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other class Of the community, or than they
would be if free. For it is only where the
cvil of SLAVERY exists that governments are
at least enabled with despotic hand to pre-
vent the growth Of the equal evil Of paurer-
ism, 0hat Upns that cnlarges tho desert
from which it springs,) by enforcing on the
slave owner, whenever it becomes necessary
to do SO, the duty of maintaining, or of
feeding, clothing, and comfortably lodging
his slaves; duty, however, which he is
otherwise generally well disposed, and has
every inducemcnt faithfully to fulfill. The
authority, then, of the Pater Familias over
his bondmen, who often form the largest
portion of his domestic establishment, is Of
the same kind, and is, therefore, both as
lawful and unlimited as that which he cx-
crcises over the rest of his household, or
over his wife and children-thougli, from
the closer relation that exists between him
and the latter than the former, it may
sometimes degenerate into tyranny. In
this case, however, the law is always at hand
to check its undue exercise (as it is where
he abuses his parental authority and soon
admonishes the domestic tyrant that the
slave has as much claim to its protection
as his owner, and that there is another or
still more over-naasteriny power, namely
the Legislature or Government of the State
which, though it owns no slaves itself,
controls those who do. The quotations we
have made from Genesis serve to show that
personal scrvitude existed ut the earliest
dawn, or was coeval with the birth of So
ciety and that it partook, from the begin
ming, of the mild and benefcent character
which the close domestic relation in which
the bondman was placed towards his owner,
or his elevation from the condition of a
forlorn and friendless captive, to that of
the inmate of comfortable home-(for
those who could afford to purchase slaves
must, at least, have possessed 4 sufficiency)
could not fail to impress upon the insti-
tuition. especially in polygamous countries.
CIyIL1s.
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WEBsTER,s OPINION OF BYRON.
In letter to friend, Hon. Daniel Web
o. rraro tl,:o oc T o.J Ry.op.

In letter to a friend, Hon. Daniel WEB
ster gave this estimate Of Lord Byron:
have read Tom Moore's FIRST volume of
Byron's life. Whatever human imagina.
ton shall hereafter picture Of human be-
ing, shall believe it all within the bounds
Of credibility. Byron's case shows that the
fact sometimes runs by all fancy, as steam.
boat runs by scow at anchor. have
tried hard 10 find something in him to like,
besides his genius and his wit, but there
was no other like able quality about him.
He was an incarnation of demonism. lie
is the only man in English history, for an
hundred years, that has boasted of infdel.
ity and Of every practical vice, not included
in what may be termed, and what his biog.
rapber has termed, meanness. Lord Bol.
ingbroke, in his most extravagant youthful
sallies. and the wicked Lord Littleton, were
saints to him. All Moore can say is, that
each of his vices had some siitue or some
prudence near it, which in sonasort checked
it. We'll, If that we're not so in all, who
could escape bangings The biographer,
indeed, says his moral conduct must not be
judged by the ordinary standard. And
this is true, if favorable decision is looked
for. Many excellent reasons are given for
his being bad husband, the sum of whicl,
is that lie was very bad man. confess
I was rejoiced then, and an sejoiced DOW,
that he was driven out of England by pub.
lie scoYn because his vices were not in bis
passions, but in his principles. He denied
all religion and al virtue A;orn the house.
Dr.. Johnson says there is merit in main.
tanning good principles, though the preacbe,
is sadnced into yioaaions Of them, This ID
true. aosd tAsosy j. something, But a
theory Of Esipg aad dying, too, made up oj
the clements of hatred f3and religion CON.
tSmpt Of mosals, md defiance of, The opia.
ioas ~ ell tie secsHt part of shs public
uhsns nsbefSfe has Imam of Letters syoRed
;t3 III Milton weEs :aliye ~ recast ees3ain
prominent cbafactefs III His great epic: he
could embeilisk Inn with ipsw, traits With.
ont violating prob sbilitE = 81 (, go .
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THE GREAT PLAGUE IN IONnoN

NO event which history records IS more
awful in its character than the great plague
which dcsolated London in 1865. The ut
ter helplcssness of man is so forciLIy i'm
pressed upon our convictions that, with all
its sadness, wholesome lesson is conveyed.
This dreadful pcstilence is estimated to have
carried off nearly 100000 of the inhabi-
tants of London, within year. BY the
superstitious mind Of that time, various oc-
rences were accepted as prognosticating the
plague, though they were probably not gen
orally so received until after the event had
warranted the prediction. 1t was asserted
that blazing comet hung for months over
the town.
The authorities of London used the most
vigorous efforts to check the ravages of the
pestilence, but without avail, for it slowly
passed from end to end of the unhappy
city. Whenever the existence of case
was detected, the house was at once barred
up, marked with great red cross, and Wig
ilant'y guarded by watchman, who per-
mitted no egrcss. Deaths soon became so
numerous. that the ordinary formalities of
burial could no longer be observed. 1t was
impossible to prepare coffins, or dig graves
in sufficient number. In this emergency,
great pits, capable of holding several hun
dred bodies, were made, into which the
dead were deposited. One of these pits
contained lila bodies. Carts passed reg
ularly through the Streets preceded by a
bellman, calling, bring out your dead |!
bring out your dead," Infected people
often escapted into the. streets in del,rum,
and sometimes anticipating their fate, pre-
cipitated themselves into the dreadful re
ceptacles of death. So predominant be-
came the dread of dissolution that all the
ordinary intercourse Of life was Affected
Parents fled from their children, and hus-
bands deserted their wives; the worst and
the best passions were stimulated to their
highest manifestations. Nurses fastened
the end of the sick, that they might the
sooner seize upon their effects the dead
were stripped Of their clothes, and rioters
and robbers paraded the streets. On the
other had were exhibited the most glorious
courage ard self:sacrifcing philanthropy
Every precaution which the imagination
could suggest, was taken to escape the in
fection. People no longer shook hands
Nth each other. Tradesmen kept pots of
vinegar in which to steep the money they
received, and their customers helped them.
selves TO avoid the danger of another's
! touch. Many families, having laid in a
supply Of provisions, barred themselves in
their houses, and remained until the pesti.
lence had passed away.
After the plagueThad begun to abate, the
city of London was nearly destroyed by a
great fire., 1t broke out on the I'd of Sep
tember 1906, and swep4 over surface Of
tbree bandred end seventy-three acres, con.
sumipg thirteen thousand two hundred
houses, eighty:pine parish churches, and de-
shoying properly to an amount estimated
at s1o,7so.O0o. "a
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Bdeaslosx--TheS iClevelaad Herald a

BdeaslOsE The Cleveland Herald ad-
dresses This to the old bachsiors: sg'S
-. i orr Maker thought it wrong for
Adam % live single when thsts xss not Il
woman o. earth how erimiaa1ly gully sfts
old bsehefon, with the world full ofa pretty
girls r
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There was once clergyman in New
Hampshire, noted for his long sermons and
ipdolept habits-tya things iffseencila.
bic. a, Nv
"How is it." said man to Ills neighbor
sthat osr parsoP. the LATEST man living,
can write such eonfounded Internal long
sermons r ~. - :.
9" Why" said luis neighbor, " he probably,
gets g writing, and is too aossos4dsa lazy
10 stops 6 8
"A lady being asked her opinion about
moustaches, replied; ~ always sci my face,
against them.'
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Preservation Of Corpse; The followy
ing remarkable statement appears in a late
number Of the Yieksburg (Miss.) Sentinel;
"We were present on tile 9th instant,
at the disinterRept Of the remains Of Mrs.
Nary Jane Tompkins, first consort Of Hon
orable 2. w. Tompkins, former member Of
Congress of this district, and sisser Of
Ex.Goyerpor Helm, Of; Kentucky. She
had been, inferred seventeen years on Tie
4th instant, enclosed iR a zinc coffin, filed
With alcohol, which was se-enclosed in .
wooden coffin, and all carefully packed in
charcoal. Tho wooden coffin and the ton
of the zinz onefwere somewhat decayed.
but the corpse itself was in. perfect slate
of preservation, features natural, snd hair
as flexible as in life" : 'a"sf
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
II o w RD SOCIA TION
PHILADELPHIA


ITO sll persons afflicted with Sexual Disea-
l. ses, such as Spsrmatorrhea, Seminal
Weakness, Impotence, Gonorrhaa, elect,
Syphilis, the Vice of Onanism or Self buse,
NC, &C.
The Howard Association, in view of the
awful destruction OF hnman life, caused by
Sexnal diseases, and the deceptions prac-
tised npon the unfortunate victims of such
diseases by Quacks, have directed their Com
sulting Surgeon, as a charitable act worthy of
their name, to give medical advice gratis, to
all persons thus afflicted, W no apply by letter
with description Of their condition, iage, oC-
cupation, habits of life, &c.,) and in cases of
extreme poverty and suffering, to furnish med
lcine free of charge.
The Howard Asst citation is benevolent In
stItutlon, established by endowment, for the
relief of the sick and dist reSSed afflicted with
"VLruIent and Epidemic Diseases 1t has
now surplus of means, which the Directors S
nave voted to eXpend in advertising the above
notice, 1t is needless to add that the Associ-
alton commands the highest medical skill OF
the age, and will furnish the most approx ed
modern treatment.
Just published, by the association, q Report
on SpermatorrRa, or Seminal Weakness, the
wee of Onanism, MaSturbaton or Self Abuse
and other diseases of the Sexual Organs, by
the Consulting Surgeon, which will be sent
by mall lin sealed enveIope,) free of charge,
on the receipt of Two Stamps, Ior postage.
Address, DH. GEo. r. CALHOUN, Consu! ting
Surgeon, Howard Association, No. ., South
Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. BY order of
he Directors.
GEo. FArRcHrLD, socy. EZRA D. HEARrwELL, Pres.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
Dated April ID, 1867.
AMENDMENT No. o.

Resolved by the General Assembly Of the State OF
Ghio, Three ifths Of the members elected to each
House concrring therein. that il be, and hereby is,
proposed to the electors of this State TO vote on tn
second Tuesday of October next, upon the approval
rejection Of the following amendment, MS substi-
tutc for the fifth and sixth sections Of the fourth arii
Gle Of the Constitution viz: SEC s. District Courts
shall be held in each comfy at least once in each year
hy ornorc District Judges elected by the elcc-
tors of separate districts to be prescribed by law who
shall hold their ofce for five years and during their
continuance in o0cc shall reside In the district for
which they elected Tho provisions of the four.
tecnth section Of this article shall apply to District
Judges. The General Assembly may by law author
ze the Judges of the District Court and of the courts
of common pleas. to fix the times of holding their re-
fpectvc courts Until District Judges shall have hc"i
elected and qualified, District Courts shall be held
by the Judges Of the Supreme Court and othe Courts
of Common Pleas now authorized SEC. 6. The
District Court shall have such jurisdiction as may bn
provided by law and the judges thereof shall have and
exercise such power and jurisdiction at chambers and
may he required to sit judges of tho Courts of Com
mon Pleas shall be directed by law.
n. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
AMENDMENT A No. 3.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State Of
Ohio, Three-hfths of the members elected to each
branch coucurring therein that II bc and hereby Is
proposed the electors OF the state, To vote the
second Tuesday of October next to approve or reject
the following amendment substitute for the sec
ond and third sections of the twelfth article of the Con-
stitntion
All property, personal and real shall be subject to
taxation by uniform rule at the true value thereof
in money but such deductions from credits may be al
lowed the G 4neral Assembly may deem expedient;
Provided, that buryrg grounds, public school houses.
and all other public property and all institutions Of
purely public charity and all houses used exclusively
for public worship, shall be exempt from taXation;
and il thu total value of the personal property of any
person 81 all not exceed fifty dollars the may b."
exempt from taxation. All property employed in
Banking shall always bear burden of taxation equal
to that imposed on the property Of individuals.
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of tho House of Representatives.,
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
ANESDMEyT NO. :.

Resolved by the General Assembly of tho State of
Ohio three fr,hs of the members elected to each
House concurrng therein, that IL be, and hereby Is
proposed to the electors of this State flo vote on the
second Tuesday of October next, upon tho approval
rejection of the following amendment as an addl-
tional section article eleven of the Constitution
Every coun y which now is, may hereafter be en-
titled to more than'Onc Senator, or Representative
for the residue of the present dccennal period or
for ALL or any portion of any subsequent dccennial
period shall BE- divided into many Senatorial and
Representative districts as there may be Senators or
Representatives elective in amy y9ar OF the present
or any subsequent decennal PERIOD which districts
shall he Of contiguous territory, and each district shall
contain MS ncarlya ratio for Senator Representative
as is nttanubic, without violating the rule herein
given coatiguity of territory, and without diyi
ding ANY township, election precinct or ward IL
Representatives or Senatorial district, composed of
counties shall by Of any excess Of
population over ratio, be entitled to ad ditonal Rep
rcscntatves Senators for any portion Of the pres
cnt or any subsequent deccnnia PERIOD the dist
shall be divided into two districts. for each portion of
such dcccn-ia period which shall be contiguous ter
ritory. and each shall contain near ratio as is at
tainable without dividing counties.
if by reason Of the annexation of one Senatorial
IAtion over Senatorial ratio which shall be eni I'd
TO additional Senatorial representation for any
of any deccnnial period. each district, consi-
tuted shall elect one Senator.
Counties shall be divided into districts by the coun-
y commissioners such other board Of officers cleo
tive .id resident IN the proper county mny be pro-
vded by law. At least four months prior the gem
oral election ia Is5e, the counties entitled to more
tan one member Of either house shall be dy ed into
Rod and least four months prior to the general c"c-
tinn In the first year Of each subsequent deccnniHl
period the counties entitled to than one member
for all. any portion OF such decenniu period In
either both houses shall be divided into districts
cf the district Of each county shall be published as
E,ay be directed by the county commissioners or ut
"' " n II. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker Of tLe House of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
President OF the ScnGte.
al mil 1877
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
Qutt DriMI6in. Poisonous Liquors
PATENT IMPROVED PROCESS
For Making
ALL KINDS OF LIQUOR IL VINEGAR
Instantly, by the uso Of
Lacour's Essential Oils.

These Oils a'e obtained by Dstillation NJ
the Chemical Laborat ory, Parish of Jefferson,
of Pierre Lscour, author Of Lacours Chemi-
cal Analysis, Lacour's Chemical Manipula-
tioAs, Lacour on the manufacture OF Liquors,
&c.
Lscour's Oil of Cognac converts neutral
spirit to superior imitation of Imported Bran
dies, viz: Otard, Sazarac Mazrett Cognac,
Poultney, Seignette, United Vineyard Propr.
etors, CastilIon and London Dock Brandes.
These liquors will have a full fuity favor
and beautiful sparkling colOt Common
Rectifpd Whisky will be changed by the use
of the Oil Of Cpgnsc to New York Brandy,
oine Apple Brandy, Common Cognac Brandy,
&c.i
Laconr's Oil ofRye changes Rectifed Whis-
Ky to Mononsahela Rye Whisky, Old Vir.
giuis Malt Whisky, Bourbon Whiskev &c.
Oil of Ce,lrst changes common rectfed
whisky to old Irish malt whisky, and su.
perior article of Scotch whisky.
| Oil Of Peach changes common whisky TO
Virginia peach brandy, &c. Oil of peach and
| Oil Of Cognac will convert common whisky 10
lapple brandy.
Oil Of Gin converts the poorest whisky 10
Holland gin. Scheidam SchnappS, rose gin,
swan gin, English gin, &C.
| Lacour's Concentrated Acid will, in five
hours afler being mixed, change fYe gallons
| of good vinegar and twenty Ave gallons of wa =
ter to thirty gallons Of the most acid vinegar
hat can be found in The market By the use
Iof lacour'S Concentrated acid, yint gar ca be
made fer one dollar and sixty cents per barrel.
These oils are put up in quart TASKS; each
| flask contains sufficient oil for making three
hundred gallons of liquor. Full and compre-
hensive directions accompany the bottles.-
Price, So per bottle.
| For sale at the corner Of St. Charles and
PoydraS streets.
| One bottle of these oils eight in number,
| win be securely packed and shipped, with
! bill of lading. to any part Of the country, up
on the receipt Of S s, to the address of
! p. LACOUR, New Orleans.
| Purchasers are requested, as guarantee oi
good faith, to furnish us the names of any
house in New Orleans, and we will ship then
| a package Of the oils. II they do not perform
all that is claimed for them, they will cost
nothing. apr2Syl
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate,
AMENDMENT No 4

Resolved by the General Assembly Of the State OF
Ohio, Threc-hfths of the mombers elected to each
house concurrng therein, That it be and hereby l.
proposed 10 the electors Of the State, the second
Tuesday OF October next to approve or reject the fol-
lowing amendm substitute for the first and sec
ond sections of the thirteenth article of the Consttu
ton. Viz Corporations of every description shall be
created and corporate powers granted only by gen
ernl laws which shall define the powers, privileges
and immunitcs and prescribe the duties and liahJlt-
ties each class descriptions Of corporations but
the General Assembly may enact special laws for the
relief of corporationsin peculiar cases. and may make
special provisions in regard to corporations in cases
whereCrom their peculiar location or interests snch
special provisions required and may from time 10
time alter repeal all such laws, as are authorized
by this section. -
NH. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25

MARRIGE GUIDE-YouNG's GREAT
lapiUs, or every one his own Doctor, by
VIM. Young, NJ. d.
IT is written in plain language for the en-
eral reader, and is illustrated with upwards
of One Hundred Engravings. All young mar
ried people, OR those contemplating marriage,
and having the least impedimenl to married
life, should read this book. II dIscloses Sc
crets that every one should be acquainted
with; still, it is book that must be kept
locked up, Dnd not lie about the house. IL
will be sent TO anv one on the receipt Of twer.-
ty-fve cents. Address DR. WM. IoUNG, i52
Spruce street. above Fourth, Philsda., Pa.
June D is5f-Yi.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
CiL&ANGER'S
COMMERCIAL d. MATHEMATICAL
IHIS STETU E,

- b K Il Z \
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
Splendid Inducements 10 those aphO IRISH to
0nend a Commercial College.
Situations Guaranteed, or, Tuition Free.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENTS.
rENO those who enter my institute or remit
II me $50, and thus secure Guarantee
Scholarships, any time before the first day OF
next September, can, upon completing thor
ouCh course Of Double Entry Book Keeping
mud its Collateral Branches, secure lucrative
employment in Commercial or Banking Houses
as Accountants within ninety days after their
graduation, OF hey will be indCmnihed To the
full amount OF the sum paid foI tuition, and
thus realize
Free Tuition, or Lucrative Situations.
Graduates from this institution are now fill
ing responsible aud lucrative positions as
Cashiers, Book keepers and Railroad Office
Clerks, in different sections of the country,
and are being preferred by business men 10
graduates OF any other Mercantile College,
Hence the above unparalleled inducements
which nothing but the great superiority Of my
instruction aud thorough training of my stu
dents for business life would wa rant.
The Principal of this Institution has been
practical accountant for II longer period than
any other Teacher III he Western country.
Address the unde dersigned for further partic
ularS. WM. W. GRANGER
Nav l2 MS.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
PATIENTS AT A DISTANCE

Can have y stating their case explicitly, together
with all their symptoms, per letter, enclosing
mlttance) Dr. H. - medicine appropriated accordingly
Forwarded TO any part OF the United States aad
pack secure from DAMAGE or CURIOSITY, by
NInil o
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
Soap and Candle Mandatory.

THE subscriber has the pleasure to an
nnounce to the citizens of Pomeroy and
vicinity, that he has opened shop on Sugar
Run, near the Tannery, where he will mann
facture, and keep constantly on hand any
article in his line of business; and we feel az
sured that we can give satisfaction to all who
may favor us with call.
N. B.-All orders attended 10 as soon as
possible. DAVID GEYER.
Pomeroy, Aug. "a, 1S52.-tf.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25

Trains will leave HillShoro' al 7.30 n. m.
and : 90 p. m, connecting at Blonc ester
with through trains arriving in Cincinnati at
lG.45 .. III. and $50 p. m
GEORGE BARNES,
June Is, 81. Superntendent.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-25
PARKERsBURG MINERAL WELLS.

UNHE undersigned, Proprietor, respectfully
l. announces 20 his friends ar d the public,
that this well-known watering place is now
open for the reception of nvalids and visit
ors generally. Since last season, considera-
bic reftting and repairing has been done, and
The subscriber is prepared to entertain lar
ger number of guests than ever before. or
the virtues OF these aters, he deems it wholly
unnecessary to say anything, the Wells are
widely celebrated by the manv cures of chronic
mala dies here effected. Let it suffice, that
in cases of dropsy, dyspepsia, and kindred
diseases; the beneficial tendencies of these
waters are unrvaled. Every attention ex-
tended to boaIders, to promote their health
and comfort.
NOTICE TO PLEASURE SEEKERS.
DANCING every Friday evening. Good
music in attendance. Tickets to be procured
at the Office.
There is connected with the establishment
spacious Ball Room, Billiard Saloon, and
Bowling Alley.
The Table will be supplied with the DELI
cacics of the Season. The Wines aud Liquors
are Of the most superior quality, having been
imported direct by the proprietor
c. y. FRlEDEL, Proprietor.
Mr.. Paden will remain at the Wells as Gen
erol Superintendent.
Parkersburg Mineral Wells,
Wood Co., June 81, 81. iulyJu2