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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23
Legal Tactics.

The paper and ink consumed iii lauding
that invaluable blessing, trial by jury. are
incalculable in amount. and yet much
which relates to the management of these
''twelve men" has never been written.
Outsiders-thai is. those not constant Wis
itors 10 the Court.room-have but an i'm
perfect idea Of the machinery put in mo-
ton to bear upon the minds of a jury.
The conclusion of the Martha Wash
ington trial has afforded a striking case
in illustration, and the coup de grace hav-
ing been dealt by the giant hand OF such
distinguished counsel as Messrs. Ewing
and Swayne must be considered a master
stroke OF legal tactics.
The defence had subpenaed some three
hundred witnesses and made a grand and
to this array. OF curse the prosecution
supposed all these witnesses were TO be
called upon the stand, when 10 and behold.
after perhaps a third had testified. they
were suddenly %astounded by the announce
ment of counsel that the defence had clos
ed its testimony. The stroke was bold
and successful. The prosecution intend
ed to introduce rebutting evidence, but the
witnesses were not present. the Court could
not delay 10 remedy the oversight OF coun'
sci. and the case must 90 TO the jury
There was no alternative. the District at
torEey. Mr.. Morton. was forced-withou
a moments time to prepare his notes, ant
arrange and dises, the evidence to pro
coed with the opening argument. lie dix
so, acqui,ting himself ably, yet unsatisiac
,orily to himself.
Mr.. Stansbery. that intellectual and lie
gal giant. prepared himself to close tn,
case; the prosecution being entitled TO tn
last speech, when another announcement
more startling than the first informed tn
Court that the defence declined to answe
Mr.. Morton and were willing to submit tn
case. This was a finishing stroke. for
5 cut off any farther argument in the .caus
In the present instance the effect wa
threeiold; ii shut out rebuiting testimony
: it forced tho District Attorney to delive
without preparation his opening argumen
and it saved the defendants from the feai
5 full influence the last argument from sue
a man as Mr.. Stansbery might have.
Clereiand Herald.
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Bank Of Mas3ilIon Notes.

We have heard of no offers at any OF
our Banks for the notes of the institution
IN consequence. probably, Of want OF in
formation as to their true value. We are
informed that they will probably bring ihir
iy cents on the dollar in the course of q
tew.days. although such purchases for the
present must be entirely speculative, as
there is nothing definitely known upon
which to base a calculation whereby the
actual value OF the currency may be as.
certained.-MdSSiIion Meas.
With pleasure we add the information
received from a Cleveland banker just re
turned from New York. that Mr.. Dwight
stated that he had sufficient assets to pay
all his liabilities. and that as soon as he had
time TO make them available. he pouM re.
deem ererydol!ar Of the Bank Of Massil.
Ions bills. We advise holders not to sub.
nit to a heavy shave upon them at the
hands Of brokers.-Clercldnd Herald.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23

The trees are on the track; on the track.
eh! By the holy rood, they are rods away,
just where they were before railroads were
dreamed of.
"S,op the train! Let US off! Conduc-
tor, captain, somebody, anybody! There's
a v,llage on the track born, christened
and grown up since last night. There's
a meeting house, and a graveyard, and a
block of stores in the way! On we plunge
-dispelled at the first whistle. The church
moves gravely away, as churches should.
The graveyard, with its sleeping tenantry.
is whisked out of sight like a trundle bed;
a martin box Of a cottage scuds round the
corner Of the Westinghouse; the row OF
brick stores, very much flushed, steps six
PAGES to the rear; the cars Jar on, and Dis.
lance and Motion are in the secret.
Look behind you, and they are adj ust.
ing the machinery for the next train. Back
goes the village, that had been frightened
away by tho whistle. and the stacks and
the trees grow beautifully %less;" and sc
it is every day and all day, and every
where, when Distance and Motion arc
partners. There's something OF the tracl
again! It's a 1y-it's a irog--it's a chile
its a man-siX leet high--a P. Mar
NJ. G.. On we 20. We have passed hin
we have left him. Five feet high--fou
feet high--a child--a bug--a n%othing!-
What pranks distance can play with
man and his dignities as the cars driv,
rafting on! Your D. d. is dwlndled down
your P. NJ. is past minding: your Nj. c.. i
a microscopic curiosity.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23
Columbus Papers.

In another column will be found the
prospectus Of the Session Statesman, which
the able and indefatigable proprietors pro-
pose publishing during the coming Session
Of the Legislature.
In our paper, some weeks ago, we no.
ticed that Messrs. OsGooD & BLAKE pro.
posed to continue the publication of the
Ohio Stale Democrat, and make it a per-
manent weekly paper. Since then we
have seen, in our exchanges, that Mr.. II.
S. KNAPP, of the Ashland Union, has pur.
chased an interest in the Democrat estab-
lishmeNt, and will be associated with Mr..
FLOOD in the editorial department Of the
paper. 1t is to be a Daily paper. and will
be ably conducted.
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Tea Burning.

The burning Of a cargo Of tea at Bos-
ton. in l774, seems 10 be always fresh in
the memory, yet there were other instances
not less worthy Of recollection,
Mr.. Mahon, in his History of Maryland.
says, in reference 10 the affair of the Peg
gy Stewart, burnt at Annapolis: "The tea
burning at Boston has acquired enown
as an act Of uneXampled daring at thai
day in the Difference of American liberties.
but the tea burning at ~Annapolis, which
occurred in the ensuing fall, far surpasses
it in the apparent deliberation and utter
carelessness of concealment. attending the
bold measures which led TO its accomplish
ment. This instance, in its manifestation
OF public feeling, is of a character with
those which occurred in other parts Of the
province, and they evince the prevalence
throughout it, of the most determined and
resistless opposition to the measures of the
English Government"
Mr.. Ridgley. in his "Annals of Anna
polis," brings TO mind a tea burning in
Frederick county, as related in the Mary
land Gazette. Dec. 80, 1774. 1t seems a
committee of vigilance for the upper pa,,
Of Frederick county discovered Il chest Of
tea in the possession of Mr.. John Parks.
whom they accused Of equivocation and
false swearing. One portion of the &C
count says:
"Alter mature deliberation, the commit
tee were Of opinion that John Parks should
go Nth his hat of, and lighted torches in
his hands. and set fire to the tea, which
he accordingly did, and the same was
consumed to ashes, amongst the acclama-
tons Of a numerous body of people.
The committee were also of opinion
that no further intercourse should be had
with the said Parks. Every friend Of lib
erty is requested to pay due attention TO
the same"
The populace thought the measures
adopted by the committee were inadequate
to the transgression, and satisfied them
selves by breaking the door and windows
OF Mr.. Parks.
A committee of observation for Bali.
more county pointed out many mischiefs
and disorders usually attending the fairs
held at Baltimore town, and especially
from horse racing and cock .fghting-and
earnestly requested the people of the coun-
ty not to let their families attend the ap.
preaching fair.
The ship To,ness, Of Liverpool, having
run aground, with her cargo Of salt and
dry goods, near the mouth of West River.
was burned by a number of people who
were indignant at her infringement Of the
continental association.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23

GA ship Canal across the Isthmus o
Darien is one Of the projects of improve.
ments started again. Some English cap.
~itallsts have had a reconnaissance Of the
proposed canal. The persons engaged in
it reported a favorable route for The pro.
posed communication from Caledonia Bay,
on the Atlantic side. 10 Darien Harbor in
the Gulf of San Miguel, on the Pacific
These two harbors. are forty miles apart
by the perfectly straight line on which il
is designed to open the communication
seven miles of which is already cut by the
Savannah river. which for that distance is
thlrty-six feet deep at low water, ~several
hundred yards wide at the narro west part
and empties into Darien Harbor. On the
Atlantic side the greatridge of Cordilleras
is cut through by the Caledonia river. which
empties into Caledonia Bay. The strait
is proposed to be thirty feet deep at low
water. and one hundred and sixty fee,
wide. The estimated cost Of the work is
$4,000, 00o.-Phladelphia Ledger.
We see by a letter in the New York
Times. that Chinese Coolies are going to
be put on the work as soon as the work is
ready for starting. After allthe great ION.
nection between the Pacific and Atlantic
must be the steam horse; and that straiah,
through the heart of this Union.
Ohio Statesman.
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Sublimitv of Facts.

The editor OF the Chicago Journal takes
the following beautiful birds eye view o
matters and things along the railroad:
Did you ever creep gingerly up to the
deck of a railroad car, when the train was
moving say twenty-five or thirty miles an
.hourf And did you look away beyond the
lfai;s, where two iron bars-that mobiles,
conplef in the great epic of the time-were
W6ddedleyingly together without hammer,
or furnace, or fire, but just beneath the
wonderful. invisible fingers of Distance,
till they lay there, a huge V upon the Dos.
ON OF the prairie? And how marvelously
a. the train moved on, these stubborn bars
swayed round to a parallel, as lightly and
noiselessly as a brace OF sunbeams, flung
from q sweep round in the blue air? And
did. you mind-not a spike wrenched from
its good hold; not a tie united; not a tim
Der splintered. There must be a charm
in those fingers. indeedl
There now, a brood Of little hay.cocks
escaped from their native meadow, have
clustered down in the track, right before
The engine. Needless little things! But
age will bring wisdom. and one of these
days they will be discreet hay-stacks.-
Will be! Why, they are getting TO be al.
ready. How they expand and '.get up in
thesworld" as we near them! And they
hear the train; for see, they are wheeling
il a sort Of nfckerbocker walizt to the right
and left, over the fence and back of the
barn, and beyond the orchard; and there
they are, dignifed and impurturable as
hay.stacks ought to be.
And those little Bushes-a capital B, il
they are Enthusiastically inthe way, whis-
pering. and all OF a flutter. lodging up here
and nsstlng down there. like truants in
She .sntry DUNG school hours. On
fhunders the train, and up jump the bushes.
Bushes, indeed! Trees, forest trees, Of
acentury; s'columns in Gods first temple"
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Private Letters,

In the Martha Washington case, or tria'
er an officer had a right, under any cir.
cumstances, TO break the seal of a letter
addressed to another person. Judge Nc
Lean said that, ''if any person opened a
letter under any pretenee whatever, he
was liable TO be prosecuted under the
post office laws. If suspicious letters
came it would be better for the Postmaster
to send them to the Department.; they had
no authority to open them. neither had
the Marshal, Police. nor the Court" And
he might have added the Department
neither. Private letters should be consid.
cred inviolable in all eases.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23

GThe day our last weeks paper went
to press. we received the intelligence tina,
the defendants in the great Martha WASH
ington case were all acquitted. as might
have been expected. Whoever heard Of
the conviction of the accused in such ca
ses as the Gardiner Mexican claim swim
die. the conspiracy to burn the steamboat,
Martha Washington, and others of like
character. But let some poor. half starved
creature steal IA loaf Of bread to stop the
cries of his furnishing wife and children
and outraged justice demands his incarce-
ration in the loathsome walls of a prison.
A few days ago and perhaps some poor
devil received a sentence Of five years in
the Penitentiary, for counterfeiting a Mas.
sillon one dollar bill. The same bank
breaks in a day or two after, and the pub.
lie are swindled to the tune of hundreds
Of thousands, and all the punishment the
perpetrators receive is the sympathy o
community as unfortunate speculators!!-
Well. this world may be all right enough
but some mighty queer things transpire in
it.
OF a piece with the verdict in the Mar.
tina Washington case. is the verdict of &C
quittal in the case of the State against DR.
Ames, who was indicted for shooting Jas
G.. Hall, late Postmaster at Cincinnati.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23
Large Apples.

We are under obligations to our friend
Mr.. JOHN Owens, OF Green township, for
some very fine BelleAowers, Rhode Island
Greetings. and Pippins. One Of the lat
ter measured fourteen inches in circum-
ference, and weighed over a pound. l,
was about the finest apple we have seen.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23
THE
SEVENTH CENSUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES:

1901.
q statistical uiew Of each of
the States and Territories, arranged
by Counties. sub division of Counties,
Iowms, &c, under the hand Of
/. Population by counties-classiica-
ton of age and color-aggre-
gates.
2. Population by subdivision Of coun-
ties.
8. Na,ivities of the population.
4. Births. marriages, deaths, dwellings,
and families.
5. Progress of population from 1910
to 1850.
6. Deaf and dumb, blind. insane and
7. Colleges. academies. schools, &c.
8. Attending school during the year.
as returned by families. :
8. Adults in the State who cannot read
and write.
10. Professions, occupations and ira
ders of the male population.
IL. Agricultural farms and implements.
stock, products, home maDufac-
ture. &c.
X. anu pSiio"iC"io'
Is. Libraries other than private.
ID. Churches. church property. &C..
With an introduction. embracing the ag.
gregate Table for the United States,
compared with those Of every previous
Census since 1890; schedules and laws
Of Congress relating TO the Census in
the same period. ratio tables of increase
and decrease OF cities and States, &c.
by sex, age end color; table Of popula.
ton of every county, town, township
&c. in the United States alphabetica ally
arranged; together with some explana
tory remarks. and
AN APPENDIX.
Embracing Notes upon The Tables Of eacl
ofMe States. &c.
j. B d. DEBow
Superintendent United States Census.
WASHINGTON:
BEL ARMSTRONG;.
1858.
This elaborate document is published
one year later than was the Census o
1880, and two years later than that o
1910. The British Census of 1851. is no
yet published entire. and the French blu
partially.
Mr.. DeBow has labored very assidious
ly. &c. in the preparation of this work
&C.. has fastened its publication far be
You'd Whist might have been REASONABLE
expected when the immense amount c
material is considered. and the short tim
that has elapsed since his appointment
In his report to the Secretary. he will rec
ommend the statistics Of mortality and c
manufactures to be published in a con
densed shape. having, by an economic
administration OF the Office, saved suli
cient funds for the purpose. He will ais
Bureaus of Statistics, and suggest som
amendments in the present Census sys
tenn.
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War and Peace.

Our telegraphs have told US that the
Turks have crossed the Danube near Wild.
den and occupied a little village called
Kalufat. Just as we hoped for a fight
the news of an armistice comes in. We
are getting vexed at this kind Of a war
The Yankees would nave driven the Rus.
slams out of Bucharest and been on theil
march to Warsaw by this time, or else gor
licked to death.-Siatesman.
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GAt the time Of going to press, we
have no papers from Wheeling later than
Friday, none from Columbus later thai
Thursday, and none from Washington
City later than Tuesday Of last week.
We do hope the Department will have pity
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THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
JAS. R. MORRIS, PROPRIETOR.
wooDsFIELD, OHIO, NOV. 90, 1853.
School Teachers.

AT their late round Of appointments, the
School Examiners, of this county. exam
ined some seventy teachers. The time OF
holding the next meeting will be found in
another column.
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GNo telegraphic reports to-day, con-
sequently we have no very late news or
market reports.
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~See the card Of the Probate Judge &c
executors, administrators and guardians
in another column.
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o. The population Of Turkey in Asia
is Is. 100000. and that Of Turkey in Eu-
rope is; 1880. 900, nearly equal 10 the
population of France. aar
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The Seventh Census.

The Washington Star has the following
notice of the appearance and character
OF this long-looked for document. The
people generally will rejoice that it is soon
to be distributed over the country. The
Superintendent will, we hope, strike out
some system for a more prompt compost
ton Of the work in future:
Herewith appended. we present what is
to be the title page of the Seventh Census
Of the United States, now about appearing
We give this title page as, in itself, en-
bracing a brief synopsis OF the contents
Of the work, sufficient 10 afford a general
, idea of its character:
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TRoTTING N PAcING MArcH.-The
$4,000 match between Prince, trotter. and
Hero, PAGER, came off over the Union
Course, N. Y. on Friday. The terms
were ten miles in harness-play or pay-
Prince kept the lead throughout, and Hero
was Withdrawn at the close of the ninth
mile. Princes time for the whole ten miles
was 28m. 81 Secs, the quickest ton miles
on record. Fanny jerks, on the Union
Course, was 29m. SOS. The time Of the
PAGER is also very extraordinary. as she
was only a second or NO behind in tha
first eight miles.
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ROLL OF

Received on subscription to the esprit
of Democracy" for the week ending Sat-
urday, Nov. 10, 1858:
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Hamilton is the highest-Fulton the low
est. After Hamilton, comes Butler, then
Cuyahoga, then Montgomery and Frank
lin.
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Liberian Emigration,

The ship Banshee sailed from Baltimore
on Tuesday, for Monrovia and Cape Pal
mas. She is chartered by the American
Colonization Society, and carries out the
following passengers: Rev. Mr.. RAMBo
and lady, Rev. Mr.. WRIGHT and lady,
Doctor STEELE and sister. and two single
ladies. all as Missionaries OF the Protest
ant Episcopal Church to the settlement at
Cape Palmas, and Rev. G. A. SMITH, OF
the Church OF the Disciples, on a tour OF
observation. The latter gentleman is from
Kentucky, and is accompanied by an edu-
Gated man OF color. who intends to settle
in the colony. The Banshee takes out
also two hundred and ninety-six colorcd
emigrants, OF whom. n hundred and
twenty-six take passage from Baltimore,
and the remainder from Norfolk. The
emigrants are from several States, in the
following proportions: T~wenty-four from
Maryland, who go out under the State
Colonization Society, and who will locate
at Cape Palmas.. The remainder will set
tie at Monrovia, viz: Ninety from Indiana
and Kentucky, eleven from North Caro-
lima, and the remainder from Virginia.
The American Colonization Society will
send out another ship with two hundred
emigrants from Savannah on the 18th OF
December. The Shirley is expected to
arrive in a few days from the Colony with
late -advices.
INTERESTING RESEARCHES in AsIA.-Dr.
Wright, Of the HISTORIAN Mission to the
American Board, and a letter from Persia
TO a gentleman in Boston, announce won
derful discoveries made by the Commits
sion employed to run a boundary line be-
tween Turkey and Persia. They had dis
covered the ruins Of the ancient city Of
Shusan, on which were many Inscriptions,
copies of which they secured. The mar
BILE pillars and pavement as described in
Esther i. 6, (the pavement Of the colors
named still exist. On the tomb near by,
supposed to be that of Daniel, is sculptur-
ed the figure Of a man bound hand and
foot, with alarge lion in the act of SPRING
ing upon him. The Persian arrow-heads
are found upon the palace and the tomb
Glass bottles. elegant as those placed upon
the toilet table OF the ladies of our day.
have been discovered. with other indica-
tons Of art and refinement. Also, a guam
tity Of ancient coin.
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Valuation of Land in Ohio.
The average valuation ofland per acre.
including buildings, as returned by the
County Boards, is as follows:
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o. The election in Wisconsin, which
occurred on the same day as in New York,
resulted in the success of the Democratic
State Ticket, and in favor Of the Maine
Law. it is said, by a large majority. The
OF New York and Pennsylvania
have also elected Maine Law Legislatures,
and expect the passage of Maine Laws at
the ensuing sessions of their Legislatures,
HThe Guernsey Jefersonian is out
in favor of a short session Of the Leeisla-
ture. That's right; and re hope to see
every Democratic paper in the State out
for the same thing.
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o. There are a class Of persons in all
communities to whom the following article
is peculiarly appropriate. Read it. We
copy from the Guernsey Times:
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GREAT THROUGH LANE TO THE wEsr.


Baltimore Ono rasoad, Batsmovs WAssisnx
necsg there via hs largs ord esdtI v| ~
Unto. tsss she oAso, a"aAs stages to ZassVsAs &C.
This expeditions being soayhly cospaeted by
finishing the great Board Tree Tunnel bsips
excellent order the M
its advantages and low The u
this road is OF the and
The express Baltimore daily Y, D. M snI
directly through Wheeling 1880 mes 10 hours i'm
Guiding all stoppages, arriving there al 3 or
leaving Baltimore 3, lay for odrins
In Cumberland q mies aud proceed thence Wheeling us
morning
daily meeting the baltimore Wash
Baltimore.
Al wheeling unrivaied of the Union line
for this form daily coausr
and down the Ohio Gin
Louisville, where the stages for Nashville, Ae on
ST. Louis and New Orleans packets be taken 20
ing further on,
Passengers Columbus who prefer the land Ca
parts the West proceed al
from Wheeling the Ohio Stage Company excellent
part the National road TO Zaneve
by railroad
Passengers for WeIlsve BY steamboats, and
railroad will also find this agreeable route, there being
places.
baggage through from Washington Whecliag and
charge ior transfer OF passengers or baggage.
with the right lie anywhere
rouc) washington Wheeling ~ 30i 70 Cincinnati, ell
10 Lotsvlle Si2 Hl .
Parsons, agent, the railroad station
Washington, and Of the other agents OF the company
VIM, PARKER,
May ll-dG General Superintendent