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while they in q TerrifoI iai condition and has
no desire or inclination TO interfere with Slavery
where it exists. He is pledged to the doctrine
that slavery is local institution, and that each
State has right to retain itas lOnd as they please
And again, it is said that he voted against bill
In Congress, which was intended to supply the
soldiers in the Mexican war. This is not true.
And will satisfy any ore ef it who will examine
his acts while in Congress
James Buchanan has destroyed the Democratic
party in the present contest-he has used the in.
tuence of his high position, and exerted all his
energies to accomplish this end. Every man
who holds Federal Office must give evidence of
his intention to destroy the Democrhtic party,
else his head is taken off at once From this we
behold the usual incidents of approaching tyr.
amy.
Our land is filed with spies and informers, and
detractiOn and denunciation are the order of the
day. People, and especially official incumbents
no longer dare speak in the fearless tones of
manly freemen, but in the cautious whispers of
trembling slaves. The symptoms of despotism
are upon US, and unle1s we apply an effective
remedy. the fatal collapse will soon come on, and
We shall die, gnobly die, base, abject slaves, the
scorn and contempt of mankind, unpitied, un.
wept, unmodrned. Such, fellow citizens is q
melancholy, but faithful picture of the condition
CI tne pOutlcai parties ana our pubilc affairs.
This is not written to alarm any one, but to warn
you of the danger to which our steps will lead
US in case We support Douglas. would on the
contrary mploFc the people everywhere to dis.
card all passion and prejudice, and look calmly
but resolutely upon the actual state of the Con-
stitution and the country. Although entertain
the same opinions that l have heretofore, and
have that same undaunted spirit, and firm de.
termination to support our civil liberties, and
defend our Constitution, contemplate the pros.
pect before us with feelings of deep humiliation
and profound modification.
1t is not the least unfortunate symptom of the
times, that large proportion of the good and
intelligent men of all parties yielding to SEN
timents of dependency. IL seems there is a
feeling of distrust and insecurity pervading the
entire American Union. Many of our best cit.
zens entertain serious apprehensions that our
Union and our free institutions are destined to q
speedy overthrow.
| trust, however, that the confidence of the
country will soon revive. There is much occa-
sion for manly independence.
thank God We are yet free, and if We put on
the chains that are forging for us, We deserve to
wear them. Let US all do our duty in the pres.
ent contest. Pardon the advice that comes from
a young man only twenty-five years Of age, it is
the conviction of his heart
Very respectfully,
s. E. FLANAGAN.
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What do Such Accusations Go For

The Free Press has been in the habit Of charg-
ing that Hon. j. N. Howard, the Attorney Gen.
eral, whom all men of all parties know to be in.
capable Of a mean action, has been in the habit
of pocketing the salary of his clerk. What must
honest democrats think of that paper and its
charges, when it is known that the editor refused
to publish the following refutation of its base
charges against an honorable man: The Adyer.
t;ser says:
The following note in relation to imputations
made BY the Free Press concerning the salary
received by the Clerk of the Attorney General,
was sent to that paper by its writer Addison Man.
dell, Esq. Its publication was refused, however,
and at the request of Mr. NJ, We give it insertion
in the Adrertiser.
rsfusal to perform % simple an act of justice
would never have been rendered by paper con-
Quoted with any consciousness of self-respect, or
that desired to establish itself upon the basis Of
fairness and common deaency:
DETROIT, Sept. 2sth, 1860.
To the Editor of the Free Press:
DEAR SrR:-I observe in the editorial columns
of the Free Press of this morning . paragraph
containing several errors relative 70 q subject iu
which am personally interested, and in respect
, to which you are doubtless misinformed.
You ask "who is the present private secretary
to the Attorney Generals" and state that 'the cal
ary goes as it has all along gone, into the pocket
of the Attorney General" Allow me, - the ON
directly referred TO, in reply, 70 say, that IN
the present Clerk O. the Attorney General, (tha
being the title conferred by the Law upon the Of
fce you allude TO, and have been such for th
past four years; that the salary has not gone in
to the pocket Of the Attorney General, nor ha
any part of il; that the salary 10 but fosr hun
dred dollars per year, (instead Of fvs hundred, q
you stated, and has been in every instance pai
to me directly upon my order upon the Auditc
General, and enuyes to ny bs~s6t alone, no pal
thereof being paid 70 the Attorney General, {
entering into the accounts Of Mr.. Howard au
myself. 1t is also within my knowledge that
former official clerk, Mr.. Speed, in every inseans
received the money himself, and that not Dc
! lar passed into the hauds Of NJ. Howard.
, A. HAyDK1L.
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A THRILLING INCIDENr-A CHILD SUSPENDED
Fifty FEET IN THE AIR.-The guests at the La
fayette Hotel, says the New Orleans Commercial
of the lth inst, we're yesterday, while at din
ner thrown inO a paroxysm of excitement by
one of those thrilling incidents which attest how
intense and profound are the sympathies OF the
human heart. A woman, a stranger, appeared
at the door of the dining saloon. and uttered
scream of terror. What she said was inaudble,
but her actions indicated that something dreadful
was occurring. There was a simultaneous rush
for the door, and out upon the banquette, when,
horror of horrors little girl about five years
old. the daughter of one of the lady guests at
the hotel, was seen suspended by her dress from
the hook of a window blind in the third story,
some forty feet from the banquette. Every heart
ceased for the instant apparently to beat. 1t was
moment OF thrilling, of terrible interest; but it
was but for an instant. A friendly hand from
within grasped her convulsively, and-lttle Dora
was safe
As the words "shes safe, she's safe," rang
through the hall, the mother, who had not yet
reached the door, and did not know what the mat
ter was, but who nevertheless had . presentiment
that her child was in danger, swooned and fell
upon the floor. The little girl had been at play
in the room and swung out upon the blind. The
instant she was suspended at the dizzy heigh,
over the banquette, her little HANGS lost then
power, and had her dress not caught upon the
hook or catch of the blind, she must have fallen
to the ground and been dashed to pieces. Cap
tain Kirk, one of the guests at the hotel, was -
cending the stairs at the time, and hearing the
alarm and ..comprehending what was the matter
rushed into the room and rescued the little crea
ture as before described. The whole inciden
took place and was over in less time than it take
US to write three lines. 1t was truly wonderful
escape from instant death.
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From the Rochester Press.
Heavy Robbery Of q Brother OF Gov. WIs-
nsr-o2, ,OOO Stolen.

Reuben p. Wisner Esq, of Mt. Morris met
with heavy loss this morning, by having his
house entered and about two thousand dollars
carried off, Mr.. Wisner was in town yesterday,
and took from Mr.. Wslbridge, when returning
home, o package OF about nineteen hundred
dollars which he had previously deposited in
the safe at the Eagle Hotel. On his arrival
home he placed the money in his own safe,
which stands in his bedroom, and which he un-
fortunately neglected to lock before he retired.
From the letter which we add, it is very evil
dent that he suspects that he was " shsdOwed "
from the city, but We are inclined to believe
that if the robbery is ever explained, he will
find it committed by some person better &c
quainted with the premises than a stranger
The money contained in the package was most
ly bills Of the City Bank of this city. The pO-
lice were informed Of the fact, but at this wri-
ting bad no clue to commence with.
We learn the money was drawn from the City
Bank, ON a check Of Levi A. Ward, and with
the exception Of $500, was assorted, or bill on
| other banks. At the time the money was
drawn, there were none present except those
who were we'll known and above suspicion
Mr. Wisner Immediately went over TO the Ea-
gle and placed the package in the safe, and il
| any person saw him when he received il again.
they could scarcely have known it, contents
II is stated that man. disguised an a woman
went up on the train and stopped at Mt Nor
ris, and was driven of in buggy by some per-
son who was unknown. This may have some
thing to do with the matter.
We annex a letter from Mr.. Wisner address
ed to Mr.. Walbrdge, stating his loss:
SD. WALBRIDGE, Esq.-Deav Sir: The pack
age of money took from your safe when
left last night, was taken from my safe about
one o'clock this morning. by some wretch who
broke into my house. The safe was within two
feet Of my bed. Did you notice any one about.
when you handed me the package, that you
would suspect! Ny pantaloons, lying on the
top of the safe. were taken, and found under
the window where they entered, with the wallet
in one Of the pockets rifled Of about &3S. They
also took from the safe two small Gags of spe-
Gle, containing in all about SIS. A gold watch,
. quantity Of silver.ware. and a port monnai,
containing el0, lying within their reach, were
left. See if any person returns to your house
whom you may suspect.
r. p. WISNER
| Mr. NORRIS, Sept. 10, 1860.
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ESrTxoLoGIcAL.-OldTom Tom Benton, was driven
nearly insane by an attack Of the tumble-bug,"
and now little Douglas il running for his life, to
get away from Abe Lincolns beetles
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OFFICIAL STATE DIRECTORY,
STATE OFFICERS.
uoSEs WIENER. Governor.

u05ES WIENER. Governor.
nDNUND B. FAIRFIELD, Lieutenant Governor.
NELSON G. fSBEII., Secretary of Stale.
EDWIN A. THOMPSON, Deputy DO
DANIEL l. CASE, Auditor General
ERA JONES, Deputy do
JOay MCKINNEY, STATE Treasurer.
THEODORE HUNTER, Deputy DO.
JOHy N GREGORY, Superintendent Pub. Instruction.
S)RrLAND H. sTEBHNS, D~puty do
LANES W. SaNI:JRS, Commissioner State Land Office
WILLIAM SANBORS, Deputy do
JACOB N. HOWARD, Attorney General.
FREDERICK W. CUKfENIUs, Adj and Or. Master Gen
JUSTICES or THE SUPREME COURT
GEORGE MARTIN, Chief Justice.
IsAAC Y. CHRISTIANCY. Associate Justice
JAMES V. CAMPBELL, +" Z"
RANDOLPH MANNING - "
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LATEST NEWS FROM SALT RrvER.-The De.
mocracy OF old Lenawee are moving.-F. Press
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JUs77CES or THE SUPREME COUl
JUDGEs OFTHE CIRCUIT COURTS.

JUDGES OFTiHE CIRCUIT COURTS.
Lat. Dist EDWARD II. c. WILSON.
"a g NATHANIEL BACON.
"a BENJAMIN IL WIrHERELI.
ssh " EDwIN LAWRENCE.
sth BENJAMIN r GRAVES.
sth SANFORD n GREEN.
rth {" JOSIAH TURNER.
sth LOUIS :. LOWELL
oeh I" FIAvIU5 J. LtrfLEIOIiN
i0th WILDER b. wOODWORTH
Ugyer Psrinsasia DANIEL GOODWIN.
sIoses eSas : HiIIasS, sal Boa,a Of EaDoa,.on.
wIrTER J. BAXTER,
l.t Dist. BENZ L. BAXTER,
"a {" J. EASTMAN JOHNSON,
81 " LEVI BISHOP,
tth " DONALD MCINTYRE, Regents ef the
Sth f" LAKIN BROWN, University.
Ssh HENRY WHITING,
Ith LUKE II. PARSONS,
sth I" OLIVER /. SPArLDTSG,
54sTs ssx5s11s A TAEksE RiEksdS Trustees e e, A'''1"
g'1 gp LEROY. Deaf Dam, and Blind.
Rr.B NJ FAY, Principal ~
Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and BIind-Flint.
JEREMIAH P. woODPURY,)
HENRY MONTAGUE,
LUTHER H. TRASK,
INA PITCHER Trustees Insane Asy'nm
CHARLES COGGEsHALI,
DANIEL l. PRATT,
Asylum for the eInsane-Gslamazoo
JAMES TURNER,
HUBERT B. SHANK, Board Of Control,
GEORGE W. LEE, House of Correction.
HARMON CILAMBERIiN,
CHA5. A. rROwBRIDGE,
GEORGE W. LEE,
CHARLES TRIP, Rairoad Com mi isston,rs.
WILDER d FOSTER,
CHARLES UPsON,
wM L. SEATON, Agent of the State Prison.
j. EUGENE TENNEY, State Librarian.
AMOS ROOT,
Luther +: i IRasK, Inspectors Of the STATE Prison.
NELSON ". CLARK,
SAMUEL MEAD, Snpt. II. Mary's Falls Ship Canal
CHARLES DlCkEy Pres't State Agricultural Society
X y. TOMBSTONE, Secretary 10 do
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C f0U WANT A 1sr QTALITY OF GOLD
~ fene You win fnd new supply at the
10 CITY BOOK STORE.
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would willingly support Douglas, but further
support of him can have no other effect than of
carrying the election into the House of Represen.
tatives, which will either elect Breckenridge, or
if the House should fail to elect by the ith Of
March, as is probable, the Senate viii elect 10.
Lane, who becomes President Of the United
States. And Lane will only be a tool in the
hands of the disunionists, to accomplish their one
idea of breaking up the Confederacy and erect
ing the Slave States together with our Western
country, into . separate and independent govern
ment l say to you, fellow citizens, that it is my
honest judgment, that this is the object of the
Southern Secession movement, and know this
opinion ia not incompatible with the judgment of
a large majority of the men who are now sup.
porting our distinguished Stephen A. Douglas,
and 80 it is the opinion of the press. Then this
Breckenridge ticket leading to a destruction of
our happy Union, to establish which, it cost our
fathers years and years of toll and bloodshed,
cannot, aud will not, directly or indirectly, sup
port the Breckenridge ticket. know We have
men who prefer Bell over Lincoln. believe
myself John Bell is a patriot, but this cannot be
a sufficient reason why we should support him =
the present contest, because, like Douglas, he can
not carry but two or three States, and will have
no strength in the House of Representatives, and
hence you see, unless We support Lincoln, we are
aiding the disunion ticket. Douglas has no
strength in the House of Representatives, and l
ask you in the name of Heaven, where are we to
get votes to elect him by the peoples 1t cannot
be done in the present contest, and l cannot dis
grace my ancestry by supporting man believe
to be disunionist But it is charged that Lin.
coin is an Abolitionist. This is not true; he only
wishes to prohibit Slavery in the Territories,
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Architect & DRAUGHTSl(AN.
'NHE UNDERSIGNED will furnish

rtans, Specifications and E.timstes, Of anything 70
Sned TO be bat; Also, Drafts Of Elevations, Ground
And Explanations done n the best possible style Of
sxmanship He viii also contract build anything In
sne cf building, either by the job day, reason
All plans furnished by me will b drafted in fall
With all necessary explanations for the substantial
".sooce OF buildings. Pieaee give him call
- Dtafting solicited. r. w. BOYCE
Ae,.ag, July 2ssh, 1860 lySs
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old time-hOnored National Democratic banner,
which has never been lowered before any foe,
and which is the same North and South. If you
have not made up your minds to desert the Ma.
tional Democratic party, be careful how you in
crease the vote of Douglas. By voting for
Breckinridge and Lane, Nrtional Democrats viii.
not only sustain the principles Of their party and
preserve q nucleus about which, in the future,
will be formed a great National party in this
State, but they will encourage their friends all
over the Union, and be received and honored in
the next National Convention of Democrats, in.
stead of being rejected and despised-as they
most surely will bs-if they present themselves
upon the platform of Squatter Sovereignty in
company with their new allies.
We charge the Douglas managers in this State
with having purposely produced the present diff.
6culties in the party, and with persistently refu-
sing to allow these difficulties to be adjusted
Ali National Democrats should withdraw from
the rule of the Albany Regency, and support
the principles and candidates Of their own party.
"There can be no evasive middle ground"
Squatter Sovereignty is bur another form of Free.
Soil Republicanism, and necessarily continues
the excitement, strife, and bloodshed caused by
fanatic Emigr.nt Aid Societies, with their con
tributious Of Sharps rifles, if il does not result
in the 6nal breaking up of this confederacy OF
sovereign States. It il only another form of the
conflict forced upon Us by the doctrines of Sew.
ard and Lincoln. Men must take ground either
for or against the protection Of life and property
in the common Territories BY the General Gov
ernment Of the country. States are sovereign
and regulate their Affairs in their own way, sub
ject only to the Constitution of the United States
Territories are not sovereign, but belong in com
mon to all the sovereign States
Planting ourselves upon the platform of prin
ciples adopted ct the Maryland Institute, Balti
more, in June last, supporting Mr.. Breckinridg
in al the positions assumed by him in regard I
the important questions now agitasing the couu
ty, - expressed In bis letter Of acceptance, cor
Adsnt that the right is mighty, We enter upo
this struggle with the full assurance Of ultimat
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STEPHEN MOREHOUSE.
sashionaole Boot and shoemaker Boots and Shoes
santiy on hand made order on short notice. and
Nreasona6e prices. All work warranted Shop near rly
Lansing, Mich. 2oa
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M. ELDER,
ARCHITECT AND DRAUGHTSMAN.

HORATIO PRATT,
A..orney And Counsellor at Law and Solicitor in Chan
WY "nhAmston, lngnam County, Michigan.
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SILVER WARE.
SPECTACLES.

EOLD, Silver and fine Steel SpEcTACLEs
VI Eyeglasses. &c. Of every focus. Also
Opera and Shell Reading Glasses. A large al
sortment Of the above always on hand
Particular attention paid TO the selection
glasses suited 10 the eyes Of wearers.
NJ. w. GAIT & BRO, Jewellers
354 Penn. Az. 4 doors west Browns hotel,
mar 25 Washington. D. Q.
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maly. For the first time in the history
of our party contests has Il sectional nom
nation ever been forced upon either of
the two great parties ! You may talk
of the dangers to the American Union,
growing out of partisan strife and politi-
cal contests; you may tremblo at the
scenes through which we all recently
passed, connected with the slavery agi-
tation; yet there was nothing in all that
so perilous to the safety of the Union as
sectionalnomination for the presidency,
,ohere the North demanded the non1ina-
tion Of a particular man on sectids3al
issue. Aad the delegation from eue,g
Southern State, oithom cucegtioa, re-
sisted the nomination as dangefous to
their rights and institutions. A noaei-
nation forced upon the South By the free
soil ring of the clig party North, is nou
presented TO the American peop}e as a
unanimous nomination."
III matters not ,chether tie North forced
the nomination upon the South, or The
South upon the North. the DANGER consists
IN the fact that a Territorial line digidcd
mea's opiaioas, thai Northern men ,cert
one rag and Southern men another. But,
after the nomination is made, we are told
that it was fair compromise, because
the South received the platform and the
North obtained the candidate under the
direction of men who defy and spit
upon the platform. Thus we have Win
field Scott before us for the Presidency
After mature elaboration he proceeds to
accept the platform, and to write the let
ter which he had promised Mr.. Archer in
the private note that was found in Bolts
brooches pocket" Laughter.
If the reader will substitute !" Stephen
A. Douglas for Winfield Scott" he
will have just and complete condemna-
ton of his own nomination from his own
lips. Such nomination of Gen. Scott
he pronounced, would convert a good
General into bad President !" and We
may ask if the result would not be equal
ly disastrous to Senator
If Mr.. Douglas could urge the facts
connected with General SCOTS nomina.
ton as dangerous to the South, from
the divisions that existed in Baltimore in
1852, what circumstances would paliatC
the evil from the same causes in the De.
Jnocratic party in 1860? "Out of thine
own mouth do we condemn thee"
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1)olitital.
THE FLAG OF OUR PARTY.
AIR" Star-Spaaglcd Banner"


0 say do you see, as it floats on the breeze,
The emblem we hail, Of our country's sal
On its broad folds inscribed, amidst stars all
ablaze,
The time-honored motto of great and free
nation.
I" q PluriJus Unam AYE, true--'we are
one,
And the only free people the sun shines upon /;
lis the flag of our party full high let it
wave
For Breckenridge and Lame, ever gallant and
brave.
On the stump may be seen, through the mists
of the ssriie,
The foes saucy leaders their followers har-
arguing;
Each Arnoid-iike traitor cries, "War to the
knife,
All those who oppose them most fully be
slanging.
And they echo their lies from the earth to
the skies
Such folly and falsehood all good men de
spise;
But the flag Of our party still full high shall
wave
For Breckenridge and Lane, ever gallant and
brave.
And where is that band, ever glorious and
true,
When danger besets and high courage is
To the good ship of State, both commander
and crew.
IIarll the watchword is giyen--shall il
pass all unheeded2
" Breckenridge and Lane p let us echo again,
Their honor untarnished, their fame free
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Hon. WILLIAM SMIrn.

A QUENcnER ON THE DouGLAsITEs.
1t is said that in recent speech at Rich
mond, DIR. o. Jennings Wise stated,
upon the authority of Virginia delegate
who remained in the Douglas Convention
at Baltimore, that William i. Yaneey
was rendered the nomination for the Vice
Presidency on the Douglas ticket, but
that he refused to accept, stating that oil
aud water could not intermix. This is,
indeed, curious disclosure, and must
oyerwhelni the squatters who. have been
shouting themselves hoarse IN charging
Yaneeyism" upon the genuine demo
cratic candidates. They were "Yanccy-
ties" little while ago, it seems
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are objects which cause him to stump the
country. Id none of his speeches has he
uttered sentiment against Mr.. Lincoln
in all, he has shamefady and falsely as
sailed the men whose support he but re-
Gently sought. The people of Virginia
are not blind enough not to see that Mr.
Douglass conduct is giving aid and com
fort to Lincoln, and his friends in Vir-
giuia-true and faithful sons of the old
State-will never follow him, leaning as
he does to Black Republicanism. N
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Ey-fhe Louisville Cowier rcproduces
the following toast given by Mr.. John
Bell, of Tennessee, at the Vaux- Hall
Gardens in Nashville, on the 4th Of July,
1887:
1.-The indignant murmers which an
nounce future distinct utterance of
free but insulted peoples will-more ter
rible to the gully statesman than the
battles din or tempests rage"
The guilty statesman alluded TO was
Henry Clay.