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THE WAY 1T WORKS. i

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AS great deal has been said against
the sub-treasury law of last winter, in ad-
vance of itsl{actise operation, it is but
fair that its opponents should know some
thing about its workings now that it is in
force. That it will be the means of
guarding the public MOI against all or
dinary chances of defalcation, no fone who
is. acquainted with its sstrict provisions
can deny 1t gives no opportunity for a
continued peculatien upon the Treasury,
and puts AMI end at once to- defalca-
tion.s Etsxvfsaa h6a s7ols 1ieai o5 tzsrszs
( We see by the VanT Vert Constitution.
that recently an examiner was appointed
to investigate !the condition of the Treas
ury of that county. He ransackedsthe
books and vouchers and ascertainedJ that
about $500 was due from the Treasurer,
and that amount should be in the safe..-
He then askedlto count the money and
ascertain if "aH was right:" but the Treas
urer5 refused the keys, the safe was broken
open.s when 10! and behold eighteen ceats
was the sum total found, and the Treas.
urer was then declared "a deaulter to the
amount of eighteen hundred dollars! Sc
much for the working of this much labus.
ed Democratic law.-Ddyton fEmpire. a.
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The Frazer River Humbug.

.~s Frazer River seems to be as suddenly
deprived of its consequence as Brigham
Young, since the occupation of Utah by;
the government, forces The mad and,
senseless excitement caused by the extra
ordinary reports set afoat by, reckless
spectators, and sustained by their per-
severance, has subsidized into calm and
dispassionate determlnation,i and cool
analysis of the facts that have been made
patent. People now know aihat from
April to September, at least, the bars of
Frazer River, which are. said to contain
the auriferous deposit are impracticable
by reason of the water under which thcy
are submerged. Here, then, is nearly
half year in which the miner is unable
to work. Those who possess knowledge
of that country, obtained by personal ex-
perience. and residence, suuhesitatingly
affirm that the e9streets are solidi6ed dur
inga great portion of the winter, and that
the cold is intense, so much SO as to inter-
diet any attempt at working the mines.--
San Francisco Herald. glda7sgssg,i 81
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Now that he has

respect for the paper Now that he has
left it, it possesses not one redeeming
quality. 1t has been the misfortune of
that paper to be often cursed withincapa-
BILE and dishonest managers. Mr.. Maclane
left it m very bad odor; Mr.. Rinehart
became notorious for his falsehoods and
dishonesty; and a jury of any twelve intel
|ligent Republicans who know the man
Who assumes Mr.. HOLSTERS place, will
pronounce him beyond all question worse
than any of his predecessors.
We have, now, not one particle of re-
spect for the Herald, and what little we
may have to say of it in future will be
said just as an honest man should speak
of wretch whom everybody despises.
The paper will blow out before long, and
many of its political friends say it makes
no difference now how soon. They say
very truly that it is injuring its party, and
is making the establishment of an oppo-
sition paper here an impossibility; and
that if the paper and party cannot be sus.
tanned without such means, both paper
and party may fall. Many of those who
contributed most to establishing the Her.
aid would not now give one cent to pre-
yont Sc doupf,u A'
| The man who now writes its editorials
is ignorant and illiterate, AID as to hi.
morals we can only repeat what we sale
last week. He knows nothing of ou
people or our. affairs, and receives litt!'
countenance from the more respectable
men of his own party. In addition to hi
editorials he writes communications fo
his paper to give it the appearance o
having friends, but his articles can b.
known from those of respectable person
as easily as the trail of serpent can b.
known from the tracks of man. Hi
social position is such that there is scarce
ly half dozen men in the town or count
who will recognize him on the street, ant
it surely will not be expected of us tha
we will sacrifice our self-respect and th
respect of our fellow citizens by regard
ing him as an equal, either editorially o
otherwise.
p p.
| It need not be expected, therefore, tina
we will pay much attention to the Herald
during the little time it will live, unless
has an editor who has some little educa
tion, information, common sense. manlines
of spirit a spark at least of honesty, o.
regard for honest and upright men.
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WHY SHOULD NO T. BANKS BE
TAXED Z

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No one pretends to give an answer
founded in equity to the above question,
and the only reply is "their charter!"
"their charter!" There is a kind of pro-
vision in their charters prescribing the
mannerin which they shall be- taxed; but
that was made at a time when individuals
were taxed by a different rule from the
present. The taxable value of property
was arbitrary; for example real estate was
divided into four classes and each class
was valued at the same per acre-horses
were valued at forty dollars whether good
or bad, &c. Now if it was unconstitu-
tional to change the rule for taxing banks
was it not unconstitutional to change the
rule for taxing individuals? The bankers
say they invested their capital with the
understanding that they were to be taxed
in certain way. With as much proprie-
ty the farmer might have said, l bought
my horse and expected to be taxed only
on forty dollars for him, but the new law
requires me to pay tax on his full value.
| Who complained for the farmer when
the rule by which he was taxed was chang
ed? Who carried the question to the Su-
preme Court of the State, and from that to
the Federal Court for the farmer? Where
/
could the farmer find judges to pronounce
. the new law, unconstitutional? Where
could the farmer find political party
making opposition to the new law one Of
Tits tenets? No where. Such luxuries are
reserved exclusively for bank corporations
The banks carry the question through the
State and Federal Courts; the banks can
find judges to decide in their favor, the
banks can find a political party ready to
stake its success Oh the success of the
banks. Not only this but when the banks
are in danger of. being compelled to pay
their fair share of taxes like honest men
they can find a Republican convention C
nominate judge who will, if elected, de
clare unconstitutional any law which taxes
banks and honest people equally. ala - ?
Tue Democratic party are in favor o
taxing the property of individuals and o.
banks acc ording to its true value; the op
position, if the views of their candidates
are an indication, a:e in favor of taxing
individuals according to the value of thei
/ property, and in favor of taxing banks by
4 an arbitrary rule which releases larg,
4 portion of their taxes. Id ,5as
i We have before US the dissenting opinion
| of Judge BARLEY in the case of Mathen,
and others against the treasurer of Athen
county, and his opinion in the case o
Stunt against the steamboat Ohio, il
which he clearly shows that corporation
] whethersa bank or not, is not such.a con
tract that subsequent Legislatures ma
not tax it, notwithstanding it might hav
bess exempted under the act of incorpo
ration. s4sy he.scz vsz. a1alf SEA
! Judge Barley is q candidate for re
election, and his competitor is the nomi
nee of the banking influence, choose y
between them.s - 5eod5 G s7dST =
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Candidates for Congress in this State.

We have been at considerable pains to-
prepare the following list Of candidates
for Congress in this State. The left hand
column contains the Democrats and the
right hand column the Republicans -
Those districts marked with X are repre-
sented by Democrats in the present Con-
gress: and those whose names are in itat-
tcs are members Of the present Congress.
Dis. Democrats. Republicans.
IL. Geo. II. Pendleton 7. G. Day.
2*. Wns s. GrOesbeck j. A Gurley.
3*. c. l.. TaHa,,diham L. D. Campbell.
A.
5. VIM Mangen Gen. Ashley.
6*. VIM Howard r. w. Clarke.
z. C. W. Blair & Thos. Corwin
g. Gen. Hubbard Beng. Stanton.
9*. L. ". Hall Gen. Carey.
10. Joseph Miller DR.. Trimble.
III. G. d. Martin N. H. Van Worries
l2*. S. S. C,x. Lucius Case.
I3.
IA. j. p. JefTries Gen. Sphinx.
il5*. Jos. Burns. VIM. Helmick.
le. G. w. Manypenny @ B. 7ompAins
liz. b. F. Spriggs 7. G. Theaker.
lS. John l.. Ranney. "a
l9. j. w. Gray Ed. Wade. zs
30. John Hutchins. .raaa-
81. Thos. Means j. d. Bingham.
There is strong probability of Demo
cratic gains In the 5th and l 9th districts
and fair prospect for gains in two others
There is no probability of losing in an.
district now represented by Democrat.
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AN ANTIrsLAYERY- CANDID ATE,
FOR GOV. OF VIRGINIA.

Ine louOWluS caFu appears III tne. aQ-,
vertisihg department. of q Richmond, va,
newspaper sdt noai, ss1aisnaI'f1
'.sTo THE PEOPLE OF F1RGINIA!--I here
by PROCLAIM myself q candidate for the
Office of Governor of 1.-The State off yir-.
ginia, and shall urge, with whatever abil..
ity possess, the wisdom of accepting one
hundred millions of acres efathe public
land, the money aecruing therefrom to be
applied to the gradual extinction of ssla.
very, BY purchasing, the youngslaves and
i their migration beyond. the United States
| Had Virginia applied the hundred mill
lions of acres that she gave to. the United
! States in. 1887, tosthisf purpose, the banks
of her majestic rivers would now be .teem-
ing with a thrifty white population, and
strewn, with cities. villages and cottages.
She would (amoug all of the States of the
4 federal Union) have been FIRST in agricul-
ture,s frst in commerce, and first in man
| ufactures.is Give me- but q fair field TO
combat my riyals--zI ask othersfavor---
ard the triumph shall be mine. aIsaf sys1
/ ,tI our servant, ever faithful and true,
7uoy esR atgiiig HENRY ABRAM.D >
1 Mr.. iAbram writes a noteto the N. Y
4 Erening Post that he5wilr receive such a
4 vote as will astonish everybody but him.
self The Postsaysihereupon'that some
body lis to be o 'astonished --eithera Mr.
Il Abram or sthespublic.i That paper re-
i serves its opinion on the proposed methof
i of making away with the institution unit
/. it is proposed in Congress by the repre-
\ sentatives4 of the slave States Thi
amounts to AN indefinite postp6nement! z
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Mr.. Yaple Leaves the -Republlcaps.


One of the most earnest and able men
elected to the Ohio Legislature by the
Republicans since their Organization, was
Alfred Yaple, of Ross county, He made
distinguished figure in that body. having
the entire confidence. of that wing which
had belonged to the "A merican party, and
having by his capacity for debate, inspir-
ed wholesome respect in the minds of
the Abolitionists who controlled the low.
er House. Mr.. Yaple has left the lRepub-
licans to act with the democracy, and a
large number of the young men of Ross
county have done likewise The base
manner in which the Republicans have
belied thei: profession, and abandoned
their principles, and the impossibility Of
telling what they are after, have been suf.
fcient to make many young men of ability
and energy refuse to go further as the in.
struments of the unscrupulous and worn.
out hacks for whom they gre called upor
to labor. The CAilicothe Adrertiser says
in noticing the position of Mr.. Yaple, tha
there is general refusal among tho young
and ardent men of Ross county to ratify
the doings of the tricksters who met an(
attempted to make a bargain for all Office
of the Districts They will not goit. Mr.
Yaple was to address the people of Chill
cothe last ght.--.Statesman i.slrfaaT
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Wise AMI Clemens Duel What
They fought About. sssi

. The cause of this duel, of which an ac-
count may be found in another part Of this
paper. was about as follows: I'd y raiia.
The difficulty grew out of letter ad-
dressed by Mr.. Clemens to the Enquirer,
stating authoritively that Judge Broken
brough, whose name had been prominent
ly mentioned in connection with the next
goyernorship, was not candidate for that
position, and would not accept the noml-
nation, even if rendered to him. This the
Judge denied in letter to the same pa
per, and asserted that the conversation
which he had with Mr.. Clemens upon the
subject amounted merely to an assurance
that he considered the Office too high eth
er to be sought for or refused, adding that
if it were the pleasure of the Convention
to honor him with the nomination he would
feel bound to accept.
Accompanying the publication of this
letter in the Enquirer, was an editorial
article threatening in the event of Mr..
CIemens's failing to clear himself Of the
suspicious of improper motives which at
tached to him in this matter, TO denounce
him until the retribution of treachery
should ring through every nerve of his
body Mr.. Clemens, on seeing Judge
Brokenbrough's contradiction, addressed
to him note, asking whether he deemed
him guilty of any corrupt motive in repre-
senting him as declining the use of his
N pop,o in oopnaot;op ,yitb tho ooptaot for tb O
Governorship. To this the Judge gave a
negative reply, meanwhile asserting that
this representation was not justified by any
statement of his made in the course oftheir
interview. He attributed it to his impul-
siveness or inordinate zeal in behalf OF
some friendly rival for that Office. an
The Inquirer was not satisfied with
this exculpation on the part of the Judge.
which is attributed rather to charity than
conviction of his innocence of any i'm
proper motives, and accordingly it dealt
out the threatened denunciation in an ar
ticle in its issne of Monday last, which
wound up as follows: .aasa..r taz
Sherard Clemens is guilty of an act oi
SioSc tiOaCuoiy -toWdIuo u uuSc sDIOheu-
through, perpetrated nnder, the guise Of
personal and political friendship; he is
guilty of an act of political trickery, in-
tended to enure to the benefit of some
political aspirant, for the accomplishment
of which he has not failed to resort to
public aud wilful Misrepresentation; he
has; betrayed the confidence of the editor
of the Enquirer, and abused the columns
of the paper by requesting and obtaining
the insertion of these same wilful misrep-
lresentations."
The authorities at Richmond are ma
king, or pretending to make, an investi-
CATION into the affair. The laws of Vir.
ginia, are pretty severe against dueling,
but from what we have seen the exami-
nation, we are of opinion that there is not
much danger of either party being convict
| ed. When question is likely to elicit
anything o. Importance, the witness refus-
es so answer, is committed for contempt
and released by habeas corpus, - taiilt
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1--WE have Piped Unto You and Ye
I'd ir have not Danced. -

'WS udVo IipCo OAtO 4Ou da0 .
20 have not Danced.
The Leavenworth (Kansas) correspen-
dent of the Cincinnati Times closes let
ter of September s, by saying: .
"a paper is now in circulation for the
signatures of all who are opposed to ap-
plying for the admission of Kansas du-
ring the next five years. / have not
heard of single individual who has OBJ
jected to signing. the paper, 1t is the
intention to hold a meeting and devise q
plan by which the desire of the people
may be expressed upon this question =
From present appearances there are not a
thousand people in the Territory in favor
of applying for admission during the
next Congress, atleast" .a..-.f,,,
That is. distressing news for the color
ediopposition. What willthey do if the
people Of Kansas will not dance when
they fiddle SO earnestly? Can't some.
body do something to stir up Kansas? +,
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MAINE ELECTION.


There is little doubt now that the DEM
ocrats have gained member of Congress
in the, Third District of Maine, Mr..
johnson, the Democratic candidate, claims
that his, majority will be about two hund-
REQ and fifty. The confusion in the re-
turns has resulted from taking the votes
for Governor to be the same, in many
towns, as for member of Congress; where
as johnson is ahead of Smith, and French
is behind Morrill,, in many of them thus
counted.a This is glorious news. In the
last Congress it was represented by Alb
bott, Republican. In this Congressional
District and the First and Sixth est the
Repubicans5had an aggregate majority
Of five thousand two hundred and six two
years ago.ad They now have but four hum
dreda and sixtyli Whatalrapidiy. growing
and prosperous: :2arty9the Republican or
ganization is!7EThereiare many Congress
sional Districts in Ohio ,sincluding two in
this county which will show equal Demo-
cratic gains with those in Maine, just quo
ted.-Cn. Enquirer. ,2a6S 5tis It's &
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The Lost Bauoonlst.

The balloon which carried off MIR.
Thurston. the @renaut, On Thursday olast
came down four hours afterwardJ near
Baptist Greek, Canada -Westg 53oY -ot Il
!. Thurston was seen upon it "a short
time before it was secnred, and is proba-
bly, now in the marshes near Lake st.
Clair, Search is being made for him.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-09-29

In noticing the comet last week
tie types made as say north least when we
iutended to say northeast. This lumi-
mfnary Is becoming more brilliant every
night, and viii continue to do SO for two
or thfee weeks, when it will be the bright
est q ffhs Century. s.l-...'.. -. -.
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..IoWAsHINGToN GUARDS.

sAamilitary company has been formed
id washington township, with the above
naths, ana have elected the following Of
sGnptaifi- james Watson, q aezs'
fst Eieut s Samuel Smith, - .4 II
s4hds%fLJohn BcardInore, -. &
e3rdsaaS Daniel States,
sEhsfgn AAdaln Henthorn. a 2 p
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THE SUB.TnEAsURYsLAW.

|
The people of Seneca county have al.
ready felt the advantages Of the Sub Treas.
Jury law. The Tifin Advertiser talks thus
on the subject: sd sssogga e4a
Remember taxpayers of Seneca coun'
ty, that the Sub-treasury law of last winter
has already saved you the round sum oi
$4,342,7 5, and bear in mind, that the Re
publican Commissioners of Seneca county
settled with the late Treasurer forthe
sum Of So, ,434.52s when. according to the
report of the sworn examiner there. was
then in his hands the sum of $9,894,44.
We are particular in giving the figures as
taken from tie official report. Who says
the measures of the Democracy are not
for the peoples interest?'i5 7adl :.
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The Chief Issue Of the Campaign

The Chief Issue Of the Campaign,
The question of decidedly the most
practical Importance involved in the pres
ent campaign is that of bank taxation. =
The result of the State election, or rath-
.er the result for Supreme Judge will de-
determine this point. It will determine
whether from ten millions to fifteen mil
lions of capital is to be taxed at q mere
ly nominal rate, or whether it is to pay
its fair and just proportion of the taxes Of
the State. 1t will determine whether
corporations are to ride down and over
power our laws and our people. 1t will
determine whether in this State the peo-
pie are the sovereigns, or whether banks
are not above the control the peo-
pie. - o
THOMAS w. BARTLEY, the Democratic
candidate for supreme Judge, believes that
the taxing of banking capital the same
as the property of individuals is not only
constitutional but just. Mr.. PECK, the
Republican candidate, is pet and
favorite of the banks, and if elected,
would decide against the law for taxing
banks. If fudge BARTLEY is turned out
and Mr.. PECK substituted majority oi
the bench will be bank men, and Of course
the banks will again triumph over the peo-
pie. m ~ asa
This question presents itself to the
common sense of every taxpayer. Ifthe
law is sustained the tax arising from it
viii be nearly sufficient to pay the sala-
ries of all our State officers and The ex-
penses of-the Legislature. nitl y9da 81
Farmers, mechanics, everybody, here is
question Of plain practical results, and
your votes are to determine it. The
bankers. of course will attend to their side
of it, if the rest of US do not attend to
our side who will? odi fsf ra
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l The attention, Of physicians is
called to the sale, BY the administrator
of the drugs, medical books, surgical in-
strqments, &c. of the late DR.. Clarke
at J4tnesto&n, in this county.
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The44 4eraldsa Reaches the Dirtiest
,ar DeDth Of Degradation. ssao


1Gs aast Hcra1d announces the with
drawal of Mr.. HOLSTERS name as editor.
The causesofdhis withdrawal was, that Ire
wasnofabaeatorprevent the appearance Of
articles ihstiiatp paper which were dis
graceful 70 its editor, and which were de-
grading BIN in D. the eyes of Jall respectable
pesseRgefs al parties who were not aware
that he was unable to presenttheir appear
ance. Mr.; Hollister was a violent politi-
ciaq and not q very. judicious editor, and
it may well be supposed that that paper
had sunk pretty low before he dbaiidoned
it. =; TIE se aEticlss ss Qf which we spoks some
what severely in our last, and his inability
to prevent the appearance Of similar ones
in fdture wese The Immediate cause of his
withdrawal. Notwithstanding Mr.. Hol-
listers violence asa partisan and injudi-
cious course as an editor, his character as
q man has been such as to command some
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A New counterfeit-Bew of it.

A New Counterfeit-BeWare Of 1t.
A new counterfeit on the North Yves
tern Bank OF Virginia has made its APP
pearance within few days. 1t is of the
denomination of five, dollars, on the JEFF
fersonville Branch, Suspension Bridge
vignette. The work is rough and dirty.
There are several diffe.ces between the
counterfeit and genuine bills. The ,6ves
on this plate, payable at Jelfersonville, are
all dated August 18th, IS56-the spuri-
Gus bills are of different. dates. :, The
medallion bead on the upper left hand
corner Of the counterfeit is obscure-in
the geuuine it stands out in bold relief
On the same, corner Of the counterfeit
there are trees on the hill above the piers
Of the bridge in the genuine there are
no trees. Around the: figure 5 in the
upper right hand corner. the word FIyI
is. printed a number of times, in such {
way that you can read each of the words
at glance. In the counterfeit the wore
FIVE, when it occurs below the centre o
the circle, is inverted. .t.zr
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"a JFRE. WrTTEN's Maggie" took
tbs, sesopd, premium ct 1.-The Wheeling Fair
ash broodsmeres Ioddk boa e Nssa
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I MISTER COMMISSIONERS S-dL,E,sxy
pY virtue 81 ar mandate 70 me directed nom.
~ the oCouft-of Gonsn16n ePIeasz Of J afohfJes
County, OHIO, in the.case Of .Thouias Mitchsll
against Mary kirkland, ct al, there will be OF.
fered for sale3 at public ~ thsp front
door of the ,conrts tshouse, in said county, on
Friday The 5h day ofNovcm5sr, 1858,
between tieihours Of O'Clock, 40 NJ, and 81
O'Clock, p. NJ, on said day, the following de.
scribed real estate, Situate In said county, stU
witt -. ~ sstals,sr.s. t,ss, al. "a za9
i The west half Of the north west quarter Of
the south west quarter of section thift -six,, Il,
township three, and range four, containing
twenty acres, moro or less.
b,sa aar. hin 4WM.. .0HEY, Mas Com. r.
Sept. 29..-4S2,76 Mon. Com Pleas.