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what the Legislature Did.

Our readers are aware that a set of fellows
principally of the b. r. persuasion-have
been down at Columbus nearly three months
the past winter playing make law for the PEG.
pie, and pocket four dollars per day as an in.
cident of amusement; but as some may not be
very we'll informed as to how they contrived to
put in the time, we shall endeavor to enlighten
them. To commence thus: t-aoe
They elected Salmon; P. Chase United States
.Senatorl They spent $4,000 of the peoples
money on a spree with the Legislatures of
Tennessee and Kentucky. They repealed the
School Library law, and pocketed more of the
peoples money for their time in discussing its
repeal than the tax amounted to They pass
ed a dog law! 'A'-i''i ''sl -
They came perg near passing a law abolish
ing SyaUery in Ohio M
They repealed enough of the law regulating
the Public Works to throw the appointment
of Canal Officers in the hands of the Repuali-
cans! -oL - " ai .o7o5a tu4 .7s7
They left $4,000 worth of Canal Checks
unprovided for! ~>sos slsd1 ,~7yd5eaa -
They left an empty Treasury! Ss5e.
And left-for nome after: agreeing to go
down next Winter and enact the farce over
That's all.-a,eeai. i Banner users n "a .s.ls-s i
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Doug1as as a pebater.

The readers of the leading Republican news
papers must be astonished at the number OF
times Douglas is 'layed alive in the Senate
He never made a.speeck, but Mr.. Trumbull,
or Mr.. Doolittle, or Mr.. Somebody or other,
stakes the ~conceit' out of him, or Completely
demolishes him. bya tscorching Speech every
word of which told on his hide. Now, the
truth is, that since the time of Mr.. Clay,
Mr.. Douglas has never met his match in the
Senate in debate. Mr.. Douglas is not witty,
nor is he as nice in his choice of words ms a
correct taste would desire; but, for pluck,
pacity to deal his heaviest blows without pre-
meditation, he probably surpasses any living
debater. Whether right or wrong, at the head
of a powerful party, or s~ingle-handed against
the whole senate, MIR. Douglas has never yet
come out second best in a debate.-Pats6urgA
Post. E1R
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The Seventeen Year Locustsaaa

A correspondent of the EMeao York Tfaao
thus speaks of these insects: 4 o2ntH' atH
Il L have been looking forward to the ensuing
summer with no small degree of interest for
the solution of an important question in 'ento-
mological science, with respect to the longevity
of the seventcen-years locust, as it is popularity
called but more properly the Red-eyed Cicadas
(cfcada septimdecim.) The fact OF its re9uir-
ing seventeen years to arrive at maturity has
been contradicted by some eminent natural
lists, while it has been affirmed. by others
Now as its last appearance in this section was
in ls43, according to the popular notion they
ought to visit us again the present sumner
l Fave always held to this opinion myself, from
the fact that never met with a sihglc fndi
vidual of this species-although 7 am a close
observer of such things-since 1913 until to-
day, when 1 had the pleasure of capturing
what I suppose to be the first Of the season,
and I-fear the foTeruneri of a countless host,
from the ravages of which our forests and or
chards will suffer. OF course it is too soon for
them, yet to make their appearance in the open
air. The one that 1 captured to day was In a
forcing winery. I first discovered the empty
pupa shall attached to one of tie vines, which
l recognized at once, and after a little search
/ found its late occupant, which is. the object
of SO much interest to the naturalist and the
object of so much dread to the orchardist. lH'
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Republiea an Agitation of the Slave
Question.

The New York Herald, in speaking of some
of the fruits of Republicanism, remarks:
It has already divided the Tract Society, and
it will divide most if not all of the religious
and benevolent societies whose anniversaries
are about to be held in this city. 1t, is setting
even the members of the same families by the
ears, and it is becoming a fruitful source of
universal strife throughout the North, while the
South, united and uninjured, calmly looks on
at tie folly of the fanatics, who embrol them
selves and keep the whole North in hot water
about what does not concern them-negro sla-
yery-which has nc existence among them,
but is an institution in distant States over
which they have no control, and with whose
local laws they have no right to interfere
By this insane and f~anatical course, which we
are told is prompted by a religious sentiment,
the foundations of; government, Christianity
and civilization are snapped, the happiness Of
white millions marred and their prospects
clouded in thick gloom, while the worship of
the Almighty Niger and John Brown is set up
instead of that of Jesus Christ and the true
God. i t.i7t.s .nlsaf st.ss4 3efl-l
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The President and his ASSISTANTS.
uHe wfo Of old would rend the oak,
Dreampf not Of ihe reboundn@

wfo Of old would rend the oak,
mot of The rebound"
The Commons Of England, on a memofabI
toceasions impeachedga Minister, ~aftersyofin,
that common fame IS a good ground of pro
Eceeding for that House. But they had.thi
fgracesto mEke their charges spesiic. The,
ttoldzthe accused precisely Vhatsb his ofense wa
alleged to be. Specific embezzlem.nt, treason
and even murder, were among the allegation
made.v .4.4Aua owH Yeum TG-wt
The American Commons, without a basis 81
substantial even as a tscommon fame" reject
ingTtheT GO istitptional remedy for simpeacll
tment, Withholding even the specific chargt
which the meanest criminal may demand il
any court; have accused the President of thu
United States of crimes and m~isdemeanors tn,
commit. " %T9l1aafs Isl hh9d ne vs. b,n'5
We publish to-day, and We hope .very mar
will thoughtfully read, the message in which
the President protests again5t this atrocious
device Of his partisan foes. No, American
citizen can persue' that document without g
feeling Of profound Indignation against the
moral assassins, who not only seek to destroy
the fair fame. Of. one of our greatest statesmen
but also endeavor to degrade our government
and country in the eyes of an on-looking
world. n1ai
pHOe VI OOlQuc W, HAS Two dSpeClS.
James Buchanan, q citizen of Pennsylvania,
has been honofed and trusted by his country
men in a degree very rarely equaled. For
many years a member of each branch of Con
gress, then a Cabinet officer, and u minister
abroad now, Gin his old age, when his hair is
gray closing a life of spotless integrity as
Chief Magistrate of the Republic, is accused
of crimes which assign the felon to the con-
vict's cell. Is there in all the land a man who
will not say that Covode and his acconplices
are caluminators of the most atrocious caste ?
But, as we said, there is another view of this
affair. Leave Mr.. Buchanan out of consider
alton forget, if you choose, the precious right
which every man has to the good name which
he had fairly won it is the President of the
United States-the representative of the hon
or, the integrity, the capacity for self govern
ment of the people of this great Confederacy
whom Covode and his abettors have thus
and classes with felons. 1t is a
blow struck at the honor of the Republic it
is an imputation upon the intelligence of the
people; it is a proclamation to all mankind, of
the utter failure of our system of government.
Messrs. Covode and coadjutors! you will
yet curse the hour in which til vile conspi-
-acy wcs> Matched. The rebound, of which
you dreamlt net, is to como.
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HORRIBLE POISONING CAsE-We learn
that a fatal case of poisoning occurred in Brown
county week before last, resulting in death of
three persons. 1t seems that a family named
Storer had rendered themselves obnoxious by
certain pilfering practices. to the neigkborhood
about what is known, as WeaTer's Steam Mill,
in Sterling township, Brown county. "A miller
in this mill, in order to stop this pilfering of
-four, put about an ounce Of arsenic in a bag
of -four contai ,ing 40 pounds and set the bag
near the door. Shortly after, the. bag was ia
ken. away, and soon after Storer and family
were taken sick, and he and his, wife, and one
of their children died, as we learn. Such are
the particulars as we learn them. 1f -assass
: We have not learned that any action. has
been taken, against, the person, who put the
poison in the flower. We learn that the wife
of a respectable citizen, and daugter of Storer,
very near being poisoned by the same
-four ermont Sun. b.5..
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Armstrong. of Kent county, Md, has received
a letter from one of his slaves, who, ran away
to Canada two years ago, He begs his mas
ter to forgive him, and send him sufficient
money to return to him., promising hereafter
to serve him faithfully as a slave. He says che
is without clothing, has been f~earfully cheated
by the Canadians (who show no mercy to the
colored population, J and has been compelled
to hire himself out at SIS a month" He adds
that nine colored persons left St. Thomas,
Canada, in one week last spring-four for KY,
and five for Harrison county, Va. They had
letters written to their masters, for money, and
It was sent, and they ~joyfully started for home
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They would not be Republicans.

Henry Clay, if living, would not be a Re,
publican. This is proved by the resolutions
he introduced, by the speeches he made, by
the sentiments he expressed, and by the votes
he gave when living, and by the political sent
iments of his sons since his death. How can
any true friend of Henry Clay support Repub-
lican principles, Republican doctrines or the
Republican party
I Daniel Webster, if living, would not be a
This is proved by his expressed
sentiment-by his written -speeches-by his
harrangues-by his Congressional
yGtssN ,i5Ia5 his ss st sss s 2aPsssW6y sis Eli life sa ss.s
acts of his son since, his. death. HOY can
friend of Daniel Webster vote the Re-
ticket A CFiea Obsereers nsy . -
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Raranchment ana Reform.

% 4DariHgsth cam last fall the watch
word of the Republicans, in every part Of tht
estate, was sREfRENcHMENT and REFORM
.AThe5 sskeasthe people to. place the Legislation
Of the State in their hands, and that the hap
-spieste results would follow They promised
tsthet there should he. no adjourned session
a<hnt the taxes of the people should be reduced;
zsthe! public burdens Eightened; all the leaks in
s4he treasury stopped; and all useless, offices
b4sbeiished, land the public expenditures re-
ys<Fehched. Promises like these were made by
every stump pcliticion from Governor Chase
ze6w6 to gorWin, whotooE care of the baggage.
Pie Repnblic press rang with pledges of aRE-
s-efsENoHMEST AND REFORM" and. the people
odid fetarn a decided majority Of Republicans
70 both Branches of the Legislature. That
! body met op the 20 of January and adjourn
led On the 9th Of March, to meet again en-
sthe first Mondaysof Januery next Fhe ~em-
Hhers left here and to-day each and all of them
are again moyeing among their constituents
What sort of q review can they render In view
Of their pledges?s Not one. Never we're any
people. SO grossly deceived, cheated and de-
sfrsHded4as the people:of Ohio have been by
this Republican Legislature. Not q single
promise has been fulfiled, Men who pledged
70 the people s-sReTehehment and Reform"
swhet seekfngg their votes seoned at the men
fioa Sfahyfhfng of the sort when in the. Legis-
hture, and even declared that The thing was a
bald humbdg-that it was impossible to intro
duce any retFenchment into the Public Elk
penditures, or reform any, of the. existing
abuses The people who have been deceived
and their interests wholly neglected, should
demand from their servants a strict account.
They should know why the Public Burdens
have mot been Ightened; Why aVpropriations
were made for large sums beyond the amount
that viii be derived from revenue from. all
sources; Why the taxes were increaseds Why
all promises were xiolatedf And the answers
from these faifhless representatives shoald be
carefully seszned BY the people, aad if not suf
fcieat and safisffaEttory, the members shoald be
consigned to tie Condemnation appropriate 10
such. conduct. Who can donbt the faidhless-
ness cfx1e Republican party after the eeaduet
of tie late General ssemblyN0kio States
s11t: /
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q An ORDINANCE

s To enforce the collection of fines. IgH H5
Be it ordained By the Council of the Incorporated
ViHage Of Ashland. - 40 -
Sec. II That when any person or persons, shall
be convicted of a. violation of any ordinance of the
said village of Ashland, and shall be sentenced to
pay a fine, the offender or offenders. shall. if SO tors
dered by the Mayor before, whom such conviction
shall be had. be committed to the Jail of the Borf
rough of Ashland until such fine and the costs of
prosecution shall be paid. or until there shall be a
discharge by due course of law. 70 c5b OH
Passed April 14th. 1860. I.u.a zEr ao} a1assl
ayi5r;fT. {. BUSHNELL, MAYOR. !,
VIM. RALsToN, Recorder. 3w46.
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'~Republicans Attention.

E-You made the present Supreme Court of o
The Judges are all of them Republicans
You are their continuencY-you are iresposible
for their misconstruction of the Constitution
! of the State. They have decided, that mulat
toes are white men-that men having African
blood in their veins are "achite male citizens
of. the United States.H Now JOINT you feel
ashamed of your servants-the Judges,of the
Supreme Court? How do you like the idea
of voting at the same polls with a molasses
colored 'gemmen" of African DESCENT dAih't
bye1 pleased to think that you are no better
than a nigger2i Are you delighted with the
prospect of having mulatto county officers? p
because, if a mulatto may Uote, he may be
coted for. III on'titph have a fine effect, in the
future, when, by this decision of the Supreme
Court, ga chalk in de eyeH-Htar on de heel'
may take his scat in the Legis-
lature, sor sit in the Gubernatorial Chair p
Don't it tickle you all over when you think
how the free darkies, of the South will come
pouring into the State in order that they may
have the privilege of voting? of course it
tickles you, for they will 'every mothers son
of them" vote your ticket. Don't you ere
joicei with exceeding great joy" when you re-
fleet that you helped to put the man into Office
who made the decision that will bling about
such a glorious. state of things? You are no
better than a niger, for the tribunal that you
Yourselves constituted have said it. Amt you
glad you vSted the Republican ticket2- Didn't
You know your stumpers were lying when they
told you that the Republican party was "the
mans partly Didn't you fool the
when you declared yourselves In Ia
vor of stffee white labor" while you were at
the same time, intending to make a decision
that would invite the half million free blacks.
in the south to make Ohio their home2 Amt
glad%hat yon have succeeded in making
sro equality law OF the State Don't
your souls heave with emotions too big for ut
terance when you consider that you have re.
every obstacle in the way cf ~amalgama-
zion I? Your agents the Supreme Judges
nave done as you desired them to do and you
ire satisfied! LOT. course you viii continue to
vote the Republican ticket.-NdPolcon North
Vest. nRtsIt n@v1 - - tri'm ~ ii4@ -hiir
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q. ittha Mearna

I'VE Slip the IoIiow1ng from tne lass teI.er q
tne Mel7nIormed EZRA oIuE eorresPonasnsoi
sne eeW orleans tcayuee -
It possible that Mr. Seward, Ma: Sim
mons, and other representatives of the North
east oppose this treaty, when that region above
Al sfhers - most favored by it, from the fact
that the great naaafaeturing and shipping IN
eerests lay IN that direetienY What can be the
faaseY Is IL thc ne9roR No For the treaty
does not In the remotestd degree affect the negro
question, IS il does not touch the acquisition OF
EfrTtory. But let me tel you and them what
win eject the negro question, and the awful re-
spoasihility the opposes Of the treaty viii
bring upon themselves by is rejection through
them, for i is reduced to . certainty that if
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SINGULAR PHENoMENoN-BLAcK RAIN.
GA singular phenomenon" says the SYRIA
cuse Journal of the 9th instant, occurred in
this city yesterday afternoon. About four
o'clock a dark cloud arose in the northwest,
presenting the appearance Of an approaching
thunder shower; As the clouds passed over, a
slight shower, the drops in appearance resem-
bling faint ink, was quietly dispensed, giving
to all white objects the appearance of having
been spattered with small drops of black ink.
The people in the streets were surprised to find
their faces and hands, and even shirt bosoms
and collars, spotted over with this singularly
colorad rain. The sides of buildings and fences
painted white, aud the show bills on the bulle-
tin boards about town, show traces of the same
kind. We hear of several instances in which
clothes hung out to dry we're marked by tn.
mysterious liquid. A resident. of the Fifth
Ward, who had clothing ~disfgured in this
manner had the garments washed out in clean
water, and erorts to us that he has preserved
the sed ment-nearly a teaspoonfnl in quanti-
ty, for the purpose of Analysing it, to discover
the cause of this singular phenomenon" .
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Negroes Voting in Van Buren Town
ahix,

GhSlsouis decisionihas been pnt into practi-
cal operation In Van Buren, township. at the
late Spring election there we're TWELVE
NEGROES VOTED who never had the right
of exercising the elective franchise before, bu:
now elevated to an equal political privilege
with white men by issuing Of the edict from
the mandate Of the Grand Mogul of the Ober-
linites, they beldiy step up to the polls and de-
post their ballots to the utter Shame and dis
grace of this white government. 5a e9i
We Understand that someof these negroes
voted who have not the right to, even under
Ghobon's decision. That decision requires
that they must possess one more drop, of white
blood than black, befoze they can vote I; but
somesof these negroes voted VIII are just half
aad-half. Joel w. Goings, whose father was
= full-blooded black man, and his mother a.
white woman, voted, and he had no more right
to than n minor or an alien. That is. the eff
feet es Ghelsen's decision. No difference how
dark \ person may be or how little white blood
he mzy possess, he 1oiU .pote. Goings ID NOW
boasting and growing stthat. he has done some
thinesbe has. not been allowed to- since the
framing Of the Constitution of Ohio"
Some of these negroes votes were at first re-
fasedsbx the Judges Of the Election, but this
al sboeked their dignity and importance that
thew at once threateied. dire vengeance ON the
.Tudoes. If they didn't allow them to vote,
thereby. intimating that they would either
- 49,, 5cv E sszi8 gUa 3 Z !
These twelve negroes are now on par with
vh;te so;tfzeuss They have q right to enjoy an
- criSfieees and inpunitiss that white tmeni
seve. bFThevfAazc % rlgAktqn sit on the gaFy,t
tbsbhsze a&9hto to AGdao4ees~SheDet
Esy,ocrak. .aoe2 Of an s8 as;a3
~..r4Trf3 70 05~Qga3xo3A[
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fExecution cfa Woman in Minnesota

Ga woman In
Anne Bilanskg ~cone5cted Of the taarder Of
her husband by poisoning him WAS secuted
iat St. Paul, ON tho 3daltimo Her husband
vas reputed tosbe wdalthy, ard her object in
getting rid of him was 70 obtain possession of
4rying on a criminal intimacy which She had
formed with a neighbor. Bilansky was MUIR
dered on the 18th of March, 1859, and next
day she had the body inferred. The sudden
death, and undue haste in burying him, excl
ted suspicion, and the corpse was cxhumed and
poison found in the body: Mrs. Bilansky.
after her convictions escaped from Jail sand
joined her paramour, land the two Aedgte Lake
/ Como, where they remained Q week, and where
They were arrested.
% Every possible means were resorted to by
her friends, to save this unfortunate woman's
life. The law was resorted to for a new trial,
but that was denied; the Legislature was ap-
piled to-, and an effort was made to get the
members to pass a special act to commute her
sentence, but that, too, failed.t The Governor
was petitioned, but he turned a deaf ear TO. the
entreaties of even his most intimate friends.
1.-The day previous to the execution, she de-
MED in the strongest language that she was
guilty, of the murder. HoL0 Il q 3sai aof" +
When the prisoner arrived upon the platform
she was led forward, and kneeled upon the
oloPj ele cieISy, Jaifor, anu the sisters ana
other ladies in the same posture around herr
About FIVE minutes were spent in reading
prayers blythe CLERGY, in which she seemed to
take a ddeeptinterest.s Upon rising she was
asked if she had anything to say She spoke
for a minute, perhaps There was some repe-
%tition. but the following is very nearly what
she said al .s2si aL1gd tr5IGsG9go.@ a9s3
81 die without having had any mercy shown
me, or justice. Il die for the good of my soul
and not for murder. May You all profit by
my death. Your courts of justice are not
courts of justice-but 1 will yet get justice in
Heaven 1 am a guilty woman, I know, but
not of this murder, which was committed by
another. forgive everybody who did me
wrong [ die a sacrifice to the law. I hope
you all may be Judged better than 1 have been,
and by a more righteous judge. I die pre-
pared to meet my God."eIA5a Hf9E 81 o.
She was executed without any peculiar cir
cumstances. Her demeanor on the scaffold
was excellent. She was not defiant or stoical,
neither did she shed a tear. 1t is the opinion
of many that she expected a pardon or reprieve
to the last moment-Nattonat Police Gdzetts
gr -f-HrNarf- EHr-. sd ar-r-4 E4H"E--a-aF
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ALI. nur GnnnM nn.u

: ALL THE GOLD IN THE Observation-Disclosures
tie value of gold at ten million of, dollars,
which ie is, in ndinumbers, and all the gold
in the world might, if melted into ingots, be
contained in a cellar twenty-five fecs square,
and sixteen feet high Althe boosted wealth
already obtained from California and Austria .
liza, would go into an iron safe nine feet square
and nine feet high; so small is the cube of
yellow metal that has set populations on the
march and reused the whole world to wonder
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" AN ARMED GANG OF NEGRoEs AT LARGE.
the Paulding Mississippi Clarion, of Wed
nesday last, says A gentleman came all the
way from Augusta to this county q few days
ago to procure assistance for the purpose of
hunting a Sgang of negroes, who are infesting
Perry county, Miss. According to the &C;
count given by this gentleman, who is as re-
spectacle as any young man in the county,
the gang numbers, five or six, and are armed
suspected of being in league with them, aid
one has been arrested and committed to jail
isriSa.3 baa ICE s.lea1a1- t5zIcs %