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SENTIMENT nv ILLINOIS D0UGLAS ON THE
FUGITIYE-SLAYE LAW,

We permitted to publish the following private let
ter from Illinois addressed to friend OF the writer in
this city 1t will be that it written before the
Freepo speech of Judge Dougias had been delivered
ION tho 27th ult in which the Judge repudiated tho
Dred Scott decision
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RATES OF AiyRRrnNe

Egh lines less make sqnare Ionger Averiemcnt
proportion payable
twice or thrice week will be charged S cents r each
insertion alter the nrsi Advertisements week tho ss SO
cents for each Insertion Special notices charged double
the foregoing rates.
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BANK STATEMENTS.

The following ia comparative statement of the con-
dition of the banks Of the city of New York, August
20 and Sept. #' eHaEg Ut .#gaHtH.4 as.1a" "a.
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31S GREAT ECONOMY in FUEL. 31S

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o" NV which Il IL nrnnasad ~ , ji s, IN, y m M ay a
ekpsuhsi " VIM 'o'ou y saw iupy onenai Vi INC lue
oy ~" ar ~ oT h ss,nv , r r e m w ~ oha,,y a M
',"e NJ. ,na. ~. :. ~. - ~ ~ a' ,u'
@ w ar re ous I hsss ns', % up @ Gs
crate pnng with tho smoke and gas passing in nr upler he
bake oven The gas burnor in shape resembles the having
an extra large large attached behind which
constantly supplies boiling water s35 - EIH
These gaburnes by Cares Eddy
Co. Of Troy New York genuine without their names
cast on The stoves Thsre spurious article manufactured taken
from their patent which introduces the the top the coal
would say my rs and the public be and get the genuine
few Of celebrated Rising
much better oasier and baker an the Old Morning Star o. any
being heavier having rose
G. wooDwARps,
s'p - - 9'e, A1 =, ae rae,oy.
[(OBES LES---Just ont by the = Arabia -
Robes popcIme hit t#lfA
Robes dcux yoants (. -.fE 4
ept cashneres
New stye autumn ribands tt .a5 n
Mnntla shawis l. tt M ft 4# # al.a 44
many stylish reliable Gibrics
Our northern and correspondents supplies
daily '5t3a .'H..' ''.fTt
One price only marked in plain figures which
vantage ts purchaser with telling goods
class
Wo are not opepine any new accounts E
presented their amount In cash.
will our purpose. fl
strangers inspect stock
1t incurs no obligation 10 purchase. .tE
a.l PERRY & BROTHER U
Central Stores west bnildinp
Son o-10df onn,slo Centre N,rhet
~ - ,,1; :. !, :, -
| AGE SElD AND UlnER BEMBltUll)ERllS.--
IL Just out by the last steamer large and very select assor
New supplies from our northern ami eastern daily
class works much 70 the advantage e ta purease " '
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Mr.. Keilum Myers, OF Burlington, ~ j.. accidental,
shot himself on the 9th inst while out hunting
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nHE GREAT WONDER OF THE NINETEENrn

Century, Professor WOODS Hair Restorative.
SAYS the (O) Below publish
gcntloan Maine which
mgy superior merits Of his hair tonic Such evidence must
have lis coming reliable Hcefeates
are truth the Doctor needs enoomian useless
pufiFy from the press tl}fet 'ti'4i
.taHH BATH, (his.,) Jan. 20, 1856.
pRoy o WooD Co.; Gentleinon Having my called
few months the gLy benelea hair
i've induced make application OF il upon my hair
which lnd quite gray probably third white
were Some months since
bottle your Restorative and used
nr5ylne what suce
bottle o which have used certify
10 Inc white totally disappointed
ON my my hair has resumed
believe and glossy han has been beoo for twenty
years old good wife at The age
tSo has used 4 with tho same effect ft'tt
The above you for your discovery
am whoever viii rightly per directions VIII
have occasion contradict my statements citizen this
city resident here for the last fifteen years.
nearly eyory and adjoining
Of tn above with my attached Is at your service wish
preserve beauties Of othofs well
ann truly, yours,
A. O. RAYMOND,
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ILL., State Nat, Dem. Central Committee.
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PATENTS.

From the Cincinnati Scientific Artisan subjon the
following which will be found useful Information in
vcntors. The following considered patentable sub
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WILD CATS.

A gentleman having in his possession
ten or twelve hundred dollars on a GER
tain banking institution away out West,
went up to the counter, one fine morn
ing, and addressed the teller in the fol-
lowing language:
Good morning, sir. Beautiful wealth
er, sir. 1 have something over a thous-
and dollars worth of your money in my
pocket. Do you redeem?'
The teller says:
Good morning, sir; smiles blandly,
and answers, we redeem, sir, but we DO
not pay spedie.'
DO not pay specie, hey? Suspended
I suppose?'
Suspended
'What do you redeem with?' was the
next question.
with bills on other banks replied the
clerk, pleasantly.
And those, presume, are also non
specie paying banks ?
Very probably they are, sir bowine
very politely.
We'll, then, what kink of bills can yor
give me?'
Most any kind, sir. Give you Re,
Cat?'
Can't stand it.
well, then, how's Grey Cat?'
'Tain't worth a snapp
Well, I'll try and accommodate yo
with White Cat
1T wouldn't be any accommodation g
all. 1 don't want your Internal VIII
Cat money-neither Red Cat, Grey Ca
Black Cat, White Cat or Tom Cat.
wouldn't use it to litter horse with
Havn't you got some money on Easter
banks ?
No, sir softly and very polite, 'Eas
ern banks are principally specie-payin
I institutions.
. IF not Eastern, then, have you bill
a on any other banks That do pay the sp.
!, Gle 2
= NO, sir, bowling most courteously.
We'll, them drawing his package fro
: his pocket with desperate expression
r countenance, can you givs me toJera5
It erecuted counterfeit bills on any bank til
does pay specie 2
i No, sir very loud, and looks as if
felt insulted.
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rible charge on which Cromwelrs eye
rested with the deepest anxiety, the sun
rose over the naked hills, and, struggling
through the mist that was gently moving
away from the battle field, sent bis level
beams athwart the comningling hosts.
So did the sun rise on Napoleon al
Borodino, As he stood and surveyed the
deld on which two hundred and sixty
thousand men were moving to bagile,and
the sublime expression burst from his
lips, Behold the sun Of AusierElE : But
Cromwell, carried away by higher SEN
Itiment than glory, gave vent to his emo
tions in sublimer language. As the
blazing fire bali rolled slowly into view
and poured its light over the scene, hc
burst forth 'LEr Con ARlsE, and 10 his
enemies Be scattered !" Ay, and they
were scattered. The right wing broken
and disordered was rolled in a confused
mass upon the main body Of the army
and the panic spreading, these twenty
thousand men became a cloud of fngi.
tives, sweeping hither aud thiIher ovei
the field. At the base Of Doom Hll, OF
which the enemy had been encamped
Cromwell ordered a general halt; an,
while the horse could be rallied for th
chase, bade the army sing the hunlrel
ana seventeenth Psalm At the foot G
Doom Hill there we upIih it to the ton
: of Bangor, or some still higher score AN
roll It strong and great against the sky
As the mighty anthem died away on th
field the shout of battle was again hoart
and the fierce cavalry drove amid th
broken ranks, riding down the fugitive
and sabring them without mercy, till d
ground was covered with the dead.
Three thousand were slain and te
. thousand taken prisoners; while iiiiee
g thousand stands OF arms, two hundrc
!. stands of colors, and twonty-seven ca
-. non, remained as spoils to the victims.-
:; It was an utter rout 10 the Scotch % Il
whole country around became covert
p with a disorderly multitude, throus
-. which the steady squadrons Of the r
b publicans galloped without resistance.
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in her life-but, on the whole, she had
thought highly of the deacon, and, to cut
short the matter, accepted him.
A month afterwards she was installed
as mistress of the deason's large house,
somewhat to the surprise Of the village
people, who could not conceive how she
had brought him Over.
Some weeks after the ceremony the
deacon ventured to inquire about the pot
Of gold which she had found in the eel
lar.
POT of gold ? she exclaimed in sur
prise; i know of nose.
But said the deacon disconnected
you know you asked me whether the
law could claim it,
%, lor !! deacon, only asked from earl
osig.'
/ And was that the reason you made in
/ QulFl6S al Jne Dalk
! Certainly. What else could 1t be 2
The deacon went out to the barn, AM
for abou. half an hour sat in silent medi
tation. At the end of that time. he ejac
ulated, as a closing consideration, 'Afte
all she makes good mince pies ?
1t gives me pleasure to state that th
union beteween the deacon and the wit
ow proved very happy one, althoug
to the end of his life, he never could quit
make up his mind about That Pot {
Gold
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II. POOR.
Brooklyn, Aug, 1858.

TCRsirs.-Common turnips may be
sown from the middle Of July 70 the mid
de Of August. We prefer the last week
il July, if ihe weatber Is not too dry
Almost every farmer has patches Of rich
low ground. where the young corn has
been destroyed by the vet weather Of the
past month, and such ground IS generally
well suited for toruips, # vel pIowed
and pulgerized. Or shat Is slill better,
clear ap q piece Of nea ground, where
free from grass and weeds, and after
glowing or well narrowing. sow the seed
az the rate of ono pound 70 ille acre, and
eoyer with a brush barrow Mime Far
Bgegs
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"a Whatever may be the course you
have chosen, or are about TO choose, how
ever varied may be your pursuits, sue
cess is the goal which you wish to reach
And let me tell you, that without this
quality success in any undertaking can
not be achieved. Your wavering maa
however favorable bis circumstances in
variably fails; the man Of unbending
decision, however formidable the opposi
ton with which he has TO contend, gen.
orally succeeds. Obstacles disappear a
his bidding, mountains becomes plains be
fore him, hostile influences are pressed
into bis service, reYerses are made th'
stepping-stoues TO victory. Other mes
insensibly fall into the current Of his IL
flexible will. lie bends circumstances
to his purpose, and creates his own posi-
tion.-Rer. lin. LGadels.
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WHITE WEED---S0W GRASS.
SEED.


'''9 WV ,''''e ''''S } !"
'~ - ','''' ss''''''s' nus '''oi'' a
"",''','o :" ''','y eNe's ,a."
T" III" -''s''''o, many beautiful uelds
~ " WINS va" y a. !" ''aae''e' WIN
''"s ~ ,''u-"'''eF' /" was SO
'''''' '''' "o''''''''''On' anu my 'a'hef $
'''s '"'' ''"' every peef'ns ol'sS0m
" - ''''''' o', VI ''' s,ess-''e''' ana
'' '"' " ''e''i '9 " sur
.'' "'''t ''"'' '''o I '0's o. a cancer
""' '''' '''''. 0''' ''' 'fs " ~ Tolerate
''''' y ''.' = ''' grass 'e'h' any more
''''' e''S i o-' s"'oe'' o' oo''''Ie'u
'''''. y" " 'o'''''' ! 'eSo'''es " Seiii'sh
''o''i ''''@''' =" " '''" years i'''ie else
-" wv ",''' '' us '"'ge o. 'a'ue
0P '''" 'oos Tue 'eeu'"s
.''' " :" you' '''e,-
... ..-.,....
-.
J 1t a Is the pest / Judge it 10 be, this is
lae une TO put IN the Double Eagle
80" """ give u berth as near Sym
heS l'ole ~ possible II Il can make
I ''s way 10 me opposite hemisphere, /
"o0' say eooa ''oo"hee' and many a
''''''''' "ouia say "Heh'
NO" upon ''"s virgin lnrrow, harrow
IA your grass seed and your crop will be
doubled the next year with pure bay
ana not "i'l'e weed which cannot be
called bay No loss OF time or Of
crop
ihe Ni'ch'gan or Double Eagle Plow,
"lh i's sSlm s""rd moaid-board and the
large mou'd-ooard' euries it so deep,
leaving the iurrow pu'ver'@ed even, and
J." 81. 'onAI''on 70 plant corn--is lar ahead
d lot the other good plows that turn solid
r slice turrow. Your readers viii have
observed 10" quick twiteh grass will
c start Hp hoiwccn .hy burrows Of the COM
d mon piow, (yet / should use it TO bury
h white weed r the other could not be OBJ
= raiprdl bur with fine Donbla Fo.,e ne 7
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A SHOCKING DEATH.

We have received the particulars of a
terrible accident which resulted in death,
occurring in the township Of Brandord
on Tuesday last. Mr. Bradley, the pro
prietor Of the Anchaster Saw Mil, while
at work was caught in the breast by "A
circular saw, and instantly cut through
the body. lis liver was torn out and
thrown q distance Of some twenty feet
across the mill. A most extraordinary
circumstance connected with this fright
ful event, is related by parties in whose
words we have implicit confidence, and
was witnessed by a large number of the
unfortunate mans neighbors, who were
present at the time, and who had been in
the habit Of congrceating in the mill 70
witness the operations of the saw. After
he had been cut through tho body be
arose from the floor on which he bad fall.
en-. and lifting portion of bis inte tines
which, with other parts ofhis mangled
body. lay scattered walked for
ward with it several feet when he sal
down and expired, without uttering ,
word from the moment he received hi
fatal wounds, The scene presented Il
+ the eyes OF the spectators IS said to hay'
+ been one Of horroF,and calculated 70 shoci
the sjoutest and most hardened heart
Hiuihoa, &C. ~ Times
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e. Fortunately for lae world there
have always been here and there iadiyid-
nals, who have stood oas as exceptions
n the dominant ones Of their secl and
their time, rising above the power If hn.
laan influence, and asserting The iigl,ei
claims Of truth ard right, 10 spite Of tie
forms and rebukes u rank and siafi9u.-
Justin Periiss, II. n.
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GT Judas may diyesi himself II bis
body, bn be does not thereby lay aside
his guile. tie may paft wuh iis life :
bat sin does not on this account depart
from hifn. he can leave the world, bat
lis implous act follows hin across is
baunaaries.- KrnmmaeIey.
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G. Christ Herer seems 20 us 20 svee.
and glorious ~ when be orbs hiaseIi
over Tie sea u oar simfuiaess aaa ingFa-
liisde.-E Essfksr.
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Mar may err, and be forgiven bat
poor woman. with all bis temptations,
ai,d bul baifh bis strengths placed beyond
the bope d earthly salFaiiou, if she but
ogce be tempted into crime.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-08-20

"a There are two ways Of escaping
an angry conscience--by eeasing from
the evil that proyokes, or by res0.utely
refusing to hear It IFS voice, which coon
amounts to sileneiag il forever.-Rsr.
Bm. Areher Bul.r.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-08-20

C. II tbe say y Heaven lie narrow
IL i 20 BONG asd + tlla gate BE- slsalgl#,
i osans iaso sBdless life Bsesrlage.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-08-20

Gy The simple truth j., whatever Is
evil is 70 b. assaulted with right good
earnest. Enough TO know that anything
iz truly hostile to man, TO justify Us 80
eontending against IL with ail our might,
and ali our strength, with al. cur skill,
and our patience Vim. AdaBts, u. u.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-08-20

G. True faifb Is twilight, the assur-
aaes of faith is suasiine.- In. Cum
ming.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

TnE EPIDEMIC. The epidemic has pla
such fantastic tricks, making man ami
doubt angels weep, since 1t obtained n tt
ing here this season, that we have refrai
almost entirely from offering opinions on
state of the disease, or its probable contl
ance, contenting ourselves with ,ying bet
our readers the plain figures furnished d,
by the B ard of Health The oadvout Of
weather last week, and the attenlent
crease in the mortality, and the wish
pressing on our mind the thop !ht, led Us
Sunday last to give expression TO hope
and rather confident opinion that he ~,
time" SO long expected, was on the w
and It's arrival within time that could
most be tixod, might be counted on.
The record published above of the fal
work Of the yellow lever during the last tn
ty hours for which we have report, sppea
to give terribly sad and positive denial
the idea of the wOrs having been passed I'll
middle of last week The Howard. we vi
derstand, had considerable more calls yes
tereay than any previous day since the ep
demic commenced, nor could the Chart
Hospital givea gratifying report.
Yet, and we must confess the anticipate
to be of the most sanguine kind, prrha
this record of the victims may be the utmo
fury of the death dealing destroyer. An
how, for the present, and until more chez
ing signs are observable to indicate tn
sickness is with certainty abating, it wou
be well for our own citizens who have tra
eled North this summer, and particular
strangers from any section of the country,
wait little longer" before visiting or con
ing home to us. BY and by, the Crescel
City will be prepared to meet all come
with its usual hospitality, and offer the unlin
tied capabilities for business and pleasul
both.--N. 0. True Delta.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

B6S@ Our correspondent TX" wants to
why we are not q candidate for Military dis
ton. We thank him for the complimen
own question calls forth in his letter The
is, so many of our editorial brethren are
office, we feared. as it was, that the people
grow suspicious of the fraternity, and be,
have apprehensons that, as the Clutch
Holland" so the editors would take Ant
We concluded, therefore, not to join the Ell
aspirants after military laurels Two
reasons assisted our conclusion-we have
grand disgust for much continue exercise,
fear general muster would be the dea
us and then we would nave to crow an imp
which we abominate, for deuilish good rea
without which no man shouli accept mil
once. Our friends of the Advocate and
Will please excuse this honest expressic
oFlnlon-nothing personal intended
The ''cher petit amf' to whom TX" refe
grleve to state, non est. She Is, most unfort
ly a myth, an unreal fabric of the fancy
whom he, and we, and all bachclo RS, occasi
dream. All could we transform our
into flesh and blood, and fact and subst
how happy would we all be! We leave
question to philosophers.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

n6S- The Vicksburg Whig, after paying our
head compliment, recommends that we ''get a
new one IA feminine one) by way of addition-as
two heads are better than one." He has hit the
nail on the head, and said the very word which
has been sticking in our throat for 10! these
many days. In truth we have been wanting a
help-meet for us almost as long as our friend
Partridge himself. We would feel bound to vote
for him for Colonel on the score of sympathy,
Wefe we resident of Warren county. Sub rosa-
RaEfidge wants epaulets to assist him in getting
vIfe Success to his efforts for both the Col
oneley and hoops.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

CMcAGO.-We judge from the following that
fortunes in this city are sometimes very easily
obtained
produce operator, from the State of New
York bought lot of :" stub tail" corn ON apecu-
lation put it safely in a stOrehOuse, then amused
hlmself at billiards, hOrse-riding, carriage prom
eaAdipg, and very severe spree, the latter occu
ping alone the space of some four or Eve days
VEN he recovered, the first thing he asked fol
vas cocktail the second, newspaper. He
Io4nd from the market reports that corn had sc
risen In price that he coIld sell at profit Of
eleven thousand eight hundred dollars! OF course
ne improved his chance, pocketed his money, and
vent home to his wife and children wiser and 0
better man."
We should say he was crceediagly rs1 eOrnec
m this "spree, and few will have the hardihood
= serm his bal example. This !" city of en-.
ebAntment" must be gOoi place for capitalists
I'd spcculatoTs.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

THAT PIorURE.-Wc recorded last week the
luck of the Democrat in being the recipient of o
fne picture of Niagara Falls through the polite
ness of Mr. Henry Lord Of Canton No sooner
had our paper been distributed than married
signs Of haste, making the proposition that he
should take the Incompatible lithograph, and
put it in an elegant frame, to be returned, frame
and ALL when ,ce wsre married. We accepted his
offer 60 Instant Our unmarried female acquain
inent
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

The shipments of cotton for the pre-
season have a decided tendencY up str
instead Of down the river to New OrI
as has been the case heretofore. NJ
Thomas II. Williams & Co., agents .
St. Louis and Memphis packet line, an
the St. Louis, Al,on, and Chicago rail
inform us that during the past few days
have shipped upwards Of one thousand
bv the above packets, all of whi II was
signed for manufacturing towns in the \
and East, and is TO go the entire way tc
points Of destination by rail, from ST. l.
On yesterday The above firm shipped
steamer las. II. Lucas 700 bales of co
$40 of which were to 60 over the Missis
and Ohio railroad to Philadelphia, and
TO Coho's, New York. A portion of
balance was to pass over the Wabash
Great Western road. Contracts were n
for most of these shipments, guarante
that they shall reach their destination
fifte days from the time Of shipment /
The short time in VIII Oh cotton is rece
at tho manufactures over this route, is
princlp.l iuducement for its shipment.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

B6y- Since the Democrat has been upon ''the
stage of acticn," it has received not more than
two numbers of the Natchez Free Trader, and we
believe only one of the Courier We would like
these journals to make more frequent visits Not
70 mention the valuable information with which
their columns teem we would at least like to see
the daily number OF deaths under the hill and
on The hl and to learn if Gen. Wood has ceased
to perpetrate deliberate murders upon the mem
bers of the Turtle family.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

ELECTIONS The candidates have b.en doing
their best on the quarter stretch this the last
week allowed them. They are an exceedingly
urbane set of people-were it not for our uncon-
1uerable Washingt1nian principles, their polite
ness would undoubtedly h I'VE givenus hedoy ha
and headache AS it is, we have q head sufi
ciently clear for prophecy, ndconadently predict
that those gentlemen will be elected who get the
largest number of votes. The rest will be de.
feated.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

yellow FEVER IN New YoRK.-The Tri-
bune of the 21st says: At Quarantine there
has been but one new case Of fever, and
tha at was on vessel in the stream. There
are no new cases reported either in this city
or Brooklyn.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

NATenEz-The Courier of the 2sth
reports five or six cases Of yellow fever
lin Natchez on the Hill" We hope for
tie sake of our Natchez friends, that as the
Yellow Jack, 'like the King Of France,
marched up the hlI," that it will "march
down the hill again .''-EagIe.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

On DT.-We have positive information
that duel was to have been fought yester-
day between Two prominent citizens oil Issa>
quena county, Miss. But as we have not yet
learned that it came off, we fotbear mention
ing names.-Jackson Eagle.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02

"IHtvE MANY SHIPS AT PEA" an extract sent
70 us for republication by lady of Holmes
county, will appear in our next issue. We are
a'ways happy to accommodate the lales, more
pccially when their selections are SO tasteful
and pretty.