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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-11-21

A HANDSOME PREsENT.-We are In
debled to our old friend John W. Gill, Of
Wheeling, Va, for a beautiful present Of
three very, elegant silk handkerchie(s Of
his own manufacture. We have seldom,
lif ever, seen anything of The kind to sur
pass them, either in beauty or apparent
durability. Every true American should
-patronize American manufacturers. They
are capable of supplying us with all the
necessaries as we'll as the luxuries Of life.
Success 10 your enterprise. 7@t
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GsWe invite atlent ion 10 the card Of
CT. Holloway & Co., incur paper of
this week. They are gentlemanly and
honorable dealers, and are doing an ex-,
tensive business in the WuoLEsALE GRO-
Gerry line, ,si sn
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AURORA, I
A NEW COOKING STOVE. ne

A NEW COOKING STOVE, new in
IA design and principle, for burning Coal. has
an extra large oven. good draft, and easily
cleaned construction such as to meet the .expec.
tations Of all, and guaranteed to give satisfae.
tlon to the purchaser. Willyou call aud see IL,
Nos. 3 and Extra Coal Cook Stoves,
/" " Hartley :" do.
90 /" 4 Air Tight Wood do.aly.q
J" 9 Premium do. do.
". 2 Cook or Bachelor Stoves.
Egg. Parlor and Chamber Stoves Of beautiful
design, Fancy Crates, Tenders, etc, ETC., all -.
reduced prices, at the Ohio Foundry WareroounA.
Market street. SHARP q CRAIG.
Stenbenville, Jan. l, 1855.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-11-21

CLOAKS! CLOAKS There will be
" opened on Monday, the % of Oct, at G. q
j. Scott's, a large and beautiful stock of Rich
CloakS, Of entirely new patterns. oct. "a
| AIDES FANCY FURS-Now open-
"a ed ut the Rooms of G. & J. Scott, one Of
the largest and richest stocks Of Fitch. Stone
Martin, Lynx, Siberian squirrel and Couey.
Vlctorines, Pelcrines and cuffs, which will be
old cheap. oct. "a
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~. .,s eCPA PARTHUR's HOME MAGAZINE for
December is on our table. We know of
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recommend to the public, than .Arthur's.
LIS contents are such as no person, how
ever scrnpulous can object to. The ed
i,or regards the moral purpose of an arli-
Gle. as its highest merit and combines
moral worth, with the slight, the grace
ful, and the elegant in literature"
The Home Magazine cannot fail to be
"A welcome visitor to every family that
will try il once. A new volume begins
with The January No. This is a very
favorable time TO subscribe.
Terms-Singls copy, one year $500
two copies, $500; four copies, $500
Address +. S. Arthur & Co., lO3 Wal,
nut Street Philadelphia.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-11-21


NoTIcE.-The following notice Of DR..
Keyser's Pec,oral Syrup, is from the
Evening Chronicle, publ ished in Pitts
bnrgh, Pa. If you have cough, 60 to
Hening & Melvin and buy bottle.
~ KEYsER's PEcToRAL, a friend observes,
10 the next thing TO health itself. We
may here observe, as we mention no
names, that this friend was out on elec-
ton night, and anxious 10 hear the news
from Maine, tarried long on the corners.
The news came, but not until he had alb
.sorbed sufficient damp 10 give him the
chiIls. Another friend invited him to take
a glass of Scotch ale, which was put up
in very black bottles. Our friends thirst
was huge, and was only qucnched after
a number of empty bottles stood before
him a cold in the head was the conse-
quence, which consequence was cured in
six hours by using Keyser's Pectoral. -
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-11-21
1855. FALL & WINTER Goops. 1855.
H, G. GARRETT,s.
Parks House.

~ ParkS House.
CApIz JUNCTION s. h /. RAILROAD.
JOHN INQUIRE, Proprietor.
THIS House is new, and every convent
= ence afforded to guests. Passengers on all
the trains oat at the Parks house.
G3-Meals only twenty five cents.
sept l9-3m. sffsga -ea
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-11-21
Grpt. Amrri(au.

The cIrHENs BANK still continues to
pay interest on deposits. d. MOODY.
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New Books. -
Homes for the people. by Gervase Wheeler.
Winnie and |. Y aa. sa.t l,
WhichI The right or the left.
: America; Political, social, and Religious, by
Dr.. schapp. a
Ny Novel, by Sir E. Bnlwer Lytton.
Just received and for by @
nov H. yl3kI4 IN SLACK 4 90.
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8. 0OURSRY,

RARBER and fashionable hair dresser.
- Rasors set. and all kinds Of Surgical ia
struments put in good order. Room under
the Mechanics Saving Fund, Market st. near
the Washington hall, between I'd. and 4thst
april 5th, 1855. ~
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Cheap and Fashionable Clothing !
JONES H0FMAYER'

49,,
o,0a,tItN. i. = ,t,.i,. -, II s,4,g,r-N..,
CbO IhfNu B9 t1Af5LhouhEN
haret 81 IRE !, g99Ts s0ogs s,I ISIrfh
Tho H.. a.sor.,ron. of Poadv Mana cio,hine
Hatt and CARS oyVr otforod ii stsubsavilis.s
iTHb UNDERnits NED ma -.f'sss feeeit-
Npa = @ saa,as psds "a es ssb;nl IN
latest sly les as they eoiue o,s. 70 -Thirh red
,ects The attention Gf his friends ana lAa Rls,,
every discIiplion o( goods a Tfices eiawrr
than han ever beel purcL aS,.d i'm '4his section
Of the State In point N st,le, quality or do
rabilily his G8adx enla,6t he cx.Flje.lsip thj.
orany olher Western Market. His.,nricIs are
uniform, aud the public may feel conhdentihat
tlny willat. an times sQceiFa 7wdft ofthgir
monry. -r .ss
II will La - lie interest of ali To call, and
examine before purcl,asnje '-ls,yNihare. a. hia
Clothing is made 10 order, he is sstisigd;thst
he is able to sell batter edods-at lower prices
. Ian any house hfthe city. .yswssiN .s
J, uoFMAYER, Market slreeis ~,
three doors aedve Fourth, Sleao'
OCT. 24-'y.- l3s ~,
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The Greatest Mclidal Discovery of
a the Age. tt.l

DR. KENNEDY, of Roxbury has dis
covered in one Of our COMMON PASTURE WEEDS
a remedy that cures
EVERY KIND OF HUMOR,
from the worst scrofula down to a common
pimple.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
Our Court House.

The work on our Court House i,
still progressing with rapidity. W.
have had on our minds but one fear in
regard to the work, that is IN relation
to the lumber; it should have full time
to be perfectly seasoned-and rather
than not have well seasoned lumber in
The Court rooms, We would prefer see-
ing it without a finish for a twelve
month. We don't want a Court House
every year or two to be patched up
Mr. MULLINEUx, the Contractor, is a
gentleman who as an architect and me,
chanic is not surpassed in the State !;
his work at various points in Ohio and
Virginia, ,on Court Houses and Church
es, are monuments OF mechanical skill
OF which he may be proud; hence we
entertain no fears OF our job, except it
arises from the difficulty OF obtaining
seasoned lumber.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
Banks---COaI---ChRnce 10 Make
Raoney.

AANbNys
The Rail Road has brought some oI
its consequences into our midst, and
one OF the most important is chance
to make money, by delivering G oal at
any Of the Stations on the NJ. d G.
Rail road, in this and Jackson coun
lies. Now is the time for our citizens
to commence in real earnest aud fix up
your BaRks-we don't mean paper
bubbles; but your Ceal>banks, Ore
banks, Lime, banks-the real wealth
OF the county-and if you please open
up lew Salt.wells on Raccoon, and
let us add banks of salt to our other
products. Let the rich fields of coal
and other minerals, in our county, be
opened up Immediately, and money
will soon be plenty with us.
We are creditably informed that an
other Furnace and a Rolling Mill is
about 70 be commenced on the NJ. 4
IC. Rail road, about five miles East OF
Macarthur, We hope 10 see the work
finished up. Push on the Ball. This
location is in a rich and fertile valley,
and the company who own tue lands
are amply able to carry out the project.
See advertisement In another column
for the delivery of coal.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
30 Way Black Man; Don't you
Come Nigh Me!---LeL MIR. Chase
answer the following Queries
MIR. Chase--NegrOes,

Col: Medary Permit me, through
the columns of your paper, to inquire
whether Mr.. Chase, the Fusion candi.
date for Governor, is in favor Of,
lst. Allowing the negroes the righ
OF suffroge.
I'd. In favor of SO changing our la WI
that Negroes may become Jurors.
Sd. In favor of permitting Negroe,
hold office.
4th. In favor Of conferring upon Ne
groes of Ohio any or all of the politica
privileges of white persons, and laws
in all respects. placing them upon al
equality with white citizens.
The contest before US involves these
questions. Gov. Medill, unders tand
holds the negative of these propositions
Will you advise the public, as far a,
you can, of Mr. Chase's views. If am
not mistaken he is In FAVOR of tn,
propositions stated. negro sufrpge! NE
GRO JURoRs!' NEGR0E OFFICE HOL.
DERS, and the conferring of the privil.
eges OF white citizens upon negroes gen
|erally!! AN AMEaIoAS.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03

and will ultimately cause hundreds anc
thousands in and out of the Protestant
lchurches to lay down their preiudices
against Catholics to sympathlze with
and iayor the cause of the oppressed
not on account Of any love that they
have for that church, its doctrines, OF
Tor some of its individual members,
but because OF their hatred 10 tyranny
and oppression in whatever sect, party
or people il is exhibited, and because
oil the cry Of doi0a rith The Catho-
lies, the Irish, the Germans, &C., by
these Know NoIbings.
have now, Mr. Editor, written
more than | anticipated when began.
| simply desired through the medium
Of your paper to call the attention OF
my Methodist Brethren, and particu-
larly that of our leaders, 10 the impor-
tant fact, that some of our members
are seriously and deeply involved in the
mire and sin of Know Nothingism
and thereby have become the mere
tools and dupes of some of the veriest
political demagogues in the world;
that in my humble judgment they are
bringing disgrace upon themselves and
upon our church; and | desire to know
what action (if any) our church will
take in relation to this mattaRe Will
she redeem herself as nobly as the
Presbyterian and some other of the
Protestant churches have done? or will
she remain silent, and cherish the de-
luSlve hope aud opinion that Know
NothingiSm, when nursed in the bo-
som Of the Protestant churches, will
weaken and produce the final overthrow
OF Catholicism? If the latter concIu-
sion is to govern her action the fate Of
our church is determined, and the ep-
itiph to be inscribed upon her tomb.
stone might as we'll be written now.
81 .at l. II.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
Amusing Scene.

An old Fogy up street, who gulp'
down the CHASE, GIDDINaS f Co
nomination, Woolly-heads and all
threw himself in beseeching attitude
one morning this week and thus ad
dressed an Old Line Whig-
Let us go it, brother Whig
For Chase, Ford, and the nigga's;
If we get these darkies a vote,
Then we'll beat the Loco's certain
Old Liner gets indignant, and his
poetic fire being aroused, he replies
You can go, if you please,
Another trip up Salt River,
Where there's no distinction made
Between a Chaseite and niger!
Ereun!.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
INDIAN DEPRECIATION.
FoRr LARAMIE, June 27.

FORT LARAMIE, June ~.
From some returning Californisns,
who reached here yesterday afternoon,
we learn the following:
A few miles above Platte Bridge
they met Mr.. Gibson's train, from
Buchanan county, Mo-, who told them
that while travelling along the road al
Deer Creek, 80 miles below the bridge
the Indians came up and asked one OF
the hands at the head of the train
where the captain was. He pointed
out Mr.. Robert Gibson. They rode
up to him, and while one of them
shook him by the hand the other shot
him dead. They then rode off toward
the river.
The next day, a few miles below
the bridge, they were hailed by some
emigrants on the opposite side, (the
north, who stated that the day previ-
Gus, while opposite Deer Creek, they
were attacked by eighteeen Indians at
their camp. One woman was lanced
twice, and a man also lanced, and l6
head Of horses driven off. The emf,
grants pursued them short distance to
the hills, where they took shelter be-
hind a small breastwolk made OF sods,
and showed fight, upon which they re,
turned to camp.--COr. 81. Louis Re.
publican. '
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
For the Macarthur Democrat.
To Nv MPth0diSt BPethrpB

MAJOR BRATToN:-I am now anc
for many years have been an humble
member of the Methodist Episcopa
Church; trying in my feeble way to
live the lie of a Christian. have
always felt myself warmly attached t
my Brethren, and to the doctrines and
principles advocated by Wesley anc
the Christian fathers who have gone
beiore-believing them to have re.
celved the sanction Of high Heaven
and to be in accordance with the Scrip
lures Of Divine truth. Recently, how.
ever, | have failed to enjoy myself when
meeting and communing with my breth.
ren, as | used TO do in days that have
gone by, and at this moment | entertain
fearful apprehensions as to the future
success and prosperity Of our beloved
church.
alweys entertained the opinion that
professors OF Christianity above al
men, should be good, peaceable anc
law abiding citizens, and certainly
they should not themselves turn perse.
cutors. Now, the insinuation is ma de
and the inquiry arises, Are they such
Ipeaceable, charitable and law-abidina
citizens, or have they turned persecu.
tors and lost sight Of the important
fact that "God is no respector Of per,
sons; but in every nation he that fear.
eth Him and worketh righteousness j:
accepted with himY' 1t pains my very
soul to know and feel that as TO a ma.
jority OF the Brethren within the scope
OF my acquaintance the first inquiry
must be answered in the negative, and
the second in the Affirmative. For il
is now settled beyond q doubt that a
large majority of the adult male mem>
bers OF that church iii this vicinity be.
long to and have Identified tn emselyes
with that secret organization known as
The KNOW Nothing Order,'' the very
object Of which is political plunder
and to dIsfranchisea large portion Of
Gods people, Ihaye hereto remained
silent upon this ilpportant question. -
] have been a careful observer, how,
ever, OF passing events, and have tried
% fesson rom cause to effect before
at'emp!ing, publicly, 10 admonish my
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
Who is 10 be CI.cntcdl

Thomas Nj. Ford, the Fusion nomi.
ace for Lieutenant Governor is Third
Degree Know Nothing, and we are cred-
IDLY informed that after the withdraw
al of portion of the late Philadelphia
National Council. he went back and par
ticipa ed in its proceedings until the ad.
journment. In company with Rayner,
Pike, Donaldson, aud other Southern
delegates, he visited New York, Ba.i-
mors and Washington, where public
meetings were hello for the ratification
Of the National Platform, and at alb
these places, particularly at Washing.
ton, he is represented TO us to have been
hail fellow we'll met" with ultra pro-
slavery men, ana denunciatory OF Abb
oitionism.
he returns to Ohio, and is coupled
with 5. T. Chase, as . candidate for Lieu.
tenant Governor. At Washington, aud
in company OF Southern Know Moth
ings, his Buncombe speech at PhiIadel.
phid is evidently regarded as a good
jVke-a good enough Morgan until after
the election. At Columbus not a syl.
liable is heard of the intimate associa.
tions with ultra pro.slavery Know
Nothngs, but Capt. Ford seeks to cloak
his Third Degree obligations with the
mantle OF Abolitionism--pledging a
"barrel Of sweat" to the Chase ticket.
/: is clear that "somebody is to be
cheated We have no doubt, and
Ford's conduct at the East proves il,
that the Phi ladelphia secession on the
slavery question was fully agreed upon
in the inner circles Of the Order; Sc.
cret agree ment TO openly disagree. All
the circumstances show an arrange.
ment among these gentlemen, that they
are TO be ia the coming State election
pro or anti slavery. as suits the locali-
ty, with a perfect understanding that if
they succeed in controlling results in
the States, they will then harmonize on
some candidate for the Presidency, and
make the grand stride for national spoil
in 1855;
What an insult to the People of ohie,
that such an unprincipled combination
as these facts disclose, can receive any
other treatment than an emphatic and
indignant conde mna tion
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
Remember,

That an Oath-bound Political associ.
alton is now attempting, under the
most repOltin0 perjuries. to sap tbe
foundations and remove the corner.
stone OF the Grand Political Arch Of
oar Government, which was laid in
the blood OF our fathers.
Feemen Of Vinton--without dis.
iinction OF party--are you prepared to
tamely submit to your Government
passing into the hands of midnight
secret Order2 Are you prepared to
voIe according to the directions of an
0ath-bonnd band, who have already
been the cause Of Riot and BIoodshed
in all our principle cities ? Are you
prepared to stand by and see Freeuien
deprived Of their dearest rights? Ii not,
turn out and hear Cot. ALLEN,
THEODORE SHEARER and LE>
vi DUNCAN, Esqrs., the fearless
Champions of Freemen and Equal
Privileges! ~
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
Meeting of the Democratic Cen
trail Committee.


At q meeting Of the Democratic
Central Committee of Vjnton county
held in the town of Macarthur, on the
l4th day of July, 1855,
On motion, Z. A. BRATroN was ap'
pointed Chairman, and B, P. HEwITT,
Secretary when,
On motion, it was resolved that O
Mass Meeting Of the Democracy OIL
Vinton county be held at Macarthur,
on the 4Ih day Of August next, for the
purpose OF making general and neces-
sary arrangements for the appointment
OF delegates to the Senatorial and Leg.
islative Conventions, the manner OF
making our county nominations, and
that speakers from abroad be invited 10
attend.
On motion, it is resolved that the
Central Committee of Vinton county
are in favor Of holding the Senatorial
Convention for this District at Galli>
polls, on the l7th day oi August, the
Legislative Convention at Hamden,
on the 25th August, and that the Chair
man and Secretary OF this meeting be
and they are hereby instructed to cores
pond with the Central Committees oil
the different counties composing said
Senatorial and Legislative Districts,
in relation to their agreeing to said
times and places.
On motion, it was resolved that the
Democratic State Central Committee
be requested to make the necessary ar
rangements to secure the services Of
some reliable Democratic speakers to
address the citizens OF Vinton county,
prior to the approaching October elec-
tion'
On motion, it was resolved that The
proceedings Of this meeting be published
in the Macarthur Democrat.
On motion, said meeting was ad-
Journed without day.
E. A. BRATTON, Chairman.
B. P. HEwIrT, Secretary.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03

The following remarkable article ap
Peared in the,Times of yesterday after
noon
Re-Organlze.
The Cleveland Convention of th,
American Democralic party, held Juu,
5th ult, by postponing the nomins lior
Of State ticket, sowed the seed OF it.
destruction, and copmenced the worl
of its overthrow. We believed al III,
time. and are now fully convinced, tha
the leaders on that occasion acted will
hostile premeditatioa and PURPOSE, know
ing full we'll that to break the impulse
and destroy the momentum then gained
to disintegrate the membership by ad.
vising participation in other political
movements; permitting the lead TO be ia
ken By rival thus destroying the spirit
and unity, and thereby the organization
itself, would accomplish all the SO cal
led Republican" party desired-the
destruction for this campaign a; least,
of the American Democratic party, The
chief of the Order is no longer to be de.
pended upon. A .organiza ton is in.
dispensabIe; popular movement must
be made if unity and energy is to mark
the career of the American party in the
common contest, and triumph is to
crown its labors in the Triangular com.
bat that is to come off.
Let the Americans be called By pub.
lie notice in the ne wspapers, Is men of
the Order whom they will recognize as
good and true, to assemble in their res
pective wards and townships, with all
those disposed to co operate harmoni.
ously with them, to appoint de eIegates to
q County Convention, TO nominate a
county tickeI-and also to take meas.
ures TO form Genital State Com mittee
at Columbus, TO open rIespundence
with American County Committees all
over the State-to call As State Mass
Convention 10 meet August ,9Jh, at Co.
lumbos, then md there to foth State
ticket. This independent popular &C.
tiou must be had, in order TO clear the
wreck of The "0rder"lrom the trickery
and treachery that now ham pers its ac.
tion By the regular forms Of procedure
and retieve us from the underha ma.
chinations Of those persons in whom the
American party has conhded, but who
have betrayed it. Drop Council action
Tor the present, where the ropes and
wires are all cunniugly laid, which are
to bind your limbs and sIangle youi
life out whenever the first siforI is made
to relieve yourselves then call town
ship aud ward meetings openly, of all
who sympathize with the American
heart--then go ahead We are satisfi.
ed that this pendent, popular ac.
ton outside the machinery of the Or.
der. will alone enable true Americans
10 escape the embellishments that now
surround ihem; for, be assured, that
those who have already tfickel that
they might ietter your mutton. ave pre-.
pared to keep you quiet, if you remain
under the old routine. The only way
Of escape is to act in townships and
wards. Who will take the iailiatiyeY
who will do the hard workY-who will.
'ncounterLh the risk and bear the expenseY
who will Lead2 Whoever does, let
lin be supported heartily.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03
From the Crescent, July 6.
IIOrrid Murder near New 0rleans

On Wednesday morning at about hall
past one O'Clock, the little cottage and
grocery Of Frances Bsrard. in Algiers,
was entered by sireral persons, who got
in by Prying out the nails from the fast,
enings OF the back door. They were ev-
identity in search Of booty, for they had
pulled open all the drawers they could
find, and emptied an armoir Of its most
valuable contents, bat ahey carried
away nothing. 1t must have been that
MIR. Berard heard them, and moved 10
see what was the matter, for he was fall
en- upon and hellishly murdered in his
bed. as he lay by bis wife. He was stran.
sled, and SO violently that his jugulsr
vein broke, and blow in the head With
a hammeror Ratchet finished. the dreeds
ful deed.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03

We cali especial attention to the ar,
ticle, in this paper, headed "To my
Methodist Brethren;" but more espec-
tally do We ask our Clerk OF Court to
give close and prayertul examination,
and then, if possible, reconcile his OBJ
legations in the Know Nothing Order
with his oath as Clerk of Court.