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AN ALLEGED coNsPIRAToR ATTEMPTS To
COMMIT SUICIDE.

AN ALLEGED coNsPIRAToR ATTEMPTS TO
COMMIT SUICIDE.
NEW YORK, April 26.-The Times
Washington special says some days ago
we gave an account of the arrest of Paine,
who it is alleged, attempted the assassina-
tion of Secretary Seward. Yesterday it
was discovered that the prisoner had at
tempted to take his own life by butting
his head against the iron walls of. his
prison. It was found that he had beaten
his head almost into jelly and was bleed
ing profusely. A cap was prepared for
him, padded all over and fastened secure
ly upon his head, and his hands secured
SO that he can do himself no further in
Jury.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-By direction
of the War Department all drafted men
of this District who were in barracks and
not actually in the field have been re-
leased.
General Ord published in the Richmond
Whiq of the 24th, and directs that, il
among the paroled prisoners ofthe Con-
federate Army there are any mechanics
who desire to remove north with their
families for the purpose of obtaining work
they will, upon taking the oath, be trans
ported to Philadelphia, New York OF
Boston. 1A
Both the Stewards are improving rapid
ly.
The Office of the Westmoreland Demo
crat, in Carol County, Nd, has been mob
bed and its editor, Mr. Shaw, killed.
1t is stated that Early is retreating t.
the Kanawha Valley.
The United States Commissary of Sub
sistenee, in Richmond is selling loaves o
bread to the citizens at six and a quartz
cents loaf.
The Powhattan Hotel has been designa
ted as the place of entertainment for al
Confederate Officers in Richmond, and th,
Spottswood House is forbidden to enter
tain all such.
NEW York, April 25.-It is said tn
exchange of 5000 Union soldiers at Oar
iene, Ca, which it is supposed has takeI
place by this time, will leave scarcely an,
of our men in the hands of the rebels
Wnll6 Lu6It Sill III thO hobuS "
the Government between 10000 and 10,
Ooe rebel troops, besides those paroled
under the terms of Lees surrender.
The Herald's Washington special say
President johnson considers it of the ut
most Importance that Secretary Sewart
remains in the Cabinet.
The Tribune's Army of the Potoma
special of the 23d says The Sixth Corp
was put on the march this morning fo
Danville, in order to hold tha. point, an,
to guard the communications of the ar
I my under Sherman. The Fifth Corps il
now posted along the south side Of tn
railroad, guarding that line, and tn
Ninth which did that duty, until lately
is now on its way to the Capital. from
which, report says, it will be transporter
to distant point of the rebellion. Th'
Twenty fourth corps is on the marcl
to Richmond, where the bulk of it nov
is. The Second Corps is here, waiting
for orders. asetied asi @
NEW York, April 26.-Gold 1494.
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n9- All the paroled officers of Lees
army, are, to be exchanged and sent back
South, in accordance with the decision of
Attorney General Speed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-05-03

BooTH TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED.
The Cincinnati correspondent of the Chi
cago Times says that Junius Brutus Booth
informs him that j. Wilkes Booth was
to have been married soon to a daughter
of Senator Hale.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-05-03

sv- 1t is said that President Johnson
has wholly abatained from intoxicating
liquors since the 4th of March.
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.sg LET THE PEOPLE GIVE THANKS AND
REJocEi-This day has been set apart
Sof Thanksgiving and rejoicing. If any
thing more were needed than the recen;
victories, to make the people of Ohio de.
voutly thankful and exuberently joyous
1t would be found in the fact that the
General Assembly evacuated Columbu.
last night, after becoming thoroughly de-
moralized- mot, however, before making
successful charge upon the State Treas
ury.
We congratulate our readers through
3 out the State upon this event. They vii
all give thanks and rejsice with renewed
fervor and zeal and many of them viii
feel like illuminating to celebrate the de
mise of the Fifty Sixth General Assem-
/ bly, of Ohio.
The House concluded its evening ses
sion by part Of the members singing
John Browns soul is marching on,
and kindred Abolition effusiens. States
man Apra IA.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-05-03

CAPTAIN john n Bell, Baltimore
Presbyterian, has been made Lord Admir-
al-in- Chief ofthe Turkish Navy, and al
lowed to keep his religion.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-05-03

WASHINGTON, April 2.--President
johnson has removed his quarters from
his hotel to the residence of Hon. Saml.
Hooper, on 81. street. Mr.. Hooper is
away with the funeral cortege of the late
President. Mrs. Lincoln has not safi-
ciently recovered to remove from the
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-05-03

CINCINNATI, April 24.--Huston Hall
at Dayton, Ohio, was destroyed by fire
this morning. Loss about $4,000 insur.
ed for $25, 1000.
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ses- The interest in regard to the war
has abated surprisingly.
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ANOTHER INSTANCE.
T From the Cairo War Eagle,


The following letter was written by a
rebel Major, in Cairo, awaiting transpor-
tation to New Orleans for exchange, and
was addressed to Lieut.. Col. S. Hamblin,
superintendent of the Soldiers Rest, by
whom it was furnished to the War Eagle
for publication
SOLDIERS REST. I'LL,
April 15. q.
Lieut.. Col. Han,Jhn, Commanding
COLONEL The deep-tolling bell tells
me that the President has been assassin
ated. The papers draped in mourning,
and the Grape worn by officers and men,
proclaim that Abraham Lincoln is no
more. a ss IL o. softer gss 4, 81
However hopeful we have been of o
speedy adjustment Of our difficulties. the
loss of President Lincoln casts an i'm
penetrable gloom oe sadness over the
hearts of those who have had their hopes
fixed upon the reconstruction policy oi
your President.
Colonel, if any completely of the con
federate authorities can be traced to the
cowardly assassination Of President Lin.
coin, l am as far on my way South as
wish to go.
May the just vengeance of heaven fol
low the assassins and their accomplices
until they are in the hands of the author
tiles and executed, is the trustful praye
of your friend and your prisoner.
CHARLES +. BAKER,
Major Sd Cherokee Volunteer Cavalry
Indian Department, G. S. A.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-05-03

White House. She is more composed,
however, and is undecided whether to re-
turn to Illinois or not.
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1.-THE UNION AS IT WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS 1T Isl"
gesss / hold that THIS Cover nment was made
on the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE
MEN, for the BENRFIT of WHITE MEN
and their POSTERITY forever" STE
BHEN A. DoUoLAs.
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LATE NEWS.
GEN ERAL SHE A N

AN ARMrsTIcE AGREED UPON.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-05-03
The Sherman and Johnston Armistioe

New York, April 26-Gold 14sa.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03

Every where we turn, we meet with some
new phase in taxation, We have Q
national tax, State tax, county tax, town
ship tax. borough tax, Communication tax,
and income tax-tax upon every thing, ex-
cent Tie air we breathe and the water we
drink. We have no doubt but II the asses
sor Of income could by any means discoy-
er how much of either, we consume. he
would take it into his account. The last
kind of tax, for which no name is given,
is a tax of seventy-fve dollars apiece upon
children, Regarding each child as seven,
ty-five dollars income, each year, would
make some poor men have an income far
beyond the six hundred dollars allowed by
law, and subject them to q tax they could
never paw. The reason of this practice has
never been explained. 1t is not law. II
lacks three Of the essential elements-uni-
formity, universality and permanence. II
Is only an Abolition rule. 1t suits u.s.
@Things is workin'." 1t is said that oui
taxes here will be about three per cent
this next year. A nice picturetto look up.
on THE result of doing what the majority
have been doing-voting the Abolition
ticket.-Ohi0 Patriot. ia ti-e
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03
What the Republican Party In
tends TO do. t....

The Chicago Republican, the Abolition pa
per of which CHARLES A. DANA is editor,
saws that "the Republican party have
majority in both branches of Congress; that
that party, with entire unanimity, propose
to exercise that power with that severity
which the condition of the country de-
mands, and which the bloody rebellion has
made necessary" and that ''the Republican
party in Congress" will not ''admit to that
body any person who does not come under
circumstances that demonstrate beyond all
question that the political power of those
States (the Southern States) has been taken
away from Rebels, and placed irrevocably
in the hands of loyal freemen, no matter
tuhether they are White or Black" Every
man who in any way participated in the
Rebellion is held by these Republican mem
bers to besa Rebel, no matter whether he
has been purged of that sin by an amnesty
oath, prescribed by an amnesty prociamrlaaI7-
ton, or by an Executive pardon. 1t is the
purpose of the Abolitionists, in every con-
ceivable way, hereafter to treat these men
az, Rebels and to make them so in fact. 1t
is for the triumph of this party that Cen
eral Cox pleads so earnestly, and to secure
which end ne wrote letter designed to
wheedle the soldiers and conservatives into
his support.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03
"A Prudent and Consistent Legis-
p. ~ ahirf tra IafOr." H "

The Ohio State Journal on Wednesday
morning was pleased to say to THE STATES
MAN that ait will find General Cox pru-
dent and consistent Legislator" The State
Journal must have queer notions as to what
constitutes "a prudent and consistent Leg
islator.p Does the fact that General Cox
opposed the furnishing of JOHN Brown
raiders prove that he was ga prudent and
consistent Legislator" Did his advocacy
of the kidnapping bill, bill designed to
nullify law of Congress that had been
pronounced not only constitutional by the
highest judicial tribunal in the country,
but as designed to carry into execution
mandatory provision of the Constitution,
substantiate the allegation that he was "a
prudent and consistent Legislator" Did
his opposition to the passage of the bill
that denied the privilege of suffrage to per-
sons having "a visible admixture of Afri-
can bloodn establish for him just claim
that he was "a prudent and consistent
LEGISLATOR Did he, by resisting the pass
age of the bill prohibiting the amalgama-
tion of the White and Black races in this
State, give to his friends the right to claim
that he was "a prudent and consistent
Legislator ?" .4 n '
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03
!. Bad Cause /"

= Tie State Journal alleges that "THE ONO
STATESMAN proposes to promote the bad
cause Il represents by exposing the record, of
General Cox.n. According to The State
Journal, THE ONO STATESMAN is the rep
resentatiye OF "a bad cause" What THE
ONO STATESMAN advocates is the White
mans interests, and in this advocacy it
claims that this Government was founded
by White men, to be administered by White
men, and that in its administration laws
should be enacted that will effect all equal
ly, whether it be in the matter of taxation,
I'm any other matter-that there should
be no Legislative discrimination that will
work In the slightest degree to the Interest
Of one man1or set of men, at the. expense
of any portion OF our people. Hence, we
are constrained to oppee Negro, Suffrage
and Negro Equality, and the exemption
from taxation Of the millions pf capital in
vested In Government Bonds, and taxation
for militia communication, extravagant
salaries, and an improyident waste of the
public money, and big pensions for MANNED
officers and small pensions for MANNED pri-
vate soldiers. This The Ohio State Journal
the organ of the Negro Equalityites, Of
the, Shoddyites, of Corporationists and Of
special legislation to enhance the interests
ofa fasoredfew-pronounces "a bad cause"
Nodoubt' It may think 80; but when the
great mass Of the people shall bestow upon
it due consideration, they will appreciate II
as a GOOD canse. 80 49, N IA. -.
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Can't find Room for General COx's
IHIl !4tH'a "N" Letter.

The Cleveland Leader has no room for Cen
eral Cox's letter. D The Leader says; o ai@
i@The extreme length Of. the letter, which
will preclude its perusal by the mass Oh
readers. also precludes its publication IN
Tbe Leader.n It states its substance, and
then says: 3l w - .g,t.oa,
"Many objections might be urged against
it, beside the radical one which almost every
thinker will urge against US 1unuamenIal li;li
iproposition-tha the, races are naturally
hostile to each other. But the discussion OF
the nroiect is at present not only unneces-
sarv but impolitic.' AS General Cox very
ssnsibIy remarks, the subject will not come
under his cognizance even should ne be
elected Governor, and until his opinions
shall be adopted and urged by Others they
have no weight beyond that which attaches
to his Individual opinion. Hpi ttf ~
aIt will be observed that the General
entirely fails to answer the question In re-
gard to Negro Suffrage in this State. We
regret that he has done so, as this is a ques-
tion on which General Cox's views, II ne Is
elected Governor, are Of much more I'M
portance than those of any single citizen"
TAe Leader is evidently sufficiently salts
fed with General Cox's letter to give him
an unqualified support and yetonly few
weeks ago ii declared that the only vital
issue Of the day was the question Of Negro
Suffrage. That position it has not aban-
doned, nor does it manifest any disposition
to abandon it. The conclusion Is, there
fore, iustifiable that it does not discover any
antagonism to that position in General
cox,slatter s5,iOd no h9d99gR s'1R7
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03
Questioning Candidates.

Ninetv-nine times in hundred the men
who write letters to candidates, asking Tue
particular views of the latter on this ques-
lion or that, are political enemies OF the
candidate and compass his defeat rather
than seek, honestly, for information. such
nolitical assassins should not be gratlhed,
and the silence of the candidate is the best
way to meet them. If a candidate Tor once
proposes to beat out his brains with the
cudgel presented by his most willy enemies,
he will nib his pen and answer all such
missives. If he would Outwit his Zoe, he
will pitch such missives into his waste Das-
ket. '-.- .u ..
We have two prominent instances to re-
fer to in treating of this subject. Henry
Claws weakness was an excess OF frankness
a diseased sensitiveness for fear lie should
not be considered frank, "open and above
boardn man. A mischievous letter was
written to him from Alabama by man
who. when he wrote the letter, knew that
under no circumstances would his vote be
given for MIR. CLAY. That great statesman
was foolish enough to answer 1t, though ne
knew the vote of Alabama could not be his;
and that letter defeated Mr.. Clay, the Whig
candidate tor the Presidency. -
When General Taylor was running Tor
President, lie procured, on SILK, the pro,
ceedings of the convention that homlnateu
him, and every man who attempted 70
draw him out by one of these evil-intended
letters, received for reply a copy of the
proceedings of the nominating convention.
General Taylor was too shrewd to allow
his enemies to ambush him in that style.
We see THE STATESMAN is particularly busy
in publishing what it calls soldiers letters
written to General Cox, asking MS views
upon Negro Suffrage; to which letters The
STATEsMAN says, Gen. Cox does not reply.
We are glad the General is too old SOL
dier to run into the ditch dug 6y his ioes.-
1t would be remarkable if General Cox
should receive an unanimous soldier vote.
There are soldiers who have some old
grudge or grievance, or who sti stick aato to
their old party-there were soluiers even
in the field who voted for Vallandigham--
and it is not surprising soldiers are found
who wish to defeat General Cox. These
are they who write such letters, and we
trust the General will not expend a three
cent postage stamp on any OF them'-
| Cleveland Herald. i rru..g 300. 'T
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03
Fuel for the State.


OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,}
COLUMBUS, ONO, uly 81, 1895
CEALED PROPOSALS. WILL BE RE-
y oeived at the Office Of the Secretary OF State
until
monday, the 4th Day of september
next at - o'clock noon for furnishing the State Of
Ohio with fuel for one year, as follows a.,.
10000 Bushels of Hooking Coal, ..
of the best uuality--of the lower vein of Hooking
Coal and free from slate, slack and dirt. '' d"
10000 Bushels of Coke,
tn weigh not less than 40 pounds to the bushe TO be
made from Hooking or Car bridge Coal, and kept
dry. ....I
lfn so Cords of Wood,
the same to be dry Hickory. Beech or Sugar, four
feet in length, straight and we'll split.
The quantities above named to beincreased at the
option of the Secretary Of State.
tThe fuel to be delivered without charge for such
delivery, at the State House, Columbus Ohio.
Proposals to be accompanied by samples, ana 70
specify the kind, quality and price of the fuel pro-
posed to be furnished. 49,.
Each proposal must be accompanied by bond,
with tleast two good and sufficient suTetles In the
penal sum Of not exceeding twenty thousand, nor
less than FIVE thousand dollars as required by lawl
conditioned for the faithful performance OF such
contract as may be awarded; .,I,.,.-,
The bids to be made and the contracts to be award
ed in accordance with the terms Of the act entitled
fAn act to provide for the purchase Of
el and ot ner articles for the General Assembly ana
State officers, passed March H. 1865 and AN act
to amend sections four and SIX and to repeal section
five" of the above entitled act, passed March D,
1869. .'.f' gu
Bids to be indorsed on the envelope, Proposals
for furnishing Fuel for the State"
Fuel furnished by the contractor must in all cases
be equal in quality to the sample. rms rue a0et'
- VIM. HENRY SMITH,
augl-dtd Secretary of State.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03
.yerbo.ity is its Greatest Fault .''

The Sandusky Register declares that "Ver-
bosity" is the "greatest fault" of General
Cox's letter to the Oberlin Committee.
When The Register made this notice, it had
not published the letter. 1t expected that
the "Copperheads will abuse General Cox
Tor what he has said," but that if they do
not it will " certainly think him all wrong"
The men that The Register characterizes
aCopperheads" think General Cox's pro-
position to colonize the Southern Negroes
in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Florida, and there invest them with full
political rights" which will necessitate an
;ntolerable increase of the taxes OF the peo-
Pile, fool-hardy and Objectionable plan,
and because they think so, is The Register
prepared to advocate the justice of the
plan? lt a up.t1 -a.-i.9
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03
AFEw REASONS WHY THE
AMERICAN WATCHI
Is THE BEST.

q
It is made on the best principle, while the foreign
watch is generally made on no principle at ALL The
foreign watch is mostly made by women and boys.
BY HAND. While their labor is cheap, their work is
dear at any price. Such watches are made without
plan, and sold without guarantee. Tbey are irregu-
lar in construction and quite irregular in move
ment They are designed only to sell, and the buyer
is the party most thoroughly sold. Those who have
kept "ancres, "lepines" and "Swss levers" in pro-
fessed repair few years will appreciate the truth
of our statement. '
THE PLAN OF THE AMEB ICAN WATCH.
Instead of being made of several hundred little
pieces, screwed together the body of the American
watch is formed of SOLID PLATES. No jar inter
feres with he harmony Of its working, and no sud-
den shock can throw its machinery out of gear. In
riding or any business pursuit. it is all held together
as firmly as single piece of metal. II is just what
all machinery should be- r.
LIST. ACCURATE. I'd. SIMPLE. Sd. STRONG.
| 4th. ECONOMICAL.
We notonly secure CHEAPNESS by our system.
| but QUALITY. Wedo not pretend that our Watch
can be bought for less money than the foreign make
6eereS but that for its real value it is sold for one
| halfthe price.
is what its pane indicates-Solid, Substantial, and
Marching, Riding or Fighting.
| OUR NEXT HIGHER QUALITY OF WATCH
named p s. BartletD is similar in size and general
appearance, but has more jewels, and more elabor-
| ate finish.
OUR LADIES' WATCH, recently brought out, is
put up in great variety of patterns, many Of them
of rare beauty and workmanship, is quite small, but
| warranted to keep time. Pr a q. re-- "a ~rCT
| THE PROOF of the merits Of our Watch may be
| found in the fact that we now employ over seven
hundred workmen in cur factories, and that we are
still unable to supply the constantly Increasing de-
| mand. - ... ..--rs..,fr. a .-
OUR THREE QUARTER PLATE WATCH is
thinner and lighter than the Others we have describ
ed. Its fine chronometer balance isdecatey ADJUST
ed to correct the variation caused by changes Of tenn
perature These watches the fruits of the latest
experiments in chronometry, and are made by our
best workmen, in separate department of our fac
tory. For the fLest time-keeping qualities they
challenge comparison with the best works Of the
most famous English and Swiss makers
| ROBBINS & APPLETON,
II Agents for the American Watch Company. y
julylS-d&wlm 1872 Broadway. New York.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-03
why this Fling at Job e. Steven
son?

JOB E. STEVENSON represented the High
land and Ross Senatorial District in the
State Senate during the last session. He
was the Abolition candidate for Congress
last fall against Hon. WIN. E. FINcK, in the
18th Congressional District, and was can
didate before the late Abolition State Con-
vention for nomination to the office of Lieu
tenant Governor, and was defeated for nom
ination, chiefly, on the ground that he had
telegraphed DENNIS OGLE, Esq, who at the
commencement of the war represented
Ross county in the Legislature, not to vote
"a dollar or man for the war. The State
Journal on Wednesday morning said that
General Cox was "prudent and con-
sistent legislator, and one who earnestly re-
sisted the influence of the Democrats of the
Senate in 1872, who didn't want 3" dol
lar or man to coerce Sovereign States"
The Democrats in the Senate did not vote
against providing "a dollar or a man" to
put down the rebellion, but If JOB E. STE
vENsoN's instructions had prevailed they
would have done so. We do not see what
motive The State Journal has for stepping
out of its way to make this fling at MIR.
STEVENSON. Has Mr.. STEVENSON announ-
ced his purpose not to support General
CoxG Ifhe has givenaoindications ofsuch
a purpose the fling at him by The State
Jowpal is most unkind, .ungenerous, and
pncalled for; for since Mr.. STEVENSON
abandoned the Democratic party, in the fall
of 1862, until recently, he has been one of
the, most malignant revilers of the Demo-
cratic party. That service certainly should
have caused him to be protected against as
sauiits in his own party, especially when he
is not In ,anybody's way. esrq ..,1u7e