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RpuBLIciyIsN IN ILLrSois.-John Went
worth, speaking in the Chicago Democrat
of the Republican Convention at Bloomins'
ton. which nominated Col. Bissell for Gov
crnor, and Francis A. Hoffman for Lieut.
Governor, says:
The Convention was harmonious and en-
tbusias,ic, and the delegates separated win
full belief that the nominees would all be
With Col. Fremont for President, we be-
I;eve our State will give the Free Kansas
Ticket an overwhelming majority.
Bis,ell and Hoffman are u host in them
selves. and it only wants Fremont to perfect
the ticket. ..--.----, -
The real Democracy was never In better
s,,rits and, wherever we travelled, We
found the people all wide awake and resolved
10 nut an cnd.to the damnablc acts Of VIC.
lencc equally disgracing Washington and
Kansas.
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the course Of debate, allowed by its presid'
ing officer to be spoken, and eIceeding mol
one hairs breadth any Gne Of truth or duty
This is the fifth and the climax Of this se-
ries of outrags, unparalleled, nefarious and
brutal.
Such are the facts-such are the outrages
"A series of them, which ought to ring
through every city and field, through every
palace and cottage Of the FREQ States
which ought to ay, like the fiery cross on
the highlands Of Scotland, over the noun.
tains and through the valleys of the FREQ
States, startling the sleeping, rousing the
thoughtless, uniting the Free clans, and en-
kinding whatever glimmcring spark yet re-
mains Of the feeling and spirit which in for
mcr times entitled the inhabitants Of the
Free States to the character Of patriots and
fearless, far seeing statesmen. But alas =
Sir, l sec no principle Of vitality in what is
called Freedom in these times. see divis-
ions enough, and parties enough; l see ev-
cry whim setting up for itself and calling
and expecting all the rest Of the world to
follow in its train. But Of q thoughtful,
concentrated, determined principle Of united
action, suited to the occasion, which, spurn-
ing the desire of place and the hope of en-
olument and the hankcring for office, and
nctuated solely for the advance Of public
good and general welfare, I sec nothing
The palsy of death rests on the spirit Of
Freedom in the so-callcd "Free States"
In my opinion it is time to speak on the
housctop what every man who is worthy of
The name Of freeman utters in his chamber
md feels in his heart. By series Of cor
'uption, intrigue and cunning, bribing the
high by appointments of State, the low by
.he hope Of emoluments; playing between
:he parties of the FREQ States, and counter
'cting one by the other; by hattering the
VIZ
the shareholders have, in the
'oursc of so years, usurpcd the whole con-
'titutional powers Of the Union, have pos
'csscd themselves Of the Executive chair, Of
he halls Of Congress, of the national courts
IF justiccand Of the military arm, and leave
,othing of hope to the spirit Of Freedom in
The Free States, but public speech in the
legislature and the ballot-box. The one u
'lavehollers' mob Is crushing in Kansas, the
'thCr dcputation from the Shareholders Of
The House of Representatives have attempt
ID to crush by Shareholders bludgeon.
My heart is too full. If should pour
orth all that is in it, both paper and time
would fail me.
Truly, l am yours,
JOSIAH QUINCY.
Quincy, May 81, 1856.
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The New York Herald expresses doubts
of the success of Mr.. Buchanan, and declares
its belief that the Democratic party is in
the minority. 1t tsays:
"Wo adhere to the conviction, rs to a
fact fully established by the State elections
of the last two years, that there is not q
solitary Northern State in which tho cor
rupted and disjointed Democracy have not
been reduced to minority. We believe
farther, that ifthe elements Of the existing
opposition elements throughout tho North
can bc arrayed in solid mass against the
Democratic party, that Mr.. Buchanan, il
not defeated, may be driven into the House
of Representatives at Washington. for an
election or final defeat"
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GESERous.-A writer in the Burlington
Seminal says, that in one ofthc back town,
Of u neighboring State, whore it is the Gus
tom for the district school teacher to board
round, the following incident occurred, aud
Is youchcd for by high authority:
\ year or two ago, an allotment b.ing
made in the usual manner for the benefit oI
the school mistress, it happened that the
proportion of one man was just two days
and half.
The teacher nt down to dinner on the
third day, and was beginning to cat, when
the man Of the house addressed her rs fol-
lows -
Madam I, suppose your boarding time is
out when you have eaten half dinner, but
as l don't want to be mean, you may cat,
If you choose, about rs much us usual
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Josiah Quincy on the Present Crisis.

The following letter, says the Boston
Transcript, sent to the presiding officer off thc
Unitarian Festival, by the venerable Josiah
Quincy, ssn., now in the aghty:fh year OF
his age, will bo read with deep INTEREST,"
LETTER OF Tux non. JOSIAH QUINCY.
Ell. uoAR, Esa.-Sir: have received
your letter, inviting me to attend the Unitar-
ian Festival and expressing the qualification
it would give you "to sec and hear mo on
that OCCASION" 1t would give me great
pleasure to comply with your request, did
not the very tenor of your letter preclude
me from it. Iperceivc that should attend
a ,peseh will be expected from me. But, Sir,
/. would be impossible for me to utter my
opinion on the subject with which my heart
is full, without crossing the policy of some,
offending the prcdjudiccs of Others, andnak,
ing, perhaps, the whole company apprehend
that had arrived ut that period of second
childhood, which is sometimes incident to
old age.
My mind is in no state to receive pleasure
from social scenes and friendly intercourse
| can think or speak Of nothing but of thu
outrages Of shareholders at Kansas, and the
outragcs of Shareholders at Washington
outrages, which, If not met in the spirit o
our fathers of the Revolution land sec M
sign that they will bc,) our liberties are bu
name, and our Union proves curse
These outngcs constitute series OF iniquit
ously contrivcd, well connected, compac
tissues, of which
The Fagitiye Slave law was the first;
Tho repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
the second:
Tho invasion of Kansas, and the takini
the ballot boxes by storm, by mob o
Shareholders, the third:
The encouragement Of this sacriligou
foray against the right of free suifrigc, AM
the ultimate support of II by the Nationa
Executive and military arm, the fourth;
The hostile iruptiOn Of two Members 0
Congress into the Senate Chamber OF tn
United States, openly armed with dcadi!!
bludgcons, and probably secretly, accord
ing to the habits Of their breed, with bowi
knives and revolvcrs, and there prostratin'
on the floor with their bludgcons, q Senate
Of the United States, sitting pcaceably in hi
seat, unconscious Of danger, and from HI
position incapable of defence, infictins up
on him blows until he sunk, scnseless, undo
them, and which, IL they do not prove NOR
tai, 1t was not for want Of malignant inten
in the oowardly assasins-and oil this 10
words publically spoken in the Senate y
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A.tonishingly Civil and Sensible.

The following from the Richmong Whis
needs no comment:
"Thc daily and hourly reports from Wash
ington concerning tho condition Of Summer
arc oil very strange and funny, and lead us
to believe that the .ibohiion ,rre,eh, with his
Abolition physicians as accompliceS is play
ing possum. We hear one moment that he
is comfortable and doing well"-we hear
the next, that his condition is "extremeiy
critical, ;" and that no one Is allowed TO see
him; and then few hours Afterwards We
are favored with different story.
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LOUIS 0. COwAN, Editor and Proprietor.

king crabs that come on the coast OF New
Jersey, into manure. These are sometime
called " horse foot cn,bs.") ThesIperimen
has been successful, and farmers are yer.
anxious to obtain this new fish guano, con
sidcring il cheaper than that from Peru
Something has been done by gentleman
Of Providence, r. l., in concentrating tht
fcrtilizing material of fish into dry pow
der. that can be kent or TRANSPORTED rs easi
" n, vuano
Prof Hare. .ofpbiladelpb,a pave his opin.
ion .om. v,a-, aco IN favor Of fab cuano
His nlan was ,;mnlv 70 evaporate the water
and Grind the ssb into nowder The plau
Of Mr. Rruoe !. frs, 20 reduce the fish 70
auid state and then add other substances
aud ,sdpco I, 10 drvp.r
t;. fac, that cannot be controyerted
that farmers generally haul more water
than manure 10 their fields. Look at the
loads of manure roinr ON, Of tho city
What il II,
Straw one part horse droppinrs one part,
Cro,on water three parts. Three ffths of
the weigh, nothing but water. not one whit
better than the water of the farmers we'll or
brook running through his farm. IL is be-
yond dispute that we are washing the fer
tilitv of the Garth into the sea. II is an at
tendant upon the march of civilization.
First We denude the land of trees, then
leaves and leaf mould, and then soil all
that Is productive is washed away.
We are filling the sea and aattening fish
While the Garth grows barren. To the sea
we must look for a rcstorer Of the earth's
Csrtility. We must bring hack what we
ire sending away. Fish is the most feasi-
bio source to which we can look, and all
he scabord dwellers know their value, but
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Fish Guano.

Now Is the time for some Of our shore
farmers to be looking around to see what
can be done in the way Of manufacturing
fertilizers from the fish and crabs, and other
productions Of the sea. Every fish, whether
eatable or not, crabs and worms, and living
animals that the sea sends forth, can be
converted into very powerful manure.
We have also, in former numbers, given an
account Of the establishment Of a similar
factory in Rhode Island.
Now, there certainly are many stations on
the very extensive sea coast Of Maine, where
similar manufactures could be established,
II would seem, to the advantage Of the pro
prietors and to purchasers.
We see by the reports Of the doings OF th'
American Farmers Club, which held ses
sion on the 29th Of April last, the subject O
home made guano was taken up and dis
cu<ed. We copy some Of the report, a
follows: 49,,
"Mr. Bruce, Of Canada, exhibited speci
mems Of guano made from fish, also from
slaughter house ofl. It's evidently highl,
charged with ammonia, consentrated from
bulky materials, and Mr.. Bruce thinks ]
can be done at cost Of $40 PER ton. HI
did not state the process, but said ], wa!
simple: tha, any farmer could carry u OF
30 ato have all tho waste matter OF th
farm.
Solan Robinson spoke Of the value Of 6sh
and the necesity Of bringing hack fertility
from the sA that No are daily washin,
down from tbs hills. He aid Efforts hav
beau made TO convert the vast quantities Q
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plant. 60 along with stick and turn o'e'
the haulm If 1t is in the way, and plant 30
tween each other row of potatoes. As th'
potatoes are dug, level in the soil about
the cabbagcs, and If any concentrated ma
nure is at hand, put handful around
each plant previously. Tits stirring the
soil has very beneficial effect on the cab
bages, and the dissimilar nature Of the pre-
vious crop does not materially rob the soil.
OF course any Of She cabbage family will
do equally well.-COunsry Gentleman.
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During thunder storm, few days ago,
thelishtnins came down upon pasture
of Charles Titcomb, Of Kcnsington, n. H.,
descending perpcndicularly into the earth
for about thirty feet, 81 as to form Q good
well of water. The hole is big as barrel
and II was formed like the holes Of the
chipmunk, without throwing out any
Garth,
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C,BnAors Win POrAroEs.-lt may be in
tercsting b those whose ara of ground is
limited, 10 know that good cabbagcs may DO
obtained from land planted with posa-
toes. We remember last year sceinga very
good crop this way. The potatoes planted
should be early kinds. and if dug for first
use, 90 much the better.
When the cabbagu ars largo enough TO
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ILLINOIS. The Republicans Of Illinois
have nominated Wm. II. Bis-ell for Govern
or, and F. A. Hoffman for Lieut.. Governor
Col Bissell was lately Democntic member
Of Congress, and Hoffman Is German law
Yer in Chicago.
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II was new phase in his ministerial OK
pcrience. Old DR.. Dow, under whose
preaching he was converted, drove horse
who never forgot the dignity of her station
80 far as to exceed fast walk, on any oo-
casion, and he could not help feeling scan
dali1ed at such an innovation on the old
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The following letter, says the Boston
Transcript, sent to the presiding officer ofshc
Unitarian Festival, by the venerable Josiah
Quincy, SEN, now in the eighty:f1h year OF
his age. will be read with deep INTEREST,"
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Quincy, May q, 1856.
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'-7-- -'r-- - .--
UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS.

| Manyof our, readers, perhaps, do not un-
derstand what is meant 10y this term. 1t is
now. extensively Used in stbe vernacular of
Abolitionism.. Passengers by the under
ground railway, mean nothing moro titan
that some unfortunate fugitive slaves, who
-being infatuated by their false notions of
African liberty in Yankecdom, and proba-
bly, instigated by the deceptive falschoods
Of some contemplate agent Of the Abol-
ton oligarchy-l,ave forsakcn their masters
and their homes, where they knew not the
cravings of hunger nor the piercings of
wintry winds, and arc vending their way
over the common Northern railways, to a
premature death amid the frost and SHOWS
OF Canada.
What misguided philanthropy! How
inconsistent. hypocritical and hollow heart
ed, must the professions of Aboltionists he,
when they would allure the slave to flee
humane master, and yet deny that slave
II home in their own land, and transport
him to n foreign cline, unsuited to his
physical constitution, where he must incvi-
tabIy withcr and die. When will they
learn that the negro is inferior to the white
race, and that the only possible relation in
which the two can exist together, is that Of
master and servant! If Abolitionists could
to-day succeed in destroying this relation,
they would thereby entail bloody curse
upon their sable friends; tomorrow the war
of determination would Lcgin, and the ne.
gro, like the Indian, would vanish before the
superiority of the AngloSaxon race.
If South Carolina were to pass a law lib
Grating every slave within her limits, with
proviso that they should bc transported to
Massachusetts, to become citizens of that
State, we venture to assert that slic-tliStin-
guisl,e'l as she is for her ncyro-p philanthropy,
whose howlngs against the sin of slavery
are heard throughout the length and breadth
Of the lanl-would straightway pass law
prohibiting their entrance.
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ED DYSPEPSIA AND INDIG ESTION.-
These great scourgcs of our people canno, be
too well understood, or tho means Of adv e.ing
or curing them too highly appreciated. The
person who discovers any means of cure or al
l"vu,i"n. confers II bcnciit upon his fellows, aud
Is deserving Of honor THIS desirable cons,,m.
nation has been achieved. and not oaIy may
dyspepsia be cured, but it may he prevented by
the use Of "IIooflund's German Bnters," pro-
pared by DR.. G. NJ. Jackson. Philadelphia.
which medicine is spoken OF in terms of tn.
highest conImcndation by thousands who have
tested its efIicncy. 1t is perfectly innocuous in
its nature, und possesses thu valuable property
of improving the health Of tho robust. as " eli
as restoring the health of the sick.
Sec advertisements.
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New Advertisements.

Our advertising friends still continue
their weekly favors. The reader will find !.
long list OF new advertisements in the col.
u'nns OF this issue. We have only space
to notice Business Cards. HARRIS g.
WARE, at Mount Carmel, it will be seen,
have opened Carriage and Wagon Manu-
factory. B. NJ. BLEAsE, Saddle and IIar-
ness Maker, is prepared to accommodate
his friends with anything i'll his line. J. j.
OkEEFFE, Boot Maker, has removed TO
Washington Street, where he will bc happy
to meet his friends.
These men are all worthy Of patronage
give them a call-patronize homo manu-
factories.
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GriIOLLowAv.s OINTMENT and PILLS.

GriIOii-OWAT'S OINTMENT and ILLS
Extraordinary Curo of ii Bad Ler, communica-
ted to Professor Holloway by L. Marclnut ESQ.,,
OF the Gazette 0Fec, Edg,r;own. Mass Mr.
Daniel Nortown, Of Elsauown, had sore on
his leg, which ''iird all ordinary remedies, aud
instead Of improving him he only became worse.
At last he had recourse TO Iiolloway's Ointment
and Pills, few applications of the Ointment
to his leg, effected n wonderful change for the.
better; ii lost its swollen and angry appearance
and i'll very short time he was completely
cured. His leg is now quite sound, and lie is
able to resume his work, although sixty years Of
age r"is satoaishiny unguent will cure
wounds and ulcers even Of twenty yours stand
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We ask the attention Of our adventurous
young men, to the letter Of Maj. BUFoRp-
to be found OH our first page-giving full
explanation Of his plans and proposition to
carry emigrants to Kansas.
We are pleased to learn that WARREN
Z. BELcHER, of our own District, who is
acting in conjunction with BUyoRD, has en-.
rolled some eight or ten, with the prospect
of increasing his number.
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january.


to CONSUMPTION AND SPLITTING
BLOOD.-Ssc the certificate of Mr. Turner n.
Ramscy. for many years proprietor of .h. Far.
Imers' Hotel, Fredericksburg. Va and l.te Of
the City Hotel. Richmond, Va. -, ~. -
Dr. JOHN Minge, of the city Of Richmond.
though II rega'ar physician, and Of courre op-
posed to what he.calIed quack medicines, q was
obliged to say that its good effects in the case Of
MIR. Ramsey, were wonderful indeed. go;
He had been given np by several physicians !:
had tried most of tho quack medicines, and
Was OIL the verge of despair. as well as tia
grave, when he tried Carters spunish Mix.
ture. - = '''..@-
We refer:'he public to his full and lengthy
certificate around the bottle, stating his cure.
SEQ advertisement. 8 . -
..t. o.. I.,*,---'. s t. ~, rJnun,rv
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ES An arrival ut New Haven, from
Port" Rico, December 2, reports the choer,
was raging to an alarming extent on the
month side Of the Island. In one village,
containing population o! one thousand i:.-
hahtants five hundred persons had died in
the space of forty-two hours. a Gu,ya,ua
(p"rlo lico) correspondent, writing on
December II. states that up 20 the 18th ol
that month, four thousand cases IF chnIer:,
l'a'l appeared on the island, Of which mum,
Der two thousand five hundred terminated
fatally.
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Il Library Of" Perfect Brichx"- Col.
Rawlison has just discovered among the
ruins OF ancient Babylon, an extensive
lihrary-not indeed printed on paper, hu,
impressed on baked bricks s-containirr u
many and voIunin",,s trcalises on as,rnn
omy, mathematics. etlnoI"gy, and several
other most Important branches Of knowI-
| edge. These treali>eS contain facts and :r
guncnts which. in his opinion, will have no
small operation On the study of the sciences,
t" Which they relate, and whicl, throw great
light upon biblical history ami criticism,
and the history of uur race.