The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-12-20

at the October term Of the Pittsburgh
Criminal Court.
Hon. Mr.. Graham has been elected VI.
s. Senator by the Legislature of North
Carolina. The disposition In that State.
appears to be to do what the President
expressly says they must do, and nothing
| more. ssss'----4
A dispatch from Troy, N. Y dated
the 9th, says: Last night the Office of
Roy & Co., in West Troy, adjoining
their extensive mills, was entered, by
burglars. They darkened and deadened
the doors and windows by packing
shawls over them, and then blew open
the safes, from which they extracted $40,
600 in 1905; $4,000 in bank bills,
and So, 900 in specie They made, their
escape with the money, and there is no
clue to them. There was private watch
man in the mills at some distance from
the Office.
A letter from Richmond says : In
view of the disorganized condition of the
late slave population, there is considera-
BILE uneasiness among the people in rural
districts.
There has been large and destructive
fire in McGregor, Iowa. The Postofice,
McGregor House, Mozart Hall and some
wooden buildings on the opposite side of
the street were consumed. Loss estima-
ted at so. 900. se
Thad. Stevens says the Presidents
Message is not equal in ability to a sec-
ond-rate lecture. asa
i The Fenians are rejoicing over the
news of the escape of the Irish Head
Centre from Dublin jail.
, Bids for supplying the CommissarJ
Department with eight hundred barrels
J of whisky are: For Old Rye, so, So te
, So so per gallon; Bourbon, So, IL toS3, so
I and Rectifed, S2.10 to 1920. iFnsd
Marshall and Frecke are sentenced te
be hung at Pittsburgh on the 18th Of
a January, and Martha Grinder, at the
3 same place, on the 18th of January. One
: man is under sentence of death ant
a awaiting execution at Buffalo and TIVE
men at Chicago.
i The British government has offered 8
/, reward of FL, 900 for che recapture o
!. Stephens, the Fenian Head Centre o
ireland. They also offer 9300 for infor
nation that may lead to. his arrest, witt
La free pardon to any person concerned il
his escape, who may give such informa
ton. a q, s.it i1a Tai 81
!. Monday, Dec 9, 1916, the Ohio Legis
= lature met in Columbus for the frs
= time. s
}, The Herald,s Washington special says
d General Grant has issued an order. dis
: charging all civilians, except clerks, fron
the army. .t.g A,{ 6,,.5 i i.syi
n The Times Washington special says
Secretary McCulloch has received let
;, ter from the collector of internal retenu
/, foi Montana Territory stating that tn
= product of the gold and silver mines c
: that Territory for the year 1865 will b
upwards of sc, 100000. iaFs I'd
! The Treasury Department is maxim
! preparations to commence the paymen
! of gold coupons due in ] anurary.
d The Houston Telegraph publishes
letter from a distinguished clergyman i
!. Virginia, to the effect that the widow
Stonewall Jackson is absolutely dest
tute.
A Washington special states it is ur
. derstood that the House Committee 0
Foreign relations will take strong ground
on the Mexican question. The Senat
$ is more conservative.
nj The Tribune's special Washington di.
i patch says: The total amount realize
!, from sale of public buildings and di.
?, mantled forts in the department of Wasf
ington is S9,554. =
= In one branch of the Quartermaster
Department. seventeen hundred employ
ees have been discharged since July las
'r reducing expenses from S66o, 900 to S20C
is 600. sa
% Applications for pardons at the rat
of from three to five hundred per wee
ID are received at the Adjutat General
L office. Few are granted however.
~ The Senate committee on the Distri
Of Columbia have declared that uniyel
L sal suffrage shall be established IN tn
lr district.
The Senate has agreed to adjourn ov
= for the holidays from the 10th of d,
cember to the 9th of January.
inl A bill has been introduced in Il
of House appropriating forty thousand do
al lars for repairing and furnishing Il
Presidents house.
- An Argument that Strikes the Rae
y icaIs Dumb.
,ol Especial to the New York News.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The leadir
- Republicans are getting somewhat alarr
~ ~ ed at the recent precipitate action of Il