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Gift Enternrises

The New York Observer says: "The
secular as we'll as the religious press is
now engaged in denouncing the gift enter.
prises, by which so many persons have
been swindled, The Journal Of Com
merce says: Few people have any idea
OF the immense amount Of swindling car
ried on thrnugh the gift concerns. With
in the last two, days, some fve hundred
and forty letters have been taken from
the Post office, directed to two such es-
tablishmells. Three letters contained
an aggregate of $50; and money will
probably be found in most of the others
when they shall have been opened. The
gifts sent in return, purporting to be gold,
are believed to be invariably base metal.
One chain exhibited at the Mayors office
yesterday, and awarded to 'ucky' ticket
holder, was valued by the proprietor al
SIS, but probably did not cost over 25
cents. 1t was brass, or some equally
cheap composition, with a thin wash Of
something that glitisred like gqld,s The
Method of working these enterprises is to
get directories Of Giles and towns
throughout the United States, address
flaming circnlarsto hundreds ofthousands
of persons, advertise in country papers,
establish agencies here, there, and every
where;and from this broadcast distribution
of seed, the operators do not fail 10 reap
a large harves! Of profits. A favorite
dodge is to write to some person who has
perhaps never heard of the gift enterprise,
and inform him that bis name had been
used, and has drawn a prize worth Sl5
or $50, or some consiG cradle amount,
which he can have by paying Sh. The
recipient of the letter falls into the trap,
sends on the money and gets an ounce OF
two Of brass by return mail. "'Druly the
fools are not all dead yet" 3aas
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The Marshalship of Northern Ohio.

II is now confidently asserted that. Mat.
thew Johnston, Of Toledo, has been ap-
pointed to the Marshalship Of Northern
Ohio. Mr., Gill, Of the Ohio Patriot,
had good grounds to expecI the favor, hay
ing had the promi ise Of the position for q
year past, as we have been credibly infor-
med, but oh, how uncertain ARE all things
here below We have no kno wledge
of Johnson, other than he is said to have
been The favorite candidate of Stednan,
and it is believed that he received the ia.
vor as a reward 10 Stedman, for the SER
vices he, (Sledman) rendered in pushing
the English bribe through Congress-
Poor Burns, after all his sacrifices for his
friend Loveland his pet candidate, in the
betrayal of his trust, he is disappointed at
last. We believe Mr. Gill was in all
honor, entitled TO the appointment, but
no suggestion of ours will be likely to
make any change. The deed is done,
and there is no reyoking it.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-12
Col. Forney on the English Kansas
.r ..4 Bill. .....

The Philadelphia Press of Saturday
has an indignant prott tst against the
Kansas compromise bill proposed by
Mr.. English and passed by Congress,
After speaking Of the change of policy
on the part Of the Administration, and its
successful assault apon the principle Of
popular sovereignty, the editor says:
So far for the footprints Of unhallowed
Despotism. They are marked on the
historic page as the evidence of a receding
morality and degeneraling Democracy.
They turn back the hands on the dial
plates of time, and remind US that we are
living in the feudaI ages, Nay, worse
than that; for then, if power was great,
public men were brave, and the knaye
that sold his character died the death of
The infamous. ,.s.
But the great crime did not stop here.
One wrong after another was tried, till
at last, as ifto mock at even the semblance
of right, the so called ENGLISH BILL was
proposed, the incarnation Of treachery
and duplicity--a bill be it understood
which differed from its precedents in this
that they were swindlers and This was a
bribe; which protesting to submit Le-
compton to the people did not submit it,
according 10 its Southern expounders
and which starting out in the preamble
with scandalous misstalement, crowned
the whole proceeding with a declaration
that if the people of Kansas lid not take
it, they should tester in dissensions till it
suited their masters to admit them!
And this is the scheme that was forced
through yesterday--THE BLACK FRIDAY
of our century! ,,s-s 1.
/, Well may The Senator from New York
cry "shame" upon the damning deed.
All history will cry shame on it, too.
The burden which this outrage at
taches to the Democratic party cannon
be carried without crushing it. Candi-
dates for office will be compelled 10
speak out against it. and those who are
silent will pay the penalty Of such an
acquiescence. ,s ,,..s y, ;,1..-,
What Kansas may decide upon, we
are no! authorized to say; but we cannot
doubt that she will reject the brbe with
scorn Whether she does or not, the
wrong done will be avenged, and the
sacled doctrine yindicated. The case has
passed into the hands of the people Of
the States, especially those who have
been insulted by their Representatives,
as we have been by eleven of our mem.
bers from Pennsylvania, four Of whom
represent this proud metropolis, where
there is but one sentiment, outside Of
the office-holders and office seekers, and
that fearlessly against the action Of the
Congress Of the United Safes, in forcing
an odious Constitution upon a protesting
people. ;,,. '''..,. s',o lV
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TThe Congressional Globe Of April
SOsh, contains the speech of Hon. JOHN
A. BINGHAM, of this District, delivered
on the floor Of the House of Representa-
tives, upon the English Swindle. We
would be glad to lay il before our readers,
as fine literary treat, and an unanswera-
BILE argument against the National Admin
istratiOn in relation to its Kansas policy I;
but we are compelled, for the present, to
forego the pleasure, on account Of our
columns being crowded at this time with
the publication of the Laws of the State.
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,.ibc7.Accordipg 70 dispatch in the
Evening Post, Mr.. Buchanan is engaged
in negotiations for a new slice Of Mexican
Territory. He Is said TO be chafTering
with the Church Party fOr the purchase
of all that portion Of lie Territory Of
Mexico north Of a direct line from the
mouth Of the Rio Grands, on the Gulf Of
Mexico, to The mouth Of the river Mayo,
on the Gulf Of California, aud to include
the whole Of Lower California. 1a2aa
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List of Appointment.

The following is a list Of the appoint.
ments made by the Methodist Episcopal
Annual Conference, for the Sieubenville
District, at its session in Cambridge,
commencing April 2sth, and closing May
Sd, 1858; c. H. Jackson, Presiding Ell.
der. Kramer Chapel-W. A. Davidson.
IIamline- Sheridan Baker. Richmond
R. Boyd, one 10 be supplied. Spring.
field. Rogers,J. D. Vail. New Sum.
erset-J.- Wright, P. F. Nesley, Super.
numerary. Wellsville-A. l., Petty
Hanover--I. Archbold, j. Stevens. -
Carrollton-A. Harmount. Paps-H.
Mccall, one TO be supplied. Massillon
Harry N. McAbec. .Canton-E. Bir.
kett. SandyviIle-J. R. Roller, II. Nef.
Leesburg-Z. L.. Weller, William L.
Blackburn. New Cumberland-S. Cha
ney, one to be supplied. Smilhfed-T.
G. Mcclure, G. w. Dennis. Richmond
Colleges. H. Nesbit, Pres't.!! H. L.
Moore, Professor; NJ. B. Pugh, Agent.
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NEWS ITEMS,


O'REcAN, the Catholic Bishop of Chi.
cago, has been removed from the Office
BY the Pope Of Rome.
Y Thos. ]. Turner of Freeport Illinois
having obtained 1-divorce from shis-wife,
has settled yihIes lhsasand dollars upon
her fr
|, lamarthe's debt alhountt 10 h,BOO,
coo francs yftis said the Emperor in
tends 10 apply tSs the legislature to pay
them. mn
daughter sof Paul DowliAg, Of Alb.
bing ton township Mohtgomdry county,
cobmilted suicide on Sundky last By
drowning herself in well.
A Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Traveller, writes of the health Of
MIR. Sumner, that he is very feeble, and
his physicians recommend total CESSATION
Of labor.
The prayer meetings, IN tlls; various
engine and hose houses Of Philadelphia,
continue 70 be well attended Mr.. Getty,
formerly Of Pittsburg, is very active id
The movement.
Troy, N. Y, March A, '5s.-A fight
occurred in Congress street early this
morning, between John jMorissey. The
well known pdgilist, land a Jcountryrnan,
named Bennett. Morrissey was badly
bruised, and bad to be carried from the
ground by his friends.
Twenty slaves belonging to Judge
Buck, ofKentuoky, were drowned in the
Ohio river, by the upsetting of boat, a
few days ago. ''a'al9zg 3ItiosoqE'A =
s5gnf" oaga5 .sid m0I} du paiiygt tso5
ma correspondent of qtbe Petersburg
Express says that Captain Jacob Kent, a
wealthy citizen Of Montgomery county,
Va committed suicide recently. sasaa,
Gov. Matteson Of ILL.,, has commission.
ed the distinguished sculptor of Chicago,
Mr.. L. Volk to execute full len 9Th sta
tue Of Senator Douglas. "i yea 'y"t
Norway has population Of about. a
million and a, quarter The inhabitants
aie nOminally Protestant There is not
Roman Catholic church or priest in
the whole land Neither a Jew nor
a Jesuit is allowed by the Constitution to
set foot on the soil. ".s3f"
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A ASSASSINATION OF MoNARcHs. - The
attempt on the life of Louis Napoleon,
has set some Of our contemporaries to work
hunting up the history ofthe former at
tenipts upon !he lives of Europeon rulers,
and the conclusion is arrived at that the
successful assassination ofmonarchs lis a
very difficult undertaking, For the last
two hundred years thereo have been but
one or two instances where kings and
emperorso have been sssassnated in Eu-
rope, except in Russia, although innu-
merable attempts have been made; but
owingto the vigilance with which they
were guarded, tie plans miscarried:--
Henry w, Of France was assassinaled
about 1910, but since that time no mon.
arch Of France has been disposed ofin
that way. In England, no monarch has
been assassinated since the murder ofithe
king, in 1885, by the bloody tyrant,
Richard Ill. YlggIra d'iu igeisgd
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-12

~ IHHeaven has obest3wsdii many
boanleous gift upon earth. 1.-THE flowers
that gem with rainbow's brilliancy, the
forest ~ apd sthe field, are @ @u0t NOR" glitter
ing than the minerals that sleep b shesth
our fecty but a much greater beau.y,sxis.s
In the perfect adaptatiOhcf the vegetable
kingdom 10 the wants Sf Ibs human
~ 1's"',yahgH eiA lasa aWg4 .sanaA
One Of iihe brigh,estpVocfsof this is
TO be- found in sHoVman'es Vegetable
Compound. All Pulmonary complaints
Tseemto yield readily 10 ils influence
Sold by HeniDg & Melvin. .raoo1
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A recsnt article in the London Times,
reveals the imponaht fscs that the govern
ment Of England has il in contemplation
TO seek. for military recruits for Indis,
among the fugitives which are now in
Canada. This is turning philanthropy 70
profitable account. idH q 1isda 9iif
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Foreign Missions.

The Anniversary Of the Presbyterian
BoaId Of Foreign Missions was celebrated
last Sunday evening at the Scotch Pres.
by!erian Church, New York. The sxer-
cises, were opened with religious services,
after which an abstract of the annual
report was read. The total receipts
during the past year, including special
contribution Of $ls,l12 81 to repair
losses in India, were 1923, ,976 70; the
expenditures during the same period, the
contribution for losses in India being
reserved, were $2O7, ,05l 81, leaving
balance against the Board of $l,lS6 30.
Thirty missionary laborers have been
sent out during the year, twelve of whom
are returned missionaries, and ten Of them
awaiting opportunities to embark for the
fields Of labor to which they have been
respectively assigned. There are under
this Board at present, nine missions
among the Indians, one to The Jews, one
to the Chinese in California, two in South
America, two in Western Africa, one in
Siam. three in China, and two in India,
embracing fifteen stations extending over
a region Of country more than one thou
sand miles long; besides this, pecuniary
aid has been extended to the Evangelical
Societies Of Belgium, Paris and Geneva,
and to the Waldensian Synod. Con-
nected with these various missions are
l76 missionary lsborers from this coun-
try, "a native helpers, fifty principal
stations and out.stations, 90 organized
churches and nearly 5000 naive youths
under religious training in The schools
connected with the Missions, 'i95spp 2 .
The Rev, DR.. Dabney Of the Virginia
Theological Seminary" delivered tie
sermon. He presented an argument on
behalf Of the Foreign Missions. .'2' p
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-12

Miss Helen Cunningham, daughter Of
Mrs. Cunningham Burdell. was married
in JerseyiCity, On Sdndaylast, to a young
dentist of that city. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Mr.. Van Cleef.
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TERAis OF SUBSCRIPTION.

The TkUE ANERIcAs is published every
Wednesday, ia steubenville, jefferson county,
Ohio, and deditcd byz. RAH4s, on the following
terms s'A
One dollraud fifty cents in nadvance.
TwoSdollars within six months. &
Two dollars and fifty cents at the close d
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}. The beni6cence Of the poor man can
not be so extensive a blessing 10 others
as the bebiGcehce Of the rich man bul
it,msy be quite as intense a blessing 10
himself. @. N. ,,s'3E
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Two elopements look place in Louis.
vile KY, last week. The son ofa,weal-
thy merchant ran away with a married
woman, who is said to be very pretty
and 2 clerk in q dry goods store has car,
ried off the wife Of q daguerrean artist
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No paper discontinued until all arrearages
are paid, except at the option of the Editor
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by repealed.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
MARTIN WIEIKER, (
Presiden. Of the Senate.
April II, 1858.
mo. SO,]E AN ACT.
TO amend the eighth section of an act
entiIled san act 10 exemptthe Home
stead bf. families from forced sale on
execution to pay debts," passed March
%, 1850. ~ -
SEcTIoN>l. Be 1t endtteabgMe Gene
sal Assembly Cfthe State of Ohio, Thai
the 9Th section Of the act entitled can aci
toexempt lhethomestead offamilies 6 ON
x earcsf sale on execution, to pay debts,' 81
passed Marcn 1Od5 1850 qbe so amended
as TO read as follows: See. y. 'Yno. {
shall be lawful for any resident of Ohio
being the head of family. and not tn,
owner Of homestead, to hold exemp
from execution or sale as aforesaid, per
spnal property tolbe selected by such per
son. not exceeding three hundred dollar
in value, in addition to the amount O
chattel property now by law exempted
The valae Of said property to be estima
ted and appraised by two disinterestet
householders of The county, to be selected
by the officer holding the execution, who
shall be sworn by said officer impartial,
tolmake such appraisement. @
ID Sec. 2.5The said original section eigh
is hereby repealed. 1al s7eGse3 -.
yluSec. 3. This act shall not apply to 0
affect judgments or orders which hav
been or mayo beyrendered upon contract
made befure its passage, but all sucl
payments and orders shall be subject t,
the exemptions and governed by the pro
visions of said original section eight, il
the same manner, and to the same exten
asifthis act had not been passed.
~ Sec. L. This act shall take effect upor
its passage. ia5a 79dus,t
,2lC3W WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives
,HAAJI MARTIN WELKER,
.@'eso- adJ i. President of the Senate
March q, 1858. .5-,..is
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Industry makes d gallant man, and
breaks i'll fortune. '8'iia' gs9''07oR 4g2
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STUDY, like staff Of cotton beats
without noise.
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.'.-a" AUpIToR's OFFIcE, JEFF. Co.. a.
.y'1a' April %, 1858. :
" hereby certify that she foregoing
acts are correctly copied from the copies
certified to me by the Secretary of State.
J..S. LOWE. Auditor of jeff CO.
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s'N The TOMATO -ITs PRopRRTIEs. .l-4Dr.
Bennett a professor Of some celebrity,
considers II an invaluable article Of diet,
and ascribes to it very iIhportan. medical
properties:' 0"N 2'T.i e2a"3so 53an
That the tomato is one Of The most
powerful aperients ofthe Materia Medica,
and that in all those affections ofthe liver
and organs where calomel is indicated /;
tits probably the most effective and least
harmful, remedial agent known 7 to the
profession" ''' % v aoi:12 1aaio'sEs
Z 2. That a chemical extract viii be
obtained from it which will altogether
stpercede the use Of calomel in the cure
Of disease. t..il '99 NY l'19R y,iiidA biis
8. That he has successfully treated
diarrhea with this l.rticle alone. 'ai Go
That when used as an article of
diet, tits almost a sovereign remedy for
dyspepsia and indigestion. 7gsl'D9 a4ai'n
5. That the citizens in ordinary cases
should make use ofitj either raw, cooked
o. in the form 0f'a ,catsup, with their
daily food, as 1t Is the most healthy atti.
Gle in the mafefid a i81enedrir, ~ 'hals
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7 t. T. q r..
ONLY PRlNTER.-rIt seems, says the
St. Louis Leader, after all fuss they have
been making in England, over their
Princess marriage, her husband is moth
ing but printer at last For il is the
custom of the Royal houses of Germany
in general that every child shall be bred
up 10 some handicraf. Hence George
the Third was, as everybody rec ollects,
a button maker. Perhaps the custom
began with The German Emperor Charles
the Fifth, whose passion for watch ma.
king is notorious enough. Our Prussian
Prince served his time as a ,composiior in
the printing offie Of Mr., Hauel at Berlin.
We hope when he shall come to, the
throne, that he will make, very, good
type Of royalty. ,,. .a. Co.
It may be, that The German usage 10
which we have alluded, has arisen from
the -necessity, among, their many petty
princes, of eking out their; incomes by
some better trade than that Of king, upon
which man might easily starve, in a
German principality. The dominions Of
not few Of Them are by no means equal
to an English ducal estate, so that they
have prime ministers whose official Dig
nifty may be greater, but whose functions
and pay are hardly equal to those Of q
British steward They are very conye-
nient empires, however, since their from
tiers are very easily guarded; and their
capitols are 50 admirably situated, that,
while they sit in the centre, they are
within threelor FOUR miles Of the circum-
ference True, Souihron., n,.s, .s,,,
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qBs Grne anerifan,.
z. RAeAN. Editor

aTEURErTVIIIIsI.
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hereafter created unless the said sub
district shall be composed in whole Of
territory upon which such tax has not
heretofore been levied.
Sec. 2. Tha: section lwentyShree oi
the act aloresaid-be and the same is here
by repealed.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the heuse of Representatives,
MARTIN WIELKER, !
President Of the Senate.
April II, 1868. &
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AM ACT.

TO amend the eighth section of an act
snti,led san act 10 exempfthe Home
seadbf. families from forced sale on
execution TO pay debts" passed March
% 1870 y
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-08-12
S)ottrn.

BY CARRIE HALE.

The spirit OF my youth came back last night
And DER me shed the calm and gentle light
ofinnocsnce and trust;
Efaced the burrows care and time had made,
Breathed brightness Der the darx Of every shade
OF times cOrroding rust
Brought me a wreath Of ever-varying hue
From heavenly bowers, sparkling with ether dew,
And twined my sunny hair
Wiped oat the yenomed scar ofevery sin,
And smiled to see me- as they had not been,
IN purity as fair.
Dut ere tae morn bushad, in its coming light
Her treasures gathered for returning flight,
She paused and softly sighed
Oh stay begged, blessed spirit of my youth,
o:letft Thy gems o'pu rity an truth
I cannot be denied.
Wsas heart, sh said, and drew me to her breast,
would njt leave thee to thy sad unrest,
We; so it must be given;
To Wrestie with the deepening griefs and fears
Against thy sins, in bitterness and tears,
And then to be forgiven.
Then patient work and wait lite hour,
Nhie guard these in my immortal bower,
Shining to clothe thee there
Where cfrystal waters from life-fountan flow
Through golden streets, to music soft and low,
That angels breathe at prayer
Then, as watched her heeting footsteps back,
Brshtgimp'es come shining DER her track
From through the pearly gate
And now, as time drives on the hours Of pain,
knowing shall be young and pure again,
Content work and wait