of the State win be glad
to hear that Col. Allen has taken the field;--
doing, we believe, what he would not have
done, had any Of the other candidates before
the convention been nominated.
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A HattIe.

The British, in their endeayors 10 cipiliSc
tho hsuthens Of India, lost in the taking Of
Remgoon, lately, some 1900 men. One
hundred and fifty cannon were takenirom
the heathens. Queer sort ofheathens them,
to live in large cities and understand the
use Of "big guns" 4
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Something New.

Ladies' Pistols, instruments for she deli
cate hands Of the, fair sex. have been shown
to the editor Of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial. The editor thinksone Of them would
feel much better in the velvet palm Of q
lady's hand than its contents would Ina
cloth-covered body.
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\ oSSMr. wise, ,the&ronaut, made sgas,
eeHion al Chillicothe. on "Wednesday last
aud landedabout FIVE miles from Chillicothe
Yhe rigging Of TIE car got out of Ak, ant
prevented hinsl.om making 4 lcngeE voyage
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4. 4 4. 3 S9Ss}aED S9SsAS, SEI2' Committee.
Agitate.

There is nothing like agitation to
awaken the domancy of human ma
ture on moral subjects. The world
is inclined to +" hunkerism"-a dispo-
sition to settle down upon old forms,
and to walk within certain lines, ac-
cording to the prescribed rules of er-
pedieucy, without any Just regard to
moral right. There is a certain class
Of conservatives who will 60 Just so
far and no farther whose souls have
no extensive sympathy with anything
beyond the precincts of their own self
SIN interests. As Mr.. Cough says,
lou can grind out just SO many tunes,
y Sweet Home" Bony Doom" &C.,
with the same crank, and the music is
good enough Of the kind, but there are
no variation" These clog the
wheels of reform, They would live
under the ruin of rum, or any other
tyrannical influence, rather than ex-
ert themselves to shake off the yoke,
if that exertion involved any disagree.
able difficulties. The world wants
waking up. 1t must be aroused, or
ruined. Especially at this time, when
all the energy of hell is working un-
der ground, away out of sight of the
mere casual observer, but working
surely, though invisibly, for the de-
struction of every principle of moral
and civil right. " Agitate yes, agi-
tate" with all the influence God has
given you, until society shall get star
ted on the right track, and its princi-
pies Of progress" shall be such as
will result in the redemption of the
world.-Mass Cataract
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A Happy New Year to All.

We greetour friends with the COM
pliments of the season and surely,
upon the return of another year, we
have great cause of congratulation, as
well as of gratitude. He whose Power
gave birth to creation, and whose
Word ordained the first march Of
Time, has brought us, under the safe
guards of His everlasting Arm, to see
the dawn of another new year. Dur
ing the one that has just past, the
transcendent goodness of Omnipo-
tence has been most signally vouch-
safed unto us, as a nation and as indi-
viduals. No epidemic scourge has
walked at doon-day in our midst-the
war-trump has not sounded within our
borders-drouth hath not wasted our
crops ; but, on the contrary, health,
peace, and luxuriant harvests have
been our portion. While, in the old
world, there are wars and rumors of
washington rising against king
dom, and empire against empire, in
the efforts of people to throw off the
CALLING yoke of despotism, and enjoy
their God-given rights; here, a nation
of twenty-five millions of freemen are
quietly enjoying the inestimable bless
ings flowing from the hallowed insti-
tutions which were planted by our
forefathers, and firmly cemented with
their priceless blood. Surely, then,
we should not withhold our gratitude
from Him by whose matchless provi-
dence we are encompassed around
with such inestimable blessings.
Many, as is usually the case, will
desecrate tho day in drunkenness and
revelry, but far different should it be
spent. We should, on it, retrace our
footsteps during the past year, and
see what worthy deeds have been per
formed at our hands and when we
see how great have been our advan-
tages, and yet how little we have &C.
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complished towards eleyating our fell
low.men, we will surely form a reso-
luton to domore good during the year
on which we have just entered
To the Temperance reformer, the
present year " Il be one of deep and
commanding interest. During il the
great battle will be fought between the
friends of Temperance and the adhe-
rents to the tyrant Alcohol. Each
party is marshalling its hosts, and if
the friends orhumanity would triumph
over the legions Of Satan, they must
buckle on their armor, and march
fearlessly into the bate. This old
Babel Tower must be demolished, and
its inmates vanquished, during the
present year. But we are digressing.
again we say, happy New Year to
all.
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What can the Maine Law Accom-.
plish4

This question, which was ironically
asked BY the enemies Of Temperance,
before the practical benefits Of the
Maine Law began to unfold them
selves, has now been, to some extent,
solved. What has not the law already
accomplished? and what is it not des-
tined, by the blessings of heaven, yet
to accomplish? It has taken thou
sands Of our felIow-citizens from a
degradation so low that not human
sympathy could be extended t, them,
and elevated them to a position around
which cluster the majesty Of morals,
and the sympathies Of human nature.
II has dried up, in great measure, the
fountains Of pauperism, in those States
where it was first enacted. 1t has
made the miserable, happy; the idle,
industrious. It has taken cottages
filled with the elements Of misery, and
caused them to overflow with sweet
5nesIsc comforts 1t has taken the
sundered ties and broken vows of man
and wife, brought them together, and
bound them fast. 1t has arrested the
wanderer from God, brought him back
into virtues paths, and placed him in
condition in which he could reach
his Maker. It has aroused whole
communities from Incidence and SEN
suality, demolished their distilleries
and dram-shops, banished alcohol
from their midst, and placed them to
labor and independence.
But what has the whisky-traffic ac-
complished? Answer, ye rum advo-
Gates. 1t has crow ded our asylums
with destitute orphans-flled our jails
and penitentiaries with criminals-the
domestic circle with discord and mis-.
ery-the grave-yards with drunkards
and peopled the world of despai'
with lost souls ! How great the con
trast Yet there are men, and W
blush to record the fact, who profess
to be friends of Temperance, and yet
oppose the Maine Law, on the faI la
cious plea that it is an unwarrantabl
usurpation of human rcglas.
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Did you ever see rumseller who
would not plead pa,thRt ~ was guilt
less of any Of tA----------..l.cA 45W
from intemperance? That he did not
tell people to drinkl If they make
beasts of themselves, they are poor,
weak fools, who have no control over
themselves, and it was not his fault?
This is an error, and originates from
not understanding the true nature Of
man. Conscience is designed to con-
troll all our other faculties; its authority
is supreme. But when appetite is
goaded to desperation by the allure
ments of vice, which the rumseller
presents in every form before it, con-
science becomes too weak, and appe-
tite gains the ascendancy. Had not
the allurements of vice been presented
and added to appetite, conscience
would have retained its supremacy,
and the person would not have been
led from the paths of virtue, Conse-
quently, the man who holds up the
allurements to others, is equally guilty
with them, let his pretensions to mo-
rality be what they may. Let the
rumseller reflect upon this, and then
look into the mirror of thirty thousand
deaths annually, caused by the parch-
ing of his liquid fire, and say whether
he expects to feel peace of conscience
in dying hour. Will he not, in the
great day of retribution, stand by thu
side of his victims, and there hear III,
dreadful woe which is pronounced
upon him "that putteth the bottle tC
his neighbours mouth" AS his mur'
dered victims rise up before him, can
he then exclaim, "thou can.st not say
l did i'll" We fear the poor culprit
will cry, in confusion and shame, 81
poisoned them, I inhamed their pas
sions, was covetous of Iucre, and ad-
r,,;n;etoroJ to fbon, tbot ,,,I;ob l.
throned their reason, and they then
murdered their fellow men, their
wives, and their children; and l feel
that their blood, under the dreadful
ire of an angry God, is upon my
heart, my hands, my head!" Thus,
" He sinks down into the pit which he
made, in the net which he hid is his
his own feet taken"
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Our New Volume.

Our readers will excuse us fol
making mention so often Of the forth
coming new volume. We wish it kept
before them, and with it, our claims
upon them for an exertiOn on their
part to obtain for it new subscribers.
Our design in improving the paper is,
that we may add to its interest, and
gain for it a more extended circula-
ton. We must get the people to
readiwq, and this will set them to
htukipq, and then we will speedily see
them acting. Until we succeed in the
first, we need not expect much to be
accomplished. Then, l know of no
better way to work for the advance
ment of the cause than by trying to
SET everybody to reading on the sub
iect. This many of our friends begin
to see, and are putting forth their most
strenuous efforts, and, we are happy to
say, not without considerable success,
to extend the circulation Of our paper.
But there are many parts from which
we have not, as yet, heard from our
friends, and we fear a Iileless indiffer-
euce pervades their minds upon this
subject. Why this lukewarmness ?
Do you not see a disposition mani
tested on our part to do our dutyl
Then come up to our aid. Let US hear
from you before the close of our pres
ent volume, that we may know wheth.
er our efforts to disseminate Tempe.
rance truths are appreciated by our
brethren, or not.
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Too True.

We clip the following from the
Kentucky New Era. It's hard to find
community which is not polluted by
such men as the editor mentions. In
our own city they are found in every
square, and, as one infected sheep will
impart disease to whole flock, SO do
these with their pestiferous work, con-
taminated all, both old and young,
who come within their unhallowed in.
fluence. He says:
All who minister to this diseased
appetite are directly increasing idle
ness, ignorance and crime, and which
ever is first superinduced will soon
produce the other two.
Every community has many bad
men who will not hesitate to tempt and
lure to ruin with temptation. Fines
imposed upon those who get drunk, or
sell without license that which makes
men drunk, will never, never even
partially, correct drunkenness. The
only sure remedy is to Danish, remove
the temptation, and by a proper pro-
hibitory law, restrain all from carry
ing on the iniquitous traffic in that
which intoxicates. Then, and not till
then, will the great evil be overcome,
and the thousands now in moral and
intellectual darkness be brought to
light, and be enabled to sweetly and
surely, seek and find that knowledge
which leads to happiness, and with
acticity and energy follow its dictates
and possess pure enjoyment.
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Premiums.

We never before offered premium
to Divisions, as an inducement to OBJ
tain subscribers to the Organ but,
as the new volume will commence in
three weeks from this date, we will
now make the following offers
To the Division that secures the
largest list of subscribers, in proper
ton to the number of members, to the
Organ for the next volume, we will
present most elegantly bound Bible,
with name, No, and date of organl-
cation beautiful inscribed upon it.
For the second best list, 1000 copies
of Tract No. l, written by Gen. CARY.
For the third best, 100 copies OF
the Illustrated Maine Liquor Law.
For the fourth bestli from pivi-
sion, they shall receive a copy of the
Sons of Temperance Offering for
1858, a beautiful volume.
The subscriptions must all be in on
or before the 2lst Of january, as that
is the day the 1st No. Of the new vol
ume will be issued.
In offering these premiums, we
hope it may be the means of exciting
a spirit Of emulation in the good work
among the different Divisions. The
publisher has been induced TO make
these offers to Divisions, from the fact
that he has frequently offered per-
centage to individuals for soliciting
subscriptions to the Organ; but in a
large majority of cases it has been re-
fused-they generously rendering their
services gratuitously, declaring that
the only reward they coveted, was
consciousness of having performed
their duty to the cause the paper ad-
vocates.
These noble spirits will now have an
opportunity of exerting themselves in
behalf of the Organ, and of securing
to their Divisions a momento Of its
devotedneness to the cause of Tenn
perance.
The clubs now in, and those that
may hereafter come in, will be con-
sidered as competitors for the premi-
ums. Let none delay sending in
their lists who have them ready, and
they can continue to add to then
hereafter.
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MA man named Crolyn, residing

GA man named Crolyn, residing
on Elm st., attempted, yesterday eve
ming, to cut his wife's throat with a
razor. Her screams called the nei h.
bors to her rescue, before the fendish
act had been accomplished. Her hus-
band was, at the time, under the intlu-
ence of strong drink. When sober, he
is doating husband, and being told
next morning of his horid attempt
upon his wife's life, he seemed terri
fed, and vowed never to touch the
intoxicating cup again
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Apology.

We regret having omitted to notice,
in our last No, under its appropriate
head, tho rOooiPt of $4,000 from our
worthy and esteemed Bro, II. CAN
FIELD, of Medina co., o. Bro. C. will
please accept our thanks for his eff
cient labors in our behalf The TEN.
peaance cause needs just such men as
he is to make it prosper-men who
will lay off their coats and go to work.
Any other kind are not deserving the
name of Temperance men. We re-
commend to the different Divisions
from which we have not yet heard, a
perusal of his letter published in our
last paper, with the hopes thet they
will see others "good works." and
thereby be influenced to edo like
wise"
We would also say, that in noticing
the receipt of Bro. AIdIN, last week,
our printer caused us to say two dol
lars, when it should have been eleven
ten for Organ and one for Tracts.
VIII our brothers accept these apollo
giesl
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THE MAINE LAW AFLoAT ! A ship
was launched at Lubec, Me-, lately,
called the "Maine Law" By the way,
Boston insurance Company not long
ago refused to insure vessel to which
the owner proposed to give this name
and he was obliged to change it.
Their reason was, the vessel would be
burned in consequence of her name.
What an imputation on the rummies.
It seems this has mol deferred another
owner from giving the designation to
his vessel. It is not the first instance
IN which evil has been predicted OF
the Maine Law, but the predictions
hitherto have most signally failed -
Temperance Telegraph.
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re- We-haye received the follow
ing letter from our fair correspondent,
Mrs. NJ. A. Bronson. We would say,
however, that the telegraphic dispatch
referred to in her epistle, was not re.
ceived by us, in consequence, we sup.
pose, of the late storm, which pre-
vented communication through that
medium:
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MEDINA MEDINA co OIL
n nn rDEn


Mr.. Editor: It's necessary to coun-
termand the orders for publishing the
call for the Womens' State Temper
ance Convention, which was to meet
on the 18th January.
1t has been deemed advisable to
postpone it for the present. You will,
therefore, please have those papers in
your city which have published ne
notice, discontinue it until further or-
ders. Respectfully, yours,
NJ. A, BRoNsoE
By order Of Elk. Com,
P. ST. sent a notice to you by
telegraph, to this effect, but you may
not have received the dispatch.
M. A. r.