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JOHN o. WHITTIER.
ny DEAR FRIEND: When thy kind invitation
roachcd mo vontured TO hope TINT might pos
sib!y bo pbe to be with YOU on tho occslsion Of
the Ereat Anti Slavery reunion which il about
to take place. That lopo I ioar must bo rolin-
Quishol, at tho state OF my health scarcely war;
excltoment consequent upon attendance.
A careful watcher OF the progress Of tho Anti
Slavery sentiment from tho outset, II know tho
gool aud truo men and women III tho areat
and during the Roign Of Terror i1,augurnted BY
the Fugitive slavo INV, did tho!rduty to God and
their feltow-creaturos. and brayod persecution.
mob yioeuco, md tho ponnltios Of iniquitous
law. | call to mind tho venerable Charles
0sborn; James 9. Ludlow, who, US oary az 1sso.
I think, erected Mt his own cost n hall
for the froa discussion Of slavery; Samuel LOWS,
james G. Brnoy, Dr.. Baioy, Loyojoy Of Alton,
Salmon ?. Chase, Owen Love5oy. JoBhua II,
Giddiaqgh'; and, not least, Thomas Norris. tho
nollncoa alavory on tho floor OF tho United
BtatoH Senate. Nor is that pioneer OF freedom,
l'onjamin Lnn1y. 10 bo forgotten. It was his
lot to struggle for years nlmoHt alouc-a solitary
yet never despa'ring;' travcrHing tho Island ot
1Inytt, wasting with disenso In Now Orleans
hunted by Toxan banditti, wandering On foot
among tho mollEtninB Of East Tenlessco and
nlong tho Ozark bills, bouten down and tranpled
on by BalLimore aiaye-donlers; yet. amidst alI,
faithful TO hiB ono great p,lrposo-tllo omancipa-
ton OF tho Hlayes aud protection 6f tile freo
people Of color. 10 Linn wo owo, unuor proyi-
dence, tho enlistment Of William Lloyd Garrison
Time aud space would fail me to emu
neruto all Of your distinctly Western
worthless Many of them haye passod
n%ay, ,l, but 2 go'odly number st}l remain,
,s, ES like s yss can S0f n ,n On tho sat a'or
thxnk God that thoy have lived to tliB day to
SEQ slavery rttcrly abolished all men equal bo-
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Proceedings Of the Second
Day Of the Reunion,
::$ketch Of Abo|itionism in
Central New York.
Life and Work Of Benjamin
Lundy, by 2. East :.
paper on James s. Collins, by
Judge Williams.
Sketch Of the Life Of 1chabod
Codding.
"reminiscences Of Elijah P, Lovejoy,
.~ by DR.. Edward Beeoher.
Letters from John G. Whittier, and Others
Personal Rccoilcctions.
Address by the Hon. George W. Julian,
of Indiana.
Life Of tho Rev. David Root.
Letters from John G. Whittier, and Others
Personal RccollcctionS.
Address by the Hon. George W. Julian
of Indiana.
Life Of tho Rev. David Root.
MORNING SESSION.

The second days Bcsslon Of tho Anti -slnvery
Reunion began ycatorday morning at $3.50 O'Clock,
in tho First Congregational Church. Owing to
tho extremo carlnoHs Of tho hour the attel:d-
ance waa quito small at first, though 1t Increased
greatly before noon. III the absence Of tho
President, one Of tho Vice-presdents, Samuel
D. Hastings, Of Wisconsin, cnllol tho Conron-
ton to o1dort n.Nl prayer was offered by AIr.
Dawes, Of WISCONSIN, aud verso Of "Amorlca "
WAS sung.
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REMINIacENCEH.
Mr. McDrlde, Of Wisconsin, gayo some ronin-
iscenhoa Of the underground rullroad syatoin in
Olio in 1Hi9 nntl 1915
Slr. Charles 3mith. Of Contral iowa, Ind lived
on tue Waslorn lsosoryo many yoarh ago. lLo
olaimod to bo Tho son OF tin l.la n.nator. "a
yoica-" No doub. VI I'll " 1lo waa sold to Aiiu-
sourt laHyor, from whum Ao ran away, or ratliur,
pasldloa auay In . canoe, ant! hup, after fell III
with hia Aalf.sintor, who lad alsa run nway.
Those two were tho Bon aud .aughter Of Dr.
llummor, II :iatchoz l,Bician.
Air: UraAay, Ut Chicago, formerly OF Balsi-
moro, routp4 tho troubles lie encountered i 10.
moving the 6ody Of Clar!cs d. Torrey from BAL.
tlnlorc.
!wo siuyss throuai. .lst sity all lasp Luysjoy's
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Especial Dispatch to the CINCINNATI Gazet


RIPLEY, O., Oct Boy Yesterdav even
ing, between 10 and II clock, there ap-
peared suspended between the heaven
and the earth, almost fac simile of one
of Raphaels angels. Though not of the
full stature of a well developed human
being yet it was most perfectly formed
and as white as alabaster. The wings
were outspread, with arms extended i'm
ploringly, and its evolutions were as
rapid and beautiful as bird. as it circled
in midair Over one hundred and fifty
of our best citizens, ladies and gentlemen,
were eye-witnesses of this singular spec
tacle, and gazed with admiration and
awe. The testimony of all who were for
tunate enough to behold it is that there
was indisputable evidence that it was not
female, although the form was as deli
cately moulded and the limbs as perfectly
rounded as the perfect Eve that ever
came from under the chisel of an artist.
Probably it can be explained by some of
the scientists"
Pshawl That was not an angel at all.
II was the devil disguised as an angel of
light. lowering over Ripley to seize an
old scamp who has cheated so many
printers who have advertised his Com
mercial College"
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trusted by the citizens, officers of their
own selection and firmly supported by
them, will be found under our form of
government the only reliable security
for the peace of society and the rights of
the citizens.
al regret to say that there is reason
to believe that to the apathy, or, in some
cases, apparent sympathy of the citizens,
and the neglect of their sworn duties by
local authorities, have been mainly due
the disgraceful impunity of the offenders,
and the consequent increase of such
crimes in our State. l earnestly call
upon good citizens of Shelby, and the
county officers, to see to it that so vile a
deed as that which has called forth this
proclamation, shall not, by going unpun-
ished, leave a foul blot upon the escutch-
con of their honor, and give encourage
ment to renewed instance of crimes, at
the mention of which humanity shud-
ders
"'This proclamation itself be but an
empty form, unless you determine to Sc
cure its execution. pledge to you all
proper aid of the State authority, when
needed, to the execution of the laws, and
the repression of disorders in your midst.
"'WHEREAs, On the night of the oath
day of October, 1874, in the County of
oueIOy. HuulOcE Oi p6ISOhSs "IOSV
, names are unknown, were masked and
disguised, and unlawfully combined to-
gether for a mischievous, murderous pur-
pose, and did shoot and wound \ female
colored woman named Barringer. They
made their escape, and are now at large,
with their great crime upon them.
| Therefore, l, Preston H. Leslie, Governor
of the Commonwealth OF Kentucky, do
issue this, my proclamation, offering a
conviction of said offenders.
That is the state of affairs in Kentucky
as shown By official Democratic authority
Read it carefully, and notice that the
Governor admits that the local authori
ties do not enforce the laws.
Now if this is the state of affairs in
Kentucky, what may we not expect il
| the real rebel States
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Mrs Sarah Marshall, of Ervin's Mills,
requests us to publish the following
obituary notice, taken from the Western
Christian Adcocate
"MARsHAL-Miss Mary NJ Marshal, OF
consumption. July II, 1874, at the resi-
dence of her aunt in Jackson county,
Ohio, aged twenty-five years. Her illness
although long and severe. was character
lied throughout by the most patient
resignation; often toward the close she
was heard to say, 81 am only waiting the
Masters coming" She was converted
when child in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, in which she lived and died.
Her last moments, like the sunset OF
Summer day, were clear and cloudless
rejecting halo of radiant hope over ber
entire Christian life
'tWN ARFRNATHY
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The Cincinnati Gazete, in speaking of
the probable political complexion of the
next House of Representatives says:
1t is true that, in every job, the Demo
Gratis participated as far as possible. In
proportion to their numbers, they got
more than their share of every steal. At
the head of the Credit Mobilier fraud
was James Brooks, the Democratic leader
of the House 1t is true, also, that in
organizing the present House of Repre-
sentatives, the Democrats voted for Fer
nando Wood for Speaker. He is notori-
ously one OF the worst men in the coun-
try, and yet the Democrats, in caucus,
and by their votes in open session, made
him the Democratic leader of the House,
and tried to put him in position from
which greater power is welded, direct
ly, than that exercised by the President
of the United States. But all this the
people ol lerlook in their anger, and in
their determination to punish the ma
jority, which is held responsible for all
sins of omission and commission. They
do not even give the majority the credit
to which they are justly entitled for the
searching Investigations that were order
ed, the exposures that were made, and
the punishment that followed those ex-
good that the Republican party has done,
as they do the terrible record of the
Democratic party, IN their zeal to rebuke
every shade of dishonesty, and thus force
the Republican party to purge itself OF
suspected persons. This is the feeling
that is in the air, and we apprehend it
will have its run. Therefore, we shall
not be surprised to see the predictions OF
Democratic majority in the next House
verified.
The people do not overlook the fact
that President Grant signed the salary
grab bill, by which he pocketed one hun.
dred thousand dollars more than was the
contract when he was elected, and that
no effort was made by Republican ma
jority to put the amount back to the
contract price, and that the President
has been sporting around the country
for many months, doing nothing, ano
drawing as much money in one week as
a laboring man can earn by hard toll in
year and half.
The people do not forget that John A
Bingham, and other grabber thieves have
been rewarded with Office at the hands
of the President
They do not forget that. Garfield wa
nominated by the Republicans after vot
ing for the great steal
They do not forget that Job Stevenson
was nominated in Cincinnati, and tina
the Gazette supported him, while he i'm
pudently admitted that he had takel
the grab, and was unable to pay it back
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The Pomeroy Telegraph still thinks that
Mrs. Tilton did not shoot Franklin John
son, and says:
"Our opinion was made up from the
evidence produced before the Coroner's S
Jury, and not from what we have learned
from the old lady since, though our con
versation with her did something toward
confirming us in our first impressions.
Our firm belief therefore is that she
is perfectly innocent of the awful crime
imputed to her, and that the people OF
Jackson county ought to take immediate
measures to effect her release.
We make up our opinion from the full
evidence on the trial, and not from the
meager testimony before the Coroner.
The evidence on the trial was reported
in full in the STANDARD.
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ed professionally about a year, in the drug busi-
ness since April last, and to-day we find him
at the head of well appointed establishment
and in the enjoyment of a good trade. His
stock embraces everything usually kept py
druggists, and is carefully selected with view
to purity and Quality. Professionally or as a
citizen or business man, DR.. Holcomb is well
and favorably known, and during the short
time that he has been located among US has
gained hosts of friends, and we take pleasure
in presenting his ente rprise to public notice.
The Great Clothing House
of jackson, with Mr.. 5. Straus Jr., Agent, is an
enterprise of great Importance to the merean-
tile interests of our village, and foremost po-
sition in this review should be accorded to the
establishment. This house established two
years ago has ever assumed a leading position
among the best mercantile establishments of
the place, and will to-day compare favorably
with the best retail establishments Cf our large
cities. The stock embraces a full and complete
line of mems, youths and boys clothing, a su-
perb ock of gents furnishing goods, hats and
caps, boots and shoes, trunks, valises, umbrel-
las, &c. Here we find stock of goods not only
the largest in Jackson county but superior in
quality and make. Mr.. s. the manager OF
the enterprise is a gentleman OF large expert
ence and is recognized as one of our represen-
tative business men. The establishment has
gained popularity only achieved by fair and
honorable dealing, as all the friends and pat
rons of the establishment are ever willing to
testify. The enterprise is a model one in every
respect, and is an important acquisition to the
commercial interests of the town, and should
be well sustained by the public.
L. b. Gibson
Is the genial good natured ''MINE HOST, ' of the
Gibson House. and we cannot close this sketch,
without saying something of the many good
qualities of both host and house Mr. C. is
known far and near, as one of the most oblig-
ing of landlords-ever exerting himself to rem
der the patrons of his house comfortable and at
home. The Gibson is conveniently located,
and the arrangements throughout are those of
a first class hotel. The rooms are all neatly and
comfortably furnished, and the tables are ever
supplied with the very best the market affords
and in fact, every attention is given to the
guests of this house, that could be desired.
Good sample rooms for commercial men, is one
of the important features of the establishment.
And the "Gibson House" will ever be favor
lite resort with the travelling public, long as
controlled by the present management.
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The following is going the rounds of
the Dem ocratic pl ess:
Suppose said gentleman to General
Stokes, the Radical Congressman from
Tennessee, "the civil rights bill should
pass, and negro should attempt to es-
cort your daughter to church, for in
stance; what would you do p IF mig
ger should attempt any such thing with
my family" shouted Stokes. 81 would
put five bullets through his black skull
in less than FIVE seconds"
What can reasoning do with such
thi i IS as that One would not suppose
that there is not an intelligent house
dog in America who does not know more
than to believe that the civil rights bill
has anything to do with such matters
Yet there are probably hundred thous-
and idiots in Ohio who believe that the
bill will force white people to admit col
ored people into the most intimate do
mestic relations, as to which there is per-
feet freedom of choice in every civilized
nation on earth.-C Columbus Jomncl
The Journal is only mistaken as to the
number of those driveling idiots. There
are at least three hundred thousand of
them, one-third of whom believe them
| selves to be Republicans
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gagged in it are residing only one mile
from South Point. These same men are
accused of meeting travellers on the high
way and making them dismount and
forcing some of them to pray for their
lives. 1t is a common thing for men to
be seen intoxicated in the streets of
South Point, and scuffiing together, often
presenting pistols to one another's
breasts, and in constant danger of shoot
ing some of the sober passers by. The
inhabitants are almost terror-stricken,
and if mat ers do not mend some will
leave the county for refuge.
Warrants have been issued for the ar
rest of these men, but they cannot be
served, and virtually the people have no
recourse to law. What shall be done
Are good, law-abiding citizens to be
tramped upon, and their most estlmable
right of free worship to be interfered
with Their lives are constantly in dan
ger, while armed men, insane with drink,
parade the thoroughfares and demand
unheard of obeisance of unobtrusive cit
izens. Let immediate steps be taken to
apprehend these villains and bring the
whole tribe to justice
LATER.-A fight has just occurred be-
| tween Newell Stevens and John Adkins.
| The former while drunk attacked the
latter, who was driving through town in
his wagon and drew a pistol on him, but
Mr.. Adkins was quick enough to wrest
the weapon from his hand and beat him
severely over the head with it. Some of
the neighbors thought that some of the
wounds amount to fracture of the
skull.
While writing the above. news comes
in of Alf. Banks having whipped two
young men very severely, in the lane of
the town, and fears are entertained for
their lives. No arrests have been made,
and it is thought can not be made until
some outside authority interferes. Some
thing must be done to allay these dis
turbances, even if We have to send for
troops.
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The weather continues fearfully dry,
no ram having fallen for many weeks.
Fires are raging in the counties north
west of US, and it is now so smoky that
the sun books like a lump of blood morn
ing and evening. The fires in Pike and
Ross counties are terrible. The Paint
Valley Times, published at Bainbridge,
Ross county, states that the fences, grain,
houses and barns have been destroyed,
and that the loss will reach millions of
dollars, and that several persons are re-
ported to have lost their lives.
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The papers last week contained an ac-
Indiana. Albert Mawson, a boy of II,
was missing since the 18th of July. His
mother, a widow, kept limiting that he
might have been murdered and put into
a well on her farm. Finally the well was
searched and the body found. The
mother was arrested and put in Jail,
where she took poison and died.
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DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, sends us
about $3.50 worth of advertising, and
modestly asks US to publish it among
reading matter, for $50 He binds us not
to adopt the patent outside or inside sys-
tenn, on pain of forfeiture of contract.
Thank you DR.. We "are not that kind
OF cat" If you want your humbug
medicines advertised, we will put it in
special notice columns for ten cents per
line
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Mrs. Overturf Portsmouth died last
week. She was daughter of Gen. VIM.
Kendall, who owned Scioto Furnace for
ty-four years ago, and her husband, Con-
rad Overturf, was manager of the Fur
half sister of Mrs. Adair, Postmaster at
Portsmouth
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We see notice in the Gallipolis Jour
nal of the death of Caleb Mcdaniel, of
Sand Fork, Gallia county. He was IS
years of age, We knew Mr.. Mcdaniel
some forty years ago. He was cousin
of Elder Levi Mcdaniel, who resided near
Portland, in this county
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A drunken tramp printer named Green
fell through a car at Altoona, Pennsyl-
vania, in Sept. last, and was instantly
killed Green came to our office few
years ago, from Gallipolis, and worked a
few days. He probably had not been
sober for ten years prior to his death.
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Samuel B. Cole died at Bloom Furnace
last week, of lung fever. Mr.. Cole was
Al years of age, and leaves wife and
four children He was a brother of Jas.
NJ. Cole, who was prominent citizen of
Oak Hill thirty-four years ago.
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Elections were held in large number
of States on Tuesday of tnis week, and
among others the great State of New
York We will know the result before
our next issue The members of Con-
gress elected on Tuesday will decide the
political complexion of the next House
of Representatives
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James Emmitt of Waverly, has enough
corn to run his distillery until the mid
die of January, and he destroys 600
bushels per day in making whisky. For
the month of September alone he paid
taxes on whisky to the amount of over
sietv-eiqht thousand dollars.
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The N. Y. Post sends us a prospectus,
worth about thirty dollars, and asks US
to publish it, and call attention to it, for
the Semi-Weekly Post one year. Now
we have too many exchanges already !;
but if the Post will insert an editorial no
tice of the STANDARD, stating that it is the
best paper in the whole iron region of
Southern Ohio, we will consent to ex-
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L. B. Leeds, editor of the Brown Coun-
ty Neaos has been indicted for. betting on
the election. He says he did not bet
he was only joking. But it seems like
he carried the Joke little too far.
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Dedication.

HA1fDEN, O., October q, 1874.
To The Editor of the Standard:
The new NJ. E. Church at Ervins Mills, Jack
son county, and in the bounds OF Hamden
charge, will be dedicated on Sabbath, Novem-
Der Is, 1874, the Rev. j. H. Acton of Jackson
c. H, officiating. good time is anticipated
and all friends and well wishers of the cause of
religion are invited to attend.
VIM. ALTERNATELY, P. G.
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hoppers.

The charcoal in the stock house at
Vesuvius Furnace, Lawrence county,
took fire last Friday night, and ten thou
sand dollars worth of coal was destroyed.
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The Mason County (West Virginia.
journal says that an old man and his son,
named Van Matre, caught and killed
year old wild bear, about a mile from
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D, Boschee,s German Svrpn

Cough no more! How much joy there is in
every household to know that they can at least
procure remedy for any case of coughs, severe
colds settled on the breast, consumption, or
any disease of the throat and lungs that is cer-
tain to cure. tits a satisfaction to know that a
person is safe from the dangers of those dis
eases-all you need to do, is to go to your drug
gist in Jackson G. H., Ohio, and get bottle of
Boschee's German Syrup. Two or three doses
will relieve you at once. If you doubt what
we say in print, get sample bottle for 10 cents
and try it, or regular size fol 75 cents
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THE STANDARD.
ID. ACKLEY. Editor.
THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1874

The women of Cincinnati have renewed
the crusade About forty were on the
street day or two ago.
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Estate OF KENTUCKY,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
"EFRANKFORT Oct %.

'Information has reached me of an
atrocious and dastardly outrage, COM
mitted on the oath inst, in Shelby coun-
ty, by band of men in disguise. In is
suing my proclamation, offering a reward
for the arrest and conviction of these
offenders, 1 have thought it eminently
proper, in view of the frequency OF the
detestable form of crime in certain dis
tricts of the State, to add few earnest
words addressed to the good citizens of
Shelby and of the Commonwealth, as
we'll as to the officers of the law, in refer
ence to their duty in the maintenance
of the public peace, and in the execution
of the law.
"'The local authorities seem too often to
forget that the whole power of the county
is, by law, placed in their hands, and on
them, and not on the State Executive,
rests the chief responsibility for the re-
preston and punishment of crimes COM
mitted within their jurisdiction No au-
thority nor power, however great, can act
so efficiently for the conservation OF or
der, and the vindication of the violated
law in any community, as that which re-
sides in the community itself. In the
! faithful exercise of such authority, in
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Ten thousand persons are in danger of
starvation in Nebraska, on account of
the destruction of the crops by the grass
honners