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should be continued to break down and bring

should be continued to break down and bring
into contempt the STATE Judiciary As tor
myseT personally, 1t IS a matter ot compdra-
tire Indifference. But to the Judges of all the
Courts throughout the State. il is not mat
ter Of indifference"
Now, can this mean any thing else than
that the writer is one Of the .'Slate Judicia-
ry ?" All the facts fix the authorship Of the
Correspondence" upon the Supreme Judge.
Now, let US see what lie says of this law.
involving such momentous interests, and SO
highly priced by Thousands Of our citizens
Here it is
The Legislature also passed Temperance
law, which may be enforced here, but 1t could
not be in any despotism in Europe, without
producing revolution. This bill the Demo
Gratis wanted the Governor to veto, and had
he, it would not have passed but the Gov
crnor was decidedly scrupulous about vetolng
any bills, unless it could be done on consti-
tulional grounds, and so he signed it,
Now, fellow citizens. look at this This
Supreme Judge, knowing this law must soon
come before him for decision, writes letter
to partizan sheet says the party desired it
vetoed, speaks of 1t as calculated to arouse a
revolutionary spirit even in the debased and
down-trodden subjects Of European despot-
ism And the Legislature which passed it
he Genounces as devoid OF capacity, InteIll-
gence. and regard for the,pubIic welfare"
and its enactments. 'most Of" them,
"plunder bills If he wrote the paragraph
quoted, is it not shame, and almost high
handed crime that he now assumes to sit in
judgment His opinion has been formed,
expressed. and published AS well sing
psalms to a dead horse as exhibit arguments,
precedents and authorities to him
1t he did not write the quoted paragraph,
then so much of our article as relates the reto
is harmless. Our columns are at his service
to deny the offensive, abusive and partizan
letter, if his conscience viii permit him TO
do so.
1t is proclaimed upon the strests-upon our
railways. and almost everywhere, that the
Judge has determined to nullity the law
His praise is in the mouths OF m-sellers,
and lie has become "the song of the drunk
ard" 1t is deeply mortfying to an Indianian
to hear the name of a Supreme Judge ban
died as is his. To hear men with beer-flab-
bed cheeks carbuncled nose and sore ewes
chuckls with glee-'' Perkins is the mamie
is of 'em-he'll give the law fits ts-why,
didn't you the letter In the Jefersonion <''
And yet, whom can he blame He hath
"Carded his state,
Mingled his dignity with eapering FOOLS,
until there are left
None poor to do him reverence"
-Indianopolis Republican.
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Rattiesnakes and Bald Eagles.

On the Scio.o river, near Columbus, are the
celebrated rattlesnakc dens, which in early
rimes were terror to the neighborhooi, and
the especial dread of the boys who visited the
mills. These dens were openings in the face
If the cliff; was large enough 10 admit a
man in stopping posture. Here not only
the rattlesnake, but many other species re-
sorted for winter quarters in great numbers;
All 4 the entrance floor of one of these open
ings was not only smooth. but was quite pol.
ished by the gliding in and out OF these ven
emous reptiles.
| have heard my father say that long before
the settlement of even Franhlinton, w hile en-
gagged in surveying, he had occasion TO ascend
the river with his party, which they did in
two canoes, about the middle of 4 pril; it Wa.
a warm day, with gentle breeze blowing
down the river. When about half a mile be
low this locality. they were assailed by most
peculiar odor; which as they proceeded In
creased to so intolerable degree. that two o.
tho men were taken violently Ill, aud were
obliged TO lie down in the bottom OF the canoe
Soon the cause became apparent; for on arri
wing opposite 10 these denS, thousands u
makes We're covering the banks in all di
:ections. and basking III the sun.
4 pair of bald eagles, which Mr. B. care
July prevented from being disturbed, bail
.heir nest on the top of an old tree croYnils
he over hanging cliff, aud preyed upon thes,
reptiles. The hog IS believed 10 be i:lyuIner
,bie 10 the bite of the rat:lesnake. and in tbs
al pen was built around the entrance o
.hese dens. and the hogs confined there, in
creeping the return Of he snakes 10 their win
ter quarters. aud said to have destrove,
.yreas numbers Of them
D. S Journal
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Gfye Them Rome

Every day adds something 70 the volume
OF denominations inflated by the Kansas Ne
braska bill. Among tho latest Of these crowd
ing rascalities, find in the Kansas Herald
of Freedom the details of a big one--being
neither more nor less than the annexation ~
SIR cou1aties Of Missouri in order t. hasten
the eousummatlon of the vIIialnOus Locoboco
scheme of fastening Slavery on Kansas
Kansas embraces within It's limits area
Of HI 708 square miles, region more than
three times a. great as Ohio, and fourteen
times as large as Massachusetts. Ii Is sus-
cepfble # division into ten States, with the
same number of square miles to each now
embraced within the limits of Maine, New
Hampshire Massachusetts, Vermont Connec-
ticut Rhode Island New Jersey, Delaware.
MARYLAND and South Carolina, and suscepti-
BILE of sustaining a population more than
twice as dense. VITA his state Of tacts, IL
is proposed to anner is1 counties Of 1Hissestri
70 han.as. nth an aggregate population of
about 7o, 900. among uhich are fupsbtred same
+ 6 600 slares.
This would add region of one hundred
miles in length from north to south, and av-
eraging thirty miles in width. giving US sddi-
+ tional territory considerable greater than the
Safe of Delaware.
We hope that our friends Of the Press will
give this subject their immediate considera-
ton. We have positire Information that the
project was favorably entertained by the Mis-
sour Legislature last winter. The same are
10 convene in November, and viii no doao;
consummate the fraud. the solicitation OF
the quasi Legislature of Kansas. now assum-
ing to legisAte for the people OF TINS ssrrisos!-
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The following is the most graphic delinea-
ton of the miseries and effect of intemperance
that we haye ever seen. 1t is from the argu-
ments advanced by certain citizens of Port
age county, Ohio, in memorial to the Legis-
lature on the subject. in 1925:
And yet its march of ruin is onward still
1t reaches abroad TO others invades the fam
iiy and social circles. and spreads woe and
sorrow all around 1t cuts down youth in it's
Nigor; manhood in its strength and age in
its weakness. 1t breaks the fathers heart ;
bereases the doating mother; extinguishes
natural affection; grasses conugal love b!ots
out tilial attachment; blights parental hope ;
and brings down mourning age in sorrow to
the grave. Itproduces weakness not strength
sickness. not health; death, not life. 1t
makes wives widows: children orphans; faith
ers hends and all OF them paupers and beg
gars 1t halls feverS; feeds rheumatisms ;
nurses gout; welcomes epidemics invites
cholera imparts pestilence, and embraces
consumptlOnS. Ii covers the land with idle
ness. poverty, disease and crime 1t fills your
jails; supplies your alm.houses and demand 5
your asyiums. Ii engenders and fosters quar-
rels; and cherishes riots. L condemns law !;
spurns order; and loves mobs 1t crowds
your penitentaries aud furnishes the victims
for your scatfolds. 1t is the life blood of the
gambler; the alment Of the coun;erfeiter !;
the crop OF the highwayman, and the support
Of Tie midnight incendiary.
q l. countenaHces the liar respects the
thief. and estecms the blasphemer It vio-
lates obligations reverenees fraud ard honors
iniamy l. detames benevolence hates love:
scorns virtue; and SANDERS innocence Il
inciteS the father to butcher his offspring
helps the husband 10 massacre his wife and
aids the child to grind his paricitial axe 1t
burns Hlan; consumes woman detests life
curses God, and despises Heaven
. Ii suborns witnesses nurses perjury
defles the jury box; and stains the Judicial
ermine.
It bFibes; disquaifes voters; corrupts
elections; pollutes our Institutions and en-
dangers cur government. l. degrades the
citizens; debases the Legislator; dishonors
Inc statesman and disarms the patriot L
IS shame. not honor; terror. not safety: de-
Spair, not hope; misery, not happiness And
now, aS with the malevolence of fend. i
calmly surveys is frightful desolations, and
insatiate with havoc, it poisons felicity XIII:
peace; ruins morals; blights confidence
slays reputation: and wipes out national hon
or. then curses the world. and laughs at it
ruins
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GROWTH OF THE HUMAN NAILs-I stained
me roots Of my finger nails on the first of last
August 10 find out the exact time a healthy
nail took TO form I; In other words, 10 fiid how
often a changed his finger nails. On
the lith of this month all the old nails had
disappeared thus 1t took exactly four mon tbs
ana fifteen days 10 form new nails. Allow
my this period to be the average timo ior the
complete renewal of the human nail man
who lives 10 seventy years has had each rail
renewed one hundred and six times. OF. In
other words, he wears out one Thousand eight
hundred aud sixty finger nails In seventy
years. In the four and halt months / dis
unguish no difference in the periods OF lorna.
ton the growth was gradual aud systematic,
from week 10 week, without any VARIATION
| stained the nails with corrosive subllnase
.he color was tawny. and was not the least
affected with all lis numerous washing and
exposures to the air. Nv occupation IS Sc
dentary; the nails may grew faster on some
and slower on other -lylduals. according 10
their constitutions or the particular occupa-
tions IN which they may be engassd.-Ex-
! rdcf from t.s ScieHtifc -irperio0H.
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Laughing Gas.

This singular substance, discovered by DR..
Priestly in 1875 was brought into particular
notice by Sir Humphrey Davey. the latter be
ing the first 10 notice its stim Hating proper
ties. When taken into the lungs it induces
the most agreeable state of reverie or ntoxi
cation, frequently accompanied with physical
well mental excitement, which lasts for
few minutes. and t'en subsidies without any
unpleasant consequences. Persons who
breathe it, feel AN indescribable pleasure and
happiness. much to induce laughter.
and hence the name (laugh up) given to this
substance. but which chemists call nitrous
oxyd. Enough laughing gas may be pre-
pared for single experiment by heating two
ounces Of nitrate of ammonia in a retort,
having large OK bladder attached to collect
the gas. The process Is, first to insert into
the neck of the bladder wooden pipe or stop
cock. made of elder, with the pith pushed
out; nex moisten the bladder. and squeeze it
up to remove the air. then iix it to The re.ort
containing the nitrate OF ammonia. Now
heat the salt with a spirit-la,np; 1t first lqui-
fies, then boiis and deeomposes, producin Z
water which remains in The retort, and the
gas W hieh passes into the bladder,) when
the bladder is full. the experiment can be per-
formed. Hold the bladder in the ieft hand,
placing the thumb over the pipe to retain the
gas with the rtght hand close the nostrils; the n
empty the lungs by long expiration; after
which, insert into the mouth the pipe attach
ed to the bladder, and breathe the gas in the
same manner as if it WAS air; in one or two
minutes, if the experiment be successful, an
elysian sensation will follow, more exquisite
than can be described 4Septimus Piesse.
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Mas. McCREA-A WoMAS's DEvorIoE.--
A correspondent of the st. Louis DemocTat.
writing from Fort Leavenworth. at which
place McCrea. charged with killing Maleom
Clark. is now confined. pays the following
tribute TO = noble woman
% He is without relatives and without mo-
ney; he has afectionats. angelic wife and
one child dependent upon him for support.
now poor indeed. Yet day by day her vast
ing form may be seen lowering round his
place of confinement. though three miles dls-
tant from their late happy home. She IS al
lowed but half an hour to converse with him,
and that in the presence OF his lifs's enemy.
the very ruffian who acted as captain OF the
gang who outraged the person Of Phillips
Yet her every word breathes courage, and
pointing to their bright boy. she exclaims -
:. Never mind my suiferings-shey viii soon
5s over; but oh ! think what . DISGRACE your
fight would bring on him."
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GLovEs.-The New York correspondent. of

GLovEs--The New Y ork correspondent; of
all the country weekly newspapers. says in .
late latter =" The glory of gloves has depart
ed Male Broadway is gloveless. Merchants
ride down with their hands in state Of ma
ture. and walk up ditto. Even the gennuns
Shanghai travel with their claws dsnuded-
By our faith, gentlemen are becoming sen''bte
men. The sun and the air once more toy
with the clerks palm. Of . summers day
The world above Wall street Is becoming
nr.c,;cal Whats the use ?" it cries. Wa
ter and soap are better than gloves. and Ia
dy's taper fingers rest quite as well satisfied in
sun Drowned clasp, if il only carries manly
heart within it. So another remnant of the
old school has gone overheard. Seva.topol
is fast destroying routine and bringing men
back to COMMON sense. @
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T The great argument against Chase By
the Timer and other papers opposed TO him.
was. that he opposed the American party
They have selected Mr.. Trimbls, who SAYS
himself tha. he IS not . member OF the h n
order, and il can be well established that he
has said more against them than Chase has
done. also that most Of the men in Highland
county. who are so favorable to Trimbls, did
not vote tho American ticket last fall, but vo-
ted for the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress no wonder they are still 50 favorable
to the triumph Of the Locofoco party FROM
Co. Am&xicax
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4 PETRIr1ED IsDIAs.-While engaged in
excavaling, recently. upon the Milwaukee and
La Crosse Railroad, near Schlesengerville,
iowa, the workmen came upon the petrifed
remains of an Indian. and with the remains
some singular records of the oiden time
The body was perfect, not having suffered by
decay His height. at the present time,
would be considered gigantic. measuring sew
en- feet two inches. On his breast was plate
of copper. on which were engraved numerous
nieroglipLics, the meaning of which can hard
" be ina sined. But there they are the rec
ords Of the past Could these hierogiiphics
be read, they might, perhaps, unveil some of
II e mystery which hangs like q dark cloud
over the history of the red man An arrow
Of considerable strength and curious construc-
lion. was also found with him, and especially
invites thc attention of antiquariAns.
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For the PaIad UNI
An EpistIe to an Officer Of the Law
BY 4. p. THOMAS.

BY Z. d. THOMAS.
Autornaton o. bone an eristie,
The laws weeI tried and trusty MISSILE
I'll sen TO you this short spistle,
To gle you case,
Which you may either sing or whistle,
Yoursel' 10 please
On foot they tell me you are light,
An over keen sighted after night,
An tho you rsawn defen the right,
You do the wrang;
They tell me, also. in fight,
Your wondrous strang.
When thieves alarm our slumb'rng gently.
An thro' the bolts hae forced their entry,
An prowl thro' parlor, hall and pantry,
for gowden ware.
Gin summon'd by some wakeful sentry.
Your quickly there
Then vi a smile upon your face,
(For you smils in any place.
Ye hurry af each scared scape grace,
just as you please,
Till bound by walls they Gamma rase,
They'r i'll Mt ease.
Fitted by nature for your trade
Rogues to catch rogues were ever made
Aud Nick hmsel ~ad be betrayed
by your sly smile
To match ye, yet he neer cs.ayed
In fraud an guile.
Yell ca n man your dearest friend
To his affairs ye attend
Advise, propose an recommend,
Wi cunning arrant;
Then pounce upon him i the end,
WI a States irarraHtf
But will dare presume to guess
Aud Clovenfoot himsel', no less,
Will ane day haze the happiness,
Spite o your creeds,
To bid YOU wear his birthstone dress
For sinful deeds.
But even then, ye maun hope well,
W hile meath 'clos'd hatchcs' snug You dwell,
His condescension wha can tell?
As your protector,
lie may yet make you, cen in hell,
A debt collector.
These lines were ma penned i a passion,
For anger should gae out a fashion,
Nor do wish wi you, so clash on
+ erce terms o. war;
This line make my rhyme TO dash on,
You I aJhor
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CoLoRKD DAGUERREoTYrEs,-A the
modern inventions, none have been SO rapidly
perfected AS that beautiful art of sun painting
discovered by the Frenchman. Daguerre.
whose name will be perpetusted as long the
results OF his labor continue 10 add 10 the
happiness or improvement of his kind The
associate and co laborer of Daguerre. Me
pece, who has devoted years to the study of
the art, has added To il the charm that will
give it tenfold value. The London -Irt
Journal. III speaking of his attempts TO pro-
duce colored photographs. uses the language
of Niepece himself, thus
Il have begun" says he. with rsproduc
ing in the camera obscurs, colored engraV-
ings. then artificial and natural flowers. and
lastly dead nature, . doll dressed in stuffs of
different colors, and always trimmed with
gold and silver lace. Ihape obtained all tie
colors, and what is still more extraordinary
and curious. the gold and silver depicted
with their metallic lustre, and rock crystal.
porcelain and alsbaster, are depicted with the
lustre natural 10 them.
If success attends his efforts to prepare the
plates necessary in the process. cheaply
that colored pictures will come within reach
of those of moderate means. the results of his
discovery can hardly be nticipated.-C Chtca-
90 Tribune.
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CLEANSING WINDOW BLINDs.-Soap or stona
soap -suds viii destroy green paint more readi-
ly than any other color; the Tyre has the same
effect on oil-paints 'ha,it has with grease
Many painted rooms are spoiled by careless
ness or ignorance OF wsshwomen IN the ap-
not destroy the paint, Il may affect the lus-
ire. ss u..s
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A GIRL OF SPIRIr.-"M Mary. why did YOU
kiss your hand TO the young gentleman oppo-
site this morning." said careful parent TO
hi. blooming daughter. why the fellow had
the impudence to throw kiss clear across the
street 10 me. and, Of course threw It back,
Indignantly You wouldn't have me encour-
aye him by keeping it. would you?''
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WILL ADVERTISING DO ANY GooD.-An an
swer to this question (says the Springfield
-Nonparea) came to us es.erday. IN the shape
of one Of those stubborn facts" which
there is no getting around One Of our prom
inent dealers says to US
DO YOU recollect that little notice you in
serted for me the other day ?'
Yes"
We'll a gentleman called and said he saw
such an article advertised, and before he left
the store he purchased TEN DOLLARS worth,
and paid the cash for il. He was an entire
stranger to us. and we know not that he was
ever in the store before. We sold about S25
worth the strength of that advertisement"
That little notice cost the advertiser but
about SOC, and the benefit derived will pay
tenfold.
The actual benefit of advertising is difficult
to demonstrate but one thing is self-evldent,
that no man ever amassed fortune without
in some way ADVERTISING. Let a man judi
ciously advertise. and other things being
equal, he will surely distance his competitor,
who is disposed to let his goods sell on their
own merits
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SOUND DocrRINE.-In . sermon. delivered
by Rev DR.. Bellows, of New York, before
the Western Unitarian Conference, is the fol-
lowing paragraph:
g For my part, l say it IN all solemnity, !
have lived to become sincerely suspicious of
the piety Of those who do not love pleasure in
any form. l cannot trust the man that never
laughs that is always sedate that has
apparent outlets for those natural springs of
sportiveness and gaiety that are perennial in
the soul. | know that nature takes her re-
venge on such violence. l expect to find
cret vices, malignant sins, or horrid crimes
springing up in this hot-bed of confined air
and imprisoned space and therefore. it gives
a sincere and moral qualification anywhere,
and in any community. to see innocent pleas
and popular amusements resisting the
lgious bgotry thai frowns unwisely upon
them. Anything is better than dead. dark
unhappy social hfe-prey TO ennui and NOR
bid excitement, which results from unmitiea-
ted puritanism, whose second crop is usually
unbridled license and infamous folly
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Volume XIV.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
pp HOLLOWAY, b. ". DAVIS ]. ). DRAhE.
Term. Of Advertising:
DIR JOB DEPARTMENT,

-Ha. recently been htted up with the atest styIes
,,Toe and are prepared TO do all kinds Of job
Wk such as Books, Pamphlets Circulars, Bills, Cards,
p.er. &c Printing done in fancy -coOred Inks, with
,nss. and despatch. Orders thankfully received and
~.aiIy attended to. Address. HOLLOW Az X Co
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Number 81.

THE BLIND AsYLUN.-The following is q
copy of q letter received by one of our eiri.
zeus. from the father of late pupil at the
Blind Asylum. Ii speaks for itself, without
comment;
'' l wish TO know if G. w Ames is retain
ed Superintendent of the Blind ASYLUM.
Ii SO. l will not be able to get Margaret Ann
10 go back thero, She says she will not 90
back while Mr.. Ames is Superintendent. Is
there not some way In which he can be re-
moved | am not willing to be deprived of
the benefits of the institution and l cannot
think of putting her there against her will
She says, ii any other person is put in his
place she will go back. She wishes to so
back and learn: but is not willing to go there
and te cGfecf and knocked round, and called
LILLE Rind brat. She thinks wen Of all about
the house. ereeps Mr.. Ames-especially of
Mrs. Sis>on. She loves her as she does her
mother Let me hear from you soon and
See if there is not some way that that man can
be removed. think it very hard that he
should stay there. against the will of the pu-
pills. Mr.. Ames may be a good man but il
the pupils are not satisfied with him il is of
no use TO send them there. They will not 10
any good and, l think. If Mr.. Ames is gen
tleman he would resign his office. and let il be
filled by some person that would give greater
satisfaction. Indiana Journal.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-11-10
MASS MEETING!

NOTICE is hereby given that mass meeting Of
~ the FARMERS OF WOOD COUNTY will
NOUen,ber, 1865, for the purpose of revising the
constitution and charging the premium list of the
Wood County Agricultural Society, and for the
consideration of such other objects as may be
thought conducive to the general interests of said
society. Let erery township IN the county be repre-
sented. The meeting will be opened by an address
from Mr.. ELLIOTT.
BY order of the Board.