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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-26

rs smloSho, q OHlLDREN'S BOOTS SHOES
c. Doth Sewed and Pegged, by the case or dozen.
Corner Of Union Market Streets few steps East f the
oo Exchange Hotel, Worcester, Mass
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APPLES! APPLES!!
,,dd qse apples have arrived from Western New York.
LAW oiels aoi the best kinds and in the best condition
nh -. DRAPER 4 CLARK,
du Washington Square.
-. Western Ticket Omce.-Throurb we.tar,
Tiekets fof all principal Cities and Towns.
ono, LEONARD CO., Agents,
uu $50 Main street.
w. W. RICE.
a NEY ATLA
No vi. Worcester Bank Block, Foster Sire.
L. b NICHOLS, M. d.,
a.. II II E0PAT THO PHYSICiAN
'ffioN AND RESIDENCE ll2 MAIN 81. OFFICE 1orpo
1vo,oo. FROM N TO b AND TO O'CLOCK P. NJ
worcester, Oct, 20 1858. Al,
}. E. LINNELL. MD.
HoMGoPATHIsT AND siJRGEoN
o.,.. ror nine years an Allopathic Physician.
drice h hN,. RESIDENCE NO WALNUT ST.. WoRcEsTER
E 10 ~ hours from to Q A. 81, aDd to 3 p N.
~ dom
Adm THAYER
NJ. 5aipdroRNEY 4 CoUNSELLOR At Lar
NO 2IS Main street,. 'Worcester 10,
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Dress Waking. Persons wishing 10 enn,ov A.,
ecrlsnced Dress Maker at their residences can ~ n
Chandler st. VI S' 1uLEAsoN, At No. 10
dtf mis-
lin I arCal Of Dry Goods, look at Chamber
, parharu, CO.'S advertisements, and do no eaiI -,
VISIT Their store before aking purchases else m 10
mo dtf
Mrs. y. Goodwin, an experienced ana .,..o..
nolds herself In readiness day and nsbt -,
duties Of her profession Residence Is 2o,
oott dtf
HENRY q. RICE
No ntsormey and Counsellor at La,o.
olo Ai''''''';,,.''-......W Worcester, Mass.
GEORGE SWAN. :
ATTORNEY AND CoIJNsEI1,np Am ,,,
Ia, No FlnRg's building.
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SIeel' oPposite American Temperance House. n
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EH0R saba HOUSE FRAME, ready for cree.
IL ton, size 25x30, two stories. Apply at
NO dlf WHEEL0CK'S Ciphr Store
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-26

Suffering Females will find timely relief and
friend in need well suited to their case in the faithful
use of Dr. Cloughs Columbian Pills. The sense of sink
ing at the pit Of stomach, transient pains and aches
creeping SENSATIONS broken rest foul tongue pondency
terror, sghngs and groanings tremuonsness irrtaby
ftful startingthese, and much more, these Pills will
cure Sold for merely 25 cents box See advertisement
sold by U. SCOTT, Druggist. dje28
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29
The Sickness in Port Hudson.

The following letter speaks for itself and gives
us the the first reliable Intelligence we have receiv
ed from that place.
PoRT HUpsoS, Sept. 20th 1855
G. W. REESE, ESQ.
DEAR Sm:--It appears from notice in the last is
sue of your paper, that there has been very erro-
neous representations in circulation, concerning the
epidemic in our little town.
The scourge has been as great from the epidemic
here, as 1t has been in any part of our country Out
ola population Of about seventy lve or eighty whites,
there has been, up to this time, about ortylye ca
SEES and out Of these there has been thirteen deaths.
There are now lying sick with the disease, between
fifteen and twenty, and some Of these are consider
ed very dangerous. The only time that there has
been IN intermisson, after the first two deaths.
There was then an intcrmission Of about u week.
when there was only case OF two, but since that
time it has been raging violently, and have not
doubt that every one here that is liable, will be at
tackled with it, before ii leaves us.
There are times, when it is almost impossible to
get any aid as every house and family, has more or
less sickness in it, so that they cannot leave them to
assist others 1t has been almost impossible, insom.
instances. to procure sufficient assistance to bury
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

Ror IN THE CorroS--Ths disease in the cotton Is
making fearful ravages in this Parish. Indeed as
far as we can hear from the state of Mississippi,
and the surrounding parishes, one general opinion
prevails and that IL the crop must be cut short In
many instances more than half What we call the
young cotton. which is that that came up aiter tue
rains. about the last of May and the first oil june
suffers much worse than that which came up earlier
This at best would not have made more than hall
All average crop. As IT is the prospect Is gloomy
enough, Those planters who were SO fortunate as to
get early stands would make fair crops, but for the
rot If this disease in the cottoni Is general through
out the cotton region the yield must be greatly lees
than 1t was last year. Taking this parish as cri-
terion the crop must be very small one
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29
Still they Come.

There i. absolutely . general wreck of know
nothingism in Louisiana, Every sound and
sensible democrat in the State, who had been
msled into it is leaving it, The prominent
and able wings Of the State, are donouncng
it, and ere long, 10 true native southerner,
will own his connection with this nortAerp ism.
From the Ouachita Register.
"To err is human, to forgive divine" is
a sage axiom, which we have often in our
history, been called to acknowledge the
truth Of; but never before did the fixed
truth, at least Of the proposition, appear
more obvious to us at this stage of the
game, than in that Of oar icing dUpcd into
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

the dead because persons could not leave the sex al
their houses Our physicians have not escaped. One
has gone through the mill and Is up; the other is
down at this time but is in fur way to recover
A third, from the country still keeps up and doing.
When called to case In time. they are very apt to
treat il successfully, but some cases ar so violent
IN their character that IL Is almost impossible to ar
rest its progress.
We have needed nurses, which are very necessary
for the number of cases render IL impossible that
the ltysican can stay with the patient any length
of time There has been but one or two nurses In
the place that have attended out Of their own ami-
lies Every family has to find its own nurses aud
but few can be expected to have any knowledge OF
the treatment of the disease, when the most skilu
physicians fail in their treatment.
This information is given for the purpose of infor
ming the public of the true state of affairs among
" and however unfortunately we may suffer, that
correct statement shall not be withheld. j. CD.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29
Know N0lhiag Arithmetic.

Our friends of the American Patriot are sorely
puzzled to account for the result Of the recent Judi
cial election in this Parish. They have gone to
work and figured it out, and find that if the full
Know Nothing vote Of tho Parish had been pollad,
SMITH would have beaten RArIIrf 40 votes. To ar
rive at this conclusion, they have to assume that
there 500 votes 10 the Parish, and that all that
did not vote were know nothing voters, both Of
which conclusions are about as likely to be correct,
as Captain Bobadill's method of defeating an army.
that we read Of in the school books.
In the first place, there never has been 500 votes
pollcd in this Parish. 7s5 votes were cast ut thea.t
Presidential election. Through deaths and rcmov
ais that vote has been much reduced the returns
Of every election, since that period, most clearly
prove. To show by what arithmetic the judicial
vote of this parish was nearly the full one we give
below for the edilcaton OF the Patriot and all 9TH
ers who may feel interested, n statement Of the
votes cast at various periods, before and after the
I.,t ..;J t;.l ~,
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

THE KNOW NOTHING CONVENTION OF
New YoRK.-This convention which has
been in session for the past three days at
Binghamton, adjourned sine die on Thurs
day. 1t appears it did not adopt the ma
tional platform, but instead Of doing so,
has adopted and published one of its own
which is officially published in the New
York express. The following is the part
relative to slavery:
RESOLVED, That the national administra-
ton, by its general course of official con-
duct, with an attempt to destroy the repose,
harmony and fraternal relation of the coun-
try in the repeal of the Missouri compro-
mise and the encouragement of aggrcssions
upon the government of the territorial in
habitants of Kansas, deserves and should
receive, the united condemnation of the
American people, and that the institution
Of slavery should derive no extension from
such appeal.
Resolved, That in the organization of the
American Order the institution Of involun-
tary servitude was, and now is, regarded
rs local, and not national in its character,
subject for the liberation of difference
Of opinion by the citizens of the northern
and southern states; and as such has no
rightful place in the platform of the nation
al American party.
They also resolved to hold national
convention at Cleveland on the Dist Of No
yember.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29
DEMOCRATIC BARBECUE

3 A DEMOCRATIC BARDAcrE will be given near Hep
zibnh Church, six mile: east of the town of Clinton
Parish of East Felicana, on
Friday, October 18th, 1855,
to which all are respectfully invited without respect
Of parties, and the ladies particularly.
Distinguished speakers have been invited, and will
be expected 70 be present TO address the audience.
COMMITTEES or IxvIrATIoS.-W. NJ. Jourdan. ID. Bar
field. John Y. George, Job Rowley, Simeon Hatcher
J. II. Jackson. and Bythell Haynes.
COMMITTEES or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ph Whitehead
8. Rogers, r. ]. Rogers, J. r. Jackson. Evans Dunn
Henry Rowley, Job Rowlcy, Simeon Hatcher, Learn
ed Brown, Bythell Haynes, W. NJ. Jourdan. J. +
George. David Barfeld, W. b. Rogers, Irvine Brown
Beverly Dunn. Il. X. Gum. A. II. Jackson, W. II
Cobb, Seymour Taylor. VIM. Woodward, Chcsle,
Jackson, J. |. Covert, Henry Knox, and James Hob
good
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

With the exception of few cases of simple fever
our town continues quite healthy We are fully
satisfied that no case of yellow fever has occurred
here since the death of Mr. Law, and by proper
care II may not be brought here. yet our citizens
who are out of town. will DO well to remain out for
week or fifteen days longer, rs measure Of pru.
dence L. DELONY.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29
Health Of Clinton.

NETVHI Vr DVhnD Vt HD'tHaH,
CLINTON. Sept. 20, 1855.
Since our last Report, we have had but one case,
an infant of James Stokes attended by Drs. Taylor
and Workman; yellow fever; dead. Mr.. Samuel
Buffers sister. took the germs of disease out of
town with her and died in the country; attended by
Drs. Workman and Taylor.
HENRY S. BEECHENO, Scc'y.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

-s-..sur.s.s,,
what is denominated Know Nothingism."
Airs Great American Party" or more
properly we now think, Jacobinsm."--
And were il not for the consoling influence,
as virtue, in u latter division Of the text
ours would be pitiable condition indeed.
We, the undersigned, from our recent
connection with the above order, having
became convinced of the evil tendency Of
many of the principles which have been
and arc daily being cngraitcd into its or.
ganizaton in the south, by designing and
intriguing political demagogues--and they
too, most generally Mailing from the hot.
beds of Abolitionists and frcc-soilcrs of Che
north-hayc determined to dissolve all con.
nection with it; and that, too, in the most
public and summary manner possible. q
For so doing, among many, we would
cnumcratc the following reasons, towit:
LIST. That all, or nearly so, of its lead.
ers and lecturers in the north arc 1ree-soil.
crs, silver grey wings, or rampant aboli-
tionists.
I'd. An Overwhelming majority of those
who have been elected by the Order are, in
politics, opposed to the democratic party
and, in the north, they are invariably OPP
posed to slavery in the South, and, ia .
word, to all great southern movements and
interests. (Sec the late reasonable acts of
the Know nothing Legislatures of Massa
chusctts and other states.)
3D.. That it would prescribe men for their
religion and for their birthplace.
! What would be the result for instance,
of an act Of Congress prescribing men in
tie right to vote, 70 hold Office, or to wor.
ship God as they might see fit and proper?
! We are not Roman Catholics, but God
\ forbid that the fair cscutchcon Of our be.
loved Union should ever be blackened and
stained by so vile and sacrelgious an act!
Once break the sacred chain Of Liberty
\ that binds us as brothers, and then, indeed
4 may We say, farewell, farewell, long
Y farewell to al our boosted and much loved
institutions" Once establish the proscrip.
i tive principle in our government il regard
10 Religion, and soon tie foundations Of
genuine pioty, and christian devotion will
be broken w, and an open field lcft in which
tie bigoted, selfish, ana ianatical rcligonist
! is to push his proScliptivc policy with the
exclusive faith and order. Prescribe the
foreigner iof M pace OF pirtii, anu tne
oath2iic iof bis tcIlEion' ana ".at YOU'D
Sooh rs lhe cGhaitioh q Soclety " coihinu-
hl''e' WAerc 'hcy nave long since pecil IN
corporatcd among others as good and true
, citizens and ncighbors?
I.l. ~ Hasoh., we leei .5thO We w., ca la.
iohScr agV III eoiil'g.iioh WIN 'n ne 'po'v
Pattl "itlouI ,loNt.ins sJnlo y tto .;'os'
SaeIcu l'tepeP'he 'iihe'pi'S " ''''' '''''f'
''onoic' 'lISt.'n''oh' ~, c..:,.
~ conclusion NJ "ono ras, lois: :s, III,
we lIlp'ofc' anu noPo NV i"' .ia, WIN "o'
pfCae,'V 4S'iil ~ ris''ai ~ :, n u"p.
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- NJ = liullaicl' y 'i''Hal =; '7'oei'
w. w. y ~ HGl'i t1 - i o. -, s,f.n,;
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II is55 ~
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The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

1s-Wc are requested to say that Mr.. CRAIG will
defer the commencement Of the fall term OF his
school, TIL after the return Of the citisens: [S.c
ADVERTISEMENT
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

gGa-MAINE has given a majority for the
Democracy, in the State Legislature.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

I'VE are free and Independent people, able amp
willing to do as we choose, nothing in our several
obligations binding us to do otherwise, than as we
characterization Patriot.
This will no doubt be news to many of the order
themselves as we confess It is to u.s. we have conf
IDENTIFY entertained the opinion that each and every
member the order took an obligation to
"abde by the will of the majority, in all matters
touching political affairs, however much il might
conflict with his personal preference, far as the
order Is concerned.
This binding clause in the X. ~ obi CATION of first
degree members, may have been repealed by some
recent action of the grand council, but ifit 10, we
are that 1t is not known to many who belong to
The order, many of them still believe they are not
free to vote for whom they please. They still think
they are not free to vote for any foreign born cti
zen or Roman Catholic for Office. They do not feel
free to vote for whom they please, as the above quo
taton would imply. The oath in the second de-
gree has clause to the following effect viz.
"That you will support in all political matters,
for all political offices, members of this order in pre-
ference to all other persons"
And, the obligation. in the third degree, has a
clause to this effect:
"That you will vote for and support for all politi-
Offices, third Union degree members, in preference to
all others.'
If these clauses leave a member still free to vote
as he chooses, we must confess that we do not know
the force of words or the binding effect of an oath.
Our great objection to these obligations is, that it
takes away the freedom of the citizen, and binds
him to do, not as he may think, at all times, BEST.
The majority may decide that he shall vote for one
whom his own judgment and personal preferences
would condemn. If this, is freedom to vote for
whom they choose, we do not understand the term.
2c-seyastopol WAS takeu by the allie. on The 9Th
INST I ass q. hath siaes a. nNN RsH
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

The average Of this vote then, iY7s2, which would
be somewhere in the ncighborhood of the full vote
of the Parish. Then what becomes of the know no.
thing arithmetic of the American Patriot? You
had better do like the Tennessee editor did when
johnson beat Gentry. Just acknowledge that you
were beaten because you had not votes enough on
your side to prevent It, Just acknowledge that
know pothingism is on the decline in East Fcleiana
and that democracy is In the ascendant, and you
will hit the nail on the head. This will also save
you the trouble of making any more calculations
by know nothing arithmetic.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-29

ssr>seyastopol was takeu by the allie. on The stl
fHSt, l.ss ss hefh sass "A, Aas men
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-04-20

and wife, ...
Us. l'
Rebecca Dixon, etal.
TH E defendants, Rebecea Dixon,
daughlet Of Joseph Dixon, deceased,
Jane Dixon, William Dixon, Jacob Dix
on, Ruth Dixon, Joseph Dixon. Mary
Dixon, Margaret Dixon Emily Ann Dix.
on, minor heirs of Joseph Dixon. deed;
John w. Graves and Nancy Graves, mi.
nor heirs OF William Graves, deceased,
Eleanor Graves, widow Of William
Graves, deceased, and Rebecca Dixon,
widow of Joseph Dixon, deceased, all
Of the county Of Vinton and State of
Ohio, will tako notice, that on the Gath
Jay Of March, h. D., 1855, the said
Alexander Vanderford and Nancy Van.
deTford, filed their petition in the Court
of Common Pleas of Viuton county,
aforesaid, where the same is now pend
ing, demanding partition Of the follow
ing premises, situate in said county, to
wit: The west half OF the northeast
quarter Of Section fifteen the north
east quarter Of the northwest quarter
OF Section fifteen; the south west quar-
Ter of the north west quarter Of Section
fifteen; the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter Of Section fifteen,
the east half of the northeast quarter
Of Section fifteen; tie northeast quar-
ter Of the north east quarter of Section
twenty two; the south east quarter OF
the south west quarter of Section ten;
the north west quarter Of the south east
quarter OF Section ten; the north west
quarter Of the south west quarler Of Sec
tion ten; the north east quarter of the
south west quarter Of Section ten, and
part of the south west quarter of the
south east quarter of Section ten. be
I8lnnlng at stone at the south west
corner of said quarter, thence running
north sixteen poles and ten feet TO a
stone on the western liae of said quar-
ter; thence starting at the aforesaid
stone, corner Of said quarter, running
east twenty. one rods and four feet, to o
stone on the southern line uf said quar-.
ter thence on a straight line across the
corner Of said quarter,to the sa me stone,
on The western line north OF the corner
stone, sixteen poles and ten feet. All
OF said tracts OF land lying and being
in Township nine (9), ard Range nine,
teen 81 of said county. and being in
all about four hundred and eighty.two
acres and 47-l00 Of an acre, more or
less.
The said petitioners demand that par.
Itition be made of said premises as fol,
lows; To said petitioners, Eleanor
Graves, and the said minor heirs Of Jo.
seph Dixon, deceased, each one equaI
fourteenth. To the said minor heirs o.
William uraves, deceased, each three
equal twenty. eighth parts; to Rebecca
Dixon, widow Of Joseph Dixon, deceased
dover in the whole, and to Eleanor
Graves dover in three equal undivided
fourteenth parts of said premises. And
said defendants are further notified thai
at the next term of said Court all appli.
cation will be made by the said petit
tioners for an order that partition ma
be made, &C., Of said pre- misses, and fcI
all other orders necessary and prope: in
the case. E. F. BINGHAM,
ATTY Tor Demdndents.
April 10, So. CIV.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-04-20
The state of Ohio, HintOn County,
Civil Action.

John Winters, Plain-0
tiG,
against Civil Action.
Lucinda Miller, and
others, Defendants.
THE unknown heirs of James Miller,
deceased, are hereby notified that
the said John Winters, on the first day
of February. 1855, fled his petition
against them and others. in the Court of
Common Pleas Of said county of Vinton;
the object and prayer Of which. is to
correct a mistake in The description OF
the following premises, ,tnwii: The south
west quarter Of Section thirty (30), Town.
ship eleven (lD, Range seventeen (l7),
in said county Of Vinton, in deed exc
cuted by said James Miller, deceased,
and wife, Lucinda Miller, to said John
Winters, on the 10th day OF August,
le43; said mistake consisting in the
substitution in the above description Of
the northwest quarter for the south
west quarter of said Section, and the
said unknown heirs Of said james Mil.
Ter, deceased, are further notified that
they are required to answer said peti.
ton on or before the 9th day Of June,
A. D. 1855.
E. f. BINGHAM,
April l3,' ,'o5. CIV. ATTY for Pl,tff.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-04-20
Court of Common Plcas gintOn County, Ohio

John Lord, Plaintiff, I
against
Rich I'd 5. Van Wey& : Civil Action.
Ca lha'iDe Van Wey,
Defendants.
W Il Il said defendants who reside in the
co0Yty Of Pamela and State of Tex
as, are Hereby notified that the plaintiff,
John Lord On the 18th day Of April A.
D. 1885, fled his petition against them
in the Court vi Common Pleas, of said
county of Vinton, the object and prayer
of which is to compel the said defend.
ants to convey to the plaintiff all their
right, title and claim, by virtue Of the
heirship of the said Cathariue to the
estate 0! Nathan Lord, deceased, in the
following premises, situate in the coun-
ty Of Vinton and State of Ohio. and
described as follows, to wit: Being a
part of the west part Of the south. east
.quarter.of Section twenty-eight, Town
ship eleven, Of Range seventeen, and
beIng all tie land contained in the west
part OF said quarter. section designated
aud marked as belonging to John Lord
upon plat and survey made by Samuel
B. Pruden, formerly Surveyor of Athens
county, Ohio, dated February 9Th, 1894,
except eighty acres heretofore convey.
ed by Nathan Lord. deceased, 10 John
Lord; containing fifty.two (52) acres,
more or less, or that in default Of said
defendants conveying their interest and
estate in said premises to the plaintiff
by short day 20 be named by said Court,
then that the Record in this cause cpe.
rate as such conveya ance in the hands Of
:hs plaintiff, his heirs and assigns. The
plaintiff demands "a conveyance from
defendants as aforesaid, by virtue of a
certain bond. executed by said Nathan
Lord in his lifetime, for the conveyance
of the aforesaid premises to the plain.
tiff, for valuable considerat tion then
paid by the plaintiff to said Nathan
Lord, since deceased.
The defendants are further notified
that they are required to answer to said
petition on or before The 9th day of June,
1850. Z. F. BINGHAM,
apIl3 6w Atty for Pl't'ff.