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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-05
q From the Galena Courier.
The Homestead Bill.
Mr.. DOUGLAS RECORD.

q IF the Courier will produce the record
showing any speech or vote of Judge
Douglas in favor of the homestead bill,
We will publish it. But until that is done,
We deny that he has done anything for
that measure. .--AdvertiSer.
We propose to introduce portion of
Mr.. Douglas record on the homestead
bill, anfato show that he has been an ar
dent supporter of that measure.
On the 10Th of May (see Congressional
Glohe,) the Senate homestead bill being
under consideration Mr. Douglas Offer
q an amendment extending the provi>
sions of the bill-which applied only to
land which had been surveyed and was
subject to private entry-to all lands sub,
ject to pre-emption. During the discus.
sion, Mr.. Douglas said:
shall move to amend the bill by strik-
lag, out the words "subject to private
entry and putting in the words subject
to pre- -emption;'' so that it will then ap-
ply to all lands subject to pre-emption,
whether they be SO subject hereafter or
have been heretofore, so that it shall be a
general principle, a permanent policy look
ing to the future.
:. Mr.. Collamer-Hit it is arranged in that
manner, what will become of those who
have gone on the lands in Minnesota, for
exsmple7 Will the Senator's amendment
reach those people, and enable them to
tskopthe land at quarter of dollar, az
well as those who may go hereafter?
Mr.. Douglas Precisely. What de.
sire is, that every man now on the public
lsnds that have been surveyed, and .hat
are liable to the provisions of this bill, and
also all that have gone on to land not
surveyed, may take it under this bill as
soon as it becomes surveyed; and also,
that ell persona who shall hereafter go on
the land, may take it under this bill as
soon as it shall be surveyed. That is
what 1 desire to see in the bill.
gMr.ilWade--I believe that is right
Lotus have q vote. believe that the
proposition Of the Senator from Illinois
Il right and want vote.
lHMr9 Douglas--I will stop right here
five can geta vote.
In reply to Mr.. Davis objections tG
the proposed amendment, Mr.. Dougla
said: -
IIhaye listened with interest and pleas
nre to the very clear exposition of th'
issd system given by the Senator from
Mississippi. It is true that this amend
nsnt to- this bill will make radica
change. The change is simply this: al
the land system now stands, the specula
tor and the actual settler are on terms o
perfect equality, taking the land at $l,2
anlacrs; but according to the proposed
change the speculator will be required tt
pay 81, rs an acre, and the settler will only
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-05
THE NEXT ROOM.

It has been Mace Sloper's luck to be
very frequently quartered in rooms with
nothing but door between his room and
his neghbors; and whenever this. hap.
pened he has been pretty generally about
as certain to hear, willing or unwilling,
considerable that wasn't spoken to him.
Particularly when girls were in the next
room! Not giving myself credit for any
special 'cuteness, 1 can't brag OF ever
having got up any wise theory on the SUBJ
ject; but it does seem to me that the
queerest, widest, AMI most amazing
speeches ever heard in oil my life come
from people I couldn't see.
Moreover-and every body will agree
with me, if he'll rake out his own expert.
ence little-I maintain that no two peo.
pie can talk in the dark to one another
as they do in the light. Report such q
talk, and read it to them, and they'll as
soon believe that they've been talking
Injun. That's so!
Which reminds Mace Sloper of tall
he once heard in New Jersey hotel.
had quietly smoked myself into regular
nap. such as the good alone enjoy, wher
I was awakened by hearing somebody en-
ter the next room. Apparently he woke
somebody else up. too. who was sleeping
there in advance of him.
"Hullo thar!" says the man abed
"Hullo and behold" answered the one
eLtering.
"Wait for your welcome afore you
come in," said number one.
"In-comes are always welcome" an
swered number two. "The mixologisi
of tipulars directorised ne to apartment
XC. which, being exceedingly weary,
did uncandelised. Yet if you desire il.
luminosity"
"Stranger," cried number one, "hold
thar! don't light match for the love O.
God! know adzackly what you lool
like without goin' furder. You're five
feet eleven inches high, got gray eyes and
coon colored vest, short cropped hail
aud a'loose overcoat, nose like razor
handle, and scar over your left eye
That's the stripe"
"How do you cognovit that?" was the
amazed reply.
Cog thunder!" was the response
"How do know how you look? Why
who the ID ever heard of mans comm
to bed in the dark, and calling barkeep
er mixologist of tipieular fxins, unless
he had gray eyes, razor-handled nose
short hair, and coon colored vest? Dom
| light match. stranger, on my account
Drummon' lights would be darkness OF
your face arter such blaze of languag
as that. 'Illumibosity' and :cognovill
That shows you've got a carpet,bag il
your hand and whisky bottle in it
Sho!"
There was sound like the pop of
cork, and clear case of drinking to bet
ter acquaintanceship going on as fel
asleep. We hear queer things in th'
dark That Western man rather knocks
me whenever think of him.
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4so
SONG OF SARATOGA.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.


ssPrsy, what do they do at the springsa"
The question is easy to ask;
But to answerit fully, my dear,
We're rather serious task.
And yet, in bantsring way,
As'the magpie or mocking- bird sings,
IUventure bit Of song
To'tell what they do at the Springs!
Imprimis, my darling, they drink
= The waters so sparkling and clear;
1hough the favor is none Of the best,
'eAnd the odor exceedingly queer;
SBastAe fuidi is mingled, you know,
a With wholesome medicinal things,
g. they drink, and they drink, and the,
q Eo' drink
"a Ana that's what taey do at the Springs!
Then with appetites keen as knife,
gaThay hasten to breakfast or dine;
CHE latter precisely at three; ~
Il The former from seven till nine.)
Ys gods!-what rustic and rush
When the eloquent dinner bell rings!
Then they eat, and they eat, and they eat
And that's what they do at the Springs!
Now they stroll in the beautiful walks,
Or loll in the shade of the trees;
Where many a whisper is heard
b7sThat never is told by the breeze;
And hands are commingled with hands,
-
Regardless of oonjugal rings;
And they hirt, and they firt, and they firt-
And that's what they do at the Springsl
The drawing rooms now are ablaze,
The music is shrieking away;
Terpsichore governs the hour,
And Fashion was never so gay!
An arm round tapering waist
How closely and fondly it clings;
30 they waltz, and they waltz, and they waltz
And that's what they do at the Springs!
/, In short, as it goes in the world
~ They eat, and they drink, and they sleep
They talk, and they walk, and they WOO;
- They sigh, and they laugh, and they weep
They read, and they ride, and they dance;
saE with other unspeakable things;
They pray, and they play, and they pay
And that's what they do at the Springs!
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Breaking Things Generally"

Fanny Fern, once stopping at the Office
of Philadelphia hotel to pay her DILL, on
the eve of departure, found a charge for
breaking of her toilet set She admitted
the breakage of one piece, and desired to
pay for that only. The price of the whole
was demanded because the "set" was bro.
ken. The carriage was at the door; there
was no time for discussion, but enough
for action. Hastily paying the demend
and directing the carriage to wait mo.
ment, she went directly back to her room
and, taking up the poker, incontinen,ly
broke every remaining piece in the set.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-05

fB- The Republicans profess to be
in favor of homestead law, and inserted
plank in their platform, indorsing this
principle, and yet they nominated Hamlin
who voted against the Homestead bill in
the last Senate and has ever opposed the
measure. Their inconsistency and hy-
pocricy is manifest. st.-Dayton Empire.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-05
RinaldO and Lucinda-A Mod
ern Romance.
BY sIIARPSTICKS.
CHAPTER I.

Twas night, and dark as coal pit.
The rain poured down on terra fr'ma like
unto pack of hungry wolves upon a
string of sausages, and the thunder kick
ed up rumpus similar in sound as that
of an empty hogshead filled with pebbles
about the size OF piece of cheese, plung-
ing and tumbling down frightful preci-
pice of unfathomable depth, and the bright
swords of the murky clouds plunged down
ward towards the earth, as if trying to
bore gimle: holes into some potato patch
for the accommodation of the farmer
The wind smiled aloud almost demonia.
cally. as if conscious of its superhuman
strength, to lay PROSTATE the gentle holly
hook, cabbage-plant and hen coop: all ma
ture was attacked by the spasmodic con-
vulsion, which seemed to be beyond TIE
power of an Nd. to allay.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-05
CHAPTER IL.

| While nature was cutting the didoes in
the preceding chapter, there sat at the
stained glass window of q mortgaged
mansion, situated upon the summit of q
lofty eminence, and closely surrounded by
the peaks of the far distant mountains,
whose sides were enshrouded by the green
foliage of iunumerable dead trees and
stumps, whose fbred roots were stretched
out like fishermen's nets left to dry in the
sun, whose genial warmth impaired
warmth to the indefatigable spider, o
lovely maiden of fine proportions only
five feet ten, by thunder-with eyes like
unto two knot holes in slab.
Her hair was of the color of the glow
ing embers on a Christmas hearth. and
hung over her shoulders of alabaster like
unto several cows tails thrown carelesslv
over fence.
She sat apparently musing, with a GU
cumber in her hands, and Tom cat on
her kuees, when tho silence was broken
by the mono.onous sound of jews harp
from the window Her eyes started from
their sockets, and she Was about to lay
proslrate upon the floor, when, at the mo-
ment, fash of lightning revealed to her
the form of her devoted Rinaldo at the
window, and at in instant she was at his
side, when he drew his ponderous arms
around her symmetrical form and pressed
her to his stomach for the lapse of min
ute without intermission. Overcome at
length by fatigue, he wilted, and his arms
dropped to his side like unto the closing
of pair of tongs, when he belched forth
in the following strain, which can be ap.
appreciated by none save lovers:
"Dear Lucinda! Beautiful Lucinda!
what have not suffered for thee? How
l have waded streams, climbed mountains
and jumped fencesl How have stuhbed
my toes more than hundred times against
some internal stick, stone, or something OF
that kind, and barked my nose against
some cussed missile-all for thy sake, Lu-
cinda!-Speak! and say you'll be mine.
Fly to the land of The rhinoceros, hippo.
potamus and the gyasticutis, where we
may enjoy our love undisturbed meath a
tropical sun. Do you this, and spare
me, ah!''
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-05

W"I think. wife, that you have
great many ways calling me . fool. ~.
II think. husband, that you have . great
many ways of being one."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-05
Breckinridge Accepts the NOMINATION
of the Richmond Convention.

ID
Mr. Breckinridge's acceptance of the
nomination of the Richmond disunion
convention. has at last seen the light.
The Eutaw (Alabama) Independent O6-
serrer of the 3-d inst, says: "Hon. John
Ewing, President of the Richmond Con,
vertion, has handed us the following let
ter from Hon. j. G. Breckinridge, &C.
cepting the nomination of that Conven-
tion:" ~
"LExISGTeN, July Doth, 1850.
"DEAR SIR: In answer TO your letter Of the
26th ult., containing official information Of my
nomination for the Presidency Of the United
States. by the democratic conventions assem-
bled at Richmond, have to say that / accspt
the nomination, and shall strive to merit the
confidence implied by the action of the con-
vention. 81 fSss essrr ete5e61,aff 81
81 trnst that a full discussion Of existing
issues will result in establishing the Constitu-
ton and Union of the States upon immovable
foundations.
''With good wishes, 1 am your friend, =
s "JoHN c. BREcKIsRlpaE
sHon. John Ewing, President of the Richmond
Democratic Convention"
He accepts, and hopes to merit the
confidence of the disunionistsl How can
that be done except by coming up to their
standard? And he is pleased to style the
disunion convention "democraticln But
that is probably no worse than the bolt
crs calling themselves the "National de-
mocracyw ,ssaa.s;.s ~ J.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-30
FOUR YEARS. Experience with Hair
RestOratives:

The following letter from gentleman long
and favorably known in Boston and vicinity,
who has had most favorable opportunities
of knowing of what he writes, will, we are
sure, satisfy the most credulous
WALTHAM MASS, Jan. Goth, 1859
MEssRs. w. E. HAGAN & Co.: Gents--I
have been selling HEIMSTREET'S "Inimsta-
be HAIR RESTORATIVE for three orfour years,
NTH good satisfaction and success. / have
tried various other articles in the market,
pages, Packard's, Avery's, Woods, &c.
but yours has the decided preference among
them all. have aeuer hesitated to recom-
mend it for all it claims to do. Several Ia lies
in our town who had been gearing false hair
for several years have laid it aside, and now
have a full and lururiant head Of hair Of orig
inal shade and color, produced by using two or
three bottles Of your article; and when by
some means they have been induced to try
else, palmed upon them as being
superior they have almost inca, iably returned
to the use Of your Hair Coloring again, as the
only aaeYstoraous and reliable article in use
finding it as toilette article as cheap as any
Of the Hair Oils or Washes with which the
market is flooded. lam yours very truly,
s. B. EMMONS.
Remember that these uaparelzed results
were produced by HEIMSTREETsS h,inita-
BE, the original and only reliablearticle in use.
Sold eyerywhere-Price Soc and ST bot
lie. w. E. HAGAN & CO., Proprietors,
Troy, N. Y.
Sold in Canton by Morey & Bro, Cassell g.
Baughn. Sold in jackson by j. B. Morcy.;
J. s. Sizer, and all the druggist
j. WRIGHT, & CO., New Orleans, Whole
ale Agents. Jan 3 80 saw 6m.
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For the Mississtrpiaa.
Justice to Hon. A. G. Brown.
WAsHrSoroS. d. C. MAY 10. ,G

WAsHINoToN, d. c., May 10, go
EDITOR OF THE MIssIssIPPIAN:-Durin
the last Autumn, Hon. A. G. Brown deliv-
cred an address before the Legislature of Mis-
sissippi. That address attracted general at
tention, by the novelty Of its views, and the
holiness of its positions. 1t startled the po-
litical world, like thunder-clap from clear
sky. Many gentlemen thought that the hon.
orable Senator had gone too far that he had
discovered dangers where none existed, and
that he had weakened his influence and repu-
tation by premature warnings and false
alarms This view was especially taken by
the Government Organ, the Constitution,
which devoted two leading articles to Sc
we're criticism upon the address.
All this time, there were some who honest
ly believed that the Senator was right who,
remembering the purity Of his record, gave
him credit for foresight and wisdom, and who
were willing at least to suspend opinion, IN
til his prophecy could be measured by praeti-
cal results.
Those results are before us they have ar
rived sooner, Tar sooner than even the warm
est friend Of Senator Brown could have an
ticipated. A National Democratic Con, ention
has been held the very effort which Senator
Brown predicted, has been made by the North
ern Democracy, the Convention was wrecked
upon the very rock, which he had marked
out as the point of danger. The attempt to
re-affirm the Cincinnati Platform, pure and
simple-the refusal to recognize the right Of
Southern men to have their property pro-
tected in the Territories, these were the dis
turbing causes, and these causes had been
foretold by Senator Brown.
Under such circumstances, it is pleasing to
see the parties who have been in error, willing
to admit their fault, and to make reparation
for it. The Constitution of the 18th inst, in
an article called The two Constitutions of
the Cincinnati Platform holds the following
language
ave remember, with sincere regret, that
when, six months ago, in speech before the
Mississippi legislature, Senator Brown ex-
pressed the fear that the Cincinnati platform
pure and simple would be offered at Charles
ton, because it had "a Northern and South
ern sideH and for the purpose of betraying the
South, we criticised the honorable Senator's
speech on this point in severe terms and re-
garded his apprehensions as exaggerated and
groundless. We believed that the Cincinnati
platform admitted of but one construction,
and we deemed it almost rebellion against de-
to suppose that in National Demo-
cratic Convention any effort would be made
to give it two opposite interpretations.
We are now convinced that Senator Brown
was right, and that we were mistaken that
we did him injustice in our comments on his
speech, and that we owe him this tribute to his
superior foresight
The Constitution thus makes full and fair
acknowledgement; nothing could be more
plain, nothing could be more satisfactory. The
address of A. G. Brown is upon the record Il
and there can be but one judgment in regard
TO the matter. BRAGG 1
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-. ..aaat.a---
The Georgia Democracy.


WeFcsret TO discover that there are sign:
Of disoniou in the ranks Of the Georgis
Democracy boding no good to the party or 4
the Southern canse. a. II. Stephens. who i
understood to be the heir expectant or resi-
duary legatee, Of what little there Is left Of tbs
Douglas estate in the South. has published !
letter Disappearing ofthe course ofthe seeding
delegates at Charleston, and favorable to The
Squatter Sovereignty side of the question
This letter has been 6llowed BY sin;h
demonstrations from smaller satellites wbo
revolge in the same ortit--meuoat Of political
ofiicc-impatient IF delay-and anxions or
some thing f" to turn up which will throw
them to the surface
These combined ihaacnces have created TIE
divisions to which we have referred.
But there are counter blasts which en-
courage hopes Of hvorabls issue Of the
contest. Judge Eennins. the Chairman d
the Georgia tleiesaten5 has wii,f,a a esrUng
address to The Pe2p-e vnlicatig the course
IF fine deie.,te. q bo wttbdr.v IA .a,,...ins
II 80. LII - ,U7''-
'iie NM y '' ''1" - pa ''ise oeen iilai.
Gated IL ne 'ife9S sished 10y ssnators DAVIS
Hunter, Toonbs and oalerS. Secretary cobb
has also Published a s.rong daience Of tie
sucedcrs; AMI so hasSena,or Toonhs On
ad6ition to the aldrlss3 He has also within
the last few days, deliiere,l, inthe Senate.
nowerrul sDcech whichse,ru,tf,l +, .,sr A
- ;nu,.on,o
"''''
Meantime ths oa'AoNacy ire Speaking out
Iala.ai,4 TO \ State Convention IN A,s-.,sta
d.. ;nf,,.r,... II So. ~
','''''' Wy '''' = 'A''''
Sovereignty "c'lo'' '''iiefeF yihag Their Own
way bIt not 50 elaaWheFe, as the following
item, clint from late Aanta Cone,ler,ry IA
e,...,....,,o,.. ,,;u H.,
OK! ''''I, IT =. -
TIE SEesDEfN.--AJ !, laJoTned meeting OF
the democracy ot ulpn county, held at the
CltF iiaii on i59t 2''shiay, me ION ulSt;'
aI'er speeches ny Ns,ss. 9lmmS Whitaker
al" ''lAn, IN iaNnF " ~ 'HJqHsy Fellrt Of
the c"'hiui'.'' aus - SIS Ao@aFA wilson
ana lahs, "a 'lFoI ., N minority report INC
vote was .''N1t' any Wy SUBSTITUTE OF Mr
May, "liN'i "1S 10y 10y hsSsfs. lio"a'1
ana aocs!' " 80 l'''oG'u 'le minority raso-
iH'"nS' va ''''''i's'
.
0'N og "a ~ ni .,'' . AZ -, ti' h !,
hlGhI9.--ta du'tiiS' nun We punish tiie
proceedings oil the Ioikfouuty Democracy IN
council he res 1lutloR endorse the acticn
Of the SscsdcfS at Giiaaeston and ieVor tie
return OF We same 'isis7q'ion 70 hlchmoAd'
bibh lel.N'f l,sl,''iso IHb oEesbE.,>.-- =
NJ meeting OF inc peinocfacy, held al
Macon, oa ilst eataFdag, the l5th INST, the
Seceders al charleston mere sustained by an
o'i3'H le.illi? l'a ~ sA1laet iIoli
H.. :. s,csIers Wen. 81 s,.;ned ~, srso ,Ifo
he qot-s a RiL;aoad1s
HE NJ aG','EE IikA@EAcl ESif'RNE Iih
na , 81 N,s connts hi a Col',nbns
-, T.,
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The State of the Case.

The Louisville Courier presents the follow
ing clear and correct explanation of the state
of the platform question, in the Charleston
Convention. at the time of the adjournment of
that body:
The just demands Of the Southern dele
gates lor a recognition of their rights in the
Territories, and of the duty of the Federal
Government in relation thereto not having
been complied with, portion of them with
drew from the Convention, and the balance
retired for consultation. The result of this
consultation was, that the Tennessee resolu-
tions," which have hitherto appeared in our
columns, with one explanatory of the two
third rule, were offered by Mr.. Howard, of
Tennessee, as the "ultimatum'' Of Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Virginia. The explanatory
resolution, touching the two-thirds rulel
was adopted The other, in regard to the
platform, laid over one day, under the rules
1t was not acted upon before the adjournment,
and will, unquestionably. be called up at Bal
timore, and, it is to be hoped. passed. The
platform, consequently, is not yet perfected.
As far as ii goes, nothing erroneous or ohjec-
tionable is in it. The Tennessee resolution,
when added, will satisfy the people of the
States, and guarantee justice
to all.
The above is true statement of the facts.
In consequence Of the retirement Of the nine
States which withdrew, Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee, demanded as condition of
their remaining in the Convention and abiding
by its decision in the matter Of the nomna-
ton, that the question of the platform should
be re-opened, and one of these States, as an
ultmatum, offered what is known as the
" Tennessee resolution which under the
rules, was laid over one day, and is still pend
ing. Virginia now says to the Withdrawing
States, the question Of the platform having
been re-opened, il you will renew your de-
mand for the principles embodied in the Ma
ority Report and it is not obeyed, we viii
20 out with you in support Of a separate
ticket upon that distinct platform. And as
Virginia goes, so will so kentucky, Tennessee,
Missouri, together with the Pacific |
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slope, portion Of the North.west and

slope, . portionof the North-west and Of
New England.
We do not concur with the louisville
Courier, that the Tennessee Resolution will
be satisfactory 10 the slaveholding States"
y does not goflr enough, and i not sui-
hoiently cleareYen. to the extent thai it goes |;
put the merits Of this particular Resolution IS
not germain to the point under consideration.
1t is whether or not the question Of the plat
form was re-opened at CharIestoa, in conse-
qaence OF the defiant attitude assumed by
mississippi and other Stsscs Of the South, and
Ii So what steps should now be taken, in view
of this fact
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-30

or We would invite the attention or our
readers to the new @Ague Cure advertised in
our columns. Il IS from such quarter as
will give the public confidence in its efficacy,
and We have learned from reliable sources,
that its virtues will sustain their fullest expec-
tations Citizens Of the west can not fail 10
appreciate the paramount value to them. 81 4
sale and certain remedy for this affecting d;s-
temper without either Quinine Or minerals
and consequently without injury to he cor.
stitutional health We have more than or
binary satisfaction in proclaiming this remedv
because we are convinced it win answer !
crying want among Us, and serve to relieve a
great amount Of suffering. RsDablicaa, Var.
sai0, Ind.
May ], 1s6o-wlm,