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Road notice,

VIE public is hereby notified that Mt IN,
next regular meeting of the board of Com
mielonew for Lawrence county, conmencin.
me mt Monday in MarcL next, a petition viii
~ presented to said board to vacate that por|
'ticnI Of road commencing at the forks of M
Dad near the top of the hill near Archibald
Ihomsss field, running down the hill, to The
nat right hand turn, and also on the snme roat
from the line Of Rome township, to the south
end Of William Browns lane, thence ont The
creek to the bridge across Indian Sugar Creek
= hvnee out the hillUn the Milersport road. Ia
near the farm Of Archibald Thomas where Fran.
cia Thomas lives; thence to view, and cause "a
ne surveyed road commencing at the aforesaid
DrhgeI thence running along the east side OF
WIN. hrown's field to small run; thence a
I0utn.east direction up the hill the nearest and
pest WY to the Millersport road at the last
menfioaed point; thence directly back to the
loot ofAthe bill; thence running south about
!sn sodSs thence west 10 the south end of VIM.
ssgynsia Jane, thence directly back through the
1eld ~ the last mentioned point; thence the
nssIsst md best way TO Archibald Thomas 3
steplet me nee The nearest and best way to CDas
thence the nearest and best wav
"a WakeAelds mill. = 80
5an4Aey26, 1855. .,.e .. ,e x II. -
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ss The Bellefontaine Republican says that III
Hoosiers on the Wabash turn "aguc shake" /
aqme accouut They climb into the Top OF
.shelIsbark just as the chill comes on, and b
ehe Tune the personal earthquake is over, Their
y not hickory nut on.the tree.
Wonder If that could shake an tx
from an EditorJ pocket?
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-02-06

First class in mechanics, stand pp. II,
many kinds Of wheels are there %
"Please, sir, ! know three kinds" Y,
ss What are they r. faa
hfetsr
Smart boy. Go 10 your seat, Sir. and al
school we will see il you can discover the di
ference between the black bircA md Long u
Iybion.'' =, p re
Better send him down foot.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-02-06

i6Aen, ana WIN iU SOIL mantle covers
earth. III is the heaviest fall we have had
ring The winter. A little more snow, and
merry bells will peal forth their silvery sou
and sleighs freighted with happy hearts, '
move on the slippery way.-t Chillicothe Ga
Had the above been written in 4
tsection, the writer would doubtless ha
added--"and upset -
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Admlnistrator's Notice.

lA3 lHndersigned has been duly appoin ted
elidsqnalifel as Administrator oi the Es.
Isle 0f James Cumpston deceased. All per.
oneshaylng claims against said estate are ~
ll9Hastetst sto present them, duly authenticated.
TO- setfleMent, and those indebted, are request
d't@m6ke payment without delay.
.sssu, ,s'ts II "a RALPH LEErE, Administrator.
January 4 ith. l856.-3t 81. es..t H
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is THE USE

sIs 4E 4otrg, Ksst, West, North or South, when
50 Ssn get the very bfet articles thst are
= m saddley andFH Hsiuess line atthe
of, W WILS0N n ri CflARDSON. 1
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thsl'y dsb y toil, C. the
~ seed times past. w l
4re hlnS hcwever,l
not been suspended o.
rather psol o oneed and
pressure Of No times.
.Assms 10 dom sal ,be
prompt attention Of q
wants ind su6syIngs Of |
many hard working jnd|
there in our midst. whoS
hope, Of support. for then i,
lilies. is the toll Of their h
throws iron, ! smplovml
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'Ins ftoa.s of winter. n
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The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-11-29
BETWEEN MR.. BUCHAN-
AN AND LORD CLARENDON.
The Barque Maury.

The Washington Union says it is authorized
by the State Department to make the following
statement;
I'm consequence of the publication in the
London journals Of the 23d, oath, and 25th of
October, Mr.. Buchanan requested an interview
with Lord Clarendon, for the purpose of asking
explanations on the subject. They held two
interviews-one on the 10Th Of October, and
the other on the lst of November. At these
interviews, Lord Clarendon declared that the
proposed naval expedition originated in no
purpose unfriendly to the United States that
its object was defensive one, to protect Brit
lsh commerce against Russian privateers, three
or four OF which were said to be fitting out III
New York, and one of them nearly ready for
sea; that this particular one was a large and
fast vessel, specially intended to intercept Brit
ish ships from Australia, conveying gold to Eng
land, with purpose in the first instance TO cap
ture one of the Cunard steamersj and, In lusti-
fcation of the general statement, he referred
expressly to the case Of the barque Maury, as
represented in affidavits communicated by Mr..
Barclay, the British Consul at New York, to
Mr.. Champion, and by the latter transmitted to
his Government and at the same time laid be-
fore the Government of the United States.
owe have already stated that the investiga-
ton instigated by Mr.. Barclay resulted in show
ing clearly that there was no truth in his allie,
cation against the barque Maury."
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BOSTON COMMITTEE AND SHAREHOLDERS.

Mr.. Garrison having been invited by the Bos
ton Committee to deliver one of its series of
Lectures on Slavery, declines in a spirited let
ter, in which he tells great deal Of home
truth. Without endorsing all the terms in which
he speaks of the persons who have been solicit
ed by the Committee to edify Boston audience
on Slavery, we think he is right in refusing to
take part in a course to which such men as Mr..
Wise and Mr.. Atchison have been invited to
contribute. Christianity enjoins US to forgive
our enemies, but we are not called upon to do
them special honor. There might be some rea-
son for inviting gentleman, opposed to the
AntiSlavery Movement, and educated to be-
Ieve that there are insuperable obstacles in the
way of emancipation, to present his views pub
licly on the subject; but we can see no reason
why truculent partisan of Slavery, devoted to
the work of propagatiDg it and securing its su-
premacy as political element, should be hon
ored with such an invitation. Especially,
when to this wicked partisanship are added ia
grant Misrepresentation and abuse of Anti
Slavery men, it deserves, not courtesy, not re-
speet, but indignant and stern Reproduction.
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there was too much truth in it. The Cincinna-
ii Gazette, we perceive, which supported the
ticket, is good deal more KaOw Nothing than
Republican, and seems to claim the credit OF
the victory chiefly for the american" Party.
And at last we have the Lieutenant Governor
elect of Ohio, this same THOMAS Fl. FoRD, pre-
siding at the Convention of the Gardner Know
Nothings, held at Cincinnati, on the 2lst inst.
Aye-this gentleman, nominated by Repaoe
Iican Convention, elected as Republican by
Republican votes, presides over Know Moth
ing Convention, of which Governor Gardner,
the successful antagonist of the Republican
Party in Massachusetts,, is member and lead
er! Mr.. Ford, then, belongs to the Know Moth
ing Party, and yet claims to be Republican
What does he mean? Is he, are his associates,
trying to serve two masters? We heard that
Henry Wilson had been requested to attend
that Convention, for the purpose of influencing
it to take right ground on the Slavery question,
and that his blunt reply was" No! am not
a member o. that Party-I am a Republican,"
That is honest If Mr.. Ford is Republican,
let MIN renOunce his membership III aiolhcr
political party. Ifhe is member of the Know
Nothing Party, let him say so, and cease to call
himself Republican.
We can tell our friends in Ohio, as elsewhere,
if you mean in good faith to seek the overthrow
of the Slave Power, as paramount object, you
must rely alone upon the organization honestly
and openly formed for that specific purpose, and
no other. If you think of being able, by cum
ming notifications of the Know Nothing ma
chinery, to rally the People of the free States
under the banner Of the American Party" de-
nouncing Slavery locally, but ignoring it ma
tionally, you reckon without your host. There
is but one issue on which you can unite the
masses of the Free States-but one on which
they ought to be united. Associate other issues
with it, especially questions concerning Natu-
ralization and Catholicism, and you inevitably,
and, we fear, irretrievably, divide the nonslave-
holders of the country.
The alternative is distinctly submitted to the
People: Choose We this day whom ye will
or Know NothingisDa.
You cannot serve two masters-you cannot be-
long to two political parties.
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

1t ought to be known that the Republican
Party is not tributary, and does not intend to
become tributary, to any other organization At
the right time it will hold a National Conven-
ton, frame its own platform, and make its own
nominations. 1t is not identified or connected
with any other Party, and its action does not
depend upon that of any other Party.
At the late Republican Jubilee, Columbus,
Ohio, an attempt was made to provide for call
ing National Republican Convention this
being opposed, a proposition was made to IN
struct the Central Republican Committee OF
Ohio to call one at certain time. The move
ment failed-it seemed to be the will of the
majority that the whole matter should be left
with that Committee. 1t is said that the secret
reason was, disposition to wait for the action
of the various sections Of the Know Nothing
Party.
This may or may not be true-it is quite i'm
material. 1t is not in the power of any State
Committee, even if so disposed, to sell out the
Republican Party, or prevent it from holding a
National Convention. We do not know the
views of the gentlemen composing the Central
Republican Committee of Ohio, nor is it neces-
sary that they should explain them. We shall
regard them as honorable men.
The proceedings in Congress will soon define
the positions of Parties, and members will show
their hands. We shall know who are Republi,
cans, who, Wings, who, Administration men,
who, Know Nothings.
Then, if the Ohio Committee do not move,
others will. The Central Republican Commit
tees of New York, Massachusetts, and Wiscon-
sin. might agree upon suitable call, and it
would be everywhere responded to.
We hope too, that the call may be definite,
confined to the members of the Republican
Party, and to those who are willing to forego
all other party relations, for the sake OF support
ing it in the Presidential contest.
For one, we shall support a clean Republi-
can ticket, and no other. We will support no
ticket, representing taco parties or miced IS
sues-no Democratic, Wing, Know Nothing
nomination, in whole or in part, but an unmis.
taxable Republican nomination. An honest,
open union Of the People, against the Slave
Power, disregarding all other issues, is the only
policy we can sustain in the Presidential contest.
We will not support, but we will resist, cost
what it may, any attempt to frame Presiden-
tial ticket on the principle Of cooperation, by
which Republicans shall agree to support a
Know Nothing, on condition that the Know
Nothings will agree to support a Republican,
each Party remaining distinct, and securing
from the other countenance and support. Let
every Party fight under its own banner, and
God defend the right.
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have set the telegraph and letter-writers in mo-
ton, SO as to pre-occupy the ground. All the
nominees, so far spoken of, are Know Nothings.
How happens it that we hear nothing from these
sources of Mr.. Washburne of Maine Mr. Banks
of Massachusetts, Mr.. Giddings of Ohio, and
other gentlemen, not Know Nothings, but emf
nently qualified for the Speakership? Of one
of these, the gainesville (O.) Telegraph says:
"Joshua r. Giddings has been named by
several presses, in various parts of the country,
in connection with the Speakership of the
House. Such an election would be one emf
nently fit to be made. Mr.. Giddings's large
Legislative experience, as well as his long and
earnest fidelity to the great cardinal principles
of the Constitution, now, after long period of
outlawry, once more in the ascendant in the
popular branch Of the National Legislature,
would well warrant such action"
Mr.. GIDDINGs is the oldest and most ex-
perienced member of the House. For service
to the cause of Freedom he stands pre-emi-
nent. He is familiar with the rules and bust
ness of the House, and has too often suffered
from arbitrary decisions, not to maintain the
rights of debate
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GOVERNOR REEDERs PROSPECTS OF A SEAT
IN CONGRESS.

We understand that very careful counting
of noses in the next Congress gives majority
of sixteen in favor Of admitting Gov. Reeder as
the Representative from the Territory of Kan
sas in that body, and against the admission of
Whitfield, who brings the certificate of Gov.
Shannon. This includes no vote from any
Southern State, nor does it include the vote of
Walk, Kelley, or Ravens, of New York, who
will probably vote against the admission of
either delegate.-N. y Zoe. Post.
We hope the Posts counting up may be YER
fled by results.--Ed. Era.
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The Journal claims seventeen Republican
Senators of the thirty-two composing the body.
Included in its seventeen, however, are two or
three, of whom it is said the classification is
very doubtful. The Assembly it classes thus:
Hards and Sofs, As; Republicans, ~; Know
Nothings, 38.
The Hards and Softs have no more 9on,mun-
ion with one another than "Jews ar Samar-
itaus." 1t follows that the Republic ans have
the majority in the Senate, and the PSlrality in
the Assembly.
Headley, Know Nothing, has one-dird of the
whole number of votes cast. lie is ahead OF
King, Republican, only lO,O39. 8
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EAST UNION. Nor. q. l955.

MAST UNION, Noe. T, 1915.
To the Editor Of the National Era:
In the Era of the 18th inst, article Eng
land, Kossuth, and Hungary" the sentence, 4" If
the British Democracy mean to do anything for
Europe, let them strike now, while they have
help" you interpret, g let them revolutionize
England" Perhaps l used The word Democra-
cy in sense too extensive and too mild for the
present times. But used it uniformly in that
sense, in one instance very explicitly. L will
not take up space to show that the whole arti-
Gle, the context, and the last number of the
sentence ITSELF forbid your Interpretation Of my
meaning, and point to another.
Yours, respectfully, ANTGRUssIA.
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From The National Intelligence
HON. HORACE MANN.

There are many Of our readers who hay
differed entirej in politics from the Hon. lIur
ace Manu. formerly a Representative in CON
gress from Massachusetts, and now a resident
Of the State of Ohio, who would vet like 600
know Of his welfare and present occupaiiaas
We perceive by the Buffalo CommcyrjH IL
certiser, that he paid a visit 10 that cit, last
week and on Thursday night delivered before
a Collegiate Institute a characteristic lecture, Of
the subject of which the Adrertiser furnishes
the subioined concise but interesting sketch
His subject was the Common Mature of
Man and Brute. He treated man svnthctcal
ly, making him up by piecemeaL First, man
with the mouth and hands, the gormaniz1r
and grasper, was considered. in this fractional
condition he was shown TO be very much below
the brute; and tie speaker took occasion a.
this point TO give a temperance lecture, saving
more in ten minutes than most speakers on the
subject could do in as many hours. Next, man
was considered with covering, in which
good deal was said on the foolish display n
dress. Then came vanity and egotism, Wit
their exhibitions of human weakness. NtN
the sex was considered, and here Mr.. Mann
was ironical and eloquent in the highest degree.
Subsequently, was added love Of accumulate.
then combativeness and destructiyeneS5. Her
the audience had great sermon on the hC,
rors and wickedness of var, second only 90
roundness of periods and musical and sublime
flow of language to Robert Halls. To MAJ
was next added the idea Of selfish God. ID
which part of the lecture b;gotry, intoleranCr
and all wars and prosecutions in the name J
religion, were handled with just severity Con
science was at last added, and then man began
to rise above the brute. Finally came love to
man and love to God, (benevolence and piete
and man scared to fellowship and equality with
the angels. The lecture was full Of fine al.te.
rations, brilliant antitheses, keen wit, and
healthy sentiment eloquently expressed. Mr.
Mann spoke more than an hour and half yet
he held the attention of the audience TO the
last moment"
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WAYNE, Co, n. Y, Noe. q, 1855.
To the Editor Of the National Era:

To the Editor Of the National Era:
The recent triumph of the Know NotLings
in this State, see is claimed by the Pro-Sla-
very presses as verdict against the doctrine
of Slavery restriction. But is this so? Did
their orators parade their national platform be-
fore the people, and talk of the danger of agi-
tation, and preach submission to the aggres-
sions of Slavery? Not in this latitude, certain
ly. Here they claimed to be the true Anti
Slavery party. One of their Binghamtou reso-
lutions was selected, 1.-THE one that declares that
Slavery should derive no extension from the
repeal of the Missouri Compromised and this,
it was insisted, was higher ground than any
other party had taken. They were oblivious to
everything conflicting with this, either in their
platform resolutions. 1t is safe to infer that
majority of the votes cast for their ticket were
intended to tell against Slavery extension.
A TRUE AMERICAN.
Perhaps, by next fall, the good people may
set their eyes open.-Ed. Era.
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The Ohio Columbian, published in Colum.
bus, Ohio, edited by our freud, A. NJ. Gan
gewer, formerly of this place, has issued its
prospectus for 1855. It is a safe, sound, we'll
conducted paper, managed with industry, and
edited conscientiously. 1t goes against Slavery
and Know Nothingism, advocating personal,
civil, and religious liberty, without regard to
race or creed. It's terms are the same rs those
of the Era
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In ls52, the yoLe on the PresidenLial ques.
[ ess this year

The New York Herald, which cordially SYM
pathizes with the very anti-sayeryi Know
Nothings of Massachusetts, in hatrea of Repub-
iioanism, puts down the majority against the
Republicans at 3Ol,Il2. According ito our
count, it is 2949l3; and, adoptin the same
figuring, the majorites against the other par
ties are as follows: Know NothiD>s, 264,S74 !;
Softs, $40, 1851; Hards, 372,481I
The same paper tries to mystf.' the public,
by counting up the loss and gain IS follows:
Republican loss 22,574
ro4V ,ofs bU,49I
Know Nothing gain 24,457
Hard gain = = :. 34,525
1t exuits-snG the anti slavery Gardner par
tv of Massat- ,h"satts win sympathize With this
model newspaper-that the .''.cK hepuOn
cans have lost upwards of $4,000! This is
false. The Republicans have lost nothing tor
the simple reason that they we're not ofgamAzeq
last year. 1t was the Wing Party, aided by
Anti-Slavery outsiders, that gave t56,eVOc votes
The Republican Party, the rst year OF
its organization, casts $4,000 .otess lS,OoV
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RESULT IN OHIo-OFFICIAL.
Majority for Ford

The vote on the rest of the ticket was like
that for Lieutenant Governor. The Know
NOthings nominated against Chase, but sup
ported all the candidates with whom he was as
sociated. What special reason he has to praise
the magnanimity of "the American Party we
are at loss to understand.
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NEW YORK ELECTION.

The Albany Journal of Monday evening fur
nishes official returns Of the vote for Secretary
of State from all the counties in the State The
result is as follows:
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TEXAS SENAToR.-The Legislature of Texas
has unanimously elected Senator Rusk to a
further term of six years in the United States
Senate, to commence the 4th of March, 1857,
when his present term will expire.
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WASHINGTON, d. c..
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, Is

SENATOR SUMMERS SPEECH, delivered recent
ly at Faneuil Hall, will appear next week.
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KNOW NOTHING CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI.
Read the proceedings of the Convention of Sc
ceding Know Nothings at Cincinnati. They
resolve to keep up their organization, to keep
their issues before the People, and have agreed
to meet in Philadelphia on the 10Th of Febru-
AIRY, three days before the National Convention
OF the Party, with a view, doubtless, to prepare
the way for acting with it. We shall have
more 10 say in our next
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PROGRESS or ETIQUETTE. According 10
Judge Kane's construction of the code of polite
ness, we must all amend our manners. II
man is dunned for a debt which he is unable 10
pay, ne must not say, 81 have not got the
money" as this will be equivalent to putting an
aggravated contempt on his creditor. The oniI
authorized answer in such case, hereafter
will be, 81 cannot pay, because it is impossible
to do So" 1t is expected that this will satisfy
the most punctilious CREDITOR oneida Circular
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TIE WEATHER Boston, Nor.
22-From one to FIVE inches of snow fell last
night at various points as far east as Halifax,
and in many places in New Hampshire. In
this city, last night up to midnight, it raned very
heavily, when it cleared off cold, with violent
gales from the northwest.
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The PREMIUM BooK. - The Correspondent
Secretary Of the American Reform Tract AMI
Book Society, Cincinnati, requests as 90 say
that the Committee for examining the manu-.
scripts for the Prize Essay for the best Anti
Slavery Sabbath School Book, are prUgressin-
with as much diligence as circumstances vii.
allow. They have received forty four, many %,
them well written Essays. The Committee
hope to make the award by tie 18th OF Decem.
Der