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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-07-05
ASHINGToN, June -, 1859.

W ASHiNGfoN, June -, So.
Nj DEAR SIR-I have received your letter
inquring whether nv friends are at liberty 10
present nv name tn the Charleston Convention,
for the Presidential nomination. Before the
question can be finally determined. it will he ne
cessary to understand distinctly upon what issues
the canvass is 10 be conducted.
II, As have full faith they viii, the Dcmocra-
tie party shall determine in the Presidential cleo
ton of 1860, to adhere to the principles en-
bodied in the compromise measures OF 1880, and
ratified 10y the people in the Presidential election
of lS52. and rc-aiiirmed in the kans Is Nebraska
Act of 1854, and incorporated into the Cincin-
natl platform Of 1856, as eXpounded by Mr. Bu-
chanan in his letter accepting the nomination.,
and approved 10y the people, in that event, my
friends will Toe at liberty 10 present my name to
the Convention, if they see proper 10 do so.
II, on the contrary, il shall become the policy
Of the Democratic party, which cannot antlci-
pate, TO repudatc these, their mehonOred prin-
ciples, on which We have achieved 80 many pa
triotic triumphs, and in lieu of them the Conven-
ton shall nterpolate into the creed OF the party
such new issues as the revival OF the African
slave trade, or a Congressional slave code for the
Territories, or the doctrine that the Constitution
of the United States either establishes or pro-
hibits Slavery in the Territories, beyond the
power OF the people legally 10 control it as other
property, il is due 10 candor 10 say that i'll such
an event could not accept the nomination, if
given TO me.
Trusting that this answer will be deemed SUI
fcicntly explicit, l am, very respectfully, YOUR
friend,
ISigned,l s \. DOUGLAS.
To J. Il. DoRE, Esq, Dubuque, la.
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county, by information of the Prosecuting At
torney took place last week at Grand Rapids.
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BOARD OF AUpIToRs.-The Board Of State
Auditors will be in session tomorrow.
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ASIGS.-J. F. ST. James, strong Free Labor
man, has just been elected Mayor Of &. Gene
We've, Missouri
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sand eight hundred and fiity-fiye pounds los a,
10th. The amount of all other claims ars;,-.
said company 10 not amount 10 more than
=. llth. An authenticated copy of the charte, ..
act Of incorporation of said company or a,s,.s.
ton is hereto annexed, marked Schedule A a.,
a true copy of their bylaws, marked schelula n
Vcritie alton of the above Statement,
quirsd 10y section \.
STATE OF NEW YORK.
New York County,
George Adlari being duly sworn, on hi, o,,r
deposes and saws that he has read the forero;rr
statement and knows the contents thereof. 49,,
this deponent is the Manager and General A,ep,
of the company or association therein men,ionei
and ia well acquainted with their affairs. and H.,
he has good reason TO believe. and does y,,;l,
believe said statement 10 he true.
GEO. AnLAgD
Sworn aud subscribed before me at the CIV nj
New York, in said State and county. this Intl
day of June, 4. u. 1852
LEWIS HURST
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TIE $4,000 BREACH OF PROMISE C.sE
new trial has been granted. Right
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Another Hid.

Douglas stands where he really has no hope Of
the Charleston nomination. He hopes to stand
in the way of the Southern nominee, and to DO
so, makes a bid for the support of certain en-
thusiastic Republicans, who are ready to admire
and wonder at any demonstration, however
equivocal, from a Locofoco, in behalf of prin-
cipe of freedom. They are even willing to ac-
cept the following letter, as pledge of friend
ship to sound principles of government, and a
deuunciat;on OF bred Scott
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DREADFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

4 Passenger train on the Michigan SOatteer
Railroad firolrn G0lra GH Enabdnkmsnt-I
THirfyfo,r persons tiLloi--Fifty-sir injured.
CHICAGO, june -.
The Michigan Southern express train, with
three iirstclass passenger cars, from Chicago TO
Toledo, went down an emhankment. At l. oclh
last night, near South Bend. Ind. The accident
Was caused bv the washing away OF a cuiycrt.
The stream where the accident occurred, Is
naturally riyulet, but was swollen by the extra
ordinary rains of the previous afternoon. The
Lockwood probably choked the culvert, convert
ing the cmbanknent into a dam, and the great
weight Of water, with the weight OF the cross
ing train, caused the sad calamity About one
hundred and fifty persons were on the train.
Tnirtv-four were taken from the ruins, dead; 90
others were wounded.
The train was running at flom ten 10 twenty
miles al hour. The train going west passed
safely over the embankment three hours before
the accident.
No fault is attributed Ia the officers Of the
train by the passengers.
Gov. BANKS IN NEW IoRK.-t;oy. Banks, of
Massachusetts,, has been spending few days in
New York On Tuesday he visited the public
institutions under charge Of the Governors Of
the Alms-IIouSc, and made 4 very neat and ap-
propriatc speech to the children on Randars
I>lani On Wednesday morning he Was enter
tanned At breakfast bv one of the leading mem
bcrs of the New York press and in the after
noon visited the High Bridge. Yesterday morn
ing hc lett for home.
JUsIICE pFFERRED.-C. Il. Ivy killed his Sis
tcr-n-Aw nearly twenty-five years ago, IN Roant
county, East Tennessee WAS tried aud sentenced
to imprisonment for life. Soon after being IN
! carcelated lac made his escape, and went 10 Ar
kansas, and established himself high up on the
waters of the Arkansas river, where he became
| leading citizen, living undisturhed and enjoy
! ing the confidence of the community 10 such an
extent as TO secure his election Ia offices of high
trust He also became a member of the Mctho
dist Church, and 10 all appearances, led consis
| tent Christian life. About two weeks ago, some
persons who were acquainted with the crime OF
| his former life, discovered him and procured hi
arrest, and hc WAS brought up on the steamer
ka;c Frisbcc, to Memphis, last "Wednesday, ans
viii bc conveyed t. the scene of his crime Il
sui, = the penalty adui.,ed.
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SOUTHERN MovEyENrs.-Thr friends of Wi-e
are up AMI doing for him, and the Albany Jorr-
nal thinks that they are looking u Nov York
for aid. Ii says
The Richmond Eoqucer tone Of whose eIi-
tors i a son of the Governor j. tryin. to play
the oily CANNON" With the "HarIs" here ;
ani, while complimen;in- the high position and
undoubteI conservatism oi the distinguished
leader OF that branch of the Dcmocr4ry, very
comp'lcently rules him out Of the ring. and in
vites h,- friends 10 support Wis when the hope
le~sucss of their o~n cInIjltto : maic apparent.
Is am Incentive To- this, the Eyqa.5sr iutimaCs
H., propricty OF excluding the ,;ofts" from
Charleston To achieve such result, the
/" IIarl-" would undoubtedly promise = great
deal; but it i not at all certain that they would
promise To % in for Wis. That old Tippeca-
noe and TYLER too" Wing was newer q fivorite
with them; ana they are not likely to pledge
him thel- sufira-es simply tn Secure f1r them
selves the barren position OF a seat IN the Con-
veution.
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Will NuT FoEGINE.-Thc Detroit IRE, Press
recovering a Judgment Of SIS, 900 for money
surreptitiousv taken from the State Treasury bv
the last IocoiocJ State Administration that ever
vast viii never forgive his recovery of $500
AMI itcrest-hence articles Ike the following,
covering false charge against Senator Bingham,
appear in il columns a stated intervals The
Attorney General can never CRAFTY the demand
of the Fr,e Press for no such Transaction ever
took place
We begin - think that Mr.. Attorney General
Howard does not intend 10 sue cN-Govcrnor
kiu-ley s Bingham for the one hunJred ,iollar-
which hr obtained from the treasury osteusiblv
for the payment of travelling expenses to Wash
ington an business of the State, but really rs
reimbursement OF expenses of a private trip To
Richmond Va, u attend celebration OF the
Inauguration oi the statue oi Washington. We
confess disappointment Mt this seeming detcrmi-
nation of tie Attorney General. lie was not 50
backward when it was alleged that Mr. g. W.
Peck had received double pay ior a certain job
oi printing for the State. IlcTur>uci Nh Peck
notwithstanding it vas clear that Mr.. Peck was
not guilty. II j. clear that cX-GDvcruor Bu.-
ham j. guilty Nobody has presumed 10 DENY
his guilt. H. IS guilty of having taken, illegally
and urou.tu,lv, the piiiig sum OF one hundred
dollars from the treasury. And the Attorney
General has become party 10 the Transaction
bv his NEGLECT To prosecute him. Il J. certainly
great Kindness in the Attorney General toward
the ex-Govcrnor that be- i willing to share with
him the responsibility "f So iuIcf.n,Ir q trans.
action.
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CERTIFICATE OK License.

NaH'fFr y n 0|.r1 I.1mc8 DoIIJ1nr
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lansing, July |, l.5a.
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Baker & Wiley, Compile Solicitors.
Dated, Mason, June Z7ih, 1889. 2l9-Gw
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The American Express Company have prompt
IL made au arrangement with thu agents OF the
steamship Glasgow, which leaves this port to-
morrow at IL VI, to call At -. Johns, y F., and
take the passengers OF the Ar%o VIE" viii lee
forwarded 90 their destination.
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10 tie HonorabIc, he Secretary of .Stafe Of
N,chila,.
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Vcrifie alton Of the above Statement, n,
unIrsxl S,,tlan
LEWIS HURST.

'rn aud subscribed before me at the c;ty ol
'cw York, in said State and county. this iatl
as Inn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-04-20

the border States and from other pursuits IN the
cotton States, will take place, until slave labor
shall fall to its normal value which is be'o'o that
of white labor.
In lieu of the diversified Agricultural, Manutac-
turing and Commercial industry we once had, our
employmcnts at tho South are fast narrowing down
to but onc-cotton culture; and if we do not revive
the slave trade, it appears recorded in the book OF
fate that after we shall have destroyed every other
pursuit at the South, for cotton culture, England
and France will destroy that for us Neither white
laborers here, nor the States abroad will allow us
to charge our own price for cotton. The principle
by which it all will be determined is that there
must bc equality of profit upon days labor in
every kind of business, requiring only ordinary
skill. That some universal principle OF human
action, seeking subsistence and luxuries for each
one with the least labor Of his own hands, has
heretofore pulled down the price of cotton labor
whenever it rose too high, and the like will occur
again, probably no sooner than it would If the
slave trade were revived. But how different would
bc the result upon the South to glut the cotton
market by re-opcning the trade rather than by
drafting negroes from other pursuits or from the
non-cotton growing States. SClPlo.
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To BUSINESS MES.--Evcry business man
and mechanic, who has q proper aplrccia'
ton Of The trile mode Of ,loing business, ought
to have impressed upon his memory the fact
that no man should be delicate about asking
f,r what is properly his due. II he neglects
doin, so, he is deli,i.nt in the spirit Of iu'le.
pendence which he should observe in all his
acton. Rights are rights and if not granted,
should be demanded. The selfish world is
little inclined to give him his own, unless he
have the manliness to claim it. The lack of
proper fuliiment of this principle has lost To
many, iurtune, fame anl reputation. OccaSlon-
Iva customer, who is less u gentleman thanam
upstart, puts on naughty airs and affects TO be
insuIied at being dunned for money that he
ouph, to have paia long before. No matter.
The laburrr is worthy Of his hire. We know
it is unpleasant to be dnnncd, and equality
unpleasant to dun other people, nevertheless
circumstances sometimes require that we
subj it to both but We wuu be sorry to get
wrathy' at man because lie asked Us Tor
his own, and think man very small potatoes,
who..will fly in passion when we demand a
small bill.-Athens Herald.
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Sslftt 4octrpy.
The Independent Farmer.

LOT SOlulerS plulse tueu iuoiy
But in my heart this toast I'll keep,
The Independent Farmer:
When first the rose, in robe Of green,
Cnfolds its crimson lining,
And round his cottage porch is seen
The houoysuckle twining,
When banks Of bloom their sweetness yiel
To bees that gather honey,
IIo drives his team across the field,
Where skies are soft and sunny.
The bluckbird cluclis behind his plough,
The quail pipes loud and clearly
Yun orchard hide, behind its boush
The homo he loves go dcnr'yi
The grey, old barn, whose doors cnfold
His ample store in measure,
More rich than heaps of boarded gold,
A precious blessed treasure;
But yunder in the porch there stands
His wife, the lovely charmcr,
The sweetest rose On all his lands:
The Independent Farmer.
To him the spring comes dancing gay,
To him the summer bushes,
The autumn SMILES with mellow ray,
His sleep old winter bushes;
lie cares not how the world may move,
No doubts OF fcnrs confound him;
His little flock are linked in love,
And household angels round him;
lie trusts in God, aud loves his wife,
Nur grief nur i'll may harm her,
He's natures noblrman in life
The Independent Farmer.
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The Little Ones.

A row Of little faces BY the bed,
a row of little hands upon III. sprcnd,
A row of little ruguish eyes al clossd,
A row of little naked feet expusc1.
A gentlq mother lends them in their braisc,
Teaching their feet to tread in heavenly ways,
And takes thi, lull in childhood's tiny tide,
The little errors of the day to chde.
No lovcler sight this side Of heaven is seen,
And angels hover DER the group sercncj
Instend Of odor in Il censer swung,
There floats tho fragrance Of IN infants tongue
Then, tumbling headlong into waiting beds,
Beneath the sheets they hide their tiuid head.
Till slumber steals away their idle fears,
And like popping bud each face appears.
All dressed like angels In their gowns of white
They're waited to the skies in dreams of night
And heaven will sparkle in their eyes at morn
And stolen graces all their ways adorn.
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VOLUME XXIV..--No. 10.

youth, his manhood, his old age nay bis
very life il almost gone. His clustering locks
have all been exchanged for "hair all streak
ed with grey;" his soft, relvety cheeks,
which once were worthy of . mothers pride,
have long ago lost their beauty-their bloom.
His brow has became furrowed with care,
disappointment and sorrow, and soon, it will
be stamped with death
Fainter and fainter does he breathe fainter
and fainter grow the throbbing Of his hear, |;
fsinter and fainter arc the pulsations OF life.
Even yet bis lips move, and his attendants,
standing close by, catch the words, I'm gu-
Ing home, I'm guing home Earth to me hs4
been weariso,pe, tiresome, drenry, and
gladly die"
Suddenly the great clock, standing in tho
corner, breaks the midnight stiffness, and tell,
us the hour Of twelve has come. Ere the
air Ceases to vibrate with the harsh sound,
the spirit of the dying man is waited through
the diaphanous realms of light TO the paradi-
sical nansi,n of unending felicity, in tlo
celestial abo % above. Star peals from star,
its silent music, and the Lelfry Of Heaven re-
sounds with the diapasons Of its choral hymns.
Angelic beings chant the return Of ths
wandering spirit, and symphony upon SYM
phony swellS, and thrills the thronging lost,
until, under the realization Of their own
heavenly beatifcation, they prostratc them.
selves and then the conmingled prisons OF
ten thousand spirits redeemed greet tue
great and mighty God, the archetypal and
omniscient being Of all.
Cherubim and seraphim, with melodioas-
nes, surprising tie harmonious music Of
the gliding and revolving spLeres," continu-
ally give utterance 10 the anthem, Holy,
Holy, Holy Lord God Of Sabbaoth !" filling
the streets of the New Jerusalem with their
SONGS Of spiritual sweetness, and with the
praise Of soul redeemed, rc-bought, perfect
ed and saved.
The spirit of him whom We looked upon
ut his birth and at his death has overcome
the miseries and the woes Of earth, the ter.
rurs and darkness of the grave, and finally
has gained the glories Of a Heaven.
Dear reader, may your destiny, and my
destiny, and the destiny of sll OF us be like
that OF him whose life we have been tracing
on this page. May gentle voices from the
spirit land silently whisper Of the better way.
May zephyrs steal from Heaven to breathe
away the mist that gathers on the soul in its
earth.wanderings. And when the roaper
bell shall toll for US requiem at night.fsll,
and tue fetters that have bound us to earth
shall he brushed away by the light wing Of
the death.angel, and our knock shall be heard
upon the great gate that swings outward into
eternity, may Heavens dim aisles echo to
tho j. y ul song-"A weary spirit has gene
hn,ne.,'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-04-20

THE WAY THEY SETTLE IT IN DELAWARE.
The Georgetown, Del, Messenger says
last week the wife Ola man in Dagsboroush
Hundred, Del, left her husband, and with a
v,,unp man took up her residence in Milsboro.
The husband made his appearance one day,
and the two men proceeded from the house
aud sat down upon log and calmly talked
the matter over, regarding it in all its bear
ings. The result was, that the young man
who was in possession of the wife agreed to
give the lawful but injured and forsaken hus-
band, the sum of seven dollars aud dog for
his wife. Thus was the difficult and danger
Gus business compromised to the full salts.
faction of oil parties concerned. and the for
mer husband, having abandoned all right,
title, and claim in favor of the lover took
his departure iumediately.-Riehmend Ds-
patch.
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Sf(isttllalrtol1s,
TIE FELLOW RKS.
BY HERBERT LINTON.

BY HERBERT LINTON.
"IIave you decided about taking Light
foot, George 2" asked gay voice, as some
one entered the luxurious apartment which
was tenanted by George Blandon.
The apartment was large one, and crowd
ed with the manifold appliances Of bace-
lor's den. In one corner stood massive
bedstead, from which depended rich curtains,
meeting the counterpane which was OF the
same texture. Handicapped bureaus and
tables were covered with every kind of per-
iumery in gilt and cut-glass bottles. Couches
AMI casy-chai:s stood about in profuSlon;
rich riding saddle hung in corner; !; gloves
and fnils lay scattered around. 1t was
evidently room in which no female hand
had ordering or arranging-for rich as were
the appointments, they were thrown together
in strange c9nfusion.
The young man addressed as George was 4
slvbt Yuuth, scarce twenty In appearance
His dark, fair hair hung in long Wave, over
hi. neck and almost reached lis shoulders
The face round which it clustered would have
been handsome, bad it not been for certain
air of dissipation, which cluuded the blue eyes
and gave suhkeil and prematurely aged look
to the features.
The other was oldcn and seemingly more
self-poSsessed, and with an expression Of cnll-
ming and craftiness in his black, snakc-like
eve, that would have taught one versed in
human nature to avoid the owner, had it not
been for an air of thoughtless gaity which
was we'll assumed and sustained.
Both were dressed in the height of fashion,
and wore their habiliments in an easy, uIl-
CONCERNED and careess manner, as if always
accustomed to such things; and yet, had one
cared to trace these young men 10 their real
homes, they would have found only tue COM
nonest and plainest style Of living, such As
BELTS people who barely obtain subsistence
for the present and perhaps decent coupe:
tence for old age.
The father Of George Blandon was me-
chanic-much to his modification, who how
ever contrivcd to keep tue fact out OF sight
as much rs possible from his associates
George had entered, some five years before
as clerk in a large mercantile establishment
first as an assistant only, but latterly one
of the chief clerks. His ready talents and
quick tact had thus raised him above Older
and better men, who looked upon this super
seding with some bitterness, but whose posi-
tiun forbade any complaint.
With the facilities thus sown brnadcaS
before him, and with his aspiring tastes ant
habits, it was no wonder that George Blan
don should yield to the temptation of nppro
priating large sums to his own use-not a
thefts, let US do him tho justice to say, bu
with the view of repaying them with hi
! salary as it increased Older end Eiser nel
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-04-20

gE a HANDY ARTlcLE.-Adam Slona-
ker, a number Of years ago, came to Hun
tinglom Furnace, and seeing there, for the
first time pair of snn1fers, lie asked,
"What's them fir p
':To snuff the candle.
"Tu snuff tic candle z"
The candle just then needed attention, and
Adam, with his thumb and finger pinched oil
the snuff, and carefully poked it into the
snufIers saying,
"Weil, now, them is handy"
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s9- 1t is perfectly We'll understood, or if
not, it should be, that almost any husband
would leap into the sea or rush into burning
eiiice to rescue a perish:ng wife. But to
anticipate the convenience or happiness OF .
wife in some small matter, the neglect Of whieh
would le unobserved, is more ELOQUENT
proof of tenderness. This shows d mindful
blindness which wants occasions in which to
express itself. And the smaller the occasion
seized, the more intensely affectionate is the
attention paid.
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type settlers y" Henpec-" No; but I've got
a wife who would make god decil''

rs. EXPERIMENTS show that an electrical
shock sufficiently powerful to kill an OK,
may be discharged from straw.
Yes, and tunblers of "thunder and light
ming" sufficient 70 kill man, may be i'm
bbed through straw.-Evering Post.
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x THE SELECTION OF WrE.--Ssm
Slick, IN his late "sa, ings," gives some ad-
vice abont the selection Of wife. Says he :
Don't marry too pocr gal, for they nre
apt 10 think there is no end to their his
bands puss nor too rich a gal, for they are
apt to reninl You oft pleasant sometimes !;
nur too sddy a ga', for they neglect their
families; nor Too dcmnre one, for they are
most apt to give You the dodge, race off, and
leave you nor too weak minded q one, for
children take all their talents from their
muthcrs."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-04-20

G" MAMA" said promising youth of
some four or five years, il all people are
made of dust, Amt niggers made Of coal
dust"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-04-20

TT A NAN was walked in the night and
told that llis wife was dead. He turned over,
drew the coverlct closer, pulled down his
night cap, and inuttercd, as lie went to sleep
again: "Au! how srieved shall be in the
mvrlling."