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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-07-23
The Atlantic Sub-Marino Gable.

Considerable uneasiness is felt about the
success of this enterprise. The feet has
at last been heard from, however, which,
under the circumstances, gives hope of
success. A vessel (the Blue Jacket, from
Liverpool arrived on Monday, at St.
Johns, n, F., reports seeing the vessels
on the oath of June,-but, as the captain
had no code of signals, he could not COM
municate with them, though signals were
make to him from the fleet This is pro-
voking. The fleet were then fourteen
days at sea, and the latitude and longi-
tude (5l 30 north, 90 wcst) show them
not to have been far from mid ocean, and,
therefore, near the place appointed for
splicing the cable. 1t will be remembered
. that the arrangement before leaving Eng
land was, that the wire should be united in
lat. so OF, long. 93 IS, and it was ex-
pected that operations for depositng it in
its watery bed would commence about the
Goth of June-that is to say, four days
before the feet was fallen in with by the
Blue Jacket The weather, as we have
seen from the reports of about every yes
sci crossing their track, has been anything
but favorable for the work, and so a libe-
raj allowance must be made for delays and
miscellaneous incident under these cir
cumstances to the nature of an enterprise
which is, after all, but magnificent ex-
pertinent.
Nineteen days have thus elapsed since
the Blue jacket passed the vessels, in or
near mid ocean. If it took them fourteen
TO get there, it is but reasonable to allow
them, say twenty days or more, to work
their way back to the opposite shores
their speed being necessarily much reduc-
ed under the process Of paying out the
cable If everything goes on well, then
and if this calculation holds good-it
will be time enough to expect the arrival
Of the Niagara at Trinity Bay the last of
this week or the first part of next. And
If from bad weather, the commencement
of operations after they arrived at the spot
was delayed, the time Of the arrival may
be still later. 1t must be recollected that
che feet were to 90 to the rendezvous
under sail and not under steam. A steam
er under sail is not less liable to be baffi ed
by wind and weather than properly rig
ged ship, and it has never been the Gus
tom to count with precision or certainty
upon the hour or day that a ship will
complete sea voyage Of voyage Of fifteen
hundred miles. Orders were given to the
respective commanders Of the fleet of the
following tenor: If the cable should break
after certain length (25O miles, had
been paid out, it was to be reunited after
recovering as much as possible; and il
euea breakage occurred after more than
that length had been laid from each ship,
and before soundings of two hundred
fathoms were reached, the efforts should
be abandoned and the ships should return
10 Queenstown for orders. in the latter
contingency we shall have to wait some
time for information.
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Republican County Convention.

A Republican County Convention will be held
at the Court House in Paw Paw, on Saturday the
18th day Of August next, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the State Convention to he
held at Detroit, Aug. 10th, and to the Senatorial
and Congressional Conventions: aud for such other
business rs may come before the meeting.
A.mona. Antwerp, s. Arlington, Il Bloom
ingdale Bangor, 3 Columbia, 3 Decatur,
Deerlield 2: Geneva, ?; Hamilton, 81 Hartford, 3;
Keller, 5 Lafayette, S Lawrence, 4; Porter, 4;
Pine Grove 3 South Haven, . Wayerly, 3.
FABIUS MILES,
NELSON ROWE,
s. III. BLACKMAN.
Rep. Co. Committee.
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Reuublican State Convention.

A Republican State Convention, for the nomina-
ton of State officers, will be held at the City OF
Detroit, on Thursday, August 18th next, at IL
o'clock, NJ.
Each county will be entitled to two Delegates
for each Senator and Representative in the State
Legislature. Where two or more counties are uni
ted in one Senatorial District, the two counties
having the largest population will each be emit
tied to one Senatorial Delegate.
Each organized county having no representative
will be entitled to one delegate.
y. VI. EDMUNDs, W. W. MURPHY.
NJ H. MILES, MARSH GIDDINGs.
EUGENE PRINGLr, CHAs. L. GORHAM.
JAMES SULLIAyN, Il. Il. TRowBRIDGE.
J. j. NEWELL. State Central Committee.
Detroit June 23d, 1853.
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WHAT NExr "A pate ut has been Is
sued for an improvement OH skirt hoops
Not being up in those things, We cannot
explain III what particular tne new article
IS an improvement On former efforts, but
W. give the specification OF tlc pateutee,
which will probably be all plain to the
shi t cncir,led though it is all Greek to
Us lie claim "tao peculiar formation
Of slide, made Of brass or other metals /;
also the securing the hoop to the perpen.
di:ular straps, aud the formation Of a bus.
tic or corrugated projection on the upper
hoops On che back % II skirt
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Bsly~ While it was doubtful whether Da-
Wis head was doomed to roll from the
block to make complete the hecatomb of
Douglas men to sacrifice to the Buchanan
Deity Lecompton, it was boldly asserted
by the leading locofocos in this vicinity,
that the Democratic party was dead, past
resurrection, if Bagg should be appointed
in his Davis place.
But now they have found an antidote
for all their ills Let Buchanan and Cass
do what they will, no discussions can be
henceforth created in the Democratic
ranks. The prisoners in the Jail of Van
Buren, county have broken out This
fact will harmonic all the discordaut ele-
ments in their ranks; Lecompton and
anti-Lccompton are all one now; Buchan-
an and Douglas may now embrace each
other; Cass aud Stuart are no longer at
variance Such is the fact if the frolick-
ing correspondent of the Free Press is a
true exponent of that party. He seems
to be highly "tickled" at his recent dis
covery, and has doubtless with his " breth-
rem" had frequent publications. over this
universal panacea for the numerous ills
that have afflicted the democracy for the
past year.
In one Of his ecstatic moods, he proceeds
to pitch into the County officials
with a wonderful deal Of gusto. He says
"The campaign opened with the attempt
to capture Charley Cross, and since that
time, it has been prosecuted with unaba-
ting vigor, until our Jail has been stocked
with crminals". Now the correspondent
of the Free Press knows nothing at all
about what he asserts, or he knows this
statement is tdlss.
Instead Of the campaign opening with
the attempt to capture Charley Gross, there
have been complaints made and investiga-
ted almost every week, since the Circuit
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Slavery in Missouri.

An agitation is in progress all over Mis-
souri,, on the question OF making that a
free State. The main argument of the
pro-slavery party against 1t, is that ad-
yanced by the st. Louis Republican, to
the effect that it would cost to much to
pay for the freedom Of the slaves. 10
tins the st. Louis Democrat replies that
1t is not necessary to pay for them, and it
proceeds to show by statistics how the in-
crease Of free emigration carries with it
the natural dimInutlon of the slaves, by
the following counties
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Did not the Democracy of this State
support Gen. Cass in 1913?
Did they, at that time, sustain the doc
trine of Squatter Sovereignty, as expound-
ed in the Nicholson Letter?
Can you find anything in the Republi-
can Platform of 1856, denying to the peo-
pie of the territories the right to determine
their own institutions when they come to
form State constitution
Did not the doctrine Of Popular Sow
eighty, as expounded in the Nicholson
Letter, and the Nebraska Bill; and as
proclaimed by the journals and orators of
the Democratic party from 1854 to 1856,
declare that the people of the territories
In their Territorial capacity have the right
and the power to determine whether sla.
very shall exist among them or notY
Have they not since repudiated that
doctrine, and now declare that the people
of the territories have no right to prohibit
or prevent the existence of slavery among
them
Did not they hold the doctrine in 1S49
and 1850, that the Territories of New
Mexico and Utah were free territories, and
that slavery was effectually prohibited
therein by force Of the existing Mexican
laws?
Do they not now declare that slavery
and not freedom, is the legal condition OF
these Territories by force Of the constitu-
ton of the United States
Did not their editors and orators, in
1854, proclaim that slavery could not ex-
list in Kansas, that it was precluded by
the laws of immigration, by the laws of
climate and productions, etc.
Has not the result shown, and have
not they since admitted, that slavery has
existed and does exist there; notwith-
standing a very large majority of her PEG,
pie are violently opposed to it?
Do you not, By your support Of the
present administration, endorse the Lee
compton Constitution, and the action Of
the democratic party in Congress in favor
of it, together with the English Substi
tute
And have you not admitted, in CONVEX.
sation, that the English Substitute, so.
called, looked very much ike prescribing
one rule for the admission of starr state
and di6;&cat rule for the admission of 1
free state?
| think, if you answer all the foregoing
you will find that have laid out sufficient
business for YOU for the present.
In my next / shall attend to your ques
tons relating to the compromises of 1886
and the Missouri Compromise, and the
legislation of 1850 and "a, etc. AND
then sal have some ques ions for you
in relation thereto
Now sir you have inrjted me to this
discussion, and Notwithstanding you threw
out some personalities, ] have avoided re,
taliation ON that point, and have cndeay-
ored to answer your questions as fas as
gone, with candor and lrankness. And
as you have, in a subsequent issue, cx-
pressed your willingness to enter into
"HoNoRABLE COMBAT" with me on these
subjects, l trust, that, avoiding personali
ties and slang, you will apply yourself
frankly and candidly to the subjects ii
hand. b.
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The Democrat also points TO st. Louis,
St. Charles, Usage, Harrison, Crawford,
aud twenty other counties, III which sla-
very is fast disappearing. 1t Is most
curious fact that these counties arc most
~ in the middle and southern sections OF
the State OF those we have named,
81. Louis, st. Charles, Osane, Cole, Gas
conade, and st. Francois, lie along the
Missouri river from Its mouth to the cen
Ter Of the State. a few years ago this
sery same river was infested by Iawless
bauditti, who refused to permit tree emf
grafton by that channel to KaLs,s 1t
seems that, like the dog IN the liable, IN
grasping at a shadow they have lost a
reality.
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18
agricultural.
aange In lhe' Policy Of Ohio Far
mers.

A strect corner conversation, on O
nold day, with party of intelligent
farmers from the great Miami Valley,
puts us in possession Of the fact that
the farmers in that region do not fat
ten more than one-fourth tho number
of hogs which they were in the habit
Of making marketable four years ago.
A very large number Of first class
farmers do not attempt to tatten more
hogs than to supply themselves with
meat. The hog crop was short in the
Miami Valley last year, and will this
year fall far below the last years fig
ure. There is a vast yearly increase
Of the breadth of ground devoted to
wheat and other small grains, and to
grass. 1t has been discovered that
the continued culture Of land in corn,
and Wholesale putting OF corn into
hogs, uses up land at Il runous rate,
for which hog money is not sufficient
compensation. Besides It is pre-
vailing impression that raising wheat,
barley, oats, potatoes, hay, ETC., and
having droveS OF sleek horses, cattle
and sheep for market is more ciyili,
zed business than swine culture. Aud
the tendency to abandon hogs and
raise grain, given by the used up hog
lands, and the anti.hog prejudices of
the people, is materially increased
by the degeneracy Of the hog. The
hog, from being an animal of redoubt-
able health, has become feeble in con-
stitution, disposed to be an invalid,
and prone to 'cholera,' the fatality OF
which, wherever it makes its appear
ance, and it is now widely spread, is
sweeping.-Cia. Com,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18
New for This PlaOel

TT will be 'glad tidings' to the people Of Via
i ton County to hear that Williams ROOT and
FIR BALSAM, DERNIER AND sALVE, ale
ready so highly recommended throughout Ath-
ems, Hooking and Morgan counties, where 1t wsS
introduced last winter, has just been bIoughl TO
this place, and can be had at Condee q HSwit'H
Drug Store. lis offered on these special tsrns;
Try it, and If not satisfied, return 1t within two
months (bottle half used and receive y0tT mo
ney back.
Use the Root and Fir Balsam for Coughs, Coldk
Bronchitis, Phthisic, Dyspepsia, Group, PAins u
the side, breast or back, Kidney affections, Liver
complaints, Consumption, &c., DC.
Use the Dernier for Burns, Bruises, sprAinsl
Rheumatism, &c. Also, for removing GrsEs',
Tar, Pitch, Paint &C., from clothing.
Use the Salve for Sores, Cuts de-, and also IN
connection with the Balsam for Pain dc.
tas-AGENTS WANTED, D,-Active men, with
capital of from twenty to fifty dollars, oaR
make from twenty-five TO one hundred dollArs
per month with no possibility Of loss.
For particulars address j. Williams j. Co.,
Kingston, n. Y.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18
Rankimgim Kentucky.

The Senate Of Kentucky, on the
5th, without a party vote, passed the
bill to increase the banking facilities
Of the State, and extend for twenty
years the charters of The Bank of
Kentucky" "The Northern Bank, >
and "The Bank of Louisville" The
Bank of Kentucky is to establish a
branch at Columbus, with a capitol OF
$150,000; the Northern Bank a branch
at Burksville, with a capito! of $3.50
900, and another branch at 1aducah
with capitol Of 100000; and the
Bank Of Louisville a branch at Gla8.
gov, with 2 capitol Of 100000.
A bill was also passed in the SEN
ate, increasing the capitol of the Com
mcrcial Bank 100000, and giving
her two additional branches. In the
passage Of these bills the right has
been reserved to prevent, at a future
time, the Issue of bills under five doll
.ars, and also, at the proper time, pre-
vent the issue of bills under ten doll.
ars. The Louisville Courier express.
es the belief that the bills will pass
the House, advocates the policy, and
urges the Democratic majority to sas,
tain it.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18
Spectators and Capitalists.

The folio wing lively, characteristic
and effective story, is of Partisan ori-
gin, but will tit this latitude as well as
that:
Two gentleman were chatting on
the Boulevard. One was a great
speculator, developing the plans Of
magnificent project; the other daz-
zled capitalist, ready to snap at the
bait. He hesitated a little but was
just yielding, merely making a few
objections for conscience sake. Near
these two paused a couple of young
sterS of ten or twelve years. They
were looking into tobacco shop close
by, and one cried out to the other:
"By the piper, Id like to smoke a
sous worth of tobacco"
"Well," said the other, "buy sons
worth"
"Ah, as luck would have it, have
not the SOU"
"uold on! I've got two sous"
"That's the ticket! just the thing;
one for the pipe and one for the tobac'
CO."
"Oh, yes! but what am Ito doW
"Youl oh! you can be the stock.
holder: you can spit!"
It was a flash Of light. The capi-
talst thrust his hands in his pocke is
and fled. The speculator cast a furi,
, Gus look at the two urchins and turn.
ed down the street.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18
A Devoted Wife,

A correspondent Of the Boston Pos
relates the following in referring ia
the recent accidental death of Colone
IWynkooP;
Col. Wynkoop, of Pennsylvania
led into the field in Mexico, a regi
ment second in point of discipline to
no regiment Of volunteers, except,
perhaps, Breckinridge's Kentuckians,
| lie was distinguished in many engage
ments; he captured Gen. Valencia
and staff: and at the close Of the war
| he returned home with laurels. lie
is now dead. The circumstances are
familiar. With his wife, whois now
an invalid; he was visiting the interi.
or of Pennsylvania for recreation and
change Of scene. The country is
wild there and sparsely settled. One
morning he went out with his servant
to shoot game for his wife. In hand
ing him the gun the servant accident
ly discharged it, the contents took ei.
feet in his leg, severed the artery, and
he lived hut q few minutes. This
has been told before.
An absurd superstition prevails a.
mong the ignorant inhabitants of the
region against touching dead body
before an inquest has sat upon it. The
servant had been sent at once for aid
to some distance, and in vain did
Mrs. Wynkoop endeavor to induce
by suppIications, by promises, by Of
fers Of money-the stu!titied neigh
bors to shelter and care for her hus.
bands body. 1t was a dark night
lie still lay where he fell; and there,
in that bowling wilderness, with the
clammy dampness of midnight gath
ering on her garments, did that deli,
cate woman, as frail rs the wild flow,
ers around her, that folded their pc
tails together in that weird solitude
sit alone on the chill turf, supporting
on her knee the head of her husLandi
and there remained keeping her lone,
ly vigil until the breaking Of the gray
dawn, alone with the dead and with
her bleeding heart.
If the incident be a sad one, it be.
comes q season set apart to lessons apd
pledges of affection.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18
nFRell Britain in a notice of X,

OFBell Britain, in a notice of Il en-
ry Ward Beecher, says of Parson b.:
He has a wicked eye, a sensual
mouth, and altogether a decidedly
profane and secular look. In all his
"holy discourses" he seems to be bor-
dering on unholy things, and looks
more as ifhe wanted to swear than to
pray; or, like the Reverend Theodore
Parker, to swear by proxy, as wheE
he heard that Chase, of Ohio, had
turned pro-slayery max, replied: "To
quote the words ofthe wicked, he'd be
damned if he believed it."
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18
Imported Stock.

The importance of importing your
own stock, tyou are going into the
wool business, is very emphaticaIIy
enforced in the following capital story
that comes to us from very agreeable
correspondent:
"Some years ago was travelling on
the Eastern shore Of Maryland, and
stopped for the night at the house Of
n pentlemap by the name Of JONES'
W. was not at home, but his wife re-
ceived me very politely, though | was
in the capacity ola travelling merchant,
a peripatetic vender of notions, vul-
carly called a pedlar. She made a
few purchases of articles useful in the
family, and might have bought more
had not Mr.. Jones returned unexpect-
edIy and commenced abusing me most
roundly, and said he didn't want any
peddlers about his house. Igave him
back the change in his own coin till
he cooled down, when | at length
asked him what made him mad at all
gentlemen in my line Of busiucssF"
He told me.
"A few months ago a Yankee ped
Gler was about here selling his tin.
ware and taking his pay in anything
he could got. My neighbor farmer,
MI. Brown, had very troublesome
ram; one time he jumped the fence
and got into the wheat, and another
day into the corn, and was always
where he had no business to be. One
day, just as the farmer had got him
out and tied him up, this peddler
came along, and wanted to sell his tin
ware. Mr.. Brown said he would sell
him the old ram and take his pay in
tin. The peddler took him up, offer
ing him two dollars worth Of his truck
for the ugly old sheep; the farmer
agreed, picked out his tin things, the
peddler hoisted the ram, with legs tied,
into his cuniounded old cart drove
right along here to my house, and had
the impudence--yes, the scoundrel
had!--to tell me that the ram had
been imported from England by order
of one of the rich farmers, Jeffers,
down the country, and he had agreed
to take it to him; it had cost 5000 on
landing, and he was to have $3.50
when he delivered it to Mr.. Jetfers,
but he was so tired of having the
plaguy thing in his wagon that lie
would take 500 for it the first chance
he could get. was quite anxious to
improve my stock, and thought this
was so fine an opportunity to buy an
imported tull-blood, as that rascal
warranted it to be, that just up, and
paid the fellow 500, and he cut the
strings and let the ram run. Sure
enough, he did run, fuh split, right
over the fence, and after him, and
my niggers coming on.
In fifteen minutes my ram, Mig
gers and fetched Up in Browns yard L.,
when | found that had been sold as
well as that rascally old sheep. Be,
fore | had got back the peddler had
sold ten dollars worth Of wooden nut,
megs and nonscnoetO my wife.and had
gone off to parts unknown. lie never
came this way again; and if you are
one Of that sort, YOU had better put up
your traps and be moving"
"Finalv prevailed on him to let
NE stay till morning, and to accept a
few Yankee notions without fee or re-
ward. But he will never forget that
500 and his neighbours ram"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18
MATTHIAS LEWIS. WILLIAM n. wYEIH
LEWIS & WYETn,

sCCcEssoRs TO DEHEING, CAMPBELL a CO.,
IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
i dealers in English, German and American
Hardware, Cutlery, Sadlery and Carriage Trim
mings, Iron, Nails, Glass, Sash, Oils, Paints,
Cordage, Wooden Ware and Baskets, Leather and
Rubber betting, Hose and Packing, Oil Cloth and
Window Shades, Mechanics and Farmers Tooh
and Bulldog Materials, Agents for Fairbanks
Platform Scales, sign Of the Gilt Anvil, East side
Of Paint Street, between Water and Second,
Chillicothe, Ohio. junl9-n44n
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-02-18

Ventilation, says a cotemporary,
would be greatly promoted if, in place
of one of the upper lights of glass in
every bedroom window, there was in
stead sheat of tin cut in strips, the
lower edge set out like the Stats Of
Venetian blinds, so as to brake the
direct force OF the wind and to prevent
rain from blowing in.