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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25

t Two burglars were recently
caught in the act of breaking into house
The police arrested one of them, but the
other escaped; or in the language of Scrip
ture, 'one was taken, and the other
left.'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25
Old Saws New-Set,


FORTUNE KNOCKS ONCE AT LEAST AT
EVERY MANS DooR-If she ever knock,
ed at ours, it was when we were out.
EVERY MAN is THE Sen OF HIS OWN
WoRK.-That accounts for the existence
of so many shabby folks. Their mean.
ness is hereditary. One bad job came Of
another.
BETTER WEAR OUT SHOES THAN SHEETS.
The reason of this saw is not quite ap-
parent. The converse would seem to be
the fact-since cotton is cheaper than
leather.
A WAGER is A FooL's ARGUMENT
Yes-but good argument to answer a
fool with. "Answer o fool according,
&c."
SWEET ARE THE SLuMBERs OF THE VIR-
TuoUs.--That's SO. We have tried it.
UNpRINcIpLED MEN LIVE KNAvEs AND
DIE BEaaARs Worse than that, they
sometimes live beggars and die knaves.
THERE is NO GENERAL RULE WITHOUT
ExoEPTIoNs.--Then there are exceptions
to the above rule. Therefore there are
general rules without exceptions. Logic
is logic, that's all say"
The CURE OF LUXURY Is POVERTY
Most people would prefer the disease to
the remedy.--Boston Post
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25

THE GOLDEN AGE NEVER WAS THE
PRESENT AGE. The proverb was writ
ten before the discovery of the Pacific
Dorado.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25

The ASS THAT CARRIES WINE, DRINKS
WATER. That is because he Is an ass.
The choice shows the donkey.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25

-
nm- The following advertisement. un-
der the head Of wife Wanted,' is in an
Arkansas paper: ''
Any gal what's gotta bed, coffee pot,
and skillet, knows how to cut britches,
can make huntin' shirt, and knows
how to take care Of children. can have
my services till death parts both of us.
na-A picture in Punch illustrates
the following dialogues:
Discerning child, (who has heard
some remarks made by papa.) Are you
our new nurse?
NURsE.-Yes, dear.
CHILD.-Well, then, I'm one of those
boys who can only be managed with
kindness, so you had better get some
sponge cakes and oranges at once!
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25
-,
ITHE SPlKIT Or DEMOCRACY.
EVERY WEDNESDAY.

Executed with neatness and dispatch at thi
Office, and at reasonable prices.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25

A lecturer asserted that all bitter
things were hot. "No," suggested
Brown, "not bitter cold day."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25

Why IS slde-saddIe Ike tour-
quart measure? Because it holds a
gallon. (Gall on. i
Every man thinks that Caesars wife
ought to be above suspicion; but he is
farless particular as to what Caesar him
self ought to be.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25

Why is an uncut leg of bacon like
Hamlet is his soliloquy? 1t is ham let
alone. (Uamlet alone.)
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-25

WHEN lover detes on his darling a
refusal acts as an anti. dote. .-Boston
Post.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17
For the Delaware Gazette
Criticism Criticised.


Mr.. Eo1roR Friend Sigma of the Cincin-
natl Commercial was present at the Com
mencement exercises OF the o. w. U. and
set up as critic of the graduating Glass;
We were provoked to smile as We glanced
over his !" annotations on speeches. Reading
his blundering criticisms we thought of the
wholesome old adage " Handle edged tools
carefully" This pseudo-critic manifested the
most utter want of discernment in the
things he fain would criticise. He betrayed
an objectionable lack Of discrimination in
most of his remarks both on the manner and
matter of the speeches. Where he studied
Elocution we cannot tell. However, in jus
tice to him we might say that some Of his
criticisms (perhaps accidentally were in place.
He said that Agitation asa Means of Re-
form was "well delivered " while the elocu-
ton of the speaker who just preceded was
" very deficient" Now any one at all compe-
tent to Judge knows the speaker who deliver
ed himself so well is unnatural in his style
of utterance and stiff in his appearance on the
stage. The gentleman whose elocution was
" very deficient " spoke quite as well as the
other The speech Of a Our Country" he said,
+" wis much deformed by too monotonous ell
ocution. Meditation was missing and empha-
sis there was none" Granting that it was en-
tirely too much so, yet who that appreciates
Elocution would not say that it was better
spoken than the address which just followed oil
! which he afirms it was entertaining " while
the speaker is noted for his peculiar monotony
and dullness of utterance.
"Thistles,'' he said, 9" was not so full ol
sharp points as the subject gave occasion to
expect" How many sharp points did our
elarned critic expect in such a short speech?
He remarked that the speech on Expedi-
ency p" was " mass of Inconsistencies" when
it was almost universally acknowledged to be
! plain and intelligent statement of facts now
existing.
Z" What is before u.s. he said, was care
fully written essay and delivered with much
good TASTE" while the speaker who followed
made /" moderately successful disposition Of
his ject-Elocution not good" Who that
is competent would not say that the latter
genteman's subject was as well handled as the
other and his elocution even better. The for
mer is noted for his monotony and indeed ii
was spoken of on this occasion. Yet Sigma
said he spoke with much good taste"-
Strange taste!
The Empire of Harmony" he said was a
+" felicitousy expressed essay" All acquaint-
ed with its author knows that he does not
write in feicitous style He himself ac-
knowledged his obscurity Nor was it impro-
we'd on this occasion.
Beggars," he said, "was puerile essay
Our impression is that Sigma in his dullness
did not reach the stratum of thought in that
essay. Or perhaps, although others admired
it yet it was puerile to has stalwart mind
Evidently. however, be did not see the point
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17
pourlas, gouthern Areument.

Mr.. Douglas saw the injustice of the Mis-
souri, Compromise to the South, hence through
his instrumentality it was repealed, and Slave
ry extended from SO degrees 80 minutes to the
28th parallel north latitude.-[ Atlanta (Ga.)
Confederaey.
The South understood at the time, and un-
derstand now, that the Missouri Compromise
was repealed tospread Slavery. Mr.. Douglas
himself boasts that such has been its effect
In his speech in the United States Senate,
May 18th, 1860, he said "Under this doc
trine of non-intervention the people of New
Mexico have introduced and protected Slavery
in that whole Territory. Under this doctrine
they have converted tract Of Free territory
into Slave territory five times as large as New
York-giving you (the South) degree and a
half more Slave territory than you ever claim
ed"
Is this the entertainment to which honest
Anti-Nebraska and Anti-Lecompton Demo-
Gratis are going to invite themselves by voting
for Douglas? After being so clearly informed
by Douglas and his disciples as to the meaning
and effect of such support, we apprehend that
they will think twice before thus stultifyiug
themselves.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17

A MAN WITH SEVEN WIvEs-An officer
from Detroit Mich, has been in Albany for
two or three days in search of Simon Lord,
pedlar, who is represented to be the possessor
of seven wives. He is not Mormon, though
following up the faith. His last victim was u
beautiful young lady named Carrie Owens, the
daughter of wealthy farmer residing about
three miles from Detroit On learning the
true character of the man to whom she had
given her heart and hand, she went almost
crazy and is now on the verge of lunacy.-
Her heart is ain ost broken. and it will be a
miracle if she survives the attack. He has
two wives living in this State. Lord is a ma
tive of Connecticut, where his relatives all live.
The officer received such information by means
of correspondence as led him to come eust ward,
in the hope of tak'ng back with him this most
wretched of al debased wretches. We hope
he will succeed. All Lords wives are said to
be living, four of them having ellildrcn.-Al-
banY Kn;c&ertocfcr.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17

You've LADY KILLED BY HER BRoTHER-IN-
LAw-Miss Catharine Thorn was shot by her
brather-in-law, Wm. d. Totty, at Richmond,
Va, on Wednesday week, and died about
eleven o'clock at night
. It appears that Catharine Thon, sometimes
called Kitty" was very beautiful girl, not
quite eighteen years of age. Totty, her
brother-in-law, had become desperately enam-
cred of Kitty, and ON more than one occasion
had begged her to elope with him. On this
occasion, in presence of several other persons
- Mrs. Adams and young man named Pleas
ant Orange-he drew forth pistol laid it up
on the table, and addressing deceased, said,
"WiIl you go?" She replied that she would
not, and told him to take away his weapon
He then lifted it from the table, and again de
manded. "WilI you go?" Miss Thorn re-
piled, Il will not" whereupon he placed the
muzzle of the pistol to her side, discharged it
and fed He was arrested the next day and
committed for trial.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17
GExERAz NEWS xTEzxs.

Mr.. Moore, Of New York, has imported two
swarms of stingleSs bees from GuatemaIs. -
These bees are of two varieties, one large and
one small. The honey is deposited In egg
Snapped capsules, more than half the size Of
hens eggs, and is considered delicious. but a
not stored in as great quantities a. with our
bees.
Miss Helen Bell has commenced suit aQainsk
E. r. McGregor, Esq, of New Lisbon, Ohio.
for breach of marriage promise, claiming 36.-
600 damages. Miss Minerva Thorn has brought
su it against Samuel Watson, proprietor of Che
Cross Keys hotel, New Lisbon, asking Sc, 600
to repair reputation.
On the 9TH a destructive hurricane swepe
through the towns of Walworth WaIIdon and
Sodns, In Wayne county, N. T., doing fright
ful damage to everything in its way. Houses
were unroofed, barns demolished trees torn up,
&C. Its path was over two miles wide
H. G. Crittenden, of Toledo, was killed by
lightning during violent thunder storm on
the Plains some 200 miles this side of Denver
City. Mr.. Nathan Holmes was with him and
barely escaped with his life, being badly burn
ed.
Messrs Russell & Co.. of Massilon have been
turning out ThreEhing Machines for some time
past at the rate of six per day, and the Times
says they find it impossible to fill all orders as
received.
LARGE YIELD Charles NJ. Clarke, OF Moors4
field township. Clarke, o.. has raised this SEA-
son, on a field OF twenty five acres upwards Of
one thousand bushels of wheat, or over forty
bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Ten Proeck's fast nags, three in number
entered, failed to win the Goodwood Cup
''Starke,' one Of his best came in fourth. The
Cup was won by ''Sweetsauce, new name to
the turf
Archbishop Hughes has given notice that the
wcik On the immense new Cathedral in New
York has been suspended for the present for
lack of funds.
l The N Y. Herald states that the offerings in
that diocese If the Catholic Church for thesPope
I viii amount to over fifty Thousand dollars.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

The Congressional Convention for ,kis 18th
district came off at Urbana on Tuesday last
and was well attended. all the e. lunties being
fully represented. SAMUEL SH 4fLLABARGER, of
Clark, was nominated on ti'e first ballot, re-
ceiving 96% votes against S61s for all Others
We are not personal, y acquainted with Mr..
Shellabarger, but ins enjoys the reputa-
ton of being gentleman of talent and un-
exceptionable c,,afacter. He shall have our
hearty suppor., and will doub tless receive the
united Rep'Ihf;can vote of the county. We
nomiraf n, or with his friends for pressing it.
We mu II be permitted to say, however, that
the section of the district from which he halls
kad. not the shadow of a claim to the candi-
Gate, and taking him from the western tier
4, Of counties was one of those political outrages
that cannot be long persisted in without des-
troying the unity and efficiency of the strong
est organization upon earth. For forty years
Delaware has been the tail OF political kite.
humbly aiding other counties all the while and
/ never receiving anything in return and du-
ring the same length of time, by systematic
combination and the practice of shuttIecock
' tickle me Billy, aud III tickle you game
the counties of Clark, Champaign and Logan
have one or the other of them, had the Con-
gresham; and by the same game and persis-
q,
recognize the rights of other sections, We see
no reason why they may not continue to mo-
nopolize the honor for the next one hundred
and forty yearS-especially if they continue to
be favored with such meek, yielding and un-
pretending associates as st present.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17

JAMES PINcKNEY HAMBLEToN.-A leading
friend of H. V. johnson and supporter of the
Douglas ticket, who recently suspended inter
course between the North and South, has been
asking himself, "What will the South do if
Abrahaham Lincoln is elected Presiden?"-
And his paper, the Southern Confederacy,
echoes the following hoarse and awful an
swer:
1--WE answer this interrcgatory by simply
stating that the South will never permit 4 bra
ham Lincoln to be inaugurated President OF
the United States. This is settled and seal
ed fact 1t is the determination of all parties
in the South. And let the consequences be
what they may whether the Potomac is GRIM
son in human gore, and Pennsylvania avenue is
paved ten fathoms in depth with mangled
bodies, or whether the last vestige of liberty
is swept from the face of the American conti-
nent, the South, the loyal South, the constitu-
ticnal South, will never submit to such humii-
iation and degradation as the inauguration of
Abraham Lincoln"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17

HoRsr THIEF AnHEsTED.-A man living in
Lewis Center, by the name Of John Keller, has
been engaged Of late in an extensive operation
i'll stolen horses Officer Dewitt hearing Of
his whereabouts telegraphcd to Marshal Brooks
of Newark, to meet him at Glaypool station.
The officers had scarcely arrived at that point,
until Keller made his appearance, riding upon
stolen horse. He was Immediately arrested,
when he acknowledged the theft, and begged
to be let offin some way. Nearly the first
words he uttered, was an exclamation Of re-
gret on account of his wife anil poor children.
lie was formerlya resident of this city, and
his mother yet lives in this place. lie was ta-
ken to Newark and lodged in Jail. The Grand
Jury are now in session, and lie will, very like
ly, have his case disposed of with Dispatch
State Journal, 1871.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17

GnEAr Men WILL DIFFER "Yuu cannot
put your finger on any part of the Constitu-
ton which conveys the right or the power to
carry slaves from one of The States in the I'm
ion to any Territory of the United States.-
Nor, sir, can I admit for single moment,
that there is any separate or distinct right
npon the part of the States, or any portion of
the people of the United States, to carry
slaves into the Territories under the idea
that that those Territories are held in COM
mon between the several States. = Henry
Clay.
"The truth is slavery exists. in all the Ter
ritoTicS, by ui7tue of the Constitution. Kan
sas is, therefore, as much NGue State as
Georgia or South Carolina. = President Bu-
chanan.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17
ORGANIZE AND WORK.

The fight between the TIVE factions into
which the Democratic party is split seems to
leave the Republicans in most of the free
States but little to do, and the consequence is
degree of apathy almost unparalleled
stage of a Presidential contest. This state OF
affairs bodes danger, and we should beware
lest we lose what is clearly within our reach
by being caught mapping This State Is of
est and duty to make his majority as large as
posi- ble-and having a full and important
county ticket to elect and an enemy to en-
counter who will probably avoid an openfeld-
fight and wage Guerrilla warfare, it especi-
ally behooves the Republicans of Delaware
to be on the alert. There are those who il
political campaign think nothing is necessary
but a county mass meeting and few neigh
borhood speeches. Long experience in Poiit-
icai affairs has taught US otherwise Speak
ing aud mass meetings are very proper in
their place-afe valuable auxilIarics in
a campaign-but the great and effective IN
strumentality, that which tells upon the result
is the labor devoted to effect thorough and
efficient organization, such an organization as
will embrace every Republican v6taasess the
county and bring him to the polls o. election
day To work of this kind we earnestly ex-
hort the Republicans Of the several townships
to at once .setakc themselves We cay frem
the Albaay Evening Journal the following
remarks which are worthy of consideration ::
Every Free State, with single unimpor-
tant exception, can be secured for the 1ktepub-
lican Ticket if as much effort is made IN each
of them as ordinarily follows the nomination
of All AssemhlyInan in q closely contested
district. The game is in our own hands. We
| may beat ourselves in dissipating our energies,
! and shouting victory before single outpost
is taken; but the Democracy cannot Beat us.
! Abraham Lincoln will be the next President
of the United States, if we do not forget that
the 9th of November comes before the 4th
of March, and that the hard work of the con-
test must .precede the jubilee of the Iuaugura-
| ton. Meanwhile he should not be deemed the
| best Republican who makes the most noise
Practical efficiency is the true test of genuine
| patriotism.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17
Lifa in the South.

TERRIBLE AFFAIR IN HAzLEGREEN-Two
MEN E Eu1gD.-A terrible and fatal difficulty
occurred in Hazlegreen, Wolfe county, which
resulted in the killing of DR., S. E. Perkins and
VIM. Clear I'll feelings had existed between.
the parties for some time previous, when, tJn
Friday last, they met on the street, and c. Far,
after some words, drew pistol and. shots Per-
kins in the abdomen, inflicting a fatal wound.
Perkins Immediately drew his, revolver and
followed him up some twenty-five steps, when
he shot, the ball passing througl his lungs
Both the men died the same fsht, Clear dy-
ing first. Clear was maa of not the very
best character, and very general opinion is
prevalent that he was u rged on to the attack
by other parties. The attack was not unex-
pected to Perkins. Weeks before he spoke
Of it as likely to eccar, a bitter feud existed
between him ARD some of his neighbors, and
Clear had before that tried to provoke q
difficulty. His character was that of a
very dangerous man Mt Sterling (Ky)
Wing.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17

Thsre are further reports of burnings, &c.
III Northern Texas, the work of Aboltionists
of course, about two thousand of whom are
reported to be in single county which proba-
bly, does not number three hundred inhabitants.
Abolitionists, as understood at present in the
South, means everybody who viii not swear
that slavery is divine institution. The ter
rible'nature Of the offence for which some of
these Abolitionists were driven from the coun-
try. may be inferred from the following extract
from letter written in the infected region and
published in one Of the Gulf papers. Says
the writer:
" 1t was proped that they (the Abolitionists
who we're expclled had repeatedly declared
that there were from three to four thousand
44bolitionists in Tefas, and that IN three gears
they qcould ule The Sfofe."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17

The noble hearted and gallant CAssIUs NJ.
CLAY, will address the people from the steps
of the Capital, in Columbus, on Wednesday
next, 22d inst. This will be the most favora-
Bile opportunity our citizens will probably
have during the campaign of hearing Mr.
Clay and we know every Republican in the
county desires TO see and hear him.
We are not aware that any arrangement for
a special train will be made, though we doubt
not it would pay the company well to run
one but by the :egslaF>t tFaih-p passengers can
reach Columbus about noon and remain till
330p m.
The speaking will commence at 2 o'clock
D. m, and in the evening Hon. EDWARD
ARcHB OLD, of Monroe, a recent convert from
Democracy, will address the people at the
same place.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17

DESPERATE RENcoUSTER.--We learn that
desperate rencounter took place in Clay coun-
ty, near Smithville, on Friday last, between
DR. Jordan and FIVE others. The affair grew
out of trial for rape in that county, and the
persons killed had sworn vengence on the doc
tor for the evidence he gave at the trial. On
last Friday business called the Doctor to
Clay county, and while sitting in store con-
versing with some friend. the other party. five
in number, entered with guns, and told him
they care to take his life. The Doctor imme-
diately drew pistol and commenced firing,
killing three of his assaiants and wounding
the other two These are the facts as we re-
eeived them from a gentleman of this city
The Doctor was not arrested, although he of
fered to give himself up to an officer. The
community in which the affair occurred justifi-
ed the Doctor in his course, on the ground that
he acted in self defense.-[St Joseph (Mo9
Gazette, oath.