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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
FROM the Cincinnati Enquirer.]
Horrible Murder i'm Butler County
"A Son Kills His Father and
Mother.

By a note from the Office of the Amer
lean Express Company, in Hamilton, we
learn the particulars of dreadful muir
der, which occurred in Darrtown, nine
miles from Hamilton, in Butler County.
The circumstances of this terrible and
melancholy affair are as follows: At din
ner time the father, mother and son were
seated at the table, discussing, at length,
family affairs, when the conversation be-
came f,arfully exciting, and harsh and
violent language was indulged in. Final
lY the mother, Mrs. Irwin, rose from her
seat, and, with the carving knife in her
hand, rushed toward her son, who, rising
from his chair, fell back from the table,
and drawing revolver warned her not to
take another step toward him, else he
would shoot her. At this juncture, the
father, enraged and excited rose and took
the part of his wife, ,and seizing the hatch
ct, rushed toward the young man, who
Immediately fred at his father, and then
turning toward the mother, also shot her,
both parents falling lifeless at his feet
The young man, Irwin, who is unmarried,
and aged about thirty years, then inform
ed the neighbors what he had done, and
hunting up the Constable of Darrtown.
gave himself up for trial, declaring that
be committed the deed in self defense
The prisoner was then broughtto Hamil
ton aud lodged in the county Jail. The
occurrence has caused considerable ex-
citement in Darrtown.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
There are different versions as to the
origin of this truly terrible affair. One
account, differing slightly from the one
given above, is that Sylvester returned to
the house from blowing ,swhen some girls,
from an upper story window of his faith
er's house, spit down on him.
This act of indignity excited the ire of
Sylvester, and he demanded of his father
at the barn, whether or not he countenanc-
ed such actions. Hard words followed,
when the step-mother, Jane Irwin, ran
out of her house, down to the barn, with
a carving knife, and rushed toward Syl-
vester, who drew pistol. The father,
John Irwin, seized hatchet and stepped
in between his wife and son, to protect
each other, being proverbial for peaceable
disposition. The son then fired at the
father, the ball entering the forehead,
causing instant death. He then fred at
Mrs. Irwin, the ball entering the right
breast. Sylvester then noticing that his
last shot had not performed its mission of
instant death, seized knife and cut her
throat from ear to ear, and with club
beat her head. She only lived twenty
minutes. Sylvester then fed, and was
arrested in Hamilton, as already stated.
His trial has been set down for Tuesday
morning, the 9Th, at 9 o'clock. The Cor
oner of Butler County was engaged last
evening in holding an inquest upon the
dead bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin.
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A Castle of Incidence.

All have heard of Freedmen's Village
on the Arlington Heights, formerly the
estate of Gen. Lee. The colony there
have been supported at great expense and
pretty much in idleness, Speaking of the
blacks there, correspondent of the Bos-
ton Advertiser, who has visited the place
lately, says:
1.-The members of this little communi-
ty are employed on the Government farms.
and in work on the cemetery. We have
seen some of them at their posts in the
latter department, and cannot help think
ing that some harder task master than the
Government is needed to teach them what
free labor is. Apparently they have been
SO long used to the crack of the oyerseer's
whip that, missing it,they know no high
er duty than. to take their ease. Unfor-
tunately their white comrades have caught
the infection, and freemen as well as freed
men loll luxuriantly under the trees.
During the two hours your correspon-
dent spent on the grounds, not during the
incoming" recess, ne saw some hundreds
of laborers, but not single stroke OF
work done, White and black fraternized
in idleness, and sat quietly under the
trees, chatting, sleeping, playing games
with each other, seemingly fancying that
it is for this the nation is paying them
wages. . af NJ
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23

favorable spring, with genial rains and
the 6ne harvest weather, have done won
ders this season, and tie general trade of
the provinces has received an impetus
such as has not been ex experienced since
1856.
The crop Of both spring and winter
wheat is unusually large in most of the
districts, which the exception of small
tracts which have been effected by the
midge. 4s
A large breadth of land has been sown
this year in peas. and the sample is very
fne, with more than an average yield.
Owing to the prices held for barley the
past three years, the farmers have given
their attention to the cultivation of this
grain and have sown larger area than in
any previous year, which has been har-
vested in fine condition. In reference to
the crop, it is something wonderful, both
as regards the quantity and quality, a
such yield per acre has never been
known in Upper or Lower Canada, and it
| is estimated by the best judges that it
will exceed 1905 600 bushels as compar-
ed with any previous season.
The rye crop is good and the samples
fine. with the average amount sown .
The oats is also very fine crop, more
than an average. while the grain is of an
excellent quality.
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Taxes,--vvho Pays Them?

The Internal Revenue derived from di-
rect taxation this year, will reach the
enormous Snn of over TWO HUNDRED
AND NINETY MILLIONS OF DOL
LARSi
Who toofs the iii?
Manufacturers pay certain per cent
tax upon all goods manufactured by them
which per cent they add in the price of
the goods, thus clearing themselves en-
tirely-they do not foot the BILL The
retailers buy the goods, with the per cent.
added, and add thereto the taxes with
which they are charged-so by the time
the consumer gets hold of them, he has
to pay the taxes of every individual
through whose hands the goods pass.
The consumers pay the taTes!
Who are the principal consumers of the
country?
Farmers and la6orers! THEY FOOT THE
BILL!l
This is the Revenue Tax. How is it
with the. tax on personal property?
United States Bonds are exempted from
National, State, County, Township and
Municipal taxation.
IL tCV UtCB LHCGSG CUCu UCUNCE dG CfteSC
bonds, and while they draw 7-30 interest
per annum on their money, THEY PAY NO
TAXEsi
Who pays the interest on these bonds?
Men of moderate means-FARMERs
AND MECHANICS.
The withdrawal of the capital invested
in Bonds, from the Tax Duplicate, throws
an increased burden upon the remaining
personal property and real estate.
Who owns the greater part of the real
estate in the country?
FARMERS! They pay the taxes which
should fall upon the capitalists.
To collect the Revenue Tax there are
employed host of Assessors, Collectors
and Commissioners, who receive large
salaries for their services
Their salaries are paid from the hard
earnings of the Farmer and Mechanic.
Their labors could be performed by
State and County officers at less than one
third the expense, and thus greatly reduce
the taxes.
This oppressive system Of taxation was
originated and legalized by the Abolition
party, who proposed to make the men oi
moderate means bear its burdens, while
the capitalists are exempt, thus creating
an aristocracy based on wealth.
The Democratic party propose to make
every man pay his proportion of the ex-
penses of the Government, according te
his means. They do not recognize the
right or justice of creating privileged
classes, to be supported upon the industry
of the land. They are opposed to the
present expensive machinery of collecting
taxes, by which large proportion is eaten
up by offce-holders
If you are opposed to paying taxes fol
men better able to pay them than you are
If you are opposed to the present ex
pensive and unjust system of taxation
make it known at the polls by voting
against those who have laid this heavy
burden upon the working -classes.-Han
cock Courier.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
Beecher OF, Hanging.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher sticks to it
that JEFF. Davis ought not to be hung, as
hanging does not reform a man, and jus
tice requires nothing that is not for the
good of society, results of the war
are more terrific warning than the gal
lows. He says:
81 would withhold capital punishment
from these offenders, then, not because
they do not deserve capital punishment,
bat because its infiction is not demanded,
and because it would create an Injurious
impression in Europe, l say, take step
of moderation in the direction of humani-
ty, because it will be understood to the
advantage of free governments all the
world over"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
Terrible Prediction.

Professor Leonidas, an Indianapolis
astroioger, after looking a. the rings
around the sun, last week, makes the fol-
lowing horrible prophesy:
I observe by the planets that dreadful
plague will commence in Russia, origina-
ting from silks brought over from Egypt,
Cairo and Turkey. It will extend across
the Baltic Sea, desolate Germany, cause
immense mortality in England, and then
spread to the United States. This dread
ful epidemic will spot the people like a
leopard, and turn the flesh Of all it seizes
to a purple black. The pestilence will
carry off such an amount Of mortals that
there will not be enough left to bury the
dead or give them Christian burial. The
streets of our cities will be swarmed with
the dead and dying. The groans and
yells Of horror will fill every breast with
CONSERVATION n.-Confusio will abound on
all sides.-The death knell will cease to
tell as the malady RACES with fury. The
infected will fall and die wherever they
take it. The stencil Of the dead bodies
will become so common that the survivors
viii not heed it.
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n K1 w s IT T. NJ S /.

Since August 1, there have been mus
tered out Of the service sixty regiments
OF batteries, including an aggregate of
over 10000 men.
1t is mentioned that the Government
actually allowed Jefferson Davis aud
Clement G. Clay to shake hands, when
they met accidentally on the Fortress
Monroe ramparts.
A resident of Marshall County, Miss,
named John Carrell, when returning from
Memphis, few days since, was robbed of
$500 and then murdered
The State Department has been off
cially advised by the U. s. Consul at Port
Mahon, that the cholera is slowly advan-
cling from Egypt in an Easterly direction,
Fears are entertained that it may again
spread over the country.
The New York World estimates that
the census Of New York City, now being
taken, will show 1,033, 900, or 200, 900
more than in 1860.
Government has placed nigger troops
in all the principal towns of South Caro-
lima. This is the way they propose to re-
store the Union.
An old lady was knocked down in the
street in Cleveland, few days since, and
robbed of 5000. That was cool in broad
daylight.
A riot occurred at Cummingsville,O Ohio,
on Sunday of last week, in which three
men were shot and large amount of
property destroyed.
The wire suspension bridge across the
Ohio, at Cincinnati, is of fifteen hundred
and fifty seven feet span, longer than any
other wire suspension bridge in the
world.
The San Antonia Herald is informed
that there are 10000 troops at Victoria,
Crun Sacks and Indianola.
Robberies by negroes are becoming
fearful in Texas. Reports from that quar-
ter indicate cheerful disposition on the
part of the people toward reconstruction,
The GAINESVILLE Petroleum Company
have struck oil ,at the depth of sixty feet,
on the farm of VIM. Yaw, near Concord,
in Muskingum County.
Gen. Sheridan has been ordered to mus
ter out of the service all the volunteers
he can spare.
It is asserted that the steam power of
the Great Eastern is insufficient for the
great work she has to perform, and if she
meets with rough sea, the ship will be-
come unmanageable.
The negro soldiers in Wilmington, N
G, and vicinity, have become exceedingly
riotous of late, and murders, robberies,
&C., is the order of the day.
The Rev. DIR. Roberts, pastor of a ne
gro church in In lianapolis, is to be tried
by his peers for embezzling the bounties
of negro soldiers.
The telegraphic line between Russia
and America has received the sanction of
the Czar. 1t is expected to be completed
in five years.
The rush of emigrant from the north
of Europe to this country is said to be
greater than usual. Fifteen hundred
Polish exiles are negotiating for transpor.
tation.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
Negroes Coming North.


The Louisville Democrat estimates that
over 10000 slaves have crossed over the
Ohio River. under Gen. Palmer's pass es,
since the 1st of May. AT this rate the
whole slave population Of Kentucky will
"pass away in less than one year, and be
distributed through Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois, curse and charge to the COM
munity.
Notwithstanding facts like the above
Gen. Cox says that the negroes in Ohio
are but mere ''waifs, and the question of
extending to them the right of suffrage is
matter of little Importance. He wishes,
however, to tax the people of the coun-
try to purchase all the land in the States
of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Florida, to make homes for the 'treedmen
of the South, where they can "e1oy fell
political rights"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
Dissatisfaction, Among Troops I'm
Virginia--Gen. Tcrry's Defini-
tiOn of "During the War;"

New YORK, Aug. 1S.-The; Tribune's
Washington special says the existence of
considerable dissatisfaction among troops
in the Department of Virginia, in regard
to their retention in the service, has rcn-
dered an order from Gen. Terry son the
subject necessary. The men argue they
enlisted only for the war, and now thatit
is virtually ended they are directly enti-
tied to their discharge from service. Gen.
Terry defines the term, during the war;
mean as long as necessity for military
force created by the rebellion shall con-
tinue to exist, and tina. necessity will con-
tinuo until the States lately in rebellion
have returned to their former. relations to
the National Government. While Gen.
Terry appeals to the troops of his com
mand not to sully their great and we'll
earned reputation by misconduct, he also
reminds them of the existence of military
law and gives them to understand that
chimes Of desertion and INSTRUMENTATION.
will be as severely punished as. if the
troops were still engaged in active cam
paigns.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23

BagPoor Cox is getting kicked and
cuffed by his party press at good round
rate. Here is what the Noble County Re-
publican says Of him:
: Gen. Jacob D. Cox, Union candidate
for Governor, is out in lengthy and
elaborately prepared argument in reply
to a committee of gentlemen from Ober-
lin, who had interrogated him in regard
to his opinion on the negro suffrage ques-
tion. Gen. Cox lodges the question in a
masterly manner by suggesting the idea
of colonizing s.the colored population
where the General does not say The
private views of General Cox are entitled
to no more weight than those of "any
other man. but would respectfully sug-
gest to Gen. Cox that the fewer such epis-
ties he indites, during the pending cam
paign, the better it will be for the party
whose standard bearer he is.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
Terrific Hurricane.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Government
has received official information, dated
May 22, narratipg the devastating effects
of terrific hurricane which has visited
the Secy., Harvey and Palmerston Islands.
and most probably others. One of the
Palmersten Islands, the rear on the moth
east, has been entirely washed away, rem
dering navigation extremely difficult
Nothing but the coal breakers. remain,
which in case of heavy sea are entirely
invisible to the eye, but in perfectly calm
weather they are observable. All these
islands are well known to whalers in the
South sea. Owing to this damage by the
hurricane several vessels have been wreck
ed, but as far as known none were Ameri-
can. Talrite also suffered considerably
from the same cause. ~ as.f-.b :
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23

UNLESS our cotemporary of the Louis
vile Journal exaggerates, that city is not
the most delightful place of residence
The editor says:
at seems that portion of our soldiers
are determined that bloodshed shall not
end with the coming of peace-that if
they cannot have the excitement of bat
ties and perilous marches, they will seek
it in street brawls, in murder, assassina-
ton, and robbery. We live in almost a
reign of terror No man can walk the
streets at night without danger to his life.
The report of fire arms are heard through
the whole night, and assaults upon peace
able citizens are of such frequent occur
renee that they have nearly ceased to be
thought of as outrages, being regarded as
the natural results Of soldiers being
brought in contact with citizens"
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Big Interest.

The interest on the various loans OF
the United States amounts to FORTY
THREE MILLIONS, EIGHT HUN
DRIED THOUSAND DOLLARS per
annum
This money goes into the pockets OF
rich bond holders, and men of moderate
means pay it.
This enormous sum does not pay one
cent of the debt, nor liquidate one cent OF
the expenses Of the Government, but it is
paid to support privileged class, mon
eyed aristocracy.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
LATE NEWS.
The Richmond Vyi.ig on the POSI-
ton of Northern Radicals and
Their Demands.


New York, August 14.-The Rich
mond Whig Of Saturday last,in leading
article deprccating the position assumed
by those at the North who demand polit-
ical punishment for the treason of the
rebels, claims that the punishment of the
South is sufficient already. 1t says the
North does not look upon a civilized peo-
pie, whose lot is as deplo:able as theirs
In the first place they had to sustain the
shock of disappointmentand humiliation;
second, from the wealthiest people in the
world they become the poorest; third,
bred and reared to perfect political liber-
ty, they find themselves without self-gov-
ernment and degraded into a regal equal
ity with their own former slaves. In ad-
dition to these is a vague yet deep and
boding solicitude growing out of the new
condition of the race which, while servile,
was a protection, but freed and placed
upon an equality by an influence to which
it is now liable, cannot but be regarded
as danger. To this list it says it will
not add by saying there is scarcely a
household in the South in which there are
not eyes yet red from weeping for lost
ones that will be seen no more. Itargues
that from the day the President resolved
upon giving to the South self-government
the Radicals and agitators of the North
determined upon thwarting his efforts; the
pith of its complaint being that these
people claim the right of suffrage for the
negroes. 1t counsels the people of the
South to keep their temper, as they have
in the President friend, man deter
mined to see that their rights are accord
| ed them.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
The Right Spirit.
The Louisville Journal has the follow

The Louisville Journal has the follow
ing:
'And now the earnest prayers of every
patriot is that, while our temples shall
throb sith praise for the great victories
won, the hands of brotherhood shall be
cordially extended to every portion of the
South. Let all the wounds inflicted b.
war be healed with the balm of national
pardon and love. Let the light of all en-
bracing PEACE envelop the whole broad
land. They who were our brothers in
the past are to be our brothers again
Civil war shall no more desolate our fields
As free and mighty people, we should
dwell together in Peace and Union. -
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
A vIsrr TO ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS

A VISIT TO ALEXANDER HI. STEPHENS
"A gentleman, nov at the Astor House.
has just returned from Boston, where he
succeeded in obtaining an interview with
Mr.. Stephens, late rebel Vice President,
in his place of confinement at Fort War
rem. The apartment is described as par
TALLY underground, and SO damp that fires
are built in the after part Of the day, with
out Preference to the external temperature.
Mr. Stephens is said to have appeared pa
tiently submissive, expressing himself as
never having been an enemy to the Gov
ernment, but as having accepted public
office in the Confederacy with hopes OF
contributing more speedily to settle-
ment of the national difficulties. His
health is precarious.--N Y. Joar. Com
nleTce,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23

The Lacrosse Democrat, in notic-
ing some of the recent speeches of Miss
Anne Dickinson, make the following rath-
er ungallant remarks about the ''gentle
Anna" ''It is fortunate for somebody that
she is making speeches instead of raising
a family. For a. babe to draw kindness
from the breast which has so much hate
and radicalism in it would be like getting
pepper sauce or nitric acid from nursing
bottle"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
Cronsin Canada.

NV YORK, Aug lathe CONNER
cial Advertiser says: Canadian gentlemen
furnish as the following statement in re-
gard to the crops of Upper Canada;
The crops this year will prove to be the
largest ever harvested in Canada, and the
yield will be Of very enc quality. The
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-23
The Phoenix Bank DefalcatiOn

New YORK, Aug. 11.-Additional de-
velopments in the Phoenix Bank defalca-
ton have transpired since the arrest of
Perkins. James w. Earle, ook-keeper
of the bank, has been arrested as an ac-
complice, and confessed to having receiv-
ed 100000 from Perkins, which he lost
in stock operations. He was taken to a
station house last night and placed in a
cell. This morning it was found that he
had cut an artery in his neck with pen
knife, audsbled to Death. He was wild
over, 81 years of age, and lived in New
ark, NJ. Genevive Lyons, alias Vivi
Brewer, desperate young woman, and
one of her intimate friends. known as
Charles Brewer, alias Sam Davis,a butch
er, we're also arrested. 1t is said Perkins
became acquainted with Genevieve in
Concert Saloon, and was in the habit OF
lavishing large amounts of money upon
her, enabling her to live in magnificent
style. Earle, at the time Of his arrest,
was not employed in the bank. He occu-
pied the position of clerk with Smith,
Martin & Co., bankers in Wall street.
He has not been employed at the Phoenix
Bank for some months. The cashier to-
day believes the defalcation will amount
to S275, ,0O0 The bank has a surplus
fund of S270,00O, beside the earnings oi
the past six months, which, apart from
the July dividends, are considerable.
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From Cairo.

CAIRO, Aug. Isl .227 bales of cottou
arrived yesterday; so bales for Evans
vile, 225 for Carolton, 753 for Cincinaati,
with the remainder for Cairo and St.
Louis.
The sale of Government boats at Mound
City yesterday was we'll attended. The
bidding was spirited. Sixty three boats
were sold, including eight tugs, at good
prices. ..s..
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Emigration to North Carolina.

NEwBERN, Aug. 12.-Northern emf
grafton to North Carolina has already set
In. People are arriving By the thousands
from all quarters. The health Of New
bern and the rest Of the State was never
better. In point of health North Caro-
lima has always been the second State in
the Unisn, which position she is destine,
to keep. .lresaA