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Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16
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The Kxow-N ornMos I'M MASSACRE.
sErrs.-The committee Of the Mass.
achusetts Legislature has come TO
the conclusion that the rowdy mem.
bers Of that body who intruded into
a female school the other day, had
no business so to act, and were gull
ty Of an offence deserving Of general
blame. We put 1t thus, for breviiys
sake: the men Of Boston have spun
a long yarn on the topic, giving the
committee a lick first with the rough
then with the smooth edge Of their
tongue, and ending SO thoroughly
ali Talleyand, that some study y
needed to ASCERTAIN the real DRIFT Of
the report. .,.. +. \ If Elm Iii
So lar, the Massachusetts, Legisla-
ture have done well. The act was in
every way shameful, and deserved
scathing censure; it has got it, though,
in milder form than itdeserved.--I
But it remains to be said that this
censure was not inflicted until pub.
lie opinion called loddly foryengeance
on the committee. 1.-THE press Of
Boston had spoken with less energy
and boldnessf the offence might and
probably would have been passed
over in silence. The Legislature
have acted like a school-boy, who
whinningly admits his fault, for par
don, while hissposterior smarts under
the rod. /. II j. It-aEr
There was not 90 much difference
after all between the violation Of a
private. domicil and and the removal
Of a United States Commissioner on
account ofhis performance ofhis du-
ty. The men who victimized Judge
Loring because he preferred keeping
his oath>to breaking it were just the
| men to take advantage Of q popular
cry against conyents, to burst into a
female school, insult defenceless la.
dies, and frighten a>poor sick girl out
other fife. =. Il 'cI~h.Er. i
There must be some great changes
here, ifthe American partyis to do
anything in this world. Prescription
of faithful officers ofgovernment, as
saults on defcnceles women, inva'
sions Of private hous es, abuse Of the
Roman Catholic religion, are not the
thing forthe last halfofthe nineteenth
century. They would have done
: very wclEa couple Of hundred year:
ago, when there were mo daily news
papers and no common schools, nc
steamers, no tie legraphs, and no rea
liberty in the world. But to-day
when all these blessings are at every
ones elbow, measures>o q tyrannica
and narrow-minded cast, like these
we mention, must be. ruinousIto any
!, political organization. 1t il Ito be
f hoped that they are the stumbling
blocks which will serve to guide an,
teach the American party. - y
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16
How Gun a good Methodist be a Know.NOlhing'

+: The following "Articlc Of Faith
is to be found in the DisciplineoftheI
Methodist Episcopal Church. twill
be seen that unnecessary implica.
ton, all oaths are forbidden except
the y be made before a magistrate le-
gally authorised to administer them:
Az we confess that vain and rash
swearing Is forbidden Christian men
by our Lord Jesus Christ and BY
James his apostle; 90 we judge that
the Christian religion doth not pro-
.hibit, but that q man may swear when
the magistrate requireth, i'm q cause
Of faith and charity, soft be done &C.
cording to the prophets teaching, in
justice, Judgment, and truth. - SOHta.
Side D enaocrat. NJ
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16
,rh,L ~, f,, 4 : !. No,h;,,, nj,

L ok out for Know-Nothing Roor.
backs, They are circulating all sorts
Of b use falsehoods 10 induce demo
orats to JOIN Their ord r and take
their horrible oaths. They are now
reporting it that a number Of demo-
cratic pa pers III the State are adYo-
eating Known Nothing principles, and
among them they say arc the Fin
castle Democrat and the Salem Reg.
lister! Thisis grossly false. We ex-
change with both papers, and are
glad to cay that they are true 10 the
Democratic party, and manfnlly and
ably denouncing this new and dan
gerous faction. Nor. there q single
dcmoc attic paper in the State that
advocates the miserable doctrines 81
Know Nothingism.-W y.hc Rep.
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16

BosroS. May 9.--1he Nothing
Convention. in session here this evening,
IS largely attended. ana lis action is de-
cidedly Of an anty.slsyery character
Gov. Gardener and Henry Wilson are
among the delegates selected to attend the
national convention t8 be heldin Phila-
delphia in June nexh jaime a. B. Ely
made an anti.slayery aad Know Nothing
speech, snd strong asati-shyery resolu
tons were passed.
Il VIVA. say you, neigbbor. 70 the above
BIZ Of news? eh! Aresyou still willing
% Judge them BY thfiF acts!'' How
now about Wilson? WIN you still in.
Dis. that DO is not Knew! Nothing?
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16

Du ring the night Of the let inst.
the cross WAS removed from the tow
er ofthe Catholic church a, Ovid,
Sc neca county and the American
dag substituted. The cross was az
terwards found In . bar room in the
village. A meeting of the citizens
was held, to ferret out the perpctra-
Of the outrage.
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16
EneN.s!!sthlns D,l.at.

The Wilmington (DeI.) municipal
election took place On Tuesday. il
is reported that the Democrats cleo
ted all their city ticket except their
candidate for Mayer, who was beat
en- seventeen votes lby his Know
Nothing opponent. Last year che
Know olkings heaE re Whir1 l2c
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16
Enoy.Nothlns, Rsslgnlng IN Jackson.

We could GIL our paper with withdraw.
ais from the now.Nothing Councils
throughout the State, were Il necessary.
"Ths work goss bravely on,'' and by
election day. there will Be but few who
ever claimed to be Democrats left In he
Order. A glorious triumph avafts the
Democracy Of Virginia! The following
withdrawal Of an entire Council in the adj
joining county Of Jackson, we clip from
the Parkersbufg Nss5s. The npmber Of
Know; Nothings says the Nsrs. who
have already withdrawn in Jackson. and
who have signifcd theirintention of doing
50 before the election, is not less than one
hundred and fly. Jackson county will
give good majority to the entire Demo
cratic ticket" +: ~ =. il
We, the undersigned. citizens Of Jack.
son county, having Withdrawn from the
order known as Know:Nothings, desire
TO make that fact known, and also the rea.
sons which Influenced our withdrawal
We are induced to believe that its objects
were conservative, without regard to any
party principles or preiudices, and for the
good Of the country alone. Instead OF
such being the case, we have discovered
it to be the old Federal Wing partyin dis
puisc: aud its real ends to be the Spoils OF
office and the resuscitation Of the Wing
party. An to carry out these ends, and
sustain this party, we are called upon to
support for office those to whom we are
personally and politically opposed, and re-
/ ect those who enjoy our personal and po-
litical preferences. Exercising our rights
as free men, we decline to cooperate any
longer with an order which demands such
sacrifices at our hands, and whose prac.
tees are not in keeping with It's aypwed
faith; but we consider ourselves Ameri-
cans in truth, and in fact, as much SO as
those belonging TO this secret organization,
and agree to most Of the principles Of their
published platform, with which theirPrac'
| 1. -. l.. !. Il
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16

By mail We have New Orleans pa-Es i
pers late a. due. Dr.. Peck publishes i
4 long letter in the Pi.ayunc, giving
y statement Of his arrest and ilnpris.
,onment In Cuba. He says he was
treated very harshly, and claims res.
titution from the Spanish Govern 1
Inent.
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16

r.. municipal election in Philadslphia.
ON he end inst, resulted In tn election
81 the anti Know Nothing candidates ioI
civ Trsasurer snd Commissioners. pns
yscr sco Ire .Nothipgs bed eo&
imsjority n thst city, \
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Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16

Ii An extra session Of sthe Legislature is
talked Of, 70 10 held in Esptember. for the
purpose Of rs-districtiny the State under
ths sensus % b taken in June, 90 that
IS psxt Ie1iilsturs ny b chosen under
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-16

ices are not lIl keeping III -
+ A. G.. Casio, President, -
VIM. Goodwin, Vice President,
P. H. Bush, Secretary,
Il Jacob Witherholt, Marshal.
B.F. Casio, Sentinel,
Abraham Wolf,
F. NJ. Post.
S. &. w, Post,
y H. Williams, -
john S. Hecker,
A. J. Bush, !
NJ. c. lies, III
Abmh mn Cites, Il.
! Jonathan Pfost,
Nathan Casio,
George N. Fore, 4
George Casio, |
!, Samuel McKown. II
, Riley Casio.
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bench OF five Judges, craving the same mercy
the petition each time being denied, and the
prisoner, meanwhile, feeling, If not saying, IN
the language of Sterne's startling, can't get
ont! can't get oUt!n Again is made another
appeal to the committing Judge Jane John
son comes into Court and implores; but she
has no sTATUsi quoth ,e Judge, and she has
leave to depart in pea Il But something must
be done, and the prisoner asks TO file his bill Of
grievances in Court: but the Judge is now in
District Court, and tn, iancied contempt in the
old matter Of hdJe0s corpus, in his Com mission
Chamber. rankles in MS bosom, and he talks
incOherently Of purgetion, purgatory. prison.
&c, hardly knowing what he is, whether Dis
t1ct Judge or Commissioner. SO adroitv is
played the comedy Of errors, so frequent is the
change OF venue, and so various are the ka-
leidoscopic views
Now, all this lodging from Court to Court.
ana peutiomng from time to time, seems sim
ply absurd not only, nut larcical in the extreme
Judge Kane TO talk about STATUS in his Dis
trlct Court In the matter of the habeas cor
pUs and commitment OF Mr.. Williamson, and
all subsequent pro sedings in that behalf ne-
ther he himself, y Wheeler and his slaves,
nor the prisoner, hJr the counsel, lad any sta
tuS in that COur. from the beginning to the
end of the whole fair! All the parties above.
uiShliOiied nhu not, from HrSt 70 last, any stand
ing or business 70 transact in that Court.
Bnt enough. The game has been played and
the humanities of the heart and the moral sen
hments of the soul sicken at all this legal leger
domain and Judicial jugglery, that have been
played so successfully, at the expense of the
liberty and happiness Of a worthy citizen. 1t
IS easy to fancy him in his prison solitude, say
ing, IN profound soliloqny-
What iudfHrnt s;all dread doiu- no wrong,
10" have ainong you uiany purchased slave
NI''h Lac Your asses, and your dogs and mule.
ION use no atirct aIi "a styi. b parts.
Because yoa bought them. shall Sa, ~ vog
~ lhehi &c Tree. marry them To- vu.r hrir,
W 10Y sweat they under uuu-uS let thrfr beds
h' Nllde aS sol aS yoars and irt their paairs
ne seasoned with such visuts. Won VIII ,ySvrr-
The slaves are oars. - so answer vou.~
This case of Mr.. Williamson ~ iall of in
struotion. it teaches an imporiaa, lesson upnn
the question Of State Rights: shows how tb,.
Federal Judiciary may trespass on the liberties
OF the citizen, and trample under foot the RIGHTS
OF the person. As the fathers designed it. tine
Judiciary Department Of the United State,
government was noble, exalted institution.
Bat Congress by its enactmeuts, and Slavery
by ITS eXactions, have degraded it 20 the low
level OF ? ssSgang brotherhood, and placed
Il ON equal with special commissioners TO
catch runaway slavesl concurrent each in
that jurisdiction, alike honorable in that high
vocation Horace DRESSER,
Nei0 lork, NOrember >, 1863.
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For the National Era.
F U N z z A L P ID P l..

Poor corpse, in costly vestmenis laid,
Bcdecked. bedizened. and arrayed,
Aldto a careless crowd displayed
Poor corpse. will not gaze on thee;
In life a stranger, what can be
Thy pallid, death cold clay TO me?
Om5cAeryi a motley crowd
P.ai,ng the fashion O; a shroud,
or Whispering cenSure half aloud.
sweet friends, pray you, when die,
let not one cold or careless eye
Come and gaze OH me where lie.
Bcdeck me not with costly gear.
Nor yet To grace my simple bier
i;ung other than the gift sincere.
s1u- pale, small Howcrei OF The spring,
az summers sweetest bloSSoming.
or suiamn's faded tribute, bring
ssav shall not start, nor glow
vain bushes they come ami go
R,.,l INV dead limbs as round a show;
Ban vet tor loves sweet sake, pray,
Compose my limbs, then gently lay
ll,. poor worn tenement away.
Troara that round me. as sleep,
Those whom loved should come 10 weep,
aud Ai-, the lips they cannot keep.
Aud 90 one boon be granted me,
d. answer TO ms lifelong plea,
Ayha time yc thus bend over me,
n, ttcr 50 sweet 4 smile shall wear,
l-r3uuoi choose bat linger there,
A.j -ay. Behold her answered prayer,n
G. A. NJ.
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,r Perez "a the Clerks Office OF the Circuit Coui
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door, the Merchant stood silent for a few 600.
onds, with his arms folded, and then mecban;.
cally commenced his toilette. taking an occa.
sional look at the glass, to see if his cAnnte.
nance was happy in its expression of habituaI
security.
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ROSA AND HER SUlT0RS.
A TALE OF SWEDISH DOMESTIC LIFE.

FOR THE NATIONAL ERA
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-30

We notice that the Wabash Valley and
Illinois railroad company have effected an
other loan of $500, 900, which will enable
them to push forward their work with all
possible despatch. It is now expected. that
this road will be open to Fort Wayne on the
5th and TO Huntington on the 18th Of July.
---[Toledo Rep.
In consequence Of the prOracted rains of
the present month, we learn that it will not
be possible for the company to open their
road by the 4th Of next month, as was an
ticipated. Had the month of June been as
favorable as usual, there is no doubt that the
road would have been in readiness to be
opened as early as the lst. Butin fact there
has not been more than five or six whole
working days up to the present time III this
month and such is the character Of the
country through which the road passes, and
SO large an amount of water upon the surface
that the forces Of the company have to work
at great disadvantage, besides the dslay
caused by rainy days.
We are informed, however, that there is
less than 20 miles of track to be laid between
the cities of Fort Wayne and Toledo. The
grading, bridging and masonry, between these
points are all completed, and we are assured
that the delay which the unusual rains OF
this month have caused, will not be over ten
days from the 4th.
We are glad to learn that while the recent
freshets have proved so injurious to public
works elsewhere, the embankments, bridges
and road bed of this company, have stood
the shock extremely well, and considering
their recent make are very little damaged
Blade.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-30

The ONO CANAL.--Mr. Blicbensderfer
informs us that in case of no further acci-
dent or delay OH account of bad weather,
the breaks in the Ohio canal will be repaired
so as to pass boats by Monday or Tuesday
next. More than hondred hands are en-
ployed on the break a lock II, and the work
is continued night and day. But for the
second freshet, navigation would have been
opened again BY this time Il Akron Beacon,
20jh.
So it seems that Mr.. Blckensderfer is not
off in Pennsylvania ia making railroads. He
is closely watching his section of the public
works. Night and day he prosecutes all re-
pairs necessary to their use. He has done
the state good service in years past. He
does not depend upon newspapers to puff
him up. and he knows thai his enemies cam
not, through this channel drag him down.
Give him a suitable, competent associate in
the board, end the state will, at once, see and
feel the difference between ability and in
competency, in the management of that i'm.
portant branch Of the public service.-LO o. S.
Journal.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-30

WHEAT OUT OF DANGER FROM WEEvGL.-
We were shown last evening number OF
heads of wheat taken from the field of Mr..
Patrick Carey near this city, in which the
barry was almost perfectly formed and alto
gether beyond danger from attacks of wee
vii There is now but one danger, the rust.
If the wheat escapes that we shall have a
splendid crop Toledo Rep.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-30

Curious PHENoMENA,-On Saturday last,
about A. M, our river suddenly rose from
three to four feet in height. Big waves ex.
tending its whole width surged fuiously
along, very seriously affecting the vessels at
anchor and tossing about the smaller crafts
as so many toys. The water deepened rap
idly, and some alarm was felt as to how it
would end. After the termination of fifteen
minutes, however, this influx began to SUBJ
side, and the river became quiet as usual
At P, NJ, precisely similar movement
commenced in an opposite direction the
water rushing ont and exhausiing the river
from three to four feet below its usual level.
After this sudden freak, the equilibrium Of
waters was again restored. Several gentle
men who observed this were puzzled how to
account for it, as there was no wind stir
ring, and the lake was perfectly still. A
precisely similar circumstance happened to,
Buffalo river some two years since, at the
same time a severe shock of an earthquake,
was felt in Ontario and other countless
Many were disposed to trace this effect to
such cause. Whether our lake has its,
food and ebb tide, or whether this phenome-
ma was caused by " "Earths internal fires"
we will leave for savans to investigate and
decide Chicago Tribune.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-30

4 census of Boston, Mass, has just been
peted by order Of the city authorities.
The result has not been published, but the
Traveller tells us that the aggregate pop
uIation will probably not much exceed, if it
reaches, 100000. This is by no means as
large as had been expected, and shows very
inconsiderable increase over the census OF
1850, which was l36, ,68l. During the inter
mediate period large number of the citi-
zens of Boston have taken up their resi-
deuces in the adjoining cities and towns
This is process by which Boston has long
suffered, and is attributable to the railroad
facilities for doing business in the city and
residing az a distance from it. Still the
same process is operative in New York and
Philadelphia, but does not arrest their enor-
NOUS growth. In view of the wealth, CAPT
tai, enterprise, and commercial activity Of
Boston, its slow progress is a singular ph9-
nomenon. If it does not increase any faster
in the next five years than it has in the past
five, the national census of 1860 will find it
surpassed in population by Brooklyn, Gin
cinnati, Pttsburg, St, Louis, and Chicago.
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MANuMIssIoN.-On Friday morning last,
all old gentleman from Georgia applied at
q court in Philadelphia for the proper pa
pers to procure the necessary freedom papers
for four slaves, father, mother and two
children, which at much expense he had
brought with him from his plantation. He
stipulated that the matter should not get in
to the hands of the reporters, but it 8 came
out" The papers were executed, the master
and slaves seemed equally delighted at the
transpositon, and the latter refused to re-
main in Philadelphia, although he offered to
establish them, but they would return with
him to Georgia, where they arc to be paid for
their earnings. The laws of Georgia do not
allow emancipation there.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-30

UNcERTAINTY OF THE LAw.-King, Van
vert and Wright, the three guards who were
charged with aiding prisoners to escape from
the Ohio penitentiary, have been cleared
from the charge on the ground that, as the
attempt proved to be unsuccessful. there was
no law on the statute books to punish them,
= o. 5. Jour.
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The Cleveland and Toledo railroad COM
pany has petitioned the city councils for
leave to construct bridge over the Cuyaho-
ga river and to put down tracks over the
public grounds, between the present termi-
nus Of the northern division, on the west
side, and the depot of the Cleveland, Pains.
Vile & Ashtabula railroad so as to form q
connection with the latter road The pub
lie is largely interested in having the con-
nection made, and we hope the petition may
be granted, so that the bridge can be built
without delay. The petition was referred to,
the board of mpfovements.-[S San. Reg.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-30

New HAMPSHIRE Yesterday Lemuel N.
Pattee of Antrim, was chosen secretary of
state, VIM. Berry Of Barnstead, treasurer,
and Amos Hadley, state printer. These gen.
tlemen all formerly belonged to the demo-
cratic wing of the party Boston Tel.
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THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.

Georgia is entering upon political state
canvass as important as that which lately
terminated in Virginia. A governor, mem
bers of congress and legislature are to be
elected, and the Americans and the demo-
cratic parties are marshaling their respective
forces for the contest. The most prominent
men in the American party are Messrs
Charles Jenkins and w. c. Dawson, and
one of these will probably be nominated for
governor. The party has quite large inlu-
sion OF members of the old democratic.
and considerable wing of the whg party,
but Messrs. Stephens and Toomb8 having
declared against the movement, they have led
off many wings with them to the democratic
ranks a democratic state convention has
been held at Miledgeville, and re-nominatdd
Gov Johnston as the party candidate for
governor-[ Buff. Com.