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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-10-12
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
JAS. R. MORRIS, PROPRIETOR.
wooDsFIELD, OHIO, OCT. ls, 1853.

o. We had thought of delaying the pub
LEGATION of this weeks paper until Wednes.
day morning, SO that we could give some
idea Of the result Of the election. But as
it would not contain the official vote, we
have concluded to issue at the usual time.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-10-12

@ The Fair at St. Clairsvllle is said
to have rivaled the late Fair on the Island.
Among the antique c~uriosities on exhibi-
ton were q portion OF a set Of bed cur.
tains used by Benedict Arnold, and the
iron pot from which General Washington
ate his GRUB" al Valley Forge. The ad-
dress was delivered by Mr.. Pennington
Wheeling Argus.
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Washington News.
WASHINGTON. Tuesday. Oct. 4


The Department Of the Interior yesies-
day received a letter from Col. Wynkoop.
the United States Marshal Of the Eastern
District. stating that three Of his Deputies
were on the point of being arrested on .
State warrant. charging them with riotous
or illegal conduct. in the execution Of a
warrant from Justice Green, Of the Uniied
States Court. for the arrest of a negro
claimed as a slave by lsham Keith, Of Vir-
ginia. The Marshall asks authority to en-
ploy counsel and incur the necessary ex-
pense in defending suit.
The Secretary replied, by telegraph, di-
recting the Marshal TO lose no tin,e ineon-
salting the District Attorney. and ,akine
any defense necessary; assuring him ahsf
The Department. as well as the entire G4&<
eminent, is determined at all hazardsx1 Sfa
at any cost. TO carry out the proyisioh1sS
the fugitive slave law.
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News From Mesico.
BALrImoRn. Tuesdav. Ocf.

BALTIMORE. Tuesday, Oct. 4.
By the mail, this morning. we have
New Orleans papers to the 28ih uit.
Adyices from Mexico say that it vas ru.
mored that hostilities had commenced in
the Mesilla Valley early in September.
The Diario Of the 9th says, officially.
that advices from Gen. Trias, under dale
Of August 18th. that no difficulties had yet
and that he apprehendsd no col
lision with the forces of Ger. Garland.
The Mexican papers are generally op.
posed to granting the right Of way 10 Tho
Pacific Railway through Mexican tefri-
tory. 81
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From Ne,o Orleans.

New ORLEANS. Tuesday, Oct. Al
The steamship Mexico. just in. reports
the steamer Yacht, from Brszos to New
Orleans, struck on a bar on the esd ujt..
and went 10 pieces. M eight feet water.
There was considerable specie on board,
a portion OF which was saved. The pas
sengeFs and crew are all safe.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-10-12

P~resburg, a large fortified town in Hun
gary. has the honor Of possessing by right
the regalia, &c. of that country.
The Crown in the year 1884 was re.
moved TO Vienna by the order Of the En-
peror Joseph II. But this measure gave
so great offence and excited such violent
discontents that it was sent back 10 Buda
in 1890, where it was received with the
most extravaganza testimonies Of Joy, and
the whole city and suburb was ~splendidly
illuminate on the occasion. This Crown
was sent in the year 1000 by Pope Silves-
ter II. to Stephen, King Of Hungary, and
was made alter that Of the Greek Enper-
-. Ii is of solid gold, weighing nine
marks and three ounces, a nark in value
is thirteen shillings and foar pence.) orna-
mensed with fifty-three sapphires, fifty
rubies, n large emerald, and three hun
dred and thirty-eight pearls. Besides
these stones are the images of the Apos-
ties and the Patriarehs.
The Pope added to this Crown a silver
patriarchal cross, which was afterw ards
inserted in the arms OF Hungary. At the
ceremony Of the coronation a Bishop car
ries it before the King. From the cross is
derived the title, of Apostolic King, the use
OF which was renewed under the reign OF
the Empress Queen Maria Theresa.
The sceptre and the-globe of the king
dom are OF Arabian gold; the mantle,
which is Of fine linen. is said to be the
work Of Gizelle. the spouse Of ST. Stephen,
who they say embroidered in gold the i'm
age of the Saviour crucified and many
other images of the Patriarchs and Apos-
ties, with a number Of inscriptions.
The sword is two-edged, and rounded
at the point.
INoTE.-Thus ends the description OF
this famous regalia, &c. of Hungary.
That it was distracted from its resting
place there can be no doubt. 1t is also
true that both Kossuth and Kostza (the
Hungarian refugee now in the custody OF
the French Consult General in Smyrna)
have been and perhaps (who knows?) with
truth accused Of having had the same in
their possession. The whole affair is a
singular business, to say the least of it,.
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Fugitive Slaue Case-Arrest of Un,ted
States Deputy Marshals.

States Deputy Marshals.
PHILADELPHIA. Wednesday, Oct. s.
The United States Deputy Marshals,
Crossen and Jenkins. were arrested yes-
terday, charged with riot, assault and bat
terry, on Bill Thomas, an alleged fugitive,
slave, at Wilkesbarre, on the oath Of w.
c.. Gildersleeve, a resident Of that place..
A writ OF habeas corpus was applied for.
before Judge Grier, of this city, by the
District Attorney, on the ground that no
more force was used in making the arrest
Of the negro than was necessary, inasmuch
as he was arrested with a knife, given him
by the bystanders. Judge Grier said:-
~.Ifhabeas corpuses are 10 be taken ont in
that manner | will have an indictment
sent TO the United States Grand Jury a.
gainst the person who applies for the writ.
or assists in getting it, the lawyer who de-
tends, and the sheriff who serves the writ,
in order to see whether the United States
officers are 10 be arrested and harassed
whenever they attempt to serve q process
OF the United States"
Mr.. Brown, the counsel for the abolition
lists, asked for a delay Of one week to pro-
cure Witnesses, which was granted
Great Fire at RuGalo-T Terrible Gale on
Lake Erie.
BUFFALO, Wednesday, Oct, 5.
The gale noticed yesterday continued
all night with much violence.
A fire broke out this morning on Evans
street. and before il was subdned over 100
buildings We're destroyed-some Of them.
valuable brick buildings. The burnt dis
trict embraces an area Of FIVE acres. The.
wind was very high during the FIRE. The.
loss is estimated al $500 900.
The name OF the schooner reported lost,
yesterday was Oneida. She was loadedi
with 5000 bushels Of wheat, bound Tor To-
lsdo. and was owned by Capt. Allen. who.
was drowned in her. She was run down,
by a steamer bound up, and sunk in fg--
teen minutes. All hands were lost except
the cook, who clung to the mast for twenty.
four hours. until he was rescued by a life--
boat. The gale blew all night with tre--
mendous fury.
dispatch from Michigan city states tina &
the United States steamer Michigan City
is ashore near that point, in a critical sit
~ualion.
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A TERRIBLE END.-On Sunday last,
one miie outside Of Troy, Ohio. the man
gled body of a once respectable man was
found, who OF late has been a drunkard.
With the exception Of the extremities of
the arms and legs. the flesh had been en-
tirely consumed by the hogs. The lower
jaw was torn off, stripped OF every vestige
of flesh, and was found several rods from
the rest Of the skeleton. A more revolving
spectacle has seldom been Witnessed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-10-12

" We learn rom the Xenia Torch
light that Hon. HORACE MANN arrived at
Yellow Springs on Wednesday last, with
his family, and has taken up his residence
permanently at that place. The inaugu.
ration of Antioch College took place on
Wednesday. The inaugural address was
delivered by Mr.. MANN.
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Singular Circumstance.

The London papers contain an accoun,
of the wreck of the British ship "Rebec-
ca" on the coast of Van Dleman's Land,
with the loss OF the captain, his wife, and
nineteen of the crew. Eleven persons
succeeded i'll getting on shore. They
could find no inhabitants. After two
weeks of suffering and priyation, during
which time they subsisted on stores wash
ed up from the wreck, they were surprised
by the appearance Of a dog, which they
hailed as the h~arbinger Of deliverance.
They wrote an account of their situation
and tied it around the dogs neck. The
dog belonged to a gentleman named Bur-
CESS, who, with a party, was exploring the
country. Upon reading the note they i'm
mediately set out for the wreck, and came
up with the survivors on the t~wenty-third
day after their landing.
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: Mel profit, $l5 81
joel Yost's Wheat crop Of 9 acres-2d
yrsssinm Of Sc. River bottom land; a fal.
low Tor 3 years in pasture; ~ploughed s in.
chss deep and sown Immediately, being
about the 25th Of October. and harvested
about The Ist Of July. Yield, 95 bushels
and 5744 lbs. per acre, giving a.total value
OF $222 80
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FIELD CROPS.
( Held in Woodsfetd, October 9Th and 7th

Jonaihan Lupton's Wheat Crop of one
acre-lst premium Of 81. White oak up
land. sown on corn stubble about the 25th
ct September; harvested July 3rd; plowed
8 inches deep; MANFRED with compost OF
chip manure and lime applied after plow-
ing and before sowing; II bushels Of seed
% the acre. Yield, 81 bushels aud 10 lbs.
y che acre, which. at 80 cents per bushel.
gives q total value of $24 as
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OCv. %.
The Arabia arrived to-day. with Liver
pool dates to the 38th September.
The aspect Of Turkish affairs is moro
threatening than ever. The Turks are
reused to fanaticlsm. and even csiled up
on the Sultan to declare wer or abdicate
the throne. Meantime tho great Powers
are endeavoring to induce the Sultan to
accept the original Vienna note, but Aus.
tria shows symptoms Of backing out from
the alliance with France and England, 70
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Net profit, $Io6 80
Ths wheat Of the above crop weighed
p644 lbs. 10 the measured bushel.
ssA crop Of wheat Of s acres was entered
~ Charles Wells, which yielded "a bush
fsls - the acre, but ewing TO some infor.
mality in the return, was not considered
b The committee.
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The seve raj committees, on articles ex.
hibeted in the Hall, Instructed the Secreta.
ry to say. that they were called to decide
upon the relative merits Of many articles,
when there was really little, if any, differ
ence; but their duties compelled them to
make q decision, which they did accord
ing to the best of their judgment.
The members Of the Society met at the
court house, on the evening Of the first day
Of the Fair, for the purpose Of electing Of.
6cers for the ensuing pear. and for the
transaction of such other business A.
might come before the Society.
The following resolutions. after being
discussed at much length. were adopted:
ResoIued, That no horses shall be enter
ed hereafter for more than n premium.
Resolped, That the officers elected for
the ensuing year be requested to issss or
purchase q piece Of ground, suitable for
holding Fairs; that they ensaase the same
and erect suitable buildings thereon, STALE
for stock, &c.
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Important Runor.

ALBANY. Tuesday, Oct. A
Chevafier Hulsemann is here, and had
a long interview with Secretary Marcy
yesterday. 1t is rumored that Koszfa IS
to be released and returned to this coun-
try.
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ed middle wooded, and to which no pre-
miums could be awarded under the pub.
3lished list; but in the opinion Of the com.
mi,tee, such stock is perhaps as profitable
as any other for the farmers of this county.
HOGS
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-07-16

great conservator Of the morals Of the peo-
pie OF this county, we would advise him to
compile system OF ethics as well as Of
logic, for home consumption. 1t might
have tendency, at least, TO reduce the
conflicting and antagonistic elements of
bis own harmonious and virtuous atmos-
phere, in which he plays an important part,
TO some sort of system. We must, howev-
er, close, for want of space, but before do
ing SO, we cannot resist giving our readers
the benefit of the closing paragraph of this
extraordinary manifesto. 1t is so decidedly
Santa Anna-ish-so Mexican-lke in its
character, that it would be unjust TO with
hold it. Here it is:
But, il contrary 10 my expectations, il
shall be found that the people of my native
county have not the moral courage TO repel
The attempts TO reduce them to state Of
vassaIlage, by means of grinding taxation
for the benefit Of desperate speculators ;
and that under their administration of JUS
tice criminals cannot be overlhrown, either
by the strong arm of the law or by the ma
jestic power of the ballot -box-then | mnst
consider them degraded people, unworthy
the fame Of their heroic ancestors, aud will
be prepared 10 bid them well-larewell
forever.
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Mifllinburg Academy.
Union County, Penna
A. G. FISHER, Principal.

A U. FISHER, Principal
MISS ELIZABETH X. HOUGH, Prineipal
Of Female Department.
The Summer Term of this hourishina Ins,i.
tute will commence on MoNDAr, JuLr rs, 1853.
The course of instruction will be thorough and
practical. Mathematics and the Ancient Lan
guages, well other branches, will be taught
as far practicable, on the analytic method
Daily use will be made of the blackboard.
Orhography, Reading English Composition.
and Defamation will receive their full share of
attention
Draughting, Construction of Maps, Use of
Compass, &c, will he taught to students in Sur.
veying and Civil Engineering.
Lessons in Music, Drawing, Oil Painting,
Water Colors, &c, Ornamental Needle Work,
French and Botany will lie given by the Precep-
trcss, who is a graduate of Castleton Female
Seminary, Vermont, and comes recommended
by the Principal of that Institution, as "a young
lady of agreeable manners and high literary at
tlinmcnts.'
Young ladies and gentlemen who design to
become teachers will find this Institution an elIi-
cient school for preparation, since there will be
connected with it, during the great part of the
year, TEAcHERs' INSTITUTE, the members of
which will have the opportunity of attending an
Evening CouIse of Lectures on School Teaching,
and acquiring practical knowledge Of the art,
under tho supervision of the Principals.
The government of the school is based upon
the law Of universal love, which cnjoins upon all
to DO to others they would think it right that
others should do to them. Hence the rules will
he mildly, though strictly enforced; and parents
and guardians may rest assured that the morals,
habits of study, and general department of the
students will be carefully attended to.
The building is now undergoing complete
renovation. 1t will be painted furnished with
new desks, a bell, convenient recitation rooms, &c.
Mllillnhurg is thriving and healthy borough.
Its inhabitants are moral, intelligent and enter
prising. Its streets have been recently graded
and paved. 1t is, in every respect, pleasant
and desirable retreat for students. We, therefore,
trust that the friends of education will deem the
Academy worthy of their liberal support.
" The price of board, in the best Of private
families, does not exceed s. so per week.
y. b. Students may enter the Academy al
any time during the term yet it is desirable
that they be present, if possible the frs, day,
| Miiflinburg, July l6, ls53-6m.
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THE GREAT coal FRAUD

The frauds committed by some of the
coal operators on the Reading rail road ex.
cites much attention. The Philadelphia
Register says the persons implicated are Mar
Gus and Percy Heiner, and George and viii.
liam Payne, and John S,einberger, and Da-
vid Deioresi, their clerk, is the good natured
tool they used
The two pair of brothers have extensive
coal mines in Schuylkll county somewhere
on the Mine Hill railroad, branch of the
Reading road, bni owned by an independent
company. They also have each a wharf in
Philadelphia, and sell their own coal, per-
haps over 100000 ions year.
The mode of the swindling was, as near
as we can understand 1t, in this way;
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All coal passing from the mines over me
Mine Hill road is weighed by the scales on
that road The Reading road lakes 'ha'
weight as correct, and does not re-we'gn'-
Several miners join IN the employment OF
one or more clerks 10 attend to Their Interests
at the scales, to fill up bills of lading win
the weight, and consign the coal as directed
Their clerk has desk in the weigh once
and it appears that this clerks register oi Inc
weights has been taken by The Reading
Railroad agent as correct duplicate oi the
Mine Hill scale weight: saving himself The
trouble of examining the register i'seii al 'he
scale office.
The aforesaid miners, perceiving 'he
chance 10 cheat, got their clerk TO alter the
figures, and make false returns; 10 make the
weight less on coal consigned to their bro
,her partners in Philadelphia, and greater on
coal sent TO their friends along The line oi
the road The party who receives coal al
ways pays the freight. By this process the
partner in Philadelphia would receive 100
tons of coal, and pay freight on only, per-
haps, "a tons making at present rates, 6xl
10 $40. 20 on every train Of 100 tons; cheat
ing the railroad to that extent daily for
years.
The Pottsville Journal says iha, in some
instances, forty tons (s6s OO) ale said TO
have been the cheating on single train; /;
which would greatly increase The amount
we are supposng. In the case of any friend
on the line or on Broad street, they would
ship him 100 tons, and call it, say 10; so
that their confding friend would have TO pay
them the price of the coal, and 10 The Rail.
road Company the price of the freight on
ten tons chealage, viz. s2f1.7ox1o-=S S37 90
on every 100 tons!
The two principal parties being very ex-
tensivy dealers, have been able, by selling
apparently cheap, 10 keep the whole coal
trade Of the SehuyIkill in depressed and
Improbable state, TO the ruinous loss OF every
one engaged in it except themselves.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-07-16

GS- BIsHor DoANE on IcE.-Bishop Do
ane, of New Jersey who has recently re-
covered from a serious illness, thus gratefully
speaks IN the Philadelphia Register, of the
beneficial effects Of ice, which only, OF late
years, is beginning TO be appreciated for its
heathlul ano medicinal virtues.
In the languor and exhaustion of a resent
illness, my mind dwel much on the ,nercu of
God IN ice. As il quencheG my panIing
thirst, or as il cooled my burning brow, |
came TO the conclusion that, TO The sick, it
was the queen of comfort. | reioiced that |
had oulllved the ancien. prejudice against
its use, in sickness | wished that | could
write psalm, like David's, in its praise
Aud ] thanked the holy children, that, in
their "Benedioite, omnia opera Domini.n they
had remembered ice 20 ye ice and snow
bless ye The Lord praise Him, and magnify
Him for ever!" |, then, remembered thai
10 the sick poor, this great comfort was
luxury-rather, an impossiblily And il ther
| occurred 10 me, that If were rich, would
found. in one of our great cities, au Ice
! House for the sick poor, As | am not anc
never expect 10 be, the next best thing il
10 suggest II 10 those who are.
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Baltimore Market.

July II, 1853.
GRAlN.-At The Corn and Flour Excbsns.
this morning about 1000 bushels new WIS,
were offered. The qualities were no, esns,' @
ally satisfactory 10 millers, and the opets,on.
were not extensive. Sales Of good 10 p,;rns
white were made at lo6al1o cents; do. do
red Io0al05 cts, The demand for Corn tea.
active. About 5000 bushels were offered -
Sales were made a, 60 cents for white. and
62 cents for yellow. A small 10, of yerv
choice white cold al 62 cts. We still ouo,a
Pennsylvania Rye at 80 cents. The opo,a.
tions for Oats remain as before, viz: 38aat
els. Tor Virginia, and 42a42 cts. for Peunsyl-
vania.
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s orri Gil n ct us.
ARRIVAL OF THE
A L l. A n L I C. .
LATER ERnNl EIDnpE

Cotton Steddy-Adrance in BreadsiufS
riblc Earthquake in Persia-Tueire Thou
sand Persons Killed
The steamship Atlantic, with Liverpool
Lales to the 29h nit, arrived at New York
Oh Saturday with 14O passengers.
The steamship City Of Manchester arrived
al Liverpool on Monday evening, eth nit.
ENGLAND.
The papers say but little abou, Turkish
affairs but there is a general belief that
peace will be maintained. The rates of as
surance for voyages 10 the Danube are, how
ever, advancing IN Llnyds.
Ex-President Van Buren is on a visit 10
Birmingham.
Mrs Stowe is making The tour Of Wales.
The Crops in Ireland are luxuranr, and
the weather generally throughout the King.
dom is favorable. In the OF north Eug gIaud
rain is wanted.
FRANCE.
The proposed action of france in regard
10 tho Turkish question is not known Off
cially 1t is reported that The Emperor has
prepared a formal note TO Russia, demanding
TO know whether peace or war was meant
France being ready for either. The report
adds that Napoleon has consented 10 viii
lOlti llb HOleI III llle earnest tuItuiI vi W.
klsselIh, the Russian Minister
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Hostilltes have not yet taken place, and
the general belief gains ground, in both
France and England, that there will be
none.
PERSIA.
Dates from Er2eroum TO the Sd Of June,
announce the occurrence Of al extraordinary
earthquake, by which $4,000 persons were
killed in one night. The plague subsequent
Is broke out from the unbutied col pses OF The
dead
In addition 10 this caam iy, foundations
have taken place al Teheran, and The cho-
era is carrying Off It's inhabitants, while the
country near lspahAn is oyerrun with locusls.
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EDITORS TABLE.
Business Notices.

MIrrLINDURs Ac,DEMr'- We refer our read
ers to the advertisement af A. G. Fisher, Esq
who has taken charge of the Mifflinburg Acade-
my. Mr.. Fisher is well known in this vicinity
as teacher well qualified for the station, while
the location of the Academy is both healthy and
pleasant.
TIE KyIcKEuBocKER MAGAzINE.-The July
number OF this excellent periodical, begins with
the Forty Second volume. With this number,
the Publisher commence giving l6 more pages
in each number, thus giving 200 pages a year
to the work. The high reputation that this
truly American periodical has sustained, for ma
ny years, under the editorship of Louis Gaylord
Clark, and previously under his brother, Willis
Gaylord Clark, is the best evidence of its merits.
1t is published monthly in New York, at So per
annum.
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OF THE STEAM Tow AND FERRY Boar.
BY an advertisement in another column
il will be seen that the books OF the Steam
Tow and Ferry Boat, will be opened at the
House Of James Covert, in this place, on
Saturday, the 30th inst. The boat will be
ready for her boiler in about four weeks,
and entirely completed about The 1st OF
September. Her boiler is now on the way
and her engine will be ready on the LIST oi
August next.