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Railroad Matters.

On the 18th inst, the stockholders Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. by
nearly unanimous vote. authorized the
subscription Of $75O,OOO to the Marietta
and Cincinnati Railroad; $3OO.O0O to the
Ohio and Indiana Railroad; and 800 600
to the Springfield. Mt. Vernon and Pitts
burgh Railroad.
The subscription to the Marietta and
Cincinnati road will hasten the decision Of
the question as to which route will be
adopted for the extension Of the road from
Marietta to Wheeling. We found the
people along the river route quite sanguine
tina. that line would be adopted. They
claim that the only object the company
mad in view, in surveying the inland route.
was that the people along the river might
be melted to give the right OF way and
subscribe stock. II this was the object.
the company has been iolerably success.
ful-no. only in putting the people on the
interior route to some expense of time and
money, but in obtaining the right Of way
and stock from some on the river route
who never intended to give farthing.-
However we will not complain. seeing j,
all goes in q ones lifetime.
We find . number, however, on the in.
land route, who seem to be better informed
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Information Wanted.

On Sunday. the 10Th inst. Alexander
Kennedy and James Kennedy, Of this
county, ,.l,ft Pittsburgh. OH board the steam
er Buckeye State. for Sun6sh. James
Kennedy, while before the boat reached
Steubenville laid down in deck berth
aud was asleep when the boat passed that
place. short distance below Steuben-
vile, Alexander laid down by the side Of
his brother who was still asleep. When
the boat was within four miles of Sunfish
Alexander arose and found his brother
was not on the boat. since which time no
thing has been heard from him. Jane,
Kennedy had on gray overcoa,. Of do
,nes,ic cloth. green tweed sack coat. and
blue cloth pants; is an lrishman. 81 year.
old, and about feet inches high. An,
information addressed to Alexander Ken
nedy, Lewisville. Monroe co., Ohio, vii
be gratefully appreciated.
The Steubenville and Wheeling paper,
are respectfully requested to copy.
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Dipl0matists.

Mr.. BUCHANAN. OF Pennsylvania. is the
American Minis,erto England. He needs
little tuition in diplomacy. As Secretary
Of State, during Mr.. Polk's administration.
he proved himself an accomplished diplo.
matist. in the higher sense OF the term
His communications. now upon record,
speak for an American tone, which we
trust will be given to- this important part OF
the national service. Our diplomatisi.
should be able to cope with the best inter.
national lawyers nf the world; but they
should do more. They should give all
impulse to the law International. such as
would make our nation respected not a.
lone Tor its familiarity with precedent, but
TOR its recognition OF the ever existing
claims Of humanity. Reason and Pro
gress, the life OF law; especially OF the law
uf Nations, should be the soul OF Diploma
cy.
Mr.. SoULE is appointed Minister to Spain.
This appointment has been looked upon
with great interest. A Southern Senator.
the accomplished advocate Of the New
Orleans FORUMS black eyed Frenchman
and gallant refugee; born amid the noun
iains Of Southern France. where the blood
rushes warmly to the heart and where the
breath Of liberty was inhaled with the
mountain air.--hunted amidst the caves
Of his native land as ielon, because he
dared. as was said Of Algeron Sydney. to
..dream Of Republicanism," flying to this
land Of freedom. where no icy restrain
.froze the genial current Of his soul."-
honored here for the very qualities for
which he was hated by despots;-he goes
back to the Old World. with the rights OF
an American citizen. and as the Represen-
alive OF the nation who gave him an asy.
lum
His appointment has. moreover, spe-
cial interes: in its connection with Cuban
affairs. IL was believed to be commits
sion to Mr. Soul for the purchase Of Cuba.
Whatever may be MIR. Souls opinions as
TO the righ, Of tae Cubanos to be free. and
Of Cuban destiny when freed. one thing is
certain that he does not 60 TO Spain. with
the expectation or hope Of buying Cuba
In his speech Of the 25,h OF January. 1853
he addressed the Senate upon this point.
urging that Spain was unwilling to sell
Cuba. and that the idea Of purchase had
become obsolete with him. and should be
abandoned. He held, that there would
be just as much danger in purchasing. as
in conquering the island. With these SEN
timents. we may expect. that Mr.. Sou'e
will address himself 10 righting certain
wrongs. committed by irresponsible Caban
authorities. in contempt Of the comities OF
nations. and especially in contempt Of the
american flag. II these annoyances and
insults be continued, he has the nerve and
the will to tell the corrupt court Of Spain.
what may follow. and to aid in consum-
mating sure consequence Of an abrupt
return to America-the annexation Of Gu
ba to the Confederacy.-Ohio Statesman.
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Rhode Island.

The democracy made clean sweep at
the late election in Rhode Island. The
following is summing up Of the result -
4 democratic governor; democratic lieu
tenant governor; . democratic secretary
Of State; democratic attorney general;
democratic general treasurer; two dem.
ocratic members Of Congress; democrat.
lc legislature in both branches. which Sc
cures democratic United States Senator,
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Our friend is informed that Baresville is
awake, and has sent US three new names
the past week. Calais. however. is now
five ahead Of Baresville; but she must look
TO her laurels.
friend writing to US from Covington.
Indiana. under date Of April 9th. says:
81 write to acknowledge the receipt o
the ..Spiri, Of Democracy" Of the 3Orh
ul,.; and it is indeed an agreeable task, as
the enlarged. and otherwise improved con
di,ion Of your paper. proves conclusively
that your business will stand the mercan
tile tes,,-"Will il, pay!" Tha, your town
aud county are improving in wealth and
taste is evidenced by the improved appear
ance of the spirit" But why need !
speak OF wealth? Who is it that stands at
the head OF a family, who does not spend
in year, for that which does no good
more than would pay for the spirit"
"Why just think oft: One dollar and
Gtiy cents per annum. is less than one half
of a cent per day. Who could not save
this small amount? Yes. who could not
save sum less than three cents a ,0eek
for which his vile and children might re-
ceive the home news weekly? But says
one. 81 can send and get the Saturday
Courier, the New York Tribune, the Louis
vile Courier, or some other paper printed
in one Of the large cities, for less money
and get larger paper" True, and why
They, for the same labor in setting type
strike one hundred copies for each of your
one; hence the low price.
but after all, undertake to say thai
these low-priced city papers are not worth
one.half as much to the citizens Of Mon
roe county, as their own county paper
Let any parent take into his family of chill
dren. home and a city paper and see
with what avidity the contents ofthe form
er will be devoured, while the latter viii
remain neglected. think an experimen,
will prove that a home paper is equal to 6
quar,er's schooling to each child that i.
learning to read"
We hope the reader will reflect upon
the ideas suggested in the foregoing ex
tracts.
Mr.. Jacob Davis. Of Switzerland town
ship. will please accept our thanks for .
l;.. ,f Do,a, o,,hoo r;hars
We regret to say that all the extra cop
les, published since the commencement o
the new year, are exhausted.
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For the Spirit Of Democracy.
Annals of Education.

MR EDIToR:-In your last "A Teacher
proceeds to notice some Of my objections
to his former article. He quotes from the
commonly received school edition OF DR.
Tyler, random paragraph to sustain his
assertion that Hieroglyphics were used for
concealing knowledge from the vulgar,
and there leaves the matter. DR. Anthon
(Clas. Dict Art. Egyptus,) under the head
Of Egyptian Writing. holds the following
language: "In writing their language the
ancient Egyptians employed three differ
ent characters: first. 6gurative, or repre-
sentations OF the objects themselves; sec.
ondly, symbolic, or representations Of cer-
tain ply ysical or material objects. express.
ing me,aphorically or conventionally GER
tain ideas; such as q people obedient to
their king, figured metaphorically by a
bee, the reverse conventionally by beetle.
&c; thirdly. phonetic. that is to say. strict
ly alphabetical. The three kinds Of rep
reservations were used indiscriminately in
the same kind Of writing and occasionally
in the composition Of the same word. Roll
lin. vol !. PIP. l64. seems to leave it as
a doubtful question. Blu, Bishop Warbur-
ton. who gave it his greatest study. gives
it the Interpretation which gave in my
last.
As to the Ph@nioians he appears to give
up the matter.
| do not clearly understand the object
Of the quotation from Tyler. that the
Greeks were indebted for their earliest i'm.
pressions to the Egyptians. The point
intended to be made was. that the Cadmi-
an Alphabet was derived from Ph1nicis
and not from Greece.
would say to your correspondent thai
DR.. Goldsmith. though an elegant writer
and poet Of high order. is not TO be relied
upon az historian.
The origin Of the city Of sicyon is envel
opsd in too much obscurisy. and hes tos
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Hieh PRICE Of wool in Europe.

Wool 10 rapidly rising in England. and
on the continent, The London Times
says: AT the late public sales, nearly all
the stock then IN London was sold. and
aI,e xarehouses are consequently begin
ing 10 look very empty. The adyices from
the continent represent light stocks and
and high prices. In Germany the old
.sseek Il nearIy exhausted. and The conse.
nuence is that the next clip has already.
n n,sny cases. been contracted Tor at much
HIGHER prices than those Of last year.
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Columbus Correspondence
NO. xI.
COLUMBUS. April l6, 1876

COLUMBUS. April Is, 1853.
DEAR SIR:-I believe I mentioned the
fact that the next term Of the U. s. Court
commences in this City on the third (the
next) Tuesday OF April. The celebrated
"Mar,ha Washington case" will be before
the grand jury. but it is uncertain whether.
in any event. it will be tried this term. The
prosecution. you will remember. is against
Cole and the Chapins. formerly shoe mer-
chants in Cincinnati. and Nichilson. the
clerk. and the officers Of the Martha
Washington. for an alledged conspiracy
to burn that boat.
OF course any expression Of opinion as
to the guilt or innocence OF the parties
would be improper. If innocent, justice
TO the accused demands the fullest exami-
naiion; il guilty. it would be difficult ior
the mind to conceive q more horrible
CRIME. ltis alledged that the parties some
time ago lin the winter OF 81. believe)
intending to defraud certain Insurance
Companies shipped at Cincinnati u GER
t,in quantity Of leather and shoes. bn'
effected All insurance. by means Of false
oaths &C.. for four or five times the amount,
shipp.d; aud that in pursuance of that de-
sign. the boat was wilfully and intention.
ally burned in the Mississippi river. by its
officers. by means Of which several per.
sons lost their lives.
Thomas Sparrow. the new Post Master,
has taken charge OF the Office. He has
appointed Mr.. Crary. County Auditor Of
this county. chief clerk. DR.. John l.
Vattier, Of Cincinnati, has. learn. been
appointed Post Master at that city. The
appointment of Buchanan to the Court q
81. James gives general satisfaction. A
few days ago il was rumored that Marcy
had resigned as Secretary Of State. This
caused considerable excitement. The
greatest confidence is reposed in thai
Statesman. and had he retired it would
have been a source of the de-pes. regret
Spring is here in earnest. Lettuce
onions. radishes sc. in abundance.
see that predicted the appointment
al ID. A. Robinson as Governor of Min
nesota. which prediction was not verified
and have made some other guesses that
did mt turn out exactly correct; all Of which
tend to confirm the truth OF that sage re-
mark that doubtful things are altogether
uncertain" }.
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than we profess to be. who still speak with
much confidence Of the final adoption Of
the inland route.
On this subject the Belmont Chronicle
has the following remarks:
1--WE have no additional information as
to the prospects otthe Marietta and Wheel.
ing railroad AT our last advices the route
had not been settled. We fear that the
citizens Of the inland route are not suffi-
ciently alive to the importance OF securing
value of the land along the route. il would
be better to give it than to lose the road
1t is not much needed on the river route,
but to the interior it is q necessity that is
OF vital Importance. We trust the people
of the interior will not lose the road for
the want Of an exhibition Of interest in the
subject. This entire route from Cincin
natl to the East is one of vast importance .
City Council Of Philadelphia, on the
I 4th inst, passed an ordinance subscribing
$5OO.O 900 to the Hempfield Railroad.
The Boston Railroad Times says
that the railways now in construction il,
Europe and America will require for ihei,
completion no less than two millions four
hundred thousand tuns OF iron. To make
this quantity will occupy all the rolling
mills in the world which are engaged in
the manufacture Of railroad iron at leas
six years-those Of Great Britain furnish
ing three. .fourths. and the United States
France and Belgium the remaining one
fourth. The best authorities do not esti
mate the largest quantity Of railroad irol
in any one year even as high as 400. .OO(
,uns. yet even at this rate it will take 81.
years to furnish iron for the roads alread..
begun.
The necessary consequence Of this stat
of things is. that the price OF railroad irol
will not only be kept up. but further ad
vance, and be maintained at high price
tor a long ,ime.-Cin. Eng.
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New Silver Coin.

The Philadelphia Mint has just issued a
new lot Of quarter dollars under the lat.
act OF Congress, drawings OF which appear
in the Bulletin Of that city. The only dii.
terence between the new issue and the old
is that the new has rays around the eagl,
and spear head to each side of the date
The new coin makes handsome appear.
ance. but is somewhat lighter than the old
The respective weights OF the various coins
authorized by the &C, OF 1887 and 1853 are
as follows:
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New Subscribers,

We are still in the receipt OF additions
to our subscription list. for which we are
thankful to those friends who are interest
ing themselves in our behalf. Our friend
at CALAIS sends this week an addition OF
six to those already received. We give
his letter below:
"CALA1s. April IA. 1853.
FRIEND JIM:-Make way for Calais!
Where is Baresvills now? Who is ahead! !!
All good! ''Oh. for the Spirit" "My love
to all inquiring friends!" Yours. &C.,
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az Gen. cass said lately in the senat.

r Gen. Cass sald lately in the Senate
OF the United States: ''Independent OF
connection with human destiny hereafter.
! believe the fate Of republican govern
lnent is indissolubly bound up with the
faith OF the Christian religion. and the peo-
pie who repeal its holy faith will find them.
selves the sldpss OF their oun evil passions
and of arbitrary po,cer.''
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All the silver coins are now to be mad.
OF one purity-nine parts of silver and one
part alloy. The issus OF three cent pieces
now in circulation contains IS parts silver
aud IS parts ALLOW.
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0T All the rumors relative to change
in the Cabinet Of President Pierce, are said
% bs without foundation.
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was gwen IN my last q 70 tne D's1r'c's
composing the countries OF 0fec'a prop
eF' OF he''as' 10 De suostanhsHy true; ana
an hours attention TO an accurate map Of
ancient Greece. Will set his mind 81 rest
upon the SUBJECT without dragging the Am
phycsionlc League into notice. Again,
how could Greece be composed OF the two
republics o. Sparta and Athens. when so
many States were represented in the AM
pnycuonic ConncsIs An answer - re-
sPeclioiiy requested.
"fiutarcn ana Arrian wrofe N tne de-
cline OF the Greclan Literature. says your
correspondent; SO did l''odorus Siculis.Dy-
onissius Halicarnassus, Castor oi Rhodes.
theoPnanes. Posldonius, APPian. Dion
Cass'us. Herrodian and host OF others,
who f1ourIshed under the Roman supre-
macy. bu' IN the name o. all that Is ven
le'ao'e' .se 'hey 70 oe ranked aiohg WIN
Herodotus' Aenophon and ihucyd'dess
the 'a.ners OF h's'orys Inc oon'ound'ng
u sue" a'scofuant e'emen's' wss sne oo-
jec1on l made, ana not that tney wrote
Tue oreek Language. mcCauleys . iudic-
'ous co'oca''on o. tne 'onses' IS mol more
con'oohaeu 'nsn 'ne account OF the ereek
t''s.o''sns 81. ~ = ieacner.
Inc o'ft"' occopshon ana death OF Ho-
"o'' 10 a'so' e"'eioPed IN mystery.
'ons snu nelcs contest mas oeen mainia'n-
eo 90 20 ""e'ne' sucn person ever exist
co. ana OF .ne hnapsodlsfs We have only
coh'ounded account. but the class OF
r"'iosoP"ers 10 wnom tne name SoPhists
"as oeen glven' noorisned mostly about the
time OF Socrates. and were somewhat akin
20 some OF our modern Ph'IosoPhers OF the
SCHOOL o. so''a'fe. hume anc hotzeone. !
gave IN my last what believe to be cor
rrct synopsis o. the various schools Of
rm'osoPhy.
cannot lei his notice Of the Roman
foe's pass without some comment After
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THE SPIRIT OF DEMutRACY.
JAS. r. MORRIS, PROPRIETOR.
OHIO, APRIL 60, 1853:
DEMOCRATIC STATE TIcKEr..1ss

STATE TICKET..1s5
FOR GOVERNOR.
WILLIAM !! !! MEDILL,
Of Fairfield County
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
LESrE.t BLISS.
Of Allen County
FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
THOMAS w. BARTLEY.
Of Richland County
FOR TREASURER OF STATE,
JOHN G. BKESI.IN,
Of Seneca County.
EOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
WILLIAM TREVITT,
Of Franklin County.
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
WAYNE GRlSWOLD,
Of Picka,o"y County.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
GEORGE w. McCOOK,
Of jefferson County.
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Ths Gardiner case Is still dragging its
slow length along, 4, Washington.
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6T We had no time TO call rOund ana
note the improvements going on at Sunfish.
or Clarington, as we would have been
pleased to do. And by the way we wish
our friends at the Mouth OF the Creek
would tell US which name to adopt in
speaking of ftheir town. We have no choice
either will do; but we object to the use
Of both. Clarngton is perhaps the better
name. But the place is more widely known.
at least up and down the river. by the name
OF Sunfsh-that being the name Of the
Post Office. We believe. we will adopt
the name Of Clarington. unless the citizens
Of the place object.
From what little we saw Of the place.
whilst there last week, we should Judge
that business is quite brisk; and that prep
arations are being made for considera-
BILE improvements during the coming sum-
mer. Should the Railroad be located on
the river route. we have no doubt our
friends at Clarlngton will turn their atten-
ton to the making Of a good McAdamized
or Plank road to the interio, of the coun.
ty. It will stand them in hand so to do. or
they must inevitably loose the trade Of the
interior; as we believe the citizens of
Barnesville. Somerton. and Malaga. will
push road through. in that direction, 10
the Central Railroad at Barnesville. We
have been informed that survey has al
ready been made from Barnesville to the
county line, short distance north Of NAL
aga. II the citizens Of this place consult
their interest and the interest Of the coun-
~, they will meet the people Of Clarington
in the proper spirit, and make good road
within the limits Of our own county.
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Received ON Subscription

To the ..Spirit Of Democracy" for the
week ending Saturday, April 18th
VIM. Lawrence. Bssllsville. 99.46
s. Bonen6eld's estate, antioch. 600
N. Morrow. Woods6eld. 1000
David Spangler. Miltonsburgh, 80
F. Williams. Pittsburgh. l.5O
Martin vmgtly, Baresville, i.6o
G. Bruney. do l.60
John Owens. Laing's P. o. 30
Thomas Smith. Sun6sh. 800
Jesse Miracle, ESQ.,, Lswisville, 800
otrGen. Scott has purchased splen.
did residence in tho city Of New York.
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@ On Friday morning last. we took
passage on tho Sunfish and Wheeling
Packet-Stephen Bayard = Capt. J. X.
BoorH. tor Wheeling. we found the
Bayard very pleasant boat and her Off
GERS polite and attentive. We returned
on the same boa, on Saturday evening"
BY the way the Bayard ranks among the
fast boats. She's none Of your slow craft
We trust the citizens Of this county will
give her generous patronage.
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I have compared the foregoing law with the
eopv furnished me, aud find the same corrsctIy
sr;.,ed. JOHN B NOLL.
Aud Monroe Co