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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-19

hope in the blackness of despair where the
scalding drops Of incensed justice will fall
upon you forever!
Starting up with a shuddcr, at what he
had depicted, with streaming eyes, and a
countenance now beaming love and solici-
tude, he added,
Il come tonight, my friends, to arrest
you in this dangerous fall. | come tonight
to assure you that total abstinence from the
vice which kills will be its cure. But you
hate me you lie about me. You say hat
Bludgeon is a knave and a deceiver ; that
he is after your money, and not your hap
piness. o, my friends if your ISLANDERS
were true, think you | should stand plead
ing with you till my lungs are SO sore that
when | have spoken one word, | know not
that | can speak another, and laboring so
constantly hat if | get four hours sleep in
the t~wenty-four | think myself well off
Here's two lies for you to nail, Pegan,'
said Skampton, in a low voice lungs too
sore to speak, yet all the time bawling f;
four hours sleep, mark, PECAN!
Yes, yes said PECAN, with a start and
a witch, I'll nail 'em =
EAnd all this continued Bludgeon, for
what? For my bread, and clothes, and
lodging, which, l protest, is all [ have had
SO far
Another lie, Pegan,' said champion
Fmark it mark it
Its Marked %rejoined PECAN ; { [ shall
get ammunition for my gun tonight
BY this time Bludgeon had conciliated
every feeling in the house, except those Of
the rum convention, so far as such charac
tiers were capable of Cancellation by such a
speaker.
The history and fall of Satan were nov
announced as his theme. Satan, he said
was an i~mpersonation of evil in man, ant
more especially of alcohol, which was thC
soul of wickedness !; and if that could once
be exercised, the body and members of tn
monster would die an ultraism natural t.
one so exclusively occupied with a particu
lar cause of crime and misery. Bludgeon'
logic and theology are far from being mod
els. In giving a history of Satan, h
touched upon every recollected case an
form of the abuse of wine or alcohol
drinks, from NOah's drunkenness to TIL
day; a theme, any one may imagine, a
graphic and powerful as could possibly ia.
to the lot of such an orator.
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July 90, Ie
EXCITEMENT

On Monday last, at Clarksburg, Harrison
County, at the County Court, the license to
traffic in ardent spirits, came up for the second
time. and quite an exctment was gotten up
in the Court. 1t was advocated for the
rotcdies, by Chas. s. Lewis the duelist,-and
opposed by VIM. A. Harrison. When it was
found that the Court were equally divided
upon the subject, ten to ten, and that the
President Of the Court c. s. Holden Esq,
gave the casting vote in favor of sobriety
and good morals, there was quite an exitemen
on the outside. "A mob Of Liquor Sellers, and
drunien ro,Odies, after night assembled, and
burnt in ebigy the President Of the Court, who
had the moral curage to do right, in oppo
sition to rowdyism. Let the friends of order
pass round his name as the Effigy Martyr in
the noble cause.-Wheling Gazette.
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05-The great event Of the season in New
York, the opening of the Crystal Palace Ex
hibition, has at last taken place. In imita
ton of Queen Victoria, who, as the grea
head of the British Empire inaugurated the
London palace, so does our President, Frank
lin Pierce, as the Representative of our ma.
ton and of our Sovereignty as a people, in.
augurate the New York Crystal Palace. There
is one great difference however, between the
two undertakings. The London undertaking
was government work; Prince Albert con
ceived it and Parliament supplied the funds
As the work of the British Empire they had
a national pride in its success, and every en-
ergy was lent to the task of its successful
completion; the New York scheme, Oh the
contrary, is purely private enterprise, and
Notwithstanding great impediments, it has
triumphed over all opposition and stands as
an evidence of Yankee ingenuity energy and
skill.
oH Tie HuiieTOuS WOTkS OF ART on eXnl0l-
ton we at present have no room for any re-
marks. At another time we may publish
notices of different works as we find them in
our New York exchanges.
On the whole, we are glad that some of
our countrymen have had the energy and per-
severance to complete this work. 1t will be
the means of bringing thousands of foreign
ers to our shores who could never have been
led here from any other motive, and we will
there by have an opportunity of showing
them that we are, at least, civilized people,
which some of them seem very much to doubt.
They will 60 back with better idea of A.
merica and her institutions, and it will be
more beneficial to the cause of Liberty than
anything that has yet been done in Europe.
There foreigners will see us in our most
favorable aspect-in our works of art, i'm.
provements in machinery and inventions
There they will be thrown in contact with
our most intelligent men, and they cannot
but respect us as nation.
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WILLIAM GILL, Of Pease tp.
DIRECTOR OF IsFIRmARy,
SAMUEL DANIELS, Of Wheeling tp.

C. Western Rail Road.-Am meet
VNaS ing of the friends of the "Western
Railroad, will be held at atUNIONTOWN on
Saturday the 3Oth, Inst, at 8 O'Clock P. M.
The friends of the Wheeling Creek route, are
solicited to attend, let all turn out Addresses
may be expected from Gov Shannon, Judge
Cowen, C. C. Carol, VIM. Kennon Jr.
Esquires.
ELet there bea general attendance at
the Railroad Meeting at Uniontown. This
is very important route, and should be made,
forthwith We trust no round about route
will be adopted, merely to save few dollars.
What we want, and what the interests of the
country require is, The shortest practicable
route from Bridgeport to Chicago. That
route is mol by New Philadelphia, though
the connection should be made with the
New Philadelphia road Let the best route
be selected to Coshocton and Mt. Vernon.
That is what we need, and that will place us
almost on the air line to Chicago. We know
this route is practicable, the most of the way
atvery easy gra es, for we have travelled over
it many times.
Bridgeport, it will be seen, has at last
walked up. Philadelphia and Baltimore soon
will, if they are not already, and the trcmen-
dous amount of produce of the great North
West will not be allowed to 60 to New York
without an effert on the part Of those cities.
The North Vests also deeply interested in
this matter, because choice Of markets is to
them commercial necessity. Belmont
County is deeply Observation-Disclosures the
more railroads that centre here, the sooner
will our vast coal fields come into requisition
for manufacturing purposes. This would
capital upon the tax deplicate, which would
lesson all our taxes, and the hands employed
would give cash home market to all that
our agricultural friends could produce. And
our county being the great centre of man.
utacturing business would bring millions OF
cash among us, to pay for produce and the
raw material-and thus hard times would be
banished from our midst.
This is the kind of progress which we wish
to encourage progress which will advance
the mechanical and manufacturing skill OF
our country, and thus insure the welfare Of
the farmers. All that our farmers need is
good markets for their produce, and that
market is never SO good as when it is furnish
ed shem in cash, at home. We again say that
we want railroads-not as an end, but as 9
means of developing the resources of oul
country, and bringing about that most de-
sivable of all states of society, where all kinds
labor is in demand, and where all may be
proftably employed. Let our people be in
spired with the Importance of creative ,DealA
--let them become in very truth producers o
wealth, and not mere dealers in the wealth
created by others.
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AS WE EXPECTED.

A grand conglomeration of heterogeneous
incongrueties, 'yclept the Democratic party,
elected franklin Pierce President of the Uni
ted States. The Wings, who had poled a
larger vote for Gen. Scott than they had ever
before cast for any one, quietly acquiesced in
the result, and offered no opposition to the
incoming President. They were we'll aware
that such discordant materials could not act
in harmony, and quietly waited to see the fun
They had not long to wait. Soon there was
the low muttering-next the decided growl-
and now there is the perfect howl. The
Union is bus'ly engaged in the work of reading
sundry editors, who were the most efhcien
supporters Of Gen. Pierce, out of the party
These editors turn round and say they will
not 90 out-and intimate pretty broadly tina
the editors of the Union will have to stand oil
their own good behavior, or they will be tosse
overheard.
So far as we outsiders can understand tn
quarrel, it originates in the distribution of tn
spoils. Never, since the organization of ou
government has an incoming admnistratio
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GrNo. II of the New Series Of LitteTs
Liring Age has been received. Itis, as ever,
filled with the Purest of literary selections,
and no one need feart to pla 'e 1t on their table
for the perusal of their families.
Contents;-Syria; Cola Oil; Solar Eclipse
from Norwegian Mountain; the Duke oil
buckingham; Striking Likenesses; Idiotsi
can Slavery be abolished; Gallons Explora-
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THE MARKETS.

New York, July &c.
FLOUR, State 500: Ohio 4,S7@5,l2
active; Southern 5,3705,62 firm.
Wheat, Western l,22 easier.
Corn, mixed 7O4, yellow 724 firm.
Cotton unchanged
Coffee Rio o.; Java H. J; firm
Sugar, Orleans Al
Molasses Orleans 28I@29.
Tobacco, Kentucky 74@9; firm.
Pork mess l5,S7@l5.93.
Mess, ,Beefl2,75 buoyant; prime mess 1920
Shoulders 81.
Hams 8.
Bacon S@Sa.
Lard bbls l0B, kegs IL.
Butter heavy.
Cincinnati, July 26.
Flour dull at 3,75
Oats at 40IO42.
Corn, sold at 55@56.
Nothing transpired in provisions.
Sugar at 4f@5B.
Molasses Orleans "a dull.
Coffee SOLO firm
ToBAcoo-THE CRoP-PRIcEs-By referring
to the books of the Tobacco warehouses in this
city, it appears that there is considerable
decrease in the sales this sea son, as compared
with the last. The sales at the auction
houses this season up to the present dates
were 1873 hogsheads against 1878
hogshcads during the same period last sea
son.
This confirms the statements made earl.
in the season that the crop would be les
than that of the previous year, and from al
the information we can gain, it is yer.
certain that the growing up crop will fall ia
short of the present one and in very man,
sections the farmers do not anticipate half
crop. This is altogether owing to the Ion
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made so clean sweep Of its political oppo
nents--and yet the greedy cormorants appea
only to have got taste--just enough to make
them thoroughly rabbid.
In the distribution Of the spois it is char
ged that the Northern abolitionists and South
ern fre-eaters have received the lions share
Indeed, the charge is, that this is 50 obvious
as to look like an intention on the part Of the
President to punish those who rallied to the
standard of the country when 1t was alleged
that It was in imminent peril.
In New York the prrty has split in body
and it is generally conceded that the wings
will redeem the state; In Georgia the united
democracy have become two distinct bodies,
and the power will no doubt pass into the
hands of the Wings. In Ohio the Sawbucks
and Miamis are at swords points, and both are
terribly afraid that the people will repudiate
both factions.
In New Hampshire, and, indeed, in almost
every State in the Union, the party shows
signs of dissolution.
In the mean time the true wings Of the ma
tion are united and determined, and will rally
around the Constitution Of the country, firmly
resolved that our glorious republic shall not be
destroyed by the eeches that seem determined
to draw its life's blood. We say again to the
wings, stand .frm-the nation must and will
yet rally to whig principles, because they are
the only ones that will make the people of this
government truly independent.
"In Ohio, especially, it is important that
the Wings should stand firm"
Belmont Chronicle.
Hadn't they better get up first.
Statesman.
0|FThe advice was acted on before it was
given, Mr.. Statesman. The Wings got up,
pulled off their coats, rolled up their sleeves,
and are determined to thrash locofocoism as
long as enough of it can be found in the
State to even make balance of power party.
So look out
"Let them GO to work and "Redeem the
."-Ditto.
They had better work out their own re-
demption from their own miserable "state."
Statesman.
0SFJust what we intend to do. You and
your party have brough the whole people of
Ohio, (office holders excepted) into such
"mserable state" that they are determined
to "work out their own redemption" So,
again we say, look out!
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EARM AT PRIVATE sALE.-The sub

4 scriber takes this method of offering for sale his
farm situated in Cderan township, Belmont county.
Said farm is on te road leading from the pike to Mt.
Pleasant and is bOuIded by lands of Abraham LASH Eli
sha Pickering Others; il contains 81 acres& perches,
same les and fair proportion of II is wood,
land. The land agood quality and the greater part
of thavng been in ass for the last six years. il is in
condition podute abundant crops of grain and grass
and the farm is wll wutered. The improvements
house. barn, sprinj house, other out buildings. There
IL spring of excellent the house, and there
also or the premises apple orchard and variety OF
other fruit trees The farm well situated between the
NatOnai Road, dSthe PLANK Road leading ON Martins.
lille TO Harisve IL is near six miles from ST. Glars
willie aud about sill from Wheeling, and is very convent
entity ocated schools, mills and places OF worship
The terms of payment ill he far for further particu
lars apply to the subscriber residing the premises
THOMAS HlBBARD.
Colcrain, eth Mo. 10Th ls5a.-pd.
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ton in South Africa; Warburton's life Of
Peterborough The Attorney; Miss Hurst,
The Coquette; A day with Charles Fox;
Comparative Atlas, together with Poetry
and "Short Articles" "Review Of New Books
&C., &c.
It contains Ga pages Of reading matter g. is
published ,oeekly for six dollars a year, and
sent free of Postage.
Address Little, Son g. Co, Boston, Mass.
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UTPOISONING.lm

- III
Thousands of parents who Vernifuge composed of
Castor Oil, Caomel, &C. not aware, that while they
appear benefit the patient they actually laying the
Foundation for SCI les of Diseases such salvation,
loss of sight, weakness Of limbs, &c.
In another column will he found The advertisement of
IIobensack's Medicines, TO which ask the attention
of all directly interested in their own well as their
Childrens health In Liver Complaints and all disorders
arising from those of bilious Type should make Of
the only genuine medicine IloEensaCks Liver Pills.
II r" Be deceived but ask for Hohcnsack's Worm
Syrup and Liver Pills. and observe that each has the sig
nature OF the Proprietor, J. N. HOBENSACk, as none
else genuine.
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VALUABLE FARM FOR sALE-pos

SESSION oivEE tssEDfATrtTs-siusied3 miles wesi
oI hElDgEPOhT, nu the National Road. A Coon
bIoNb HOUSE-GGOD WELis--and other convcniet.
60; House cost sl5C0 50 acres IS o Which arc fn The
bg.en state OF tuvaiion with vs. Of good coal
ana a. - 70 ho found In Belmont county Would max
une county residence for man doing business in
Mhectng-es he would have Gne roads in all season.
$500 s the prits-sIJ0O down. the balance in one and
tWp Yeas As is highly Necessary that the farm should
bs 500 soon We Oner hOnus OF hundred dollars
" sny one who buys II, or p'ocdfes purchaser.
f9r further particulars apply to GEORGE NEFF, al
lhe Toll Gate, orto DANIEL ZANE,
July ~, Ie5o.l ON the Island.
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OHIO RAILROAD COM.

&/PANY.-The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
IN the above Company, will be held at their Office in
GAINESVILLE on Tuesday the Both day of August next
Voclock A. Mon which day, and at which place, ali
election will be held for thirteen Directors of said
Pany. Polls to he opened at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
ALSO, at the same time and place, vote OF the Stock
holders will be taken for agains! subscription IF
hundred thousand dollars by the Central Ohio Rail Com
pany, to the Capital Stock OF the Cincinnati, Whining
ton & GAINESVILLE Rail Road Company.
SAMUEL J. cox, sec'ry.
July 90, 1853
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NJ OTICE.-s HEREBY given that at my in
Y stance an attShment was this day issued by John
II. johnson, Justte of the Peace for Krkwood Town,
ship, Belmont Coury Ohio, against the property aud
effects of John Bernrd non resident said county OF
Belmont. ID. PICKERING,
the firm of d. Pickering q Co.,
July 90, le53-4d.
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WHIG NOMINAT TIONS,

WHIG NOMINA TIONS
FOR GOVERNOR,
NELSON BARRERE, of Highland
roR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR,
ISAAC J. ALLEN, Of Richland.
FOR TREASURER OF STATE,
HENRY BRAKEMAN of Hamilton.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
NELSON II. VAN WORRIES, of Athens.
ron ATTORNEY GENERAL,
WILLIAM H. GIBSON, of Seneca.
FOR SUPREME COURT JUDGE,
FRANKLIN 7. BACKUs, of Cuyahoga.
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
JOHN WADDELL, of COshocton
SENATOR,
DAVID ALLEN, of Belmont.
BOARD CT EQUALIZATION,
JAMES HAMMOND, OF Harrison.
REPRESENTATIVE,
ELI V. CLFAVER, of Wheeling tp-
SAMUEL DANFORD, of Washington tp.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,
d. d. T. COWEN, of Richlard tp.
TREASURER,
d. s. ADAMS, of Richland tp
COMMISSIONER,
SWAN G. VANCE, OF Flushing tip.
RECORDER,
PRICE ARRICK, of Kirkwood tp
SURVEYOR,
JAMES MCMILLAN, of Richland tp.
CORONER,
WILLIAM GILL, Of Peuse tp.
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The Ladies' Keepsake is the title oc an
attractive and valuable monthly published by
John s. Taylor, New York. In the purity ol
its taste and the high toned sentiment ever
to be found in its pages, it presents truly
valuable "Ladies' Keepsake" Price 90
per annum.
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OBITUARY,

! Died on the the 22nd inst of palsy, in Nor
rstown, Mr.. William Swaney in the 10th
year of his age. The deceased was an early
settler of our State when it was but in its in
fancy, sharing the hardships e. prvations of
those early days was citizen of Morristown
more than thirty years, and emigrated from
Fayette county Pa. the place of his nativity.
Mr.. Swarey possessed a very strong and
common sense mind, firm and fixed in his o.
pinions true and substantial friend. He was
an early adviser of General Jackson, and was
one of the seven voters of Union TOWNSHIP that
voted for the general in 1924 for President.
He was an industrious and enterprsing citi-
zen possessing the highest sense of honor g.
the strictest integrity, his parents died at an
early period of his life, leaving him an orphan
boy, the architect of his own fortune g. sue
cess in life, he was an afiectionate husband &
kind and an indulgent father, and above all,
he was a believer and put his trust in God.
He was member ofthe Presbyterian Church,
and died with true christian forttude g. resig-
nation imploring the blessings ofheaven upon
the partner of his bosom, & his children who
are left to feel keenly and sorely their loss.
The coincidence of the undersigned one of
the numerous friends of the deceased is most
sincerely and affectionately rendered to the
bereaved. A FRIEND.
From the Fairfield (Iolca) Ledger.
Died-On the 18th inst, of Dysentery, at
the National Hotel in this place, JOHN CAL
WIN REVERE, son of DR. b. F. and Louisa Jane
Bethel, aged year, IL months and days.
"LITTLE JOHNNY" was a sweet child, and
little did we apprehend few days ago, when
we took him in our arms, that SO soon the
! chilly hand of death would rest on his fair
brow. The rosy bloom and sparkling eye,
glancing from beneath a shadow of floating
ringets, told US not that so soon decay with
pesola:ng stealth should rob those fond pa
rents of so loved a treasure.
Sweet JOHNNY, darling, thou are gone to God!
We've looked our last upon thy calm pale brow
And laid thy precious du st beneath the sod
Earth was no home for one so pure as thou
Think not we will forget thee in each heart
Thou art inspired while this briefliIe remains;
Twas agony even from thy dust to part
| Though we'll we know for thee "Io die is gain
Cone gone to God! thy home is with Him now,
| And with the angelic host around his throne,
They've crowned with glory that puse cherub brow
And claimed our brightest -loveiest for their own.
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Graham's Magazine for August has been
received. Graham bears himself nobly in the
publishing ranks, and comes out about even
with any Of 'om. Each number contains
ll2 pages Of reading matter, and the sub
scription price is $500 per annum.
Address G.. r. Graham, Philadelphia Pa.