The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-02-01
xtems of News.


The Mayor Of Savannah says "his peo-
pie can't starve Let him put some OF
them at cheap Cleveland boarding house
and we'll bet they can.--CleoelaHd Pam
Dealer.
On the 21st detach ment of troops
frsm Memphis crossed the river aud at
tackled band OF guerrillas at Moand City,
killing sae, Weanding one aud capturing
Eve, without less of a man. The expe-
ditien was still in pursuit of the gusrril-
las.
The Washington correspondent Of The
State Journal, under date of the 2lst
inst, writes:
Infallibls signs presage the near ap-
preach of the end of the war. Earlier
than many are aware, will the settlement
of our troubles be reached, and, sngularly
enough, reached without the perplexity
which many feared would attend the re-
storatioa of the Union, as growing cut Of
the questions which are involved.
What's buriesqus it will be-what an
audacious mookery Of God and the peo-
| pie, to see Abraham Lincoln, on the 4th
Of March, again swear to preserve, pro
tect and defend the Constitution OF the
Uaited States"
There is party digging in the Coli
scum, at Rome, for twenty millions of
money, which are, according to repsrt-
ed ancisat document, buried there uadel
a stone. At the last accounts thsy had
found the st0ae, but not the money.
| The committee on the cenduct Of the
war examined at great length tho officer
who originated and fred the mins in frsni
of Petersburg. He attributes the failure
to want Of CO. operation and the dis0ssy
ing of orders
i Gen Grant, in letter to Secretary
Stanten, request that Gen. Butlers re
port of the Wilmington failure be pub
Iished 1t has, accordingly, seen the
light, and precieus socuaest 1t is.
! The Pests Washington special state.
that the Hsuse Military committee sum
mened the keeper Of Old Gapitsl prissl
before them te aay His evidence shows
that many perseus are still in priser
against when ne charges have beer
made.
The steamer Atlanta, from Mobile ba,
10Th, has arrived with 1000 bales of Get
ten frsm the rebel Gevsrnment to pur
chase blankets, ciothiag, &C., for rebe
prisoners. Nothing of nement vas go
Tag on in the vic.uity eli Mobile.
The War Department, it is reported, i
preparing q tAunderbelt for substitute
brokers.
| The Feniaa Brotherhood. in cenven
. tisH at Cincinnati, have passed resola
ten for raising fund in aid OF thei
brsthrea in Ireland.
One of the guards of the Ohio Psni
tentiary was murdered by a negrs cen
vict en- the 18th, ult,,
The privatesr Savannah has recentl
destroyed several American merchant
meR alsng the cost of Brazil.
A cenAagratisn ia Buffalo yesterda
censumed the American Hotel ana man
other buildings, ana the latest .ccv.l.G
3 Indicate furthsr destruction. a vlolen
storm intsrfsrcd With the workin. OF Ii
fire apparatus, and several members Of
!, hose company were killed. A loss {
$500, 900 is reported.
Gen. Saubern, commanding the Dis
: trict OF Southwest Miasoarl, mas Daaishe
ferty eight families and ene huadred 9th
er nen and woman from his alstrict, is
extending assistance to guerrilas.
!, The bill abelishing the black laws, ex
, cest the law prohibiting inter-iaarrias
between the blacks and whites, passed th
Illinois Senate yesterday.
On the msrning of the 25th rebe
squadron made its appearance near Cit
Point, and battle ensusd with one {
: the Federal batteries, in which enc OF TIA
rebel vessels was blown up aud tive 9th
ers so badly disabled that they turAe
their course toward RichmSnd, iollewe
by the rest of ths ieet.
= The London Times In its comment
en- Liaeeln's message, asserts that til
military aud financial condition of til
NORTH is rapidly growing worse, and ths
1.-The message is the most uneemfertab bl
document ever read to an American Hsua
Of Representatives..
nj The little girl, Francis Roosa, died o
t Thursday night fresn the injuries she re
Ell ceivsd at the time ct the recent awfr
c murders.
Ne light has been thrswn as yet on tn
E terrible tragedy at Deerfeld. No clu
whatever has been obtained to the nul
5 derer.
There is great suffering in the Shenar
New Market and Stauntsn.
The New York Tribune advocates th
passage Of a Bankrupt law. The Obi
r Senate, by vote ei IL to- II, has pr.
J. tested against the passage of such
' law.
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