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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-07-16

A worthless fellow named Hall, living
near Tallyrand, keokuk Co., treated his wife
with fendish cruelty few days since. She
had been teaching school 10 maintain the
family. Without her knowledge he drew
her wages, then beat her, took from her per-
son every article, and with q cord tied her
hands and feet and left her in that condition.
He then burned every article of her wearing
apparel and left her naked and tied, to es-
cape as best abe might. Her cries soon
brou yht assistance and relief but the hend
had aed. r. A. McChesney, Agent of the
u. S. Express, from whom we get these par
ticulars, passing along soon after, had her
taken into a coach and on TO Washington,
where be procured her q pass to Muscatine,
and there raised money sufficient to take her
to her friends, who live across the river not
| far from Burlington. She il likely, indus
triou. woman, and spoken highly Of by those
who know her in Keokuk county. Her bru.
tai husband is q worthless scamp and sup
posed TO belong to band of horse thieves
Il Oskalooss Herald.
HARVEST IN iowA.-Many farmers were il
town Yesterday securing harvest hands, lay
ing in provisions, &c. They appeared il
good spirits. Tho harvest has commenced
in th, country, as some farmers were to hav
cut their first VII eat yesterday. The pros
poets are excellent. We have now ever,
cause for encouragement both in city and il
country. Our people are sanguine, and dat
this harvest as new era in our prosperity
Thereis every prospect at this time not onl
for good crops, but good prices. These viii
afford relief to town and country, and no
only 60 this locality, but TO the whole State
Indeed there is no other State in the grea
West where the harvest prospects are so ex
cellent as in Iowa davenport Gaz.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-07-16
LADIES LIST

Gh An - u u a Mn.
Ls0K SALE, biek cottage Dwelling House with
l. full lot, situated on Fulton-st., bet. 10Th and
18th, with large rooms, all ia good order, and
will BIS sold for xIj0o cashthe best oer ever made
in keokuk, Title perfecr. Enquire ut the corner
Of I'd and Main streets, Keokuk, of
Jalyi1i6t IL. d. TEN-EYCK.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29
SALE.
I'm seated Lands.

NOTICE is hereby given that, agreeably to
~ an Act of Assembly passed the 18th OF
March, 1915, entitled +" An Act to amend an
Act directing the mode of selling unseated
lands for taxes. Re" and the several Supple
mcnts thereto, the following tracts of nnseat-
ed lands. in the County of Potter, will be ex-
posed to public sale or outcry, for all arrear-
ages of taxes, at the Court House in the said
County Of Potter, on the SECOND MONDAY
illtnl of JUNE next; and also certain tracts
of SEATED LANDS which are returned for
unpaid taxes, will be exposed for sale, at the
time aud place aforesaid agreeably to the Act
Of April 10Th l844, for taxes due thereon, un-
less previously paid.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29
A CARD.

10 the Editor Of the Potter Journal
SIR: We the undersigned settlers of Ger
mania, Potter Co, Pa, have been much sur
prisd to find in No. 26 of your Journal big
landation, perpetrated by twenty-four, "in
onr own and the behalf of our fellow settlers
-tweniy-four in behalf of about a hundred
1t is pity they did not give the ladies a
chance to sign their names what q monster
document their humble card might have be-
come.
We are not going to discuss the motives, or
the motive-power, by which these democratic
gentlemen were forced to. appear before the
tribunal of public opinion. The whole mat
ter is sufficiently transparent. They stick to
the principles of their party. end stand up
against the abolition of Slavery III our midst
and everywhere. Be it SO. Is not this a free
country? But,whilst we concede to every man
the right TO make himself ridiculous or con-
temptihc If he pleases, we protest against the
assumption of the twentg-tour to speak in
our behalf without our know. edge and con-
sent. We scout the idea of being thus hon
cred against our will. There is an old law
which says, Thou shall not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor even if he should
be benefited thereby. We mean to stick tc
this law fSipncd.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29

r. learn that the lumber started on
|. recent food has generally been stuck
n. channel of the river between this
j pittsburg-very little getting thro
! the Ohio river.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29
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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29

qls last meeting for this season of the
I;e, Literary Society viii be held
r. Friday evening at the residence of
F. Jones, Esq, when Paper" will
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29
THE AGTTATOR /:


4 Lire Republican Ceunty Paper,
Weitstoro', Tioga County, Pa.
HUGH YOUNG, EDITOR.
VEyHE AGITATOR for 1860 will be quite in
Il teresting to the citizens of this Repressn-
tative District. 1t will give each week Sum-
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TIoGA,
POTTER,
BRADFORD,
SusQUEHANSA,
MCKEAN,
CLINTON
aud LYcoMIN0
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Conventions, Mass Meetings, Clubs and Cau-
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1t will contain. also, reports of Institutes, Ag-
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Harrisburg aud Washington, during the ses-
Sions Of Congress and the Assembly.
Terms.-0yE DOLLAR YEAR, IN AD-
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Any person sending us Five subscribers at
one time, will receive, free Of postage, Fifty
Cent Copy of Helpers Impending Crisis Of
the South"
Address HUGH YOUNG,
20tf. WELLssoRo', Pa.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29

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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29

c.,;h & Jones have removed their
:, ono door north into the building
~ D,orlv occupied by them.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29

The Treasurer Sales are somewhat
landed this week, some tracts being
Ijsd and some taken out. Persons in
,,sted will do well to retain this or the
.yt No Of the paper, asit will be im-
,ssibe to supply the demand at the time
the sales, as we print only small sup
: Of extra copies 10 hold over A copy
refuIy laid away now by interested
b.eri .rs, will save some trouble then.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-29

GEnMAyfA, March l., 1860.
We publish the above contrary to our
private wish, but because all parties have
a right to be heard iu respectable man.
ner; and if twenty-seven interested clti.
zens dissent from the cad of twenty -tour
citizens equally interested, and ask for a
hearing on equal terms, we are bound to
grant it to them. THIS i. part Of our
social and political creed-"Let every
man be for the truth of their cause, If he
ask respectfully and decently. ."-ED.
JOURNAL
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27
ORDINANCE.

On Ordnance to amend an. Ordinance entitled an OrdS-
nance p~roUiding for the grading and grareking the
streets and grading the side ao@Iks and guttering
certain portions of Sandusky and Second streets, IN
the Village Of ashland, also an Ordnance entitled
.@n Ordinance for the grading .4arGpehng and qnttering
Gportion Of Cottage street, an the VfHdgeo Of Ashtdnd.
Be it ordained by the Council of the Incorporated
Village of Ashland, that Sections 8 and Z of the Or
dinances above referred to, shall read as follows:
SECTION ]. That should the owners or occupants
of any or all of the said lots or pieces of land, as
specified in the first Sections of said Ordinances,
neglect or refuse to pave the cutters with stone by
the first of August next, it shall be the duty of the
Supervisor to do the same or cause it to be done
and the expense thereof collected off the owner
or owners by due course of Law, or if preferred by
the Council, placed upon the Duplicate of the Coun
ty, to be collected as other taxes.
Sec. 2. That if the owners of any of the said lots
or parcels of land shall refuse to grade their pave
ments or sidewalks, as required by the sixth Sec
ton of said Ordinance, by the 18th day of August
next, it shall be the duty of the Marshal of said Vii
lage to do or cause the same to be done and the ex-
pense thereof collected off the owners of said lots by
due course of law or placed upon the County Dupli-
cate and collected as osher taxes.
Passed June 18th, 1860.
IT, c. BUSHNELL, MAYOR.
WILLIAM RALsToN, Recorder.
June 20, 1860-3w n3.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27
The Charleston Platform.

The following, in addition to the Cincinnati
Platform, was adopted at Charleston. 1t was
presented by Mr.. SAMUELs, of Iowa, and on
its adoption occurred the bolt of the Southern
members
Resolued, That we the Democracy of the
Union, in convention assembled, hereby declare
our affirmation of the resolutions unanimously
adopted, and declared as a platform of Irinci-
pies by the Democratic. Convention at Cincin-
matt in the year 1856, believing that Democrat
ic principles are Interchangeable in their nature
when applied to the same subject matter; and
we recommended as our only further resolution
the following:
Resolued, That it is the duty of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection
to all its. citizens, at home or ABROAD, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resolued, That one of the neeessaries of the
age, in a military, commercial, and postal point
Of view, is speedy Communication between the
Atlantic and Pacific States, and the Democrat
ic party pledge such constitutional enactnents
as will insure the construction of a railroad to
the Pacific coast at the earliest practical pc
Rod.
Rcsolued, That the Democratic party are in
favor of the acquisition of the Island of Cuba,
on such terms as shall be honorable to our
selves and just to Spain.
ResolUed, That the enactment of State Leg
~islatures to defeat the faithful execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law, are heshle in character,
subversive of the Constitution, and revolution
airy in their effect.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27
The A,Oneissees of fhe N;Gtt0eng
Democratic Party

Since we-took charge of the editorial depart
ment of the ashland Union, and prior to the
Baltimore nominations, we have expressed
through our paper no preference for, and said
not one word against, any leading or able Dem
ocrat who might be the nominee of that Con-
vention. We were determined to stand unbi-
ascd and unprejudiced for or against any man,
and ready, as we stated, to "pull off our coat
and roll up our sleeves" with an answering
determination to do our best to aid in ~electing
the nominees Of that Convention.
The nominations have been made, and with
pleasure and pride we raise and nail to our
mast head the name Of that able advoc; te of
popular rights, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
BENJAMIN FITZPATRICK, Senator from Ala
As stated in the proceedir gs of that Conven-
ton, Douglas received 2123 votes, being more
than two-thirds of the vote of the entire Eiec-
toral College, and the unanimous vote of the
National Democratic Convention.
With these standard bearers, supported as
they will be by the entire Democratic vote Of
the Union, the days of Black Republicanism
are numbered. The destroying angel is al
ready upon the wing, and the. army of the
Opposition that is fighting a battle upon the
side of WRONG, against the mailed array of
the legions who stand up in the defence of
Popular Rights, in defence of the Constitution,
in defence of the Union of these States, viii
be swept from existence by the one great swoop
of his victorious flight.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27
Part Second.

In the denomination by the Republican
State Convention on Wednesday, of JACOB
BRINKERHooF for Supreme Judge, we have
part second of the Republican programme In
relation to the Judges who passed on the ha-
6eas corpas case, by which it was sought to
lfberate LANGsToN and others from the SEN
tence pronounced against them by the District
Court of the United States for Northern Ohio,
for a fragrant violation of the Fugitive Slave
law. The majority of the Supreme Court of
Ohio, Judge SWAN pronouneing the opinion,
decided the law Constitutional and remanded
the prisoners to the custody of the United
States officers. For delivering this opinion,
the Republicans superseded Judge SWAN with
GHoLsoN. B-RINKERHoeF and SOTLIFF dis
sented from the opinion of tie majority of
the Court-BRINKERHoFF pronouncing the
dissenting opinion. For taking this stand
for seeking to nullify a United States law en-
acted to comply with a mandatory provision of
the Constitution Republican Convention
~sustains him. The issue is fairly presented to
the voters of Ohio. 1t is for them to decide
by their votes whether they will sustain him
-ChiHtc0the Advertiser.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27

R@-The seceeders from the National Demo
cratic Convention, after they had left the Con-
ventien organized a kind of meeting and nomi-
mated candidates for President and Vice Prcsi-
dent. There were 118 delegates in their Con-
~vention, about one fourth as many as remained
in the National Convention. They claimed
to cast los votes, two of these votes were cast
by telegraph from Minnesota. The nomina-
ton was offered to Guthrie of Kentucky, be
did not want to dig his political grave at this
time and so declined. It was then offered to
Hunter of Virginia, who also declined. They
then nominated Breckenridge for President
and Lane for Vice President. Lane must feel
it quite an hoaor to be in that position upon
the ticket. 1t Is generally believed that Brock
enridge viii not accept, although we believe
he would not have been nominated had he not
frat agreed to accept.
In this meeting our own State, containing
within its borders more Democratic voters
than Flori "a, Oregon, South Carolina, Arkan-
sas, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama combined,
had not a single representative. Can any friend
of his,own State support a nomination made
bv s1ch a Convention. More than that, not a
single delegate in that meeting was eVerem-
powered By any Constituency to act there Tor
them.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27
Ashland, 22d June, 1860.
The Republica an State Convention,

Which recently assembled at Columbus,
made the following nominations, for State Off
GERS: Supreme Judge-Jacob Brinkerhoff, Of
Richland. Member Of Board Public Works
Levi Sergeant, of Tuscarawas. Attorney Gen
eral-James Murray, of Wood.
Presidential electors for the different dis
tricts of the State were nominated, except in
the 9th, 9Th; 18th, 18th, and 10th, where
they will be chosen by the respective congress
ional conventions. Frederick Hassaurack of
Hamilton, and j.. NJ. Root of Erie, were nom
as electors for the State at large.
The resolution reported by the committee
simply approved and endorsed the two-faced
indefinite and non-committal platform promul-
gated at Chicago and the nominees of the
same. But this alone did not suit Gid. He,
and the abolition satellites that revolve around
him, wanted more niger, and they got him!
An amendment was carried, adding the reso-
lutions of 1859, demanding the repeal OF the
fugitive slave law, and as amended the report
was adopted. The convention was largely at
tended and much confusion and a want OF
harmony prevailed, as we are reliably inform
ed-Mdhoaiag Sentinel.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27
The Chicago Platform and the "Early
Fathers.b

The Chicago Platform and the early
Fathers
eve deny the authority of Congress, or a
Legislature, or of any individuals,
to give legal existence to slavery in any Terri
tory of the United States. Chicago Pat
form, 9Th Resolution.
This is the boosted doctrine of a party which
has the effrontery to allege hat it holds to the
same faith and stands on the same principles
as the "Early Fathers of the Republic" To
show how widely different is the Chicago doc
trine from that which was held by Washing
ton and his compeers, we refer the reader to
the following section copied from the Fugitive
Slave Law of 1793 approved and signed by
George Washington:
SEC. g.. And be it also enacted, that when
a person held to labor in any of the United
States, or an either of the Territories on the
northeast or south Of the aiver Ohio, under
the laaos Meteof shall escape into any other of
the said States or Territory, the person to
whom such labor or service may be due, his
agent or attorney, is hereby empowered to ar
rest such fugitive from labor, and to take him
or her before any Judge of the Circuit or Dis
trict Courts of the United States, residing Oh
being within the State, or before any magis-
trate of a county, city or town corporate,
wherein such seizure or arrest shah be made;
and upon proof to the satisfaction Of such
Judge or magistrate, either by oral testimony
or affidavit, taken-before-and certified by a
magistrate, of any such State or territory, thai
the person so seized or arrested, doth, unde7
the TAGS of the State or TERRITORY from
which he or she fled, owe service or labor to
the person claiming him or her, it shall be the
duty of such judge or magistrate to give q
certi6cation thereof to such claimant, his
agent or attorney, which shall be sufficient
warrant for removing such fugitive from labo,
to the State OF Territory from which he OF she
fed"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27
II Mistake.

Th statement in the Ashland Times OF Iast
week by the "Star' correspondent that MI
KNAPP was the author of the article in our
paper of the same week, signed Justice. -
untrue. The article was written by a irienu
IF Mr.. KNApp's during his absence from the
state and this correspondent hne0 that Mr..
K~spp did not write it. Yet he was mean
IL a;sbonest.enough, without the least cause
- charge it upon hin, in order to make an ez-
s.ss For another Of his malicious and ialss
eass.nsl attacks upon Mr.. KNAPP. Men that
ara an;ltv of such contemplate tricks and
ar -. If soul, are unworthy of further noE
The article of sJustice," though must nay
touched : very sore place, a spot that Is pap'
diseased,
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-27

A resolution was then unanimously adopted
declaring Douglas nominated according to the
usages OF the Democratic party and rules OF
Congress by a two vote.
Cheer upon cheer now arose, every person
in the theatre rising and waving their hats and
handkerchiefs aud eyisciag the utmost en-
thusiasm. The scene could not be exceeded
in excitement. From the upper tier, banners
long kept in reserve, were unfurled and waved
before the audience. On the Stage appeared a
humble of banners, one of which bore the in
scription, "Pennsylvania good for 10000 ma
jority for Douglas" Cheers for the Little
Giant were responded to by the people outside
till all was a perfect roar inside and outside the
building. Stephen A. Douglas was then de-
clared by unanimous vote the candidate of the
Democratic party of the Union.
The Convention again rose en- masse cheer
ing tremendously. A number of speeches
were then made giving adherence to Douglas
by Jno. Cochrane of Newf.York and others,
when the Convention took a recess till I P. m.
10y a special dispatch We learn that the
@ Eeption nominated Benjamin Fitzpatrick,
s. s0r from Alabama, as Vice President, but
how, or by what vote the nomination was made,
the dispatch gives no information]
EVENING" SESSION.
Mr-Riehardsop ofIll., presented a letter
from Dougfas dated Washington, Goth inst.
askine the Withdrawal of his name if it would
produce peace-snd harmony in the Democrat
ic ranks, but Mr.. Richardson said the course
of the Seeeders had been such as to prevent
the friends of Mr.. Douglas from making any
use of the letter.
The Convention after passing several unim-
portant resolutions adjourned sine die.
The platform adopted at Charleston was moi
changed in any respect.