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A Baltimore paper has got into "a Sc.
cret" which it declares upon authority.
The secret is that lady of "great respec.
liability" in that town detected her hus.
band lately in the act Of breaking her
" hoops" and as if by magic "his hair
came in punches out Of his head"
A puzzled etymOlogist complains that
Worcester is pronounced Wooster, apd
wants to know how rooster ought TO be
spelled
1t is a mistaken "a fundamental error y
notion that the seat Of war" and the 'seat
'of honor" are synonymous terms
, 1859-12-23
lFrom the Boston Post, May zO.l
THE NEW CATECHISM,

New Generally In Use In the NortheIl
Churches.
DoNH IN RnTNE BIT THE PEASANT BARD"
Stand up aud let me catechse--
(Not on the "shorterr plan:
That's too "Old fogy" for the wiSe)-
Q.-What'G the chief end Of mani
At is to think or cen pretend
Tho negro is saint,
And blame the MAKER Of all flesh
For putting on the paini.
o,-was man created good at arst'
And did he fall from gracc7
A,--None were at first created good
Except the lOngheeled race.
Dwell, what Is sinl my gentle friend
You're posted and eau tell.
A.-Sin Is the agreement made with Death,
And Covenant with He'll"
And all who love the UNION dear,
The CONSTITUTION brave,
Are sinners Of the foulest sort,
Whom salt will never save.
N-"hat uO tne holy scriptures teACnI
And what's effectual callingl
A.-They teach US nigger-hOod to preach
It's nigger! to keep baWling.
o.-Sanctlheation-Wha Is thatl
Where, when and how begins'
Ats niggeriSm, Sir, throughout,
Add hides a host Of sins.
o-What Is the sum of the commands.
By which we must abidel
A-To hate thy brother at the South,
And "let the Union slide"
Q.-And what is faithl my smiling friendi
A.-Well, you don't pose me yet:
Faith Is the evidence have,
Enables me 10 bet.
It Is hrm and Fixed belief
That negroes will prevail,
And something good turn up for me,
Though be it head or tail.
Q-What instrument do angels playl
What song sing they above!
(0ld fOgyS used a golden harp,
Their song Redeeming LoVe)
A,-Me glad you AZ dat queShuu, Garj
A banjo OBJ one string
And nigger! Niger! Is de tune
EternAlly dey sing.
Gill, Mass, April Il.
, 1859-12-23
Tht Aiunrer and QemOtrat
:, prRIIsHEp ON EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
Bv EDWARD FURSTE.
ERRMgs..gH ADVANCBp

~. ~. wear. when sent by mail or taken at the
~" IS 90 for six months, 50 90. Single copies,
Hys1a,r will be discontinued, unless at the option
~. Iblisher, until all arrearages are paid.
, 1859-12-23
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

RATES OF ADVERTISING.
souare, "a lines less), three weeks. IS 90
Ssr sSery additional insertion, .....,.Sl 90
'Os UssyaI deIuctiJn made to yearly advertisers.
1L.n,mber of insertions must be distinctly mark
Al -. H. margin Of advertisements sent us, they
IN - contiuaed till forbid and chStged accordingly.
FISHER. No, It7t Washington Street, up
AZ, n.,fIv opposite Magures Opera HoIse, Is an.
,SSriT.d to receive and receipt for subscriptions and
.5r.rtisemeRts 10 California.
, 1859-12-23

New Generally In Use In the Northern
Churches.
, 1859-12-23

SETH CArLlN, Jr., Secretary.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04

T. al a-
:. II - 80 l' u'opsan ino'ogho tue
r. ssan,s prmss ~ 80. say oeTr.u.o sIS uus'
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The ,nlsr e prSss;a bs.- not tnowo Ts.t
he desired Il ~ T -, tb;nL;nn 49, h;maais I
OBLIGED 70 d. E soy,ssb;nr h. has s, ac,ad
hun9l;nrlr ~ nndso;SeS, sesn' a ~ III. I 80. "aJ
h.s ssoyersd , h;,nss,s a:.s..,s.-.:.I - ' en-.
,;d;cnls. ~ VIZ
What had lprns.;. ~ d,;,
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had h IN on Guinea os slneL not to ment;og 9TH M
er ere anaI;t;ss % H. ns;rpt sss;lv have as;nsd
controll;rs ,,.;;,;a se%o H. s;ssl :
the contest ps's sor ,b;s - nrsiam;n.nca i Ans
tria nouer ,s.s ,a,sas,;ng - Ta assn,sn Z
fho,,ph not so in ,a.l;,,, II - ,.,,;,.6;,<r
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04
Had Him There.

IA tipling soap-stick of a Locofoco was
arguing with a Republican the other day
in favor of the execution of the Laws. He
was particularly hard on the Oberlinites
for violating the Fugitive Slave law
aWell," said the Republican, "they went
and gave themselves up and professed their
willingness to suffer the penalties attached
to the violation of that law, but you go in
to one of our doggeries and get drunk as
a fool, which is also in yiolatio of law,
but yet you refuse to give yourself up, and
if arrested and punished for that offense,
the party to which you belong, who prate
SO much about the execution of the laws,
would be up in arms in minute, for your
release. The Loco then resorted to the
usual argument ofa greatmany of his par
tizans when cornered, profane swearing,
and the Republican left him in the enjoy
ment OF 1t. t--s a sraI = ts.4rs1--s s.t
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04
The Drouth and ils Effects.

The Cleveland Leader say the drouth
in most portions of Ohio and Indiana is
very severe, and but little rain has fallen
for the past four to six weeks. The Athens
County Messenger speaks of the dry wea-
ther as entirely ruinous to the corn and po-
Ia to crops in that quarter, and the Buoy
rus Journal says: "The corn, although
not more than two feet high, is tasseling
out, and potatoes have not yet fairly com
menced forming. Unless we have rain
within few days, the crops must suffer
immensely" =. s.g, =,
The Indianapolis Journal publishes ex-
tracts from the local papers in various Sec
tions of Indiana, all showing gloomy
prospect for corn. The Journal says: % =.
All the news, public and private, indi-
Gates failure of the corn crop, without a
very early and abundant rain, and even
with it, in many quarters of the State, an
average crop is the. best that can be ex-
pected, and better than many will realize
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04
The August Elections.

We are close upon important elections IN
several Southern States, whose results viii
afford pretty clear indication of the way
those States will be likely to go in the
great national contest Of 1860. August /,
the people of Alabama, Kentucky, and
Texas choose respectively State officers,
Legislature, and Members Of Congress; in
Tennessee. the same duty is discharged on
Thursday, August 4, and in North Caro-
lima on Thursday the I1th. go
In Alabama, Andrey B. Moore, the pres
ent Executive, is the regular Democratic
candidate; and is opposed by W. F Sam
ford independently who, following, after a
fashion, the example Sc. by the Opposi-
ton in Virginia and Kentucky. affects TO
be more intense fre-eater than Moore
There can hardly be a doubt of the sue
cess of the latter. In regard to Congress
men, there is hardly sufficient competition
with the regular Democratic candidates to
make the election interesting. In the lilo
District, heretofore represented by the
Hon. James F. Dowell, there appears to be
a sharp contest between David Clopton
Dem. and Z. ]. Judge independent
@Southern Rights'9., In theIId District,
Mr..J. L. Pugh lind. Dem.) seems willing
to occupy the seat Of, the Hon. Eli s,
Shorter. Beyond these three, We notice
uonew name in the canvass. a,Ea1a a
In Kentucky the canvass is spirited.-
The Opposition have Congressional candi-
dates in every district, and profess to SUI.
pass: the Democrats in .subserviency to
Slavery. Each party declares its perfect
confidence in its success at the polls. g
Gen. Houston's friends expect to elect
him Governor, and his opponents fear that
they will do it. The General renounced
w-Nothingism recently, and comes be-
fore the people on. the strength of his per-
sonal popularity, his tiger-skin jacket and
the battle of San Jaeinto. Ochiltree is an
old Wing, and once ran for Governor as
SUCH. He now bases his claims for an
election on his intense devotion to Slavery,
but is in no immediate danger of being
elected. The Democratic candidates are,
with the exception Of Mr.. Waul, all incum-
bents or late incumbents of the offices
which they seek, and will, no doubt, with
the possible exception of Governor Run-
nells, be elected.
In Tennessee the contest is lively, and
strange to say, the various Slavery issues
are carefully ignored. The result in judg-
ment of some politicians of reputed sagaci-
ty, is doubtful.
In North Carolina the Congressional
canvass seems to be unusually spirited.
These elections will not only show the
tendencies Of the respective States, but they
are interesting as involving the complexion
Of the next Congress. A few Opposition
members, from Tennessee, Kentucky or
North Carolina would evidently be less
agreeable to the managers of the Demo
cratic party than the choice of as many
men of their own peculiar stripe.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04
Rock BLUFFS, Neb. Ter,
July Is, 1859.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:

EDIToR REPUBLICAN:
s-r- Sir:-Being possessed of
few leisure moments, and not being able
to resist the inclination to give you and
others of my. friends an account of our
prospering country, L shall now proceed
to do so.
Our county (Cass) is one of the most
fertile in the west, and the best suited 10
agricultural purposes of any in the terrific
ry, as there is plenty of timber and stone
for building and fence purposes; well wa
tered by springs and running streams, and
no waste lands in the shape of wet or
swamp lands, hilly or bottom country. The
productive yield of our county is amply
remunerative, and will compare favorably
with the average of any one county in
Ohio, Illinois or Wisconsin. This is the
fouth year since these prairies, were dis
turbed by the hands of white persons, and
you can Judge for yourself after consider
ing the inconveniences. and difficulties
which all persons in a new country must
forego, what good prospects are in store
for US, when I inform you that we have
shipped something over 10000 bushels
corn, 10000 bushels potatoes, and other
agricultural productions in proportion, this
present season.
There is at present nearly 10000 bush
els corn and a large quantity of potatoes
here and in the immediate vicinity, ready
to be, shipped as soon as the holders find
it convenient. The average price for corn
this season has been about forty-fve cents
per bushel. Judging from present appear
ances, not less than 10000 bushels of
corn will be sent from this point next sea-
son, and other things in proportion. This
year we will have considerable wheat
One John Motts, of this county, raised q
fine crop of wheat, harvested and thrashed
it, and on the 9th of the present month he
had quantity ground into flour, at the
steam grist mill in this town. Can Holmes
county beat that bad? -, .t,..-.,.....
We have an Agricultural Society in full
blast in this county, on an approved plan.
I wish some of your Ohio farmers would
come out this fall and witness the pro-
ceedings of our Fair. We make consid-
cradle pretention to being able to beat
in the quality and quantity of corn to an
acre, the height and length of our Shang-
hais, and the feetness Of our 2:373 on a
level mile. ,s.4.,- -.
Every indication Of coal and iron has
lately been discovered in the bluffs that
oyelhang the river Severalmen are. at
work opening coal mine which prom
lses to be 'paying institution" to pro-
prietors thereof. As l am occupying too
much Of your time and space, / will cut
short this communication by saving YOU
will hear from me again. - -. ~
:, -, Yours, truly, ~
RORT. SMITH
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04

p The PoTAroE CRor--The drouth in
this quarter and in other sections of the
West, is affecting the potato crop, and the
price of new potatoes keeps up to 81 25
tossl' SO in the Cleveland market. rias'
6 The N. Y. Tribune reports the potato
crop ofthe East as unusually good in quail
ity and quantity, and states that good po-
tatoes have been selling at fifty to sixty
cents a busheL, the supply in scity being
large. Some of the fields on Long Is.
land yield 500 bushels to the acre. The
crop in New England is also reported
good Cleveland Leader. -5e a-a
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04

Kossuth, if present rurnors be true,
has been thoroughly gammoned by the
wolf of the Tuileries, from whose throat
be undertook to extract bone. An ac-
count in the New York Herald says that
Kossuth had been, for some time previous
to the commencement of 'hostilities, carry
ing on negotiations with Napoleon through
third party-Colonel Nicholas Kiss, a
Hungarian officer residing at Paris. The
Emperor fer some time found it impossible
to bring about an understanding. Kos
suth required guarantees of the good faith
of the Emperor, which his Majesty hesita-
ted to give, and it was,at last'resolved at
Paris to send Kossuth a message that a
determination. had been formed to raise
Hungary with or without his aid. Kos
suth replied that in that case he would is
sue an address to the Hungarian nation,
warning them not to believe the Emper-
or's assurances.--sThis-pr proved decisiye.-
Kossuth was invited to Paris, and left Lon
don for that city few days before the de-
parture of his Majesty for the army. He
pas received at the. Iaileries l5ySth En-
peror, and certain defined conditions aOere
then agreed to. These were: We
l.. That the Emperor should give Kos
suth corps darmee, and arms and am
munition to any extent required.
2. That the Emperor should issue the
first proclamation TO the Hungarian nation,
and that this should be followed by one
from Kossuth. ED 80 -b
8. That in case of Hungary rising and
freeing herself from Austria, France should
be the first officially to recognize the in
dependence of the country, and should
then obtain the same recognition from her
allies.
4. That the Emperor should allow
Hungary, without interference on his part,
to choose her own form of government,
and to elect for sovereign the person she
may deem most desirable.
5. That the formation Of a Hungarian
legion should commence Immediately.
And lastly, that as token of agree
ment to the foregoing, the Emperor should
place 100000 francs at Kossuth's dispo-
sal; and the management Of which, Kos
suth having declined to accept it.. was
placed under the Hungarian Committee,
then acting at Genoa. "''' z l'a'
Simultaneously with the adoption of this
arrangement Kossuth received Instructions
to return to England and to agitate for the
maintenance Of a strict neutrality. He
did so-making speeches at public. meet
ings in London and Manchester.
The result is known. Kossuth repaired
to the seat of war, issued lis proclamation,
and melted the Hungarians to rebellion,
ouly to be betrayed by the prince in whom
he had put his trust.-State Journal.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04

G@ The train on Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne d Chicago Rail Road, a few days
since, ran into, the train of the Dayton and
Michigan road at Lima in this State, by
which Mr.. John Newman, of Mansfield,
Surveyor of Richland county, was killed.
The Dayton Journal says the excitement
at Lima was very great at the inquest of
the stranger, but had it been known who
the killed person was, the engineer, Of the
P. Ft. w. q G. train would have been
lynched. lo S4 v1sz =, nj 4 -
The P. iFt. w. & G. trains have a habit
of getting into collision at crossings and
switches. 1t did SO at Alliance, at Roch-
ester, and now at Lima, and the worst fea-
ture cf the business, is, the company stick
by their reckless employees and defend
them "whether or no' in all their mishaps.
Ofcourse there will be repetition Of acci-
dents on such a road Cleveland Herald.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04
THE COMPROMISES.

Influenced, be, knew not by what fatal
spirit of compromise, in 1920 the freemen
of the North and the South had at last
said: .sTake Missouri; give it up to this
system which degrades every man that
holds a plow, or drives . team-which
would have the capitalist own the laborer
but it must not extend to more territory
north of 36 80; let that be eternslly con-
secrated to free labor-open to the free
enigrant from the North, and those from
the South driven out by the terrible COM
petition of this malign system" That
compromise was considered so sacred that
the conservative journals. of the day, the
National lnteligencer, and Niles Regis
ter declared that when it should be over
thrown, American liberty would be over
thrown with it. Yet the Slave Power,
which had made it, was the first to lay
sacrilegious hands upon this great pacific
measure. When Texas, a, Slave State,
with the privilege of being divided into
five slave States desired admission, it was
promptly welcomed to the Union; but Cal
ifornia, which opened 10 us a commerce of
which any empire might be proud, because
free State, was kept waiting for year;
and then only admitted under a ''compro-
mise," including the enactment of the Fu-
gitive Slave Law, with its odious and in
vidious provisions of their rights such as
no British subject could be subjected to-.
yadi ideia MAeofE1N AND DBELt. yasT
81 Repeatedly this question had been, final
ly ed"-buriedj forever; but it always
burst the cerements of the grave and ap-
peared again. The trouble had always
been, with the formers of the compromises
of the past, and the Magoffins and Josh
Bells of to-day, that they dealt with meas
,ures not principles. This was what he
called quackery, einpiricisIn, politics, not
craftsmanship. The present contest in
Kentucky excited little interest and no en-
tbusiasm, because it dwelt with sequences
and measures cnly-was on tho surface
did not dare to tonch the great principles
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04

involved. Every intelligent man in the
State knew and felt this "The South
which Magofin and Bell talked about,
meant the Slave Power; it ignored and
forgot the mechanics and white laboring
free men of the Southern States.
DOUGLAS AND BueHANAs. =.
The speaker went into an extended and
amusing review of the course of Mr. Doug
las, who was described as "a little, square
shouldered fellow, with head somewhat
fatson the top, owing. to limited moral
qualities; and what the Hoosier girl de-
nominated an sinfynite chance of legs
Mr.. Clay eontended that his course had
been, on the whole, one of constant and
humiliating subserviency to the Slave Pow
er. which has hitherto made and unmade
Presidents. The course of the Admins
tration on the Kansas question, was ie-
viewed very severely, and its recent posi-
tion in regard to the protection of natural
lied citizens, denounced as pusillanimous
and contemplate. sai
The relative progress of the North,
where the laborer Of to-day becomes the
capitalist of Tomorrow" compared with
that of the South, where the capitol owns
the laborer, was cited as perpetual mon
ument of the beuefcence of freedom-an
illustration of the principle that it is always
lnexpedient in the long run 10 do moral
wrong. The fact that rough land, five
miles from Cincinnati, on the Ohio side of
the river, was worth $500 per acre, while
that, more smooth and fertile the same
distance back of Covington, commanded
but 500, was considered an apt illustra-
ton of the relative effects of the two in
stitutons. f..-,.. t.ss..,s a.-.- 81
As a native Kentuckian and nom
STAKEHOLDER, standing upon Kentucky soil,
and representing the condition of four
fifths Of her people, the speaker thanked
God that the Free State settlers of Kansas
-auimated,b by the same spirit which act
uated our Revolutionary fathers-had the
patriotism to resist by force of arms, when
necessary, the attempts of the Administra-
tion to thrust slavery upon them, in def
ance of the will of the majority ',z7l
THE FREE LABOR PARTY IN KENTUCKY.
For. twenty years the speaker, on ac-
count of his honest and freeiy-expressd con-
victions up, on the slavery question, had
been denounced as an agrarian, anarchist,
and lunatic; but he might at least claim
that there. was some method TO his mad
ness. He had lived to see organized here
a small but determined party of the
friends of free labor, and to witness the
vindication of free speech and free press
in every county of this Commonwealth
They proposed to live as good citizens, obe-
dent TO the laws, and to accomplish no.
thing except through the legitimate chan
mel of the ballot-box. The signs Of the
times indicated the triumph, in the next
National election, of the Republican par
t.. Under that rule The rights of every
section would be faithfully respected and
preserved; and the people of the South,
he believed, would cheerfully acquiesce in
it. - r't f1i-
Mr.. Clay spoke for upwards of two
hours. He was attentively listened to and
frequently applauded. 9a-' A
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04
Fourteenth Congressional Dis
triCt.

The Republicans of the 14th District,
comprising the. counties o.: of Lorain, Me
dina, Ashland and Wayne, will hold a con
vention to nominate candidate for Repre-
sentative, in Congress, to, fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of the Hon. Cy-
rus Sphinx, at Harrisville, Medina Co., on
the 23d of August, at 10 A. NJ. Lorain
has SO delegates, Medina, 26, Ashland
19, Wayne 20.
Messrs. Martin Welker, Eugene Pardee
and George q. Harm, of Wayne county,
are announced as candidates for nomina-
Leader. ,.-,, .I..-r -
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04


- E The "Citizens Picnic Party" held
st the Sulpher Springs, two miles South of
Aillersburg, on Thursday last, passed off
pleasantly. The tables groaned with eat
ables Of the choicest kinds, the music was
first rate, the dancing elegant, and the
weather propitious. Everybody with their
relations, maid.servsnts. and men-servants,
were there helping to make up the grand
total Of enjoyment. Capt. MK1M's Com,
pany Of swampces were there also; but
without their Capt.. who was prevented
from coming by reason of'the scarcity Of
whisky on the flats. 'as's's s'tf'fefa ei.f
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-04
The South Carolina Two Years
Provision.

Some time ago the democratic papers
procured letter from Wm. R. HUNT,
Deputy Secretary of the State of South
Carolina, stating thatsafter the naturaliza
ton 20 distinction existed between native
and naturalized citizens as to the right to
vote.
This was extensively circulated at the
North and got back to South Carolina,
where the papers called Mr.. Hunts atten-
ton to his error. The Charleston Mercu-
yy said: =-s= s
s"When we copied the opinion of Mr..
VIM. K. Hunt, Deputy Secretary of State.
we were aware that twas incorrect, but
courtesy suggested that we should not at
tack or deride it until Mr.. HUNT, was heard
FROM"
Whereupon Mr.. HUNT crawls out by a
hole minute enough to suit northern
popular sovereignty democrat, and says:
s'As it is not incumbent upon this Office
to expound the laws of this State, mere
ly examined, in the midst of office bust
ness, the subject so far as it is treated in
"Miller's Compilation" not thinking ofthe
act our Legislature passed in December,
1856. You will therefore oblige me by
publishing the note aud act of 1856, which
explains ITSELF"
But it is shown BY correspondent of
the Southern Guardian, published with
this letter, that no additional disabilities
were imposed on naturalized citizens by
the act Of 1856, they had existed since
1870; so no opening at all was found for
the chivalrous HUNT. The act of 1855,
published by the Southern Guardian,
shows that a foreigner must have been
both citizen and residen: of the State
two years before he can vote. The South
Carolina papers SO interpret it. None but
citizens of the United States are recognized
as citizens of South Carolina, and the law
is swho hath been citizen and resident
of this State two years previous to the day
of election" sef s-4-. .ce