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Beautiful Young Lady Slandered

GNE-THIRD Of the citizens of Wood county
" have committed Suicdc-one-third have
runaway-because they had neglected to buy
their SunnlieS of
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II I M GLEY

who is always anxious to reduce his stock and
to pay his debts. He will not refuse creditors
Sugar, Fish, Meat, or anything else he may have
for sale; but is always ready and anxious tc
dispense to the needy all sorts of
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Referees Sale,

By II. KLINE, Under Sheriff.
L. S. Diyoy, Atty for Pl4intiff l4-67
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Grand Rapids Market.

Corrected Weekly BIZ Nosher d, Foster.
TUESDAY, May IS, 1855.
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Persons calling for any of the above Letters
will please say Aduertised
f. LAvIGNE, P. ".
Grand Rapids, May 18th, 1883.
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Several parties are under arrest at Richmond.
w., charged with garroting aud and robbing a
SIanlard of $4,000.
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EHIrEnEn ~ pIEnESl

The platform adopted by the Aboliionists
when they nominated Fremont for the Presiden-
cy, is just now the most unsishtIy pile of rags
and splnters TIA, ever was kicked into the
gutter Of political oGa1. It was composed, as is
well known, Of bat single plank which was
Of fbackest ebony, and was very smooth TO look
upon, IN fact it was 81 smooth that the Woollv
Horse cou'dni maintain a Got-holl on if. for
which reason h I'll ami broke his neck. On
this platform Of a single ebony plank was writ
tea the solemn resolve Of those who erected It
that il was the duty Of Congress to exclude
negro slavery from all states thereafter adj
miiied into the Union. On the first of April,
father Giddings and his Abolition children in
Congress, whilst levelling their cowardly blows
al the President and lh- Democratic party,
missed their aim and struck this, their platform
Of single ebony plaak, demolishing it utterly I!
They voted in favor of giving the President the
power 10 admit Kansas as a slave state should
The PEOPLE Of that Territory present pro-
slavery constitution Governor Chase of Ohio.
and he Aboliionisfs Of that state, having looked
upon this platform of a single ebony plank as
exceedingly lovely, are very wroth with Gid
dings and his crew for breaking their idol,
bnt whether they will be able to make the
shameless iconoclasts restore them Their precious
ebony we do not know, yet OF this We are GER
tala that the Fremont platform, lately the pride
and the glory Of the AboIhionists, is tsnumber-
ed with the things that were" 1t has vanish
ed like the 'baseless fabric OF a vision,s or, to
parody Tam O'Shanter,
Like an fnk-drop on the river,
moment Haek, then gone forever!
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Ecws Efczsss.

The Mississippi Manufacturing Company
has factory IN Caoctaw county, about - miles
flom Granada. Us capital is $4,000. Il was
IrSta5jlshed in 1913 Us clear profits for tie
i last tour years have not been less than thirty
ipfr cent. per annnm on the capita! INFESTED.
lis chief operations are in making cotton yarn,
cotton osnahargs, and liascys.
-Chi,az2 has, for year or two PAST, been
/ filling up her streets about four feet above thr
e0aJe. ihe object in raising tie city is to let
| The water ron oil.
After trial Of over ore hundred and thir-
Is ballots, the Democratic City Convention. Of
8El25ohrn, have failed 10 nominate candidate
| IoF the AIayoralty.
There are sixty staports in Cuba, and last
year there were three thousand six hundred
coast-wise arrivals and three thousand six hun
drod and titty-nine clearanccs. This will give
an idea Of the trades Of this beautiful island,
which is not more than half cultivated under
the present regime.
The Banks and he Su5-Treasury Of New
York have nov, together, nea,ly forty millions
Of dollars in specie.
Up to the first week in January, 10 less
;ban nine hundred coloreI men, in Jamaica. bad
enlisted into the ID and 81 West India rrgi-
ments.
-Late adviccs from Venezuela report that
Monagas has made iorcrd loan Of a million to
perPetuate his despotic power.
The total number Of gallons ct milk con-
samed in the city of Philadelphia lexclusive Of
the districts OF Germantown, Manayunk and
trankiofd, IN year is estimated al : 2,0l6, 600.
In single building IN Boston, on Thurs
day evening week, there was prayer meeting
on one floor, boxing exhibition in the room
above, and calico lia'l in tbe upper hall.
Some person was once asked why B stood
before Ca Because, was the answer, a man
must before he can c.
"A resolution has been introduced into the
Legislature, providing for the appointment of a
committee 10 consider The propreiy of removing
The seat OF government from Harrisburg TO Phil
adelPhia.
-Messrs. J. P. Morris & CO. Of philadelphia,
have Jnd completed a sugar mill which weighs
30 tons. 1t IS TO be sent to Trinidad, Cuba
AT the funeral ofPaudeen, the pugiiat, in
New York City, there was turn ont of fash
men and fast women halt mile N length.
If you would have an idea Of The ocean in
storm, Just imagine ten thousand hills and four
thousand mountains, all drunk, chasing one
another over new-plowed ground, with lots of
cayerns in il for them 10 step into now and then.
Rev. Charles Smith, of Boston. has request
ed bis salary TO be reduced from 81 800 to 81
00O a rare Occurrence.
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WHITE SLAIERY.

A friend at Bloody Run, in this county, has
furnished US for publication letter received
from Senator Hammond Of South CaroIink
which vas written TO hin 10 reply to an inq,t-
ry he had addressed 10 the Senator in relation
to his late speech in which, it is alleged, that
he said the '.laboring whites Of Tie North are
no better than the negro slaves of the South. y
Wesaw the statement alaled 10 by our Bloody
Run friend, in the Abolition organ OF this place
few weeks ago, but did not consider il wot-
thy OF notice, as i bore It's own contradiction
upon its face, being an appeal, not to the reason
and e0m7'0" sense Of The Northern ls6oriag
classes, bat 10 their passions and prejudtc4s
1t was ofa piece with The thousand ana al. !.
other falsehoods which enrich the pages Of that
delectable sheet, and we, therefore, passed if b.
wiIh the contempt due to its harnriessness and
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DEATH OF THOMAS II. BENTON.


| Another of Natures noblemen has tai!pn.--
known for nearly half century as TnouAs
Hart BeNroN, IS no more, his demise having
taken place io Washington City, on Saturday
last, the 10th inst.
Although the death Of Col. BENros was not
an unlooked-for event, it will cast deep gloom
upon the hearts of the American people. Since
IS20-thirty-eight years ago!-lhis distin-
guished man has occupied large space in the
history Of our nation. For thirty years he
was Senator of the United States, during
which time he inaugurated many new measures
OF public policy, some Of which were adopted
| by the representatives of the people and are in
practical operation at the present day. He was
the great opponent, under The lead of Jackson,
Of the re-charter Of the United States Bank.
He was the untring advocate Of metallic
| currency and even 50 late as last Fall, addressed
The public in an elaborate paper in favor Of the
suppression of the Banks. Ia 1924 he favored
a change in the mode of electing the National
Executive and proposed TO abolish the EIec-
| toraI College system. In 1882, when the
great debate came off in the Senate on PREsI-
DENT JAoKsoN's veto Of the bank-bill, he was
an ardent supporter of Old Hickory, fighting
hand-to-hand conflict in argument with his
mighty antagonist, HeNRY Clay. He was a
warm and active champion Of the meas ures OF
PRESIDENT VAN BUREy's administration, and in
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SHERlRE,S SlIE


- ,.'F ~ suHAiy WINS q y. "a, 10 0e direct.
, -, '"ese w ee s0la y l9e Court Hense, in thu
ls5e Il a,ciaor > - 81 iHe % day q May,
l72,' g I 2 c19eK; r. ~, lhe following dascr.5gj
~ Ls'a's' ~ w;
-. 80 ~ '43o cot8atilHg l1o acres, r9ore or
lsss' "10t 'y0 aoits eIfdIe1 ana under fence, with
~ n.'3 - . A'ie"sh attached, and log
a'90' 81 aPp'e orchard there
is.'ts % 9@tiies Ciaike, on Tue sooj6
a." - 't'''"'" iisef on the north ard west
- iipei'g to Hs3P' Dediord county, and Ia
~, ~ C"1'on "9 lAe property oi Jacob Snider
Ai-2o--oHe 'i"ei ol iaad containing 100 aeres
Ho,e q ies "o"' ~ acres rlesf~d and under l=rce
VIZ" i2$ mouse a'a i0s barn Thereon erected-also,
5'i '",t ~ s0i--ttii ia!b4es i1hds OF Wla.n
t!e'tsl' - 'iiam l'o0's69' Saal.es LiuH, andosers
s,'H.4 - ..o''''V to' '2"tsniP' bad'osa ee5afg
=, " ''''o" es tAs i.ioaeify u George
i'-.I". .Ig
r.s.a las-e.'. n =. .@''g coht@."g4 " acres,
moe ot eSs ae2a, ~ acres cleared and under are
.. 'Ho .o.y "@et.aS house, ieiaat bose aad
- F'.e5S'--asso' an erie orchard
i,.. - 4I',.'..'s 80 ~ ~ D"'ie' - DeaGstgn,
So. ,.,,.,l5 H. - 'i'""'e IL Sa3-a
aIG0sH -, - -.
a,'..t 49, i's"'' iittsl t-ffr-
" ~" - 90 go % 'ai''' continuing
r,,ir fs,.a ,.yI ~, ''e@if' ara
-. - - ''9 - 0't'1Ns AoHass l4afae
- st,S,r: - - ,ar-'1,il '1efpan
si,tf-,1 s.i7 8. ~, 0ee"'5 'seo'
80 -. @ 80 - .''' ,.i"'' '0"'sA5Ib bed
o'.' '''' 'a"'.' - eAe'u'4'" as Tue property
- '.s'.''''si 20, i-a7tef, oei
',e ',.ui' iofa tbIee-fis.''n paft Of Ger
= ','5, 1'''S - aefes more or less
hetf& The same tract conveyed to defendant, Hszs,
h'-A "a tGa ani others, ny A. ~ r-~zns asfi alic
y aeed 10 tae lsecoiaeFs Oilee 10 deed boos. a g.
Pee I3i-aaionias lands O = " Lgaas, Joaa
cNaH!as, Aesler 9- Co., and others.
ALso-lie Undivided oae-,hird part Of a tract OF
SHd' containing z0]2 acres more Or iessi-of which
No.t log a.. - S's Sieai@4 a"o S-9ef i1ace "'fh
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From The Wa.hIngtoa Union.
.he B!aek RennbIlean saeeaaanennl.


The Black Republican saccedaDeHm.
There seems 10 be a good deal more IN Tie
Montgomery amendment than The Black Re-
politicians baFgained for. TIE dallest Of them
te-in ID discover that there is cat in the ncal-
IluS. Ii is ia 'fconf1snce" operation which a
lew IWily Democrats have played upon their
new allies. il IS sell" Of the worst SORT a
genuine First Of April affair
The House bill provides that ia the elections
Ito be held under il in Kansas, those residents
.shall vote who are qualified 10 DO - under the
existing Territorial laws. The qualifications
prescribed by these laws are a six months resi-
drnce in the Territory aud certain test oatbs
among these, one in which the voters IS requi-
red 10 swear tbat he wil SUPPORT tbe Consttu-
ton and laws Of the United States, the fugitive
slave aw included, and ha has not itterpo-
sed to oL5Iuct the execution Of this particular
law. Such is he effect cl oae Of lae provia-
ions Of the Montgomery anrnimrat. Il is
certainly odd 10 see TIE Blacj, Republican party
requiring lest Of Gdeiy 10 tie Constitution
aud the laws Of the United States, especially
10 the fagitive-slaye law, aad solemn abHrga-
ton Of haylaL ineriared 10 obatIuc lts eXecu-
ton Of the luzitiye-s,ave las. We say, this
provision is aDovel one 70 Be inserted in Black
Repuliicaa measure.
The Federal Constitution pr0eiJes ihal aac5c
States may be atmIteJ bg tie Congress iafo
tie Uatoa - Dul th1 HJuse bib improves upon
that provision. {F,i.e rsqaisia- tae voters 10
kansas to s"pPort tb4 Constitution of The United
States, TIE House i,sslftakes he liberty Of alter
Ing that instrument 70 iaiicai particulars for
their bIIl provides that the President, Is aa1
with the advice and consent Cf tle border riff
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insignifcance.

insignifcance.
Bat is it not TOO true thai vast proportion
Of the white la5orers Of the North are slaves
az, slaves under a tenioll m3fe accprsed bon
dage than that which binds The Southern negro
10 his master Look at t6e New England
States-lhe boasted home ofthe bawling free
Tabor" theorists. There the operative 10 the
factory moIs away at his slayish task barely
sustaining life with Ills earnings, toiling FOR the
capitalist till the blood oozes from his 6ngefs,
ull CONSUMPTION rots his lungs, aad when be
demands his hard-earned pdtance, be is driven
out into the widr world, penn!ess and destitute,
The siarc of broken banks and swindling en-
ployprs. Look at the buadreds ofmendicants that
beg their bread along the highway, because Of
the tyranny of Northern speculatoFs. Look at
the imperious domination Of the Iich over the
I.poor-the control which the former exercise
over the religious and political freedom of the
latler-look al the slavery Of the Northern la
boser to his master, Cinsus Bot we main
/ tain, with Senator Hammond, that ''wbite peo-
/ pie should not be slaves under any cFcumstan-
ces." We are for the emancipation ofthe ichife
lu5orcy Of lie .Aorih-lbe Abolitonsls are for
the Liberation olthe Jiack serfs Of tie South.
Pal7e s'are for protection to oar own race by the
@aaelment Of good and wholesome laws, bg
establishing sauad currency, by curtai!ing the
| privilegesof oosromuons, our Opponents ~aoi
legislation for the negro and for the negro
alone.
Il is hardly necessary thai we should remark
that Senator Hammond did not mean TO say that
The white Iaborer Of the North is mol a "betler''
han than fhe negro slave. He merely wished
20 convey the idea that the condition Of the
former is similar 10 that oftbe latter. We
append The Senator's letter, which IS as follows:
M WAsnlNeroN > April, 1858.
?sDEAR Sir:
= thank You for your interesting
letter. Il is very gratifying to me to fad that
your good sense aud discrimination led you at
once without. presume, seeing full and cor
IErct report ofnty recent speech which l send
you uow,) 10 perceive the foil meaning Of my
argument. ] maintained simply that The con-
dtioa Of slavery existed every where. That IN
The South ii was dIled by an in1sriar. race, al th
Worth BY our own raSe and thai We OF tbeS50Tb
did not tbiak White people should be slaves un-
der any circumstances.
Respectfully,
Your Obadi@nt servant,
* J. II. HAMMOND. 4
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The Mormon War.


WAsHTNcToN, April S. Enough is known 10
warrant the assertion that Governor Powell and
Major Mccullough, The Peace Commissioners
10 Uiah, will be instructed to assure the Nor
mons, that II Is not the desire Of the President
ava iue United States authorities 10 make war
upon them, but to secure The enforcement Of
Federal laws, to which end they viii be- coGn-
saled to participate. The Commissioners will
also inform them that some troops will be re-
ainrd in the Territory to protect emigrants to
The Pacific from the attacks Of hostile Indians.
The Commissioners will 20 with the next rein
iorcements dispatched to Utah.
BORDER RuFFlANs.-An intelligent and in
eresting married lady, who was one of The Sc
veFeSt sufferers in the political troubles in Kan
sas during the height OF excitement, has been in
town tof several days, seeking the means to re-
cover her shattered fortune. Her alInities were
with the Free State party, and she naturally
iarhed to the professed advocates of freedom
here for relief, But they being little slow with
ihpT aid, she day or two since fell into The
hands oil the 'boFder rutlians," few of whom
made up purse Of S;65 for her, accompanied
with gifts Of clothing, &c, which she greatly
needed. Ii is said that these s.rulians'' were
led on in this movement by desperate con-
nected with a newspaper that goes for Lecomp-
ton.-Joaraat Of Commerce.
The Rev. W. c. Van Metre, agent of the
New York Five Points Mission, passed lhrouo h
Chicago last week with fifty children for whom
he IS looking up homes in The west These chill
dren will be distributed mostly in The interior of
Illinois.
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Notice to the Holders of-peA:. House
CEHEGGEES.

THE Directors of The Poor of Bedford Conty, here-
by give notice 10 the holders and owners Of Poor
House checks, that it will be 10 their interest 10
present them 10 The Treasurer, George Blymuc,
Esq, at Bedford. The object in having them pre-
sented is to ascertain the Of indebtedness 50
that the Directors may BE enabled 10 dx the taxes
and make other arrangements to discharge the same.
Those living at distance can send IN the amounts.
The AK COLLECTORS are also notified that
the balances due on their duplicates must be paid,
or the necessary means ysil be resored to, TO
pei payment.
GEORGE y. SHUCk,
GEORGE ELDER.
GEORGE SMOUSE,
Anil O fSHS Direrfnrs.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-07-07

The SUBMISSION or THE BIBLE ~ france.
"A correspondent of the New York Tri-
buRe, writing from Paris, says that a decree
has been issued in the form of circular
from the Minister of the Interior, prohibit
ing colporteurs from distributing copies of
the New Testament in that country. The
circular says;
"It is the duty of the administration to
oppose the sending into our country, by
foreign societies which have large resources
at their disposal, of agents whose Office il is
to produce agitation. | am aware that this
agitation would never attain dangerous
proportions; but whatever might be the
operation of the associations just referred
to, it is proper to guard against their oper-
ations.'
The associations referred 70 are the Brit
ish and American Tract Societies. Ii is a
singular coincidence that the French Minis
ter urges the same reason for prohibiting
the Bible, that members of the American
Tract Society urged for the suppression OF
Anti-Slavery Tracts" the producing OF
agitation"
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STEPHEN c. WHEELER. sec'y.

STEPHEN c. WHEELER, sec'y. =
u WILLIAM STREET,
New York, March, 1857.
At the reouest of the President and Road OF Di-
rectors Of the kDickerbocker Life Insurance Com
pany. certify that the mode Of computing present
value Of the Policies employed by the Secretary Of
the Company Is scientifically eerr.et, and IN ac-
cordance with the prescriptions Of the charter. I
also certify that have compared the list Of poll
cies furnished me by the President as on the books
Of the Company with valuation tables sufficiently -
test the accuracy Of the results given by the Secre
tary. and mud the values stated within TO be
nerically correct That is to say, the present val
Of the future risk CT the office on all outstanding
policies. the difference between the present value
of future premiums to be paid them is Si 967 l9.
The total value Of policies, the holders Of which
are entitled TO dividends, is So, ,227 c..
And If the surplus il correctly stated at s7l 3l2 IL
the difference between this and the present value Of
the future risk Of the Company existing policies,
after deducting 10 per cent Of il for the relief fund.-
is the proper amount for divi1end, to-wit S246l09T
The true principle OF dividend is to assign TO each
policy holder who has insured ON the mutual plan
share prOportioned to the present value of his poll
cy, which is the true value of his interest stock
holder Of the Company. This share amounts TO 10
per cent Of the present value of the policy
CHARLES W. HACkLEY.
February 18th, 1857
As Agent for the above Company. I am prepared
10 issue Policies, the favorable terms Pam
phles giving all desirable information, can be had
on application WM. T. PAGE.
Evansville April 2lth. Is5s.-Iy
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sJThe Evansville Journal is ont in a
bran new dress. The companies that the
proprietorswere insured with-the Etna and
Hartford-paid the loss promptly and hon
orabiy, and set these enterprising men on
their feet again. They are now in their
own office, with new material, out-and-out,
after having enjoyed the hospitalities OF
John B. Hall, Esq, Of the Enquirer, who
acted the "humaa part by them after the
calamity-granting them the use of his IA
cilitieS in the most generous manner
The Journal, in its new dress, IS the
handsomest paper in the State, without ex-
ception.-LndiaRapohs Citizen.
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EDITOR EVANSVILLE JOURNAL.-Dear Sir.
There seems to be various opinions in re-
gard to the present condition of the Wa
bash River at the Grand Chain or Rapids.
For the benefit of the Evansville mer-
chants, ] think it proper to give plain
statement Of the condition of the river at
that point. A high sand bar has formed
from Mrs. Frank house, on the point above
the pier, over the entire channel, extending
out fully one hundred and fifty yards in width.
The formation of the bar has thrown the
entire current to the Indiana shore, over
the ledge of the rocks, making it unwise and
unsafe for any steamer to ascend or descend.
Mr.. Moore, my Pilot, refused to take my
steamer nearer the rapids than the lower
portion of the bar, saying that he consider
ed il unsafe and extremely hazardous for
both steamer and cargo. Ny boat Is insur-
cd in the Evansville Insurance Office, and
the greater portion of the cargo is insured
IN evansville. Mr. Moore must be consid-
cred safe and careful Pilot from the fact
tha tthc Evansville Insurance Company re.
fused TO take the risk on my boat, until it as
certained that Mr.. Moore was to be her Pilot
Mr.. Moore has been constantly on the river
for fifteen years, and he tells me that he hs,
never seen any such formation at the
chain.
Mr. Joel Churchell, of Albion, Ills, wa:
passenger on my steamer, and he also
mentioned to me that he had been acquaint.
ed with the river for thirty-fve years, and
that he had never seen or heard of any sucf
formation. Mr.. Churchell gives it as hi:
opinion, that there will be no such thing as
navigating the Wabash above Grand Chain
until the obstruction is removed, either by
the State or persons interested in the river
Mr.. Moore is of the opinion that the ban
may be moved in the course of two or three
months by the current, if the river remain;
low. Twill store my cargo in Evansville
considering it unwise and imprudent to
store on the Wabash, as some persons may
be anxious 10 have their goods.
Yours, truly,
J. W. McCARTy,
Capt, S. d. W. V. Gillum