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When completed il will be two storios in
hight, surrnounted with an ornamental
cupola. The Methodist T., Church have
located and design seen to eomneAcs erect.
ing u University within one.half mile OF
here, which, when completed, will be sec.
ond to none west Of the Mississippi river.
With these facts in consideration, peo.
pie in the States can have no grounds for
hesitatinG to remove here for fear of debar.
ring their children from educational priyi-
leges. A netuL4 'aA Ts.be'
PRAIRIE CITY. u, .4,
Is fairly under way, with more improve.
ments and better prospects than any 9th er
town ou this great middle thorouphfxre.
Such is oUr position, that we defy svccess.
full competition. Our main street alread '
has n business appearance. and seversl
buildings are now IN process OF erection,
No place in the Territory will make greater
returns to the capitalists for moneys In yest.
ed than will Prairie City leI"
TO MECHANICS. H..
No class is needed here more than mo.
chanics, The most liberal inducements ar.
offered them by the Association. One, two
and three lots are donated to them--accord-
ing to the occupation pursued and the
amount invested in improvements. Me.
chanical occupations Of every description
can be followed here with great safety
affording harvests Of profits to the enga.
gers. Families emigrating from the States
generally leave their househ I'D goods behind
to avoid paying the exhorbitant freight.
age up the Missouri, and consequently y
they rely upon the Territory for re.fitout.
Thus it will be seen that the demand for
everything indispensable for Housekeeping
must necessarily be great. ~. f,.s'so'
D People desirous Of obtaining informa.
tion about Prairie City will have all in.
quiries promptly and satisfactorily an.
swered by addressing either in person Oh
by mail the Secretary of the Prairie City
Association.
Gen. JAMES II. LANE, Pres't.
Capt. H. J. CANNIFF, Sec'y. ..lt
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Sewers amt Dead |
IF HE HASN'T DONE MUCH LATELY.
The Sa,O Mills are now running, and
Lumber IS plenty. f" a.'.

lOl yewho are in want Of Houses, listen
IL unto me while tale unfold: fv
/ have it 10 say that / have lately en-.
gagged in my employ some Of the best Car.
penters the country affords; and as building
material is now plenty, l am prepared to
do all kinds of work in my line Of busires,
in the best style of workmanship and with
the utmost dispatch. Gentlemen, please
examine my work, and see for yourselves
I say that for durability and neatness, my
work will compare favorably with that Of
anybody else's, and as for cHEAPNEss. i DEVY
any one to underbid me. ..... t.....
Ny terms are strictly cash.
VIM. SowERS.
Prairie City, July Goth. 1857.
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Never was poor President in such
. prsdicAmsnt ss that in which Mr..
buchanan just now finds himself. His
scheme for thrusting the Kanzas
troubles out Of the way has gone all
wrong, Douglas boards him in the
Senate and forces him to the wall
His KAnzas policy must be crowded
through Congress, unless possibly at
the expense Of the annihilation of the
party that raised him to power, His
secret agents have failed to cause the
Lccompton Constitution to be pre-
pared for presentation vRhout slavery,
and instead Of having effected the pa
cifcation Of Kanzas, he finds civil war
breaking out in the territory while
to put the climax upon the troubles
in that xuarter, his new governor,
Denver. endorses the conduct of Stan
ton, which caused the decapitation Of
that official and made way for him
self And you too, O Denver! In
fact, the President is about to be
crushed between the upper and neither
millstone in this Kanzas business. -
Turn to Utah, and wa find our army
aent to that territory in dsplorable
condition, and evidently at the mercy
of Brigham Young. The govern
ment beef cattle and animals of all
kinds, have been stolen in thousands
by the Mormona, and have perished
by the way marking the track Of the
army with heaps Of carrion. The
whole enormous expense Of the ex-
pSdition is thus worse than thrown
away. 1t is impossible TO avoid the
conclusion that the government has
in this matter blundered most stupid
ly and disastrouSly. And tho case of
Gen. Walker looms up and becomes
Of first class Importance. That in.
dividual's Allibuster expedition ia
ousted out by Commodore Paulding.
The "blue grey eyed man" the latest
edition of the "child Of destiny"
10 an U. 8. prisoner, and the whole
south is suddenly inAamcd with rage
toward the administration, and Mr..
Buchanan must instantly account for
his unprecedented impertinonce in
meddling with manifest destiny
Now, If the federal treasury was
crammed with many millions of gold
seeking dispositions, these things
might be patiently sustained. But
the first move Of this "hard money"
administration, in the first Congress
assembled under its auspices, is to
procure authority for the issue of
twenty millions Of "rags." This is
the latest stylco Of "mint drop" dc.
mocracy. And more than all, the
appointments by the President do not
amount TO fixed facts" He re-
moved McKeon. Of New York, but
cannot contrive TO have his success.
Sor's nomination con6rmcd, and 80
the .obnOxiouS McKeon still holds
office. He has appointed Nathan Cliff.
ford iuatice Of the supreme court of
the United States, but the Senate
AfsV All exciting debate dropped in
definitely the consideration Of that
gentlcmcn's case. Poor old Buck -
C;aeiDnati Commercial.
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RT A newly married couple took
up their residence in Poplar street.
At breakfast next morning, the gen
tleman said to the lady:
;" "My dear, this is Poplar street,
and by putting you [ul in it, it be-
comes popular
"And by putting US [ouo in it,
promptly replied his beltcr-half, "il
will very naturally become popnlous.'
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nv A New York conoorn. late

ET A New York concern. lately
sont consignment Of 5000 pairs Of
Shoes to an auction and commission
merchant Of Davenport Iowa, where.
upon ono Of their enterprisipg news
papers announced to tho world that
during the year sic Mousand soiss had
been added to tbe population Of Da'
yenport.
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Gov. Geary Sustaining the Admin.
-3p 3' isiration. . |A

One Of the queerest bits of news
that has fallen under our observation
for many day, is the following from
the New, York Hsrald's Washington
correspondent. 1t looks very much as
il there were a "niggsr in the wood
pile :" lar,. sa., -,aasl b
"Among the distinguished visitors
Of our wide spread metropolis is Co.
vernon Geary, of Kanzas, who, with
out having called ON the President,
for fear his motives might be impugn-
ed or misunderstood, endorses Mr..
Buchanan's policy, and unhesitating-
ly condemns that pursued by Gov.
Walker and Judge Douglas. There
can be no greater free state man any
where than Gov. Geary; but he has
no idea ofcarrying squattsr sovereign
ty to the red republican point of Gov.
Walker, to Judge Douglas popular
tickle. HO thinks Kanzas will and
ought to be free state, and that the
quickest and safest way ofmaking her
one, is by submitting the Lecomptou
constitution to congress. Once admit
ted as state, the majority in KAnzas
will have everything their own way,
without troubling Congress, or excl.
ting angry feelings among the people.
You may perhaps, hear from Gov,
Geary, and have his views in full"
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p CnAppED HASps.--The application
Of raw lnseed oil at night and morn
ing is said to DO an eliectual cure and
preventative of this troublesome
complaint. ----lM .nll- M
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Medical Notice.

THE undersigned respectfully tenders TO.
a the citizens Of Prairie City and vicinity,
his services as y practitioner Of Medicine
aud Obstetrics G'N VIZ Y.fhNtI ''
In bis practice he never bleedS or blisters; !;
never prescribcs Calomel. Opium, Arsenic =
or any other poison, and invariably has bet
tor succese than those who use those agents..
A supply Of genuine Vaccine Virus ON
hand, and inserted and warranted.
Office and residence corner Of AurorS
and Harris stresses.
II. J. CANNlFF, NJ. D..
e Prairie City, Juns 10th. issJ.
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J CAV Tho greatest pleasure Of lifc
is love; the greatest treasure is con.
tentmont tho greatest possession is
health; the greatest ease 10 sleep; and
the greatest medicine q true friend.
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ny n We could read tho SCORED
history OF our encmies, wc should
kDd IN each mans life sorrow and sue
lcriug snoushto iisarm all our hos
tilitss ~ 1'o.' Wn,' qd' aE I
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GT Old gentleman afIoctionatcly)
My son, why do you chew that
filthy tobacco. Jl. ~ ~.
Prococious youth (stifly )--To got
the juice out Of il, old codger. d,
Freeman's champion., 1858-01-28

Ev" Would you like me to give
you q shilling?" asked little boy
of gentleman he met in the street.
"To be sure ! wohld," was thereby.
Very we'll, then" said the boy, "do
unto others as you would that others
should do unto YOU" ..r a
Freeman's champion., 1858-01-28

RE- Mrs, Browning says: "IhavO
observed that disappointment here
arises chiefly, not from liking. our
friends too we'll, or thinking OF thom
too highly, but rather from an over
estimate Of their liking for and opin-
ion OF u.s." 4pQ8, .l ,.... u..
Freeman's champion., 1858-01-28

Ey A poor lrishman offered .
saucepan for sale. His children
gathered around him. and inquired
Why he parted with il, "Ah my
honoyat'1ho answarsd, ~ would not
10 aitsr parting with IL, but for want
Of a litsls money 10 buy something
10 pnt in 10" n Wg Gi'
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3rPatriek's testimony In tho riot
case-+ " BejaberS, the first man | saw
coming at mo was two brickbats."
Freeman's champion., 1858-01-28

USAppEcrED NY PANIC. ~" How 10
coal this morning." said a purchaser
to an lrishmN II! !ewho was at work in
n copl yard. "Blackrs livsr" said
'Pah, s .s 10 eta tNN ~ b,al llsd
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! Ry- Hezekiah says il his landlsdy
lnSw beams, she would not buy the Az
ticle callod burnt and ground Coffee
Freeman's champion., 1858-01-28

fT-'To be great man requires
only courage cnough to suppor ed
vsrAity, ae-- .-
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LATEST FROM WASHINGTON,
Letter from Hon. III. J. PARROT.
4. KANZAS
VII be admitted into the Union
ander the
LECoMpToN CONSTITUTION II!
4.,asA AND a..
The Union is DiSSolvedl |.
BETWEEN
WINToN & WILLETT,
s OF TEE
PRAIRIE CITY CHEAP CASH STORE /!
Corner Mount Pleasant aud Lane It's.
,. PRAIRIE CITY, KIT. t,

NOTWITHSTANDING this exciting
- state Of things, the people need not at
all feel alarmed for we have \ Constitution
Of our own. which is as deeply engraven,
and which ia cherished with as sincere de-
votion, in the recesses Of our hearts, rs arc
the holy remembranbes of The old Revolu
tionay Patriots Of '76l Yes God bless.
" The Old Bann.r -" The Blood Stained
Standard -" The ,'oPEKA CcNsr,rurIoN r.
Let the tyranical Democratic Congress DARE
to thrust upon our necks the puny bas,ard
conceived Of The Devil and born Of Missouri
pukes and chivalric IONS Of the sunny
south |" We will all rally around our
heaven-blsssed banner and keep its folds
free from waving DER Slavery's polluting'
soil, cen should it cause the crushing into
q thousand fragments the Gibralteric ram.
parts Of our GLORIOUS Unionl" As TO the
union " being dissolved between Winton
and Willstt, that don't matter much, as
JOHN R. WINTON
Is complete UNroN of himself! He has
lately fitted up and removed into splendid
NEW STONE STORE,
Which he has fitted up at great expense,
and is now constantly receiving
New GoodSl New Goodsl
Which he wiH sell on cheap tsrms, and
keep constantly on hand as good
an assortment Of gooas, and
" probably better than 10
keptin any trading
s. house tn this
.. part Of
The Territory.
His stock con-
siStS Of
Dry Goods,
Groceries, Hard
ware, Queensware, Tin
ware, Woodwore, Hats, Boots
and SAoes-and in fact 10 can
please the Jastidious, having on hand
FINE DRY GOODS,
... such as . ..:.
Challie Delains, tN
berege Delalns,
DsbegcS,
Lawns,
.8. Merinos,
nt Ha AlapacaS,
. Ginghs,uS,
'- .a Prints,
Tweeds,
H~a. Gloves,
.a.. " Cassimeres, ' "
Mohair Cloths,
Summer Cottonades, .f 1.
Linen and Silk handkerchief, etc. :
Also Sash, Glaas. Putty, Linscsd Oil and
Turpe,iiine. .'' ~ '.i
Don't forget the place--at the Post Office.
corner Of Mt Pleasant and Lane streets.
JOHN r. WlNTON.
Rrairie City, Jan ~, ls5s--l2tf
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WILLIAM GRAHAM, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Prairie C;tv. Kdnzas. Pa

~ '''' - V"JF NNW'~VVI
II ESPECTFTLLY returns his thanks tor
~ the citizens Of Prairie City, for the libe. :
raj patronage heretofore bestowed upon him, i.
and hopcs 70 merit q continuation Of same.
He will devote his entire attention to the
profession. aud will pay particular Atton.
tion OF operations in surgery. n
Office on Main street. ly
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PRAIRIE.

As fine prairie as there is in this country
lies round about in this region, And many
claims can yet be-had within three, or foul
miles Of the town.
Freeman's champion., 1858-01-28

In this respect, wc think, Prairie City has
the advantage over many othor towns In the
country. While water, as rule, is abund'
ant, aud Of a good quality In tho Territory,
still IL il Of q better quality and more easi'
ly obtained In pome localities than othere
W. think every citizen can have good wa
or IN his yard Al an expense q from twenty
TO fhy dellars. This, IL will be acknowl-
edged, IL q desidcratum Of creator value
than almost any thing olse. II muet be q
great drawback 10 town, whore all the
watsr II brought from, aspiring, or hauled
from the rivcr, or obtained by digging from
Rfy 10 eighty isoi to obtain H. ( ~, !.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES
We can truthMlly say that 10 no part d
Kansas Territory arc tho people 80 blcsaed
with educational privileges as The pcople . Of
this nesiion. On Liberty Hill" within
the city sits. Ia now being erected Semi
Nssy. waich 10 dssigvd sm -four seashsrs'
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county. Out of their abundance oil wealth,
and goodness of heart, they were gong to
make a new seat, and present 1t to the
c7unty, and thought that the gift would be
very gratefully received. He spoke in a
yery affecting manner of the old WORKOUT
town of St. Clairsville. He thought 1t had,
long and faithfully served the county and
that it should now be relieved of further
trouble and expense in supporting the seat.
Mr.. CoMMoNsENsE, was called on, but not
being present, Mr.. ACCOMMODATION wasse I
out to bring him in. He soon returned ~i'h
a plain, unassuming old man, who was in
troduced as
Mr.. CoMMoNsENsE, who spoke as simply
as af he had never felt a patriotic impulse.
He said the county seat belonged to the
whole county. Each man had an an equal
right in saying where it should be located,
and should vote for that place he thought
most convenient. And Whatever place the
majority preferred would have to be submit
ted to bv the minority. He did not think
sectional excitement" upon the subject
would do any good.
The day being far spent, and the Hal
becoming quite cool, while Mr.. COMMON
SENSE was speaking. The meeting adjourned
till Feb. 18th inst, to meet in the samt
place Your Reporter will try and h'
nresent. REPORTER.
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smoothly, but as soon as he come out and
was Jimmy again, the old tricks of the poll
tician we're visible in his every movement.
He, Mr.. Payne, had nearly come to the con-
clusion 20 never vote again. for any man for
the Presidency, who had never travelled
west of the Ohio River. Mr.. Buch nan, Il
seemed to him, did not recognize the exist
ence of a northwest. Mr.. Payne animad-
verted with much severity upon the prOscriP.
tive policy of the President adopted to awe
the party into submission. The Post Mas
tiers at Chicago and at Cleveland, have been
renewed. and also the Post Master at this
place; Mr.. Miller.
The Meeting was addressed also by Judge
D. o. Morton, of Toledo. Gen. Geiger Of
Columbus and Wayne Griswo'd, and Major
Groom, o: Pickaway Co. The Meeting
lasted till about 10 O'Clock at night. The
speech of the "inimitable Joe Geiger'' was
rather a curiosity. He commenced BY telling
the people who he was, what he had been,
what he was a year ago, and what he is now.
The General is a little diminutive rather
trifiing looking kind Of a man; with his
brains apparently on the wrong side of his
herd. But with al his odds apparently
against him, he possesses q combination Of
wit, waggpry and native eloquence, which
render him a highly popular stumper. He
turned his attention pa t~icularly to the pres
eEt position of Dir. Geo. E. Pugh in the U.
S. Senate. He said, "the democrats of the
Ohio Legislature had sent on their resolr-
tons instructing cur Senators, and request
ing our Representatives to vote against the
L%ecomPton Swiadla; but those resolutions
wire PIE aced ~ith some very nice things; "a
the President, yes complimentary. They
had creased his belly with soft butter in
order to reconcile him to what they had
done But what was the fate Of these reso-
l%ulions, "wLy Ben Wade got up in his
place in the Senate, and denounced them IS
infamous, and their authors as Infamous
Tha; they had lost all self-respect, and thai
Illuminating as was the fact, he would have
TO admit TO his southern friends. that slavery
existed in Ohio. These men, from his OWL
proud State OF Ohio, had debased themselves
by their fawning crouching conduct, tina
they were coward and whelps Where, ther
enqu;red the Gen. was onr own democrat
Geo. E. Pugh, did he get up and vindicatt
the honor of his State. No, no, never a wore
did he speak, but sat dumb as a sheep before
his Shearers, silent as the grave. fe ha,
disgraced the party snd the State, ant
would be hurled from power in 1860.
A lot of resolutions were adopted, one o
which advises a State Convention a. al
early day.
Il :ssreported that Col. Nedary is TO sue,
coed Mr.. Miller, here in the Post Office
with the view of controlling the Statesman
and if possible restraining the r~oactory ele
meuts, which now threaten the AnnihiiatioI
OF the Buchanan interest in Ohio.
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sufficient supply of that indispensable arti-
Gle, whisky, that preserves and prolongs the
mortal frame. We can't exis: without it;
therefore, we are bound, bent and deter
mined to have the shire town of Belmont
county removed to a place where we can
get a Wes drap OF the mint ,julip when we
go to transact business. And last but
not least. St. Clai:sville is decidedly too
honest and too mild for the benefit of the
county. She doesn't propagate cheating,
swindliug and shaving sufficiently to have
a s%alutary Effect on the taxpayers, in
sharpening their idea in the chance of ma
king money; in fact, sir, it is susceptible of
demonstration that if the pure spirits of
departed patriots were permitted to watch
over the interests of their posterity in the
present county seat, they would exclaim
with intenseness beyond the reach of hu-
man Imagination o, Temporal! o MOres!
The reasons are obvious why the county
seat should be at either Bellaire, Belmont
or GAINESVILLE. The main reason why it
should be removed to either one of the
aforenamed places is, that either one OF
them is exactly, 10 a demonstrated fraction,
the precise centre of the county. Bellaire,
as you all know. is a thickly settled, popu-
lous city, well fortified in any emergency
with '.reGulGrS'' innumerable at her COM
maud, each enc bearing with him a side re-
rOirer that has never yet been known to
misdo execution; they are all experienced
hands, having practised at the 'target''
until they are so very expert they can shoot
a person 4 hundred Yards Gin the neck) and
never miss. That alone is "strOng as
! proofs from holy writ'' why the great city
Of Beliaire is paramount to st. Ciairsville
As for Belmont or Barnesville, they are
both magniicently situated on a knoll,
suppose the exact centre OF the earth, The
State, and the county. Where is the per
son so shori-siGhted as not 10 see the grea
advantage to be derived from such a super
i%atively grand undertaking. Who woulr
BOT be pleased beyond degree to ride tscenty
eight or thirty miles, instead of seven, on
day when the rain is pouring down mag
niicentiy, and the wind bowling admirably
Ii any one is SO unperspicacitusly tlind o
such a good opportunity Of exercise, the
had better take a premature thought an
stop to consider.
! Perhaps some have not been perspicaciou
!, enough in the expenses that would accru
from removal. Perhaps some would b
well satisfied for the change, if they coul
not presume the cost not extravaganr
f which is sheer foolishness to presume ST
For instance take the amount ST. Clair:
vile claims it would cost, S150,000, the
take the Bellaire sum, $4,000, whic
leaves a very small, insignificant difference
a difference not worth taken into consider
alton, only the small sum OF SI3G 900 di
ference of calculation. In conclusion,
wnu!c say TO those who are biased again:
the removal, to review the many advanta
ges there would be. and then sever tn
chains of prejudice and disseminate the.
generosity, which will be to them throug
, lie Jewels of priceless worth, diamond
set in gold. WHEELING TOWNSHIP.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURsDA, Feb. IS

rep. 10.
Mr. gibson, from the same committee,
reported back ii. No. %: To amend section
10 OF the "Crimes Act" Of March Z, 1855,
with a similar recommendation.
Mr.. HARRISON hoped the report of the
committee On this bill would not be con-
Cured in. The bill was intended to amend
that part CT the old statute, relative to steal
ing Bank bills. A pers. n could not be con-
victed of stealing bank bills under that Sec
lion, unless it could be proven that he knew
they were such. Every lawyer knew that it
was almost impossible to prove this knowl-
edge, and the penalty was often avoided.
Considerable debate here sprung up on
the merits of the bill, MessrS. JONES, AM
BIER, CHRlSTY, PARSONS andWEST
of Logan opposing postPonemont, and
Messrs. ANDREWS, BROOKE. EDISON
and gibson sustaining L.
The question then being upon the en-
grossment and third reading of the bill, Mr..
HUBBELL move that it be engrossed at
the Clerks desk and read a third time now.
MIR. ANDREWS desired TO know what
necessity existed for such hot haste. Were
there any trials for theft On hand in which
the interests Of the State were involved that
it was necessary the bill should be passed
now, to protect the thieves! He should
vote against the motion.
Mr.. CHRlSTY said that if the bill were
to have any retroactive effect, he for one
would not vote for it.
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BURLINGTON. Feb. 18th
UNInNTnWN. O. Erh- lGih-

UNIUNTOWN. o., Feb. 10Th, 1857.
DEAR CHRONICLE: As your columns are
open for n fair aud free expression of pub
lie opinion concerning The removal of the
county scat of Belmont, we of Wheeling
township presume TO deiircate our scnti-
ments on that very important, all absorbing
and self-irteresting question of the times.
In forcing this article in print We assume
the position that it would most emphati-
cally be u laudable movement, and meet
with universal appreciation in this section
of the county to take the %laureis from ST.
Clairsville. In regard TO this subject there
exists much animosity and contrariely of
opinion; yet with Us it is pretty generally
conceived that ST. Clairsville is n place
that does not exhance the value OF the sur.
rounding country; it is a place that a pound
of butter and a shanghai chicken will stock
the market. II ence the superlatively grand
and great reason Tor removal. Another ar
ument is St. Clairsville does not keep a