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provide crumbs for the morrow when
it rains. Nsabondism is the curse of
the nation-a nation Offering a bound
less territory TO the world of nations,
with doors Of invitation, wide open !;
that all may come and enjoy the full
ness and richness hereof. Must we
not conclude that not only the evils of
our social and political system come
from this source, but the very epidem-
les of August are kindled and fed by
this consuming flame ? We defy the
calm, and collected statesman, the
honest divine, or the learned physi-
clan to come to any other conclusion,
by virtue Of human reason.
The epidemic Of the past season has
cost this city-a place Of bare 5000
inhabitants at the time; not one dime
less than $4,000, and when we COM
pute the actual loss sustained by the
Of business, and the break
ing up and moving away 9f our fellow
citizens there are not fioures enon~h
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IT, perchsnce, itsbould have reached you
anil you should>have opened it I will be up-
der lasting obligations to you IL youwill re.
'encolse and return It to me, for which service
vi!lremit you ten dollars MS soon asl get
IT,. Yours truly, G. w. JoHNES,
The Editor Of the B,cyrus Journal deter.
mined to probe the matter, and ascertain
who this G w. JONES was, and what was
his business 81 he visited Mansfield and
Ashland, and ascerlaincd that he was at the
presen, time clerk in the employ Of ;hc
Administration at Washington, but enga ged
Just now in The business Of organizing Sag
Nicht Sorielies in Ohio
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sLAyERYAND COMMERCE..

Rigl or wrong, there is more truth than
poetry..in in the following statement from the
Richlaond Va. Dispatch:- @s
"The whole commerce Of the world turns
upon the product Of slave labor. What would
commerce do without, cotton, sugar, tobacco,
coffee, rice, and naval stores! All these are
products of slnve labor. 1t is a settled fact
that free labor cannot produce them in suifi-
cient quantity to supply the demands of man
kind. II has been said that one free !aborer
ia equal to five slaves. If this be so, why has
not free labor been employed in the produc-
tion of the above staples! 1t has been at
te enpted in every cass in which it has been
introduced, has failed. The world follows
its interests, and If free labor was more val
liable than slave, it would be employed at
this moment in the United States, Cuba, and
Brazil, which are all open to free labor. And
herein note the greater tliberality and self
reliant stength Of the slave over the free State.
The former freely permit the Northern cap
italst to come IN with his free labor and CON-
pete with slave labor. The latter pass laws
prohibiting the Southern capitalist from COM
| ing in with his slaves to compete with North
ern labor. Their prohibi,ory laws are pas
sed,. because they are afraid OF slave compe-
tilion; whereas the South, IN the face of the
pretence which has been handed down from
Wilberforce to these times, that one white
laborer equal in value to hye slaves, throws
her door wide open and invites the free labor
10 walk in and try its hand, and it dare not
come. What would become of England, the
arch-agitator of abolitionism, but for cotton,
by the manufacture of which she has wax
ed fat g. strong.while she curses system by
which it is produced! BY the way will some
one inform us why the English conscience
has never suffered as much from slavery in
Brazil IS slavery in the United Sta.es!
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House OF Representatives passed law re.
pealiDg rairoud charter, granted by the
Minnesota Legis gisature-certainly no greater
attempt,to regulntc the domestic legislation
Of territory than 10 law to prevent citizens
of DIisso6riy from vJtng ut the Kansas eIec+
tions. What soy the Douglass donghca
press Of Ohio to the oNSriTurlosAlrfY' OF
sucta lawf Are they in favor Of permitting
the frauds in Kansas on the lights OF bona
ide squaAers! These illegal vo' er' VIII con-
troll the Kansas Legislature; the- :iore ,ney
will be unable TO protect themselves. .i Wha'
issue in Ohio docs Sam join! Let hIu'
speak-or he will be suspected of being
"know Nothing" until he hears from wash
ingtOn. - II.
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LOUISVILLE.
20 A SAD PICTURE.

The National Temperance Organ publish
es a long list Of "reminiscences Divine drink
ing in Cincinnati, sh wing the fate Of some
fifteen or twenty cf her most promising ctl.
zens-all of them filing drunkard's graves
In The list Of unfortunate victims is one who
will be readily recognized by most of our cit
zens. The brilliant promise Of this man q
few years ago was matter of just pride t.
this community. His isad fate should be o
warning TO those following in his wake, and
should arouse every philanthropist and we'll
wisher Of his race to renewed exertons in
cradicating this giant evil from our midst
The fate oil this victim is only that Of scores
of others in our immediate midst-some o
them Of equally flattering prospects ofa use
ful and distinguished eureor. Ii these les
sons and admoninons continue unheedcd, we
know not what warning is necessary to sc.
cure attention. to the subject The writer
alluded to, says:-
IN. r., graduate Of the Ohio UniSersi
ty, studied law. commenced his prolessionu
life in this city, man Of rare talents, called
when but young man, to high judicial po
sitions in the State, was prostrated by The
fell destroyer, divorced from his wife, be-
came mass OF corruption, and went dowr
in the meridian of his days to the dlshonoreC
grave Of the drunkard. Athens Messenger
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COMMUNICATIONS.
Delegate from Belmont.
BARSEsvILLt, March 10th, IS.

GAINESVILLE, March 10Th, l635.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I noticed in your last paper
all article, which suppose to be from your
pen, where in you touch up the Delegate
from Belmont in no slow manner, and re-
quest him 20 give his reasons for his appa-
rently unwarrantable speech 10 the Conven-
tion at Columbus.
Believing you to be sincere frienc to the
Temperance cause, and that your remarks
were the result Of kind intentions | beg loave
to present you seriatim, my reasons for the
aforesaid speech.
But before commence allow me to state
that the gratuitous assumptions, that am an
utraist and that my circle is narrow and con.
tracted, have an air about them, that does
not very well suit the conductor Of SO raspec-
table aud worthy paper, as | have always
understood the Chronicle to be.
Bot the reasons. First the before the
present law was passed, we had in this place
a borough law which prevented the sale Of
spirituons or malt liquors, in any quantity
other than for Medical purposes and under
the operation of that law we were better off
than we are now--for by it the sale Of intoxi
eating or malt liquors was entirely prohibit
ted while under the present law, ale beer and
wine are sold to any and everybody.
I'd. Before the passage of this law one di.
vision q am son of lemperance, one of the
first that joined in this place) our division,
say numbered about $50 members, at the
present time we number IS.
Sd. The opening Ct be, and wine shops,
has been the cause Of this in a great meas.
ure, and a number Of our former sons of tenn
perunce are or have been engaged in selling
beer and wine, not to speak of those who
have been patronizng them, (but you call
thn! back sliding.)
4th. Before was elected, we took the
sense of the division upon the practical ef-
iects of the present law, and my remarks in
the Convention were based upon that action
oithe Division.
5th The difficulty Of prosecuting this law.
We have now two in Jail in your town from
this Tp.-and one was Gas have been in
lormed) prosecuted by man to whom he
the unfortunate inebriac who WI s maddencd
by the injurious effects of ardent spirits upon
her husband
9th. The law allows any one to sell to
"temperae men, which is worse than the
old license systam-ior it is only temperate
men who can become druhkards.
7th. You confess your self that many d.
vision has been broken up and charters re-
turned, Is not this backslidiny!
have good many more reasons but for
fear Of trespassing too much on your time
and columns, here close and shall try to
give you few more in short Tins.
Yours truly,
"THE DELEGATES"
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Consisiency, and a, thnt.

The curious reader will find fund Of a.
mpsenent in another columa Of this paper
headed "Sag Nichts" Tie "Sag Nichi,'
or--being translated and deprived of its
"sweet German accent"--lhe "Say NolaiSgs'
is the title OF a new political secret society,
organized by certain Of the cid liRers to break
down the X. Ms. The leaders of the De.
mocracy are said to be at the head Of the new
orler.s This offers beautiful comment oHthe
oft exdressed horror Of secret political asso-
Citations. Condemning the Know Nolhings
but lAuding the Say Nothings. Yet this is
about of piece with their general munoeu-
Nreirg, Last fall il was a notorious fact
that there were in this State among the De-
mocracy ,wo secret political organizations,
the one called Miami, the ether gloryng in
the euphonious appe!lation of Sdpbuck At
the same tiwe these societies were in .ul!
blast their public prints were filled with Bit
ter denunciations Of the X, Ms. Can any
set Of men guilty of such glarirg inesasisten-
cy have any influence over their fellow men
We think not. ,....5.. t.n. HEX.
We do not wish TO be considered 40 de-
| Tending the X. Ms, or denouncipg the Say
N0ihings; far from il. We are willing that
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Coierain, 3rd mo, 9Th, 1858

Editor of the Chronicle, Esteemed Friend:
Wishing to know the time of the meeting
of the board of School Examiners, and not
being able to find the time published as it
used to be in the County papers, have con-
cluded to write few lines to thee to enc3u-
roge the board to continue the notice OF their
meetings.
And while am writing there is another
subject on which will say few words.
Isee ia last weeks Chronicle an extract
from the "Bufialo Democracy" headed "prop-
er rendering of Scripture" which is taken
without comment, and | suppose meets the
approval of the editor of the Chronicle,
which l am sorry to think. The extract
consists OF commentator Of parts Of let
ter of Kossuth's to the society of friends,
wherein he makes lame and very illogical
attempt to prove that war is IN accordance
with Christianity as set fort h in the scripture,
and quoting as happy and pertinent doubt,
ful rendering Of the fo.jowing:--
"Glory to God in the highest, on earth
peace, good will toward men" Like IL, Il.
Kossuth preferring the following version:-.
"Glory to Col in the highest and peace on
earth to good willing men," Now admitting
the latter version TO be correct, | see nsthug
in it to support the carnal warfare which.
kossuth wishes to uphold, as the angels wero
evidently proclaiming the nature Of Christ's
Mission on Earth, which vas iuleed peace TO
all good willing men-but ever has been and
ever will be on L vii Willing or Evil
dnng--but not :he war Characterized as
with "Confused noise and garments rolled in
blood" but II silent aching war, carried Oh
in the hearts OF Men and with spirit sharper
than Il two-edged SNo ord &c.
kossuth has beel quite as unhappy in
the conclusions he has seen fit to draw from
some other passages. He appears to have
taken literally the following from Christa
sermon on the mount--"I come Eot to send
peace but sword" &c; which if so con-
strued must render the appellaton of tho
Prince of Peace as applied to Him strangely
inappropriate. Yet his whole course on
earth and all :ke teachings OF his precep,s
are strictly in accordance with "Wth peace
on earth, and good will to men," whether
friends o. foes.
Kessuth has made a bold attempt 10 un-
christianize the society of Friends. Yet
were his doctrines carried ou t, half the na-
tons of Chris.endom must form companies Of
Knghts-Errants to redress the wrongs of
others.
was sorry to see any thing like commen-
ding an attempt to discourage peace princi-
Piles, At time especially when the war spir-
it is so rife in the land and believing too as
do that that spirit of ambition which is in
famed and fostcred by war. is one which will
endanger the permanency o! this government
more than any other. II.
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GIFT characterization week the Police
OF New York made descent upon an estab-
lishment in thet city known as Dashall g.
Co.'S "National Enterprise Office" They
took possession of large number Of tickets
and other property connected with the con-
cern. 1t is said that this concern has swim
died the green and gullible portion of the
public out of about $4,000 The thing
haG an existence only in name, as most of
those concerns have. We do not pity those
who have been taken in. If any one ia
green enough to be "taken in" by such mis-
cradle nuisance as "Gih Ente rprises," "Gin
Lotteries aud "Gft Humbugs," after SO
many repeated exposures by the press, we
conclude that an experiment of the kind is
the only school in which they will learn
prudence. We would once more admonish
all readers who feel Inclined 20 fool away
their money in this manner to keep their
dollars in their pockets or give to the poor.
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| ltion of officers will be held on the ffst Sat'
urday in each year at 8 O'Clock, p. m.
ART. 3d. Any member vioatingjihe pledge
by coniessing the same, may with the con-
sent of the meeting, be re.insta,ed in mem
Bcrsbipsbs re signing the pledge.
ART. 4,h. Any officer willuily negIocting
to comply with his ofIisial duty, shall be ii.
ned one loliar. or expelled from the Society
ART. 9th. in case Uf au officer being ex-
yelled, there may be another elected at any
egular meeting to Oil the vacancy.
| Art. 9Th Three members shall form E
quorum for transacting business.
| Art. 7th. All members shall be taxed
equal, and no TAX shall be levied at any one
i time exceeding ten cents to each member.
ART. sth. No member whilst being dealt
Win w the meeting, as q delinquent, will be-
SLOWED - vo,c on his own case.
Anr, 9th. Any member wishing TO with.
dr.u from the ,,ociety shall nsshe application
to.ths meeting be. 'or' Withdrawal therefrom.
Art. le,a. Upon the meeting being in
formed of any member "a'ing v'oiTted ths
pledge, it shall be- the duty OF the president
to appoint some member for ''e purpose oil.
waiting u"on the reported deli. 'qne"r and
request his attendance for trial at oe next
regular meeting.
Our Rules Of order are too lengthy for ,n-'
sc rtion.
PLEDGE No. ].
We the Undersigned do solemnly pledge
our word and honor, to wholly abstain from
the use Of tobacco as a luxury, and we do
furthermore pledge ourselves, that we wit
neither raise, buy, sell, nor manufacture it
for the use Of others, but will use our utmost
endeayors to prevent the young and rising;
generation from becoming addicted to the :
habit, which is so DISCUS ing, SO degrading,
and SO injurious in its effects on the human
system.
The I'd pledge merely prohibits from using
tobacco as a luxury.
ELAN BAILEY, Secretary.
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For GovERSoR.-Ths CLEVELAND Express
dominates Hon. Lewis d. Campbell for Gov
ernor OF Ohio. We agree with our friends
of the Herald and SLATE Journsl. that Mr..
Campbell is Of more service to the people of
the State as Representative in Congress,
than he as Governor Of the State. We do
not wish to see break in the glorious Anti
Nebraska Delegation which will represent
the Buckeyes in the next Congress, especial
ly such break as the withdrawal of Mr..
Campbell would cause. Besides, we enter
tain confident hope that Lewis d. Camp
bell will be the next Speaker of the United
States House Of Representatives.
s.. Cincinnati Ga .ette.
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at the first onset, but failing that, q seige
became, necessary. Neither Raglan nor
Ca nrobert were equal to their position, and
Louis Napoleon knew IL. lie did not want
iSevsstorol to,be taken this winter. He
knew that short Of bptchery, of which the
history Of war affords ~ part llel, the place
could not be carried. lie determined that
Scvsstopol should subserve mighty politi-
cal purpose.
For this, he has been deisyng supplies
while he has concentrated his forces in
France. An overwhelming army is gather
ing on the Prussan frontier. At Marseilles,
Toulon apd Algiers, hotilla, to be reinforced
by English vessels, will be ready to sail with
1000 men on March 10th. On the arrival
of this armada in the Crmea, the Emperor
will leave Paris, and appear in person before
Sebastopol A cour DE MAIN, upon gigan-
tic scale, will be attempted. Sebastopol
will fall. The elated army, flushed with tho
feat, will sweep over the Crimea and occupy
the Ist thmus Vt Perekop. After a campaign
which will endure fortnight, Louis Napol-
con will return to Paris, where the sudden
ness Of his departure and the promptness Of
his return will fina all conspira lies unpre-
pared for development, and where the glory
Of bis vi ctory will scatter all future treason
to the winds. ..
"Such is the campaign contemplated by
Louis Napoleon. De assured that il Proyi-
deuce does not interfere, it will take place as
| have said. Collaterally with the departure
Of the Emp error for the East, the French ar
my on the Prussian frontier will operate up
on Rhenish Prussia. A note will be sent to
the King of Prussia, demanding free passage
for the French troops through his dominions.
which, if refused, will advance to the Rhine"
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GRAND CeuP CONTEMPLATED BY THE En-
rERoR NAPoLEoS,-We find the folio wing il
the N, o. Picayune, of Feb. 81, received
yesterday, .t.
LOUIS NAPOLEON Is GGIEG TO TIE CRIMEA. =
We give the following extraordinary in,elli
gence to our readers. We are not permit
ted to name our authority. 1t will suffice
to say that by the last mailsa letter was
received from Paris by an iadsidual in this
city We have been permitted to publish a
translation o:a portion Of this correspon'
dence. tt 0F
"The Emperor has foreseea all the calam.
tiles and reverses Of SssastoPsl ever since
the Allied army sat aown before the city,
ST. Arnaud was a trooper (pandouro he
might take the place By charge of cavalry
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OcrThe Ed itor OF the Ga,ette 10 most wo.
fully mistaken t. he supposes for a moment
that We care how much he ub!ishes articles
! again st The Know Nolhngs. We care not
not fix for all his denouncing OF them.
We are not interested in ,heri success one
pcnnyswor,k aud the denu ncations of the
Gaaeie not only do not trouble US in the
least, but we have no idea that the Know
Nothings are seriously concerned thereat. 1t
may be as well to state hero that we make
it rule never to read the la5ored expo.i.
ons o. the X. Ms which have from time to
linc appeared in the various new spapcrs of
the country, nor even the eKPositions Of 9TH
er secret societies which have been publish
ed. Our reasons are that we de not bclievu
vord OF them. ANY man who would take
such fearful oaths TO keep secret the dongs
os an order aud then violate them is NOT to
be believed, aud we think we are justified in
Pronouacng all such expo.itions sheer hum.
bRss, We speak not from our own knowl,
edge for we know nuthisg OF them, but
reasoning ia US we are justified in rejecting
ALL such pretended expostions.
But he holds up before us "raw head
and bloody boRes'--how somebody was some.
where very near being assassiaated by Know
Nothings, Now we have not any fears that
assassinations will take p lace in this coun.
tv among them. We do not boieve that
here are about 5000 assassns in Belmont
county. We will not admit the proposition
OF our ncighbor that a council OF X. Ms in
this neighborhuod constitutes "gn iRlurat Cd
mob" We are not willing to concede the
fact that our friends, the ncN Auditor aud
Clerk (ihe only live X. Ms we know of)
are such base men as the editor of the Ga
zetie would have US believe. We grant that
there Is some Of the ASSASSIN in the DISPOSE
tion Of the Clerk, for he gave us some init.
nation Of that peculiar trait in his charac-
ter by pretty efleclually chewing up" the
Gazette man last ia'l; and though the Audi
tor is "solder brave"-having "neshed his
maiden sword" on the battle zelda OF Mexi-
co, he fights only sgains, the enemies Of his
country. None others need fear him, not
even the Editor Of the Gasstis who bsrates
all such persons 20 soundly. The Captain
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all men shul lldosas ihey please. II they see
ht TO join the SAG Nichts, oil right-and iGon
the other hand, they join the KnowNoihings
it Is none of our busin ness, for this is free
country. But We do despise a man orset o.
men who profcsr to abhor a thing ofwliich
they are themse Ives guilty. -
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The Democrats Of Richand township are
requ cstcd TO meet at the Court House on
Saturday evening, March II,
1855, for the purpose of nominating tick ct
for the Spring Election.
All who are opposed to the secret-midniuht-
proscrlptive organization known by the name
of Know Nothing are respectfully invited
to attend, und participate in the selection Of
men to be supported by the freemen OF Rich
land township.
The above is a literal copy Of a cell pub
Iished in last weeks Gazette d Ciissn--ea-
gle and all, Now the sayi' might be taken as
an emblem Of the h. Ms for if we recollect
right there were 1860 eagles put into the
ballot box last fall in this county. No mat
ter for that, however, the broad wings oI the
American eagle cover many different kinds
of people. They flap alike over the just and
the unjust-over X. Ms and Sag Nishts--
over Miamis and Sarbuc}s-over sblack and
that ,Os were not furnished with copy Of the
call in time for last weeks paper, but it il
"better late than rcver." .s. ...
Now the concluding sentence of the call
smells of "FWion." Really our democratic
friends are stealing our thunder, and almost
our very ideas too. Mark the similarity
We like that-for it is II virtual recognition
Of our Fasion principles. They thought of
the glorious triumph OF FgsiOa last fall, and
resolved, like them TO fuse.
All ,ut on closer examination, the clio
ven foot is visible, yea, "horn' hoo s and ALL
Why not leave of the first part Of the call,
and have a pure Fusion, 50 to speak! 1t is
"A Democratic meeting, but all opposed to the
X. Ms arc respectfully invited TO become
Democrats for he nonce aud attend. II
wont do, Us n general thing--lor the tait IS
not large enough 10 cover the hook u nd few
persons will bite ut the naked hook Re-
member this ticket is for The jreemen ot Rich
land township. Ssares need not present
themselves. Persons who are SO bigoted in
their party opinions as to be unable to zee
any good outside arc referred to. This, Of
course, refers TO oil persons except Demo
Gratis. for If lhe rule was enforced against
them it would cScllde them all; they are the
most ubject siares 10 party IN existence.
But, to conclude, we shall cndeavor to be
there on the 18th inst. and take this oppor-
family to urge all our friends 10 attend. We
do not fancy the Democratic part of The call
bnt we are II true FusiOnia and will not suf-
fer lrifes to turn us aside from the straight
line of duty.
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KNOW NOTHING VICTORY

Bangor, March 6-The town elections
throughout the State as far is heard from
the result is in favor the Know Nothings.-
In Bath they have elected Mayor and an en-
tive Know Nothing City Council, r. s,..t.