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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-03
CONNECTICUT.

This State holds her election to-
day, and the result is looked to by the
people everywhere, with unusual inter
est. Long in the undisputed possession
of the Democratic party, it is the only
doubtful State in all New England. The
Republicans succeeded at the last election
by very small majority, and the Dem
ocrats have boasted ever since that at
this election they would win her back
again to the fold. That the effect of a
victory in one of the N. E. States would
have the effect to rouse the energies of
the party in other sections, has been felt
in all its force. And hence both wings
of the Democracy have made it the great
battle ground.
While the Buchanan and Douglas fac
tions hate each other. like Turks and in
fidels, they cordially unite on the
ticket, and are straining every nerve in
the contest. All that the patronage OF
the Administration, with its swarms Of
stipendaries, and the corruptions of the
public money can do, is being done. On
the other hand, all that Douglas and
his followers can do with the sham Of
popular sovereignty, is being done like
wise, with the view of defeating the Re-
publicaps.
The election, therefore, hotly contested
as it is-for we believe the Republicans
are doing their duty in the campaign
will probably be very close. But We
hope by our next, to hear that Connecti
cut has, like her sister, New Hampshire
maintained her integrity, and given to th'
country an assurance of her devotion t.
the Constitution and the rights of man
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tanning this sectional strife into frenzy
they could fill their own Golfers, while
they would have the intense pleasure of
breaking down their hated rivals. And,
fora time, it seemed almost as if they
would succeed. But the law above re-
ferred to, is stronger than human pas
sion, and will not be subverted. In a
manner altogether unlocked for, it has
yindicated itself, and these greedy mer-
chants are now feeling the full force of
the stripes intended for others.
The late Legislature of Virginia, by
some unexplained motive impelling them
thereto, passed law facing all merchants
s's-ssat State one per cent. mpon the aohole
amount of their sales It results there
fore, that the wholesale merchant
must pay one per cent. on all his
sales to the jobber, &c. The jobber must
pay one per cent. on all his sales as the
goods go into the hands of the retailers,
and these retailers again must pay one
per cent. on all their sales to their
customers. Every person, therefore,
through whose hands the goods pass
must pay one per cent. tax!
The result of this law is, that instead
of building up the wholesale merchants
of that State, they are placed at such a
disadvantage that by no possibility can
they compete with Northern men. And
the feeling in consequence is most in
tense. Indeed, the raid of John Brown
at Harper's Ferry scarcely created a
greater excitement. We could fill the
Telegraph with articles from Virginia
papers denouncing the utter folly and
madness of the law, And the papers of
Wheeling say that the law will be foci-
bly, resisted rather than submitted to.
The Richmond Whig says that all the
principal wholesale dealers of that city
have already made engagements to re-
move TO Baltimore and other ports out
Of the State.
IF the fanaticism Of sectionalism has
not wholly demented the minds of the peo-
pie of that State, they will be made wiser
by their experience, and in due time re-
turn to the good old usage Of common
sense, and the comfy and courtesy due
from the citizens of common country to
each other. tits, perhaps, a hard lesson
to learn, but it must be learned some
time, that in the operations of an infn--
itely wise and just Providence, men
win inevitably, in some form or other,
receive to themselves the exact measure
of good or evil which they intended
to mete out to others. s.
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A DEMOCRATS OPINION OF DOUGLAS
DEMOCRATS.


It is known to our readers, that the
Democratic National Convention, to nom
mate candidate for the Presidency, was
appointed to meet in Charleston, S. G., on
the 23d of this month. The Douglas
wing Of the party don't like the at
mosphere of Charleston, and some of
them are not very well assured of their
personal safety in the most Democratic
State in the Union. They are therefore
clamoring for a change of the place of
meeting. The Executive Committee has
been called together to make the change,
as the prospects of Douglas would be
promoted by holding the Convention in
a Northern city. Ithas been proclaimed
throughout the country, that the friends
of the Illinois Senator would attend the
Convention in such numbers as to over
awe that body and complete his nomi-
nation. And they complain that Char
lesion cannotaccommodate the crowd, and
give this as reason for demanding the
change. The Charleston Ne,cs, Demo
cratic paper, paints matters, and especially
the hospitality of Charleston, and the
character of the Douglas men, in the
rosy tlnts following:
"What has her private hospitality to
do with such case, an irruption upon
her of an immense horde of men, intent
on their own selfish ends and Indifferent
alike to her people, their sentiments and
interests? And thousands Of them, too,
of such character and manners that II they
aoere to come here, Individually, again and
again, 1t aoould neuer be thought, By a re-
spectacle man Of our city, to admit any Of
then, acithin has doors. During the
presence of. that promiscuous crowd, the
private doors of Charleston will never
have been so tightly shat and carefully
guarded as then. She will confer more
aoatching than hospitality upon the "camp
followers, who have come to swarm at
the assembling of a National Conven-
ton"
There it isl Of the thousands oi
Douglas Democrats, expecting to attend
the Convention, this Democratic editor
says, their "characters and manners, are
such that no ''respecta6le'' citizen would
ever admit them within his doors, and
the significant declaration is distinctly
made, that they will be ssaoatched." !"
We presume, however, that these
"hordes" will be permitted to vote the
ticket when nominated, and catch the
"niggers" of the chivalry! So, stane
ready to start at the bugle note! a''
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-03
CHARLESTON AND CHICAGO.

The peculiar boast of the South, has
been it's chivalry and hospitality, while
the Northern people have been represent
ed as penurious to degree. The
truth, however, is we'll represented in the
two following extracts, and will give q
good idea of the real difference in the
hospitality of the two sections.
The correspondent of the New York
Herald writes from Charleston thus:
"a Member of Congress received a
letter day OF two since, in reply to an
application for quarters, stating that he
could have a room provided he would
agree to pay the enormous price of $40
or $12 a day for it from the 10Th OF
April-eight days before the Convention
meets. He declined takingit. Another
gentleman showed me letter to-day,
which he received from citizen Of
Charleston towhom he applied for rooms
with board for himself, wife, and son, in
forming him as follows"
II went to the principal hotels to see
what l could do for you, but all refused
positively to have any ladies in the
house, as in each hotel, drawing rooms,
parlors, and halls, will be packed with
beds and cots, and each occupant will be
charged $40 per day. Inext went to all
the private boarding houses, and found
them all engaged. Next I went to seve.
raj private houses, and at last induced
lady to say she would accommodate
you, if you and your wife will take q
bedroom and let Charlie sleep in the par
lor on the sofa. She will charge you
$18 per day for the three. [ assure you
you cannot do better if you wish to come
have never seen such an exciting time
here as there is about the Conyention.-
I board at the-House, but had tc
give up my room last week until the Isl
Of May, for the landlord told US all tha
we must pay during April $50 per weeE
and then allow him to put some one else
in our room. This I could not afford
and went to friends house, and nov
find I must change again, and God onl.
knows where I shall go. The reason
why board will be enormous, is tina
everything in market is very high. Bee
now sells for fifty cents per pound, ane
everything is in that proportion.
So much for the treatment of Dem
ocratic Convention in Democratic city
The following is from the Chicago Press
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THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG.

The old doctrine of the Despotisms of
Europe, expressed in the caption above,
which is dying out in the kingly gov
ernments of the Old World, seems to
have been revived, with all its force, in
this boasted land of the free. That cor
ruption, whose rankness is an offense to
all honest men, is rife beyond all iesti-
mate in Washington, is known to every
citizen. Indeed, so prevalent has it be-
come that the ordinary mask Of at
tempted secresy, is scarcely any longer
worn. Not only are the Offices of Gov
ernment publicly dispensed as bribes, by
the President, with which to purchase the
votes of Representatives, and betray the
will of the people, but the gold from the
treasury is used for the same purpose.
A committee of Congress has been
appointed, to make Investigation of these
corruptions, with a view Of applying a
correction. And the testim ony already
taken confounds all belief Among
other witnesses, Wendell, the Public
Printer, has been examined, and his
testimony shows the most astounding
system of corruption ever practiced in
civilized Government. In the single
item of the printing of Post Office
blanks, he swears that in order to get the
contract, he stipulated with the Presi-
dent himself, to pay over, t'oenty thousand
dollars a gear to certain newspapers, tc
sustain them, while they were to sustain
the party This is but specimen, and
the witnesses, be it remembered, are the
personal and political friends of Bu-
chanan, and the recipients of his bounty
The facts in the case were Sc notorious
that these men did not dare to deny
them, but came out boldly and stated
the facts. But Buchanan has become
alarmed, and to the amazement Of every
body, on last Friday, he sent in mes
Esage to the House, utterly denying theil
right to make the investigation, ant
taking the monstrous ground which cos
Charles the First his head.
What the result may be, we canno
say. That we are drifting into despot
ism with fearful rapidity, is as clear t.
an unprejudiced mind as any PROPOSE
tion can be. But whether the force o
partizanship will be sufficient to sustai
the President in his kingly prerogative
is yet to be tested. If sustained, theni
it mockery, and delusion to call thi
Government Republic.
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Encouraging.

Encouraging.
It is pleasant to know that amidst the
almost universal fanaticism Of the South
ern press, there are few which have not
wholly abjured their reason. Gov. Sew
ard, ofsN. Y, has been SO long held up to
the views of the Southern people by the
Misrepresentation of the press, that he is
believed by many to be a dangerous
man. No calumny has been too base, and
no scruple has withheld them from ut
tering the most ungrounded ISLANDERS
against him. But while nearly all the
papers in that section have denounced
his late speech in the Senate, as the ra-
wings of fanatic, we see thai the Balti-
more Prhsot, Wilmington Republican, in
Delaware, and one or two others, have
had the manliness to publish the speech
itself, and to characterize it, as it truly
is, masterpiece of calm and diguifed
craftsmanship. And the New Orleans
Picayune says of it:
"The manner of the speech is to be
admired for its polite suavity. What
ever may be Mr.. Stewards vices as pol
itician, or faults as statesman, his tone
as Senator is unexceptionable. It is
courteous and aispassionate.''
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HONOR TO GOV. sTEwART, OF
..e- MISSOURI. III.

The Legislature OF Missouri have
twice, during the winter, passed an act
to enslave the free colored people of that
State, but have been saved from the un-
utterable infamy of its execution, by the
vetoes Of Gov. Stewart. The historian
of after times will find it difficult to
make the world believe the record he
will be compelled to make of the doings
of several of the State Legislatures of
1860.
Nearly every slave State has had be-
fore it like proposition to ensalve the
free colored people within their borders.
Arkansas, we believe, is the only one of
them which has enacted the deep and
damning enormity, in the form of a
final statute. Missouri, so far, has fol-
lowed the lead of Arkansas. But the
Governor revolted at the internal atroc-
ity, and refused to sign the bill. Mary
land, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and
other States, which had the subject be-
fore them, faltered in its consummation.
We believe the scheme carried in one
House, in nearly, ifno notquite all, of these
States, but failed in the other. We
trust, before another sitting Of their
Legislatures, glimmering of reason and
conscience may return, so as to make the
perpetration of deed so diabolical, an
impossibilty.
What adds, if possible, to the revolt
ing outrage, is the fact that nearly all
of these people are the children of Slave
holders themselves who emancipated
them to save them from the nameless pol
lutions to which those but slightly
colored, especially if females, are ex'
posed in the condition of slaves. There
is not probably one in thousand Of
these people who are black. Many Of
them have lost nearly every trace of the
African. And yet the purpose was te
seize and sell them as slaves.
We gave some time ago, the noble
generous, and Just sentiments of Judge
Catron, of Tennessee, on this subject, al
published by him in letter to the Legis
lature of that State, protesting in th'
name of Christianity, Civilization, and Hu
manity, against the perpetration of th'
deed. He will be honored for that letter
when those who voted for the ae
will be remembered only to be execrated
And Gov. Stewart, for his firmness in in
terposing his veto to the twice enacted Law
of Missouri, on the same subject, will
find that he was bequeathed to his child
rem, name that will be honored for tha
act, at least, when the fanaticism tina
engendered the bill will be looked upol
as one of the darkest chapters in th'
records of human depravity. :.
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April 3, 14-3t C. W. ELDR1DGE, Treasurer.

Notice.
NHE1GS County Common Pleas.-David II.
lNl Moor vs.. John Dennis and Martha Den
Dennis, whose place of residence is
will take notice that David H. Moor,
of the county of Meigs in the State of Ohio,
did, on the 10Th day of February, 1859, file his
petition in the Court Of Common Pleas within
and for the County of Meigs, in said State of
Ohio, against the said John Dennis and Martha
Dennis, defendants. The said David H. Moor,
also, on the 23d day of November, filed in said
Court an amended petition against the said
Defendants setting forth, that the said John
Dennis and Martha Dennis gave mortgage to
the said David H. Moor, on twenty-five feet,
which should be seventy-fve feet as set out
in the amended petition, off of the north end of
the following tract of land, part of lot of
land sold by Lewis S. Nye to Norman s. Davis,
bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake fifty
feet north Of the east and west line of section
eight, township number twenty-one, range
number thirteen, of the Ohio Company's Pur-
chase; thence north 225 feet; thence east 100
feet; thence south 225 feet; thence west to the
place of beginning situate in said county of
Meigs, to secure the payment of $3.50, accord
ing to the note referred to in said mort
gage. The object and prayer Of said petition
is that the defendants pay the plaintiff the sum
of $3.50, and interest from the 25th of Decem-
ber, 1857, and that, in default thereof that said
premises may be sold to pay the same, and the
said John Dennis is notified that he is required
to appear and answer said petitions on or be-
fore the third Saturday after the 18th day
Of May next. DAVID H. MOOR,
By HANNA EARHART, his Att'ys.
April 2, l86O.-l4-6t.
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beauties of Democracy as exhibited in
this debate. But the above will be suf-
fcient to show its spirit. Yet we have
Democrats in our county and town who,
in the face of the notorious fact that the
party is led by an oligarchy of negro
drivers, still insultthe intelligence ofev-
cry reading citizen by claiming that it
is the friend of the free white laborers of
the countryl Can reckless audacity go
beyond this? And can the honest men
of the party be longer deceived? .
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NEBRASKA, REPUBLICAN,

Nebraska Territory has been, ever since
its organization, under the complete
control of the Democrats. The immense
patronage of the Federal Government
and the swarms of officials quartered
there have hitherto overpowered the
Republicans at the ballot-boxes, and
gave the Democracy large ma
jority in the Legislature. They had,
however, preached popular sovereignty
SO long that the people really be-
lieved they were honest, and when
the Republican members of the Leg
islature introduced bill to prohibit
slavery in the Territory, the Douglas
wing of the party could not have the
face to vote against it, and the bill passed.
But Governor Black, who was placed
there for the purpose of sustaining
slavery against the will of the people,
vetoed the bill. In long and labored
message, he took the ground that the
Constitution, as interpreted by the Dem
ocratic party, carried slavery into the
Territories, and that neither Congress
nor the people could prohibit it. In
this he was clearly right. For while
some of the leaders in the North for the
purpose of getting votes, preach popular
sovereignty, and that the people ought
to do as they please in the matter, they
know very well that such is not the de-
sign of the party to which they belong.
They know, as every intelligent man in
the country knows, that the Admins
tration, and those who sustain it, hold
that slavery is omnipotent over the peo-
pie.
But, being thus compelled to face the
music on the naked question, the Repub-
licans have won complete triumph
there, as they have everywhere else out
of the slaveholding States, when the
issue could be got before the people
Believing that the Democracy could
control the Territory under any circum-
stance, that party had provided by law
for the election of members of a Conven.
tion to form a constitution, preparatory
to admission into the Union. But the
veto of Gov. Black so effectually opened
the eyes of the people to the true posi-
tion of the parties that the Republicans
swept the Territory by an immense ma
jority, and have elected large maj ority
of the members of the Convention. This
| is splendid and most important victory
And, coming as it does on the heels Of
the election in New Hampshire, shows
the direction of the popular breeze ir
the great Presidential campaign JUS
opening. Nothing but the most shame
less fraud and deception can prsvent
the success of the Republican candidat,
for President in November next. The
honest impulses of the people are right
and nothing but false issues, designed tt
cheat the unsuspecting voters, can pre-
vent this desirable result.
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A. KOHL.

Dealer in and Manufacturer of Umbrel- ~
las. He holds himself in readiness toSI
make Umbrellas to order, or repair old *
ones in the most substantial manner He will
also buy worn-out Umbrellas at liberal prices.
Shop on Linn street. north of Smiths Shoe
Store. f-..F
He would also inform the public that he pre-
pares a SALVE, which he will warrant equal
to any in use, for the cure of Eelons, Catarrhs,
Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts, Salt Rheun,
Ring Worm. Rheumatism, White Swellings,
and many other diseases of the kind. Price,
% cents per Box. Jan 8, 1S60.--2-ltE
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Dissolution of Co-partnership.

Dissolution OF Cop
NOTICE is hereby given that the firm
~ known as Williams & Jones, of Coalport,
Meigs county, Ohio, has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent. JOHN 7. WILLIAMS,
',..-.5 J. Fl. JONES.
The business will hereafter be carried on by
John T. Williams, who will be pleased to
receive call from the friends of the old firm.
JOHN T. WILLIAMS.
March 81, l86O-14-3t* tEs ,.
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Sherif,s Sale.

Sher1H'S SALE
Mai R. Nye VS.. F. w. Stevens.
DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the Court of Common Pleas Of Meigs
County, 1 will offer for sale, at the door Of the
Courthouse, in Pomeroy, at 10 o'clock A NJ,
On the 7th day of May, 1860,
the following described lands and tenements,
to wit the northerly half Of Lot number lol,
in the town of Pomeroy; to be sold as the prop
erty of F. W. Stevens, at the suit OF N. Il. Nye
Appraised at $3.50. Terms Of sale cash:
J.J. WHITE, S. M. c.
March 30, ls6O.-14-5w. 1.5O
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NOTICE.

A LII those indebted to me are requested not
n to pay any money to Phillip Forstner, as
I will not accept it. j. P. SAUEk.
Pomerov. March % 1s6O.-14-3t
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W. r. GOLDEN l.. 3. T0WSskNb'
GOLDEN & TOWNSEND.
Attorneys at Law. W. R. Goldens Office in
Athens, O., and L. s. Townsend's in Pageville,
Meigs Co., 0. Prompt attention given to the
collection of claims, and other business en-
trusted to them. 2-46-1y
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UNITED STATES HOTEL,

NJ. A. Hudson, Proprietor, formerly occu- -
pied by NJ. A. Webster,) one square below ne
the Rolling Mill, Pomeroy, o. By endeavors to
accommodate both man and beast in the best
manner, Mr.. Hudson hopes to receive con-
stantly increasing patronage. 2-5-1y
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA.

A Benevolent Institution established BY special Ems
dewment, for the Relief of the SICK ana distressed
and especially for the Cure of Diseases of the Sex
ual Organs.
NTEDICAL ADVICE given gratis, by the Acting
Nl Surgeon, to all who apply by letter, with de-
scrption of their condition. (age, occupation habits
of lffe &c.) and in cases of extreme poverty, Med
Valuable Reports on Spermatorrhoea, and other
Diseases of the Sexual Organs, and on the New Rem
edies employed in the Dispensary, sent to the al
Two or three Stamps for postage will be acceptable
Address, DR.. J. SKILLIN HoUGHTON, Acting
Surgeon, Howard Association, NO. south Sou Ninth
street Pbilodelphia Pa. EZRA ID. HEARTWELL,
GEO FAJRCHILD Secretary. President.
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nfas0lufiOm

YTNHE partnership existing between NJ. Nye,
i jr, and J. Grant, under the name of NJ.
Nye s. Co., was dissolved by mutual consent
on the 10th day of February last. The unset
tied business Of the firm will be closed up by
NJ Nye jr.
M.Nye and NJ Nye, jr., will continue the
business under the old name of NJ. Nye s. Co.
April 2, 1S68-14-3t@ NJ. NYE s. Co.
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MARTIN HAYS,

Attorney -at-Law, Harrisonville, Meigs Co, o.,
will promptly attend to all business that may
be entrusted to his care, in the several State
Courts of Ohio,and in the U. s. Courtsfor the
Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. 80