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The Homestead Bill.

By the Congressional proceedings il
will be seen that the Homestead bill, as
amended in the Senate, has been ordered
to be engrossed for third reading. This
looks as if it would pass. The amend.
ment requires the payment Of s5 cents per
acre if the lands have been in market less
than 20 years; if over 90 years. 1911 cents
per acre. 1t does not. however, require
the payment to be made at the time the
land Is entered upon or taken up, but only
before the patent issues, which cannot is
sue until the expiration of FIVE years from
the date OF the entry; and, as we under
stand the amendment, if the payment is
then delayed by the occupant. the paten,
is withheld until such time as payment is
fully made.
We suppose the objects of these amend
ments are to meet the necessary expenses
of survey. &C., and the constitutional OBJ.
lection of some relative to donating the
public lands.
We might have had the result Of the
vote in the Senate, had the telegraph not
been out Of order.
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Ohio Lfauor Law.

A cotemporary says Judge Corwin' 8
opinion on the Ohio Liquor Law looks
like the merest bubble. A bill was in
troduced in the Senate, and after being
read twice was referred to q committee;
the committee reported a substitute which
was read and passed. 1t was sent to the
House and there went through the several
readings, as prescribed by the Constitu-
ton, and passed into law. This is al.
most an every day occurrence in legisla-
ton. But the Judge decides that the bill.
after the adoption of the substitute in the
Senate, should have been read three times.
on as many different days, in that body,
before its passage. In alliegisla,ive bodies
that we know anything about, substitute,
after being adopted, is treated as an
amendment, and does not delay the pass.
age Of bill; but under this decision. il
sustained, we take it every bill after be-
ing amended, must be read three times.
on as many different days. This is the
effect OF this decision, and we venture,
the assertion that there is not half dozen
laws in the books that are, according TO it
constitutional.
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A Falseh00d.

Some of the whig papers, in the fusion
movement have charged that the Washing.
ton Union contained an srticle saying that
President PIERCE would furnish any mem.
Der oi Congress, who voted for the Me-
braska bill and was repudiated by his con-
stituents. with"a handsome provision - in
other words give him an appointment
Now we charge, square up, that the above
is a falsehood, and that neither President
Pierce nor the Union ever uttered such =
sentiment. Let all those, hereafter. who
utter this charge reflect, when they do 80,
that they are uttering falsehood. If any
gentleman thinks he can furnish the evil
denoe of the truth OF the charge, he can
have the use Of our columns for the pur.
pose.
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New Names.

The Ohio State Journal has christened
the new party, the Republican party. and
some other whig papers fall in and adoptit.
The Cincinnati Gazette. however, don't
like the name. and prefers to call the nom
nations the Independent Nominations.
We always prefer calling the members
of party by the name they give them
selves; but when a party has no name, or
when thereis disagreement among them
selves, what shall we do? There is moth
ing very witty in calling names, although
the words "doughface, y" "Nebrascals" and
.looofoco" are forever on the lips Of those
opposed to the Nebraska-Kansas bill.
Until the new party settles down on some
name, we have concluded to adopt the
name given it by some Of our citizens.
That is-the ,Fusee party, and it's Nom.
bers Fusees. That will do in place of .
better, or more expressive term.
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The Mormons.

person would be amazed, Interested
and amused, were he to pay visit to the
Mormon camp, near Wes.port. 1t looks
like great city built up in the beautiful
prairies south Of town, and the number
of tents placed out in regular order, gives
one some idea Of the multitude congre.
gated together. They number now, we
believe, about 1900, and still they come
eyery boat brings more or less Of these
infatuated beings-for many of them sup
pose, as we hear from reliable informa-
ton, that they are iourneying to an earth
iy Canaan, which is to prove an entrance
to the heavenly Zion. In fact one old
lady questioned upon the subject. stated
that she had no relatives or friends in all
the company, but was in hopes her trou.
bles would soon be at an end, for she was
now near the promised land; the land Of
peace, plenty and holiness. Others are
old. decrepid, lame, halt and blind, all
journeying on, believeing that their mala-
dies will be cured and their difficulties
removed as soon as they reach this de.
lightful spot. Poor creatures. we hope j,
may be so. They seem to be in.gather.
ers from all climes, and countries, but we
believe the majority of them west of us
here now. are Danes and English, and
from the Continent-few from Scotland
or Ireland. 1t is the intention Of those
in charge OF them to start upon their jour.
ney across the Plains this week; they are
to move in bands, so that they will moi
impede the progress Of each other. They
60 new route, one which is nearer and
better than any other before tried by a,
least $50 or 200 miles-they leave thi.
county and keep the Santa Fe road, until
they come to the ITO. or Council Grove
Creek. and then strike Immediately across
to Fort Riley, and from thence in a straigh,
direction to Fort Laramie. Guides will
accompany them TO show them the route
When opened out in this manner, this
win be the most popular and only route
travelled to Oregon, California or Sal
Lake, and insure all the emigration here
after to depart from this county. As they
progress in their course we will keep oul
readers advised of tbs road, country and
those passing over it.
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an absolute tyranny over those Statess
and among the reasons assigned to prove
the charge was this:
"He has endeayored TO preventive pop
nlation OF these States; for that purpose
obstructing the laws for the naturalization
of foreigners; refusing to pass Others to
encourage their migration hither, and rails.
ing the conditions of new appropriations
Of lands. -
The "Kncw Nothings, therefore. stand
upon the platform Of George the Third,
and had they had an existence then they
would have been the friends and allies Of
that tyrant, and the enemies Of the Dec.
laration Of Independence.
Some of the principles in the creed Of
this new order are, perhaps, sound enough
in theory; but they are completely over.
shadowed and swallowed up by their Ma.
tive Americanism. All the correct senti.
ments in them are merely bats to catch
the unwary. How long will it be before
the "Know Nothings" will be the head
and front Of the "Fusee" party?
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Frauds upon Public Credulity.

The positions OF the Detroit Free Press
are clear and unassailable when ii holds
that slavery cannot 60 to Nebraska and
Kansas, for the all.sufficient reason that
there is no law permitting it. 1t is q per-
feoily well established legal proposition
that slavery is the creature of local law,
and that it can nowhere exist except by
the force OF law. II must be created be-
fore it can have an existence. Every man
in this country is freeman, unless made
otherwise by legislative enactment. Free
soil makes free men. The soil of Ne
braska and Kansas is free as the air, and
the man who sets his foot upon that soil
is as free as he would be upon the soil Of
Michigan. Fugitive slaves can be re-.
claimed from these Territories as they
can from all the States, but beyond that
freedom is unshackled.
Whenever the Legislature Of Nebraska
or Kansas shall establish slavery, then it
may enter there but not before Every
slave that is removed there until slavery
shall be legalized, will be declared free by
the courts.
These Territories are not opened to
slavery; they are free. They can only
be made slave territory by the action OF
the people, and the Missouri Compl omise
act was powerless to prevent the people
from this action if they chose to pursue it
in the formation Of State governments
As States Nebraska and Kansas will be
sovereign, and just as competent to create
or inhibit slavery as Michigan and every
other State.
What monstrous fraud, the Wing and
Abolition press commit upon the people
when they itsrate and reiterate that Ne.
.braska and Kansas have been opened to
slavery by the repeal of tho Missouri
Compromise act. What a glaring decep.
ton is sought to be practiced by this false.
hood, manufactured Of whole cloth. The
wonder is not so much that reckless
and unscrupulous press should seek thus
to deceive the country, as that any por-
ton of an intelligent peopls should have
been made victims of the deception.-Cin.
Enquirer.
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Effects of Polygamy among the Nor.
as.....s mon Formulation.

As the Saints in Utah will shortly be
applying for admission into the Union.-
when the question whether they can be
admitted with their "peculiar institution, -
will come up.for dseision-we give an ex.
tract from a late work, TO show how poly.
gamy operates. II is from awork enti.
tied Utah and the Mormons, by Benz.
6. Ferris, late Secretary of the Territory.
Mr.. Ferris is spoken Of as gentleman
Of strict veracity and having resided a
year in Utah, mixing with the people, his
means Of information are Of the first or.
der:
The effect upon population is decidedly
|deleterious. The prophet Joseph had over
forty wives at Nauvoo, and the rest Of the
priesthood had various numbers. CORES.
Ponding to their standing and inclinations;
nearly all the children of these polygamous
marriages died at that place; indeed, it is
alleged by Mormons that not one was taken
to Utah. Brigham Young has thirty chill
dren, OF whom eight are by his first and
second lawful wives; the remaining twen-
|ty.two are by his spirituaLs. He has about
| fifty wives, some of whom are widows Of
Joseph Smith, and are probably past the
time OF having children; but supposing
him 10 have thirty who are capable Of hav.
ing issue-which is below the true number;
the twenty-five children would be less than
child to a concubine. If each of these
degraded females could have been the
honored wife of one husband, the aggre-
gate number OF children, according to the
average of four in family. would be one
hundred and twenty, showing loss in
population OF ninety.eight.
"The children are subject to -frightiul
degree Of sickness and mortality. This
is the combined result of the gross sensual.
| ity OF the parents and want of care towards
their offspring. As general rule, these
sanity pretenders take as little care OF their
wives as of their children; and OF both
less than careful farmer in the States
would Of his cattle. and no whore out ol
"Five Points," in New York city, can
more filthy, miserable. neglected looking
and disorderly rabble Of children be found
than in the streets Of Great Salt Lake
City. The Governor again, whose atten.
|iion TO his multiiudnious family we are
bound to suppose greater than the average.
affords fair illustration. He was twice
lawfully married. and has eight legitimate
children, who are all living. He has had
large number OF children by zhis concu-
bines-no one knows how many-it is on
ly known that there are only twenty-five
surviving. These females do not reside
in the s.Governor's house," so called. but
in different establishments, from one up to
dozen in q place."
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@The Desere. News chronicles the
death in Deseret, on the, Esd of May last,
after severe illness, Of John Smith. pa
triarch Of the Church Of Latter Day Saints.
The history of Father Smith, . az given
by the Dsseret News, iss an eyentful one.
He was born in 1881 in Rockingham
county. N. H., and resided there until 833,
when having been ordained an eldsr ofthe
Mormon church he moved to Kirkland.
Ohio. In 1888 he settled in Caldwell
county, Missouri, and in the same year
moved to Davies county. He was expell.
ed, with nis fellow.believers. in 1889. by q
mob, and moved to Warsaw, in Illinois.
Subsequently he took up his residence in
several towns in Illinois and lowe, was
several times forced to fly from the attacks
of mobs. and in 1916 having been driven
from Nauyoo took up his line Of march fol
Deserst, where he arrived in l847. In the
course Of his ministry he administered five
thousand, FIVE hundred and sixty patri.
archal blessings, which were recorded lin
seven large and closely written volumes.
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Know Nothingism.

The Ameriean Crusader, published in
Boston, and which is reputed to be the
organ Of the "Know Nothings," gives the
following as the creed Of that secret or
ganization: .5Ee f5.sst.,e4 - si
Il. Repeal of all naturalization laws.
g. None but Native Americans for
Office. Ne
8. pure American common school
system.
"a. War to the hilt on Romanism.
s. Opposition first and last to the for.
nation OF military companies composed
of foreigners. f
6. The advocacy Of q sound harbor
and safe nationality. ie e
Z. Hostility to all Papal influences, in
whatever form and whatever name.
8. American institutions and Ameri.
can sentiment.
9. More stringent and effective emf.
grafton laws.
10. Tho amplsst protection to Protest.
ant interests.
II. The doctrines ofthe revered Wash
|ington and his mpatriots.
uo ooAuiuS OoSN oss 0u ASA ASs6
paupers landed on our shores.
Is. The formation Of societies to pro-
tect all American interests.
IA. Eternal enmity to all who attempt
to carry out the principles OF foreign
church or State.
Is. Our country, our whole country
and nothing but our country.
IA And finally. American laws and
American legislation, and death to all for
eign influences, whether in high places OF
low.
An nexohange paper suggests that instead
of tina, notorious scoundrel, "Ned Bunt-
line, +" being the father or founder of this
secret society, it was started many years
ago, under the auspices of King George
the Third. The Declaration OF lndepen.
dence says that the object Of the King o.
Great Britain was "the establishment o.
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A Valuable Counterfeit.

The U. S. Mint, under instructions from
the Secretary Of the Treasury has been
examining some counterfeit coins in cir
culation, and among others they found
Mexican dollar-pieces worth 109 cents.
They under assay gave an average fine
ness OF 776 ,housandths and conse-
quent value Of OH cents in silver. The
amount Of gold contained in them is suf-
fioient to add 12 cents to the value OF
each, after paying the charge of sepera-
ting, making a net value Of 103 cents;
and if to this the usual premium on silver
is added, the worth Of this counterfeit
coin is actually 100! 1t is not often that
individuals are capable Of the "double
dishonesty Of cheating the public and
themselves at the same time. ."-Ledger.
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Strange logic.

II sounds arrange 10 hear enthpsiastio
free.soilsrs arguing that slsvehoidsfs esa
take their slaves into the Territories Of he
United States. whore ahers is no Law on
the sabjeot. and hold fhem E0l only With
out law, but in de6ancs Of the common
law and the natural rights % man. And
yet such doctrine is preached on1odf streets
every day. The same doctrine i hsld by
some Of the ultraisis of the South; bus "
believe there is nothing in the Censsiiusiea
or laws Of the United States rscoenizine
any such principle. S ....' go, s -. s J.
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Two MEN KILLED BY LlGHTNlNG.-Two
men. in the lower end of Hampshire coun-
ty, Virginia, named David Moreland and
a Mr.. Deavor, son Of Richard Deavor,
were grading wheat on the Little Capon
Mountain, on Saturday last. when thun.
der storm arose. and, before the rain. came.
both were instantly killed by vivid flash
of lightning. The Romney Argus says
j. is supposed that their scythes attracted
the fiery element from the clouds. ss
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o. The administration papers which
are abusing the Peoples Convention, i'm
agine that no convention can do anything
right, unless controlled by lot of wire.
pulling Cincinnati Gazette,
If Epraim r. Eckley, 10. Root. D. R
Tllden, E. N. Sill, the Whig 6nancier,
Earl Bill, B. S. Cowen, w. L. Perkins,
(author of the famous "Slaughter-house
let.er.'') Vaughn, Medill, and the old firm
Of Townshend & Morse. are not wire pull.
ing poliicians.' we should like to know
where they can be found. Some mighty
good aud very innocent men were at the
18th July Convention, but we have never
before heard it insinuated that "truck and
dicker'' was not there in all its strength,
and didn't walk away on its high.heeled
boots.-Statesman. s3asA4
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Is It Painful to Die?

According to my observation the mere
act Of dying Is seldom, in any sense Of
the word, : very painful process. It's
true thst some persons die in q state OF
bodily torture, as in cases Of tetanus; that
the drunkard, dying Of delirium tremens.
is haunted by terrific visions, and that the
victim Of that most horrible of all dis
eases, hydrophobia, in addition to those
peculiar bodily sufferings from which the
disease has derived its name, may be in
a state of terror from the supposed kre.
sence of frightful objects. which are ple-
sented to him as realities even to the last.
But these, and some other instances which
| could adduce. are exceptions to the
general fule-which is. that both mental
and bodily suffsrings terminate long be.
fore the scene is finally closed. Then.
as to the actual fear Of death, it seems to
me that the author of our existence, for
the most part. gives it to US when it is in
tended that we should live, and takes il
away from US, when it is intended that
we should die. Those who have been
long tormented by bodily pain are gen.
orally as anxious to die, ss they ever were
to live. So it often is with those whose
life has been protracted to an extreme old
age, beyond the usual period of mortality
even when they labor under no actua
disease.-P sociological Inquiries.
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"A SINGULAR FAcT.-There is q thriving
town in Massachusetts Of 1000 inhabitants.
four churches, nine factories, calico
printing establishment which prints about
thirty.six miles Of goods per diem, and
turns out goods to the amount OF two mil
lions Of dollars per annum, which has no
post Office. and where one is neither need
ed nor desired. That town il Pawtucket
in the county of Bristol; which. being Q
wing of the whole compact settlement o.
900 inhabitants, enjoys postal acoom-
modations at the Office in Pawtucket, R
l.. from which il is separated by the Black,
stone river, and with which it 10 connected
by bridge
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IDoLATRY IN JAPAN.-An officer in the
u. s. frigate Powhatan, writing from Ja-
pan, says:--''Idolatry is everywhere to be
seen. even more than in China, and stat
uary seems to be, very common. The
graveyards are full of rude sculptures,
ard images Of gods and heroes. placed
there as tutelar guardians on the tomb
stones. or for some such purpose. Tibe.
tan letters and sentences are used as
charms. about the graves, no one know.
ing at all what they mean; if they we're
Ineligible. the charm would be broken.
Temples are common, and wayside divini.
ties present their weather.b beaten faces
every few rods.'' 5sa4
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Classical Institute.

We refer our readers to the advertise
mont Of the "Barnesville Classical lnsti.
tute" in to.day's paper. Under the man.
agement Of Messrs. DAVENPORT & THoMP.
SON, this Institution bids fair to become one
of the best seminaries of learning in the
country.
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EM1GRAT1oN TO KANsAs.-The editor Of
the Western Missouri Reporter, who re-
Gently made tour through the territory
Of Kansas, gives q glowing description Of
the country. and says that settlers are pour.
ing in from all directions.
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The INDIAN TROUBLES IN TEXAS AMI
New MExlco.-Gen. Garland was at El
Paso in the latter part of May, accompan-
led by his aids. Lieut.. ]. s. Garland. Capt.
L, c.. Easton, of the Quartermaster's De-
partment, and Major F. A. Cunningham,
Of the Paymaster's Department. While
there he heard of number ot Indian out.
RACES in New Mexico, which induced him
to set out Immediately for Santa Fe. The
acting governor Of New Mexico had 400
Of the militia under arms. The Kiowahs,
Cheyennes, and Arapahoes have opened
the ball and commenced hostili,ies. II is
said the tribes soon are to have general
junta, in order to combine against the
whites.
One. half Of the commands stationed al
Fort Fillmore, Fort Thorn and Fort Craig,
have been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness for the field at moments warn
ing. ~
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HANeING TOO GooD FOR HlM.-A lsls.s
graph dispatch says. that st . gathering of
Ave or six hundred Aboliiionists in Fas.z
mingham, on the 4th. GARRlsoN made .
speech, and concluded il by bwswiMg NJ,
Constitutioa Of the United States. 44sks'
. beast deserves hanging BY HE Aeel
Cleueland Herald. s
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01~A paper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
states HAT DR.. William Arrison-the sup
posed sender Of the Internal machine 10
Mr.. alison, The stewart ol the Cincinnati
Hospital, and which killed him and his
sjte. has been caugh: in lows.
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ROLL or HONOR.

Received on subscripsion 20 the s.SPifit
Of Democracy" /" for the week ending SAT-
urday July 2a. 1854: "a
VIM. Daley, Jr.. Franklins o3 90
Alex. Buchanan, Summit. 3 %
DR.. A. B. .Yoho. Warren Co., Ills:, 81
John King, do do 80,
R. C. Miles, Belmont Co. %
Robert Armstrong, Perry. I o.
Lemuel J.. Knight. Wayne. : b.