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that is by ballot. God knows our mo-
tives; they are pure Mr. Maekley does
not impugn them for moment In re-
gard to the two old parties we have no
sympathy for either; the triumph of our
party will prove the death of both, and
since neither will make war with rum,
and both have grown corrupt, we believe
the sooner they pass off the field the bet
ter. | voted my first Prohibition ticket
in 1870, and have always been trying to
vote for the best men regardless of party /;
for instance, in voting for Congressman,
/ always voted for Mr.. Bundy, because l
knew him to be temperate man. But
now we have party which advocates the
true pridciples, while the old parties are
organically disqualified to handle the po-
litical issues that our party makes. As
the anti-slavery party by gathering the
better elements of the old Whig and
Democratic parties removed the yoke OF
slavery, so we will sift out all the better
elements of the two present parties, and
intimately destroy the bonds of intem-
Pefance- lHe laclS are the people want
| living issues. The Democratic and Re
publican parties have no important
issues to bring before the people Then
let us be cheerful and courageous, and
/ ''Stand for the right! Humanity
| Implores, with groans and tears,
Thine aid, to break the fostering links
That bind her toiling years.
Stand for the right though falsehood reigns
| And proud lips coldly Sneer;
| poisoned arrow can wound
| a conscience pure and clear"
! WINFIELD SCOTT
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Mail matters get no better. Our daily
papers are constantly taken past this
place. As specimen of the way it is
done, we will state that on Tuesday fore
noon, the Columbus Journal of Saturday
came up from Portsmouth. The direc-
tion on it was printed in clear, legible
type, and there can be no excuse that we
can think of. We call upon Mr. Buck,
or Mr.. Timbrooks, or whoever is agent on
this road, to tell us why they constantly
carry our papers and letters past this
point. We call upon the editor of the
Journal, who is Postmaster, to aid us in
in getting justice. We call upon Mr..
Bundy, to lay the matter before the
proper authorities at Washington City.
We have paid the postage on our exchan.
ges, and we demand that they be deliv.
cred to US within reasonable time.
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What! Sacrifice Principle for Party ?

Yes, body of politicians of the lower
stratum, found in both the old parties,
would have US do so. For the sake of
party, we must support a traffic which is
not only useless, but essentially thievish,
treacherous, and murderous. Shall the
people obey the voice of Office seekers,
and their misled constituents for the
sake of the past achievements of any
party? No, no; not while there is a
God in heaven. Render unto God the
things that are Gods" We have petit
toned, demonstrated and voted for the
best candidates of the two old parties
with meagre effect. AS long as a gov
ernment protects our rights, we owe it
obedience honor, support, and our pray
ers. But it is perverted, when it fails to
To-day, forty-one dram-sellers, in our own
county are using their property to the
injury of others; to-day, our State toler-
ates the license system, which, while it
may reduce the number of trafckers,
lends support to the trade morally by
giving it the sanction of the law. For
the last thirty years, the scales have been
falling from the eyes of the people. Dur
ing this time, there has been a constant
accumulation, first of his suspicious, next
of convictions, and then of decided hos
tilities to such legal monstrosity. The
license law is wholly at variance with
morality, christianity, and even civiliza-
ton itself; to-day, our property and
lives are insecure,-we are oppressed; ;
our moral feelings and intellect suffer.
Shall we act contrary to our known duty,
and bride our tongues, lest we offend
some willy politician OF be denounced by
some selfish editor? We are glad that
our editors are of liberal disposition. 1t
is not only to our interest to rebuke evil,
but our duty. Christ did the same; John
did, and was beheaded. 81 am as much
of temperance man as anybody, but we
must not say word, if we do, we will
kill the Democratic or Republican party.
A few stratagemical persons would have
the people believe that to defeat the
party to which they belong would be an
objectionable sin. Mr.. Mackley asked
the people to read prayerfully; we solicit
them to both read and vote prayerfully.
Then they cry, You will bring temper
ance into the dirty pool of politics. 1t
would be blessing if some purifying ele-
ment would. get into the corrupt pool
These selfish politicians, cry out to
christian people, "Do not meddle with
politics, but be sure and go to the polls,
and give US your support. Yes, step into
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One day last week we received letter
from Circleville, which came from Ports
mouth, and on the back of it was written
with pencil, This letter was in package
marked Portsmouth" Now who put it
in such package? Is there mail agent
any where between Circleville and Ports
mouth who has not sense enough to know
that Jackson is not beyond Portsmouth !?
If so, let him be kicked out, and man,
or woman, with sense enough to come
in when it rains, be put in his place
We think good deal of the mail
trouble is on the main line, as the follow
ing from the Hillsborough Mail would
seem to indicate:
MAIL FACILITIES on THE NJ. & C. R. R.
The fast-line mail arrangements do
not seem to work well over on the main
line. As far as accommodating the towns
along the railroad. it is fraud. Half the
mail matter is carried past the stations,
and sometimes not returned for two or
three days. The arrangement for catch
ing the mailbag often fails, especially at
New Vienna where large sacks of mail
matter have been thrown into the ditch
number of times, and left for the next
day-and probably for the next. We see
no use of lightning transportation on al
the trains. There should be a mail car
ried on the train that stops at all stations
| The country banker who makes his re-
turns to his city corresponding bank
would rather have slow certainty, than
fast uncertainty. We hope the P. o
Department will make a change in thi:
matter, and give US an evening mail al
Hillsborough, as we certainly have a:
good claim to it as any town of the
main line. This can be done by mere
change from No. 4 to No. 2 of the after
| noon trains west
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The Weekly Ohio State Journal.

THE WEEKLY ONO STATE JOURNAL
should be read in every family in Central
and Southern Ohio. Every farmer, me-
chanic or business man, desirous of keep
ing advised of State matters and furnish
ing his family with news of the day, and
every variety of miscellaneous reading
suited to all ages and vocations, should
not fail to send for the WEEKLY STATE
Journal at once. 1t is the LARGEST AND
CHEAEsT PAPER published in the West.
BSSena for specimen copies.
B6EIn clubs of 20, One Dollar each,
with an extra copy to the getter up of
the club, and in clubs of 10, One Dollar
and twenty-five Cents each, with an
extra copy to club agent.
as-single copies, one year, $3.50. Six
months, IS cents
All Postmasters. are our authorized
agents. Address
Comfy & SMITH, Columbus, Ohio.
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Withdraw Your Ticket.

Every day we meet some of our friends,
Republicans, that cry out, Withdraw
your ticket" Nay, gentlemen; in a
battle, the man who would cry out, with
draw your troop; the foe is too power
full, )" would at once be branded as cow
ard, and unfit to wear the uniform of a
soldier. just SO in this great battle, with
God and temperance on the one side, and
the devil and intemperance on the other
side; the men who cry withdraw your
ticket or you will ruin the old Repub-
lican party, are, and ought to be, branded
as moral towards, unfit to wear the uni
form if it may be so called, of temperance
and Prohibition; for it appears that at
least they wish to compromise with the
enemy, if not make total and uncondi-
tional surrender, and that for the sake of
one old party. Withdraw our ticket :?
God in heaven forbid that single one of
the party should desert our party and
cause now; that a single one should be
willing to desert the dear old flag of Pro-
hibition, which has been handed down to
US, not by our forefathers, no, but by God
himself. Better let parties, even the ma
ton, perish, than surrender one inch of
the ground we have taken, for what is
our country to any of US if her broad
bosom is to be covered with Jails and
penitentiaries, insane asylums and poor
houses, Scaffolds and dungeons; what is
the nation to any of US without stringent
temperance and Sunday laws? With
strict and abiding laws for preservation
of the Holy Sabbath, l can say, with
heartfelt patriotism, my country, love
theep But without Sabbath, without
Prohibition, 1 could willingly say, "Let
her be buried beside those other great
republics which in the midst of licen tious-
ness and debauchery, forgot that there
was God" Withdraw our ticket? Not
before the election; but we intend to
work earnestly and, after that, though
we may be defeated, we will not be con-
quered; we will go into this war against
rum with our sleeves rolled up, deter
mined that this enemy Of mankind shall
be routed, horse, foot and dragons Our
flag is there, thank God and there it
shall remain, nailed to the masthead,
never to be lowered, not even when
Time shall toll the death-knell of the
whisky traffic in jackson county.
Withdraw our ticket? Never Never
while there is a just God to aid US, or
distillery in our State to battle against.
JONATHAN DAVIS,
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ORSCURITY MADE PALMER.

In reading the late issue of the STAND
ARD, one might infer that Bro. Evans OF
Keystone had Withdrawn, because he
considered the movement detrimental to
the temperance cause. But be it far from
that. His business is such that he could
not consistently serve if elected, and we
have hope of succeeding this fall. Bro.
Evans is not only prohibitionist out and
out, but one of the prime movers of the
Prohibition Party in this county. He
has all the zeal and earnestness of a
Welshman in the cause of right and just
ice. The boys can tell of his valor on
the battle field
And then, something is said relative to
the political status of our most esteemed
friend, VIM. Wallace. Now, Bro Wallace
is a very pious minister, and reserved in
all his ways, especially in his political ac-
ton, and therefore does not desire to act
as advisory committeeman. But, mark
you, Mr. Macl1ley does not say he will
vote the Republican ticket. No, no;
Bro. Wallace is o consistent man. he has
conscience, he prays for temperance, he
breaches it, and will practice it.
And now, a word as to our aim and OBJ
ject We desire to remove the gigantic
curse of rum from our land; and can see
only one effectual way to do it. And
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Greetings to Bro. Harrison.

Bro. HARRISON: l congratulate you in
your "unsought for" exaltation. You no
doubt remember that during the session
of the institute last winter, you and I tar
ried and pleasantly, as well as proftably,
spent an hour in singing and talking in
the identical room in which our friends
proclaimed us political rivals. But little
did we think then that we would be candi-
dates for the Legislature noa0. Neverthe-
less it is so; and the expression of conf
dence and honor conferred are thank
worthy. / see no reason why jackson
county may not send a young man to
Columbus, as some of our most promi-
nent counties have done. Butler county
sent one at the age of twenty-five. Some
of your friends, act as though they con-
fore October next. Bro. Evans has con-
cluded to disturb the equilibrium of my
mind; but l hope it will require more
than verbosity and euphnism to do it.
And then my esteemed friend, Mr.. Mack
ley, is very discouraging. / shall try to
act in accordance with the will of my
great Counselor whatever may oppose.
Bro Harrison we should pray for
strength to
"Act, act, in the living present,
ss Heart within and God oerhead.
We should know that our purposes are
high, noble, and steadfastly fixed; then
let us stand conqueror, or battling fall.
I expect that part if not all of our can
didates will be elected Come out and
talk to the people of my township, and
let them know how you stand politically
I will kill the master of the barnyard.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
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Two men were killed by the cars re
Gently on the Marietta and Cincinnati
railroad, near Vinton Station They
were in the caboose. which became de
tached from a freight train, and another
freight train coming on in the rear, de
stroyed the caboose, killing the two men,
one of them named Ed Brown, the other
n NJ Mackawaie
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rHURsDAY.---JUL sI,Iszs.

Bernhardt Ehret, landlord of the Star
hotel. Portsmouth, died on last Sunday
week, of disease much like cholera.
We knew Mr. Ehret we'll He formerly
resided near the line between jackson
and Lawrence counties, on the road from
Gallia Station to Washington Furnace.
He was German, and worthy man.
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DOAD NOTICE.

A petition will be presented to the Commits
sioners OF jackson county, at their next session,
on the following line Commencing at bridge
across Salt Greek In Jackson township, near the
residence of Cyrus Willis, thence in south
easterly direction passing over the lands of Cy-
rus Willis, John Shay, Isaac Stevison and
others, to intersect the Chillicothe road near
the residence of Enon Lloyd in Liberty town
ship. PETITIONERS.
July 81, '73-5w.
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Fairfield county has been stronghold
of Democracy for very many years. All
the county officers are Democrats, of
course. Quite recently it has been dis
covered that the Democratic Auditor and
Treasurer of that Democratic county have
stolen forty thousand dollars of the pub
lie money. So say the papers in that To-
oolitu
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FOR SALE.

NOR sALE.-Lots 122 and 1913 in Jackson
IL Property formerly occupied by Philip
Noel, corner of Broadway and Water Streets.
Terms reasonable.
SARAH A. MARSHALL,
Mays-tf Ervins Mills, P. ..
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.OTIOE-LU1IBER.

All kinds of lumber and framing timber for
sale and sawed to order on short notice. Per.
sons desiring to purchase lumber will please
call at our Mil or at the Globe Furnace ofice.
HOOP BBO.
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the dirty pool, but for the sake of party,
suffer the devil to remain in it. You
must give US your support, whether you
can do it conscientiously or not" We
have heard both Democrats and Republi-
cans say, "You will destroy our party"
We contend that both the old parties
have accomplished their missions; and
we believe that as God reserved seven
thousand who did not bow the knee to
Baal, SO He has reserved seven hundred
in jackson county who will not bow to
party this fall. Our people understand
the few Democrats and Republicans who
are so Jealous in retaining the once good,
but now worn out parties. We have
reached that arena in politics in which a
change is inevitable. The elements that
will work out great and inestimable
moral changes are simultaneously in ac-
| ton, not only in the United States, but
in other nations. England has a bill be-
fore the Parliament favoring temperance,
which is yearly gaining votes. 1t is our
duty to condemn wrong, and battle for
for the right; to preach truth both to
rich and poor; to reprove sin in high as
low places. Hear Divine revelation
! "Cry aloud. spare not, lift up thy voice
like trumpet, and show my people their
transgressions. and the house of Jacob
their sins And / will make unto
this people brazen wall; and they shall
fight against thee, but not prevail against
thee; for | am with thee to save thee,
and to deliver thee, saith the Lord" 1t
is our desire to follow as near as possible
the example of our Savior. His mission
was ''to bind up the broken hearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and
opening of the prison-doors to them that
are bound, to proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord, and the day of venge,
anee of our God" Too many try to serve
God and mammon which is impossible
What we mean is this; some persons
truly desire to bind up the broken
hearted, to remove the destroyer of soul
and body from our land, yet they indi
rectly succor the devil, by voting fol
parties that will not take issue against
his workshops. Why is this? Because
they are afraid of injuring the old parties
The truth is the old parties had begun tc
divide among themselves, before the
Prohibition power was so forcibly felt as
it is now. Yes you are right-your prin
| ciples are right-your causeis good one
. and your motives are proper; and | an
as good a temperance man as anybody
: but-but, if-if; these everlasting but'
: and ifs were very profusely used by ;
part of the old Wings who acknowledged
; that slavery was a SIM but for season
f they shrunk from duty and did not JOIN
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. "Is true freedom but to break
Fetters for our own dear sake,
And with leathern hearts forget
That We owe mankind a debt?
No true freedom is to share
All the chains our brothers wear,
And with heart and hand to be
Earnest to make others free!
They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
They are slaves who will not choose
Hatred, Scoffing and abuse,
Rather than in silence shrink
From the truth they needs must think;
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three"
We thank God that our number is in
creasing with an immense ratio. The peo-
pie are coming from both the old parties
to the rescue of the fallen. Our friend,
Mr.. Mackley. not being acquainted with
all the members of the Prohibition Con-
vention, failed to give the number of
Democrats that were in it. He also made
a wild political estimate, when he said
that the Prohibition representative would
not receive twelve Democratic votes in
the county. The Democrats are not all
whisky men, nor party men without
principle. And why does he persist in
calling your humble servant a Democrat.
Is he not Prohibitionist? We are press
ed now for time, but will have more to say
in the future. WINFIELD SCoTT.
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October Election

An ORDINANCE.
To prevent immoderate riding or driving.
Be IL ordained by the Council of the Incorporated
Village Of Jackson J.:
SECTION l. That it Shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to immoderately ride or drive
any horse or horses in any street or alley with
in the limits of said Village.
SEC. 2. That any person or persons offending
against any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in
any sum not more than $40 90 nor less than 81 90,
or i'm prisoned in the county jail for period
not more than thirty days, or both at the dis
cretion of the Mayor.
SEC. g. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and the
publication thereof
Passed in Council July 24th, A. d. 1873.
]. w. LAIRD, Mayor.
J. A. STARKEY, Clerk.
July3l-2W
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Al ORDINANCE.
Requiring the paving of sidewalks on
South Street, from Church Street
westward to the Corpora
ton line.
Be 4 ordained by the Council of the Incorporated
Pila9e Of Jackson:
SECTION 1. That each and every owner of real
estate bordering on both sides of South Street
ton line shall be and they are hereby required
| to pave and gutter the side walks in front of
eleven Ql) feet wide, including gutter, and to be
completed on or before the first day of Novem-
| SEC. 2 That if any owner or owners aforesaid
i shall refuse or neglect to do such paving or
| herein specified, then the Council shall cause
| the same to be done at the expense OF such
SEC. g. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and publi
Passed in Council July "a, 1873.
]. "A. srARKEY, Clerk.
July 3l-2w
A N ORDINANCE:
To prohibit the renting, or the use or
occupation of house or building
for the purpose of keeping
therein house of ILL
fame, or for the pur-
pose of prosti-
tuition.
Be e ordained by the Council Of the Incorporated
Village Of JackSon:
SECTION l. That 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, knowingly TO lease, sub-lef
use, occupy, or permit to be used or occupied,
within the limits of the Incorporated Village OF
Jackson, any house or building either in whole
or in part, for the purpose of keeping therein a
house of ill-fame, or for the purpose of prosti-
tuition.
SEC. 2. That any person or persons offending
against any of the provisions of the ordinance
shall, on conviction thereof, be ined in any
sum not more than 500 nor less than s25, or be
imprisoned In the county Jail not more than
thirty days, or both, at the discretion OF the
Mayor.
SEC. 5. That this ordinance shall take effect
and be In farce from and after its passage and
the publication thereof.
Passed in Council July "a, 1873.
]. A. SrARKEY, Clerk.
July3l-2w
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X UHLEORD WERB,
Blacksmith.

Shop between Hoops Mill and Tropie Furnace,
near the Chillicothe Bridge.
ALI kinds of Blacksmith1ng done on short no.
tice, in satisfactory manner, and at the GUS
tomary prices.
Farmers, Teamsters and others can get their
work done, such horse-shoeing repairing
plows, &c. Also, all kinds of machinery re.
paired. GUILFORD WEBB.
May 1,-8m
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Belmont County Items.
(From the Enterprise. 23d inst.)

From the Enterprise. 23d inst)
IMPROVEMENTS -Four new houses are
under headway at the north end OF
Chestnut street, which improves the ap
pearance Of that part Of town very
much
SuIcIDE.-Mr. Evan Crawford, q citi-
zen of Flushing township, committed
suicide on the morning OF the 10th inst,
by hanging himself TO the limb of
tree by the roadside, just above his
house The cause was probably men.
tai arrangement from fear of financial
embarrassment He was somewhat in
volved on account Of farm purchased
a short time since.
Mr.. Everett Fowler, an old citizen OF
this place, died at his residence last
week, after long and painful illness =
He had been sick sbout three years, and
although receiving careful attention, his
case had for long time been consider.
ed hopeless. A post mortem exsmina
ton disclosed cancer on the inside Of
the stomach, and the bowels bad also
been affected by the came influence. Mr.
Fowler when in health was useful citi
zen, and was highly esteemed by those
who knew him. He was about sixty
four years old at the tihe Of his death