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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-02-23

possess the will, to protect our citizens
within their limits, recent experience has
shown that the american Executive should
himself be authorized to render this pro-
lection.
Such grant of authority thus limited
in its extent could in no just sense be re-
garded as transfer of the war making
power to the executive, but only as an
appropriate exercise Of that power by the
body to whom it exclusively belongs
The riot at Panama in 1856 in which a
great number of our citizens lost their
lives, furnishes pointed illustrations of the
necessity which may arise on the exeeu-
tion of this authority.
therefore, earnestly recommend to
Congress on whom the responsibility rests
to pass law before their adjournment
comforting on the Pre- rsident the power to
pro,ect the lives and property of Ameri-
can citizens in the cases which I have in
dicated, under such restrictions and con-
ditions as they may deem advisable The
knowledge that such law exists would Of
itself go far to prevent the outrages which
it is intended to redress, and render the
employment of force unnecessary.
Without this the President Of the Uni
ted States may be place in painful po-
sition before the meeting of the next Con-
gress, In the present disturbed condition
of Mexico and one or more of the other
republics south of the United States, nc
person can foresee what occurrences may
take place before that period.
In case of emergency, our citizens see.
ing that they do not enjoy the same pro.
lection with the subjects of European
Governments, will have just cause to com
plain. On the other hand, should tht
executive interpose, and especially shouli
the result prove disastrous, and valuable
lives be lost, he might subject himself tt
severe censure for having assumed pow
er not con6ded to him by the Constitu
tion
1t is to guard against this contingency
that now appeal to Congress. Having
thus recommended to Congress meas
ure which I deem necessary and expeden
for the interests and honor of the country
I leave the whole subject to their wisdom
and discretion.
Signed, JAMES BUCHANAN.
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Columbus Correspondence.
CoLtMBUs, Feb. 18th, 1859.

Dear Spirft:-E. BAssErr LANGDoN
was elected President pro tempore of the
Senate, on yesterday. AS the Senate
did not meet until 3 o'clock, not much
was done.
The bill of Mr. RAYMOND authorizing
the mortgage of real estate to waive ap-
praisement was indefinitely postponed
very righteous act.
A bill to prevent persons marrying
who may be nearer kin than third cousins
was discussed at some length.
A resolution instructing the Finance
committee to enquire into the expediency
of reporting bill for the redemption of
the notes of the Seneca County Bank and
the Canal Bank of Cleveland was discuss
ed. I think a bill will be reported and
passed. 1t will provide that the holders
are to receive for the money just what
they gave for it; this is to prevent specu-
lators from taking advantage of those
less informed.
Mr.. Leete's bill. fixing the salary oi
State officers and Judges of the court Of
common pleas was discussed. Unless
very material changes are made the bill
will not pass.
1t is said that the Finance committee
will report an appropriation for continu'
ing the work on the State House, except
what is Necessary for preserving it. The
funds appropriated for this purpose have
been injudiciously used, much dissatisfac.
tion exists
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Ieager to meet the Injured party ssBgsl

eager to meet the injured party 90 Bsae
densburg next morning.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis; let me say, a. bis
name has CHANGED TO bsf Incidentally mem
toned, is by all odds tie most brilliant
conversational it has eter been the writer's
fortune to encounter. Thin, wiry, sharp
visaged, self possessed and dyspeptic, with
o voice very gentle and modulated, an ad-
dress very polite and courteous--this
great captain of the fre-eaters can sRit
fire with as much ease and quicknessas
Douglas shows in splitting tobacco juice,
and every epigram from his thin lips is
fatal to the reputation of lifetime.-
Never was the raiper of polished wiz more
dazzling or more mortal I'M its exercise
Name after name may be brought up~iD
discussion, and every candidate for notor-
iety will stagger back with D silver mimic
ball lodged in some tender part of his in.
testines. I think Jefferson Davis could
speak we'll of his valet, and would have
kind word in private for every colored SER
want in his house. e.ir ssps bsra.t
Senator Hunter, the man most talked
about at present as the Democratic. cam
didate for the succession is well worth q
notice. Stout and of middlelheightSw
middle-aged man also, with dark sleek
hair, closely shaven face, good Roman fsa-
lures, he has well-arched eyebrows with
dark eyes beneath, q strong square chin
and very commendable neatness in his
black. priestlike clothes. His eyes when at
rest, have q sleepy look, but can be kindled
into great vehemence and life. In convSf3
sation he is voluble, frank, courteous and
fall of strong points in suppor. of each: po-
sition. If made President it is thought
he would be merciful to the Indians, for,
whom he feels deep compassion and not .
little sympathy. i sassaf s.sa ..ssis a. ...rl
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AdRmiasl0n of OregOn---The ClO-
ven Foot Of Republicanism.


tbs standing charge of the Re-
publicans, and ne-repeated so often
that the very dogs icsn almost bark it,
tiataheD Democrats are opposed to the ad-
nissaoh oflfree States into the Union
SO frequently was ii reiterated that some
of them actually began to believeit. But
the charge has Just been tested, and shown
tpbs wholly untrue. & - gs5es..h So
iJOregpn applied for admission with q
eenstitution Submitted to her people, and
APPROVED by them; it prohibits slavery;
hep Representative in Congress declares
that she has over ninety three thousand
ishabitants. How would any mar be-
lissipg the, Republicans to be sincere, ex'
pscst Them; under T:hese circumstances, tc
tohsf othis constitution makes it free Of
0b|o, sbs viii 0fl people has been fairly
expressed, she has the requisite popula
tien, audi yet the Republicans almos
u6sSimously vote against her admission
Not ofly this, but they sought by ever!
pea7s ip their power to, defeat the bill bJ
amendments and BY diliatory motions
4sHow would any man. believing tn
caiafgesaof the Republicans, expect th
DeMocrdts To vote?-those Democrat
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Oregon Admitted.
The Thirty-Third Star on the Banner

On the 18th inst, Oregon was admitted
as State being the thirty third of our
glorious Union. A very few years ago
it was Inhabited only by few trappers
and traders; now it has the requisite ma
jority to entitle it to member of Con-
gress, In few years more we will have
Kansas, Nebraska. New Mexico, Cuba
and-who knows how many more new
States. The entire continent is our man.
ifest destiny.
The Oregon bill passed precisely as it
came from the Senate, by vote of ia
against 103.
The yeas and nays are as follows:
Ieas-Messrs Adrian, Arm old, Atkins,
Avery, Ahl, Barksdale, Burr, BiNnghurst,
Bocock, Bowie, Branch Burnett Burns,
Carothers, Case, Caskie, Caravaugh. Chap
man. Clark, of No., Clay, Cochrane, Col-
fac, Cockrell, Con'ims, Corning, Gagin,
Cox, Craig, of Mo-, Craig, of N. c.,
Curtis, Davidson, Davis, Of Ind, Davis
of Miss, Dewart, Dimmick, Edmunson
Elliott English, Florence, Folly. Foster
Gartrell, ellis, Greenwood, Gregg, Groes.
beck, Hall, of Ohio, Hatch, Hawkins
! Hodges, Hopkins, Horton, Hughes, Jack.
son, Jenking, Jewett, Jones, of Tenn.
Owen Jones, Kilgore, Kunkls, of Pa
Lamar Landy. Lawrence, Leidy, Letter
Letcher, Maclay, McKibbin, McRae, Mar
shall, of ILL.,, Mason, Miller, Montgomery
Morris, of ILL.,, Niblack, Nichols, Pendle
ton, Petit, Peyton, Phelps, of Mo-, Phelps
of Min., Phillips, Powell, Reagan, Reilly
Rufin, Russell. Sandidge, Savage, Scott
Soaring, Sea0ard, Shaw, of ILL.,, Singleton
Smith, of ILL.,. Smith, of Tenn, Stephens
Stephenson, Stewart of Md, Talbot
George Taylor, Taylor, 7Aaysr, Vallan
digham, of O., Ward, Watkins. Whitley
White, Winslow, Words, Wortendyke
Wright of Ga, Wright of Tenn.-1l4.
} Nays-AJ5oa, Andrscs, Bingham
! Blair, Bouham. 3oyce, Brayton, Bryan
Burlington, Burlingame, burroughs, Co
code, Mafee. CLARK of Conn.,. Clark o
N. Y. Clamson, Clapp, CLARK B. Cochra,
Crawford. Curry, DAVIS of Md. Davi
Of lo,oa, Da,0es, Dean. Dick, Dodd, Dow
5 dali, Durfsc, Edie, Farnsworth, Fsnton
t Giddings, Gilman, GILMER, Gooch, Good
s0in, Granger, Gro,o. Hall Of Mass, Har
lin, HARMS, Haskin, HILL, Hoard, Hous
ton, HoOard, Keim, Keitt, Kellogg, Kel
seq, Knapp, Leech, Lorejoy Mcqueen
MARSHALL, of KY, Mattesom, Miles, Mill
3 son, Moore. Morgan, MorrA, MoRR1s, q
Pa, Morse Of Me, Morse Of N. y, Mot
Murray Ols, Palmer, Parker, Pike, POI
ter, Pottls. Purviance, RIcAuD, Ritchi,
Robbins, Roberts, Royce, Scales, Shaw {
N. c., Sherman, Shanter, Smith of Va
Spinner, Stattworth, Stanton, ,Ste,oart, Z
Pa, Tappam, Thompson, 7ompkin
Triple, UNDERWOOD, Varce. Wade, va
: bridge, Waldron, Walton, Washburne of III
r Wash5mrme Of WIS.,, Washbwme Of Me
Wilson,, WooDsoN and ZoLLEcoFFER. :
!, l03, ieeaas s''aaia2 7sslzp.
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- lAl.0Ta T. s9BIH2 BIS
NO. 394u1 "A, BILL =

[No. 394rl "A BILL a,g .ras'4q
To AUTHORIZE THE BOARD or EDUCATION
FoR THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF
,WloopsF1ELp TO BORROW, MONEY; FOR
SCHOOL HOUSE PURPOSES. ss7roa 10 1-9a
Section BE it enacted blythe Gener-.
al assembly cftae State Of Ohio, That
the board of education of the incorporat.
ed village of WooGsfeld,t in Monroe
County, Is hereby authorized to borrow
a sum or sums Of money, in the aggregate
not exceeding three thousand dollars, to
eexpended in purchasing a site and
erecting aud furnishing a school house in
or adjacent to said village, or in purchas-
ing such site with house thereon, and al
tering and furnishing the same for that
purpose, and for no other purpose what
soever.ai vi baaoipg-:a, sas5 bss .g8a'llg
- Sec. Q. In exercising the power con-
ferred by this act, said board may issue
bonds forsuch sums as may be deemed
expedient, bearing interest at "a rate not
exceeding ten per cent; and said bonds
shall be drawn SO as to mature at periods
not exceeding six years from the date
there's If but4not more than five hundred
dollars shall mature in any one year. %
81 Sec. 3. 81 Said bonds shall be denomi-
mated "school house esbonds," !" and shall be
signed by afmajority0 Of the members o
said board in their official capacity, and
counter-signed by the clerk of said board
Each bond SO issued shall be numbered
and dated, and the number, date of issue
amount, rate of interest, date of maturity
and the name of the person to whom is
sued shall be carefully registered ant
preserved in the office of the clerk O
said board of education. And no bone
shall be sold for less sum than that stat
ed on its face. agiss aaihsmmus sdf
Sec. 4. In case the loan provided 70
in this act shall be negotiated, sal,
board of education is hereby authorize,
and required toalevy tax on the proper
erty situated in said school district, i
each and every year, sufficient to pay tn
annual interest on the whole loan, and al
so to redeem said bonds as fast as the
mature. s:gos 10 ~ ..E i nla ,.5e.a H. tEe
See. S. This act shall be in fore
from and afterits passage.
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New York Abolition Conventlon! q
STARTLING DISCLOSURESIt
DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION THEIR AIM ri

DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION THEIR AIM Ivt-
The abolitionists of the state ofNey
York met in convention at Albany, on
Tuesday, the 1st inst. an ~ 4'iN 90.
Let every man who has the welfare ef
his country at heart-his freedom-Athe
glorious principles of state sovereignty
and above all, the perpetuisy Of our Union
open his eyes--let every Democrat be-,
ware of the polluted, disorganizing band
of traitors he has to contend against
Do not sit down idly, but every mon put
his SHOULDER to the wheel, and resolve that
victory must and shall be oars! II has,
been the tameEess and security Of yictogy
in the democratic ranks that caused onF
defeats. Let no man, Therefore, leave'the
work for his neighbor. Remember that
no subtlety or vindicitiveness in the, c9er,
my, is so low or groveling, that they viii
not stoop to gain their end; and thst end
is the after defeat and ansihslaSoncftks
great democratic partI Let every demoa
crat, therefore, resolve that no honorable
efforts will be left untried to put desd
and everlasting quietus to these 'frsedoul
shriekers,n and "nigger worshipes.n add
Shame upon the miserable ifanstscs !aaa
reprobates, who resolve, I"THATdTHB
UNION is A COVENANT WITH
DEATH; AND OUGHT TO BE ANN
ULLED-AN AGREEMENT WITH
HE'LL, WHICH "a JUST TIGODt CAM
NOT PERMIT lt''l hs3 ,i1F ;xsndnibI
The following, are some of tho resoin~
tions unanimously passed st the -Alba0S
convention; every line of which Beafs IDS
damning stain of .heresy to thei perpethisy
of the Union,d and the prosperity; of
America: :snait
Resolpcd That in advocating q dis
solution Of the Union, the abolitiopists are
justified by every precept of the, gospel,
every, principle Of morality and every
claim Of humanity. =, go, -, t.,;, :, :
Resolved, That the Union iss covenant
with death, and ought to be- annhlled-
an agreement with hell which just God
cannot, permit to stand--and that lt'is the
paramount duty Of all to seek its imme-
diate overthrow. -, r..-.,s ,..s.iF
The resolutions then go on to quote
the language of VIM. III. Seward tespec-
ting an irrepressible conflict between free
and slave states, and founded on that .
resolution declaring that any party is un-
worthy OF confidence, no matter what its
professions may be, if it refnses to attack
the institution Of slavery ITSELF Ssndss-
KY co. y Messenger .'li q assis a,., =, !, IA
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The Isaphene Allen Tragedy.

= Martin Troy, Jr whose arrest for the
murder Of Isaphene Allen, has been no.
ticed in the Spirit, has had hearing be-
fore Esq. Morrill,, at Clarington, and been
discharged. We are satisfied, from What
has been told us, by those who heard the
whole testimony, that Troy is not guilt, of
the murder, although he confessed to hav-
ing killed her, and told how, when and
where he did it, Ills acquital does not at
all astonish us. We have never believed
he was the guilty party. That he is in
sane, or from some motive that we are un-
able to fathom. he has been led to impli-
cate himself, we verify believe. The evil
dence Of some six witnesses from the State
of Virginia, corroborated by the testimony
of perhaps double that number from
Darlington and vicinity, went to show that
Troy could not possibly have been guilty;
and that on the day of the murder, (Sun-
day, Oct. 18th 1s57,) he was not within
IS miles Of the place where Isaphene AL.
len met her untimely death. Troy left
Clarington on the srd of October, 1857,
and was not again in that vicinity till long
after the murder was committed. The
witnesses from Virginia, (some 25 miles
from Clarington,) testified positively to
the whereabouts of Troy, svery day, from
the 7th day of October to the 18th day
of November, of that year. and cor.obo-
rated their evidence BY such circumstan-
ces as left no loop-hole for doubt, unless
we attribute to them wilful and corrupt
perjury, and that too without probable
motive, which no one can do. The ap-
pearance of those witnesses and their can.
dor and intelligence left the impression or
the mind of every person who heard then
that they testified truly. And fur
ther-not witness could be found who
would testify to having seen Troy at Of
near Clarington at or about the time o
the murder, all reports that have been il
circulation to the contrary notwithsran
ding. iat e' Ia E
So the mystery enveloping the murde
of this unfortunate girl is still unsolved
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: COLUMBUS, Feb. 18th, 1859.


Dear Spi,1t:-If the House once in o
while does very bad act the Senate Of
ten does very good one. AS an exam
pie, the Senate yesterday indefinitely
postponed the bin authorizing John W.
Allen to sue the State. zi oait g
G.. Mr.. MORROW reported back the bill
authorizing the Board of Education of
Woodsfeld to borrow money for school
house purposes, when it passed unani-
mously., 1t has been signed by the prop
er officers and is now law. For the
benefit of the citizens of Woodsfeld, I
send copy for publication. te
ii In the House. DR.. STOUT presented the
petition of Eiel Headley, and IS others,
and Jacob Roemer and 100 others for
the repeal of the exemption laws, and
had them referred to the Committee on
judiciary. 5,3ls gH Son
Dr. Stout's bill amending the law pre-.
scribing the duties of County Commis
TONERS, is still in the hands of the Fl
nance Committee. 1t dispenses with tht
necessity of the court appointing com
mittee to investigate the proceedings o
the Commissioners except upon the ap,
plication of five taxpayers. a7e. a..
A bill to punish the larceny of dogs
was discussed, on motion to reject. Th
motion was withdrawn, and the bill is o,
the table. Mr.. Leete's bill increasing
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Change I'm the School Law.

The following change in section sixty
fourtof the school law has been made by
the Legislature. Several districts in our
county have incurred Indebtedness, and
We publish this in order that they may be
prepared to levy the necessary tax during
the current year. It was approved by
the Committee on Common Schools in
each house. - . I II %
SEC. l. Be 1t enacted by the General4s
sembly Of the State Of Ohio, That Sec
tion sixty four of the act aforesaid, as
said section is now amended, shall be so
amended as to read as follows: }ny,
SEC, GA. The debts. which have here
tofore been contracted by any school dis
trict for school purposes shall be nroyid-
ed for BY the estimate of the proper school
boards created under the provisions of this
act. and actions may be brought against
such boards to recover the same. When
any judgement. shall be obtained against
any such school board, it shall be the du-
ty of said board to make an, estimate for
the district, or sub-district, as said board
may deem equitable, of the amount re-
quired to satisfy such judgement, with in
terest and costs Said amount so estimated
shall be certified to by the County Auditor,
an shall be assessed by him upon the dis
trict or sub district, as the case may be,
and shall be collected and paid ont in the
same manner as other school taxes upon
the order of the clerk of said board upon
the Township Treasurer, to satisfy the
judgement aforesaid. .t-5 .-.,..
"Not one Dollar ever Stained Repub-
lican Hands" -',' -,
Who does not recollect that Gov. Chase
made this proclamation throughout thu
length and bredth Of the State in regari
to the treasury defalcation, when he was {
candidate for Governor? "Not one dol
lar of that money ever stained Republi
can hands," said Governor Chase. Tht
Attorney General, Auditor and Secretar.
of State were appointed to investigate tn
Lewistown reservoir matter and ascertain
ed that $4,000 of this same money hat
been loaned by Gibson to E. S. Hamliu
Chase's right bower. There seems to b
slight stain. TJA t .e
u The report of the present Republican
State Treasurer states: "From the fact
that have related tits impossible to .e
+ sist the conclusion that the stockholder.
including Mr.. GIBSON, were well aware {
the over-Issue." es s.ft. sy egf
"Not one dollar of that money eve
J stained Republican hands," says Govern
O. Chase. That looks like sligh
| stain. ,g, n W.
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More Chess Matches. al j Z

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l7.--English pa
pers, received by the steamer Indian, say
there is q rumor that Mr.. Morphy will
play another chess match with Mr. Har-
witz. A reportois current too. that Mr..
Morphy, in emulation of Mr.. Paulsen, has
undertaken to play 20 games simultane-
ous]y without board or men. +; asaA = +
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DETROIT, Feb. ls,--Republican State
Convention met in this city yesterday and
re-nominated Geo. Marlow. of Kent, for
Chief Justice of Supreme Court. The
Democratic Convention met hsresto-day
and nominated Alpheus Felch. Of tWaSA-
tenav, for the same Office. 80. bsltos,
{
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Take Notice

Hereafter all notices, such as appoint
ment Of Administrators and Executors
and also Attachment Notices, must be
paid In. advance.
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COLUMBUS, Feb. 18th, 1859.

Dear Spirit:-I perceive that my let
ters become sadly strayed and delayed
between here and their destination.-
Where the fault is. am not prepared to
say.
On yesterday the Senate worked pretty
diligently in forwarding bills. Aside
from this little of note was done.
In the House an unusually large num-
Der Of petitions for various purposes were
presented. After the conclusion of the
morning business, the House took up the
'1icense Resolution" 1t was discussed
fully, and vote was taken upon it. The
resolution has been so amended simply to
strike out of the constitution the clause
prohibiting license. The adoption of
this resolution by the people would leave
future legislatures free to make any law
they might deem proper upon the subject
whether it be to establish the Maine
law, the license system, or free trade
This will account for the strange mixture
of prohibitionists and free traders. The
following is the vote:
Yeas-Messrs. 4Aen, of Jefferson, An
drews, Bagley, Bigony, Blackburn, Blair
Broom, Brooke, Carlisle, Christy, Clark
Collins, Cox, of Perry, Cowan, Dob
meyer. Frazee, Furnald, Glasso, Green
Harrison, HubbeU. Hughes, of Butler
Hughes. Of Highland, Jenner, johnson
Leete, Marshall, Moore, Morse, McEwen
Nc Ferren, Odell, Parr, Pikelheimer, Pitt
man, Plants, Ralston, Rankin, Ray, o
Scioto, Raymond, Richardson, Roach
Robinson, of Hamilton, Rose, Satin
Sangster, Seney. Slusher, Thompson
Van Vorhes, Waugh, Wescott, Williams
, Of Monroe, Wilson, Winner, Speaker
, ST.. cir
Nays-Messrs. ANen, of Ashtabula
! AmJler, Bates, Bell Cheney, of Cham
paign, Day Deming. French, Haumake,
Hitchcock, Ho0e, Jones, Laughlsn, Monro
Mott, McClcary, Paine, Parsons, Quinn
, Rees, Rodgers, of Clark. Simmons, Sperr
To,cnsend, Watsons, West of Brown
Vest of Logan, Worthingtom, Wright
: 20.
. Republicans in italics, Democrats in re
: man,
| The constitution requiring vote q
. three fifths Of all the members (65) tn
J resolution was lost. The vote, howeve
was re-considered, and the resolution ma
e yet pass the House, 1t received NOR
, Republican votes than was anticipated
! A count Of roses shows that eight wer
|, absent, who if here would have voted
its favor, and that two, Messrs. Pain
and Wright voted against it only for th
t purpose of moving re-consideration;-
so that the resolution has three ffths {
all the votes. 1t will probably not b
brought up again until success is certain
q 1t is said that it will pass the. Senate b
! three or four majority. a1laeS sdT
|. A bill passed the House exemptin
: agricultural fair grounds from taxs
. tion. e75-3 a-a = ]''DD - ''-. .''
a The work on the Artesian Well ws
j resumed yesterday. f - 4,l3a
: On Monday, j. L. MARTIN took tt
!. place Of A. E. Conover in the Board
Public Works.
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