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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

rWe take the following from the
Cincinnati Gazette, of Monday the 80lh
ult. 1t shows she right spirit:
"The entire opposition have tosday
harmoniously united in this district, and
our jubilant notes of triumph must have
voice.
The masses "rolled up" on the 25th,
10 hear our veterans Corwin and Smith,
with an enthusiasm unprecedented since
the days Of ls4O. The meeting Of Pugh
and Miller, only two days previous was
mere "Quaker meeting" to it.
On the Goth the American Convention
met in the City Hall, at Portsmouth. and
the Republicans in Massie Hall, and after
some little Parliamentary correspondence,
the Republicans nominated DR.. Carey A.
Trimble, of Ross county, upon platform
approved by both parties, and the Amer,
leans unanimously nominated him after
wards.
After this followed such demonstra.
ton ofjoy and triumph as is rarely seen.
The Americans sent an invitation to the
Republicans to come TO the City Hall
and bring DR.. Trimble with them. This
they did, and a more glorious love FEAST
l have never seen. Speeches, shouts and
cheers, shook the Hall, and the Fright
hand Of fellowship" was given all around.
One old gentleman who has been wor-
rying over our differences for years, shout
ed: " Thank God! We have got over
Jordan !!
This redeems our District. Two years
ago the majority of the united vote on
Congressman was 1850 in our favor.
After our jubilee was over, we adjour.
ned to the market house. and listened tc
the eloquence of Corwin and Smith
Milersm is defunct in the Tenth"
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

QUITMAN AND FREEMAsoNRY.- THE
Mobile "Mercury" in skelching the char
acier and career Of The late Gen. Quitman,
remarks:
There is yet another thread running
through the life of The statesman and the
soldier which binds him to many hearts
all over the world. Qnitman was an
ardent, enthusiastic Freemason, and it is
slated that when he was Governor Of the
city of Mexico, there was found among
the archieves in the National Palace, a
copy of the proceedings Of the Grand
Lodge of Mississippi during the first term
of his Grand Mastership. Some twenty.
nine years ago, the Grand Consistory of
the 32d Degree of the Sublime and Ac-
cepled Scotch Rite was organized in The
city Of Natchez, with himself as presiding
officer, and from that time he was recog.
nized as The head of that branch of the
Masonic family in the South West
Shortly after his return from the Mexi-
can war, he was elected member of the
Supreme Council of Sovereign Inspectors
General of The 33d Degree at Charles
ton, the highest Masonic dignity that can
be obtained. Probably there was only
one Masonic degree which he never re-
ceived. conscientious scruples preventing
him from entering the order OF Knight
Templars.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
For the True American

A GRAND LITERARY DIsPLAY.-Mr. Ed
itor We haye been again pleasantly en-
tertaine1 by grand literary display at
Shanghai, by Mr.. WELLING's "Maple
Grove Seminary" The Examination took
place, on Friday the 18th inst, which was
highly entertaining throughout the whole
of the various exercises, and was highly
creditable to their faithful teacher, as we'll
as their own perseverance to excel, in the
different branches they had been studying.
But one sentiment prevailed among the
visitors, and that was, that the pupils had
thoroughly mastered those branches of sci
ence so far as they had progressed in them.
On the Saturday following, at o'clock,
the Exhibition took place in q spacious
building in the village, in which was col
lected about 500 delighted and interested
spectators. We were entertained by o
number of original and select oratons and
dialogues and among the many interest.
ing ones was the Goddess and Genius
of Liberty" which was spoken by Misses
ALMIRA HARPER and HETTY Mccoy, who
were appropriately dressed in character,
to designate :he deities which they repre-
sented; also, the farewell valedctory ad-
dresses by Misses MARY and ANN ELLIOTT
were highly interesting and instructing.
We trust that the Seminary now in pro.
cess of erection, will be filed with students
the coming session, whch will commence
in September and that the citizens of the
surrounding country will give that encour.
agement and support to it that it deserves
Yours truly. N. r. MoGREw.
New Alexandria, Aug. 81, 1858.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

Col Leopold Sahl. by request, visited the
jail yesterday, having ia charge the chill
dren Of Christian jacob, who ara now
inmates Of the Orphans, Asylum, IN Allie.
gheny. The names and ages Of The chill
dren,- are as follows: Nicholas, deaf
mute. aged nine years; Magdalena, aged
seveni Katharine, aged four aud half;
and Christian, aged about two years.
The children all seemsd glad 10 see their
father. Nicholas smiled al FIRST, and did
not seem to understand his fathers condi-
ton properly. He exhibited signs of
grief when he was informed that his father
could not leave the jail. MaedaIepa
wept most bitterly at parting, and her
teais moved every one present excepting
her father, who showed the same stole
Indifference which has characterized him
since his arrest. The other Two children
are too young to appreciate their own un.
fortunate condition, and it is well for them
that it is SO. jacob may be man of
senslbility, but his conduct does not Ger.
tainly indicate it, Nothing seems to touch
his heart Pitts. True Press.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

MAN IN A WELL-ExoITINa ScENE.--
A few days since Mr., S. Smith of Reis-
tertown, who was engaged in repairing a
pump, belonging to P. R. Owings, Esq.
when at the depth Of twenty feel, the. en-
tire upper portion OF the wall caved in.
and covered him 10 the depth named, with
some six or ten feet water beneath him.
To all human appearance, death seemed
inevitable, This occurred on Friday at
3 o'clock. A vigorous effort was imme-
diately made to release him, dead or alive.
Very soon a windlAss and bucket were
rugged, and our Hercules" y. Hagee)
entered the well, assisted by ]. Greene,
ard others as alternates, and commenced
to remove the heavy masses Of rock and
stone. The villagers en- n1aSSe were there
to remove them as fast as sent up, and
render such other aid as was in their pow
er. After laboring till about six o'clock,
distinct voice from the depth Of the well
was heard--"I am alive pa thrill Of
joy ran through all present, and extra ef.
forts were made, and in another hour our
friend stood on terra frma, not much the
worse for being entombed nearly four
hours in impenetrable darkness. In his
dungeon he gave cool and deliberate or
ders how to proceed in removing the
stone, as they had formed complete arch
over his head--a stone resting on each
shoulder and one on his head, producing
a slight pressure, which he sustained un.
til released. Il Bait. Sun.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

BncHANAN's BILL EEoLIsH LETTER. -
The New Albany Tribune thus meets the
semi. official denial Of the authenticity Of
the letter Of Buchanan 10 English, Of
which il only professed to give the sub.
stance, by certain plain questions and
assertions:
"Did you not, Mr.. Buchanan. write
tsoo or more letters TO Hon. W II. Eng
lish short time before the meeting Of the
Paoli Convention in this district, intended
to affect his denomination for Congress !
And did you not, in one or more of those
letters, congratulate him upon the success
of that great measure with which his
name Is connected--ai the same time ex-
pressing your earnest desire. that he
should be re-nominated and reelected tC
Congress Did you not at the same
time suggest, that failure 10 nominate
him. on the part Of the Democrats of thi:
district, would be regarded as rebuke o.
your Administration. or something to tha
effect! In view of all this, and for tht
purpose of impressing your Democratic
fellow-citizens in this district with tht
paramount importance of The thing, dit
you not declare that if you had a thousd,1t
votes 10 give and lived in this district, yot
would give them all to Mr.. English
meaning thereby, as yOn had no thou
sand vOteS to give, if you could bring the
influence of your position. and the pat
ronage of your Office to hear, SO as to con
troll a thousand UOteS, you would contro
them all for Mr.. English, in other words
did you not plainly intimate to Mr.. En-
glish that, if need be, you were willing
to "bring the power and patronage of tn,
Government in conflict with the freedom
of elections" in order to secure his return
to Congress !
Now this we understand to be the spiri
the substance-the gst-of Mr.. Blu
chanan's letters to Mr.. English, whicl
the latter used as powerful lever in Sc
curing his re nomination, as he was ex
pressly authorized by Mr. Buchanan t.
do at his pleasure"
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
Nau York Pnlifina.


We publish this morning the Platform
Of the New York American party. by
which it will be seen that our friends in
that State ale flush with hope as to future
success. The Lecomplon democracy are
divided. and. in numerical strength, at
best. are but feeble in comparison to the
hosts arrayed against them.
Il viii be perceived, also. that in Alba
ny, at least, a compact has been entered
into with the Republicans, This step,
however, be it observed, was made at no
sacrifice Of principle. No tenet Of the
American faith was compromised /; no po-
silion in the past abandoned; nor did even
the overture of union itself originate with
the American General Committee. The
basis of organization is distinctly stated,
in detail, 10 be the American Platform,
which has been heartily accepted and
adopted by the Republicans, just as they
found it, and from its broad basis alone,
during the present canvass, will go up the
united shouts of American rights and the
utter overthrow of modern democracy.
The abolition wing of voters may pre-
vent a thorough consolidation Of the
American and Republican parties through
out the State. bu; Of such a result there is
now scarcely probability. Gerrit Smith,
to be sure, is running for Governor, bul
pretty much on his own hook, He was
nominated as temperance and anti-sla.
very candidate, but fearing those subjects
would fail TO yield him votes enough, he
is spreading himself, we perceive, like {
green bay tree, and fain would overshadow
every conceivable question Of public in
terest. For instance,he wants the foreign
vote, and hence goes in for reducing thu
term of their probation to two years
He is two.faced as to the canals-goes tt
enlarge them to phase one side. and to sci
them to please the other. He is dowr
on rum, gin and whisky, but like
"lager," and thus sets trap for the Ger
man. The "old man." however, nigh
as we'll save his breath.
If the Americans and Republicans join
together in unbrokeu array, victory i
sure the last vestige of locofocoism viii
be swept from the State, and American
industry fostered.- Bait. Clipper.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

JUST Speaking of Corwin's nom-
nation, the Cincinnati Commercial
says:
The nomination of Mr.. Corwin will
be to the whole country conspicuous
illustration of the wan: of respec. that
the people have for party antecedents,
and the terms of platforms. Mr.. Corwin
is not member of the Republican nor
Of any living party, and in consideration
Of his affirmation in his Morrow speech,
that the Kansas question was settled, and
that if slave State should make regular
application for admission into the Union
she must be admitted, the Ohio States.
man pronounce him as good Democrat
as James Buchanan or Stephen A. Doug.
las.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

J'HE PoPULACE RISE UP TO PUT DOWN
FREE LovEIsM. scene of peculiar rich-
ness occurred at the Cambridge depot, on
the Central Ohio Railroad, Of which we
are advised in detail by friend who has
just returned from the place. One Mar
tin Robin, of that vicinity, has lived for
long time in the enjoyment Of domestic
peace and tranquility, and would have
continued to so live had not the wife Of
his bosom mbbed certain free love no.
lions not exactly in accordance with the
said Robbins personal feelings. Mrs. R.
found anew affinity in the person Of
vigorous neighbor, and the two became
openly and shamefully intimate. They
saw the neighborhood was getting too hot
for them, and the neighbor, being man
Of means, proceeded to convertshis eff
(ects into the zeal metal preparatory ode.
camping with his new attention" The
neighbours wife detected her husband in
this attempt to leave her penniless. and
so made the facts known to some Of her
friends. The friends assembled, kid.
mapped the guilty free lovers, tied them
on horseback, took them TO the depot,
and requested them to leave on the train
there standing, or be Immediately subject
TO cheap though inconvenient mode Of
conveyance, vulgarly known as riding on
a fence rail. The free lovers, preferring
TO take the railroad, did SO, and departed
amid the shouts of the people, and have
not been seen since. They have doubt.
less gone 10 Berlin Heights, and are now
receiving sympathy from Mrs Cora Bar
ry and the Age of Freedom. Wheeling
Lntelhgencer.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

ROMAN CATHOLIC TyRANNy.-The
Romanists of Lowell, Mass, are quite
stirred up, by reason Of the arrogant con-
duct Of one O'Brien, priest, who refuses
to allow them 10 bury their dead in the
burial ground. Because he does not like
one Falally, an undertaken. This Irish
priest is the agent Of the Roman Catholic
Bishop and as such has The sale and con
troll of the lots in the graveyard, and he
not only refuses 10 attend the funerals Of
persons whose friends employ Farally,
but denies the privilege Of burial in the
ground which .these poor people have
bought with their own money. He has
also twice sued the undertaken for tres
pass in burying bodies in the yard. aa
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

details Of the arduous struggle of the
political tournament at FreepOrt. The
unsettled condition Of all partizan creeds,
the turmoil and fsrment Of disputation in
the ranks Of all parties, gives to the able
and candid utterances at Freeport Of the
leaders in the canvass to which all eyes
are turned--the chiefains at the political
"seat of war"--a peculiar interestsand
importance.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

How TO RUIN YOUR HEATH. Punch
gives the following rules for running ones
health lst, stop in bed late Cd, eat
hot suppers Sd, turn day into night,
night into day 4th, lake no exercise ;
9th, always ride when you can walk
9th, never mind about wet feet; 9TH, have
half dozen doctors; 9th. take all the
remedies they send you OH, Try every
new quack 10th, if that does not kill
you, quack yourself .e
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

@- Col. Forney retorts upon the Ohio
Statesman for an imperlinent paragraph
regarding him, with much severity. He
says: "When the Press espoused the
principle Of popular sovereignty, we resol
we'd to adhere TO it resolutely and uncom-
promisingly to the end. What we SOL
emnly promised we shall fearlessy fulfill.
The Statesman started galianAy and
loudly on the same track. 1t rOared i'm
menSely in the inder. Now, howe0er,
aOe find 1t not only boisterons against its
oaon pledges, but ready TO- assail those
who wiU not do Hkeaoise. Prudence
should teach the Statesman the merit of
silence before record so full of eloquent
SelfaccasationS." The Statesman hav.
ing called in question the position of Gov.
Walker on the Kansas qestion, as, it
stands, the Press says:
eve are authorized to say for Hon.
Robert ]. Walker, that he is in favor of
the admission Of Kansas as State Of the
American Union at the next session, (if
the preliminary arrangements can be
made or whenever the people present
their Constitution TO Congress and,also
that inasmuch as the English bill proposed
TO admit Kansas as a slave State with a
population of $4,000, Governor Walker
is in favor of the admission Of Kansas as
a free Stale, irrespective of the arbitrary
and despotic discrimination Of that bill
agains, such state. In other words, as
the Democratic party has been for years
pledged to admit Kansas outside of the
ratio, now to insist upon this ratio as
against her people, would be in the last
degree Infamous" M
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

Eg Col. Forney pred els that il the
administration makes the exclusion of
Kansas from the Union under free State
constitution an issue, according to decla-
rations of the Union, it will insure its own
certain overthrow. He says:
When the people of Kansas peaceably
and honestly form another constitution,
and have it ratified at the polls, and ask
admission into the Union under ii, woe
10 the man who by blind adherence TO
the English fnalily may endeavor. after
attempting to drag Kansas into the Union
as slave State, with constitution OBJ
noxiouS to her people, to add TO their in
justice by voting against her admission
as Tree State, under a constitution rati,
fed and approved by her people! They
will be doubly condemned by their out
ragged constituencies, and fall from the
high stations they have lisgrsced, "like
Lucifer, never to hope again"
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

wWe annex from the Cincinnati
Commercial full and fair abstract Of last
Fridays stumping in Illinois. This de-
bate has a signifcancy far beyond that
State or this hour, in exhibiting the future
issues of our politics. The Times, DoUo.
LAS home argan, and the Press and
Tribune, the LINCOLN organ. each devote
about ten columns 10 the debate, and the
reports seem to be admirably fill and
fair. Each champion modified the plat
form of his party friends in some impOr-
taut particulars, DOUGLAS asserted the
doctrine of popular sovereignty in the
territorial legislature to abolish slavery as
contra-distinguished to constitutional
convention. DOUGLAS improved immense
ly in his manners, and in consequence
LINCOLN also. We think these face to
face encounters are Of great use in redu-
cling the number and supplying the issues
Of a political campaign. Pitts. Jour.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
TERMs on ADVERTISING. :.

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One cOlumnlper year.. .....,... 100, 90
Professional and business cards per year,. 500
When there is no contract made and the num-
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for publication they will be continued in until
they are ordered out. and charged by the square
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

LOUISVILLE JouRNALIsMs. We clip
The following Items from the last Journal:
PA Locofoco editor in Kentucky
advises us to call off our dogs. The
difference between us and him is that we
can call the dogs to us, whereas he and
his paper bid fair to goto them.
GTA Mr. Henry obin argues in the
New Hampshire Gazette in favor Of the
immediate destruction Of all banks. The
christian name of Obin should have been,
Jack.
2TThe Frankfort Yeoman says that
James B. Clay will be .safter some Of the
people about Lexington with ! sharp
stick" Does he want to sell i TOR
cane b.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
z. RAeAN. EaitOr
sTBUBRNvIEER.
WEDNESDAY SEPT. 5. 1858.
Tsxs 81 svBscRrPTrOF

The TsoE A1fEsCAs is published every
Wednesday. in steabenviIle, j eiFersOn county,
ohio, and edited by z. RAsAN, on the following
terms IS
One dollar and fifty cents in advance.
Two dollars within six months.
Two dollars and fifty cents at the close of
the year.
No paper discontinued until all arfearages
are paid, except at the Optiouof the Editor.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

STEPHEN H. BRANCH. editor of the
Alligator, convicted Of libel on Mayor
Tiemann,has been sentenced 10 one years
Imprisonment and fine Of $3.50. if
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

G~The United States brig Dolphinhas
captured an American slave vessel with 3le
slaves on board, and sent her into Charles
ton. They are to be returned TO Africa.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

Why is Cyrus W. Field a greater rovi-
yalist than Spurgeon I
Because he has converted Great Britain
and the United States to the rite Of close
communion by immersion,
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

LAST Sabbath was an eventful day in
the history of an Irishman in the east
part of the town.. He got married in the
morning, quarreled with his wife and
separated from her before dinner. whip
ped his father-inlaw in the afternoon,
and abscondedin the evening II Lafayette
Cour.,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-03-12
THE PUZZLEE.
"0h' Ills deep mystery,
But by st. Paul I'll find the bottom Of it
] No answer TO last Anasrams.
? ~ M ,nSwer Va Gbarode Fab 10

- No answer TO last AnasramS.
-S'No answer 10 Charade, Feb. IL.
- Answer 10 Puzzle, March 5-..Take 6
tUfhmgs from pence and three times 6 farth-
inSs remain.-.lns'd by Maggie 49,, Kelly.
- Ans. to Charadc, March g.
"NarygoH. -Ans'd by X, (who says there
are three syllab!es instead Of t,co) n " and
NJ :, Budaloc
- Answer TO Acrostical Enigma
" The War IN IndiG.'-Ansd by \ A NJ,
Lewisburg; NJ l. ID, Lewisburg; Snow; VI
S--------, Iewisburg; H., Lewisburg: /.
A., Lewisburg Flora A., Kelly W II
B., Lewisburg; w L H. ----, .Buiaioc /
w., Lewisburg; II c., Lewisburg 4
A., Builaloc W l. A., LewiSburg; c D.,
LewiSburg; NJ J ) and n W $, BuiiaIoc.
IY'Answcr to Geog. Enigma, March .
4" Washington LUing. -Ansd by NJ l. b; VI
S; NJ c., Lewisburg; l. A NJ A; W II
b; W w c II; a a; w L A; & DIN w
) S;MjS
Ly1Ans. 10 lSt Misc. Enigma, March 8
q" Su5MH yourseires '-(and that is as far as
any of them have got)
Ly'Answer to I'd Misc. Enigma, March .
" DOugiIs, the EnLe giant."-Ans'd by NJ l. D.;
Snow; NJ :; NJ l. A; w ii B; We II !;
Ii + &; A a
GTAnSwcr 10 Sd Misc. Enigma March o
" .J0hn BunyGn." by NJ 5 l. A; VI IA;
W ii b W L II II + &; a A;CD
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-03-12
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE

Fs7HE subscriber ,N.rs for sale his Residence
I On the west side oc South Second Stree,
IN The Borough Of LrWisburg, between Market
aHjStLuuIs streets consisting Of near d lataud
ahaItul sr.uui i.makiuga froutofsJ leetou SAID
Second street, and in length l57 feet, 6 inches.
The improvements are a commodiou> three
= storey BRICK DWELLING
-is--HOUSE. Of pressed brick, a. feet
front by 56 feet decp-wel fnishad-v.th a
marble base, marble sIilS and liu,cls IT, front
"a hrc-proof r0oi-wi'h 4 Wing attached ci
% by 0 iCei-an %. Ki,chen-a Well of e1-
cciicnt water, with Pump iu, under root-a
large CIstern also under root-a large lcw
Stable-an Ice Housc-and other uecc>sa airy
oui-buiiJings. There are also On sa.I-.--,
Lot choice Fruit Trees and Shrubbcry -. -.
The location is a desirable one either for a
private residence or public business. Ills on
the most elevated part Of the Borough. near
the Court House. and but 4 short distance from
Market s,reel.-Terus viii be made easy.
June Q, 1881 q. F. MILLER.