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Ohio Legislature.

In Senate, on Friday, Feb. a, the bill
satroduced by Mr.. Anderson, to prevent
che adalteraiion of alcoholic liquors, was
debated at length, and seemed to meet
gensrsl approval. The friends OF the
Meine Law urged it as q Temperance
msasurs--thoss opposed to it as one which
would save human life by saving them
from the various poisons which even the
bess of liquors are adulterated with.
House bill concerning the removal Of
thecounty seat Of Noble county, was read
. second time. and committed to the whole
Senate. !. - ~ aass eAss ID
In the House, bill was introduced by
MI. OsNSiifto exempt from stay Of execn
tiony Judgments in favor Of laborers and
mechanics for wages.
The bill reducing the minimum Of peni-
tsntiasy imprisonment for certain offenses,
hiss been indsEnitely postponed.
In Senate. on Saturday, Feb. A. Mr..
Jewett, from the Judiciary Committee, in.
trsduced bill providing for commits
sion. to revise and amend the practice in
criminal cases. and to classify and abridge
tine lava for the punishment oi crimes. 1t
provides that the commission shall consist
Of three persons, to be appointed by the
Gossrnor, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, who shall enter up
on their duties within ten days after the
passage Of the law. If not ready to re.
port the result oi, their labors to the pres
ent General Assembly, their report is to
be printed and distributed by the Govern.
or, who: shall reserve sufficient number
of copies 10 be laid before the next Legis.
latuse.
In The House but little was done aside
from the final disposition Of Mr.. Cochran's 3
Tasolutions retalialory upon Pennsylvania
Mr. Rogers amendment, having the ef.
feet to recommend the repeal Of the entire
tariff system, instead Of the duty on iron
alone, was rejected by vote Of go to Sc
The resolutions were then voted down BY
% yeas to. 65 nays. These main ques
tions we're put under the previous question
In Senate, on Monday, Feb. 6, Mr.
Townshend claimed the right to enter {
protest against the action OF the Senate ir
the matter Of W.. H. Day. The protes
WAS entered on the journals.
The President of the Senate being alb
sent, Nj. Atkinson was nominated by Mr.
Smith, OF Madison. and elected by unan
imous vote. as President pro tempore.
Mr.. Lawrence. during the afternoon
session, introduced bank bill, long q.
the moral law. II differs but little from
tho State Stock Bank project enacted {
isw years since.
In the House, Gen. Eckley's bill to give
Che control of the National Road to th'
copn.ies through which it passes. was in
definitely postponed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-02-15
Six Steamboats, Destroved,

The first move of the ice, which has
been fruitful theme for reporters for a
month, and source of great anxiety to
Steamboat owners for several days past
took place on Wednesday night last. Two
large masses, one at the foot OF Locust
street, and the other opposite the dry
docks, started from their position with a
crash, causing intense alarm along the
river in the vicinity Of the steamboat land.
ings. The bells were rung violently, call.
ing thousands TO the spot, all fearing an
other destruction by fire. The ice below
Locust street started out from the shore
some ten or twelve feet. taking the boats
with it, swapping the largest cables as il
they were tow, and tearing up the rocks
which had been sunk in the ground to
which boats were made fast. All the
boats in that section, however, escaped Sc.
rious injury. The "Grand Prairie" took
advantage Of chasm OF some thirty feet
wide, which was opened by the move, jus,
below her, and extending entirely across
the river, TO get up steam yesterday morn.
ing, and remove from her dangerous sit
uation TO very secure harbor on the Hi.
nois side.
The boats in the vicinity of the docks
are most OF them crushed, sunk, or rem.
dered totally useless. The landing. where
they were moored, is bluff bank of solid
rock, and the water but a few feet from
shore is fifteen to thirty feet in depth
Some were. sunk, one broke in two. 9th
ers were crushed against the shore, and Ii
able, when the ice starts again, to topple
over into the river. Already six boat:
have been destroyed-loss over 100000
St. Louis DEM, Feb. 3.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-02-15

~ We are in receipt of some commu-
nications relative to our recent loss Of a
few subscribers. We trust our friends will
find sufficient excuse, for our not pub
fishing them, in the simple fact that the
parties interested seem disposed to let the
matter drop. We do not desire to wound
the feelings of any. although an attempt
was made to injure US pecuniarily.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-02-15
6F We are under obligations to ou,
good friend S. w. NoLL, Esq, of Bares-
vile, for nine new subscribers.

e. We received from ga Friend,''
some days since, a communication rela-
tive to measuring corn in the crib,-polnt.
ing out some errors in calculation in an
article that appeared in our paper on thai
subject. The article was published by us
as we found it in one of our exchanges
We cannot reconcile the discrepancies
that our "Friend" specifies.
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Ct Mr.. PORTER, of Clarin oton, offe,

e. Mr.. PORTER, Of Clarington, offers
at private sale, his very desirable property
situate in that town. Persons desirous> OF
purchasing in Clarington would do well to
give him a call. The advantages Of that
place, as business point, are not excel.
ed by but very few towns between Wheel
ing and Cincinnati. See advertisement.
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Later from Harana.

CHARLESTON. Feb. 1O.-The steamer Is
abella arrived from Havana on the 9th. A
slight shock of an earthquake was felt a
Santiago de Cuba on the Esd. The ap.
premiership system creates no excitement
A new secret police has been organized
The demand for sugar is good; stock
sc, 900 boxes. Coffee firm with large
business doing; stocks light.
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ruary is fixed upon for hearing the argu-
ments Of the contesting parties, by coun'
sci, if desired.
The resolution instructing our Senators
and requesting our Representatives, to use
their influence towards effecting the re-.
moval of the mint, from Philadelphia to
New York, and Tor the establishment of a
branch at Cincinnati, passed the House
last evening.-State Democrat.
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Printing Office Destroyed By Fire.

BosroN, Feb. THE building in which
the Chronicle, American Union, Yankee
Blade, New England Cultivator, Ameri-.
can Patriot, Congregationalist, and thS
Christian Freeman are printed, was des:f
troyed by fire this morning.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-02-15

MARIE Don the 26th ult., by
Rev. w. NJ. Grimes, Mr.. DANIEL KiMP.
TEN and Miss RACHEL ANN RILEY, all of
this county,. y
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SltA.
was d.
Fisher AS.
he called oL
'to regard hims
mankind" The
beheld the surface Of
inhabited, as it soon will /
millions. So we, in the disc
tions of policy, should nevet
are the ancestors of a comit
less posrerity, for whose !
bound in conscience and 4
Moreover we the humble, 3
ing, unambitious people m
political and financial que
selves or we shall be defraut
governed, in times to come as
in times past. But the people,
never understand these Things "
tensive and calm discussion.
WooDsFIELD, Feb. 10, 1854.
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ROLL OF NOR,

Received on subscription to the "Spiri
Of Democracy, for the week ending Sat.
urday, February II, 1854:
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The bill privilsging Jews from arrest in
civil actions while going to or returning
from their places of public worship on the
Jewish Sabbath. thus properly extending
them privilege in which, under our Con.
stitution, there should be no distinction, is
ROW law.
In Senate, on Friday, Feb. 10, the bill
for the relief Of Judge Holt, remunerating
him for land taken by the State under ar
award of damages by appraisers, was
passed.
MIR. Sinclair, from the Committee on
New Counties, reported back House bill
No. 2, to refer the question of the removal
Of the county seat of Noble county to the
voters Of said county. and after agreeing
to an amendment offered by Mr.. Taylor.
providing that any elector Of said county
shall have the right 20 contest the validity
Of the vote authorized to be taken, the
Senate, on motion of Mr.. Townshend, in
definitely postponed the bill, by vote ol
IA yeas to l3nays.
The Nebraska resolutions, so called.
were taken up, and, after some debate,
were referred to the standing Committee
on Federal Relations.
i In the House, Mr.. Rogers introduced a
bill supplementary to the act providing for
the settlement Of estates, by which execu.
tors and administrators will be authorized
to administer oaths. 7s6s
The resolution Tor raising a commission
to take depositions in the Perry election
case, was rejected. The twentieth Of Feb.
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rsfst.sass IN WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
When Mr.. Smith concluded
his speech against the Nebraska bill, the
Senate adjourned over to Monday,
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vent, if possible, or at least to mitigate the
bad effects of the contraction and explo-
sion, which the unmodified and unregula-
ted action of our banks of circulation will
infalliby produce.
Friends, Neighbors. Fellow-citizens,
have we not all really the same interest in
this matter? Does not the whig suffer as
much by fraud and misgovernment as the
democrat, and the democrat as much as the
whig? Is not error always perniciousl
Then why can we not discuss these sub
jects in kind and fraternal spirit, withou,
prejudice or par,iality. And why should
we indulge in offensive personal illusions
and imputations of avarice and anger. Is
any man the worse for being a politician >
if his convictions Of truth and duty are a
all times, strong enough to govern him
without the slightest reference to his own
personal interest or Advancement Some
persons seem to forget how much our in.
terests, as citizens and fathers of families
outweigh our little. petty, paltry interests
as office.hunters and politicians; hence
every man, who has mingled in political
Lille. is Immediately subjected to the impu.
tation Of some sinister motive where he
lays the plainest truths before his fellow
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-08-02
CLEARFIELD, "WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2. 1854

Had you but told us what your object was
we would not have placed single obsta
Gle in your way"
= y forgive you freely, sir-I forgive yot
all, said Quaker.
And how much have YOU 10 raise vet,
! asked, before you will hove the requi
site sum- - 'a pa.
About one hundred and fifty dollars
| II have my health, and continue 10 max,
good bills, shall be ready to start for Eu
rope IN about two months
You won't have 10 wait that long, sale
Ieke, laying the money he held in hi.
hand upon the stone, 'if my weeks wages
every cent of which you are welcome to
will help YOU along any. Come boys he
added, show many of you will follow suite
- Wei, there's mine, said jim, laying al
y upon The pile. 'and mine,' 'and mine,
and mine, said a dozen voices, as caci
had deposited an equal amount, until they
had made quito pile OF bank bills.
There, stranger, take that, ard may
God prosper YOU said Zeke, rendering
him the money.
No gentlemen, answered Quaker, q
thank you for your liberality, but cannot
take your money. | am no begger all
! ask is that | may be allowed 10 do my
work without being disturbed"
But you must take it, urged Zekc,
growing warm; we owe it 10 you, and you
shall take it. We've done you a great
wrong-we've abused you-and we have
no other way Of making amends. Besides,
II you don't take it, it will be spent before
Monday morning, and ! know that for my
part ii will be much pleasanter to com.
nence The week with the consciousness o
having appropriated my money in q sensi.
bic way than with the toggy head, aching
limbs, and empty pockets, which alway,
follow 'iree and easy.'' -
Still the stranger hesitatcd.
Take it-take it for your sisters sake,
said two or three voices.
q accoptit, gentlemen, said Quaker, as
you say, 'lor my sisters sake, and hope
to be able some day to return it, principal
and interest,"
Quaker left for Paris shortly after =
and in few months we had the saiisiac.
ton Of knowing that his sister was com.
PIeiely restored tosight, and thaithey were
on their way home.
] have heard from him several times
since. His lines have been drawn in
pleasant Places and he is now a judicial
iunclionary in ncighboring State.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-08-02
W0MAN'S LOVE.
A SCENE FROM REAL LIFE.

There is many life scene more touch.
ing-more worthy ofimmortality than the
deeds Of conquerors or the heroes of his.
tory. The following from the St. Louis
Republican, is one:
We saw, says the editor, last evening,
an apt illustration Of the affection Of wo.
man. A poor inebrintcd wretch had been
sent TO the Gala boose. His conduct in the
street, and after he was placed in the cell
was of suoh violent character that it be-
came necessary to handcuT him. The
demon rum had possession of his soul, and
he gave vent 10 his rawlings in curses so
proiane as TO shock the senses Of his lel-
low prisoners, one of whom, in the same
cell, at his own solicitation, was placed in
a separate apartment. A woman appear.
cd al the grazing, and in her hands she
had rude Tray, upon which were placed
some sIcss OF bread, fresh from the hearth.
stone, and other little delicacies, for her err.
ing husband. She stood at the bar gozing
lntenlly into the thick gloom, where her
manacled companion wildly raved. Her
voice was low and soft, and, as she called
his name, lis utterance was as plaintive as
the melody Of fond and crushed spirit.
Ths tears sireamed from her eyes, and
there in the dark house, the abode of the
most wrctched and depraved, the tones of
her voice found their way into that wick
ed mans heart, and he knelt in sorrow
and in silence before his young and iniur.
cd wife, whilst his heart found relief in
tears such only as man can weep
Though the iron still bound his wrist, he
placed his hands, with their heavy insig.
MIA Of degradation, confdingly and affec.
tionately upon the brow OF his fair COM
panisn, and exclaimed, "Katy, will try
and be better man." There, upon
rude seat, she had spread the meal gbich
she had prepared with her own nands,
and after be had finished she rose 10
depart, bidding him be calm and resign.
ed for her sake, with the assurance that
she would bring friend to go on his bond,
and that she would return and take him
home. And she lett him, q strong man,
with his head dGooping upon his breast,
a very coward, humiliated before the weak
and tender being whose presence and al.
icction had stled the angry passions of
his soul. True to the, instincts of her
love and promise, she did return with one
who went on his bond for his appearance
next morning-with his hand clasped in
that Of his lovely wife, she led him away a
penltent, and we trust, better man.
There were those who laughed, as that
pale, meek woman bore off her erring
husband, but she. needed them not, and
her sell'sacrifcing heart knew or cared
for nothing in lis holy and hcavon. born
instincts, but 10 preserve and protect him
whom she loved with the devotion of a
wife and woman.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-08-02
CHALLENGE TO SHOOT.

| Sam. Slydam, Of New York, offers ;
wager Of So, 900 or more, one half forfeit
that Capt. Edmund w. Paul, Of St. Louis
cannot hit the ordinary size target of an
iron man, Gin room) al 0 PAGES go #.
oltener than he (Suydam,) each party tC
shoot with pistol, one hundred shots, a
the word some" either party shooting af
ter the word zone" 10 be considered as
having missed the man; the word to be
given in one second.
This offer is understood 10 be an accep.
tance of a challenge put forward by Capt.
Paul. John Travis a so accepts the same
challenge, SO Mr.. Paul will have his
hands full.
That Paul has confidence in his own
abilities with the pistol, witness the propo.
sitions:
81. will fit dollar 10 the end Of a
twig, two inches long, and while a second
person will hold the other end in his mouth,
so as 10 bring the coin within an inch and
a half Of his face, | engage to strike the
dollar three times out of five at a distance
Of ten PAGES or thirty feet. will add in
explanation that there are several persons
willing and ready 10 hold the twig or stick
us described above when required.
9. will bit dollar tossed in the air,
or any other object Of The same size, three
times out Of five, on 9Cheel and fire.
3. At the .word will split three balls
out Of five on knife. blade, placed at the
distance OF thirty feet.
4. will hit three birds out five, sprung
from a trap, standing thirty feet from The
trap when shooting.
5. will break, at word, five common
clay pipe stems out Of seven, at tho dis.
tancc of thirty feet
9. engage TO prove by faithful trial
that no pistol shot can be produced who
will shoot an apple off a mans head at the
distance Of thirty feet oilener than can.
will produce two willing and
ready to hold The apples on their heads for
me, whom required TO do so.
Z. will wager, lastly, that no person
in the United States can be produced who
will hit aquarter Of a dollar at the distance
of thirty feet oitener than can, on a wheeL
md fire. ae
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-08-02
JUVENILE SMOKERS.

VINO can sec group oil boys, eight, len
or twelve years old in our streets smokin,
cigars, without anticipating such depre
cation Of our posterity in health and char
acter as can scarcely be contemplated
even at this distance, without pain anC
horror l-Dr. Rash.
Boys We have word 10 say 10 you
and we say it not in anger, but in love-
Will you lisienl We tell you, then, that
you should not smoke, because smokiD:
is injurious TO health. Such is the testimony
ofmedical men, and among them are somc
of the best and wisest. DR.. Rush, good
kind, and benevolent, as well as a grea
man, says-"Tobacco, even when used
in moderation, may cause dyspepsia, head
ache, tremor, and vertigo" That tobacco
in any form, is slow poison, working its
deleerious effects upon the system, is pro
we'd by all experience. But you say-yor
feel quite well, and il does you no harm
So says the rum drnker, He says he
drinks, because it does him good and
in both cases the poison is so insidious
that the victim is ripe for the grave ere he
is aware that the work Of death is com.
menced. But you have seen aged men
who have been all their lives addicted 10
its use. 1t is true that some may have es.
capped its ravagcs but you have seen such
persons polluted mass of animal matter,
lethergetlc, Wheeling, coughing and Often
sive; and because some have escaped
with their lives through all its bad ten1en.
cies, will you run The dreadful risk mere.
ly because you love il Remember it is a
vitiaied and artificial taste of which man
alone is capable. The instinct of brutes
ever prompts them TO reject the vile and
naaseous weed. Reason was given 10 man
as a guide, and even boys ought 10 use it,
Do YOU remember with what difficulty
YOU formed the habit-how sick it made
YOU at frst and because you can now
smoke without turning pale with nausea
and vertigo, do you imagine it has lost its
tendency to do you harm? BY no means.
But the worst of the case has not been
told. There is in each Of you, boys, an
immortal spark, kindlcd by the breath of
the Almighty. And this undying spark
this gem of matchless worth-sunIers in
common with his physical being. The Sc.
dativc influence represscs intellectual en-.
orgy--i. renders IFS votary indisposed TO
mental cxcrtion.
Boys l--Eschew the filthy weed. Pre-.
serve your purity. Save your money
Husband your limo. Itis shocking 10 see
a knot of Sunday.scholars standing or
sirutting about, putting cigars. Let the
piiifuI, ugly shamely spectacle never be
witnessed by those who had wit enoagh|
to keep clear of it. oi
49,, - H. - A.. ,,l -,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-08-02

IMPROVEMENT, Iron MANUFAcTURE.-
The Miners Journalgives long account
of an improvement in rolling railroad bars
made by William Hains, of Pottsville,
who is practicable iron manuiacturer.-
By the present plan each pair of rolls has
nine separate grooves, through which the
heated mass from the furnace is success.
fully passed, until it is delivered from the
last in the shape of railroad bar. By
the new process instead of the one set Of
roll, containing the nine grooves, there
are nine separate pairs of rolls, each hav-
ing but one groove-arranged in one con.
tlnuous line, with close ducts or boxes be.
tween; so that the "pie" (the hot ball Of
metaI is fed in at one end, and comes
out o(the other railroad bar ! The prin.
cipal advantages claimed are economy Of
time and saving Of manual labor.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-08-02

SUCH AS THE CHOLERA CALLS FORA
family of Germans, who resided on the
Chicago road, within fifteen minutes walk
from the City Hall, and had been support
ed at public expense for the last weeks,
has been swept away by the cholera
First, the father was taken, then the two
children, and lastly the mother, in whose
underskirt was found two thousand five
hundred dollars in gold. They have liv.
cd amid reeking filth, foul stenches, and
misunderstanding vapors for weeks, and
had imposed upon the public charity; but
their avarice has availed them nothing
they are rotling in untimely graves OF
their own seeking, and the country is sole
heir to their concealed wealth.
Detroit Free Press.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-08-02

0TA story is told of an old Dutchman,
for many years the keeper Of ferry al
Oil Creek, who was one day crossing with
a large load of passengers, who with one
exception, addressed each other as colonel,
major, captain, judge, etc. When the fare
came to be paid he charged the titled men
one shilling each. "What is my fare 2"
said the gentleman who had no title, after
The rest had all paid; "Your fare" said
the Duichman, "your fare ish chust nod.
ing-you ish de first high private Yankee
ever carried over dis creek, and you isb
Yolcom.n