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honor as mothers, cherish as wives, and
fondly nurture as daughters, would to God
we had q pencil Of FIRE to trace before the
eyes of your natural protectors the dangers
to which they expose you, when they enter
upon the mad career Of war They subject
you to da.s Of fear and nights OF restless
anxiety; to privations, to widowhood and
orphanage, to penury and lives of solitary
wrctchedness; to homes broken up ruthless
ly, to the licentious gaze Of brutalized men,
to the insults Of foppish officers. to the perils
of the war cry. when booty and beauty
rings from the voices of demons through
your now peaceful streets; tothe horrors Of
the sack Of cities and the pillage Of private
residences, the fight with disReveled hair
and eyes starting in terror from their sockets,
to escape, the graspof drunken soldiers, who
claim you as the prize Of war; to-----but
we draw the curtain.
When the safety or honor of Kentucky
shall be at stake, Kentuckians will not stop
to count the cost !; they would be less than
the noble spirits they are il they should
But when both the safety and the honor Of
Kentucky, so far from counseling war, de-
mand neutrality, surely, surely her proud
sons will not in the mere wanton riot Of pas
sion hurry her into the depths of peril and
Of woo that we have here 10 family sketched.
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UNCOM FORTABLE.

There is quite disposition on the part q
some of'the questionaJy ,atrioiic gentle
men Of this vicinity to find fault with our
advice Of last week to the people ito watch
them" We simply told the people to keep
their eyes on such men in their midst asthcy
knew had given unmistakable evidence CT
being in sympathy with the secessionists,
and we can see no impropriety in the advice.
No man dare utter Union sentiment in the
traitors section, on fear of his life; even
those who have been suspected for synpa-
thizing with the Union sentiment have been
compelled to leave the country, and shall we
DC more tolerant to treason than they are to
patriotism? Certainly not. All we ask is
that men shall be in favor of the govern.
ncnt that protects and sustains them and
this we have right to, and will ask, nc
matter who may take offence at it.
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A woman 10 be uouored.

1t will be remembered that Lieut. Abner
Smead, of the First Artillery. was sent, a
few weeks since, by Lieut. .Slemmer. To
washington, to apprize the g Government of
the absolute necessity of supplies and rein
forcements at Fort Pickens. Forretful Of
all obligations of honor and duty. Lieut.
Smead took Montgomery III his way North
ward, and having submitted his dispatches
to the .perusal Of the rebel authorities, pro-
cceeded 70. Washington, whittier the news of
his treason having anticipated him he was
not shot, as he deserved % be, but simply
struck from the roll ofthe army. The wife
and children of Lieut. Smead. with the fam
lilies OF several officers on duty in the South.
were at Fortress Monroe. The Lieutenant
hastened from Washington 10 obtain his
family, and remove them southwark, but his
movements were not so rapid but that his
crime had been reported before him. When.
therefore, he presented himself at the fort,
he was refused admission, the officer on duty
declining ito admit traitor within Fed
eral post the only favor conceded being tb At
he might have an aninterview with Mrs. Smead
without the walls That interview the un-
happy iniscreant is not likely to forget =
Attended by few female friends, one Of
whom furnished the account which we give
Of tho scene, the lady met her husband, and
IN terms Of scorchipg eloquence, reproached
him with his shame. 7T1T
go home with YoU!" she exclaimed.
Never Our paths in this world are here
after separate. | disown you. A coward
and traitor you are no husband Of mine.--
Henceforth you are to nae as IL dead. As
long as | live shall wear mourning, and be
as widpU; and rest assured / shall educate
our children to execrate and despise your
memory as that Of recreant and traitor -
Turning with these words, the noble and
patriotic woman re-entered the fort. an
gave way to her very natural feelings. We
may add that Mrs. .Smead is, like her dis
carded husbands native of Georgia, anC
that while the latter went Southwark to OBJ
tain the reward of his treason, the former
with her children, has come North, passinl
through this City on Tuesday, and is now a
Morristown, N. j. gs.'.
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Secession Terrorism I'm Tenn
essee1-JOhnB He'll SucCumbs.

lffom the Louisville Joufnnl, Aptil 25
The Nashville papers of yesterday bring
intelligence Of the detection of John Bell and
the Ewings. Less than .a.week ago these
gentlemen united with other. distinguished
Tennesseeans in sending forth an address to
the people of tennessee which was a close
paraphrase Of the Address ofthe Union State
Central COMMITTEES, of Kentucky. They
solemnly deqIAsed Il table the duty of Tenn
essee in the tatdfdi 1favs ITO decline Joining
either partywn ana Nd upon her 10 assume
and maintain a positi66 n armed neutrality.
They calamity locked hands with the Union
men. Of Kentucky, 'and appcaledto the pa
triots Of Tennessee TO make one great last
effort for the arrest of civil war and for the
salvation Of the country We republished
this appeal in the Journal Of Monday On
Tuesday night before our paper laden with
these Just and noble sentiments had fairly
lifted its wings and cleared the premises on
its mission Of loyalty and peace, John Bell
and Edwin II. Ewing and Andrew Ewing,
three of the principal signers Of the appeal,
declared before the excited populace Of
Nashville in favor of Immediately taking un
arms against the .Gouernb,eat, and making
common cause ,oith The seeding States. Mr..
Edwin II. Ewing even went 30 far as TO pro.
claim his readiness to march under JEFF.
Davis against the National Capital. A more
sudden and utter and iuglorious detection
was never suffered by sacred and imperiled
cause. Ii must excite unspeakable morti6
cation and disgust and indignation in thu
breast Of every TRUE and enlightend .lsyer o.
his country. Hisa burning scandal to tn,
cause ofconsHtationalliberty But we hay,
no heart TO dwell sUpon iG. - ~ tJtst'
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Sherif's. Sale,
Narcissa Wright
Griffith Camnbell al n

RYvlRqUE.e Of an order Of sale, TO us disssf,
- ed fs'm the Court OF Common Plsks sf nj.
mont county, Ohio, will 'oh6f for sals, n, Az
iron' door OF the Court House, in st. ClsifsviIIe,
On Tuesday, the l4th day Of May, 1851,
between the hours Of Io,A ~, and 8, .. uax
sad day, tho following real estate TO vii, s,usiS
IN Belmont county and State OF Ohio, bsina pest
OF the Norih.Wrst Quarter Of Sseiioa II, Tc~s-
ship 7 and Range 5, beginning At iks Seu.h. .Esss
corner OF said quarter. thsncs with the EAs1sra,
boundary North lto East 6s 32-ioo poles. te q
stone, thence North ssie Wee, 7 %s-ioe polss .
q stone, thence North lOe Wssr ~ tS.i6U soIss
TO =. stake, thence South o3o Westal pslss ts 3
stake In the Barnesvills road thence with ssN
road South 52t , Wssl 10 Te.I0o poles 70 STAKE.
thence South loe Fast 264o 100 .. lss To- ssske.
ihcncu South thirteen degrees tisS) Wet u
poles to tho center o. tho Bendfosk roxd, thenes
With said road South AZ Esst3 n 100 polss 3 4
stake, thence Nerih S8to West 81 S7.i0e peIee
to- stake, thence South Ifo Wsst ~ %, re 49,
To stake oh the Southern .boundsry. of sai1.
quarter. thence with said ,lius South SeeS Esst
ti5 Ss-loo poles, 10 the plscs Of bsiiunias, en-.
,Vscd to contain forty sir aerss spd susrsSd.
App-aissd o. elSie.- ,!Tstms ef salS essh. = :,
- Sheriff end seSsis / Nss,:, :.
Sheriff. Ofies, st. Clairsviils, April II, ilSI.
ID.
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Friends and Foes.

tFrom the N. Y. Commercial Adver,iserl
AT this crisis of our national affairs the
Government and the people have u right to
know who are their friends and who are
their foes. Il is emphatically true to-day
that he who is not for US is against us. -
The issue is so plain and distinct-the re-
pelling of q deliberate attack upon our flag
and the maintenance Of constitutional Gov
ernment--that no intelligent man can fail
fully to comprehend and appreciate and
he who will not sacrifice every personal or
partisan sympathy in order TO promote the
CAUSE ia which we are embarked, cannot be
friend Of the stars and stripes, and Of
Government under contitutional restrictions
like that under which il is our happiness to
live. We say promote, because L is not
enough that men should not impede the
glorious cause which the loyal States are now
sustaining Indifference, neutrality" IS
some ingenious sophists have christened it,
is state Of feeling so closely akin to actual
sympathy with rebellion that it would be
rebellion IL it could be with profit and safety.
The man who will not aid in putting down
conspiracy against his country's Gag, and his
country's honor, and Government cannot,
IN the very nature Of things, be patriot,
but must, to say the least, have such lurk-
ing sympathy with the conspirator as blinds
him to the enornity Of their crime
States, as represented BY their Govern
ments, comprising their executives and
legislators, are TO Be measured BY the same
standard and judged by the same rule, and
when State talks Of maintaing neuti ality,
AN armed neutrality" in the present con.
test, il st once proclaims its disloyalty to the
United States flag and to the United States
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A LETTER FRoM GEO. Law,
George Law Insists ON q Route
Through Baltimore.
' lFrom The New. York Time. ,
New YoRK, II

NEW oRk, Thursday, April25, 1861.
10 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES. Sir - The! people of the Free
States have Now been. for some time cut off
from communication with the Capital of
their country by,a mob in the City ofBaiti-
more. The troops of the Government have
been attacked and shot down BY the mob, in
their passage through that city in pursuance
to the orders Of the Government. The lines
ofcommunication have been bestowed, and
the authority OF the General Government
has been set at defiance. This state of fittings
has been permitted to continue for nearly
week, and our troops going to the Capital
have been delayed and have had to find their
way by irregular and circuitous routes very
much to their inconvenience. Citizens of
the Free States have either been prevented
altogether from visiting the Capital or from
returning thence to their homes, or have
been compelled to run the gauntlet, been
subjected to all sorts Of insult and danger,
and have had to resort to the most circuitous
routes by private conveyance and ut exorbi-
tant expense. All facilities by mail and tel
egraph have been cut off by the same unlaw-
ful assemblage in Baltimore and other parts
of Maryland, ut time when free communi-
cation is 20 much required between the Free
States and Washington.
The public mind is already excited to- the
highest point that this state Of things has
been SO long tolerated; and the people are
determined that free and uninterrupted com
munication with the seat of Government shall
be Immediately established, not by circuitous
routes, but by the direct lines Of commun
cation that they have heretofore travelled
over. And it is demanded of Government
that they at once take n,easures to open and
establish those lines of communication, and
ttat they protect and prserUe them. from any
further Interruption. Unless this is done, III.
people ,oiH be compelled to take It into hei,
o,on hands, let The consequences be phat the,
may. and let them fall where they ,oiU. 1t Is
certainly most desirable that this be done
through the regularly constituted authorities
at w ashington and the Government is ear
nestly desired to act without delay.
There is entire unanimity of feeling on
the part of the people of the Free States to
sustain the Government and maintain the
Union.
trust, Mr.. President that this letter will
not be received unkindiy, as in writing it
simply do what feel it to be my duty as
citizen to do in this extraordinary state oil
things have the honor to be, Sir, your
GEORGE LAW
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Some have replied defantly and insulting.
ly to the urgent call Of the Federal Govern
ment; others have treated IL with contemp.
tuous silence, and after the troops that had
been furnished by other States. and were
poaoeSbly marching through, had been
brutally attacked and some of them muir
dered, the Governor of Maryland publicly
declared to the mob that he concurred with
the Mayor, (who had spoken Of those troops
as'invaders Of Maryland, that he bowed 10
their will, and that he would never assist in
the suppression Of the rebellion in the revolt.
Now, we hold that to States, to the Exc.
cutives Of those States and to private indi-
yiduals, the same law applies. "He that
Is not tor u.s. in this vital issue, this life and
death struggle for constitutional govern
ment and national existence, is against us,
and If ever the tide Of battle should be
turned against us would render assistance to
rebels he refuses to the Federal Government;
and therefore it is the daty of all loyal citi.
zens to keep ar. eye upon such men, US those
who cannot be fully trusted. ,-'l.
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ONCE MORE.

= I'M nnonle of Bolmont county arc occa.
i...I,v S.vorod With somstbinp erich. rare
~ ,ss,D o,.r M .;gn.turo os f" James y
ch.,,..,o,,h Ls.. veal Tim. terr;ble
- s,,'sss,.d 4 ~ Ynaansndent Renubli.
-. ~, ,n .rt;cls IN vb;cb ,he over;tabls
.T.s,,." .omuI.;n. mos, h;,,.r,v and savs
~. ..-.;hI., h.rd .h;... hsc.n.. . rr;v,,o
..;s. h..-..a NJ CSsr,os n Ar;cL
~ $50 v~ -o',..,.d Ia a,,hI;.hod q.
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WE stated last week that we would show
this week whether the Editor of the Gazette
was Union man or not On further con-
sideration We have concluded to say nothing
further on this subject. We think he bas
received evidence Of tangible'nat that
the Unionism he has been serving up to his
readers is not the kind that suits this lati-
tude; and we shall leave him for the pres
cnt to his own reflections
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u am amply assured writes acorres-
pondent from Washington, that General
Scott is fully awake to. the Importance and
urgency Of the occasion, and fully informed
of all that the rebel leaders are doing or med
itating. He.is occupied, as he was in the
early part OF the Mexican war. in carrying
into effect plan. carefully laid, and as care
fully concealed from the knowledge of the
enemy, Before, they, are aware, the net
which he has get will be sprung upon them,
and they wilb bentaken in it like coyey Of
partridges."
The defenss Of Washington seems to have
been fully pr6Yiaed for. With an ample
force now mustesed for its protection, with
ample time for posting them to advantage,
and with the most skilful engineers in the
whole country smployedin preparing sucl,
trcnchmeltsX w are, necessary, it would be
the strange& Ding ID the wcridb any access
TO the city were left unguarded, or any posi-
ton favorabl etothe enemy neglected aud un-
occupied. 50 fully In this work, in his judg-
ment, accomplished, that the. troops which
have been called for from the Western States
will have another and quite different destina-
tion. > e;'s msh, 'e ~ :.
Part of the force sent frnm Illinois is al
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DURING our visit to Lowell we we're shown
through the Laboratory of our celebrated
countryman, DR.. j. G. Aver Scarcely could
we have believed without proof what is seen
there beyond disputing.
They make barrel Of solid Pills, about
$4,000 doses, and, three barrels Of Cherry
Psctoral, l20, 900 doses, per diem. To what
an inconceivable amount Of human suffer-
ing does this point! 10000 doses day
Fifty millions OF doses per year What
acres and thousands of acres Of sick beds
does this spread before the imagination |
And what sympathies and woel True, not
all of this is taken by the very sick, but alas,
much Of tits. This Cherry Drop and this
sugarsdt Pill are 70 be the companion of pain
and anguish and sinking sorrow-the inher-
itance our mother Eve bequeathed to the
whole family Of man. Here the infant dar-
ling has been touched too early BY the blight
that watching and waiting shall tell which
way its breath shall turn. This red drop
on its table is the talisman on which its life
shall hang There the blossom ofthe world
just bursting into womanhood is stricken al
so. Affections most assiduous care avails
not, she il still fading away. The wan mes
seng ,r comes nearer and nearer every week.
This little medicsment shall 90 there, their
last, perhaps their only hope. The strong
man has planted in his vitals, this same dis
case. This red drop by his side is helping
him wrestle with the memorable enemy
the wife Of his bosom and the cheruhs Of his
heart in sick sorrow and fear lest the rod on
which they lean, in this world, be broken.
0, Dootorl Spare no skill, nor cost, nor
toll to giye the perishing sick the best that
human art :can giye.--l Galveston, Texas,
Newsts n, iees .sl aa.
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Ma. EVANS, the venerable editor Of the
Baltimore Patriot, whom. the Plug Uglies
drove from that city, attended meeting in
Philadelphia, day or two since, at which
the Star Spangled Banner was sung. Attic
close Mr. Evans was found on bcnded knees
By; the side Of his chair, overcome with
emotion. He is native Of Virginia, and
has lived long while in Maryland, but has
sst forgotten the duties he owes to his coun-
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SELF GOVERN :
Il MENT.

Tho capacity Of this Government has
otvsr heretofore been fully tested the peo-
ple have always entertained the notion that
they wsre invincible; but have never had
% opportunity to demonstrate to the world
the depth Of pstriotic feeling that undcrlies
ths great fabric Of our system Of selfgov-
~iansak o. the number and power Of the
s>soas arms that could and would b willing
b raissd for its defence when it should be
tAreasened.
a fsv months ago treason and revolution
hared their hydra heads in our midst, and
threatened the unity Of our Government; ;
and the world looked on with astonishment
ct the apparent timidity Of the people in
IL presence, and their manifest indifference
b the midst of the dangers that threatened
The very existance Of our civil liberties |;
end wse preparing to sing q requiem over
he death Of constitutional liberty in Ameri-
-, which they believed was about to 60
down forever. .
A oAsnge has takou place in the last three
vssks jn,ths appearance Of our affairs The
satufsl forbeArancs Of the North has been
txhsd6(sa By the repeated acts Of agsres-
ion committed by the rebels against the
Government, and the syron song Of poace,
pssss, has At last lost its power to snchain.
Ths sluggish pulsations Of the great heart
Il the North, TINT ever beats true to- the
Ution and the oountSy, ,havs been qaickened
"a intensified by tho fsverish anxiety for
he welfare Of that country, that fills its
every part; and the renewed energy thus
impartsd has produced one Of the most
issxfblly sublime spectacles the world ever
bsheld: that Of . universal uprising Of the
people for the defense Of their Government,
and the preservation Of thoir liberties.
y Three weeks ago the rcbels dared to at
tex Fort Sumter, At that time the Gov
srnmcnt was without men, without arms,
without money, apparently helpless, at the
meryy Of the insurgents; tho President
called upon the people for assistance, and
auniyersal response from the loya! States
says the assurance that they would sustain
him In ail his efforts to destroy the traitors
and maintain the Government. State
altsr state offered aid in men and money
New York 100, 200 mon Pennsylvania lOO,-
o0o-Ohio 7S,0O0--and other States in pro
portion, until nearly million Of men have
bssn tsndsred through the States to the
President, and individuals and corporations
and States havc rendered loans and dona-
lions Of money to the Government in un-
heard Of quantities, until the people arc OIL
nest astonished at their own capacity to
pssssrys intact the Government Of their
isthsn; and the miserable traitors them
sslvss begin to feel that II was a fearful day
70 shsm when 6rst thcy played with North
Sgp Or" -
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WSSi1fr or 70 xrWxsr PorNr. Ma
jor Co1ueuS has two sons and three grand
sons on their way to Washington, Is volun-
teers N ueisnse Of our country. Professor
Wier, 6 the Military Academy, has Just
parted With four sons for the saine destina-
ton. Theonly adult son Of Professor Bart
lett, except ono who ID Cadet st the Acad-
envy has also volunteered. One Of the sons
Of Mr.. Appelles, who has charge Of the musi.
cal department. q the Academy, has also
jsiasd the dsfSaasEs Of The Uniss. "
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Tar Tore Hautc (Ind.l Express says
that Cornelius Smock and Amos Barnbart
Of that city, whovcnt to New Orleans some
weeks hince ON a trading expedition, were
ssised aud impressed into the rebel service.
Nv. Smock is still at Camp Cooper, Mr..
Barnhart having escaping and reached home
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SHERIFFS,sSAEE.
in. Tarner, Administrator,,
VIM C.,.ii,nd J.h, n.l.,,,

IN. NkSs thO O0nn D2k0uIs .-..s-
RY viriue Of an order sE sais 70 me Ilr,,ssl
- from the cour, Of common pleas or Bslsssat
county, Ohio, will offer Ior sale, q ths irs a
door Of the court house. In 81, Clsifsvi,ls. o. :,
Tuesday, the 2sM day Of Nay, 1851.
between the hoursoi 10, II, sud 4,p. n. Of 80
day, the fol lowing real estate, 70 vii Situate n
he county Of Belmont and State 'cf Ohio, .beisa
town lots known and numbered. % eollsws i0S.
l6l. 16s le6 and l67 IN Wallsces addition Is ~
town Of Martinsville; slss, Iot No. In CsnS "A.
dtion to the town sr,nsvils; alss, siI ~ Sol.
lowing pirce or parcel Of ground. viz. Rseisnins q
the n " corner Of town lot No 139fn WaliaesVe q.
diiion 70 the town Of 'Maftnsv ile, sxseN1iNa
along tho East liue of The stree, l3e ret e tkS
boundary line between The lends OF tosisvHssi
and John w ailsce, and being one hunired .ss1
Lourtren. teei deep, vuuning psrslIsl viii tAe
aiorssaid lot 139, and extending from ~ NSgIk.
East corner Of SAID lot lSs on he rllsy enc kus.
1ired and twenty ,niHe feel tl7s) more q less, 70
the BOUNDARY line sfors.aiq between tiis :sidS II
Joel Wood and John WaliAcs esn,sIsina. -.
third OF m acre. be The same more q iss5.
Appraised % foIlows- 'f. go,
10! No. iss:,s Iss :,s Lot No. l'1Ms
ii:sss::,: Ts' + i.s'i.a sss q =. l.'' "
y ~ ' sheriff II BM,. B.i. eosns,o
Sheriff. ONCE, 81. ClsirsNlls, April 70. fssi.-.
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this matter that political bygones shall be
bygones, but we will not cease to stick To
the truth when published simply, because
some people may wish it, or because it may
hurt others.
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Sheriff . ale.s. '7S !

Philip King vs.. Thompson Waters, ss ~
RY VIRTUE Of an osdsr Of sale 70 me iirsss:
~ ed rom ths Couit Of Common PIsas e( Reil
mont county, Ohio, win offer iot sale on
Tuesday, the l4th day Of May, issir
between the hours OF 10 O'Clock, = n. and ? \.
Of said day. a, the front doof 6f the. Cows Houss.
In st. Clairsville, the following dsssrinsi fsai
estate. to wit, Staais 10 the county sf -Bslnsss
Marietta. Ohio, bounded snd dsscribsd ss, ,btIsws,
Lot two ~ in the town oi Newesstis, ss dssesfLs3
upon the plot oi said town, and being 60 feet wia6
and i53 ieet long Appraised Of e175 ~,
Terms o, sale cash. r. LOCHARY, '
.,, Sheriff and Special Mssssr.
Sheriff. Office, st. Cls'rsviis, ApsiI II, ISsi.