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TRUE AMERICAN.
For the ..SDirt.
MS DARLING Row


SIR, l would have ye till spake word
about him in the paper.
Faith ye may well say, he'll sit there
by the window the houl day by his own dare
sci, and sing he will And if he has to-
he'll spake whole line of poetry without
ever stopen. Aud faith he does it SO loud
you might hear him all over town with
your eyes shutied, jest. Me soul he's
a broth of boy. Paple say he's squint
eyed and looks foolish and dull out of his
dear eyes. But jist look at the PAGES he
writes when tie bloody democrats raised
a baste of hickory pole. By st. Pat
Faith, I'd like to have said St. Patrick
There flave said it sure. But what do
care for him since the Know Nothings
caught Inc with a black prerata
Nothing more, but hcjabers, wants ye
till notice me boy again.
Yours, &c, Fremont FOR IvER.
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min, and Pratt and Pearce also, the leaders
of the old Wing party, whose veracity was
never impeaclled by their opponents, much
less by their friends. And how do the
Black Republicans hope to escape the con-
demnativn of testimony like this. from wit
nesocs like these? They caunot.
The people are to long accustomed to
hear them cxalt and applaud these witness
eS to heed them, when they would i'm
peach them naw.--A5any Aryus
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PORTRAITS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDI-
DATES. We have received from the Broth
er Jonathan Office, New York, sheet
of six finely engraved Portraits, viz {:
Buchanan aud Breckenridge = Fremont
and Dayton--and Fillmore and Donel-
son. Send cent postage stamp to
b. III. Day, IS Beekman street, New
York, and you will get the whole six of
these Portraits free of postage. Cheap
enough.
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it has black stripe ali over it, II may,
however, i" ihat it waa intended 10 ier-
resent anna Igamation mixture Of whites
with blacks. Not knowing cant say.
The crowd formed circle part OF the
way around the pole, and :, banner was
presented Ivy one gentleman to another
and then rnn up on the pole. Them came
SrcerIl--a tremendous speech. irons
Warren iiel}iStcr. lie was terribly ex-
cited, ges:icuIating NEST viclentlv Be
ing N some distance We could only hear
his loflicT flights. He thanks his God fol
something, we condn't tell what, and then
said that while the pole was being raised
the Democrats had ''bcen standing around
glaring upon them like wolves.' We
saw at once the cause Of his great excite
mcnt. He was skecrt; and no wonder,
when he had been glared at by wolves
We remembered who the Democrats
were that had SO disturbed his nerves by
their Glaring. On the opposite corner,
stood the Brass Band, with their inssru
,nents looking not unlike brass cannon.
while in other parts of the public square
a dozen or so Of Democrats were scatter
ed looking at the performance How did
Nr II,liiry,u
of them was loaded down with revolvers
and bowie knives He didn't know it,
and why shouldn't he be frightened? We
thought Of all the wonderful escapes from
the lndlans OF hair-breadth escapes from
fire and flood, Of mariners miraculously
saved at sea, and Of Jack FalIstaH's en-
counter with the robbers, but could think
iof nothing that would parallel Mr.. Hol-
listers escape from the Dimmycrats He
might have been most barbarowSly mur-
dered, but we can bring the most conclu-
sivc evidence that he still lives, if the fact
is denied.
When his nerves had to some extent
steadied and his apparent terror had sub
sided lie undertook to prove that the Ere
monters were not disunionists. The
strongest evidence he produced and that
upon which lie seemed to rely with the
most confidence was the fact that thei: 1a g
had thirty-one stars on. Such an argu-
mcnt, of course, se:s the question forever
at rest. BY the time he had complishe,l
this feat, some of the pretty ladies with
their nice clean clothes on began to look a
little blue, and the crowd Dispersed
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CINCINNATI. Sept. %. 1886.
. JNo. ". OKEY, Woodsiield, O.

Dear Sir: | reached home, Yesterday,
after an absence of two weeks having
spoken to crowds Of people, in the open
air almost every day.
| suffer SO much pain in my chest and
left side, that l have been compelled, this
morning, to send for a physician, and
submit myself to medical treatment. The
result is, that | cannot be at your meet
ing on Monday neXt-nor, unless my con-
dition improves very much, will l be able
to speak again during the campaign.
l write this in order that you may Sc
cure the attendance ofsome other speaker.
Yours, truly,
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SENATORIAL ELECTORS
WILLIAM AENN0S, Jr., OF Belmont.
ALEX AMBER II. MILLER, of Butler.

ss'ssSs CONGRESSIONAL ELECTORS.
lst. SHBtDoN 1. KELLOGG, of Hamilton.
ID. HENRY F. SEDAN, of Hamilton.
Sd DAVID CLARK, of Montgomery.
4th. ISAAC II. THOMAS, of Dark.
9Th. EDwAR FOSTER, of Williams.
9Th. MICHAEL H. DAVIS, of Clermont.
18th. WILLIAM CRossEN, Of Warren.
Sth. WILLIAM KERsnNER, of Clark.
9th. George Z. SENBY, of Seneca.
10TH LsvIDu NGAS, of Jackson.
11tb. ALFRED McVEIGu, of Fairfield.
18th. JAcoBsS SLfH, of franklin. a
18th. JouN TIPFr, of Huron.
18th. JonN C. MYERS, of Ashland.
18th. SAMUEL ISRAEL, OF Knox.
18th. JAMES NJ. GAYLORD, of Morgan.
18th. BgNJAMIs F. SPRIGes, of Noble.
18th. ALrHosso HART, of Portage
18th. HENRY H. DoDGE, of Cuyahoga.
goth. GsoRaE G. GILLErT. of Ashtabula.
2Ist. GEeRaE Cook, of Harrison.
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~INDIGNANTLY FROWN UPON
THE FIRST DAWNlNG OF EVERY
ATTEMPT TO ALLEVIATE ANY
PORTION OF OUR COU MFR Y
FROM, THE REST, OR TO ENFEE-
BILE THE SACRED TIES WHICH
NOW LINK TOGETHER THE VA
RIOgSsPARTS." RS ....t SIS. T.. ss.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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of Hall & Rogers had more iron on, but
whether it was as well or better done, not
being judge we cant say. A model Of
a new tangled windmill the invention Of
Mr.. Mitchell, of this place, attracted
much attention. Itwas on the sclf-regulat-
ing principle, and the power was applied
to pumping water. There being a fair
wind it kept pretty constantly going, aud
kept a crowd around ii all day.
But the show was the horses. We
say without fear OF contradiction that no
rural county in the State can show a bet
ter lot Of horses than was exhibited AT
our fair There were siXty-nine entries
in this department, and persons who had
been at the fairs of many counties in this
and other States, say that they have never
seen q better exhibition We will not
undertake to particularizc where there
were 50 many deserving notice. but will
be content with saying that Monroe coun-
ty may justly pride herself on having as
fine horses as can be found in the State.
The racing, in the ring, and, by some
not satisfied with the ring performance,
on the road, closed the exhibition in a
very pleasant manner. We were not able
to hear the address Of Mr. Archbold, but
understand from those who did hear it,
that it was a learned and able address
Well, now the Fair is over. All may
not be satisfied with the award Of premi-
umS this could not beexpec;ed, ,butwe have
no doubt that the committees acted im-
partially in all cases. There is one thing
about which all are satisfied; and that is,
that our last fair was the best that We have
ever had, and that old Monroe can make
IL show when she tries that would be cred
liable to any county in the State. We
predict from the encouragement and cnthu-
sasm manifested at this, that our next
fair will be "rouscr."
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sB~ In Monroe, the Democracy will
not increase their majority, hut it will
probably be somewhat diminished -BeE
mont Chroniclc.
That's whopper, Rush Wen bet
you new beaver, that the Democratic
majority in Monroe will lie more than
twice as large as last year Do yon
take?
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Vt. Il. 7 Z u II
Hon. JSo. W. OKEY, Woodsheld.

Judge kennou spoke first. He argued
that Congress has not the power to con-
troll the domestic institutions Of any State
or Territory. lie exposed the unconsti-
tutionality OF the position of The Fremon-
ters upon this question with a power and
clearness such as few men III this State
besides Judge kennon can do.
lie was followed by VIM c CASTOR, of
Steubenyille. Mr.. CASTOR fully sustained
his reputation as one of the best stumrcrs
in the State The exhibition of enthus-
asm during his speech promises well for
old Monroe in October and November.
Judge Hart made the closing speech
1t was q very fine one, and deserves the
highest commentator.
In conclusion we will say to our Dem
ocratic fricndS who were unable to attend
in consequence Of the bad weather, that
before the November election another
Mass Meeting will be called for this place,
when, with q fair day, we will expect as
many thousands, at the least, as the Ere
monters had hundreds
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One Of the Candidates nomna-
ted by the Fremont Convention Of this
county, is stumping it for Fillmore.
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The Harmonious Fuslon-Eow they
Love One Another.


y correspondent of the last Jounol, in
speaking Of the Fremont Pole raising,
here, says:
THE flag Was received by Warren
Iollister, Esq, in behalf of the Republi-
can and American party, in 4 short but
pithy and spirited address,
In behalf of the Republican and
American party" ell? The American
party will no doubt feel much honored by
having Fremont flag received in their
name. Why didn't they include the Dem
ocratic party, and make a wholesale Job
OF ii?
The Frcmontcrs have wonderful love
for the American party. We learn from
What we believe to be good authority,
that few days since, Mr.. Damforl made
a speech at Summerleld in favor of the
American party. and aa attempt r0s mate
By tie FJemontcrs 10 hiss and shomt him
domn. Mr.. Danford pointed them to
the free speech plank of their platform,
and fer about ten minutes gave them such
a scoarging as they will uot forget soon.
" ondcr if this was done "in behalf of
the Republican and American party?'
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PEACE III EA-SAS-

'icaTs of the North than ii 81 were called
upon To record deeds Of rt,I: Try and mar
der throughout all KamS,s. Peace in
Kansas. This is just what they have been
!aborIng to prevent for months past Il
was to avoid any consummation Of this
kind that Chicago and Detroit, and other
cities, emptied their rum holes and placed
hundreds Of men at the command of Lane,
TO invade Kansas, and to slay and make
waste, at least until the Presidential cleo.
ton should lie over. But there is peace
in Kansas; this, ct any rate, is the tenor
of the latest advices from that Territory,
and we are willing to believe it. It is
said that Gouernor Robinson and Brown, =
and all the other discontented and aban.
doned men who have kept the Territory
and the Union in agitation for twelve
months past, have been released from con-
inement on recognizance duly entered into
and that other arrangements, looking to.
the quiet of the people, have been con-
certed; that all armed bodies will be forth
with disbanded and dispersed and that
Law and Order" will once more be in
the ascendent. We have some misgivings
about the details of the news, but we are
quite willing to join in the general hrrrah
for peace in Kansas, being we"sz ~
that it will soon be prec'sa@
thwarted by the Black p
North and their instr
How will Kansas
stand precisely as if
to interrupt the Or
government inst
Nebraska law
had ever bees-
the first Legia
if there was no
or which could no
assemblage of
or repeal the9 Just as.
ventionhad ter assembled,
ton had -aTer been passed,
ernor he'd ever been elected
state Constitution and State
ment, as created by the Abolitionls.4,
will be at an end, and it may be years be-
fore the population will justify any change
OF the Government so as to bring Kansas
into the confederacy of States
This will be the position of Kansas un-
der the restoration. Governor Geary is
i'll that Territory to enforce the organic
law and the acts of the Legislature, and
to put down all attempts to disturb tile
tranquility of the Territory no matter by
whom commenced or committed He is
invested with sufficient power to compel
obedience to the law from Lane and all
his mes, and if he fails to do it the respon-s
sibility will rest upon him. 1t is incurn-
bent upon him to give peace to the coutl-
try atall hazards.
We apprehend that this pacification Of.
Kansas will be received with execration
by the Black Republicans of the free
States; that they will, if possible, still la
bor assiduously to keepup the disturbances
until after the Presidential election; aud
then, if they should fail in the election of
their candidate for the Presidency, they
would be willing to see Kansas utterly
destroyed from the earth While, then,.
we congratulate the country upon the
peaceful aspect Of affairs in Kansas, we
must be permitted to have our doubts.
whether new efforts will not be made by
the Black Republicans to preventive iesto-
ration of law and order aid quiet in that
Territory. Louis Republican
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- We viii publish the premium list
next week.
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British Gold s. 5s:eEaibeS;a s2saar:z
--Au3si2el Addition tes the Erc-
Ill0ast Corruption E.ssaG.

British Gold & 1sarasses:a quartz
--Au3sler Addition e, the Erc-
Inoast Corruption Fund.
Beware Of foreign influence" said The
Father of his Country in his Farewell
Address lie did not mean by this that we
were TO prescribe the persons Of foreign
birth who are living amongst US, but that
we were to watch with Jealous eye the
efforts OF foreign nations TO influence and
control our affairs. One year ago one
half OF those who now advocate The clec-
ton Of Ohm c. Fremont were shouting
from morning till night "beware of for
eign influence" What are they doing
now? Why, they are are not only ex-
hausting the Mariposa quartz in endeav-
oring to accomplish that which will nj
tiu,ately result in the destruction of our
Union, but they are receiving gold from
the British government to accomplish the
same end. The SUN mentioned below is
not the mere subscription Of individuals,
but comes directly from the British treas
ury. The same British gold that made a
traitor Of Benedict Arnold, the same Brit
ish gold that caused General Hull to sell
his noble army at Detroit, the same Brit
ish gold that stained the hands and the
honor Of the tories of the Revolution, is
now freely circulated by the leaders of
Tie Fremont party to bring about a dis
solution Of the Union. Ifany man doubts
that this is its Object, that it is for this
sole purpose that the British government
is donating it ST. freely, let him read the
extract below from the London GIobe-
! Read it, and if there is one drop of Amer.
ican blood in your heart it will swell with
! indignation-vou will blush for the infa-
! my Of your country-men. The Globe, re-
ceived by the last steamer, says:
"Lei Us. however, first remove the
beam from our own eye, that we may see
clearly 10 remove the mote from that OF
! our American kinsfo,k. 1t is with tie
deepest humiliation we receive the an
nouucemeDt that the British Chaaceho,
Of the Ea,chequcr has subscribed 81 90, 0OC
for tie use II the Fremont anil Dayton
Clubs, as a means of securing the success
Of the Republicans and thereby OF breah
ing up tie anion ct' these the United
; .S'atrS. 1t is even surmised, according ,C
Il well Informed New York contemporary
that 81, eco, ,000 and not 81 90, 600, is The
amount of this transaction of Sir Corne
wall Lewis! IL The first French rcvolu
ton, all the atrocities of the Jacobin
were traced 20 the gold of Pitt A
Englshmcn, we repudiate this unauthor
lied prudigality of our Finance Minister
and we hope no less from Republican pu
: rity i'll all parties than that our none
thus misapplied will straight way be sen
, us back again
Men Of America, if you have one spar
: of patriotism left, indignantly rebuke thi
. treason, hardly paralleled by that of Ben
: rGict Arnold.
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"f"r tlc SPlf1t.
Mr.. EDlToR:-In looking over the
Monroe Jouraul / see an article headed
''Who is the traitor? I was struck with
astonishmcnt at the editor trying to shift
responsibility off his shoulders and trying
to throw it on other men. In the article
ne says factions mark the character of
men," admit it, and ask the citizens of
Monroe who it is that has been before
the Democrat Convention number of
times, submitting his claims to majority
of that party for their suff,ragcs? and when
he found he was not the choice of that
party, who was it bolted and went to the
jimpson weed party ana oficiated in ad-
minstering oalhs to the people to vote
for Americans ruling America taking the
Constitution for their guide? Where is
the honorable editor now? Editing pa
per advocating the election of John G..
Fremont, favoring sectional party SO as
to create civil war such as history gives
no account of; and yet this editor has the
impudence to set himself up as an Amerii.
can, and advocates the most ultra Aboli.
tion doctrines. Has not the actions ol
the editor been sufficiently inconsistent te
justify any man in calling him traitor
He is bolter from the Democratic party
and from the American party, and ny
word for it ;beforo year he will bolt thu
Republican party / see the gulf yawn
ling to swallow up him and his party Z
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body that has not fancy Tor freeZlnS TO
death this coming winter will purchase of
him. There were other coverlets Of a
good quality, but we did not learn to
whom they belonged.
But we almost forget that we intended
to mention but a few articles We will
conclude this part of the subject hy saying
that the ladies were not behind in their
departments. Carpets, quilts, tidys, col
lars, embroidery and many other fancy
articles, of the names of which VIC arc
profoundly ignorant OF course we wont
attempt to say which among ese descry-
ed most praise; while We might please
one, we might subject ourself to the int,ig-
nation of fifty others, from which, IN the
language Of the litany, good Lord
) deliver u.s." Then there jelies, and pre-.
serves, and butter, and bread, and cakes
aud jam, and pickles, just such as we USED
to steal while the old folks were gone Il
church We announce oursclf now, as :
|, candidate for the committee, next wear
on these good things.
There were some wagons on exhibition
one ironed by Mr.. Noll, of Baresville, anc
, another by Messrs. Hall Il Rogers, of thi:
[ tplace, both of which we'll deserve no
tice. We heard number of good judges
; speak of Mr.. Nol's, as being very
Z superior specimen Of workmanship. Tha,
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Democratic Presidential Electors for Ohio.
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To the Citizens OF Keosuk

ANlSH Interested With Us The Messrs Seo6eIQs
: ~ tue Gas Fitting Business, we would assure
me Pebhe that alordere given to them will be ex
,1 ~ hrat and workman Ike manner, and
That they can rely upon the work done IN tbem ~
being Of the very best material
- y VII " baa short time before the ras will
~ introduced, we would recommend to those ,lssi-
~. 81 hshung ~ al the time Of the completion Of
he WORKS, that they give Immediate orders far nine
fixtures, &c, otherwise, many would ba DELAYED h.
yond that time, a. II would b. impossible % snnplv
all applications upon short notice rf''
July 3, l335-d c. HERpIcK a ca
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HE undersigned are prepared to receive orders
Tor htting up stores, offices and dwelling houses
with pipe ana fixtures for gas-promptly executing
the same, aud guaranteeing ali their work 10 be gas
tight.
All persons desTous Of using gas. that have no,
been called upon, requested To leave their nd.
dress with us, through the Post Office
orders executed IN the succession in which they
received. SCOFIELD 4 BROTHER Z
july I'D
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Dealer i'm Clocks, watches JeweIry

ON SECOND STREET,
Next door to G. Parsons Banking HouseO
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Watches, Gold Jewelry, de comprising the &S3r
latest styles Of Ladies' Breast Pins, Ear
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All work warranted to give satisfaction.
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III. r.. BARTLETT * CO, F,
Successors to Fooie E Co


M ILL continue the Forwarding and Commission
w business at the old stand at the Railroad Sta
tlon east side Of the river from Burlington, Iowa
Having the only warehouse on that side they of
Ter superior Inducements TO shippers to consign all
goods intended for the country to them. All goods
to their care Will be delivered to the teams free of
terrlage thereby saving the charges Of drayage to
the west side; also the benefit OF insurance
while IN their warehouse.
Country merchants will find it to their interest TO
call on us before going cast to purchase goods.
H. i. u. 4 Co. are agents for the Union Express
Co., and will be happy to afford any information to
those who desire to ship by that line.
Burlington, Jan IS d3m
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THE xK ON.

I'fi T. subscrl bers have completed their arrange
Il nents IN finishing and furnishing their new sa-
ioonand chambers for the convenience Of those who
may wish such accommodation. We nave spared no
money or labor 10 make our saloon and rooms equal
e anything IN the country and arrangements al
READY male tor receiving oysters from the east Wild
game from the country and fine markets We shal
make our saloon superior TO anything west or equal
TO anything east. All ask is but a call aud a
trial and we Will pledge ourselves 10 give satislac-
ton.
Parties can be accommodated with private rooms
when desired and anything served up for them they
may wish.
Recoleet the place. on east side of End between
Main and johnson streets
novl IDLY MACkLTY 4 JOHNSON