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Southey on Dueling.

p Lord Byron, as is we'll known, was much
CALLED by some severe structures made by
Southey on his character aud writings,
and announced his intention n;ofdssnanding
.the satisfaction due to gentleman
For some reason the challenge was never
sent, but in anticipation Gift. the Laureate
prepared the following reply, which was
found among his papers; B
.SIR,-I have the honor of acknewledg-
ing the receipt of your letter, and do my
self the pleasure of replying to it without
delay.
4 I'm affairs of this kind, the partners
ought to meet upon equal terms. But to
establish the equality between you and me,
there are three things which ought to be
done; aud then fourth also becomes ne
cessary, before l lean meet, on on hesfield.
's First. You must marry, anda have
four children; please 10 be particular in
having them girls.
s2.''..secondly Ynu must prove that the
greater part of the provision which you
make for them depends upoa your life, and
you must besunder bond Of ff4UO0 not
to lie hanged, not TO commit suicide, and
not to be killed ira duel " hich are the con-
ditions upon which i have effected all il.
surance of my own lie for he be:seht OF
my wife and daughters. e =
"7Hirdly--I mastaeE ;hree direct false
hoods concerning yon, upon ihe hus,ings
|or in some other not less public assembly:
aud / shall neither be able 10 do this, tlor
to meet you afterward in the lnanner you
p Q Jose. unless you can perform the fourth
thing which is----- ,.3s-,ss..
You must convert me from the Chris
tian religion, 81.
"Till all this be accomplished, our dis
pute must be carried on without the use
OF any more iron than, is necessary fol
blacking our ink or mending our pens; OF
any more lead than enters into the. com
position of the Edinburgh Rerieao havs
the honor to subscribe myself,
"Sir, yours, with all proper considera
|tion, ROBERT SouTHEY."
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/. Unparalleled Precoclty.

4 youthful son ofsa well known mer,
chant, OF this city, about a year since, fel
into the water from one of our wharyes
and was only rescued, after the most siren.
nous and courageous exertions on the
part of a s.poor but honest blacksmith
The athcrliberally rewarded the preseryel
of his sons life, telling the rescued party
that "'if it hadn't been for the blacksmith
he would have been drowned" Yester.
day the boy fell again into the water, bu,
this timesits depth was not sufficient to
endanger his life--and drawing himself
oat, he rushed to the store of his parent
and demanded q, reward, saying--"if il
hadn't been for himself. he woult.. have
been dtowned.n The boy was sent to his
mother.-Bostoas Post,
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eIr Of the twenty three votes given
for retaining fogging in the Navy, to
twenty six for its abolition, we find all but
two to be southern members showing
how use doth breed a habit in a man.
= Leader.@s5tls2 ssinsva EaEg15ls' i.e
Yes and enc of those two Northern mem
bers who. voted with Southern members
for retaining aogging in, the Navy, was
WILLIAM Z. DAYTON, fusion candid
ate for Vice President. Whoever votes
for Fremont also has to vote for Dayton.
Should the opposition succeed and tie
occur in the Senate, upon the subject Of
fogging in the Navy DAYTON would, as
his record shows, give his casting vote
in favor OF fogging = Cleveland Plain
Dealer. uf - ' ,'o'1..
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PROMISES az Random!

Perhaps there is noefault more I,reva.
lent with business men than that of max.
lug promises at random, inakingthem only
to please or quiet a customer for a while,
without due thought. and then in the end
meet the promise with disappointment.
'Thisis the easehin all Kinds of business
.Thelherehanl or mechanic promises opay
at IA tain'tine. Perhaps
he hopes that he shall be alhe to meet the
pledge, but when the time comes, he hnds
himself no more able to pay than when he
first made the promise. OF course this
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a True View of Black Republloanism
Fred. Douglass paper Of August 18th
takes down the names of Gerrit Smith and
Nc Farland, the radical Abolition can
diiat,s for the Presidency and Vice Pres
dency, puts up the names Of Fremont and
Dayton, and gives the following programme
Of Black Republican principles and
designs: Ats <>4 u oa.~r+- ..,g;
'In supporting Fremont and Dayton,
we are in no wise required to abandon &,
single Auti- Slavery Truth or Principle
which We have hitherto cherished and pub
iicIy advocated. Hereafter, as hitherto,
We shall contend for every principle, and
maintain every doctrine laid down in the
platform of the Radical aAbolilionists.
T'ae uncoustitutionality of Slavery, the
iliegality of Slavery, the Right of Federal
Government to abolish Slavery in every
part of this Republic, whether in States or
Territories, will be US ffnly held, aud as
sternly Insisted upou as hitherto. Aud
we are the more. reconcilcd to accepting
Fremont and Dayton by the fact thai
they are surrounded by a Party Of pro-
gressive men.a We takestilem therefore,
not merely for what they ares but for what
we have good reason TO believe, they v III
become wlien they live for time in the
element of Anti-Siavery disdnion. In
supporting them we neither sdishonor our
Principles; or lessen our means iof secu-
ring their adoption and active application
I'VE can reach the ears and hearts of as
great c number within the ranks of the
Republican, party, as we could possibly do
I]y remaining soutsile those raiiks.e9 We
i>now of no law applicable to thesproaress
and PRONUNCIATION of Radical Abolition
principles which would act less fayorably
It!'owardss oar tpriplciples inside tho Party,
than outside OF it.
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4 Pam of Good Resolutions.
A i..,x<sl =, Z,

'SNt ntftA< E&sAC. ~
"l'eso!s'se, Thai in the wandering life
aAdsadsentGrous character .sof John @.
Fremont We fad ho, evidence whatever Of
that calm wisdom, and thoughtful states-
n,ahsirip which shonfd belong to The Chief
Magistrate oflht United S.ates; nor do
ne thiirk itssfts atahls eAigensy of public
4iiIis e 1T tieir lieadsa cli,ail who
has had no, experience in. their manage
mantl who his no record Of political service
to which be can point as a pledge for the
future; whom the army has been insuhordi-
nate; whose management in command of a
California expedition HAS been: subjected
to grave erilicism, even by his own friends;
whose temper and disposition, while a
member of the Sefse in 1854, led him
TO challenge 'anoihes senator for words
spoken in debate; and whose TASTES for
natural hislory,or geogral HE explorations.
whatever otlierl stations they may fit him
for, certainly Do, not qualify him for the
first political SfIice in the world. a.
''Resolred,s On the contrary, that in
JamesS Buchanan of Pennsylvania, we
recognise one of fsthe.remaiuing statesmen
of the great era Of Jackson and Webster;
a man whose history for the last thirty
years is part Of the history. of his coun-
Try; who, as Representatives. TO Congresses a
senator of the United States, minister
abroad, and the first officer in the cabinet
Of lS45, has given brilliant evidence of his
patriotism and capacity. and furnished
ample assurance of the success with which
he would undoubtedly administer the gov
ernment, if placed by the people at its
head. Under his administration they
may confidently look TO see tranquility re.
stolol at home, and peace maintained
abr ad without any sacrifice Of the ma
tons honor.n ig 50 se.S3s3i9 SCI aFS
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Sensible to fhe.last. :

Thg last joke; Of that. jokihgl Matthews
was made, on his death-bedy when his at-
4endant, in giving him some uiedicine,. took
THE wrong bottle; and give him some ink
Good Heavens!m .cried the. afffghted
man, II have given yon asdose of.inkll
> i.,Never--never. m.nds my ibey-4Svneyer
lnind!' said Matthews, family; tecai.
swallow bit Of blolting- -paper!" =, ;'f
& But this was his last joke. Before the
hIotting -paper was, brought he began to
cough, and in few minutes.it WAS all
over with him. -
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There was "solhe fun" and satire in
the olden times as well as now, and much
of it was very sharp and biting Witness
the following:
"Dr. Byles was famous Boston pun,
ster, but he sometimes met with, more
than his match. A lady whom he had
long courted nnsuccessfnlly, married a
man by the name Of Quincy.
$50, madam, said the unsuccessful suit
or, sit appears you prefer Quincy (auin-
sy) to Byles." = ~
ayes, for if there had been any thing
worse than Byles, God would have suffer
ed Job to be afflicted with them"
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Fight for a Kiss.

s L c
One of our Maine young fellows thus
describes his battle, and final. victory. in
a fair fight for kiss of his sweetheart,
"Ah, now, Sarah dear! give me q kiss
Just one and be done with it.
II won't! SO, there now" s,.sf
Then I'll have to take it, Whethag or
no." -
Take it if you dare!" ;
$50 at it we went, rough and tumble.
An awful destruction of starch now com
menced The bow of my crayat was squat
up in, half of no time. At the next bout,
smash went shirt.collar, and at the same
time some of the ehead-fastenings gave way,
and down, come Sally's hair like a flood
in milI-dam broke loose. carrying away
half dozen combs. One plunge of Sal
ly's elbow, and my blooming bosom ruff
aes wilted to the consistency and form of
an after-dinner napkin But she had no
time to boast Soon her taeNing
began to shiver, parted at the throat, and
away went a string of white beads, scam
pering and running races every way, you
could think ofaboutthe floor. She fought
fair, however, ! must admit: and when she
could fight no longer, for the want Of
breath, she yielded handsomely; her arms
fell down by her side those long, white,
rosy arms--her hair hung back oser The
chair, her eyes were half shut, as if She
we're not able to hold them open a minute
longer, and there lay little plump mouth
ali in the air! My goodness! Did you
ever see a hawk .pounce on u robin? or a
bee on clover top? 80: -
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British Abollionlsts Working to Dis
:, solve the American Union. r

B, solve the American Union. pa. T.
The abolition agitation of this country,
rom the day that it commenced in 1888.
has been the work, in a great measure, of
,he shrewd politicians of Great Britain.
They early saw that there was but one
rock upon which this great Union could
lie stranded and go down, and that was
by exciting bitter enmity between the
North and South upon the question of
slavery. 81 The Constitution had settled it
by leaving the matter to the people OF the
different States and Territories, but that
must be nullifed and disregarded by a
system Of popular and congressional agi
tation. Money was furnished frem Exc
ter Hall, England, for that purpose dis
guised under the name of a general phi
lanthropy. and upon that fund, in their
infancy, political abolition societies were
kept up. Twenty years have passed away,
and the eternal, Hever-ending discussion
and agitation Of this negro question has
produced its natural effects. We see a
great party i" The North cutting loose
from all afliliation with their American
brethren in the South. arraying themselves
upon platform that can receive the sane
.tion of but sixteen free States, aud the
triumph of which must result in the dis
solution of the Coniederacy We see Il
hostile and bitter feeling existing between
the two CLASSES of States, Slave and free,
and peace and quiet exchanged for fierce
.aileisdisputatious conteHiion. 53f sa1'
Tae election Of Fremont by the un-
broken column Of free States over that Of
lie slave, would add fuel 10 the flame
,whirh must Ee checked or it viii soon de-
stroy our Union. The British Tories and
abselulst factions in EurQpe are chuck
Ii q over the prospect that thcir abolition
ho es that the great light of Democracy
iii the New WsriaA Asill soon be quenched
forever Bat while the Tories and Nom
arrii,ts fee {hGs claled, the liberal men of
Eagl.,nd arc grieyed and surprised, The
London Leader, a. paper which represents
thIs Class, ira late number, says:
1--WE know that the abotiiioilism of the
G Garrisonians and men of that stamp has
been fostered and excited by the abolition
isl incepdiariss Of Great Britain. ,.who have
sacrificed the American Republic, rather
than not carry their own dogma III their
own way. The latest news from the Uni
ted States induces us to suppose that the
external intrigues which have found their
accomplices in the Union. are not entirely
without prospect of success. Alread,,
| the politicians OF England and Europe
are reckoning that the American leopl'
will elect an Anti-slavery President, who
will send aronnd the brand of discord, as
the burning branch used to be sent TO
rouse the clans of Scotland"
What do you think cf this, Union
loving men? a vote for Fremont is a vote
in favor of 1.-The iutrigues of theaboli!ioll
lincendiaries Of great Britain!pa A vote
for Fremont is. a vote for a man who, II
elected President, will send Ground the
brand of discord !" Will You, can you,
thus cast your votes? Il Gin. Enquirer
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What is the prospects in. sho
country?' asked one OF oar cay rasfaszans:
yesterday, of a staunch whsx hrases
Very poor as far as Il rsksssls ny:
crops s. g; ST g
= 4 mean in reference ts ana ssnd3dStea
Fremont and Dayton. !
A darned sight worse tiau thss 81 is
crops. .s
Here the subject changed 70 staaes-
man
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INNocENcA.-A gentleman was writing
q note at a cofee-house the other day,
and perceiving an impertinent fellow look
ing over him, as he wrote, wound up thus:
Il shoufdSsy more were it not that an
impertinent fellow is looking over my
shoulder" Upon my honor" said the
man, II have not read a word you have
written" 1i1s992 (1'a..g' A
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U Horace Greely says: This is .
free country. andsa man isn't obliged tc
use common sense If he hasn't got it.
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40drp.
Ale TIpsY BUT ME.
FROM THE GERMAN.

FROM THE GERMAN. 54#ait
out 81 the tavern rye just stepped to-nish.
Street, you are caught in . very bad plight ;
Right hand and dieft hand are both out Of place
street, you are diunk, 'tis a very clear, case.
.ss3sS3! ~ - SF-slA- - '.s-z
Noon, tits .. very queer figure you cut
One eye is staring while t'other is shut
ipsy, | see, and you are greatly TO blame;
0ld as YOU are, It's 5 horrible ahams. -
stThsn tho street lamps -what a scandalous sight
Q None Of themssoberfy standing upright;
thRocking and staggering why, on my word,
.sRach Of the lamps is as drunk as a lord.
cad Il <safusion; nov isn't IL oddi 'ss /
ssSothf4is ssber that Tsee abroad; Err
ssSars1s;w wsrs fash with this crew to remain,
-sDStssF - into she tavern again. as' :
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
For the !" Spirit.n

1SA 1paAiSs
At a meeting held in jamestown, Mon
roe county, Ohio, July 90, 1855, for the
purpose of suppressing the unlawful use
of intoxicating liquors, after all eloquent
and applicable address by Rev. l.. NJ
Harry; pursuant to previous arrange.
nent Drs. Brac,en, Clark, and E.. Head
ley, Esq, presented the following resolu-
tions which were adopted: sa@-=
Resolved, That we will use every hon
-orable and laudable effort in our power to
dissnade persons from engaging in the
unlawful sale or use of Intoxicating liquors
III jamestown and vicinity. se'@ ase
F Rssolved, That we will enforce the law
known as The liquor law of the State of
Ohio, againstevery person or persons who
may refuse to comply with the wishes. of
the citizens as herein set forth
Resofyed, That we will pay our pro-
portion of funds in money, for all suits.
instituted by this society, or any member
thereof, wherein the State may fail in the
prosecution before the Justice of the
Peace.
Resoh'ed That committeetof three be
appointed to wait on each and every per-
son known to be engaged in the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors, and make an honora
ble and digniiied effort to prevail Oh them
to desist from the same, then and there
informing them of the determination Of the
citizens in the premises: os is Tsas
William Beard, John M Bonghner
Christian Hartline, Mason Armstrong
NIL. Harry. Isaac Atkinson. Wm T
Bracken,- E, Headley s.. Erlewine,
Stephen Brothers, D c.. Hurd, c. NJ.
Williams, Samuel Boughner, j j Hurd
T. IL. Leach. Richard Walton, j. l.
Jones, JAS W. Lisle, j. J.sjCIark, H.
Buskirl, JAS. Kennon, J. Erlewine, jr,
Thos.s. A. Mccoy, S. Atkinson, D.
Ruble, John Goudy, Jas. W. Cloudy, l..
Gatten, S. S Ross, A. Erlewfne, Jas g.
Waltona S. Buskirk, Stephen Pancoast,
Jacob Truax, jr., and Jonathan Holt
Sclaw. --'ss-r---
Whilst the resolutions were being sab
scribed, the society was hi ghiy entertainetE
by discourse from Dr. Bracken and
other Jealous advocates of. the Temper
ance cause i aza--ss ana as tfns7
K After which committee of three, viz
John j. Hurd, William Beard and Chris
tian Hartline, were appointed to execute
the wishes of the society agreeably tt
Resolution 4. ~ -Ff2v aszs ss}-'..
On motion of DIR. Bracken, the Secre.
talies were orderedto wait .on tie citi.
zens with the resolutions. ..ap 81, 4a,
On motion it was. resolved that tile
proceedings of this meeting be published
tin our county papers. Go'afsss.a
On motion the society adjourned tc
meet next Sunday at A O'Clock, P. NJ.
1r igsca L. NJ; HARVY, iPyest.
]. ATKINSON, ..Sec,y: g.i3,,irgz g-s
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= In. regard to which the. following reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted: 4soJ
E Resolued. That the sentiments express
ed in the letter addressed to the James
town Temperance Committee, is an open,
fwiifnl and malicious libel upon the moral
sentiment of the village of Clarington,
Fanater, that saia'elbel could only have
had its origin in the heartIo one or all
three of those ywho,are now engaged in
the unlawful sale of artieiit spirits in our
,sillags,. 'THoS. WESTON,
- = V fs9A-9's Chairman
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.l -ss
For. the ISpiIit. }

"a Hs g - ase Teisgs - - ~ = :, r.
AT a large and respectable meeting OF
the citizens Of Clarington, on the. II tn
day of Aug. 1856, for the purpose OF
promoting the cause of Temperance and
morality, the corresponding committee
of the jamestown Temperance Society
being present, were called upon to ad
dress the meeting, after which they sub
mitted the following letter for the con-
,;I,,,,;o,, nf ,b, ,o,o.ino 49,
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CLARINGyoN, MONROE Co., o, |
duly 29th, 1856.

see 81 es. r.. sfF5 y - = .
Jamestown Temperance Committee.
- Gentlemen IL this morning take the
to drop you o few lines in
behalf of the Temperance causea There
has been considerable fuss and confusion
on account of there being a little liquor
sold in your town; now as friend and
son Of Temperance, I would advise you
to be little quiet, (for there shall he
liquor sold iuy your town and the more
fuss you make abont it the worse-it it will
be for your gyone-horse, town. 2eg You have
been doing little business for the last
year or two, but l do assure you that
there will be sad decrease 'or the time
to come, both in the Hotel. and Mercan-
tile line. You will please let the UNDER
signed know how much liquor it will take
to send a man to he'll, as you seem to
know the amount.
Address Box 2T5. as
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Rouranism.-The Rev. DR.. LORD, formerly {. honsn
Csthoc Jesuit Priest the Peoples Coiporteur VIII
deliver Lecture on the subject the Manhattan Hal
I'M 4th-st. near Avenue ID, THURSDAY ENENlNU, at
2 o'clock Admission free.
Also on FRIDAY EVENING, at the hour and place,
when he appear his Presty Dress aud will mum
her Of relics Beads Cross CrucihX Scapula, &c Ad-
nilsson 20 the Second Lecture, IA cts
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