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Report Of a Contemplated Out
break in Goochland County Va

The Richmond Dispatch, OF the 9th
inst, has the following:
With regard to the report Of con
tcmplated outbreak in Goochland
county Va, a gentleman from that
county gives Us the following partic-
ulars: A negro informed his master
that he had been applied to by a
white man to join plot for murder,
ing and robbing wealthy persons and
stores in the neighborhood; that forty
had already joined it; and that the
first to be robbed was Mr. Morris
Woodward who, it was alleged, had
large amount of cash in his house
and buried near it, but he Qhe negro)
preferred to reveal the plot, which he
accordingly did. The facts were
made known to the authorities, and
the Sheriff with posse went, after a
ruse, to ascertain whether the negro's
story was correct, and arrested one
Manly, who told them he was but the
tool Of others. named Farmer and
Radford. They proceeded to arrest
Farmer, who made a violent resis
,ance, using knife; and in attempting
to take it from him, Sheriff Ayres
hand was cut. Farmer 2rofcssed en-
tire ignorance of the plot. Radford
submitted quietly to arrest, and was
afterwards released, Farmer was
held in custody in consequence OF his
having used the knife, and Manly is
still in jail, The affair occurred on
the Goth ult., about six miles above
Goochland Court House. ..'.
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The Excursion to New Orleans.

We have heard verbally that the
Presidents Of the Mobile 4 Ohio, Mem.
phis & Charleston, and the Mississippi
Central Railroads, have arranged the
great excursion to New Orleans for
the 10th of April or thereabeuts. II
is further stated that five or six trains
will 20 down together and that all
the cities from Chicago down will be
invited to send delegates. We know
not whether this is the positive agree
ment or not. One thing is very GER
tain, however: Our citizens will
have an opportunity to take that ex'
cursion sometime during the next slS
or cish, wcrks.-Oriard N,r a,y
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-02-22
Arrest Of Abolitionists in Missis'
sippi.

From the Enterprise News of
Thursday last we extract the follow
ing:
On Monday last Marshal McDon'
aid, assisted by Ki Murphy, brought
before the Vigilance Committee two
men named Manchester and bishop,
About the lst of December last, the
Vipilance Committee examined two
Young men who was procuring sub
scrip,iors to the American Encyclooe-
dia. 1t was charged then that they
had been tampcring with slavery
The Committee not deetn'ng the evil
dence against them sufficient to au-
thorize summary punishment, they
were discharged with the inj junction
to leave the State. and to abandon
their agency and infnrm the publish
,r. or their ai,"nts, that the book
should not be delivered in this county
The Committee at that time thinking
they were agents for A2pleton's New
American Cyclopedia, which had
been condemned by Mr. Pryor, and
which was regarded by the Commit
tee a. being incendiary in its tenden-
The two men Manchester and
Bishop, notwithstanding the warning
given to Smith and Ti!den, under
took TO fiji the subscriptions obtained
by them, whcreupon they IN. and b.
were arrested, and upon examination
was found in their possession book
entitled Cotton is King which, al
ter careful peru4al by DR.. w. .
Price, r. $. Wier and ourself, who
were appointed committee for that
purpose, reported the book as being
incendiary and of dangerous charac'
ter. 1t was further shown in evi.
dence against them, they had sold
and circulated said book in this coun-
ty and Newton. After much discus
sion AS to what action the committee
should take in the premises, the vote
was taken, and when six present
voted to turn them over to the civ
authorities and five voted to treat
them to coat Of ltar and :eathers.-
The majority ruling, the prisoners
were then turned over TO X. T. Ken
nedy, Esq, who committed them tc
the county Jail, to answer at the
Spring Term of our Circuit Court.
"A strong feeling on the part OF the
citizens to tar and feather them was
manifested. And as for our part we
think that the proper way to dea
with such men. -,
The books were burned on tht
street.
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Kissing.

Miss Kate l.. E., writing on the
subject of kissing, makes use Of the
following:
Il am vain enough to pride myself
on being girl of sense, and dearly
love and appreciate good kissing; in
deed, | should as leave have a nice,
sweet kiss as cashmere. 1t is to
me one Of life's sweetest enjoy
menis; some Of my happiest moments
have been spent in kissing. A rich,
hearty kiss. from plump, rosy, nous
tachcd--or unmousiached--lips, will
las, one dav.
Miss Kate is evidently a sensible
woman, and we'll calculated TO keep
hotel!' Kissing, certainly. is II
most admirable institution, and we
desire TO see il prosper
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ESg- AT the instance and request of
several of our physicians, says the State
Rights Democrat, we publish the subloned
extract from Virginia paper. The pro-
prie,y and justice of the extraft w'Ii be
readily seen when applied to any pro e :
sion or business whatever--in none more
than the medical and legal professions and
the printing business. Undertaking, or
rating" is not only unjust to the breth-
ren, but emphaically diShonorable.
We may as well now assert thai we arc
not cognizant Of any instance Of the dis
graceful practice having occurredin Helena
We hope to be able always to say asmuch
Here is the extract, and it furnishes a goot
example .H o. a..i
sixty.six physicians Of Virginia havt
signed a card stating that they are lntorm
ed that some medical men Of Richmond
Virginia, are attending patients by ih'
year. for specific sum, and believing tha
this practice is injurious to their interest
and derogatory to .he honor Of the m2d
ical profession, as well as hazardous to tn
patient, they reatiirn the Medical Sociel,
Of Richmond. )" as represented IN the Cod
of Ethics" and of the profession OF tn
city, as expressed in resolution appende'
10 the i.tarif' of fees; y and therefor
pledge themselves no: to attend patients b
the year, aud to refuse consultations w't
auy physicians who may directly o. inIi
rec,ly be gully Of such pr2c:i'c-
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sponsibililies which are hanging over the
youth of this generation. The signs of
the times are ominous, and the day, per.
haps, not far distant, when the combined
strength and wisdom of all true patriots
will be called forth to sustain our country
and nation. The links that bind our great
confederation seem to be breaking, our
tempest-tossed Union rocking upon its
foundation, and he two extremes bursting
asunder, like two parting mountains rent by
volcanic erup,ions, fall into q dreadful,
fiery sea. Oh! my young friends, if we
are to fall upon such times as these and
breast the tempest of nations wrath,
what light shall lead us, what hand shall
guide us to haven of prosperity, peace
and repose.
Ruin threatens US on every side. Our
inheritance, the fruits of a nations labors,
for hundred years, is in peril, and an in-
uLdation of blood is threatening our be-
loved land. Nothing but the counsels of
wisdom, prudence and moderation can pre-
serve us from the pending catastrophe.--
Shall we close our ears to the timely warn
ing. Shut our eyes to the opening vortex,
and sport merrily in strenuous idleness
like an idiot upon ruins brink! No;
for heavens sake, no. Let us prepare for
the dreaded emergency. Let the South
educate her sons at home, train them to
activity and inure them TO toll; then if the
tempest clouds that now darlen our hori-
zon should pass away and we are blessed
with the genial light of friendship and
peace, we will be better prepared to move
on the car of civilization and mental cul-
ture, and enjoy the richer, purer, serener
sky of an intelligent age.
To the founders and friends of this in
stitutiOn, lie, me say You are engaged in u
noble cause. Suffer no opposition 10 dis
may you whatever. Obstacles may offer
distractions to your institution. Despair
not, press onward and upward with the
same perseverance which you have mani
tested since you first came to the deter
mination to educate your sons at home,
and your noble efforts will assuredly be
crowned with the most gratifying success.
| can fancy | see the day when your insti-
tuition shall have taken rank by the side of
Oxford, Chapel Hill, and Cumberland Uni
versities, her worthy sons blessing as a
fostering mother and filling the proudest
stations in the land. May you all live to
see that glorious day, and may Purdy Col
lege stand in the armament of letters as a
star of the first magnitude in the zenith OF
| its ulOry TO the end of time
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to heroism, although their whole ex'
istence is one life battle for those
they love and cherish, there is more
exalted appreciation of woman and
more chivalrous regard for the sex
than was ever dreamt Of BY old King
Arthur and heroes of the Table
Round"
"There is a strength in weakness,
and men who have been known to
.coT at the law and defy It's penal
ties, have been made to quail and
tremble beneath the mild and tender
re2roof of sisterly and mo'herly love,
and those who have broken chains
of steel and adamant, and deiied the
strong arm of man, have been mana.
cled with chains of flowers and led
willing captives into the paths Of
rectitude by the soft, white hand of
woman"
"Thus far have spoken Of woman
only as first in peace" but my sen
timents says she is first in war" and
this is true
"For love ike nature is
War, sweet war--arms! to arms $50 they be
thine. Woman"
First in peace and first in war,
she is also first in the hearts of her
countrymen y and her presence adds
a charm to every phase and aspect of
life. In the hour of success, there is
nothing gives such zest to pleasure
As the sweet word of a lovely and
vir,uous woman; and, in the eloquent
language of Michalet, when the dark
hours come, and sorrows crowd
around us-when we look in vain to
the heavens for n star to guide US, we
turn our gaze toward woman, aud
find that star in her eyes.
Would men but follow what the sex advise,
All things would prosper all the world gro" wise,
Twas BY Rebecca's aid tha Jacob won
HIS fathers be sing from an cldes' son;
Abusive Nabil owed his forfeit life
To the wise conduct OF prudent wife.
Heroic Judith so Old Hebrews show,
Preserved the Jews and slew the Assyriln lo';
At Esther's suit the prosecuting sword
Was shelthcd, and Israel lives TO bless the Lord
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street.

TSince the completion OF the
Mississippi Central Railroad, and
Simultaneous with that event, travel
over it was a hundred fold increased
We notice long trains are now re-
quired to accommodate the passengers
The amount will be still more in
creased when the fact that the road
has been completed becomes general,
lv known. Down and up this road
will every one travel living or having
business in Louisiana, Texas, or
South Alabama, and in Middle, Wes'
tern and Southern Mississippi.
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The \. yysr and'the Doctor.

Colonel Stone, 4 practlcinS lawyer,
md DR.. Mason, Il practicins pbySlr
clan, were rival candidates for the
State Senate of Massachusetts, and
were stnmping the district together.
DE- Mason was a warm advocate for
law reform, aud, in arguing its ne
cesyity, he. referred to a certain case
in which hi, competitor had been
non-suited upon some technicallty
Now" "said DR.. Mason, ave need to
have the iaw reformed, or Col. Stone
is incompetent to bring suit correctly,
he can take Sit4"r horn ofthe dIlem
ma" .................
Colonel StoM replied: '"Fellow
cjtizons, the nbfSr has the advantage
Of ne Wheif make a mistake in
nv profession he htS only to go to the
records of the court and find it, and
publish il 10 the world; but when he
makes a mistake in has profession he
burics it Sir feet ander groGnd.
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PuRpy. Tenn, Jan. 2s, 1860.
GEKrLEMEs Il was greatly surprised
at the reception Of request from you, tc
furnish copy of the speech delivered by
me or last night. 1t is something which !
did not expect, and which l did not think l
deserved /; but if you take the interest in
it (and have no right to doubt it,) which
you have manifested, ! will take pleasure
in furnishing you copy.
Very respectfully,
''I THOMAS SPIoHr,
Messrs. Cross, Wisdom, etc. n.
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The "Irrepressibls Conflict"

The recent speech of Henry Wilson
one Of the Senators from Massachu
sets, shows that the spirit of the "'r
repressible conflict is as fierce as
ever. Mr.. Wilson's speech is quite
as full of aboltionism and insult &c
the South as was Stewards Rochester
speech. Massachusetts, will take M
step backwards in her march to thu
subiugatlon of the South. until driver
back.
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Volume xvIn.
From the 'Purdy. Tenn. Wing Banner
Correspondence.

PuRDy, Jan. 2S, 1860.
MR. THOMAS SPIGHr-Sir:-The un-
dersigned, as Committee, IN behalf of
the large audience who heard your very
excellent address on last evening. respect.
fully request that you favor US with a copy
of the same for publication, believing, as
we do. that an effort so appropriate should
not be lost. Yours respectfully,
ALpHoxso CRoss, WV. s. WIspoM,
MAcLIH CRoss, D. M. WIsDoM,
W.K. WALSH. A. AooRE.
G. G. LurBR,
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poftrp.
In the.Soul's Temple.
NY WILLIAM WINTER

ny WILLIAM WINTER.
The star ! worship comes alone,
In silent grandeur set apart;
It's light, its beauty yall my Own,
And imaged only IN my heart.
The flower..I love Lifts not its face
For other eyes than mine to see;
For having lost that sacred grace,
,Twould have no other charm for me
The hopes bear, the joys ! feel
Are silent, secret, and serene; j,
Pure is the shrine at which ! kneel, :.
And Purity herself my queen.
would not have an inpious gaze
Profane the altar where are laid
NV hopes Of nobler, grander days,
By Heaven inspired, by Earth betrayed
Iwouh not have the noon-tide sky
Pour down its bold oblrusive light,
Where all the choros of feeling lie,
Deep in the souls celestial night
Far from the weary strife and noise.
The tumult of the great To-Day,
dcuard my own serener joys
And keeNmy own sequestered way
For all that world is cursed with care
Has nothing sacred, nothing dear;
No light, no music anywhere
1t will not see, it will not hear.
But thou, sweet Spirit, viewless Power
Whom have loved and trusted long,
In pleasures day, in sorrows hour,--
Muse of my life and of my song;
Breathe softly still with gentle voice,
In my souls temple vest and dim;
In thine own secret JOY rejoice,
With morning and with evenlnshymn
And though my hopes around me fall
Like rain.drops in tie boundless sea
Twill not think lose them all
yet l keep my trust in thee.
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In California a woman is not label
cd an "old maid" until past iif'y. up
10 that time their chances for mar
riagr are regarded As hopeful.
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Suicide is becoming very preva-
lent in my city" said gentleman to
an inhabitant Of neighboring town.
."Well, really, sir. don't know of any
city where it could prevail with great
er advantage to the world at large"
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The following notice is posted at
railway station: "Travelers should
be careful to deliver their baggage to
the proper persons, rs gentleman a
few days since entrusted his wife to a
stranger, anl have uJt heard Of Le
.ii-rr -
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-11-17

his window, aud stopping moment to read
q iragment OF good news sent to him from
New York by Simeon Draper, started out
accompanied by few Of bis more immedi.
ate associates, aud walked eisurely over TO
deposit his vote. He was not observed by
the masses until he reached the Court
House steps but at that moment be was
suddenly saluted with the widest outbursts
Of enthusiasm ever yielded by popular
assemblage. All party feelings seemed to
be forgotten, and even the distributors of
opposition tickets Joined in the overwhelm-
ing demonstrations Of greeting Mr. Lin
coin passed through the hall and up the
stairs without impe 1ment, but on reaching
the Court Room the crowd gathered about
him with such excess of zeal that it was
with some difficulty that be made his way
through. Here, as in the street, there was
heartiest and most undivided delight at his
appearance. Mr.. Lincoln advanced as rap
idly as possible to the voting table and
handed 10 his ticket, upon which, it is hard
ly necessary to say, all the names we're sound
Republicans The only alteration be made
was the cutting of Of bis own name from
the top, where IL had been printed. As
he emerged after voting, from the Temporal
ry enclosure, the manifestations of enthu-
siasm we're doubled, and Mr. Lincoln, re-
moving his hat, bowed in Acknowledgements.
Many persons pushed forward to take his
hand and exchange cordial word with
him but the crush was too great for com
Portable conversation, so he was soon re-
leased, and escorted cut with all the popu.
lar honors that could be lavished upon him.
BE at once returned to his room at the
State House, after an absence Of not more
than Eve minutes altogether, and resumed
his quiet intercourse with bis visitors, as
composedly ns if be had not Just been the
object Of as overwhelming testimonial Of
public affection as ever any man was visit
ed with.
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,.-,--,,1v M. onite slrunked

I There is a probability that Pop Squat.
nosgIas.bas secured nine Electoral votes
ont. 'of The three hundred ahd three be
smmoJed the Union for ! The st. louis
Democrat says:
Douglas has probably carried the State
by a small majority. No inconsiderable
fraction Of the Union party voted for him.
Indeed, it is appaFent that no combination
of circumstances, however favorable, can
enable that party to carry Missouri The
Union orators, instead of remaining at
home aud working at nome, wentaacR 70
New York to aid Fusion, and to. very little
purpose. That party is stone dead IN this
state, and we apprehend few mourn Che ca
tastrophe. gleFtossl0 ~ sioasi''sa Y
Lincoln has received a handsome vote IN
the State, aud win be found very close 70
Breckenridge when all The returpS are H.
' 81 +..sriilaiar, afsaf,1o sGicslI
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-11-17
Election al Llneo eoIn,s Home. !

The election at Springfield, illinois, was
quiety conducted, and special disputch
to the n. Y. Tribune says
Mr.. Lincoln has passed most of the day
in the Governors House, receiving numer,
GUS visitors, entertaining them with discus
sions upon various topics, not exclusively
political but sometimes humorously touch
ing upon matters as foreign to the business
of the day as the splitting of rails.
Tie city has been enlivened with per
formanees of rowing bands OF music, dis
charges of cannon, and other manifestations
Of popular feeling.
The multitude at the Court House, wnere
the polls are Hxed, was very great curing
the forenoon and the early part OF the at
teruooi but, toward o'eock u d'miplsh'
ed sufficiently to allow tolerably free pas
sage. Mr.. Lincoln. who had intended to
delay voting until FIVE o'clock, was counsel
ed 10 take advantage of this opportunity.
| He accordingly, after Surveying the Coprl
House, ana the crowd surrounding It from
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Eleotion In New York city.

The election ia the city passed of with
out very serious disturbances. OF the re-
suit the Tribune says; 10
The majority against Us 10 this City is
somewhat larger than we expected, but not
enormously SO. We gave the Fusionists
%, 900 they have obtained, perhaps, 2S,-
900, though it is a little less. We make
our total Lincoln vote 33, ,237, against co.
599 for the Fusionists. The vote is very
full-more than 10000 higher than ever be-
fore and the Republican vote falls but L.
800 behind our estimate. We ought TO
have polled our full $4,000 f.; hat the des-
perate exerat1ns, the lavish expenditure
aud the pecuniary constraints exerted over
their employees by the mercantile FuSlonlsts
have reduced US below what We ought TO
have bad. All we have to say is, that
more gallant and desperate battle was never
fought by any party anywhere than by tie
Republicans of this city. They began the
canvass with the year, and they have pro-
secuted it for ten months With untiring ener'
gy and invincible resolution. They have
held all the meetings, done all the hard work
spent all the money in legitimate efforts to
commend their principles that they could.
Nothing but the intense mercantile pressure
excited by terrors Of Disnnion and Non-Iu
tercourse could have carried the majority
against us above 10000.
Our adversaries did not cheat US so mucl
as they expected, nor so much as weldread
ed, thanks to the vigilance Of our Wide
Awakes in scTutiuizing the Registries an(
watching the polls. Had we met them les
resolutely, less iRdustriously, they eoulf
have easily run up the majority her to 80,
600.
We have elected Frederick A. Conkling
to Congress also William wall from th'
J Eastern and Williamsburgn district On
! The whole, If we have not done as we expect
cd we have done all we could. r
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Power ofeword.

Wendell Phillips, Esq, 10 his lecture last
winter, before the Parent WashiDgtoniau Socie-
iy, told the following story; -st- mr.
A mother on the green hills Of Vermont
stood at her garden gate. holding by her
right hand son of sixteen years, mad with
love of the sea. Edward, said she, they
tell me that the great temptation of sea-
mans life is drink. Promise me, before you
quit your mothers hand, that you never viii
drink Said he--for be told me the story,
i gave her the promise. l went the broad
globe over Calcutta, the Mediterranean,
Sanfrancisco, the Cape Of Good Hope-and
for forty years, Whenever l saw glass ill.
ed with sparkling liquor, my mothers form
by the garden gate on the hillside of Yer
mont, rose up before me. To-day at sixty,
my lips are innocent of the taste of liquor
Was not that sweet evidence of the power
of single word? And yet it was but half;
for said he, yesterday there came into my
counting-room young man Of forty, and
asked me, DO you know me y NO. said
J. L was brought once,' said he to my in
formant, drunk into your presence on ship
board you we're a passenger the captain
kicked me aside you took me into yonr
berth, kept me there till had slept off the
mtoxcation, and then you asked me if had
mother l said never that knew of F;
never heard q mothers voice. You told
me of yours at the garden gate, and to-day,
twenty years latter, am master of one Of
the finest packets in New York, and came
to ask you to come and see me-
How far back that little candle throws it:
beam-the mothers word on the green hill
side of Yermont'l God be thanked fol
the almighty power Of single word.