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JOHN TYLER LEcTURING ON THE DEAD
OF HIS CABINET.-lt gives us great pleas
ure to state that Hon. John Tyler will de-
liver lecture in our library, ere the sea-
son closes.
He has chosen for his subject, as we are
informed, theme pregnant with interest
the dead of his Cabinet. And what a
galaxy. In that cabinet were the accom-
plshed Legare, the elegant and erudite
Upshur, the brilliant Gilmer, and those
twin giants of their age, Webster and Cal
houn. Scarce ten years have passed since
the illustrious gallery Of statesmen, jurists
and scholars filled the Offices Of the cabinet,
but one by one. the nation has put on
mourning for them, and he who gathered
them around him to bear with them the
great responsibilities ofhis time. and share
the heavy duties Of his post, lives 70 speak
their eulogism. Need we add that twill
be tribute worthy even Of these mighty
dead,-[South Side lva.) DemocFpt
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GtIegraRBit
CONGRESSIONAL.


WAsHIEeTON, May 5.-Senate.-
Mr., Pugh presented the resolutions o
the Legislature Of Ohio, in favor of the
admission Of Kansas, with the ToPeks
Consti tuition,
On motion Of Mr., Clayton, the Secre,
tary Of Stale was requested to transmit
The original Journal Of The proceedings Of
The Board Of American Commissioners
convened in Paris to liquidate and credit
the claims of our citizens for French
spOliations. h
Hauss.-The House at the inst ance oI
Mr.. Haven took up the Senate bill, ,appro-
priating $4,000 for opening the channe
over the 81. Clair Flats, Michigan.--The
bill had passed through both branches a
the end of last Congress but, for want
of time failed to receive the Executive
approval. The House passed the bill
by SO majority,
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GIVE us THE FACTs-FoREIoNIsM. -
The Washington Organ, Of The l7th
inst, says.
We stated yesterday that at the recent
election in Connecticut, of the l,767
Democratic votes given in Hartford, l,lOO
we're by naturalized citizens, chiefly Irish
men ,and Of the 1900 Democratic votes
given in New Haven, more than $500
were of the same character. Now here
is specimen, sample of what the De-
m ocralc vote throughout the country is
composed of; but we want the statistics
from every quarter TO show the startling
fact that whenever Democracy triumphs,
it is by means of the foreign contingent
the Irish and German Brigades. I'm
mense numbers of these foreign leUies
have been enlisted and mustered into the
Uenl0 cratic ranks just previous 10 the ia'e
elections, and wherever the Democrats
have been victorious, we are pretty sure
it will he found that the number of for
eign recruits thus mustered into 'he'
ranks by means of our facile naturalization
laws. exceeds their majorlties
We call on the American press in th'
various localities 10 furnish us with tht
facts, so that they, the people, may un
derstand and appreciate them.
None but base and corrupt tyfants rely
upon foreign troops to sustain their iIl-goi
ton and abused power, in preference t.
, those of their own country; and only
| basely servile and intensely corrupt party
will, in republic, rely upon foreigner
to sustain them in power. 49,
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Markets

BALTIMoRr May 5.--Noon.-.Howard
street and City Mi,ls -four 90.
New York. May 5.--Flour declined 10
$5 9 .a6 for straight State, and Sea 8 81
for Ohio mess pork Sl8 62al8,75
CINcINNATI May S.--Flonr quiet al
s5 25 ;Lard o., Whisky in good demand
atl9B. River fallen four inches weather
pleasant. !3sYsa as aea51 3ia
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WASHINGTON, May 5.--The Cabinet
meeting TO day will be peculiarly impor-
tant, from the attempt TO carry the recog-
milton of Gen. Walkers Government
The President is still strongly inclined
and urgently pressed by Qaiiman, Doug
las and others.
The present policy is, to introduce this
subject in the platfotm at Cincinnati.
The portion of the Cabine that favored
the pr oject three days ago, are less zeal
nus now, after opposing considerations
have been presented. 1t is not improb-
able that a poslponement may be carried
unnl after the arrival Of the next steam er,
hich will allow more time for reflection
as to consequen ces.
Padre Vigil, the Nicaraguan Minister,
is expected here TO morrov or next day.
Ii is the first time thai apriest has officia
ted in such capacity.
A self appointed Committee of the
opponents of Buchanan to the Presidency
is to leave this city for Lancaster, in the
course of the week, with prepared doc,.
menls and speeches. accompanied by a
reporter to take down the particulars Of
what is contemplated to be ar interesting
interview The proper treatment should
be, refusal, on the part of Mr.. Buchanan
to extend to them further notice thar
pcliteness should suggest, accompanied
by refusal to reply TO their communi.
cations. The silence of the ex.MinsteT
on the engrossing subjects of The day, i:
sensibly felt in this neighborhood.
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AN OUrRAoE.-A negro man belonging
to Mr.. John G. Williams, near Montgom-
cry, Ala, killed Mr.. Capeheart, the over
seer on the plantation, on the 29th ult.--
Capeheart attempted to chastse the me-
gro for idleness, when he turned and knock
ed him do@n and inflicted no less than 81
wounds upon him with a knife, any one o.
which would have produced death. The
negro wus caught In day ortwo, and Of
the I'd inst was publicly bnrned, Isali
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CATHOIICIsM.

The following well timed remarks, in
reference 10 lecture of Dr. Brownson,
delivered in New York on the lSIh Of
February last, are copied from an EdiIO-
rial in the 'Morgantown American Union
Of April l9th. We commend them to
the careful perusal of every American;
We live in an age of humbug and dem
agogueism; but nowhere shall we find,
in the annals Of the past or the journals
Of the present, the instance 10 excel this
airant impOsure of BrownsOn. The dev-
il, as an angel of light, prOffered not more
templingly the dominion Of earth to the
Immaculate, than does the jesuit from
his clOister, propose the dogmas OF Ro-
manism as the guardians of liberty
What !-Romanism, the patron Of des-
potism in Church and in State-the ora
Gle of inhuman orgies and the inlriguer
after blood-the great dragon drunk with
the blood Of marlyred sainIs-the execu-
tioner, with the inquisiIiOn, the axe, the
scaffold, and the torch, for heretics re-
nouncing the Pope and'his prerogallves
the "Mother of Abominations," whose
motto is that Ignorance is the patron ol
devotion"-the foe of that pure Democ-
racy taught first at Jerusalem, and diffh'
sed by power and miracle over tie earIh'
which swels the bosoms of millions OF
American lreemen now with the glad as
piralions of Intellectual liberty-the ene'
nv of the march of mind, more beautiful
than her hyerogliPhic livery, and more
potent than her cross and cru c!fix, heI
sword or her shackles-the deposer ol
heretical rulers, and the despoiler OF he
retical systems-she who gives the Bi
lille to the flames, and laughs to scorn the
faith that it teaches such guardian for
American Liberty!! Ridiculous as it is
it is the proposition of Brownson True
he tells us not of The enormities of Ro
manism but history procaims them -
True, he extols Romanism as the relig
ion needed to perpetuate our Nationality
and our liberal institutions, but history is
full of warning that her iron heel woult
crush out our American system as heart
lily as she ever deposed an European soy
ereign, or welded her reeking sceptr'
over unwilling subjects. Romanism ant
Republicanism They are the antipode
of each other wide as the poles asunder
Lafayette understood fully the antagonis
tic nature of the two systems-he hat
seen hOmanlSm IN lis essence at nome
hence, after shea,hing the sword which
he so valIianlly welded in defence O
Repub lican institulions--he gave Ameri
cans of successive generations the pre-
phetic admonition, "If ever the Libertie
of this country are destroyed, it will b
through the Vaccinations of Romisl
priests !" And now, when Roman G;
lholicism assumes so comely an exterior
and an attitude so seemingly loyal. by til
apparently plausible machination Of r
mish Priests, such as Brownson, those
words of Lafayette should be reiterate
until they become familiar 10 American
as household words.
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Am ORDINANCF

To prevent the injuring and destEuctlonoi
% @ bridges over CUTTERS. q q ,gi
Be 1t ordained by the City CouHclleithe
city Of steub envills. thatif anyperaonor
persons shall hereafter drive Ovsrsbrsskor
displace the bridges across the CUTTERS, At
the stree. crossings, he or they shall be
fined the sum Of two dollarsan The sostef
prosecution, for each and every bridge 40
broken. Passed in, Council, Mas Il, 1855,
n j., MCKINNEY, Rsea. pro ssuncity
Council. .Dstive4g ysssaioigi 7gepra sd
81 GGoy FloSUs, City Clerk, 3 so.g,ss
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REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.


To the freemen of The county Of JEFF
ferson, without regard to past political
differences or divisions, who are opposed
to the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise-opposed to the extension of slave
ry in the Territolies-opposed to the
policy of the present federal adminstra.
tion-in favor of the admission of Kan
!. sas as free State-in favor of restoring
the action of the General Government to
shen principles of Washington and JEFF
ferson, and in favor of keeping the af-
fairs of the State of Ohio out Of the
Hands of the public plunderers, whom
you have just hurled from Office.
FELLOW CIT1zENs:-The tenure by
which we hold our free Institutions and
our rights under them is constant, un-
slrmbering vigilance. Let no man who
neglects, from any trivial cause, to dis
charge, with punctuality, all his duties
as freeman, complain that the Govern
ment, State or National is not admins
tered according to his judgment. Such
man might we'll thank the attention Of
his neIghbors that it is administered al
all. The enemies of freedom, the advo.
Gates, open and covert, of slavery are
cunning in their straagems and unceas
ing in their efforts to subject the first to
the domination Of the latter. What bu
the supineness of false confidence coult
have produced the spectacle Of Repre-
seniatives and Senators in Congress from
the free States, removing the obstruction:
the wisdom of our forefathers had inter
posed to the spread of slavery, and Il
the contraction Of the dominion of free
dom? Their desertion of duty and o
the principles of our fathers has prepa
red field which has been already repea,
edly watered with fraternal blood, AM
from which the sounds of approaching
bloody conflicts are borne upon ever,
breeze.
The national administration is commi
ted on the side of slavery. Nothing ca
arrest its efforts but the indignant voic
Of the people. Not in broken and dis
cordant clamors, than which nothin
could be more grateful to those who pre-
fer population Of slaves TO one of fret
men, but in one firm and barmonior
tone.
That voice, the lreemen of Ohio al
now called upon 10 raise in the Iegitimat
exercise Of their rights. To enable ii
freemen Of Jefferson county TO unite the
voices with those Of their fellow cittzer
in other counties, all those who claim
be included within the call Of this articl
are invited to assemble at the Cou
House in Steubenville, on Thursday, n
22d day Of May, instant, at one O'clOc
p. NJ, for the purpos Of selecting fiv
delegates to meet with delegates from Il
other cou tiles at Columbus, on ThurSdo
the 29th inst, for the purpose of nomir
ating a State ticket, to be elected at Il
0etobef election, to appoint six delegat
20 the National Convention, to nomina
candidates for President aud Vice Pre-,
dent, and an electoral ticket for Ohio.
The.meetng wIll also transact any 9th
business proper 10 be brought before
when assembled. Come all, that the So
elites OF slavery may see how small a
their hopes of aid and sympathy in ],
ferson county. eIG
By order Of the County Central Cor
mit.ee, X, MARSH, Chairman.
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CATTLE.

TRIUMPH OF FAITH.-During an earth
quake that occurred a few years since, the
inhabitants of a small village were gener-
ally very much alarmed, and at the same
time surprised at the culmness and apparent
joy of an old lady whom they all knew
At length one OF them, addressing the old
lady, said. 't a
Smother ---- are eyou not afraid!"
"No," said the mother in lsraelp"l re.
joice to know that Ilhave o. God that can
shake the world.' g Msa5e.a5a ~. t,
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GEN. JACKSON AT METHODIST Con-
FERENCE.--The Western Christian Ad-
vocale records the following interesting
anecdote Of Jackson. The scene Of il
was in the Tennessee Annual Confere nee,
held at Nashville, and to which he had
been invited by a note Of the members
that they might have the pleasure of in
PRODUCTION To him:
The committee was appointed and the
General fixed the time for 8 o'clock on
Monday morning. The Conference room
being too small to accommodate the hun
dreds who wished to witness the intro.
duclion, one of The churches was substitu-
ted and an hour befnre the time filled to
Overaowing. Front seats were reserved
for the members of The Conference, which
was called to order by the Bishop, seat
ed in large chair in the alte r, just be-
fore the pulpit. After prayers the COM
mittee retired, and minute after entered,
conducting the man whom all delighted
to honor. They led him to the bishops
chair, which was made vacant for him,
the Bishop meanwhile occupying anOth-
er place within the alter. The Secreta-
ry was directed to call the names of the
members, of Conference, which he did in
alphabetical order, each coming forward
and receiving from the Bishop person
al introduction to the ex-President, and
Immediately retiring to give place to the
next.
The ceremony had nearly been com.
ple,ed, when the secretary read the name
of Rev. James T; an elderly gentle
man, with weather-beaten face, clad in
a suit of Jeans, arose and came forward.
Few seemed 10 know him. He had al
ways been on a circuit on the frontier ;
and though always at conference he new
er troubled it with long speeches, but
kept his seat, ard said but litlle--that lit
tie however, was always TO The purpose.
Mr.. II. came forward and was introduced
10 General Jackson. He turned his face
towards the general, who said, lit seems
20 me that we have met before The
preacher, apparently embarrassed, said
Il was with you through the Creek cam
paign-one of your body guard at the bat
tie of Horse Shoe-and fought under
your command at New Orleans. The
general rose slowly from his seat, and
throwing his long, wilhered bony arms
r around the preachers neck exclaimed -
We'll soon meet where there's 10 war
where the smoke of battle never rolls uI
its sulphureous incense! Never before
3 or since have seen SO many tears shet
as then flowed forth from the eyes of tina
vast assembly. Every eye was mois
with weeping. Eleven years have pas
sed away since that day. The old hero
, has been more than ten years in his silen
and narrow home. The voice that cheer
= ed the dropping fight and thundered il
the rear of routed armies is silent forever
=, The old preacher, too, has fought his las
f battle, laid his armor by, and gone to hi
4 eternal rest.
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Mr.. Buchanan's Opinion Of the Missouri
COMPROMISE,

81 regard this Compromise, considering
the exciting and alarming circumstances
under which it was made, and the dangers
to the existence Of the Union which it had
removed, to be almost ps SACRED As a Cow
sTIruTIoEAL BRovlsloS,s IG
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tie cry, march forward in solid column
All we'll disposed foreigners, and there
are many such, will cheerlully unite with
us in the noble work Of patriotism and
reform before us. A brilliant triumph
awaits US, despite the efforts of the anti
American pary.--CumbsrlGnd 7'ele-
graph.
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THE TRUE AMERICAN.

The TRuE AMERloAS is published every
Wednesday, in Steubenville, Jefferson county
Ohio, and editcd,by .. RAGAS, on the following
terms:
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River at Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH My 5 5--Noon.--Rive
81 feet and falling slowly.
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Dr.. KIDwELL,s REPORT.

We have read with care and Qualification the
able report of DIR. Kidwell, our Representatives
"a the Pacific Railroad Bill The REPORTS 70
niarkabiy wen written, and erinces much re
search. WeeannOt agree with some Of his req
soning. but commend the report to the atten-
tive pcr,rsaI of ALL One thing he hassssatisfac-
torily shown, and that is, that Whpteyer may be
ultimately expedicnt Congress has as yet no
data on which to act, and that embarkation on
the work now would be folly in the extreme
His calculations show clearly that the Road viii
cost from ssoo, 900 600 to $500, OoO, coo, and il
is difficult to see whence viii come the freight
and travel to keep up and work such an expen-
diture. 1T is clear that nothing but blindness
should induce tho Government to touch the
scheme in any form until it has before it full
and reliable estimates, based upon actual sur
yeys by the most accomplished and credible en-
gineers. 1t may be well that the Government
should take some such step as this, as the infor-
nation thus obtained would be useful, no matter
what might be the fate of the proposed road
We have seldom met with a more readable or
creditable document
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ODD FELLOWS, BIRnopoRS

Virgtaias Ledge No. 3.-Msets every raprsaay
evening the man, corner Of AIaret and Msurs streets
Jory g wRrenr, n. g.; b u. Carr, ssereiaEy.
FrnnIsIin Lodge Nc. Isl lSesss As ahoteererss
Monday evening. JcHx BAYEA, \. O.; n p G.dFliNts
Secretary.
VIM. Tell Lodge No. 3:ts--Ntsess a. aleys eysf
~ wednesday evening J. G, HSySriss, \. Of JoEN
SaEdae, Secretary.
wheeling lodge No. 6as-Neets every Monday
greetings. Hall. corner Market and Quincy streets. H.
RRogs,sS. Jasa 7zasllee Secretary, a.say,s
PauoIa Ledge No, S0s-Nteets as above every
Friday evening I. II, AsLeiS, Oh ". v. Baaetafdi
seere;ary,
Abraai'a ysusasaR aaaat No. 1.-Meets At the
Hail. corner Marketspa enroS atreE the rRt and Third
Tuesday evenings q each month n u1uNaS, C. IS v.
Pearsoa, Scribe.
VIM. Tell Eneaalptaent No. 3As-Meets Is
above the second and Suek Taesdas evenings Of each
month. VIZ KlIszt.s Q. P-is Nm Hstsgatosr, Scribe
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The FOREIGN TRADE OF TCREEY.-The effect
of the .dcspotism of the Turkish Government is
nowhere more apparent than in the limits which
It indirectly imposes upon production. Agrlcul-
ture in Turkey is Just about in the same state as
in the time of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, car
ried on without intelligence and as mere mat
ter of routine According to Ami Boue, the Bull
garians take best care Of their land, and the rich
harvests Of Servia show to what they might at
tain were it not for the crushing despotism of
their Government Few farmers in Turkey have
the capital necessary for successful cultivation,
and those few are compelled to hide their riches
or to take them out of the country. The Turk
ish Government has, besides, done nothing like
what is necessary for country roads; it is almost
impossible when croDs are raised, to get them
to market. and the tributed levied on them is not
to be left out Of account The trade of Turkey
is, therefore, exceedingly limited. In the year
1854, France exported to Turkey only to the
amount of s., 600, 900, while her exports to Bel
GUM, Sardinia, Switzerland, Sicily, Holland, Tus-
cany and Lucca although these countries have
only two thirds the population of Turkey, mount
ted to $50, 600, 5000. So the exports OF England
in 1854, were to Turkey SI4,000,000, TO Egypt
Sc, 2TO, 900, and to Syria and Palestine $780,
600 If we take into consideration that at the
beginning Of the present century the commerce of
Greece, including Macedonia, Epirus and Thes-
sally, with /, 400, 600 inhabitants, amounted to
only $4,400,0O0, while the present kingdom,
with q ldillion of inhabitants, has commerce of
IS, 100000 it is clear that free government is
highly favorable to trade with foreign coun-
tries.-N. Y. Tribune.
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L1FE oF FREMoN.r,

Compiled from Authentic Sources for the Nst1
York Daily Nesss.
1s12-Born in Charleston, and hearing of the
war with England, Immediately takes to
arms; cnrolls in the infantry.
1sI3-Tears cap resembling the British flag
from his nurses head; arrival of his mo-
ther to her aid; final triumph fthe young
Know-Nothing.
1s14-Conquersh his aunt in great battle.
1866 verthrows his grandmother
1sl6-Discovers the source Of his nurses lager
bier
-Exploreshis grandmother's jam and pre-
serve cupboard!
ls1s-Gets up his uncle's apple tree.
ls42-Climbs the Rocky mountains.
1880 Captures woody horse.
ls45-Performs Othello to Bentons Brabantio.
1S46-Eats horse, assisted by Raymond, Gree
ley and Bennett-Liye Oak George too
sick to relish it
1s56-Sets out on an expedition TO explore the
White House at the head of lot Of mig
gers.
ls57-Not being heard of afterwards, subscrip-
tons raised to send out Kane on an ex.
ploring expedition.
I900-FoSsil remains found in Pennsylvania av.
enue-supposed to be the mortal relics of
Fremont Bennett, Greeley and Raymond
part of Tribune for 1866 found stick
ing in Raymond's osophagus,
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From the wa.hlag.on uaioa, Angus. ::

Messrs Ridgway and Pryor Of Richmond,
feet we, the undersigned, who arrived on the
ground after the fire, then interposed, and at
our request the challenge was withdrawn. 1t
appearing to our satisfaction that the article of
Mr. Pryor, which was the occasion of the chal-
lenge, was written under the belief that there
was studied purpose on the part of Mr.. Ridg-
way to insult him and provoke quarrel, we
recommend that Mr.. Ridgway disclaim such de-
liberate purpose, and that each and every arti-
Gle which was regarded as offensive, either by
Mr.. Pryor or Mr. Ridgway, be siwuItaHeously
and frankly withdrawn; and we trust that here
after those relations of kindness will subsst be-
tween them which become gentlemen who have
so well approved their courage and honor.
P. S. Brooks,
H. A. EDNUNDsoN,
JoHx S. CAsKlg.
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masonic DIRECTORY.

Ohio Lodge No. 101.-sfsets at Masonic. nan,
corner Market and Monroe streets the rst and sirMon-
day evenings Of each month g. W. soH1s W. ~; ARer-
aadsr Laagatts, Secretary.
wheeling Lodge No. I9s.4Meets As above on
the rts and third Thursday evenings Of each month F.
BEssTtIxeEl, ". 81; S. " PedsSon, Secretary.
wheeling Union Chnpfer Ne. I9.-Meets as
above the evening of eachmonth. ". g.
scorr, H. p; s. ". Psarsoa, Secretary.
Wheeling EueamPmenr No. I.-aIce.s as
above the 1ur1a Monday evening each month. W j.
aArrs, G. c., A. Loetng, Recorder. .